- Prologue to six part Article series
- Constitutional / Statutory / Official bodies
- Telangana the 29th State
- Government Committees / commissions
- Stamps 2014
- Defense / Security: Persons in News
- Space related
- 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.
- [PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees, Stamps-2014, Defense, Telengana & more
- [PIN-2014] Part 2/6: International- Presidents, Prime ministers, Summits, bodies & Ukraine Crisis
- [PIN-2014] Part 3/6: Sports, Mascots, Athletes, Awards, FIFA-2014, Sochi-2014, Grand Slams, Hockey, Kabbadi, Cricket & more
- [PIN-2014] Part 4/6: Economic Regulators, Banking Sector CMDs, RBI monetary policy, RBI Committees, Business GK CEOs
- [PIN-2014] Part 5/6: Books, Authors, Movies awards & Beauty Pageants
- [PIN-2014] Part 6/6: Diaspora, Civilian awards & Dead in News, Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas, Padma 2014, Able Prize & more
Useful for?
- IFoS mains
- security jobs: CDS, CAPF, ACIO
- Banking jobs: IBPS, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Grade âBâ 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?
- This article series is pretty much useless for Civil service (IAS/IPS), they stopped this variety of MCQs since last three prelims.
- Besides even if UPSC examiner asks something, itâd require far deeper coverage of static background, which Iâve ignored for PIN-2014, because here my focus is non-UPSC exams, their examiners donât go that deep.
- PIN data asked in IFoS (Forest service) Mains exam, hence important.
- 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:
- 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.
- VVPAT, votersâ ink, security deposits, procedure to get national party status etc. given under Mrunal.org/Current
- List of ministries under Modi-sarkaar (click on follow link): English list || Hindi list
Here Iâm only adding a few points, otherwise article will run five mile long only with election GK.
- Women in cabinet
- first lady to hold portfolio of Foreign ministry / external affairs ministry: Indira Gandhi (While she was PM, she also held this porfolio during 67 and 84.) So in that context, Sushma is 2nd. But if you count woman who held “only foreign ministry” (without being PM), then Sushma first woman to hold this post.
- First lady cabinet minister was Rajkumari Amrit Kaur (Health) in Nehru government.
- Kiren Rijiju: Arunanchal Pradesh MP to become minister. He is Minister of State for Home Affairs
- Shyam Saran Negi: India’s first voter. Kalpa, Kinnaur Lok Sabha constituency, in Himachal Pradesh
Opposition leader |
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Speaker | Sumitra Mahajan <= Kamalnath Speaker Pro-tem (Congi) <= Meera Kumar (Congi). |
CAG | Shashikant Sharma replaced Vinod Rai. Vinod Rai became UN Audit panel Chief. |
Election commission | V. S. Sampath (chief), HS Brahma & Sayyed Nasim |
CVC | CVC is 3 members body. CVC= Pradeep Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg and Rajeev. for more details, refer to Stamps 2014 section. |
LokPal | Nobody right now but 1 chairperson + max 8 members (50% judicial members), 50% reservation to SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women. selection panel: PM, Speaker, Leader Opposition Lok Sabha, CJI + Eminent jurist (nominated by Prez, on recommendation of first four). |
CIC | Rajiv Mathur replaced Sushma Singh
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UPSC |
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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 â R.M Lodha – H.L Dattu. |
Attorney General | (Pending) Mukul Rohtagi. Right now Goolam Vahanvati. |
Solicitor General | Ranjit Kumar replaced Mohan Parasaran |
Gujarat lokayukta | Justice D.P Buch |
Delhi HC | Gorla 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 rights | KG 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 CM | Nabam 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 |
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Delhi Lt. Governor | Najib Jung |
Gujarat CM | Anandi Ben Patel (BJP), first woman CM of Gujarat. |
Lt.Gov Andaman-nico | AK Singh |
Nagaland CM | TR Zeliang |
Sikkim CM | Pawan Chamling for 5th time. |
Uttrakhand CM | Harish Ravat replaced Vijay bahuguna |
Governors
Iâm not putting Governor List because Modi will soon remove all the previous congi govrnors to fullfil his dream of Congress mukta bharat.
Anyways for the state PSC exams preapre whoever is in the office right now.
