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FEB
Name the programme that has planned to release 25 vultures in safe-zone by 2016 following
decrease in populations due to use of Diclofenac to vet cattle - Programme SAVE

Union Government of India on 31 January 2014 announced that economy might have expanded by
4.5 percent in fiscal year 2012-13 - as compared to previous estimate of 5 percent

US on 31 January 2014 warned China against any move to declare a new Air Defence
Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the - South China Sea

Name the state that on 1 February 2014 scrapped its approval for the foreign direct investment in
multi-brand retailing - Rajasthan

Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted by the Delhi Police to investigate the death
of the student from Arunachal Pradesh, who died after being allegedly beaten - Nido Tania

World Cancer Day 2014 observed on 4 February with the release of the World Cancer Report 2014
with the World Cancer Day theme - Debunk the myths

Manoj Vaish took charge as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of - Multi
Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX)

President of Zanzibar, was on an official visit to India from 1 to 9 February 2014 - Dr. Ali
Mohamed Shein

Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission - Former Supreme Court
Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur

Name the King of Saudi Arabia, who on 4 February 2014 ordered jail terms ranging from three to
thirty years for the Saudi citizens, who are fighting outside the country - Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al
Saud

Aabo the person who became the first person to receive a bionic hand, which allows life-like
sensation to be felt from the devices artificial fingers is a Dennis Amputee

The work on the project of widening the shipping route of Panama Canal was suspended by the -
Panama Canal Authority on 5 February 2014 following dispute over rising costs.

The first European to navigate through the Strait of Magellan in 1520 by in the service of Charles I
of Spain during his global circumnavigation voyage - Portuguese sailor, Ferdinand Magellan

Olympic flame on 5 February 2014 reached Sochi in Russia after traveling the longest route in the
history of the games of - 65000 kilometers.

India on 5 February 2014 extended the facility of visa-on-arrival for the tourists of 180 nations
after - barring tourists of eight nations.

The state government of which state on 5 February 2014 declared 10225 villages of the state as
scarcity-hit - of Rajasthan
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People who have been nominated for World Children's Prize in Sweden are - Malala, John Wood,
Indira Ranamagar

India & Germany signed 2 umbrella agreements for financial & technical co-operation under - Indo
German bilateral Development Cooperation.

A Parliamentary Panel on 6 February 2014 submitted its report on the Civil Aviation Authority
(CAA) of India Bill, 2013 to Parliament and asked the government to come out with a
comprehensive Bill after revisiting - the Aircraft Act 1934.

The eminent Hindi writer has been selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013 -
Vishwanath Tripathi

WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) on 6 February 2014 appointed a person as director-general
(DG) of the WWF International - Marco Lambertini

Ministry of Culture and Tate has signed a MoU to develop collaborations focused on - modern and
contemporary art.

Supreme Court has ordered to implement recommendations of a board for journalists and non-
journalists in newspapers and agencies - Majithia Wage Board

Union Cabinet on 7 February 2014 cleared the Telangana Bill with minimum changes in it and
decided that Hyderabad will not get the status of - a Union Territory

Abhinav Bindra won two gold medals at Inter Shoot Tri Series shooting at - The Hague,
Netherlands

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) on 7 February 2014 announced that it has stopped the
production of the iconic car brand - Maruti 800

Kumar Sangakkara became the second person in Cricket history to score a triple century and a
century in the same test match after - Graham Gooch

Police of which country in February 2014 successfully dismantled the largest ever World War II
bomb found in the city at the construction site - Hong Kong

DRDO is in the process of developing a device to track down Maoists in naxal hit states that will
be used by CRPF - UAVs

Maruti Suzuki India has stopped production of - Maruti 800

Kumar Sangakkara, on 7 February 2014 became the second person in the history of Cricket to
score a triple century and a century in the same test match after - Graham Gooch

Draft technical report on making payment system effective was released by - Reserve Bank of
India

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A body on 7 February 2014 issued a ban on the process of burning of tyres at public places like
roads and areas surrounded by residential buildings - National Green Tribunal (NGT)

Person selected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period of 2 years to succeed Alan Raymond
Isaac - Narayanswamy Srinivasan

Person who became became 1st person to win three gold medals in Tri-series shooting - Abhinav
Bindra

Requirement of India's solar mission on 10 February 2014 was challenged by United States
alleging as discriminatory and against international norms including the laws of WTO - Domestic
Content

The Committee on Public Undertakings headed by who placed its report in Parliament on the share
of procurement by Food Corporation of India (FCI) - Jagdambika Pal

Cancer foundation YouWeCan of Yuvraj Singh joined hand with an NGO Navbharat Sewa Samiti
to roll out a campaign named - Cancer Mukt Purvi Dilli

Scientists discovered a new species of dolphin in Amazon River system which is a first discovery
of a species in almost in 100 years - Araguaian Boto

Popular Indian film Black was screened at - Fakel Theatre in Moscow

IOC has revoked the ban imposed on IOA paving the way for Indias return to the Olympic fold
after - IOA held elections as per IOC directives

Penguin India, the publisher of a book on 11 February 2014 agreed to withdraw the book from the
Indian market - The Hindus: An Alternative History

Largest tribal religious congregation of the world began at Medaram in Warangal district of the
Telangana region - Sammakkaa Saarakka Fair

Person resigned from cabinet over the failure of government to fulfill its promises to protect rights
of minority groups in Malaysia - P Waythamoorthy

Volcano of a mountain in the main island of Java of Indonesia erupted on 13 February 2014 after
rumbling for several weeks - Mount Kelup of Kediri district

