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1. Prologue to six part Article series

2. Constitutional / Statutory / Official bodies

1. Judiciary related

2. National commissions for

3. New Chief Ministers and UT Administrators

4. Governors

5. Secretaries

6. Indian Ambassadors Abroad

3. Telangana the 29th State

4. Government Committees / commissions

1. 14th Finance commission

2. 7th Pay commission

5. Stamps 2014

1. Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism

2. Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal

3. Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani

4. Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography (UNESCO)

6. Defense / Security: Persons in News

1. Boats, missiles and Helicopters

2. Training exercises 2014

7. Space related

8. India: Places in News 2014

Prologue to six part Article series

Total six parts covering December 2013 to 8th June 2014- nearly six months that is the usual time spanfor current affairs most competitive exams below UPSC Civil service exam.

1. [PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees, Stamps-2014, Defense, Telengana & more

2. [PIN-2014] Part 2/6: International- Presidents, Prime ministers, Summits, bodies & Ukraine Crisis

3. [PIN-2014] Part 3/6: Sports, Mascots, Athletes, Awards, FIFA-2014, Sochi-2014, Grand Slams, Hockey, Kabbadi,

Cricket & more

4. [PIN-2014] Part 4/6: Economic Regulators, Banking Sector CMDs, RBI monetary policy, RBI Committees,

Business GK CEOs

5. [PIN-2014] Part 5/6: Books, Authors, Movies awards & Beauty Pageants

6. [PIN-2014] Part 6/6: Diaspora, Civilian awards & Dead in News, Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas, Padma 2014, Able

Prize & more

Useful for?

IFoS mainssecurity jobs: CDS, CAPF, ACIOBanking jobs: IBPS, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Grade “B” Officer, RBI Assistant,Staff selection: SSC CGL, SSC 10+2;State PSC: UPPSC Lower & upper subordinate, Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat,

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Karnataka etc.PSU/Corporation jobs: EPFO, ESCI, FCI, ONGC etc.

All of above exams have 3-5-8 MCQs from Person in news, books, author, awards and sports.

What about UPSC/CSAT / preliminary exam?

1. This article series is pretty much useless for Civil service (IAS/IPS), they stopped this variety ofMCQs since last three prelims.

2. Besides even if UPSC examiner asks something, it’d require far deeper coverage of staticbackground, which I’ve ignored for PIN-2014, because here my focus is non-UPSC exams, theirexaminers don’t go that deep.

3. PIN data asked in IFoS (Forest service) Mains exam, hence important.4. For IFoS prelims not much important, because both civil service and forest service got common

prelims (refer to point #2)

Any updates, corrections please do post in the comments but with reference except wikipedia

Constitutional / Statutory / Official bodies

Modi 15th PM of India. As such election & ministries related GK is endless. You should focus onfollowing topics first:

1. Theory from M.Laxmikanth or Lucent GK- What is speaker pro-tem, how many Rajysabha seats, Howmany Loksabha seats, how many nominated members etc. etc.

2. VVPAT, voters’ ink, security deposits, procedure to get national party status etc. given underMrunal.org/Current

3. List of ministries under Modi-sarkaar (click on follow link): English list || Hindi list

Here I’m only adding a few points, otherwise article will run five mile long only with election GK.

1. Women in cabinet1. first lady to hold portfolio of Foreign ministry / external affairs ministry: Indira Gandhi

(While she was PM, she also held this porfolio during 67 and 84.) So in that context, Sushmais 2nd. But if you count woman who held “only foreign ministry” (without being PM), thenSushma first woman to hold this post.

2. First lady cabinet minister was Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Health) in Nehru government.2. Kiren Rijiju: Arunanchal Pradesh MP to become minister. He is Minister of State for Home

Affairs3. Shyam Saran Negi: India’s first voter. Kalpa, Kinnaur Lok Sabha constituency, in Himachal

Pradesh

Oppositionleader

Rajya Sabha: Congi Gulam Nabi AzadLok Sabha: Nobody because no party got 10% seats under Modi wave.Congress’s leader in Lok Sabha = Mallikarjun Kharge.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan <= Kamalnath Speaker Pro-tem (Congi) <= Meera Kumar (Congi).

