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  • HOME >> Current Affairs Weekly || Published 6 hours ago || 8 Comments so far.

    [PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees,

    Stamps-2014, Defense, Telengana & more

    1. Prologue to six part Article

    series

    2. Constitutional / Statutory /

    Official bodies

    1. Judiciary related

    2. National commissions for

    3. New Chief Ministers and

    UT Administrators

    4. Governors

    5. Secretaries

    6. Indian Ambassadors

    Abroad

    3. Telengana the 29th State

    4. Government Committees / commissions

    1. 14th Finance commission

    2. 7th Pay commission

    5. Stamps 2014

    1. Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism

    2. Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal

    3. Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani

    4. Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography (UNESCO)

    6. Defense / Security: Persons in News

    1. Boats, missiles and Helicopters

    2. Training exercises 2014

    7. Space related

    8. India: Places in News 2014

    Prologue to six part Article series

    Total six parts covering December 2013 to 8th June 2014- nearly six months that is the usual

    time span for current affairs most competitive exams below UPSC Civil service exam.

    1. National

  • 2. international

    3. sports

    4. banking and business GK

    5. books, authors, movies, beauties

    6. diaspora, civilian awards (national + international) and Dead in News

    Useful for?

    IFoS mains

    security jobs: CDS, CAPF, ACIO

    Banking jobs: IBPS, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Grade B Officer, RBI Assistant,

    Staff selection: SSC CGL, SSC 10+2;

    State PSC: UPPSC Lower & upper subordinate, Rajasthan, MP, Maharashtra, Punjab,

    Gujarat, Karnataka etc.

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

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

    What about UPSC/CSAT / preliminary exam?

    1. This article series is pretty much useless for Civil service (IAS/IPS), they stopped this

    variety of MCQs since last three prelims.

    2. Besides even if UPSC examiner asks something, itd require far deeper coverage of static

    background, which Ive ignored for PIN-2014, because here my focus is non-UPSC

    exams, their examiners dont go that deep.

    3. PIN data asked in IFoS (Forest service) Mains exam, hence important.

    4. For IFoS prelims not much important, because both civil service and forest service got

    common prelims (refer to point #2)

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

    Constitutional / Statutory / Official bodies

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

    on following topics first:

    1. Theory from M.Laxmikanth or Lucent GK- What is speaker pro-tem, how many

    Rajysabha seats, How many Loksabha seats, how many nominated members etc. etc.

    2. VVPAT, voters ink, security deposits, procedure to get national party status etc. given

    under Mrunal.org/Current

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

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

  • 1. Women in cabinet

    1. first lady foreign minister: Indira Gnadhi (NOT Shushma Swaraj)

    2. First lady cabinet minister was Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Health) in Nehru government.

    2. Kiren Rijiju: Arunanchal Pradesh MP to become minister. He is Minister of State for Home

    Affairs

    3. Shyam Saran Negi: Indias first voter. Kalpa, Kinnaur Lok Sabha constituency, in

    Himachal Pradesh

    Opposition

    leader

    Rajya Sabha: Congi Gulam Nabi Azad

    Lok Sabha: Nobody because no party got

    10% seats under Modi wave.

    Congresss leader in Lok Sabha =

    Mallikarjun Kharge.

    SpeakerSumitra Mahajan

  • UPSC

    Chairman DP Agrawal (will retire in

    August 2014, after that acche Din will

    start, unless another uncle-ji professor

    takes over.)

    New Member Mrs. P. Kilemsungla got

    Padma shri award in 2014.First person

    from Nagaland to be appointed as UPSC

    member.

    Prof. Hemchandra Gupta (Ex professor of

    IIT Delhi).

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

    Judiciary related

    Chief

    Justice of

    India

    R.M Lodha: 41st CJI of India. He replaced

    P.Sathashivam. Year 2014 is very special for

    SC of india. In this year Supreme court will

    witness 3 CJI. P. Sathasivam R.M Lodha

    H.L Dattu.

    Attorney

    General

    (Pending) Mukul Rohtagi. Right now Goolam

    Vahanvati.

    Solicitor

    GeneralRanjit Kumar replaced Mohan Parasaran

    Gujarat

    lokayuktaJustice D.P Buch

    Delhi HCGorla Rohini (1st women chief justice of delhi

    High Court.)

