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June
World Day Against Child Labour was Observed On 12 June 2014
International
• World Day Against Child Labour was observed
across the world on 12 June 2014. Theme for
2014 is “Extend social protection: combat
child labour”. Each year on 12 June, this Day
brings together governments, employers and workers organizations, civil society, as well as millions
of people from around the world to highlight the
plight of child labourers and what can be done to
help them. The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child
Labour in 2002 to focus attention on the global
extent of child labour and the action and efforts
needed to eliminate it.
Global Day of Parents observed on 1 June
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• The Global Day of Parents was observed across the
world on 1 June 2014. The Global Day provides
an opportunity to appreciate all parents across the
world for their selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice to nurture
the relationship.
40th G-7 summit 2014 held at Brussels
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• 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels at the Council of the
European Union on 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014.
• International Labour Organization : Headquarters : Geneva, Director-General : Guy Ryder.
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• The leaders of Canada, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the
United States, the President of the European
Council and the President of the European Commission (G7 leaders) met for the summit.
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• It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7
summit. The summit is jointly represented by
the European Council President Herman van
Rompuy and the European Commission Presi- World Blood Donor Day observed on 14
June
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• Originally, a G8 summit was scheduled to take
place in Sochi (Russia) in early June 2014 under a
Russian presidency. Due to the Russian Federation’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and
territorial integrity, the G7 leaders decided to
meet in Brussels on 4 - 5 June 2014 in the G7
format instead.
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2014
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• World Environment Day (WED) was observed
across the world on 5 June 2014. The day is observed every year to raise the awareness around
the globe for taking positive action to protect nature and planet earth.
• Theme for 2014 is “Small islands and climate
change” and slogan Raise your voice not the
Sea level. 2014 world environment Day was held
in Barbados, Lesser Antilles.
• World Blood Donor Day was observed across the
world on 14 June 2014. Theme for the 2014 World
Blood Day campaign is Safe blood for saving
mothers.
• The goal of the campaign is to increase awareness about why timely access to safe blood
and blood related products is essential for
all countries as part of a comprehensive approach to prevent maternal deaths. According to World Health Organization, every year
around 800 women dies due to pregnancy or
childbirth-related complications.
• The major cause for mortality, morbidity and
long-term disability is severe bleeding during
delivery and after childbirth.
The Other Health Campaigns Of WHO
– World Tuberculosis Day: 24 March
– World Health Day: 7 April
– World Malaria Day: 25 April
– World No Tobacco Day: 31 May
– World Hepatitis Day: 28 July
– World AIDS Day: 1 December
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was Observed Across The World
• The theme of the Conference was creating a “safer, more interconnected and fairer
world in the face of emerging challenges in
the larger OSCE area”.
• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2014 was observed across the world on 15 June 2014. The
day raise voices against the abuse and suffering
inflicted to our elders.
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• The two-day Conference was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
• Around 4 to 6% of elderly people have experienced
some form of maltreatment at home.
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• The Conference was attended by the representatives of 57 OSCE participating States and Asian
Partners for Co-Operation Japan, the Republic of
Korea, Thailand, Afghanistan and Australia.
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• People over 60 years are expected to more than
double, from 542 million in 1995 to about 1.2 billion by 2025.
• Japan - Prime Minister : Shinzo Abe, Emperor : Akihito, Capital : Tokyo, Currency :
Yen, Official Language : Japanese.
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World Day To Combat Desertification Observed On 17 June 2014
367 exotic new species discovered in greater
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• World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD)
Mekong region in S-E Asia
was observed across the world on 17 June 2014.
Theme for 2014 WDCD was “Land Belongs to
• 367 exotic new species were discovered in the
the Future Let’s Climate Proof It”. The
greater Mekong region in Southeast Asia.
theme highlights that the benefits of the mainThese new discoveries were published in a report
streaming sustainable land management policies
titled Mysterious Mekong released by World
and practices into our collective response to cliWildlife Fund.
mate change.
• Among the new species discovered in the Greater
• The World Day to Combat Desertification has
Mekong in 2012 and 2013, there are 290 plants, 24
been observed since 1995 to promote public awarefish, 21 amphibians, 28 reptiles, 1 bird and 3 mamness relating to international cooperation to commals. The report also highlighted that Greater
bat desertification and the effects of drought.
Mekong region forms one of the five most threatened “biodiversity hotspots” in the world.
• The United Nations General Assembly in 1994
with its Resolution A/RES/49/115 declared
• Some of the reasons which have added pressure on
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
the region, according to the report, include
to promote public awareness of the issue and im1. rapid unsustainable development,
plementation of the United Nations Convention to
2. poorly planned infrastructure,
Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, par3. uncontrolled and non-transparent extractive
ticularly in Africa.
activities,
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• A/RES/49/115 92nd plenary meeting 19
December 1994 - is Letter written by united
Nations director general to Observe World Day to
Combat Desertification and Drought.
OSCE - Japan Conference held in Tokyo
• Organization for Security and Co-operation
(OSCE) Japan Conference was held in Tokyo.
This was for the fourth time that Japan had hosted
the OSCE Conference since 2000 when annual conferences with the Asian partners started.
4. agricultural expansion and rampant wildlife
trade,
5. Warmer temperatures, and
6. more extreme floods, droughts, and storms
as a result of climate change, only exacerbate these
pressures.
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• A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region that is both a significant reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction. The
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inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced
labour or to await mass execution. The term is
most strongly associated with the several hundred
camps established by the Nazis in Germany and
occupied Europe 1933 - 45.
term biodiversity hotspot specifically refers to 25
biologically rich areas around the world that have
lost at least 70 percent of their original habitat.
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337 person died in West Africa due to Ebola
virus disease: WHO
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• Johann Breyer (89-year-old) a former Nazi camp
guard accused of aiding and abetting the killing of
hundreds of thousands of Jews was arrested without bail in Philadelphia. The pending extradition
hearing will be held on 21 August 2014.
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• The World Health Organization (WHO) declared myCopter Project Day to be held in Braunthat number of people killed by the deadly Ebola schweig, Germany in November 2014
virus in West Africa has risen to 337. It also
• “myCopter Project Day” will be held in Braunsaid that in the second week of June 2014, 14
schweig in Germany. This was announced by
deaths and 47 new cases were reported across the
myCopter coordinator Prof. Dr.
Heinrich
region.
Bulthoff.
• It said that Guinea being the worst-affected country had seen 264 Ebola-related deaths. It also
• myCopter Project conceived in 2007 aims to dehighlighted that Sierra Leone and Liberia had
sign Personal Aerial Vehicles and an effective,
witnessed 49 and 24 deaths respectively. These
efficient and user-friendly Personal Aerial
three countries have been battling to contain the
Transportation System.
outbreak since February 2014.
• The initial project is almost complete, and the
next phase of MyCopter will end on myCopter
Johann Breyer arrested in US on Nazi death
Project Day.
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• Federal authorities will extradite Breyer, a US citizen who is wanted in Germany for his war crimes
committed during the World War II. Breyer was
an Auschwitz guard and a member of the Death’s
Head battalion during the World War II and has
lived in the United States since 1952, the year
when he migrated to the US and claimed citizenship as a displaced person.
• For the project, six research institutions of Europe
have collaborated to study the feasibility of developing small commuter helicopters. The European
Union had granted 4.7 million US dollar for the
project.
About myCopter Project:
• It was proposed in response to a 2007 European
Union report called Out of the Box: Ideas
About the Future of Air Transport. The
report solicited ideas from researchers on radical
changes to Europe’s existing transportation system, including ideas for a personal air vehicle.
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• German authorities have accused and charged Johann Breyer for his involvement in the murder of
over 216000 European Jews from Hungary, Germany and Czechoslovakia, who were deported to
the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp between May and October 1944.
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Concentration Camp is a place in which large
numbers of people, especially political prisoners
or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with
• The project was the brainchild of Heinrich H.
Bulthoff, director of perception, cognition and action at the Max Planck Institute, Germany.
• The myCopter project aims to make specific advances in three major research areas:
– User-centred Human Machine Interface and
Training
– Automation
– Socio-technological assessment
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Myanmar’s first site, Ancient Pyu Cities, inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage
• Institute for Economics and Peace released
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IEP released Global Peace Index 2014.
Global Peace Index (GPI) 2014 in London. The
GPI 2014 measured peace for 162 countries on the
basis of 22 indicators. India is ranked 143rd
out of 162 countries and has slipped two
positions from 141 in 2013.
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• Ancient Pyu Cities became the first site from
Myanmar to be inscribed on the UNESCO’s
World Heritage Site List. The Ancient Pyu
Cities include three cities Halin, Beikthano and
Sri Ksetra.
• In the GPI 2014, Syria displaced Afghanistan as
the world’s least peaceful nation while Iceland
maintained its status as the most peaceful country
in the world.
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• The decision to include Myanmar’s first site on
World Heritage list was taken at the 38th session
of the World Heritage Committee held in Doha,
Qatar.
• Georgia showed the largest improvement in peace
levels, while South Sudan experienced the largest
drop and now ranks as the third least peaceful
country.
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Three cities Halin, Beikthano and Sri Ksetra
are located in Burma’s central Dry Zone and
featured the walled remains of sites built by the
Pyu dynasty.
• GPI as a measure of world peace was launched in
2007. The 2014 release was 8th in series.
• The Pyu Kingdoms flourished for over 1000 years
between 200 B.C and 900 A.D.
• United Nations Public Service Day celebrated on 23 June
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• It is the world’s leading measure of global peacefulness produced by the Institute for Economics
and Peace. The Index is composed of 22 indicators, ranging from a nation’s level of military expenditure to its relations with neighbouring countries and the percentage of prison population in
162 countries.
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• The United Nations Public Service Day was celebrated on 23 June 2014. The theme for 2014
is “Innovating Governance for Sustainable
Development and Well-being of the People”.
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• The IEP is a Sydney-based international and independent think tank dedicated to shifting the
world’s focus to peace as a positive, achievable,
and tangible measure of human well-being and International Widow’s Day observed on 23
progress.
June
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World Refugee Day observed across the
world on 20 June
• International Widow’s Day was observed across
the globe on 23 June 2014. To give special recognition to the situation of widows of all ages and
across regions and cultures, the United Nations
General Assembly declared 23 June 2011 as the
first-ever International Widow’s Day, to be celebrated annually.
UNEP released a report titled The Environ-
World Refugee Day was observed across the world ment Crime Crisis
on 20 June 2014. The day is observed annually to
• United Nations Environment Programme
draw attention to the plight of refugees, celebrate their
(UNEP) released a report titled The Environcourage and resilience and renew commitment to solve
ment Crime Crisis at the first United Narefugee problems. It also recognises contributions of
tions Environment Assembly in Nairobi,
the refugees made to the countries that host them.
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• This was the fourth edition of its global campaign: Day of the Seafarer. The first edition of
the Day of the Seafarers was observed by IMO in
2011.
Kenya. The Report is a rapid response assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and INTERPOL.
• According to the report, Global environmental crime, worth up to 213 billion US dollars
each year, is helping finance criminal, militia and
terrorist groups and threatening the security and
sustainable development of many nations. This
compares to global Overseas Development Assistance of around 135 billion US dollars.
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• The decision to designate 25 June as the International Day of the Seafarer was taken by International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in 2010.
The Day of the Seafarers has also been included
in the list of observances by United Nations.
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• The motto of the decision was to recognise that almost everything that we use in our daily lives has
been directly or indirectly affected by sea transport. IMO’s estimates say that almost 90 percent of the world’s goods trade is transported through ships. The Seafarers are not
only responsible for operations of the ships but
also for the safe and smooth delivery of the cargo.
• UNEP - Executive Director: Achim Steiner.
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UNCTAD released World Investment Report 2014
• United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) released its World
Investment Report 2014.
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• IMO - Secretary General : Koji Sekimizu,
• The Report reveals an encouraging trend: after a
Headquarters : London, United Kingdom.
decline in 2012, global foreign direct investment
flows rose by 9 per cent in 2013, with growth
expected to continue in the years to come.
International Day against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking observed on 26 June
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• UNCTAD - Secretary-General : Mukhisa Kituyi, Headquarters : Geneva, Switzerland.
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed on 26 June 2014. The theme of the
2014 is A message of hope: Drug use disorders
World Vitiligo Day observed on 25 June
are preventable and treatable.
• World Vitiligo Day was observed across the world
on 25 June 2014. The day is specially dedicated
to people with vitiligo.
National
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• Vitiligo is a progressive skin disease as a result
of which people lose their inherited skin color
over the lifetime. About 100 million people
across the world suffer from the disease due to
which, they become a victim of ostracism, discrimination and many lose their homes, families
and livelihoods. Yet the disease has no cure.
Telangana Becomes India’s 29th State
• Telangana became the 29th State of India with
Hyderabad as its capital. With this formation,
ten districts of the then Andhra Pradesh will
now become a part of the Telangana.
First Chief Minister of Telanagana : Chandrasekhar Rao, First Governor : E S L
Narasimhan.
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International Seafarer’s Day observed across
India became 2nd largest textiles exporter
the world on 25 June
after China: UN Comtrade
• International Seafarer’s day was observed on 25
June 2014. The day is observed to give thanks
to the seafarers for their contribution to the
economy and civil society of the world, also
for risks and personal costs borne by them
while being in their jobs.
• India became the 2nd largest exporter of
global textiles after China. This was revealed
by a recent data released by the UN Comtrade.
The apparel exports ranking also improved from
8th position in 2012 to 6th position in 2013.
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Jammu and Kashmir Raised Age Of Retirement to 60
port claims that it is expected that India would
have a positive growth i.e. it will have a faster
growth.
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• Jammu and Kashmir government announced the
enhancement of the retirement age of government employees from 58 to 60 years. The Union Government launched anti-tobacco
cabinet also raised the upper age limit for youths advertisement,“The Price We Pay”
to obtain government jobs from 37 to 40
• Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in first
years. It also announced several other employee
week of June 2014 launched a new four-minute
- friendly measures and pledged itself to redress
video titled, “The Price We Pay”. The video
their grievances. Besides, it also decided to abwas launched to highlight the health and ecosorb all temporary casual labourers and need nomic impacts of tobacco consumption.
based workers who have completed 7 - year’s of
• 31 MAY - World Anti - Tobacco Day.
service into regular government services. The decision will benefit more than 60000 employees
• Cabinet Minister of Health : Dr. Harsh Vardin Jammu and Kashmir.
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Odisha government raised retirement age of
Great Himalayan National Park Conservaemployees to 60
tion Area inscribed in World Heritage List
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• This decision of the government will benefit about
5 lakh government employees of the State.
• The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA) inscribed in the World
Heritage List by the World Heritage Committee. It was inscribed at the 38th session of the
World Heritage Committee held in Doha, Qatar.
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• State Government of Odisha raised the retirement
age of its employees from 58 to 60 years. The
proposal in this regard was approved by the State
Cabinet presided over by Naveen Patnaik, the
Chief Minister of Odisha in Bhubaneswar.
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• Earlier, the State government also enhanced the About Great Himalayan National Park
retirement age of doctors who are engaged in gov1. The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation
ernment hospitals and in the three State run medArea (GHNPCA) has Greater Himalayan National
ical colleges to 62 years from existing 60.
Park (kullu district of Himachal Pradesh),
Sainj and Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuaries.
• Apart from this, the government gave its nod to
develop a full - fledged airport at Jharsuguda
2. The GHNPCA (905.40 sq km) includes the Upper
and soon will sign a memorandum of understandMountain glacial and snow melt water source oriing (MoU) with the Airports Authority of Ingins of the westerly flowing JiwaNal, Sainj and
dia in this regard. In the first phase, the State
Tirthan Rivers and the north-westerly flowing
will hand over 118.75 acres land to the AAI for
Parvati River.
developing a full - fledged airport. The airport
will be developed at an estimated cost 210 crore
3. GHNPCA is home to several Rare and Threatrupees in its first phase of which the State govened species including the Western Tragopan, Chir
ernment will contribute 75 crore rupees.
Pheasant, Snow Leopard, Himalayan Musk Deer,
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• Chief State Secretary of Odisha - JK Mohapatra.
India is expected to have a positive growth:
OECD report
• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) released a report. The re-
Asiatic Black Bear, Himalayan Tahr, Blue Sheep
and Serow.
4. The boundaries of GHNP are also contiguous with
the recently established (2010),
• Khirganga National Park in Trans-Himalaya,
• Pin Valley National Park in Trans-Himalaya,
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• Tentatively named the “Mahatma Gandhi
Clean India Programme”, the project will
start from three cities in Uttar Pradesh, including Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, according to people working on the project.
• Rupi-Bhabha Wildlife Sanctuary in Sutlej
watershed and
• Kanawar Wildlife Sanctuary.
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11th century stepwell Rani-ki-Vav in Gujarat included in UNESCO’s World Heritage
Shome Panel on Tax Administration submitSite list
ted its report to Union Ministry of Finance
1. Rani-ki-Vav is a large and complex stepwell with seven levels of stairs with ornamented panels of sculptures and relief representing the height of the MaruGurjara style.
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• The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) headed by Parthasarathi Shome
submitted its report to the Union Ministry of
Finance. The Shome Panel has recommended
abolition of the post of Revenue Secretary
and merger of CBDT and CBEC among
others.
Prime Minister Released Commemorative
Postage Stamps On 2014 FIFA World Cup
• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 June
released commemorative postage stamps on
the 2014 FIFA World Cup.The FIFA World
Cup is being played in Brazil from 12 June to 13
July 2014 with the Slogan - All In One Rhytm.
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• The decision to include Rani-ki-Vav as World Heritage Site was approved by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee Session held at Doha in Qatar.
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• The 11th century stepwell Rani-ki-Vav (Queen’s
stepwell) in Gujarat was included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The Queen’s
stepwell in Patan district of Gujarat, as a result,
became the 31st World Heritage Site of India
which includes 6 natural World Heritage Sites.
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2. It is located on the banks of the Saraswati
River and was built as a memorial to King First Solar Power Plant of Delhi Metro Inaugurated
Bhimdev I of the Solanki dynasty.
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3. The ornamented panels that comprises of
about 500 principle sculptures and over 1000
minor ones combines religious, mythological and secular imagery.
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
launched first Roof Top Solar Power Plant
at Dwarka Sec21 metro station. In its attempt
to conserve environment, Delhi Metro has become
the first mass transit system of India to begin installing solar power plants on the roofs of its stations.
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marks zenith in the evolution of stepwells in India and is the single most example
of a stepwell as a testimony to tradi- Prime Minister
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans multimillion dollar sanitation project to clean up
1,000 Indian towns
• The new NDA government under Narendra Modi
is set to embark on an ambitious multi-million
dollar sanitation project that seeks to clean
up around 1,000 Indian towns besides eliminating manual scavenging as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi whose 150th birth anniversary will be celebrated in 2019.
Narendra Modi visited
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first official visit to Bhutan and he was accompained by
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign
Secretary Sujatha singh, The visit reinforced the
tradition of regular high-level exchanges between
the two countries and upholds and strengthens
the special and unique age-old friendship between
Bhutan and India.Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi has addressed the Joint Sitting of the Parliament in the Gyalyong Tshogkhang.
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• Futher, DRSC can also formulate a strategy and
monitor enforcement of traffic regulations.
• He described the bilateral relations of India and
Bhutan as B2B i.e. Bharat to Bhutan.
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• Prime Minister of Bhutan Lyonchhen Tshering
Union MSME Ministry launched Online FiTobgay thanked the Government of India for the
nance Facilitation Centre for SMEs
allocation of 45 billion rupees for the 11th Five
Year Plan and 5 billion rupees for the economic
• Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enstimulus plan of the Royal Government of Bhutan.
terprises (MSMEs) Kalraj Mishra launched Online Finance Facilitation Centre (OFFC) for
• Bhutan King - Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). OFFC
Wangchuck, Capital:
Thimphu, Currenis an initiative of the Confederation of Indian Incies:
Bhutanese ngultrum, Indian rupee,
dustry (CII). The Centre was launched with an
Official language: Dzongkha Language.
objective to facilitate access to finance and credit
for SMEs.
Delhi became first kerosene-free city in India
• Delhi LG Najeeb Jung approved the formation of DRSC to ensure road safety
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• The centre will operate as a one-stop-shop by providing collective financing options for SMEs from
various major financial institutions.
• It will also facilitate the SMEs across the country
with documentation and preparation of bankable
project proposals.
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Delhi Lieutenant-Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung approved the formation of District-level Road
Safety Committees (DRSC) to ensure road
safety.The committees will be constituted under
the provision of Section 215 of the Motor Vehicle Act 1988. The committee will mandate closer
engagement of the local administration and the
citizen.The District Road Safety Committees will
hold its meeting at least once in three months or
as per requirement.
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• Delhi Government announced that Delhi has become the first kerosene-free city in the country.
This feat was achieved after implementation of the
Delhi: A Kerosene-Free Scheme launched in 2012
under which no subsidized kerosene were being issued in Delhi.
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• After identifying black spots, the DSRC will make
remedial measures like improvement in road condition, provision of emergency medical relief and
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• Ambulances will be deployed at places so that
emergency care can be provided within 8-10 minutes of occurrence of an accident.
• The complete Know Your Customers (KYCs)
norm will help Banks / financial institutions to
render quick delivery.
• OFCC in order to facilitate credit to SMEs will
sign Memorandum of Understanding with
seven financial institutions.
• They are Indian Bank, Indian Overseas
Bank, Federal Bank, Muthoot Fincorp Ltd,
Religare Finvest, DCB Bank, EXIM Bank
and State Bank of Travancore.
• This move of CII came in line with the recommendation of an Inter-ministerial panel on Accelerating Manufacturing in Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprises Sector headed by Madhav Lal.The panel had recommended that ministries and departments may consider engaging industry associations to serve as a single window for
hand-holding MSMEs and help in pursuing banks
to increase credit flow into the sector.
India’s first “One Stop Crisis Centre” named
• Under the development of trauma care and blood
“Gauravi” launched in Bhopal
facility category, the availability of trauma care fa• India’s first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC)
cility including blood banks needs to be evaluated
named“Gauravi” was launched in Bhopal, Madand action taken for upgradation where necessary.
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Kedarnath (Uttarakhand) tragedy that occurred in June 2013. Similar functions were also
held at Gangotri, Haridwar, Kanpur, Varanashi,
Allahabad, Patna, Nabadweep and Ganga Sagar.
hya Pradesh. It was launched by the Bollywood
actor Amir Khan.
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Bhopal
• Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan gave
consent for setting up of the Regional Institute
of Paramedical Sciences in AIIMS Bhopal.
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• The OSCC will provide legal advice, medical aid
and police assistance. Victims can call the helpline
number or visit the facility centre for the assistance. It will also provide assistance in filing FIRs,
providing security, rehabilitation of the victim and
forensic support.
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• The centre is first of its kind in India for women
who are victims of violence. It will provide help
and assistance to rape survivors and victims of
dowry harassment, domestic violence and other Union Health Ministry nod to set Regional
atrocities on women, all under one roof.
Institute of Paramedical Sciences in AIIMS
• A fund of 150 crore rupees will be sanctioned
for the institute that will serve people of three
states namely Madhya Pradesh, Chattishgarh and
Odisha.
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• Madhya Pradesh government along with two nongovernment organizations (NGOs) will provide the
training to doctors, counsellors and other personnel at the centre. It is also planned to set up sim• Chhattisgarh - CM : Raman Singh, Governer
ilar centres across the state along with the help of
: Yet to be announced, Capital : Raipur.
the Union Government.
The state government will issue an advisory to all
central hospitals and to the state governments to
Taiwanese poet Yu Hsi translated Tirukuuset up OSCC-like institutions.
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Yadav.
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Kolkata recorded highest consumption of
cigarettes in India
• Kolkata recorded the highest consumption of
cigarettes in India. This was revealed by the ICICI
Lombard Tobacco Consumption Habits 2014 survey released.
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• The survey was conducted for the persons in 21-40
year age group in five regions (Mumbai, Kolkata,
Ahmadabad, Lucknow and Hyderabad).
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Union Water Resource Ministry launched
nationwide tree plantation drive
• Union Water Resources Minister, Uma Bharti
launched a nationwide tree plantation drive
and public awareness programme to save
rivers.
• Uma Bharti also planted saplings on the banks of
river Yamuna at Delhi in memory of victims of
• Taiwanese poet, Yu Hsi translated 1330 couplets of Tirukkural (one of the collection of
sangam literature) and the poems of poet Subramanya Bharathi in Mandarin, Chinese language.
Bharathidasan’s poems will be translated.
• The translation will help the Mandarin-speaking
population to know the greatness of Tirukkural in
addition to the richness of Bharathi and Bharathidasan’s poems.
• The Tamil Nadu government had granted 77.70
lakh rupees for the translation and this will
be published through the Directorate of Tamil
Development. Tamil University helped in
translation of Tamil literature in to Mandarin.
• Taiwanese poet Yushi was awarded the Thiruvalluvar award by the Tamil Nadu government
in Chennai for his translation work of Tirukkural
and the poems of poet Subramanya Bharathi in
Mandarin.
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Union Government reconstituted 6 Cabinet
Committees
• prices,
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Union Government reconstituted six important
• UIDAI ,and
Cabinet Committees of these four will be headed by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and remaining two
• Management of Natural Calamities
by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Now all their functions will be handled by the Cabinet
The six Cabinet Committees include
Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).
• Security,
SAARC Monsoon Initiative Programme National Working Group meet held in Bhopal
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• Political Affairs,
• Economic Affairs,
• SAARC Monsoon Initiative Programme
National Working Group meet was organised
in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. At the meet, it
was discussed to take steps to link training and
research programmes with meteorology related information between different stakeholders.
• Appointments,
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(Commitee which is in BOLD comes under the control
of Prime Minister and others will be headed by Home
Minister.)
The composition of the reconstituted Cabinet
Committees is
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be headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
will have Minister of Home Affairs Raj Nath Singh
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• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
will be headed by Prime Minister of Narendra
Modi and will have 13 other members.
• The monsoon initiative is the part of Thimpu
Statement on Climate Change adopted at the 16th
SAARC summit in Thimphu in 2010. As per the
initiative a National Working Group on Monsoon
will be set up at national level in each SAARC
member country to monitor and address monsooninduced disasters at the national level.
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• Parliamentary Affairs.
Railway passenger fares increased
• Indian Railways increased the passenger fare by
14.2 percent in all classes and freight charges
by 6.5 percent. The revised rates will be effective
from 25 June 2014.
• The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs will
be headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
Union Government constituted Committee
will have other 9 members.
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• The Cabinet Committee on Security will be
headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will
have other 3 members.
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• The Cabinet Committee on Accommodation
will be headed by the Minister of Home Affairs
Raj Nath Singh and will have four members.
• The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs will be headed by the Minister of Home Affairs Raj Nath Singh and will have 10 members.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister earlier in June
2014 scrapped the four Cabinet Committees related
to
to inquire gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant
• Union Government constituted an independent
High Level Committee to inquire into the incident of gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant in
Chhattisgarh that occurred. The Committee has
been asked to submit its report by 17 July 2014.
• The independent High Level Committee will be
headed by KK Mehrotra former CMD of Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants (India) limited along with three other members. The other
three members will be
– KAP Singh, former MD of Bokaro Steel
Plant.
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Union Finance Ministry accepted Marayam
Committee recommendations on FDI and
FPI
3. Investments by foreign investors under private
placement /arrangement less than 10 percent of
post issue paid up capital shall be treated as FPI.
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– Soumitra Tarafder, Chief Scientist at
the National Metallurgical Laboratory in
Jamshedpur.
2. Any investment less than 10 percent of the postissue paid up value of each series of convertible
debentures of a listed / to be listed Indian investee
company by eligible foreign investors shall also be
treated as FPI.
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– SB Mathur, Director General of the Directorate General of Factory Advice Service &
Labour Institute in Mumbai.
4. Individual monitoring of FPI limit of less than 10
percent will be done by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and FPI aggregate
limit will be done by the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) like earlier.
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• Union Finance Ministry accepted the recommendations of Arvind Mayaram Committee on
Rationalising the FDI/FPI definition. Arvind
Mayaram is the Union Finance Secretary.
The panel suggested to remove the ambiguities
Andhra Pradesh raised retirement age of
over clear demarcation between Foreign Direct InGovernment employees to 60 years
vestment (FDI) and Foreign Indirect Investment
(FII).
• The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on 23
June 2014 passed a Bill raising the retirement age of government employees of bifurRecommendation on Foreign Direct Investcated Andhra Pradesh to 60 years. The Bill passed
ment (FDI)
is titled Andhra Pradesh Public Employment
1. Foreign investment of 10 percent or more in a
(Regulation of age of superannuation) Act, 1984
listed company will be treated as foreign direct
• Earlier, the retirement age of government employinvestment (FDI).
ees was 58 years.
2. An investor may be allowed to invest below 10
• Besides, AP Government also assured unemployper cent and this can be treated as FDI subject
ment allowance of 2000 rupees per month
to the condition that the FDI stake is raised to 10
for jobless youth.
per cent or beyond within one year from the
date of the first purchase.
• The government took the decision to increase the
retirement age considering various factors, includ3. In case an existing FDI falls to a level below 10 pering the increased life expectancy. There was a
cent, it can continue to be treated as FDI without
significant improvement in the average life exan obligation to restore it to 10% or more, as the
pectancy as compared to 1984.
original investment was an FDI.
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4. In a particular company, an investor can hold the
investments either under the FPI route or
under the FDI route, but not both.
• The Union Government raised the retirement age
of central government employees from 58 to 60
years in 1998.
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5. Foreign Investment in an unlisted company irreUP Government raised retirement age of
spective of threshold limit may be treated as FDI.
Recommendation on Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI)
1. Any investment by way of equity shares, compulsorily convertible preference shares/debentures
less than 10 percent of the post-issue paid up equity shall be treated as FPI.
State Election Commissioner to 68 years
• The Uttar Pradesh Government raised the retirement age of State Election Commissioner (SEC)
from 65 to 68 years.
• The UP Cabinet amended the UP State Election
Commission (Panchayat and Local bodies) (services and conditions of services) Rules 1994 to
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• The Bench directed the Centre and States to take
steps to treat them as socially and educationally
backward classes and extend reservation for admission in educational institutions and for public
appointments.
raise the term of the SEC up to either 68 years
of age or six years term.
• Earlier the term of SEC was either up to 65 years
of age or five years term.
• The Bench said recognition of transgenders as a
third gender is not a social or medical issue but
a human rights issue. Transgenders are also citizens of India. The spirit of the Constitution is to
provide equal opportunity to every citizen to grow
and attain their potential, irrespective of caste, religion or gender.
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• State Election Commissioner of UP: Satish
Kumar Agarwal.
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India has over 1 million children out of
school : UNESCO
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) released a report. The report released that around 58 million
children aged 6 to 11 are still out of school.
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Fergusson College included the category of
third gender in application forms
RBI and Banking related news
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• The data was presented by the Director-General of
UNESCO, Irina Bokova, at a press conference in
Brussels, France. The conference was organized
by the Global Partnership for Education.
• By virtue of this verdict, all identity documents,
including a birth certificate, passport, ration
card and driving licence would recognise the
third gender.
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will begin from 2014-15.
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• Applications for first year BA (FYBA) and BSc
(FYBSc) that are available online have the third
gender option. The decision of the college authorities was encouraged by Supreme Court’s recognition of the third gender in April 2014.
RBI announced second Bi-Monthly
Monetary Policy Statement
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement. RBI
in its second bi-monthly monetary policy statement has kept the policy rates unchanged.
1. Repo rate - 8.0%
2. Reverse repo rate - 7.0%
3. Bank rate - 9.0%
4. MSF - 9.0%
5. CRR - 4.0%
6. SLR - 22.5%
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• The college also planned to have awareness drives
and gender sensitisation programs, so that inclu- RBI simplified KYC norms for opening bank
sion will not limit to paper.
account.
About the Supreme Court ruling
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• A Bench of Justices K.S. Radhakrishnan and
A.K. Sikri ruled that the eunuchs, apart from
the binary gender, be treated as a third gender
for the purpose of safeguarding their rights under
our Constitution and the laws made by Parliament
and the State Legislature.
• The ruling came on a petition filed by the National Legal Services Authority.
• Reserve Bank of India eased the KYC norms for
opening bank account. In its notification it said
that only one documentary proof of address
(either the current or permanent) can be used to
open bank account or for periodic updation.
It also said that in case the address mentioned
as per proof of address undergoes a change than
fresh proof of address may be submitted to the
branch within a period of six months.
• About Know Your Customer Norm (KYC):
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• Chairman of NABARD: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala.
– KYC is a term used for customer identification process.
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– The objective of the KYC guidelines is to
prevent banks being used, intentionally Canara Bank opened branch in New York
or unintentionally by criminal elements
• Canara Bank opened its seventh overseas
for money laundering.
branch in New York, USA. Other six overseas branches are in London, Leicester (UK), Hong
– KYC has two components - Identity and
Kong, Shanghai, Bahrain and Johannesburg. Its
Address. While identity remains the same,
representative office is at Sharjah and a Joint
the address may change and hence the banks
Venture is in Moscow.
are required to periodically update their
records.
• Apart from this, in the current financial year, the
– RBI issued guidelines to banks under Section
bank has planned to open its branches and of35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and
fices in Dubai, Germany, Brazil, Tanzania,
Rule 7 of Prevention of Money-Laundering
Japan, Nigeria and Qatar.
Rules, 2005.
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– These guidelines were issued on the recom- SBI plans to merge it’s subsidiaries as it rise
mendations made by the Financial Action funds
Task Force (FATF) on Anti Money Launder• State Bank of India, the nation’s biggest
ing (AML) standards and on Combating Filender, will kick off consolidation in the banking
nancing of Terrorism (CFT).
industry by combining five associate banks as it
– RBI issued KYC guidelines in 2004 to which
prepares to fund the economy that is on the cusp
banks had to become compliant by 31 Deof a strong growth like China two decades ago.
cember 2005.
• The combination of the associates will enhance the
asset base of SBI to Rs 21.9 lakh crore, and add
NABARD reduced rates of refinance to
5,658 branches to its 15,143 branches. The
boost investment credit
combined market share will rise to 24%, from
19%, making it a formidable force.
• The National Bank for Agriculture and Ru-
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of interest by 20 basis points (bps) on long-term SBI partners with Ezetap Mobile to launch
refinance facility to banks with an objective to mPOS solution
promote farm sector investments. The de• State Bank of India has partnered with payments
cision was taken in response of growing demand
service provider, Ezetap Mobile Solutions, to
by farmers and banks and the rates are applicable
deploy mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solution.
from 6 June 2014.
SBI plans to deploy 5,00,000 point-of-sale terminals within the next five years, “Mobile POS”
• As per the notification the rates of refinance for
has the power to transform payments and comfive years and above will be 9.50 percent,
merce. It can be deployed easily and at low cost
whereas for three to five years period it will
in every corner of the country, SBI’s Deputy
be 9.70 percent. For banks availing more than
Managing Director S K Mishra says.
500 crore rupees in a single drawl will further be
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incentivized by 10 bps.
• Apart from this, further incentive of 50 bps
would be available on financing for efficient agricultural technologies to combat food inflation.
The list of efficient technologies includes 12 such
innovative farm practices which will enhance fruit
and vegetable production.
• The SBI-Ezetap platform would allow the bank
to provide value-added services for merchants and
consumers from a single, secure POS device and
application.
• Note:
The Ezetap solution turns any merchant’s mobile device into a point-of-sale that is able to read
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details of Indians having unaccounted money in
Swiss banks.
any type of card and complete any type of financial transaction ranging from a credit card sale to
a real-time bill payment, to an ATM cash withdrawal or deposit. The mPOS solution will be
made available to the customers of both SBI as
well as its associate banks across the country.
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• According to central bank of Switzerland (SNB),
Indian money in various Swiss banks rose by 43
percent during 2013 to close to 14000 crore rupees,
including the money held directly by Indian clients
and those through fiduciaries or wealth managers.
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SEBI issues new norms for public issuance
of debt securities
World Bank released a report on Power Sec-
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• Market regulator SEBI has issued new norms for
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public issuance of debt securities under which
such offers have to be of minimum Rs 100 crore,
• World Bank released a report on Power Secwhile issuers would need to make additional disclotor Reforms in India. The report titled More
sures and attain atleast 75 per cent subscription.
Power to India: The Challenge of Distribution was released in New Delhi.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) said that the entities coming out with pub• The report was made on the basis of study conlic issue of NCDs would have to provide granular
ducted at the request of the Government of India.
disclosures in their offer document, with regards
• The report reviews Indian power sector across key
to the “object of the issue”.
areas of access, utility performance, and fi• Also, an entity has to make additional disclonancial sustainability. It identified electricity
sures in the offer document about details of money
distribution to the end consumer as the weak link
utilised from the previous issues of the issuer as
in the sector.
well as the group companies.
• The report recommended freeing utilities and reg• The new norms would be applicable for the draft
ulators from external interference, increasing acoffer document for issuance of debt securities filed
countability, and enhancing competition in the
with the stock exchanges on or after July 16.
sector in order to move it to a higher level of service delivery.
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RBI directed Banks and FIs to provide information to SIT
Mobile money services to soon come within
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed common man’s reach
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all banks and financial institutions to provide
information and documents to the Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Background:
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• The SIT under the chairmanship of former Justice M B Shah was constituted by the Union government. The panel was constituted in pursuance
of the May 2014 judgement of the Supreme Court.
• The panel has jurisdiction in cases where investigations have commenced or are waiting to be initiated or have been completed.
• India requested the Switzerland government to expeditious sharing of bank information, that is, the
• Mobile money services are set to become popular among the aam admi (common man) with
NPCI signing agreements with seven telecom
companies, Managing Director & CEO, NPCI:
A.P.Hota, Says
• The seven telecom companies that have signed
agreements with NPCI are Airtel, Idea, Tata
Communications, Aircel, Uninor, Videocon
and Quadrant.
• National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) has convinced these seven telecom companies to provide access to their unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) channel to all bank
accounts, Hota says.
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• NPCI is the umbrella organisation of all retail Ugandan FM elected UN General Assembly
payment systems in India.
President
• Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was
elected president of the 69th session of the UN
General Assembly.
Appointments
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Former Guerrilla Commander Sanchez
Ceren Sworn In As El Salvador’s President
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• Kutesa was chosen unanimously by the African
Union as the only candidate for the presidency of
the 69th session.
• Former guerrilla commander Salvador Sanchez
Ceren was sworn in as President of El
Salvador. Sanchez Ceren is the first former
guerrilla commander to become president of
the Central American country, which suffered
through 12 years of armed internal conflict between the guerrillas and the army from 1980-1992.
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• The president-elect will assume office at the start
of the 69th session in September, replacing John
William Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, who now
leads the current plenary session of the 193 UN
member states.
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• Kutesa, Des Moines, Iowa, is a Ugandan
lawyer and politician. He is the current foreign minister in the Ugandan Cabinet, a position
he has held since Jan 13, 2005. He was previously
the minister of state for investment in Uganda.
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• El Salvadors - Capital : San Salvador, Currency : United States Dollar, Official language
: Spanish.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won Pres- Jean-Claude Juncker named as the next
president of the European Commission
idential election for third time
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• President Bashar al-Assad of Syria won the
Presidential election for the third time. The
Presidential Election result was announced by the
Parliament Speaker Jihad Laham, he will stay as
the President of Syria for seven years.
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• Syria - Prime Minister : Weal Nader Al - Halqi,
Capital : Damascus, Currency : Syrian Pound,
Official language : Arabic.
UNGA approved the name of Zeid alHussein to head OHCHR
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• 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. With this approval,
Jordanian Prince Zeid al-Hussein, a cousin
of Jordanian King Abdullah II, became the first
Muslim and Arab to hold the post.
• Jean-Claude Juncker was named as the next
president of the European Commission. He was
backed by all EU member states, except Britain
and Hungary.
• He will take his charge from November 2014. He
will succeed Jose Manuel Barroso.
• Jean Juncker is a former Luxembourg Prime
Minister and veteran EU insider.
• Sanjay Kapoor Appointed As Chairman of
Micromax:
Sanjay Kapoor, former CEO of Bharati Airtel, was
appointed as Micromax Chairman. Sanjay was
the chief executive officer for India and South Asia
of Airtel from March 2010 till May 2013. Micromax is an Indian consumer electronics company
headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
It is in the business of manufacturing of Mobile
Telephones, Tablet Computers, 3G Datacards and
LED Televisions.
• His tenure as UN high Commissioner for human
rights will start on 1 September 2014 as the suc- Sumitra Mahajan Elected As 16th Lok
cessor of Navi Pillay of South Africa. Zeid al- Sabha Speaker
Hussein, a PhD holder from Cambridge Univer• Veteran BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan was unansity will hold the position for four-year.
imously elected Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha,
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• Coal India Limited is an Indian state-controlled
coal mining company headquartered in Kolkata,
West Bengal, India. It is a Navratna company
and is the largest coal producer company in the
world and contributes around 81% of the coal production in India.
becoming the second woman to occupy the prestigious position after her predecessor Meira Kumar.
She was elected after a motion moved by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi was adopted by voice
vote called by pro tem Speaker Kamal Nath.
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Madhusudhana Chary became
first speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly
• Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary of Telangana
Rashtra Samiti (TRS) became the first
speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly.
Chary won the assembly election from Bhupalpalli constituency in Warangal district.
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Kodela Siva Prasada Rao elected as the first
Assembly speaker of AP after bifurcation
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date is elected.
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• Kodela Siva Prasada Rao was elected as the first
Assembly speaker of Andhra Pradesh after
bifurcation.
Indian-origin Judge V K Rajah appointed as
8th Attorney-General of Singapore
• An official notification regarding the appointment
of the New Delhi MP as chairperson of NDMC was
received from the Home Ministry.
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• Indian-origin judge V K Rajah was appointed as
8th Attorney-General of Singapore. President of
Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam presided at the
swearing-in of Justice V K Rajah.
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• Kodela of Telugu Desam Party was the only
person to be nominated for the Speaker of As- Meenakshi Lekhi named NDMC chairperson
sembly. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly
• BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP Meenakshi
(MLA) from Sattenapalli constituency.
Lekhi took over as the chairperson of the New
Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).
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• He will succeed Steven Chong. Steven Chong will
return to the Supreme Court.
• Lekhi takes over from Jalaj Srivastava, a 1984batch IAS officer who was appointed the NDMC
chairperson in August last year.
• Lekhi will be the second MP to be part of the
Council after amendments were made in the
NDMC Act in 2011. Before Lekhi, the Congress
MP from New Delhi, Ajay Maken, was its member.
• VK Rajah was also appointed as a member of
the Presidential Council for Minority Rights for
a three-year term. 17-member council reports on
matters, including Bills or other legislation.
Dmitry O Rogozin, the Russian Deputy
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India Limited
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• A.K. Dubey was appointed as Chairman of
Coal India Limited with immediate effect. He
will serve his post as an additional charge till a
full-time chairman is appointed.
• He will serve as the Chairman for a period of
three months until the new chairman of the
state-owned company is duly appointed.
About Coal India Limited:
Prime Minister visited India
• Dmitry O Rogozin, the Deputy Prime Minister of
Russia was on a two-day visit to India. During the
visit, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Union External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj. During the meet discussions on a range
of bilateral and international issues of mutual
interest were made.
Major discussions during the visit included
– The two countries decided to step up their cooperation in the field of hydrocarbons, pharmaceuticals, cooking coal and infrastructure.
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– It was decided to increase the bilateral trade Vice Admiral Chopra Takes Over As Westbeyond the present ten billion dollars.
ern Naval Commander
– Meet of the two leaders, Rogozin and Swaraj
was focused on improving the untapped potential between the two countries in terms of
economic and commercial engagement.
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• Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, the second seniormost officer of the Indian Navy, took over the
charge of Western Naval Command (WNC) as
Commander-in-Chief. He was appointed two
months after Vice Admiral Shekar Sinha took voluntary retirement. Anil Chopra a graduate from
National Defence Academy, Pune is second seniormost officer of the Indian Navy and only second
officer to head both the operational commands Eastern and Western Naval Command.
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– Swaraj and Rogozin also deliberated on cooperation in nuclear energy sector. particularly
issues relating to signing of a deal for unit
3 and 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power
Plant.
– India has also proposed to have a trade show
in Moscow in September 2014.
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• Sisi (59) won the election with 96.6 percent of the
votes and defeated Hamdeen Sabahi. He is the
successor of Mohamed Morsi, who was overthrown
in a military coup. The coup was attempted by
then Army Chief Sisi.
• Senior Supreme Court advocate Ranjit Kumar, considered an expert on Constitutional
laws, was appointed as the Solicitor General
of India. The Law Ministry issued notification
appointing Kumar, who has defended Gujarat in
a number of cases, as the next Solicitor General of
India. The Ministry also issued notifications appointing senior advocates Maninder Singh, Tushar
Mehta, L Nageshwar Rao, P S Patwalia, Neeraj
Kishen Kaul and P S Narasimha as Additional
Solicitors General.
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• Former army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was
sworn-in as the President of Egypt in Cairo. He is
the fifth Egyptian President to come from Army
and will be the president for four years.
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Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sworn-in as President of Ranjit Kumar Appointed as new Solicitor
General of India
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• Egypt - Prime Minister : Ibrahim Mahlab,
Capital : Cairo, Currency : Egyptian Pound,
N Chandrababu Naidu Sworn In As Andhra
Official language : Arabic.
Petro Poroshenko sworn-in as President of
Ukraine
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• Petro Poroshenko was sworn-in as the President of Ukraine in Kiev on 7 June 2014. He
was elected as President with more than 54 percent of the vote.
Pradesh Chief Minister
• N Chandrababu Naidu, the chief of the Telugu
Desam Party (TDP), took oath as the first
Chief Minister of the new Andhra Pradesh,
the residuary state formed after its bifurcation
for the creation of Telangana. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor
E.S.L. Narasimhan. He has served for close to
nine years from 1995 to 2004 as Chief Minister of
united Andhra Pradesh. 19 ministers were also
inducted into Naidu’s government.
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• He won the election against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who scored 12.81 percent of the votes. The election was not held in
Crimea, which was unilaterally annexed by Russia in March 2014.
PK Mishra Appointed As Additional Prin• The term of office for the Ukrainian president is
five years. In the Presidential election of Ukraine
if no candidate obtain an absolute majority in the
first round then second round will be held.
cipal Secretary To Prime Minister
• Former Agriculture Secretary P.K. Mishra has
been appointed as the Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He
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• He is a 1996 batch Indian Administrative Service
officer (IAS) from the Gujarat cadre. He was a
part of Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) under former PM Manmohan Singh.
is a retired IAS officer of 1972 batch of the Gujarat cadre. At the time of appointment, Mishra
was serving Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) as Director General. GSDMA was created after Kutch earthquake on 26 January 2001.He also had the additional charge of Chairman of the state-level Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) committee of
the Union Ministry of Environment & Forest.
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About Rajeev Topno
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• Topno was a Kutch District Development Officer
during Kutch earthquake of 2001. He was chief
executive of Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA).
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Juan Manuel Santos re-elected as President
B Ashok New IOC Chairman
of Colombia
• Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has
approved appointment of B Ashok as the head
of India’s largest oil firm, IOC, in what will be
the first top level appointment by the new government.
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• Colombia (Republic of Colombia) is a country situated in the northwest corner of South America.
It is the third largest economy in South America.
Subhalakshmi Panse joins Federal Bank
board
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• Subhalakshmi Panse, former CMD of Allahabad Bank, has joined the board of Federal
Bank as an Independent Director.
• Ashok, 57, was to succeed R S Butola who retired from service attaining superannuation age of
60 years. Since a full-time chairman was not appointed in time, R K Malhotra, Director (R&D)
and senior most director on IOC board, has been
given additional charge for the time-being.
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Colombian Peso, Official language: Spanish.
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• Panse had earlier served as Executive Director of Mustafa Kamal appointed New ICC PresiVijaya Bank for two-and-a-half years, overseeing dent
all major portfolios of that bank.
• AHM Mustafa Kamal has become the first
from Bangladesh to be president of Inter• A post-graduate in Science, Panse has a Diploma
national Cricket Council (ICC).
in Business Management and Masters in Management Sciences from Pune University. She also
holds an MBA from Drexel University, USA.
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• Kamal who served as Vice-President of ICC
and President of Asian Cricket Council, said
“I am eagerly looking forward to work with
the ICC board and management” for 12
months.
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• Panse was a member of the RBI appointed committee on Corporate Governance and Chairman
of the IBA committee on Cheque Truncation
System - National Archive. At present, she is
the Chairman of the Quality Review Board
of the Indian Institute of Actuaries.
• He was elected as the 11th president of the governing body at the ICC annual conference in Australia’s Melbourne. Bangladesh was given the
status of a Test playing nation on the same day 14
year ago.
Rajeev Topno appointed as Private Secre- Eimear McBride Won Baileys Women’s
Prize For Fiction
tary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• Rajeev Topno was appointed as Private Secretary
to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) approved the
name of Topno.
• 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”.The book
is a dark story of a young woman’s relationship
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parison based on Net profit to net
with her brother, set in an Ireland of religious opworth.
pression and sexual abuse. Her protagonist goes
on a journey of spectacular self-destruction in an
attempt to flee her demons.
Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez Crowned Miss
Union Government granted Navratna Status
to EIL and NBCC
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• The award was launched in 1996 and it was origi- USA 2014
nally called Orange Prize for fiction. The prize
• Miss Nevada Nia Sanchez was crowned Miss
carries a 30000 - pound cash award.
USA 2014. She is the 63rd winner of the Miss
USA beauty contest. The ceremony was held at
UN General Assembly Sets Up Prize In
the Baton Rouge Civic Center in Louisiana.
Honor of Nelson Mandela
Erin Brady, of South Glastonbury, Connecticut,
the 2013 winner, gave up her crown to Sanchez.
• The UN General Assembly established the
Sanchez will go on to represent the U.S. at the Miss
“United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla ManUniverse competition later in 2014. Nia Sanchez
dela Prize” as a tribute to the achievements and
defeated 50 contestants from all the States and
contributions of the late South African leader.
Districts of Columbia of the USA who participated
in the competition.
Inaugural Tang Prize winners for 2014 an-
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• The Union Government granted Navratna sta- nounced
tus to Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and Na• Tang Prize Foundation announced the inaugutional Buildings Construction Corporation
ral Tang Prizes. The Prize will be given in four
(NBCC).
categories of
• Department of Public Enterprises under the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enter– Sustainable Development,
prises granted the navratna status to enhance the
– Sinology,
greater financial and operational autonomy.
– Biopharmaceutical Science,
• The Navratna status to two Central Public Sector
– The Rule of Law.
(CPSEs) will provide the companies greater leeway in deciding on business propositions such as
forming joint ventures or taking call on projects Sustainable Development :
involving major investments.
• Gro Harlem Brundtland former Premier of
Criteria for Navratna status
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1. Having Schedule A and Miniratna Category1 status.
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2. Having at least three Excellent or Very
Good Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) ratings during the last five years.
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3. Having a composite score of 60 or above
out of 100 marks based on its performance during the last three years on the
following six identified efficiency parameters
such as Net Profit to Net Worth, Manpower cost to cost of production or
services, Gross margin as capital employed, Gross profit as Turnover, Earnings per Share and Inter-Sectoral com-
Norway.
• She was awarded for her innovation, leadership
and implementation of sustainable development
that laid out the scientific and technical challenges.
• Sinology :
Ying-shih.
Chinese American, Historian Yu
• He was awarded for his mastery of and insight into
Chinese intellectual, political, and cultural history
with an emphasis on his profound research into the
history of public intellectuals in China.
• Biopharmaceutical Science : James P Allison of US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan.
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second Malayalam writer to be awarded with the
Moortidevi award. The first Malayalam author
to win the award was Akkitham Achuthan
Namboothiri in 2009 for his selected poems.
• The Rule of Law: Albie Sachs, former justice
of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
About Moortidevi award
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• The award is given in the memory of Moortidevi,
the mother of Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain, the
founder of Bhartiya Jnanpith. It is given to a contemplative or intellectual work created by any living author writing in any of the languages enlisted
in the VIIIth Schedule of Indian Constitution
including English, which underlines and expresses
Indian philosophy and cultural heritage based on
wider ideals and human lives. Moortidevi award
is presented by the Bhartiya Jnanpith and carries
cash prize of four lakh rupees, a plaque and a
statue of goddess Saraswati.
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• He was awarded for his contributions to human
rights and justice around the world. He is a lawyer
and human rights activist who spent his lifetime
fighting apartheid, helped write the new Constitution of South Africa.
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About Tang Prize
• Taiwanese Business Magnate, Samuel Yin
founded Tang Prize Foundation in December 2012.
The Tang prize is the first international academic
award to be based in Taiwan and commenced its
inaugural year in 2014.
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• They were awarded for their discoveries of CTLA4 and PD-1 as immune inhibitory molecules, revealing ways to harness our incredibly powerful
immune system to fight cancer and marking the
beginning of the immunotherapy revolution.
• VIIIth Schedule - list of approved official language in Indian constitution.
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• The prize is awarded biennially. Each category
conferred carries a cash prize of 40 million New
Taiwan dollar (NT$) and a research grant of 10 Indian origin physicist Tejinder Virdee honmillion New Taiwan dollar. The aim of the oured knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II
prize is to continue to innovate while cultivat• Indian origin physicist Tejinder Virdee was honing and nurturing new talent in their reoured knighthood Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II.
spective fields.
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• The prize encourages a more holistic and crossdisciplinary approach to reflect the new challenges
humanity faces in modern complicated world. The
Prize covers the categories which are not included
in the Nobel Prize.
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Award
• He was awarded for his work on the Higgs Boson
theory. Tejinder Virdee was accorded a Knight
Bachelor for his services to science in the Queen’s
Birthday Honours List. List was released to mark
the Queen’s official birthday. Professor Virdee is
one of the creators of the Compact Muon Solenoid
(CMS) Experiment. The CMS experiment is a
part of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in
Geneva. He has delivered seminal results in particle physics, including the groundbreaking discovery of the Higgs Boson, or the God particle, a particle that gives mass to other particles. Beyond
his innovative work in particle physics, he is also
a great campaigner for science, and promoter of
science and education in Africa and India.
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• C Radhakrishnan, the eminent Malayalam
scientist-turned-writer was selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013. He has been
selected for his novel “Theekkadal Katanhu
Thirumadhuram”. The novel is a biographical
account of Thunchat Ramaanujan Ezhuthachan,
the person who is regarded as the father of
Malayalam language. The novel is an attempt Hindi poet Kedar Nath Singh selected for
to bring back life to the socio-cultural ambience Jnanpith Award 2013
of 15th century. Radhakrishnan as a person
• Noted Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh was chosen
has also contributed to popular science and all
for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013. He is
branches of literature, mostly fiction. He is the
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Pen. It was formed in memory of famous British
playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter.
the 10th Hindi writer to receive the honour and
is the 49th recipient of Jnanpith award.
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• Kedarnath Singh (80-year-old) was born in Balia
Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik won
of Uttar Pradesh and is known for his work
prize at World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014
Abhi bilkul abhi and Yahan se dekho.
• Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik won the
About Jnanpith Award
People’s Choice prize at the World Cup of
Sand Sculpting-2014 held in the Atlantic City
• Jnanpith award is one of the prestigious literary
of the US. He won prize for his work “Save Tree,
awards in India and was instituted in 1961. The
Save the Future”. This is first sand art world
award is given to any Indian citizen who writes in
cup at USA 2014.
any official languages of India. It is presented by
Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu
• Twenty internationally renowned sand artists from
Shanti Prasad Jain family. The award includes 11
around the world participated in the event. Every
lakh rupees and a citation.
sculptor got 30 hours to create their artwork
using 10 tons of sand.
• The name of award is taken from a Sanskrit
words Jnana and Pitha (knowledge-seat).
• Pattnaik also participated in doubles category
with an American sculptor Mathew Roy
Salman Rushdie Selected Pen Pinter Prize
Diebert. Both created sand sculpture of Tajmafor 2014
hal. They were placed at fifth position in the
doubles category.
• Salman Rushdie, the India-born Booker
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Prize winning author was named as the winner
• Recently, he was awarded with the Padmashri by
of 2014 Pen Pinter Prize. Rushdie (67-year-old)
Government of India in 2014.
was chosen for the prestigious award for his outstanding literary output and support for freedom
Pankaj Advani won IBSF 6-Red World
of expression. He will be given the award at the
Snooker title in Egypt
British Library in London on 9 October 2014.
• Pankaj Advani, the Indian cueist won his
• Rushdie’s famous books are Midnight’s Chilmaiden IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm
dren (won Booker Prize), Haroun and the Sea of
el-Sheikh in Egypt. To win the title, he defeated
Stories, The Moor’s Last Sigh, The Satanic Verses
Kacper Flilpiak of Poland.
and others. His book “The Satanic Verses” be• The win helped Advani to create a history of
came most famous due to fatwa issued against the
being the first player in the world to win world
book by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini claiming that
titles in the long and shorter formats of both bilthe novel was an insult to Islam.
liards and snooker. For Advani, this was maiden
• The prize will be shared with an International
6-Red World title and ninth overall. This win
Writer of Courage selected by him in association
also took, Advani to highest tally of world titles
with English Pen’s Writers at Risk committee.
by any Indian cueist in the Open (Men’s) category.
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• Chairperson of the Judging Panel: Maureen
Freely (also President of English Pen).
• Fellow Judge were: Antonia Fraser (Harold
Pinter’s widow), Michael Billington, Simon
Jenkins, Kamila Shamsie.
About Pen Printer Prize
• The Pen Printer Prize is an annual literary award
was established in 2009 by writers’ charity English
About Pankaj Advani
– He won his first world title at the age of
18 and is only Asian to have ever won
both the Billiards and Snooker World
Championships.
– He is also one of the youngest Indian to
be honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna award.
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– He has also been conferred with the Arjuna
and Padmashree awards.
Science and Technology
“Robot Raptor” - Fastest Runner Developed
by Korean Scientists Can Outrun Usain Bolt
Malala Yousafzai wins Liberty Medal
• A robot Raptor developed by a team of Korean
scientists at KAIST, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, can outrun
Olympic runner Usain Bolt. The robot Raptor
is very fast, although, robot can run only on a
treadmill.
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• A Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai has won the
Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia.
• “It’s an honour to be awarded the Liberty Medal”,
Yousafzai, now 17, said. “I accept this award
on behalf of all the children around the
world who are struggling to get an education”.
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• The Raptor can run at 46 kilometers per hour
or 28 miles per hour much faster than the Olympic
sprinter Usain Bolt who run at top speed of
44.7kph (27.44 mph). The Cheetah is even
faster than both Bolt and the robot Raptor. It is capable of running as fast as 47 kph
(29.3 mph).
India-born Mexican citizen Sanjaya Rajaram
to be honoured with World Food Prize of
2014
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• South Korea - President : Park Geun - hye,
Prime Minister : Jung Hong-won, Capital :
Seoul, Currency : South Korean won, Official
Language Korean.
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• India-born Mexican plant scientist, Sanjaya Rajaram will be honoured with the World Food
Prize for the year 2014. It was announced by the
World Food Prize Foundation. The award will
be presented to Rajaram in Des Moines, Iowa
in October 2014.
• Usain Bolt is the world’s fastest runner belongs to
the country Jamaica.
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Google purchased Satellite Firm Skybox
• He won the prize for his outstanding work in the Imaging for 500 million US dollar
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improvement of wheat crop. He is credited
with increasing world wheat production by more
than 200 million tons during the 25-year-period
known as the golden years of wheat building
upon the successes of the Green Revolution. It had
a far-reaching impact in alleviating world hunger.
• The deal will provide images for Google’s online
mapping service. The satellites could be used
to help expand internet access and with disaster
relief.
• In April 2014, Google has acquired Titan
Aerospace. Google has also launched a small
network of balloons designed to deliver Internet access over the Southern Hemisphere.
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• Honouring of Dr. Rajaram with World Food Prize
coincided with the centennial year of his mentor,
Dr. Norman Borlaug and the UN-FAO’s International Year of Family Farming.
