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INDIAN AFFAIRS

Worlds largest solar photooltai platPV-Gurh tehsil in Rewa district MP, 2014 largest SPV plant is Topaz Solar Farm in California ,US.

Rajasthan Gov allocates Rs.12Cr for Project Great Indian Bustard(GIB)-bird conservation programme-Khudi rasla,Pokhran & Shahgarhof Jaislmer district.

Dr .Mahesh Sharma inagurated Science Centre and Planetarium in Puducherry- Rs.5.5Cr-47

th Science Museum setup by National Council of Science Museums

(NCSM).

BHEL commissioned Muzaffarpur thermal power station of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUNL) in Bihar.

BHEL oissioed GVKs hriagar Greefield hdro-electric project in Uttarakhand-Alaknanda River.

Lok Sabha passed the Goods and Services Tax(GST) Constitutional Amendment bill-2015.

Union Cabinet Approves Amendments to Whistleblowers Act- corruption, misuse of power, or criminal offence by a public servant.

Union Cabinet approves security scheme -APY(Atal Pension Yojna ) -18 to 40Yr, PMJJBY(Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana)-18 to 50Yr and PMSBY (Pradhan

Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana)-18 to 70Yr.

India has currently signed co-operation agreements with 35 countries for peaceful uses of outerspace design & operation,ISRO.

Rabindranath Tagore 154th birth anniversary-May 07. India inks Chabahar Port deal with Iran-signed by Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi, Minister

for Transport and Urban Development of Iran-$2 billion.

ADB signed loan agreement worth 31 Million US dollars-to boost water availability in selected river basins in Karnataka.

Prime Minister releases commemorative coin on Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati-birth centenary-8 may,1916.

Gov launched Nirmal Ganga Sahbhagita Programme-objective of Clean Ganga. Govt approves National Smart Grid Mission-Rs.980Cr with a budgetary support of

Rs.338cr-three tier structure.

Indian Army and Bank of India Inked an MoU on the Defence of Salary Package-1st MoU -2011, valid upto 3 years.

Haryana Govt included Deaflympics in sports policy-enable Deaflympian medalists to get cash rewards, jobs and other benefits.

Goa Government launched hot air balloon & amphibious vehicles-picturesque state of beaches.

INS Sardar Patel, the latest Naval establishment of Indian Navy, was commissioned at Porbandar,Gujarat by Anandiben Patel, the CM of Gujarat.1

st Commanding Officer of

INS Sardar Patel : Cmde BR Prakash.

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Narendra Modi inaugurates IISCO steel plant Burnpur, West Bengal-Rs.16,000Cr- 300million tonnes of steel by 2025 .

Solar photovoltaic plant for IL&FSED Co in MP-2 plants- by Jawahar Nehru National Solar Mission phase II.

Samajwadi water ATM scheme launched by the gov of UP- Samajwadi Shudha Payjal Yojnas- Mr.Akilesh Yadav,CM of UP.

Azure Power commissions a largest solar plant in Jodhpur,Rajasthan-Inderpreet Wadhwa- Founder & CEO.

Clealiess aards Kaakalp for puli health failities to e lauhed the go-Health Minister Mr.JP Nadda.

Punjab-1st state to issue Soil Health Cards to farmers. India pavilion inaugurated by Rajyavardhan Rathore at Cannes 2015-68th film festival. Govt to disinvest 5 % in NTPC and 10 % in Indian Oil. 6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy -New Delhi,Theme was Nuclea Energy: a

Clean Energy option.

Union Information and Technology Minister Mr.Ravishankar Prasad inaugurates 1st postal ATM-Bihar-9,000 post offices.

Draupadi Murmu from Odisha was sworn as the 1st woman Governor-Jharkhand. 12th Iteratioal Water Epo Eer thig Aout Water Epo -Mumbai-

Participants from over 21 Countries-May 21-23. outh Asias largest Water eet. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates 50th aiersar of Idias first histori

climb of Mt. Everest -1965- 21 mountaineers led by Captain M.S.Kohli-8848m.

