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Current Affairs Pocket PDF April 2015
AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Indian-origin nurse Dr. Subadhra Devi Rai,1st Singaporean received an international
achievement award-biennial prize- at a conference in Seoul,Singapore.
New Zealand cricket team captain Brendon McCullum(5451 runs in 89 Tests & 5808
runs in 248 ODI matches) awarded for Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for 2014-15,New
Zealand Cricket(NZC) Awards presentation ceremony held in Auckland.
Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) won the prestigious Golden Peacock
National Quality Award-2015.
Laureus World Sports Awards Shanghai 2015-hosted by Mr. Benedict-Cumberbatch, a
British-Actor & a film producer(2nd time).Winners of the Year 2015 are:
Sportsman of the year-Novak Djokovic.
SportsWoman of the year-Genzebe Dibaba.
Team of the year-Ge a Me s Foot all Tea .
Come-back of the year-Schalk Burger.
Break-through of the year-Daniel Ricciardo.
Action-sports-person of the year-Alan Eustace.
Sportsperson of the year with a disability-Tatyana Mcfadden.
Sport for good Award-Skateistan.
Demy Exceptioanal Achievement-Li Na.
Spirit of Sport-Yao Ming.
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6 edition of AIMA Managing India Awards held at New Delhi to honour stalwarts
from various fields. Award Winners for this Year are: Director-Rajkumar Hirani, Director, Producer, Screenwriter and Film Editor.
Transformational Business Leader-Kunal Bahl,Co-Founder & CEO,
Snapdeal.com.
MNC in India-Hyundai Motor India Ltd (B S Seo, Managing Director &
CEO,Hyundai Motor India Ltd to receive the award.
Outstanding Contribution to Media-Shekhar Gupta,Contributing Editor,The
India Today Group.
Outstanding Institution Builder-M.V.Subbiah,Former Chairman,Murugappa
Group.
Entrepreneur-Nita M Ambani,Founder & Chairperson,Reliance Foundation.
Business Leader -Aditya Puri,Managing Director,HDFC Bank.
Indian MNC-Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Dilip Shanghvi,Founder &
Managing.
Director-Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd to receive the award).
Lifetime Contribution Award-G M Rao,Group Chairman,GMR Group.
Mi osoft s I dia -origin CEO Satya Nadella gets Champion of Change award from
Obama.
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Time Magazine released list of 100 most influential people in world, Modi have
Chandra-Kocchar CEO-ICICIBank,Satya Nadella, CEO-Microsoft and Vikram Patel, CEOSangath(NGO).
The list of titans-1.Kanye West(American Musician),2.Lorne Michaels (T.Vproducer, writer and a comedian),3.Mellody Hobson(CEO of Dream WorksAnimations).
The top pioneers list-1.Bradley Cooper(American-Actor & Producer),
Richard-Linklater(director & screen-writer),3. Chris Ofili(British-Painter).
The top leaders list-1.Jorge Ramos(Mexican-American Journalis), 2.Narendra
Modi(PM of India),3.Angela Merkel, (German Chancellor).
The top Icons list-1.Ruth Bader Ginsburg(Associate-Justice Supreme
Court,US),2.Taylor Swift, American(singer & song-writer),3.Diane von
Furstenberg(American fashion-designer).
India Today Group chairman Aroon Purie named Editor of the Year by IAA,Other
awrds are
Uday-Shankar,Star-Media-Game-Changer of the year.
B. Sriram,S.B.I- banking-Marketer of the year.
Sanjay-Tripathi,H.D.F.C-Life-Insurance.
Arundhati-Bhattacharya,SBI-Chair-person-CEO of the year.
Awards presented for writings on human rights by NHRC(National Human Rights
Commission.)-1. Boodha Bolta Hai
Dakshi Baj a ge Chha a, . hosha au
Ap adh
Nisha t i gh.
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99 Pulitzer Prize Winners 2015- Columbia University at New York, USA.
JOURNALISM:
Public Service: The Post and Courier, Charleston,S.C.