    Chief

    justice /

    Lokayukta

    of your

    state

    dig that on your own.

    National commissions for

  • Children Kushal Singh

    Human

    rightsKG Balakrishnan

    Minorities Naseem Ahmed

    Backward

    class

    Justice V. Eswaraiah has recommended

    inclusion of Transgender in OBC List, after

    Supreme court order.

    SC P.L. Punia

    ST Rameshwar Uraon

    Women Mamta Sharma

    New Chief Ministers and UT Administrators

    Arunanchal

    CMNabam Tuki

    Assam

    Cabinet approved Vidhan Parishad

    (legislative council) for this state, under

    Art.169. Nov 2013

    Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi replaced Nitish Kumar.

    December

    assembly

    elections

    1. Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj

    2. Rajashthan: Vasundhara

    3. Mizoram: Lalthan Hawla (Congi),

    4. Delhi: Kejriwal gone with the wind.

    Delhi Lt.

    GovernorNajib Jung

    Gujarat CMAnandi Ben Patel (BJP), first woman CM of

    Gujarat.

    Lt.Gov

    Andaman-

    nico

    AK Singh

    Nagaland

    CMTR Zeliang

  • Sikkim CM Pawan Chamling for 5th time.

    Uttrakhand

    CMHarish Ravat replaced Vijay bahuguna

    Governors

    Im not putting Governor List because Modi will soon remove all the previous congi govrnors to

    fullfil his dream of Congressmukta bharat.

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

    UIDAI vs NPR

    UIDAI (Nilekani) under planning commission vs National population registration (under

    Home ministry). Both projects to be merged soon.

    Nilekani had resigned from UIDAI to contest Lok Sabha election from Bangalore on Congi

    ticket

    Secretaries / special officers

    Cabinet

    Secretary

    Ajit Seth

    boss of Central Secretariat

    Principle

    Secretary

    Nripendra Misra, former TRAI chief. As such

    he cannot join government job after working

    as TRAI chief but Modi made ordinance to

    exempt this.

    boss of PMO

    FinanceArvind Mayaram, important for he headed

    various Committees.

    NSA

    National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS

    replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS. Brajesh

    Mishra was the first NSA in Vajpayee

    Government.

    Im not including Secretaries of defense, commerce etc. because havent seen such MCQs in

    recent years. Besides Modi is making secret list of kaamchor Secretaries, so some of them

  • may be transferred soon anyways.

    Indian Ambassadors Abroad

    To Pakistan T.C.A Raghvan

    To China Ashok K. Kantha

    To USAS. Jaishankar. played key role in

    Indo-US nuclear deal

    UN permanent

    representative from

    India

    Ashok kumar Mukherjee

    Telengana the 29th State

    Seemandhra Telengana

    CM & party

    C. Chandrababu

    NaiduTelugu Desham

    Party (TDP)

    K.

    Chandrshekhar

    raoTelangana

    Rastra Samiti

    Governor ESL Narsinhman Same

    HC Chief

    JusticeKalyan Jyoti Sengupta Same

    seat/bench of

    HC

    Common HC

    HyderabadSame

    Secretariat @ Hyderabad Same

    Capital greater Hyderabad Same

    Lok Sabha

    seats25 17

    Rajya Sabha

    seats11 7

    Vidhan sabha

    seats175 119

  • population 5 cr 3.5 cr

    no. of districts 13Originally 10 + 14

    new => 24

    area 1.6 lakh sqkm 1.14 sq km

    Major portDuggirajupatnam,

    VishakhapatnamNA

    Oil/gas

    royalties

    According to

    production in their

    territory

    same

    NTPC new power plant

    Electricity from

    Central Power

    stations

    In the ratio of

    consumption in last

    five years

    Same

    River water

    Union government will

    form a central body to

    decide water

    allocation.

