Persons,Awards,Events in News

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Persons,Awards,Events In news from exam point of view

List of persons in news can never be an exhaustive one and aspirants should know what not to study

,and to make things easier we will focus on only those news which will enable you to tackle multiple

choice questions as we dont require a Phd in 10 disciplines to crack csat paper.

1. Siddhartha Mukherjee-Indian-born American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee's

Pulitzer-winning biography of cancer,The Emperor of All Maladies , has won the

10,000 prestigious Guardian First Book award in 2011

Trivia :

2012:Kevin Powers, forThe Yellow Birds

Guardian First Book Award, issued before 1999 as Guardian Fiction Prize orGuardian Fiction

Award, is awarded to new writing infictionandnon-fiction.

Pulitzer prize :

U.S. award for achievements innewspaperandonline journalism, literature, andmusical

composition.

Administered byColumbia Universityin New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one

categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The

winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded agold medal

2. International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

Annually held in Goa

The festival is conducted jointly by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the government

of Goa.

3. Louis Silverstein- Americanartistandgraphic designerwho is best known for his work atThe

New York Timesdied recently.

4. Kudla Kalamela -'Kudla Kalamela', an art exhibition displaying works of as many as 150 artists of

Karnataka, Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh, was held in MANGALORE.

5.Utsavam-cultural festival centered on tourist spots in the State with the support of Kerala

Folklore Akademi.

6.Tropical storm Washi-Tropical storm Washi whipped the southern Philippines, unleashing

mammoth floods across vast areas that left 440 people dead and nearly 200 missing

7.Vaclav Havel-The former Czech President, Vaclav Havel, hero of the Velvet Revolution that

won Czechoslovakia independence from Soviet rule in 1989, died in his sleep

8. Charles Correa-Noted architect Charles Correa was on Sunday conferred Goa's highest

civilian award, the Gomant Vibhushan

9.Dam 999 Dam 999is a 20113-DEnglish languageUAE-Indianco-production film produced by

BizTV Network, UAE and directed bySohan Roy
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10.Cesaria Evora-Grammy winner , Evora, known as the Barefoot Diva because she always

performed without shoes, died.

11. Su. Venkatesan-Tamil writer Su. Venkatesan, who captured 600 years of history of Madurai

between 1310 and 1920 in his debut novelKaaval Kottam , has won the Sahitya Akademi award

for the year 2011.

12.Satyadev dubey- Theatre legend passed away.

13.Havelock Island- Island in Andaman ,to be remembered for its geographical location ,rather

than its significance as a major tourist place .

14.Gundia power project-The Gundia power project in Karnataka should not be permitted as

its execution can cause significant environmental impact and biodiversity loss, the Western Ghats

Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has reported.

15.Memogate controversy-To topple civilian government in Pakistan , key figure was asif ali

zardari

16.Jaillikattu- traditional bull taming sport of Tamil nadu

17.Red Ribbon express-AIDS/HIVawareness campaign train by theIndian Railways. The motto

of the Red Ribbon Express is Embarking on the journey of life.

18.French Fighter Rafale-India selected the French Fighter Rafale over the Eurofighter

Typhoon in a multi-billion dollar contract for the supply of 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat

Aircraft (MMRCA) the country's largest defence deal to date.

19.Queen Elizabeth-A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 75th anniversary, but only

the 60thanniversaryin the case of a monarch (i.e. length of time a monarch hasreigned).Traditionally, the diamond jubilee or anniversary of a person was also on the 75th

anniversary. This changed with the diamond jubilee of theBritish QueenVictoria's reign.

She is the longest-serving British monarch after her great-great grandmother Victoria and has

seen 11 Prime Ministers come and go. David Cameron is Her Majesty's 12th Prime Minister.

20. M.K. Sanoo-Renowned scholar and critic M.K. Sanoo was presented with the prestigious

Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for 2011 .Prof. Sanoo received the award for his literary

biography of celebrated writer Vaikom Mohammed Basheer titledBasheer: Ekaanthaveedhiyile

Avadhoothan.

21. Amartya Sen-India-born Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was felicitated with the prestigious

National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by U.S. President Barack Obama for his efforts to

increase the understanding of fighting hunger and poverty.