Breaking News Reporting: The Seattle Times Staff.
Investigative Reporting (2 prizes): Eric Lipton of The New York Times and The
Wall Street Journal Staff.
Explanatory Reporting: Zachary R. Mider of Bloomberg News.
Local Reporting: Rob Kuznia, Rebecca Kimitch and Frank Suraci of the Daily
Breeze, Torrance, Calif.
National Reporting: Carol D. Leonnig of The Washington Post.
International Reporting: The New York Times Staff.
Feature Writing: Diana Marcum of the Los Angeles Times.
Commentary: Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle.
Criticism: Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times.
Editorial Writing: Kathleen Kingsbury of The Boston Globe.
Editorial Cartooning: Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News.
Breaking News Photography: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photography Staff.
Feature Photography: Daniel Berehulak, freelance photographer, The New
York Times.
LETTERS AND DRAMA
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Fiction: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner).

Drama: Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
History: Encounters at the Heart of the World:A History of the Mandan
People by Elizabeth A. Fenn(Hill and Wang).
Biography: The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the
Rise of Fascism in Europe by David I.Kertzer (Random House).
Poetry: Digest by Gregory Pardlo (Four Way Books).
General Nonfiction: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth
Kolbert (Henry Holt).
MUSIC
Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe (Red Poppy/G. Schirmer,Inc.).
Dinanath Mangeshkar Award 2015 for Actor Anil kapoor-73rd award function, Last
year the award was given to actor Rishi Kapoor and musician Zakir Hussain.
The Indian-origin diplomat,Mr.Gopinath Pillai(Ambassador)-honoured with
Outstanding Service Award by National University Of Singapore[NUS].
Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2015 won by Novelist Siddhartha Gigoo- novel
The Umbrella Man i the ook A Fistful Of Earth and Other Stories .
African region-Lesley Nneka Arimah of Nigeria for Light,Canada &
Europe regions,Johnathan Tel of UK for Human Phonograph,Kevin Jared
Hussain of Trinida for King Of Settlement 4 for the Caribbean. Pacific
regions-Fiji s Ma oko ad a u for Famished Eels.
Chemical scientists Susanta Lahiri and Kattesh V Katti(. contributions in the fields of
radio and nuclear chemistry) received Hevesy Medal Award 2015, at the Tenth
International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radio-analytical
Chemistry held in USA.
The Union Ministry for Development of North East Region (DoNER)-Dr.Jitendra
Singh received the Union Ministry of Information Technology (IT) Award for
outstanding Website content.
NRI industrialists Hinduja brothers S P Hinduja and G P Hinduja have won the 5 th
Business Leader of the Year 2015 award.
5th Asian Awards 2015 held in London-Shah Rukh Khan(Cinema),Sri Lankan
batsman Kumar Sangakkara(Sports),Tejinder Singh Virdee(Science &
Technology),Sanjeev Bhaskar(Television award).
India bags 3 Asian Squash Federation awards-1.Outsta di g Tea of the Yea I dia s
e s tea
hi h o the gold edal at the Asian games),2.Coach of the year(Cyrus
Poncha),3.Hassan Musa Award(Kush Kumar-1st Indian junior male player).
Ma Ko
i s est fil at to khol I te atio al Fil Fest IFFJ ,weden.
Delhi author Rana Dasgupta shortlisted for Orwell Prize- Capital .
Shah Rukh Khan honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 for
the o ie Happ Ne Yea .
Adiel Yosef,Indian-origin soldier awarded President's Medal in Israel.
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Indian-Origin Scientist Sangita Bhatia at MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Wins Heinz Award for work in tissue engineering and disease detection.
Paula Radcliffe received the inaugural John Disley London Marathon Lifetime
Achievement Award,2015.
Marathi novelist Bhalchandra Nemade bags 50th Jnanpith Award by PM Modi.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) nominated Rohit Sharma for the
Arjuna award,2015.
2 Indians namely Dr.Ananda Kumar and Dr.Pramod Patil(contribution to wildlife
conservation) won Whitley Awards (Green Oscar),ceremony held in Royal
Geographical Society, London.
