Economy Related Officials/ Regulators

CAG

Shashi Kant Sharma replaced Vinod Rai in 2013

CBDT

Central board of direct taxes. RK Tewari

CBEC

Central board of excise and customs. Ms. JM Shanthi Sundaram

CCI

Competition commission of India. Ashok Chavla.

DG Hydrocarbons

BN Talukdar, previously worked in Oil India Ltd.

Finance commission

Finance secy

Arvind Mayaram. also headed panel for FDI-FII definitions; NSEL scam.

FMC

Ramesh Abhishek

IRDA

TS Vijayan

NHAI

AK Upadhyay

PFRDA

Anup Wadhawan replaced Yogesh Agrawal

Planning commission

Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

Principle economic advisor

Dr. Ila Patnaik (Indian express columnist)

SEBI

UK Sinha term extended. previous chairman CB Bhave and board member KM Abrahams tra
in CBI preliminary inquiry (some allege theyre victimized for investigating SAHARA).

TRAI

Rahul Khullar

Article 280 of Constitution

14th FC: YV Reddy, recommendations will apply from 1st April 2015
13th FC: Vijay Kelkar

RBI key rates / monetary policy rates

key rates

1st April 2014

3rd June 2014 (latest)

Bank Rate

9%

same

Repo (=also known as Policy rate)

8%

same

Reverse repo

8-1=7%

same

SLR

23%

22.5% (reduced= this will increase money supply by ~

CRR

4%

same

RBI Committees
After entry of Rajan in September 2013
Anil Kumar
Sharma

Public key infrastructure

Bimal jalan

New Bank licenses- Bandhan and IDFC

Chandra shekhar

By RBI on simplifying norms for all foreign investors to invest in Indian govt. securities recommended ne
Portfolio Investor (RFPI)

Nachiket Mor

Financial products for small businessman and low income households

PJ Nayak Panel

By RBI- To review governance of Boards of Banks in the country

Recommended to reduce govt. share in public banks less than 50%

Urjit Patel

Monetary policy strengthen revise. Target 4% CPI, monetary policy Committee, decision by majority

Vijaya Bhaskar

By RBI on resolving foreign exchange benchmark setting process, like LIBOR between FIMMDA and FE
money market and currency market should move towards transaction based benchmark

G Padmanabha

Facilitating exporters. RBI relaxes merchant banking norms accordingly.

Bank CMDs

NABARD

Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

SIDBI

Sushil Muhnot

EXIM

Yaduvendra Mathur

NHB (Housing)

Mohammad Mustafa, IAS

AIFI (All India financial institutions)

Who was setup first? EXIM > NABARD > NHB > SIDBI (latest)

Commercial Banks
Allahabad Bank

Rakesh Sethi replaced Shubhalakshmi Panse

Andhra Bank

C.V Rajendran

Axis

Shikha Sharma

Bank of Baroda

S S Mundra

Bank of India

Vijaya laxmi aiyyar

Bank Of Maharastra

Sushil Muhnot

Bharatiya Mahila Bank

Usha Anathasubramanium

HDFC

Aditya Puri (for banking); Renu Sud Kamad (for NBFC-housing finance)

ICICI

Chanda Kotchar too clichd

Punjab and Sind Bank

Jatinder Bir Singh

Punjab National Bank

KR Kamath

SBI

Arundhati Bhattacharya

State bank of Travancore

MD Jeevandas Narayan

Union Bank of India

Arun Kumar tiwari

United Bank of India

Archana Bhargava resigned. (Feb 2014)

Vijaya BANK

V. Kannan

Doha Bank

opened its first branch in India, in 2013.

UCO

Arun Kaul

Bank of India

VR Iyer

Oriental Bank of Commerce

SC Bansal

Indian Bank

TM Bhasin

Dena Bank

Ashwini Kumar

Indian Overseas bank

M Narendra

Canara bank

RK Dubey

Insurance
IRDA chairman

TS Vijayan

LIC

SK Rai

National insurance

NSR Chandra prasad

Oriental Insurance

AK Saxena

United Insurance

Milint Karat

ING Vysya Life Insurance

Boss Kshitij Jain. From now on Exide life insurance company, after takeover by Exide

PSU & Corporations

NMDC

Narenda Kothari new CMD.

BBNL

Bharat Broadband network ltd. owned by BSNL, Powergrid and Railtel. for implementing Nati

BSNL

RK Upadhyay

Delhi Metro

Mangoo Singh.

GAIL

BC Tripathy

HPCL- Hindustan Petroleum

Nishivasudeva first female CMD

IRCON

Indian railways construction company. Signed integrity pact of Transparency international.

NTPC

Arup Chodhary

ONGC

DK Sarraf Previously with ONGC Videsh

Prasar Bharati

Jawahar Sircar.

SAIL

Chandrasekhar Verma

Shipping corporation of India

Arun Kumar Gupta

Business GK: Private companies, MNC giants

Adobe

Shantanu Narayen, CEO

Airbus

Srinivasan Dwarkanath

Alibaba

Jack Ma. Chinese e-commerce site. Will bring biggest IPO

Amazon

Jeff Bezos

Amway India

CEO Willian Pinckney arrested for direct selling. (one type of multi-layer marketing/Ponzi game)

Apple

Tim Cook, plans to buy headset maker Beats.

Asus

Jonney Shih

Axis Capital

Nilesh Shah

Bitcoin

Satoshi Nakamoto

Britannia

Varun Berry, MD

Britannia

Varun Berry, MD

Cadbury India

changed name to Mondelez India (American company who bought it). although product names will r

CII

Ajay Sriram

Crisil

Roopa Kudva

Ebay India

Latif Nathan. Founder is Pierre Omidyar. In news because hackers stole user accounts.

Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg acquired whatsapp for 19 billion.

FICCI

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).President Sidharth Birla

Flipkart

Sachin Bansal, acquired Myntra- online fashion store.

Flipora

Online search engine by Jonathan Siddharth and Vijay Krishnan.

Forbes Richest

Bill Gates-1 ; Karlos slim- 2 ; Mukesh Ambani 40.Now Bill Gates=Worlds first trillionaire.

FTIL, MCX-SX

Their promoter Jignesh Shah arrested for NSEL scam

General motors

first woman CEO Mary Barra

Google

CEO Eric Schmidt. Founders Larry page and Sergei Brin.bought Titan Aerospace (Solar powered dro
connectivy to distant parts of the world)

ICAI

K Raghu

Infosys

CEO SD Shibulal soon to reitre.

Infosys

CEO SD Shibulal soon to retire.

ING Vysya Life

Insurance

Boss Kshitij Jain. From now on Exide life insurance company, after takeover by Exide industries.

Intel

Renne James latest process is Core M

Kamal Bali

Volvo India

Kiran Mazmudar

IIM B Board chairperson + BIOCON

Marico

Saugata Gupta, MD.

Maruti Suzuki

RC Bhargav

Master Card

Ajay Banga

MCX

Satyananda Mishra

Merc. Benz India

Eberhard Kern.

Micromax

CEO Vineet Taneja

Microsoft

CEO Satya Nadela replcaed Steve ballmer. He is from Hyderabad. Azure cloud service

NASSCOM

R.Chanrashekher, ex-telecom Secretary

National Stock
Exchange of India

Chitra Ram Krishna

Neotel

Vodafone bought this company from Tata communication.

Pepsi India

D Shivakumar

Rajat Gupta

Ex-director of Goldman Sach, penalized for insider trading.

Rajat Gupta

Ex-director of Goldman Sach, penalized for insider tradsing.

Rajeev Suri

Nokia CEO

Samsung

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun Hee. Got warrant in UP.

Samsung

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun Hee. He has arrest warrant in Uttar Pradesh! Samsung s5 In

Samsung s5

But without 4g.

Sunpharma

bought ranbaxy from Japans Daaichi Sankyo

Titanic II

By Asustralian company Blue Star line.

Titanic II ship

By Asustralian company Blue Star line.

Twitter

Dick Costolo, went to China to learn new technology.

Vedanta

Tom albanese replaced MS Mehta

Vodafone

Martin Pieters.

Walmart India

Krish Iyer

Warren Buffet

Berkshire Hathaway

whatsapp

Jan Koum, Brian Acton. Sold company to facebook.

Opposition leader

Speaker

Sumitra Mahajan <= Kamalnath Speaker Pro-tem (Congi) <= Meera Kumar (Congi).

CAG

Shashikant Sharma replaced Vinod Rai. Vinod Rai became UN Audit panel Chief.

Election commission

V. S. Sampath (chief), HS Brahma & Sayyed Nasim

CVC

CVC is 3 members body. CVC= Pradeep Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg and Rajeev. for more details,

LokPal

Nobody right now but 1 chairperson + max 8 members (50% judicial members), 50% reservation to SC/ST/OB
panel: PM, Speaker, Leader Opposition Lok Sabha, CJI + Eminent jurist (nominated by Prez, on recommenda

Rajya Sabha: Congi Gulam Nabi Azad

Lok Sabha: Nobody because no party got 10% seats under Modi wave.
Congresss leader in Lok Sabha = Mallikarjun Kharge.

Rajiv Mathur replaced Sushma Singh

CIC

UPSC

panel: PM+ leader of opposition + Law minister

Deepak Sandhu was the First lady CIC, and Sushma Singh was second lady.

Chairman DP Agrawal (will retire in August 2014, after that acche Din will start, unless another uncle-j
New Member Mrs. P. Kilemsungla got Padma shri award in 2014.First person from Nagaland to be appo
Prof. Hemchandra Gupta (Ex professor of IIT Delhi).

Economy related bodies: CAG, CCI, SEBI etc. done in BusinessGK part #4 click me

Judiciary related
Chief Justice of India

R.M Lodha: 41st CJI of India. He replaced P.Sathashivam. Year 2014 is very special for SC of india. In
3 CJI. P. Sathasivam R.M Lodha H.L Dattu.

Attorney General

(Pending) Mukul Rohtagi. Right now Goolam Vahanvati.

Solicitor General

Ranjit Kumar replaced Mohan Parasaran

Gujarat lokayukta

Justice D.P Buch

Delhi HC

Gorla Rohini (1st women chief justice of delhi High Court.)

Chief justice / Lokayukta of

your state

dig that on your own.

National commissions for

Children

Kushal Singh

Human rights

KG Balakrishnan

Minorities

Naseem Ahmed

Backward class

Justice V. Eswaraiah has recommended inclusion of Transgender in OBC List, after Supreme court order.

