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MAY CAPSULE 2015 A law banning undesirable non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has been enacted by the Russian

government after President Vladimir Putin signed the bill on 23rd May’15. A Gold sector fund involving countries along the ancient Silk Road has been set up in northwest China's

Xi'an City. The fund will be led by Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) and is expected to raise an estimated $16.1 billion (100 billion yuan) in three phases.

11-year-old Indian-American child prodigy, Tanishq Abraham created a record by graduating from American River College (ARC) California with three associate degrees in science, maths and foreign language studies. In 2014, he set up a record by becoming one of the youngest ever in the US to graduate high school.

The Republic of Ireland became the first country to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic referendum. More than 62% voted in favour of amending the country's constitution to allow Homosexual couples to marry.

Union Finance Ministry appointed Justice AP Shah Committee to look into the issue of MAT on FIIs. The committee was appointed to resolve the contentious issue between the tax authorities and the foreign investors regarding imposition of MAT on Capital Gains made by FIIs.

For boosting FDI inflows in the country, the Cabinet enhanced the powers of FIPB to take decisions on foreign investments worth up to Rs 3,000 crore, up from the Rs 1,200 crore allowed as per the FDI Policy, 2014. Proposals more than Rs 3,000 crore are to be given final clearance by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). The government has approved 21 proposals of foreign direct investment (FDI) amounting to Rs 280.70 crore (approx. Rs 281 crore). The Kotak Mahindra Bank's proposal to hike foreign investment limit in the bank to 55 percent had been deferred.

Voice password facility for users has been launched by the India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank. The voice recognition service authenticates customers based on their speech patterns and allows them to execute banking transactions through the bank's call centre.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a resolution urging stronger cooperation in stemming the “illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse” of small arms and light weapons, underlining the suffering they caused to civilians. The Council adopted the resolution by a vote of nine in favour to none against, with six abstentions. There are 15 members in the UNSC in which five are permanent members with veto power and ten are non-permanent members, elected by the General Assembly for a two-year term.

An MoU signed between Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and world’s largest steelmaker, ArcelorMittal to set up an automotive steel manufacturing facility in India.


A new species of fish called Pethia striata was discovered by ecologists in Tunga River in the Kudremukh National Park, Karnataka.

India has ranked 24th out of 70 countries in the first Environmental Democracy Index (EDI) released by Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI) and Access Initiative. Lithuania topped the list among the 70 countries followed by Latvia, Russia, United States.

Union Cabinet has approved the revival of closed urea unit of Fertilizer Corporation India Limited (FICL) at Sindri in Jharkhand with an investment of 6000 crore rupees.

Union Government has decided to amend Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms for NRIs, Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) to increase capital flows into the country.

A UNESCO designated World Heritage site, the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra have been overtaken by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants.

UN World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) Report projected India’s economic growth to surpass China’s growth in 2016.

The report has projected India’s economy to grow by 7.6 per cent in 2015 and 7.7 per cent in 2016. While, China’s economic growth will be 7 per cent in 2015 and 6.8 per cent in 2016.

Maharashtra Government is going to amend Section 66(1) (c) Factories Act 1948, for making women employees to work in night shifts after ensuring security of Women.

India’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with e-commerce giant Amazon to identify and tap the potential areas of collaboration for payments and commerce solutions.

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of India’s first historic climb of Mt. Everest in 1965 organized by The Indian Mountaineering Foundation today (May 20, 2015) at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Meghalaya has achieved 100% success in implementing Union Government’s flagship scheme for financial inclusion-PMJDY. More than 5.53 lakh households have been covered with 1.55 lakh new bank accounts. So far, under the PMJDY, banks have issued more than 1.31 lakh Rupay cards.

The driest location on the Earth has been discovered in the Atacama Desert in Chile and is called as Maria Elena South (MES).

Tech giant Apple has acquired Global Position System (GPS) firm Coherent Navigation to bolster mapping technology.

The Food Processing Minister, Harsimrat Kaur Badal sanctioned proposals for setting up 30 new cold storage projects chain in the country, which are expected to attract investment of Rs. 470 crore with Ministry grants amounting to Rs. 275 crore.

A MoU signed between India Meteorological Department (IMD) and Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO) for optimum use of weather information and forecast in the power sector.

GMR Infrastructure Ltd. has signed MoU with Guizhou International Investment Corporation (GIIC) for developing Kakinada special economic zone (SEZ) in Andhra Pradesh.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its recent report titled “Act Local, Solve Global” mentioned that the energy subsidies across the world are expected to reach $5.3 Trillion Dollars in 2015.

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio), a telecom arm of Reliance Industries (RIL) signs a pact with Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer firm Huawei for 4G devices.


Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Jagat Prakash Nadda presided over the 68th Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) at Geneva (May 18-27) as India assumes the Presidency of the WHA, the high decision making body of the World Health Organisation (WHO), after a gap of 19 years.

A Central Fraud Registry will soon set up as part of an early warning system by RBI. This idea helps bank to deal with the bad debts.

Union Minister of State (MoS) for AYUSH, Sripad Naik allocated 5,000 crore rupees for the growth of Department of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy).

ICICI Bank’s first Chinese branch inaugurated in Shanghai by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of ICICI Bank’s MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar.

Pope Francis has canonized two Palestinian nuns, Marie Alphonsine Ghattas and Mariam Bawardy. 6th edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi. The theme of the conference

was Nuclear Energy: a Clean Energy option. It was organized by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), one of the apex trade associations of India.

United Nations during a special 193-member General Assembly session adopted a resolution appealing the international community to help raise US $ 423 million over the next three months in order to meet essential needs of Nepal earthquake survivors. The resolution was led by India and was co-sponsored by 65 other nations.

Canada plans to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. SBI launched the sbiINTOUCH Contactless Debit Card and SBI Signature Contactless Credit Card for quick,

secure and hassle-free payments at merchant outlets. Contactless cards use the near-field communication (NFC) technology, which enable users to make payments by waving or tapping the card near the contactless reader instead of swiping or dipping it.

