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    Current affairs

    CONSTITUTIONAL/STATUTORY/OFFICIAL BODIES

    Narendra Modi 15thPM of India

    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

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    Children Kushal Singh

    Human rights Acting chairman Justice Cyriac Joseph

    Minorities Naseem Ahmed

    Backward classJustice V. Eswaraiah has recommended inclusion of Transgender

    in OBC List, after Supreme court order.

    SC P.L. Punia

    ST Rameshwar Uraon

    Women

    Lalitha kumaramangalam

    Cabinet Secretary

    Pradeep Kumar Sinha as the next cabinet secretary.

    . boss of Central Secretariat

    Principle Secretary

    Nripendra Misra, former TRAI chief.

    boss of PMO

    FinanceRatan Watalis current Finance Secretary who replacedRajiv

    Mehrishi.

    NSA

    National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced

    Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS. Brajesh Mishra was the first

    NSA in Vajpayee Government.

    To Pakistan T.C.A Raghvan

    Foreign secretary S. Jaishankar.

    UN permanent

    representative

    from India

    Ajith kumar from feb 19,2015

    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).

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    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 Keralas desi liquor policy.Recommended liquor with low alcohol content.

    Justice mukulMudgal

    IPL match fixingOn the basis of this report SC took action andSrinivasan was forced to resign+ Walmart Lobbying, byCorporate Min.

    Justice Ranjana

    Desai

    head of gender sensitisation and internal complaints committee

    (GSICC)of Supreme court.Purposeto deal with Asharam typeperson working in Supreme court.

    Justice Shiv Rajan Solar scam in Kerala

    Justice Vishnu

    SahayMuzzafarnagar (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 panelIncrease domestic oil and gas production and decrease in imports

    by 20-30

    Kiran Aggarwalunder 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 partsof 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

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    MB Shah Retired SC Judge. SIT on Blackmoney.

    OOMMEN V panel

    To study the report of kasturi rangan committee on western

    Ghats. Kasturi was formed to study Madhav Gadgilsreport.this might become an endless cycle.

    Sam Pitroda 2013. to lookinto the role of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati

    Sandhya

    Kulsrestha

    By Dept. of agricultureon framing a policy for monitoringPesticides residue in vegetable and fruits

    7thpay commission

    thPC was formed in 2006. Chairman: BN Sri Krishna

    7thPay 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.

    14thfinance commission

    Formed under Article 280 of the Constitution

    13th

    FC: Chairman Kelkar 14thFC 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 usuarl 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.

    Afghanistan President Asraf Ghani.

    Parliament called shoora.

    Australia

    The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP. Malcolm Turnbullwas

    sworn in as the 29th Prime Ministerof Australia on 15

    September 2015.

    Bangladesh

    President Abdul Hamid

    PM Sheikh Hasina (Awami league).

    Opposition Khalida Zia (nationalist party)

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    Parliament called Jatiya parliament.

    Bhutan

    King Jigme Wangchuck

    PM Tshering Tobgay

    parliament called Tasongadu

    China President XI Jinpig

    Cuba President Raul Castro (not Fidel Castro)

    Egypt

    President Abdel Fattah El sisi (Ex-Army general)

    PM Ibrahim mehliv

    Fiji

    President Epeli Nailaukitau (Fiji has largest Indian diaspora in

    Asia Pacific)

    Former president of Indian origin Mahindra Chaudhary (1999-

    2000)

    Ram Krishna Mission of Fiji has been awarded Pravasi

    Bharatiya Samman 2014

    FrancePresident Francis Hollande; PM Manuel Valls. Anne Hidalg-first

    female mayor of Paris

    Germany

    President Joachim Gauck

    Chancellor Angela Markel

    Lok Sabha: Bundestag

    IranPresident Hussan Rouhani, Accepts peaceful nuclear technology

    use

    Iraq PM Dr. Haider Al-Abadi,

    Israel

    President Reuven Rivlin (hardliner, he is against creation of

    Palestine.)

    PM Benjamin Netanyahu

    Ex israli PM Ehud Olmert jailed for corruption.

    parliament called Knesset

    Italy Youngest PM Matteorenzi

    Japan Emperor Akihito, PM Shinzo Abe. Parliament called DIET.

    JordanJoined non-permanent member of UNSC in Dec 2013. King

    Abdulla. Capital Amman

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    Kazakstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev; PM Karim Massimov

    Latvia

    Officially joined Eurozone. 18th Member of Euzozone. PM:

    Straujuma. Parliament: Saeima. Capital Riga.Donot confuse EU vs

    Eurozone. EU (european union) has 28 members as of now. Croatia

    became the 28th member of EU in july 2013.

    LebanonPM Tammam Salam. Capital Beirut. Country In news because

    Hezbulla from Lebanon participating in Syrian civil war.

    LibyaPM Abdulla al Thani- he quits after family attacked. Capital

    Tripoli.

    Lithuania President Dalia Grybushaite (Iron lady). Only person to win twice.