• Google confirmed the purchase of Satellite Firm
Skybox Imaging for 500 million US dollar.
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• The prize was established in 1986 by Dr. Norman Borlaug to focus the world’s attention on Earth’s largest water reservoir located inside
hunger and on those whose work has significantly Earth’s mantle
helped efforts to end the hunger. Dr. Char• Earth’s largest water reservoir might be located
ity Kawira Mutegi of Kenya in 2013 and Dr.
deep inside the Earth’s mantle. This was reAditi Mukherji of India in 2012 received the
vealed by a study published in the journal Science.
award.
The study was conducted by the Northwestern geophysicist Steve Jacobsen and Univer• Iowa - Secretary of State : Matt Schultz, Capsity of New Mexico seismologist Brandon
ital : Des Moines, Official Language : English.
Schmandt.
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• The study is the first to provide direct evidence
that there may be water in the area of the mantle
known as the transition zone the layer between
lower mantle and upper mantle.
it will be the World’s most powerful and largest
telescope.
• The telescope will be able to analyze the environment of other planets and able to track the existence of aliens life. The telescope will track the
species which are about 30 light years away.
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• The findings will aid scientists in understanding
how the earth formed, what its current composition and inner workings are and how much water
is trapped in mantle rock.
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• The telescope will be prepared and set up in space
itself, due to the large size of telescope it is not
possible to send the telescope to space from earth
via rocket.
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• Director : AK Srivastava.
02 MAY - World Veterinary Day.
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– The telescope will be about four times
larger than the existing 44 feet - Hubble Space Telescope.
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• Murrah is high milk yielding mature buffalo.
• For the setting up the telescope, NASA will send
a group of astronauts to space via Orion rocket.
Features of the ATLAST telescope:
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• Researchers of National Dairy Research Institute
(NDRI) cloned female buffalo calf, Lalima. Lalima was produced through indigenously developed Hand - guided Cloning Technique. Lalima weighs 42-kg and is a female calf. It is the
seventh buffalo clone produced by NDRI. Scientists used the institutes’s indigenously developed
hand - guided cloning technique where somatic
cells from an ear of a Murrah buffalo were
taken to produce a clone.
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National Dairy Research Institute Clones
Female Buffalo Calf
Facebook releases messaging app Slingshot
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• Social media giant Facebook announced the release of its latest messaging app Slingshot.
– The mirror inside the telescope will have a
diameter of around 52 feet, which will be
the largest mirror ever created by any man
on Earth.
– The telescope will be located at a distance of
10 lakh miles.
– Telescope to be ready by 2030.
• According to Scientists, the telescope will help astronomers in exploring more than 60 odd new
planets. It will also give insights into the proportion of oxygen and other gases in space, which
either is, the reason for sustaining life on other
planets, or vice-versa.
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• Slingshot lets users share selfies and other
short-lived videos and pictures, but friends
have to share something before they are able to
see images from others, according to the announce- Wipro gets Golden Peacock Award 2014
ment.
• IT major Wipro announced it has been recognised with the prestigious Golden Pea• Slingshot is an attempt to take users away from
cock Award 2014, in the category of “Innovathe popular messaging app Snapchat.
tive Product/Service” for Wipro’s “Assure
Health” solution in India.
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World’s most powerful telescope ATLAST to
be built by NASA to track alien’s life
• The Royal Astronomical Society, London
unveiled the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) plan to build ATLAST
or Advanced Technology Large Aperture
Space Telescope in Portsmouth. Once, built,
• Wipro Assure Health is a disruptive healthcare
delivery solution that enables affordable patient centric healthcare through non-invasive
wearable sensor, advanced mobility, cloud
based analytics and evidence based decision support system.
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Defence
• Project Seabird was approved in 1999 to pursue
the construction of the new naval base at Karwar.
Phase I was completed in 2005 and the base
was commissioned on 31 May 2005. Development
of Phase II commenced in 2011.
Largest Base:
BRAHMOS Missile Test - Fired From Warship INS Kolkata
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• India on 9 June successfully test - fired the 290 km
- range BRAHMOS supersonic anti - ship cruise
missile from the country’s largest indigenous
warship INS Kolkata off the coast of Karwar
in Karnataka. BRAHMOS missile with a speed
of Mach 2.5 to 2.8 is the product of joint
collaboration between India and Russia. For
the first time, the missile was test-fired from an
indigenous warship that will be commissioned in
Indian Navy in July 2014. So far BRAHMOS
missile have been deployed on the Russia built Rajput - class destroyers and Talwar
- class frigates on the Navy.
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• On completion, Project Seabird, Karwar in coastal
Karnataka will become the country’s biggest
Naval base by 2025.
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• The base will enhance the Navy’s operational
flexibility and strategic advantage in the Indian Ocean region, including in anti-piracy efforts. Moreover, the move to set up an exclusive naval base at Karwar is intended to decongest
Mumbai on the West coast and Visakhapatnam
on the East coast, as the two ports also have commercial shipping operations.
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• Mach number: The speed of an object divided PSLV C23, carrying five satellites, launched
by the speed of sound in the fluid is called the
successfully from Sriharikota
Mach number.
• ISRO’s PSLV C23 was launched from Satish
• The Talwar class is a new class of frigates deDhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in
signed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy.
Andhra Pradesh at 9.52 am. The PSLV C23
carried five satellites belonging to four coun• The Rajput class guided-missile destroyers
tries namely France, Germany, Canada and
built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of
Singapore.
Soviet Kashin class destroyers. They are also
known as Kashin-II class.
• All these five satellites were launched under com• The ships were built in Russia after considerable Indian design modifications to the
Kashin design. The helicopter pad in the original design was replaced with a flight elevator.
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Project Seabird phase II in Karwar, Karnataka got environment clearance
Dr
• Project Seabird Phase II in Karwar, Karnataka
got environment clearance by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.
• Project Seabird will be one of the largest
naval bases of India and will be completed
in two phases. It will house various warships
including India’s largest warship and aircraft
carrier INS Vikramaditya.
About Project Seabird:
mercial arrangements that ANTRIX (ISRO’s
commercial arm) has entered with the respective
foreign agencies.
• Earlier, the launch time was fixed at 9.49 am IST
but was launched with a delay of 3 minutes due to
probability of space debris movement during the
launch window.
• On its way, PSLV C23 will separate all five satellites, one by one into their intended orbit and these
satellites are
– The French Earth observation satellite
SPOT-7 of 714 kg which is similar to Indian
Remote Sensing System (IRSS).
– 14 kg AISAT of Germany.
– NLS7.1 (CAN-X4) & NLS7.2 (CANX5) of Canada each weighing 15 kg and
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INS Vikramaditya to the nation. Off the Goa
coast in the Arabian Sea, the Prime Minister
also sat in a MIG 29 aircraft to have a feel of
the combat fighter on the ship sailing off the
Goa coast.
the 7 kg are from University of Toronto, Institute of Aerospace studies/Space Flight Laboratory.
– VELOX-1 of Singapore from Nanyang
Technological University and is a technology demonstrator for design of image sensor,
MEMS-based determination and control system and inter-satellite RF link.
IN
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• The deal for the aircraft carrier was signed during
the previous NDA regime in 2004 and the ship
has been dedicated to the nation after a gap of
ten years. The vessel was inducted in the Indian
Navy on 16 November 2013.
NK
• Till date, ISRO has launched 35 satellites of foreign countries onboard its workhorse, the Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
Supersonic Akash Missile test-fired by Army
Indo-French Air Exercise Garuda V con- in very low Altitude in ITR Balasore
cluded at Jodhpur
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O
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• Indian Army test-fired surface-to-air Akash
missile from an Integrated Test Range (ITR) in
Balasore, Odisha. This test was last among the
validation trials being carried out by the Army on
the first off production models of Akash Supersonic missile. Now it is ready for being induction
in Indian army.
O
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• Indo-French Air Exercise, Garuda V concluded
in Jodhpur Air Base. The exercise between the
air forces of both countries started saw various
combat roles including Air to Air refueling.During
the exercise Arup Raha the IAF chief Air
Marshal and his French counterpart General
Denis Mercier flew combat sorties in Rafale
and Su30 respectively. They also interacted with
the pilots and technicians of both the Air Force.
Note:
• Odisha - CM: Naveen Patnaik, Governor: Dr.
S. C. Jamir, Capital: Bhubaneswar.
Books in news
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• The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta-wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed Book titled Blood Feud written by Edward
Klein released
and built by Dassault Aviation.
• Su - 30 is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed by Russia’s Sukhoi
Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter
for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep
interdiction missions.
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1. French Air Force was comprised of 4 Rafales
and 1 C-135 French Refueller aircraft.
Dr
2. The Indian Air Force (IAF) fielded 4 Su30MKI, 4 MiG 21 Bison, 4 MiG 27 (Upg)
as well as an IL-78 tanker aircraft and an
Airborne Warning and control system IL-76
(AWACS).
PM Narendra Modi Dedicates INS Vikramaditya To Nation
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the
the country’s latest warship aircraft carrier
• A book Blood Feud : The Clintons vs.
the Obamas written by Edward Klein was
released. The book was published by the publishing house Regnery.
About the book:
• Blood Feud is about the animosity, jealousy,
and competition between America’s two most
powerful political couples.
• The book focused upon the relationship between the Obama’s and the Clinton’s with
details on closed - door meetings buttressed by
hundreds of interviews.
• The book also talked about the health of Hillary
Clinton. As per the author, Clinton’s heart
valves were not pumping in a steady way.
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Ans: Telungana
2. Which is the common capital of telungana and Andra pradesh ?
Ans: Hyderabad
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• The book titled “Getting India Back on track
- An Action” Agenda for Reform was released
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New
Delhi. The book edited by Bibek Debroy, Ashley Tellis and Reece Trevor was published
by Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace.
1. Which state became the 29th state of India ?
3. How many districts of Andrapradesh became a
part of Telungana ?
IN
Book titled Getting India Back on Track released
authored
by
Deepti
Ans: Chandrasekhar Rao
5. Who is the First Governer of Telungana ?
BA
Character
4. who is the Chief Minister of Telungana ?
Ans: E.S.L. Narasimman
6. Which country is the largest exporter of textiles ?
Ans: China
• The Novel A Bad Character was authored by
Deepti Kapoor. It will be published in August
2014.
7. India is in which position in textile exporting ?
Ans: 2nd position
8. The Appared Exports Ranking was recently released on June. The survey was released by which
organisation ?
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H
O
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• It is the story of a desire of young woman
named Idha who escapes from the arranged
marriage and security that her middleclass world has to offer. Subsequently she
goes through a chance encounter with a charismatic, dangerous young man. Consequently, she
is quickly exposed to the thrilling, often illicit pleasures that both the city, Delhi, and her body can
hold.
O
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A Bad
Kapoor
NK
Ans: 10 districts
• The book contains insightful essays by eminent
academicians and public policy experts and the
foreword has been written by Ratan Tata. It says
how Indian policymakers can return the country to a path of high and sustained economic
growth.
Ans: UN comtrade
9. Jammu and Kashmir raised the age of retirement
of government employees recently. what is the age
of retirement ?
Ans: 58 to 60 yrs
P
• The novel shows a different Delhi, the viewers have 10. what is the upper age limit for youth to obtain
not seen in fiction before : a city awash with
government jobs in Jammu and Kashmir ?
violence, rage and corruption.
Ans: 40 years (before 37 years)
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Warrior State Written By T V Paul Pre- 11. The name of the female buffalo calf cloned by
NDRI recently is ?
sented To Vice-President
Dr
Ans: Lalima
• The book titled Warrior State: Pakistan in
the Contemporary World written by T V Paul
12. NDRI has produced how many cloned buffalo till
was presented to the Vice President Hamid
now ?
Ansari . In this book everything is present about
Ans: 7
complete behavior of Pakistan’s insecurity mess
using literature from history, sociology, religious
13. For Lalima, the clone female buffalo where was the
studies, and international relations.
somatic cells got from ?
National
Ans: The ear of a Murrah buffalo
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14. Who was appointed as the chairman of Micromax 27. The PM has planned a multi million sanitation programme recently. What is the name of that project
recently ?
?
Ans: Sanjay kapoor
Ans: “Mahatma Gandhi clean India programme”
15. Where is the Head quarters of Micromax ?
Loksabha Speaker ?
Ans: Sumitra Mahajan
17. A new book was released by prime Minister Narendra Modi. what is the title of the book ?
Ans: “Getting India Back on Track - An Action”
Ans: around 1000 towns
IN
th
29. The sanitation cleaning will start from which city
?
NK
16. who was appointed as 16
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28. The sanitation cleaning programme plans to clean
how many cities in India ?
Ans: Gurgaon, Haryana
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
30. The TARC commitee headed by ——-
18. what is the range of BRAHMOS missile, which was
success fully test fixed recently ?
BA
Ans: Parthasarathi shome
31. The Abbreviation of TARC is ?
Ans: 290 km
Ans: Tax Administration Reforms Commission
19. BRAHMOS missile was test fired from where ?
20. BRAHMOS missile was the prosuct of joint collaboration between which two countries ?
O
F
32. The PM recently released the postage stamps on
which symbol ?
Ans: INS Kolkata, Karwar in Karnataka
Ans: 2014 FIFA world cup
33. What was the slogan for FIFA 2014 ?
Ans: India and Russia
Ans: Karwar, Karnataka
O
O
L
Ans: All In one Rhythm.
21. Project “sea bird” was implemented in which state
?
34. what is the name of Indo - French Air exercise?
Ans: Garuda V
SC
H
22. Recently a report said that India would have a pos- 35. who is the IAF Chief ?
itive growth. The report was released by which
Ans: Arup Raha
organisation ?
Ans: OECD ( organisation for Economic Co - op- 36. A French twin engine was used in the Indo - French
air exercise. What is the name of that engine ?
eration and Development)
P
Ans: Dassault Rabale
23. Union - Ministry of Health and Family welfare
launched a video recently. The title of the video is 37. Which warship aircraft was dedicated to the nation
recently ?
?
Ans: INS vikramadithya
.J
Ans: “The price we pay”
Dr
24. Which day is celebrated as World Anti - Tobacco 38. “Warrier state” book is written by ———day ?
Ans: T.V. Paul
Ans: 31st may
39. First solar power planet of Delhi is set up in which
place ?
25. cabinet Minister of Health and family welfare is ?
Ans: Dr. Harsh vardhan
Ans: Dwarka sec 21 Metro station
26. Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary won the Assembly 40. Which country did Prime Minister Narendra Mode
visit on June 2014 ?
Election in which district ?
Ans: Waranangal (Bhupalpalli)
Ans: Bhutan
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45. What is the capital and currency of Bhutan ?
BA
NK
IN
G
41. Prime Minister Narendra Mode visited Bhutan 54. Who is the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh ?
with ————
Ans: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Ans: (I) External affairs Minister sushma swaraj
55. Who is the Governor of Madhyapradesh ?
(II) NSA Ajit Doval
Ans: Shri Ram Naresh Yadav
(III) Foreign secretary sujatha singh
56. Which state is in the Ist place in highest con42. Prime Minister described the bilateral relations of
synption of cigarettes ?
India and Bhutan as ———–
Ans: kolkata
Ans: B2B (Bharat to Bhutan)
57. Who is the Minister of Water resource Ministry ?
43. who is the Prime Minister of Bhutan ?
Ans: Uma Bharathi
Ans: Lyonchchen Ishering Tobgay
58. Who is the CEO and Managing Director of NPCI
44. Who is the King of Bhutan ?
?
Ans: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Ans: A.P. Hota
59. NPCI stands for ———-
Ans: Thimpu, Bhutanese ngultrum, Indian Rupee
O
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Ans: National Payment Corporation of India
46. What is the official Language of Bhutan ?
60. Akash Missile is what type of missile ?
Ans: Dzonglha Language
Ans: Surface to Air
L
47. Which city is the first kerosene free city in India ? 61. Akash missile was test fired from which place ?
Ans: Delhi
Ans: Balasore, Odissa
Ans: Najeeb Jung
O
O
48. Who is the Lieutenant - Governor of Delhi ?
62. Who is the Governor of Odissa ?
Ans: Dr. S.C. Jamir
Dr
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SC
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49. The Governor of Delhi approved a committee to 63. Who is the Chief Minister of Odissa ?
ensure road safety. what is the name of that comAns: Naveen patnaik
mittee ?
64. Union Health Ministry approved to set up a
Ans: Direct level Road safety committee
paramedical Science Institute Recently on which
50. Union MSME Ministry launched the online Faciliplace ?
tation centre for which Industries ?
Ans: AIIMS, Bhopal
Ans: Small and Medium Enterprises
65. who translated Tirukural and Bharathiyar poems
51. Where was India’s first ”one stop crisis centre
in mandarin language recently ?
launched ?
Ans: Taiwanese poet Yultsi
Ans: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
66. Who got the Thiruvalluvar Award – 2014 recently
52. What is the name of the ”one stop crises centre”
?
launched in Bhopal ?
Ans: Yultsi
Ans: Gauravi
67. How much money did Tamilnadu Government
53. Gauravi - one stop crises centre was launched by
grant for the translation of Thirukural in Mandarin
whom ?
language ?
Ans: Bollywood actor Amir khan
Ans: 77.70 lakhs
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IN
Ans: K.K.Mehrotra
Ans :
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68. Union cabinet ministry reconstituted some com- 80. What was the change in the Railway fares ?
mittees recently. How many committees belong to
Ans: Increased by 14.2 %
that ?
81. Union Government constituted a committee to inAns: 6
quire the incident of gas leakage in Bhilai steel
plant in Chattis garh. who is the Head of that
69. The Four cabinet committees which belongs to the
committee ?
PM are ———-
BA
NK
(1) Security (2) Political Affairs (3) Economic Af- 82. The committee to inquire about gas leakage in
fairs (4) Appointments
chattis garh consists of how many members excluding the Head ?
70. The Two cabinet committees, which belongs to the
Ans: 3 (KAP singh, SB Mathur, soumitra
Home Minister are ———tarafder)
Ans: (1) Accommondation (2) Parlimentry affairs
83. “A Bad Character” Book was authored by whom
71. Who is the Home Minister of India now ?
?
Ans: Rajnath singh.
Ans: Deepti Kapoor
O
F
72. The cabinet committee on Appoinment has how
84. Andra Pradesh raised the retirement age of govmany members ?
ernment employees from 58 to ——Ans: 2 (PM, Home Minister)
Ans: 60 years
L
73. The cabinet committee on Economic Affairs has 85. UP government raised the retirement age of govhow many members excluding the PM ?
ernment employees from 65 yrs to——
Ans: 13
Ans: 68 years
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SC
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O
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74. The cabinet committee on Political Affairs has how 86. Who is the State Election Commissioner of UP ?
many members ?
Ans: Satish Kumar Agarwal
Ans: PM and 9 other members
87. Odissa government raised the retirement age of
75. The cabinet committee on Security has how many
government employees from 58 yrs to——members ?
Ans: 60 years
Ans: PM and 3 other members
88. Chief Minister of Odissa is ———
76. The cabinet committee on Accommodation has
Ans: Naveen Patnaik
how many members ?
89. Who is the Chief Secretary of Odissa ?
Ans: Home Minister and 4 other members
.J
Ans: J.K. Mohapatra
77. The cabinet committee on parlimentry Affairs has
how many members excluding the Home Minister 90. Where is the Head quarter of cool India Limited
?
situated ?
Dr
Ans: 10
Ans: Kolkota, West Bengal
78. Where was SAARC Monsoon Initiative Pro- 91. Who is the Petrolium Minister at present ?
gramme National working group meeting held ?
Ans: Dharmendra Pradhan
Ans: Bhopal, Madhyapradesh
92. Who is the Chair person of the New Delhi Munic79. 2010 SAARC summit was held in ———–
ipal Council ?
Ans: Thimpu, Bhutan
Ans: Meenakshi Lekhi
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94. What was the report about the child education in
India released by the UNESCO ?
Ans: “India has over 1 million children out of
school”
Ans: June 1
2. Who is the President of El Salvador?
Ans: Sanchez ceren (Sworn on June 1)
3. Which is the Capital of El Salvador?
G
Ans: United Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organisation
1. Which day is observed as the global Day of parents?
IN
93. The UNESCO stands for ?
Ans: San Salvador
95. Who is the Director general of the UNESCO ?
NK
4. What is the currency of El Salvador?
Ans: Irina Bokova
Ans: United States Dollar
96. Which is the Ist college to include the Transgender
catagoty in their application forms ?
5. What is the official language of El Salvador?
Ans: Spanish
97. Which satellite was launched on June 2014 from
sriharikota ?
BA
Ans: Pune’s fergusson college
6. Who is recently appointed to the Office of High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the
UN?
Ans: PSLV C – 23
98. PSLV C – 23 satellite is carried how many satellites
?
Ans: 5
O
F
Ans: Jordanian Prince Zeid al-Hussein
7. Who was elected as the President of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly?
L
Ans: Sam Kutesa
O
O
99. PSLV C – 23 carried the satellite belonging to
which countries ?
Ans: France, Germany, Canada, Singapore
SC
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100. What is the name of the French satellite that belongs to PSLV C – 23 ?
Ans: SPOT -7 of 714 kg
101. What are the canadian satellites that belongs to
PSLV C – 23 ?
8. Which is the new messaging application released
by Facebook?
Ans: Slingshot
9. Where were 367 exotic new species discovered?
Ans: Greater Mekong region is South east Asia
10. Which organisation published a report titled ‘Mysterious Mekong’ ?
Ans: World Wildlife Fund
Ans: NLST.1 (CAN - x4), NLST.2 (CAN - x5)
P
11. Due to which disease 337 persons died West Africa?
.J
102. What is the name of the singapore satellite that
belongs to PSLV C – 23 ?
Ans: VELOX - 1
Dr
103. Till now, ISRO has sent how many foreign countries satellites ?
Ans: 35 satellites
104. PSLV stands for ?
Ans: Polar satellite Launch vehicle
International
Ans: Ebola Virus disease
12. Who was arrested in the US on Nazi death camp
charges?
Ans: Johann Breyer
13. Where will mycopter project day for 2014 will
held?
Ans: Braunschweig, Germany
14. Who is the Coordinator Professor of mycopter ?
Ans: Dr. Heinrich Bulthoff
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15. Where did IEP release GPI 2014?
29. Who is the Secretary General of UNCTAD?
Ans: Mukhisa Kituyi
Ans: London
16. Which day is observed as the World Refugee Day? 30. Where is the Head quarters of UNCTAD?
Ans: 20th June
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Ans: Geneva, Switzerland
Ans: 3
NK
IN
17. Which is Myanmar’s first site inscribed on the UN- 31. When is the World Vitiligo day observed?
ESCO’s World Heritage List?
Ans: June 25
Ans: Ancient Pyu cities
32. When is the International Seafarer’s Day observed?
18. How many cities are included in Ancient Pyu city?
Ans: June 25
33. Who is the Secretary General of IMO?
38th
19. Where did the
session of the World Heritage
Committee take place?
BA
Ans: Koji Sekimizu
34. Where is the Head quarters of IMO located?
Ans: Doha, Qatar.
O
F
Ans: London, United Kingdom.
20. By who was the Great Himalayan National Park
conservation Area inscribed in the World Heritage 35. Who is the author of the book “Blood Feud”?
list?
Ans: Edward Klein
Ans: The world Heritage Committee
36. When is the International Day Against Drug Abuse
21. Which stepwell of India was included in the UN& Illicit Trafficking observed?
ESCO’s world Heritage Site list recently?
Ans: 26th June
L
Ans: Rani-ki-Vav
O
O
22. What is the world’s most powerful telescope which
is to be built by NASA to track life of aliens?
Ans: ATLAST
SC
H
23. Which rocket will be used by NASA to setting up
the telescope?
Ans: Orion rocket.
37. Which status is granted by the Union Government
to EIL & NBCC?
Ans: Navaratna Status
38. Who is the President of Syria?
Ans: Bashar al-Assad
39. Who is the PM of Syria?
Ans: Weal Nader Al-Halqi
24. When is United Nations public service Day celebrated?
40. Which is the capital of Syria?
P
Ans: 23rd June
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25. When is International widow’s day observed?
Ans: 23rd June
Dr
26. Which report is released by UNEP?
Ans: The Environment Crime Crisis
27. Who is the Executive director of UNEP?
Ans: Achim Steiner
28. Which report is released by UNCTAD?
Ans: World Investment Report 2014
Ans: Damascus
41. What is the currency of Syria?
Ans: Syrian pound
42. What is the official language of Syria?
Ans: Arabic
43. Where was the 40th G - 7 summit 2014 held?
Ans: Brussels.
44. Who is the President of the European council
Ans: Herman van Rompuy
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Ans: 5th June
60. What is the theme of World Day Against Child
Labour?
Ans: “Extend social protection: combat child
labour”
46. What is the theme for Environment Day 2014?
Ans: “Small islands and climate change”
47. What is the Slogan for Environment Day 2014?
61. Where is the headquarters of the International
Labour Organization located?
IN
Ans: Geneva
Ans: “Raise your voice not the sea level”
Ans: Barbados, Lesser Antilles
Ans: Guy Ryder
49. Where was Robot Raptor developed?
NK
62. Who is the Director General of the International
Labour Organization?
48. Where was world Environment Day held?
BA
63. When is the World Blood Donor Day observed
Day?
Ans: KAIST
Ans: Sate blood for saving mothers
50. How long can the Robot Raptor run in one hour?
64. When is the World Tuberculosis Day observed?
Ans: 46 kilometers
Ans: March 24
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51. Who is the President of South Korea?
65. World Health Day falls on ?
Ans: Park Geun - hye
Ans: 7th April
52. Who is the PM of South Korea?
66. World Malaria Day falls on ?
O
O
53. Which is the capital of South Korea?
L
Ans: Jung Hong - Won
Ans: Seoul
G
45. When is the World Environment Day observed?
Ans: 25th April
67. World No Tobacco Day falls on?
Ans: 31st May
54. What is the currency of South Korea?
SC
H
Ans: Won
55. What is the official language of South Korea?
Ans: Korean
P
56. UN General assembly set up a prize in honor of a
South African leader? Who is that leader?
Ans: 1st December
69. When was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day observed in 2014?
Ans: June 15
70. Where is Earth’s largest water reservoir located?
Ans: Inside Earth’s mantle.
.J
Ans: Nelson mandela
68. World AIDS Day falls on?
Dr
57. For how much money did Google purchase the 71. Where & when was OSCE - Japan Conference held
satellite firm Skybox Imaging?
Ans: Tokyo, 17th June 2014
Ans: 500 million us dollar
72. When was World Day to Combat Desertification
58. What did google acquired in April 2014?
observed?
Ans: TITAN Aerospace
Ans: 17 June
59. When is the World Day Against Chief Labour ob- 73. What was the theme for 2014 WDCD?
served?
Ans: “Land Belongs to the future let’s climate
th
Ans: 12 June
proof it”
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Ans: New York
17. Committee on the FDI/ FPI is headed by whom?
NK
2. Who is the Deputy Managing Director of SBI?
IN
1. With Whom did SBI partner to launch the mpos
16. Who is the Union Finance Secretary?
solution?
Ans: Arvind Mayaram
Ans: Ezetap Mobile Solution
G
74. What is the theme of the 2014 International Day 14. Who is a Chairman of NABARD?
Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking?
Ans: Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
Ans: “A message of hope: Drug use disorders are
15. Where did Canara Bank open its new branch repreventable and treatable”
cently?
Ans: Arvind Mayaram
Ans: S.K. Mishra
18. Who is the Finance Minister of India?
3. For whom did SEBI issue new norms?
Ans: Arun Jaitley
BA
Ans: Public Issuance of Debt Securities.
5. Which report was released by the World Bank in
June 2014?
Ans: New Delhi
O
O
6. Where was the report on Power Sector Reforms in
India released?
Ans: 8.0%
SC
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7. What was the repo rate in June?
8. What was the reverse repo rate in June?
Ans: 7.0%
9. What was the Bank rate in June?
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Ans: 9.0%
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10. What was the MSF in June?
Ans: 9.0%
11. What was the CRR in June?
Dr
Ans: 4.0%
12. What was the SLR in June?
Ans: 22.5%
SPORTS
1. Who won the IPL 2014 title?
Ans: Kolkata Knight Riders
L
Ans: ‘More power to India - The Challenge of
distribution’
O
F
4. Who is the Chairman of Special Investigation 19. Who is the Managing Director & CEO of NPCI?
Team (SIT)?
Ans: A. P. Hota
Ans: M. B Shah
2. Which team was the runner of IPL 2014?
Ans: Kings XI Punjab
3. IPL 2014 finals was played at which stadium?
Ans: Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
4. How many times has KKR team won the IPL title
till now?
Ans: 2 times
5. Who won the gold medal in the International
Wrestling Tournament?
Ans: Yogeshwar Dutt
6. Who won the silver medal in the International
Wrestling Tournament?
Ans: Sushil kumar
7. Where did the International Wrestling Tournament held?
Ans: Sassari City of Italy
13. What changes did NABARD bring in the rates of
refinance to boost investment credits?
Ans: reduced 20 bps
8. Who is the President of Italy?
Ans: Giorgio Napolitano
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9. Who is the Prime Minister of Italy?
24. Who is the first Indian shooter to win three medals
in succession in the ISSF Shooting World Cup Series?
Ans: Matteo Renzi
10. What is the Capital of Italy?
Ans: Jitu Rai
Ans: Rome
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25. Who won the Silver medal in ISSF?
11. What is the Currency of Italy?
Ans: Pablo Carrera (Spain)
IN
Ans: Euro
26. Who won the Bronze medal in ISSF?
12. What is the official language of Italy?
Ans: Anton Gourianov (Russia).
NK
Ans: Italian
27. Where was the ISSF world Cup held?
13. Who was banned for eight years by the disciplinary
panel of Bangladesh cricket board?
Ans: Mexico
28. Who is the President of Mexico?
BA
Ans: Mohammad Ashraful
Ans: Olegario vazquez Rano
14. How much fine was imposed on Mohammad Ashraful for match fixing?
29. Who won the Austrian GP?
Ans: 1 million takas (12280 US dollars)
Ans: Nico Rosberg
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15. Who is the President of Bangladesh?
30. Where was Austrian GP held?
Ans: Abdul Hamid
Ans: Red Bull Ring
16. Who is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh?
Ans: Dhaka
O
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17. Which is the capital of Bangladesh?
31. Who won the Women’s Doubles title in Malaysia?
L
Ans: Sheikh Hasina
18. What is the currency of Bangladesh?
SC
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Ans: Bangladeshi taka
19. What is the official language of Bangladesh?
Ans: Bengali
Ans: Dipika-Joshana
32. Who was appointed as New ICC President?
Ans: Mustafa Kamal
33. Where was the ICC Annual Conference held?
Ans: Melbourne, Australia
34. Who won the Australian open super series title?
Ans: Saina Nehwal
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20. Who has bagged the FIDE World Rapid Chess
35. Who has been appointed Captain of South Africas
Championship title?
test Cricket team recently?
Ans: Magnus Carlsen
Ans: Hashim Amla
21. Where was FIDE World Rapid Chess Champi36. Who won the french Open Title?
onship held?
Dr
Ans: Dubai
Ans: Rafael Nadal
22. Who won the silver medal in FIDE World Rapid 37. Which country won the 2014 edition of Men’s
Hockey World Cup?
Chess Championship?
Ans: Aremian Fabiani Carvana
Ans: Australia
23. Who won the bronze medal in FIDE World Rapid 38. Who won the bronze medal for 2014 men’s Hockey
World Cup?
Chess Championship?
Ans: Vishwanathan Anand
Ans: Argentina
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39. Who is the Captain of Australia Men’s Hockey 52. Who was the best goal keeper of the World
Team?
Women’s Hockey Tournament?
Ans: Rachael lynch of Australia.
Ans: Mark Knowles
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40. Who is the Captain of Netherlands Men’s Hockey 53. Who was the youngest player in the Women’s
World Hockey Tournament?
Team?
Ans: Florencia Martina Habit of Argentina.
IN
Ans: Robert van der Horst.
41. Whose goal is considered as the best goal of the
World Cup Men’s Hockey Tournament?
APPOINTMENTS
NK
1. Who was appointed as the Chief Minister of Telungana?
Ans: Sebastien Dockier of Belgium
42. Who was the top scorer of World Cup Men’s
Hockey Tournament?
Ans: Chandrasekhar Rao
43. Who was the best player of the Men’s Hockey Tournament?
BA
2. Who was appointed as the Governor of Telungana?
Ans: Gonzalo peillat of Argentina
Ans: E.S.L. Narasimman
3. Who was appointed i as the Speaker of Loksabha?
Ans: Mark Knowles of Australia
44. Who was the best goal keeper of Men’s World Cup
Hockey Tournament?
Ans: Jaap Stock man of Netherlands
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F
Ans: Sumitra Mahajan
4. Who was appointed in Western Naval command as
commandar in Cheif?
Ans: Vice Admiral Anil Chopra
O
O
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45. Who was the youngest player in the Men’s World
Cup Hockey Tournament?
Ans: Jeremy Hay ward of Australis
46. Which team won the Women’s Hockey World Cup?
SC
H
Ans: Netherlands
47. Who is the Captain of Netherlands hockey team?
Ans: Maartje paumen
48. What was the Captain of Australia hockey team?
P
Ans: Madonna Blyth
.J
49. Whose goal is considered the best goal of the World
Women’s Hockey Tournament?
Dr
Ans: Kim Lammers of Netherlands
50. Who was the Top scorer in world Women’s Hockey
Tournament?
Ans: Maartje paumen
5. Who was appointed as the new Solocitor General
of India?
Ans: Ranjith Kumar
6. Who was appointed as the Additional Principal
Secretary to prime minister?
Ans: P.K. Mishra
7. Who was appointed as the first Speaker of Telungana Legislative Assembly?
Ans: SriKonda Mahusudhan Chary
8. Who was appointed as the commander of strategic
forces?
Ans: Lt. General Amit Sharma
9. Who was appointed as the new Revenue Secretary?
Ans: Shaktikanta Das
10. Who is the President of Colombia?
Ans: Jun Manuel
51. Who was the best player of the World Women’s
Hockey Tournament?
11. What is the Capital and Currency of Colombia?
Ans: Ellen Hoog of Netherlands.
Ans: Bagota, Colombia Peso
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12. Who is the President of Israel?
26. Who is named as the next President of the European Commission ?
Ans: Reuven Ruby Rivlin
Ans: Jean - Claudo Juncker
13. What is the name of the Parliament of Israel?
27. Who is appointed as the Chairman of Micromax?
Ans: Knesset
IN
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Ans: Sanjay Kappor
14. Who was included in the board of Federal Bank As
28. Who is appointed as the Chairperson of NDMC?
in independent Director?
Ans: Meenakshi Lekhi
Ans: Subbulakshmi Panse
NK
29. Who was Sworn in as the President of Egypt?
15. World Food prize 2014 was won by whom?
Ans: Abdel Fatlah El - Sisi
Ans: Indian - born Maxican Sanjaya Rajaram
30. Who was Sworn in as the Presidentof Ukraine?
16. New Private Secretary to PM is ?
Ans: Petro Poroshenko
17. Who was appointed as the first Assembly Speaker
of Andra Pradesh?
Ans: Kodela Siva Prasada Rao
SC
H
21. Who was appointed as the IOC Chairman recently?
Ans: Wipro
2. Wipro received the Golden Peacock Award - 2014,
under which category?
Ans: “Innovative product / service” for Wipro’s
Assure Health
3. Moortidevi Award was given to whom?
Ans: Malayal writer C. Radhakrishnan
P
22. Who was Sworn as the President of EL Salvador?
.J
Ans: Sanchez Ceren
23. Who won the Presidential Election in Syria for the
third time?
Ans: Bashar al - Assad
4. For which novel of his did C. Radhakrishnan received the Moortidevi Award?
Ans: Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram
5. Moortidevi award is given in the memory of ?
Dr
Ans: The mother of Sahu Santi Prasad jain
24. Who was newly appointed as the Head of OHCHR?
Ans: Zeid Al - Hussein
Ans: Sam Kutesa
AWARDS
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O
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20. Who was appointed as the Chairman of Coal India
Limited?
25. Who is Elected the President of the 69
of the UN General Assembly?
Ans: Mustafa kamal
1. Golden Peacock Award 2014 was won by which
organisation?
19. Who was the President of Singapore?
Ans: B. Ashok
Ans: N. Chandrababu Naidu
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Ans: Indian - Origin Judge V.K. Rajah
Ans: A.K. Dubey
31. Who waas Sworn in as Andhra Pradhes?
32. Who is appointed as the new ICc President?
18. Who was appointed as the 8th Attorney General of
Singapore?
Ans: Tony Tan Keng yam
BA
Ans: Rajeev Topna
th
session
6. What is the prize money of Moortidevi award?
Ans: Cash prize of 4 lakh rupee plus a status of
goddess Saraswathi
7. Who was the Knighthood award for this year?
Ans: Indian Orgin Physicist Tejinder Virdee
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8. The Knighthood award was presented by whom?
22. PenPintere Prize is Conferred by ?
Ans: Writer’s Charity English Pen
Ans: Queen Elizabeth II
IN
G
9. For which Theory Tejinder Virdee got The Knight- 23. Pen Pinter Prize is given in the memory of ?
hood award?
Ans: Harold Pinter
Ans: Higgs Boson Theory
24. Who won the World Cup of Sand Scullpting prize
2014?
10. Who won the Miss USA 2014 title?
Ans: Indian Sand Artist Sudarsan Patthaik
Ans: Nevada Nia Sanchez
BA
NK
11. Miss USA 2014 Ceremony was held in which place? 25. World Cup of Sand Scullpting - 2014 was held in
which place?
Ans: Baton Rouge Civic Center in Louisiana
Ans: Atlantic City of the US
12. Sanjaya Rajaram won the Food prize 2014 for his
26. Sudarsan Pattnaik won the World Cup of Sand
work in which Categry?
Scullpting - 2014 title for his work on which title?
Ans: The Improvement of Wheat Crop
Ans: “Save tree, save the Future”
Ans: Kedarnath Singh
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13. World Food prize waas established by whom and 27. World Snooker title was won by whom and where?
when?
Ans: Pankaj Advani in Egypt
Ans: Dr. Norman Borlaug and 1986
28. Who is the Ist Asian to win both Billiards and
14. World Food prize 2014 award Function wasa held
Snooker World Championships?
in ?
Ans: Pankaj Advani
Ans: Des Moines, Iowa
29. The youngest Indian, who won the Rajiv Gandhi
15. Jnanpith Award 2013 won by whom ?
Khel Ratha award was ?
Ans: Pankaj Advani
Ans: 10
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16. How many Hindi writers have won the Jnanpith 30. Who was the Liberty Medla from the national Constitition Centre in Philadelphia?
Award till now?
17. Prize money for Jnanpith Award is ?
Ans: 11 lakh rupees
Ans: Malala Yousafzai
31. Who won Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction?
Ans: Eimear MC Bride
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18. What is the meaning for the Sanskrit word Jnana- 32. What is the name of the novel which won Bailey’s
women’s prize?
Pitha?
Ans: A Girl is a Half Formed Thing
Ans: Knowledge seat
Dr
19. Tang prize for sustainable Development category
was won by whom?
Ans: Gro Harlem Brudtland
33. UN General Assembly has set up prize in honor of
a South African Leader. Who is that leader?
Ans: Nelson Mandela
20. The prize money for Tang prize is ?
Ans: 40 million New Taiwan Dollors
21. Who was selected for PenPinter Prize 2014?
Ans: Salman Rushdie (Indian Born Booker)
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Current Affairs
July
Typhoon Neoguri makes landfall on Japan’s
southern main island
International
• Typhoon Neoguri slammed into Japan’s southern main island early after lashing the Okinawa
island chain, with three people killed as powerful
winds and torrential rains battered the country.
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Andy Coulson gets 18–month jail for phone
hacking
• The typhoon’s winds slowed somewhat overnight,
with the storm packing gusts of up to 126 kilometres (78 miles) per hour as it moved east at 25
kilometres per hour.
NK
IN
• Former “News of the World” editor Andy Coulson,
a onetime aide to British Prime Minister David
Cameron, has been sentenced to 18 months in
jail for participating in a conspiracy to hack the
phones of celebrities, politicians and crime victims.
UN released World Urbanization Prospects
BA
• Three other former journalists and private inves- Report 2014
tigator Glenn Mulcaire all received shorter sen• Delhi has become the world’s second most poputences.
lous city in 2014 after Tokyo, more than doubling
its population since 1990 to 25 million, according
to a UN report.
6th BRICS Summit to be held in Fortaleza,
Brazil from 15 – 17 July 2014
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• The 6th BRICS summit will be the sixth annual
diplomatic meeting of the BRICS, a grouping of
major emerging economies that includes Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa.
• The 2014 revision of the World Urbanisation
Prospects estimated that India is projected to add
the highest number of people to its urban population by 2050, ahead of China.
O
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• It will be hosted by Brazil, as the first host country
of the current five–year summit cycle, the host city
will be Fortaleza.
SC
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• PM Narendra Modi will be attending the two–
day summit of five–nation BRICS forum in Brazil
when it is likely to give a concrete shape to establishment of a Development Bank and pitch for
reforms of the UN Security Council.
• The Indian capital is expected to retain the spot
of the world’s second most populous city through
at least 2030, when its population is expected to
rise swiftly to 36 million.
TOP THREE CITIES:
1. Tokyo,
2. Delhi,
3. Shangai.
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• Modi’s first participation in a multilateral meeting World Population Day 2014 Observed 11
after taking over as Prime Minister will also give July
him an opportunity to meet with world leaders
• World Population Day is being observed on 1st
including Chinese President Xi Jinping and RusJuly, an annual event on 11 July to raise awareness
sian President Vladimir Putin apart from leaders
of global population issues, This year, the theme
of South America.
is “Investing in Young People.”
• Summit host and Brazilian President Dilma
Rousseff has invited leaders of South American
nations including those from Argentina, Bolivia,
Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuala and Surinam for the summit following on the footsteps of
South Africa which invited African nations to the
last year’s Summit in Durban.
• Established by the Governing Council of the
United Nations Development Programme in 1989,
it was inspired by the interest in Five Billion Day
on 11 July 1987 —- approximately the date when
the world’s population reached five billion.
Global Population Facts:
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• In summary, BRICS opens for its five members
a space for dialogue, the identification of convergences and consultation regarding various topics,
and expands contacts and cooperation in specific
sectors.
• As of 1 January 2014, the world’s population was
estimated to be 7,137,661,030, and increases by
2.3 people every second.
• The total number of people who have ever lived
has been estimated by the Population Bureau to
be around 108 billion.
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• India is the second biggest economy on Purchase
Power Parity parameter in the group after China.
With its huge population and resources, in terms
of skilled manpower and sizeable young generation, India is one of the fastest growing economies
of the world.
NK
IN
• The world population is estimated to have reached
one billion in 1804, with two, three and four billion
in 1927, 1960 and 1974 respectively.
• China, India, USA, Indonesia, Pakistan and Brazil
account for half the world’s people.
• In such a case, India is all set to play a vital role in
BRICS organization as well as on the world platform under the zeal and vigour of new government
led by Shri Narendra Modi.
BA
• More than one in three people are Chinese or
Indian.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and delivered US
President Barack Obama’s invitation for him to
visit Washington.
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• Modi is scheduled to visit US in September for
the UN General Assembly. The Prime Minister
will also hold summit meeting with Obama to take
the India–US relationship forward.
O
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US diplomat William Burns meets Prime
India & Sri Lanka signed MoU to set up EnMinister
gineering & Agricultural faculty for Univer• US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met
sity of Jaffna
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• Burns had met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and discussed the bilateral ties between the two
countries.
PM Narendra Modi set to leave for Brazil to
participate in VIth BRICS Summit
• India signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Sri Lanka for setting up a Faculty of
Agriculture and a Faculty of Engineering for the
University of Jaffna at Kilinochchi.
• The MoU was signed in the presence of Sri Lanka’s
Minister of Higher Education, SB Dissanayake
in Colombo and the signatories of the MoU
were
1. YK Sinha, High Commissioner of India
2. Dunil Jayantha Nawaratne, the Secretary to
the Ministry of Higher Education
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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to participate in VIth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza and BRICS to create 100 billion dollar development bank and emergency reserve fund
Brasilia, Brazil from 14 to 16th of July.
Dr
• He will embark upon his important journey on
13th of July. This will be his first multi–lateral
meeting with the heads of BRICS countries, the
growing world economies such as Brazil, China,
Russia and South Africa.
• PM is also scheduled to have important bilateral
meetings with President of China, Mr Xi Jinping
on 14th July. On the same day, Shri Narendra
Modi will have bilateral dialogues with Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
• BRICS nations signed a deal to create a new 100
billion US dollar development bank and emergency
reserve fund. The deal to from the bank was
signed during the 6th BRICS Summit being held
in Fortaleza, Brazil form 15 July to 16 July 2014.
BRICS group includes Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa.
• Creation of the bank was announced after a plenary meet at a BRICS summit meet by Brazil’s
President, Dilma Rousseff.
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NK
IN
G
• The founding treaty for the New Development India and Brazil signed three agreements to
Bank and the Contingency Reserve Agreement strengthen the bilateral relation
were signed by the economy ministers of the mem• India and Brazil signed three agreements during
ber nations. Initially, the bank will start off with
the sixth BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil.
50 billion dollars in initial capital with the five
BRICS putting in 10 billion US dollars each.
• The agreement was signed by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Dilma
• The headquarters will be in Shanghai, China.
Rousseff at the Brazilian President official resi• The Bank will have a rotating chair and its first
dence the Itamaraty Palace.
President will come from India for the first six
years.
• Narendra Modi was on a visit to Brazil to attend
6th BRICS Summit being held in Fortaleza, Brazil
form 15 July to 16 July 2014.
• The Bank will also have a regional office in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Participant leaders of the five nations are
BA
• The three agreements signed between the two
countries are
• Brazil – Dilma Rousseff
• Russia – Vladimir Putin
• China – Xi Jinping
– Agreement on Space
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• India – Narendra Modi
– MoU on Cooperation in the Field of Environment
– MoU on Cooperation in the Establishment
of a consultation mechanism on mobility and
consular issues.
• South Africa – Jacob Zuma
• China will contribute 41 billion US dollar
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Contribution of different nations
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• Brazil, Russia and India will contribute 18 billion Next BRICS Summit to be held in Russia
US dollar each
• The next BRICS Summit will be held in the
Russian city of Ufa after the grouping’s suc• South Africa will provide 5 billion US dollar
cessful meeting in Brazil that saw an agreement
being reached on establishing a development bank
UK’s Foreign Secretary William Hague reand a contingency reserve arrangement.
signs
• Britain’s Foreign secretary William Hague
has resigned as part of an anticipated
P
• Reshuffle of the Conservative–led Government ahead of a general election next year.
.J
Typhoon Rammasun hits Philippines; to
toss monsoon ‘low’ into Bay
• Brazil, India, China and South Africa convey their
appreciation to Russia for its offer to host the Seventh BRICS Summit in 2015 in the city of Ufa
and extend their full support to that end.
• Ufa is the capital city of the Republic of
Bashkortostan, Russia, and the industrial, economic, scientific and cultural centre of the republic.
Dr
• Northwest Pacific typhoon Rammasun has barrelled into the Philippines as a category–2 storm
on the five–step Saffir–Simpson scale of storm in- Global Innovation Index 2014 released
tensity.
• The Global Innovation Index 2014 (GII) was re• Rammasun is far from being finished as normally
leased at the B20 Australia Summit held in
happens with a storm on making landfall, instead
Sydney on 18 July 2014. The 2014 Index was
it will enter South China Sea and churn up into a
released by the Australia’s industry minister Ian
stronger category–3 typhoon.
Macfarlane.
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• As President of the G20 in 2014, Australia has
established a B20.
• GII 2014 in its 9th edition covers 143 countries around the world and uses 81 indicators across a range of theme.
Bolivia legalised Child Labour for Kids from
• The bill also offers safeguards for working children
like the bill sets harsher punishment of 30 years for
violence against children.
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in Sydney, Australia. At the Summit, the business leaders of G20 countries issued a blueprint
for G20 leaders to boost economic and job growth
and make global economy more resilient to deal
with future shocks.
BA
NK
IN
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• The theme of the GII 2014 is Human Factor
Age 10
in Innovation and the main authors of the GII
2014 are Soumitra Dutta, Bruno Lanvin, and
• Bolivia passed a law to legalise child labour for
Sacha Wunsch–Vincent.
kids from age 10. The bill was approved by Bolivian Congress in June 2014. The bill was signed
• GII is released by WIPO (World Intellectual Propinto law by the Vice President of Bolivia.
erty Organisation)
• Under the legislation, 10–year–olds will be able to
• India ranked 76th in GII 2014.
work as long as they are under parental supervision and also attend school. It sets 12 as the
B20 Australia Summit held in Sydney
minimum age for a child to work under contract.
They also would have to attend school.
• Business 20 (B20) Australia Summit was held
Nikesh Arora leaves Google, joins SoftBank
• The B20 Australia Summit was chaired by Corp
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Richard Goyder, Managing Director and
CEO of Wesfarmers.
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• The blueprint is the result of a set of 20 mutually
reinforcing recommendations for action by G20
leaders.
About B20
• In a surprise move, Google’s Chief Business Officer India–born Nikesh Arora, regarded as among
the top lieutenants at the Internet search giant, is leaving the company after almost 10 years.
• Mr. Arora is moving to Japan’s SoftBank
Corp as vice chairman.
Dr
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• The Business 20 (B20) is a forum through which
Switzerland tops innovation rankings for the
the private sector produces policy recommendafourth consecutive year
tions for the annual meeting of the Group of 20
(G20) leaders.
• Switzerland has claimed the top spot on the
Global Innovation Index for the fourth–straight
• The B20 brings together business leaders from
year while Sub–Saharan Africa “posted significant
across G20 member countries to reflect the key role
regional improvement”.
of the private sector as the main driver of strong,
sustainable and balanced growth.
• The annual rankings, which this year focused
on the role people play in the innovation pro• The B20 was first convened as a business sumcess, found that Switzerland and other top–ranked
mit during the Canadian G20 Presidency in June
countries Britain, Sweden and Finland, had strong
2010. The second B20 Summit was held under
all–round support systems that led to ”high levels
the Korean presidency of G20. In 2011, under the
of creativity”.
G20 presidency of France, the third B20 Summit
was held. In 2012 and 2013, the fourth and fifth
• India has been the worst performer among BRICS
B20 Summit was held under the G20 Presidency
nation in an annual index which measures innovaof Mexico and Russia.
tion in various countries.
• The B20 Summit was made a permanent event
during the French G20 presidency in 2011.
• While the other members of the grouping of large
emerging economies all improved their rankings in
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• The Council also demanded that those responsible
for this incident to be held to account and that
all States cooperate fully with efforts to establish
accountability.
• The GII surveys 143 economies around the world,
using 81 indicators to gauge both their innovation
capabilities and measurable results.
• Council members also insisted on the dignified, respectful and professional treatment and recovery
of the bodies of the victims.
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the 2014 Global Innovation Index (GII) —- Russia
by as many as 13 positions to reach 49th —- India
slipped 10 places compared to last year, placing
76th.
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• Published annually since 2007, the GII is pub- Typhoon Matmo struck east of Taiwan
lished by Cornell University, INSEAD and the
• Typhoon Matmo struck east of Taiwan.
World Intellectual Property Organization. This
Matmo, with a wind gust of 173 kilometres per
year’s study was also researched by the Confederhour, was the first tropical storm of 2014 to make
ation of Indian Industry, du and Huawei, as well as
landfall on Taiwan.
of an Advisory Board of 14 international experts.
• Due to strong winds and heavy downpour brought
by Matmo, roofs were tore off and trees were uprooted. This resulted into interruption of rail and
air service and closure of financial centres. Besides, the Matmo also left nine people injured.
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appointment of Unilever executive and
turnaround specialist Dave Lewis as the
new CEO in place of incumbent Philip Clarke
from October 1 as it warns of ‘challenging’ market Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigned
sentiments.
• The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy YatNote: Tesco chairman: Richard Broadbent
senyuk resigned from his post from Verkhovna
Rada (The Parliament of Ukraine) after his govUNSC adopted the resolution for an intererning coalition collapsed. The collapse of the
national probe into MH–17 plane crash
ruling coalition will lead to early elections, which
will be called by the President Petro Poroshenko
• The United Nations Security Council
within 30 days.
(UNSC) adopted a resolution demanding an
international probe into the shooting down
of Malaysian airplane MH–17 in eastern
Ukraine.
• Two Ukrainian parties, viz., Udar or Punch Party
and Svoboda or Freedom Party left the majority
coalition, paving way for new election.
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• The resolution was adopted by the 15–member
UNSC unanimously and it condemned the shoot- European Union extended sanctions on Rusing down of MH–17 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine in sia in wake of MH–17 incident
the strongest terms. The incident resulted in the
• European Union extended the sanctions on Russia
tragic loss of 298 lives.
in wake of the Malaysian Airplane MH–17 crash
that happened over eastern Ukraine in third week
• The resolution also demanded that pro–Russia
of July 2014.
rebels allow unfettered access to the Grabove village, the crash site of Malaysian plane MH17 in
• The sanctions were approved by the Committee
eastern Ukraine.
of Permanent Representatives of the European
Union (EU) at a meet in Brussels, Belgium.
• Further, the Council demanded that the armed
• The extended sanctions include names of 15 ingroups in control of the crash site and the surdividuals and 18 companies from Russia and
rounding area refrain from any actions that may
Ukraine. These names have been added to the
compromise the integrity of the crash site.
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• UNICEF, under the programme, has so far trained
over 40 teachers, 100 school management committees, over 200 mother group members, and 2,000
children across the region.
existing list of 72 individuals and two companies
against whom visa bans and asset freezes have
been imposed.
• The chief names among these include the head of
the Russian Federal Security Service Alexander
Bortnikov and Sergei Beseda, head of the FSB
department that oversees international operations
and intelligence activity. The names include four
members of Russia’s Security Council.
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• According to the company release, mass hand
washing facility has also been installed in 20–odd
schools in Assam by UNICEF. Nearly 74 per cent
of the elementary schools are provided with clean
drinking water and 79 per cent girls and 56 per
cent boys have access to toilets.
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• The imposition of sanctions on Russia started with
the annexation of Crimea in eastern Ukraine by
Russia in February 2014.
• A team consisting of Woodland and UNICEF representatives has visited some of the rural primary
schools in Kamrup district of Assam.
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• The IGD day has been established by the European Gaucher Alliance (EGA) to raise international awareness about Gaucher disease.
• World Hepatitis Day is being observed on July
28 all over the world to generate mass awareness
about the deadly disease.
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• The World on 26 July 2014 observed first International Gaucher Day (IGD). The day was observed to mark the 160th birthday of Philippe
Gaucher. Slogan of the day was Rare But Not
Alone.
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International Gaucher Day observed on 26
World Hepatitis Day being observed
July
• The theme of this year’s World Hepatitis Day is
“It’s closer than you think.” With about one million people worldwide dying due to hepatitis – and
millions suffering immediate sickness or developing chronic illness – the theme reflects the lurking
dangers of the disease.
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Hepatitis B is an infectious illness of the liver
caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that
affects apes, including humans. It was originally
known as “serum hepatitis”. The acute illness
causes liver inflammation, vomiting, jaundice, and, rarely death.
Woodland, UNICEF to launch water, sanitation campaign in Assam
Chronic hepatitis B may eventually cause cirrhosis and liver cancer – a disease with poor response to all but a few current therapies.
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Gaucher’s disease or Gaucher disease is a genetic disease in which a fatty substance (lipid) accumulates in cells and certain organs. The disorder is characterized by bruising, fatigue, anemia,
low blood platelets, and enlargement of the liver
and spleen. It is caused by a hereditary deficiency
of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase
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• Footwear and apparel maker Woodland has tied International Tiger Day 2014 observed
up with UNICEF to promote a water, san- across the world
itation and hygiene campaign (WASH) in
• The World on 29 July 2014 observed the InterAssam. This is the third year of their tie–up.
national Tiger Day. The day is celebrated as
• The idea of the partnership is to support
an awareness day. The goal of the Tiger Day is
UNICEF’s efforts to advocate the importance of
to promote protection and expansion of the
safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene.
wild tiger habitats and also to gain support
awareness for tiger conservation.
• Over the last two years, Woodland has contributed
• At present the number of wild tigers is at its lowapproximately Rs 1.25 crore towards the proest. In last 100 years, around 97 percent of the
gramme.
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Note:
Camel as an animal provide livelihood to numerous people of Rajasthan and is called as a ship
of desert. However, over the years these animals
are slaughtered for its meat and are also illegally
transported to neighbouring states. Camels are
also killed as part of sacrifice in several districts of
the Rajasthan. As a result, the camel population
in Rajasthan has dwindled sharply.
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total tigers population have been lost. In 1913,
the world has about 1 lakh wild tigers, which has
dropped to 3000 in 2014. As per estimates, India
in 2010 had 1706 wild tigers that increased from
1411 in 2006. Among the 13 tiger-range countries,
India has the highest number of tiger population.
About International Tiger Day
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Marrakesh Treaty
• India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published
works for persons who are blind and visually
impaired.
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• India on 1 July 2014 observed the National Doctors’ Day. The day is observed to honour legendary physician, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
whose birth and death anniversary falls on the
same day. On 4 February 1961, he received the
Bharat Ratna.
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National Doctors’ Day observed across India
on 1 July
• The doctors’ day gives an opportunity to raise the
awareness about the doctor’s role in our daily lives.
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– He was born on 1 July 1882 in Patna and
died on 1 July 1962.
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– He was a legendary physician who also served
West Bengal as its second Chief Minister from 1948 to 1962.
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– The B.C. Roy National Award was instituted in 1976 for work in the area of medicine,
politics, science, philosophy, literature and
arts.
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The decision to observe 29 July as World Tiger
Day was taken in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg
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Tiger Summit because at that moment wild tigers
Rajasthan – Capital: Jaipur, Cheifminister:
were too close to extinction. In the summit, the
Vasundhara Raje, Governer: Kalyan Singh
governments from 13 tiger-range countries committed to double the number of wild tigers by
India became the first Country to Ratify the
2022.
• Dilip Sinha, the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, handed over the Instrument of Ratification to Francis Gurry, Director
General, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). The instrument was handed over at a
ceremony held during the 28th Session of SCCR
(Standing Committee on Copyright and Related
Rights) in Geneva.
Marrakesh Treaty and its goal:
• The Marrakesh Treaty formally is the Marrakesh
Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works
by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with
Print Disabilities, and was signed in Marrakesh,
Morocco .
Note:
WIPO – World Intellactual Property Organization.
Established in 1967.
Secretary general: Francis Gurry .
Members – 187 Countries.
Rajasthan Government declared Camel as
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says Facethe State animal
book a tool for governance, better interac• State Government of Rajasthan declared Camel
tion
as the State animal. The step has been taken
to check the diminishing number of camels in
the State.
• With the government using social media like never
before, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Face-
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• The Union External Affairs Minister, Sushma
Swaraj and UK foreign secretary of state William
Hague had discussions on variety of issues related
to bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual
interest.
book Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg that direct communication with people is
critical for governance.
• Sandberg is on her first visit to India after becoming COO of the world’s most popular social
networking site.
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• At present, the Bilateral trade between the UK
and India stands at 15 billion US dollars.
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TN government sets up Raghupathy commission to probe Chennai building collapse SC ordered Union Government to bring
MGNREGS’s wage rates on par with min• State Government of Tamil Nadu constituted a
imum wages
one–man commission headed by Retired Justice R Raghupathy to inquire into the 11–storey
building collapse of Chennai. In the building collapse that happened in June 2014 about 56 lives
were lost.
Udhampur–Katra rail line inaugurated by
the Prime Minister
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• Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, dedicated 25 km–long Katra–Udhampur railway line
of Jammu to the nation. He was on his first visit
to the State after becoming the Prime Minister.
