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General Awareness Bullet For NICL & BOB Exams- 2015(Comprehensive summary of general awareness topics across January - March 2015)

Dear PaGaLGuY readers,The General Awareness Bullet is a comprehensive summary of important news and events that occurredduring the period from January - March 2015. This Bullet will help you in your NICL and Bank of BarodaManipal PO Exams.Do print out a hard copy of this for your regular use.Our goal is to ensure that you perform well in your examsand that you have the necessary material readily available.We intend to release PaGaLGuY Bullets for various exams every month.This Bullet is relevant for Banking, SSC, Insurance and UPSC Exams.To receive all the material that we have, log in to http://www.pagalguy.com Prepared byNeeraj Mishra(www.pagalguy.com/@neeraj23)RBI in News1. RBI signed currency swap agreement with Central Bank of Sri Lanka - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signed acurrency swap agreement of $ 400million with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. RBI said that the agreement will allow theCentral Bank of Sri Lanka to make withdrawals of US Dollar or Euro in multiple tranches up to a maximum of USD 400million or its equivalent. The agreement will be valid for a period of three years.2. RBI reduced Repo Rate by 25 basis points!: The Reserve Bank of India on 4th March 2015, reduced the repo rate by 25basis points from 7.75% to 7.50% with immediate effect ahead of its seventh bi-monthly policy review. The cut in thepolicy rate by RBI will help in lowering interest rate for individual and corporate borrowers and make home loan andcorporate loans cheaper.There has been no change in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4 per cent, and the reverse repo rate under the LAF (LiquidityAdjustment Facility) stands adjusted to 6.50 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to8.50 per cent with immediate effect.

Current Rates:1.Repo Rate 7.50% (changed from 7.75%)2.Reverse Repo 6.50% (changed from 6.75%)3.CRR(Cash Reserve ratio) 4% (unchanged)4.SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) 21.5% (unchanged)5.MSF (Marginal Standing Facility) 8.50% (changed from 8.75%)

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General Awareness Bullet For NICL & BOB Exams- 2015(Comprehensive summary of general awareness topics across January - March 2015)

Dear PaGaLGuY readers,The General Awareness Bullet is a comprehensive summary of important news and events that occurredduring the period from January - March 2015. This Bullet will help you in your NICL and Bank of BarodaManipal PO Exams.Do print out a hard copy of this for your regular use.Our goal is to ensure that you perform well in your examsand that you have the necessary material readily available.We intend to release PaGaLGuY Bullets for various exams every month.This Bullet is relevant for Banking, SSC, Insurance and UPSC Exams.To receive all the material that we have, log in to http://www.pagalguy.com Prepared byNeeraj Mishra(www.pagalguy.com/@neeraj23)RBI in News1. RBI signed currency swap agreement with Central Bank of Sri Lanka - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signed acurrency swap agreement of $ 400million with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. RBI said that the agreement will allow theCentral Bank of Sri Lanka to make withdrawals of US Dollar or Euro in multiple tranches up to a maximum of USD 400million or its equivalent. The agreement will be valid for a period of three years.2. RBI reduced Repo Rate by 25 basis points!: The Reserve Bank of India on 4th March 2015, reduced the repo rate by 25basis points from 7.75% to 7.50% with immediate effect ahead of its seventh bi-monthly policy review. The cut in thepolicy rate by RBI will help in lowering interest rate for individual and corporate borrowers and make home loan andcorporate loans cheaper.There has been no change in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4 per cent, and the reverse repo rate under the LAF (LiquidityAdjustment Facility) stands adjusted to 6.50 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to8.50 per cent with immediate effect.

Current Rates:1.Repo Rate 7.50% (changed from 7.75%)2.Reverse Repo 6.50% (changed from 6.75%)3.CRR(Cash Reserve ratio) 4% (unchanged)4.SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) 21.5% (unchanged)5.MSF (Marginal Standing Facility) 8.50% (changed from 8.75%)

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General Awareness Bullet For NICL & BOB Exams- 2015(Comprehensive summary of general awareness topics across January - March 2015)

Dear PaGaLGuY readers,The General Awareness Bullet is a comprehensive summary of important news and events that occurredduring the period from January - March 2015. This Bullet will help you in your NICL and Bank of BarodaManipal PO Exams.Do print out a hard copy of this for your regular use.Our goal is to ensure that you perform well in your examsand that you have the necessary material readily available.We intend to release PaGaLGuY Bullets for various exams every month.This Bullet is relevant for Banking, SSC, Insurance and UPSC Exams.To receive all the material that we have, log in to http://www.pagalguy.com Prepared byNeeraj Mishra(www.pagalguy.com/@neeraj23)RBI in News1. RBI signed currency swap agreement with Central Bank of Sri Lanka - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signed acurrency swap agreement of $ 400million with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. RBI said that the agreement will allow theCentral Bank of Sri Lanka to make withdrawals of US Dollar or Euro in multiple tranches up to a maximum of USD 400million or its equivalent. The agreement will be valid for a period of three years.2. RBI reduced Repo Rate by 25 basis points!: The Reserve Bank of India on 4th March 2015, reduced the repo rate by 25basis points from 7.75% to 7.50% with immediate effect ahead of its seventh bi-monthly policy review. The cut in thepolicy rate by RBI will help in lowering interest rate for individual and corporate borrowers and make home loan andcorporate loans cheaper.There has been no change in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4 per cent, and the reverse repo rate under the LAF (LiquidityAdjustment Facility) stands adjusted to 6.50 per cent, and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to8.50 per cent with immediate effect.

Current Rates:1.Repo Rate 7.50% (changed from 7.75%)2.Reverse Repo 6.50% (changed from 6.75%)3.CRR(Cash Reserve ratio) 4% (unchanged)4.SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) 21.5% (unchanged)5.MSF (Marginal Standing Facility) 8.50% (changed from 8.75%)

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6.Bank Rate 8.50% (changed from 8.75%)3. Govt. & RBI signed an agreement on Monetary Policy Framework:According to the agreement, the government has set a target for RBI to bringdown inflation below six per cent by January 2016. If the RBI fails to meet thetarget, it will have to report to the government the reasons for the failure toachieve the target, what remedial action it proposes to take and estimate ofthe time period within which the target would be achieved. The agreementwill put in place a framework of a modern monetary policy to meet thechallenges of an increasingly complex economy. The Agreement, in line withthe recommendations of the RBI's Urjit Patel committee, will smoothen themonetary policy scene. One rupee currency note will be soon into the

circulation: According to Reserve Bank of India press release Reserve Bankis all set to bring back the currency note of one rupee denomination back intocirculation. One rupee notes will be printed by the Government of India. Thegovernment had discontinued printing of one rupee notes in November 1994due to higher printing costs.4. RBI inks deal with European Central Bank (ECB) - RBI and EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) oncooperation in the field of central banking. The aim of the deal is to exchangeof information, policy dialogue and technical cooperation between the twoinstitutions.5. RBI has increased the limit for foreign exchange (FOREX) remittancesunder Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) from $125,000 to $250,000 (Rs.1.5 crore) per person per year. Under the LRS, Indians can open, maintainand hold foreign currency accounts with banks outside India for carrying outtransactions, without permission from the RBI.6. RBI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s Central Bank - Banco Central do Brasil (BCB)on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information.7. RBI has lifted a ban on carrying Indian bank notes of Rs 1,000 and 500 denominations to and from Nepal and Bhutan.RBI had imposed this restriction since May, 2000.The Indian central bank, however, has put a limit on carrying such notesat Rs 25,000 per personHighlights –Union Budget: 2015/16 : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the 2015 Union Budget inthe parliament on 28th February, 2015. This is the first full-fledged budget of the second NDA government.Highlights of Union Budget 2015 -16:

Major Points1. Budget estimates of expenditure: Rs. 17 .77 lakh cr., of which Non Plan is Rs. 13.12 lakh cr., and Plan is Rs. 4.65 lakh cr.2. Quoting PAN has been made compulsory for transactions involving more than Rs. 1 Lakh.3. Health insurance premium exemption has been increased to Rs 25,000 from the current Rs 15,000.4. Rigorous imprisonment of 10 years under Black Money Law.5. Benami Property Transaction Bill will help tackle black money transactions in real estate soon.6. Another Rs 1,000 crore allocated to the Nirbhaya fund.7. Indian gold coin with Ashok Chakra will soon be introduced.8. GAAR implementation deferred by 2 years to April 2017.

Taxation:1. No change in personal Income Tax rates

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6.Bank Rate 8.50% (changed from 8.75%)3. Govt. & RBI signed an agreement on Monetary Policy Framework:According to the agreement, the government has set a target for RBI to bringdown inflation below six per cent by January 2016. If the RBI fails to meet thetarget, it will have to report to the government the reasons for the failure toachieve the target, what remedial action it proposes to take and estimate ofthe time period within which the target would be achieved. The agreementwill put in place a framework of a modern monetary policy to meet thechallenges of an increasingly complex economy. The Agreement, in line withthe recommendations of the RBI's Urjit Patel committee, will smoothen themonetary policy scene. One rupee currency note will be soon into the

circulation: According to Reserve Bank of India press release Reserve Bankis all set to bring back the currency note of one rupee denomination back intocirculation. One rupee notes will be printed by the Government of India. Thegovernment had discontinued printing of one rupee notes in November 1994due to higher printing costs.4. RBI inks deal with European Central Bank (ECB) - RBI and EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) oncooperation in the field of central banking. The aim of the deal is to exchangeof information, policy dialogue and technical cooperation between the twoinstitutions.5. RBI has increased the limit for foreign exchange (FOREX) remittancesunder Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) from $125,000 to $250,000 (Rs.1.5 crore) per person per year. Under the LRS, Indians can open, maintainand hold foreign currency accounts with banks outside India for carrying outtransactions, without permission from the RBI.6. RBI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s Central Bank - Banco Central do Brasil (BCB)on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information.7. RBI has lifted a ban on carrying Indian bank notes of Rs 1,000 and 500 denominations to and from Nepal and Bhutan.RBI had imposed this restriction since May, 2000.The Indian central bank, however, has put a limit on carrying such notesat Rs 25,000 per personHighlights –Union Budget: 2015/16 : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the 2015 Union Budget inthe parliament on 28th February, 2015. This is the first full-fledged budget of the second NDA government.Highlights of Union Budget 2015 -16:

Major Points1. Budget estimates of expenditure: Rs. 17 .77 lakh cr., of which Non Plan is Rs. 13.12 lakh cr., and Plan is Rs. 4.65 lakh cr.2. Quoting PAN has been made compulsory for transactions involving more than Rs. 1 Lakh.3. Health insurance premium exemption has been increased to Rs 25,000 from the current Rs 15,000.4. Rigorous imprisonment of 10 years under Black Money Law.5. Benami Property Transaction Bill will help tackle black money transactions in real estate soon.6. Another Rs 1,000 crore allocated to the Nirbhaya fund.7. Indian gold coin with Ashok Chakra will soon be introduced.8. GAAR implementation deferred by 2 years to April 2017.

Taxation:1. No change in personal Income Tax rates

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6.Bank Rate 8.50% (changed from 8.75%)3. Govt. & RBI signed an agreement on Monetary Policy Framework:According to the agreement, the government has set a target for RBI to bringdown inflation below six per cent by January 2016. If the RBI fails to meet thetarget, it will have to report to the government the reasons for the failure toachieve the target, what remedial action it proposes to take and estimate ofthe time period within which the target would be achieved. The agreementwill put in place a framework of a modern monetary policy to meet thechallenges of an increasingly complex economy. The Agreement, in line withthe recommendations of the RBI's Urjit Patel committee, will smoothen themonetary policy scene. One rupee currency note will be soon into the

circulation: According to Reserve Bank of India press release Reserve Bankis all set to bring back the currency note of one rupee denomination back intocirculation. One rupee notes will be printed by the Government of India. Thegovernment had discontinued printing of one rupee notes in November 1994due to higher printing costs.4. RBI inks deal with European Central Bank (ECB) - RBI and EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) oncooperation in the field of central banking. The aim of the deal is to exchangeof information, policy dialogue and technical cooperation between the twoinstitutions.5. RBI has increased the limit for foreign exchange (FOREX) remittancesunder Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) from $125,000 to $250,000 (Rs.1.5 crore) per person per year. Under the LRS, Indians can open, maintainand hold foreign currency accounts with banks outside India for carrying outtransactions, without permission from the RBI.6. RBI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brazil’s Central Bank - Banco Central do Brasil (BCB)on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information.7. RBI has lifted a ban on carrying Indian bank notes of Rs 1,000 and 500 denominations to and from Nepal and Bhutan.RBI had imposed this restriction since May, 2000.The Indian central bank, however, has put a limit on carrying such notesat Rs 25,000 per personHighlights –Union Budget: 2015/16 : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the 2015 Union Budget inthe parliament on 28th February, 2015. This is the first full-fledged budget of the second NDA government.Highlights of Union Budget 2015 -16:

Major Points1. Budget estimates of expenditure: Rs. 17 .77 lakh cr., of which Non Plan is Rs. 13.12 lakh cr., and Plan is Rs. 4.65 lakh cr.2. Quoting PAN has been made compulsory for transactions involving more than Rs. 1 Lakh.3. Health insurance premium exemption has been increased to Rs 25,000 from the current Rs 15,000.4. Rigorous imprisonment of 10 years under Black Money Law.5. Benami Property Transaction Bill will help tackle black money transactions in real estate soon.6. Another Rs 1,000 crore allocated to the Nirbhaya fund.7. Indian gold coin with Ashok Chakra will soon be introduced.8. GAAR implementation deferred by 2 years to April 2017.

Taxation:1. No change in personal Income Tax rates

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2. Service Tax rate hiked to 14% from 12.36%3. Wealth tax to be abolished4. Additional 2% surcharge on people earning over Rs 1 cr., this step is expected to fetch Rs. 9,000 cr.5. Rate of corporate tax to be reduced to 25% over the next four years.6. Total exemption of up to Rs. 4,44,200 can be achieved7. 100% exemption for contribution to Swachch Bharat Abhiyan apart from CSR activities.8. Implementation of Goods and Services Tax is expected by April 2016

Fiscal/ Revenue deficit1. Fiscal deficit is seen at 3.9% of GDP in 2015/16, which will meet the challenging fiscal target of 4.1% of GDP2. The govt. remains committed to meeting the medium term fiscal deficit target of 3% of GDP3. The Current account deficit is below 1.3% of GDP4. The Revenue Deficit is expected to be 2.8% in 2015-16

Growth1. GDP growth seen at between 8% and 8.5% y-o-y2. Aiming at double digit growth rate, expected to be achievable soon

Inflation1. The govt. expects consumer inflation to remain close to 5% by March, opening room for more easing of monetarypolicy.2. The monetary policy framework agreement with the RBI clearly states the objective of keeping inflation below 6%

Agriculture:1. Rs. 25,000 crore earmarked for Rural Infrastructure Development Bank2. In order to improve soil health and the Agriculture Ministry's organic farming scheme, ‘Paramparagat Krishi VikasYojana’ will be supported3. Rs. 5,300 crore will be earmarked for micro-irrigation, watershed projects, and ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana’4. Farm credit targets increased to Rs. 8.5 lakh cr. from Rs. 8 lakh cr.

Infrastructure:1. Investment in Infrastructure sector increase by Rs. 70,000 crore in the year 2015/16 over year 2014-15 from theCentre's funds and resources of Central public sector enterprises.2. Tax-free bonds will be issued for the projects in rail road and irrigation sectors.3. Public - Private Partnership (PPP) model to be revitalized for infrastructure development.4. Second unit of Kudankulam nuclear power station to be commissioned in 2015/16.5. Rs. 150 crore allocated for Research & Development.6. NITI to be established and involvement of entrepreneurs, researchers to foster scientific innovations.7. 5 more Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) of 4,000 MW each will be set up, under the plug and play model with totalinvestments of Rs one lakh crore.

Education:1. The budget allocation for education stood at Rs 68,968 crore.2. Two more Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) will be set up in states of Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh.3. Six new All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) institutes will be set up in states of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab,Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam.4. One new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will be set up in Karnataka.5. Indian Institute of Mines in Dhanbad, Jharkhand will be upgraded to IIT.6. Post Graduate institute of Horticulture will be set up in Amritsar.7. University of Disability Studies will be set up in Kerala.8. Centre of film production, animation and gaming to be set up in Arunachal Pradesh.

Defence:

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2. Service Tax rate hiked to 14% from 12.36%3. Wealth tax to be abolished4. Additional 2% surcharge on people earning over Rs 1 cr., this step is expected to fetch Rs. 9,000 cr.5. Rate of corporate tax to be reduced to 25% over the next four years.6. Total exemption of up to Rs. 4,44,200 can be achieved7. 100% exemption for contribution to Swachch Bharat Abhiyan apart from CSR activities.8. Implementation of Goods and Services Tax is expected by April 2016

Fiscal/ Revenue deficit1. Fiscal deficit is seen at 3.9% of GDP in 2015/16, which will meet the challenging fiscal target of 4.1% of GDP2. The govt. remains committed to meeting the medium term fiscal deficit target of 3% of GDP3. The Current account deficit is below 1.3% of GDP4. The Revenue Deficit is expected to be 2.8% in 2015-16

Growth1. GDP growth seen at between 8% and 8.5% y-o-y2. Aiming at double digit growth rate, expected to be achievable soon

Inflation1. The govt. expects consumer inflation to remain close to 5% by March, opening room for more easing of monetarypolicy.2. The monetary policy framework agreement with the RBI clearly states the objective of keeping inflation below 6%

Agriculture:1. Rs. 25,000 crore earmarked for Rural Infrastructure Development Bank2. In order to improve soil health and the Agriculture Ministry's organic farming scheme, ‘Paramparagat Krishi VikasYojana’ will be supported3. Rs. 5,300 crore will be earmarked for micro-irrigation, watershed projects, and ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana’4. Farm credit targets increased to Rs. 8.5 lakh cr. from Rs. 8 lakh cr.

Infrastructure:1. Investment in Infrastructure sector increase by Rs. 70,000 crore in the year 2015/16 over year 2014-15 from theCentre's funds and resources of Central public sector enterprises.2. Tax-free bonds will be issued for the projects in rail road and irrigation sectors.3. Public - Private Partnership (PPP) model to be revitalized for infrastructure development.4. Second unit of Kudankulam nuclear power station to be commissioned in 2015/16.5. Rs. 150 crore allocated for Research & Development.6. NITI to be established and involvement of entrepreneurs, researchers to foster scientific innovations.7. 5 more Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) of 4,000 MW each will be set up, under the plug and play model with totalinvestments of Rs one lakh crore.

Education:1. The budget allocation for education stood at Rs 68,968 crore.2. Two more Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) will be set up in states of Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh.3. Six new All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) institutes will be set up in states of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab,Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam.4. One new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will be set up in Karnataka.5. Indian Institute of Mines in Dhanbad, Jharkhand will be upgraded to IIT.6. Post Graduate institute of Horticulture will be set up in Amritsar.7. University of Disability Studies will be set up in Kerala.8. Centre of film production, animation and gaming to be set up in Arunachal Pradesh.

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2. Service Tax rate hiked to 14% from 12.36%3. Wealth tax to be abolished4. Additional 2% surcharge on people earning over Rs 1 cr., this step is expected to fetch Rs. 9,000 cr.5. Rate of corporate tax to be reduced to 25% over the next four years.6. Total exemption of up to Rs. 4,44,200 can be achieved7. 100% exemption for contribution to Swachch Bharat Abhiyan apart from CSR activities.8. Implementation of Goods and Services Tax is expected by April 2016

Fiscal/ Revenue deficit1. Fiscal deficit is seen at 3.9% of GDP in 2015/16, which will meet the challenging fiscal target of 4.1% of GDP2. The govt. remains committed to meeting the medium term fiscal deficit target of 3% of GDP3. The Current account deficit is below 1.3% of GDP4. The Revenue Deficit is expected to be 2.8% in 2015-16

Growth1. GDP growth seen at between 8% and 8.5% y-o-y2. Aiming at double digit growth rate, expected to be achievable soon

Inflation1. The govt. expects consumer inflation to remain close to 5% by March, opening room for more easing of monetarypolicy.2. The monetary policy framework agreement with the RBI clearly states the objective of keeping inflation below 6%

Agriculture:1. Rs. 25,000 crore earmarked for Rural Infrastructure Development Bank2. In order to improve soil health and the Agriculture Ministry's organic farming scheme, ‘Paramparagat Krishi VikasYojana’ will be supported3. Rs. 5,300 crore will be earmarked for micro-irrigation, watershed projects, and ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana’4. Farm credit targets increased to Rs. 8.5 lakh cr. from Rs. 8 lakh cr.

Infrastructure:1. Investment in Infrastructure sector increase by Rs. 70,000 crore in the year 2015/16 over year 2014-15 from theCentre's funds and resources of Central public sector enterprises.2. Tax-free bonds will be issued for the projects in rail road and irrigation sectors.3. Public - Private Partnership (PPP) model to be revitalized for infrastructure development.4. Second unit of Kudankulam nuclear power station to be commissioned in 2015/16.5. Rs. 150 crore allocated for Research & Development.6. NITI to be established and involvement of entrepreneurs, researchers to foster scientific innovations.7. 5 more Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) of 4,000 MW each will be set up, under the plug and play model with totalinvestments of Rs one lakh crore.

Education:1. The budget allocation for education stood at Rs 68,968 crore.2. Two more Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) will be set up in states of Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh.3. Six new All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) institutes will be set up in states of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab,Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam.4. One new Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) will be set up in Karnataka.5. Indian Institute of Mines in Dhanbad, Jharkhand will be upgraded to IIT.6. Post Graduate institute of Horticulture will be set up in Amritsar.7. University of Disability Studies will be set up in Kerala.8. Centre of film production, animation and gaming to be set up in Arunachal Pradesh.

Defence:

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1. Allocation of Rs. 2,46,726 crore for Defence sector; an increase of 9.87 per cent over last year.2. Focus on Make in India for quick manufacturing of Defence equipment.

Welfare Schemes:1. Six crore toilets to be constructed across the country under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. 50 lakh toilets alreadyconstructed in 2014/15.2. Housing for all by 2020.3. Up-gradation 80,000 secondary schools.4. Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) will be further be expanded from 1 crore to 10.3 crore.5. New scheme for physical aids and assisted living devices for people aged over 80.6. Govt. to use Rs. 9000 crore unclaimed funds in Public Provident Fund (PPF)/Employment Provident Fund (EPF) forSenior Citizens Fund.7. Rs. 5,000 crore additional allocations for MGNREGA.8. Nayi Manzil scheme – “An integrated education and livelihood scheme, to enable minority youth who do not have aformal school-leaving certificate to obtain one and find better employment.9. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana: It is a low premium life insurance scheme. Premium payable for thisscheme is Rs.330 per year i.e. less than Rs.1 per day. Risk coverage of Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason.10. Atal Pension Yojana: Under the scheme, the subscriber would receive the fixed pension of in the range Rs 1,000-Rs5,000 per month on attainment of 60 years, depending on contribution which would vary at the age of joining. Theminimum age of joining the scheme is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years. The minimum period of contribution bythe subscriber under the scheme would be 20 years.

Renewable Energy:1. Rs. 75 crore embarked for adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles in 2015/16.2. Renewable power capacity to be increased by 175 gigawatts by 2022 as part of the government’s plan to supplyelectricity to every household. India will seek to add 100 gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity, 60 gigawatts of windpower, 10 gigawatts of biomass and 5 gigawatts of hydro projects

Tourism1. The development schemes for churches and convents in old Goa will be implemented.2. From now on Hampi, Elephanta caves, Forests of Rajasthan, Leh palace, Varanasi, Jallianwala Bagh, Qutub Shahi tombsat Hyderabad will be under the new tourism scheme.3. From now on Visa on Arrival will be available for 150 countries.

Financial Sector1. The Forward Markets Commission (FMC) will be merged with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).2. Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) registered with RBI above Rs. 500 crore and above will be considered fornotifications as ‘financial institution’ in terms of the SARFAESI Act, 2002.3. Development of Mudra Bank with corpus of Rs. 20,000 crore for micro-finance to help SC/ST entrepreneur.

Policy reforms1. Propose to create a universal social security system for all Indians.2. Allocation of 346.99 billion rupees for rural employment guarantee scheme in 2015/16.3. To bring a new bankruptcy code in 2015/16.4. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said “He will move to amend the RBI act this year, and provide for a monetary policycommittee”.5. To set up public debt management agency.

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1. Allocation of Rs. 2,46,726 crore for Defence sector; an increase of 9.87 per cent over last year.2. Focus on Make in India for quick manufacturing of Defence equipment.

Welfare Schemes:1. Six crore toilets to be constructed across the country under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. 50 lakh toilets alreadyconstructed in 2014/15.2. Housing for all by 2020.3. Up-gradation 80,000 secondary schools.4. Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) will be further be expanded from 1 crore to 10.3 crore.5. New scheme for physical aids and assisted living devices for people aged over 80.6. Govt. to use Rs. 9000 crore unclaimed funds in Public Provident Fund (PPF)/Employment Provident Fund (EPF) forSenior Citizens Fund.7. Rs. 5,000 crore additional allocations for MGNREGA.8. Nayi Manzil scheme – “An integrated education and livelihood scheme, to enable minority youth who do not have aformal school-leaving certificate to obtain one and find better employment.9. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana: It is a low premium life insurance scheme. Premium payable for thisscheme is Rs.330 per year i.e. less than Rs.1 per day. Risk coverage of Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason.10. Atal Pension Yojana: Under the scheme, the subscriber would receive the fixed pension of in the range Rs 1,000-Rs5,000 per month on attainment of 60 years, depending on contribution which would vary at the age of joining. Theminimum age of joining the scheme is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years. The minimum period of contribution bythe subscriber under the scheme would be 20 years.

Renewable Energy:1. Rs. 75 crore embarked for adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles in 2015/16.2. Renewable power capacity to be increased by 175 gigawatts by 2022 as part of the government’s plan to supplyelectricity to every household. India will seek to add 100 gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity, 60 gigawatts of windpower, 10 gigawatts of biomass and 5 gigawatts of hydro projects

Tourism1. The development schemes for churches and convents in old Goa will be implemented.2. From now on Hampi, Elephanta caves, Forests of Rajasthan, Leh palace, Varanasi, Jallianwala Bagh, Qutub Shahi tombsat Hyderabad will be under the new tourism scheme.3. From now on Visa on Arrival will be available for 150 countries.

Financial Sector1. The Forward Markets Commission (FMC) will be merged with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).2. Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) registered with RBI above Rs. 500 crore and above will be considered fornotifications as ‘financial institution’ in terms of the SARFAESI Act, 2002.3. Development of Mudra Bank with corpus of Rs. 20,000 crore for micro-finance to help SC/ST entrepreneur.

Policy reforms1. Propose to create a universal social security system for all Indians.2. Allocation of 346.99 billion rupees for rural employment guarantee scheme in 2015/16.3. To bring a new bankruptcy code in 2015/16.4. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said “He will move to amend the RBI act this year, and provide for a monetary policycommittee”.5. To set up public debt management agency.

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1. Allocation of Rs. 2,46,726 crore for Defence sector; an increase of 9.87 per cent over last year.2. Focus on Make in India for quick manufacturing of Defence equipment.

Welfare Schemes:1. Six crore toilets to be constructed across the country under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. 50 lakh toilets alreadyconstructed in 2014/15.2. Housing for all by 2020.3. Up-gradation 80,000 secondary schools.4. Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) will be further be expanded from 1 crore to 10.3 crore.5. New scheme for physical aids and assisted living devices for people aged over 80.6. Govt. to use Rs. 9000 crore unclaimed funds in Public Provident Fund (PPF)/Employment Provident Fund (EPF) forSenior Citizens Fund.7. Rs. 5,000 crore additional allocations for MGNREGA.8. Nayi Manzil scheme – “An integrated education and livelihood scheme, to enable minority youth who do not have aformal school-leaving certificate to obtain one and find better employment.9. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana: It is a low premium life insurance scheme. Premium payable for thisscheme is Rs.330 per year i.e. less than Rs.1 per day. Risk coverage of Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason.10. Atal Pension Yojana: Under the scheme, the subscriber would receive the fixed pension of in the range Rs 1,000-Rs5,000 per month on attainment of 60 years, depending on contribution which would vary at the age of joining. Theminimum age of joining the scheme is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years. The minimum period of contribution bythe subscriber under the scheme would be 20 years.

Renewable Energy:1. Rs. 75 crore embarked for adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles in 2015/16.2. Renewable power capacity to be increased by 175 gigawatts by 2022 as part of the government’s plan to supplyelectricity to every household. India will seek to add 100 gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity, 60 gigawatts of windpower, 10 gigawatts of biomass and 5 gigawatts of hydro projects

Tourism1. The development schemes for churches and convents in old Goa will be implemented.2. From now on Hampi, Elephanta caves, Forests of Rajasthan, Leh palace, Varanasi, Jallianwala Bagh, Qutub Shahi tombsat Hyderabad will be under the new tourism scheme.3. From now on Visa on Arrival will be available for 150 countries.

Financial Sector1. The Forward Markets Commission (FMC) will be merged with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).2. Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) registered with RBI above Rs. 500 crore and above will be considered fornotifications as ‘financial institution’ in terms of the SARFAESI Act, 2002.3. Development of Mudra Bank with corpus of Rs. 20,000 crore for micro-finance to help SC/ST entrepreneur.

Policy reforms1. Propose to create a universal social security system for all Indians.2. Allocation of 346.99 billion rupees for rural employment guarantee scheme in 2015/16.3. To bring a new bankruptcy code in 2015/16.4. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said “He will move to amend the RBI act this year, and provide for a monetary policycommittee”.5. To set up public debt management agency.

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Highlights – Economic Survey: 2015/16

Economic Survey 2014 - 15, is tabled by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 27th February, 2015 in the Parliament. TheEconomic Survey is compiled by Chief Economic Advisor of India Arvind Subramanian.Major Points:Fiscal Deficit

1. India must meet its medium-term fiscal deficit target of 3 per cent of GDP2. Government will stick on to fiscal deficit target of 4.1% of GDP in 2014/153. Govt. should ensure expenditure control to reduce fiscal deficit.4. Expenditure control and expenditure switching to investment key.

Economic Growth1. 2015-16 GDP growth seen at over 8% year-on-year.2. Double digit economic growth trajectory now a possibility.3. Economic growth at market prices seen between 8.1-8.5 per cent in 2015-16 on new GDP calculation formula.4. Total stalled projects seen at about 7 per cent of GDP, mostly in private sector.

Current Account Deficit (CAD): CAD estimated to fall 1% of GDP in coming fiscal year.Inflation

1. Inflation shows declining trend in 2014-152. Inflation likely to be below central bank target by 0.5-1%age point3. Lower inflation opens up space for more monetary policy easing4. Government and central bank need to conclude monetary framework pact to consolidate gains in inflation control5. Consumer inflation in 2015-16 likely to range between 5-5.5 per cent

Reforms1. There is scope for big bang reforms now.2. India can increase public investments and still hit its borrowing targets.

Fiscal Consolidation1. Government remains committed to fiscal consolidation.2. India can balance short-term imperative of boosting public investment to revitalize growth with fiscal discipline.3. Outlook for external financing is correspondingly favourable.

AgricultureFood grains production for 2014-15 estimated at 257 million tones.LiquidityLiquidity conditions expected to remain comfortable in 2015-16Highlights – Railway Budget: 2015/16

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has presented his maiden Rail Budget in the Parliament on 26th February, 2015. This is thefirst full-fledged rail - budget of the NDA government.Railway Minister has announced 4 Goals for transformation of Indian Railways which are as follows:

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Highlights – Economic Survey: 2015/16

Economic Survey 2014 - 15, is tabled by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 27th February, 2015 in the Parliament. TheEconomic Survey is compiled by Chief Economic Advisor of India Arvind Subramanian.Major Points:Fiscal Deficit

1. India must meet its medium-term fiscal deficit target of 3 per cent of GDP2. Government will stick on to fiscal deficit target of 4.1% of GDP in 2014/153. Govt. should ensure expenditure control to reduce fiscal deficit.4. Expenditure control and expenditure switching to investment key.

Economic Growth1. 2015-16 GDP growth seen at over 8% year-on-year.2. Double digit economic growth trajectory now a possibility.3. Economic growth at market prices seen between 8.1-8.5 per cent in 2015-16 on new GDP calculation formula.4. Total stalled projects seen at about 7 per cent of GDP, mostly in private sector.

Current Account Deficit (CAD): CAD estimated to fall 1% of GDP in coming fiscal year.Inflation

1. Inflation shows declining trend in 2014-152. Inflation likely to be below central bank target by 0.5-1%age point3. Lower inflation opens up space for more monetary policy easing4. Government and central bank need to conclude monetary framework pact to consolidate gains in inflation control5. Consumer inflation in 2015-16 likely to range between 5-5.5 per cent

Reforms1. There is scope for big bang reforms now.2. India can increase public investments and still hit its borrowing targets.

