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Current Affairs 1 September 2014

Indian Pro Kabaddi League

1. Abhishek Bachchans team Jaipur Pink Panthers has won thePro Kabaddi League.2. In the final Jaipur Defeated Mumbai.3. This was the first edition of the Pro Kabaddi League.

World Badminton Championships 2014

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In the world Badminton Championship 2014 event womens title won by CarolinaMarin (First Spanish to win such title).

2. Whereas, in men title won by Chen Long (China).

Ancient Nalanda University Resumes Class

1. One of the oldest universities of India, the Nalanda University, has started impartingclass with 15 students.

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The campus of the university has been stared at Rajgir.3. For now, Dr. Gopa Sabharwal will be its vice-chancellor.

Legendary Telugu Actor to be honored by US PostService

1. Legendary Telugu actor, Akkinni Nageswara Rao, will be honored by the United StatesPost Service.

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The US Post department will release a commemorative postage stamp on his memory.3. With this he will be the first Indian to be honored by such an honour.4. The postage stamp will be launched on his birthday (September 20) this year.

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1. The annual edition of the Internet Governance forum (IGF) has started in Istanbul(Turkey).

2. This is the 9thAnnual edition of the IGF, which has started on 2ndSeptember and will lasttill 5thSeptember.

3. The IGF will discuss the Internet policy and internet governance laws.4. Theme for the 9thIGF is Connecting Continents for Multi stakeholder Internet

Governance.

Himachal Pradesh High Court Bans religion sacrifice

1. The Himachal Pradesh high court in its recent ruling has put a ban on animal sacrifice inthe religious matters/ places/ public worship in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

P Sathasivam: New Governor of Kerala

1. The Union government has decided to appoint P Sathasivam (formerly Chief Justice ofIndia) as the Governor of Kerala.

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The post governor isvacant after the former governor of Kerala, Sheila Dikshits,regisnation.

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 is to be replaced by Road TrafficAct

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The Union government has decided to replace the Motor Vehicles Act 1988 with a RoadTraffic Act as per the international road acts.

2. The concerning bill will be tabled in the parliament in winter session.

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Kathak Exponent Maya Rao Died at the age of 86

1. Maya Rao, renowned Kathak exponent died at the age of 86 years.2. Maya Rao had been honoured by a number of awards such as Sangeet Natak Akademi, National

Award for Choreography.

First Women Director of IIT Council

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Tessy Thomas (one of the leading missile programmer of India) and Vijayalakshmi Ravindranathgot the honour for being appointed as the first women director of the IIT Council (the apex bodyof all 16 IITs).

Goolam E Vahanvati (former AG) died at the age of 65

1. Former Indian governments Attorney General, Goomal E Vahanavati, died at the age of 65 years.2. He served as the attorney general of India during 2009 to 2014.3. He also had the distinction as the first Muslin Attorney General of India.


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Abhiraj (FPVs) is Commissioned in the Coast Guard Region(East)

1. Abhiraj, a Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) has been inducted in the Eastern Command of the CoastGuard.

2. The Cochin Shipyard Ltd. builds and designs by the Indian Coast Guard Ship.

Lesotho Falls into crisis, PM Resign

1. In a military coup in Lesotho PM Tom Thabane has been overthrown by military.

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World Fish Production Report

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As per the latest estimates India account for 5.68% of the total global fish productionannually, and, therefore, stands at 2ndplace.

2. So far China stands at first place in fish production in world.

Australian PMs India visit

1. Tony Abbot, Australian Prime Minister, has arrived India for discussing the nucleardeals with India.

2. At present Australia holds nearly 40% of the world uranium reserves.

Incredible India Mobile APP

1. The Union government in a bid to promote tourism in the country has launchedIncredible India mobile app.

2. The application will facilitate a number of tourists about reliable services in India andother services related to tourism.

8 commemorative postage stamps

1. The Indian postal department has launched 8 commemorative postage stamps on Indianmusicians.

2. These musicians includes - Pandit Ravi Shankar, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Ms D KPattammal, Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur, Ms Gangubai Hangal, Pandit KumarGandharva, Ustad Vilayat Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Trains at Glance

1. The Indian Railway has recently re-scheduled its trains schedule (effective from 1stSeptember).

2. The new trains at glance service will give users live updates on trains.


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First Health Adalat of India

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South Indian state, Karnataka, has launched Health Adalat in the state.2. This Adalat will address public health grievances issues related to the public healthcare

system.3. With this Karnataka has become the first state in India to launch such scheme/ adalat.