US have been blanketed with a huge snow storm has been dubbed as -Snowmaggedon

Union Cabinet on 20 February 2014 gave its nod for classifying a language as a classical language
to give impetus to scholarships in the language - Odia

International Mother Language Day (Bhasha Divas) was observed across the world, with
Bangladesh leading on - 21 February 2014

The middle order batsman of Indian cricket team on 20 February 2014 was appointed as the brand
ambassador of the Gujarat State Election Commission - Cheteshwar Pujara
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The Speaker of Ukraine was named as the interim President of the country on 23 February 2014 -
Oleksandr Turchynov

NTPC signed MoU with BSPGCL and LBCPL to develop a 1320 MW Thermal Power Project at -
Kajra in Lakhisarai district of Bihar

Somdev Devvarman, the Indias top singles star on 23 February 2014 lifted his third ATP
Challenge Tennis title after defeating -Aleksandr Nedovyesov

Sri Lanka rejected draft report that calls for an international inquiry into alleged human rights
violations of Navi Pillai

Engineers of US firm Hennessey have developed the worlds fastest car with a top speed of a speed
of 435 kilometers per hour named - Venom GT

Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh on 25 February 2014 passed the - UP Water Management
and Regulatory Commission Bill 2014

Israeli President Shimon Peres awarded Angela Merkel with Israels highest civilian honour -
Israeli Presidential Medal of Distinction

Hamid Ansari released a commemorative postage stamp in the honour of - Maulana Hasrat Mohani

Government of India (Union Home Ministry) on 27 February 2014 constituted one-man expert
committee to study and examine - the demand of a separate Bodoland state

India on 28 February 2014 observed National Science Day to mark the discovery of - the Raman
Effect by Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

Music album based on the songs composed by music maestro AR Rahman and written by Kapil
Sibal is Raunaq

MARCH
Noted Gandhian environmentalist and social activist selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for the
year 2013 is - Chandi Prasad Bhatt

National Food Security Act came into force in a state with a provision of covering overall 75
percent total population - Madhya Pradesh

President's rule has been imposed in - Andhra Pradesh

A bank recently opened its fourth branch in India in New Delhi with an aim of expanding its
operations in the country - The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait, BBK

Employees at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant tested positive for radiation exposure in - New Mexico
State of US

Legislative Assembly of a state amended an Act to regularise slums that come up before 1 January
2000 - Maharashtra
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Union Cabinet on 2 March 2014 cleared the Ordinance for reservation for a community under the
central list of OBC (other backward castes quota) category in nine northern states Jats

Mortal remains of about 282 Indian soldiers of 1857 mutiny were exhumed (dug out) on 2 March
2014 from the well at - Ajnala in Amritsar district of Punjab

Union government gave its nod to a proposal to provide accessible mobile phones and laptops - to
visually impaired students

Afghanistan after registering a win over Bangladesh in Asia Cup helped it to enter - ICC ODI
Rankings Table for the 1st time ever

Pharmacy store and a convergence block inaugurated by Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi
Azad at AIIMS to provide - free generic medicines to poor patients

Best picture Oscar Award won by - 12 Years A Slave

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 March 2014 extended the date for exchange of the pre-2005
banknotes to - 1 January 2015.

Union Defence Ministry on 3 March 2014 ordered a CBI investigation into the purchase of jet
fighter engines from - Britains Rolls-Royce that worth 10000 crore rupees

Indian Navy on 1 March 2014 successfully completed one of its largest war drills spread over
Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal region named - Theatre Level Operational Readiness
Exercise (TROPEX)

IFAW-WTI captured and relocated seventh of the stranded gibbon families in Dello village to -
Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary

India is home to the largest number of bird species in the world is the preliminary findings of a
recent global event Great Backyard Bird Count
The Second meeting of India-UAE High Level Task Force on Investment was held in - Mumbai

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh attended the third Summit of Bay of Bengal Initiative for
Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, BIMSTEC held in - Myanmar

Sheila Dikshit appointed as the Governor of Kerala as the successor of -Nikhil Kumar

Interest rates on the fixed deposit scheme offered by post offices have been increased by - 0.2
percent

US honoured an Indian person who started the movement to end acid attacks in India with the
prestigious International Women of Courage Award to - Laxmi

World Dentist Day to raise awareness about dental health was observed on - 6 March 2014

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports inaugurated the Sports Authority of India National
Cycling Academy (SAI NCA) at - Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
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The assets of Viktor Yanukovych, the ousted Ukrainian leader and other 17 former ministers,
businessmen and security chiefs frozen by -European Union (EU)

National security advisor-level meet on maritime security cooperation between India, Sri Lanka
and Maldives was held in - New Delhi.

68th senior National football championship or Santosh Trophy was won by Mizoram by defeating -
Railways

13-year old Indian-American student on 9 March 2014 won the National Spelling Bee Competition
in the US in a verbal duel at Kansas City Public Library, Missouri - Kush Sharma

Indian shooter Pooja Ghatkar clinched the gold medal in women's air rifle event of the - 7th Asian
Championship in Kuwait.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between three countries under which
natural gas will be supplied from - Iraq to Jordan and Egypt

The cricketer voted as the Cricketer of the Generation - Sachin Tendulkar

Novak Djokovic won the Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters by defeating -Roger Federer

President of Russia signed a decree recognising a city as a sovereign state paving a way for its
absorption into Russia - Crimea

Renowned author and journalist died on 20 March 2014 at the age of 99 at his home in Sujan Singh
Park in Delhi - Khushwant Singh

