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BY. KUNAL SINGH
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Current RBI RATES UPDATED AS ON DATE: 12/07/2014
1. Repo Rate – 8% 2. Reverse Repo– 7% 3. CRR – 4% 4. SLR – 22.5% (changed from 23%) on 03/06/2014 5. MSF– 9% 6. Bank Rate – 9%
NATIONAL World Population Day 2014 Observed on 11th July, This year, the theme is "Investing in Young People. Narendra Modi was sworn-in as the 15th Prime Minister of India on along with 45- member Council Dhubri Parliamentary constituency in Assam registered the highest voter turnout in the General Election 2014. Government of India has extended the ban imposed on LTTE for five years under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities IIT-Guwahati ranked at the 87th position among the top 100 world universities under 50 years of age. Project Seabird Phase II in Karwar, Karnataka got environment clearance by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Indian Army launched the Army Veterans Grievance Handling (AVGH) Portal. Central Information Commission ruled that the private schools come under the provisionsof Right to Information (RTI) Act Union Water Resources Minister, Uma Bharti launched a nationwide tree plantation drive and public awareness programme to save rivers. Institute for Economics and Peace released Global Peace Index (GPI) 2014 in London. The GPI 2014 measured peace for 162 countries on the basis of 22 indicators. Among these 162 countries, India has been ranked 143rd. Prime Minister Narendra Modi resigned from the Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat after choosing to retain the Varanasi Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana would be introduced so that more agricultural land is irrigated. The Special Investigating Team on black money held its first meeting under the chairmanship of Justice M.B. Shah, a former judge of the Supreme Court.
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Low cost carrier AirAsia has chosen to launch its maiden flight under Indian operations on Bangalore‐Goa route Under‐13s will now be able to join Facebook, but with their parents’ nod. The first unit at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) reached its full power generation capacity of 1,000 MWe. Delhi has become the world's second most populous city in 2014 after Tokyo The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh was accorded the Unesco World Heritage Site status. The Indian Air Force (IAF) recently launched nation’s first 3D mobile game(GOTS- Guardians of the skies.) in a bid to attract generation-next youth to pursue a career in the air force. Rajasthan declared camel as the State animal recently. JAPAN has adopted resolution to end 60 years pacific constitution URI-2 hydropower project has been dedicated to nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jammu Kashmir Indian International Leather festival 2014 has been organised at NEW DELHI recently. DELHI –AGRA Railway line trail run has been conducted for Semi High speed train. Conservation of KEDARNATH TEMPLE temple has been entrusted to Archaelogical Survey of India. UDHAMPUR –KATRA RAIL LINE Railway Line has been dedicated to Nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ONION & POTATO two commodities has been included in Essential Commodities Act 1955 At SHASTRI BHAWAN NEW DELHI, First Aid Post has been inaugurated to facilitate first aid services to Government employees. Orkut social networking site is going to shut down its operation from 30th september . Bor Wildlife Sanctuary (wardha- maharashtra) of Wildlife Sanctuary has been declared as 47th Tiger reserve of India. After name of indian scientis AKHOURI SINHA a Mountain in Antarctica has been named by USA. National doctor’s day recently observed on – july 1st India has been developing "Maitri missile programme" with france . Fergusson College Pune of the Indian College has become first to include third gender in its application form. "Project Android One" of Google is aimed -TO Produce Ultra Cheap Smart Phone Gujrat Approved 33% Quota for women in Police Force.
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Project ''Mausam'' of Cultural Ministry is related to –To Explore Multi Faceted Indian Ocean Delhi has approved settingup of 500 Water ATM in the state. Surat become the first city in India with full real-time CCTV surviellance network.
INTERNATIONAL
US will keep 9800 troops in Afghanistan till end of 2016. Luxembourg has approved same sex marriage recently. India has been placed at 4TH place in terms of favoured destination for investment in World Investment Report 2014. Mauritius on 27 May 2014 decided to provide automatic tax information exchange to India. Three television channels of Geo TV network of Pakistan were suspended by PEMRA committee on allegation of defamation of intelligence agency, ISI. China set up a 1.6 billion dollars fund that will support projects related to China's maritime Silk Road development. france has banned use of Burka in the country. Pakistan successfully test-fired surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Hataf-III Ghaznavi. World hightest tunnel for-speed train in northwest China at an altitude of 3607.4 metres became Government of Namibia purchased 3400 India-made EVMs for use in the countries Presidential Election, scheduled in November 2014. Russia agreed on the Indian Nuclear Liability Law and paved a way for signing a contract for unit 3 & 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant. Lithuania to become 19th country to adopt Euro as currency from 1 January 2015. Canada’s Quebec became first province of the country to adopt legislation Right-to- Die. Russia lifted arm embargo on Pakistan. Wang Yi, the Foreign Minister of China was on a two‐day long visit to India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 15 made his first official visit to Bhutan. Okavango Delta in Botswana became the 1000th site to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site List. Jinnah International Airport of Karchi was in news when Terrorist belonging to Tehreek‐e‐Taliban on.
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6th International Nuclear Energy Forum ATOMEXPO‐2014 was held @ Moscow. German Chancellor, Angela Merkel topped the Forbes annual list of Most Powerful Women 2014 in the world. Five Indian women have also featured in Forbes 100 most powerful women List. Chief of Pepsico, Indian born Indra Nooyi was ranked 13th and Chief Technology and Strategy Officer of Cisco Padmasree Warrior is ranked 71st in the list. Other Indians who made in to the list are State Bank of India Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya (36th) ICICI Bank Managing Director Chanda Kochhar (43rd) Start‐up carrier Tata‐SIA Airlines, which is yet toget a flying permit, will acquire at least 20 Airbusaircraft on lease from a Singapore‐based firm to launch its operations in India by this winter. Arthur a city of USA where Hurricanes has hited recently.
ECONOMY
Union Government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement for World Bank (IDA) assistance of 1006.20 million US dollar for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III. According to Rangrajan committee on poverty line what is per capita expenditure in rural and urban areas respectively= 32 & 47 RS. france has announced 1 billion euro credit line to India. Foreign exchange reserves increased by 15.5 billion US dollar in the financial year ended March 2014 Indian rupee becomes the best performing currency in Asia-Pacific region against US dollar so far in 2014 Singapore became the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India. RBI directed all new ATMs to be installed by commercial banks from July 2014 onwards would provide audible instructions and Braille keypads to customers. Bharatiya Mahila Bank included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and became eligible for loans from RBI on bank rate. Governor of the Reserve Bank of India announced that plastic currency notes will be launched in 2015. India’s economy is now the 10th biggest in the world in terms of gross domestic product, according to the World Bank. India will become the world’s third largest oil consumer by 2025. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) reduced the rate of interest by 20 basis points (bps) India became the second largest exporter of textiles in the world. This was revealed by
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the recent data released by UN Comtrade after china. The Union Government granted Navratna status to Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 24 June 2014 released its World Investment Report 2014. RBI has permitted the NBFCs to act as BCs of banks with an aim of spreading financial inclusion. NBFCs- ND is only eligible to act as banks’ BCs. Railways has increased the passenger fare by 14.2 percent in all classes and freight charges by 6.5 percent When the money transfer happens, the receiver, who does not have a bank account, can walk to a mRUPEE outlet and receive the cash after authenticating. India has moved up to 58th rank in terms offoreign money lying with Swiss banks. Import duty on Sugar hiked from 15 per cent to 40per cent, Ethanol Rani‐ki‐Vav, a 11th century stepwell in the Patan area of Gujarat, was approved for inscription on the World Heritage list by UNESCO
AWARDS & HONOURS
UN secretary General Ban Ki-moon honoured eight Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in peacekeeping operations in 2013. Sanjaya Rajaram (crop- Wheat) honoured World Food Prize 2014. Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik won the 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari presented the Malti Devi Gyan Peeth Puraskar- 2014 to 15 Outstanding Teachers in Punjab. Vishwanath Tripathi, eminent Hindi writer awarded the prestigious Vyas Samman 2013 The project Mobile Seva under DeitY won second rank in the 2014 United Nations Public Service Award. Indian-American student Akhil Rekulapelli won the National Geographic Bee. 2014 for conduct of Entrepreneurship training. Caparo Group won the International Business of the Year award 2014. London-based Hinduja brothers emerged richest in UK in the Super-Rich list. They replaced Lakshmi Mittal and Alisher Usmanov to top the list. Malayalam writer C Radhakrishnan selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013 for his novel Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram.
