Current Affairs for the Month of January 20141st January:-The Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal between the Indian government and Agusta Westland has been cancelled in the wake of allegations of corruption.India and Pakistan exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities as part of a 1988 pact that bars them from attacking each other's nuclear installations.President Pranab Mukherjee giving assent to the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill for setting up of an ombudsman.Corey Anderson of New Zealand scores the fastest century in ODI history from 36 balls breaking the record of Shahid Afridi.Non-subsidized LPG cylinder to cost Rs. 220 more as announced by Oil companies.Delhi govt ordered an audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of private power companies.2nd January:-Aam Aadmi Party wins the trust vote in the Delhi State Legislature.Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa formally rejoined the BJP.Maharashtra Cabinet partially accepts Adarsh scam report indicting three former CMs.27 passengers were killed when a bus fell into a 400 feet deep ravine in the Malshej Ghats, Maharastra.3rd January:-Aam Aadmi Party's MS Dhir elected as Speaker of the Delhi Assembly.Petrol price hiked by 75 paise and diesel by 50 paise a liter.4th January:-Gujarati poet Chinu Modi has been conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2013 for his poetry book "Khara Zaran".INS Vikramaditya arrives in India from Russia.India Cricket team beats Pakistan by 40 run to wins the Under-19 Asia Cup.5th January:-Indian GSLV-D5 with indigenous cryogenic engine successfully places GSAT-14 communication satellite on orbit from Sriharikota.11 workers were killed and many feared trapped when a half-built apartment block collapsed in Goa.Danielle Steel receive Frances highest award, the Legion of Honor.Portugal football legend Eusebio has died from a heart attack at the age of 71.Australia wins the Ashes Series by 5-0 against England.Rafael Nadal wins the Qatar Open in Doha after defeating Gael Monfils, French.6th January:-Former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Ganguly has resigned from the post of the chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.Aditya Joshi from Madhya Pradesh has become the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world.Telugu actor Uday Kiran has allegedly committed suicide at his home in Hyderabad.7th January:-US Senate confirmed Janet Yellen to be first woman to lead the Federal Reserve in its 100-year history.India test-fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from Chandipur near Balasore.8th January:-Nine passengers killed in a fire that broke out on the Bandra-Dehradun Express near Dahanu Road Railway station in Thane district.Social networking site Facebook buy Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs as its first take over in India.9th January:-Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa joins BJP.The Election Commission aborts proposed tie-up with Google over security concerns.10th January:-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Terminal 2 at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in MumbaiIndian diplomat Devyani Khobragade arrives in New Delhi Airport from New York following Indo-US diplomatic row.Bhawanipur Football Club wins the 62nd Bordoloi Trophy, 2014 in Guwahati.11th January:-Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died in hospital near Tel Aviv Saturday at the age of 85.Bangladesh authorities allowed opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia to leave her home after house arrest of two weeks.Kapil Dev honoured with the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award and Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was given the Polly Umrigar Award by the BCCI at its seventh annual awards ceremony.12th January:-Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh's Prime Minister for a third spell.13th January:-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone of country's largest 2800 mw nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district, Haryana.Union minister Sachin Pilot appointed as the Congress chief in Rajasthan.India complete three years without any polio case, a feat that is expected to prompt the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare the country polio-free in March.Cristiano Ronaldo wins 2013 Ballon d' Or award.Golden Globe Awards, 2014 announced. Australian Open starts from today.14th January:-India celebrates Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu and Lohri.British Prime Minister David Cameron has directed his Cabinet Secretary to probe alleged involment of Margaret Thatcher's government inplanning Operation Bluestar in 1984.Anju Bobby George became the first Indian track and field athlete to win a gold medal in a major world event after IAAF upgraded her second place finish at the 2005 Monaco World Athletics Final to the top spot, following a dope violation by Russian competitor Tatyana Kotova.15th January:-Indian Army celebrates 66th Army Day.India's current account deficit (CAD) this fiscal will be contained to around $50 billion as announced by Finance Minister P.Chidambaram.Famous poet and founder of Dalit Panthers Party Namdeo Dhasaldied at the age of 64.16th January:-Oscar nominations were announced today.Jet Airways CEO Gary Kenneth Toomey quits from his post.17th January:-Famous actress Suchitra Sen died in Kolkota at the age of 82.The seventh edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival started in Jaipur.Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor wife of Minister of state for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor, found dead in the Leela Palaces Hotel in Chanakyapuri, Delhi.A two-day voting was held in Egypt on 14 and 15 January 2014 for referendum on a new constitution.BCCI announced India's list of 30 probable for the World Twenty20 to be played in March and April of this year.18th January:-18 people died and nearly 50 were injured in a stampede in Mumbai as thousands of mourners gathered following the death of Syedna MohammedBurhanuddin, the spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community.19th January:-Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper and the fourth overall to effect 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals.Kenya's Evans Ruto and Dinknesh Mekash of Ethiopia win the 11th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Men and Women category respectively.Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman in the world to reach 18 ODI tons in 119 innings.20th January:-India tested 4,000 km long range nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile from a military base in Odisha.21st January:-Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal called off his dharna against Delhi Police.Government has appointed senior IPS Aruna Bahuguna as the new chief of the Hyderabad-based National Police Academy. She is the first woman to be appointed chief of National Police Academy.22nd January:-The Reserve Bank decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005 after March 31.Legendary Telegu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao died in Hyderabad at the age of 90.23rd January:Indian-origin professor Rakesh Khurana has been appointed Dean of the prestigious Harvard College.24th January:-National Girl Child Day observed across India.Supreme Court issued notice to Centre and Delhi government over Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's recent agitation in Delhi.The DMK temporarily suspended its chief M Karunanidhis son and former Union minister MK Alagiri from the partys primary membership.The pair of India's Sania Mirza and Romania's Horia Tecau reaches the Australian Open mixed doubles final after beating defending championsMatthew Ebden and Jarmila Gajdosova.25th January:-Indian Govt announce 2 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 101 Padma Shri Awardees. 27 of the Awardees are women.Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar and BKS Iyengar awarded with Padma Vibhushan.Bangalore became the first city in India to offer free Wi-Fi spots for the public.China's Li Na defeat Dominika Cibulkova by 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 victory to win her first Australian Open title and become the oldest woman ever to winthe Australian Open at the age of 31.26th January:-India celebrates 65th Republic Day.Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend as the Chief Guest of Republic Day.Tata Motors Managing Director Karl Slym died after falling from a high floor of a five-star hotel in Bangkok.21 kills as a tourist boat has sunk off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.Stanislas Wawrinka wins the Australian Open final after defeating Rafael Nadal by a 63,62, 36, 63.Saina Nehwal wins the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014.27th January:-India lifts ban on Airbus A380s planes to land at the country's four main airports.56th Annual Grammy Award given at Los Angeles.28th January:-Founder of Super 30 classes and Leading mathematician Anand Kumar was conferred this year's prestigious Ramanujan Mathematics Award.RBI hiked key policy interest rates by 0.25 percent.29th January:-Beating the Retreat event celebrated near the Rashtrapati Bhavan marking the end of the Republic Day celebrations.In a report by the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) of the US Chamber of Commerce, for the second consecutive year India has been ranked at the bottom of 25 countries in terms of protection and enforcement of intellectual property practices.30th January:-India paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 66th death anniversary.The Andhra Pradesh assembly by a voice vote rejected the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2013 on creating a separate Telangana state.Union Govt hikes the subsidised LPG cylinder quota to 12 per year from 9.31st January:-Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna resigns from his post.The Supreme Court stayed the execution of Khalistani terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar on 1993 Delhi bomb blast case.New