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. Telangana the 29^th State
4. Government Committees / commissions
   1. 14^th Finance commission
   2. 7^th 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 8^th June 2014- nearly six months that is the usual time span for current affairs most competitive exams below UPSC Civil service exam.

1. [PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees, Stamps-2014, Defense, Telengana & more
2. [PIN-2014] Part 2/6: International- Presidents, Prime ministers, Summits, bodies & Ukraine Crisis
3. [PIN-2014] Part 3/6: Sports, Mascots, Athletes, Awards, FIFA-2014, Sochi-2014, Grand Slams, Hockey, Kabbadi, Cricket & more
4. [PIN-2014] Part 4/6: Economic Regulators, Banking Sector CMDs, RBI monetary policy, RBI Committees, Business GK CEOs
5. [PIN-2014] Part 5/6: Books, Authors, Movies awards & Beauty Pageants
6. [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 “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, it’d require far deeper coverage of static background, which I’ve ignored for PIN-2014, because here my focus is non-UPSC exams, their examiners don’t 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 15^th 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 I’m only adding a few points, otherwise article will run five mile long only with election GK.

1. Women in cabinet
   1. 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.
   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: India’s 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. Congress’s leader in Lok Sabha = Mallikarjun Kharge.
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 panel: PM+ leader of opposition + Law minister Deepak Sandhu was the First lady CIC, and Sushma Singh was second lady.
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 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	Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Rajashthan: Vasundhara Mizoram: Lalthan Hawla (Congi), Delhi: Kejriwal gone with the wind.
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

I’m 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	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
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.

I’m not including Secretaries of defense, commerce etc. because haven’t 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 29^th State

	Seemandhra	Telangana
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 – 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	Lake Pulicat, lake Kolleru Neelapattu bird sanctuary	Pocharam Kawal Pakhal Eturnagaram  Wild Life Sanctuaries
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) +  Seemandhra (Telangana , Kurnool, Guntur and Prakasam)

Government Committees / commissions

RBI appointed Committees not given here because I’ve covered them under Banking/Biz GK part.click me

14^th Finance commission

Formed under Article 280 of the Constitution

• 13^th FC: Chairman Kelkar
• 14^th 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:

1. Pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner
2.  issues like disinvestment, GST and subsidies.

7^th Pay commission

• 6^th PC was formed in 2006. Chairman:  BN Sri Krishna
• 7^th 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. 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 – 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 officer’s 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. 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 Gadgil’s report….this might become an endless cycle.
Sam Pitroda	2013. 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 17^th 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 11^th 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 didn’t 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 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	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 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	C402, C408: Interceptor boat for 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 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 – 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 &  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

India’s 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
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. World’s 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	India’s 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	Patel’s 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 “NIRBHAYA BHAWAN”
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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