1000+ Current Affairs : Must Read Before Exam **************************************** OBITUARY 1. Uppalapu Srinivas: Renowned Mandolin exponent passed away Note: Srinivas (45), popularly known as Mandolin Srinivas, is a renowned mandolin player of South Indian Carnatic music. 2. Educationist Kireet Joshi died 3. Jitendra Chandra Paul: Freedom Fighter and Journalist died 4. Mohammad Ghouse: Former International cricket umpire died 5. Shankar Baruah : Ex-Assam DGP commit suicide Note: His suicide came after CBI raided his residence during the course of investigation of multi-crore Saradha chit fund case. CBI raided his house on 28 August 2014. 6. Dr. Noel W. Hinners: Former NASA Scientist died 7. Joan Rivers: US comedian and TV host dies 8. Goolam E. Vahanvati: Former Attorney General of India died 9. Maya Rao: Renowned Kathak dancer died. 10. Bipin Chandra: Noted historian passes away 11. Norman Gordon: South African fast bowler oldest surviving Test cricketer at 103 years old, passed away 12. Sattiraju Lakshminarayana, , the artist, filmmaker, humourist popularly known as Bapu, passed away in Chennai, 13. Richard Attenborough: Gandhi filmmaker dies at 90 14. UR Anantha Murthy: Eminent Kannada writer passes away. Anantha Murthy, a writer and critic, was considered one of the pioneers of the Navya movement in Kannada literature. 15. BKS Iyengar: World-renowned yoga guru and founder of the Iyengar School of Yoga BKS Iyengar passed away 16. Robin Williams: Oscar Winning Actor died 17. Lauren Bacall: Hollywood icon dead at 89 18. Hashim Khan: Squash Legend of Pakistan died 19. Cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, creator of iconic Chacha Chowdhury, dead 20. Robert Drew: Pioneer of Cinema documentarian dies at 90 21. Sundaram Sankaran: Veteran journalist died at 87 22. Sushilarani Patel, the renowned classical singer of India died 23. Madhukar Singh, an eminent Hindi litterateur died 24. J. Sasikumar: Malayalam filmmaker passes away. 25. Nadine Gordimer: South Africa’s Nobel-winning novelist dies 26. Zohra Sehgal: Veteran Bollywood actress Zohra Sehgal known for her jovial roles in films like Dil Se, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Veer- Zaara, Cheeni Kum and Saawariya passed away. She was 102. 27. Granville Austin, the eminent scholar of the Indian Constitution died in Washington DC. Sports News ASIAN GAMES 2014 – Incheon (South Korea): The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII (17th edition) of Asiad Games. _ Mascot of the Asian Games 2014 is the Harbour Seal Siblings - Barame, Chumuro and Vichuon means wind, dance and light in Korean language. _ The theme of the 2014 Asian Games is Meet Asia’s Future. _ Motto – Diversity Shines: Here. _ Note: Sardar Singh, captain of the men’s hockey team is the Indian contingent’s flag bearer at 17th Asian Games _ Next Asian Games 2018 will be held in – Jakarta, Indonesia. _ Note: Vietnam had originally been picked to host the 18th Games in 2019, but withdrew blaming fallout from an economic crisis. Indonesia immediately became favourites to host the 2018 Asian Games. _ Note: i. China topped in the medal tally in Asian Games. ii. India finished at 8th position in the 2014 Asian Games with 57 medals tally comprising 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. iii. Kosuke Hagino of Japan (Swimmer) is announced as the most valuable player. iv. Hammer thrower Manju Balas medal was upgraded from bronze to silver after a Chinese competitor Zhang Wenxiu who finished ahead of her was caught for doping. v. Zhang Wenxiu is the sixth athlete to be kicked out of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea for doping and the second gold medal-winner after Malaysias wushu champion Tai Cheau Xuen.. Asain Games 2014 -Medal Tally – Country + Ranking Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. China 151 108 83 342 2. South Korea 79 71 84 234 3. Japan 47 76 77 200 4. Kazakahistan 28 23 33 84 8. India 11 10 36 57 Heres the list of Indias medal winners: 1. ARCHERY (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze) _ Gold: 1. Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar and Abhishek Verma in Compound Mens Team _ Silver: 1. Abhishek Verma in Compound Mens Individual _ Bronze: 1. Trisha Deb in Compound Womens Individual 2. Purvasha Shende, Jyothi Vennam, Trisha Deb in Womens Compound Team 2. ATHLETICS (2 Gold, 3 Silver, 8 Bronze) _ Gold: 1. Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and Poovamma Machettira in womens 4x400m Relay. 