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  National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) seeks to preserve and
rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country
 India‘s biggest Information Technology Incubation facility by name of T Hub is coming up in
Telangana.
 Bannerghatta Biological Park, Karnataka is India's first fenced elephant sanctuary
 The Visitor‘s Award for the ‗Best University‘ -University of Hyderabad
 Kolkata is first metropolis in India to be completely Wi-Fi enabled
 Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya bank merger approved by Competition
Commission of India1.
 Telecom Sector gets highest FDI in India annually.
 West Bengal accounts for highest rise of forest cover in India by the last Forest Survey.
 International Yoga Festival 2015 - Rishikesh
 Jaldapara National Park in West Bengal is the only place other than Kaziranga to have
one-horned rhinos in India.
 Dosti-XII, a four-day trilateral Coast Guard exercise among India, Maldives and Sri
Lanka was conducted off the Maldives coast.
 Indian Navy commemorated the 1000th anniversary of the Tamil King Rajendra Chola
with a series of celebrations.
 The three week mock war drill between the Special Forces of Indian and Sri Lankan Army
named Mithra Shakthi exercise was held near Colombo at a training school.
 The 23rd Mela Ghadri Babeyan Da was held in Jalandhar, Punjab for three days to mark
the 100th anniversary of the ship Komagata Maru‘s ill-fated arrival in Vancouver.
 PM Narendra Modi adopted Jayapur village in Varanasi under the SAGY2.
 The Commemorative Postage stamp on Liver Transplantation released by the Department of
Posts and Union Ministry of Communication & IT.
 Nagaland was declared as the Falcon Capital of the World
 Suzlon Energy, the largest wind turbine manufacturer installed the world‘s tallest hybrid
wind generator turbine in Kutch, Gujarat.
 Wheeler Island is located near Odisha which has an Integrated Test Range for missile
testing.
 Darjeeling Zoo or the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park is the largest high
altitude zoo of India.
 Kerala became the first state in the country to have bank accounts for all families under
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna
 Sanskrit as a third language in schools of (KVs) in place of German language

1 Checks Monopoly in India, it is the duty of the Commission to eliminate practices having adverse
effect on competition, promote and sustain competition, protect the interests of consumers and
ensure freedom oftrade in the markets of India. Chairman- Ashok Chawla
2 Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
  Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB)- Approves FDI, headed by the Finance
Secretary
 National Educational Day was observed on 11th November to mark the birth anniversary
of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (India‘s first Education Minister).
 Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS) launched by the Minorities Affairs
Ministry to impart training to youths in light of the stress laid by the PM Modi on skill
development.
 Namdapha Tiger Reserve is in Arunachal Pradesh.
 Government relaunches Kisan Vikas Patra scheme (KVP)3
 Assam State Zoo in Guwahati decided to have the critically endangered pig Pygmy Hog.
 Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana will merge the ongoing Rajiv Gandhi Gramin
Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) with DUGJY
 Hyderabad- first-of-its kind National Biodiversity Museum (NBM)
 Kotak Mahindra Bank became the first bank in India to fully own an insurance business
after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted it approval.
 November 26th as National Milk Day to mark the 93rd birth anniversary of Father of White
Revolution, Dr. Verghese Kurien.
 ONGC has emerged as most profitable Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) in 2013-14.
 National De worming Day on February 10
 Rail Budget- Innovation Council- KayaKalp- Chairman Ratan Tata
 National Science Day – 28th February – CV Raman‘s discovery Raman effects
commemoration - 2015 theme- Science for building of nation
 University of Disability Studies will be established in Kerala, Centre of film
production, animation and gaming in Arunachal Pradesh
 Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (or MUDRA Bank) is a public
sector financial institution inIndia. It provides loans at low rates to small entrepreneurs. It
was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April 2015.
 Lipulekh Pass connects Uttarakhand to Tibet is the older route to Mansarovar lake in Tibet,
New route is Nathula Pass
 Gujarat is the most entrepreneur friendly state in India.
 Bihar is the most densely populated state of India
 Forward markets commission to be merged with SEBI4
 Mary Kom is the brand ambassador of the North Eastern Region
 Gujarat highest death from swine flu in India
 El Nino is a shift in ocean temperatures and atmospheric conditions in the tropical Pacific
Peruvian Coast that disrupts Indian Monsoon. La Nina on the other hand increases the
Monsoon.

3 Amount Invested doubles in 100 months (8 years & 4 months), Available in denominations of Rs
1,000, 5000, 10,000 and Rs 50,000. Minimum deposit Rs 1000/- and no maximum limit.
4 Regulates Capital Markets in India, Chairman UK SInha
  Government of Namibia purchased 3400 India-made EVMs for use in the countries
Presidential Election
 Rupay, India‘s own payment gateway to compete with networks such as Visa and Mastercard
 Shyam Saran Negi voted in the first Lok Sabha election in 1951 is India‘s first voter who
voted in the last 16th Lok Sabha elction as well.
 The Mullaperiyar Dam or Mullaiperiyar Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Periyar
River in the Indian state of Kerala It is located 881 m above mean sea level, on the Cardamom
Hills of the Western Ghats
 Theyyam is a 2000 year old dance of tribals in Malabar, Kerala
 Operation Raahat to rescue Indian citizens from Yemen
 PM Modi‘s give it up campaign- LPG susbsidy
 By the Annual Survey of industries 2012-13, Maharashtra has the maximum number of
industries in the state
 Union government has set up a task force, headed by NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind
Panagariya, to define poverty and prepare a road map to alleviate it
 The construction of dam across Cauvery River at Mekedatu, Karnataka has become a
matter dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
 EVMs were first used in 50 polling stations of Parur Assembly Constituency of Kerala
 International Criminal Court was set up by the Rome Statute- India has not Ratified it
 Ajit Doval is the National Security Advisor. First NSA was Brajesh Mishra
 Kolkata Airport has won the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award by Airport Council
International (ACI) in the category of the best improved airport in Asia Pacific Region.
 Cyclonic Storm ‗Nanauk‘ Over East central Arabian Sea, 10th June 2014
 India becomes permanent member of Washington Accord (Technical Education and
Engineering program)
 Pilibhit Wildlife Sanctuary gets tiger reserve forest status
 INS Vikarmaditya- India‘s largest warship
 DLF becomes India's first realty firm to get ISO certification
 Delhi becomes first kerosene-free city in India
 Project ‗Mausam‘, is nomination of maritime cultural landscapes across the Indian Ocean as
a trans-national property on the World Heritage List of UNESCO.
 India's first indigenously-built anti submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta
 Bor Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra will become the country's 47th Tiger Reserve
 India becomes the first country to ratify the Marrakesh5 Treaty to facilitate access to
published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled
 The Brihadeeshwar temple at Thanjavur,TN is the world's first complete granite temple
 Organisations in Tripura observed International Day of the World‘s Indigenous People
 Tata group – India‘s most valuable brand

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  India's first dedicated, world-class cycle track at union territory of Diu.
 Chhattisgarh became the first state to launch Private Placement Agencies (Regulation) Act
with formation of required rules against placement agents.
 Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, SAGY, under which each Member of Parliament will take
the responsibility of developing physical and institutional infrastructure in three villages by
2019. The goal is to develop three Adarsh Grams or model villages by March 2019, of
which one would be achieved by 2016. Thereafter, five such Adarsh Grams (one per year) will
be selected and developed by 2024. The Project to be launched on the occasion of birth
anniversary of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan aims to keep the soul of rural India alive
 Bonda Tribals in Malkangiri district at Bhubhaneshwar
 The labour ministry is organising an event titled ‗Shrameva Jayate‘ to launch six of its
revamped schemes including the universal account number (UAN) for subscribers of the
EPFO, on-line compliance system for labour laws, a new labour inspection system, revamped
Industrial Training Institutes(ITIs), apprenticeship scheme and health insurance plan for
unorganised sector workers.
 Tata group‘s Land Rover has forayed into an elite club of world‘s 100 most valuable brands
as the only Indian-owned entity, while iconic Apple has retained its top slot
 Himachal Pardesh's tallest flag pole and largest national flag is now fluttering in
Dalhousie
 Global Hunger Index6- India‘s Rank is 55
 Sachin Tendulkar has adopted Puttamraju Kandrika village located in Gudur mandal in
Nellore district
 A three-storied museum for speech and hearing, which is reckoned to the first of its kind
in the world, is coming up in Mysore
 The proposed Air Quality Index will consider eight pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2,
CO, O3, NH3, and Pb)
 India's first long range subsonic cruise missile, Nirbhay
 India's first merchant terminal for eight million tonnes LNG import, storage and
regasification will be set up at Jaigadh Port in Ratnagiri district.
 Operation Lehar- Hudhud Cyclone
 Bankruptcy Reforms Committee- TK Vishwanathan
 The Government constituted a High Powered Committee (HPC) on ―DRISHTI‖ -(Driving
Information System for Holistic Tax Initiatives) in February 2014. The Committee is
headed by Shri T.V. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education
 Government of India has decided to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel on October 31, as ‗Rashtriya Ekta Divas‘.
 The Embassy of Sweden and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) jointly
inaugurated 'The Nobel Memorial Wall' at Rajiv Chowk Metro station in Delhi.