SC

P.L. Punia

ST

Rameshwar Uraon

Women

Mamta Sharma

New Chief Ministers and UT Administrators

Arunanchal CM

Nabam Tuki

Assam

Cabinet approved Vidhan Parishad (legislative council) for this state, under Art.169. Nov 2

Bihar

Jitan Ram Manjhi replaced Nitish Kumar.

December assembly elections

1. Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj

2. Rajashthan: Vasundhara
3. Mizoram: Lalthan Hawla (Congi),
4. Delhi: Kejriwal gone with the wind.

Delhi Lt. Governor

Najib Jung

Gujarat CM

Anandi Ben Patel (BJP), first woman CM of Gujarat.

Lt.Gov Andaman-nico

AK Singh

Nagaland CM

TR Zeliang

Sikkim CM

Pawan Chamling for 5th time.

Uttrakhand CM

Harish Ravat replaced Vijay bahuguna

Governors

UIDAI vs NPR

UIDAI (Nilekani) under planning commission vs National population registration (under Home
ministry). Both projects to be merged soon.
Nilekani had resigned from UIDAI to contest Lok Sabha election from Bangalore on Congi ticket

Secretaries / special officers

Cabinet Secretary

Ajit Seth
boss of Central Secretariat

Principle Secretary

Nripendra Misra, former TRAI chief. As such he cannot join government job after working as TRAI chief but M

boss of PMO

Finance

Arvind Mayaram, important for he headed various Committees.

NSA

National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS. Brajesh Mishra was the first NS

Indian Ambassadors Abroad

To Pakistan

T.C.A Raghvan

To China

Ashok K. Kantha

To USA

S. Jaishankar. played key role in Indo-US nuclear deal

UN permanent representative from India

Ashok kumar Mukherjee

Telengana the 29 th State

Seemandhra

Telangana

CM & party

C. Chandrababu NaiduTelugu Desham Party (TDP)

K. Chandrshekhar rao

Governor

ESL Narsinhman

Same

HC Chief Justice

Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta

Same

seat/bench of HC

Common HC Hyderabad

Same

Secretariat @

Hyderabad

Same

Capital

greater Hyderabad

Same

Lok Sabha seats

25

17

Rajya Sabha seats

11

Vidhan sabha seats

175

119

population

5 cr

3.5 cr

no. of districts

13

Originally 10 + 14 ne

area

1.6 lakh sqkm

1.14 sq km

Major port

Duggirajupatnam, Vishakhapatnam

NA

Oil/gas royalties

According to production in their territory

same

NTPC

new power plant

Electricity from Central Power

stations

In the ratio of consumption in last five years

Same

River water

Union government will form a central body to decide water allocation.

Same

important rivers /dams

Godavari, Penneru Ri, Gundla Kamma

Palleru ri.Muneru ri. ,

Krishna

wildlife

1. Lake Pulicat,
2. lake Kolleru
3. Neelapattu bird sanctuary

tourism

Horsely hill station, Borru caves, Araku valley (natural heritage site),
Vishakhapatnam

Chitrakoot falls

Tirupati temple

here

important cities/towns

Vishakhapatnam, Rajamundry, Vijayvada,

Warangal, Adilabad,

historic places/temples

Tirupati balaji, Lepakshi temples, Amaravati

Warangal, Palampet,

elite edu

separate IIT/IIM/AIIMs under 12th and 13th FYP

shares border with these states

TN, KN, Odisha

KN. MH, Chhatisgarh

1. Pocharam
2. Kawal
3. Pakhal
4. Eturnagaram Wi

original Andhra Pradesh was formed in 1956 under state reorganization act, 1956
Telengana formed in 2014, under Andhra Pradesh reorganisation act,2014

Nagarjun-shrisailam Tiger reserve:

o
o

Largest tiger reserve of India

its area is in both Telengana (Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda) + Seemandhra (Telangana , Kurnool,
Guntur and Prakasam)

14th Finance commission

Formed under Article 280 of the Constitution

13th FC: Chairman Kelkar

14th FC setup in in Jan 2013.
Boss = Ex RBI governor Governor YV Reddy
His recommendations will be effective from 1/April/2015, for a period of five years

Apart from the usual terms of reference, 14th FC also has to make recommendations about:
1. Pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner
2. issues like disinvestment, GST and subsidies.

7th Pay commission

6th PC was formed in 2006. Chairman: BN Sri Krishna

7th Pay commission-head-Rtd SC judge Ashok kumar Mathur
Member= Vivek Rae full time (IAS) + Rathin Roy part time (economist) + Meena Agarwal
(Secretary, IRAS)
Target audience= 50 lakh Central government employees, including the Railways and Defense. +30
lakh pensioners.
Deadline= submit report in two years.

Implemented from January 1, 2016. [6th PC's recommendations from January 1, 2006.]

other Committees

20th law commission

new chairman Justice Ajit prakash shah.(D.K jain resigned and became the president of National Consumer dis

A.R. Rather

GST panel new chief- Jammu & Kashmir Finance minister

Abhay Bhang

Setup by Ministry of Health & family welfare.Why govt setup- IMR & MMR are high among STs.Purpose- to
address healthcare challenges of STs (who are living in tribal district and tribal development blocks).

AFSPA

Santosh Hegde Committee.

D. Swarup

Investor awareness and protection

D.S. Kolamkar

risk management of commodity futures market

DP Tripathi

high power committee for running and safety of trains.

FSLRC

Fiscal sector legislative reformsBN Shri Krishna

Justice DK Jain

president of National Consumer disputes redressal commission)

Justice M.Ramachandra
Panel

By Kerala government to update Keralas desi liquor policy. Recommended liquor with low alcohol content.

Justice mukul Mudgal

IPL match fixing On the basis of this report SC took action and Srinivasan was forced to resign+ Walmart Lo

Justice Ranjana Desai

head of gender sensitisation and internal complaints committee (GSICC)of Supreme court.Purpose to deal w
Supreme court.

Justice Shiv Rajan

Solar scam in Kerala

Justice Vishnu Sahay

Muzzafarnagar (UP)Riot (Imp for UPPCS exam)

K Sivaramakrishnana

to recommend new location of capital for successor state in Andhra Pradesh. Until then Hyderabad will remain
(By Home ministry)

Kelkar panel

Increase domestic oil and gas production and decrease in imports by 20-30

Kiran Aggarwal

under DoPT. To reform in IAS training. Recommended that IAS officers training should be shortened.

M.P. Bezbaruah

M.S. Sahoo

Foreign currency convertible bonds through depository receipt mechanism

MB Shah

Retired SC Judge. SIT on Blackmoney.

For betterment of North Eastern people living in various parts of India.

Other members-one member from Tripura + 1 from Mizoram + 1 from Sikkim + a lady member
Reason- After the death of NE student in Delhi (racial discriminated)
By Home ministry

Mehmood Ul Rehman

To study the reasons for backward Muslims. He is Former vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. (Imp

OOMMEN V panel

To study the report of kasturi rangan committee on western Ghats. Kasturi was formed to study Madhav Gadgi
endless cycle.

Sam Pitroda

2013. to lookinto the role of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati

Sandhya Kulsrestha

By Dept. of agriculture on framing a policy for monitoring Pesticides residue in vegetable and fruits

Stamps in News 2014 (SIN?)

Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism

Druk (Tibetan) = dragon, Drukpa (Tibetan) = lineage of dragon

founded in 1206; Today 12th head is Jigme Wangchen
Drukpa Buddhism devotees in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim, HP and North- East India and Nepal.
Hemis Monastery, Ladhakh = their main centre, built in 17th Cent.
The monastry also house library of Tibetan books and valuable collection of Thangkas (Tibetan style
of paintings)
Thangka (recorded message): buddhist monks used scrolled paintings on cotton or silk to preach
buddhist Dhamma to nomadic people of Himalyas. These Thangkas are open for public display every
11th year during festival time.

Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal

1853: he was born in a village near Thiruvanthampuram, Kerala

His real name was Ayappan. Also called Shri Vidyadhiraj swami Thiruvaddikal
He was known for sharp intellect and academic excellence

o
o

He mastered Yoga, medicine, music, Vedas, Upnishads, Sanskrit, Malayalam and Tamil.
His Books (total 15)
o Vedadhikara Niroopam, essence of Vedas, so that Vedas can be accessible to everyone
o Jeeva Karunya Niroopam for non-violence and vegetarianism
contribution
o promotion of education and upliftment of the down trodden
o advocated formation of class-less society
o feminism

Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani

real name : syed Fazl ul Hasan

Urdu poet and freedom fighter

participated in Khilafat movement

participated in Arhar movement of Mohd. Hakim Ajmal (they disliked Aligarh school, wanted
muslims to participate actively in freedom struggle)
Poerty collection Khulliyat e Hasrat Mohani,
his famous ghazal chupke chupke raat din, ansu bahana yaad hai
coined the slogan Inqlab Zindabad
founded Urdu journal Urdu e Mualla
1921 presided Muslim League
become 1st Indian to demand complete independence (Azadi e-Kaamil)
Elected to UP legislative Assembly from ML party
Founder member of CPI believed in communist and revolutionary philosophy
Member of constituent assembly of India but he didnt sign the constitution as he saw hypocracy
towards minorities

Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography (UNESCO)

o
o
o
o
o

Indian and Chinese civilization were the earliest to know crystallization process in salt and sugar
Crystallography used in revealing the structure of DNA, to understand and fabricate computer
memories, Proteins synthesis and helping scientists to design powerful new drugs.
Crystallography still remains relatively unknown to the general public.
So United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 2014 as the International Year of
Crystallography (IYCr2014)*
because 2014 marks 100 years of X-ray crystallography.(Max Von Laue won nobel prize in 1914).

Other stamps released in 2014 so far

Central Vigilance Commission(50

years)

FIFA 2014

to be released in June 2014. important facts already covered under sports section.

Food Corporation Of India

completed 50 years. (founded in 64).

HQ: Delhi. Boss: C. Viswanath.
Falls under Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution

Indian Museum

located in Kolkata (1814)

by Asiatic society of Kolkata (And Asiatic Society was setup by Sir William Jones. Althou
was setup.)

Jagjit Singh

Ghazal singer not important because he died way back in 2011.

1964: setup. 2003: statutory body.

Panel: PM, HM, Opposition leader of LokSabha.
three member: CVC= Pradeep Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg and Rajeev.

musicians of india

yet to be released in June 2014

national church council of india

both protestant and orthodox churches. HQ Nagupur.