2. Seema Punia in Womens Discus Throw _ Silver: 1. Khushbir Kaur in Womens 20km Race Walk 2. Vikas Gowda in Mens Discus Throw 3. Tintu Luka in Womens 800m 4. Manju Bala in Womens Hammer Throw _ Bronze: 1. Rajiv Arokia in Mens 400m 2. Poovamma Maachettira in Womens 400m 3. Lalita Babar in Womens 3000m Steeplechase 4. OP Jaisha in Womens 1500m 5. Naveen Kumar in Mens 3000m Steeplechase 6. Inderjeet Singh in Mens Shot Put 7. Annu Rani in Womens Javelin Throw 3. BADMINTON (1 Bronze) _ Bronze: 1. Ashwini Ponnappa, PC Thulasi, Tanvi Uday, Pradnya Gadre, Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Sikki Reddy in Womens Team 4. BOXING (1 Gold, 4 Bronze) _ Gold: 1. MC Mary Kom in Womens Fly (48-51kg) _ Bronze: 1.Vikas Krishan in Mens Middle (75kg) 2. Satish Kumar in Mens Super Heavy (+91kg) 3. L Sarita Devi in Womens Light (57-60kg) 4. Pooja Rani in Womens Middle (69-75kg) 5. HOCKEY (1 Gold, 1 Bronze) _ Gold: Mens Team Bronze: Womens Team 6. KABADDI (2 Gold) _ Gold: Mens Team, Womens Team 7. ROWING (3 Bronze) _ Bronze: 1. Swarn Singh in Mens Single Sculls 2. Kapil Sharma, Ranjit Singh, Bajrang Lal Takhar, Robin Ulahannan, Sawan Kumar, Mohammad Azad, Maninder Singh, Davinder Singh, Mohammed Ahmed in Mens Eight 3. Dushyaht Dushiant in Lightweight Mens Single Sculls 8. SAILING (1 Bronze) _ Bronze: 1. Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan in 29er Womens Two Person Dinghy 9. SHOOTING (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 7 Bronze) _ Gold: Jitu Rai in Mens 50m Pistol _ Silver: 1. Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar in Mens 25m Centre Fire Pistol Team _ Bronze: 1. Shweta Chaudhry in Womens 10m Air Pistol 2. Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed and Heena Sidhu in Womens 25m Pistol Team 3. Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh and Vasha Varman in Womens Double Trap Team 4. Abhinav Bindra in Mens 10m Air Rifle 5. Chain Singh in Mens 50m Rifle 3 Positions 6. Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput in Mens 10m Air Rifle Team 7. Jitu Rai, Samaresh Jung and Prakash Nanjappa in Mens 10m Air Pistol Team 10. SQUASH (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze) _ GOLD: Saurav Ghosala, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Kush Kumar _ SILVER: 1. Saurav Ghosal in Mens Singles 2. Dipika Pallikal, Joshana Chinappa, Anaka Alankamony and Aparajitha Balamurukan in Womens Team _ BRONZE: Dipika Pallikal in Womens Singles 11. SWIMMING (1 Bronze) _ BRONZE: Sandeep Sejwal in Mens 50m Breaststroke 12. TENNIS (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze) _ Gold: Sania Mirza and Saketh Myneni in Mixed Doubles _ Silver: Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh in Mens Doubles _ Bronze: 1. Yuki Bhambri in Mens Singles 2. Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan in Mens Doubles 3. Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare in Womens Doubles 13. WRESTLING (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze) _ Gold: Yogeshwar Dutt in Mens Freestyle 65kg _ Silver: Bajrang in Mens Freestyle 61kg _ Bronze: 1. Vinesh in Womens Freestyle 48kg 2. Geetika Jakhar in Womens Freestyle 63kg 3. Narsingh Yadav in Mens Freestyle 74kg 14. WUSHU (2 Bronze) _ Bronze: 1. Narender Grewal in Mens Sanda -60kg 2. Santhoi Devi in Womens Sanda -52kg Important Points: 1. Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian to enter the Asian Games final in Squash 2. Dipika Pallikal won bronze medal the first by an Indian woman squash player 3. Khushbir Kaur (21-year-old) became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walking in the Asian Games 4. Indian boxer L Sarita Devi stunned officials and spectators by refusing to accept the bronze medal, match held b/w South Koreas Jina Park 5. M C Mary Kom became the first Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games _ Pro Kabaddi League: The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is a professional kabaddi league in India, based on the format of the Indian Premier League. Owner – Mashal Sports Director – Charu Sharma No. of Teams – 8 _ Winner - Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated U Mumba Club Name City Owners Captain Bengal Warriors Kolkata Kishore Biyani (Future Group) Nilesh Shinde Bengaluru Bulls Bangalore Kosmik Global Media Manjit Chillar Dabang Delhi Delhi Radha Kapoor Jasmer Singh Jaipur Pink Panthers Jaipur Abhishek Bacchan Navneet Gautam Patna Pirates Patna Rajesh Shah Rakesh Kumar Puneri Paltan Pune Sumanlal Shah Wazir Singh Telugu Titans Vizag Veera Sports Rajaguru Subramanian U Mumba Mumbai Ronnie Screwwala Anup Kumar _ IPTL - International Premiere Tennis League – is a tennis championship league that is set to launch in November 