UIDAI vs NPR
- UIDAI (Nilekani) under planning commission vs National population registration (under 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 |
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Principle Secretary |
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Finance | Arvind 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. |
Iâm not including Secretaries of defense, commerce etc. because havenât 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 USA | S. Jaishankar. played key role in Indo-US nuclear deal |
UN permanent representative from India | Ashok kumar Mukherjee |
Telengana the 29th State
Seemandhra | Telangana | |
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CM & party | C. Chandrababu NaiduTelugu Desham Party (TDP) | K. Chandrshekhar raoTelangana Rastra Samiti |
Governor | ESL Narsinhman | Same |
HC Chief Justice | Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta | Same |
seat/bench of HC | Common HC â Hyderabad | Same |
Secretariat @ | Hyderabad | Same |
Capital | greater Hyderabad | Same |
Lok Sabha seats | 25 | 17 |
Rajya Sabha seats | 11 | 7 |
Vidhan sabha seats | 175 | 119 |
population | 5 cr | 3.5 cr |
no. of districts | 13 | Originally 10 + 14 new => 24 |
area | 1.6 lakh sqkm | 1.14 sq km |
Major port | Duggirajupatnam, Vishakhapatnam | NA |
Oil/gas royalties | According to production in their territory | same |
NTPC | — | new power plant |
Electricity 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 |
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tourism | Horsely hill station, Borru caves, Araku valley (natural heritage site), Vishakhapatnam | Chitrakoot falls |
Tirupati temple | here | — |
important cities/towns | Vishakhapatnam, Rajamundry, Vijayvada, | Warangal, Adilabad, 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) +Â Seemandhra (Telangana , Kurnool, Guntur and Prakasam)
Government Committees / commissions
RBI appointed Committees not given here because Iâve 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/April/2015, for a period of five years
Apart from the usual terms of reference, 14th FC also has to make recommendations about:
- Pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner
- Â issues like disinvestment, GST and subsidies.
7th Pay commission
- 6th PC was formed in 2006. Chairman: Â 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.]
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. Rather | GST 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. Kolamkar | risk management of commodity futures market |
DP Tripathi | high power committee for running and safety of trains. |
FSLRC | Fiscal sector legislative reformsBN Shri Krishna |
Justice DK Jain | president of National Consumer disputes redressal commission) |
Justice M.Ramachandra Panel | By Kerala government to update Kerala’s desi liquor policy. Recommended liquor with low alcohol content. |
Justice mukul Mudgal | IPL match fixing â 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 â 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 officer’s training should be shortened. |
M.P. Bezbaruah |
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M.S. Sahoo | Foreign currency convertible bonds through depository receipt mechanism |
MB Shah | Retired 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 Gadgilâs reportâŚ.this might become an endless cycle. |
Sam Pitroda | 2013. to lookinto the role of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati |
Sandhya Kulsrestha | By Dept. of agriculture âon 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 (ârecorded messageâ): 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 âShri Vidyadhiraj swami Thiruvaddikalâ
- He was known for sharp intellect and academic excellence
- He mastered Yoga, medicine, music, Vedas, Upnishads, Sanskrit, Malayalam and Tamil.
- His Books (total 15)
- âVedadhikara Niroopamâ, essence of Vedas, so that Vedas can be accessible to everyone
- “Jeeva Karunya Niroopamâ 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 âul 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 âKhulliyat âe â Hasrat Mohaniâ,
- his famous ghazal âchupke chupke raat din, ansu bahana yaad haiâ
- coined the slogan âInqlab Zindabadâ
- founded Urdu journal â âUrdu e Muallaâ
- 1921 presided Muslim League
- become 1st Indian to demand complete independence (Azadi âe-Kaamil)
- Elected to UP legislative Assembly from ML party
- Founder member of CPI â believed in communist and revolutionary philosophy
- Member of constituent assembly of India but he didnât 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).
Central Vigilance Commission (50 years) |
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FIFA 2014 | to be released in June 2014. important facts already covered under sports section. |
Food Corporation Of India |
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Indian Museum |
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Jagjit Singh | Ghazal singer not important because he died way back in 2011. |
musicians of india | yet to be released in June 2014 |
national church council of india | both protestant and orthodox churches. HQ Nagupur. |
Defense / Security: Persons in News
Abhilash Tommy | Naval 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 Castelino | Kirti Chakra for Uttrakhand relief |
BSF | Devendra Kumar Pathak |
CBI | Ranjit Sinha |
CISF | DGÂ 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 Guard | DG Anurag G Thapliyal |
Maheshkumar | Kirti Chakra for killing JK Terrorists |
Maxwell Neville | Australian reporter, leaked 62’s Handerson Brooks report for Sino-India war. Indian government secretly blocked his website (without official confirmation under IT act.) |
Mumbai | police commissioner Rakesh Maria |
NATGRID | Raghu Raman CEO. Modi Government didnot renew his contract. |
