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GK Power Capsule NICL AO Assistant 2015
GK Power Capsule NICL AO Assistant 2015
This GK Capsule has been prepared by Career Power Institute Delhi (Formerly Known as Bank Power). This
document consists of all important news and events of last few months which can come in IBPS CLERK Exam.
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6. RBI, Sri Lankan central bank agrees on $1.5 billion currency swap deal.
7. RBI Relaxes Overseas Loan Recast Rules
i. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) relaxed rules for companies and banks to restructure and reschedule existing overseas
borrowings by permitting an increase in the total cost of borrowing offshore.
ii. Indian firms have found it difficult to restructure existing borrowings after facing a sharp slowdown in the economy.
iii. The banking regulator also allowed changes in the drawdown and repayment schedules of such overseas borrowings.
8. RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent
i. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut down repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 percent from 7.75 percent, with
immediate effect citing that the fiscal consolidation was better than what numbers show and that the combined fiscal
deficit is much lower due to the government transferring more funds to the states.
ii. However, RBI has kept the cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged at 4 percent.
iii. It is the second change in rates by 25 basis points since January 2015. With this change, RBI is signaling that it was
convinced by the fiscal consolidation measures announced in the Budget.
iv. This is the first time that the Reserve Bank of India has announced a monetary policy action ahead of markets opening.
9. RBI adopted Inflation Targeting as a policy tool for monetary regulation
i. Inflation targeting was in news recently as Union Government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 20 February 2015
signed an agreement on Monetary Policy Framework. As per the agreement, RBI accepted to focus on flexible inflation
targeting.
ii. Inflation targeting is defined as an economic policy in which a central bank estimates or decides for a medium-term
target inflation rate. In Indian context, as per the agreement, inflation targeting means that the RBI will have to maintain
iii. Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation targets below six per cent by January 2016 and four per cent from 2016-17,
with a band of plus/minus two per cent.
iv. The transition from monetary targeting suggested by Chakravarty Committee (1988) to Inflation targeting suggested by
Urijit Patel Committee is similar to the practice adopted by central banks in developed countries.
What are the Benefits of Inflation Targeting ?
i. The benefits of inflation targeting are many. Two of the prominent benefits of inflation targeting are enhancement of
transparency and reduction of price variability.
ii. The most important benefit of inflation targeting is that it helps the central banks to maintain low inflation and low
inflation eventually promotes long term growth.
iii. Other most important benefits of using inflation targeting include
enhanced public understanding of monetary policy, increased
central bank accountability, and an improved state for economic
growth.
10. RBI eases norms for home loans for up to Rs 10 lakh
i. Giving a boost to affordable housing, the RBI eased the norms for home
loans for up to Rs 10 lakh by allowing banks to include stamp duty and
registration charges to the cost of a unit.
ii. These charges used to form around 15 per cent of the cost of the house
and place a burden on borrowers.
iii. As per the current practice, banks do not include stamp duty,
registration and other documentation charges in the cost of housing
property.
iv. The RBI declared that in cases of projects sponsored by government,
statutory authorities, banks may disburse the loans as per the payment
stages prescribed by such authorities, even where payments sought from
house buyers are not linked to the stages of construction.
Banking topics in news
NPAs (Non Performing Assets):
i. A mortgage in default would be considered non-performing, after a
prolonged period of non-payment(90 days).
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ii. The lender will force the borrower to liquidate any assets that
were pledged as part of the debt agreement. If no assets were
pledged, the lenders might write-off the asset as a bad debt and
then sell it at a discount to a collections agency.
Debt recovery tribunal (DRT- A court for such cases) A person whose account is declared as NPA
SARFAESI ACT - In 2002, Govt. gave banks a lifeline called as SARFAESI Act (Securitization and Reconstruction of
Financial Assets and Enforcement of security interest Act)
i. With this Act bank has the power to take possession of the owners mortgaged property or can transfer this to some
other ownership.
What bank will do with the acquired property?
i. Bank can use this for their own purpose like , opening a new branch on it, installing of ATMs etc.
ii. Bank can advertise in newspapers for the auction of the property acquired and could auction them on any pre decided day.
iii.Bank can sell the property to ARC (Asset Reconstruction Company), these are registered companies under RBI, they buy
such assets from banks and sell them at higher prices to gain profits.
Goods and Services Tax i. It is an indirect tax that will lead to the abolition of all other taxes such as, central sales tax, state-level sales tax, excise duty,
service tax, and value-added tax (VAT). Both the state and the central governments will impose GST on almost all goods and
services produced in India or imported into the country.
ii. Exports will not be subject to GST. Direct taxes, such as income tax, corporate tax and capital gains tax will not be affected.
It will simplify India's tax structure, broaden the tax base, and create a common market across states. This will lead to
increased compliance and increase India's tax-to-gross domestic product ratio.
iii. The highest rate of taxation under GST will be around 15 per cent in the first year, and eventually come down to 12 per cent
in the second year. By comparison, the current rate of the various indirect taxes levied in India amounts to roughly 20 per cent.
Goods deemed necessary or of basic importance will be taxed at a lower rate.
iv. The GST can be implemented only through a Constitutional Amendment Bill, which means it needs to be approved by not
less than two-thirds of the members present and voting in each House of Parliament. The GST must also be ratified by the
legislatures of at least one-half of the states.
v. States will get one-year time to implement the provisions of Goods and Services Tax (GST) after introduction of the new
indirect tax regime from 1st April 2016.
