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Current Affairs Pocket PDF: May 2015
INDIAN AFFAIRS
World s largest solar photo oltai pla t PV -Gurh tehsil in Rewa district MP,
2014 largest SPV plant is Topaz Solar Farm in California ,US.
Rajasthan Gov allocates Rs.12Cr for Project Great Indian Bustard(GIB)-bird
conservation programme-Khudi rasla,Pokhran & Shahgarhof Jaislmer district.
Dr .Mahesh Sharma inagurated Science Centre and Planetarium in PuducherryRs.5.5Cr-47th Science Museum setup by National Council of Science Museums
(NCSM).
BHEL commissioned Muzaffarpur thermal power station of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan
Nigam Limited (KBUNL) in Bihar.
BHEL o
issio ed GVK s hri agar Gree field h dro-electric project in
Uttarakhand-Alaknanda River.
Lok Sabha passed the Goods and Services Tax(GST) Constitutional Amendment bill2015.
Union Cabinet Approves Amendments to Whistleblowers Act- corruption, misuse of
power, or criminal offence by a public servant.
Union Cabinet approves security scheme -APY(Atal Pension Yojna ) -18 to 40Yr,
PMJJBY(Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana)-18 to 50Yr and PMSBY (Pradhan
Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana)-18 to 70Yr.
India has currently signed co-operation agreements with 35 countries for peaceful
uses of outerspace design & operation,ISRO.
Rabindranath Tagore 154th birth anniversary-May 07.
India inks Chabahar Port deal with Iran-signed by Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi, Minister
for Transport and Urban Development of Iran-$2 billion.
ADB signed loan agreement worth 31 Million US dollars-to boost water availability in
selected river basins in Karnataka.
Prime Minister releases commemorative coin on Swami Chinmayananda Saraswatibirth centenary-8 may,1916.
Gov launched Nirmal Ganga Sahbhagita Programme-objective of Clean Ganga.
Govt approves National Smart Grid Mission-Rs.980Cr with a budgetary support of
Rs.338cr-three tier structure.
Indian Army and Bank of India Inked an MoU on the Defence of Salary Package-1st
MoU -2011, valid upto 3 years.
Haryana Govt included Deaflympics in sports policy-enable Deaflympian medalists to
get cash rewards, jobs and other benefits.
Goa Government launched hot air balloon & amphibious vehicles-picturesque state
of beaches.
INS Sardar Patel, the latest Naval establishment of Indian Navy, was commissioned at
Porbandar,Gujarat by Anandiben Patel, the CM of Gujarat.1st Commanding Officer of
INS Sardar Patel : Cmde BR Prakash.
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Narendra Modi inaugurates IISCO steel plant Burnpur, West Bengal-Rs.16,000Cr300million tonnes of steel by 2025 .
Solar photovoltaic plant for IL&FSED Co in MP-2 plants- by Jawahar Nehru National
Solar Mission phase II.
Samajwadi water ATM scheme launched by the gov of UP- Samajwadi Shudha Payjal
Yojnas- Mr.Akilesh Yadav,CM of UP.
Azure Power commissions a largest solar plant in Jodhpur,Rajasthan-Inderpreet
Wadhwa- Founder & CEO.
Clea li ess a ards Ka akalp for pu li health fa ilities to e lau hed
the go Health Minister Mr.JP Nadda.
Punjab-1st state to issue Soil Health Cards to farmers.
India pavilion inaugurated by Rajyavardhan Rathore at Cannes 2015-68th film festival.
Govt to disinvest 5 % in NTPC and 10 % in Indian Oil.
6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy -New Delhi,Theme was Nuclea Energy: a
Clean Energy option.
Union Information and Technology Minister Mr.Ravishankar Prasad inaugurates 1st
postal ATM-Bihar-9,000 post offices.
Draupadi Murmu from Odisha was sworn as the 1st woman Governor-Jharkhand.
12th I ter atio al Water E po E er thi g A out Water E po
-MumbaiParticipants from over 21 Countries-May 21-23. outh Asia s largest Water e e t.
