May and June Mixed Current Affairs 2014
1) • SC appointed 3rd arbitrator to resolve dispute of Centre and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on KG basin - Hudson McHugh
2) • SC re-constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to monitor the probe into the black money case under the chairmanship of - retired judge MB Shah.
3) • NBA banned Los Angeles Clippers owner for life and fined him 2.5 million dollars over an alleged racist remark in the stand - Donald Sterling
4) • 3400 India-made Electronic Voting Machines purchased for use in Presidential Election of a country which is scheduled in November 2014 - Government of Namibia
5) • US Senate confirmed the name of an Indian-American for Federal Judge in Illinois - Manish Shah
6) • Granary with walls of mud-bricks discovered by archaeologists during excavation at - Rakhigarhi village a Harappan civilisation site, in Haryana
7) • South African city agreed to allow construction of a place of worship in form of a full-fledged Gurudwara - Johannesburg
8) • Tunisian lawmakers adopted a sweeping new electoral law that paves the way for general elections later this year requiring party lists for legislative elections to be - half women and half men
9) • SIT formed in Assam to investigate and look into the conspiracy and mastermind behind the killings of civilians in - Kokrajhar and Baksa districts
10) • The Obama administration gave approval for the Syrian opposition to open a - formal diplomatic mission in the US
11) • Former British No 1 tennis player died of liver cancer at the age of 30 - Elena Baltacha
12) • SC upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act and said that the Act will not apply to - unaided minority institutions
13) • Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India on 6 May 2014 upheld the Constitutional validity of the Right to Education (RTE) Act provided in – Articles 15(5) and 21-A in the Constitution of India
14) • Kuwait has renewed two crude oil supply contracts with India’s - BPCL and BORL
15) • Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled that the Prime Minister must step down over abuse of her power - Yingluck Shinawartra
16) • A book entitled A Stamp is Born was released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari is authored by - C. R. Pakrashi
17) • Constitutional Bench of Supreme Court quashed law is Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2006 and said - water level of the dam can be raised to 142 feet
18) • SC banned use of bulls for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country terming that - rights guaranteed to the bulls under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act 1960 could not be taken away
19) • Scientists claimed that increased level of CO2 emissions will affect the nutrient content in some of the world’s staple food items like - Wheat and Rice
20) • IAF mountaineering expedition team explored an unclimbed peak of Arunachal Pradesh at a height 5887 meters - Mt Gorichen
21) • Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas sworn-in to the Palestinian National Unity Government led by - Prime Minister Rami Hamadallah
22) • Government of Uttar Pradesh has ordered establishment of women helpline in 75 districts that will be monitored and maintained by - the SSP and SP
23) • Central Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory of RGCA became India’s first aquaculture pathology laboratory to be accredited by - NABL
24) • South Africa appointed Hashim Amla as test cricket captain as successor of - Graeme Smith who retired in March 2014
25) • To honour parents throughout the world for selfless commitment to children, Global Day of Parents was observed on - 1 June
26) • Amid an East-West showdown over Ukraine, the US President Barack Obama announced an US Security plan of 1 billion US dollar for - Eastern Europe
27) • TERI Environmental Survey 2014 claimed for maximum urban population climate has - worsened
28) • West Bengal and Maharashtra governments signed a MoU on victim of trafficking under which - they will identify and repatriate victims of trafficking
29) • IICA & Grant Thornton India LLP signed a MoU to develop capacity of Indian companies to implement - the CSR Rules laid in Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013
30) • Kamal Nath was today sworn-in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the newly constituted Lok Sabha by -President Pranab Mukherjee
31) • President Obama appointed an Indian-American as the member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council on 3 June 2014 - Shefali Duggal
32) • World Environment Day observed across the world on 5 June 2014 with theme - small islands and climate change and slogan raise your voice not the sea level
33) • Pakistan has increased its defence budget by 11 percent for fiscal year 2014-15 - that starts on 1 July 2014
34) • Assam Agricultural University and ICAR signed a MoU to open 638th Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in - Baksa district of Assam
35) • India elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the- Intangible Cultural Heritage for the next four years
36) • Gadkari has been given additional charge of the Ministries of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation that was held by - Gopinath Munde
37) • The last Navajo code (those were used during World War II and remain unbreakable till the end of the war) talkers died in New Mexico - Chester Nez
38) • Ban imposed on export of drugs produced in Ranbaxy’s Toansa plant was lifted by the - European health regulator
39) • Softbank Corp unveiled world’s first humanoid robot named Peeper that can - communicate and read human emotions
40) • Vice Admiral Anil Chopra took charge of the Western Naval Command (WNC) as - Commander-in-Chief
2) • SC re-constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to monitor the probe into the black money case under the chairmanship of - retired judge MB Shah.
