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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR SBI CLERKS ONLINE EXAM 2014 Gr8AmbitionZ.com

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What to Prepare ?

riends, The General Awareness section of SBI Clerks is of 40 questions and will carry 40 marks. Luckily the GA section for SBI Clerks is very easy when compared to other banking exams' GA Sections. This is because, almost all the questions (approximately 93%) are from the current affairs of

last six months. So, if you prepare in a proper manner, you can easily grab your 40 marks without losing any.

You should prepare topics like, People and Places in News, Sports, Politics, Economy, Science & Technology, Awards & Honors, Books & Authors, Important Committees, Important Movies (award winners, controversial and attention grabbers). 6 months current affairs prior to the exam date are enough to prepare. In our case, its better to prepare from January 2014 to 1st week of July 2014.

Below chart shows you the topic wise marks analysis based on previous SBI Clerks exam papers. This chart will help you in getting the basic idea of the mark distribution and will help you to prepare in a proper order.

Important Topics to cover : Apart from above mentioned topics, Focus more on the following topics. You will get atleast one question from each of these topics.

Union Budget 2014-15 Railway Budget 2014-15 Economic Survey Highlights 2013-14 PSLV C 23

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FIFA World Cup 2014 IPL 7 General Elections 2014 New Ministers and their Portfolios Basic details of Telangana State

Important Points you should know about State Bank of India

State Bank of India o SBI is the largest banking and financial services company in India by assets. The bank traces its

ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest commercial bank in the Indian Subcontinent. Bank of Madras merged into the other two presidency banks Bank of Calcutta and Bank of Bombay to form the Imperial Bank of India, which in turn became the State Bank of India. Government of India nationalized the Imperial Bank of India in 1956, with Reserve Bank of India taking a 60% stake, and renamed it the State Bank of India. In 2008, the government took over the stake held by the Reserve Bank of India.

o CMD : Smt. Arundathi Bhattacharya (first woman to be appointed Chairperson of the bank) o Headquarters : Mumbai o Associate Banks : SBI has five associate banks; all use the State Bank of India logo, which is a blue

circle, and all use the "State Bank of" name, followed by the regional headquarters' name: State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur State Bank of Hyderabad State Bank of Mysore State Bank of Patiala State Bank of Travancore Note : Earlier SBI had seven associate banks. State Bank of Saurashtra and State Bank of

Indore merged with SBI on 13 August 2008 and 19 June 2009 respectively. o Non-banking subsidiaries : Apart from its five associate banks, SBI also has the following non-

banking subsidiaries : SBI Capital Markets Ltd SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd SBI Factors & Commercial Services Pvt Ltd SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt. Ltd. (SBICPSL) SBI DFHI Ltd SBI Life Insurance Company Limited SBI General Insurance

o Slogans : Pure Banking, Nothing Else With You - All The Way A Bank Of The Common Man The Banker To Every Indian The Nation Banks On Us

o Branches : It had 14,816 branches

o ATMs : It has 43,515 ATMs and SBI group (including associate banks) has 51,491 ATMs (As of 31

March 2014) It is the first bank to install an ATM at Drass in the Jammu & Kashmir Kargil region

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o Logo : The logo of the SBI (blue circle with a small cut in the bottom) was inspired by the Kankaria Lake of Ahmedabad. It depicts perfection and the small man the common man - being the center of the bank's business.

List of CMDs of Public Sector Banks

List of Chief Ministers and Governors of Indian States

S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor

1 Andaman & Nicobar U.T. A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor)

2 Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu Shri. E. S. L. Narasimhan

3 Arunachal Pradesh Nabam Tuki Nirbhay Sharma

4 Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

State Bank of India and It’s Associates S. No Name of the Bank Name of the CMD

1 State Bank of India Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya

2 State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur 3 State Bank of Hyderabad 4 State Bank of Mysore 5 State Bank of Travancore 6 State Bank of Patiala

Other Public Sector Banks S. No Name of the Bank Name of the CMD

1 Allahabad Bank Rakesh Sethi 2 Andhra Bank C. V. R. Rajendran 3 Bank of Baroda S. S. Mundra 4 Bank of India V. R. Iyer 5 Bank of Maharashtra Sushil Muhnot 6 Canara Bank R. K. Dubey 7 Central Bank of India Rajeev Rishi 8 Corporation Bank Sadhu Ram Bansal 9 Dena Bank Ashwini Kumar 10 Indian Bank T. M. Bhasin 11 Indian Overseas Bank M. Narendra 12 Oriental Bank of Commerce S. L. Bansal 13 Punjab & Sindh Bank Jatinder Bir Singh 14 Punjab National Bank K. R. Kamath 15 Syndicate Bank Sudhir Kumar Jain 16 UCO Bank Arun Kaul 17 Union Bank of India Arun Tiwari 18 United Bank of India Vacant 19 Vijaya Bank V. Kannan 20 IDBI Bank Ltd M. S. Raghavan 21 Bharatiya Mahila Bank Usha Anantha Subramaniyan

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5 Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi D. Y. Patil

6 Chandigarh U.T. Shri Shivraj V. Patil (Administrator)

7 Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Balramji Dass Tandon

8 Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar Margaret Alva

9 Gujarat

Anandiben Patel (1st Woman CM of Gujarat) Om Prakash Kohli

10 Haryana Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda Shri Jagannath Pahadia

11 Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh Urmila Singh

12 Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah Narinder Nath Vohra

13 Jharkhand Hemant Soren Dr. Syed Ahmed

14 Karnataka Shri K. Siddaramaiah K. Rosaiah

15 Kerala Shri Oommen Chandy Sheila Dikshit

16 Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Ram Naresh Yadav

17 Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan K. Sankaranarayanan

18 Manipur Shri Okram Ibobi Singh Vinod Kumar Duggal

19 Meghalaya Mukul Sangma K. K. Paul

20 Mizoram Pu Lalthanhawla Kamla Beniwal

21 Nagaland T R Zeliang Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

22 New Delhi President’s rule Najeeb Jung (Lieutenant-Governor)

23 Odisha Sh. Naveen Patnaik Shri S. C. Jamir

24 Puducherry Shri N. Rangasamy A. K. Singh (Lieutenant-Governor )

25 Punjab Shri Parkash Singh Badal Shri Shivraj Patil

26 Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Margaret Alva

27 Sikkim Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

28 Tamil Nadu Sushree J. Jayalalithaa Konijeti Rosaiah

29 Telangana K. Chandrasekhar Rao ESL Narasimhan

30 Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

31 Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Ram Naik

31 Uttarakhand Harish Rawat Aziz Qureshi

32 West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi

33 Dadra and Nagar Haveli U.T. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)

34 Daman and Diu U.T. Shri B.S. Bhalla (Administrator)

35 Lakshadweep U.T. Shri H. Rajesh Prasad

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Indian General elections (16th Lok sabha elections) 2014 Highlights

Held during : 7th April 2014 to 12th May 2014 Result : NDA won with 336 seats, 282 for BJP Total Number of Voters : 814.5 million Total Number of Voters (2009) : 809 million First time Voters : 150 million Youth Voters more in : Jabalpur (Total Youth Voters 34% 18-19 yrs. Total Number of Polling Stations : 9,30,000 ( 10 million Polling officials) Maximum eligible Voters in : U.P (134 million) Minimum eligible Voters in : Sikkim (3,62,000) Male Voters in 2014 Election : 52.4% Women Voters maximum in : Puducherry, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Daman & Diu,

Megalaya, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh Largest Constituency (Voters) : Malakajgiri (30 lakh)-Andhra pradesh Smallest Polling Stn (Voters) : Hukani Pooling Stn of Lower Dibong Valley District of

Arunachal Pradesh (only 22 registered voters) Total expenditure (2014) : Rs.3426 Crore

(2009) : Rs.1483 Crore Maximum Amount that a : 7 million rupees (for all states) Candidate can spend 5.4 million rupees ( for Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim)

Contested candidates in 2014 election: 75% in 2009 election : 78%

Highest Polling % in 2014 : Nagaland (88.57%) In 2009 : Nagaland (89.99%)

Lowest Polling % in 2014 : J & K (43%) In 2009 : J & K (39.68%)

Over all polling % 2014 : 66.38 % In 2009 : 58.7%

Richest candidate in 2014 : NandanNilekani (Rs.7700 crore) Poorest Candidate in 2014 : SoniSoori (only 424/- cash & 95,000/- Asset) Oldest candidate in 2014 : Babulal Abdul Hameedkhan Youngest candidate in 2014 : Rajesh Chudasama Oldest Voter in 2014 : Shyam Saran Negi (From H.P, First Voter of

Independent India)

Maximum number of candidates : Chennai South (42 candidates) Highest margin in 2014 : NarendraModi (5,70,128 voters) Loksabha seats reserved for SC : 79 seats Loksabha Seats reserved for ST : 41 seats

General : 423 seats Loksabha total seats : 543 + 2 Anglo Indians (If nominated by president)

under article 331 Highest polling station : Hikkim in (H.P) 14500 ft. above sea level

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Largest Parliamentary : Lodakh (Area :1,73,266.37 sq.km.) constituency (Area wise) Smallest constituency (Area) : ChandiniChowk (Delhi) 10 sq.km. NDA Vote share in 2014 : 38.5 % BJP Vote share in 2014 : 31 % Congress vote share : 19.3 % UPA Vote share : 23 % TMC (Mamta) : 3.8 % AIADMK : 3.3 % SP : 3.4 % BJD : 1.7% CPI : 0.8% ShriNarendraModi was sworn in as 15th PM of India.

List of New Cabinet Ministers with Portfolios

Prime Minister o Narendra Modi :

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space, All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister.

Cabinet Ministers o Anant Geete : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises o Ananth Kumar : Chemicals and Fertilizers o Arun Jaitley : Finance, Corporate Affairs, Defence o Ashok Gajapathi Raju : Civil Aviation o D.V. Sadananda Gowda : Railways o Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Health and Family Welfare o Gopinath Munde (Nitin Gadkari): Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and

Sanitation o Harsimrat Kaur Badal : Food Processing Industries o Jual Oram : Tribal Affairs o Kalraj Mishra : Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises o Maneka Sanjay Gandhi : Women and Child Development o Najma Heptulla : Minority Affairs o Narendra Singh Tomar : Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment o Nitin Gadkari : Road Transport and Highways, Shipping o Radha Mohan Singh : Agriculture o Rajnath Singh : Home Affairs o Ram Vilas Paswan : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution o Ravi Shankar Prasad : Communications and Information Technology, Law and Justice o Smriti Irani : Human Resource Development o Sushma Swaraj : External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs o Thawar Chand Gehlot : Social Justice and Empowerment o Uma Bharati : Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation o Venkaiah Naidu : Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs

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Ministers of State o Dharmendra Pradhan : Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge) o Dr. Jitendra Singh : Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Earth Sciences (Independent

Charge), Prime Minister Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space

o Gen. VK Singh : Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge), External Affairs, Overseas Indian Affairs

o GM Siddeshwara : Civil Aviation o Kiren Rijiju : Home Affairs o Krishan Pal Gujjar : Road Transport and Highways, Shipping o Manoj Sinha : Railways o Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava : Tribal Affairs o Nihalchand : Chemicals and Fertilizers o Nirmala Sitharaman : Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge), Finance, Corporate Affairs o Piyush Goyal : Power (Independent Charge), Coal (Independent Charge), New and Renewable Energy

(Independent Charge) o Pon Radhakrishnan : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises o Prakash Javadekar : Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and

Climate Change (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs o Rao Inderjit Singh : Planning (Independent Charge), Statistics and Programme Implementation

(Independent Charge), Defence o Raosaheb Dadarao Patil Danve : Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution o Sanjiv Baliyan : Agriculture, Food Processing Industries o Santosh Kumar Gangwar : Textiles (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources,

River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation o Sarbananda Sonowal : Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent

Charge) o Shripad Naik : Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) o Sudarshan Bhagat : Social Justice and Empowerment o Upendra Kushwaha : Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation o Vishnu Deo Sai : Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment

Heads of Important Organizations

United Nations Organizations (UNO) : o Secretary-General - Ban Ki Moon, South Korea (2007–present) o Deputy Secretary General – Jan Eliasson o General Assembly President –

John William Ashe (2013-2014) Sam Kutesa (2014-15)

o Security Council members Permanent Members : China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States Elected for 2013-14 : Argentina, Australia, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Rwanda

(elected for 2013–2014) Elected for 2014-15 : Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, Nigeria

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International Organizations related to UN o Food and Agriculture Organization : Director-General - José Graziano da Silva, Brazil (2012–

present) o International Atomic Energy Agency : Director-General - Yukiya Amano, Japan (2009–present) o International Civil Aviation Organization :

