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Abbreviation
GST- Goods and Services Tax
JJ Act- Juvenile Justice Act
SHGs- Self Help Groups
SLBC- State Level Bankers Committee
NRLM- National Rural Livelihoods Mission
EEZ- Exclusive Economic Zone
NCAER- National Council of Applied Economics
IHDS- Indian Human Development Survey
AYUSH- Ayurveda,Yoga and Naturopathy,Unani,Siddha and Homeopathy
IISCO- Indian Iron and Steel Company (A Subsidiary of SAIL)
HRW- Human Rights Watch
CAG- Comptroller and Auditor General of India
CISF- Central Industrial Security Force
LBA- Land Boundary Agreement
MMRCA- Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
NPPA- National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
IPO- Initial Public Offer
IED- Improvised Explosive Device
RKVY- Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna
PMSBY- Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna
CCI- Competition Commission of India
TRIPS- Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
NCDEX- National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited
FCRA- Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
ICDS- Integrated Child Development Services
EWS- Economically Weaker Section
TTZ- Taj Trapezium Zone
NFS- National Financial Switch
IREDA- Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency
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Personalities
Leader of the Conservative Party in Britain- David Cameron
Leader of the Labour Party in Britain- Ed Miliband
Leader of Scottish National Party in Britain-Nicola sturgeon
U.S. Secretary of State- John Kerry
President of Maldives- Mr. Abdulla Yameen
President of France- Mr. Francois Hollande
President of Iran- Mr. Hassan Rouhani
Mazen darwish- A Syrian Journalist and Rights Activist
Nepal Urban Development Minister- Dr. Narayan Kharke
Arundhati Roy- An indain Writer- Activist
Swiss Economic Affair Minister- Johann N. Schneider
Attorney General of India- Shri Mukul Rohatgi
President of Somalia- Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Prime Minister of Somalia- Omar Abdirashid Ali
U.S. Ambassador to India- Mr. Richard Verma
Prime Minister of Russia- Mr. Dmitry Medvedev
Railway Board Chairman- Shri A. K. Mital
Chairman of Children’s Film Society of India- Mukesh Khanna (SHAKTIMAN)
Wife of Britain PM David Cameron- Samantha Cameron
Book & author
One Hundred years of Solitude- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Nobel Laureate)
The Past Before Us- Romila Thapar
Sports
Welterweight Unification Championship- Winner- Floyd Mayweather Jr
Runner Up- Manny Pacquiao
World’s No.1 Golfer- Rory Mcilory
World Snooker Championship 2015- Winner- Stuart Bingham
Runner Up- Shaun Murphy
National & International Days
World Press Freedom Day 2015- 3rd May
World Laughter Day 2015- 3rd May (First Sunday of May)
World Laughter Day 2016- 1st May
World Red Cross Day- 8th May
World Thalassaemia Day- 8th May
Awards
National Film Awards- Best Actress- Kangana Ranaut
UNESCO annual Press Freedom Prize- Mazen darwish
Whitley Award (Green Oscar)- Pramod Patil (Ornithologist)
G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award- Sumita Mehta
Business & Economy
Maximum number of Members in any SHG- 20 Members
Founder of JANA (Free Internet App)- Nathan Eagle
National Payments Corporation of India down the Inter Bank Fee for ATM transactions by 10 percent
Ruma Chakravarty- 1st Recipient of the Prime Minister’s Insurance Scheme
Place
Welterweight Unification Championship held at- Las Vegas
BRICS and SCO Summit in July will be held at- Russia
Asia’s first Google Campus opened in- Seoul, South Korea
News
Article 370- Special Status to Jammu & Kashmir
David Cameron- 2nd time Britain Prime Minister
Antyodaya Diwas- Birthday of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
Honorific “Mx” included in Oxford Dictionary for Transgenders.
Army inducted the indigenously supersonic surface to air missile named AKASH.
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