An agreement signed between Doordarshan (DD) and China Central Television (CCTV) for exchange of art, culture and development television programmes. This agreement enables both to share programmes on their networks free of cost.

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi approved the flagship “Namami Gange” Program which integrates the efforts to clean and protect the Ganga river in a comprehensive manner. The program has a budget outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore for the next 5 years. This is a significant

four-fold increase over the expenditure in the past 30 years. ‘Namami Gange’ will focus on pollution abatement interventions namely Interception, diversion

& treatment of wastewater flowing through the open drains through bio-remediation. Use of innovative technologies / sewage treatment plants (STPs) / effluent treatment plant

(ETPs). Implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), and its state counterpart

organizations i.e., State Program Management Groups (SPMGs). Maharashtra Government has banned digging of borewells beyond 200 feet to check the steep decline

of groundwater-level across the state. Those who found guilty will face a fine ranging from 10,000 rupees to 25,000 rupees or even imprisonment upto six months in case of repeated offences.


The Supreme Court has barred the Govt-funded advertisements from using photographs of ministers, party leaders, political symbol, logo or flag. The photographs of President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India can be used with their prior approval.

Punjab becomes the first state to issue Soil Health Cards to farmers. The Lok Sabha has passed the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which aims at making

filing of cases more convenient for payees if a cheque bounces. The Bill amends the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.

Union Cabinet has given its approval to Benami Transactions (Prohibition) (Amendment) Bill, 2015. The Bill seeks to amend the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 by adding additional provisions for attachment and confiscation of benami properties and imposes fine with imprisonment.

Union Cabinet has given its approval to 5 per cent disinvestment in National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and 10 per cent in Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

UP Govt has launched Samajwadi Water ATM scheme at bus stations. It will provide potable water at the rate of 1

rupee per litre and cold water at 2 rupees per litre. ‘Lohia gramin bus seva’, with 25 per cent lower bus fares. This scheme will provide connectivity

at affordable fare between cities and rural areas. 149 self-operating inquiry services and super luxury air-conditioned bus service.

The current immunisation rate in rural areas is around 58 per cent while it is over 67 per cent in urban regions of the country announced by Union Health Minister, J P Nadda. Government had allocated funds of Rs 221.70 crore, Rs 188.91 crore and Rs 189.26 crore for year 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively in order to promote immunisation programme in India.

Telangana Government has inked a MoU with tech giant Google Inc to build biggest campus outside US in Hyderabad. It will be set up at Rs 1,000 crore and expected to be ready within four years i.e. by 2020. On completion, Google’s Hyderabad campus will be second-biggest in the world and the first in Asia.

Lok Sabha has passed Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015, which deals with the menace of black money and to replace the Income Tax (IT) Act, 1961 for the taxation of foreign income. Rigorous imprisonment from 3years to 10 years and a fine may be imposed for willful attempt to evade tax, otherwise imprisonment of 6 months to 7 years with fine.

Joint Statement issued during Prime Minister’s visit to France, inter-alia, included acquisition of 36 Rafale jets in fly away condition, through an Inter-Governmental Agreement. To follow-up on the subject, Mr. LE Drian, the Defence Minister of France and Mr. Manohar Parrikar, the Defence Minister of India met at New Delhi to decide on the way forward in this regard.

An MoU was signed between the Indian Army and Bank of India (BOI) on the Defence Salary Package. An MoU has been signed between Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and state-

run Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to raise fund of Rs 200 crore for providing easy finance to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) for their growth.

The number of Asiatic lions in Gir sanctuary of Gujarat and its surrounding areas has gone up to 523 as per the 2015 census report. This 14th lion census, which has registered 27 percent increase in the number of Asiatic lions compared to 2010 census which had registered 411 Asiatic lions.


India Post opens new e-commerce center based at Safdarjang, New Delhi, and is dedicated exclusively to handling e-commerce parcels. According to India Post, the centre will be capable of handling up to 30,000 parcels per day.

India and China signed 24 key agreements to strengthen their bilateral relationship in several fields including trade and commerce, education, skill development, railways, human resource and other areas. The agreements were signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Key agreements signed are MoU in the field of Railways which will enable India to seek Chinese cooperation to introduce high speed rails on Delhi-Nagpur Sector, and increase track speed on Chennai-Benguluru-Mysore route.

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi inaugurated Rs 16,000-crore revamped and modernised IISCO Steel plant at Burnpur near Asansol district of West Bengal. This is the fifth integrated steel plant of SAIL. The annual hot metal capacity of the plant has been ramped up to 2.9 million tonnes, from the earlier 0.85 million tonne.

India and South Korea have signed 7 agreements /MoUs to enhance bilateral relations. The agreements were signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s last leg of three nation tour viz China, Mongolia and South Korea. Signed agreements are Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income- It was signed in lines with the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) signed between both nations in 1985.

The President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated “Namaste Russia”, a festival of Indian culture in Moscow in Russia to enthrall the Russian audience with cultural events from India. It will be six month long festival i.e. form May to November 2015.

Haryana Govt includes Deaflympics in its Sports Policy to boost the morale of differently-abled sportspersons in the state. Now, Deaflympian medalists will be able to get cash rewards, jobs and other benefits from the state government.

A U.N. health agency, World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Liberia Ebola-free. India and Mongolia signed 13 agreements to further strengthen bilateral ties in different sectors. Four MoUs were signed in Chhattisgarh.

An MoU of 2,000 crore rupees for 140 km rail line between Rowghat and Jagdalpur was signed between Chhattisgarh Government, NMDC, Indian Railway Construction Company (IRCON) Limited and SAIL.

An MoU of 18,000 crore rupees for 3 million ton Ultra Mega Steel Plant was signed between Chhattisgarh Government, NMDC and SAIL.

An MoU of 4,000 crore rupees for Slurry Pipeline and 2MTPA Pellet Plant at Nagarnar in Bastar District was signed between Chhattisgarh Government and NMDC.