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• He inaugurated the first train from Katra railway
station and named it as Shree Shakti Express.
This train will facilitate pilgrims to visit Mata
Vaishno Devi Shrine.
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• The train on its route will cross seven tunnels
and over 30 small and large bridges. The route
from Udhampur and Katra has a small station
named Chakrakhwal. The complete project has
been developed at an estimated cost of 1132.75
crore rupees. The railway station is situated on
the foothills of the Trikuta Hills in Reasi district
of the state. The Trikuta Hills nestle the holy cave
shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi.
India and UK to launch civil nuclear cooperation
• The decision was given by the SC bench of Justice
S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice S A Bobde. The
bench directed that wage under the scheme cannot
be less than the minimum wage fixed by the State
government for agricultural labourers. The bench
also asked the Union government to pay arrears to
workers who had been paid less.
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• The inquiry commission will look out for the reasons of collapse and will also suggest preventive
measures that should be taken up during construction of such huge buildings.
• Supreme Court ordered Union government to
bring wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
on par with minimum wages existing under different States. The order was passed by the SC on 11
July 2014.
Amul to sponsor Indian contingent for Commonwealth, Asian Games
• Amul has inked an agreement with the Indian
Olympic Association to sponsor the Indian contingent for the upcoming Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games to be held
later this year in South Korea.
• R S Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul), said that
the company is leveraging on the synergies of milk
and sports through this partnership.
• Amul, which has recently started its “Eat Milk
with Every Meal” campaign, had also sponsored
the Indian contingent for the London Olympics in
2012 and has been investing in football, cricket
and Formula 1 in the past.
Air India formally joined global airline group
• India and United Kingdom decided to launch neStar Alliance
gotiations for civil nuclear cooperation. The de• Air India joined the airline group Star Alliance
cision was taken during the visit of UK foreign
as its 27th member. By formally joining the
secretary of state William Hague to India.
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group, public carrier became the first Indian air- Nalco, Indian Rare Earths ink pact for titaline to become a member airlines club operating nium slag plant in Odisha
over 18500 flights a day in 192 countries.
• State–owned National Aluminium Co Ltd has
signed a memorandum of understanding with In• This Alliance will further benefit the passengers
dian Rare Earths Ltd (IREL), another public secto get the benefit from a wider choice on routes
tor organisation under the Department of Atomic
connecting North America, Europe, Asia and AusEnergy, for jointly establishing a 1 lakh tonne titralia via the Indian Subcontinent.
tanium slag plant at Chatrapur in Odisha.
• CMD of Air India Rohit Nandan and CEO
• The project is planned as a joint venture for which
of Star Alliance Mark Schwab jointly inducted
a feasibility study and technology selection would
an A320 airbus livery that was unveiled at the terbe carried out soon. The project envisages value
minal 3 of the IGI international airport in New
addition to ilmenite to produce titanium slag,
Delhi.
which is an intermediate product for making titanium sponge and titanium pigments.
• Decision of including Air India, the national air
carrier of India into the global airlines grouping,
• Ansuman Das, CMD of Nalco, and R N Patra,
Star Alliance was taken during a meeting of the
CMD of IREL, signed the MoU on 15 JUly 2014
Star Alliance Chief Executive Board (CEB) in
in Mumbai.
London.
Delhi government to set up 320 Mahila India largest consumer of antibiotics in the
world
Suraksha Dals for women safety
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• State Government of Delhi decided to set up 320
Mahila Suraksha Dals (MSDs) across the national capital. These MSDs will be established
to ensure women safety at public places.
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• According to the plan, the MSDs will be made
functional in the 80 Gender Resource Centers. As
a pilot programme, one MSD will be created
in all 11 Districts of the city on the day of
Raksha Bandhan.
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• The decision to this effect of MSDs was taken at a
high–level meet chaired by the Chief Secretary
SK Srivastava.
About Mahila Suraksha Dals (MSDs)
• India has emerged as the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics followed by China and the
US, according to a new study which quantifies the
growing alarm surrounding antibiotic–resistance.
• Global use of antibiotics is surging, according to
Princeton University researchers who have
conducted a broad assessment of antibiotic consumption around the world.
• The study, “Global Trends in Antibiotic Consumption, 2000–2010,” found that worldwide
antibiotic use has risen a staggering 36% over
those 10 years, with five countries Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa (BRICS) – responsible for more than three–quarters of that surge.
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• The Mahila Suraksha Dals (MSDs) will comprise
of retired army personnel, representatives from the Visakhapatnam to be IT capital of AP, says
local community (both men and women) and local Minister
NGO representatives. Each team will consist of 20
• Visakhapatnam will be made the IT capital
community members and three ex– servicemen.
of Andhra Pradesh because of its immense potential, Minister for Information Technology
• The initiative MSDs will work at the grass–root
Palle Raghunadha Reddy announced on 15
level and will address the issues of women safety
July 2014.
at public place. It will also support women in
distress including situations of sexual harassment,
• The State Government would be announcing the
assault and rape.
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• The annual document is prepared by the Central
Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI). It covers
demographic, socio–economic, health status and
health finance indicators, along with comprehensive information on health infrastructure and human resources in health. CBHI has been publishing NHP every year since 2005. This is the 9th
edition.
ance for investments would be set up in the State
as part of the policy to promote IT industry.
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• The Government would take up the development
of IT Investment Region in Visakhapatnam.
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Aircel launches 4G services across four circles
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• GSM operator Aircel has launched 4G services
across four circles – Andhra Pradesh, Assam, R S Sharma Expert Committee constituted
Bihar and Odisha – making it the second oper- on Cost Records and Cost Audits
ator to offer telecom services on all three technolo• Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 19 July
gies.
2014 constituted R S Sharma Expert Committee
on Cost Records and Cost Audits. The Com• With this launch, Aircel will now offer services unmittee will submit the report within three months.
der all the three existing technologies of 2G, 3G
and 4G LTE bringing it at par with global telecommunication offerings.
• The Expert Committee will review the Companies
(Cost Records and Audit) Rules 2014 and the need
to have a comprehensive policy towards the role
of the cost professions in the corporate and other
sectors of economy.
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• Aircel holds 20MHz of spectrum in the 4G
LTE(Long–Term Evolution) 2300 MHz band
across eight circles – Andhra Pradesh, Tamil
Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam
and North East and Jammu & Kashmir.
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Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan
released National Health Profile 2013
• The National Health Profile 2013 called for creating comprehensive database for all sectors in
healthcare for sound planning and effective implementation
• The cave was found by archaeologists led by J
R Bhagat. The caves are located about 130km
from Raipur between village Chandeli and
Gotitola.
• Besides, releasing the National Health Profile
2013, Harshvardhan announced the agreement between The Union Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare and CDC Atlanta for close cooperation
and collaboration, and exchange of information
aimed at strengthening each other.
Depiction of the prehistoric paintings discovered by archaeologists
– Humanoids with featureless faces (nose and
mouth are missing)
• As per the agreement CDC would designate a
doctor who would work for better coordination
of the India projects by acting as a communication bridge between the Director, CDC and India’s
Health Minister.
– The fan–like antenna and three legs of vehicles stand resembling UFOs depicted in Hollywood movies
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• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr.
Harsh Vardhan released the National Health Profile 2013.
• Prehistoric rock paintings that depict aliens and
UFOs were found in Caves of Charama village in Kanker district of Bastar region of
Chhattisgarh. As per the preliminary dating,
the pictures are atleast 10000 years old.
About National Health Profile
– Humanoids are seen holding weapon like object
– The pictures show these people in suitcase–
like attire
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anticipated Indian Super League —- the first–
of–its–kind franchise–based football league in the
country.
• The findings suggest that humans in prehistoric times might have seen or imagined beings
from other planets which still generated curiosity
among people. To further do research on the found
paintings, Chhattisgarh state department of
archaeology and culture is planning to seek
help from ISRO and NASA.
• Hero has signed a three–year deal with ISL. With
this sponsorship, the much–awaited new football
league, promoted by IMG–Reliance and Star India, will be called the ‘Hero Indian Super League’
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• The paintings on the cave have been done in hard
natural colours and hence these paintings have
lasted for so long.
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• Speaking on its association with ISL, Pawan
Munjal, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hero MotoCorp Ltd, said:
“Football is not just the world’s most popular
game, it has become a phenomenon sweeping
across continents.
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• India has the third–highest number of people living with HIV in the world with 2.1 million Indians accounting for about four out of
10 people infected with the deadly virus in the
Asia—-Pacific region, according to a UN report.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested certain
qualitative changes in the functioning of Prime
Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
The suggested qualitative changes would be on the
lines of Gujarat Model.
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infected people: UN
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• According to the villagers, the images depicted on
the cave were worshipped by their ancestors who
referred these images as Rohela people small–
sized peoples. These small–sized peoples would
come from the sky and take the peoples in a round PM Narendra Modi suggested qualitative
changes in PMNRF functioning
flying like object.
• The suggested changes will target the selection of
beneficiaries and will give priority to the poor
and children.
• Besides, PM Modi also reviewed the functioning of
the other Prime Minister’s funds —- the PM’s discretionary fund, the PM’s National Defence Fund,
the PM’s fund for student’s aid, and the PM’s fund
for folk art.
• The first—-ever UNAIDS ‘Gap Report’ said after
sub—-Saharan Africa, the region with the largest
number of people living with HIV is Asia and the
Pacific.
• The PM National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was established in 1948 with public contributions to assist displaced persons from Pakistan. The PMNRF fund consists entirely of public contributions
and does not get any budgetary support. The corpus of the fund is invested with banks in fixed deposits. Disbursements are made with the approval
of the Prime Minister.
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• The report by UNAIDS, the United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS, said that 19 million of
the 35 million people living with the virus
globally do not know their HIV—-positive status and so ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 will
require smart scale—-up to close the gap.
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• At the end of 2013, there were an estimated 4.8
million people living with HIV across the region.
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• Six countries – China, India, Indonesia,
Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam – account for more than 90% of the people living
with HIV in the region.
Hero MotoCorp named title sponsor of ISL
• Renowned two–wheeler manufacturer Hero MotoCorp Ltd named as the title sponsor of the much–
About Prime Minister National Relief Fund
• The resources of the PMNRF are utilised primarily to render immediate relief to families of those
killed in natural calamities like floods, cyclones
and earthquakes and to the victims of major accidents and riots. Assistance from PMNRF is also
rendered for medical treatment like heart surgeries, kidney transplantation, cancer treatment
etc.
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India among highest investors in UK
• Tirupati along with Kadapa, Vijayawada in
Andhra Pradesh and Warangal in Telangana
are the sites which have been identified for promotion of regional air connectivity.
• Indian projects figure among the highest foreign
investment in Britain in the last financial year, a
year that saw the highest inward investment into
the country since the 1980s, official sources here
said.
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• The construction of Kadapa airport in Andhra
Pradesh has already been completed.
• Of the top ten source–countries for investment in
Britain, India ranks seventh, with 74 projects during 2013–14.
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• Standard for Modernisation and Upgradation of
Airport Infrastructure The International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United
Nations Agency defines International Standard
Atmosphere for an airport. According to the
ICAO standards as well as recommendations, the
detailed master plan of selected airports is prepared and revised by operating agency.
• The upgradation as well as modernization of the
airports should be done as per these master plans
only. Deviation from master plan leads to seeking
approval from Operating Agency’s Board as well
as statutory Government agency, both of which
are designated primarily for this purpose.
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• The World Bank President Jim Yong Kim arrived in New Delhi, India on his three–day visit.
During his visit, he will meet Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi for understanding the development priorities in India. Jim Yong Kim
is scheduled to meet the Union Finance Minister,
Arun Jaitley.
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• Jim Yong Kim will also visit the World Bank assisted project sites in Tamil Nadu in order to find PM Narendra Modi paid first visit to BARC
out about rural–urban transformation chal• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the
lenges.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
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under Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
in Mumbai. This was his first visit to the DAE
after becoming the Prime Minister of India in May
• The International Finance Corporation, which is
2014.
the private sector arm of the World Bank Group
has so far mobilized 1 billion dollars offshore ru• He was received by Dr. R.K Sinha, Secretary,
pee bond program, which was aimed at providing
DAE and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
strength to the capital markets of India as well as
(AEC).
for attracting the foreign investments.
• During his visit, he was briefed on India’s atomic
• India is also the place for largest operations of the
energy programme, DAE’s extensive research
the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the
and development and education programmes and
International Development Association (IDA) and
DAE’s contributions in other areas such as
International Bank for Reconstruction and Develhealthcare, especially cancer treatment, food
opment (IBRD).
security, solid waste management and water
purification.
Dr
Union Civil Aviation Minister announced to
Upgrade Tirupati Airport to International Indian tennis star Sania Mirza appointed as
Standard
Brand Ambassador of Telangana
• The Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju announced that the Tirupati airport in Andhra Pradesh will be upgraded to international standards by June 2015.
• Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was appointment
as Brand Ambassador of Telangana. Sania Mirza
will promote the new state’s interests in India and
abroad.
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About the Programme
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– Under the unique national programme, a ten
day workshop has been organized in Kullu.
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• The magazine was launched during the inauguration of National Geographic Learning’s Explorer
Education Program by the US Ambassador to
India Kathleen Stephens at the American Centre in New Delhi. The magazine was launched
in the presence of the Vice President of India
Hamid Ansari and Publisher of National Geographic Learning, Francis Downey.
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• The letter of appointment and a cheque of one Himachal Pradesh selected for Union Govcrore rupees was handed over to Sania Mirza ernment’s pilot programme to train Heads
by the Chief Minister of Telangana K Chan- of Government Schools
drasekhar Rao in Hyderabad.
• Himachal Pradesh was selected for a pilot project
under a sponsored programme of the Union Government to train Principals and Headmasters of
National Geographic launched magazine Exgovernment schools. Other states selected for this
plorer for schoolchildren in India
programme include Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and
• The famed National Geographic launched a special
Rajasthan.
edition of Explorer magazines for schoolchildren
in India. With this, India became one of the
• The training will provide education quality and
first countries where the magazine has been
improvement in the overall system. The prolaunched. The magazine will provide educational
gramme has been prepared by the National Uniresources and new learning solutions for teachers
versity of Education, Planning and adminas well as students.
istration (NUEPA).
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Union Government proposed to set up three
Low Cost Airports for Bihar
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• Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, G.M.
Siddeshwara proposed to set up three new low–
cost airports in Bihar at Muzaffarpur, Raxaul
and Gaya. While Gaya will is an operational
custom airport, Raxaul will be a non–operational
airport.
– Over sixty principals and headmasters from
various government schools will participate in
the programme to improve leadership quality
and other skills.
– The objective of the programme is to help
Principals and Headmasters of government
schools in better coordination with other
teachers.
– The programme also strives to make the
principals and headmasters work as the resource persons to train their colleagues in the
schools.
– As a part of the programme, 628 identified
schools in the state would have on line facilities so that everyone can check day to day
activities of these schools.
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• The development of airports would depends upon
availability of land, availability of mandatory
clearances, environmental clearances, traffic projections, and provision of support services by the CMSA Scheme launched in Meghalaya for
State Government. The support services include Widows and Pensioners
access road to the airport, water supply, power
• The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Dr Mukul
supply, services of State Police and State Fire
Sangma launched a mass enrolment drive unStaff.
der the Chief Minister’s Social Assistance (CMSA)
Scheme for widows and persons with disabilities at
• Besides, the Ministry of Aviation also decided to
Patharkhmah in Ri Bhoi District in Meghalaya.
develop Kolhapur airport as a small airport among
50 locations identified across the country. The
• Each beneficiary shall be given a financial asMinistry also recognized the proposed greenfield
sistance of 500 rupees per month under the
airport of Solapur in the same category.
scheme.
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• According to the Industries Act, 1948, it is obligatory for the industry to get registration and the
license from State Government. There are more
than 42000 industries that are registered and have
also received licenses under the Government of
Tamil Nadu.
Eligibility of Receiving Financial Assistance
under CMSA
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• As far as the persons with disabilities are concerned, there is no age bar for receiving the financial aid. However, in case of widow, the age
limit of 58 years was decided for a woman and 60
years for a man to be made eligible for receiving
Union Government decided to intensify war
this aid.
against Japanese Encephalitis
• The CM, in the meanwhile, stated that the Government was working towards ensuring the upliftment of people in rural areas by providing them
the livelihood opportunities in various sectors; especially tourism and agriculture.
NK
• Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Dr.
Harsh Vardhan decided to intensify major war
against Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the fourth
week of July 2014.
L
• Financial aid of 500 rupees per month is given to
the beneficiaries of the scheme.
• This decision was taken in light of outbreak of JE
and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) across 17
States of India with more Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,
West Bengal and Assam in the month of June and
July 2014. The outbreak of the disease in these
States have claimed hundreds of lives mostly children.
O
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• The Chief Minister’s Social Assistance (CMSA)
Scheme was launched in Asanang in West Garo
Hills in the year 2012.
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About the Chief Minister’s Social Assistance (CMSA) Scheme
About Japanese Encephalitis
• JE is an acute inflammation of the brain and when
it occurs with meningitis is known as meningocephalitis.
• The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa announced that the process of issuing
licenses to the new industries will be done online
henceforth. The step was taken in order to simplify the process involved for registration of new
industries in the state.
• The disease generally occurs during monsoon
and is caused by a mosquito–borne virus. The
Japanese encephalitis virus is a virus from the family Flaviviridae.
SC
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Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu announced
launching Web Portal for Industrial Licences
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• J Jayalalithaa explained that the difficulties which
were faced while issuing the licenses will be tackled
through the web portal, which will also facilitate
information about the government services apart
from other things.
Key Highlights of the New Portal
Dr
– The new portal, apart from issuing the industrial licenses, will also help the general public
and industrialists in finding out about new
government schemes.
– The portal will be developed at the cost of
2.24 crore rupees
Note:
• Domestic pigs and wild birds (herons) are reservoirs of the virus; transmission to humans may
cause severe symptoms. Amongst the most important vectors of this disease are the mosquitoes
Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Culex vishnui.
• Symptoms include headache, fever, confusion,
drowsiness, and fatigue. More advanced and serious symptoms include seizures or convulsions,
tremors, hallucinations, and memory problems
• JE and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) generally have high mortality and morbidity rates.
Since the virus attacks the brain of the child, the
chances of the child becoming mentally retarded
are high.
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India voted in favour of the UNHRC resolution on Israel’s offensive in Gaza
• The decision of India to not sign the TFA protocol was taken in the backdrop of Narendra Modi
government’s stand that India will not agree to a
critical trade pact of WTO until India’s food security concerns are addressed.
• India voted in favour of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution for a
probe on Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
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India’s demand at WTO
• The resolution titled Ensuring Respect for international law in The Occupied Palestinian Territories,
including East Jersusalem saw 29 countries voting
in favour of resolution while 17 countries including European countries abstained from the voting.
In the 47–member UNHRC the US was the only
nation to vote against the resolution.
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• India want a concrete framework on finding a permanent solution for its public stock holding issue
that is critical to providing food security to millions in India.
• Further India is also asking or a change in the base
year (1986) for calculating the food subsidies.
Main highlights of the UNHRC resolution
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Logo Design Competition launched for Beti
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• The Council strongly condemned the failure of
Bachao Beti Padhao Campaign
Israel to end its prolonged occupation of the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
• The Union Ministry of Women and Child DevelJerusalem
opment launched a Logo Design Competition for
the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Campaign. The logo
• It also condemned all violence against civilians
for the campaign is to be developed through crowd
wherever it occurs, including the killing of two Issourcing with the purpose of including the logo in
raeli civilians
all advertisements issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and also for mass cam• It also called for an end to attacks against all civilpaign through conventional and social media.
ians, including Israeli civilians
• It demanded Israel to immediately and fully end
its illegal closure of the occupied Gaza Strip
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• It called upon the international community to provide urgently needed humanitarian assistance and
services to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip
• It expresses deep concern at the condition of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails and
detention centres.
About the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign
• The ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign will be
a major inter–ministerial initiative of the Union
Government of India.
• The campaign shall bring together Ministries, Institutions and Civil societies in a rational effort to
reverse the declining sex ratio.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
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• It also recommended the Government of Switzerland to promptly reconvene the conference of High visited Nepal
Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Conven• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
tion.
visited Nepal from 25 July to 27 July 2014. She
was on a three–day visit to Nepal at the invitation of Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, MinisIndia decided against signing WTO’s Trade
ter for Foreign Affairs of the Government
Facilitation Agreement
of Nepal.
• India decided against signing Trade Facilita• She co–chaired the meeting of the Indo–Nepal
tion Agreement (TFA) of the World Trade OrJoint Commission that was held on 26 July 2014.
ganisation (WTO). The decision was taken at the
This Joint Commission meet was held after a gap
meeting of the General Council of the 160–member
of 23 years. India and Nepal agreed to review and
WTO Geneva, Switzerland.
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• During her visit, she met Nepal’s top leaders
namely President Ram Baran Yadav and
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala.she also met
UCPN–Maoist chief and Leader of the Opposition Prachanda.
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• The policy has widened the eligibility criteria for
bonafide hedgers and has simplified processes and
documentation for availing hedge limits on the Exchange platform. With expanded eligibility criteria, the documentation has also been further simplified.
adjust the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950
to reflect the current realities. The two countries
also agreed to finalise the text of power trade deal.
IN
Note:
• The National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange
Limited (NCDEX) is primarily the multi commodity exchange in India. The shareholders include
national level institutions, companies and large
public sector banks.
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• Apart from this, she led an Indian delegation that
included Sujatha Singh (Foreign Secretary), Sujata Mehta (the Secretary ER & DPA) and other
senior officials of the Government of India. After
returning back to India, she termed the visit as
successful and productive.
Kargil Vijay Diwas Celebrated across the
country on 26 July
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• The Union Government revised investment
target for Dedicated Freight Corridor
(DFC) from 27000 crore rupees to 80000
crore rupees. The announcement was made by
the Railway Board Chairman, Arunendra Kumar during the ASSOCHAM conference in
New Delhi.
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Reason for Revising Investment Target
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• The multiplication of land acquisition led to an
increase of investment targets. The Railway
Board Chairman explained that the Union Government has plans of constructing more corridors
and more investment which will bring down the
cost and enhance the technological levels in Railways.
• The Day was celebrated with equal pomp in Dras
sector in Jammu & Kashmir and at Amar Jawan
Jyoti, India Gate in New Delhi.
• Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, Army chief Bikram
Singh,Navy chief Robin Dhowan and Air Force
chief Arup Raha paid tribute to martyrs at Amar
Jawan Jyoti, India Gate in New Delhi.
• On the eve of Kargil Vijay Diwas announce that
Union government will soon finalise the construction of National War Memorial and War Museum
for which the Union government has earmarked
100 crore rupees in the Union Budget 2014–
15. The war memorial and museum will be constructed at Princess Park at India Gate Complex in New Delhi.
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NCDEX announced to introduce Comprehensive Hedge Policy for Commodity Markets
• The 15th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas was
celebrated in India on 26 July 2014. The day
is celebrated in the honour of war heroes of
Kargil every year.
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Union Government revised Investment target for DFC to 80000 crore rupees
Dr
• National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd Prime Minister launched web platform My(NCDEX) announced introducing a comprehen- Gov to get citizens’ ideas for governance
sive hedge policy for the commodity markets.
• Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi launched
Objectives of the Policy
a Web platform - MyGov.nic.in. The platform has been created to facilitate Citizen En• The NCDEX explained that the policy has been
gagement in Good Governance.
designed with the objective of making risk management easier, simpler and accessible for com• MyGov will enable the citizens especially the
modity businesses.
youth to volunteer for specific tasks and
Benefits of the new Policy
projects at grassroots level.
It will allow
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the common people to reach the government with Finance Ministry approved setting up of
ideas and suggestions.
rape crisis centres in all districts
• Union Finance Ministry Arun Jaitley gave its nod
to the proposal to set up rape crisis centres in
all district of the country. The proposal was
made by the Union Ministry of Women and
Children Development Menaka Gandhi.
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• To be a participant in development of the country through this platform, a citizen will have to
register him/herself on the portal. After which
the participants can discuss the key challenges being faced by the country. To enable more focused
participation, the platform has been split into two
halves - Discuss and Do.
• The proposal has been made in wake of increasing
crime against women.
NK
• The platform - MyGov will be implemented
and managed by National Informatics Centre
(NIC), Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY).
• Benefits of the proposed Rape crisis centre
BA
1. It will offer medical and legal services besides
police help to victims of rape and sexual assault
• The platform has been divided into various groups
with an objective to bring about a qualitative
change in that sphere through people’s participation. The groups are
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• According to the proposal, 660 rape crisis centres will be created across the country.
– Clean Ganga
– Girl Child Education
Union Government
Gokul Mission
– Clean India
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– Skilled India
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– Digital India
– Job Creation
2. The facilities are likely to be linked to a national helpline
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India & Nepal to boost cooperation in defence, security, trade & investment
• India and Nepal have agreed to take the bilateral
ties to a new level. They will boost cooperation in
diverse areas including defence, security, trade and
investment, water resources and border issues.
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• This was decided at the first meeting of the Joint
Commission held in Kathmandu after a gap of 23
years. The Meeting was co–chaired by External
Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Nepalese
counterpart Mahendra Bahadur Pandey.
Dr
• The meeting agreed on setting up an Eminent Persons Group to identify new areas of cooperation
and suggest measures to help both the countries
seize all possible opportunities.
• The meeting deliberated on issues relating to defence and security and agreed to expand cooperation.
launched
Rashtriya
• Union Government of India launched the
Rashtriya Gokul Mission (a nationwide
scheme) to promote conservation and developments of indigenous breeds of cows
in a focused and scientific manner. The
Mission is a focused project under National
Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy
Development.
• The mission was launched in New Delhi by
Union Agriculture Minister Radhamohan
Singh.
Objective of the mission
– Development and conservation of indigenous
breeds
– Undertake breed improvement programme
for indigenous cattle breeds to improve the
genetic makeup and increase the stock
– It aims at enhancing milk production and
productivity
– Upgradation non–descript cattle using elite
indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Rathi,
Deoni, Tharparkar, Red Sindhi and others
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• The Hindi language service will be available both
on Android and Desktop platforms, and not on
Apple’s iOS format. On Android, a user can use
Google Maps only he/she has Android version 4.3
(Jelly Bean) and upwards.
• To access Google Maps in Hindi on a desktop, the
user has to go to the settings wheel at the right
bottom of the map and select Hindi. On the Android smartphone, users can choose Hindi as their
language option to access the maps in Hindi.
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4. He was an expert in support of constitutional transitions in Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Tunisia, Nepal,
and Sri Lanka.
5. He had published more than 70 articles, book
chapters, working papers, and reports.
6. He has authored several books and they are Constitutional Design for Divided Societies: Integration or Accommodation, The Migration of Constitutional Ideas and Dilemmas of Solidarity: Rethinking Redistribution in the Canadian Federation.
7. He received the Trudeau Fellowship, Canada’s
equivalent of the MacArthur awards in 2010
and the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto
named him Practitioner of the Year in 2011.
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• With this application, people will be able to see
Hindi names for cities, localities, important roads,
as well as popular points of interest such as public
parks and schools, on the new Google Maps.
IN
• Internet search engine giant Google announced to
launch its Hindi version of Google Maps.
3. He was a member of the United Nations Mediation Roster, and has served as a consultant to the
World Bank Institute.
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Google announced to launch Hindi version
of Google Maps on Android and PC
2. He was the Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law at New
York University School of Law and founder of its
Centre for Constitutional Transitions.
BA
• To run the project, the government has allocated
150 crore rupees for the fiscal 2014–15. Whereas,
the project has an outlay of 500 crore rupees during the 12th five year programme.
1. He was born in Delhi and raised in Toronto,
Canada. A Rhodes Scholar, Choudhry holds law
degrees from Oxford, Toronto, and Harvard.
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– Distribution of disease free high genetic merit
bulls for natural service
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• These new labels was created by transliterating
Michelle Howard became first female four–
English names to Hindi, or, translating the English
star admiral in US Navy
names to Hindi and ensuring the text resonated
with local dialects.
• Michelle Howard became the first female four
– star admiral in US Navy. She is the first
women admiral in 236 year old history of US
Appointments
Navy.
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Sujit Choudhry became the first Indian –
American dean of Berkeley Law School
• Vice – Admiral Michelle was promoted to the highest rank of four – star admiral at the Women in
Military Service for America Memorial in US. The
Promotion ceremony was presided over by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.
Dr
• Sujit Choudhry became the first Indian –
American dean of the Berkeley Law School,
University of California. He is the 12th dean of
the famed Law school and he will serve the institution for five years starting from 1 July 2014.
Swamy Goud elected as Chairman of Telan• He relieved Interim Dean Gillian Lester, and
replaces Christopher Edley, who stepped down in
December 2013 after nearly ten years as dean.
About Sujit Choudhry
gana Legislative Council
• Swamy Goud of Telangana Rashtriya Samiti party
was elected as Chairman of the 40–member Telangana Legislative Council (LC). Goud was polled 21
votes against zero votes polled for Farooq Hussain,
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• The company has presence in across the value
chain of power business i.e. Generation, Transmission, Distribution, EPC and Trading and
the largest infrastructure company by developing
projects in all high growth areas in infrastructure
sector i.e. Roads, Highways, Metro Rails, Airports
and Speciality Real Estate.
congress candidate who contested for the chairman
of Legistlative council of Telangana.
• About Legislative Council:
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• Legislative Council (also called Vidhan
Parishad) is the upper house of the state.
IN
• Article 168 of the Constitution: The Legislative
Council of a State shall be constituted.
Supreme Court appointed three judges
• Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice Rohington F Nariman were appointed as Supreme Court judges.
The three judges were administered the oath of
office by Chief Justice of India, R M Lodha.
• Article 182 of the Constitution provides that the
Legislative Council of the state may choose two
members as Chairman and Deputy Chairman of
the council.
• Justice Mishra and Justice Goel were the Chief
Justice of the Calcutta High Court and the Orissa
High Court, respectively. Justice Nariman was
a senior advocate at the Supreme Court and has
been elevated from the advocates bar.
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M S Mehta appointed as CEO of Reliance
Infrastructure
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• At present there are seven states which have legislative council. They are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana.
NK
• Article 171 of the Indian Constitution provides
that the total number of Members in the Legislative council of a State shall not exceed one third
of the total number of Members in the Legislative
Assembly.
SC
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• M S Mehta was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reliance Infrastructure. He took
charge as CEO for a period of five years.
• He replaced Lalit Jalan, who held the post of CEO
of Reliance Infrastructure for more than seven
years.
About M S Mehta
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• MS Mehta is a mechanical engineer and done MBA
from IIM Ahmedabad.
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• Earlier, he was working with Vedanta Resources
as its Group CEO for five years.
Dr
• He also served as CEO of Hindustan Zinc and also
worked with Lloyds Steel.
About Reliance Infrastructure
• Reliance Infrastructure is a part of Reliance
Group. It is India’s largest infrastructure company and has presence across three verticals such
as Engineering, Procurement and Construction,
Energy and Infrastructure.
• With this appointments, the Supreme Court’s
bench strength is raised to 27 including Chief Justice of India, R M Lodha. The sanctioned strength
of judges in the Supreme Court is 31, including the
CJI and all of them are appointed by the President
of India.
About Justice Arun Mishra
– Justice Mishra was part of law faculty in Jiwaji University, Gwalior from 1986 to 1996.
– He was appointed as Additional Judge in the
Madhya Pradesh High Court in 1999 and was
made a Permanent Judge in 2001.
– He was appointed Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court on 26th November 2010.
– In 2012, he was transferred to the Calcutta
High Court as Chief Justice.
About Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
– Justice Goel was designated senior advocate
by the Supreme Court in 1999.
– He was appointed a judge of Punjab and
Haryana High Court in 2001.
– He was appointed Chief Justice of the
Gauhati High Court on 20th December 2011.
– He was transferred to the Orissa High Court
as Chief Justice on 12th October 2013.
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• The terms of these Governors will take effect from
the dates the incumbents assume charge of their
respective offices.
About Justice Rohington F Nariman
– Rohington F Nariman is the fifth lawyer to
be elevated as Supreme Court judge, who has
a term of about seven years.
• Apart from this, the President also accepted the
resignation of Vakkom Purushothaman as Governor of Tripura.
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– In July 2011, he was appointed as the Solicitor General of India.
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of Gujarat
• Om Prakash Kohli took oath of office as Governor of Gujarat. He succeeded Kamla Beniwal who was transferred to Mizoram by the
President of India.
BA
• Emma Watson, the British Actress was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN
Women, With this appointment, the accomplished actress and humanitarian Watson will
work for empowerment of young women and also
as an advocate for UN Women’s campaign in promoting gender equality.
IN
• Emma Watson appointed as UN Goodwill
Om Prakash Kohli sworn in as the Governor
Ambassador
• His oath of the office and secrecy was administered
by Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court Bhaskar
Bhattacharya. He was appointed as the Governor
of Gujarat by the President on 14 July 2014.
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• Watson is the first Goodwill Ambassador appointment under Phumzile Mlambo–Ngcuka’s leadership. Phumzile Mlambo–Ngcuka is the
Under–Secretary–General and Executive Director
Bashar al–Assad sworn in as President of
of UN Women.
Syria
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President appoints Governor for five states
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• President of India, Pranab Mukherjee appoints
Governor for five states, namely Uttar Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Gujarat and Nagaland.
SC
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• People, who have been appointed as the Governor
are
1. Ram Naik as the Governor of Uttar
Pradesh.
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2. Balramji Dass Tandon as the Governor of
Chhattisgarh.
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3. Keshari Nath Tripathi as the Governor of
West Bengal.
4. Om Prakash Kohli as the Governor of Gujarat.
Dr
5. Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya as
the Governor of Nagaland.
• Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya, the Governor
of Nagaland will also discharge the functions of
the Governor of Tripura, in addition to his own
duties, until regular arrangements for the office of
the Governor of Tripura are made.
• Bashar al–Assad was sworn in as Syria’s President in Damascus for a seven–year term. With
this he became the President for the third consecutive term. He was re–elected after a presidential
election that was held in June 2014.
• Assad won 88.7 percent of the votes in the first
multi–candidate election that was conducted only
in the areas of Syria which were under government
control.
• After his swearing–in, Assad vowed to fight terrorism until security was restored to all of the country. However, he also promised to offer national
reconciliation to opponents.
• He has defied calls to step down since an uprising
began in March 2011. Since then around 170000
people have been killed and more than nine million
people have been forced out from their homes. The
displaced people have been either within the country or are as refugees in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan
and other countries. According to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights based in Britain, since
the election in June 2014, 4743 civilians have been
killed.
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Sriram, Kannan appointed SBI Managing
Directors
• ICHR supports the academic and empirical research of scholars using funds received from the
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.
ICHR does not carry out any historical research
of its own.
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• Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo won the Indonesian presidential elections. He won the election
with 53 percent of the vote casted in favour of
him
• The election result were released after his opponent, former general Prabowo Subianto withdrew
from the presidential election citing massive fraud
which was unfair and undemocratic. Subianto was
on his third bid for the presidency.
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• Singla, a 1997 batch officer, is returning home to
serve in the PMO, after a posting in Indian Embassy in Israel’s Tel Aviv.
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• IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla has been
appointed as Private Secretary to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, succeeding Vikram
Misri, who is going to Spain as Ambassador.
Y Sudharshan Rao appointed as Chairman
of ICHR
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sian presidential election
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• Sriram, previously Managing Director of State
Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, will be handling international banking, while Kannan, who was MD and
CEO, SBI Capital Markets, will be looking after
associates and subsidiaries division of the country’s top lender.
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• State Bank of India (SBI) has appointed B Sriram and V G Kannan as Managing Directors and Group executives. Both come to SBI
from group associates, where they held senior positions.
Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo won Indone-
• Widodo, a former furniture maker, is known
widely as Jokowi
• It was the first election that pitted two candidates directly against each other since Indonesia
emerged from the long and brutal Suharto dictatorship 16 years ago in 1998.
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• Yellapragada Sudharshan Rao was appointed as Ram Naik sworn in as 27th Governor of UtChairman of Indian Council of Historical tar Pradesh
Research (ICHR). He replaced Basudev Chat• Ram Naik was sworn in as 27th Governor of
terjee. He would serve the council for a term of
Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow. He is a former
three years.
Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
• Y.S. Rao taught at Department of History,
leader from Maharashtra.
Kakatiya University. He had worked at Kakatiya
University for about 40 years. He had vast expe• The oath of secrecy was administered by the Chief
rience in teaching and researching.
Justice of Allahabad High Court Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud.
About ICHR
Dr
• The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)
is an agency under the Department of Higher Ed- KN Tripathi sworn in as 22nd Governor of
ucation in the Union Ministry of Human Resource West Bengal
Development.
• Keshari Nath Tripathi was sworn in as 22nd Governor of West Bengal. The Acting Chief Justice of
• ICHR was established in 1972. It is registered unthe Calcutta High Court Asim Kumar Banerder the Societies Registration Act of 1860 with the
jee administered the oath of office to KN Tripathi
Department of Industries of Delhi Government,
in Raj Bhavan, Kolkata.
Delhi.
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India’s President inaugurated Bank and
Post Office in President Estate’s new buildings
• CAG Of India, Shashi Kant Sharma took
charge as member of UN Board Of Auditors
The Comptroller & Auditor General of India,
Shashi Kant Sharma assumed office as Member of the United Nations Board of Auditors for a term of six year upto June 2020.
Shashi Kant Sharma took over the charge from
Liu Jiayi, the Auditor General of the People’s Republic of China at the United Nations Headquarters at New York. He was elected to this position
defeating Philippines by a margin of 62 votes in
November 2013.
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• The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the President’s Estate Branch of
United Bank of India and Rashtrapati Bhavan Post Office in their new buildings.
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• The Bank and Post Office were relocated from a
heritage building as part of measures to implement the Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for the President’s Estate.
• Apart from these two buildings, a fitness centre
for the staff of the President’s Estate was
also inaugurated by the President.
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• Amitabh Bachchan named as Maharashtra’s horticulture ambassador
• The Supreme Court appointed R S Cheema as
Special Public Prosecutor for trial in coal blocks
allocation scam. R S Cheema is a senior advocate.
• Maharashtra, the western Indian state is India’s
largest fruit producing state with around two million hectares area covered in fruit orchards.
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• The appointment of R S Cheema came following
the refusal of senior advocate Gopal Subramanium
and Dayan Krishnan to accept the assignment.
Amitabh Bachchan, the Indian Megastar was
appointed as the horticulture ambassador of
Maharashtra. With this appointment, he will
start promoting the horticulture sector in Maharashtra.
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Supreme Court appointed R S Cheema as
special public prosecutor in coal scam
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• The 71–year–old actor is also the face of Gu• Besides, SC Bench headed by Chief Justice R M
jarat tourism as well as the polio eradication
Lodha also approved the appointment of Addicampaign.
tional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar as a
judge of the special CBI court. The special
CBI court will conduct the trial on day–to–day
basis.
Amit Shah is new BJP President
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• Earlier, the SC had ordered setting up of a special
CBI court to exclusively conduct trial of the coal
blocks allocation scam. It had also asked the Chief
Justice of Delhi High Court to nominate a judge
towards this.
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• CBI has initiated its preliminary probe into more
than 200 cases of illegal allocation of coal blocks.
• Veteran BJP Leader Kaptan Singh Solanki
Appointed Governor Of Haryana
Veteran BJP leader Kaptan Singh Solanki was appointed as the Governor of Haryana by President
Pranab Mukhejee. Kaptan Singh Solanki will succeed Jagannath Pahadia who completed his tenure
on 26 July 2014.
• BJP leader Amit Shah and close aide of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi is the party’s new President.
• He replaces the incumbent Rajnath Singh who became Home Minister after the party’s victory in
the Lok Sabha polls.
• A decision in this regard was taken at the party’s
Parliamentary Board meeting in New Delhi. Announcing the decision, Mr. Singh said the board
has unanimously elected Shah as the party chief
and expressed hope that the BJP will touch a new
high under his leadership.
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Awards & Honours
Shilp Guru Awardees are
• Bollywood’s Kaafiron Ki Namaaz (The Virgin
Arguments) won four awards and Iranian film
Wet Letters bagged three awards at the third
edition of Ladakh International Film Festival.
3. Ghanshyam Nimbark of Rajasthan
4. Shabbir Hasan of Rajasthan
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2. MM Mahapatra of Odisha
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• The third edition of Ladakh International
Film Festival (LIFF) was held in Leh, Jammu
and Kashmir. The festival screened over 50
films which included among others Bollywood,
Iranian and Korean films etc.
1. Ghulam Mehdi Joo of Jammu and Kashmir
5. K Rahmatullah of Tamil Nadu
6. Subhrendu B Roy of Tripura
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Third edition of Ladakh International Film
Festival held in Leh
7. Kaneez Asghar of Uttar Pradesh
Best Director Short Film: Villari – India
Jury Grand Prize: White Van Stories – Sri
Lanka
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8. Fayyaz Ahmad of Uttar Pradesh
Category wise Awards
9. Babu Ram Yadav of Uttar Pradesh
10. Alima Khatun of West Bengal
Grand Jury
Venezuala
Prize:
The Homecoming –
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Best Actress: Wet Letters – Iran
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Best Debut: The Virgin Arguments (director
Ram Ramesh Sharma) – India
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The National Awards were presented in two cateBest Documentary Film: Roque Dalton – Let’s
gories namely in Handicrafts and Handlooms.
Shoot The Night– Cuba
• National Award in Handicrafts category was conferred on 21 people
• National Award in Handlooms category was conferred on 25 people
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Best Actors: The Virgin Arguments (Alok
Besides, President Pranab Mukherjee also gave NaChaturvedi and late Chandrahas Tiwari) – India tional Merit Certificate to 20 people in Handicrafts category and to 21 persons in Handloom category.
Best Cinematography: Wet Letters – Iran
Sant Kabir Award
Best Screenplay: The Virgin Arguments – India
Best Director: Wet Letters – Iran
Best Feature: The Virgin Arguments (producer
Bhargav Saikai) – India
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• President conferred National, Shilp Guru
and Sant Kabir Awards for 2011
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• Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India presented the National Awards for Handicrafts
and Handlooms, Shilp Guru Awards and
Sant Kabir Awards for the year 2011. The
awards were given to weavers and artisans at a
function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
• The award is christened in the memory of sant
Kabir, a 15th century mystic poet and sant of
India.
• Sant Kabir Award established in 2009 is conferred
to outstanding weavers who have made valuable
contribution in keeping alive the handloom heritage.
• The Award consists of one mounted gold coin,
one shawl and a citation along with a financial
assistance of 6 lakh rupees.
About Shilp Guru Awards
Sant Kabir Awardees are
1. L Subadani Devi of Manipur
2. Gour C Basak of West Bengal
• Shilp Guru Award was established in 2002 on
occasion of Golden Jubilee Year of Handicrafts
Resurgence in India.
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• In 1964, he founded Dasholi Gram Swarajya Sangh
(DGSS) in Gopeswar.
• It is conferred to legendary master craft persons of handicrafts whose work and dedication
have contributed not only to the preservation of
rich and diverse craft heritage of the country but
also to the resurgence of handicrafts sector as a
whole.
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• Later, GPSS became a mother–organisation of the
Chipko Movement, for which Bhatt was awarded
with the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1982.
• He was born on 23 June 1934 in Gopeshwar (now
in Uttarakhand).
About National Awards
Books written by Chandi Prasad Bhatt
• The National Awards for craftsmen was introduced during the year 1965 and later the same
was extended to weavers also.
1. Pratikar Ke Ankur.
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2. Adhure Gyan Aur Kalpanik Biswas per Himalaya
Se Cherkhani Ghatak.
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• Every year up to 20 national awards and 20
national merit certificates is given in each category to the outstanding craftsmen and handloom
weavers.
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• The award consists of one mounted gold coin,
one shawl and a citation along with a financial
assistance to the extent of 7.50 lakh rupees.
3. Future of Large Projects in the Himalaya.
4. Eco–system of Central Himalaya.
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5. Chipko Experience.
• National award consists of a certificate, angavastram, a copper plaque and cash award
6. Parvat Parvat Basti Basti.
of 1 lakh rupees and national merit certificate award consists of a certificate and a cash About Gandhi Peace prize
award of 50000 rupees.
• Gandhi Peace prize is an annual award given by
Government of India and was instituted in 1995
Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt won
on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of
the Gandhi Peace prize 2013
Mahatma Gandhi. It carries a plaque, citation and
• Environmentalist and social activist Chandi
cash prize of one crore rupees.
Prasad Bhatt on 15 July 2014 was awarded with
the prestigious Gandhi Peace prize for 2013. He
• The award is given to individuals and instiwas awarded by the President of India Pranab
tutions for their contributions towards soMukherjee at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan,
cial, economic and political transformation
New Delhi.
through non–violence and other methods of
Mahatma Gandhi.
• 80–year–old Bhatt is a Gandhian, an environmentalist and a social activist. He, after realizing aspirations of people, dedicated himself to improve Doordarshan’s Naad Bhed–The Mystery of
lives of villagers. He is the person, who fought Sound to be featured in Limca Book of
against government’s wrong policies on forests Records
through non–violent means
• The classical music reality show of Doordarshan
Dr
About Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Naad Bhed–The Mystery of Sound will be
featured in Limca Book of Records.
• In 2005, he was awarded with Padma Bhushan.
• At present, he is considered as one of India’s first
modern environmentalist.
• He is also known for his work on subaltern social
ecology.
• The reality show will be featured under Television Chapter in Limca Book of Records for being
the first ever National level reality show on
Classical Music.
About Naad Bhed – the Mystery of Sound
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• Naad Bhed the Mystery of Sound, a national– India won 5 medals at 45th International
level classical music reality show, aims at promot- Physics Olympiad (IPHO2014) held at Asing and popularising Indian classical music and re- tana
warding the best young practitioners of clas• The Indian Contingent won five medals in 45th
sical music.
International Physics Olympiad (IPHO2014)
held in Astana, Kazakhstan from 13 July to
• The central idea of the show was to earn respect
21 July 2014 at the Nazarbayev University in
for the rich Indian heritage of classical music.
Astana.
• Naad Bhed was produced by the Doordarshan and
an NGO,the Society for the Promotion of Indian
Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth
(SPIC MACAY).
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2. Chitraang Murdia (Rajasthan) – gold,
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3. Bure Vidya Sagar (AP) – Silver,
4. Gurukirat Singh Bajwa (Punjab) – Silver,
Rupanshu Ganvir (Maharashtra) – Silver.
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Six categories of award in each Carnatic and
Hindustani classical music
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– M S Subbulakshmi Yuva Puraskar (Carnatic
Vocal)
– Vidwan Sheikh Chinna Moulana
Puraskar (Carnatic Instrumental)
Yuva
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– Vidwan Palghat Mani Iyer Yuva Puraskar
(Carnatic accompanist)
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– Bhimsen Joshi Yuva Puraskar (Hindustani
vocal)
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– Ravi Shankar Yuva Puraskar (Hindustani instrumental)
– Ustad Alla Rakha Yuva Puraskar (Hindustani accompanist)
• The winner in each category of the Hindustani
and Carnatic will receive 3 lakh rupees each
as cash award and the mega winner across
these two categories a further 7 lakh rupees.
Banking & RBI
SBI launches digital touch banking branches
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• It included great maestros of Indian classical music as probable judges, like Us Amjad Ali Khan,
T N Krishnan, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Begum
Parween Sultana, Vidwan T V Shankarnaraynan,
Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and R K Srikantan.
1. Aniket Bajpai (Maharashtra) – gold,
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• The show kickstarted in August 2013 through regional rounds of competition at DDs 20 regional
centres. While Hindustani music contestants were
judged at Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata and
Carnatic music contestants were judged at Madras
Music Academy, Chennai. The final of the reality
show was held in Mumbai.
• India won 2 gold medals and 3 silver medals
in the Olympiad.
• State Bank of India has launched six digital
branches across the nation, as part of its programme to offer next generation banking solutions
to the mobile and internet-savvy customer
base.
• These branches are located in Mumbai, Bangalore,Chennai and Ahmedabad, besides
Delhi. One of such branches in Delhi was inaugurated this morning by Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley.
• Named as SBI INTOUCH, these branches will
have digital banking capabilities, which include instant account opening with personalised debit
cards, instant loan approvals for education,
car and home and remote expert advisors
available via video links. The new branches
are equipped with interactive wall and table displays and multi-function kiosks.
• “Today, more than half of India’s population is under the age of 25. By 2020, India’s average age
will be 29 years - this is a digital demographic,
one that expects businesses to provide solutions
immediately. At the same time, the mass affluent
- no matter what their age – have similar espectations.
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2. R.K. Jain, Additional Secretary, Ministry of
Health & Family Welfare – Member
Note:
State Of India:
3. Chandra Wadhwa, former President, ICWAI
– Member
Established in 01 July, 1955, Kolkata.
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharastra.
4. Aruna Sethi, Adviser (Cost), Ministry of
Corporate Affairs – Member–Convener
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Ceo: P. Pradeep Kumar
Chairman: Arundhati Bhattacharya.
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RBI released Draft Guidelines for Licensing
RBI eased the infrastructure financing of Payments Banks and Small Banks
norms to encourage infrastructure develop• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft
ment
guidelines for licensing of payments banks and
small banks. Both these banks will be created
with a common objective of furthering financial
inclusion by adding value through adapting technological solutions to lowers costs.
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• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced to ease
the infrastructure financing norms in order to encourage infrastructure development and affordable
housing.
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• The RBI exempted long–term bonds from mandatory regulatory norms of Cash Reserve Ratio The Draft Guidelines issued by the RBI
(CRR), Priority Sector Lending (PSL) and Statu• Small banks will provide a whole suite of basic
tory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) if the money raised is
banking products, such as, deposits and supply of
used for funding of infrastructure projects.
credit, but in a limited area of operation
• Further, it asked the Banks to issue long–term
• Payments banks will provide a limited range
bonds with a minimum maturity of seven years to
of products, such as, acceptance of demand deraise resources for lending to long–term projects in
posits and remittances of funds, but will have
infrastructure sub–sectors and affordable housing.
a widespread network of access points particu• The objective of easing infra norms is to mitigate
larly to remote areas, either through their own
the Asset–Liability Management (ALM) problems
branch network or through Business Corresponfaced by banks in extending project loans to indents (BCs) or through networks provided by othfrastructure and core industries sectors. Further it
ers.
would also ease the raising of long term resources
• The entities eligible to set up a Payments Bank
for project loans to infrastructure and affordable
include existing non–bank Pre–paid Instrument
housing sectors.
Issuers (PPIs), Non–Banking Finance Companies
• The easing of infrastructure norms are in pur(NBFCs), corporate BCs, mobile telephone comsuance of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s
panies, super–market chains, companies, real secbudget speech in which he sought banks to extend
tor cooperatives, and public sector entities.
long–term loans to infrastructure sector with flexible structuring to absorb potential adverse contin• The entities eligible to set up a small bank ingencies. This process of extending loans is someclude resident individuals with ten years of extimes known as the 5:25 structure.
perience in banking and finance, companies and
societies, NBFCs, Micro Finance Institutions and
• Under the 5:25 structure, bank may fix longer
Local Area Banks.
amortisation period for loans to projects in infrastructure and core industries sectors with periodic
• The eligible entities should be fit and proper in
refinancing, say every five years.
order to be eligible to promote payments banks
and small banks.
The Composition of the Committee
1. R. S. Sharma, former Chairman and Managing Director, ONGC – Chairman
• The RBI would assess the fit and proper status of
the applicants on the basis of their past record of
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• All the banknotes in the denomination of rupees
20 issued by the Bank in the past will continue to
be legal tender.
sound credentials and integrity; financial soundness and successful track record of at least five
years in running their businesses.
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• It will cater to marginalized sections of the society that includes migrant labourers, for collecting
deposits and remitting funds
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• The minimum paid up capital requirement of both
RBI increases diamond imports’ credit time
payments banks and small banks is kept at 100
to 180 days
crore rupees, of which the promoters’ initial min• The Reserve Bank has relaxed norms governing
imum contribution will be at least 40 percent, to
import of rough, cut and polished diamonds by
be locked in for a period of five years.
doubling the credit time period to 180 days.
• Shareholding of the promoters should be brought
• It has been decided, in consultation with the govdown to 40% within three years, 30% within a
ernment, that the Clean Credit i. e. Credit
period of 10 years, and to 26% within 12 years
given by a foreign supplier to its Indian cusfrom the date of commencement of business of the
tomer/ buyer, without any Letter of Credit (Supbank.
pliers’ Credit)/Letter of Undertaking (Buyers’
Credit)/Fixed Deposits from any Indian financial
Purpose of setting up local feel small banks
institution for import of rough, cut and polished
and payment banks
diamonds, may be permitted for a period not exceeding 180 days from the date of shipment,” RBI
• These banks will disburse small–ticket loans to
said in a notification.
farmers and businesses and suite of basic banking
products such as deposits and supply of credit
• Earlier, the time frame was of 90 days.
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• It will also offer limited range of products like acceptance of demand deposits and remittances of
funds
• The RBI also directed banks to ensure that
due diligence is undertaken and Know–Your–
Customer (KYC) Norms and Anti–Money Laundering (AML) Standards, issued by it are adhered
to while undertaking the import transactions.
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ADB upgrades India’s economic growth
The final guidelines will be issued after the process of forecast to 6.3% in 2015–16
receiving suggestions will be completed. RBI will also
start inviting application for setting up the Payment
and Small Banks after receiving the feedbacks on the
drafted guidelines.
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RBI to issue new Rs. 20 denomination notes
• Asian Development Bank, ADB, has upgraded India’s economic growth forecast to 6.3% in 2015–16
on hopes of speedy reform process.
• The multilateral funding agency, however, has retained its forecast as 5.5% growth in India this
year. In a release, it said expansion in the sub–
region is expected to reach 5.4% in 2014 and pick
up to 6.1% in 2015.
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• The RBI will shortly issue rupees 20 denomination banknotes incorporating rupee symbol, with
inset letter E, in the Mahatma Gandhi Series–2005
bearing the signature of Raghuram G Rajan, Gov- Canara Bank signs Rs1,170–cr loan pact for
ernor.
Kochi Metro
• These banknotes would bear the year of printing
‘2014’ on the reverse side of the currency.
• The design of the notes to be issued now is similar in all respects to the rupees 20 banknotes in
Mahatma Gandhi Series–2005, issued earlier.
• Canara Bank signed an agreement with the Kochi
Metro Rail Ltd for a loan of Rs 1,170 crore to the
Rs 5,200–crore Kochi Metro project.
• This is the largest loan offered by Canara Bank,
which is Kerala’s lead bank, to a single entity in
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the State. RK Dubey, CMD of Canara Bank, who RBI Issued Guidelines for Setting up Trade
signed the agreement with KMRL Managing Di- Receivables Discounting System for MSMEs
rector Elias George, said the bank was willing to
• The Reserve Bank of India issued draft guidelines
support the project further.
for setting up and operating a Trade Receivables
Discounting System in order to facilitate financing
Nomura forecasts 6% growth in 2015 for Into micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
dia
and to help them convert trade receivables into
liquid funds.
• India is set to be Asia’s biggest turnaround story
and the country’s GDP growth is expected to rise
• The draft guidelines issued were a follow up to a
to over 6% in FY 2015 and over 7% in FY 2016,
paper titled Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
says a Nomura report.
(MSME) Factoring–Trade Receivables Exchange
published by the RBI in March 2014. The paper
• According to the Japannese brokerage firm,
highlighted that there was a need for addressing
2014 would mark an inflection point and 2016 will
this pan–India issue through setting up of an inbe a watershed year as Indian economy will start
stitutional mechanism for financing trade receivoutpacing China.
ables for MSMEs so as to enable the MSMEs have
• “We believe India is at an inflection point. Unaccess to finance.
der Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new reform–
minded government, the medium–term outlook is TCS became first Indian Company to
much improved,” Nomura said in a research note.
achieve Market Capitalization of 5 lakh crore
• “We expect real GDP growth to rise from an av- rupees
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erage of 4.7% in 2013–14 to 6.3% in 2015, 7.1% in
2016 and 7.7% in 2017.
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• The last three years have been challenging for the
Indian economy, with real GDP growth sliding
from an average of 8.4% over the period 2003–10
to 5.3% during 2011–13.
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OECD released global Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information
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• The Organisation for Economic Co–
operation and Development (OECD) released
single global standard for automatic exchange of financial account information
between jurisdictions.
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• The Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters calls on
governments to obtain detailed account information from their financial institutions and exchange
that information automatically with other jurisdictions on an annual basis.
Two Components of the Standard
• Competent Authority Agreement (CAA)
• Common Reporting Standard (CRS)
• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became the first
Indian company to achieve a market capitalization of 5 lakh crore rupees. This feat
was achieved by the company on the back of Quarter 1 results.
• In terms of market capitalisation, TCS is followed by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC) at 3.5 lakh crore rupees and Reliance
Industries at 3.3 lakh crore rupees.
• The market capitalization of TCS is higher than
the combined market capital of next 4 biggest IT
Indian companies, viz. Infosys (1.90 lakh crore rupees), Wipro ( 1.39 lakh crore rupees) and HCL
Tech (1.07 lakh crore rupees) and Tech Mahindra
(45000 crore rupees). The combined market value
of these four biggest IT companies in India is approximately 4.88 lakh crore rupees.
• TCS is the largest software services exporter of the
country and is currently the most valued company
in India in terms of market valuation.
CCEA approved 49 percent Foreign Investment in Insurance Sector
• The Union Cabinet gave its approval to 49 percent foreign investment in insurance companies
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through the FIPB route ensuring management RBI cancelled Certificate of Registration of
control in the hands of Indian promoters.
six NBFCs
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the
certificate of registration of six non-banking financial company (NBFCs). With this cancellation,
these six NBFCs based in Delhi would not be able
to conduct business of non-banking financial institution.
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• The decision was taken in the meeting of the
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)
headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With
this decision, the FDI cap in insurance sector has been raised from 26 percent to 49
percent.
• These six non-banking financial company
(NBFCs) whose cancellation of registration
certificate has been issued are
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• It is important to note that in his first budget
speech in the Lok Sabha, the Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley had explained that the insurance sector is investment starved and there is a
need to increase the composite cap in the sector
to 49 percent, with full Indian management and
control, through the FIPB route.
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• GE Strategic Investments India (GESII)
• Profound Exports Private Limited
• Two Brothers Holding Limited
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RBI penalised 12 Banks in Deccan Chronicle
Holdings case
• Swank Services Private Limited
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• The move will probe beneficial for the insurance
firms, which will now be able to enjoy much needed
capital from overseas partners.
• Praxis Consulting and Information Services Private Limited
• Credible Microfinance Ltd. (formerly known as
“Credible Securities & Finance Pvt. Ltd.”)
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• The Reserve Bank of India penalised 12 banks
in Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited case. Asian Development Bank clears $350 million
The penalty imposed on these banks was of order funding for 2 projects in India
1.5 crore rupees.
• Asian Development Bank has made financial commitment of USD 350 million in loan and equity
• The 12 banks are Andhra Bank, Axis Bank,
investment for two energy projects in India.
Canara Bank, Corporation Bank, HDFC Bank,
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ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Kotak
Mahindra Bank, Ratnakar Bank, State Bank of
Hyderabad, Yes Bank.
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• The penalties were imposed by RBI in exercise of
the powers vested in the RBI under the provisions
of Section 47A (1) read with Section 46(4)(i) of
the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
• The penalties were imposed after RBI carried out
the scrutiny of the loan and current account
of Deccan Chronicle in these banks in 2013. In
the scrutiny, RBI found that proper guidelines
were not followed in advancing loan to the Deccan Chronicle group which defaulted to the extent
of 4000 crore rupees.
• “The ADB has approved a multi–tranche loan facility of USD 300 million to help India’s Assam
state continue its drive to eliminate power sector
inefficiencies that are hurting consumers and the
economy,” the multilateral lending agency said in
released.
• In an equity investment of USD 50 million in a renewable energy company ReNew Power Ventures
Private Ltd, it would help India meet clean energy
targets.
