Sports

The Indian Pankaj Advani won his maiden IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh in
Egypt.
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal clinched title of Australian Open Super Series final in Sydney.
35th edition of National games will be held at 32 different venues across seven districts of Kerala from
31 January to 14 February 2015.
Netherlands clinched the women's hockey World Cup at the Kyocera Stadium.
The world number one chess player Magnus Carlsen added one more title with his name as he won
FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship title in Dubai.
Former Captain of Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful was banned for eight years by the disciplinary
panel set up by the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
Jitu Rai of India won the Silver Medal in men's 10-meter air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup
Shooting in Munich.
The former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly joined the Mudgal Committee on IPL spot-fixing as
an expert on cricketing affairs.
Rafael Nadal of Spain won the French Open title 2014 for the ninth time, thus he also became first
man to win five French Open titles in a row.
Kolkata Knight Riders won IPL 2014 for second time after defeating Kings XI Punjab. Final was held
at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.


Science & Medical
ISRO's PSLV C23 was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh
at 9.52 am. The PSLV C23 carried five satellites.
Akash, missile was successfully test fired in very low altitude near boundary mission from the
Integrated Test Range, Balasore, Odisha.
India became a permanent signatory to Washington Accord. The Accord was signed by National Board
of Accreditation at a meet of International Engineering Alliance of WA member countries held in
Wellington, New Zealand.
Indian scientist Rasik Ravindra was elected as a member of the UN Commission on the Limits of
Continental Shelf (UNCLCS).


National
Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah was sworn in as the Governor of Karnataka at a function held at the
Raj Bhavan.
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalitha launched Amma Pharmacy (Amma Marundhagam) to
sell quality medicines at lower prices.
The Maharashtra government approved a proposal to reserve 16% of government jobs and seats in
educational institutions for Marathas and 5% for Muslims.
The Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel announced 33 percent reservation for women in the
police force.
Mr. Aziz Qureshi who is Governor of Uttrakhand, took oath as Uttar Pradesh Governor.
Veteran Tamil film director and producer Ramanarayanan passed away at the age of 65 in Singapore.
He has directed 125 films and holds the world record of directing the maximum number of movies by a
director.
Hindi poet Shri Kedarnath Singh wins prestigious Jnanpith Award 2013.
Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal was bifurcated to create Alipurduar district of the state.
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao was elected as the first Assembly speaker of Andhra Pradesh after
bifurcation.
Indian Railways increased the passenger fare by 14.2 percent in all classes and freight charges by 6.5
percent.


Russia Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry O Rogozin was on a two-day visit to India. He visited India
from 18th to 19th June 2014.
The Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Mr. M Shashidhar Reddy
tendered his resignation to to Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, who is also the chairman of
NDMA.
Rajeev Topno was appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will be the
youngest IAS officer to serve at this crucial post.
Madhya Pradesh government has approved Narmada-Malwa-Gambhir Link Project with an estimated
cost of Rs 2,143 crore.
The Delhi Government announced that the national capital has become the first "Kerosene-free City"
in the country.
India's first One Stop Crisis Centre (OSCC) named Gauravi was launched in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
This centre is for wowen who are victims of violence of any kind and it is first of its kind.
Mr. Shaktikanta Das was appointed as the new Revenue Secretary.
Indo-French Air Exercise, Garuda V concluded in Jodhpur Air Base.
The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi dedicated INS Vikramaditya to the nation.
Narmada Control Authority (NCA) gave its approval to Gujarat government to raise the height of
Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada River in Kevadia to 138.68 meters from present 121.92 meters.
Lt Gen Amit Sharma was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Forces Command.
BrahMos supersonic Missile successfully test-fired from INS Kolkata.
Mr. P K Mishra appointed as Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Senior Advocate Mr. Ranjit Kumar Appointed as Solicitor General of India.
Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi was on a two-day long visit to India from 8 June to 9 June 2014.
Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, the second senior-most officer of the Indian Navy, took over as the Flag
Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command (WNC).
State government of Madhya Pradesh appointed Madhuri Dixit as the brand ambassador of maternal
and child health campaign. Name of this campaign is "Mamta Abhiyan".
India has been elected for the next four years (2014-2018) to the Intergovernmental Committee for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Kavery Banerjee as
Secretary, Department of Posts.


