Weekly The Hindu Review : 18 May – 24 May 2015

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Abbreviation

OECD- Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development

FTA- Free Trade Agreement

UNFCCC- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

NCLT- National Company Law Tribunal

IPR- Intellectual Property Rights

FERA- Foreign Exchange Regulation Act

SATHI- System of Application of Technology for Human Resources Improvement

ASEAN- Association of South East Asian Nations

BTIA- Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement

LAC- Line of Actual Control

PMGSY- Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna

PCMA- Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006

AIPAC- Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee

NRI- Non Resident Indians

OCI- Overseas Citizens of India

PIOs- Persons of Indian Origin

NADA- National anti-doping Agency

AIFF- All India Football Federation

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Personalities

Chief Election Commissioner of Indai- Mr. Nasim Zaidi

Prime Minister of Mangolia- Mr. Chimed Saikhanbileg

European Union Ambassador to India- Joao Cravinho

Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry- Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Minister of India for Food Processing- Harsimrat Kaur

U.N. Secretary General- Ban Ki-moon

President of SriLanka- Maithripala Sirisena

President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)- Shri Sumit Mazumdar

President of South Africa- Jacob Zuma

Chief Minister of Odisha- Shri Naveen patnaik

Minister of State for External Affair- V.K.Singh

AIPAC Chairman- N.R Narayan Murthy

Prime Minister of Japan- Shinzo Abe

National Security Advisor- Shri Ajit doval

New Defence Secretary- Shri G. Mohan Kumar

TamilNadu Chief Minister- Jayalalithaa

Governor of TamilNadu- K. Rosaiah

Head of Federal Reserve- Dr. Janet L. Yellen

Book & author

Satantango written by- Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Sports

Sudirman Cup Winner- China (6th Time Consecutive winning)

Sudirman Cup related to- Badminton

1st Paragliding World Cup to be held at- Himachal Pradesh, India

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National & International Days

International Museum Day- 18th May

World AIDS Vaccine Day- 18th May

International Day for Biological Diversity- 22nd May

Awards

International Man Booker Prize 2015 winner- Laszlo Krasznahorkai (From Hungry)

Worth of the International Man Booker Prize- 60 Lac

Business & Economy

The Credit Line given to Mongolia by India is- $1 billion

Who give the term BRIC- Jim O’Neil (Goldman Sachs Group Economist)

There is no still Public Debt Management Authority .It may be after 1 or 2 year. Now RBI act remains same.

AIPAC formed by- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

AIPAC will have 18 Members including Chairman.

Place

Youth Delphic Games in 2016 will be held at- GOA

Sajjangarh Biological Park situated at- Udaipur, Rajasthan

FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017 will be held in- India

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News

Mother Teresa to be declared a Saint in 2016.

Fighter jet Mirage-2000 landed on the Yamuna Express Way, Agra by the IAF as rehearsal of Emergency landing.

1st country to do referendum for Gay marriage- Ireland

Death

Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri- A Noted Economist

At last, Keep remembering your dream and keep hard working to achieve your goal. Always remember that you can achieve anything on the basis of your hard work. A continue process can happen anything. So Keep Learning.

All The Best.

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