CAG Shashikant Sharma replaced Vinod Rai. Vinod Rai became UN Audit panel Chief.

Electioncommission

V. S. Sampath (chief), HS Brahma & Sayyed Nasim

CVCCVC is 3 members body. CVC= Pradeep Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg andRajeev. for more details, refer to Stamps 2014 section.

Nobody right now but 1 chairperson + max 8 members (50% judicial members), 50%

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LokPal reservation to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women. selection panel: PM, Speaker, LeaderOpposition Lok Sabha, CJI + Eminent jurist (nominated by Prez, on recommendation offirst four).

CIC

Rajiv Mathur replaced Sushma Singh

panel: PM+ leader of opposition + Law ministerDeepak Sandhu was the First lady CIC, and Sushma Singh was second lady.

UPSC

Chairman DP Agrawal (will retire in August 2014, after that “acche Din” will start,unless another uncle-ji professor takes over.)New Member Mrs. P. Kilemsungla –got Padma shri award in 2014.First personfrom Nagaland to be appointed as UPSC member.Prof. Hemchandra Gupta (Ex professor of IIT Delhi).

Economy related bodies: CAG, CCI, SEBI etc. done in BusinessGK part #4 click me

Judiciary related

Chief Justice ofIndia

R.M Lodha: 41st CJI of India. He replaced P.Sathashivam. Year 2014 is very specialfor SC of india. In this year Supreme court will witness 3 CJI. P. Sathasivam – R.MLodha – H.L Dattu.

AttorneyGeneral

(Pending) Mukul Rohtagi. Right now Goolam Vahanvati.

SolicitorGeneral

Ranjit Kumar replaced Mohan Parasaran

Gujaratlokayukta

Justice D.P Buch

Delhi HC Gorla Rohini (1st women chief justice of delhi High Court.)

Chief justice /Lokayukta ofyour state

dig that on your own.

National commissions for

Children Kushal Singh

Humanrights

KG Balakrishnan

Minorities Naseem Ahmed

Backwardclass

Justice V. Eswaraiah has recommended inclusion of Transgender in OBC List, afterSupreme court order.

SC P.L. Punia

ST Rameshwar Uraon

Women Mamta Sharma

New Chief Ministers and UT Administrators

Arunanchal CM Nabam Tuki

AssamCabinet approved “Vidhan Parishad” (legislative council) for this state,under Art.169. Nov 2013

Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi replaced Nitish Kumar.

December assemblyelections

1. Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj2. Rajashthan: Vasundhara3. Mizoram: Lalthan Hawla (Congi),

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4. Delhi: Kejriwal gone with the wind.

Delhi Lt. Governor Najib Jung

Gujarat CM Anandi Ben Patel (BJP), first woman CM of Gujarat.

Lt.Gov Andaman-nico AK Singh

Nagaland CM TR Zeliang

Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling for 5th time.

Uttrakhand CM Harish Ravat replaced Vijay bahuguna

Governors

I’m not putting Governor List because Modi will soon remove all the previous congi govrnors to fullfilhis dream of Congress mukta bharat.

Anyways for the state PSC exams preapre whoever is in the office right now.

UIDAI vs NPR

UIDAI (Nilekani) under planning commission vs National population registration (under Homeministry). Both projects to be merged soon.Nilekani had resigned from UIDAI to contest Lok Sabha election from Bangalore on Congi ticket

Secretaries / special officers

CabinetSecretary

Ajit Sethboss of Central Secretariat

PrincipleSecretary

Nripendra Misra, former TRAI chief. As such he cannot join government job afterworking as TRAI chief but Modi made ordinance to exempt this.boss of PMO

Finance Arvind Mayaram, important for he headed various Committees.

NSANational security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS.Brajesh Mishra was the first NSA in Vajpayee Government.

I’m not including Secretaries of defense, commerce etc. because haven’t seen such MCQs in recentyears. Besides Modi is making secret list of kaamchor Secretaries, so some of them may be transferredsoon anyways.