Deposit insurance and credit guarantee corporation (DICGC)
All commercial banks including branches of foreign banks functioning in India, local area banks and regional rural banks are
insured by the DICGC. Note: Primary cooperative societies are not insured by the DICGC.
DICGC insure: DICGC protects bank deposits that are payable in India.
The DICGC insures all deposits such as savings, fixed, current, recurring, etc. except the following types of deposits.
(i) Deposits of foreign Governments;
(ii) Deposits of Central/State Governments;
(iii)Inter-bank deposits;
(iv) Deposits of the State Land Development Banks with the State co-operative bank;
(v) Any amount due on account of any deposit received outside India
(vi) Any amount, which has been specifically exempted by the corporation with the previous approval of Reserve Bank of
India.
Maximum deposit amount insured by the DICGC - Each depositor in a bank is insured upto a maximum of Rs.1,00,000
(Rupees One Lakh).
Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited: is Indias first Credit Information Company (CIC) founded in August 2000.
CIBIL collects and maintains records of an individuals payments pertaining to loans and credit cards.
Headquarter Mumbai
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International reserve assets, created by the International Monetary Fund in 1967. The value of SDR is based on the
portfolio of widely used countries and they are maintained as accounting entries and not as hard currency or physical
assets like Gold.
18. BOND: Publicly traded ling term debt securities issued by corporations and governments, whereby the issuer agrees to
pay a fixed amount of interest over a specified period of time and to repay a fixed amount of principal maturity.
19. CRAR(Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio): Capital to risk weighted assets ratio is arrived at by dividing the capital of
the bank with aggregated risk weighted assets for credit risk, market risk and operational risk.
20. Non Performing Assets (NPA): An asset (loan), including a leased asset, becomes non performing when it stops generatig
income for the bank. Note: Once the borrower has failed to make interest or principle payments for 90 days the loan is
considered to be a non-performing asset.
21. Inflation: inflation is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. When
the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services. Consequently, inflation reflects a
reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money a loss of real value in the medium of exchange and unit of account
within the economy.
22. GDP - An estimated value of the total worth of a countrys production and services, within its boundary, by its nationals
and foreigners, calculated over the course on one year.
Note: GDP = consumption + investment + (government spending) + (exports imports). Total value of products & Services
produced within the territorial boundary of a country.
23. GNP - An estimated value of the total worth of production and services, by citizens of a country, on its land or on foreign
land, calculated over the course on one year.
Note: GNP = GDP + NR (Net income inflow from assets abroad or Net Income Receipts) - NP (Net payment outflow to
foreign assets). Total value of Goods and Services produced by all nationals of a country (whether within or outside the
country).
Credit Rating Agency in India & World
Indian credit rating industry mainly comprises of CRISIL, ICRA, CARE, ONICRA, FITCH (India Ratings & Research) & SMERA.
CRISIL - Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited, Headquarter Mumbai
ICRA - Investment information and credit rating agency Headquarter - Gurgaon, India
CARE - Credit Analysis and Research Headquarters Mumbai
ONICRA - Headquarter - Gurgaon, India
SMERA - Headquarters Mumbai
Fitch (India Ratings & Research) - Headquarters Mumbai
Note: CRISIL is the largest credit rating agency in India, with a market share of greater than 60%
Standard & Poor's (S&P) Headquarter New York, US
Moody's Headquarter - New York, US
Fitch - Headquarter - New York, US
Regulators in India:
Regulator
Reserve Bank of India
(RBI)
Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI)
Sectors
Financial system and monetary policy,
Money Market
Security & Capital Market, stock broking &
Merchant Banking, Nidhis, Chit Fund
Companies
Chairman
Raghuram
Rajan
U.K. Sinha
Headquarter
Mumbai
Insurance industry
T. S. Vijayan
Hyderabad
Telecom
Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI)
Forward
Markets
Commission
Pension Fund Regulatory
and
Development
Authority (PFRDA)
Telecommunication Industry
Rahul Khullar
New Delhi
Commodity Market
Ramesh
Abhishek
Hemant
Contractor
Mumbai
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ii. The nation's largest lender SBI, which being a commercial bank could not apply for a payment bank license, will hold
30% in the joint venture. RIL will be the promoter and hold the balance 70%.
7. Base year change pushes 2013-14 GDP growth to 6.9%
i. The Government, sharply revised Indias 2013-14 GDP growth estimate to 6.9 per cent from 4.7 per cent.
ii. The 2012-13 growth estimate was revised to 5.1 per cent from 4.5 per cent.
iii. The estimates released also follow a change in the base year for calculating national accounts to 2011-12 from 2004-05
in addition to the routine annual revision.
iv. The changes have reduced the gap between the way India calculates GDP and the methodology used by the
International Monetary Fund.
8. CHILLR APP - HDFC Bank, Indias second-largest private bank, introduced a new app, Chillr, which will allow users to send
money to any contact in their phone books, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Chillr is a third-party app, which will be available exclusively for the customers. It will allow them to transfer money using
a contacts mobile number alone.
9. Singapore's GIC to invest Rs 1,020 crore in Bandhan Financial Services
i. Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC is investing 10.2 billion rupees ($165.5 million) in India's Bandhan Financial
Services.
ii. The company will get a total equity investment of 16 billion rupees, including 5.8 billion rupees from existing investor
IFC.