The first women to be elected as the President of Indian Journalists Association (IJA) in London -
Aditi Khanna

SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) on 19 March 2014 inaugurated its local office at -
Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Sarawasti Samman for year 2013 for a book Dhool Paudho Par has been awarded to Govind
Mishra, second Hindi author to receive this award

The pro-Russian forces on 19 March 2014 seized the Ukraines Navy Headquarters in - Crimean
Capital Sevastopol

To bolster awareness among investors and ring-fence them from possible frauds, SEBI has planned
to seek additional funds from the government for strengthening its - IPEF (Investor Protection and
Education Fund) programmes

Three day long FINA Diving World Series championship begins in at -Sheikh Hamadan Stadium
in Dubai

Stuart Oliver of Castrol Vecton team won the inaugural Tata T1 Prima Truck Racing
Championship at - Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida.
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A book that claims that 2008 terror attack on Indian embassy in Kabul was monitored and
sanctioned by senior officials of ISI has been written by -Carlotta Gall

Pakistans civil award has been awarded on the Pakistan Day to one activist and a cricketer
namely - Malala Yousafzai and Misbah-ul-haq

Assam government has proposed a plan to trim the horns of rhinos to save them from the poachers
as per the plan made with WHO named - IRV 2020

UN Security Council (UNSC) on 20 March 2014 unanimously voted in favor of a resolution 2146
(2014) that condemns the illegal (illicit) export of Libyan crude oils

A team of students from an Engineering college in Kerala have been selected to compete, for the
first time, in the University Rover Challenge in the US to - design and build next generation of Mars
rovers

Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla a particular type of refugees living in relief camps in
Tripura should exercise their franchise inside Mizoram and from outside by Postal ballot Bru
Refugees

Estimates of an institution released on 25 March 2014 reports claimed that in 2012 around 7
million people died 1 in 8 of total global deaths as a result of air pollution exposure WHO

A non-profit group on 23 March 2014 launched AQUATM in Mumbai which is a water vending
machine - Vandana Foundation

FIH has introduced a new format of 60-minute game of four 15-minute quarters and replaced the
two 35-minute halves game of 70 minutes

Bank of India on 24 March 2014 launched a process of cardless cash withdrawal facility from its -
IMT (Instant Money Transfer)-enabled ATMs

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met the US President Barack Obama in
Washington to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Vodafone has agreed to buy Spanish cable operator Ono in a deal aimed at expanding its interests
in Europe for 7.2 billion Euros

British Forces handed over its two important military bases to Afghan security forces and closed
down one in southern Helmand province

United Kingdom has decided to honour the Indian soldiers through a series of events to
commemorate the 100th anniversary of the World War I the participants of War

SIPRI in its data on international arms transfers claimed India as largest importer of weapon
systems, which is three times more than Pakistan and China

The 17th Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 has been awarded to a debutant film director,
for the film entitled The Good Road in Gujarati Gyan Correa bagged
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A research report released by Oxfam concluded that the divide between the rich and poor in the
United Kingdom has widened. The report is entitled - Tale of Two Britains

SEBI has notified new set of norms to ease the process of KYC for investors by allowing market
entities to get details from the centralized KYC agencies

Almost half of the Chemical weapons stockpile of Syria has been removed has been claimed by
OPCW-UN Joint Mission

UNHCR report Asylum Trends 2013 claims sharp rise in asylum in 44 industrialised countries,
primarily driven by the Syrian crisis.

APRIL
4-hour long talk between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov failed to break the deadlock over the Ukraine Crisis

US Ambassador to India announced her resignation in the US Mission Town Hall Nancy Powell

The US and India has launched an Alliance initiative with an aim to improve the reading skills of
millions of primary school-aged children in India READ

Latest report of UN panel has warned that the climate change has increased risk of armed conflict
among India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China.

Union Sports Ministry on 1 April 2014 derecognised a sports body with an immediate effect after
its refusal to comply with its directives Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF)

Tsunami warning was triggered on 1 March 2014 for the Latin Americas entire Pacific coastline
after an earthquake of 8.2 magnitude struck off in northern Chiles mining area of Iquique

Supreme Court said that trial against government officials in corruption cases cannot be ground to
quash the criminal proceedings

World Bank would nearly double its lending capacity to boost support for middle countries like
India, Brazil, China, Mexico and Indonesia

NATO foreign ministers have agreed to suspend all practical civilian and military co-operations
with Russia

Reserve Bank granted approval to two firms to start new banks IDFC Ltd and Bandhan Financial
Services

Karim Massimov was named as the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

NATO announced that it had suspended all practical cooperation with Russia, civilian and
military

ISRO had launched Indias 2nd regional navigational satellite from Sriharikota Space Station
IRNSS 1B
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Name the report that claims that Indian companies play an increasingly important role in the
British economy India Tracker 2014

MS Dhoni for outstanding achievement in Sports won the United Kingdoms 2014 Asian Award

Sri Lanka defeated India in the final match to win the ICC Twenty World Cup 2014 at - Shere
Bangla stadium of Mirpur, Dhaka

4th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014 (Division A) was won by Punjab on 6
April 2014 won by defeating - Hockey Odisha 6-2 in the finals at Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Iwao Hakamada, the Japanese boxer on 6 April 2014 was awarded with an honorary championship
belt by World Boxing Council (WBC)

First Dada Saheb Phalke awardee for cinematograph died at his residence in Shankarapuram V K
Murthy died

Jhumpa Lahiri has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction work entitled
Lowland

A capital of North east state of India that received its first passenger train and became the second
state capital after Guwahati to be put on the railway map of India is Itanagar