An MoU of 826 crore rupees for setting up 1MTPA Pellet Plant at Dalli-Rajhara, Balod District was signed between Chhattisgarh Government and SAIL.

An underwater test-fire of a newly developed submarine-launched ballistic missile was successfully tested in North Korea.

NGT imposes monthly environmental compensation on all households in Delhi to clean up Yamuna River.


SBI has launched a RuPay Platinum debit card in association with National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI). Accepted at all payment channels- ATMs, PoS and eCommerce. The card offers 5 per cent cash back on utility bills, complimentary airport lounge access,

personal accident death and permanent total disability insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh, among others.

The card initially would be issued free to customers maintaining a quarterly balance of 50,000 rupees.

The Institutions of higher learning in India and Russia have signed 11 Memorandum of Intents (MoIs) for higher academic cooperation.

A cooperation agreement was signed between the Department of Science & Technology in India and Russian Science Foundation, which will offer platform for supporting joint research projects.

An MoU was signed between the Indian Army and Bank of India (BOI) on the Defence Salary Package. This is the revised version of previous MoU which was signed in 2011. Additional features in the revised MoU are Personal Accident Insurance (PAI) cover has been extended upto Rs 10 lacs from Rs 5 lacs including air insurance, Home Loan Insurance on Army Welfare housing Organisation (AWHO) for deaths on account of war/external aggression/ terrorist attack up to Rs 50 lacs.

Prime Minister releases commemorative coin on Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati to mark his birth cenetary on 8th May.

The Forbes magazine released the 12th annual list of World’s 100 most powerful women topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel followed by Hillary Clinton and Melinda Gates. Four Indians have made it to the list - SBI Chief Arundhati Bhattacharya (30th), ICICI bank head Chanda Kochhar (35th), Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar- Shaw (85th) and HT Media Chair Shobhana Bhartia (93rd).

On the first anniversary of NDA Govt (26 May) the PM Narendra Modi launched a television channel, “DD KISAN” targeted at rural India. The 24*7 channel will help farmers access better technology, information about weather and crop prices and boost agricultural productivity.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will feature prominently in a Doordarshan campaign aimed to popularise 'DD Kisan'. Rs.100 crore has been allocated in the Union budget for the channel.

A Joint Vision Statement on Defence Cooperation for the period 2015-2020 has been signed between India and Vietnam. It was signed by the Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar and the Vietnamese Minister for National Defence General Phung Quang Thanh in New Delhi.

An MoU has been signed between India and Vietnam for cooperation between the Coast Guards of the two countries.

Sloth Habitat Project has been initiated by the Gujarat Govt in Jessore wildlife sanctuary to provide better habitat to sloth bears. It aims at restoring the ecology of sloth bears in the sanctuary by planting fruit trees and removing unwanted plant species that have intruded in the habitat.

2,000-year-old had been unearthed near Har Homa in East Jerusalem city of Israel. The discovered lower aqueduct was used in ancient times to transport water into the city of Jerusalem.

Prime Minister David Cameron led Conservative Party has won the 56th UK Parliamentary elections. Conservative Party won 331 seats out of total 650 seats in House of Commons. With this win, David Cameron became Prime Minister for second term. Labour Party has won 232 seats emerging as largest


opposition party. Scottish National Party (SNP) has emerged third largest party in this election by winning 56 seats of the 59 seats from Scotland.

Union Government inked MoUs with 12 nations on renewable energy in past three years to enhance cooperation in the renewable energy sector.

Myntra.com has acquired Bengaluru based mobile app development platform company Native5, which will help to strengthen and expand Myntra’s mobile technology team to focus on driving transformational change in the online shopping space.

Lok Sabha has passed Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Bill, 2014 for trying juveniles as adults. The bill has provision that allows trying of juveniles between the ages of 16 and 18 years as adults for heinous offences.

An MoU has been signed between India and Iran for the development of the strategically important Chabahar Port in Iran.

The parliament of India has passed the 119th constitutional amendment bill 2013, which now after the assent of the President will enter in to the statue book as Constitution 100th Amendment Act 2015.

India ranked 140th out of 179 countries in 2015 Mother’s Index titled The Urban Disadvantage. The index prepared by Save the Children and was launched by Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla in New Delhi. Norway tops the indices followed by Finland and Iceland.

Rajya Sabha has passed the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2014 to amend the Delhi High Court Act, 1966.

Information technology giant, Microsoft has launched a cloud computing-based offering Edu-Cloud with an aim to Make Learning Fun by enhancing digital learning and teaching in schools and higher education institutions in India through virtual learning platforms.

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited has signed a pact with Jharkhand government to setup a 4,000 MW Patratu power plant in the state.

Rajasthan Government has signed an MoU with National Health Mission (NHM), UNICEF and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to tackle the severe problem malnourishment in the state.

Union Government has made Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for private firms seeking central excise registration. Now, the PAN registration will now be given within two days of filing online applications to improve the ease in doing business in manufacturing.

Tunisian national flag of the size of 19 football pitches was unfurled in Ong Jmel in the southern desert area of Tunisia in a bid to set a Guinness World Record and promote patriotism in the face of Islamist extremism and became the World’s largest flag.

Cow-urine refinery for research on cow products was opened at Pathmera village in Jalore district of Rajasthan.

Nepal’s devastating 7.9-magnitude earthquake on April 25 has partially damaged the world’s oldest Buddhist shrine, Swayambhunath Stupa located in Kathmandu.

Rajasthan Govt has allocated 12 crores to Rajasthan Forest department for a bird conservation programme, Project Great Indian Bustard (GIB). For this project Japan Bank is going to provide financial support of three crore rupees.


Haryana Government has launched 7 IT based e-services in the State at Panchkula district. The seven services include: e-Stamping, Jeevan Pramaan, Revised State Portal, Aadhaar-enabled biometric Attendance System, Mobile app and Aadhaar-linked registration of birth.

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states have jointly launched a new five-lakh rupees Accident Insurance Scheme for transport drivers. The scheme announced on 1 May 2015, the May Day (International Labour Day).