22. Anthony Shadid-Two time Pulitzer Award Winner ,Foreign Correspondent passed away.

23.Frits Staal Indologist (Veda Expert),passed away

24.Occupy London-Occupy London is an activist group, stemming from thenon-violent

protestanddemonstrationagainsteconomic inequalitythat took place inLondon,United Kingdom,from 15 October 2011 till 14 June 2012. Its original remit was to unite workers and unemployed alike

in order to bring to the fore, the lack ofaffordability of housing in the United Kingdom,social

injustice,corporate greedand the influence of companies andlobbyistson government.
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25.Pritzker Architecture Prize-Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered as the Nobel prize in

architecture, has been awarded to Wang Shu (48) a Chinese

26. Amar KantJNANPITH award ,hindi writer

27.Soumitra ChatterjeeDada Sahab Phalke Award

28. Gandhakasala-scented landrace rice variety from the Malabar region,trying to acquire a

Geographical Indicator label (please read about GI if not read already)

29.Sania-Bhupati-Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India won their second Grand Slam

title and first French Open trophy together after crushing Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago

Gonzalez 7-6(3), 6-1 in the mixed doubles.

30.

Bhutan

Jigme Khesar

Namgyel

Wangchuck

King of Bhutan. Chief guest for 26th

Jan. 2013.

Brazil Dilma Rousseff

First woman President of Brazil. She

replaced Lula Desilva. (Lula got Indira

Gandhi peace prize.)

China Xi Jingping

Replaced Hu Jintao, China. He is

expected to become President, in

March 2013.

China Li KequiangNew PM of China. Replaced Wen

Jiabao.

China Bo Xilaicorrupt leader in Chinese politbureu.

Expelled

Cuba Raul CastroPresident of Cuba. Replaced Fidel

Castro

Egypt Mohd. Morsy President of Egypt.


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EuHerman Van

Rompuy

PM of Belgium. President of

European Council

France FrancoisHollande

President of France. He defeatedSarkozi. Belongs to Socialist party

Greece Atonis Samras

PM Greece. Name is important only

because Greece=#EPICFAIL

economy.

Iran AytollahKhamenei Supreme leader of Iran

Iran Ahmedijad President of Iran.

Israel

President

Shimon Peres.

PM Benjamin

Netanyahu.

Their parliament =Knesset.

Japan Shinzo AbePM japan. Defeated Yoshiko Noda.

Their parliament =Diet.

Liberia Ellen SirleafPresident of Liberia, got Indira Gandhi

peace price. (2012)

Maldives -

Coup

Nasheed N

Waheed

after coup, Nasheed was replaced by

Waheed

Mali-coup Diarra N TraoreAfter coup, Diarra was replaced by

Traore

Mauritius Rajkeshwur

President of Mauratius. He was chief

guest @Pravasi bharatiya Divas


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Purryag 2013.Click me for more details

Mexico Enrique Nieto Mexico new President

Myanmar Thein Sein Myanmar president

Myanmar Aung San Suu Ki

Nobel peace 91. Opposition leader in

Myanmar. Party National league for

democracy. Visited India in Nov 12

N.Korea Kim Jong-UnNorth Korea President. After his father

King Jong-il Died

Pak Raja ParvezPM of Pakistan, SC ordered his

arrested.

Germany Angela Markel German Chancellor

Palestine Mohd.Abbas President of Palestine Authority

S.Korea Park Geun-hyefirst female President of S.Korea. She

replaced Lee Myung-bak

SrilankaGen.Sarath

Fonseca

Ex-General of Sri Lankan army. Was

jailed after power struggle with

President.

SrilankaMahinda

Rajpakshe

Sri lankan President. He threw out

CJI Shiran Bandaranyake.

Syria Wael Halqi PM of Syria.

Syria Bashar Al Assad President of Syria
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ThailandYingluck

Shinawatra

First female PM of Thailand. She was

chief guest of 26th Jan parade in

2012.

Uk David CameronPM of UK. (Conservative party) He

replaced Gordon Brown.

Uk Nick Clegg Deputy PM of UK. (liberal democrats)

Usa

Obama

(Democrat)

won second time Presidential

election. His VP candidate was JoeBiden.

UsaMitt Romney

(Republican)

Contested against Obama. His VP

candidate was Paul Ryan.

Ven Hugo ChavezPresident Venezuela. Right now

getting treatment for cancer in Cuba.

International Org (non political)

name Org

Ban-Ki-Moon UN General Secretary

Jim Yong Kim World Bank

Justice Dalveer

Bhandari

Indian. became Judge of International court of

Justice.

Christine Lagarde Chief of IMF

Pascal Lamy Chief of WTO


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Jacques Rogge President IOC, olympic Committee.

SK Jain

first Indian to become chairman of World Assco.

Of Nuke operators.

Nkosazana Zuma Head of African Union (AU): First woman

Indian in India (Non political)

Name Org

Admiral DevendraJoshi

replaced Admiral Nirmal Verma

Air Marshal

N.A.K. BrowneHe replaced Pradeep Vasant Naik

Ashok Chawla CCI. Competition Commission of India

Brajesh Mishra Indias first National Security Advisor. DuringVajpayee Government. Dead

Chief Justice of

India Altamas

Kabir

replaced SH Kapadia.

