1. Alexander Grothendieck :Renowned Mathematician passed away.In 1966, he was honoured with the ‘Fields medal’ – the highest honour in the field of mathematics.
2. Paul Cox: renowned Australian Director of the movie Force of Destiny, a film of the master stroke section in the 45th edition of IFFI addressed a press conference today. He said that he draws inspiration from the Indian philosophy of mutual respect and love which says that we should respect the differences of each other.
3. National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed youth organisation in the world, raised in 1948, is celebrating its 66th anniversary on 23 Nov 2014.
4. Our District-Our Water Programme to be Launched to take the Message of Water Conservation to Every Village of the Country-Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri Uma Bharti.
5. The 26 year old male, Indian, who had undergone Ebola treatment in Liberia and presently quarantined at Airport Health Organization Quarantine Centre, New Delhi continues to be symptom free. His urine and saliva samples tested at National Centre for Disease Control on 21/11/2014 have been found negative for Ebola Virus. However, he would continue to remain in this quarantine facility till all his samples are tested negative.
6. Deutsche Bank clinches its 3rd consecutive ‘Custodian of the Year‘ award at the 11th Custody Risk European Awards.
7. China signed its largest overseas project with Nigeria to build a 1,402 km railway line along the African country’s coast at an estimated cost of nearly USD 12 billion.
8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited US President Barack Obama to Republic Day on January 26, 2015, an invitation that has been accepted by the US president.
9. Union Ministry for Food Processing Industries reconstituted the National Food Processing Development Council (NFDPC). Ministry appointed ITC Chairman Y Deveshwar and FieldFresh Foods Vice Chairman Rakesh Bharti Mittal as their members.
10. Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) announced to de-recognise Delhi Stock Exchange (DSE) on the allegations of serious irregularities in its functioning.
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