The ROC Coast Guard Administration (CGA) and other agencies carried out a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise, Operation Nanyuan No. 1, on Taiping Island and in its relevant waters in the Nansha (Spratly) Islands Nov. 29.

The Mongolian Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (MBFA) has a new president. The appointment is Mr. G.Anarkhuu, CEO of ‘Octobus Consulting’, who at the age of 26 becomes the youngest president of the MBFA. The young businessman takes over from E.Bat-Uul, former mayor of Ulaanbaatar.

World AIDS Day, has been marked every year on 1st December since 1988, and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, and mourning those who have died of the disease.

On 30th of November, the Mongolian Stock Exchange Top 20 Index advanced by 0.82% or 90.57 units to 11,093.11 from the previous day.

A Mongolian team has successfully participated in a competition organised among the countries of East Asian.

It is exactly 90 years since the Palace of the Bogd Khaan became a museum.

The North-Caucasus Federal University, located in the Russian town of Stavropol, has hosted the 3rd All-Russian Student Forum on the Quality of Education.

Academician D.Batsuren has been awarded the Natural and Social Sciences Award for his thesis entitled the “Unique principle of synthesis of secondary metabolites in the medical herbs of Mongolia – a potential new agent for curing cancers”. The award, which has a MNT 100 million cash prize, is presented every year.

Mongolian producer and cinematographer D.Angarag has become an Academy Member, and now has the right to submit movies to the ‘Oscars’. This also means that Mongolia has received the right to submit nominations for the Academy Award’s ”Best Foreign Language Film”.

In a country where winter temperatures can fall to below -45 deg C, being detained by the police can be a painful experience, as the handcuffs can freeze. But, change may be in store for Mongolian criminals and offenders …the ”eco handcuff”.