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International Affairs

• 10th annually meeting of Women Speaker of Parliament 2015 held in New York.
• W20 is an engagement grouping of women leaders for gender inclusive global economic growth.
• It would host its first summit at Istanbul. President of W20: Gulden Turktan.
• The 6th joint military training exercise, 'EKUVRIN 2015’ has begun between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Forces in Kerala.
• 8th September observes as International Literacy Day and Theme for this year “Literacy and Sustainable Societies"
• India and Cambodia has signed Two MoUs of Tourism and an umbrella project
• Asian financial hubs has organised at Singapore and Hong Kong
• Nepal has adopted democratic Constitution in 1st time.
• The Odisha Government has decided to increase additional 50 days work in (MGNREGA) in drought-affected areas.
• In this year The World tourism Day’s Theme was “Millions of tourists,millions of opportunities”.
•  China has launched 20th new generation satellite.

National Affairs

• President Pranab Mukherjee has celebrated Diamond Jubilee of Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) at Vigan Bhavan, New Delhi.
• Delhi High Court has given permission to set up a permanent commission for women in Indian Navy
• PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated a Commemorative coin Rs. 125 and a Circular coin Rs. 10 in honour of 125th birth day of former India’s 2nd President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
•  Haryana has got the Skoch Order-of-Merit national award for implementation of e-Governance.
• The Government has announced the ‘One Rank One Pension scheme’ for the Ex-Servicemen.
• India government has launched the electronic version of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG).
• Haryana govt has totally banned the manufacturing, selling of any kind of tobacco goods.
• PM Narendra Modi presented the 10th World Hindi Conference in Bhopal today. The theme of the conference was “Hindi Jagat - Vistaar aur Sambhavnaye” .
• Union power minister Piyush Goyal has started a scheme Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna in Uttar Pradesh.
• The Government of India has planned to provide LED bulbs at Rs 44, which is much lower than current retail price of around Rs 300, under its DELP scheme.
• Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under AMRUT.
• This year Engineer's Day has observed in in honour of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
• Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has inaugurated 1965 War Exhibition Shauryanjali’ in New Delhi for celebrate the victory of India over Pakistan.
• The government has approved the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission, worth Rs 5,142 crore which is replaced with PURA (Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas).
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Rs. 45,000 crore nationwide Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) at Varanasi to Provided 24 hour power supply to every house.
• Government of India had banned on the use of Diclofenac for treating cattle.
• The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned sale of Ambuja cements for its underweight bags and irrational product price.
• The Union Cabinet has granted for setting up Indian Sign Language Research and Trainning Centre in New Delhi.
• India and Combodia has signed a MoU for bilateral cooperation in tourism sectors.
• Goverment has announced to give 1000 crore to Andhra Pradesh for its financial development.
• India for the first in more than 10 years the P.M Narendra Modi has hosted G4 Summit in New York. The main objective was in this Summit "legitimate candidates for permanent membership"
• The Jharkhand Government has provided food grains to around 80 percent of the state's population.
• Assam govt has sanctioned Rs 850 cr development schemes.
• Govt has made free entry to 116 national monuments like Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Qutub Minar on World Tourism Day in this year.
• Haryana government has decided to increase the quota of economically weaker students from 10% to 25%.
• ISRO has successfully launched " Astrosat "which is India's first dedicated satellite for astronomy research .
• Arunachal Pradesh has decided to provide Assistance with DPAA Teams which is specialized identification and recovery teams from the US.
• Maharashtra Government has planned to Declare Ballard Estate Cultural Zone under a tourism policy.
• 1st time in India National Dance Museum has been inaugurated in Kerala.
• India has ranked 16th place at Global Competitiveness Index.

Business/ Banking Affairs

• Forward Market Commission (FMC) has merged with SEBI.
• Indian Railways will tie up with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to get online satellite images for improving safety and security passengers. 
• The Cabinet ministry has granted 100 % Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the white label ATM operations.
• Indian government has released a new and improved version of the Operating System (OS), named as BOSS; BOSS - Bharat Operating System Solutions
• According to World Bank report Gujarat has ranked top in the state wise banking service.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a MoU on with the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) for 'Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information'
• Forward Market Commission (FMC) has merged with SEBI.
• The Government of India has signed a loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Infrastructure Development.

• NASA has announced a statement about Mars that liquid water has been observed on this planet.
• Reliance Defence has Signed a MoU with Emirates Defence.
• Microsoft has launched Commercial Cloud Services from Local Data Centres in Pune, Mumbai & Chennai.
• The Reserve Bank has reduced interest rate by 0.5% Of Repo Rate. 

Current RBI Rates (Till 30th September 2015) :

1. Bank Rate - 7.75%
2. Repo Rate - 6.75%
3. Reverse Repo Rate - 5.75%
4. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) - 4.00%
5. Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) - 21.50%
6. Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) - 7.75%

Sports Updates

• Durban, the South African city has been selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Game. 
• Lewis Hamilton has won the Italian Grand Prix 2015
• Sebastian Vettel has won the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix 4th time.
• Ajay Jayaram, Indian Badminton player has won silver medal in Korea Open Badminton. 
• China has signed a MoU with World Anti-Doping Agency.
• Pankaj Advani has won IBSF World Billiards Championship 2015 beating by Singapore's Peter Gilchrist.
• Heena Sidhu has won gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol at the Asian Airgun Championship

US OPEN 2015

Women Singles has been won by Flavia Pennetta (Italy) beating Roberta Vinci (Italy).

Men Singles has been won by Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beating Federer (Swiss).

Men’s Doubles :

Pierre – Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut (France) beating of Jamie Murray (Britan) and John Peers (Australia).

Women’s Doubles :

Martina Hingis (Swiss) and Sania mirza beating of Yaroslava Shvedova ( Russia ) and Casey Dellacqua (Australia )

Mixed Doubles :

Leander Paes and Martina Hingis beating of Bethania Mattek-Sands (USA) and Sam Querry (USA)

Prize & Award Winners

• India has won UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’2015.
• Jhumpa Lahiri has selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities Medal.
• Vikas Krishan, Indian Boxer has got Silver Medal in Asian Championships
• President Pranab Mukherjee has given the Saakshar Bharat Awards 2015 for the International Literacy Day to 11 persons.
• Anirudh Kathirvel has won 'The Great Australian Spelling Bee' competition award 2015. 
• National Tourism award has won Gujarat.
• Viola Davis, the first black woman has won The 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
• Marathi film “Court”, directed by Chaitanya Tamhane has selected for the Oscars in next year.
• India’s Richest Man has become Mukhesh Ambani according to Forbes magazine.
• National Cadet Corps (NCC) has entered in Limka Book of Records for the Largest Yoga performances
• EPFO has won the SKOCH Award for smart governance in 2015.
• Mathematician Jacob Tsimerman has honored with SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for the year 2015 .
• Reliance Foundation, Tata Power, Apollo has received Porter Prizes 2015 for outstanding performance in the industry.