Defense / Security: Persons in News

Abhilash Tommy

Naval Expedition

Airforce

Air Chief marshal- Arup Raha (24th chief of Airforce). Worked in Operation Rahat during Uttarakha

Army

Dalbir Singh Suhag WILL replace Bikram Singh on July 31, 2014. Suhag is a Gorkha officer, served
Lanka.

Aruna Bahuguna

First woman director of Sardar patel national police academy Hyderabad- the training centre for IPS o
to become special DG in CRPF.

Barryl Castelino

Kirti Chakra for Uttrakhand relief

BSF

Devendra Kumar Pathak

CBI

Ranjit Sinha

CISF

DG Arvind Ranjan

DGP of UP, MP, Rajashtan,

Gujarat etc

Candidates appearing for those state PSC exam should prepare.

DRDO

New Chief Avinash Chander

IB (Intelligence Bureau)

Syed Ibrahim

Indian Coast Guard

DG Anurag G Thapliyal

Maheshkumar

Kirti Chakra for killing JK Terrorists

Maxwell Neville

Australian reporter, leaked 62s Handerson Brooks report for Sino-India war. Indian government secr
official confirmation under IT act.)

Mumbai

police commissioner Rakesh Maria

NATGRID

Raghu Raman CEO. Modi Government didnot renew his contract.

National Disaster Response Force

Krishna Chaudhari

Navy

RK Dhowan After resignation of Admiral Devendra Joshi-for INS Sindhuratna.

NIA

Sharad kumar

NSA

National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS. Brajesh Mishra w
Government.

NSG

J. N. Chaudhary

RAW

Current chief: Alok Joshi.

SSB

DG Arun Chaudhary

Boats, missiles and Helicopters

26th June

Kargil Victory day

Abhilash tommy

Navy officer first Indian to circumnavigate the globe in 150 days.

Akash Missile

25 kms surface to air

Arrow 3

Israels missile shielf system

C17 Globermaster

from US. Cargo ship for Airforce.

Cheetal Helicopter

light utility, multi-role helicopter is a variant of the Cheetah helicopter being manufactured by HAL, which is al
regions.

Coast Guards

Dornier 228

Maritime Surveillance aircraft. Indian donated them to Seychelles.

GSAT7

For Navy, by ISRO. codename rohini. Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from French Guiana (S.America)

Haft-4

Nuke capable Paki Missile. 900km range

INS Sindhurakshak

Submarine. Sunk because of accident.

INS Trikhand

By Russia. Stealth frigate for Indian navy

INS Vikrant

1961: we bought first aircraft carrier INS vikrant. 1997: it was decommissioned. Aug13: New INS Vikrant laun
carrier. Will join active navy duty from 2018.

INS Vikrant

served in India-Pak war of 71. Sold for scrap

C402, C408: Interceptor boat for coastguard.

C154: interceptor boat for Maharashtra coast.
H191: air cushion vehicle. For helping small boats in distress at sea
Abhinav, Adesh: Coast guard fast petrol vessel
Raj-Ratan : Inshore petrol vessel for coast guard.

Izumo

Japans biggest ever naval warship since WW2.

Jamaran-2

Irans destroyer ship with guided missile. Deployed in Caspian sea.

K15

Submarine launched missile. Range 1500km

Machhalipattnam,
Andhra

DRDO setting up new missile testing range here.

MIRV

Multiple independently targetable vehicles by DRDO.

NCTC

Will function under IB.

Nirbhay

Surface to Surface subsonic cruise missile. DRDO. 1000km range.

Nirbheek

Revolver for women, By Indian Ordinance Factory.

Norway

Becomes the first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both men and women

Operation three star

Codename for Afzal gurus hanging.

OSA AK-M

Surface to air missile for Indian airforce.

PAC-3

Japans Anti-Missile Air Defense Units Deployed After North-Korea warned South-Koreans for a War in April-

Parafoil drone

China, Anti-smog. (it sucks the smog like a vaccum cleaner)

PC7 MK II

Training aircraft by Swiz company for Indian airforce

Pragati missile

surface to surface upto 170 kms range. DRDO, based on Prahar missile. India will sell them to friendly nations.

Qaher F313

Irans indigenous stealth fighter jet

RAF

Royal Airforce, UK. They started using 3D printed parts in jets to cutdown Expenditure.

Rodong Missile

North Korea, 1300 kms

Rudra helicopter

First Indigenous Attack heli. With missiles. Theyre weaponized version of Dhruva helicopter by HAL Bangalo

S-3002

Russia will sell these anti-aircraft missiles to Iran

Unha-3

N.Korea, Long range rocket with 3000km range.

Training exercises 2014

Maitree

Indias bilateral military exercise with Thailand. But after coup in May 2014, government ordered India

Milan 2014

Naval exercise, Port blair total 16 navys in the Indian Ocean

SEHYOG KAIJIN 2014

India Japan coast guard joint exercise (@kochi coast)

Tropex

Bay of Bengal. Navy. GSAT 7- Rukmani

Space related
Gaia

European space agency satellite. Will map 1 billion stars. launch Dec.2013

GSAT7

For Navy, by ISRO. Codename rohini. Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from French Guiana (S.America)

GSLV D5

Cryogenic engine. India only sixth country in the world to have this technology.

IRNSS

Indian regional navigation satellite. PSLV-C24 launch vehicle used. From Sriharikota.

M23M

Russian cargo ship to send supplies to International space station

Pajohesh

Iranian rocket that carried a monkey into space

SAR

Specific absorption rate (mobile phone) for India it is 1.6 watt per kg.

SES8

this satellite will provide TV signs to Asia & Pacific. US private company Space X launched this via Falcon 9 roc

Yutu/Jade Rabit

This was Chinese land rover for Moon. Mission: Change-E-3.

Nuke Energy
Indias largest Nuke plant

at Gorakhpur village, Fatehabad district, Haryana. previous PM Mohan had laid foundation. Capacity 2

Kudankulam

Tamilnadu. Unit 1 achieved max capacity (1000MW). Russia signed pact for #3 and #4 as well.

India: Places in News 2014

Arunanchal Pradesh

Assam

First state of India to ban all type of Tobbaccos.

Badayun, UP

gangrape and public hanging of two sisters.

Bangalore airport

Renamed after Hiriya Kempegowda. He was a ruler under the Vijayanagar empire

Banglore

first Tech de-addiction centre by NIMHANS.

Betul

In Gawilgarh hills, MP. ASI has found 12000 year old paintings from here.

New wild banana species found-Musa Velutina.

Naharalagun new railway line to connect Itanagar with rest of India

Chandrawati

village in Rajasthan. Temple Architecture from 11th AD found.

Chilka Lagoon

Odisha. UNs World tourism organization gave it lable destionation flyways

Cyclone Phailin

Odisha and Andhra

Double decker flyover

to connect Santacruz to Chembur in Mumbai.

Goa

36th national games 2015

Gorakhpur (UP)

Longest railway platform of the world

Gorakhpur (Haryana)

Nuclear Plant established

Gorkhpur

Limca record for worlds longest railway station. falls under North Eastern rail zone

Hanumangarha

a major trade hub during Harappa period. Haryana

Indian Pitta

small bird, spotted in Arvallis biodiversity pakr, Delhi after 60 years

Jaisalmer Fort

First inhabited world heritage monument under UNESCO. Other five forts that got world h
Gangron, Kumbhalgarh.

Jaldapara National park

West Bengal. home to Asiatic wild dog (Dhule), IUCN status: endangered. seen first time h
of one horned rhinos, after Kanziranga

Javadi Hills

Vellore district TN. Neolithic bedrocks found. They were used for aryanaza axes and stone

Jhajjar (Haryana)

National cancer institute established

Jind and Karnal

included in National capital region (NCR). Theyll get more funds for infra development.

Kalimantan forest

In Borneo island, Indonesia. Worlds largest project for REDD+

Kerala

35th National games 2014 (preparation not finished)

Kochi

LNG terminal

Kshripra river, Ujjain

Gold coins of vikram aditya found belonging to first century Bc.

Kunnur

First dist of India where no one is landless.

Kutch

Indias first marine eco sensitive zone by MoEF

Larji dam

Himachal, on Beas river. Released water without warning, the flash flood caused death of 2
June 2014

Maenam Wildlife Sanctury, Sikkim

First wild life aryanaz to have a skywalk and 22km ropeway

Malayalam language

Union cabinet gives it classical status, along with Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.

Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur.

Got their own high courts. Total HC (before) =21. After =24.

Mukundra Hills

Third Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. Other two are Sariska and Ranthambhore

Nagzira

5th tiger reserve in Maharashtra

Naharalagun

Arunanchal railway station. only two state capitals in NE, have rail connectivity. first Guw
Naharalagun).

Narmada Dam / Kevadiya Colony

Patels statue of unity will be built here- on Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada dam.

Nazarbaugh Palace

Vadodara. Built by Gaekward rulers, demolished because its structure had become too wea

NCW building delhi

Now named as NIRBHAYA BHAWAN

Nyoma, Leh

Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Palacole, Andhra

Nepoleaon era gold coins found

petrochemical regions

Modi plans three new petrochemical regions in Karnataka, Maharastra and West Bengal ea

Praneshwara Temple, Shimoga district,

Karnataka

Ancient copper plates from Kalachurya dynasty.

Sonipat (Haryana)

First govt girls medical college of India (Bhagat phool singh mahila medical college)

Tripura

Indias first cyber forensic laboratory (2013)

Udaipur

1000 years old ruins of Parmar dynasty found

Uttar Pradesh

Biggest exporter of buffalo meat, after Punjab and Maharashtra. (FICCI report)

Uttarpura

Ambassador factory of Hindustan motors in W.bengal. Stopped production in May 2014.

Virar, Mumbai

Amul opened Indias first robotic dairy plant here.

Wayanand, Kerala

Pre historic rock art found in Edakkal caves in Ambukuthy hills.

Persons in News: Heads of States

Afghanistan

Australia

Bangladesh

President Hamid Karzai served two consecutive term hence can no longer contest election.
Right now Presidential race between Abdullah Abdullah and Asraf Ghani.
Parliament called shoora.

PM Tony Abbott. capital Canberra (not Perth or Sydney)

1st member of south Asian descent to be member of Parliament Lisa Maria Singh (awardee Pravasi Bh

President Abdul Hamid

PM Sheikh Hasina (Awami league).
Opposition Khalida Zia (nationalist party)
Parliament called Jatiya parliament.