Indian Ambassadors Abroad

To Pakistan T.C.A Raghvan

To China Ashok K. Kantha

To USA S. Jaishankar. played key role in Indo-US nuclear deal

UN permanent representative from India Ashok kumar Mukherjee

Telengana the 29th State

Seemandhra Telangana

CM & partyC. Chandrababu NaiduTelugu Desham Party(TDP)

K. Chandrshekhar raoTelanganaRastra Samiti

Governor ESL Narsinhman Same

HC Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta Same

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seat/bench of HC Common HC – Hyderabad Same

Secretariat @ Hyderabad Same

Capital greater Hyderabad Same

Lok Sabha seats 25 17

Rajya Sabha seats 11 7

Vidhan sabha seats 175 119

population 5 cr 3.5 cr

no. of districts 13 Originally 10 + 14 new => 24

area 1.6 lakh sqkm 1.14 sq km

Major port Duggirajupatnam, Vishakhapatnam NA

Oil/gas royalties According to production in their territory same

NTPC – new power plant

Electricity fromCentral Powerstations

In the ratio of consumption in last five years Same

River waterUnion government will form a central bodyto decide water allocation.

Same

important rivers/dams

Godavari, Penneru Ri, Gundla KammaPalleru ri.Muneru ri. ,Hallia ri,Dindi ri, – all tributaries ofKrishna

wildlife

1. Lake Pulicat,2. lake Kolleru3. Neelapattu bird sanctuary

1. Pocharam2. Kawal3. Pakhal4. Eturnagaram Wild Life

Sanctuaries

tourismHorsely hill station, Borru caves, Arakuvalley (natural heritage site),Vishakhapatnam

Chitrakoot falls

Tirupati temple here –

importantcities/towns

Vishakhapatnam, Rajamundry, Vijayvada, Warangal, Adilabad, Nizamabad

historicplaces/temples

Tirupati balaji, Lepakshi temples, Amaravati Warangal, Palampet,

elite edu –separate IIT/IIM/AIIMs under 12th

and 13th FYP

shares border withthese states

TN, KN, Odisha KN. MH, Chhatisgarh, Odisha

original Andhra Pradesh was formed in 1956 under state reorganization act, 1956Telengana formed in 2014, under Andhra Pradesh reorganisation act,2014

Nagarjun-shrisailam Tiger reserve:

Largest tiger reserve of Indiaits area is in both Telengana (Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda) + Seemandhra (Telangana , Kurnool,Guntur and Prakasam)

Government Committees / commissions

RBI appointed Committees not given here because I’ve covered them under Banking/Biz GK part.click

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14th Finance commission

Formed under Article 280 of the Constitution

13th FC: Chairman Kelkar

14th FC setup in in Jan 2013.Boss = Ex RBI governor Governor YV ReddyHis recommendations will be effective from 1/April/2015, for a period of five years

Apart from the usual terms of reference, 14th FC also has to make recommendations about:

1. Pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner2. issues like disinvestment, GST and subsidies.

7th Pay commission

6th PC was formed in 2006. Chairman: BN Sri Krishna

7th Pay commission-head-Rtd SC judge Ashok kumar MathurMember= Vivek Rae full time (IAS) + Rathin Roy part time (economist) + Meena Agarwal(Secretary, IRAS)Target audience= 50 lakh Central government employees, including the Railways and Defense. +30lakh pensioners.Deadline= submit report in two years.

Implemented from January 1, 2016. [6th PC's recommendations from January 1, 2006.]

other Committees

20th lawcommission

new chairman Justice Ajit prakash shah.(D.K jain resigned and became thepresident of National Consumer disputes redressal commission)

A.R. Rather GST panel new chief- Jammu & Kashmir Finance minister

Abhay BhangSetup by Ministry of Health & family welfare.Why govt setup- IMR & MMR arehigh among STs.Purpose- to develop a national framework to address healthcarechallenges of STs (who are living in tribal district and tribal development blocks).

AFSPA Santosh Hegde Committee.

D. Swarup Investor awareness and protection

D.S. Kolamkar risk management of commodity futures market

DP Tripathi high power committee for running and safety of trains.

