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Current Affairs of July 2014Latest Current Affairs updated 31 July 2014

The e-commerce company which has raised a funding of 1 billion dollars from Tiger Global Management LLC, Accel Partners, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Singapore sovereign-wealth fund GIC (The company is registered in Singapore and was founded by Sachin and Binny Bansal in 2007)

Flipkart

The African nation which has declared a public health emergency after efforts to control the ebola disease have not proved successful Sierra Leone

The new Chief of Army Staff who has taken over from outgoing COAS, General Bikram Singh

General Dalbir Singh Suhag

The South African all-rounder who has announced retirement from all forms of cricket Jacques Kallis

The mission launched by Government of India to promote conservation and developments of indigenous breeds of cows in a focused and scientific manner is named

Rashtriya Gokul Mission

The South East-Asian country which crossed the 100 million (10 crores) mark in population on 27 July 2014 (Its 100 millionth citizen Chonalyn was born at the Jose Fabella hospital in Manila)

Philippines

The indigenous research vessel built by ABG Shipyard intended to carry out monsoon experiments and underwater exploration in the deep sea basins of Andaman by the scientists of National Institute of Oceanography which was flagged off from Visakhapatnam on 27 July is named

RV Sindhu Sadhana

The country in which representatives of Indian Air Force and Indian Navy have taken office for the first time (making it the fourth country after United Kingdom, USA and Russia to have Indian attaches from the 3 services)

China

The former Power Minister who has been chosen to head the committee to revisit the Natural Gas Pricing Guidelines of 2014 (NGPG 2014) and the Rangarajan formula and the possibility of applying the same in its present form or with modifications”.

Suresh Prabhu

The company engaged in logistics business under Ministry of Railways which was granted Navratna status by the Department of Public Enterprises, Govt of India

Container Corporation of India

The sector in which Cabinet Committee has approved raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap from 26 percent to 49 percent

Insurance

SCO: 94-95, 3rd Floor, Sector-34 A, Chandigarh, 09501592027

AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examsthrough the Foreign Investment Promotion Board routeFlight AH 5017, (type of plane - McDonnell Douglas MD83) of Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, which crashed in Mali killing 116 people on board was travelling from

Burkina Faso to Algiers

The annual bi-laterial Naval exercise of India and United States which began on 24 July with Japan being a special invitee this year Malabar

Indian techonological company which has become the first in the country to cross a market capitalisation of Rs. 5 lakh crores (exceeding the combined market capitalisation of Infosys, Wipro Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd and Tech Mahindra Ltd)

TCS

The Indian village in Jehanabad district of Bihar which has become the country's first village to be powered entirely be solar power Dharnia

The Indian athlete who has been dropped from Commonwealth squad of Indian athletes due to excess adrogen levels which prohibit her from participating as a female athlete

Dutee Chand

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) which is believed to have been shot down with a Buk surface-to-air missile killing about 295 people on board, was a Boeing 777-200ER travelling from

Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur

The minimum floor capital which has been prescribed by Reserve Bank of India for setting up of small banks in India Rs. 100 crores

The South American nation which has become the first country in the world to legalise child labour allowing children above 10 years of age to work

Bolivia

The city in China which has been chosen to be the headquarters of the New Development Bank which is being set up by BRICS nations as decided at the sixth BRICS summit

Shanghai

The typhoon which hit Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan and China during July 15 to July 21 killing several people and causing large-scale damage was named

Typhoon Rammasun

The first non-white female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal who died at the age of 90 in Georgia (She had won the gold in the high jump at the 1948 London Olympic Games with an American and Olympic record of 1.68 metres)

Alice Coachman Davis

The Indian city which has become the world's second most populous city with 25 million population after Tokyo (with a population of 38 million) as by report by U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Delhi

Ahmedabad based premier design institute which has been accorded the status of institution of national importance by an act of parliament, making it the 41st institute to have such a status

National Institute of Design

The South African anti-apartheid activist, author of works like The Conservationist and Burger's Daughter, and winner of Booker Prize (1974) and Nobel Prize in Literature (1991) who died on 13

Nadine Gordimer


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsJuly 2014The first in series of anti-submarine corvettes indigenously built by Kolkata based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), which was handed over to Indian Navy

INS Kamorta

The Indian film star whose ancestral home in Peshawar has been declared as National Heritage by the Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

Dilip Kumar

India’s first domestically built guided missile destroyer and the largest-ever destroyer in the Indian Navy which was delivered by Mazagon Dock Limited to the Indian Navy is named

INS Kolkata

The venue of sixth BRICS Summit 2014 to held from 15 to 17 July 2014, India being represented by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi (Theme of discussions: Inclusive Growth: Sustainable Solutions)

Fortaleza

The well known film and theatre personality, dancer and choreographer, recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship who died at the age of 102 years on 10 July 2014

Zohra Sehgal

The country which has won a five-year long maritime dispute against India with a United Nations tribunal awarding it 19,467 sq. km of the 25,602 sq. km sea area of the Bay of Bengal

Bangladesh

The Indian mathematician from Microsoft Research India who along with Adam W. Marcus and Daniel A. Spielman from Yale University has been chosen for the 2014 George Polya Prize by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), in Chicago.

Nikhil Srivastava

The renowned scholar of the Indian constitution and constitutional assembly debates and author of The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation and Working a Democratic Constitution: A History of Indian Experience who died on 06.07.14

Granville Austin

The university in Maharashtra which has been renamed Savitribai Phule University Pune University

The minimum broadband speed notified by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) by amending the Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal Regulations, 2012 has been raised from 256 kbps to

512 kbps

World's first flying observatory fitted by NASA on a modified Boeing 747 to study stars is named

SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy)

Soviet Union's last foreign minister and the second President of Georgia who died after a prolonged illness on 07 July 2014 (He was forced to resign as the President of Georgia following a bloodless Rose Revolution)

Eduard Shevardnadze

The tennis player from Serbia who has won the Wimbledon Novak Djokovic


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsGentlemen Singles title defeating Swiss tennis star Roger Federer in the finalsIndian Chess great who has been selected for the Russian Federation's Order of Federation award alongwith and Boris Gelfand of Israel

Viswanathan Anand

The tennis player from Czech Republic who has won the Wimbledon Ladies Singles title defeating Canadian contestant Eugenie Bouchard in the finals

Petra Kvitova

The 240-Megawatt Uri-II Hydro Electric Project (HEP) located near the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district of Kashmir which was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is located on the river

Jhelum

The treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are visually impaired, which India has become the first country to ratify (the treaty was adopted by 79 member countries of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on June 27, 2013 and will come into force once 20 countries ratify it)

Marrakesh Treaty

The commonly used commodities which were included in the purview of stock holding limits under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to curb hoarding and rising prices

Onion and Potato

The state which has adopted the camel as its State Animal with an aim to check its dwindling numbers (from 6,68,000 camels in 1997 to 4,30,426 in 2008)

Rajasthan

The former cabinet minister who has been appointed the head of a high-level panel on power revamp — Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable Energy.

Suresh Prabhu

The 3D mobile game launched by the Indian Air Force in a bid to attract generation-next youth to pursue a career in the air force is named

Guardian of the Skies (GOTS)

The Indian shooter who has been ranked as World No. 1 in the latest rankings released by ISSF (International Shooting Sports Federation)

Jitu Rai

The eminent Indian-American scientist and adjunct professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development at the University of Minnesota, in whose honour the United States has named a mountain in Antartica as Mt. Sinha

Akhouri Sinha

Wimbledon 2014

Event Winner Nationality Runner-up Nationality


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsGentlemen's Singles Novak Djokovic Serbia Roger Federer SwitzerlandLadies' Singles Petra Kvitova Czech Republic Eugenie Bouchard Canada

Men's Doubles Vasek PospisilJack Sock

CanadaUSA

Bob BryanMike Bryan USA

Women's Doubles Sara ErraniRoberta Vinci Italy Timea Babos

Kristina MladenovicHungaryFrance

Mixed Doubles Nenad ZimonjicSamantha Stosur

SerbiaAustralia

Max MirnyiChan Hao-ching

BelarusTaiwan

FIFA World Cup 20141. Venue : Brazil2. Winner : Germany3. Second, Third and Fourth Position : Argentina, Netherlands and Brazil

respectively4. Golden Ball for Best Player : Lionel Messi (Argentina)5. Golden Boot for Top Scorer : James Rodriguez (Columbia)6. Golden Glove for Best Goalkeeper : Manuel Neuer (Germany)7. Best Young Player : Paul Pogba (France)

Union Budget 2014-15 - Points to RememberProgrammes - aims and allocations

Programme Aim AllocationPradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna Assured irrigation Rs. 1000

croreShyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission

Integrated project based infrastructure in rural areas -

Neeranchal To give impetus to watershed development

Rs. 2142 crores

Safety for Women on Public Road Transport Safety of women in buses etc Rs. 50 crores

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao YojanaTo help in improving the efficiency of delivery of welfare services meant for women

Rs. 100 crores

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan To provide sanitation facility to every household by 2019 -


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsProgramme Aim Allocation

Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya New Teachers Training Programme

To infuse new training tools and motivate teachers

Rs. 500 crores

Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana

To augment power supply to the rural areas

Rs. 500 crores

Statue of Unity To erect a Statue of Sardar Patel as the symbol of the unity of the country

Rs. 200 crores

Skill India To skill the youth with an emphasis on employability and entrepreneur skills -

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

To improve accessibility for rural population

Rs. 14,389 crores

Communication Linked Interface for Cultivating Knowledge (CLICK) and online courses.

