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[PIN 2013] Persons in News, Committees, Summits, Awards, Books,Authors, Sports, Places, current compilation for IBPS-PO/MT,CAPF,CDS,SSC
1. Prologue
2. [PIN] Indian Politics, Constitutional, Statutory, Bureaucrats
1. National commissions
2. Committees Commissions Task forces
3. Defense
4. International Relations (IR)
1. [IR] Summits/Treaties 2013
2. [IR-PIN] Prez/PM of Foreign countries
3. [IR-PIN] Diaspora/ Indians awarded abroad
5. Economy: Regulators/Top Bodies
1. [News] Economy related
2. [News] Infra related
3. Schemes
4. [News]Polity
6. Civilian Awards/Achievements
1. [Awards] Nobel 2013
2. [Awards] Public service/media/Courage
3. [Awards] Movies/Beauty
4. [Awards] Academic/Arts
7. Books in News
1. [Books] Non-Booker Awards
2. [Books] List of Books and Authors
8. Sports
1. Football
2. Cricket
3. Hockey
4. Tennis 2013
5. Badminton
6. Olympics
7. Sport Mascots
9. Places in News
10. Dead
11. Stamps in News
12. Space/Sci-Tech related
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Prologue
The present article is PIN 2013. Dealing from Jan2013 upto 13th Oct2013.Mainly keeping IBPS PO/MT/Clerk, UPSC’s CAPF-CDS-IFOS and otherupcoming State PCS, PSU, SSC exams in mind.For optimum results: copy paste this data in MS word (or separate excelspreadsheets or onenote), then keep updating these tables from magazines andnewspapers until you get selected in your dream job. Otherwise ‘firefighting”style of preparation e.g. once IBPS is over I’ll not prepare current affairs until Iget some interview call letter/ some other exam notification=#epicfail.If there are any additions, corrections, do post them in comments.By the way RAS Prelim exam halltickets have been uploaded click me (Sarkariservers always slow so try during non-office hours.)
[PIN] Indian Politics, Constitutional, Statutory,Bureaucrats
PMOfcourse everyone knows: Mohan. But in Jun 2013, He took oath asRajya Sabha MP from Assam (five times in a row).
CJI P.Sathashivam replaced Altamas Kabir.
CAGShashikant Sharma replaced Vinod Rai. And Vinod Rai became UNAudit panel Chief.
CEC V. S. Sampath replaced SY Qureshi
CVC Pradeep Kumar
CICDeepak Sandhu. First lady CIC, replaced Satyanand Mishra.She servedin Indian information services.
UPSCChairman DP Aggarwal. Been on this post since 2008. Hope heretires soon.Ex.CBI director AP Singh became new member.
AttorneyGeneral
Goolam Vahanvati
SolicitorGeneral
Mohan ParasaranResigned: Rohinton Nariman, for difference with lawminister. Law Minister Ashwini Kumar also resigned for vetting a CBIreport on its coal block investigations thus cycle of Karma iscomplete.
DerekO’Brian
1st Anglo Indian MP (Rajya Sabha) to vote in Presidential Elections(of Pranab).Note that Anglo-Indian “nominated” MPs cannot vote inPresidential elections. But Derek is not “nominated” he is electedfrom West Bengal as Rajya Sabha MP.The two nominated AngloIndian MPs in 15th LS areDr. Charles Dias (Kerala) and Mrs.IngridMcleod (Chhattisgarh).
DelhiLT.Governor
Najib Jung replaced Tejinder Khanna.
Gujaratlokayukta
Justice R.A Mehta .Refused to accept the job.
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CM Tripura Manik Sarkar
CMNagaland
Neiphiu Rio
NDDBAmrita Patel, National dairy Development board. Been in news for shewants to resign.
National commissions
Women Mamta Sharma
Minorities Wajahat Habibullah the former CIC
SC P.L. Punia
ST Rameshwar Uraon,
OBC Justice M.N.Rao
Children Kushal Singh
Service Chiefs
Navy Admiral Devendra Joshi replaced Nirmal Verma
Airforce Air Marshal N.A.K. Browne replaced Pradeep Vasant Naik
ArmyGen. Bikram Singh. He replaced VK Singh, who remains in news forcontroversy related to Destabilizing JK government
Security/Space/Strategic related
ISRO K. Radhakrishnan
Atomic Energy commission Ratan Kumar Sinha
CRPF
DG Pranay Sahay
First woman special DG in CRPF=ArunaBahuguna
BSF Subhash Joshi
CBI Ranjit Sinha
NIA Sharad kumar
RAWFounder:B.Raman,Dead.Current chief: AlokJoshi.
DRDO New Chief Avinash Chander
National Disaster Response Force Krishna Chaudhari
Senior security advisor in homeministry
K. Vijaykumar.For anti-Naxal operations.
Secretary
ForeignAffairs
Sujatha Singh (IFS). She is the third woman foreign Secretary ofIndia.
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Home Anil Goswami
Defense R.K.Mathur.
Finance Rajiv Takru
Diplomatic
High Commissioner to Pakistan TCA Raghavan.
India’s permanent representative toUN
Asoke Kumar Mukerji. He replaced HardeepSingh.
To USA Nirupama Rao
To China S. Jaishankar
Education/Arts related
UGC Ved Prakash
NewsBroadcastingstandardsauthority
Justice RV Ravindran
Lalit KalaAcademy
Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
Sangeet NatakAcademy
Leela Samson. Was in controversy after she said 90 per cent ofCensor board members are “uneducated” and an“embarrassment”.
IGNOU ViceChancellor
M.Aslam
Committees Commissions Task forces
7th PayCommission
To revise salary of 80 lakh workers and pensioners. Its
recommendations will be effective from January 2016.6th PC wasformed in 2006.
Adi Godrej Corporate governance
ArvindMayaram
FDI relaxationto Define FDI and FII
Bimal Jalan To scrutinize application for New Bank Licenses
BKChaturvedi
Revamping power sector
Chindu GoM for CBI autonomy
CyrusMistry, AnilAmbani
Advisory group for electricity sector. For power ministry
Dr. Saroj Illegal sand mining by MoEF
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JS MathurTo review the rate revisions of newspaper advertisements. ByMinistry of information and broadcasting
Justice BilalNazaki
Functioning of Haj Committee
Justice BNSriKrisha
TelenganaFinancial sector legislative reform commission: to get the needof unifying SEBI, IRDA, PPFRDA and FMC into a singleregulator
Justice DKJain
20th Law commission of India
Justice JSVerma
Delhi Gangrape.Dead.Had given verdict for art 358 : presidential rulecan be invoked only after parliament approval.
JusticeMukulMudgal
IPL Spot fixing. Formed by SCWalmart Lobbying, by Corporate Min.
Justice RCGandhi
By JK government for Kishtwar Communal riots
JusticeSantoshHegde
Judicial Commission on Armed Forces Special Powers Act(AFSPA) by SC
Justice UshaMehra
For probing lapses in Delhi Gangrape.
KRatnaprabha
Indecent Representation of Women in Media
K. VijayRaghavan
Evaluation of Research And Rankings of higher edu. Institutes
KK Vohra By RBI for loan products
MBN Rao For setting up All-women’s bank
MudgalFor reviewing Cinematograph Act 1952. By Ministry of informationand broadcasting
NachiketiMor
RBI Committee for FINANCIAL INCLUSION (financial services tosmall business)
ParthasarathiShome
Tax administration reform commission.
RaghuramPanel
To determine a new index of backwardness to see which states needspecial assistance. Most Developed: GOA,KERALALeast developed:ODHISSA,BIHAR.
