Current Affairs of January 2014

             Current Affairs of January 2014

  National & International Current Affairs January,2014

•          India and the Netherlands signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in field of Sports on 30 January 2014

•          India becomes the third largest crude oil importer in the World

•          Six Public Sector Units (PSUs) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up the World’s largest 4000 MW ultra solar power project

•          Government of India and the government of Fiji signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) on 30 January 2014

•          India’s first monorail to roll out in Mumbai on Feb 1

•          Pamban Railway Bridge, First cantilever bridge of India, completed its 100 years

•          World’s first 3D-printer Objet500 Connex3 was launched on 28 January 2014

•          National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO) inaugurated by Prime Minister of India on 29 January 2014

•          India ranked lowest in International Intellectual Property Index

•          Uttar Pradesh government launched Samajwadi Pension Yojana on 28 January 2014

•          India Post announced to install 3000 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) &1.35 lakh micro-ATMs by September 2015

•          Ministry of Women and Child Development launched the Multi Sectoral Nutrition Programme (MSNP)

•          India ranked 155th in global Environment Performance list

•          India and Japan signed the Memorandum for strengthening cooperation in tourism

•          The Election Commission of India celebrated the 4th National Voters Day across the country on 25 January 2014

•          Union Government launched the National Waterway-four (NW-4) project in Tamil Nadu

•          National Urban Health Mission was launched by the Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on 20 January 2014

•          The third Lusofonia Games started in Goa on 18 January 2014

•          66th Army Day was observed across India on 15 January

•          Malaysian Government announced to introduce high-tech ID cards for foreign workers

•          India and Canada signed a Letter of Intent for co-operation in Iron and Steel Sector

•          The 151st Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda was celebrated Worldwide

•          Delhi Became First state to withdraw Foreign Domestic Investment (FDI) in Multibrand Retail

•          Nirbheek, India’s first gun for women, launched

•          Gorakhpur railway station of Uttar Pradesh has entered into the Limca Book of Records as world’s longest platform

•          Biz Stone, Co- Founder of Twitter unveiled a new mobile service called Jelly

•          ASSOCHAM organized Seventh Global Insurance Summit at Hyderabad on 8 January 2014

•          PSPB Women and Men won title 75th Senior National Table Tennis Championship

•          Third phase of the North Eastern Community Resource Management Project launched at Imphal in Manipur

•          India launched the third phase of housing project in Sri Lanka

•          Chhattisgarh government launched a toll free helpline number 1100 to curb corruption on 7 January 2014

•          Government launched the nation’s first comprehensive adolescent health programme named Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram.

•          Saturn’s rings likely formed about 4.4 billion years old

•          The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) selected the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL) as legal entity identifier

•          PARAM Yuva-II India’s supercomputer rated 1st in India and 44th in the world among the most power efficient computer

•          India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to protect interests of Indian domestic sector workers in the Saudi Arabia.

•          The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Minimum Support Price [MSP] of Jute for 2014-15

•          Government issued food safety guidelines for Integrated Child Development Services scheme

•          Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs [CCEA] approved a proposal for setting CCTVs and GPS devices on public transport vehicles in 32 cities for women safety

•          China’s 1st aircraft carrier Liaoning successfully completes Sea trials

•          8TH Financial Stability Report (FSR) released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

•          Latvia became the 18th country to enter eurozone

             

            Personalities Current Affairs January,2014

•          Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna resigned

•          Anand Kumar, a Mathematician and Founder of Super30 was conferred with Ramanujan Mathematics Award

•          Ajoy Misra appointed as the CEO and Managing Director of Tata Global Beverages Limited (TGBL) on 29 January 2014

•          Raymond Weil, the pioneer of Swiss watch dies at 87

•          Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned on 28 January 2014

•          The Cuban revolutionary, Ulises Estrada and associate of Che Guevara died at the age of 79 years

•          Pete Seeger, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter dies at 94

•          Queen Latifah won the 2014 Matrix Award

•          H C Meena appointed as the Secretary Security

•          Professor Rakesh Khurana has been appointed as the Dean of Havard College

•          Kailash Meghwal elected as the Speaker of Rajasthan Assembly

•          Dr. Tej Vir Singh from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh won the  UNWTO Ulysses Prize