INDIAN AFFAIRS
The Govt of India has launched 4th e a uatio Operation Raahat
ships a d
aircraft)- air and sea operation(two C-17 Globemaster planes) to evacuate over 4000
Indian nationals from Yemen-Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh.
Union Minister Nirmala Sitaraman unveiled Foreign Trade Policy (FTP)2015-2020.
Two Schemes are 1. Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS),2.Services Exports
from India Scheme (SEIS).
Gulshan Rai becomes Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team
(Cert-In) as I dia s fi st C e e u it hief.Gov web with gov.in and nic.in domains have
been hacked by cyber criminals since 2012.
Gov of India launched FAME(Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric
vehicles)-to boost electric and hybrid vehicle sales.
GOI Extends National Food Security Act(NFSA) deadline by 6 months announced by
Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
Parliament Passes Amendment to Regional Rural Banks Bill 2014- increases the
authorised capital of RRB to 2000Cr from 5Cr,balance book closed by Dec 31st every
year.
Cabinet approved amendments to the Juvenile Justice(JJ)-Care and Protection of
Children Bill-2014.
Union Cabinet approved agreement between India and Jordan on maritime transport.
Prime Minister Na e d a Modi i augu ated I dia s Health a e Po tal
(www.indiahealthcaretourism.com) at the SAAARC Trade Mart in the Global Exhibition
on Services,in ITPO,Pragati Maidan,New Delhi.
Union Cabinet approved amendments to Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill,
2013-protects the interests of millions of consumers and curbs malpractices in real
estate.
Union Home Ministry notified amendments to the Governors(Allowances and Privileges)
Rules, named these rules as GovernorsAmendment Rules,2015.
PM announced relief measures for distressed farmers-33% of the corp damaged due to
weather condition.
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Go of I dia lau hed Gi e It Up o e e t to extort the rich people of society to
sacrifice their LPG) in Karnataka at the annual energy focused summit Urja Sangam
2015.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar undocks first indigenously-built Scorpene Submarine
Kalvari(1st I dia Na s th at the Mazagao Do k a d Li ited MDL -Sep,2016.
A azo s I dia la gest Fulfill e t Ce t e FC at H de a ad capital of Telangana),
Amazon pledged Billio UD & Flipka t s funding 1 Billion USD.
Gujarat International Finance Tec(GIFT)-Cit hosted I dia s st IFSC (International
Finance Services Center),launched by Fi a e Mi iste A u Jaitle .It s i st u tio e e
presented by RBI,Sebi and IRDA.
Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar(1st Law Minister of India and Chairman of the Constitution
Drafting Committee)-124th Birth Anniversary-April 14.
Muslim Girl Mariyam Asif Siddiqui won the first Prize at an inter-school Bhagavad Gita
competition Gita Cha pio s League ,organized by ISKCON in Mumbai.
Government of India has announced Tourist Visa on Arrival-Electronic Travel
Authorization(TvoA-ETA) scheme-extended to 180-countries.This facility was made
available in 9 Indian-international-Airports-visa(30 days).
Arun Jaitley launches FM transmissiob of Vividh Bharati Service of Delhi started, range
60km radius in Delhi-NCR-region,100.1-MHZ/Medium-Wave-1368-KHZ.
Majo Milesto e i Po e ge e atio ,BHEL Co
issio ed O.P-Ji dal The al
(Thermal power plant) at Tamnar, Raigarh district,Chhattisgarh.
Nation celebrates 162nd year of dedicated services from Indian Railways.1st train-service
between Mumbai and Thane-city,launched in the British period,1853.
Ke ala go lau hed a paig u odha to help people overcome alcohol,drugs and
other substance abuse-Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy.
Indian Railways Minister Mr.Suresh Prabhu have embarked upon online Railway-project
Management software called e-a iksha de eloped N.I.C.
India ranked 2nd in world on Social-media Cyber attack-2014,US-1st .
BHEL has commissioned the unit at GSECL(Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd), SikkaThermal Power Station(TPS)- Jamnagar-Industrial Hub of Gujarat.