Rangarajan Gas princing, LNG importsSugar pricing
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RanjitRoychaudhari
Clinical trials, drug bans.
Sam PitrodaFor restructuring Prasar Bharti. By Ministry of information andbroadcasting
SanjayDhande
For National Testing Agency (NTA) by HRD
SK Roongta By planning commission. For reforms in Central PSUs
Srikant Malte Dhule Riots in Maharashtra
Vijay KelkarFiscal consolidationEnergy security. By Natural Gas ministry
VirginiusXaxa
He is NAC memberEarlier Sacchar Committee was made for muslims, same waythis Xaxa Committee is for tribals.
YashwantSinha
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance-Report on Guidelinesof new banking licenses
YV Reddy 14th Finance commission. Under Art280. He was ex-gov. of RBI
Defense
The core compilation article is here:
http://mrunal.org/2013/03/defense-current-affairs-compilation-2012-13-missiles-joint-exercises-operations-organizations.html
Most of the missiles, fighter jets etc remain one and same. Here are some newdevelopments
303 BlackPanthers
first fighter squadron for navy with MiG29
Aadesh Fast petrol Indian vessel for indian coast Guard.
Abhilash tommyNavy officer first indian to circum navigate the globe in 150days.
C-154 New interceptor boat for Coast guard. For Maharashtra coast.
CheetalHelicopter
light utility, multi-role helicopter is a variant of the Cheetahhelicopter being manufactured by HAL, which is alreadyoperational in the high altitude regions.
Coast guardC402: Interceptor boat for coastguard.H191: air cushionvehicle. For helping small boats in distress at sea
Daulat Beg oldi /Raki Nala
in Ladakh. Chinese troops made intrusions here in Apr’13.
Maritime Surveillance aircraft. Indian donated them to
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Dornier 228 Seychelles.
DRDO New Chief Avinash Chander
Ekuverin2012 Joint army exercise: India and Maldives @Belgaum
GSAT7For Navy, by ISROSent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, fromFrench Guiana (S.America)
Haft-4 Nuke capable Paki Missile. 900km range
INSSindhurakshak
Submarine. Sunk because of accident.
INS Trikhand By Russia. Stealth frigate for Indian navy
INS Vikramaditya Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov carrier.Likely to join by 2013 end.
INS Vikrant
1961: we bought first aircraft carrier INS vikrant1997: it wasdecommissionedAug’13: New INS Vikrant launched. India’sfirst Indigenous aircraft carrier. Will join active navy duty from2018
Iron Fist 2013 Exercise in Pokharan by Indian Airforce.
Izumo Japan’s biggest ever naval warship since WW2.
Jamaran-2Iran’s destroyer ship with guided missile. Deployed in Caspiansea.
June 26 Kargil Victory day
K15 Submarine launched missile. Range 1500km
Machhalipattnam,Andhra
DRDO setting up new missile testing range here.
MIRV Multiple independently targetable vehicles by DRDO.
NCTC Will function under IB.
Nirbhay Surface to Surface subsonic cruise missile
Nirbhay DRDO’s long range sub sonic missile. 1000km range.
NomadicElephant
Joint training exercise between Indian and Mongolian army
NorwayBecomes the first NATO country to make military servicecompulsory for both men and women
Operation threestar Codename for Afzal guru’s hanging.
OSA AK-M Surface to air missile for Indian airforce.
PAC-3Japan’s Anti-Missile Air Defense Units Deployed After North-Korea warned South-Koreans for a War in April-2013.
Prithvi IINuke capable, Surface to SurfaceRange 350kmsBy DRDOunder Integrated guided missile Development program
Qaher F313 Iran’s indigenous stealth fighter jet
Raj-rathan Inshore petrol vessel for coast guard.
Rudra helicopterFirst Indigenous Attack heli. With missiles. They’reweaponized version of Dhruva helicopter by HAL Bangalore.
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S-3002 Russia will sell these anti-aircraft missiles to Iran
Unha-3 N.Korea, Long range rocket with 3000km range.
International Relations (IR)
CDS and CAPF examiners are fond of setting MCQs on International current affairs.
[IR] Summits/Treaties 2013/Controversies
Arctic council India gets observer status
ASEANhuman rightsdeclaration
In Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2012
ASEANsummit
2012: 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh Combodia withtheme:“ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny”2012: ASEAN – India Commemorative Summit 2012. Tomark the 20th year anniversary of the ASEAN – India dialogue.Theme: ASEAN-India Partnership for Peace, Progress andShared Prosperity.2013: 22nd ASEAN summit in Brunei, theme: Our People,Our Future Together.
BASICministerialmeeting onclimatechange
Chennai
BRICS 2013
At Durban, S.Africa (5th Summit)Theme: BRICS and Africa:Partnership for development, Integration andindustralizationeThekwini DeclarationDiscussed to create aninfrastructure focused “development bank”
Convention onBiodiversity(CBD)
Conference of Parties (COP)11th Summit in Hyderabad (2012)12thSummit in PyeongChang, S.Korea (theme = BiodiversityforSustainable Development)
EdwardSnowden
Exposed NSA’s project PRISM. Given temporary asylum in Russia.
Falklandislands
Voted for British rule
First ArcticSummit Oslo, Norway
G20 summit2013: St.Petersburg, Russia2013: Finance ministers meeting held inMoscow, Russia2012: Los Cabos.
G8 Lough Erne, N.Ireland. Theme: tax evasion and transparency
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Global Armstrade treaty ofUN
India abstained from voting.
High seasconference
Paris
IBSAresolution forwomenempowerment
India signed this.
Indian chapterof WorldEconomicForum sumit
Will be held in Kochi, Kerala.
Indian oceanrim
USA became dialouge partner.
Indian oceanrim
First economic and business conference held in Mauritius
IPCC Its fifth assessment report will come in 2014.
Mekong-Ganga Summit
Delhi, Dec12
MinamataMercurytreaty
In Minamata city of Japan, to sign the world’s first legally bindingtreaty on mercury pollution under United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP)
Nationalconference onE-governance
Jaipur
NATOGeneral Joeseph Dunford (USA)Afghani forces tookover thesecurity ops from NATO in June 2013.
PravasiBharatiyaDiwas 2013
Kochi, Kerala
Silk roadfestival
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
SurajkundInternationalCrafts Mela2013
Organized by Haryana government in Surajkund, Faridabad district.This year focus was Karnataka state.
TokyoSummit’12
In Tokyo for rebuilding of Afghanistan.
UN resolutionon DeathPenalty ban
India voted against
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UNResolution onSyria
2012: new sanctions against President Bashar Al Assad’sregime= India voted favour of this.2013: for rapid progress on a political transition in Syria=India abstained from voting.
UNHRCresolution onSri Lanka
Condemning Sri Lanka for violation against Tamil minorities. Indiavoted against Sri Lanka.
WCIT-2012 World Conference on International telecommunication @Dubai
WHO SEAROInternational conference for traditional medicine in south-east Asiawas held in Delhi. Led to Delhi declaration.
Visits to India
1. US Vice Prez Biden2. French President Hollande3. UK PM David Cameroon4. Egyptian President Morsi5. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang6. Liberian President Ellen Johnson7. Afghani President Hamid Karzai
Visits from India
1. Pranab to Mauritius2. Mohan to Japan, Thailand, Germany3. AK Antony to Singapore, China
[IR-PIN] Prez/PM of Foreign countries
Some carried forward from 2012’s news items:
African nationalcongress
President Jacob Zuma
African Union Nkosazana Zuma, first woman
Asian forum ofparliamentarians
Rajyasabha Dy.Chairman PJ Kurien became its President
Australia PM Tony Abbott (liberal) defeated Kelvin Rudd (Labour)
BangladeshPresident Abdul Hamid.PM Sheikh Hasina (Awami Leagueparty)Speaker: Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury. First lady speaker inBangladesh
King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck: was chief guest at26th Jan parade in 2013.PM Tshering Tobgay
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BhutanElections in Jul’13. India had provided EVM.India stopped kerosense and LPG subsidy=bitternessBhutan has became first country of the world to banpesticides and herbicide sale to become a 100% organicfood growing country .Currency swap agreement with India.
