Hamid Ansari released book entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr A.R. Kidwai ....
Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R. Kidwai edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari
Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India on 21 November 2013 released a book entitled Maimaar-E-Qaun-Dr. A. R. Kidwai. The book has been edited by Mufti Ataur Rahman Ansari.
Dr A.R. Kidwai has been compiled in the book creatively. He was a learned scientist and served as a professor at Aligarh Muslim University. He contributed in the formation of Mewat Development Board in Haryana
About Dr A.R. Kidwai
• Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry; Dean, Faculty of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (1951-67).
• Chairman and Member, Union Public Service Commission of India (1967-79).
• Two times, he served Bihar as the Governor of Bihar from 1979-85 and 1993-98
• He served West Bengal as its Governor from 1998-99
• He became the member of Rajya Sabha from January 2000 to July 2004.
• He also remained the member of the following Parliamentary Committees:
a) Consultative Committee for the Ministries of Science and Technology, Environment and Forest from 2000-04
b) Standing Committee on Agriculture, Water Resources and Food Processing Industries from 2000-04
c) Committee on Subordinate Legislation from 2000-04
• He assumed the charge as the Governor of Haryana in 2004
ISRO’s Mars orbiter sent first pictures of earth....
The Mars Orbiter Mission also known as Mangalyaan has beamed back the first set of pictures of Earth on 21 November 2013 that was captured by Mars Color Camera fitted on Mars Orbiter spacecraft. The picture of earth has captured the Indian subcontinent and parts of Africa.
The camera has also captured the cyclonic storm Helen that is heading towards Andhra Pradesh coast. The Picture was taken on 19 November 2013 from an altitude of 67975 km with a resolution of 3.53 km. This is the first time after launch that an instrument on board has been checked for its operation.
Earlier, ISRO had performed all five orbit raising manoeuvres planned on the Mars Orbiter and raised the apogee of the spacecraft to over 1.92 lakh km.
Virat Kohli became Fastest Batsman to Score 5000 Runs in ODIs ....
Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day internationals when he scored 86 against the West Indies in the first ODI in Kochi on 21 November 2013.
Virat Kohli achieved the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far scored 5005 runs, which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career.
In terms of innings, Virat Kohli has equalled the record of Sir Viv Richards of West Indies, who also achieved the feat in 114 innings way back in 1987 but it was Viv's 126th match.
Before Kohli, former captain Sourav Ganguly was the fastest to achieve the feat among Indian batsmen in 131 matches and 126 innings. From India, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (135 innings), Gautam Gambhir (135 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar (138 innings) are the next fastest batsmen to reach the 5000 runs in ODIs.
| Batsman | Opposition | Match Date | Matches | Innings |
| Virat Kohli (India) | West Indies | 21 Nov 2013 | 120 | 114 |
| Viv Richards (WI) | England | 30 Jan 1987 | 126 | 114 |
| Brian Lara (WI) | South Africa | 3 Nov 1997 | 120 | 118 |
| Gordon Greenidge (WI) | Pakistan | 13 Nov 1990 | 122 | 121 |
| AB de Villiers (SA) | England | 28 Aug 2012 | 129 | 124 |
| Sourav Ganguly (India) | Pakistan | 25 Jan 2000 | 131 | 126 |
Cadila Pharmaceuticals launched Mycidac-C, a lung cancer drug ....
Cadila Pharmaceuticals on 21 November 2013 launched a new lung cancer drug, Mycidac-C, which is priced 40000 rupees for 10 course injection. The drug is much cheaper than the drugs manufactured by the multinational companies.
Cadila developed the drug after 15 years research and it will be available in Indian market from December 2013. Mycidac-C has been licensed and approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). The drug, Mycidac-C is meant for the patients, who suffer from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
24 Percent Jet Airways Equity allotted to Etihad Airways ....
Jet Airways on 20 November 2013 concluded the sale of 24 percent equity stake in the airline to Etihad Airways for 2057 crore Rupees.
The 335 million Dollar deal, which was unveiled in April 2013, is the first cross border transaction in the Indian aviation sector after it was opened up for foreign direct investments in 2012.
In September 2012, Government of India allowed foreign airlines acquire up to 49 percent stake in domestic carriers.
The Jet Airways issued and allotted 27263372 equity shares of a face value of 10 Rupees each at a price of 754.74 Rupees per equity share on a preferential basis to Etihad Airways. With this the paid up share capital of Jet Airways has gone up to 113597383 equity shares of 10 Rupees each. The move formalizes the sale of 24 percent equity of Jet Airways to the Etihad Airways.
The deal has already been cleared by capital markets regulator SEBI, Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) and Competition Commission of India (CCI).
About Jet Airways
Jet Airways is Indian Airline Company based at Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is India’s top two airlines, in terms of market share and passengers carried, after Air India.
About Ethihad Airways
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Set up by Royal (Amiri) Decree in July 2003, Etihad commenced commercial operations in November, 2003, and has gone on to become the fastest growing airline in the history of commercial aviation.
IAF's Sukhoi 30 to be platform for supersonic Brahmos missiles....
Sukhoi-30 fighter jet on 21 November 2013 has been selected as the platform to mount the supersonic BrahMos missiles by the Indian Air Force. The first test launch will be carried out by the end of 2014.
The air version of the BrahMos missile is ready but testing; simulations and aircraft modifications will take about a year. Thus the final flight with the missile will be done only at the end of 2014.
This is the only supersonic cruise missile platform in the world with abilities to travel at the supersonic speed and it can also be launched from both the sea and land. The BrahMos missile was jointly developed by the Indian and Russian Army in early 2000s and has since been inducted by the Army and the Navy. An air platform, has however, not been completed yet.