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Continuation Programme of fifteen operational flights of PSLV-C36 to PSLV-C50.

The PSLV continuation Programme will enable the launch of satellites required for Earth Observation, Navigation and Space Sciences along with the possibility of clinching commercial launch service contracts.

The continuation of programme will add additional 3090 crore rupees on government exchequer. All the fifteen operational flights would be completed during the period 2017-2020.

Yamuna Expressway, the longest Greenfield expressway near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh had become India’s first road runway after Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 fighter jet successfully landed as part of trials to use national highways for emergency landing.

With this, India will join group of nations that have dedicated stretches on their expressways and highways for airplanes to land and take off if airbases are crippled during hostile situations. Some of the countries which have Road runways are China, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Finland, Singapore and Pakistan.

The indigenously-developed beyond visual range air-to-air missile, ASTRA was successfully test-fired from Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet in two developmental trials to prove its long range capability, conducted at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha. The missile is expected to be inducted by 2016 after few more tests, including pre-induction trials. About Astra missile:

ASTRA is a Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air to air missile. One of the smallest weapon systems indigenously developed by DRDO. It is a radar homing missile capable in all weather conditions. Single stage solid fuelled indigenously designed and developed to engage both short-range

targets (up to 20 km) and long-range targets (up to 80 km) using alternative propulsion modes. Destroy highly maneuvering supersonic aerial targets with supersonic speed of 1.2 Mach to 1.4

Mach. The 3.8 metre-long missile has a diameter of 178 mm with an overall launch weight of 154 kg

and can carry about 15 kg of high-explosive warhead, activated by a proximity fuse. This weapon system is meant for platforms like SU 30MKI, Mirage 2000 of Indian Air force and

LCA developed by DRDO. The Fourth Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette of Project-28, christened ‘Kavaratti’, was launched

at a glittering ceremony held at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata. INS Kavaratti is the last of the four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes being built for India under Project 28. All the four ships of Project-28 built by GRSE, Kolkata have been designed indigenously by


the Directorate of Naval Design, New Delhi and bear testimony to the acclaimed legacy of Naval Designers. The other three ships of the same class are

INS Kamrota (delivered and commissioned in the Indian navy in 2014) INS Kadmatt (expected to be delivered between 2015 and 2017) INS Kiltan (expected to be delivered between 2015 and 2017)

Salient features of INS Kavaratti:

The ships have been constructed using high grade steel (DMR 249A) produced in India. The corvette, with a displacement of 3,300 tonnes, has a length of 109.1 metres and measures

13.7-m at beam. Propelled by four diesel engines to achieve speeds in excess of 25 knots and have an endurance

of more than 3000 Nm. It has a Total Atmospheric Control System (TACS) making it capable fight in nuclear, chemical

and biological warfare conditions. Kavaratti will also be packed with an array of state of art weapons and sensors, including a

Medium Range Gun, Torpedo Tube Launchers as well as Rocket Launchers, Close-In Weapon System and Chaff System.

Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), an establishment under Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) manufactured Medical kits and equipment which are aimed at specific requirement of Armed Forces to cover Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) warfare or related emergencies.

e-Governance in Defence Sector: Government has taken various initiatives to promote e-Governance in Defence Sector like;

Aadhaar enrolment for defence personnel and their dependents. Digital Life Certificate for retired defence personnel. Central Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) for online complaint

registration. Smart cards for accessing canteen facilities.

An advanced version of BrahMos land attack cruise missile was successfully test fired from the Car Nicobar Islands, revalidating the formidable weapon’s precision strike capability. The land-to-land configuration of BrahMos Block–III version was launched from a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) for its full-range of 290-km. The multi-mission missile, having a range of 290-km and a Mach 2.8 speed, is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against sea and land targets.

The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has been jointly developed by India and Russia. It is capable of carrying a warhead of 300 kilogram.

Indian Navy commissions INS Sardar Patel naval base in Porbandar. 'Sardar Patel', the latest Naval establishment of Indian Navy, was commissioned at Porbandar, Gujarat by Smt. Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat. The newly commissioned naval base is christened after India’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.


It is second naval base of Indian Navy on Gujarat coast, the first one is INS Dwarka at Okha in Dwarka district.

North Korea successfully conducted underwater test-fire of a newly developed submarine-launched ballistic missile. It should be noted that North Korea is under United Nations sanctions and is banned from developing or using ballistic missile technology.

The first regiment of the indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile inducted in the Indian Army. Indian Army had placed orders for two regiments worth about 19,000 crore rupees. The first regiment will be ready by July 2015 and the second one by the end of 2016. About Akash Missile: Supersonic short range surface-to-air (SAM) missile system developed by DRDO under the

Integrated Guided-Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).. Targets – Fighter A/C, UAV, Helicopter, Cruise Missile. Maximum range of 25 km and upto an altitude of 20 Km. Multidirectional, Multitarget Engagement can be operate in all-weather condition.

Government has identified 73 roads for development along the International Border with China. Of these 73 Indo-China Border Roads (ICBRs), 61 roads of total length 3410 km have been entrusted to Border Roads Organisation (BRO).

An MoU was signed between the Indian Army and Bank of India (BOI) on the Defence Salary Package. This is the revised version of previous MoU which was signed in 2011. Additional features in the revised MoU are Personal Accident Insurance (PAI) cover has been extended upto Rs 10 lacs from Rs 5 lacs including air insurance, Home Loan Insurance on Army Welfare housing Organisation (AWHO) for deaths on account of war/external aggression/ terrorist attack up to Rs 50 lacs.

The Government of India has decided to erect a National War Memorial in the vicinity of the India Gate, New Delhi, to honor its Armed Forces and memorialize armed forces members killed in war after Independence in 1947. The long pending NWM will come up at the India Gate complex on the Central Vista, with its museum located in the adjoining Princess Park.