Boby Ghosh New editor of TIME international.
Brazil Dilma Rousseff
Central AfricanRepublic
President Michel Djotodia belonging to Seleka rebels.
ChinaPrez Xi Jinping replaced Hu JintaoPremeir Li Kequiang replacedWen Jiabao. Li also got Pakistan’s highest civilian award “Nishan-e-Pakistan”.
Congo Made peace agreement with M23 rebels.
Cuba Prez Raul Castro Replaced Fidel Castro
Czech Republic PM Milos Zeman. Capital Prague
Ecuador President Rafel Correa. Capital Quito
EgyptAdil Mansour interim prez after army threw outMohd.MorsiMohd. El Baradei became VPPM: Hazem Al Beblawi
EU Herman Van Rompuy
Fiji President Ratu Epeli NailatikauNew Constitution
France President Francois Hollander replaced Sarkozy
Germany Chancellor Angela Markel won again.
IOC,InternationalolymicCommittee
Thomas Batch (Germany) repalced Jacques Rogge.
IranPresident Hassan Rouhani. He replaced Ahmadinejad.Iran’ssupreme leader: Ayatollah Khamenei.
Israel
Prez. Simon PeresPM. Benjamin NetanyahuTheir parliament is called Knesset.Stephen Hawkings boycotted academic conference in Israelto protest for Palestine.
Italy
President Giorgio Napolitano
Enrica Lexie: name of the ship from which two Italian marineskilled Indian fishermen.
Japan PM Shinzo Abe. DyPM Taro Aso. Their parliament is called Diet
Jordan King Abdulla II setup parliament for his country.
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Kenya Prez Uhuru Kenyatta
Liberia President Ellen Johnson, had came to India
Malaysia PM Najib Razak
Maldives President Nasheed N Waheed replaced Nasheed after coup
Mali Ibrahim Keita new President.Problem: Tuareg rebels.
Mexico Enrique Nieto
Myanmar
President Thein SeinGovernment Signed peace treaty with Wa rebelsOpposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (National league fordemocracy)Ceasefire with Kanchi rebels
N.Korea Kim Jong-Un
Nepal Khil Raj Regmi
Pakistan
Prez Mamnoon Hussain replaced Zardari.PM: Nawaz Sharif(PML-N) party replaced Mir Hazar Khan KhosoFair trial bill 2012in Pakistan. It allows intelligence agency to collect electronic dataof citizens.
PalestinePres. Mahmud AbbasPM Salam Fayyad resigned.Became Observerstate in UN
Paraguay President Horacio Cartes.Country admitted back in UNASUR
PopeBennedict XVI, German, Resigned.New Pope: Francis I, (JorgeMario Bergoglio) first South American pope. He is fromArgentina
RamsarConvention
Christopher Briggs became the new Secretary-General
S.KoreaPresident Park Geun-Hye replaced Lee myung Bak. First Ladyprez.
ScotlandWill hold referendum in 2014 to decide whether Scotland shouldget independence from rest of United Kingdom.
SrilankaMahinda Rajpakshe. He threw out CJI Shiran Bandaranyake.Gen.Sarath Fonseca was Ex-Was jailed after power struggle withPresident.
Syria Prez Bashar Al AsadPM Wael Nader al-Halqi
Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra, first lady PM
Tunisia PM Hamadi Jebali resigned after protests. Capital Tunis
UKPM David Cameron (Conservative)DyPM Nick Clegg (liberaldemocrats)Ex-PM Margaret Thatcher,Dead.Conservative Party.Known as Iron Lady.
UNSecretary General Ban ki MoonPresident for 68th session: JohnAshe of Antigua.
President Obama (Democratic party). Defeated Mitt
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USA
Romney (Republican) Term ends in 2017.VP Joe BidenSecretary of state:John Kerry, replaced Hilary Clinton.FBI: James Comey.CIA: John BrennanNSA: Susan RiceFed: Janet YallenFDA: Gave permission to anti-HIV drug TRUVADA.
Venezuela Prez Nicolas Maduro after Huge Chavez died.
ZimbabwePresident Robert Mugabe won again. New Constitution approved.Now President can be elected for two 5-year terms only.
[IR-PIN] Diaspora/ Indians awarded abroad
Ami Bera California, House of representative.
Amol Rajan Editor of The Independent, in Britain
AnilAnanthaswami
UK, won Physics journalism prize.
Autar Kaw US professor of the year. Teaches Mechanical engg.
Bobby Jindal Louisiana Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican party
CNR Rao Got Chinese award for international cooperation in Science.
GayatriChakravortySpivak
Educationist, Literary critic. Won Kyoto Prize – Japaneseequivalent of Nobel.
Halimah Yacob First woman speaker of Singapore.
JawaharlalDarda
Indian Freedom fighter from Maharashtra. Britain’s house ofcommons gave him lifetime achievement award.
Kamla Harris First Indian American to become attorney general in USA.
Kamla PersadBissessar
PM of Trinidad and Tobago. Chief Guest of PBD-2012.
KiranMazmudar Shaw
Founder of Biocon. She is selected as trustee in United StatesPharmacopeia convention.
Krishna Arora Won Order of Australia medal for her community service
Lisa Sthalekar Australian woman cricketer, retired.
Natwar Gandhi CFO of Washington DC. Resigned.
Nikki Haley Governor of South Carolina state in US(republican party)
Nisha DesaiBiswal US Asst.Sec. South and Central Asia
Patricia MariaRozario
UK Musician. Won PBD 2013.
Perilla BhandariSwatz
Only Indian woman captian in US Marines. Cease from Sikkim.
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RajkeswurPurryag
President of Mauritius. Chief guest of Pravasi bharatiya divas-2013
RangaswamiSrinivasan
Cofounder of LASIK Eye surgery. Given national medal for techand innovation in USA.
RasuRamachandran
Won award in Singapore for Development of Libraries.
SangeetChowfla
New President of GMAC- this non profit body conducts GMATexam.
Sardar RameshSingh Arora
First Sikh to be elected in Punjab provincial assembly of Pakistan
SavitaHalappanavar
Dentist, Died in Ireland during pregnancy. After her death, Irelandmade law to permit woman have abortion in case of lifedanger/abnormality.
Shanti Gandhi Great grandson of Gandhi.Won Kansas state assembly election.
Sri Srinivas Judge of US court of appeals in DC circuit.
SrinivasanVenkatakrishnan
New CEO of Anglogold-Ashanti ltd – one of the largest producersof Gold.
Sundar Pichai Head of Google’s Android business. From IIT-K
Sunil Kulkarni First Indian judge in N.Carolina
Tulsi Gabbard1st Hindu in US House of Representatives (their Lok Sabha).Elected from Hawai State.Party:Democrat.She took oath on Gita,Served in US army, was deployed in Iraq.
Vandana GandhiUAE’s business excellance award for her nursery education chainOrchard nursery.
VenkateshMannar
Scientists got highest civilian award in Canada. His work inMicronutrient deficiency.
Vijay Singh Indian-American professor.Won top US environment award.
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Economy: Regulators/Top Bodies
IMF Christine Lagarde
World BankJim Yong Kim. (For whom UPSC admitted setting WrongMCQ)
WTO Roberto Azevedo (Brazil) replaced Pascal Lamy.
