India and Vietnam signed Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners

The treaty was signed from Sushilkumar Shinde, the Union Home Minister and Tran Dai Quang,
the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam.

The two sides also held bilateral talks on security matters, issues of training, capacity building,
cyber security, cyber crime, trans-national crime, terrorism and disaster management.

List of other countries with which the Government of India has signed such agreements
are
UK
Mauritius
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Egypt
France
Bangladesh
Korea
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Sri Lanka
UAE
Maldives
Thailand
Turkey
Italy
Bosnia
Herzegovina
Israel
Russia

The negotiations on the same line have been concluded with countries like Canada, Hong Kong,
Brazil and Spain.
Vice-President of India, Hamid Ansari Visited Cuba
Kannur Declared First Zero Landless District in the Country
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on 1 November 2013 declared Kannur in
Kerala as the first zero-landless district in the country.

Kannur District Authorities provided land to as many as 11118 beneficiaries, including 85 families
belonging to the Scheduled Tribes category.

The Zero Landless programme in Kerala

The prestigious Zero Landless programme of the United Democratic Front was flagged off by
Congress president Sonia Gandhi in October 2013. The Zero Landless programme envisages
distribution of three cents of land each to 243928 families identified across the State.

About Kannur District

Kannur District is one of the 14 districts in the state of Kerala, India. The town of Kannur is the
district headquarters. Its total area is 2966 km2.

Kannur district is bound by the Western Ghats in the East (Coorg district of Karnataka State),
Kozhikkode and Wayanad districts, in the South, Lakshadeep sea in the West and Kasaragod,
the northern most district of Kerala, in the North.

Who: Kannur District
Where: Kannur, Kerala
What: First Zero Landless District in Country
When: 1 November 2013
G. K. Pillai appointed as the Chairman of MCX-SX
G.K. Pillai, the former Union Home Secretary on 1 November 2013 was appointed as the
Chairman of the MCX-SX. Thomas Mathew T, the former acting chairman of the Life Insurance
Corporation has also been appointed as the Vice President of the bourse.

The appointments were cleared by the board of directors on 24 October 2013 and have been
also cleared by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). In October 2013, SEBI had
also renewed the license of the exchange after extensively exam the same.
Jignesh Shah, founder, vice-chairman and a Director of Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX),
resigned from the board on 31 October 2013.

The commodity exchange regulator, Forward Markets Commission (FMC), had issued show-
cause notices to Jignesh Shah; former Managing Director and CEO of MCX Shreekant
Javalgekar; and another board member Joseph Massey on 4 October 2013 questioning their fit
and proper status to operate MCX. Shreekant Javalgekar and Massey have already resigned
from the MCX board.
Piramal Enterprises acquired Caladryl from Valeant Pharma
Bharat Suresh Joshi Appointed as British Deputy High Commissioner in Chennai
India won Gold in 18th Asian Archery Competition at Chinese Taipei
India's men's compound Archery team on 31 October 2013 won a gold medal in the 18th Asian
Archery competition held at Chinese Taipei.

