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Appointments :-

1. R Koteeswaran :- CMD of Indian Overseas Bank

2. Sanjiv Sarin :- CEO & MD of Tata Coffee Limited

3. Raghubar Das:- Non Tribal Chief Minister of Jharkand

4. Trevor Bull :- CEO & MD of Aviva India Life Insurance

5. S Bhattacharya :- CMD of Coal India

6. RadhaKrishna Vikhe Patil :- LOP in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

7. Prakash Mishra :- Director-General of CRPF

8. Sachin Tendulkar :- Ambassador of Cricket World Cup 2015

9. Jyotsna Suri :- President of FICCI

10. Amit Priyavadan Mehta :- Federal Judge in the district of Columbia

11. Ghanta Chakrapani :- Chairman of Telangana state public service commission

12. Shriti Vadera :- Chairman of Santander UK Bank

13. Shinzo Abe :- Japan PM

14. Anerood Jugnauth :- Mauritius Prime Minister

15. Anurag jain :- Joint Secretary in Prime Minister’s Office

16. Randir Singh :- Honorary Member Of IOC(International Olympic Committee)

17. HyunChil Hong :- President of Southwest Asia by Sumsung



18. Richard Rahul Verma :- First Indian- American appointed as US Ambassador of India

19. Ritu Mallya :- Director of MCF Board (Managlore Chemicals and Fertilizers)

20. Ashton Carter :- Defence Secretary Of US

21. Arun Duggal :- Non-Executive Chairman of Credit Rating Agency ICRA

22. Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan :- Chief Election Commissioner of PAKISTAN

23. Arun Majumdar :- US Science Envoy

24. Raninder Singh :- ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation)

25. Anil Kumar Sinha ;- CBI Director

26. O P Singh :- Director- General of NDR( National Disaster Response Force)

27. Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas :- Uraguay President

28. Vijay mallaya :- Director of (Managlore Chemicals and Fertilizers)

29. Paul Van Ass :- Coach of National Men’s hockey team

30. 44th

Chief Justice Of Srilanka:- Kanagasabapathy J Sripavan

31. S Lakshminarayanan :- CMD of shriram Transport Finance Co Ltd

32. Krishna Chaudhary :- Director-General Of ITBP

33. Hanumanthu Purushotham :- CMD Of NRDC

34. Shekhar Sen :- Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi

35. S Jaishankar :- Foreign Secretary of India

36. K Durga Prasad :- Special DG Of CRPF

37. Alexis Tsipras :- Greece PM

38. Jagannathan Chakravarthi :- CFO of Mindtree Ltd

39. Divya Prakash Sinha :- Security Secretary,Union Cabinet Secretary



40. Film Makar Pahlaj Nihalani :- Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification

41. Deep Kumar Upadhyay :- Nepal’s Ambassador to India

42. Stephen Constantine :- Head Coach Of India men’s Football India

43. Baba Ramdev :- Brand Ambassador of Haryana

44. Hari Shankar Brahma :- Chief Election Commissioner of India

45. Anupam Shrivastava :- CMD Of BSNL

46. Arvind Panagariya :- Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog

47. Deepak Parekh :- Non-Executive and Chairman of BAE System India(Services) LTD

48. Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar :- Chairman of ISRO

49. Surendra Kumar Sinha :- 21st

Chief Justice of Bangladesh

50. Sindhushree Khullar :- Chief Executive Officer Of NITI Aayog

51. Maithiripala Sirisena :- 7th

President of Srilanka

52. K K Paul :- 6th

Governor of Uttarkand

53. Modibo Keita :- PM of Mali

54. Yash Pal Singhal :- Haryana DGP

55. Dinesh Oraon Of BJP :- Speakar of Jharkand Legislative Assembly

56. Raosaheb Patil Danve :- Maharashtra BJP President

57. Avijit Ghosh :- CMD Of Heavy Engineering Corporation

58. P Krishnamurthy :- Private Secretary of Union Defence Minister



59. R K Srivastava :- Airport Authority of India

60. M Sathiyavathy :- Director-General of Civil Aviation

61. A K Mittal :- Chairman of Railway Board

62. Mufti Mohammed Sayeed :- J & K CM

63. Bharat Puri :- Managing Director of Pidilite Industry limited

64. Kshatrapati Shivaji :- CMD of SIDBI

65. Amitava Roy :- Supreme Court Judge

66. D K Pandey :- Director-General of Poilice Of Jharkand

67. Takahiro Hachigo:- President and CEO of Honda Motor Ltd

68. Ram Niwas Goel :- Delhi Legislative Assembly Speakar

69. Nitish Kumar :- CM of Bihar

70. Maheshwar Saho :- Independent Director on Board Of RIL

71. Jawed Usmani :- Chief Information Commissoner of Uttar Pardesh

72. Balasubramaniam Venkataramani :- MD & CEO Of Multi Commodity Exchage

73. Arvind Kajriwal :- CM Of Delhi

74. Naveen Chopra :- COO(Chief Operating Oficer) Of Vodafone India

75. M Ravindran :- Chairman of Indraprastha Gas LimiTED

76. MO Garg :- Director-General of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

77. LC Goyal :- Union Home Secretary



78. Sergio Mattarella :- Italy President

79. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic :- Croatia President

80. Bank of India Executive Director Animesh Chauhan :- MD And CEO of OBC Bank

81. Punjab & Sind Bank Executive Director Kishore Kumar Sansi :- MD and CEO of Vijaya

Bank.

