Current Affairs e Book 2014

8/12/2019 Current Affairs e Book 2014

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Last Six Months Current Affairs for SSC, RBI,

SBI Clerk and IBPS Exams 201

Points to Remem!er "anuar#$ %e!ruar# 201Shashi Tharoor: He is in news for taking steps to advance animal protection, Sashi

Tharoor, the Union Minister of India was named as the Person of the Year by P T! "

India#

Associated Press Athlete of the Year: Serena $illiams won the %emale !thlete of the

Year award and &e'ron (ames won the Male !thlete of the Year award anno)nced by

the !ssociated Press#

Ashraf Jehan: !shraf (ehan, first female *)dge sworn+in at Pakistan s national sharia

co)rt which hears cases )nder the Islamic legislation#

Lokmanya Tilak National Award: Mammen Mathew, the -hief ditor of Malayala

Manorma has been chosen for prestigio)s *o)rnalism &okmanya Tilak .ational !ward#

Corey Anderson: -orey !nderson is in news as he broke !fridi s record of fastest

cent)ry in /ne 0ay International against $est Indies recently#

Latvia: &atvia became the 12th member of the e)ro 3one# &atvia gained its

independence from the Soviet Union in 1441 and *oined the )ropean Union in 5667#

PARAM Y va!"": S)per -omp)ter P!8!M Y)va+II was rated 1st in India and 77th in

the world#

"ndia!Sa di Ara#ia Pact: India and Sa)di !rabia has signed an agreement to protect

the interests and rights of Indian domestic sector workers in the Sa)di !rabia#

MPs voted Thatcher as the #est $% Prime Minister in s rvey: Iron lady Margaret

Thatcher rose+)p as the most s)ccessf)l post+war 'ritish Prime Minister in a s)rvey,

$inston -h)rchill was ranked fo)rth#

& Jan ary: This day is absorbed as $orld 'raille 0ay across the world tocommemorate the birthday of &o)is 'raille, who is credited for inventing the lang)age#

"ndia si'ned a Credit A'reement with (orld )ank for RRSMP: India has signed a

credit agreement of 196 million dollar with $orld 'ank# The agreement was signed for

8a*asthan 8oad Sector Modernisation Pro*ect#

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2/24

Aditya Joshi: !ditya (oshi, a yo)ng sh)ttler from Madhya Pradesh became the first

male *)nior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world#

R* Chandrashekhar: 8# -handrashekhar is in news as he has been appointed as

President of .ational !ssociation of Software and Service -ompanies :.!SS-/M;#

Janet Yellen: She is in news as US Senate has confirmed the name of (anet Yellen as

the first woman to lead the US %ederal 8eserve#

Prithvi "": Prithvi II, the .)clear capable S)rface+to+S)rface missile, s)ccessf)lly test+

fired recently#

$nder!+, Asia C -: India defeated Pakistan to win 5617 Under+14 !sia -)p in the

final match played at Shar*ah cricket Stadi)m in !b) 0habi#

./th Senior National Ta#le Tennis -hampionship< PSP' Men and $omen emerged

winners in the =>th Senior .ational Table Tennis -hampionship#0orakh- r railway station: Platform n)mber one of ?orakhp)r railway station of Uttar

Pradesh has entered into the &imca 'ook of 8ecords as longest rail platform in the

world#

12th 3ederation C - National )asket#all Cham-ionshi-: /.?- Men @

-hhattisgarh $omen won 52th %ederation -)p .ational 'asketball -hampionship#

./th National Ta#le Tennis Cham-ionshi-: Sanil Shetty and !nkita 0as won their

maiden men s and women s singles championship#Sheikh 4asina: Sheikh Hasina along with her -abinet of 74 Ministers was sworn+in as

the new Prime Minister of 'angladesh#

(orld Most Admired Peo-le: !n International Poll titled the $orld s most admired

people


3/24

An9 )o##y 0eor'e: !n*) 'obby ?eorge was declared winner of the $orld !thletics

-hampionships final held in Monte -arlo in 566># The decision was given by the

International !ssociation of !thletics %ederation :I!!%; in (an)ary 5617#



4/24

Points to Remem!er %e!ruar# $ Mar&h 201

Pakistan only Polio ! endemic Co ntry: $H/ report said that Pakistan is the only

polio+endemic co)ntry in the world and it reported most cases of crippling disease in