Setting up of virtual classrooms Rs. 100 crores

Digital IndiaTo bridge the divide between digital "haves" and "have-nots" and ensure Broad band connectivity at village level

Rs. 500 crores

Jal Marg Vikas

Project on River Ganges to enable commercial navigation of at least 1500 tonne vessels between Allahabad and Haldia

Rs. 4,200 crores

One Rank One Pension Equity in pension among retired personnel of armed forces

Rs. 1,000 crores

War Memorial Princes Park, Delhi Rs. 100 crores

Namami Gange Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission Rs. 2,037 crores

Arun Prabha 24x7 channel for the North-East India -

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New Institutes Proposed in Union Budget 2014-158. National Academy for Customs & Excise at Hindupur in Andhra Pradesh9. 2 National Institutes of Ageing to be set up in AIIMS, New Delhi and Madras

Medical College, Chennai10. AIIMS like institutions to come up in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Vidarbha

(Maharashtra) and Poorvanchal (UP)


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Exams11. Jai Prakash Narayan National Centre for Excellence in Humanities to be set up in

MP12. 5 more IITs to come up in Jammu, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala13. 5 IIMs in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan14. 2 more Agricultural Research Institute of Excellence in Assam and Jharkhand15. Agricultural Universities in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan16. Horticulture Universities in Telangana and Haryana17. Sports University in Manipur

New Governors of States18. Uttar Pradesh - Shri Ram Naik19. Gujarat - Om Prakash Kohli20. Chhattisgarh - Balramji Dass Tandon21. West Bengal - Keshari Nath Tripathi22. Nagaland - Padmanabha Acharya23. Haryana - Kaptan Singh Solanki

Current Affairs of June 2014Latest Current Affairs updated 30 June 2014


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsAce Indian shuttler who has won the USD 750,000 Star Australian Super Series defeating Spain's Carolina Marin in finals in Sydney

Saina Nehwal

The measure of the smallest force detected by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley, using a combination of lasers and a unique optical trapping system is

42 yoctonewtons (there are appx 3 x 1023 yoctonewtons in one ounce of force.)

The bi-annual anti-terrorist drill conducted jointly by the police of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh which started on Jun 25 is code named

Operation Hamla

The former BCCI President who has been appointed the Chairman of International Cricket Council replacing Alan Isaac of New Zealand

N Srinivasan

The periodical started by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in 1870 which has launched its online edition Tehzibul Akhlaq

The regular venue of International Film Festival of India for the past few years, which has been formally declared to be the permanent venue of the festival by Government of India

Goa

The public sector companies which have been granted the status of Navratna Undertaking by the Government of India

Engineers India Limited and National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited

The MSP (Minimum Support Price) for paddy (common) for the kharif season of 2014-15 has been fixed at

Rs. 1360 (hiked by Rs. 50 from previous year)

The painting of water lilies by a French artist Claude Monet, which was sold for a huge sum of 31.7 million pounds (the second highest price ever paid for the artist at an auction) in an auction by Sotheby's in London.

Nympheas

The initiative by Indian Government's Department of Electronics and Information Technology to enable delivery of public services electronically through the mobile platform which has been awarded 2014 United Nations Public Service award

Mobile Seva

Okavango Delta which became the 1000th site to be included in the World Heritage Sites list by UNESCO is located in Botswana

The national park located in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh which has been included in the World Heritage Sites list by the UNESCO

Great Himalayan National Park

The 11 century step-well in Patan district of Gujarat which has been included in the World Heritage Sites list by the UNESCO Rani-ki-vav

The company involved in zinc-lead-silver business, which has entered into agreement with Government of Rajasthan to build 30,000 toilets for poor families in rural areas under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan programme

Hindustan Zinc

The scheme of West Bengal government launched in 2013 to Kanyashree Prakalpa


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examsprovide scholarship to girls from economically-backward backgrounds, which has been given international recognition by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and UNICEF is namedThe iconic bungalow Meherangir, in Mumbai which was sold for Rs 372 crore by the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) belonged to

Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha

The renowned Hindi poet and author of works like Abhi bilkul abhi and Yahan se dekho who has been chosen for the 2013 Jnanpith Award (he is the 10th Hindi writer to receive the honour)

Kedarnath Singh

The Indian-born Booker Prize winning author who has been chosen for 2014 Pen Pinter prize established in memory of famous British playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter

Salman Rushdie

The renowned poet whose poems alongwith the 1330 couplets of Tirukkural were translated into Mandarin by Taiwanese poet Yu Hsi

Subramanya Bharathi

The Indian origin girl who has been hailed as 1 of the 10 Champions of Change honoured by the White House for their exemplary leadership in their communities

Pratishtha Khanna

The Indian-born plant scientist who has been chosen for the USD 250,00 World Food Prize for his contribution in increasing global wheat production by more than 200 million tonnes in the years following the Green Revolution

Dr Sanjaya Rajaram

The city which has become India's first kerosene-free city with the successful implementation of A Kerosene-Free City Scheme, 2012

Delhi

The Indian technological company which has become the third largest employer of people in the technology sector in the world after IBM and Hewlett Packard

TCS

Jordan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, who has been chosen to be the next UN Human Rights Commissioner succeeding Navi Pillay from September 2014

Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein

The JV-model Hydro Electric Project between Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) and Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) in Bhutan foundation stone for which was laid by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Kholongchu Hydro-electric Project

The country which has won the Men's Hockey World Cup defeating The Netherlands 6-1 in the finals at Kyocera Stadium (India finished at 9th position)

Australia

The country which has won the Women's Hockey World Cup defeating Australia 2-0 in the finals at the Kyocera Stadium in The Hague (The Netherlands).

The Netherlands

One of the largest living elephants of Tsavo East National Park of Kenya which was killed by poachers using poisoned

Satao


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examsarrows (earlier in May 2014, an elephant named Mountain Bull also fell to poachers)The eminent Malayalam scientist-turned-writer who has been chosen for the prestigious Moortidevi Award for 2013 for his novel Theekkadal Katanhu Thirumadhuram

C Radhakrishnan

Ugandan Foreign Minister who has been elected the President of the 69th session of UN General Assembly in New York (the session opens in September 2014)

Sam Kutesa

The steel plant in Durg district of Chhattisgarh where a gas leak has resulted in the death of six people, including two Deputy General Managers

Bhilai Steel Plant

The fifth reactor of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS-5) set an Asian record with an uninterrupted run, generating power at its full capacity of 220 MWe almost every day for

678 days

The city from which low cost airline Air Asia launched its first domestic flight to Goa's Dabolim airport Bangalore

The former member of executive Board of SAP AG who has been chosen to be the new CEO and MD of Infosys technologies from 01 Aug 2014

Vikas Sikka

The California based satellite imaging firm which is set to be acquired by internet giant Google for $500 million Skybox Imaging

The supersonic anti-ship cruise missile which was test-fired for the first time from a warship built in India, the yet-to-be-commissioned destroyer INS Kolkata, off the coast of Karwar in Karnataka

Brahmos

The 37-second 175-megabit video transmitted from International Space Station to Earth using a new laser communications instrument called Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) had the message

Hello, World!