President of the Council - Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu (2013-present) Secretary-General - Raymond Benjamin, France (2009–present)

o International Labour Organization (ILO) : Director-General - Guy Ryder, UK (2012–present) o Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) : Director-General - Jose Graziano da Silva, USA

(2012-present) o International Telecommunication Union : Secretary General - Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Mali (2007-

present) o Universal Postal Union (UPU) : Director-General - Bishar Abdirahman Hussein, Kenya (2012-

present) o International Court of Justice (ICJ) :

President - Peter Tomka, Slovakia (2012-present) Vice President - Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor

o Internatiional Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) : Director General - Yukiya Amano, Japan (200-present)

o United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) : Executive Director - Anthony Lake, United States (2010–present)

o United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) : Director-General - Irina Bokova, Bulgaria (2009–present)

o United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights : High Commissioner - Navanethem Pillay, South Africa (2008–present)

o United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : High Commissioner - António Guterres, Portugal (2005–present)

o United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) : Director-general – Li Yong, China (2013–present)

o World Food Programme (WFP) : Executive Director - Ertharin Cousin o World Health Organization (WHO) : Director-General - Margaret Chan, China (acting) (2007–

present) o World Meteorological Organization (WMO) :

President – David Grimes Secretary-General - Michel Jarraud

o World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) : Secretary-General - Taleb Rifai, Jordan (2010–present)

Heads of International Organizations

Kamalesh Sharma : Secretary-General, Commonwealth of Nations Arjun Bahadur Thapa : Secretary-General, SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Co-operation) Roberto Azevêdo : Director-General, WTO (World Trade Organization) Anders Fogh Rasmussen : Secretary-General, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliyev : Secretary-General, SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Dr. Le Luong Minh : Secretary-General, ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) Abdullah Salem el-Badri : Secretary-General, OPEC (Organization of Petrolium Exporting Countries) Christine Lagarde : Managing Director, IMF (International Monetary Fund) Jim Yong Kim : President, WB (World Bank) Takehiko Nakao : President, ADB (Asian Development Bank)

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Jose Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Heads of Important Indian Government Offices

Prime Minister – Narendra Modi Defence Minister – Arun Jaitley Finance Minister - Arun Jaitley Home Affairs Minister – Rajnath Singh President - Pranab Mukherjee Vice-President - Mhd Hamid Ansari (Chairman of Rajya Sabha)

Heads of Indian Organizations

ASSOCHAM - Rana Kapoor Attorney General of India - Mukul Rohatgi Bombay Stock Exchange - Ashish Chauhan CAG - Shashi Kant Sharma CBDT - R.K. Tewari CBI - Ranjeet Sinha CCI - Ashok Chawla Chief Economic Advisor - Siddharth Tiwari Chief Election Commissionor - V.S.Sampath DRDO - Avinash Chander FICCI - Sidharth Birla IB - Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim IRDA - T.S.Vijayan ISRO - Dr. K. Radhakrishnan NABARD - Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala NASSCOM - Krishna kumar Natrajan National Commission for women - Mamta Sharma National Innovation Council - Sam Pitroda National Security Advisor - Ajit Kumar Doval National Stock Exchange - Chitra Ramkrishna PM Economic Advisor - C.Rangrajan Press Council of India - Marandey Katju Press Trust of India - K N Shanth Kumar

RBI – Raghu Ram Rajan RAW - Alok Joshi SBI - Arundhathi Bhattacharya SEBI - U.K. Sinha SSC - Amitava Bhattacharyya TRAI - Rahul Khullar UGC - Ved Prakash UPSC - D.P. Agarwal

Heads of Indian Armed Forces

Commander-in-Chief : Pranab Mukherjee (President) Chief of the Army Staff : Gen. Bikram Singh Chief of the Naval Staff : Admiral Robin K Dhowan Chief of the Air Staff : Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha Chief of Border Security Force : Subhash Joshi

Judiciary

Chief Justice of India : Rajendra Mal Lodha Attorney General of India : Mukul Rohatgi Solicitor General of India : Ranjit Kumar

List of countries and currencies

Country Currency Afghanistan Afghan afghani Albania Albanian lek Algeria Algerian dinar Andorra European euro Angola Angolan kwanza

Anguilla East Caribbean dollar Antigua and Barbuda East Caribbean dollar Argentina Argentine peso Armenia Armenian dram

Aruba Aruban florin Australia Australian dollar

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Country Currency Austria European euro Azerbaijan Azerbaijani manat Bahamas Bahamian dollar Bahrain Bahraini dinar Bangladesh Bangladeshi taka Barbados Barbadian dollar Belarus Belarusian ruble Belgium European euro Belize Belize dollar Benin West African CFA franc Bhutan Bhutanese ngultrum Bolivia Bolivian boliviano

Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina konvertibilna marka

Botswana Botswana pula Brazil Brazilian real Brunei Brunei dollar Bulgaria Bulgarian lev Burkina Faso West African CFA franc Burundi Burundi franc Cambodia Cambodian riel Cameroon Central African CFA franc Canada Canadian dollar Cape Verde Cape Verdean escudo Cayman Islands Cayman Islands dollar Central African Republic Central African CFA franc

Chad Central African CFA franc Chile Chilean peso China Chinese renminbi Colombia Colombian peso Comoros Comorian franc Congo Central African CFA franc

Congo, Democratic Republic Congolese franc

Costa Rica Costa Rican colon Côte d'Ivoire West African CFA franc Croatia Croatian kuna Cuba Cuban peso Cyprus European euro Czech Republic Czech koruna Denmark Danish krone Djibouti Djiboutian franc Dominica East Caribbean dollar Dominican Republic Dominican peso East Timor uses the U.S. Dollar Ecuador uses the U.S. Dollar Egypt Egyptian pound El Salvador uses the U.S. Dollar Equatorial Guinea Central African CFA franc Eritrea Eritrean nakfa Estonia Estonian kroon Ethiopia Ethiopian birr Falkland Islands Falkland Islands pound Fiji Fijian dollar Finland European euro France European euro French Polynesia CFP franc Gabon Central African CFA franc Gambia Gambian dalasi Georgia Georgian lari Germany European euro Ghana Ghanaian cedi Gibraltar Gibraltar pound Greece European euro

Grenada East Caribbean dollar

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Country Currency Guatemala Guatemalan quetzal Guinea Guinean franc Guinea-Bissau West African CFA franc Guyana Guyanese dollar Haiti Haitian gourde Honduras Honduran lempira Hong Kong Hong Kong dollar Hungary Hungarian forint Iceland Icelandic króna India Indian rupee Indonesia Indonesian rupiah International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights

Iran Iranian rial Iraq Iraqi dinar Ireland European euro Israel Israeli new sheqel Italy European euro Jamaica Jamaican dollar Japan Japanese yen Jordan Jordanian dinar Kazakhstan Kazakhstani tenge Kenya Kenyan shilling Kiribati Australian dollar Korea North North Korean won Korea South South Korean won Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstani som Laos Lao kip Latvia Latvian lats Lebanon Lebanese lira Lesotho Lesotho loti Liberia Liberian dollar

Libya Libyan dinar Liechtenstein uses the Swiss Franc Lithuania Lithuanian litas Luxembourg European euro Macau Macanese pataca Macedonia (Former Yug. Rep.) Macedonian denar

Madagascar Malagasy ariary Malawi Malawian kwacha Malaysia Malaysian ringgit Maldives Maldivian rufiyaa Mali West African CFA franc Malta European Euro Mauritania Mauritanian ouguiya Mauritius Mauritian rupee Mexico Mexican peso Micronesia uses the U.S. Dollar Moldova Moldovan leu Monaco European Euro Mongolia Mongolian tugrik Montenegro European Euro Montserrat East Caribbean dollar Morocco Moroccan dirham Mozambique Mozambican metical Myanmar Myanma kyat Namibia Namibian dollar Nauru Australian dollar Nepal Nepalese rupee

Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antillean gulden

Netherlands European euro New Caledonia CFP franc New Zealand New Zealand dollar

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Country Currency Nicaragua Nicaraguan cordoba Niger West African CFA franc Nigeria Nigerian naira Norway Norwegian krone Oman Omani rial Pakistan Pakistani rupee Palau uses the U.S. Dollar Panama Panamanian balboa Panama Canal Zone uses the U.S. Dollar Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinean kina Paraguay Paraguayan guarani Peru Peruvian nuevo sol Philippines Philippine peso Poland Polish zloty Portugal European euro Puerto Rico uses the U.S. Dollar Qatar Qatari riyal Romania Romanian leu

Russia Russian ruble Rwanda Rwandan franc Saint Helena Saint Helena pound Saint Kitts and Nevis East Caribbean dollar Saint Lucia East Caribbean dollar Saint Vincent and the Grenadines East Caribbean dollar

Samoa (Western) Samoan tala San Marino European euro Vanuatu Vanuatu vatu Vatican European euro Venezuela Venezuelan bolivar Vietnam Vietnamese dong Wallis and Futuna Islands CFP franc

Yemen Yemeni rial Zambia Zambian kwacha Zimbabwe Zimbabwean dollar

Current RBI Rates with Explanations

S. No Rates / Reserve Ratios % W.e.f 1 Bank Rate 9 % 28th January 2014 2 Repo Rate 8% 28th January 2014 3 Reverse Repo Rate 7% 28th January 2014 4 Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4.00% 29th October 2013 5 Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 22.50% 3rd June 2014 6 Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) 9% 28th January 2014

Explanations

Bank Rate

Bank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is the rate of interest which a central bank charges on the

loans and advances that it extends to commercial banks and other financial intermediaries. Changes in the bank rate are often used by central banks to control the money supply.

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Repo Rate

Repo rate is the rate at which our banks borrow rupees from RBI. Whenever the banks have any shortage of funds they can borrow it from RBI. A reduction in the repo rate will help banks to get money at a cheaper rate. When the repo rate increases, borrowing from RBI becomes more expensive.

Reverse Repo Rate

This is exact opposite of Repo rate. Reverse Repo rate is the rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from banks. RBI uses this tool when it feels there is too much money floating in the banking system. Banks are always happy to lend money to RBI since their money is in safe hands with a good interest. An increase in Reverse repo rate can cause the banks to transfer more funds to RBI due to this attractive interest rates.

CRR

Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to increase the percent of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is using this method

(increase of CRR rate), to drain out the excessive money from the banks.

SLR

SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is the amount a commercial bank needs to maintain in the form of cash, or gold or govt. approved securities (Bonds) before providing credit to its customers. SLR rate is determined and maintained by the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) in order to control the expansion of bank credit. SLR is determined as the percentage of total demand and percentage of time liabilities. Time Liabilities are the liabilities a commercial bank liable to pay to the customers on their anytime demand. SLR is used to control inflation and propel growth. Through SLR rate tuning the money supply in the system can be controlled efficiently.

Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)

Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is the rate at which scheduled banks could borrow funds overnight from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) against approved government securities. The basic difference between Repo and MSF scheme is that in MSF banks can use the securities under SLR to get loans from RBI and hence MSF rate is 1% more than repo rate.