Tathagata Roy-20 May 2015 was sworn-16th Governor of Tripura in Agartala. Delhi government launched Pay and Play scheme to promote sports- facility will be

totally free for students & specially abled persons. For others : a nominal fee of RS

100/m upto 45 years and RS 75/m for above 45 years.

UP FDA asked Nestle to withdraw 2014 batch of Maggi- high levels of lead and Mono Sodium Glutamate .

Union cabinet decides to restart Sindri unit of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. ( FCIL )- Rs. 6000 Cr-shutdown in 2002.

Two Indian naval ships,INS Satpura and INS Kamorta take part in naval exercise(SIMBEX) with Singapore-Captain Mr.Hari Krishnan.

PM Modi launches DD Kisan channel-Rs.100Cr-bridge the informations gap in agriculture.

Lt GEN (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma-new Governor(17th)-Mizoram. Micro Units Development Refinance Agency(MUDRA) bank partners with 19 regional

coordinates-11 lakh crore.

Software lobby NASSCOM(National Software and Services Company) along with Date Security Council of India( DSCI ) Launches Cyber Security Task Force led by NIIT Ltd.

Manabi Banopadhaya-Idias first trasgeder ollege priipal-Krishnanagar Women College - West Bengal.

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Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon scheme to be launched in Haryana-launched in those villages where there is no power theft, where the consumers pay their bills regularly

and where the line losses are not more than 20%.

Tripura withdraws AFSPA(Armed Forces Special Powers Act),1958 from the state-may 27,2015.

Maharashtra got lauh ahhata aptapadi shee-provide the 8 lakh homes in urban areas-Aamir Khan, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and Minister of State for

Urban Development Dr. Ranjit Patil.

HP gov sets up satellite tracking system to check forest fire-693 participatory. Yaduveer Raj Urs crowned new Maharaja of Mysuru-Amba Vilas Palace. Tenzing Norgay 101st Birthday celebrated- Darjeeling-reahed orlds highest

mountain peak, Everest, first in the world on 29th

May.

1st TEDx Gateway Women Conference in India - Mumbai -29th May, mission Ideas Worth pereadigs. HP becomes 1st state to implement ABPS(Aadhaar based Payment System) - Rs 76.53

Cr-Rural Development Minister Anil Kumar.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, inaugurated New Bank Note Paper Line unit - Hoshangabad, MP- 1000 Rs note- cost of Rs.495 Cr Cabinet approves India,

Bangladesh coastal shipping pact-cargo movement.

Vinod Pipersenia is new chief secretary of Assam- 45th chief secretary. Narendra Modi-1st Indian PM to visit Israel and Palestine.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Tuisias Ufurl Worlds Largest Flag- Ong Jmel in the southern desert-size of 19 football pitches- 104,544 square metre- weighed around 12.6.

India ranked 140th i Mothers Ide out of 179 countries-Norway (1st), Finland (2

nd), Ireland (3

rd), Denmark(4th) and Swedan (5th).

7.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific between Papua New Guinea(PNG) and the Solomon Islands- depth of 22 Kms.

Global Travel Tourism-India moved to 52nd place from 13. Of the orlds Poerful Copaies is fro INDIA-Forbes, Reliance

Industries-1st

place ,SBI[132],ONGC 183,Tata Motors [263],ICICIBank [283],Indian

Oil[349],HDFC Bank [376],NTPC [431],TCS [485].

Singapore PM Lee opened first museum Indian Heritage Centre in Little India. Army helicopter crashed in a mountainous part of northern Pakistan killing seven

people,including the Philippine & Norwegian ambassador.

North Korea successfully test-fired Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile(SLBM)-May,8.

Russia celebrates victory day- secular holiday- Chinese President Xi Jinping. PM David Cameron and Conservatives Back with Clear Majority in British general

election- won with 331 seats.

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Modi inaugurate 1st Gandhian studies centre in china- Fudan University on may 16th . 116-year-old Malasia oa is orlds oldest perso- Yati Musdi.