82. Bank of Baroda Executive Director P. Srinivas :- MD and CEO of United Bank of India

Sports :-

1. AB De Villiers of South Africa Scored 150 out of 64 Balls Runs against West Indies in ICC world

Cup 2015 and broke record of Australia Shana Watson Record by 19 Deliveries.

2. Newzealand Player Martin David Crowe Inducted into ICC Cricket hall of Fame and became

third player from Newzealand .

3. Ranchi Rays Crowned Champions Of Hero Hockey Leaugue 2015 by defeating Jaypee Punjab

Warriors .

4. Chris Gayle, the Cricketer of West Indies on 24 February 2015 became the first person to make

double century in any Cricket World Cup. He struck 202 off 138 balls in a match against

Zimbabwe in World Cup 2015. The match was played at Canberra's Manuka Oval and by the

end of match Gayle scored 215 off 147 balls.

5. Somdev Devvarman on 22 February 2015 retained the Delhi Open title of tennis. The Delhi

Open was held in New Delhi.



6. Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri on 22 February 2015 won the Indian Open title at the Delhi

Golf Club. To clinch the title, Lahiri defeated SSP Chowrasia on the first playoff hole.

7. Former India captain Anil Kumble and Australian legend Betty Wilson on 22 February 2015

were inducted into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame at the Melbourne Cricket

Ground, Australia.

8. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on 13 February 2015 awarded Honorary Life Membership to

the former Indian cricket captain Saurav Ganguly. He has been a member of the MCC World

Cricket committee since July 2014.

9. Indian-origin scientist Professor Srikanth Jagabathula on 11 February 2015 received Faculty

Early Career Development Award (CAREER) given by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

of the United States (US). Professor Srikanth Jagabathula is from the New York University Stern

School of Business.

10. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt on 14 February 2015 announced that he will retire from athletics

after the 2017 World Championships in London.

The 28-year-old six-time Olympic gold medalist also said that he will focus on the 100metres in

2017.

11. Vijay Kumar on 3 February 2015 won the Gold in 25 metre centre fire pistol

event under men’s category in shooting competitions of the 35th National Games in Kerala.

He won the Gold with a total score of 583 and finished with a clear seven-point lead over Silver

medalist Samresh Jung (Himachal Pradesh) with a score of 576. Pemba Tamang won the Bronze

a score of 575.

12.Mayuresh Pawar, 21-year old netball player of Maharashtra team, died on 2

February 2015 during the Day 2 of the 35th National Games. He died due to drowning

while taking bath at Shanghumugham beach in Kerala.

13. Saloni Dalal, a school girl of Karnataka became the youngest medal winner in the

ongoing 35th National Games in Kerala on 3 February 2015. The 12-year-old, Saloni won a

Bronze medal in the 200 meter breast stroke swimming event.



14. Madhya Pardesh won the 10th

National award FOR EXECELLENT work in

MGNREGA.

15. International Cricket Council (ICC) on 29 January 2015 lifted the five-year ban

imposed on Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Amir. With this, Amir can now play in domestic

cricket under the auspices of the Pakistan Cricket Board with immediate effect.

16. International Cricket Council (ICC) in its board meeting in Dubai on 29 January

2015 announced that India will host the Twenty20 World Cup in 2016. The Twenty20

World Cup will be held in India from 11 March 2016 to 3 April 2016.

• The 2017 Champions Trophy will be hosted by England from 1 June to 19 June 2017 The

2017 Women’s World Cup will be held in England from 4 August 2017 to 27 August 2017.

• The 2018 Women’s Twenty20 World Cup will be organised in the West Indies from 2

November to 25 November 2018.

• England will host the 50-over World Cup in 2019 from 30 May to 15 June 2019.

17. Saina Nehwal of India on 25 January 2015 won the women’s singles of Syed

Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015. She defeated World Champion

Carolina Marin of Spain 19-21, 25-23, 21-16 in the finals played at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor

Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

18. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Dehradun on 19 January 2015 won the

10th Savio Cup All India Basketball tournament. In the final clash played at Don Bosco School

court in Matunga, Mumbai, ONGC defeated Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), Chennai 63-53.

19. Sydney International Tennis Tournment :- Men’s Single :- Viktor Troicki of

Serbia , Women’s Single :- Petra Kvitova of Czech , Women’s Double :- Sania Mirza ,

Bethanie Mattek-Sands of US

20. Cueist Pankaj Advani on 17 January 2015 won National Billiards

Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club in Kolkata. He defeated his PSPB mate Dhruv

Sitwala 5-0. This was his seventh Senior National Billiards Championship.

21. Weightlifter Jimjang Deru of Arunachal Pradesh on 17 January 2015 created national

record in weightlifting by lifting 238 kilograms under the 56 kilograms category. He created the

record at the 10th Youth National Weightlifting Championship held in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana.

22. Ukrainian Grandmaster Andrey Baryshpolets won the 13th Parsvanth International

Grandmasters Chess Tournament on 16 January 2015. He defeated Deepan Chakkravarthy of

India in the 10th and final round of the Tournament that was held in New Delhi.



23. Australian cricketer Brett Lee on 14 January 2015 announced his retirement

from all forms of cricket after a 20-year career.

24. Bengaluru FC defeated Goa's Dempo Sports Club 2-1 to win their maiden

football Federation Cup.

