MAY GK

1. BOOKS & AUTHORS

New Market Tales : Jayant Kriplani
The Skinning Tree : Srikumar Sen
Tale Spin : Sanjay Chopra
Engraved in Stone : Madhulika Liddle
Trojan Horse : Mark Russinovich
"Fida-e-Lucknow-Tales of the city and its people : Parveen Talha
2. IMPORTANT DAYS
7 April : World Health Day
12 April : International Day of Human Space Flight
17 April : World Hemophilia Day
18 April : World Heritage Day
21 April : Civil Services Day
22 April : International Mother Earth Day
24 April : National Panchayati Raj Day
25 April : World Malaria Day
3. On the Hot Seat
Enrico Letta : New Prime Minister of Italy
Abdul Hamid : First Woman Speaker of Bangladesh
Abdul Hamid : 20th President of Bangname
N N Vohra : Governor of J&K
Horacio Cartes : New President of Paraguay
Nicolas Maduro : President of Venezuela
N R Wasan : Additional DG, National Investigation Agency (NIA)
Aruna Bahuguna : Special DG of CRPF
Sunil Mittal : Vice-Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Takehiko Nakao : President of Asian Development Bank (ADB)
4. World of Awards
Jnanpith Award : Telegu author Dr. Ravuri Bharadwaja
Dada Saheb Phalke Award : Veteran Actor Pran
Kirti Chakra : Major Anup Joseph Manjali
Outstanding Parliamentary Award : BJP Leader Arun Jaitley, Congress MP Karan Singh and JD(U) MP
Sharad Yadav
Malcolm Adieseshiah Award : JNU Professor Gopal Narayan guru
Whitley Award (Green Oscar) : Indian wildlife biologist Dr. Aparajita Datta
5. World of Sports
Chinese GP : Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won the Chinese Grand Prix
Baharain GP : Sebastian Vettel won the Baharain Grand Prix
TENNIS
Monte Carlo Masters :
Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal
Men's Doubles : The French-Serbian combination of Julien Benneteau and Nenad Zimonjic has won the
Men's Doubles Trophy
JUDO
Angom Anita Chanu won bronze medal at the Senior Asian Judo Championships in Bangkok
CRICKET
Bangladesh to host 2014 Asia Cup tournament