IAF's Sukhoi 30MK
The Sukhoi Su-30MK aeroplane has been designed on the platform of the Su-27UB. It is in the series production in Komsomolsk-on-Amur and in Irkutsk. It is a two seat highly manoeuvrable fighter designed for air-superiority and strikes at ground and naval surface targets using a variety of guided and unguided ADO, with an option of supporting group actions.
The negotiations to supply the Su-27 type fighter started in 1994 and the design bureau started the development of Su-30 based plane for India's Air Force in 1995. A.F. Barkovsky was appointed chief designer of the project.
About BrahMos
BrahMos is the first supersonic cruise missile known to be in service. BrahMos Weapon Complex first version was inducted in the Indian Navy from 2005 with INS Rajput as the first ship. The first regiment of BrahMos missile Block (A1) with the formation of N816 missile regiments and the deliveries started to the Indian Army in 2007.
Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu reappointed as India Boxing Coach....
Gurbax Singh Sandhu was on 20 November 2013 reappointed as the national coach of the men's Indian boxing team till the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This decision was taken in consultation with the Sports Authority of India at New Delhi.
First appointed as coach in 1993, Gurbax Singh Sandhu has ably served for almost two decades during which Indian boxers have made ground-breaking progress in the international arena including winning the country's first Olympic medal, and first World Championship medal, through Vijender Singh (75kg category).
National Innovation Council got approval of 75 percent Innovation Fund Corpus.....
The National Innovation Council (NInC) on 20 November 2013 got approval of 75 percent of the 500 crore rupees initial corpus of the upcoming India Innovation Fund (IIIF), which is an Indian model of innovation.
IIIF will have contributions from Ministry of Finance, public sector banks (PSBs) and multilateral agencies and is being mobilized by NInC. The main objective of IIIF is to finance Enterprises focusing on the bottom of the pyramid that is, firms delivering goods and services to the poorest of the country. Multilateral agency, PSBs and financial institutions already gave commitment of 375 crore rupees and additional commitments to council, which mentioned in NInC annual “Report of the People 2013”. The launch date not yet decided though it is in its final stage of launching the fund.
Minimum 50 percent of advances from the fund would be to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the first close. The fund will not invest more than 15 percent of the corpus in any single company to ensure spread of investment. The fund intends to partner with public R&D programmes and laboratories to support the commercialization and deployment of socially relevant technologies and solutions.
The fund would be registered with Securities and Exchange of India (SEBI). A pipeline of the potential investment prospects has been identified. A specialised core team is also expected to be in place before the first closure. It is expected that the fund would be operational by the beginning of 2014. The fund may increase eventual size of 5000 crore rupees in the long term.
About National Innovation Council (NInC)
The National Innovation Council (NInC) was set up by the Prime Minister under chairmanship of Sam Pitroda, an adviser to PM on public information infrastructure and innovations (PIII).
NInC will provide mutually reinforcing policies, recommendations and methodologies to implement and boost innovation performance in the country.
The task of the National Innovation Council include formulating Roadmap for innovation for 2010-2020 and creating framework for evolving an Indian model of innovation, with focus on inclusive growth, encouraging central and state governments , universities and R&D institutions to innovate and to encourage the multi-displinary and globally competitive approaches for innovations and others.
The Council will also promote the setting up of State and Sector Innovation Councils to help implement strategies for innovation in Stated and Specified sectors.
Heads of Competition authorities of BRICS Nations signed the Delhi Accord ....
The Heads of the Competition Authorities of BRICS Nations signed a Joint Accord namely Delhi Accord on 22 November 2013 at 3rd BRICS International Competition Conference (ICC) at New Delhi.
The Delhi Accord was signed to ensure effective enforcement of competition rules, among the BRICS nations and to strengthen the co-operation among their fair trade regulators by exchanging views and boosting communication.
BRICS Competition Authorities also considered the need of establishing good communication between the BRICS Competition Authorities on competition law and policy to further improving and strengthening the relationship between the BRICS Competition Authorities.
BRICS Competition Authorities, while recognising the benefits of technical cooperation among the competition agencies, in sound and effective enforcement of competition laws expressed their resolve and commitment to exchange views on different aspects of competition policy. The Competition Authorities of BRICS also support the hosting of the Fourth BRICS ICC during 2015 at South Africa.
The Delhi Accord was signed by Alessandro Serafin Octaviani Luis, Commissioner, CADE for the Brazilian Competition Policy System, by Andrey Tsarikovsky, Stats Secretary-Deputy Head of the FAS, Russia for the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation, by Ashok Chawla, Chairman, for the Competition Commission of India, by Sun Hongzhi, Vice Minister, for the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and by Tembinkos Bonakele, Acting Commissioner for the Competition Commission of South Africa.
Prof CNR Rao Elected to Chinese Academy of Sciences....
Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna Awardee Prof CNR Rao was on 4 November 2013 elected as honorary foreign member of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS).
He is first Indian to be elected to this prestigious Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) which comprises of many Nobel laureates and eminent scientist across the world.
CNR Rao has been elected to almost all scientific academies of the world including The Royal Society-London, National Academy of Science-USA, Pontifical Academy of Science, Japan Academy and Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, among others.
About Prof CNR Rao
Prof. Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (CNR Rao) was born on 30 June 1934, Bangalore, India. He is an eminent scientist and a well recognized international authority on solid state and materials chemistry.
He has published over 1400 research papers and 45 books. Prof. CNR Rao's contributions have been recognized by most major scientific academies around the world through conferment of memberships and fellowships. He has been honoured with several national and international awards, including Padma Vibhushan.
Prof. CNR Rao was founder and Honorary President of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India. Prof, CNR Rao is presently serving as the head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.
The Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister is the uppermost body that deliberates on various policy issues, pertaining to Science & Technology and also on the role it can play in the upliftment of the Indian economy.
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