10. TCS ends RIL's 23-year run as most profitable firm
Information technology major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) posted a net profit of Rs 5,328 crore for the quarter ended
December, overtaking long-standing champion Reliance Industries Ltd.
11. ICICI ties up with UAE Exchange for instant money transfer
i. ICICI bank has tied up with UAE Exchange to offer an instant bank transfer service to the Indians residing in the Gulf
nation.
ii. FLASHremit service started by the bank enables customers to conveniently send money instantly to their beneficiaries
in India in Indian Rupees.
12. ICICI Bank launches Pockets, Indias first digital bank on a mobile phone
i. ICICI Bank, Indias largest private sector bank, has announced the launch of Pockets, Indias first digital bank for the
youth.
ii. This wallet uses a virtual VISA card which enables the users to transact on any website or mobile application in India.
13. PNB raises Rs. 1,000 crore via private placement
i. State-owned Punjab National Bank raised Rs. 1,000 crore through bonds to fund business growth and meet global capital
adequacy norms.
Note - Public sector banks require equity capital of Rs. 2.4 lakh crore by 2018 to meet the global, Basel III norms on
capital adequacy. For the current fiscal, the government has allocated Rs. 11,200 crore for bank capitalisation.
14. SBI inks 100 mn euro loan pact with European bank
i. State Bank of India has signed a loan agreement for 100 million euro (about Rs 700 crore) with European Investment
Bank for lending to private businesses in the country.
ii. The loan will be utilised to support the development of private sector, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises
( SMEs), social and economic infrastructure as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation in the country.
iii. Agreements related to the first tranche of 55 million euro and the second of 45 million euro were signed in June and
November 2014.
15. Govt asks PSU banks increase lending to minorities
i. The Union government has advised PSU banks to step up lending to minorities with a view to ensuring that they get loans
in proportion to their population.
ii. It was decided to increase the percentage share of lending to each minority community in proportion to their respective
share in minority population.
16. EPFO trustees okay raising age limit under pension scheme to 60 from 58 years for vesting of pension.
17. US dollar hits 12-year peak, emerging markets spooked. The US dollar climbed to multi-year peaks against the euro and
yen in Asia amid starkly diverging outlooks for interest rates globally.
18. SBI sells 4% stake in Cibil to IIFL for around Rs 72 crore
19. Government cuts import tariff on gold and silver - The government has slashed import tariff value on gold to $375 per 10
grams and silver to $512 per kg following weak global price
trends.
20. Centre includes compensation in GST Const Amendment Bill The Centre has included in the GST Constitutional Amendment
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Bill the compensation which will be paid to states for revenue loss on account of rolling out the new indirect tax regime.
UNION BUDGET
Key Highlights Quoting PAN a must for all purchases above Rs 1,00,000
Corporate tax reduced from 30% to 25% over next four years
Defence allocation for this fiscal is Rs 2,46,727 crore.
AIIMS to be set up in J&K, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and
Assam.
Govt to raise visa-on-arrival facilities to 150 countries from 43
Govt to introduce Indian gold coin with Ashoka sign on it.
Proposal of 5 ultra mega power projects for 4,000 MW each.
Investment in infrastructure to go up by Rs 70,000 crores.
GST to be put in place by April 1, 2016.
All contributions to Sukanya Samridhi scheme to be tax free.
Transport allowance, which is currently Rs 800 per month, has been
increased to Rs 1600 per month.
Additional deduction of Rs 50,000 for pension contributions.
Govt increases limit of deduction of health insurance premium from
Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000.
100% deduction for contribution to Swachch Bharat and Clean Ganga
schemes.
Rs 150 core to create world class IT hub in India.
Net gain from tax proposals seen at 150.68 billion rupees in 2015-16.
Direct tax proposals will lead to loss of Rs 8,315 crore; indirect
proposal will yield Rs 23,383 crore.
Yoga included in the ambit of charitable purposes under the Income Tax Act.
Questionnaire on Union Budget
1. In the Union Budget, rate of Service Tax was hiked from 12% to ____ - 14%
2. In the Union Budget 2015-16, Fiscal deficit seen at how much per cent of GDP in 2015/16? - 3.9 %
3. How much amount has been allocated to the Rural Infrastructure Development Bank in the Union Budget 2015-16? - Rs.
25,00 crore
4. According to the Union Budget, two new IIM will be opened in which of the following states? -Jammu & Kashmir and
Andhra Pradesh
5. According to the Union Budget 2015-16, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) registered with Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) above _______ will be now considered as financial institutions? - Rs. 5,000 crore
6. How much amount has been allocated for Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the Union Budget 2015-16? - 346.99
billion rupees
7. How much amount has been allocated to Defence sector in the Union Budget 2015-16? - Rs. 2,46,726 crore
8. According to the Union Budget, how much per cent of Revenue Deficit to be seen in 2015-16? - 2.8%
9. According to the Union Budget 2015-16, how much per cent, rate of corporate tax will be reduced over next four years? 25%
10. According to the Union Budget 2015-16, now details of PAN has to mentioned compulsory for transactions for more than
_____.- Rs. 1 lakh
11. In the Union Budget 2015-16, increase in the limit of health insurance premium from current Rs 15,000 to ____.Rs. 25,000
12. How much amount has been allocated for micro-irrigation watershed projects in the Union Budget 2015-16? - Rs. 5,300
Crore
13. How much amount has been allocated to Infrastructure sector in the Union Budget 2015-16? Rs. 70,000 crore
14. According to the Union Budget 2015-16, Visa on arrival for how many countries? - 150
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ECONOMIC SURVEY
Presented By - Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on 27 February.