2014, and will be held across four cities: Manila, Dubai, Delhi and Singapore. The tournament was the idea of Mahesh Bhupathi and is styled on the Indian Premier League. Number of Teams: 4 team from 4 countries _ Teams are – 1. Manila Mavericks 2. UAE Royals 3. Indian Aces 4. Singapore Slammers _ Note: Rafael Nadal withdrew from the league due to health problems. He is replaced by Roger Federer in the Indian team _ National Sports Awards: _ Arjuna award: Abhishek Verma (archery), Tintu Luka (athletics), H.N. Girisha (para-athletics), V. Diju (badminton), Geethu Anna Jose (basketball), Jai Bhagwan (boxing), R. Ashwin (cricket), Anirban Lahiri (golf), Mamta Pujari (kabaddi), Saji Thomas (rowing), Heena Sidhu (shooting), Anaka Alankamony (squash), Tom Joseph (volleyball), Renubala Chanu (weightlifting), Sunil Kumar Rana (wrestling). _ Dronacharya award: Mahabir Prasad (wrestling); Lifetime achievement: N. Lingappa (athletics), G. Manoharan (boxing), Gurcharan Singh Gogi (judo), Jose Jacob (rowing). _ Dhyan Chand award: Gurmail Singh (hockey), K.P. Thakkar (swimming-diving), Zeeshan Ali (tennis). _ Tenzing Norgay Awards: Land adventure: Subedar Jagat Singh, Passang Tenzing Sherpa; Air adventure: MWO Surender Singh; Lifetime achievement: Wg. Cdr. (retd) Amit Chowdhury. _ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy: Punjabi University, Patiala. _ Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Jindal Steel Works Guru Hanuman Akhara, _ Note: i. No sportsperson was selected for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award this year. 2014 Commonwealth Games: _ 2014 Commonwealth Games: The 2014 Commonwealth Games (officially the XX Commonwealth Games) were held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014. This is the 20th edition of the Commonwealth Games. _ Mascot: Clyde, an anthropomorphicthistle named after the river which flows through the centre of Glasgow, was the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. _ 2018 Commonwealth Games: - will be held in Gold Coast (Australia). Medal Tally: Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 England 58 59 57 174 2 Australia 49 42 46 137 3 Canada 32 16 34 82 4 Scotland 19 15 19 53 5 India 15 30 19 64 India in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland India finished fifth in the 2014 Commonwealth Games with 64 medals tally comprising 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze. India kept occupying fifth spot on the medals table. On closing ceremony, the Indian contingent’s flag bearer was Seema Punia, who won Silver in womens discus throw. While,the torch bearer in the opening ceremony was ace shooter Vijay Kumar, the 2012 London Olympics Silver medalist. Here is the list medal winners WEIGHTLIFTING Gold Medalist Winners - Weightlifting 1. K Sanjita Chanu: 48 kg category 2. Sukhen Dey: 56 kg category 3. Satish Sivalingam: 77 kg category Silver Medal Winners - Weightlifting 1. S Mirabai Chanu – 48 kg category 2. Santoshi Matsa - 53 kg category 3. Ravi Katulu - Mens weightlifting, 77 kg 4. Vikas Thakur - Mens weightlifting, 85 kg 5. Rajinder Rahelu - Mens heavy powerlifting Bronze Medal Winner- Weightlifting 1. Ganesh Mali - Mens weightlifting 56 kg 2. Swati Singh - Womens 53 kg category 3. Omkar Otari - Mens 69 kg Weightlifting 4. Punam Yadav - Womens weightlifting, 63 kg 5. Chandrakant Mali - Mens weightlifting, 94 kg 6. Sakina Khatun - Womens lightweight power lifting WRESTLING Gold Medal winner Wrestling 1. Sushil Kumar: In Men’s wrestling, 75kg freestyle 2. Yogeshwar Dutt: In Men’s wrestling, 65 kg freestyle 3. Amit Kumar:, 57kg freestyle. 4. Babita Kumari: 55 kg freestyle 5. Vinesh Phogat: 48kg freestyle Silver Medal winner - Wrestling 1. Rajeev Tomar - Mens wrestling, 125 kg 2. Satyawart Kadian - Mens wrestling, 97 kg freestyle 3. Bajrang - Mens wrestling, 61 kg 4. Lalita Sehrawat - Womens wrestling, 53 kg 5. Sakshi Malik - Womens wrestling, 58 kg 6. Geetika Jhakar - Womens wrestling, 63 kg freestyle Bronze Medal winner - Wrestling 1. Navjot Kaur - Womens wrestling, 69 kg 2. Pawan Kumar - Mens wrestling, 86 kg freestyle SHOOTING Gold Medal Winner In Shooting 1. Abhinav Bindra: In Men’s 10m Air Rifle 2. Jitu Rai: In Men’s shooting, 50 m Pistol 3. Rahi Sarnobat: 25 m Pistol 4. Apurvi Chandela: 10 m Air Rifle Silver Medal Winner In Shooting 1. Malaika Goel - Womens 10m Air Pistol shooting 2. Prakash Nanjappa - Mens shooting, 10m Air Pistol 3. Ayonika Paul - Womens shooting, 10m Air Rifle 4. Anisa Sayeed - Womens shooting, 25m Pistol 5. Shreyasi Singh - Womens shooting, double trap 6. Gurpal Singh - Mens shooting, 50m Pistol 7. Gagan