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates 50th a i ersar of I dia s first histori
climb of Mt. Everest -1965- 21 mountaineers led by Captain M.S.Kohli-8848m.
Tathagata Roy-20 May 2015 was sworn-16th Governor of Tripura in Agartala.
Delhi government launched Pay and Play scheme to promote sports- facility will be
totally free for students & specially abled persons. For others : a nominal fee of RS
100/m upto 45 years and RS 75/m for above 45 years.
UP FDA asked Nestle to withdraw 2014 batch of Maggi- high levels of lead and Mono
Sodium Glutamate .
Union cabinet decides to restart Sindri unit of Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd.
( FCIL )- Rs. 6000 Cr-shutdown in 2002.
Two Indian naval ships,INS Satpura and INS Kamorta take part in naval
exercise(SIMBEX) with Singapore-Captain Mr.Hari Krishnan.
PM Modi launches DD Kisan channel-Rs.100Cr-bridge the informations gap in
agriculture.
Lt GEN (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma-new Governor(17th)-Mizoram.
Micro Units Development Refinance Agency(MUDRA) bank partners with 19 regional
coordinates-11 lakh crore.
Software lobby NASSCOM(National Software and Services Company) along with Date
Security Council of India( DSCI ) Launches Cyber Security Task Force led by NIIT Ltd.
Manabi Banopadhaya-I dia s first tra sge der ollege pri ipal-Krishnanagar Women
College - West Bengal.
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Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon scheme to be launched in Haryana-launched in those
villages where there is no power theft, where the consumers pay their bills regularly
and where the line losses are not more than 20%.
Tripura withdraws AFSPA(Armed Forces Special Powers Act),1958 from the state-may
27,2015.
Maharashtra go t lau h a hhata aptapadi s he e-provide the 8 lakh homes in
urban areas-Aamir Khan, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and Minister of State for
Urban Development Dr. Ranjit Patil.
HP gov sets up satellite tracking system to check forest fire-693 participatory.
Yaduveer Raj Urs crowned new Maharaja of Mysuru-Amba Vilas Palace.
Tenzing Norgay 101st Birthday celebrated- Darjeeling-reahed orld s highest
mountain peak, Everest, first in the world on 29th May.
1st TEDx Gateway Women Conference in India - Mumbai -29th May, mission Ideas
Worth pereadi gs .
HP becomes 1st state to implement ABPS(Aadhaar based Payment System) - Rs 76.53
Cr-Rural Development Minister Anil Kumar.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, inaugurated New Bank Note Paper Line unit Hoshangabad, MP- 1000 Rs note- cost of Rs.495 Cr Cabinet approves India,
Bangladesh coastal shipping pact-cargo movement.
Vinod Pipersenia is new chief secretary of Assam- 45th chief secretary.
Narendra Modi-1st Indian PM to visit Israel and Palestine.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Tu isia s U furl World s Largest Flag- Ong Jmel in the southern desert-size of 19
football pitches- 104,544 square metre- weighed around 12.6.
India ranked 140th i
Mother s I de out of 179 countries-Norway (1st), Finland
(2nd), Ireland (3rd), Denmark(4th) and Swedan (5th).
7.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific between Papua New Guinea(PNG) and
the Solomon Islands- depth of 22 Kms.
Global Travel Tourism-India moved to 52nd place from 13.
Of the orld s
Po erful Co pa ies is fro INDIA-Forbes, Reliance
st
Industries-1 place ,SBI[132],ONGC 183,Tata Motors [263],ICICIBank [283],Indian
Oil[349],HDFC Bank [376],NTPC [431],TCS [485].
Singapore PM Lee opened first museum Indian Heritage Centre in Little India.
Army helicopter crashed in a mountainous part of northern Pakistan killing seven
people,including the Philippine & Norwegian ambassador.
North Korea successfully test-fired Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile(SLBM)May,8.
Russia celebrates victory day- secular holiday- Chinese President Xi Jinping.
PM David Cameron and Conservatives Back with Clear Majority in British general
election- won with 331 seats.
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Modi inaugurate 1st Gandhian studies centre in china- Fudan University on may 16th .