FSLRC Fiscal sector legislative reformsBN Shri Krishna

Justice DK Jain president of National Consumer disputes redressal commission)

JusticeM.RamachandraPanel

By Kerala government to update Kerala’s desi liquor policy. Recommended liquorwith low alcohol content.

Justice mukulMudgal

IPL match fixing – On the basis of this report SC took action and Srinivasan wasforced to resign+ Walmart Lobbying, by Corporate Min.

Justice RanjanaDesai

head of gender sensitisation and internal complaints committee (GSICC)ofSupreme court.Purpose – to deal with Asharam type person working in Supremecourt.

Justice Shiv Rajan Solar scam in Kerala

Justice Vishnu Sahay

Muzzafarnagar (UP)Riot (Imp for UPPCS exam)

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KSivaramakrishnana

to recommend new location of capital for successor state in Andhra Pradesh. Untilthen Hyderabad will remain the joint capital of both for ten years. (By Homeministry)

Kelkar panel Increase domestic oil and gas production and decrease in imports by 20-30

Kiran Aggarwalunder DoPT. To reform in IAS training. Recommended that IAS officer’s trainingshould be shortened.

M.P. Bezbaruah

For betterment of North Eastern people living in various parts of India.Other members-one member from Tripura + 1 from Mizoram + 1 fromSikkim + a lady memberReason- After the death of NE student in Delhi (racial discriminated)By Home ministry

M.S. Sahoo Foreign currency convertible bonds through depository receipt mechanism

MB Shah Retired SC Judge. SIT on Blackmoney.

Mehmood UlRehman

To study the reasons for backward Muslims. He is Former vice chancellor ofAligarh Muslim University. (Imp for UPPCS exam)

OOMMEN Vpanel

To study the report of kasturi rangan committee on western Ghats. Kasturi wasformed to study Madhav Gadgil’s report….this might become an endless cycle.

Sam Pitroda 2013. to lookinto the role of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati

SandhyaKulsrestha

By Dept. of agriculture –on framing a policy for monitoring Pesticides residue invegetable and fruits

Stamps in News 2014 (SIN?)

in 2014, Indian Post has released following stamps so far

Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism

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Druk (Tibetan) = dragon, Drukpa (Tibetan) = lineage of dragonfounded in 1206; Today 12th head is Jigme WangchenDrukpa Buddhism devotees in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim, HP and North- East India and Nepal.

Hemis Monastery, Ladhakh = their main centre, built in 17th Cent.The monastry also house library of Tibetan books and valuable collection of Thangkas (Tibetanstyle of paintings)Thangka (‘recorded message’): buddhist monks used scrolled paintings on cotton or silk to preachbuddhist Dhamma to nomadic people of Himalyas. These Thangkas are open for public display

every 11th year during festival time.

Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal

1853: he was born in a village near Thiruvanthampuram, KeralaHis real name was Ayappan. Also called “Shri Vidyadhiraj swami Thiruvaddikal”He was known for sharp intellect and academic excellence

He mastered Yoga, medicine, music, Vedas, Upnishads, Sanskrit, Malayalam and Tamil.His Books (total 15)

‘Vedadhikara Niroopam’, essence of Vedas, so that Vedas can be accessible to everyone“Jeeva Karunya Niroopam” for non-violence and vegetarianism

contributionpromotion of education and upliftment of the down troddenadvocated formation of class-less societyfeminism

Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani

real name : syed Fazl –ul HasanUrdu poet and freedom fighterparticipated in Khilafat movementparticipated in Arhar movement of Mohd. Hakim Ajmal (they disliked Aligarh school, wantedmuslims to participate actively in freedom struggle)Poerty collection “Khulliyat –e – Hasrat Mohani”,his famous ghazal “chupke chupke raat din, ansu bahana yaad hai”coined the slogan “Inqlab Zindabad”founded Urdu journal – “Urdu e Mualla”1921 presided Muslim Leaguebecome 1st Indian to demand complete independence (Azadi –e-Kaamil)Elected to UP legislative Assembly from ML partyFounder member of CPI – believed in communist and revolutionary philosophyMember of constituent assembly of India but he didn’t sign the constitution as he saw hypocracytowards minorities

Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography (UNESCO)

Indian and Chinese civilization were the earliest to know crystallization process in salt and sugarCrystallography used in revealing the structure of DNA, to understand and fabricate computermemories, Proteins synthesis and helping scientists to design powerful new drugs.Crystallography still remains relatively unknown to the general public.So United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 2014 as the International Year ofCrystallography (IYCr2014)*because 2014 marks 100 years of X-ray crystallography.(Max Von Laue won nobel prize in 1914).

