[PIN-2014] Part 1/6: National- Official Posts, Committees, Stamps-2014, Defense, Telangana & more

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 29th State
4. Government Committees / commissions
1. 14th Finance commission
2. 7th 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 8th 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 15th 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

Rajya Sabha: Congi Gulam Nabi Azad

Opposition
Lok Sabha: Nobody because no party got 10% seats under Modi wave.
leader
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
V. S. Sampath (chief), HS Brahma & Sayyed Nasim
commission
CVC is 3 members body. CVC= Pradeep Kumar. the other two VC are JM Garg and Rajeev. for
CVC
more details, refer to Stamps 2014 section.
Nobody right now but 1 chairperson + max 8 members (50% judicial members), 50% reservation to
LokPal SC/ST/OBC/Minorities/Women. selection panel: PM, Speaker, Leader Opposition Lok Sabha, CJI
+ Eminent jurist (nominated by Prez, on recommendation of first four).
 Rajiv Mathur replaced Sushma Singh
CIC
panel: PM+ leader of opposition + Law minister
Deepak Sandhu was the First lady CIC, and Sushma Singh was second lady.

Chairman DP Agrawal (will retire in August 2014, after that “acche Din” will start, unless
another uncle-ji professor takes over.)
UPSC 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
R.M Lodha: 41st CJI of India. He replaced P.Sathashivam. Year 2014 is very special for SC
Chief Justice of
of india. In this year Supreme court will witness 3 CJI. P. Sathasivam – R.M Lodha – H.L
India
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 dig that on your own.
state

National commissions for

Children Kushal Singh
Human rights KG Balakrishnan
Minorities Naseem Ahmed
Backward Justice V. Eswaraiah has recommended inclusion of Transgender in OBC List, after Supreme
class court order.
 SC P.L. Punia
ST Rameshwar Uraon
Women Mamta Sharma

New Chief Ministers and UT Administrators

Arunanchal CM Nabam Tuki
Cabinet approved “Vidhan Parishad” (legislative council) for this state, under
Assam
Art.169. Nov 2013
Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi replaced Nitish Kumar.

1. Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj

December assembly 2. Rajashthan: Vasundhara
elections 3. Mizoram: Lalthan Hawla (Congi),
4. 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 Ajit Seth

Secretary boss of Central Secretariat

Nripendra Misra, former TRAI chief. As such he cannot join government job after working as
Principle
TRAI chief but Modi made ordinance to exempt this.
Secretary
boss of PMO

Finance Arvind Mayaram, important for he headed various Committees.

National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS. Brajesh Mishra
NSA
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 29th State

Seemandhra Telangana
C. Chandrababu NaiduTelugu Desham Party K. Chandrshekhar raoTelangana Rastra
CM & party
(TDP) 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 In the ratio of consumption in last five years Same
stations
Union government will form a central body to
River water Same
decide water allocation.
Palleru ri.Muneru ri. ,Hallia ri, Dindi
important rivers /dams Godavari, Penneru Ri, Gundla Kamma
ri, – all tributaries of Krishna

1. Lake Pulicat, 1. Pocharam

2. lake Kolleru 2. Kawal
wildlife 3. Neelapattu bird sanctuary 3. Pakhal
4. Eturnagaram Wild Life
Sanctuaries

Horsely hill station, Borru caves, Araku valley

tourism Chitrakoot falls
(natural heritage site), Vishakhapatnam
Tirupati temple here –
important cities/towns Vishakhapatnam, Rajamundry, Vijayvada, Warangal, Adilabad, Nizamabad
historic
Tirupati balaji, Lepakshi temples, Amaravati Warangal, Palampet,
places/temples
elite edu separate IIT/IIM/AIIMs under 12th and 13th FYP ?
shares border with TN, KN, Odisha KN. MH, Chhatisgarh, Odisha
these states

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

14th Finance commission

Formed under Article 280 of the Constitution

13th FC: Chairman Kelkar

14th FC setup in in Jan 2013.
Boss = Ex RBI governor Governor YV Reddy
His recommendations will be effective from 1/April/2015, for a period of five years

Apart from the usual terms of reference, 14th FC also has to make recommendations about:

1. Pricing of public utilities such as electricity and water in an independent manner

2. issues like disinvestment, GST and subsidies.