116-year-old Mala sia o a is orld s oldest perso - Yati Musdi.
British-Indian Priti Patel appoi ted UK s e plo e t i ister.
Preside t Mukherjee i augurates Na aste ussia i Mos o - festival of Indian
Culture- Krasnoyarsk.
Wealth-X , Indian tech billionaire, Mr. Arul Pudur(software firm Celframe) has been
ra ked as the I dia s ealthiest businessman under the age of 40.
Kiran Mazumdar-ha Bio o fou der ra ks se o d i the glo al list of Medi i e
Makers -Anthony Fauci ,US-1st.
1st Asian woman appointed mayor in UK- Harbhajan Kaur Dheer.
Indian- Gagan Toor wins the NASA contest to name a mercury crater-Enheduanna.
Human Capital Index-India at 100, Finland at number 1-46 indicators.
Indian-American boy wins National Geographic Bee-held at National Geographic
headquarters.
E-visas for Chinese Nationals- 2015 & 2016 have been chosen as Visit India & Visit
China years respectively-still 200000 people visited.
Indian origin boy Shubham Banerjee working with Microsoft, developing braille
printers.
Canada sets a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 % by 2030.
India and China signed a record 24 agreements in key sectors, including in railways
and education, on day.
Modi I augurates ICICI s First Brau h i Chi a- Shanghai-17 banking professionals.
PM visits Gandan monastery in Mongolia, gifts Bodhi sapling-signed 14 agreements.
Former Army Brigadier David Granger sworn- as 8th President of Guyana.
Asia e o es orld s largest i estor regio : UNCTAD United Nations Conference on
Trade andDevelopment )report-440 billon Dollars.
Indian PM gifts woven pashmina stoles to Korean President Park Geun-Hye.
O a a roke a o ert Do e Jr s hrs Gui ess orld re ord to gar er o e
million twitter followers in less than 5 hrs, account-@POTUS.
Indian American Yale University professor-Akhil Amar posted as the prestigious
Council on Humanities.
Ancient Syrian city of Palmyra(Pearl of desert) under ISIS control.
Environmental Democracy Index- India at 24th place out of 70, Lithuania-1st .
Indo-American prodigy Tanishq Abraham graduated- California community college age of 11.
Indian-origin councillor Parvinder Singh Batth- a or of Britai s Woki gha Borough
Council 1st time.
American woman Jeralean Talley World s oldest li i g perso celebrated her 116th
birthday.
Indian-origin businessman Ranjit Singh Baxi elected- head of global firm(BIR).
Pact ready for transit of vehicles in four SAARC nations(Bangladesh, Bhutan , India
and Nepal).
India ranks 4th in APAC in terms of resume fraud-discrepancies with 23%.
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I dia s a o g For es
orld s
ost po erful
o e -Arundhati
Bhattacharya(30),Chanda Kochhar(35),Kiran Mazumdar(85) & Shobhana Bhartia(93).
India and Vietnam signed a Joint Vision Statement on defence cooperation for 20152020.
India tops world hunger list with 194 million people-UN report.
India at 44th rank in the annual global competitiveness report-Hong Kong-1st .
Singapore appoints Indian-origin diplomat S.Chandra Das as envoy to Sri Lanka.
Indian-American kids Vanya Shivshankar and Gokul Venkatachalam win spelling bee
title for 8th successive year.
Muhammadu Buhari as s or as Nigeria s preside t.
AWARDS
CN ao o ferred ith Japa s highest civilian award the Order of the Rising Sun,
Gold and Silver Star.
Lifetime Achievement Award for Prannoy Roy-NDTV executive co-chairman.
Golden Medal for Merit in work of spain for tennis star Rafael Nadal given by PM
Spain Mariano Rajoy Brey.
Spring imperial decorations award of Japan 2015 for four Indians-Mr C.N.R Rao,
Mr.T.K.A Nair, Mr. Nikunj Parekh and Mr Topgay Bhutia.
Delhi s Indira Gandhi International Airport or IGIA, was adjudged as the orld s est
airport for the year 2014.
62nd National Film Awards Ceremony-New Delhi, actor Shashi Kapoor, honoured with
the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.
Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize 2015.
Nadia district bags UN Public Service Award-Nadia district bags UN Public Service
Award. Hooghly and Burdwan districts-2nd,Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.
G.K Reddy Memorial National Award to veteran journalist Vinod Mehta-Rs. 5 lakh, a
gold medal and a citation.
1st Ag es Varda to re ei e Pal e d Or-upcoming Cannes International Film Festival.
UK Encore Award for best second novel-Bengali writer Neel mukherjee for The Lives
of Others .
Indo-American professor Dr.Sivanadane Mandjiny wins UNC award for 2015-12,500
US dollars.
Presidential awards for Classical Tamil conferred by Indian President,Tolkappiyar
award-SV.Shanmugam(2011-12), R.Krishnamurthi (2012-13),Kural Pitam award-Eva
Maria Wilden ,German.
Vice President Hamid Ansari confers Pt.Haridutt Sharma Award to senior journalist
Anurradha Prasad.
18 years old Indian boy Karan Jerath won Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award-a
device that will stop undersea oil spills.
Harkeert Singh Saini-Indo-American wins Prestigious Police Award in Texas.
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Paris ost prestigious ho our Grand Vermeil prese ted to te is star Rafael
Nadal.
Two Indian peacekeepers Lance Naik Nand Ram and Raju Joseph to be given UN Dag
Hammarsjold Medal posthumously.
Glo al Metals A ard, PLATT was won by NMDC [National Mineral Development
Corporation for the year 2015-London.
Annual CEAT awards for 2015
International cricketer of the year: Kumar Sangakkara.
Domestic cricketer of the year: R. ViNaY, Ranji.
Indian player of the year: Ajinkya Rahane.
T20 player of the year: West Indian player Dwayne Bravo.
International batsman of the year: Hashim Amla.
International bowler of the year: Sri Lankan Rangana Herath.
Popular choice award: West Indian Keiran Pollard.
Special award: Rohit Sharma.
Young player of the year: Deepak Hooda.
Oxford University award given to Indian-origin teacher Gurnimat Nimmy Sidhu.
Five Indian students(Sathiskumar Anusuya Ponnusami, Shashank, Agarwal,
Dhamotharan Veerasamy, Mojit Gupta and Ajith Mosses) win Airbus innovation
contest-Hamburg, Germany.
BANKING & FINANCE

SBI Launches RuPay Platinum Debit Card-ATMs, PoS and eCommerce-maintaining a
quarterly balance of Rs 50,000.
HDFC is orld s top
list of o su er fi a a e fir s-7th place- Business magazine
Forbes.
HBC uts I dia rati gs to u der eight fro overweight.
RBI Instructs Banks to appoint Internal Ombudsman-to improve their customer
service.
First facial recognition ATM developed in China-singhua University and Tzekwan
Technology.
SBI next after ICICI to launch contact less debit and credit cards-SbilNTOUCh.
RBI relaxes 2-factor authentication norms for contactless cards upto Rs.2,000.
SBI Creates SBI Foundation for Group CSR Activities-Rs.115 crore.
HDFC Bank launches medical prepaid card-Apollo Medical Benefits Card.
Federal Bank Launches Co- Branded Credit card in partnership with SBI Cards.
IMD inks MoU with POSOCO-optimum use of weather information and forecast in the
power sector.
SBI inks pact with Amazon,snapdeal & paypal for payment-develop payment &
commerce solutions for customers.
RBI relaxes norms for raising ECB in rupeeo help Indian corporates to raise funds.
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RBI Signs MoU with Central Bank of Seychelles-exchange of information and mutual
assistance in banking sector supervision.
Cosmos Bank ties up with New India Assurance and LIC Pradhan Mantri Suraksha
Bima Yojana.
Banks union and Indian banks association sign 10th bipartite wage increment
agreement,Mumbai-Rs.4725 Cr.
Transaction using Voice recognition-new feat for ICICI bank-voice will act as
password.
Western Union Money Transfer renews 14 year old pact with India Post-10,000 post
offices,1.11 lakh agents.