The member of Israel's Likud party who has been elected to be Israel's new President succeeding Shimon Peres on July 27, 2014

Reuven Rivlin

The well-known chemist who specialized in the creation of mind-altering drugs and popular drug Ecstasy who died in California on 02 June 2014

Alexander Shulgin

The Spanish tennis professional who has won the French Open Men's title (for the 9th time, winning 14 Grand Slam titles in all) defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the final

Rafael Nadal

The Russian tennis player who has won the French Open Women's title defeating Simona Halep of Romania in the finals (This is her 5th Grand Slam and 2nd French Open title)

Maria Sharapova

The nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, the first reactor at which has achieved its full capacity of 1000 MW of power generation

Kudankulam


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsThe Irish author who has been awarded the Baileys Women's Prize for fiction for her first novel, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing,

Eimear McBride

The BJP leader and the first woman to win Lok Sabha elections for the eighth time, who has been chosen the Speaker of Lok Sabha

Ms. Sumitra Mahajan

The slogan for World Environment Day 2014 observed on June 05 with the theme Small Islands and Climate Change

Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level

The Indian industrialist who has become the first Indian recipient of the Harvard Medal awarded for his dedication, generosity and service to the Harvard University

Anand Mahindra

The current position of India in textiles export as per data released by UN Comtrade in Global Textiles

Second (China is at the top)

The Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj and Lok Sabha MP from Beed constituency in Maharashtra, who died in a road accident on 03 June 2014

Gopinath Munde

The solar powered plane which completed its first test flight by flying for two hours and 17 minutes in Switzerland. Solar Impulse 2

The fifth Indo-French bi-lateral air exercise being conducted at Jodhpur in Rajasthan from 02 to 13 June is named Garuda V

The IPL team which has won the IPL 2014 tournament for the second time defeating Kings XII Punjab at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

Kolkata Knight Riders

The village in Nagaland which has been declared country's first tobacco-free village Gariphema

The 76-year old King of Spain since 1975, who has decided to abdicate the throne in favour of his son Felipe King Juan Carlos

Launch of PSLV-C23Launch Date - 30 June 2014

Launch Station - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota

Satellites put into space

1. SPOT satellite from France2. AISAT from Germany3. NLS7.1 and NLS7.2, both from Canada4. VELOX-1 from Singapore.


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Exams27th launch of PSLV of which 26 have been successful in a row. PSLV has so far put 67 satellites into orbit, of which 40 were from 19 countries.

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Telangana - Points to rememberFormation Day - 02 June 2014

First Chief Minister - K. Chandrashekhar Rao

Area rank in India - 12th largest

Population rank in India - 12th largest

State Legislature - 119 MLAs and 40 MLCs

Parliament - 17 MPs of Lok Sabha and 7 MPs of Rajya Sabha

Number of districts - 10 (Adilabad, Nizamabad, Medak, Hyderabad, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Ranga Reddy, Khammam, Warangal and Karimnagar)

State Festivals - Bonalu (Ashada Jatara) and Bathukamma

Note: The first Governor of Telangana, Mr. ESL Narsimhan was also sworn in by Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta.

New districts in Maharashtra and West Bengal1. Maharashtra's 36th district Palghar carved out of Thane district

2. West Bengal's 20th district Alipurduar carved out of Jalpaiguri district



Revised MSP rates for Kharif crop 2014-15

Commodity MSP 2013-14 MSP 2014-15Paddy Rs. 1310/- Rs. 1360/-Paddy Grade A Rs. 1345/- Rs. 1400/-Cotton, Medium Staple Rs. 3700/- Rs. 3750/-Cotton, Long Staple Rs. 4000/- Rs. 4050/-Tur dal Rs. 4300/- Rs. 4350/-Urad dal Rs. 4300/- Rs. 4350/-Moong dal Rs. 4500/- Rs. 4600/-

Current Affairs of May 2014Latest Current Affairs updated 31 May 2014

The senior advocate who has been appointed the Solicitor General following the resignation of Solicitor General Mohan Parsaran Ranjit Kumar


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsThe indigenously developed rockets with more than 60 km range which were successfully test-fired from Proof and Experimental Establishment at Chandipur in Odisha

Pinaka Mark-2

The retired Field Marshall of Egypt who has won the Presidential elections in the country defeating his opponent Hamdeen Sabahi

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi

The three European nations which have formed an economic union named Eurasian Economic Union or just Eurasian Union

Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus

Infosys President and board member who has resigned from the company BG Srinivas

The eminent Supreme Court lawyer who has been appointed as the 14th Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi

The former Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) who has been appointed as the Principal Secretary to the new Prime Minister.

Nripendra Mishra

The Bangalore based research institute whose scientists along with scientists from Institute of Bioinformatics and John Hopkins University mapped more than 17,000 proteins in 30 organs of the human body

NIMHANS

The author of best-seller I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and director of film Down in the Delta who died at the age of 86 on 28.05.14

Maya Angelou

The Ukrainian billionaire businessman, nicknamed Chocolate King who has won the Presidential elections in Ukraine Petro Poroshenko

The express train between Hisar and Gorakhpur which rammed into a stationery goods train near Churaid railway station killing over 40 people

Gorakhdham Express

The country which has won the Thomas Cup badminton tournament defeating Malaysia in the finals at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi Japan

The country which has won the Uber Cup badminton tournament defeating Japan in the finals at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi China

The teenager from Andhra Pradesh who has become the youngest female climber to conquer Mt. Everest Malavath Purna

The leader of South Africa's African National Congress who was sworn in as the country's President for the second term after the party won the May 7 elections

Jacob Zuma

The 18-century Mysore ruler whose gold ring with the name 'Ram' inscribed on it, was auctioned by London auction house Christie's for £ 140,500 recently

Tipu Sultan

The new Chief Information Commissioner who has taken over from outgoing CIC Mrs Sushma Singh Rajiv Mathur

The domestic e-retailer which has acquired rival and leading fashion e-tailer Myntra.com in the biggest acquisition in the Indian e-commerce business

Flipkart

The south-Asian country where the army has announced military takeover of the government after having declared martial law a few

Thailand


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examsdays agoThe ousted President of Egypt who has been found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to three years in prison by an Egyptian court

Hosni Mubarak

The new Chief Minister of Bihar who was sworn in by the Governor D.Y. Patil, following the resignation of Nitish Kumar Jitan Ram Manjhi

The country which has decided to disband its Coast Guard because of its failure to respond more effectively to the sinking of the ferry Sewol in April

South Korea

The country where voters have rejected a proposal to have minimum wage, which would have been the world's highest minimum wage at $24.65 per hour

Switzerland

The new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who was sworn in for the second consecutive term Nabam tuki

The Committee to Review Governance of Boards of Banks in India which has suggested that the Bank Nationalisation Acts of 1970 and 1980, together with the SBI Act and the SBI (Subsidiary Banks) Act, be repealed and also that government should cut its holding in public sector banks to less than 50 per cent was headed by

PJ Nayak, former Chairman and CEO, Axis Bank

The Act to protect persons who expose alleged wrongdoing in government bodies, projects and offices, which has received President's assent in May 2014 (The act was passed by Lok Sabha in December 2011 and by Rajya Sabha in February 2014)

Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011

The Spanish tennis player who has won 2014 Madrid Open Mens Singles title defeating Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the finals Rafael Nadal

The Vice Chief of Army Staff who has been chosen by the Government to take over as the next Chief of Army Staff on 31 July 2014

Lt. Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag

The World’s first Electric plane, powered by 120 lithium-ion polymer batteries and manufactured by the Toulouse-based Airbus which successfully completed its first flight in Bordeaux, France is named

E-fan

India's own payment gateway developed by National Payments Corporation of India and equivalent of Visa and Mastercard which was dedicated to the nation by the President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee is named (Note: It is the seventh payment gateway in the world)

RuPay

The countries on which travel restrictions have been imposed by WHO over their failure to control polio

Pakistan, Syria and Cameroon

The bull taming sport of Tamil Nadu played as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day, which has been banned by the Supreme Court

Jallikattu

The Prime Minister of Thailand against whom a constitutional court has issued orders to step down finding her guilty in an abuse of power case

Yingluck Shinawatra

The dam in Kerala in relation to which the Supreme Court quashed the law enacted by the Kerala government to restrict the water level to

Mullaperiyar Dam


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Exams136 ft. and allowed it to be raised to 142 ftThe Indian industrialist and philanthropist who has been awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, one of Britain's highest civilian honours (becoming the only Indian to be given the awarded since India became a republic in 1950)

Ratan Tata

The online cricket knowledge challenge with dynamic digital question platform and video rounds launched by ESPNcricinfo is named

CricIQ

The Indian insurance company which has changed its name to Exide Life Insurance Company

ING Vysya Life Insurance Company

The popular Indian comic series which has made a digital debut by launching ACK Comics, a digital store app for across platforms — Windows 8, iOS and Android — giving users access to over 300 of its titles.