ADB Takehiko Nakao, Japan
RBI
Raghuram Rajan replaced D.SubbaraoStudied @IIT Delhi, IIM-AWas youngest ever chief economist @IMFServed as chief economic advisor to Finance ministerBook: Fault Lines: How hidden fractures still threatenthe world economy.
SEBI UK Sinha replaced C. B. Bhave
CCI Ashok Chawla
NABARD Snehlata Shrivastava
IRDA TS Vijayan replaced J Hari Narayan
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PFRDA Yogesh Agarwal
Forward Marketcommission
Ramesh Abhishek
GST Panel Abdul Rahim Rather replaced Sushil Modi.
ICAI (Charteredaccountants)
Subordinate dh Kumar Agrawal
Banks/Public-NBFC/PSUs
only covering those who were in news for 2013. Otherwise it’ll be a mile long list.
Allahabad Bank Subhalakshmi PAnse
Axis Bank Shikha Sharma
Bank of America- Indiahead
Kaku Nakhate
Bank of India VR Iyer
Bank of India Vijayalakshmi Iyer
Canara Bank RK Dubey
Central Bank Rajeev Rishi
HDFC Renu KArnad
HSBC India NAina Lal Kidwai
ICICI Too cliched. Chanda Kochher
IDBI CMD MS Raghvan
IDFC Rajiv Lall
IFCI CEO and MD Santosh B Nayar
JP Morgan India Kalpana Morparia
Royal Bank of Scotland-Indian operatis
Meera Sanyal
SBIArundhati Bhattacharya replaced Pratip Chaudhari andbecame 1st woman to head SBI
State Bank of Bikaner andJaipur
B.Sriram
United Bank of India Chairman and MD Archana Bhargava
UTI asset Management Leo Puri
Companies, Associations
Only covering those who were in news for 2013. Otherwise it’ll be a mile long list.
Air AsiaJoint venture of Tata Sons Malaysian LCC and Telestra.CEO:Mittu ChandaliyaChairman: SK Ramadoli
ASSOCHAM Rana Kapoor of Yes Bank became the new President
BALCO, underRamesh Nair
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Vedanta
BBC Tony Hall
Berlshire Hathaway Warren Buffett
Bharat Forge Baba Kalyani
Bharat Petroleum S.Varadarajan
BSE Ashish Kumar Chauhan
CII S.Gopalkrishnan.Co-founder of Infosys.
Dr.Reddy’s GV Prasad
Editors Guild N.Ravi of the Hindu.
General ElectronicsIndia
Banmali Agrawala
IMF executivedirector from India
Rakesh Mohan
InfosysNarayan Murthy returns as Executive chairman of the board,and KV Kamath (former-ICICI) steps down.
Internationalchamber ofcommerce
Sunil Bharti became Vice President
International coffeecouncil
Javed Akhtar new chairman.
LIC SK Roy replaced DK Malhotra
Maruti Suzuki India Kenichi Ayikawa
NALCO CMD Anshuman Das
NASSCOM Krishnakumar Natarajan of Mindtree
Nestle India Etienne Benet
Procter & Gamble AG Lafley
RanbaxyLaboratories
Malvinder Singh. Keeps getting notices/penalties in USA
TVS Automobiles Sanjay Nigam
TwitterJack Dorsey is chairman, Evan Williams is founder. Planningfor $1 billion IPO
[News] Economy related
For White label ATM, NSEL crisis etc read the articles in this google folder:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0DPgaYAtDgmQUNCLXgtYzR6VUU/edit?usp=sharing
Here are some more news: I’m not going into details but you should prepare forMCQs/ interviews:
1. Company Bill passed in parliament
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2. NABARD act amended to increase cap to 20k crore.3. Custom duty on gold, silver, platinum hiked4. Our Forex reserves slips down below $280 billion.5. RBI’s Q1 review6. RBI: Unique Customer Identification Code (UCIC). For strengthening Know
Your Customer (KYC)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Combating of Financingof Terrorism (CFT).
7. RBI’s KK Vohra panel for loan products8. RBI’s CDS norms for corporate bonds9. SEBI: Gold ETF permission
10. RBI penalized 6 banks for flouting KYC norms after sting operation fromCobrapost.
11. RBI and gold import curbs12. National Housing bank to get $ 100 million loan from World Bank13. Green Banking: attempts to reduce paper wastage/Carbon footprints in banking.
Example using net banking instead of cheque-book14. Rupee downfall. Import duty on gold15. Foreign investment limit in government securities (G-sec) : $ 5 billion16. Chindu’s 10 points action plan to strengthen economy.17. 5 PSUs come up with 4000MW solar projects18. Committee: Parthasarathi Shome commission for Tax administration reform.19. Sovereign Wealth funds20. Disinvestment cleared for STC and ITDC21. Banking licenses. Winners to be announced by 2014.22. Cement cos get fined for cartelization23. Civil Aviation regulation authority24. Mittal exits Odisha steel project.25. FDI norms relaxed in Aug26. Urea investment policy27. Money laundering bill28. Tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Liechtenstein.29. Human development report 201330. EU imposed anti-dumping duty on Indian steel31. Russia became the 156th member of WTO32. Maharatna status for BHEL and GAIL33. RRB act Amendment bill.34. Inflation indexed bonds35. Universal commodity exchange36. MCX-SX: third online shock exchange after BSE and NSE.37. SEZ norms liberalized.38. EPFO to give 8.5% interest39. Saxo Bank Denmark, entered India.40. Sugar price decontrol after Rangarajan Panel.41. SARADHA groups scam, West Bengal.42. Debt Waiver scheme: launched in 2008. CAG report talks about scam in this.
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43. Forward market commission’s Administrative control:a. Before: Department of consumer affairs under Agro minb. Now: under Chindu (Finance ministry)c. FMC statutory body. This move done because of NSEL scam
[News] Infra related
Transport/Communication
1. Double decker trains between Chennai to Bangalore.2. Mumbai’s eastern Free way3. Benihal Qazigunz rail link4. World’s highest railbridge @River Chinab- will connect Baramulla & Srinagar to
Jammu.5. Andaman Grand Trunk Road: SC Banned Tourists to protect jarva tribe6. Ghat ki guni Tunnel-Links jaipur with agra via NH-117. Kishan Ganga Hydro Project, Gurez valley North Kashmir. Court of Arbitration
permitted India to go ahead under Indus-Water Treaty 19608. Biotoilets in all trains by 20199. Metro rail= Already in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Banglore. New plans for
Lucknow (2014), Raipur, Cochi, Hyd, Mumbai.10. Pir Panjal tunnel: connect Jammu’s Banihal with Kashmir’s Kazigund. (railways).
This will be Asia’s 2nd longest railway tunnel.11. Jawahar Tunnel or Banihal Tunnel: connecting between Banihal and Qazigund on
NH 1A (Highway).12. SMS based railway ticket booking: 139 or 567671413. Cabinet gave approval to setup ports @Sagar, WB. And @Andhra14. Gobalpur port, Odisha: new all-weather port.15. Telegram service permanently stopped. 1850: first telegram was between
Kolkata and Diamond Harbour16. Mukesh will use Anil’s optical fiber network to laydown 1.2 lakh km national
fiber network for his Reliance Jio Infocomm. This will help in 4G broadband.17. National internet registry for managing IP addresses.