25. Anirban Lahiri, an Indian professional golfer on 12 January 2015 was voted

as the 2014 Players’ Player of the year in Asian Tour.

26. Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo on 12 January 2015 won the 2014

FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best footballer of the year in the world .

27. Captain of Pakistan’s cricket team Misbah-ul-Haq announced to retire from One

Day International (ODI) and T20 after the Cricket World Cup 2015. The decision was

announced on 11 January 2015 so as to focus on Test Cricket only.

28. India will host the 42nd World Bridge Championships that will be held in

Chennai from 26 September 2015 to 10 October 2015.

29. Popov Ivan of Russia on 6 January 2015 won 7th Chennai International Open

Grandmaster Chess title. He clinched the title via super tie-breaker after eight players ended with

7.5 points each.

30. Kumar Sangakkara, former Sri Lankan cricket captain, on 3 January 2015

became the fastest cricketer to reach 12000 Test runs. The left-handed batsman reached

the milestone in his 224th innings played during the Sri Lanka’s second Test match against

New Zealand played in Wellington.

31. The BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) on 28 December 2014 banned

left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha from bowling in competitive matches. He was banned after his

bowling action was found illegal.

Ojha's action was tested at the ICC-recognised centre in Chennai and the test concluded that

Ojha's elbow flexed more than the permissible limit of 15 degrees

32. Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 30 December 2014 announced retirement from

International Test Cricket with immediate effect.



Dhoni decided to retire from Test Cricket by citing the strain of playing all formats of

Cricket. Now he wants to concentrate on ODI and T20 formats.

33. Sachin Tendulkar was appointed as the World Cup 2015 Ambassador

announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

34. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpee and freedom fighter Pandit Madan

Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) will receive the Bharat Ratna. The decision to confer the

highest civilian award of the country was announced by the Union Government on 24

December 2014.

Till now 43 people have been honoured with the Bharat Ratna. In 2013, cricketer Sachin

Tendulkar and scientist C N R Rao were awarded Bharat Ratna for their contribution in

their respective fields.

35. Paul McGinley won Sports Personality Coach of the Year 2014 at the BBC Sports

Personality of the Year awards in Glasgow. He was awarded for guiding the European team to

win the Ryder Cup of Golf at Gleneagles in UK in September 2014.

36. Name of mascots of the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympics Games were revealed. They have been named as Vinicius and Tom.

37. Viswanathan Anand defeated British Grandmaster Michael Adams to win his

maiden London Classic Chess title.

38.Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss crowned Miss World 2014 at the pageant's

final in London. 2013 winner Megan Young of the Philippines crowned Strauss.

39. Germany won the 2014 Champions Trophy of Hockey after defeating Pakistan by 2-

0 margin at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

40. Australian Cricketer David Warner on 12 December 2014 completed 1000 Test runs

in 2014. With this, he became the first opener to achieve the feat in one calendar year since

England skipper Alastair Cook in 2012.



41. Gwlady Nocera of France won Hero Women's Indian Golf Open 2014 at the

Delhi Golf Club.

42. Sangakkara achieved the feat of crossing 13000 run during the third match of ODI

series with England.

43. The South African cricketer Jacques Kallis on 5 December 2014 was appointed

as the mentor and batting consultant for Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata

Knight Rider (KKR).

44. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on 7 December 2014 suspended Mohammad

Hafeez from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect for illegal bowling action.

Hafeez is the Pakistani cricket all-rounder who bowls off-spin.

ICC suspended Hafeez after he failed to pass the bio-mechanic test conducted for his bowling

action. The test revealed that all deliveries of Hafeez exceeded permitted 15 degrees level of

tolerance (by which the arm is allowed to bend).

45. MRF Limited of India will be the global partner for the ICC Cricket World

Cup 2015. The decision was announced by International Cricket Council.

46. East Zone defeated West Zone to win the Deodhar Trophy cricket

tournament. Final was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

47. Former Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia became the first Indian Footballer to

be conferred with Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Hall of Fame Award. The award was

conferred on 30 November 2014 by FIFA president Sepp Blatter in Philippines.

The AFC organized the award ceremony for the first time to celebrate its 60th anniversary. Apart

from Baichung, nine other legendary Players from Asia were also honoured.

Baichung has played 107 matches for India and scored 42 goals.

Allan Border Winner :-

Fast bowler Sean Abbott of Australia on 27 January 2015 was named as the Bradman Young

Cricketer of the Year 2015 at the Allan Border Medal ceremony held in Sydney.

Other winners at the ceremony includes • Allan Border Medal: Steve Smith, Captain of Australia

• Test Player of the Year 2015: Steve Smith



• One Day International Player of the Year 2015: Steve Smith

• Twenty20 International Player of the Year 2015 – Glenn Maxwell

• Women's International Cricketer of the Year (The Belinda Clark Award) – Southern Stars

Captain Meg Lanning

• Australian Cricket Hall of Fame – Adam Gilchrist and late Victorian all-rounder Jack

Ryder

Australian Open 2015 :-

Men’s Single Title :- Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Women’s Single Title :- Serena Williams of the US

Men’s Double Title :- Italian pair Simone Boleli and Fabio Fogini

Women’ double Title :- American-Czech pair Bethanie Mattek-Sands (the US) and Lucie

Safarova (Czech Republic)

Awards :-

1. Wipro Won Seven Awards at the CIO Choice honour and Recognition Awards 2015.



2. Clemson University Honoured Ratan Tata with Doctorate of Automative Engineering.

3. Kristen Stewart won Best Supporting Award at France’s Cesar award.

4. An Indian-American Purnendu Dasgupta on 20 February 2015 was awarded with the 2015 J.

Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education. Dasgupta, a Jenkins Garrett professor of

chemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington, was awarded for his contribution in the

field of analytical chemistry.