Amar Chitra Katha

The noted social activist who has been presented with 23rd Yudhvir Memorial Award by the Yudhvir foundation for her work for the revival of the Deccan handloom industry and the welfare of weavers

Suraiya Hassan Bose

The Indian educational institution which has been listed in the 100 under 50 (a ranking of institutions under 50 years of age) university rankings for the first time with an entry at No. 87 released by the Times Higher Education magazine.

IIT Guwahati

New Chief Ministers

Bihar - Jitan Ram Manjhi

Sikkim - Pawan Chamling (has become the CM of Sikkim for the record fifth time)

Odisha - Naveen Patnaik (has become the CM of Odisha for the fourth consecutive time)

Arunachal Pradesh - Nabam Tuki (has become the CM for the second consecutive time)

Gujarat - Mrs. Anandiben Patel (is the first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat)

Nagaland - T R Zeliang (took over as the chief minister of Nagaland after Neiphiu Rio resigned from the post following his win in the Lok Sabha elections.)



Current Affairs of April 2014Latest Current Affairs updated 30 April 2014

The Indian entrepreneur and executive chairman of Infosys who has been honoured with 2014 Canada India Foundation Chanchalani Global Indian Award

Narayana Murthy

India's lone gorilla which died at Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysore zoo) at the age of 43 was named Polo

The Indian activist who has been awarded the Goldman Environment Prize for his efforts in helping villagers stop a massive coal mining project in Chhattisgarh (Note: The first Indian to be awarded the prize was Medha Patkar in 1992)

Ramesh Agarwal

The 41st Chief Justice of India who has succeeded Chief Justice Justice Rajendra Mal


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsP. Sathasivam LodhaThe Indian diplomat who has been appointed India's first-ever envoy to ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) Suresh Reddy

The Indian Grandmaster who has won the silver medal at the Asian Continental Chess Championship held in Sharjah Adhiban

The island nation located in the Pacific Ocean which has filed a lawsuit against nine nuclear-armed nations, including India, at the International Court of Justice for violating their legal obligation to disarm

Marshall Islands

The first woman Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, who was administered the oath of office and allegiance by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung (the first woman to grace the post since the Delhi High Court was established in October 1966)

Justice G Rohini

The Indian snooker player who has won the World Women’s Senior Snooker Championship at Leeds, Britain defeating Alena Asmolava of Belarus in the finals

Chitra Magimairaj

The Indian subsidiary of British multinational confectionery company Mondelēz International which has changed its name to Mondelez India Foods Ltd

Cadbury India

The new Chief of Indian Navy chosen to fill in the vacancy created by the resignation of Admiral Devendra Joshi R.K. Dhowan

The Indian-American professor at Clemson University who has been named as the one of White House’s Solar Champions of Change

Rajendra Singh

The novel written by American writer Donna Tartt which has been chosen for Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the year 2014 The Goldfinch

The Colombian novelist and short-story writer, winner of 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) who died on 17 April 2014

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle being used in search operations relating to the missing airliner MH370 is named Bluefin-21

The Indian shooter who has won the Men's trap Gold medal at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Tucson (USA) Manavjit Singh Sandhu

The serious vulnerability in OpenSSL encryption used by thousands of web servers, including those run by email and web chat providers which allows anyone on the internet to read the memory of the systems is named

Heartbleed

The Indian born poet who has been awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems "3 Sections."

Vijay Seshadri

The Central Armed Police Force in which government has approved induction of women as combat officers Sashastra Seema Bal

The spy satellite launched by Israel to keep a watch on Iran and the surrounding region is named Ofek-10


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsThe renowned lyricist, poet and filmmaker who has been chosen for the 45th Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2013) for his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema

Gulzar

The former 100 metres world record holder from Jamaica who has been banned for 18 months after he tested positive for a banned substance

Asafa Powell

The Indian industrialist who has been conferred the rank of Knight Commander (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to UK/India relations, inward investment to the UK and philanthropy

Ratan Tata

Indian Navy's first aircraft carrier decommissioned in 1997 which has been sold to a ship-breaking firm IB Commercial Property Ltd

INS Vikrant (HMS Hercules)

Indian cricketer who has been chosen as one of the Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year 2014 alongwith CM Edwards, RJ Harris, CJL Rogers and JE Root.

Shikhar Dhawan

The north-eastern State whose capital has been put on India's railway map with the first passenger train of about 400 commuters arriving at Naharlagun near Itanagar

Arunachal Pradesh

Indian shooter who has become world No.1 in the 10 metres air pistol event, according to the recent rankings released by International Shooting Sport Federation.

Heena Sidhu

The pharmaceutical company which has announced acquisition of 100 per cent of Ranbaxy Laboratories in a 4 billion dollar all-share transaction (thus creating the fifth-largest specialty generics company in the world and the largest pharmaceutical company in India)

Sun Pharmaceuticals

The elephant in the custody of Jyotiba temple, Kolhapur, which has been ordered to be released and transferred to Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (WRRC) in Bangalore by the Bombay High Court is named

Sundar

The noted environmentalist and author of The Snow Leopard and At Play in the Fields of the Lord, who died on 05 April 14 Peter Matthiessen

The Malaysian badminton player who has won the Men's Singles title at the Yonex Sunrise Indian Open 2014 badminton tournament defeating Chen Long of China in the finals at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi

Lee Chong Wei

Nobel prize winning Indian poet and author of India's National Anthem who was honoured by U.K., India and Bangladesh at the House of Commons in U.K.

Rabindranth Tagore

The African nation which has become African continent's biggest economy surpassing South Africa (The country's GDP now includes previously uncounted industries like telecoms, information technology, music, online sales, airlines, and film production)

Nigeria


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsThe team which won the ICC Women's World T-20 cricket tournament defeating England in the finals at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Bangladesh

Australia

The cricket team which has won the ICC T-20 World Cup tournament by defeating India in the finals at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Bangladesh

Sri Lanka (Captained by Lasith Malinga)

The Indian cricketer who was awarded the ICC World Twenty20 2014 Player of the Tournament Virat Kohli

The contestant from Jaipur who has been crowned Femina Miss India 2014 at a beauty pageant in Mumbai Koyal Rana

The navigation satellite (the second in the series of seven satellites planned to constitute the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System ) launched by ISRO aboard PSLV-C24 from Sriharikota

IRNSS-1B

Sentinel-1a, first satellite of Copernicus Earth observation project that will supply valuable images in the event of natural disasters or even a plane crash was launched on 3 April from Kourou, French Guiana aboard a Soyuz rocket by

European Space Agency

The country neighbouring India which started its first official census after 30 years (the last census in the country was held in 1983)

Myanmar

Iconic structures across the world, including Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai and several building in Chennai were lit up in blue colour on 02 April 2014 which was observed as

World Autism Day

The communications satellite launched in September 2003 which has gone out of service after ten-and-half years in orbit (it was originally built to have a life of 15 years)

INSAT-3E

The finance companies which have been granted 'in-principle' nod from the Reserve Bank of India to set up banks

IDFC Ltd and Bandhan Financial Services Private Ltd

The US ambassador to India who has submitted her resignation with an intention to retire Nancy Powell

The Public Sector Undertaking which has been awarded the Most Efficient Navratna Award at 5th Dalal Street Investment Journal Awards in New Delhi

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

The annual whaling programme of Japan which was ordered to be halted by the United Nations' International Court of Justice rejecting the country's claims that it targets the sea creatures for scientific purposes was named

Jarpa II



61st National Film Awards for 2013The following are awards in some important categories of National Film Awards.

S. No. Name of the Award Film Awardee

1. Best Feature Film Ship of Theseus (English-Hindi)

Producer - Recyclewala Films Pvt Ltd.Director - Anand Gandhi

2. Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director Fandry (Marathi)

Producer: Navalkha Arts and Holy Basil CombineDirector - Nagraj Manjule

3. Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)

Producer: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, ROMP PicturesDirector - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

4.Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)

Producer: Company ProductionsDirector - Balu Mahendra

5. Best Film on Social Issues Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)

Producer: Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd.Director - Satish Manwar

6. Best Children's Film KaphalProducer - Children's Film Society of IndiaDirector - Batul Mukhtiar

7. Best Direction Shahid (Hindi) Hansal Mehta

8. Best Actor

Shahid (Hindi)

Perariyathar (Malayalam)

Raj Kumar

Suraj Venjaramoodu9. Best Actress Liar's Dice (Hindi) Geetanjali Thapa10. Best Supporting Actor Jolly LLB (Hindi) Saurabh Shukla

11. Best Supporting Actress

Astu (Marathi)

Ship of Theseus (English-Hindi)

Amruta Subhash

Aida El-Kashef

12. Best Child Artist

Fandry (Marathi)

Thanga Meengal (Tamil)

Somnath Avghade

Sadhana

13. Best Male Playback Singer Jaatishwar (Bengali) Rupankar

14. Best Female Playback Singer Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi) Bela Shende



15th International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) for 2014The following are IIFA awards in some important categories.

