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Manuel Valls
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Manuel Valls is appointed as the new prime minister of France.
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Dhole
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Asiatic wild dog or Indian wild dog or Dhole is spotted for the first time in West Bengal at Jaldapara National Park. It is classified as endangered species in the IUCN Red list.
Scientists created an artificial chromosome for yeast, i.e. for a eukaryotic cell for the first time. The chromosome is named as SYNIII.
Asian Development Outlook 2014, released by Asian Development Bank forecasts India's GDP growth for 2014-15 at 5.5% and for 2015-16 at 6%.
International court of justice (ICJ) ordered Japan to stop it's whaling programme, Jarpa II in Antarctica.
The RBI granted 'in-principle' approval to Bandhan financial services private limited and IDFC limited to set up banks.
PSLV C-24 successfully placed IRNSS-1B into orbit. IRNSS-1B is the second of the seven satellites of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System.
Marie Louise Coleiro Preca was appointed as President of Malta.
Wisden Cricketers of the Year 2013
Shikar Dhawan (IND)
Chris Rogers (AUS)
Ryan Harris (AUS)
Joe Root (ENG)
Charlotte Edwards (ENG)
The Wisden Cricketers of the Year started in 1889.
R. Chandrasekharan was appointed as chairman of Nasscom for 2014-15.
Through 'South Asia Economic Focus' report, World Bank projected the following GDP growth rates for India:
2013-14 : 4.8%
2014-15 : 5.7%
In 'World Economic Outlook' report, IMF projected the following growth rates for India:
2013-14 : 4.4%
2014-15 : 5.4%
Mangalyaan
Nov 5, 2013: PSLV-C25 placed Mars Orbiter into Earth's orbit.
Dec 1, 2013: Mars Orbiter was placed in Sun-centric orbit.
Dec 4, 2013: Mars Orbiter got out of Earth's sphere of influence (SOI) and is on it's way to Mars.
April 9, 2014: Mars Orbiter covered 34 crore km, half of it's entire journey of 68 crore km.
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Shyam Saran Negi
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Shyam Saran Negi, voted in all elections since 1951.
Navy Incidents
INS Sindhurakshak sank in August, 2013.
INS Sindhughosh almost ran aground in January, 2014.
Fire on INS Sindhuratna killed 2 naval officers in February, 2014.
All the above submarines are kilo-class submarines.
Due to the recent incidents in Navy, Navy Chief D.K. Joshi resigned in February, 2014.
Indo-China foreign relations
The present common regional challenge is the situation in Afghanistan.
China made territorial claims over Arunachal Pradesh ( calls it South Tibet) and also issued stapled visas to the people belonging to the state to underline it as a disputed territory.