• The three tranches USD 300 million loan facility will fund generation and distribution upgrades
as well as contribution of a 120–megawatt hydro
power plant.
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ADB to provide equity investment of 50 mil- RBI restored the limit of Overseas Direct
Investment taken under automatic route
lion US dollars to ReNew Power
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) restored the
limit of Overseas Direct Investment (ODI) by an
Indian company under the automatic route of Foreign Exchange Management Act, 2004.
• The investment will help the company’s growing
pipeline of wind power projects which are at various stages of development across India with a total
capacity of 1000 megawatts (MW).
• With this decision now an Indian company can
undertake financial commitment or invest up to
400% of the net worth in all its Joint Ventures
(JVs) and/or Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (WOSs)
abroad.
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• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced
to provide 50 million US dollars of equity investment into an Indian company, ReNew Power
Ventures Private Limited.
• The Investment will allow ReNew Power to tap
into ADB’s extensive network, knowledge, and experience in the field of renewable energy, especially
in India.
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• However, RBI decided that any financial commitment exceeding one billion US Dollars or its equivalent in a financial year will require prior approval
of the Reserve Bank. This rule is applicable even if
total commitment undertaken by an Indian company falls within the eligible limit.
• The equity investment of 50 million US dollars into
ReNew Power Ventures is a signal to private sector
companies that renewable sector in India is ripe for
further investment.
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• In 2013, ADB invested 2.3 billion US dollars in
clean energy and has pledged to continue investments of at least 2 billion US dollars per year.
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• Earlier in August 2013, RBI reduced the ODI limit
to 100% of net worth of company from 400% for
all Indian companies by considering the prevailed
macro economic situation. The decision was taken
in order to control the unprecedented appreciation
of the dollar when the rupee touched an all–time
low of 68.80 rupees.
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• India relies on expensive imports of coal and natu- C Rangarajan sets poverty line at Rs. 32 per
ral gas. The Government of India has set a goal of day in rural & Rs. 47 in Urban areas
maintaining renewables’ current share of installed
• A panel headed by former Economic Advisor to
capacity through to 2023 and to reduce the depenPrime Minister, C Rangarajan sets poverty line
dence on imported fossil fuels and cut greenhouse
at Rupees 32 per day in rural areas and Rupees
gas emissions. The investment by ADB will en47 in Urban areas.
able Re New Power Company to generate an extra
1000 gigawatt–hours of electricity, which will help
• The panel has dismissed the Tendulkar Comeliminate nearly 1 million tons of carbon dioxide
mittee report on estimating poverty, which had
emissions.
suggested persons spending below 33 Rupees
About ReNew Power
per–day mark in Urban areas to be considered poor. He also said that the number of poor
• ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd, an Independent
in India was much higher in 2011–12 at 29.5% of
Power Producer company, is committed to leading
the population, which means that three out of 10
a change in the India’s current energy portfolio by
persons are poor.
delivering cleaner and smarter energy choices and
thereby reducing India’s carbon footprint.
• The Rangarajan Committee was set up last year to
review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for
estimating poverty and clear the ambiguity over
• ReNew Power currently owns and operates nearly
the number of poor in the country.
500 MW of clean energy assets across India.
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ADB approves $180 mn loan to help Nepal
overcome power shortages
• China, the United States and the United Arab
Emirates are India’s main trading partners, with
its most valuable exports being refined petroleum,
followed by jewellery, manufactured drugs, and
rice.
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• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 180 million dollars loan to help Nepal
overcome its crippling power shortages and export
surplus power to neighbouring India.
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Budget 2014 – 2015 : Over Rs 2000cr Na• The loan will help Nepal Electricity Author- mami Ganga to clean up river
ity (NEA) finance a substantial upgrade and expansion of transmission and distribution lines and
sub–stations, allowing the transfer of up to 2,000
megawatts (MW) of power to main load centers in
the Kathmandu Valley.
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• To clean up the Ganga, Rs 2037 crores has
been provided for the Ganga conservation mission – “Namami Ganga” in the General Budget.Another Rs 100 crores has been provided for
Ghat development and beautification at Kedarnath, Haridwar, Kanpur, Varanasi, Allahabad,
Patna and Delhi.
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• According to ADB, besides meeting domestic
needs, this network expansion will give Nepal the
ability to export at least 1,200 MW of electricity
World Bank to give $153 mn loan for Odisha
to India, once a second 400 kilovolt cross–border
project
transmission line from Bardaghat to Gorakhpur in
India is complete.
• India has inked a loan agreement with World
Bank for an assistance of $153 million (about
• With six new hydropower plants due to come on
Rs 920 crore) for the Odisha Disaster Recovstream over the next three to six years, the country
ery Project.
expects to have a substantial wet season supply
• “The Loan Agreements for World Bank (Intersurplus for export by 2018
national Development Association (IDA) assistance of $153 million for Odisha Disaster Recovery
In terms of GDP, India’s economy is 10th
Project were signed here between the Government
biggest: World Bank
of India and the World Bank”.
• According to the World Bank. after growing at
• The objective of the project is to restore and
an average annual rate of just over 6% from 1980
improve housing and public services in tarto 2010, India’s economy is now the 10th biggest
geted communities of Odisha, and increase the
in the world in terms of gross domestic prodcapacity of the state entities to respond promptly
uct(GDP).
and effectively to an eligible crisis of emergency.
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• However, its growth has slowed in recent years,
with an expansion of 4.7% in 2013–2014, up from Retail inflation fell to 30–month low of 7.31%
4.5% the previous year, the slowest pace in the in June 2014
previous decade.
• Retail inflation fell to a 30–month low of 7.31%
in June 2014 from 8.28 pecent in May 2014. The
• India’s growth has been largely driven by the serretail inflation went down mainly on account of
vices sector which comprises over half of the econlower prices of food items that includes vegetables,
omy, while the agricultural, manufacturing, and
cereals, and meat.
especially the industrial sectors have slowed down
significantly, according to the latest quarterly re• Earlier in January 2012, the retail inflation was at
view by the Indian Ministry of Finance.
its lowest at 7.65%.
• India remains the poorest country among the
G20, with per capita income at $1,499 compared
to China’s $6,807.
• On the other hand, Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
based inflation (or Headline inflation) fell to 5.43%
in June 2014 as against 6.01% in May 2014. The
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• Apart from this, the market watchdog(SEBI)
also ordered the top five executives of Satyam to
pay 1849 crore rupees because they made
unlawful gains through sale of shares. The
amount has to be paid within 45 days. In its
order SEBI also said that the amount must be deposited along with 1200 crore rupees as interest due from January 2009 till date. It means
that with extra 1200 crore rupees (which is 12
percent simple interest), the five executives will
have to pay at least 3049 crore rupees to SEBI.
decline was mainly on account of fall in prices of
food items and vegetables with the exception of
potatoes and onions.
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• Retail inflation is measured by the consumer
price index. Findings of the data released by
Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry
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• Food inflation fell to 7.97% in June 2014 from
9.56% in May 2014.
The four executives are
• Cereals and their products saw a lower inflation
rate of 7.6%.
1. B Rama Raju, the company’s former managing
director.
• Inflation in the fuel and light segment declined
to 4.58% in June 2014.
2. Vadlamani Srinivas, its former chief financial officer.
• Retail inflation for rural areas dropped to
7.72% in June 2014, while in urban areas it
slipped to 6.82%.
3. G Ramakrishna, its former vice–president (finance).
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4. VS Prabhakara Gupta, its former head (internal
audit).
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• Wholesale inflation dropped to four–month low
of 5.43% in June 2014.
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• Inflation in vegetables dropped to 8.73% in June
2014 from 15.27% in May 2014.
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• As per the wholesale price index, inflation had
stood at a five–month high of 6.01% in May 2014
was and at 5.16% in June 2013.
NASA
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• Food inflation eased to 8.14% in June 2014, from
9.5% in May 2014.
• Vegetable prices declined 5.89% in June 2014.
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• Prices of sugar fell 2.09% and of edible oils
fell 0.75% during the June 2014.
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• But prices of potatoes soared 42.51% in the
period.
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SEBI barred Satyam founder Ramalinga
Raju and 4 others from accessing capital
markets
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) barred founder of Satyam Computers,
B Ramalinga Raju and four other top executives from accessing the capital markets
for 14 years.
Science and Technology
launched
Orbiting
Carbon
Observatory–2 to track Carbon Dioxide
• NASA
launched
Orbiting
Carbon
Observatory–2 (OCO–2), a satellite designed
to track carbon dioxide which is responsible
for global warming. The satellite was launched
aboard Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air
Force Base in California.
• The OCO–2 launch mission preparation was managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program, based
at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and handled by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
• OCO–2 is the first of its kind mission of NASA
dedicated to study the atmospheric carbon
dioxide over several seasons. The spacecraft
was launched to replace the first OCO that did not
make it into orbit due to an anomaly in February
2009.
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Navy’s first indigenous anti–
• The mission worth 468 million US dollars will Indian
last for two years. During these two years it is submarine warfare ship INS Kamorta
expected to produce detailed readings to provide
• The Indian Navy will formally receive the first
regional sources of carbon dioxide as well as sinks
fully ingeniously built anti–submarine warfare
for the greenhouse gas.
(ASW), INS Kamorta, at Visakhapatnam .
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• The spacecraft carries one instrument and its sole
focus is detecting carbon. The instrument is very
accurate through which researchers will be able to
count the number of carbon dioxide molecules in
the layers of the atmosphere and use the data to
draw conclusions about how the increasing amount
of gas will affect things like the global temperature.
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• The naval warship will be handed over to the Indian Navy by Kolkata–based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) after a brief
ceremony.
• The first of the four such ships, INS Kamorta will
be the first to integrate rocket launcher for anti–
submarine warfare.
• OCO–2 is a part of the A–Train, a constellation of
five other international Earth–observing satellites
and joins the train of polar–orbiting environmental
satellites of the Earth.
BA
• INS Kamorta is the first ever warship built
in the country with around 90% of indigenous content including special grade high–tensile
(DMR249A) steel produced by Steel Authority
of India.
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• The spacecraft was launched from the west coast
of Vandenberg because it is the only way to acINS Kuthar Warship damaged in mishap,
complish a polar orbit from the US.
15th such incident since August 2013
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India successfully test–fired BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile
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• India successfully test–fired an advanced version of
the 290–km range BRAHMOS supersonic cruise
missile from Chandipur–on–Sea off Odisha
coast. It was test–fired from a mobile launcher
from launch complex number three of the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Balasore.
About the BRAHMOS supersonic cruise
missile
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• BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile is capable of
carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kilogram
and operates on “Fire and Forget Principle”,
adopting varieties of flights on its way to the target
Dr
• BRAHMOS is the first supersonic cruise missile
known to be in service
• BRAHMOS with a top speed of Mach 2.8 is about
three times faster than the US subsonic Tomahawk
cruise missile
Note:
ISRO Chairman – K. Radhakrishnan.
• Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kuthar Warship was
damaged in a mishap. This was the 15th such
incident after INS Sindhurakshak sank on 14 August 2013. The Indian Navy ordered a Board of
Inquiry to probe the incident.
• INS Kuthar suffered damage while entering the
harbour of a naval base in Port Blair, Andaman
& Nicobar Islands when it ran aground in rough
weather in the end of June 2014.
About INS Kuthar
• INS Kuthar is a Khukri class missile corvette warship weighing 1350 tonne. It is the part of the
fleet of the Vishakhapatnam–based Eastern Naval
Command, which is in–charge of operations in Bay
of Bengal and areas beyond it.
• It was commissioned in the Indian Navy in 1990
and was designed by Indian naval architects and
built at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai.
• INS Kuthar along with INS Satpura and INS Ranvijay represented Indian Navy in the first ever
Japan–India maritime exercise (JIMEX) held in
the Bay of Bengal from 19 December – 22 December 2013.
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Narendra Modi inaugurated 240MW Uri–II
hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir
• In 2007, it was expanded to include the navies of
Australia, Japan and Singapore when the exercise
was conducted in the Bay of Bengal. Since then India has restricted the Malabar exercise after China
protested it.
• Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi inaugurated the 240MW Uri–II Hydro Electric Project
(HEP) in Jammu and Kashmir. This Uri–II
project will be able to generate an estimated 1124
million units of hydel–energy annually from its
four units of 60 MW each.
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• Malabar exercise was not conducted for a brief period after Pokhran II nuclear test conducted by
India in 1998.
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Sports
• The Uri–II project is the second power project on
the Jhelum River in Uri area and is close to the
Indian pistol shooter Jitu Rai ranked No. 1
Line of Control (LoC) in Baramullah district
in the world
of the state. It is locate on the downstream of
the 480–MW Uri–I HEP that is operational whose
• Jitu Rai became World Number 1 pistol shooter
work was completed in 1997.
in the men’s 10 m air pistol category. This was
revealed by the latest rankings released by the InAbout the Uri–II Hydro Electric Project
ternational Shooting Federation (ISSF).
• The Uri–II Hydro Electric Project has a concrete
• Munich Shooting World Cup made Rai number
gravity dam with four spillways of nine meters
1 pistol shooter in the World. At the Maribor
each. The dam is 52–meter high and 157–meter
Shooting World Cup in June 2014, he won a Gold
long. In the process of generating the power, the
and a Silver and at the Munich Shooting World
4.23–km head race tunnel carries water from the
Cup in June 2014, he won the Silver medal in 10
dam to the powerhouse that has four units of 60
– meter air pistol.
MW that is designed to generate 1124 million units
of electricity annually. It has been built by NHPC
• Apart from Jitu Rai, Indian Prakash Nanjappa
at an expense of 2290 crore rupees.
also moved up to the fifth spot in the 10m air
pistol category. Other Indians to be ranked under
• Jammu and Kashmir is a state that has a
top 10 are :
great potential of generating hydroelectric power
1. Sanjeev Rajput at 10th position in 50 m rifle
(clean and environment–friendly energy) in a great
amount.
2. Manavjit Singh Sandhu was placed at 8th position in trap
Malabar Naval Exercise featuring Indian,
Japanese and US Navy started
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• Malabar Naval exercise 2014 started in the Pacific Ocean. Malabar naval exercise 2014 is the
18th edition of the Malabar series conducted to
enhance multinational maritime relationships and
mutual security issues.
• Japan is participating in the Malabar exercises for
the third time since it first participated in 2007.
About Exercise Malabar
• The Exercise Malabar is a joint naval exercise first
conducted as a bilateral one between the US and
Indian navies in 1992.
• In women listing, Heena Sidhu was ranked at
4th position in women’s 10m air pistol category,
whereas, Ayonika Paul was ranked at World
Number 8 in the women’s 10m air rifle category
Note:
Jitu Rai, a 27 – year old army man from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh is the seventh Indian
shooter to have achieve the feat. The other six
to be ranked number 1 in ISSF release were
1. Anjali Bhagwat
2. Rajyavardhan Rathore
3. Gagan Narang
4. Manavjit Singh Sandhu
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• In the women’s single Petra Kvitova of
Czechoslovakia won the Wimbledon Tennis
Open defeating Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard.
5. Ronjon Sodhi
6. Heena Sidhu
Results of Wimbledon Open
Sardar Singh to lead India in Commonwealth
Games
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• Men’s Doubles: Vasek Pospisil (Canada) and
Jack Sock (USA) defeated Bob Bryan and Mike
Bryan of USA
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• There were few surprises as Hockey India (HI) selected a 16–member side, led by Sardar Singh,
for the 2014 Commonwealth Games that
would be held in Glasgow, July 23 – Aug 3.
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• Women’s Doubles: Sara Errani (Italy) and
Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Timea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France)
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• Most the players of the squad, that finished ninth
in the Hockey World Cup, barring goalkeeper Harjot Singh, midfielders S.K Uthappa, Jasjit Singh Novak Djokovic becomes world number one
after Wimbledon victory
and forward Mandeep Singh.
• Novak Djokovic’s Wimbledon victory returned
• The two new players in the Commonwealth Games
him to the top of the latest world rankings, reside are midfielder Danish Mujtaba and forward
leased by the Association of Tennis ProfesGurwinder Singh Chandi. While Sardar will be
sionals (ATP).
leading the side Sreejesh will be his deputy.
• Serbian Djokovic has moved above Rafael
Note:
Nadal of Spain to top the rankings by 460 points.
Commonwealth Games – Head: Queen ElizaDefeated finalist Roger Federer has skipped
beth II, Secretary General: Kamalesh Sharma,
compatriot Stan Wawrinka to claim third.
Members
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MCC XI won the match played to celebrate
200 years of Lord’s Cricket Ground
ATP top 5
1. Novak Djokovic
2. Rafael Nadal
3. Roger Federer
4. Stan Wawrinka
5. Tomas Berdych
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• Marylebone Cricket Club XI won the match
played to celebrate 200–years (bi–centenary) of
Lord’s Cricket Ground – the Home of Cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar–led MCC XI beat Shane
Warne–led Rest of the World XI in Lord’s in Williams stays top in WTA rankings, WimLondon, UK.
bledon champion Kvitova fourth
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• Batting first MCC XI made 296 for 3 wickets.
Aaron Finch with unbeatable 181 was the highest scorer of the match. On the other hand, Yuvraj
Singh of Rest of the World XI was able to make 132
runs and helped the team to reach a respectable
score of 293.
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Novak Djokovic won the Men’s Wimbledon
Tennis Open defeating Roger Federer
• Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Men’s Wimbledon Tennis Open defeating Roger Federer of
Switzerland. This is the second Wimbledon title for 27–year–old, Djokovic and seventh career
Grand Slam.
• Serena Williams of the United States has retained top spot in the latest world rankings released by the Women’s Tennis Association
(WTA), while Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova moved up to fourth.
• Kvitova of the Czech Republic has gained two
places from sixth but still trails Li Na (China) and
Simona Halep (Romania) behind Williams, who is
top with an advantage of 2,550 points.
WTA top 5
1. Serena Williams.
2. Li Na
3. Simona Halep
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Bhullar becomes first Indian–origin player to
join NBA
4. Petra Kvitova
5. Agnieszka Radwanska.
• Sim Bhullar has become the first player of Indian origin to be a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) after he signed a summer contract with the Sacramento Kings, a professional basketball team in the US.
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Amritraj announces launch of Champions
Tennis League
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• Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj announced
the launch of Champions Tennis League (CTL)
in India with an aim of taking the sport to new
levels of awareness and popularity in the country.
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• 21–year–old Bhullar, who is 7.5 feet tall and
weighs 360 pounds, is a centre from New Mexico
State University.
• The CTL will feature six city based teams, who
will play 13 matches over a 10–day period from
November 17 to 26.
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• Originally from Canada, Bhullar’s parents hail
from Punjab. His height is in his genes with his
father 6.5 feet tall and his being mother’s height
5.10 feet
Australia leads ICC test rankings; India in
fourth place
Germany won the 2014 FIFA Football World
• Australia leads the latest ICC test rankings fol- Cup beating Argentina
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• Men in Blue played test cricket after a long gap
in Bangladesh last month and the tour of England will provide them yet another opportunity to
improve their ranking.
Sania Mirza achieves career–best fifth rank
in WTA doubles ranking
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• Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has achieved a
career–best rank of number five in the world as
the new WTA Doubles chart was released.
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• Sania has entered the top–five for the first time in
her career. Sania and her Zimbabwean partner
Cara Black could not go deep in the just concluded Wimbledon championships, but a second
round appearance fetched her crucial 130 ranking
points which was enough to push her in the top–5.
• Germany became the 2014 FIFA World Cup
champion after defeating Argentina 1–0 at the
Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The single
goal of the final was made by Mario Gotze during
the extra–time.
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lowed by South Africa, England with India in the
fourth place.
• With this win, Germany lifted the trophy for the
fourth time in the history of FIFA world Cup and
first since 1990.
The following awards were given at the end
of the tournament
– Golden Ball: Lionel Messi (Argentina).
– Golden Glove:
many).
Manuel Neuer (Ger-
– Golden Boot: James Rodriguez (Colombia).
– Young Player Award:
(France).
Paul Pogba
– FIFA Fair Play Award: Colombia.
Dr
FIFA suspended Nigeria’s team from Inter- National Centre for R & D in Bulk Drugs to
national football competitions
be set up in NIPER Hyderabad
• FIFA suspended Nigeria from all international
football competitions with immediate effect. Nigeria was suspended on account of government interference in running Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF).
• Union Ministry of Chemical and Fertilisers decided to set up National Centre for Research
& Development in Bulk Drugs (NCRDBD) at
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad.
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• The tournament will be conducted in two phases.
The first phase would be a qualifier phase in which
12 to 16 teams would be grouped into pools. Top
two teams from the qualifier phase would participate in the main tournament.
• The NCRDBD will fill the crucial existing gap in
Research and Development in bulk drugs. The
total cost of setting up NCRDBD will be over 52
crore rupees and will have an operating cost of
over 37 crore rupees for five years.
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Some Characteristic Features of NCRDBD
Rahul Dravid elected as member of Laureus
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• Mahela Jayawardene, the former skipper of Sri
Lankan cricket team, announced his retirement
from Test cricket. He will retire from Test Cricket
after the home series against Pakistan in August
2014.
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• The NCRDBD would be an innovative R&D World Sports Academy
provider in the field of bulk drugs.
• Indian cricket legend Rahul Dravid was elected
• It will offer competitive and eco–friendly technoloas the member of Laureus World Sports
gies in specified areas products and processes.
Academy. He is the 47th member of the
Academy.
• It will also provide centralized research facilities
and technologies, analytical facilities and consult• After his election to the Academy, Dravid (nicking services for process improvement and optinamed The Wall) met and played cricket with the
mization.
young coaches of the Urban Academy of London’s
East End. He was joined by fellow Academy mem• It would give special emphasis to the empowerber Steve Waugh, the Australian cricketing legment of MSME sector.
end, who is the most successful captain in the history of Test Cricket. The young coaches of the
Jayawardene announced retirement from
Academy were being trained with support from
Test Cricket
Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.
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• He communicated his written decision to Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Sri Lanka
Cricket (SLC) Ashley De Silva. However,
Jayawardene will represent the country in the one–
day format.
• Other Indian cricketing legend who is the
member of the Academy is Kapil Dev.
Laureus World Sports Academy
• The Laureus World Sports Academy is a unique
association of 47 of the greatest living sporting
legends from sports as diverse as football, tennis,
athletics, skateboarding and motor racing. The
members of the Academy believe in the power of
sport to break down barriers and bringing people
together to improve lives of young people around
the world.
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• The decision to continue in the one–day format is a
hint that he will be playing for the nation during
the Cricket World Cup 2015 that will be jointly
Germany’s football team captain Philipp
hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Dr
127th Durand Cup football tournament to
be held in Goa in October
• The third oldest football tournament in the world,
Durand Cup, will be held in Goa between October 28 and November 9 2014.
• A host of top clubs and military football teams
will participate in the tournament. Durand Cup
was first held in the year 1888.
Lahm announced retirement
• Philipp Lahm, the captain of Germany’s football
team announced his retirement from international
game. He announced his retirement just five days
after Germany led by him won its fourth football
World Cup beating Argentina 1–0 in the final of
the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
• The win helped Lahm to be 20th World Cup
winning captain.
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14 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow from
22 July 2014
her first three in 2008, three more in 2009, six in
2010, six in 2011, two in 2012, one in 2013 and
now one in 2014.
• The 20th edition of the Games, to be held in
Glasgow, Scotland from 22 July 2014, will witness more than 4,000 athletes competing in 17
sports and 261 medal events.
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• The Indian contingent was accompanied by the
Dr. Praveen Pathak, of Homi Bhabha Centre
for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai and others.
• A record 22 para–sport events will be contested in
five different sports, with para–track cycling set
to be held for the first time. India is fielding their
second largest ever contingent of 215 athletes.
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• The 45th International Physics Olympiad
(IPHO2014) was organized by the Ministry
of Education and Science of Kazakhstan.
The sponsor of this event was Exxon Mobil
Kazakhstan.
• The biggest squad of 41 will be in Athletics, while
there will be no Indians in three disciplines —netball, rugby sevens and triathlon.
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• In the IPHO2014 84 countries participated with
374 of the brightest students from across the world
in the competition.
Irishman Rory McIlroy won British Golf
About the International Physics Olympiad
Open 2014
(PhO)
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• Spain’s Sergio Garcia (L) and US golfer Rickie
Fowler finished two strokes behind McIlory to finish at second position.
• The International Physics Olympiad is held every
year as a competition among the high school students.
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• Irishman Rory McIlroy won the British Golf Open
Championship 2014 held at Royal Liverpool Golf
course in Holyake, United Kingdom.
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• The 25–year–old McIlory from Northern Ireland
won the championship with a 17–under 271. With
this McIlroy joined golfers Tiger Woods and Jack
Nicklaus to win three of the four majors in golf
that complete the Grand Slam, by the time they
reached 25.
• He also became the first European to have won
three Majors.
• PhO started in the year 1967 in order to recognize
the increasing importance of Physics in Science
and Technology fields as well as in terms of general
education.
• The first International Physics Olympiad
took place in 1967 in Warsaw (Poland) and 5
countries participated in it, viz. Poland, Hungary,
Romania, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria.
• The International Physics Olympiad includes theoretical as well as experimental sections. The competition, which takes place over two days, involves
theoretical exam on the Day 1 and experimental
exam on Day 2. The students get 5 hours to solve
the questions on both the stages.
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• Rory McIlory has so far not won the US Masters
Tournament, the only Major that eludes him in
completing a Career Grand Slam. The Majors won
by him are: US Open in 2011, USPGA Championship in 2012 and the British Open in 2014.
Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 got off
Dr
Wozniacki routs Vinci for Istanbul title
• Top seed Caroline Wozniacki won her first title
of the year and 22nd of her career, when she defeated second–seeded Italian Roberta Vinci in the
Istanbul WTA final.
• The former world number one has now won a WTA
title every year for the last seven years, winning
at the Celtic Park in Glasgow in Scotland
• The Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 got off
at the Celtic Park in Glasgow in Scotland. The
2014 Games are the 20th Commonwealth Games.
• The Game was declared open by the British
Queen Elizabeth II after more than two hours
of colourful opening ceremony. In the opening ceremony the crowd was enthralled by performances
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• During the ceremony a minute’s silence was observed in memory of the 298 people who died when
flight MH17 crashed in the Ukraine.
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• This was Bindra’s first individual Gold medal in
Commonwealth Games. Earlier he had won Gold
medal in pairs in Manchester (2002), Melbourne
(2006) and Delhi (2010). So far he had only won
Silver medal in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth
Games in individual category.
of singer Rod Stewart, Susan Boyle and violinist
Nicola Benedetti.
Women’s 10–m Air Pistol
• The players’ parade was led by India, by the
virtue of being the previous hosts of Commonwealth Games in 2010. 2012 London Olympics
silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar led the Indian contingent.
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• In the Women’s 10–m Air Pistol event, India won
its first medal of shooting in the 2014 Games. The
medal came in the form of Silver medal won by
16–year–old Malaika Goel. She shot 197.1 points
to win the Silver.
Weightlifters Sukhen Dey & K Sanjita
Chanu won Gold Medal on Day 1 of Commonwealth Games 2014
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• Malaika, currently ranked 15th in the World, hails
from Ludhiana in Punjab and is a product of
Olympic Gold Quest.
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• Weightlifters Sukhen Dey and K Sanjita
Chanu on 24 July 2014 clinched a Gold Medal
Obituary
each in weightlifting in the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. In all, Olympian, WW II veteran Zamperini passes
India won seven medals on the first day of Games away
in Glasgow, Scotland.
• Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner and Amer• In the men’s 56 kg contest, Sukhen Dey lifted a
ican World War II veteran who survived two years
total of 248 kg at the Clyde Auditorium. In the
as a prisoner of war, has died at the age of 97.
women’s 48 kg weightlifting, K Sanjita Chanu won
• He died peacefully after a 40–day battle with
with a total lift of 173 kg,
pneumonia. Zamperini’s life was the subject of
Other medal winners from India
the 2010 book “Unbroken and an upcoming
film adaption” to be released this year.
1. S Mirabai Chanu – Silver medal (Weightlifting, Women’s 48 kg)
Alfredo Di Stefano, the Real Madrid FC leg-
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2. Ganaesh Mali – Bronze medal (Weightlifting, end died
Men’s 56 kg)
• Alfredo Di Stefano, the legend of Real Madrid
3. Navjot Chana – Silver medal (Judo, Men’s 60
Football Club, died on 7 July 2014 at the Genkg)
eral Universatario Gregorio Maranon Hospital in
4. Shushila Likmabam – Silver medal (Judo,
Madrid. He was 88. He died after suffering a heart
Women’s 48 kg)
attack.
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5. Kalpana Thoudam – Bronze medal (Judo,
Women’s 52 kg)
• Stefano was a football player, who played for three
different nations at international level but never
appeared at the world cup. He played for Argentina, Colombia and Spain.
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Abhinav Bindra won Gold medal in Men’s
10m Air Rifle at the 2014 Commonwealth
Games
Eduard Shevardnadze, the ex–President of
Georgia died at 86
• Olympic Gold medalist Abhinav Bindra won the
Gold medal in Men’s 10–m Air Rifle event at the
2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
He shot 205.3 points to win the Gold.
• Eduard Shevardnadze, the former President of
Georgia died after prolong illness at the age of
86.
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• The last rites of the 102–year–old actress, who
died, were performed at the Lodhi Road crematorium by her son Pawan in the presence of her
daughter Kiran and grandchildren.
• He became the second President of Georgia in
1992 after disintegration of Georgia from the erstwhile Soviet Union. He had succeeded Zviad Gamsakhurdia. He was toppled in November 2003 after
the Rose Revolution led by Mikheil Saakashvili.
• Sehgal had a great innings as an artiste, performer and actor that spanned more than seven
decades. She started her career as a dancer with
Uday Shankar in 1935. She had appeared in many
Bollywood films as a character actor as well as in
English language films besides television series and
plays.
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• Rose Revolution – The Revolution of Roses was
a change of power in Georgia in November
2003, which took place after widespread protests
over the disputed parliamentary elections. As a
result, President Eduard Shevardnadze was forced
to resign on November 23, 2003.
BA
• Often called the grand old lady of Bollywood,
she last appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s
“Saawariya” in 2007. She worked with some of the
biggest stars of this era be it Amitabh Bachchan
in ”Cheeni Kum”, Shah Rukh Khan in “Dil Se”
or Salman in “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam”.
• Granville Austin, the eminent scholar of the Indian
Constitution died in Washington DC.
• A Padma Shri awardee, she also received the
Padma Vibhshan in 2010.
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• He died at the age of 87. He described Indian Constitution as first and foremost a social document Senior VHP leader Giriraj Kishore died at
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tion.
• Giriraj Kishore, the senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad
(VHP) leader died following prolonged illness in
About Granville Austin
New Delhi. He was 94–year–old.
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• He authored two books on Indian Constitution.
They are
1. The Indian Constitution – The Indian Constitution: A Cornerstone of a Nation
2. Working a Democratic Republic: The Indian
Experience
About Giriraj Kishore
• Giriraj Kishore, an Indian activist and politician
was actively associated with the Ram temple agitation (Ram Janmabhoomi Andolan) that led to
the demolition of Babri mosque on 6 December
1992
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• In 2011, he was awarded with fourth highest civilian award in India, Padma Shri. He was awarded
in recognition of his writings on the framing and
working of the Indian Constitution.
• Giriraj Kishore, a bachelor who was wheelchair–
ridden for last few years earlier had pledged to
donate his body for social cause.
• He joined the RSS at an early age, which sent him
to VHP. He joined VHP in 1983 during the first
Bharat Mata Yatra
• He was born in 1927 at Norwich, Vermont
• He has served the VHP International wing as the
senior vice president and has also served on the
advisory board of the organisation.
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• He worked as a journalist and photographer
Grand old lady of Bollywood Zohra Sehgal
passes away at 102
• Family and friends bid farewell to veteran actress
Zohra Sehgal, who was cremated in New Delhi.
• He was one of the senior–most pracharaks of RSS
• He was born on 4 February 1920 in Etah of Uttar
Pradesh
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Books
• Earlier, he was a school teacher in Morena
World–renowned conductor Lorin Maazel Coffee – Table book titled First Citizen:
Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan
died at 84
released
• Lorin Varencove Maazel, the American conductor
of classical music, violinist and composer died at
his home in Castleton, Virginia. He died due to
complications following pneumonia.
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• First Citizen: Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan – published by The Week Magazine.
• A coffee–table book titled First Citizen: Pranab
Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan was released at
a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
The book’s first copy was received by Pranab
Mukherjee, the President of India.
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• Apart from conducting, he also composed music, produced an opera based on George Orwell’s
novel.
• He is the second leading conductor to die in 2014.
The first was Italian conductor Claudio Abbado,
who died in January 2014 at the age of 80.
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• The book has been published by The Week Magazine and was released by Dr. Karan Singh
in the presence of Pranab Mukherjee and Philip
Mathew, the Managing Editor of The Week.
South Africa’s Nobel-winning novelist Nadine Gordimer dies
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• South African Nobel Prize–winning writer and
anti–apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer, who
became an icon through her unique insights into
the country’s social agonies, has died at the age of
90.
• The foreword of the book has been written by
the President in which he has written about The
Raisina Hill and the buildings in and around
Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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• Through 15 novels, several volumes of short
stories, non–fiction and other works published in 40 languages around the world,
Gordimer eviscerated white–minority rule under
the apartheid system and its aftershocks once
democracy had been achieved in 1994.
• The writer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 1991, died peacefully in her
sleep at her home in Johannesburg.
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Veteran journalist Sundaram Sankaran died
at 87
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• Veteran Journalist Sundaram Sankaran passed
away at his residence in Kensington, Maryland
in the US. He was 87.
• He served the World Bank for more than 25 years
in Washington D.C. He joined the World Bank in
1962 as a writer in the Office of Information and
played a key role in shaping World Bank’s information policy in developing countries. He retired
from World Bank in 1988 as Chief of the Bank’s
Public Affairs Division.
1. Who was elected as the Chairman of Telangana
Legislative Council?
Ans: Swamy Goud
2. Who was appointed as the Dean of Berkerey Law
school recently?
Ans: Sujith-Choudhry (Indain- American)
3. Who is the First Female Fourstar admiral in US
navy, appointed recently?
Ans: Michelle Howard
4. Who was appointed as the Governor of Mizoram
recently?
Ans: Kamal Beniwal
5. Who was appointed as the Governor of Nagaland
recently?
Ans: Vaikkom Purushothaman
6. Who took the additional charge as the Governor of
Wst Bengal?
Ans: D.Y. Patil, (Govenor of Bihar)
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7. Who was appointed as the new CEO of Reliance 20. Who will be the new CEO of Unilever Executive
infrastructure?
and turn around specialist from 1st October 2014?
Ans: Dave Lewis
Ans: M.S. Mehta
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8. The Supreme court appointed three Judges re- 21. Who is the 27th Governor of Uttrapradesh?
cently who are in that list?
Ans: Ram Naik
Ans: Arun Mishra, Adarsh Kumar Goel, Rohing22. Who has been appointed as the brand ambessador
ton F. Naiman
of Telungana in July 2014?
9. Who is appointed as UN goodwill ambassador for
Ans: Sania Mirza
women?
23. Who is the Governor of Haryana?
Ans: Emma Watson (British Actress)
Ans: Kaptan Singh
10. Who is the Governor of Gujarat, at present?
24. Who was elected as the Auditor General of peoAns: Om Prakash Kohli
ple’s Republic of China at the Un Headquarters at
Newyork?
11. Who is the Governor of Nagaland, appointed reAns: Shashi Kant Sharma
cently?
12. Who is the Governor of Uttarpradesh, at present?
Ans: Amitabh Bachchan
Ans: Ram Naik
26. Who was elected as the member of Laureus World
Sports Academy?
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13. Who is the Governor of WestBengal, at present?
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Ans: Keshari Nath Tripathi
14. Who is appointed as the Governor of Gujarat recently?
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Ans: Om Prakash Kohli
25. Who is named as Maharashtra’s horticulture ambassador?
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Ans: Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
15. Who is appointed as the Governor of Mizoram?
Ans: Kamla Beniwal
16. Recently, who was Sworn in as Syria’s President?
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Ans: Bashar al-Assad
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17. Who has moved to Japan’s Soft Bank Corp as the
Vice Chairman from the position of Google’s Chief
Business Officer?
Ans: Rahul Dravid
AWARDS & HONOURS
1. In which of the following states the 3rd Ladakh
International Flim Festival was held?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
2. Which flim bagged three awards in the 3rd edition
of Ladakh International Flim Festival?
Ans: ‘Wet Letters’
3. Who won four awards for Bollywood in the 3rd
Ladakh International Flim Festival?
Ans: ‘Kaafiron Ki Namaaz’
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Ans: Nikesh Arora
18. Who has been appointed as Private Secretary to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
Ans: Sanjeev Kumar Singla
19. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Indian
Council of Historical Research (ICHR)?
Ans: Y Sudharshan Rao
4. Which film in the category ‘Best Director-short
film’ in the 3rd Ladakh International Flim Festival?
Ans: ‘Villari’
5. Which flim won the jury grand prize in the 3rd
Ladakh International Flim Festival?
Ans: ‘White Van Stories’
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6. Which flim won in the category ‘Best Documen- 18. Who won the Gandhi peace prize 2013?
taruy Flim’ in the 3rd Ladakh International Flim
Ans: Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Festival?
BOOKS
Ans: ‘Let’s Shoot The Night’
Ans: ‘First Citizen’
Ans: ‘Wet Letters’
2. Whose Classical music reality show is to be featured in limca book of Records
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8. Which flim won in the category ‘Best Actor’ in the
3rd Ladakh International Flim Festival?
Ans: Doordarshan Naad Bhed - The Mystery of
Sound
Ans: ‘The Virgin Arguments’
9. Which flim got the award Best Cinematography in
the 3rd Ladakh International Flim Festival?
Ans: ‘Wet Letters’
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10. Which flim got the award Best Director in the 3rd
Ladakh International Flim Festival?
DEFENCE
1. BRAHMOS missile was test fired from chandipur
recently. What is the principle it has?
Ans: “Fire and Forget Priciple”
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Ans: ‘Wet Letters’
2. Who is the present Chairman of ISRO?
11. Which flim got the award Best Feature in the 3rd
Ladakh International Flim Festival?
Ans: K. Radhakrishnan
3. India has planned to launch civil nuclear corporation with which country?
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Ans: ‘The Virgin Arguments’
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12. Who won the award Best Feature in the 3rd Ladakh
International Flim Festival?
Ans: ‘Bhargav Saikar’
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1. What is the title of Coffee Table book, that was released in Rashtrapathi Bhavan, Delhi on 2nd July?
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7. Which flim won in the category ‘Best Actress’ in
the 3rd Ladakh International Flim Festival?
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13. The Sant Kabir Awards and Shilp Guru Awards
are for?
4. Who is the Foreign Secretary of UK?
Ans: William Hague
5. Which is India’s First Navy’s anti-submarine warship?
Ans: INS Kamorta
Ans: Handicraft and Handlooms
14. Who won the Sant Kabir Award in India?
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Ans: L. Subadani Devi of Manipur, Gour C Basak
of West Bengal
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15. How many people were conterred for Handi crafts
category in the National Awards?
6. For INS Kamorta, 90% of intigenous content was
produced by.......
Ans: Steel Authority of India
7. Which Warship was in Port Blair Andaman & Niccobar Islands?
Ans: INS Kuthar
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Ans: 21
16. How many people were conferred for Hndlooms
category in the National Awards?
Ans: UK
8.
INTERNATIONAL
Ans: 25
17. What is the minimum age to get National Awards
in the categories of Handi crafts or Handlooms?
Ans: 35 years
1. Who has been sentenced for 18 months for participating in the hacking of celebrity mobile phones in
Britain?
Ans: Andy coulson
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2. Andy coulson, who got an 18 months sentence for 15. Who is the High Commissioner of India, at
mobile phone hacking is a .......
present?
Ans: Former “News of the world” Editor
Ans: V.K. Sinha
3. BRICS summit 2014 was held in.......
Ans: Fortaleza, Brazil
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16. BRICS nations signed a deal to create a New Development Bank with the total capital of ?
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Ans: 100 billion US dollars
4. In BRICS,C represent which country?
17. What will be the intial capital to open the New
Development Bank according to BRICS?
Ans: China
5. The BRICS summit held in 2014 was the ..... meeting of BRICS
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Ans: 6th
Ans: 50 billion US dollars
18. According to BRICS, where will be the Headquarters of New Development Bank located?
6. Who is the President of Brazil, at present?
BA
Ans: Shangai, China
Ans: Dilma Rousseff
Ans: Neoguri
8. Which city is the world’s 2nd most populous city
in 2014 according to the UN report?
Ans: Johannesburg, South Africa
20. Who will become the President of New Development Bank?
Ans:
Chair
The Bank will have a rotating President
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Ans: Delhi (25 million)
19. Where will be the Regional office of the New Development Bank located?
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7. Landfall occured on Japan’s southern main Island
Due to a typhoon, what is the name of that Typhoon?
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9. Which city is in the first position, in the recent UN
urban population Report?
Ans: Tokyo, Japan (28 million)
21. From which country the first President of new development Bank is to be elected?
Ans: India
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10. Which city is in 3rd position, in the recent UN 22. How many Finace Ministers will the New Development Bank have ?
urban population Report?
Ans: 5 Finance minister, chaired by Brazil
Ans: Shangai (23 million)
11. Which day is observed as the world population 23. The president of South Africa is......
Day?
Ans: Jacob Zuma
Ans: 11 July
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12. What
2014?
24. How much fund will be contributed by India Brazil
and Russia for the New Development Bank?
is the theme of the world population day
Ans: 18 billion US dollars (each country)
Investing in young people
25. How much Fund will be contributed by China and
South Africa respectively?
diplomat met the PM Narendra modi rewho is he?
Ans: 41 billion US dollors (China), 5 billion US
Ans:
Dr
13. A US
cently
Ans: William Burns
dollors (South Africa)
14. India signed an MoU to set up Engineering and 26. According to the Princeton University researchers
which country is the largest consumer of antibiAgricultural faculty for the university of Jaffna
otics?
with which country?
Ans: Srilanka
Ans: India
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27. Who accompanied the PM to attend the meeting 40. Which Council in July 2014 adopted a resolution demanding an internationl probe into shooting
of Trade Ministes of BRICS?
down of Malaysia airplane MH-17?
Ans: Nirmala Sitharaman (Commerce and Industry Minister)
Ans: United Nations Security Council
28. Which Typhoon hit philippines recently?
Ans: Typhoon Rammasun
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Ans: Typhoon Matmo
29. India and Brazil signed on three agreements they
are .....?
42. Who is the President of Nepal?
Ans: MoU Cooperation in the Field of EnvironAns: Ram Baran Yadav
ment, Agreement on Space, Consultation mecha43. Who is the Prime Minister of Nepal?
nism on Mobility and consular issues
Ans: Sushil Koirala
30. What percentage of votes was won by Syria’s Pres-
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41. Which typhoon struck East of Taiwan with a wind
gust of 173km/hr in July 2014?
ident Assad?
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44. First International Gaucher day was observed
on......
Ans: 88.7%
32. The 6th BRICS SUMMIT 2014 was hosted by.......
Ans: Brazil
Ans: “Rare but Not Alone”
46. International Gaucher day on 26th July 2014 was
observes to mark the ......
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33. What was the theme of Global Innovation Index
2014?
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Ans: 26th July 2014
31. Which country will host the 7th BRICS SUMMIT
2015?
45. What was the Slogan of the International Gaucher
Ans: Russia - Ufa city
day on 26th July 2014?
Ans: Human Factor in Innovation
34. Where was the Global Index released in 2014?
Ans: Sydney
Ans: 160th birthday of Phillippe Gaucher
47. Which Country has agreed to take bilateral ties
with India for defence, security, trade, investment,
water resources and border issues?
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Ans: Nepal
35. Which was the airline shot down by terrorists over
48. Which company has tied up with UNICEF to proWartorn, Eastern Ukraine?
mote a water sanitation and hygiene campaign in
Ans: Malaysia Airlines, Boeing 777
Assam?
36. Where was the Business 20(B20) Australia summit
Ans: Woodland
held?
49. World Hepatitis day is observed on
Ans: Sydney
Ans: 27th July
37. Which country passed a law to legalise child labour
50. What was the theme of world Hepatitis Day 2014?
for kids from the age of 10, in July 2014?
Ans: “It is closer than you think”
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Ans: Bolivia
38. Which country has the top spot in the Global In- 51. Which Virus causes hepatitis in the live?
novation Index (GII)?
Ans: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)
Ans: Switzerland
52. Who launched the Hindi version of Google map?
39. What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation
Ans: Google
Index?
Ans: 76th
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1. Which day is celebrated as National Doctor’s Day? 15. Which rail line was inaugurated by the Prime Minister on 4th July 2014?
Ans: July 1
Ans: Udhampur - Katra (25 km long)
2. Doctor’s day is celebrated to honour whom?
16. The PM inauguarated the first train from Katra
railway station. What is the name of that express
Recently the Rajasthan Governement declared its
train?
State animal. What is it?
Ans: Shree Sakti Express
Ans: Camel
17. How much fund has been provided for the Ganga
Which country is the First country to ratify the
Conservation Mission from the Union Budget 2014Marrakesh Treaty?
15?
Ans: India
Ans: Rs.2037 crores
WIPO stands for?
18. What is the name for the Ganga coversation MisAns: World Intellectual Property Organisation
sion?
Who is the Director General of WIPO at present?
Ans: Namami Gange
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6.
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Ans: Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
Ans: Francis Gurry
19. MGNREGS stands for?
Ans:
Standinr Committee on Copyright and
Related Rights
Ans:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme
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7. SCCR stands for?
20. Which organisation signed the agreement with the
IOA to sponsor the Indian Contingent for Common
Ans: Visually Impaired pesons and persons with
wealth Games?
print Disabilities
Ans: Amul
9. The PM described about a social network that “It
can be used for better interaction between people 21. Air India joined with a global airline group recently. What is the name of that airline?
and Governments”. Waht is the name of that social
network?
Ans: Star Alliance
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8. Marrakesh Treaty is Facilitated for whom?
Ans: Facebook
10. Who is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook?
22. Air India is the ...... member of Star Alliance
Ans: 27th
Ans: Sheryl sand berg
23. Who is the CMD of Air India?
Ans: Rohit Nandan
Legislative Council (Upper house of the
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state)
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11. What does“Vidhan Parishad” mean?
12. Under which Act, the CCEA approved inclusion of
onion and potato
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Ans: Essential Commodities Act, 1955
13. CCEA stands for?
Ans: Cabinet Committee On Economic Affairs
24. Who is the CEO of Star Alliance?
Ans: Mark Schwab
25. The Delhi Government plans to open centres for
Women safety at public places. What is the name
of those centres?
Ans: Mahila Suraksha Dals
14. Who is the Head of the Commission to inquire 26. On which day MSDs will be created in all 11 districts od Delhi?
about chennai building collapse?
Ans: R. Raghupathy
Ans: On Raksha Bandhan
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39. What is the rank of India in the list of highest
investors in Britain?
27. Who is the Chief Secretary of Delhi?
Ans: S.K. Srivastava
Ans: 7th
28. Which is the IT capital of Andhra Pradesh?
40. According to the Nomura Report, the GDP growth
of India in 2015 will be?
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Ans: Visakhapatnam
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29. Recently India has entered into long term agreeAns: 6%
ments for nuclear power plants. Which foreign
countries are the main Power suppliers to obtain 41. Who is the Union Civil Aviation Minister?
uranium?
Ans: Ashok Gajapathi Raju
Ans: Russia and Kazhakhstan
42. Recently which of the following airport was an30. Who is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare?
nounced to be upgraded to international standards
Ans: Harsh Vardhan
by June 2015?
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Ans: Tirupati airport
31. Union Health Minister released database for all
sectors in health carre for sound planning in the
43. The Union Minister announced an airport be upname......
grated to internationl standards. The airport is in
Ans: National Health Profile 2013
which state?
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32. The Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs ConstiAns: Andhra Pradesh
tuted a Committee on cost records and cost audits
44. Who is the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commisunder which committee?
sion (AEC)?
Ans: R.S. Sharma Expert Committee
Ans: R.K. Sinha
33. Which of the following Country has 3rd highest
number of HIV infected people?
45. What is the full form of OECD?
Ans: India
Ans:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
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34. What is India’s Rank in the number of people living with HIV as reported by UNAIDS?
46. What was the name of the magazine launched by
the for National Geographic school children?
Ans: 3rd
35. Which year was established “Prime Minister Reliet
Fund(PMNRF)”?
Ans: 1948
Ans: Magazine Explorer
47. Which of the following state has proposed to set
up three new low cost airports?
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Ans: Bihar
36. Recently the PM received the functioning of the
Prime Minister Funds. The suggested changes
48. Which of the following state selected for pilot
which fund target the selection of beneficiaies and
project under Union Government to train pricipals
give priority to poor and children?
and Headmaster of government schools?
Ans:
Prime Minister’s National Relief
Ans: Himachal Pradesh, Gujact,TN,Rajasthan
fund(PMNRF)
37. Who is the President of the World Bank?
Ans: Jim Yong Kim
49. Who is the ChiefMinister of Meghalaya?
Ans: Mukul Sangma
38. Which Country has the 7th rank among the highest 50. Which scheme announced recently by Meghalaya
Chief Minister for widows and Pensioners?
foreign investors in Britain?
Ans: India
Ans: CMSA (Chief Ministers Social Assistance)
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51. What is the cost of launching web portal for In- 63. How many rape crisis centres will be create across
dustrial Licences announced by Chief Minister of
the country as proposed by the union ministry of
TamilNadu?
Women and Children Development?
Ans: 660 rape crisis centres
Ans: 2.24 crore
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52. Which of the following disease across 17 states of 64. What is the name of scheme announced for conservation and developments of indigenous breeds
India claimed outbreak of the disease in hundreds
of cows in scientific manner by the union Governof lives and mostly children?
ment?
Ans: Japanese Encephalitis
Ans: Rashtriya Gokul mission
53. How many countries are member in UNHRC
65. Who is the union Agriculture Minister?
(United Nations Human Rights Council)?
Ans: Radha Mohan Singh
Ans: 47
OBITUARY
BA
54. Who is the Governor of West Bengal?
1. Louis Zamperini passed away recently. Who was
he?
Ans: KN Tripathi
55. Which Countries featured the Malabar Naval exercise?
Ans: An Olympic runner
56. The Malabar air exercise is conducted from......
Ans: 1992
Ans: Alfredo Di Stefano
3. The Former President of Georgia passed away recently. Who is that person?
Ans: 18th Edition
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57. In 2014 the...... Edition of Malabar Naval exercise
held
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2. The legend of Real Madrid Football Club passed
away recently. What is his name?
Ans: US, India and Japan
58. Who is appointed as a special public prosecutor for
trial in coal scam by supreme court?
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Ans: R.S. Cheema
59. What is the change in the investment in
DFC(Dedicated Frieght corridor) made by the
union government recently?
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Ans: 27000 crore to 80000 crore
60. Kargil Vijay Diwar is celebrated in India on
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Ans: 26th July
Dr
61. What is the cost earmarked for the construction
of the National war Memorial and war museum by
the union government?
Ans: 100 crore rupees
62. What was the name of web platform launched by
our PM to facilitate citizen engagement in good
governance?
Ans: MYGOV.nic.in
Ans: Eduard Shevardnadze
4. Eduard Shevardnadze, the former president of
Georgia resigned in 2003, due to which revolution?
Ans: Rose Revolution
5. The Rose Revolution resulted in the .....
Ans: Change of power in Georgia
6. The eminent scholor of The Indian Constitution
passed away in Washington recently. What is the
name of that person?
Ans: Granvile Austin
7. ‘The Indian Constitution : A Cornestone of a Nation’ is a book authored by who?
Ans: Granvile Austin
8. ‘Working a Democratic Republic : The Indian Experiance’ is a book authored by who?
Ans: Granvile Austin
9. A veteran bollywood Actress passed away recently.
Who is that person?
Ans: Zohro Sehgal
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10. Giriraj Kishore the politician passed away recently.
He belonged to the ......
8. The genetic blue print of which crop was unveiled
by scientists at the IWGSC?
Ans: Bread wheat
Ans: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)
9. In which of the following states pre historic rock
paintings which are 1000 years old are found?
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11. Which American Conductor of classical music
passed away recently?
Ans: Chattisgarh
Ans: Lorin Maazel
Ans: Literature (1991)
14. Chief of Bank’s public Affairs Division who passed
away in july 2014. Who is he?
SPORTS
1. Who become the World’s No.1 Pistol shooter the
Men’s 10m Air Pistol category?
BA
13. Nadine Gordimer, who passed away recently won
the Nobel Prize in which category
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12. South Africa’s Nobel winning novelist passed away 10. Who found the cave of prehistoric rock paintings
that depict aliens?
recently. What is the name of that person?
Ans: JR Bhagat
Ans:Nadine Gordimer
Ans: Jitu Rai
2. ISSF stands for?
Ans: Sundaram Journalist
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
2. What is the range of power produced by newly
inaugrated ur-II hydroelectic project by the PM?
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Ans: 240 MW
3. NIPER stands for?
Ans: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
4. NIPER is situated in ......
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Ans: Hyderabad
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5. National centre for R & D in Bulk Drugs is to be
set up in which city?
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Ans: Hyderabad
6. How many countries are members of International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium
(IWGSC)?
Ans: 15
7. Which year was INGSC started?
Ans: 2005
3. Who won the Gold in Maribor and Munich Shooting World Cup?
Ans: Jitu Rai (Lucknow)
4. Who is in 5th position in ISSF ranking released
recently?
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1. The PM Narendra Modi inaugrated hydro electric
project in which state recently?
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Ans: International Shooting Federation
Ans: Prakash Nanjappa
5. In ISSF ranking, Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput is
in which position?
Ans: 10th Rank
6. Who took the 8th place in ISSF ranking?
Ans: Manavjith Singh Sandhu
7. Jitu Rai is the ...... Indian to achieve ISSF rank
No.1
Ans: 7th
8. In Commonwealth games, who is going to lead India in Hockey?
Ans: Sardar Singh
9. Which team won the match played to celebrate 200
years of Lord’s Cricket ground?
Ans: Marylebone Cricket Club XI
10. Who is the Captain of MCC XI team?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar
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11. Who is the Captain of Rest of the World XI ?
Ans: Shane Warne
26. Which team got the top position in ICC test ranking?
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Ans: Australia
12. Who is the runner of the match played in Lord’s
Cricket ground?
27. India is in which position in the ICC Test Ranking?
Ans: Rest of the world - XI
Ans: 4th place
13. Who won Men’s Wimbledon Tennis?
Ans: Novak Djokovic (serbia)
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28. Who is in 5th rank in WTA Doubles Ranking?
Ans: Sania Mirza
30. Due to which reason Nigeria was suspended from
FIFA?
BA
15. Who won the Women’s singles in Wimbledon open
Tennis 2014?
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14. Who is the runner of Wimblednon Men’s Tennis
29. Which team was suspended by FIFA in FIFA 2014?
2014?
Ans: Nigeria
Ans: Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Ans: The interference of their Government in
Nigeria Football Federation
Ans: Petra Kvitova (Czechoslovkia)
Ans: Novak Djokovic
Ans: Rafacl Nadal
19. ATP stands for?
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18. Who is ranked No.2 in the ATP ranking?
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16. Who is the Runner of Women’s singles in Wimble31. Who is the first Indian orgin player to join in Nadon Title match?
tional Basket ball Association USA
Ans: Eugenie Bouchard (Canada)
Ans: Sim Bhullar
17. Who is in the first position according to the ATP
32. Who won the 2014 FIFA football world cup?
ranking?
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Ans: Association of Tennis Professionals
20. Who is in the first position in WTA ranking?
Ans: Serena Williams
21. Who is in the second position in WTA ranking?
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Ans: Li Na (China)
22. CTL stands for
Ans: Germany
33. Where was the finals of FIFA world cup held?
Ans: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
34. Who is the runner of FIFA 2014?
Ans: Argentina
35. Till now, Germany has won the FIFA trophy how
many times?
Ans: 4 times
36. Who won the Golden Ball award of FIFA 2014?
Ans: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
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Ans: Champions Tennis Leaque
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37. Which player from Srilanka announced his retirement from Test Cricket recently?
23. The upcoming CTL will consist of how many
cities?
Ans: Mahela Jayawardene
Ans: 6 cities
24. The CTL launch is announced by whom?
38. Durand cup is related to which sport?
Ans: Football
Ans: Vijay Amritraj (Indian Tennis legend)
39. 127th Durand Cup is to be held in which state in
Indai?
25. What will be the prize money for the CTL winner?
Ans: 1 crore
Ans: Goa
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40. Who is the newly elected member of the Laureus 53. In which of the following countries the 45th International physics olympiad was held on 21 July 2014?
World Sports Academy?
Ans: Rahul Dravid
Ans: Kazakhstan
44. In which of the following countries the 20th common wealth games took place in 2014?
Ans: Scotland
45. How many athletes are competing in 20th Common
wealth game?
Ans: More than 4000
57. In which year was the PHO (Physics Olymbiad)
started?
Ans: 1967
58. In which country was the first International
Physics Olympiad held?
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Ans: Philipp Lahm
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41. Who is 4th highest run scorer in Test Cricket af- 54. How many medals was won by India in 45th Interter Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques
national physics olympiad?
Kallis?
Ans: 5
Ans: Rahul Dravid
55. Who won Gold medals in the 45th International
42. Who has the title sponsor of the Indian Super
Physics Olympiad?
Leaque, the first-of-its-kind franchise-based foot
Ans: Anikat Bajpai, Chitraang Murdia
ball leaque?
56. Who was the sponsor of the 45th International
Ans: Hero MotoCorp Ltd
Physics Olympiad?
43. The Captain of Germany’s football team who anAns: Exxon Mobil, Kazakhstan
nounced his retirement from International game is?
Ans: Warsaw(Poland)
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59. Sukhen Dey who represented India is famous for?
Ans: Irishman Rory McIlory
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46. Who won the British Government Golf open
Championship 2014?
Ans: Holyake
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47. In which of the following cities the British golf open
Championship 2014 was held?
48. Who won the British Golf open 2014?
Ans: Rory McIlory
60. Who won the Gold in weight lifting in 20th common
wealth in scotland on 24 July 2014?
Ans: Sukhen Dey, Sanjita Chanu
61. Who won the Men’s 10m Airrile at the 20th commonwealth Games?
Ans: Abhinav Bindra
62. Who won the silver in the 10m Air Pistol in the
commonwealth game 2014?
Commonwealth Games
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49. Who declared the
2014?
20th
Ans: Weightlifter
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Ans: British Quen Elizabeth II
50. Who is the MD and CEO of Hero Motocorp Ltd?
Ans: Malaika Goel
63. Who won the Istabul WTA final?
Ans: Caroline Wozniacki
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Ans: Pawan Munjal
51. Who was the Captain of Germany during FIFA
World Cup 2014?
Ans: Philipp Lahm
52. In which of the following countries hosted th 20th
Football FIFA world cup 2014?
Ans: Brazil
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August
IDSP:
International
• IDSP was launched with World Bank assistance in
November 2004 to detect and respond to disease
outbreaks quickly. The project was extended for
2 years in March 2010. The Programme continues
during 12th Plan under NRHM (National Rural
Health Mission) with outlay of Rs. 640 Crore from
domestic budget.
NK
• It is the most severe in recorded history, both in
the number of cases and fatalities.
Ban of coal in Beijing
• The leaders of West African countries met the
World Wealth Organisation (WHO) to introduce a
$100 million plan to deploy hundred more medical
professionals in the affected areas.
BA
• Coal-fired power and heating is a major generator
of greenhouse gases and has helped turn China
into the worlds largest emitter of carbon and other
heat-trapping gases.
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• PHEIC is a legally binding international instrument on disease prevention, surveillance, control,
and response adopted by 194 countries worldwide.
It was first issued in April 2009 for H1N1 (Swine
Flu) epidemic.