Fiscal Consolidation1. Government remains committed to fiscal consolidation.2. India can balance short-term imperative of boosting public investment to revitalize growth with fiscal discipline.3. Outlook for external financing is correspondingly favourable.

AgricultureFood grains production for 2014-15 estimated at 257 million tones.LiquidityLiquidity conditions expected to remain comfortable in 2015-16Highlights – Railway Budget: 2015/16

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has presented his maiden Rail Budget in the Parliament on 26th February, 2015. This is thefirst full-fledged rail - budget of the NDA government.Railway Minister has announced 4 Goals for transformation of Indian Railways which are as follows:

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Highlights – Economic Survey: 2015/16

Economic Survey 2014 - 15, is tabled by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 27th February, 2015 in the Parliament. TheEconomic Survey is compiled by Chief Economic Advisor of India Arvind Subramanian.Major Points:Fiscal Deficit

1. India must meet its medium-term fiscal deficit target of 3 per cent of GDP2. Government will stick on to fiscal deficit target of 4.1% of GDP in 2014/153. Govt. should ensure expenditure control to reduce fiscal deficit.4. Expenditure control and expenditure switching to investment key.

Economic Growth1. 2015-16 GDP growth seen at over 8% year-on-year.2. Double digit economic growth trajectory now a possibility.3. Economic growth at market prices seen between 8.1-8.5 per cent in 2015-16 on new GDP calculation formula.4. Total stalled projects seen at about 7 per cent of GDP, mostly in private sector.

Current Account Deficit (CAD): CAD estimated to fall 1% of GDP in coming fiscal year.Inflation

1. Inflation shows declining trend in 2014-152. Inflation likely to be below central bank target by 0.5-1%age point3. Lower inflation opens up space for more monetary policy easing4. Government and central bank need to conclude monetary framework pact to consolidate gains in inflation control5. Consumer inflation in 2015-16 likely to range between 5-5.5 per cent

Reforms1. There is scope for big bang reforms now.2. India can increase public investments and still hit its borrowing targets.

Fiscal Consolidation1. Government remains committed to fiscal consolidation.2. India can balance short-term imperative of boosting public investment to revitalize growth with fiscal discipline.3. Outlook for external financing is correspondingly favourable.

AgricultureFood grains production for 2014-15 estimated at 257 million tones.LiquidityLiquidity conditions expected to remain comfortable in 2015-16Highlights – Railway Budget: 2015/16

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has presented his maiden Rail Budget in the Parliament on 26th February, 2015. This is thefirst full-fledged rail - budget of the NDA government.Railway Minister has announced 4 Goals for transformation of Indian Railways which are as follows:

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Goal 1-Customer experience to receive a huge boostGoal 2 - Safer TravelGoal 3 -Modernize infrastructure

Goal 4- Indian Railways- Financially self-sustainableProposed Investment Plan (2015 – 2019)Item Amount (Rs. in Crore)Network Decongestion (including DFC, Electrification,Doubling including electrification and traffic facilities) 199320Network Expansion (including electrification) 193000National Projects (North Eastern & Kashmir connectivityprojects) 39000Safety (Track renewal, bridge works, ROB, RUB andSignaling& Telecom) 127000Information Technology / Research 5000Rolling Stock (Locomotives, coaches, wagons – production &maintenance) 102000Passenger Amenities 12500High Speed Rail & Elevated corridor 65000Station redevelopment and logistic parks 100000Others 13200

Total 8,56,020

Major Points:1. No increase in Rail Fares.2. Rail tickets can now be booked 120 days in advance instead of 60 days.3. Plan expenditure to go up to a record Rs 1.1 lakh crore in 2015-16 from Rs 66,000 crore in the previous year4. All-India 24X7 helpline - 138, to be effective from March 1, 2015.5. Toll free number 182 created for security related complaints6. Rs 8.5 lakh crore to be invested in Railways over 5 years.7. Allotment for passenger facilities hiked by 67%.8. SMS alert services for passengers to inform them about arrival and departure of trains.9. Government to introduce Malaviya Chair at IIT/BHU for Railway technology.10. Bio toilets in trains; airplane type toilets in trains.11. CCTVs to be introduced in selective trains and suburban trains for women safety.12. Rs.2000 cr. for Coastal Connectivity Program.13. Rs.2500 cr. through BOT/Annuity route.14. 1,000 megawatt solar plants will be set up on railway and private land and on rooftop of railway buildings with thefinancial aid of viability gap funding support by the ministry of non-renewable energy in the next five years.15. CNG based DEMUs have been introduced on Northern Railway and it is proposed to convert 100 DEMUs to dual fuel – CNGand diesel.16. Wi-Fi facility will be provided in 400 stations17. 1330% increase in railway electrification over previous year.18. By 2019, the proposed investment in Railways would be in tune of Rs 856021 crore.19. Operation 5 minutes to ensure that a passenger travelling unreserved can purchase a ticket within 5 minutes.20. 492 section of Indian Railway - running at a capacity of more than 100%, 228 running between 80-100%.21. Proposed the best operating ratio in nine years, of 88.5 per cent for 2015-16.22. Hand-held devices for ticket checkers for moving towards paperless ticketing

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Goal 1-Customer experience to receive a huge boostGoal 2 - Safer TravelGoal 3 -Modernize infrastructure

Goal 4- Indian Railways- Financially self-sustainableProposed Investment Plan (2015 – 2019)Item Amount (Rs. in Crore)Network Decongestion (including DFC, Electrification,Doubling including electrification and traffic facilities) 199320Network Expansion (including electrification) 193000National Projects (North Eastern & Kashmir connectivityprojects) 39000Safety (Track renewal, bridge works, ROB, RUB andSignaling& Telecom) 127000Information Technology / Research 5000Rolling Stock (Locomotives, coaches, wagons – production &maintenance) 102000Passenger Amenities 12500High Speed Rail & Elevated corridor 65000Station redevelopment and logistic parks 100000Others 13200

Total 8,56,020

Major Points:1. No increase in Rail Fares.2. Rail tickets can now be booked 120 days in advance instead of 60 days.3. Plan expenditure to go up to a record Rs 1.1 lakh crore in 2015-16 from Rs 66,000 crore in the previous year4. All-India 24X7 helpline - 138, to be effective from March 1, 2015.5. Toll free number 182 created for security related complaints6. Rs 8.5 lakh crore to be invested in Railways over 5 years.7. Allotment for passenger facilities hiked by 67%.8. SMS alert services for passengers to inform them about arrival and departure of trains.9. Government to introduce Malaviya Chair at IIT/BHU for Railway technology.10. Bio toilets in trains; airplane type toilets in trains.11. CCTVs to be introduced in selective trains and suburban trains for women safety.12. Rs.2000 cr. for Coastal Connectivity Program.13. Rs.2500 cr. through BOT/Annuity route.14. 1,000 megawatt solar plants will be set up on railway and private land and on rooftop of railway buildings with thefinancial aid of viability gap funding support by the ministry of non-renewable energy in the next five years.15. CNG based DEMUs have been introduced on Northern Railway and it is proposed to convert 100 DEMUs to dual fuel – CNGand diesel.16. Wi-Fi facility will be provided in 400 stations17. 1330% increase in railway electrification over previous year.18. By 2019, the proposed investment in Railways would be in tune of Rs 856021 crore.19. Operation 5 minutes to ensure that a passenger travelling unreserved can purchase a ticket within 5 minutes.20. 492 section of Indian Railway - running at a capacity of more than 100%, 228 running between 80-100%.21. Proposed the best operating ratio in nine years, of 88.5 per cent for 2015-16.22. Hand-held devices for ticket checkers for moving towards paperless ticketing

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Goal 1-Customer experience to receive a huge boostGoal 2 - Safer TravelGoal 3 -Modernize infrastructure

Goal 4- Indian Railways- Financially self-sustainableProposed Investment Plan (2015 – 2019)Item Amount (Rs. in Crore)Network Decongestion (including DFC, Electrification,Doubling including electrification and traffic facilities) 199320Network Expansion (including electrification) 193000National Projects (North Eastern & Kashmir connectivityprojects) 39000Safety (Track renewal, bridge works, ROB, RUB andSignaling& Telecom) 127000Information Technology / Research 5000Rolling Stock (Locomotives, coaches, wagons – production &maintenance) 102000Passenger Amenities 12500High Speed Rail & Elevated corridor 65000Station redevelopment and logistic parks 100000Others 13200

Total 8,56,020

Major Points:1. No increase in Rail Fares.2. Rail tickets can now be booked 120 days in advance instead of 60 days.3. Plan expenditure to go up to a record Rs 1.1 lakh crore in 2015-16 from Rs 66,000 crore in the previous year4. All-India 24X7 helpline - 138, to be effective from March 1, 2015.5. Toll free number 182 created for security related complaints6. Rs 8.5 lakh crore to be invested in Railways over 5 years.7. Allotment for passenger facilities hiked by 67%.8. SMS alert services for passengers to inform them about arrival and departure of trains.9. Government to introduce Malaviya Chair at IIT/BHU for Railway technology.10. Bio toilets in trains; airplane type toilets in trains.11. CCTVs to be introduced in selective trains and suburban trains for women safety.12. Rs.2000 cr. for Coastal Connectivity Program.13. Rs.2500 cr. through BOT/Annuity route.14. 1,000 megawatt solar plants will be set up on railway and private land and on rooftop of railway buildings with thefinancial aid of viability gap funding support by the ministry of non-renewable energy in the next five years.15. CNG based DEMUs have been introduced on Northern Railway and it is proposed to convert 100 DEMUs to dual fuel – CNGand diesel.16. Wi-Fi facility will be provided in 400 stations17. 1330% increase in railway electrification over previous year.18. By 2019, the proposed investment in Railways would be in tune of Rs 856021 crore.19. Operation 5 minutes to ensure that a passenger travelling unreserved can purchase a ticket within 5 minutes.20. 492 section of Indian Railway - running at a capacity of more than 100%, 228 running between 80-100%.21. Proposed the best operating ratio in nine years, of 88.5 per cent for 2015-16.22. Hand-held devices for ticket checkers for moving towards paperless ticketing

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23. Centrally managed railway display network in over 2000 stations in next 2 years24. Mobile application to address complaints of people is also being developed25. Railway University will be set up in FY1626. Online application for all recruitment process27. 6608 km. of track to be electrified.28. . Projects worth Rs 96,182 crore to expand capacity of 9,420 km rail lines29. SMS alert to be introduced for train timings30. Skill development and self-employment to be encouraged on KonkanRailway model31. Make in India opportunities - Speedier Railway - 9 hi-speed corridors, highspeed trains32. Satellite railway terminals in major cities - 10 select stations33. E-catering introduced in 108 trains, can order on IRCTC website34. The speed passenger trains across nine corridors will be increased to 160-200 km from 110 km35. Feasibility report of high speed train between Mumbai and Ahmadabadexpected by mid-2015.36. Rs 6,750 crore allocated for eliminating 3438 level crossings37. 970 road-under bridge and road-over bridge to be constructed.38. More general class coaches to be added in identified trains; more AC EMUservices for Mumbai suburban section.39. Railways will play a big role in socio-economic development of the country.Highlights of 14th Finance Commission Report:

The Government of India has accepted the recommendation of the 14th FinanceCommission which was headed by Dr. Y.V. Reddy. The recommendation is for the five-year period 2015-16 to 2019-20. The14th Finance Commission consists of a Chairman and four members.Chairman – Dr. Y.V. Reddy (former Governor of Reserve Bank of India)Four Members:1. Prof Abhijit Sen 2. Ms. Sushma Nath 3. Dr. M Govinda Rao 4. Dr. Sudipto MundleKey Points of 14th Finance Commission report:

1. Share of states in the centre's tax revenue is increased to 42% from 32%.2. As per the increased devolution suggested in the report, the states will get Rs 3.48 lakh crore in 2014-15 and Rs 5.26 lakhcrore in 2015-16.3. Tax devolution is the primary route resource transfer to states.4. Grants should be distributed to states for local bodies on the basis of the 2011 population area.5. A basic grant and a performance grant — the ratio of basic to performance grant be 90:10, with respect to panchayats;and 80:20 in the case of municipalities.6. The percentage share of states to continue as before and follow the current mechanism — to the tune of Rs 55,097 crore.After implementation of GST, disaster relief will be given according to the recommendations of the Finance Commission.7. A total of Rs. 1,94,821 crore will be given to 11 states on account of expenditure requirements of states, tax devolutionand revenue mobilization capacity of the states.

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23. Centrally managed railway display network in over 2000 stations in next 2 years24. Mobile application to address complaints of people is also being developed25. Railway University will be set up in FY1626. Online application for all recruitment process27. 6608 km. of track to be electrified.28. . Projects worth Rs 96,182 crore to expand capacity of 9,420 km rail lines29. SMS alert to be introduced for train timings30. Skill development and self-employment to be encouraged on KonkanRailway model31. Make in India opportunities - Speedier Railway - 9 hi-speed corridors, highspeed trains32. Satellite railway terminals in major cities - 10 select stations33. E-catering introduced in 108 trains, can order on IRCTC website34. The speed passenger trains across nine corridors will be increased to 160-200 km from 110 km35. Feasibility report of high speed train between Mumbai and Ahmadabadexpected by mid-2015.36. Rs 6,750 crore allocated for eliminating 3438 level crossings37. 970 road-under bridge and road-over bridge to be constructed.38. More general class coaches to be added in identified trains; more AC EMUservices for Mumbai suburban section.39. Railways will play a big role in socio-economic development of the country.Highlights of 14th Finance Commission Report:

The Government of India has accepted the recommendation of the 14th FinanceCommission which was headed by Dr. Y.V. Reddy. The recommendation is for the five-year period 2015-16 to 2019-20. The14th Finance Commission consists of a Chairman and four members.Chairman – Dr. Y.V. Reddy (former Governor of Reserve Bank of India)Four Members:1. Prof Abhijit Sen 2. Ms. Sushma Nath 3. Dr. M Govinda Rao 4. Dr. Sudipto MundleKey Points of 14th Finance Commission report:

1. Share of states in the centre's tax revenue is increased to 42% from 32%.2. As per the increased devolution suggested in the report, the states will get Rs 3.48 lakh crore in 2014-15 and Rs 5.26 lakhcrore in 2015-16.3. Tax devolution is the primary route resource transfer to states.4. Grants should be distributed to states for local bodies on the basis of the 2011 population area.5. A basic grant and a performance grant — the ratio of basic to performance grant be 90:10, with respect to panchayats;and 80:20 in the case of municipalities.6. The percentage share of states to continue as before and follow the current mechanism — to the tune of Rs 55,097 crore.After implementation of GST, disaster relief will be given according to the recommendations of the Finance Commission.7. A total of Rs. 1,94,821 crore will be given to 11 states on account of expenditure requirements of states, tax devolutionand revenue mobilization capacity of the states.

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23. Centrally managed railway display network in over 2000 stations in next 2 years24. Mobile application to address complaints of people is also being developed25. Railway University will be set up in FY1626. Online application for all recruitment process27. 6608 km. of track to be electrified.28. . Projects worth Rs 96,182 crore to expand capacity of 9,420 km rail lines29. SMS alert to be introduced for train timings30. Skill development and self-employment to be encouraged on KonkanRailway model31. Make in India opportunities - Speedier Railway - 9 hi-speed corridors, highspeed trains32. Satellite railway terminals in major cities - 10 select stations33. E-catering introduced in 108 trains, can order on IRCTC website34. The speed passenger trains across nine corridors will be increased to 160-200 km from 110 km35. Feasibility report of high speed train between Mumbai and Ahmadabadexpected by mid-2015.36. Rs 6,750 crore allocated for eliminating 3438 level crossings37. 970 road-under bridge and road-over bridge to be constructed.38. More general class coaches to be added in identified trains; more AC EMUservices for Mumbai suburban section.39. Railways will play a big role in socio-economic development of the country.Highlights of 14th Finance Commission Report:

The Government of India has accepted the recommendation of the 14th FinanceCommission which was headed by Dr. Y.V. Reddy. The recommendation is for the five-year period 2015-16 to 2019-20. The14th Finance Commission consists of a Chairman and four members.Chairman – Dr. Y.V. Reddy (former Governor of Reserve Bank of India)Four Members:1. Prof Abhijit Sen 2. Ms. Sushma Nath 3. Dr. M Govinda Rao 4. Dr. Sudipto MundleKey Points of 14th Finance Commission report:

1. Share of states in the centre's tax revenue is increased to 42% from 32%.2. As per the increased devolution suggested in the report, the states will get Rs 3.48 lakh crore in 2014-15 and Rs 5.26 lakhcrore in 2015-16.3. Tax devolution is the primary route resource transfer to states.4. Grants should be distributed to states for local bodies on the basis of the 2011 population area.5. A basic grant and a performance grant — the ratio of basic to performance grant be 90:10, with respect to panchayats;and 80:20 in the case of municipalities.6. The percentage share of states to continue as before and follow the current mechanism — to the tune of Rs 55,097 crore.After implementation of GST, disaster relief will be given according to the recommendations of the Finance Commission.7. A total of Rs. 1,94,821 crore will be given to 11 states on account of expenditure requirements of states, tax devolutionand revenue mobilization capacity of the states.

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About MUDRA Bank:In the Union Budget 2015/16, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has proposed to set up a Micro Units Development and RefinanceAgency (MUDRA) Bank to encourage entrepreneurship among SC/STs and OBCs. The Mudra Bank will refinance institutionsthrough a Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.Capital Requirement: The MUDRA Bank will set up with the capital of Rs. 20,000 crores and would be responsible ofregulating and refinancing all Micro - finance Institutions (MFI). A sum of Rs. 3,000 crores would also be provided to MudraBank, to create Credit Guarantee corpus for guaranteeing loans being provided to the micro enterprises.Micro - Finance: The objective of the Micro Finance is to give low income and poor people an opportunity to become self -sufficient by providing financial services, saving money, borrowing money and insurance.The Mudra Bank would primarily be responsible for -

1. To make policies and guidelines for micro/small enterprise financing business2. Registration and regulations of MFI entities3. Approval /rating of MFI entities4. To establish financing practices to area off indebtedness.5. To ensure proper client protection principles and methods of recovery6. To promote right technology solutions for the last mile7. To formulate and implement a Credit Guarantee scheme for providingguarantees to the loans which are being extended to micro enterprises

Financial/Banking News1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) projected India's growth rate to 7.8 per cent in 2015-16. It also forecast India'sgrowth rate would be 8.2 percent in 2016-17.2. HDFC Bank launches Chillr mobile app: HDFC Bank partnered with MobME, a Kochi-based technology firm to launch amobile app “Chillr”. It is a first-of-its kind application that is linked directly to the customer's bank account.

Features of “Chillr app”:i. The mobile app will allow HDFC customer to instantly transfer money to any contact in their phonebook.ii. HDFC Bank customers can transfer money to anyone in India, once they download the app and register themselves.iii. Customer can make 10 transactions in a day with a maximum limit of ₹5,000.

3. The monthly limit for transaction is set at ₹50,000. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector increasedto 49% from 26%.4. Exim Bank will provide a line of credit of USD 22.5 million to Gambia for financing eligible goods, machinery, equipmentand services including consultancy services for the greater Banjul area in Gambia.5. Ratnakar Bank Ltd. (RBL) has ties up with IBM to use the latter's MobileFirst Platform to build, deploy and manage itsapplications. The deal aimed at improving the overall customer experience and stickiness, besides employee engagement.RBL will also integrate the IBM MobileFirst Platform with its core banking system to ensure secure transactions.6. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has joined hands with Apollo Munich Health Insurance, to provide specialized health andpersonal accident products to Indian Overseas Bank customers.7. Govt. to invest Rs. 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks: To boost capital and meeting global risk norms, Govt. willinvest Rs. 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks including SBI, Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Punjab National Bank (PNB).This is the first tranche of capital infusion for which the government had allocated Rs. 11,200 crore in the budget for 2014-15. Among the beneficiaries, SBI leads the pack with a capitalization of Rs. 2,970 crore, followed by BoB Rs. 1,260, PNB Rs.870 crore and Canara Bank Rs. 570 crore.8. World Bank projects 6.4% economic growth in India in 2015.9. International Monetary Fund projects 6.4% economic growth in India in 2015.10. YES Bank signs MoU with Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Wells Fargo to increase lending to micro,small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India.

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About MUDRA Bank:In the Union Budget 2015/16, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has proposed to set up a Micro Units Development and RefinanceAgency (MUDRA) Bank to encourage entrepreneurship among SC/STs and OBCs. The Mudra Bank will refinance institutionsthrough a Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.Capital Requirement: The MUDRA Bank will set up with the capital of Rs. 20,000 crores and would be responsible ofregulating and refinancing all Micro - finance Institutions (MFI). A sum of Rs. 3,000 crores would also be provided to MudraBank, to create Credit Guarantee corpus for guaranteeing loans being provided to the micro enterprises.Micro - Finance: The objective of the Micro Finance is to give low income and poor people an opportunity to become self -sufficient by providing financial services, saving money, borrowing money and insurance.The Mudra Bank would primarily be responsible for -

1. To make policies and guidelines for micro/small enterprise financing business2. Registration and regulations of MFI entities3. Approval /rating of MFI entities4. To establish financing practices to area off indebtedness.5. To ensure proper client protection principles and methods of recovery6. To promote right technology solutions for the last mile7. To formulate and implement a Credit Guarantee scheme for providingguarantees to the loans which are being extended to micro enterprises

Financial/Banking News1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) projected India's growth rate to 7.8 per cent in 2015-16. It also forecast India'sgrowth rate would be 8.2 percent in 2016-17.2. HDFC Bank launches Chillr mobile app: HDFC Bank partnered with MobME, a Kochi-based technology firm to launch amobile app “Chillr”. It is a first-of-its kind application that is linked directly to the customer's bank account.

Features of “Chillr app”:i. The mobile app will allow HDFC customer to instantly transfer money to any contact in their phonebook.ii. HDFC Bank customers can transfer money to anyone in India, once they download the app and register themselves.iii. Customer can make 10 transactions in a day with a maximum limit of ₹5,000.

3. The monthly limit for transaction is set at ₹50,000. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector increasedto 49% from 26%.4. Exim Bank will provide a line of credit of USD 22.5 million to Gambia for financing eligible goods, machinery, equipmentand services including consultancy services for the greater Banjul area in Gambia.5. Ratnakar Bank Ltd. (RBL) has ties up with IBM to use the latter's MobileFirst Platform to build, deploy and manage itsapplications. The deal aimed at improving the overall customer experience and stickiness, besides employee engagement.RBL will also integrate the IBM MobileFirst Platform with its core banking system to ensure secure transactions.6. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has joined hands with Apollo Munich Health Insurance, to provide specialized health andpersonal accident products to Indian Overseas Bank customers.7. Govt. to invest Rs. 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks: To boost capital and meeting global risk norms, Govt. willinvest Rs. 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks including SBI, Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Punjab National Bank (PNB).This is the first tranche of capital infusion for which the government had allocated Rs. 11,200 crore in the budget for 2014-15. Among the beneficiaries, SBI leads the pack with a capitalization of Rs. 2,970 crore, followed by BoB Rs. 1,260, PNB Rs.870 crore and Canara Bank Rs. 570 crore.8. World Bank projects 6.4% economic growth in India in 2015.9. International Monetary Fund projects 6.4% economic growth in India in 2015.10. YES Bank signs MoU with Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Wells Fargo to increase lending to micro,small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India.

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About MUDRA Bank:In the Union Budget 2015/16, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has proposed to set up a Micro Units Development and RefinanceAgency (MUDRA) Bank to encourage entrepreneurship among SC/STs and OBCs. The Mudra Bank will refinance institutionsthrough a Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.Capital Requirement: The MUDRA Bank will set up with the capital of Rs. 20,000 crores and would be responsible ofregulating and refinancing all Micro - finance Institutions (MFI). A sum of Rs. 3,000 crores would also be provided to MudraBank, to create Credit Guarantee corpus for guaranteeing loans being provided to the micro enterprises.Micro - Finance: The objective of the Micro Finance is to give low income and poor people an opportunity to become self -sufficient by providing financial services, saving money, borrowing money and insurance.The Mudra Bank would primarily be responsible for -

1. To make policies and guidelines for micro/small enterprise financing business2. Registration and regulations of MFI entities3. Approval /rating of MFI entities4. To establish financing practices to area off indebtedness.5. To ensure proper client protection principles and methods of recovery6. To promote right technology solutions for the last mile7. To formulate and implement a Credit Guarantee scheme for providingguarantees to the loans which are being extended to micro enterprises

Financial/Banking News1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) projected India's growth rate to 7.8 per cent in 2015-16. It also forecast India'sgrowth rate would be 8.2 percent in 2016-17.2. HDFC Bank launches Chillr mobile app: HDFC Bank partnered with MobME, a Kochi-based technology firm to launch amobile app “Chillr”. It is a first-of-its kind application that is linked directly to the customer's bank account.

Features of “Chillr app”:i. The mobile app will allow HDFC customer to instantly transfer money to any contact in their phonebook.ii. HDFC Bank customers can transfer money to anyone in India, once they download the app and register themselves.iii. Customer can make 10 transactions in a day with a maximum limit of ₹5,000.

3. The monthly limit for transaction is set at ₹50,000. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the insurance sector increasedto 49% from 26%.4. Exim Bank will provide a line of credit of USD 22.5 million to Gambia for financing eligible goods, machinery, equipmentand services including consultancy services for the greater Banjul area in Gambia.5. Ratnakar Bank Ltd. (RBL) has ties up with IBM to use the latter's MobileFirst Platform to build, deploy and manage itsapplications. The deal aimed at improving the overall customer experience and stickiness, besides employee engagement.RBL will also integrate the IBM MobileFirst Platform with its core banking system to ensure secure transactions.6. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has joined hands with Apollo Munich Health Insurance, to provide specialized health andpersonal accident products to Indian Overseas Bank customers.7. Govt. to invest Rs. 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks: To boost capital and meeting global risk norms, Govt. willinvest Rs. 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks including SBI, Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Punjab National Bank (PNB).This is the first tranche of capital infusion for which the government had allocated Rs. 11,200 crore in the budget for 2014-15. Among the beneficiaries, SBI leads the pack with a capitalization of Rs. 2,970 crore, followed by BoB Rs. 1,260, PNB Rs.870 crore and Canara Bank Rs. 570 crore.8. World Bank projects 6.4% economic growth in India in 2015.9. International Monetary Fund projects 6.4% economic growth in India in 2015.10. YES Bank signs MoU with Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and Wells Fargo to increase lending to micro,small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India.

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11. India’s foreign exchange reserves reached US$ 322.135 bn. for the week ended January 16.12. International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that India will grow 6.5% in 2016 and will surpass China in its latest WorldEconomic Outlook report. IMF also forecast India growth rate for 2015 at 6.3% which will up from 5.8% in 2014.13. India’s top private sector Bank HDFC was named among 50 most valuable banks in 2014 with a market capitalization ofUS$ 41.58 bn. It was ranked at 45th position. The top 50 list is compiled by Relbanks. State Bank of India was ranked at 51and ICICI Bank was ranked at 55th position. Well Fargo of the USA is the largest bank in the world based on marketcapitalization with US$ 284.39 bn. which is followed by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and JP MorganChase & Co.14. ‘China beats India in November FII inflows’: HSBC - Among Asian economies, China regained the top position as the ‘mostloved’ market, pushing India down to second position in the region, while Thailand was placed at the third spot, it said.15. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan of up to US$200 million with YES Bank Ltd which will providefinancing assistance to low income women borrowers and small - scale farmers in rural India.ICICI Bank in News E-wallet 'Pockets' Digital Bank service launched by ICICI bank: ICICI bank has launched E-wallet 'Pockets' service toallow any individual to instantly make transactions on a mobile phone with or without a bank account. The service is alsoknown as Digital Bank , which allow customers to deposit or transfer from any bank account through a debit card or Netbanking account and start transacting immediately on a mobile without any documentation. A customer can pay bills,recharge, book movies tickets etc. Users can send money to any e-mail ID, mobile number, Facebook friends, and bankaccounts. ICICI Bank introduced its banking services on Twitter, which will help customers transfer money through the micro -blogging Web site.

Key points:i. Savings account customers can register their Twitter account with a onetime password and link their accountnumber.ii. To avail this benefit both the recipient and sender need to have a Twitter account.iii. Customer can send up to Rs. 5,000 per transaction with a limit of Rs. 10,000 per day. Online NEFT charges will apply.This facility also enables customers to view their account balance, view the recent transactions and recharge mobilepre - paid through Twitter.

India’s first contact - less debit & credit cards were launched by ICICI Bank. The cards, which are based on the near fieldcommunication (NFC) mechanism, will allow customers to manage their accounts without having to insert or swipe thecardsat the point of sale terminal. The card is similar to the Metro card used in Metro trains. You can simply tap it on theterminal and pay for your purchases. ICICI Bank launched its own version of Digital Village Project by adopting the Akodara Village in the Sabarkantha districtof Gujarat.State Bank of India (SBI) in News State Bank of India to finance small tea growers in North East: Soon, SBI will provide finance of Rs 100 crore whichwill help 3,000 small tea growers in the North East states. Finance will be provided to tea growers who have proper basicdocuments of their existing garden as per Tea Board of India norms. " The State Bank of India and Indian Army has signed an agreement on Defence Salary Package. The agreement is tailor-made to suit the requirements of serving soldiers, pensioners and families. The basic features of the MoU include a numberof free / concessional services like free drafts, free cheque books, free funds transfers to any bank in India through RTGS /NEFT, free ATM cards etc. Reliance partnered with SBI for Payment Bank Licence.RIL will be the promoter and SBI will be the joint venture partnerwith equity investment of up to 30%. SBI launched ‘Chota ATMs’ in Kerala: SBI partnered with Ezetap, the mobile point - of - sale service provider, has launched‘Chota ATM’ in Kerala. ‘Chota ATM’ will allow kirana store owners, taxi drivers, small businessmen, and traders who aredealing with customers to turn their mobile device into both a cash withdrawal point as well as a credit/debit cardpayment terminal.

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11. India’s foreign exchange reserves reached US$ 322.135 bn. for the week ended January 16.12. International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that India will grow 6.5% in 2016 and will surpass China in its latest WorldEconomic Outlook report. IMF also forecast India growth rate for 2015 at 6.3% which will up from 5.8% in 2014.13. India’s top private sector Bank HDFC was named among 50 most valuable banks in 2014 with a market capitalization ofUS$ 41.58 bn. It was ranked at 45th position. The top 50 list is compiled by Relbanks. State Bank of India was ranked at 51and ICICI Bank was ranked at 55th position. Well Fargo of the USA is the largest bank in the world based on marketcapitalization with US$ 284.39 bn. which is followed by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and JP MorganChase & Co.14. ‘China beats India in November FII inflows’: HSBC - Among Asian economies, China regained the top position as the ‘mostloved’ market, pushing India down to second position in the region, while Thailand was placed at the third spot, it said.15. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan of up to US$200 million with YES Bank Ltd which will providefinancing assistance to low income women borrowers and small - scale farmers in rural India.ICICI Bank in News E-wallet 'Pockets' Digital Bank service launched by ICICI bank: ICICI bank has launched E-wallet 'Pockets' service toallow any individual to instantly make transactions on a mobile phone with or without a bank account. The service is alsoknown as Digital Bank , which allow customers to deposit or transfer from any bank account through a debit card or Netbanking account and start transacting immediately on a mobile without any documentation. A customer can pay bills,recharge, book movies tickets etc. Users can send money to any e-mail ID, mobile number, Facebook friends, and bankaccounts. ICICI Bank introduced its banking services on Twitter, which will help customers transfer money through the micro -blogging Web site.

Key points:i. Savings account customers can register their Twitter account with a onetime password and link their accountnumber.ii. To avail this benefit both the recipient and sender need to have a Twitter account.iii. Customer can send up to Rs. 5,000 per transaction with a limit of Rs. 10,000 per day. Online NEFT charges will apply.This facility also enables customers to view their account balance, view the recent transactions and recharge mobilepre - paid through Twitter.