Economy related IR
1. Gwadar Port: Pakistan handed over to china2. Colombo port Project: China developing this.3. Chabahar port, Iran: India helping to develop this.4. Sri Lanka’s Northern Railway project: Indian railministry’s IRCON financed this.5. India’s Currency swap agreements with Japan and Bhutan.6. Social security agreement with Portugal, Austria.7. Tax information exchange agreement with Gibraltar.8. Teesta water treaty with Bangladesh9. Double taxation avoidance treaty/convention/treaty (DTAC) with Latvia, Albania,
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Sweden, South Korea, UK10. Indo-Japan pact on rare earths.
Power/Energy/Environment
1. India’s first Geo-thermal power Plant: at Tatapani, Balrampur, Chattisgarh byNTPC.
2. Okhla Compost Plant, Delhi: India’s first plant to receive carbon credit underUNFCC.
3. Rashtriya Adarsha Vidhyalaya by Union government + Indian corporates via PPP4. Kundankulam Nucl plant, TN, by NPCIL. SC gave it permission5. Asia’s largest solar project @Jodhpur Rajasthan by Welspun energy.6. Tawang Hydel project: Tawang chu river in Arunanchal.7. 4000MW Ultra Mega green solar power project @Sambhar lake, Rajasthan8. Barmer, Rajasthan: Cairn India found oil in Rageshwari Block.9. Bureau of water use efficiency=>National watermission=>National action plan
on climate change.10. National plan for aquatic ecosystems by merging Lake conversation and Wetland
conservation programs.11. GM trials for castor oil, maize and wheat cleared by MoEF’s GEAC.12. Karnataka watershed project gets $60 million loan from world bank13. E-business portal, designed by Infosys for Commerce Ministry to promote
government to business connectivity.14. Coal gate, missing files.
Schemes
1. Education schemes: Click ME
2. SC/ST/OBC/PH related: Click ME
3. Women related: Click ME
4. Public Health/ maternity / childcare: Click ME
5. E-Governance related: Click ME
Some new Schemes/initiatives:
1. All women University @Rae Bareli in UP2. Urban Health mission 20133. National skill development agency, autonomous body.4. Roshni skill development project for Naxal hit areas5. First public health university in India: at Bhuveneshwar Orissa.via PPP.6. Rashtriya Bal Swastha Karyakram launched from Thane.7. MyIndia Initiative- Digital Volunteer Programme. By Ministry of Info and
Broadcasting, to talk about Government schemes and programmes on differentsocial media platforms
8. Adhar/UIDAI unnecessary for government scheme benefits- Government tells
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SC
[News]Polity
list definitely not exhaustive.
Bills/ Acts
1. India became the first country in South Asia to ban cosmetic product testing onanimals. Guilty will be punished under drugs and cosmetics act
2. Himachal Pradesh becomes the first smoke-free state in the country under thecigarettes and other tobacco products at 2003
3. Kerala: Liquor purchase age is increased from 18 to 214. Tamil Nadu’s new litigation policy5. National water framework bill6. Sexual harassment bill7. Land acquisition bill8. Electronic delivery of services bill9. Ordinance/bill to protect convicted MPs.
10. Manual scavenging bill11. Judicial appointment bill12. Pension bill13. SEBI amendment bill14. Banking Amendment15. Criminal law (Amendment) bill 2013 against rape, Anti-Rape ordinance16. Juvenile Justice Act & Delhi rape case.17. Citizen’s charter bill18. Food security bill/ordinance19. Real Estate regulation bill20. Telengana the 29th State21. CIC’s order on Political parties coming Right to information act vs Government
trying to amend RTI act to counter it.
SC Decisions
1. Disqualifying Convicted legislators (vs Governments ordinance/bill to counterit)
2. Voters get NOTA (none of the above) choice. Allied topic: VVAP: Voterverified paper audit trail
3. Andaman Grand Trunk Road: SC Banned Tourists to protect jarva tribe4. CBI autonomy5. Cauvery Water dispute tribunal
Civilian Awards/Achievements
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[Awards] Nobel 2013
category who why?
Chemistry1. Martin Karplus2. Michael Levitt3. Arieh Warshel
Developing computer models that canpredict chemical reactions for use increating new drugs and other tasks.
Economics ??will be announced on 14th Oct. This article was
written on 13th
LiteratureAlice Munro(Canada)
Master of the contemporary short story.often called “Canada’s Chekhov”Notable books: “The Moons of Jupiter,””The Progress of Love” and “Runaway.”2009 Man Booker International Prize forher lifetime body of work
Medicine
1. James E.Rothman
2. Randy W.Schekman
3. Thomas C.Sudhof
in understanding how key substancesmove within a cell.They developed better understanding ofvesicles, tiny bubbles that deliver theircargo within a cell to the right place at theright time.Disturbances in that delivery system canlead to neurological diseases, diabetes orimmunological disorders.
Peace
Organization for theProhibition ofChemical Weapons.(OPCW)
190 nations signed its treaty.deploys teams worldwide to find chemicalweapons and their manufacturing sites.Currently planning the destruction ofchemical weapons stockpiles andfacilities in Syria.HQ: Hague, NetherlandsChief: Ahmet Uzumcu
Physics1. Peter Higgs2. Francois
Englert
Theory about how subatomic particles gettheir mass.Their theory made headlines last yearwhen the CERN laboratory in Genevaconfirmed it by discovering the so-calledHiggs particle.
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Nobel 2012
Category Who? Why?
ChemistryLefkowitz,Kobilka
Protein receptors that let body cell respond tosignals.
Economics Roth, Shapley. Stable allocation + market design.
Litt. Mo Yan First Chinese writer to get this award.
MedicineGurdon,Yamanaka
Regenerative medicine. Cure disease by growingtissues in lab.
Peace EU Lolz
PhysicsHaroche,Wineland
Measure quantum particles, without destroying them.
Nobel: Indian
1. Venkatarama Ramakrishnan Chemistry
2. Amartya Sen Economics
3. Tagore Litt.
4. Rudyard Kipling Litt.
5. VS Naipaul Litt.
6. Dr. Hargobind Khorana Medicine
7. Mother Teresa Peace
8. S. Chandrasekhar Physics
Nobel Facts
1. Nobel prize recipients are called laureates. started in 19012. The award consists of a medal, a personal diploma, and a cash prize (8-million
Swedish kroner (SEK) – almost $1.2 million U.S. dollars as of September2013). Money comes from fund created by Swedish inventor of Dynamite
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Alfred Nobel.3. The Economics medal has no inscription.4. Nobel prizes are announced in advance but awarded on December 10, the
anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death.5. The Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature and Economics
are awarded at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.6. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded at its own ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
Periodically, no prize has been awarded. This happened most recently in 1972.7. The number of winners is limited to three per category.8. A person must be alive to be nominated. If they die during the consideration
period, their name will be removed. Only if a person is announced as a winnerand dies prior to the ceremony, will a posthumous award be given.
[Awards] Public service/media/Courage
Indira Gandhi awardfor Nationalintegration
2012: Gulzar2013: Agro Scientist MS Swaminathan
Indira Gandhi peaceprize
2011: Ela Ramesh Bhatt. SEWA founder. Actuallywon for in 2011, but was awarded that prize in 2013.SEWA= Self Employed Women’s Association2012: Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf
Legend of the planetAward, France
Bindeshwar Pathak for his ecofriendly toilets “SulabhSauchalayas”.
Liberation of warhonor
Given to Pranab. By Bangladeshis for his contribution in1971
Magsaysay award2013
2012: Kulandei Francis (India) for Microenterprisesin TN. but for 2013 No Indian selected.
