Zaina Erhaim won Reporters Without Borders Prize
- Zaina Erhaim of Syria won Reporters Without Borders Prize on 20th November 2015 for covering news in civil war. The award was established in 1992 by NGO ‘Reporters Without Borders’.
Nitish Kumar became 5th time CM of Bihar
- Nitish Kumar sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for 5th time on 20th November 2015 while Tejaswi Prasad Yadav became Deputy Chief Minister. Earlier, Nitish Kumar became CM in 2000 (for just 7 Days), 2005, 2010, February 2015 and November 2015.
Prameela Sashidharan of BJP elected as Chairperson of an urban municipal body in Kerala
- Prameela Sashidharan of BJP elected as Chairperson of an urban municipal body in Kerala. She became 1st BJP member ever to head an urban municipal body in the State.
ADB will provide $120 mn to India-Bangladesh Electricity Link
- India-Bangladesh Electricity Link will get loan of $120 million from Asian Development Bank headquartered at Manila, Philippines under South Asia Sub-regional Economic Co-operation (SASEC) Programme.
Russia signed an agreement with Egypt
- Russia signed an agreement with Egypt on 19th November 2015 with the aim to build a nuclear power plant in Dabaa, Egypt. The estimated year of completion of the project is 2022.
Ashok Amritraj awarded with honorary doctorate by University of East London
- Ashok Amritraj, famous Hollywood Filmmaker, awarded with honorary doctorate by University of East London on 19th November 2015. ‘Advantage Hollywood’ is his Auto-biography.
TCS and Intel launched the new CoE
- Tata Consultancy Services and Intel launched the new Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Hyderabad on 18th November 2015 for Internet of Things. Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the CEO of TCS.
Global Gender Gap Report 2015 released
- According to the Global Gender Gap Report 2015, Iceland ranked at No.1 position followed by Norway and Finland while India ranked at 108th position among 145 countries.