• Shashi Kapoor has won Lifetime Achievement Award at Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai.
• Bengali Film “Kadambari” has won Washington South Asian Film Festival.
• Indian-American environmental engineer Kartik Chandran has named MacArthur Fellow for working on a novel solution to the world’s need for food, clean water and energy.

Appointment 

• Raghav Chandra became Chairman of the National Authority of India (NHAI).
• Shinzo Abe has become 2nd time Japanese Prime Minister from Liberal Democrats' Party.
• Ramesh Chand has become full-time member of NITI Aayog.
• Malcolm Turnbull became Australia's new Prime Minister.
• Sourav Ganguly has become next new president of the Cricket Association of Bengal after late Jogmohon Dalmiya.

Resignation

• Shane Watson: Australia's cricketer.
• Brad Haddin: Australian wicket-keeper.
• Jack Warner : Ex- FIFA Vice President 

Death

• Bal Pandit : The pioneer of cricket commentary in Marathi.
• Jagmohan Dalmiya : Board of Control for Cricket in India
• Jackie Collins : Novelist “The World Is Full of Married Men “is famous novel.
• Yogi Berra : US Baseball player.
• Deatmer Crammer : German footballer coach, he was also known as ‘Napoleon’.  

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• From 1 to 7 August will observe World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) organized by WABA (World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action), WHO (World Health Organization) and UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). Theme of this program in 2015 - “Breastfeeding and Work – Let’s Make it Work!”
• International friendship day observed 1st Sunday of August. The first World Friendship Day was proposed at Paraguay.
• South Sudan becomes 206th member in Olympic family.
• CERN has granted its associate membership on Pakistan.
• India and Mozambique sign a MoU for renewable Energy.
• Nepal has issued passports adding a third- gender category in the passports with “O” category. And Manoj Shahi (changed name as Monica Shahi), a transgender become the
• first recipient of category “O” passport in Nepal.
• Singapore observed 50th Independent day on 9th August 2015. Independent theme was “International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.”
• 10th August observed in Germany as International Biodiesel day.
• PM Narendra Modi visit to United Arab Emirates and this is the first time visit
• by an Indian Prime Minister to the Gulf nation in 34 years.
• Indonesia celebrates Independence Day on 17th August 2015.
• FIPIC – (Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation) summit held in Jaipur in 2015.
• The tallest mountain in North America renamed as per 25th U.S. President William McKinley “Mount McKinley” which is called by the Alaska’s people ‘Denali’.

National Affairs

• India’s 1st Harbour Defence System inaugurates in Kochi which will enable to respond surface to sub-surface with automated system capable of detecting, identifying, tracking and generating warning for surface and underwater threats.  
• The landmark peace treaty was signed between India and Nagaland.
• Odisha government launch Onion Mission for provide loans and high yielding seeds to farmers for being high price of Onion in the market.
• Lok Sabha passed Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes prevention of atrocities amendment bill in 2015.
• President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a Museum at the Rashtrapati Bhavan called
• 'Navachara Kaksh'. 
• Kamayani Express & Janta Express crashed on a submerged bridge in Harda district.
• Haryana government launch 'Thari Pension Thare Pass ' scheme for the Give up LPG subsidy.
• Asia’s biggest telescope MAST (Multi Application Solar Telescope) inaugurated in Rajasthan.
• The Government signed with UNESCO for the establishment of a Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training for Asia- Pacific region at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun.
• Airtel has launched India’s 1st 4G services.
• PM Narendra Modi has organised the first National Handloom Day (7th August) In Chennai today.
• Government has decided to give e-tourist visa for more 36 countries.
• Government launched a scheme ' Nai Manzil ' for minorities.
• Mysore has topped rank in the Swachh Bharat Mission.
• On 9th August 73rd Anniversary of the Quit India Movement.
• The Maharashtra govt has announced 2nd marine sanctuary after Malvan Wildlife Sanctuary as Flamingo Sanctuary.
• 'Santhara' is a Jain ritual which has banned in The Rajasthan High Court according to the section 306 and 309 IPC.
• Bihar govt launched " Disha", a mobile app digital literacy.
• Govt launched a scheme "Nai Manzil” in Patna for the minorities in generals and muslims community. 
• MP has recorded of planting 1 crore saplings in one day in the ‘Hariali Mahotsav’
• Indian railway has signed 4 MoUs with Union Power Ministry.
• 1st for knowledge sharing in the field of electricity and energy.
• 2nd for Renewable Energy to promote solar energy usage.
• 3rd for Energy Efficiency to identify technologies to improve energy utilization.
• 4th for the Energy Efficiency Services Ltd for implementation of energy efficient
• systems and conservation projects for the Railways.
• 1st a muslim has translated Hindu Hunuman Chalisa into Urdu, name Abid Alvi.
• India celebrates 69th Independence Day in 2015 
• Akhilesh Yadav has launched the official twitter account of Taj Mahal
• ("@TajMahal "),on Independence Day.
• Kerala govt became Complete Digital State in 2015.
• Taj Mohal has ranked 5th for the World's Best tourist attractions According to the
• Lonely Planet's "Ultimate Travelist".
• India’s 1st private bank in 11 years opened "Bandhan Bank" with 501 branches.
• Chairman of Bandhan Bank: Ashok Kumar Lahiri & Founder of Bandhan Bank: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh.
• India govt launched a telemedicine with the help of Apollo Hospital name “SEHAT”.
• Delhi International Airport limited has launched a mobile app to provided right time about information named “FlyDel”.
• India now free from tetanus birth mother and children according to WHO.
• Indian government launched online new LPG connection App named “SAHAJ”.
• 10th World Hindi Conference will be held in Bhopal in 2015.

Business/ Banking Affairs 

• Delhi government has reduced VAT rates from 12.5 % to 5 % in three sections: metal utensils, wax of all kinds, wood and timber.
• According to the Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 list India has the second-highest number of companies on the list for the last 5 years and China topped.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted the banks to shift, merge all their branches except rural branches.
• Microsoft has launched a Translator, which enable 50 different languages.
• According to U.S. Department of Agriculture India became world’s largest exporter of beef.
• UAE became India’s 2nd largest trading partner.
• Axis Bank has launched the first Contactless Debit and Credit.
• Odisha govt has launched Fisheries Policy 2015.
• Modi has announced a “Special Package" of Rs 1, 25,000 crore for Bihar.
• Google Inc. Launched a Wi-Fi router name “ OnHub”.
• Gujarat will launch ‘Agro- Solar Policy’ to encourage the farmers to tap the solar energy.

Sports Updates

• Ranveer Singh Saini has become the 1st Indian to win a gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles.
• Joshna Chinappa, Indian squash player wins Victorian Open Squash title in Melbourne in 2015.
• Serena Williams ranked in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings 2015.
• According to FIFA World ranking Argentina has topped.
• World Badminton Championships 2015 began in Jakarta.
• PGA – (Professional Golfers Association World Cup Archery) Champion 2015 - 
• Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri.
• Any Murray has won Rogers Cup Masters Tournament 2015 by beating Novak Djokovic.
• Bangladesh won Under-16 SAFF for the first time.
• 15th World Athletics Championships began in Beijing at Beijing National Stadium ("Bird's Nest").