Bhutan

China

King Jigme Wangchuck

PM Tshering Tobgay
parliament called Tasongadu

President XI Jinping
Premier (PM) Li keqiang
ADIZ: Air defence idenfication zone aove East China sea.
Foreign minister Wang Yi met Modi in June 2013.

Cuba

President Raul Castro (not Fidel Castro)

Egypt

President Abdel Fattah El sisi (Ex-Army general)

PM Ibrahim mehliv

President Epeli Nailaukitau (Fiji has largest Indian diaspora in Asia Pacific)
Former president of Indian origin Mahindra Chaudhary (1999-2000)
Ram Krishna Mission of Fiji has been awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2014

Fiji

France

Germany

President Francis Hollande; PM Manuel Valls. Anne Hidalg-first female mayor of Paris

President Joachim Gauck

Chancellor Angela Markel
Lok Sabha: Bundestag

Iran

President Hussan Rouhani, Accepts peaceful nuclear technology use

Iraq

PM Nur Al Maliki

Israel

President Reuven Rivlin (hardliner, he is against creation of Palestine.)

PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Ex israli PM Ehud Olmert jailed for corruption.
parliament called Knesset

Italy

Youngest PM Matteorenzi

Japan

Emperor Akihito, PM Shinzo Abe. Parliament called DIET.

Jordan

Joined non-permanent member of UNSC in Dec 2013. King Abdulla. Capital Amman

Kazakstan

President Nursultan Nazarbayev; PM Karim Massimov

Latvia

Officially joined Eurozone. 18th Member of Euzozone. PM: Straujuma. Parliament: Saeima. Capital Riga.D
(european union) has 28 members as of now. Croatia became the 28th member of EU in july 2013.

Lebanon

PM Tammam Salam. Capital Beirut. Country In news because Hezbulla from Lebanon participating in Syria

Libya

PM Abdulla al Thani- he quits after family attacked. Capital Tripoli.

Lithuania

President Dalia Grybushaite (Iron lady). Only person to win twice.

Malaysia

PM Najib Razak

Maldives

President Abdulla Yameen after defeating Moh. Nasheed in run off vote. Parliament : Majilis

Marshall
Islands

Capital Majuro.
President: Christopher Loeak
Parliament called Nitijela
In news because they filled a case in ICJ against nuclear power

Mauritius

President Rajkeshwar Purryag. PM Navin Ramgoolam

Myanmar

President Thein SeinOpposition leader Aung su kyi

Nepal

President Ram Baran Yadav. PM Sushil koiralaParliament : Rahstriya Panchayat

Nigeria

President Goodluck Jonathan. in news because an extremist group Boko Haram kidnapped schoolgirls to ge
Abuja

North Korea

Kim Jong- un got 100% votes. Held high level talks with south korea at Pan mun jom. Jang Song Thaek: he
killed for gaddari.

Pakistan

President Mamnoon Hussain and PM Nawaz Sharif both belong to PML-N party. Parliament called MajlisAmbassador to India

Palestine

Unity govt. under Moh. Abbas (Fatah) and Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas)

Papua
NewGuinea

First Indian origin to be member of Parliament Sasindran Muthuvel

Pravasi Bharatiya samman 2014

Philippines

Prez Beningo Aquino. New law to legalize birth control methods Until now birth control was prohibited due

S.Africa

Jacob Zuma wins Presidential election. (Party African national congress). Capital: Johannesburg.Indian orig
Bharatiya Samman 2014

South Korea

President female Park Park Geun-hye. PM Chung Hong won resigned after Ferry sinking incident which kil

South Sudan

Salva Kiir Mayardit

Spain

King Juan Carlos abdicated throne for his son. PM Rajoy. Capital Madrid. Parliament

Syria

President Bashar al assad ready for election under international pressure

Thailand

acting Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan after court removed Prime Minister Ms. Yinglu
Later General Prayuth stages a military coup and detained Ms. Yingluck and her family.

President Abdulla Gul

PM Recep Tayyip Erdogen. In news because arbitrarily bans twitter, facebook etc.
Soma coal mine explosion killed 280+

Signed a law under husband can be jailed for 10 years for infecting wife with HIV (and vice versa) + ma
women.

Capital Kampala.
PM/President not important.

President Petro Poroshenko, Chocolate businessman

PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk
parliament : RADA
Capital: Kiev

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

Uruguay

Legalized marijuana trade. Capital Montevideo. PM/President not important.

Vatican

Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) became TIME person of the year for 2013. He replaced Pope Benedict XVI.

Venezuela

President Nicolas Maduro (and NOT Hugo Chavez- He is dead)

Vietnam

President Truong Tan SangPM Nguyen Tan Dung

UK

David Cameron. Queen Elizabeth ruled for 62 years.

Recently David said Sikhs can head UK army and judiciary.
UK parliament honored Tagore in 2014
Operation Trojan horse: to prevent spread of extremism in schools.
Banned sale of non-native aquatic plants to prevent entry of invasive species.
Scotland referendum to be held in September 2014.

USA

President Barak Hussain Obama ; VP Joe Biden both democrat party

Jeb Bush (Republican) He is yyounger brother of George Bush, he may fight next
Presidential election (perhaps) against Hillary Clinton (democrate).
Secretary of State John Kerry (not Hillary Clinton)
Speaker of house of representatives: John Boehner (not Nancy Pelosi)
Nancy Powell was first women US Ambassador to India. She was made to resign in May
2014 because she was close to Congis and Obama knew Modi will become next PM. in other
words, her boore din had started even before election result!
Peter Haas: US Cousul general in India, opened new trade office in Ahmedabad in June
2014.
FBI: James Comey
CIA: John O. Brennan
Sergeant Bow Bergdahl: American soldier captured by Talibans in 2009. Obama freed some
Taliban prisoners to secure Bows release.

Chief Guest in 26th January Republic Day Parade

2013- King of Bhutan, Jigme Wangchuck

2014- Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe

Indias Ranks (2013)

Doing Business (world bank)

134. Singapore tops

Gender Gap (WEF)

101, even Bangladesh, SriLanka and China better.

Global hunger index

63rd. Even Paki and Bangla better

Global Slavery Index

India first rank! China 2nd, Paki 3rd

Human Capital index(WEF)

78.

Human development index (UNDP)

136.

Standard and Poors

BBB minus rating

Standard Charters

by 2030, India will be third largest economy after US and Ch

Transparency Internationals corruption perception index

India 94th. Even Pakistan better!

Cleanest = NZ and Denmark. Most bogus: Afghanistan, N

*WEF= World Economic Forum.

Ukraine crisis
1. Russia can ship its products to major economics of the world
2. Russia can fight against invading NATO armies and counter USAs missile shield.
Timeline of Ukraine Crisis
Before 1991

Both Ukraine+ Crimea were part of erstwhile USSR.

1stDecember
1991,

Ukraine held referendum to declare independence from USSR, also takes away Crimea. This was one of the
USSR.

2012

Ukraine and European Union (EU) sign free trade agreement and political association. Putin doesnt lik
There was chance of Ukraine joining EU. But then agreements could not be ratified because PM Yulia i
instability.

Russia offered $15 billion and Cheap gas supply to Ukraine (to counter EU influence).
November 2013: Ukraine President Yanukovich refused to EU FTA deal and favoured Russian deal=> J
economic slowdown, corruption=> protests => Brutal supression => crisis worsen.

More protests. President Yanukovich leaves his country like Dawood Ibraim and hides in Russia.
Speaker was made interim President. (Putin blames Obama for installing this puppet regime).
this new government removed Russian as second official language.
Russian President Putin becomes active to protect the Russian speaking junta in the Crimea.He sends m
them not to cross the border OR shoot at anyone).

Crimean parliament held juntas referendum.

92% Junta votes to join Russia.
Crimean parliament passes resolution to secede from Ukraine to Russia.

2013

Feb 2014

March 2014

Putin passes law to include Crimea in Russia. His excuse: in past Kosovo also separated from Serbia in
USA did not oppose.

April-May

After this, other parts of Eastern Ukraine also started similar movements to join Russia.

June 2014

Chocolate businessman Petro Poroshenko becomes the new President of Ukraine.

G8 suspended Russia. Obama wants world powers to boycott Russia, just like Iran. BUT.
1.
2.
3.
4.

BRICS nations refused to join US-EU backed sanction against Russia

Japan also refused to cancel investment plans in Russia
India also not going to back any US sanction against Russia.
Russia has worlds largest energy resources, therefore, energy-hungry China also silent.

Beyond this, day to day ball by ball commentary keep coming in newspaper. But like I said
earlier, no need to do PhD on this topic, for non-UPSC exams.

International Summits
17th NAM

Venezuela 2015

ASEAN

2014 chair of ASEAN Myanmar

Theme Moving forward in unity to a peaceful and prosperous community

Nay Pyi Tao, Myanmar

March 2014, 3rd summit
Partnership for Harmony and Prosperity
MoU was sign to establish permanent secretariat

BIMSTEC

BRICS

Fortaleza, Brazil- 2014; Ufa, Russia 2015

CHOGM

Commonwealth heads of government 22nd meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Nov 2013

ending sexual violence in conflict

G-20

to find practical solution on how to end sexual violence during wars, help victims
first summit @London June 2014
organizer: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie and British foreign Secretary William

2013: St.Petersburg, Russia (8th)

2014: Brisbane, Australia 9th

40th Brussels, Belgium (EU HQ)

June 2014
1st time EU hosted G7 summit
Earlier scheduled to be hosted in Sochi, Russia
But after Ukraine issue, Russia withdrawn from membership G8 -> G7 + hosted in

GENEVA 2

On Syrian crisis. Geneva in Switzerland.

Geneva Agreement is different- between USA and Iran on Iranian Nuclear program

IBSA

2013, DelhiMilitary cooperation- joint military exercise IBSAMAR

SAARC

Kathmandu, NepalNov 2014, 18th

UNFCC

2013: COP 19 in Warsaw Poland.2014: COP 20 in Lima, Peru

G-7 summit

WTO

Ministerial conference After every 2 years

Bali in 2013 Bali Package Trade Facilitation agreement signed
Yemen to become 140th WTO member in June 2014

National Summits
1st International summit on HIV AIDS

New Delhi

28th Suryakund international artisan Fair

Faridabad Harayana

Asia Gas partnership Summit

Delhi, Dec 2013.