5. Women scientists Dr. Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan on 15 February 2015 were jointly

named for Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014. They have been chosen for the

award for their outstanding performance in the field of science and technology.

6. Chattisgarh Govrnment awarded for Renewable Power Development in the State.The state was

considered for award on the basis of criteria fixed by 13th

Finance Commission headed by Vijay

Kelkar.

7. Film Dhanak directed by Nagesh Kukunoor on 14 February 2015 won two awards at the 65th

Berlin International Film Festival. The 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held

from 5 February 2015 to 15 February 2015.

8. 35th National Games concluded in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 14 February 2015.

Kerala Governor Justice P Sathasivam was the chief guest on the occasion. The concluding

ceremony saw a cultural programme titled Rivers of India, with the theme protecting the

rivers as highlight. Services by topping the medal tally set the record of topping the

National Games for the third consecutive time. It won the Raja Bhalendra Singh Trophy.

The 36th National Games will be hosted by Goa in 2016.



9. Indian men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri and striker Bala Devi on 13 February 2015

were awarded with the All India Football Federations (AIFF) 2014 Player of the Year trophy in

men and women category, respectively.

Others to be honoured with AIFF awards, include

• 2014 Player of the year (Men): Sunil Chhetri

• 2014 Player of the year (Women): Bala Devi

• 2014 Emerging Player of the Year: Sandesh Jhingan

• 2014 Best Referee: Santosh Kumar

• 2014 Best Assistant Referee: Sappam Kennedy

• Best Grassroots Programme: Western India Football Association (WIFA)

• Long Time Contribution to Indian Football: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

10. Indian-origin scientist Gurpreet Singh was on 27 January 2015 presented with the prestigious

National Science Foundation CAREER award. The award includes the prize money of 500000

US dollars.

11. Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on 9 February 2015 won the newly established

Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize 2015.

12. Distinguished journalist Vinod Mehta was on 9 February 2015 awarded with the Yash Bharti

Samman 2015 by Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government. He has authored a biography of Meena

Kumari (movie actress and poet) and Sanjay Gandhi- The Sanjay Story (2012). He has authored

a biography of Meena Kumari (movie actress and poet) and Sanjay Gandhi- The Sanjay Story

(2012).

13. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan’s name was included in the LIMCA book of records

in the first week of February 2015. Her name was included for being the only woman of the

country to represent the same Lok Sabha constituency on the same party ticket for eight

times in a row.



14. Eminent Marathi Writer Bhalchandra Nemade, known for his novel Kosala published in

1963 that changed the dimensions of Marathi literature, chosen for the Jnanpith Award for

the year 2014.

15. Hindi novelist Mithileshwar was on 31 January 2015 awarded with Shrilal Shukla Sahitya

IFFCO Award 2014. He is the fourth recipient of this literary award.

17. Poetess Arundhathi Subramaniam on 24 January 2015 won the inaugural

Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry at Jaipur Literature Festival. She was

awarded for her work ‘When God is a Traveller’.

18. Miss Colombia Paulina Vega was crowned Miss Universe 2014. She was crowned

at the final of 63rd edition of Miss Universe held in Miami, US on 25 January 2015. Vega, a

22-year-old student of business administration from Barranquilla, Colombia was crowned

by Miss Universe 2013 winner Gabriela Isler of Venezuela.

19. Novelist Vikram Chandra on 20 January 2015 was named among the finalists

for prestigious National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards. He was nominated for the

American literary awards for his work about culture of computer programming and

classical Indian aesthetics.

Delhi-born Vikram Chandra of 53 is a finalist in the criticism category for his non-fiction

work Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty.

20. The Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala on 20 January 2015 won the National

Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award. It was awarded for encouraging

local public participation in managing the reserve.

21. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman R.K. Tyagi was on 16

January 2015 conferred with the JGBS-Top Rankers' Excellence Award for CEO of the

year 2014.

22. Renowned Indian RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal was on 15 January 2015

conferred with the Giraffe Hero award 2015 by a US-based NGO The Giraffe Heroes Project.

Agrawal was awarded for his bravery in utilising the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 for

public good despite innumerable challenges. Agrawal also holds the Guinness record of filing

highest number of published letters to the editors.

23. Actor Amitabh Bachchan was on 13 January 2015 presented with the Social

Media Person of the Year Award 2015 by the Internet and Mobile Association of India

(IAMAI).



24. Eminent Sanskrit scholar Prabhu Nath Dwivedi was on 14 January 2015

named as the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for Sanskrit language. He was

awarded for his work Kanakalochanaha, a collection of 16 short-stories based on various

social issues.

25. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) Team of Indian Space Research

Organization (ISRO) on 12 January 2015 won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the

Science and Engineering category.

26. . RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan received the Governor of the Year Award

for 2015. The award recognises the Governor of a Central Bank who has demonstrated

strong leadership during the period under review

27. The director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota Range

(SHAR) MYS Prasad was on 10 January 2015 selected for the Vikram Sarabhai memorial

award 2015. The award will be presented to MYS Prasad by the Indian Science Congress

Association (ISCA).