India’s first contact - less debit & credit cards were launched by ICICI Bank. The cards, which are based on the near fieldcommunication (NFC) mechanism, will allow customers to manage their accounts without having to insert or swipe thecardsat the point of sale terminal. The card is similar to the Metro card used in Metro trains. You can simply tap it on theterminal and pay for your purchases. ICICI Bank launched its own version of Digital Village Project by adopting the Akodara Village in the Sabarkantha districtof Gujarat.State Bank of India (SBI) in News State Bank of India to finance small tea growers in North East: Soon, SBI will provide finance of Rs 100 crore whichwill help 3,000 small tea growers in the North East states. Finance will be provided to tea growers who have proper basicdocuments of their existing garden as per Tea Board of India norms. " The State Bank of India and Indian Army has signed an agreement on Defence Salary Package. The agreement is tailor-made to suit the requirements of serving soldiers, pensioners and families. The basic features of the MoU include a numberof free / concessional services like free drafts, free cheque books, free funds transfers to any bank in India through RTGS /NEFT, free ATM cards etc. Reliance partnered with SBI for Payment Bank Licence.RIL will be the promoter and SBI will be the joint venture partnerwith equity investment of up to 30%. SBI launched ‘Chota ATMs’ in Kerala: SBI partnered with Ezetap, the mobile point - of - sale service provider, has launched‘Chota ATM’ in Kerala. ‘Chota ATM’ will allow kirana store owners, taxi drivers, small businessmen, and traders who aredealing with customers to turn their mobile device into both a cash withdrawal point as well as a credit/debit cardpayment terminal.

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11. India’s foreign exchange reserves reached US$ 322.135 bn. for the week ended January 16.12. International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected that India will grow 6.5% in 2016 and will surpass China in its latest WorldEconomic Outlook report. IMF also forecast India growth rate for 2015 at 6.3% which will up from 5.8% in 2014.13. India’s top private sector Bank HDFC was named among 50 most valuable banks in 2014 with a market capitalization ofUS$ 41.58 bn. It was ranked at 45th position. The top 50 list is compiled by Relbanks. State Bank of India was ranked at 51and ICICI Bank was ranked at 55th position. Well Fargo of the USA is the largest bank in the world based on marketcapitalization with US$ 284.39 bn. which is followed by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and JP MorganChase & Co.14. ‘China beats India in November FII inflows’: HSBC - Among Asian economies, China regained the top position as the ‘mostloved’ market, pushing India down to second position in the region, while Thailand was placed at the third spot, it said.15. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan of up to US$200 million with YES Bank Ltd which will providefinancing assistance to low income women borrowers and small - scale farmers in rural India.ICICI Bank in News E-wallet 'Pockets' Digital Bank service launched by ICICI bank: ICICI bank has launched E-wallet 'Pockets' service toallow any individual to instantly make transactions on a mobile phone with or without a bank account. The service is alsoknown as Digital Bank , which allow customers to deposit or transfer from any bank account through a debit card or Netbanking account and start transacting immediately on a mobile without any documentation. A customer can pay bills,recharge, book movies tickets etc. Users can send money to any e-mail ID, mobile number, Facebook friends, and bankaccounts. ICICI Bank introduced its banking services on Twitter, which will help customers transfer money through the micro -blogging Web site.

Key points:i. Savings account customers can register their Twitter account with a onetime password and link their accountnumber.ii. To avail this benefit both the recipient and sender need to have a Twitter account.iii. Customer can send up to Rs. 5,000 per transaction with a limit of Rs. 10,000 per day. Online NEFT charges will apply.This facility also enables customers to view their account balance, view the recent transactions and recharge mobilepre - paid through Twitter.

India’s first contact - less debit & credit cards were launched by ICICI Bank. The cards, which are based on the near fieldcommunication (NFC) mechanism, will allow customers to manage their accounts without having to insert or swipe thecardsat the point of sale terminal. The card is similar to the Metro card used in Metro trains. You can simply tap it on theterminal and pay for your purchases. ICICI Bank launched its own version of Digital Village Project by adopting the Akodara Village in the Sabarkantha districtof Gujarat.State Bank of India (SBI) in News State Bank of India to finance small tea growers in North East: Soon, SBI will provide finance of Rs 100 crore whichwill help 3,000 small tea growers in the North East states. Finance will be provided to tea growers who have proper basicdocuments of their existing garden as per Tea Board of India norms. " The State Bank of India and Indian Army has signed an agreement on Defence Salary Package. The agreement is tailor-made to suit the requirements of serving soldiers, pensioners and families. The basic features of the MoU include a numberof free / concessional services like free drafts, free cheque books, free funds transfers to any bank in India through RTGS /NEFT, free ATM cards etc. Reliance partnered with SBI for Payment Bank Licence.RIL will be the promoter and SBI will be the joint venture partnerwith equity investment of up to 30%. SBI launched ‘Chota ATMs’ in Kerala: SBI partnered with Ezetap, the mobile point - of - sale service provider, has launched‘Chota ATM’ in Kerala. ‘Chota ATM’ will allow kirana store owners, taxi drivers, small businessmen, and traders who aredealing with customers to turn their mobile device into both a cash withdrawal point as well as a credit/debit cardpayment terminal.

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Appointments and Personalities–India& Abroad

New Appointments in the Financial Sector

New Executive Director of UCO Bank - Charan Singh New Executive Director of Bank of Baroda - K.Venkata Rama Moorthy New Executive Director of Bank of India - R.P. Marathe New Executive Director of Canara Bank - Harideesh Kumar B New Executive Director of Allahabad Bank –N.K.Sahoo New Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank - Pawan Kumar Bajaj New Executive Director of Syndicate Bank - Ravi Shankar Pandey New Executive Director of Union Bank of India - Kishore Piraji Kharat New Executive Director of Central Bank of India - R.C.Lodha New Executive Director of Andhra Bank - Ajit Kumar Rath New MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda –Ranjan Dhawan takes additional charge as MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda. New Chairman and Managing Director of SIDBI – Kshatrapati Shivaji appointed new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). New Chief Economic Advisor - Arvind SubramanianNew Appointments in Important Institutions New Chancellor of Viswa Bharati University- Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He replaces former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh. New Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court - Justice Sunil Ambwani New CEO of CRISIL – Ashu Suyash to be next Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of CRISIL. He will join as a CEOon June 1, 2015 New President & Chief Operating Officer of Wipro - Abid Ali Neemuchwala New Judge of Supreme Court - Amitava Roy New Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly – Ram Niwas Goel New leader of BJP Legislature Party in Delhi - Vijender Gupta New BCCI President – Jagmohan Dalmiya. He replaced N. Srinivasan. New Chairman of National Book Trust – Baldev Sharma. He replaced A. Sethumadhavan. New Chief of ISRO's Space Application Centre – Tapan Misra. He replaced AS Kiran Kumar, who was appointed asChairman of the Indian Space Research Organization. New DG of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). – Krishna Chaudhry. He succeeded Subhas Goswami. New Home Secretary - LC Goyal. He replaced Anil Goswami. New Foreign Secretary - S Jaishankar. He replaced Sujatha Singh. New Chief Election Commissioner of India - Harishankar Brahma. He replaced V.S. Sampath. New ISRO Chief - A.S. Kiran Kumar. He replaced K. Radha krishnan. New Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)–Pahlaj Nihalani. He replaced Leela Samson. New Chairman of Sangeet NatakAkademi - Shekhar Sen. New Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) – Anupam Shrivastava. Chairman of NITI Aayog - Prime Minister Narendra Modi First Vice - Chairman of NITI Aayog - Arvind Panagariya First Chief Executive officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog – Sindhushree Khullar New President of FICCI - Jyotsna Suri. He replaces Sidharth Birla

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Appointments and Personalities–India& Abroad

New Appointments in the Financial Sector

New Executive Director of UCO Bank - Charan Singh New Executive Director of Bank of Baroda - K.Venkata Rama Moorthy New Executive Director of Bank of India - R.P. Marathe New Executive Director of Canara Bank - Harideesh Kumar B New Executive Director of Allahabad Bank –N.K.Sahoo New Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank - Pawan Kumar Bajaj New Executive Director of Syndicate Bank - Ravi Shankar Pandey New Executive Director of Union Bank of India - Kishore Piraji Kharat New Executive Director of Central Bank of India - R.C.Lodha New Executive Director of Andhra Bank - Ajit Kumar Rath New MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda –Ranjan Dhawan takes additional charge as MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda. New Chairman and Managing Director of SIDBI – Kshatrapati Shivaji appointed new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). New Chief Economic Advisor - Arvind SubramanianNew Appointments in Important Institutions New Chancellor of Viswa Bharati University- Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He replaces former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh. New Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court - Justice Sunil Ambwani New CEO of CRISIL – Ashu Suyash to be next Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of CRISIL. He will join as a CEOon June 1, 2015 New President & Chief Operating Officer of Wipro - Abid Ali Neemuchwala New Judge of Supreme Court - Amitava Roy New Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly – Ram Niwas Goel New leader of BJP Legislature Party in Delhi - Vijender Gupta New BCCI President – Jagmohan Dalmiya. He replaced N. Srinivasan. New Chairman of National Book Trust – Baldev Sharma. He replaced A. Sethumadhavan. New Chief of ISRO's Space Application Centre – Tapan Misra. He replaced AS Kiran Kumar, who was appointed asChairman of the Indian Space Research Organization. New DG of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). – Krishna Chaudhry. He succeeded Subhas Goswami. New Home Secretary - LC Goyal. He replaced Anil Goswami. New Foreign Secretary - S Jaishankar. He replaced Sujatha Singh. New Chief Election Commissioner of India - Harishankar Brahma. He replaced V.S. Sampath. New ISRO Chief - A.S. Kiran Kumar. He replaced K. Radha krishnan. New Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)–Pahlaj Nihalani. He replaced Leela Samson. New Chairman of Sangeet NatakAkademi - Shekhar Sen. New Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) – Anupam Shrivastava. Chairman of NITI Aayog - Prime Minister Narendra Modi First Vice - Chairman of NITI Aayog - Arvind Panagariya First Chief Executive officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog – Sindhushree Khullar New President of FICCI - Jyotsna Suri. He replaces Sidharth Birla

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Appointments and Personalities–India& Abroad

New Appointments in the Financial Sector

New Executive Director of UCO Bank - Charan Singh New Executive Director of Bank of Baroda - K.Venkata Rama Moorthy New Executive Director of Bank of India - R.P. Marathe New Executive Director of Canara Bank - Harideesh Kumar B New Executive Director of Allahabad Bank –N.K.Sahoo New Executive Director of Indian Overseas Bank - Pawan Kumar Bajaj New Executive Director of Syndicate Bank - Ravi Shankar Pandey New Executive Director of Union Bank of India - Kishore Piraji Kharat New Executive Director of Central Bank of India - R.C.Lodha New Executive Director of Andhra Bank - Ajit Kumar Rath New MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda –Ranjan Dhawan takes additional charge as MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda. New Chairman and Managing Director of SIDBI – Kshatrapati Shivaji appointed new Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). New Chief Economic Advisor - Arvind SubramanianNew Appointments in Important Institutions New Chancellor of Viswa Bharati University- Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He replaces former Prime MinisterManmohan Singh. New Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court - Justice Sunil Ambwani New CEO of CRISIL – Ashu Suyash to be next Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of CRISIL. He will join as a CEOon June 1, 2015 New President & Chief Operating Officer of Wipro - Abid Ali Neemuchwala New Judge of Supreme Court - Amitava Roy New Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly – Ram Niwas Goel New leader of BJP Legislature Party in Delhi - Vijender Gupta New BCCI President – Jagmohan Dalmiya. He replaced N. Srinivasan. New Chairman of National Book Trust – Baldev Sharma. He replaced A. Sethumadhavan. New Chief of ISRO's Space Application Centre – Tapan Misra. He replaced AS Kiran Kumar, who was appointed asChairman of the Indian Space Research Organization. New DG of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). – Krishna Chaudhry. He succeeded Subhas Goswami. New Home Secretary - LC Goyal. He replaced Anil Goswami. New Foreign Secretary - S Jaishankar. He replaced Sujatha Singh. New Chief Election Commissioner of India - Harishankar Brahma. He replaced V.S. Sampath. New ISRO Chief - A.S. Kiran Kumar. He replaced K. Radha krishnan. New Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)–Pahlaj Nihalani. He replaced Leela Samson. New Chairman of Sangeet NatakAkademi - Shekhar Sen. New Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) – Anupam Shrivastava. Chairman of NITI Aayog - Prime Minister Narendra Modi First Vice - Chairman of NITI Aayog - Arvind Panagariya First Chief Executive officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog – Sindhushree Khullar New President of FICCI - Jyotsna Suri. He replaces Sidharth Birla

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New Chief Minister Jammu & Kashmir – Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. He replaced Omar Abdullah and became 12th Chief Minister of the Jammu& Kashmir. Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal. He became the Chief Minister of Delhi for second time. Bihar – Nitish Kumar. He replaced Jitan Ram Manjhi. Nitish Kumar became Bihar CM for fourth time.New Governors Himachal Pradesh - Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh took over theadditional charge of Himachal Pradesh. He replaced Urmila Singh. Uttarakhand - K.K. PaulNew Ambassadors to India Nepal - Deep Kumar Upadhyay United States of America (USA) - Richard Rahul Verma. He replaced NancyPowell, who had resigned in March 2014 after whom Kathleen Stephenserved as the chargé d'affaires. China - Le Yucheng. He replaced Wei Wei Bangladesh - Syed Muazzem Ali. He replaced Tariq A KarimEvent Chief Guests 66thRepublic Day Parade 2015 - US President Barack Obama. He is the firstPresident of United States to attend the Republic Day Parade of India. 13thPravasiBharatiya Divas - Guyana President Donald RamotarNew Heads of Countries New PM of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu returns to power for a fourth termand become the country's longest-serving premier. New President of Croatia - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. She became the FirstWoman President of Croatia. New President of Italy - Sergio Mattarella. He replaced Giorgio Napolitano. New Prime Minister of Greece - Alexis Tsipras. He became the youngestPrime Minister of Greece since 1865. New President of Uruguay - Tabare R. Vazquez Rosas. New Prime Minister of Mali - Modibo Keita. He replaced Moussa Mara. New President of Sri Lanka – Maithripala Sirisena. He replaces Mahinda Rajapaksa. New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka – Ranil Wickeramasinghe. New Prime Minister of Mauritius – Anerood Jugnauth. He replaced Navinchandra Ramgoolam New President of Zambia - Edgar Lungu New President of Romania - Klaus Werner Iohannis. He replaces Traian Basescu. Saudi Arabia - Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul - Aziz Al Saud took over as King of Saudi Arabia after the demise of KingAbdullah in January 2015.Other Appointments New Air Force Chief of Pakistan – Sohail Aman. He replaced Tahir Rafique. New India’s ambassador to US – Arun Singh. He replaced S. Jaishankar New Chief Justice of Sri Lanka - Kanagasabapathy J Sripavan. He replaced Shirani Bandaranayake. New Chief Justice of Bangladesh - Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha

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New Chief Minister Jammu & Kashmir – Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. He replaced Omar Abdullah and became 12th Chief Minister of the Jammu& Kashmir. Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal. He became the Chief Minister of Delhi for second time. Bihar – Nitish Kumar. He replaced Jitan Ram Manjhi. Nitish Kumar became Bihar CM for fourth time.New Governors Himachal Pradesh - Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh took over theadditional charge of Himachal Pradesh. He replaced Urmila Singh. Uttarakhand - K.K. PaulNew Ambassadors to India Nepal - Deep Kumar Upadhyay United States of America (USA) - Richard Rahul Verma. He replaced NancyPowell, who had resigned in March 2014 after whom Kathleen Stephenserved as the chargé d'affaires. China - Le Yucheng. He replaced Wei Wei Bangladesh - Syed Muazzem Ali. He replaced Tariq A KarimEvent Chief Guests 66thRepublic Day Parade 2015 - US President Barack Obama. He is the firstPresident of United States to attend the Republic Day Parade of India. 13thPravasiBharatiya Divas - Guyana President Donald RamotarNew Heads of Countries New PM of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu returns to power for a fourth termand become the country's longest-serving premier. New President of Croatia - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. She became the FirstWoman President of Croatia. New President of Italy - Sergio Mattarella. He replaced Giorgio Napolitano. New Prime Minister of Greece - Alexis Tsipras. He became the youngestPrime Minister of Greece since 1865. New President of Uruguay - Tabare R. Vazquez Rosas. New Prime Minister of Mali - Modibo Keita. He replaced Moussa Mara. New President of Sri Lanka – Maithripala Sirisena. He replaces Mahinda Rajapaksa. New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka – Ranil Wickeramasinghe. New Prime Minister of Mauritius – Anerood Jugnauth. He replaced Navinchandra Ramgoolam New President of Zambia - Edgar Lungu New President of Romania - Klaus Werner Iohannis. He replaces Traian Basescu. Saudi Arabia - Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul - Aziz Al Saud took over as King of Saudi Arabia after the demise of KingAbdullah in January 2015.Other Appointments New Air Force Chief of Pakistan – Sohail Aman. He replaced Tahir Rafique. New India’s ambassador to US – Arun Singh. He replaced S. Jaishankar New Chief Justice of Sri Lanka - Kanagasabapathy J Sripavan. He replaced Shirani Bandaranayake. New Chief Justice of Bangladesh - Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha

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New Chief Minister Jammu & Kashmir – Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. He replaced Omar Abdullah and became 12th Chief Minister of the Jammu& Kashmir. Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal. He became the Chief Minister of Delhi for second time. Bihar – Nitish Kumar. He replaced Jitan Ram Manjhi. Nitish Kumar became Bihar CM for fourth time.New Governors Himachal Pradesh - Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh took over theadditional charge of Himachal Pradesh. He replaced Urmila Singh. Uttarakhand - K.K. PaulNew Ambassadors to India Nepal - Deep Kumar Upadhyay United States of America (USA) - Richard Rahul Verma. He replaced NancyPowell, who had resigned in March 2014 after whom Kathleen Stephenserved as the chargé d'affaires. China - Le Yucheng. He replaced Wei Wei Bangladesh - Syed Muazzem Ali. He replaced Tariq A KarimEvent Chief Guests 66thRepublic Day Parade 2015 - US President Barack Obama. He is the firstPresident of United States to attend the Republic Day Parade of India. 13thPravasiBharatiya Divas - Guyana President Donald RamotarNew Heads of Countries New PM of Israel – Benjamin Netanyahu returns to power for a fourth termand become the country's longest-serving premier. New President of Croatia - Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. She became the FirstWoman President of Croatia. New President of Italy - Sergio Mattarella. He replaced Giorgio Napolitano. New Prime Minister of Greece - Alexis Tsipras. He became the youngestPrime Minister of Greece since 1865. New President of Uruguay - Tabare R. Vazquez Rosas. New Prime Minister of Mali - Modibo Keita. He replaced Moussa Mara. New President of Sri Lanka – Maithripala Sirisena. He replaces Mahinda Rajapaksa. New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka – Ranil Wickeramasinghe. New Prime Minister of Mauritius – Anerood Jugnauth. He replaced Navinchandra Ramgoolam New President of Zambia - Edgar Lungu New President of Romania - Klaus Werner Iohannis. He replaces Traian Basescu. Saudi Arabia - Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul - Aziz Al Saud took over as King of Saudi Arabia after the demise of KingAbdullah in January 2015.Other Appointments New Air Force Chief of Pakistan – Sohail Aman. He replaced Tahir Rafique. New India’s ambassador to US – Arun Singh. He replaced S. Jaishankar New Chief Justice of Sri Lanka - Kanagasabapathy J Sripavan. He replaced Shirani Bandaranayake. New Chief Justice of Bangladesh - Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha

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1. UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, JapanNote: India will host the seventh Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR)in 20162. The first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo,also called RE-Invest 2015. New Delhi3. The 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. New Delhi4. First World Ocean Science Congress.Note: The focal themes of the WOSC 2015 were ProtectOceans for Posterity and Blue Economy.

Kochi, Kerala5. World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT).Note: This will be the first WCIT to be held in India and thetheme of the 2018 WCIT will be Future of enterprises.

Hyderabad6. World Economic Forum annual Summit 2015 Davos, Switzerland7. World Diamond Conference 2014 New Delhi8. 19th SAARC Summit 2016 Islamabad, Pakistan9. G20 Leaders Summit 2014 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia)10. 15th G - 20 Summit 2015 Turkey11. 16th G - 20 Summit 2016 China12. 4thNuclear security summit 2016 United States13. 7th BRICS Summit 2015 Ufa, Russia14. IBSA Summit 2015(IBSA = India - Brazil - South Africa) New Delhi, India

Obituaries

India1.K Baskaran Veteran sports journalist2.Narayan Desai Noted Gandhian3.Shahir Krishnarao Sable Marathi Folk legend4.Vinod Mehta Eminent Journalist5.G Karthikeyan Speaker of Kerala Assembly6. Ashraful Haque Bollywood Actor7. Nirad Mahapatra Eminent filmmaker (Odisha)8. Manorama Sharma First woman Rajya Sabha MP (Congress Party) from Uttarakhand passedaway.9. Daggubati Ramanaidu Veteran film producer and former Lok Sabha member10. Atmaram GovindBhende Veteran Marathi theatre artist and film actor11. R.K. Laxman Eminent cartoonist12. RR Patil Former Maharashtra home minister and senior NCP leader13. Govind Pansare Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (CPI)14. Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz Eminent Urdu poet15. A.B. Javarappa Veteran Gandhian and senior congress leader16. RC Sakthi Veteran Tamil director

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Summit / Conference Venue

1. UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, JapanNote: India will host the seventh Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR)in 20162. The first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo,also called RE-Invest 2015. New Delhi3. The 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. New Delhi4. First World Ocean Science Congress.Note: The focal themes of the WOSC 2015 were ProtectOceans for Posterity and Blue Economy.

Kochi, Kerala5. World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT).Note: This will be the first WCIT to be held in India and thetheme of the 2018 WCIT will be Future of enterprises.

Hyderabad6. World Economic Forum annual Summit 2015 Davos, Switzerland7. World Diamond Conference 2014 New Delhi8. 19th SAARC Summit 2016 Islamabad, Pakistan9. G20 Leaders Summit 2014 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia)10. 15th G - 20 Summit 2015 Turkey11. 16th G - 20 Summit 2016 China12. 4thNuclear security summit 2016 United States13. 7th BRICS Summit 2015 Ufa, Russia14. IBSA Summit 2015(IBSA = India - Brazil - South Africa) New Delhi, India

Obituaries

India1.K Baskaran Veteran sports journalist2.Narayan Desai Noted Gandhian3.Shahir Krishnarao Sable Marathi Folk legend4.Vinod Mehta Eminent Journalist5.G Karthikeyan Speaker of Kerala Assembly6. Ashraful Haque Bollywood Actor7. Nirad Mahapatra Eminent filmmaker (Odisha)8. Manorama Sharma First woman Rajya Sabha MP (Congress Party) from Uttarakhand passedaway.9. Daggubati Ramanaidu Veteran film producer and former Lok Sabha member10. Atmaram GovindBhende Veteran Marathi theatre artist and film actor11. R.K. Laxman Eminent cartoonist12. RR Patil Former Maharashtra home minister and senior NCP leader13. Govind Pansare Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (CPI)14. Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz Eminent Urdu poet15. A.B. Javarappa Veteran Gandhian and senior congress leader16. RC Sakthi Veteran Tamil director

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Summit / Conference Venue

1. UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, JapanNote: India will host the seventh Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR)in 20162. The first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo,also called RE-Invest 2015. New Delhi3. The 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. New Delhi4. First World Ocean Science Congress.Note: The focal themes of the WOSC 2015 were ProtectOceans for Posterity and Blue Economy.

Kochi, Kerala5. World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT).Note: This will be the first WCIT to be held in India and thetheme of the 2018 WCIT will be Future of enterprises.

Hyderabad6. World Economic Forum annual Summit 2015 Davos, Switzerland7. World Diamond Conference 2014 New Delhi8. 19th SAARC Summit 2016 Islamabad, Pakistan9. G20 Leaders Summit 2014 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia)10. 15th G - 20 Summit 2015 Turkey11. 16th G - 20 Summit 2016 China12. 4thNuclear security summit 2016 United States13. 7th BRICS Summit 2015 Ufa, Russia14. IBSA Summit 2015(IBSA = India - Brazil - South Africa) New Delhi, India

Obituaries

India1.K Baskaran Veteran sports journalist2.Narayan Desai Noted Gandhian3.Shahir Krishnarao Sable Marathi Folk legend4.Vinod Mehta Eminent Journalist5.G Karthikeyan Speaker of Kerala Assembly6. Ashraful Haque Bollywood Actor7. Nirad Mahapatra Eminent filmmaker (Odisha)8. Manorama Sharma First woman Rajya Sabha MP (Congress Party) from Uttarakhand passedaway.9. Daggubati Ramanaidu Veteran film producer and former Lok Sabha member10. Atmaram GovindBhende Veteran Marathi theatre artist and film actor11. R.K. Laxman Eminent cartoonist12. RR Patil Former Maharashtra home minister and senior NCP leader13. Govind Pansare Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (CPI)14. Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz Eminent Urdu poet15. A.B. Javarappa Veteran Gandhian and senior congress leader16. RC Sakthi Veteran Tamil director

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17. Meera Kosambi Noted sociologist18. Aloysius Vincent Veteran cinematographer19. Hukum Singh Former Haryana Chief Minister20.DiptoshMajumdar Veteran Journalist21. Mrinalini Mukherjee Acclaimed Indian sculptor and artist22.Deven Varma Veteran actor - filmmaker23.Rajni Kothari Eminent political scientist and scholar.24. K. Balachander South India filmmaker25. V R Gowarikar Former ISRO Chairman

WORLD1. Malcolm Fraser Former Australian Prime Minister2. Lee Kuan Yew First Prime Minister of Singapore3. Florence Arthaud French sailor who in 1990 broke the record for crossing the North Atlanticalone.4. Camille Muffat French swimmer who won three medals at the 2012 Olympics in London.5. Alexis Vastine French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.6. Boris Nemtsov Leader of Opposition party of Russia.7. Louis Jourdan French Actor8. Rana Bhagwandas First Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistan9. Richard von Weizsaecker Former President of Germany10. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia

New Books & Authors

Book Author1. “Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy-Speaker’s Perspective Meira Kumar (former speaker of Lok Sabha)2. Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai TerrorAttacks Saroj Kumar Seth3. The Red Sari Javier Moro‘The Red Sari’ an unauthorized biography of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi.4. Neither a Hawk nor a Dove Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri5. An Unfinished Agenda: My Life in the Pharmaceutical Industry Late Dr K Anji Reddy6. The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years Pranab Mukherjee (President of India)7.Born Again on the Mountain Arunima Sinha8. My Name is Abu Salem S Hussain Zaidi9. Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 Sandeep Unnithan10. Your Dreams Are Mine Now: She Showed Him What Love Was Ravinder Singh11. Next China - India War - World’s First Water War - 2029 Sundarajan Padmanabhan

Person in News

India1. Amitabh Bachchan The government of India has roped in Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador for its driveagainst hepatitis B, a critical public health problem in India.2. Dolly Shivani Cherukuri Dolly Shivani Cherukuri(2 year old) of Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh achieved a stunning feat bysetting a new archery record and entering her name into the India Book of Records. Shebecame the youngest Indian to score 200 points over five and seven-metre distances.3. Mary Kom The government of India has appointed world boxing champion Mary Kom as a BrandAmbassador for the North East states. The name of Mary Kom has been selected for thepromotion of culture and tourism in the North East states of India.

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17. Meera Kosambi Noted sociologist18. Aloysius Vincent Veteran cinematographer19. Hukum Singh Former Haryana Chief Minister20.DiptoshMajumdar Veteran Journalist21. Mrinalini Mukherjee Acclaimed Indian sculptor and artist22.Deven Varma Veteran actor - filmmaker23.Rajni Kothari Eminent political scientist and scholar.24. K. Balachander South India filmmaker25. V R Gowarikar Former ISRO Chairman

WORLD1. Malcolm Fraser Former Australian Prime Minister2. Lee Kuan Yew First Prime Minister of Singapore3. Florence Arthaud French sailor who in 1990 broke the record for crossing the North Atlanticalone.4. Camille Muffat French swimmer who won three medals at the 2012 Olympics in London.5. Alexis Vastine French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.6. Boris Nemtsov Leader of Opposition party of Russia.7. Louis Jourdan French Actor8. Rana Bhagwandas First Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistan9. Richard von Weizsaecker Former President of Germany10. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia

New Books & Authors

Book Author1. “Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy-Speaker’s Perspective Meira Kumar (former speaker of Lok Sabha)2. Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai TerrorAttacks Saroj Kumar Seth3. The Red Sari Javier Moro‘The Red Sari’ an unauthorized biography of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi.4. Neither a Hawk nor a Dove Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri5. An Unfinished Agenda: My Life in the Pharmaceutical Industry Late Dr K Anji Reddy6. The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years Pranab Mukherjee (President of India)7.Born Again on the Mountain Arunima Sinha8. My Name is Abu Salem S Hussain Zaidi9. Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 Sandeep Unnithan10. Your Dreams Are Mine Now: She Showed Him What Love Was Ravinder Singh11. Next China - India War - World’s First Water War - 2029 Sundarajan Padmanabhan

Person in News

India1. Amitabh Bachchan The government of India has roped in Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador for its driveagainst hepatitis B, a critical public health problem in India.2. Dolly Shivani Cherukuri Dolly Shivani Cherukuri(2 year old) of Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh achieved a stunning feat bysetting a new archery record and entering her name into the India Book of Records. Shebecame the youngest Indian to score 200 points over five and seven-metre distances.3. Mary Kom The government of India has appointed world boxing champion Mary Kom as a BrandAmbassador for the North East states. The name of Mary Kom has been selected for thepromotion of culture and tourism in the North East states of India.

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17. Meera Kosambi Noted sociologist18. Aloysius Vincent Veteran cinematographer19. Hukum Singh Former Haryana Chief Minister20.DiptoshMajumdar Veteran Journalist21. Mrinalini Mukherjee Acclaimed Indian sculptor and artist22.Deven Varma Veteran actor - filmmaker23.Rajni Kothari Eminent political scientist and scholar.24. K. Balachander South India filmmaker25. V R Gowarikar Former ISRO Chairman

WORLD1. Malcolm Fraser Former Australian Prime Minister2. Lee Kuan Yew First Prime Minister of Singapore3. Florence Arthaud French sailor who in 1990 broke the record for crossing the North Atlanticalone.4. Camille Muffat French swimmer who won three medals at the 2012 Olympics in London.5. Alexis Vastine French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.6. Boris Nemtsov Leader of Opposition party of Russia.7. Louis Jourdan French Actor8. Rana Bhagwandas First Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistan9. Richard von Weizsaecker Former President of Germany10. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia

New Books & Authors

Book Author1. “Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy-Speaker’s Perspective Meira Kumar (former speaker of Lok Sabha)2. Fragile Frontiers: The Secret History of Mumbai TerrorAttacks Saroj Kumar Seth3. The Red Sari Javier Moro‘The Red Sari’ an unauthorized biography of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi.4. Neither a Hawk nor a Dove Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri5. An Unfinished Agenda: My Life in the Pharmaceutical Industry Late Dr K Anji Reddy6. The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years Pranab Mukherjee (President of India)7.Born Again on the Mountain Arunima Sinha8. My Name is Abu Salem S Hussain Zaidi9. Black Tornado: The Three Sieges of Mumbai 26/11 Sandeep Unnithan10. Your Dreams Are Mine Now: She Showed Him What Love Was Ravinder Singh11. Next China - India War - World’s First Water War - 2029 Sundarajan Padmanabhan

Person in News

India1. Amitabh Bachchan The government of India has roped in Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador for its driveagainst hepatitis B, a critical public health problem in India.2. Dolly Shivani Cherukuri Dolly Shivani Cherukuri(2 year old) of Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh achieved a stunning feat bysetting a new archery record and entering her name into the India Book of Records. Shebecame the youngest Indian to score 200 points over five and seven-metre distances.3. Mary Kom The government of India has appointed world boxing champion Mary Kom as a BrandAmbassador for the North East states. The name of Mary Kom has been selected for thepromotion of culture and tourism in the North East states of India.

