Last Six Months Current Affairs for SSC, RBI,

SBI Clerk and IBPS Exams 201

Points to Remem!er "anuar#$ %e!ruar# 201
Shashi Tharoor: He is in news for taking steps to advance animal protection, Sashi
Tharoor, the Union Minister of India was named as the Person of the Year by PT! "
India#
Associated Press Athlete of the Year: Serena $illiams won the %emale !thlete of the
Year award and &e'ron (ames won the Male !thlete of the Year award anno)nced by
the !ssociated Press#
Ashraf Jehan: !shraf (ehan, first female *)dge sworn+in at Pakistan,s national sharia
co)rt which hears cases )nder the Islamic legislation#
Lokmanya Tilak National Award: Mammen Mathew, the -hief ditor of Malayala
Manorma has been chosen for prestigio)s *o)rnalism &okmanya Tilak .ational !ward#
Corey Anderson: -orey !nderson is in news as he broke !fridi,s record of fastest
cent)ry in /ne 0ay International against $est Indies recently#
Latvia: &atvia became the 12th member of the e)ro 3one# &atvia gained its
independence from the Soviet Union in 1441 and *oined the )ropean Union in 5667#
PARAM Yva!"": S)per -omp)ter P!8!M Y)va+II was rated 1st in India and 77th in
the world#
"ndia!Sadi Ara#ia Pact: India and Sa)di !rabia has signed an agreement to protect
the interests and rights of Indian domestic sector workers in the Sa)di !rabia#
MPs voted Thatcher as the #est $% Prime Minister in srvey: Iron lady Margaret
Thatcher rose+)p as the most s)ccessf)l post+war 'ritish Prime Minister in a s)rvey,
$inston -h)rchill was ranked fo)rth#
& Janary: This day is absorbed as $orld 'raille 0ay across the world to
commemorate the birthday of &o)is 'raille, who is credited for inventing the lang)age#
"ndia si'ned a Credit A'reement with (orld )ank for RRSMP: India has signed a
credit agreement of 196 million dollar with $orld 'ank# The agreement was signed for
8a*asthan 8oad Sector Modernisation Pro*ect#
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Aditya Joshi: !ditya (oshi, a yo)ng sh)ttler from Madhya Pradesh became the first
male *)nior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world#
R* Chandrashekhar: 8# -handrashekhar is in news as he has been appointed as
President of .ational !ssociation of Software and Service -ompanies :.!SS-/M;#
Janet Yellen: She is in news as US Senate has confirmed the name of (anet Yellen as
the first woman to lead the US %ederal 8eserve#
Prithvi "": Prithvi II, the .)clear capable S)rface+to+S)rface missile, s)ccessf)lly test+
fired recently#
$nder!+, Asia C-: India defeated Pakistan to win 5617 Under+14 !sia -)p in the
final match played at Shar*ah cricket Stadi)m in !b) 0habi#
./th Senior National Ta#le Tennis -hampionship< PSP' Men and $omen emerged
winners in the =>th Senior .ational Table Tennis -hampionship#
0orakh-r railway station: Platform n)mber one of ?orakhp)r railway station of Uttar
Pradesh has entered into the &imca 'ook of 8ecords as longest rail platform in the
world#
12th 3ederation C- National )asket#all Cham-ionshi-: /.?- Men @
-hhattisgarh $omen won 52th %ederation -)p .ational 'asketball -hampionship#
./th National Ta#le Tennis Cham-ionshi-: Sanil Shetty and !nkita 0as won their
maiden men,s and women,s singles championship#
Sheikh 4asina: Sheikh Hasina along with her -abinet of 74 Ministers was sworn+in as
the new Prime Minister of 'angladesh#
(orld Most Admired Peo-le: !n International Poll titled the $orld,s most admired
people<+
Microsoft fo)nder 'ill ?ates was named as the most admired person on the planet#
President 'arack /bama has been ranked second followed by the 8)ssian President
Aladimir P)tin and Pope %rancis at the n)mber third and fo)rth position respectively#
The batting maestro Sachin Tend)lkar has been placed fifth among the list of world,s
most admired peoples#
3"3A )allon d56r award for 17+8: -ristiano 8onaldo won the %I%! 'allon d,/r award
for 561B# He beat 'arcelonaCs Messi and %rance winger %ranck 8ibery in a polling
cond)cted by %I%!#
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An9 )o##y 0eor'e: !n*) 'obby ?eorge was declared winner of the $orld !thletics
-hampionships final held in Monte -arlo in 566># The decision was given by the
International !ssociation of !thletics %ederation :I!!%; in (an)ary 5617#
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Points to Remem!er %e!ruar# $ Mar&h 201
Pakistan only Polio ! endemic Contry: $H/ report said that Pakistan is the only
polio+endemic co)ntry in the world and it reported most cases of crippling disease in
561B and 5615#
"ndian economy to 'row #y 9st over :; in 17+&!+/: $orld 'ank in its ?lobal
conomic Prospects 8eport forecasted that economy of India will grow by *)st 9 percent
in 5617+1>#
3ast Patrol <essel A#hinav: Indian -oast ?)ard Ship !bhinav was commissioned in
Dochi by the 0irector ?eneral of -oast ?)ard Aice !dmiral !n)rag ? Thapiyal#
Jamila )aya=: (amila 'aya3 is in news as she has been appointed as the police chief
of 0istrict /ne of Dab)l province in !fghanistan#
R)" issed / r-ees and +7 r-ees coins #earin' 0oddess <aishno >evi: 8eserve
'ank of India :8'I; iss)ed new > r)pees and 16 r)pees coins bearing images of
?oddess Aaishno 0evi#
R)" Ste-: The 8eserve 'ank of India :8'I; incl)ded Hong Dong and Maca) in the
sensitive list of co)ntries along with Pakistan and -hina# This means that
establishments from Hong Dong and Maca) will reE)ire prior approval of 8'I for setting
)p b)siness or related activities in India#
4ery Ra9aonarimam-ianina: Hery 8a*aonarimampianina declared as the new
President of Madagascar following the res)lt of elections cond)cted with an aim to
restore democracy#
Lewis Clarke: &ewis -larke, 19 years old became the yo)ngest person to trek to the
So)th Pole recently# -larke spent 72 days at temperat)re of +76 -elsi)s and winds of
)p to 14B kmFh#
4ero 4ockey (orld Lea'e: .etherlands won the Hero Hockey $orld &eag)e %inal
by defeating .ew Gealand =+5 at Ma*or 0hyan -hand .ational Stadi)m in .ew 0elhi#
A#hishikta S Shetty: !bhishikta S Shetty of Darnataka is in news as she won the 11th
