1st Sunday of May - World Laughter Day

1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma day

2nd Sunday of May - Mothers Day
1st May - International Workers Day
1st May - Foundation Day of Gujarat and
Maharashtra
3rd May - World Press Freedom Day
4th May - International Firefighters Day
4th May - Buddha Poornima Diwas
8th May - World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
11th May - National Technology Day
12th May - International Nurses Day
17th May - World Telecommunication and
Information Society Day
18th May - International Museum Day
21st May - Anti-Terrorism Day
22nd May - International Day for Biological Diversity
23rd May - World Turtle Day
24th May - Commonwealth day
27th May - World Science Festival Day
31st May - World No Tobacco Day

Achal Kumar Jyoti - Election Commissioner

Akhil Amar - Member, National Council on
Humanities (US)
Anindo Majumdar - CMD, Delhi Finance Corporation
Arun Jha - Secretary, Tribal Affairs
Arun shrivastava - MD & CEO, Syndicate bank
Arvind Saxena - Member, UPSC (first RAW officer)
Deepak Iyer - CMD, Bharti AXA General Insurance
Dr Syed Ahmed - Governor, Manipur
Draupadi Murmu - 1st Woman Governor of
Jharkhand.
G Mohan Kumar - Secretary, Ministry of Defence
(MoD)
George Yeo - Chancellor, Nalanda University
GS Reddy - Scientific Adviser, Defence minister

Harbhajan Kaur Dheer - 1st Asian woman elected

mayor, Ealing Council in London
J Jayalalithaa - Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu
J P Nadda - President, 68th World Health Assembly
J P Rajkhowa - Governor, Arunachal Pradesh
Justice Cyriac Joseph - Head, NHRC (National Human
Rights Commission)
KV Kamath - President, New Development Bank
(BRICS Bank)
M J Joseph - Controller General of Accounts (CGA)
Manoj Mishra - CMD, National Fertilizers Ltd (NFL)
Mhairi Black - Britain's youngest member of
parliament
Mukesh Khanna - Chairperson, CFSI
Navneet Rajan Wasan - DG, BPR&D
Nirbhay Sharma - Governor, Mizoram
Parvinder Singh Batth - Mayor of Britains
Wokingham Borough Council (1st Sikh)
Pawan Goenka - Honorary Ambassador, Korea
Pradeep Kumar Sinha - Cabinet Secretary
Ranjit Singh Baxi - Head, Bureau of International
Recycling
S Chandra Das - Singapore's non-Resident High
Commissioner to Sri Lanka
Sanjita Pradhan - US President's Advisory
Commission(AAPIS)
Satish Reddy - Chairman, National Safety Council
(NSC).
Selvin Christopher - Chief, DRDO
SS Ahluwalia - Chairman, JPC on Land Acquisition
Amendment Bill 2015
Sunil DSouza - MD, Whirlpool India
Surender Singh - Director General, CISF
Tathagata Roy - Governor, Tripura
V Shanmuganathan - Governor, Meghalaya
Veena Jain - (DG) of News, Doordarshan
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wodeyar - Head,
Mysuru royal family

Ananta Bijoy Das - Secular Blogger, Bangladesh

Manabi Bandopadhyay - 1st third gender principal

in India
Masaan (Indian Film) - FIPRESCI Award at 68th
Cannes film festival
Nadia district (West Bengal) - 2015 United Nations
Public Service Award
Neel Mukherjee (The Lives of Others) - UK's Encore
Award 2015
Punjab - World No Tobacco Day Award 2015
Shashi Kapoor - Dada Saheb Phalke award 2015
Sivanadane Mandjiny - UNC Board of Governors
2015 Award
Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) Dun and Bradstreet Corporate Award

68th Cannes Film Festival Award Winners List 2015

Anurradha Prasad - Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award

(Journalism and Social Services)
C.N.R. Rao - the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and
Silver Star Award (Japan's highest civilian award)
Charlie Hebdo (French satirical magazine) - 2015
PEN Freedom of Expression Courage award
Dr. Siva Mandjiny - UNC Board of Governors 2015
Award for Excellence in Teaching
Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu - University of Oxford
Inspirational Teacher Award
Harkeert Singh Saini - Top Civilian Supervisor of the
Year (Texas)
Lance Naik Nand Ram, Raju Joseph - UNs Dag
Hammarskjold Medal
Laszlo Krasznahorkai - Man Booker International
Prize 2015

