- Anoop Mishra appointed as new Secretary General of the Lok Sabha.
- Punjab government has banned the sale of flavoured tobacco and e-cigarettes.
- Thailand’s parliament has voted to ban commercial surrogacy.
- The World Trade Organization (WTO) approved the first world-wide trade deal- Trade Facilitation agreement (TFA).
- Namibia has become first country in Africa to use electronic voting in their presidential election.
- Government has announced that as many as 70.43 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as on November 15, 2014.
- Uttar Pradesh has become the first State in the country to take the route of e-governance to provide pension and scholarships to 15 million beneficiaries.
- RBI issued draft guidelines for the implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System (BPPS). The ‘anytime anywhere’ centralized payment system is based on a report submitted by the GIRO (Government Internal Revenue Order) Advisory Group.
- Yan Bingtao, the 14-year-old prodigy from China, has created history by becoming the youngest player to win the men’s title in the IBSF World Snooker Championship.
- RBI released Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks in the Private Sector
- The minimum paid-up equity capital for small finance banks shall be 100 crore rupees.
- These banks will cater to marginalized sections of society, including migrant laborers, for collecting deposits and remitting funds.
- SBI Mutual Fund announced to launch Shariah equity fund.
- 18th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit held in Kathmandu, Nepal. The next summit will now be held in Islamabad in 2016.
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