RBI proposed to introduce PPI for Mass Transit Systems-minimum validity of six
months from date of issue-Rs.2000.
Future Groups retail business to merge with Bharti retail-approved the consolidation
and realignment of its retail operations.
Torrent Pharma acquires 100% stake in Zyg Pharma-has sealed a deal to acquire a
100% stake in Zyg Pharma.
Myntra acquires Bengaluru-based Native5-2nd technology-e-commerce portal for
fashion and lifestyle products.
Tata Communications ties up with China Telecom Global-enable and manage media
content for customers-USD 2.57 billion.
Askme acquires Bestatlowest.com for Rs.63 crore,New Delhi.
Reliance Jio inks pact with Huawei for sourcing 4G devices-5,000 towns and cities.
IRCTC partners with myDala.com to offer deals to its customers-1.2million daily
visitors,partner with Airtel, Amazon, Pizza Hut, KFC and UBI.
Snapdeal acquires mobile e-commerce platform MartMobi-Hyderabad.
APPOINTMENTS
New directors for ISRO's-M.Chandradathan(hiruvananthapuram), S.Somanath(LPSC)
and P.Kunhikrishnan(SDSC).
S. Christopher new Director General of DRDO with the rank of a secretary.
India Bank appoints new Central Financial Officer(CFO)-V.A.Prasanth.
Procter and Gamble has appointed- Al Rajwani as the new MD & CEO.
aj ish Ku ar appoi ted as the th MD of BI, ou tr s largest PB.
Surender Singh took over as Director General of CISF(Central Industrial Security
Force).
Arvind Saxena, in-charge of Aviation and Research Centre of external snooping
agency RAW-member of UPSC.
Senior IRS officer S K Ray has been appointed as the new member in the Central
Board of Direct Taxes.
Whirlpool has appointed u il D ouza the MD of its India branch.
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IFS officer Mr.Saurabh kumar, was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to the
country of Iran.
Mohan Kumar, a senior IAS is new Defence Secretary.
Arun Shrivastava-New MD and CEO of Syndicate Bank.
Judo union of Asia (J.U.A.) elected Judo Federation of India President-Mukesh Kumar.
Japa s oft Ba k Corp Mr.Nikesh Arora appointed as President
Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed NHRC acting chief-Kerala.
K.V.Kamath appointed as the head of $50-billion New Development Bank.
Former Chief Secretary of Gujarat, Mr.Achal Kumar Jyoti, was appointed as Election
Commissioner.
Senior police official Mr.Navneet Rajan Wasan,was appointed as new Director
General of Bureau of police Research and Development[BPR&D].
Deepak Iyer has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of BHARATI AXA general
insurance.
Veena Jain appointed as Director General of Doordarshan News.
Gujarat government has appointed senior IAS officer G.R.Aloria as the new chief
secretary of the state.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pinaka Mark-II rocket successfully test-fired-Army's Chandan firing range near
Pokhranusing, near Indo-Pak border.
NASA MESSENGER spacecraft crashes into Mercury, ends mission-ending its historic
11-year mission.
Akash air missile inducted into Indian Army-protect the country form aerial threats-6
launchers each have 3 missiles.
Microsoft launches Edu-Cloud-enhance digital learning and teaching in schools.
BrahMos land-attack cruise missile successfully test-fired from Car Nicobar Islands47th test-290Km target.
ISRO is close to commissioning home-made radar system that is capable of tracking
several objects at the same time-multi object tracking radar (MOTR).
Japanese Scientists discovered new state called Jahn Teller metal-caesium fulleride
(Cs3C60)-face-centred-cubic lattice.
NRI scientist Latha Venkatraman and team of Columbia Engineering researchers
creates first single-molecule device-50 times better.
Fraser Stoddart and his coworkers at Northwestern university developed first manmade molecular pump - transporting key proteins to cells.
NAA s Ne Horizo s spa e raft has ea ed latest i ages of Pluto.
New species of fish - Pethia Striata found by ecologists-Tunga river of Kudremukh
National Park,Karnataka.
New human ancestor species discovered in Afar region of Ethiopia Australopithecus
deyiremeda-minimum and maximum ages to be 3.3 and 3.5 million years ago.