Other stamps released in 2014 so far

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Central VigilanceCommission (50years)

1964: setup. 2003: statutory body.Panel: PM, HM, Opposition leader of LokSabha.three member: CVC= Pradeep Kumar. the other two VC are JM Gargand Rajeev.

FIFA 2014to be released in June 2014. important facts already covered under sportssection.

Food Corporation OfIndia

completed 50 years. (founded in ’64).HQ: Delhi. Boss: C. Viswanath.Falls under Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution

Indian Museumlocated in Kolkata (1814)by Asiatic society of Kolkata (And Asiatic Society was setup by SirWilliam Jones. Although he died way before this museum was setup.)

Jagjit Singh Ghazal singer not important because he died way back in 2011.

musicians of india yet to be released in June 2014

national churchcouncil of india

both protestant and orthodox churches. HQ Nagupur.

Defense / Security: Persons in News

Abhilash Tommy Naval Expedition

AirforceAir Chief marshal- Arup Raha (24th chief of Airforce). Worked in OperationRahat during Uttarakhand Tsunami.

ArmyDalbir Singh Suhag WILL replace Bikram Singh on July 31, 2014. Suhag is aGorkha officer, served in Indian peacekeeping ops in Sri Lanka.

Aruna BahugunaFirst woman director of Sardar patel national police academy Hyderabad- thetraining centre for IPS officers. She was also the first woman to become specialDG in CRPF.

Barryl Castelino Kirti Chakra for Uttrakhand relief

BSF Devendra Kumar Pathak

CBI Ranjit Sinha

CISF DG Arvind Ranjan

DGP of UP, MP,Rajashtan, Gujaratetc

Candidates appearing for those state PSC exam should prepare.

DRDO New Chief Avinash Chander

IB (IntelligenceBureau)

Syed Ibrahim

Indian CoastGuard

DG Anurag G Thapliyal

Maheshkumar Kirti Chakra for killing JK Terrorists

Maxwell Neville

Australian reporter, leaked 62′s Handerson Brooks report for Sino-India war.Indian government secretly blocked his website (without official confirmationunder IT act.)

Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria

NATGRID Raghu Raman CEO. Modi Government didnot renew his contract.

National DisasterResponse Force

Krishna Chaudhari

Navy RK Dhowan After resignation of Admiral Devendra Joshi-for INS Sindhuratna.

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NIA Sharad kumar

NSANational security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS.Brajesh Mishra was the first NSA in Vajpayee Government.

NSG J. N. Chaudhary

RAW Current chief: Alok Joshi.

SSB DG Arun Chaudhary

Boats, missiles and Helicopters

The core compilation article is here: CLICK ME.

Most of the missiles, fighter jets etc. remain one and same. They just keep testing Agni Prithvi missilesthing over and over again. Here are some new developments

26th June Kargil Victory day

Abhilash tommy Navy officer first Indian to circumnavigate the globe in 150 days.

Akash Missile 25 kms surface to air

Arrow 3 Israel’s missile shielf system

C17Globermaster

from US. Cargo ship for Airforce.

CheetalHelicopter

light utility, multi-role helicopter is a variant of the Cheetah helicopter beingmanufactured by HAL, which is already operational in the high altitude regions.

Coast Guards

C402, C408: Interceptor boat for coastguard.C154: interceptor boat for Maharashtra coast.H191: air cushion vehicle. For helping small boats in distress at seaAbhinav, Adesh: Coast guard fast petrol vesselRaj-Ratan : Inshore petrol vessel for coast guard.