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Somasundaram (Airports Authority of India) was conferred the prestigious Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award Irish author Eimear McBride won the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction for her first novel A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing. IGI of Delhi is the second best airport in the world for its service quality among the airports Mahindra Group Chairman Anand G Mahindra became the first Indian to receive the prestigious Harvard Medal. Kedarnath Singh, a noted Hindi poet has been chosen for the Jnanpith award for 2013. writer to receive the honour. For He is known for his work Abhi bilkul abhi and Yahan se dekho. Slaman Rushdie has been named as the winner of 2014 Pen Pinter Prize for his outstanding literary output and support for freedom of expression. Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik won the People's Choice prize at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting‐2014 held in the Atlantic City of the US. France announced to honour Shahrukh Khan with Officer of the Legion of Honour for his contribution to Cinema. EIL & NBCC the PSUs have been given Navaratna status.
BOOKS & AUTHOR
Shekhar Gupta’s book entitled Anticipating India - The best of national interest was released Indian Railways launched a book entitled India Junction by arunendra kumar, chairman of railway board The Candidate written by Anirudh Bhattacharyya My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written by R.D. Pradhan Narendra Modi released a book entitled “Getting India Back on track-an action agenda for reform edited by Bibek Debroy, Ashley Tellis & Reece Trevor. Biography of Dilip Kumar, entitled “The Substance and the Shadow was” released in Mumbai.
APPOINTED
Ajit Doval has been appointed as the National Security Adviser. Amit Shah is new BJP President.
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Emma Watson appointed as UN Goodwill Ambassador RAM NARESH YADAV has been appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh. Dr Kamla Beniwal appointed as New Governor of Mizoram V K RAJAH of the Indian origin judge has been appointed as Attorney General of Singapore. H R KHAN was re-appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently by the Union Govt. VISHAL SIKKA (imfosys) is the highest paid CEO in the Indian software industry. N SRINIVASAN appointed as the New Chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC) Justices Arun Mishra, Adarsh Kumar Goel and Rohington F Nariman are 3 Judges Appointed in Supreme Court. Hiroshi Naka, Japanese national appointed as the Vice President of World Bank. Dalia Grybauskaite, the Iron Lady of Lithuania, won the Presidential elections ofLithuania. Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed as the 14th Attorney-General of India Former Chairperson of TRAI, Nripendra Misra has been appointed as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Ahmed Maitiq was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Libiya JEAN CLAUDE JUNCKER has been appointed as next President of European commission. Juan Manuel Santos was re-elected as the President of Colombia. Rajiv Mathur took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner Narendra Kumar Verma was selected as Managing Director of ONGC Videsh Ashwin B. Pandya appointed as the Chairman of the Central Water Commission. Bashar al-Assad of Syria won the Presidential election for the third time for seven-year term Peter Mutharika was sworn-in as President of Malawi Vishal Sikka was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys. Senior advocate Ranjit Kumar was appointed as the Solicitor General of India. Madhya Pradesh Government appointed Madhuri Dixit as the brand ambassador of maternal and child health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan. Chung Hung Won was retained as PM of South Korea Jordan’s Prince, Zeid al-Hussein has been appointed as the next human rights chief. With. Shaktikanta Das on 14 June 2014 was appointed as the new Revenue Secretary.
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Sam Kahamba Kutesa was elected as the president of United Nations General Assembly. Additional secretary A.K. Dubey was appointed as Chairman of Coal India Limited with immediate effect. Rajeev Topno was appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. United Nations General Assembly approved the name of Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al‐Hussein to head the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the UN. Shaktikanta Das was appointed as the new Revenue Secretary. PK Mishra was appointed as the additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Narendra. Chandrashekhar Rao was sworn‐in as the first Chief Minister of Telengana, which became the 29th state of Indian Union. Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez on 8 June 2014 was crowned as Miss USA 2014. Reuven Ruby Rivlin was elected as 10th president of Israel. Former army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was sworn-in as the President of Egypt in Cairo. Kathleen Stephens took charge as US interim Ambassador to India. Kamal Nath a leader of Congress party was sworn‐in as the pro tem Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been appointed on the Board of Governors of the Philippines‐based Asian Development Bank. Alexander Stubb is set to become Finland’s new Prime Minister D Y Patil has been appointed as Governor of West Bengal
OBITUARIES
Azlan Shah best known as The Father of Malaysian hockey passed died Former Gloucestershire off-spinner of England David Allen died American Cinematographer, Gordon Willis died Russi Mody, a Padma Bhusan awardee and management guru Krishnan Nair, founder of Leela Group of Hotels died Fernando Lucio da Costa, a former footballer of Brazil died in a helicopter crash in central Brazil. Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died in a road Ramanarayanan, Tamil film director and producer died in Singapore at Granville Austin has died; he was associated with field scholor of Indian constitution.
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SPORTS
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany won Monaco Grand Prix of Formula One. Susie Wolff becoming the first woman to participate F-1 Race. FIFA suspended Nigeria’s team from International football competitions. China won 2014 Uber Cup title of badminton. 2014 Commonwealth Games will be held at Glasgow (Scotland) Petra Kvitova has won Wimbledon 2014 Title in women's category Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon title 2014 Fuleco is name of the Mascot of FIFA World Cup 2014. Magnus Carlsen is the winner of FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2014 @ Dubai "F-Cube- Technology to promote Football at grass root lavel. saina Nehwal Indian shuttler has won the Star Australian Super Series. Japan won 2014 Thomas Cup badminton Novak Djokovic won the Men's Italian Tennis Open 2014 held in Rome, Italy. Serena Williams of US won the Women's Italian Tennis Open 2014. She defeated World No. 11 Sara Errani of Italy. Murli Kartik announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. SC has appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal panel to further probe the IPL betting or spot fixing scandal that involves Narayanswamy Srinivasan and 12 others Maria Sharapova won the Mutua Madrid Open Tennis title by defeating Romanian Simona Hale Rafael Nadal won ATP World Tour Masters. Ronnie O'Sullivan was named snooker's Player of the Year at the sport's annual awards ceremony in London. Pakistan Cricket appointed , Waqar Younis as the national coach of the national team of Pakistan. Mark Selby of England won World Snooker Championship title 2014 on in Sheffield, England Indian pistol shooter, Jitu Rai won silver medal in the men’s 10-meter air pistol event at the ISSF World. Cup Shooting in Munich. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released commemorative postage stamps on the 2014 FIFA World Cup that is being played in Brazil. Rafael Nadal won the French Open title 2014 for the ninth time
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KKR won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 by defeating KXIP at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Pankaj Advani won his maiden IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. Saina Nehwal won Australian Open Super Series by defeating Carolina Marin of Spain at Sydney. 35th National Games to be held in Kerala. The in-exile-President of BCCI, N Srinivasan has been appointed as the first Chairperson of ICC for a Jitu Rai became the first Indian to win three medals in successive ISSF Shooting World Cup. Australia won the Men’s hockey World Cup title 2014 for second successive time Netherlands won the Women’s World Cup Hockey 2014 in The Hague, Netherlands.
UK firm East India Company issued an exclusive legal tender gold coins in honour of Sachin Tendulkar.
DEFENCE & SECURITY
Akash air defence missiles were successfully test-fired in Balasore, Odisha. Satellites of (canada, france, germany & Singapore) four countries has been launched by ISRO By PSLV C-23 'ATLAST'-world most powerful telescope to track Alien Life. Navies of India and Singapore started the 2014 edition of annual bilateral naval exercises named SIMBEX 14 in Andaman Sea. First indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra successfully test fired @ Goa. India on 2 May 2014 successfully test fired indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile. Narendra Modi dedicated India’s largest warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation, The ship was procure from Russia. India successfully test fired Supersonic anti-ship cruise missile, BrahMos from indigenous of Karwar in Karnataka INS Sindhurakshak, the Submarine of Indian Navy that sank in Arabian Sea in August 2013 due to an accident. Indian & French Air Force started bilateral exercise Garuda V at Jodhpur with aim to enhance operational co-operation and validate capabilities. SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 12
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French Satellite has been launched by PSLV C23 –SPOT 7.
RECAP
GAMES TROPHY
FOOTBALL SANTOSH TROPHY, ASIA CUP, DURAND CUP, FEDERATION CUP, MARDEKA CUP, NEHRU CUP, ROVERS CUP, SUBROTO CUP, MALWA CUP, SAFF CUP, COPA CUP
CRICKET CK NAIDU, DEODHAR TROPHY, DULEEP TROPHY, MERCHANT TROPHY, RANJI TROPHY, IRANI TROPHY, VIJAY HAZARE , CHAMPIONS TROPHY, ,
HOCKEY AGAKHAN CUP, AZALANSHAH TOURNAMENT, DHYAN CHAND TROPHY, MODI GOLD CUP, WELLINGTON CUP
LAWN HOPE MEN CUP, DAVIS CUP, MERCEDES CUP, WIMLONDON, FRENCH TENNIS
BADMINTON THAMOUS CUP, UBER CUP, SUDEERMAN CUP, MALAYSIAN CUP
CRICKET
Ond day international:
1. Australia & New Zealand: 2015 Cricket World Cup. 2. England will host 2019 Cricket World Cup. 3. India will host 2023World Cup for the fourth time.