    Same

    important

    rivers /dams

    Godavari, Penneru Ri,

    Gundla Kamma

    Palleru ri.Muneru

    ri. ,Hallia ri, Dindi

    ri, all tributaries

    of Krishna

    wildlife

    1. Lake Pulicat,

    2. lake Kolleru

    3. Neelapattu bird

    sanctuary

    1. Pocharam

    2. Kawal

    3. Pakhal

    4. Eturnagaram

    Wild Life

    Sanctuaries

    tourism

    Horsely hill station,

    Borru caves, Araku

    valley (natural heritage

    site), Vishakhapatnam

    Chitrakoot falls

    Tirupati temple here

    important Vishakhapatnam,

    Rajamundry,

    Warangal,

    Adilabad,

  • cities/towns Vijayvada, Nizamabad

    historic

    places/temples

    Tirupati balaji,

    Lepakshi temples,

    Amaravati

    Warangal,

    Palampet,

    elite edu

    separate

    IIT/IIM/AIIMs under

    12th and 13th FYP

    shares border

    with these

    states

    TN, KN, Odisha

    KN. MH,

    Chhatisgarh,

    Odisha

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

    Telengana formed in 2014, under Andhra Pradesh reorganisation act,2014

    Nagarjun-shrisailam Tiger reserve:

    Largest tiger reserve of India

    its area is in both Telengana (Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda) + Seemandhra (Telangana ,

    Kurnool, Guntur and Prakasam)

    Government Committees / commissions

    RBI appointed Committees not given here because Ive covered them under Banking/Biz GK

    part.click me

    14th Finance commission

    Formed under Article 280 of the Constitution

    13th FC: Chairman Kelkar

    14th FC setup in in Jan 2013.

    Boss = Ex RBI governor Governor YV Reddy

    His recommendations will be effective from 1/5/2015, for a period of five years

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

    1. Pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner

    2. issues like disinvestment, GST and subsidies.

  • 7th Pay commission

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

    7th Pay commission-head-Rtd SC judge Ashok kumar Mathur

    Member= Vivek Rae full time (IAS) + Rathin Roy part time (economist) + Meena Agarwal

    (Secretary, IRAS)

    Target audience= 50 lakh Central government employees, including the Railways and

    Defense. +30 lakh pensioners.

    Deadline= submit report in two years.

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

    other Committees

    20th law

    commission

    new chairman Justice Ajit prakash

    shah.(D.K jain resigned and became

    the president of National Consumer

    disputes redressal commission)

    A.R. RatherGST panel new chief- Jammu &

    Kashmir Finance minister

    Abhay Bhang

    Setup by Ministry of Health & family

    welfare.Why govt setup- IMR & MMR

    are high among STs.Purpose- to

    develop a national framework to

    address healthcare challenges of STs

    (who are living in tribal district and

    tribal development blocks).

    AFSPA Santosh Hegde Committee.

    D. Swarup Investor awareness and protection

    D.S. Kolamkarrisk management of commodity futures

    market

    DP Tripathihigh power committee for running and

    safety of trains.

    FSLRCFiscal sector legislative reformsBN

    Shri Krishna

    Justice DK Jainpresident of National Consumer

    disputes redressal commission)

  • Justice

    M.Ramachandra

    Panel

    By Kerala government to update

    Keralas desi liquor policy.

    Recommended liquor with low alcohol

    content.

    Justice mukul

    Mudgal

    IPL match fixing On the basis of this

    report SC took action and Srinivasan

    was forced to resign+ Walmart

    Lobbying, by Corporate Min.

    Justice Ranjana

    Desai

    head of gender sensitisation and

    internal complaints committee

    (GSICC)of Supreme court.Purpose

    to deal with Asharam type person

    working in Supreme court.

    Justice Shiv Rajan Solar scam in Kerala

    Justice Vishnu

    Sahay

    Muzzafarnagar (UP)Riot (Imp for

    UPPCS exam)

    K

    Sivaramakrishnana

    to recommend new location of capital

    for successor state in Andhra

    Pradesh. Until then Hyderabad will

    remain the joint capital of both for ten

    years. (By Home ministry)

    Kelkar panel

    Increase domestic oil and gas

    production and decrease in imports by

    20-30

    Kiran Aggarwal

    under DoPT. To reform in IAS training.

    Recommended that IAS officers

    training should be shortened.

    M.P. Bezbaruah

    For betterment of North Eastern

    people living in various parts of

    India.

