Persons,Awards,Events In news from exam point of view List of persons in news can never be an exhaustive one and aspirants

should know what not to study ,and to make things easier we will focus on only those news which will enable you to tackle multiple choice questions as we dont require a Phd in 10 disciplines to crack csat paper. 1. Siddhartha Mukherjee-Indian-born American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee's Pulitzer-winning biography of cancer, The Emperor of All Maladies , has won the 10,000 prestigious Guardian First Book award in 2011
Trivia : 2012: Kevin Powers, for The Yellow Birds Guardian First Book Award, issued before 1999 as Guardian Fiction Prize or Guardian Fiction Award, is awarded to new writing in fiction and non-fiction.

Pulitzer prize :
U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition. Administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal

2. International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Annually held in Goa

The festival is conducted jointly by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the government of Goa. 3. Louis Silverstein- American artist and graphic designer who is best known for his work at The New York Times died recently. 4. Kudla Kalamela -'Kudla Kalamela', an art exhibition displaying works of as many as 150 artists of
Karnataka, Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh, was held in MANGALORE. 5. Utsavam-cultural festival centered on tourist spots in the State with the support of Kerala

Folklore Akademi. 6. Tropical storm Washi-Tropical storm Washi whipped the southern Philippines, unleashing

mammoth floods across vast areas that left 440 people dead and nearly 200 missing 7. Vaclav Havel-The former Czech President, Vaclav Havel, hero of the Velvet Revolution that won Czechoslovakia independence from Soviet rule in 1989, died in his sleep 8. Charles Correa-Noted architect Charles Correa was on Sunday conferred Goa's highest civilian award, the Gomant Vibhushan 9.Dam 999 Dam 999 is a 2011 3-D English language UAE-Indian co-production film produced by
BizTV Network, UAE and directed by Sohan Roy

10. Cesaria Evora-Grammy winner , Evora, known as the Barefoot Diva because she always performed without shoes, died.
11. Su. Venkatesan-Tamil writer Su. Venkatesan, who captured 600 years of history of Madurai between 1310 and 1920 in his debut novel Kaaval Kottam , has won the Sahitya Akademi award for the year 2011. 12.Satyadev dubey- Theatre legend passed away. 13.Havelock Island- Island in Andaman ,to be remembered for its geographical location ,rather than its significance as a major tourist place . 14.Gundia power project-The Gundia power project in Karnataka should not be permitted as its execution can cause significant environmental impact and biodiversity loss, the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has reported. 15.Memogate controversy-To topple civilian government in Pakistan , key figure was asif ali zardari 16.Jaillikattu- traditional bull taming sport of Tamil nadu 17.Red Ribbon express- AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways. The motto
of the Red Ribbon Express is Embarking on the journey of life. 18. French Fighter Rafale-India selected the French Fighter Rafale over the Eurofighter

Typhoon in a multi-billion dollar contract for the supply of 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) the country's largest defence deal to date. 19.Queen Elizabeth-A Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 75th anniversary, but only
the 60th anniversary in the case of a monarch (i.e. length of time a monarch has reigned).Traditionally, the diamond jubilee or anniversary of a person was also on the 75th anniversary. This changed with the diamond jubilee of the British Queen Victoria's reign.

She is the longest-serving British monarch after her great-great grandmother Victoria and has seen 11 Prime Ministers come and go. David Cameron is Her Majesty's 12th Prime Minister. 20. M.K. Sanoo-Renowned scholar and critic M.K. Sanoo was presented with the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for 2011 .Prof. Sanoo received the award for his literary biography of celebrated writer Vaikom Mohammed Basheer titled Basheer: Ekaanthaveedhiyile Avadhoothan. 21. Amartya Sen-India-born Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was felicitated with the prestigious National Medals of Arts and Humanities award by U.S. President Barack Obama for his efforts to increase the understanding of fighting hunger and poverty. 22. Anthony Shadid-Two time Pulitzer Award Winner ,Foreign Correspondent passed away. 23.Frits Staal Indologist (Veda Expert),passed away 24.Occupy London-Occupy London is an activist group, stemming from the non-violent
protest and demonstration against economic inequality that took place in London, United Kingdom, from 15 October 2011 till 14 June 2012. Its original remit was to unite workers and unemployed alike in order to bring to the fore, the lack of affordability of housing in the United Kingdom, social injustice,corporate greed and the influence of companies and lobbyists on government.