Teachers Day and World International Day ofCharity

1. India on 5thSeptember 2014 is celebrating educationalist Dr. SarvepalliRadhakrishnans birthday as National Teachers Day.

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Whereas, the International Charity Day is observed across the world on same dayas death anniversary of Mother Teresa.

42ndCJI

1. H L Dattu will be the next Chief Justice of India (CJI).2. He will be the 42ndCJI of India.3. He will take charge on 27thSeptember from incumbent CJI R M Lodha.

Playing It May Way: Autobiography

1. The autobiography of Indian cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar will be releasedunder title as Playing It My Way.

2. His autobiography has been co-authored by Boria Majumdar.3. The autobiography Playing It My Way is scheduled to release on 6thNovember

2014.


International Literacy Day 2014

1. Since 1966, 8thSeptember is annually celebrated/ observed across the world asthe International Literacy Day.

2. The day is observed to raise awareness about the benefits of being literate.3. The International Literacy Day 2014 theme is Literacy and Sustainable

Development.


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TB Multidrug resistant cases are growing in India

1. As per the latest estimates Tuberculosis (TB) multidrug resistant (MDR) casesare increasing.

2. At present India accounts for nearly 1 Lakh cases of MDR TB out of nearly 40

lakh cases annually across the world.3. With this India account for nearly 25% of the MDR TB cases annually in the

world.

Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15

1. As per the latest estimates made by the Global Competitiveness reports 2014-15,India stand at 71th Place in matter of competitive economy.

2. In the last report India was at 60thPlace.3. The report/ index was topped by Switzerland.

National water conservation & water EnrichmentScheme

1. The Union government on the birth anniversary of Late Deen Dayal Upadhaya isto launch a water conservation scheme.

2. The scheme will be launched on 25thSeptember 2014.3. The Scheme will be launched as National Water Conservation and Water

Enrichment Scheme.

IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships1. In the world weightlifting championship event Lt. Colonel Sudhakar Jayant won

his third consecutive gold medal in the 62 kg weight category.2. The championship was being held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Saakshar Bharat Awards 2014

1. On the day/ occasion of International Literacy Day the Indian President presented the Saakshar Bharat

Awards 2014.

2. The International Literacy Day is observed/ celebrated across the world on 8thof September every year.

3. The International Literacy Day is observed to promte the idea of universal education or education to

all.

4. The Saakshar Bharat Awards are given by the Indian government to the educational institutions for

encouraging them for skill development in the institutions.


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Haider Abadi: New PM of Iraq

1. The National Parliament of Iraq has approved the name of Haider Abadias the new Prime Minister

of Iraq.

2. At present Iraq is plunged into the Islamic rampage, therefore, in the new cabinet Kurish and Sunni

minorities have also got their place as a measure to unify the chaotic state.

First Woman Chairperson of IIAS

1. Vice-Chancellor of Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Chandrakala Padia, has been appointed to

the post of chairperson of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) India.

2. With her appointment she has become the first woman to hold Chair of IIAS.

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World Military Dental Conference 2014

1. The Indian Army has started the World Military Dental Conference 2014 in Delhi.

2. The Conference has been stared on 9thSeptember and will last till 11thSeptember.

3. In the conference professionals from 20 countries are participating.

Habib Wali Muhammad died at the of 90 years

1. Habib Wali Muhammad died at the age of 90 years.

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He was a renowned Pakistani musician/ singer.

ICC Suspends Saeed Ajmal for violation of codes

1. Having been found guilty of illegal bowling action the apex cricket body the International Cricket

Council has suspended Saeed Ajmal from being a part of the international team.

2. This spinner's bowling was founded to be violating 15- degree arm bending rule.

Bhartendu Harishchandra Awards 2011 and 2012

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The government has is planning to increase the prize value (in terms of money) for encouragement of

Hindi Writings.

2. The award is given for the original writing in Hindi by Indian authors.

RBIs new ruling for Age limit of CEO


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1. The Central Bank of India, RBI, has made it mandatory that Private Banks cannot appoint a person

over 70 years of age to the posts of Managing Director or to Chief Executive Officer of the Bank.

2. RBI announced the decision in pursuance to the Companies Act 2013, which reads All companies

shall have their heads between the age group 21 and 70 years.

3. However, private banks can fix the upper age limit for the appointment to the same stipulate posts

anywhere below 70 years.

17thAsian Games 2014

1. The 17thEdition of the Asian Game (Asian Games 2014) is scheduled to be held in Incheon, South

Korea.