Important Abbreviations in News

AAP: Aam Admi Party ACB: Anti-Corruption Bureau ADB: Asian Development Bank ADR: American Depository Receipt AIIMS: All India Institute of Medical Science AIMA: All India Management Association AITA: All India Tennis Association ALM : Asset Liability Management AMFI : Association of Mutual Fund in India ANN : Assigned Names and Numbers ASCPCR: Assam State Commission for Protection

of Child Rights

ASD: Application Services Delivery ASI: Archaeological Survey of India BAI: Badminton Association of India BBK: Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait BCCC: Broadcasting Content Complaints Council BEPS: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-

Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation BMB: Bharatiya Mahila Bank BOJ: Bank of Japan BSBDA : Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account BSF: Border Security Force

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BWF: Badminton World Federation CACP: Commission for Agricultural Costs and

Prices CAG: Comptroller and Auditor General of India CAR : Cash Adequacy Ratio CBDT: Central Board of Direct Taxes CBS : Core Banking Solution CCEA : Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs CECA : Comprehensive Economic Cooperation

Agreement CEO: Chief Executive Officer CEPA : Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Agreement CKS: Center for Knowledge Societie CNG: Compressed Natural Gas CPCR: Central Police Control Room CRAR : Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio CRPF: Central Reserve Police Force CSK: Chennai Super Kings CSO: Central Statistics Office CVO: Chief Vigilance Officer DCIO: Deputy Chief Information Officer DEAF : Depositor Education and Awareness Fund DGMO: Director General Military Operations DGP: Director General of Police DHR: Department of Health Research DICGC : Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee

Corporation DMRC: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DTAA : Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement DTH: Direct-To-Home ECB : External Commercial Borrowings ECB: England and Wales Cricket Board ECI: Election Commission of India ECR: Emigration Check Required EEFC : Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency EFSF : European Financial Stability Facility EPFO: Employees' Provident Fund Organisation EPI: Environmental Performance Index ETF: Exchange Traded Funds EVM: Electronic Voting Machine FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation FCNR(B) : Foreign Currency Non Resident Bank

FEMA : Foreign Exchange Management Act FII : Foreign Institutional Investor FINO: Financial Inclusion Network Operation FIPB : Foreign Investment Promotion board FNCCI: Federation of Nepalese Chamber of

Commerce and Industry FRBMA: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget

Management Act FRP: Fair and Remunerative Price FSLRC : Financial Sector Legislative Reforms

Commission FTA : Free trade agreement GAAR : General anti avoidance rule GCMMF: Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing

Federation GIRO : Government Internal Revenue Order GSLV : Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle IABF: Indian Amateur Boxing Federation IBF: Indian Broadcasting Foundation ICAI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ICMR: Indian Council of Medical Research IIFCL: India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd IINSS-C: Inflation Indexed National Saving

Securities - Cumulative IJA: Indian Journalists‘ Association IMD: Indian Meteorological Department IMPS : Interbank Mobile Payment Service INMA: International News Media Association IOA: India's Olympic Association IRCTC: Indian Railways Catering and Tourism

Corporation IRS: Indian Revenue Service IRV2020: Indian Rhino Vision 2020 ITEs : Intra Group Transactions and Exposures ITFOK: International Theatre Festival of Kerala JNTBGRI: Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic

Garden and Research Institute LAF : Liquidity Adjustment Facility LCR : Liquidity Coverage Ratio LIBOR : London Inter Bank Offer Rate LRMT : Liquidity Risk Monitoring Tools MCX: Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd MDIF: Media Development Investment Fund

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MGPSY: Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana

MIBOR : Mumbai Inter Bank Offer Rate M-PIN: Mobile Personal Identification Number MSE: Micro and Small Enterprises MSF : Marginal Standing Facility MSIL: Maruti Suzuki India Limited NALCO: National Aluminium Company Ltd NBFC : Non Banking Finance Companies NCTC: National Counter‐Terrorism Centre NDDB: National Dairy Development Board NDMC: North Delhi Municipal Corporation NEFT : National Electronic Funds Transfer NEOWISE: Near-Earth Object Wide-field

Infrared Survey Explorer NGT: National Green Tribunal NSFR : Net Stable Funding Ratio NSG : Nuclear Suppliers Group NSIC: National Small Industries Corporation OFB: Ordnance Factory Board OLTAS : On line Tax Accounting System is used

for Direct Taxes PEACE: Promoting Energy Access through Clean

Energy PLO: Palestine Liberation Organisation POI: Proof of Identity PPP : Public Private Partnership & Purchasing

Power parity PSEB: Public Enterprises Selection Board PSLV : Polar Satellite Launch vehicle QFI: Qualified Foreign Investors RAW: Research and Analysis Wing RCom: Reliance Communications READ : Read-Engage-Achieve-Dream REER : Real Effective Exchange Rate RIDF: Rural Infrastructure Development Fund RR: Rajasthan Royals RRTS : Regional Rapid Transit System

RSPB: Railway Sports Promotion Board RTGS : Real Time Gross Settlement SAP: Statutory Advised Price SBTF: Shore Based Test Facility SEARO: South East Asian Regional Organistion SIM: Subscriber Identification Modules SLR : Statutory Liquidity Ratio SUUTI: Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of

India SWIFT : Society for Worldwide Interbank

Financial Telecommunication TAPI : Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India TARC : Tax Administration Reform Commission TDSAT: Telecom Disputes Settlement and

Appellate Tribunal TFSC: Toyota Financial Services Corporation TIEA : Tax Information Exchange Agreement TIN : Tax Information Network TRAI: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India UAN: Universal Account Number UAS: Unified Access Service UIDAI: Unique Identification Authority of India UNESCO: United Nations Organisation for

Education, Science and Culture UNICEF: United Nations Children‗s Fund UNSC: United Nations Security Council UNWTO: United Nations World Tourism

Organization USAID: US Agency for International Development USSD: Unstructured Supplementary Service Data VVPAT: 'Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail WBF: World Badminton Federation WBHRC: West Bengal Human Rights

Commission WEL: Welspun Energy Ltd. WISE: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WTA: Women‘s Tennis Association WWF: World Wide Fund for Nature

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Committees of RBI (Prior to 2000)

Year Chairman Issue 1969 Gadgil Priority Sector Lending

1975 Prakash Tandon Follow up of Bank Credit

1975 M. Narasimham Establishment of RRBs 1975 Lakshmi Narayan Consortium Lending 1979 R.K. Talwar Customer Service

1980 K.B. Chore Review of Cash Credit System

1981 B. sivaraman (CRAFICARD) Setting up of NABARD

1983 Y.B. Damle MICR Introduction 1986 Rangarajan Bank Mechanisation 1988 Vaghul Money Market 1989 P.D. Ojha Service Area Approach

1989 S.C. Kalyanasundaram

Introduction of Factoring Services

1991 Rangarajan Bank Mechanisation

1991 Kushro Review of Agriculture Credit System

1991 M.N. Goiporia Customer Service Improvement

1991 M. Narasimham Financial Sector Reforms

1992 S.A. Dave Functioning of Mutual Funds

1992 A.C. Shah NBFCs 1992 C. Rao Agriculture Policy 1993 Raja Chelliah Tax Reforms 1993 Ghosh Frauds and Malpractices

1993 I.T. Vaz Norms for Working Capital Finance by Banks

1993 J.V. Shetty Consortium Lending by Banks

1993 P.R. Nayak Institutional Credit to

SSIs

1993 Goswami Industrial Sickness and Exit Policy

1993 R. Jilani Credit Delivery System

1993 D.R. Mehta Review of Progress of IRDP

1993 R.N. Malhotra Insurance Sector Reforms

1995 Sodhani NRI Investments in India

1995 S. Padmanabhan Banking Supervision

1995 K.S. Shere Electronic Funds Transfer

1996 R. Jilani Inspection System in Banks

1997 B.D. Shah Stock Lending Schemes

1997 S.S. Tarapore Capital Account Convertibility

1997 Paneer Selvam N.P.A. in Banks

1998 Gupta R.V. Agriculture Credit Delivery

1998 M. Narasimham Financial Sector Reforms II

1998 S.L. Kapoor Institutional Credit Flow to SSI

1998 R.H. Khan Harmonization of the Role of Financial Institution in Banks

1998 Malegam Reforms in Primary Market

1998 C.B. Bhave Share Transfer Reforms

1998 Y.V. Reddy Financial Aggregate System

1999 Balakrisha Eradi Insolvency Law and Winding Up

1999 M.S. Verma Measures for Weak Banks

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2000 S.S. Kohli Rationalization of Staff Strength in Banks

2000 V.S. Vyas Rural Credit 2000 Dave Pension Sector Reforms

2000 S.V.S. Raghavan Competition Law

2000 Adhyarjuna Changes in NI Act, Stamp Act etc.,

Committees of RBI (after 2000)

Year Head of the Committee

Their Focus Area

2001 S. R. Mittal Internet Banking 2001 Dr. N. L. Mitra Legal Aspects of Bank Frauds 2002 M. R. Ramesh Guidelines on STRIPS (Separately Traded Registered Interest and Principal

of Securities) 2002 A. L. Narasimhan Payment Systems 2003 C. Ramachandran Ways and Means Advances to State Govts 2003 Dr. Barman Cheque Truncation and E-Cheques 2003 Vepa Kamesam Micro Finance 2003 Smt. Usha Thorat Instruments of Sterilization 2003 G. Padmanabhan Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives 2004 Tarapore Procedures and Performance Audit on Public Services 2004 N. Sadasivan Development Financial Institutions 2005 A. V. Sardesai Internal Working Group on RRBs 2005 H.R. Khan Issues of Rural Credit and Micro Finance 2007 C. P. Swarnkar Procedures and Processes of Agricultural Loans 2008 Dr. K. C.

Chakrabarty Rehabilitation of Sick SMEs

2008 V. K. Sharma Interest Rate Futures 2008 G. Srinivasan Technology Up gradation of RRBs 2009 Dr. C. Rangarajan Estimation of Savings and Investment 2009 Dr. Rakesh Mohan Financial Sector Assessment 2009 Usha Thorat Procedures for Currency Distribution 2009 P. Vijaya Bhaskar

Rao Review the Business Correspondent Model

2009 Usha Thorat Review Lead Bank Scheme 2009 Deepak Mohanty Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR) 2009 P. Vijaya Bhaskar

Rao Branch Authorization Policy

2009 Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty

CRAR of RRBs

2010 V. K. Sharma Review of the Credit Guarantee Scheme of the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises

2010 Deepak Mohanty Balance of Payments Manual for India 2011 G. Gopala Krishna Information Security, Electronic Banking, Technology Risk Management,

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Cyber Frauds 2011-2017

Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty

Information Technology Vision Document

2011 Deepak Monanty Operating Procedure of Monetary Policy 2011 Shyamala Gopinath Financial Holding Company Structure in India 2011 M. Damodaran Customer Service in Banks 2011 K. J. Udeshi To Review the Facilities for FEMA Act, 1999 2011 Usha THorat The Issues and Concerns in the NBFC Sector 2011 Y. H. Malegan Licensing of New Urban Co-operative Banks 2013 G. Padmanabhan To Boost Bank Finance for Exports 2013 Suma Varma Working Group to Review Ombudsman Scheme 2013 Nachiket Mor Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income

Households

Important details of Telangana state Formed on : 2nd June 2014 It has became India’s 29th State 1st Chief Minister : K. Chandra Sekhar Rao 1st Governor : E. S. L. Narasimhan (common governor for AP and Telangana) 1st Speaker : Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary It is the 12th Largest state in India (114,840 km2) Capital : Hyderabad (joint capital with Andhra Pradesh) Population : 35,193,978 (as of 2011 sensex)

Important details about PSLV C-23

Full form : Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Launched on - 30th June 2014 Launched at - ISRO from Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Launch was attended by - Prime minister Narendra Modi Caried : Five foreign satellites

o SPOT-7 o NLS-7.1 (Can-X4) o NLS-7.2 (Can-X5) o AISat o VELOX-1

Result - Successful This is the 27th in the PSLV series and 26th successful mission

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Appointments A L Banerjee - New DGP (UP) A.K. Dubey - Chairman, Coal India Limited Abdel Fattah el-Sisi - 6th President of Egypt Adarsh Kumar Goel- New Judge of Supreme

Court Aditi Khanna - first woman President of

Indian Journalists‘ Association (IJA), London. Abdullah al-Thani- New Prime Minister of

Libya Ajit Doval - New National Security Adviser Ajoy Misra - MD & CEO, Tata Global

Beverages Limited Akhilesh Das Gupta - President (Re-Elected),

Badminton Association of India (BAI) Akhilesh Gupta - President of Indian

Meteorological Society Amit Shah - BJP President Amit Sharma - New Commander of Strategic

Forces Amitabh Kant - Secretary, Department of

Industrial Policy and Promotion. Anandiben - Chief Minister of Gujarat Anant Geete - Heavy Industries and Public

Enterprises Minister Ananth Kumar - Chemicals and Fertilizers

Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk - Interim Prime Minister

of Ukraine Arun Jaitley - Finance, Corporate Affairs,

Defence Minister Arun Kumar Gupta - CMD, Shipping

Corporation of India (SCI) Arun Mishra - New Judge of Supreme Court Arvind Mayaram - New finance secretary Ashok Gajapathi Raju - Civil Aviation

Minister

Ashraf Jehan - First female judge, Pakistan‘s National Sharia Court

Ashwin B. Pandya - Chairman, Central Water Commission

B.N. Sri Krishna - Chairman of Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB)

BS Chauhan - Chairman of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT)

Chetan Tamboli - Chairman of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), Western Region.

