Current Affairs - December 2019 to May 2020

Month May 2020 Type Books and Writers

59 Current Affairs were found in Last Six Months for Type - Books and Writers

Books 1. Book titled Renaissance Man - Many Facets of Arun Jaitley, compiled by Deepa Venkat and Muppavarapu Harshvardhan has been released. 2. Memoirs and Misinformation Novel by Dana Vachon and Jim Carrey has been released. 3. Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot released Braille Edition of book "Exam Warriors" authored by PM Narendra Modi, for benefit of blind readers. 4. A new book Messiah Modi: A Tale of Great Expectations written by Tavleen Singh has been released. 5. Abanindranath Tagore’s Book ‘Nalak’ featuring the journey of life of Gautama Buddha, has been translated to English by Urbi Bhaduri. Abanindranath Tagore is Rabindranath Tagore’s nephew. 6. Apurva Purohit's 2nd book Lady, You’re the Boss, has been launched. 7. Autobiography of Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha titled ‘Relentless’ has been released. 8. Book Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City authored by Chinese Author Fang Fang has been released. 9. Book Chanakya Niti: Verses on life and Living, translated by Aditya Narayan Dhairyasheel Haksar and comprising famous sayings of ancient master of statecraft Chanakya, has been released. 10. Book Diamond In My Palm, written by Sanjay Dharwadker has been released. It describes how world’s 12 greatest diamonds originated from Golconda and Kollur mines in Andhra Pradesh & later took away from India by invaders. 11. Book Essays & Reminiscences: A Festschrift in Honour of Nani A Palkhivala, released to mark birth centenary of Indian Jurist and Economist Nanaboy Nani Ardeshir Palkhivala. 12. Book Fear of God, written by Bomma Devara Sai Chandravadhan (pen name Vadhan) has been released. 13. Book How the Onion Got Its Layers authored by Sudha Murty has been released. 14. Book Human Dignity – A purpose in perpetuity, authored by Ashwani Kumar (Former Minister of Law and Justice) has been released. 15. Book Invincible – A Tribute to Manohar Parrikar, authored by Tarun Vijay has been released. Another book based on life of Manohar Parrikar, titled An Extraordinary Life, will be lanched in April 2020. 16. Book Messages from Messengers, written by Priti K Shroff has been released. 17. Book Missing in Action: The Prisoners Who Never Came Back, written by Chander Suta Dogra has been published. 18. Book My Encounters in Parliament authored by Bhalchandra Mungekar has been released. He is former member of Rajya Sabha. 19. Book Sayajirao Gaekwad III: The Maharaja of Baroda, written by Uma Balasubramaniam has been published. 20. Book Shivaji in South Block: The Unwritten History of Proud People, written by Girish Kuber has been released. 21. Book Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu, authored by Sports journalist V. Krishnaswamy has been released. 22. Book : The Eternal Screen Goddess written by Satyarth Nayak has been released. 23. Book The Gateway: A Social Commentary on Safety of Senior Citizens, authored by Hariharan Balagopal has been released. 24. Book The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, authored by John Bolton will be relased in June 2020. 25. Book The Story of Yoga: From India to the Contemporary World, written by Scottish cultural historian Alistair Shearer has been released. 26. Book The Thin Mind Map Book, by Dharmendra Rai has been released. 27. Book The Wizenard Series: Season One created by Late American Basket baller Kobe Bryant and Wesley King has been released. 28. Book Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil Hero authored by VN Thapar and Neha Dwivedi. It is 1st biography about Vir Chakra awardee Captain Vijyant Thapar. 29. Book comprising selected writings by former finance minister Arun Jaitley, namely “New India:Selected Writings 2014-19” has been released. 30. Book titled Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games, written by Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta has been released. It describes India’s journey in the global sports arena of Olympics. 31. Book titled An Extraordinary Life, based on life of Manohar Parrikar, will be lanched in April 2020. He served as Union defence minister and Goa chief minister. 32. Book titled Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years, authored by Montek Singh Ahluwalia has been launched. 33. Book titled PAX SINICA:Implications for the Indian Dawn, authored by Samir Saran and Akhil Deo has bee releaed. It presents a comprehensive view of how China will implicate the world order in 21st century. 34. Book titled The Enlightenment of The Greengage Tree written by Shokoofeh Azar has been released. 35. Book titled “Politics of Opportunism: Regional Parties, Coalitions, Centre-State Relations In India”, written by R P N Singh has been released. 36. Book “Calcutta nights” (originally ‘Raater ’) translated into English by Rajat Chaudhuri has been released. 37. Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel launched e-book titled Prof. B.B. Lal: India Rediscovered, on occasion of centenary year of Noted archaeologist B. B. Lal (Born May 2, 1921). 38. First biopic on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s life, titled ‘Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family’, will be published soon. It has written by royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand. 39. Former Indian Cricketer WV Raman’s book The Winning Sixer has been released. 40. Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar released book titled A Commentary & Digest on The Air, Act 1981, written by K K Khandelwal. 41. Home Minister Amit Shah released book 'Karmyodha Granth', written on life of PM Narendra Modi. 42. Kannada version of book who is bharat mata, translated by K E Radhakrishna and titled as Yaaru Bharat Maate has been released by Former PM Mammohan Singh. English version was penned by Purushottam Agarwal. 43. Malayali novelist A Sethumadhavan’s first novel in English, titled ‘The Cuckoo’s Nest’, has been published. 44. Minister of Women & Child Development Zubin Irani released book titled Chronicles of Change Champions, as compilation of 25 innovative initiatives taken under Prime Minister’s flagship scheme of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP). 45. New book by Writer , named ‘The Vault of Vishnu’, will be released during Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) in January 2020. 46. New book titled “The Legacy of Militancy in Punjab: Long Road to Normalcy‘”, by Inderjit Singh Jaijee and Dona Suri has been released. 47. Noted British author and Harry Potter Series Creator J.K. Rowling released first two chapters of her new Children’s book “The lckabog”. 48. Noted Chess Player Viswanathan Anand launched his autobiography 'Mind Master : Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life'. 49. Noted Indian Author Ruskin Bond's new book Hop On: My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes, has been released. 50. CM Naveen Patnaik released comic book The Adventures of the Daredevil Democrat, on occasion of 104th birth anniversary of former Odisha CM Biju Patnaik. 51. Pulitzer Prize-winning American reporter Mary Jordan wrote a book The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump, based on US First Lady Melania Trump. 52. Savita Chhabra's first novel Legacy of Learning’ has been launched. 53. Tahira Kashyap Khurrana 's new Book The 12 Commandments Of Being A Woman has been released. 54. Telugu Book on ‘Kaleshwaram Project — Telangana’s chariot of Progress’ authored by Sridhar Rao Deshpande has been released. 55. To provide better understanding and prevention of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), 2 new books to release in May 2020 - How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crisis - Italian physicist Paolo Giordano. Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs - Michael Osterholm and Mark Olshaker. 56. Urdu author, Saadat Hasan Manto’s book Shikari Auratein has been translated to English by Indian author Saba Mahmood Bashir as ‘Women of Prey. 57. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released Book titled A Child of Destiny, by Koneru Ramakrishna Rao (GITAM University). 58. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released book titled Turbulence and Triumph: The Modi Years’ jointly authored by Rahul Agarwal and Bharathi S Pradhan. 59. Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu released book titled Death; An Inside Story: A book for all those who shall die, written by Jaggi Vasudev, (generally referred to as Sadhguru). Top Read Important Ones