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4. Sumitra Mahajan Her name was included in the LIMCA book of records for being the only woman of the countryto represent the same Lok Sabha constituency on the same party ticket for eight times in a row.As a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she represents the Indore constituency of LokSabha in Madhya Pradesh. For the first time she was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989. Sincethen she has been re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 andfinally to the 16th Lok Sabha on 18 May 2014.5. Pooja Thakur She became first woman officer to lead the Guard of Honour which was inspected by the U.S.President Barack Obama at Rashtrapathi Bhavan

World1. Paulina Vega Miss Universe 2015, and second winner from Colombia2. Rolene Strauss Miss World 2014, from South Africa3. Larry Page CEO and co - founder of Google, named Business Person of the Year 20144. Mohammad Nasheed Former President of Maldives arrested under anti-terrorism laws for allegedly ordering thearrest of a senior judge Abdulla Mohamed in 2012.Awards & Honours1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014 - Veteran actor and director Shashi Kapoor has been selected for Dadasaheb PhalkeAward for 2014. He will be the 46th recipient of the award.2. International Booker prize 2015 - Amitav Ghosh was shortlisted among 10 finalists for this year's Man BookerInternational Prize. He was shortlisted for his contribution to the English language writing.3. Saraswati Samman 2014 - Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Veerappa Moily has been selected for theSaraswati Samman for 2014. He has been selected for his Kannada poem “Ramayana Mahanveshanam”.4. National Award to Rani Mukherjee, for highlighting the cause of safety, security and protection of the girl child andwomen in Mardaani film. The award is given by National Institute of Gender Justice (NIGJ). She became the first filmpersonality to be conferred with the award.5. Tyler Prize 2015: Indian ecologist, Madhav Gadgil has been selected for the prestigious 2015 Tyler Prize forEnvironmental Achievement. He will share the $200,000 cash prize with noted American marine ecologist Dr. JaneLubchenco.6. Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2015 - Rajendra Singh known as the Watermanof India has been selected for the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. He wasselected for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security inrural India.7. Bangladesh has won the prestigious Women in Parliaments (WIP) Award forregional leadership in closing the gender gap in politics. Bangladesh has been placed among the top 10 countries in theworld in reducing gender gap by the World Economic Forum. Women in Parliament Awards are given based on WorldEconomic Forum's Global Gender Gap Reports.8. The Folio Prize 2015: Akhil Sharma an Indian-American author, won The Folio Prize 2015 for his novel “Family Life”. Hisnovel “Family Life” was one among the eight books shortlisted from 80 works of fiction and was chosen as the best fictionpublished in the UK in 2014 by the 235 writers and critics who constitute the Folio Academy.9. National Kavi Pradeep award: Veteran Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj awarded with the first National Kavi PradeepSamman by Madhya Pradesh govt. The award has been instituted by the Madhya Pradesh govt. in the memory of KaviPradeep, the renowned poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song 'Aye Mere WatanKe Logo'.10. National Media and Advertising Awards: The sixth edition of the National Media and Advertising Awards for GenderSensitivity announced in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

List of Winners in different categoryi. Laadli Voice of the Century award – Lata Mangeshkarii. Best movie award - Queeniii. Laadli Grand Prix award - advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather for its advertisement, Titan Raga - tum nahi badle.iv. Laadli extraordinaire award – Charu Khurana, she won a landmark judgment in the Supreme Court regardingBollywood's bias against women make-up artistes

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4. Sumitra Mahajan Her name was included in the LIMCA book of records for being the only woman of the countryto represent the same Lok Sabha constituency on the same party ticket for eight times in a row.As a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she represents the Indore constituency of LokSabha in Madhya Pradesh. For the first time she was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989. Sincethen she has been re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 andfinally to the 16th Lok Sabha on 18 May 2014.5. Pooja Thakur She became first woman officer to lead the Guard of Honour which was inspected by the U.S.President Barack Obama at Rashtrapathi Bhavan

World1. Paulina Vega Miss Universe 2015, and second winner from Colombia2. Rolene Strauss Miss World 2014, from South Africa3. Larry Page CEO and co - founder of Google, named Business Person of the Year 20144. Mohammad Nasheed Former President of Maldives arrested under anti-terrorism laws for allegedly ordering thearrest of a senior judge Abdulla Mohamed in 2012.Awards & Honours1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014 - Veteran actor and director Shashi Kapoor has been selected for Dadasaheb PhalkeAward for 2014. He will be the 46th recipient of the award.2. International Booker prize 2015 - Amitav Ghosh was shortlisted among 10 finalists for this year's Man BookerInternational Prize. He was shortlisted for his contribution to the English language writing.3. Saraswati Samman 2014 - Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Veerappa Moily has been selected for theSaraswati Samman for 2014. He has been selected for his Kannada poem “Ramayana Mahanveshanam”.4. National Award to Rani Mukherjee, for highlighting the cause of safety, security and protection of the girl child andwomen in Mardaani film. The award is given by National Institute of Gender Justice (NIGJ). She became the first filmpersonality to be conferred with the award.5. Tyler Prize 2015: Indian ecologist, Madhav Gadgil has been selected for the prestigious 2015 Tyler Prize forEnvironmental Achievement. He will share the $200,000 cash prize with noted American marine ecologist Dr. JaneLubchenco.6. Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2015 - Rajendra Singh known as the Watermanof India has been selected for the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. He wasselected for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security inrural India.7. Bangladesh has won the prestigious Women in Parliaments (WIP) Award forregional leadership in closing the gender gap in politics. Bangladesh has been placed among the top 10 countries in theworld in reducing gender gap by the World Economic Forum. Women in Parliament Awards are given based on WorldEconomic Forum's Global Gender Gap Reports.8. The Folio Prize 2015: Akhil Sharma an Indian-American author, won The Folio Prize 2015 for his novel “Family Life”. Hisnovel “Family Life” was one among the eight books shortlisted from 80 works of fiction and was chosen as the best fictionpublished in the UK in 2014 by the 235 writers and critics who constitute the Folio Academy.9. National Kavi Pradeep award: Veteran Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj awarded with the first National Kavi PradeepSamman by Madhya Pradesh govt. The award has been instituted by the Madhya Pradesh govt. in the memory of KaviPradeep, the renowned poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song 'Aye Mere WatanKe Logo'.10. National Media and Advertising Awards: The sixth edition of the National Media and Advertising Awards for GenderSensitivity announced in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

List of Winners in different categoryi. Laadli Voice of the Century award – Lata Mangeshkarii. Best movie award - Queeniii. Laadli Grand Prix award - advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather for its advertisement, Titan Raga - tum nahi badle.iv. Laadli extraordinaire award – Charu Khurana, she won a landmark judgment in the Supreme Court regardingBollywood's bias against women make-up artistes

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4. Sumitra Mahajan Her name was included in the LIMCA book of records for being the only woman of the countryto represent the same Lok Sabha constituency on the same party ticket for eight times in a row.As a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), she represents the Indore constituency of LokSabha in Madhya Pradesh. For the first time she was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989. Sincethen she has been re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 andfinally to the 16th Lok Sabha on 18 May 2014.5. Pooja Thakur She became first woman officer to lead the Guard of Honour which was inspected by the U.S.President Barack Obama at Rashtrapathi Bhavan

World1. Paulina Vega Miss Universe 2015, and second winner from Colombia2. Rolene Strauss Miss World 2014, from South Africa3. Larry Page CEO and co - founder of Google, named Business Person of the Year 20144. Mohammad Nasheed Former President of Maldives arrested under anti-terrorism laws for allegedly ordering thearrest of a senior judge Abdulla Mohamed in 2012.Awards & Honours1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014 - Veteran actor and director Shashi Kapoor has been selected for Dadasaheb PhalkeAward for 2014. He will be the 46th recipient of the award.2. International Booker prize 2015 - Amitav Ghosh was shortlisted among 10 finalists for this year's Man BookerInternational Prize. He was shortlisted for his contribution to the English language writing.3. Saraswati Samman 2014 - Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Veerappa Moily has been selected for theSaraswati Samman for 2014. He has been selected for his Kannada poem “Ramayana Mahanveshanam”.4. National Award to Rani Mukherjee, for highlighting the cause of safety, security and protection of the girl child andwomen in Mardaani film. The award is given by National Institute of Gender Justice (NIGJ). She became the first filmpersonality to be conferred with the award.5. Tyler Prize 2015: Indian ecologist, Madhav Gadgil has been selected for the prestigious 2015 Tyler Prize forEnvironmental Achievement. He will share the $200,000 cash prize with noted American marine ecologist Dr. JaneLubchenco.6. Stockholm Water Prize Laureate 2015 - Rajendra Singh known as the Watermanof India has been selected for the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. He wasselected for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security inrural India.7. Bangladesh has won the prestigious Women in Parliaments (WIP) Award forregional leadership in closing the gender gap in politics. Bangladesh has been placed among the top 10 countries in theworld in reducing gender gap by the World Economic Forum. Women in Parliament Awards are given based on WorldEconomic Forum's Global Gender Gap Reports.8. The Folio Prize 2015: Akhil Sharma an Indian-American author, won The Folio Prize 2015 for his novel “Family Life”. Hisnovel “Family Life” was one among the eight books shortlisted from 80 works of fiction and was chosen as the best fictionpublished in the UK in 2014 by the 235 writers and critics who constitute the Folio Academy.9. National Kavi Pradeep award: Veteran Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj awarded with the first National Kavi PradeepSamman by Madhya Pradesh govt. The award has been instituted by the Madhya Pradesh govt. in the memory of KaviPradeep, the renowned poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song 'Aye Mere WatanKe Logo'.10. National Media and Advertising Awards: The sixth edition of the National Media and Advertising Awards for GenderSensitivity announced in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

List of Winners in different categoryi. Laadli Voice of the Century award – Lata Mangeshkarii. Best movie award - Queeniii. Laadli Grand Prix award - advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather for its advertisement, Titan Raga - tum nahi badle.iv. Laadli extraordinaire award – Charu Khurana, she won a landmark judgment in the Supreme Court regardingBollywood's bias against women make-up artistes

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11. Jnanpith award 2014 - Marathi Litterateur Bhalachandra Nemade selected for the 50th Jnanpith award for the year2014. Note: Jnanpith award 2013 conferred on Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh12. Yash Bhati Samman 2015 conferred on Vinod Mehta (eminent journalist and writer), an award given by Uttar Pradeshgovernment.13. Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize: Eminent economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been awardedthe inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize14. Doctorate of Automotive Engineering: Clemson University had honoured Mr.Ratan Tata with the Doctorate of Automotive Engineering at the South CarolinaAutomotive Summit held in Washington. Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award

2014: Women scientists Dr. Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan were jointlynamed for the award. They award was given for their outstanding performancein the field of science and technology.15. Shrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Award 2014 - Mithileshwar conferred withShrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Award 2014..16. DSC Prize for 2015 - Indian - American author Jhumpa Lahiri won DSC Prizefor Literature for her book, The Lowland.17. Martin Luther King Jr. Award - Eminent Indian - American entrepreneur andphilanthropist Frank Islam was conferred with the Martin Luther King Jr.Award for his contribution to the legacy of the great leader through his effortsin international service and civil engagement.18. The Hindu Prize for 2014 - Ashok Srinivasan won The Hindu Prize 2014 forhis debut novel‘Book of Common Signs’.19. Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 - Well - known Sanskrit scholar Prabhu NathDwivedi conferred with Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for Sanskrit language.He was awarded for his work ‘Kanakalochanaha’ a collection of 16 short -stories based on various social issues.20. Vyas Samman 2014 - Veteran Hindi scholar and writer Dr Kamal KishoreGoyanka has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2014.He was chosen for his research work ‘Premchand Kee Kahaniyo Kaa Kaalkramanusar’Note: Vyas Sammanis awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published inpast 10 years.62nd National Film Awards: The 62nd National Film Awards 2014 were announced by the Chairpersons of thethree juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films and Best Writing on Cinema. Kangana Ranaut won the best actress award forher powerful performance in "Queen" where Bollywood movies "Haider" and "Mary Kom" bagged key honours whileChaitanya Tamhane's "Court" was named the best feature film.

List of the winners are:Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut for QueenBest Actor: Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone(Bengali)Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for PagdiThe Honour (Haryanavi)Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda(Tamil)Best Music Direction: a) Songs - Haider (Hindi); andb) Background Score - Nineteen Eighty Three

(Malayalam)Best Choreography: Bismil for HaiderBest Writing on Cinema: Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)-Pasupuleti Purnachandra RaoBest Writing on Cinema: G. Dhananjayan for Pride ofTamil Cinema (Special Mention)Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia for HaiderBest Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unni krishananfor song Azhagu in Saivam (Tamil)

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11. Jnanpith award 2014 - Marathi Litterateur Bhalachandra Nemade selected for the 50th Jnanpith award for the year2014. Note: Jnanpith award 2013 conferred on Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh12. Yash Bhati Samman 2015 conferred on Vinod Mehta (eminent journalist and writer), an award given by Uttar Pradeshgovernment.13. Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize: Eminent economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been awardedthe inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize14. Doctorate of Automotive Engineering: Clemson University had honoured Mr.Ratan Tata with the Doctorate of Automotive Engineering at the South CarolinaAutomotive Summit held in Washington. Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award

2014: Women scientists Dr. Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan were jointlynamed for the award. They award was given for their outstanding performancein the field of science and technology.15. Shrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Award 2014 - Mithileshwar conferred withShrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Award 2014..16. DSC Prize for 2015 - Indian - American author Jhumpa Lahiri won DSC Prizefor Literature for her book, The Lowland.17. Martin Luther King Jr. Award - Eminent Indian - American entrepreneur andphilanthropist Frank Islam was conferred with the Martin Luther King Jr.Award for his contribution to the legacy of the great leader through his effortsin international service and civil engagement.18. The Hindu Prize for 2014 - Ashok Srinivasan won The Hindu Prize 2014 forhis debut novel‘Book of Common Signs’.19. Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 - Well - known Sanskrit scholar Prabhu NathDwivedi conferred with Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for Sanskrit language.He was awarded for his work ‘Kanakalochanaha’ a collection of 16 short -stories based on various social issues.20. Vyas Samman 2014 - Veteran Hindi scholar and writer Dr Kamal KishoreGoyanka has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2014.He was chosen for his research work ‘Premchand Kee Kahaniyo Kaa Kaalkramanusar’Note: Vyas Sammanis awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published inpast 10 years.62nd National Film Awards: The 62nd National Film Awards 2014 were announced by the Chairpersons of thethree juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films and Best Writing on Cinema. Kangana Ranaut won the best actress award forher powerful performance in "Queen" where Bollywood movies "Haider" and "Mary Kom" bagged key honours whileChaitanya Tamhane's "Court" was named the best feature film.

List of the winners are:Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut for QueenBest Actor: Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone(Bengali)Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for PagdiThe Honour (Haryanavi)Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda(Tamil)Best Music Direction: a) Songs - Haider (Hindi); andb) Background Score - Nineteen Eighty Three

(Malayalam)Best Choreography: Bismil for HaiderBest Writing on Cinema: Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)-Pasupuleti Purnachandra RaoBest Writing on Cinema: G. Dhananjayan for Pride ofTamil Cinema (Special Mention)Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia for HaiderBest Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unni krishananfor song Azhagu in Saivam (Tamil)

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11. Jnanpith award 2014 - Marathi Litterateur Bhalachandra Nemade selected for the 50th Jnanpith award for the year2014. Note: Jnanpith award 2013 conferred on Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh12. Yash Bhati Samman 2015 conferred on Vinod Mehta (eminent journalist and writer), an award given by Uttar Pradeshgovernment.13. Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize: Eminent economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been awardedthe inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize14. Doctorate of Automotive Engineering: Clemson University had honoured Mr.Ratan Tata with the Doctorate of Automotive Engineering at the South CarolinaAutomotive Summit held in Washington. Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award

2014: Women scientists Dr. Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan were jointlynamed for the award. They award was given for their outstanding performancein the field of science and technology.15. Shrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Award 2014 - Mithileshwar conferred withShrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Award 2014..16. DSC Prize for 2015 - Indian - American author Jhumpa Lahiri won DSC Prizefor Literature for her book, The Lowland.17. Martin Luther King Jr. Award - Eminent Indian - American entrepreneur andphilanthropist Frank Islam was conferred with the Martin Luther King Jr.Award for his contribution to the legacy of the great leader through his effortsin international service and civil engagement.18. The Hindu Prize for 2014 - Ashok Srinivasan won The Hindu Prize 2014 forhis debut novel‘Book of Common Signs’.19. Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 - Well - known Sanskrit scholar Prabhu NathDwivedi conferred with Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for Sanskrit language.He was awarded for his work ‘Kanakalochanaha’ a collection of 16 short -stories based on various social issues.20. Vyas Samman 2014 - Veteran Hindi scholar and writer Dr Kamal KishoreGoyanka has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2014.He was chosen for his research work ‘Premchand Kee Kahaniyo Kaa Kaalkramanusar’Note: Vyas Sammanis awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published inpast 10 years.62nd National Film Awards: The 62nd National Film Awards 2014 were announced by the Chairpersons of thethree juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films and Best Writing on Cinema. Kangana Ranaut won the best actress award forher powerful performance in "Queen" where Bollywood movies "Haider" and "Mary Kom" bagged key honours whileChaitanya Tamhane's "Court" was named the best feature film.

List of the winners are:Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut for QueenBest Actor: Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone(Bengali)Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for PagdiThe Honour (Haryanavi)Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda(Tamil)Best Music Direction: a) Songs - Haider (Hindi); andb) Background Score - Nineteen Eighty Three

(Malayalam)Best Choreography: Bismil for HaiderBest Writing on Cinema: Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)-Pasupuleti Purnachandra RaoBest Writing on Cinema: G. Dhananjayan for Pride ofTamil Cinema (Special Mention)Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia for HaiderBest Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unni krishananfor song Azhagu in Saivam (Tamil)

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Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh forsong Bismil from HaiderBest Films in different languages

Best Hindi Film: QueenBest Assamese Film: OthelloBest Bengali Film: NirbashitoBest Kannada Film: HarivuBest Konkani Film: Nachom - IA KumpasarBest Malayalam Film: AinBest Marathi Film: Killa

Best Odiya Film: Aadim VicharBest Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984Best Tamil Film: Kuttram KadithalBest Telugu Film: Chandamama KathaluBest Rabha Film: OrongBest Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour

Best Films in different categories

Best Educational Film: Komal& Behind the Glass WallBest Exploration/Adventure: Film Life Force - India'sWestern GhatsBest Investigative Film: Phum ShangBest Animation Film: Sound of JoyBest Short Fiction Film: MitraaBest Film On Environment Conservation/

Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)Best Popular Film Providing WholesomeEntertainment: Mary KomIndira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of ADirector: Asha JaoarMajhe (Bengali)Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati &English)Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur

OSCAR Award 2015: The 87th annual awards presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)which honored the best film of year 2014. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles on 22February 2015. "Birdman" won the Best picture and Best Director award at the 87th annual Academy Awards.List of this year winner's at Academy Awards.1. Best Picture - "Birdman"2. Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory ofEverything"3. Best Actress - Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"4. Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"5. Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"6. Best Director - Alejandro González Iárritu, "Birdman"7. Best Original Screenplay - "Birdman," by Alejandro G.Iárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. &Armando Bo8. Best Adapted Screenplay - "The Imitation Game," byGraham Moore9. Best Animated Feature Film - "Big Hero 6″

10. Best Original Song - Glory," from "Selma," by JohnStephens and Lonnie Lynn"11. Best Foreign Language Film - "Ida" (Poland)12. Best Animated Short Film - "Feast"13. Best Cinematography - "Birdman," Emmanuel Lubezki14. Best Film Editing - "Whiplash," Tom Cross15. Best Visual Effects - "Interstellar"16. Best Live Action Short Film: "The Phone Call"17. Best Documentary: "Citizen Four"18. Best Sound Mixing: "Whiplash"19. Best Sound Editing: "American Sniper"20. Best Makeup & Hairstyling: "The Grand BudapestHotel"

Note: "12 Years a Slave won the best movie award at 2014 Oscar Award. Best Actor award won by - Matthew McConaughey,for movie "Dallas Buyer's Club" and Best Actress Award won by Cate Blanchett, for "Blue Jasmine.

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Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh forsong Bismil from HaiderBest Films in different languages

Best Hindi Film: QueenBest Assamese Film: OthelloBest Bengali Film: NirbashitoBest Kannada Film: HarivuBest Konkani Film: Nachom - IA KumpasarBest Malayalam Film: AinBest Marathi Film: Killa

Best Odiya Film: Aadim VicharBest Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984Best Tamil Film: Kuttram KadithalBest Telugu Film: Chandamama KathaluBest Rabha Film: OrongBest Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour

Best Films in different categories

Best Educational Film: Komal& Behind the Glass WallBest Exploration/Adventure: Film Life Force - India'sWestern GhatsBest Investigative Film: Phum ShangBest Animation Film: Sound of JoyBest Short Fiction Film: MitraaBest Film On Environment Conservation/

Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)Best Popular Film Providing WholesomeEntertainment: Mary KomIndira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of ADirector: Asha JaoarMajhe (Bengali)Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati &English)Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur

OSCAR Award 2015: The 87th annual awards presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)which honored the best film of year 2014. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles on 22February 2015. "Birdman" won the Best picture and Best Director award at the 87th annual Academy Awards.List of this year winner's at Academy Awards.1. Best Picture - "Birdman"2. Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory ofEverything"3. Best Actress - Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"4. Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"5. Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"6. Best Director - Alejandro González Iárritu, "Birdman"7. Best Original Screenplay - "Birdman," by Alejandro G.Iárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. &Armando Bo8. Best Adapted Screenplay - "The Imitation Game," byGraham Moore9. Best Animated Feature Film - "Big Hero 6″

10. Best Original Song - Glory," from "Selma," by JohnStephens and Lonnie Lynn"11. Best Foreign Language Film - "Ida" (Poland)12. Best Animated Short Film - "Feast"13. Best Cinematography - "Birdman," Emmanuel Lubezki14. Best Film Editing - "Whiplash," Tom Cross15. Best Visual Effects - "Interstellar"16. Best Live Action Short Film: "The Phone Call"17. Best Documentary: "Citizen Four"18. Best Sound Mixing: "Whiplash"19. Best Sound Editing: "American Sniper"20. Best Makeup & Hairstyling: "The Grand BudapestHotel"

Note: "12 Years a Slave won the best movie award at 2014 Oscar Award. Best Actor award won by - Matthew McConaughey,for movie "Dallas Buyer's Club" and Best Actress Award won by Cate Blanchett, for "Blue Jasmine.

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Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh forsong Bismil from HaiderBest Films in different languages

Best Hindi Film: QueenBest Assamese Film: OthelloBest Bengali Film: NirbashitoBest Kannada Film: HarivuBest Konkani Film: Nachom - IA KumpasarBest Malayalam Film: AinBest Marathi Film: Killa

Best Odiya Film: Aadim VicharBest Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984Best Tamil Film: Kuttram KadithalBest Telugu Film: Chandamama KathaluBest Rabha Film: OrongBest Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour

Best Films in different categories

Best Educational Film: Komal& Behind the Glass WallBest Exploration/Adventure: Film Life Force - India'sWestern GhatsBest Investigative Film: Phum ShangBest Animation Film: Sound of JoyBest Short Fiction Film: MitraaBest Film On Environment Conservation/

Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)Best Popular Film Providing WholesomeEntertainment: Mary KomIndira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of ADirector: Asha JaoarMajhe (Bengali)Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati &English)Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur

OSCAR Award 2015: The 87th annual awards presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)which honored the best film of year 2014. The ceremony took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles on 22February 2015. "Birdman" won the Best picture and Best Director award at the 87th annual Academy Awards.List of this year winner's at Academy Awards.1. Best Picture - "Birdman"2. Best Actor - Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory ofEverything"3. Best Actress - Julianne Moore, "Still Alice"4. Best Supporting Actor - J.K. Simmons, "Whiplash"5. Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette, "Boyhood"6. Best Director - Alejandro González Iárritu, "Birdman"7. Best Original Screenplay - "Birdman," by Alejandro G.Iárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. &Armando Bo8. Best Adapted Screenplay - "The Imitation Game," byGraham Moore9. Best Animated Feature Film - "Big Hero 6″

10. Best Original Song - Glory," from "Selma," by JohnStephens and Lonnie Lynn"11. Best Foreign Language Film - "Ida" (Poland)12. Best Animated Short Film - "Feast"13. Best Cinematography - "Birdman," Emmanuel Lubezki14. Best Film Editing - "Whiplash," Tom Cross15. Best Visual Effects - "Interstellar"16. Best Live Action Short Film: "The Phone Call"17. Best Documentary: "Citizen Four"18. Best Sound Mixing: "Whiplash"19. Best Sound Editing: "American Sniper"20. Best Makeup & Hairstyling: "The Grand BudapestHotel"

Note: "12 Years a Slave won the best movie award at 2014 Oscar Award. Best Actor award won by - Matthew McConaughey,for movie "Dallas Buyer's Club" and Best Actress Award won by Cate Blanchett, for "Blue Jasmine.

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68th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA): The awards were announced to honour the best British andinternational contributions to film in 2014.List of Winners:• Best Film: Boyhood• Leading Actress: Julianne Moore for her role in Still Alice• Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne for his role in The Theory of Everything• Best Director: Richard Linklater for Boyhood• Film Not in English Language: Ida• Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood• Supporting Actor: JK Simmons for Whiplash• Best Animated Film: The Lego Movie• Best Documentary: Citizen four directed by Laura Poitras60thFilmfare Awards: The Awards were announced at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Shahid Kapoor won the BestMale Actor Award for film Haider and Kangana Ranaut won the Best Female Actor Award for film Queen.List of Winners: Best Actor (male): Shahid Kapoor for film Haider directed by VishalBhardwaj Best Actor (female): Kangana Ranaut for film Queen directed by Vikas Bahl Best Film: Queen directed by Vikas Bahl Best Director: Vikas Bahl for film Queen Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award: Kamini Kaushal Best Film (Critics): Ankhon Dekhi directed by Rajat Kapoor Best Male Actor (Critics): Sanjay Mishra for film Ankhon Dekhi Best Female Actor (Critics): Alia Bhatt for film Highway written and directed by Imtiaz Ali Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Kay Kay Menon for film Haider Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Tabu for film Haider Best Story: Rajat Kapoor for film Ankhon Dekhi Best Director Debut: Abhishek Varman for film 2 States directed by Bhushan PatelNote: In 2014, Farhan Akhtar for his performance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Deepika Padukone for her role in Ram Leelawon the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 59th Filmfare Awards.Padma Awards 2014The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are womenand the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 posthumous awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

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68th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA): The awards were announced to honour the best British andinternational contributions to film in 2014.List of Winners:• Best Film: Boyhood• Leading Actress: Julianne Moore for her role in Still Alice• Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne for his role in The Theory of Everything• Best Director: Richard Linklater for Boyhood• Film Not in English Language: Ida• Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood• Supporting Actor: JK Simmons for Whiplash• Best Animated Film: The Lego Movie• Best Documentary: Citizen four directed by Laura Poitras60thFilmfare Awards: The Awards were announced at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Shahid Kapoor won the BestMale Actor Award for film Haider and Kangana Ranaut won the Best Female Actor Award for film Queen.List of Winners: Best Actor (male): Shahid Kapoor for film Haider directed by VishalBhardwaj Best Actor (female): Kangana Ranaut for film Queen directed by Vikas Bahl Best Film: Queen directed by Vikas Bahl Best Director: Vikas Bahl for film Queen Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award: Kamini Kaushal Best Film (Critics): Ankhon Dekhi directed by Rajat Kapoor Best Male Actor (Critics): Sanjay Mishra for film Ankhon Dekhi Best Female Actor (Critics): Alia Bhatt for film Highway written and directed by Imtiaz Ali Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Kay Kay Menon for film Haider Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Tabu for film Haider Best Story: Rajat Kapoor for film Ankhon Dekhi Best Director Debut: Abhishek Varman for film 2 States directed by Bhushan PatelNote: In 2014, Farhan Akhtar for his performance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Deepika Padukone for her role in Ram Leelawon the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 59th Filmfare Awards.Padma Awards 2014The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are womenand the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 posthumous awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

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68th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA): The awards were announced to honour the best British andinternational contributions to film in 2014.List of Winners:• Best Film: Boyhood• Leading Actress: Julianne Moore for her role in Still Alice• Leading Actor: Eddie Redmayne for his role in The Theory of Everything• Best Director: Richard Linklater for Boyhood• Film Not in English Language: Ida• Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood• Supporting Actor: JK Simmons for Whiplash• Best Animated Film: The Lego Movie• Best Documentary: Citizen four directed by Laura Poitras60thFilmfare Awards: The Awards were announced at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Shahid Kapoor won the BestMale Actor Award for film Haider and Kangana Ranaut won the Best Female Actor Award for film Queen.List of Winners: Best Actor (male): Shahid Kapoor for film Haider directed by VishalBhardwaj Best Actor (female): Kangana Ranaut for film Queen directed by Vikas Bahl Best Film: Queen directed by Vikas Bahl Best Director: Vikas Bahl for film Queen Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award: Kamini Kaushal Best Film (Critics): Ankhon Dekhi directed by Rajat Kapoor Best Male Actor (Critics): Sanjay Mishra for film Ankhon Dekhi Best Female Actor (Critics): Alia Bhatt for film Highway written and directed by Imtiaz Ali Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Kay Kay Menon for film Haider Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Tabu for film Haider Best Story: Rajat Kapoor for film Ankhon Dekhi Best Director Debut: Abhishek Varman for film 2 States directed by Bhushan PatelNote: In 2014, Farhan Akhtar for his performance in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Deepika Padukone for her role in Ram Leelawon the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 59th Filmfare Awards.Padma Awards 2014The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are womenand the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 posthumous awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

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1. LK Advani - Public Affairs - Gujarat2. Amitabh Bachchan - Art - Maharashtra3. Prakash Singh Badal - Public Affairs - Punjab4. Dr D VeerendraHeggade - Social Work - Karnataka5. Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar - Art -Maharashtra

6. JagadguruRamanandacharya SwamiRambhadracharya - Others - Uttar Pradesh7. Prof MalurRamaswamy Srinivasan - Science andEngineering - Tamil Nadu8. Kottayan K. Venugopal - Public Affairs - Delhi9. Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner) - Trade andIndustry - France/UK

Padma Bhushan

1. Jahnu Barua - Art - Assam2. Dr Vijay Bhatkar - Science and Engineering -Maharashtra3. Shri Swapan Dasgupta - Literature and Education -Delhi4. Swami Satyamitranand Giri - Others - Uttar Pradesh5. N Gopalaswami - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu6. DrSubhash C Kashyap - Public Affairs - Delhi7. Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj - Art - MadhyaPradesh8. Dr Ambrish Mithal - Medicine - Delhi9. Sudha Ragunathan - Art - Tamil Nadu10. Shri Harish Salve - Public Affairs - Delhi

11. Dr Ashok Seth - Medicine - Delhi12. Rajat Sharma - Literature and Education - Delhi13. Satpal - Sports - Delhi14. Shivakumara Swami - Others - Karnataka15. Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya - Science and Engineering -Karnataka16. Prof Manjul Bhargava (NRI/PIO) - Science andEngineering - USA17. David Frawley (Vamadeva) (Foreigner) - Others - USA18. Bill Gates (Foreigner) - Social Work - USA19. Melinda Gates (Foreigner) - Social Work - USA20. Saichiro Misumi (Foreigner) - Others - Japan

Padma Shri

1. Dr Manjula Anagani - Medicine - Telangana2. S Arunan - Science and Engineering - Karnataka3. Kanyakumari Avasarala - Art - Tamil Nadu4. Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer - Literature and Education- Jammu and Kashmir5. NareshBedi - Art - Delhi6. Ashok Bhagat - Social Work - Jharkhand7. Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Art - Maharashtra8. Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora - Literature and Education -Assam9. Dr Gyan Chaturvedi - Literature and Education -Madhya Pradesh10. Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla - Medicine -Chandigarh11. Jayakumari Chikkala - Medicine - Delhi12. Bibek Debroy - Literature and Education - Delhi13. DrSarungbam BimolaKumari Devi - Medicine -Manipur14. Dr Ashok Gulati - Public Affairs - Delhi15. Dr Randeep Guleria - Medicine - Delhi16. Dr KP Haridas - Medicine - Kerala17. Rahul Jain - Art - Delhi18. Ravindra Jain - Art - Maharashtra19. Dr Sunil Jogi - Literature and Education - Delhi20. Prasoon Joshi - Art - Maharashtra21. Dr PrafullaKar - Art - Odisha22. Saba Anjum - Sports - Chhattisgarh23. Ushakiran Khan - Literature and Education - Bihar

24. Dr Rajesh Kotecha - Medicine - Rajasthan25. Prof Alka Kriplani - Medicine Delhi26. Dr Harsh Kumar - Medicine - Delhi27. Narayana Purushothama Mallaya - Literature &Education - Kerala28. Lambert Mascarenhas - Literature and Education -Goa29. Dr JanakPalta McGilligan - Social Work - MadhyaPradesh30. Veerendra Raj Mehta - Social Work - Delhi31. Tarak Mehta - Art - Gujarat32. Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art), Meghalaya33. ChewangNorphel - Others - Jammu and Kashmir34. TV Mohandas Pai - Trade and Industry - Karnataka35. DrTejas Patel - Medicine - Gujarat36. Jadav MolaiPeyang - Others - Assam37. Bimla Poddar - Others - Uttar Pradesh38. Dr N Prabhakar - Science and Engg - Delhi39. Dr Prahalada - Science and Engg - Maharashtra40. Dr Narendra Prasad - Medicine - Bihar41. Ram Bahadur Rai - Literature and Education - Delhi42. Mithali Raj - Sports - Telangana43. PV Rajaraman - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu44. Prof JS Rajput - Literature and Education - UttarPradesh45. Kota Srinivasa Rao - Art - Andhra Pradesh46. Prof Bimal Roy - Literature and Education - WestBengal