Narang - Mens shooting, 50m Rifle Prone 8. Sanjeev Rajput - Mens shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions 9. Harpreet Singh - Mens shooting, 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Bronze Medal Winner In Shooting 1. Mohammed Asab - Mens shooting, double trap 2. Gagan Narang - Mens shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions 3. Manavjit Singh Sandhu - Mens shooting, Trap 4. Lajja Gauswami - Womens shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions Athletics Gold Medal Winner in Athletics 1. Vikas Gowda: After winning the gold medal In Men’s discus throw Vikas Gowda became the first Indian man to win a field event gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Gowda threw the discus to 63.64m to clinch the gold medal Note: Vikas Gowda became the first Indian man to win a field event gold medal at the Commonwealth Games Silver Medal Winner in Athletics 1. Seema Punia - Womens discus throw Bronze Medal Winner in Athletics 1. Dipa Karmakar - Womens artistic gymnastics Squash 1. Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: In Women’s doubles finals the pair of Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa defeated England’s Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro 11-6, 11-8 in straight sets. Note: The pair gave India their first squash medal in the Commonwealth Games. BADMINTON Gold Medal in Badminton 1. Parupalli Kashyap: Parupalli Kashyap in Men’s Badminton final defeated Singapore’s Derek Wong Note: Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian man in 32 years to win badminton gold at the Games. Silver Medal in Badminton 1. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa - Womens badminton doubles Bronze Medal in Badminton 1. PV Sindhu - Womens badminton 2. RMV Gurusaidutt - Mens badminton BOXING Silver Medal in Boxing 1. Laishram Sarita Devi - Womens boxing, 57-60 kg 3. Laishram Devendro Singh - Mens boxing, 46-49 kg 3. Vijender Singh - Mens boxing, 75 kg 4. Mandeep Jangra - Mens boxing, 69 kg Bronze Medal in Boxing 1. Pinki Jangra - Womens boxing, 51 kg TABLE TENNIS Silver Medal in Table Tennis 1. Achanta Sharath Kamal and Antony Amalraj - Mens Table Tennis JUDO Silver Medal in Judo 1. Navjot Chana - Mens judo 60 kg (lost to Ashley McKenzie of England on penalty points (shido) in the final) 2. Shushila Likmabam - Womens judo 48 kg (lost to Kimberly Renicks of Scotland in the final) Bronze Medal in Judo 1. Kalpana Thoudam - Womens judo 52 kg 2. Rajwinder Kaur - Womens +78 kg judo 2014 FIFA World Cup: _ Germany defeat Argentina by 1-0 to lift 2014 FIFA World Cup title. 1. Golden Ball Award: Lionel Messi was declared as the Player of the tournament and awarded Golden Ball. 2. Golden Boot Award: James Rodriguez of Colombia wins the Golden Boot award for finishing top scorer at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He scores 6 goals in the tournament. 3. Golden Glove Award: Manuel Neuer (Germany) wins Golden Glove at 2014 World Cup. _ Hat-Rick Goal: Thomas Muller (Germany) score first hattrick and Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) claim second hattrick of the tournament. Note: i. Mario Götze kicks in second half of extra time to help Germany to win the final by 1-0 against Argentina. ii. Germany won their fourth World Cup after a 24- year (1954, 1974 and 1990) wait. iii. Netherland stood 3rd and Brazil stood 4th in the tournament. iv. Brazuca is the name of the new ball unveiled in the 2014 FIFA World Cup FIFA rankings: 1. Germany 2. Argentina 3. Netherland 4. Colombia 5. Belgium 6. Uruguay 7. Brazil 8. Spain FIFA (Football) World Cup venue: - RQ 1. 2018 : Russia 2. 2022: Qatar Tennis: _ US Open 2014: 1. Men’s Single - Croatias Marin Cilic defeated Kei Nishikori of Japan in straight sets to clinch the title Note: World No.14 Cilic claimed his first Grand Slam title with the win in his first appearance in a Grand Slam final. 2.Women’s Single - Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniazki of Denmark to won 3rd consecutive US Open Title Note: With this win Williams joined the Tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on 18 Grand Slam titles. 