A report entitled Towards New Horizons-Arab Economic Transformation amid Political
Transitions was released by - International Monetary Fund (IMF)

A book entitled The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh
written by - Sanjaya Baru

Mizoram government claimed that its impossible for them to repatriate all the - Bru refugees
lodged in six Tripura relief camps within three months

The First women Chief Justice of Delhi High Court appointed - Justice G Rohini

Indias Dipika Pallikal in the title clash of the Womens Champion Fiberlass Texas Open squash
tournament at Houston, United States on 14 April 2014 was defeated by - Egyptian Nour El Sherbini
(ranked 13th)

National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy was won by Baroda after defeating - Uttar Pradesh
in the final match

Name the India born poet who on 14 April 2014 won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the
poetry category for his collection of poems entitled 3 Sections - Vijay Seshadri
Supreme Court has recognised transgender as the - third category of sex

SIPRI has ranked India at which position in the report titled Trends in world military expenditure,
2013 Ninth

Book entitled, Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths is authored by - PC Parakh
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Ship of Theseus was selected as best feature film and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was named as the best
popular film in the - National Film Awards
Google to bring internet access to the remotest parts of the world bought- Titan Aerospace, a maker
of high-altitude solar-powered drones

PCIL and PGCB will conduct a joint feasibility study for exporting 100 MW power to Bangladesh
from - gas-fired Palatana power plant in Tripura

Supreme Court in its direction said that CAG is empowered to audit - the private telecom
companies

Admiral RK Dhowan took over as 22nd Chief of Indian Navy as the successor of - Admiral DK
Joshi, who is the 1st Defence forces chief to resign in India

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet in habitable zone - named Kepler-186f orbiting
Kepler-186 system in the constellation Cygnus

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on 22 April 2014 launched the AIFF Academy
Certification with an aim to set a standard of youth development in the country through
certification model

International Mother Earth Day observed on 22 April 2014 with theme -Green Cities

SC has ordered special audit of property of Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple under the supervision
of former CAG of India Vinod Rai

India has launched a new academic programme in Pretoria to benefit unemployed South African
youths from internships in India

SC had asked the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee to further investigate - IPL 2013 spot fixing
and betting scandal

Asia-Pacific navies on 22 April 2014 signed Maritime Communication Agreement with an aim to -
miscommunication between naval vessels does not develop into conflict in the Pacific Ocean

Supreme Court of India on 25 April 2014 referred the matter of remission of the life imprisonment
of seven convicts of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to the Constitutional Bench

Name the IPL Chairman and senior Congress leader from Odisha on 23 April 2014 took oath as
Rajya Sabha member in New Delhi Ranjib Biswal

KCCI asked Idea Cellular to immediately withdraw its controversial advertisement on - Pashmina
Shawls

Life-sized Atlas Anthropomorphic rescue robot has been developed Boston Dynamics - to visit the
places that are dangerous to humans

Four-member committee constituted to frame guidelines to prevent misuse of public funds by
government providing advertisements to get - a political mileage
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Gujarat High Court has restored the RBIs power to decide the period after which a bad loan can be
called a Non-Performing Asset (NPA)

Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha sworn-in as the - 41st Chief Justice of India

Pope Francis on 27 April 2014 declared his two predecessors - John XXIII and John Paul II as
saints in St Peter's Square in Vatican City.

2014 Canada India Foundation Chachalani Global Indian Award was given in Toronto, Canada to
NR Narayana Murthy, the founder and executive Chairman of Infosys

President of India gave his approval for the dissolution of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and - a
fresh proclamation of Central Rule in the state

Professional Footballers Association Player of the Year 2014 - Luis Suarez

An Indian environmental activist, Ramesh Agrawal won the prestigious - Goldman Environmental
Prize that is commonly called as the Green Nobel.

SC ordered that statement of rape victims should be directly recorded by a judicial magistrate
within - 24 hours instead of police officials

A petition was filed in a Court of Pakistan to reopen the case of Bhagat Singh in SSP John P
Saunders murder case - to declare him innocent

SC appointed Hudson McHugh as 3rd arbitrator to resolve dispute of - Centre and Reliance
Industries Ltd (RIL) on KG basin

India has displaced Japan to become the world's third biggest economy in 2011 - in terms of
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
MAY
SC appointed 3rd arbitrator to resolve dispute of Centre and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on KG
basin - Hudson McHugh

SC re-constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to monitor the probe into the black money
case under the chairmanship of - retired judge MB Shah.

NBA banned Los Angeles Clippers owner for life and fined him 2.5 million dollars over an alleged
racist remark in the stand - Donald Sterling

3400 India-made Electronic Voting Machines purchased for use in Presidential Election of a
country which is scheduled in November 2014 - Government of Namibia

US Senate confirmed the name of an Indian-American for Federal Judge in Illinois - Manish Shah

Granary with walls of mud-bricks discovered by archaeologists during excavation at - Rakhigarhi
village a Harappan civilisation site, in Haryana
South African city agreed to allow construction of a place of worship in form of a full-fledged
Gurudwara - Johannesburg
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Tunisian lawmakers adopted a sweeping new electoral law that paves the way for general elections
later this year requiring party lists for legislative elections to be - half women and half men

SIT formed in Assam to investigate and look into the conspiracy and mastermind behind the
killings of civilians in - Kokrajhar and Baksa districts

The Obama administration gave approval for the Syrian opposition to open a - formal diplomatic
mission in the US

Former British No 1 tennis player died of liver cancer at the age of 30 - Elena Baltacha