What is Economic Survey - The Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy over the previous
12 months, summarises the performance on major development programmes and highlights the policy initiatives of the
government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium term.
Highlights of the Economic Survey 2014-15
GDP growth is expected to accelerate to between 8.1 and 8.5 percent in 2015-16.
Inflation is likely to remain in the 5-5.5 percent range in 2015-16.
The current account deficit estimated to be 1.0 percent in the fiscal year 2015-16.
Food grains production for 2014-15 is estimated at 257.07 million tones.
India ranks well above the mean for its investment grade category (BBB), and also above the mean for the investment
category above it (on the basis of the new growth estimates).
Expenditure control and expenditure switching from consumption to investment will be the key to growth in the
short-run
It calls for complementing Make in India initiative with Skill India initiative to enable a larger section of the
population to benefit from the structural transformation that such sectors will facilitate.
The Model APMC Act, 2003 should be amended along the lines of the Karnataka Model that has successfully
introduced an integrated single licensing system.
The Survey calls for adhering to the medium-term fiscal deficit target of 3 percent of GDP. This will provide the fiscal
space to insure against future shocks and also to move closer to the fiscal performance of its emerging market peers.
It also calls for moving toward the golden rule of eliminating revenue deficits and ensuring that, over the cycle,
borrowing is only for capital formation.
Expenditure control combined with recovering growth and the introduction of the GST will ensure that medium term
targets are comfortably met.
In the short run, the need for accelerated fiscal consolidation will be conditioned by the recommendations of the
Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC).
Food Subsidy Bill stands at 107823.75 crore rupees during 2014-15 (up to January 2015) which means an increase of
20 percent over previous year
The direct fiscal cost of select subsidies is roughly 378,000 crore rupees or 4.2 percent of GDP in 2011-12.
41 percent of subsidy given for the PDS kerosene is lost as leakage and only 46 percent of the remaining 59 percent is
consumed by households that are poor.
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The JAM Number Trinity Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar, Mobile can enable the State to transfer financial resources to
the poor in a progressive manner without leakages and with minimal distorting effects.
The railways public investment multiplier (the effect of a 1 rupee increase in public investment in the railways on
overall output) is around 5.
RAILWAY BUDGET
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11. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) announced Rs 1,14,927 crore credit plan for agriculture
in Rajasthan for fiscal 2015-16, encompassing all 33 districts in the state.
12. Himachal Pradesh Government launched Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System Project.
13. Puducherry government initiated steps to bring into effect a scheme evolved in 2003 to pay monthly pension to media
persons.
14. Israel offers expertise to clean up Ganga - Amit Lang, Director-General of the Ministry of Economy, initiated talks on the
Free Trade Agreement (FTA), as well as expand cooperation in the field of water management, waste water treatment.
15. Aam Admi Party (AAP) led by Arvind Kejriwal emerged as winner in the Delhi vidhansabha Electon. AAP won 67 out of the
total 70 seats, while BJP bagged only 3 in the state.
Arvind Kejriwal swore in as the chief minister of Delhi. Ending the year old Lt. Governors rule in the state.
16. HIV treatment to be linked to Aadhaar - Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Treatment for HIV/AIDS infection will now be
linked to Aadhaar.
17. China overtakes US as top investment destination
i. China has overtaken the United States as the top destination for foreign direct investment for the first time since 2003.
ii. According to the United Nations Conference of Trade and Development, foreign firms invested 128 billion dollars in
China and 86 billion in the US last year.
18. India, China launch Visit India Year in China
i. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang jointly launched the Visit India Year in
China at a function in Beijing.
ii. It is agreed to designate 2015 as Visit India Year in China and 2016 as Visit China Year in India.
19. Worlds largest and tallest Indian flag unfurled in Faridabad. The flag was unfurled by BJP president Amit Shah, Haryana
CM ML Khattar and Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor at Town Park in Faridabad, Haryana. The flag has dimension of 96 feet
by 64 feet and weighs 48 kilograms.
20. Country's second largest software services firm Infosys has set up a 250-seater BPO arm centre at Aguadilla, Puerto Rico,
aimed at serving the aviation sector.
21. President gives assent to Maharashtra Animal Preservation Amendment Bill, 1995. This bill amends Maharashtra Animal
Preservation Act 1976 and bans slaughter of bulls and bullocks in the state.
22. India, Mauritius to work to avoid 'abuse' of DTAT - Double Taxation Avoidance Convention.
23. Union Government launches BIRAC AcE Fund to accelerate growth of entrepreneurs in Biotechnology.
24. The Union Cabinet has approved the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to provide skills training to youth
across the country.
25. The 1st Counter-Terrorism Conference 2015 was held in Jaipur for three days from 19 March 2015 to 21 March 2015.
26. The Supreme Court struck down Section 66 A of the Information and Technology Act, which allows police to arrest people
for posting 'offensive content' on the internet.
27. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankars SAARC Yatra
He visited four nations from 1 March 2015 and ended on 4 March 2015. During the Yatra, he visited four countries namely
Afghanistan on 4 March 2015, Pakistan on 3 March 2015, Bangladesh on 2 March 2014 and Bhutan on 1 March 2015.
Afghanistan on 4th March 2015 CEO Abdullah Abdullah
Pakistan on 3rd March 2015: Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhary. He also met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his
Advisor on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz. He handed over a letter from Prime Minister Narendra
Modi to Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif.
Bangladesh on 2nd March 2015: Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina
Bhutan on 1st March 2015: Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. He also met with the 4th King of Bhutan Jigme
Singye Wangchuck.
Important News - States
1. Jharkhand CM announces Rs 1 lakh for alcohol-free villages. Chief Minister proposed to open 57 more Kasturba Gandhi
Girl Schools in the state
2. LIC to invest Rs 1.5-L cr in Indian Railways over next 5 years
3. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari
launches portal to help source cement for concrete roads
4. New city 'NAINA' to come up over 600 square km near Navi
Mumbai airport
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31. Rajinder Khanna to be New Chief of RAW for a period of two years from December 31 after incumbent Alok Joshi
retires.
32. Jyotsna Suri elected as the President of the (FICCI) the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
(FICCI).She succeeded Sidharth Birla.
33. Prakash Mishra takes over as DG of country's largest paramilitary and lead anti-Naxal operations force CRPF.Mishra
was an ex-Odisha police DGP and 1977-batch IPS officerv
34. Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as the next chief of Intelligence Bureau(IB). he will succeed Syed Asif
Ibrahim whose tenure ends on December 31.
35. Randhir Singh appointed as honorary member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Monaco.
36. Anurag Jain appointed as joint Secretary in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) of India.
37. Govt appoints Dinesh Kumar as CEO of Polavaram Project.
38. Arun Duggal appointed as non-executive Chairman of Credit rating agency ICRA. He will replace Pranab Kumar
Choudhury who will resign from ICRA Limited and all other affiliated entities on 29 January 2015.
39. Anil Sinha takes over as new CBI Chief. Mr. Sinha is the third consecutive chief of the agency from Bihar following Ranjit
Sinha and A.P. Singh
The list of Cabinet Ministers:
Rajnath Singh: Home Minster
Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs & Overseas Indian Affairs
Arun Jaitley: Finance Corporate Affairs
M. Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation & Parliamentary Affairs
Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways Shipping.
Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Dr. Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs
Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution
9. Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
10. Maneka Gandhi: Women and Child Development
11. Ananthkumar: Chemicals and Fertilizers
12. Ashok Gajapathi Raju: Civil Aviation
13. Anant Geete: Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
14. Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries
15. Narendra Singh Tomar: Mines & Steel Labour and Employment
16. Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs
17. Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture
18. Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment
19. Smriti Zubin Irani: Human Resource Development
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13. Anerood Jugnauth appointed as Mauritius Prime Minister by the President Purryag by replacing Prime Minister
Navinchandra Ramgoolam.
14. Richard Rahul Verma -US Ambassador to India replaced Kathleen Stephens.
15. Ashton Carter new US defense secretary to replace Chuck Hagel as US Defence Secretary.
16. National Rifle Association of India ,NRAI, chief Raninder becomes first elected Indian in ISSF International Shooting
Sport Federation committee.
17. India's S Ravi in ICC panel of umpires for World Cup.
18. Richard Rahul Verma sworn in as US Ambassador to India by Secretary of State John Kerry.He will replace Nancy
Powell, who resigned in March after a damaging row over the treatment of diplomat Devyani Khobragade over visa fraud
charges.
19. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe re-elected for another four year term
20. US senate confirms Vivek Murthy as 19th Surgeon General of America.He is youngest person and first person of Indianorigin to hold the post.
21. Michel Kafando: New interim president of Burkina Faso
22. Klaus Werner Iohannis elected new President of Romania. He replace Traian Basescu.
23. Farhan Akhtar appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia.
MAJOR SUMMITS
UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
The first Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo,also called RE-Invest 2015. New Delhi
The 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. New Delhi
First World Ocean Science Congress - Kochi, Kerala
World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) Hyderabad
6. World Economic Forum annual Summit 2015 Davos Switzerland
7. World Diamond Conference 2014 New Delhi
8. 19th SAARC Summit 2016 Islamabad, Pakistan
9. G20 Leaders Summit 2014 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia)
10. 15th G - 20 Summit 2015 Turkey
11. 16th G - 20 Summit 2016 China
12. 4thNuclear security summit 2016 United States
13. 7th BRICS Summit 2015 Ufa, Russia
14. IBSA Summit 2015 (IBSA = India - Brazil - South Africa) - New Delhi
15. International Buddhist Conference 2014 held in Nepal
16. 9th East Asia Summit held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
17. 45th International Film Festival of India begins in Goa.
18. The International Renewable Energy Agency, IRENA hold its eighth Council meeting in Abu Dhabi.
19. The World Economic Forum summit held in New Delhi
20. India-Arab League officials meeting held in New Delhi
21. The 10th edition of World Islamic Economic Forum, WIEF held in Dubai.
22. G-4 foreign minister meeting held in New York to discuss Security Council reform
Note: G -4 countries include- India, Brazil, Germany and Japan
23. UN Climate Change Summit 2014 held in New York
24. 13th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held for the first time in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
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Basic facility of 24x7 power, clean drinking water, a toilet and road connectivity.