28. Chinese nuclear physicist Yu Min was on 9 January 2015 presented with the State

Preeminent Science and Technology Award 2014 by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

29. Larry Page, the chief executive officer and co-founder of Google was named

as the Business person of the Year for 2014 on 6 January 2015 by Fortune magazine.

30. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial

Award on 23 December 2014. Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao honoured him

with the award.

31. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpee and freedom fighter Pandit

Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) will receive the Bharat Ratna. The decision to

confer the highest civilian award of the country was announced by the Union Government

on 24 December 2014.

Till now 43 people have been honoured with the Bharat Ratna. In 2013, cricketer Sachin

Tendulkar and scientist C N R Rao were awarded Bharat Ratna for their contribution in their

respective fields.



32. TVS chairman Venu Srinivasan was made Honorary Citizen of Busan, Korea on

18 December 2014. He was conferred with the citizenship for his efforts to enhance friendship

and cooperation between India and Republic of Korea.

33. Noted Pakistan-born poetess Imtiaz Dharker was on 17 December 2014 awarded

the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2014 for her latest poetry collection Over the Moon.

34. Ruhi Singh of India was in news because she won Miss Universal Peace &

Humanity 2014 at Beirut, Lebanon on 10 December 2014.She is the first person to win this

pageant from India and she won the pageant among the 145 other countries. She was

Femina Miss India East first runner-up in 2011.

35. Playback singer Asha Bhosle on 10 December 2014 was awarded the Lifetime

Achievement Award at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) held in Dubai. She

received the award for her decades of dedication to Indian Film Industry.

36. Ebola fighters collectively were named as the TIME’s Person of the Year

2014 on 10 December 2014 by the TIME’s magazine. The announcement was made by

Nancy Gibbs, the Managing Editor of TIME.

In their honour, the magazine has come out with five cover pages featuring five of them. These

are:

• Dr Kent Brantly: the U.S. doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients in Liberia

• Dr Jerry Brown: A Liberian surgeon who turned his hospital's chapel into the country's

first Ebola treatment center

• Foday Gallah: An ambulance driver who survived the infection

• Salome Karwah: Medecins Sans Frontieres nurse

37. Former Cuban Leader Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was on 9 December 2014

awarded the Confucius Peace Prize 2014 for his important contributions in eliminating nuclear

war after his retirement.

38. Child rights campaigner of India Kailash Satyarthi and Education activist of

Pakistan Malala Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2014. Both the

recipients received medals and prize money 1.4 million US dollars from the Norwegian

Nobel Committee at Oslo, Norway on 10 December 2014.

39. Chairman of Wipro Azim Premji awarded Swiss Ambassador Award for

inspirational and socially responsible leadership.



60th

Filmfare Awards :-

Other awards declared on the occasion includes • Best Actor (male): Shahid Kapoor for film Haider directed by Vishal Bhardwaj

• Best Actor (female): Kangana Ranaut for film Queen directed by Vikas Bahl

• Best Film: Queen directed by Vikas Bahl

• Best Director: Vikas Bahl for film Queen

• Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award: Kamini Kaushal

• Best Film (Critics): Ankhon Dekhi directed by Rajat Kapoor

• Best Male Actor (Critics): Sanjay Mishra for film Ankhon Dekhi

• Best Female Actor (Critics): Alia Bhatt for film Highway written and directed by Imtiaz Ali

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Kay Kay Menon for film Haider

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Tabu for film Haider

• Best Story: Rajat Kapoor for film Ankhon Dekhi

• Best Dialogue: Abhijat Joshi and Rajkumar Hirani for film PK directed by Rajkumar Hirani

• Best Screenplay: Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi for film PK



• Best Director Debut: Abhishek Varman for film 2 States directed by Bhushan Patel

• Best Actor Debut (Male): Fawad Khan for film Khoobsurat directed by Shashanka Ghosh

• Best Actor Debut (Female): Kriti Sanon for film Heropanti directed by Sabbir Khan

• Best Music Director: Shankar Ehsaan Loy for film 2 States

• Best Lyrics: Rashmi Singh for song Muskurane ki wajah of film CityLights directed by Hansal

Mehta

• Best Playback (Male): Ankit Tiwari for song Galliyan of film Ek Villain directed by Mohit

Suri

• Best Playback (Female): Kanika Kapoor for song Baby doll of film Ragini MMS 2

Choreography: Ahmed Khan for Jumme ki raat of film Kick directed by Sajid Nadiadwala

Oscar Awards :-

The list of winners of 87th Academy Awards :-

•••• Best Picture: Birdman

•••• Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman

• Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything

•••• Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Still Alice

• Best Supporting Actor: JK Simmons for Whiplash

• Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood



• Best Foreign Language Film: Ida directed by Pawel Pawlikowski

• Best Animated Short Film: Feast directed by Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed

• Best Animated Movie: Big Hero Six 6

• Best Original Song: John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn for Glory

• Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Padma Awards 2015

Padma Vibhushan Awards :-

S.