dition of the Miss So)th India 5617 pageant at the &e Meridien in -oimbatore#
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"ndia sccessflly test!fired nclear!ca-a#le srface!to!srface A'ni!"< missile:
India has recently test+fired n)clear+capable s)rface+to+s)rface !gni+IA missile with a
range of 7666 kilometer from $heeler Island of /disha#
"ndia!#orn Prof A J Palra9 won 17+& Marconi Pri=e: Prof ! ( Pa)lra* has been
awarded with prestigio)s 5617 Marconi Society Pri3e for developing the theory and
application of MIM/ antennas#
>SC -ri=e 17+&: -yr)s Mistry won the 0S- pri3e 5617 for So)th !sian literat)re for his
book H-hronicles of a -orpse 'earerH#
Rakesh %hrana: Professor 8akesh Dh)rana is in news as he has been appointed as
the 0ean of Harvard -ollege# He will ass)me the charge of the dean from 1 ()ly 5617#
Crrency notes issed #efore 177/ to #e withdrawn: In a recent decision the
8eserve 'ank of India :8'I; has decided to withdraw all c)rrency notes iss)ed prior to
566> from circ)lation#
Richard ?est: U.$T/ awarded -..,s 8ichard I)est the 561B U.$T/ !ward for
&ifetime !chievement#
$N(T6 $lysses Pri=e: 0r# Te* Air Singh from &)cknow, Uttar Pradesh won the 561B
U.$T/ Ulysses Pri3e#
8/th 3oot#all 3ederation C-: -h)rchill 'rothers beat Sporting -l)b de ?oa to lift the
B>th %ootball %ederation -)p#
/,th "dea 3ilmfare Awards: Here is a list of important winners#
J !t the >4th Idea %ilmfare !wards, 'haag Milkha 'haag grabbed seven awards#
J The award for the 'est !ctor was given to %arhaan !khtar for his performance in
'haag Milkha 'haag#
J 0eepika Pad)kone was ad*)dged as the 'est !ctress for 8amleela#
J 'haag Milkha 'haag was awarded with the 'est %ilm award#
J The lifetime achievement award was given away to Tan)*a#
J !ward for 'est M)sic< (eet ?ang)ly, Mithoon and !nkit Tiwari :!ashiE)i 5;
J !ward for 'est &yrics< Prasoon (oshi for Ginda :'haag Milkha 'haag;
J !ward for 'est Playback Singer Male< !ri*it Singh :T)m hi ho, !ashiE)i;
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J !ward for 'est Playback Singer %emale< Monali Thak)r :Sawaar loon, &ootera;
J The 80 ')rman !ward< Sidharth Mahadevan
Astralian 6-en 17+& Reslts: Stanislas $awrinka won the !)stralian /pen men,s
singles title by defeating 8afael .adal 9+B, 9+5, B+9, 9+B in Melbo)rne#
Syed Modi "nternational "ndia 0rand Pri@ title 17+&: Saina .ehwal won the Syed
Modi International India ?rand PriK title 5617 recently#
The Anvironmental Performance "nde@ BAP"C 17+&: The nvironmental Performance
IndeK :PI; 5617 was released recently# !s per the IndeK, India was ranked 1>> o)t of
1=2 co)ntries#
Recent R)" Ste-s: 8'I raised the 8epo rate )nder &!% by 5> basis points from =#=>L
to 2L and kept the -88 of sched)led banks )nchanged at 7L of .0T&#
India Post to install B666 !TM @ 1#B> lakh micro+!TM by September 561>< India Post
anno)nced to install as many as B666 !)tomated Teller Machine :!TM; and 1#B> lakh
micro+!TMs by September 561>#
/:th Annal 0rammy Awards: "m-ortant winners:
J !lb)m of the year< 8andom !ccess Memories by 0aft P)nk
J 8ecord of the year< ?et &)cky by 0aft P)nk , Pharrell $illiams and .ile 8odgers
J Song of the year< 8oyals by &orde
Anand %mar: !nand D)mar, fo)nder of S)perB6 classes was conferred with 5617
8aman)*an Mathematics !ward at the ighth .ational Mathematics -onvention in
8a*kot#
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Points to Remem!er Mar&h $ A'ril 201
%athy Cross: Dathy -ross became the first woman to be appointed in an I-- )mpires
panel as an !ssociate and !ffiliate panel of International )mpires#
"ndia!3i9i: India and %i*i signed 0T!! for avoidance of do)ble taKation and prevention
of fiscal evasion with respect to taKes on income#
"ndia5s first Mono rail ina'rated recently: India,s first monorail service was
ina)g)rated by the Maharashtra -hief Minister Prithvira* chavan in M)mbai#
Tea Prodction in "ndia: IT! anno)nced that tea India,s prod)ction has gone )p by 9#>
percent in 561B as prod)ction rose to 1566 million Dg against 1159 million kg in 5615#
Ran9i Tro-hy 17+& (inner: Darnataka defeated Maharashtra by seven wickets to win
8an*i Trophy 5617 at Hyderabad#
4arish Rawat: Harish 8awat was in news as he has been appointed as the 2th -hief
Minister of Uttarakhand recently#
Jstice Askhok %mar Mathr: ()stice !skhok D)mar Math)r has been appointed as
the -hairman of the =th Pay -ommission that will s)bmit report in 5 years#
Pa-erless P#lic Li#rary: %irst Paperless p)blic &ibrary of the $orld 'iblioTech was
opened in the US! State of TeKas recently#
>anish am-tee first in the world to 'et )ionic 4and: 0ennis amp)tee became first
person to receive bionic hand that allowed him to feel life+like sensation from the
device,s artificial fingers#
<yas Samman: Aishwanath Tripathi has been selected for Ayas Samman for the year
561B for his memoir Ayomkesh 0arvesh a biography of !charya Ha3ari Prasad
0wivedi#
Marco Lam#ertini: $$% has appointed Marco &ambertini as 0irector+?eneral of the
$$% International#
"CC New Chairman: Srinivasan was elected as the new -hairman of I-- for a period
of 5 years# He will s)cceed !lan 8aymond Isaac#
Sshil %oirala: S)shil Doirala was elected as the neKt Prime Minister of .epal recently
by the .epal,s Parliament#
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N Ramachandran: . 8amachandran was elected President of Indian /lympic
!ssociation :I/!; recently#
Sikkim: Sikkim became the first State in India to achieve 166 percent sanitation
coverage )nder the .irmal 'harat !bhiyaan Scheme#
R*%*Tiwari: 8#D#Tiwari was appointed new chairman of -entral 'oard of 0irect TaKes
:-'0T; recently#
%mar San'akkara: D)mar Sangakkara, the cricketer of Sri &ankan national team
became the second person in the history of -ricket to score a triple cent)ry and a
cent)ry in the same test match# 'y performing the rare record, he *oined ?raham
?ooch, the former skipper of ngland team#
He achieved this reach by scoring 319 runs in the first inning of the match and 105 runs
in the second innings. He achieved this record, while playing in the second test match
against Bangladesh recently.