Housing for all - 2 crore houses in Urban areas and 4 crore houses in Rural areas.
At least one member has access to means for livelihood.
Substantial reduction in poverty.
Electrification of the remaining 20,000 villages including off-grid Solar Power- by 2020.
Connecting each of the 1,78,000 un-connected habitation.
Providing medical services in each village and city.
Ensure a Senior Secondary School within 5 km reach of every child, while improving quality of education and
learning outcomes.
To strengthen rural economy - increase irrigated area, improve the efficiency of existing irrigation systems, and
ensure value addition and reasonable price for farm produce.
Ensure communication connectivity to all villages.
To make India, the manufacturing hub of the World through Skill India and the Make in India Programmes.
Encourage and grow the spirit of entrepreneurship - to turn youth into job creators.
Development of Eastern and North Eastern regions on par with the rest of the country.
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Category
Best album of the year
Best record of the year
Best song of the year
Album
Morning Phase
Stay With Me
Stay With Me
Childrens Album
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Am Malala: How
One Girl Stood Up For
Education And Changed
The
World
(Malala
Yousafzai)
Winds of Samsara
Artist
Beck Hansen
Sam Smith
James Napier, William Phillips &
Sam Smith
Neela Vaswani
CATEGORY
NATIONAL AWARDS
FILMFARE AWARDS
OSCAR
Best Picture
Queen
Queen
Birdman
Best Director
Chotushkone (Bengali)
Srijit Mukherji
Vikas Bahl
Shahid Kapur
Kangana Ranaut
Kangana Ranaut
Jigarthanda (Tamil)
Bobby Simhaa
Tabu
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Filmfare
Lifetime
Achievement Awards
NA
Kamini Khaushal
NA
Tanul Thakur
Ankhon Dekhi
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NA
Sanjay Mishra
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NA
Alia Bhatt
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NA
Abhishek Varman
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NA
Fawad Khan
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NA
Kirti Sanon
NA
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
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Haider
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Haider (Hindi)
,Sukhwinder Singh (Song:
Bismil)
Ankit Tiwari
NA
Saivam (Tamil)
Uttara Unnikrishanan
(Song: Azhagu)
Kanika Kapoor
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Court
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Note NA denotes that the awards are not presented in this category.
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The President's Office conferred the Bharat Ratna award to Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) and former
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee .
Poet Arundhathi Subramaniam won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry for her work When God is
a Traveller.
Major Mukund Varadarajan, Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh posthumously awarded with Ashok Chakra
Rajendra Singh named as the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
Miss Colombia Paulina Vega - crowned Miss Universe, beating out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants
from more than 80 other countries.
WEF names Smriti Irani as Young Global Leader from India
Harvard University retains top position in Times World Reputation Rankings 2015
Top 3 Universities in World Reputation Rankings 2015 are:
I. Harvard University (US).
II. University of Cambridge (UK).
III. University of Oxford (UK).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi named among 30 most influential people on internet: Time Magazine
Savitri Jindal among five Indian women on Forbes billionaires list
Rani Mukerji - awarded by National Institute of Gender Justice for representing the cause of women.
Rahul Jindal The Indian-American physician selected for Fulbright Nehru Distinguished Chair
Niloofar Rahmani, Nadia Sharmeen and Tabassum Adnan - selected for International Women of Courage Award Shashi Kapoor conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2014.
Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has won the newly instituted Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize.
Madhya Pradesh gets national award for excellent work in MGNREGA
i. Madhya Pradesh has been awarded the 10th national award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act-MGNREGA.
ii. 74 percent construction of permanent assets has been done through MGNREGA in the state.
TVS Chairman Venu Srinivasan conferred honorary citizenship of Busan,Korea for his efforts to enhance friendship and
cooperation between India and Republic of Korea.
Veteran Pakistan-born poetess Imtiaz Dharker awarded with the Queens Gold Medal for Poetry 2014 for her latest
poetry collection Over the Moon.
The Lunchbox honoured by Toronto film critics at 18th
annual Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) awards in
Toronto.
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20. Tata Steel chosen among 100 most valuable brands in 2014 by World
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Resign/Retired
1. Sujatha Singh was ousted by the Indian government as
the foreign secretary of India.
2. Union Minister Dadarao Danve resigns
3. Lalit Modi removed from Rajasthan Cricket Association
4. Jeetan Ram Manjhi resigned as the chief minister of
Bihar.
5. Anil Goswami - removed from the post of home
secretary.
Note - Goswami was also summoned for an
explanation on why he tried to intervene and prevent
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Sports News
Chess Viswanathan Anand beats Micheal Adams to win London Classic.
Tennis:
Australian Open i. Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open crown, beating Andy Murray.
ii. Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova 6 0, 7 6 to win the Australian open.
iii. Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won their first major outing as a pairing and defeated the third seeds, Frances
Kristina Mladenovic and Canadian Daniel Nester, 6-4, 6-3.
BNP Paribas Open
i. Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer, 63, 67(57), 62
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BADMINTON
Saina Nehwal won Indian Open Series in New Delhi. K Srikanth won in the mens section.
Saina Nehwal became the number 1 in the womens badminton circuit.
All England Badminton Championship: Saina Nehwal loses to Carolina Marin in the Finals.