National Science Congress 101th session

was held in Jammu on Feb 2014

PETROTECH 2014

Noida, International oil & gas summit

Rann Utsav

Cultural festival of Katch dist Gujarat

Suryakumbh

Solar cooking initiative in Mumbai

TECNOTEX 2014

International summit on clothes , Mumbai

International Organizations
African development bank

Donald kaberukaHQ Abidjan, Ivory coast

African Union

B.N.AmadiHQ Addis Ababa

ASEAN

Le Luong MinhHQ Jakarta, Indonesia

Asian development bank

President Takehiko NakaoHQ Manila, Philippines

IMF

Christine LagardeHQ Washington

EU

FAO

DG- Jose Graziano de silvaHQ Rome, Italy

NATO

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (Formal PM of N

OECD

Sec-gen Jose Angel GurriaHQ Paris, France

ICC (International CriminalCourt)

HQ Hague, Netherland

ICJ (International Court ofJustice)

HQ Hague, Netherland

PCA (permanent court ofArbitration)

HQ Hague, Netherland

IUCN (International UnionFor Conservation of Nature)

President Zhang XinshengFormer Ashok Khosla

Head of European commission Jose Emanuel Ba

HQ Brussels, Belgium
European Central Bank Frankfurt, Germany

IAEA

DG Yukiya AmanoHQ Vienna, Austria

ILO

DG Guy RyderHQ Geneva, Switzerland

UN General Assembly

President John Ashe, visited India, raised Italian

Secretary Gen. Ban Ki moon
HQ New York
UN declared 2014 as International year of family

ITU

Sec-gen Hamadoun ToureHQ Geneva, Switzerland

UNHRC

Navi PillaiHQ Geneva, Switzerland

UNFCC

Christina FigueresHQ Bonn, Germany

UNCTRAL

Chairperson Hrvoje SikiricHQ New York

OPCW (Organization forPrevention of ChemicalWeapons)

DG Ahmet UzumcuHQ Hague, NetherlandOPCW wo

US federal Reserve

JENETYELLN

WHO

DG Dr. Margaret ChanHQ Geneva, Switzerland

WIPO

DG Francis Gurry, re-elected for 2nd termHQ Geneva

World bank

DG Jim Yong KimHQ Washington

WTO

DG Roberto AzevedoHQ Geneva, Switzerland

WWF (world wild fund forNature)

CEO Carter RobertsHQ Gland, Vaud, Switzerland

FAO

Food and Agri. organization. HQ Rome. Jos Grazian

International Maritime organization

HQ London. Sec General Koji Sekimizu

International places in news

Barbary lions

Extinct. In Atlas mountain range from Morroco to Tunisia. Indian lions have genetic linkages wi

Bushehr Province

Iran earthquake in april

Herat

In Afghanistan. Terrorists attacked Indian consulate before Modi oath.

Jinnah Airport

Karachi. Biggest terrorist attack in June 2014.

Latvia

Officially joined Eurozone. 18th Member

Malta

Next CHOGM summit in 2015

Mauratia

Ancient Microcontinent. Its evidence found in W.Indian ocean.

Mosul

2nd largest city in Iraq after Bagdad. The Sunni militants took control over this city while Iraqi a

Mount Fuji, Japan

World Heritage status under UNESCO. In Honhu Island

Peshawar

Worlds largest reservoir of Polio (WHO statement)

Popocatpetl volcano

Mexico

Samoa Airline

First airline to charge passengers based on their weight

Serbia

Agreed to cede some areas to its former province Kosovo.Under EU accord. Serbia-Capital Belg
Euro as Currency.

Shanghai

Started visa-free transit scheme with Beijing.

Shenzhen Province

China Launched its first carbon trading scheme here

Sichuan Province

China earthquake of ritchers scale-7.

suma

Turkey coal mine. explosion killed 280+

Titanosaur

Biggest dinosaurs, found in Argentina.

West Qurna-2

One of the largest oilfield in Iraq. Russian company started exploration.

Xisha

Disputed islands in South China sea. China is offering tourists rides while Vietnam opposes.

Sevastopol

port city in Crimea, Russia wanted to control Blacksea via this port city, hence the Ukrain crisis

Q. Who won French Open

2014?

Q. Which of the following statement is / are correct about French open?

1. in 2014, Rafael Nadal won this tournament by defeating David Ferrer
2. After this victory, Nadal holds the record of highest grand slams.
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2.

1. Nadal
2. Federer
3. Wawrinka
4. Djkovic

ans 1

ans 4

Sport Mascots

Game

mascot

FIFA 2014

Fuleco, the Armadillo

Rabobank Hockey World cup

Storkey the Stork

Winter Olympics 2014

Polar bear, Snow leopard and snow hare

Common wealth games 2014

Clyde, a thistle man

Asian games 2014

Light, Wind and Dance (Vichuon, Barame and Chumuro)

#1: Commonwealth Games 2014 (Glasgow)

will be held in July August

Glasgow, Scotland
Mascot: Clyde, a thistle man (thistle=one type of flowering plant)
Motto: People, Place, Passion.
Boxing: Mary Kom will not participate in this game because Pinki Jangra defeated her in selection
match.
Raj Singh (Dronacharya winner) will be Chef De Mission for CWG 2014
Ravinder Singh Khaira- will participate in javelin throw.

#2: Asian Games 2014 (Incheon)

Incheon, South Korea

Theme Diversity shines here

Mascots
Vichuon

light

Barame

Wind

Chumuro

dance

#3: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014

22nd winter Olympics + 11th Winter Paralympics.

Slogan- Hot cool yours.
Venue: Sochi resort, Russia, near black sea coast.
Mascots- Polar bear, Snow leopard and snow hare
maximum gold medals: Russia> Norway> Canada
Highest total medals: Russia > US > Norway

Next Winter Olympic 2018: PyeongChang, South Korea. Motto New horizons.

India competed in three events but (As you can guess correctly) we won nothing:

Winter Olympic event

Indian athlete who failed

1. Alpine skiing

Himanshu Thakur

2. Cross-country skiing

Nadeem Iqbal

3. Luge

Shiva Kesavan

#4: London Olympic 2012

2020 (summer) Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Motto: Discover Tomorrow. and Wrestling is
included.
2012 London Olympic topic is beyond expiry date but nonetheless we must remember the Indian
winners

Gagan Narang

Bronze. 10 air-rifle

Mary Kom

Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing

Saina Nehwal

Bronze. Single badminton

Sushil Kumar

Silver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag-bearer. He got bronze in 2008 Beijing.

Vijay Kumar

Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv G.Khel ratna

Yogeshwar Dutt

Bronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel ratna.

Indian Olympic Association

Chairman N Ramachandran
Secretary General Rajeev Mehta.
2019 Asian games Vietnam declined to host. Hence India interested to host this event

#5: National games

National games are held once in every two years.

2009: 35th National games were to be held @Kerala
but postponed because Kerala yet to finish building stadiums.
In this context, SAI suggested two things to India Olympic Association

1. scrap the national games altogether OR

2. Hold this 35th tournament @SAI centers.

anyways, finally its decided to

Individual games
#1: Tennis

Highest Grand Slams: Roger Federer (17); Nadal (14); Sampras (14); Paes: 8 doubles, 14 overall.
Babolat Racquet: it has microchip & sensors to record players wrist movement. Nadal uses this hifi racquet to analyse his performance after match.

2014 Grand Slams

in chronological order:

Open

Won

defeated

Man: Stanislas Wawrinka (Swiz)

Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Woman: Li Na (China)

some Slovakian girl, not important

Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Australian

French (Red clay)

Rafael Nadal (Spain) won nine times.

Stadium Roland Garros.

Maria Sharapova (Rus) fifth slam.

some Romanian girl, not important

Wimbledon (UK)

Yet to be held (23 June). prize increased to 25 million pounds

2013s winner/losers not important. Non-UPSC exam

US

Yet to be held (26 Aug.)

same as above.

Vijay Amritraj: Davis Cup commitment award.

Misc. Tennis Championships:

(less important than grand slams)

Open 2014

Dubai Open

Won

defeated

Federer

Venus Williams

some chillar party, not important.Important: Mahesh / Sania was 2

Dubai Open 2014.

male Doubles: Rohan Bopanna + Aisam

Qureshi (Paki)

Monte Carlo

Wawrinka, Swiz

Federer, Swiz

Chennai Open
2014

Wawrinka, Swiz

some guy from France not important

Qatar Open 2014

Nadal

not important

Shenzhen Open

Li Na, China

not important

Madrid Masters

Nadal

Nishikori stopped playing because his back injury.

#2: Football FIFA 2014

11 players each side. Yellow card = warning; Red card = Player dismissed.

Year

Place

Mascot

2010

S.Africa

Spain had defeated Netherlands in South Africa. other details not important.

2014

Brazil (June-July)

Fuleco, the Armadillo

2018

Russia

yet to decide

2022

Qatar

allegations that Qatar paid bribes to win this nomination

Official Football

Brazuca

Fifa 2014: Total 32 nations participating, 12 stadiums (India not included)

Will use Goal line technology to determine ball had passed through goal line or not. Hawkeye
Camera takes 500 pictures per second. Computer processes this data and if goal is made, message on
Referees watch. German company Goalcontrol provides this service. (Hawk eye is separate
company, photo below is only for showing concept).

football related current affairs

Bhaichung Bhutiya

Contested Lok Shabha election from Trniamool ticket in Darjeeling but defeated.

Duran Cup

Indias oldest football tournament. Will be held in September 2014, Delhi. Last years champion not importa

Federation cup

Churchill brothers defeated Club de Goa, in Kochi.

Golden Boot

2012: Lionel Messi (Barcelona); 2013: Ronaldo and Suarez have combinedly won. 2014= somewhere in No

Santosh trophy 2014

Mizoram defeated railways. First victory by Mizoram. Santosh trophy named after king of Santosh region in

Shilton Paul

Captain of Mohan Bagan team

Sunil Chhetri

AIFF player of 2013.

#3: Hockey: New format

by International Hockey Federation

before reform

after reform

11 players

same

2 x 35 minutes

4 x 15 minutes

total 70 minutes

total 60 minutes

To make the game more interesting and attract young audience.

40-second break after every penalty corner and a goal

Will be applicable to Champions trophy, world league, 2016 Rio Olympics and all other major
tournaments.

Hockey related Current Affairs

Hero hockey world cup league

Netherlands defeated NZ in New Delhi.

Azlan Shah Cup 2014

Australia defeated Malaysia in Malaysia

Hockey India League second edition

Delhi defeated Punjab at Ranchi stadium. Jan 2014

Hockey world cup 2014

Venue: The Hague, Netherlands. May June 2014

Mascot: Stockey the stork
Final match yet to come.
Indian captain: Sardar Singh; unlikely to reach semi-finals because other teams sco

Indias coach

National coach: Terry Walsh (Gets 12500$ salary per month)

Jude Felix, former captain of Indian hockey team will assit him.