Jatinder )ir Sin'h: (atinder 'ir Singh was appointed -hairman and Managing 0irector
of P)n*ab and Sind 'ank :PS'; recently#
/2th )ocskai "nternational Tornament: Indian boKers finished fo)rth at the >2th
'ocskai International To)rnament which concl)ded in H)ngary recently#
"rani Tro-hy: Darnataka won Irani Trophy for the fifth time against the 8est of India in
'angalore, recently#
"nternational 0andhi Award for the year 17+8: Ai*ayk)mar Ainayak 0ongre and
?)ocheng Ghang received International ?andhi !ward for the year 561B by President of
India#
(orld )rid'e Cham-ionshi-: $orld 'ridge -hampionship for 'erm)da 'owl :men;
and Aenice -)p :women; will be hosted by India for the first time in /ctober 561>#
:&th )erlin "nternational 3ilm 3estival: Marathi film, Dilla directed by !vinash !r)n
won the -rystal 'ear for the best film at the 97th 'erlin International %ilm %estival#
ModiNomics: '(P leader !r)n (aitely has recently la)nched a book entitled
Modi.omics in .ew 0elhi# The book has been a)thored by Sameer Dochhar#
Renad Lavillenie: %rench /lympic champion, 8ena)d &avillenie broke 51+year+old
world record of pole va)lt of Sergey ')bka at 0onetsk in Ukraine#
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Sikkim won National Torism Award 17+1!+8: Sikkim won the .ational To)rism
!ward 5615+1B# The award was handed over by Shashi Tharoor to 'him 0h)ngel,
Sikkim,s To)rism Minister in .ew 0elhi, recently#
3ace#ook "nc acDired (hatsA--: Social media giant %acebook Inc acE)ired
$hats!pp for 14 billion dollars in a cash and stock deal, recently#
"M3 Predictions: IM% has pro*ected that the economic growth for 5617+1> of India will
be >#7L and s)ggested India to strengthen its inflation management policies#
>elhi (averiders won the 1nd edition of 4ockey "ndia Lea'e c-: 0elhi
$averiders emerged as champions of Hockey India &eag)e after defeating (aypee
P)n*ab $arriors at !strot)rf Hocket Stadi)m in 8anchi#
Matteo Ren=i: Matteo 8en3i was sworn as Italy,s Prime Minister at the Presidential
palace, recently#
<enom 0T: US firm Hennessey,s engineers have developed the world,s fastest car
Aenom ?T with a top speed of a speed of 7B> km per ho)r#
Yon' "nvesti'ator Award for 17+&: Madan 'ab), Indian scientist won the Protein
Society,s Protein Science Yo)ng Investigator !ward for 5617 at -ambridge#
New A'y-t Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mahlab was sworn in as new gypt Prime Minister
recently#
National #illiard Cham-ionshi-s: So)rav Dothari beat !lok D)mar to won the
.ational billiard -hampionships which held in &)cknow recently#
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Points to Remem!er A'ril $ Ma# 201
S#rata Roy: He is in news as he is in *ail after the S)preme -o)rt ordered the arrest
following his fail)re to appear before it in a case arising o)t of non ref)nd of 57666 crore
r)pees to investors by two of his companies#
12 3e#rary: .ational Science 0ay is celebrated on this day, to mark the discovery of
the 8aman ffect by Indian physicist -A 8aman#
"ndia and Sadi Ara#ia si'ned Mo$ on defence coo-eration: India and Sa)di
!rabia signed a defence cooperation pact to take their strategic partnership f)rther in
areas of sec)rity, recently#
Chandi Prasad )hatt: ?andhian environmentalist and social activist, -handi Prasad
'hatt was selected for the ?andhi Peace Pri3e for the year 561B#
>#ai Cham-ionshi-s: 8oger %ederer defeated Tomas 'erdych B+9, 9+7, 9+B to win
the 0)bai -hampionships for the siKth time#
The 2:th Annal Academy 6scar Awards 17+&:
Important winners<
Best picture award 1! "ears # $lave of $teve %c&ueen.
