Persons,Awards,Events in News from Exam Point of View List of Persons
Persons,Awards,Events In news from exam point of view
List of persons in news can never be an exhaustive one and aspirants should know what not to study ,and to make things easier we will focus on only those news which will enable you to tackle multiple choice questions as we don’t require a Phd in 10 disciplines to crack csat paper.
1. Siddhartha Mukherjee-Indian-born American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee's Pulitzer-winning ―biography‖ of cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies , has won the £10,000 prestigious Guardian First Book award in 2011
Trivia :
2012: Kevin Powers, for The Yellow Birds
Guardian First Book Award, issued before 1999 as Guardian Fiction Prize or Guardian Fiction Award, is awarded to new writing in fiction and non-fiction.
Pulitzer prize :
U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition.
Administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal
2. International Film Festival of India (IFFI)
Annually held in Goa
The festival is conducted jointly by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the government of Goa.
3. Louis Silverstein- American artist and graphic designer who is best known for his work at The New York Times died recently.
4. Kudla Kalamela -'Kudla Kalamela', an art exhibition displaying works of as many as 150 artists of Karnataka, Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh, was held in MANGALORE.
5. ‘Utsavam’-cultural festival centered on tourist spots in the State with the support of Kerala Folklore Akademi.
6. Tropical storm Washi-Tropical storm Washi whipped the southern Philippines, unleashing mammoth floods across vast areas that left 440 people dead and nearly 200 missing
7. Vaclav Havel-The former Czech President, Vaclav Havel, hero of the Velvet Revolution that won Czechoslovakia independence from Soviet rule in 1989, died in his sleep
8. Charles Correa-Noted architect Charles Correa was on Sunday conferred Goa's highest civilian award, the Gomant Vibhushan
9.Dam 999 – Dam 999 is a 2011 3-D English language UAE-Indian co-production film produced by BizTV Network, UAE and directed by Sohan Roy 10. Cesaria Evora-Grammy winner , Evora, known as the ―Barefoot Diva‖ because she always performed without shoes, died.
11. Su. Venkatesan-Tamil writer Su. Venkatesan, who captured 600 years of history of Madurai between 1310 and 1920 in his debut novel Kaaval Kottam , has won the Sahitya Akademi award for the year 2011.
12.Satyadev dubey- Theatre legend passed away.
13.Havelock Island- Island in Andaman ,to be remembered for its geographical location ,rather than its significance as a major tourist place .
14.Gundia power project-The Gundia power project in Karnataka should not be permitted as its execution can cause significant environmental impact and biodiversity loss, the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has reported.
15.Memogate controversy-To topple civilian government in Pakistan , key figure was asif ali zardari
16.Jaillikattu- traditional bull taming sport of Tamil nadu
17.Red Ribbon express- AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways. The motto of the Red Ribbon Express is “Embarking on the journey of life.
18. French Fighter Rafale-India selected the French Fighter Rafale over the Eurofighter Typhoon in a multi-billion dollar contract for the supply of 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) — the country's largest defence deal to date.
19.Queen Elizabeth-A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 75th anniversary, but only the 60th anniversary in the case of a monarch (i.e. length of time a monarch has reigned).Traditionally, the diamond jubilee or anniversary of a person was also on the 75th anniversary. This changed with the diamond jubilee of the British Queen Victoria's reign.
She is the longest-serving British monarch after her great-great grandmother Victoria and has seen 11 Prime Ministers come and go. David Cameron is Her Majesty's 12th Prime Minister.
20. M.K. Sanoo-Renowned scholar and critic M.K. Sanoo was presented with the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for 2011 .Prof. Sanoo received the award for his literary biography of celebrated writer Vaikom Mohammed Basheer titled Basheer: Ekaanthaveedhiyile Avadhoothan.
21. Amartya Sen-India-born Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was felicitated with the prestigious National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by U.S. President Barack Obama for his efforts to increase the understanding of fighting hunger and poverty.