Indian female team

Captain Ritu Rani (for Malaysia tour)

Junior Hockey world cup

Germany defeated France in Delhi Dec 2013.

Sportcode

Software used to analyses performance of Indian hockey players.

#4: Cricket
ICC T20 world cup 2014

series

won

theme song Char Chokka Hoi Hoi

Venue Bangladesh
March-April 2014
defeated

Mens

Sri Lanka Captain Dinesh Chandimal (later injured so Lasit Malinga became captain).

India Captain Dh

Womens

Aus. captain Meg Lanning

England captain

ICC T20 Man of the series award

Male

Virat Kohli, India. (and Man of the match was Sangakara)

Female

Anya Shrubsole, England

For this ICC-T20 series, Indian Womens team captain was Mithali Raj (and not Joolan
Goswami)
Ashes

Jan 2014: Australia defeated England in Australia

Asia Cup 2014

Srilanka defeated Pakistan. Held at Bangladesh

BCCI

Brijesh Patel

director of national cricket academy .

century

Fastest century in Oneday=Corey Anderson, NZ (just 36 balls)

Col.CK Naidu lifetime

achievement

Kapil Dev. Award by BCCI

ICC

chairman N Srinivasan. HQ: Dubai

ICC 2013 award

For records made up to August 2013 .Australian Cpt.Michael Clerk both Player of the year and Test cric
Emerging player. Sangakara ODI player.

President Shivlal Yadav (interim)

President Sunil Gavaskar (For IPL);

ICC 2014 awards

Yet to come.

ICC under 19

Africa defeated Pakistan

IPL -7 (2014)

Held at UAE and India. Kolkata defeated Punjab.

Irani Cup

Karnataka Defeated Rest of India.

Justice Mudgal panel

IPL spot fixing. now Saurav Ganguly also joined the panel.

Kathy Cross

first lady umpire to be named in ICC umpires panel.

MAdav Mantri

Indias oldest cricketer at 92. Died in May 2013. (maternal uncle of Sunil Gavaskar)

Ranji 2014

Karnataka defeated Maharashtra at Hyderabad.

Under Asia 19 cricket cup

India defeated Pakistan

Vijay Hazare 2014

Karnataka defeated railways. At kolkata.

World Cup 2015

Jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in February 2015.

Two groups of Seven Teams
Both India and Pakistan are in pool-B.
India had won world cup 2011.

#5: Badminton
German Open

Arvind Bhat, First Indian to win. Earlier gopichand only reached upto finals.

Indian Badminton League

2014 will be held in Sep-October

2013: Hyderabad hotshots defeated Awadh warriors.

Malaysian Grand prix

2013: PV Sindhu had won womens single

2014: no Indian player won anything. all medals to Indonesia, China and Singapore.

PV Sindhu

Macau open badminton. Dec 2013

Won Arjuna award 2013
won nothing in 2014-

Saina Nehwal

won Syed Modi badminton

won India Open Grand Prix 2014 by defeating PV Sadhu.

Thomas Cup 2014 (men only)

Held in Delhi. Japan won first time.

Japan is the fourth Asian country to win (Indonesia, China, Malayasia are the other thre

Uber Cup Badminton

Held in Delhi. China won against Japan.

#6: Squash
Joshna chinappa (Tamil)

Saurav Ghosal

won Dato Alex Lee award for best Asian player 2013

won Winnipeg open squash 2014

Richmond Open 2014
also got Arjun Ratna 2013

#7: Kabbadi
Kabbadi league

Players from Iran, Bangla, Japan, S.Korea, UK and India.Highest price: Rakesh Kumar. Patna Franchise bo

Kabbadi World cup 2013

India defeated Pakistan in Ludhiana. Dec 2013

#8: Shooting 2014

Asian Championship 2014, Kuwait

Hina Siddhu won gold in Air pistol. womenChain Singh won gold in Air Rifle. men

ISSF world cup, Tucson USA

Manavjeet Sandhu won gold

#9: Chess
FIDE World Chess Championship

Norways Magnus Carlsen defeated Vishwanath Anand in Chennai. Nov 2013

Asian continental

B.Adhiban

Candidates chess title,

Anand won. held in Russia 2014.

Kolkata open chess title

Oliver Barbossa

Zurich Chess challenge

Magnus carlsen

#10: Billiards

Saurav Kothari: national championship

Pankaj Advani has failed to win any major game in 2013-14 so far. Chitra Magimairaj won World
womens snooker
Geet Sethi: 6 time world champion billiards player from Gujarat. Retired and runs NGO Olympic
Gold quest to help Indian athletes along with Prakash Padukone.

awards
#1: Laurius world sport awards 2014

Sebatsian Vettel (German, race car driver)

Missy Franklin (USA, swimmer)
spirit of the sport: Afghan criket team
come back: Nadal
many other categories ignore for bad cost : benefit.

#2: Arjuna Award 2013

Many, but only listing important

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

PV Sandhu: Badminton
Gagan Jeet Bhullar: golf
Joshna Chinnapa: Squash
Amit Saroha: Para-athletics
Anjum Saba: hockey

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Trap Shooter Ronjon Sodhi.

Dronacharya 2013

for coaches. cost : benefit bad hence not listing name- except one Raj Singh (wrestling coach) will be chef d

National sports development code

Delhi High court upheld this code while IOA was opposing it. (It diluted the autonomy of IOA)
Features:

sports bodies will come under RTI.

more regulation and transparency .President of any NSF can hold office for a max period of 12 years
(3 terms of 4 years).
Secretary / treasurer for max of 2 successive terms of 4 years(min cooling period of 4 years).

Unfortunate incidents
Michel Schumacher

Formula one race driver from Germany. Retired from game but in medical coma after skiing accident (201

Ian Thorpe

Olympic winner swimmer from Australia. Shoulder infection, may have to cut down the arm (2014)

Amy Van Dyken

American Olympic gold medalist swimmer. Paralyzed after a vehicle accident (June 2014).

Misc. sports

Indian Golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won Indonesia Open.

Grand Prix: UKs Lewis Hamilton won GP in China, Bahrain and Malaysia; Nico Rosber won
Canadian prix.
Renjith Maheshwary- Triple jump athlete. He was declared for Arjuna award but before prize
ceremony Govt. Refused him to confer Arjuna award. Supreme court refused to interfere in the
matter.
Mangyogdae: North Koreas annual marathon. This time opened for entire world to participate.

Boxing India: got provisional membership in International boxing federation. Vijender Singh and
Mary Kom in the panel.
Cycling:
o Indias first cycling championship: Northern Escapes Manali Khardungla (July 2014)
o National Cycling academy: SAI opened at New Delhi.
Oscar Pistorius: first disabled athlete to compete in regular Olympics (2012). Arrested for killing
girlfriend in South Africa. Ball by ball commentary in newspapers not important.
Los Angeles Clippers: this is a basketball team (similar to our IPL teams.) but its owner asked his
girlfriend not to bring black people in the stadium. Hence racial-controversy, then owners wife sells
the team to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Ballmer.

Books and Authors

Khushwant Singh

Died. Indian renowned novelist and journalist, ex-IFS officer

He wrote about Indian Social-political conditions, Indo-Pak partition and Sikh-society.
Awarded Padma bhusan

Notable Books of Khuswant Singh

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Ghadar 1915: Indias first armed revolution

Train to Pakistan
Freethinkers prayerbook
Maharaja in Denim
Good, bad and ridiculous (After this book, he has retired).

1283 goals

Pele

Alice Munro, Canada

Ambedkar

Annihilation of caste. (edited version out)

Amit Chaudhuri

Calcutta: Two years in the city

Anita Nair

Idris : Keeper of Light

Anupam Kher

Best Thing About You is You

APJ Kalam

My journey: transforming dreams into actions

Dear Life
Lying under the apple tree
She won Nobel prize for literature

Ashutosh Varshney

Battle half won: Indias improbable democracy

Bill Watterson

creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. resume work for charity.

C.Raja Mohan.

Samudra Mantha: Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indo Pacific

Chetan Bhagat

5 point someone, one night @call centre, 3 mistakes of my life, 2 states -story of m
young India wants.

Christopher Snedden

Untold story of people of Azad Kashmir

Cyrus Mistry

Chronicles of a corpse bearer. Won DSC prize.

Dan Brown

Inferno (he wrote Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Lost Symbol)

Dilip Kumar

The Substance and the Shadow : autobiography, written by Udaya Tara Nayar.

Dorris Lessing

Nobel literature winner, dead. From Britain. Books: golden notebook, memoirs of

Dr. APJ Kalam

My journey : Transforming dreams into actions-

Dr.APJ Kalam

My journey: Transforming dreams into action

Eleanor Zelliot

Ambedkars World: The Making of Babasaheb and Dalit Movement

Eric Hobsbawn

Fractured Times: Culture and society in 20th Century

Eshwar prasad

Dollar trap

Ex CEC SY Qureshi

An undocumented wonder: the making of great Indian election:

Faisal Devji

Impossible Indian: Gandhi and Temptation of violance

Former IPS Kiran Bedi

Dare to Do! For the new Generation

Gabriel Marquez

Columbian short story writer nobel winner. Died. One hundred Years of Soltiude

Gen. VK singh

Courage and Conviction-

Harsh Mander

Ash in the Belly- Indias unfinished battle against Hunger

Hassan surur

Indias muslim spring

Hilary clinton

Hard choices

Hilary Mantel

she Won two man booker prizes. This time for book Bring up the bodies.

Hindol Sengupta

100 things to know and debate before you vote

Indignez Vous

Book by Stephane Hessel. Had inspired Occupy wallstreet movement. Author is de

Isher Judge Ahluwalia

transforming our cities

Jayant Kriplani

New Market Tales

Jean dreze, Amrathya Sen

An uncertain Glory: India and its contradictions.

Jerry Pinto

Em and the Big hoom. Won Hindu Literary prize.

Jesuit Missionary Fr.Hanxlenden

Grammatica Grandonica (Sanskrit grammar book written 300 years ago, and now r

Jhumpa Lahiri

The Lowland, Shortlisted for Booker 2013 for fiction.

