Current Affairs Update – 25th November, 2015

• The Ministry of Railways on 24 November 2015 signed the
  Assured Off Take Agreements (AOT) with SAIL-RITES Bengal Wagon Industry Pvt Ltd
  (SRBWIPL) for manufacturing and rehabilitation of wagons at Kulti, West Bengal.

• With the signing of the agreement, two major PSUs namely
  RITES of Ministry of Railways and SAIL of Union Ministry of Steel will form a
  joint venture SRBWIPL.
• The joint venture is a 2500 Crore rupees Make in India
  Initiative.
• This is a long term Agreement for manufacturing of 1200
  wagons per annum and rehabilitation of 300 wagons per annum for a period of 10
  years.

• The Ministry of Railways and TERI University on 23 November
  2015 signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up Railway Chair on
  Sustainable Mobility at the premises of TERI University.
• The MoU was signed by Rajiv Seth, Vice Chancellor, TERI
  University and Manoj Pandey, ED of Training and Man Power, Ministry of
  Railways. The Chair would focus and promote research on issues of sustainable
  mobility, use of energy efficient technology and green energy initiatives.

• It will be called Indian Railways Chair for Sustainable
  Mobility.
• It will focus on research in various aspects of railways
  that emerged as a crucial mode of transport to achieve sustainable development
  in the country.

• Prime Minister Narenda Modi returned to India on 24 November
  2015 concluding his two-nation tour to Malaysia and Singapore.
• During the 4 day visit that took place from 21 November to
  24 November 2015, Modi participated in ASEAN Business and Investment Summit and
  met with the heads/leaders of ASEAN states.
• During the stay, he stayed in Malaysia from 21 November to
  23 November 2015 and in Singapore from 23 November to 24 November 2015.

• Modi attended ASEAN Business and Investment Summit on 21
  November 2015.
• Modi attended 13th ASEAN-India Summit in Kuala Lumpur on 21
  November 2015. 
• Modi attended 10th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur on 22
  November 2015.
• Modi addressed the Indian Community Event in Malaysia.
• Modi and Razak jointly inaugurated Torana Gate in Kuala
  Lampur. The gate was built by India at a cost of one million yen at Little
  India at Brickfields where Indian diaspora lives in large numbers.
• He visited the renowned Batu Caves temple.
• Indian cultural centre in Kuala Lumpur would be named after
  veteran freedom fighter and commander of the Indian National Army Netaji Subhas
  Chandra Bose.
• He also met members of the Malaysian National Congress
  (MIC), the largest political party of people of Indian origin in Malaysia.

• Joint Statement on a Strategic Partnership between India and
  Singapore, titled “Renewed Spirit, New Energy – नया
  उत्साह, नया जोश”
  was released.
• Modi inspected Guard of Honour with Prime Minister Lee Hsien
  Loong of Singapore during Ceremonial Welcome Ceremony
• Modi attended India-Singapore Economic Convention in
  Singapore on 24 November 2015.
• Ten agreements/MoUs were inked between the two nations.
• In Singapore, Modi promised more reforms to make India an
  attractive destination for foreign investments.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lee Hsein Loong also
  released commemorative stamps depicting Rashtrapati Bhawan and Istana-Official
  residence of Singapore President-as a mark of 50 years of bilateral relation.

• Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar
  Chand Gehlot on 24 November 2015 announced the launching of 10 new/revised
  schemes for the disabled persons in New Delhi.
• These schemes were launched under the National Trust for the
  welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple
  Disabilities.

1.  DISHA: Early
   Intervention and School Readiness Scheme
2.  VIKAAS: Day Care
   Scheme
3.  SAMARTH: Respite
   Care Scheme
4.  GHARAUNDA: Group
   Home for Adults Scheme
5.  NIRAMAYA: Health
   Insurance Scheme
6.  SAHYOGI: Caregiver
   training scheme
7.  GYAN PRABHA:
   Educational support Scheme
8.  PRERNA: Marketing
   Assistance Scheme
9.  SAMBHAV: Aids and
   Assisted Devices Scheme
10.  BADHTE KADAM:
    Awareness and Community Interaction Scheme