T-20 world cup:
1. Bangladesh host the: World T20 Cup ‐2014. (For Men & women) 2. India will host the: World T20 Cup ‐2016. (For Men & women)
Test match world cup:
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1. England to host Cricket World Test Champions in – 2017 (for first time). 2. India will host World Test Championship in ‐ 2021.
Kolkata Knight Riders won IPL 7 after defeating Punjab. Sri Lanka won their maiden Twenty20 Cricket World Cup (male), beating India by six wickets. Australian completed a hat-trick of ICC World T20 world cup (women titles) with a comprehensive six-wicket win over England. MS Dhoni, the captain of Indian cricket team on 4 April 2014 won the United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian Award for outstanding achievement in Sports. Sachin Tendulkar becomes the 1st Indian cricketer to feature on the cover page of the "Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2014". Waqar Younis appointed as new Pakistan coach. Sachil Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly bought teams in ISL (Indian super league). Which is related to football game. KARNATKA team won the Ranji Trophy for 2014. Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014: Karnataka won the title by defeating Railways. Karnataka won Irani Cup for the fifth time by defeating rest of india West Zone captures the 3rd consecutive 'Deodhar Trophy' beating North Zone. South Africa lift the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014. They defeated Pakistan by six wickets at Dubai. India won under 19 Asis Cup series by defeating Pakistan. 68th Santosh Trophy : Mizoram defeat Railways to win the title. Sri Lanka wins its 5th Asia Cup cricket trophy with defending champions Pakistan at Mirpur, Bangladesh. Cheteshwar Pujara named as brand ambassador of Gujarat Election Commission. Srinivasan elected as the new Chairman of ICC from July 2014 onwards. KOCHI ISL FOOTBALL team bought by Sachin Tendulkar in ISL (Indian super league). West Zone captures the 3rd consecutive 'Deodhar Trophy' beating North Zone Sachin tendulkar is the good will ambassador for 35th national Games.
HOCKEY
punjab won Junior National Hockey Title 2014 by defeating Odisha. Delhi Waveriders won the 2nd edition of Hockey India League cup 2014. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports declared Hockey as NSF (National Sports Federation). Father of Malaysian Hockey Sultan Azlan Shah passes away. SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 14
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2014 HOCKEY world cup will be held at “The Hague”. Junior Hockey World Cup 2013: Germany beat France, register record sixth world title.
FOOTBALL
FIFA (Football) World CUP hosts: 1. 2014: Brazil (Mascot: Smiling Armadillo to be the official Mascot of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil). 2. 2018 : Russia 3. 2022: Qatar
KOCHI ISL FOOTBALL team bought by Sachin Tendulkar in ISL (Indian super league). Japan beat Australia in Women's Asian Cup Football final. National Women's Football champions 2014: Manipur defeated Orissa in the final.
TENNIS
Australian Open 2014
Men’s Single-Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Rafeal Nadal
Women’s Single- Li Na (China) defeated Li Na (China
Women’s Doubles-Errani and Roberta Vinci
Madrid Title 2014
*Rafael Nadal
Monte Carlo Masters Tennis 2014
*Stanislas Wawrinka
Miami (Sony)Open 2014
*Men’s Single: Novak Djokovic
*Women’s Single: Serena Williams
Dubai tennis championship-
*Roger Federer.
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Italian tennis open 2014
*Men’s - Novak Djokovic defeated Rafeal Nadal
*Female- Serena Williams defeated Sarra Errani
Rafael Nadal remains top of the men’s ATP tennis rankings. 43. Serena Williams (USA) remains top of the WTA tennis rankings.
FORMULA – 1 (CAR)
LEWIS HAMILTON (UK)- Malaysian Grand Prix. LEWIS HAMILTON (UK)- Singapore Grand Prix NICO ROSBERG - Australian Grand Prix NICO ROSBERG ( Germany)- Monaco Grand Prix.
BADMINTION
SIMON SANTOSO of Indodesia won the Singapore Badminton Open title for 2014. Japan lifts maiden Thomas Cup Badminton trophy after defeating Malasiya. China won Uber Cup (Badmintion) 2014 of badminton after defeating JAPAN. Veteran Indian shuttler Arvind Bhat lifts German Open title. Saina Nehwal won Syed Modi International India Grand Prix Gold badminton crown by defeating PV Sindhu in Lucknow Aditya Joshi is world No.1 junior shuttler. P V Sindhu ranked 9th in BWF women’s Singles ranking.
SHOOTING
Chain Singh and HeenaSidhu claimed gold medals in the seventh Asian Air Gun Championship in Kuwait City. Indian shooter Heena Sidhu captures a silver medal in the women's final of the 10m air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup being held in US. Pooja Ghatkar clinches gold in womens air rifle in the seventh Asian air gun championship.
OTEHRS
Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) won the 34th London Marathon. PANKAJ ADWANI won the senior men’s National Snooker title 2014. INDIA retained the SAARC golf trophy by defeating Bangladesh. SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 16
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Yulia Lipnitskaya is the youngest Russian to win gold medal in Winter Olympics. Soumyajit Ghosh became youngest national champion after he defeated six time winner Achanta Sharath Kamal 74th National Table Tennis Championship. Ace paddler Sharath Kamal will lead the 10 member Indian Contingent including five women in the World Table Tennis championships to be held in Tokyo from April 28 to May 5. 75th Senior National Table Tennis C’ship held in Patna. Malaysian 'Lee Chong Wei' lifts his 3rd India Open Super Series men's . Chain Singh and Heena Sidhu claimed gold medals in the seventh Asian Air Gun Championship in Kuwait City. INDIA retained the SAARC golf trophy by defeating Bangladesh.. English pro Mark Selby won World Snooker Championship title. Pankaj Advani won Cricket Club of India (CCI) Classic Billiards and Snooker tournament. India defeat Pakistan to lift Kabaddi World Cup mens 2013 title. India win Women's Kabaddi World Cup 2013 for the third time in a row, defeating debutant New Zealand. Spain's Real Madrid retained the title of the world's richest soccer club. Swimmer Supriya Mondal has qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympics by winning a gold medal in the 200m butterfly event at the Dubai. Grand Master Adhiban won silver medal at the Asian Continental Chess Championship BCCI recommends Ravichandran Ashwin ( Off‐spinner) for Arjuna Award. Anirban Lahiri won Indonesian Masters golf title. Ronnie O’Sullivan named as Snooker’s Player of the Year. Kamal Chawla has settled for a bronze medal in the Asian Snooker Championship being held in the United Arab Emirates. Chitra Magimairaj Wins World Women's Senior snooker title.
Olympics Games host cities: 1. 2014 winter: Sochi (Russia) 2. 2016 Summer: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 3. 2018 winter: Pyeongchang (South Korea) 4. 2020 summer: Tokyo (Japan)
Asian Games host cities: 1. 2014: Incheon (South Korea) (Note: 2010 Asain Games held in Guangzhou, China).
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TATA STEEL has been selected as India’s best steel company by an American Research institute. Nitin Gadkari got additional charge of Union Ministry Rural Development. UP has established women helpline in each district recently. Solar Impulse 2 is a Solar powered plane launched recently. According to data released by UN India’s rank in global textile exports is Second. Exercise “GARUDA V” is being held at jodhpur Air base which was a joint excrsise between India & France. Anand Mahindra has become the first indian to receive Prestigious HARVARD MEDAL. ANGELA MERKEL has topped in forbes most powerful women list 2014. SIMBEX2014 is a naval exercise between India and Singapore took place in Andaman Sea recently. International day of UN peacekeeprs is observed on MAY 29th. Recently reliance industries ltd has announce to buy majority stakes of Network 18 media Network Mauritius has decided to provide automatic tax information exchange to India. Supersonic Surface to Air Missile “AKASH” has been tested successfully recently. ANJALI PRASAD has been appointed as permanent representative of india to the WTO.
