India Watch (Banking General Awareness- May 2014)
• Union Cabinet approves the Polavaram Project.
• India ranked no 1 in Twenty20 International Team ranking.
• Trap Shooter, Manavjit Sandhu ranked at third spot in ISSF World Ranking.
• K Natarajan takes over as 21st Command of Coastal Guard Region (A&N).
• RBI allows the minors of age above 10 years to open Savings bank account.
• Archana Ramasundara, appointed as first Woman Additional Director of CBI.
• President of India launches Indigenous Card payment System Rupay.
• SEBI exempts Etihad from making open offer in Jet deal.
• India honoured with New Frontiers Award 2014.
• Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Janardhan Reddy dies.
• President confers National Florence Nightingale Awards on 35 nursing personnel.
• RBI allows bank branches abroad to sell structured products.
• Manipur wins Senior National Women’s Football Champions title.
• Nayak Committee to Review Governance of Boards of Banks in India submits its report to RBI.
• Pankaj Advani wins CCI Billiards title.
• Russi Mody, the former Tata Steels Chairman dies.
• Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar Chief Minister.
• N Srinivasan, the veteran nuclear scientist dies.
• Nabam Tuki sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Competition Appellate Tribunal upheld 630 crore rupees penalty on DLF.
• President appointed Narendra Modi as Prime Minister.
• Jitan Ram Manjhi took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
• RBI directed all banks to install disabled friendly new ATMs.
• RBI eased gold import norms under 20:80 Scheme.
• Indian-American student Akhil Rekulapelli won National Geographic Bee Championship.
• Project Mobile Seva under Deity won the 2014 United National Public Service Award.
• Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as Chief Minister of Odisha for fourth consecutive term.
• Pawan Chamling sworn-in as Chief Minister of Sikkim for record 5th term.
• Bharatiya Mahila Bank included in Second Schedule of RBI Act, 1934.
• Anandiben Patel sworn-in as first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat.
• TR Zeliang sworn-in as new Chief Minister of Nagaland.
• RBI tightened acquisition & merger rules for Non-Banking Financial Companies.
• Sachin Tendulkar selected as goodwill ambassador for 35th National Games.
• Vishwanath Tripathi received Vyas Samman 2013.
• India signed loan agreement with World Bank for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III.
• RIL announced to buy 78 percent in Network18 for 4000 crore rupees.
• India ranked no 1 in Twenty20 International Team ranking.
• Trap Shooter, Manavjit Sandhu ranked at third spot in ISSF World Ranking.
• K Natarajan takes over as 21st Command of Coastal Guard Region (A&N).
• RBI allows the minors of age above 10 years to open Savings bank account.
• Archana Ramasundara, appointed as first Woman Additional Director of CBI.
• President of India launches Indigenous Card payment System Rupay.
• SEBI exempts Etihad from making open offer in Jet deal.
• India honoured with New Frontiers Award 2014.
• Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Janardhan Reddy dies.
• President confers National Florence Nightingale Awards on 35 nursing personnel.
• RBI allows bank branches abroad to sell structured products.
• Manipur wins Senior National Women’s Football Champions title.
• Nayak Committee to Review Governance of Boards of Banks in India submits its report to RBI.
• Pankaj Advani wins CCI Billiards title.
• Russi Mody, the former Tata Steels Chairman dies.
• Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar Chief Minister.
• N Srinivasan, the veteran nuclear scientist dies.
• Nabam Tuki sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
• Competition Appellate Tribunal upheld 630 crore rupees penalty on DLF.
• President appointed Narendra Modi as Prime Minister.
• Jitan Ram Manjhi took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
• RBI directed all banks to install disabled friendly new ATMs.
• RBI eased gold import norms under 20:80 Scheme.
• Indian-American student Akhil Rekulapelli won National Geographic Bee Championship.
• Project Mobile Seva under Deity won the 2014 United National Public Service Award.
• Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as Chief Minister of Odisha for fourth consecutive term.
• Pawan Chamling sworn-in as Chief Minister of Sikkim for record 5th term.
• Bharatiya Mahila Bank included in Second Schedule of RBI Act, 1934.
• Anandiben Patel sworn-in as first woman Chief Minister of Gujarat.
• TR Zeliang sworn-in as new Chief Minister of Nagaland.
• RBI tightened acquisition & merger rules for Non-Banking Financial Companies.