Palme d'Or : "Dheepan," Directed by Jacques

Audiard
Best Actress : Rooney Mara for "Carol" and
Emmanuelle Bercot for "Mon Roi" (Shared Prize)
Best Actor : Vincent Lindon for "The Measure of a
Man"
Grand Prix : "Son of Saul," Directed by Laszlo Nemes
Best Director : "The Assassin," Directed by Hou
Hsiao-Hsien
Best Screenplay : "Chronic," Written by Michel
Franco
Camera d'Or (Best First Feature) : "La Tierra y la
Sombre," Directed by Cesar Acevedo
Jury Prize : "The Lobster," Directed by Yorgos
Lanthimos
Palme d'Or (Short Film) : "Waves '98," Directed by
Ely Dagher

Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil

Tolkappiyar Award for lifetime achievement in

Classical Tamil :
o 2011-12 : SV Shanmugam
o 2012-13 : R Krishnamurthi
Kural Pitam Award
o 2011-12 : Eva Maria Wilden (Germany)
Young Scholar Awards
o 2011-12 :

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E. Ezhilvasanthan
K. Jawahar
K. Iyyappan
2012-13 :
R. Venkatesan,
Sathish,
M.R. Devak,
U. Alibava and
B. Jaiganesh.

AIBA Women's Junior World Championship

Winners from India

Top 10 of Forbes World's Most Powerful

Women List

Italian Open 2015 Winners List

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Angela Merkel (German Chancellor)

Hillary Clinton (US presidential hopeful)
Melinda Gates (Philanthriopist / Bill Gates wife)
Janet Yellen (Federal Reserve Chair)
Mary Barra (GM CEO)
Christine Lagarde (IMF Chief)
Dilma Rousseff (Brazilian President)
Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO)
Susan Wojcicki (YouTube CEO)
Michelle Obama (US First Lady)

Arundhathi Bhattacharya - 30th Rank

Chanda Kochhar - 35th Rank
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - 85th Rank
Shobhana Bhartia - 93rd Rank

CEAT Cricket Awards 2014-15 Winners List

International Cricketer of the Year - Kumar

Sangakkara
Lifetime Achievement Award - Kapil Dev
T20 Player of the Year - Dwayne Bravo
Young cricketer of the Year - Deepak Hooda
Batsman of the Year - Hashim Amla
Bowler of the Year - Rangana Herath
International Indian Cricketer of the year - Ajinkya
Rahane
Special performance of the year - Rohit Sharma, for
his 264
Most popular athlete (fan votes) - Kieron Pollard
Domestic player of the year - Vinay Kumar

Men's Singles : Novak Djokovic (Serbia) by defeating

Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Women's Singles : Maria Sharapova (Russia) by
defeating Carla Surez Navarro (Spain)
Men's Doubles : Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay) and David
Marrero (Spain) by defeating Marcel Granollers
(Spain) and Marc Lpez (Spain)
Women's Doubles : Tmea Babos (Hungary) and
Kristina Mladenovic (France) by defeating Martina
Hingis (Switzerland) and Sania Mirza (India)

Tennis 2015 Mutua Madrid Open Winners List

Indian Women in the List

Gold Medal Winners :

o Savita (50kg)
o Mandeep Sandhu (52kg) and
o Sakshi (54kg) struck
Silver Medal Winners
o Soniya (48kg) and
o Niharika Gonella (70kg)

Mens singles Title : Andy Murray (Britain)

Womens singles Title : Petra Kvitova (Czech
Republic)
Mens doubles Title : Rohan Bopanna (India) and
Florin Mergea (Romania)
Womens doubles Title : Casey Dellacqua (Australia)
and Yaroslava Shvedova (Russia)

International Wrestling Tournament

Yogeshwar - Gold medal in 65kg division

Praveen Rana - Gold in 70kg category
Amit Kumar - Gold in 57 kg category and
Narsingh Yadav - Gold in 74kg category

Archery World Cup : Deepika Kumari (bronze medal)

62nd National Film Awards 2015 (President Pranab

Mukherjee presented these Awards on 3rd May 2015 at
a glittering ceremony in New Delhi)

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Best Feature Film : Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati &

English)
Best Popular Film for Providing Wholesome
Entertainment : Mary Kom
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a
Director : Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali)
Best Direction : Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone
(Bengali)
Best Actress : Kangana Ranaut for Queen
Best Actor : Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
Best Supporting Actor : Bobby Simhaa for
Jigarthanda (Tamil)
Best Supporting Actress : Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi
The Honour (Haryanavi)
Best Male Playback Singer : Sukhwinder Singh, for
Bismil, Haider
Best Female Playback Singer : Saivam (Tamil) and
Uttara Unnikrishanan (Song : Azhagu)
Best Costume Designer : Haider (Hindi) Dolly
Ahluwalia
Best Music Direction Songs : Haider
Best Music Direction Background Score : Nineteen
Eighty Three (Malayalam)
Best Choreography : Sudesh Bismil, Haider
Feature Films :
o Best Assamese Film : Othello
o Best Bengali Film : Nirbashito
o Best Hindi Film :Queen
o Best Rabha Film : Orong
o Best Haryanvi Film : Pagdi The Honour
o Best Punjabi Film : Punjab 1984
o Best Tamil Film : Kuttram Kadithal
o Best Telugu Film : Chandamama Kathalu
o Best Malayalam Film : Ain
o Best Marathi Film : Killa
o Best Odiya Film : Aadim Vichar
o Best Kannada Film : Harivu
o Best Konkani Film : Nachom - IA Kumpasar
Special Mention : Killa (Marathi)
Best Film on Environment Consevation /
Preservation : Ottaal (Malayalam)
Best Educational Film : Komal & Behind the Glass
Wall

Best Exploration/ Adventure Film : Life Force India's Western Ghats

Best Investigative Film : Phum Shang
Best Animation Film : Sound of Joy
Best Short Fiction Film : Mitraa
Best Film Critic : Tanul Thakur

Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015

he 2015 edition of the Indian Premier League ended

yesterday's Night (24th May 2015). Mumbai Indians
won the title for the second time in the last three years.
Here are some important details you should know about
IPL. The below given data will be helpful for upcoming
interviews and other competitive exams. Happy Reading.
Important Details you should know about IPL

The Indian Premier League (IPL) is an annual

Twenty20 cricket tournament, founded in 2008 by
the BCCI.
IPL 2015 is the eighth season that was started on 8
April 2015 and ended on 24th May 2015.
The present Chairman of the IPL Governing council is
Rajeev Shukla.
There have been a total of 11 teams since its
inception. Till present five teams have won the title:
Kolkata Knight Riders (2), Chennai Super Kings (2),
Rajasthan Royals (1), Deccan Chargers (1), and
Mumbai Indians (2).
Chennai Super Kings being the most successful team
so far having won the title twice and a semi final
berth in all the seasons.
The current champions are the Mumbai Indians,
who won the 2015 season by beating the Chennai
Super Kings by 41 runs.
Suresh Raina of CSK has scored the most runs in IPL
till now.
o He has scored 3671 runs till now.
Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians has taken the
most number of wickets,
o that is, 143 wickets till now.
Three teams are now defunct or do not participate
for various reasons. They are:
o Kochi Tuskers Kerala,

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o Pune Warriors India and

o Deccan Chargers.
The Orange cap is given to the player who scores the
most number of runs in a particular season.
The Purple cap is given to the player who takes the
maximum number of wickets in the particular
season.

Champions Till now :

2015 : Mumbai Indians

2014 - Kolkata Knight Riders
2013 - Mumbai Indians
2012 - Kolkata Knight Rider
2011 - Chennai Super Kings
2010 - Chennai Super Kings
2009 - Deccan Chargers
2008 - Rajasthan Royals.

Hilights of IPL 8

Champions - Mumbai Indians (Rs 15 crore prize

money)
Runner-up - Chennai Super Kings (Rs 10 crore)
Orange Cap (most runs)
o 562 runs in 14 innings - David Warner
(Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Purple Cap (most wickets)
o 26 wickets in 16 innings - Dwayne Bravo
(Chennai Super Kings)
Emerging Player
o Shreyas Iyer (Delhi Daredevils) - 439 runs in
14 innings
Man-of-the-Final - Rohit Sharma (MI)
Maximum Sixes award in the final

o 3 - Kieron Pollard (MI)

Fair Play Award - Chennai Super Kings
Best catch of the tournament
o Dwayne Bravo (CSK Vs RR) [Took Shane
Watson's catch at the boundary]
Most Valuable Player
o Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Total centuries
o 4 (AB de Villiers, Chris Gayle, Brendon
McCullum and Shane Watson)
Highest individual score
o 133 not out - De Villiers (RCB Vs MI)
Fastest century
o Chris Gayle - 46-ball ton Vs Kings XI Punjab
Fastest half century
o 19 balls - Andre Russell (KKR Vs KXIP) and
Harbhajan Singh (MI Vs KXIP).
o Note : Russell won the award as he had
better strike rate
Most sixes (Maximum Season award)
o 38 - Chris Gayle (Royal Challengers
Bangalore)
Most fours
o 65 - David Warner (SRH)
Total sixes in the tournament - 692
Total wickets in the tournament - 686
Highest team score
o 235/1 - RCB Vs MI
Best bowling in an innings
o 4/10 - Ashish Nehra (CSK Vs RCB)
Fastest ball bowled
o 151.11 kmph - Mitchell Johnson (KXIP)

All the Best

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