    Malaysia PM Najib Razak

    MaldivesPresident Abdulla Yameenafter defeating Moh. Nasheed in runoff vote. Parliament : Majilis

    Marshall

    Islands

    President: Christopher Loeak

    Parliament called Nitijela

    In news because they filled a case in ICJ against nuclear power

    MauritiusAmeenah Gurib-Fakim was just sworn in as the first female

    president of Mauritius

    Myanmar President Thein SeinOpposition leader Aung su kyi

    Nepal

    President Ram Baran YadavKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli,

    commonly known as K P Oil, is a Nepali politician who has been

    Prime Minister of Nepal since October 12, 2015. He is the first

    Prime Minister under the newly adopted Constitution of Nepal.

    Parliament : Rahstriya Panchayat

    Nigeria

    President Muhammadu Buhariwon the presidential election by

    more than 2.5 million votes. in news because an extremist groupBoko Haram kidnapped schoolgirls to get their prisoners released.

    Capital: Abuja

    North Korea

    Kim Jong- un got 100% votes. Held high level talks with south

    korea at Pan mun jom. Jang Song Thaek: he was Kims uncle,butKim got him killed for gaddari.

    Pakistan

    President Mamnoon Hussain and PM Nawaz Sharif both belong to

    PML-N party. Parliament called Majlis-e-shoora.Abul Basit: PakiAmbassador to India

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    PalestineUnity govt. under Moh. Abbas (Fatah) and Ismail Haniyeh

    (Hamas)

    Papua

    NewGuinea

    First Indian origin to be member of ParliamentSasindranMuthuvel

    Pravasi Bharatiya samman 2014

    Philippines

    Prez Beningo Aquino. New law to legalize birth control methods

    Until now birth control was prohibited due to opposition from

    Christians

    S.Africa

    Jacob Zuma wins Presidential election. (Party African national

    congress). Capital: Johannesburg.Indian originEla GandhiPravasi Bharatiya Samman 2014

    South Korea President female Park Park Geun-hye.

    South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit

    SyriaPresident Bashar al assadready for election under internationalpressure

    Thailand

    acting Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan after

    court removed Prime Minister Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra for

    power abuse

    Later General Prayuth stages a military coup and detained Ms.

    Yingluck and her family.

    Turkey

    President Abdulla Gul

    PM Recep Tayyip Erdogen. In news because arbitrarily bans

    twitter, facebook etc.

    Uganda

    Signed a law under husband can be jailed for 10 years for

    infecting wife with HIV (and vice versa) + mandatory HIV

    testing for pregnant women.

    Capital Kampala.

    PM/President not important.

    Ukraine

    President Petro Poroshenko, Chocolate businessman

    PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk

    parliament : RADA

    Capital: Kiev

    Uruguay

    Legalized marijuana trade. Capital Montevideo. PM/President not

    important.

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    VaticanPope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) became TIME person of the year for

    2013. He replaced Pope Benedict XVI.

    Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro (and NOT Hugo Chavez- He is dead)

    Vietnam President Truong Tan SangPM Nguyen Tan Dung

    Chief qguest

    2013- King of Bhutan, Jigme Wangchuck

    2014- Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe

    2015, obama

    Doing Business (world bank) 142. Singapore tops

    Gender Gap (WEF)ranking 114 out of 142 countries in World

    Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap index

    Global hunger index 63rd. Even Paki and Bangla better

    Global Slavery Index India first rank! China 2nd, Paki 3rd

    Human Capital index(WEF) 100 (2015)

    Human development index

    (UNDP)135

    Global competitive index 2014 71

    Transparency Internationalscorruption perception index

    India 85th. Even Pakistan better! Cleanest = NZ and Denmark. Most bogus:

    Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia

    17th NAMVenezuela 2015, held in every three year

    16thsummit iran , Tehran , 18th will be held in

    nepal

    ASEAN 2015 chair of ASEANMalesya ,2014,

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    Myanmar

    BIMSTEC Nay Pyi Tao, Myanmar

    March 2014, 3rd summit, 2015 summit, Nepal

    BRICS Fortaleza, Brazil- 2014; Ufa, Russia 2015, 2016

    india

    CHOGMCommonwealth heads of government 22nd

    meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Nov 2013)

    G-20

    9th G20 Meeting 2014 Brisbane, Australia

    G-20labours and employmentministerial meetAustralia

    10th G20 Meeting 2015 Turkey, Antalya

    11th G20 Meeting 2016 ,China

    G-7 summit

    G8 NOWG7 _Summit

    40thG-7 Summit 2014Brussels,Belgium

    40th G8 Summit 2014Russia (Sochi) 41st G8 Summit 2015Schloss Elmau

    (Germany)

    But after Ukraine issue, Russia withdrawn

    from membership G8 -> G7 + hosted in

    Brussels

    GENEVA 2

    On Syrian crisis. Geneva in Switzerland.