D K Pathak - New Director General of BSF D. Y. Patil - West Bengal's Governor D.V. Sadananda Gowda - Railways Minister Dalbir Singh Suhag - New Army Chief Devendra Kumar Pathak - Special DG,

Border Security Force. Dinesh Sarraf - New CMD of Oil and Natural

Gas Corporation. Dr. Harsh Vardhan- Health and Family

Welfare Minister Edward Snowden - New Rector of the

University of Glasgow G. Rohini – 1st Woman Chief Justice, Delhi

High Court Glen Attewell - New CEO to Tesco HSC H C Meena - Secretary Security, Cabinet

Secretariat. Harish Rawat - CM of Uttrarakhand. Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing

Industries Minister Hiroshi Naka - Vice President and Auditor

General of World Bank Ibrahim Mahlab - New PM of Egypt Jamila Bayaz - First Women Police chief,

Afghanistan

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Janet Yellen - Head of US Federal Reserve (1st Woman)

Jatinder Bir Singh - Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB)

Jean-Claude Juncker - Next President of European Commission

Jitan Ram Manjhi - Chief Minister of Bihar John Thompson - Chairman of Microsoft. Jual Oram - Tribal Affairs Minister Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez - President of

Panama Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur - Chairman of

the 7th Pay Commission Justice B.S. Chauhan - Judge of the Supreme

Court K. Chandra Sekhar Rao - CM of Telangana

state K. Siva Prasada Rao - first Assembly speaker

of new Andhra Pradesh Kailash Meghwal - Speaker, Rajasthan

Assembly Kalraj Mishra - Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises Minister Kalvakuntla Chandra Sekhar Rao - Chief

Minister of Telngana Kalyan Singh - vice president of BJP Kamal Nath - pro tem speaker of Lok Sabha Kamla Beniwal - Mizoram Governor Karim Massimov - New Prime Minister of

Kazakhstan Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Chairperson, Indian

Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) Lt Gen P R Kumar - Director General of

Military Operations (DGMO), Indian Army M Teresa Kho - ADB's (Asian Development

Bank) new country director for India Madhuri Dixit - Brand ambassador for Mamta

Abhiyan, Madhya Pradesh

Madhusudanachari - first Speaker of Telangana

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi - Women and Child Development Minister

Manuel Valls - New Prime minister of France Marco Lambertini - Director-general of the

WWF International Margaret Alva - New Governor of Gujarat Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca - Precident of

Malta Matteo Renzi - Italy's youngest PM Mukul Mudgal - chairperson of Broadcasting

Content Complaints Council (BCCC) Mukul Rohatgi - new Attorney-General of

India N P Singh - CEO, Multi Screen Media N Srinivasan - 1st Chariperson of ICC N. Ramachandran - President, Indian

Olympic Association N. Srinivasan - Chairman of the International

Cricket Council N. Srinivasan - Chief of the Tamil Nadu

Cricket Association Nabam Tuki - Chief Minister of Arunachal

Pradesh Najma Heptulla - Minority Affairs Minister Nara Chandra Babu Naidu - Chief Minister

of Andhra Pradesh Narasimhan - Common Governor of 2 states

(Andhra Pradesh & Telangana) Narendra Kothari - Chairman of National

Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Ltd

Narendra Modi - Prime Minister of India Narendra Singh Tomar - Mines, Steel,

Labour and Employment Minister Naveen Patnaik - Chief Minister of Odisha Nitin Gadkari - Road Transport and

Highways, Shipping Minister

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Nripendra Misra - Principal Secretary to Narendra Modi

Oleksandr Turchynov - Interim President of Ukraine

P. Madhusudan - CMD, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL)

Pawan Chamling - Chief Minister of Sikkim Petro Poroshenko - Ukraine President PK Mishra - Additional Principal Secretary of

Prime Minister Poonam Khetrapal Singh - Regional Director

of World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region

Pradeep Kumar Saxena - GM, South Western Railway

Priyadarshi Mohapatra - MD Avaya's India and SAARC operations)

R Gandhi - Deputy Governor of RBI R. Chandrashekhar – President, NASCOM R. K. Dhowan – New Navy Chief R. Kavery Banerjee - New Secretary at

Department of Posts R. M. Lodha - New Chief Justice of India R.K.Tiwari - Chairman of Central Board of

Direct Taxes (CBDT) Radha Mohan Singh - Agriculture Minister Rajeev Kher - Secretary in Department of

Commerce. Rajeev Suri – 1st Indian President and CEO of

Nokia Rajeev Topno - Private Secretary to Prime

Minister Rajendra Mal Lodha - Chief Justice of India Rajiv Takru - New Revenue Secretary Rajnath Singh - Home Affairs Minister Rakesh Khurana - Dean, Harvard College Rakesh Maria - Mumbai Police Commissioner

Ram Vilas Paswan - Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister

Ranjit Kumar - Solicitor General of India Rasik Ravindra - member of UNCLCS Ratan Tata - member of the Board of Boao

Forum for Asia (BFA) Ravi Chauhan - New MD of SAP India Ravi Shankar Prasad - Communications and

Information Technology, Law and Justice Minister

Rohington F Nariman - New Judge of Supreme Court

S.K. Sharma - CMD of Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Salvador Sanchez Ceren - EL Salvador President

Sanjay - Deputy Chairman of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry), Western Region.

Sanjay Kapoor - Chairman, Micromax Satya Nadella – 1st Indian CEO of Microsoft Saurabh Chandra - Secretary, Ministry of

Petroleum & Natural Gas Shaktikanta Das - New Revenue Secretary Shankar Venkateswaran - Chief, Tata

Sustainability Group Sharat Chander - Information officer in PMO Shefali Duggal - Member, US Holocaust

Memorial Council Sheikh Hasina - Prime Minister of

Bangladesh, 3rd Time Sheila Dikshit - Governor of Kerala Shikhar Dhawan - Brand Ambassador to

Canara Bank Smriti Irani - Human Resource Development

Minister Soma Mondal – 1st woman director of

National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO). Sudhir Gupta - Secretary, TRAI

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Sumitra Mahajan - Speaker of Lok Sabha Sunil Kumar Sood - General Manager, Central

Railway Suresh Kumar Reddy - First ambassador to

ASEAN and East Asia Summit Sushil Koirala - PM of Nepal Sushma Swaraj - External Affairs, Overseas

Indian Affairs Minister T. Nanda Kumar - Chairman, National Dairy

Development Board (NDDB) Thawar Chand Gehlot - Social Justice and

Empowerment Minister TR Zeliang - Chief Minister of Nagaland Uday Sareen - Deputy CEO, ING Vysya Bank Uma Bharati - Water Resources, River

Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister

V. Kannan - CMD of Vijaya Bank Vakkom Purushothaman - Nagaland

governor (resigned immediately) Venkaiah Naidu - Urban Development,

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Parliamentary Affairs Minister

Viktor Orban - Prime Minister of Hungary Vinod Sawhny - CEO of Reliance

Communications (RCom) Vishal Sikka - Infosys CEO Yaduvendra Mathur - CMD of Export-Import

Bank of India (Exim Bank) Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein - UN High

Commissioner for Human Rights

Obituaries

Adhip Chaudhuri - Economist Adolfo Suarez - first elected Prime Minister

of Spain Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - 3rd President of

Sierra Leone Akkineni Nageswara Rao - Telugu Film

Actor Alfredo Di Stéfano - Argentine-Spanish

footballer Anjali Devi - South Indian Film Actress Anjan Das - National Award-winning Bengali

filmmaker Ariel Sharon - Former Israeli Prime Minister B Shobha Nagi Reddy - Sitting MLA of AP

(Accident) Balu Mahendra - Tamil cinematographer,

director, screenwriter Bangaru Laxman - former BJP President Bob Mischak - Football player (America)

Chester Nez - Last of original Navajo code talkers of World War II

Christopher Burger - Cricketer (South Africa)

Dermot Healy - Irishi Poet Eduardo Coutinho - Brazil Film Maker

(Killed) Fernando Lucio da Costa - Former Brazilian

football player (Helicopter Accident) Gabriel Garcia Marquez – Latin American

Author Gary Gilmour - Australian Cricketer Gopinath Munde - Union Minister Harris Blake - Former Moore County state

senator Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini - Brazil's first World

Cup-winning captain (Football) Ila Pathak - Social Activist Ishrat Ali Siddiqui - Padma Shree Awardee,

Journalist, Freedom Fighter

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J.S. Sarma - former TRAI Chairman Jagat Singh Mehta - Former foreign

Secretary, diplomat and educationist Janamaddhi Hanamachhaastri - Telugu

Writer Jehangir Pocha - Senior Journalist Joe McGinniss - Author (Fatal Vision) José Gómez Lucas - Olympic winning cyclist

(Spain) K. Suryanarayana Raja - Former

International Basketball player Karl Slym - MD of TATA Motors

(Committed Suicide) Khagen Mahanta - Folk Singer of Assam Khushwant Singh - Padma Vibhushan Writer

& Columnist (Train to Pakisthan) Leslie Francois Manigat - Former Haiti

President Namdeo Dhasal - Marathi Poet Nanda - Bollywood Actress Norman Willis - Former TUC leader P Ramdas - Malayalam Director Paco de Lucia - Guitarist (Mexico)

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Oscar Winning Actor

Prokash Karmakar - Painter Rama Narayanan - Tamil Producer / Director Shanti Patel - Ex. MP, Freedom Fighter Sheila MacRae - English Actress Shirley Temple - Former Child Actress

(Hollywood) Silverine Swer - 1st Padma Shri Awardee

from Meghalaya Stephen Gaskin - Founder of The Farm

commune Suchitra Sen - Bengali Actress Sudhir Mahato - Deputy CM of Jharkhand T C Teli - Former Minister (Arunachal

Pradesh) Tom Finney - Footballer (England) Tony Benn - British Politician Uday Kiran – Actor (Telugu) Vishwanath Ramachandra Bondre - Ranji

Cricketer (Mumbai) William Clay Ford - Auto Family Scion and

Detroit Lions Owner Zohra Sehgal - Grand

Old Lady of Indian Cinema

List of Important Agreements / MOUs 2014

16th January 2014 - India and South Korea signed on 9 pacts. They have decided to intensify cooperation in a range of key sectors including trade, investment and defence.

18th January 2014 - India and Pakistan have decided to open the Wagah-Attari border for trade 24X7 (after 16 months of gap)

19th January 2014 - The interim Nuclear Deal over Teheran‘s nuclear program between Iran and the six major world powers comes into effect.

23rd January 2014 - India and France signed a pact to jointly build 3rd satellite for climate change studies.

27th January 2014 - India and Saudi Arabia have decided to enhance their bilateral trade and economic co-operation. Both the countries have urged the public and private sectors to build strong partnerships in different fields.

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28th January 2014 - The Union Ministry of Rural Development signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Digital Green to exchange the relevant livelihood practices among rural communities under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).

29th January 2014 - Six state-owned companies (PSUs) have come together to set up the world’s largest single-location 4,000-MW ultra mega solar power project in Rajasthan.

30th January 2014 - India and Fiji signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.

4th February 2014 - India and Germany signed on an agreement for €1 billion for greenfield projects during the visit of the German President.

14th February 2014 - India and Poland have agreed to expand co-operation in the restoration and digitization of Film archives.

24th February 2014 - NTPC signed a MoU with Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited and Lakhisarai Bijlee Company Private Limited (LBCPL) to develop a 1320 MW (2 X 660 MW) Thermal Power Project at Kajra in Lakhisarai district of Bihar.

24th February 2014 - India and Canada have signed three MoUs for cooperation in health sector, audio-visual co-production and skill development.

25th February 2014 - India and Azerbaijan propose to constitute a joint working group in the field of hydrocarbon.

2nd April 2014 - Iran and Japan signed MoU on for bilateral cooperation on environmental issues at Tokyo by Masoumeh Ebtekar of Iran who is Vice-President and Head of Department of Environment of Iran government and Nobuteru Ishihara of Japan Head of International Cooperation Agency.This is most anticipated MoU between these two countries.

22nd April 2014 - India and Bhutan signed an agreement for the development of joint hydropower projects in a bid to further strengthen their bilateral strategic partnership.

26th April 2014 - State Bank of India (SBI) has signed an MoU with Enable India, a non-profit organisation, to train persons with disabilities towards economic independence.

4th June 2014 - The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs and Grant Thornton India LLP have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop capacity of the Indian companies for effective implementation of the CSR Rules laid down as per Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013.

9th June 2014 - A MoU signed on HIV preventive services to transport sector workers between Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).

25th June 2014 - The Union Cabinet approved an in principle memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and China for setting up industrial parks in the country.

8 July 2014 - The Union External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj and UK foreign secretary of state William Hague decided to launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation.

10th July 2014 - Saudi-Indian joint committee on labour issues finalised the recruitment contract that consist of several provisions to ensure the authenticity and implementation of the standard employment contract.

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Summits BRICS Summit : Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This is an international relations conference

attended by the head of states or heads of government of the five member states Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Fifth summit was held in Durban, South Africa in the year 2013. This completed the first cycle of BRICS summits. The 2014 BRICS summit will be the Sixth annual BRICS summit. This will be held from 15th July 2014 to 17th July 2014.

o Host - Fortaleza, Brazil o This will be the First multilateral meet in which our PM Modi will participate.