    Other members-one member from

    Tripura + 1 from Mizoram + 1 from

    Sikkim + a lady member

    Reason- After the death of NE

    student in Delhi (racial

    discriminated)

  • By Home ministry

    M.S. SahooForeign currency convertible bonds

    through depository receipt mechanism

    MB ShahRetired SC Judge. SIT on

    Blackmoney.

    Mehmood Ul

    Rehman

    To study the reasons for backward

    Muslims. He is Former vice chancellor

    of Aligarh Muslim University. (Imp for

    UPPCS exam)

    OOMMEN V panel

    To study the report of kasturi rangan

    committee on western Ghats. Kasturi

    was formed to study Madhav Gadgils

    report.this might become an endless

    cycle.

    Sam Pitroda2013. to lookinto the role of public

    broadcaster Prasar Bharati

    Sandhya

    Kulsrestha

    By Dept. of agriculture on framing a

    policy for monitoring Pesticides

    residue in vegetable and fruits

    Stamps in News 2014 (SIN?)

    in 2014, Indian Post has released following stamps so far

  • Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism

    Druk (Tibetan) = dragon, Drukpa (Tibetan) = lineage of dragon

    founded in 1206; Today 12th head is Jigme Wangchen

    Drukpa Buddhism devotees in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim, HP and North- East India and Nepal.

    Hemis Monastery, Ladhakh = their main centre, built in 17th Cent.

    The monastry also house library of Tibetan books and valuable collection of Thangkas

    (Tibetan style of paintings)

    Thangka (recorded message): buddhist monks used scrolled paintings on cotton or silk

    to preach buddhist Dhamma to nomadic people of Himalyas. These Thangkas are open

    for public display every 11th year during festival time.

    Stamp2: Chattampiswamikal

    1853: he was born in a village near Thiruvanthampuram, Kerala

    His real name was Ayappan. Also called Shri Vidyadhiraj swami Thiruvaddikal

    He was known for sharp intellect and academic excellence

  • He mastered Yoga, medicine, music, Vedas, Upnishads, Sanskrit, Malayalam and Tamil.

    His Books (total 15)

    Vedadhikara Niroopam, essence of Vedas, so that Vedas can be accessible to

    everyone

    Jeeva Karunya Niroopam for non-violence and vegetarianism

    contribution

    promotion of education and upliftment of the down trodden

    advocated formation of class-less society

    feminism

    Stamp3: Hasrat Mohani

    real name : syed Fazl ul Hasan

    Urdu poet and freedom fighter

    participated in Khilafat movement

    participated in Arhar movement of Mohd. Hakim Ajmal (they disliked Aligarh school,

    wanted muslims to participate actively in freedom struggle)

    Poerty collection Khulliyat e Hasrat Mohani,

    his famous ghazal chupke chupke raat din, ansu bahana yaad hai

    coined the slogan Inqlab Zindabad

    founded Urdu journal Urdu e Mualla

    1921 presided Muslim League

    become 1st Indian to demand complete independence (Azadi e-Kaamil)

    Elected to UP legislative Assembly from ML party

    Founder member of CPI believed in communist and revolutionary philosophy

    Member of constituent assembly of India but he didnt sign the constitution as he saw

    hypocracy towards minorities

    Stamp4: International Year of Crystallography

    (UNESCO)

    Indian and Chinese civilization were the earliest to know crystallization process in salt and

    sugar

    Crystallography used in revealing the structure of DNA, to understand and fabricate

    computer memories, Proteins synthesis and helping scientists to design powerful new

    drugs.

    Crystallography still remains relatively unknown to the general public.

    So United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 2014 as the International Year

    of Crystallography (IYCr2014)*

    because 2014 marks 100 years of X-ray crystallography.(Max Von Laue won nobel prize

  • in 1914).

    Other stamps released in 2014 so far

    Central

    Vigilance

    Commission(50

    years)

    1964: setup. 2003: statutory body.

    Panel: PM, HM, Opposition leader of

    LokSabha.

    three member: CVC= Pradeep

    Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg

    and Rajeev.

    FIFA 2014

    to be released in June 2014. important

    facts already covered under sports

    section.

    Food

    Corporation Of

    India

    completed 50 years. (founded in 64).

    HQ: Delhi. Boss: C. Viswanath.