• Beijing’s Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced year 2020 as the deadline for imposing complete ban of coal in the Chinese capital.
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• The World Health Organization (WHO) declared
the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency. The emergency
was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)
SC
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• The second declaration of PHEIC was issued in
May 2014 with the resurgence Polio after its neareradication. On 8 August WHO declared its third
PHEIC in response to the outbreak of Ebola in
Western Africa.
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Ebola - new virus
• Ebola epidemic is a viral disease spread through
the Ebola virus. The present Ebola outbreak,
which began in Guinea in February 2014, has
spread to Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
• Coal accounted for a quarter of Beijings energy
consumption in 2012 and 22% of the fine particles
floating in the city’s air. Motor vehicles, industrial
production and general dust also contributed to
pollution in city with a population of 2.1 crore.
• Pressure is growing on China’s central government
to clean up the country’s polluted environment, as
discontent over smog and water and soil contamination grows among China’s growing middle class.
World Bank to fund ecologically safe power
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• The World Health Organization said it is consider- projects
ing the implications of making experimental drugs
• World Bank will fund only those hydro-power
more widely available to patients in Africa.
projects where safeguards are in place to prevent
• The Mapp drug, ZMapp, is a cocktail of antibodies
any adverse impact on the environment.
designed to bind to and inactivate the Ebola virus.
• World Bank lends money to a number of development projects in India, including power projects.
Note:
• With west and central African countries contin- ASEAN to boost cooperation with India in
uing to witness an outbreak of the deadly Ebola various fields
virus, India’s top health watchdog(Integrated Dis• The ASEAN enhance cooperation with India in
ease Surveillance Programme) issued an advisory
combating growing challenges of maritime secuto state health intelligence officials and to the Narity, terrorism, drug trafficking, cyber crime and
tional Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to keep
trade ties.
a watch on the disease.
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• The DF-41 missile is a nuclear solid fuelled road
• The 10-nation grouping, particularly emphasised
mobile intercontinental ballistic missile and the
on close engagement with India to deal with isweapons are meant for deterrence.
sues relating to maritime security, freedom of navigation and maritime security in the seas of the
region.
Hindu eco - temple opens in London
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• The comments by ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) came on a day when the dispute relating to China’s territorial claims over the
South China Sea was dominating the meeting of
foreign ministers of the powerful bloc here.
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• A Hindu temple, claiming to be the world’s first
‘eco-temple’ featuring solar panels and a rainwater
harvesting system, has been opened in northwest
London in the UK.
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• Tata - Singapore Airlines (SIA) named its upcoming joint venture airline as Vistara and will start
its operation from October 2014.
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• The ornate Shree Swaminarayan Mandir in Kings• In the 12th India-ASEAN meeting, External Afbury combines traditional Indian architecture, infairs Minister Sushma Swaraj supported freedom
tricate carvings and masterful artistry with green
of navigation and access to resources in the South
technology.
China Sea in accordance with principles of international law, including the 1982 UN Convention
Facebook acquired Private Core
on the Law of the Sea.
• Social networking company Facebook acquired
which cyber-security startup firm to boost its huge
TATA-SIA Airlines brand name to be called
server network.
Vistara
• Private Core is a California-based cyber-security
startup firm that was launched in 2012.
• The company specializes in protecting servers
against malware and other kinds of virus intrusions.
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• Vistara is an inspiration from Sanskrit word, Vistaar that means limitless expanse. It has drawn
inspiration from the brand’s domain - the limitless
sky.
Bangladesh to join BRICS Bank
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• The Tata Group and Singapore International Airlines will be head quartered in Delhi.
• Vistara will start its operation with an Airbus 320
aircraft and would add 20 aircraft in next first five
years of operations.
next
generation
ICBM
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China unveiled
Dongfeng - 41
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• China unveiled its next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng - 41 (DF41).
• Bangladesh has decided to join the newly formed
BRICS Bank, an initiative of the world’s five
emerging economies - Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa.
Note:
• Named as ‘New Development Bank’, BRICS Bank
was formed after an agreement was signed by
BRICS countries during 2014 Summit in Brazil,
with the aim at easing financing constraints faced
by BRICS and other developing countries to address infrastructure gaps and sustainable development needs.
• The missile with an operation range varying between 12000 km to 15000 km is amongst the worlds Bangladesh to set up exclusive Economic
longest range missiles.
Zone for Japan
• DF-41 with its long range has similar abilities to
the US rocket Minuteman, which has a range of
13000 km or Russian RS-24M Yars.
• Bangladesh has decided to set up an Exclusive
Economic Zone for Japan to attract investors and
entrepreneurs.
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• State: Maharastra
• The first Bangladesh-Japan Public-Private Economic Dialogue aimed at deepening economic
and commercial co-operation was held in Dhaka.
Japan has been moving investment away from
China after adoption of “China plus One” policy
in 2008 to reduce over dependence on Beijing.
• Capital: Mumbai
• CM: Prithviraj Chavan
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• Governor:Chennamaneni Vidhyasaga Rao
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• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her visit to Nehchal Sandhu’s resignation
Japan in May, 2014 had offered 40 industrial plots
• Nehchal Sandhu resigned before 20 months of his
in the Export Processing Zones to Japan.
contractual retirement.
Note:
• Nehchal Sandhu was a former Intelligence Bureau
• Commerce Minister of Bangladesh- Tofail
Director and he had joined as the Deputy National
Ahmed
Security Advisor in March 2013 on a three-year
contract.
• The tenure of Joint Intelligence Chief Ajit Lal and
Military Adviser Lt. General Prakash Menon also
came to an end on 31 July and they did not receive
any extension.
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• French President Francois Hollande named the
new French government on 26 August 2014 under Prime Minister Manual Valls. Those ministers who rebelled against the austerity measures
suggested by Hollande were dropped out from the
list.
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French President Franois Hollande named
the new French government
• With these two officials retiring, the secretariat of
NSA Ajit Doval has been left with three vacancies.
Note:
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• A former banker and ex-presidential economic ad• Present Deputy National security advisor:
viser Emmanuel Macron will be the new economy
Arvind Gupta
minister in place of Arnaud Montebourg. Fleur
Pellerin was made Minister for Culture, replacing PM dedicates two hydro power projects in
Aurelie Filippetti who is out of the government.
Leh and Kargil
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• For the first time a woman would be put in charge
of education as Najat Vallaud-Belkacem replaced
Benoit Hamon. Ms Vallaud-Belkacem was minister for women’s rights in the last cabinet.
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• However, foreign minister Laurent Fabius, defence
minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and finance minister
Michel Sapin will retain their posts.
National
Palghar - The newest district of Maharashtra
Dr
• Maharashtra Cabinet formed a new district called
Palghar with a population of over 12 million.
• It was carved out from Thane district which held
the distinction of being the most populated district in the country, spread across 9,600 sq.kms of
hills, forests and coastal areas.
Note:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the
nation the Leh Srinagar Transmission Line in Leh
and Chutak hydro-power project in Kargil.
• These projects are the 44 MW Chutak hydroelectric project in Kargil district and the 45 MW
Nimoo Bazgo project in Leh district.
• The 45 MW Nimoo-Bazgo hydro-electric project is
a run-of- the-river scheme to harness the potential
of river Indus in the state. The project is designed
to generate 239 million units of energy.
• The Nimoo Bazgo power station is located on river
Indus in Leh district of the state and has an installed capacity of 45 MW (3x15 MW).The approval for the project was accorded at an estimated cost of Rs 611 crore.
• However, on account of escalation, statutory
charges and higher cost of award, project cost has
now been revised to Rs 985 crore.
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• State run Power Grid Corporation of India is
implementing the Leh-Kargil-Srinagar Transmission System for connectivity with Northern Region
Grid for meeting demands of the Ladakh region.
schools close to the bank’s branches in rural and
semi-urban areas.
• The Leh-Srinagar transmission line will connect
the Ladakh region with the country’s northern
grid and ultimately solve the electricity woes of
the energy starved Leh and Kargil districts.
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• This was part of its CSR initative.
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• The Bank contributed for the Swachh Bharat Mission announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Independence Day.
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2015-16 to be observed as Water ConservaHaider al-Abadi named as New Iraqi Prime tion Year: Uma Bharti
Minister
• Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti has
stressed the need for interlinking of rivers to save
excess water from floods.
• Masum has given thirty days to Haider al-Abadi to
form the next government and present it for the
approval of parliament. Before being nominated
for the post of Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider alAbadi was deputy parliament speaker.
• Ministry has finalized 30 river interlinking projects
which will be implemented in the next 10
years.The Union Cabinet has recently approved
the Ken-Betwa link.
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• Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum named
Haider al-Abadi as the new Iraqi Prime Minister.
‘Lights out’ project
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• The interlinking is being done keeping in view the
• He was nominated for the post by the Iraqi Naaqua life and ecological balance.
tional Alliance, a coalition of Shia parties.The
purpose of this move is to ensure country’s security which collapsed during rule of Nuri al-Maliki, RK Singh’s committee
Prime Minister of Iraq since 2006. It was believed
• RK Singh, Former Union Home Secretary is headthat Maliki’s policies were partly responsible for
ing the special committee to review the security of
the violence that has gripped Iraq badly.
Indian Parliament that was constituted.
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• The project named ‘Lights Out’ was held on the
occasion of the 100 years of the First World War.
Under this lights were turned-off all over Britain
on 4 August 2014 to pay tribute to all those who
died in this War.
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• The “Lights Out” project was organised by the
Royal British Legion and people in the UK were
urged to leave just one light on or candle burning
for an hour approaching the declaration of war.
Dr
• It was inspired by a famous comment made by the
then Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey, shortly
before the war began on 4 August 1914.
IDBI donates Rs9 cr to build toilets in rural
schools
• The IDBI Bank has donated Rs 9 crore towards
the building of 300 gender-segragated toilets in
• This special committee was constituted Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and will include former
Rajasthan DGP Harish Chandra Meena and former Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh.
• The committee has been asked to give its report
within one month after making a comprehensive
review of the existing security set-up and suggest
measures to further strengthen it.
• In the previous Lok Sabha, a committee on security in Parliament complex, headed by then
Deputy Speaker Karia Munda, was set up in the
aftermath of the pepper spray attack inside Lok
Sabha by a suspended Congress MP that sparked
massive outrage.
• The Parliament witnessed a terrorist attack on 13
December 2001 when five terrorists in a white Ambassador car with a red beacon had stormed the
Parliament complex.
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Sikkim gets highest number of foreign
tourists among NE states
• In this paper it suggested that political bodies, religious bodies and central and state government
ministries or departments should be barred from
entry into broadcasting and television channel distribution sectors.
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• Sikkim has become the most favoured destination
of foreign tourists in the north-eastern states of
the country.
• It also recommended if such a permission has been
given, an appropriate exit route must be provided.
In an attempt to ensure plurality of news and
views, it suggested restrictions on political bodies
and corporates entering the television and newspaper business.
• The state has already been recognised as the best
place to visit, in the world famous travel guidebook ‘Lonely Planet’.
• The key recommendation of Indian telecom and
broadcasting regulator TRAI pertaining to independence of press in India, as announced by it is
Restrictions should be imposed on political bodies and corporates from entering the television and
newspaper business.
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• Sikkim is followed by Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
and Tripura respectively, the release said. Tourism
development has been the priority of the SDF government and the state government has been working for tourism development for a long time.
‘Strictly Personal’- Daman Singh
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• Daman Singhs book does not deal with the period of Dr. Singhs tenure as the Prime Minister,
instead it is a description of all the years before
2004.
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• Daman Singh,is the author of the book Strictly
Personal, the new biography of the former Prime
Andhra Pradesh announced Vijayawada as
Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan
ad hoc capital
Kaur, which is to be released during August 2014.
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• The book portrays her parents on the basis of interviews with them conducted over the past five
years, and Manmohan Singhs letters to friends
during his student years.
Munger through the Ages written by late
DP Yadav released
• Vijayawada would be used as ad hoc capital of
the state until the needed infrastructure and other
projects for the new capital are completed.
• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minsiter N. Chandrababu
Naidu also asked the members of the advisory
committee on Capital City to see that the ad hoc
capital houses key administrative offices during
the interregnum.
Note:
• Governor: E.S.L. Narasimhan
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• A book entitled Munger through the Ages authored by late Devendra Prasad Yadav was re- ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’
leased at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
• ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’,the new
scheme announced by the Prime Minister Naren• The first copy of the book was received by Presdra Modi on 15 August 2014 to help the poor in
ident of India Pranab Mukherjee. The President
opening bank accounts, which will come with the
received the book by Dr. Karan Singh, the Chairfacility of a debit card and an accidental insurman of ICCR, who formally released the book.
ance cover of Rs. 1 lakh. The Union Cabinet has
“Issues Relating to Media Ownership”
already cleared the two-phase financial inclusion
scheme under which bank accounts will be opened
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
for 15 crore poor persons with an overdraft facility
(TRAI) presented a paper on “Issues Relating
of Rs 5,000 and accidental insurance cover of Rs.
to Media Ownership under its Chairman Rahul
1 lakh.
Khullar.
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• The warship, constructed by the Mazagon Dockyards Limited, has been designed by Navy’s design
bureau. The 6,800 tonne warship is a technology
demonstrator and will showcase a giant leap in
shipbuilding technology in the country.
• The scheme, to be pushed by the government in
a mission mode, seeks to provide two accounts to
7.5 crore identified households by August 2018.
• Govt. launch Jan Dhan scheme to promote financial inclusion
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• The Prime Minister had dedicated India’s largest
warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation in June
in his first outing after taking charge.
Prime Minister Modi announces ‘Sansad
Aadarsh Gram Yojana’
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• Prime Minister also announced the ‘Sansad
Aadarsh Gram Yojna’ on the occasion of Independence Day.
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• The main features of the scheme include Rs 5,000
overdraft facility for Aadhar-linked accounts, Ru
Pay Debit Card with inbuilt Rs 1 lakh accident
insurance cover and minimum monthly remuner- Govt re-launches Varishtha Pension Bima
ation of Rs 5,000 to business correspondents who Yojana
will provide the last link between the account hold• The government has re-launched the Varishtha
ers and the bank.
Pension Bima Yojana, for the benefit of citizens
aged 60 years and above. The scheme will provide
• The scheme, to be pushed by the government in
financial security to almost half a million people
a mission mode, seeks to provide two accounts to
by ensuring regular income during their advancing
7.5 crore identified households by August 2018.
year.
Note:
• The Scheme will be administrated by the Life Insurance Corporation, LIC.
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• The blue print of Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana
will be declared before the nation on October 11,
the birth anniversary of Jaiprakash Narain.
• After re-launching the scheme in New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said it will benefit
the vulnerable section of society with limited resources as it will provide monthly pension ranging
from 500 to 5,000 rupees per month to senior citizens of the country.
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• Earlier, he also announced the ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhutan, Nepal two most peaceful countries
Jan Dhan Yojna’ for farmers, under which the in South Asian region: GPI
farmers will be given the insurance of one lakh
• Bhutan and Nepal are the two most peaceful
rupees.
countries in the South Asian region.According to
Global Peace Index, 2014 released recently Bhutan
PM Modi inducts INS Kolkata, says it will
stands at 16th position and Nepal at 76th position.
boost our military prowess
Dr
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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned INS
Kolkata, India’s largest indigenously built warship, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
• It is an advanced version, but significantly more
versatile, of the Delhi-Class ships INS Delhi, INS
Mysore and INS Mumbai which will add considerable teeth to India’s maritime warfare capabilities with all-round capabilities against enemy submarines, surface warships, anti-ship missiles and
fighter aircraft.
• Banghladesh is ahead of India, Pakistan and
Afghanistan in terms of ‘state of peace’. While
Bangladesh occupied 98th position, India was
rated at 143, Pakistan 154, and Afghanistan at
161.
• The Global Peace Index is the world’s leading
measure of global peacefulness produced by the
Institute for Economics and Peace, gauging domestic and international conflict, safety and security in 162 countries by using 22 indicators. Sri
Lanka has been rated at 105th position.
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Noida and Greater Faridabad.“The flyover would
be completed in two years. It would help in the
development of both the districts,” he said.
Note:
• Iceland, Denmark and Austria were ranked
first, second and third respectively. India
was rated at 143.
India ranked 5th amongst top 10 wind power
producers: Report
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Expenditure Management Commission
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• Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley had announced the setting up of an Expenditure Management Commission in the Union Budget 2014-15
in July 2014.
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• India ranked fifth amongst top ten wind power
producers in the world by adding 1,700 MW capacity in 2013, a report said.“China was the leading wind power producer by adding 16,100 MW
capacity in 2013, followed by USA, Germany and
Spain,” Renewables 2014 Global Status Report
said.
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• Karnataka and Kerala governments have signed an
MoU for rural livelihood mission.The Karnataka
Minister for Rural Development and Panchyatraj,
H K Patil, and the Kerala Chief Minister, Ommen
Chandy, had signed the MoU at Thiruvanathapuram.
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• As per the MoU, Kerala Governement’s Kudumbashree and Karnataka State Rural Livelihood
Mission are to help train and hand-hold rural Self
Help Groups (SHGs) in Karnataka.
Gadkari announces 15,000 cr road projects
for UP, Haryana
• By the end of 2013, China, the US, Brazil, Canada
and Germany remained the top countries for total installed renewable power capacity, the report said.According to the report, over the past
few years the costs of electricity generation from
onshore wind and particularly solar PV (photovoltaic) have fallen sharply which has resulted in
an increase in wind and solar power projects being
built without public financial support.
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Karnataka, Kerala sign MoU for rural livelihood mission
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• The purpose of setting up the commission is to
cut-off the spending and review government expenditure to get maximum output.The Commission will submit its interim report before the Budget of 2015-16 and its final report before the Budget of 2016-17.
• In terms of annual investment in the wind energy sector and production, China ranked number
one followed by Germany, UK, India and Canada.
Worldwide more than 35,000 MW wind power
capacity was added taking the total number to
3,18,000 MW in 2013 to which India contributed
1,700 MW.
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• Union Minister for Roads, Highways and Shipping Haryana Government increases age of retireNitin Gadkari announced Rs 15,000 crore road ment from 58 to 60 years
projects in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.The Cen• The Haryana government announced a windfall for
tre would invest over 15,000 crore for construction
the state government’s employees which includes
of roads in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
raising the retirement age from 58 to 60 years, 25%
• 5,000 crore would be allotted for road projects in
per cent increment in Dearness Allowance, full
Uttar Pradesh whereas Haryana would get 10,000
pension after 20 years service, and various other
crore, Gadkari at the foundation stone laying cerbenefits.
emony of a flyover to be built over Yamuna river
here.
• After 58 years of service, the employee will be
given the option to either continue his service or
• The Minister said the 200 crore flyover project,
seek retirement.
stretching over 23 km, would connect Greater
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TCS and Bharti Foundation announced to
spend 200 crore rupees for Clean India Campaign
of the Czech Republic and Association of Czech
Railway Industry (ACRI) of the Czech Republic.
• The MoU was signed at Rail Bhawan in New Delhi
by Chairman of Railway Board, Arunendra Kumar and Ambassador of Czech Republic, Miloslav
Stasek.
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• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Bharti
Foundation announce to spend 200 crore rupees
for Clean India Campaign.
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• TCS has decided to provide hygienic sanitation
facilities in 10000 schools for girl students. On the ‘Digital India Project
other hand, Bharti Foundation (development arm
• It is the name of the ambitious e-governance
of Bharti Enterprises) decided to build toilets in
project of the Union Govt., which was approved
Ludhiana in next three years covering every rural
by the Union Cabinet and which aims to ensure
household.
that government services are available to citizens
electronically.
• This initiative of Bharti Foundation is part of
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• Partha Mitra, an Indian neuroscientist in the
United States, was awarded Early Concept Grants
for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to map the
human brain under President Barack Obama’s
multi-year BRAIN Initiative.
• The project, which has a total overlay of Rs 1 lakh
crore, aims to ensure that government services are
available to citizens electronically and help people gain benefits from the latest information and
communication technology.
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Indian neuroscientist Partha Mitra awarded
research grant to map the human brain
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Satya Bharti Abhiyan where in it will invest in improving sanitation facilities in government schools
in rural Ludhiana by building new toilets for girls
where no such facilities exist.
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• Brain Research through Advancing Innovative
Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) is an Initiative by
the US government to identify brain structures.
Partha Mitra was awarded this grant along with
Florin Albeanu, a researcher at the National Science Foundation.
• ‘Digital India’ project envisages bringing all the
existing initiatives such as the Ebiz project, Ekranti, virtual classroom, e-visas and the National
Optical Fibre Network project under a single umbrella.
• Other programmes include implementation of eoffice to make Government departments paperless,
encouraging domestic manufacturing of electronic
products and kick starting Research & Development and entrepreneurship development fund.
• The project was unveiled in the Budget 2014-15
and is being directly monitored by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
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• With this grant, they would develop a virtual neuroanatomist, an artificial-intelligence system that
can recognize neural structures and cell types in PM dedicates Ranchi-Dharamjaygarh-Sipat
tiny images of brain slices. They would also be transmission line to the nation
developing conceptual and physical tools that may
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the
help to promote neuroscience.
nation the Ranchi-Dharamjaygarh-Sipat 765kv
inter-regional power transmission line in JharkIndia and Czech Republic signed MoU on
hand.
technical cooperation in Railway
• India and Czech Republic signed a memorandum
of understanding (MoU) on technical cooperation
in railway sector.
• This MoU was signed between the Union Ministry
of Railways and Czech Railways (Ceske Drahy)
• This line is the first inter-regional link between
eastern region and western region, an official statement said.The Prime Minister also inaugurated
the commencement of work at state-run NTPC’s
thermal power plant (3x660 MW) at North Karanpura at Chatra in Jharkhand.
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• Central transmission utility Power Grid Corpora- Kerala state cabinet ratified new liquor poltion has implemented the Ranchi-Dharamjaygarh- icy
Sipat inter-regional transmission line at a total
• Kerala state cabinet cabinet on 27 August 2014
cost of Rs.1,600 crore.
ratified the new liquor policy. The policy was contemplated to shut down bars attached to hotels
• Two new sub-stations have been built at Ranchi in
below the five-star category .It was a part of govJharkhand and Dharamjaygarh in Chhattisgarh,
ernments plan to reduce availability of liquor.
the statement added.
• As part of new policy, 312 bars attached to hotels
below the five-star category would be served notices, asking them to close their bars by 12 September 2014.The government also decided not to renew licences of 418 bars which were remained shut
since April 2014 for want of required facilities.
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Union Government launched Dot Bharat domain
• Union Government on 27 August 2014 launched
a new domain, Dot Bharat in Devanagari script
in New Delhi. Initially the domain will cover
eight languages like Hindi, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani,
Maithili, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi. The included languages are from the list of 22 languages
that has been included in the Eighth Schedule to
the Constitution of India.
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• The UDF leadership met on 22 August 2014 in
Thiruvanathapuram to consider the fate of the 418
bars which were closed since April 2014 due to lack
of required facilities and decided to sharply cut
down on liquor trade.
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• Creation of the domain.Bharat is aimed to connect
people with social media and provide contents in
regional languages, especially to those who are not
conversant with English.
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• However, the cabinet put off the decision on issues
related to licences to beer and wine parlours and
elite clubs that serve liquor.
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• Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy proposed
• The domain will provide information to people
this policy and got his cabinet nod.
in their own regional languages which will help
in promotion of e governance The domain was
Tata Value Homes and Snapdeal tied up to
launched by Union Communication and Informasell homes online
tion Technology Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad.
• Tata Value Homes tied up with e-commerce major
• The website with this domain would also in bringSnapdeal on 26 August 2014 to sell houses online
ing revolutionary changes in economic activities
through the online marketplace model. There are
at least of rural India resulting in creation of busi1000 apartments across Mumbai, Talegaon, Pune,
ness opportunities and jobs for almost all sections
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Kolkata.
of the society.
• For the launch period, Tata Value Homes would
• The domain was developed by the joint efforts of
offer a benefit to the customers who book the home
National Internet Exchange of India and Centre
through Snapdeal. In this, customers would get
for Development of Advanced Computing. For
10000 rupees per month for one year as assured
creation of the domain, they have worked on it
rent after the possession of the home. It is left on
for last two years.
customers to stay on premise or lease it out.
• Comment: The newly domain Dot Bharat would
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs apreplace the commonly used top domains like .com,
proved Urea Production from Naphta
.in, .net and others. It would also give a push to
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on
creation of website content in local languages as
27 August 2014 approved the continuation of prowell.
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Obituary
duction of urea from 3 plants by using existing
feedstock Naphtha for three months beyond 30
June 2014, that is from 1 July 2014 to 30 Septem- Pran Kumar Sharma passed away
ber 2014.
The three plants are:
• Indian cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, popularly
known as Pran, passed away on 5 August 2014 at
– Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) Manali
the age of 75. He was the creator of iconic Indian
– Manglore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd
cartoon characters such as Chacha Chaudhary and
(MCFL) Mangalore
his friend Sabu, Shrimatiji, Pinki, Billoo, Raman
and Channi Chachi.
– Southern Petrochemical Industries Corpora-
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tion (SPIC) Tuticorin
• He created the character ‘Dabbu’ for a Delhi-based
newspaper ‘Milap’. His most famous character
was Chacha Chaudhary which was first published
in 1969 in ‘Lotpot’, a famous Hindi magazine.
• Later (in 1981) all his characters were given shelf
space in Gulshan Rai’s Diamond Comics and this
publication became almost synonymous with Pran
and his comic characters.
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of urea is calculated. The selling price of urea is
fixed at 5360 rupees per tonne.
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These three units would help Indian farmers in
meeting the urea requirement in the ongoing
Kharif season. This decision will ensure food
security of the country.
ONGC board approved 5219 crore rupees in- Yoga guru BKS Iyengar passed away
vestment in Daman gas fields
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• State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)
on 29 August 2014 announced to invest 5219 crore
rupees for the production of Daman gas fields in
the Arabian Sea.
• World-renowned yoga guru and founder of the
Iyengar School of Yoga BKS Iyengar passed away
on 20th August 2014 at the age of 96-year-old.
• Iyengar, honoured with Padma Vibhushan, is the
highest civilian award.
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• The investment will be made towards Daman Development project to enhance production of natural gas and condensate in its Tapti Daman Block Squash Legend of Pakistan Hashim Khan
in Arabian Sea by the mid of 2016.
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• The project is located about 90-100 kilometer from
Daman coast and includes additional development
of C-24 field and monetization of B-12 marginal
fields (B-12-11, B-12-13 and B-12-15). Once operational, it will give output of 8.35 million standard
cubic meters per day of gas and 9286 barrels of
condensate per day.
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• The cumulative production till 2034-35 is targeted at 27.67 billion cubic meters (BCM) of
gas and 5.01 million cubic meters of condensate.
The project is scheduled for completion by premonsoon 2019.
• The project envisages installation of seven well
head platforms, one riser platform with associated
pipelines and drilling of 28 wells.
• Squash Legend of Pakistan Hashim Khan died. He
died on 18th august due to congestive heart failure. He was believed to be 100, in Aurora, Colorado. He was born in Nawakille near Peshawar
in Pakistan in 1914.
• In 1942, Khan became a squash coach at a British
Air Force officers’ mess. In 1944, he won the first
All-of-India squash championship in Bombay, and
successfully defended this title for the next two
years.
• When Pakistan became an independent state, he
was appointed a squash professional at the Pakistan Air Force, and won the first Pakistani squash
championship in 1949.
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James Foley passed away
• He received Padma Bhushan Award in 2010 in the
field of Literature and Education. He was also
awarded Itihas Ratna on his 86th birthday in December 2013 by the Asiatic Society of Bihar.
• James Foley is the American journalist who was
killed by the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria (ISIS) by beheading, as shown in a video
released by the militants on 19 August 2014.
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• The militants of the Islamic State had released a
horrific video which contained the beheading of
Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2014
U.S. freelance photojournalist James Foley.
About Ramon Magsaysay Awards
• The White House on 20 August 2014 authenti• Ramon Magsaysay Awards were established in
cated the video as real. James Foley thus became
1957 and are named after popular Philippine Presthe first American citizen to be formally executed
ident Ramon Magsaysay who died in a 1957 plane
under the ISIS establishment.
crash. These awards are often known as the ‘Nobel
Prize of Asia’.
Oscar Winning Actor Robin Williams passed
away
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• Robin Williams was remarkably known for his accurate impersonations. He will be remembered
for his crazy comic personality and great dramatic
performances hereafter.
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• Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin
Williams died in Tiburon, California on 11
August 2014. He was 63.
• An important feature of these annual prizes is that
they are awarded only to personalities from Asia.
Magsaysay Awards were first awarded in 1958.
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• The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for
year 2014 were announced on 31 July 2014 and
it included six winners.
• Education is a big theme in this year’s awards,
with two individuals who have dedicated their lives
to educating indigenous communities a Filipino
and an Indonesian and a Pakistani organization
that builds schools for girls, among the 6 awardees.
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• Legendary actress Lauren Bacall, an icon of Hollywood’s died on August 12th who lit up the silver
screen in a series of classic movies opposite her
Winners:
husband Humphrey Bogart, has died at the age of
• Hu Shuli (China)
89.
He is a Chinese investigative journalist whose work
has led to the ouster of corrupt officials. He is the
Noted Historian Bipan Chandra died
founder and former editor of ‘Caijing’ a business
magazine famed for its ground breaking investigaNoted historian Bipan Chandra died on 30 August
tive reporting that has had a profound impact on
2014 at his residence in Gurgaon after prolonged
China.
illness. He was 86.
Dr
Bipan Chandra, former professor of history, was
considered to be a specialist in the economic and
political history of modern India and was a left
leaning historian.
He became a Member of the University Grants
Commission in 1993.
• He was the Chairman of the National Book Trust,
New Delhi from 2004 to 2012.
• Saur Marlina Manurung (Indonesia)
She was cited for “her ennobling passion to protect
and improve the lives of Indonesia’s forest people”
through jungle schools put up by her organization. An anthropologist by profession, she put up
a “Jungle School” program for children of Indonesia’s Orang Rimba, or forest people.
• Randy Halasan (The Philippines)
He was chosen for the award for serving the indigenous Matigsalug tribe. He put in huge efforts
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in teaching the children of the Matigsalug tribe Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards of
in one of the remotest mountain villages in Min- BIS announced
danao.
• The prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Quality
Awards for the year 2012 were announced by
• Wang Canfa (China)
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and
Wang Canfa founded the Center for Legal AssisPublic Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on 26 Autance to Pollution Victims, which has offered free
gust 2014. The awards are given by the Bureau of
legal services to thousands of people and provided
Indian Standards (BIS).
environmental law training to lawyers and others.
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• Omara Khan Masoudi (Afghanistan)
Masoudi was awarded for his courage in protecting
• Best of All Award: Rail Wheel factory (MinAfghan cultural heritage. At great risk to his life,
istry of Railways), Bangalore
the deputy director of the National Museum of
• Large scale service industries: Tata Business
Afghanistan in Kabul led his colleagues in moving
Support Services Limited, Hyderabad
some of the museum’s most precious objects to
safety during the Taliban’s assault on his country’s
• Large scale manufacturing industries: Sakthi
cultural treasures in the 1990s.
Masala P. Ltd., Erode, Tamil Nadu
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• The Citizen Foundation (Pakistan)
• Small scale manufacturing industries: Elin
The Citizen Foundation, a non-profit organisation
Appliances Pvt. Ltd., Solan, Himachal Pradesh
(NGO) in Pakistan founded by six business leadOther than these nine organizations have been seers, was recognized for building 1,000 schools over
lected for commendation certificates under various
hundreds of cities and towns in the country with
categories.
the world’s second highest number of children who
are out of school.
About Rajiv Gandhi National Quality
Delhi University professor Dr.Sunil Kumar
received Global South Award of IPSA
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Political Science Association (IPSA). The award
was given at the 23rd world congress of political
science held in Montreal, Canada.
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• Dr. Kumar received the award in recognition of
outstanding work on the politics of the developing world. He was awarded for his paper titled
Changing Landscape of Electoral Democracy and
Political Demography: A Study of 2014 General
Elections in India.
• He is an Associate Professor in Political Science
Department of Shyam Lal College of Delhi Univeristy.
• The first Global South Award was bagged by Aam
Aadmi Party leader Yogendra Yadav in 2009.
Awards
• The Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award is the
national quality award given by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to Indian manufacturing and
service organizations that show excellence in their
performance. It was introduced in 1991 after the
death of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv
Gandhi.
• The award aims to promote quality services to the
consumers and to give special recognition to organizations that contribute significantly towards the
quality movement of India.
• There are five awards consisting of one for
large scale manufacturing organizations, one for
Medium, Small and Micro scale manufacturing organizations, one for large scale service sector organizations, one for Medium, Small and Micro scale
service sector organizations and one for BEST OF
ALL.
• These awards carry a cash prize of 500000 rupees
for BEST OF ALL category, 200000 rupees for
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Dronacharya Awards For 2014
Dronacharya Awards is presented to eminent Coaches
who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams
and helped them to achieve outstanding results in international competitions. Dronacharya Awards carry a
cash prize of 5 lakh rupees, a statuette and a citation.
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• The academy noted his films such as Carmen
Jones, Odds Against Tomorrow and The World,
the Flesh and the Devil strived to bring attention
to the injustices of racism and inequality. He will
recieve the award in November 2014.
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each winner in respective categories and 100000 The awardees of Arjuna Awards 2014 were:
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Discipline
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Jai Bhagwan
Boxing
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V. Diju
Shuttler
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Heena Sidhu
Shooter
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Abhishek Verma
Archery
5
Tintu Luka
Athletics
US actor Harry Belafonte to receive Jean
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H. N. Girisha
Para-Athletics
Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar Award
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Geethu Anna Jose
Basketball
8
R. Ashwin
Cricket
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Anirban Lahiri
Golf
• US actor and singer Harry Belafonte was named
10
Saji Thomas
Rowing
for honorary Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar
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Saji Thomas
Rowing
Award on 29 August 2014. Jean Hersholt Human12
Anaka Alankamony
Squash
itarian Oscar Award is one of the three Governor’s
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Tom Joseph
Volleyball
Award given by the Academy of Motion Pictures
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Renubala Chanu
Weightlifting
Arts and Sciences for lifetime achievement.
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Sunil Kumar Rana
Wrestling
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Gurcharan Singh Gogi
Judo
sportsperson on 29 August 2014 at Rashtrapati
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G. Manoharan
Boxing
Bhavan, New Delhi. The awards were presented
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Jose Jacob
Rowing
on the occasion of National Sports Day.
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N. Lingappa
Athletics
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Mahabir Prasad
Wrestling
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• No sportsperson was selected for Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna Award in 2014.
List of awards and awardees:
Arjuna Awards
Arjuna Awards is given to sportspersons for their
consistent outstanding performance for 4 years
preceding the year of award. Arjuna Awards carry
a cash prize of 5 lakh rupees, a statuette and a citation.
DhyanChand Awards
DhyanChand Awards for Lifetime Achievement in
Sports and Games is presented to the sportspersons
who contributed to sports by their performance and
continue to contribute by promoting sports even after taking retirement from sports career. DhyanChand
Awards carry a cash prize of 5 lakh rupees, a statuette
and a citation.
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The awardees of Dhyanchand Awards 2014 The awardees of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
were:
Puruskar 2014 were:
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National
Adventure
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Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award is honoured to sportspersons for their outstanding achievement in the field of adventure activities. The award
carries a statuette, a certificate, ceremonial dress and
a cash prize of 5 lakh rupees.
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Community SportsIdentification And
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Establishment And
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Other Forms Of
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Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is presented to recognize the contribution made to sports by entities other
than sportspersons and coaches. The recipients of
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar are awarded with
Trophies.
The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy is presented to
the institutions for their all round performance in InterUniversity Tournaments. The winner receives a replica
of the Trophy and a cash award of 10 lakh rupees which
is further utilized for development of games and sports.
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Year
2013-14
Appointments
New Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
• K.V. Chowdary is the 1978-batch officer belonging
to the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
• He was working as the Member (Investigations) of
the direct taxes revenue collection board till now
and succeeded R.K. Tewari who retired on 31 July
2014.
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• Maitreyan has also been removed from the post
of the leader of the Medical wing.
Mrs.
Sasikala Pushpa has been named the Whip of the
AIADMK party in the Rajya Sabha.
• CBDT is the top policy making body of the Income Tax department and is constituted of six
members apart from the Chairman.
New CEO and MD of Infosys
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• A press release from the party also stated
that Dr.P.Venugopal would be the leader of
the AIADMK Parliamentary party in the Lok
Sabha.N.Ramachandran has been nominated as
the whip of the party in the Lok Sabha.
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• Vishal Sikka is the fifth head of the company.
• He replaced S.D. Shibulal, who was among the cofounders of Infosys founded in 1981.
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• Four earlier CEOs of the company were N.R. Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the Presidential
Narayan Murthy (1981 to 2002), Nandan Nilekani election
(2002 to 2007) and S. Gopalakrishnan (2007 to
• Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
2011).
won the Presidential election held in the country.
• Sikka is the first CEO to be outsourced from out• These elections were a watershed event in countrys
side the organisation.
91-year history. Because this was the first-ever
direct presidential elections in the country.
• Muzaffar Ali, the noted filmmaker was chosen for
the 22nd edition of the Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award.
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• Muzaffar Ali is known for directing the classic Bollywood film ‘Umrao Jaan’. He is also known for
his social work and Sufi poetry.
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• The award is given in the memory of late Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi and is given for outstanding contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill.
• The Turkish president was previously chosen by
parliament, but a 2010 referendum gave Turks the
power to choose the head of state by direct vote.
With 99% of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had
51.95% of the vote.
• Opposition candidate Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, a
former diplomat and academic had 38.34% and the
third candidate, Selahattin Demirtas, had 9.71%.
60-year Erdogan old has been in power since 2003.
• Barred by party rules from seeking a fourth term
as prime minister, he has faced multiple challenges
to his 11-year rule, amid growing opposition to
his authoritarian style. A clear victory in these
elections is expected to solidify his hold on Turkey.
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• It carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh apart from a
citation. Recipients of the award include Mother
Teresa, K.R. Narayanan, Ustad Bismillah Khan, IDFC appoints Ravi Shankar as head of
Lata Mangeshkar, Sunil Dutt, Dilip Kumar, Ustad Bharat Banking
Amjad Ali Khan and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.
• Ravi Shankar joined infrastructure finance company IDFC as the head of Bharat Banking with
effect. IDFC, which recently bagged a commercial
Jayalalithaa appoints P.Venugopal as Parliabanking licence, plans to start bank operations by
mentary party leader in LS
October next year.
• AIADMK Party Chief Jayalalithaa has appointed
• With about 29 years of experience across sectors,
A.Navaneethakrishnan as the leader of the ParShankar will be responsible for conceptualizing
liamentary party in the Rajya Sabha and has reand building the rural and inclusion business at
moved Dr.Maitreyan who had been holding the
IDFC Bank.
post for quiet a long time.
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• Prior to IDFC, Shankar was head of business and Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi selected as the
marketing at Fullerton India Credit Co Ltd and Chairman of the Estimates Committee
Senior Vice-President at TNS India Pvt Ltd.Prior
• Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi selected as the Chairto IDFC, Shankar was head of business and marman of the Estimates Committee of Parliament
keting at Fullerton India Credit Co Ltd and Senior
by the Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
Vice-President at TNS India Pvt Ltd.
• The Estimates Committee consists of 30 members,
all from Lok Sabha, who are elected by Lok Sabha
every year from amongst its members.
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• He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a
post-graduate diploma in management.
Haider al-Abadi named as New Iraqi Prime
Minister
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• The main function of this committee is to suggest alternative policies in order to bring about
efficiency and economy in govt. administration.
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• The purpose of this move is to ensure country’s
security which collapsed during rule of Nuri alMaliki, Prime Minister of Iraq since 2006. It was
believed that Maliki’s policies were partly responsible for the violence that has gripped Iraq badly.
• She was appointed as Chairperson of UPSC by the
President Pranab Mukherjee. She replaced Prof.
D P Agrawal who completed his six-year tenure as
Chairman of UPSC.
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• Before being nominated for the post of Iraqi Prime
Minister, Haider al-Abadi was deputy parliament
speaker. He was nominated for the post by the
Iraqi National Alliance, a coalition of Shia parties.
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• Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum named
Haider al-Abadi as the new Iraqi Prime Minister.
Masum has given thirty days to Haider al-Abadi Rajni Razdan takes over as new UPSC chief
to form the next government and present it for the
• Rajni Razdan became the new Chairperson of the
approval of parliament.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
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Executive Director of the Bharatiya Mahila
Bank
• SM Swathi was till now the General Manager
of Corporation Bank. She headed important
branches, zones and other offices during her tenure
in Corporation Bank.
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the Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
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• She took the charge on 14 August 2014.
• He was appointed as Chairman of UPSC on 2008.
She will serve as UPSC Chairperson for next six
years. She had joined as UPSC member 2010.
AFI president Sumariwala to be Chef-deMission for Asian Games
• Athletics Federation of India President Adille
Sumariwala has been appointed the Chef-deMission of the Indian contingent for next month’s
Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
Note:
• India won 65 medals in the 2010 Asian Games in
Guangzhou in China with 12 medals (5 gold, 2
silver, 5 bronze) coming from athletics.
Dr
Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan to head K V Thomas takes over as new PAC Chairthe Expenditure Management Commission man
• The Union Government decided to appoint former
RBI governor Bimal Jalan as the head of the Expenditure Management Commission.
• Senior Congress leader K V Thomas took over
as the new Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee.
• He would be tasked to suggest ways for managing
public finances by reducing food, fertiliser and oil
subsidies to include fiscal deficit.
• The key committee, which examines CAG reports
after they are tabled in Parliament, will hold its
first meeting next week.
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• The CEA’s post has been vacant since last
September after Dr. Raghuram Rajan took over
as Reserve Bank Governor. The Modi Government that has the economy’s revival high on its
agenda presented its maiden Budget last month
without a full-time senior economist on-board.
• The post of the PAC Chairman is held by a senior
member of the Opposition party. Murli Manohar
Joshi (BJP) was the Chairman of the PAC in the
last Lok Sabha.
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• The PAC, constituted every year, consists of not
more than 22 members 15 members elected by
the Lok Sabha and not more than seven members
from the Rajya Sabha.
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• The appointment could also give the Centre’s war
on food price rise a key strategist as the CEA normally heads the Inter-Ministerial Group on inflation, of course if the Modi Government decides to
retain it
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• The PAC’s controversial 2011 draft report on the
2G scam, which had strongly indicted former Telecom Minister A Raja and come down heavily on Managing Director (MD) of public-sector
the PMO and the Cabinet Secretariat for not tak- based MRPL
ing “corrective action”, continued to be on its ‘un• H. Kumar was appointed as the Managing Direcfinished agenda’ for three years.
tor (MD) of public-sector based Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL).
Chief Prayuth Chan-ocha elected new PM
• Thailand coup leader, Army Chief Prayuth Chanocha, has been elected Prime Minister of Thailand.
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• He was backed by 191 members of the 197-strong
junta-picked national assembly, with three abstentions and three voters absent.
• He replaced PP Upadhya, who retired as MD
of MRPL. Kumar was till now posted as the
Executive Director (corporate strategy and planning) of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).
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• MRPL is an oil refinery established in 1993 at
Mangalore (Karnataka). It is a subsidiary of
ONGC.
• No assembly member opposed the selection of the
army chief, who was the sole candidate for the
post.
Shah Rukh Khan became Ambassador of
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• Prayuth seized power from an elected government Turn Back Crime campaign of Interpol
in a bloodless coup, shortly after Yingluck Shi• Shah Rukh Khan on 27 August 2014 became the
nawatra was dismissed as Prime Minister in a conAmbassador of Turn Back Crime campaign of Introversial court ruling.
terpol. This was revealed from a statement released from Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France.
Note:
The campaign will promote awareness on how ev• Prayuth seized power from an elected government
eryone can play a role in preventing crime.
in a bloodless coup, shortly after Yingluck Shi• He, thus, became first Indian to become the amnawatra was dismissed as Prime Minister in a conbassador of Interpol. As part of the Campaign,
troversial court ruling.
Shah Rukh will lend his voice to help spread the
message that all of society benefits when citizens
Arvind Subramanian all set to be the Chief
respect the law and fight crime.
Economic Advisor (CEA)
• The Modi Government is likely to name Arvind
Subramanian, the Dennis Weatherstone Senior
Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International
Economics and senior fellow at the Centre for
Global Development as its Chief Economic Advisor (CEA).
• Shah Rukh joined a club of actors who have been
the ambassador for the campaign. These include
Hollywood actor Jackie Chan, footballer Lionel
Messi, Formula 1 racing drivers Fernando Alonso
and Kimi Raikkonen in addition to law enforcement agencies around the world.
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Science and Technology
• He announced his retirement on 30 July 2014 during the ODI series against Sri Lanka.
GPS IIF 7 launched
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• GPS IIF-7 the latest Global Positioning System 20th Common Wealth Games
(GPS) satellite of the United States (U.S.) that
• On August the curtains were raised on the 20th
was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force StaCommonwealth Games 2014 held at Glasgow
tion.
(Scotland).
• This satellite has an expected service life of twelve
• England was placed at first spot in the medals tally
years and will replace USA-132 (GPS IIR-2),
with a haul of 58 gold, 59 silver and 57 bronze
which was the first Block IIR satellite to enter sermedals.
vice and was launched in July 1997.
• Australia followed with 49 gold, 42 silver and 46
bronze medals while Canada was at third place
with 32 gold medals.
ISEE-3 completed its visit
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• The decision to make the GPS available to civilian
users was taken by Ronald Reagan in 1983, after
269 people were killed when a Korean airliner became lost and strayed into Soviet airspace, where
it was shot down.
• England finished at the top in the medals tally for
the first time since Commonwealth Games of 1986
(Edinburgh).
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• The ISEE-3 spacecraft made its closest approach
to the earth and a flyby of the moon. Its closest
approach was 15,600 km from the moon’s surface.
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• In an unprecedented move, NASA formally
handed over control of ISEE-3 to a private “ISEE3 Reboot Project”, which was formed through a
crowd-funding project.
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Retirement of Jaques Kallis
• From 1990 Australia dominated six Games till
19th Commonwealth Games in 2010.
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some GPS signals are also made freely available
for civilian navigation and the network is used by
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• GPS IIF-7 is the part of the US Air Forces Global
Positioning System (GPS), a program aimed at
providing worldwide navigational data which began in the 1970s.
• India was placed at fifth placed (after England,
Australia, Canada and hosts Scotland respectively). India won 15 gold medals, 30 silver medals
and 19 bronze medals.
• India’s total medal tally was thus 64, which is
far less than the 19th Commonwealth Games of
2010 at New Delhi, where India won a total of 101
medals.
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• Gold Coast City is situated in the Queensland
province of Australia. The city would host the
21stCommonwealth Games from April 2018. The
hosting rights to Gold Coast City were awarded in
November 2011. It thus would be the fifth hosting
of these games in Australia, with the earlier stagings in 1938 (Sydney), 1962 (Perth), 1982 (Brisbane), and 2006 (Melbourne).
• Rajeev Mehta, the Secretary General of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was arrested at
the ongoing Commonwealth Games on charges of
drunken driving.
• During his illustrious career, spanning nearly two
decades, Kallis played a total of 519 internationals
in which he scored 25,534 runs with 62 centuries
and took 577 wickets, besides 338 catches.
• On the other hand unattached wrestling referee,
Virender Malik, was arrested for a more serious
charge of sexual assault. The two were not staying
with the Indian contingent at the Commonwealth
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• Jaques Kallis was one of the greatest all-rounders
of all time in the game of cricket. He was on par
with the likes of Imran Khan, Ian Botham and
Kapil Dev.
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• Prakash Nanjappa: Men’s 10 metre air pistol
shooting
Games Village. The arrest of the two of officials
left the Indian contingent thoroughly embarrassed.
• Ayonika Paul: Women’s 10 metre air rifle shooting
Indian winners in Common Wealth Games
Gold:
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• Shreyasi Singh: Women’s double trap shooting
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• Sanjita Khumukchan:
weightlifting
• Anisa Sayyed: Women’s 25 metre pistol shooting
• Ravi Katulu: Men’s 77 kg weightlifting
• Abhinav Bindra: Men’s 10 metre air rifle shooting
• Gurpal Singh: Men’s 50 metre pistol shooting
• Gagan Narang:
shooting
• Apurvi Chandela: Women’s 10 metre air rifle
shooting
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• Harpreet Singh: Men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol
shooting
Women’s freestyle 48 kg
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• Vinesh Phogat:
wrestling
• Sanjeev Rajput: Men’s 50 metre rifle 3 positions
shooting
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• Satish Sivalingam: Men’s 77 kg weightlifting
• Amit Kumar: Men’s freestyle 57 kg wrestling
Men’s 50 metre rifle prone
• Vikas Thakur: Men’s 85 kg weightlifting
• Rahi Sarnobat: Women’s 25 metre pistol shooting
• Jitu Rai: Men’s 50 metre pistol shooting
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• Sukhen Dey: Men’s 56 kg weightlifting
• Rajeev Tomar: Men’s freestyle 125 kg wrestling
• Lalita: Women’s freestyle 53 kg wrestling
• Bajrang: Men’s freestyle 61 kg wrestling
• Sakshi Malik: Women’s freestyle 58 kg wrestling
• Babita Kumari:
wrestling
• Satywart Kadian:
wrestling
Dutt:
Women’s freestyle 55 kg
Men’s freestyle 65 kg
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wrestling
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• Sushil Kumar: Men’s freestyle 74 kg wrestling
• Geetika Jakhar:
wrestling
Men’s freestyle 97 kg
Women’s freestyle 63 kg
• Vikas Gowda: Men’s discus throw athletics
• Seema Punia: Women’s discus throw athletics
• Vikas Gowda: Women’s doubles squash
• Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony
Amalraj: Men’s doubles table tennis
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• Parupalli Kashyap: Men’s singles badminton
• Mirabai Chanu Saikhom:
weightlifting
• L. Sarita Devi: Women’s 57-60 kg boxing
• L. Devendro Singh: Men’s 49 kg boxing
Women’s 48 kg
• Mandeep Jangra: Men’s 69 kg boxing
• Rajinder Rahelu: Men’s heavyweight powerlifting
• Shushila Likmabam: Men’s 60 kg judo
• Vijender Singh: Men’s 75 kg boxing
• Malaika Goel: Women’s 10 metre air pistol
shooting
• India: Men’s hockey
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• Shushila Likmabam: Women’s 48 kg judo
• Santoshi Matsa: Women’s 53 kg weightlifting
• Jwala Gutta and Ashwini
Women’s doubles badminton
Ponnappa:
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Bronze:
• Tsonga improved to 5-11 against Federer. Federer dropped to 2-5 in finals this season, with his
victories coming in Dubai and Halle.
• Ganesh Mali:Men’s 56 kg weightlifting
• Kalpana Thoudam:Women’s 52 kg judo
• The Swiss star made several uncharacteristic errors and had a hard time with Tsonga’s powerful serve and ground strokes. The first set was a
rather choppy affair.
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• Swati Singh: Women’s 53 kg weightlifting
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• Rajwinder Kaur: Women’s +78 kg judo
• Omkar Otari: Men’s 69 kg weightlifting
Archery World Cup: Deepika Kumari-led
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• Mohammed Asab: Men’s double trap shooting women’s archery recurve team wins gold
• Punam Yadav: Women’s 63 kg weightlifting
• World number two Deepika Kumari bagged a Gold
and two Bronze medals, as India finished the
Archery World Cup Stage IV in Wroclaw, Poland
with a total of 5 medals.
• Manavjit Sandhu: Men’s trap shooting
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• Gagan Narang: Men’s 50 metre rifle 3 positions
shooting
• The Gold came in the Recurve Women’s Team
event which saw Deepika, Bombayala Devi
Lashram and Lakshmi Rani Manji beat Mexico,
6-0 in the final.
• Chandrakant Mali: Men’s 94 kg weightlifting
• Navjot Kaur: Women’s freestyle 69 kg wrestling
Women’s vault gymnastics
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• Pawan Kumar: Men’s freestyle 86 kg wrestling
• Pinki Jangra: Women’s 48-51 kg boxing
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• P.V. Sindhu: Women’s singles badminton
• R.M.V. Gurusaidutt: Men’s singles badminton
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• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the Rogers Cup, beating
second-seeded Roger Federer 7-5 7-6 (3) for his
fourth straight victory over a higher-seeded opponent.
• The 13th-seeded Frenchman won his first ATP
Tour title of the season and 11th overall.
• He beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic , eighthseeded Andy Murray and seventh-seeded Grigor
Dimitrov.
• Deepika, however, settled for a Bronze in the Recurve Individual event and the Recurve Mixed
team pair event in which she partnered with
Jayanta Talukdar.
India complete clean sweep in hockey series
• India have made a clean sweep of the three-match
hockey series against Bangladesh. Continuing
their dominating performance, the men’s hockey
team defeated Bangladesh 3-1 in the third and final match in Dhaka. item India had taken a winning lead by clinching the second encounter played
by a 5-1 margin.
Former Hockey Captain Ajitpal Singh to
head Dronacharya Award Selection Committee
• Three-time Olympian and former Hockey Captain
Ajitpal Singh was selected as the Chairman of the
Dronacharya Award Selection Committee.
• The committee will have 15 members, including
12 eminent sportspersons and three officials. The
three officials – Director General of the Sports Authority of India and a joint secretary and deputy
secretary from the ministry – will also be in the
committee.
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• More than 350 athletes are expected to participate
in the championship.The top five finishers will get
a chance to participate in World Bodybuilding and
Physique Championship to be held at Balewadi
Stadium in Pune.
• The Dronacharya award is scheduled to be presented on 29 August 2014 (National Sports Day).
The Committee will recommend the deserving
sportspersons for the prestigious awards and a final decision vests with Union Sports Minister Sarbanand Sonowal.
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• Miihier finished fourth in the last edition of the
tournament held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in
2013 and represented India at the 5th World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships at
Budapest, Hungary in November 2011.
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• In 2013, the Dronacharya Award Selection
Committee was headed by Mountaineer HPS
Ahluwalia.
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• Dronacharya Award instituted in 1985 by Gov- Indian Men thrash Bangladesh 5-1 in the
ernment of India recognizes excellence in sports
second hockey match at Dhaka
coaching. The award comprises a bronze statuette
• The Indian Men’s Hockey team thrashed
of Dronacharya, a scroll of honour and a cash comBangladesh 5-1 in the Second Test played
ponent of 500000 rupees.
at Dhaka. With the win, India clinched the
three-match test series against the hosts.
Kapil Dev to head Arjuna Award selection
committee
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third and last match of the series.The goal scorers
• Former India cricket captain Kapil Dev will
for India were: Harjeet Singh, Yuvraj Walmiki,
head the Arjuna Awards selection committee for
SK Uthappa, Devender Sunil Walmiki and Affan
choosing this year’s outstanding sportspersons of
Yousuf.
the country while former hockey skipper Ajitpal
Singh is likely to be in charge of selecting the
Dronacharya awardees.
Kumar Sangakkara broke cricketing-great
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in his 16-year-long career, got the Arjuna in 1980,
• Kumar Sangakkara struck his 10th double hunformer Olympian Ajitpal was conferred the Award
dred in Galle (Sri Lanka) in the first innings of
in 1970, and awarded it in 1972.
the first Test match against Pakistan.
• A source in the sports ministry said the government had issued a notification in writing to all
persons concerned. The awards will be conferred
on National Sports Day which is August 29.
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• Each committee will have 15 members, including
12 eminent sportspersons and three officials.
• With this double century he broke the record of
nine double centuries made by West Indian Brian
Lara.
• The knock also put him two behind the great Don
Bradman. However, he managed to break the Australian’s 66-year-old record for most scores of 190
plus.
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• The three officials – director general of the Sports
Authority of India and a joint secretary and
deputy secretary from the ministry – will be on R Ashwin ranked no. 1 Test all-rounder; Inboth committees.
dia slipped to 4th position: ICC Test Rank-
Miihier Singh to represent India at 48th
Asian Bodybuilding Championship
• Miihier Singh, who won the Mr India title this
year, will represent the country in the 48th
Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship.The event is to be held at Macau in China.
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• India’s Ravichandran Ashwin was ranked number
one Test all-rounder in ICC Test team rankings
released on 11 August 2014. He was ranked at the
top after his fine show with the bat in the fourth
cricket Test against England played in Manchester.
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• The Award Committee which was headed by the
Speaker of Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar, recommended these names, which were accepted by executive committee of the Indian Parliamentary
Group.
• He successfully scored 40 and 46 not out at the Old
Trafford though India lost the Test by an innings
and 54 runs. The latest ICC Test ranking was
released in Dubai.
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• Ashwin the Indian off-spinner with 372 rating
points displaced South Africa’s Vernon Philander
(365) at the top of the ICC Player Rankings for World Chess Olympiad
Test all-rounders.
• India created history by winning the bronze medal
in the 41st World Chess Olympiad held in Norway.
• Apart from this, India slipped to fourth position
behind South Africa, Australia and Pakistan in
• This was for the first time India won a medal in
the Test team rankings for its dismal performance
the Chess Olympiad. China won the gold medal
against England in two test matches one after an(open category) in this edition of Chess Olympiad.
other. England is placed at fifth position in the
ranking.
• 41st edition of Chess Olympiad was held at Troms,
a northern city in Norway. China won the gold
• As per the released test rankings, Africa leads the
medal in the open category for the first time by
ICC Test team ranking with 124 points followed
defeating Poland 3-1 in the 11th and last round.
by Australia with 123 points, Pakistan with 103
points. However, India has slipped to fourth posi• Hungary clinched the silver in open category while
tion with 102 points.
India won bronze medal after crushing Uzbekistan
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• Miroslav Klose of Germany announced his retirement from international football.He was the part
of Germany team that won the FIFA World Cup
2014 held in Brazil. During the FIFA World Cup
2014, he scored 2 goals taking his total goals in
all the editions of World Cup to 16. With this
he became the leading goal scorer in World Cup
overtaking 15 goals scored by Ronaldo of Brazil.
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• He also is the all-time top scorer for Germany with
71 goals in 137 appearances.
3.5-0.5 in the final round. Indian players who represented the country in open category included
Parimarjan Negi, Sethuraman, Sasikiran, Adhiban
and Lalith Babu.
• Top three spots in women category were claimed
by Russia, China and Ukraine respectively. Chess
Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which
teams from all over the world compete against
each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which
selects the host nation. Total number of 1,570
players participated at the 41st edition of Chess
Olympiad, with 881 in the open and 689 in the
women’s section.
Ravichandran Ashwin nominated for 2014
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• Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav Se- Arjuna Award
lected for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award.
• Offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been nomi• The Parliamentary Award Committee selected
nated for the 2014 Arjuna Award for his perforBJP leader Arun Jaitley, Congress MP Karan
mances as India’s leading spinner.
Singh and JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav for Outstand• The Tamil Nadu player, who made his Test deing Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and
but in 2011, was part of India’s World Cup vic2012 respectively.
tory that year and recently became the number
• Arun Jaitley and Karan Singh are the members of
one allrounder in the ICC rankings.
Rajya Sabha from Gujarat and Delhi respectively.
• In the Test rankings, Ashwin displaced South
Sharad Yadav, on the other hand is a member of
Africa’s Vernon Philander at the number one spot.
Lok Sabha from Madhepura, Bihar.
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• The 27-year-old Ashwin has been India’s premier
offspinner for the last few years and he has taken
104 Test wickets from 20 matches and 106 scalps
from 79 ODIs.
About Federation Cup
• The Federation Cup is an annual club level football tournament of India. It was started in
1977.Presently it is the most important club tournament after the I-League to which it has become
a de facto League Cup.
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Kush Kumar became first Indian player to
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Championship
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• The winning club of the Federation Cup gets a
chance to compete in the continental level in AFC
Cup.The current holders of the Federation Cup are
Churchill Brothers which defeated Sporting Clube
de Goa by 31 in the 2014 final held in Kochi.