3) • NBA banned Los Angeles Clippers owner for life and fined him 2.5 million dollars over an alleged racist remark in the stand - Donald Sterling
4) • 3400 India-made Electronic Voting Machines purchased for use in Presidential Election of a country which is scheduled in November 2014 - Government of Namibia
5) • US Senate confirmed the name of an Indian-American for Federal Judge in Illinois - Manish Shah
6) • Granary with walls of mud-bricks discovered by archaeologists during excavation at - Rakhigarhi village a Harappan civilisation site, in Haryana
7) • South African city agreed to allow construction of a place of worship in form of a full-fledged Gurudwara - Johannesburg
8) • Tunisian lawmakers adopted a sweeping new electoral law that paves the way for general elections later this year requiring party lists for legislative elections to be - half women and half men
9) • SIT formed in Assam to investigate and look into the conspiracy and mastermind behind the killings of civilians in - Kokrajhar and Baksa districts
10) • The Obama administration gave approval for the Syrian opposition to open a - formal diplomatic mission in the US
11) • Former British No 1 tennis player died of liver cancer at the age of 30 - Elena Baltacha
12) • SC upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act and said that the Act will not apply to - unaided minority institutions
13) • Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India on 6 May 2014 upheld the Constitutional validity of the Right to Education (RTE) Act provided in – Articles 15(5) and 21-A in the Constitution of India
14) • Kuwait has renewed two crude oil supply contracts with India’s - BPCL and BORL
15) • Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled that the Prime Minister must step down over abuse of her power - Yingluck Shinawartra
16) • A book entitled A Stamp is Born was released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari is authored by - C. R. Pakrashi
17) • Constitutional Bench of Supreme Court quashed law is Kerala Irrigation and Water Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2006 and said - water level of the dam can be raised to 142 feet
18) • SC banned use of bulls for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country terming that - rights guaranteed to the bulls under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act 1960 could not be taken away
19) • Scientists claimed that increased level of CO2 emissions will affect the nutrient content in some of the world’s staple food items like - Wheat and Rice
20) • IAF mountaineering expedition team explored an unclimbed peak of Arunachal Pradesh at a height 5887 meters - Mt Gorichen
21) • Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas sworn-in to the Palestinian National Unity Government led by - Prime Minister Rami Hamadallah
22) • Government of Uttar Pradesh has ordered establishment of women helpline in 75 districts that will be monitored and maintained by - the SSP and SP
23) • Central Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory of RGCA became India’s first aquaculture pathology laboratory to be accredited by - NABL
24) • South Africa appointed Hashim Amla as test cricket captain as successor of - Graeme Smith who retired in March 2014
25) • To honour parents throughout the world for selfless commitment to children, Global Day of Parents was observed on - 1 June
26) • Amid an East-West showdown over Ukraine, the US President Barack Obama announced an US Security plan of 1 billion US dollar for - Eastern Europe
27) • TERI Environmental Survey 2014 claimed for maximum urban population climate has - worsened
28) • West Bengal and Maharashtra governments signed a MoU on victim of trafficking under which - they will identify and repatriate victims of trafficking
29) • IICA & Grant Thornton India LLP signed a MoU to develop capacity of Indian companies to implement - the CSR Rules laid in Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013
30) • Kamal Nath was today sworn-in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the newly constituted Lok Sabha by -President Pranab Mukherjee
31) • President Obama appointed an Indian-American as the member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council on 3 June 2014 - Shefali Duggal
32) • World Environment Day observed across the world on 5 June 2014 with theme - small islands and climate change and slogan raise your voice not the sea level
33) • Pakistan has increased its defence budget by 11 percent for fiscal year 2014-15 - that starts on 1 July 2014
34) • Assam Agricultural University and ICAR signed a MoU to open 638th Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in - Baksa district of Assam
35) • India elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of the- Intangible Cultural Heritage for the next four years
36) • Gadkari has been given additional charge of the Ministries of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation that was held by - Gopinath Munde
37) • The last Navajo code (those were used during World War II and remain unbreakable till the end of the war) talkers died in New Mexico - Chester Nez
38) • Ban imposed on export of drugs produced in Ranbaxy’s Toansa plant was lifted by the - European health regulator
39) • Softbank Corp unveiled world’s first humanoid robot named Peeper that can - communicate and read human emotions
40) • Vice Admiral Anil Chopra took charge of the Western Naval Command (WNC) as - Commander-in-Chief