•          Ela Gandhi, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi was honoured with Amadelkufa in South Africa on 26 January 2014

•          Abhijeet Gupta won his second Parsvanth International Grandmasters chess tournament

•          Dr Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohra community died

•          Hery Rajaonarimampianina declared as the new President of Madagascar

•          Tamil Nadu Governor, Rosaiah Inaugurated 15th Express Technology Sabha

•          Former 5000 meters world record-holder and politician Christopher Chataway died

•          Abhishikta S Shetty of Karnataka won the 11th Edition of the Miss South India 2014 pageant Title

•          Sheikh Hasina sworn-in as Bangladesh Prime Minister

•          President of India Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated Andaman and Nicobar Tribal Research and Training Institute [ANTRI] at Port Blair on 12 January 2014

•          P.K.Goyal, Director of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Won Best CFO Award on 12 January 2014

•          Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for 2013

•          Social activist IIa Pathak passes away at the age of 80

•          Veteran Telugu actress Anjali Devi Passes away at the age of 86

•          Israel’s Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died at 85

•          Kumari Selja Confers Dr. Ambedkar National Merit Awards

•          Uninor appointed Morten Sorby as new CEO

•          Former Mumbai Ranji Trophy cricketer Vishwanath Ramachandra Bondre died at 77

•          Munish Sharda appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Future Generali India Life Insurance

•          Singer Phil Everly passed away at age of 74

•          R. Chandrashekhar appointed President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)

•          Portugal’s Former Football player Eusebio da Silva Ferreira died at age of 71

•          Justice A K Ganguly has resigned as the Chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC)

•          Telugu film actor Uday Kiran died

•          Aditya Joshi became the first India to be world no.1 junior shuttler

•          India’s Former shooting coach Tibor Gonczol died

•          Manmohan Singh launched total E-literacy project in Kerala

•          Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Order of Prince Henry

•          King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck will visit India from 6-10 January 2014

•          B. G. Srinivas and U.B. Pravin Rao appointed Infosys presidents

•          Pradhyuman Singh was appointed as the pro-tem speaker of the 14th Rajasthan Assembly

•          Shri S.K. Sharma was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

•          Mammen Mathew, the Chief Editor of Malayala Manorma has been chosen for prestigious journalism Lokmanya Tilak National Award

•          General Bikram Singh took Charge as Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman

•          Ronaldinho got South American footballer of the year award

•          Us author Danielle Steel awarded France’s highest honour, the Legion of Honor

•          Ashraf Jehan, first female judge in Pak’s National Sharia Court

•          ‘Prizzi’s Honor’ actor Joseph Ruskin dies at 89

•          Corey Anderson scored the fastest-ever ODI century in Cricket History

•          Former West Bengal minister and veteran CPI-M leader Sailen Sarkar died at 73

                                            

                  Sports Current Affairs January,2014

•          Kathy Cross of New Zealand became the first woman in ICC umpire’s panel

•          MS Dhoni becomes 4th fastest batsmen to reach 8,000 ODI runs

•          International Cricket Council (ICC) approved the introduction of International Women’s Championship on 29 January 2014

•          India won gold in men’s Basketball at Lusofonia Games

•          Saina Nehwal won the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014

•          Australia won five matches ODI series against England by 4-1

•          India Women Cricket team won the three ODl series against Sri Lanka by 3-0

•          Stanislas Wawrinka won the Australian Open men’s singles title on 26 January 2014

•          Vijay Zol selected captain of India to lead U-19 Cricket World Cup

•          South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen retained the Volvo Golf Champions title

•          Nikhat Zareen won gold medal at the third Nations Cup International Boxing Tournament

•          ONGC Men & Chhattisgarh Women won 28th Federation Cup National Basketball Championship

•          India won the Under-19 Asia Cricket Cup

•          Serena Williams won the Brisbane International Title 2014

                                           

              Astronomy Current Affairs January,2014

•          Prithvi II, the Nuclear capable Surface-to-Surface missile, successfully test-fired

•          ISRO successfully launched its heavy-duty rocket GSLV-D5 carrying communication satellite GSAT-14

                                     

     Books And Authors Current Affairs January,2014

•          Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Sangharsh ke safar ka nayak Mulayam written by Omveer Tomar

     

 Honours And Awards Current Affairs January,2014

•          59th Idea Film fare Awards2013: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag grabbed seven Black Lady awards

PADMA AWARDS 2014

PADMA AWARDS 2014

Following is the list of the 127 awardees of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri which were announced on the eve of the 65th Republic day on26th January 2014.