Best #ctor %atthew %c'onaughey, (allas Buyers 'lub
Best #ctress 'ate Blanchett, Blue )asmine
Best $upporting #ctor )ared *eto, (allas Buyers 'lub
Best $upporting #ctress *upita +yong,o, 1! "ears a $lave
Best (irector #lfonso 'uaron, -ravity
Best .oreign *anguage .ilm /he -reat Beauty
"CC $nder!+, Cricket (orld C-: So)th !frica for the first time won the I-- Under+14
-ricket $orld -)p by defeating Pakistan by at the 0)bai International -ricket Stadi)m,
recently#
R)" Ste-s: 8'I has eKtended date for eKchange of pre+566> banknotes to 1 (an)ary
561> and advised banks to facilitate the eKchange of these notes for f)ll val)e#
3or#es ma'a=ine5s 12th Annal (orld #illionaires list: 'ill ?ates, Microsoft -o+
fo)nder is the $orld,s top richest 'illionaire with worth of =9 billion dollars#
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?ates is back on the top rank after fo)r years, reclaiming the title from the telecom
mog)l -arlos Slim Hel) of MeKico :5nd;, who ranked 1 for the past fo)r years#
!manico /rtega, Spanish clothing retailer is ranked Brd for the second year in a row
followed by $arren ')ffet :7;#
Sheila >ikshit: Sheila 0ikshit is in news as she has been appointed as the ?overnor of
Derala#
"ndian acid attack victimE La@mi won "nternational (omen of Cora'e Award: US
hono)red &aKmi, the person who started the movement to end acid attacks in India with
the prestigio)s International $omen of -o)rage !ward#
Lok Sa#ha elections to #e held from . A-ril 17+& in ,!-hases: lection -ommission
recently anno)nced that &ok Sabha elections will be held from = !pril to 15 May 5617#
-o)nting will be done on 19 May 5617#
)"MSTAC: Third 'IMST- :'ay of 'engal Initiative for M)lti+Sectoral Technical and
conomic -ooperation; S)mmit was held in Myanmar#
3ederation C- <olley#all: Tamil .ad) men and 8ailways women won the %ederation
-)p Aolleyball titles by defeating services and Derala respectively#
:2th Santosh Tro-hy: Mi3oram won the 92th Santosh Trophy for senior .ational
football championship by defeating 8ailways B+6 at Danchen*)ngha Stadi)m in Silig)ri,
$est 'engal#
(indham Cam-#ell Literatre Pri=e: Indian writer Panka* Mishra on 4 March 5617
won $indham -ampbell &iterat)re Pri3e in non+fiction category#
<irat %ohli: Airat Dohli reclaimed the n)mber one position in the I-- Player 8ankings
for /0I 'atsmen by replacing So)th !frican /0I captain !' de Aillers#
3li'ht M48.7: Malaysian !irlines flight MHB=6 vanished from radar screens over So)th
-hina Sea with 5B4 people on board on its ro)te from D)ala &)mp)r to 'ei*ing#
New Fealand to hold referendm on chan'in' the National 3la': Prime Minister of
.ew Gealand, (ohn Dey anno)nced the plan to hold a referend)m on changing the
.ational %lag by 561=#
(orld Lon'est aircraft Airlander nveiled in )ritain: The $orld &ongest aircraft has
been )nveiled in 'ritain#
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Packa'e to )htan: ?overnment of India :?/I; anno)nced to provide 7>66 crore
r)pees !ssistance Package to 'h)tan for its 11th %ive Year Plan#
Michelle )achelet: Michelle 'achelet has been sworn in as the President of -hile after
winning election over her conservative rival velyn Matthei#
)N Srikrishna: %inancial Planning Standards 'oard India :%PS'; appointed retired
()stice '. Srikrishna as its -hairman# He has s)cceeded 0hirendra Swar)p#
"PL 17+&: IP& 5617 to be held in B phases at U!, 'angladesh @ India# 'angladesh will
be ven)e if Home Ministry denies permitting to hold game d)ring election#
Rakesh Sethi: 8akesh Sethi is appointed as -hairman and Managing 0irector :-M0;
of !llahabad 'ank#
Soma Mondal: Soma Mondal has been appointed as the first woman director
:commercial; of .ational !l)mini)m -ompany &td :.!&-/;
Plastic Photo "dentity Card: .agaland and !ssam are the first two states to be iss)ed
Plastic Photo Identity -ard for elections in India#
S)" Life to a--eal a'ainst the order of "R>A to refnd 1./ crore: S'I &ife Ins)rance
-ompany anno)nced that it will appeal against the order of Ins)rance 8eg)latory and
0evelopment !)thority :I80!;#
Asian 0rand Pri@ Archery Cham-ionshi-s: Indian archers bagged 5 gold and silver
in the team events of 1st !sian ?rand PriK !rchery -hampionships at 'angkok#
Sachin Tendlkar: Sachin Tend)lkar has voted as the -ricketer of the ?eneration by a
>6+member by beating Shane $arne and (acE)es Dallis#
Tomas 4alik: Tomas Halik, the -3ech priest won the Templeton Pri3e for 5617# The
award was anno)nced by the (ohn Templeton %o)ndation and )nder the award he will
receive 1#1 million )ro#
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Points to Remem!er Ma# ( "une 201
"ndian (ells ATP Tennis Masters: .ovak 0*okovic won the Indian $ells !TP Tennis
Masters by defeating 8oger %ederer# $omen,s singles was won by %lavia Pennetta#
"ndia is the world5s lar'est arms im-orter: SIP8I in its data on international arms
transfers claimed India as largest importer of weapon systems, which is three times
more than Pakistan and -hina#
<i9ay 4a=are Tro-hy 17+8!+&: Darnataka won the Ai*ay Ha3are Trophy 561B+17 at the
den ?ardens in Dolkata#
Aditi %hanna: !diti Dhanna became the first women President of Indian (o)rnalists,
!ssociation :I(!; in &ondon in its 9=+years long history#
>r %C Chakra#arty: 0ep)ty ?overnor of 8'I, 0r D- -hakrabarty is in news as he
resigned from the office three months ahead of the completion of the term#