    Falls under Ministry of Consumer

    Affairs & Public Distribution

    Indian Museum

    located in Kolkata (1814)

    by Asiatic society of Kolkata (And

    Asiatic Society was setup by Sir

    William Jones. Although he died way

    before this museum was setup.)

    Jagjit SinghGhazal singer not important because he

    died way back in 2011.

    musicians of

    indiayet to be released in June 2014

    national church

    council of india

    both protestant and orthodox churches.

    HQ Nagupur.

    Defense / Security: Persons in News

    Abhilash

    TommyNaval Expedition

    Airforce

    Air Chief marshal- Arup Raha (24th chief of

    Airforce). Worked in Operation Rahat

  • during Uttarakhand Tsunami.

    Army

    Dalbir Singh Suhag WILL replace Bikram

    Singh on July 31, 2014. Suhag is a Gorkha

    officer, served in Indian peacekeeping ops

    in Sri Lanka.

    Aruna

    Bahuguna

    First woman director of Sardar patel

    national police academy Hyderabad- the

    training centre for IPS officers. She was

    also the first woman to become special DG

    in CRPF.

    Barryl

    CastelinoKirti Chakra for Uttrakhand relief

    BSF Devendra Kumar Pathak

    CBI Ranjit Sinha

    CISF DG Arvind Ranjan

    DGP of UP,

    MP,

    Rajashtan,

    Gujarat etc

    Candidates appearing for those state PSC

    exam should prepare.

    DRDO New Chief Avinash Chander

    IB

    (Intelligence

    Bureau)

    Syed Ibrahim

    Indian Coast

    GuardDG Anurag G Thapliyal

    Maheshkumar Kirti Chakra for killing JK Terrorists

    Maxwell

    Neville

    Australian reporter, leaked 62s Handerson

    Brooks report for Sino-India war. Indian

    government secretly blocked his website

    (without official confirmation under IT act.)

    Mumbai police commissioner Rakesh Maria

    NATGRIDRaghu Raman CEO. Modi Government

    didnot renew his contract.

  • National

    Disaster

    Response

    Force

    Krishna Chaudhari

    NavyRK Dhowan After resignation of Admiral

    Devendra Joshi-for INS Sindhuratna.

    NIA Sharad kumar

    NSA

    National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS

    replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS.

    Brajesh Mishra was the first NSA in

    Vajpayee Government.

    NSG J. N. Chaudhary

    RAW Current chief: Alok Joshi.

    SSB DG Arun Chaudhary

    Boats, missiles and Helicopters

    The core compilation article is here: CLICK ME.

    Most of the missiles, fighter jets etc. remain one and same. They just keep testing Agni Prithvi

    missiles thing over and over again. Here are some new developments

    26th June Kargil Victory day

    Abhilash tommyNavy officer first Indian to

    circumnavigate the globe in 150 days.

    Akash Missile 25 kms surface to air

    Arrow 3 Israels missile shielf system

    C17

    Globermasterfrom US. Cargo ship for Airforce.

    Cheetal

    Helicopter

    light utility, multi-role helicopter is a

    variant of the Cheetah helicopter being

    manufactured by HAL, which is already

    operational in the high altitude regions.

    C402, C408: Interceptor boat for

  • Coast Guards

    coastguard.

    C154: interceptor boat for

    Maharashtra coast.

    H191: air cushion vehicle. For

    helping small boats in distress at

    sea

    Abhinav, Adesh: Coast guard fast

    petrol vessel

    Raj-Ratan : Inshore petrol vessel for

    coast guard.

    Dornier 228Maritime Surveillance aircraft. Indian

    donated them to Seychelles.

    GSAT7

    For Navy, by ISRO. codename rohini.

    Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from

    French Guiana (S.America)

    Haft-4Nuke capable Paki Missile. 900km

    range

    INS

    SindhurakshakSubmarine. Sunk because of accident.

    INS Trikhand By Russia. Stealth frigate for Indian navy

    INS Vikrant

    1961: we bought first aircraft carrier INS

    vikrant. 1997: it was decommissioned.

    Aug13: New INS Vikrant launched.

    Indias first Indigenous aircraft carrier.

    Will join active navy duty from 2018.