6The International Food Policy Research Institute and NGOs Welthungerhilfe and Concern
Worldwide have jointly prepared the report.
  Cyclonic storm ‗Nilofar‘, originated in the Arabian Sea
 World Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap index- India ranking ranking 114
 Centre has launched Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana (VKY) for welfare of Tribal
 The Indian Railways has successfully implemented Wi-Fi facility in Bangalore City
 India has highest PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
 Pangong Lake is in Laddakh
 INS Sudarshini mark 50 yrs of Indo-Singapore bilateral ties
 Cyclone Ashobaa brought heavy rain to TN, AP
 In its Red List of 2013 announced recently by the International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN), the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) ( State Bird of Rajasthan) has been
placed in the category of critically endangered species.
 India‘s first Net Zero Building- Indira Paryavaran Bhavan
 The Chilika lake in Odisha has been declared as ‗Destination Flyway‘ by the United
Nation's World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
 Cyclone Phailin ravaged ecosystem of Odisha's Chilika lake
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday presented the Man Singh Trophy, a prized
possession of Sikh regiment battalions, to his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott at the War
Memorial in Canberra to commemorate his visit.
 Indian space agency ISRO will be conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development for 2014
 India's first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, now decommissioned
 Government of India to Launch Blue Revolution for Fisheries
 The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) 7 has given in-principle approval
for creation of Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla tiger reserve in Chhattisgarh.
 IIT-Madras joins CERN experiment
 National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation (NSKFDC), an Apex
Corporation of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has launched ―Swachhta
Udyami Yojana‖
 Russian film ―Leviathan‖ by Andrey Zvyagintsev won the best film award comprising of the
Golden Peacock and Rs. 40 lakh at the 45th International Film Festival of India(IFFI)
 North Eastern Region Power System Improvement Project (NERP SIP) is for 6 north eastern
states viz; Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland for the strengthing
of the Intra State Power and Distribution System
 India is buying Rafaele Jets from France
 India sent water in five large planes to Maldives
 The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has emerged as India's new No 1 in the latest
rankings for universities from BRICS and other emerging economies.
 Gujarat tops the list of vanishing firms

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  India's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant
 State-run Indian Oil Corporation is the country's largest company in terms of revenue
 To provide encouragement and support to Girl Child to pursue technical education ―Pragati
Scholarship‖ has been launched by the Government from the year 2014-15
 Deutsche Bankhas emerged as India's top dealmaker by fees earned during 2014
 IRCTC, was most searched in Google by people in India in 2014
 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mark III)- India‘s heaviest
rocket
 India exports its first warship ‗CGS Barracuda‘ to Mauritius
 The President's Office announced the Bharat Ratna award to Pandit Madan Mohan
Malaviya (posthumously) and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
 The Mission Indradhanush, depicting seven colours of the rainbow, aims to cover all those
children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven
vaccine preventable diseases which include diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio,
tuberculosis, measles and hepatitis B.
 ―102nd Indian Science Congress‖ to be held from 03- 07 January 2015 in Mumbai.
 Assam had the highest conflict induced Internally Displaced Persons in the world during the
year 2014
 ―Retreat for Banks and Financial Institutions‖ 8, inaugurated by Jayant Sinha, MoS Finance at
National Institute of Banking Management, Pune.
 PM makes appointments to NITI Aayog.9
 The 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas10- a three day event in Gujarat; The President of
Guyana Donald Ramotar will be the Chief Guest of the event
 The Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes have
been merged to ensure one type of facilities and also grant exemption from weekly police
reporting
 19th National Youth Festival- Guwahati

8 ―ज्ञान संगम‖ ―Gyan Sangam‖,

9 Vice Chairman
Shri Arvind Panagariya, Economist
Full-Time Members
Shri Bibek Debroy, Economist
Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Former Secretary Defence R&D
Ex-officio members
Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Minister
Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Minister
Shri Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister
Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister
Special Invitees
Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister
Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot, Union Minister
Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister
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 Kerala is all set to become the first state in the country to have a policy document on
biodiversity conservation related ―access and benefit sharing (ABS)‖.
 Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL), an initiative of the United Nations, will sign a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government.
 India‘s first smart city project at Dholera
 First District of India with Complete Rural Broadband Coverage- Idduki
 Tripura located in an advantageous position in respect of strategic, diplomatic and economic
relations with Bangladesh is likely to become the gateway in tandem with implementation of
the ‗Act East‘ policy adopted by the Government of India.
 75th session Indian History Congress- New Delhi
 Interpol- International Police- Headquarters Leone France
 Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched the women‘s safety mobile application
‗Himmat‘ of the Delhi Police
 Odisha has become the first state in the country to launch special drives to register
migrant labourers working in different states
 Year 2015-16 will be celebrated as ‗Jal Kranti Varsh (Year)‘ across the country
 Periyar Tiger Reserve wins NTCA award
 Karnataka highest number of tigers in India
 Swavlamban is a pension Scheme
 National De-worming Day is observed on 10th February.
 Rajasthan- Country‘s Largest solar park
 The first National Tribal Festival ―VANAJ‖-2015- New Delhi
 Sir Creek is a 96-km strip of water, opening into the Arabian Sea, which separates the Indian
state of Gujarat from the Sindh province of Pakistan.
 The government has merged National Mission for a Green India, which aims
afforestation at 10 million hectares of land over the next decade, with MGNREGA to increase
and improve the country's forest cover.
 A Disaster Risk and Age Index launched at the United Nations' third world conference on
disaster risk reduction has ranked India 28th among 190 countries.
 Taj Mahal has emerged as the most popular in Asia for global ‗virtual travellers‘ by Google
 Indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile, Astra is also the
smallest missile ever created by DRDO
 Kerala Tourism- the national Web Ratna Award for 2014 for exemplary e-governance
initiative through the Internet.
 India‘s satellite IRNSS-1D- from Sriharikota onboard workhorse PSLV-C27 that would pave
the way for the country‘s own navigation system on par with the GPS of U.S.
 The film, Aisa Yeh Jahaan- India‘s first carbon-neutral film.
 The National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH), situated on the outskirts of
Thiruvananthapuram, has been elevated as the country's first university for disability
studies and rehabilitation sciences.
 Nodal Agency for Nirbhaya Fund- Ministry of Women and Child Development
 The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad has registered highest growth in
passenger traffic and cargo volume among all the international airports in the country.
 FDI in Insurance increased to 49 percent from 26 percent.
 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is the largest company by assets followed by State owned
Indian Oil and mortgage lender HDFC.
 India‘s first indigenously developed vaccine rotovac launched by the Prime Minister. It will
go a long way in combating infant mortality due to diarrhea.
 Modi‘s three-nation tour to the Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka for ―Indian Ocean
outreach‖ and become a ‗net security provider‘ in Indian ocean, to counter Chinese presence.
SAGAR concept — Security and Growth for All in the Region.
 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire is based on Vikas Swarup‘s11 ―Q&A‖
 Salar Jung Museum- 125 years Hyderabad
 GIFT city, Gandhinagar, Gujarat International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).
 Atal Pension Yojana is for ―citizens‖ in unorganized sector, who joined NPS but not any
other social security scheme
 Delhi, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are India‘s best ranked States in terms of gender-related
education indicators, says HRD and UNISEF report.
 Union Government set up a taskforce for the development of Ajmer, Allahabad and
Visakhapatnam as smart cities.
 Railway wants to setup two factories in Bihar (1) electric locomotive @Madhepura and (2)
diesel locomotive @Marhora
 Delhi hosts Urja Sangam 2015, a global energy summit
 Ford motors opens its Sanand Plant (Ahmedabad), part of Make in India
 Modi‘s Motion of thanks to President speech, defeated in Rajya Sahba. The modified version
thanks President but with regret that there is no mention of high level corruption or black
money. This motion-thanks-defeat is fourth in the history of Indian parliament.
 British film maker Leeslie Udwin made a documentary ―India‘s daughter‖ about Dec 2012
gangrape
 Modi government setting up ‗One-Stop Centres‘ provide assistance, legal advice and
psychological counselling to women who faced violence or abuse, plus a mobile helpline
number. First one at Gauravi launched in Bhopal.
 Union Information and Technology Ministry launched Bharatniti.in, a public policy portal
to put whats and hows of policy making, using Traditional Indian wisdom.