Prize & Awards

• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2015 has been given to the Wimbledon doubles champion Sania Mirza.
• The Esri Special Achievement in GIS Award 2015 for exemplary work in Dairy Geographical Information System won The National Dairy Development Board.
• Rajan Vishal won the Best Electoral Practices Award-2014.
• GlobalSat for DRR for earth observation and disaster risk reduction is to dedicated to Late President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
• Zhanna Nemtsova won Poland’s Solidarity Prize 2015 for advocating democracy
• and human rights.
• Dr. M. Veerappa Moily won 24th ‘Saraswati Sammaan’ award 2015.
• Arjuna awards 2015 have recommended to the Rohit Sharma and sixteen others players.
• According to Forbes magazine’s richest person Microsaft's Bill Gates and Indians - Wipro Chairman Azim Premji (13th Rank) and HCL founder Shiv Nadar (14th Rank).
• Shaurya Chakra and Naib Subedar Rajesh Kumar won Gallantry Award 2015 from 
• President Pranab Mukherjee in 2015.
• Five coaches have got Dronacharya Award 2015.
• Zaina Erhim has won Peter Mackler Award 2015 for Courageous and Ethical Journalism.

Resignation

• Michael Clarke: Australia's Test captain
• Alexis Tsipras: Greece's Prime Minister

Appointment

• Acharya Dev Vrat:  The governor of Himachal Pradesh.
• Ram Nath Kovind: The governor of Bihar.
• Atul Keshap:  The U.S Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives.
• Satya Nadella - CEO of Microsoft
• Nikesh Arora – President and COO of SoftBank
• Om Prakash Rawat became the new Election Commissioner. The three- member poll-panel of Election commission are Om Prakash Rawat , Nasim Zaidi and A K Joti.
• Sachin Tendulkar became Maharashtra's tiger ambassador.
• Usha Ananthasubramanian became 1st female head in private sector in Punjab National Bank after SBI
• Anupam Kher has appointed as the UN ambassador of the 'HeForShe' Campaign.
• Ranil Wickremesinghe became 23rd PM of Sri Lanka 2015 from UNP (United National Party).
• Economic Affairs secretary became Shaktikanta Das.
• Tourism Secretary became Vinod Zutshi.
• Novak Djokovic became UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
• Rajiv Mehrishi became Union Home Secretary

Death

• Lynn Anderson: American Singer won Grammy award- winning single “Rose Garden". 
• Om Prakash Munjal: Founder of Hero bicycle. 
• Suvra Mukherjee: The wife of President Pranab Mukherjee's wife. Books written by Suvra Mukherjee : Chokher Aloey and Chena Achenai Chin. 

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• Hon’ble President, Pranab Mukherjee has leaved for a 4-day state visit to Vietnam during which New Delhi and Hanoi are expected to sign agreements on oil exploration and air connectivity.
• The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has predicted that Indian economy will grow at a rate of 5.6 percent in 2014 while developing economics as a whole will see 4.5-5 percent rise in economic expansion.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the ‘Make in India’ campaign.
• Narendra Modi has leaved on his maiden visit to the US after taking over as the Prime Minister of India. During his 5-day visit, he will address the 69th Session of United Nations General Assembly.
• Hindi road drama, ‘Liar’s Dice’ directed by Geetu Mohandas, has been nominated for the best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards (Oscars) which will be given away in Los Angeles in 2015.
• India has created history with the successful placing of its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) into Mars orbit. India has become 1st country in the world to achieve this feat in the first attempt. 
• The Chairman of ISRO, K. Radhakrishnan has told Press that India has joined hands with China for the first time to develop remote sensing satellites .
• China’s President Xi Jinping has begun his three-day state visit to India by signing two agreements and one memorandum of understanding in Ahmedabad on the 1st day.
• India and China have signed 13 agreements in New Delhi as India raises concerns over the stand-off at the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh. The President of China has also made a special announcement of a new route to Kailash-Manasarovar.
• The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered a setback in by-polls, losing 13 of the 23 seats it held in U.P., Gujarat and Rajasthan.
• Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswami Dattu has been administered oath as the 42nd Chief Justice of India (CJI).
• The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK Supremo, Ms. Jayalalithaa has become the first sitting Chief Minister to be disqualified as a legislator and from her post, after Bangalore trial court convicts her in an 18-year old disproportionate assets case. 
• O. Pannerselvam, a staunch loyalist of AIADMK supremo Ms. Jayalalithaa, has been sworn as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
• The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Prithviraj Chavan has resigned from his post after his government loses its majority.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched “Swachh Bharat” mission in the country on the 145th birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that India has recovered  from the economic slowdown.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi  has unveiled a blueprint for the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) on Jayprakash Narayan’s birth anniversary.

International News

• Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vows greater autonomy for the separatists east as Russia withdraws most of the troops. 
• Rizwan Akhtar has become the new head of Pakistan’s ISI.
• The two-day G-20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meet has begun in Melbourne, Australia.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed in Hindi the 69th Session of UN General Assembly at its headquarters in New York.
• Former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani has been sworn as the new President of Afghanistan. 
• Bamiyan, the Afghan town where two ancient statue of the Buddha were blown up by the Taliban in 2001, has been elected to be the SAARC cultural capital for a year beginning April, 2015.
• In a landmark referendum, Scots have rejected the option of Independence from the United Kingdom with 55.3 percent ‘No’ and 44.7 percent ‘Yes’ for the motion.
• The General Debate at the UN General Assembly (UNGA69) has been opened at the UN headquarters in New York, USA. Afghanistan has signed Bilateral Security Agreements (BSA) with the USA with an aim to allow some US troops to remain in the country till 2015.
• Pope Francis has marked in the opening of a synod, a meeting of nearly 200 bishops in Vatican. 
• The Communists Party of China has warned of serious consequence if demonstrations by pro-democracy campaigners in Hong Kong continue.

Sports Updates

• The 6th edition of Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) 2014, hosted by India, has been commenced. 
• USA has won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 by defeating Serbia in Madrid, Spain.
• The 17th edition of Asian Games has been opened at Incheon, South Korea.
• Saurav Ghosal has become the 1st Indian to win historic Silver medal in Squash in the Asian Games.
• Jitu Rai has given India its first Gold of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon at the event of men’s 50m Pistol.
• The Sports Ministry has finally agreed to give the Arjune Award to boxer Manoj Kumar.
• Uogeshwar Dutt has won first Asiad Gold in 28 years for India after he has defeated Tajikistan’s Zalimkhan Yusupov in the men’s 65 kg freestyle final.
• Indian cricket captain M.S. Dhoni is the sole Indian sportsman to figure on the Forbes’ list of the world’s most valuable athlete brands.
• Leander Paes of India and Marcin Matkowski of Poland have won the ATP Malaysian Open men’s doubles title in Kualalampur.
• Europe has defeated USA to win the 40th Ryder Cup.