1st time Rajya Sabha Passes bill Regarding Rights of Transgenders.
I dia s a ki g i glo al happi ess i de is
out of
-published by Sustainable
st
Developments Solutions Network (SDSN). Switzerland 1 ,USA is ranked 15th,UK -21st
,Singapore-24th,Saudi Arabia-35th,Japan-45th and China at 84th .
Sitaram Yechury has been elected as the 5th General Secretary of the Communist Party
of India-Marxist Party(CPM).
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Indo-F e e a al e e ise Va u a
begins-10 days-12 Rafale fighter jets seen in
full force off Goa coast with host of naval assets of both their countries.
I dia A
o du ted Akramanin Rajasthan, Real time battle and situational
awareness to commanders involving 300 combat vehicles.
The Supreme Court of India (SC) appointed Vivek Priyadarshi to head the team probing
the Indian Premiere League(IPL) scandal.
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The I dia ail a lau hed uttso o ile -application for paperless unreserved
tickets, Developed by Centre for Railway informaation Systems (CRIS).
Indira,Rajiv names dropped from two Hindi awards for propagating Hi di. I di a Ga dhi
aj hasha Pu aska - aj hasha Ki ti Pu aska a d aji Ga dhi asht i a G a -Vigyan
Maulik Pustak Lekha Pu aska - aj hasha Gau a Pu aska .
4th Lighthouse Museum of India will be opened at Kannur,Kerala.Other 3 light houses
museums have been at Alappuzha in Kerala and Chennai and Mahabalipuram in Tamil
Nadu.
Congress launches website )a ee Wapsi to counter Govt over land bill.
India is the 5th biggest producer of e-waste in the world.
Tamil Nadu cancelled permission for Coca-Cola s Pe u du ai pla t.
Govt to launch toll free helpline for TB patients.
Union Sports Ministry suspended recognition of Paralympic Committee of India-poor
management and conduct of 15th National Para-Athletics Championships held in
Ghaziabad in March 2015.
Kerala,Sri Lanka to join hands to promote tourism-operation of a cruise ship.
Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting received ISO 9001:2008 certification.
Earthquake of magnitude 7.9 on the Richter scale struck Nepal-25th April 2015.
Japan to host FIFA Club World Cup in 2015 & 2016-scheduled for December 10-20.
Maharashtra collaborates with Israel on Smart Cities-Israel CM Devendra Fadnavis and
Maharashtra Chief Minister Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai.
Union government cancels licences of 9,000 NGOs- for violation of Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act (FCRA).
Delhi government approved farmer compensation scheme named after Gajender Singh.
Govt approves Rs 1,000 min monthly pension in perpetuity.
Union Government extends e-Tourist Visa scheme to 31 more countries from may
31,2015.
India ranks 13th in generating power from nuclear source.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared Nadia as the first Open
Defecation Free (ODF) district in the country.
Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,Japanese Minister of Economy,Trade and
Industry Yoichi Miyazawa signed the action agenda-India-Japan investment & trade
promotion.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Muhammadu Buhari elected as the new President of Nigeria-1st Nigerian to oust a
president through the ballot box.
Top Ten most Dangerous Countries in the World- based on the Country Threat
Index(CTI).1.Iraq,2.Syria,3.Nigeria,4.Somalia,5.Afghanistan,6.Libya,7.Yemen,8.
Pakistan,9.Ukraine,10.Egypt.
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India ranks 119 out of 130 countries, FM Global Business Resilience Index by Norway.
1.Economic Productivit-115th ,2.Risk Quality-109th,3.Supply Chain to assess business
resilience of the countries-89th.Top countries 1.Norway,2.Switzerland,3.Netherlands
&10.US.
Social Progress Index(SPI) Rankings-India secured 101.Norway -1st while US 16th .
Chennai based Nivetha Pethuraj crowned as Miss India UAE at the Al Raha Beach Hotel
in AbuDhabi.
