1st Sunday of May - World Laughter Day 1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma day 2nd Sunday of May - Mothers Day 1st May - International Workers Day 1st May - Foundation Day of Gujarat and

Maharashtra 3rd May - World Press Freedom Day 4th May - International Firefighters Day 4th May - Buddha Poornima Diwas 8th May - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 11th May - National Technology Day 12th May - International Nurses Day 17th May - World Telecommunication and

Information Society Day 18th May - International Museum Day 21st May - Anti-Terrorism Day 22nd May - International Day for Biological Diversity 23rd May - World Turtle Day 24th May - Commonwealth day 27th May - World Science Festival Day 31st May - World No Tobacco Day

Achal Kumar Jyoti - Election Commissioner Akhil Amar - Member, National Council on

Humanities (US) Anindo Majumdar - CMD, Delhi Finance Corporation Arun Jha - Secretary, Tribal Affairs Arun shrivastava - MD & CEO, Syndicate bank Arvind Saxena - Member, UPSC (first RAW officer) Deepak Iyer - CMD, Bharti AXA General Insurance Dr Syed Ahmed - Governor, Manipur Draupadi Murmu - 1st Woman Governor of

Jharkhand. G Mohan Kumar - Secretary, Ministry of Defence

(MoD) George Yeo - Chancellor, Nalanda University GS Reddy - Scientific Adviser, Defence minister

Harbhajan Kaur Dheer - 1st Asian woman elected mayor, Ealing Council in London

J Jayalalithaa - Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu J P Nadda - President, 68th World Health Assembly J P Rajkhowa - Governor, Arunachal Pradesh Justice Cyriac Joseph - Head, NHRC (National Human

Rights Commission) KV Kamath - President, New Development Bank

(BRICS Bank) M J Joseph - Controller General of Accounts (CGA) Manoj Mishra - CMD, National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL) Mhairi Black - Britain's youngest member of

parliament Mukesh Khanna - Chairperson, CFSI Navneet Rajan Wasan - DG, BPR&D Nirbhay Sharma - Governor, Mizoram Parvinder Singh Batth - Mayor of Britains

Wokingham Borough Council (1st Sikh) Pawan Goenka - Honorary Ambassador, Korea Pradeep Kumar Sinha - Cabinet Secretary Ranjit Singh Baxi - Head, Bureau of International

Recycling S Chandra Das - Singapore's non-Resident High

Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sanjita Pradhan - US President's Advisory

Commission(AAPIS) Satish Reddy - Chairman, National Safety Council

(NSC). Selvin Christopher - Chief, DRDO SS Ahluwalia - Chairman, JPC on Land Acquisition

Amendment Bill 2015 Sunil DSouza - MD, Whirlpool India Surender Singh - Director General, CISF Tathagata Roy - Governor, Tripura V Shanmuganathan - Governor, Meghalaya Veena Jain - (DG) of News, Doordarshan Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar - Head,

Mysuru royal family

Ananta Bijoy Das - Secular Blogger, Bangladesh

Anurradha Prasad - Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award (Journalism and Social Services)

C.N.R. Rao - the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star Award (Japan's highest civilian award)

Charlie Hebdo (French satirical magazine) - 2015 PEN Freedom of Expression Courage award

Dr. Siva Mandjiny - UNC Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching

Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu - University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher Award

Harkeert Singh Saini - Top Civilian Supervisor of the Year (Texas)

Lance Naik Nand Ram, Raju Joseph - UNs Dag Hammarskjold Medal

Laszlo Krasznahorkai - Man Booker International Prize 2015

Manabi Bandopadhyay - 1st third gender principal in India

Masaan (Indian Film) - FIPRESCI Award at 68th Cannes film festival

Nadia district (West Bengal) - 2015 United Nations Public Service Award

Neel Mukherjee (The Lives of Others) - UK's Encore Award 2015

Punjab - World No Tobacco Day Award 2015 Shashi Kapoor - Dada Saheb Phalke award 2015 Sivanadane Mandjiny - UNC Board of Governors

2015 Award Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) -

Dun and Bradstreet Corporate Award

68th Cannes Film Festival Award Winners List 2015

Palme d'Or : "Dheepan," Directed by Jacques Audiard

Best Actress : Rooney Mara for "Carol" and Emmanuelle Bercot for "Mon Roi" (Shared Prize)

Best Actor : Vincent Lindon for "The Measure of a Man"