Best Picture - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Direction - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Performance in a Leading Role (Male) - Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Performance in a Leading Role (Female) - Deepika Padukone for Chennai Express

Music Direction - Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly for Aashiqui 2

Entertainer of the year - Deepika Padukone

Outstanding Contribution To International Cinema - John Travolta

Lifetime Achievement - Shatrughan Sinha

NDTV Indian of the Year for 2014Indian of the year - Chief Election Commissioner

Lifetime Achievement Award - Amjad Ali Khan and Satish Gujral

Business leader of the year - Rajeev Bajaj

Sportsperson of the year - P.V. Sindhu

LIC Unsung Hero of the Year - Laxmi

Entertainer of the year - Deepika Padukone



Current Affairs of March 2014Latest Current Affairs updated 31 March 2014

The Multilateral Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) Exercise, which is being conducted from 28 Mar to 03 Apr 14 at Indonesia with Indian Navy being represented by INS Sukanya with integral Chetak is named

KOMODO

The race course in Mumbai, which completed 130 years of its establishment recently

Mahalaxmi Race Course

The seniormost judge of the Supreme Court who has been recommended to be the 41st Chief Justice of India to succeed CJI P. Sathasivam retiring on April 26

Justice R.M. Lodha

The Indian badminton player who having entered the finals of Malaysia Grand Prix Gold 2014, lost to Indonesian player Simon Santoso

Saurabh Varma

The former Indian skipper who has been appointed by the Supreme Court as the interim president of the BCCI to discharge the functions of the Indian Premier League 2014

Sunil Gavaskar

The environment engineer of the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee who has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (IGPP) for his efforts to improve the environment in and around his village of Pillayarkuppam in Cuddalore

N. Ramesh

The Princeton University (US) professor of mathematics, who has been awarded the 2014 Abel Prize (also known as Mathematician's Nobel, by

Yakov Sinai


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examsthe Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for his influential 50-year career in mathematicsThe country which has won the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2014, defeating Malaysia in the finals (this was the 8th time that the country has won the tournament)

Australia

The public sector bank which has become the first in the country to launch a domestic remittance service called 'Instant money transfer (IMT)' that allows cardless cash withdrawal from its select ATMs which are tuned for this facility

Bank Of India

The noted string-theorist of the Department of Physics, Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad, who has been chosen for the 23rd G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2013.

Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar

The noted Hindi writer who has been chosen for the prestigious Saraswati Samman 2013 by KK Birla Foundation for his book Dhool Paudho Par Govind Mishra

The non-profit organisation which has started the first of its kind water vending machine, AQUATM, in Mumbai

Vandana Foundation

CNN-IBN senior editor and anchor who has been awarded the prestigious Chameli Devi award for outstanding journalism

Anubha Bhonsle

The pain-killer and anti-pyretic drug on which the Government has revoked a ban allowing its sale and manufacture but with a warning (the ban was imposed in June 2013)

Analgin

The autonomous republic in the south-western region of Ukraine where the residents have voted in favour of secession from Ukraine in a referendum held recently

Crimea

The Czech priest who has chosen for the Templeton Prize 2014, instituted by the Templeton Foundation to honour a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension

Tomas Halik

The team which has won the Vijay Hazare Cricket Trophy defeating Railways in the finals at Eden Gardens, Kolkata Karnataka

The north-eastern states which have become the first in the country to issue Plastic Photo Identity Card for elections in 2014

Assam and Nagaland

The venue of 4th International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation, India Aviation-2014, organised jointly by Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) from March 12-16.

Hyderabad

MH370, a Malayasian Air Service passenger plane which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport was a

Boeing 777-200ER

The team which has won the 68th Santosh Trophy Football Tournament (for the first time) by defeating Railways in the finals held at Kanchanjunga Stadium, Siliguri

Mizoram

The Indian writer who has been awarded the Windham Campbell Literature Prize in the non-fiction category Pankaj Mishra

The team which has won the Asia Cup 2014 Cricket Tournament by defeating Pakistan in the finals held at Shere Bangla National Stadium,

Sri Lanka


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsMirpur (India stood third. Man of the Series - Lahiru Thirimanne of Sri Lanka.)The lead ship of Kolkata class guided missile destroyers aboard which a gas leakage claimed the life of Commander Kunal Wadhwa at Mazagaon Dock Limited

INS Kolkata

The venue of XI Winter Paralympic Games being held from 07 March to 16 March Sochi, Russia

The present Governor of Uttar Pradesh who has been sworn in as its Governor for the second time Shri BL Joshi

The acid attack victim from India who has been honoured with the International Women of Courage Award by the United States Laxmi

The two-week long joint exercise between the armies of Nepal and India being at the Integrated Army Training Centre (IATC) at Saljhandi in Rupanddehi district of southern Nepal is named

Surya Kiran VI

The team which has won (for the first time) the Under 19 Cricket World Cup tournament held in Dubai, defeating Pakistan in the finals (India, the winner of the cup in 2012 finished 5th this time)

South Africa

The former Chief Minister of Delhi, Mrs Sheila Dikshit has been appointed the Governor of Kerala

The venue of third BIMSTEC summit (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) held from 01 Mar to 04 Mar 2014, India represented by Dr. Manmohan Singh

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

The eminent Gandhian and environmentalist who has been chosen for the Gandhi Peace Prize 2013

Chandi Prasad Bhatt

The person who has become the first woman to head a Navratna Public Sector Undertaking by becoming the CMD of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

Nishi Vasudeva

Khushwant Singh - Important FactsBorn : 02 February 1915

Died: 20 March 2014

Career - Lawyer (1938), Indian Foreign Service (1947), All India Radio (1951)

Former Editor: Yojana, The Illustrated Weekly, The National Herald and The Hindustan Times

Famous Column: With Malice Towards One and All


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsPadma Vibhushan - 2007

Some Well-known Books Written by Khushwant Singh: Train to Pakistan, A History of Sikhs, Delhi - A Novel, The Sunset Club and The Good, The Bad and The Ridiculous

Fortune magazine's list of World's Greatest Leaders1. Pope Francis

2. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor

3. Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor Co.

4. Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

5. Bill Clinton

6. Aung San Suu Kyi

7. Gen. Joe Dunford, Commander of U.S. Force, Afghanistan

8. Bono, lead singer of U2

9. Dalai Lama

10. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com

34. Malala Yousafzai

40. Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra and Mahindra

48. Lakshmi Mittal, CEO, Arcelor Mittal

ESPN-Cricinfo 2013 AwardsCricketer of the Generation : Sachin Tendulkar

Contribution to Cricket : Tarak Sinha

Debut of the Year : Mohammed Shami


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsODI Batting Performance of the Year : Rohit Sharma

ODI Bowling Performance of the Year : Shahid Afridi

Test Batting Performance of the Year : Shikhar Dhawan

Test Bowling Performance of the Year : Mitchell Johnson

Stree Shakti Puraskar for 2013The President of India conferred the Stree Shakti Puraskar for the year 2013 on the ocassion of International Women's Day. Each award carries a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh and citation.

# Person State Award Remarks

1. Smt. Manasi Pradhan Odisha

Rani Lakshmibai Award

For her work in the field of women’s empowerment.

2. Dr. M Venkaiah

Andhra Pradesh

Rani Rudramma Devi Award

For his contribution in the field of women’s health.

3.Mrs. Bina Sheth Lashkari

Maharashtra Mata Jijabai Award

For her achievement in the field of education and training.

4.Mrs. T. Radha K. Prashanti

Andhra Pradesh Kannagi Award

For her achievement in the field of providing support to orphans, visually impaired, handicapped and destitute women.

5. Dr. Vartika Nanda Delhi Rani Gaidinliu

Zeliang AwardFor her creating awareness on women’s issues through media.

6. Dr. Seema Sakhare Maharashtra Devi Ahilyabai

Holkar Award

For her contribution in the field of women’s rights, gender issues, legal counselling and institutional support to women and girls.