    Geneva Agreement is different- between USA

    and Iran on Iranian Nuclear program

    IBSA2013, DelhiMilitary cooperation- joint military

    exercise IBSAMAR

    2015, new delhi

    SAARCSAARC Summit

    18th SAARC Summit 2014Kathmandu,

    Nepal (in November 2014)

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    5th SAARC health minister meetnewdelhi

    19th SAARC summitislamabad ,pakistan

    UNFCC 2013: COP 19 in Warsaw Poland.2014: COP 20 in

    Lima, Peru,2015 paris

    WTO

    Ministerial conference After every 2 years

    10thministerial conference , Kenya , Nairobi

    9thministrerial conference held in bali

    Kazakhstan, a member of the Russia-led

    economic blocks became 162th member

    G20 Meeting

    9th G20 Meeting 2014 Brisbane, Australia

    G-20labours and employment ministerial meetAustralia

    10th G20 Meeting 2015 Turkey, Antalya

    11th G20 Meeting 2016 ,China

    APEC Summit

    26th APEC Summit 2014China 27th APEC Summit 2015Philippines 28th APEC Summit 2016Lima, Peru

    29th APEC Summit 2017Hano, Vietnam

    Nuclear Security Summit

    1st Nuclear Security Summit 2010 : USA

    2nd Nuclear Security Summit 2012: south korea ,seoul

    3rd Nuclear Security Summit 2014 : The Hague, Netherlands

    4th Nuclear Security Summit 2016 : United States

    Indian science congress

    edition_

    1002013kolkatta 1012014jammu & kashmir 1022015mumbai 1032016mysore

    G8 NOWG7 _Summit

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    40thG-7 Summit 2014Brussels, Belgium 40th G8 Summit 2014Russia (Sochi) 41st G8 Summit 2015Schloss Elmau (Germany)

    BRICS Summit 2014

    6th BRICS Summit 2014Fortaleza, Brazil 7th BRICS Summit 2015Ufa, Russia

    SAARC Summit

    18th SAARC Summit 2014Kathmandu, Nepal (in November 2014)

    5th SAARC health minister meetnew delhi 19th SAARC summitislamabad , pakistan

    Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

    12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014New Delhi 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2015Gujarat (Gandhinagar) chief guest

    doanald ramotar , Guyana president

    14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2016AGRA

    NATO Summit

    NATO Summit 2014 __Wales (Britain), UK

    NATO summit 2016Warshaw , poland

    ADB Annual

    ADB Annual Meeting 2014Astana, KazakhstanADB Annual Meeting 2015Baku, Azerbaijan

    EARTH hour

    Global earth hour 2015Seoul

    Global earth hour 2016- Australia

    2015 national earth hour city in india thane

    IN INDIA SUMMITS

    RE-Invest 2015New Delhi 29th Indian Economy Summit inDelhi PERTOTECH summit -2015New delhi 15th Sustainable Development SummitDelhi 3rd India 2015Africa Forum SummitNew Delhi World Diamond Conference 2015New Delhi 1st Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & ExpoNEW delhi 1st World ocean science congresskochi

    11th METRO POLIS CONGRESSHYDERABAD 7th Global Insurance Summit 2014Hyderabad

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    Global Investors meet o Global Investors Meet 2015Chennai 1st Counter-Terrorism Conference 2015 held in Jaipur

    7th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2016INDIA World Congress on Information Technology in 2018Hyderabad 18th National Conference on e-Governance held inGujarat

    New Jersey to host International Hindi Conference in April 2015 8th India-Republic of Korea Joint Commission meetingSouth Korea 77th Annual Convention of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies held in

    Lucknow

    International summits

    Arab Summit 2015Cairo SANSKRIT summit2015bangkok 23rd CHOGM 2015Portlouis,Mauritius world water summit 2015Athens , greece

    UN climate change conference 2015PARIS The Economist Insurance Summit 2015united kingdom EU-US 2015United States and the European UnionBrussels

    8TH IRENAinternational renewable energy agencyAbu dhabi

    6th International Nuclear Energy Forum Atomexpo 2014Moscow

    3rdUN World Conference on Disaster Risk ReductionSendai, Japan 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal JusticeDoha

    IMPORTANT EVENTS

    Larry PageBusiness Person of the Year

    The 72nd Golden Globe Awards honoring the best in film and television for 2014 were

    presented at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California

    72nd Golden Globe Awards honoring the best in film and television for 2014 at the

    Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills,California.

    Reserve Bank of Indias Governor Raghuram Rajan named Governor of the Year byCentral Banking Awards for 2015-announced by Central Banking Publications

    Cristiano Ronaldo won the prestigious Ballon dOr 2014 Award.

    Jammu and Kashmir won the National e-Governance Award for the best districtlevel

    initiative in India-given for the project launched in 2013 called ePanchayat.

    Hindi writer Kamal Kishore Goyanka has been selected for the prestigious Vyas

    Samman Award for 2014 for his book Premchand Kee Kahaniyo KaaKaalkramanusar-a chronological study of short stories of Premchand-by the K K BirlaFoundation.

    Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala awarded with National Tiger Conservation Authority

    (NTCA) award for encouraging local public participation in managing the reserve andAnamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamilnadu awarded for best communication strategy.

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    Ashok Srinivasan bagged The Hindu Literary Prize 2014 for his debut collection of 13

    short stories presented-by the former Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court

    Justice Leila Seth at the Lit for Life 2015,literary festival organised by the Hindu

    newspaper.

    Indian American writer Jhumpa Lahiri won the Asias Richest literary prize-$50,000,DSC award for south Asian fiction for her novel The Lowlan- announced atthe annual Jaipur literature festival.

    GOI renamed Planning commission as National Institution for Transforming India

    (NITI) Aayog-serve as a Think Tank of the gov.

    GOI launched an integrated women safety mobile app called Himmat-to cater employedwomen launched by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

    Ministry of Home Affairs,Cyberabad(IT hub of Hyderabad) Police launched a campaign

    called Operation Smile to rescue the missing children.