Grand Prix : "Son of Saul," Directed by Laszlo Nemes Best Director : "The Assassin," Directed by Hou

Hsiao-Hsien Best Screenplay : "Chronic," Written by Michel

Franco Camera d'Or (Best First Feature) : "La Tierra y la

Sombre," Directed by Cesar Acevedo Jury Prize : "The Lobster," Directed by Yorgos

Lanthimos Palme d'Or (Short Film) : "Waves '98," Directed by

Ely Dagher

Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil

Tolkappiyar Award for lifetime achievement in Classical Tamil :

o 2011-12 : SV Shanmugam o 2012-13 : R Krishnamurthi

Kural Pitam Award o 2011-12 : Eva Maria Wilden (Germany)

Young Scholar Awards o 2011-12 :

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E. Ezhilvasanthan K. Jawahar K. Iyyappan

o 2012-13 : R. Venkatesan, Sathish, M.R. Devak, U. Alibava and B. Jaiganesh.

Top 10 of Forbes World's Most Powerful Women List

1. Angela Merkel (German Chancellor) 2. Hillary Clinton (US presidential hopeful) 3. Melinda Gates (Philanthriopist / Bill Gates wife) 4. Janet Yellen (Federal Reserve Chair) 5. Mary Barra (GM CEO) 6. Christine Lagarde (IMF Chief) 7. Dilma Rousseff (Brazilian President) 8. Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO) 9. Susan Wojcicki (YouTube CEO) 10. Michelle Obama (US First Lady)

Indian Women in the List

Arundhathi Bhattacharya - 30th Rank Chanda Kochhar - 35th Rank Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - 85th Rank Shobhana Bhartia - 93rd Rank

CEAT Cricket Awards 2014-15 Winners List

International Cricketer of the Year - Kumar Sangakkara

Lifetime Achievement Award - Kapil Dev T20 Player of the Year - Dwayne Bravo Young cricketer of the Year - Deepak Hooda Batsman of the Year - Hashim Amla Bowler of the Year - Rangana Herath International Indian Cricketer of the year - Ajinkya

Rahane Special performance of the year - Rohit Sharma, for

his 264 Most popular athlete (fan votes) - Kieron Pollard Domestic player of the year - Vinay Kumar

AIBA Women's Junior World Championship Winners from India

Gold Medal Winners : o Savita (50kg) o Mandeep Sandhu (52kg) and o Sakshi (54kg) struck

Silver Medal Winners o Soniya (48kg) and o Niharika Gonella (70kg)

Italian Open 2015 Winners List

Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia) by defeating Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Women's Singles : Maria Sharapova (Russia) by defeating Carla Surez Navarro (Spain)

Men's Doubles : Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) and David Marrero (Spain) by defeating Marcel Granollers (Spain) and Marc Lpez (Spain)

Women's Doubles : Tmea Babos (Hungary) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) by defeating Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and Sania Mirza (India)

Tennis 2015 Mutua Madrid Open Winners List

Mens singles Title : Andy Murray (Britain) Womens singles Title : Petra Kvitova (Czech

Republic) Mens doubles Title : Rohan Bopanna (India) and

Florin Mergea (Romania) Womens doubles Title : Casey Dellacqua (Australia)

and Yaroslava Shvedova (Russia)

International Wrestling Tournament

Yogeshwar - Gold medal in 65kg division Praveen Rana - Gold in 70kg category Amit Kumar - Gold in 57 kg category and Narsingh Yadav - Gold in 74kg category

Archery World Cup : Deepika Kumari (bronze medal)

62nd National Film Awards 2015 (President Pranab Mukherjee presented these Awards on 3rd May 2015 at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi)

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Best Feature Film : Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)

Best Popular Film for Providing Wholesome Entertainment : Mary Kom

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director : Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali)

Best Direction : Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali)

Best Actress : Kangana Ranaut for Queen Best Actor : Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada) Best Supporting Actor : Bobby Simhaa for

Jigarthanda (Tamil) Best Supporting Actress : Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi

The Honour (Haryanavi) Best Male Playback Singer : Sukhwinder Singh, for

Bismil, Haider Best Female Playback Singer : Saivam (Tamil) and

Uttara Unnikrishanan (Song : Azhagu) Best Costume Designer : Haider (Hindi) Dolly

Ahluwalia Best Music Direction Songs : Haider Best Music Direction Background Score : Nineteen