ASEAN Summit : An annual meeting held by the member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in relation to economic, and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries. o Member States – 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines, Singapore,

Thailand and Vietnam) o Leader - Le Luong Minh o Recent Summits :

24th – in May 2014 at Myanmar 25th – in November 2014 at Myanmar

NATO Summit : This is a summit meeting that is regarded as a periodic opportunity for Heads of State and Heads of Government of NATO member countries to evaluate and provide strategic direction for Alliance activities. o Recent Summit - 2012 (20 to 21st May) Chicago Summit o Next Summit - 2014 (4 to 5 September) Newport, Wales

G7 Summit : The 40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels at the Council of the European Union on 4 June 2014 – 5 June 2014. It was the first time that the EU hosted a G7 summit. Important Note : G7 was earlier known as G8 but after Russia being expelled from the group, the group is

again known as G7. o Earlier G8 Summits List

37th G8 Summit 2011 - Deauville, France 38th G8 Summit 2012 - David Camp, USA 39th G8 Summit 2013 - County Fermanagh, UK 40th G7 Summit 2014 - Burssels, Belgium (This summit was supposed to be held in Russia

in the year 2014, but after suspension of Russia from G8, now it held at Brussels) o Members - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America

NAM Summit : The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states which are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. 16th NAM Summit held at Iran in 2013 and 17th will be held at Venezulea in the year 2015.

G 20 Summit : Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (19 countries and EU) o G 20 Leaders Summit 2014 – Brisbane (Australia)

SAARC Summit : South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation o 17th Summit – Maldieves 2011 o 18th Summit – Kathmandu (proposed)

Commonwealth Summit : The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 15 to 17 November 2013. Next summit will be hosted by Malta (in 2015).

SCO Summit : The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO Summit was held at Bishkek. Our foreign minister Salman Kurshid attended this.

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Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) : The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is a world summit, aimed at preventing nuclear terrorism around the globe. The first summit was held in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 2010. The second summit was in Seoul (South Korea) in 2012. The third summit was held in The Hague (Netherlands) on March 24-15, 2014. The fourth summit will be held at US in 2016.

Books & Authors 1283 by Pele (Brazilian footballer) A Brush with Life by Satish Gujral A Leaf Turns Yellow The Sufis Of Awadh by

Muzaff ar Ali An Agenda for India’s Growth: Essays in

Honour of P. Chidambaram edited by Sameer Kochhar

An Ardent Patriot-Dinesh Goswami by Kumar Deepak Das

An Uncertain Glory India & Its Contradictions by Amartya Sen & Jean Dreze

An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen.

And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

Birth of Cinema authored by N. Gopal Krishna

Boomtown by Aditya Mukherjee Breakpoint by Jeff Tejpal Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling China’s Travel Attraction (Also Called

Kailamakal) by Jhao Jiang City Of Bohane by Kevin Barry Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and

other Truths by PC Parakh Dare To Do For The New Generation by

Kiran Bedi Dhyan Chand-The Wizard of Hockey by

Luis Fernandes Fida-E-Lucknow by Parveen Talha

First Woman President Of India Reinventing Leadership Pratibha Devisingh Patil by Sunaina Singh

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver Gandhi Before India by Ramchandra Guha Grand Ceremony by Mo Yan Half A Rupee Stories by Guljiar Hard Choices by Hillary Clinton Haunted by Fire: Essays on Caste, Class,

Exploitation and Emancipation by Mythily Sivaraman

Healing Memories: Civilization In Dialogue by Zeenat Shaukat Ali

Hero by Rhonda Byrne House Of Cards by Sudha Murthy House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus) by Rick

Riordan How Not To Make Money by Raj Kundra How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia by

Mohsin Hamid I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai In The Shadow Of The Banyan by Vaddey

Ratner India And Malaysia-Intertwined Strands by

Veena Sikri India at Risk by Jaswant Singh. India Saga Of Steel (Coffee Table Book) by

Beni Prasad Verma Indian Painting: Themes, History and

Interpretations: by Professor B N Goswami Inferno by Dan Brown Introduction to Urdu poetry by Anees

Ayesha Labyrinth by Udayan Majumdar

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Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership by Pavan Choudary .

Lean In: Women Work And The Will To Lead by Sheryl Sanberg

Maharani by Ruskin Bond Mary Kom - Unbreakable An Autobiography

by Mary Kom ModiNomics: Inclusive Economics, Inclusive

Governance by Sameer Kochhar. My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayer My Journey Transforming Dreams Into

Actions by Abdul Kalam My Unforgettable Memories by Mamata

Banerjee My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written by

R.D.Pradhan Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil Narendra Modi: A Political Biography by

Andy Marino. Ninja Innovation by Gary Shapiro Public Issues Before Parliament by Vijay

Darda Punjab by Rajmohan Gandhi Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri by Dr. R L

Bhat Re imagining India by Clay Chandler Religion Law & Society - Across The Globe

by Prof. Tahir Mahmood S.D. Burman:The World Of His Music by

Khagesh Dev Burman Sahara: The Untold Story by Tamal

Bandhopadhyay Satyagraha - The Story Behind Revolution

by Prakash Jha Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists by

Raghuram Rajan Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru Second

Series, Edited by Prof Madhavan Palat Shahar Sone Chala (Collection Of Poems) by

Sat Pal

Shivraj Singh and Rise of Madhya Pradesh by Abhilash Khandekar

Smritiyan by Garima Sanjay Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson The Accidental Prime Minister by Dr.

Sanjaya Baru The Billionaire’s Apprentice by Anita

Raghavan The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Good Daughter by Jasmin Darznik The Immortals of Meluha (Shiva Trilogy) by

Amish Tripathi The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Man

Booker winner 2013 -Longest Novel to Win the Award)

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton The Mahabharata Secret by Christopher C.

Doyle The Malice Of Fortune by Michael Ennis The Moonballer by Nirupama

Vaidyanathan The Namo Story: A Political Life by

Kingshuk Nag The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam

Johnson The Political Economy of Energy and

Growth by Sh. Najeeb Jung The Race Of My Life by Milkha Singh The Racketeer by John Grisham The Siege: The Attack on the Taj by Adrian

Levy The Story Of My Assasins by Tarun Tejpal The Substance and the Shadow: An

Autobiography of Dilip Kumar by Udayatara Nayar

The Test Of My Life by Yuvraj Singh The Third Curve by Mansoor Khan Understanding Bhagat Singh by Prof.

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Walking With Giants by G. Ramachandran. Walking With Lions: Tales From A

Diplomatic Past by K. Natwar Singh

Warrior State by T V Paul We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Famous books of Kushwant Singh (Famous Indian Author died on 20th March 2014) o Train to Pakistan (1953) o I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale (1959) o A History of Sikhs (1963) o Delhi: A Novel (1990) o The Company of Women (1999) o Truth, Love and a Little Malice : Autobiography (2002) o Why I Supported the Emergency (2004) o The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous (2013)

Awards & Honors

Abhishikta S Shetty - Miss South India 2014 Ahmet Sik (Turkish journalist) -

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014

Amitabh Bachchan - India's Global Icon of the Year

Amul (Milk Product Brand) - High Performance Brand Award 2013

Anand Kumar - Ramanujan Mathematics Award 2014

Anees Salim - The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013

Angela Merkel - Israel's highest civilian honour (the "Medal of Distinction")

APJ Abdul Kalam - honorary degree from University of Edinburgh

Arogya Swami Joseph Paulraj - 2014 Marconi Society Prize

Assamese Film Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare (As River Flows) - Audience choice award in North Carolina film festival

Bharat Gupta - Youth Achievers Award Bipan Chandra - Itihas Ratna Award 2014 C Radhakrishnan (Writer, Theekkadal

Katanhu Thirumadhuram) - Moortidevi Award for 2013

Swaraj Paul of Caparo Group - International Business of the Year award 2014

Chandi Prasad Bhatt - Gandhi Peace Prize (2013)

Cristiano Ronaldo - world's best soccer player for the 2012/2013 season (FIFA)

Cyrus Mistry - DSC prize for South Asian literature

Donna Tartt (for the book Goldfinch) - Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Fiction)

Dr Sumeet Chugh - Simon Dack Award Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram - World Food Prize

2014 Dr. Tej Vir Singh - UNWTO Ulysses Prize for

Excellence 2013 in the Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge

Eimear McBride (Author, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing) - Bailey's Women's Prize 2014

Gabriela Isler – Miss Universe 2013 Govind Mishra (for the book Dhool Paudho

Par) - Sarawasti Samman (2013) Gulzar - Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013 Gyan Correa - Gollapudi Srinivas National

Award 2013 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) -

Navaratna award ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund - Morningstar

India‘s best fund house award in the debt Iwao Hakamada - WBC honorary

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Javed Aktar - Sahitya Akademi Award 2013 Jeev Milkha Singh (for the book Lava) -

Asian Tour‘s Player of the Decade Jhumpa Lahiri (for the book Lowland) -

Baileys Prize 2014(Shortlisted) Kapil Dev - C. K. Naidu Award Kathy Cross - First woman to be inducted in

an ICC umpires' panel Kedarnath Singh - Jnanpith award 2013 Kerala Tourism - United Nations Award Killa (a Marathi film) - Crystal Bear

(Glasernen Bar)Award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

Kolkata Airport - Airport Service Quality Award

Koyal Rana - 51st Femina Miss India Laxmi (an acid attack victim) - International

Women of Courage Award, US Lewis Hamilton - Chinese F1 Grand Prix Lingaiah Nagarapu - STF Best Scientist

Award Lord Swraj Paul - Lifetime Achievement

Award, Black Country Asian Business Association

Luis Suarez - PFA Player of the year Madan Babu - Protein Science Young

Investigator Award 2014 Malala Yousafzai - Children’s Nobel Prize

(Nominated) Malala Yousafzai - Liberty Medal Mathangi Sathyamurthy - M S Subbulakshmi

Award Meb Keflezighi - First US male athlete to win

the Boston Marathon Meera Chandrasekhar - Robert Foster Cherry

Award for Teaching 2014 Mitchell Johnson - Allan Border medal Mitul Kadakia - Gregory Braden Memorial

Fellow of the Year Award 2014 MS Dhoni - UK’s 2014 Asian Award N R Narayana Murthy (Infosys) - Canada

India Foundation Chanchalani Global Indian Award 2014

Nadine Angerer - Best women's football player in the world (2013)

Nirendranath Chakraborty - Sunil Gangopadhyay Memorial Award (2012)

Pankaj Mishra - Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 (Non-Fiction)

Pope Francis - Time Person of the year 2013 Pranab Mukherjee - Award of Honor from

Rotary International Prof C N R Rao - Bharat Ratna Prof Stuart Parkin - Millennium technology

Prize 2014 Queen Latifah - 2014 Matrix Award Rajesh Gopakumar - 23rd G D Birla Award

for scientific research (2013) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Sword

of Honour award Ramesh Agrawal - Goldman Prize Ratan Tata - UK's highest civilian award

(Knight Grand Cross) Richard Quest - UNWTO Award for Lifetime

Achievement 2013 Sachin Tendulkar - Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar - Cricketer of Generation

Award Sankha Ghosh - Sunil Gangopadhyay

Memorial Award (2013) Shahrukh Khan - Officer of the Legion of

Honour, France Shigeru Ban - Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014 Shikhar Dhawan - Wisden's Five Cricketers of

the Year Shubhranshu Choudhary - Digital activism

award Sikkim - National Tourism Award Silent Screams : India's Fight Against Rape

(documentary) - New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2014

Slaman Rushdie - Pen Pinter Prize 2014 Sourav Ganguly - Honorary Doctor of Letters

(D.Litt) degree by BESU Sriprakash KS - Asia Pacific Academy Award Stanislas Wawrinka - Monte Carlo Masters

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Sudarsan Pattnaik - People's Choice prize at World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014

TCS - Top Employer in Europe Tejinder Virdee - Knighthood Bachelor Tomas Halik - Templeton Prize 2014 T-TBI (Technopark Technology Business

Incubator) - Golden Peacock Award 2014

V. Somasundaram - Bharat Ratna JRD Tata Award 2013

Vijay Seshadri - Pulitzer Prize 2014 (Poetry) Vishwanath Tripathi - Vyas Samman 2013 Yakov Grigorevich Sinai - Abel Prize 2014 Yushi (Taiwan Poet) – Thiruvalluvar award

61st Idea Filmfare Awards Winners List (South)

Best South film o Tamil - Thanga Meengal o Telugu - Attarintiki Daredi o Malayalam - Drishyam o Kannada - Mynaa

Best Actor (Male) o Tamil - Adharva for Paradesi o Telugu - Mahesh Babu for Seetamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu o Kannada - Prem for Charminar o Malayalam - Fahad Fazil for North 24 Kadam

Best Actor (Female) o Tamil - Nayantara (Rajarani) o Telugu - Nithya Menen for Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde o Kannada - Amulya for Shravani Saubramanya o Malayalam - Ann Augustin for Artist

Best Director o Tamil - Bala for Paradesi o Telugu - Trivikram Srinivas for Attarintiki Daredi o Kannada - Pawan Kumar for Lucia o Malayalam - Shyamprasad for Artist