SC upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act and said that the Act will not
apply to - unaided minority institutions

Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India on 6 May 2014 upheld the Constitutional validity of
the Right to Education (RTE) Act provided in Articles 15(5) and 21-A in the Constitution of India

Kuwait has renewed two crude oil supply contracts with Indias - BPCL and BORL

Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled that the Prime Minister must step down over abuse of her
power - Yingluck Shinawartra

A book entitled A Stamp is Born was released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari is
authored by - C. R. Pakrashi

Constitutional Bench of Supreme Court quashed law is Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation
(Amendment) Act, 2006 and said - water level of the dam can be raised to 142 feet

SC banned use of bulls for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country terming that -
rights guaranteed to the bulls under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act 1960 could not
be taken away

Scientists claimed that increased level of CO2 emissions will affect the nutrient content in some of
the worlds staple food items like - Wheat and Rice

WHO claimed that quality of air in most cities worldwide that monitor outdoor (ambient) air
pollution failed to meet - WHO guidelines for safe levels

Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed the former fast bowler of Pakistan as the national coach of
the national team of Pakistan - Waqar Younis
India has been honoured with New Frontiers Award at the Arabian travel mart in Dubai for its
outstanding contribution to - tourism development in the face of overwhelming adversity in
Uttarakhand

Rat-hole mining and transportation of coal was banned following the ex-parte interim order of
NGT in Meghalaya

Coal pit collapsed after an explosion on 14 May 2014 in which about 274 miners were killed - at
Soma of Western Turkey
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Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) on 14 May 2014 was chosen for the Special
Commendation at the - Golden Peacock National Training Awards 2014

Qatar announced that sponsorship system for foreign workers will be replaced by - new system of
employment contracts, as part of a package of labour reforms

Justice BS Chauhan appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal as a
successor of - Justice NP Singh

Sistema Shyam Teleservices launched a messaging app for low-end CDMA devices called -
mBuddy

Ashwin B. Pandya on 15 May 2014 was appointed as the Chairman of the - Central Water
Commission

BJP emerged as the winner in the 16th Lok Sabha election by securing -282 seats of 543

Chief Minister of Bihar who tendered his resignation to the Governor taking responsibility of
debacle of the party in 16th Lok Sabha election - Nitish Kumar

Padma Bhusan awardee and management guru who headed Tata Steel died in South Kolkata -
Russi Mody

Bhasha Shahid Diwas or Language Martyrs Day was observed in Barak Valley of Assam on 19
May in remembrance of - martyrs of language of the state

Three-time F1 world champion the only driver, who won a title by a car bearing his name died - Sir
Jack Brabham at the age of 88

Google has launched a service for Europeans in which they can request it to remove links related to
them, the service is named - Right to be forgotten

Brazil released two postage stamps to pay tribute to the 100 years of Indian cinema designed by
Indian graphic designer Satya Raj

Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) upheld a penalty of 630 crore rupees imposed on real
estate firm - DLF slapped by CCI

Martial law has been imposed in Thailand by its Army to - restore law and order in the country

Governor DY Patil administered his oath of the office and secrecy to the new Chief Minister of
Bihar - Jitan Ram Manjhi

Government of India has extended the ban imposed on LTTE for five years under the provisions of
the - Unlawful Activities (Prevention Act 1967)

Sundaram BNP Paribas Fund Services for maintaining high quality operating model and having
effective control systems received - ISAE Type II certification

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AIBA Executive Committee approved Boxing India as a provisional new - AIBA member to
represent India

SC constituted a new bench to hear the case of the Sahara Chief in chit fund scam after Justice
Khehar requested the CJI to - recuse him from the case

Former Zimbabwe batsman named as the batting coach of Pakistan cricket team for two years -
Grant Flower

A 13-years and 11-month old girl of Andhra Pradesh on 25 May 2014 became the youngest woman
to climb the highest peak of the world, Mount Everest - Malavath Poorna

TR Zeliang appointed as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland as the successor of - Neiphiu Rio

ONGC has started drilling its first-ever well in - Palar basin at Chinnapuliyur village near Chennai

Book entitled Anticipating India - The best of national interest was released on 24 May 2014 is
authored by - Shekhar Gupta

To carry rodents to ISS, NASA has developed high-tech cages that will help them to study long-
term effect of - microgravity on mammalian physiology

Narendra Modi on 26 May 2014 was sworn-in as the - 15th Prime Minister of India

SDMC signed a MoU with GeoSpatial Delhi to grant an Unique ID to properties in the civic
bodys jurisdiction to easier the process of property tax collection named - Unique Property
Identification Code (UPIC)

General Prayuth Chan-ocha led Royal Thai Army conducted a coup and imposed a military rule in
Thailand after imposition of - martial law in Thailand

IAF MIG-21 crashed at Marhama Sangam in Bijbehara of Anantnag district in South Kashmir in
which pilot squadron leader - Raghu Banshi died on board

Prime Minister of Libiya, Ahmed Maitiq and his cabinet was sworn-in, which has been challenged
by other politicians by terming it - non-legitimate

Dalia Grybauskaite won election for second term as the - President of Lithuania

Union Cabinet headed by PM Narendra Modi on 27 May 2014 constituted Special Investigating
Team (SIT) on Black Money with - Justice (retd.) MB Shah to head it as its Chairman

Sachin Tendulkar has been appointed as the goodwill ambassador of - 35th National Games,
Kerala

To investigate the poachers of Rhino and prosecute them, the Assam government will use
RhODIS, a DNA-based forensic tool Rhino Indexing System

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Maharashtra Government has included chapter on the name of master blaster Sachin in -Marathi
and English subject syllabus of class IV.