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 DigiLocker is a Government portal that allows users to save insurance, medical reports,
PAN card, passport, marriage certificate, school certificate and other documents in the digital
format
 Planned merger of 6 Janta Parivar parties: Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the
JD (U), the Indian National Lok Dal, the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Samajwadi Janata
Party. Their main leaderwill be Mulayam Singh Yadav and Election symbol: Bicycle.
 Sarus Crane is the official bird of UP state. NGT orders declaring Dhanauri and Parasaul as
wetland to protect this species
 Chennai highest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases
 Camel is the state animal of Rajasthan. Now State government has passed the law- slaughter
cruelty to camel Punishable up to 5 years jail and fine.
 Karnataka‘s Bandipur Tiger reserve to use drone to monitor movement of animals,
poachers and forest fire.
 Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), Maharashtra Capacity 9900 MW. Partners
Areva (France) and NPCIL (India). It‘ll be the largest power generating station in the world
upon completion
 Mithi Virdi, Bhavnagar district 6000MW nuke powerplant planned.
 Country with largest open defecation (1) India (2) Indonesia (3) Pakistan.
 Qatar based Doha Bank‘s first branch- Mumbai
 Bhavani- Women safety portable device designed by Dr. Pavan Kohli and launched by
Nirbhaya‘s parents.
 Home ministry aims to setup India‘s first counter terrorism school in Rajasthan.
 Assam Rifles, oldest paramilitary force in India completes 180 years on 24/03/2015.
 Jeevan Dhara is Rajasthan‘s first State-run human milk bank.
 March 24: World TB day ⇒ India got highest TB burden
 Modi offered prayer at the Anuradhapura during Sri Lanka visit
 Jaitley unveils Mahatma Gandhi bronze statue in London‘s Parliament Square. Designer:
Philip Jackson. Status commemorates 100th anniversary of Gandhiji‘s return to India from
South Africa to launch the Independence Movement
 Delhi had applied for heritage city tag to UNESCO
 MADAD an online grievances monitoring system to redress consular grievances has been
lauched by a joint effort between Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ministry of Overseas
Indians Affairs (MOIA) and the tagline of the portal is Because You Are Us
 Project-17A approved by the Union Government for building seven frigates indigenously
stealth features to avoid easy detection at Mumbai and Kolkata.
 Railway minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the train, run on dual fuel system — diesel and
CNG — on the Rewari-Rohtak section of northern zone.
 Central University at Motihari called Mahatma Gandhi Central University
 Two states Kerala and Goa and three UTs Chandigarh, Puducherry and
Lakshadweep achieve 100 percent financial inclusion under PM Jan Dhan Yojana.
 Union Government launched Udaan programme for girls, which seeks to prepare them for
the IIT-JEE.
 Cabinet approved inter-governmental MoU to upgrade Chabahar port of Iran,
 Union Government launched year-long birth centenary celebrations of Ghazal singer Begum
Akhtar.
 Madhya Pradesh has been awarded the 10th national award for excellent work in Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
 First-ever Offshore Wind Power Project in India along the Gujarat coast
 Prime Minister launched Swachh Bharat campaign in New Delhi on 2 October 2014, the
occasion of 145th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
 University of Nalanda was established 450 CE under the patronage of the Gupta
emperors, notably Kumaragupta I
 PMO constituted committee to facilitate utilization of Mineral resources in Meghalaya.
 Prime Minister dedicated indigenously built largest warship INS Kolkata to the nation
 Government has launched the Rashtriya Gokul Mission to promote conservation and
developments of indigenous breeds of cows in a scientific manner
 Government introduced 4 new vaccines as part of UIP and includes vaccines against
rotavirus, rubella, polio (injectable), and Japanese encephalitis
 Flipkart.com, acquired fashion e-retailer Myntra.com
 India‘s Mobile Seva Project started by Department of Electronics and Information Technology
(DeitY) has won the 2014 United Nations Public Service Award
 Air India announced joined largest global airlines network Star Alliance in July 2014.
 Asia's biggest milk brand Amul announced to set up a dairy processing plant in Varanasi.
 Hindustan Motors halted the production of India‘s iconic car Ambassador
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted in-principle approvals to IDFC Ltd and Bandhan
Financial Services Pvt. Ltd to start new banks in India
 Koyal Rana won the title of fbb Femina Miss India 2014, Aditi Arya 2015.
 At 9.15 kilometres, the country‘s longest bridge, between Dhola and Sadia in Assam
 Itanagar received its first passenger train and became the second state capital after
Guwahati in the North East to be put on the railway map of India.
 New rail coach manufacturing unit at Kolar.
 Government launched Nalanda Project for Minorities Higher Educational Institutions.
 Assam is the first state in India to celebrate Child Protection Day.
 80:20 scheme is related to import of gold
 Indian Ordinance factory has launched a light-weight revolver named Nirbheek, designed
especially for women to defend themselves from assault.
 The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on 26 March 2014
detected a Smartphone Virus called Dendroid.
  Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayta Samiti (BMVSS) will provide Jaipur Foot to 1000
amputees in Afghanistan free of cost.
 Sardar patel urban housing mission will ensure 30 million houses by 2022, mostly for the
economic weaker sections and low income groups.
 Xaxa Committee on Socio- Economic, Health and Education Status of the Tribals
of India; Jarawa tribes are found Andaman and Nicobar Islands
 Hudhud12 cyclone and Op. Lahar by Navy for relief work
 Government updated Drug and Cosmetic rules (2014) to ban import of animal-tested
beauty products. We are the 1st country in S.Asia.
 The Brigade of The Guards and the Sikh Regiment were collectively awarded the Best
Marching Contingents Trophy for Republic Day Parade 2015.
 Madhya Pradesh won the 10th National Award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA).
 Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd bagged the Core Banking System Initiative Award for the year
2014 at the Asian Banking and Finance - Retail Banking Awards 2014.
 India successfully test-fired canister-based ICBM Agni-5 missile. India test-fired the
maiden canister-based most potent missile Agni-V with a strike range over 5000 kilometers
 India joined Thirty Meter Telescope Project as a Full Member.
 Unit 5 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station on 7 September 2014 became the second
longest running reactor in the world.
 ISRO has launched PSLV C23 that carried five satellites from four nations from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
 Kudankulam became India‘s first nuclear plant to generate 1000 MW power.
 BrahMos missile( Indo Russia joint venture) successfully test-fired from INS Kolkata.
 Border Security Force celebrated 49th Raising Day. BSF will celebrate its Golden Jubilee
year from 1 December 2014 to 30 November 2015.
 Board of Inquiry recommended decommissioning INS Sindhurakshak.
 India's largest offshore patrol vessel INS Sumitra commissioned into Indian Navy.
 Malabar Naval Exercise featuring Indian, Japanese and US Navy started in the Pacific
Ocean.
 Narendra Modi dedicated INS Vikramaditya (Russian Navy admiral gorshkov) which
was procured from Russia to India
 Navies of India and Singapore started SIMBEX 14 in Andaman Sea
 Admiral RK Dhowan took over as 22nd Chief of Indian Navy. He is a successor of
Admiral DK Joshi, who was the 1st Defence forces chief to resign in India.
 India's first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant sold for 60 crore rupee to IB commercial

12Hudhud has been named after the national bird of Israel. The name was suggested by Oman. The
next cyclone in the region will be called Nilofar by Pakistan
  World Press Freedom Index (WPFI), India was placed at 136th rank out of 180 nations ,
Finland was 1st
 Komagata Maru incident13
 India 3rd largest passport issuing country after China and USA
 Gujarat launches MLA Adarsh Gram Yojana
 Olive ridleys turtles nesting sites near Rushikulya rookery in Ganjam, Odisha
 On 1 December 1915 during World War I (his 28th birthday) Pratap established the
first Provisional Government of India at Kabul in Afghanistan as a government-in-
exile of Free Hindustan, with himself as President, Maulavi Barkatullah as Prime Minister
 Snapdeal ties up with India Post to help Varanasi weavers sell products online
 Polavaram Project is a multi-purpose irrigation project which has been accorded national
project status by the central government. This dam across the Godavari River is under
construction located in West Godavari District and East Godavari District in Andhra
Pradesh state and its reservoir spreads in parts of Chhattisgarh and Orissa States also.
 i-MOT software for monitering terror network
 Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a flavivirus related to dengue, yellow fever and West Nile
viruses, and is spread by mosquitoes. Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most important cause
of viral encephalitis in Asia.
 Government to develop Buddhist tourism centres in Ghantasala/Krishna region of
Andhra Pradesh, with Japanese help
 Thatheras brass and copper craft gets UNESCO tag
 Koteshwar dam across the Bhagirathi in Tehri district
 India ranked fourth in the area under genetically modified (GM) crops in 2014
 Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune launched ―SAFARAir‖ app to
increase air-pollution awareness among juntaa.
 Latest report of Forest Survey of India: 5,871 sq km increase in the forest cover of India,
 Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) is now renamed to Jal Sadhana
with tagline ―Conserve water, Conserve life‖.
 Madhya Pradesh had began expending Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary for relocating the lions
that are being shifted from the Gir forests in Gujarat.
 INSV Mhadei sets record of sailing 1 lakh nautical miles. In 2010 and 2013, Indian navy
officers have circumnavigated the globe in this boat.
 Kalyani group to from JV with Rafael (Israel) for joint defense production
 Serum Institute of India, Pune will being production of Nasovac- the Swine flu
(H1N1)