22. Anthony Shadid-Two time Pulitzer Award Winner ,Foreign Correspondent passed away.
23.Frits Staal – Indologist (Veda Expert),passed away
24.Occupy London-Occupy London is an activist group, stemming from the non-violent protest and demonstration against economic inequality that took place in London, United Kingdom, from 15 October 2011 till 14 June 2012. Its original remit was to unite workers and unemployed alike in order to bring to the fore, the lack of affordability of housing in the United Kingdom, social injustice,corporate greed and the influence of companies and lobbyists on government. 25. Pritzker Architecture Prize-Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered as the Nobel prize in architecture, has been awarded to Wang Shu (48) a Chinese
26. Amar Kant –JNANPITH award ,hindi writer
27. Soumitra Chatterjee –Dada Sahab Phalke Award
28. Gandhakasala-scented landrace rice variety from the Malabar region,trying to acquire a ‗Geographical Indicator‘ label (please read about GI if not read already)
29.Sania-Bhupati-Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India won their second Grand Slam title and first French Open trophy together after crushing Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez 7-6(3), 6-1 in the mixed doubles.
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Jigme Khesar King of Bhutan. Chief guest for 26th Bhutan Namgyel Jan. 2013. Wangchuck
First woman President of Brazil. She Brazil Dilma Rousseff replaced Lula Desilva. (Lula got Indira Gandhi peace prize.)
Replaced Hu Jintao, China. He is China Xi Jingping expected to become President, in March 2013.
New PM of China. Replaced Wen China Li Kequiang Jiabao.
corrupt leader in Chinese politbureu. China Bo Xilai Expelled
President of Cuba. Replaced Fidel Cuba Raul Castro Castro
Egypt Mohd. Morsy President of Egypt. Herman Van PM of Belgium. President of Eu Rompuy European Council
Francois President of France. He defeated France Hollande Sarkozi. Belongs to Socialist party
PM Greece. Name is important only Greece Atonis Samras because Greece=#EPICFAIL economy.
Aytollah Iran Supreme leader of Iran Khamenei
Iran Ahmedijad President of Iran.
President Shimon Peres. Israel Their parliament =Knesset. PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
PM japan. Defeated Yoshiko Noda. Japan Shinzo Abe Their parliament =Diet.
President of Liberia, got Indira Gandhi Liberia Ellen Sirleaf peace price. (2012)
Maldives - Nasheed N after coup, Nasheed was replaced by Coup Waheed Waheed
After coup, Diarra was replaced by Mali-coup Diarra N Traore Traore
President of Mauratius. He was chief Mauritius Rajkeshwur guest @Pravasi bharatiya Divas Purryag 2013. Click me for more details
Mexico Enrique Nieto Mexico new President
Myanmar Thein Sein Myanmar president
Nobel peace 91. Opposition leader in Myanmar Aung San Suu Ki Myanmar. Party National league for democracy. Visited India in Nov 12
North Korea President. After his father N.Korea Kim Jong-Un King Jong-il Died
PM of Pakistan, SC ordered his Pak Raja Parvez arrested.
Germany Angela Markel German Chancellor
Palestine Mohd.Abbas President of Palestine Authority
first female President of S.Korea. She S.Korea Park Geun-hye replaced Lee Myung-bak
Ex-General of Sri Lankan army. Was Gen.Sarath Srilanka jailed after power struggle with Fonseca President.
Mahinda Sri lankan President. He threw out Srilanka Rajpakshe CJI Shiran Bandaranyake.
Syria Wael Halqi PM of Syria.
Syria Bashar Al Assad President of Syria First female PM of Thailand. She was Yingluck Thailand chief guest of 26th Jan parade in Shinawatra 2012.
PM of UK. (Conservative party) He Uk David Cameron replaced Gordon Brown.
Uk Nick Clegg Deputy PM of UK. (liberal democrats)
won second time Presidential Obama Usa election. His VP candidate was Joe (Democrat) Biden.
Mitt Romney Contested against Obama. His VP Usa (Republican) candidate was Paul Ryan.
President Venezuela. Right now Ven Hugo Chavez getting treatment for cancer in Cuba.
International Org (non political) name Org
Ban-Ki-Moon UN General Secretary
Jim Yong Kim World Bank
Justice Dalveer Indian. became Judge of International court of Bhandari Justice.
Christine Lagarde Chief of IMF
Pascal Lamy Chief of WTO Jacques Rogge President IOC, olympic Committee.
first Indian to become chairman of World Assco. SK Jain Of Nuke operators.
Nkosazana Zuma Head of African Union (AU): First woman
Indian in India (Non political)
Name Org
Admiral Devendra replaced Admiral Nirmal Verma Joshi
Air Marshal He replaced Pradeep Vasant Naik N.A.K. Browne
Ashok Chawla CCI. Competition Commission of India
India’s first National Security Advisor. During Brajesh Mishra Vajpayee Government. Dead
Chief Justice of India Altamas replaced SH Kapadia. Kabir
Duvvuri Subbarao RBI Governor.