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1. LK Advani - Public Affairs - Gujarat2. Amitabh Bachchan - Art - Maharashtra3. Prakash Singh Badal - Public Affairs - Punjab4. Dr D VeerendraHeggade - Social Work - Karnataka5. Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar - Art -Maharashtra

6. JagadguruRamanandacharya SwamiRambhadracharya - Others - Uttar Pradesh7. Prof MalurRamaswamy Srinivasan - Science andEngineering - Tamil Nadu8. Kottayan K. Venugopal - Public Affairs - Delhi9. Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner) - Trade andIndustry - France/UK

Padma Bhushan

1. Jahnu Barua - Art - Assam2. Dr Vijay Bhatkar - Science and Engineering -Maharashtra3. Shri Swapan Dasgupta - Literature and Education -Delhi4. Swami Satyamitranand Giri - Others - Uttar Pradesh5. N Gopalaswami - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu6. DrSubhash C Kashyap - Public Affairs - Delhi7. Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj - Art - MadhyaPradesh8. Dr Ambrish Mithal - Medicine - Delhi9. Sudha Ragunathan - Art - Tamil Nadu10. Shri Harish Salve - Public Affairs - Delhi

11. Dr Ashok Seth - Medicine - Delhi12. Rajat Sharma - Literature and Education - Delhi13. Satpal - Sports - Delhi14. Shivakumara Swami - Others - Karnataka15. Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya - Science and Engineering -Karnataka16. Prof Manjul Bhargava (NRI/PIO) - Science andEngineering - USA17. David Frawley (Vamadeva) (Foreigner) - Others - USA18. Bill Gates (Foreigner) - Social Work - USA19. Melinda Gates (Foreigner) - Social Work - USA20. Saichiro Misumi (Foreigner) - Others - Japan

Padma Shri

1. Dr Manjula Anagani - Medicine - Telangana2. S Arunan - Science and Engineering - Karnataka3. Kanyakumari Avasarala - Art - Tamil Nadu4. Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer - Literature and Education- Jammu and Kashmir5. NareshBedi - Art - Delhi6. Ashok Bhagat - Social Work - Jharkhand7. Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Art - Maharashtra8. Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora - Literature and Education -Assam9. Dr Gyan Chaturvedi - Literature and Education -Madhya Pradesh10. Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla - Medicine -Chandigarh11. Jayakumari Chikkala - Medicine - Delhi12. Bibek Debroy - Literature and Education - Delhi13. DrSarungbam BimolaKumari Devi - Medicine -Manipur14. Dr Ashok Gulati - Public Affairs - Delhi15. Dr Randeep Guleria - Medicine - Delhi16. Dr KP Haridas - Medicine - Kerala17. Rahul Jain - Art - Delhi18. Ravindra Jain - Art - Maharashtra19. Dr Sunil Jogi - Literature and Education - Delhi20. Prasoon Joshi - Art - Maharashtra21. Dr PrafullaKar - Art - Odisha22. Saba Anjum - Sports - Chhattisgarh23. Ushakiran Khan - Literature and Education - Bihar

24. Dr Rajesh Kotecha - Medicine - Rajasthan25. Prof Alka Kriplani - Medicine Delhi26. Dr Harsh Kumar - Medicine - Delhi27. Narayana Purushothama Mallaya - Literature &Education - Kerala28. Lambert Mascarenhas - Literature and Education -Goa29. Dr JanakPalta McGilligan - Social Work - MadhyaPradesh30. Veerendra Raj Mehta - Social Work - Delhi31. Tarak Mehta - Art - Gujarat32. Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art), Meghalaya33. ChewangNorphel - Others - Jammu and Kashmir34. TV Mohandas Pai - Trade and Industry - Karnataka35. DrTejas Patel - Medicine - Gujarat36. Jadav MolaiPeyang - Others - Assam37. Bimla Poddar - Others - Uttar Pradesh38. Dr N Prabhakar - Science and Engg - Delhi39. Dr Prahalada - Science and Engg - Maharashtra40. Dr Narendra Prasad - Medicine - Bihar41. Ram Bahadur Rai - Literature and Education - Delhi42. Mithali Raj - Sports - Telangana43. PV Rajaraman - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu44. Prof JS Rajput - Literature and Education - UttarPradesh45. Kota Srinivasa Rao - Art - Andhra Pradesh46. Prof Bimal Roy - Literature and Education - WestBengal

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1. LK Advani - Public Affairs - Gujarat2. Amitabh Bachchan - Art - Maharashtra3. Prakash Singh Badal - Public Affairs - Punjab4. Dr D VeerendraHeggade - Social Work - Karnataka5. Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar - Art -Maharashtra

6. JagadguruRamanandacharya SwamiRambhadracharya - Others - Uttar Pradesh7. Prof MalurRamaswamy Srinivasan - Science andEngineering - Tamil Nadu8. Kottayan K. Venugopal - Public Affairs - Delhi9. Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner) - Trade andIndustry - France/UK

Padma Bhushan

1. Jahnu Barua - Art - Assam2. Dr Vijay Bhatkar - Science and Engineering -Maharashtra3. Shri Swapan Dasgupta - Literature and Education -Delhi4. Swami Satyamitranand Giri - Others - Uttar Pradesh5. N Gopalaswami - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu6. DrSubhash C Kashyap - Public Affairs - Delhi7. Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj - Art - MadhyaPradesh8. Dr Ambrish Mithal - Medicine - Delhi9. Sudha Ragunathan - Art - Tamil Nadu10. Shri Harish Salve - Public Affairs - Delhi

11. Dr Ashok Seth - Medicine - Delhi12. Rajat Sharma - Literature and Education - Delhi13. Satpal - Sports - Delhi14. Shivakumara Swami - Others - Karnataka15. Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya - Science and Engineering -Karnataka16. Prof Manjul Bhargava (NRI/PIO) - Science andEngineering - USA17. David Frawley (Vamadeva) (Foreigner) - Others - USA18. Bill Gates (Foreigner) - Social Work - USA19. Melinda Gates (Foreigner) - Social Work - USA20. Saichiro Misumi (Foreigner) - Others - Japan

Padma Shri

1. Dr Manjula Anagani - Medicine - Telangana2. S Arunan - Science and Engineering - Karnataka3. Kanyakumari Avasarala - Art - Tamil Nadu4. Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer - Literature and Education- Jammu and Kashmir5. NareshBedi - Art - Delhi6. Ashok Bhagat - Social Work - Jharkhand7. Sanjay Leela Bhansali - Art - Maharashtra8. Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora - Literature and Education -Assam9. Dr Gyan Chaturvedi - Literature and Education -Madhya Pradesh10. Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla - Medicine -Chandigarh11. Jayakumari Chikkala - Medicine - Delhi12. Bibek Debroy - Literature and Education - Delhi13. DrSarungbam BimolaKumari Devi - Medicine -Manipur14. Dr Ashok Gulati - Public Affairs - Delhi15. Dr Randeep Guleria - Medicine - Delhi16. Dr KP Haridas - Medicine - Kerala17. Rahul Jain - Art - Delhi18. Ravindra Jain - Art - Maharashtra19. Dr Sunil Jogi - Literature and Education - Delhi20. Prasoon Joshi - Art - Maharashtra21. Dr PrafullaKar - Art - Odisha22. Saba Anjum - Sports - Chhattisgarh23. Ushakiran Khan - Literature and Education - Bihar

24. Dr Rajesh Kotecha - Medicine - Rajasthan25. Prof Alka Kriplani - Medicine Delhi26. Dr Harsh Kumar - Medicine - Delhi27. Narayana Purushothama Mallaya - Literature &Education - Kerala28. Lambert Mascarenhas - Literature and Education -Goa29. Dr JanakPalta McGilligan - Social Work - MadhyaPradesh30. Veerendra Raj Mehta - Social Work - Delhi31. Tarak Mehta - Art - Gujarat32. Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art), Meghalaya33. ChewangNorphel - Others - Jammu and Kashmir34. TV Mohandas Pai - Trade and Industry - Karnataka35. DrTejas Patel - Medicine - Gujarat36. Jadav MolaiPeyang - Others - Assam37. Bimla Poddar - Others - Uttar Pradesh38. Dr N Prabhakar - Science and Engg - Delhi39. Dr Prahalada - Science and Engg - Maharashtra40. Dr Narendra Prasad - Medicine - Bihar41. Ram Bahadur Rai - Literature and Education - Delhi42. Mithali Raj - Sports - Telangana43. PV Rajaraman - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu44. Prof JS Rajput - Literature and Education - UttarPradesh45. Kota Srinivasa Rao - Art - Andhra Pradesh46. Prof Bimal Roy - Literature and Education - WestBengal

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47. Shekhar Sen - Art - Maharashtra48. Gunvant Shah - Literature and Education - Gujarat49. Brahmdev Sharma - Literature and Education - Delhi50. Manu Sharma - Literature and Education - UttarPradesh51. Prof Yog Raj Sharma - Medicine - Delhi52. Vasant Shastri - Science and Engg - Karnataka53. SK Shivkumar - Science and Engg - Karnataka54. PV Sindhu - Sports - Telangana55. Sardara Singh - Sports - Haryana56. Arunima Sinha - Sports - Uttar Pradesh57. Mahesh Raj Soni - Art - Rajasthan58. Dr Nikhil Tandon - Medicine - Delhi59. H Thegtse Rinpoche - Social Work - ArunachalPradesh60. Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi - Medicine -Gujarat61. Huang Baosheng - Others - China62. Prof Jacques Blamont - Science and Engg - France63. Late Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin - Others -Maharashtra (Posthumous)

64. Jean - Claude Carriere - Literature and Education -France65. Dr Nandrajan ‘Raj’ Chetty - Literature and Education -France66. George L Hart - Others - USA67. Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja - Others -Portugal68. Late MeethaLal Mehta - Social Work - Rajasthan(Posthumous)69. Tripti Mukherjee - Art - USA70. Dr Dattatreyudu Nori - Medicine - USA71. Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (Medicine), USA72. Dr Saumitra Rawat - Medicine - UK73. Prof Annette Schmiedchen (Literature and Education),Germany74. Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran - Art - Delhi(Posthumous)75. Late R Vasudevan - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu(Posthumous)

Important News - India - Nation

Important News – India & Abroad1. Indian Railways launched its own RuPay pre-paid card in collaboration withthe Union Bank of India.The card will enable passengers to book their Railtickets and do shopping using RuPay pre-paid debit cards. Card can beavailed from either the Union Bank or the IRCTC. Govt. approved33%

women reservation in police forces of all Union Territories: Thegovernment of India has approved 33 percent reservation for women inpolice forces of all Union territories (UTs) including Delhi police, throughdirect recruitment in non-gazetted posts like constables to sub-inspectors.The reservation will also cover reserved categories like SCs, STs andOBCs.The reservation would apply to all existing vacancies in police forcesof the UTs and any vacancy arising later.2. Railway's Kaya Kalp council will be headed by Ratan Tata: A newinnovative council of Indian Railways, called 'Kaya Kalp', formed to turnaround the ailing state-run rail network will be headed by notedindustrialist Ratan Tata.Along with Ratan Tata, the Kaya Kalp council willalso have two railway union leaders Shiv Gopal Mishra and M Raghuvaiah.3. Yahoo has decided to shut down its operations and research center inBeijing, China.Yahoo Inc. is an American multinational Internet corporationheadquartered in Sunnyvale, California.4. US and Russia remain world’s biggest arms exporters – study - Accordingto the new study of Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPRI); Russiaremains the world’s second biggest seller of arms behind the United States,increasing its share by 37 percent in 2010-2014. China has overtaken Germany to become third-biggest arms exporter inthe World.

Top 5 world’s biggest arms exporters:1. US2. Russia3. China4. Germany5. France5. India and Saudi Arabia is the World’s biggest arms importers: According to the new study of Stockholm InternationalPeace Institute (SIPRI); India, Saudi Arabia, China, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan have become the largest

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47. Shekhar Sen - Art - Maharashtra48. Gunvant Shah - Literature and Education - Gujarat49. Brahmdev Sharma - Literature and Education - Delhi50. Manu Sharma - Literature and Education - UttarPradesh51. Prof Yog Raj Sharma - Medicine - Delhi52. Vasant Shastri - Science and Engg - Karnataka53. SK Shivkumar - Science and Engg - Karnataka54. PV Sindhu - Sports - Telangana55. Sardara Singh - Sports - Haryana56. Arunima Sinha - Sports - Uttar Pradesh57. Mahesh Raj Soni - Art - Rajasthan58. Dr Nikhil Tandon - Medicine - Delhi59. H Thegtse Rinpoche - Social Work - ArunachalPradesh60. Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi - Medicine -Gujarat61. Huang Baosheng - Others - China62. Prof Jacques Blamont - Science and Engg - France63. Late Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin - Others -Maharashtra (Posthumous)

64. Jean - Claude Carriere - Literature and Education -France65. Dr Nandrajan ‘Raj’ Chetty - Literature and Education -France66. George L Hart - Others - USA67. Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja - Others -Portugal68. Late MeethaLal Mehta - Social Work - Rajasthan(Posthumous)69. Tripti Mukherjee - Art - USA70. Dr Dattatreyudu Nori - Medicine - USA71. Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (Medicine), USA72. Dr Saumitra Rawat - Medicine - UK73. Prof Annette Schmiedchen (Literature and Education),Germany74. Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran - Art - Delhi(Posthumous)75. Late R Vasudevan - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu(Posthumous)

Important News - India - Nation

Important News – India & Abroad1. Indian Railways launched its own RuPay pre-paid card in collaboration withthe Union Bank of India.The card will enable passengers to book their Railtickets and do shopping using RuPay pre-paid debit cards. Card can beavailed from either the Union Bank or the IRCTC. Govt. approved33%

women reservation in police forces of all Union Territories: Thegovernment of India has approved 33 percent reservation for women inpolice forces of all Union territories (UTs) including Delhi police, throughdirect recruitment in non-gazetted posts like constables to sub-inspectors.The reservation will also cover reserved categories like SCs, STs andOBCs.The reservation would apply to all existing vacancies in police forcesof the UTs and any vacancy arising later.2. Railway's Kaya Kalp council will be headed by Ratan Tata: A newinnovative council of Indian Railways, called 'Kaya Kalp', formed to turnaround the ailing state-run rail network will be headed by notedindustrialist Ratan Tata.Along with Ratan Tata, the Kaya Kalp council willalso have two railway union leaders Shiv Gopal Mishra and M Raghuvaiah.3. Yahoo has decided to shut down its operations and research center inBeijing, China.Yahoo Inc. is an American multinational Internet corporationheadquartered in Sunnyvale, California.4. US and Russia remain world’s biggest arms exporters – study - Accordingto the new study of Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPRI); Russiaremains the world’s second biggest seller of arms behind the United States,increasing its share by 37 percent in 2010-2014. China has overtaken Germany to become third-biggest arms exporter inthe World.

Top 5 world’s biggest arms exporters:1. US2. Russia3. China4. Germany5. France5. India and Saudi Arabia is the World’s biggest arms importers: According to the new study of Stockholm InternationalPeace Institute (SIPRI); India, Saudi Arabia, China, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan have become the largest

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47. Shekhar Sen - Art - Maharashtra48. Gunvant Shah - Literature and Education - Gujarat49. Brahmdev Sharma - Literature and Education - Delhi50. Manu Sharma - Literature and Education - UttarPradesh51. Prof Yog Raj Sharma - Medicine - Delhi52. Vasant Shastri - Science and Engg - Karnataka53. SK Shivkumar - Science and Engg - Karnataka54. PV Sindhu - Sports - Telangana55. Sardara Singh - Sports - Haryana56. Arunima Sinha - Sports - Uttar Pradesh57. Mahesh Raj Soni - Art - Rajasthan58. Dr Nikhil Tandon - Medicine - Delhi59. H Thegtse Rinpoche - Social Work - ArunachalPradesh60. Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi - Medicine -Gujarat61. Huang Baosheng - Others - China62. Prof Jacques Blamont - Science and Engg - France63. Late Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin - Others -Maharashtra (Posthumous)

64. Jean - Claude Carriere - Literature and Education -France65. Dr Nandrajan ‘Raj’ Chetty - Literature and Education -France66. George L Hart - Others - USA67. Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja - Others -Portugal68. Late MeethaLal Mehta - Social Work - Rajasthan(Posthumous)69. Tripti Mukherjee - Art - USA70. Dr Dattatreyudu Nori - Medicine - USA71. Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (Medicine), USA72. Dr Saumitra Rawat - Medicine - UK73. Prof Annette Schmiedchen (Literature and Education),Germany74. Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran - Art - Delhi(Posthumous)75. Late R Vasudevan - Civil Service - Tamil Nadu(Posthumous)

Important News - India - Nation

Important News – India & Abroad1. Indian Railways launched its own RuPay pre-paid card in collaboration withthe Union Bank of India.The card will enable passengers to book their Railtickets and do shopping using RuPay pre-paid debit cards. Card can beavailed from either the Union Bank or the IRCTC. Govt. approved33%

women reservation in police forces of all Union Territories: Thegovernment of India has approved 33 percent reservation for women inpolice forces of all Union territories (UTs) including Delhi police, throughdirect recruitment in non-gazetted posts like constables to sub-inspectors.The reservation will also cover reserved categories like SCs, STs andOBCs.The reservation would apply to all existing vacancies in police forcesof the UTs and any vacancy arising later.2. Railway's Kaya Kalp council will be headed by Ratan Tata: A newinnovative council of Indian Railways, called 'Kaya Kalp', formed to turnaround the ailing state-run rail network will be headed by notedindustrialist Ratan Tata.Along with Ratan Tata, the Kaya Kalp council willalso have two railway union leaders Shiv Gopal Mishra and M Raghuvaiah.3. Yahoo has decided to shut down its operations and research center inBeijing, China.Yahoo Inc. is an American multinational Internet corporationheadquartered in Sunnyvale, California.4. US and Russia remain world’s biggest arms exporters – study - Accordingto the new study of Stockholm International Peace Institute (SIPRI); Russiaremains the world’s second biggest seller of arms behind the United States,increasing its share by 37 percent in 2010-2014. China has overtaken Germany to become third-biggest arms exporter inthe World.

Top 5 world’s biggest arms exporters:1. US2. Russia3. China4. Germany5. France5. India and Saudi Arabia is the World’s biggest arms importers: According to the new study of Stockholm InternationalPeace Institute (SIPRI); India, Saudi Arabia, China, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan have become the largest

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importers of weapons in 2010-2014. India made 15 percent, while Saudi Arabia and China accounted for 5 percent eachand the UAE and Pakistan for 4 percent.6. Supreme Court rejects reservation to jats under OBC quota: Supreme Court rejects the March 2014 notification of UPAgovernment which included reservation to Jats under OBC quota in nine states of India which includes; Bihar, Gujarat,Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.7. LIC to help Indian Railways in development projects: According to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, LIC has taken thetask of supporting Indian Railways and it is a commercial decision. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will invest Rs1.5 Lakh crore in Indian Railways over next 5 years for development of various commercially viable projects.Theinvestment would be done in bonds issued by various railway entities such as Indian Railways Finance Corporation,beginning next fiscal.8. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London. The nine-foot bronze statue ofGandhi was created by Phillip Jackson, a renowned British sculptor, and will stand in the company of Nelson Mandela,Winston Churchill, and Abraham Lincoln, among others.9. Apurva, a new calf cloned by National Dairy Research Institute: National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) have cloneda female calf using cells (somatic cells) from the buffalo's urine.The calf named Apurva and it is the tenth cloned calf in theNDRI, since the institute produced world's first cloned buffalo calf in 2009.This is probably first case in the world acrossthe species, in which somatic cells has been isolated from urine and cloned calf has been produced.10. US embassy in closed in Saudi Arabia: United States has closed its embassy in Saudi Arabia for indefinite period, due toheightened security concerns at US diplomatic facilities.11. According to the Mastercard's latest Index of Women's Advancement, India is the lowest among 16 Asia Pacific countriesin economic parity for women.Indian women stand even lower than their counterparts from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, thesurvey said.India (44.2), Bangladesh (44.6) and Sri Lanka (46.2) had scores below 50, indicating that much more needs tobe done to achieve gender parity.Across the region, New Zealand had the highest overall Index score of 77, followed byAustralia (76), the Philippines (72.6) and Singapore (70.5).12. Zebpay introduces its 'bitcoin' mobile wallet in the country, by which a user can buy, sell and transact in bitcoins which ispresently valued at around $280 per unit.Bitcoins are digital money that are generated and their value is determinedbased on their demand and supply.13. PM launches first indigenous rotavirus vaccine: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first indigenouslydeveloped and manufactured rotavirus vaccine, which will help in diarrhoea cases. The vaccine is developed through acollaboration between India and the United States, is expected to help bring about a significant reduction in the 100,000infant deaths caused by the rotavirus diarrhoea in India.14. Kathmandu-Varanasi bus service launched: The Government of Nepal and India has launched a direct bus service fromKathmandu and Varanasi.The bus service was launched under the ambit of Motor Vehicle agreement between Nepal andIndia signed during 18th SAARC summit.This will be the second bus service between Nepal and India, after the oneconnected between Kathmandu and New Delhi.15. Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda declared 10 February as the National Deworming Day.National Deworming Day is an initiative focused on reducing the threat of parasitic worm infections, a widespread healthissue affecting over 24 crore children in India alone.16. India ranked 136 in World Press freedom Index 2015. Finland on the first position followed by Norway and Denmark.17. TRAI amended the MNP regulations, effective from May 3, 2015: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India amended themobile number portability (MNP) regulations to allow users to change their service provider in any part of the countrywhile retaining the number. Pan India Mobile number portability will be effective from May 3, 2015 which helps user orsubscriber to retain the same mobile number on relocating to anywhere in India.18. Government give green signal for 15000 MW grid-connected solar projects: The Government of India has given the greensignal to implement the scheme for setting up of 15,000 Mega Watt Grid-connected Solar Photo Voltaic Power projectsunder the National Solar Mission. The scheme will be implemented through NTPC and NTPC VidyutVyapar Nigam Limited.19. Facebook and Reliance Communications (RCom) join hands to launch Internet.org in India. The app, aimed at low incomeand rural users, will offer access to more than 30 web services, including job listings, healthcare and education sites, aswell as Facebook's own social network and messaging services.20. Indians rank 16th on leaked HSBC list: In the new HSBC list of Swiss bank account holders, Indians ranked on 16thplace with total funds of $4.1 billion. Switzerland people remain on the top rank in the list. In terms of money in these

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importers of weapons in 2010-2014. India made 15 percent, while Saudi Arabia and China accounted for 5 percent eachand the UAE and Pakistan for 4 percent.6. Supreme Court rejects reservation to jats under OBC quota: Supreme Court rejects the March 2014 notification of UPAgovernment which included reservation to Jats under OBC quota in nine states of India which includes; Bihar, Gujarat,Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.7. LIC to help Indian Railways in development projects: According to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, LIC has taken thetask of supporting Indian Railways and it is a commercial decision. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will invest Rs1.5 Lakh crore in Indian Railways over next 5 years for development of various commercially viable projects.Theinvestment would be done in bonds issued by various railway entities such as Indian Railways Finance Corporation,beginning next fiscal.8. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London. The nine-foot bronze statue ofGandhi was created by Phillip Jackson, a renowned British sculptor, and will stand in the company of Nelson Mandela,Winston Churchill, and Abraham Lincoln, among others.9. Apurva, a new calf cloned by National Dairy Research Institute: National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) have cloneda female calf using cells (somatic cells) from the buffalo's urine.The calf named Apurva and it is the tenth cloned calf in theNDRI, since the institute produced world's first cloned buffalo calf in 2009.This is probably first case in the world acrossthe species, in which somatic cells has been isolated from urine and cloned calf has been produced.10. US embassy in closed in Saudi Arabia: United States has closed its embassy in Saudi Arabia for indefinite period, due toheightened security concerns at US diplomatic facilities.11. According to the Mastercard's latest Index of Women's Advancement, India is the lowest among 16 Asia Pacific countriesin economic parity for women.Indian women stand even lower than their counterparts from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, thesurvey said.India (44.2), Bangladesh (44.6) and Sri Lanka (46.2) had scores below 50, indicating that much more needs tobe done to achieve gender parity.Across the region, New Zealand had the highest overall Index score of 77, followed byAustralia (76), the Philippines (72.6) and Singapore (70.5).12. Zebpay introduces its 'bitcoin' mobile wallet in the country, by which a user can buy, sell and transact in bitcoins which ispresently valued at around $280 per unit.Bitcoins are digital money that are generated and their value is determinedbased on their demand and supply.13. PM launches first indigenous rotavirus vaccine: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first indigenouslydeveloped and manufactured rotavirus vaccine, which will help in diarrhoea cases. The vaccine is developed through acollaboration between India and the United States, is expected to help bring about a significant reduction in the 100,000infant deaths caused by the rotavirus diarrhoea in India.14. Kathmandu-Varanasi bus service launched: The Government of Nepal and India has launched a direct bus service fromKathmandu and Varanasi.The bus service was launched under the ambit of Motor Vehicle agreement between Nepal andIndia signed during 18th SAARC summit.This will be the second bus service between Nepal and India, after the oneconnected between Kathmandu and New Delhi.15. Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda declared 10 February as the National Deworming Day.National Deworming Day is an initiative focused on reducing the threat of parasitic worm infections, a widespread healthissue affecting over 24 crore children in India alone.16. India ranked 136 in World Press freedom Index 2015. Finland on the first position followed by Norway and Denmark.17. TRAI amended the MNP regulations, effective from May 3, 2015: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India amended themobile number portability (MNP) regulations to allow users to change their service provider in any part of the countrywhile retaining the number. Pan India Mobile number portability will be effective from May 3, 2015 which helps user orsubscriber to retain the same mobile number on relocating to anywhere in India.18. Government give green signal for 15000 MW grid-connected solar projects: The Government of India has given the greensignal to implement the scheme for setting up of 15,000 Mega Watt Grid-connected Solar Photo Voltaic Power projectsunder the National Solar Mission. The scheme will be implemented through NTPC and NTPC VidyutVyapar Nigam Limited.19. Facebook and Reliance Communications (RCom) join hands to launch Internet.org in India. The app, aimed at low incomeand rural users, will offer access to more than 30 web services, including job listings, healthcare and education sites, aswell as Facebook's own social network and messaging services.20. Indians rank 16th on leaked HSBC list: In the new HSBC list of Swiss bank account holders, Indians ranked on 16thplace with total funds of $4.1 billion. Switzerland people remain on the top rank in the list. In terms of money in these

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importers of weapons in 2010-2014. India made 15 percent, while Saudi Arabia and China accounted for 5 percent eachand the UAE and Pakistan for 4 percent.6. Supreme Court rejects reservation to jats under OBC quota: Supreme Court rejects the March 2014 notification of UPAgovernment which included reservation to Jats under OBC quota in nine states of India which includes; Bihar, Gujarat,Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.7. LIC to help Indian Railways in development projects: According to the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, LIC has taken thetask of supporting Indian Railways and it is a commercial decision. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will invest Rs1.5 Lakh crore in Indian Railways over next 5 years for development of various commercially viable projects.Theinvestment would be done in bonds issued by various railway entities such as Indian Railways Finance Corporation,beginning next fiscal.8. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London. The nine-foot bronze statue ofGandhi was created by Phillip Jackson, a renowned British sculptor, and will stand in the company of Nelson Mandela,Winston Churchill, and Abraham Lincoln, among others.9. Apurva, a new calf cloned by National Dairy Research Institute: National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) have cloneda female calf using cells (somatic cells) from the buffalo's urine.The calf named Apurva and it is the tenth cloned calf in theNDRI, since the institute produced world's first cloned buffalo calf in 2009.This is probably first case in the world acrossthe species, in which somatic cells has been isolated from urine and cloned calf has been produced.10. US embassy in closed in Saudi Arabia: United States has closed its embassy in Saudi Arabia for indefinite period, due toheightened security concerns at US diplomatic facilities.11. According to the Mastercard's latest Index of Women's Advancement, India is the lowest among 16 Asia Pacific countriesin economic parity for women.Indian women stand even lower than their counterparts from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, thesurvey said.India (44.2), Bangladesh (44.6) and Sri Lanka (46.2) had scores below 50, indicating that much more needs tobe done to achieve gender parity.Across the region, New Zealand had the highest overall Index score of 77, followed byAustralia (76), the Philippines (72.6) and Singapore (70.5).12. Zebpay introduces its 'bitcoin' mobile wallet in the country, by which a user can buy, sell and transact in bitcoins which ispresently valued at around $280 per unit.Bitcoins are digital money that are generated and their value is determinedbased on their demand and supply.13. PM launches first indigenous rotavirus vaccine: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first indigenouslydeveloped and manufactured rotavirus vaccine, which will help in diarrhoea cases. The vaccine is developed through acollaboration between India and the United States, is expected to help bring about a significant reduction in the 100,000infant deaths caused by the rotavirus diarrhoea in India.14. Kathmandu-Varanasi bus service launched: The Government of Nepal and India has launched a direct bus service fromKathmandu and Varanasi.The bus service was launched under the ambit of Motor Vehicle agreement between Nepal andIndia signed during 18th SAARC summit.This will be the second bus service between Nepal and India, after the oneconnected between Kathmandu and New Delhi.15. Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda declared 10 February as the National Deworming Day.National Deworming Day is an initiative focused on reducing the threat of parasitic worm infections, a widespread healthissue affecting over 24 crore children in India alone.16. India ranked 136 in World Press freedom Index 2015. Finland on the first position followed by Norway and Denmark.17. TRAI amended the MNP regulations, effective from May 3, 2015: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India amended themobile number portability (MNP) regulations to allow users to change their service provider in any part of the countrywhile retaining the number. Pan India Mobile number portability will be effective from May 3, 2015 which helps user orsubscriber to retain the same mobile number on relocating to anywhere in India.18. Government give green signal for 15000 MW grid-connected solar projects: The Government of India has given the greensignal to implement the scheme for setting up of 15,000 Mega Watt Grid-connected Solar Photo Voltaic Power projectsunder the National Solar Mission. The scheme will be implemented through NTPC and NTPC VidyutVyapar Nigam Limited.19. Facebook and Reliance Communications (RCom) join hands to launch Internet.org in India. The app, aimed at low incomeand rural users, will offer access to more than 30 web services, including job listings, healthcare and education sites, aswell as Facebook's own social network and messaging services.20. Indians rank 16th on leaked HSBC list: In the new HSBC list of Swiss bank account holders, Indians ranked on 16thplace with total funds of $4.1 billion. Switzerland people remain on the top rank in the list. In terms of money in these

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accounts, account holders from Switzerland are on the top (USD 31.2 billion), followed by UK, Venezuela, US and France inthe top five.21. Britain has become the first country to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people, a techniqueintended to help mothers avoid passing on genetically degenerative diseases to their babies.22. Country's leading taxi service aggregator Ola Cabs has acquired its rival TaxiForSure in a cash and equity deal worth $200million.23. SunEdison to set up 250 MW solar power capacity in rural areas: US - based solar energy company SunEdison will setup 250 MW of solar power generation capacity through 5,000 rural projects in India.24. Forbes Asia's 50 power businesswomen list: The Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen list showcases a year ofaccomplishments by the region’s female entrepreneurs and executives. Six Indians made it to Forbes Magazine's 50 PowerBusinesswomen from Asia.1. Arundhati Bhattacharya – Chairman, State Bank of India2) Chanda Kochchar – CEO, ICICI Bank3) Akhila Srinivasan: MD, Shriram Life Insurance/Shriram Capital4) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Founder –Chairman, Biocon5) Shikha Sharma - CEO & MD, Axis Bank6) Usha Sangwan – MD, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

Note: China dominated Forbes List with 9 women in Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen. India, Thailand and Singapore came2nd, 3rd and 4th in the list with representation of 6, 5 and 4 women respectivelyImportant News - India - States

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to set up the Shaheed Bhagat Singh PG Institute for Horticulture Research andEducation at Amritsar, Punjab.The announcement was made on the occasion of 84th Martyrdom Day at the NationalMartyrs Memorial in Hussaini wala, near Firozpur in Punjab.2. The government of India has decided to set up four new agricultural andhorticultural universities in the country. New Agricultural universities will be comeup in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan and the horticultural universities will be setup in Telangana and Haryana state.3. US NGO & MetLife to provide microfinance in UP: Grameen Foundation India(GIF) has partnered with MetLife Foundation to provide microfinance in UttarPradesh. Under the agreement both the foundation will provide savings and other services to at least 40,000 poor andwomen clients in Uttar Pradesh. Grameen Foundation India is a wholly-owned subsidiary of US based GrameenFoundation.4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the two units each of 600 MW of Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant in theKhandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired project located in Khandwa inMadhya Pradesh.5. First Kisan Call Centre (KCC) of North- East opened in Agartala, Tripura. The Kisan Call Centre will give immediatesolution and real time advisory to farmers if they need expert consultation regarding seed procurement, agro-metric,fertilizer, soil health, pesticides usage and marketing of the produces.6. Maharashtra government scraps 5% quota for Muslims: The Maharashtra government has decided not to give 5%reservations to the Muslim community in both jobs and education. The state govt. has cancelled the earlier resolution ofJuly 24, 2014 brought in by the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government that announced the 5%reservation to the Muslim community.7. Two Ghats in Varanasi equipped with Wi-Fi facility: Under the Prime Minister's dream of 'Digital India',Dashashwamedha and Sheetala the two main ghats of Ganga in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) are now equipped with Wi-Fifacility.8. Goa ranks 6th in World's best night life cities: Goa has been positioned sixth in the list of top 10 nightlife cities in theworld by 'National Geographic'. The list is topped by Dublin (Ireland) and followed by Belgrade (Serbia).