Prize and Award Winners

• Asia’s version of Nobel Prize, the Tang Prizes have been given to Gro Harlem Brundtland, Yu ying-shih, James P. Allison, Tasuku Honjo and Albie Sachs in various categories for the year 2014..
• India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Australia’s Steve Waugh have been selected as Bradman Honoree 2014 by Bradman Foundation.
• Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the House of Lords, London, U.K.
• Bollywood Actor, Shahrukh Khan has been conferred with Global Diversity Award 2014 at the house of Commons in Britain.

Nobel Prize Winners in 2014 :

• Physics – Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan.
• Chemistry – Eric Betzig of USA, Stefan W. Hell of Germany, William E. Moerner of USA
• Medicine – John O’Keefe of USA, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser of Norway.
• Literature – Patrick Modiano of France
• Economics – Jean Tirole of France
• Peace – Kailash Satyarthi of India and Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan

Science and Technology 

• Scientists have reported the discovery of the first evidence of water ice cloud on an object outside our own solar system, about 7.3 light-years away from the earth.
• ISRO Mars Orbiter has sent down 1st day pictures that has shown the grainy orange Martian terrain.
• A 5000-year-old stepwell has been found in one of the largest Harappan cities Dholavira in Kutch.

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• The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014, and 121st Constitution Amendment Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha.
• Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the worst floods in six decades. More than 160 are feared killed.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared this flood as a ‘National Calamity’.
• The Andhra Pradesh govt. has decided to have Vijayawada as the adhoc State Capital until infrastructure and other projects for new capital are ready.
• Seeking to scrap the collegiums system of appointing Supreme Court and High Court judges, the Lok Sabha has passed the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 to regulate the procedure.
• The Rajya Sabha has approved the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill 2014.
• RBI has reduced free transactions of savings-bank account holders at the other bank ATMs from five to three a month in six metros- Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, New Delhi and Bengaluru.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissions the largest indigenously built warship of India, INS Kolkata, into the Indian Navy in Mumbai.
• Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister has expressed India’s concern on rising fanaticism in the Arab world while speaking at the First India-League of Arab States Media Symposium in New Delhi.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan DHan Yojana (PMJDY) with a recod opening of 1.5 crore bank accounts on the day one. The scheme envisages financial inclusion of all Indians.
• Indigenously built stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta has been commissioned into the Navy Eastern Fleet.
• Hon’ble President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Kalyan Singh, Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, C Vidyasagar Rao and Mridula Sinha as the Governors of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa respectively.
• External Affairs Minister Sushama Swaraj leaves for a three-day visit to Vietnam where she will participate in the third Roundtable on ASEAN-India network of Think-Tanks (AINTT) in Hanoi.
• Foundation stone of world’s first Natural World Heritage Centre was laid at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun.
•  Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched the biggest ever anti-TB drug resistance survey in the country.
• Nalanda University in Bihar’s Rajgir district has become functional. The ancient university was destroyed by a medieval ruler 800 years ago. Students from 35 countries have applied to study at the university.
• India has signed a civil nuclear energy cooperation agreement with Australia in New Delhi.
• Former Attorney General of India, G.E. Vahanvati, the first muslim to become the top law officer of the country, has been passed away at the age of 65 in Mumbai.
• The former Chief Justice of India, P. Sathasivam, has been sworn as the Governor of Kerala.

International News

• Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki has finally resigned from the post under heavy pressure from allies.
• Haider al-Abadi has been has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Iraq.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Ebola a global health emergency.
• The Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the an outright victory  in the presidential election.
• Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha has taken over as the Prime Minister of Thailand after he has received endorsement from King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
• A major explosion at the Bardanbunga volcano propels Iceland to raise alert over the nation’s largest volcanic system, banning all the air traffic in the area.
• Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has created an Islamic caliphate in the northeast Nigerian town of Gwoza.
• Pak Army chief has been appointed as the ‘mediator’ and ‘guarantor’ by Prime Minister Nawaj Sharif for bringing ongoing crisis between the government and protesters to an end.
• European Union (EU) leaders choose Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as the new president of their council and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini as the bloc’s new foreign policy chief.
• China’s Parliament slams door on full Hong Kong democracy by saying that it will control nomination of candidates for landmarks 2017 polls.
• The two-day North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit 2014 has been begun in Wales, UK.

Sports Updates

• Sania Mirza has clinched her third Grand Slam mixed double title, winning the US Open crown with Bruno Soares of Brazil.
• Indian women cricket team has created history by recording back-to-back Test wins in England after the team, under the captaincy of Mithali Raj.
• India’s Ravichandran Ashwin has been ranked No. 1 Test all-rounder in the latest ICC Test team ranking.
• Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe pair has been ranked No. 3 in the WTA team rating.
• Jo Pavey of Britain, 40 years old and mother of two , has become the oldest woman runner to claim a Gold at the European championship in Zurich, winning the 10,000m.
• The BCCI has appointed former Test all-rounder Ravi Shastri the Director of Cricket in the India team for the five-match ODI series against England.
• Seven-time national championship Poulomi Ghatak has won the women’s singles at 44th All India inter-institutional table tennis championship held in New Delhi.
• P.V. Sindhu has become the 1st Indian to win two World Championship medals by defeating All-England champ Shixian Wang to enter the semifinals of Badminton World Championships in Denmark.
• India has suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Pakistan in their second and the final under-23 friendly match at the Football Stadium in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• The All India Tennis Association (AITA)  has exempted Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza from representing India in the Asian Games being held in Incheon, Korea.
• India Army’s Lt. Colonel Sudhakar Jayant won the Gold medal for the 3rd time at the IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Prize and Award Winners

• Hon’ble President Pranab Mukherjee has conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award on Arun Jately , Dr. Karan Singh ands Sharad Pawar.
• The renowned author Salman Rushdie has received Denmark’s prestigious award, Hans Christian Anderson Literature Award,
• Delhi-based wrestling academy, Guru Hanuman Akhara has been chosen for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar (RKPP) 2014.
• Hon’ble President Pranab Mukherjee honours top sportspersons and coaches at the 2014 National Sports Awards function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Esplanade House & Shri Sakhargad Nivasini Devi Temple Complex bag the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards from India.
• Court, an Indian movie written and directed by Indian writer Chaitanya Tamhane, has won the Lion of the Future- Luigi De Laurentiis award for a Debut Feature at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

Science and Technology 

•  Scientists have built the world’s first transformer robot, inspired by the ancient Japanese paper-folding art of origami.
• Researchers in Japan have developed world’s fastest camera that can record 4.4 trillion frames in a single second.

