1.
Karen
Tan:- Singapore has appointed Karen Tan as Permanent Representative to UN.
2.
K K
Paul:- Former Delhi Police Chief and member of U.P.S.C has recently been
apponted as the new Governor of Meghalya.
3.
Najeeb
Jung:- Former Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor was appointed as the
Delhi Lt. Governor replacing Tejendra Khanna.
4.
Ganeve
Lalji:- Lt. Ganeve Lalji created history by becoming the first woman to be
appointed as a key aide to an Army Commander as part of Indian Army Chief
General Bikrim Singh’s effort to provide more avenues to women in the forces.
5.
Amrita
Singh:- PM daughter was recently awarded with the India Abroad Publisher’s
special award for excellence 2012 by ‘India abroad’. She was honoured for her
ground breaking work in the field of human right law.
6.
Tribal
World:- The Tribal Development Cooperative Corporation of Odisha Limited
recently opened the outlet called ‘Tribal world’ at the Biji Patnai Airport in
Bhubneshwar in order to put on the podium tribal art as well as heritage of
Odisha.
7.
Chumar:-
The troops of Chinese PLA intruded the Chumar sector in Ladakh and vandalised
the observation bunkers and cut down the wires of Cameras which were used to
overlook the Chinese Territory.
8.
OSINT:-
OSINT stands for Open Source Intelligence Solution , also named as Delhi Police
internal surveillance System to snooping. The system will be used to extract
and analyse information on the internet (on social network and internet
communication)
9.
Operation
Rahat:- It is the name of IAF operation to rescue stranded pilgrims in
Uttrakhand and H.P. after heavy rains wrecked havoc in North India.
10.
13th
Amendment:- 13th Amendment is the amendment that followed the
Indo-Srilanka Accord of July 1987. Srilanka had agreed to devolve some
authority to the province. India has repeteadly emphasised to Lanka on the need
to fully implement the constitutional provision dealing with devolution of
powers to province without dilution and to go beyond it to ensure meaningful
development.
11.
Mountain
Strike Corps:- The cabine committee on security recently gave its approval
for raising a mountain strike corps along the China border. The proposed
‘Mountain Strike Corps’ would be headquarted at Panegarh in West Bengal.
12.
Black
Forest:- The Black forest in
Colorado USA came into news in connection with the devastation fire .
13.
Takism
Square:- Takism Square in Istanbut, Turkey came into news in connection
with widespread protest against the government move to build mall or museum at
Gazi Park, near Takism square. It is one of the few green spaces left in the
city.
14.
Rangacheng:-
The place in Andaman and Nicobar islands came into news in connection with the
installation of the early Tsunami Warning System, which can predict a Tsunami
immediately after an earthquake.
15.
Balochistan:-
The Residency, a national monument that was used by Muhammed Ali Jinnah during
his last days at Ziral was blown up by the militants of the Balochistan
Liberation Army.
16.
Gareth
Bale:- Gareth Bale, who was chosen as the best player in the English
Premier League last season came into news recently as he became the most
expensive player of all time with his transfer from Tothenham Hotspur to Real
Madrid with a transfer fee of 100 million Euros.
17.
Christiano
Ronaldo:- He became the highest paid footballer in the world when his
contract with Real Madrid was recently renewed for 5 years for a whopping $206
million.
18.
Leader
Paes:- He became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam tennis men’s
double at the US Open partnering with Radek Stapanek of Czech Republic. It was
his 14th Grand Slam title at all.
19.
Tony
Abbot:- He recently became the new Australian PM after his party –Liberal
National Party Coalition came into power.
20.
Devendra
Jhajharia:- Rajasthan para athelete and Javelin thrower gave India its first ever
Gold Medal in the World Para Atheletics Championships in Lyon, France.
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