British-Indian Priti Patel appoited UKs eploet iister. Presidet Mukherjee iaugurates Naaste ussia i Moso- festival of Indian

Culture- Krasnoyarsk.

Wealth-X , Indian tech billionaire, Mr. Arul Pudur(software firm Celframe) has been raked as the Idias ealthiest businessman under the age of 40. Kiran Mazumdar-haBioo fouder raks seod i the gloal list of Mediie

Makers-Anthony Fauci ,US-1st. 1st Asian woman appointed mayor in UK- Harbhajan Kaur Dheer.

Indian- Gagan Toor wins the NASA contest to name a mercury crater-Enheduanna. Human Capital Index-India at 100, Finland at number 1-46 indicators. Indian-American boy wins National Geographic Bee-held at National Geographic

headquarters.

E-visas for Chinese Nationals- 2015 & 2016 have been chosen as Visit India & Visit China years respectively-still 200000 people visited.

Indian origin boy Shubham Banerjee working with Microsoft, developing braille printers.

Canada sets a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 % by 2030. India and China signed a record 24 agreements in key sectors, including in railways

and education, on day.

Modi Iaugurates ICICIs First Brauh i Chia- Shanghai-17 banking professionals. PM visits Gandan monastery in Mongolia, gifts Bodhi sapling-signed 14 agreements. Former Army Brigadier David Granger sworn- as 8th President of Guyana. Asia eoes orlds largest iestor regio: UNCTADUnited Nations Conference on

Trade andDevelopment )report-440 billon Dollars.

Indian PM gifts woven pashmina stoles to Korean President Park Geun-Hye. Oaa roke a oert Doe Jrshrs Guiess orld reord to garer oe

million twitter followers in less than 5 hrs, account-@POTUS.

Indian American Yale University professor-Akhil Amar posted as the prestigious Council on Humanities.

Ancient Syrian city of Palmyra(Pearl of desert) under ISIS control. Environmental Democracy Index- India at 24th place out of 70, Lithuania-1st . Indo-American prodigy Tanishq Abraham graduated- California community college -

age of 11.

Indian-origin councillor Parvinder Singh Batth-aor of Britais Wokigha Borough Council 1

st time.

American woman Jeralean Talley Worlds oldest liig perso celebrated her 116th birthday.

Indian-origin businessman Ranjit Singh Baxi elected- head of global firm(BIR). Pact ready for transit of vehicles in four SAARC nations(Bangladesh, Bhutan , India

and Nepal).

India ranks 4th in APAC in terms of resume fraud-discrepancies with 23%.

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Idias aog Fores orlds ost poerful oe-Arundhati Bhattacharya(30),Chanda Kochhar(35),Kiran Mazumdar(85) & Shobhana Bhartia(93).

India and Vietnam signed a Joint Vision Statement on defence cooperation for 2015-2020.

India tops world hunger list with 194 million people-UN report. India at 44th rank in the annual global competitiveness report-Hong Kong-1st . Singapore appoints Indian-origin diplomat S.Chandra Das as envoy to Sri Lanka. Indian-American kids Vanya Shivshankar and Gokul Venkatachalam win spelling bee

title for 8th successive year.

Muhammadu Buhari as sor as Nigerias presidet.

AWARDS

CN ao oferred ith Japas highest civilian award the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.

Lifetime Achievement Award for Prannoy Roy-NDTV executive co-chairman. Golden Medal for Merit in work of spain for tennis star Rafael Nadal given by PM

Spain Mariano Rajoy Brey.

Spring imperial decorations award of Japan 2015 for four Indians-Mr C.N.R Rao, Mr.T.K.A Nair, Mr. Nikunj Parekh and Mr Topgay Bhutia.

Delhis Indira Gandhi International Airport or IGIA, was adjudged as the orlds est airport for the year 2014.

62nd National Film Awards Ceremony-New Delhi, actor Shashi Kapoor, honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.

Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015.