13 The Komagata Maru incident involved a Japanese steamship, Komagata Maru, that sailed
from Hong Kong, Shanghai, China to Yokohama, Japan and then to Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada, in 1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, British India. Of them 24 were
admitted to Canada, but the 352 other passengers were not allowed to land in Canada, and the ship
was forced to return to India
 Running continuously for 747 days since August 2012, an indigenous nuclear reactor in
Rajasthan has set a world record for becoming the best performing nuclear reactor in the
last 20 years.
 Digital India Programme- This programme has been envisaged by Department of
Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY)
 India's first IIEST(Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
(IIEST) in Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal
 Nagpur gets India‘s first ethanol run bus
 India today barred scam-tainted Italian defence firm Finmeccannica (Augusta Westland
Deal)
 Perumbakkam wetland is located in Chennai
 The country's first 'Coral Garden' will be set up at Mithapur coastal region of Devbhoomi-
Dwarka district in Gujarat.
 Maharashtra tops list of PSU investments
 Uttarakhand floods- Mandakini River, Srinagar Floods- Jhelum River
 ‗Liar‘s Dice‘ India‘s entry to Oscars
 India will have to phase out mercury within six to 10 years as the country has ratified a global
treaty - Minamata Convention - which makes it mandatory for the signatories to ban the
use of the deadly nerve toxin in a phased manner.
 Bihar has the highest infant mortality rate in India
 Tamil Nadu has maximum SEZ‘s in India
 Rajasthan has set up the first olive factory
 Mendipathar, Meghalaya, firtst railway station of Meghalaya
 Hornbill festival is celebrated in Nagaland.
 Rajbhasha Award 2014 has been given to Rubber Board (Headquarter Kottayam)
 Akhaura- Agartala Rail Link is the rail link from India to Bangladesh
 Operation Megh Rahat for Jammu and Kashmir floods
 Indian film Court won the best film at the Venice Film Festival
 Karnataka first state in the country to launch health adalat
 India‘s first Company to cross Market Capitalization of 5 lakh crore- TCS
 NTCA in principle approval for two tiger reserves at Ratapani (Madhya Pradesh) and
Sunabeda in Odisha.
 Across the Yamuna river Signature bridge is being constructed
 India is building world‘s highest bridge across the river Chenab
 India‘s first bullet train between Mumbai to Ahemdabad
 Karnataka is the state with highest GI tag products
 16th Lok Sabha election: BJP won 282 seats and Gen VK Singh won by the highest margin
from Ghaziabad
 Polo, the country's only gorilla, listed as one of the world's critically endangered
species, died at the Mysore Zoo.
 After Gujarat's monumental stepwell Rani-ki-Vav, another Indian site - the Great
Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA) - has now got the "World
Heritage Site" tag of UNESCO.
 Garuda 5- Indo French Air Exercise
 First e ration Card Service : Delhi
 Vistara is a joint venture between Tata and Singapore Airlines
 22nd December- Birthday of Mathematician Ramanujam- National Mathematics Day
 Harayana appointed Baba Ramdev as its Ambassador, Telangana had appointed Sania
Mirza
 Grievance Redresses Mechanism launched by PM Modi- PRAGATI
 National Film Awards 2014: Bhaag Milkha Bhag Best most popular fim , ‗Ship of
Theseus‘ was selected as best feature film

INTERNATIONAL
 SAARC Summit in New Delhi issued -―The New Delhi Declaration on Education.‖
 Hinduja brothers, the only British names on the list of world's top 80 billionaires
 World‘s top arms exporters (1) China (2) USA (3) Russia
 The Aegean is a common sea between Turkey and Greece
 The Pancheshwar project, which is proposed on the Mahakali river, was a part of the 1996
India-Nepal Mahakali Treaty
 Tropical Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu
 Indian-American Nikki Haley won the second term as South Carolina Governor.
 Staphefekt drug as an alternative to antibiotics
 China‘s Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road initiatives are widely regarded as strategic
moves by Beijing to checkmate U.S. Pivot to Asia
 The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was celebrated in Germany. The wall was
a symbol of division between the Eastern and Western Germany and its fall marked a
powerful symbol of the end of the Cold War.
 World Economic Forum- Headquarters Cologny Switzerland, APEC- Headquarters
Singapore, ASEAN- Headquarters- Jakarta Indonesia.
 G20 Summit 2014- Brisbane, Australia
 International Buddhist Conference 2014- Lumbini, Nepal
 12th ASEAN-India Summit and the East Asia Summit was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
  Angkor Wat temple- Cambodia- the largest religious monument in the world- built by
the Khmer King Suryavarman II
 BRICS bank is also called the New Development Bank is emerging as an alternative to the
existing US dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Headquarters:
Shanghai.
 World‘s Largest methanol plant- IRAN
 First 3d jet engine – Australia
 The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972 was held in Stockholm
Sweden; World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission)-
Earth Summit- Our Common Future in Rio De Janerio, 1992; Earth Summit- Sustainable
Development Declaration, Johannesburg South Africa.
 Strait of Hormuz connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea and
is the world's most important oil chokepoint
 The Indian Ocean Rim Association headquarters : Ebene city
 Marshall Islands sued India and 8 others for possessing N-arms at the International
Court of Justice14.
 Lausanne agreement is the Iran-West nuke deal
 IAEA headquarters Vienna, Gulf Cooperation Council Headquarters Riyadh, OPEC-
headquartered in Vienna, WTO- headquarters Geneva
 Arab Spring started from Tunisia
 Sandi Arabia‘s elderly King Abdullah bin Abdul died and his half-brother Salman bin
Abdul Aziz is the successor
 India was elected for a second time to the UN body tasked with the safeguarding of
intangible cultural heritage. at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
 The United Arab Emirates issued a law requiring compulsory military service for adult
males.
 USA biggest arms supplier to India
 India along with Japan, the US, China and Canada will start work on the world‘s biggest
telescope on Hawaii Island
 An Indo-Pak and Hindu-Muslim combination of Kailash Satyarthi and Malala
Yousafzai shared the Nobel Peace Prize honours for 2014 for their work on promoting child
rights in the troubled sub-continent.
 Gaza reconstruction conference took place in Cairo, Egypt
 French economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel prize for economics for research on market
power and regulation.

14
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was
established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946. The seat of the
Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands).
  Inspector Shakti Devi of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, who is currently deployed in the
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has been named recipient of the
International Female Police Peacekeeper Award 2014
 Chahabahar Port Iran; Gwadar Port Pakistan
 Joko Widodo was sworn in as Indonesia‘s new President
 Ornskoldsvik is about to become the world's first remotely controlled airport (Russia)
 Indian research bases in Antarctica (Maitri and Bharti)
 India will ratify Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur supplementary protocol on liability and
redress to the Cartagena protocol on bio-safety.
 India has voted against the provisions of draft resolutions that would have required it to
accede to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
 India- Bhutan MoU for Nalanda University
 Mars rover Curiosity finds first mineral match on surface- haematite
 Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center is again
opening for business
 The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN is a European research
organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.15
 18th SAARC Summit took place in Nepal
 The United Kingdom‘s first bus powered entirely by human and food waste has gone into
service between Bristol and Bath.
 American geologists have named the earth‘s most abundant mineral Bridgmanite.
 Global Corruption Index- Indias rank 85, Denmark retained its position as the least corrupt
country in 2014 with a score of 92 while North Korea and Somalia shared the last place
 Adaptation Gap Report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
 Palestine has secured observer status at the International Criminal Court (ICC), paving the
way for the Palestinians to sue senior Israeli officials for war crimes
 Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often
fatal illness in humans.EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90%.EVD outbreaks
occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests. The
virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population
through human-to-human transmission. Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are
considered to be the natural host of the Ebola virus.
 Gadhimai Mela, the world's biggest animal sacrifice fair held once every five years,
Bariyarpur in Bara district of Nepal
 NASA‘s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft which is carrying out a new mission has made its
first exoplanet discovery – a ‗super-Earth‘ located 180 light-years from Earth.
 Rohingya Muslims Problem is happening in Myanmar where the Muslim minorities are
being persecuted by the radical Buddhists.

