Date : 12-MAY-2014
: 13
UP government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Meerut group clashes. The inquiry will be conducted by Meerut DM, Randeep Rinwa.
Date : 12-MAY-2014
African National congress (ANC) won the national election 2014 with 62.2 percent of votes.
Date : 12-MAY-2014
Save the Children an international NGO released its 15th annual report of State of the World’s Mother.
Date : 12-MAY-2014
: 36
Rafael Nadal won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Mutua Madrid Open final after Kei Nishikori was forced to withdraw with a back injury.
Date : 12-MAY-2014
London-based Hinduja brothers emerged richest in UK in the Super-Rich list. They replaced Lakshmi Mittal and Alisher Usmanov to top the list.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
: 82
Documentary film, Silent Screams–India’s Fight Against Rape has won three awards at 2014 New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
Caparo Group won the International Business of the Year award 2014
Date : 10-MAY-2014
The US Climate Prediction Center updated that the chances of El Nino developing will exceed from 50 percent to 65 percent.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
Ronnie O'Sullivan was named snooker's Player of the Year at the sport's annual awards ceremony in London on 8 May 2014.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
: 58
Bacterium, whose genetic material contains three pairs of DNA letters instead of two engineered by scientists.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
Inspector General K Natarajan took over as the 21st Commander of the Coast Guard Region (Andaman and Nicobar) as a successor of VSR Murthy.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
: 20
The South Sudan Government and rebel army signed a peace deal on 9 May 2014.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
Book entitled ‘India Junction – A Window to the Nation’ was released by Arunendra Kumar, the Chairman of Railway Board.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
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RBI in its notification barred eligible Indian companies from raising ECB from overseas branches/subsidiaries of Indian banks.
Date : 10-MAY-2014
SEBI exempted Etihad Airways from making open offer in the Jet deal as purchase of 24% stake of Jet Airlines doesn’t amount to change in ownership.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
: 10
Punj Lloyd, Indian construction major won a 1270 crore rupees expressway project in Yemen
Date : 09-MAY-2014
BHEL successfully commissioned 126 MW Gas Turbine Generating unit at Qarn Alam-3 power project of Petroleum Development Oman.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
The United States, Russia, China, Britain and France signed a protocol to the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone Treaty.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
Senior IPS Officer Archana Ramasundaram on 8 May 2014 appointed as first Woman Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Date : 09-MAY-2014
Former Andhra Pradesh CM Nedurumilli Janardhan Reddy died on 9 May 2014
Date : 09-MAY-2014
President of India on 8 May 2014 launched Rupay, Indigenous Card payment System at Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
A book Post Haste: Quintessential India written by B.G. Verghese was released on 1 May 2014 at India International Centre in Delhi.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
Scientists on 8 May 2014 created the first realistic virtual Universe using a computer simulation called Illustris.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
SC has ordered CBI inquiry into multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam that happened in West Bengal, Odisha and Assam.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
: 34
Vietnam on 6 May 2014 accused China to place an oil rig near Paracel islands.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
Species of dancing frogs discovered in the Western Ghats of southern India. The name was derived due to unusual kicks that they use to attract the mates.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
: 64
Two Indian-Americans Manjusha P. Kulkarni and Ranjana Paintal on 7 May 2014 were selected for Champions of Change by the White House.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
Indian-American cardiologist Mitul Kadakia won the prestigious 2014 Gregory Bradeb Memorial Fellow of the Year Award.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
: 19
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 7 May 2014 approved the flying license of airasia India Private Limited (AAIPL).
Date : 09-MAY-2014
Australian Test great Dennis Lillee and mentor of Mitchell Johnson's quit his post at Cricket Australia after being refused a pay rise.
Date : 09-MAY-2014
: 20
IAA was awarded with the 2014 International Arch of Europe Award for quality and technology in Gold Category.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
Arabian travel Market (ATM) awarded India with New Frontiers Award 2014 on 8 May 2014
Date : 08-MAY-2014
: 33
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 7 May 2014 issued guidelines to operastors for Real Time Tracking of Aircrafts.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
Tripigator.com, a travel planning portal was launched on 5 May 2014 in Delhi in partnership with Incredible India of Ministry of Tourism.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
Pakistan successfully test-fired surface-to-surface Ballistic Missile Hataf-III Ghaznavi during war exercises of Army’s Strategic Force Command.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
: 26
WHO claimed that quality of air in most cities worldwide that monitor outdoor (ambient) air pollution failed to meet WHO guidelines for safe levels.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
Forbes 11th annual Global 2000 list of the biggest, most powerful and most valuable companies in the world.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
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A new species of brownish pit viper (snake) named Himalayanus was discovered by the Chinese scientists.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed the former fast bowler of Pakistan, Waqar Younis as the national coach of the national team of Pakistan.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
: 11
US on 7 May 2014 announced that it will induct about 12000 Chinese workers into Hall of Honour.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
Scientists claimed that increased level of CO2 emissions will affect nutrient content in some of the world’s staple food items like Wheat and Rice.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
SC banned use of bulls for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country. It said that even bulls have rights against torture.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
A book My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written by R.D.Pradhan released on 27 March 2014.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on 5 May 2014 declared outbreak of polio as a World Health Emergency.
Date : 08-MAY-2014
SC quashed law passed by Kerala Assembly on the Mullaperiyar dam and said that water level of the dam can be raised to 142 feet.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants abducted more than 200 girls from north-eastern Nigeria from April 2014 aged between 12 and 15.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
Virat Kohli was ranked no 1 in ICC list of One Day International (ODI) ranking released in Dubai on 4 May 2014.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
A book entitled A Stamp is Born authored by C. R. Pakrashi was released by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled that the Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawartra must step down over abuse of her power.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
Arctic Summer written by Novelist Damon Galgut was released on 6 March 2014.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 6 May 2014 issued the guidelines to allow the minors of age above...