Nadia district bags UN Public Service Award-Nadia district bags UN Public Service Award. Hooghly and Burdwan districts-2

nd,Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

G.K Reddy Memorial National Award to veteran journalist Vinod Mehta-Rs. 5 lakh, a gold medal and a citation.

1st Ages Varda to reeie Pale dOr-upcoming Cannes International Film Festival. UK Encore Award for best second novel-Bengali writer Neel mukherjee for The Lives

of Others. Indo-American professor Dr.Sivanadane Mandjiny wins UNC award for 2015-12,500

US dollars.

Presidential awards for Classical Tamil conferred by Indian President,Tolkappiyar award-SV.Shanmugam(2011-12), R.Krishnamurthi (2012-13),Kural Pitam award-Eva

Maria Wilden ,German.

Vice President Hamid Ansari confers Pt.Haridutt Sharma Award to senior journalist Anurradha Prasad.

18 years old Indian boy Karan Jerath won Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award-a device that will stop undersea oil spills.

Harkeert Singh Saini-Indo-American wins Prestigious Police Award in Texas.

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Paris ost prestigious hoour Grand Vermeil preseted to teis star Rafael Nadal.

Two Indian peacekeepers Lance Naik Nand Ram and Raju Joseph to be given UN Dag Hammarsjold Medal posthumously.

Gloal Metals Aard, PLATT was won by NMDC [National Mineral Development Corporation for the year 2015-London.

Annual CEAT awards for 2015 International cricketer of the year: Kumar Sangakkara.

Domestic cricketer of the year: R. ViNaY, Ranji. Indian player of the year: Ajinkya Rahane. T20 player of the year: West Indian player Dwayne Bravo. International batsman of the year: Hashim Amla. International bowler of the year: Sri Lankan Rangana Herath. Popular choice award: West Indian Keiran Pollard. Special award: Rohit Sharma. Young player of the year: Deepak Hooda. Oxford University award given to Indian-origin teacher Gurnimat Nimmy Sidhu. Five Indian students(Sathiskumar Anusuya Ponnusami, Shashank, Agarwal,

Dhamotharan Veerasamy, Mojit Gupta and Ajith Mosses) win Airbus innovation

contest-Hamburg, Germany.

BANKING & FINANCE

SBI Launches RuPay Platinum Debit Card-ATMs, PoS and eCommerce-maintaining a quarterly balance of Rs 50,000.

HDFC is orlds top list of osuer fiaae firs-7th place- Business magazine Forbes.

HBC uts Idia ratigs to udereight fro overweight. RBI Instructs Banks to appoint Internal Ombudsman-to improve their customer

service.

First facial recognition ATM developed in China-singhua University and Tzekwan Technology.

SBI next after ICICI to launch contact less debit and credit cards-SbilNTOUCh. RBI relaxes 2-factor authentication norms for contactless cards upto Rs.2,000. SBI Creates SBI Foundation for Group CSR Activities-Rs.115 crore. HDFC Bank launches medical prepaid card-Apollo Medical Benefits Card. Federal Bank Launches Co- Branded Credit card in partnership with SBI Cards. IMD inks MoU with POSOCO-optimum use of weather information and forecast in the

power sector.

SBI inks pact with Amazon,snapdeal & paypal for payment-develop payment & commerce solutions for customers.

RBI relaxes norms for raising ECB in rupeeo help Indian corporates to raise funds.

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RBI Signs MoU with Central Bank of Seychelles-exchange of information and mutual assistance in banking sector supervision.

Cosmos Bank ties up with New India Assurance and LIC Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana.

Banks union and Indian banks association sign 10th bipartite wage increment agreement,Mumbai-Rs.4725 Cr.

Transaction using Voice recognition-new feat for ICICI bank-voice will act as password.

Western Union Money Transfer renews 14 year old pact with India Post-10,000 post offices,1.11 lakh agents.

RBI proposed to introduce PPI for Mass Transit Systems-minimum validity of six months from date of issue-Rs.2000.

Future Groups retail business to merge with Bharti retail-approved the consolidation and realignment of its retail operations.