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SPORTS
Prarthana wins ITF doubles title in Indonesia-Prarthana and Harriet defeated the Thai
pair of Nicha Lertpitaksinchai and Nudnida Luangnam ( 6-4, 4-6 , 18-16 ).
Reigning champions, london based, Arsenal won the FA Cup against Aston Villa ( 4-0
), world's oldest knockout competition, 12th time.
Archer Deepika Kumari wins bronze in Archery World Cup, Deepika defeated
opponent Chang Hye Jin of Korea by 6.
Four Indian wrestlerss, struck gold - International Wrestling tournament - Sassari City,
Italy- Praveen Rana-75Kg, Amit Kumar(57Kg) and Narsingh Yadav(74Kg), Mausum
Khatri (97kg) and Hitender(125kg).
Gurpreet Singh gets India a fifth quota(156) place in shooting for 2016 Rio Olympics.
The winner was Joao Costa (201.4 ) of Portugal,Tomoyuki Matsuda(200.4) of Japan
won the silver and Sun Yang (177.3) was third from China, fifth Daemyung Lee (136)
of South Korea.
Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin quits one-day game 126-match one-day
internationals.
Indian shot-putter Inderjeet Singh qualified for Rio Olympics- 20.65m on the second
day of the 19th Federation Cup at Mangala Stadium.
Chelsea clinched their 1st Premier League title for
ears as Jose Mouri ho s side
produced 1-0 victory against Crystal Palace at a jubilant Stamford Bridge .
Switzerland tennis player Roger Federer won the TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open
Me s si gles title defeati g Pa lo Cue es of Urugua -3 ,7-6-world rank-2.
Indian Railway girls clinch 5th National Hockey Championship title-defeated Hockey
Jharkhand by 12-2 goals,Master Chandgi Ram sports stadium at Saifai, UP.
I dia s top ta le te is pla er harath Ka al has ju ped
pla es to rea h a -high
32 in the latest ITTF rankings.
England batsman Jonathan Trott has retired from international cricket.
Seven Gold Medal for India In International Speed Skating Championships- Hong
Kong- Kushi Shah-gold medals in 3 races.
Asian Wrestling Championship at Doha,Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat won the Bronze
medal in the women freestyle 58kg category.
Saina Nehwal becomes the 3rd Indian and first women from India to reach the finals
of the prestigious tournament All England Open Badminton ChampionshipBirmingham,UK.
Marks man Jitu Rai crowned TOISA sportsperson of the year, Milkha Singh got life
ti e A hie e e t Of The Year fro the lege dar Ol pi Cha pio Carl Le is,
Weight lifter Sanjitha Channu won Popular Choice Award,Virat kohli won the best
cricketer a ard i
e , hile i the o e s ategor
the a ard e t to
Harmanpreet Singh.
Indian Army team athletes emerge champions in Federation Cup-19th - Mangala
stadium. The O erall Wo e s ha pio ships :First Pla e Kerala ,Second Place
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Karnataka,Third PlaceTamil Nadu.Best athlete a ard i the

e s ategor
Inderjeet Singh Haryana, Best athlete a ard i the Wo e s ategor ra a i
NandaOdisha.
Indians win a silver(Ashish Bhalothia won a silver in boys shot put) at the Qatar
Sports Club and two bronze(Anumol Thampi (girls 3000m race) and Seema Sangwan
(girls discus throw)) in Asian Youth Athletics.
akshi Malik & Lalita agged ro ze edal i Wo e s Freest le
kg &
kg
categories-Asian Wrestling championship in Doha. Lalita was defeated by North
Korea s Hal Ku -ok 3-9.
Yuki Bhambri partnering Adrian Menendez-Maceiras of Spain wins doubles title
victory over second seeds Sergey Betov of Belarus and Mikhail Elgin of Russia in
tennis tournament in Karshi, Uzbekistan.
Nico Rosberg wins Spanish Grand Prix-Mercedes team- ate Le is Ha ilto s
i i g streak i this ear s For ula O e dri er s orld ha pio ship, Ha ilto -2nd
and Ferrari,s Sebastian Vettel-3rd .