2. The event will start on 19thSeptember and will last till 4thOctober 2014.


New Executive Director (ED) of the World Bank

1. Subhash Chandra Garg has been appointed to the post of Executive Director of the World Bank.

2. He will serve as Executive Director of the World Bank for the next 3 years.

The Union Government Clears Disinvestment of 3CPSEs

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In its recent move the Indian union government is going to sale it stake in the 3 CPSEs.2. The 3 CPSEs includes Coal India Limited (CIL), National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC), and Oil

and Natural Gas Company (ONGC).

3. Government will disinvest its 10% stakes in CIL, 5% stakes in ONGC, and 11.36% Stakes in NHPC.

Unique Identification (UID) Phase V

1. The fifth phase of the Unique Identification (UID) has been launched by the union government.

2. Under the phase V, UID programme will undertake in the state of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar

and Chhattisgarh.

3. The UID was stated in 2010 for allotting people a unique identification number, and so far it has

allotted UID to nearly 70 crore People.

Pankaj Advani is to retire from professionalSnooker


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1. Pankaj Advani has announced his retirement from professional snooker after the Indian Snooker Open

championship 2014.

2. The championship is scheduled to be held from 19thto 24thSeptember 2014.

3. However, he will continue his career in professional Billiards games.

HMT, Watch making company, is to conclude itsjourney

1. The financially ravaged iconic watch making company HMT along with its subsidiaries will cease to be

in operation very soon.

2. The company is plunging into the heavy losses since 2000, and has incurred net loss nearly 242.47

crore Indian Rupees.

28 New Road Projects for Rural India

1. The Union government has recently cleared 28 throad projects for the rural India under the Pradhan

Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna.

2. These project will be covered in the state of Jammu & Kashmir including 22 in Kargil, and 6 in Leh.


2ndWorld Reconstruction Conference

1. With a view share innovate approaches to post-disaster mitigation and reconstruction the World Bank

organized its 2ndworld reconstruction conference.

2. The conference was held in Washington, United States.

3. Earlier in May 2011 the World Banks organized the 1stedition of the meet in Geneva.

Ceasefire agreement brings fighting to halt in Ukraine

1. Eastern Ukraine with signing the ceasefire agreement with the rebels has brought the ongoing war to a

halt.

2. The agreement was sign at Minsk (Minsk Agreement).

3. The agreement was in the form of 12 points humanitarian deal.

Montreal Protocol restores most of the Ozone Layer

1. The year 1987 agreement on the safety of the Ozone Layer has so far successful in restoring the ozone

layer to its state of before the agreement.

2. The data were revealed by the United Nations Report.

3. Ozone layer is one of the most important ingredients, which are required for life support on earth.


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4. The 99% of ozone is found in the stratosphere. Ozone protects us from the harmful ultraviolet

radiation of the sun.

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V Krishna Murthy award for Excellence

1. Erstwhile CEO of Infosys and head of the Unique Identification Authority of India, Nandan Nilekani,

has been awarded with the V Krishna Murthy Award for excellence.

YUDH ABHYAS 2014

1. A combat training exercise name YUDH ABHYA 2014 will be started by the militaries of two nations

viz. India and United States from 17th

September which will last till 30th

September.2. The military drill will be organized in Chaubattia, Uttarakhand, under the aegis of Garud Division/

Surya Command.

3. This is the 10thedition of the military exercise between the two nations.

Davis Cup Commitment Award

1. The International Tennis Federation has selection Rohan Bopanna for the Devis Cup commitment

award.

2. The other recipient of the same award are Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) and Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil).

New Chairman of ASCI

1. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has got it new chairman.

2. Narendra Ambwani will be its new chairman.

Environment Ministrys Online Portal

1. The Union Environmental Ministry has launched an online portal for the recognition and monitoring

of zoos in the country.

2. The Online portal will provide real time information of the recognition process.

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National AYUS Mission (NAM)


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1. The union government has recently approved the launching of National AYUA Mission (NAM).

2. In the world NAM AYUS stands for A = Ayurveda, Y = Yoga and naturopathy, Siddha ,

Homeopathy.

Technologies for Swachh Bharat Committee

1. A 19 member penal/ committee has been constituted for giving recommendation on the use of

best technologies for water and sanitation problems.

2. The committee will be headed by the former director general of the Council of Scientific and

Industrial Research, Raghunath Anant Mashelkar.

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Scotland will not secede from UK1. With the 55% votes of the unionists against the secession of the Scotland from United Kingdom,

Scotland chose to be a part of the United Kingdom.