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accounts, account holders from Switzerland are on the top (USD 31.2 billion), followed by UK, Venezuela, US and France inthe top five.21. Britain has become the first country to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people, a techniqueintended to help mothers avoid passing on genetically degenerative diseases to their babies.22. Country's leading taxi service aggregator Ola Cabs has acquired its rival TaxiForSure in a cash and equity deal worth $200million.23. SunEdison to set up 250 MW solar power capacity in rural areas: US - based solar energy company SunEdison will setup 250 MW of solar power generation capacity through 5,000 rural projects in India.24. Forbes Asia's 50 power businesswomen list: The Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen list showcases a year ofaccomplishments by the region’s female entrepreneurs and executives. Six Indians made it to Forbes Magazine's 50 PowerBusinesswomen from Asia.1. Arundhati Bhattacharya – Chairman, State Bank of India2) Chanda Kochchar – CEO, ICICI Bank3) Akhila Srinivasan: MD, Shriram Life Insurance/Shriram Capital4) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Founder –Chairman, Biocon5) Shikha Sharma - CEO & MD, Axis Bank6) Usha Sangwan – MD, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

Note: China dominated Forbes List with 9 women in Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen. India, Thailand and Singapore came2nd, 3rd and 4th in the list with representation of 6, 5 and 4 women respectivelyImportant News - India - States

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to set up the Shaheed Bhagat Singh PG Institute for Horticulture Research andEducation at Amritsar, Punjab.The announcement was made on the occasion of 84th Martyrdom Day at the NationalMartyrs Memorial in Hussaini wala, near Firozpur in Punjab.2. The government of India has decided to set up four new agricultural andhorticultural universities in the country. New Agricultural universities will be comeup in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan and the horticultural universities will be setup in Telangana and Haryana state.3. US NGO & MetLife to provide microfinance in UP: Grameen Foundation India(GIF) has partnered with MetLife Foundation to provide microfinance in UttarPradesh. Under the agreement both the foundation will provide savings and other services to at least 40,000 poor andwomen clients in Uttar Pradesh. Grameen Foundation India is a wholly-owned subsidiary of US based GrameenFoundation.4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the two units each of 600 MW of Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant in theKhandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired project located in Khandwa inMadhya Pradesh.5. First Kisan Call Centre (KCC) of North- East opened in Agartala, Tripura. The Kisan Call Centre will give immediatesolution and real time advisory to farmers if they need expert consultation regarding seed procurement, agro-metric,fertilizer, soil health, pesticides usage and marketing of the produces.6. Maharashtra government scraps 5% quota for Muslims: The Maharashtra government has decided not to give 5%reservations to the Muslim community in both jobs and education. The state govt. has cancelled the earlier resolution ofJuly 24, 2014 brought in by the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government that announced the 5%reservation to the Muslim community.7. Two Ghats in Varanasi equipped with Wi-Fi facility: Under the Prime Minister's dream of 'Digital India',Dashashwamedha and Sheetala the two main ghats of Ganga in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) are now equipped with Wi-Fifacility.8. Goa ranks 6th in World's best night life cities: Goa has been positioned sixth in the list of top 10 nightlife cities in theworld by 'National Geographic'. The list is topped by Dublin (Ireland) and followed by Belgrade (Serbia).

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accounts, account holders from Switzerland are on the top (USD 31.2 billion), followed by UK, Venezuela, US and France inthe top five.21. Britain has become the first country to allow the creation of human embryos from the DNA of three people, a techniqueintended to help mothers avoid passing on genetically degenerative diseases to their babies.22. Country's leading taxi service aggregator Ola Cabs has acquired its rival TaxiForSure in a cash and equity deal worth $200million.23. SunEdison to set up 250 MW solar power capacity in rural areas: US - based solar energy company SunEdison will setup 250 MW of solar power generation capacity through 5,000 rural projects in India.24. Forbes Asia's 50 power businesswomen list: The Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen list showcases a year ofaccomplishments by the region’s female entrepreneurs and executives. Six Indians made it to Forbes Magazine's 50 PowerBusinesswomen from Asia.1. Arundhati Bhattacharya – Chairman, State Bank of India2) Chanda Kochchar – CEO, ICICI Bank3) Akhila Srinivasan: MD, Shriram Life Insurance/Shriram Capital4) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Founder –Chairman, Biocon5) Shikha Sharma - CEO & MD, Axis Bank6) Usha Sangwan – MD, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

Note: China dominated Forbes List with 9 women in Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen. India, Thailand and Singapore came2nd, 3rd and 4th in the list with representation of 6, 5 and 4 women respectivelyImportant News - India - States

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to set up the Shaheed Bhagat Singh PG Institute for Horticulture Research andEducation at Amritsar, Punjab.The announcement was made on the occasion of 84th Martyrdom Day at the NationalMartyrs Memorial in Hussaini wala, near Firozpur in Punjab.2. The government of India has decided to set up four new agricultural andhorticultural universities in the country. New Agricultural universities will be comeup in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan and the horticultural universities will be setup in Telangana and Haryana state.3. US NGO & MetLife to provide microfinance in UP: Grameen Foundation India(GIF) has partnered with MetLife Foundation to provide microfinance in UttarPradesh. Under the agreement both the foundation will provide savings and other services to at least 40,000 poor andwomen clients in Uttar Pradesh. Grameen Foundation India is a wholly-owned subsidiary of US based GrameenFoundation.4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the two units each of 600 MW of Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant in theKhandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant is a coal-fired project located in Khandwa inMadhya Pradesh.5. First Kisan Call Centre (KCC) of North- East opened in Agartala, Tripura. The Kisan Call Centre will give immediatesolution and real time advisory to farmers if they need expert consultation regarding seed procurement, agro-metric,fertilizer, soil health, pesticides usage and marketing of the produces.6. Maharashtra government scraps 5% quota for Muslims: The Maharashtra government has decided not to give 5%reservations to the Muslim community in both jobs and education. The state govt. has cancelled the earlier resolution ofJuly 24, 2014 brought in by the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government that announced the 5%reservation to the Muslim community.7. Two Ghats in Varanasi equipped with Wi-Fi facility: Under the Prime Minister's dream of 'Digital India',Dashashwamedha and Sheetala the two main ghats of Ganga in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) are now equipped with Wi-Fifacility.8. Goa ranks 6th in World's best night life cities: Goa has been positioned sixth in the list of top 10 nightlife cities in theworld by 'National Geographic'. The list is topped by Dublin (Ireland) and followed by Belgrade (Serbia).

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9. Adani to set up 10000 MW Solar Park in Rajasthan: The Rajasthan Government signed a deal with Adani EnterprisesLtd (AEL) to set up 10000 MW Solar Park in Rajasthan. Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship company of Adani Group willset up solar project of 5000 MW on its own in the next five years.10. ADB signs $400 m loan pacts with India: India and Asian Development signed an agreement, to improve district roadsin Madhya Pradesh and to support improvements to power transmission and distribution systems in Assam. ADB willprovide $350 million loan to upgrade district roads in the state of Madhya Pradesh and $ 50.2 million loan to Assam. Theproject is expected to be completed by December 31, 2018.11. Bihar government has announced to give 35% reservation to women in Non Gazetted jobs in the state.12. The Bihar government decided to provide free education to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and girlstudents till Post Graduation (PG) level in the state. The government would reimburse the financial loss to suchuniversities/colleges after gathering information about it.13. Madhya Pradesh won national award for excellent work in MGNREGA: Madhya Pradesh has been awarded the 10thnational award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - MGNREGA. This awardhas been given to Madhya Pradesh for convergence of MGNREGA and other schemes for construction of permanent assetsand for excellent work in providing opportunities for earning permanent income. Madhya Pradesh is at the top inconstruction of permanent assets through MGNREGA convergence in the country.14. Kerala became the first state to have first Hi - speed Rural Broadband Network: India’s first Hi - speed RuralBroadband Network (National Optical Fibre Network) was commissioned by the government in the Idukki district ofKerala. Under this programme, all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats in the country will be connected on optical fibre. The aim ofthis service is to offer people friendly services like E - health, E - Commerce and E - Education.15. Kerala to get first International Institute of Music: An International Institute of Music will be soon open in Kerala,which will be founded and built by Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his family trusts.16. PETA to build India’s first fenced elephant sanctuary near Bengaluru: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) has announced to create India’s first fenced elephant sanctuary near Bengaluru. This will be the first fencedelephant sanctuary in India which will be built near Bannerghatta Biological Park in Karnataka.17. Arunachal Pradesh becomes the first state in the country to launch web-based education programmes for all

schools. The programme was formally launched by the state Chief Minister NabamTuki. The system is a solution built forteachers and students through Chrome books to bring the power of the web into classroom. The State government hasstarted the programme in collaboration with Google. Christened as Chief Minister Global Education Programme, theeducation system would initially be launched in 50 to 100 schools in the state.18. Uttarakhand becomes No. 2 in tiger population: Uttarakhand has ranked second among Indian states in terms of tigerpopulation after Karnataka in India. Uttrakhand has registered 340 tigers - a rise of 113 tigers since the last census (227)becoming the second state in the country. Karnataka with 406 tigers became the first state with highest number of tigersin the country.19. Baba Ramdev appointed as brand ambassador of Haryana: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has been appointed as the brandambassador by the Haryana State Government. The appointment was a part of government of Haryana’s ambitious plansto promote yoga and ayurveda in Haryana state.20. Netherlands& Thailand to help Sikkim in development of floriculture: Sikkim has signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with Netherlands and Thailand for development of floriculture in the state. Both countries will provideexpertise and technology in the development of Cymbidium and other floriculture.21. World Bank assistance for building toilets in Chhattisgarh: World Bank will extend financial aid to build toilets intribal-dominated villages of Chhattisgarh under the Centre’s flagship ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’22. Inox Wind to set up wind turbine manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh: Gujarat Fluoro chemicals subsidiaryInox Wind Ltd (IWL) will set up a single location integrated wind turbine manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh’sBarwani district. The plant will be set up with an investment of over Rs. 300 crore.Inox Wind Ltd (IWL) will set up 400MW of projects in Madhya Pradesh making it the largest developer in the state.23. Karnataka, SunEdison sign agreement: The Karnataka government and SunEdison have signed an agreement to develop5 gigawatts of renewable energy within 5 years.Important Agreement/ Deal: India & Abroad

1. India and Qatar sign 6 agreements to strengthen bilateral ties : India and Qatar signed six pacts of understanding inkey areas including Transfer of Sentenced Persons and Radio and Television.The 6 agreements signed between the two countries include:

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9. Adani to set up 10000 MW Solar Park in Rajasthan: The Rajasthan Government signed a deal with Adani EnterprisesLtd (AEL) to set up 10000 MW Solar Park in Rajasthan. Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship company of Adani Group willset up solar project of 5000 MW on its own in the next five years.10. ADB signs $400 m loan pacts with India: India and Asian Development signed an agreement, to improve district roadsin Madhya Pradesh and to support improvements to power transmission and distribution systems in Assam. ADB willprovide $350 million loan to upgrade district roads in the state of Madhya Pradesh and $ 50.2 million loan to Assam. Theproject is expected to be completed by December 31, 2018.11. Bihar government has announced to give 35% reservation to women in Non Gazetted jobs in the state.12. The Bihar government decided to provide free education to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and girlstudents till Post Graduation (PG) level in the state. The government would reimburse the financial loss to suchuniversities/colleges after gathering information about it.13. Madhya Pradesh won national award for excellent work in MGNREGA: Madhya Pradesh has been awarded the 10thnational award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - MGNREGA. This awardhas been given to Madhya Pradesh for convergence of MGNREGA and other schemes for construction of permanent assetsand for excellent work in providing opportunities for earning permanent income. Madhya Pradesh is at the top inconstruction of permanent assets through MGNREGA convergence in the country.14. Kerala became the first state to have first Hi - speed Rural Broadband Network: India’s first Hi - speed RuralBroadband Network (National Optical Fibre Network) was commissioned by the government in the Idukki district ofKerala. Under this programme, all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats in the country will be connected on optical fibre. The aim ofthis service is to offer people friendly services like E - health, E - Commerce and E - Education.15. Kerala to get first International Institute of Music: An International Institute of Music will be soon open in Kerala,which will be founded and built by Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his family trusts.16. PETA to build India’s first fenced elephant sanctuary near Bengaluru: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) has announced to create India’s first fenced elephant sanctuary near Bengaluru. This will be the first fencedelephant sanctuary in India which will be built near Bannerghatta Biological Park in Karnataka.17. Arunachal Pradesh becomes the first state in the country to launch web-based education programmes for all

schools. The programme was formally launched by the state Chief Minister NabamTuki. The system is a solution built forteachers and students through Chrome books to bring the power of the web into classroom. The State government hasstarted the programme in collaboration with Google. Christened as Chief Minister Global Education Programme, theeducation system would initially be launched in 50 to 100 schools in the state.18. Uttarakhand becomes No. 2 in tiger population: Uttarakhand has ranked second among Indian states in terms of tigerpopulation after Karnataka in India. Uttrakhand has registered 340 tigers - a rise of 113 tigers since the last census (227)becoming the second state in the country. Karnataka with 406 tigers became the first state with highest number of tigersin the country.19. Baba Ramdev appointed as brand ambassador of Haryana: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has been appointed as the brandambassador by the Haryana State Government. The appointment was a part of government of Haryana’s ambitious plansto promote yoga and ayurveda in Haryana state.20. Netherlands& Thailand to help Sikkim in development of floriculture: Sikkim has signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with Netherlands and Thailand for development of floriculture in the state. Both countries will provideexpertise and technology in the development of Cymbidium and other floriculture.21. World Bank assistance for building toilets in Chhattisgarh: World Bank will extend financial aid to build toilets intribal-dominated villages of Chhattisgarh under the Centre’s flagship ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’22. Inox Wind to set up wind turbine manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh: Gujarat Fluoro chemicals subsidiaryInox Wind Ltd (IWL) will set up a single location integrated wind turbine manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh’sBarwani district. The plant will be set up with an investment of over Rs. 300 crore.Inox Wind Ltd (IWL) will set up 400MW of projects in Madhya Pradesh making it the largest developer in the state.23. Karnataka, SunEdison sign agreement: The Karnataka government and SunEdison have signed an agreement to develop5 gigawatts of renewable energy within 5 years.Important Agreement/ Deal: India & Abroad

1. India and Qatar sign 6 agreements to strengthen bilateral ties : India and Qatar signed six pacts of understanding inkey areas including Transfer of Sentenced Persons and Radio and Television.The 6 agreements signed between the two countries include:

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9. Adani to set up 10000 MW Solar Park in Rajasthan: The Rajasthan Government signed a deal with Adani EnterprisesLtd (AEL) to set up 10000 MW Solar Park in Rajasthan. Adani Enterprises Ltd, the flagship company of Adani Group willset up solar project of 5000 MW on its own in the next five years.10. ADB signs $400 m loan pacts with India: India and Asian Development signed an agreement, to improve district roadsin Madhya Pradesh and to support improvements to power transmission and distribution systems in Assam. ADB willprovide $350 million loan to upgrade district roads in the state of Madhya Pradesh and $ 50.2 million loan to Assam. Theproject is expected to be completed by December 31, 2018.11. Bihar government has announced to give 35% reservation to women in Non Gazetted jobs in the state.12. The Bihar government decided to provide free education to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and girlstudents till Post Graduation (PG) level in the state. The government would reimburse the financial loss to suchuniversities/colleges after gathering information about it.13. Madhya Pradesh won national award for excellent work in MGNREGA: Madhya Pradesh has been awarded the 10thnational award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act - MGNREGA. This awardhas been given to Madhya Pradesh for convergence of MGNREGA and other schemes for construction of permanent assetsand for excellent work in providing opportunities for earning permanent income. Madhya Pradesh is at the top inconstruction of permanent assets through MGNREGA convergence in the country.14. Kerala became the first state to have first Hi - speed Rural Broadband Network: India’s first Hi - speed RuralBroadband Network (National Optical Fibre Network) was commissioned by the government in the Idukki district ofKerala. Under this programme, all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats in the country will be connected on optical fibre. The aim ofthis service is to offer people friendly services like E - health, E - Commerce and E - Education.15. Kerala to get first International Institute of Music: An International Institute of Music will be soon open in Kerala,which will be founded and built by Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and his family trusts.16. PETA to build India’s first fenced elephant sanctuary near Bengaluru: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) has announced to create India’s first fenced elephant sanctuary near Bengaluru. This will be the first fencedelephant sanctuary in India which will be built near Bannerghatta Biological Park in Karnataka.17. Arunachal Pradesh becomes the first state in the country to launch web-based education programmes for all

schools. The programme was formally launched by the state Chief Minister NabamTuki. The system is a solution built forteachers and students through Chrome books to bring the power of the web into classroom. The State government hasstarted the programme in collaboration with Google. Christened as Chief Minister Global Education Programme, theeducation system would initially be launched in 50 to 100 schools in the state.18. Uttarakhand becomes No. 2 in tiger population: Uttarakhand has ranked second among Indian states in terms of tigerpopulation after Karnataka in India. Uttrakhand has registered 340 tigers - a rise of 113 tigers since the last census (227)becoming the second state in the country. Karnataka with 406 tigers became the first state with highest number of tigersin the country.19. Baba Ramdev appointed as brand ambassador of Haryana: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has been appointed as the brandambassador by the Haryana State Government. The appointment was a part of government of Haryana’s ambitious plansto promote yoga and ayurveda in Haryana state.20. Netherlands& Thailand to help Sikkim in development of floriculture: Sikkim has signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with Netherlands and Thailand for development of floriculture in the state. Both countries will provideexpertise and technology in the development of Cymbidium and other floriculture.21. World Bank assistance for building toilets in Chhattisgarh: World Bank will extend financial aid to build toilets intribal-dominated villages of Chhattisgarh under the Centre’s flagship ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’22. Inox Wind to set up wind turbine manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh: Gujarat Fluoro chemicals subsidiaryInox Wind Ltd (IWL) will set up a single location integrated wind turbine manufacturing facility in Madhya Pradesh’sBarwani district. The plant will be set up with an investment of over Rs. 300 crore.Inox Wind Ltd (IWL) will set up 400MW of projects in Madhya Pradesh making it the largest developer in the state.23. Karnataka, SunEdison sign agreement: The Karnataka government and SunEdison have signed an agreement to develop5 gigawatts of renewable energy within 5 years.Important Agreement/ Deal: India & Abroad

1. India and Qatar sign 6 agreements to strengthen bilateral ties : India and Qatar signed six pacts of understanding inkey areas including Transfer of Sentenced Persons and Radio and Television.The 6 agreements signed between the two countries include:

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i. Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons - Under this agreement, Indian prisoners convicted in Qatar can bebrought to India to serve the remaining part of their sentence. Similarly Qatari Citizens convicted in India can be sentto his home country to serve their sentence.ii. Cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technology: The pact would provide enhanced businessopportunities for Indian IT industry in Qatar.iii. The third MoU was signed between Ministry of Earth sciences and Qatar Meteorological Department for Scientific andTechnical cooperation Qatar Meteorological Department under the Civil Aviation Authority, Qatar.iv. The fourth MoU was inked between Diplomatic Institute of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar and Foreign ServiceInstitute, MEA.v. The fifth MoU pertains to cooperation in the field of Radio and Television.: This MoU is aimed at encouraging regularexchange of radio and TV programmes and material between Prasar Bharati of India and Qatar Media Cooperation.vi. The final pact was signed for mutual Cooperation and Exchange of News.

2. India and Kyrgyzstan signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral cooperation on textile andclothing. The MoU seeks to strengthen bilateral cooperation between both nations in the three fields including Textiles andClothing, Silk and Sericulture and Fashion.3. India signed five agreements with Mauritius: India offered $500 million concessional Line of Credit to Mauritius for keyinfrastructure projects. The five agreements signed between the two countries include:

i. Ocean economyii. Improvement in seaiii. Air transportation facilitiesiv. Import of Indian mangoes;v. Co-operation in the field of traditional system of medicine and homoeopathy.

4. India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements: India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements during Narendra Modi'smaiden visit to the country, the first bilateral tour by an Indian premier in 28 years. Both the countries has signed fouragreements on visa, customs, youth development and building Rabindranath Tagore memorial in Sri Lanka.Note: Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister and only the second foreign leader after British Premier DavidCameron, who visited Jaffna in the war-ravaged Northern province.

5. India & Norway will work together on climate change: India has team up with Norway to understand the globalclimate change, and to study about the Indian monsoon. Both the countries will also help in the study about the linkagesbetween climatic variations in the polar region.6. India and Seychelles sign 4 agreements: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Seychelles where both thenations signed four agreements to boost security and maritime partnership.

ii. Four pacts signed between two countries which includes; cooperation in hydrography, renewable energy, infrastructuredevelopment and sale of navigation charts and electronic navigational charts.7. India & Spain inks agreement on Mutual Protection of Classified Information: India and Spain has signed an agreement onMutual Protection of Classified Information, to provide the framework for enhanced cooperation in the defence sector.8. India and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore avenues for enhancing cooperation in oil and gas sector.9. Tata Communications Ltd signed a 20 million US dollars multi-year deal with Germany-based KION Group to provideglobal Wide Area Network (WAN) services to the 280 sites of KION across 30 countries.10. Berger Paints India Ltd. has signed an agreement with the Govt. of Stavropol Region, Russian Federation of $5 million toset up an industrial coatings plant in Russia. According to Chairman of Berger Paints "The plant will be developed with theprimary capacity of 3,000 tonnes a year which will be increased up to 50,000 tonnes a year".11. Mumbai University has signed an agreement with Indian Railways to set up a Rail Innovation and Technology Centre totrain students for expertise in Railway Engineering. Under the agreement Indian Railways will allocate 142.89 crorerupees budget for the centre over the next five academic years. Mumbai University will educate the candidates atuniversity's campus Kalina, Ratnagiri and Kalyan.12. India and Australia signed MoU for skill and infrastructural development in sports.13. India to grant $ 60 million LoC to Guyana: India will offer 60 million dollars Line of Credit - LoC to Guyana for its roadinfrastructure projects.

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i. Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons - Under this agreement, Indian prisoners convicted in Qatar can bebrought to India to serve the remaining part of their sentence. Similarly Qatari Citizens convicted in India can be sentto his home country to serve their sentence.ii. Cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technology: The pact would provide enhanced businessopportunities for Indian IT industry in Qatar.iii. The third MoU was signed between Ministry of Earth sciences and Qatar Meteorological Department for Scientific andTechnical cooperation Qatar Meteorological Department under the Civil Aviation Authority, Qatar.iv. The fourth MoU was inked between Diplomatic Institute of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar and Foreign ServiceInstitute, MEA.v. The fifth MoU pertains to cooperation in the field of Radio and Television.: This MoU is aimed at encouraging regularexchange of radio and TV programmes and material between Prasar Bharati of India and Qatar Media Cooperation.vi. The final pact was signed for mutual Cooperation and Exchange of News.

2. India and Kyrgyzstan signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral cooperation on textile andclothing. The MoU seeks to strengthen bilateral cooperation between both nations in the three fields including Textiles andClothing, Silk and Sericulture and Fashion.3. India signed five agreements with Mauritius: India offered $500 million concessional Line of Credit to Mauritius for keyinfrastructure projects. The five agreements signed between the two countries include:

i. Ocean economyii. Improvement in seaiii. Air transportation facilitiesiv. Import of Indian mangoes;v. Co-operation in the field of traditional system of medicine and homoeopathy.

4. India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements: India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements during Narendra Modi'smaiden visit to the country, the first bilateral tour by an Indian premier in 28 years. Both the countries has signed fouragreements on visa, customs, youth development and building Rabindranath Tagore memorial in Sri Lanka.Note: Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister and only the second foreign leader after British Premier DavidCameron, who visited Jaffna in the war-ravaged Northern province.

5. India & Norway will work together on climate change: India has team up with Norway to understand the globalclimate change, and to study about the Indian monsoon. Both the countries will also help in the study about the linkagesbetween climatic variations in the polar region.6. India and Seychelles sign 4 agreements: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Seychelles where both thenations signed four agreements to boost security and maritime partnership.

ii. Four pacts signed between two countries which includes; cooperation in hydrography, renewable energy, infrastructuredevelopment and sale of navigation charts and electronic navigational charts.7. India & Spain inks agreement on Mutual Protection of Classified Information: India and Spain has signed an agreement onMutual Protection of Classified Information, to provide the framework for enhanced cooperation in the defence sector.8. India and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore avenues for enhancing cooperation in oil and gas sector.9. Tata Communications Ltd signed a 20 million US dollars multi-year deal with Germany-based KION Group to provideglobal Wide Area Network (WAN) services to the 280 sites of KION across 30 countries.10. Berger Paints India Ltd. has signed an agreement with the Govt. of Stavropol Region, Russian Federation of $5 million toset up an industrial coatings plant in Russia. According to Chairman of Berger Paints "The plant will be developed with theprimary capacity of 3,000 tonnes a year which will be increased up to 50,000 tonnes a year".11. Mumbai University has signed an agreement with Indian Railways to set up a Rail Innovation and Technology Centre totrain students for expertise in Railway Engineering. Under the agreement Indian Railways will allocate 142.89 crorerupees budget for the centre over the next five academic years. Mumbai University will educate the candidates atuniversity's campus Kalina, Ratnagiri and Kalyan.12. India and Australia signed MoU for skill and infrastructural development in sports.13. India to grant $ 60 million LoC to Guyana: India will offer 60 million dollars Line of Credit - LoC to Guyana for its roadinfrastructure projects.

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i. Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons - Under this agreement, Indian prisoners convicted in Qatar can bebrought to India to serve the remaining part of their sentence. Similarly Qatari Citizens convicted in India can be sentto his home country to serve their sentence.ii. Cooperation in the field of Information and Communication Technology: The pact would provide enhanced businessopportunities for Indian IT industry in Qatar.iii. The third MoU was signed between Ministry of Earth sciences and Qatar Meteorological Department for Scientific andTechnical cooperation Qatar Meteorological Department under the Civil Aviation Authority, Qatar.iv. The fourth MoU was inked between Diplomatic Institute of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar and Foreign ServiceInstitute, MEA.v. The fifth MoU pertains to cooperation in the field of Radio and Television.: This MoU is aimed at encouraging regularexchange of radio and TV programmes and material between Prasar Bharati of India and Qatar Media Cooperation.vi. The final pact was signed for mutual Cooperation and Exchange of News.

2. India and Kyrgyzstan signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen bilateral cooperation on textile andclothing. The MoU seeks to strengthen bilateral cooperation between both nations in the three fields including Textiles andClothing, Silk and Sericulture and Fashion.3. India signed five agreements with Mauritius: India offered $500 million concessional Line of Credit to Mauritius for keyinfrastructure projects. The five agreements signed between the two countries include:

i. Ocean economyii. Improvement in seaiii. Air transportation facilitiesiv. Import of Indian mangoes;v. Co-operation in the field of traditional system of medicine and homoeopathy.

4. India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements: India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements during Narendra Modi'smaiden visit to the country, the first bilateral tour by an Indian premier in 28 years. Both the countries has signed fouragreements on visa, customs, youth development and building Rabindranath Tagore memorial in Sri Lanka.Note: Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister and only the second foreign leader after British Premier DavidCameron, who visited Jaffna in the war-ravaged Northern province.

5. India & Norway will work together on climate change: India has team up with Norway to understand the globalclimate change, and to study about the Indian monsoon. Both the countries will also help in the study about the linkagesbetween climatic variations in the polar region.6. India and Seychelles sign 4 agreements: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Seychelles where both thenations signed four agreements to boost security and maritime partnership.

ii. Four pacts signed between two countries which includes; cooperation in hydrography, renewable energy, infrastructuredevelopment and sale of navigation charts and electronic navigational charts.7. India & Spain inks agreement on Mutual Protection of Classified Information: India and Spain has signed an agreement onMutual Protection of Classified Information, to provide the framework for enhanced cooperation in the defence sector.8. India and Sri Lanka have agreed to explore avenues for enhancing cooperation in oil and gas sector.9. Tata Communications Ltd signed a 20 million US dollars multi-year deal with Germany-based KION Group to provideglobal Wide Area Network (WAN) services to the 280 sites of KION across 30 countries.10. Berger Paints India Ltd. has signed an agreement with the Govt. of Stavropol Region, Russian Federation of $5 million toset up an industrial coatings plant in Russia. According to Chairman of Berger Paints "The plant will be developed with theprimary capacity of 3,000 tonnes a year which will be increased up to 50,000 tonnes a year".11. Mumbai University has signed an agreement with Indian Railways to set up a Rail Innovation and Technology Centre totrain students for expertise in Railway Engineering. Under the agreement Indian Railways will allocate 142.89 crorerupees budget for the centre over the next five academic years. Mumbai University will educate the candidates atuniversity's campus Kalina, Ratnagiri and Kalyan.12. India and Australia signed MoU for skill and infrastructural development in sports.13. India to grant $ 60 million LoC to Guyana: India will offer 60 million dollars Line of Credit - LoC to Guyana for its roadinfrastructure projects.

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Important Schemes launched by Govt. of India

1. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): The scheme launched by government of Indiawith an outlay of 1500crore rupees. The scheme aims to impart skill training to youth with focus on first time entrants to the labour market andclass 10 and class 12 drop outs. The scheme will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). It will cover 24 lakh persons and skilltraining would be based on the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and industry led standards2. Atal Pension Yojana (APY): The scheme is mainly for workers in unorganised sector, to encourage the habit of saving fortheir retirement. The scheme will be administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)and will be launch on 1st June 2015.Atal Pension Yoajana (APY) will replace the Swavalamban Yojana NPS Lite schemewhich was launched by the UPA government.

Major Points of the scheme:1. The subscribers who will joined the scheme would receive the fixed pension of Rs. 1000 per month, Rs. 2000 permonth, Rs. 3000 per month, Rs. 4000 per month, Rs. 5000 per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on theircontributions.2. The minimum age of joining this scheme is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years.3. Under the scheme, a subscriber can contribute for minimum period of 20 years or more and pension payment willstart at the age of 60 years.4. Under the scheme government of India has decided to co-contribute 50% of the subscriber's contribution or Rs. 1000per annum, whichever is lower, to each eligible subscriber account, for a period of 5 years, i.e., from 2015-16 to 2019-20, who join the NPS before 31st December, 2015 and who are not income tax payers.5. All bank account holders under the eligible category may join the scheme with auto-debit facility to accounts, leadingto reduction in contribution collection charges.6. Subscribers who will join the scheme before December 31, 2015, can availedthe benefit of government's co-contribution under the scheme.7. Subscribers who are already enrolled in Swavalamban Scheme would beautomatically migrated to Atal Pension Yojana, unless they opt out.

3. Bhagyashree scheme launched in Maharashtra: Bhagyashree scheme for girlchild was launched by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis in the state.Major Points of the scheme:

1. Under the scheme, the state government will deposit an amount of 21200 rupees in bank for a girl child born in a Belowthe Poverty Line (BPL) family.2. The scheme aims at providing one lakh rupee on maturity after the girl completes 18 years of age.3. The scheme would be linked to the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme of Union Government.4. Bollywood actress Bhagyashree is the brand ambassador of the scheme.

4. Aapki Beti Humari Beti girl child scheme launched in Haryana: The scheme launched by Haryana Chief MinisterManohar LalKhattar in the state.Major Points of the scheme:

1. The scheme was launched with an aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the state.2. The scheme will be implemented in both rural and urban areas of the state.3. Under this scheme, the first girl child born on or after January 22, 2015, in SC and BPL families will be eligible to receiveRs 21,000.4. Similarly, all second girl children born on or after January 22, 2015 of all families will also get Rs 21,000.