86 th Academy Awards 2014 (Oscars)

# Award Awarded to1. Best Picture 12 Years a Slave2. Best Director Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity3. Best Actor Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club4. Best Actress Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Exams# Award Awarded to5. Best Animated Film Frozen6. Best Foreign Language Film The Great Beauty (Italy)Note: Gravity won the maximum (7) Academy Awards

Latest Current Affairs updated 28 February 2014

The minimum monthly pension under the Employment Pension Scheme 95 run by Employees Provident Fund Organisation has been revised to

Rs. 1000

The place in Chennai where country's first Post Office Savings Bank ATM was inaugurated by Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram

T Nagar

The Indian cricketer who has become the fastest person in the world to score 19 ODI centuries by doing it in 124 innings (thus breaking Chris Gayle's record of 19 ODI centuries in 189 innings)

Virat Kohli

Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Boys which was launched by Union Minister of Woman and Child Development, Krishna Tirath is named

Saksham

The place in Uttar Pradesh where for setting up a Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, parliamentary approval was recently accorded

Jhansi

The place in Odisha where All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was dedicated to the people of Odisha by the Union Health Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad

Bhubaneshwar

The Indian Navy submarine on which a fire erupted killing two officers and injuring several others (Navy Chief Admiral DK Joshi resigned accepting moral responsibility for Naval accidents)

INS Sindhuratna

The price at which Facebook has acquired Whatsapp a cross-platform instant messaging subscription service for smartphones $19 billion

The system developed by Jonah Brucker-Cohen to track the distance travelled by an e-mail is named Email Miles

The ticketing scheme launched by IRCTC to make payment of fare during online ticket booking faster and to avoid transaction failure is named

E-wallet scheme

The language which has become the sixth classical language of the country (other classical languages are Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam)

Odia


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsThe place in Andhra Pradesh where Atomic Minerals Directorate has found deposits of Ianthinite, a rare mineral of uranium containing two types of uranium (U6+ and U4+), for the first time in India

Akkavaram village in Mahbubnagar district

Noted Hindi litterateur and Jnanpith award winner of 2009 who breathed his last on 17 February Amarkant

The athlete from France who has established a new pole vault indoor record by clearing 6.16 meters and breaking Sergei Bubka's record made in 1993

Renaud Lavillenie

The city in Andhra Pradesh which has been selected for the Best Heritage City for 2012-13 by the Union Tourism Ministry Tirupati

The social activists who were awarded the International Gandhi Award 2013 instituted by Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation for making outstanding contributions in the field of leprosy to eradicate the disease through treatment, training and research.

Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre and Professor Zhang Guocheng

The European nation whose Parliament has passed a bill allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children without any age limit becoming the first country in the world to do so

Belgium

The creator of Flappy Bird game who has decided to remove the game from App Store is Dong Nguyen

The rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index 2013 released by the organization Reporter without Borders 140

The largest exercise launched by the Indian Navy for the first time under the gaze of India's first dedicated military satellite GSAT-7 or "Rukmini" involving INS Viraat, INS Chakra (Nuclear Submarine) and over 50 warships is named

Tropex

The winner of Ranji Trophy which has defeated the Rest of India team to win the Irani Trophy Karnataka

The well-known filmmaker, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer (director of Hindi film Sadma) who died on 13 February

Balu Mahendra

The leader of Nepali Congress who has been elected to be the new Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala

The Ghazal singer and musician in whose memory commemorative stamps were released by the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh

Shri Jagjit Singh

The Indian state which has become the first to achieve 100% sanitation in rural and urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aanganwadi centres

Sikkim

The six-day multi-nation Naval exercise involving navies from 17 nations held from 04 Feb to 09 Feb was named (Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Thailand.)

Milan 2014

The Indian doctor in Mount Sinai Hospital of United States who Dr. Vivek Reddy


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examshas implanted the first miniature-sized, leadless cardiac pacemaker directly inside a patient's heart without surgeryThe constitutional amendment relating to introduction of Panchayati Raj which has been extended to Jammu and Kashmir 73rd Amendment

The first female amputee in the world to scale Mt. Everest and also the first Indian amputee to climb Mt Everest who has been awarded the Amazing Indian Award instituted by Times Now channel

Ms. Arunima Sinha

The former Supreme Court Judge who has been appointed as chairman of the 7th Central Pay Commission

Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur

The executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group who has been appointed the CEO of Microsoft succeeding Steve Ballmer

Satya Nadella

The cloud computing initiative of the Government of India launched by the Shri. Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and Information Technology on 04 Feb 14 has been given the name

Meghraj

The contemporary poet and thinker in Odia Literature who has been awarded the 26th Moorti Devi Award by the Vice President Mr. Hamid Ansari

Shri Haraprasad Das

The venue of 101st Indian Science Congress being held from 03 to 07 February and inaugurated by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh

Jammu

The volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra which erupted just a day after thousands of villagers living nearby were allowed to return to their homes

Mt. Sinabung

The monorail service inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Prithviraj Chavan is scheduled to run initially between

Wadala and Chembur

The State which has been chosen as the theme state at the 28th Surajkund Crafts Mela in Faridabad district of Haryana Goa

The country which has been chosen as the partner nation at the 28th Surajkund Crafts Mela in Faridabad district of Haryana Sri Lanka

The Union Minister of Water Resources who has taken over as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from Shri Vijay Chauhan Shri Harish Rawat

FICCI Sports Awards - 2014Sportsperson of the Year : Deepika Kumari (Archery)


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsBreakthrough Sortsperson of the Year: PV Sindhu (Badminton)

Most Inspiring Sportsperson of the Year : Yuvraj Singh

Para-Sportsman of the Year: Devendra Jhajharia

Lifetime Achievement Award: Rahul Dravid

Launch of 3 Medical Detection Kits by Union Health Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad on 20.02.14.1. A water-borne pathogen detection kit indigenously manufactured by National Institute of Nutrition, to detect five pathogens — Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus (main causes of food poisoning and food-borne infections).

2. A kit to estimate the quantity of ferritin and diagnose iron deficiency anaemia individually as well as for mass level screening.

3. A kit based on dried blood spot collection system for Plasma Vitamin-A estimation for diagnosing Vitamin-A deficiency.

Sochi Winter Olympics - 2014Host Country : Russia

Dates held: 07 Feb to 23 Feb 2014

Participating nations : 88

Mascots: Polar bear, a Snow hare, and a Snow leopard

Medals Tally

# Country Gold Silver Bronze Total1. Russia 13 11 9 332. Norway 11 5 10 263. Canada 10 10 5 254. United States 9 7 12 285. Netherlands 8 7 9 24


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsIndian participants at the Games.

1. Shri Shiva Keshavan (Luge)2. Shri Himanshu Thakur (Alpine Skiing)3. Shri Nadeem Iqbal (Alpine Skiing)

Current Affairs of January 2014Latest Current Affairs updated 31 January 2014

The new portal launched for the benefit of children on the 66th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister is named

www.searchforgandhi.in

Fragile Five, a term coined by a research analyst at Morgan Stanley lists five economies due to their dependence on foreign investment to finance their growth ambitions. The five nations are

Turkey, Brazil, India, South Africa and Indonesia

The African nation which adopted a new constitution on 26 January 2013, three years after the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at the beginning of Arab Spring

Tunisia

The marching contingent at the Republic Day celebrations 2014 which has been adjudged the best marching contigent among the services. (For best tableau among States see the table at the bottom of this page)

Territorial Army (Sikh LI)

The national park from which famous tigress Machli has been reported missing for the last few days Ranthambore National Park

The African nation which has added the Indian Rupee to its basket of currencies to be circulated in the country (Note: The country does not have its own currency)

Zimbabwe

The Indian badminton player who has won the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014 defeating PV Sindhu in the finals

Saina Nehwal

The Prime Minister of Japan who was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations 2014 Mr. Shinzo Abe

The public sector bank which has launched its channel on Youtube in order to strengthen its social media presence State Bank of India

The activists who have been chosen for the National Communal Harmony Award 2013 in the individual category

Dr. Mohinder Singh and Dr. Radhakrishnan

The Mumbai based organization working to promote peace, secularism and communal harmony, which has been chosen

Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS)


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examsfor the National Communal Harmony Award 2013 in the organisation categoryReserve Bank of India has decided to withdraw with effect from 01 April 2014 all currency notes printed prior to 2005

The place in Maharashtra where Krishi Vasant, a national level agriculture fair-cum-exhibition, is being organized jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India and Government of Maharashtra from February 9 to 13, 2014

Nagpur

The Geological Survey version of Advanced Light Helicopter equipped with Heliborne Geophysical Survey System (HGSS) and dedicated to the nation by Shri Dinsha Patel, Minister of Mines is named

Garuda Vasudha

The Union Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Environment who has been presented with Pandit Haridutt Sharma Award

Shri Veerappa Moily

The South Asian nation which has declared a state of emergency in its capital and surrounding areas to deal with mass street protests aimed at overthrowing the government

Thailand

The British teenager who at the age of 16, has become the youngest person to reach the South Pole Lewis Clarke

The Russian martial art which has been recognised by the Olympic Council of Asia and included in the Asian Games, 2019

Sambo

The city in which the Union Health Minister, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad launched the National Urban Health Mission, a nationwide scheme, expected to cover 779 urban areas with over 50,000 population by March 2015

Bangalore

The State which has been selected as the Best State for providing self employment to urban poor under SJGRY ( Swarna Jayanti Sahari Rajgar Yojana) 2012-13, by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation

Odisha

The place in Bihar where the remains of an ancient Tiladhak University set up in 5th Century have been discovered Telhara, Nalanda

The Indian captain and wicket-keeper who has become the first Indian to effect 300 dismissals in one-day internationals [He has also become the 4th in the world after Adam Gilchrist (472), Kumar Sangakkara (424) and Mark Boucher (424).]