Kaushik Basu new head of IEA

1. Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of the World Bank Kaushik Basu is going to be the

new head (president) the International Economic Association (IEA).

2. He will be the second Indian after Amartya Sen to head the IEA.

Le Yucheng new Chinese ambassador to India

1. Le Yucheng will take over as the new Chinese ambassador to India.

2. He is successor to Wei Wei.

Richard Rahul Verma new Ambassador to India

1. United States President Mr. Barack Obama has appointed Richard Rahul Verma as the new US

Ambassador to India.

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John Keys 3rdSuccessive Victory


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1. National Party candidate John Key won the 3 rdsuccessive victory as Prime Minister of New

Zealand.

2. His party secured 48% votes against the opposition party Labour Party.

Ashraf Ghani won Afghanistan Presidential Polls

1. Ashraf Ghani has been declared as the winner of the Afghanistan Presidential Polls.

2. The Polling was superwise by the United Nations.

Young leader of Tomorrow

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The Time magazine has declared Indian architect Alok Shetty as the Young Leader of tomorrow.

2. He is one of the 6 leaders of next generation as per the magazine.

3. He got the honour for his designing of the affordable flood proof houses for slum dwellers.

Committee on National Pension System

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Under the chairmanship of former SEBI chief, G N Bajpai, a committee has been constituted for

given guidelines for the national pension system (NPS) schemes in private sector.

2. The committee has be instituted by the pension regulator PFRDA.

Tokyo Open 2014

1. Indian athlete Sania Mirza with Cara Black won the double event of the Tokyo Open 2014.

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Rizwan Akhtar: New Chief of ISI

1. Rizwan Akhtar has been appointed as the new chief of the Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-

Services Intelligence (ISI).

2. He succeeded Zahir-ul-Islam.

National Academy for Athletics & National GolfAcademy

1. The Union government has inaugurated the National Academy for Athletics and National Golf

Academy for sport promotion in the country.

2. The Academies have been inaugurated at Thiruvananthapuram Kerala.


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New Zealand to Plebiscite for Change in its flag

1. New Zealand government is to hold referendum for the change in its flag.

2. The country is seeking the current flag replaced with national sport emblem which Silver fern on

black backdrop.


Indian Mars Mission Reaches the Red Planet

1. India becomes 4thcountry in the world and 1stin Asia to reach the Red Planet.

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Indian space agency ISRO earlier sent Mangalyaan to study the Red Planet (Mars).

3. The other 3 countries which have reached the Red planet before India are the United States,

Soviet Union and Europe Union.

UN Climate Summit 2014

1. With the 120 participants countries the United Nations Climate Summit 2014 has begun in New

York.

2. The summit aims at comprehensive global climate agreement talk.

Bibek Debroy Committee on Railway Board

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Union government under the chairmanship of Bibek Debroy has constituted a committee forsuggesting measures for revamping in railway board.

2. It is expected that the penal will submit its report within a year.

Amit Mathew: New Chairman of ABC

1. Director of Malayala Manorama, Amit Mathew, has been selected as the chairman of the Audit

Bureau of Circulation (ABC).

2. He will serve for the year 2014-15.

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International Buddhist Conclave1. In a bid to encourage Buddhist pilgrimage in the country the 4 thInternational Buddhist Conclave

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India food Park

1. In a bid to boost the agricultural economy through the value addition and infrastructure building

Indian PM has inaugurated the India Food Park.

2. The park has been inaugurated in Tumkur, Karnataka.

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The park will facilitate the entire food value chain at a single place.

Swachh Bharat Mission for Urban Areas

1. The Union government is to launched the Swachh Bharat Mission of Urban Areas.

2. The mission will be launched on 2ndOctober 2014 in 4041 towns.

3. The programme will aim at bringing healthy behavioural practices.

Helpline number of natural disasters Mitigation

help1. The union government is planning to start a 3 digit helpline number for natural disaster

mitigating help.

IKEA to set its first store in Hyderabad

1. The Swedish furniture retail giant IKEA is going to open its first store in India.

2. IKEAs first store is to be opened in Hyderabad.

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IKEA is the first company which has been allowed to invest 100% FDI investment in single brand

retail.

4. IKEA is a furniture making company.

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Right Livelihood Award 2014

1. Editor-in-chief of the UK based newspaper The Guardian and NSA whistleblower Edward

Snowden won the Right Livelihood Award 2014.

2.

The Guardian newspaper divulge the NSA snooping reports to the world.