Abhishek Verma, Ratan Singh, Sandeep Kumar forming the compound team defeated the
Korean trio of Lihong Min, Yong Hee Choi and Jongho Kim 233-231 to win the gold.
IRCON won Two Awards at Dun & Bradstreet Infra Awards 2013
IRCON International Limited on 1 November 2013, was selected as the Top Infrastructure
Company under the category Construction Infrastructure Development Mid at the third edition
of Dun and Bradstreet Infra Awards 2013. The company was given award for delivering
exemplary performance by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). The award ceremony was held at the ITC
Maratha Mumbai on 29 October 2013. Dun & Bradstreet also released the sixth edition of its
premier publication Indias Leading Infrastructure Companies 2013 at the award ceremony.
IRCON International Limited is a Public Sector Undertaking in construction sector under the
Ministry of Railways.
During the last five years, IRCON has achieved spectacular and enviable growth. Turnover of the
Company has increased at a CAGR of about 17 per cent. Profit (PBT) of the company has
reached to a record level of 1014 crore rupees in 2012-13 with a CAGR of 44.61 per cent.
Growth of the company in terms of Profit is unmatched by any Public Sector or Private
construction company.
In addition, QuazigundBanihal section of J&K Rail link project executed by Ircon International
Limited was selected as the best project under the category Railways at the Dun and Bradstreet
Infra Awards 2013. IRCON completed the Banihal- Quazigund section of 18 km length involving
11.2 km long transportation tunnel with modern Ventilation & SCADA system, thus fulfilling the
dream of connecting Jammu area to Valley across Pir Panjal range with all-weather
transportation system.
India won election to United Nations Board of Auditors
India on 1 November 2013 won a crucial election to the UN Board of Auditors with its nominee
Shashi Kant Sharma, the Comptroller and Auditor General- by 124 votes out of the total 186.
Shashi Kant Sharma won 124 votes out of the total 186 cast in the General Assembly's Fifth
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary questions. India won by a comfortable margin
against its closest contender the Philippines, which got 62 votes. Having obtained the required
majority and the largest number of votes, Shashi Kant Sharma will be appointed to the UN Board
of Auditors for a six year term beginning on 1 July 2014.
Six Major Central Banks Permanently Made Currency Swap Accords
Six major central banks in the world made currency swap arrangements permanent on 31
October 2013 as a prudent liquidity backstop in case of future global financial strains.

Previously these banks had temporary bilateral currency swap arrangements.

Names of Six major central banks

1. The Bank of Japan
2. U.S. Federal Reserve
3. European Central Bank
4. Bank of England
5. central bank of Canada
6. central bank of Switzerland

About Currency Swap

A currency swap is a foreign-exchange agreement between two institutions /Countries to
exchange aspects (namely the principal an interest payments) of a loan in one currency for
equivalent aspects of an equal in net present value loan in another currency.

About Central bank liquidity swap

Central bank liquidity swap/Currency is a type of currency swap used by a country's central bank
to provide liquidity of its currency to another country's central bank.
China opened new Highway linking Medog to Zhamog; near to Arunachal Pradesh border
IIMC Signed International Cooperation Agreement with Queensland University of Technology
Sebastian Vettel won Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix 2013
Rohit Sharma Became Third Cricketer in the World to Score a Double Hundred in ODI
Rohit Sharma, the Indian batsman on 2 November 2013 became the third cricketer in the
world to score a double hundred in an ODI match. He scored 209 runs off 158 balls against
Australia in seventh and final ODI (One-Day International) match at Bangalore's M.Chinnaswamy
Stadium.

His runs included 12 fours and 16 sixes, which also means that he re-wrote the record of
highest number of sixes in an ODI match. He out-beat Shane Watsons record of 15 sixes in the
ODI which he hit in the match against Bangladesh. It is worth noticing that all the three
batsmen who scored double hundred in one day match are Indians. The milestone was at
first achieved by Sachin Tendulkar who scored 200 runs against South Africa in the year 2010.
The second one to do so was Virendra Sehwag who scored 219 against West Indies in the year
2011 and the third one is Rohit Sharma to score 209 runs against Australia in 2013.

Yet another record was that of the partnership between Rohit Sharma and Indian cricket team
captain MS Dhoni, who collectively added 167 runs for the fifth wicket, a record against Australia.
It is also important to note that Indias score of 383 for six is the highest ever total against
Australia
Novak Djokovic won BNP Paribas Masters Tennis Tournament 2013
Indian Men's Hockey Team qualified for Hockey World Cup 2014
Indian men's hockey team on 3 November 2013 officially qualified for the Rabobank Hockey
World Cup 2014. International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed the Indias berth in a official
press release at Switzerland. Australia success at Oceania Cup on 3 November 2013 confirmed
latest teams for world cup 2014.
The Rabobank Hockey World Cup will be held from 31 May to 15 June 2014 at The Hague,
Netherland