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National News

• The Reserve Bank of India allowed minors above the age of 10 to open and operate savings bank accounts independently.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 9 May 2014 barred Indian companies from raising the External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) from overseas branches and subsidiaries of Indian banks for refinance or repayment of the Rupee loans raised from domestic banking system.
• Raghuram Rajan, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that plastic currency notes will be launched in 2015 after field trials.
• Bharatiya Mahila Bank included in second schedule to RBI Act, 1934
• Supreme Court of India banned use of bulls for Jallikattu (bull-fighting) events or bullock
• -cart races.
• Supreme Court of India ordered CBI inquiry into multi crore Saradha chit fund scam.
• Chairman of Railway Board Mr. Arunendra Kumar released a book entitled "India Junction A Window to the Nation". 
• The Odisha government has signed an agreement with the TiE Silicon Valley as part of its efforts to develop the state as an IT hub and attract US investment.
• Asia's biggest milk brand Amul announced to set up a dairy processing plant in Varanasi. The plant will initially process five lakh litres per day with the capacity to double the production.
• President dissolved the Lok Sabha on the advice of outgoing Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who resigned on 17 May 2014.
• 21st May 2014 was observed as Anti-Terrorism Day throughout the country. 
• Narendra Modi took oath as 15th Prime Minister of India, with 24 Cabinet and 21 Ministers of State.
• PM Mr. Narendra Modi created a new Ministry of Skill development and Entrepreneurship. It was created recognizing the importance of skill development in India.
• RuPay, India’s indigenous card payment network launched by President Pranab Mukherjee is developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
• The GDP rate of India is likely to accelerate to 6.8 per cent over the next two years as 
• per a report published by Morgan Stanley.
• The Union Government of India on 30 May 2014 signed a credit agreement of 121.20 million US dollar from the World Bank for the Uttarakhand Decentralized Watershed Development Project (UDWDP). 
• Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag's name was cleared by government as next Army Chief after General Bikram Singh retires on July 31st 2014. 
• Justice BS Chauhan, the Judge of the Supreme Court of India was appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT).

• Mr. Ashwin B. Pandya, has been appointed as the Chairman of Central Water Commission & Ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India. 
• Veteran Congressleader Mr. Nabam Tuki sworn-in as the eighth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the second consecutive term.
• Mr. Jitan Ram Manjhi was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Bihar in place of Nitish Kumar.
• Mr. Pawan Chamling was sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister for the record fifth consecutive time.
• Anandiben sworn-in as first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat
• TR Zeliang sworn-in as new Chief Minister of Nagaland
• Ahmed Maitiq sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Libya
• Mukul Rohatgi appointed as new Attorney-General of India
• Former IB chief Ajit Doval appointed as new National Security Adviser
• Russi Mody, Former Chairman and Managing Director of Tata Steel passed away in Kolkata on 16th May 2014, He was 96 years old.
• Veteran nuclear scientist and Padma Bhushan recipient, N Srinivasan passed away due to cardiac arrest on 18th May 2014.He was 84 years old. 
• Malavath Poorna, a 13-years and 11-month old girl of Andhra Pradesh became the youngest woman to climb the Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world.

International News

• India-born Hinduja brothers, Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja, have emerged as the richest men in Britain with a net wealth of 11.9 billion pounds (about $20 billion).
• Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years in prison on charges of bribery by a court in Tel Aviv. 
• Russia and China on 22 May 2014 exercised their veto power against a draft resolution which was intended to refer the Syrian civil war to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
• Mauritius on 27 May 2014 decided to provide automatic tax information exchange to India.
• Google launched a service for Europeans named right to be forgotten.
• Panamanian Vice-President Juan Carlos Varela won the presidential election. He will be assuming office from 1st July 2014.
• On 5th May 2014, Prime minister of Slovenia, Alenka Bratusek handed in her resignation to parliament after losing the battle for the leadership of the Positive Slovenia
• World Bank Group Appoints Hiroshi Naka as Vice President and AuditorGeneral of World Bank
• Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker passed away at age of 93 due to illness in Chicago on 3rd May 2014.
•   World Press Freedom Day was observed on 3 May 2014 across the world. The theme of 2014 year is: Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the post-2015 Development Agenda.
• Caparo Group won the International Business of the Year award 2014 at the Asian Business Awards Midlands in Birmingham.
•  Scientists of NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California have reproduced the processes that occur in the atmosphere of the red giant star and lead to the formation of planet-forming interstellar dust.
• The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) added two noble gases Xenon (Xe)and Argon (Ar) in the list of banned/ prohibited substances list.

•   Japanese national, Hiroshi Naka was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank.
• Exhibition on 100 years of World War I started at the German Historical Museum, Berlin. The exhibition will run until the end of 2014.

Sports Updates

• 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games are to be held from 16th to 28th August 2014 in Nanjing, China.
• Trap Shooter Manavjit Sandhu ranked at third spot in ISSF World Ranking.
• Indian Cricket Player Virat Kohli has reclaimed the No. 1 position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen.
• Waqar Younis, who is former fast bowler of Pakistan, has been appointed national coach for two years. Waqar Younis will be joining his new role in June 2014.
• AIBA approved a new body Boxing India, as the provisional National federation to represent the India.
• Serena Williams of US won the Women's Italian Tennis Open 2014 for the third time.
• The Italian Open 2014 was held in Rome Italy from 11 May 2014 to 18 May 2014. It is 
• red clay tennis tournament after French Tournament.
• Japan bagged AFC Women's Asian Football Cup 2014

Prize and Award Winners

• A documentary film, Silen t Screams –Ind ia's Fight Against Rape won three awards at the 2014 New York Fes tivals In ternational TV and Film Awards.
• The former President o f India, Dr.APJ Abdul Ka lam has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Edinburgh.
• Film Win ter Sleep honoured with Palme d'Or Award at 67th Cannes Film FestivalMay 29Vishwanath Tripathi received Vyas Samman 2013
• UN secretary General Ban Ki-moon awarded the prestigious Dag Hammarskjold medal to the eight Indian soldiers, who lost their lives in peacekeeping operations in 2013.

Science and Technology

• The world's highest tunnel for high-speed trains in northwest China became operational at an altitude of 3,607.4 metres.
• World’s first Electric E-Fan Aircraft Completes its Maiden Flight in Bordeaux, France. Toulouse-based Airbus made it.
• First indigenously developed air-to-air missile Astra successfully test fired from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian Sea off Goa.
• Pakistan successfully test-fired Hataf-III Ghaznavi missile. Hataf-III Ghaznavi missile is a short range surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile.
• Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted the tests of Supersonic Akash air defence missiles which successfully intercepted the targets. 
• The private space travel firm Space X unveiled its new manned Dragon V2 Capsule to take astronauts into Low-Earth orbit and beyond.