    Punjab become the first state to completely ban the sale of loose cigarettes (as single

    sticks) and other tobacco items.

    19th National Youth Festival celebrated in Guwahati(Assam) with the theme Youth for

    Clean,Green and Progressive India-152nd birth anniversary(January 12) of Swami

    Vivekananda.

    Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the first Compressed Natural

    Gas(CNG) based two trains(Rewari to Rohtak and Rewari to Bikaner station) from

    Haryanas Rewari station.

    Flamingo Festival began at Sullurupeta near the Pulicat lake bird sanctuary in Nellore

    district of Andhra Pradesh

    Jammu and Kashmir won the National e-Governance Award for the best districtlevel

    initiative in India for the project e-Panchayat.

    Global Talent Competitive Index by INSEAD Business school,India ranked 78th globally

    out of 93 countries,top 5 are Switzerland Singapore,Luxembourg, Denmark, and United

    States.

    Modis Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana(PMJDY) entered into Guinness book of WorldRecords for most bank accounts opened in one week.

    PM Narendra Modi Ji launched the ambitious Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao(BBBP)

    campaign aims to improve the child sex ratio,launched from Haryana.

    Jaipur Literature Festival(Asias biggest literary festival) began at the Diggi PalaceHotel of Jaipur. inaugurated by the Rajasthan CM Vasundra Raje.

    US President Barack Obama was the Chief Guest 66th Republic Day of India-1st time

    US President attended the Republic Day Function.Theme-Nari Shakthi which meansWomen Empowerment.

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    Arvind Panagariya,economist appointed as the first Vice Chairman of the newlycreated

    National Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog.

    GOI appointed Sindhushree Khullar as the first CEO of the National Institution for

    Transforming India(NITI) Aayog.

    Subrahmanyam Jaishankar take charge as 30th Foreign Secretary of India

    Ministry of Culture appointed renowned musician and theater director Shekhar Sen as

    the Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi.

    Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe appointed as the new Chairman of the AfricanUnion.

    Indian-origin J Y Pillay re-appointed as the top advisor to Singapores President TonyTan Keng Yam.

    Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic won the Presidential election of Croatia-became the first

    woman to hold this post in the country

    Andy Murray won first title of 2015 after Novak Djokovic withdrew from the Mubadala

    World Tennis Championship final in Abu Dhabi.

    Switzerlands Stanislas Wawrinka won Chennai Open title of tennis by defeating theSlovenian qualifier Aljaz Bedene.

    Bhakti Sharma set a world record in swimming by crossing 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in

    one degree temperature at Antarctic Ocean.

    Serena Williams won VI Australian Open Singles Womens Title domination of MariaSharapova.

    Marathi Novelist Bhalchandra Nemade selected for 2014 Jnanpith Award, the highest

    literary honour in India- Novel Kosala.

    Capital city of West Bengal,Kolkata becomes Indias 1st Wi-Fi enabled metro city-inaugurated by CM Mamata Banerjee in the Citys Park Street Area.

    India ranked 136th out of 180 nations in the recently released World Press FreedomIndex(WPFI) released by Reporters Without Borders(RWB).(1.Finland,2.Norway,

    3.Denmark,4.Netherlands,5.Sweden,6.New Zealand,7.Austria,8.Canada,9.Jamaica,10.

    Estonia).

    PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 10th Aero India show at Yelahanka Air Force Station,

    Bengaluru-Asias largest air show.

    Indias 1st National Tribal Festival VANAJ in New Delhi inaugurated by Jual Oram(Union Minister of Tribal Affairs)-900 folk and tribal artists.

    PM Narendra Modi lauunhed a Soil Health Card scheme in Suratgarh,Rajasthan-check deteriorating soil quality and spruce up farm productivity.

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    3 rd edition of Aqua Aquaria India 2015 largest aquaculture-cum-aquariculture showin Asia,held in Vijayawada AP-organised by Leena Nair,Chairperson of the Marine

    Products Export Development Authority(MPEDA).

    Gov of India launched a new portal(website) known as Madad provide MEA

    headquarters in Delhi by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj-platform for Indiancitizens living abroad to file consular grievances online.

    Narendra Modi gov launched an initiative to hold live chats with people on social

    media-named 'talkathon'

    Indian Navy concluded its month-long annual Theatre Level Readiness and Operational

    Exercise(TROPEX) in the Arabian Sea and Northern Indian Ocean- 50 ships,70

    aircrafts.

    Singapore to host 14th International Conference on Tamil language computing and

    Tamil Internet

    India Ranked Second last in Global Intellectual Property Index,2015-India occupies 29th

    position out 0f 30(Thailand-30).

    Britain-1st country in the world to allow a three-parent In Vitro Fertilization(IVF)technique.

    Kolinda Grabar -Kitarovic was sworn in as 1st woman president of Croatia

    Exercise Surya Kiran-Joint India-Nepal Military Exercise Commences at Integrated

    Army Training Centre,Saljhandi in Nepal,Indian soldiers were welcomed by MajorGeneral Padam Villas Karki of Nepalese army

    35th National Games:SSC(1st ),Kerala(2nd),Haryana(3rd ). Host State:Kerala.

    Siberias Novak Djokovic reclaimed the Australian Open winner over the Scottish AndyMurray.