Saina Nehwal rises to 2nd, Kashyap in top-10 of BWF rankings
Srikanth wins Swiss Grand Prix Gold championship after overcoming a strong challenge from Viktor Axelson in a hardfought mens singles final.
PV Sindhu bagged the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton title for the second consecutive time defeated Korean
Kim Hyo Min.
FIFA (Football) World Cup venue: - RQ
1. 2018 : Russia
2. 2022: Qatar
Commonwealth Games venues:
1. 2014 Glasgow (Scotland).
2. 2018 Gold Coast (Australia).
Olympics Games venues:
1. 2014 winter: Sochi (Russia) Russia tops in the medal tally in 2014 winter Olympic games.
2. 2016 Summer: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
3. 2018 winter: Pyeongchang (South Korea)
4. 2020 summer: Tokyo (Japan)
OTHERS SPORTS NEWS:
1. Services win fourth Santosh Trophy title after edging out hosts Punjab 5-4 via tie-breaker in a nail-biting summit clash at
Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana
2. France win record fifth world handball title
i. France has became the first team in handball history to win five World Championships.
ii. In the finals, they defeated hosts and surprised finalists Qatar.
3. National Games mascot Ammu, the Great Hornbill, has immortalised itself by finding a mention in the Limca Book of
Records. The Great Indian Hornbill, had been staged in 147 schools.
4. Mascot for the 2016 European football championship named Super Victor.The name for the cartoon character boy
dressed as a footballer in blue and white with a red cape and number 16 jersey was preferred to Driblou and Goalix. Euro
2016 will take place in France from 10 June 2016 to 10 July 2016.
5. Ms Deborah, a tribal girl from Andaman and Nicobar Islands has created history in National Level by winning four Gold
Medals in the Track Asia Cup Cycling Championship 2014 which concluded at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi.
6. Michael Phelps was crowned Male Athlete of the Year at the 2014 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards. He was crowned
with the title for a fifth time.Earlier, he won the title in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2012. He was awarded with the title despite
being suspended from competition for six months after a drunken driving arrest in September 2014.
7. International Olympic Committee (IOA) President Thomas Bach has welcomed the U.S. decision to bid for the 2024 Games.
News Related To Defence & Technology
1. INCOIS launches app for fishermen - The app is developed by the Hyderabad-based Indian National Centre for Ocean
Information Services (INCOIS) Marine Fishery Advisory Services team
2. Indias indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile Astra was successfully tested from a Sukhoi30 fighter aircraft.
3. HAL completed integration of BrahMos thermonuclear cruise missile with Sukhoi-30MKI after over two years of work,
modifying the Russian-made aircraft.
4. NASA launches Earth-observing satellite to track the amount of water locked in soil, which may help residents in low-lying
regions brace for floods or farmers get ready for drought conditions.
ii. A Delta 2 rocket carrying Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base
on Californias central coast.
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5. India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic
missile Agni-5, which has a strike range of over 5000 kms and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne, from
Wheelers Island off Odisha
Note - About AGNI Series India has at present in its armoury of Agni series, Agni-1 with 700 km range, Agni-2 with 2000 km range, Agni-3 and Agni4 with 2500 km to more than 3500 range. After a few more trials, Agni-5 will be inducted into the services.
6. SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Florida
i. Unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on its
third attempt.
ii. It was carrying unmanned Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite. This satellite will be used by the US National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to monitor the Sun.
7. Indian Navy had conducted Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR) exercise in Lakshadweep Islands
(Kavaratti, Aggatti, Kalpeni and Androth). HADR was Indian Navys large scale exercise to test its readiness for handling a
tsunami like disasters.
8. Cisco Systems picks Visakhapatnam as first smart city'
i. Visakhapatnam will be the first city to be taken up for development as
a smart city by Cisco Systems, the global IT networking major and the
implementing company.
ii. Cisco has also evinced interest in working on disaster management
technologies as the state is hit by at least two cyclones every year.
9. Microsoft unveils Windows 10 and HoloLens.
i. Microsoft unveiled new version of Windows and a new wearable 3D
gadget it calls the HoloLens.
ii. Windows 10 will also come with a new Web browser that will be
closely integrated with Cortana, the companys voice-activated answer
to Siri.
10. Indias communication satellite GSAT-16 launched from Kourou in
French Guiana functioning normally. GSAT 16 has highest number of
48 transponders that will be used for television, telephone and internet
applications.
11. Imaging and information technology solutions provider Ricoh India
signed a deal worth Rs. 1,370 crore from Department of Posts to
modernise post offices through automation.
i. Under the project, Ricoh India will supply, install and maintain
services of hardware, peripheral devices and operating system.
ii.The primary goal of the Rural ICT project is to improve the quality of
service, provide more value added services and achieve financial
inclusion of un-banked rural population. Note: India Post is an iconic
organisation in India, the largest such network in the world and playing
a crucial role in the socio economic development of rural India, touching the lives of common man.
12. ISRO successfully launches GSLV Mark-III - ISRO successfully carries out human crew module experiment; module
safely splashes down into Bay of Bengal off Andaman and Nicobar Islands.Also known as LVM3/CARE, this suborbital
experimental mission was intended to test the vehicle performance during the critical atmospheric phase of its flight and
this carried passive (non functional) cryogenic upper stage.