Torrent Pharma acquires 100% stake in Zyg Pharma-has sealed a deal to acquire a 100% stake in Zyg Pharma.

Myntra acquires Bengaluru-based Native5-2nd technology-e-commerce portal for fashion and lifestyle products.

Tata Communications ties up with China Telecom Global-enable and manage media content for customers-USD 2.57 billion.

Askme acquires Bestatlowest.com for Rs.63 crore,New Delhi. Reliance Jio inks pact with Huawei for sourcing 4G devices-5,000 towns and cities. IRCTC partners with myDala.com to offer deals to its customers-1.2million daily

visitors,partner with Airtel, Amazon, Pizza Hut, KFC and UBI.

Snapdeal acquires mobile e-commerce platform MartMobi-Hyderabad.

APPOINTMENTS

New directors for ISRO's-M.Chandradathan(hiruvananthapuram), S.Somanath(LPSC) and P.Kunhikrishnan(SDSC).

S. Christopher new Director General of DRDO with the rank of a secretary. India Bank appoints new Central Financial Officer(CFO)-V.A.Prasanth. Procter and Gamble has appointed- Al Rajwani as the new MD & CEO. ajish Kuar appoited as the th MD of BI,outrs largest PB. Surender Singh took over as Director General of CISF(Central Industrial Security

Force).

Arvind Saxena, in-charge of Aviation and Research Centre of external snooping agency RAW-member of UPSC.

Senior IRS officer S K Ray has been appointed as the new member in the Central Board of Direct Taxes.

Whirlpool has appointed uil Douza the MD of its India branch.

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IFS officer Mr.Saurabh kumar, was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to the country of Iran.

Mohan Kumar, a senior IAS is new Defence Secretary. Arun Shrivastava-New MD and CEO of Syndicate Bank. Judo union of Asia (J.U.A.) elected Judo Federation of India President-Mukesh Kumar. Japas oft Bak Corp Mr.Nikesh Arora appointed as President Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed NHRC acting chief-Kerala. K.V.Kamath appointed as the head of $50-billion New Development Bank. Former Chief Secretary of Gujarat, Mr.Achal Kumar Jyoti, was appointed as Election

Commissioner.

Senior police official Mr.Navneet Rajan Wasan,was appointed as new Director General of Bureau of police Research and Development[BPR&D].

Deepak Iyer has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of BHARATI AXA general insurance.

Veena Jain appointed as Director General of Doordarshan News. Gujarat government has appointed senior IAS officer G.R.Aloria as the new chief

secretary of the state.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pinaka Mark-II rocket successfully test-fired-Army's Chandan firing range near Pokhranusing, near Indo-Pak border.

NASA MESSENGER spacecraft crashes into Mercury, ends mission-ending its historic 11-year mission.

Akash air missile inducted into Indian Army-protect the country form aerial threats-6 launchers each have 3 missiles.

Microsoft launches Edu-Cloud-enhance digital learning and teaching in schools. BrahMos land-attack cruise missile successfully test-fired from Car Nicobar Islands-

47th

test-290Km target.

ISRO is close to commissioning home-made radar system that is capable of tracking several objects at the same time-multi object tracking radar (MOTR).

Japanese Scientists discovered new state called Jahn Teller metal-caesium fulleride (Cs3C60)-face-centred-cubic lattice.

NRI scientist Latha Venkatraman and team of Columbia Engineering researchers creates first single-molecule device-50 times better.

Fraser Stoddart and his coworkers at Northwestern university developed first man-made molecular pump - transporting key proteins to cells.

NAAs Ne Horizos spaeraft has eaed latest iages of Pluto. New species of fish - Pethia Striata found by ecologists-Tunga river of Kudremukh

National Park,Karnataka.

New human ancestor species discovered in Afar region of Ethiopia Australopithecus deyiremeda-minimum and maximum ages to be 3.3 and 3.5 million years ago.

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SPORTS

Prarthana wins ITF doubles title in Indonesia-Prarthana and Harriet defeated the Thai pair of Nicha Lertpitaksinchai and Nudnida Luangnam ( 6-4, 4-6 , 18-16 ).