ORGANIZATION/ PERSON / APPOINTMENTS POSITION/POST
CHIEF CHIEF ARMY CHIEF DALBIR SINGH NAVY CHIEF ROBIN K DHOWAN AIR CHIEF ARUP RAHA
CHIEF MINISTERS CHIEF MINISTERS CM TELANGANA Kalvakuntla CHANDRASHEKHAR RAO (Telangana Rastra Samithi (TRS)) CM NAGALAND T R Zeliang CM GUJRAT Anandiben Patel CM BIHAR Jitan Ram Manjhi
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CM ODISHA Naveen Patnaik CM SIKKIM Pawan Chamling CM ARUNANCHAL Nabam Tuki PRADESH CM ANDRA N Chandrababu Naidu (TO BE) PRADESH CM UTRAKHAND Harish Rawat
GOVERNOR GOVERNOR GOVERNOR Sheila Dikshit KERLA governor E S L Narasimhan TELANGANA Governor of Manipur Vinod Kumar Duggal
RECENT RECENT CHANGES CHANGES CJI R.M.Lodha DY GOVERNOR R GANDHI RBI FINANCE Arvind Mayaram SECRETARY Revenue Secretary Rajiv Takru 1ST WOMEN Justice G. Rohini JUDGE OF DELHI HC Indian envoy to N A K. Browne Norway President of BCCI Sunil Gavaskar SBI's first woman Arundhati Bhattacharya Chairman CHAIRMAN MCX Thomas Mathew SX DG BSF D K Pathak Indian ambassador to Gautam Bambawale Bhutan CHAIRMAN CBDT R.K.Tiwari Chairman of the 7th Ashok Kumar Mathur Pay Commission President of Indian N Ramachandran Olympic Association SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 19
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President of FICCI Siddarth Birla CHAIRMAN Harsh Bhanwala NABARD
Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi NATIONAL Ajit Kumar Doval SECURITY ADVISOR Vice President and Hiroshi Naka Auditor General WORLD BANK CIC CHIEF CIC CHIEF INFORMATION INFORMATION COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER SECRETARY DEPT KAVERI BANERJEE OF POST CHIEF UN Major General Kristin Lund Peacekeeping Force ADB's Board of ARUN JAITLEY Governors leader of cong in LS Mallikarjun Kharge CHIEF UN force Maj. Gen. Kristin Lund Nokia CEO & Rajeev Suri President Chairman of John Thompson Microsoft CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella New chairman of the Janet Yellen Federal Reserve
CABINET CABINET MINISTRY MINISTRY NARENDRA PM INDIA (15TH) DAMODARDAS MODI Home Minster RAJNATH SINGH LOKSABHA SOUMITRA MAHAJAN SPEAKER External Affairs SUSHMA SWARAJ FINANCE ARUN JAITLEY
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MINISTER URBAN DEV M VENKAIAH NAIDE HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATIN ROAD TRANSPORT NITIN GADKARI MINISTER RAIL MINISTER D V SADANANDA GOWDA WATER UMA BHARTI RESOURCES MINISTRY MINORITY DR NAJMA HEPTULLA AFFAIRS RURAL DEV NITIN GADKARI (temp) PANCHAYATI RAJ CONSUMER RAMVILAS PASWAN AFFAIRS FOOD AND PDS MSME MINISTRY KALRAJ MISHRA WOMEN AND MENEKA GANDHI CHILD DEVLOPMENT CHEMICALS AND ANANTH KUMAR FERTILIZERS COMMUNICATINS RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD AND IT CIVIL AVIATION ASHOK GAJAPATHI RAJU HEAVY ANANT GEETE INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES FOOD HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL PROCESSING INDUSTRIES MINES AND STEEL NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR LABOUR EMPLOYMENT TRIBAL AFFAIRS JUAL ORAM AGRICULTURE RADHA MOHAN SINGH MINISTRY SOCIAL JUSTICE THAAWAR CHAND GEHLOT AND SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 21
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EMPOWERMENT HUMAN SMRITI Z IRANI RESOURCE DEVLOPMENT HEALTH AND DR HARSH VARDHAN FAMILY WELFARE
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL APP. APP. Malawi president Peter Mutharika president Malawi Peter Mutharika (Lilongwe) PRESIDENT EGYPT Abdel Fattah Al Sissi president UKRAINE Petro Poroshenko PRESIDENT Dalia Grybauskaite Lithuania PRESIDENT uan Carlos Varela PANAMA PRESIDENT Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca MALTA PRESIDENT CHILE MICHELLE BACHELET PRESIDENT Abdelaziz Bouteflika ALGERIA PRESIDENT ANDREJ KISKA SLOVAKIA PRESIDENT SYRIA BASHAR AL-ASSAD German chancellor. Angela Merkel
INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL APP. APP.
PM THAILAND Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan PM LIBYA Ahmed Maiteeg PM KAZAKASTAN Karim Massimov PM NEPAL SUSHIL KOIRALA PM HUNGRY VICTOR ORBAN PM FRANCE MANUEL VALLS PM EGYPT IBRAHIM MAHLAB
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PM ITALY MATTEO RENZI PM UKRAINE ARSENIYYAT SENYUK PM of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Somalia.
Earthquake of magnitude 8.3 on Richter Scale struck Solomon Islands recently. RBI extended the timeline for full implementation of Basel III norms 31 March 2019. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the trade related remittance limit from 2 lakh rupees to 5 lakh rupees per transaction with immediate effect. RBI extends date of exchanging pre‐2005 notes to Jan 1, 2015 United States and India launched a reading initiative named READ (Read‐Engage‐Achieve‐Dream) Alliance. This initiative has been launched with an aim to improve the reading skills. India successfully test fired indigenouslydevelope surface‐to‐air Akash missile from at Chandipur Wheelers island Odisha India test‐fired an exo‐atmospheric interceptor missile, called Prithvi Defence Vehicle. India and Nepal started a joint military exercise named Ex‐Surya Kiran Drills VI at Saljhandi in Rupandehi district of Nepal India is now the world's third largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, ahead of Japan and behind the US and China . The railways will launch semi‐high‐speed trains that will run at an average speed of 130 km per hour. Andhra Pradesh has recorded highest growth in terms of both milk production and per‐capita milk availability. Having received USD 70 billion in 2013, India has topped the list of countries receiving remittances from overseas workers, the World Bank said. Reserve Bank's plan to put in circulation Rs 10 plastic currency notes on trial basis. The selected 5 cities are Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Shimla and Bhubaneswar. Government is planning to make additional infusion of up to Rs 7,000 crore in the public sector banks during the current fiscal. After launching accounts on Facebook and Youtube, the country's largest lender SBI took one more step on the social media front by launching a twitter handle.
AWARDS PERSON
GOLDEN PEACOCK AWARDS 2014 TECHNOPARK TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS
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INCUBATOR (T‐TBI)
BHARAT RATNA AWARD SACHIN TENDULKAR AND CN RAO
DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD 2013 GULZAR
PULITZER PRIZE 2014 VIJAY SESHADRI
MISS INDIA 2014 KOYAL RANA
GANDHI PEACE PRIZE FOR 2013 CHANDI PRASAD BHAT
SARASWATI SAMMAN 2013 GOVIND MISHRA
PRITZKER PRIZE 2014 SHIGERU BAN
ABEL PRIZE 2014 YAKOV GRIGOREVICH SINAI
VYAS SAMMAN 2013 VISHWANATH TRIPATHI
M S SUBBULAKSHMI AWARD 2014 MATHANGI SATHYAMURTHY
BRITAIN'S HIGHEST AWARDS RATAN TATA
GLOBAL INDIAN AWARD "CANADA" NARAYANA MURTHY
UNITED KINGDOM’S 2014 ASIAN MS DHONI AWARD
CRICKETER OF GENERATION SACHIN TENDULKAR AWARD
TEMPLETON PRIZE FOR 2014 TOMAS HALIK
MOST EFFICIENT NAVRATNA HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LTD AWARD
INDIA'S GLOBAL ICON AMITABH BACHCHAN
UK TWITTER PRIZE GOPAL RAO
UNESCO GUILLERMO CANO WORLD AHMET SIK PRESS FREEDOM PRIZE.