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• Kush Kumar on became the first Indian player
to reach the semi-final of World Junior Squash
Championship. The championship is being held
in Windhoek, Namibia.
Jayawardene ends test career in near-perfect
style
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• Mahela Jayawardene ended his illustrious 17-year
test career in near perfect style in the whitewash
win for Sri Lanka against Pakistan. A half-century
at his home ground, another century stand with
his friend and favourite batting partner Kumar
Sangakkara, capped with his teammates carrying
him off the field on their shoulders.
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• He achieved this feat when he defeated England’s Dutch teenager Max Verstappen to become
George Parker 11-8, 11-8 in straight games in youngest Formula One driver
quarterfinal of the WSF World Junior Individual
• Max Verstappen of Netherlands will become the
Squash Championship. From the outset, Kumar
youngest Formula One (F1) driver in the F1 hishad a firm control of the proceedings, getting his
tory when he will compete for the 2015 season. For
drive on direction and drops to perfection.
the 2015 season he will make the F1 debut with
Scuderia Toro Rosso.
• Verstappen currently racing in Formula Three is
the son of former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen,
who had contested for 106 Grands Prix for teams
such as Benetton and Tyrrell between 1994 and
2003.
• The youngest driver to earn a Championship point
is Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat, who was 19 when
he finished ninth in this season’s opening race in
Australia. The Russian will be Verstappen’s teammate in 2015.
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• In retirement he will be preparing a special place
in his trophy cabinet for his 15-year test cap as
he turns his attention to playing at next year’s
World Cup, before quitting international cricket Ravi Shastri appointed as the Team Director
of the Indian cricket team
altogether.
• Ravi Shastri was appointed as the Team Direc• Jayawardene made his debut against India in 1997
tor of the Indian cricket team by the BCCI for
as a 20-year-old and scored a half-century in his
the upcoming ODI series against England, a decifirst innings which largely went unnoticed because
sion which virtually sidelined Chief Coach Duncan
of Sri Lankas record breaking 952-6 with Sanath
Fletcher.
Jayasuriya (340) and Roshan Mahanama (225) in
a 576-run partnership.
• While Fletcher will continue as the head coach of
the team, the shake-up is a clear indication that
his wings will be clipped.
Jammu and Kashmir to host Football Fed-
eration Cup in August 2015
• The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced that Jammu and Kashmir will host Football Federation Cup in August 2015.
• Under pressure to act after India’s disastrous performance in the Test series, the BCCI also appointed former players Sanjay Bangar and Bharat
Arun as assistant coaches and R. Sridhar as the
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fielding coach as it revamped the team manage- Lifter Rahul bags first gold for India at
ment.
Youth Olympics
• Weightlifter Ragala Venkat Rahul bagged India’s
first medal of the second Youth Olympic Games
in Nanjing, China.
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• BCCI also gave a “break to bowling coach Joe
Dawes and fielding coach Trevor Penny for the upcoming ODI series.
• In the 77 kg category, Rahul won the Silver by
lifting 141 kgs in Snatch, and 175 kgs in Clean
and Jerk to finish with a total of 316 kgs. This was
also India’s first medal in Weightlifting in Youth
Olympics.
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Australian Cyril Baldock is oldest to swim
English Channel
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• Australian Cyril Baldock has set the world record
for the oldest person to swim the English Channel.
• India had won eight medals, 6 Silver and 2 Bronze,
in the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010 in Singapore.
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• The 70 year old Bondi Surf Life Saving Club member completed the swim between England and
France in 12 hours and 45 minutes.
India maintain its 2nd position in ICC ODI
• It was his second Channel swim, after first com- team rankings
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new Associate Member
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welcoming on board Hockey Madhya Pradesh under its wings.
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statement.
• India has maintained its second position in the latest ICC ODI team rankings after Australia despite
not having played ODIs for quite some time.
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pleting the test considered the Everest of swimming in 1985, when he became the fifth Australian
to do so.
• Australia has 115 points while India has 112 points
followed closely by South Africa and Sri Lanka
with 111 points each.
• Among the batsmen, Virat Kohli is placed third
while skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is sixth and
Shikhar Dhawan is ranked eleventh in the ranking
list.
• Hashim Amla is at the top followed by AB Devillliers. Amoong the bowlers, India’s Ravindra
Jadeja is placed fifth while Ashwin is at 18th place.
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• Speaking on the newly formed Hockey Madhya Samsung unveiled 12 Sports Ratnas for the
Pradesh, HI Secretary General Narinder Batra Incheon Asian Games
said, ”I welcome Hockey Madhya Pradesh to the
• Samsung Electronics Company Limited on 27 Aufamily of Hockey India and we look forward to
gust 2014 announced the names of 12 Samsung
them to continuing their commendable work that
Sports Ratnas for 17th Asian Games which is
they have been doing since their inception as Madscheduled to be held in Incheon, South Korea in
hya Pradesh Hockey Association.
September 2014. The name of the 12 sports ratna
was unveiled with underlying theme Our Games,
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Our Pride.
• Hockey India currently has 25 permanent, 23 as• The objective of Samsung Sports Ratna program
sociate, 2 members through State Olympic Asis to nurture and develop Indian sporting talent.
sociations, 6 Academy members and 1 Hoc-Key
Member. Nitin Dhimole is the President and Lok
• Now in its fifth edition, the Samsung Sports Ratna
Bahadur is the General Secretary of the Hockey
athletes for 17th Asian Games are from five disciMadhya Pradesh.
plines
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– Wrestlers: Yogeshwar Dutt, Vinesh Phogat,
Babita Kumari
– Boxing: Devendro Singh, Mary Kom
3. Who is the new CEO of Infosys?
Ans: Vishal Sikka
4. Muzaffar Ali got Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. For which film did he get the award?
Ans: Umaro Jaan
– Badminton: P.V. Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap
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– Shooting:
Manavjit Sandhu, Abhinav
Bindra, Gagan Narang, Malaika Goel
5. How many Indian origin scientists got major mathematics awards and what is their name?
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– Archery: Deepika Kumari
Ans: 2, Manjul Bhargava and Subhash Khot
Books
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• Delhi-based 13 year old school boy Yashwardhan
Shukla authored a novel, Gods of Antarctica. The
book is fictional tale of gods and monsters. It was
put into print by the Readers Paradise publishers.
Amish Tripathis Shivas Trilogy and J K Rowlings
Harry Potter series has inspired him in writing.
Rick Riordan remains his favourite author.
6. How many Gallantary Awards were announced on
the eve of 68th Independence day on 14 August
2014?
7. Who became the first woman to bag fields medal?
Ans: Maryam Mirzakhani
8. Who won the Presidential Election of Turkish?
Ans: Recap Tayyip Erdogan
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Yashwardhan Shukla
9. Who appointed as head of Bharat Banking?
Committee
Ans: Ravi shankar
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port to Union Home Ministry on AP Capital
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Ans: Haider al-Abadi
• Sivaramakrishnan committee constituted by the
Union Government to suggest the place to build 11. Who is the Executive Director of the Bharatiya
Mahila Bank?
the capital city of Andhra Pradesh submitted its
report on 27 August 2014 to the Home Minister
Ans: SM Swathi
Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.
12. The Union Government decided to appoint former
• The committee gave options about the capital and
RBI governor ....... as the head of the Expenditure
positive and negative points of the places. But the
Management Commission
committee did not Zero in on any particular place
Ans: Bimal Jalan
for the capital. It only mentioned the availability
of lands and other factors.
13. Who got the Global South Award given by International Political Science Association (IPSA)?
• Interestingly, the committee objected Vijayawada
Ans: Dr. Sunil Kumar
to be the capital, in the context of the AP government transferring certain departments to Vi- 14. Who was selected as the Chairman of the Estimate
jayawada, declaring it as the future capital.
Committee?
Dr
AWARDS AND APPOINTMENTS
1. When did Ramon Magsaysay Awards establish?
Ans: 1957
Ans: Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
15. Who became the new Chairperson of the UPSC?
Ans: Rajni Razdan
2. Who is the new Chairman of Central Board of Di- 16. Who has been appointed the chef-de-mission for
Asian games?
rect Taxes?
Ans: K.V. Chowdary
Ans: Adille Sumariwala
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17. Who took over as new PAC Chairman?
2. Who is the Present Deputy National Security Advisor?
Ans: K V Thomas
Ans: Arvind Gupta
18. Who elected as new PM of Thailand?
19. Who became the Cheif Economic Advisor?
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3. Where did the PM dedicate two hydro power
projects in Jammu and Kashmir?
Ans: Cheif Prayuth Chan - Ocha
Ans: Leh & Kargil
4. What is the name of the project which represent
the 100 years of the First World War?
Ans: H.Kumar
Ans: Lights out
INTERNATIONAL
1. What is the name of vaccine for Ebola virus?
5. A bank in India donates Rs.9 crore to build toilets
in rural schools. What is the name of the bank?
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Ans: IDBI
Ans: Zmapp
Ans: 2020
3. ASEAN is abbreviated as
Ans: Association of Sountheast Asian Nations.
Ans: 2015 – 16
7. The special committee was headed by former
Union Home Secretary to review the security of
Indian Parliament. Who is he?
Ans: RK Singh
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4. What is the brandname of TATA-SIA Airlines?
6. Which year will be observed as water conservation
year?
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Ans: Arvind Subramanian
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Ans: Vistara
5. Where did the Hindu eco-temple open?
Ans: London
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6. Private core is a California - based cyber-secured
firm which is acquired by .........
Ans: Facebook
7. Which country has decided to join the newly
formed BRICS Bank?
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Ans: Bangladesh
8. Which country got the highest number of foreign
tourists among NE states?
Ans: Sikkim
9. Who is the author of the book named ‘Strictly Personal’ ?
Ans: Daman Singh
10. Who is the author of the book named Munger
through the ages?
Ans: DP Yadav
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8. Which country has decided to set up exclusive Eco- 11. What is the ad hoc capital of AndhraPradesh?
nomic Zone for Japan?
Ans: Vijayawada
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Ans: Bangladesh
9. Who is the Commerce Minister of Bangladesh?
Ans: Tofail Ahmed
12. A scheme is announced by PM on Independence
day for poor people to help opening bank accounts.
What is the name of the scheme?
Ans: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
NATIONAL
1. What is the newest district of Maharashtra?
Ans: Palghar
13. When will be the blue print of ‘Sansad Aadarsh
Gram Yojana’ announced?
Ans: October 11
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14. A scheme is re-launched by the government for the
benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above?
2. ............ got the highest civilian award who died
recently?
Ans: Yoga guru BKS Iyengar
Ans: Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana
3. A Pakistan sports person Hashim Khan passed
away recently. He beolngs to which sports?
Ans: Squash
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4. Who is James Foley who was killed by the militants
of the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria?
Ans: An American Journalist
18. What is the rank of India amongest top 10 wind
power producers?
Ans: 5th
19. What is the retirement age of Haryana Government?
6. .......... , an icon of Hollywood’s died on August
12th .
Aus: Lauren Bacalt
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. What is the name of the latest GPS Satellite of
the US that was launched from cape Canaveral Air
Force station?
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Ans: 58 to 60 years
Ans: Robin Williams
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Ans: 15000 cr
5. Oscar - winning Actor passed away recently. What
is his name?
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17. Union Minister, Gadkari announced for roads,
highways and shipping in Haryana. How much
money did he allot?
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Ans: Karnataka
Ans: 200 crore rupees
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20. How much money did TCS & Bharati foundation
announce to spend for clean India Campaign?
21. EAGER is abbreviated as ..........
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Ans: Early concept Grants for Exploratory Research
22. With which country did India sign MOU on Technical Cooperation in Railway?
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Ans: Czech Republic
23. What is the budget of ‘Digital India’ project?
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Ans: 1 lakh crore
24. PM dedicatd to the nation the Ranchi - Dharamjaygarh - Sipat trasmission line. Where is it?
Ans: Jharkhand
OBITUARY
1. An Indian passed away on 5th August 2014. His
name is Pran Kumar Sharma. Who is he?
Ans: Cartoonist
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16. Which state signed in MOU for rural livelihood
mission with Kerala?
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15. What is the rank of India in Global Peace Index’s
report?
Ans: GPS IIF - 7
SPORTS
1. A cricket player announced his retirement on 30
July 2014 during the ODI series against Srilanka.
What is his name?
Ans: Jaques Kallis
2. Where did 20th Commonwealth Games 2014 held?
Ans: Glasgow (Scotland)
3. Who beats Federer in Toronto final?
Ans: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
4. Who won the Archery World Cup?
Ans: Deepika Kumari
5. Who is the head of Dronacharya Award Selection
Committee?
Ans: Ajitpal Singh
6. What is the cash prize amount of Dronacharya
award?
Ans: Rs.500000
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7. Who is the Head of Arjuna Award Selection Com- 20. Hockey India inducts which state as new associate
mittee?
member?
Ans: Kapil Dev
Ans: Madhya pradesh
Ans: Miihier Singh
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8. Who will represent ‘India” in the 48th Asian Body- 21. Which weight lifter bags first Gold for India at
building and Physique Spoorts Championship?
youth olympics?
Ans: Ragala Venkat Rahul
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9. Who broke Cricketing great Sin Don Bradmans 22. What is India’s position in ICC ODI team rankrecord recently?
ings?
Ans: Kumar Sangakkra
Ans: 2nd
10. What is India’s position in ICC Test Ranking?
Ans: 4th
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11. What is the name of Germany player who annnounced his retirement from International Football?
12. Which country won the Bronze Medal in the 41st
World Chess Olympiad held in Norway?
Ans: India
13. Who has been nominated for 2014 Arjuna Award?
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Ans: Kush Kumar
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14. Who became first Indian player to reach semi final
of World Junior Squash Championship?
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15. Which Srilankan Cricket player retired from Test
Career recently?
Ans: Jayawardene
16. Which state will host Football Federation Cup in
August 2015?
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Ans: Jammu & Kashmir
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17. Who will become the youngest Formula One (FI)
driver in the FI history when he will complete for
the 2015 season?
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Ans: Dutch teenager Max Verstappen
18. Who was appointed as the Team Director of the
Indian Cricket team?
Ans: Ravi Shastri
19. Who has set the World record for the oldest person
to Swim the English Channel?
Ans: Australian Cyril Badlock
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SEPTEMBER
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Japan researchers headed by Prof Jiro Yasuda collaborated with Eiken Chemical.
The RT-LAMP (reverse transcription-loop-mediated
INTERNATIONAL
isothermal amplification) technique by synthesising
Libyan parliament reappointed Abdullah al- and amplifying the DNA of the Ebola virus detected
the Ebola virus, as well as the viruses of Marburg hemThani as Prime Minister
orrhagic fever and Lassa fever.
Libyan parliament reappointed Abdullah al-Thani as
the Prime Minister as the government lost control over
the ministries in Tripoli which had been taken over by WHO released first global report on suicide
armed groups. Thani, a former defence minister, had prevention
been the prime minister of Libya since March 2014
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its
India slipped to 71st rank in WEF’s annual first global report on suicide prevention. The report
is aimed to increase awareness of suicide and suicide
Global Competitiveness List 2014-2015
attempts among the people and urge governments to
India slipped to 71st position out of 144 countries by develop comprehensive suicide prevention strategies.
losing 11 places in the global competitiveness list of The report was launched just a week before World SuiGeneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) .
cide Prevention Day that is observed every year on 10
India stood at the lowest position among the BRICS September.
countries. Among BRICS countries, China stood at 1st
place with 28th spot, Russia stood at 2nd place with
rank at 53rd position followed by South Africa (56th South Africa denied visa to Dalai Lama for
Nobel Summit
rank) and Brazil (57th rank).
• Singapore- 2nd rank
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• United States- 3rd rank
South Africa on 3 September 2014 denied visa to Dalai
Lama for Nobel Summit. He was scheduled to attend
the 14th world summit of Nobel peace laureates in
Cape Town in October 2014. The summit was an annual gathering. South Africa is holding this summit
for the first time. China is South Africa’s biggest single trading partner. The trade volume of two countries
in 2012 was worth 21 billion US dollar. Both countries also cooperate in the BRICS grouping of emerging
economies along with Brazil, India and Russia.
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• Finland- 4th rank
• Germany- 5th rank
• Japan- 6th rank
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• Netherlands- 8th rank
• United Kingdom- 9th rank
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• Sweden- 10th rank
Japan Researchers developed new method
called RT-LAMP to detect Ebola virus
Japan researchers at Nagasaki University developed a
new method called RT-LAMP to detect the presence of
the Ebola virus in 30 minutes. To develop this method
World Literacy Day observed across the
world
World Literacy Day was observed across the world on
8 September 2014. The theme of International Literacy Day 2014 is Literacy and Sustainable Development.
The aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to
individual, communities and societies. On this day,
UNESCO reminds the international community of status of literacy and adult learning. On this day, International Conference on Girls and womens literacy
and education: Foundations for sustainable development and the awarding of UNESCO Literacy Prizes
was held in Dhaka with cooperation of Bangladesh.
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Tony Abbott, the Prime Minister of Aus- Global business leaders gather at WEF,
China
tralia launched New Colombo Plan
• Global business leaders and politicians have gathered in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin for a
meeting of the World Economic Forum.
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• Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan for
India was launched at Mumbai University on 4
September 2014 by Prime Minister of Australia,
Tony Abbott. The plan was launched and the
MoUs were signed at the time when Australian
Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott is on a
two day visit to India. He was on a two day visit
of India from 4 September to 5 September 2014.
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• The Chinese Premier Li Kequiang will open the
event. He is likely to downplay slowing growth and
instead emphasise the importance of innovation to
support a better quality of growth for the world’s
second largest economy.
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• The plan was launched to enhance student exchange and collaboration between universities of India signs 2 MoUs in WHO regional Health
the two countries. At the event, fourteen mem- Ministers Meet
orandums of understanding were signed between
• India has signed 2 MoUs during the WHO South
the Universities. Aim of the New Colombo Plan
East Asia Health Ministers Meet in Dhaka.
Canberras New Colombo Plan aims at lifting
knowledge of the IndoPacific in Australia by sup• A multilateral MoU among India, Bangladesh,
porting Australian undergraduates to study in InNepal, Bhutan and Thailand on prevention, condia. Plan involves
trol and eradication of Kalazar, a vector borne disease affecting millions of people in the region, was
– Scholarship programme for study up to one
signed with the aim to eradicate the disease by
year
2020.
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short and longterm study
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academic year.
IndoNepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran VII concluded at Pithoragarh
• Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister for
Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan
said, India has already put into effect interventions
to aggressively tackle the disease in 56 affected districts of the country in Bihar, West Bengal and
Jharkand.
• A bilateral MoU between India and Bangladesh
was also signed for cooperation in the field of traditional systems of medicine and homeopathy.
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• IndoNepal joint military exercise Surya KiranVII
concluded at Pithoragarh. The exercise was sev- Gates Foundation pledges $50 million to
enth in the series.
fight Ebola epidemic
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• The 14day exercise was based on to practice
counter insurgency, jungle warfare and disaster
management under the aegis of the Indian Army’s
GARUD division. The exercise has also boosted
bilateral ties between the two countries.
• Surya Kiran aimed to create a greater understanding between the Indian and Nepalese armies and
develop expertise in jungle warfare and counterterrorism operations in mountainous terrains.
• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has
pledged 50 million US dollars to support emergency efforts to contain West Africa’s Ebola epidemic, which has already killed almost 2,300 people in the worst outbreak of the virus in history.
• The US based philanthropic foundation said it
would release funds immediately to UN agencies
and international organisations to help them buy
supplies and scale up the emergency response in
affected countries.
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WHO honoured Bangladesh and TimorLeste G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial
meet held in Melbourne
for Excellence in Public Health
• The G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial
meet was held at Melbourne, Australia on 10
September 2014 to 11 September 2014.
• The newly instituted awards were presented
to Saima Hossain of Bangladesh and National
Malaria Control Programme of TimorLeste in
Dhaka on 10 September 2014.
• The meet was called to put forward recommendations to G20 Leaders. During the meet, discussions were held on how to increase job growth
across the G20 to help address disadvantage, improve productivity and drive growth.
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• The World Health Organisation (WHO) honoured
Bangladesh and TimorLeste with South East Asia
Regional Award for Excellence in Public Health.
• Saima Hossain was conferred the Award in the individual category for leadership in advancing the
cause of Autism in South East Asia and worldwide.
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• At the completion of the meeting, the ministers released a Declaration outlining their commitments
to address the labour, employment and social challenges faced, nationally and globally.
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• The National Malaria Control Programme of
Timor Leste was conferred the Award in the region
category for its aggressive antimalaria effort which
has drastically reduced malaria cases in TimorLeste.
• The International Labour Organization, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic
Co operation and Development and the World
Bank prepared a series of reports to inform the
ministers discussions and declaration.
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• She is a chairperson of National Advisory Committee on Neuro development and Autism in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of Bangladesh.
• G20 members will finalise their Employment Plans
and contributions to the Growth Strategies ahead
of the G20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane. The summit is scheduled to be held in November 2014
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Layer observed
India, China sign 3 MoUs including setting
• The International Day for the preservation of the up Industrial Park in Gujarat
Ozone Layer was observed on 16 September 2014.
The day marks the commemoration of the date of
signing of the Montreal Protocol in 1987 on substances that deplete the Ozone layer.
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• The theme for 2014 is Ozone Layer Protection:
The Mission Goes On. iii. On the occasion of
the day, countries were invited by UN to devote a
Day to promote activities in accordance with the
objectives of the Protocol and its amendments.
• India and China have signed three MoUs including setting up Industrial Park in Gujarat. All the
three MoUs have been signed in the presence of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
• The agreements include 1.
Sister city pact
between Guangzhou in China and Ahmedabad
2. setting up of an industrial park in Gujarat
3. The third is between the governments of
Gujarat and a Chinese province.
About Ozone Layer
The ozone layer is fragile shield of gas that protects
the Earth from the harmful portion of the rays of the
sun. The layer helps in preserving life on the planet. It
protects human health and ecosystems by limiting the
harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching to earth.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held formal talks at Hotel Hayat
in Ahmedabad. Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi welcomed the Chinese President Xi Jinping
and first lady of China at the Hotel.
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1st Industrial Park under MoU signed between India and China to be set up in Vadodara
• The Labour Party of New Zealand led by David
Cunliffe won 25 percent of the votes whereas the
Green Party won 10 percent and New Zealand
First (NZF) party won 9 percent of the total votes.
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• The first Industrial Park under the Memorandum
of Understanding signed between India and China
Ashraf Ghani declared next Afghanistan
will be set up in Vadodara district.
new president
• The Chinese are looking for two to three other locations also. According to sources land for industrial park will be purchased on onetoone basis, but
whenever genuine industry will face any problem,
Government will be at help.
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• Afghanistan’s election commission has named
Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as the winner of the
country’s presidential election. Voreqe Bainimarama sworn in as Fiji’s PM
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• Under this MoU, the products allowed in India as Google India launches new campaign to help
per Indian law including the pollution norms will women get online
only be allowed to be produced in India.
• Search giant Google today launched a new social
campaign in association with Bollywood actordiCognizant acquired healthcare software
rector Farhan Akhtars initiative MARD, to incompany TriZetto
crease internet literacy among women in the country.
• Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp acquired
healthcare IT services provider TriZetto Corp for
• Google India had first time launched a digital lit2.7 billion US dollars. The acquisition is aimed at
eracy initiative campaign called Helping Women
boosting the healthcare business of Cognizant.
Get Online (HWGO) in collaboration with Intel,
HUL and Axis Bank late last year.
• Cognizant acquired TriZetto from Londonbased
private equity firm Apax Partners LLP
• “The first phase has been very successful. In the
last 12 months, the number of women using the
• Apax Partners acquired TriZetto in 2008 and was
internet has grown 35 per cent as against 31 per
exploring a sale of the company.
cent by men. This for the first time that women
have surpassed men in using internet.
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Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp provides services
such as claims processing, billing and call center operations to insurers, hospitals. It also provides state
run healthcare exchange set up under President Barack
Obama’s Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare.
• This is just the start of the programme as its only
10 months when we launched it (the first phase),
Google India vice president and managing director
Rajan Anandan said.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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John Key reelected as the Prime Minister of GEDI by NASA
New Zealand for a third term
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• John Key was reelected as the Prime Minister of
New Zealand for a third term. This was revealed
by the preliminary results released by the Electoral Commission of New Zealand. He has led New
Zealand as the Prime Minister since 2008.
• In the 2014 General Elections of New Zealand held
on 20 September 2014, the centreright National
Party led by John Key won 48 percent of the vote.
• Scientists have discovered the first evidence of water ice clouds on an object outside of our own solar
system, about 7.3 light-years away from Earth.
• This scientists team led by Carnegie’s Jacqueline
Faherty
• The US space agency, NASA, is developing the
Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI)
Lidar device to map forests on Earth in 3D and
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increase understanding of their role in the carbon MARS ORBITER
cycle.
MANGALYAN
India now joins an elite club of the United States, Russia and Europe who can boast of reaching Mars. The
United States had its first success with a 1964 flyby
by a spacecraft called Mariner 4, returning 21 images
of the surface of the planet. The former Soviet Union
reached the planet in 1971, and the European Space
Agency in 2003. More than half of all missions to the
planet (23 out of 41 missions) have ended in failure,
including China’s in 2011 and Japan’s in 2003. No
single nation had previously succeeded at its first go,
although the European Space Agency, which represents
a consortium of countries, did also pull it off at its first
attempt.
Now Mangalyaan has reached Mars, it is expected to
study the planet’s surface and scan its atmosphere for
methane, which could provide evidence of some sort of
life form.
• Powered by solid propellant
• Surface-to-surface missile
• Single-stage missile
First British medical journal award to the
Indian institution
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• it has a strike range of 700 km
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• India successfully test-fired its indigenously built
nuclear capable Agni-I missile, from a test range
off Odisha coast as part of a user trial by the Army.
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• This award is considered as the ”Oscar” in the
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• Kerala-based Amrita Institute for Medical Sciences (AIMS) has received the first British Medical
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India creates history by becoming the first country to
successfully get its space craft Mangalyan into Mars
orbit on its maiden attempt.
• This program is run by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization)
• Manufactured by Indian Space Research Organisation Satellite Centre (ISAC)
• Launched into Earth orbit on 5th November 2013
• It was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra
Pradesh.
• This project is aimed as a “technology demonstrator”. It will showcase and prove the capability for
inter-planetary missions
• The launch was made using PSLV-XL C25 rocket
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• The first image, as seen here, has been taken from
a height of 7,300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution,
as posted by ISRO.
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• Just hours after making history by being the first
Mars mission to succeed in its first attempt, Mangalyaan was already at work, and has sent back
a set of data, including high-quality images of the
Red Planet.
• The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called as
Mangalyaan (Mangalyan is an unofficial name)
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• Scientists from ISRO present this first image of
Mars taken by Mars Orbiter to the PM Narendra
Modi.
PSLV-C26 BY ISRO
Amid the success of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission to the
Red Planet, ISRO scientists are working towards the
launch of the country’s next rocket PSLV-C26, which
would carry IRNSS 1C satellite, the third in the IRNSS
series from Sriharikota on October 2014.
• The orbiter will have a life of 6 to 10 months in
the orbit
• While orbiting Mars the orbiter will study surface
features, minerals and atmosphere on Mars
• There are 5 main instruments on the orbiter
– Lyman-Alpha Photometer (LAP)
– Methane Sensor For Mars (MSM)
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• Responsible for developing satellite technology
and implementing satellite systems for scientific,
technological and application missions.
– Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA)
– Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer
(TIS)
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– Mars Colour Camera (MCC)
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• Project director, PSLV programme; ninth time as
mission director.
• It was successfully inserted into orbit of Mars on
24 September 2014
• India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit.
• The Mars Orbiter Mission was achieved on a budget of $74 million, nearly a tenth of the amount
the US space agency Nasa spent on sending the
Maven spacecraft to Mars.
Chandradathan
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• Responsible for seeing the rocket completes its
mission successfully and that the satellite is correctly injected in the designated orbit.
• Director, Liquid Propulsion system.
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• Made rich contribution to the realisation of solid
motors for sounding rockets
• This mission has been executed without any association with any foreign country. ..its completely
indigenous.
AS Kiran Kumar
• Director, Satellite Application Centre
• Responsible for designing and building three of the
orbiter payloads - Mars Colour Camera, Methane
Sensor and Thermal Infrared Imaging Spectrometer.
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• The spacecraft has traveled more than 650 crore
kilometers in around 300 days to complete this
journey.
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• Chairman of ISRO, secretary in department of
space.
• Director, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Chairman,
Launch Authorisation Board
• Responsible for range safety and schedules, overall
in-charge at rocket port.
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• Programme director, Mars Orbiter Mission
• Project director, Mars Orbiter Mission.
• Responsible for leading a team to build the spacecraft.
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• Responsible for budget management, direction for
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• Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre and
Member Launch Authorisation Board.
• Responsible for realising the rocket (Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle) that would ferry the Mars orbiter.
SK Shivakumar
• Director, Isro Satellite Centre.
• Associate project director, PSLV project
• Responsible for the rocket systems, testing till the
final lift-off.
MS Pannirselvam
• Chief general manager, range operation director
at Sriharikota Rocket port.
• Responsible for maintaining launch schedules
without any slippages
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BOOKS
• The research centre will soon be functioning at
Gujarat Forensic Science University, GFSU, in
Gandhinagar. This was disclosed by GFSU’s Director General J M Vyas.
50 years of man in space: authoured by
Garik Israelien, Brian May and David J
Eicher
• Till now, the armored vehicles from India are sent
to countries like the UK, USA and France for testing.
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Starmus is a book about the first Starmus festival that
took place in 2011. The authors of the book was Garik
Israelien, Brian May and David J Eicher. The Starmus
book is a historical document, because it contains the
last lecture by Neil Armstrong and talks by the Soviet
and Apollo astronauts, as well as the rest of the festival
material.
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• Ballistic Research Centre will conduct tests for armored vehicles of the Indian Army and also provide services to private players who supply vehicles
to the VIPs.
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• One of the most formidable actors in Hindi cinema, Shah started writing about his life in 2002
but was not sure about its quality so he kept postponing it.
• Indian Telugu Actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao became the first Indian actor to be honoured with a
postage stamp by the US Post Service (USPS).
It was announced by the Akkineni Foundation of
America (AFA) on 30 August 2014.
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• Naseeruddin Shah’s memoir ”And Then One Day”
is a candid recount of almost four decades of his life
and the actor is happy that it is being appreciated
though he says it may ruffle a few feathers in the
film industry.
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And Then One Day: Naseeruddin Shah’s auA Nageswara Rao became first Indian actor
tobiography
to be honoured by US post sevice
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• When asked why he was hesitant to release the
book, he said he was not sure that anyone would
be interested in reading his life story.
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• The stamp will be issued on the birth anniversary of Nageshwara Rao that is on 20 September
2014 in Dallas Texas. The AFA is planning to release the stamp in India on 17 December 2014 at
the first International Akkineni Awards Ceremony
being planned at ANR College, Andhra Pradesh.
Revived Nalanda University started its first
session
Former CJI P Sathasivam to be the next
The University started its first session 2014-15 with
Kerala Governor
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• Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam is all
set to become the Governor of Kerala after former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit vacated the
post earlier this week.
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• Dikshit was the seventh UPA-appointed governor
to quit after the change of power at Centre.
the classes for the School of Ecology and Environmental Studies and the School of Historical Studies. At
present, the University has 10 faculty members. The
University started its first session after completing the
three-day orientation programme for students.
• Nalanda University Vice-Chancellor - Gopa Sabharwal
• Chairman of the Governing Body of the university
- Economist Amartya Sen
Asia’s first Ballistic Research Centre to open
The governing body of the University also has several
in Gujarat
renowned teachers from various countries ad its mem• India will have Asia’s first Ballistic Research Cen- bers that include Former Singapore Foreign Minister
tre which will help it in achieving selfreliance in George Yeo and Ministry of External Affairs Secretary
Anil Wadhwa.
testing of armored vehicles.
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A Nageswara Rao became first Indian actor President released a Set of Eight Commemorative Postage Stamps on Indian Musicians
to be honoured by US post service
Indian Telugu Actor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao became the first Indian actor to be honoured with a
postage stamp by the US Post Service (USPS). It was
announced by the Akkineni Foundation of America
(AFA) .
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• The set of stamps has been brought out by the
Department of Posts and it features luminaries in
the field of classical Indian music and they are
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• Pandit Ravi Shankar was the best-known exponents of the Sitar of the 20th century and was also
a composer of Hindustani classical music
About Akkineni Nageswara Rao
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• Nageswara Rao popularly known as ANR was
born in Rama Puram, Andhra Pradesh on 20
September 1923 and died on 22 January 2014. He
was also a film producer with the name of the Annapurna Studios banner.
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• Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was an Indian vocalist in
the Hindustani classical tradition and is known for
the khayal form of singing. He was also popular
for renditions of devotional music (bhajans and
abhangs)
• He received Padma Bhushan (1988), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1991) and Padma Vibhushan
(2011) for his contribution to Indian Cinema
Proposed
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• State Government of Andhra Pradesh proposed a
Metro Rail Project for Temple Town Tirupathi.
It will be the third venture that the government
aimed to complete after completing the other two
in three and half years.
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Metro Rail Project for Tirupati
• D.K. Pattammal was a prominent Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in many
Indian languages
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• The other two ventures were in Vishakhapatnam
and Vijayawada-Mangalagiri lines. The principal
adviser of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC),
E Sreedharan was appointed as the adviser for the
AP government on the metro rail projects and
the state government assigned the construction
of the projects to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC).
India among top three medical tourism destinations in Asia
Dr
• KPMG-FICCI on 1 September 2014 released a
study on medical tourism destinations titled Medical Value Travel in India.
• The study has ranked India among top three medical tourism destinations in Asia. The other two
countries within Asia that receive maximum medical tourists are Thailand and Singapore
• Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur was an Indian classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli
gharana of Hindustani classical music
• Gangubai Hangal was an Indian singer of the
khyal genre of Hindustani classical music and was
from to the Kirana gharana. She was known for
her deep and powerful voice
• Pandit Kumar Gandharva was a Hindustani classical singer and was well known for his unique vocal style and his refusal to be bound by the tradition of any gharana
• Ustad Vilayat Khan was one of India’s well known
sitar maestros and was one of the great pioneers
of his generation to introduce Indian Classical Music to the West, along with Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee and his younger brother
Imrat Khan
• Ustad Ali Akbar Khan was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his
virtuosity in playing the Sarod. He was instrumental in popularising Indian classical music in
the West, both as a performer (often in conjunction with Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar) and as a
teacher
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The countries include all P-5 members barring China
Former CJI P Sathasivam appointed as GovUSA, Russia, France and UK. Apart from the P-5
ernor of Kerala
members, India has also inked deals for supply of ura• Former Chief Justice of India, Palaniswamy Sathanium as well as reactors, nuclear technology and waste
sivam was appointed as the new Governor of Kermanagement with other nations like
ala on 3 September 2014.
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• Sathasivam was appointed to the post after President Pranab Mukherjee accepted the resignation
of Sheila Dikshit as the Governor of Kerala.
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• Namibia
• Mongolia
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• Argentina
• With this appointment, 65-year-old Sathasivam
became the first Chief Justice of India to be appointed to the post of a Governor of a State, which
is lower in warrant of precedence to the CJI.
• The Summit saw the issuing of Joint Statement
by the two Prime Minister, viz., Narendra Modi
and Shinzo Abe. The Joint Statement called for
enhancing the cooperation between the two countries.
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• It was launched to address health issues at the
grassroots level and ensure that all health facilities
extended by the government reached all sections of
society.
Tokyo, Japan on 1 September 2014. The Summit was held during the Prime Minister Narendra
Modi five-day visit to Japan from 30 August - 3
September 2014.
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• Karnataka became the first State in the country to
launch a Health Adalat. The Health Adalat was
launched by the State Health and Family Welfare
Minister U T Khader in Gulbarga, Karnataka on
2 September 2014.
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Karnataka became first state in India to India-Japan Annual Summit 2014
launch Health Adalat
• India-Japan Annual Summit 2014 was held at
Energy deal
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• The adalat also aimed at narrowing the gap be- Union Government approved 28 road
tween the Health Department and the elected rep- projects in Ladakh region in J & K
resentatives who function as a bridge between the
• Union Government on 10 September 2014 apgovernment and the people.
proved 28 rural road projects worth 438 crores rupees for building roads in Leh and Kargil districts
India, Australia signed pact on Civil Nuclear
of Ladakh region in Jammu and Kashmir.
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India and Australia on 5 September 2014 signed a pact
on civil nuclear energy deal. This inking of the pact on
civil nuclear energy deal has opened decks for the sale
of Australian uranium to India. Now, Australian uranium will be purchased by India to support its growing
energy needs. Apart from the civil nuclear deal signed
between India and Australia, the two countries also
inked three more pacts. Other three pacts were
• MOU on cooperation in Sport
• Renewal of MOU on cooperation in the field of
Water Resources Management
• MoU on Cooperation in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
• It was announced by Union Minister for Rural
Development, Sanitation, Drinking Water & Panchayat Raj, Nitin Gadkari.
• The rural roads will be built under the Pradhan
Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). Under the
proposal, a total of 350 km of rural road network
will be built.
• The projects cleared include six proposals in Leh
District covering road length of 142 km to be constructed at a cost of 181.4 crores rupees.
• Another 22 projects in Kargil district were approved to build 207 Kms of rural road at a cost
of 256.6 crore rupees.
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Railway Ministry launches trial run of e- Andhra gets new capital, to be located in
Vijayawada region
catering service
• The new capital of Andhra Pradesh will be located
in the Vijayawada region, chief minister Chandrababu Naidu annouced in the state assembly.
Justice HL Dattu to be Next Chief Justice
of India
• Nearly a decade ago, Naidu turned Hyderabad
into some sort of Silicon Valley. It became an exceptionally prosperous IT hub. He now says he
has ambitious plans to transform Andhra Pradesh
into a “bustling” state and model it on Singapore.
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The Minister of Railways has launched a trial run of
its e-catering service on six trains without pantries that
run in the Delhi-Amritsar section. The trial run will
be carried out by IRCTC which will serve food at five
nominated stations. Passenger with confirmed PNR
number will be able to place an order through a phone
call or SMS to the dedicated number. The food will be
served from the IRCTC food plazas or catering units
at select stations.
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• Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated to create a new
state of Telangana earlier this year in June. Hyderabad will serve as the shared capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for another 10 years
until 2024. After that, Hyderabad will belong to
the new state of Telangana.
• Justice HL Dattu is all set to be the next Chief
Justice of India. The government moved with
great speed earlier this week to clear his appointment.
after which Justice Dattu will have a tenure of
more than a year till December 2015.
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2008. Born on December 13, 1950, he enrolled
as an advocate in 1975 and began practising in
Bangalore.
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• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
will send pace bowlers to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai for training. Both signed a
fiveyear agreement in this regard .
• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the first ever India Investment meet in
Bahrain capital Manama .
• The meeting is aimed at attracting investments
from Bahrain and the Gulf region into India and
give a boost to bilateral trade and investment relations.
• During her stay, she will hold talks with top
Bahraini leaders and discuss issues of mutual, regional and international interest.
• This is the first visit to the Gulf region and to
Bahrain by the External Affairs Minister, which
underlines the importance of the region in view of
high stakes India has in terms of its energy security, Indian Diaspora and trade ties.
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• Glenn McGrath, director of the foundation and
former Australian pace bowler, will train the players. McGrath who played for Australia for 14
years was himself trained in the foundation un- HM launches India’s first ’National Anti Tuder Dennis Lillee in 1992. For a fast bowler, berculosis Drug Resistance Survey’
skill, fitness and attitude are important said Mc• Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launched India’s
Grath. Note: The BCCI will divide some of
first National AntiTuberculosis Drug Resistance
the Indias best and upcoming pace bowlers into
Survey in New Delhi.
two categories Elite and Probables. Elite will include those selected by the BCCI to play official
• The survey will be conducted on 5,214 patients
matches. There will be a maximum of ten trainees
across the country. It will provide information on
in each camp of two weeks.
the prevalence of antituberculosis drug resistance
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the specified criteria after a certain time period or
not.
• The survey will include tracking the effectiveness of tuberculosis prevention and control activities,assess epidemiological trends and identify and
respond to outbreaks of drugresistant TB.
• Serious discrepancies were noted in upgradation
of 8 B category institutions to A category institutions.
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among new and patients already undergoing treatment
Govt sets up panel to review environment
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• The number of multidrug resistant TB cases in the
laws
country had increased by five times between 2011
and 2013.
• The Government has constituted a highlevel committee to review various environment laws in order
to bring them in line with current requirements.
WTI and TCL signed MoU to setup Indias
first Coral Garden in Gujarat
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• The fourmember panel, headed by former Cabinet
Secretary T S R Subramanian, has been asked to
review five key green laws concerning protection
and conservation of environment, forest, wildlife,
water and air among others.
• The committee has been set up in the backdrop of
government taking serious measures to fasten the
environment clearance process for achieving economic growth without compromising green issues.
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• Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and Tata Chemicals
Limited (TCL) in first week of September 2014
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
to set up Indias first of its kind Coral Garden
in Gujarat. This Coral Garden will be set up at
Mithapur coastal region of DevbhoomiSwarka district of Gujarat.
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• The funds for the project will be borne by Gujarat Forest Department, as WTI also signed a
broad MoU with the State also. As per the plan, Bihar government recognised transgender as
the coral garden will be helpful in conserving sev- third gender
eral coral species at one place and will also boost
• The Bihar government recognised eunuch and
tourism in the State.
transgender as third gender. The cabinet accepted
to declare eunuch and transgender as backward
H Devaraj Committee reported most
class annexure II category which will provide them
deemed universities not fit for being a uniquota benefit for availing or getting government
versity
jobs.
• H Devaraj Committee on 8 September 2014 re• Eunuchs and transgender from upper castes will
ported that most of the deemed universities are
be treated as OBC annexure II and get reservanot fit for being a university.
tion benefits whereas transgender from scheduled
castes and 16 scheduled tribes will remain in the
• It said that out of 41 C category deemed universame castes.
sities only 10 universities are found to be fit for
being a university. Rest of the university does not
fulfil the criteria to become the university. Main Raya Power to set up 50 MW solar park in
findings of the Committee
Andhra Pradesh
• Rays Power Experts announced to set up 50 mw
Solar Power Generation Park in Andhra Pradesh.
The total cost of the project is 300 crore ruppes
and it will be completed by January 2015.
• The UGC or Union Human Resource Development Ministry failed to check whether the institutions with conditional notification have fulfilled
• The project includes the complete infrastructure
designing of the project, its technical and engineering ground work, installation and commissioning.
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• Many institutions were accorded deemed university status on certain conditions, against the Union
Grants Commission (UGC) Act, 1956 which does
not allow conditional notification.
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• Earlier, Swach Vidyalya Campaign was anchored
by Union Human Resource Development Ministry
as a part of Swachh Bharat Campaign. The campaign aims to ensure the provision of toilets in all
government schools by 15 August 2015.
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About Rays Power Experts Rays Power Experts
is a third largest company in solar power executed
in India. It was started in 2009 and since 2011, it
is catering the nationwide demand for clean, sustainable energy. It has built its presence pan India
with solar parks across 6 states.
Doordarshan celebrates 55 years of existence
Peru to sign free trade pact with India
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• Public service broadcaster Doordarshan is celebrating its 55 years . Doordarshan made a modest
beginning in India on 15th September 1959, when
the first experimental centre at Delhi with a small
transmitter was inaugurated by the then President
Rajendra Prasad.
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• Latin American nation Peru has plans to sign a
free trade agreement with New Delhi to ship more
of minerals and metals it produces.
• “Peru got permission to sell gold to India in 2011.
We began exporting in 2012 and shipped out 106
million ounces. Last year, we exported 270 million ounces. This year, it will be even higher,”
said Javier Paulinich, Ambassador of Peru to India. He is in Pune in connection with the 11th
India International Gold Convention 2014.
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India to contribute USD 12 million to UN to
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Note: Peru is the sixth largest gold producer,
mining 5 million ounces every year. Peru is also
the second largest producer of silver and the third
biggest producer of copper, tin, zinc and lead.
• Doordarshan is available on television, online and
through mobile services throughout India, as well
as overseas. Doordarshan is serving as a major
source of information, education and entertainment for years.
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• Manipur Chief Justice Laxmi Kant Mahapatra administered the oath of office and secrecy to Paul
during a function at Raj Bhavan, which was attended by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, his
cabinet colleagues and high civil and police officials.
Union Government announced
Swachh Vidyalaya campaign
to
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• Union Human Resource Development Ministry on
11 September 2014 announced to fund Swachh
Vidyalaya campaign.
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• Funding of the campaign will be through Swachh
Bharat Kosh that the Union Government has announced to set up to fund the Swachh Bharat
Campaign.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved 12
million dollars assistance to United Nations to
fight Ebola virus in Africa.
• External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said, 10 million dollars will be contributed to UN Secretary General’s Fund and an
additional 2 million dollars will be given for purchase of protective gear to tackle Ebola.
• Ebola virus hit the African continent earlier this
year and has killed nearly 2,200 people in several
countries there. The UN Security Council has declared the outbreak of the virus in West Africa a
threat to international peace and security.
AWARDS
Vinod Mehta selected for G K Reddy Memo-
• Also, HRD Ministry would initiate the process of
rial Award 2014
drafting a new cohesive education policy for the
• Vinod Mehta, eminent journalist and Editorial
successful implementation of the campaign. The
Chairman of Outlook group, was selected for G
policy will be drafted after conducting nationwide
K Reddy Memorial Award 2014. The award was
consultations from January 2015.
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• He gave away 11 Saakshar Bharat Awards 2014
to State, Districts, Blocks, Gram Panchayats,
State Resource Centre (SRC) and Jan Shikshan
Sansthan (JSS) for their best performance in the
field of adult education.
announced by the TSR Foundation and the award
will be presented in New Delhi in December 2014.
• He was selected for this award for his outstanding contribution in the field of Journalism. He
is one the popular editors in India, who launched
successful publications including The Sunday Observer, The Independent and The Pioneer. He also
authored the biographies of actress Meena Kumari and politician Sanjay Gandhi. About GK
Reddy Award
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• One of the recipient of Saakshar Bharat National
Award 2014 was G.S.R. K.R. Vijaykumar, the
District collector of Prakasam District, Andhra
Pradesh. He received the award for turning 4.75
lakh non literates into literates within nine months
in the total literacy programme.
– T Subbarami Reddy established the award in
the memory of G K Reddy
• Saakshar Bharat Awards 2014 were given in following categories:
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– It is presented annually for outstanding contribution in journalism.
– State- State Literacy Mission Authorities
(SLMAs)
– The Award carries a cash award of 5 lakh
rupees, a gold medal and a citation.
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UNESCO AsiaPacific Heritage Awards 2014
announced
– District- Zilla Lok Shiksha Samitis (ZLSSs)
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• UNESCO AsiaPacific Awards 2014 for Cultural Heritage Conservation were announced in
Bangkok . Esplanade House & Shri Sakhargad Nivasini Devi Temple Complex bagged the UNESCO
Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards from India.
– Gram Panchayat- Gram Lok Shiksha Samitis
(GLSSs)
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of the recipients of the award.
– Resource Support Organisations like University Dept. of Adult & Continuing Education,
SRCs, JSSs, NGOs and other organisations.
Saakshar Bharat Awards
• Saakshar Bharat Awards were instituted by the
National Literacy Mission Authority, Government
of India to encourage institutions working in the
field of literacy and skill development. The awards
are presented on the occasion of International Literacy Day every year.
• Out of 46 entries a total of 14 projects have been
recognized for UNESCO AsiaPacific Awards for President of India presented Indira Gandhi
Cultural Heritage Conservation 2014.
Rajbhasa Awards
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• The award is an annual recognition of conservation
projects by non-state actors across five categories:
Award of Excellence, Award of Distinction, Award
of Merit, Honourable Mention and Jury Commendation for Innovation.
• The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa awards on the
occasion of National Hindi Divas at Rashtrapati
Bhavan, New Delhi.
presented
• Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa awards also known as Indira Gandhi Official Language Awards are celebrated every year.
• President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Saakshar Bharat Awards 2014 at International Literacy
Day Celebrations. The function was organized by
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development
at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
• Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) CMD
Madhusudan was one of the awardees who was
honoured with the prestigious Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield for the Best Hindi Implementation
in the organisation.
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President Pranab Mukherjee
Saakshar Bharat Awards 2014
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List of Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa Awardees
Indira Gandhi Official Language Awards
Scheme
Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger won
Right Livelihood Award 2014
• Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian
won Right Livelihood Award. The award was
shared between the two. The Right Livelihood
Award is also known as Alternative Nobel prize of
Sweden.
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Indira Gandhi Official Language Awards scheme was
instituted by the Rajbhasha Vibhag or Department of
Official Language under the Union Ministry of Home
Affairs. The award recognizes the excellent contribution of Ministries, Departments and Nationalized
Banks in promoting the Official Language Hindi.
Under the Indira Gandhi Official Language
Awards scheme, following awards are given:
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• Edward Snowden was awarded for his courage
and skill in revealing the unprecedented extent of
state surveillance violating basic democratic processes and constitutional rights. While, Alan Rusbridger, was awarded for writing extensively on
government surveillance, based on leaks of Edward
Snowden.
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• Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield for Ministries/Departments of the Government of India.
• The Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield for Nationalized Banks and other Financial Institutions.
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• The Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Cash Award for
writing original books in Hindi by the Employees/Officers of the Central Government.
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• The Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield for Boards,
Autonomous Bodies, Trusts, Societies etc.
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• The Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield for Town Official Language Implementation Committees.
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• The Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Shield for Public
Sector Undertakings of the Government of India.
• Cash prizes went to three activists from Pakistan,
Sri Lanka and the US.
Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong and then
Moscow in 2013. He is believed to have taken 1.7
million computerised documents. Those published
so far revealed massive programmes run by the
NSA that gathered information on emails, phone
calls and Internet use by hundreds of millions of
Americans.
OBITUARY
Renowned Telugu filmmaker Sattiraju LakSukinda Chromite Mine of the Tata Steel in shminarayana died
Odisha won Asian CSR Leadership Award
• Bapu was also an acclaimed artist, painter, car-
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• Sukinda Chromite Mine of the Tata Steel in
Odisha won the Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leadership Award. The Sukinda
mine of Tata Steels won the award for Community Development. The award was presented by
World CSR Congress at Dubai, UAE.
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• Sumit Ghoshal, Regional Commercial Manager of
Tata Steel in Middle East received the award on
behalf of the company.
toonist and illustrator.
• In 2013, he won the Padma Shri award
• He was the winner of five Nandi Award of Andhra
Pradesh government
• Apart from this, Bapu received several coveted
honours like two National Film Awards, two
Filmfare Awards South, and a Filmfare Lifetime
Achievement Award South for the year 2012
• The award recognised the voluntary action of
Renowned Kathak dancer Maya Rao died
several officers of Sukinda Chromite Mine who
• Veteran Kathak dancer Maya Rao died following
have been sponsoring orphan tribal girls of nearby
a massive cardiac arrest. She was 86.
schools of Sukinda.
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• In college, he became active in the musical functions of Ismail Yusuf College gaining the nickname
Taan sain. He completed a bachelors degree in
Bombay.
• Known for her mastery over abhinaya and dance
ballet, Maya Rao helped the dance form Kathak
to gain popularity in South India.
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World’s Oldest Test cricketer Norman GorLegendary Nazrul singer Firoza Begum Died
don died
• The world‘s oldest test cricketer Norman Gordon
died in Johannesburg. He was 103. He was a
former South African international fast bowler.
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Firoza Begum died in Dhaka due to heart and kidney problems. She was 84.
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• Gordon became the oldest-ever Test cricketer on James Bond villain Richard Kiel died
23 March 2011 when he surpassed New Zealander
• Actor Richard Kiel who played steel-toothed vilEric Tindill who died on 1 August 2010.
lain role in two James Bond films died in Califor• He was Nicknamed Mobil for the way he greased
nia. He was 74.
down his hair with hair gel.
• Kiel made his name as intimidating henchman
and steel toothed villain against Roger Moore, the
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• Yoshiko Yamaguchi, the film actress of Japan died
was 84. AP Venkateshwaran
due to heart failure . She was 94. She was known
• He was chairman of the Asia Centre that seeks to
as Rikoran and Shirley Yamaguchi in the US.
promote political, economic, cultural and social
• Yamaguchi was one of biggest Japanese film stars
exchanges among Asian countries.
during and after World War II.
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• Joan Rivers was an American actress, comedian,
writer, producer, television host and was best
known for her stand-up comedy.
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• He was involved in the scientific exploration of the
moon for the Apollo program and later oversaw
projects such as the Mars Surveyor Program.
About Yoshiko Yamaguchi
• She also appeared in two Hollywood films namely
Japanese War Bride and House of Bamboo during
the 1950s.
• She was elected to Upper House of Japanese Parliament as a member of the governing Liberal
Democratic Party till 1992.
Educationist Kireet Joshi died
• Educationist Kireet Joshi died. He was 83. He
was a former education adviser to the Union government in 1976.
About Kireet Joshi
• Joshi was a philosopher
Habib Wali Mohammad died at 90
• He was best known for his film ghazal Aaj Jaane
Ki Zid Na Karo that catapulted him to widespread
recognition.
• He studied law at the Bombay University
• In 1976, he was appointed as education adviser by
the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.
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• He introduced the culture of cricket scoring and
stats and also helped in grooming several cricket
statisticians and scorers.
• He was also formally Educational Advisor to the
Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2008 to 2010.
Mandolin maestro Uppalapu Srinivas died
• For the first three decades of independent India,
he did live scoring for all major cricket matches of
India for the All India Radio.
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• Music Maestro Mandolin player Uppalapu Srinivas
died in Chennai. He died following a failed liver
transplant at the age of 45. He is now survived
by his father, mother, a sister and brother Rajesh,
who is also a mandolin player.
He also authored some books and they were
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• Duleep - the Man and his Game, the book was
co-authored with Vasant Raiji
About Uppalapu Srinivas
• He was declared as the musician of the Tamil Nadu
government at the age of 15 by late Chief Minister
MG Ramachandran in 1984.
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(in Gujarati)
• As a musician he won several accolades that included Padma Shri (1998) and the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Awards (2010).
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Sangeeta Ratna award.
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Dossa in 2013 moved to the US along with his wife
to be with their daughter.
• Libyan parliament reappointed Abdullah alThinni as the Prime Minister as the government
lost control over the ministries in Tripoli which
had been taken over by armed groups. Thinni, a
former defence minister, had been the prime minister of Libya since March 2014.
• 64 out of 106 representatives voted for Abdullah
al-Thinni and on the basis of these votes the house
instructed him to form a crisis government within
two weeks. Abdullah al-Thinni is tasked to assert
government control over the country where a fear
of full-scale civil war looms large.
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• The doyen of the Indian cricket’s scoring and
statistics started collecting the newspaper cuttings
of every India match since first test in 1932 to
1990s in form of a scrapbook. His scrapbook had
minor details that evolved into an integral part of
cricketing scoring. This scrapbook is an encyclo- Tessy Thomas and V. Ravindranath became
pedia of Indian cricket in itself.
first Women directors in IIT council.
• His collections are preserved by BCCI under the
name Anandji Dossa Library on the premises of
the club. The preservation work was done under
the stewardship of former CCI and BCCI president
Raj Singh Dungarpur to whom Anandji donated
his collections.
Dr
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Tessy Thomas and V. Ravindranath became first
Women directors in IIT council. The appointment was
confirmed by Union HRD Ministry.
About IIT Council
IIT Council is the apex body of 16 IITs. IIT council is headed by HRD minister and consists of three
members of Parliament, chairpersons and directors of
About Anandji Dossa
all IITs, chairperson of UGC, director general of CSIR,
• He was a former cricketer who remained as a re- chairman and directors of IISc, nominee of HRD minserve in Mumbais Ranji Trophy but never suc- istry and three appointees each of the ministry and
AICTE.
ceeded to break into the side
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Former CJI P Sathasivam appointed as Gov- the National Capital Territory of Delhi. It was incorporated in 1998, IGL took over Delhi City Gas Disernor of Kerala
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• Before joining the new assignment at IGL, he was
serving as Senior Vice President in-charge of Bina
dispatch terminal at Bharat Oman Refineries Limited in Bina
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• He is a post graduate in Organic Chemistry
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• He carries a diverse experience on over 32 years in
operations, retail, industrial and commercial sales
and businesses. He gained this diverse experience
during his service in Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
About Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (IGL)
Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (IGL) is a joint venture company of GAIL (India) Ltd. and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) along with the Government of
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• Ecuador unveiled plans to issue worlds first digital
currency. The currency will be issued by Central
Bank of Ecuador. The electronic money, as yet
unnamed, will start circulating in December 2014.
The new money will be used alongside the existing currency in Ecuador, the US dollar. Ecuador
introduced the US dollar as its currency after a
crippling bank crisis in 2000.
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NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi came into power at the centre.
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became the first Chief Justice of India to be appointed to the post of a Governor of a State, which
is lower in warrant of precedence to the CJI. Apart
from this, Sathasivam who was the 40th chief justice of India holding office from July 2013 to April
2014 is also the first non-political person to be appointed for a gubernatorial post by the new NDA
government.
• Piped Natural Gas (PNG)
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• Sathasivam was appointed to the post after President Pranab Mukherjee accepted the resignation
of Sheila Dikshit as the Governor of Kerala.
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• Former Chief Justice of India, Palaniswamy Satha(Formerly Gas Authority of India Limited).
sivam was appointed as the new Governor of KerIn Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR)
ala. His appointment to the office will come into
towns like Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad, IGL
effect from the date, he will assume the charge of
is the sole supplier of
his office.
• United Bank of India declared Vijay Mallya as
wilful defaulter.Three Kingfisher Airlines Ltd directors A.K. Ganguly, Subhash Gupte and Ravi
Nedungadi were also declared as wilful defaulters. This declaration would cut off further bank
finance for UB Group companies by empowering
banks to change course for managing firms who fail
to pay. Banks will now initiate criminal proceedings against Mallya and force him to quit company
boards.
• Delhi Government to charge one rupee cess on
cigarette and liquor to promote public transport.Delhi government decided to establish an urban transport fund to promote public transport
and its use in a bid to tackle the rising pollution
levels in the national capital.
• The Reserve Bank of India decided to fix the upper
age limit at 70 years for Managing Directors (M.D)
and Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in private sector banks.As per the provisions of the Companies
Act, 2013 under Section 196(3), it prescribed that
no company shall appoint or continue the employment of any person as managing director, wholetime director or manager who is below the age of
21 years or has attained the age of 70 years.
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• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
censured Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) for its
conduct in share sale of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) worth 6000 crore rupees through Offer for Sale (OFS).
available for all kids above 10 who can sign uniformly.
• The retirement fund body also has also fixed the
minimum monthly pension for EPFO schemes at
Rs. 1,000. This move will immediately benefit 28
lakh pensioners who get less than this amount at
present. Mr Jaitley in the Budget had allocated
Rs. 250 crore in the current financial year for this
purpose.
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• ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) launched a Cardless Cash Withdrawal service. The service allows its customers
to transfer money from their account to anyone in
India with a mobile number. The recipient can
withdraw without a debit card or even a bank acBanking and Finance related news
count.The sender will get a four digit verification
code while the recipient a 6-digit reference code
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision:
through SMS.
• The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is
• Market regulator Securities Exchange Board of Inan institution of Governors of the Central Banks
dia (SEBI) extended deadline by six months to apof “G-10” nations and was formed in 1974.
point atleast one women director on board. SEBI
has extended the deadline till 31 March 2015.
• The Committee is a forum for discussion on the
SEBI has also simplified its norms dealing with
handling of specific supervisory problems.
related party transactions, which are now aligned
• It coordinates the sharing of supervisory responwith the Companies Act, 2013 and also the presibilities among national authorities in respect of
vailing accounting standards.
banks’ foreign establishments with the aim of ensuring effective supervision of banks’ activities
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on closed down
worldwide.
six Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs). These
UCBs were suspected of being used to route il• The committee operates from Basel in Switzerlegal money, but RBI did not disclose the names
land.
of these six UCBs.