No. Name of the Awardee Discipline State/Domicile

1. L. K. Advani Shri Public Affairs Gujarat

2. Shri Amitabh Bachchan Art Maharashtra

3. Shri Prakash Singh Badal Public Affairs Punjab

4. Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade Social Work Karnataka

5. Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias

Dilip Kumar Art Maharashtra

6. Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya

Swami Rambhadracharya Others Uttar Pradesh

7. Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan Science and

Engineering Tamil Nadu

8. Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal Public Affairs Delhi

9. Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)

Trade and Industry France/UK

Padma Bhushan :-

1. Shri Jahnu Barua Art Assam

2. Dr. Vijay Bhatkar Science and Engineering Maharashtra

3. Shri Swapan Dasgupta Literature and Education Delhi

4. Swami Satyamitranand Giri Others Uttar Pradesh

5. Shri N. Gopalaswami Civil Service Tamil Nadu

6. Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap Public Affairs Delhi



7. Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj Art Madhya Pradesh

8. Dr. Ambrish Mithal Medicine Delhi

9. Smt. Sudha Ragunathan Art Tamil Nadu

10. Shri Harish Salve Public Affairs Delhi

11. Dr. Ashok Seth Medicine Delhi

12. Shri Rajat Sharma Literature and Education Delhi

13. Shri Satpal Sports Delhi

14. Shri Shivakumara Swami Others Karnataka

15. Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya Science and Engineering Karnataka

16. Prof. Manjul Bhargava(NRI/PIO) Science and Engineering USA

17. Shri David Frawley

(Vamadeva)(Foreigner) Others USA

18. Shri Bill Gates(Foreigner) Social Work USA

19. Ms. Melinda Gates (Foreigner Social Work USA

20. Shri Saichiro Misumi(Foreigner) Others Japan

Padma Shri :-

1. Dr. Manjula Anagani Medicine Telangana

2. Shri S. Arunan Science and Engineering Karnataka

3. Ms. Kanyakumari Avasarala Art Tamil Nadu

4. Dr. Bettina Sharada Baumer Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir

5. Shri Naresh Bedi Art Delhi

6. Shri Ashok Bhagat Social Work Jharkhand

7. Shri Sanjay Leela Bhansali Art Maharashtra

8. Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora Literature and Education Assam

9. Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh

10. Prof. (Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla Medicine Chandigarh

11. Smt. Jayakumari Chikkala Medicine Delhi

12. Shri Bibek Debroy Literature and Education Delhi

13. Dr. Sarungbam Bimola Kumari

Devi Medicine Manipur

14. Dr. Ashok Gulati Public Affairs Delhi

15. Dr. Randeep Guleria Medicine Delhi



16. Dr. K. P. Haridas Medicine Kerala

17. Shri Rahul Jain Art Delhi

18. Shri Ravindra Jain Art Maharashtra

19. Dr. Sunil Jogi Literature and Education Delhi

20. Shri Prasoon Joshi Art Maharashtra

21. Dr. Prafulla Kar Art Odisha

22. Ms. Saba Anjum Sports Chhattisgarh

23. Smt. Ushakiran Khan Literature and Education Bihar

24. Dr. Rajesh Kotecha Medicine Rajasthan

25. Prof. Alka Kriplani Medicine Delhi

26. Dr. Harsh Kumar Medicine Delhi

27. Shri Narayana Purushothama

Mallaya Literature and Education Kerala

28. Shri Lambert Mascarenhas Literature and Education Goa

29. Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan Social Work Madhya Pradesh

30. Shri Veerendra Raj Mehta Social Work Delhi

31. Shri Tarak Mehta Art Gujarat

32. Shri Neil Herbert Nongkynrih Art Meghalaya

33. Shri Chewang Norphel Others Jammu and Kashmir

34. Shri T. V. Mohandas Pai Trade and Industry Karnataka

35. Dr.Tejas Patel Medicine Gujarat

36. Shri Jadav Molai Peyang Others Assam

37. Smt. Bimla Poddar Other Uttar Pradesh

38. Dr. N. Prabhakar Science and Engineering Delhi

39. Dr. Prahalada Science and Engineering Maharashtra

40. Dr. Narendra Prasad Medicine Bihar

41. Shri Ram Bahadur Rai Literature and Education Delhi

42. Ms. Mithali Raj Sports Telangana

43. Shri P. V. Rajaraman Civil Service Tamil Nadu

44. Prof. J. S. Rajput Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

45. Shri Kota Srinivasa Rao Art Andhra Pradesh

46. Prof. Bimal Roy Literature and Education West Bengal

47. Shri Shekhar Sen Art Maharashtra

48. Shri Gunvant Shah Literature and Education Gujarat



49. Shri Brahmdev Sharma (Bhaiji) Literature and Education Delhi

50. Shri Manu Sharma Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

51. Prof. Yog Raj Sharma Medicine Delhi

52. Shri Vasant Shastri Science and Engineering Karnataka

53. Shri S. K. Shivkumar Science and Engineering Karnataka

54. Ms. P. V. Sindhu Sports Telangana

55. Shri Sardara Singh Sports Haryana

56. Ms. Arunima Sinha Sports Uttar Pradesh

57. Shri Mahesh Raj Soni Art Rajasthan

58. Dr.Nikhil Tandon Medicine Delhi

59. Shri H. Thegtse Rinpoche Social Work Arunachal Pradesh

60. Dr.Hargovind Laxmishanker

Trivedi Medicine Gujarat

61. Shri Huang Baosheng(Foreigner) Others China

62. Prof. Jacques Blamont(Foreigner) Science and Engineering France

63. Late Shri Syedna Mohammad

Burhanuddin(Posthumous) Others Maharashtra

64. Shri Jean-Claude

Carriere(Foreigner) Literature and Education France

65. Dr. Nandrajan “Raj”

Chetty(NRI/PIO) Trade and Industry USA

66. Shri George L. Hart(Foreigner) Others USA

67. Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda

Maha Raja(NRI/PIO) Others Portugal

68. Late Shri Meetha Lal Mehta

(Posthumous) Social Work Rajasthan

69. Ms. Tripti Mukherjee(NRI/PIO) Art USA

70. Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori(NRI/PIO) Medicine USA