1. Habiba Sarabi,Afghanistan’s first and only femalegovernor.
2. Ernesto Domingo, from the Philippines.3. Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (Corruption
Eradication Commission),4. Lahpai Seng Raw, from Myanmar,5. Shakti Samuha (“Power Group”), from Nepal
Mahatma Gandhiinternational award forpeace reconciliation
Brigalia Bam for 2013. for her work in human rights
Malala YousafzaiYoungest nominee for noble peace prize.Addressed UN assembly in Jul 13.
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UN declared 10 Nov as Malala Day.
Mountaineering
1. First Amputee to scale Everest: Arunima Sinha, UP.2. First Paki woman to scale Everest: Samina Baig.3. First Saudi woman to Everest: Raha Moharrak4. Youngest to climb Mt.Kilimanjaro in Africa: Aaryan
Balaji.
National FlorenceNightingale award
By Health ministry for Nursing professionals
National Youth IconsSelected by election Commission of India, to attract youngvoters: Mary Kom, Saina, Dhoni and Kalam.
Nomura Award Kiran Bedi for her public service.
Outstandingparliamentarian 2012
JDU MP Sharad Yadav. This selection by parliamentaryaward Committee.
Padma awards
Vibhushan
1. Raghunath Mohapatra, Sculpture, Orissa2. S Haider Raza, Painter, Delhi3. Prof Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh4. Prof Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering,
Karnataka
Padma Bhushan=24, Shri=80=list is not worth the‘majoori’.
Prem Bhati awards forpolitical reporting Shalini Singh of The Hindu
Pritzker award Richest award in Architecture.
Pulitzer prizes 2013No award given in ‘fiction’ category, just like 2012. NewYork times won 4 awards
Rajiv GandhiSadbhavna award 2013
Sarod maestro ustad amjad ali khan. Given on august 20 onRajiv’s Birthday.
Tagore Award 2013Zubin Mehta for cultural harmony. Jury included primeminister. Zubin had done music concert in Sri Nagar.Organized by German Embassy.
TED PrizeFor individual with great vision to change world. 2013′saward went to Prof. Sugata Mitra, an educationist.
UN Public serviceawards
1. Kerala’s mass contact program2. Swavalamban of Dhanbad district3. MP’s Graamin Haat.
UN Youth courage
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award Razia Sultana, UP for helping child labourers.
Whitney awardsConsidered green oscars. Indian wildlife biologist AparajitaDatta for protection of Hornbill in Arunanchal.
[Awards] Movies/Beauty
Beauty
1. Miss India 2013: Navneet Kaur Dhillon2. Miss America 2014: Nina Davuluri. Subjected to racist
remarks on Twitter.3. Miss India Worldwide: Nehal Bhogaita, deaf and mute.4. Miss World 2013: Megan Young, Philippines. Venue:
Bali, Indonesia5. Miss universe 2013: Yet to be decide because contest in
Nov 2013. Venue: Moscow.
Dada Saheb Phalkeaward 2012
Pran.
Golden bear award Given in Berlin film festival.
National film award2012
Best film: Paan Singh Tomar
Oscar 20131. Argo: best film2. Life of pie: best visual effects, direction etc.3. Indian entry: Barfi by Anurag Basu (Hindi)
Oscar 2014 Indian entry : The Good Road, by Gyan Correa (Gujarati)
SAARC filmfestival
Held in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Paan Singh Tomar won best filmaward.
[Awards] Academic/Arts
Abel PrizeConsidered Noble for maths. Given to Belgaian Mathematician PierreDeligne.
ChameliDevi JainPurasarkar
For Outstanding Woman Mediaperson.Alka Dhupkar of IBN’s Marathichannel won it.
Dan DavidPrize
For one field each in three time dimensions: past, present and future.For science, arts and humanities.
EducationNobel Prize
Dr.Madhav Chawan. @Doha
Givingpledge
Started by Bill Gates + Warren Buffet. To encourage rich people togive part of their wealth for charity. Azim Premji first Indian to signup.
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Goldmanprize
Considered oscars for environment movements / green nobel.
Highest IQLauren Marbe, 16yo schoolgirl from UK. Has IQ Higher thanEinstein.Neha Ramu: another UK girl of Indian origina has IQ 162.
Life Sciencebreakthruprize
Started by Mark Zuckerberg (facebook) and Sergey Brin (google)
Nationalbioscienceaward
Also called N-BIOS prize. Given to scientists below 45 age. VenkatMohan got it.
Sand artistsSudarshan Patnayak. Has won Russian award for sand art competitionin Russia.
SangeetNatakAcademyawards
awards started in 2006 in memory of shehnai maestro UstadBismillah Khan.2013: more than 30 people given this award hence listis not worth the ‘majoori’.
Shaw prize Given for astronomy, medicine and maths.
Yuri Milneraward
Richest academic prize for medicine and biology: 3 million USDeach.
[Books in News]
Man Booker Fiction 2012
Hilary Mantel’s Bring up the bodies. She has won this prize twice.Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis-Tale of mumbai’s opimioum addiction. Booker priceshortlisted but did not win.
Man Booker Fiction Shortlisted for 2013
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We Need New Names NoViolet Bulawayo
The Luminaries Eleanor Catton
Harvest Jim Crace
The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki
The Testament of Mary Colm Tóibín
Man Booker International 2013
American writer Lydia Davis.Given every two year, to a living author.Work in English or translated in English.Indian author UR Ananthamurty was also nominated for his book novel“Samskara”
[Books] Non-Booker Awards
Asom Ratna Indira Goswami, Literature.
Commonwealth bookprize 2013
Death of Bees, Lisa O’DonnellIsland of a Thousand Mirrors, Nayomi Munaweera (SriLanka)Sterile Sky, E.E. Sule (Nigeria)
DSC Prize for SouthAsian literature
Jeet Thayil for his novel Narcopolis.
Hindu Literary prize Jerry Pinto’s novel “Em and the Big hoom”.
Jnanpith 2012 Ravuri Bharadwaj, Telugu writer.
SAARC literatureaward
@Agra in 2013. Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. won. Hisbooks; Seduction of Delhi, Enigmatic love etc.
Saraswati sammanGiven by KK Birla foundationSugathakumari, Malyalampoetess for 2012
Surjit hansIndian professor won award in london for translatingShakespeare’s work into Punjabi.
Walter Scott Prize For historical fiction, UK
[Books] List of Books and Authors
A garland of memories Ruskin Bond
Ambedkar’s World: TheMaking of Babasaheb andDalit Movement
Eleanor Zelliot
An uncertain Glory: Indiaand its contradictions
Jean dreze,Amrathya Sen
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Ash in the Belly- India’sunfinished battle againstHunger
Harsh Mander
Bangladesh: The Prize offreedom
By noted photographer Rahu Rai
Breakout Nations: In pursuitof the next economicmiracle
Ruchir Sharma. Won Tata lit. award for first book.
Calcutta: Two years in thecity
Amit Chaudhuri
Cuckoo’s CallingJK Rowling (Harry Potter fame) she wrote this novelwith a pseudonym “Robert Galbraith”. Her previousnovel Casual vacancy.
Dare to Do! For the newGeneration
Former IPS Kiran Bedi
Daughter of Empire Pamela Hicks
Dear Life Alice Munro, Canada
Durbar Tavleen Singh
Earth Songs WB CM Mamata Benerjee
Economic Policies andIndia’s reform agenda
YV Reddy
Em and the Big hoom Jerry Pinto’s novel. Won Hindu Literary prize.
Fractured Times: Cultureand society in 20th Century
Eric Hobsbawn
Freethinker’s prayerbook Khushwant Singh
Grammatica GrandonicaSanskrit grammar book written by a Jesuit MissionaryFor.Hanxlenden. Restored after 300 years.
Hilary MantelWon two man booker prizes. This time for book“Bring up the bodies”.