561B and 5615#

"ndian economy to 'row #y 9 st over ; in 17+&!+/: $orld 'ank i n its ?lobal

conomic Prospects 8eport forecasted that economy of India will grow by *)st 9 percent

in 5617+1>#

3ast Patrol r)pees and 16 r)pees coins bearing images of

?oddess Aaishno 0evi#

R)" Ste-: The 8eserve 'ank of India :8'I; incl)ded Hong Dong and Maca) in the

sensitive list of co)ntries along with Pakistan and -hina# This means that

establishments from Hong Dong and Maca) will reE)ire prior approval of 8'I for setting

)p b)siness or related activities in India#4ery Ra9aonarimam-ianina: Hery 8a*aonarimampianina declared as the new

President of Madagascar following the res)lt of elections cond)cted with an aim to

restore democracy#

Lewis Clarke: &ewis -larke, 19 years old became the yo)ngest person to trek to the

So)th Pole recently# -larke spent 72 days at temperat)re of +76 -elsi)s and winds of

)p to 14B kmFh#

4ero 4ockey (orld Lea' e: .etherlands won the Hero Hockey $orld &eag)e %inal

by defeating .ew Gealand =+5 at Ma*or 0hyan -hand .ational Stadi)m in .ew 0elhi#

A#hishikta S Shetty: !bhishikta S Shetty of Darnataka is in news as she won the 11th

dition of the Miss So)th India 5617 pageant at the &e Meridien in -oimbatore#



5/24

"ndia s ccessf lly test!fired n clear!ca-a#le s rface!to!s rface A'ni!"< missile:

India has recently test+fired n)clear+capable s)rface+to+s)rface !gni+IA missile with a

range of 7666 kilometer from $heeler Island of /disha#

"ndia!#orn Prof A J Pa lra9 won 17+& Marconi Pri=e: Prof ! ( Pa)lra* has been

awarded with prestigio)s 5617 Marconi Society Pri3e for developing the theory and

application of MIM/ antennas#

>SC -ri=e 17+&: -yr)s Mistry won the 0S- pri3e 5617 for So)th !sian literat)re for his

book -hronicles of a -orpse 'earer #

Rakesh %h rana: Professor 8akesh Dh)rana is in news as he has been appointed as

the 0ean of Harvard -ollege# He will ass)me the charge of the dean from 1 ()ly 5617#

C rrency notes iss ed #efore 177/ to #e withdrawn: In a recent decision the

8eserve 'ank of India :8'I; has decided to withdraw all c)rrency notes iss)ed prior to566> from circ)lation#

Richard ? est: U.$T/ awarded -.. s 8ichard )est the 561B U.$T/ !ward for

&ifetime !chievement#

$N(T6 $lysses Pri=e: 0r# Te* Air Singh from &)cknow, Uttar Pradesh won the 561B

U.$T/ Ulysses Pri3e#

8/th 3oot#all 3ederation C -: -h)rchill 'rothers beat Sporting -l)b de ?oa to lift the

B>th %ootball %ederation -)p#/,th "dea 3ilmfare Awards: Here is a list of important winners#

J !t the >4th Idea %ilmfare !wards, 'haag Milkha 'haag grabbed seven awards#

J The award for the 'est !ctor was given to %arhaan !khtar for his performance in

'haag Milkha 'haag#

J 0eepika Pad)kone was ad*)dged as the 'est !ctress for 8amleela#

J 'haag Milkha 'haag was awarded with the 'est %ilm award#

J The lifetime achievement award was given away to Tan)*a#

J !ward for 'est M)sic< (eet ?ang)ly, Mithoon and !nkit Tiwari :!ashiE)i 5;

J !ward for 'est &yrics< Prasoon (oshi for Ginda :'haag Milkha 'haag;

J !ward for 'est Playback Singer Male< !ri*it Singh :T)m hi ho, !ashiE)i;



6/24

J !ward for 'est Playback Singer %emale< Monali Thak)r :Sawaar loon, &ootera;

J The 80 ')rman !ward< Sidharth Mahadevan

A stralian 6-en 17+& Res lts: Stanislas $awrinka won the !)stralian /pen men s

singles title by defeating 8afael .adal 9+B, 9+5, B+9, 9+B in Melbo)rne#

Syed Modi "nternational "ndia 0rand Pri@ title 17+&: Saina .ehwal won the Syed

Modi International India ?rand PriK title 5617 recently#

The nvironmental Performance "nde@ B P" 17+&: The nvironmental Performance

IndeK : PI; 5617 was released recently# !s per the IndeK, India was ranked 1>> o)t of