25. Pritzker Architecture Prize-Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered as the Nobel prize in

architecture, has been awarded to Wang Shu (48) a Chinese 26. Amar Kant JNANPITH award ,hindi writer
27. Soumitra Chatterjee Dada Sahab Phalke Award

28. Gandhakasala-scented landrace rice variety from the Malabar region,trying to acquire a Geographical Indicator label (please read about GI if not read already) 29.Sania-Bhupati-Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi of India won their second Grand Slam title and first French Open trophy together after crushing Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez 7-6(3), 6-1 in the mixed doubles. 30.

Bhutan

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

King of Bhutan. Chief guest for 26th Jan. 2013.

Brazil

Dilma Rousseff

First woman President of Brazil. She replaced Lula Desilva. (Lula got Indira Gandhi peace prize.) Replaced Hu Jintao, China. He is expected to become President, in March 2013. New PM of China. Replaced Wen Jiabao. corrupt leader in Chinese politbureu. Expelled President of Cuba. Replaced Fidel Castro President of Egypt.

China

Xi Jingping

China

Li Kequiang

China

Bo Xilai

Cuba

Raul Castro

Egypt

Mohd. Morsy

Eu

Herman Van Rompuy Francois Hollande

PM of Belgium. President of European Council President of France. He defeated Sarkozi. Belongs to Socialist party PM Greece. Name is important only because Greece=#EPICFAIL economy.

France

Greece

Atonis Samras

Iran

Aytollah Khamenei Ahmedijad President Shimon Peres. PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Supreme leader of Iran

Iran

President of Iran.

Israel

Their parliament =Knesset.

Japan

Shinzo Abe

PM japan. Defeated Yoshiko Noda. Their parliament =Diet. President of Liberia, got Indira Gandhi peace price. (2012) after coup, Nasheed was replaced by Waheed After coup, Diarra was replaced by Traore President of Mauratius. He was chief guest @Pravasi bharatiya Divas

Liberia

Ellen Sirleaf

Maldives Coup

Nasheed N Waheed

Mali-coup

Diarra N Traore

Mauritius

Rajkeshwur

Purryag Mexico Myanmar Enrique Nieto Thein Sein

2013. Click me for more details Mexico new President Myanmar president

Myanmar

Nobel peace 91. Opposition leader in Aung San Suu Ki Myanmar. Party National league for democracy. Visited India in Nov 12 North Korea President. After his father King Jong-il Died PM of Pakistan, SC ordered his arrested. German Chancellor President of Palestine Authority first female President of S.Korea. She replaced Lee Myung-bak Ex-General of Sri Lankan army. Was jailed after power struggle with President. Sri lankan President. He threw out CJI Shiran Bandaranyake. PM of Syria. President of Syria

N.Korea

Kim Jong-Un

Pak

Raja Parvez

Germany Palestine

Angela Markel Mohd.Abbas

S.Korea

Park Geun-hye

Srilanka

Gen.Sarath Fonseca

Srilanka

Mahinda Rajpakshe Wael Halqi Bashar Al Assad

Syria Syria

Thailand

Yingluck Shinawatra

First female PM of Thailand. She was chief guest of 26th Jan parade in 2012. PM of UK. (Conservative party) He replaced Gordon Brown. Deputy PM of UK. (liberal democrats) won second time Presidential election. His VP candidate was Joe Biden. Contested against Obama. His VP candidate was Paul Ryan. President Venezuela. Right now getting treatment for cancer in Cuba.

Uk

David Cameron

Uk

Nick Clegg

Usa

Obama (Democrat)

Usa

Mitt Romney (Republican)

Ven

Hugo Chavez

International Org (non political)

name Ban-Ki-Moon Jim Yong Kim Justice Dalveer Bhandari Christine Lagarde Pascal Lamy Org UN General Secretary World Bank Indian. became Judge of International court of Justice. Chief of IMF Chief of WTO

Jacques Rogge

President IOC, olympic Committee. first Indian to become chairman of World Assco. Of Nuke operators. Head of African Union (AU): First woman

SK Jain

Nkosazana Zuma

Indian in India (Non political)

Name Org

Admiral Devendra replaced Admiral Nirmal Verma Joshi Air Marshal N.A.K. Browne Ashok Chawla Brajesh Mishra Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir He replaced Pradeep Vasant Naik CCI. Competition Commission of India Indias first National Security Advisor. During Vajpayee Government. Dead

replaced SH Kapadia.

Duvvuri Subbarao RBI Governor. Urjit Patel Ela Ramesh Bhatt Gadgil recently appointed deputy RBI Governor. Founder of SEWA. Got Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace. (actually won in 2011, but was awarded that prize in 2013). Committee on Western Ghat ecology.