Urjit Patel recently appointed deputy RBI Governor.
Founder of SEWA. Got Indira Gandhi Prize for Ela Ramesh Peace. (actually won in 2011, but was awarded Bhatt that prize in 2013).
Gadgil Committee on Western Ghat ecology. Gen. Bikram he replaced Gen.VK Singh Singh
associated with Urdu litt. Got Pakistani award Gopi Chand Sitara-i-Imtiaz. The highest civilian award in Narang Pakistan is Nishan-i-Imtiaz, earlier Morariji Desai and Dilip Kumar got it
Gulzar Indira gandhi award for national integration.
JS Verma Committee on women safety after Delhi gangrape
Justice DK Jain 20th law commission
Kaushik Basu World bank Chief economist
Committee : financial inclusion. Deputy Governor KC Chakrabary RBI ,
Major Abup J. Kirti Chakra. Manjali
Mrinal Gore Noted socialist. Dead.
chief of HSBC India. Became first woman Naina Kidwai President of FICCI.
Parthsarthi Committee GAAR . General anti avoidance rules. Shome
Previously with IMF. Now Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan to Finance ministry
Rahul Khullar TRAI
Rangachari Committee Taxation in IT sector Domestic gas price. Rangarajan is also the Rangarajan Chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.
Ranjit Sinha CBI
Sam Pitroda National Knowledge Commission.
Satyanand CIC. He replaced Wajahat Habibullah. Mishra
National Security Advisor (current). He replaced Shivshankar MK Narayan. First NSA was Brajesh Mishra who Menon recently died.
Defense scientist, making India self reliant in Tessy Thomas missile tech. Won Lal Bahdur Shashtri national award.
UK Singha SEBI
Amul. NDDB. Father of white revolution. Norman Vergheze kurien Barlung was father of green revolution.
Committee on Fiscal deficit. Ex-Chairman of Vijay Kelkar Finance Commission
CAG. Also Enemy #1 of Kapil Sibbal, Manish Vinod Rai Tewari, A.Raja and countless others in UPA. hahaha.
Chief election Commissioner (CEC). He replaced VS Sampath SY Quraishi.
YV Reddy He is chairman of 14th Finance Commission. (period: 2015-2020) And Chairman of 13th Finance Commission was Vijay Kelkar.
Indian Diaspora abroad
Name Why
Ami Bera California, House of representative.
Louisiana Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican Bobby Jinda party
worked for CNN and TIME. Suspended for Fareed Zakaria plagarism.
Halimah Yacob Singapore’s first woman speaker, of Indian origin.
she was a nurse in London, treating Kate William. Jacintha She committed suicide after two Australian radio DJ Saldana mocked her.
Kamla Persad PM of Trinidad and Tobago. Chief Guest of PBD- Bissessar 2012.
S.Carolina Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican Nikky Haley party
Patricia Maria UK Musician. Won PBD 2013. Rozario
Jailed for insider trading in USA. Was associated Rajat Gupta with Goldman Sachs
Rajkeswur President of Mauritius. Chief guest of PBD-2013 Purryag Rasik Joshi Sanskrit Litt. Mexico. Won PBD-2013 award
1st Hindu in US House of Representatives (their Lok Sabha). Elected from Hawai State. Tulsi Gabbard Party:Democrat.She took oath on Gita, Served in US army, was deployed in Iraq.
Tulsi Gabbard Sports
Sport name why
Athletics Fauja Singh world’s oldest marathon runner.
IAAF award. Got 3 gold in London Athletics Usain Bolt Olympic
IAAF award. Got 3 gold in London Athletics Allyson Felix Olympic
Badminton PV Sindhu Asia under 19 Billiards Pankaj Advani won the world cup
Chess World V.Anand defeated Boris Gelfand Cup
Cpt. Unmukt India cricket under 19 cpt, won world Cricket chand cup. defeated Aussies.
Lance Cycling Cyclist, banned for drugs. armstrong
most goals in a calendar year. got Football Lionel Messei Golden boot.
Football Sunil Chhetri AIFF player of the year.
Leslie India’s triple olympic gold medalist. Hockey Claudius Hockey. Dead.
Silver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag- London Sushil bearer. He got bronze in 2008 Olympic Beijing.
London Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv Vijay Kumar Olympic G.Khel ratna
London Mary Kom Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing Olympic
London Gagan Narang Bronze. 10 air-rifle Olympic
London Yogeshwar Bronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel Olympic dutt ratna.