How not to make moneyRaj Kundra (Shilpa Shetty’s husband) and allegedlyinvolved in IPL spot fixing 2013.
Impossible Indian: Gandhiand Temptation of violance
Faisal Devji
Indignez VousBook by Stephane Hessel. Had inspired Occupywallstreet movement. Author is dead.
InfernoDan Brown (he wrote Da Vinci Code, Angels andDemons, Lost Symbol)
Inside Out Autobiography of Paki cricketer Mustaq Mohammad
Jesus of Nazaeth: theInfancy narratives
Pope Benedict XVI
Kabuliwala’s Bengali Wife.By Sushmita Bangerjee. It details her escape fromTaliban ruled Afghanistan in 1995. She was recentlymurdered by Talibans.
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Land of seven rivers Sanjeev sanyal
Law’s Empire Ronald Dworkin. Dead
Life of PiYann Martel. Made into movie by Ang Lee. SurajSharma played hero.
My father, our fraternity Sarod Maestro Amjal Ali Khan
My journey: transformingdreams into actions
APJ Kalam
My tryst with justice Justice PN Bhagwati
Netaji Subhash ChandraBose and Germany
By his daughter Prof Ania Pfaff
New Market Tales Jayant Kriplani
Pataudi-Nawab of Cricket Suresh Menon
Patriots and Partition Ramchandra Guha
Samudra Mantha: Sino-Indian rivalry in the IndoPacific
C.Raja Mohan.
Sanjay story Vinod Mehta
Sethji Shobha De
Sounding OffResul Pookutty- he had won Oscar for soundtrack inSlumdog Millionaire
Sunshine Lence Prasun Joshi, Noted lyricist.
The games Indians play whywe are the way we are.
V Raghunathan.
The Great Gatsby P.Scott Fitzerland
The LowlandJhumpa Lahiri. shortlisted for Booker 2013 forfiction.
The NaMo story Kingshuk Nag
The Prabhakaran Saga S Murari
The Race of my life-anautobiography
Milkha Singh
The Sea of innocence Kishwar Desai. About rape of Scarlet Jones in Goa.
The test of my life: fromcricket to cancer and back
Yuvaraj Singh
The Wildlings Nilanjan Roy
Untold story of people ofAzad Kashmir
Christopher Snedden
Walking the lions: Talesfrom a diplomatic past
Natwar Singh
Sports
Football
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Australia became a member of ASEAN’s football federation.
DavidBeckham
Retired. Played for Manchester united.
DurandCup
India’s oldest football tournament. The prize money increased from 20lakh to 50 lakh. Kolkata defeated ONGC
FIFA2014
will use Goal line technology to determine ball had passed through goalline or not.. Will be Hosted in Brazil. Mascot: Armadillo called“Fuleco”.Lydia Nsekera, Burundi, First women in FIFA executivecommittee
GoldenBoot2012
Lionel Messi.
PrafulPatel
President of all India Football Federation.
SAFF South Asian football championship. Afghanistan defeated India.
SantoshTrophy
Services won against Kerala.
Cricket
Ashes series 2013 England won Against Australia
ICC ChampionsTrophy 2013
India Won against England at Birmingham.
ICC Women’sWorld Cup
Australia defeated West Indies at Mumbai.
IPL-2013 Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai
Parvez RasoolAsgar
First person from J/K in Indian cricket team.
Ranji Trophy 2013 Mumbai defeated Suarashtra.
T-20 World Cup England defeated New Zealand at Auckland.
Thirush KaminiIndia’s woman opening batsman. First Indian player to hitcentury in women’s world cup 2012.
Vijay HazareTrophy
Delhi Won.
World Cup 2015
Jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in February2015.Two groups of Seven TeamsBoth India and Pakistan are in pool-B.
Hockey
Asia Cup HokeyHeld @Ipoh, Malayasia.South Korea defeated India.India’s VRRaghunath=Player of the tournament.
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Hockey IndiaLeague
Ranchi Rhinos won.
Indian HockeyFederation
President V.Dinesh Reddy
Leslic Claudius Triple Olympic Gold Medalist from India.Dead.
New coach forIndia
Maharaj Kishan Kaushik
Sultan AzlanShah
Australia defeated Malaysia
Tennis Tournaments 2013
Name Won Lost
Australia openMan: Djokovic, Serbia 1st man to winthis tournament three times in a row.
Man: Andy Murray,UK
Woman: Vicoria Azarenka, Belarus. Woman: Li Na
Brazil Open,Madrid Open,Italian Open
Nadal Not important.
Dubai OpenMen’s Doubles BhupathiWomen’sDoubles Sania Mizra
Not important.
French Open
Nadal. Became first player to win eightsingles at the same grand slamtournament.
David Ferrer.
Serena Williams, US Sharapova.
Wimbledon
Ande Murray. First Briton to win after1936.
Djokovic
Marion Bartoli. Her first grand slamsingle, French
Sabine Lisicki
US Open
Nadal, Spain Djokovic, Serbia
Serena Williams, USVicoria Azarenka,Belarus.
Doubles: Leander Paes and Stepanek(Czech)Paes’ Grandslams: 8 doubles,14 overall.
Some players frombrazil and Australia
CincinnatiMasters
Nadal, SpainSome unseeded player,hence name notimportant.
Azarenka (Belarus)Serena Williams(USA)
Davis Cup Commitment award: to Leander Paes and Jaidip Mukherji
Badminton
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IndianBadmintonLeague
Indian Badminton league: similar to IPL.Lee Chong Wei costliestplayer went to mumbaiSaina Nehwal’s “Hyderabad hotshots” won it.
Indian open Ratchano, ThailandLee Chong in Men
Malaysiangrand prix
PV Sindhu defeated Singapore’s Juan Gu
Thomas cup &Uber Cup
Will be hosted in India in 2014
WorldBadmintonchampionship
in Guangzhou, ChinaGold: Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) female.Lin Dan (China) Man.Silver: not important.Bronze: PV Sindhu(India)
Olympics
IOC, International Olympic Committee: Thomas Batch (Germany) replacedJacques Rogge.2020 (Summer) Olympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan. Motto: DiscoverTomorrow. and Wrestling is included.Special Olympics for disabled. India won 46 medals @Pyhongchang China.Olympics for Mentally disabled. Held in S.Korea
Indians @London Olympic 2012
Gagan Narang Bronze. 10 air-rifle
KrishnaPoonia
discus throw. Did not win
Mary Kom Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing
Saina Nehwal Bronze. Single badminton
Sushil KumarSilver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag-bearer. He got bronze in 2008Beijing.
Vijay Kumar Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv G.Khel ratna
Yogeshwardutt
Bronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel ratna.
Chess
These Indians won some foreign tournaments: Parimarajan Negi, P.Harikrishna.Widith Gujrathi: 30th GrandmasterAbijit Gupta: Commonwealth Chess ChampionshipK.Jennitha: World chess championship for disabled.Grenke Chess classic 2013: Anand won
Miscellaneous
Rupesh Shah: Asian Billiards
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Ronnie O’Sullivan: World Snooker-Becamechampion for the fifth timePGA 2013 Tigerwoods.Australian Grand prix 2013: KimmyRaikkonel.Malkhamb: Madhya Pradesh declared it asstate’s sportHenry Rebello: athlete from India,participated in London Olympics’48. Dead.Anand Shetty (Flying Bunt): Sprinter. DeadWorld cup for shooting: Rahi Sarnobat -1stIndian woman to win gold in pistol shooting.Archery World cup @Shanghai: Bronze byIndian women’s team.National Archery Championship at RaipurChhattisgarh. Assam won.
