Rajasthan
PTET Rajasthan Police Current Affair gk Paper
Internet
to have 3 billion users by end of 2014
United Nations ITU
claimed that by the end of 2014 the world will have about 3 billion internet
users, with two-thirds of them from the developing world.
Prime
Minister of Slovenia resigned
Prime Minister of
Slovenia, Alenka Bratusek resigned on 5 May 2014
Government
approval not required to probe senior bureaucrats on corruption charges
Constitutional Bench of
SC held that prior sanction of government is not required to probe the senior
bureaucrats on corruption charges.
Royal
Navy Submarine Service appointed first female submariners
Royal Navy Submarine
Service of UK for the first time appointed female submariners.
Elena
Baltacha, the former British Tennis player died due of liver cancer
Elena Baltacha, the
former British No 1 tennis player died of liver cancer at the age of 30.
US
approved Diplomatic Mission for Syrian opposition in Washington
The Obama
administration gave approval for the Syrian opposition to open a formal
diplomatic mission in the US.
Dipika
Pallikal ranked 10 Women Squash Association (WSA)
Dipika Pallikal ranked
10 in the Women’s Squash Association (WSA) rankings released on 4 May 2014.
New
Element 117 named Ununseptium set to join the periodic table
New Element 117 which
is temporarily called Uunseptium with 117 protons set to join periodic table.
Nobel
Laureate economist Gary Becker died at 93
Nobel Laureate
economist Gary Becker died at the age of 93 due to illness in Chicago.
Panama
Vice President Juan Carlos Varela won the Presidential Election
Panamanian
vice-president Juan Carlos Varela on 4 May 2014 won the presidential election.
Sania
Mirza and Cara Black won WTA Portugal Open 2014
Sania Mirza and Cara
Black won the WTA Portugal Open 2014 Women’s doubles title held in Oeiras,
Portugal.
Secretary
of the DBT, K. Vijay Raghavan elected a foreign associate of the USNAS
The Secretary of the
DBT, Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan on 4 May 2014 elected a foreign associate of
the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (USNAS).
Ahmet
Sik won UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2014
Turkish investigative
journalist Ahmet Sik won the 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom
Prize.
First
indigenous air-to-air missile Astra successfully test fired over Arabian Sea
First indigenously
developed air-to-air missile Astra successfully test fired on 4 May 2014 from a
Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet over the Arabian Sea off Goa.
World
Press Freedom Day observed across the world
World Press Freedom Day
was observed on 3 May 2014 across the world
Four
Indians won Harvard Business School New Venture Competition awards
Four Indians won the
Harvard Business School New Venture Competition (NVC) awards worth over 300000
dollars.
Ranbaxy
recalled allergy-relief drug in US due to defective packaging
Ranbaxy recalled an
allergy-relief drug in the United States after finding defects in packing in
February 2014.
Trap
Shooter, Manavjit Sandhu ranked at third spot in ISSF World Ranking
Indian trap shooter
Manavjit Singh Sandhu jumped to the third spot in the world rankings from 16th
after winning gold at the ISSF World Cup in Tucson.
HAL
handed over Dornier 228 light-weight aircraft Nabhrathna to DRDO
State-run aerospace
firm HAL on 2 May 2014 handed over a Dornier light-weight aircraft to the DRDO.
US
Government announced 1.2 million US dollar aid for Ukrainian Journalist
The United States on 2
May 2014 announced 1.2 million US dollar aid package for Ukrainian Journalists.
US
Government appointed Indian-American Jawahar Kaliani to OCC, Department of
Treasury
US Government on 2 May
2014 appointed Indian-American Jawahar Kaliani to the Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency (OCC), Department of Treasury.
SIT
formed to probe killings of people in Kokrajhar and Baska districts of Assam
SIT formed in Assam to
investigate killing of civilians in Kokrajhar and Baksa districts to look into
the conspiracy and mastermind behind the killings.
Union
Cabinet approved the Polavaram Project
The Union Cabinet on 1
May 2014 approved the proposal for setting up of the Polavaram Project
Authority (PPA).
President
conferred Gallantry Awards
President of India
conferred Gallantry Awards on 55 personnel for their distinguished service and
bravery at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
India
successfully test-fired Akash missile from ITR Complex in Chandipur
India on 2 May 2014
successfully test fired indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile
from the ITR at Chandipur.
Senate
Republican blocked increase in the minimum wage Bill
US Senate Republicans
on 30 April 2014 blocked a Bill to increase the federal minimum wage for the
first time since 2009.
Delhi
got its first Dolby Atmos audio technology
Delhi received its
first Dolby Atmos audio technology, in its one of the oldest Cinema, named
Delite Cinemas
First
Gurudwara to be built in Johannesburg
City of Johannesburg
agreed to allow construction of a place of worship in form of a full-fledged
Gurudwara in the city.
Election
Queue Management System introduced in India
The Election Queue
Management System, a first of its kind initiative in the country in Budwan
district, West Bengal.
Archaeologists
discovered a granary at Rakhigarhi in Haryana
Granary with walls of
mud-bricks discovered by archaeologists during excavation at Rakhigarhi village
a Harappan civilisation site, in Haryana.
India
ranked no 1 in Twenty20 International Team ranking
India ranked no 1 in
ICC Twenty20 International Team rankings by replacing Sri Lanka.
CEO
of Ford Motor Co Alan Mulally announced to resign on 1 July 2014
Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of Ford Motor Co Alan Mulally announced to retire on 1 July 2014
US
Senate confirmed Manish Shah as federal judge in Illinois
US senate confirmed
name of Manish Shah as Federal Judge in Illinois. He was confirmed by the Senate by 95-0 votes.
World’s
highest tunnel for high-speed train opened in China
World’s highest tunnel
for high-speed train in northwest China at an altitude of 3607.4 metres became
operational.
India-made
EVMs to be used in Namibia’s Presidential polls
Government of Namibia
purchased 3400 India-made EVMs for use in the countries Presidential Election,
scheduled in November 2014.
Air
India will join Star Alliance in July 2014
Air India announced on
1 May 2014 to join largest global airlines network Star Alliance in July 2014.
NBA
banned Donald Sterling, team owner of Los Angeles Clippers for life after
racist remark
NBA banned Los Angeles
Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fined him 2.5 million dollars over
an alleged racist remark in the stand.
SC
reconstituted SIT headed by Justice MB Shah to probe into Black Money Cases
SC reconstituted a
Special Investigation Team (SIT) to monitor probe into the black money case
under the chairmanship of retired judge MB Shah.
Antimicrobial
resistance: global report on surveillance
World Health
Organisation (WHO) released a report Antimicrobial resistance global report on
surveillance on 30 April 2014.