Date : 07-MAY-2014
Mark Selby of England won World Snooker Championship title 2014 on in Sheffield, England.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
Kuwait has renewed two crude oil supply contracts with India’s BPCL and BORL of worth up to 3.7 billion dollars a year.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
A report of Commerce and Industry Ministry described Gujarat model of land acquisition as the best in the country.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
BCCI suspended RCA and appointed an ad-hoc body to run the states cricket affairs. The action was taken after Lalit Modi was elected as RCA President.
Date : 07-MAY-2014
SC upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act and said that the Act will not apply to unaided minority institutions.
Date : 06-MAY-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.
Date : 06-MAY-2014
Prime Minister of Slovenia, Alenka Bratusek resigned on 5 May 2014
Date : 06-MAY-2014
Constitutional Bench of SC held that prior sanction of government is not required to probe the senior bureaucrats on corruption charges.
Date : 06-MAY-2014
Royal Navy Submarine Service of UK for the first time appointed female submariners.
Date : 06-MAY-2014
Elena Baltacha, the former British No 1 tennis player died of liver cancer at the age of 30.
Date : 06-MAY-2014
The Obama administration gave approval for the Syrian opposition to open a formal diplomatic mission in the US.
Date : 06-MAY-2014
Dipika Pallikal ranked 10 in the Women’s Squash Association (WSA) rankings released on 4 May 2014.
Date : 06-MAY-2014
New Element 117 which is temporarily called Uunseptium with 117 protons set to join periodic table.
Date : 06-MAY-2014
Martin Kilzan won Munich ATP tournament in Germany by defeating Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Date : 05-MAY-2014
Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker died at the age of 93 due to illness in Chicago.
Date : 05-MAY-2014
Vice-president of Panama Juan Carlos Varela on 4 May 2014 won the presidential election.
Date : 05-MAY-2014
Sania Mirza and Cara Black won the WTA Portugal Open 2014 Women’s doubles title held in Oeiras, Portugal.
Date : 05-MAY-2014
The Secretary of the DBT, Krishnaswamy vijayraghavan on 4 May 2014 elected a foreign associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (USNAS).
Date : 05-MAY-2014
Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik won the 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Date : 05-MAY-2014
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.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
World Press Freedom Day was observed on 3 May 2014 across the world
Date : 03-MAY-2014
Four Indians won the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition (NVC) awards worth over 300000 dollars.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
Ranbaxy recalled an allergy-relief drug in the United States after finding defects in packing in February 2014.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
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.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
State-run aerospace firm HAL on 2 May 2014 handed over a Dornier light-weight aircraft to the DRDO.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
The United States on 2 May 2014 announced 1.2 million US dollar aid package for Ukrainian Journalists.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
US Government on 2 May 2014 appointed Indian-American Jawahar Kaliani to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of Treasury.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
SIT formed in Assam to investigate killing of civilians in Kokrajhar and Baksa districts to look into the conspiracy and mastermind behind the killings.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
SC directed NTPC and BSES to sort out dispute over payments to ensure that people of Delhi do not suffer power cuts due to it.
Date : 03-MAY-2014
The Union Cabinet on 1 May 2014 approved the proposal for setting up of the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA).
Date : 03-MAY-2014
President of India conferred Gallantry Awards on 55 personnel for their distinguished service and bravery at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
India on 2 May 2014 successfully test fired indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the ITR at Chandipur.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
US Senate Republicans on 30 April 2014 blocked a Bill to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time since 2009.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
Delhi received its first Dolby Atmos audio technology, in its one of the oldest Cinema, named Delite Cinemas
Date : 02-MAY-2014
City of Johannesburg agreed to allow construction of a place of worship in form of a full-fledged Gurudwara in the city.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
The Election Queue Management System, a first of its kind initiative in the country in Budwan district, West Bengal.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
India dropped to 78 in the latest Freedom of the press 2014.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
Granary with walls of mud-bricks discovered by archaeologists during excavation at Rakhigarhi village a Harappan civilisation site, in Haryana.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
India ranked no 1 in ICC Twenty20 International Team rankings by replacing Sri Lanka.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ford Motor Co Alan Mulally announced to retire on 1 July 2014
Date : 02-MAY-2014
US senate confirmed name of Manish Shah as Federal Judge in Illinois. He was confirmed by the Senate by 95-0 votes.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
World’s highest tunnel for high-speed train in northwest China at an altitude of 3607.4 metres became operational.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
Government of Namibia purchased 3400 India-made evms for use in the countries Presidential Election, scheduled in November 2014.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
Air India announced on 1 May 2014 to join largest global airlines network Star Alliance in July 2014.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
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.
Date : 02-MAY-2014
SC reconstituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to monitor probe into the black money case under the chairmanship of retired judge MB Shah.
Date : 01-MAY-2014
World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance on 30 April 2014.
Date : 01-MAY-2014
IIT-Guwahati ranked at the 87th position among the top 100 world universities under 50 years of age.
Date : 01-MAY-2014
The study titled Violence against women in politics was released by the Centre for Social Research and UN Women
Date : 01-MAY-2014
The candidate was written by Indian Journalist Anirudh Bhattacharya.
Date : 01-MAY-2014
British actor Bob Hoskins died of pneumonia at the age of 71 in London.
Date : 30-APR-2014
India emerged as third largest economy of the World in 2011 in terms of the Purchasing Power Parity
Date : 26-APR-2014
Author Rakhshanda Jalil on 11 March 2014 released a book titled A Rebel And Her Cause: Life and Work
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