1=2 co)ntries#

Recent R)" Ste-s: 8'I raised the 8epo rate )nder &!% by 5> basis points from =#=>L

to 2L and kept the -88 of sched)led banks )nchanged at 7L of .0TIndia Post to install B666 !TM @ 1#B> lakh micro+!TM by September 561>< India Post

anno)nced to install as many as B666 !)tomated Teller Machine :!TM; and 1#B> lakh

micro+!TMs by September 561>#

/ th Ann al 0rammy Awards: "m-ortant winners:

J !lb)m of the year< 8andom !ccess Memories by 0aft P)nk

J 8ecord of the year< ?et &)cky by 0aft P)nk , Pharrell $illiams and .ile 8odgers

J Song of the year< 8oyals by &ordeAnand % mar: !nand D)mar, fo)nder of S)perB6 classes was conferred with 5617

8aman)*an Mathematics !ward at the ighth .ational Mathematics -onvention in

8a*kot#



7/24

Points to Remem!er Mar&h $ A'ril 201

%athy Cross: Dathy -ross became the first woman to be appointed in an I-- )mpires

panel as an !ssociate and !ffiliate panel of International )mpires#

"ndia!3i9i: India and %i*i signed 0T!! for avoidance of do)ble taKation and prevention

of fiscal evasion with respect to taKes on income#

"ndia5s first Mono rail ina ' rated recently: India s first monorail service was

ina)g)rated by the Maharashtra -hief Minister Prithvira* chavan in M)mbai#

Tea Prod ction in "ndia: IT! anno)nced that tea India s prod)ction has gone )p by 9#>

percent in 561B as prod)ction rose to 1566 million Dg against 1159 million kg in 5615#

Ran9i Tro-hy 17+& (inner: Darnataka defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets to win

8an*i Trophy 5617 at Hyderabad#

4arish Rawat: Harish 8awat was in news as he has been appointed as the 2th -hief

Minister of Uttarakhand recently#

J stice Askhok % mar Math r: ()stice !skhok D)mar Math)r has been appointed as

the -hairman of the =th Pay -ommission that will s)bmit report in 5 years#

Pa-erless P #lic Li#rary: %irst Paperless p)blic &ibrary of the $orld 'iblioTech was

opened in the US! State of TeKas recently#

>anish am- tee first in the world to 'et )ionic 4and: 0ennis amp)tee became firstperson to receive bionic hand that allowed him to feel life+like sensation from the

device s artificial fingers#


8/24

N Ramachandran: . 8amachandran was elected President of Indian /lympic

!ssociation :I/!; recently#

Sikkim: Sikkim became the first State in India to achieve 166 percent sanitation

coverage )nder the .irmal 'harat !bhiyaan Scheme#

R*%*Tiwari: 8#D#Tiwari was appointed new chairman of -entral 'oard of 0irect TaKes

:-'0T; recently#

% mar San'akkara: D)mar Sangakkara, the cricketer of Sri &ankan national team

became the second person in the history of -ricket to score a triple cent)ry and a

cent)ry in the same test match# 'y performing the rare record, he *oined ?raham

?ooch, the former skipper of ngland team#

He achieved this reach by scoring 319 runs in the first inning of the match and 105 runs

in the second innings. He achieved this record, while playing in the second test matchagainst Bangladesh recently.

Jatinder )ir Sin'h: (atinder 'ir Singh was appointed -hairman and Managing 0irector

of P)n*ab and Sind 'ank :PS'; recently#

/2th )ocskai "nternational To rnament: Indian boKers finished fo)rth at the >2th

'ocskai International To)rnament which concl)ded in H)ngary recently#

"rani Tro-hy: Darnataka won Irani Trophy for the fifth time against the 8est of India in

'angalore, recently#"nternational 0andhi Award for the year 17+8: Ai*ayk)mar Ainayak 0ongre and

?)ocheng Ghang received International ?andhi !ward for the year 561B by President of

India#

(orld )rid'e Cham-ionshi-: $orld 'ridge -hampionship for 'erm)da 'owl :men;

and Aenice -)p :women; will be hosted by India for the first time in /ctober 561>#

&th )erlin "nternational 3ilm 3estival: Marathi film, Dilla directed by !vinash !r)n

won the -rystal 'ear for the best film at the 97th 'erlin International %ilm %estival#