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RAMANUJAN MATHEMATICS ANAND KUMAR, AWARD
ROTARY'S HIGHEST AWARD PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE
MARCONI SOCIETY PRIZE SWAMI JOSEPH PAULRAJ
ALLAN BORDER MEDAL. MITCHELL JOHNSON
DSC PRIZE 2014 CYRUS MISTRY
GOLDEN GLOBE FOR BEST 12 YEARS A SLAVE DRAMATIC FILM
C.K. NAYUDU AWARD KAPIL DEV
ENERGY CONSERVATION AWARD POOVAR ISLAND RESORT 2013
SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS 2013 JAVED AKHTAR
59TH FILMFARE AWARDS 2014
BEST FILM BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG
BEST ACTOR FARHAN AKHTAR
BEST ACTRESS DEEPIKA PADUKONE
BEST DIRECTOR RAKESH OMPRAKASH MEHRA
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TANUJA
THE IIFA 2014 AWARDS
BEST FILM: BHAAG MILKA BHAAG
BEST ACTOR FARHAN AKHTAR FOR BHAAG MILKA BHAAG
BEST ACTRESS DEEPIKA PADUKONE FOR CHENNAI
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EXPRESS
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SHATRUGHAN SINHA
BEST DIRECTOR RAKEYSH OM MEHRA FOR BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG
BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER SHREYA GOSHAL
61ST NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
BEST FILM: 'SHIP OF THESEUS' – DIRECTOR – ANAND GANDHI
BEST ACTOR: RAJKUMAR RAO FOR 'SHAHID' AND SURAJ VENJARAMUDU AND VENAJARAMOODU FOR MALAYALAM MOVIE 'PERARIYATHAVAR'
BEST ACTRESS: GEETANJALI THAPA FOR LIARS DICE
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD: PRANJAL DUA FOR 'CHIDIYA UD' (HINDI)
OSCAR AWARD 2014
BEST FILM ‐ 12 YEARS A SLAVE – DIRECTED BY STEVE MCQUEEN
BEST ACTOR ‐ MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY FOR: DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
BEST ACTRESS ‐ CATE BLANCHETT FOR: BLUE JASMINE
BEST DIRECTOR ‐ ALFONSO CUARÓN FOR GRAVITY
CANNES 2014
PALME D’OR- WINTER SLEEP
BEST ACTOR TIMOTHY SPALL
BEST DIRECTOR BENNETT MILLER
BEST ACTRESS JULIANNE MOORE
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PADMA VIBHUSHAN
DR RAGHUNATH A MASHELKAR (SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING)
B K S IYENGAR (YOGA)
PADMA BHUSHAN
KAMAL HAASAN
PULLELA GOPICHAND
LEANDER PAES
PADMA SHRI
VIDYA BALAN
YUVRAJ SINGH
DIPIKA REBECCA PALLIKAL
ANJUM CHOPRA
AWARDS AREA
NOBEL PRIZE (1969) PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, LITERATURE,PEACE, ECONOMY, MEDICINE, PHYSIOLOGY
DHANVANTARI AWARD MEDICINE
ABEL PRIZE MATHEMATICS
BHARAT RATNA HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR
1ST PRIZE- C. RAJGOPALACHARI, LAST (2008)-
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BHIMSEN JOSHI
JB PANT AWARD BEST PARLIAMENTARIAN
SARASWATI SAMMAN HIGHEST LITERACY PRIZE (BY KK BIRLA FOUNDATION)
KALINGA AWARD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (UNESCO)
KABIR AWARD POETRY
PULITZER JOURNLISM
ARJUNA AWARD SPORTS
DRONACHARYA AWARD COACHING IN SPORTS
GRAMMY AWARD MUSIC
BHARTENDU JOURNLISM HARISHCHANDRA, ROMON MASAYSAY AWARD
DADA SHEB PHALKE MOVIE AWARD
ASHOK CHAKRA NATIONA HIGHEST GALLANTRY AWARDS
KIRTI CHAKRA NATION SECOND HIGHEST GALLANTRY AWARDS
IDFC Ltd and Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Ltd won banking licences among 25 aplicant. Communications satellite INSAT‐3E has completed its life and gone out of service. RBI Governor, Raghuram Rajan said that the central bank had adopted the new Consumer Price Index as the key measure of inflation instead of Wholesale Price Index. Axis Bank, on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, announced the launch of ‘Asha Home Loan’, a 30‐ year home loan product Social media giant Facebook has crossed 100 million active users in India, its largest base outside the US. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority(IRDA) imposed a fine of Rs.1.77
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crore on Reliance Life Insurance for violation of various norms. State Bank of India launched three digital banking facilities at the customer’s door step using TAB banking; one for customers opening Savings Bank accounts and another for Housing Loan applicants. The third is e‐KYC (Know your Customer). Deputy Governor of the RBI who resigned recently is K C KHAKRABARTY. The great Himalayan national park nominated for UNESCO sites is situated in KULLU DIST of HIMANCHAL PRADESH. RANI KI VAV & HIMALAYAN PARK (PATNA & GUJRAT) sites are nominated by India for UNESCO heritage sites for 2014 . MH370 was a MALAYSIA PASSENGER MISSING PLANE. Bird "the Blue and White Flycatcher" is recorded first time in which place in India? ANDMAN & NIKOBAR ISLANDS. JAI SAMAIKYANDRA PARTY is the name of the new political party floated by the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy recently. The World Wide Web (WWW) has completed 25 YEAR 12 March 2014. In BIMTECH the member’s countries are: BANGLADESH, INDIA, MYANMAR, SRI LANKA, THAILAND, BHUTAN & NEPAL. GENERAL ELECTION planned to be held from 7TH APRIL TO 12 TH MAY. Ms. PERENNA KEI named as YOUNGEST BILLIONAIR in FORBS 2014 (24 YEAR from HONG KONG). According to Forbes 2014 list, BILL GATES is richest person in the world. According to FORBES 2014 list, 58 billionairs are in india. Sunil Gavaskar appointed as the interim President of BCCI by the Supreme Court. Ajay S Shriram to replace S Gopalakrishnan as the President of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) for 2014-15. Google has been fined Rs 1 Crore by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for unfair trade practices. India’s foreign exchange reserves jumped to $309.444 billion in the week ended April 11 on the back of a healthy rise in currency assets. Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in Delhi. Project Mobile Seva won United Nation Service Award 2014 B Sambamurthy committee constituated for improvement of Mobile Banking. Russia have been recently suspended from the Group of G-8. Reserve Bank of India has included Hongkong and Macua countries in sensitive list. Mukul Rohatgi appointed as the new he replace G.E. Vahanvati. Pakistan has said it would grant India the status of NonDiscriminatory Market Access (NDMA) to facilitate enhanced bilateral trade. SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 29
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Telangana separated from Andra Pradesh on 2nd June and become 29th States, Hydrabad is the common capital of Telangana and andra Pradesh. World Bank has signed an agreement with the government to provide a loan assistance of USD 1,006.20 million for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III. The Reserve Bank of India has directed banks to: convert credit balances in any inoperative foreign currency (FC) denominated deposit into Indian rupee if the former remains not in use for three years from the date of maturity of deposit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today quit his Vadodara Lok Sabha seat, choosing to retain Varanasi Infosys president B G Srinivas quits Narendra Damodardass Modi was sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of the country. Singapore became the top source of FDI into India replacing Mauritius. Malavath Poorna of Andhra became youngest woman to climb Mount Everest, Bhartiye Mahila Bank included in 2nd Schedule of RBI Act 1934, and become the 90th Bank to be scheduled and member of clearing House. RBI has allowed banks to provide loans with tenures of up to 10 years for export Business to boosts Export.
AREA INDIA’S RANK
Gender Inequality Index 132TH
Global Corruption Index 94TH
Global Peace Index 141TH
World Prosperity Index 106TH
World's best countries for doing business 98TH
World Press Freedom Index 140TH
Global Environment Performance 155TH
Global Competitiveness Index 60TH
Human Development Report 136TH
Global Gender Gap Report 101TH
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Global Hunger Index 63TH
Intellectual property (IP) environment 25TH
The Reserve Bank of India said banks should make all new ATMs installed from July 1, 2014 as “talking ATMs” with Braille keypads. A banking company is required to transfer not less than 20% out of the balance of profit of each year to the Reserve Fund created under provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Switzerland, Norway economies of the world have been declared world’s most expensive economies in a ranking released by the World Bank recently. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China tops the Forbes' annual list of the world's 2000 largest and most powerful public companies released recently. Reliance Industries ranked 54th & SBI @ 155th position. Chenab Super-30 programme, Army launches coaching programme OF 11 MONTH for J&K youth to crack IIT-JEE. Amul to set up five lakh litres per day capacity dairy plant in Varanasi. In 16th LS election NDA 334 (BJP- 282), UPA 60 (cong- 44) election was held on 543 constitution. India will become the world’s third largest oil consumer by 2025 according to the US Energy Information.