Football named as Brazuca to be used in FIFA World Cup Brazil will have six in-built HD cameras
to capture - 360 degree view of the on-field action.

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi - Nripendra Misra

14th Attorney-General of India appointed to succeed Gulam Vahanvati is- Mukul Rohatgi

American poet and author, Maya Angelou died in North Carolina is known for her first book - I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

CCI approved proposal of purchase of 50% stake of Tata Group firm, Trent Hypermarket by -
British retail major, Tesco

To boost food processing Chief Minister of Punjab gave in-principle approval to set-up a 150 crore
rupees mega - Food Park at Ladowal in Ludhiana

Union Government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement for World Bank (IDA) assistance
of 1006.20 million US dollar for - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a treaty in Kazakh capital of Astana to form the - Eurasian
Economic Union

National Security Adviser of India is - Ajit Doval
JUNE
KKR won the seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014 final played at Chinnaswamy
Stadium, Bangalore by defeating - KXIP by three wickets

Prime Minister of India abolished existing nine EGoMs and twenty-one GoMs to - empower the
Ministers and Departments

The former guerrilla became the first President of El Salvador - Salvador Sanchez Ceren

Telangana on 2 June 2014 became 29th State of India, while Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana
will remain joint-capital of - Andhra Pradesh for next 10 years

Solar powered plane took off from Payerne airfield in Switzerland to complete its inaugural flight -
Solar Impulse-2

To enhance operational co-operation and validate capabilities, the Indian and French Air Force
started bilateral exercise - Garuda V at Jodhpur Airbase

IAF mountaineering expedition team explored an unclimbed peak of Arunachal Pradesh at a height
5887 meters - Mt Gorichen

Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas sworn-in to the Palestinian National Unity
Government led by - Prime Minister Rami Hamadallah
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Government of Uttar Pradesh has ordered establishment of women helpline in 75 districts that will
be monitored and maintained by - the SSP and SP

Central Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory of RGCA became Indias first aquaculture pathology
laboratory to be accredited by - NABL

South Africa appointed Hashim Amla as test cricket captain as successor of - Graeme Smith who
retired in March 2014

To honour parents throughout the world for selfless commitment to children, Global Day of
Parents was observed on - 1 June

Amid an East-West showdown over Ukraine, the US President Barack Obama announced an US
Security plan of 1 billion US dollar for - Eastern Europe

TERI Environmental Survey 2014 claimed for maximum urban population climate has - worsened

West Bengal and Maharashtra governments signed a MoU on victim of trafficking under which -
they will identify and repatriate victims of trafficking

IICA & Grant Thornton India LLP signed a MoU to develop capacity of Indian companies to
implement - the CSR Rules laid in Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013

Kamal Nath was today sworn-in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the newly constituted Lok Sabha by -
President Pranab Mukherjee

President Obama appointed an Indian-American as the member of the US Holocaust Memorial
Council on 3 June 2014 - Shefali Duggal

World Environment Day observed across the world on 5 June 2014 with theme - small islands and
climate change and slogan raise your voice not the sea level

Pakistan has increased its defence budget by 11 percent for fiscal year 2014-15 - that starts on 1
July 2014

Assam Agricultural University and ICAR signed a MoU to open 638th Krishi Vigyan Kendra
(KVK) in - Baksa district of Assam

India elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the- Intangible Cultural
Heritage for the next four years

Gadkari has been given additional charge of the Ministries of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj
and Drinking Water and Sanitation that was held by - Gopinath Munde

The last Navajo code (those were used during World War II and remain unbreakable till the end of
the war) talkers died in New Mexico - Chester Nez

Ban imposed on export of drugs produced in Ranbaxys Toansa plant was lifted by the - European
health regulator
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Softbank Corp unveiled worlds first humanoid robot named Peeper that can - communicate and
read human emotions

Vice Admiral Anil Chopra took charge of the Western Naval Command (WNC) as - Commander-
in-Chief

Kedarnath Singh, a noted Hindi poet has been chosen for the - Jnanpith award for 2013

Railways has increased the passenger fare and freight charges by - 14.2 percent in all classes and
6.5 percent respectively

West Bengal government bifurcated Jalpaiguri district to create - Alipurduar district, the 20th
district of the state

Canadas Quebec became first province of the country to adopt legislation - Right-to-Die

Music Group of Jaipur will perform during the XX Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow,
Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014 - Kawa

To highlight health and economic impacts of tobacco consumption the Union Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare released a video entitled - The Price We Pay

Madhya Pradesh Government appointed Madhuri Dixit as the brand ambassador of maternal and
child health campaign - Mamta Abhiyan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released commemorative postage stamps on the - 2014 FIFA World
Cup that is being played in Brazil

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

India became a member of select group of 17 countries who are permanent signatories of -
Washington Accord

Indian scientist has been elected as member of UNs body focused on oceans and law of the sea by
securing support of all 111 members - Rasik Ravindra

BHEL commissioned 68 MW Unit in Himachal Pradesh at - the Rampur Hydro Electric Project

Maharashtra Assembly approved the Bill to amend the - Dance Bar Prohibition Act prohibiting
dance bars across the state

State Cabinet of Maharashtra approved the long pending proposal of bifurcation of Thane district
to carve out - Palghar as 36th district of the state

Malayalam writer C Radhakrishnan selected for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013 for his
novel - Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram

Narendra Modi dedicated Indias largest warship - INS Vikramaditya to the nation
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UK-based business association honoured Lord Swraj Paul with - Lifetime Achievement Award