ModiNomics: '(P leader !r)n (aitely has recently la)nched a book entitled

Modi.omics in .ew 0elhi# The book has been a)thored by Sameer Dochhar#

Rena d Lavillenie: %rench /lympic champion, 8ena)d &avillenie broke 51+year+old

world record of pole va)lt of Sergey ')bka at 0onetsk in Ukraine#



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10/24

Points to Remem!er A'ril $ Ma# 201

S #rata Roy: He is in news as he is in *ail after the S)preme -o)rt ordered the arrest

following his fail)re to appear before it in a case arising o)t of non ref)nd of 57666 crore

r)pees to investors by two of his companies#

12 3e#r ary: .ational Science 0ay is celebrated on this day, to mark the discovery of

the 8aman ffect by Indian physicist -A 8aman#

"ndia and Sa di Ara#ia si'ned Mo$ on defence coo-eration: India and Sa)di

!rabia signed a defence cooperation pact to take their strategic partnership f)rther in

areas of sec)rity, recently#

Chandi Prasad )hatt: ?andhian environmentalist and social activist, -handi Prasad

'hatt was selected for the ?andhi Peace Pri3e for the year 561B#

> #ai Cham-ionshi-s: 8oger %ederer defeated Tomas 'erdych B+9, 9+7, 9+B to win

the 0)bai -hampionships for the siKth time#

The 2 th Ann al Academy 6scar Awards 17+&:

Important winners banknotes to 1 (an)ary

561> and advised banks to facilitate the eKchange of these notes for f)ll val)e#

3or#es ma'a=ine5s 12th Ann al (orld #illionaires list: 'ill ?ates, Microsoft -o+

fo)nder is the $orld s top richest 'illionaire with worth of =9 billion dollars#



11/24

?ates is back on the top rank after fo)r years, reclaiming the title from the telecom

mog)l -arlos Slim Hel) of MeKico :5nd;, who ranked 1 for the past fo)r years#

!manico /rtega, Spanish clothing retailer is ranked Brd for the second year in a row

followed by $arren ')ffet :7;#

Sheila >ikshit: Sheila 0ikshit is in news as she has been appointed as the ?overnor of

Derala#

"ndian acid attack victimE La@mi won "nternational (omen of Co ra'e Award: US

hono)red &aKmi, the person who started the movement to end acid attacks in India with

the prestigio)s International $omen of -o)rage !ward#

Lok Sa#ha elections to #e held from . A-ril 17+& in ,!-hases: lection -ommission

recently anno)nced that &ok Sabha elections will be held from = !pril to 15 May 5617#

-o)nting will be done on 19 May 5617#)"MST C: Third 'IMST - :'ay of 'engal Initiative for M)lti+Sectoral Technical and

conomic -ooperation; S)mmit was held in Myanmar#

3ederation C -


12/24

Packa'e to )h tan: ?overnment of India :?/I; anno)nced to provide 7>66 crore

r)pees !ssistance Package to 'h)tan for its 11th %ive Year Plan#

Michelle )achelet: Michelle 'achelet has been sworn in as the President of -hile after

winning election over her conservative rival velyn Matthei#

)N Srikrishna: %inancial Planning Standards 'oard India :%PS'; appointed retired

()stice '. Srikrishna as its -hairman# He has s)cceeded 0hirendra Swar)p#

"PL 17+&: IP& 5617 to be held in B phases at U! , 'angladesh @ India# 'angladesh will

be ven)e if Home Ministry denies permitting to hold game d)ring election#

Rakesh Sethi: 8akesh Sethi is appointed as -hairman and Managing 0irector :-M0;

of !llahabad 'ank#

Soma Mondal: Soma Mondal has been appointed as the first woman director

:commercial; of .ational !l)mini)m -ompany &td :.!&-/;Plastic Photo "dentity Card: .agaland and !ssam are the first two states to be iss)ed

Plastic Photo Identity -ard for elections in India#

S)" Life to a--eal a'ainst the order of "R>A to ref nd 1./ crore: S'I &ife Ins)rance

-ompany anno)nced that it will appeal against the order of Ins)rance 8eg)latory and

0evelopment !)thority :I80!;#

Asian 0rand Pri@ Archery Cham-ionshi-s: Indian archers bagged 5 gold and silver

in the team events of 1st !sian ?rand PriK !rchery -hampionships at 'angkok#Sachin Tend lkar: Sachin Tend)lkar has voted as the -ricketer of the ?eneration by a