Basel III Guidelines:are based upon 3 very im• State Bank of India (SBI) celebrated 150 years of
portant aspects which are called 3 pillars of the
its operations in Sri Lanka. SBI Managing DirecBASEL II.
tor Krishna Kumar reaffirmed the bank’s commitThese III pillars are:
ment to partner in Sri Lankas efforts in developing
its economy. The branch is located in a heritage
– Minimum Capital Requirement
building in the Fort area of Colombo, which is the
– Supervisory Review Process
financial hub of Sri Lanka.
– Market Discipline
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the
appointment of V.G. Mathew as Managing DiImportant Points:
rector (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of Kerala-based South Indian Bank Ltd.V.G.
• In accordance with Basel III norms, Indian banks
Mathew is appointed for a period of three years
will have to maintain their capital adequacy rawith effect from 1 October 2014. He will replace
tio at 9 per cent as against the minimum recomV.A. Joseph who will retire on 30 September.
mended requirement of 8 per cent.
• State Bank of India (SBI) and Industrial Credit
and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) on
24 September 2014 allowed kids to operate bank
accounts independently. The bank account is
• Under Basel III accord, banks have to maintain
Tier-one capital (equity and reserves) at 7 per cent
of risk weighted assets (RWA) and a capital conservation bugger of 2.5 per cent of RWA.
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• According to the recent RBI financial stability re- Some Recent Working Groups & Commitport, Indian banks will require an additional cap- tees by RBI & Their Focus Area:
ital of Rs.5 trillion (5lakh crore) to comply with
• Working Group on Benchmark Prime Lending
Basel III norms, including Rs 3.25 trillion (Rs 3.25
Rate (BPLR): Deepak Mohanty
lakh crore) as non-equity capital and Rs 1.75 trillion(Rs 1.75 lakh crore) in the form of equity cap• Working Group on Surveys: Deepak Mohanty
ital over the next five years.
• High Level Committee to Review Lead Bank
• To ensure that PSU Banks meet the Basel III regScheme: Usha Thorat
ulations regarding capital adequacy, the government will infuse Rs 14,000 crore in public sector
• Working Group to Review the Business Correbanks in next fiscal (2013-14). The Basel III capspondent Model: P Vijaya Bhaskar Rao
ital ratios will be fully phased in as on March 31,
• High Level Group on Systems and Procedures for
2018.
Currency Distribution: Usha Thorat
Questions Related to BASEL III For RBI Assistant Exam:
• G20 Working Group on Enhancing Sound Regulation and Strengthening Transparency: Dr. Rakesh
1. According to Basel III norms Indian banks will
Mohan and Mr. Tiff Macklem
have to maintain their capital adequacy ratio at
how much percent?
• Committee on Financial Sector Assessment: Dr.
A. 8% B. 9% C. 7% D. 6% E. None of
Rakesh Mohan High Level Committee on Estimathese
tion of Savings and Investment: Dr. C. Rangarajan
2. Under Basel III accord, Indians banks have to
maintain Tier-one capital (equity and reserves) at
• Committee on the Global Financial System
how much
per cent of risk weighted assets
(CGFS) on Capital Flows and Emerging Market
(RWA).
Economies: Dr. Rakesh Mohan
A. 8% B. 7% C. 9% D. 5% E. None of
these
• Task Force For Diamond Sector: A K Bera
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bank will require to comply with Basel III norms?
A. Rs 3 Lakh Crore
C. Rs.5 Lakh Crore
E. None of these
B. Rs 1.75 Lakh Crore
D. Rs.4.5 Lakh Crore
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Banking Supervision (BCBS)?
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B. Switzerland
C. Belgium
D. Washington DC E. None of these
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5. To meet the Basel III regulations regarding capital adequacy, what is the total capital infusion for
Public Sector banks in budget 2013-14?
A. Rs 15,000 crore B. Rs 30,000 crore C. Rs
12,000 crore
D. Rs 14,000 crore
E. None of
these
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1. B
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. D
• Technical Advisory Group on Development of
Housing Start-Up Index in India: Prof. Amitabh
Kundu
• Working Group on Defraying Cost of ICT Solutions for RRBs: Shri G. Padmanabhan
• Working Group on IT support for Urban Cooperative Banks: R Gandhi
• Working Group on Technology Upgradation of Regional Rural Banks: Shri G. Srinivasan
• Interest Rate Futures: Shri V.K. Sharma
• Internal Working Group to Study theBanking
Recommendations of the NCEUS Report: KUB
Rao
• Territory of Lakshadweep: S. Ramaswamy
• Working Group on Rehabilitation of Sick SMEs:
Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty
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• Need and Use Behavior for Small Denomination
Coins: Sanal Kumar Velayudhan
• Working Group on Improvement of Banking Services in Himachal Pradesh: Dr. J. Sadakkadulla
• Debt Sustainability at State Level in India: Indira
Rajaraman, Shashank Bhide and R.K.Pattnaik
• Internal Technical Group on Seasonal Movements
in Inflation: Dr. Balvant Singh
• Internal Group to Examine Issues Relating to Rural Credit and Microfinance: Shri H.R.Khan
• Working Group to Examine the Procedures and
Processes of Agricultural Loans: C P Swarankar
• Working Group to Review Export Credit: Shri
Anand Sinha
• Task Force on Empowering RRB Boards for Operational Efficiency Dr. K.G. Karmakar
• Internal Working Group on RRBs: Shri A V
Sardesai
• Technical Group Set up to Review Legislations on
Money Lending: Shri.S. C. Gupta
• Working Group on Warehouse Receipts and Commodity Futures: Shri Prashant Saran
• Working Group To Suggest Measures To Assist
Distressed Farmers: Shri. S. S. Johl
• Internal Group to Review Guidelines on Credit
Flow to SME Sector: Shri C.S.Murthy
• Technical Group on Statistics for International
Trade in Banking Services: Shri K.S.R.Rao
• Working Group on Regulatory Mechanism for
Cards Shri R.Gandhi
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• Working Group on Improvement of Banking Services In Jharkhand: V.S.Das
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• Working Group on Savings for the Eleventh Five
Year Plan (2007-08 to 2011-12): Dr.Rakesh Mohan
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• Working Group on Compilation of State Government Liabilities: Dr. N.D. Jadhav
• Working Group on Improvement of Banking Services in Uttaranchal: V.S. Das
• Working Group on Cost of NRI Remittances: P.
K. Pain
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• Working group to formulate a scheme for Ensuring
Reasonableness of Bank Charges: N. Sadasivam
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• Committee on Fuller Capital Account Convertibility: S.S.Tarapore
• Committee on Financial Sector Plan for North
Eastern Region: Smt. Usha Thorat
• Group on Model Fiscal Responsibility Legislation
at State Level: Shri H R Khan
• Task Force on Revival of Cooperative Credit Institutions: Prof.A.Vaidyanathan
• Special Group for Formulation of Debt Restructuring Mechanism for Medium Enterprises: Shri
G.Srinivasan
• Working Group on Screen Based Trading In Government Securities: Dr.R.H.Patil
• Expert Group on Internet Deployment of Central Database Management System (CDBMS):
Prof.A.Vaidyanathan
• Report on Monitoring of Financial Conglomerates:
Smt.Shyamala Gopinath
• Report of the Internal Working Group on Implementation of Counter-cyclical Capital Buffer–Shri
B. Mahapatra
• Survey on Impact of Trade Related Measures on
Transaction Costs of Exports: Balwant Singh
• Report of the Committee on Data and Information
Management in the Reserve Bank of India–Shri
D.K.Mohanty
• Advisory Committee on Ways and Means Advances to State Governments: M.P.Bezbaruah
• Estimates of Productivity Growth for the Indian
Economy–Research Advisor B N Goldar
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• Surging Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) have rendered public sector banks such as State of India
(SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Canara
Bank unfit to take deposits from non-government
Provident Funds (PF). As per the current rules
governing investments by PFs, non-government
Provident Funds (PF) are barred from being deposited in a commercial bank in case the NPAs of
that bankexceed 2% of net advances.
• Report of The Committee to Review Governance
of Boards of Banks in India–Dr. P.J.Nayak
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• Report of the Working Group on Resolution
Regime for Financial Institutions–Shri Anand
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• Report of the GIRO Advisory Group–Prof.
Umesh Bellur
• Report of the Group on Enabling PKI in Payment
System Applications—Dr Anil Kumar Sharma
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• RuPay, India’s indigenous card payment network
launched by President Pranab Mukherjee is developed by the National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI).
• Report of the Working Group on Pricing of
Credit–Shri Anand Sinha
• Report of the Committee to Recommend Data
Format for Furnishing of Credit Information to
Credit Information Companies–Shir Aditya Puri
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• India became third largest economy in 2011:
World Bank .
• Report of the Committee on
Benchmarks–Shri P. Vijaya Bhaskar
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Banking–Mr. B Sambamurthy
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• Report of the Technical Committee on Enabling
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in Payment System Applications–Dr Anil Kumar Sharma
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• Report of the Expert Committee to Revise and
Strengthen the Monetary Policy Framework–Dr.
Urjit Patel
• Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services
for Small Businesses and Low Income Households–
Dr. Nachiket Mor
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• Additional views on the report received from two
members of the Committee on Comprehensive
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• Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low
Income Households–Smt. Shikha Sharma and Shri
S S Mundra
• Draft Report of the Committee on Financial
Benchmarks–Shri P. Vijaya Bhaskar
• Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs), a newly created
class for overseas investors, will be able to invest
up to $81 billion (close to Rs 4 lakh crore) in government and corporate debt securities in India.
• India’s current account deficit fell sharply to $1.2
billion, or to a mere 0.2 per cent of Gross domestic
Product (GDP), in the fourth quarter of 2013-14.
CAD was pegged at $18.1 billion, or at 3.6 per
cent of GDP, in the same quarter of the pervious
fiscal.
• The country’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell
by $2.26 billion to $ 312.65 billion.
• The market regulator SEBI exempted Abu Dhabi
based Etihad Airways from making an open offer in the Jet deal. In its decision, the market
regulator termed that purchase of 24% stake of
Jet Airways by Etihad Airways doesn’t amount to
a change in ownership in Jet Airways. Thus it
doesn’t need to conduct a tender offer for shares
in the domestic carrier. The Jet-Etihad deal is
the biggest merger and acquisition deal in India’s
aviation sector.
• Indian rupee becomes the best performing currency in Asia-Pacific region against US dollar so
far in 2014.
• El Nino effect may shrink India’s GDP by 1.75
• India will overtake Japan to become the world’s
third largest oil consumer behind the US and
China by 2025, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said.
• As per the Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base year 2004-05 for
the month of March 2014 released by the Central
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of migration to CTS cheques in New Delhi and
Chennai from 24 September 2011.
Statistics Office (CSO) of the Ministry of Statistics
and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), the industrial production remained negative for the second consecutive month, shrinking 0.5% in March
2014 due to poor performance in manufacturing,
especially capital goods.
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• The deadline for switching to new format bank
cheques under the cheque truncation system
(CTS) ended on 30th April 2014.Transactions with
cheques that have magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) and not CTS technology will from
1 may 2014 be delayed, with banks likely to take
four days or more from the date of deposit to credit
the amount.
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• Union Government of India on 30 May 2014 signed
a credit agreement of 24 million US dollar with
World Bank for additional financing for Uttarakhand Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project
(URWSSP).
• RBI directed all new ATMs to be installed by commercial banks from July 2014 onwards would provide audible instructions and Braille keypads to
customers.
• India’s current account deficit (CAD) is likely to
narrow to 2.3 per cent of GDP this fiscal as the
new Government is expected to focus on exports
and reduce its dependence on imports, as per the
report of Citigroup.
• The RBI allowed minors above the age of 10 to
open and operate savings bank accounts independently to promote the objective of financial inclusion and to bring uniformity among banks in opening and operating minors’ accounts.
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cent year-on-year to $24.3 billion in 2013-14, according to the Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP) data. In 2012-13, FDI totalled
$22.4 billion.
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per cent over the next two years as per a report
published by Morgan Stanley.
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• Special Investigation Team is set up to unearth
black money chaired by Justice MB Shah. Union
Government of India on 30 May 2014 signed a
credit agreement of 165 million US dollar with
World Bank for Maharashtra Rural Water Supply
and Sanitation Programme (MRWSSP).
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• The Union Government of India on 30 May 2014
signed a credit agreement of 121.20 million US dollar from the World Bank for the Uttarakhand Decentralized Watershed Development Project (UDWDP).
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• Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on 30 May
2014 released the Provisional and Quarterly Estimate of National Income for the financial year
2013-14. It pegged Indian economy’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate at 4.7 percent
in 2013-14.
• The frequency of clearance of cheque was reduced
from three sessions in a week to two days (Mondays and Fridays only) in Chennai. Earlier, the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) started the process
• Floating loan products include housing, corporate,
vehicle and personal loans. Some banks are charging pre-payment penalty of up to 2% of the outstanding loans.
• RBI barred Indian companies from raising the External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) from overseas branches and subsidiaries of Indian banks for
refinance or repayment of the Rupee loans raised
from domestic banking system.
• SEBI exempted Etihad Airways from making open
offer in the Jet deal as purchase of 24% stake of Jet
Airlines doesn’t amount to change in ownership.
• The RBI panel, headed by Ex-Chairman of Axis
Bank, P. J. Nayak, said to dilute the government
stake in public sector banks to below 50% as the
26 public sector banks (PSBs) suffer due to several
’externally imposed constraints’ like dual regulation by the RBI and the Finance Ministry, and
external vigilance by agencies such as the CVC
and CAG, among others.
• Governor of the Reserve Bank of India announced
that plastic currency notes will be launched in
2015 after field trials in five cities.
• The committee to review Governance of Boards
of Banks in India on 13 May 2014 submitted its
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• Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the chairmanship of former Justice M.B. Shah was constituted by the Union government.
report to Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The committee was constituted under the chairmanship of
P. J. Nayak. He is a former Chairman and CEO
of Axis Bank.
• RBI announced second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
announced second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy
Statement on 3 June 2014. RBI in its second bimonthly monetary policy statement has kept the
policy rates unchanged. Based on the assessment
of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation the following changes has been taken
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• Bharatiya Mahila Bank included in second schedule to RBI Act, 1934.
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• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made easy the
gold import norms under the 20: 80 Scheme. Reserve Bank of India allowed banks to provide loans
to exporters with tenures of up to 10 years. In
2014, Foreign Exchange Reserves increased by 15.5
billion US dollar RBI.
• The repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 8.0 percent.
• RBI kept key rates unchanged. While the repo
rate was maintained at 87%, the SLR was cut by
50 basis points.
• RBI in the context of shadow banking, has said
that the country’s top ten corporates outdo the
top ten banks in treasury income.
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• India and the US have agreed to implement Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), a
US law that targets tax non-compliance by US
taxpayers with foreign accounts.
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• RBI eased KYC norms for opening bank account.
Single documentary proof of address can be used
to open a bank account now.
• HSBC sold its Swiss private banking assets to
Liechtenstein’s LGT Bank. This deal could have
bearing on India’s fight against black money.
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• RBI has tightened the money laundering rules
for money transfer companies and has empowered
their designated directors to penalise offerders who
failed to comply with the Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002.
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• RBI has directed banks to disclose sector-wise advances in the Notes to Accounts to the financial
statements from financial year 2014-15 onwards.
• Canara Bank opened its seventh overseas branch
in New York, USA after London, Leicester (UK),
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bahrain and Johannesburg.
• Reduced the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) of
scheduled commercial banks by 50 basis points
from 23.0 percent to 22.5 percent of their NDTL
with effect from 14 June 2014.
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• 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.
• The cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks
unchanged at 4.0 percent of net demand and time
liabilities (NDTL).
• Introduce a special term repo facility of 0.25 percent of NDTL to compensate fully for the reduction in access to liquidity under the ECR with immediate effect.
• The policy is continued to provide liquidity under
7-day and 14-day term repos of up to 0.75 percent
of NDTL of the banking system.
• The reverse repo rate under the LAF remained
unchanged at 7.0 percent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 9.0
percent.
• India emerged as the 2nd largest exporter of global
textiles after China.
• IICA & Grant Thornton India signed MoU to develop capacity of Indian companies to implement
the CSR Rules laid in Section 135 of Companies
Act 2013.
• The Services sector in India expanded for the first
time in 11 months. This was revealed by the
HSBC Services Purchasing Managers’ Index.
• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) reduced the rate of interest
by 20 basis points (bps).
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• Bank of Maharashtra was conferred Best Bank
Public Sector award in BFSI Awards: 2014 by
World HRD Congress in recognition of its performance in Banking category.
• GEP report of World Bank has revised down the
economic growth forecast of developing world in
2014 to 4.8 percent from 5.3 percent.
• The Tax Administration Reform Commission
• Fitch Ratings has assigned Bank of Baroda’s $250
million senior unsecured notes due July 2019 a final rating of ’BBB-’. ’BBB’ ratings indicate that
expectations of default risk .
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• (TARC) headed by Parthasarathi Shome submitted its report to the Union Ministry of Finance.
• An Online Finance Facilitation Centre was
launced by the Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII) to facilitate easier finance to SMEs.
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• The Reserve Bank will shortly issue new Rs. 20
denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi
series-2005 with inset letter E. These banknotes
would bear the year of printing ’2014’ on the reverse side of the currency. India will hold the Presidency of the USD 100 billion BRICS development
bank for the first six years.
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• SEBI issued new norms for public issuance of debt
securities.
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• Union Finance Ministry accepted the recommendations of Arvind Mayaram Committee on Rationalising the FDI/FPI definition. Arvind Mayaram
is the Union Finance Secretary. Government has
decided to provide interest-free loan of 4400 crore
rupees to cash- starved sugar mills.
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• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its World Investment
Report 2014. The Report reveals an encouraging
trend after a decline in 2012, global foreign direct
investment flows rose by 9 per cent in 2013, with
growth expected to continue in the years to come.
World Bank released a report on power sector reforms in India. The report titled “More Power
to India: The Challenge of Distribution” was released in New Delhi.
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• The Union Government granted Navratna status
to Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC).
• Kolkata-headquartered UCO Bank has set up an
e-lobby with four self- operated machines for cash
deposit, withdrawal, cheque deposit and pass book
printing in the Supreme Court complex.
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• Uma Bharti, the Union Water Resources Minister
launched a nationwide tree plantation drive and
public awareness programme to save rivers.
• Corporation Bank will open 200 Corp Excel
branches by the end of December 2015.
• As a debate continues on alleged black money of
Indians in Swiss banks, the authorities in Switzerland have come across a significant quantum of
fake Indian rupee notes in their country the third
highest for any foreign currency after Euro and the
US dollar.
• Canara Bank signed an agreement with the Kochi
Metro Rail Ltd on 20th July for a loan of Rs.1,170
crore to the Rs. 5,200-crore Kochi Metro project.
• The RBI has set out a framework for identifying and dealing with large banks, termed domestic
systemically important banks or D-SIBs.
• Canara Bank will open over 1,250 branches and
over 3,700 ATMs in the next two years.
• Even though Wipro has lagged behind Infosys,
which posted 2 per cent revenue growth, the company has done a better job in retaining its employees.
• Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry upgraded the National Industrial Classification -1987
(NIC-1987) to National Industrial Classification2008 (NIC-2008).
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slapped a
monetary penalty, ranging from Rs. 5 to Rs. 40
lakhs, on 12 banks including ICICI Bank, HDFC
Bank, Axis Bank, Canara Bank and IDBI Bank, in
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• Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry delicensed manufacturing of defence items. Almost
55 percent of the defence items have been removed
from the compulsory licensing list.
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countrys bill payment system. It will have a single brand image providing convenience of anytime
anywhere payment to customers.
the case relating to the loan and current accounts
of the troubled Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd for
violations of its instructions/directions/guidelines.
The central bank has imposed the maximum
penalty of Rs. 40 lakh on ICICI Bank; followed by
Rs. 15 lakh each on Axis Bank and IDBI Bank.
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• The RBI said that it will transfer the surplus
amount of Rs. 52,679 crore to the Government.
The year before, the central bank said that it had
transferred Rs. 33,010 crore to the Government.
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• Federal Bank has launched a woman-only car loan
scheme called she car.
• Coca-Cola has announced it will pay $2.15 billion
for a 16.7 per cent stake in Monster Beverage, cementing a distribution-based link between the two
that had added significantly to Cokes profits.
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• Repo rate- 8%
• Reverse Repo Rate-7%
• Five Indian companies, including Hindustan
Unilever and Tata Consultancy Services, are
among Forbes list of the worlds 100 most innovative companies that investors think are most likely
to - generate big, new growth ideas.
• CRR-4%
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• SLR-22%
• Bank Rate-9%
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• Betting big on the governments reforms agenda,
overseas investors have poured in more than USD
5 billion in the Indian market so far this month
taking the total inflow to over USD 25 billion since
January 2014.
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• The soon-to-be-turned private bank IDFC will be
headed by its current Executive Chairman Rajiv
Lall. Subject to RBI approval, Rajiv Lall will be
the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of IDFC Bank, which is expected to be formed
by October 2015.
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• SBI Caps (the investment banking arm of State
Bank of India) has been asked by the Finance Ministry to undertake a study on the merger and recapitalisation of banks The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case of alleged bribery
against the Chairman & Managing Director of
Syndicate Bank Sudhir Kumar Jain.
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• Vidyo, Inc., a visual communications solutions
provider has been selected by IndusInd Bank, one
of the fastest growing new-generation private sector banks in India for Video Branch, a mobile
and desktop-based banking service being deployed
across the country.
• The Reserve Bank of India has said that the proposed Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) will
function as a tiered structure for operating the
• People can now deposit up to Rs 1.5 lakh annually in their Public Provident Fund (PPF) with
the government notifying changes in the popular
savings scheme. The government has issued a notification raising the limit from annual PPF deposit
limit from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh in pursuance
of the announcement made by Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley.
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• Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)- 9%
• Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) with
asset size of Rs. 100 crore and above have been forbidden to give more than 50 per cent of the value
of shares pledged with them (capping the loan to
value ratio at 50 per cent). This would be applicable only to loans of Rs. 5 lakh and above.This
has been done to minimise volatility in the market
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• The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Finance is bringing out the twentieth issue of the
annual publication Indias External Debt: A Status
Report 2013-14. The Report presents a detailed
analysis of Indias external debt position at endMarch 2014, based on the data released by the
Reserve Bank of India on June 30, 2014.
• The Tata Group has retained its place as the
countrys most valuable brand at USD 21 billion,
while the total worth of top-100 Indian brands now
stands at USD 92.6 billion.
• The Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) organised the
second All India Cotton Conference on August 12
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and 13 at The Residency in Coimbtore. The theme
of the conference is “Indian Cotton Scenario in the
current context 2014-15”.
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• The Ken-Betwa Link Project, benefiting Madhya
Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, has been taken up
for the implementation. The estimated cost of
the Phase-I and Phase-II of the Ken-Betwa Link
project is Rs.9393 Crore (2008 price level) and
Rs.2283 Crore (2012-13 price level) respectively .
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• Reserve Bank will issue Rs 1,000 new bank notes
under the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with the
rupee mark ’R’ in inset.
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• The government will spend Rs 20,000 crore to provide mobile connectivity in 55,000 villages, which
are still untouched by wireless telephony, in the
next five years, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg
said.
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• The Ministry of Environment and Forests has
given environment clearance to Cairn India to
raise crude oil production from its prolific Rajasthan block by 50 per cent to 300,000 barrels
per day.
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BUDGET - 2014
OF
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RAILWAY
• 5400 unmanned level crossing removed.
• Tourist trains to be introduced to link all major
places of tourist interests across the country.
The new government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented its maiden budget - its first big
policy statement on how it intends to overhaul an economy saddled with slow growth and weak public finances.
Railway Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda presented the Railway Budget in the Parliament on 8 july
2014. Here are some highlights -
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• 4,000 women constables to be recruited to ensure
safety of women. 17,000 RPF constables to provide safety to passengers.
• Setting up of Railway University for technical and
non-technical study.
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• Ultrasonic system to detect problem in track.
• Indian railways to become the largest freight carrier in the world.
• Proposal to start Bullet trains in Mumbai Ahmedabad route. Speed of important trains will
be also raised.
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• Social obligation of Railways in 2013-14 was Rs
20,000 crore.
Note: Operating ratio of 94% means spend 94
paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of
only 6 paisa.
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• Focus in past has been on sanctioning projects
rather than completing them, Railway minister
says.
• Indian Railways spent Rs 41,000 crore on laying
of 3,700 km of new lines in last 10 years.
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• Fare revision will bring in Rs.8,000 crore; need
another Rs.9,000 crore for golden quadrilateral
project.
• Railways also proposes to set up Food Courts at
major stations.
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• Need to explore alternative sources of resource mobilisation and not depend on fare hike alone, Railway minister says.
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• With 12,500 trains, railways move 23 million passengers every day; equivalent to moving Australia’s population.
• Separate housekeeping wing at 50 major stations.
• Diamond Quadrilateral project of high speed
trains to connect all major metros.
Note: Diamond Quadrilateral is a rail route
between - Delhi, Mumbai, kolkata, Chennai.
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• Gross traffic receipts in 2013-14 was Rs
12,35,558 crore, operating ratio was 94%.
• E-ticketing system to be improved. Future eticketing to support 7200 tickets per minute & to
allow 120,000 simultaneous users
• Wifi in A1 and A category stations and in select
trains. Internet-based platform and unreserved
tickets.
• GIS mapping and digitization of Railway Land.
Extension of logistics support to various eCommerce Companies.
A geographic information system (GIS) is a
computer system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types
of geographical data
• Bulk of future projects will be financed through
Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
• Facilitate transport of milk through rail. Special milk transportation trains in association
with Amul and National Dairy Association
Board.
• Mechanized laundry will be introduced.
• One ticket to reach from Delhi to Srinagar. Uddhampur to Banihal by bus and Banihal to Srinagar by train.
• Dedicated freight corridor on Eastern and Western
corridors.
• Mumbai local to get 860 new, state-of-the art
coaches. 64 new EMUs to be introduced.
• CCTV to monitor cleanliness activities.
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2. Agriculture sector growth rate 4.7% in the year
201314
3. Agriculture exports grow by 5.1% in the year
201314
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NOTE: Char Dham are the names of four pilgrimage sites in India that are widely revered
by Hindus. It comprises Badrinath, Dwarka,
Puri and Rameswaram. It is considered highly
sacred by Hindus to visit Char Dham during
one’s lifetime. The Char Dham defined by Adi
Shankaracharya consists of three Vaishnavite
and one Shaivite pilgrimages.
1. India ranks first in the world in productivity of
grapes, banana, cassava, peas, and papaya.
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• Train connectivity to Char Dham cities.
4. Exports of marine products show a growth rate of
45% in the year 201314
Services:
• Ready-to-eat meals to be introduced in phased
manners.
1. India rank’s 12th in terms of services GDP among
the world’s top 15 countries.
• 27 Express trains to be introduced.
2. India has the second fastest growing services sector
with its CAGR at 9.0%, just below China.
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3. The growth rate of the combined category of trade,
hotels, restaurants, transport, storage, and communications decelerated to 3.0%.
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• 5 Jansadharan, 5 Premium AC trains to be introduced.
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• Paperless office of Indian railways in 5 years. Digital reservation charts at stations.
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Economic Survey predicts GDP in range of
5.4 to 5.9% in 2014-15
4. Financing, insurance, real estate, and business serIndian economy is likely to grow in the range of 5.4
vices grew robustly at 12.9%.
to 5.9 per cent in 2014-15 overcoming the sub-5
per cent GDP growth of past two years, even as poor
5. Services constitute a 57% share in GDP at factor
monsoon and disturbed external environment remain
cost in 2013.
a cause for concern.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley detailed his budget
The Survey released on 9 July 2014, expects that
for
2014-15 on 10 July 2014, the first budget under
moderation in inflation will ease the monetary policy
stance and revive the confidence of investors. “with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new government.
the global economy expected to recover moderately,
Here are the highlights of 2014 budget:
particularly on account of performance in some advanced economies, the economy can look forward to
1. Fiscal deficit for 2014-15 pegged at 4.1% and
better growth prospects in 2014-15 and beyond,”.
for next year at 3%
After recovering in 2009-10 and 2010-11, GDP
growth slowed down to decade’s low of 4.5 per cent in
2. Revenue Deficit seen at 2.9% for FY15
2012-13.
3. Defence FDI cap raised to 49% from 26% at
HIGHLIGHTS OF ECONOMIC SURVEY
present
2014 - 2015:
4. Exemption limit on income tax from Rs. 2 lakh
• Gross Domestic Product growth seen at 5.4 to Rs. 2.5 lakh.
5.9% in 2014 - 2015.
5. For senior citizens, the exemption on income has
• Fiscal deficit for 201314 contained at 4.5% of the
been raised to Rs. 3 lakh per annum.
GDP.
6. Tax-free cap on home loan interest from Rs. 1.5
• Current Account Deficit to be contained at 2.1%
to Rs. 2 lakh.
of GDP in 2014 - 2015.
7. Annual PPF ceiling to be enhanced to Rs 1.5 lakh,
from Rs 1 lakh
Agriculture:
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8. Women Safety:
• Outlay of Rs. 50 crores for a pilot scheme on
road safety
27. Skill India initiative to make youth employable
and create more entrepreneurs.
28. Kisan Vikas Patra to be expanded.
29. Rs. 7060 cr for creating smart cities.
• “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana” 100 crores
30. Assam and Jharkhand to get Centre of Excellence
on farming
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31. Rs. 100 crores for modernization of Madrasas
32. Skill India, a programme to train youth for jobs
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9. Rs 3600 cr set aside for National Rural Drinking
Water.
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• Another 150 crores to be spent by MHA on
safety on women in larger cities
33. Equity in PSU banks to be raised through share
sale to the public
11. Metro rails in PPP mode; Rs. 100 cr set aside for
metro scheme in Ahmadabad and Lucknow
34. Rural housing: Rs 8000 crores for national housing
banking programme
12. Rs 100 crores to set up virtual classrooms
35. MGNREGA programme to made more productive
13. Rs 500 crores for setting up 5 more IIMs and IITs
36. Senior Citizens Pension Plan Extended Till August 2015
15. Rs 7,060 crore allocated for building new cities
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14. To enhance the scope of income tax settlement
commission
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10. Rural housing: Rs 8000 crore for national housing
banking programme
37. National Adaption Fund for climate change to be
set up
38. Rs. 500 crore for price stabilization fund.
17. Rs 200 crores credit scheme for start-up by those
from scheduled castes and tribes.
40. Agriculture University in AP and Rajasthan, and Horticulture University in
Haryana, Telangana; Rs. 200 cr set aside
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18. 15 Braille press to come up.
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16. The government is committed to the welfare of
scheduled castes and tribes.
19. Currency note with Braille-like signs
20. Promote FDI selectively in sectors. India needs a
boost in job creation in the manufacturing sector
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21. 24x7 electricity in all houses.
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22. Minimum pension of Rs.1000 per month to all Professional Protection Scheme.
39. 100 soil testing laboratories across the country.
41. All six new AIIMS are functional. Four more AIIMS under consideration. 12 more medical colleges will be added. Rs. 500 crore allocated for
this.
42. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Gurantee Act,(MGNREGA) programme will be
made more productive
43. Crisis Management Center for women at Delhi
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23. Rs 50,548 cr proposed for SC development.
24. Bharat Swach Yojna proposed for hygiene and
cleanliness.
25. Rs. 200 crore for Statue of Unity, a statue of
Sardar Patel in Gujarat.
26. Rs. 1000 cr for irrigation plan named Pradhan
mantri krishi sichayin yojana.
44. Start up village at Rs 100 crore to promote entrepreneurship among rural youth.
45. Rs. 14,389 crores for PM Sadak Yojana
46. Rs 200 crore allocated to set up six textiles
clusters.
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• Fiscal deficit is the difference between the government’s expenditures and its revenues (excluding the money it’s borrowed). A country’s fiscal
deficit is usually communicated as a percentage of
its gross domestic product (GDP).
Purpose:
To probe Meerut fire tragedy occurred on 10 April
2006 in which around 60 people were killed.
Head: Suresh Prabhu
Purpose:
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The decision to appoint Suresh Prabhu Committee comes one month after the Union government
decided to put on hold the revision of natural gas
price.
6. Committee to review the Companies (Cost
records and Audit) Rules 2014:
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• Revenue Deficit if the actual receipts are higher
than expected one, it is termed as revenue surplus. A revenue deficit does not mean actual loss
of revenue. Let’s take an hypothetical example,
if a country expects a revenue receipt of Rs 100
and expenditure worth Rs 75, it can result in net
revenue of Rs 25.
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5. Committee to review gas pricing formula
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• Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total
value of goods produced and services provided in
a country during one year.
Head: Former Justice SB Sinha
Head: R. S. Sharma
IMPORTANT COMMITTEES
Head: Bimal Jalan
Purpose:
To examine the Companies (Cost Records and Audits) Rules, 2014 including the prescribed classes
of companies/industries/sectors and threshold
limits
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cut-off the spending and review government expenditure to get maximum output.The committe
would be tasked to suggest ways for managing
public finances by reducing food, fertiliser and oil
subsidies to include fiscal deficit.
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Purpose:
1. Expenditure Management Commission:
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2. Committee to review Parliament security:
Head: Former home secretary RK Singh
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within a month after making a comprehensive review of the existing security set-up and suggest
measures to further strengthen it.
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3. Committee to review the status of UGC:
Head: Former UGC chairman Hari Gautam.
7. Committee to inquire gas leakage in Bhilai
Steel Plant:
Head: KK Mehrotra
Purpose:
To probe the Gas Leakage Incident in Bhilai Steel
Plant occurred on 12 June 2014
8. Special Investigation Team (SIT):
Head: Judge MB Shah as its Chairman and retired Judge Arijit Pasayat as the Vice Chairman.
Purpose:
To monitor the probe into the black money case
in the country and abroad.
Purpose:
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The commission was set-up to review the present
status of UGC. The committee will suggest ways
to restructure and reorganise the panel to attain
better performance in order to meet desired objectives.
4. Committee to probe 2006 Meerut fire
tragedy:
9. Panel to Inquire into IPL Spot-Fixing Scandal:
Head: Justice Mukul Mudgal
Purpose:
The panel would conduct an independent inquiry
into the allegations and examine the IPL spotfixing scandal.
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17. Committee to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank:
10. Committee to Define FDI and FII:
Head: Arvind Mayaram
Head: MBN Rao
Purpose:
Purpose:
The committee will look into the difference between them and it will also give definition of FDI
and FII.
G
IN
Head: G K Pillai (One man committe)
18. Committee to formulate a policy on publicprivate partnership model to raise coal output:
Purpose: Government for the first time had
formed such a committee to examine the demand
of Bodoland in Assam.
Set
Up
On
Purpose:
The Central Government has constituted a panel
to formulate a policy on public-private partnership
framework with state-owned Coal India Ltd.
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Committee
Floods:
Head: SK Srivastava
Uttarakhand
Head: AK Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna).
Purpose:
19. Committee for rationalization of foreign investment norms:
O
F
12.
Head: K M Chandrasekhar
To understand the possible causes of the floods
and land slides in the state
Purpose:
Head: JS Mathur
Purpose:
O
O
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13. committee to revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates:
SC
H
14. Committee on indecent depiction of women
in media:
Head: K. Ratna Prabha
To investigate into the possible irregularities in
funds management by finacial institutions.
21. Committee suggest
MSME exports:
measures
to
boost
Head: RS Gujral
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The government-appointed panel looking into
Walmart’s lobbying with American lawmakers for
its entry into the Indian market
security
Purpose:
Purpose:
The committee will suggest short and long term
measures to enhance exports from MSME sector
22. committee to evaluate aspects related to set
up of Nalanda University:
Head: MS Ahluwalia
Head: Mukul Mudgal
Purpose:
the
Head: Janakiraman
15. To finalise modalities for a media campaign
against indecent portrayal of women in mass media
16. Committee looking into US giant Walmarts
lobbying activities to enter India:
To report on simplifying the foreign portfolio investment regime
20. Committee to investigate
transactions of the bank:
The committee will look into different parameters
on the basis of which advertisements are issued.
Purpose:
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11. Committee to study demand for Bodoland
state
To prepare blueprint for Indias first womens bank
in the public sector, for which Rs 1,000 crore initial
capital will be provided
23.
committee for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution:
Head: Sitakant Mahapatra
Purpose:
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Purpose:
To suggest the Parliament on the need to include
Bhojpuri and Rajasthani languages in the Eighth
schedule to the Constitution.
24. committee for evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Education:
Head: N R Narayana Murthy
Head: Bhandari
The Committees mandate was to examine and
provide recommendations on the potential and
modalities for corporate sector participation in
higher education
Purpose:
Head: C Rangarajan
NK
Committee looked into the issues in depth and
came out with rehabilitation packages consisting
of both financial and non-financial components.
31. Committee to Prepare a a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas:
BA
25. committee for poverty scale estimates in the
country:
IN
30. Committee for Reconstruction of RRBs :
Purpose:
Head: Economist Vijay Kelkar
Purpose:
Purpose:
To review the Tendulkar Committee methodology
for estimating poverty.
To enhance domestic production of oil and gas so
as to substantially reduce the nations import dependency by 2030.
O
F
26. committee for inspection of illegal mining
activities:
32. Committee for framing National Corporate
Governance Policy:
Head: MB Shah
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Purpose:
O
O
To probe the issues of illegal mining of iron and
manganese ore.
27. committee to examine taxation policies for
I.T. Sector:
SC
H
Head: N Rangachary
Purpose:
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The committee was mandated to review existing
policies and suggest necessary changes in the investment framework in the high-priority infrastructure sector.
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Committee will engage in consultations with
stakeholders and related government departments
to finalise the Safe Harbour provisions announced
in Budget 2010 sector-by-sector
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28. committee for implementation of GAAR
(General Anti Avoidance Rule):
Head: Parthasarathi Shome
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Purpose:
To frame draft guidelines for proper implementation of the GAAR provisions and to suggest safeguards to curb abuse thereof.
29. committee for Financing Infrastructure sector:
Head: Deepak Parekh
Head: Shri. Adi Godrej
Purpose:
To suggest a comprehensive policy frame work to
enable corporate governance of highest quality in
all classes of companies without impinging on their
internal autonomy
33. Committee on Customer Service in Banks:
Head: M. Damodaran
Purpose:
The committee will review the existing system of
attending to customer service in banks approach,
attitude and fair treatment to customers from retail, small and pensioners segment.
34. Committee to look into the demand for
a separate state for Telangana region in
Andhra Pradesh:
Head: B.N. Srikrishna
Purpose:
The committee constituted in February 2010 and
Submitted its report in January 2011.
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35. Committee for Kaveri water dispute tribunal:
41. Committee for Dissemination of Credit Information:
Head: Shri Aditya Puri
Purpose:
Purpose:
To take up pending applications of the Cauvery
Water Disputes Tribunal.
To put in place a system to disseminate credit information pertaining to willful defaulters for cautioning banks and financial institutions so as to
ensure that further bank finance is not made available to them.
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Head: B S Chauhan
Head: N R Madhawan
IN
36. committee to prevent misuse of public funds
by govt. in advertisement:
Purpose:
NK
42. Committee for gold import regulations
Head: Shri K.U.B.Rao
To find the extant guidelines on advertisements to
prevent misuse of public funds for political ends
To recommend aligning gold import regulations
BA
37. Committee to review long term safety needs
of railways:
Purpose:
43. Committee for rationalization of foreign investment norms
Head: K M Chandrasekhar
Purpose:
Purpose:
To review “long-term safety needs” of the national
transporter.
O
O
Head: Dr. C. Rangarajan
Purpose:
For giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)
44. Committee on Banking Sector Reforms
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38. Committee on Estimation of Savings and
Investments:
O
F
Head: Anil Kakodkar
SC
H
To critically review the existing methodologies
used to estimate saving and investment aggregates
for the Indian economy and suggest measures for
improvement.
39. Committee on Credit Related Issues under
Swarnjayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana:
Head: Prof. R. Radhakrishna
Head: Shri M. Narasimham
Purpose:
To study all aspects relating to the structure, organization, functions and procedures of the financial
systems and to recommend improvements in their
efficiency and productivity
45. Committee on Financial Sector Reforms
Head: Shri Raghuram Rajan
Purpose:
The committee Submitted its report in 2009 and
recommended setting up National Rural Livelihoods Mission
To identify the emerging challenges in meeting the
financing needs of the Indian economy in the coming decade and to identify real sector reforms that
would allow those needs to be more easily met by
the financial sector.
40. Committee to study the feasibility of Aadhaar
46. Committee for existing prudential guidelines by banks/financial institutions
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Purpose:
Head: Shri Pulak Kumar Sinha
Head: Shri B. Mahapatra
Purpose:
Purpose:
To study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for authentication of card present
transactions.
To review the existing prudential guidelines on restructuring of advances by banks/financial institutions.
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govern the institution, and to investigate possible conflicts of interest in board representation,
including among owner representatives and regulators.
To update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman
Scheme, 2006
53. Committee to prepare a road map to make
India:
Banking
Head: Suma Verma
Purpose:
Purpose:
Head: Kirit Parikh
Committee was appointed by the Petroleum and
Natural Gas Ministry to prepare a road map to
make India selfsufficient in oil and natural gas by
2030.
54. Committee to examine the current monetary policy framework
BA
Committee has suggested that the diesel prices
should be increased by Rs11.50 a litre every month
as againstthe 4550paise monthly hike followed currently.
NK
Purpose:
49. Committee for Bullion Bank:
Head: Urjit Patel
Head: K.U.B.Rao
Purpose:
Purpose:
To recommend what needs to be done to revise
and strengthen it and making it transparent and
predictable.
O
F
To Suggest the idea of setting up Bullion Bank or
Bullion Corporation of India
55. Union Government constituted a panel to
review environment laws
50. Committee for NBFCs:
O
O
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Head: Nachiket Mor
To permits NBFCs to work as Business Correspondents of banks
SC
H
51. Committee On Data and Information Management in the Reserve Bank of India
Head: Deepak Mohanty
Purpose:
IN
Head: Vijay Kelkar
48. Panel on fuel pricing:
Purpose:
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Ombudsman
47. Committee on
Scheme, 2006
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To recommend measures with a view to further
reducing the burden on reporting entities, delivering quality information to data users and reinforcing the management information system for policy
making.
Dr
52. Committee to review Governance of Boards
of Banks in India.
Head: T S R Subramanian
Purpose:
The motive is to bring the environment laws in
line with the current requirements through amendments to achieve economic growth without compromising green issues.
56. Union Finance Ministry constituted panel
to evaluate unclaimed PPF
Head: H R Khan
Purpose:
The panel will suggest steps for utilisation of unclaimed funds for the benefit of senior citizens.
57. Bombay High Court set up a Committee to
conduct forensic audit of NSEL
Head: PJ Nayak. He is a former Chairman and
CEO of Axis Bank.
Head: V V Daga
Purpose:
The committee will discover the liability that is
outstanding against the defaulting borrowers of
NSEL, conduct a forensic audit, and monetise the
assets.
To analyse the representation on banks boards to
see whether the boards have the appropriate mix
of capabilities and the necessary independence to
Purpose:
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Oscar Awards 2014 winners List
• Best Sound Mixing - Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv
Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
• Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
• Best Visual Effects - Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris
Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
• Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
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• Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave (John
Ridley)
• Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett
(Blue Jasmine)
NK
IN
• Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike Jonze)
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Film Fare Awards 2014 Winners List
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
• Best Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
• Best Actor - Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha
Bhaag)
BA
• Best Animated Feature - Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
• Best Debut Actor - Dhanush (Raanjhanaa)
• Best Cinematography - Gravity (Emmanuel
Lubezki)
• Best Directing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarn)
L
• Best Documentary Feature Film - 20 Feet from
Stardom (Nominees to be determined)
O
F
• Best Costume Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
• Best Actress - Deepika Padukone (Goliyon Ki
Raslila RamLeela)
O
O
• Best Documentary Short Film - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke,
Nicholas Reed)
SC
H
• Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarn, Mark
Sanger)
• Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty
(Italy)
P
• Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club
(Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
• Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price)
• Best Debut Actress - Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi
Romance)
• Best Director - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
(Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)
• Best Debut Director - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)
• Best Film (Critics) - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox)
• Best Actor (Critics) - Rajkummar Rao (Shahid)
• Best Actress (Critics) - Shilpa Shukla (BA Pass)
• Best Screenplay - Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudari (Kai Po
Che)
• Best Story - Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB)
• Best Actor (Supporting Role) - Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox)
• Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby
(Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
• Best Actress (Supporting Role) - Supriya Pathak
Kapur (Goliyon Ki Raslila- Ram Leela)
• Best Animated Short Film - Mr. Hublot (Laurent
Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
• Lifetime Achievement Award - Tanuja
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• Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen
• Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders
Walter, Kim Magnusson)
• Best Sound Editing - Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
• Best Music - Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit
Tiwari (Aashiqui 2)
• Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Zinda (Bhaag
Milkha Bhaag)
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• D.V. Sadananda Gowda : Railways
• Best Playback Singer Male - Arijit Singh (Tum hi
ho, Aashiqui)
• Dr. Harsh Vardhan : Health and Family Welfare
• Best Playback Singer Female - Monali Thakur
(Sawaar loon, Lootera)
• Gopinath Munde : Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation
• Best Choreography - Samir and Arsh Tanna Lahu muh lag gaya (Goliyon Ki Raasleel RamLeela)
• Harsimrat Kaur Badal : Food Processing Industries
• Jual Oram : Tribal Affairs
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• Best VFX - Tata Elxis (Dhoom:3)
• Kalraj Mishra : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
• Best Background Score - Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po
Che)
• Maneka Sanjay Gandhi : Women and Child
Development
BA
• Best Action - Thomas Struthers and Guru
Bachchan (D Day)
• Najma Heptulla : Minority Affairs
• Nitin Gadkari : Road Transport and Highways,
Shipping
• Trendsetter of the year - Chennai Express
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• Best Production Design - Acropolis Design (Bhaag
Milkha Bhaag)
O
O
• Best Costume - Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha
Bhaag)
SC
H
• Best Sound Design - Bishwadeep Chatterjee and
Nihar Ranjan Samar (Madras Cafe)
Ministers of India 2014
Prime Minister
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P
• Narendra Modi : Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space, All important policy issues and
all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.
Cabinet Ministers
• Anant Geete : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Dr
• Narendra Singh Tomar : Mines, Steel, Labour
and Employment
O
F
• Best Cinematography - Kamaljit Negi (Madras
Cafe)
• Best Editing - Aarif Sheikh (D-Day)
IN
G
• RD Burman Award - Sidharth Mahadevan
• Ananth Kumar : Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Radha Mohan Singh : Agriculture
• Rajnath Singh : Home Affairs
• Ram Vilas Paswan : Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution
• Ravi Shankar Prasad : Communications and
Information Technology, Law and Justice
• Smriti Irani : Human Resource Development
• Sushma Swaraj : External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs
• Thawar Chand Gehlot : Social Justice and
Empowerment
• Uma Bharati : Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
• Venkaiah Naidu : Urban Development, Housing
and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs
• Arun Jaitley : Finance, Corporate Affairs, De- Ministers of State
fence
• Dharmendra Pradhan : Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
• Ashok Gajapathi Raju : Civil Aviation
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• Dr. Jitendra Singh : Science and Technology
(Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent Charge), Prime Minister Office, Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of
Atomic Energy, Department of Space
• Shripad Naik : Culture (Independent Charge),
Tourism (Independent Charge)
• Gen. VK Singh : Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs
• Upendra Kushwaha : Rural Development,
Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation
G
• Sudarshan Bhagat : Social Justice and Empowerment
IN
• Vishnu Deo Sai : Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment
• Kiren Rijiju : Home Affairs
• Krishan Pal Gujjar : Road Transport and
Highways, Shipping
NK
• GM Siddeshwara : Civil Aviation
LIST OF NUCLEAR
PLANTS IN INDIA
POWER
BA
Power station - District - State
• Manoj Sinha : Railways
• Tarapur Atomic Power Station - Thane - Maharashtra
• Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava : Tribal Affairs
• Rajasthan Atomic Power Station - Chittogarh Rajasthan
• Nirmala Sitharaman : Commerce and Industry
(Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs
• Kakrapar Atomic Power Station - Surat - Gujarat
• Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant - Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu
O
O
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• Piyush Goyal : Power (Independent Charge),
Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable
Energy (Independent Charge)
O
F
• Nihalchand : Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Pon Radhakrishnan : Heavy Industries and
Public Enterprises
SC
H
• Prakash Javadekar : Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge),
Parliamentary Affairs
P
• Rao Inderjit Singh : Planning (Independent
Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge), Defence
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• Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sanjiv Baliyan : Agriculture, Food Processing Industries
Dr
• Santosh Kumar Gangwar : Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
• Sarbananda Sonowal : Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge)
• Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant - Uttara Kannada Karnataka
• Madras Atomic Power Station - Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu
• Narora Atomic Power Station - Bulandshahr - Uttar Pradesh
• Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station - Fatehabad Haryana
IMPORTANT
ORGANISATION
AND THEIR ABBREVATIONS
• IOD - Indian Ocean Dipole
• ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers
• CCI - Competition Commission of India
• DGCA - The Directorate General of Civil Aviation
• UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization
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• IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA)
• HDFC - Housing Development Finance Corporation
• NFSA - National Food Security Act
• NASA - National aeronautics and space administration.
• UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme
G
• ESA - Employment and support Allowance
IN
• NDMA - National Disaster Management Authority
LIST OF IMPORTANT DAYS
• MPA - Marine Protected Area
BA
NK
• OHCHR - Office of High Commissioner for Human January
Rights
• January 1 - Global Family Day
• DRSC - District-level Road Safety Committees
• January 15 - Army Day
• AICTE - All India Council of Technical Education
• January 23 - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth
anniversary
• ASSOCHAM - Associated Chamber of Commerce
and Industry
• January 26 - Republic Day
• BIS - Bureau of Indian Standards
• January 26 - International Customs day
• January 28 - Birth anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai
L
• CSIR - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
• CVC - Central Vigilance Commission
O
F
• AIIMS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences
O
O
• DGCA - Director General of Civil Aviation
• ECIL - Electronic Corporation of India Limited
SC
H
• FCI - Food Corporation of India
• FICCI - Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• FIEO - Federation of Indian Export Organization
P
• IDFC- Infrastructure Development Finance Co.
Ltd.
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• GATT - General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
• AICI- Agricultural Insurance Corporation of India
• January 28 - Data Protection Day
• January 30 - World Leprosy Eradication Day
February
• February 4 - World Cancer Day
• February 5 - Kashmir Day
• February 6 - International Day against Female
Genital Mutilation
• February 12 - Darwin Day
• February 12 - World Day of the Sick
• February 14 - Valentines Day
Dr
• CCIC - Central Cottage Industries Corporation
• February 20 - World Day of Social Justice
• CCI - Consumer Confidence Index
• EFTA- European Free Trade Association
• February 21 - International Mother Language Day
• ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation
• February 22 - World Scout Day
• ICICI - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
• February 23 - World Peaces and Understanding
Day
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May
March
• May 1 - International Labour day
• March 4 - World Day of the Fight Against Sexual
Exploitation
• May 3 - Press Freedom Day
• March 8 - International Womens’ Day
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• May 4 - Coal Miners day
• March 13 - World Kidney Day
• March 13 - World Rotaract Day
• May 9 - - Victory Day
• March 15 - World Consumer Rights Day
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• May 8 - World Red Cross day
NK
• May 11 - National Technology Day
• March 20 - International Day of the Francophonie
• May 12 - International Nurses day
• May 14 - World Migratory day
• March 21 - World Sleep Day
• May 15 - International Day of the Family
• March 21 - World Forestry Day
• May 17 - World Information Society Day
• March 21 - International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination.
• May 21 - Anti-Terrorism Day
• March 22 - World Water Day
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• March 24 - World TB Day
• May 31 - World No Tobacco Day
June
O
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• March 23 - World Meteorological Day
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F
BA
• March 20 - World Day of Theatre for Children and
Young People
• June 4 - International day of Innocent Children
Victims of Aggression
• June 5 - World Environment Day
• March 25 - International Day of Remembrance Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
• June 7 - International Level Crossing Awareness
Day
• March 27 - World Drama Day
• June 8 - World oceans Day
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• March 24 - International Day for Achievers
April
P
• April 2 - World Austism Awareness Day
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• April 7 - World Health Day
• June 12 - World Day against Child Labour
• June 14 - World Blood Donor day
• June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification
and Drought
• April 17 - World Haemophilia Day
• June 20 - World Refugee Day
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• April 18 - World heritage Day
• June 23 - United Nations Public Service Day
• April 22 - Earth Day
• June 23 - International widow’s day
• April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day
• April 25 - World Malaria Day
• June 26 - International Day against Drug Abuse
and IIlicit Trafficking
• April 29 - International Dance Day
• June 27 - International Diabetes Day
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October
July
• July 1 - National doctor’s Day
• October 1 - International Day of Older Persons
• July 11 - World Population Day
• October 2 - International day of Non-Violence
• October 4 - World Animal Day
IN
• July 18 - Nelson Mandela International Day
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• October 3 - World Nature Day, World Habitat Day
• July 12 - Malala Day
• October 5 - World Teacher’s Day
• July 28 - World Nature Conservation day
NK
• October 8 - Indian Airforce Day
• July 30 - International Day of Friendship
• October 9 - World Post Day
• October 11 - International Girl Child Day
August
• October 12 - World Arthritis Day
BA
• August 3 - Independence Day of Niger
• October 14 - World Standards Day
• August 5 - Independence Day of Upper Volta
• October 15 - World Students Day
• October 16 - World Food day
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• August 9 - International day of the World’s Indigenous People
• October 17 - International Day for the Eradication
of Poverty
• August 12 - International Youth Day
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• August 15 - Independence Day (India )
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• August 23 - Internatinal Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
• October 20 - World Statistics Day
• October 24 - United Nations Day
September
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• October 31 - World Thrift Day
• August 29 - National Sports Day ( Birthday of
Dhyan Chand )
November
• September 5 - Teacher’s Day (Dr. Radhakrishnan’s Birth Day)
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• September 7 - Forgiveness Day
• November 5 - World Radiography Day
• November 9 - World Services Day
• November 14 - Children’s Day ( Birth Anniversary
of Jawaharlal Nehru )
• November 16 - International Day for Endurance
• September 14 - Hindi day,World First Aid Day
• November 17 - International students Day
• September 16 - World Ozone Day
• November 17 - National Journalism Day
• September 21 - International Day of Peace, World
Alzheimer’s day
• November 18 - World Adult Day
• September 25 - Social Justice Day
• November 20 - Universal Children’s Day
• September 27 - World Tourism Day
• November 21 - World Television Day
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• November 1 - world vegan Day
• November 19 - World Citizen Day
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• November 21 - World Fisheries day
• United Nations - Ban Ki Moon
• November 25 - World Non-veg Day
• United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) - Anthony Lake
• November 26 - Law Day
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• November 30 - Flag Day
• Arab League - Nabil Elaraby
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• December 1 - World AIDS Day
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Le Luong Minh
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• December 2 - World Computer Literacy Day
• European Union (EU) - Herman Van Rompuy
• December 2 - International Day for the Abolition
of Slavery
• Group of Eight (G8) - David Cameron
• North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - Anders Fogh
Rasmussen
• December 3 - World Conservation Day
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- Ahmed Saleem
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• December 3 - International Day of People with
Disability
• December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
• December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day
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• December 4 - Navy Day
• World Trade Organization (WTO) - Roberto
Azevdo
• Asian Development Bank - Takehikonakao
• International Monetary Fund - Christine Lagarde
• December 10 - International Day of Broadcasting
• FederationInternationale de Football Association
(FIFA) - Sepp Blatter
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• December 11 - International Mountain Day
• December 14 - World Energy Day
• December 18 - International Migrants Day
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• December 20 - International Human Solidarity
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• December 29 - International Biodiversity Day
• World Bank - Jim Yong Kim
• International Cricket Council (ICC) - N. Srinivasan
• International Olympic Committee (IOC - Thomas
Bach
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) - Edmund Daukoru
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Francis Gurry
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Josette Sheeran
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATION AND THEIR HEAD
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Margaret
Chan
Organizations - Head
• Commonwealth of Nations - Queen Elizabeth II
• International Atomic Energy Agency - Yukiya
Amano
• Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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• Allahabad Bank (1865)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Jos ngel Gurra
Head Quarter: Kolkata
• Asian Football Confederation (AFC) - Zhang Jilong
It is the oldest Joint Stock Bank of India
• International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Philip Craven
Branches: more than 2500
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CMD: Mr.Rakesh Sethi
Head Quarter: Hyderabad
IMPORTANT BANKS IN INDIA
WITH THEIR HEAD AND HEAD
QUATERS
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• Andhra Bank (1923)
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It is founded by freedom fighter Mr.B.P. Sitaramaya
Chairman: Mr.CVR Rajendran
• Reserve Bank of India (1935)
Branches: more than 1632
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Head Quarter: Mumbai
• Bank of Baroda (1908)
Governor: Dr.Raghu Ram Rajan
Head Quarter: Vadodara
Functions:
It is founded by Maharaja of Baroda Sir Sayajrao
Gaekwad III
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Mr. S.S. Mundra, Dr. Urjit R. Patel, Mr. R.
Gandhi
It has 4 regional offices, 15 Branches and 5 suboffices.
Chairman: S.S. Mundra
Branches: more than 3409
Bank of India (1906)
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Formulates, implements and monitors the monetary policy, Regulates and supervise the financial
system, Regulates and supervise the payment systems, Manages the Foreign Exchange, Issue Currency, Promotes national objectives, Short terms
loans to Govt. under ways and means advances,
Inspections: On site thru CAMELS & CALCS and
ofsite thru OSMOS, Nationalized in 1949, Established in 1935 by RBI Act 1934.
• State Bank of India (1955)
Head Quarter: Mumbai
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It was the 1st Joint Stock Bank of British India, Bank of Bengl, Bank of Bombay and Bank of
Madras amalamated on 27th Jan. 1921, Imperial
Bank of India was converted into SBI in 1955, 7
subsidiary were added in the year 1959 State Bank
of Saurastra was merged in 2008 and State Bank
of Indore was merged in 2010, Now SBI is having 5 Associate Banks, It is 3rd largest employer
in India after Coal India and TCS (among listed
companies)
Head Quarter: Mumbai
Chairman: Mr.A.K. Mishra
Branches: more than 3415
• Bank of Maharashtra (1935)
Head Quarter: Pune
It has larged number of branches by any public
sector financial institute in Maharashtra.
Chairman: Mr.Narendra Singh
Branches: more than 1375
• Canara Bank (1906)
Head Quarter: Bangalore
Canara bank acquired Lakshmi Commercial Bank
in bid in 1985.
Chairman: Mr .R.K. Dubey
Branches: more than 3432
• Central Bank of India (1911)
Chairman: Ms.Arundhati Bhattacharya
Head Quarter: Mumbai Established in 1911
Branches: more than 15143, 170 branches in 34
nations
CMD: Mr.Rajeev Rishi
Branches: more than 4200
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• United Bank of India (1950)
• Corporation Bank (1906)
Head Quarter: Mangalore
Head Quarter: Kolkata
Chairman & MD: Mr.S.R. Bansal
Chairman: Mr.Bhaskar sen
Indian Bank (1907)
Branches: more than 1443
Head Quarter: Chennai
CMD: Mr.V. Kannan
• Indian Overseas Bank (1937)
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Head Quarter: Bangalore
Branches: more than 1500
Chairman: Mr.M. Narendra
Branches: more than 1400
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Oriental Bank of Commerce (1943)
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AWARDS AND HONOURS OF INDIA
Head Quarter: Chennai
• Ambassador of Goodwill Award - Saina Nehwal
and M.S. Swaminathan
Head Quarter: New Delhi
Chairman: Nagesh Pydah
• World Food Prize 2014 - Sanjaya Rajaram (India
born Mexican scientist)
Head Quarter: New Delhi
Founding fathers are Bhai Vir Singh, Sir Sunder
Singh Majithia, Sardar Tarlochan Singh.