3. Mike and Bob Bryan won fifth U.S. Tennis Open mens doubles title 4. Mixed Doubles - Sania Mirza - Bruno Soares win mixed doubles title by defeated American-Mexican team of Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez Note: This was Sanias first US Open and careers third Mixed Doubles Grand Slam title. Note: Kei Nishikori became the first man from Japan to reach the U.S. Open semifinals in 96 years, defeated Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland. Note: The last Japanese semifinalist at the U.S. Open was Ichiya Kumagae in 1918. No man from the country had made it to the final four at any major tournament since Jiri Satoh at Wimbledon in 1933. _ Wimbledon 2014: 1. Men’s Title: Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer to win his second Mens Wimbledon title and seventh career Grand Slam. 2. Women’s Title: Petro Kvitova defeated Eugenie Bouchard to win Wimbledon title _ French Open 2014: 1. Men’s Title: Rafael Nadal clinches record ninth French Open title. He defeated Novak Djokovic in the final. Note: Rafal Nadal now won 14 Grand Slam singles titles till now. 2. Women’s Title: Maria Sharapova defeat Simona Halep to win French Open Title second time. Note: Maria Sharapova won 5th Grand Slam title. _ Australian Open 2014: 1. Men’s Single: Switzerlands Stanislas Wawrinka claimed his first Grand Slam title by defeating Rafael Nadal 2. Women’s Single: Li Na (China) defeat Dominika Cibulkova. Li Na becomes first Chinese woman to clinch title. 3. Women’s Doubles: Errani and Roberta Vinci beat Russias Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina Hockey World Cup 2014: 1. Men’s Title: Australia defeated Netherland in the final. Note: Australia won the title for the second time, 2. Women’s Title: Netherland defeated Australia in the final. Note: Netherland won the title for the seventh time, Note: Indian mens hockey team rank 9th in latest word hockey rankings. Hockey World Cup 2018 Venue: 1. Men’s Hockey World Cup – India 2. Women’s Hockey World Cup - England ICC World Cup Cricket Venue: ODI: (One day International): 1. Australia & New Zealand: 2015. 2. England - 2019 3. India - 2023 _ T20: 1. Bangladesh -2014. – Sri Lanka defeat India to win the maiden title. 2. India -2016. 3. Australia - 2020. _ Test: 1. England– 2017 (for first time). 2. India - 2021. _ U-19 World Cup 1. UAE – 2014 - . South Africa defeated Pakistan to win the maiden title. 2. Bangladesh – 2016 3. New Zealand – 2018 4. South Africa – 2020 5. West Indies - 2022 _ Commonwealth Games venues: 1. 2014 – Glasgow (Scotland). 2. 2018 – Gold Coast (Australia). _ Olympics Games venues: 1. 2014 winter: Sochi (Russia) – Russia tops in the medal tally in 2014 winter Olympic games. 2. 2016 Summer: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 3. 2018 winter: Pyeongchang (South Korea) 4. 2020 summer: Tokyo (Japan) OTHERS SPORTS NEWS: 1. India slipped eights places to be ranked 158th in the latest FIFA rankings 2. Europe retains Golfs Ryder Cup by defeating United States 3. Leander Paes along with his new partner Marcin Matkowski lifted the ATP Malaysian Open title 4. Union Ministry of Sports inaugurated National Academies for Athletics & Golf in Thiruvananthapu ram, Kerala 5. BCCI extends tenure of Ravi Shastri as team India director till 2015 World Cup 6. Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh of Australia selected as Bradman Honouree 2014 7. Marvan Atapattus is new Sri Lanka Coach. 8. Sania Mirza & Cara Black win doubles title at WTA Toray Pacific Open 9. ICC World Cricket League, WCL Division 3 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia capital. Note: The six teams competing in the event are Bermuda, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Uganda and the USA. 10. Boxer Manoj Kumar wins court battle against govt, to get Arjuna Award 11. Hockey India inducted -Hockey Village India as an academy member 12. AIBA Executive Committee Bureau formally recognised Boxing India as the provisional AIBA National Federation to represent the sport of boxing in India. 13. USA won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 defeating Serbia 14. Chitresh Tatha is the youngest sailor at the Asian Games 2014 15. Sabine Lisicki won Hong Kong Open Title defeating Karolina Pliskova 16. H S Prannoy won Indonesian masters title (Badminton) defeated Indonesian Firman Abdul Kholik 17. Meghalayas Edward Mawthoh has bagged a bronze medal at the World Kickboxing Championships 18. ICC suspends Pakistans Saeed Ajmal for illegal bowling action. 19. Lewis Hamilton showed won Italian Grand Prix. 20. Sudhakar Jayant wins gold at World Masters Weightlifting Championships 21. Ritu Rani to lead Indian womens hockey team at Asian Games 22. Cricket legend Kapil Dev has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in the House of Lords in London. 23. BCCI signs five-year agreement with MRF Pace Foundation Note: Glenn McGrath, director of the foundation and former Australian pace bowler, will train the players. McGrath who played for Australia for 14 years was himself trained in the foundation under Dennis Lillee in 1992. 