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Current Affairs May -2014 1. Former IB chief Ajit Doval appointed as new National Security Adviser 2. President and Member of the Board of Infosys BG Srinivas resigned 3. Father of Malaysian hockey Sultan Azlan Shah passed away at 86 4. 30th May 2014 observed as Goa Day 5. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers observed across the world 6. Nico Rosberg of Germany, Mercedes driver won Monaco Grand Prix of Formula One 7. Former Ecuadorian president Mahuad sentenced to 12 years jail 8. Reliance to acquire control of Network18 for Rs 4,000 crore 9. Former TRAI chief Nripendra Misra appointed as Principal Secretary to PM Narendra Modi 10. PM created a new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 11. Mukul Rohatgi appointed as new Attorney-General of India 12. Supersonic Akash air defence missiles successfully intercepted targets 13. Tesco gets CCI approval for 50% Trent stake purchase 14. World Bank Group Appoints Hiroshi Naka as Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank 15. President appointed Narasimhan as common Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh 16. Union Cabinet constituted SIT on Black Money to comply with SC Judgement 17. Former off-spinner of England David Allen passed away 18. Brazuca balls to be used in FIFA World Cup 2014 to have six in-built HD cameras 19. Sachin Tendulkar selected as goodwill ambassador for 35th National Games 20. Narendra Modi took oath as 15th Prime Minister of India, with 24 Cabinet and 21 Ministers of State 21. China cliched Uber Cup 2014 title of badminton 22. In 2014, Foreign Exchange Reserves increased by 15.5 billion US dollar - RBI 23. IAF's MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashes in Kashmir, Pilot dies 24. Delhi government will provide financial assistance to children of prisoners 25. Film Winter Sleep honoured with Palme d'Or Award at 67th Cannes Film Festival 26. Military coup in Thailand announced by Royal Thai Army 27. Ahmed Maitiq sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Libya 28. Malavath Poorna of Andhra became youngest woman to climb Mount Everest 29. TR Zeliang sworn-in as new Chief Minister of Nagaland 30. Japan bagged AFC Women's Asian Football Cup 2014 31. Real Madrid won 10th UEFA Champions League Football title 32. Indian-American student Akhil Rekulapelli wins National Geographic Bee 33. Floating hotel AB Celestial unveiled in Mumbai 34. 21st May observed as Anti-Terrorism Day across the country 35. Wildlife wing resumes Olive Ridley conservation in Tamil Nadu after 25 years 36. AFD extended 100 million euro Line of Credit to IREDA 37. Former IB chief Rajiv Mathur became new Chief Information Commissioner 38. Navies of India and Singapore started SIMBEX 14

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Page 1: May current Affairs 2014

Current Affairs May -2014

1. Former IB chief Ajit Doval appointed as new National Security Adviser 2. President and Member of the Board of Infosys BG Srinivas resigned 3. Father of Malaysian hockey Sultan Azlan Shah passed away at 86 4. 30th May 2014 observed as Goa Day 5. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers observed across the world 6. Nico Rosberg of Germany, Mercedes driver won Monaco Grand Prix of Formula

One 7. Former Ecuadorian president Mahuad sentenced to 12 years jail 8. Reliance to acquire control of Network18 for Rs 4,000 crore 9. Former TRAI chief Nripendra Misra appointed as Principal Secretary to

PM Narendra Modi 10. PM created a new Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 11. Mukul Rohatgi appointed as new Attorney-General of India 12. Supersonic Akash air defence missiles successfully intercepted targets 13. Tesco gets CCI approval for 50% Trent stake purchase 14. World Bank Group Appoints Hiroshi Naka as Vice President and Auditor General

of World Bank 15. President appointed Narasimhan as common Governor of Telangana and

Andhra Pradesh 16. Union Cabinet constituted SIT on Black Money to comply with SC Judgement 17. Former off-spinner of England David Allen passed away 18. Brazuca balls to be used in FIFA World Cup 2014 to have six in-built HD

cameras 19. Sachin Tendulkar selected as goodwill ambassador for 35th National Games 20. Narendra Modi took oath as 15th Prime Minister of India, with 24 Cabinet and 21

Ministers of State 21. China cliched Uber Cup 2014 title of badminton 22. In 2014, Foreign Exchange Reserves increased by 15.5 billion US dollar - RBI 23. IAF's MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashes in Kashmir, Pilot dies 24. Delhi government will provide financial assistance to children of prisoners 25. Film Winter Sleep honoured with Palme d'Or Award at 67th Cannes Film Festival 26. Military coup in Thailand announced by Royal Thai Army 27. Ahmed Maitiq sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Libya 28. Malavath Poorna of Andhra became youngest woman to climb Mount Everest 29. TR Zeliang sworn-in as new Chief Minister of Nagaland 30. Japan bagged AFC Women's Asian Football Cup 2014 31. Real Madrid won 10th UEFA Champions League Football title 32. Indian-American student Akhil Rekulapelli wins National Geographic Bee 33. Floating hotel AB Celestial unveiled in Mumbai 34. 21st May observed as Anti-Terrorism Day across the country 35. Wildlife wing resumes Olive Ridley conservation in Tamil Nadu after 25 years 36. AFD extended 100 million euro Line of Credit to IREDA 37. Former IB chief Rajiv Mathur became new Chief Information Commissioner 38. Navies of India and Singapore started SIMBEX 14