JK Rowling

Cuckoos Calling. she wrote this detective novel under pseudonym Robert G
Her previous novel Casual vacancy was a flop. But Harry potter series superhi
Fantastic beasts and where to find them (Harry Potter companion books)

Joe D Cruz

Ocean wringled world. Also known as Aazhi Soozh Ulagu. Narayan publication
Joe supported Modi. He won Sahita akadamy award.

Justice PN Bhagwati

My tryst with justice

Khaleed Hosseini

And the mountains Echoed

Kingshuk Nag

The NaMo story

Kishwar Desai

The Sea of innocence (About rape of Scarlet Jones in Goa)

Leela Goswami

Common cause- colonial ethics

M.C. Marykom

Unbreakable (lady boxer)

Madhav Godbole

Good governance Never on Indias radar

Madhu Kishwar

Modi Muslim and Media (she Defended Modi)

Mark Obama

Culture: My Odyssey of Self-discovery. hes President obamas brother.

Maya Angelou

civil rights activists, singer USA. Book: I know why the Caged bird sings. Died in

Megha Kumar

Communalism and sexual violence in Abad since 1969. Book publisher Orient bla
Wendy Doniger like case.

Milkha Singh

The Race of my life-an autobiography

Mustaq Mohammad

Inside Out (Autobiography of Paki cricketer)

Natwar Singh

One life is not enough.Autobiography.

Natwar Singh

Walking the lions: Tales from a diplomatic past

Nicolas griffin

Ping pong Diplomacy

Nilanjan Roy

The Wildlings

Nilanjana Roy

Hundred names of darkness

F.Scott Fitzerland

The Great Gatsby. (Bacchan worked in the english movie based on this novel)

Pamela Hicks

Daughter of Empire

Paronjoy Guha Thakurta

Gas wars- Crony Capitalism. Mukesh Ambani sent him legal notice.

PC Parekh

Crusader or conspirator? Coalgate and other truths. He was the former Coal secreta

Pope Benedict XVI

Jesus of Nazaeth: the Infancy narratives

Prasun Joshi, Noted lyricist.

Sunshine lense

Prof Anita Pfaff

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Germany (Anita is Boses daughter)

R. Gopalkrishnan

Comma in a sentence

Rahu Rai

Bangladesh: The Prize of freedom (noted photographer)

Raj Kundra

How not to make money. (Shilpa Shettys husband and allegedly involved in IPL s
to be an expert on this books subject)

Ram Jethmalani

Maverick Unchanged, Unrepentant

Ramchandra Guha

1. Patriots and Partition

2. Gandhi Before India
3. India after Gandhi

Resul Pookutty

Sounding Off. (he had won Oscar for soundtrack in Slumdog Millionaire)

Romila Thapar

The past vs present: Foraging contemporary identities through history. She is a fam
NCERTs.

Ronald Dworkin. Dead

Laws Empire

Ruchir Sharma. Won Tata lit. award

for first book.

Breakout Nations: In pursuit of the next economic miracle

Ruskin Bond

A garland of memories

S Murari

The Prabhakaran Saga

Sanjay Baru

Ex-Media advisor of Mohan. Book name The accidental prime minister. He show
stamp of SoniaG.

Sanjeev sanyal

Land of seven rivers

Sankarhan Thakur

Single man: Nitish kumar of Bihar.Wrote similar book on lalu yadav as well.

Sarod Maestro Amjal Ali Khan

My father, our fraternity

Shekhar Gupta (IndianExpress)

anticipating india- best of national interest

Shobha De

Sethji

Sir Don Bradman

Art of cricket

Solomon Northup

12 years a slave (Oscar winner)

Suresh Menon

Pataudi-Nawab of Cricket

Sushmita Bangerjee.

Kabuliwalas Bengali Wife. It details her escape from Taliban ruled Afghanistan in
by Talibans.

Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games- series of adventure novels. movie made. Thai protestors use it
Military regime.

Tavleen Singh

Durbar

Tom Clancy

Died. US thrillers. Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games.

TSR Subramanium

India at turning point, road to good governance

V Raghunathan

The games Indians play why we are the way we are.

Vijya Seshadri

Pulitzer prize 2014 for poetry for 3 sections. Another book: Long Meadow. W
Guardian.

Vikram Chandra

Mirrored Mind: My life in letters and code

Vinod Mehta

Sanjay story

WB CM Mamata Benerjee

Earth Songs

Wendy doniger

On Hindusim (controversial, Penguin publication)

Yann Martel.

Life of Pi (Ang Lee made Oscar winning movie on this. Suraj Sharma played hero

Yash Birla

On a prayer. (biography)

Jaswant singh

India at risk

Yuvaraj Singh

The test of my life: from cricket to cancer and back

Economic Policies and Indias reform agenda

YV Reddy, Ex-RBI governor

Book /arts Prizes

Badri Narayan

Kanshi Ram: leader of Dalits (Political biography)

Batman

Completed 75 years. Creators Bob Kane, Bill Finger.

Bipin Chandra

Famous Indian historian he has won Itihas Ratna award by Asiatic society Bihar.

Christopher moor

Serpent of vanice (fiction)

Diagram price 2014 for oddest

book

How to poo on a date,

Man Booker prize 2013

Elenor Cotton, NZ. Book The luminiaries. Youngest to win.

Murti devi award

By Bhartiya Gyan Pith Harprasad Das, Oddisa

Sahitya akadami awads 2013

list too long, cost: benefit too bad. one name important Javed Akhtar, got for poem book La
they belong to your state.

Saraswati Samman 2013

Sugatha Kumari, Malayalam Poetess

Sunil Gangopadhyay award

Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh

Yale literature prize

Pankaj mishra novel the romantics

Films related
Oscars 2014 (86th annual Academy Awards)
BEST PICTURE

12 Years a Slave based on book by Solomon Pirate.

DIRECTOR

Gravity Alfonso Cuarn

ACTOR

Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club

ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Lupita Nyongo in 12 Years a Slave

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club

ANIMATED FILM

Frozen

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

The Great Beauty Italy. India had sent Gyan Correas the Good road. but it didn

overall highest award winner

Gravity (7 awards)

Other awards:
U.S. festival awards

Silent Screams Indias Fight Against Rape directed by Priya Somiah and written by Manir

DadaSaheb Phalke 2013

Gulzar. He also won Oscar for Jai ho.

IFFI

International film festival of India. Panaji, Goa in Nov 2013

BAFTA 2014

12 years a slave best film

Gyan correa

Gujarati movie director- The Good Road, Nominated at Oscar but did not win.

National film award (61st)

Best Feature Film / Golden Lotus

Ship of Theseus by Anand Gandhi

Best Director

Hansal Mehta for Shahid

Best Actor

Raj Kumar Rao for Shahid; and Malayam actor Suraj for some film (name not

Best Hindi Film

Jolly LLB

IIFA 2014

International Indian film academy awards

Tampa Bay Florida

Best film: Bhag Milkha Bhag. Best director same movie, Rakesh Mehra, Best actor- same
movie Farhan Akhtar + many other awards for the same movie.\

Beauty Pageants
Femina Miss India

Koyal Rana

Miss World 2013

Megan Young from Phillipines. AT Bali Indonesia

Miss Universe 2013

Gabriela Isler from Venezuela at Russia.

Miss Asia Pacific 2013

Shrishti Rana of India, in South Korea

Miss India World wide 2014

Anugya Sharma (Surat). In July shell participate in Miss Worldwide, @Abu Dhab

Miss America Sep.2013.

Nina Davuluri. Subjected to racial abuse on twitter.

Bharat Ratna 42 nd and 43 rd

SachinRamesh
Tendulkar

C. N. Rao

42nd Awardee of Bharat Ratna

Rajya Sabha Members (Nominated)
Ambassador of UNICEF for promoting total sanitation campaign in India, Pakistan, Srilanka, B
Won Arjun award- 1994, Rajeev Gandhi khel ratna 1998, Padma Shri 1999, Padma vibhusan 20
Youngest recipient of Bharat Ratna

43rd Baharat ratna

Chairman of scientific advisory council to the PM (headed this council 4 times {Rajeev Gandhi+
Manmohan singh}),
Also member of scientific advisory council to PM at time of Indra Gandhi; Padma vibhusan ,
3rd scientist after C.V raman and Dr kalam to get Baharat ratna.
Worked on Solidstate chemistry. (Q was asked in CDS exam.)

Padma Awards 2014

Padma Vibhushan only 2

1. Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, Science

2. BKS Iyengar, Yoga guru
Now in the following categories, only listing the important ones:
Bhushan, total 24

Padma Shree 100+

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Justice Dalveer Bhandari

Kamala Hassan, actor
Parveen Sultana, Singer
Pulela Gopichand, Bandminton Coach
Justice JS Verma, dead
Llyod and Suzan Rudolf, Literature

Paresh Rawal, Vidhya Balan

Anjum Chopra- lady cricketer
Sunil Dabas, Kabbadi
Yuvraj Singh, cricket
Dipika Pillaikal, Squash Tamilnadu
Dr. Narendra Dabholkar, murdered. Anti-superstition campaigns in

Arjun Awards/ other sports awards are included in Sports category and not here.

National awards / achievements

Amazing Indian Award

Arunima Sinha first Indian amputee to climb mount Everest

Best heritage city by tourism ministry

Tirupati, Andhra

Bharat Ratna

Sachin tendulkar and CNR Rao

GD Birla

Scientific Research- Rajesh Gopakumar- Quantum field and string theory

Malavath Poorna

13 yo. Youngest girl to clime Mt.Everest. Hails from Nizamabad district of Te

MS Subbulakshmi award 2014

given for many cateogies. cost:benefit not good. Subbulakshmi herself was a I

National Tourism award

Sikkim

Saraswati Sanman 2013

Govind Mishra, Book Dhul Podho par. Given by KK Birla Foundation

Shatin Swarup Bhatnagar

given to scienists, by CSIR. cost:benefit bad hence not listing names.

SK Singh award for IFS

Sibi George

Tagore award for Culture harmony 2013

Zubin Mehta, Musician

Yash Bhartiya Award

Highest award by uttar pradesh government

International / Foreign awards

Abel Prize

Allard prize for international integrity

Anna Hazare

Gandhi peace prize 2013

Environmentalist Chandi prasad bhatt. Chipko Movement, Magsaysay award 82. A

prime minister. Started in 1995.

Google digital activism 2014

Indian journalist Subhranshu Chaudhary. Communication platform CG Net Swara- V

Indira Gandhi Peace prize 2013

German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

International Gandhi award 2013

VV Dongre, Goucheng Zhang. Leprosy work.