Dornier 228 Maritime Surveillance aircraft. Indian donated them to Seychelles.

GSAT7For Navy, by ISRO. codename rohini. Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, fromFrench Guiana (S.America)

Haft-4 Nuke capable Paki Missile. 900km range

INSSindhurakshak

Submarine. Sunk because of accident.

INS Trikhand By Russia. Stealth frigate for Indian navy

INS Vikrant1961: we bought first aircraft carrier INS vikrant. 1997: it was decommissioned.Aug’13: New INS Vikrant launched. India’s first Indigenous aircraft carrier. Willjoin active navy duty from 2018.

INS Vikrant served in India-Pak war of 71. Sold for scrap

Izumo Japan’s biggest ever naval warship since WW2.

Jamaran-2 Iran’s destroyer ship with guided missile. Deployed in Caspian sea.

K15 Submarine launched missile. Range 1500km

Machhalipattnam,Andhra

DRDO setting up new missile testing range here.

MIRV Multiple independently targetable vehicles by DRDO.

NCTC Will function under IB.

Nirbhay Surface to Surface subsonic cruise missile. DRDO. 1000km range.

Nirbheek Revolver for women, By Indian Ordinance Factory.

NorwayBecomes the first NATO country to make military service compulsory for bothmen and women

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Operation threestar

Codename for Afzal guru’s hanging.

OSA AK-M Surface to air missile for Indian airforce.

PAC-3Japan’s Anti-Missile Air Defense Units Deployed After North-Korea warnedSouth-Koreans for a War in April-2013.

Parafoil drone China, Anti-smog. (it sucks the smog like a vaccum cleaner)

PC7 MK II Training aircraft by Swiz company for Indian airforce

Pragati missilesurface to surface upto 170 kms range. DRDO, based on Prahar missile. India willsell them to friendly nations.

Qaher F313 Iran’s indigenous stealth fighter jet

RAFRoyal Airforce, UK. They started using 3D printed parts in jets to cutdownExpenditure.

Rodong Missile North Korea, 1300 kms

Rudra helicopterFirst Indigenous Attack heli. With missiles. They’re weaponized version of Dhruvahelicopter by HAL Bangalore.

S-3002 Russia will sell these anti-aircraft missiles to Iran

Unha-3 N.Korea, Long range rocket with 3000km range.

Training exercises 2014

MaitreeIndia’s bilateral military exercise with Thailand. But after coup in May 2014,government ordered Indian troops to return.

Milan 2014 Naval exercise, Port blair total 16 navys in the Indian Ocean

SEHYOG –KAIJIN 2014

India Japan coast guard joint exercise (@kochi coast)

Tropex Bay of Bengal. Navy. GSAT 7- Rukmani

Space related

Mangalyaan / Mars Orbitor here click me

Previous core compilation click me- most of the basics about launch vehicle and satellites remainsame.Beyond that lot of development in Hindu but most of that is not much important for non-UPSCexam.

Gaia European space agency satellite. Will map 1 billion stars. launch Dec.2013

GSAT7For Navy, by ISRO. Codename rohini. Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from FrenchGuiana (S.America)

GSLV D5 Cryogenic engine. India only sixth country in the world to have this technology.

IRNSS Indian regional navigation satellite. PSLV-C24 launch vehicle used. From Sriharikota.

M23M Russian cargo ship to send supplies to International space station

Pajohesh Iranian rocket that carried a monkey into space

SAR Specific absorption rate (mobile phone) for India it is 1.6 watt per kg.

SES8this satellite will provide TV signs to Asia & Pacific. US private company Space Xlaunched this via Falcon 9 rocket.

Yutu/JadeRabit

This was Chinese land rover for Moon. Mission: Change-E-3.

Nuke Energy

India’s largestNuke plant

at Gorakhpur village, Fatehabad district, Haryana. previous PM Mohan had laidfoundation. Capacity 2800MW

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Kudankulam Tamilnadu. Unit 1 achieved max capacity (1000MW). Russia signed pact for #3and #4 as well.