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National News

• India successfully test-fired its first indigenously developed air-to-air missile, Astra, from a Sukhoi-30MKI combat jet on May 4, 2014 over the Arabian Sea.
• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has established a Sport Integrity Unit to investigate the cases related to fraud in sports.
• The World Bank has projected am economic growth rate of 5.7 percent in fiscal year 2014-15 for India.
• The Supreme Court has recognized ‘transgender’ as the third category of sex. It has also recognized transgender as socially and economically backward and entitled to job and education quota.
• An investigation by the Enforcement Directorate into suspected illegal expenditure in the ongoing Lok Sabha election reveals that Chennai has emerged as the centre of ‘doubtful’ transaction.
• Agni-I, surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile has been successfully test-fired for its full 700 km range from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast.
• Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, has been sworn as the 414st Chief Justice of India (CJI).
• Justice Ms. Gorla Rohini has been sworn as the first woman Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.
• Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary.
• Suresh Kumar Reddy has been appointed as the first Indian Ambassador to ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) and other East Asia summit.
• The Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) has appointed a three-member panel to probe into the allegations of betting and spot-fixing during IPL-6. The members of the panel are Jai Narayan Patel, R.K. Raghavan and Ravi Shastri.
• The Supreme Court has given verdict that Muslim women are entitled to maintenance after divorce.
• The maiden Prithvi Defence Vehicle has been test-fired from Wheeler Island, Odisha, meeting all the mission objectives.
• The Supreme Court has banned ‘jallikattu’ (bull fighting) and bullock cart racing in Tamil Nadu on the grounds of animal cruelty.
• Hon’ble President Pranab Mukherjee has approved dissolution of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and a fresh proclamation of Central Rule in the state.
• A law passed by Kerala in 2006 to prevent the Tamil Nadu from raising the water level in it from 136 feet to 142 feet has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which vindicates Tamil Nadu’s stand on Mullaperiyar dam.

International News

• Indian-American professor, Rajendra Singh has been named as one of the 10 Solar Champions of Change by the White House, the US.
• Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani quits after an alleged armed attack on his family.
• Sudarshan Seneviratne has been appointed as Sri Lanka’s new High Commissioner to India.
• Bluefin 21, a robotic submarine, has been launched to solve the mystery of the disappeared Malaysian plane MH370.
• Legendary Nobel-winning Colombian writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez , has died at the age of 87. His works, One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera are widely acclaimed.
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika has won the 4th term as the President of Algeria.
• Canada has announced suspending its funding to Commonwealth over the Secretariat’s silence on alleged war crimes and rights abuse in Sri Lanka.
• The 6th round of India-China Strategic Dialogue was held at Beijing between Foreign Secretary Ms. Sujatha Singh and Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Mr. Liu Zhenmin.
• Acting President Oleksandar Turchynov of Ukraine has unveiled reform road map with the provision of elected councils for regions and rights for Russian speakers.
• The Netherlands has celebrated its first-ever ‘King’s Day’ in honour of Willem Alexander.
• India has replaced Japan as the 3rd largest economy in 2011, according to the data released by the International Comparison Program of the World Bank. The US has retained the top spot followed by China.
• Rajeev Suri has been named as the new CEO, replacing Stephen Elop.
• Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has ordered all US military officers to leave the country by the end of the month and cancelled military program.
• Panamanian Vice-President Juan Carlos Varela has won the presidential election.
• The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the US’s first case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Cormavirus (MERS-CoV).
• The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared polio ‘public health emergency’, warning that Pakistan, Cameroon and the Syrian Arab Republic posed the greatest risk of spreading wild poliovirus in 2014.
• The world’s highest tunnel for high speed train in northwest China at an altitude of 3607.4 metres has become operational.

Sports Updates

• Indian shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu has won the men’s trap Gold in the Shotgun World Cup in Tucson, USA.
• India has been ranked 3rd in ICC Test team ranking in the April 1, 2014 cutoff date. South Africa is in top position and Australia in second.
• Atletico Madrid claim a berth in the last four of Champion League for the 1st time in 40 years after they eliminate Bercelona 2-1 at the Calderon, Madrid, Spain.
• India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan has been named one of the five Cricketers of the Year by Wiseden for his performance in 2013.
• Baroda has defeated Uttar Pradesh by 3 runs to win the Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 final in Mumbai.
• Bengaluru FC has won the I-League 2013-14 championship after gaining a 2-1 victory over Sporting Club de Goa.
• Stanislas Wawrinka defeated Roger Federer to win Monte Carlo Rolex Masters for the first time in a rare all Swiss final.
• Paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad of India has won two Bronze and one Silver medal at the IDM Berlin 2014.
• Liverpool striker Luis Suarez won England’s Professional Footballers’ Association’s Player of the Year Award.
• Anirban Lahiri of India has grabbed his 4th Asian Tour title and the 1st outside India at the CIMB Indonesian Masters golf in Jakarta.
• Joshna Chinappa of India has clinched her 9th WSA World Tour Title of her career after winning Richmond squash Open in Virginia, the US.
• Donna Vekic of Croatia won the BMW Malaysian Open 2014 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Balwant Singh, striker of Churchill Brothers, has been chosen for the ‘Best Indian Player of the Year’ and Ashley Westwood ‘Best Coach of the Year’ at the Football Players Association of Indian awards function.
• The BCCI has banned Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) after Lalit Modi has been declared President of RCA by the Supreme Court appointed election observer.
• Tyson Gay, who tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid, received one-year ban from USADA (US Anti-Doping Association) and returns his 2012 Olympic Silver medal.
• Sania Mirza and Cara Black have won their 1st title of the season with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Eva Hardinova and Valeria Solovyeva in the final of the final of the ATP/ WTA Portugal Open in the Oeiras, Portugal.
• With 16 goals so far, Christiana Ronaldo has broken the record for the most goals in a European Cup or Champions League season.

Prize and Award Winners

• Legendary poet and lyricist Sampooran Singh Kalra alias Gulzar has been selected for the 45th Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 2013.
• Indian origin Vijay Seshadri has won Pulitzer Prize 2014 in Poetry category for his work 3 Sections.
• The Queen of Britain has conferred the rank of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire on former chairman of the Tata Group, Ratan Tata.
• Indian-Canadian director Mr. Richie Mehta’s Hindi film Siddharth is the surprise winner at the Beijing film festival. The film is based on the story of a man’s search for his missing son.
• Mathangi Sathyamurthy, Karnataka musician, has been selected for M.S. Subbulakshmi Award 2014.
• N.R. Narayan Murthy, the founder and executive Chairman of Infosys, has been honoured with the 2014 Canada India Foundation Chchalani Global Indian Award in Toronto, Canada.