M.S. Dhoni

The Indian author who has been awarded the fourth DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for the year 2014 for his book Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer (at the Jaipur Literature Festival)

Cyrus Mistry

The middle-east country where people approved new Constitution by 98.1 percent in a nation-wide referendum

Egypt


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsrecentlyThe rank of India in the Global Food Index compiled by Oxfam, an international aid and charity organisation, in a ranking of 125 countries

97

The venue of the Third Lusofonia Games being held from Jan 18 to Jan 29 (The event involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries, namely those belonging to the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal)

Goa

The National Dance & Music Competition for Specially Talented Artists with Disabilities organised by Department of Disability Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, at Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi on 15-16 January 2014 is named

SAMARTH 2014

The air base in Bahrain at which an International Airshow was held from 16 to 18 Jan 14, with Indian showcasing models of Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas and multi-mission UAV, Nishant etc.

Sakhir Airbase

The capital city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan which has been termed as largest reservoir of endemic polio virus in the world by World Health Organisation

Peshawar

The former Indian athlete who has been awarded the gold medal for her performance at the 2005 Monaco World Athletics Final following disqualification of the original winner Tatyana Kotova of Russia

Anju Bobby George

The Real Madrid and Portugal football star who has been awarded the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or award Cristiano Ronaldo

The table tennis player from PSPB who won the 75th Senior National Table Tennis Womens Championship held in Patna defeating Krittwika Sinha Roy in the finals

Ankita Das

The table tennis player from PSPB (Petroleum Sports Promotion Board) who won the 75th Senior National Table Tennis Mens Championship held in Patna defeating Harmeet Desai in the finals

Sanil Shetty

The place in Fatehabad district of Haryana where foundation stone of India's largest 2800 mw nuclear power plant was laid by the PM Dr. Manmohan Singh

Gorakhpur

The railway station at which Platform No. 1 entered the Limca Book of Records as being the world's longest platform with a length of 1355.40 m surpassing the platform at Kharagpur with a length of 1072.5 m

Gorakhpur

The anti-corruption helpline number launched by Delhi 1031


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examsgovernment isThe health programme for adolescents (10 to 19 years of age) launched by Health Minister, Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad on 07 Jan 2014 is named

Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram

The place at which a LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Terminal of Petronet LNG was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on January 4, 2014

Puthuvype, Kochi

The venue of 12th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas being held from 07 to 09 Jan 2014 Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

The Swiss professional tennis player who has won the Chennai Open tennis tournament defeating Édouard Roger-Vasselin of France in the finals at SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai

Stanislas Wawrinka

The political party led by Mrs. Sheikh Hasina which has won the elections held in Bangladesh Awami League

The world's largest dairy player based in France which has entered Indian market by acquiring Indian dairy products company Tirumala Milk Products Private Limited

Groupe Lactalis SA

The SD card sized computer 'a full Pentium-class PC' powered by a dual-core Quark SOC with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity launched by Intel is named

Edison

The internet spy system developed by Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), a lab under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to be deployed by security agencies in India is named

Netra

The city in which TCS has decided to set the world's largest corporate learning and development centre, the foundation stone of which was laid by PM Dr. Manmohan Singh on 04.01.13

Thiruvananthapuram

The country India defeated in the finals at Sharjah to win the U-19 Asia Cricket Cup title (Indian captain: Vijay Zol) Pakistan

The country which has become the 18th member of the Eurozone i.e. countries using the Euro as their currency Latvia

The power grid which has been synchronously connected to the rest of the Grid in the country thus accomplishing the mission of One Nation – One Grid – One Frequency through commissioning of Raichur-Solapur 765 kV single circuit transmission line by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

Southern Grid

The oceanographic research ship which was trapped by ice sheets on its way to Antarctica with the members of Australasian Antarctic Expedition on board was named (The expedition members were finally rescued using a helicopter from Chinese ice-breaker Xue Long on 02 Jan 2013)

Akademik Shokalskiy

The New Zealand cricketer who has hit the fastest century in Corey Anderson


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Examsone-day internationals in 36 deliveries overtaking Shahid Afridi's century off 37 deliveries

Themes of Republic Tableaus - 2014The following are the themes of various tableaus on the occasion of Republic Day Celebrations 2014.

S. No. Tableau Theme Award

1. Uttar Pradesh Subhah-e-Banaras 2. Meghalaya Areca Nut

3. Arunachal Pradesh Aji Lhamu Dance

4. Uttarakhand Jadi Buti 5. Maharashtra Coconut Festival

6. Jammu and Kashmir Nomads of Jammu and Kashmir

7. Rajasthan Kavad Kala and Terah Taali Dance 8. Karnataka Tipu Sultan-The Valiant Warrior 9. Chhattisgarh Bhumkal - Freedom Movement of Bastar

10. West Bengal Purulia Chhau - The Choreographic Jewel of West Bengal Best Tableau

11. Tamil Nadu Pongal Festival Second Best Tableau

12. Assam Dr. Bhupen Hazarika - The Golden Voice of Assam

Third Best Tableau

13. Chandigarh Rock Garden of Chandigarh

Australian Open 2014

Event Winner Nationality Runner-up NationalityMen's Singles Stanislas Wawrinka Switzerland Rafal Nadal SpainWomen's Singles Li Na China Dominika Cibulkova Slovakia

Men's Doubles L KubotR Lindstedt

PolandSweden

E. ButoracR. Klaasen

USARSA

Women's Doubles S ErraniR Vinci Italy E. Makarova

E Vesnina Russia

Mixed Doubles K Mladenovic France Sania Mirza India


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsD Nestor Canada H. Tecau Romania

BCCI Awards - 2012-13Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award : Kapil Dev

Polly Umrigar Award, for being India’s best international cricketer of 2012-13 : Ravichandran Ashwin

Lala Amarnath Award for the best all-rounder in the Ranji Trophy, 2012-13 : Abhishek Nayar

Best Umpire in domestic cricket in 2012-13 : C. Shamshuddin

Dilip Sardesai Award for being India's best cricketer in 2013-14 test series against West Indies : Rohit Sharma

Launch of GSLV - D5Launch Station : Sriharikota

Launch Date : 05 January 2014

Satellite put into orbit : GSAT-14

Powered by indigenous cryogenic engine

India became the 6th nation after US, Russia, Japan, France and China to indigenously manufacture cryogenic engines.

History in brief : ISRO had tested its first indigenous cryogenic engine in April 2010. The engine failed shortly after the cryogenic stage ignited. India tried to relaunch the GSLV-D5 in August 2013 but a leak in the liquid fuel tank aborted the mission 2 hours before take off.

59th Filmfare Awards - 2014


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsBest Film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best Actor: Farhan Akhtar (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag)

Best Actress: Deepika Padukone - Goliyon Ki Rasleela RamLeela

Best Debut (Director): Ritesh Batra - The Lunchbox

Lifetime Achievement Award: Tanuja

New Criteria for selection of sportspersons for Arjuna AwardsThe criteria would be applicable for selection of sportspersons for Arjuna Awards for the year 2014 onwards.

Points for winning medals will be given to each eligible sportsperson for his/her performance during the last 4 years as per marks given in the table below:

S. No. Event Gold

MedalSilver Medal

Bronze Medal

1. World Championship/World Cup (once in 4 years) 40 30 20

2. Asian Games 30 25 203. Commonwealth Games 25 20 15

4. World Championship/World Cup (biennial/annual) 25 20 15

5. Asian Championship 15 10 76. Commonwealth Championship 15 10 7

1. Winners of medals in Olympics and Paralympics will automatically be considered for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna or Arjuna Awards, depending on the type of medal won, if they have already not been conferred with either of the two Awards.