24. India won the five matches ODI series 3-1 against England. The first match of the series was washed out due to rain without a ball being bowled. However, India won the second, third and fourth matches of the series but suffered a defeat by the hands of England in the fifth and the final match. Man-of-the-Series – Suresh Raina 25. Carolina Marin became the first Spaniard to win World Badminton Championship by defeating Li Na 26. India captain Mithali Raj remains Number One Batswoman in ICC Rankings 27. Cristiano Ronaldo named the UEFA Best Player in Europe 28. Zimbabwe beat Australia for first time in 31 years. captain Elton Chigumburas 29. 2nd Summer Youth Olympics Games held in Nanjing, China 30. Weightlifter Ragala Venkat Rahul bagged Indias first medal of the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China. 31. Hockey India inducts Madhya Pradesh as new 23rd Associate Member. Note: i. Prior to being the associate member of Hockey India, Hockey Madhya Pradesh was known as Madhya Pradesh Hockey Association ii. Hockey India currently has 25 permanent, 23 associate, 2 members through State Olympic Associations, 6 Academy members and 1 Hoc-Key Member. iii. Nitin Dhimole is the President and Lok Bahadur is the General Secretary of the Hockey Madhya Pradesh. 32. Kush Kumar became first Indian player to reach semi final of World Junior Squash Championship. 33. Ravichandran Ashwin nominated for 2014 Arjuna Award 34. Roger Federer Wins Milestone 300th Masters Match: Roger Federer became the first man to win 300 matches at the ATP Masters 1000 level, beating Vasek Pospisil in Cincinnati. 35. Real Madrid won UEFA Football Super Cup in Cardiff 36. Paragliding World Cup Association selected Himachal Pradesh as a venue to host the 2015 para- gliding World Cup. Note: This will be the first para-gliding World Cup to be hosted in India. The tournament will be organised under the aegis of Para-gliding World Cup Association, France. 37. Jammu and Kashmir to host Football Federation Cup in August 2015 38. Dutch teenager Max Verstappen to become youngest Formula One driver 39. South African all-rounder cricketer Jacques Kallis, announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket. 40. German Sabine Lisicki created a record of fastest serve at 131 miles per in the women’s tennis. 41. Hero MotoCorp named title sponsor of ISL. Indian Super League -- the first-of-its-kind franchise-basedfootball league in the country. 42. Philipp Lahm, the captain of Germany’s football team announced his retirement from international game . 43. Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali wins 101st edition of Tour de France 44. English all-rounder Moeen Ali has been banned from wearing “Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine” wristbands till the remainder of the third Test match against India in Southampton 45. Irishman Rory McIlroy won the British Golf Open Championship 2014 46. Durand Cup football tournament 2014: The third oldest football tournament in the world, Durand Cup, will be held in Goa between October 28 and November 9 this year. 47. Nico Rosberg wins Austrian Grand Prix Title 2014. 48. 35th National Games to be held in Kerala next year. Note: Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of 35th National Games. 49. China defeated Japan to won Uber Cup 2014 of badminton 50. Japan defeated Malaysia to lift maiden Thomas Cup Badminton trophy 2014. 51. Japan beat Australia in Womens Asian Cup Football final. 52. Asia Cup Title 2014: Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan to win the title. 53. Ranji Trophy 2014. Karnataka beat Maharashtra to lift the title. Karnataka have won the trophy for seventh time. 54. Irani Trophy 2014: Karnataka won by defeating Rest of India. 55. India claim U-19 Asia Cup title by defeating Pakistan in final 56. Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014: Karnataka won the title by defeating Railways 57. Deodhar Trophy 2014: West Zone lifted the trophy after defeating North Zone in the final 58. 