Padma Vibhushan

1. Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

2. Shri B.K.S. Iyengar, Others-Yoga, Maharashtra

Padma Bhushan

1. Prof. Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Art – Painting, Gujarat

2. Begum Parveen Sultana, Art – Classical Singing, Maharashtra

3. Shri T.H. Vinayakram, Art – Ghatam Artist, Tamil Nadu

4. Shri Kamala Haasan, Art-Cinema, Tamil Nadu

5. Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Public Affairs, Delhi

6. Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

7. Prof. Jyeshtharaj Joshi, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

8. Dr. Madappa Mahadevappa, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

9. Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami, Science and Engineering, Delhi

10. Dr. Vinod Prakash Sharma, Science and Engineering, Delhi

11. Dr. Radhakrishnan Koppillil, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

12. Dr. Mrityunjay Athreya, Literature and Education, Delhi

13. Ms. Anita Desai, Literature and Education, Delhi

14. Dr. Dhirubhai Thaker, Literature and Education, Gujarat

15. Shri Vairamuthu Ramasamy Thevar, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu

16. Shri Ruskin Bond, Literature and Education, Uttarakhand

17. Shri Pullela Gopichand, Sports – Badminton, Andhra Pradesh

18. Shri Leander Paes, Sports – Tennis, Maharashtra

19. Shri Vijayendra Nath Kaul, Civil Service, Delhi

20. Late Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, Public Affairs, Uttar Pradesh #

21. Late Dr. Anumolu Ramakrishna, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh #

22. Prof. Anisuzzaman, Literature and Education, Bangladesh*

23. Prof. Lloyd I. Rudolph and Prof. Susanne H. Rudolph, Literature and Education, USA*$

24. Dr. (Smt.) Neelam Kler, Medicine – Neonatology, Delhi

Padma Shri

1. Shri Mohammad Ali Baig, Art – Theatre, Andhra Pradesh

2. Ms. Nayana Apte Joshi, Art, Maharashtra

3. Shri Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, Art – Instrumental Music – Pauna Manjha, Himachal Pradesh

4. Ms. Sabitri Chatterjee, Art – Film, West Bengal

5. Prof. Biman Bihari Das, Art – Sculptor, Delhi

6. Shri Sunil Das, Art – Painting, West Bengal

7. Smt. Elam Endira Devi, Art – Manipuri Dance, Manipur

8. Shri Vijay Ghate, Art – Instrumental Music – Tabla, Maharashtra

9. Smt Rani Karnaa, Art – Kathak, West Bengal

10. Shri Bansi Kaul, Art – Theatre, Jammu & Kashmir

11. Ustad Moinuddin Khan, Art – Instrumental Music – Sarangi Player, Rajasthan

12. Ms. Geeta Mahalik, Art – Odishi Dance, Delhi

13. Shri Paresh Maity, Art – Painting, Delhi

14. Shri Ram Mohan, Art – Film Animation, Maharashtra

15. Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik, Art – Sand Artist, Orissa