Eighty Three (Malayalam) Best Choreography : Sudesh Bismil, Haider Feature Films :

o Best Assamese Film : Othello o Best Bengali Film : Nirbashito o Best Hindi Film :Queen o Best Rabha Film : Orong o Best Haryanvi Film : Pagdi The Honour o Best Punjabi Film : Punjab 1984 o Best Tamil Film : Kuttram Kadithal o Best Telugu Film : Chandamama Kathalu o Best Malayalam Film : Ain o Best Marathi Film : Killa o Best Odiya Film : Aadim Vichar o Best Kannada Film : Harivu o Best Konkani Film : Nachom - IA Kumpasar

Special Mention : Killa (Marathi) Best Film on Environment Consevation /

Preservation : Ottaal (Malayalam) Best Educational Film : Komal & Behind the Glass

Wall

Best Exploration/ Adventure Film : Life Force - India's Western Ghats

Best Investigative Film : Phum Shang Best Animation Film : Sound of Joy Best Short Fiction Film : Mitraa Best Film Critic : Tanul Thakur

Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015

he 2015 edition of the Indian Premier League ended yesterday's Night (24th May 2015). Mumbai Indians

won the title for the second time in the last three years. Here are some important details you should know about IPL. The below given data will be helpful for upcoming interviews and other competitive exams. Happy Reading.

Important Details you should know about IPL

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is an annual Twenty20 cricket tournament, founded in 2008 by the BCCI.

IPL 2015 is the eighth season that was started on 8 April 2015 and ended on 24th May 2015.

The present Chairman of the IPL Governing council is Rajeev Shukla.

There have been a total of 11 teams since its inception. Till present five teams have won the title: Kolkata Knight Riders (2), Chennai Super Kings (2), Rajasthan Royals (1), Deccan Chargers (1), and Mumbai Indians (2).

Chennai Super Kings being the most successful team so far having won the title twice and a semi final berth in all the seasons.

The current champions are the Mumbai Indians, who won the 2015 season by beating the Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs.

Suresh Raina of CSK has scored the most runs in IPL till now.

o He has scored 3671 runs till now. Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians has taken the

most number of wickets, o that is, 143 wickets till now.

Three teams are now defunct or do not participate for various reasons. They are:

o Kochi Tuskers Kerala,

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o Pune Warriors India and o Deccan Chargers.

The Orange cap is given to the player who scores the most number of runs in a particular season.

The Purple cap is given to the player who takes the maximum number of wickets in the particular season.

Champions Till now :

2015 : Mumbai Indians 2014 - Kolkata Knight Riders 2013 - Mumbai Indians 2012 - Kolkata Knight Rider 2011 - Chennai Super Kings 2010 - Chennai Super Kings 2009 - Deccan Chargers 2008 - Rajasthan Royals.

Hilights of IPL 8

Champions - Mumbai Indians (Rs 15 crore prize money)

Runner-up - Chennai Super Kings (Rs 10 crore) Orange Cap (most runs)

o 562 runs in 14 innings - David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Purple Cap (most wickets) o 26 wickets in 16 innings - Dwayne Bravo

(Chennai Super Kings) Emerging Player

o Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils) - 439 runs in 14 innings

Man-of-the-Final - Rohit Sharma (MI) Maximum Sixes award in the final

o 3 - Kieron Pollard (MI) Fair Play Award - Chennai Super Kings Best catch of the tournament

o Dwayne Bravo (CSK Vs RR) [Took Shane Watson's catch at the boundary]

Most Valuable Player o Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Total centuries o 4 (AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Brendon

McCullum and Shane Watson) Highest individual score

o 133 not out - De Villiers (RCB Vs MI) Fastest century

o Chris Gayle - 46-ball ton Vs Kings XI Punjab Fastest half century

o 19 balls - Andre Russell (KKR Vs KXIP) and Harbhajan Singh (MI Vs KXIP).

o Note : Russell won the award as he had better strike rate

Most sixes (Maximum Season award) o 38 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers

Bangalore) Most fours

o 65 - David Warner (SRH) Total sixes in the tournament - 692 Total wickets in the tournament - 686 Highest team score

o 235/1 - RCB Vs MI Best bowling in an innings

o 4/10 - Ashish Nehra (CSK Vs RCB) Fastest ball bowled

o 151.11 kmph - Mitchell Johnson (KXIP)

All the Best