68th Santosh Trophy : Mizoram defeat Railways to win the title. News Related To Defence & Technology Indias Mars mission successful on 1st attempt: Indias first Mars orbiter successfully began a 400 million-km long journey to Mars, making it the first Asian country and the fourth in the world to undertake a mission to the red planet. Important Points. _ Indias MOM is the cheapest inter-planetary mission, costing of Rs 450 Crore ($671 million) entered the Martian orbit on 24 September 2014. _ The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, is India’s first interplanetary mission to the planet Mars. _ India becomes the first country in the world to insert a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its very first attempt. _ Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, Indias first interplanetary probe, was launched by PSLV-C25 on November 5, 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. _ Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) becomes the fourth space agency to reach Mars after Roscosmos (Russia), NASA (USA) and ESA (European). _ The first Chinese mission to Mars, called Yinghuo-1, failed in 2011. _ The project was approved by the government of India on 3 August 2012 and costs Rs. 450 crores. _ MOM is the cheapest and lowest-cost inter- planetarymission ever to be undertaken in the world. It cost us all a mere Rs 4 per person _ The mission successfully completed its 100 days in space on February 12, 2014. _ The satellite has carried a compact science experiment instruments, totaling a mass of 15kg to study the Martian surface, atmosphere and mineralogy. _ The Methane Sensor For Mars (MSM) – will confirm the presence of methane in the Martian atmosphere. Methane is considered a key chemical to determine life process.MSM is among the five solar-powered instruments aboard Mangalyaan that will gather information on how the Martian weather systems work. _ According to NASA, Out of the 51 missions to the red planet by different countries, only 21 went successful till now. Missiles in use of Indian Army: _ Prithvi I - 150km - Surface to – Surface short range ballistic missile. _ Prithvi II - 350km _ Prithvi III - 350km - 600km _ Agni I - 700km -1250km Surface to – Surface short range ballistic missile. _ Agni II - 2000km -3500km _ Agni III - 3500km -5000km _ Agni IV - 3000km -4000km _ Agni V - 5500km -5800km _ Agni VI - 8000km -3500km _ Akash- 30 km 1. NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited and Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited are set to enter into separate agreements with Andhra Pradesh for setting up of large solar power generation parks of about 1000 MW each. 2. NTPC enter into an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh State for its long pending 4000 MW thermal power project proposed at Pudimadaka, located close to Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh. 3. Rays Power Experts announced to set up 50 mw Solar Power Generation Park in Andhra Pradesh. Note: Rays Power Experts is a third largest company in solar power executed in India. 4. India successfully test-fires nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-I missile. The ballistic missile has a striking range of 700 to 1250 km 5. Iran unveiled a new surface-to-air Talash-3 (Effort-3, in Persian) missile and two radar systems Arash-2 and Kayhan 6. Avia Indra-2014 exercie: Indo-Russia maiden aerial exercise held in Caspian Sea in Russia. 7. Indo-US joint military Yudh Abhyas exercise underway in Uttarakhand 8. Indo-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran- VII concluded at Pithoragarh 9. Pakistan test fired short range nuclear capable missile Hatf IX short range surface-to-surface missile. It is a nuclear capable ballistic missile with a maximum range of 60 kilometer 10. IRNSS - 1C, the next satellite in India’s IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System) series, is set to be launched on October 9 by ISRO. Note: IRNSS 1C will be launched on a PSLV C26 from Sriharikota. The satellite is similar to, and follows the IRNSS 1A and 1B which were launched in April 2013 and July 2014 respectively. IRNSS is a navigation system that will cover India, and also extend 1,500 kms from its boundaries. 11. INS Kolkata : Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned INS Kolkata at the Naval base in Mumbai. INS Kolkata is biggest and most powerful guided missiledestroyer. 12. INS Kamorta: Indias first indigenously built Anti-submarine warship inducted into the Navy. 13. PM dedicates two hydro power projects in Leh and Kargil: (i) 44 MW Chutak hydro-electric project in Kargil district and (ii) 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo project in Leh district. Note: i. The Chutak Hydroelectric Plant is a run-of- the-river power project on the Suru River ii. The Nimoo Bazgo power station is located on river Indus. 14. China unveiled its next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng – 41 (DF-41). Note: DF-41 with its long range has similar abilities to the US rocket Minuteman, which has a range of 13000 km or Russian RS-24M Yars. 15. The Indian Air Force received its sixth C-17 Globemaster heavy lift transport aircraft which also carried a World War II vintage Harvard aircraft in its belly. 