Indian-origin Satya Nadella(CEO of Microsoft) tops global CEO in pay chart-Rs.525 crore
per year.
BHEL and Russian firm INTMA inked MOU to set up agas-based power project in
Kazakhstan.
Raja Rajeshwari became 1st Indian American criminal court judge in New York City.
Yale University of USA has named 2 Indians in the 2015 World Fellows. Zeena Johar,
Sugha Vazhvu and Rahul Pandita.
China & Pakistan to tie up with CPEC(China -Pakistan Economic Corridor) agreements
signed-Chinese President Xi s fi st fo eig t ip for the year 2015.
Pakista go o fe ed the ou t s top ost i ilia a a d a ed Nishan-e-Pakistan
to the President of China,Mr.Xi Jingping.
Indian-US Vivek Murthy oath as 19th US Surgeon General.
Nepal s fa ous he itage site,Dharahara Tower, as it collapsed after an earthquake,it was
built in 1832 in 19th century.
Seychelles, an archipelago of 90000 inhabitants became the 161st member of the World
Trade Organization (WTO).
Nursultan A Nazarbayev re-elected as President of Kazakhstan.
Barack Obama Remove cuba from state Sponsor of Terror List.
Pakistan and Russia agreed to hold first-ever joint military exercise to enhanced defence
cooperation.
Chhurim Sherpa,1st woman to climb the 8850 metre (29035 feet) Mount Everest
summit twice in a week.
Abhishek Bachchan campaigns for UK general elections.
India Shifts Embassy From Ye e s apital a a s to Dij outi.
Omar al-Bashir was re-elected in Sudan election.
Mohammed bin Nayef appointed as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia by King Salman bin
Abdulaziz al-Saud.
BUSINESS & FINANCE & ECONOMY

Prime minister shri.Narandra Modi launched the MUDRA(Micro units development &
refinance angency ltd) bank in New Delhi-Rs.20,000 Cr.
World Bank head quartered in Washington D.C. has p edi ted that I dia s GDP
(Gross Domestic Product) will touch 7.5% in 2015-16. It will grow to 8% in 2017.
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc Acquired BG group -70 Billion US Dollars,this is the largest
energy deal of the Year.
Indian Gov wells on Disinvestment Drives- to divest 15% stake in MMTC to fetch
amout Rs.800 crore.
10 MoUs sig ed o fi al da of N.Cha d a a u Naidu s Chi a isit-5 of them were
between the Government and Businesses (G2B) & other 5 were Business-to-Business
understandings.
Online test preparation platform Toppr.com has acquired EasyPrep for an
undisclosed amount.Mumbai based Toppr.com founded by Zishaan Hayath and
Hemanth Goteti.
Emirates NBD ties with ICICI Bank for DirectRemit allows the customers to carry out
transfer facilitates instantly to any bank.
MakeMyTrip(Mr.Deep Karla,C.E.O) has acquired Mygola, the travel-web application
development company.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank inks MoUs with LIC, New India Assurance(NIA).
World Bank established Pollution Management and Environmental Health
program(PMEH) on Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day in Washington-India,China,
Nigeria,Egypt and South Africa.1st run from 2015 to 2020.
Adani power Ltd (A.P.L) taken over the Udupi based power plant owned by Lanco,a
Hyderabad based company-INR 6,300-Cr.
Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 won by Bharatiya Mahila Bank at a function
held in HongKong.
Nokia to buy Alcatel-Lucent in $16.58 billion deal.
Singapore-based investment firm Temasek acquired InnoVen Capital India for 300
crore rupees.
Reserve Bank launched Rs.10 coins to commemorate the centenary of return of
Mahatma Gandhi to India from South Africa.
India slipped six places to rank 89th on a Global Networked Readiness Index,
Singapore has replaced Finland to get 143 by World Economic Forum(WEF).
Online restaurant guide Zomato acquired MaplePOS,a cloud-based sale product for
restaurants developed by Delhi based MapleGraph.
YES Bank launches RuPay debit card in association with NPCI- accepted at over
190,000 ATMs.