VARUNA Naval Exercise(23rd April-2nd May ‘15): Fourteenth (14th) edition of Indo-French naval exercise (VARUNA) concluded in Goa on 2nd May’15. The ten day long exercise commenced on 23 April 2015 and included both a harbour and sea phase. The thirteenth edition of this naval exercise was conducted in the Mediterranean Sea.

On the occasion of International Labour Day (01 May 15), a Ceremonial Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) at Chinese Side in Chushul Sector in Eastern Ladakh. The Delegations were led by Brigadier JKS Virk from the Indian Side and Senior Colonel Fanjun from the Chinese Side.

Air Marshal BBP Sinha took over as the new Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) of IAF at Air Headquarters, New Delhi today. He was commissioned in the Administration branch of the IAF in June 1979.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited the Siachen Glacier and paid tribute to the martyrs at the Siachen War memorial.

INS Saryu, an indigenously built NOPV based at the Andaman and Nicobar Command, shall be participating in a week long ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Disaster Relief Exercise (DiREx) 2015.


SIMBEX-15 Naval Exercise (23-26 May 2015): Indo-Singapore Bilateral Naval Exercise SIMBEX in Singapore.

Headquarters Army Training Command, Shimla is celebrating its Silver Jubilee on 01 October 2015. Sandeep Jajodia removed as the president of Boxing India (BI) by the Special Genral Meeting (SGM) of

the Boxing India (BI). BI is the federation of 32 boxing associations representing various states or regions across the country.

Brad Haddin: The Australian wicketkeeper batsman announced his retirement from One Day International (ODI) cricket.

BJP MP S.S. Ahluwalia is the head of joint panel on Land Acquisition Amendment bill. Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was sentenced to death by Cairo court for his part in a

mass jailbreak in 2011. He was Egypt’s first freely elected president after the military rule under Hosni Mubarak came to end in 2011 and was the leader of Muslim Brotherhood Party.

Union Government launches Upgradation of Skills and Training in Ancestral Arts/Crafts for Development (USTAD), a welfare scheme aimed at upgrading and promoting the skills of artisans from the minority community. It was launched by Union Minister of Minority Affairs Najma Heptullah in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Facts about USTAAD Scheme:

The Scheme aims at upgrading Skills and Training of minority communities by preservation of traditional ancestral Arts and Crafts.

USTAD was announced in 2014 with the Finance Ministry allocating Rs 17 crore for the scheme. Seeks to help weavers and artisans connect with buyers both nationally as well as internationally. Assistance will be provided to traditional artisans to sell their products in order to make them more

compatible with modern markets. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 launched three mega social security schemes in Kolkata,

West Bengal. Three schemes intend to widen the process of financial inclusion in the country include Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana (PMJJBY). Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY). Atal Pension Yojana (APY). Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Under APY scheme, the pension subscribers will receive a fixed minimum monthly pension ranging from 1,000 rupees to 5,000 rupees at the age of 60 years. The fixed minimum monthly pension will be depending on the contributions subscribers.

National Awards 2014:

Category 62nd NATIONAL FILM AWARDS (3rd May’15)

Best Picture Queen

Best Director Srijit Mukherji, Chotushkone (Bengali)


Best Actor Vijay,Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)

Best Actress Kangana Ranaut, Queen (Hindi)

Best Supporting Actor Bobby Simhaa, Jigarthanda (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actress Baljinder Kaur, Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi)

Best Film (Critics) Tanul Thakur

Best Feature Film Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)

Best Music Director Vishal Bhardwaj, Haider

Best Lyrics NA. Muthukumar, Saivam (Tamil) (Song: Azhagu)

Best Playback (Male) Sukhwinder Singh, Haider (Song: Bismil)

Best Playback (Female) Uttara Unnikrishanan, Saivam (Song: Azhagu)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Mary Kom, (Director : Omung Kumar)

Best Choreography

Sudesh Adhana, Haider (Song:Bismil)

Best Child Artist J. Vignesh & Rames Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil)

TOISA Award Winners 2015(on 9th May’15): Times of India Honors India’s Sports Legends & New Talents. (TOISA – Times Of Indian Sports Awards)

TOISA Jury’s Choice Award Winners:


Sports Name of Awardee Badminton Pusarla Venkata Billiards Pankaj Advani Football Sunil Chettri Athletics Vikas Gowda Shooting Jitu Rai Chess Vishwanathan Anand Golf Anirban Lahiri Squash Dipika Pallikal Hockey Rani Rampal, Sreejesh Ravindran Boxing Laishram Sarita Devi, Mary Kom Table Tennis Achanta Sharath Tennis Sania Mirza Weight Lifting Sathish Sivalingam Cricket Virat Kohli, Harmanpreet Kaur Wrestling Yogeshwar Dutt

TOISA Emerging Player Awards:

Other Awards:

Innovative Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai announced as the winner of the sixth Man Booker International Prize 2015 at an award ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He was chosen from a list of 10 eminent contenders from around the world. He had also won the Best Translated Book Award in the US two years in a row, in 2013 for Satantango and in 2014 for Seiobo There Below. (Among the 10 contenders, an Indian writer, Amitav Ghosh was one of the contenders.) About Man Booker International Prize:- The Man Booker International Prize recognises one writer for his or her achievement in fiction. Worth £60,000, the prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language. The Man Booker International Prize is significantly different from the annual Man Booker Prize for Fiction. In seeking out literary excellence, the judges consider a writer's body of work rather than a single novel.


Senior journalist of New Delhi, Anurradha Prasad was bestowed with Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award for her contribution in the field of Journalism, Writing and Social Services by Vice President Mohammed Hamid Ansari.

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil for the years 2011-12 and 2012-13. It was bestowed on scholars who have made outstanding contribution to the development of Classical Tamil language and literature. SV Shanmugam received Tolkappiyar Award for year 2011-12, for lifetime achievement in Classical Tamil and R Krishnamurthi for year 2012-13. Kural Pitam Award was given to Eva Maria Wilden of Germany for 2011-12. Young Scholar Awards was presented to E. Ezhilvasanthan, K. Jawahar and K. Iyyappan for 2011-12 while for the year 2012-13 was given to R. Venkatesan, A. Sathish, M.R. Devak, U. Alibava and B. Jaiganesh.