>6+member by beating Shane $arne and (acE)es Dallis#

Tomas 4alik: Tomas Halik, the -3ech priest won the Templeton Pri3e for 5617# The

award was anno)nced by the (ohn Templeton %o)ndation and )nder the award he will

receive 1#1 million )ro#



13/24

Points to Remem!er Ma# ( "une 201

"ndian (ells ATP Tennis Masters: .ovak 0*okovic won the Indian $ells !TP Tennis

Masters by defeating 8oger %ederer# $omen s singles was won by %lavia Pennetta#

"ndia is the world5s lar'est arms im-orter: SIP8I in its data on international arms

transfers claimed India as largest importer of weapon systems, which is three times

more than Pakistan and -hina#

r %C Chakra#arty: 0ep)ty ?overnor of 8'I, 0r D- -hakrabarty is in news as he

resigned from the office three months ahead of the completion of the term#

0 > )irla award: Physicist 8a*esh ?opak)mar won the ? 0 'irla award for scientific

research for the year 561B#

)i' 4oss: 'ig Hoss is the $orld largest TA )nveiled for the first time at the TeKas

Motor Speedway in %ort $orth#

0ovind Mishra: ?ovind Mishra will be given the Sarawasti hono)r for year 561B for his

book 0hool Pa)dho Par# He will be the second person to receive this award#&th 4ockey "ndia Senior (omen National Cham-ionshi-: 8SP' won the 7th

Hockey India Senior $omen .ational -hampionship :0ivision !; in 'hopal after

defeating defending champions Haryana by 7+6#

A?$ATM: Aandana %o)ndation has la)nched ! U!TM water vending machine in

M)mbai# It will release 1 liter water at a price of 1 r)pee#

Ra9iv Takr : 8a*iv Takr), the %inancial Services Secretary has been appointed as the

new 8even)e Secretary# He s)cceeded S)mit 'ose#

Shi'er )anE Ja-anese architect won the Prit=ker Architect re Pri=e 17+&:

(apanese architect Shiger) 'an won the Prit3ker !rchitect)re Pri3e 5617#

8rd So th Asian 4and#all Cham-ionshi-: India defeated Pakistan in the final to win

the Brd So)th !sian Handball -hampionship title at ?enesis ?lobal School in .oida#



14/24

(est Fone won cricketGs >eodhar Tro-hy 17+&: $est Gone defeated .orth Gone to

win the 0eodhar Trophy of -ricket 5617 in Aisakhapatnam by a margin of 1BB r)ns#

Miami Masters Crown: .ovak 0*okovic won his fo)rth Miami Masters crown by

defeating 8afael .adal 9+B, 9+B#

Man el per cent in 5615+1B

and is estimated at 7#4 per cent in the c)rrent financial year 561B+17#

Recent R)" "m-ortant Ste-s:

J The 8eserve 'ank of India :8'I; directed banks not to impose financial penalty on the

cons)mers in case of non+maintenance of minim)m balance in their saving acco)nts#

J 8'I also directed banks to limit the liability of c)stomers in electronic banking

transactions in cases where banks fail to prove c)stomer negligence#

J 8'I also instr)cted banks to allow borrowers to prepay floating rate term loans witho)t

any penalty#

R)" a--roved #ankin' licences to ">3C Ltd and )andhan financial services: 8'I

has granted in+principle approvals to I0%- &td and 'andhan %inancial Services Pvt &td

to start new banks in India#



15/24

%arim Massimov: Darim Massimov is in news as he has been named as the new

Prime Minister of Da3akhstan after Serik !khmetov resigned from the post#

Most fficient Navratna Award: Hind)stan !erona)tics &td :H!&; recieved the Most

fficient .avratna !ward for the year 561B#

> % Pathak: Union ?overnment recently appointed senior IPS officer 0 D Pathak as the

new 0irector ?eneral of 'S%#

R 0andhi: 8'I has appointed 8 ?andhi as the 0ep)ty ?overnor for a period of three

years# He is the s)ccessor of !nand Sinha#

N"ST la nched worldGs most acc rate clockE N"ST!31: .IST has la)nched a new

atomic clock, named as .IST+%5 to serve the new US civilian time and freE)ency, along

with the c)rrent .IST+%1 standard#Marie!Lo sie Coleiro Preca: Marie+&o)sie -oleiro Preca Sworn+in as President of

Malta, island state, in Aalletta#

$nited %in'dom5s 17+& Asian Award: MS 0honi won the United Dingdom s 5617

!sian !ward for o)tstanding achievement in Sports#

Social Pro'ress "nde@ BSP" : India was ranked 165 o)t of 1B5 co)ntries on the Social

Progress IndeK :SPI; p)blished by the US+based non+profit organisation Social

Progress Imperative"CC Twenty17 (orld C - 17+&: Sri &anka defeated India in the final match to win the