Zealand wins the 5 match home ODI series by 4-0 against India.Current Affairs for the Month of February 20141stFebruary:MaharashtraChiefMinisterPrithvirajChavaninauguratedIndia'sfirstmonorailinMumbai. Harish RawatsworninasUttarakhand's eighthChiefMinister afterresignation ofVijayBahuguna.2ndFebruary:Founder member ofAamAdmi PartyMadhu Bhaduri quitsparty. KarnatakawinstheirseventhRanjiTrophycrickettitleafterbeatingMaharashtraby sevenwicketsinthefinal in Hyderabad.3rd February:AIADMK and CPI(M) entered into an alliance in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls 2014.The Delhi cabinet cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, which will be pass at a special assembly session at the Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi according to Delhi Govt.4th February:WorldCancerDayiscelebrated todeepen the understandingof thiskillerdisease.MicrosoftCorpnamed46yearold,HyderabadbornSatyaNadellaasitsnextchiefexecutive officer.SachinTendulkarandCNRRaoconferredwithBharatRatnabythePresidentofIndia PranabMukherjee.JusticeAskhokKumarMathurhasbeenappointedastheChairmanof the 7th Pay Commission.5th February:The last sessionof 15thLokSabha started fromtoday.6thFebruary:Delhi Government ask anti corruption officials file an FIR against former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for an alleged Rs. 31 crore scam craftedaround expensive street-lighting for the Commonwealth Games in 2010.Sony Company announces that it will sell its personal computer (PC) unit and cut 5,000 jobs.7th February:The UnionCabinetapprovedtheTelanganabill. WinterOlympicsstartsinSochi,Russia.ThreeIndianathletes ShivaKeshavan,HimanshuThakurandNadeemIqbalare competing asindependent athletes inWinterOlympicsduetoIOA's(IndianOlympicAssociation) suspension by the InternationalOlympicCommittee.8th February:MarutiSuzukiIndiahasstoppedproductionofMaruti 800.The International Cricket Council(ICC)boardannounced that BCCI presidentN. Srinivasan willbe theChairman oftheICC boardfrom July. 9thFebruary:According to a report of the drinking water and sanitation ministry,Sikkim become India's first state with 100 percent sanitation coverage.Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra became the first individualto win three gold medals in Inter Shoot Tri series being held at Hague, Netherlands. World Squash Federation president N. Ramachandran elected unopposed as president of Indian Olympic Association.10thFebruary:Nepal's parliament elected Sushil Koirala as the next Prime Minister.Gurunath Meiyappan has been indicted for illegal betting in last year's Indian PremieLeague in a report submitted by retired judge Mukul Mudgal.11thFebruary:103 people kill when a military plane crashed in eastern Algeria.Talks between Vodafone and Indian Govt fails after the government decided to withdraw its conciliation proposal to sort out the tax dispute due to which Vodafone may now have to pay Rs.20,000 crore as tax dues.IOC lifted the ban on the Indian Olympic association.BCCI announced the cricket teams for the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup.12thFebruary:Interim rail budgetpresented intheParliament. 72 new trains introduce inthebudget.The annual consumer price inflation to a 24-month low of 8.79 percent in January The IPL 7 auction takes place. Yuvraj Singh drew the biggest bid with Royal Challengers Bangalore clinching his services for Rs 14 crore.KarnatakawinstheIraniTrophyfinalwithaninningsand222runs.13thFebruary:The Lok Sabha erupted in when some MP from Andhra Pradesh fired pepper spray, broke glass table and snapped the wire in parliament in protest against a bill on a new Telangana state.The U.S. AmbassadortoIndia NancyPowellmet BJPleaderNarendra Modi in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.AssambecamethefirststateinIndiatolegallybantheconsumption,manufacture,advertisement,storage,tradeanddistributionofallformsofsmokelesstobacco.Delhigovernment approvedthe DelhiNagarSwarajBill.14thFebruary:DelhiCMArvindKejriwalresignsoverdelayinJanLokpalbill.ItalianPrime Minister EnricoLettaresignfromhispost. 58,000people affectedbyapowerful7.3 magnitude quakeinnorth west China's Xinjiang region.15thFebruary:TheUnionCabinetrecommendedPresident'sRuleandsuspendedanimationofDelhiAssembly.16thFebruary:AamAadmiPartypublishesitsfirstlistofcandidatesforLokSabha poll.IPS officerRakeshMariaappointed asMumbai Police Commissioner.Chinese thriller Movie "Bai Ri Yan Huo" wins the Golden Bear prize in Berlin International Film Festival.17thFebruary:The finance minister P. Chidambaram presented the interim budget in parliament.'One-rank, one-pension' scheme for ex servicemen accepted by the Union Government.Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation sets Guinness record for conducting largest blood donation camp at multiple venues.British Academy Film Awards presented. "12 Years a Slave" wins the best film award.18thFebruary:Lok Sabha passed the Telangana bill by voice vote.Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three assassins (Santhan, Perarivalan and Murugan) of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to life imprisonment.New Zealand wins the two test match series 1-0 against India.19th February:Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned as Andhra Pradesh chief minister overthe move to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh.BJP named Dr. Harsh Vardhan as the president of its Delhi unit.Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw appointed as the new chairperson of Indian Institute of Management -Bangalore (IIM-B).20thFebruary:TelanganastatehoodbillpassedbytheRajyaSabha.SupremeCourtsuspendedtheTamilNadugovernment's decision torelease sevenconvictsinthRajiv Gandhiassassinationcase.SupremeCourtgivesadoptionrightstoMuslims,Christians,Jews,Parsis andallother communities undertheJuvenile Justice which was previously Restricted toonlyHindus, Buddhists and Jains.Facebook decidedtobuysmartphonemessagingserviceWhatsApp for$19billion.21stFebruary:-Today is the last day of the parliament before the general elections, 2014. Parliament passedthe Whistleblowers' Protection Bill to provide adequat protection to RTI workers.Ukraine opposition leaders signed an EU-mediated peace deal with President Viktor Yanukovich to end violent protest and for an early presidential election.Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen got three year imprisonment by a court.22ndFebruary:SouthAfricabatsmanABdeVilliersbecamethefirstplayerinthehistoryofTestcrickettoscoreahalf-centuryin12consecutiveTests.23rdFebruary:NextWinterOlympicswillbeheldinPyeongchang,SouthKoreain2018.24thFebruary:India has dropped anti-piracy charges against Italian marines who Are accused of killing two Indian fishermen.Oleksandr Turchynov was named as the interim President of Ukraine.25thFebruary:AsiaCupcrickettournamentstartsinBangladesh.26thFebruary:NavyChiefAdmiralDKJoshihasresignedfollowingsubmarineaccident inwhichfire brokeoutin IndianNavy submarine INSSindhuratna.The Supreme Court issued a non bailable warrant against Sahara group chief Subrata Roy for failing to appear before the apex court.27thFebruary:-Anarmysoldierkilledfive colleaguesbefore killinghimselfin SafaPora camp,Srinagar. JanataDal Unitedtoday expelleditssenior leader Shivanand Tiwari from theparty.IndianNavyconfirmsthekillingoftwoofficerswhoweremissingsincethefireonboard submarineINSSindhuratna.28thFebruary:-Sahara chief Subrata Roy sent to police custody till March 4 after his alleged failure to return Rs. 24,000 crore to over three crore small investors.Fivepolicemen were killed in a Maoist ambush in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. World's first virtual Bitcoin currency shop opened in Hong Kong.Economic growth slows to 4.7% in December quarter.The Union Cabinet decided to impose President's Rule in Andhra Pradesh.Current Affairs for month of March 2014 1stMarch:PresidentPranabMukherjeesignedtheTelanganaBill and also signed the proclamation toimposecentralrule inAndhraPradesh.Former BJP presidentBangaruLaxmanhas died inHyderabad at the age of 74.AfghanistanCricketTeambeat Bangladeshby32 runs to register first winagainstTest-playingnation.SouthAfricawins the ICC Under-19Cricket WorldCup 2014by defeatingPakistanby sixwicketsatthe Dubai International Cricket Stadium2ndMarch:RussianPresidentVladimirPutinsproposaltodeployarmedforcesinCrimeahasbeen passedbyaunanimousvoteinRussias upperhouseofparliament.3rdMarch:The Reserve BankofIndiahas extendedthe date forexchangingthepre-2005banknotes toJanuary01,2015.86thAcademyAwardsgiventoday. OscarforBestPicturegivento"12YearsaSlave". WhileMatthewMcConaugheyandCateBlanchett winstheBest ActorandActress inaLeadingRole.4thMarch:SaharaChief Subrata Roy ordered toremain in police custody foraweekin Delhibythe SupremeCourt.BillGatestopstheForbesmagazine'sannual listoftheworld's richestpeople.SouthAfricacaptainGraemeSmithannouncesretirementfrominternationalcricket atthe endofthe ongoingthird testagainst Australia at Newlands.5thMarch:ElectionCommissionannouncedtodaythescheduleforthe 16thLok Sabhaelections,which will beheldin ninephases April7 and May 12and involveanelectorateof81.4crore.Formerchief minister ofDelhiSheilaDikshit appointedasthe22ndGovernorofKerala.6thMarch:Crimea's parliamentvoted toholda referendumonMarch 16todecidewhetherCrimea shouldbecomepartofRussia.Bombay StockExchange(BSE) reachestoan all-time intra-dayhigh of21,492.49byrising 215.63points.7thMarch:SupremeCourtrejects theSaharaGroup'sproposalto pay theentire amount toSEBI in cash instalments ofRs.2,500crore each at regularintervalsofthreemonths.8thMarch:International WomenDayisobservedacrossthe world.AMalaysianAirlinesplanecrashedintoseanearVietnamwith239peopleincluding5 Indians.Congressreleases first listof194candidatesforLokSabhaelections.Sri Lanka winstheAsia Cup afterdefeatingPakistan inthe final by 5wickets.9thMarch:OneworkerkilledandtwoinjuredinanaccidentatshipyardbuildingofanuclearsubmarineinVisakhapatnam inAndhraPradesh.45peoplekilledand157woundedin asuicide bombing inthe southernIraqicityofHilla.10thMarch:CentralBureauof Investigation (CBI)submitteda statusreportand filed thefirstcharge sheetin coal scam.FIFAWorldPlayeroftheYearCristiano Ronaldo hasbecome the wealthiest footballerin the worldwithearningsof 122 