Gen. Bikram Singh

he replaced Gen.VK Singh associated with Urdu litt. Got Pakistani award Sitara-i-Imtiaz. The highest civilian award in Pakistan is Nishan-i-Imtiaz, earlier Morariji Desai and Dilip Kumar got it Indira gandhi award for national integration. Committee on women safety after Delhi gangrape 20th law commission World bank Chief economist Committee : financial inclusion. Deputy Governor RBI , Kirti Chakra. Noted socialist. Dead. chief of HSBC India. Became first woman President of FICCI. Committee GAAR . General anti avoidance rules. Previously with IMF. Now Chief Economic Advisor to Finance ministry TRAI Committee Taxation in IT sector

Gopi Chand Narang

Gulzar JS Verma Justice DK Jain Kaushik Basu KC Chakrabary Major Abup J. Manjali Mrinal Gore Naina Kidwai Parthsarthi Shome Raghuram Rajan Rahul Khullar Rangachari

Rangarajan

Domestic gas price. Rangarajan is also the Chairman of Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council. CBI National Knowledge Commission. CIC. He replaced Wajahat Habibullah. National Security Advisor (current). He replaced MK Narayan. First NSA was Brajesh Mishra who recently died. Defense scientist, making India self reliant in missile tech. Won Lal Bahdur Shashtri national award. SEBI Amul. NDDB. Father of white revolution. Norman Barlung was father of green revolution. Committee on Fiscal deficit. Ex-Chairman of Finance Commission CAG. Also Enemy #1 of Kapil Sibbal, Manish Tewari, A.Raja and countless others in UPA. hahaha. Chief election Commissioner (CEC). He replaced SY Quraishi. He is chairman of 14th Finance Commission. (period: 2015-2020) And Chairman of 13th

Ranjit Sinha Sam Pitroda Satyanand Mishra Shivshankar Menon

Tessy Thomas

UK Singha Vergheze kurien

Vijay Kelkar

Vinod Rai

VS Sampath

YV Reddy

Finance Commission was Vijay Kelkar.

Indian Diaspora abroad

Name Ami Bera Why California, House of representative. Louisiana Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican party worked for CNN and TIME. Suspended for plagarism.

Bobby Jinda

Fareed Zakaria

Halimah Yacob Singapores first woman speaker, of Indian origin. she was a nurse in London, treating Kate William. She committed suicide after two Australian radio DJ mocked her. PM of Trinidad and Tobago. Chief Guest of PBD2012. S.Carolina Governer, USA, Indian origin, Republican party

Jacintha Saldana

Kamla Persad Bissessar

Nikky Haley

Patricia Maria Rozario

UK Musician. Won PBD 2013.

Rajat Gupta

Jailed for insider trading in USA. Was associated with Goldman Sachs

Rajkeswur Purryag

President of Mauritius. Chief guest of PBD-2013

Rasik Joshi

Sanskrit Litt. Mexico. Won PBD-2013 award 1st Hindu in US House of Representatives (their Lok Sabha). Elected from Hawai State. Party:Democrat.She took oath on Gita, Served in US army, was deployed in Iraq.

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard

Sports
Sport Athletics name Fauja Singh why worlds oldest marathon runner. IAAF award. Got 3 gold in London Olympic IAAF award. Got 3 gold in London Olympic Asia under 19

Athletics

Usain Bolt

Athletics

Allyson Felix

Badminton

PV Sindhu

Billiards Chess World Cup

Pankaj Advani

won the world cup

V.Anand

defeated Boris Gelfand

Cricket

Cpt. Unmukt chand Lance armstrong

India cricket under 19 cpt, won world cup. defeated Aussies.

Cycling

Cyclist, banned for drugs.

Football

Lionel Messei

most goals in a calendar year. got Golden boot. AIFF player of the year. Indias triple olympic gold medalist. Hockey. Dead. Silver Wrestle 66kg. He was flagbearer. He got bronze in 2008 Beijing. Silver. 25 rapid fire pistol. Rajiv G.Khel ratna

Football

Sunil Chhetri Leslie Claudius

Hockey

London Olympic

Sushil

London Olympic London Olympic London Olympic London

Vijay Kumar

Mary Kom

Bronze. Women flywt. Boxing

Gagan Narang Bronze. 10 air-rifle

Yogeshwar

Bronze. 60kg wrestle. Rajiv G.Khel

Olympic London Olympic London Olympic

dutt

ratna.