Winners of 61st National Film Awards:

• Best Popular Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
• Best Feature Film – Ship of Theseus
• Best Actor – Rajkumar Rao and Suraj Venjaramoodu
• Best Actress – Geetanjali Thapa

Science and Technology

• A beautiful made granary, with walls of mud-bricks, which are still in a remarkably good condition, has been discovered in the just-concluded excavation at Rakhigarhi village, a Harappan Civilization site in Haryana.
• A team of scientists from USA and Mexico carry out the world’s first successful vaginal implants in four women.
• A new technology that creates digital embryos by virtually mixing two people’s DNA has been developed, which allows parents a glimpse of their baby’s health and physical characteristics before it has ever been conceived.
• The world’s largest ever swarm of genetically modified mosquitoes has been released in Brazil to combat infectious diseases.
• A new planet, Kepler-186f, has been discovered using NASA’s Kepler telescope. The Planet, dubbed as the Earth’s twin, has been habitable with its own atmosphere and solid surface where liquid water and possibly life can exist.
• Archaeologists have discovered a 5600-year-old preserved tomb and mummy predating the Pharaonic First Dynasty in Egypt.

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National News

• Nagaland and Assam have become first two-states in India to get Plastic Photo Identity Cards.
• More than 76 lakh voters from six constituencies – five in Assam and one in Tripura- kicked off the country’s nine-phase General Elections.
• The biggest-ever deal at an Indian air show has been linked between Boeing and SpiceJet in Hyderabad for Rs. 26000 crore.
• According to the Swedish Think Tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, India has emerged as the world’s largest arms importer.
• The Indian Air Force has formally inducted Russia-made MI-17 V5 series helicopters at its Jamnagar base in Gujarat.
• India has successfully test-fired its indigenous developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile with a range of 350 km as part of a user trial by the Army.
• Noted writer and historian Khushwant Singh has passed away due to cardiac arrest at his residence in New Delhi.
• According to the US think-tank Ethisphere Institute- Wipro and Tata Power are among the world’s most ethical companies.
• The Prime Minister of Malaysia has called up Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, seeking India’s help in searching for disappeared Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. India has deployed five warship and six surveillance aircrafts for the search operation, so far.
• Delhi Metro has started ‘Book Your Own Coach’ facility for the benefits of foreign travelers, tourists and students.
• India has been officially declared as the ‘Polio-Free’ country after an independent commission under the WHO certifies the South East Asia Region, comprising 11 countries polio-free.
• Yesteryear’s bollywood actress Nanda, star of film like 'Teen Deviyan' and ‘Gumnaam’, has died at home in Mumbai at the age of 75.
• The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to withdraw orders making Aadhaar Mandatory for any services.
• The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has cancelled forest clearance to captive coal blocks in Chhattisgarh.
• Acting on Mudgal report revelations, the Supreme Court has asked Mr. N. Srinivasan to step down as the BCCI President to ensure a fair inquiry into the allegations of betting in the IPL.
• Former Team India captain, Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed as the interim president of the Indian cricket board BCCI in respect of IPL-7 functions by the Supreme Court.
• Anand Kishore Sahay has been elected as the President of the Press Club of India.
• IAF Super Hercules C-130J, the most recent and modern acquisition of the Indian Air Force from the US, has crashed In Karauli, near Gwalior.
• R. Gandhi has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) replacing Anand Sinha.
• Arunachal Pradesh has been put on the country’s railway map with the arrival of first passenger train with about 400 commuters at Naharlagun.
• RBI has granted ‘in-principle’ approval to IDFC Limited and Kolkata-based Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited to set up banks.

International News

• Nepal has planned to lease Himalayan peaks to private companies to boost tourism.
• As a first step towards joining Russia, the Parliament in pro-Russian Crimea has declared independence from Ukraine.
• G-8 nations have suspended Russia from the exclusive club of world powers over its incursion in Ukraine. 
• Former leftist rebel commander Salvador Sanchez Ceren won presidential election in El Salvador.
• India and China have held talk in Beijing on counter strategies to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership being negotiated by the US.
• Top secret report on 1962 Indo-China war, authored by Lt. General Henderson Brooks and Brigadier P.S. Bhagat, has been published by Australian journalist Nevillie Maxwell on his website. This report has blamed Nehru Government and army for the misadventure that led to China war defeat.
• Former Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg has been named the next NATO chief. He will take charge from October 1, 2014.
• World Trade Organization (WTO) has asked India to remove raw sugar export subsidy immediately.
• The Parliament of Kenya has legalized polygamy that allows men to marry as many women they want.
• Philanthropist Andrej Kiska has clinched Slovakia’s presidency by a landslide.
• A new marriage law legalizes same-sex marriages in England and Wales. However, it remains prohibited in other two components of the Union – Scotland and Northern Ireland.
• Ms. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca has been appointed as the 9th President of the island country Malta.
• Manuel Valls took over as the new Prime Minister of France replacing Jean Marc Ayrault.

Sports Updates

• Sri Lanka won the ICC World T-20 tournament by defeating India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• IPL-7 is going to be held in three phases at UAE, Bangladesh and India from April 16 to June 1, 2014.
• Sachin Tendulkar has been voted as the Cricketer of the Generation by a 50-member jury in the annual ESPN Cricinfo Awards.
• Chhattisgarh beats Keral by 6-1 in the B-Division final of the 4th Hockey India junior women’s National championship in Mysore.
• Champion of Ranji and irani Cup 2014 Tournament, Karnataka has clinched a historic triple crown by lifting the Star Sports Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time. They beats Railway in the final at den Gardens, Kolkata.
• Novak Djokovic of Servia won his first title of Indian Wells ATP Masters tournament in 2014 by defeating Roger Federer in the final match.
• Serena Williams of USA won her 7th Miami WTA title 2014 by defeating Li Na of China.
• Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix title 2014.
• Heena Sidhu of India has won the women’s air pistol Silver in the shooting World Cup 2014 in USA.
• Novac Djokovic won his 4th Miami Masters title 2014 by defeating World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the final.
• The International association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has rectified the Gold medal for long-jumper Anju Bobby George at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo in 2005. With this, Anju became the first Indian Athlete to win Gold medal in the World Athletics Final.
• Australia won the women’s World Tweenty20 in Dhaka by defeating England in final. They won this tournament for the 3rd consecutive time.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named the captain of the 2014 ICC World Team of the Tournament.
• India’s Heena Sidhu has clinched the World’s No. 1 spot in 10 meters air pistol event in the ranking released by International Shooting Sports Federation. She has become the 1st Indian pistol shooter to be ranked at the top position in the list.
• India draws with Serbia for the Davis Cup World Group play-off which will be held in India in September, 2014.

Prize and Award Winners

• Koyal Rana of Delhi has been crowned Femina Miss India 2014.
• Renowned Hindi author Govind Mishra has been named for the Saraswati Samman for the year 2013 for his book Dhool Paudho Par.
• Animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi and McCann World Group India CEO have been presented the prestigious IAA Olive Crown Awards.
• Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar has been selected for the 23rd G.D. Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013.
• Assamese film Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare (As River flows) won the audience choice award in North Carolina film festival.