0 > )irla award: Physicist 8a*esh ?opak)mar won the ? 0 'irla award for scientific
research for the year 561B#
)i' 4oss: 'ig Hoss is the $orld largest TA )nveiled for the first time at the TeKas
Motor Speedway in %ort $orth#
0ovind Mishra: ?ovind Mishra will be given the Sarawasti hono)r for year 561B for his
book 0hool Pa)dho Par# He will be the second person to receive this award#
&th 4ockey "ndia Senior (omen National Cham-ionshi-: 8SP' won the 7th
Hockey India Senior $omen .ational -hampionship :0ivision !; in 'hopal after
defeating defending champions Haryana by 7+6#
A?$ATM: Aandana %o)ndation has la)nched !IU!TM water vending machine in
M)mbai# It will release 1 liter water at a price of 1 r)pee#
Ra9iv Takr: 8a*iv Takr), the %inancial Services Secretary has been appointed as the
new 8even)e Secretary# He s)cceeded S)mit 'ose#
Shi'er )anE Ja-anese architect won the Prit=ker Architectre Pri=e 17+&:
(apanese architect Shiger) 'an won the Prit3ker !rchitect)re Pri3e 5617#
8rd Soth Asian 4and#all Cham-ionshi-: India defeated Pakistan in the final to win
the Brd So)th !sian Handball -hampionship title at ?enesis ?lobal School in .oida#
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(est Fone won cricketGs >eodhar Tro-hy 17+&: $est Gone defeated .orth Gone to
win the 0eodhar Trophy of -ricket 5617 in Aisakhapatnam by a margin of 1BB r)ns#
Miami Masters Crown: .ovak 0*okovic won his fo)rth Miami Masters crown by
defeating 8afael .adal 9+B, 9+B#
Manel <alls: President %rancois Hollande appointed Interior Minister Man)el Aalls as
neKt prime minister of %rance#
Nancy Powell: US !mbassador to India, .ancy Powell is in news as she anno)nced
her resignation# She had s)bmitted her resignation to 'arack /bama#
>r* Smit Ch'h: !n Indian+ !merican -ardiologist, 0r# S)mit -h)gh is in news as he
has been chosen for the Prestigio)s Simon 0ack !ward for /)tstanding Scholarship#
)i*hli*hts of RBI first Bi$monthl# Monetar# Poli&# statement 201$1+ announ&ed
on 1 A'ril 201,
J Dept the policy repo rate )nchanged at 2#6L#
J The repo rate and the rate at which 8'I lends money to banks remained at 2 per cent#
J -ash reserve ratio also remain )nchanged at 7L#
J The economic growth of co)ntry slipped to a decade+low of 7#> per cent in 5615+1B
and is estimated at 7#4 per cent in the c)rrent financial year 561B+17#
Recent R)" "m-ortant Ste-s:
J The 8eserve 'ank of India :8'I; directed banks not to impose financial penalty on the
cons)mers in case of non+maintenance of minim)m balance in their saving acco)nts#
J 8'I also directed banks to limit the liability of c)stomers in electronic banking
transactions in cases where banks fail to prove c)stomer negligence#
J 8'I also instr)cted banks to allow borrowers to prepay floating rate term loans witho)t
any penalty#
R)" a--roved #ankin' licences to ">3C Ltd and )andhan financial services: 8'I
has granted in+principle approvals to I0%- &td and 'andhan %inancial Services Pvt &td
to start new banks in India#
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%arim Massimov: Darim Massimov is in news as he has been named as the new
Prime Minister of Da3akhstan after Serik !khmetov resigned from the post#
Most Afficient Navratna Award: Hind)stan !erona)tics &td :H!&; recieved the Most
fficient .avratna !ward for the year 561B#
> % Pathak: Union ?overnment recently appointed senior IPS officer 0 D Pathak as the
new 0irector ?eneral of 'S%#
R 0andhi: 8'I has appointed 8 ?andhi as the 0ep)ty ?overnor for a period of three
years# He is the s)ccessor of !nand Sinha#
N"ST lanched worldGs most accrate clockE N"ST!31: .IST has la)nched a new
atomic clock, named as .IST+%5 to serve the new US civilian time and freE)ency, along
with the c)rrent .IST+%1 standard#
Marie!Losie Coleiro Preca: Marie+&o)sie -oleiro Preca Sworn+in as President of
Malta, island state, in Aalletta#
$nited %in'dom5s 17+& Asian Award: MS 0honi won the United Dingdom,s 5617
!sian !ward for o)tstanding achievement in Sports#
Social Pro'ress "nde@ BSP"C: India was ranked 165 o)t of 1B5 co)ntries on the Social
Progress IndeK :SPI; p)blished by the US+based non+profit organisation Social
Progress Imperative
"CC Twenty17 (orld C- 17+&: Sri &anka defeated India in the final match to win the
I-- Twenty56 $orld -)p 5617 at Shere 'angla stadi)m of Mirp)r, 0haka#
3emina Miss "ndia 17+&: Doyal 8ana won the title of fbb %emina Miss India 5617#
(hataleka Malhotra and ?ail .icole 0a,Silva were the 1st and 5nd r)nner+)ps
respectively#
&th 4ockey "ndia Jnior Men National Cham-ionshi- 17+&: P)n*ab won the 7th
Hockey India ()nior Men .ational -hampionship 5617 :0ivision !; by defeating Hokey
/disha at -hennai, Tamil .ad)#
(omen5s (orld Twenty17 C- 17+&: !)stralian cricket team had won the $omen,s
$orld Twenty56 -)p 5617 c)p by defeating ngland in the final match in Mirp)r,
0haka#
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"NS <ikrant: I.S Aikrant is in news recently as it was sold to I' -ommercial for 96
crore# It is India,s first aircraft carrier and played an important role d)ring 14=1 Indo+Pak
war#
<iktor 6r#an: Aiktor /rban was re+elected as Prime Minister of H)ngary for the second
consec)tive fo)r+year term#
Shikhar >hawan: Shikhar 0hawan is in news as he has been named as one of the
%ive $isden -ricketers of the Year 561B# /thers are (oe 8oot, -harlotte dwards,
-hris 8ogers, 8yan Harris and 0ale Steyn#
Ra9endra Mal Lodha: President of India on 11 !pril 5617 appointed ()stice 8a*endra
