Yeonpyeong: North Korea recently shelled South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island North Korea and South Korea on November 23, 2010 exchanged several rounds of artillery after. North Korea shelled South Korea island of the Yeonpyeong Island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea. The island is inhabited by 16000 people.

Aga Khan Award: for Architecture this year has been given to Five Projects Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Revitalisation of the Hypercentre of Tunis, Tunisia, the Madinat Al-Zahra Museum, Cordoba, Spain, the Ipekyol Textile Factory, Edirine, Turkey and the Bridge School, Xiashi Fujian, China are the five projects spread across the globe which have emerged as the winners of the 2010 Aga Khan Award of Architecture.

Mahinda Rajapaksa: The man who was in November 2010 sworn in as the President of Sri Lanka for a second term is Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in President for his second term on November 19, 2010.
He was re-elected in January 2010 presidential election with a huge margin victory over the opposition candidate former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka.

Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader who was recently released from house arrest prison is Aung San Suu Kyi Myanmar's celebrated pro-democracy leader and a political prisoner of global stature 65 year old Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in Yangon on November 13, 2010 by Myanmarese ruling military junta after a long period of time.

The number of unemployed people this year reached across the globe 210 Million As per recent report of International Labour Organisation the unemployment graph is still moving up and this year it has touched an all time high of 210 million thus moving up by 30 million since 2007.

 Ronald Noble: the man who has been recently been re-elected as Interpol Secretary General is Ronald Noble Ronald Noble who has been Secretary General of Interpol for the past 10 years, was on November 9, 2010 re elected to the same post for a third five years term at the global police agency's general assembly session in Doha, Qatar.

Roger Federer: The winner of Swiss Indoors Title is Roger Federer. Roger Federer won the Swiss Indoors title on November 7, 2010 in Basel after defeating Novak Djokovic 6­4, 3­6, 6­1.

Dilma Rousseff: The new Brazilian President is Dilma Rousseff. Dilma Rousseff was elected as the first-ever woman President of Brazil recently after getting 56% of the ballots while her rival Jose Serra­the former Governor of Sao Paulo Stato­got just 44% vote.

IAAF athletes: The male and female IAAF athletes of the year are David Rudisha and Blanka Vlasic Kenya's runner David Rudisha and Croatian high jumper star Blanka Vlasic were named male and female athletes of the year for 2010 respectively by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on November 21, 2010.

The country which was on the top in medals tally at 16th Asiad in Guangzhou is China China grabbed in November 2010, 416 medals (199 gold, 119 silver and 98 bronze) at 16th Asiad in Guangzhou, China followed by Korea (232 medals) and Japan (216 medals).