I dia s
d la gest state-owned oil explorer company,Oil India Limited (OIL)
commissioned 54 MW wind energy projects saddled between Gujarat & MP.
ICICI Ba k olla o atio ith Te h Mahi d a lau hed a pa e t se i e Tap-n-Pa
based On the near-field communications (NFC) technology.
Car rental firm, Carzonrent India (CIPL) cquired car-pooling startup firm Ridingo.
Chennai-based 8K Miles Software Services acquired US-based mobile applications
company Cintel Systems for $3.75 million.
Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) signed a MoU with M/s
Motivation Charitable Trust U.K- to produce affordable State- Of- Art wheel chairs.
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Union Finance Ministry retained interest rate for General Provident Fund(GPF) at 8.7
percent for 2015-16.
Reliance Power has fully commissioned-Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project(UMPP) in
Madhya Pradesh.
Bengaluru-based healthcare technology start-up Practo acquired Delhi-NCR based
wellness solution provider Fitho Wellness.
Infosys acquired US-based digital experience solutions company Kallidus-$120
million.
Capgemini and iGATE have entered into a definitive merger agreement-Capgemini
acquire iGATE for a cash consideration of $48 per share.
Corporation Bank and New India Assurance Company Ltd signed a memorandum of
understanding(MoU) for implementing Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
[PMSBY].
Flipkart acquired Delhi-based mobile engagement and marketing automation
company
Bank of Baroda tied up with UAE Exchange for instant money transfer-to offer instant
money transfer facility to Non-resident Indian (NRI) customers.
Snapdeal acquired mobile recharge service FreeCharge in a cash and stock deal.
Dena Bank inked MoU with Life Insurance Corporation-provide insurance cover to all
Aadhaar-linked savings account holders.
RBI notified hike in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in Insurance Sector to 49
percent from the present 26 percent from the present 26 percent.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

New minor planet named as 4538 Vishyanand discovered by Kenzo Suzuki of Toyota,
Japan-located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
India ranks 125th in the world for Fixed Broadband Penetration with only 1.2 per 100
inhabitants and global average is 9.4 per 100 inhabitants.
IN Visakhapat a Na s e stealth dest o e lau hed i Mu ai by Mrs. Minu
Dhowan,wife of the Admiral R.K.Dhowan.
NASA develops first 3-D printed copper rocket engine part that can function at high
temperatures and pressures.
Nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile test-fired successfully- strike range of more
than 3,000 km from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast-length of 17 metres,the
issile s dia ete is
ete s eight is to es.
NAA s Ne Ho izo s spa e aft has se t its st colour image of the dwarf planet
Pluto and its largest moon Charon-travelling more than 9 years.
Japanese maglev fastest passenger train across the world, has broken an earlier
speed record of 581 kmph as the train reached 603 kmph.
Pakistani Taliban announced successfull test-fi e of issile O a .
NAA s o i g glo ies, the Hu le spa e Teles ope-25th anniversary in orbit.
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ISRO successfully tests indigenous cryogenic engine with four-tonne capacity-at
Mahendragiri in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu-headed by Director D.Karthikesan.
Microsoft Edge to replace Internet Explorer- available for Windows 10.
Stanford Researchers created a Smartphone Battery that charges in only 1 minute chemistry professor Hongjie Dai.
APPOINTMENTS
Sumit Mazumder,Chairman and Managing Director of TIL (Tractors India Pvt Ltd)
elected as President of CII.
Arun Kumar Jha has been appointed as new CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of KVIC
(Khadi and Villagen Industries Commission) issued by Department of Personnel and
Training.
Rajalakshmi Devaraj appointed Director of EMC(Expenditure Management
Commission).
Senior diplomat Dr.Mohan Kumar, u e t I dia s top e o to Bah ai has ee
appointed as next Ambassador to France.
Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai 1st Lady Judge in Sikkim High Court.
Dr.Nasim Zaidi takes over as new chief election commissioner(CEC).
ONGC appoints Dinesh K Sarraf as Chairman and MD.