World –

• India’s iconic India Gate and the Delhi Metro will join
  hundreds of monuments across the world that will be illuminated as part of a UN
  effort to galvanise support for global action to end violence against women and
  girls.
• India Gate will be illuminated in orange and messages of
  ending violence against women will be displayed on panel boards in two
  high-traffic lines of the Delhi Metro as part of the UN’s ‘Orange the World’
  campaign that includes parades, soccer matches, school debates and the lighting
  up of hundreds of iconic monuments. Violence against women and girls affects
  one in three worldwide.
• The call to action is part of the UN Secretary-General’s’
  Unite to end violence against women’ campaign, led by UN Women, the UN’s agency
  for gender equality.
• The colour orange, which has come to symbolise a bright and
  optimistic future free from violence against women and girls, will help unify
  the large-scale social mobilisation.
• It will be carried out during the civil society-driven ’16
  Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’, which will run from today
  commemorated as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against
  Women until Human Rights Day on December 10.
• This year’s ‘Orange the World’ initiative will focus on the
  theme of preventing violence against women and girls, in the specific context
  of the adoption of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, which includes
  targets on ending violence against women and girls.

• The 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  Summit was held on 21 November 2015 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The theme for
  the 2015 summit was Our People, Our Community, Our Vision.
• Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was the Chairperson
  of the summit that was held from 18 November 2015 to 22 November 2015.
• The Summit was attended by the leaders of the 10-member
  Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that are Indonesia, Malaysia,
  Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Viet Nam, Lao PDR, Myanmar
  and Cambodia.

• Japan on 23 November 2015 conducted its first dedicated
  commercial satellite launch by launching Canadian communications spacecraft,
  Telstar 12V, into the orbit.
• The satellite was launched aboard an H-IIA rocket that
  blasted off from Pad 1 of the Yoshinobu Launch Complex at Japan’s Tanegashima
  Space Centre.
• The launch was conducted by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in
  collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
• This was first mission of Japan that carried a commercial
  satellite as its primary payload and only the second to carry a large
  commercial satellite.

• The 10th East Asia Summit (EAS) was held in Kuala Lumpur,
  Malaysia on 22 November 2015. The year’s summit held under the theme Our People,
  Our Community, Our Vision.
• It was the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the East
  Asia Summit.
• The summit was chaired by the Prime Minister of Malaysia
  Najib Razak and attended by the Heads of State/Government of ASEAN Member
  States, Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Korea, Russia and the
  United States of America.

• The Thirteenth ASEAN-India Summit was held successfully on
  21 November 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Theme of the summit was Our People,
  Our Community, Our Vision.
• The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister of Malaysia
  Najib Razak as Malaysia holds the chair for the year 2015.
• The summit was participated by the Heads of ASEAN Member
  States and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. The Secretary General of
  ASEAN was also a participant of the summit.

• Anju Bobby George, the former long jump world champion, was
  on 24 November 2015 appointed as the chairperson of the Target Olympic Podium
  Scheme (TOPS). She will be assuming the charge in the first week of December
  2015.
• Her appointment was approved by the Union Ministry of Sports
  and Youth Affairs. The post of the chairperson was lying vacant after the
  resignation of Anurag Thakur, the BJP parliamentarian and Secretary, Board for
  Control of Cricket in India (BCCI).
• She is presently a member of the TOPS’ identification
  committee, which also includes national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand and
  former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid.

• TR Govindarajan, one of the long-standing and distinguished
  football administrators of Tamil Nadu, died on 24 November 2015 after a brief
  illness. He was 90.
• Govindarajan served Tamil Nadu Football Association in many
  capacities as Secretary for 24 years, then as Vice-President, Assistant
  Secretary and Treasurer. He retired as Office Superintendent in Southern
  Railway.

• Veteran Labour Economist Dr TS Papola passed away on 23
  November 2015 in New Delhi following brief illness. He was 74.
• Papola was specialised in labour and employment, industrial
  economics, development planning, regional development and enterprise
  development. He had served as an advisor with the erstwhile Planning Commission
  of Union Government for eight years from 1987 to 1995.
• He served as Chairman and Member of several State and
  National level bodies including the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Micro,
  Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

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