Lifetime Achievement Award o Tamil Director Late Balu Mahendra's family

59th Film Fare Awards 2014 Winners List

Best Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Best Actor - Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) Best Debut Actor - Dhanush (Raanjhanaa) Best Actress - Deepika Padukone (Goliyon Ki Raslila RamLeela) Best Debut Actress - Vaani Kapoor (Shuddh Desi Romance)

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Best Director - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) Best Debut Director - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) Best Film (Critics) - Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) Best Actor (Critics) - Rajkummar Rao (Shahid) Best Actress (Critics) - Shilpa Shukla (BA Pass) Best Screenplay - Abhishek Kapoor, Chetan Bhagat, Supratik Sen and Pubali Chaudari (Kai Po Che) Best Story - Subhash Kapoor (Jolly LLB) Best Actor (Supporting Role) - Nawazuddin Siddiqui (The Lunchbox) Best Actress (Supporting Role) - Supriya Pathak Kapur (Goliyon Ki Raslila- Ram Leela) Lifetime Achievement Award - Tanuja Best Music - Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari (Aashiqui 2) Best Lyrics - Prasoon Joshi for Zinda (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) Best Playback Singer Male - Arijit Singh (Tum hi ho, Aashiqui) Best Playback Singer Female - Monali Thakur (Sawaar loon, Lootera) RD Burman Award - Sidharth Mahadevan Best Choreography - Samir and Arsh Tanna - Lahu muh lag gaya (Goliyon Ki Raasleel Ram-Leela) Best VFX - Tata Elxis (Dhoom:3) Best Background Score - Hitesh Sonik (Kai Po Che) Best Action - Thomas Struthers and Guru Bachchan (D Day) Best Cinematography - Kamaljit Negi (Madras Cafe) Best Editing - Aarif Sheikh (D-Day) Trendsetter of the year - Chennai Express Best Production Design - Acropolis Design (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) Best Costume - Dolly Ahluwalia (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) Best Sound Design - Bishwadeep Chatterjee and Nihar Ranjan Samar (Madras Cafe)

61st National Film Awards Winners List

Best Film (Hindi) : Jolly LLB Best Actress : Geetanjali Thapa (Liar's Dice, Hindi) Best Actor : Raj Kumar (Shahid, Hindi) & Suraj Venjaramoodu (Perariyathavar, Malyalam) Supporting Actor (Female) : Aida Elkashef, Ship of Theseus and Amruta Subash, Astu Best Direction : Hansal Mehta for Shahid (Hindi) Special Mention : Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai for 'Yellow' (Marathi) Direction (Non Feature) : Chidiya Udh Special Effects : Jal Short Fiction (Non Feature) : Mandrake! Mandrake! (Hindi) Non Feature Film on Social Issues : Gulabi Gang (Hindi, Bundelkhandi) Environmental Film including Agriculture : Foresting Life (Hindi,Assamese) Non Feature Film : Rangbhoomi (Hindi) Best Book on Cinema : Cinema Ga Cinema (Telgu) by Nandagopal Sound Design : Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Madras Cafe

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Choreography : Ganesh Aacharya, Havan Karenge (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) Special Jury Award : Yellow (Marathi) & Miss Lovely (Hindi) Best Children's Film : Kaphal (Hindi) Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation : Perariyathavar (Malyalam) Best Film on Social Issues : Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi) Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration : Thalaimuraigal (Tamil) Best Popular Film providing wholesome Entertainment : Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi) Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director : Fandry (Marathi) Best Feature Film : Ship of Theseus Playback Singer : Bela Shinde Khura Khura Best Feature Films in Local Languages (in alphabetical order) : Best Feature Film in Assamese : 'Ajeyo' Best Feature Film in Bengali : 'Bakitar Byaktigoto' Best Feature Film in English : 'The Coffin Maker' Best Feature Film in Hindi : 'Jolly LLB' Best Feature Film in Kannada : 'December 1' Best Feature Film in Konkani : 'Baga Beach' Best Feature Film in Malayalam : 'North 24 Kaatham' Best Feature Film in Marathi : 'Acha Divaz Mazha' Best Feature Film in Tamil : 'Thanga Best Feature Film in Telugu : 'Naa Bangaru Talli '

15th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy Awards) winners list 2014

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Farhan Akhtar for ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) – Deepika Padukone Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) – Aditya Roy Kapur for “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ Best Debut (Male) – Dhanush for ‘Raanjhanaa’. Best Debut (Female) – Vaani Kapoor for Shudh Desi Romance Best Director – Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra for ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’. Best performance in a comic role - Arshad Warsi for ‘Jolly L.L.B’ Best performance in a negative role – Rishi Kapoor for ‘D-Day’ Best Playback Singer (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal for Sun Raha Hai Na Tu (Aashiqui 2) Best Playback Singer (Male) – Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2) Entertainer of the year – Deepika Padukone Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema – Shatrughan Sinha Outstanding Contribution To International Cinema – John Travolta

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Best Cinematography – Binod Pradhan Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue – Prasoon Joshi Best Editing – P S Bharti Best Sound Design – Nakul Kamte Best Sound Mixing – Pranav Shukla Best Background Score – Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy Best Costume Designing – Dolly Ahluwalia Best Make-Up – Vikram Gaikwad

67th annual Cannes Film Festival Winners List 2014

Palme d’Or : “Winter Sleep” (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) Grand Prix : “The Wonders” (Alice Rohrwacher) Director : Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher” Actor : Timothy Spall, “Mr. Turner” Actress : Julianne Moore, “Maps to the Stars” Jury Prize : “Mommy” (Xavier Dolan) and “Goodbye to Language” (Jean-Luc Godard) Screenplay : Andrey Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin, “Leviathan”

List of 2014 Pulitzer Prize winners

Journalism o Public Service : The Guardian Us And The Washington Post o Breaking News Reporting - The Boston Globe Staff o Investigative Reporting - Chris Hamby Of The Center For Public Integrity, Washington, D.C. o Explanatory Reporting - Eli Saslow Of The Washington Post o Local Reporting - Will Hobson And Michael Laforgia Of The Tampa Bay Times o National Reporting - David Philipps Of The Gazette, Colorado Springs, Co o International Reporting - Jason Szep And Andrew R.C. Marshall Of Reuters o Feature Writing - No Award o Commentary - Stephen Henderson Of The Detroit Free Press o Criticism - Inga Saffron Of The Philadelphia Inquirer o Editorial Writing - The Editorial Staff Of The Oregonian, Portland o Editorial Cartooning - Kevin Siers Of The Charlotte Observer o Breaking News Photography - Tyler Hicks Of The New York Times o Feature Photography - Josh Haner Of The New York Times

Books, Drama And Music o Fiction - "The Goldfinch" By Donna Tartt (Little, Brown) o Drama - "The Flick" By Annie Baker

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o History - "The Internal Enemy: Slavery And War In Virginia, 1772-1832" By Alan Taylor (W.W. Norton)

o Biography - "Margaret Fuller: A New American Life" By Megan Marshall (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

o Poetry - "3 Sections" By Vijay Seshadri (Graywolf Press) o General Nonfiction - "Toms River: A Story Of Science And Salvation" By Dan Fagin (Bantam Books) o Music - "Become Ocean" By John Luther Adams (Taiga Press/Theodore Front Musical Literature)

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2014

Ms. Senator Lisa Maria Singh - First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament Kurian Varghese - Leading overseas Indian businessman in Bahrain Vasdev Chanchlani - Entrepreneur and philanthropist based in Canada Ramakrishna Mission - Fiji Bikas Chandra Sanyal - Renowned educationist in France Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh - Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India in The

Netherlands Sasindran Muthuvel - First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua New Guinea Shihabudeen Vava Kunju - Contributor to welfare of Indian community in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ms. Ela Gandhi - Contributions in promoting ties between India and South Africa, and the cause of freedom in

South Africa Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil Parambath - Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting better

understanding of India in UAE Shailesh Lakhman Vara - First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party in UK Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai - Contributions in field of science, and fostering closer relations between

India and USA Dr. Renu Khator - one of the first persons of Indian origin to head a higher system and a research university in

America. President and Chancellor of The University of Houston.

National Communal Harmony Awards 2013

Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai - Organization category Mohinder Singh - Individual Category N Radhakrishnan - Individual Category

71st Golden Globe Awards Winners List 2014

Best motion picture, drama : 12 Years A Slave Best motion picture, musical or comedy : American Hustle Best director for motion picture : Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity

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Best actor in a motion picture, drama : Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club Best actress in a motion picture, drama : Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Best actor in a motion picture, comedy : Leonardo DiCaprio, Wolf of Wall Street Best actress in a motion picture, comedy : Amy Adams, American Hustle Best supporting actor in a motion picture : Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Best supporting actress in a motion picture : Jennifer Lawrence Best screenplay : Spike Jonze, Her Best foreign language film : The Great Beauty Best original score : Alex Ebert, All is Lost Best original song from a motion picture : Ordinary Love, from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Best animated feature film : Frozen Best TV drama : Breaking Bad Best actor in a TV series, drama : Bryan Cranston Best actress in a TV series, drama : Robin Wright, House of Cards Best actor in a TV series, comedy : Andy Samberg, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Best actress in a TV series, Comedy : Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation Best TV series, comedy or musical : Brooklyn 99 Best supporting actor in a TV series, mini-series or TV movie : Jon Voight, Ray Donovan Best mini-series or TV movie : Behind the Candelabra Best actor in a mini-series or TV movie : Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra Best actress in a mini-series or TV movie : Elisabeth Moss

Oscar Awards 2014 winners List

Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave) Best Animated Feature - Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho) Best Cinematography - Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki) Best Costume Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin) Best Directing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón) Best Documentary Feature Film - 20 Feet from Stardom (Nominees to be determined) Best Documentary Short Film - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas

Reed) Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger) Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy) Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews) Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price) Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn) Best Animated Short Film - Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares) Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson) Best Sound Editing - Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)

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Best Sound Mixing - Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro) Best Visual Effects - Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould) Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley) Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike Jonze)

Padma Awards Winners List for the year 2014

Padma Vibhushan o Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Science and

Engineering, Maharashtra o Shri B.K.S. Iyengar, Others-Yoga,

Maharashtra Padma Bhushan

o Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art - Painting, Gujarat

o Begum Parveen Sultana, Art - Classical Singing, Maharashtra

o Shri T.H. Vinayakram, Art - Ghatam Artist, Tamil Nadu

o Shri Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu

o Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs, Delhi

o Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

o Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

o Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

o Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Science and Engineering, Delhi

o Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma, Science and Engineering, Delhi

o Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

o Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya, Literature and Education, Delhi

o Ms. Anita Desai, Literature and Education, Delhi

o Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker, Literature and Education, Gujarat

o Shri Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu

o Shri Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education, Uttarakhand,

o Shri Pullela Gopichand, Sports - Badminton, Andhra Pradesh

o Shri Leander Paes, Sports - Tennis, Maharashtra

o Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul, Civil Service, Delhi

o Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, Public Affairs, Uttar Pradesh

o Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

o Prof. Anisuzzaman, Literature and Education, Bangladesh

o Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph, Literature and Education, USA

o Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph, Literature and Education, USA

o Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler, Medicine - Neonatology, Delhi

Padma Shri o Shri Mohammad Ali Baig, Art - Theatre,

Andhra Pradesh o Ms. Nayana Apte Joshi, Art, Maharashtra o Shri Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Art -

Instrumental Music - Pauna Manjha, Himachal Pradesh

o Ms. Sabitri Chatterjee, Art - Film, West Bengal

o Prof. Biman Bihari Das, Art - Sculptor, Delhi o Shri Sunil Das, Art - Painting, West Bengal o Smt. Elam Endira Devi, Art - Manipuri

Dance, Manipur o Shri Vijay Ghate, Art - Instrumental Music -

Tabla, Maharashtra o Smt Rani Karnaa, Art - Kathak, West Bengal o Shri Bansi Kaul, Art - Theatre, Jammu and

Kashmir o Ustad Moinuddin Khan, Art - Instrumental

Music-Sarangi Player, Rajasthan o Ms. Geeta Mahalik, Art - Odishi Dance, Delhi o Shri Paresh Maity, Art - Painting, Delhi o Shri Ram Mohan, Art - Film Animation,

Maharashtra o Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik, Art - Sand Artist,

Orissa o Shri Paresh Rawal, Art - Cinema and Theatre,

Maharashtra

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o Shri Wendell Augustine Rodricks, Art - Fashion Designing, Goa

o Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama, Art - Mohini Attam, Kerala

o Shri Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma, Art - Performing Art, Chhattisgarh

o Shri Santosh Sivan, Art - Film, Tamil Nadu o Ms. Supriya Devi, Art-Bengali Cinema, West

Bengal o Ms. Sooni Taraporevala, Art- Script Writing,

Maharashtra o Ms. Vidya Balan, Art-Cinema, Maharashtra o Smt. Durga Jain, Social Work, Maharashtra o Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu, Social Work,