London Saina Nehwal Bronze. Single badminton Olympic
London Krishna discus throw. Did not win Olympic Poonia
ISSF shooting world cup: .(silver, Shooting Ronjan Sodhi double trap).
did not win but only Indian woman to Squash Dipika Pillia enter semifinals
London Michael Swimming. four golds and two silver Olympic Phelps medals
Tennis
Male Female
Aus.Open Djkovik, Serbia Azarenka, Belarus
French Open Nadal, Spain Sharapova, Rus
US Open Ande Murray, UK Serena Williams, US
Wimbledon Federer,Swiz Serena Williams,US
Bhupathi Sania won French open doubles. Andy Roddick, Tennis retired.
Sports Mascots Beijing Olympics Fuwa (good-luck dolls) 2008
Cricket World Cup Stumpy, the elephant. 2011
CWG, 2011 Shera, the tiger.
Kabbadi world cup JAANBAZ, the eagel. 2012, India
London Olympics Wenlock + Mandeville. They symbolize 2012 Britain’s industrial revolution.
FIFA 2014 Armadillo.
London Olympic Mascots (click to enlarge) Books/Literature author book/info
Won two man booker prizes. This time for book Hilary Mantel “Bring up the bodies”. Shashi tharoor Pax indica. It details India’s international relations.
Narcopolis. Tale of mumbai’s opimioum addiction. Jeet Thayil Booker price shortlisted but did not win. Another book is “These errors are correct”
Ruskin Bond Maharani
JK Rowling The Casual Vacancy (Harry Potter author)
N.Vittal Ending corruption: how to clean up Iondia
Kushwant Free thinker’s prayer book Singh.
Amitav Ghosh River of smoke
Sudheendra Music of spinning wheel Kulkarni
Salman Joseph Anton. Rushdie
APJ Kalam Turning Points
Aravind Adiga Last man in tower
Tarun Tejpal The Valley of Masks
Taslima Nirbasan Nasreen
Kuldeep Nayar Beyond the lines Kushwant Turbaned Tornado: The Oldest Marathon Runner singh Fauja Singh
Verghese An Unfinished Dream Kurien
Verghese The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance Kurien
Hamid Ansari Muslim in Indian cities
I K GUJRAL Matters of Discretion: An Autobiography
Pt. ravi Living to Tell It All shankar
Vikram Red Earth and Pouring Rain Chandra
Syed Mustafa Aleek Manush – 1994 Siraj
Authors Dead
Sunil Gangopadhyaya Bengali writer. Sahitya Acadamy chief.
Kamla Sadgopan Tamil novelist
Eric Hobsbawm Noted Marxist Historian from UK
Nobel-2012
Category Who? Why? Regenerative medicine. Cure Gurdon, 1. Medicine disease by growing tissues in Yamanaka lab.
Haroche, Measure quantum particles, 2. Physics Wineland without destroying them.
Lefkowitz, Protein receptors that let body 3. Chemistry Kobilka cell respond to signals.
First Chinese writer to get this 4. Litt. Mo Yan award.
Roth, Stable allocation + market 5. Economics Shapley. design.
6. Peace EU Lolz
Nobel winners associated with India 1. Dr. Hargobind Khorana Medicine
2. S. Chandrasekhar Physics
3. Venkatarama Ramakrishnan Chemistry
4. Mother Teresa Peace
5. Tagore Litt.
6. Amartya Sen Economics
7. Rudyard Kipling Litt.
8. VS Naipaul Litt.
Astro Name Why
Cpt. Nivedita First Indian woman to command boeing 787 Bhasin
Liu Yang first Chinese woman astro.
Neil Armstrong Apollo 11. 1969. First man to land on moon. Dead.
First American woman astro. Dead. A Moon crate Sally Ride named after her.
Take a command of international space station. Sunita Williams second Indian woman, first kalpana chawala.
Beauty
1. Olivia Culpo Miss Universe, USA.
2. Tereza Miss Earth 2012. from czech. Fajksova
Miss World 2012 (China). Last Indian to win 3. wen xia yu was Priyanka Chopra.
Clichéd following names have become so clichéd in current affairs related books, magazines and sites that they can be simply ignored for the exam:
Homai Vyarawala India’s first woman photojournalist. Dead.
Chanda Kochhar ICICI Malala Yousufzai Pakistani girl, shot by Talibans, survived.
Indra Nooyi Pepsi
Pandit Ravi Sitar Maestro. Will get Grammy award Shankar posthumously.