Bradman Honouree 2014

1. Steve Waugh and Sachin Tendulkar become the joint winner of Bradman Honouree 2014.

2. The Bradman foundation imparts the Bradman Honour every year to 2 persons for their

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3. Prior to this Sunil Gavasker in 2010 and Rahul Dravid in 2012 got the honour.

SAARC Cultural Capital for 2015-16

1. SAARC has selected Bamiyan, Afghanistan as the cultural capital for the year 2015-16.

2.

Dhaka will be the SAARC cultural capital for 2016-17.

3. The year 2016-17 will also be the SAARC year of Cultural Heritage.

E-catering Services

1. The union government has launched the E-catering services, by which one can book ones meal on

train through ones mobile

2. The facility for now will be available on selected trains on Belhi-Amritsar route.

3. For availing for the same services one need to call on 18001034139 (toll Free) or can SMS at 139

with his PNR number.

JC Daniel Award 2013

1. MT Vasudevan Nair, a Malayalam filmmaker got the J C Daniel Award for the year 2013 for

lifetime achievement.

2. The award in presented by the Kerala Government.

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Asiad 2014 Championship

1. Indian men compound archery team won the gold medal in the Asiad Championship 2014.

2. At present India rank 11thin Medal tally after clinching 2 gold, 3 silver and 17 bronze.

Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DDAY)

1. The union government has launched Deen Dayal Antyodaya (DDAY) for uplifting both rural and

urban poor.

2. DDAY will aim at enhancing livelihood opportunities for the poor.

3. DDAY will extent to all 4041 cities and towns.

4. The union government has also announced that September 25 will be celebrated as the Antyodaya

Diwas annually.

6 CPSEs are likely to be Shut Down


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1. 6 Central PSUS viz. - HMT Watches, HMT Chinar Watch, Hindustan, Photo Films, Hindustan

Cables and Tungbhadra Steel are likely to be shut down.

Rajat Sharma: New President of NBA

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Rajat Sharma will be the new president of the News Broadcasters Association (NBA).

2. He will be the president of the NBA for the year 2014-15.

Maharashtra CM Resigns

1. Maharashtra Governments Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has handed over his resignation

letter to governor C Vidyasagar Rao.

2. His government was lost the majority in the wake of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)s

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World Heart Day: 29thSeptember

1. In order to raise awareness of heart diseases and heart health the World Heart Day 2014 was

observed across the world on 29thSeptember.

2. The day is being celebrated across the world on 29thSeptember since year 2000.

K C Kamath Committee1. The Union finance ministry has constituted a fifteen member committee to examine the financial

architecture of the micro, small and medium enterprises.

2. The committee will be headed by K C Kamath.

SEBIs new Chief Vigilance Officer

1. The market regulator SEBI has appointed Gyan Bhushan as it new CVO (Chief Vigilance Officer).

World Marathon Record1. Dennis Kimetto (Kenyan athlete) created a new world record by winning the 41stedition of the

Berlin Marathon in 2 hours 2 minutes and 57 seconds.

2. He made the record of fastest complete, earlier the record was of 2 hours 3 minutes and 23 second

by Wilson Kipsang in the same event last year.


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New CM of Tamil Nadu

1. O Panneerselvam will be new chief minister of Tamil Nadu.

2. Recently the former CM of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, has been sentenced to a 4 year

imprisonment by a special Court in Bangalore in the matter/case of disproportionate assets.

Delhi Metro is the 2ndbest Metro system in theworld

1. As per the global Metro benchmarking groups NOVA and CoMets survey the Delhi Metro has

been come at 2ndin the best international metro systems in the world in the terms of overall

customer satisfaction.

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However, the first place was held by the London metro.

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The Ojas Art Award

1. The Jaipur Literature Festival introduced a new prize.

2. The prize is named as The Ojas Art Award, the prize will carry rupee 51 thousand and rupee 31

thousand for two Indian artists.

3. The award was instituted with the contribution of the Delhi Based Organization Ojas Art.

4. Jaipur Literature is the worlds largest free literary festival.

Spanish Court Declares Catalonias ReferendumIllegal

1. The north eastern region of Spain, Catalonias independence referendum has been declared illegal

by the Spanish Constitutional Court.

2. Catalonia is to hold the referendum on 9 thNovember 2014 for its independence.

3. Catalonia is the Spains highly industrialized area.

40thRyder Cup

1. The 40thEdition of the biennial mens golf competition between US and Europe teams has been

won by the Europe.

2. The competition was held in Gleneagles, Scotland.


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