Science and Technology

• Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, has announced that the INSAT-3E, after 10 years in orbit has been decommissioned.
• An Israeli start-up has developed a new smartphone battery that can recharge in less than 30 seconds.
• The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully raised the orbit of its navigation satellite, the IRNSS-1B, by firing the propulsion system on board the satellite for 7 minutes and a half from 5.35 p.m.
• A team of Stanford scientists have invented a foldable and disposable microscope, priced at 1 dollar, which is versatile enough to screen for a range of diseases on field, including malaria.
• British scientists has discovered cancer cells in a 3000-year old skeleton in Sudan, making it the oldest sample of metastatic cancer in human ever discovered.

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National News

• Assam has become the first state to legally ban consumption of all forms of smokeless tobacco, including pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine.
• Sikkim has become the 1st state to achieve more than 100 percent sanitation in rural and urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aganwadi centres.
• The employees of different public sector banks have gone on a two-day nationwide strikes for seeking a new wage agreement.
• Interim Rail Budget 2014-15 has been unveiled with unchanged passenger fares and freight rates besides the announcement of 73 new trains including 17 premium air-conditioned trains.
• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has resigned after 49 days due to failure to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Assembly.
• Ms. Lakshmi Swaminathan has become the 1st Indian to be elected as the President of the Administrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
• Telengana Bill has got approved in the Lok Sabha after BJP helps UPA push it through. 
• Rajya Sabha has given assent to Telengana Bill. Now the Bill awaits President’s assent.
• Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has presented Interim Budget for the fiscal year 2014-2015 to cover expenditure until the Government’s term ends in May.
• King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain has arrived on a three-day visit to boost  bilateral ties. It was his first visit to India.
• Andhra Pradesh CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has submitted his resignation to the Governor E.S.I. Narasimhan over Telengana issue.
• Supreme Court has stayed the Tamil Nadu government’s order of releasing the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
• Indian army has successfully flight-tested surface-to-surface air missile Akash from the Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha.
• Hon’ble President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the Telengana Bill to carve out Telengana state.
• National Food Security Act has been implemented in Madhya Pradesh which will cover 75 percent of the total population.
• Bimal Jalan Committee on new Bank Licenses has submitted its report to the Reserve Bank of India.
• Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan’s song ‘Mujhse hogi shuruaat..’ has been nominated in the best activist anthem category of Honesty Oscars 2014.
• Indira Poriyavaran Bhavan has been inaugurated in New Delhi.
• Navy Chief Admiral D.K. Joshi has resigned after INS Sndhuratna accident which left two officers dead and seven injured.
• Largest Solar Power Plant of India of 300 MW capacity has been inaugurated in Bhagwanpur, Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh.
• Union Cabinet raises number of wordays under MGNREGA from 100 to 150. This will benefit more than 14 lakh families in India.
• Former Delhi CM Ms. Sheela Dikshit has been appointed as the Governor of Kerala.
• RBI has extended the pre-2005 currency notes exchange deadline to 1st January, 2015 from existing 31st March, 2014.
• Schedule of Lok Sabha Election has been announced. The election will be held in nine phases from 7th April to 12th May and counting will be held on 16th May.

International News

• Belgium has become the 1st country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age.
• Sushil koirala, the President of Nepali Congress, has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
• Ibrahim Mahlab has been appointed as Egypt’s new Prime Minister.
• Abdul Bashit has been appointed as the New Pakistan High Commissioner to India by succeeding Salman Bashir.
• According to the latest industry figures, China has been crowned world’s top gold consumer, overtaking India in 2013.
• Facebook Inc. has announced to buy the text messaging application WhatsApp in order to dominate mobile messaging.
• Mr. Oleksandr turchynov has been appointed as the new interim President of Ukraine by the Opposition.
• Matteo Renzi has been sworn in as the new President of Italy. He is the youngest-ever President of nation.
• Russia has forced strengthen grip over Crimea in Ukraine with a troop-strength of over 6000. NATO  council has suspended the June-2014 G-8 summit in Sochi which was to be held by Russia.
• The 3rd BIMSTEC summit has been held in Nay Pyi Taw, Mayanmar.
• The Parliament of Russia-majority peninsula of Crimea has voted in favour of leaving Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation.
• According to Forbes’ world’s billionaires list, US tech tycoon Bill Gates is the world’s richest man with his 76 billion dollar.

Sports Updates

• BCCI Chairman, N. Srinivasan has been elected as the head of International Cricket Council (ICC).
• N. Ramachandran, the president of World Squash Federation and the brother of BCC Chairman, N. Srinivasan, has been appointed as the new president of Indian Olympic association (IOA).
• Brendon McCullum has become the 1st New Zealander to score Test-triple century.
• The 14-month ban on India Olympic association over corruption concerns has revised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
• Joss Christensen of USA won the first Olympic Gold in men’s slopestyle skiing at the Sochi Winter Olympic 2014.
• Virat Kohli has been named as the Captain of the Indian cricket team for Asia Cup in place of M.S. Dhoni.
• Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams of USA won the WTA Dubai Open title 2014.
• In Sochi Winter Olympics, Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has become the greatest ever Winter Olympian by taking a record of 13th medal with Gold in the mixed relay.
• Sochi Winter Olympics concluded with the tag of the most expensive Olympics costing more than 50 billion dollar.
• Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has announced that IPL-7 will be held in foreign country instead of India by citing the inability to provide adequate security because of upcoming election.
• The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has announced that India is the first Asian country to get ITF silver certification for its coach’s education system.
• South Africa has won the under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014 by defeating Pakistan in the final.
• Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup tournament 2014 by defeating Pakistan in the final match.
• Pankaj Advani and Vidya Pillai have been crowned National men’s and women’s snooker Champions respectively.

Prize and Award Winners

• President Pranab Mukherjee has conferred the International Gandhi Award to Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang for the year 2013.
• President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee has presented the prestigious Krishi Karman Award to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sivraj singh Chouhan for the year 2012-13.
• Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has received the Airport Quality Service Award for 2013 announced by Airports Council International based on passenger satisfaction survey.
• German Chancellor Ms. Angela Merkel received Israel’s highest civilian honour, the Israel Presidential medal of Distinction.
• Well-known Chipko pioneer and eminent Gandhian Mr. Chandi Prasad Bhatt has been awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize 2013.
• Acid attack survivors, Ms. Laxmi has been honoured with the US’s prestigious International Women of Courage award.

86th Oscard Award 2014 Winners:

• Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
• Best Director – Alfonso Cauron for Gravity
• Best Actor – Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
• Best Actress – Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
• Best Supporting Actor – Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
• Best Supporting Actress – Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
• Best Foreign Language Film – The Great Beauty (Italy)
• Best Original Song – “Let it go..” from frozen
• Best Original Score – Gravity (Steven Price)

Science and Technology

• A confederation of several Asioux tribes in the US create MazaCoin which is similar to the digital currency BitCoin adopting it as their official national tender, in hope that it will pull the tribes out of poverty.
• The scientists of USA has developed a battery that uses sugar to generate electricity, enough to power the smartphone for ten days.
• Engineers of the US firm Hennessey has developed the world’s fastest car, Venom GT with a top speed of 435 kmph.

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