World Blood Donor Day was observed across the world on 14 June 2014 with a theme - Safe blood
for saving mothers

Independent High Level Committee headed by KK Mehrotra was constituted by Government to
inquire into gas leakage incident in - Bhilai Steel Plant of Chhattisgarh
UNESCO inscribed Rani-ki-Vav stepwell of Gujarat into - World Heritage list

To draw attention to the plight of refugees and renew commitment to solve refugee problems, the
world on 20 June 2014 observed - World Refugee Day

N Srinivasan for the 14th Consecutive year has been appointed as the chief of the - Tamil Nadu
Cricket Association

Government has decided to provide interest-free loan of 4400 crore rupees to - cash-starved sugar
mills

Project Mausam: Maritime Routes and Cultural Landscapes presented by Secretary of Culture,
Ravindra Singh at - 38th session of World Heritage Committee

Indias national air carrier, Air India has joined the global airlines group - Star Alliance

Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at - Golden Ganj station near Chhapra in Bihar

World Vitiligo Day was observed across the world on - 25 June

Global giant HSBC on 24 June 2014 sold its Swiss private banking assets worth 12.5 billion dollars
to - Liechtensteins LGT Bank

RBI has permitted the NBFCs to act as BCs of banks with an aim of - spreading financial inclusion

To thank the seafarers for their contribution to the economy and civil society of the world,
International Seafarer's day was observed on - 25 June

Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel announced 33 percent reservation for women in the -
police force in the state

Union Cabinet has approved an in principle MoU between India and China to set up - industrial
parks in the country

Maharashtra government has approved 16% & 5% reservation in government jobs & educational
institutions for - Maratha community and Muslims, respectively

Union Ministry of External Affairs has declared 24 June as the - Passport Seva Divas

The in-exile-President of BCCI, N Srinivasan has been appointed as - the first Chairperson of ICC

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Olympic Association announced the dates of 35th National Games and will be held from - 31
January to 14 February 2015 in Kerala

Union Government gave a deadline of three months to States to implement - the National Food
Security Act

Scientists have claimed, 3500 million years ago, glaciers were present on- Martian crater gale

High-level forum, Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths was held in -
Washington on 25 June 2014

Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath began at - Puri of Odisha

ISRO has launched PSLV C23 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh
and it carried - five satellites from four nations

Saina Nehwal won 750000 US dollar Australian Open Super Series at Sydney by defeating -
Carolina Marin of Spain

Indian cueist, Pankaj Advani won his maiden IBSF 6-Red World snooker title at Sharm el-Sheikh
in Egypt by defeating - Kacper Flilpiak of Poland

JULY
Former Trades Union Congress leader who led the TUC during the most difficult years in the trade
union movenment died at the age 81 -Norman Willis

India and China signed three agreements in the fields of - commerce, water resources and human
resources development

A mountain in Antarctica has been named as Mt. Sinha by the US after the name of - an eminent
Indian-American scientist, Akhouri Sinha

France has announced one billion Euros credit of line over for India to take initiatives in - the
climate control area

2014 Liberty Medal from National Constitution Centre in Philadelphia has been given to - Malala
Yousafzai

National Doctors Day is observed across India on 1 July to honour legendary physician - Dr
Bidhan Chandra Roy

Nepal and UNESCO inked pact to implement 2nd phase of key conservation project - in Lumbini
World Bank report: Poor quality of education hampering economic development of - South Asia

Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has approved proposal of Maharashtra
Government to notify - Bor Wildlife Sanctuary as 47th Tiger Reserve of India and sixth of the state

To check the declining number of camels in the state, Rajasthan Government declared - Camel as
the State animal
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ISSF ranked Indian shooter as worlds number 1 in the men's 10m air pistol category - Jitu Rai

India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty that will facilitate - blind and visually
impaired an access to published works

Pranab Mukherjee received first copy of a coffee-table book published by The Week Magazine
entitled - First Citizen: Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan

Amid military offensive against the Taliban in North Waziristan, National Assembly of Pakistan
has approved and adopted a tough anti-terror law - Protection of Pakistan Bill 2014

CCEA approved inclusion of onion and potato under the purview of stock holding limits under -
the Essential Commodities Act 1955 to curb price rise

To inquire into the 11-storey building collapse of Chennai, the Tamil Nadu Government
constituted one-man commission headed by - Justice (retd.) R Raghupathy

Indian Railways successfully conducted trail run of a semi-high-speed train between - Agra and
Delhi

Japan abolished the ban on military that barred it from fighting abroad after adoption of - the
constitution in 1947 after World War II ended

A hurricane that churned off the North Carolina coast with a speed of 100 miles per hour on the
eve of Independence Day - Arthur

Government introduced 4 new vaccines as part of UIP and it includes vaccines against - rotavirus,
rubella, polio (injectable), and Japanese encephalitis

A 1936 Berlin Olympics distance runner of US who died - Louis Zamperini

Goa Governor resigned after being questioned by the CBI as a witness in alleged irregularities in
AgustaWestland deal - BV Wanchoo

SC ordered Haryana Government to stop illegal mining within two weeks or face contempt of court
charges - in Aravali Hills

Special Air India flight carrying 46 Indian nurses and 137 others from - Erbil in Kurdistan, Iraq
arrived to Kochi in Kerala, India.