India's Mars mission successful on 1st attempt: India's first Mars orbiter successfully began a 400 million-km long journey
to Mars, making it the first Asian country and the fourth in the world to undertake a mission to the red planet.
Important Points.
Dr. K. Radhakrishnan ISRO Chairman
Mylswamy Annadurai is the Director of Mars Mission.
India's MOM is the cheapest inter-planetary mission, costing of Rs 450 Crore ($671 million) entered the Martian orbit on
24 September 2014.
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also called Mangalyaan, is Indias first interplanetary mission to the planet Mars.
India becomes the first country in the world to insert a spacecraft into the Martian orbit in its very first attempt.
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Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, India's first interplanetary probe, was launched by PSLV-C25 on November 5, 2013 from Satish
Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) becomes the fourth space agency to reach Mars after Roscosmos (Russia),
NASA (USA) and ESA (European).
The first Chinese mission to Mars, called Yinghuo-1, failed in 2011.
The project was approved by the government of India on 3 August 2012 and costs Rs. 450 crores.
MOM is the cheapest and lowest-cost inter-planetary mission ever to be undertaken in the world. It cost us all a mere Rs 4
per person
Missiles in use of Indian Army:
Prithvi I - 150km - Surface to Surface short range ballistic
missile.
Prithvi II - 350km
Prithvi III - 350km - 600km
Agni I - 700km -1250km Surface to Surface short range ballistic missile.
Agni II - 2000km -3500km
Agni III - 3500km -5000km
Agni IV - 3000km -4000km
Agni V - 5500km -5800km
Agni VI - 8000km -3500km
Akash- 30 km
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Odissi: Orissa
Rauf Jammu & Kashmir
Nautanki, Thora, Chappeli, Raslila, Kajri - UP
Kathakali: Kerala.
Chhau: Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal
Bhangra: Punjab.
Khantumm - Mizoram
Chief Minister
N. Chandrababu Naidu
NabamTuki
Tarun Gogoi
Jitan Ram Manjhi
Raman Singh
Laxmikant Parsekar
Presidential Rule
Replaced ManoharParrikar
Gujarat : [Gandhinagar]
Anandiben Patel
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Haryana : [Chandigarh]
Himachal Pradesh : [Shimla]
Jammu and Kashmir : [Srinagar (S)/Jammu (W)]
Jharkhand : [Ranchi]
Karnataka : [Bengaluru]
Kerala : [Thiruvananthpuram]
Madhya Pradesh : [Bhopal]
Maharashtra : [Mumbai]
Manipur : [Imphal]
Meghalaya : [Shillong]
Mizoram : [Aizawl]
Nagaland : [Kohima]
Odisha : [Bhubaneshwar]
Puducherry : [Puducherry]
Punjab : [Chandigarh]
Rajasthan : [Jaipur]
Sikkim : [Gangtok]
Tamil Nadu : [Chennai]
Telangana : [Hyderabad]
Tripura : Agartala]
Uttar Pradesh : [Lucknow]
Uttarakhand : [Dehradun]
West Bengal : [Kolkata]
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Quetzal
Haiti
Honduras
Port-au-Prince
Tegucigalpa
Gourde
Lempira
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
St. Domingo
San Salvador
St. George's
Grenada
Trinidad
Tobago
and
United States
America
Argentina
of
Port of Spain
Washington D.C.
Buenos Aires
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
La Paz
Brasilia
Santiago
Bogota
Paraguay
Peru
Asuncion
Lima
Suriname
Paramaribo
Uruguay
Montevideo
Venezuela
Australia
Caracas
Canberra
Fiji
New Zealand
Suva
Wellington
Port Moresby
Jamaican
Dollar
Mexican New
Peso
Crdoba
Balboa
East
Caribbean
Dollar
East
Caribbean
Dollar
Trinidad and
Tobago
Dollar
US Dollar
Austral,
Neuvo Peso
Boliviano
Real
Chilean Peso
Colombian
Peso
Guarani
New Sol
Suriname
Guilder
Uruguayan
New Peso
Bolivar
Australian
Dollar
Fiji Dollar
New Zealand
Dollar
Kina
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January
15th
January
24th Jan
25th
January
30th
DAY
National Youth day (Birthday of
Vivekananda).
Army day.
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4th Feb
28th Feb
8th March
9th March
15th
March
20th
March
21st
Leprosy Day
World Cancer Day.
National science day
International women day
World Kidney day
World Consumer rights day ,
World Sparrow Day & International
Happiness Day.
World Forestry day
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24th
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7th April
21st April
22nd April
24th April
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21st May
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5th June
1st July
11th July
6th August
9th August
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World water day
33.
World Meteorological day
World T.B. day
World Autism Awareness Day
World Health day
Civil service day
World Earth day
Panchayat Divas
International Labour day
World Press Freedom Day
National Technology day
Anti Terrorism day (Death day of
Rajiv Gandhi)
Anti Tobacco day (No smoking day)
World Environment day
Doctors day
World population day
Hiroshima day
Nagasaki day
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August
29th
August
5th Sept
8th Sept
14th Sept
15th Sept
16th Sept
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8th Oct
9th Oct
24th Oct
17th Nov
18th Nov
19th Nov
27th Nov
1st Dec
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24 Dec
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57. PSLV Polar Satellite Launch vehicle
58. TAPI - Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India.
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