millionPounds.11thMarch:Maoistkilled16policemen ina remotepart of Chhattisgarh.12thMarch:UnitedArabEmirates will host IPL 7withIndia thatscheduled from April16 toJune1.13thMarch:The DelhiHighCourtconfirmedthe deathsentence for four men convicted byatrialcourt fortheincident of16thDecember, 2012.AUScourthasdismissedvisafraud chargesagainstIndian diplomat Devyani Khobragade who is chargedin NewYork with visa fraud and makingfalsestatements aboutherdomestic worker.SomaMondalhasbeenappointedas the first womanDirector (Commercial) of Navratna PSU National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO).14thMarch:7people killedand4injuredwhena seven-storey building collapsed inSantacruz, Mumbai.Nowrail passengerscanlodgea 'zeroFIR'inanyrailwaystation ifthey arevictimofany offenceduringtrainjourneyas per decision was taken atahigh-level meeting.Nandan Nilekani resigned aschairmanoftheUnique Identification Authorityof India ashehasbeennamed theCongress candidate for BangaloreSouthconstituency.15thMarch:BJPsprimeministerialcandidateNarendraModi will contest the Lok Sabha electionfrom VaranasiinUttar Pradesh.IndianbatsmanSachinTendulkarhasbeenvoted with the Cricketerof the Generation bya50-memberjuryinanaward ceremonyof ESPN cricinfo.16thMarch:Malaysia'sPrimeMinisterNajibRazakspoketoPrimeMinisterManmohanSinghseekingIndia'shelpinthemassivesearchfor theMalaysianjetthatwentmissingwith239peopleaboardoveraweekago.PeopleofUkraine'sCrimea regionarevoting inacontentious referendumon whether to split offandseek annexation by Russia.KarnatakawinstheVijayHazareTrophy2013-14bydefeatingRailways byfourwickets attheEdenGardens,Kolkata.ICC World T20CupCricketTournaments startsin Bangladesh fromtoday.17thMarch:IndiacelebratesHoli. Crimea's regional parliamenthas declared independence andapplied to become part ofthe Russian Federation after97%vote in favour of joining Russia.EuropeanUnionimposesanctionsincludingassetfreezesandtravel banson21officials fromRussiaand Ukraine afterCrimea appliedto joinRussia.18thMarch:France's informthatleadersoftheG-8 have suspended Russia'sparticipation intheclub amidtensionsover Ukraineand Russia's incursionintoCrimea.19thMarch:RBI has allowed five domestic private sector banksto import gold which includes HDFCBank,AxisBank,KotakMahindra Bank, IndusInd BankandYesBank.Italianjudgehasrejecteda requestbyIndia torecovermore than 278millioneurosinbankguaranteesbackingascrappedhelicopterdealwithFinmeccanicaunitAgustaWestland.20thMarch:Renownedauthor and journalist Khushwant Singh died at theageof 99inNewDelhi.21stMarch:Anearthquakeof magnitude6.7hitsNicobarIslands.TurkeyrestrictedaccesstoTwitter hoursfollowingtheleakof Wiretappedrecordingsin socialmedia.IndiabeatsPakistanby7-wicketsinthefirstmatchof the T20 World Cup.22ndMarch:7people werekilledwhenatankerfilledwith highly inflammable material caught firein Thane.PresidentPranab Mukherjeeconfersgallantryawards in Rashtrapati Bhavan23th March:AnEgyptian court sentenced529members ofthe outlawed Muslim Brotherhoodtodeath formurderandotheroffences.SriLankabowledouttheNetherlandsforjust39, thelowestever Twenty20International totalina Super10match oftheWorld Twenty20inBangladesh.24thMarch:SeniorBJPleaderJaswantSinghwillcontestasindependentcandidatefromBarmerafter deniedbyBJP.UkraineannouncedtheevacuationofitsmilitarytroopsfromCrimeaacknowledging defeat inthefaceof Russianforces.25thMarch:BankofIndia todaybecamethefirststate-run Bank to allowwithdrawaloffunds from its ATMs to individuals without an accountinthebank.DMKexpelsM.K. Alagirifromtheparty.Veteran bollywoodactressNandaatthe age of75inMumbai.26thMarch:SupremeCourtasked SaharaGroupchiefSubrataRoyto depositRs.10,000crorewith the marketregulatorSEBIfor his release oninterimbail from judicial custody.BayernMunichsetanewrecordafterbeatingHertha Berlin3-1to wrap up the quickest Bundesligatitlein 51years oftheleague.28thMarch:SupremeCourtremovedN.SrinivasanasBCCIchiefandaskedSunilGavaskartotakechargeasan interim presidentfor the duration ofIPL7. WHO has certifiedIndia asaPolioFree country andmakingitoneofthe11countriesofSouth-East Region tobefreefrompoliovirus. WestZonewinsthirdsuccessiveDeodharTrophy astheybeatNorthZoneby133-run inthefinal.29thMarch:Earthhour2014observed acrosstheworldfrom 8.30PM to9.30PM. Brendon McCullumbecomethe first batsman tocross2,000-runmarkinTwenty20 Internationals.30thMarch:The BharatiyaJanataParty(BJP)expelledsenior leaderJaswantSinghforsixyearsafter hisstandtocontest asanindependent candidate fromBarmerinRajasthan.31stMarch:SupremeCourtcommutedthedeathsentenceof1993terrorconvictDevinderpalSinghBhullartolifeimprisonmentonthegroundsofinordinatedelayindecidinghis mercypetition and on the grounds ofmentalillness.Current Affairs for the Month of April 2014 1st April: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell announced her resignation and submitted her resignation to Barack Obama.BCCI has taken out the employees from India Cements and its associate companies from the Board as a follow up of the order of Supreme Court.2nd April: 5 killed in an earthquake of magnitude 8.2 in Chile on Tuesday which also triggering a tsunami alert in the country's northern coast.RBI granted "in-principle" approvals to Mumbai-based infrastructure lender IDFC and Kolkata- based micro-finance Bandhan Financial Services for new bank licences.3rd April: Election Commission India confirmed Amir Khan as its nationalicon for the LokSabha elections 2014.Myanmar started its first official census in 30 years.Turkey's telecoms authority lifted a two-week-old ban on Twitter after the constitutionalcourt ruled the block breached freedom of expression.4th April: The Indian Space Research Organisation has placed successfully into orbit the second satellite of the seven in the series called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).India reaches the final of T20 World Cup after defeating South Africa by 6 wickets.5th April: Peoples of Afghanistan votes in historic presidential election.6th April: BJP and Telugu Desam Party announce an alliance for the national and state elections in Andhra Pradesh.Koyal Rana of Jaipur crowned as Femina Miss India 2014 at the 51st edition of the beauty pageant.Sri Lanka wins the T20 World Cup after defeating India by 6 wickets in Dhaka, Bangladesh.Australia wins the Women T20 World Cup after defeating England by 6 wickets.7th April: World Health Day 2014 observed across the world.In the first phase of 16th Lok sabha election, 72.5 percent voting turnout in the five constituencies in Assam and 84 percent in one constituency in Tripura.17 people were killed when a bus fell about 400 metres into a gorge near Milla village, Himachal Pradesh.8th April: Microsoft ending support to Windows XP operating system from today.9th April: Second phase of the Lok Sabha election held for six Lok Sabha seats in the four northeastern states of Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya besidesArunachal Pradesh where Assembly elections were also held.The decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, INS Vikranthas been sold for Rs. 60 crore to a company named IB Commercial Pvt Ltd.10th April: Third Phase of voting done across 14 states and union territories for 91 Lok Sabha seats.11th April: Election Commission has banned BJP leader Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan from addressing public meetings and rallies in Uttar Pradesh and also ordered to registered FIR against the two politicians for making "highly inflammatory speeches" while campaigning for the General elections in the state.Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India and he will assume his charge on April 27.12th April: 12 people including five CRPF men and seven polling officials were killed in twin Maoist attacks in the Bastar area of Chhattisgarh.79-year-old veteran filmmaker and lyricist Gulzar has been chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest official recognition for film personalities in India.13th April: 2 police personnel were killed by militants in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.14th April: India celebrates Ambedkar Jayanti in the memory of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.71 people were killed and 124 injured in two blasts in a crowded bus station in Nigeria.15th April: The Supreme Court in a landmark judgment recognised transgender community as a third gender and called on the government to ensure their equal treatment.The Guardian US and Washington Post were awarded the most prestigious Pulitzer prize for coverage of secret surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency.Vijay Seshadri, a Sarah Lawrence College professor wins Pulitzer Prize for his "3 Sections," in poetry section.16th April: More than 280 people mostly students were missing after a ferry capsized off South Korea.Indian Premier League 2014 starts in Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi.Hansal Mehta wins the best director and Rajkummar Rao wins the best actor award at the National Award for the film 'Shahid'. 'Jolly LLB' has won the National Award for best Hindi film.17th April: Voting done in 12 states covering 121 constituencies in the fifth phase which is the biggest of the nine-phased Lok Sabha polls.Admiral RK Dhowan took over as 22nd Chief of Indian Navy.Supreme Court said that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) canaudit the account books of private telecom companies which share revenue with the government for using spectrum.Real Madrid wins the 19th Copa del Rey title after defeating Barcelona by 2-1.18th April: Election Commission lifts campaign ban on Amit Shah.Nobel Prize winner and renowned Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez died at the age of 87.19th April: 13 sherpa died in an ice avalanche in Mount Everest, Nepal.20thApril:Switzerlands Stanislas Wawrinka won the Monte Carlo Masters Tennis title on 20 April . He defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland) in the Mens singles final. With this, the 29-year-old Wawrinka has won his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. On the other hand the Doubles trophy was won by Americas Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike. They defeated Ivan Dodig ( Croatia) and Marcel Melo (Brazil) in the final.