16. Shri Paresh Rawal, Art – Cinema and Theatre, Maharashtra

17. Shri Wendell Augustine Rodricks, Art – Fashion Designing, Goa

18. Prof. Kalamandalam Sathyabhama, Art – Mohini Attam, Kerala

19. Shri Anuj (Ramanuj) Sharma, Art – Performing Art, Chhattisgarh

20. Shri Santosh Sivan, Art – Film, Tamil Nadu

21. Ms. Supriya Devi, Art-Bengali Cinema, West Bengal

22. Ms. Sooni Taraporevala, Art- Script Writing, Maharashtra

23. Ms. Vidya Balan, Art-Cinema, Maharashtra

24. Smt. Durga Jain, Social Work, Maharashtra

25. Dr. Rama Rao Anumolu, Social Work, Andhra Pradesh

26. Dr. Brahm Dutt, Social Work, Haryana

27. Shri Mukul Chandra Goswami, Social Work, Assam

28. Shri J.L. Kaul, Social Work, Delhi

29. Shri Mathurbhai Madhabhai Savani, Social Work, Gujarat

30. Shri Tashi Tondup, Public Affairs, Jammu and Kashmir

31. Dr. Hasmukh Chamanlal Shah, Public Affairs, Gujarat

32. Shri Sekhar Basu, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

33. Shri Madhavan Chandradathan, Science and Engineering, Kerala

34. Prof. Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta, Science and Engineering, West Bengal

35. Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

36. Prof. Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

37. Shri Ramkrishna V. Hosur, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra

38. Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida, Science and Engineering, Tamil Nadu

39. Dr. Malapaka Yajneswara and Satyanarayana Prasad, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

40. Shri Kiran Kumar Alur Seelin, Science and Engineering, Gujarat

41. Dr. Brahma Singh, Science and Engineering, Delhi

42. Prof. Vinod Kumar Singh, Science and Engineering, Madhya Pradesh

43. Dr. Govindan Sundararajan, Science and Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

44. Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Science and Engineering, Delhi

45. Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, Science and Engineering, West Bengal

46. Shri Ravi Kumar Narra, Trade and Industry, Andhra Pradesh

47. Shri Rajesh Saraiya, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

48. Ms. Mallika Srinivasan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu

49. Shri Pratap Govindrao Pawar, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra

50. Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya, Medicine – Dermatology, Gujarat

51. Dr. Balram Bhargava, Medicine – Cardiology, Uttar Pradesh

52. Prof. (Dr.) Indra Chakravarty, Medicine – Health & Hygiene, West Bengal

53. Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande, Medicine – Oncology, Maharashtra

54. Prof. (Dr.) Pawan Raj Goyal, Medicine – Chest Disease, Haryana

55. Prof. Amod Gupta, Medicine – Opthalmology, Haryana

56. Prof. (Dr.) Daya Kishore Hazra, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh

57. Prof. (Dr.) Thenumgal Poulose Jacob, Medicine – Vascular Surgery, Tamil Nadu

58. Prof. (Dr.) Shashank R. Joshi, Medicine – Endocrinology, Maharashtra

59. Prof. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah, Medicine – Unani Medicine, Tamil Nadu

60. Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane, Medicine – ENT Surgeory, Maharashtra

61. Dr. Lalit Kumar, Medicine – oncology, Delhi

62. Dr. Mohan Mishra, Medicine, Bihar

63. Dr. M. Subhadra Nair, Medicine – Gynecology, Kerala

64. Dr. Ashok Panagariya, Medicine – Neurology, Rajasthan

65. Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey, Medicine – Surgery, Haryana

66. Dr. Sunil Pradhan, Medicine – Neurology, Uttar Pradesh

67. Dr. Ashok Rajgopal, Medicine – Orthopaedics, Delhi

68. Dr. Kamini A. Rao, Medicine – Reproductive Medicine, Karnataka

69. Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah, Medicine – Surgery, Andhra Pradesh

70. Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya, Medicine, Punjab

71. Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Verma, Medicine – Dental Science, Delhi

72. Dr. J.S. Titiyal, Medicine- Opthalmology, Delhi

73. Dr. Nitish Naik, Medicine- Cardiology, Delhi

74. Dr. Surbrat Kumar Acharya, Medicine- Gastroenterology, Delhi

75. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover, Medicine-Oncology, Delhi

76. Dr. Naheed Abidi, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh

77. Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, Literature and Education, Delhi