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Important Schemes launched by Govt. of India

1. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): The scheme launched by government of Indiawith an outlay of 1500crore rupees. The scheme aims to impart skill training to youth with focus on first time entrants to the labour market andclass 10 and class 12 drop outs. The scheme will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). It will cover 24 lakh persons and skilltraining would be based on the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and industry led standards2. Atal Pension Yojana (APY): The scheme is mainly for workers in unorganised sector, to encourage the habit of saving fortheir retirement. The scheme will be administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)and will be launch on 1st June 2015.Atal Pension Yoajana (APY) will replace the Swavalamban Yojana NPS Lite schemewhich was launched by the UPA government.

Major Points of the scheme:1. The subscribers who will joined the scheme would receive the fixed pension of Rs. 1000 per month, Rs. 2000 permonth, Rs. 3000 per month, Rs. 4000 per month, Rs. 5000 per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on theircontributions.2. The minimum age of joining this scheme is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years.3. Under the scheme, a subscriber can contribute for minimum period of 20 years or more and pension payment willstart at the age of 60 years.4. Under the scheme government of India has decided to co-contribute 50% of the subscriber's contribution or Rs. 1000per annum, whichever is lower, to each eligible subscriber account, for a period of 5 years, i.e., from 2015-16 to 2019-20, who join the NPS before 31st December, 2015 and who are not income tax payers.5. All bank account holders under the eligible category may join the scheme with auto-debit facility to accounts, leadingto reduction in contribution collection charges.6. Subscribers who will join the scheme before December 31, 2015, can availedthe benefit of government's co-contribution under the scheme.7. Subscribers who are already enrolled in Swavalamban Scheme would beautomatically migrated to Atal Pension Yojana, unless they opt out.

3. Bhagyashree scheme launched in Maharashtra: Bhagyashree scheme for girlchild was launched by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis in the state.Major Points of the scheme:

1. Under the scheme, the state government will deposit an amount of 21200 rupees in bank for a girl child born in a Belowthe Poverty Line (BPL) family.2. The scheme aims at providing one lakh rupee on maturity after the girl completes 18 years of age.3. The scheme would be linked to the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme of Union Government.4. Bollywood actress Bhagyashree is the brand ambassador of the scheme.

4. Aapki Beti Humari Beti girl child scheme launched in Haryana: The scheme launched by Haryana Chief MinisterManohar LalKhattar in the state.Major Points of the scheme:

1. The scheme was launched with an aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the state.2. The scheme will be implemented in both rural and urban areas of the state.3. Under this scheme, the first girl child born on or after January 22, 2015, in SC and BPL families will be eligible to receiveRs 21,000.4. Similarly, all second girl children born on or after January 22, 2015 of all families will also get Rs 21,000.

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Important Schemes launched by Govt. of India

1. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): The scheme launched by government of Indiawith an outlay of 1500crore rupees. The scheme aims to impart skill training to youth with focus on first time entrants to the labour market andclass 10 and class 12 drop outs. The scheme will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Skill Development andEntrepreneurship through the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). It will cover 24 lakh persons and skilltraining would be based on the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and industry led standards2. Atal Pension Yojana (APY): The scheme is mainly for workers in unorganised sector, to encourage the habit of saving fortheir retirement. The scheme will be administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)and will be launch on 1st June 2015.Atal Pension Yoajana (APY) will replace the Swavalamban Yojana NPS Lite schemewhich was launched by the UPA government.

Major Points of the scheme:1. The subscribers who will joined the scheme would receive the fixed pension of Rs. 1000 per month, Rs. 2000 permonth, Rs. 3000 per month, Rs. 4000 per month, Rs. 5000 per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on theircontributions.2. The minimum age of joining this scheme is 18 years and maximum age is 40 years.3. Under the scheme, a subscriber can contribute for minimum period of 20 years or more and pension payment willstart at the age of 60 years.4. Under the scheme government of India has decided to co-contribute 50% of the subscriber's contribution or Rs. 1000per annum, whichever is lower, to each eligible subscriber account, for a period of 5 years, i.e., from 2015-16 to 2019-20, who join the NPS before 31st December, 2015 and who are not income tax payers.5. All bank account holders under the eligible category may join the scheme with auto-debit facility to accounts, leadingto reduction in contribution collection charges.6. Subscribers who will join the scheme before December 31, 2015, can availedthe benefit of government's co-contribution under the scheme.7. Subscribers who are already enrolled in Swavalamban Scheme would beautomatically migrated to Atal Pension Yojana, unless they opt out.

3. Bhagyashree scheme launched in Maharashtra: Bhagyashree scheme for girlchild was launched by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis in the state.Major Points of the scheme:

1. Under the scheme, the state government will deposit an amount of 21200 rupees in bank for a girl child born in a Belowthe Poverty Line (BPL) family.2. The scheme aims at providing one lakh rupee on maturity after the girl completes 18 years of age.3. The scheme would be linked to the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme of Union Government.4. Bollywood actress Bhagyashree is the brand ambassador of the scheme.

4. Aapki Beti Humari Beti girl child scheme launched in Haryana: The scheme launched by Haryana Chief MinisterManohar LalKhattar in the state.Major Points of the scheme:

1. The scheme was launched with an aim to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio in the state.2. The scheme will be implemented in both rural and urban areas of the state.3. Under this scheme, the first girl child born on or after January 22, 2015, in SC and BPL families will be eligible to receiveRs 21,000.4. Similarly, all second girl children born on or after January 22, 2015 of all families will also get Rs 21,000.

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5. Families, where twin girls or multiple girls are born, will get Rs 21,000 per girl child.5. New Urban Rejuvenation Mission to replace JNNRUM: According to the Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu,government will replace Jawahalal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, JNNRUM with a new Urban RejuvenationMission to bring more areas for development under its ambit. Under the proposed scheme, cities with population of 1 Lakhor above will also be covered.The new mission will focus on modern concept for cities planned using Geographicinformation system (GIS), best transport facilities and will have solid and liquid waste management system to developclean cities." JNNRUM had already completed its term, which was launched by previous UPA government.6. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana: It is a low premium insurancescheme which was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the UnionBudget 2015/16. The scheme will also be linked with the Pradhan Mantri JhanDhan Yojana.

Eligibility: Person with the age group of 18 years to 50 years and have bankaccount are eligible for the scheme. If the account is opened before attainingthe age of 50 years, the life cover would remain intact up to the age of 55 years,if premium is paid regularly.Annual Premium: Premium payable for this scheme is Rs.330 per year i.e. lessthan Rs.1 per day.How to avail the benefit of this scheme?First step is to link your Aadhar card with the bank account. After linkingAadhar card with bank account, a simple form is to be filled every year and tobe submitted to the bank before 1st of June, in order to avail the benefit of thisscheme.Key points of the scheme:

1. The payment of premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from thesubscribers account.2. Risk coverage of Rs.2 lakhs in case of death for any reason.3. The scheme will be offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other lifeinsurers who are willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for thispurpose.4. The policy holder is required to renew the policy each year and the premium will be auto-debited from his bank account.5. Nominee name is to be given in the form along with relationship. In case the nominee is minor, name of the guardian isalso to be given.6. Government contribution towards this scheme will be decided separately each year. The contribution will come from theunclaimed money lying idle in various public welfare fund.7. The premium paid will be tax-free under section 80C and also the proceeds amount will get tax-exemption u/s 10(10D).Sports Scan

Commonwealth Games (CWG):1. The 2022 edition of Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be hosted by South African city Durban.

Note: The 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland.Commonwealth Games (CWG) venues1. Gold Coast, Australia – 20182. Durban, South Africa - 2022Cricket News1. Karnataka lifted Ranji Trophy2015 by defeating Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs. With this win Karnataka won8th in Ranji title and become the second most successful team after 40-time champions Mumbai. Karnatka also became the

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5. Families, where twin girls or multiple girls are born, will get Rs 21,000 per girl child.5. New Urban Rejuvenation Mission to replace JNNRUM: According to the Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu,government will replace Jawahalal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, JNNRUM with a new Urban RejuvenationMission to bring more areas for development under its ambit. Under the proposed scheme, cities with population of 1 Lakhor above will also be covered.The new mission will focus on modern concept for cities planned using Geographicinformation system (GIS), best transport facilities and will have solid and liquid waste management system to developclean cities." JNNRUM had already completed its term, which was launched by previous UPA government.6. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana: It is a low premium insurancescheme which was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the UnionBudget 2015/16. The scheme will also be linked with the Pradhan Mantri JhanDhan Yojana.

Eligibility: Person with the age group of 18 years to 50 years and have bankaccount are eligible for the scheme. If the account is opened before attainingthe age of 50 years, the life cover would remain intact up to the age of 55 years,if premium is paid regularly.Annual Premium: Premium payable for this scheme is Rs.330 per year i.e. lessthan Rs.1 per day.How to avail the benefit of this scheme?First step is to link your Aadhar card with the bank account. After linkingAadhar card with bank account, a simple form is to be filled every year and tobe submitted to the bank before 1st of June, in order to avail the benefit of thisscheme.Key points of the scheme:

1. The payment of premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from thesubscribers account.2. Risk coverage of Rs.2 lakhs in case of death for any reason.3. The scheme will be offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other lifeinsurers who are willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for thispurpose.4. The policy holder is required to renew the policy each year and the premium will be auto-debited from his bank account.5. Nominee name is to be given in the form along with relationship. In case the nominee is minor, name of the guardian isalso to be given.6. Government contribution towards this scheme will be decided separately each year. The contribution will come from theunclaimed money lying idle in various public welfare fund.7. The premium paid will be tax-free under section 80C and also the proceeds amount will get tax-exemption u/s 10(10D).Sports Scan

Commonwealth Games (CWG):1. The 2022 edition of Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be hosted by South African city Durban.

Note: The 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland.Commonwealth Games (CWG) venues1. Gold Coast, Australia – 20182. Durban, South Africa - 2022Cricket News1. Karnataka lifted Ranji Trophy2015 by defeating Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs. With this win Karnataka won8th in Ranji title and become the second most successful team after 40-time champions Mumbai. Karnatka also became the

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5. Families, where twin girls or multiple girls are born, will get Rs 21,000 per girl child.5. New Urban Rejuvenation Mission to replace JNNRUM: According to the Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu,government will replace Jawahalal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission, JNNRUM with a new Urban RejuvenationMission to bring more areas for development under its ambit. Under the proposed scheme, cities with population of 1 Lakhor above will also be covered.The new mission will focus on modern concept for cities planned using Geographicinformation system (GIS), best transport facilities and will have solid and liquid waste management system to developclean cities." JNNRUM had already completed its term, which was launched by previous UPA government.6. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana: It is a low premium insurancescheme which was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the UnionBudget 2015/16. The scheme will also be linked with the Pradhan Mantri JhanDhan Yojana.

Eligibility: Person with the age group of 18 years to 50 years and have bankaccount are eligible for the scheme. If the account is opened before attainingthe age of 50 years, the life cover would remain intact up to the age of 55 years,if premium is paid regularly.Annual Premium: Premium payable for this scheme is Rs.330 per year i.e. lessthan Rs.1 per day.How to avail the benefit of this scheme?First step is to link your Aadhar card with the bank account. After linkingAadhar card with bank account, a simple form is to be filled every year and tobe submitted to the bank before 1st of June, in order to avail the benefit of thisscheme.Key points of the scheme:

1. The payment of premium will be directly auto-debited by the bank from thesubscribers account.2. Risk coverage of Rs.2 lakhs in case of death for any reason.3. The scheme will be offered by Life Insurance Corporation and all other lifeinsurers who are willing to join the scheme and tie-up with banks for thispurpose.4. The policy holder is required to renew the policy each year and the premium will be auto-debited from his bank account.5. Nominee name is to be given in the form along with relationship. In case the nominee is minor, name of the guardian isalso to be given.6. Government contribution towards this scheme will be decided separately each year. The contribution will come from theunclaimed money lying idle in various public welfare fund.7. The premium paid will be tax-free under section 80C and also the proceeds amount will get tax-exemption u/s 10(10D).Sports Scan

Commonwealth Games (CWG):1. The 2022 edition of Commonwealth Games (CWG) will be hosted by South African city Durban.

Note: The 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland.Commonwealth Games (CWG) venues1. Gold Coast, Australia – 20182. Durban, South Africa - 2022Cricket News1. Karnataka lifted Ranji Trophy2015 by defeating Tamil Nadu by an innings and 217 runs. With this win Karnataka won8th in Ranji title and become the second most successful team after 40-time champions Mumbai. Karnatka also became the

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second team in the Ranji Trophy to defend the title on more than one occasion. They had retained the title in 1997-98 and1998-99 in the past.2. Kumar Sangakkara created a history in 2015 ICC World Cup tournament by hitting a record fourth consecutive ODIcenturies in a row. He became the first batsman in history of One - Day Internationals to score centuries in fourconsecutive innings.He achieves this feat by scoring 124 runs against Scotland in the Pool A match of the 2015 CricketWorld Cup in Hobart, New Zealand.3. Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara has announced their retirement from the One DayInternational (ODI) format of Cricket. Earlier Kumar Sangakkara had announced his retirement from Test Cricket. He willretire after playing the three-match Test series against India in August 20154. Pakistani cricketer Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi has announced their retirement from the One Day International (ODI)format of Cricket. Misbah-ul-Haq will continue to play in Test Cricket, while Afridi will feature in Twenty20 cricket.5. Australian cricket team created the World Cup record for highest-ever score of 417 for 6 in a match against Afghanistan inPerth. It defeated Afghanistan by 275 runs which was the biggest winning margin in the tournament’s history.6. ICC Cricket Hall of Fame: Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee and former India Captain Anil Kumble and former NewZealand cricket captain Martin David Crowe inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.7. South African captain AB de Villiers scored fastest century in one day international match against West Indies.He scored100 runs in just 31 balls and breaks the record of Corey Anderson of New Zealand who scored 100 in 36 balls.8. Chris Gayle hit fastest double century, creates World Cup history: West Indies cricketer, Chris Gayle creates a historyin World Cup by smashing fastest double century against Zimbabwe in 2015 ICC World Cup. He became the first batsmanto hit double century in the history of Cricket World Cup. He scored 200 runs in just 138 balls, breaks the previous recordof Indian batsmen Virendera Sehwag of 200 runs in 140 balls. Chris Gayle is the only player to have a triple century inTests, double century in ODIs, and a ton in T-20s.9. Rohit Sharma bags best ODI batsman performance award by ESPN Cricinfo awards. His record breaking 264 against SriLanka has been named as the best ODI batting performance in 2014 by ESPN Cricinfo awards.10. Virat Kohli became the first Indian cricketer to score a century against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup. He scored 107-runoff 126-balls at the Adelaide Oval, Australia.11. Yuvraj Singh highest paid player in IPL- 8 player auction: Yuvraj Singh was bought for the highest amount of 16 crorerupees by Delhi Daredevils in the IPL-8 player auction. Dinesh Karthik got the second highest bidding by Royal Challengersfor 10.5 crore rupees. Delhi Daredevils also roped in Angelo Mathews for 7.5 crore rupees while Zaheer Khan and K.K.Jiyaz, went for 4 crore rupees each.12. Saurav Ganguly awarded Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).13. Australian cricketer Steve Smith won the Allan Border Medal 2015 for best Australian cricketer of the past year.14. Sean Abbott wins Bradman award 2015.

ICC World Cup Cricket Venues:

ODIs1. Australia & New Zealand 20152. England 20193. India 2023

Tests1.England(First ever) 20172.India 2021

T20Is1.India 20162.Australia 2020

Football News1. United Arab Emirates has won the bid to host the 17th edition of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in 2019.2. Services lifted 69th edition of Santosh Trophy 2015 bydefeating Punjab by 5-4 in the final. Services have now won the titlefor the fourth time.3. English Premier League leaders Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspurs by 2-0 in the final to lift the English League Cuptrophy4. Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014. He was chosen world’s best football player for a thirdtime in a row.5. Real Madrid and Colombia star James Rodriguez won the best goal award for the year 2014.6. Bengaluru FC defeated Dempo Sports Club to lift maiden Federation Cup football title 2015.

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second team in the Ranji Trophy to defend the title on more than one occasion. They had retained the title in 1997-98 and1998-99 in the past.2. Kumar Sangakkara created a history in 2015 ICC World Cup tournament by hitting a record fourth consecutive ODIcenturies in a row. He became the first batsman in history of One - Day Internationals to score centuries in fourconsecutive innings.He achieves this feat by scoring 124 runs against Scotland in the Pool A match of the 2015 CricketWorld Cup in Hobart, New Zealand.3. Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara has announced their retirement from the One DayInternational (ODI) format of Cricket. Earlier Kumar Sangakkara had announced his retirement from Test Cricket. He willretire after playing the three-match Test series against India in August 20154. Pakistani cricketer Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi has announced their retirement from the One Day International (ODI)format of Cricket. Misbah-ul-Haq will continue to play in Test Cricket, while Afridi will feature in Twenty20 cricket.5. Australian cricket team created the World Cup record for highest-ever score of 417 for 6 in a match against Afghanistan inPerth. It defeated Afghanistan by 275 runs which was the biggest winning margin in the tournament’s history.6. ICC Cricket Hall of Fame: Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee and former India Captain Anil Kumble and former NewZealand cricket captain Martin David Crowe inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.7. South African captain AB de Villiers scored fastest century in one day international match against West Indies.He scored100 runs in just 31 balls and breaks the record of Corey Anderson of New Zealand who scored 100 in 36 balls.8. Chris Gayle hit fastest double century, creates World Cup history: West Indies cricketer, Chris Gayle creates a historyin World Cup by smashing fastest double century against Zimbabwe in 2015 ICC World Cup. He became the first batsmanto hit double century in the history of Cricket World Cup. He scored 200 runs in just 138 balls, breaks the previous recordof Indian batsmen Virendera Sehwag of 200 runs in 140 balls. Chris Gayle is the only player to have a triple century inTests, double century in ODIs, and a ton in T-20s.9. Rohit Sharma bags best ODI batsman performance award by ESPN Cricinfo awards. His record breaking 264 against SriLanka has been named as the best ODI batting performance in 2014 by ESPN Cricinfo awards.10. Virat Kohli became the first Indian cricketer to score a century against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup. He scored 107-runoff 126-balls at the Adelaide Oval, Australia.11. Yuvraj Singh highest paid player in IPL- 8 player auction: Yuvraj Singh was bought for the highest amount of 16 crorerupees by Delhi Daredevils in the IPL-8 player auction. Dinesh Karthik got the second highest bidding by Royal Challengersfor 10.5 crore rupees. Delhi Daredevils also roped in Angelo Mathews for 7.5 crore rupees while Zaheer Khan and K.K.Jiyaz, went for 4 crore rupees each.12. Saurav Ganguly awarded Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).13. Australian cricketer Steve Smith won the Allan Border Medal 2015 for best Australian cricketer of the past year.14. Sean Abbott wins Bradman award 2015.

ICC World Cup Cricket Venues:

ODIs1. Australia & New Zealand 20152. England 20193. India 2023

Tests1.England(First ever) 20172.India 2021

T20Is1.India 20162.Australia 2020

Football News1. United Arab Emirates has won the bid to host the 17th edition of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in 2019.2. Services lifted 69th edition of Santosh Trophy 2015 bydefeating Punjab by 5-4 in the final. Services have now won the titlefor the fourth time.3. English Premier League leaders Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspurs by 2-0 in the final to lift the English League Cuptrophy4. Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014. He was chosen world’s best football player for a thirdtime in a row.5. Real Madrid and Colombia star James Rodriguez won the best goal award for the year 2014.6. Bengaluru FC defeated Dempo Sports Club to lift maiden Federation Cup football title 2015.

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second team in the Ranji Trophy to defend the title on more than one occasion. They had retained the title in 1997-98 and1998-99 in the past.2. Kumar Sangakkara created a history in 2015 ICC World Cup tournament by hitting a record fourth consecutive ODIcenturies in a row. He became the first batsman in history of One - Day Internationals to score centuries in fourconsecutive innings.He achieves this feat by scoring 124 runs against Scotland in the Pool A match of the 2015 CricketWorld Cup in Hobart, New Zealand.3. Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara has announced their retirement from the One DayInternational (ODI) format of Cricket. Earlier Kumar Sangakkara had announced his retirement from Test Cricket. He willretire after playing the three-match Test series against India in August 20154. Pakistani cricketer Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi has announced their retirement from the One Day International (ODI)format of Cricket. Misbah-ul-Haq will continue to play in Test Cricket, while Afridi will feature in Twenty20 cricket.5. Australian cricket team created the World Cup record for highest-ever score of 417 for 6 in a match against Afghanistan inPerth. It defeated Afghanistan by 275 runs which was the biggest winning margin in the tournament’s history.6. ICC Cricket Hall of Fame: Chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee and former India Captain Anil Kumble and former NewZealand cricket captain Martin David Crowe inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.7. South African captain AB de Villiers scored fastest century in one day international match against West Indies.He scored100 runs in just 31 balls and breaks the record of Corey Anderson of New Zealand who scored 100 in 36 balls.8. Chris Gayle hit fastest double century, creates World Cup history: West Indies cricketer, Chris Gayle creates a historyin World Cup by smashing fastest double century against Zimbabwe in 2015 ICC World Cup. He became the first batsmanto hit double century in the history of Cricket World Cup. He scored 200 runs in just 138 balls, breaks the previous recordof Indian batsmen Virendera Sehwag of 200 runs in 140 balls. Chris Gayle is the only player to have a triple century inTests, double century in ODIs, and a ton in T-20s.9. Rohit Sharma bags best ODI batsman performance award by ESPN Cricinfo awards. His record breaking 264 against SriLanka has been named as the best ODI batting performance in 2014 by ESPN Cricinfo awards.10. Virat Kohli became the first Indian cricketer to score a century against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup. He scored 107-runoff 126-balls at the Adelaide Oval, Australia.11. Yuvraj Singh highest paid player in IPL- 8 player auction: Yuvraj Singh was bought for the highest amount of 16 crorerupees by Delhi Daredevils in the IPL-8 player auction. Dinesh Karthik got the second highest bidding by Royal Challengersfor 10.5 crore rupees. Delhi Daredevils also roped in Angelo Mathews for 7.5 crore rupees while Zaheer Khan and K.K.Jiyaz, went for 4 crore rupees each.12. Saurav Ganguly awarded Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).13. Australian cricketer Steve Smith won the Allan Border Medal 2015 for best Australian cricketer of the past year.14. Sean Abbott wins Bradman award 2015.

ICC World Cup Cricket Venues:

ODIs1. Australia & New Zealand 20152. England 20193. India 2023

Tests1.England(First ever) 20172.India 2021

T20Is1.India 20162.Australia 2020

Football News1. United Arab Emirates has won the bid to host the 17th edition of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in 2019.2. Services lifted 69th edition of Santosh Trophy 2015 bydefeating Punjab by 5-4 in the final. Services have now won the titlefor the fourth time.3. English Premier League leaders Chelsea defeated Tottenham Hotspurs by 2-0 in the final to lift the English League Cuptrophy4. Cristiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2014. He was chosen world’s best football player for a thirdtime in a row.5. Real Madrid and Colombia star James Rodriguez won the best goal award for the year 2014.6. Bengaluru FC defeated Dempo Sports Club to lift maiden Federation Cup football title 2015.

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FIFA (Football) World Cup VenuesVenue Year1. Russia 20182. Qatar 2022

FIFA U – 17 World Cup VenuesVenue Year1. Chile 20152. India 2017

Hockey News -1. India lifted the Women's Hockey World League Round Two competition title by defeating Poland by 3-1 in the final MajorDhyan Chan stadium in New Delhi.2. Hero Hockey India League trophy 2015: Ranchi Rays defeated Jaypee Punjab Warriors by 3-2 in the final and emerged asthe Champions of Hero Hockey India League 2015.3. Paul van Ass appointed new coach of Indian men’s hockey team. He replaced Terry Walsh of Australia.4. Hockey Champions Trophy 2014 - Germany beat Pakistan to win the title.5. Sultan of Johor Cup title (Hockey)2014- India(juniors) defeated Great Britain to retain the title.

Hockey World Cup venueVenue Year1. India (Men’s) 20182. England (Women’s) 2018

Tennis News1. Rafal Nadal defeated Juan Monaco by 6-4, 6-1 to win the Argentina Open, lifting his first title of 2015. With this win, Nadalhas won 65 titles in his career and has become the fifth player in the world in terms of number of titles won.2. Simona Halep lifted WTA championship title after defeating Karolina Pliskova by 6-4, 7-6 in the final in Dubai.3. Somdev Devvarman defeated Yuki Bhambri by 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 to retain the Delhi Open title of tennis.4. Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic by 6-3, 7-5 to won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title.5. Viktor Troicki of Serbia defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in a straight set 6-2 6-3 to win the Sydney International title.6. Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones to won the doubles title at theSydney International Tennis Tournament.7. Roger Federer won the Brisbane International Title 2014. He beat Pat Rafter Arena to clinch his 83rd career title, tobecome the third man, after Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl, to secure 1,000 ATP wins.8. Maria Sharapova won the Brisbane International Title 2014. She defeated Ana Ivanovic to clinch her 34th career title.9. Stanislas Wawrinka won the Chennai Open Title 2014.He defeated AljazBedene in the final.10. Novak Djokovicw on the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Finals

Indian Wells Open Tennis (BNP Paribas Open 2015) –Title Winner Runner up

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FIFA (Football) World Cup VenuesVenue Year1. Russia 20182. Qatar 2022

FIFA U – 17 World Cup VenuesVenue Year1. Chile 20152. India 2017

Hockey News -1. India lifted the Women's Hockey World League Round Two competition title by defeating Poland by 3-1 in the final MajorDhyan Chan stadium in New Delhi.2. Hero Hockey India League trophy 2015: Ranchi Rays defeated Jaypee Punjab Warriors by 3-2 in the final and emerged asthe Champions of Hero Hockey India League 2015.3. Paul van Ass appointed new coach of Indian men’s hockey team. He replaced Terry Walsh of Australia.4. Hockey Champions Trophy 2014 - Germany beat Pakistan to win the title.5. Sultan of Johor Cup title (Hockey)2014- India(juniors) defeated Great Britain to retain the title.

Hockey World Cup venueVenue Year1. India (Men’s) 20182. England (Women’s) 2018

Tennis News1. Rafal Nadal defeated Juan Monaco by 6-4, 6-1 to win the Argentina Open, lifting his first title of 2015. With this win, Nadalhas won 65 titles in his career and has become the fifth player in the world in terms of number of titles won.2. Simona Halep lifted WTA championship title after defeating Karolina Pliskova by 6-4, 7-6 in the final in Dubai.3. Somdev Devvarman defeated Yuki Bhambri by 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 to retain the Delhi Open title of tennis.4. Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic by 6-3, 7-5 to won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title.5. Viktor Troicki of Serbia defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in a straight set 6-2 6-3 to win the Sydney International title.6. Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones to won the doubles title at theSydney International Tennis Tournament.7. Roger Federer won the Brisbane International Title 2014. He beat Pat Rafter Arena to clinch his 83rd career title, tobecome the third man, after Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl, to secure 1,000 ATP wins.8. Maria Sharapova won the Brisbane International Title 2014. She defeated Ana Ivanovic to clinch her 34th career title.9. Stanislas Wawrinka won the Chennai Open Title 2014.He defeated AljazBedene in the final.10. Novak Djokovicw on the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Finals

Indian Wells Open Tennis (BNP Paribas Open 2015) –Title Winner Runner up

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FIFA (Football) World Cup VenuesVenue Year1. Russia 20182. Qatar 2022

FIFA U – 17 World Cup VenuesVenue Year1. Chile 20152. India 2017

Hockey News -1. India lifted the Women's Hockey World League Round Two competition title by defeating Poland by 3-1 in the final MajorDhyan Chan stadium in New Delhi.2. Hero Hockey India League trophy 2015: Ranchi Rays defeated Jaypee Punjab Warriors by 3-2 in the final and emerged asthe Champions of Hero Hockey India League 2015.3. Paul van Ass appointed new coach of Indian men’s hockey team. He replaced Terry Walsh of Australia.4. Hockey Champions Trophy 2014 - Germany beat Pakistan to win the title.5. Sultan of Johor Cup title (Hockey)2014- India(juniors) defeated Great Britain to retain the title.

Hockey World Cup venueVenue Year1. India (Men’s) 20182. England (Women’s) 2018

Tennis News1. Rafal Nadal defeated Juan Monaco by 6-4, 6-1 to win the Argentina Open, lifting his first title of 2015. With this win, Nadalhas won 65 titles in his career and has become the fifth player in the world in terms of number of titles won.2. Simona Halep lifted WTA championship title after defeating Karolina Pliskova by 6-4, 7-6 in the final in Dubai.3. Somdev Devvarman defeated Yuki Bhambri by 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 to retain the Delhi Open title of tennis.4. Roger Federer defeated Novak Djokovic by 6-3, 7-5 to won the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships title.5. Viktor Troicki of Serbia defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in a straight set 6-2 6-3 to win the Sydney International title.6. Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands defeated Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones to won the doubles title at theSydney International Tennis Tournament.7. Roger Federer won the Brisbane International Title 2014. He beat Pat Rafter Arena to clinch his 83rd career title, tobecome the third man, after Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl, to secure 1,000 ATP wins.8. Maria Sharapova won the Brisbane International Title 2014. She defeated Ana Ivanovic to clinch her 34th career title.9. Stanislas Wawrinka won the Chennai Open Title 2014.He defeated AljazBedene in the final.10. Novak Djokovicw on the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) Finals

Indian Wells Open Tennis (BNP Paribas Open 2015) –Title Winner Runner up

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Men’s single Novak Djokovic Roger FedererWomen's Singles Simona Halep JelenaJankovicWomen's Double Sania Mirza &Martina Hingis Ekaterina Makarova& ElenaVesnina

Australian Open 2015Category Winner Runner - upMen’s Single Novak Djokovic Andy MurrayWomen’s Single Serena Williams Maria Sharapova (Russia)Mixed Doubles Leander Paes& Martina Hingis Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic

Note: Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open Men’s Singles Title for the fifth time. He won his 8th Grand Slam title in hiscareer. Serena Williams won the Australian Open Women’s Singles Title for the sixth time. She won her 19th Grand Slamtitle in her career.Badminton News1. Carolina Marin became the first Spanish player to win the Wimbledon of badminton, All England Championship title. Shedefeated Saina Nehwal in the final.2. Saina Nehwal regained the world number 2 spot in the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation.Top 5 players Women Single Badminton player:1. LI Xuerui2. SainaNehwal3. Wang Shixian4. Carolina Marin5. Sung Ji Hyun3. Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won Swiss Grand Prix Gold Title by defeating Viktor Axelsen of Denmark by 21-15, 12-21, 21-14 in the final.4. Saina Nehwal defeated reigning World Champion Carolina Marin of Spain to retain the Syed Modi International BadmintonChampionships.5. PV Sindhu won the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton title for the second consecutive time. She defeated KoreanKim Hyo Min.6. China open singles title - female: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan to win the title.7. China open singles title - male: K Srikanth defeated Lin Dan of China to win the title.Other Sports News1. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Australia Grand Prix title 2015.2. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri won the Indian Open title at the Delhi Golf Club. He defeated SSP Chowrasia on the firstplayoff hole.3. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri defeated Austrian Bernd Wiesberger in the final to win the maiden Malaysian Open title.4. Saloni Dalal became the youngest player to win the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke event in the 35th NationalGames 2015.5. France lifted the World Handball title by defeating Qatar by 25 - 22 in the final. With this win France has won the WorldChampionships title for the fifth time, which is a record in handball.6. India’s open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degreetemperature in the Antarctic Ocean. She broke the earlier records of British open water swimmer Lewis Pugh andAmerican swimmer Lynne Cox.