Andhra Pradesh o Dr. Brahm Dutt, Social Work, Haryana o Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami, Social Work,

Assam o Shri J.L. Kaul, Social Work, Delhi o Shri Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani, Social

Work, Gujarat o Shri Tashi Tondup, Public Affairs, Jammu

and Kashmir o Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah, Public Affairs,

Gujarat o Shri Sekhar Basu, Science and Engineering,

Maharashtra o Shri Madhavan Chandradathan, Science and

Engineering, Kerala o Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta, Science

and Engineering, West Bengal o Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover, Science and

Engineering, Maharashtra o Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis, Science

and Engineering, Karnataka o Shri Ramkrishna V. Hosur, Science and

Engineering, Maharashtra o Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida, Science and

Engineering, Tamil Nadu o Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara Satyanarayana

Prasad, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

o Shri Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin, Science and Engineering, Gujarat

o Dr. Brahma Singh, Science and Engineering, Delhi

o Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh, Science and Engineering, Madhya Pradesh

o Dr. Govindan Sundararajan, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

o Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Science and Engineering, Delhi

o Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, Science and Engineering, West Bengal

o Shri Ravi Kumar Narra, Trade and Industry, Andhra Pradesh

o Shri Rajesh Saraiya, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

o Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu

o Shri Pratap Govindrao Pawar, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

o Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya, Medicine - Dermatology, Gujarat

o Dr. Balram Bhargava, Medicine - Cardiology, Uttar Pradesh

o Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty, Medicine - Health and Hygiene, West Bengal

o Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande, Medicine - Oncology, Maharashtra

o Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal, Medicine - Chest Disease, Haryana

o Prof. Amod Gupta, Medicine - Opthalmology, Haryana

o Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh

o Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob, Medicine - Vascular Surgery, Tamil Nadu

o Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi, Medicine - Endocrinology, Maharashtra

o Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah, Medicine - Unani Medicine, Tamil Nadu

o Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane, Medicine - ENT Surgeory, Maharashtra

o Dr. Lalit Kumar, Medicine - oncology, Delhi o Dr. Mohan Mishra, Medicine, Bihar o Dr. M. Subhadra Nair, Medicine -

Gyneacology, Kerala o Dr. Ashok Panagariya, Medicine - Neurology,

Rajasthan o Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey, Medicine -

Surgery, Haryana o Dr. Sunil Pradhan, Medicine - Neurology,

Uttar Pradesh o Dr. Ashok Rajgopal, Medicine -

Orthopaedics, Delhi o Dr. Kamini A. Rao, Medicine - Reproductive

Medicine, Karnataka o Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah, Medicine - Surgery,

Andhra Pradesh

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o Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya, Medicine, Punjab

o Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma, Medicine - Dental Science, Delhi

o Dr. J.S. Titiyal, Medicine- Opthalmology, Delhi

o Dr. Nitish Naik, Medicine- Cardiology, Delhi o Dr. Surbrat Kumar Acharya, Medicine-

Gastroentrology, Delhi o Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover, Medicine-

Oncology,Delhi o Dr. Naheed Abidi, Literature and Education,

Uttar Pradesh o Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, Literature and

Education, Delhi o Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawram, Literature

and Education, Mizoram o Shri Keki N. Daruwalla, Literature and

Education, Delhi o Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi, Literature and

Education, Gujarat o Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch, Literature and

Education, Andhra Pradesh o Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai, Literature and

Education, Jammu and Kashmir o Smt. Manorama Jafa, Literature and

Education, Delhi o Prof. Rehana Khatoon, Literature and

Education, Delhi o Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei, Literature and

Education, Manipur

o Shri Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, Literature and Education, Kerala

o Prof. Dinesh Singh, Literature and Education, Delhi

o Dr. (Mrs.) P. Kilemsungla, Literature and Education, Nagaland

o Ms. Anjum Chopra, Sports - Cricket, Delhi o Ms. Sunil Dabas, Sports - Kabbadi, Haryana o Shri Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, Sports -

Mountaineering, Delhi o Ms. Dipika Rebecca Pallikal, Sports - Squash,

Tamil Nadu o Shri H. Boniface Prabhu, Sports - Wheelchair

Tennis, Karnataka o Shri Yuvraj Singh, Sports - Cricket, Haryana o Smt. Mamta Sodha, Sports - Mountaineering,

Haryana o Ms Parveen Talha, Civil Service, Uttar

Pradesh o Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, Social

Work, Maharashtra o Shri Ashok Kumar Mago, Trade and Industry,

USA o Dr. Siddharth Mukherjee, Medicine-

Oncology, USA o Dr. Vamsi Mootha, Medicine - Biomedical

Research, USA o Dr. Sengaku Mayeda, Literature and

Education, Japan

Beauty Contests

51st Femina Miss India 2014 – Koyal Rana Miss India Earth 2014 – Jhataleka Malhotra Miss India Supernational - Gail Nicole Da Silva Miss India Asia Pacific World 2014 - Anukriti Gusain Miss Universe 2013 – Gabriela Isler Miss World 2013 – Megan Young Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 - May Myat Noe (Myanmar)

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FIFA World Cup 2014

he 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the tournament for the association football world championship, which took place during 12th June 2014 to 13th July 2014 at several venues across Brazil (12 venues).

Below are some important details you should know about FIFA 2014.

Important Points you should know :

Winner - Germany Runners-up - Argentina 3rd Place - Netherlands 4th Place - Brazil Top scorer (Golden Boot Award) - James Rodríguez of Colombia with 6 goals Best player (Golden Ball award) - Lionel Messi of Argentina Best goalkeeper (Golden Glove award) - Manuel Neuer of Germany Best young player - Paul Pogba of France

Official Logo :

Nick name : Inspiration The design is based around a photograph of three victorious hands together raising the World Cup

trophy and its yellow and green colouring is meant to represent Brazil warmly welcoming the world to their country.

Official Ball : Adidas Brazuca.

Official Song - On 24 January 2014, FIFA and Sony Music announced that the official song for the tournament will be “We Are One (Ole Ola)” by Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte. A customized version of the song “Dare (La La La)” by Shakira, who provided the official song of the 2010 tournament, will be used as a secondary theme song.

Official Mascot : Fuleco (An armadillo). The tatu-bola, an armadillo that defends itself from predators by rolling up into a ball, was chosen by FIFA in September 2012 as the official mascot from 47 designs created by six Brazilian agencies.

Official Slogan : “All in One Rhythm” (Portuguese: “Juntos num só ritmo“)

Miscellaneous :

Brazil has hosted this competitive for the second time (first time in 1950) 32 Countries competed Total Matches played are 64

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This is the most expensive tournament (US$14 billion) 12th June 2014, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Commemorative Postage Stamp on the

2014 FIFA World Cup Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez was suspended for nine international matches and banned from taking

part in any football-related activity (including entering any stadium) for four months, following a biting incident on Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.

Indian Premier League (IPL) - 2014

he 2014 season of the Indian Premier League, which is also known as IPL 7 or Pepsi IPL 2014, is the seventh season of the IPL. The IPL tournament started in 2008 and from then it usually takes place every

year during the months of April - June. There are eight teams this season, one fewer than in 2013 after the withdrawal of the Pune Warriors India. Initially DLF used to sponsor IPL matches. But from the year 2013, Pepsi is sponsoring the matches. IPL 2014 tournament was held from 16th April 2014 to 1st June 2014. Below are some important details you should know about IPL.

Winners - Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd Title) Orange Cap - Robin Uthappa (KKR) with 660 Runs Purple Cap - Mohit Sharma (CSK) with 23 wickets Hosts : India and the UAE (United Arab Emirates)

Important Note : Don’t be confused between Australian Open (Tennis) and Australian Open (Badminton). In the exam, check the given options before marking your answer. Indian Ace Shuttler Saina Nehwal has won Australian Open (Badminton) Australian Open Super Series on 29th June 2014.

Australian Open (Badminton)

Men's singles - Lin Dan Women's singles - Saina Nehwal Men's doubles - Lee Yong-dae and Yoo

Yeon-seong Women's doubles - Tian Qing and Zhao

Yunlei Mixed doubles - Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-

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Australian Open (Tennis)

Men’s Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka Women’s Singles – Li Na Men’s Doubles - Łukasz Kubot / Robert

Lindstedt

Women’s Doubles - Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci

Mixed Doubles - Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor

Wimbledon 2014

Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic Women's Singles - Petra Kvitová Men's Doubles - Vasek Pospisil / Jack Sock Women's Doubles - Sara Errani / Roberta

Vinci Mixed Doubles - Nenad Zimonjić / Samantha

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French Open 2014 :

Men’s Singles – Rafael Nadal Women’s Singles – Maria Sharapova Men’s Doubles - Julien Benneteau and

Édouard Roger Women’s Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei / Peng

Shuai Mixed Doubles - Anna-Lena Grönefeld /

Jean-Julien Rojer

ICC World Twenty 20

o Mens – Srilanka o Womens – Australia

Sony Open Tennis / Miami Masters 2014

Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic Women's Singles - Serena Williams Men's Doubles - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Women's Doubles - Martina Hingis / Sabine

Lisicki

Italian Open (Tennis) 2014

Men's singles - Novak Djokovic Women's singles - Serena Williams Men's doubles - Daniel Nestor and Nenad

Zimonjić Women's doubles - Květa Peschke and

Katarina Srebotnik

Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 2014

Singles - Stanislas Wawrinka Doubles - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan

2014 Fortugal Open :

o Men’s Single - Carlos Berlocq o Women’s Single - Carla Suárez

Navarro

o Men’s Doubles - Santiago González / Scott Lipsky

o Women’s Doubles - Cara Black / Sania Mirza

Indian Wells Masters / BNP Paribas Open :

o Men’s Single – Novak Djovic o Women’s Single - Flavia Pennetta o Men’s Doubles - Bob Bryan Mike

Bryan o Women’s Doubles - Hsieh Su-wei

Peng Shuai 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup -

Netherlands (7th title) 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup - Australia

(3rd title) 2013 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup –

Germany (6th Title) 2014 Indian Women's Football

Championship – Manipur 2014 world snooker championship - Mark

Selby ACC U 19 Cup – India Asia Cup – Srilanka ATP's Heineken Open / Auckland title 2014

- John Isner CCI Billiards Title – Pankaj Advani Deodhar Trophy 2014 (Cricket) – West

Zone Dubai Tennis Championship 2014 - Roger

Federer ICC U 19 World Cup – South Africa Imet Open 2013 - Mahesh Mangaonkar Indonesian Masters 2014 (Golf) - Anirban

Lahiri Madrid Open 2014 - Rafael Nadal Irani Trophy 2014 – Karnataka Kabaddi World Cup 2013 – India Malaysian Grand Pix - Lewis Hamilton

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Ranji Trophy 2014 – Karnataka Santosh Trophy – Mizoram Syed Modi International – Saina Nehwal Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy – Baroda

Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014 – Karnataka World Women's Senior snooker

Championship – Chitra Magimairaj

Sport Terminology

Athletics

Relay, Photofinish, Track, Lane, Hurdles, Shotput, Discuss Throw, Hammar Throw, Triple Jump, High Jump, Cross Country, etc.

Badminton Drop, deuce, smash, double-touch, clash, service, love, service-line, etc.

Base Ball

Bunting, hole, pitcher, put-out, strike, Pinching, Home run, Base runner, Throw, Perfect game, Strike, Put out, etc..

Billiards

Cue, cannon, baulk, pot scratch, long jenny, short jenny, frame, spider, short and long rest, in-off, etc.

Boxing

Round, knock-outs, countdown, flyweight, jab, uppercut, hook, punch, Knock. out, Ring Stoppage, Punch, Upper-cut, Kidney punch, Timing, Foot work, etc. etc.

Bridge

Contract bridge, duplicate bridge, tricks, suite , rubber, trump, grand slam, little slam, etc.

Billiards & Snooker

Pull, Cue, Hit, Object ball, Break shot, Scoring, Cushion billiards, etc. , etc.

Chess Gambit, stalemate, move, resign, checkmate, etc.

Cricket

Hat-trick, maiden, follow-on, declare, bowled, caught, run-out, leg before wicket(LBW), stumped, striker, slips, gully, short leg, silly, mid-on, point, cover, mid-off, bouncer, beamer, googly, full toss, drive, cut, pull, hook, flick, etc.

Cycling Sprint, Time trial, Point race, Trackrace, etc.

Football

Kick off, goal, corner-kick, throw-in, penalty, offside, red card, yellow card, foul, hat trick, dribble, pass, forward, defender, half, goalkeeper, tie-breaker, trapping,

heading, etc.

Golf

Course, links, tee, hole, caddie, threesome, foursome, niblic, club, putt, iron, birdie, eagle, etc.

Gymnastics Parellel bar, Horizontal bar, Floor exercise, Uneven bar, Push up, Sit up. etc.