Mal &odha as .eKt -hief ()stice of India#
>adasahe# Phalke Award 17+8: The Union Ministry anno)nced recently that
legendary poet ?)l3ar was selected for the 0adasaheb Phalke !ward 561B#
%ni'ht 0rand Cross B0)AC Award: 8atan Tata recently received the Dnight ?rand
-ross :?'; award by UD ?overnment#
Jstice 0 Rohini: ()stice ? 8ohini appointed as the neKt -hief ()stice of 0elhi High
-o)rt# She will be the first women -hief ()stice in the 0elhi High -o)rt#
<i9ay Seshadri: India+born poet Ai*ay Seshadri won the prestigio)s 5617 P)lit3er Pri3e
in the poetry category for his collection of poems entitled B Sections#
Seventh Soth Asia Jdo Cham-ionshi-s: Indian *)dokas won 15 medals at the
seventh So)th !sia ()do -hampionships held in Dathmand)#
S)" lanched Ta# #ankin' to facilitate o-enin' of Savin' Acconts: State 'ank of
India recently la)nched digital banking facilities for the convenience of S'I c)stomers#
-he .1st /ational %ilm A0ards for 2011 0as announ&ed in /e0 2elhi re&entl#3
)ere are im'ortant 0inners,
M 'est !ctor " 8a* D)mar for Shahid in hindi and S)ra* Aen*aramood) for Perariyathavar
in Malyalam
M 'est !ctress " ?eetan*ali Thapa for &iar,s 0ance in Hindi
M 'est 0irection " Hansal Mehta for film Shahid
M 'est %ilm on Social Iss)es " ?)labi ?ang directed by .ishtha
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M 'est S)pporting !ctor " Sa)rabh Sh)kla for (olly &&'
M 'est S)pporting !ctress " !mr)ta S)bhash for !st) in Marathi and !ida l+Dashef for
Ship of These)s
M 'est -hildren,s %ilm " Daphal :Hindi;, directed by 'at)l M)khtiar
M 'est -hild !rtist " Somnath !vghade for %andy in Marathi and Sadhana for Thanga
Meengal in Tamil
M Special ()ry !ward " Yellow in Marathi directed by Mahesh &imaye and Miss &ovely in
Hindi directed by !shim !h)walia
M Indira ?andhi !ward for 'est 0eb)t %ilm of a 0irector " %andry in Marathi directed by
.agra* Man*)le
M .argis 0)tt !ward for 'est %eat)re %ilm on .ational Integration " Thalaim)raigal
:Tamil; directed by 'al) Mahindra
M 'est $riting on -inema or 'ook of the -inema " -inema ?a -inema in Tel)g)
a)thored by .andagopal and p)blished by Praga India, Hyderabad
R% >howan: !dmiral 8D 0howan took over as 55nd -hief of Indian .avy# He is a
s)ccessor of !dmiral 0D (oshi, who was the 1st 0efence forces chief to resign in India#
A#dela=i= )oteflika: !bdela3i3 'o)teflika won the Presidency for the fo)rth time
consec)tively in !lgeria#
(omen5s Senior Snooker Cham-ionshi-: -hitra Magimaira* won the $orld $omen,s
Senior Snooker -hampionship at &eeds, 'ritain by defeating !lena !smolava of
'elar)s#
&+st Chief Jstice of "ndia: ()stice 8a*endra Mal &odha sworn+in as the 71st -hief
()stice of India# His swearing+in ceremony was administered by the President of India#
0oldman Anvironmental Pri=e: !n Indian environmental activist, 8amesh !grawal
won the prestigio)s ?oldman nvironmental Pri3e that is commonly called as the ?reen
.obel#
NR Narayana Mrthy: 5617 -I% -hanchlani ?lobal Indian !ward presented to .8
.arayana M)rthy for his remarkable vision and leadership in the IT sector#

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Points to Remem!er "une ( "ul# 201
"ndia!made A<Ms to #e sed in Nami#ia5s Presidential -olls< ?overnment of
.amibia p)rchased B766 India+made AMs for )se in the co)ntries Presidential
lection, sched)led in .ovember 5617#
(orld5s hi'hest tnnel for hi'h!s-eed train o-ened in China< $orld,s highest t)nnel
for high+speed train in northwest -hina at an altit)de of B96=#7 metres became
operational#
3reedom of the -ress 17+&< India dropped to =2 in the latest %reedom of the press
5617#Sweden topped the list and belongs to the worldCs most independent press#
Astra< .ame of the first indigeno)sly developed air+to+air missile which was
s)ccessf)lly test fired recently from a S)khoi+B6MDI fighter *et over the !rabian Sea off
?oa#
Ahmet Sik< T)rkish investigative *o)rnalist !hmet Sik won the 5617 U.S-/
?)illermo -ano $orld Press %reedom Pri3e#
Jan Carlos <arela< Aice+president of Panama ()an -arlos Aarela won the
presidential election#
(orld Snooker Cham-ionshi- title 17+&< Mark Selby of ngland won $orld Snooker
-hampionship title 5617 on in Sheffield, ngland#
&atest &ist of Upcoming Kams 5617
)oko 4aram< 'oko Haram Islamist militants gro)p of .igeria is in news as it has
abd)cted more than 566 girls from north+eastern .igeria#
New R)" 0idelines< 8eserve 'ank of India :8'I; recently iss)ed the g)idelines to
allow the minors of age above 16 years to independently open and operate savings
bank acco)nts and )se other facilities like !TM and cheE)e books#
0re'ory )rade# Memorial 3ellow of the Year Award< Indian+!merican cardiologist
Mit)l Dadakia won the prestigio)s 5617 ?regory 'radeb Memorial %ellow of the Year
!ward#
Archana Ramasndaram< Senior IPS /fficer !rchana 8amas)ndaram is in news as
she appointed as first $oman !dditional 0irector of -entral ')rea) of Investigation
:-'I;#
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Ronnie 6GSllivan< 8onnie /CS)llivan was named snookerCs Player of the Year at the
sportCs ann)al awards ceremony in &ondon recently#
"ndia5s 3i'ht A'ainst Ra-e< 0oc)mentary film, Silent Screams"India,s %ight !gainst
8ape has won three awards at 5617 .ew York %estivals International TA and %ilm
!wards#
Madrid 6-en< 8afael .adal won his 5=th !TP $orld To)r Masters 1666 title at M)t)a