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Men’s single Novak Djokovic Roger FedererWomen's Singles Simona Halep JelenaJankovicWomen's Double Sania Mirza &Martina Hingis Ekaterina Makarova& ElenaVesnina

Australian Open 2015Category Winner Runner - upMen’s Single Novak Djokovic Andy MurrayWomen’s Single Serena Williams Maria Sharapova (Russia)Mixed Doubles Leander Paes& Martina Hingis Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic

Note: Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open Men’s Singles Title for the fifth time. He won his 8th Grand Slam title in hiscareer. Serena Williams won the Australian Open Women’s Singles Title for the sixth time. She won her 19th Grand Slamtitle in her career.Badminton News1. Carolina Marin became the first Spanish player to win the Wimbledon of badminton, All England Championship title. Shedefeated Saina Nehwal in the final.2. Saina Nehwal regained the world number 2 spot in the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation.Top 5 players Women Single Badminton player:1. LI Xuerui2. SainaNehwal3. Wang Shixian4. Carolina Marin5. Sung Ji Hyun3. Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won Swiss Grand Prix Gold Title by defeating Viktor Axelsen of Denmark by 21-15, 12-21, 21-14 in the final.4. Saina Nehwal defeated reigning World Champion Carolina Marin of Spain to retain the Syed Modi International BadmintonChampionships.5. PV Sindhu won the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton title for the second consecutive time. She defeated KoreanKim Hyo Min.6. China open singles title - female: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan to win the title.7. China open singles title - male: K Srikanth defeated Lin Dan of China to win the title.Other Sports News1. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Australia Grand Prix title 2015.2. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri won the Indian Open title at the Delhi Golf Club. He defeated SSP Chowrasia on the firstplayoff hole.3. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri defeated Austrian Bernd Wiesberger in the final to win the maiden Malaysian Open title.4. Saloni Dalal became the youngest player to win the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke event in the 35th NationalGames 2015.5. France lifted the World Handball title by defeating Qatar by 25 - 22 in the final. With this win France has won the WorldChampionships title for the fifth time, which is a record in handball.6. India’s open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degreetemperature in the Antarctic Ocean. She broke the earlier records of British open water swimmer Lewis Pugh andAmerican swimmer Lynne Cox.

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Men’s single Novak Djokovic Roger FedererWomen's Singles Simona Halep JelenaJankovicWomen's Double Sania Mirza &Martina Hingis Ekaterina Makarova& ElenaVesnina

Australian Open 2015Category Winner Runner - upMen’s Single Novak Djokovic Andy MurrayWomen’s Single Serena Williams Maria Sharapova (Russia)Mixed Doubles Leander Paes& Martina Hingis Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic

Note: Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open Men’s Singles Title for the fifth time. He won his 8th Grand Slam title in hiscareer. Serena Williams won the Australian Open Women’s Singles Title for the sixth time. She won her 19th Grand Slamtitle in her career.Badminton News1. Carolina Marin became the first Spanish player to win the Wimbledon of badminton, All England Championship title. Shedefeated Saina Nehwal in the final.2. Saina Nehwal regained the world number 2 spot in the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation.Top 5 players Women Single Badminton player:1. LI Xuerui2. SainaNehwal3. Wang Shixian4. Carolina Marin5. Sung Ji Hyun3. Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won Swiss Grand Prix Gold Title by defeating Viktor Axelsen of Denmark by 21-15, 12-21, 21-14 in the final.4. Saina Nehwal defeated reigning World Champion Carolina Marin of Spain to retain the Syed Modi International BadmintonChampionships.5. PV Sindhu won the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton title for the second consecutive time. She defeated KoreanKim Hyo Min.6. China open singles title - female: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan to win the title.7. China open singles title - male: K Srikanth defeated Lin Dan of China to win the title.Other Sports News1. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Australia Grand Prix title 2015.2. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri won the Indian Open title at the Delhi Golf Club. He defeated SSP Chowrasia on the firstplayoff hole.3. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri defeated Austrian Bernd Wiesberger in the final to win the maiden Malaysian Open title.4. Saloni Dalal became the youngest player to win the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke event in the 35th NationalGames 2015.5. France lifted the World Handball title by defeating Qatar by 25 - 22 in the final. With this win France has won the WorldChampionships title for the fifth time, which is a record in handball.6. India’s open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degreetemperature in the Antarctic Ocean. She broke the earlier records of British open water swimmer Lewis Pugh andAmerican swimmer Lynne Cox.

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Highlights of – The 35th National Games:The 35th National Games was hosted by Kerala which was held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015. It is the secondtime that Kerala is hosting the national games after it hosted the 27th National Games in 1987. Union Minister of UrbanDevelopment Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the opening ceremony of national games 2015. Mascot: The mascot of the 35th National Games is “Ammu”, The Great Hornbill, or the Great Indian Hornbill, the State birdof Kerala. Motto: The Motto of the 35th National Games is “Get Set Play”. Goodwill Ambassador: Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is the goodwill ambassador of the games.Key Points:1. Total 33 sports disciplines included in the in 35th National Games.2. Yachting is newly included event in 35th National Games.3. Services Sports Control Board with total 159 medals (Gold -91), Silver – 33), (Bronze – 35) topped the medals tally.4. Kerala ranked second in the medals tally with total 107 medals.5. Sajan Prakash won total 8 medals (Gold – 6, Silver – 2) in Swimming event, which is the highest medals won by anyindividual in the 35th National Games.

Medals Tally – Top 5 Teams

Top 5 Medal WinnersRank Athlete Sport State Gold Silver Bronze Total

1. Sajan Prakash Swimming Kerala 6 2 0 82. Rajina Kiro Canoe & Kayak Andaman &Nicobar 5 1 0 63. Inaocha DeviMayanglambam Canoe & Kayak Madhya Pradesh 5 1 0 64. Aakan kshaVora Swimming Maharashtra 5 1 0 65. Vijay Kumar Shooting Services SCB 5 0 1 6

Females Sports Player in News –Name Field1. MC Mary Kom Boxing2. Seema Punia Discus Throw3. ManjuBala Hammer Throw4. Simona Halep Tennis5. Dipika Pallikal Squash6. Joshana Chinappa Squash7. L Sarita Devi Boxing8. PV Sindhu Badminton9. Saina Nehwal Badminton

Rank Teams Gold Silver Bronze Total

1. Services SCB 91 33 35 1592. Kerala 54 48 60 1623. Haryana 40 40 27 1074. Maharashtra 30 43 50 1235. Punjab 27 34 32 93

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Highlights of – The 35th National Games:The 35th National Games was hosted by Kerala which was held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015. It is the secondtime that Kerala is hosting the national games after it hosted the 27th National Games in 1987. Union Minister of UrbanDevelopment Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the opening ceremony of national games 2015. Mascot: The mascot of the 35th National Games is “Ammu”, The Great Hornbill, or the Great Indian Hornbill, the State birdof Kerala. Motto: The Motto of the 35th National Games is “Get Set Play”. Goodwill Ambassador: Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is the goodwill ambassador of the games.Key Points:1. Total 33 sports disciplines included in the in 35th National Games.2. Yachting is newly included event in 35th National Games.3. Services Sports Control Board with total 159 medals (Gold -91), Silver – 33), (Bronze – 35) topped the medals tally.4. Kerala ranked second in the medals tally with total 107 medals.5. Sajan Prakash won total 8 medals (Gold – 6, Silver – 2) in Swimming event, which is the highest medals won by anyindividual in the 35th National Games.

Medals Tally – Top 5 Teams

Top 5 Medal WinnersRank Athlete Sport State Gold Silver Bronze Total

1. Sajan Prakash Swimming Kerala 6 2 0 82. Rajina Kiro Canoe & Kayak Andaman &Nicobar 5 1 0 63. Inaocha DeviMayanglambam Canoe & Kayak Madhya Pradesh 5 1 0 64. Aakan kshaVora Swimming Maharashtra 5 1 0 65. Vijay Kumar Shooting Services SCB 5 0 1 6

Females Sports Player in News –Name Field1. MC Mary Kom Boxing2. Seema Punia Discus Throw3. ManjuBala Hammer Throw4. Simona Halep Tennis5. Dipika Pallikal Squash6. Joshana Chinappa Squash7. L Sarita Devi Boxing8. PV Sindhu Badminton9. Saina Nehwal Badminton

Rank Teams Gold Silver Bronze Total

1. Services SCB 91 33 35 1592. Kerala 54 48 60 1623. Haryana 40 40 27 1074. Maharashtra 30 43 50 1235. Punjab 27 34 32 93

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Highlights of – The 35th National Games:The 35th National Games was hosted by Kerala which was held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015. It is the secondtime that Kerala is hosting the national games after it hosted the 27th National Games in 1987. Union Minister of UrbanDevelopment Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the opening ceremony of national games 2015. Mascot: The mascot of the 35th National Games is “Ammu”, The Great Hornbill, or the Great Indian Hornbill, the State birdof Kerala. Motto: The Motto of the 35th National Games is “Get Set Play”. Goodwill Ambassador: Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is the goodwill ambassador of the games.Key Points:1. Total 33 sports disciplines included in the in 35th National Games.2. Yachting is newly included event in 35th National Games.3. Services Sports Control Board with total 159 medals (Gold -91), Silver – 33), (Bronze – 35) topped the medals tally.4. Kerala ranked second in the medals tally with total 107 medals.5. Sajan Prakash won total 8 medals (Gold – 6, Silver – 2) in Swimming event, which is the highest medals won by anyindividual in the 35th National Games.

Medals Tally – Top 5 Teams

Top 5 Medal WinnersRank Athlete Sport State Gold Silver Bronze Total

1. Sajan Prakash Swimming Kerala 6 2 0 82. Rajina Kiro Canoe & Kayak Andaman &Nicobar 5 1 0 63. Inaocha DeviMayanglambam Canoe & Kayak Madhya Pradesh 5 1 0 64. Aakan kshaVora Swimming Maharashtra 5 1 0 65. Vijay Kumar Shooting Services SCB 5 0 1 6

Females Sports Player in News –Name Field1. MC Mary Kom Boxing2. Seema Punia Discus Throw3. ManjuBala Hammer Throw4. Simona Halep Tennis5. Dipika Pallikal Squash6. Joshana Chinappa Squash7. L Sarita Devi Boxing8. PV Sindhu Badminton9. Saina Nehwal Badminton

Rank Teams Gold Silver Bronze Total

1. Services SCB 91 33 35 1592. Kerala 54 48 60 1623. Haryana 40 40 27 1074. Maharashtra 30 43 50 1235. Punjab 27 34 32 93

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10. Petro Kvitova Tennis11. Renubala Chanu Weightlifting12. Heena Sidhu ShootingMale Sports Player in News –

Name Field1. AbhinavBindra Shooting2. Jitu Rai Shooting3. SauravGhosal Squash4. Yuki Bhambri Tennis5. Pankaj Advani Billiards6. Magnus Carlsen Chess7. Swarn Singh Rowing8. K. Srikanth Badminton9. VikasKrishan Boxing10. AnirbanLahiri Golf11. Ajay Jayaram Badminton12. Rory McIlroy Golf13. Michael Phelps Swimmer14. Lewis Hamilton Formula 115. NicoRosberg Formula 116. Marin Cilic Tennis17. Kei Nishikori Tennis18. Gurmail Singh Hockey19. YogeshwarDutt Wrestling20. Bajrang Wrestling21. Jai Bhagwan Boxer22. Manoj Kumar Boxer23. Mark Selby Snooker

International Organizations & their HeadquarterOrganization Headquarter1. United Nations Organization (UN) New York2. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) New York3. United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) New York4. United Nations Conference on Trade &Development (UNCTAD) Geneva, Switzerland5. World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland6. International LabourOrganisation Geneva, Switzerland7. World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland8. World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland9. World Intellectual Property Organisation Geneva, Switzerland10. World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland11. United Nations Education Scientific & CulturalOrganisation (UNESCO) Paris, France

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10. Petro Kvitova Tennis11. Renubala Chanu Weightlifting12. Heena Sidhu ShootingMale Sports Player in News –

Name Field1. AbhinavBindra Shooting2. Jitu Rai Shooting3. SauravGhosal Squash4. Yuki Bhambri Tennis5. Pankaj Advani Billiards6. Magnus Carlsen Chess7. Swarn Singh Rowing8. K. Srikanth Badminton9. VikasKrishan Boxing10. AnirbanLahiri Golf11. Ajay Jayaram Badminton12. Rory McIlroy Golf13. Michael Phelps Swimmer14. Lewis Hamilton Formula 115. NicoRosberg Formula 116. Marin Cilic Tennis17. Kei Nishikori Tennis18. Gurmail Singh Hockey19. YogeshwarDutt Wrestling20. Bajrang Wrestling21. Jai Bhagwan Boxer22. Manoj Kumar Boxer23. Mark Selby Snooker

International Organizations & their HeadquarterOrganization Headquarter1. United Nations Organization (UN) New York2. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) New York3. United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) New York4. United Nations Conference on Trade &Development (UNCTAD) Geneva, Switzerland5. World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland6. International LabourOrganisation Geneva, Switzerland7. World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland8. World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland9. World Intellectual Property Organisation Geneva, Switzerland10. World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland11. United Nations Education Scientific & CulturalOrganisation (UNESCO) Paris, France

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10. Petro Kvitova Tennis11. Renubala Chanu Weightlifting12. Heena Sidhu ShootingMale Sports Player in News –

Name Field1. AbhinavBindra Shooting2. Jitu Rai Shooting3. SauravGhosal Squash4. Yuki Bhambri Tennis5. Pankaj Advani Billiards6. Magnus Carlsen Chess7. Swarn Singh Rowing8. K. Srikanth Badminton9. VikasKrishan Boxing10. AnirbanLahiri Golf11. Ajay Jayaram Badminton12. Rory McIlroy Golf13. Michael Phelps Swimmer14. Lewis Hamilton Formula 115. NicoRosberg Formula 116. Marin Cilic Tennis17. Kei Nishikori Tennis18. Gurmail Singh Hockey19. YogeshwarDutt Wrestling20. Bajrang Wrestling21. Jai Bhagwan Boxer22. Manoj Kumar Boxer23. Mark Selby Snooker

International Organizations & their HeadquarterOrganization Headquarter1. United Nations Organization (UN) New York2. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) New York3. United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) New York4. United Nations Conference on Trade &Development (UNCTAD) Geneva, Switzerland5. World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland6. International LabourOrganisation Geneva, Switzerland7. World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland8. World Meteorological Organisation Geneva, Switzerland9. World Intellectual Property Organisation Geneva, Switzerland10. World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland11. United Nations Education Scientific & CulturalOrganisation (UNESCO) Paris, France

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12. Organisation for Economic Cooperation &Development (OECD) Paris, France13. United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganisation (UNIDO) Vienna, Austria14. International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria15. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) Vienna, Austria16. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC17. World Bank Washington DC18. Amnesty International London, UK19. International Maritime Organisation London, UK20. Commonwealth of Nations London, UK21. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Brussels, Belgium22. South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) Kathmandu, Nepal23. Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines24. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta, Indonesia25. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Singapore26. International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE27. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome

List of Important DaysSr. no. DATE DAY1. 12th January National Youth day (Birthday of Vivekananda).2. 15th January Army day.3. 24th Jan National Girl Child Day.4. 25th January National tourism day/ Voters day5. 30th January National Martyrs day & World anti Leprosy Day6. 4th Feb World Cancer Day.7. 28th Feb National science day8. 8th March International women day9. 9th March World Kidney day10. 15th March World Consumer rights day ,11. 20th March World Sparrow Day & International Happiness Day.12. 21st March World Forestry day13. 22nd March World water day14. 23rd March World Meteorological day

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12. Organisation for Economic Cooperation &Development (OECD) Paris, France13. United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganisation (UNIDO) Vienna, Austria14. International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria15. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) Vienna, Austria16. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC17. World Bank Washington DC18. Amnesty International London, UK19. International Maritime Organisation London, UK20. Commonwealth of Nations London, UK21. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Brussels, Belgium22. South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) Kathmandu, Nepal23. Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines24. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta, Indonesia25. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Singapore26. International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE27. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome

List of Important DaysSr. no. DATE DAY1. 12th January National Youth day (Birthday of Vivekananda).2. 15th January Army day.3. 24th Jan National Girl Child Day.4. 25th January National tourism day/ Voters day5. 30th January National Martyrs day & World anti Leprosy Day6. 4th Feb World Cancer Day.7. 28th Feb National science day8. 8th March International women day9. 9th March World Kidney day10. 15th March World Consumer rights day ,11. 20th March World Sparrow Day & International Happiness Day.12. 21st March World Forestry day13. 22nd March World water day14. 23rd March World Meteorological day

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12. Organisation for Economic Cooperation &Development (OECD) Paris, France13. United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganisation (UNIDO) Vienna, Austria14. International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria15. Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) Vienna, Austria16. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Washington DC17. World Bank Washington DC18. Amnesty International London, UK19. International Maritime Organisation London, UK20. Commonwealth of Nations London, UK21. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Brussels, Belgium22. South Asian Association for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) Kathmandu, Nepal23. Asian Development Bank Manila, Philippines24. Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) Jakarta, Indonesia25. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Singapore26. International Cricket Council (ICC) Dubai, UAE27. Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Rome

List of Important DaysSr. no. DATE DAY1. 12th January National Youth day (Birthday of Vivekananda).2. 15th January Army day.3. 24th Jan National Girl Child Day.4. 25th January National tourism day/ Voters day5. 30th January National Martyrs day & World anti Leprosy Day6. 4th Feb World Cancer Day.7. 28th Feb National science day8. 8th March International women day9. 9th March World Kidney day10. 15th March World Consumer rights day ,11. 20th March World Sparrow Day & International Happiness Day.12. 21st March World Forestry day13. 22nd March World water day14. 23rd March World Meteorological day

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15. 24th March World T.B. day16. 2 April World Autism Awareness Day17. 7th April World Health day18. 21st April Civil service day19. 22nd April World Earth day20. 24th April Panchayat Divas21. 1st May International Labour day22. 3rd May World Press Freedom Day23. 11th May National Technology day24. 21st May Anti Terrorism day (Death day of Rajiv Gandhi)25. 31st May Anti Tobacco day (No smoking day)26. 5th June World Environment day27. 1st July Doctors day28. 11th July World population day30 6th August Hiroshima day31. 9th August Nagasaki day32. 12th August International youth day33. 29th August National Sports day34. 5th Sept Teachers day35. 8th Sept World Literacy day36. 14th Sept Hindi Divas37. 15th Sept Engineers day38. 16th Sept Ozone day39. 2nd Oct International Non-violence day40. 8th Oct Air force day41. 9th Oct World post day42. 24th Oct United nation day43. 17th Nov Students day44. 18th Nov Adults day45. 19th Nov Citizens day46. 27th Nov National law day47. 1st Dec AIDS day48. 4thDec Navy day49. 10thDec Human Rights day50. 14th Dec National Energy Conservation Day.51 24 Dec National Consumers Rights Day52. 25 Dec Good Governance Day

Important Hydroelectric Power Plants / Dams in India

Plant State River1. Tehri Dam Uttrakhand Bhagirathi2. Nathpa Jhakri Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej3. Pong Dam or MaharanaPratap Sagar Himachal Pradesh Beas4. Bhakra Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej5. Chamera Dam Himachal Pradesh Ravi6. Salal Hydroelectric PowerStation Jammu & Kashmir Chenab7. Uri Dam Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum8. Nimmo – Bazgo Leh, Jammu & Kashmir Indus

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15. 24th March World T.B. day16. 2 April World Autism Awareness Day17. 7th April World Health day18. 21st April Civil service day19. 22nd April World Earth day20. 24th April Panchayat Divas21. 1st May International Labour day22. 3rd May World Press Freedom Day23. 11th May National Technology day24. 21st May Anti Terrorism day (Death day of Rajiv Gandhi)25. 31st May Anti Tobacco day (No smoking day)26. 5th June World Environment day27. 1st July Doctors day28. 11th July World population day30 6th August Hiroshima day31. 9th August Nagasaki day32. 12th August International youth day33. 29th August National Sports day34. 5th Sept Teachers day35. 8th Sept World Literacy day36. 14th Sept Hindi Divas37. 15th Sept Engineers day38. 16th Sept Ozone day39. 2nd Oct International Non-violence day40. 8th Oct Air force day41. 9th Oct World post day42. 24th Oct United nation day43. 17th Nov Students day44. 18th Nov Adults day45. 19th Nov Citizens day46. 27th Nov National law day47. 1st Dec AIDS day48. 4thDec Navy day49. 10thDec Human Rights day50. 14th Dec National Energy Conservation Day.51 24 Dec National Consumers Rights Day52. 25 Dec Good Governance Day

Important Hydroelectric Power Plants / Dams in India

Plant State River1. Tehri Dam Uttrakhand Bhagirathi2. Nathpa Jhakri Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej3. Pong Dam or MaharanaPratap Sagar Himachal Pradesh Beas4. Bhakra Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej5. Chamera Dam Himachal Pradesh Ravi6. Salal Hydroelectric PowerStation Jammu & Kashmir Chenab7. Uri Dam Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum8. Nimmo – Bazgo Leh, Jammu & Kashmir Indus

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15. 24th March World T.B. day16. 2 April World Autism Awareness Day17. 7th April World Health day18. 21st April Civil service day19. 22nd April World Earth day20. 24th April Panchayat Divas21. 1st May International Labour day22. 3rd May World Press Freedom Day23. 11th May National Technology day24. 21st May Anti Terrorism day (Death day of Rajiv Gandhi)25. 31st May Anti Tobacco day (No smoking day)26. 5th June World Environment day27. 1st July Doctors day28. 11th July World population day30 6th August Hiroshima day31. 9th August Nagasaki day32. 12th August International youth day33. 29th August National Sports day34. 5th Sept Teachers day35. 8th Sept World Literacy day36. 14th Sept Hindi Divas37. 15th Sept Engineers day38. 16th Sept Ozone day39. 2nd Oct International Non-violence day40. 8th Oct Air force day41. 9th Oct World post day42. 24th Oct United nation day43. 17th Nov Students day44. 18th Nov Adults day45. 19th Nov Citizens day46. 27th Nov National law day47. 1st Dec AIDS day48. 4thDec Navy day49. 10thDec Human Rights day50. 14th Dec National Energy Conservation Day.51 24 Dec National Consumers Rights Day52. 25 Dec Good Governance Day

Important Hydroelectric Power Plants / Dams in India

Plant State River1. Tehri Dam Uttrakhand Bhagirathi2. Nathpa Jhakri Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej3. Pong Dam or MaharanaPratap Sagar Himachal Pradesh Beas4. Bhakra Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej5. Chamera Dam Himachal Pradesh Ravi6. Salal Hydroelectric PowerStation Jammu & Kashmir Chenab7. Uri Dam Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum8. Nimmo – Bazgo Leh, Jammu & Kashmir Indus

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9. Chutak Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir Suru10. Kishanganga HydroelectricProject Jammu & Kashmir Kishanganga11. Srisailam Dam Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Krishna12. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Krishna13. Idukki Kerala Periyar14. Mettur Dam Tamil Nadu Kaveri15. Sardar Sarovar Gujarat Narmada16. Indira Sagar Madhya Pradesh Narmada17. Koyna Hydroelectric PowerProject Maharashtra Koyna18. Bansagar Dam Madhya Pradesh Sone19. Mulshi Dam Maharashtra Mula20. Hirakud Dam Odisha Mahanadi21. Ranjit Sagar Dam Punjab Ravi22. Baglihar Dam Jammu & Kashmir Chenab

Thermal Power Stations in India

Power Station Location District State1. Mundra ThermalPower Station Mundra Kutch Gujarat2. Mundra Ultra MegaPower Project Mundra Kutch Gujarat3. Vindhyachal SuperThermal Power Station Vindhya Nagar Singrauli Madhya Pradesh4. Tirora ThermalPower Station Tirora Gondia Maharashtra5. Korba SuperThermal Power Plant Jamani Palli Korba Chhattisgarh6. Chandrapur SuperThermal Power Station Urjanagar Chandrapur Maharashtra7. Sipat ThermalPower Station Sipat Bilaspur Chhattisgarh8. Trombay ThermalPower Station Trombay Mumbai Maharashtra9. KhaperkhedaThermal Power Station Khaprkheda Nagpur Maharashtra10. Satpura ThermalPower Station Sarni Betul Maharashtra11. Ukai ThermalPower Station Ukai Dam Tapi Gujarat12. Sikka ThermalPower Station Jamnagar Jamnagar Gujarat13. Talcher SuperThermal Power Station Kaniha Angul Odisha14. Hirakud CaptivePower Plant Hirakud Sambhalpur Odisha

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9. Chutak Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir Suru10. Kishanganga HydroelectricProject Jammu & Kashmir Kishanganga11. Srisailam Dam Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Krishna12. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Krishna13. Idukki Kerala Periyar14. Mettur Dam Tamil Nadu Kaveri15. Sardar Sarovar Gujarat Narmada16. Indira Sagar Madhya Pradesh Narmada17. Koyna Hydroelectric PowerProject Maharashtra Koyna18. Bansagar Dam Madhya Pradesh Sone19. Mulshi Dam Maharashtra Mula20. Hirakud Dam Odisha Mahanadi21. Ranjit Sagar Dam Punjab Ravi22. Baglihar Dam Jammu & Kashmir Chenab

Thermal Power Stations in India

Power Station Location District State1. Mundra ThermalPower Station Mundra Kutch Gujarat2. Mundra Ultra MegaPower Project Mundra Kutch Gujarat3. Vindhyachal SuperThermal Power Station Vindhya Nagar Singrauli Madhya Pradesh4. Tirora ThermalPower Station Tirora Gondia Maharashtra5. Korba SuperThermal Power Plant Jamani Palli Korba Chhattisgarh6. Chandrapur SuperThermal Power Station Urjanagar Chandrapur Maharashtra7. Sipat ThermalPower Station Sipat Bilaspur Chhattisgarh8. Trombay ThermalPower Station Trombay Mumbai Maharashtra9. KhaperkhedaThermal Power Station Khaprkheda Nagpur Maharashtra10. Satpura ThermalPower Station Sarni Betul Maharashtra11. Ukai ThermalPower Station Ukai Dam Tapi Gujarat12. Sikka ThermalPower Station Jamnagar Jamnagar Gujarat13. Talcher SuperThermal Power Station Kaniha Angul Odisha14. Hirakud CaptivePower Plant Hirakud Sambhalpur Odisha

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9. Chutak Kargil, Jammu & Kashmir Suru10. Kishanganga HydroelectricProject Jammu & Kashmir Kishanganga11. Srisailam Dam Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Krishna12. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Krishna13. Idukki Kerala Periyar14. Mettur Dam Tamil Nadu Kaveri15. Sardar Sarovar Gujarat Narmada16. Indira Sagar Madhya Pradesh Narmada17. Koyna Hydroelectric PowerProject Maharashtra Koyna18. Bansagar Dam Madhya Pradesh Sone19. Mulshi Dam Maharashtra Mula20. Hirakud Dam Odisha Mahanadi21. Ranjit Sagar Dam Punjab Ravi22. Baglihar Dam Jammu & Kashmir Chenab

Thermal Power Stations in India

Power Station Location District State1. Mundra ThermalPower Station Mundra Kutch Gujarat2. Mundra Ultra MegaPower Project Mundra Kutch Gujarat3. Vindhyachal SuperThermal Power Station Vindhya Nagar Singrauli Madhya Pradesh4. Tirora ThermalPower Station Tirora Gondia Maharashtra5. Korba SuperThermal Power Plant Jamani Palli Korba Chhattisgarh6. Chandrapur SuperThermal Power Station Urjanagar Chandrapur Maharashtra7. Sipat ThermalPower Station Sipat Bilaspur Chhattisgarh8. Trombay ThermalPower Station Trombay Mumbai Maharashtra9. KhaperkhedaThermal Power Station Khaprkheda Nagpur Maharashtra10. Satpura ThermalPower Station Sarni Betul Maharashtra11. Ukai ThermalPower Station Ukai Dam Tapi Gujarat12. Sikka ThermalPower Station Jamnagar Jamnagar Gujarat13. Talcher SuperThermal Power Station Kaniha Angul Odisha14. Hirakud CaptivePower Plant Hirakud Sambhalpur Odisha

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15. ChandrapuraThermal Power Station Chandrapura Bokaro Jharkhand16. Barauni ThermalPower Station Barauni Begusarai Bihar17. Durgapur ThermalPower Station Durgapur Bardhaman West Bengal18. Rihand ThermalPower Station Rihand Nagar Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh19. Singrauli SuperThermal Power Station Shaktinagar Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh20. Anpara ThermalPower Station Anpara Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh21. Suratgarh SuperThermal Power Station Suratgarh Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan22. Obra ThermalPower Station Obra Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh23. Sasan Ultra MegaPower Project Sasan Singrauli Madhya Pradesh24. Panki ThermalPower Station Panki Kanpur Uttar Pradesh25. Simhadri SuperThermal Power Station Vishakapatnam Vishapatnam Andhra Pradesh26. Neyveli ThermalPower Station Neyveli Cuddalore Tamil Nadu27. Mettur TheralPower Station Mettur Salem Tamil Nadu28. Udupi TheralPower Station Nandikoor Udupi Karnataka29. Bellary TheralPower Station Kudatini Bellary Karnataka30. Chhabra ThermalPower Plant Mothipura Baran Rajasthan

Nuclear Power Station in India

Power Station Location District State

1. TarapurAtomic PowerStation Tarapur Thane Maharashtra2. RajasthanAtomic PowerStation Rawatbhata Chittogarh Rajasthan3. KakraparAtomic Powerstation Kakrapar Surat Gujarat4. KundankulamNuclear PowerPlant Kundankulam Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu

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15. ChandrapuraThermal Power Station Chandrapura Bokaro Jharkhand16. Barauni ThermalPower Station Barauni Begusarai Bihar17. Durgapur ThermalPower Station Durgapur Bardhaman West Bengal18. Rihand ThermalPower Station Rihand Nagar Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh19. Singrauli SuperThermal Power Station Shaktinagar Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh20. Anpara ThermalPower Station Anpara Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh21. Suratgarh SuperThermal Power Station Suratgarh Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan22. Obra ThermalPower Station Obra Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh23. Sasan Ultra MegaPower Project Sasan Singrauli Madhya Pradesh24. Panki ThermalPower Station Panki Kanpur Uttar Pradesh25. Simhadri SuperThermal Power Station Vishakapatnam Vishapatnam Andhra Pradesh26. Neyveli ThermalPower Station Neyveli Cuddalore Tamil Nadu27. Mettur TheralPower Station Mettur Salem Tamil Nadu28. Udupi TheralPower Station Nandikoor Udupi Karnataka29. Bellary TheralPower Station Kudatini Bellary Karnataka30. Chhabra ThermalPower Plant Mothipura Baran Rajasthan

Nuclear Power Station in India

Power Station Location District State

1. TarapurAtomic PowerStation Tarapur Thane Maharashtra2. RajasthanAtomic PowerStation Rawatbhata Chittogarh Rajasthan3. KakraparAtomic Powerstation Kakrapar Surat Gujarat4. KundankulamNuclear PowerPlant Kundankulam Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu

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15. ChandrapuraThermal Power Station Chandrapura Bokaro Jharkhand16. Barauni ThermalPower Station Barauni Begusarai Bihar17. Durgapur ThermalPower Station Durgapur Bardhaman West Bengal18. Rihand ThermalPower Station Rihand Nagar Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh19. Singrauli SuperThermal Power Station Shaktinagar Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh20. Anpara ThermalPower Station Anpara Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh21. Suratgarh SuperThermal Power Station Suratgarh Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan22. Obra ThermalPower Station Obra Sonebhadra Uttar Pradesh23. Sasan Ultra MegaPower Project Sasan Singrauli Madhya Pradesh24. Panki ThermalPower Station Panki Kanpur Uttar Pradesh25. Simhadri SuperThermal Power Station Vishakapatnam Vishapatnam Andhra Pradesh26. Neyveli ThermalPower Station Neyveli Cuddalore Tamil Nadu27. Mettur TheralPower Station Mettur Salem Tamil Nadu28. Udupi TheralPower Station Nandikoor Udupi Karnataka29. Bellary TheralPower Station Kudatini Bellary Karnataka30. Chhabra ThermalPower Plant Mothipura Baran Rajasthan

Nuclear Power Station in India

Power Station Location District State

1. TarapurAtomic PowerStation Tarapur Thane Maharashtra2. RajasthanAtomic PowerStation Rawatbhata Chittogarh Rajasthan3. KakraparAtomic Powerstation Kakrapar Surat Gujarat4. KundankulamNuclear PowerPlant Kundankulam Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu

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5. Kaiga NuclearPower Plant Kaiga Uttara Kannada Karnataka6. Madras AtomicPower Station Kalpakkam Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu7. Narora AtomicPower Station Narora Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh8. GorakhpurAtomic PowerStation Fatehabad Fatehabad Haryana9. JaitapurNuclear PowerProject Madban Ratagiri Maharashtra

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5. Kaiga NuclearPower Plant Kaiga Uttara Kannada Karnataka6. Madras AtomicPower Station Kalpakkam Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu7. Narora AtomicPower Station Narora Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh8. GorakhpurAtomic PowerStation Fatehabad Fatehabad Haryana9. JaitapurNuclear PowerProject Madban Ratagiri Maharashtra

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5. Kaiga NuclearPower Plant Kaiga Uttara Kannada Karnataka6. Madras AtomicPower Station Kalpakkam Kancheepuram Tamil Nadu7. Narora AtomicPower Station Narora Bulandshahr Uttar Pradesh8. GorakhpurAtomic PowerStation Fatehabad Fatehabad Haryana9. JaitapurNuclear PowerProject Madban Ratagiri Maharashtra

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