7th Pay commission

6th PC was formed in 2006. Chairman: BN Sri Krishna

 7th Pay commission-head-Rtd SC judge Ashok kumar Mathur
Member= Vivek Rae full time (IAS) + Rathin Roy part time (economist) + Meena Agarwal (Secretary, IRAS)
Target audience= 50 lakh Central government employees, including the Railways and Defense. +30 lakh
pensioners.
Deadline= submit report in two years.

Implemented from January 1, 2016. [6th PC's recommendations from January 1, 2006.]

other Committees
20th law new chairman Justice Ajit prakash shah.(D.K jain resigned and became the president of
commission National Consumer disputes redressal commission)
A.R. Rather GST panel new chief- Jammu & Kashmir Finance minister
Setup by Ministry of Health & family welfare.Why govt setup- IMR & MMR are high among
Abhay Bhang 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
By Kerala government to update Kerala’s desi liquor policy. Recommended liquor with low
M.Ramachandra
alcohol content.
Panel
Justice mukul IPL match fixing – On the basis of this report SC took action and Srinivasan was forced to
Mudgal resign+ Walmart Lobbying, by Corporate Min.
Justice Ranjana head of gender sensitisation and internal complaints committee (GSICC)of Supreme
Desai 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 to recommend new location of capital for successor state in Andhra Pradesh. Until then
 Sivaramakrishnana 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
under DoPT. To reform in IAS training. Recommended that IAS officer’s training should be
Kiran Aggarwal
shortened.

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
M.P. Bezbaruah 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 To study the reasons for backward Muslims. He is Former vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim
Rehman University. (Imp for UPPCS exam)
OOMMEN V To study the report of kasturi rangan committee on western Ghats. Kasturi was formed to
panel study Madhav Gadgil’s report….this might become an endless cycle.
Sam Pitroda 2013. to lookinto the role of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati
Sandhya By Dept. of agriculture –on framing a policy for monitoring Pesticides residue in vegetable
Kulsrestha and fruits

Stamps in News 2014 (SIN?)

in 2014, Indian Post has released following stamps so far
 Stamp1: Drukpa Lineage of Buddhism

Druk (Tibetan) = dragon, Drukpa (Tibetan) = lineage of dragon

founded in 1206; Today 12th head is Jigme Wangchen
Drukpa Buddhism devotees in Tibet, Ladakh, Sikkim, HP and North- East India and Nepal.
Hemis Monastery, Ladhakh = their main centre, built in 17th Cent.
The monastry also house library of Tibetan books and valuable collection of Thangkas (Tibetan style of
paintings)
Thangka (‘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 11th 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

1964: setup. 2003: statutory body.

Central Vigilance Panel: PM, HM, Opposition leader of LokSabha.
Commission (50 years) 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.

completed 50 years. (founded in ’64).

Food Corporation Of
HQ: Delhi. Boss: C. Viswanath.
India
Falls under Ministry of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution

located in Kolkata (1814)

Indian Museum 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
both protestant and orthodox churches. HQ Nagupur.
of india

Defense / Security: Persons in News

Abhilash Tommy Naval Expedition
Air Chief marshal- Arup Raha (24th chief of Airforce). Worked in Operation Rahat during
Airforce
Uttarakhand Tsunami.
Dalbir Singh Suhag WILL replace Bikram Singh on July 31, 2014. Suhag is a Gorkha
Army
officer, served in Indian peacekeeping ops in Sri Lanka.
First woman director of Sardar patel national police academy Hyderabad- the training centre
Aruna Bahuguna
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 Candidates appearing for those state PSC exam should prepare.
etc
DRDO New Chief Avinash Chander
IB (Intelligence
Syed Ibrahim
Bureau)
Indian Coast Guard DG Anurag G Thapliyal
Maheshkumar Kirti Chakra for killing JK Terrorists
Australian reporter, leaked 62′s Handerson Brooks report for Sino-India war. Indian
Maxwell Neville
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
Krishna Chaudhari
Response Force
Navy RK Dhowan After resignation of Admiral Devendra Joshi-for INS Sindhuratna.
NIA Sharad kumar
National security advisor. Ajit Dowal, ex-IPS replaced Shivshankar Menon, Ex IFS. Brajesh
NSA
 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
from US. Cargo ship for Airforce.
Globermaster
Cheetal light utility, multi-role helicopter is a variant of the Cheetah helicopter being manufactured by
Helicopter HAL, which is already operational in the high altitude regions.