James Bond(Daniel Craig) Appointed By UN for elimination of Mine,actor as the first
U.N. Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards.
IAS officer C Sudharsan Reddy appointed as Private Secretary to Minister of State for
Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatraya.
Bharatiya Janata Party Rohini legislator Vijender Gupta was appointed the chief of
opposition in Delhi Assembly.
Sanjay Bhattacharyya appointed as next Ambassador of India to Arab Republic of
Egypt.
Rahul Shrivastava appointed as next Ambassador of India to Bolivarian Republic of
Venezuela.
Sandeep Kumar appointed as next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Croatia.
Tractor maker Sonalika appointed BVR Subbu as an independent Director on its
board.
Mindtree co-founder Anjan Lahiri has been appointed as the Chief Executive
Officer(CEO) of Birlasoft.
Former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar was today appointed as chief
ad iso of the BCCI s A ti Co uptio & e u it U it ACU .
Ministry of Railways appointed Shri Rajiv Ranjan Verma,IPS as Director General,
Railway Protection Force.
The six-member NJAC(National Judicial Appointments Commission) headed by the
Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu.
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Wip o, I dia s rd largest information technology (IT) services company- announced
Rishad Premji to its board.
Ban Ki Moon,UN secretary-general appointed,Ismail Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania
was new special envoy to Yemen.
Senior IAS officer Kapil Dev Tripathi appointed as new Petroleum Secretary.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

M Little Epip ha ies written by Late Ms.Aisha Chaudhary.
I dia a d the Wo ld-Th ough the e es of I dia Diplo ats edited by Amb.Surendra
Kumar.
Aata k Ke aa e Me
itte
Ga i a a ja .
P e-Modern Kutchi Na igatio Te h i ues a d Vo ages t a s i ed edited
Ashok B.Rajeshirke.
ulei a Cha it a
itte
Kal a a Malla t a slated f o a sk it to E glish by
diplomat-writer A.N.D.Haskar.
SPORTS
International Cricket Council (ICC) president A.H.M. Mustafa Kamal has announced
his resignation.
New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Mills announced his retirement from all forms of
cricket.
4-time world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix 2015 by
defeating Mercedes AMG team for the 1st time.
Miami Open Titles 2015 Winners:
Me s i gles Title- No ak Djoko i e te ded his i i g agai st B itai s A d
Murray.
Wo e s i gles Title-e e a Willia s th ashed pai s Ca la ua ez Na a o
at Crandon Park.
Me s dou les Title-American Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan pair won against
Vasek Pospisil (Canada) and Jack Sock (US) pair.
Wo e s dou les Title- Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis against second-seeded
Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.
Dronavalli Harika,Indian grandmaster won bronze prize against Mariya Muzychuk of
Ukraine for the Wo ld Wo e s Chess Cha pio ship 2015 held at Sochi, Russia.
New Zealand win beat Australia(8 times won) 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey
Tournament 2015.India Beat Korea to Won Bronze Medal.
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese Grand Prix of Formula One
beat the team-mate Nico-Roseberg 2nd spot,Vettel-3rd and Kimi-raikkonen-4th.
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Sania Mirza becomes1st Indian female tennis player ranked World No.1 in Wo e s
Doubles partnered with Martina-Hingi from Switzerland. They beat Casey from
Australia and Darija Jurak from Croatia, held at Charleston, U.S.A.
Bha ati a Ja ta Pa t s BJP Lok a ha e e B ij husha ha a i gh as eelected as the President of the WFI(Wrestling Federation of India), Sr.Vice President
was I D Nanavati.
Ace Indian Shooter Jitu Rai(7th position) won the Bronze medal in the 10 Meter Air
Pistol(men) Event in the ongoing ISSF(International Shooting Sport Federation) World
Cup Rifle/ Pistol Shooting Competition held at Changwon in South Korea. Jin Jongoh
(206 Points-South Korea)-Gold Medal and Naung Ye Tun (201)Malaysia-Silver Medal.