BOOK AUTHOR
Crusader or Conspirator-Coalgate and other Truths PC Parakh
ANTICIPATING INDIA SHEKHAR GUPTA
The Accidental Prime Minister Dr. Sanjaya Baru
Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership Pavan Choudary
Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri Dr. R L Bhat
Narendra Modi: A Political Biography Andy Marino
Public Issues Before Parliament Vijay Darda
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The Political Economy of Energy and Growth Sh. Najeeb Jung
India at Risk Jaswant Singh
ModiNomics: Inclusive Economics, Inclusive Governance Sameer Kochhar
Hard Choices Hillary Rodham Clinton
Water, Peace and War Brahma Chellaney
“Unbreakable” ‐ An Autobiography by Mary Kom mary kom
The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
Aid and Growth, Fault Lines, India's patter of Dev, The RAGHURAM GOVIND real effect of Banking Crises, Controlled Capital Account RAJAN Liberalization, saving Capitalism from the capitalists
THE BEST THING ABOUT YOU IS YOU ANUPAM KHER
THE SATANIC VERSES SALMAN RASIDI
CRICKET MYY STYLE MOHINDER AMARNATH
REBIRTH JAHNAVI BAARA
MY EXPERIENCE WITH TRUTH MAHATMA GANDHI
RIVER OF SMOKE AMITABH GOSH
GOOD BYE SAHJADI SHYAM BHATIYA
CONTROVERSIAL YOURS SOAB AKAHTAR
A PERSONAL HISTORY EMRAN KHAN
A SHOT AT HISTORY ABINAV BINDRA
A TRAIN TO PAKISTAN KHUSWANT SINGH
THE SENCE OF AN ENDING JULIAN BARNES
A HOUSE FOR MR. BISWAS V.S NAIPAUL
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A BEND IN THE RIVER V.S NAIPAUL
REVOLUTION 20-20, 5-POINT SOMEONE CHETAN BHAGAT
SUNI GHATI KA SURAJ SRI LAL SUKLA
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME STEFEN HOCKINS
ENHI HATHIYARO SE AMARKHANT
BACK TO WORK BILL CLINTON
ROMANCING WITH LIFE DEV ANAND
MALGUDI DAYS R K NARAYAN
SUNNY DAYS SUNIL GAWASKAR
ECONOMIC PLANNING M. VISVESVARAYYA
TWO LIVES VIKREM SETH
Pakistan successfully test-fired Hataf-III Ghaznavi missile of having range 290 kilometers.. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee dedicated ‘RuPay’ India’s own card payment network to the nation. Delhi the most polluted city in the world: WHO, RBI allowed the minors of age above 10 years to open Savings bank accounts. World Kabaddi League launched in capital Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal will co-chair this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa. Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik won 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) was launched in the UAE recently. India emerged as the world’s third-largest economy in 2011 from being the 10th largest in 2005, moving ahead of Japan, while the US remained the largest economy closely followed by China.
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The All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), has decided to mark May 1, which is internationally observed as Labour Day, as Demands Day this year.
REVOLUTION TERMS
GREEN REVOLUTION AGRICULTURE (WHEAT) GOLDEN REVOLUTIN HOTICULTURE WHITE REVOLUTION MILK BROWN REVOLUTION SOFT DRINKS YELLOW REVOLUTION OIL PRODUCTION BLUE REVOLUTION FISHERIES BLACK REVOLUTION PETROLIUM PINK REVOLUTION ONION GREY REVOLUTION FERTILIZER SILVER REVOLUTION EGG PRODUCTION EVERGREE /SECOND AGRICULTURE GREENREVOLUTION
API CULTURE BEE PRODUCTION FLORI CULTURE FLOWER PRODUCTION SARI CULTURE SILK PRODUCTION VITI CULTURE GRAPS PRODUCTION FISHI CULTURE FISH PRODUCTION
India continues to rank lowest in the World Bank’s ranking on the ease of ‘Doing Business’ for 2014. India is now ranked at 134 . China and South Africa. U.S. forces will complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of 2016. Anti‐corruption activist Anna Hazare is planning to launch a non‐political social movement called Asli Azadi Abhiyan (true freedom movement) in Mumbai on August 9. Brazil‐Russia‐India‐China‐South Africa BRICS summit in Brasilia, in July. RBI permits 4 non‐bank entities to set up white label ATMs: The Reserve Bank has issued ‘certificate of authorisation’ to four non‐bank entities are: (1)Tata Communications Payment Solutions (2) Muthoot Finance, SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 34
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(3) Prizm Payment Services and (4) Vakrangee Ltd. The Reserve Bank of India has raised the Foreign Institutional Investors, FIIs investment limit in the Power Grid Corporation to 30 per cent of its paid up capital. The Reserve Bank of India has allowed Non‐Banking Financial Companies, NBFCs to lend up to 75% of the value of gold. It was 60 per cent earlier.
AREA FDI ALLOTED
Agriculture 100%
Pharmaceutical 100%
Power 100%
Automobile 100%
RETAIL (SINGLE BRAND) 100%
TOURISM 100%
TELLECOMMUNICATION 100%
PVT SEC BANKS 74%
RETAIL (MULTI BRAND) 51%
CIVIL AVIATION 49%
PENSION 49%
INSURANCE 49%
DEFENCE 26%
PRINT MEDIA 26%
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PUBLIC SEC BANKS 20%
PROJECTION OF GROWTH RATE
The World Bank projected an economic growthrate of 5.7 per cent in fiscal year 2014 for India. RBI pegged 2014‐15 GDP growth at a central estimate of 5.5 % ADB pegs India GDP growth rate for 2014‐15 at 5.5 % IMF projected GDP growth for India in 2014‐15 at ‐ 5.4 %
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION HEAD QUARTER HEAD MEMBER
UNO (24th oct 1945) NEWYORK BAN KI MOON 193 UNESCO PARIS IRINA BOKOVA 195 WORLD BANK WASHINGTON DC JIM YONG KIM 188 IMF (1945) WASHINGTON DC CHRISTINE 188 LAGARGE WTO (01-01-1995) GENEVA ROBERT 160 AZEVEDO ILO GENEVA GUY RYDER - WHO GENEVA MERCHANT - CHAN UNCTAD GENEVA UNICEF NEWYORK SUSAN BISSEL - FAO ROME J G DA SILVA - OPEC (1960) VIENNA - 12 OCED PARIS - - CSTO MOSCO - - SAARC (1985) KATHMANDU AHMED 8 SALEEM (President) FATHIMATH SAEED (General Secretary)
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ADB (1966) MANILA HARUHIKO 67 KURODA ASEAN JAKARTA Surin Pitsuwan 10 EU/SWIFT/NATO BRUSSELS
PILLOR OF ECONOMY
1. PRIMARY SECTOR (Agriculture, fisheries, agriculture, forestry and fishing, mining). 2. SECONDARY SECTOR (Manufacturing Sector) 3. TERTIORY SECTOR (Service Sector) Trade; Hotels and Restaurants; Transport; Storage & warehousing; Communication; Banking and Insurance; Real Estate; Business services.
o RBI, in a major repreive to the banking sector, defers the deadline for full implementation of the Basel III capiAWARDtal regulations by a year & by 31 March 2019 o The Indian Army today successfully test fired an advanced version of 290 km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from phokran (Rajsthan). o The RBI has decided to compute and release the Real Effective Exchange Rate on the basis of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from this financial year. o HEARTBLEED is a : BUG found in open SSL which secure by SSL Communication. o R Gandhi (former executive director of RBI) appointed Deputy Governor of RBI for 3 years. According to Forbes 2014 list, BILL GATES is richest person in the world. According to FORBES 2014 list, 58 billionairs are in india. Sunil Gavaskar appointed as the interim President of BCCI by the Supreme Court. Ajay S Shriram to replace S Gopalakrishnan as the President of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) for 2014-15. Google has been fined Rs 1 Crore by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for unfair trade practices. Jammu and Kashmir becomes the first state in the country to declare all election booths as No Smoking Areas in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Indian archaeologists claim to have discovered the largest Harappan site at Rakhigarhi in Hisar district, Haryana. japanese architect Shigeru Ban honoured with Pritzker Prize 2014
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'Bank of India' becomes the 1st public sector bank to launch Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme in Mumbai. The IMT, an innovative domestic money remittance facility, allows customers to withdraw cash from IMT-enabled ATMs without the need of any card. Acclaimed photographer Rajesh Bedi honoured with the Life-Time Achievement Award at the 3rd National Photography Awards 2014.
Nuclear Security Summit 2014 (3rrld summit) concludes in Hague, Netherlands with an agreement to reduce nuclear risks to global security. Govind Mishra becomes only the 2nd Hindi author to receive Sarawasti Samman (2013) . World observes 'World Meteorological Day 2014' on March 23 with the theme “Weather and climate: engaging youth". Government to sell 9% of its stake (out of total 20.72%) in Axis Bank, India's 3rd largest private sector bank. India launches "Operation Serachlight" : a combined effort of Navy and Coast Guard in Andaman sea to search the whereabouts of missing Malaysian aircraft MH-370. S Astronomers spots largest ever Yellow Star -HR 5171 A ,1300 times larger than the Sun (which also belong to the same family i.e. Yellow star). Indian Author Pankaj Misra has been honoured with $1,50,000 Yale University prize for his literary contribution under nonfiction category. International Women's Day is celebrated across the world on March 8. The theme for this year observance is "Equality for Women is Progress for All". o Qatar based Doha Bank announced on 3 April 2014 that it will be opening its first branch at Nariman Point in Mumbai in India. o SAKSHAM the Rajiv gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys which was launched recently . o The Union Government recently gave a nod to amend Rule 90 of the Conduct of election rules,961. This rule concerns on POLL EXPENDITURE ON MP’s & MLA’s. DAYS TO REMEMBER DAYS DATE
NRI DAY 9TH JAN NATIONAL VOTER DAY 25 TH JAN
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MARTYRS'S DAY 30 TH JAN ECNTRAL EXCISE TAX DAY 24 TH FEB NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 28 TH FEB WOMAN'S DAY 8 TH MARCH WORLD CONSUMER DAY 15 TH MARCH WORLD FORESTRY DAY 21 ST MARCH WORLD WATER DAY 22 ND MARCH WORLD HEALTH DAY 7 TH APRIL WORLD HERITAGE DAY 18 TH APRIL EARTH DAY 22 ND APRIL WORLD COPYRIGHT DAY 23 RD APRIL WORLD HERITAGE DAY 18 TH APRIL WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 3RD MAY WORLD BIODIVERSITY DAY 22ND MAY WORLD ANTI-TOBACO/NO SMOKING 31ST MAY WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 5TH JUNE WORLD POPULATION DAY 11TH JULY INCOME TAX DAY 24TH JULY WORLD LITERACY DAY 8TH SEPTEMBER HINDI DIVAS 14TH SEPTEMBER WORLD OZONE DAY 16TH SEPTEMBER NON VIOLENCE DAY 2ND OCT WORLD FOOD DAY 16TH OCT WORLD DIABETES DAY 14TH NOV WORLD AIDS DAY 1ST DEC INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 10TH DEC
P. Chidambaram inaugurated the country’s first post office savings bank ATM at the Head Post Office in Thyagaraya Nagar, Chennai.