An Indian writer, Neel Mukherjee won the 2014 Encore Award for the best second novel, The Lives of Others. ‘The Lives of Others’ already shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014, where it missed out to Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North. The Encore Award literary prize celebrates the achievement of outstanding second novels.

An Indian-American professor of chemistry, Dr. Sivanadane (Siva) Mandjiny, from Tamil Nadu had won the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching.

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the National Florence Nightingale Awards to 35 nursing personnel from across the country on the occasion of International Nurses Day (May 12). The award is named after Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing. She was born on May 12, 1820 and the day is celebrated as International Nurses Day all over the world.

Veteran actor and film producer Shashi Kapoor has been conferred with prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014. The award was bestowed upon him by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley. He is the 46th film personality to receive this honour and third member of his illustrious family after father Prithviraj Kapoor (1972- Posthumously) and elder brother Raj Kapoor (1987).

Nadia district in West Bengal, the first open defecation free district in country has won the 2015 United Nations Public Service Award in the category of improving delivery of public services for the initiative ‘Sabar Shouchagar’. The district had achieved this feat by making toilets available for all under state governments flagship programme Sabar Shouchagar.

The French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo was presented A Freedom Of Expression Courage Award from the PEN American Center. Editor-in-chief, Gerard Biard and critic-essayist of Charlie Hebdo, Jean-Baptiste Thoret accepted the award at a function held at the American Museum of Natural History. The satirical magazine was recognized for this award by PEN American Centre as 12 of its staff members had died during January 2015 terrorist attack on its Paris based office.

Syrian journalist and rights activist Mazen Darwish was honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015. He was bestowed with this award by the UN’s Cultural body for recognition of his work carried out in Syria for more than 10 years at great personal sacrifice, harassment, enduring a travel ban, as well as repeated detention and torture.

Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) of Delhi has been awarded with the World’s Best Airport for the year 2014. Airports Council International (ACI) presented the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award to IGIA. It had handled 25 to 40 million passengers per annum. IGIA is run by Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a joint venture consortium of GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport and Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB).

Eminent scientist and Bharat Ratna awardee Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (C N R Rao) was conferred with Japan’s highest civilian award “the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star”. He was


bestowed with this award for his outstanding contributions to science and Indo-Japanese science cooperation.

Senior DRDO scientist Dr. G Satheesh Reddy, has been conferred with the prestigious fellowship of the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN). RIN has recognised Mr. Reddy for his work in the field of inertial and satellite-based navigation and avionics technologies. He also became the first Indian to get the fellowship from Royal Institute of Navigation.

Winners of Mumbai Press Club Redink Awards 2015

The executive co-chairman of NDTV & Journalist Dr. Prannoy Roy, was conferred the Mumbai Press Club Redink Awards 2015 for Lifetime Achievement.

Mr Arnab Goswami, Times Now was honoured with Impact Editor of the Year Award. scroll.in was given the News Start-Up of the Year Award. Mr Sreenivasan Jain, NDTV won Journalist of the Year Award.

Tennis Player Rafael Nadal received the Golden Medal for Merit in Work. Golden Medal is one of the top

civilian honours of Spain which aims to highlight an exemplary performance in any job or profession. Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy said the medal was to honour Rafa’s “hard work, demanding standards, enthusiasm, balance, modesty, for having his feet on the ground.”

Shivani Agarwal and Maharaja Pandit are the two Indians selected for the prestigious Radcliffe Fellowship by Harvard University. Both of them are among the 50 scholars, scientists and artists who will begin their one-year fellowships at the Radcliffe Institute in September 2015.

Harkeert Singh Saini: An Indian-American policeman had been awarded the prestigious Top Civilian Supervisor of the Year.

Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards were named as England men’s and women’s cricketers of the year 2014-15 respectively.

The 68th Festival de Cannes: Palme d'or Award (Feature Films): DHEEPAN by Jacques AUDIARD Palme d'or Award (Short Films): WAVES '98 by Ely DAGHER CAMÉRA D’OR Award: LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (Land and Shade) by César Augusto ACEVEDO

presented during La Semaine de la Critique Indian film “Masaan” directed by debut Director Neeraj Ghaywan, which premiered at the 68th Festival de Cannes, has won two awards—FIPRESCI, International Jury of Film Critics prize and Promising Future prize in the Un Certain Regard section.

Lance Naik Nand Ram and Raju Joseph, Indian peacekeepers had been awarded posthumously for United Nation’s Dag Hammarskjold Medal. Both of them are among the 126 police, military and civilian personnel who had been posthumously awarded a prestigious UN medal on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (May 29, 2015).

NASA’s Langley Research Center Honored with Vertical Flight Heritage Site for Landmark Contributions to Vertical Flight.

Syrian journalist and rights activist Mazen Darwish was bestowed with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015.

Parvinder Singh Batth: The Indian-origin Conservative party councilor took charge as the mayor of UK’s Wokingham Borough Council. He succeeded Councilor Ulla-Karin Clark.


G Mohan Kumar: Appointed as the new Defence secretary. He will replace RK Mathur. J Jayalalithaa: Governor K Rosaiah administered oath of Office and Secrecy to AIADMK supremo

Jayalalithaa. She was sworn-in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for the fifth time. She succeeded O. Panneerselvam.

Akhil Reed Amar: An Indian-American professor from Yale University was appointed as a member of the prestigious National Council on Humanities of United States (US) by President Barack Obama.

Tathagata Roy: Sworn in as the 16th Governor of Tripura in Agartala. Chief Justice of Tripura HC JC Deepak Gupta administered the oath of office to him. He replaced Padmanabh Balkrishna Acharya, the Governor of Nagaland, who was holding the additional charge of Tripura.

V Shanmuganthan: Sworn in as the 15th Governor of Meghalaya in Shillong. Chief Justice of the Meghalaya HC, Uma Nath Singh administered the oath of office to him. He succeeded Keshari Nath Tripathi, governor of West Bengal who was holding the additional charge of Meghalaya.