Branches: more than 900
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Comm. Bank of India
Chairman: Mr.K.R. Kamath
Branches: more than 4500
• Syndicate Bank (1925)
Head Quarter: Manipal
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Branches: more than 2650
• UCO (United Commercial Bank) 1943
Head Quarter: Kolkata
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• Punjab & Sind Bank (1908)
Head Quarter: New Delhi
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• Vijaya Bank (1931)
Chairman: Mr.T.M.Bashin
• Jnanpith Award (Highest Literary) 50th Jnanpith
Award 2013 - Kedar Nath Singh (Hindi Poet)
• 49th Jnanpith Award 2012 - Mr.Ravuri Bharadwaja (Telugu)
• 48th Jnanpith Award 2011 - Ms.Pratibha Ray (1st
Oriya Woman writer)
• 47th Jnanpith Award 2010 - Chandrasekhar Kambara (Kanada writer)
• Moorti Devi Award 2013 - C.Radhakrishnana
(Malayalam writer) for the Novel Theekkadal
Katanhu Thirumadhuram
• Moorti Devi Award 2012 - Haraprasad Das for
novel Vamsha
• 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
2013 - Ustad Amjad Ali Khan the Sarod Maestro,
Mr.Khan is also the winner of Padam Vibhushan
in 2001
• Indian Car of the year 2014 - Hyundai Grand i10
Branches: more than 2000
• Indian Car of the year 2013 - Renault Duster
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Chairman: Mr.Arun Kunal
• Union Bank of India (1919)
Head Quarter: Mumbai
Mahatama Gandhi inaugurated it.
CMD: Mr.Arun Tiwari
• Indian Motorcycle of the year 2014 - Royal Enfield
Continental GT
• Indian Motorcycle of the year 2013 - KTM Duke
200
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• Booker Prize 2012 - Ms.Hilary Mantel
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2014
• Man Booker International 2013 - Ms.Lydia Davis
January 2014
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Visitor - Who is he / she ?
• Shinzo Abe - Prime Minister of Japan
• UN Public Service Commission Award 2013 Cottage and Village Industry Department of MP
for their initiation for Swaviamban and Grameen
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• Man Booker International 2011 - Phillip Roth
VISITORS
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• Booker Prize 2013 - Ms.Eleanor Catton
• J. K. N. Wang Chuck, Jetsun Pema Wangchuk Bhutan King and Queen
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• John Kerry - US Secretary
• Park Geun-Hey - President of South Korea
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2012 - Mr.Pran
• Abdullah Yameen - Maldivian President
• 98th Pulitzer Prize - for Public Washington Post
and Guardian
• Itsunori Onodera - Defence Minister of Japan
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• Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013 - Mr.Gulzar (original name Sampooran Singh Kalra)
February 2014
• Templeton Prize 2014 - Tomas Halik
• Ali Mohammed Shein - President of Zanzibar
• Erlan Abdyldaev - Foreign Minister of Kyrgyz Republic
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• Templeton Prize 2013 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
• Templeton Prize 2012 - Mr.Dalai Lama
Visitor - Who is he / she ?
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• 23rd Saraswati Samman (2013) - Govind Mishra
(Hindu Author) for Dhool paudho par
• Joachim Guack - President of Germany
• Hamed Bin Isa Al Khalifa - King of Bahrain
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• 22nd Saraswati Samman (2012) - Ms.Sugatha KuMarch 2014
mari for Poetry Collection “Manalezhuthu”
• Vyas Samman 2013 - Mr.Vishwanath Tripathi for
Vyomkesh Darvesh a biography of noted Hindi
scholar Acharya Hajari Prasad Dwivedi
Visitor - Who is he / she ?
• Mohammad Javad Zarif
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• Foreign Affair Minister of Iran
• Vyas samman 2012 - Dr.Narender Kohli for Na
Bhoota Na Bhavishyati (Hindi novel)
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• Kalidas Samman 2012 - Anupam Kher
• Kalidas Samman 2011 - C.V. Chandrashekhar
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• Gandhi Peace Award 2013 - Chandi Prasad Bhatt
a pioneer of Chipko Movement and environmentalist
• International Gandhi Award 2013 - Dr.Vijay Kumar vinayak Dongre and prof. Guocheng Zhang
• Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna 2013 - Mr.Ronjon
Sodhi (for shooting in Double Trap)
May 2014
SAARC Countries Leaders - Who is he / she ?
• Mahindra Rajapaksa - President of Srilanka
• Hamid Karzai - President of Afghanisthan
• Tshering Tobgay - President of Bhutan
• Abdulla Yameen - President of Maldives
• Navinchandra Ramgoolam - Prime Minister of
Mauritius
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Important schemes in India
• Sushil Koirala - Prime Minister of Nepal
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) :
• Zawaz Sharif - Prime Minister of Pakisthan
• Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury - Speaker of
Bangladesh
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Visitor - Who is he / she ?
• Laurent Fabius - French Foreign Minister
• Yousuf bin Alwai bin Abdullah - Oman Foreign
Minister
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• Pradhanmantri
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SwarojgarYojna
SadakYojna
PradhanMantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY)
was launched on 25th December 2000 as a fully
funded Centrally Sponsored Scheme to provide all
weather road connectivity in rural areas of the
country.
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• Park Geun-hye - South Korean President
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It aims at providing self-employment to the rural
poor by organising them into self - help groups
(SHGs). It’s been launched on April 1st 1999.
• Murray Mucully - New Zealand Foreign Minister
• Dmitry O Rogozin - Russian Deputy Prime Minister
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It’s been launched in 2006 as NREGA and renamed as MGNREGA on 2nd October 2009.Its
intended to provide 150 days of employment to
rural adult households as a right.
• Indira AwaasYojna (IAY):
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• William Hague - UK Foreign Minister
• Prof. G. L. Peiris -Srilanka Foreign Minister
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• Sheryal Sandberg - Face Book COO
The objective of the scheme is to primarily help
the weaker sections in rural areas who belong to
Below Poverty Line (BPL) category by granting
financial assistance for construction of a pucca
house. Additional assistance will be provided for
sanitary latrine and smokeless challah under Total
Sanitation Programme (TSP)and Rajiv Gandhi
GraminVidyudeekaranYojna. This scheme is operational since 1985.
• Bharath Nirman:
It’s been launched in 2005 to provide basic infrastructure in rural areas. Six components of this
programme include
– Road connectivity
– Electrification
Visitor - Who is he / she ?
– Drinking water supply in rural areas
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• Chuck Hagel - US Defense Secretary
• Aaron Schock - United States Congressman
• Nick Clegg - Deputy Prime Minister of UK
• Penny Pritzker - US Secretary of Commerce
– Telephone connectivity
– Housing
– Irrigation
It’s based on PURA (Providing Urban Amenities
in Rural Areas) model of Dr. Abdul Kalam. 1st
phase of the programme has been completed in
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2009 and second phase is being operational now.It
was implemented and extended in three phases
i.e., from (2005 - 2009), (2009 - 2012), (20122014).It is centrally sponsored scheme for the rural development of India started in September
2005.There are 6 objectives in this scheme
Rashtriyaswasthyabimayojna
health insurance programme):
Objectives:
Launched to meet the challenge of climate change
and to achieve sustainable energy. It’s aimed to
achieve 20,000 MW of solar power by 2022
Launched in 2008, to provide health insurance facility to people of below poverty line.
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Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM):
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It was implemented and extended in two phases
i.e., (2005 - 2012), (2012 - 2014). Started in
the year 2005 to make million plus cities squatter (Slam area) free.There are 2 components. a)
To construct pakka houses for urban poor dwelling
in squatter under Rajiv Awas yojana. b) To make
transportation system faster and greener.
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Swarna
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Launched in 1997 (revamped in 2007) to provide
self employment and wage employment to urban
poor with special attention to women.
Integrated
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Child
Development
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National Rural Health Mission (NRHM):
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– To provide all weather road connectivity to
the village which have more than 1000 population in plain areas and 500 population in
hilly areas.
– To bring 10 million hectares of land under
irrigation facility and to make 1.4 million
hectares of additional land for arable land
(for the use of agriculture).
– To provide clean drinking water to all villages
by the end of 2012 under Rajiv Gandhi payjal
yojana.
– To electrify 1, 76,000 villages by the end of
2012 under Rajiv Gandhi Vidyutikaran yojna.
– To construct Pakka houses for BPL households under Indira Awas Yojana (Now from
April 1st 2013 cash assistance Rs. 70000 for
plain areas and Rs. 75000 for hilly areas)
previously it was Rs. 40000 for plain areas
and Rs. 45000 for hilly areas.
– To provide telephone connectivity to all villages and all BPL holders by 2012.
(National
It was started on 12th April 2005 to enhance the
health facilities in rural areas. The appointment of
ASHA workers (Accredited social health activist)
in Angonwadi Kendra to provide basic information on health and hygiene conditions as well as
to guide people regarding conservation of water.
Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI):
It was started in the year 2010 to provide multipurpose national identity card (MNIC) to every citizen aged above 5 years. Its name has
been changed to Aadhar. Its model state was
Karnataka (started). The retinal identification is
taken from the age group of 14 and above.Scheme
has 7 components like address, PAN no., Passport
no., retinal identity etc, It consists of 12 digit number.
Chairman: Nandan Nilkani
National Food Security Mission (NFSM):
This scheme is to reduce the poverty in India under
national social assistance programme.
Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension
Scheme:
Under Public Distribution System (PDS), government will provide rice @ Rs. 3/kg, wheat @ Rs.
2/kg to the BPL households.
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Launched in 1975, to alleviate problem of mal nutrition among children of age group 6 years or below and their mothers.
This scheme is intended to provide pension of Rs.
200 to the poor above the age of 65 years. Its been
revised and renamed on 19th November 2007.
Indira Gandhi National Old age Pension
Scheme (IGNOAPS):
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objective is the generation of supplementary employment for the unemployed poor in the rural areas. The wage employment under the programme
shall be given to Below Poverty Line(BPL) families.
This Scheme is for the people who aged above 65
years.
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Rs. 250 + Rs. 250) for the people who aged more
than 80 years.
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The amount of Rs. 400 per month (Central govt +
State govt = Rs. 200 + Rs. 200) will be provided
by both Central government and State government
who aged between 65 - 80 years.
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Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension “Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana”
Named on:- Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was a
Scheme (IGNWPS):
Philosopher, Socialist, Politican. He was important
The beneficiary is in between age group of 40-64
leader and Forerunner of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
years in this scheme.
BJS gone into several changes to form present political
Assistance of Rs. 400 per month (Central govt + party BJP
State govt = Rs. 200 + Rs. 200) will be given to
Aim of the Scheme:Improve the power Supply to
particular person.
Rural Areas and to Strengthening Sub-Transmission
and Distribution System. Its long term Goal is to SupNational Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS):
ply 24 ×7 Power Supply to all Homes.
Under this scheme a grant of Rs. 10000 is given
Fund: Rs. 500 Cr is allocated for this scheme in
in case of natural and accidental death of the
Budget 2014-15
primarily breadwinner of the family (he/she) of
“Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission”
BPL households.
Named on:-Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee was an Indian politician, who served as Minister for Industry
ANNAPURNA:
and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabUnder this scheme 10 kg of food grains are pro- inet. After falling out with Nehru, Mookerjee quit the
vided to BPL households free of cost every month. Indian National Congress party and founded the nationalist Bharatiya Jana Sangh party in 1951.
But for this scheme the particular beneficiary
Aim of the Scheme:Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurshouldn’t be registered with IGNOAPS
ban Mission will be launched to deliver integrated
project based infrastructure in the rural areas. The
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna
scheme will also include development of economic acThis programme was launched in April, 1999.
tivities and skill development. The preferred mode of
This is a holistic programme covering all aspects of
delivery would be through PPPs while using various
self employment such as organisation of the poor
scheme funds.
into self help groups, training, credit, technology,
Soil Health Card Scheme For Every Farmer
infrastructure and marketing.
Aim of the Scheme: The Government will proJawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojna
vide to every farmer a soil health card in a mission
Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna (JGSY) is the re- mode.There have also been growing concerns about the
structured, streamlined and comprehensive ver- imbalance in the utilization of different types of fertilsion of the erstwhile Jawahar Rozagar Yojana. De- izers resulting in deterioration of the soil.
Fund: A sum of Rs 100 crore for this purpose has
signed to improve the quality of life of the poor,
been
kept aside by the government. An additional Rs
JGSY has been launched on 1st April, 1999. The
primary objective of the JGSY is the creation of 56 crores have been allocated to set up 100 mobile soil
demand driven community village infrastructure testing laboratories across the county.
Swatchh Bharat Abhiyan
including durable assets at the village level and asAim of the Scheme: The Government intends to
sets to enable the rural poor to increase the opportunities for sustained employment. The secondary cover every household by total sanitation by the year
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results because of the lack of concerted effort by all the
stakeholders.
To harness the enthusiasm of the NRI Community to
contribute towards the conservation of the river Ganga,
an NRI Fund for Ganga will be set up which will finance
special projects.
“Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana”
Aim of the Scheme:-This new scheme “Beti Bachao,
Beti Padhao” is to generate awareness and improving
the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for
women
Fund:- Rs 100 crore is allocated for this Scheme.
The government would focus on campaigns to sensitize people of this country towards the concerns of the
girl child and women. The process of sensitization must
begin early and therefore the school curriculum must
have a separate chapter on gender mainstreaming.
Housing For All By 2022
Aim of the Scheme:-As the Name Suggests to provide housing for all by 2022,the 75th year of Independence. Government has proposed to set up this Mission
for Low Cost Affordable Housing to be anchored in the
National Housing Bank.
Fund: A sum of Rs 4,000 crore has been earmarked
for National Housing Bank with a view to increase the
flow of cheaper credit for affordable housing to the urban poor/EWS/LIG segment. The Government has
already outlined some other incentives such as easier
flow of FDI in this sector and is willing to examine
other positive suggestions.
The government has included slum development in
the list of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to encourage the private sector to contribute
more towards this activity.
P.M. launched Make In India Campaign to
make India a manufacturing hub
The campaign is aimed to attract foreign companies
to set up their manufacturing units in India and to seek
greater foreign investment.The launch ceremony was
attended by Top CEOs from India Inc, international
industry leaders, ambassadors, ministers and government officials.
Financial Inclusion Mission
To provide all households in the country with banking services, a time bound programme is to be launched
as Financial Inclusion Mission on 15 August in 2014.
It would particularly focus to empower the weaker
sections of the society, including women, small and
marginal farmers and labourers. Two bank accounts
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Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
Aim of the Scheme: The Government has proposed to meet the need to provide assured irrigation
to mitigate risk to the farmer since bulk of the farm
lands are rainfed and depend on monsoon. This scheme
would facilitate access to irrigation.
Fund:- A sum of Rs.1,000 crores is being set aside
for this scheme.
A Dedicated TV Channel ‘Kisan TV’ To Be
Launched For Farmers Aim of the Scheme: Kisan
TV, dedicated to the interests of the agriculture and
allied sector will be launched in the current financial
year. This will disseminate real time information to
the farmers regarding new farming techniques, water
conservation, organic and farming etc.
Multi Skill Programme - Skill India
Aim of the Scheme:- Multi-Skill programme called
Skill India programme would skill the youth with an
emphasis on employability and entrepreneur skills. It
will also provide training and support for traditional
professions like welders, carpenters, cobblers, masons,
blacksmiths and weavers etc.
Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP)
Aim of the Scheme: Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP)
is being re-introduced to encourage people, who may
have banked and unbanked savings to invest in this
instrument.
About Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP):
Kisan Vikas Patra is a saving scheme that doubles
the money invested in eight years and seven months.
The Directorate of Small Savings Government of India,
sells these saving bonds through all Post Offices in the
country so that the scheme can be accessed by citizens
from all over the country. A KVP can be encashed
after two and a half years from the date of issue at the
value it has been bought and the interest accrued for
the period.
Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission ‘Namami Ganga’
Aim of the Scheme:- The Government has proposed to set up an Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission called (Namami Gange).
Fund:- Rs. 2037 crore has been set aside for the
Mission in the current Budget. The Mission is being
launched because a substantial amount of money has
been spent in the conservation and improvement of the
river Ganga but the efforts have not yielded desired
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Security towards the incremental cost.
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• Drinking water and sanitation will receive 15260
crore Rupees. 1400 crore Rupees is being provided
for setting up water purification plants to cover
arsenic and fluoride affected rural areas.
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• Proposal to launch Inflation Indexed Bonds or Inflation Indexed National Security Certificates to
protect savings from inflation.
• Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme
launched for recovering service tax dues.
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Union Budget 2013-14:
• Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme to be rolled
out throughout the country during the term of
UPA Government. This scheme will help the poor.
Under the scheme, a bank account will be opened
for each beneficiary; and the bank account will be
seeded with Aadhaar in due course.
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• Nirbhaya Fund: The Finance Minister announced
the setting up of a fund called the Nirbhaya Fund with the Government contributing 1000 crore Rupees for safety and security of the women in India.
The Finance Minister announced that various initiatives were underway as well as a lot more were
undertaken by Government and NGOs for empowering women and providing them safety and security.
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• 1000 crore Rupees scheme for training youth: A
1000 crore Rupees scheme for training youth for
boosting up their employability and productivity
was rolled out in the budget. The National Skill
Development Corporation would be required to set
up curriculum and standards for training different
skills. The trained youth who will pass the test by
the end of the training would get monetary reward
of 10000 Rupees on an average. This initiative
would motivate 10 lakh youth.
• Proposal to set up Indias first Womens Bank as
a public sector bank with 1000 crore Rupees as
initial capital.
• 9000 crore Rupees earmarked as the first installment of balance of CST compensations to different
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in each household are proposed to be opened which
will be eligible for credit.
Neeranchal
Aim of the scheme:To give an added impetus
to watershed development in the country, a new programme called “Neeranchal” with an initial outlay of
2,142 crores in the current financial year. Pashmina
Promotion Programme (P-3) and a programme for the
development of other crafts of Jammu & Kashmir is
also to be started.
Fund: For this a sum of Rs. 50 crores is set aside.
Van Bandhu Kalyan Yojana
Aim of the scheme: For the welfare of the tribal
people
Fund: Rs. 100 crore.
National Heritage City Development and
Augmentation Yojana
Aim of the scheme: For conserving and preserving the heritage characters of these cities. For the beginning programme is launched in the cities such as
Mathura, Amritsar, Gaya, Kanchipuram, Vellankani
and Ajmer.
Fund: Rs. 200 crores
• The Interest Subvention Scheme: This scheme for
short-term crop loans is proposed to be continued
for loans by public sector banks, RRBs and Cooperative banks, and expanded to private scheduled
commercial banks. Under the scheme, a farmer
who repays the loan on time is able to get credit
at 4 cent per year.
• National Livestock Mission: 307 crore Rupees
have been provided for setting up of the National
Livestock Mission. This will attract investment
and enhance livestock productivity. A sub-mission
of this Mission seeks to increase the availability of
feed and fodder.
• Assistance of the World Bank and Asian Development Bank will be sought to build roads in the
North Eastern States and connect them to Myanmar.
• The body of Rural Infrastructure Development
Funds (RIDF) is proposed to be raised to 20000
crore Rupees.
• Plans for seven new cities were finalized for industrial corridors and work on two new smart industrial cities at Dholera (Gujarat) and Shendra
Bidkin (Maharashtra) will start during 2013-14.
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• Two new ports will be established in Sagar (West Australian Open (Badminton)
Bengal) and in Andhra Pradesh.
• Men’s singles - Lin Dan
• A power transmission system will be constructed
• Women’s singles - Saina Nehwal (India)
from Srinagar to Leh and for this 226 crore Rupees
were provided in 2013-14.
• Men’s doubles - Lee Yong-dae (South Korea) and
Yoo
• Apparel Parks are proposed to be set up within the
Integrated Textile Parks, to house apparel manu• Yeon-seong (South Korea)
facturing units.
• Yunlei (China)
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• Women’s doubles - Tian Qing (China) and Zhao
• Standing Council of Experts: Standing Council
of Experts is proposed to be constituted in the
Ministry of Finance to analyse the international
competitiveness of the Indian financial sector.
• Mixed doubles - Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha- na
(South Korea)
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• Women’s Singles Li Na (China)
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• Men’s Doubles - Julien Benneteau and douard
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These include simplification of procedure and uni- French Open 2014 :
forms norms for foreign portfolio investors, clarity
• Men’s Singles - Rafael Nadal (Spain)
relating to FDI investment, allowing FIIs to participate in new areas, etc.
• Women’s Singles - Maria Sharapova (Russia)
• Women’s Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai
(China)
• Mixed Doubles - Anna-Lena Grnefeld (Germany)
/ Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherland)
• Vinci (Italy)
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• Mixed Doubles - Kristina Mladenovic (France) /
• Daniel Nestor (Canada)
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• Men’s Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Women’s Singles - Serena Williams (USA)
• Men’s Doubles - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (USA)
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• Men’s Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Women’s Doubles - Martina Hingis (Swizerland) /
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• Men’s Doubles - Vasek Pospisil (Canada) / Jack
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Italian Open (Tennis) 2014
• Men’s singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
• Women’s Doubles - Sara Errani / Roberta
• Women’s singles - Serena Williams (USA)
• Vinci (Italy)
• Men’s doubles - Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia)
• Mixed Doubles - Nenad Zimonji (Serbia) / Samantha
• Stosur ion (USA)
• Women’s doubles - Kvta Peschke (Czech Republic) and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia)
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Indian Wells Masters / BNP Paribas Open :
• Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram
• Mens Single Novak Djovic (Serbia)
• Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal
• Womens Single - Flavia Pennetta (Italy)
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• Mens Doubles - Bob Bryan Mike Bryan (USA)
• Womens Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
(China)
• Mizoram - Aizawl
Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2014
• Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka (Swizerland)
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• Nagaland - Kohima
• Doubles - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan (USA)
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• Odisha - Bhubaneswar
2014 Fortugal Open :
• Punjab - Chandigarh
• Men’s Single - Carlos Berlocq (Argentina)
• Rajasthan - Jaipur
• Men’s Doubles - Santiago Gonzalez (Maxico) /
Scott Lipsky (USA)
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• Sikkim - Gangtok
• Tamil Nadu - Chennai
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• Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad (Proposed new capital is Vijayawada Region)
• Arunachal Pradesh - Itanagar
• Assam - Dispur
• Bihar - Patna
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• Goa - Panaji
• Telangana - Hyderabad
• Tripura - Agartala
• Uttar Pradesh - Lucknow
• Uttarakhand - Dehradun
• West Bengal - Kolkata
Union Territories - Capital
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Port Blair
• Chandigarh - Chandigarh
• Gujarat - Gandhinagar
• Dadar and Nagar Haveli - Silvassa
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• Haryana - Chandigarh
• Himachal Pradesh - Shimla
• Daman and Diu - Daman
• Jammu and Kashmir - Srinagar (summer), Jammu
(winter)
• Delhi - Delhi
• Jharkhand - Ranchi
• Karnataka - Bengaluru
• Lakshadweep - Kavaratti
• Pondicherry - Pondicherry
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Important Wildlife Sanctuary in India:
• Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary - Assam
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• Sundarbans National Park - West Bengal
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- Rajasthan
• Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary - Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Tamasha, Dahi Kala, Lavani, Lezim
Macha, Lota, Pandvani
Wangala Laho, Shad Nongkrem,
Shad Sukmysiem
Manipuri, Maha Rasa, Lai Haroba
Andhra
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Karnataka
Assam
Bihar
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• Tal Chappar Wildlife Sanctuary - Rajasthan
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• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - Assam
DANCE
Odissi, Bhaka Wata, Dandante
Chakiarkoothu , Kathakali, Mohiniattam, Ottam Thullal, Chavittu
Natakam, Kaikotti Kalai, Koodiyattam, Krishnavattam, Mudiyettu,
Tappatri Kai, Theyyam
Bharatnatyam, Kummi, Kolattam,
Devarattam, Poikkal Kuthirai Attam, Therukkoothu, Karakattam,
Mayilattam, Kavadiattam, Silambattam, Thappattam, Kaliattam,
Puliyattam
Kuchipudi, Veethi-Bhagavatham,
Kottam
Yakshagana, Bayalata, Simha Nutrya, Dollu Kunitha, Veeragase
Bihu, Ojapali, Ankia Nat
Jat Jatin, Faguna or Fag, Purbi,
Bidesia, Jhijhian, Kajari, SoharKhilouna, Holi Dance, Jhumeri,
Harvesting Dance
Dandya Ras, Garba Lasya Nritya,
Bhavai, Garba, Rasila, Trippani
Swang, Khoria, Gugga dance, Loor,
Sang Dhamal
Luddi Dance, Munzra, Kanayala,
Giddha Parha
Hikat, Rouf, Chakri
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• Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary - Rajasthan
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• Chilka Lake Bird Sanctuary Odissa
• Nandankanan Zoo Odissa
• Corbett National Park Uttrakhand
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Mizoram • Online booking to support 7,200 tickets per
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West Bengal • Online platform for unreserved tickets
Goa
• Combo parking-platform tickets at stations
Arunachal Pradesh
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• Women RPF Constables to escort ladies coaches;
4,000 women constables to be inducted
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Chhattisgarh • Retiring room facility to be extended to all stations
Jharkhand • Battery operated cars for differently-abled and senior citizens at major stations
Nagaland
• Feedback services through IVRS on quality of food
Sikkim
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cleanliness
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Chiraw (Bamboo Dance)
Bhangra, Gidda
Khayal, Chamar Gindad, Gangore,
Jhulan Leela, Jhumar (Ghumar),
Kayanga Bajayanga
Kathak, Nautanki, Chappeli, Kajri,
Karan, Kumaon
Jatra, Chau, Kathi
Fugdi, Dekhnni, Tarangamel, Dhalo
Bardo Chham, Aji Lamu, Hiirii
Khaniing, Pasi Kongki, Lion and
Peacock dance, Chalo, Popir, Ponung, Rekham Pada
Karma, Panthi, Pandavani, Rawat
Nacha, Soowa Nacha or Suwa Tribal
dance
Paika, Chhou, Santhal
Zeliang, Nruirolians (Cock dance),
Temangnetin (Fly dance)
Singhi Chham,
Yak Chaam,
Maruni, Rechungma
Perini Thandavam, Dappu, Lambadi, Tappeta Gullu
Hojagiri, Goria, Lebang Boomani
Chholiya, Jagars, Thali-Jadda,
Jhainta, Barada Nati
Railway Budget 2014-15 : Highlights
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presented his maiden Railway Budget in Parliament on
8th July 2014, promising to seek increased foreign and
domestic private investment to fund modernization of
the country’s huge but badly stretched network. The
state-owned railway has suffered from years of low investment and populist policies to subsidise fares. These
have reduced the system to a slow, congested network
that crimps economic growth. Here are the highlights
of this Budget.
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• No new increase in passenger fares and freight
charges
• Setting up of corpus fund for stations’ upkeep; RO
drinking water in some stations and trains
• Automatic door closing in mainline and sub-urban
coaches 58 new trains and extension of 11; 864
additional EMUs to be introduced in Mumbai over
2 years
• FDI in railway projects, except in operations
• FDI, domestic investments in rail infrastructure
• Office-on-Wheels: Internet & workstation facilities
on select trains
• WiFi in A1, A category stations and in select
trains
• Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector
• Railways university for technical and nontechnical subjects
• Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains
• Some stations to be developed to international
standards through PPP model
• Plan to hike speed of trains to 160-200 km/hr in
9 sectors
• Parcel traffic to be segregated to separate terminals to make passenger traffic unhindered
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• Bengaluru -Mangalore Express (Daily)
• Loss per passenger per kilometre up from 10 per
cent in 2000-01 to 23 per cent in 2012- 13
• Bengaluru -Shimoga Express (Biweekly)
• Solar energy to be tapped at major stations
• Bidar-Mumbai Express (Weekly)
• Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176
crore.
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• Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via Nagda,
Kota
• Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for
2014-15
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• Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri weekly) via Ballia,
Ghazipur, Varanasi
New Trains
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• Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express (6 days a week)
Jansadharan Trains
• Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express (Daily)
• Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan Express via
Surat
• Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity Express (Daily)
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• Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express (Weekly)
• Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express
• Hapa-Bilaspur Express (Weekly)via Nagpur
• Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express
• Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express (Weekly)
• Indore-Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly)
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• Kamakhya-Katra Express (Weekly) via Darbhanga
• Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express
Premium Trains
• Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express (Biweekly)
• Shalimar-Chennai Premium AC Express
• Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Azamgarh Express (Weekly)
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• Mumbai-Kazipeth Express (Weekly) via Balharshah
• Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express
• Mumbai-Palitana Express (Weekly)
• Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express
• New Delhi Bhatinda Shatabdi Express (Biweekly)
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• New Delhi-Varanasi Express (Daily)
• Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly)
• LokmanyaTilak(T)-Lucknow (Weekly)
• Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express (Weekly)
• Nagpur-Pune (Weekly)
• Rajkot-Rewa Express (Weekly)
• Nagpur-Amritsar (Weekly)
• Ramnagar-Agra Express (Weekly)
• Naharlagun-NewDelhi (Weekly)
• Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali (Bengaluru) Express
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• VijayawadaNewDelhiAPExpress (Daily)
• Nizamuddin-Pune (Weekly)
Express Trains
• Ahmedabad-Patna Express (Weekly)via Varanasi
• Ahmedabad Chennai Express (Biweekly)via Vasai
Road
• Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express (Weekly)
Passenger Trains
• Bikaner-Rewari Passenger (Daily)
• Dharwad-Dandeli Passenger (Daily)via Alnavar
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• Gorakhpur-Nautanwa Passenger (Daily)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Geneva
• Guwahati-Mendipathar Passenger (Daily)
• Byndoor-Kasaragod Passenger (Daily)
• World Bank - Washington, D.C
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• Rangapara North-Rangiya Passenger (Daily)
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• International Standards Organization (ISO) / International Organization for Standardization Geneva
• Hatia-Rourkela Passenger 7
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington, D.C
• Yesvantpur-Tumkur Passenger (Daily)
MEMU services
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• International Court of Justice - The hague
• Bengaluru-Ramanagaram 6 days a week (3 Pairs)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) - Lyon
• Palwal-Delhi-Aligarh
DEMU services
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• International Atomic Energy Agency - Vienna
• Bengaluru-Neelmangala (Daily)
• Baramula-Banihal (Daily)
• Amnesty International - London
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• Chhapra-Manduadih (6days a week) via Ballia
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- Montral
• International Maritime Organization - London
• Sambalpur-Rourkela (6 days a week)
• Common Wealth of Nations - London
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• Yesvantpur-Hosur (6 days a week)
• World Tourism Organization - London
• Universal Postal Union - Berne
Name of the Organization - Headquarters
• Food and Agriculture Organization - Rome
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• United Nations Organization (UNO) - New York
• United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) - New
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• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - New
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• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)- Paris
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Geneva
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC) - Kathmandu
• World Tourism Organization - Spain
• Transparency International - Berlin
• International Renewable Energy Agency - Abu
Dhabi (UAE)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) - Vienna
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• World Trade Organization (WTO) - Geneva
• International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva
FIFA World Cup 2014
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World
Cup, the tournament for the association football world
championship, which took place during 12th June 2014
• World Meteorological Organization - Geneva
to 13th July 2014 at several venues across Brazil (12
• International Committee of the Red Cross - venues). Below are some important details you should
Geneva
know about FIFA 2014.
• International Telecommunication Union - Geneva
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Important Points you should know :
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in 2008 and from then it usually takes place every year
Winner - Germany
during the months of April - June. There are eight
Runners-up - Argentina
teams this season, one fewer than in 2013 after the
3rd Place - Netherlands
withdrawal of the Pune Warriors India. Initially DLF
4th Place - Brazil
used to sponsor IPL matches. But from the year 2013,
Top scorer (Golden Boot Award) - James Rodrguez Pepsi is sponsoring the matches. IPL 2014 tournament
of Colombia with 6 goals
was held from 16th April 2014 to 1st June 2014. Below
Best player (Golden Ball award) - Lionel Messi of are some important details you should know about IPL
Argentina
Winners - Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd Title)
Best goalkeeper (Golden Glove award) - Manuel
Orange Cap - Robin Uthappa (KKR) with 660 Runs
Neuer of Germany
Purple Cap - Mohit Sharma (CSK) with 23 wickets
Best young player - Paul Pogba of France
Hosts : India and the UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Nick name : Inspiration
The design is based around a photograph of three Constituency of Cabinet Ministers
victorious hands together raising the World Cup trophy
• Narendra Modi- Vadodara- (Gujarat) , (Banaras
and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent
UP)
Brazil warmly welcoming the world to their country.
Official Ball : Adidas Brazuca.
• Rajnath Singh- Lucknow -(Uttar Pradesh)
Official Song - On 24 January 2014, FIFA and Sony
Music announced that the official song for the tourna• Arun Jaitley- RajyaSabha- (Gujarat)
ment
• Sushma Swaraj -Vidisha- (Madhya Pradesh)
will be “We Are One (Ole Ola)” by Pitbull, Jennifer
Lopez and Claudia Leitte. A customized version of the
• Nitin Gadkari -Nagpur- (Maharashtra)
song “Dare (La La La)” by Shakira, who provided the
official song of the 2010 tournament, will be used as a
• Venkaiah Naidu- RajyaSabha- (Karnataka)
secondary theme song.
• D. V. Sadananda Gowda -Bangalore North- (KarOfficial Mascot : Fuleco (An armadillo). The tatunataka)
bola, an armadillo that defends itself from predators by
rolling up into a ball, was chosen by FIFA in September
• Ram Vilas Paswan- Hajipur- (Bihar)
2012 as the official mascot from 47 designs created by
six Brazilian agencies.
• Kalraj Mishra- Deoria- (Uttar Pradesh)
Official Slogan : “All in One Rhythm” (Portuguese:
• Maneka Gandh -Pilibhit- (Uttar Pradesh)
“Juntos num so ritmo”)
Miscellaneous : Brazil has hosted this competitive
• Ananth Kuma -Bangalore South- (Karnataka )
for the second time (first time in 1950) 32 Countries
competed
• Ravi Shankar Prasad -RajyaSabha- (Bihar
Total Matches played are 64
• Ashok Gadpati Raju -Vizianagaram -(Andhra
This is the most expensive tournament (US$14 bilPradesh)
lion) 12th June 2014, our Prime Minister Narendra
Modi released Commemorative Postage Stamp on the
• Ananth Geete -Raigad- (Maharashtra)
2014 FIFA World Cup Uruguayan striker Luis Surez
was suspended for nine international matches and
• Harsimrat Kaur -Bathinda- (Punjab)
banned from taking part in any football-related activ• Narendra Singh Tomar -Gwalior- (Madhya
ity (including entering any stadium) for four months,
Pradesh)
following a biting incident on Italian defender Giorgio
Chiellini.
• Jual Oram -Sundargarh- (Odisha)
Indian Premier League (IPL) - 2014
• Thawar Chand Gehlot -Rajyasabha- (Madhya
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• Smriti Irani -RajyaSabha- (Gujarat)
• Half A Rupee Stories - Guljiar
• Uma Bharti -Jhansi- (Uttar Pradesh)
• Haunted by Fire: Essays on Caste, Class, Exploitation and Emancipation - Mythily Sivaraman
RajyaSabha-
(Madhya
• Healing Memories:
Zeenat Shaukat Ali
• Radha Mohan Singh -Purvi Champaran- (Bihar)
Civilization In Dialogue -
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• Najma
HeptullahPradesh)
• Hero - Rhonda Byrne
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• Harsh Vardhan -Chandani Chowk- (Delhi)
• House Of Cards - Sudha Murthy
Books and Authors
• House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus) - Rick Riordan
• A Leaf Turns Yellow The Sufis Of Awadh - Muzaff
ar Ali
• How Not To Make Money - Raj Kundra
NK
• 1283 - Pele (Brazilian footballer)
BA
• How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia - Mohsin
Hamid
• An Agenda for India’s Growth: Essays in Honour
of P. Chidambaram - Sameer Kochhar
• I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai
• And The Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
• Breakpoint - Jeff Tejpal
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• Birth of Cinema - N. Gopal Krishna
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• An Ardent Patriot-Dinesh Goswami - Kumar
Deepak Das
• Boomtown - Aditya Mukherjee
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• Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling
• India And Malaysia-Intertwined Strands - Veena
Sikri
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• An Uncertain Glory India & Its Contradictions Amartya Sen & Jean Dreze
• India Saga Of Steel (Coffee Table Book) - Beni
Prasad Verma
• Indian Painting: Themes, History and Interpretations - Professor B N Goswami
• Inferno - Dan Brown
• Introduction to Urdu poetry - Anees Ayesha
• In The Shadow Of The Banyan - Vaddey Ratner
• China’s Travel Attraction (Also Called Kailamakal) - Jhao Jiang
• Labyrinth - Udayan Majumdar
• City Of Bohanen - Kevin Barry
• Lean In: Women Work And The Will To Lead Sheryl Sanberg
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• Dare To Do For The New Generation - Kiran Bedi
• Maharani - Ruskin Bond
• My Beloved World - Sonia Sotomayer
• Fida-E-Lucknow - Parveen Talha
• My Journey Transforming Dreams Into Actions Abdul Kalam
• First Woman President Of India Reinventing
Leadership Pratibha Devisingh Patil - Sunaina
Singh
• Narcopolis - Jeet Thayil
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• Dhyan Chand-The Wizard of Hockey - Luis Fernandes
• Flight Behavior - Barbara Kingsolver
• Gandhi Before India - Ramchandra Guha
• Grand Ceremony - Mo Yan
• Ninja Innovation - Gary Shapiro
• Punjab - Rajmohan Gandhi
• Religion Law & Society Across The Globe - Prof.
Tahir Mahmood
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• Re imagining India - Clay Chandler
• Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists - Raghuram Rajan
International Organizations Summits
- A brief insight
• BRICS summit
Country: Brazil, Russia, India, China, SouthAfrica.
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• Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru Second Series
- Prof Madhavan Palat
- 6th BRICS Summit 2014: Fortaleza, Brazil
• Shahar Sone Chala (Collection Of Poems) - Sat
Pal
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- Next 7th BRICS Summit to be held in Ufa, Russia
Note: Ufa is the capital city of the Republic of
Bashkortostan, Russia, and the industrial, economic, scientific and cultural centre of the republic.
NK
• Satyagraha - The Story Behind Revolution Prakash Jha
• S.D. Burman:The World Of His Music - Khagesh
Dev Burman
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- The theme chosen for our discussions was “Inclusive Growth: Sustainable Solutions”.
• Steve Jobs - Walter Isaacson
• The Billionaires Apprentice - Anita Raghavan
• The Siege: The Attack on the Taj - Adrian Levy
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• The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri
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• Smritiyan - Garima Sanjay
New BRICS Bank: The New Development
Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS
Development Bank, is a proposed multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states
(Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)
as an alternative to the existing World Bank and
International Monetary Fund. The New Development Bank headquarter will be in Shanghai,
China.
The Bank will have a rotating chair and its first
President will come from India for the first six
years.
• The Mahabharata Secret - Christopher C. Doyle
The first chair of the Board of Governors shall be
from Russia.
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• The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton (Man Booker
winner 2013 -Longest Novel to Win the Award)
• The Malice Of Fortune - Michael Ennis
• The Moonballer - Nirupama Vaidyanathan
• The Namo Story: A Political Life - Kingshuk Nag
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• The Orphan Masters Son - Adam Johnson
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• The Racketeer - John Grisham
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• The Race Of My Life - Milkha Singh
• The Story Of My Assasins - Tarun Tejpal
• The Test Of My Life - Yuvraj Singh
• The Third Curve - Mansoor Khan
• Understanding Bhagat Singh - Prof. Chaman Lal
The first chair of the Board of Directors shall be
from Brazil.
The Bank will also have a regional office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Participant leaders of the
five nations are
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Brazil - Dilma Rousseff
Russian - Vladimir Putin
Indian - Narendra Modi
China - Xi Jinping
South Africa - Jacob Zuma
Development Capital: The member countries
will also set up a $100 billion currency reserves
pool to help countries forestall short-term liquidity pressures. Note: The bank will begin with a
subscribed capital of $50 billion divided equally
between its five founders.
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• IBSA Summit:
Nepal and aims to create cooperation in multiple sectors including trade, investment and energy.
New Member United Nation South Sudan new
member country . Total - 193 members
India will host the next summit of IBSA (India,
Brazil, South Africa) in New Delhi in 2015.
• Nuclear security summit:
1. 18th BASIC Ministerial Meeting held in New
Delhi.
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– 3rd Summit 2014 : Hague, Netherland
OTHER SUMMITS:
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– 2nd Summit 2012 - Seoul, South Korea.
– 4th Summit 2016: United States
BASIC -(Brazil, South Africa, India and China)
• G 8 Summit:
Note:
It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7
summit. The summit is jointly represented by the
European Council President Herman van Rompuy
and the European Commission President.
• G 20 Summit:
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3. Fifth Indo-US Strategic Dialogue held in
New Delhi during which the two sides discussed
“transformative initiatives” in key areas of security and energy.
4. 3rd India-Africa Summit will be held in New
Delhi.
5. 6th International Nuclear Energy
ATOMEXPO-2014 held in Moscow.
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– G-20 meeting (2014) of Finance ministers and
central bank governors held in Sydney (Australia).
2. ASEAN foreign-minister-meeting held in Myanmar.
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– 40th G-7 summit 2014 held at Brussels.
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– G-8 Countries: Canada, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain and the US
Note:17th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate
Change was held in Hanzghou, China
– G20 Leaders Summit (2014) will be held in
Brisbane, Queensland (Australia, in November 2014.
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• SAARC Summit:
– 18th SAARC Summit 2014- Kathmandu
(Nepal)
• NATO Summit:
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NATO Summit 2014 will be held in Britain.
(Britain last hosted the summit in 1990, when
Margret Thatcher was Prime Minister).
• BIMSTEC Summit:
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– 3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014: Nay Pyi Taw
(Myanmar)
– 4th BIMSTEC summit will be held in Nepal.
Note: BIMSTEC (Bay of Bangal Initiative for
Multisectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) BIMSTEC includes 7 countries: Bangladesh,
India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and
6. World Economic Forum 2014: held in Abuja
(Nigeria). Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal co - chair this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa.
SOME NEW ENTRIES:
WTO - Yemen new member country. Total - 160
members.
World Bank & IMF -South Sudan new member
country. Total - 188 members
European Union - Croatia new member country.
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LIST OF WORLD AMBASSADOR
IN INDIA
• Y K Sinha - Indian High Commissioner to Sri
Lanka.
• Subrahmanyam Jaishankar - Indian Ambassador to US.
• Ashok K Kantha - Indian Ambassador to China.
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• Bahamas, The : Capital - Nassau; Governor
General-Arthur Foulkes; Prime Minister - Perry
Gladstone Christie
• Ranjan Mathai - Indian High Commissioner to
the UK.
• Vijay Keshav Gokhale - Indian Ambassador to
Germany.
• Bahrain : Capital - Manama; King-Hamad bin Isa
Al Khalifa; Prime Minister - Khalifa Bin Salman
Al Khalifa
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• TCA Raghvan - Indian High Commissioner to
Pakistan.
• Bangladesh : Capital - Dhaka; President - Abdul
Hamid; Prime Minister - Sheikh Hasina
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• Dinkar Khullar - Indian Ambassador to Austria.
• Shamsher Rana - Indian Ambassador to Nepal.
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• Barbados : Capital - Bridgetown; Governor
General-Elliot Belgrave; Prime Minister - Freundel Stuart
• Yogendra Kumar - Indian Ambassador to
Philippines.
• Belarus : Capital - Minsk; President - Aleksandr
Lukashenko; Prime Minister - Mikhail Myasnikovich
BA
• K. M. Chandra Shekhar - Indian Ambassador
to World Trade Organization (WTO).
Countries - Capital - President
• Albania : Capital - Tirana; President - Bujar Nishani; Prime Minister - Edi Rama
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• Algeria : Capital - Algiers; President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika; Prime Minister - (Acting) Youcef
Yousfi
• Angola : Capital - Luanda; President - Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
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• Antigua and Barbuda : Capital - St. John’s; Governor General-Louise Agnetha Lake-Tack, Prime
Minister - Baldwin Spencer
• Argentina : Capital - Buenos Aires; President Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner
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• Armenia : Capital - Yerevan; President - Serzh
Sargsian; Prime Minister - Tigran Sargsian
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• Aruba : Capital - Oranjestad; Governor-Fredis
Refunjol; Prime Minister - Michiel Godfried Eman
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• Australia : Capital - Canberra; Governor GeneralQuentin Alice Louise Bryce; Prime Minister - Anthony John Abbott
• Belize : Capital - Belmopan; Governor GeneralSir Colville Young; Prime Minister - Dean Oliver
Barrow
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• Afghanistan : Capital - Kabul; President - Hamid
Karzai
• Belgium : Capital - City of Brussels; KingPhilippe; Prime Minister - Elio Di Rupo
• Benin : Capital - Porto-Novo; President - Thomas
Boni Yayi; Prime Minister - Pascal Koupaki
• Bhutan - NDE : Capital - Thimphu; King-Jigme
Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck; Prime MinisterTshering Tobgay
• Bolivia : Capital - Sucre; President - Juan Evo
Morales Ayma
• Botswana : Capital - Gaborone; President Seretse Khama Ian Khama
• Brazil : Capital - Braslia; President - Dilma
Rousseff
• Brunei : Capital - Bandar Seri Begawan; SultanSir Hassanal Bolkiah; Prime Minister - Sir Hassanal Bolkiah
• Bulgaria : Capital - Sofia; President - Rosen
Plevneliev; Prime Minister - Plamen Oresharski
• Austria : Capital - Vienna; President - Heinz Fischer; Chancellor-Werner Faymann
• Burkina Faso : Capital - Ouagadougou; President
- Blaise Compaore; Prime Minister - Luc-Adolphe
Tiao
• Azerbaijan : Capital - Baku; President - Ilham
Aliyev; Prime Minister - Artur Rasizade
• Burma : Capital - Naypyidaw; President - Thein
Sein
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• Cyprus : Capital - Nicosia; President - Nikos
Anastasiadis
• Cabo Verde : Capital - Praia; President - Jorge
Carlos De Almeida Fonseca; Prime Minister - Jose
Maria Pereira Neves
• Czech Republic : Capital - Prague; President Milos Zeman; Prime Minister - Bohuslav Sobotka
• Cambodia : Capital - Phnom Penh; KingNorodom Sihamoni; Prime Minister - Hun Sen
• Denmark : Capital - Copenhagen; QueenMargrethe II; Prime Minister - Helle ThorningSchmidt
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• Burundi : Capital - Bujumbura; President - Pierre
Nkurunziza
• Cameroon : Capital - Yaound; President - Paul
Biya; Prime Minister - Philemon Yang
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• Djibouti : Capital - Djibouti; President - Ismail Omar Guelleh; Prime Minister - Abdoulkader
Kamil Mohamed
• Canada : Ottawa; Governor General-David Johnston; Prime Minister - Stephen Joseph Harper
• Dominica : Capital - Roseau; President - Charles
Savarin; Prime Minister - Roosevelt Skerrit
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• Central African Republic : Capital - Bangui;
President - Michel Am-Nondroko Djotodia; Prime
Minister - Nicolas Tiangaye
• Dominican Republic : Capital - Santo Domingo;
President - Danilo Medina Sanchez
• Chile : Capital - Santiago; President - Sebastian
Pinera Echenique
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• China : Capital - Beijing; President - Xi Jinping;
Prime Minister - Li Keqiang
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• Colombia : Capital - Bogot; President - Juan
Manuel Santos Calderon
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• Comoros : Capital - Moroni; President: Ikililou
Dhoinine
• Congo, Democratic Republic of The : Capital Kinshasa; President - Joseph Kabila; Prime Minister - Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon
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• Congo, Republic of The : Capital - Brazzaville;
President - Denis Sassou-Nguesso
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• Cook Islands : Capital - Avarua; Prime Minister
- Henry Puna
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• Costa Rica : Capital - San Jos; President - Laura
Chinchilla Miranda
• Cote D’ivoire : Capital - Yamoussoukro; President
- Alassane Dramane Ouattara
• Croatia : Capital - Zagreb; President - Ivo
Josipovic; Prime Minister - Zoran Milanovic
• Cuba - NDE : Capital - Havana; President - General Raul Modesto Castro Ruz
• Ecuador : Capital - Quito; President - Rafael Correa Delgado
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• Chad : Capital - N’djamena; President - Idriss
Deby Itno; Prime Minister - Emmanuel Nadingar
• Egypt : Capital - Cairo - President - Abdel-Fattah
el-Sissi; Prime Minister - Ibrahim Mehlab
• El Salvador : Capital - San Salvador; President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
• Equatorial Guinea : Capital - Malabo; President Brig. General Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,
• Eritrea : Capital - Asmara; President - Isaias Afworki
• Estonia : Capital - Tallinn; President - Toomas
Hendrik Ilves; Prime Minister - Taavi Roivas
• Ethiopia : Capital - Addis Ababa; President - Mulatu Teshome; Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalegn
• Fiji : Capital - Suva; President - Epeli Nailatikau;
Prime Minister - Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama,
• Finland : Capital - Helsinki; President - Sauli Niinisto; Prime Minister - Jyrki Tapani Katainen
• France : Capital - Paris; President - Francois Hollande; Prime Minister - Manuel Valls
• Gabon : Capital - Libreville; President - Ali
Ben Bongo Ondimba; Prime Minister - Raymond
Ndong Sima
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• Iraq : Capital - Baghdad; Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei; President - Jalal
Talabani; Prime Minister - Nuri Al-Maliki
• Gambia, The : Capital - Banjul; President - Yahya
Jammeh
• Georgia : Capital - Tbilisi; President - Giorgi
Margvelashvili; Prime Minister - Irakli Garibashvili
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• Ireland : Capital - Dublin; President - Michael
Daniel Higgins; Prime Minister - Enda Kenny
• Germany : Capital - Berlin - Fed. President Joachim Gauck; Chancellor-Angela Merkel
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• Israel : Capital - Jerusalem; President - Shimon Peres; Prime Minister - Binyamin ”Bibi” Netanyahu
• Ghana : Capital - Accra; President - John Dramani Mahama
NK
• Italy : Capital - Rome; President - Giorgio Napolitano; Prime Minister - Matteo Renzi
• Greece : Capital - Athens; President - Karolos
Papoulias; Prime Minister - Antonios Samaras
• Jamaica : Capital - Kingston; Governor GeneralPatrick Linton Allen; Prime Minister - Portia
Simpson-Miller
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• Grenada : Capital - St. George’s; Governor
General-Cecile La Grenade; Prime Minister Keith Mitchell
• Japan : Capital - Tokyo; Emperor-Akihito; Prime
Minister - Shinzo Abe
• Guinea : Capital - Conakry; President - Alpha
Conde; Prime Minister - Mohamed Said Fofana
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• Guinea-Bissau : Capital - Bissau; President Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo; Prime Minister - Rui
Duarte De Barros
• Guyana : Capital - Georgetown; President - Donald Ramotar; Prime Minister - Samuel Hinds
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• Haiti : Capital - Port-Au-Prince; President
- Michel Martelly; Prime Minister - Laurent
Lamothe
• Honduras : Capital - Tegucigalpa; President Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado
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• Hungary : Capital - Budapest; President - Janos
Ader; Prime Minister - Viktor Orban
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• Iceland : Capital - Reykjavik; President - Olafur Ragnar Grimsson; Prime Minister - Sigmundur
David Gunnlaugsson
• India : Capital - New Delhi; President - Pranab
Mukherjee; Prime Minister - Narendra Modi
• Indonesia : Capital - Jakarta; President - Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono
• Iran - NDE : Capital - Tehran; President - Hasan
Fereidun Ruhani, Hojjat ol-Eslam
• Jordan : Capital - Amman; King-Abdallah II;
Prime Minister - Abdullah Nsour
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• Guatemala : Capital - Guatemala City; President
- Otto Fernando Perez Molina
• Kazakhstan : Capital - Astana; President - Nursultan Nazarbayev; Prime Minister - Serik Akhmetov
• Kenya : Capital - Nairobi; President - Uhuru
Kenyatta
• Kiribati : Capital - South Tarawa; President - Anote Tong
• North, South NDE : Capital - Pyongyang;
Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un
• Korea, South : Capital - Seoul; President - Park
Geun-Hye; Prime Minister - Chung Hong-Won
• Kosovo : Capital - Pristina; President - Atifete
Jahjaga; Prime Minister - Hashim Thaci
• Kuwait : Capital - Kuwait City; Amir-Sabah alAhmad al-Jabir al-Sabah; Prime Minister - Jabir
Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
• Kyrgyzstan : Capital - Bishkek; President - Almazbek Atambaev; Prime Minister - Joomart
Otorbaev
• Laos : Capital - Vientiane President - Lt. General
Choummali Saignason; Prime Minister - Thongsing Thammavong
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• Latvia : Capital - Riga; President - Andris
Berzins; Prime Minister - Laimdota Straujuma
• Mauritius : Capital - Port Louis; President - Rajkeswur Kailash Purryag; Prime Minister - Dr.
Navinchandra Ramgoolam,
• Lebanon : Capital - Beirut; President - Michel
Sulayman; Prime Minister - Tamam Salam
• Mexico : Capital - Mexico City; President - Enrique Pena Nieto
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• Lesotho : Capital - Maseru; King-Letsie III; Prime
Minister - Thomas Motsoahae Thabane
• Micronesia, Federated States of : Capital - Palikir;
President - Emanuel ”Manny” Mori
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• Liberia : Capital - Monrovia; President - Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf
• Moldova : Capital - ChiInu; President - Nicolae
Timofti; Prime Minister - Iurie Leanca
NK
• Libya : Capital - Tripoli; President - Nuri Abu
Sahmayn; Prime Minister - Ali Zaydan
• Mongolia : Capital - Ulan Bator; President Tsakhia Elbegdorj; Prime Minister - Norov Altankhuyag
BA
• Liechtenstein : Capital - Vaduz; Head of StatePrince Hans Adam II; Prime Minister - Klaus
Tschuetscher
• Montenegro : Capital - Podgorica; President Filip Vujanovic; Prime Minister - Milo Djukanovic
• Lithuania : Capital - Vilnius; President - Dalia
Grybauskaite; Prime Minister - Algirdas Butkevicius
• Macedonia : Capital - Skopje; President - Gjorge
Ivanov; Prime Minister - Nikola Gruevski
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• Luxembourg : Capital - Luxembourg; Grand
Duke-Henri; Prime Minister - Xavier Bettel
• Morocco : Capital - Rabat; King-Mohammed VI;
Prime Minister - Abdelillah Benkirane
• Mozambique : Capital - Maputo; President - Armando Emilio Guebuza; Prime Minister - Alberto
Clementino Antonio Vaquina
• Malawi : Capital - Lilongwe; President - Joyce
Banda
• Nauru : Capital - Yaren District; President Baron Divavesi Waqa
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• Madagascar : Capital - Antananarivo; President Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoari
• Namibia : Capital - Windhoek; President - Hifikepunye Pohamba; Prime Minister - Hage Geingob
• Malaysia : Capital - Kuala Lumpur; King-Abdul
Halim Mu’adzam Shah; Prime Minister - Najib
Razak
• Maldives : Capital - Mal; President - Abdulla
Yameen Abdul Gayoom
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• Mali : Capital - Bamako; President - Ibrahim
Boubacar Keita; Prime Minister - Oumar Tatam
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• Malta : Capital - Valletta; President - Marie
Louise Coleiro Preca; Prime Minister - Joseph
Muscat
• Marshall Islands : Capital - Majuro; President Christopher Jorebon Loeak
• Mauritania : Capital - Nouakchott; President
- Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz; Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
• Nepal : Capital - Kathmandu; President - Dr.
Ram Baran Yadav; Prime Minister: Sushil Koirala
• Netherlands : Capital - Amsterdam; King-WillemAlexander; Prime Minister - Mark Rutte
• New Zealand : Capital - Wellington; Governor
General-Jeremiah Mateparae; Prime Minister John Phillip Key
• Nicaragua : Capital - Managua; President - Daniel
Ortega Saavedra
• Niger : Capital - Niamey; President - Issoufou Mahamadou; Prime Minister - Brigi Rafini
• Nigeria : Capital - Abuja; President - Goodluck
Jonathan
• Norway : Capital - Oslo; King-Harald V; Prime
Minister - Erna Solberg
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• Saint Lucia : Capital - Castries; Governor
General- Dame Pearlette Louisy; Prime Minister
- Kenny Davis Anthony
• Oman : Capital - Muscat; Sultan-Qaboos bin Said
Al Said; Prime Minister - Qaboos Bin Said Al Said
• Pakistan : Capital - Islamabad; President Mamnoon Hussain; Prime Minister - Mohammad
Nawaz Sharif
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• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines : Capital
- Kingstown; Governor General-Sir Frederick
Nathaniel Ballantyne; Prime Minister - Ralph Everard Gonsalves
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• Palau : Capital - Melekeok; President - Jr.
Thomas Esang Remengesau,
• Samoa : Capital - Apia; Chief of State-Tui Atua
Tupua Tupuola Efi Tamasese; Prime Minister - Fatiaalofa Aiono Lupesolia’i Sailele Malielegaoi Tuilaepa
NK
• Panama : Capital - Panama City; President - Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal
• Papua New Guinea : Capital - Port Moresby; Governor General-Michael Ogio; Prime Minister - Peter Paire O’neill
BA
• Sao Tome and Principe : Capital - So Tom; President - Manuel Pinto Da Costa; Prime Minister Gabriel Arcanjo Ferreira Da Costa
• Paraguay : Capital - Asuncin; President - Horacio
Cartes Jara
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• Philippines : Capital - Manila; President - Benigno Aquino III
• Senegal : Capital - Dakar; President - Macky Sall;
Prime Minister - Aminata Toure
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• Peru : Capital - Lima; President - Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso; Prime Minister - Rene Cornejo
Diaz
• Saudi Arabia : Capital - Riyadh; King-Abdallah
bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud; Prime Minister - Abdallah Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al Saud
• Serbia : Capital - Belgrade; President - Tomislav
Nikolic; Prime Minister - Ivica Dacic
• Seychelles : Capital - Victoria; President - James
Alix Michel
• Portugal : Capital - Lisbon; President - Anibal
Antonio Cavaco Silva; Prime Minister - Pedro
Manuel Passos Coelho Mamede
• Sierra Leone : Capital - Freetown; President Ernest Bai Koroma
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• Poland : Capital - Warsaw; President - Bronislaw
Komorowski; Prime Minister - Donald Tusk
• Qatar : Capital - Doha; Amir-Tamim bin Hamad
Al Thani; Prime Minister - Abdallah Bin Nasir
Bin Khalifa Al Thani
• Singapore : President - Tony Tan Keng Yam;
Prime Minister - Lee Hsien Loong
• Slovakia : Capital - Bratislava; President - Ivan
Gasparovic; Prime Minister - Robert Fico
• Slovenia : Capital - Ljubljana; President - Borut
Pahor; Prime Minister - Alenka Bratusek
• Russia : Capital - Moscow; President - Vladimir
Vladimirovich Putin; Premier-Dmitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev
• Solomon Islands : Capital - Honiara; Governor
General-Frank Ofagioro Kabui; Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo
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• Romania : Capital - Bucharest; President - Traian
Basescu; Prime Minister - Victor-Viorel Ponta
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• Rwanda : Capital - Kigali; President - Paul
Kagame; Prime Minister - Pierre Damien Habumuremyi
• Saint Kitts and Nevis : Capital - Basseterre;
Governor General-Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian; Prime Minister - Dr. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas
• Somalia : Capital - Mogadishu; President - Hassan Sheikh Mahamud; Prime Minister - Abdiweli
Sheikh Ahmed
• South Africa : Capital - Pretoria, Cape Town,
Bloemfontein; President - Jacob Zuma
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