CURRENT EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS 2014 - 2015

NATIONAL

·         India signs a labor – cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia.

·         GSLV – D5- indigenous cryogenic engine – GSAT -14 communications satellite.

·         Elagandhi – AVS senator of Ind organ Lisa Maria sign, Rama Krishna mission received pravasi Bharatiya samman Award.

·         Vanity Bagh written by Anees Salim.

·         India and South Korea sign agreement on the protection of dassified information.

·         Chronicle of a corpse bearer by cymsmistry.

·         Namma wifi- Bangalore metro

·         B.K.S. Iyengar 4 CSIR chief R.A. mashelkar vecarved – padma vibhushan.

·          Tejas – India’s 1st indigenously developed light combat aircclas

·         101 – Indian Science congress – Jammers

·         Odia gets classical Language status.

·         Mohair – non scheduled air service – seaplane – Mumbai – juhu.

·         India – Saudi Arabia Signs MOU on Defense co-operation.

·         Five On INS Sindhuratna (submarine)

·          V Cabinet clears rescration for tats – OBC.

·         April 7 – May12 – Electron far 16^th L.S and A.P Orissa and Sikkim.

·         Sahitya academy award

ü  Urdu –Tarred akhtar

ü  Rajasthani – Ambika dutt

ü  Bengali – subodh sarkan

·         Bank of India Launches IMT (instant money transfer) allows cordless cash withdrawal at its 1mt-enabled.

ATMS

·         “Nirbheek”   - Light Weight revolver   Exp Feb Women – Launched by Indian Ordnance Factory.

·         Meghalaya gets connected to the Indian railway network.

·         PSLV – country’s 2^nd navigation satellite: IRNSS-IB

·         Amnachal Pradesh capital Itanagar country’s railway map.

1^st passenger train arriving at naharlagun.

·         Lyricist film maker gulzar – Data sahib phalke award.

·         R.K. dhowan – Navy chief.

·         RBI grants permission to minors above 10 to open & operate savings bank accounts independently.

·         RTE, act not applicable ED minority institution.

·         INS sindhurakshak sank.

·         Larji hydroelectric powerplantnear Mandy (H.P.)

·         Mars orbiter  Mission – put on precise path after ISRO

·         Hindi poet KEDARNATHSINGH – jnanpith award (2013)

·         PSLV-(-23 – puts 5 foreign satellite.

·         SRK – conferred – knight of the legion of honour – French civilian award.

·         SBI launches 6 digital branch (SBIINSTOUCH)

·         Bullet train –Mumbai – Ahmadabad

·         FDI cap in defense & insurance sectors liked to 49 percent.

·         Indian navy gets KOLKATA its first domestically built guided missile destroyer

·         INS kamorta – 1^st Indian warship built in country with almost 90% indigenous content.

·         Polavaram, project

·         Social activist – chipko movement founder chandi pressed Bhatt – Gandhi peace prize (2013).

·         MY GOV. NIC.IN – online platform – PM – good government.

·         Gen.palbivsinghsuhag – chief of the Army.

·         Tata- SI airlines Ltd announces – VISTARA or limitless in Sanskrit

·         Major Mukund varadarajan – ashokchakra – Highest pealed time gallantry award.

·         Largest in digamous worship – INS Kolkata

·         India, anstraitia signs civil nuclear co-operation agreement

·         Rajasthan – 1^st state to ratify the national judicial appointments commissionBill,2014.

·         Lalitha KUmaramanalam national commission far women – chairperson.

·         Justice hanclyala lakshminarayana swamy dutt – 42^nd CJI

·         Svgthakumari – mathrubhumi literary award,2014

·         Cyclone hudhund – A.P4odisha.

·         P.M launches 5 schemes – shram Sridhar portal – universal account number of all PF contributors.

·         India’s first indigenously dosigned and developed long – range subsonic cruise missile,- Nirbhay

·         Ins Vikrant – India’s 1^st aircraft carrier. Indiragandhi for peace, disarmament & development 2014 – ISRO.

·         ISRO chairman – kiran Kumar