Raza Hasan, Pakista s Left arm spinner who has played for Pakistan in One Day
International Match and T20 Internationals has been suspended from all forms of
Cricket for two years- tested positive for Cocaine.
1st Shenzhen International Golf Tournament 2015-Aphibarnrat from Thailand won
against Li Hao-Tong of China at the Genzon Golf Club, in Shenzhen China.
I dia Wo e s ho ke team trounced Japan to ear the 7th place at the Ha ke s
Bay-cup Hockeytournament in New Zealand,Australia won the final by beating New
Zealand.
Monte Carlo Masters Title tennis tournament at France, Novak Djokovic won against
Tomas Berdych to claim the Singles Title.
Presidents Cup Open International Boxing Tournament -India Crowned Champions
1st time.
I dia s o e s Pi ki Ja g a a d ha jetsa am Sarjubala Devi(51Kg) got gold
medals by beating Nandintsetseg of Mongolia.
Sarjubala won by defeating Russias Iseva joya(48kg) at the 22nd President Cup
Open Boxing Tournament held in Indonesia.
In men category gold was won by Rakesh Kumar and Harpal Singh in 69kg and
75kg.
Shamkir Chess Tournament 2015-World champion Magnus Carlsen of norway won
against Rauf Mamendov of Azerbaijan in Shamkir Chess Tournament held in
Azerbaijan.
World Team Chess Championships held in Chengdu,China.
I dia s Dronavalli Harika and Koneru Humpy got silver and bronze medals.
Georgia beat China in the finals to clinch the precious gold medal.
Russia defeated United States in the final round to get the silver medal.
Me s Wo ld Tea Chess Cha pio ships held in Tsakhkadzor- China wins gold,
Ukraine won silver & Armenia won bronze medal.
India remains at number two spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings-Australia topped.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended the Paralympic
Committee of India(PCI)- providing inadequate and poor facilities during the National
Para-Athletics Championships last month in Ghaziabad.
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B itai s Ada Peat s ashed the o ld e o d fo the
et es eastst oke at
the British swimming championships.
I dia s Y P a jala li hed the Asian Junior Tennis championship title after a comefrom-behind victory over top seed Chinese Zheng Wushuang match held at India,
New Delhi.
Ha a a,s Ashish Jakha has set a atio al outh e o d i o s ha
e th o
kg
nd
ball-and-chain to a new distance of 71.92) on the 2 day of the 12th National Youth
Athletics Championships.
Mumbai boy Mudit Dani becomes 3rd Indian to enter top ten of junior TT rankings,
ITTF(International Table Tennis Federation) Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland
and President:Thomas Weikert.
B azil s Telia a Pe ei a o the Cla o Ope Colsa itas- to e o e the WTA Tou s
first Brazilian winner in 27 years.
Moha
ad Na i esig ed as aptai of follo i g the tea s
Wo ld Cup
campaign in Australia and New Zealand last month.
3 Indian race walkers, Khushbir Kaur, Manish Rawat and Sandeep Kumar qualified for
2016 Rio Olympics-the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Race
Walking Challenge at Rio Maiorin Portugal.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced a new tournament to be known as the Africa
T20 Cup.
Bangladesh won the three-match One Day International(ODI) Series against Pakistan
in Dhaka by 3-0.
Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the ongoing Indian Premier League due to a
knee injury sustained during the ICC Cricket World Cup confirmed by the Board of
Control for Cricket in India(BCCI).
Railway Sports Promotion Board has won defeated Uttar Pradesh Hockey in the 5th
e io Me s Natio al Ho ke Cha pio ship
i pu e.
The I te atio al Ta le Te is Fede atio ITTF has e o e the o ld s la gest
sports body interms of membership (222). The International Volleyball Federation
(FIVB) is second largest sports body(220).
India won Gold and Bronze at 2015 Asian Indoor Rowing Championship in
Pattaya,Thailand. Dushyant Singh and Succha Singh Tomar won the gold in the 2000
e s light eight pai atego , I the
e s ope -pair event,Om Prakash and
Rajesh Verma settled for a bronze.
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