International
Former Luxembourg Prime Minister and veteran EU insider Jean-Claude Juncker was named as the
next president of the European Commission.
The President of South Korea, Park Geun-Hye announced the decision to retain the Chung Hung Won
who had resigned over ferry disaster in April 2014.
Justice V K Rajah, an Indian-origin judge, was appointed as the eighth Attorney-General of Singapore.
HSBC Bank sold its Swiss private banking assets worth 12.5 billion dollars to Liechtenstein's LGT
Bank.
East India Company, Britain's premium luxury goods brand has issued an exclusive legal tender gold
coin worth 12,000 pound sterling in honour of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Myanmar's first site, Ancient Pyu Cities was inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage Site List.
GMR, the Indian infrastructure giant won the arbitration award against Maldivian government for
wrongful termination of Airport project contract.
The AUPSC (African Unions Peace and Security Council) unanimously restored the membership of
Egypt into the apex body of African nations. Egypt became eligible to participate in the PSC and
African Summit to be held later in June 2014 in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea.
An 1856 British Guiana 1-cent postage stamp was sold for record 9.5 million US dollar, thus it became
the world's most valuable stamp.
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) approved the name of Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein to be
head of Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the UN.


Russia in-principle agreed on the Indian nuclear liability law. This agreement paved the way for
signing of the contract for Unit 3 and 4 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in July 2014.
Reuven Ruby Rivlin elected as 10th President of Israel.
Petro Poroshenko was sworn-in as the President of Ukraine in Kiev.
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi Sworn In as Egypt's New President.
Lithuania to become 19th country to adopt Euro as currency from 1 January 2015.
40th G-7 summit 2014 was held at Justus Lipsius building, Brussels at the Council of the European
Union.


Economic & Business
Dairy firm Kwality Ltd has signed an agreement with Central Bank of India for extending financial
assistance to dairy farmers.
Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry upgraded the National Industrial Classification -1987
(NIC-1987) to National Industrial Classification-2008 (NIC-2008).
Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry delicensed manufacturing of defense items. Almost 55
percent of the defense items have been removed from the compulsory licensing list.
The Union Cabinet approved an in principle memorandum of understanding (MoU) between India and
China for setting up industrial parks in the country.
A.K. Dubey was appointed as Chairman of Coal India Limited.
The Union Government granted Navratna status to Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and National Buildings
Construction Corporation (NBCC).
Air India, the national air carrier of India, joined the global airlines grouping, Star Alliance.
Nadathur Sarangapani Raghavan, co-founder of Infosys acquired Paladion Networks. Bangalore-based
Paladion - founded by IITian Rajat Mohanty and seven others 13 years ago.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued new norms for public issuance of debt securities
under which such offers have to be of minimum Rs 100 crore, while issuers would need to make
additional disclosures and attain at least 75% subscription. The Securities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI) said that the entities coming out with public issue of NCDs would have to provide
granular disclosures in their offer document, with regards to the "object of the issue".
Nita Ambani wife of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, appointed on the board of the
nation's largest private firm Reliance Industries.
The Union Minister for MSMEs Shri Kalraj Mishra launched the "Online Finance Facilitation Centre",
an initiative by CII to facilitate access to finance and credit for SMEs.
DLF Home Developers Ltd became the first real estate developer in the country to receive ISO Quality
Certification.
Vishal Sikka appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys.
Google bought Satellite Firm Skybox Imaging for 500 million US dollar
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant became India's first nuclear plant to generate 1000 MW power.
Former CEO of Bharti Airtel company Sanjay Kapoor was appointed as Micromax Chairman.


Banking -
The board of directors of Axis Bank has appointed Sanjeev Kumar Gupta as Executive Director with
effect from 1st September 2014.


Books & Authors
Book titled Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the Obamas written by Edward Klein was released.
"The Substance and the Shadow", biography of Dilip Kumar released.
The book titled "Getting India Back on track - An Action Agenda for Reform" was released by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. The book edited by Bibek Debroy, Ashley Tellis and Reece Trevor was
published by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.


Irish author Eimear McBride won the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction. She won this award for
her first novel "A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing".


Awards & Prizes
Odisha sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won a prize at the sand sculpting World Cup in the US. He
won the People's Choice prize at the World Cup of Sand Sculpting - 2014 held in the Atlantic City of
the US.
France announced to honour Shahrukh Khan with the "Legion of France", one of its highest civilian
awards. It will be awarded to Shahrukh for his contribution to Cinema.
Indian-born Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie was named the winner of this year's
prestigious Pen Pinter prize for his outstanding literary output and support for freedom of expression.
India-born Pratishtha Khanna was honoured with Champions of Change by the White House.
India-born Mexican plant scientist, Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, has been named winner of the 2014 World
Food Prize in recognition of his outstanding work in the improvement of wheat crop.
Indian-origin physicist, Professor Tejinder Virdee, best known for his work on the Large Hadron
Collider, was accorded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to the field
of science.
Malayalam scientist- writer C. Radhakrishnan has been selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award
for 2013 for his novel "Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram".
Anand G. Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra Group, became the first Indian to receive the prestigious
Harvard Medal for his dedication, generosity and service to the University.


Important days
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was on 26 June.
World Vitiligo Day was on 25th June.
World Refugee Day (WRD) was on 20th June.
World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) on 17th June.
World Blood Donor Day was on 14th June.
World Day Against Child Labour was On 12th June.
World Environment Day was On 5th June.