Sport Mascots
BeijingOlympics2008
Fuwa (good-luck dolls)
CricketWorld Cup2011
Stumpy, the elephant.
CWG,2011
Shera, the tiger.
Kabbadiworld cup2012, India
JAANBAZ, the eagle.
LondonOlympics2012
Wenlock + Mandeville. Theysymbolize Britain’sindustrial revolution.
FIFA 2014 Armadillo named “Fuleco”
Sports Awards
RG Khel Ratna
Shooter Ronjan Sodhi. He had also won ISSF shooting worldcup: (silver, double trap).Before him Khel Ratna was given to Wrestler YogeshwarDutt.
LaureusAwards 2013
Usain Bolt (male) and Jessica Ennis (Female) for their Olympic2013 records.
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Arjun Awards 2013
Mr. Abhijeet Gupta Chess
Mr. Amit Kumar Saroha Athletics (Para)
Mr. Dharmender Dalal Wrestling
Mr. Gagan Jeet Bhullar Golf
Mr. Ranjith Maheshwari Athletics
Mr. Rupesh Shah Billiards & Snooker
Mr. Virat Kohli Cricket
Ms. Chekrovolu Swuro Archery
Ms. Joshna Chinnappa Squash
Ms. Kavita Chahal Boxing
Ms. Mouma Das Table Tennis
Ms. Neha Rathi Wrestling
Ms. P.V. Sindhu Badminton
Ms. Rajkumari Rathore Shooting
Ms. Saba Anjum Hockey
Dronacharya 2013 Award for Coaches
K.P. Thomas Athletics
Mahavir Singh Boxing
Narinder Singh Saini Hockey
Poornima Mahato Archery
Raj Singh Wrestling
Places in News
AhmedabadFirst city in South Asia to have a comprehensive heat actionplan
Arunanchal Pradesh New wild banana species found-Musa Velutina
BangaloreInternational airport
renamed after Hiriya Kempegowda. He was a ruler under theVijayanagar empire
BetulIn Gawilgarh hills, MP. ASI has found 12000 year old paintingsfrom here.
Bushehr Province Iran earthquake in april
Cyclone Phailin Odisha and Andhra
Hanumangarha a major trade hub during Harappa period
Jaisalmer Fort
First inhabited world heritage monument under UNESCOOtherfive forts that got world heritage statute: Amber, Chittorgarh,Gangron, Kumbhalgarh.
Javadi HillsVellore district TN. Neolithic bedrocks found. They were usedfor sharpning axes and stone tools.
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Kalimantan forest In Borneo island, Indonesia. World’s largest project forREDD+
Kshripra river,Ujjain
Gold coins of vikram aditya found belonging to first centuryBc.
Kutch India’s first marine eco sensitive zone by MoEF
Maenam WildlifeSanctury, Sikkim
First wild life sanctury to have a skywalk and 22km ropeway
Malayalam languageUnion cabinet gives it classical status, along with Tamil,Kannada and Telugu.
Mauratia Ancient Microcontinent. Its evidence found in W.Indian ocean.
Meghalaya, Tripura,Manipur.
Got their own high courts.Total HC (before) =21. After=24.This was done via amending North Eastern areasreorganisation act 1971
Mount Fuji, Japan World Heritage status under UNESCOIn Honhu Island
Mukundra HillsThird Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. Other two are Sariska andRanthambhore
Nyoma, Leh Highest Krishi Vigyan kendra
Palacole, Andhra Nepoleaon era french gold coins found
Popocatépetlvolcano
Mexico
PraneshwaraTemple, Shimogadistrict, Karnataka
Ancient copper plates from Kalachurya dynasty.
Samoa Airline First airline to charge passengers based on their weight
SerbiaAgreed to cede some areas to its former provinceKosovo.Under EU accord.Serbia-Capital BelgradeKosovo-Capital Pristina-Uses Euro as Currency.
Shanghai Started visa-free transit scheme with Beijing.
Shenzhen Province China Launched its first carbon trading scheme here
Sichuan Province China earthquake of ritchers scale-7.
UKBanned sale of non-native aquatic plants to prevent entry ofinvasive species.
UttarakhandDisaster
Covered here: click me
Wayanand, KeralaPre historic rock art found in Edakkal caves in Ambukuthyhills.
XishaDisputed islands in South China sea. China is offering touristsrides while Vietnam opposes.
Dead
Only covering import ones, else this will be a mile long list.
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Aaron swartz Helped creating early version of RSS and Internet.
Afzal GuruIn Feb’13. Hanged for parliament attack on13/12/2001.Operation three star=codename for his hanging.
Ahalyachari Educationist. Associated with NCERT
Ajmal Kasab Hanged for 26/11/2008 terrorist attack.
AK Narayan Historian and archaeologist
Amar G. Bose Founder of Bose corp- Radios, speakers and audio systems
Arun Dey Historian, Kolkata
Asgar AliEngineer
Islamic scholar. Dawoodi Bohra movement.
Batindra NathMukharji
Ancient Indian historian
Bruce Reynold Carried the Great Train robbery in Britain.
Chinua Achebe father of modern African Literature.
Doctor HilaryKoprowski
First successful oral vaccine for polio.
DouglasEngelbart
Father of Computer mouse.
Ganesh Pyne Painter. W.Bengal.
Henry Rebello athlete from India, participated in London Olympics’48. Dead.
HiroshiYamauchi
Creator of Mario and Donkey Kong games. Nintendo Company
HS Singhania President of JK Singhania group.
Ieng Sary Founder of Cambodia’s notorious Khmer Rouge movement.
Jia Dagar Drupad Singer.
John E Karlin Inventor of phone keypad.
Kallam AnjiReddy
Founder of Dr.Reddy’s lab.
KP Bhaskar Indian classical dancer in Singapore.
MahasundariSevi
Sujani craft, Mithila painting
MSGopalKrishnan.
Violin maestro
N.Seshagiri Founder DG of NIC.
OttavioQuattrocchi
Bofors scandal.
Pandit RamSneezehi Shukla
Freedom fighter. Gandhi’s follower.
PV Indresan Educationist. Ex-Director of IIT Madras
RaghunathPanigrahi
Classical singer. Jaydev’s Git Govind.
Ramankutty Nair Kathakali maestro. Autobiography “Thiranottam”
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Ray Dolby Dolby sound.Rituparno Ghosh Filmmaker. Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Last Lear etc.
Robert Edward Father of IVF technology. Won noble for
Rochus Misch Hitler’s bodyguard. Dead
Ronald Coase Coase theorm. Noble prize for economics. Dead.
RP Goenka CEAT, Saregama, Philips carbon black etc.
Sagar Singh Part of Azad Hind Fauj during freedom struggle.
Sarabjit Singh attacked in Lahor Jail in Pakistan, died.
Shakuntala Devi Maths Genius, wrote many books on puzzles.
Shanu Lahiri Painter from Bengal school
SushmitaBangerjee
Bengali author. “Kabuliwala’s Bengali wife”. Killed by Talibans.
Vidarbha MishraEnvironment activist. Cleaning ganga through his Sankan Mochanfoundation.
Vinod Raina Educationist. Brain behind Right to education act.
VS Ramadevi First woman Chief election Commissioner of India
Zafar Futehally Ornithologist
Stamps in News
Separate collection given on following page covers all postal stamps to belaunched till December 2013:
http://mrunal.org/2013/05/stamps-biodiversity-painting-freedom-struggle-culture-religion-places-2012-2013.html
Space/Sci-Tech related
Hardly asked in IBPS/Banking exams, but if you’re in CAPF/CDS/IFoS/SSC/state PSCgame then goto following page for the monthly and yearly compilations from TheHindu
http://mrunal.org/snt
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