Mercedes Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese F1 Grand Prix on 20 April 2014. With this win Great Britains Hamilton won three races in a row for the first time in his career. His Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg (Germany) was second while third spot was claimed by Ferraris Fernando Alonso of Spain. Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg (Germany) was sixth.21st April Supreme Court lifted a 19 month oldban on mining in Goa.Bengaluru FC beat Dempo 2-4 to wins I-League crown title for the first time.22nd April: Earth Day is celebrated across the globe.The Election Commission has banned BJP's Giriraj Singh from campaigning in Bihar and Jharkhand for his hate remarks.Midfielder RyanGiggs appointed as interim manager of Manchester United, shortly after the club announced the sacking of David Moyes.Chitra Magimairaj of Bangalore wins World Women's senior snooker title on her debut.23rd April: The Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) amended the rule which bans use of portable electronic devices, allowing usage in all phases of the flight including take-off and landing in a non-transmitting mode, known as the flight mode.Cadbury India Limited announced to change its name to Mondelez India Foods Limited.24th April: The sixth phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections ended in 117 seats in 11 states and in one Union Territory.BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi files nomination with massive road show in Varanasi.The asset of Sree Padmanabha swamy temple of Kerala will be audited by Vinod Rai as order given by Supreme Court.25th April: The Supreme Court referred the issue related to the release of the three assassins of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to a larger constitutional bench.A chargesheet filed in a court by Enforcement Directorate against former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 17 others over money laundering in 2G spectrum allocation case.26th April: India successfully test-fired an anti-ballistic missile capable of intercepting targets outside the earth's atmosphere. Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha sworn in as the 41st Chief Justice of India. South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation over the government response to the ferry disaster in which 187 died till now most of which are students.International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards for 2014 given at Florida, USA.Pope Francis declared John XXIII and John Paul II as saints in a historic double canonisation in St. Peter's Square.27 April 2014Justice RM Lodha Sworn In As New Chief Justice of IndiaJustice RM Lodha was on 27 April sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India. He was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee. Chief Justice Lodha succeeds Chief Justice P Sathasivam who demitted office on completion of his term on 26 April 2014. Lodha will preside over the Supreme Court for five months as his term will come to an end 27 September, 2014.Popes John Paul II and John XXIII Declared Saints In Double CanonisationJohn XXIII and John Paul II were canonized on 27 April by the Pope Francis at the Vatican on 27 April. Pope John XIII reigned from 1958-1963 and is perceived as a hero by the liberal Catholics for having convened the Second Vatican Council. Pope John Paul II had reigned from 1978-2005. The event was also attended by retired Pope Benedict XVI which was seen as an unprecedented event in Vaticans history.28th April: A court in Egypt sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's ousted president.Liverpool striker Luis Suarez named the English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) player of the year.29th April: The Indian Government submitted a list of 26 names in the Supreme Court in the black money case. Nokia appointed India born Rajeev Suri as its new President and CEO of the company.30th April: A FIR lodged against BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi by the Gujarat police following an order of the Election Commission's which held that he violated the model code.Seventh phase of Lok Sabha election held in seven states and two union territories today. Real Madrid defeated title holder Bayern Munich 4-0 on the second semi-final to reach the final of Champions League.Current Affairs for the Month of May 2014 Current Affairs, May 2014 1stMay:May Day (International Workers' Day) celebrated across the World.One Killed and 14 other injured in a twin blastin Bangalore-Guwahati Express Train at Chennai Central Railway Station.Atletico Madrid reaches the final of Champions League to play against Real Madrid after defeating Chelsea in semi final.2nd May:At least 30people killed by militants inBodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD), Assam.3rd May:Morethan2000deadin a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan province, Afghanistan.Former world double sprint champion Tyson Gay has been suspendedfor one year after testing positive in 2013for a banned anabolic steroid by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).4thMay:18 killed, more than 100 injured asDiva-Sawantwadi passengertrain derails in Raigadin MaharashtraIndia successfully test fires Astra air-to-air missile from a SU-30 combat aircraft.Kedarnath temple reopens today to devotees after about a year when the shrine was marred by flash floods that hadleft hundreds of people dead.6thMay:BCCISuspends Rajasthan Cricket AssociationAfterLalit Modi Elected asthe President ofRCA.7thMay:Eight phase ofLok Sabha election held in 64 constituencies in seven states.CBI Gives Clean Chit to Narendra Modi AideAmit Shah in Ishrat Jahan Case.Mark Selby of England won World Snooker Championship title 2014 on in Sheffield, England.8thMay:World Health Organisation (WHO) in a studyof 1600 cities ranksNewDelhias the world's worst city for air pollution.9th May:The Supreme Court prohibited use of bulls in south Indias Jallikattufestivals, mainly observed inTamil Nadu as a bullfighting game.In a directive by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), minors above the age of 10 years are allowed to open and operate savings bank accountsindependently.President PranabMukherjee launched India's own payment gateway 'RuPay', equivalent of Visa and Mastercard, which will work on ATMs and mechant outlets and help in reducing cash transactions.10th May:Campaigning for the 16thLokSabha election ended todayevening.11thMay:Mother's Day celebrated across theworld.Seven policemen were killed andtwoothersinjured when Naxals carried out a landmine blast in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district.12th May:The Nine and the finalphase of voting for the Lok Sabhapolls 2014 heldtoday.India has set a new record for voter turnout at 66.38 per cent for the general elections 2014.Manchester City football team crowned as EPL championsafter defeating West Ham 2-0 in the final match.13th May:The BSE Sensex crosses record all time high of 24,000 points.UPA government appointed Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag as India's next Army Chief to succeed General Bikram Singh who retires on July 31.Union Cabinet cleared the $400-millionforeigninvestment proposals by a global buyout fund KKR in pharma sector.President of India passed theWhistleblower Protection bill.14th May:More than 200 workers died in a coal mine explosion and fire in western Turkey.15th May:Inflation down to 5.2 per cent in the month of April.16th May:BJP lead UPA wins the 16thLok Sabha with 339 seats. Congress lead UPA gets 57 seats.BJP alone wins 285 seats and becoming the first single party to get absolute majority after30years.Former Zimbabwe batsman Grant Flower hasbeen named as the batting coach of Pakistan cricket team for twoyears.17thMay:ManmohanSingh resigned from the post of Prime Minister after the loss of UPA in 16thLokSabha election.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned from the post after defeat in the Lok Sabha election.18thMay:President PranabMukherjee dissolved the 15thLok Sabha with immediateeffect,completing a formality before the constitution of the new House.Atletico Madrid wins the first La Liga title after 18 years.19thMay:Jitan Ram Manjhi selected as the next CMof Bihar after the resignationof Nitish Kumar.Nabam Tuki was sworn-in as the eighth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the second consecutiveterm.Dutchman Louis vanGaalwasnamed as Manchester United's new manager, with Ryan Giggs as his assistant.20th May:Narendra Modi to Be Sworn In As India's 15thPrime Minister on May 26, 2014.Narendra Modi elected as the leader of the BJP Parliamentary party.Jitan Ram Manjhi wassworn in as new Bihar Chief Minister by the Governor D Y Patil.Uttar Pradesh Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav sacked 36 party leaders who had been appointed as ministers ofstate in thestate government afterparty's poor result in recent Lok Sabha election in UP.Government has lift ban on SMS servicein prepaid cellphones after four years in Jammu and Kashmir.CBSEClass 10 Results Declared which recorded a pass percentage of 98.87.17 died as a bus travelling from Jammu to Srinagar plunged into a 400-feet deep gorge.21st May:Narendra Modi resigned as Gujarat chiefminister today after 13 years in office.Anandiben Patel appointed as the new CM of Gujrat and she will be Gujarat's first woman chief minister.BJD president Naveen Patnaik hasbeen sworn in as Odisha chief minister for the fourth straight term in Bhubaneswar.Pawan Chamling sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister for therecord fifth consecutive time.22nd May:Anandiben Patel took oath as Gujrat's first Women Chief Minister.Thailand's army chief seized power in a military coup, deposing the elected government after months of deadly political strife.Flipkart, India's largestonline e-commerce company acquired online fashion portal Myntra.com in Rs.2000 cr e-commerce deal.Former Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Mathur took over as thenew chiefinformation commissioner in the Central Information Commission.23rd May:Militants attack on the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's western city of Herat.Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi wins the trust vote in the BiharAssembly.Former Indian test player Madhav Mantri passed away at the age of 92.24th May:Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend the inauguration of Narendra Modi as prime minister on 26thMay.Congress Members of Parliament from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha elected Sonia Gandhi as the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party.Shazia Ilmi, a founder member and Captain GR Gopinath resign fromAam Aadmi Party.Hindustan Motors Ltdhas suspended production of the Ambassador as it shut down its factory at Uttarpara in West Bengal state dueto lack of demand.YusufPathan score thefastest half century in IPL history with 15 balls against Sunriser Hyderabad.25th May:China wins Uber Cup for 13thtime after defeatingJapanby 3-1 inNew Delhi. India wins Bronze in the competition.26th May:Narendra Modi sworn in as the 15thPrime Minister of India. A 45-member council of ministers also took oath. Get the full list here.Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid by 4-1 at Lisbon to win their 10th UEFA Champions League title.27th May:Union Cabinet formed a Special Investigation Team in black money case to be headed by former Supreme Court judge MB Shah.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif talked on different issues at a meeting today.28th May:Senior Supreme Court advocate Mukul Rohatgi has been appointed the new Attorney General of India.Infosys President BG Srinivas Resigns from his post.Union Cabinet issue an ordinance allowing former Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) chairman Nripendra Mishra to take overas PrincipalSecretary to the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Kolkata Knight Riders reach into the final of the Indian Premier League 7 after defeating Kings XI Punjab by 28 run.29th May:The inaugural session of 16th Lok Sabha will be commencing from June 4 to 11.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has resigned from his Vadodara seat and will be a member of Parliament from Varanasi.Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wins in the presidential election.30th May:Ajit Kumar Doval appointed as National Security Advisor.