Madrid /pen final after Dei .ishikori was forced to withdraw with a back in*)ry#
ANC won the Soth African Alections for the fifth sccessive term< !frican
.ational congress :!.-; won the national election 5617 with 95#5 percent of votes#
0ownload &ast SiK Months -)rrent !ffairs St)dy Material
Maria Shara-ova defeated Simona 4ale- to win Madrid 6-en title< 8)ssia,s Maria
Sharapova won the M)t)a Madrid /pen Tennis title by defeating 8omanian Simona
Halep 1+9, 9+5, 9+B in the finals#
Senior National (omen5s 3oot#all Cham-ionshi-s< Manip)r defeated defending
champions /rissa to clinch the Senior .ational $omen,s %ootball -hampionships title
at ?olaghat Stadi)m in !ssam#
Ahd 6lmert< h)d /lmert, the former Prime Minister of Israel sentenced to siK years
in prison for corr)pt practices in real estate pro*ects by a -o)rt#
>al#ir Sin'h Sha'< Union ?overnment on 1B May 5617 appointed &ie)tenant
?eneral 0albir Singh S)hag as the 52th -hief of !rmy Staff :-/!S;#
%ristin Lnd< Dristin &)nd of .orway became fist women in U. history to be appointed
as %orce -ommander in the United .ations peacekeeping operation#
Santa Maria< !fter >66 years, -hristopher -ol)mb)sCs ship the Santa Maria was
claimed to be fo)nd by archaeological investigators led by 'arry -lifford#
Plastic crrency notes to #e lanched in 17+/< ?overnor of the 8eserve 'ank of
India anno)nced that plastic c)rrency notes will be la)nched in 561> after field trials in
five cities#
Na#am Tki< He is in news as he sworn+in as the -hief Minister of !r)nachal Pradesh
in Itanagar#
17+& assem#ly elections of 6disha< 'i*) (anata 0al emerged as the largest party by
winning 11= seats#
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Jitan Ram Man9hi< He is in news recently as he sowrn+in as the new -hief Minister of
'ihar#
17+& assem#ly elections of Sikkim< Sikkim 0emocratic %ront :S0%; emerged as the
largest party by winning 55 seats#
Pawan Chamlin'< He is in news as he is sworn+in as the -hief Minister of Sikkim for a
record fifth consec)tive time#
Naveen Patnaik< He is in news as he sworn+in as -hief Minister of /disha for fo)rth
consec)tive term#
Anandi#en Patel< She is in news as she was sworn+in as the first woman -hief Minister
of ?)*arat on 55 May 5617#
Malavath Poorna< 1B+year and 11+month old girl, Poorna of !ndhra Pradesh became
the yo)ngest woman to climb Mo)nt verest, the highest peak in the world#
TR Felian'< He is in news as he sworn+in as the new -hief Minister of .agaland as the
s)ccessor of .eiphi) 8io on 57 May 5617#
Thomas and $#er C- 17+&< (apan won 5617 Thomas -)p badminton and -hina won
5617 Uber -)p title of badminton on 57 May 5617#
Sshma Swara9< She is in news as she became the first woman Kternal !ffairs
Minister of India on 59 May 5617#
>alia 0ry#askaite< Dnown as the Iron &ady of &ith)ania, on 5> May 5617 won the
Presidential elections of &ith)ania#
Sachin Tendlkar< He is in news as he has been appointed as the goodwill
ambassador of B>th .ational ?ames, Derala sched)led to be held from (an)ary+
%ebr)ary 561>#
Mkl Rohat'i< He is in news as he has been appointed as the 17th !ttorney+?eneral
of India# He s)cceeds ?)lam Aahanvati#
<yas Samman 17+8< Aishwanath Tripathi, eminent Hindi writer awarded the prestigio)s
Ayas Samman 561B#
"PL 17+&< DD8 won the seventh edition of Indian Premier &eag)e 5617 by defeating
DNIP by three wickets in the final played at -hinnaswamy Stadi)m, 'angalore#
Chandrashekhar Rao< He is in news as he was sworn+in as the %irst -hief Minister of
Telengana#
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Peter Mtharika< Peter M)tharika was sworn+in as President of Malawi recently#
Telan'ana< Telangana became the 54th State of India with Hyderabad as its capital on
5 ()ne 5617#
An'ela Merkel to--ed 3or#es Most Powerfl (omen List 17+&< ?erman -hancellor
topped %orbes ann)al list of Most Powerf)l $omen 5617 in the world#
Salvador Sanche= Ceren< %ormer left wing rebel leader Salvador Sanche3 -eren was
sworn+in as the President of l Salvador on 1 ()ne 5617#
Syrian President< President 'ashar al+!ssad of Syria won the Presidential election for
the third time for seven+year term#
Smitra Maha9an elected as S-eaker of +:th Lok Sa#ha< S)mitra Maha*an was
)nanimo)sly elected as Speaker of the 19th &ok Sabha#
0!. smmit 17+&< 76th ?+= s)mmit 5617 was held at ()st)s &ipsi)s b)ilding, 'r)ssels
at the -o)ncil of the )ropean Union on 7 ()ne 5617 " > ()ne 5617#
N* Chandra#a# Naid< .ara -handrabab) .aid) was sworn+in as the first -hief
Minister of !ndhra Pradesh after bif)rcation#
Petro Poroshenko sworn!in as President of $kraine< Petro Poroshenko was sworn+
in as the President of Ukraine in Diev#
%danklam #ecame "ndia5s first nclear -lant to 'enerate +777 M( -ower<
D)dank)lam .)clear Power Plant on 2 ()ne 5617 became India,s first n)clear plant to
generate 1666 M$ power#
Rafael Nadal< 8afael .adal :rank no# 1; of Spain won the %rench /pen title 5617 for
the ninth time on 2 ()ne 5617# He is the first men to win five %rench /pen titles in a
row# He won against .ovak 0*okovic :rank no# 5; of Y)goslavia with B+9, =+>, 9+5, and
9+7 in the final#
%ll >istrict< The place was in news as 57 engineering st)dents of A(I of ngineering
and Technology, Hyderabad were drowned in 'eas 8iver in D)ll) district of Himachal
Pradesh#
A#del 3attah el!Sisi sworn!in as President of A'y-t< %ormer army chief !bdel %attah
el+Sisi was sworn+in as the President of gypt in -airo#