15 Headquarters -Meyrin, Canton of Geneva,Switzerland

 Latvia on 1 January 2015 began its presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU),
declaring involvement, growth and sustainability as the presidency‘s main principles.
 Qantas named safest airline in world
 The tallest man-made structure in the world- Burj Khaleefa, Largest LED-Illuminated
Facade
 M51a- First Spiral Galaxy
 China‘s only aircraft Carrier- Liaoning
 Turkmenistan–Afghanistan– Pakistan–India (TAPI) gas pipeline project
 Britain has become the first country in the world to legalise the creation of human embryos
from the DNA of three people.
 Solar Impulse- world's only solar-powered aircraft
 Basel Reforms are related to Banking
 (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano begins safety inspection of Indian nuke plants
 Lee Kuan Yew: the founding father and first Prime Minister of Singapore died
 Economist Jim O‘Neil had given the term BRICS
 Top Fake currencies in Switzerland: (1) Euro (2) Dollar (3) Indian Rupee.
 Totten Glacier is the largest in East Antarctica.
 First country to use biofuel in aviation is Canada (2012)
 WHO celebrates 7th April as World Heath Day. This year‘s theme ―Food safety‖.
 Oscar winning movie ―The theory of Everything‖ was made on British physicist Stephen
Hawking
 Baamiyan, Afghanistan is the SAARC Cultural capital for 2015-2016
 Catalonia is seeking independence from Spain
 China launched first Maritime Silk Road cruise liner from Beihai port.
 French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo‘s Paris office attacked by terrorists. Editor-in-
Chief Stephane Charbonnie (known as Charb)
 Jaffna-Kankasanthurai rail track restored by IRCON in North Sri Lanka inaugurated
 Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan finalised creation of Eurasian
Economic Union.
 US and Cuba restored ties by ending 50 years hostility.
 UNGA adopted resolution referring North Korea to ICC (International Criminal Court) for
human right abuses.
 Bhutan became 181st member of MIGA, agency of World Bank.
 The P5+1 is a group of six world powers which in 2006 joined the diplomatic efforts
with Iranwith regard to its nuclear program. The term refers to the P5 or five permanent
members of the UN Security Council, namely China,France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and
the United States, plus Germany.
 Democrat Ami Bera re-elected to the US House of Representatives
 UN Chief Ban Ki Moon constituted a Gaza war inquiry headed by Patrick Cammaert
 India-Israel joint venture missile LRSAM Barak 8 missile successfully test fired in Israel.
 Ukrainian People's Front Party led by Arseny Yatsenyuk won the parliamentary elections
 UN chief Ban Ki-moon launched global campaign to end female genital mutilation in Kenya
 China overtook US to become the world‘s largest economy in PPP terms.
 Sweden became the first European Union country to recognize the State of Palestine.
 India re-elected to UN Economic and Social Council.
 Dilma Rousseff re-elected as Brazil President for second four-year term.
 India re-elected to UNHRC for 2015-2017 (for 2 years).
 Pakistan based BGA appealed to IPAB against GI tag of basmati rice to MP.
 Angola, Malaysia, NewZealand, Spain and Venezuela elected as non-permanent members of
UNSC.
 British House of Commons passed symbolic motion to recognise Palestinian state.
 New York Times issued Apology for Racist Cartoon on India's Mars Mission
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 69th session of United Nations General
Assembly (UNGA) in New York in Hindi on September 27th.
 Boko Haram leaders declared Islamic Caliphate in Gwoza town of Nigeria.
 Pakistan Army launched Phase-II of the Operation Zarb-e-Azb or Strike of the Prophet‘s
Sword against militants.
 Guinea is the worst affected country due to Ebola Virus
 Britain published Europe‘s first Modern Slavery Bill to address slavery in 21st century.
 Pope Francis hosted Mideast prayer summit in Vatican City with the president of Israel and
the Palestinian Authority
 UN General Assembly announced an award in honour of Nelson Mandela.
 Lithuania to become 19th country to adopt Euro as currency from 1 January 2015.
 Brazil released two postage stamps to pay tribute to the 100 years of Indian cinema.
 NATO condemning the Russian annexation over Crimea as illegal suspended all
cooperation with Russia
 Pro-Russian activists of Donetsk proclaimed their independence from Ukraine.
 A Southern California mite Paratarsotomus macropalpis set a new record as world's
fastest land animal.
 World‘s oldest man, Arturo Licata died at the age of 111
 40th G 7 Summit Brussels Belgium
 A team of Scientists led by Manu Prakash from Stanford University developed an amazingly
cheap microscope namely Foldscope.
 Indian-American scientist Anil Jain developed the first 3D model of a human fingerprint
called Phantom.
 Britain‘s Royal Mail issued a postage stamp of Noor Inayat Khan, World War II Indian
origin heroine.
  United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Indian sociologist Saraswathi
Menon in peace-building panel.
 Shanghai Coooperation16: 2014 Summit took place in Dushanbe, Capital of Tajakistan
 WHO approved the use of experimental drug ZMapp to fight Ebola Virus.
 New Element 117 named Ununseptium set to join the periodic table
 Google launched the 360 degree online view of Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
 Indo-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran VIII started in Nepal in the foothills of
Salajhandi, Nepal.
 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce‘s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) -(IP) index list.
In this list India is placed at 29th rank among the 30 countries.
 Global Peace Index (GPI) for year 2014, India slipped two ranks than previous year and has
been positioned 143rd in the global rankings
 The 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released by the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI), Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide. India‘s rank 55th.
 World Bank on 29 October 2014 released the Doing Business 2015: Going beyond Efficiency
Report, India 142, and Singapore Rank 1.
 The Global Innovation Index 2014 (GII) was released at the B20 Australia Summit held in
Sydney. The theme of the GII 2014 was Human Factor in Innovation. Switzerland topped the
GII rankings like they did in 2013 whereas India‘s rank was 76.
 Air Asia plane crashed over the Java Sea.
 United Nations Development Progrmme (UNDP) released the Human Development Report
2014 (HDR 2014) in Tokyo, Japan on 24 July 2014. The theme of the HDR 2014 was
Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerability and Building Resilience. India- 135th.
 Iraq continues to be the country most impacted by terrorism.
 Corruption Perceptions Index 2014, The index was topped by Denmark, India 85th
 Global Competitiveness List 2014-15, released by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum
(WEF) India 71st. Switzerland has topped it.
 World Economic Forum (WEF) on 28 October 2014 released the Global Gender Gap Report
2014- India with a score of 0.646 has been ranked 114. Iceland has topped the list.
 COP17-20 under the UNFCC18 at Lima.
 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) 1996 launched. So far 180+ nations
signed and 160+ ratified. Thus, CTBT is one of the most widely supported arms-control
treaties. It requires the signatories never to conduct a nuclear explosion. India does not
support this treaty.
 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) next summit will be held in Basharkostan,
Russia
 Japan is the most indebted country in the world

16 Headquarters Beijing
17 CoP= Conference of Parties
18 UNFCC= United Nations Framework for Conference of Parties.
 Israel runs world‘s largest desalination plants and recycles 90 per cent of water for
agricultural
 Brazil is called the ―Saudi Arabia of water‖ Given the abundant water resources of Amazon
 ―Operation Opson ‖- run by Interpol and Europol to stop ―food-adulteration‖.
 Silicene is world‘s thinnest silicon material.
 The inventor of Laser & Nobel winner, Charles H. Townes died
 A Hindu temple, claimed to be the world‘s first ‗eco-temple‘ featuring solar panels and a
rainwater harvesting system, has been opened in northwest London in the UK
 New Colombo Plan- student exchange- India and Australia
 Referendum in Scotland to stay within Great Britain or not, it was rejected.
 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's initial public offering now ranks as the world's biggest in
history
 UN‘s Disaster Age and Risk Index- Malta Best Ranked
 Orkut dissolved by Google
 Minsk Peace Summit (Minsk II) on the Ukraine Crisis
 UN General Assembly has declared 2015 has International Year of Soils
 India‘s first Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement- Singapore
 South Africa has launched Gandhi inspired Tourism Project
 Full form of ALS is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
 President Jacob Zuma wins for the second time in South Africa
 Highest tunnel for high speed train opened in China
 6th Annual BRICS Summit- Fortaleza Brazil
 World‘s first flying observatory, fitted by NASA on a Boeing 747- Stratospheric
Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
 Bolivia legalized child labour from the age of 10
 7th BRICS Summit Uffa, Russia
 Singapore to help India build 100 smart cities
 Prime Minister of Australia: Tonny Abott
 Vladamir Putin is the most person (Male) by the Fobes in 2014, Narendra Modi 15th
 Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year 2014- Vape
 World Human rights Day 10th December