Hockey

Centre, defender, forward, half, penalty-stroke, penalty corner, push-in, free-hit, striking circle goal, goal-line, touch-line, goal keeper, off-side, foul, stick, carry, dribble, tiebreaker, trapping, etc.

Horse Racing

Race course, steeplechase, bets, bookies, jockey, punter, etc.

Judo Cocoa, Blue, white, Green belt, etc.

Polo Mallet, bunker, chukker, handicap, goal, sixty yarder, etc.

Shooting Bag, bull’s eye, marksmanship, plug, skeet, etc.

Swimming Freestyle, Breast stroke, Back stroke, Butterfly, Lane, Pool, Crawl, etc.

Table Tennis Smash, drop, deuce, spin , let, service, etc.

Tennis

smash, cross-court, passing shot,backhand, forehand,slice, top-spin,serve, dropshot, lob, down-the-line, deuce, tie-breaker, set, game, grand slam, ace, volley, etc.

Volleyball Blocking, doubling, heave, smash, point, serve, volley, etc.

Weight Lifting Snatch, Jerk, etc.

Wrestling Free style, Hal Nelson, Point, Heave, etc.

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Union Budget 2014-15 Highlights

ndian Finance Minster Arun Jaitley presented the Narendra Modi Government’s maiden Budget for the year 2014-15 on 10th July 2014. In this budget the modi govenrment mainly focused to keep up their election

promises. In this budget Arun Jaitely has mentioned the issues like Raising the personal tax exemption limit by Rs. 50,000, raising the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit to 49%, Ganga Conservation Mission called 'Namami Gange' with Rs 2,037, Increasing safety of women in large cities with Rs. 150 crores, setting up 100 smart cities with Rs 7,060 crore, National Rural Internet and Technology Mission etc. He confidently stated that this budget can can growth even while curbing borrowing, after the country's longest slowdown in a quarter of a century. Below are the Highlights of Union Budget 2014-15.

Highlights of Union Budget 2014-15

FY16 Fiscal Deficit Target at 3.6% FY17 Fiscal Deficit Target at 3% Rs. 200 crore for 6 more textile clusters in Rase Bareily, Lucknow, Surat and Bhagalpur. Rs. 30 crore set aside for 'hasthakala academy' for reviaval of handicrafts Rs. 50 crore set aside for Pashmina Production programme in J&K Rs. 378,800 crore for NHAI and State Highways Rs. 3,000 crore for raods in North East Rs. 4,200 corre for Jal Marg Vikas project on river Ganga connecting allahabad to Haldia 100 : Number of new cities government will build Rs. 7,060 cr : Amount sanctioned for creation of new smart cities E-Visas : To be introduced at 9 airports to provide much requried boost to tourism Rs. 200 crore : Amount sanctioned for Sardar Patel statue Rs. 500 crore : To be spent on Gram Jyhothi Youjana Rs. 6,000 crore : Amount for welfare of senior citizens Rs. 150 crore : To be spent to enhance safety of women on roads Rs. 1,000 crore : Pension for EP subscriber scheme Taxes Highlights :

o Rs. 2.5 lakh : Tax exemption limit for small & marginal, senior tax payers, up from Rs. 2 lakh o Rs. 3 lakh : Tax exemption limit for senoir citizens, up from Rs. 2.5 lakh o Rs. 1.5 lakh : Increased investment limit under Section 80C, up from Rs. 1 lakh o Rs. 2 Lakh : Revised housing lan regate, up from Rs. 1.5 lakh o No change in tax rates o No change in surcharge

Agriculture highlights o Rs. 100 crore set aside for schemes to provide soil health card o Rs. 56 crore for soil testing labs across the country o Rs. 200 crore set aside for agriculture universities in AP and Rajasthan, and Horticulture University in

Haryana, Telangana o 5 lakh landless farmers to be provided finance through NABARD o Rs. 8 lakh crore set aside for development of agriculture sector o 3% amount of incentive to be given to farmers repaying loans on time

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o Rs. 100 crore set aside for Kisan Television to provide real time information on various farming and agriculture issues

Education Highlights o Rs. 100 crore for Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao yojana o 4 new AIIMS to be set up in AP, UP, WB and Maharashtra o Rs. 28,000 core for sanitation in all primary schools o 12 more governement medical colleges to be set up o 5 new IITs and IIMs to be set up o Rs. 3,600 crore for rural drinking water programme o Rs. 8,000 crore for rural housing scheme o Rs. 100 crore to be spent on upgrading madarsas

Highlights of Economic Survey 2013-14

day ahead of the Union Budget 2014-15, Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented the Economic Survey for the year 2013-14 in Lok Sabha on 9th July 2014. According to this survey, India's

economy is expected to grow between 5.4 percent and 5.9 Per Cent in the current fiscal year. A flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, the Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major development programs, and highlights the policy initiatives of the government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term. Below are the highlights of Economic Survey 2013-14.

Major Highlights of the Economic Survey 2013-14

GDP growth seen at 5.4-5.9% in 2014/15 Growth rate of 7-8% can occur after 2015/16 Poor monsoon, external factors pose risk to growth Need subsidy reforms for fiscal consolidation Raise tax-to-GDP ratio for fiscal consolidation CAD to be contained at 2.1% of GDP in 2014-15 Wholesale inflation expected to moderate by end-2014 Retail inflation showing signs of moderation Reduce spillovers from food to non-food inflation by putting in place a formal monetary policy

framework Contain revenue shortfall via better mobilisation, reforms Move towards simple tax regime, fewer exemptions, GST rate Need DTC as clean modern replacement for existing I-T laws Cutting capital expenditure not good for economy Changes in tax administration required Need sharp fiscal correction, new FRBM Act with ‘teeth’ Government needs to move towards low and stable inflation through fiscal consolidation RBI intervention in forex market behind accumulation of reserves “generally” Rupee has stabilized, reflecting an overall sense of confidence in forex and capital markets Time over-runs in infra project main cause of under achievement in the sector Exports still fragile; Iraq crisis a risk

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Industrial growth expected to revive gradually over 2-yearr Indian legislation governing business need thorough revamp Improve business environment by shifting important decision making from inspectors to higher officers Re-examine laws that empower govt to interfere in markets Capital controls under FEMA do not support rapidly globalizing economy. Banking sector impacted by global and domestic slowdown State APMC laws hurdle to modernisation of good economy; have created cartels of buyers who possess

market power Foodgrains production to go up to 264.4 MT in 2013/14 Need to review nutrient—based fertiliser subsidy Plan to add 88,537 MW power capacity over next 5 yrs Allow private companies to mine coal commercially Gold & silver imports dropped 40% to $33.4 bn in 2013/14Improvement in fiscal deficit and CAD

to feed higher growth India’s increase in share in world services exports from 0.6% in 1990 to 3.3% in 2013 faster than goods

exports Despite deceleration, services GDP growth at 6.8% was above the 4.7% overall GDP in 2013/14 3 milestones of 2013/14: passage of PFRDA Act, shift of commodity futures trading into FinMin &

presentation of FSLRC report Poverty ratio declined from 37.2% in 2004/05 to 21.9% in 2011/12.

Railway Budget 2014-15 Highlights

he Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda presented his maiden Railway Budget in Parliament on 8th July 2014, promising to seek increased foreign and domestic private investment to fund

modernization of the country's huge but badly stretched network. The state-owned railway has suffered from years of low investment and populist policies to subsidise fares. These have reduced the system to a slow, congested network that crimps economic growth. Here are the highlights of this Budget.

No new increase in passenger fares and freight charges

Bullet train in Mumbai-Ahmedabad sector Diamond quadrilateral for high speed trains Plan to hike speed of trains to 160-200 km/hr in

9 sectors Online booking to support 7,200 tickets per

minute; to allow 1.2 lakh users log in simultaneously

Reservation system to be revamped, ticket-booking through mobile phones, post offices to be popularized

Online platform for unreserved tickets Combo parking-platform tickets at stations

Women RPF Constables to escort ladies coaches; 4,000 women constables to be inducted

Retiring room facility to be extended to all stations

Battery operated cars for differently-abled and senior citizens at major stations

Feedback services through IVRS on quality of food

Food can be ordered through SMS, phone; Food courts at major stations

Cleanliness budget up by 40 per cent over last year

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CCTVs to be used at stations for monitoring cleanliness

Setting up of corpus fund for stations’ upkeep; RO drinking water in some stations and trains

Automatic door closing in mainline and sub-urban coaches

58 new trains and extension of 11; 864 additional EMUs to be introduced in Mumbai over 2 years

FDI in railway projects, except in operations FDI, domestic investments in rail infrastructure Office-on-Wheels: Internet & workstation

facilities on select trains WiFi in A1, A category stations and in select

trains Railways university for technical and non-

technical subjects Some stations to be developed to international

standards through PPP model Parcel traffic to be segregated to separate

terminals to make passenger traffic unhindered Loss per passenger per kilometre up from 10

per cent in 2000-01 to 23 per cent in 2012-13 Solar energy to be tapped at major stations Highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 65,455 crore for

2014-15 Expenditure in 2014-15 pegged at Rs. 149,176

crore.

New Trains

Jansadharan Trains 1. Ahmedabad-Darbhanga Jansadharan

Express via Surat 2. Jaynagar-Mumbai Jansadharan Express 3. Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan

Express 4. Saharasa-Anand Vihar Jansadharan

Express via Motihari 5. Saharasa-Amritsar Jansadharan Express

Premium Trains 1. Mumbai Central-New Delhi Premium

AC Express 2. Shalimar-Chennai Premium AC

Express 3. Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin

Premium AC Express 6 4. Jaipur-Madurai Premium Express 5. Kamakhya-Bengaluru Premium Express

AC ExpressTrains 1. VijayawadaNewDelhiAPExpress

(Daily) 2. LokmanyaTilak(T)-Lucknow (Weekly) 3. Nagpur-Pune (Weekly) 4. Nagpur-Amritsar (Weekly) 5. Naharlagun-NewDelhi (Weekly) 6. Nizamuddin-Pune (Weekly)

Express Trains 1. Ahmedabad-Patna Express (Weekly)via

Varanasi 2. Ahmedabad Chennai Express

(Biweekly)via Vasai Road 3. Bengaluru -Mangalore Express (Daily) 4. Bengaluru -Shimoga Express

(Biweekly) 5. Bandra(T)-Jaipur Express (Weekly) via

Nagda, Kota 6. Bidar-Mumbai Express (Weekly) 7. Chhapra-Lucknow Express (Tri weekly)

via Ballia, Ghazipur, Varanasi 8. Ferozpur-Chandigarh Express (6 days a

week) 9. Guwahati-Naharlagun Intercity Express

(Daily) 10. Guwahati-Murkongselek Intercity

Express (Daily) 11. Gorakhpur-Anand Vihar Express

(Weekly)

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12. Hapa-Bilaspur Express (Weekly)via Nagpur

13. Hazur Saheb Nanded-Bikaner Express (Weekly)

14. Indore-Jammu Tawi Express (Weekly) 15. Kamakhya-Katra Express (Weekly) via

Darbhanga 16. Kanpur-Jammu Tawi Express

(Biweekly) 17. Lokmanya Tilak(T)-Azamgarh Express

(Weekly) 18. Mumbai_Kazipeth Express (Weekly)

via Balharshah 19. Mumbai-Palitana Express (Weekly) 20. New Delhi Bhatinda Shatabdi Express

(Biweekly) 21. New Delhi-Varanasi Express (Daily) 22. Paradeep-Howrah Express (Weekly) 23. Paradeep-Visakhapatnam Express

(Weekly) 24. Rajkot-Rewa Express (Weekly) 25. Ramnagar-Agra Express (Weekly) 26. Tatanagar Baiyyappanahali

(Bengaluru) Express (Weekly)

27. Visakhapatnam-Chennai Express (Weekly)

Passenger Trains 1. Bikaner-Rewari Passenger (Daily) 2. Dharwad-Dandeli Passenger (Daily)via

Alnavar 3. Gorakhpur-Nautanwa Passenger (Daily) 4. Guwahati-Mendipathar Passenger

(Daily) 5. Hatia-Rourkela Passenger 7 6. Byndoor-Kasaragod Passenger (Daily) 7. Rangapara North-Rangiya Passenger

(Daily) 8. Yesvantpur-Tumkur Passenger (Daily)

MEMU services 1. Bengaluru-Ramanagaram 6 days a week

(3 Pairs) 2. Palwal-Delhi-Aligarh

DEMU services 1. Bengaluru-Neelmangala (Daily) 2. Chhapra-Manduadih (6days a week) via

Ballia 3. Baramula-Banihal (Daily) 4. Sambalpur-Rourkela (6 days a week) 5. Yesvantpur-Hosur (6 days a week)

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