C402, C408: Interceptor boat for coastguard.

C154: interceptor boat for Maharashtra coast.
Coast Guards 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.

For Navy, by ISRO. codename rohini. Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from French Guiana
GSAT7
(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
1961: we bought first aircraft carrier INS vikrant. 1997: it was decommissioned. Aug’13: New
INS Vikrant 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,
DRDO setting up new missile testing range here.
Andhra
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.
Becomes the first NATO country to make military service compulsory for both men and
Norway
women
Operation three
Codename for Afzal guru’s hanging.
star
OSA AK-M Surface to air missile for Indian airforce.
Japan’s Anti-Missile Air Defense Units Deployed After North-Korea warned South-Koreans
PAC-3
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
surface to surface upto 170 kms range. DRDO, based on Prahar missile. India will sell them to
Pragati missile
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
First Indigenous Attack heli. With missiles. They’re weaponized version of Dhruva helicopter
Rudra 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
India’s bilateral military exercise with Thailand. But after coup in May 2014, government
Maitree
ordered Indian troops to return.
Milan 2014 Naval exercise, Port blair total 16 navys in the Indian Ocean
SEHYOG –
India Japan coast guard joint exercise (@kochi coast)
KAIJIN 2014
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
For Navy, by ISRO. Codename rohini. Sent to space via Ariane 5 rocket, from French Guiana
GSAT7
(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.
this satellite will provide TV signs to Asia & Pacific. US private company Space X launched this via
SES8
Falcon 9 rocket.
Yutu/Jade
This was Chinese land rover for Moon. Mission: Change-E-3.
Rabit

Nuke Energy

India’s largest Nuke at Gorakhpur village, Fatehabad district, Haryana. previous PM Mohan had laid foundation.
plant Capacity 2800MW
Kudankulam Tamilnadu. Unit 1 achieved max capacity (1000MW). Russia signed pact for #3 and #4 as
 well.

India: Places in News 2014

New wild banana species found-Musa Velutina.

Arunanchal Pradesh
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
First inhabited world heritage monument under UNESCO. Other five forts that got
Jaisalmer Fort
world heritage statute: Amber, Chittorgarh, Gangron, Kumbhalgarh.
West Bengal. home to Asiatic wild dog (Dhule), IUCN status: endangered. seen first
Jaldapara National park
time here. Same park is 2nd largest habitat of one horned rhinos, after Kanziranga
Vellore district TN. Neolithic bedrocks found. They were used for aryanaza axes
Javadi Hills
and stone tools.
Jhajjar (Haryana) National cancer institute established
included in National capital region (NCR). They’ll get more funds for infra
Jind and Karnal
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
Himachal, on Beas river. Released water without warning, the flash flood caused
Larji dam
death of 20+ B.Tech students from Hyderabad. June 2014
Maenam Wildlife
First wild life aryanaz to have a skywalk and 22km ropeway
Sanctury, Sikkim
Malayalam language Union cabinet gives it classical status, along with Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.
Meghalaya, Tripura,
Got their own high courts. Total HC (before) =21. After =24.
Manipur.
Mukundra Hills Third Tiger reserve in Rajasthan. Other two are Sariska and Ranthambhore
Nagzira 5th tiger reserve in Maharashtra
Arunanchal railway station. only two state capitals in NE, have rail connectivity. first
Naharalagun
Guwahati, second Itanagar (via Naharalagun).
Narmada Dam /
Patel’s statue of unity will be built here- on Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada dam.
Kevadiya Colony
Vadodara. Built by Gaekward rulers, demolished because its structure had become
Nazarbaugh Palace
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
Modi plans three new petrochemical regions in Karnataka, Maharastra and West
petrochemical regions
Bengal each
Praneshwara Temple,
Shimoga district, Ancient copper plates from Kalachurya dynasty.
Karnataka
First govt girls medical college of India (Bhagat phool singh mahila medical
Sonipat (Haryana)
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)
Ambassador factory of Hindustan motors in W.bengal. Stopped production in May
Uttarpura
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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