NAMES IN NEWS
 Wing Commander Pooja Thakur - the first woman to lead the ceremonial Guard of
Honour
 Shri Shekhar Sen has been appointed as the Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi
(SNA)
 Warren M Anderson, the former chairman of the Union Carbide Corporation that was
responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy died in Florida
 Look East Policy- PM NARSIMHA RAO, Act East- PM NARENDRA MODI
 M Thambidurai- Deputy Speaker of the Current Lok Sabha
 Vijay Seshadri- Pulitzer Prize 2014 for poems ―3sections‖
 4 Indians in the Time list of 100 most influential People- Mr. Narendra Modi, Mr.
Arvind Kejriwal, Ms. Arundati Roy and Mr.Muruganantham
 Anita Kapur Chairman- CBDT
 US Navy SEAL commando Robert O‘ Neill shot Osama bin Laden
 Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar 18th Chief Minister of Goa succeeding Manohar Parrikar.
 K C Reddy- UN Panel – to investigate Israeli attacks on UN shelters during the Gaza war
 Vinod Mehta Chairman of Outlook expired.
 Indian activist Ramesh Agrawal wins the ‗Green Nobel‘
 Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Laureate has been confirmed as President –
elect of the Royal Society.
 Indian scientist Rasik Ravindra has been unanimously elected as member of the UN‘s body
focussed on oceans and law of the sea.
 Gandhi Peace prize 2013 given to Chandi Prasad Bhatt
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee was Member of Parliament from Lucknow during his tenure as PM.
 Nachiket Mor Committee- Financial Inclusion, Urjit Patel- Monetary Policy
 Bezbaruah Committee- to look into the various concerns of persons hailing from the North
Eastern States who are living in different parts of the country
 Arup Raha New Chairman of Chief of Staff Committee
 Smriti Irani named Young Global Leader from India by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
 First Administrative Reforms Commission- Morarji Desai, Second – Veerapa Moily
 Bimal Jalan to head Expenditure Management Commission
 Maryam Mirzakhani first woman to win a prestigious Fields Medal, widely viewed as the
Nobel Prize of mathematics.
 Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards to Shri Arun Jaitley, Dr. Karan Singh and Shri
Sharad Yadav for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012
 British-American researcher John O'Keefe has won the Nobel Medicine Prize with a
Norwegian couple, Edvard and May-Britt Moser, for discovering how the brain navigates.
 Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano and American Shuji
Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics for inventing a new energy efficient and
environmentally friendly light source, the LED
 Americans Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell won the
Nobel Prize in chemistry today for developing new methods that let microscopes see finer
details than they could before.
 The Post Sachar Evaluation Committee headed by Prof. Amitabh Kundu presented the final
report to Dr. Najma A Heptulla, the Union Minister for Minorities Affairs
 New Chief Election Commissioner- Naseem Zaidi
 Indian-American food justice activist Navina Khanna is one of the five winners of the
prestigious James Beard Foundation Leadership awards for 2014
 Indian-American Vanita Gupta, a top lawyer from American Civil Liberties Union, has been
appointed to head the civil rights division of the U.S. Justice Department, becoming the first
South Asian to hold this post.
 Lieutenant General Abhijit Guha is currently a member of the United Nations Department
of Peacekeeping Operations
 Thirteenth Finance Commission Chairman Vijay Laxman Kelkar has been appointed as
Chairperson of the Finance Ministry‘s think-tank National Institute of Public Finance & Policy
 Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been chosen for one of Japan‘s top national
awards ‗The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers‘ for his contribution to
India-Japan ties
 Indian-American Nikki Haley re-elected to a second term as South Carolina's Governor
 Arundhati Bhattacharya most powerful Indian woman in business: Fortune
 49th Jnanpith Award, the country's highest literary award- poet Kedarnath Singh
 TSR Subramanian Committee to review the to review the processes, laws and Acts of
the Ministry of Environment and Forest
 India‘s longest serving Petroleum Miniser- Milind Deora
 Kathak queen Sitara Devi passes away
 Pentagon Chief is Ashton Carter
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi named ―Asian of the Year‖ for being development-focused
leader of India by editors of Singapore's leading daily, The Straits Times.
 Dr. Arun Majumdar, an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay alumni is among four
eminent scientists chosen to serve as US Science Envoys beginning in January, 2015.
 Finance minister Arun Jaitley has set up a three-member panel, led by former chief economic
advisor Ashok Lahiri, to advise on bringing further clarity in tax laws based on interactions
with the trade and industry.
 The Shyamala Gopinath Comrnittee constituted on Small Savings Schemes
 Vivek Hallegere Murthy is the youngest US Surgeon General and of Indian decent
 Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar flagged off ‗Sushaasan Express‘ from the birthplace
of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
 Jharkhand‘s first Non-Tribal CM – Raghubar Das
 Zulfiqar Sheth- first Indian to be elected to Israel‘s famed Hebrew University.
 Google's Larry Page has emerged as the 'business person of the year' for 2014
 Atul Khare named head of UN Department of Field Support
 Prabhu Nath Dwivedi has been named as the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for
Sanskrit, 2014.
 Pahlaj Nihalani -new chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
 Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade has been selected for 2014 Jnanpith Award
 IAF Sarang Helicopter Display Team- Squadron Leader Deepika Misra and
engineering officer Flight Lieutenant Sandeep Singh made their debut
 Renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil has been chosen for the prestigious 2015 Tyler Prize for
Environmental Achievement.
 The only Indian author among 10 finalists for this year‘s Man Booker International Prize-
Amitav Ghosh
 Debroy Panel related for revamp of Indian Railways
 India‘s noted environmentalist Rajendra Singh (nick name ―madaman‖) won Stockholm
Water Prize 2015
 Alexander Fleming first discovered peniciline antibiotic and won Nobel in 1945
 Election Commission confirmed the Amir Khan as its national icon for the Lok Sabha
elections2014.
 Indian-American Richard Rahul Verma next US Ambassador to India
 Anil Kumar Sinha was appointed as the new CBI Director
 United Nations Women announced the appointment of Indian tennis superstar Sania
Mirza, as its Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia.
 Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar was appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for
South Asia
 Union Government appointed US-based economist Arvind Subramanian as Chief
Economic Advisor (CEA) in the Union Finance Ministry
 Suresh Prabhu was appointed as Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Sherpa for the Group of
20 annual Summit 2014 to be be held in Brisbane
 Lalitha Kumaramangalam was appointed as chairperson of National Commission for
Women.
 The International Economic Association appointed Kaushik Basu as president-elect of the
association
 Prof. V. K. Thomas was appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee
 India TV Rajat Sharma was appointed as the new president of the News Broadcasting
Association (NBA) for the year 2014-2015.
 Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as the horticulture ambassador of Maharashtra.
 Emma Watson, the British Actress was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN
Women.
 Kristin Lund of Norway became first-ever woman to head a UN Peacekeeping Force
 Vishal Sikka appointed as CEO of Infosys, Rajeev Suri appointed as President and CEO of
Nokia Corporation.
 Neha Gupta awarded with the prestigious International Children‘s Peace Prize 2014
 Australian author Richard Flanagan won the 50000 pounds Man Booker Prize, 2014 for
his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
 Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan on 4 October 2014 received Global Diversity Award 2014
 Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger, editor of The
Guardian on 24 September 2014 won Right Livelihood Award.
 The Fields Medal for is considered as the greatest honor for a mathematician, it is described
as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. Manjul Bhargava of Princeton University was awarded
the same for developing new approach in the geometry of numbers.
 World Food Prize 2014- Sanjaya Rajaram
 Jhumpa Lahiri has been announced as the winner of the widely acclaimed DSC Prize for
South Asian Literature 2015 for her book The Lowland
 Ebola fighters collectively were named as the TIME‘s Person of the Year 2014
 Anoop Jain on 8 October 2014 won 2014 Waislitz Global Citizen Award
 Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik won the People's Choice prize at the World Cup of
Sand Sculpting-2014
 Eminent agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal were
today presented with the ‗Ambassadors of Goodwill‘ award by International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
 France on 25 June 2014 announced to honour Shahrukh Khan with Officer of the Legion of
Honour for his contribution to Cinema
 Ruhi Singh has made the country proud by winning the first ever Miss Universal Peace and
Humanity title held in Lebanon on December 10th.
 Dr. Tarannum Riyaz, has been awarded the prestigious SAARC Literary Award 2014.
 Chairman of Wipro Azim Premji was awarded Swiss Ambassador's Award.
 India‘s Dr. Zakir A. Naik (Peace TV) has won the prestigious 2015 King Faisal
International Prize (KFIP) in category of Service to Islam.
 Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has won the newly instituted Charleston-EFG
John Maynard Keynes Prize.
 M. Veerappa Moily on 9 March 2015 was selected for the prestigious Saraswati Samman
for 2014 for his Kannada poem Ramayana Mahanveshanam.
 Veteran actor and film producer Shashi Kapoor has been named for the prestigious Dada
Saheb Phalke Award 2014
 Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were posthumously
awarded with the highest peacetime military honour the Ashok Chakra.
 RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan received the Governor of the Year Award for 2015. .
 Govind Mishra, the renowned Hindi author was given the Saraswati Samman
 Renowned agriculture Scientist M.S. Swaminathan was conferred with an honorary degree
of the Doctor of Science by the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad,Pakistan.
 Muzaffar Ali, renowned filmmaker and poet, was presented the 22nd Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana award.
 Shah Rukh Khan became the Ambassador of Turn Back Crime campaign of Interpol
 Anand Mahindra became first Indian to receive Harvard Medal for his dedication,
generosity and service to the University of Harvard.
 Loksabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan's name was included in LIMCA book of records as she
is the only woman in India to represent the same constituency on the same party ticket eight
times in a row.
 Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling (Greenest Chief Minister) became longest serving Chief
Minister of India(20 years)
 Pope Francis conferred sainthood on two Indians Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara and
Sister Euphrasia.
 Indian-origin politician Keith Vaz named as Labour MP of the Year.
 Indian origin Seema Malhotra appointed as Shadow Minister in U.K
 US named a mountain in Antarctica after an Indian-American scientist, Akhouri Sinha.
 Archana Ramasundaram appointed as first Woman Additional Director of CBI.
 Suresh Kumar Reddy appointed as the First ambassador to ASEAN
 Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman eminent cartoon no more- Common Man Cartoon
 Ravi Chopra, director of famous television (TV) show Mahabharata died
 Tapan Raychaudhuri, a historian of modern India‘s economic and social history, died.
 Noted Indian cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, popularly known as Pran, passed away
 U.R. Ananthamurthy, the writer of literary works like ‗Samskara‘ and ‗Bharatipura‘ and
the winner of India‘s highest literary award- the Janapith Award, passed away
 Renowned Actor-Director Sir Richard Attenborough passed away
 Prof. Bipan Chandra a renowned academician associated with History passed away
 Veteran actor Zohra Sehgal (102), passed away
 The renowned author and journalist Khushwant Singh died
 Kasturirangan Panel Committee Report and Madhav Gadgil Report on Western Ghats
 Shanta Kumar report on FCI restructuring had recommended moving towards direct cash
transfers due to large scale leakages in PDS-foodgrain supply chain
 Bonda Tribals, Dongria Kondh Tribals- Orissa
 Amitabh Bachann- Brand Ambassdor- Hepatitis B
 NERAP- National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme
 India‘s first cyber security chief- Gulshan Rai
 PJ Nayak Committee- To review the governance of Baord of Banks in India
  PM nominates 9 people for Clean India Program.19
 Corporate Social Responsibility- Anil Baijal Committee
 R Gandhi Panel- Urban Cooperatve banks
 Shyam Sen Commission- Sardha Chit Fund Scam
 Panneerselevam – Cheif Minister of Tamil Nadu replacing J Jayalalitha
 Postage Stamp released by Honourable President of India for Anagarika Dharmapala
 Azad Hind Fauj Freedom fighter Jagdish Chandra Pandey passed away
 President Pranab Mukherjee visited residence of Santa Claus- Rovaniemei
 Norman Goudan (South Africa) world‘s oldest living test cricketer passed away
 First Indian to reach Stratosphere: Santosh Kumar
 UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia- Aamir Khan
 Ramanujam Committee to identify obsolete laws
 RK Singh- Parliamentary Security Panel Head
 Pro Term Speaker in the Outgoing Lok Sabha- Kaml Nath
 Rajiv Meherishi Union Finance Secretray
 Ratan Tata awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire.
 Angelena Merkel, Chancellor of Germany most powerful woman in the world
 President of Egypt: Abdel Fateh el-Sisi
 President of Ukraine: Petro Poroshenko
 President of European Commission: Jean-Claude Juncker
 Hari Gautam Committee- to review the present status of UGC
 Yoga Guru Padma Vibhushan Awardeee BKS Iyengar passed away
 First woman Chief of CERN- Fabiola Gianotti
 CM OF J and K : Mufti Mohammad Sayyed