Saina Nehwal

Bronze. Single badminton

Krishna Poonia

discus throw. Did not win

Shooting

Ronjan Sodhi

ISSF shooting world cup: .(silver, double trap). did not win but only Indian woman to enter semifinals Swimming. four golds and two silver medals

Squash

Dipika Pillia

London Olympic

Michael Phelps

Tennis
Male Aus.Open Djkovik, Serbia Female Azarenka, Belarus Sharapova, Rus

French Open Nadal, Spain US Open Wimbledon

Ande Murray, UK Serena Williams, US Federer,Swiz Serena Williams,US

Bhupathi Sania won French open doubles. Andy Roddick, Tennis retired.

Sports Mascots

Beijing Olympics 2008 Cricket World Cup 2011 CWG, 2011 Kabbadi world cup 2012, India London Olympics 2012 FIFA 2014

Fuwa (good-luck dolls)

Stumpy, the elephant.

Shera, the tiger.

JAANBAZ, the eagel.

Wenlock + Mandeville. They symbolize Britains industrial revolution. Armadillo.

London Olympic Mascots (click to enlarge)

Books/Literature
author book/info Won two man booker prizes. This time for book Bring up the bodies.

Hilary Mantel

Shashi tharoor

Pax indica. It details Indias international relations. Narcopolis. Tale of mumbais opimioum addiction. Booker price shortlisted but did not win. Another book is These errors are correct Maharani The Casual Vacancy (Harry Potter author) Ending corruption: how to clean up Iondia Free thinkers prayer book

Jeet Thayil

Ruskin Bond JK Rowling N.Vittal Kushwant Singh. Amitav Ghosh Sudheendra Kulkarni Salman Rushdie APJ Kalam Aravind Adiga Tarun Tejpal Taslima Nasreen

River of smoke

Music of spinning wheel

Joseph Anton.

Turning Points Last man in tower The Valley of Masks

Nirbasan

Kuldeep Nayar Beyond the lines

Kushwant singh Verghese Kurien Verghese Kurien Hamid Ansari I K GUJRAL Pt. ravi shankar Vikram Chandra Syed Mustafa Siraj

Turbaned Tornado: The Oldest Marathon Runner Fauja Singh

An Unfinished Dream

The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance

Muslim in Indian cities Matters of Discretion: An Autobiography

Living to Tell It All

Red Earth and Pouring Rain

Aleek Manush 1994 Authors Dead

Sunil Gangopadhyaya Bengali writer. Sahitya Acadamy chief. Kamla Sadgopan Eric Hobsbawm Tamil novelist Noted Marxist Historian from UK

Nobel-2012
Category Who? Why?

1. Medicine

Gurdon, Yamanaka Haroche, Wineland Lefkowitz, Kobilka Mo Yan Roth, Shapley. EU

Regenerative medicine. Cure disease by growing tissues in lab. Measure quantum particles, without destroying them. Protein receptors that let body cell respond to signals. First Chinese writer to get this award. Stable allocation + market design. Lolz

2. Physics

3. Chemistry

4. Litt.

5. Economics 6. Peace

Nobel winners associated with India

1. Dr. Hargobind Khorana 2. S. Chandrasekhar 3. Venkatarama Ramakrishnan 4. Mother Teresa 5. Tagore 6. Amartya Sen 7. Rudyard Kipling 8. VS Naipaul Medicine Physics Chemistry Peace Litt. Economics Litt. Litt.

Astro

Name Cpt. Nivedita Bhasin Liu Yang Neil Armstrong

Why

First Indian woman to command boeing 787

first Chinese woman astro. Apollo 11. 1969. First man to land on moon. Dead. First American woman astro. Dead. A Moon crate named after her. Take a command of international space station. second Indian woman, first kalpana chawala.

Sally Ride

Sunita Williams

Beauty
1. Olivia Culpo 2. Tereza Fajksova 3. wen xia yu Miss Universe, USA. Miss Earth 2012. from czech. Miss World 2012 (China). Last Indian to win was Priyanka Chopra.

Clichd
following names have become so clichd in current affairs related books, magazines and sites that they can be simply ignored for the exam: Homai Vyarawala Chanda Kochhar Indias first woman photojournalist. Dead. ICICI

Malala Yousufzai Indra Nooyi Pandit Ravi Shankar

Pakistani girl, shot by Talibans, survived. Pepsi Sitar Maestro. Will get Grammy award posthumously.