I-- Twenty56 $orld -)p 5617 at Shere 'angla stadi)m of Mirp)r, 0haka#

3emina Miss "ndia 17+&: Doyal 8ana won the title of fbb %emina Miss India 5617#

(hataleka Malhotra and ?ail .icole 0a Silva were the 1st and 5nd r)nner+)ps

respectively#

&th 4ockey "ndia J nior Men National Cham-ionshi- 17+&: P)n*ab won the 7th

Hockey India ()nior Men .ational -hampionship 5617 :0ivision !; by defeating Hokey

/disha at -hennai, Tamil .ad)#

(omen5s (orld Twenty17 C - 17+&: !)stralian cricket team had won the $omen s

$orld Twenty56 -)p 5617 c)p by defeating ngland in the final match in Mirp)r,

0haka#



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17/24

'est S)pporting !ctor " Sa)rabh Sh)kla for (olly &&'

'est S)pporting !ctress " !mr)ta S)bhash for !st) in Marathi and !ida l+Dashef for

Ship of These)s

'est -hildren s %ilm " Daphal :Hindi;, directed by 'at)l M)khtiar

'est -hild !rtist " Somnath !vghade for %andy in Marathi and Sadhana for Thanga

Meengal in Tamil

Special ()ry !ward " Yellow in Marathi directed by Mahesh &imaye and Miss &ovely in

Hindi directed by !shim !h)walia

Indira ?andhi !ward for 'est 0eb)t %ilm of a 0irector " %andry in Marathi directed by

.agra* Man*)le

.argis 0)tt !ward for 'est %eat)re %ilm on .ational Integration " Thalaim)raigal

:Tamil; directed by 'al) Mahindra 'est $riting on -inema or 'ook of the -inema " -inema ?a -inema in Tel)g)

a)thored by .andagopal and p)blished by Praga India, Hyderabad

R% >howan: !dmiral 8D 0howan took over as 55nd -hief of Indian .avy# He is a

s)ccessor of !dmiral 0D (oshi, who was the 1st 0efence forces chief to resign in India#

A#dela=i= )o teflika: !bdela3i3 'o)teflika won the Presidency for the fo)rth time

consec)tively in !lgeria#(omen5s Senior Snooker Cham-ionshi-: -hitra Magimaira* won the $orld $omen s

Senior Snooker -hampionship at &eeds, 'ritain by defeating !lena !smolava of

'elar)s#

&+st Chief J stice of "ndia: ()stice 8a*endra Mal &odha sworn+in as the 71st -hief

()stice of India# His swearing+in ceremony was administered by the President of India#

0oldman nvironmental Pri=e: !n Indian environmental activist, 8amesh !grawal

won the prestigio)s ?oldman nvironmental Pri3e that is commonly called as the ?reen

.obel#

NR Narayana M rthy: 5617 -I% -hanchlani ?lobal Indian !ward presented to .8

.arayana M)rthy for his remarkable vision and leadership in the IT sector#



18/24

Points to Remem!er "une ( "ul# 201

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19/24

Ronnie 6GS llivan < 8onnie /CS)llivan was named snookerCs Player of the Year at the

sportCs ann)al awards ceremony in &ondon recently#

"ndia5s 3i'ht A'ainst Ra-e < 0oc)mentary film, Silent Screams"India s %ight !gainst

8ape has won three awards at 5617 .ew York %estivals International TA and %ilm

!wards#

Madrid 6-en < 8afael .adal won his 5=th !TP $orld To)r Masters 1666 title at M)t)a

Madrid /pen final after Dei .ishikori was forced to withdraw with a back in*)ry#

ANC won the So th African lections for the fifth s ccessive term < !frican

.ational congress :!.-; won the national election 5617 with 95#5 percent of votes#

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Maria Shara-ova defeated Simona 4ale- to win Madrid 6-en title < 8)ssia s Maria

Sharapova won the M)t)a Madrid /pen Tennis title by defeating 8omanian SimonaHalep 1+9, 9+5, 9+B in the finals#