71. Dr. Raghu Rama

Pillarisetti(NRI/PIO) Medicine USA

72. Dr. Saumitra Rawat(NRI/PIO) Medicine UK

73. Prof. Annette

Schmiedchen(Foreigner) Literature and Education Germany

74. Late Shri Pran Kumar Sharma alias

Pran(Posthumous) Art Delhi

75. Late Shri Civil Service Tamil Nadu



R.Vasudevan(Posthumous)

45th

International Film Festival of India :-

45th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held in Goa from 20 November to 30

November 2014. The chief quest of the film festival was Bollywood actor Amitabh

Bachchan.

During the opening ceremony, Amitabh Bachchan along with Union Minister of Finance

Arun Jaitely presented the Centenary award for Film personality of the Year to Tamil

actor Rajinikanth.

45th IFFI Awards

Life Time Achievement Award: Hong-Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai he is known for his

films In the Mood for Love, Ashes of Time and Chungking Express.

Best Actor Award: Leviathan star- Alexel Serebriakov & Benagal actor -Dulal Sarkar for the

film Chotoder Chobi

Best Actress Award: Cuban actress Arina Rodriguez for Cuban-Spanish film Behaviour &

Israeli actress Sarit Larry for film The Kindergarten Teacher

Best Director Award: Nadaf Lapid for the film The Kindgarten Teacher

Cenetary Award: Director Shrihari Sathe for the film Ek Hazaarchi Note

Special Jury Award: Director Shrihari Sathe for the film Ek Hazaarchi Note

Golden Peacock Award: Russian director Andrey Zvyaginstev for drama Leviathan

Centenary award for Film personality of the Year: Tamil actor Rajinikanth

Days :-

1. National Science Day :- 28 February

2. International Rare Disease Day :- 28 February

3. International Mother Language Day :- 21 February

4. World Radio Day :- 13 February



5. World Cancer Day :- 4 February

6. Anti Leprosy Day :- 30 January

7. National girl Child Day :- 24 January

8. National Immunization Day :- 18th

January

9. 67th

Army Day :- 15th

January

10. National youth Day :- 12 january

11. Minorities Rights Day :- 18 December

12. Victory Day Celeberated in Bangladesh :- 16 December

13. Vijay Diwas :- 16 December

14. National Conservation Energy Day :- 14th

December

15. International Anti-Corruption Day :- 9 December

16. Human rights Day :- 10 December

17. World Soil Day:- 5th

December

18. India observed Mahaparinirwan Diwas on 6 December 2014, death anniversary of Dr BR

Ambedkar.

19. Navy Day :- 4Th

December

20. International Day Of Person With Disability :- 3rd

December

21. International Day of Abolition of Slavery :- 2nd

December

Resigned :-

1. Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Resigned

2. Union Minister Sacked DRDO Chairman Avinash Chander.

3. K Radhakrishnan retired as Chairman of ISRO.

4. Mahendera Singh Dhoni took retirement from test cricket.

5. VS Sampath ,Chief Election Commissioner demitted hi office.



6. Leela Samson resigned as Central Board of Film Certification.

Books :-

1. Flora of Guntur City Andra Pardesh :- PR Mohana Rao

2. Editor Unplugged : Media, Magnates, Netas and Me :- Vinod Mehta

3. Fragile Frontiers : The Secret History Of Mumbai Terror Attacks :- SK Rath

4. Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove :- Pakistan’s Ex-Foreign Minister Khurshid M Kasuri

5. Hindi Novel Farishta :- Kapil Isapuri

6. Book on Sonia Gandhi titled The Red Sari :- Javier Moro

7. Tamil Novel Madhorubhagan :- Perumal Murugan

National :-

1. Google on 24 February 2015 acquired Facebook mobile marketing startup Toro. Toro

Company is best known for its Facebook ad campaigns. The financial terms of the deal were

not disclosed.

2. 10th

Addition of Aero India Show Concluded at Bangaluru.



3. 3rd Tortoise Festival was organised at Hajong Lake in Dima Hasao district of Assam on 21

February 2015. The festival was organised to create awareness among people on the

endangered tortoise species by Environment and Forest Department of Dima Hasao.

4. Hitachi Limited on 23 February 2015 announced to acquire Finmeccanica Rail Businesses

for 2 billion US dollar.

5. Samsung Electronics Co on 19 February 2015 acquired US-based mobile wallet startup

LoopPay.

6. EPFO launched Online Help desk to trace Inoperative accounts.

7. Bihar Governement decided to grant 35% reservation women in Non-Gazetted jobs.

8. Reliance Communication and Twitter partnered for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

9. 5th

India-Myanmar Joint Trade Committeeheld in Nay Pyi Taw.

10. Dosmoche Festival Celebrated in Ladakh.

11. 35th

National Games held in Thiruvanathapuram.