    Kerala Tourism Department won silver prize of Golden Gate award

    Former congress Minister, Veerappa Moily was chosen for the prestigious Saraswati

    Samman 2014 for his literary work Ramayana Mahanveshanam(5 volumes)-released in2007.

    indias water man Rajendra Singh- confered with Stockholm Water Prize-enormous

    efforts for instilling life in the villages of Rajasthan through water

    Indian-American writer Akhil Sharma has been named winner of 2nd Folio prize for

    fiction for a novel-13 years to completed this book.

    Bangladesh won the prestigious Women in Parliaments(WIP) Award for regional

    leadership in the South and Southeast Asia category for closing the gender gap in

    politics.The award was presented by WIP in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.

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    Bollywood Actor Shashi Kapoor chosen for 46th Dada Saheb Phalke Award,2014-at the

    National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals.

    President Pranab Mukherjee presented India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna to

    former Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence in Lutyen's Delhi.

    Indian space agency, Indian Space Research Organization(ISRO) selected for the

    prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 by PM Modi.

    American Mathematician Dr.John Forbes Nash and Canada-born American Louis

    Nirenberg-winners of the 2015 Abel Prize(Mathematics Nobel prize).

    Veteran freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya conferred with Bharat award of the

    country from president Pranab Mukherjee at Durbar hall of the Rashtrapati

    Bhavan,Delhi.

    Freedom of speech on the Internet, Supreme Court on 24th March,2015 scrappedSection 66A of the Information Technology Act,terming it as unconstitutional.

    india,s 1st conference on Counter-Terrorism was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan for three

    days (March 19 to 21)

    Andhra Pradesh to named New Capital City as Amaravathi-famous pilgrimage center

    for Hindus and Buddhists.

    The Ministry of Railways appointed Ajay Shankar committee on 25 March 2015 to

    review the performance of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) under the Railway

    Board.

    Impulse ,World 1st day and night solar powered bodied plane visit stop on Ahmedabad

    10th March 2015.

    3 rd World Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) -proposed to take place in

    Sendai,Japan from 14-18,Mar,2015

    Wolds 1st electric satellites successfully lifted off by a Space Exploration (SpaceX)

    Technologies rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,US.

    Karnataka (8th) defended Ranji Trophy by defeating Tamil Nadu at the Wankhedestadium in Mumbai.

    FIFA 2022 World Cup to be played in November/December in Quatar-final game on

    December 18, 2022.

    Australia won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 for the record fifth time- defeated New

    Zealand

    Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) won the prestigious Golden Peacock

    National Quality Award-2015.

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    Operation Raahat)- air and sea operation(two C-17 Globemaster planes) to evacuate

    over 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen-Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh.

    Gujarat International Finance Tec(GIFT)-Cithosted Idias st IFSC (InternationalFinance Services Center),launched by Fiae MiisteAu Jaitle.Its istutio

    ee presented by RBI,Sebi and IRDA.

    Muslim Girl Mariyam Asif Siddiqui won the first Prize at an inter-school Bhagavad Gita

    competitionGita ChapiosLeague,organized by ISKCON in Mumbai.

    Kerala govt launched campaign subodham to help people overcome alcohol,drugs and

    other substance abuse-Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy.

    Indias ranked 117 rank out of 158 in global happiness index

    Varuna = india france defence exercise

    Indian army conducted Akraman-excersise in Rajasthan, Real time battle andsituational awareness to commanders involving 300 combat vehicles..

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared Nadia as the first Open

    Defecation Free (ODF) district in the country.

    Raja Rajeshwari became 1st Indian American criminal court judge in New York City.

    Chhurim Sherpa,1st woman to climb the 8850 metre (29035 feet) Mount Everest

    summit twice in a week.

    Prime minister shri.Narandra Modi launched the MUDRA(Micro units development &

    refinance angency ltd) bank in New Delhi-Rs.20,000 Cr.

    Japanese maglev fastest passenger train across the world, has broken an earlier speed

    record of 581 kmph as the train reached 603 kmph.

    Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai 1st Lady Judge in Sikkim High Court.

    Dr.Nasim Zaidi takes over as new chief election commissioner(CEC).

    4-time world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix 2015 by

    defeating Mercedes AMG team for the 1st time.

    2015Worlds largest solar Photovotic cell plant in Rewa district MP, 2014 largest SPV

    plant is Topaz Solar Farm in California ,US

    INS Sardar Patel, the latest Naval establishment of Indian Navy, was commissioned at

    Porbandar,Gujarat by Anandiben Patel, the CM of Gujarat.1st Commanding Officer of

    INS Sardar Patel : Cmde BR Prakash.

    Punjab-1st state to issue Soil Health Cards to farmers.

    6 th National Conference on Nuclear Energy -New Delhi,Theme was Nuclea Energy: a

    Clean Energy option.

    Draupadi Murmu from Odisha was sworn as the 1st woman Governor-Jharkhand.

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    12th international Water expo Aout Water expo 2015 in-MumbaiParticipants fromover 21 Countries-May 21-23.

    Manabi Banopadhaya-India,s first Transgender college principal -Krishnanagar

    Women College - West Bengal.

    Tripura withdraws AFSPA(Armed Forces Special Powers Act),1958 from the state-may27,2015.

    Narendra Modi-1st Indian PM to visit Israel and Palestine.

    Global Travel Tourism-India moved to 52nd place from 13.