Senior National (omen5s 3oot#all Cham-ionshi-s < Manip)r defeated defending

champions /rissa to clinch the Senior .ational $omen s %ootball -hampionships title

at ?olaghat Stadi)m in !ssam#

h d 6lmert < h)d /lmert, the former Prime Minister of Israel sentenced to siK years

in prison for corr)pt practices in real estate pro*ects by a -o)rt#

>al#ir Sin'h S ha'< Union ?overnment on 1B May 5617 appointed &ie)tenant

?eneral 0albir Singh S)hag as the 52th -hief of !rmy Staff :-/!S;#

%ristin L nd < Dristin &)nd of .orway became fist women in U. history to be appointed

as %orce -ommander in the United .ations peacekeeping operation#

Santa Maria < !fter >66 years, -hristopher -ol)mb)sCs ship the Santa Maria was

claimed to be fo)nd by archaeological investigators led by 'arry -lifford#

Plastic c rrency notes to #e la nched in 17+/ < ?overnor of the 8eserve 'ank of

India anno)nced that plastic c)rrency notes will be la)nched in 561> after field trials in

five cities#

Na#am T ki < He is in news as he sworn+in as the -hief Minister of !r)nachal Pradesh

in Itanagar#

17+& assem#ly elections of 6disha < 'i*) (anata 0al emerged as the largest party by

winning 11= seats#



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Jitan Ram Man9hi < He is in news recently as he sowrn+in as the new -hief Minister of

'ihar#

17+& assem#ly elections of Sikkim < Sikkim 0emocratic %ront :S0%; emerged as the

largest party by winning 55 seats#

Pawan Chamlin' < He is in news as he is sworn+in as the -hief Minister of Sikkim for a

record fifth consec)tive time#

Naveen Patnaik < He is in news as he sworn+in as -hief Minister of /disha for fo)rth

consec)tive term#

Anandi#en Patel < She is in news as she was sworn+in as the first woman -hief Minister

of ?)*arat on 55 May 5617#

Malavath Poorna < 1B+year and 11+month old girl, Poorna of !ndhra Pradesh became

the yo)ngest woman to climb Mo)nt verest, the highest peak in the world#TR Felian' < He is in news as he sworn+in as the new -hief Minister of .agaland as the

s)ccessor of .eiphi) 8io on 57 May 5617#

Thomas and $#er C - 17+& < (apan won 5617 Thomas -)p badminton and -hina won

5617 Uber -)p title of badminton on 57 May 5617#

S shma Swara9 < She is in news as she became the first woman Kternal !ffairs

Minister of India on 59 May 5617#

>alia 0ry#a skaite< Dnown as the Iron &ady of &ith)ania, on 5> May 5617 won the

Presidential elections of &ith)ania#

Sachin Tend lkar < He is in news as he has been appointed as the goodwill

ambassador of B>th .ational ?ames, Derala sched)led to be held from (an)ary+

%ebr)ary 561>#

M k l Rohat'i < He is in news as he has been appointed as the 17th !ttorney+?eneral

of India# He s)cceeds ?)lam Aahanvati#


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Peter M tharika < Peter M)tharika was sworn+in as President of Malawi recently#

Telan'ana < Telangana became the 54th State of India with Hyderabad as its capital on

5 ()ne 5617#

An'ela Merkel to--ed 3or#es Most Powerf l (omen List 17+& < ?erman -hancellor

topped %orbes ann)al list of Most Powerf)l $omen 5617 in the world#

Salvador Sanche= Ceren < %ormer left wing rebel leader Salvador Sanche3 -eren was

sworn+in as the President of l Salvador on 1 ()ne 5617#

Syrian President < President 'ashar al+!ssad of Syria won the Presidential election for

the third time for seven+year term#

S mitra Maha9an elected as S-eaker of + th Lok Sa#ha < S)mitra Maha*an was

)nanimo)sly elected as Speaker of the 19th &ok Sabha#

0!. s mmit 17+& < 76th ?+= s)mmit 5617 was held at ()st)s &ipsi)s b)ilding, 'r)sselsat the -o)ncil of the )ropean Union on 7 ()ne 5617 " > ()ne 5617#

N* Chandra#a# Naid < .ara -handrabab) .aid) was sworn+in as the first -hief

Minister of !ndhra Pradesh after bif)rcation#

Petro Poroshenko sworn!in as President of $kraine < Petro Poroshenko was sworn+

in as the President of Ukraine in Diev#

% dank lam #ecame "ndia5s first n clear -lant to 'enerate +777 M( -ower , 9+5, and

9+7 in the final#

% ll >istrict < The place was in news as 57 engineering st)dents of A(I of ngineering

and Technology, Hyderabad were drowned in 'eas 8iver in D)ll) district of Himachal

Pradesh#

A#del 3attah el!Sisi sworn!in as President of 'y-t < %ormer army chief !bdel %attah

el+Sisi was sworn+in as the President of gypt in -airo#

R)" revised %YC ' idelines < 8eserve 'ank of India on 4 ()ne 5617 eased the DY-

norms for opening bank acco)nt# In its notification it said that only one doc)mentary