Prime Minister has dedicated 25 km-long Katra-Udhampur railway line of Jammu to the nation and
named it as - Shree Shakti Express
Narendra Modi inaugurated - the 240MW Uri-II HEP in J&K

Sachin Tendulkar-led MCC XI won over Shane Warne-led Rest of the World XI in a match played
in honour of the - Lords bi-centenary year

Kamla Beniwal, the Gujarat Governor has been transferred to - Mizoram for rest of her tenure

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Czech left-hander won the 2014 Wimbledon women singles title by defeating Canadian Eugenie
Bouchard - Petra Kvitova

SC said that no religion allows punishment to innocent termed - Shariat courts as illegal

Against medical officers, who were on strike since 1 July 2014 in Maharashtra, the state
government invoked - MESMA 2011

Rail Budget 2013-14 presented in Parliament by - Sadananda Gowda, the Union Railway Minister

Lewis Hamilton revived his world championship bid with an emphatic victory in - British Grand
Prix

Pakistans new chief justice took charge - Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk

Union Civil Aviation Ministry constituted an IMG to examine the maximum potential of the -
GAGAN system under Ashok Lavasa

The eminent scholar and biographer of Indian Constitution, died in Washington DC at the age of
87 - Granville Austin

Economic Survey of India 2013-14 was presented in the Parliament

The British Actress of Harry Potter movie series was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for
UN Women - Emma Watson

F-Cube Technology to promote Football at ground level launched jointly by - Sports Authority of
India (SAI) and TheFootballLink

To create jobs in both countries and boost tourism India and Canada signed - an India-Canada
Audiovisual Co-production Treaty

Union Health Ministry constituted a core group to work out a detailed action plan to eradicate the
dreaded - vector-borne disease, Kala Azar by 2015

Union Budget 2014-15 was presented in the Parliament by - Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley

Germany on 13 July 2014 became the 2014 FIFA World Cup champion after defeating Argentina
1-0 at the - Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The only goal of 2014 FIFA World Cup final was scored by - Mario Gotze of Germany during the
extra-time

The South African Nobel Prize-winning author, died on 14 July 2014 in Johannesburg - Nadine
Gordimer

95th Garo Labour Corps Day was observed in Meghalaya on - 16 July 2014

Air India formally joined the airline group - Star Alliance as its 27th member
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Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Najma Heptulla released the UN Secretary Generals - Global
Millennium Development Goals Report 2014

Indian cricket legend captain Rahul Dravid was elected as the 47th member of - Laureus World
Sports Academy

Bashar al-Assad was sworn in for a seven-year term as - Syrias President in Damascus

Archeologists has discovered prehistoric rock paintings depicting aliens and UFOs in Caves of -
Charama region of Kanker district of Chhattisgarh

SEBI barred Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju and 4 others from - accessing capital markets

NRA of Japan gave its preliminary approval to start two nuclear reactors of Sendai plant that is
located in - Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu

BRICS nations during 6th BRICS Summit in Fortaleza signed a deal to create - a new 100 billion
dollar development bank and emergency reserve fund

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi form 15 July to 16 July 2014 visited Brazil to attend the -
6th BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil

India and Brazil has signed a bilateral agreement on co-operation in the field of environment on the
sidelines of - 6th BRICS Summit in Brazil

Om Prakash Kohli was sworn in as - the Governor of Gujarat

Malaysia Airlines plane MH-17 was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine near - the Russian
border

7th IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) summit will be held in 2015 in - New Delhi, India

The captain of Germanys football team announced his retirement from international game -
Philipp Lahm

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament presented - Delhis Budget 2014-15 of
36776 crore rupees

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for licensing of payments banks and draft
guidelines for - licensing of small banks

101st edition of the Tour de France in cycling was won by - Italian Vincenzo Nibali (first Italian in
16 years)

The World on 26 July 2014 observed first International Gaucher Day (IGD) to mark the 160th
birthday of - Philippe Gaucher

To facilitate Citizen Engagement in Good Governance, Prime Minister of India has launched a web
platform MyGov.nic.in
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Sushma Swaraj during three-day visit to Nepal from 25 July to 27 July 2014 co-chaired the meet of
- the Indo-Nepal Joint Commission

Union Finance Ministry gave its nod to the proposal to set up - rape crisis centres in all district of
the country

Indian megastar, Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed as the horticulture ambassador of
Maharashtra

World Hepatitis Day was observed on - 28 July 2014

To promote conservation and developments of indigenous breeds of cows in a scientific manner
Government has launched - the Rashtriya Gokul Mission

To promote protection and expansion of the wild tiger habitats, International Tiger Day was
observed across the world on - 29 July 2014

RBI has cancelled certificate of registration of - six NBFCs based in Delhi

Indian Air Force at the Palam Airbase in New Delhi has received its - sixth C-17 Globemaster III
aircraft

General Assembly of CSF has agreed to reinstate shooting pair events in the - 2018 edition of
Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia

Bir Bikrom awardee well known Bangladeshi freedom fighter died - UK Ching Marma

Muhammad Fuad Masum of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party was elected as - the seventh
President of Iraq

White tigress Sneha gave birth to a melanistic (dark skinned) cub in Captivity at - Nandankanan
Biological Park

NASAs Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity broke the record of maximum distance covered by a
rover set by - Lunokhod 2 rover of erstwhile USSR (Soviet Union)

The last surviving crewman of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan on 6
August 1945 during the World War II died - Theodore Van Kirk

Venus Williams record of fastest serve in the womens tennis set in 2007 US Open has been
broken by - Sabine Lisicki of Germany in Stanford, USA

To prohibit establishment of private law colleges in the state, the Tamil Nadu government
introduced Tamil Nadu Establishment of Private Law Colleges (Prohibition) Bill 2014 in the
Assembly