12. Tintu Luka Won Gold in 800m in 35th

National Games .



13. The Reserve Bank of India on 13 February 2015 announced that soon the currency notes of

one rupees denomination will be in circulation. The notes will be printed by the

Government of India.

RBI in its release informed that these currency notes are legal tender as provided in The

Coinage Act 2011. It said that the existing currency notes in this denomination in

circulation will also continue to be legal tender.

14. India on 14 February 2015 successfully test-fired a BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

from Indian Navy's latest destroyer INS Kolkata.

The launch off the Goa coast was flawless as the missile met all its designed parameters.

BrahMos is a missile with a range of 290 kilometers and can carry a conventional warhead

of up to 300 kilograms.

15. ICICI Bank Limited on 12 February 2015 tied up with global payment solutions company

UAE Exchange to offer an instant bank transfer service named FLASHremit.

16. National Games mascot Ammu, the Great Hornbill entered the Limca Book of Records for

its play, Kalikkunna Kuttikalkkayi Bharatham Kathirikkunnu (India Awaits Children

Who Play) in which Ammu is featured.

17. Microsoft acquire Sunrise for 100 Million US Dollar.

18. Star India Pvt TV acquired Telugu Tv Channel MAA Television Network Ltd.

19. Delhi election :- Aam Admi party won 67 Seats out of 70 Seats.



20. US closed its embassy in Yemen.

21. ICICI Bank on 10 February 2015 launched India’s first digital Bank on mobile phone,

Pockets. This digital e-wallet can be downloaded from Google Playstore.

Pockets, the digital e-wallet uses a virtual VISA card that enables the users to transact on

any website or mobile application in India.

22. Alibaba Invest 590 Million US dollar in Meizu Technology Co.

23. Adani Enterprises, Rajasthan Government Signed MOU to et up 10000MW Solar Park.

24. First World Ocean Science Congress Held in Kochi.

25. Union Government announced 850 Crore Package for AP.

26. Vijay Kumar won gold of 25 meter Centre Fire pistol in 35 th national games.

27. Union Government approved a rehabilitation package of 1102 Crore rupees for J & k.

28. Union Government released Postage stamp with Swach bharat Mision as theme.



29. RBi constituted High Powered Committee R Gandhi on Urban Cooperative Banks.

30. Maharashtra decided to buy a house in London Where BR Ambedkar stayed.

31. Indian President Conferred 104 Padma Awards .

32. SBI signed a Loan aggrement for 100 million Euro with European Investment Bank.

33. PMJDY Madeit to it Guiness World Records.

34. Prime Minister of Bhutan Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay visited India.

35. Former PM Manmohan Singhon adopted Pachim Bekeli Gaon Panchyat under Sansad

Adarsh Gram Yojna.

36. Hyderabad to host World Congress on Information Technology in 2018.



37. The year 2014 was ranked as the Earth’s hottest year since 1880 as per the two separate

analyses done by NASA scientists and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA) scientists.

38. RBI issued guidelines for BANKS to act as Insurance broker.

39. Idukki in Kerala Became First District of India to have Complete Rural Broadband

Coverage .

40. 7th

Vibrant Gujrat Summit held at Gandhinagar.

41. 13th

Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas held in Gujrat.

42. US to host International Anti-Terror Summit on 18 February 2015.

43. Vistara(Tata-SIA) Started domestic airline in India.

44. Kotak Mahindra Bank secured its shareholders approval for amalgamation of ING Vysya

Bank. It was announced by the Kotak Mahindra Bank.

45. 102nd

Indian Science Congress held in Mumbai.



46. Amitabh Bachchan named as Brand Ambassador as AP Health Sector.

47. RBI allowed FII to buy up to 49% paid up capital in Bajaj Corp.

48. New Jersey to host International Hindi Conference in April 2015.

49. ICICI bank launched Digital Village Project Akodara Village of Gujrat.

50. Union Minister Formed NITI Aayog to replace Planing Commisison.

51. Union Governemnt launched Integrated women safety app called ‘HIMMAT’.

52. Union Government signed 60 Million loan deal with ADB for

J &K.

53. Union Government approved a ahike of gov take in IFCI to 51 %.

54. India became Second partner of Dubai after China.



55. Foreign Exchange Reserve Reached 320 Billion US Dollar.

56. 10th

Anniversery of Indian Ocean Tsunami Observed asa on 26 December.

57. Union Government observed 25 December as Good Goverance Day.

58. The RBI extended date of pre-2005 Currency notes to 30 June 2015.

59. The Marathi film Kapus Kondyachi Goshta nominated in the best picture category of the

87th Academy Awards, Oscars.

60. RBI increased RTGS (real time gross settlement) business hours from 7.30 hours to 12

hours.

61. Madhya Pradesh government increased Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by 4

percent.

62. Music Camposer AR Rahman was nominated for the films Million Dollar Arm, The

Hundred-Foot Journey and Indian film Kochadaiiyaan.



63. HDFC launched Mobile bank Facility ‘Bank App Ki Muththi Mein’.

64. Indian Film ‘Jal’ nominated for Oscar.

65. ICCI Bank launched India’s first credit card with a unique transparent design in

association with American Express.

66. 15th Indo-Russian bilateral annual summit was held in New Delhi

.

67. Ebola fighters collectively were named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014.

68. New India Insurance topped in Health Insurance.

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