    INS Vikrantserved in India-Pak war of 71. Sold for

    scrap

    IzumoJapans biggest ever naval warship

    since WW2.

    Jamaran-2Irans destroyer ship with guided missile.

    Deployed in Caspian sea.

    K15Submarine launched missile. Range

    1500km

    Machhalipattnam, DRDO setting up new missile testing

  • Andhra range here.

    MIRVMultiple independently targetable

    vehicles by DRDO.

    NCTC Will function under IB.

    NirbhaySurface to Surface subsonic cruise

    missile. DRDO. 1000km range.

    NirbheekRevolver for women, By Indian

    Ordinance Factory.

    Norway

    Becomes the first NATO country to

    make military service compulsory for

    both men and women

    Operation three

    starCodename for Afzal gurus hanging.

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

    PAC-3

    Japans Anti-Missile Air Defense Units

    Deployed After North-Korea warned

    South-Koreans for a War in April-2013.

    Parafoil droneChina, Anti-smog. (it sucks the smog

    like a vaccum cleaner)

    PC7 MK IITraining aircraft by Swiz company for

    Indian airforce

    Pragati missile

    surface to surface upto 170 kms range.

    DRDO, based on Prahar missile. India

    will sell them to friendly nations.

    Qaher F313 Irans indigenous stealth fighter jet

    RAF

    Royal Airforce, UK. They started using

    3D printed parts in jets to cutdown

    Expenditure.

    Rodong Missile North Korea, 1300 kms

    Rudra helicopter

    First Indigenous Attack heli. With

    missiles. Theyre weaponized version of

    Dhruva helicopter by HAL Bangalore.

  • S-3002 Russia will sell these anti-aircraft

    missiles to Iran

    Unha-3N.Korea, Long range rocket with

    3000km range.

    Training exercises 2014

    Maitree

    Indias bilateral military exercise with Thailand.

    But after coup in May 2014, government ordered

    Indian troops to return.

    Milan

    2014

    Naval exercise, Port blair total 16 navys in the

    Indian Ocean

    SEHYOG

    KAIJIN

    2014

    India Japan coast guard joint exercise (@kochi

    coast)

    Tropex Bay of Bengal. Navy. GSAT 7- Rukmani

    Space related

    Mangalyaan / Mars Orbitor here click me

    Previous core compilation click me- most of the basics about launch vehicle and

    satellites remain same.

    Beyond that lot of development in Hindu but most of that is not much important for non-

    UPSC exam.

    GaiaEuropean space agency satellite. Will map 1

    billion stars. launch Dec.2013

    GSAT7

    For Navy, by ISRO. Codename rohini. Sent to

    space via Ariane 5 rocket, from French Guiana

    (S.America)

    GSLV D5Cryogenic engine. India only sixth country in the

    world to have this technology.

    IRNSSIndian regional navigation satellite. PSLV-C24

    launch vehicle used. From Sriharikota.

    Russian cargo ship to send supplies to

  • M23M International space station

    Pajohesh Iranian rocket that carried a monkey into space

    SARSpecific absorption rate (mobile phone) for India

    it is 1.6 watt per kg.

    SES8

    this satellite will provide TV signs to Asia &

    Pacific. US private company Space X launched

    this via Falcon 9 rocket.

    Yutu/Jade

    Rabit

    This was Chinese land rover for Moon. Mission:

    Change-E-3.

    Nuke Energy

    Indias

    largest

    Nuke plant

    at Gorakhpur village, Fatehabad district,

    Haryana. previous PM Mohan had laid

    foundation. Capacity 2800MW

    Kudankulam

    Tamilnadu. Unit 1 achieved max capacity

    (1000MW). Russia signed pact for #3 and #4

    as well.

    India: Places in News 2014

    Arunanchal

    Pradesh

    New wild banana species found-Musa

    Velutina.

    Naharalagun new railway line to

    connect Itanagar with rest of India

    AssamFirst state of India to ban all type of

    Tobbaccos.

    Badayun, UPgangrape and public hanging of two

    sisters.

    Bangalore

    airport

    Renamed after Hiriya Kempegowda. He

    was a ruler under the Vijayanagar empire

    Banglorefirst Tech de-addiction centre by

    NIMHANS.