• Sachin Tendulkar selected as goodwill ambassador for 35th National Games.
• Vishwanath Tripathi received Vyas Samman 2013.
• India signed loan agreement with World Bank for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan III.
• RIL announced to buy 78 percent in Network18 for 4000 crore rupees.
World Watch (Banking General Awareness- May 2014)
• Four Indians win Harvard Business School New Venture Competition awards.
• Elena Baltacha, the former British Tennis player dies due of liver cancer.
• Waqar younis appointed as head coach of Pakistan cricket team.
• Mark Selby wins World Snooker Championship 2014.
• Vikaram Sunderam wins Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic of James Beard Awards 2014.
• Kuwait renews crude supply contracts with BPCL.
• IAA receives International Arch of Europe Award.
• O’Sullivan named as Snooker’s Player of the Year.
• Indian documentary ‘Silent Screams’ wins three awards at US festival.
• Caparo Group wins International Business of the Year award 2014.
• Indian-American Mitul Kadakia wins 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award.
• 6.5 Million Jobs globally provided by Renewable Energy in 2013: IRENA
• Rafael Nadal wins Madrid Open Title.
• Maria Sharapova defeats Simona Halep to win Madrid Open title.
• Shah Rukh Khan features on the cover page of magazine Forbes Middle East.
• AIBA approved Boxing India as the new provisional member to represent India.
• Novak Djokovic wins the Men’s Italian Tennis Open 2014 for the third time.
• Serena Willliams wins the Women’s Italian tennis Open 2014 for the third time.
• UK based Marks & Spencer announced to open 100 stores in India.
• Russia and China signed 30 year deal on natural gas worth of 400 billion dollars.
• Dalia Grybauskaite won the Presidential election of Lithuania.
• Japan won the Thomas Cup 2014 of badminton.
• Japan won AFC Women’s Asian Football Cup 2014.
• Film Winter Sleep honoured with Palme d’Or Award at 67th Cannes Film Festival.
• Brazil announced measures to make FIFA World Cup 2014 eco-friendly.
• Brazuca balls to be used in FIFA World Cup 2014 to have six in-built HD cameras.
• Azlan Shah-The Father of Malaysian hockey died at 86.
• Maya Angelou, the American author and poet died.
• 8 Indian Soldiers posthumously awarded with prestigious Dag Hammarskjold Medal of UN.
• Elena Baltacha, the former British Tennis player dies due of liver cancer.
• Waqar younis appointed as head coach of Pakistan cricket team.
• Mark Selby wins World Snooker Championship 2014.
• Vikaram Sunderam wins Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic of James Beard Awards 2014.
• Kuwait renews crude supply contracts with BPCL.
• IAA receives International Arch of Europe Award.
• O’Sullivan named as Snooker’s Player of the Year.
• Indian documentary ‘Silent Screams’ wins three awards at US festival.
• Caparo Group wins International Business of the Year award 2014.
• Indian-American Mitul Kadakia wins 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award.
• 6.5 Million Jobs globally provided by Renewable Energy in 2013: IRENA
• Rafael Nadal wins Madrid Open Title.
• Maria Sharapova defeats Simona Halep to win Madrid Open title.
• Shah Rukh Khan features on the cover page of magazine Forbes Middle East.
• AIBA approved Boxing India as the new provisional member to represent India.
• Novak Djokovic wins the Men’s Italian Tennis Open 2014 for the third time.
• Serena Willliams wins the Women’s Italian tennis Open 2014 for the third time.
• UK based Marks & Spencer announced to open 100 stores in India.
• Russia and China signed 30 year deal on natural gas worth of 400 billion dollars.
• Dalia Grybauskaite won the Presidential election of Lithuania.
• Japan won the Thomas Cup 2014 of badminton.
• Japan won AFC Women’s Asian Football Cup 2014.
• Film Winter Sleep honoured with Palme d’Or Award at 67th Cannes Film Festival.
• Brazil announced measures to make FIFA World Cup 2014 eco-friendly.
• Brazuca balls to be used in FIFA World Cup 2014 to have six in-built HD cameras.
• Azlan Shah-The Father of Malaysian hockey died at 86.
• Maya Angelou, the American author and poet died.
• 8 Indian Soldiers posthumously awarded with prestigious Dag Hammarskjold Medal of UN.
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