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APPOINTED
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Imomali Rakhmon (Free Available)
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Justice Ajit Prakash Shah (Free Available)
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Abdullah Yameen (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Neeraj Sahai (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Nisha Desai Biswal (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Satyananda Mishra (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Kushal Das (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Parvinder Sohi Behuria (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Usha Ananthasubramanian (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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G. K. Pillai (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Sachin Tendulkar (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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R. Banumathi (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
DEATH
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Reshma (Free Available)
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Omprakash Valmiki (Free Available)
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Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Frederick Sanger (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Sher Choudhury (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Tarla Dalal (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Doris Lessing (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
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Ishwar Das Rohani (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
ACCUSED/RESIGNED/CONTROVERSY
- Shoma Chaudhury (Free Available)
- Yogesh Agarwal (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Valdis Dombrovskis (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
BOOKS/AUTHORS
- Birth of Cinema (Free Available)
- 7th Edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia 2014 (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Objective of Indian Pharmacopoeia 2014 (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Maimaar-E-Qaun (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Momentous Times (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
HONOUR
- 150th birth celebrations of Swami Vivekananda (Free Available)
- Prof CNR Rao (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Commemorative Coins on Abul Kalam Azad (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
VARIOUS
- Wipha (Free Available)
- 44th International Film Festival of India (Free Available)
- 22nd Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Gargee Ghosh (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Mahatma Gandhi’s Charkha (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- International Heavy Minerals Conference 2013 (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Agni-1 (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Cyclone Lehar (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Mumbai (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Services Conclave 2013 (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Nobel Memorial Wall (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Hawk 132 (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Constitution Day in India (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Kannur (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- National Conference on Intellectual Disability (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Pragati (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- World Toilet Day (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- 33rd India International Trade Fair (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Kenichi Ito (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
- Sydney (Only for Online Coaching Members and Premium Members)
APPOINTED
Imomali Rakhmon
Central Election Commission (CEC) of Tajikistan on 6 November 2013 declared that Imomali Rakhmon was re-elected as the President of Tajikistan.
Imomali Rakhmon belongs to People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT). The President of Tajikistan is elected by popular vote. The term of the office is 7 years. The term of the President of Tajikistan is limited to not more than two terms. However, a constitutional amendment passed in 2003 allows President Imomali Rakhmon to run for a third term which, if he prevails, would keep him in office until 2020.
Justice Ajit Prakash Shah
Union Government on 22 November 2013 appointed Justice Ajit Prakash Shah as the new Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India. Justice Ajit Prakash Shah succeeded Justice D. K. Jain who resigned in October 2013 to take over as the President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. Justice Ajit Prakash Shah was born on 13 February, 1948 at Solapur, Maharashtra. He started practice at Solapur district Court and shifted to the Bombay High Court in the year 1977. He was Chief Justice of the High Court of Delhi from May 2008 till his retirement in February 2010. He is known for his bold judgments, especially concerning social issues, including the world-headliner July 2009 ruling that found India‘s 150- year-old statute prohibiting homosexual acts (Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code) as discriminatory and, therefore, a “violation of fundamental rights”.
20th Law Commission of India
The 20th Law Commission of India was constituted with the Order of the Government of India with effect from 1 September 2012. It has a three-year term ending on 31st August, 2015. The commission would be responsible for identification of obsolete laws and suggest measures suitable for quick grievance handling and redressal of the citizens. It would also be examining the laws that effects poor and suggest measures which would help in harnessing the law and the legal process for the economically weaker and poor section of the society.
DEATH
Reshma
Legendary Pakistani folk singer Reshma passed away in Lahore,
Pakistan on 3 November 2013 after a long battle with throat cancer. She was 66
years old. She is known for her popular songs such as Lambi Judai and Dama Dam
Mast Kalandar. She is survived by a son and a daughter. Reshma was born in 1947
in Bikaner, Rajasthan, in a Banjara family. She has no formal education in
music, but at the age of just 12 years, she was seen singing at the Shahbaz
Qalander’s shrine. Thereafter, her iconic song Laal Meri was recorded on the
state-run Pakistan Radio. With this, she became the most popular folk singer of
Pakistan. She appeared on the
television in the year 1960 and recorded songs for not just Pakistani film
industry, but also the Indian cinema. Some of her most popular songs also
include Hai O Rabba nahion lagda dil mera and Ankhiyan no rehen de ankhyan de
kol kol. She won various national awards such a s Sitara-i-Imtiaz as well a s
Legends of Pakistan , by the President of Pakistan. She performed in India
during 1980s when exchange of artists was allowed between India and Pakistan.
Indian filmmaker Subhash Ghai used her voice in Hero which also featured her
most famous song Lambi Judai.
Omprakash Valmiki
Noted Dalit writer Omprakash Valmiki passed away on 17 November 2013 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He died at the age of 63 after prolonged illness due to cancer.