Reigning champions, london based, Arsenal won the FA Cup against Aston Villa ( 4-0 ), world's oldest knockout competition, 12

th time.

Archer Deepika Kumari wins bronze in Archery World Cup, Deepika defeated opponent Chang Hye Jin of Korea by 6.

Four Indian wrestlerss, struck gold - International Wrestling tournament - Sassari City, Italy- Praveen Rana-75Kg, Amit Kumar(57Kg) and Narsingh Yadav(74Kg), Mausum

Khatri (97kg) and Hitender(125kg).

Gurpreet Singh gets India a fifth quota(156) place in shooting for 2016 Rio Olympics. The winner was Joao Costa (201.4 ) of Portugal,Tomoyuki Matsuda(200.4) of Japan

won the silver and Sun Yang (177.3) was third from China, fifth Daemyung Lee (136)

of South Korea.

Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin quits one-day game 126-match one-day internationals.

Indian shot-putter Inderjeet Singh qualified for Rio Olympics- 20.65m on the second day of the 19

th Federation Cup at Mangala Stadium.

Chelsea clinched their 1st Premier League title for ears as Jose Mourihos side produced 1-0 victory against Crystal Palace at a jubilant Stamford Bridge .

Switzerland tennis player Roger Federer won the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open Mes sigles title defeatig Palo Cuees of Urugua -3 ,7-6-world rank-2. Indian Railway girls clinch 5th National Hockey Championship title-defeated Hockey

Jharkhand by 12-2 goals,Master Chandgi Ram sports stadium at Saifai, UP.

Idias top tale teis plaer harath Kaal has juped plaes to reah a -high 32 in the latest ITTF rankings.

England batsman Jonathan Trott has retired from international cricket. Seven Gold Medal for India In International Speed Skating Championships- Hong

Kong- Kushi Shah-gold medals in 3 races.

Asian Wrestling Championship at Doha,Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat won the Bronze medal in the women freestyle 58kg category.

Saina Nehwal becomes the 3rd Indian and first women from India to reach the finals of the prestigious tournament All England Open Badminton Championship-

Birmingham,UK.

Marks man Jitu Rai crowned TOISA sportsperson of the year, Milkha Singh got life tie Ahieeet Of The Year fro the legedar Olpi Chapio Carl Leis, Weight lifter Sanjitha Channu won Popular Choice Award,Virat kohli won the best

cricketer aard i e,hile i the oes ategor the aard et to Harmanpreet Singh.

Indian Army team athletes emerge champions in Federation Cup-19th - Mangala stadium. The Oerall Woes hapioships :First Plae Kerala ,Second Place

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Karnataka,Third PlaceTamil Nadu.Best athlete aard i the es ategor Inderjeet Singh Haryana, Best athlete aard i the Woes ategor raai NandaOdisha. Indians win a silver(Ashish Bhalothia won a silver in boys shot put) at the Qatar

Sports Club and two bronze(Anumol Thampi (girls 3000m race) and Seema Sangwan

(girls discus throw)) in Asian Youth Athletics.

akshi Malik & Lalita agged roze edal i Woes Freestle kg & kg categories-Asian Wrestling championship in Doha. Lalita was defeated by North

Koreas Hal Ku-ok 3-9. Yuki Bhambri partnering Adrian Menendez-Maceiras of Spain wins doubles title

victory over second seeds Sergey Betov of Belarus and Mikhail Elgin of Russia in

tennis tournament in Karshi, Uzbekistan.

Nico Rosberg wins Spanish Grand Prix-Mercedes team-ate Leis Hailtos iig streak i this ears Forula Oe driers orld hapioship, Hailto -2nd and Ferrari,s Sebastian Vettel-3

rd .

Idias Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea (Romania) won the Mes doules Title beating Nenand Zimonjic (Serbia) and Martin Makowski (Poland).

Bopaa is o outrs No doules plaer-world no-21. Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has proposed BRICS U-17 football tournament to be

held in India.