    116-year-old malasiyan women is worlds oldest person- Yati Musdi.

    Indian origin boy Shubham Banerjee working with Microsoft, developing braille

    printers.

    Environmental Democracy Index- India at 24th place out of 70, Lithuania-1st .

    CN rao japans highest civilian award the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.

    62nd National Film Awards Ceremony-New Delhi, actor Shashi Kapoor, honoured with

    the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.

    World First facial recognition ATM developed in China-singhua University and

    Tzekwan Technology.

    Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed NHRC acting chief-Kerala.

    K.V.Kamath appointed as the head of $50-billion New Development Bank.

    Gatimaan Express,Indias 1st semi-high speed train service with supersonic calliberbetween Delhi and Agra completed a 2nd trial run conducted by the maintenance

    department of Northern Railway-195 kilometers, at a speed of 160 kph in 115 minutes.

    GOI and Tamil Nadu has inked a deal with the World Bank for $400 million loan for an

    sustainable urban development project in Tamil Nadu,by the International Bank for

    Reconstruction and Development(IBRD).

    Northern Railway rolled out Indias 1st rail coach lit by solar panels-attached to a highspeed Self Propelled-Accident Relief Unit(SPART) travelled from Delhi Cantonment to

    New Delhi railway station.

    Indias 1st green police station inaugurated at Maurice Nagar in north Delhi on theoccasion of world environment day.

    Hospital for Elephants,first of its kind in India built in Kerala-Dr.Jacob Cheeran- in

    the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,Mannuthy.

    Cyclone ASHOBAA intensified into severe cyclonic storm-over Arabian Sea-cause

    rainfall over Karnataka,Konkan and Goa as well as south Gujarat.

    Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) announced Use and get Paid scheme underwhich people using public toilets,will be paid Re 1

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    Haryana village launches Selfie with daughter contest to save girl child.

    chandrababu Naidu,Andhra Pradesh govt. has launched Mee Bhoomi portal- a digitalrepository of land records in the state

    Cabinet approved Housing for All by 2022 programme for slum rehabilitation inurban areas.

    Gujarat to introduce compulsory voting in local body polls-CM Anandiben Patel.

    1 st International Yoga Day celebrated in New Delhi broke two world records.

    Rajpath,largest number of participants with 35,985 people and the largest number of

    nationalities 84 in a yoga event.

    Kerala gove declared June 22 as the Snake Bird Day-campaign to protect theendangered species.

    Maharashtra gov declared Blue Mormon as state butterfly-2nd largest butterfly in India

    Rishikesh(unofficial yoga capital of the world)-Uttarakhand decided to hosting the 1 st

    Yoga Maha Kumbh in Rishikesh next year-CM Harish Rawat.

    External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived at Bangkok for the 16th World

    Sanskrit Conference- signed MoU on establishment of Nalanda University.

    CM Jayalalithaa flagged off 1st phase of the Chennai Metro-distance of 10.15km,

    consisting of Alandur,Ekkathuthangal,Ashok Nagar,Vadapalani,Arumbakkam and

    Koyambedu Railway stations.

    Japan passed legislation to lower the voting age to 18 from 20 years allowing teenagers

    to vote for 1st time.

    India ranked 143/162 countries on 2015 Global Peace Index-Iceland(1st),Denmark

    (2nd),Austria(3rd),NewZealand(4th),Switzerland(5th),Finland(6th),Canada(7th),Ja

    pan(8th) Australia(9th) and Czech Republic(10th).

    Nathu La opens a new route for Indian pilgrimags travelling to Mansarovar expand

    road connectivity between the two countries.

    Typhoon Kujira,8th typhoon of 2015-made landfall in south Chinas Hainan Province.

    Bobby Jindal becomes 1st Indian-American to run for president of US.

    Indias famous Historian Ramachandra Guha won most coveted prize Fukuoka Prize inacademics category.

    Famous Writer Vishwanath Tripathi chosen for 28th Moorti Devi Award-VyomkeshDarvesh.

    IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram appointed as Director,National Crime Records

    Bureau(NCRB).

    Service tax to go up to 14%.The tax is levied on all services, except a small negative list

    China launched worlds 1st electric plane- BX1E, used in pilot training, tourism,meteorology and rescue operations

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    UK is set to do worlds 1st human trials of artificial blood grown in lab from stem cellsby 2017.

    Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland defeated Serbias Novak Djokovic become the winner ofthe 2015 French Open title.

    Indias batting legend Sachin Tendulkar voted the Best Test player of the 21st centuryin an online poll conducted by Cricket Australias website,Kumar Sangakara of SriLanka(2nd),Australias Adam Gilchrist(3rd )

    Transcendence:My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji by former PresidentDr APJ Abdul Kalam.

    Operation shivaproviding security to 59 day amaranth yatra in j&k

    The National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) that seeks to

    preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country was launched by the

    Minister of Urban Development Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu( tamilnadu 2 cities selected,

    velankanni and kanchipuram

    The 46thSession of the Indian labour Conferenceis being held on July 20-21, 2015 in

    New Delhi.

    Cyclone Komen to make landfall, heavy rains in West Bengal

    ISRO and NASA are jointly working on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar

    (NISAR) mission to codevelop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar

    satellite.