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proof of address :either the c)rrent or permanent; can be )sed to open bank acco)nt or

for periodic )pdation#

Ran9it % mar < Senior advocate 8an*it D)mar was on = ()ne 5617 appointed as the

Solicitor ?eneral of India#

)harat Ratna JR> Tata Award for 17+8 < Somas)ndaram of !irports !)thority of India

:!!I; on 4 ()ne 5617 was conferred with the prestigio)s 'harat 8atna (80 Tata !ward

for 561B by the !erona)tical Society of India :!SI;#

Re ven R #y Rivlin elected as +7th -resident of "srael < 8e)ven 8)by 8ivlin on 16

()ne 5617 was elected as 16th president of Israel#

The S #stance and the Shadow < 'iography of 0ilip D)mar, entitled The S)bstance

and the Shadow was released in M)mbai# The biography has been penned by Uday

Tara .ayar#$'andaGs Sam %aham#a % tesa elected President for the ,th Session of $N0A elhi #ecame first kerosene!free city in "ndia < 0elhi became first kerosene+free city

of India# This was achieved with implementation of the 0elhi< ! Derosene+%ree Scheme

5615#

0a ravi < India s first /ne Stop -risis -entre :/S--; named ?a)ravi was la)nched in

'hopal, Madhya Pradesh on 19 ()ne 5617#

"ndia won +1 medals to finish /th at + th Asian J nior Athletics Cham-ionshi- Silver and > 'ron3e medals at 19th !sian ()nior !thletics

-hampionship#3ormer Ca-tain of )an'ladesh Mohammad Ashraf l #anned < %ormer -aptain of

'angladesh Mohammad !shraf)l on 12 ()ne 5617 was banned for eight years by the

disciplinary panel

(orld 3ood Pri=e for the year 17+& < India+born MeKican plant scientist, San*aya

8a*aram will be hono)red with the $orld %ood Pri3e for the year 5617# It was

anno)nced by the $orld %ood Pri3e %o)ndation on 12 ()ne 5617#

Pen Pinter Pri=e< Salman 8)shdie has been named as the winner of 5617 Pen Pinter

Pri3e for his o)tstanding literary o)tp)t and s)pport for freedom of eKpression#

"ndia!#orn Pratishtha %hanna hono red < India+born Pratishtha Dhanna is hono)red

-hampions of -hange by the $hite Ho)se#

3"> (orld Ra-id Chess Cham-ionshi- < Magn)s -arlsen on 12 ()ne 5617 bagged

the %I0 $orld 8apid -hess -hampionship title in 0)bai#

Jnan-ith award for 17+8 < Dedarnath Singh, a noted Hindi poet has been chosen for

the (nanpith award for 561B# He is the 16th Hindi writer to receive the hono)r#

3are 4ike < 8ailways has increased the passenger fare by 17#5 percent in all classes

and freight charges by 9#> percent#

6kavan'o >elta < /kavango 0elta in 'otswana on 55 ()ne 5617 became the 1666th

site to be incl)ded in the U. S-/ $orld Heritage Site &ist#

Ch n' 4 n' < -h)ng H)ng $on the election and remained as PM of So)th Dorea#



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Le'ion of 4ono r < %rance on 5> ()ne 5617 anno)nced to hono)r Shahr)kh Dhan with

/fficer of the &egion of Hono)r for his contrib)tion to -inema#

8/th National 0ames < Indian /lympic !ssociation anno)nced the dates of B>th

.ational ?ames# The games will be held from B1 (an)ary to 17 %ebr)ary 561> in

Derala#

Peo-leGs Choice -ri=e < Indian sand artist S)darsan Pattnaik won the PeopleCs -hoice

pri3e at the $orld -)p of Sand Sc)lpting+5617 held in the !tlantic -ity of the US#

Jean!Cla de J ncker < (ean+-la)de ()ncker on 59 ()ne 5617 was named as the neKt

president of the )ropean -ommission#

A stralian 6-en S -er Series < Saina .ehwal won =>6666 US dollar !)stralian /pen

S)per Series by defeating -arolina Marin of Spain in straight+game played at Sydney#

")S3 !Red (orld snooker title < Indian c)eist, Panka* !dvani won his maiden I'S% 9+8ed $orld snooker title at Sharm el+Sheikh in gypt by defeating Dacper %lilpiak of

Poland#

17+& Li#erty Medal < Malala Yo)saf3ai won the 5617 &iberty Medal from .ational

-onstit)tion -entre in Philadelphia, the largest city in the US State of Pennsylvania#

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