Natioal reord holder Kaalpreet sigh o es haer throw event at the Sacramento State Open in United States.

India discus thrower Vikas Gowda has won gold at 12th Jamaica International Invitational, an IAAF World Challenge meet at the National Stadium.Chad Wright of

Jamaica-2nd

, Jared Schuurmans of US-3rd

.

Englishman Lee Alan Johnson has been roped as the head coach of India U-19 football team.

World school chess championship(U -15) : Tejaswini wins gold defeating Kavanya Rajapaksha of Sri Lanka.

Idias Gagan Narang o the Broze edal i es proe event-3rd Indian- ISSF world cup-USA.

Ethiopia ruers i oth MesSuresh Kumar-29m 49s) & WoesMaitu Daska-31m 57s) titles in TCS World 10000m run- Bengaluru.

The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) named Kuldeep Malik as the new chief national coach.

Idias Arhaa Kaath o a roze edal to Chiese Taipeis Che Tig-Ting in the cadet girls singles at the Thailand Open table tennis tournament .

Australia opening batsman Chris Rogers has confirmed that he will retire from international cricket- more than 1,500 runs.

Himachal Pradesh will host the Paragliding World Cup from 23 October to 31 October 2015 at Bir Billing in Kangra valley-1

st time.

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22 year old Delhi lad played the final of a clay court Challenger- Yuki Bhambri(no-1 among Indian)-158

th ahead of Somdev Devvarman(172) and Saketh Myneni(196).

12th South Asian Games 2015 to be held in Kerala,November-December. British ports usiess agazie ports Pro -Cricket Captain Virat Kohli as the 6th

most marketable athlete of this year ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Indian boxers clinch 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze medals in Doha Boxing Tournament. Idia is gold ,siler & roze i Woes World Juior Chapioships-

Savita (50 kg), Mandeep(52 kg) and Sakshi(54 kg) clinched gold, while Soniya(48 kg)

and Niharika Gonella(70 kg) settle for silver.

Mumbai Indians defeat Chennai Super Kings to win IPL 2015 for second time. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg- winner of Monaco GP- 10th overall win in 2nd

session.Sebastian Vettel(Germany) of Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton(U.K ) of Mercedes

were 2nd and 3rd.

India thrash Japan 4-0, win hockey Test series 3-0 at the Kalinga Stadium. Trevor Bayliss : New head coach for England cricket team-1st Australian. Abhinav Bindra becomes fourth Indian shooter to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics-6th . Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term- 65th FIFA Congress

held in Zurich.

Sevilla Football Club- won Europa League title defeated Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk football club. In the final clash at National Stadium Warsaw, Poland.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

Chia Cofuius i the hados - Vice President M.Hamid Ansari. Uelieale-Delhi to Islaaad- Prof Bhim Singh.

A Cit i the World authored- Amrita Shah. uper Eooies - Raghav Bahl. efletios of a oldier- Former Army officer Mr.Ajith singh. The Coplete tor of Idia efors: G , Poer ad Priate Eterprie- A

practitioners diary Mr.Pradeep Baijal.

IMPORTANT DAYS OF MAY 2015

May 1- International Labours Day. May 3 - World Press Freedom Day. May 4- International Buddha Poornima Diwas. May 5- World Asthma Day(1st Tuesday) & International Day of the Midwife. May 8- World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. May 8-9- Second World War rememberance. May 9-10- World Migratory Bird Day(WMBD).

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May 10- Mothers Dand Sunday). May 11- National Technology Day. May 12- International nurses day May 15- International Day of Families. May 17- World Telecommunication and Information Society Day. May 20- Clinical Trials Day. May 21- Anti Terrorism Day/ Martyrdom of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi .

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.

May 22- International Day for Biological Diversity. May 23- United Nations day that is aimed at ending Obstetric Fistula.

World Turtle Day.

May 25- International Missing Children's Day. May 29- International Day of UN Peacekeepers. May 31- World No Tobacco Day.

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