Marconi Society prize 2014

India born Prof.Arogyaswami Paulraj for a new antenna system

Pope

First rank in Fortune worlds 50 greatest leaders.

Pritzker Prize

For Architecture. This time to Japanese Shigeru Ban for earthquake relief structures
bamboo.

Ridenhour Prize for truthtelling

Edward Snowden (NSA agent), Laura Poitras (journalist)

Siddiqa Praveen

from West Bengal Gunsiess book tallest woman of the world

Russian Mathematician Ya G. Sinai

The Abel Prize considered Nobel Prize for mahts, since 2003.
$1 million

Templton prize 2014 for philosophy and

religion.

Tomas halik, czech priest

UK knighthood

Ratan Tata got Britains highest civilian award for his companys heavy investment
citizen to get this award after 1950.

USA national spelling bee

championship

Two Indians tie: Ansun Sujoe, Sriram Hathwar.

Goldman Environmental Foundation awards 2014

Indias Ramesh Agrawal

helping villagers fight coal mining in Chhattisgarh

Perus Ruth Buendia

to prevent two dams in the Peruvian Amazon

Russian zoologist Suren Gazaryan

Defending protected areas from Olympic development in Sochi.

12th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2014 (PBD)

by Ministry of Overseas affairs

since 2003 celebrated on 9th January every year because Gandhi returned from S.Africa on
9th June 1915

12th PBD 2014

@Delhi
Theme engaging Diaspora: Connecting across generations
Chief guest Datuk Seri G Palanivel, Minister of Natural resource and environment,
Malaysia

PBD 2014 awardees (only important ones)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Lisa Maria singh -1st south Asian descent to be member of Parliament in Australia
Sushindra Muthuvel 1st Indian origin member of Parliament in Papua New Guinea
Shailesh Lakhman Vara 1st Indian origin govt. minister in conservative party UK
Dr. Renu Khator President and chancellor of University of Houston
Dr. Parthsarathi Pillai Scientist in USA

Diaspora in news

Abraham panni kottu

Zero pressure tyre for US military

Alexi Premkumar

Indian aid worker, Tamilnadu. Worked for education of Afghani girls. Taliban abducted him.

Anil Zen

3D Model of Human Fingerprint

D.R.Mehta

Founder and chief of world famous Jaipur foot organisation. got recognition in Harvard Universit

Dinesh DSouza

Mumbai born author. Pleads guilty for illegally funding senator election in USA.

Dr Maha Al Muneef

International woman of courage award. Honored by US for bravery

Dr.Ramanathan Raju

New york mayor appointed him as boss of Newyork health corporation

Gargi Ghosh

Obamas global Development council

Gyan correa

Gujarati movie director- The Good Road, Nominated at Oscar

Hinduja

Srichand & Gopichad Hinduja (India born Hinduja group owner) became UK richest person. 2nd
; 3rd Lakshmi Mittal.

Indira Talwani

federal judge in Massachusetts,

Jawahar Kaliani

Indian-American has been appointed to a key post in the U.S. Department of Treasury.

Lakshmi

US International women of Courage award

acid attack victim from India

Manish S Shah

Judge Illinois

Manu Prakash

Low cost microscope from paper, Stanford univ.

Nisha Desai Biswal

Asst. Secretary for South and Central Asia, under Obama administration

Pritzker price for

architecture

Shigeru ban, Japan. Work in Bhuj Earthquake

Prof. Rakesh Khurana

Dean of Harward college

Ratan Tata

first India to be knighted in UK after 1950.

Ravinder Dahiya

Engineering fellowship worth nearly 2 million by a British agency.

Salman Khan

(not the Bollywood actor.) this is the owner Khansacademy.org

Obama made him US presidential Ambassador for global entrepreneurship. ~5000 vidoes.
Indian mom, Bangla fathers.

Sanjam Garg

IIT Delhi graduate + developed tools to counter cyber-attacks. Awarded by doctoral dissertation a

Sant Singh Chatwal

Indian Hotelier, Padma Bhushan, pleads guilty of violating US election funding law.

Sunil Sabharwal

Obama nominated him for alt.exec.director post in IMF

Suvir Mirchandani

Indian teen- Garamond font can save $136 million per year in printing costs.

Vijay Seshadri

98th Pulitzer prize 2014, for his poetry collection 3 sections. another book Long Meadow. Wr
Guardian.

Vince Girdhari Chhabaria

Judge california

Yale Fellows.

Nandia Das (actress); Parmesh Shahni (Godrej)

Dead in news (DIN)

Except CDS exam, dead people usually not asked anywhere.

Amarkant

dead.hindi writer. fought in Quit India movement. won jnanpith award.

Ashish Bose

Demographer. Coined the term BIMRAU states. (dead)

Begum Hazrat Mahal

135th Anniversay. Took part in 1857s mutiny, to oppose Britial annexation of Awadh. Later took ref

Dasrath Manji

Mountain man of Bihar. took 22 years to cut a road through mountain to help his village. After his
(Amir Khan show).

Dorris Lessing.

Nobel literature winner, dead. From Britain. Books: golden notebook, memoirs of survior, summer b

Dr. Narendra
Dabholkar

murdered. Anti-superstition campaigns in Maharahstra. Later Maha. Vidhan sabha passed Anti supers
upto 7 years jail and 50k fine.

Fredrick Sanger

British Called Father of Genomics. 2 times Nobel prize winner in chemistry {1958- structure of pro
sequencing }. Only 4 people won 2 times nobel prize.

GK Chada

Noted Economist, chaired UGC pay commission

Gopinath Munde

BJP cabinet minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. Died in car accident. MP from Beed

Jagjit Singh

On his memory govt released a postal stamp.

Juthika Roy

Bhajan singer + Padma Shri in 1972+ Gandhi ji was fond of his bhajan.

K.P. Saxena

Padma shree awardee hindi writer.

Khushwant Singh

Novelist. booklist already given under [Books] topic

Makar Dhawaj
Darogha

Famous folk dancer chau of Jharkhand. Padma shri awardee.

Maya Angelou

civil rights activists, singer USA. Book: I know why the Caged bird sings. Died in June 2014

MP Anil Kumar

Flying officer (retired). Blogger, inspired handicapped persons. Died of cancer. Nickname Chairborn

Mukul Sinha

Lawyer, fought Post-Godhra riot victim cases in Gujarat (and appeared in english newsTV debates ag

Noor Inayat Khan

Died long time ago but recently Britain issued stamp in her honor. WWII heroine. Worked as radio o

Omprakash Valmiki

Dalit Hindi writer, Uttrakhand. Dead

Pran Chopra

former editor of The statesman

Rajendra Yadav

Hindi writer. Sara Akash. Dead. Part of Nayi Kahani movement

Ranjit Bhatia

Olympic distance runner. represented in Rome Olympics 1960. contempory of Milkha Singh.

Ravi Shankar

died in 2012 but got Grammy nomination posthumously in 2013.

Silverine Swer

Meghalays first Padma shree awardee. She served in Government job during WW2. affectionately c

Silverine Swer

Meghalaya First Padma shri awardee + Oldest voter of Meghalaya.

Sydena Mohd.
Burhanuddin

Spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra community (Shia Muslims).

T.C. Narendran

Insect taxonomist . Died. Got E.K. Janaki Ammal National award by MOEF

Tarla Dalal

famous Indian COOK and author .

Tom Clancy

Died. US thrillers. Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games.

Ustad Alla Rakha

Khan

Tabla player. Died in 2000 but google showed his doodle on 95th anniversary. He had won Padma sh
Award

Vijay Dan Detha

Rajasthani short story writer and novelist . Nominated for Nobel prize in 2011. Padma shri, Rajasthan
award.

VK Murthy

Cinematographer of Guru Dutts Pyasa. Had won Dadasaheb.

Foreigners Dead
Aitzaz Hassan

Pakistani schoolboy who sacrificed himself to stop a suicide bomber.

Anja Niedringhaus

Pultizer prize winner reporter, shot dead in Afghanistan

Ariel Sharon

Former PM of Israel.

Gabriel Marquez

Columbian short story writer nobel winner. Died. One hundred Years of Solitude

Hamid Mir

Paki Journalist, attacked by Taliban. alive so far.

Hiroo Onoda

Japans last surviving WW2 soldier died.

Karpal Singh

Indian Malayasian politician.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Russian designer of Automative Kalashnikov47 (AK 47)

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Autobiography long walk to freedom. South Africa.

Bharat ratna- 1990 & nobel peace prize 1993

Rubin Hurricane Carter

American black boxer, wrongfully convicted. Dead. Biography the sixteenth round movie

Shakespeare

450th birth anniversary on April 23

Win Tin

Myanmars longest serving political prisoner.

DEAD Not important for exam

Akkineni Nageshwara
Rao

Telgu film actor+ padma vibhushan+ Dada sahib phalke

Amarkant

Well known Hindi writer .Died. (Various awards- Janpeeth award; Vyas samman etc.)

Balu Mahendran

Died National award winner film maker.

Banda Vasudev Rao

Father of Indian Poultry industry+ Founder of National egg Coordination committee. 78th death an

D. Rajenda Babu

famous Kannda film maker (died)

Doris Lessing

Died Born in Iran . Nobel laureate 2007 Literature. Book- The golden notebook. 1st Novel- Gra

Farooq Sheikh

Actor (chasme badoor) died,

Janmadhi Hanuman chali

Telugu writer

Luiz Bellini

First Brazilian to lift the football world cup as a captain . (dead)

Mohammad Qasim
Fahim

Afganistan Vice Pz & also served as Defence minister . He lead the the team against Taliban in 199
his death.

Nanda (Actress)

Daughter of popular Marathi actor director Master Vinayak. Her 1st film Toofan Aur DIYA.

Paul Walker

died in car accident- Hollywood actor of famous movie Fast & Furious

Philip Seymour Hofman

Oscar winning actor. Narcotic drug overdose.

Phungwang Wangye

Dead. Tibetan communist leader . He was outspoken against the chinese rule in Tibet.

Radu Beligan

Worlds oldest active actor at age of 95, now Guinness world record

Reshma

Pakistani folk singer (famous song Lambi judaai..)

Ronnie Biggs

Britains Great train robber.

Shirley temple

Youngest actress to win oscar

Sis Ram Ola

Congi union labor minister. Dead December 2013.

Suchitra Sen

Bengali Actress . (movies Devdas , aandhi)

Sunanda Pushkar

Shashi Tharoors wife, died in mysterious circumstances.

Tony Benn

British socialist + youngest MP of British parliament. Recently died