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39. World Turtle Day observed across the globe on 23rd May 40. RBI extends loan tenure for exporters to 10 years 41. Gujarat's "Rani ki Vav" monument to be digitally recreated in UK 42. Bharatiya Mahila Bank included in second schedule to RBI Act, 1934 43. J&K government approved scrapping of New Recruitment Policy, 2011 44. RBI relaxes norms for import of gold by bank under 20:80 Scheme 45. Narendra Kumar Verma selected as MD of ONGC Videsh Ltd 46. K Rajendra Kumar appointed as new Director General of Police of Jammu and

Kashmir 47. Anandiben sworn-in as first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat 48. Pre-1971 Bangladesh settlers should be treated as Indians- Meghalaya High

Court 49. Bihar gets Jitan Ram Manjhi as its new Chief Minister 50. Pawan Chamling sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Sikkim for 5th term 51. Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for fourth time 52. WADA Foundation Board put Xenon & Argon gases in the prohibited list 53. 630 crore rupees penalty on DLF upheld by Competition Appellate Tribunal 54. Army Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha declared to impose martial law in

Thailand 55. Former Indian President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam honoured with honorary degree by

University of Edinburgh 56. Mr. Nabam Tuki sworn-in as the eighth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh 57. Former Tata Steels Chairman Russi Mody passed away 58. President of India dissolved 15th Lok Sabha 59. Three time F-1 champion Sir Jack Brabham died in Australia 60. The veteran nuclear scientist N Srinivasan passed away 61. Serena Williams won the Women's and Novak Djokovic won Men's Italian Tennis

Open 2014 title 62. C Rangarajan, PM Economic Advisory Council Chairman resigned 63. Mudgal panel directed to probe IPL spot fixing scandal by Supreme Court 64. Amul to set up five lakh litres per day capacity dairy plant in Varanasi 65. PM Manmohan Singh submitted his resignation to President 66. Krishnan Nair, Founder of Leela Group Hotels passed away 67. Nitish Kumar resigned as Bihar Chief Minister 68. BJP shown landslide victory in Lok Sabha Elections 69. Ban on LTTE extended for five years by Union Government 70. A.B. Pandya appointed as the Chairman of Central Water Commission 71. Boxing India approved by AIBA as the new provisional member to represent

India 72. Plastic currency notes to be launched in 2015: Raghuram Ranjan 73. Grant Flower named as Pakistan batting coach 74. Justice B S Chauhan appointed as the Chairman of Cauvery Water Disputes

Tribunal (CWDT) 75. Indian delegation at 67th Cannes International Film Festival led by Kamal

Haasan 76. World Migratory Bird Day observed across the world

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77. Lakhdar Brahimi, United Nations envoy to Syria announced his resignation 78. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years in prison 79. Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag appointed as 26th Cheif Of Army Staff 80. Kristin Lund of Norway became first-ever woman to head a UN Peacekeeping

Force 81. India to overtake Japan to become 3rd largest oil consumer by 2025: US EIA 82. President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to the Whistleblowers Protection Bill,

2011 83. Odisha government signs MoU with TiE Silicon Valley to attract investment in IT

sector 84. British museum - Imperial War Museum launched online archive of World War-I

stories 85. World's first Electric E-Fan Aircraft Completes its Maiden Flight in France 86. Bank branches abroad allowed to sell structured products by RBI 87. India-born Hinduja brothers emerge richest in Britain 88. Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova clinched Madrid Open titles 89. President confered Florence Nightingale awards 90. Sebi exempts Etihad from making an open offer for more shares in Jet Airways 91. Indian companies will not be permitted to raise External Commercial Borrowings:

RBI 92. Book entitled "India Junction - A Window to the Nation" launched by Indian

Railways 93. Caparo wins International Business of the Year award 94. 'Silent Screams', an Indian documentary won three awards at US festival 95. Indian-American doctor Mitul Kadakia won national award for excellence 96. New dancing frog species found in Western Ghats 97. SC ordered CBI probe into Saradha chit fund scam 98. Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Janardhan Reddy passed away 99. India's Punj Lloyd bags Rs 1,270-crore expressway project in Yemen 100. Jallikattu and bullock cart races banned by SC 101. Waqar Younis is new head coach of Pakistan cricket team 102. Pakistan successfully test fired Hatf-III Ghaznavi ballistic missile 103. Travel planning portal tripigator.com launched in Partnership with

Incredible India 104. Rajasthan Cricket Association Suspended by BCCI 105. World Snooker Championship 2014 won by Mark Selby 106. Book entitled "A Stamp Is Born" authored by C. R. Pakrashi released 107. Thailand prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered to step down 108. In ICC One Day International rankings, Virat Kohli ranked no 1 109. UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014 bagged by

Ahmet Sik 110. First indigenous air-to-air missile Astra successfully test fired by India 111. Panama's vice president Juan Carlos Varela won presidential election 112. WTA Portugal Open 2014 clinched by Sania Mirza and Cara Black 113. Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker passed away at age of 93 114. President Confers Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards

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115. Polavaram Project approved by Union Cabinet 116. World Press Freedom Day observed across the world 117. Trap Shooter Manavjit Sandhu ranked at third spot in ISSF World Ranking 118. Supreme Court reconstitutes SIT to expedite probe into Black Money

Cases 119. NBA Bans Donald Sterling "For Life" After Racist Remark 120. World's highest railway tunnel opens in China 121. India back as No.1 in Twenty20 International Team ranking 122. Harappan granary found in Haryana 123. India Successfully Test-fires Akash Missile 124. The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games are to be held in Nanjing, China 125. Labour Day will be observed across the globe on 1st May 126. Facebook launched FB Newswire for journalists 127. Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana scheme launched in UAE 128. Ex-Australian judge Michael Hudson McHugh appointed as arbitrator by

SC 129.