78. Shri Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawra, Literature and Education, Mizoram

79. Shri Keki N. Daruwalla, Literature and Education, Delhi

80. Prof. Ganesh Narayandas Devi, Literature and Education, Gujarat

81. Prof. Kolakaluri Enoch, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh

82. Prof. (Dr.) Ved Kumari Ghai, Literature and Education, Jammu and Kashmir

83. Smt. Manorama Jafa, Literature and Education, Delhi

84. Prof. Rehana Khatoon, Literature and Education, Delhi

85. Dr. Waikhom Gojen Meeitei, Literature and Education, Manipur

86. Shri Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri, Literature and Education, Kerala

87. Prof. Dinesh Singh, Literature and Education, Delhi

88. Dr. (Mrs.) P. Kilemsungla, Literature and Education, Nagaland

89. Ms. Anjum Chopra, Sports – Cricket, Delhi

90. Ms. Sunil Dabas, Sports – Kabbadi, Haryana

91. Shri Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu, Sports – Mountaineering, Delhi

92. Ms. Dipika Rebecca Pallikal, Sports – Squash, Tamil Nadu

93. Shri H. Boniface Prabhu, Sports – Wheelchair Tennis, Karnataka

94. Shri Yuvraj Singh, Sports – Cricket, Haryana

95. Smt. Mamta Sodha, Sports – Mountaineering, Haryana

96. Ms Parveen Talha, Civil Service, Uttar Pradesh

97. Late Dr. Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, Social Work, Maharashtra#

98. Shri Ashok Kumar Mago, Trade and Industry, USA*

99. Dr. Siddharth Mukherjee, Medicine-Oncology, USA*

100. Dr. Vamsi Mootha, Medicine – Biomedical Research, USA*

101. Dr. Sengaku Mayeda, Literature and Education, Japan*

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs.

# indicates awardees in the posthumous category. $ indicates one duo case. (treated as one award.)

Constitution of India

                       Constitution of India and borrowings

The present constitution of India was framed by the Constitution Assembly of India setup under Cabinet Mission Plan of May 16, 1946.

Composition of Constituent Assembly:-

• The Constituent Assembly consisted of 385 members, of which 292 were elected by he elected members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies while 93 members were nominated by the Princely States. To these were to be added a representative each from the four Chief Commissioners Provinces of Delhi, Ajmer-Marwar, Coorg and British Baluchistan.
• Each Province and each Indian State or group of States were allotted the total number of seas proportional to their respective population roughly in the ration of one to a million.
• B N Rao was appointed the Constitutional Advisor of the Assembly.
• The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly took place of Dec 9, 1946 with Dr. Sachidanand Sinha as its interim President. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected as its President n Dec 11, 1947.
• The Assembly framing the Constitution.had 13 Committees.
• The all-important Drafting Committee, which bore the responsibility of drafting the Constitutional document during the recess of the Constitutent Assembly, from July 1947 to September 1948, was formed on August 29, 1947. Its members were:

1.    Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

2.    N. Gopalaswami Ayyar

3.    K.M. Munshi

4.    Syyed Mohd. Saadulla

5.    N.Madhav Rao

6.    D.P.Khaitan (T Krishnamachari, after Kahitan’s Death in 1948)

• It was finally passed and accepted on Nov 26, 1949. The session of the Assembly was held on Jan 24, 1950, which unanimously elected Dr, Rajendra Prasad as the President of India. In all the 284 members of the Assembly signed the official copies of the Indian Constitution which came into effect on Jan 26, 1950, known and celebrated as the Republic Day of India.

Following are the borrowed features of constitution from different countries

From U.K.

• Nominal Head – President (like Queen)
• Cabinet System of Ministers
• Post of PM
• Parliamentary Type of Govt.
• Bicameral Parliament
• Lower House more powerful
• Council of Ministers responsible to Lowe House
• Speaker in Lok Sabha

From U.S.

• Written Constitution
• Executive head of state known as President and his being the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
• Vice- President as the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha
• Fundamental Rights
• Supreme Court
• Provision of States
• Independence of Judiciary and judicial review
• Preamble
• Removal of Supreme court and High court Judges

From USSR

• Fundamental Duties
• Five year Plan

From AUSTRALIA

• Concurrent list
• Language of the preamble
• Provision regarding trade, commerce and intercourse

From JAPAN

• Law on which the Supreme Court function

From WEIMAR CONSTITUION OF GERMANY

• Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the emergency

From CANADA

• Scheme of federation with a strong centre
• Distribution of powers between centre and the states and placing. Residuary Powers with the centre

From IRELAND

• Concept of Directive Principles of States Policy(Ireland borrowed it from SPAIN)
• Method of election of President
• Nomination of members in the Rajya Sabha by the President