Omprakash Valmiki is one of the most famous Dalit
litterateurs in Hindi and he portrayed the life of Dalits with an authentically
Dalit voice. He was born in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in 1950. He worked with
Government Ordnance Factory Dehradun. Valmiki’s autobiography Joothan is one of
his famous works. In his autobiography Joothan (1997) he spoke in detail about
the caste discrimination, persecution and humiliation tha he faced, whe he is
growing up. Joothan is regarded as a milestone in Hindi literature. Valmiki’s
other works also include three collections of poetry (in Hindi): Sadiyon ka
santap (The centuries-old anguish, 1989), Bas!
bahut ho chuka (Stop it! That’s enough, 1997) and Ab aur nahin (Not any more,
2009).
ACCUSED/RESIGNED/CONTROVERSY
Shoma Chaudhury
Shoma Chaudhury, managing editor of Tehelka, on 27 November 2013 announced her resignation from the Tehelka, an investigative magazine.
This resignation came in the wake of the sexual harassment case in which a young Tehelka reporter alleged that the magazine’s editor in chief Tarun Tejpal had sexually assaulted her during an event the magazine’s group conducted in Goa. Shoma Chaudhury’s resignation came after six other senior journalists quit the magazine after the alleged sexual assault came to light.
Writers including Jay Mazoomdaar, Ayesha Siddiqa, Revati Laul and Rana Ayyub put in their papers following the incident. Tehelka magazine’s editor in chief Tarun Tejpal also stepped down as editor following allegations of sexual assault on 21 November 2013.
BOOKS/AUTHORS
Birth of Cinema
The book entitled Birth of Cinema written by N. Gopal Krishna was released at ICFFI media centre by a Journalist T. Udayawarluon 18 November 2013. The book comprises of details related to the advanced cinematic technologies like the 3D shootings and Voice enhancements and others, which were popularized by the Hollywood directors.
He is a film maker of Andhra Pradesh. During the launch, he said that the Government patronization of the children films, which should be in the form of providing cinema halls, publicity and lower entertainment tax.
HONOUR
150th birth celebrations of Swami Vivekananda
Jitin Prasada, the Union Minister of State for Human
Resources Development on 28 November 2013 released a music album to commemorate
150th birth celebrations of Swami Vivekananda. The released album contains
original poem of Swami Vivekananda among others. The poems have been sung by
Akshayaa Vibho and Amrutaa Vibho – 11 year old twin sisters from Delhi. Akshayaa
Vibho has rendered the song and Amrutaa Vibho has accompanied on the acoustic
drums. Akshayaa learns Hindustani classical vocal from Pandit Sitangshu
Chaudhary of Rampur Sehaswan Gharana. She also specializes in rendering of
patriotic songs and film songs of Lata Mangeshkar. Whereas, Amrutaa is being
trained under the legendary mridanga vidwan Dr. T. K. Murthy, international drum
star Shri Sivamani and Shri Chandrakant Mohanti of Bollywood fame. Amrutaa
is the only the youngest female drum player in India.
VARIOUS
Wipha
A powerful typhoon Wipha on 16 October 2013 caused landslides and flooding on Izu Oshima Island, South of Tokyo. The storm brought strong winds and record rainfall - 122mm (4.8 inches) in one hour to Izu Oshima Island, which lies some 120km (75 miles) south of Tokyo. It caused damage to property and human lives. Wipha is the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane. Wipha is the 12th typhoon and 26th named storm of the west Pacific typhoon season.
It was the strongest storm to impact the region since Typhoon Tokage in October, 2004.
44th International Film Festival of India
The 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) began at Panaji in Goa on 20 November 2013 with great fanfare. Academy award winning actress Suasan Sarandon inaugurated the 11- day cinematic extravaganza by lighting the traditional lamp in the distinguished presence of Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parriker and a galaxy of cine stars. The 44th International Film Festival of India (from 20 to 30 November 2013) is organized by the IFFI Secretariat under the aegis of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, in collaboration with the Government of Goa. A variety of film screening programmes, academic sessions and cultural exchange programmes will mark the occasion. Around 160 foreign films are to be showcased in this edition under various categories.
44th edition of IFFI is unique on several accounts. The
festival would highlight for the first time Cinema from the North Eastern states
of India. A package of 19 films from the North-East will explore the immense
ethnic, traditional and cultural diversity in the 8 states of North- East. The
Lifetime Achievement Award is being conferred on the legendary Czech film
director Jiri Menzel whose films have been acknowledged as the Czech New
Wave Cinema. Renowned actress Waheeda Rehamn will be conferred with the first
Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year.
The 44th IFFI will showcase Japanese films in the country focus section. Czech comedy THE DON JUANS directed by Jiri Menzel will open the 44th International Film Festival of India. Indian Panorama category comprises of 26 feature films and 16 non-feature films from contemporary Indian cinema.
About IFFI
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is one of the
most significant film festivals in Asia, held every year. It aims at providing a
common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of the
film art,
contributing to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of different
nations in the context of their social and cultural ethos, and promoting
friendship and cooperation among people of the world. The first edition of IFFI
was organized by the Films Division, Government of India at Mumbai 1952.