India: Places in News 2014

Arunanchal PradeshNew wild banana species found-Musa Velutina.Naharalagun new railway line to connect Itanagar with rest of India

Assam First state of India to ban all type of Tobbaccos.

Badayun, UP gangrape and public hanging of two sisters.

Bangalore airport Renamed after Hiriya Kempegowda. He was a ruler under the Vijayanagar empire

Banglore first Tech de-addiction centre by NIMHANS.

Betul In Gawilgarh hills, MP. ASI has found 12000 year old paintings from here.

Chandrawati village in Rajasthan. Temple Architecture from 11th AD found.

Chilka Lagoon Odisha. UN’s World tourism organization gave it lable “destionation flyways’

Cyclone Phailin Odisha and Andhra

Double decker flyover to connect Santacruz to Chembur in Mumbai.

Goa 36th national games 2015

Gorakhpur (UP) Longest railway platform of the world

Gorakhpur (Haryana) Nuclear Plant established

Gorkhpur Limca record for world’s longest railway station. falls under North Eastern rail zone

Hanumangarha a major trade hub during Harappa period. Haryana

Indian Pitta small bird, spotted in Arvallis biodiversity pakr, Delhi after 60 years

Jaisalmer FortFirst inhabited world heritage monument under UNESCO. Other five forts that gotworld heritage statute: Amber, Chittorgarh, Gangron, Kumbhalgarh.

Jaldapara National parkWest Bengal. home to Asiatic wild dog (Dhule), IUCN status: endangered. seen firsttime here. Same park is 2nd largest habitat of one horned rhinos, after Kanziranga

Javadi HillsVellore district TN. Neolithic bedrocks found. They were used for aryanaza axesand stone tools.

Jhajjar (Haryana) National cancer institute established

Jind and Karnalincluded in National capital region (NCR). They’ll get more funds for infradevelopment.

Kalimantan forest In Borneo island, Indonesia. World’s largest project for REDD+

Kerala 35th National games 2014 (preparation not finished)

Kochi LNG terminal

Kshripra river, Ujjain Gold coins of vikram aditya found belonging to first century Bc.

Kunnur First dist of India where no one is landless.

Kutch India’s first marine eco sensitive zone by MoEF

Larji damHimachal, on Beas river. Released water without warning, the flash flood causeddeath of 20+ B.Tech students from Hyderabad. June 2014

Maenam WildlifeSanctury, Sikkim First wild life aryanaz to have a skywalk and 22km ropeway

Malayalam language Union cabinet gives it classical status, along with Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.

Meghalaya, Tripura,Manipur.

Got their own high courts. Total HC (before) =21. After =24.

Mukundra Hills Third Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. Other two are Sariska and Ranthambhore

Nagzira 5th tiger reserve in Maharashtra

NaharalagunArunanchal railway station. only two state capitals in NE, have rail connectivity. firstGuwahati, second Itanagar (via Naharalagun).

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Narmada Dam /Kevadiya Colony

Patel’s statue of unity will be built here- on Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada dam.

Nazarbaugh PalaceVadodara. Built by Gaekward rulers, demolished because its structure had becometoo weak to withstand next monsoon.

NCW building delhi Now named as “NIRBHAYA BHAWAN”

Nyoma, Leh Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Palacole, Andhra Nepoleaon era gold coins found

petrochemical regionsModi plans three new petrochemical regions in Karnataka, Maharastra and WestBengal each

Praneshwara Temple,Shimoga district,Karnataka

Ancient copper plates from Kalachurya dynasty.

Sonipat (Haryana)First govt girls medical college of India (Bhagat phool singh mahila medicalcollege)

Tripura India’s first cyber forensic laboratory (2013)

Udaipur 1000 years old ruins of Parmar dynasty found

Uttar Pradesh Biggest exporter of buffalo meat, after Punjab and Maharashtra. (FICCI report)

UttarpuraAmbassador factory of Hindustan motors in W.bengal. Stopped production in May2014.

Virar, Mumbai Amul opened India’s first robotic dairy plant here.

Wayanand, Kerala Pre historic rock art found in Edakkal caves in Ambukuthy hills.

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