1) Hamilton
takes second F1 title with win in Abu Dhabi: Lewis Hamilton clinched his
second drivers' world championship and became the first British multiple
champion for 46 years when he won Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The 29-year-old Englishman, who took his first title in 2008 with McLaren, won
not only the 55-laps race, but also his private duel with Mercedes team-mate
Nico Rosberg, who suffered prolonged problems with his car after making a poor
start from pole position.
2) INS
Vikrant fades into history: Despite last ditch attempts by activists and
former navy servicemen to save it, INS Vikrant — the county’s first aircraft
carrier — has finally faded away into history. The BJP, whose leaders had
promised to keep the vessel alive before elections, shifted the blame on to the
previous Congress–NCP government and said had it acted sooner, Vikrant could
have been saved. The dismantling of the majestic vessel began in Mumbai
opposite the Darukhana ship breaking yard. The Bombay High Court had given the
go-ahead for Vikrant to be auctioned in January, after it rejected a public
interest litigation petition to save the vessel and convert it into a maritime
museum. The Centre said it was difficult to maintain the vessel. In March, the
Indian Navy sold Vikrant to a Mumbai-based ship breaking company for Rs. 63
crore.
3) Parrikar
inaugurated Information Management and Analysis Centre at Gurgaon: Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar today inaugurated the Information Management and
Analysis Centre (IMAC), a joint operations facility of the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard, set up near Gurgaon to
provide coastal security and to avert incidents like the 26/11 terror attack on
Mumbai.
4) Centre
to launch 'Jal Gram' scheme in 2015: Union Water Resources Minister Uma
Bharati on Saturday said that the Centre will launch the Jal Gram (Water
Village) Scheme in 2015. "There will be one Gram (village) in every
district, which will be taken as a pilot project and the village with poorest
indicators of water availability will be chosen," Bharati told reporters
on the concluding day of the three day Jal Manthan conference in New Delhi.
5) Arunachal
Pradesh bagged Skill Development award: Arunachal Pradesh has bagged
India's Best Project-2014 award for implementation of skill development and
employment generation in the state for the benefit of youth, mostly
less-educated and school drop-outs. The award, instituted by Gurgaon-based
Skoch Group dealing with socio-economic issues, was given in a ceremony at the
national capital last evening, Director of Department of Skill Development and
Employment Generation Subu Tabin said.
6) Indians,
Chavara and Euphrasia, conferred sainthood by Pope Francis: Father
Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sister Euphrasia from India were on Sunday
conferred sainthood by Pope Francis in Vatican City at a special canonisation
mass, in a moment of elation and spiritual fervour for the Christians in India.
Reformist Catholic priest Chavara and reclusive nun Euphrasia from Kerala along
with four other beatified Italians were declared Saints by the Pope during the
mass at St Peter's Square at Vatican, attended by a large number of devotees,
two Cardinals, bishops, clergy and nuns from the state.
7) West
Bengal governor to hold additional charge of Bihar: West Bengal governor
Keshari Nath Tripathi will hold the additional charge of Bihar, the President's
secretariat on Sunday said. Bihar governor Dr DY Patil completes his tenure on
November 26. "The President of India has been pleased to appoint Shri
Keshari Nath Tripathi, governor of West Bengal, to discharge the functions of
the governor of Bihar, in addition to his own duties," a communique from
the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
8) SAARC
panel decided to dissolve 3 regional centres: The SAARC committee on 23 Nov
2014 decided to dissolve three regional centres, including one in India, and
merge four others to end the duplication of work and reduce its budget. The
49th meeting of the programming committee comprises of joint secretaries of the
SAARC countries. The centres that would be dissolved include the Information
Centre in Kathmandu, Human Resource Development Centre in Islamabad and the New
Delhi-based Documentation Centre, according to officials at the Foreign
Ministry. The move aims to end the duplication of work carried out by the
regional centres and to economise the budget of the centres, the officials
said.
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