    200 helicopterswill be manufactured in the country with Russiancollaboration.undermake In india

    giant flowersaid to be the world's largesthas bloomed at a Tokyo park for the first

    time in five years

    Sanjeev Galande Noted scientistSanjeev Galande has been selected for the

    prestigious G D Birla awardfor 2014

    he GuinnessBook of World Records has recognised a record created

    in MadhyaPradesh on 'World Hand washing Day' on October 15, 2014

    In the 72years history ofVenice film festival#Visaaranai is the first Tamilfeature toenter in a competitive category

    India's first defence industrial parkwill be set up at Ottappalam in Palakkad

    district of Kerala

    Cuba has become the first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis

    from mother to baby, the World Health Organisation hasannounced.

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    Union Ministry of Rural Development has launched SAMANVAY web portal to monitor

    progress and implementation of the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) fordevelopment of Gram Panchayats

    The Kochi airportin Kerala has become the firstin theworldto operate

    on solarpower on August 18

    New Delhi Municipal Council officials renamed Aurangzeb Road in the heart of the city

    to A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Road.

    Greece'stop Supreme Court judge Vassiliki Thanou is named caretakerprime

    minister- the country's first womanleader

    For the first time in the history of SaudiArabia, womencan begin registering to vote

    Pichai Sundararajan, better known as Sundar Pichai, is a technology executive who is

    Chief Executive Officer of Google

    Senior IAS officer Rajiv Mehrishireplaced L.C. Goyal as the new Home Secretary in

    the NDA government

    Chief Minister Jayalalithaa presents the Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Awardto

    N.Valarmathi, Programme Director, Microwave Remote Sening Programme, ISRO

    Satellite Centre, Bangalore

    Sania Mirza receives the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

    The 10thWorld Hindi Conference(WHC) is being organized from 10-12

    September 2015in the city of Bhopal

    The Law Commission of Indiasubmitted its 262ndreporton the issue of 'Death

    Penalty' in India

    KONKAN- A bilateral Naval Exercisebetween Indian Navy and Royal Navy of

    Britain

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    Perumanna Grama Panchayatin Kozhikode district of Kerala has become the first

    Panchayatin the State, to declare its own water policy.

    Joint Sri Lanka-India Military Exercise 'Mithra Shakthi' began

    J. Manjulahas been named DRDO'sfirst woman Director General and has taken

    charge of the Electronics & Communication Systems

    Jayalalithaa inaugurates butterfly parkat Vandalur

    The G-20 members nation finalized the decision in September that India will be chairing G20 in2018 and New Delhi is the expected venue for annual G20 summit.

    India is going to be the host of combined shotgun/rifle/pistolWorld Cup in 2017

    On the commemoration of 1000 Days 40 years ofIntegrated Child Development ServicesScheme (ICDS)campaign launched by West Bengal Department of Child Development and

    Social Welfare and UNICEF to reach out to every mother and child across the state for their

    healthier and prosperous future.

    Human rights and global crisis activists have been named winners of the 2015

    Right Livelihood Awards.

    These winners are also called alternative Nobels.

    is years award will be shared by CanadasSheila Watt-Cloutier, cited for

    promoting Inuit livelihoods and culture; Kasha Jacqueline

    Nabageserafrom Uganda, for her struggle for gay rights and sexual

    minorities; and Italian surgeon Gino Strada, for providing medical

    assistance to victims of war.

    India became the worlds largest producer of cotton by overtaking China in the seasonended September 30, 2015 with a production of 6.51 million tonnes(as per Cotton

    Association of India) of fibre in the year 2014-15,while Chinawas with a registered

    production of 6.48 million tonnes.

    Lawyer-turned-administratorShashank Manoharwas elected as the Presidentof

    the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) till 2017as succeedor of Jagmohan

    Dalmiya

    The international conference on Women in Law Enforcement in India was held in

    Hyderabad from 6thOctober to 8thOctober 2015

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    Indian Navy introduced its first indigenously-designed and built torpedo and recovery

    vessel INS Astradharani. It was commissioned by Commanding-in-Chief Eastern

    Naval Command Vice Admiral Satish Soniin Visakhapatnam.

    25 years old Russias Sergey Karjakinhas won the chess World Cupby defeating

    his opponent Peter Svidler by 6-4 in the final.

    The Sagarmala Project aimed to modernize Indian ports with development in coastal

    areas to boost the countrys economy. In March 2015 Govt approved to transform12portsand on the sidelines of this Sagarmala is financed with huge funding.

    On the occasion of 83rdcelebration of IAF, Chief Arup Raha has announced the planning

    to induct women into the fighter aircraft stream. Two defence panels has recommended

    against this induction.

    48 years old Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman full nameAllah-Rakha

    Rahmanhas been named the Cultural Ambassador for Seychelles for giving

    contribution in the enhancement of Seychelles Art and Development.Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has designated South Korean

    Hoesung Lee as its fourth chairman during the 42ndsession of IPCC summit in

    Dubrovnik, Croatia

    Indias first Dolphin Community Reserve will be established in West Bengal to protectthe endangered mammal, Gangetic river dolphins.

    In its thirty first flight (PSLV-C30)conducted today (September 28, 2015), India's Polar

    Satellite Launch Vehicle successfully launchedASTROSAT,the country's Multi

    Wavelength Space Observatory along with six foreign customer satellites into a 644.6 X

    651.5 km orbit inclined at an angle of 6 deg to the equator. The achieved orbit is veryclose to the intended one. This was the thirtieth consecutive success for PSLV.

    ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C27, successfully launched the 1425 kg

    IRNSS-1D, the fourth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System

    (IRNSS) today evening (March 28, 2015) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR,

    Sriharikota. This is the twenty eighth consecutively successful mission of the PSLV. The

    'XL' configuration of PSLV was used for this mission. Previously, the same configuration

    of the vehicle was successfully used seven times.

    The NTCA has accorded finalapproval to Kudermukh national park in Karnataka and

    Rajaji National Park in Uttarkhand for being declared as TIGER RESERVES

    Shekhar Basu appointed as Atomic Energy Secretary

    Tamilnadu important events

    May 23, 2015 - Jayalalithaa was sworn intoday as the CM of Tamil Nadufor the fifth

    time

    Santhi Ranganathan was given the Avvaiyar award for the year 2015

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    A 40 MW solar plantwas commissioned on Wednesday near Sengottai in

    Virudhunagar district, making it the largest solar plantin Tamil Naduto go on

    stream.

    Chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday renamed Halls Road in Egmore into 'Tamil

    Salai' as the directorate of Tamil development

    Mathematician Dr. Jacob Tsimerman from Canada has been chosen for the prestigious

    2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize.

    Tamil Nadu state has topped in organ donation in the country by harvesting organs of

    683 persons and donating them to over 3000 beneficiaries. It was announced by State

    Health Minister C Vijaya Bhaskar after state observed Organ Donation Day on 13th

    August 2015.

    Doyen music composer Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan passed away in

    Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was 87. The veteran musician had composed music for over athousand films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and was fondly called as the King of

    Light Music (Mellisai Mannar in Tamil). About MS Viswanathan He was born on 24

    June 1928 in Elapulli in Palakkad district of Kerala. He had entered the film career as a

    child artist starring as the Bala Murugan in the film Kannagi. He had composed music

    for over 1700 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada. Some of his best films include

    Sumaithaangi, Paasamalara, Aayirathil Oruvan, Server Sundaram and Enga Veetu

    Pillai. He has the distinction of having worked with 4 chief ministers from the film

    world. They are MG Ramachandran, NT Ramarao, M.Karunanidhi and J.Jayalalithaa.

    Awards: Kalaimamani (A jewel for art) of Tamil Nadu Government and several other

    prestigious music awards. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has conferred the

    Thirai Isai Chakravarthy (in Tamil means The Emperor of Cine Music) title.

    First phase of Chennai Metro service was inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J

    Jayalalithaa after she flagged off inaugural train. The first phase of Metro service covers

    the 10-km overhead (elevated) stretch. It connects Alandur in south Chennai to

    Koyabedu in the north. The metro service will bear capacity of 1276 passengers with

    four coaches. It will cover seven stations in the stretch. They are Koyambedu,

    Arumbakkam, Vadapalani, Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, Ashok Nagar,

    Ekkattuthangal. The Corridor 2 or second phase of this metro connecting Chennai

    Central and St. Thomas Mount is will be ready by end 2015. The whole project is

    implemented by Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL). It was approved by then

    Congress-led UPA government in 2009. With launching of this Metro service, Chennai

    became seventh city in India to have metro service. Other 6 cities are Delhi, Mumbai,

    Gurgaon, Bangalore, Kolkata and Jaipur.Preethi, the first train of theChennaiMetro Rail .

    Legendary Tamil writer Jayakanthan passed away on 8 April 2015 in Chennai, Tamil

    Nadu. He was 81. He was known for charting a new course in Tamil literature with his

    bold and progressive works. About Jayakanthan Jayakanthan was born on 24 April,

    1934 in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. He was famously known as JK among

    novelists and literary enthusiasts. Apart from being novelist, he was also journalist,

    essayist, pamphleteer, filmmaker and critic. In his entire career, he had written around

    40 novels and 200 short stories. His work mostly highlighted social injustices and

    economic inequality. Jayakanthans novels Cinemavukku Pona Chithalu, Sila

    Nerangalil Sila Manithargal, Oru Nadigai Nadagam Paarkiral and Yaarukkaga

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    Azhudhaan were adapted into films. He was also associated with undivided Communist

    Party of India (CPI). He was founder of the Indo-Russian Cultural and Friendship

    Society. Awards- Sahitya Akademi Award (1972) for his Tamil novel Sila Nerangalil Sila

    Manithargal, Jnanpith Award (2002), Padma Bhushan (2009). Russian government had

    conferred Order of Friendship (2011) on him for his translation works of Russian

    novelist Pushkin.

    Daily Thanthi is the first Tamil newspaper launched in the United Arab Emirates

    (UAE).

    NOBEL PRIZE 2015

    The Nobel Prize in Physics 2015

    Takaaki KajitaandArthur B. McDonald

    "for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass"

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

    Tomas Lindahl,Paul ModrichandAziz Sancar

    "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair"

    The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

    William C. CampbellandSatoshi mura

    "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused byroundworm parasites"

    Youyou Tu

    "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria"

    The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015

    Svetlana Alexievich

    "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"

    The Nobel Peace Prize 2015

    National Dialogue Quartet

    "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the

    wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011"

    The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

    2015

    Angus Deaton

    "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare"

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