Duvvuri Subbarao RBI Governor.

Urjit Patel recently appointed deputy RBI Governor.

Ela Ramesh

Bhatt

Founder of SEWA. Got Indira Gandhi Prize for

Peace. (actually won in 2011, but was awarded

that prize in 2013).

Gadgil Committee on Western Ghat ecology.


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Gen. Bikram

Singhhe replaced Gen.VK Singh

Gopi Chand

Narang

associated with Urdu litt. Got Pakistani award

Sitara-i-Imtiaz. The highest civilian award in

Pakistan is Nishan-i-Imtiaz, earlier Morariji Desai

and Dilip Kumar got it

Gulzar Indira gandhi award for national integration.

JS Verma Committee on women safety after Delhi gangrape

Justice DK Jain 20th law commission

Kaushik Basu World bank Chief economist

KC ChakrabaryCommittee : financial inclusion. Deputy Governor

RBI ,

Major Abup J.

Manjali Kirti Chakra.

Mrinal Gore Noted socialist. Dead.

Naina Kidwaichief of HSBC India. Became first woman

President of FICCI.

Parthsarthi

Shome Committee GAAR . General anti avoidance rules.

Raghuram RajanPreviously with IMF. Now Chief Economic Advisor

to Finance ministry

Rahul Khullar TRAI

Rangachari Committee Taxation in IT sector


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Rangarajan

Domestic gas price. Rangarajan is also the

Chairman ofPrime Ministers Economic Advisory

Council.

Ranjit Sinha CBI

Sam Pitroda National Knowledge Commission.

Satyanand

MishraCIC. He replaced Wajahat Habibullah.

ShivshankarMenon

National Security Advisor (current). He replaced

MK Narayan. First NSA was Brajesh Mishra who

recently died.

Tessy Thomas

Defense scientist, making India self reliant in

missile tech. Won Lal Bahdur Shashtri national

award.

UK Singha SEBI

Vergheze kurienAmul. NDDB. Father of white revolution. Norman

Barlung was father of green revolution.

Vijay KelkarCommittee on Fiscal deficit. Ex-Chairman of

Finance Commission

Vinod Rai

CAG. Also Enemy #1 of Kapil Sibbal, Manish

Tewari, A.Raja and countless others in UPA.hahaha.

VS SampathChief election Commissioner (CEC). He replaced

SY Quraishi.

YV Reddy He is chairman of 14th Finance Commission.

(period: 2015-2020) And Chairman of 13th


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Finance Commission was Vijay Kelkar.

Indian Diaspora abroad

Name Why

Ami Bera California, House of representative.

Bobby JindaLouisiana Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican

party

Fareed Zakariaworked for CNN and TIME. Suspended for

plagarism.

Halimah Yacob Singapores first woman speaker, of Indian origin.

Jacintha

Saldana

she was a nurse in London, treating Kate William.

She committed suicide after two Australian radio DJ

mocked her.

Kamla Persad

Bissessar

PM of Trinidad and Tobago. Chief Guest of PBD-

2012.

Nikky HaleyS.Carolina Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican

party

Patricia Maria

RozarioUK Musician. Won PBD 2013.

Rajat GuptaJailed for insider trading in USA. Was associated

with Goldman Sachs

Rajkeswur

PurryagPresident of Mauritius. Chief guest of PBD-2013


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Rasik Joshi Sanskrit Litt. Mexico. Won PBD-2013 award

Tulsi Gabbard

1st Hindu in US House of Representatives (their Lok

Sabha). Elected from Hawai State.Party:Democrat.She took oath on Gita, Served in US

army, was deployed in Iraq.

Tulsi Gabbard

Sports

Sport name why

Athletics Fauja Singh worlds oldest marathon runner.

Athletics Usain BoltIAAF award. Got 3 gold in London

Olympic

Athletics Allyson FelixIAAF award. Got 3 gold in London

Olympic

Badminton PV Sindhu Asia under 19


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Billiards Pankaj Advani won the world cup

Chess World

Cup V.Anand defeated Boris Gelfand

CricketCpt. Unmukt

chand

India cricket under 19 cpt, won world

cup. defeated Aussies.

CyclingLance

armstrongCyclist, banned for drugs.

Football Lionel Messeimost goals in a calendar year. got

Golden boot.

Football Sunil Chhetri AIFF player of the year.

HockeyLeslie

Claudius

Indias triple olympic gold medalist.

Hockey. Dead.

London

OlympicSushil

Silver Wrestle 66kg. He was flag-

bearer. He got bronze in 2008

Beijing.

London

OlympicVijay Kumar

Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv

G.Khel ratna

London

OlympicMary Kom Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing

London

OlympicGagan Narang Bronze. 10 air-rifle

London Yogeshwar Bronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel


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Olympic dutt ratna.