R)" revised %YC 'idelines< 8eserve 'ank of India on 4 ()ne 5617 eased the DY-
norms for opening bank acco)nt# In its notification it said that only one doc)mentary
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proof of address :either the c)rrent or permanent; can be )sed to open bank acco)nt or
for periodic )pdation#
Ran9it %mar< Senior advocate 8an*it D)mar was on = ()ne 5617 appointed as the
Solicitor ?eneral of India#
)harat Ratna JR> Tata Award for 17+8< Somas)ndaram of !irports !)thority of India
:!!I; on 4 ()ne 5617 was conferred with the prestigio)s 'harat 8atna (80 Tata !ward
for 561B by the !erona)tical Society of India :!SI;#
Reven R#y Rivlin elected as +7th -resident of "srael< 8e)ven 8)by 8ivlin on 16
()ne 5617 was elected as 16th president of Israel#
The S#stance and the Shadow< 'iography of 0ilip D)mar, entitled The S)bstance
and the Shadow was released in M)mbai# The biography has been penned by Uday
Tara .ayar#
$'andaGs Sam %aham#a %tesa elected President for the :,th Session of $N0A<
Sam Dahamba D)tesa was elected as the president of United .ations ?eneral
!ssembly#
Posta'e Stam-s on the 17+& 3"3A (orld C-< Prime Minister .arendra Modi
released commemorative postage stamps on the 5617 %I%! $orld -)p that is being
played in 'ra3il#
0arda << .ame of the Indo+%rench !ir eKercise concl)ded at (odhp)r !ir 'ase# The
eKercise saw vario)s combat roles incl)ding !ir to !ir ref)eling#
Moortidevi Award for 17+8< Malayalam writer - 8adhakrishnan selected for the
prestigio)s Moortidevi !ward for 561B for his novel Theekkadal Datanh)
Thir)madh)ram#
"NS <ikramaditya< .arendra Modi dedicated India,s largest warship I.S Aikramaditya
to the nation# The ship was proc)red from 8)ssia#
Lord Swra9 Pal< He is in news as he has been hono)red with the &ifetime
!chievement !ward by a UD+based b)siness association#
Netherlands won the 17+& edition of (omen5s 4ockey (orld C-< .etherlands
won the $omen,s $orld -)p 5617 in The Hag)e, .etherlands#
Jan Manel Santos re!elected as President of Colom#ia< ()an Man)el Santos was
re+elected as the President of -olombia#
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Astralia won the 17+& edition of Men5s 4ockey (orld C-< !)stralia won the
Men,s hockey $orld -)p title 5617 for second s)ccessive time#
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited )htan< Prime Minister .arendra Modi on 1>
()ne 5617+ 19 ()ne 5617 made his first official visit to 'h)tan#
>elhi #ecame first kerosene!free city in "ndia< 0elhi became first kerosene+free city
of India# This was achieved with implementation of the 0elhi< ! Derosene+%ree Scheme
5615#
0aravi< India,s first /ne Stop -risis -entre :/S--; named ?a)ravi was la)nched in
'hopal, Madhya Pradesh on 19 ()ne 5617#
"ndia won +1 medals to finish /th at +:th Asian Jnior Athletics Cham-ionshi-<
India won 5 ?old, > Silver and > 'ron3e medals at 19th !sian ()nior !thletics
-hampionship#
3ormer Ca-tain of )an'ladesh Mohammad Ashrafl #anned< %ormer -aptain of
'angladesh Mohammad !shraf)l on 12 ()ne 5617 was banned for eight years by the
disciplinary panel
(orld 3ood Pri=e for the year 17+&< India+born MeKican plant scientist, San*aya
8a*aram will be hono)red with the $orld %ood Pri3e for the year 5617# It was
anno)nced by the $orld %ood Pri3e %o)ndation on 12 ()ne 5617#
Pen Pinter Pri=e< Salman 8)shdie has been named as the winner of 5617 Pen Pinter
Pri3e for his o)tstanding literary o)tp)t and s)pport for freedom of eKpression#
"ndia!#orn Pratishtha %hanna honored< India+born Pratishtha Dhanna is hono)red
-hampions of -hange by the $hite Ho)se#
3">A (orld Ra-id Chess Cham-ionshi-< Magn)s -arlsen on 12 ()ne 5617 bagged
the %I0 $orld 8apid -hess -hampionship title in 0)bai#
Jnan-ith award for 17+8< Dedarnath Singh, a noted Hindi poet has been chosen for
the (nanpith award for 561B# He is the 16th Hindi writer to receive the hono)r#
3are 4ike< 8ailways has increased the passenger fare by 17#5 percent in all classes
and freight charges by 9#> percent#
6kavan'o >elta< /kavango 0elta in 'otswana on 55 ()ne 5617 became the 1666th
site to be incl)ded in the U.S-/ $orld Heritage Site &ist#
Chn' 4n'< -h)ng H)ng $on the election and remained as PM of So)th Dorea#
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Le'ion of 4onor< %rance on 5> ()ne 5617 anno)nced to hono)r Shahr)kh Dhan with
/fficer of the &egion of Hono)r for his contrib)tion to -inema#
8/th National 0ames< Indian /lympic !ssociation anno)nced the dates of B>th
.ational ?ames# The games will be held from B1 (an)ary to 17 %ebr)ary 561> in
Derala#
Peo-leGs Choice -ri=e< Indian sand artist S)darsan Pattnaik won the PeopleCs -hoice
pri3e at the $orld -)p of Sand Sc)lpting+5617 held in the !tlantic -ity of the US#
Jean!Clade Jncker< (ean+-la)de ()ncker on 59 ()ne 5617 was named as the neKt
president of the )ropean -ommission#
Astralian 6-en S-er Series< Saina .ehwal won =>6666 US dollar !)stralian /pen
S)per Series by defeating -arolina Marin of Spain in straight+game played at Sydney#
")S3 :!Red (orld snooker title< Indian c)eist, Panka* !dvani won his maiden I'S% 9+
8ed $orld snooker title at Sharm el+Sheikh in gypt by defeating Dacper %lilpiak of
Poland#
17+& Li#erty Medal< Malala Yo)saf3ai won the 5617 &iberty Medal from .ational
-onstit)tion -entre in Philadelphia, the largest city in the US State of Pennsylvania#
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