Former Finance Minister announced a reduction in excise duty to 10 per cent from 12 per cent (2 month Before). Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram allocated an additional Rs 1,000 crore to the Nirbhaya Fund for the safety and empowerment of women. South Korea becomes the 181st country to be extended the tourist Visa-on-Arrival facility
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byIndia Transgender is recognised as the 3rd sex (male and female being the other two) by theSupreme Court. Railsaver’, a web portal meant to improve energy efficiency in Indian Railways, has been inaugurated. Developed by Centre of Railway Informatics System (CRIS). India-American poet Vijay Seshadri wins the 98th annual Pulitzer Prize for the year 2014 in the poetry category for his collection of poems "3 Sections."
Justice G Rohini becomes the first women Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. Bluefin-21 : the unmanned underwater vehicle / underwater drone is used by the search team of missing Malaysian Boeing 777 flight MH370 to locate. India received the most remittances from overseas workers in 2013 as per a report by theWorld Bank. Eminent lyricist Gulzar to be conferred on the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013. Millennium Technology Prize 2014 goes to British-American physicist Stuart Parkin for enabling a revolutionary thousand-fold increase in digital data storage on magnetic disks. Ratan Tata is to be conferred on the 'Knight Grand Cross', one of the highest civilian honours in Britain, by the queen Elizabeth
India’s first aircraft Carrier 'INS Vikrant' is auctioned off to 'IB Commercial Pvt Ltd' for 60 crores. Arunachal capital 'Itanagar' gets the rail connectivity with the introduction of a passenger train linking the town of Dekargaon to the capital city. World Health Day is observed across the globe on April 7. The Theme for 2014 is 'Vector-borne diseases: small bite, big threat'. Kandla port handles the most iron ores among all ports in the country for the 2013-14 periods. R Gandhi has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of the RBI for a 3 year term. Indian-American Sunil Sabharwal named as the Alternate Executive Director of US atInternational Monetary Fund. ISRO launches IRNSS 1B - 2nd of the 7 satellites constituting the Indian Regional NavigationalSatellite System (IRNSS). RBI replaces Wholesale Price Index (WPI) with Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the measure of inflation. To FIND NEW CAPITAL OF SIMANDHARA is the main purpose of K.Sivaramkrishnan Panel Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has been awarded the Most Efficient SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 40
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Navratna Award for the year 2013. DK Pathak becomes the new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). Karim Massimov replaces Serik Akhmetov as the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. RBI instructs banks not to fine consumers for non-maintenance of minimum balance in theirsaving accounts. Election Commission appoints actor Aamir Khan as national icon to promote ethical participation (voting) in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. KERELA Rs. 2669/ scored the highest in monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) for rural areas in the recently released ranking by the by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). HARYANA 3817/- Rs scored the highest in monthly per capita consumer expenditure (MPCE) for urban areas in the recently released ranking by the by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).
CROP SEASONS IN INDIA
RABI CROP (SEPTEMBER-FEBRUARY)EX- wheat, barley, pulses, peas, gram, musterd. KHARIF CROP( JUNE- SEPTEMBER) EX- Rice, maize, groundnuts, jute. ZAYAD CROP – VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. Source of Irrigation in india are 1st wells & Tubewells (46%), 2nd CANAL (39%)
For WINDOWS XP operating system, Microsoft has announced end of support after 8th April,2014 Bhartiya Mahila Bank ( India's First All Women Bank) tied up with New India Insurance co. LTD for launching 3 Health Insurance Schemes for their women account holders are NEW INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD (BMB/ SAKHEE, NIRBHAYA, PARIVAR) Recently India has been declared as POLIO Disease free country by WHO Delhi-NCR ranks 21st in the global list of cities with the maximum shopping centre space under construction in 2014. (Shanghai takes the pole position with Chengdu at 2nd and Shenzhen at 3rd). 44th anniversary of the Earth Day on 22nd April 2014. The theme of the year was
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Green Cities: inspiring millions of people to create a sustainable, healthy environment by greening communities worldwide First passenger train of about 400 commuters arriving at Naharlagun near Itanagar, first time Arunachal Pradesh connected with Railway Route UNESCO — acknowledges that India currently has the largest population of illiterate adults in the world with 287 million. This is 37 per cent of the global total. The Union Cabinet approved Odia as a classical language. Now Odia has become the sixth language in the country to get classical language status after Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. India is Dubai largest non oil trading partner in 2013-2014. Indian writer Pankaj Mishra won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014. India has committed 8.5bn to Bhutan rupees to Bhutan Small Development Project for the country the 11th Five Year Plan. World Bank would provide up to $3billion in aid for Ukraine in 2014 to help the country deliver much needed economic reforms.
FORBES 2014 Richest Man list 1st- Bill Gates 2nd- Carlos Slim 3rd- Amancio Ortega Union Ministry Rural Development has launched “KAAM MAANGO ABHIYAN” under MNERAGA The largest 130-MW Solar Power Plant of India launched at Bhagwanpur in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh Asian Development Bank will provide $275 million loan for improving rural road connectivity in five states in the country. (Assam, Chatisgarh, MP, Odisha & West Bengal
Pakistan appointed Abdul Basit as Pakistan’s high commissioner to India. He will replace Salman Bashir . HEARTBLEED is the name of the deadly virus for which the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In) issued an advisory to all Internet users in the country. R CHANDRASHEKARANis the new Chairman of software industry association NASSCOM. NAME OF A ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB is also famous as Hull City. JUSTICE RAJENDRA MAL LODHA is the 41st Chief Justice of India. SUNL SABHARWAL is the name of the Indian-American who was nominated by US President Barack Obama to a key administration post as the US Alternate Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 42
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PSLV C-24 is the name of the ISRO rocket which took IRNSS-1B into space. First passenger train of about 400 commuters arriving at Naharlagun near Itanagar, first time Arunachal Pradesh connected with Railway Route.
ArunimaSinha received “Amazing Indian Award”. She was awarded for scaling Mount Everest despite being physically challenged President of Israel Shimon Peres set a new Guinness World Record. He delivered the Largest Online Civics Class in the World India successfully test-fired indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash Missile with a range of 30 Km from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha coast. UNESCO — acknowledges that India currently has the largest population of illiterate adults in the world with 287 million. This is 37 per cent of the global total. The Indian Railways is gearing up to roll out next-generation e-ticketing from April this year, marking a ‘paradigm shift’ in technology RBI has issued Certificate of Authorisation to Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd., Prizm Payment Services Pvt. Ltd., Muthoot Finance Ltd., and Vakrangee Ltd. for setting up and operating white label ATMs. The Union Ministry of Tourism has declared Sikkim the Best State in the Implementation of Rural Tourism Projects MAHARASHTRA state formed first Real state regulator in India . Bhartiya Mahila Bank is: A Bank which allow deposit from everyone (male/female), but lending to women only, same like BMB in india the bank of women is already functioning in Pakistan, USHA ANANTA SUBRAMANYAM is present Recently Commemorative Stamps wer released in the memory of The Ghazal Singer and Musician. JAGJIT SINGH . BELGIUM European Nation's Parliment has passed a Bill allowing Enthuanasia for terminally ill children without any age limit and it has become the 1st in the Country in the World to do so. Government is about to table the PDMA Bill. What is PDMA PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT AGENCY (Related with government Borrowings). OROP will be implemented in Army, which is a ONE RANK ONE PENSION SCHEME. Padma Shri awardee, writer and poet Vikram Seth won the Commonwealth Writer\'s prize for his book called: A SUITABLE BOY. UPSC recently allowed additional 2 attempts in civil services exam. How many additional attempts are allowed. purpose of Central Consumer Protection Council (CCPC) is to Safeguard CUSTOMER from FALSE ADVERTISEMENTS. Bezbaruah panel is setup regarding Concern of NORTH EAST PEOPLE from RACIAL SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 43
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ATTACK recently. Sachin Tendulkar & Prof C N Rao (so far 43 Bharat Ratna Awarded has been given) got BHARAT RATNA Award 2014 . JUSTICE ASHOK KUMER MATHUR. will head the 7th Pay Commission. Facebook Social Networking Website has completed its 10 years . SATYA NADELLA Indian born person is declared CEO of Microsoft recently Recently INDIAN MUSEUM, KOLKATTA., has completed its 200 years of establishment .