2. 90 % weightage will be given for the medals won in various International championships and sports events of the disciplines covered in Olympic Games (Summer, Winter and Paralympics), Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

3. For cricket and indigenous games, not included in Olympic / Asian Games / Commonwealth Games disciplines, the Selection Committee will recommend the number of awards, (not exceeding two), to be given for Cricket/Indigenous Games and recommend the sportspersons taking into consideration their individuals performances and qualities of sportsman spirit, leadership, sense of discipline etc.


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive Exams4. Ordinarily, not more than one award will be given in each discipline in a

particular year subject to deserving sportspersons being available. Adequate representation would be insured for physically challenged and women.

5. The principle of one award per discipline will not be applicable in case of team sports and across gender. That is to say that, the Selection Committee may recommend, in deserving cases with proper justification, more than one sportsperson in respect of team sports and sportspersons of both the genders.

6. Normally not more than 15 awards could be given in any calendar year. However, keeping in view the performance of Indian sportspersons in the Commonwealth, Asian Games and Olympic Games during a particular year and for the reasons given in para 7 above, Selection Committee may recommend more than 15 sportspersons for Arjuna Award.

7. In a particular sports discipline, names of not more than 4 sportspersons (2 male and 2 female) with the highest marks as per the criteria brought out in the table above will be considered by the Selection Committee.

8. Selection Committee will recommend the final list of sportspersons for Arjuna Awards as per the marks obtained in terms of the criteria indicated above and place it before the Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports for the final decision.

Padma Awards 2014Padma Awards - Others

Sl No. Name Discipline Award1. Shri B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Padma Vibhushan



Padma Awards in Arts Discipline

Sl No. Name Discipline Award1. Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh Art - Painting Padma Bhushan2. Shri Begum Parveen Sultana Art - Classical Singing Padma Bhushan3. Shri T.H. Vinayakram Art - Ghatam Artist Padma Bhushan4. Shri Kamal Haasan Art - Cinema Padma Bhushan5. Shri Mohammad Ali Baig Art - Theatre Padma Shri6. Ms Nayana Apte Joshi Art - Padma Shri

7. Shri Musafir Ram Bhardwaj Art - Instrumental Music - Pauna Manjha Padma Shri

8. Ms Sabitri Chatterjee Art - Film Padma Shri9. Prof. Biman Bihari Das Art - Sculptor Padma Shri10. Shri Sunil Das Art - Painting Padma Shri11. Smt Elam Endira Devi Art - Manipuri Dance Padma Shri

12. Shri Vijay Ghate Art - Instrumental Music - Tabla Padma Shri

13. Smt Rani Karnaa Art - Kathak Padma Shri14. Shri Bansi Kaul Art - Theatre Padma Shri

15. Ustad Moinuddin Khan Art - Instrumental Music - Sarangi Player Padma Shri

16. Ms. Geeta Mahalik Art - Odishi Dance Padma Shri17. Shri Paresh Maity Art - Painting Padma Shri18. Shri Ram Mohan Art - Film Animation Padma Shri19. Shri Sudarshan Pattnaik Art - Sand Artist Padma Shri20. Shri Paresh Rawal Art - Cinema and Theatre Padma Shri21. Shri Wendell Augustine Rodricks Art - Fashion Designing Padma Shri

22. Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama Art - Mohini Attam Padma Shri

23. Shri Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma Art - Performing Art Padma Shri24. Shri Santosh Sivan Art - Film Padma Shri25. Ms. Supriya Devi Art - Bengali Cinema Padma Shri26. Ms. Sooni Taraporevala Art - Script Writing Padma Shri27. Ms. Vidya Balan Art - Cinema Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Public Affairs

Sl No. Name Award1. Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma Padma Bhushan


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsSl No. Name Award2. Justice Dalveer Bhandari Padma Bhushan3. Shri Tashi Tondup Padma Shri4. Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Science and Engineering

Sl No. Name Award1. Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar Padma Vibhushan2. Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram Padma Bhushan3. Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi Padma Bhushan4. Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa Padma Bhushan5. Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami Padma Bhushan6. Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma Padma Bhushan7. Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil Padma Bhushan8. Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna Padma Bhushan9. Shri Sekhar Basu Padma Shri10. Shri Madhavan Chandradathan Padma Shri11. Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta Padma Shri12. Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover Padma Shri13. Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis Padma Shri14. Shri Ramakrishna V. Hosur Padma Shri15. Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida Padma Shri

16. Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara Satyanarayana Prasad Padma Shri

17. Shri Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin Padma Shri18. Dr. Brahma Singh Padma Shri19. Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh Padma Shri20. Dr. Govindan Sundararajan Padma Shri21. Shri Ramaswamy R. Iyer Padma Shri22. Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Civil Services

Sl No. Name Award1. Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul Padma Bhushan2. Ms. Parveen Talha Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Literature and Education


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsSl No. Name Award1. Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya Padma Bhushan2. Ms. Anita Desai Padma Bhushan3. Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker Padma Bhushan4. Shri Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar Padma Bhushan5. Shri Ruskin Bond Padma Bhushan6. Prof. Anisuzzaman* Padma Bhushan7. Prof Llyod I. Rudolph & Prof Susanne H. Rudolph Padma Bhushan8. Dr. Naheed Abidi Padma Shri9. Prof. Ashok Chakradhar Padma Shri10. Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawra Padma Shri11. Shri Keki N. Daruwalla Padma Shri12. Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi Padma Shri13. Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch Padma Shri14. Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai Padma Shri15. Smt. Manorama Jafa Padma Shri16. Prof. Rehana Khatoon Padma Shri17. Dr. Waikhom gojen Meeitei Padma Shri18. Shri Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri Padma Shri19. Prof Dinesh Singh Padma Shri20. Dr. (Mrs.) P Kilemsungla Padma Shri21. Dr. Sengaku Mayeda (Japan) Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Trade and Industry

Sl No. Name Award1. Shri Ravi Kumar Narra Padma Shri2. Shri Rajesh Saraiya Padma Shri3. Ms. Mallika Srinivasan Padma Shri4. Shri Pratap Govindrao Pawar Padma Shri5. Shri Ashok Kumar Mago (USA) Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Social Work

Sl No. Name Award1. Smt. Durga Jain Padma Shri 2. Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu Padma Shri3. Dr. Brahm Dutt Padma Shri4. Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami Padma Shri5. Shri J.L. Kaul Padma Shri6. Shri Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani Padma Shri 7. Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar* Padma Shri


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsPadma Awards in Medicine

Sl No. Name Award1. Dr. (Smt) Neelam Kler Padma Bhushan2. Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya Padma Shri 3. Dr. Balram Bhargava Padma Shri 4. Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty Padma Shri 5. Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande Padma Shri 6. Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal Padma Shri7. Prof. Amod Gupta Padma Shri8. Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra Padma Shri9. Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob Padma Shri10. Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi Padma Shri11. Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah Padma Shri12. Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane Padma Shri13. Dr. Lalit Kumar Padma Shri14. Dr. Mohan Mishra Padma Shri15. Dr. M. Subhadra Nair Padma Shri16. Dr. Ashok Panagariya Padma Shri17. Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey Padma Shri18. Dr. Sunil Pradhan Padma Shri19. Dr. Ashok Rajgopal Padma Shri20. Dr. Kamini A. Rao Padma Shri21. Dr. Sarbeshwar Sahariah Padma Shri22. Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya Padma Shri23. Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma Padma Shri24. Dr. J.S. Titiyal Padma Shri25. Dr. Nitish Naik Padma Shri26. Dr. Subrat Kumar Acharya Padma Shri27. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover Padma Shri28. Dr. Siddarth Mukherjee (USA) Padma Shri29. Dr. Vamsi Mootha (USA) Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Sports

Sl No. Name Discipline Award1. Shri Pullela Gopichand Badminton Padma Bhushan2. Shri Leander Paes Tennis Padma Bhushan3. Ms. Anjum Chopra Cricket Padma Shri4. Ms. Sunil Dabas Kabbadi Padma Shri5. Shri Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu Mountaineering Padma Shri6. Ms. Dipika Rebecca Pallikal Squash Padma Shri


AKON ACADEMY – Institute of Competitive ExamsSl No. Name Discipline Award7. Shri H. Boniface Prabhu Wheelchair Tennis Padma Shri8. Shri Yuvraj Singh Cricket Padma Shri9. Smt Mamta Sodha Mountaineering Padma Shri


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