London

Olympic

Saina Nehwal Bronze. Single badminton

London

Olympic

Krishna

Pooniadiscus throw. Did not win

Shooting Ronjan SodhiISSF shooting world cup: .(silver,

double trap).

Squash Dipika Pilliadid not win but only Indian woman to

enter semifinals

London

Olympic

Michael

Phelps

Swimming. four golds and two silver

medals

Tennis

Male Female

Aus.Open Djkovik, Serbia Azarenka, Belarus

French Open Nadal, Spain Sharapova, Rus

US Open Ande Murray, UK Serena Williams, US

Wimbledon Federer,Swiz Serena Williams,US

Bhupathi Sania won French open doubles. Andy Roddick, Tennis retired.

Sports Mascots


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Beijing Olympics

2008Fuwa (good-luck dolls)

Cricket World Cup2011

Stumpy, the elephant.

CWG, 2011 Shera, the tiger.

Kabbadi world cup

2012, IndiaJAANBAZ, the eagel.

London Olympics

2012

Wenlock + Mandeville. They symbolize

Britains industrial revolution.

FIFA 2014 Armadillo.

London Olympic Mascots (click to enlarge)

Books/Literature

author book/info

Hilary MantelWon two man booker prizes. This time for book

Bring up the bodies.
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Shashi tharoor Pax indica. It details Indias international relations.

Jeet Thayil

Narcopolis. Tale of mumbais opimioum addiction.

Booker price shortlisted but did not win. Anotherbook is These errors are correct

Ruskin Bond Maharani

JK Rowling The Casual Vacancy (Harry Potter author)

N.Vittal Ending corruption: how to clean up Iondia

Kushwant

Singh.Free thinkers prayer book

Amitav Ghosh River of smoke

Sudheendra

Kulkarni Music of spinning wheel

Salman

RushdieJoseph Anton.

APJ Kalam Turning Points

Aravind Adiga Last man in tower

Tarun Tejpal The Valley of Masks

Taslima

NasreenNirbasan

Kuldeep Nayar Beyond the lines


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Kushwant

singh

Turbaned Tornado: The Oldest Marathon Runner

Fauja Singh

VergheseKurien

An Unfinished Dream

Verghese

KurienThe Man Who Made The Elephant Dance

Hamid Ansari Muslim in Indian cities

I K GUJRAL Matters of Discretion: An Autobiography

Pt. ravi

shankarLiving to Tell It All

Vikram

ChandraRed Earth and Pouring Rain

Syed Mustafa

SirajAleek Manush 1994

Authors Dead

Sunil Gangopadhyaya Bengali writer. Sahitya Acadamy chief.

Kamla Sadgopan Tamil novelist

Eric Hobsbawm Noted Marxist Historian from UK

Nobel-2012

Category Who? Why?


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1. MedicineGurdon,

Yamanaka

Regenerative medicine. Cure

disease by growing tissues in

lab.

2. PhysicsHaroche,

Wineland

Measure quantum particles,

without destroying them.

3. ChemistryLefkowitz,

Kobilka

Protein receptors that let body

cell respond to signals.

4. Litt. Mo YanFirst Chinese writer to get this

award.

5. EconomicsRoth,

Shapley.

Stable allocation + market

design.

6. Peace EU Lolz

Nobel winners associated with India

1. Dr. Hargobind Khorana Medicine

2. S. Chandrasekhar Physics

3. Venkatarama Ramakrishnan Chemistry

4. Mother Teresa Peace

5. Tagore Litt.

6. Amartya Sen Economics

7. Rudyard Kipling Litt.

8. VS Naipaul Litt.

Astro


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Name Why

Cpt. Nivedita

Bhasin First Indian woman to command boeing 787

Liu Yang first Chinese woman astro.

Neil Armstrong Apollo 11. 1969. First man to land on moon. Dead.

Sally RideFirst American woman astro. Dead. A Moon crate

named after her.

Sunita WilliamsTake a command of international space station.

second Indian woman, first kalpana chawala.

Beauty

1. Olivia Culpo Miss Universe, USA.

2. TerezaFajksova

Miss Earth 2012. from czech.

3. wen xia yuMiss World 2012 (China). Last Indian to win

was Priyanka Chopra.

Clichd

following names have become so clichd in current affairs relatedbooks, magazines and sites that they can be simply ignored for theexam:

Homai Vyarawala Indias first woman photojournalist. Dead.

Chanda Kochhar ICICI


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Malala Yousufzai Pakistani girl, shot by Talibans, survived.

Indra Nooyi Pepsi

Pandit Ravi

Shankar

Sitar Maestro. Will get Grammy award

posthumously.

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