National Disaster Response Force | Krishna Chaudhari |
Navy | RK 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 tommy | Navy officer first Indian to circumnavigate the globe in 150 days. |
Akash Missile | 25 kms surface to air |
Arrow 3 | Israel’s missile shielf system |
C17 Globermaster | from 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. |
Coast Guards |
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Dornier 228 | Maritime 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-4 | Nuke capable Paki Missile. 900km range |
INS Sindhurakshak | Submarine. 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. Aug’13: New INS Vikrant launched. India’s first Indigenous aircraft carrier. Will join active navy duty from 2018. |
INS Vikrant | served in India-Pak war of 71. Sold for scrap |
Izumo | Japan’s biggest ever naval warship since WW2. |
Jamaran-2 | Iran’s destroyer ship with guided missile. Deployed in Caspian sea. |
K15 | Submarine launched missile. Range 1500km |
Machhalipattnam, Andhra | DRDO setting up new missile testing range here. |
MIRV | Multiple independently targetable vehicles by DRDO. |
NCTC | Will function under IB. |
Nirbhay | Surface to Surface subsonic cruise missile. DRDO. 1000km range. |
Nirbheek | Revolver for women, By Indian Ordinance Factory. |
Norway | Becomes the first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both men and women |
Operation three star | Codename for Afzal guru’s hanging. |
OSA AK-M | Surface to air missile for Indian airforce. |
PAC-3 | Japan’s Anti-Missile Air Defense Units Deployed After North-Korea warned South-Koreans for a War in April-2013. |
Parafoil drone | China, Anti-smog. (it sucks the smog like a vaccum cleaner) |
PC7 MK II | Training aircraft by Swiz company for Indian airforce |
Pragati missile | surface to surface upto 170 kms range. DRDO, based on Prahar missile. India will sell them to friendly nations. |
Qaher F313 | Iran’s 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. They’re weaponized version of Dhruva helicopter by HAL Bangalore. |
S-3002 | Russia will sell these anti-aircraft missiles to Iran |
Unha-3 | N.Korea, Long range rocket with 3000km range. |
Training exercises 2014
Maitree | India’s bilateral military exercise with Thailand. But after coup in May 2014, government ordered Indian troops to return. |
Milan 2014 | Naval exercise, Port blair total 16 navys in the Indian Ocean |
SEHYOG â 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.
Gaia | European 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 D5 | Cryogenic engine. India only sixth country in the world to have this technology. |
IRNSS | Indian regional navigation satellite. PSLV-C24 launch vehicle used. From Sriharikota. |
M23M | Russian cargo ship to send supplies to International space station |
Pajohesh | Iranian rocket that carried a monkey into space |
SAR | Specific absorption rate (mobile phone) for India it is 1.6 watt per kg. |
SES8 | this satellite will provide TV signs to Asia &Â 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
Indiaâs 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 |
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Assam | First state of India to ban all type of Tobbaccos. |
Badayun, UP | gangrape and public hanging of two sisters. |
Bangalore airport | Renamed after Hiriya Kempegowda. He was a ruler under the Vijayanagar empire |
Banglore | first Tech de-addiction centre by NIMHANS. |
Betul | In Gawilgarh hills, MP. ASI has found 12000 year old paintings from here. |
Chandrawati | village in Rajasthan. Temple Architecture from 11th AD found. |
Chilka Lagoon | Odisha. UN’s World tourism organization gave it lable “destionation flyways’ |
Cyclone Phailin | Odisha and Andhra |
Double decker flyover | to connect Santacruz to Chembur in Mumbai. |
Goa | 36th national games 2015 |
Gorakhpur (UP) | Longest railway platform of the world |
Gorakhpur (Haryana) | Nuclear Plant established |
Gorkhpur | Limca record for world’s longest railway station. falls under North Eastern rail zone |
Hanumangarha | a major trade hub during Harappa period. Haryana |
Indian Pitta | small bird, spotted in Arvallis biodiversity pakr, Delhi after 60 years |
Jaisalmer 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). They’ll get more funds for infra development. |
Kalimantan forest | In Borneo island, Indonesia. Worldâs largest project for REDD+ |
Kerala | 35th National games 2014 (preparation not finished) |
Kochi | LNG terminal |
Kshripra river, Ujjain | Gold coins of vikram aditya found belonging to first century Bc. |
Kunnur | First dist of India where no one is landless. |
Kutch | Indiaâs 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 Hills | Third 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 | Patelâs 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 delhi | Now named as âNIRBHAYA BHAWANâ |
Nyoma, Leh | Highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra |
Palacole, Andhra | Nepoleaon 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) |
Tripura | India’s first cyber forensic laboratory (2013) |
Udaipur | 1000 years old ruins of Parmar dynasty found |
Uttar Pradesh | Biggest exporter of buffalo meat, after Punjab and Maharashtra. (FICCI report) |
Uttarpura | Ambassador factory of Hindustan motors in W.bengal. Stopped production in May 2014. |
Virar, Mumbai | Amul opened India’s first robotic dairy plant here. |
Wayanand, Kerala | Pre historic rock art found in Edakkal caves in Ambukuthy hills. |
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Inputs from Mr. Chandradeo and Ms. Rajtanil
Ms lalitha kumaramangalam new chairperson NCW.
update. new NCW Chief – Lalitha Kumarmangalam source
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/lalitha-kumaramangalam-appointed-ncw-chairperson/article6419438.ece
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