Sikkim became the first State in India to achieve 100 percent sanitation coverage under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan Scheme. The Union Ministry of Tourism has declared Sikkim the Best State in the Implementation of Rural Tourism Projects FACEBOOK bought WhatsApp for record breaking $19 Billion & completed 10 year. TIRUPATI City of Andhra Pradesh has been selected as the Best Heritage City for year 2012-13.
OROP will be implemented in Army, which is a ONE RANK ONE PENSION SCHEME. The Union Cabinet approved Odia as a classical language. Now Odia has become the sixth language in the country to get classical language status after Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam Bluefin-21 : the unmanned underwater vehicle / underwater drone is used by the search team of missing Malaysian Boeing 777 flight MH370 to locate. (India’s initiative is ‘operation searchlight”) lection Commission appoints actor Aamir Khan as national icon to promote ethical participation (voting) in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. RANI KI VAV & HIMALAYAN PARK (PATNA & GUJRAT) sites are nominated by India for UNESCO heritage sites for 2014 . RBI, in a major repreive to the banking sector, defers the deadline for full implementation of the Basel III capiAWARDtal regulations by a year & by 31 March 2019 The Indian Army today successfully test fired an advanced version of 290 km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from phokran (Rajsthan). Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca was sworn-in as the President of Malta. The RBI has decided to compute and release the Real Effective Exchange Rate on the basis of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from this financial year INDIA became the first country to provide "third gender" option.. Knight Grand Cross (heighest civilian award of UK) recently given to : RATAN TATA
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TANISHQ Indian brand was the only Indian retail brand to be listed in the 30 Best Retail Brands in Asia Pacific of the prestigious Interbrand’s Best Retail Brands list for 2013 . ‘Know your candidate’ is the name of a new tool launched recently by GOOGLE Internet giant. ERNESTO GAINZA had set a new Guinness record for skydiving 14,000 feet with world’s smallest parachute. World Autism Day was being observed on 2 ND APRIL. HEARTBLEED is a : BUG found in open SSL which secure by SSL Communication. India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves soared by $5.03 billion to $303.67 billion for the week ended March 28, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. After Kotak Mahendra Bank, SBI launch Current A/c on Twitter handle Govind Mishra becomes only the 2nd Hindi author to receive Sarawasti Samman (2013) . famous Book is “DHOOL PAUDHO PAR” India-American poet Vijay Seshadri wins the 98th annual Pulitzer Prize for the year 2014 in the poetry category for his collection of poems "3 Sections." R Gandhi (former executive director of RBI) appointed Deputy Governor of RBI for 3 years. Qatar based Doha Bank announced on 3 April 2014 that it will be opening its first branch at Nariman Point in Mumbai in India. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on 3 April 2014 recieved the Most Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013 Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday granted New banking licences to infrastructure financing firm IDFC and microfinance institution Bandhan from among 25 applicants. France's president has named 51-year-old Socialist Manuel Valls as the country's new prime minister. The upgraded solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2 was unveiled at Payerne Air Force Base of Switzerland. Earthquake of Magnitude 8.3 on Richter Scale struck Solomon Islands. Gulabi Gang documentary based on the life of an activist Sampat Devi will be screened at the 14th New York Indian Film Festival Shompens is one of the stone-age tribes for the first time casted their votes in Great Nicobar. "Sunflower Student Movement" is related to TAIWAN country. HOMESHOP 18isthe first Indian retail e-commerce to file for an initial public offering (IPO) on NASDAQ and to be listed on this US stock exchange. HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.)PSU received the "Most Efficient Navratna 2013" .
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Angkor Wat temple which is recently added in Google Street View is located in COMBODIA country. Recently, New banking licences are approved for: IDFC and BANDHAN FINANCIAL SERVICES PVT LTD SAKSHAM the Rajiv gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys which was launched recently . CHANDI PRASHAD BHATT has been selected for Gandhi Peace prize 2013? CRPF a security forces completed 75 years of service to the nation in March 2014. The Union Government recently gave a nod to amend Rule 90 of the Conduct of election rules,961. This rule concerns on POLL EXPENDITURE ON MP’s & MLA’s 28 lakh is new limit for expenditure in state assembly election. 70 lakh is new limit for expenditure in LokSabha election by a candidate. Indian singer SHANKAR MAHADEVAN song is nominated for Honesty Oscars 2014. D K JOSHI Navi Chief who resigned due to accidents related to submarines . BollyBoom IS a FIRST ELECTRO MUSICAL BOLLYWOOD FESTIVAL launched in JAIPUR. CAMEL is given heritage status in Rajasthan. India's largest Solar Power Plant NEEMUCH (M P ) was recently set up by Welspun. MtGox is LARGEST BITCOIN EXCHANGE. E - Wallet Scheme is launched by which IRCTC recently. For WINDOWS XP operating system, Microsoft has announced end of support after 8th April,2014. BIDI has been banned under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act by US Food and Drug Regulator USFDA. Bhartiya Mahila Bank ( India's First All Women Bank) tied up with New India Insurance co. LTD for launching 3 Health Insurance Schemes for their women account holders are NEW INDIA INSURANCE CO. LTD (BMB/ SAKHEE, NIRBHAYA, PARIVAR) Recently Nokia has launched “X SERIES” a new series of Android - based mobile phones.
MUSSOORIE is National Centre for Good Governance setup by Govt. “NOKIA X” is name of Nokia Phone launched for Android Platform.601. Total eligible voters in 16th Lok Sabha election would be 81.5 CR NOEL N TATA took over as the new Chairman of Tata group firm Trent Ltd on 31 marches 2014. INSET 3E communication satellite of India expired recently after being in the orbit for around ten-and-a-half years
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ANDREJ KISKA is th new President of Slovakia . Recently India has been declared as POLIO Disease free country by WHO YAKOV G SINAI won ABEL Prize 2014 in the field of Mathematics recently. DENDROID is a : virus for Android Phone "TIP" is the unofficial name given to a group of three emerging countries whose stock markets outperformed many much fancied markets during the first three months of 2014. three countries are THAILAND, INDONESIA & PHILLIPINES. THE HAGUE (NETHERLANDS) the Venue of The Nuclear Security Summit 2014 (NSS 14). VODAFONE telecom company is behind the "M-Pesa" Mobile payment system. NOOR INAYAT KHAN of Indian-origin woman for whom stamp is released in U.K. for contribution in Word war-II . MUDGAL COMMITTEE is investigating the IPL scam . In 2014 Lok Sabha Election V V P A T is a new voting machine has used. GUJRAT State Ranked 1 in the recently released “Economic Freedom of the States of India” Report 2013.
The Asian Awards Ltd released a list of the 100 Most Influential Asian People of 2014 Chinese President Xi Jinping topped the list of the 100 Most Influential Asian People. Sonia Gandhi is on second. Delhi-NCR ranks 21st in the global list of cities with the maximum shopping centre space under construction in 2014. (Shanghai takes the pole position with Chengdu at 2nd and Shenzhen at 3rd). Supreme Court revokes ban on iron ore mining in Goa, but limits extraction to 20 million tonnes a year Global remittance received by India during 2013 is $ 71 BILLION according to world Bank data. Obamacare is related with : HEALTH CARE projects. According to a series of papers published recently in the ‘Lancet Oncology’ journal, TOBACO USE is the reason for 40% of all types of cancers in India Ila Patnaik has been appointed as the Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance. 44th anniversary of the Earth Day on 22nd April 2014. The theme of the year was Green Cities: inspiring millions of people to create a sustainable, healthy environment by greening communities worldwide. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika romps to a landslide victory with a staggering 81 percent of the valid votes in the presidential election. SBI CLERK 2014 SPECIAL ISSUED WITH MAY & JUNE MONTH CURRENT “FOCUS COMPETITION ZONE” MUMBAI P 47
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World Heritage Day 2014 is observed across the World on April 18 with the theme "Heritage of Commemoration".
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