November 2011 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of November 2011 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.

30 November 2011 | Appointments Current Affairs
Aamir Khan was chosen to be the latest celebrity face of UNICEF in India. The actor is to be appointed the national ambassador of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund on 30 November 2011.
29 November 2011 | Politics Current Affairs
The United Naga Council (UNC) decided to lift the economic blockade from Manipur following assurance from Union home affairs minister P Chidambaram.
28 November 2011 | World Current Affairs
The 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in the South African city Durban, from 28 November to 11 December 2011.
27 November 2011 | Sports Current Affairs
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in their singles final tennis match at the Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals, in the O2 arena in London.
26 November 2011 | Technology Current Affairs
NASA launched Rover, nicknamed Curiosity to explore the planet Mars. The rover was launched from Florida an Atlas 5 rocket. The Rover will take eight and a half months to reach the Red Planet (Mars).
25 November 2011 | Economy Current Affairs
According to government data released, Indian refiners processed 2.8 percent less oil in October 2011 from a year ago, the first decline since November 2010.
24 November 2011 | Indian Current Affairs
Tamil Nadu government banned the screening of Hollywood film Dam 999 with immediate effect. The movie directed by Sohan Roy is believed to be based on disputed Mullaperiyar Dam between Tamilnadu and Kerala.
23 November 2011 | Politics Current Affairs
The Union government of India approved the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2011, thus paved the way for dividing MCD into 3 corporations and to increase the reservation of seats for women to 50 percent from the current 33 percent. MCD is Asia’s largest civic body.
22 November 2011 | Politics Current Affairs
The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee voted to strongly condemn Syria's crackdown on dissent.
21 November 2011 | Awards Current Affairs
The Delhi Cabinet approved conferring of lifetime achievement awards for 2011-12 on sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, renowned Hindustani vocalist Girija Devi and noted author Ruskin Bond.
20 November 2011 | Indian Current Affairs
India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru joined the elite club of Singapore christened Friends to our Shore. Only four other world personalities are members of the coveted club.
19 November 2011 | Business Current Affairs
European Union negotiators agreed to a two percent rise in the bloc's budget for 2012 to 129 billion euros (174 billion US dollars).
18 November 2011 | Person Current Affairs
A Delhi court held former telecom minister Sukh Ram guilty of misusing his official position when he was a member of the PV Narasimha Rao Cabinet and giving undue favour to a cable supply company.
17 November 2011 | Business Current Affairs
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Indonesia from 17 November 2011 to 19 November 2011 and Singapore on 19-20 November 2011. The Prime Minister attended the 9th ASEAN-India and East Asia Summits at Bali in Indonesia.
16 November 2011 | Sports Current Affairs
Karnataka’s Saurabh Sangvekar created a national record in swimming on the first day of the 65th Senior National Aquatic meet in Ranchi. Saurabh swam to a new national record in the 800m freestyle in a time of 8:12.57 seconds.
15 November 2011 | Appointments Current Affairs
General Motors announced the appointment of Lowell Paddock as president and MD of India operations with effect from 1 January 2012. He will succeed outgoing president and MD  Karl Slym.
14 November 2011 | Economy Current Affairs
As per inflation data released, headline inflation moved up to 9.73 per cent in October 2011 despite the various supply-side and monetary measures taken by the government and the RBI.
13 November 2011 | World Current Affairs
APEC summit 2011 was held in Honolulu, Hawaii from 8 November to 13 November 2011. Under the chairmanship of US President Barak Obama, leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum agreed a comprehensive set of measures to increase economic growth and job creation by expanding trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region.
12 November 2011 | World Current Affairs
The 17th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit (the heads of states) held in Hithadhoo, Addu, Maldives on 10 November and 11 November 2011.
11 November 2011 | Sports Current Affairs
Indian Oil won the 116th All India Beighton Cup with a 2-0 win over ONGC. Indian oil took the lead when Afan Yousuf scored the goal in the 58th minute.  Goalkeeper Baljeet Singh stood out with a man of the match performance. 
10 November 2011 | Appointments Current Affairs
Senior banker Lucas Papademos was appointed prime minister of an interim Greek unity government. The interim government seeks to cement a European debt deal and ward off national bankruptcy.
9 November 2011 | Obituaries Current Affairs
Pioneering Indian American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who won the 1968 Nobel Prize for medicine, died in Massachusetts. Khorana is known to have revolutionised biochemistry with his pioneering work in DNA chemistry.
8 November 2011 | Technology Current Affairs
A 400-metre-wide giant asteroid, called 2005 YU55, came within 201700 miles of earth. An asteroid of this size didn’t come so near to Earth since 1976 and will not again until 2028.
7 November 2011 | Obituaries Current Affairs
Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight boxing champion  died after a battle with liver cancer. Frazier is most famous for defeating bitter rival and another boxing legend Muhammad Ali in the 1971 Fight of the Century.
6 November 2011 | Politics Current Affairs
Retired general and former intelligence director Otto Perez Molina of the Conservative Patriotic Party of Guatemala won the presidential election by defeating tycoon-turned-political populist Manuel Baldizon of the Democratic Freedom Revival party.
5 November 2011 | Obituaries Current Affairs
Legendary singer-composer  and Padma Bhushan awardee Bhupen Hazarika died in Mumbai. He is also known for his poetic compositions that covered a variety of subjects ranging from politics to society and from love to eroticism.
4 November 2011 | Business Current Affairs
The MoU between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) signed  the MoU for setting up Nuclear Power Plants in India for generation of electricity and any other area as mutually agreed.
3 November 2011 | Summit Current Affairs
The 6th G20 (Major Economies) summit was held in Cannes, France on November 3 and 4 2011 to discuss key issues in the global economy. Eurozone debt crisis dominated the Summit in Cannes.
2 November 2011 | Business Current Affairs
According to global fund-tracking agency EPFR, emerging markets attracted USD 3.5 billion or over 70 per cent of total fresh capital invested in the equity funds across the world during the week ended 2 November 2011.
1 November 2011 | Appointments Current Affairs
M. Ravindran took over as Indraprastha Gas Limited 's (IGL) new Managing Director. He succeeded Rajesh Vedvyas.

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