Draupadi Murmu: Sworn in as the first woman and overall 9th Governor of Jharkhand. Jharkhand HC Chief Justice Virendra Singh administered the oath of office to her. She succeeded Syed Ahmed who was recently transferred as Governor of Manipur by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Syed Ahmed: Transferred & Appointed as the Governor of Manipur. J.P. Rajkhowa: Appointed as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. He will replace Lt. General (Retd.)

Nirbhay Sharma. Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma: Transferred and Appointed as Governor of Mizoram for the

remainder of his term. Earlier he was the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. M J Joseph: Appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) by the Union Ministry of Finance. He

will succeed Jawahar Thakur, who was recently appointed as OSD (Accounting Reforms) in the office of CGA.

Daniel Mookhey: Became the first Indian-origin Member of Parliament (MP) from the Australian state of New South Wales to be sworn in to Australian parliament on the Hindu religious text, the Bhagavad-Gita.

Deepak Iyer: Appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Bharti AXA General Insurance. He will succeed Milind Chalisgaonkar and join the board of company by end of June 2015.

Priti Patel: An Indian-origin Member of Parliament (MP) was appointed as Minister of State (MoS) for Employment in the David Cameron led United Kingdom Government. In recently concluded 2015 UK General election, Priti Patel was re-elected from Witham constituency in Essex on Conservative Party ticket. Earlier, she was elected from same constituency in 2010.

Justice Cyriac Josep: Appointed as acting Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). His appointment comes after then Chairman of NHRC Justice K.G. Balakrishnan completed his tenure. He will remain in office till new Chairman is appointed.

K Satish Reddy: Appointed as the Chairman of the National Safety Council (NSC) by Union Ministry of Labour and Employment. He will succeed Venu Srinivasan.

Kundapur Vaman Kamath: Eminent banker was appointed as first President of New Development Bank (NDB) of BRICS nations.


Mhairi Black: Became the Youngest elected Member of Parliament (MP) in United Kingdom in over 300 years. She was elected as MP to House of Commons i.e. lower house of UK Parliament at the age of 20 from Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency in Glasgow, Scotland.

Arvind Saxena: Became the first officer from Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) to become member of UPSC. IAS officer Deepak Gupta is the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Navneet Rajan Wasan: Appointed as Director General (DG) of Police Research & Development Bureau(BPR&D). The post was vacant following the retirement of Rajan Gupta since March 2015.

Sanjita Pradhan: An IIT alumnus has been nominated as the advisory commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) by United States (US) President Barack Obama. She is a Nepali American. She holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Achal Kumar Jyoti: A former Chief Secretary of Gujarat state, appointed as the Election Commissioner, filling one of the two vacancies in the three-member body. Nasim Zaidi is the Chief Election Commissioner.

Surender Singh: Appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He succeeded Arvind Ranjan. Prior to this appointment he was serving as a Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

Lee Alan Johnson: Lee Alan Johnson of England was named as the Head Coach of Under-19 football team of India. He was named by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

Manoj Mishra: Appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of state-run National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL).

Sunil D’Souza: Appointed as Managing Director (MD) of India’s home appliances maker Whirlpool. S S Ahluwalia: BJP MP has been appointed chairman of a Joint Committee of Parliament that will look

into the provisions of the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, 2015. Harbhajan Kaur Dheer: Indian-origin councilor of Labour Party became the first Asian woman to be

elected as mayor in UK. She was elected as mayor of Ealing Council in London. She succeeded councilor Tej Ram Bagha.

K V Thomas: Renominated as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for a second term of one year.

John Forbes Nash, Jr.: Renowned American mathematician and Nobel laureate passed away. He got Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994. The Oscar award-winning film “A Beautiful Mind” was inspired by his life.

Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri: Eminent economist, policy advisor and noted academic passed away. Aruna Shanbaug: A nurse who was in a vegetative state for 42 years after being sexually assaulted

passed away in Mumbai’s King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital. Suchitra Bhattacharya: Eminent Bengali writer passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal. She was one of the

most popular and powerful novelists of contemporary Bengali literature. Dr. Amalendu Guha: Noted Assam historian and social scientist passed away. He was known for his

extensive research related to the socio-economic history of North eastern state of Assam. Lu Ping: Chinese diplomat who oversaw Hong Kong’s transition from British to Chinese sovereignty in

1997 passed away in Beijing.


Michael Blake: The Oscar-winning writer of ‘Dances With Wolves’ novel passed away in Tucson, Arizona. Ruth Rendell: Renowned crime writer passed away in London, United Kingdom. She was best-known for

creation of fictional character Inspector Wexford, which was turned into a highly successful TV series in Britain.

Baleshwar Ram: Veteran Congress leader and Former Union minister passed away. Philip S. Goodman: An American film, television and stage writer, producer and director passed away in

New York, United States. He was best known for directing the drama film We Shall Return (1963), which starred Cesar Romero.

Maya Plisetskaya: One of the greatest ballet dancer of the 20th century from Russia passed away in Germany.

8th Edition of IPL: (concluded at Eden Gardens, Kolkata)

Mumbai Indians (MI) won the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, by defeating Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 41-runs. This was the second title triumph for Mumbai Indians after their maiden win back in 2013.

Winner: Mumbai Indians (MI) Runner: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Man of the Match: Rohit Sharma (MI) Player of the Tournament: Andre Russell (KKR) Orange Cap (Maximum Runs): David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad) Purple Cap (Maximum Wickets): Dwayne Bravo (CSK) Emerging Player of the Season: Shreyas Iyer (DD) Most Valuable Player: Andre Russell (KKR)

India’s ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda won a bronze medal with a throw of 63.90 metres in the second

leg of the prestigious International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League series in Shanghai, China. Robert Urbanek of Poland won the Gold with a throw of 64.47 metres, while, Piotr Malachowski of Poland won Silver medal with a throw of 64.47m.