LEGAL
 Supreme Court SIT for Black Money- MB Shah would head the special investigating team
with Justice Arijit Pasayat. Ram Jethmalani is the petitioner in the black money case.
 66A Judgment- Shreya Singhal v Union of India; Bench of Justice RF Nariman and
Justice Jasti Chamlmeshwar
 Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez and former Supreme Court judge KS
Radhakrishnan have been given PETA India‘s People of the Year award for their
contribution towards the protection of animals.
 SC allows women to work as make-up artists

19Actors Salman Khan and Priyanka Chopra, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and industrialist Anil
Ambani , Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, actor-
producer Kamal Haasan and the team of television serial "Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah".
  International Court of Justice ruled neither Croatia nor Serbia committed genocide
during Balkan War.
 RBI has granted permission to minors above 10 years to open independent bank accounts,
 The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari conferred the ―First Justice Nagendra
Singh International Peace Award‖ instituted by the International Goodwill Society of India on
Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Member of the International Court of Justice
 NGT orders ONGC and other bodies to pay ~95 crores to the traditional fishermen families of
Raigad district in Maharashtra. This is the highest compensation order passed so far.
 Rana Bhagwandas first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistan
 Retired Supreme Court judge K.T. Thomas refused to head the Lokpal Search panel
 Lok Sabha passed Securities Laws Bill, 2014 aimed at tackling the ponzi schemes menace.
 Justice KS Radhakrishnan panel on road safety.
 Google Tax has been imposed in Spain under an Intellectual Property law
 Justice GT Nanavati submits report to Gujarat CM about Godhara riots
 Amnesty International, Headquarters London
 Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2009 - voters will have to
compulsory vote in local body elections
 The whistleblowers Protection Bill, 2011 passed by the Parliament, received the
President assent.
 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25th November 2014
 Deepak Gupta was appointed as the Chairman of (UPSC) under Article 316 (1).
 Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad was chosen as the next chairperson of the Press
Council of India (PCI)
 26th November- National Law Day
 National Green Tribunal20- Chairperson- Justice Swatenter Kumar
 Professor NR Madhava Menon committee framed guidelines to regulate expenditure and
contents of advertisements paid out of tax payers' money.
 Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple case- Gopal Subramanium amicus curae
 Real Effect Exchange Rate (REER) is the weighted average of a country‘s currency
relative to an index or basket of other major currencies adjusted for the effects of inflation
 Rajasthan became the first state to mandate minimum requirement for educational
qualification
 Constitutional Scholar Sujit Choudhry appointed as Dean of UC Berkeley Law school
 Mukul Rohatgi- Attorney General and Ranjit Kumar Solicitor General
 Government to repeal Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code
 Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has constituted a IPR Think Tank to draft the
National Intellectual Property Rights Policy under the Chairmanship of Justice (Retd)
Prabha Sridevan, Chairperson

20 First Chairperson Justice Lokeshwar Singh Pant

  Justice Mukul Mudgal committee- investigation into the allegations of betting and spot-
fixing in the 2013 edition of Indian Premier League
 Ordinance- Article 12321 of the Constitution of India.
 Judicial Appointments Commission Bill gets President‘s nod (The Constitution
One Hundred and Twenty first amendment Bill, 2014 and the Constitution 99 th
amendment Act , amending Article 124 of the Constitution of India)
 Law Commission chairman Justice A P Shah; Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda
 5th National Voters‘ Day on 25th January 2015.
 Since independence, 637 ordinances were promulgated
 Supreme Court mandates that the Aaadhar Card22 is not necessary for availing government
schemes for the weak and poor.
 Companies Act 2013, provides 3 type of companies- One person company, private limited
company and public ltd company (2 subtypes- listed and unlisted).
 Black money Bill tabled in Lok Sabha. Officially it is called ―Undisclosed Foreign Income
and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015″. To be effective from 1/4/2016.
 Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar summoned Man Mohan Singh for coal scam.
 Rajya Sabha MPs petition to Vice President, to begin impeacehment process of Madhya
Pradesh HC judge SK Gangele for sexual harassment.
 States can setup legislative councils (Vidhan Parishad) only after Parliament approval.
Following 6 states already have it: Currently, only six States follow the bicameral system —
Andhra, Bihar, J&K, Karnataka, Maharashtra and UP.
 Law Commission- 255th report about electoral reforms
 Third National Lok Adalat held.23
 20th Law Commission of India 253rd Report titled Commercial Courts Bill 2015 .
 The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, formed by the Union
Government to replace Planning Commission

21 . Power of President to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Parliament

(1) If at any time, except when both Houses of Parliament are in session, the President is satisfied that
circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action, he may promulgate
such Ordinance as the circumstances appear to him to require
(2) An Ordinance promulgated under this article shall have the same force and effect as an Act of
Parliament, but every such Ordinance
(a) shall be laid before both House of Parliament and shall cease to operate at the expiration of six
weeks from the reassemble of Parliament, or, if before the expiration of that period resolutions
disapproving it are passed by both Houses, upon the passing of the second of those resolutions; and
(b) may be withdrawn at any time by the President Explanation Where the Houses of Parliament are
summoned to reassemble on different dates, the period of six weeks shall be reckoned from the later
of those dates for the purposes of this clause
(3) If and so far as an Ordinance under this article makes any provision which Parliament would not
under this Constitution be competent to enact, it shall be void
22 Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the Unique Identification Authority

of India on behalf of the Government of India. This number will serve as a proof of identity and
address, anywhere in India.
23 The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has been constituted under the Legal Services

Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free Legal Services to the weaker sections of the society and to
organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of disputes.
 Social Justice Bench has been constituted by the Supreme Court of India- (Justice Madan
Lokur to head it )
 Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee‘s birthday on December 25th is to be observed as National
Good Governance Day.
 Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) are regulated by SEBI
 SC struck down National Tax Tribunal Act, 2005 terming it unconstitutional.
 SC upheld Uttar Pradesh Government decision to use Urdu as second official language.
 Union Cabinet appointed Ex-CJI R C Lahoti as arbitrator in Vodafone tax dispute case.
 As per the Supreme Court, the legal provision which makes approval of competent authority
mandatory for CBI to investigate a corruption case against an officer of joint secretary-rank
or above is invalid and unconstitutional and has the propensity of protecting the corrupt.
 Indian – American Indira Talwani‘s name was confirmed as a federal judge in
Massachusetts by US Senate.
 May 21, 2014 was observed as Anti-Terrorism Day throughout the nation.
 Kannan Ramesh appointed as Judicial Commissioner to Supreme Court Bench of
Singapore.
 Justice Amitava Roy was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court. Prior to this, he served
as the Chief Justice of Odisha High Court.
 Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattu was sworn-in as the 42nd Chief
Justice of India
 Only One Sitting Lady Supreme Court Judge : Justice R Bhanumathi
 During tenure of RM Lodha as 41st Chief Justice of India 3 lawyers were recommended
for elevation to the apex court, RF Nariman, UU Lalit and Gopal Subramanium. Only
RF Nariman and UU Lalits recommendation was accepted.
 Former Chief Justice of India, Palaniswamy Sathasivam was appointed as the new
Governor of Kerala
 The Supreme Court appointed R S Cheema as Special Public Prosecutor for trial in coal
blocks allocation scam
 John Lang, the person who filed petition in 1854 on behalf of Rani Lakshmibai against EIC.
Prime Minister gifted Australian lawyer John Lang‘s 1854 petition against the East India
Company to his Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
 Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran was the amicus curae in the Ajmal Kasab‘s appeal at
the Supreme Court of India.
 Senior most Supreme Court Judge after the CJI currently is Justice TS Thakur
 Justice BS Chauhan appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as
a successor of Justice NP Singh.
 Justice G Rohini appointed as the first women Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
 Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) appointed retired Justice BN Srikrishna
as its Chairman
 Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC)- Chairman is Justice BN
Srikrishna
 Indian-origin judge V K Rajah appointed as 8th Attorney-General of Singapore.
 Eminent jurist, former Supreme Court judge and former minister of Kerala, Justice V. R.
Krishna Iyer, passed away
 Former Attorney General of India Goolam Essaji Vahanvati died
 Member of India‘s first Lok Sabha Reshamlal Jangde passed away. He made it to the first
Lok Sabha in 1952 from Bilaspur as a Congress contestant
 Granville Austin (87), a distinguished scholar of India‘s Constitution passed away.
 Union Government constituted SIT headed by Pramod Asthana to reinvestigate 1984 anti-
Sikh riot cases. The SIT was constituted on recommendation of Justice GP Mathur
Committee which in its report asked the government to start a fresh probe in the case.
 SC appointed one-man commission to probe 2006 Meerut fire tragedy- Justice SB Sinha.
 Social justice ministry celebrated Raahgiri day on 1st Feb 2015
 The Supreme Court Friday said that the undertrial prisoners, who have already spent in jail
half of the period of the sentence they would have got if convicted for the offences they are
charged with, will now be released.
 Rajasthan is the first state to ratify Judicial Appointments Commission Bill
 Supreme Court appointed a three member panel to recommend major reforms in the practice
and procedure of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The panel to be headed by
former CJI Justice R M Lodha along with Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice R V
Raveendran to suggest amendments in the board rules and regulations
 Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha First Hindu Chief Justice of Bangladesh
 Supreme Court of India has banned bull taming sport in Tamil Nadu called Jalikattu
 Himachal Pradesh Court has banned animal sacrifices in temple
 Chairman of Bar Council of India : Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairman of Supreme Court
Bar Association :Pravin H Parekh

SPORTS
 35th National Game were held Kerala
 Cristiano Ronaldo, the Real Madrid forward received the European Golden Boot award
 National Games mascot Ammu, the Great Hornbill, has immortalised itself by finding a
mention in the Limca Book of Records
 Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer to reach 6000 one-day international run mark
 Rohit Sharma scored the highest ODI score ever of 264 runs.
 Switzerland led by Roger Federer defeated France to win their first-ever Davis Cup of
Tennis.
  Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2014 played at
Sochi, Russia defeating Viswanathan Anand
 Shweta Chaudhary helped India get its first medal in the 2014 Asian Games (Shooting)
 Australian cricketer Philip Hughes died by getting hit with a bouncer.
 Atletico de Kolkata won inaugural season of Indian Super League (ISL) by beating Kerala
Blasters
 Qatar has won the rights to host the football World Cup in 2022
 Thomas Cup is related to Badminton.
 Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa, first-ever gold medal in squash CWG
 Sultan Johar Cup is related with Hockey.
 National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy Champion- Baroda.
 Indian Shuttlers Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth create history in China, won China Open Title
 South African city Durban is set to be the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games
 India in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland stood at the fifth position in
the rankings after closing its account with total 64 medals (15 Gold, 30 silver and 19
Bronze).
 Jagmohan Dalmiya- New President of BCCI
 On closing ceremony, the Indian contingent‘s flag bearer was Seema Punia, who won Silver
in women's discus throw. While, the torch bearer in the opening ceremony was ace shooter
Vijay Kumar, the 2012 London Olympics Silver medalist. England topped the medals tally.
 Hockey pioneer and ‗Father of Malaysian Hockey‘, Sultan Azlan Shah(86) passed away
 Australia won the 2014 edition of Men‘s Hockey World Cup for second successive time
 Services won the 69th edition of Santosh Trophy of Football
 Mercede‘s driver Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix Formula 1 Racing, British
Grand Prix, Russian Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
 FIFA Football World cup Final was held at Rio De Janerio and Germany defeated
Argentina by 1 : 0. The goal was made by Mario Gotze during the extra-time.
 Kidambi Srikanth won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title of Badminton
 Karnataka clinched eighth Ranji title of cricket by defeating Tamil Nadu
 Australia broke the previous record of highest runs in World Cup held by India of 413 for 5,
created against Bermuda
 AB de Villiers fastest to reach 150 runs
 India to host ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2016
 Asian Games 2014 took place at Incheon, South Korea. India finished 8th with 11 gold..24
 Viswanathan Anand defeated British Grandmaster Michael Adams to win his maiden
London Classic title.
 PV Sindhu won 2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title by defeating Kim Hyo
Min of Korea

24 The mascot of the Games were three Harbour Seals: Barame, Chumuro, & Vichuon.
  Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik, world‘s first twins and siblings to climb the highest
peaks on the seven continents.
 Tribal girl from Andaman and Nicobar, Deborah won four Gold Medals in the Track Asia
Cup Cycling Championship 2014
 IOC welcomed the UN resolution on Sports as a means to promote peace.
 Central Zone defeated South Zone to lift Duleep Trophy of Cricket.
 Abhisek Bachchan owned Jaipur Pink Panther won the inaugural title of the Pro Kabaddi
League by defeating U Mumba 35-24 in Mumbai.
 Indian pistol shooter Jitu Rai ranked No. 1 in the world.
 Saina Nehwal won Australian Open Super Series title by defeating Carolina Marin of Spain
 Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata
 Sim Bhullar has become the first player of Indian descent to sign with an NBA team as he
inked a deal with Sacramento Kings
 Indonesia to host Asian Games in 2018
 Sarita Devi refused to accept the medal the Inchean Asian Games ceremony
 Indian Flag Bearer at the CWG opening ceremony Vijay Kumar
 IAF 3D Game- Guardians of the Sky,
 China won the Uber Cup25 after defeating Japan in 2014
 Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid to win the UEFA Champions League 2014
 Mens World hockey 2014 : Men‘ s Australia , Women‘s : Netherlands
 French Open Mens 2014: Rafael Nadal, Womens: Maria Sharapova
 Wimbledon 2014: Men‘s Novak Djokovich, Women‘s : Petra Kvitova
 FIFA World Cup 2014, Golden Boot : James Rodriguez of Columbia, Golden Ball:
Lionel Messi Argentina, Golden Glove was awarded to Manuel Neuer of Germany
 World Badminton Championship2014 ; Men: Cheng Long, Women: Carolina Marin
 US Open 2014; Men‘s Marin Cilic, Women‘s Singles – Serena Williams, Mixed Doubles –
Sania Mirza & Bruno Soares
 2014 Basketball World Cup winner: USA by defeating Serbia
 Sania Mirza & Saketh Myeni win Mixed Doubles Gold in Asian Games 2014
 Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh in the Don Bradman Hall of Fame.
 Colonel K. Nayadu Lifetime Achievement Award- Dilip Vengsarkar
 Macau Open Grand Prix 2014- PV Sindhu
 Youngest person to win IBSF world Snooker Championship- Yan Bingtao
 Oldest person to score an ODI century- Khurram Khan
 First Indian to be awarded AFC Hall of fame- Baichung Bhutia
 Australian Open 2015 : Novak Djokovic (Male), Serena Williams (Female), Leander
Paes and Martina Hingis (Mixed Doubles)

25 Uber Cup is associated with Badminton

 Lydia Ko youngest world number one in golf
 Carolina Marin defeated Sania Mirza to win All England Open Badminton
Championships 2015 women‘s title
 Highest individual score in world cup : Martin Guptil.

BOOKS
 Indian Railway released a book, titled ‗India Junction – A Window to the Nation‘
 Shekhar Gupta‘s book titled Anticipating India
 The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh written by
Sanjaya Baru
 Narendra Modi: A Political Biography by Andy Marino
 Priyadarshi Mukherjee- China‘s Highest literary prize- the Special Book Award
 ―My Years with Rajiv and Sonia‖ R.D. Pradhan
 The Substance and the Shadow is the Biography of Dilip Kumar
 One Life Is Not Enough: An Autobiography: Natwar Singh
 The Idea of Justice: Amartya Sen
 Half Girlfriend: Chetan Bhagat
 2014 Man Booker Prize- Richard Flangan for The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
 Not Just an Accountant : The Diary of the Nation's Conscience Keeper-Vinod Rai