Current Affairs for the Month of June 2014 1st June:Kolkata Knight Riders wins the 7th IPL Final. They beats Kings XI Punjab by 3 wickets in Bangalore2nd June: Telangan a officially becomes the 29th state of India with Hyderabad II its capital. Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhara Rao has taken oath II the first chief minister of the Telan gan a state.Congress appointed former union minister Mallikarjun Kharge II the party's leader in the Lok Sabha.3rd June: Rural Development Minister and BJP leader Gopinath Mande died of Heart Attack after road collision on his way to airport in New Delhi. At least 18 Indian pilgrims were killed when the overloaded bus rolled about 100 meters before plunging into a river in western Nepal. Indian batsman Virat Kohli wins the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award. 4th June: The first session of 16th Lok Sabha started from today. Senior Congress leader Kemal Nath elected II the Protem Speaker of the newly constituted 16th Lok Sabha. 5th June: World Environment Day celebrated across the globe. BSE for the first time closing above the 25,000 mark. On the second day of Parliament, the newly-elected members of the 16th Lok Sabha takes oath by Pro-Term speaker Kemal Nath. 6th June: Vetere BJP MP Sum itra Mahajan elected II the speaker of 16th Lok Sabha. Monsoon rains reached India's southern coast of Kerala for the first time this Year 7th June: Kudankulam becomes India's first nuclear power plant to generate 1,000 MW. Maria Sharapova of Russia wins the French Open 2014 Women Single after defeating fourth-seeded Simone Halep 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 of Romania in the final. 8th June: Chandrababu Naidu Takes Oath II the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. First metro service is inaugurated today in Mumbai. Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sworn in II president of Egypt. 27 people including terrorist were killed in an attack in Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. 25 engineering students from Hyderabad were washed away in Beas River near Pan doh Dam in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. RafaelNadal wins his ninth title at French Open Men Single after defeating Novak Djokovic 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4. 9th June: India successfully test-fired the 290 km-range Brah Mos super sonic anti-ship cruise missile from the country's largest indigenous warship INS Kolkata off the coast of Karwar in Karnataka. 11th June: India has recovered 228 million euros ($310 million) in bankguaran tees from Finmeccan ica backing a scrapped helicopterdeal. 12th June: Union Govtgivespermission to increase the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by 17 meters. Vishal Sikka, a former member of executive board at German software company SAP AG appointedas Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys. Union Government appointedsenior advocate Mu kul Rohatgi as the new Attorney General of India. UPSC has declared the final result of the Civil Services Examination 20 13.Jaipur's Gaurav Agrawal has got the first rank in the exam. AirAsia Airlines commenced its operations in India as domestic airline service. FIFA Wold Cup 20 14Kicks Off Tonight in Brazil. 14th June: World Blood Donor Day observed across the world. Narendra Modi dedicated India% largest warship INS Vikramaditya to the nation. 13th June: A gas leak following an explosion at a steel plant in Bhilai, Chattisgarh left at least five people dead. 15th June: Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins his two day visit in Bhutan. 16th June:Thomas Muller of Germany score the first hat-trick goal of 2014 FIFA World Cup against Portugal.17th June: Governor of Uttar Pradesh BL Josh i resigned from his post. Stuart Binny now becomes the best bowling analysis by an Indian in ODIs after he took six wickets for just four runs against Bangladesh in 2ndMatch of Sahara Series. He beats Anil Kumble's 21-year-old record of 6/12 which he took against the West Indies in the Hero Cup.18th June: Unknown assailants have kidnapped 40 Ind ian const ruction workers from Iraq's second largestcity of Mosul, which fell to Sunni insurgents last week. Nita Ambani becomes frst woman director in Reliance. 19th June: Chhatt isgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt has stepped down from his post. Felipe VI formally proclaimed as the new King of Spain. Former Captain of Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful banned for eight years by the disciplinary panel of BCB. Current World champion Spain out of the FIFA World Cup 2014 after defeated by Chile 2-0 in league match. 20th June: Railway Ministry hikes the rail passenger fares by 14.2 percent and freight rates by 6.5 percent, which will be implemented from June 25. 21st June: Noted Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013. 22nd June: Miroslav Klose of Germany scored his 15th FIFA World Cup goal in a group league match against Ghana to equal Brazil's Rona Idols record of highest goal in FIFA World Cup. 23rd June: Ex-News International CEO Rebekah Brooks cleared of all charges by a London court of be ing part of an illegal conspiracy at a Rupert Murdoch tabloid to hack into phones and make illegal payments. Delhi Cblleges defer admission process amid row over 4-YearCourse by Delhi University whth dii not get approval from UGC The schedule for the Budget session will start from July 7 with presentation of the Union Budget 2014-15 on July 10. 24th June: 4 passengers were killed and 8 injured when the Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed at Golden Ganj station near Chhapra. 25th June: India has relaxed visa rules for below the age of 13 and above the age of 65 from Bangladesh. who will be given multiple-entry tourist visas for five years. Additional secretary A.K. Dubey appointed as Chairman of Coal India Limited. Narendra Modi has surgedto 4th place in the list of most followed world leaders on Twitter. Uruguay's forward phyer Luis Suare ?has been suspended for nine matches and banned for fair months from any football-related activity for biting an opponent during the World Cup match against Italy. Former BCCI President N. Sr in ivas an con firmed as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Melbourne. 26th June: Fourteen people were killed and 20 injured in a blast and fire at a gas pipeline of GAIL India in Andhra Pradesh. The Delhi University has scrapped its controversial Four Year Undergraduate Programme or FYUP. 27th June: The annual pilgrimage to the 3.880 meter high holy cave shrine of Amarnath started with over 7.000 pilgrims trekking the 17-km northern Baltel route. 29th June: people have died and around 20 are still feared trapped under the debris of an II-storey under-construction building that collapsed near Chennai. Annual Ratha Yatra festival of Lord Jagannath began in Puri. Saina Nehwal wins Australian Badminton Open Super Series by defeating Spain's Carolina Mann in the final. 30th June: India has bunched five foreign satellites from four countries on board PSLV-03 rocket which placed them in orbit from Sriharikota. Andhra Pradesh. MK Narayanan has resigned as the Governor of West Bengal.Current Affairs for the Month of July 2014 1st July:National Doctors Day observed across India to honour legendary physician Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy.Google announce that it will shut down social networking service Orkut in September, 2014.2nd July:General Bikram Singh arrived China for high-level strategic communication and mutual trust between the militaries of the two neighbours.Ram Naresh Yadav sworn-in as the Governor of Chhattisgarh.3rd July:Indian Railways successfully conducted trail run of a semi-bullet train between Agra and Delhi with the speed of 160 km/hr.Centre brought potato and onion within the purview of stockholding limits under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. With this move, the court ofState governments to take up de-hoarding operations and control the prices of onions and potatoes and improve availability.4th July:Nearly 50 Indian nurses abducted by suspected Islamist militants in Iraq have been released and will be flown home on Saturday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the train linking Katra, the base camp for Vaishno Devi shrine in Trikuta hills with the rest of the country.Goa Governor BV Wanchoo resigns from his post.5th July:46 Indian nurses who were stranded in war-torn Iraq returned to Kochi in Kerala on a special Air India plane.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 240MW Uri-II hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir.Petra Kvitova of Czech beats Eugenie Bouchard of Canada by 6-3 6-0 to win the Wimbledon Women final.6th July:Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal transferred to Mizoram.11 construction workers died when a newly built wall of a godown collapsed near Uttarapalayam in Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeat Roger Federer to win Wimbledon Mens Single by 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4.Brazil, Argentina, Netherland and Germany reach the semi final of FIFA World Cup Football 2014.Lewis Hamilton of England wins British Grand Prix.7th July:A bench headed by Justice C K Prasad of Supreme Court verdict that shariat courts are illegal, but did not call it unconstitutional.A panel headed by former PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan said that the number of poor in India was much higher in 2011-12 at 29.5 per cent of thepopulation, which means that three out of 10 persons are poor.The budget session of Parliaments starts from today.The Bombay Stock Exchange cross above 26,000 mark for first time.8th JulyRailway Minister Sadananda Gowda presented the first railway budget of Narendra Modi govement in Parilament. In the biudget 58 new trainsannounced.The Railway Minister proposed introduction of bullet trains between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.India successfully test-fired the 290 km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a defence base in Odisha.9th July:Amit Shah appointed as the new BJP president.The Economic Survey released by the Union Government ahead of the Union budget.Germany reach the final of FIFA World Cup 2014 after defeating Brazil 7-1 in the semi final.Germany striker Miroslav Klose became the highest goal scorer in World Cup history by scoring his 16th finals goal in the 7-1 semi-final victoryover Brazil.The first test of a 5-match Investec series of Test cricket starts between India and England.10th July:Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the first Union budget of Modi Government in Parliament.Tax ememption limit raised to 2.5 lakh and for senior citizens to Rs.3 lakh. Investmenmt limit raises to 1.5 lakh. Four new AIIMS, five new IITs and12 more government medical colleges to be set up. Sports University to be set up in Manipur. Defence budget raises by 12 percent in 2014-15 overthe previous year in a budget.Veteran actor Zohra Sehgal passed away in New Delhi at the age of 102.Argentina reached the World Cup final after beating the Netherlands 4-2 in a penalty shootout.FIFA suspended Nigeria from all international football competitions for government interference in running Nigeria Football Federation.11th July:According to a UN report Delhi become the world's second most populous city in 2014 after Tokyo with 25 million. Mumbai ranks sixth on the listof the world's most populous cities.Lt. Governor of Puducherry Virendra Kataria has been replaced by the President. Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, AjayKumar Singh will take the additional charge of Puducherry.Former Mizoram Governor Vakkom B Purushothaman, who was transferred to Nagaland, resigned from his post.The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended that senior advocate Uday U. Lalit be elevated as a Supreme Court judge.12th July:Prime Minister Narendra Modi elected as the leader of the reconstituted BJP Parliamentary Party in both Houses of Parliament.Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva sworn-in as the Governor of Goa at a function at Raj Bhavan.INS Kamorta, the country's first indigenously built warship handed over to the Indian Navy by Garden Reach Shipbuilders.13th July:Election Commission found Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan guilty of fudging his poll expenses during state elections in 2009.Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Brazil for meeting of the BRICS group.Netherlands beats Brazil 3-0 in the third-place match at the FIFA World Cup 2014.14th July:The Lok Sabha passed a bill to amend the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act which will pave the way for appointment of formerTRAI chairman Nripendra Misra as principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The government appointed Ram Naik (Uttar Pradesh), Balramji Dass Tandon(Chhattisgarh), Keshari Nath Tripathi (West Bengal), Om PrakashKohli (Gujarat) and Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (Nagaland) as the new Governors.Germany wins the FIFA World Cup final after defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final at Maracana stadium, Rio de Janeiro. Mario Goetze scores thesingle goal in the final. Germany First European Nation to Win World Cup on South American Soil.Lionel Messi has received the award for best player of the World Cup (Golden Ball).Germany's Manuel Neuer collected the best goalkeeper prize (Golden Gloves).James Rodriguez of Colombia got the golden boot award as top scorer with six goals.15th July:Leaders of the BRICS emerging market nations launched a $100 billion development bank and a currency reserve pool in their first concrete steptoward reshaping the Western-dominated international financial system. The headquarters of the bank will be in Shanghai, China.The government has decided to do away with the necessity of filing affidavits from a gazetted officer or a notary for government-related work andinstead to promote self-attestation of documents.17th July:A Malaysia Airlines MH 17, travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 295 passengers crashed after shot down in Ukraine near the Russianborder. All 295 passengers died on the accident.Microsoft will lay off 18,000 employees over the next year of which 12,500 employees will be from Nokia's devices division.18th July:The Lok Sabha approved the budget for 2014/15.Germany captain Philipp Lahm quite international soccer after leading his side to World Cup victory in FIFA World Cup Brazil.19th July:The Enforcement Directorate has detected biggest hawala transactions scam of India worth Rs 5395 crore in Gujarat and has filed charge-sheetsagainst 79 accused.Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya sworn in as the 19th Governor of Nagaland.20th July:IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla has been appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.21st July:Indian Cricket team beat England in 2nd test match to register first win after 28 Years at Lord's.England's national football team captain Steven Gerrard has announced his retirement from international soccer.22nd July:Former Union minister Ram Naik sworn-in as the 27th Governor of Uttar Pradesh at a ceremony held in Raj Bhawan.The Telangana government appointed tennis player Sania Mirza as its brand ambassador.23rd July:47 people killed after TransAsia plane crashes in typhoon-hit Taiwan.TCS become the first Indian company to achieve a market capital value of 5 lakh crore rupees.The 20th Commonwealth Games begin today in Glasgow, Scotland.Shooter Vijay Kumar has been named as the flag bearer for Indian contigent atthe opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.24th July:An Air Algerie flight crashed en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers on board.25 children were killed after a train colloide with a school bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Telangana.Keshari Nath Tripathi sworn in as 20th Governor of West Bengal.25th July:India celebrates Vijay Diwas in the memory of Kargil War.7 people died when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district.The Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill, 2014 by a voice vote.26th July:BJP leader Kaptan Singh Solanki appointed as the Governor of Haryana.27th July:World Hepatitis Day observed across the globe.Vincenzo Nibali became the first Italian to win the Tour de France.29th July:Eid-ul-Fitr celebrates across the world.20 passengers were killed when a state roadways bus fell into a gorge in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.30th July:17 people have been killed and 200 are feared buried under a landslide that hit a village 120 kilometers from Pune after torrential rains.US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived India to hold 5th Indo-US Strategic Dialogue.Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha took over as the Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee (COSC).South Africa all-rounder cricketer Jacques Kallis announced his retirement from all formats of cricket.31st July:Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal Sandhu quit from his post.Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as Chief of Army Staff succeeded General Bikram Singh.Current Affairs for the Month of August,2014 1st August:-Vishal Sikka took over the charges as first non-founder chief executive officer of India's second largest software firm Infosys.Vikas Gowda becomes the first Indian man to clinch athletics gold in 56 years after winning gold medal of the 20th Commonwealth Games in men'sdiscus throw competition.

2nd August:-CBI arrested SK Jain (Chairman-cum- Managing Director of Sydicate Bank) and five others for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 50 lakh for enhancementof credit limit to some companies bypassing rules and regulations.

3rd August:-PM Narendra Modi starts two day visit to Nepal.150 people were killed when a powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southwest China's Yunnan province.Two Indian officials of the Indian Olympics Association, including its secretary Rajeev Mehta, have been arrested in Glasgow on charges of allegedassault.Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa created history by winning the first-ever gold medal in squash in commonwealth games.India finishes fifth position with 64 medals, including 15 gold medals at Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014.

4th August:-The government said that marks in English language comprehension skills in CSAT would not be included while preparing the merit list for theUPSC civil services exam.

5th August:-Former Indian Foreign Service officer Arvind Gupta was on Monday appointed as deputy National Security Adviser.Indian Smartphone maker Micromax has ousted Samsung Electronics Co Ltd as the leading brand in all types of mobile phones in the April-Junequarter.Spain midfielder football player Xavi Hernandez announced his retirement from international football.BCCI announced squad for England ODI series.6th August:-Union Cabinet cleared the proposal for raising Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence to 49 per cent and 100 per cent FDI in Railwayinfrastructure segment.The Union Cabinet decided to amend Juvenile Justice Act that will empower Juvenile Justice Board to decide on whether a juvenile above 16 yearsinvolved in heinous crimes is to be sent to an observation home or tried in a regular court.Union Cabinet sacked Kamla Beniwal as Mizoram's governor.Cartoonist Pran the creator of cartoon character, Chacha Choudhury died due to cancer of the intestine at the age of 75.8th August:-US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel reach India on a three-day visit.The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria to be an international public healthemergency.9th August:-BJP national council meeting held in Delhi today.Ivory Coast forward player Didier Drogba announced his retirement from international football.10th August:-39 dead in floods in Odisha and around 33 lakh affected across 23 districts in the state.11th August:-TRS MP and daughter of Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao,K Kavitha booked for sedition for saying J&K and Telangana forcefullyannexed to India.Iraq President nominated the deputy parliament speaker Haider al-Ibadi as new Prime Minister.German striker Miroslav Klose, the all-time World Cup top scorer, announced his retirement from international football.12th August:-Senior AIADMK leader M. Thambidurai filed his nomination and is set to be elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha unopposed.Hollywood comedian and Academy Award-winning actor Robin Williams died at his home in Marin County, California at the age of 63.13th August:-Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav felicitated with Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards by President of India.Indian-Origin Manjul Bhargava wins Fields Medal Award also known as the "Nobel Prize of mathematics" in Seoul, South Korea.Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene retires from Test cricket.Real Madrid wins the UEFA Super Cup after defeating Sevilla 2-0.14th August:-India's highest peacetime gallantry award, the Ashok Chakra will be awarded posthumously to Major Mukund Varadarajan tomorrow onIndependence Day.Parliament approved a new proposal for appointment of judges where the responsibility given to a committee of six members: the Chief Justice ofIndia, the next two most senior judges of the Supreme Court, the Law Minister, and two eminent persons.A total of 919 central and state forces police personnel were awarded gallantry and distinguished service medals on the eve of Independence Day.RBI imposing a limit of 3 transactions per month from ATMs of other banks and 5 from the same bank in six metropolitan cities. A customer will berequired to pay a fee of up to Rs 20 for using Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) beyond the permitted numbers of transactions in Delhi, Mumbai,Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Hyderabad.Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich 2-0 to win the German Super Cup.France midfielder Franck Ribery announces his retirement from international football.15th August:-India celebrates 68th Independence Day.PM Narendra Modi gives his maiden independence speech from Lal Quila.16th August:-Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday commissioned the country's largest indigenously-built destroyer warship INS Kolkata into the IndianNavy.Rajni Razdan became the new Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission.17th August:-Janmashtami is celebrated across India.India lost the test series against England by 3-1 in England.18th August:-India has cancelled talks with Pakistan scheduled for next week in Islamabad after series of ceasefire violations by Pakistan troops along the Line ofControl and invitation of Kashmiri separatists for talks by Pakistan.19th August:-Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan formally ruled out the Leader of Opposition post to Congress.The Board of Control for Cricket in India appointed former cricketer Ravi Shastri as director of the Indian Cricket team for ODI series againstEngland.20th August:-The Iron woman of Manipur, human rights activist Irom Sharmila release from Manipur jail after 14 years. Sharmila had been on a fast for the last14 years demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).Famous Indian yoga guru BKS Iyengar died in Pune after suffering kidney failure at the age of 95.21st August:-22 people were killed when a private bus rolled into a gorge in Rohtrung village in Himachal Pradesh.American photojournalist James Foley killed by ISIS militant in middle east.22nd August:-Jnanpith award winner and renowned Kannada writer UR Ananthamurthy died at a hospital in Bangalore.23rd August:-Defence Minister Arun Jaitley commissioned Indias first indigenously-built stealth Anti-Submarine warfare INS Kamorta to the Indian Navy.2 civilians killed and 5 injured in a major ceasefire violation along international border by Pakistan.US swimmer Katie Ledecky breaks 400-metres freestyle world record to win the Pan Pacific championships title in 3 minutes 58.37 seconds.24th August:-Maharashtra governor K. Sankaranarayanan resigned from the post after he has been transferred to Mizoram.Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt set a new record of 9.98sec for the rarely run 100m indoors at Warsaw's national stadium.25th August:-The coalition party of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar along with the Congress party won six of ten assembly seats in Bihar by-elections.The Supreme Court declared coal blocks allocations by governments since 1993 as illegal.Richard Attenborough, Oscar winning British Actor-Director and maker of the famous Film "Gandhi" died at the age of 90.26th August:-BJP leader LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee have been dropped from the new BJP Parliamentaryboard.Sheila Dikshit has resigned as the Governor of Kerala.Kalyan Singh appointed as Governor of Rajasthan, while former union minister Vidyasagar Rao will be Governor of Maharashtra.Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala and Mridula Sinha will take charge as the governors of Karnataka and Goa respectively.Israel and the Palestinians have reached a Gaza ceasefire deal to end month long war between the two sides.66th annual Emmy Award given at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.England midfielder Frank Lampard retired from England's national team.27th August:- The Union Cabinet lifted the monthly cap on subsidised LPG cylinders, but retained the overall annual limit at 12 cylinders. LPG consumers can avail12 cylinder quota anytime in the year.Prime Minister Narendra Modi today set up a committee to identify "obsolete" laws which will submit its report in three months.28th August:- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scheme named "Jan Dhan Yojana" to provide a bank account to every household where account holderswill get a debit card and accidental insurance cover of up to a lakh. Wayne Rooney named as captain of the England national football team.29th August:- India's GDP growth in the first quarter is 5.7 percent which is highest in last 2 and half years.CBI Files charge-sheet in Aircel-Maxis deal which includes name of Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran and seven others.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly to Kyoto on Saturday on a five-day visit to Japan, his first trip outside South Asia since he took office.Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated across India.National Sports Day is celebrated on the occasion of birthday of Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.0th August:- India and Japan sign MoU to develop Varanasi into 'smart city' during the first day of Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.Current Affairs for Month of September 20141st September:-After Over 800 Years, Nalanda University reopens in Bihar.Nifty reaches the 8000 point mark today for the first time.2nd September:-India wins the ongoing ODI Series in England 3-0 with one match still remaining. This is the first win in a bilateral series in England after 24 years.3rd September:-Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam appointed as the Governor of Kerala.NDA Government completes 100 days in Office.PM Narendra Modi returns from Japan after five day visit.4th September:-A bus carrying 50 passengers washed away in flash floods in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.Andhra Pradesh Government announces that the new capital will be established in Vijayawada region.5th September:-India celebrates Teacher's Day on the honor of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.India and Australia signed a civil nuclear deal to allow export of uranium to India from Australia for use in power generation.Sania Mirza of India and Bruno Soares of Brazil wins the US Open mixed doubles title after defeating pair of Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonazalez by 6-1, 2-6, 11-9.6th September:-Thousands of people have been evacuated from their houses as more than 100 people have died in floods in Jammu and Kashmir.7th September:-Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited flood hit Jammu and Kashmir to assess the situation and declared it a "national-level disaster" with a special assistance of Rs.1,000 crore for the state.The celebration of Onam festival started in Kerala.8th September:-International literacy day is observed across the globe.Serena Williams wins her third consecutive US Open trophy after defeating Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-3 in the final.9th September:-Marin Cilic of Croatia defeat Kei Nishikori of Japan by 6-3 6-3 6-3 to win the US Open Men's Single.ICC ban Pakistani player Saeed Ajmal from bowling in International cricket for illegal bowling action.10th September:-The Union Cabinet approved share sales in state-run companies ONGC, Coal India and NHPC.11th September:-The 13th Anniversary of 9/11 incident observed in America.US President Barack Obama approved the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State, authorizing U.S. airstrikes in Syria along with expanded airstrikes in Iraq.12th September:-Election Commission will conduct state election on Maharashtra and Haryana for their next government on October 15 while the results will be declared on October 19.13th September:-By poll election held for 3 Lok Sabha, 33 assembly seats in 10 states in India.Champions League T20 matches starts from today. The tournament will be host by India.14th September:-Hindi Diwas is celebrated across the country to promote the Hindi language.Indian shuttler HS Prannoy wins the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix after defeating Firman Abdul Kholik by 21-11 22-20 in the final.16th September:-In the By election poll result BJP wins 13 seats, SP 8 and Congress wins 7 out of the 32 assembly seats held in different states.In the three Lok Sabha seats election, BJP, TRS and SP wins one each.17th September:-Chinese President Xi Jingping arrives India on a three day visit.2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist boxer Manoj Kumar awarded with Arjuna Award after denied earlier by Kapil Dev led committee.18th September:-The people of Scotland voted in a referendum to choose whether to become an independent nation or stay within the United Kingdom.India's first mission to Mars Mangalyaan which was launched November, 2013 enters last lap.India's hockey team captain Sardar Singh will be the flag bearer at the opening of Asian Games in South Korea.19th September:-The People of Scotland rejects the referendum of independence from Britain in a historic voting.Famous mandolin player and musician Uppalapu Srinivas died in Chennai on Friday due to illness at the age of 45.The 17th Asian Games starts from today in Incheon, South Korea.President Barack Obama nominated Indian-American Richard Rahul Verma as the next US Ambassador to India.Asia's only grand slam singles champion China's Li Na announced her retirement from tennis.20th September:-Jitu Rai wins the India's first gold medal at the Asian Games after clinching the men's 50 metre pistol event.23rd September:-Hindi movie Liars Dice is selected as the Oscar entry by Film Federation of India (FFI) for next year. The film is directed by Geetu Mohandas.24th September:-India Space Research Organisation successfully inserted its spacecraft 'Mangalyaan' in the Martian orbit around 8 am today and became the first country to successfully carry out such a mission in its maiden attempt.The Supreme Court cancelled 214 of 218 coal block that are allotted by various governments between 1993 and 2011.25th September:-BJP and Shiv Sena today end its 25 year old alliance and decide to contest state election in Maharastra independently.Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the "Make in India" campaign in New Delhi.Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) released its first images taken of Mars.Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for America on a six-day visit.Indian cricketer Kapil Dev has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in the House of Lords.26th September:-Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on a five day visit to the US.Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan resigns from his post as his party Congress lost majority after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) withdrawing support.27th September:-Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has been sentenced to 4 years in jail after a Bangalore court found her guilty of corruption case in her assets value. The court also imposed a fine of Rs. 100 crore on her.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the UN General Assembly.28th September:-O Panneerselvam named as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu after J Jayalalithaa imprisoned for corruption.HL Dattu today swears as the New Chief Justice of India.President's Rule imposed in Maharastra after the ruling Congress Party reduce to minority following withdrawal of support by NCP.India's Yogeshwar Dutt wins a gold medal in the 65kg freestyle wrestling in Asian Games after defeating Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan 3-0 in the final.29th September:-Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai sworn in as the new president of Afghanistan.India's discus thrower Seema Punia wins Gold Medal in Asian Games medal with a best throw of 61.03 metres.Sania Mirza and Saketh Myneni win the Gold Medal in mixed doubles tennis event in Asian Games.30th September:-Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets President Barack Obama at the White House.Today Google will shut down social networking Orkut forever.Current Affairs for Month of October 20141st October:Narendra Modi returns to India after 5 day visit to US.Indian boxer MC Mary Kom wins the gold medal in 51-kg boxing category.2nd October:India celebrates Gandhi Jayanti on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's biggest-ever cleanliness drive "Swachh Bharat" on theoccasion of Gandhi Jayanti.Microsoft Corporation announced its 'Windows 10' operating system.India's women's team wins gold medal in 4X400 metres relay at the Asian Games.India beat Pakistan 4-2 on penalties to win men's hockey gold at Asian Games and also qualify forOlympics after 16 years.3rd October:India celebrates Vijaya Dashmi today.Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation for the first time on All India Radio.At least 32 people have died and 15 others are injured after a stampede in Patna after Dussehracelebrations near Gandhi Maidan.India's men's and women's kabaddi team wins gold medal in Asian Games.India finish their Asian Games 2014 campaign with 57 medals - 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze.Kolkata Knight Riders' spinner Sunil Narine suspended from bowling in the final of CL T20 matchagainst Chennai Superkings due to illegal bowling action.4th October:The 17th Asian Games ended in the South Korean city of Incheon with China on top spot of the medaltally with 151 gold medals. India finish 8th in the medal list with 11 gold medals. The next AsianGames will be held on Jakarta.Chennai Super Kings wins the 2014 Champions League T20 after defeating Kolkata Knight Riders by 8wickets in the final at Bangalore.6th October:India celebrates Eid.US-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian scientist May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser win theNobel Prize in medicine for discovering the brain's positioning system.7th October:The Karnataka High Court has rejected the bail plea of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to Japanese scientists Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano andAmerican Shuji Nakamura for inventing a low energy environmentally friendly LED.8th October:American scientist Eric Betzig and William Moerner and German scientist Stefan Hell have win theNobel Prize in chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.9th October:French writer Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature.10th October:India's Child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai Win Nobel Peace Prizejointly for 2014.Kailash Satyarthi associated with "Bachpan Bachao Andolan" movement that saves more than 80,000children from exploitation.Malala Yousafzai becomes the youngest Nobel Laureates at the age of 17 years.Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.12th October:Cyclone Hudhud hit the coastal area of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.Indian Super League football starts from today. A total of 8 teams take part in the competition.13th October:Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred property developer DLF Ltd and some of itsexecutives from accessing capital markets for three years.Congress Party dropped MP Shashi Tharoor as its party spokesperson.French economist Jean Tirole won the 2014 economics Nobel Prize for his analysis of market powerand regulation.14th October:Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 1,000-crore package for cyclone hit Andhra Pradesh forrecues operation.15th October:64 percent voter turnout in Maharastra and 73 percent in Haryana state assembly election.16th October:India successfully launched Third navigation satellite IRNSS 1C on board ISRO's PSLV C26 rocket.Arvind Subramanian is appointed as India's new Chief Economic Adviser.