India’s ace discus thrower Vikas Gowda won Gold medal at Jamaican International Invitation meet. The meet was held in Kingston, Jamaica.

In the eighth edition of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) World 10,000 metres run, Ethiopian runners clinched both the Men’s and Women’s titles in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Mosinet Geremew bagged the title in Men’s category, by clocking 28 minutes and 16 seconds. In the women’s section, Mamitu Daska bagged the title by clocking 31 minutes and 57 seconds.

Rome Master’s Crown: (Played on Red clay) Men’s Singles title: World no. 1, Novak Djokovic (Serbia) has won his fourth Rome Masters

Tennis Men’s single title. He defeated World no. 2, Roger Federer from Switzerland. The World No. 1 clinched his fifth title of the season.

Women’s Singles Title: Maria Sharapova (Russia) won the Rome Masters Tennis Women’s single title. By defeating Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain. It is Sharapova’s 35th WTA Tour title in her career.


Men’s Double: Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) and David Marrero (Spain) pair defeated Spanish pair of Marcel Granollers and Marc López.

Women’s Double: Tímea Babos (Italy) and Kristina Mladenovic (France) pair defeated Sania Mirza (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair.

India’s ace shooter Gagan Narang won the bronze medal in the 50m Rifle Prone Event of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup held at Fort Benning in US. With this win he qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics by earning himself a quota place. Michael McPhail of US won gold medal by shooting 208.8 points, followed by Ole Kristian Bryhn of Norway.

Tejaswini Sagar of India in her maiden attempt in the World School Chess Championships under-15 category clinched Gold medal by defeating Kavinya Miyuni Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, played at Pattaya, Thailand. Irina Barbayeva of Russia won the silver medal in this category. While, top seed Nur Abidah Shanti of Indonesia won the bronze medal.

Apart from Tejaswini, Anand Nadar bagged the silver medal in under-15 open category while Saloni Sapole also won the silver in under-17 girls’ section for India in this World School Chess Championship.

Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 title: (played at Barcelona, Spain) Winner: Mercedes racing driver, Nico Rosberg of Germany.

Mutua Madrid Open 2015: Men’s Singles title: Britain’s ace tennis player Andy Murray has won maiden Mutua Madrid

Open Men’s Singles Title. He defeated defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain. Women’s Singles Title: Petra Kvitova(Czech Republic) has won second Mutua Madrid Open

Women’s Singles Title by defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia. Men’s doubles Title: Rohan Bopanna (India) and Florin Mergea (Romania) pair won the 2015

Mutua Madrd Open by defeating Marcin Matkowski (Poland) and Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia). Deaflympics has been included in the Sports Policy of Haryana Government to boost the morale of

differently-abled sportspersons in the state. With this inclusion, Deaflympian medalists now will be able to get cash rewards, jobs and other benefits from the state government.

India’s top rifle shooters have won a rich haul of three Gold and two Bronze medals at the International Shooting Competition of Hannover in Germany. In this shooting event, Beijing Olympics Games gold medalist Abhinav Bindra won both the individual and team gold in his pet 10 metre air rifle event. Chain Singh won gold medal in the 50 metre men’s rifle and team gold in the 10 metre air rifle event. The Gold medal winning 10 metre air rifle team members included Abhinav Bindra, Chain Singh and Gagan Narang. While, Gagan Narang won the Bronze medal in the men’s 50 metre rifle 3 positions event and Apurvi Chandela won Bronze medal in women’s air rifle event.

In the 19th Federation Cup senior athletics championship held at Mangaluru, Karnataka ,Maniram Patel from Gujarat has won Gold medal in the men’s 20 Km walk.

Railway Sports Promotion Board(RSPB) clinched the 5th National Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2015 (Division A) title by defeating Hockey Jharkhand.


Union Government has recognised Motorsports as one of the 59 sports in India. In this regard, Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has included Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) in the list of sports backed National Sports Federations (NSF). FMSCI is the governing body of motorsports in India and the motors sports was put into ‘Others’ category of NSF list which means that no financial assistance will be provided to it.

The Indian Army team emerged as champions in the 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletic Championships at the Mangala Stadium in Mangaluru, Karnataka while The Tamil Nadu team notched the second position.

Best athlete (Men’s): Inderjeet Singh (Haryana) Best athlete (Women’s): Srabani Nanda (Odhisa)

American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Manny Pacquiao (Philippines) to win the unified World Welterweight title. The match termed as Fight of the Century was held at iconic MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. He then won World Boxing Organization (WBO) title and added to his World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) crowns.

Chelsea: Won the Barclays Premier League 2014-15 football title by defeating Crystal Palace in the final match held at Stamford Bridge in London.

Roger Federer: Switzerland ace tennis player won his 85th ATP World Tour title at the inaugural TEB BNP Paribas Istanbul Open, beating third seed Pablo Cuevas, held at Istanbul, the Capital City of Turkey.

The British sports business magazine SportsPro released the World’s 50 Most Marketable 2015 athletes. According to SportsPro's listing of the top 50 most marketable athletes in the world for 2015, Eugenie Bouchard, Tennis player from Canada, topped the list. From India, An Indian World-wide known cricketer, Virat Kholi stood at 6th place in the list.

Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal regained the top position in the latest single’s rankings released by Badminton World Federation (BWF). She was followed by Li Xuerui of China. In men’s singles, K Srikanth retained his fourth place.

Indian boxers shined by winning seven medals including four Gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the Doha International Boxing Tournament 2015.

Gold: L Devendro Singh (49kg) Shiva Thapa (56kg) Manish Kaushik (60kg) Manoj Kumar (64kg)

Silver: Gaurav Bidhuri (52kg) Bronze: Mandeep Jangra (69kg) Vikas Krishan (75kg)

Nico Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix Formula One (F1) World Championship title. Independence Day of Jordan:- 25 May 2015 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers :- 29 May 2015 World Meteorological Day :- 23 March 2015 National Technology Day :- 11 May 2015


World Press Freedom Day :- 3 May 2015

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