  • BetulIn Gawilgarh hills, MP. ASI has found

    12000 year old paintings from here.

    Chandrawativillage in Rajasthan. Temple Architecture

    from 11th AD found.

    Chilka LagoonOdisha. UNs World tourism organization

    gave it lable destionation flyways

    Cyclone

    PhailinOdisha and Andhra

    Double decker

    flyover

    to connect Santacruz to Chembur in

    Mumbai.

    Goa 36th national games 2015

    Gorakhpur

    (UP)Longest railway platform of the world

    Gorakhpur

    (Haryana)Nuclear Plant established

    GorkhpurLimca record for worlds longest railway

    station. falls under North Eastern rail zone

    Hanumangarhaa major trade hub during Harappa period.

    Haryana

    Indian Pittasmall bird, spotted in Arvallis biodiversity

    pakr, Delhi after 60 years

    Jaisalmer Fort

    First inhabited world heritage monument

    under UNESCO. Other five forts that got

    world heritage statute: Amber, Chittorgarh,

    Gangron, Kumbhalgarh.

    Jaldapara

    National park

    West Bengal. home to Asiatic wild dog

    (Dhule), IUCN status: endangered. seen

    first time here. Same park is 2nd largest

    habitat of one horned rhinos, after

    Kanziranga

    Javadi Hills

    Vellore district TN. Neolithic bedrocks

    found. They were used for aryanaza axes

    and stone tools.

  • Jhajjar

    (Haryana)

    National cancer institute established

    Jind and

    Karnal

    included in National capital region (NCR).

    Theyll get more funds for infra

    development.

    Kalimantan

    forest

    In Borneo island, Indonesia. Worlds

    largest project for REDD+

    Kerala35th National games 2014 (preparation

    not finished)

    Kochi LNG terminal

    Kshripra river,

    Ujjain

    Gold coins of vikram aditya found

    belonging to first century Bc.

    Kunnur First dist of India where no one is landless.

    KutchIndias first marine eco sensitive zone by

    MoEF

    Larji dam

    Himachal, on Beas river. Released water

    without warning, the flash flood caused

    death of 20+ B.Tech students from

    Hyderabad. June 2014

    Maenam

    Wildlife

    Sanctury,

    Sikkim

    First wild life aryanaz to have a skywalk

    and 22km ropeway

    Malayalam

    language

    Union cabinet gives it classical status,

    along with Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.

    Meghalaya,

    Tripura,

    Manipur.

    Got their own high courts. Total HC

    (before) =21. After =24.

    Mukundra HillsThird Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. Other two

    are Sariska and Ranthambhore

    Nagzira 5th tiger reserve in Maharashtra

    Naharalagun

    Arunanchal railway station. only two state

    capitals in NE, have rail connectivity. first

  • Guwahati, second Itanagar (via

    Naharalagun).

    Narmada Dam

    / Kevadiya

    Colony

    Patels statue of unity will be built here- on

    Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada dam.

    Nazarbaugh

    Palace

    Vadodara. Built by Gaekward rulers,

    demolished because its structure had

    become too weak to withstand next

    monsoon.

    NCW building

    delhiNow named as NIRBHAYA BHAWAN

    Nyoma, Leh Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra

    Palacole,

    AndhraNepoleaon era gold coins found

    petrochemical

    regions

    Modi plans three new petrochemical

    regions in Karnataka, Maharastra and

    West Bengal each

    Praneshwara

    Temple,

    Shimoga

    district,

    Karnataka

    Ancient copper plates from Kalachurya

    dynasty.

    Sonipat

    (Haryana)

    First govt girls medical college of India

    (Bhagat phool singh mahila medical

    college)

    TripuraIndias first cyber forensic laboratory

    (2013)

    Udaipur1000 years old ruins of Parmar dynasty

    found

    Uttar PradeshBiggest exporter of buffalo meat, after

    Punjab and Maharashtra. (FICCI report)

    Uttarpura

    Ambassador factory of Hindustan motors

    in W.bengal. Stopped production in May

    2014.

  • Virar, MumbaiAmul opened Indias first robotic dairy

    plant here.

    Wayanand,

    Kerala

    Pre historic rock art found in Edakkal

    caves in Ambukuthy hills.

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