I dia s Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea (Romania) won the Me s dou les Title
beating Nenand Zimonjic (Serbia) and Martin Makowski (Poland).
Bopa a is o ou tr s No dou les pla er-world no-21.
Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has proposed BRICS U-17 football tournament to be
held in India.
Natio al re ord holder Ka alpreet si gh o
e s ha
er throw event at the
Sacramento State Open in United States.
India discus thrower Vikas Gowda has won gold at 12th Jamaica International
Invitational, an IAAF World Challenge meet at the National Stadium.Chad Wright of
Jamaica-2nd , Jared Schuurmans of US-3rd .
Englishman Lee Alan Johnson has been roped as the head coach of India U-19
football team.
World school chess championship(U -15) : Tejaswini wins gold defeating Kavanya
Rajapaksha of Sri Lanka.
I dia s Gagan Narang o the Bro ze edal i
e s
pro e event-3rd IndianISSF world cup-USA.
Ethiopia ru ers i
oth Me s Suresh Kumar-29m 49s) & Wo e s Ma itu
Daska-31m 57s) titles in TCS World 10000m run- Bengaluru.
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) named Kuldeep Malik as the new chief
national coach.
I dia s Ar ha a Ka ath o a ro ze edal to Chi ese Taipei s Che Ti g-Ting in
the cadet girls singles at the Thailand Open table tennis tournament .
Australia opening batsman Chris Rogers has confirmed that he will retire from
international cricket- more than 1,500 runs.
Himachal Pradesh will host the Paragliding World Cup from 23 October to 31 October
2015 at Bir Billing in Kangra valley-1st time.
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22 year old Delhi lad played the final of a clay court Challenger- Yuki Bhambri(no-1
among Indian)-158th ahead of Somdev Devvarman(172) and Saketh Myneni(196).
12th South Asian Games 2015 to be held in Kerala,November-December.
British ports usi ess agazi e ports Pro -Cricket Captain Virat Kohli as the 6th
most marketable athlete of this year ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Indian boxers clinch 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze medals in Doha Boxing Tournament.
I dia i s
gold , sil er &
ro ze i Wo e s World Ju ior Cha pio shipsSavita (50 kg), Mandeep(52 kg) and Sakshi(54 kg) clinched gold, while Soniya(48 kg)
and Niharika Gonella(70 kg) settle for silver.
Mumbai Indians defeat Chennai Super Kings to win IPL 2015 for second time.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg- winner of Monaco GP- 10th overall win in 2nd
session.Sebastian Vettel(Germany) of Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton(U.K ) of Mercedes
were 2nd and 3rd.
India thrash Japan 4-0, win hockey Test series 3-0 at the Kalinga Stadium.
Trevor Bayliss : New head coach for England cricket team-1st Australian.
Abhinav Bindra becomes fourth Indian shooter to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics-6th .
Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term- 65th FIFA Congress
held in Zurich.
Sevilla Football Club- won Europa League title defeated Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
football club. In the final clash at National Stadium Warsaw, Poland.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Chi a Co fu ius i the hado s - Vice President M.Hamid Ansari.

U elie a le-Delhi to Isla a ad - Prof Bhim Singh.
A Cit i the World authored - Amrita Shah.
uper E o o ies - Raghav Bahl.
efle tio s of a oldier - Former Army officer Mr.Ajith singh.
The Co plete tor of I dia efor s: G , Po er a d Pri ate E terpri e- A
practitioners diary Mr.Pradeep Baijal.
IMPORTANT DAYS OF MAY 2015
May 1- International Labours Day.

May 3 - World Press Freedom Day.
May 4- International Buddha Poornima Diwas.
May 5- World Asthma Day(1st Tuesday) & International Day of the Midwife.
May 8- World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.
May 8-9- Second World War rememberance.
May 9-10- World Migratory Bird Day(WMBD).
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May 10- Mother s Da nd Sunday).

May 11- National Technology Day.
May 12- International nurses day
May 15- International Day of Families.
May 17- World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.
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