16. Indo-Russia pact planned to develop a sleeker and faster mini version of BrahMos missile 17. Malabar Naval exercise 2014 held in the Pacific Ocean. The Exercise Malabar is a joint naval exercise first conducted as a bilateral one between the US and Indian navies in 1992. Japan participates in the Malabar exercises for the third time since it first participated in 2007. 18. Indo-Russian joint venture firm BrahMos Aerospace is developing a smaller version of the 290-km supersonic cruise missile for enabling its deployment on submarines and smaller fighter aircraft such as MiG 29 Headquarter of International Organisation _ UNO - New York _ UNICEF - New York _ UNESCO – Paris _ WHO – Geneva _ UNFPA - New York _ SAARC – Kathmandu _ World Bank - Washington D.C _ ADB - Manila _ IMF -Washington DC _ WTO – Geneva (Switzerland) _ Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries – (OPEC) Vienna (Austria) _ Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) – Jakarta (Indonesia) _ NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org)–Brussels (Belgium) _ Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) – Singapore _ United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – Geneva _ United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO ) – Vienna _ International Court Of Justice - The Hague (Netherland) _ International Atomic Energy Agency – Vienna _ International Committee of the Red Cross – Geneva _ International Maritime Organisation– London _ Food and Agricultural Organisation – Rome (France) _ World Meteorological Organisation - Geneva _ Commonwealth of Nations – London ABBREVIATION IN NEWS 1. REITs: Real Estate Investment Trusts 2. InvITs: Infrastructure Investment Trusts 3. ALM- Asset Liability Management 4. AML – Anti Money Laundering 5. KYC – know Your Customer 6. ASBA: Application Supported by Blocked Amount BSBDA - Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account 7. IFSC – Indian Financial System Code 8. CBS: Core Banking Solution 9. RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement 10. SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio 11. CAR – Cash Adequacy Ratio 12. MSF-Marginal Standing Facility 13. NBFC-Non Banking Finance Companies 14. PIN: Personal Identification Number 15. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 16. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement 17. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement 18. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 19. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings 20. EEFC - Exchange Earners Foreign Currency 21. EFSF – European Financial Stability Facility 22. FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act 23. FII – Foreign Institutional Investor. 24. FINO- Financial Inclusion Network Operation 25. FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion board 26. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission 27. CRAR: Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio 28. SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication 29. DEAF: Depositor Education and Awareness Fund 30. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer 31. DICGC : Deposit insurance and credit guarantee corporation. 32. FCNR(B) - Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank 33. LCR: Liquidity Coverage Ratio 34. IMPS: Interbank Mobile Payment Service 35. TARC - Tax Administration Reform Commission 36. LRMT: Liquidity risk monitoring tools 37. ECB - External Commercial Borrowings 38. MIBOR: Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate 39. LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offer Rate 40. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility 41. GIRO - Government Internal Revenue Order 42. FRBMA: Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 43. AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India. 44. TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement 45. FTA- Free trade agreement 46. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule 47. GSLV - Geo-SynchronousLaunch Vehicle 48. NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre 49. NSG – Nuclear Suppliers Group 50. PPP – Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity 51. PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch vehicle 52. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan- India. 53. QFI -Qualified Foreign Investors 54. REER: Real Effective Exchange Rate
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