17th October:India successfully test the indigenously developed nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay'from a test range at Chandipur.Supreme Court granted a two-month bail to J Jayalalithaa on medical grounds and also suspended theKarnataka High Court sentence against the former Tamil Nadu chief minister in an illegal assets case.Virat Kohli become the fastest to reach 20 ODI hundreds in 64 innings. He broke the record of SachinTendulkar who took 197 innings to get to the landmark.18th October:The Union Government has deregulated the diesel prices, which means the prices of diesel will moveas per market flow not by the Government.The West Indies Cricket team have pulled out of the India series after the fourth ODI in Dharamsaladue to conflict with West Indies Cricket Board over pay dispute.19th October:In the state assembly election in Maharashtra and Haryana, BJP lead in both the state with 123 seatsand 47 seats.20th October:Union Cabinet has approved ordinance on acquisition of deallocated coal mines.The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Nigeria as Ebola free after a 42 day period with nonew cases elapsed.123-year-old club Mohammedan Sporting of Kolkata decided to shut down due to financial problem.21st October:Manohar Lal Khattar elected as the next Haryana Chief Minister.South African track star Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend ReevaSteenkamp.22nd October:AIBA barred Indian boxer Sarita Devi, her coaches Gurbaksh Sandhu, Sagar Dhayal and Blax IglesiasFernandes and India's chef de mission Adile Sumariwala from its events as Sarita Devi had refused toaccept her bronze medal during Asian Games.23rd October:India celebrates Diwali festival.Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit world's highest battlefield Siachen on the eve of Diwali festival.Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 745 crore relief package for flood-hit Kashmir.24th October:Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) inaugurated in China in the presence of delegates from 21countries.25th October:The Election Commission announced five phases state assembly election for Jammu and Kashmir andJharkhand, which will be start from November 25 till December 20.The Defence Acquisition Council of India on cleared defence deals worth Rs. 80,000 crore out of which53,000 crore spend on building 6 submarines in India.26th October:Manohar Lal Khattar takes oath as the 10th Chief Minister of Haryana.9 people killed and 17 others injured in a bus accident travelling from Lakhimpur to Guwahati atNagaon in Assam.27th October:Union Government named eight people in the Supreme Court in connection with black money inforeign accounts.The Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassins NaliniSriharan, for her early release after having served more than 14 years in jail.Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected as the President of Brazil.28th October: The Supreme Court ask the union government to submit all names of Foreign Bank account holders by tomorrow the names of all Indians with foreign bank accounts.Devendra Fadnavis of BJP elected as the new Chief Minister of Maharastra.Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung reaches India on a two day visit.29th October:A list of 627 Indians with bank accounts at HSBC in Switzerland has been submitted to the Supreme Court by Union Government30th October:Upholding the state government's decision, the Kerala High Court ordered the closure of all the bars in two and three-star hotels in the state.India's Pankaj Advani clinched the World Billiards Championship title to bag a record 12th worldcrown and also complete 'Grand Double' post his third win in both the long and short formats in thesame year.31st October:Devendra Fadnavis of BJP take oath as the Chief Minister of Maharastra.Warren M Anderson, former Union Carbide chief that linked with the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy died in a hospital in Florida, USA at the age of 92.The Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and death Anniversary of Indira Current Affairs for Month of November 20141st November: Bangalore city is now officially known as Bengaluru and Mysore as Mysuru along with 10 other cities which are reverted to their old Kannada names.From today, the free transaction in ATMs to withdraw money or for other purposes like balance enquiry limited to 5 times.2nd November: Pakistan captain MisbahulHaq equaled the record for the fastest Test century by reaching the milestone in 56 balls against Australia in Abu Dhabi.Central Zone defeat South Zone by nine runs to wins the Duleep Trophy crown at the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground, Delhi.3rd November: The resurrected World Trade Centre reopen for business after thirteen years of the 9/11 terrorist attack.Bollywood actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar died in Mumbai.Justice Mukul Mudgal has submitted its final report of spotfixing in the Indian Premier League's season 6 to the apex court.5th November: Sachin Tendulkar released his autobiography "Playing It My Way" in Mumbai.India cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named as skipper of ICC ODI team for fifth year in a row.Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conferred with the Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers award, one of the Japan'stop national awards.7th November: Goa Health Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has been sworn in as the Chief Minister after Manohar Parrikar resigned.6th November: Lenovo Company has completed the acquisition of the Motorola Mobile brand.9th November: Four cabinet ministers, three ministers of state with independent charge and 14 ministers of state added to the Union Government.Indian batsman Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer to reach 6000 ODI run on his 144th match and 136th innings during the game against SriLanka in Hyderabad.10th November: In the expansion of Union Cabinet, newly included Manohar Parrikar takes the charge Defence, Suresh Prabhu gets Railways Ministry, JP Nadda getsHealth and Ch Birender Singh takes the charge of Rural Development.Shiv Sena decided to sit in opposition in Maharashtra Assembly.11th November:Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for 10 day visit to Myanmar, Australia and Fiji.12th November:Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the ASEAN and the East Asian summits in Myanmar along with other world leaders.For the first time in history, The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully landed a probe known as Philae on the surface of a comet.Five congress MLA from Maharashtra have been suspended for allegedly manhandling and injuring Governor C Vidyasagar Rao outside the assemblyduring the confidence motion.BJP government in Maharastra won the confidence motion through a voice vote.Bollywood filmmaker Ravi Chopra died at the age of 68 due to severe lung ailment.13th November:Rohit Sharma scores 264 runs which is highest runs by any individual in International ODI cricket. He scores the run in the match against Sri Lanka inEden Garden, Kolkata. He also becoming the first man scores two double centuries in ODIs. Rohit Sharma strike 33 fours during the innings which ishighest number of fours in an innings by any batsman in ODI.Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar elected as the member of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.Five Army men, including two officers were sentenced to life term for killing three peoples in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir in 2010.14th November:Childrens Day observed across India on the occasion of 125th Birthday of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. World Diabetes Day is observed to create awareness on diabetes.Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Australia to attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane.Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson wins the ICC cricketer of the year award.16th November:The G20 annual summit completed in Brisbane in Australia.India's Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth win the China Open Women and Men Singles Title respectively.India wins the 5 match cricket series against Sri Lanka by 50.18th November: Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes the first Indian PM to address Australian Parliament.The Justice Nanavati Commission submit its final report on the 2002 Gujarat riots to the state Chief Minister Anandiben Patel.The Indian Hockey coach Terry Walsh resigns from its post.19th November: Haryana Police arrested controversial guru Rampal from his ashram in Hisar.Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive Fiji in a one day visit.

20th November: The Supreme Court asks CBI Director Ranjit Sinha to step out of 2G Investigation.21st November: US president Barack Obama will be the chief guest on 2015 Republic Day celebration after he had accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sinvitation.25th November: People votes in the first phase of the polling in Jammu and Kashmir and in Jharkhand state assembly election.Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Nepal to attend SAARC summit.Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Murli Deora died in Mumbai.27th November: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Nepal conclude with an agreement on energy cooperation.Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes died in hospital after he was in coma for three days following a head injury sustained while playing in aSheffield Shield game in Sydney.Nine Army soldiers found guilty of killing two teenagers in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam on November 3.India launches eVisa facility for the tourist of 43 Nations.29th November: The first passenger train to Meghalaya from Assam was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Guwahati.30th November: India's PV Sindhu wins the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title.Baichung Bhutia becomes the first Indian footballer to be inducted into Asian Football Confederation's Hall of Fame list.