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Current Affairs May 2014
May 2014
31st May 2014.
  • Government to allocate Rs 500cr-plus funds to projects for economic growth.
  • Kerala Congress unit attacks on Rahul leadership then retracts saying that its joint responsibility for congress failure.
  • Delhi to Agra soon train will taker 90 minutes. 
  • Modi shy away to put his story into textbooks.
  • National Museum's large collection of books help children to develop history knowledge.
  • 9 killed, several injured in massive thunderstorm hit NCR region disrupt many services and power supply.
  • After Article 370, discussion on BJP's uniform civil code.
  • Sriram Hathwar and Ansun Sujoe have won the 87th "Spelling Bee" in US the first Indian-Americans to win the contest jointly, since 1962.
  • Love crosses borders: Odisha girl elopes with her Pakistani Facebook friend.
  • Meera Syal’s "Anita and Me" is in into a new syllabus for English literature for British school and Maya Angelou out.
  • Big Ben in London, on 31st May 1859 went into operation.
  • "flaked cereal" patented by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg on 31st May 1895. 
  • 31/05/1907 The first taxis in the United States arrived in New York City. 
  • The 17th Amendment popular election of U.S. senators came into effect from today in 1913. 
  • 31/05/1961 South Africa became an independent republic country.
  • An earthquake on 31st May 1970 in Peru killed tens of thousands of people.

30th May 2014
  • Govt may raise defence FDI up to 100%.  
  • Prime Minister Modi moves official residence to 7 Race Course Road, instead of 5 RCR.
  • RBI's Chief Raghuram Rajan may find it tough to face pro-growth boss Narendra Modi.
  • Yes Bank in demand, after Modi win it raises $500 million.  
  • Modi congratulates CBSE 12th students and Symbiosis to set up Applied Sciences University near Indore, MP.
  • AirAsia India, promised to be 30% cheaper than existing Indian carriers, would start operations from June 12.
  • Budget will be next big trigger for markets, Expectations are running high and anticipating Modi with his 'lean' cabinet to make crucial reforms.
  • Joan of Arc was burned alive at the age 19 on 30th May 1431 at the stake in Rouen, France.
  • The University of Marburg was established on 30th May 1527 in Germany
  • W.G. Young in US patented the first ice cream freezer on 30/05/1848
  • The first automobile accident in US occurred on 30/05/1896 in New York City
  • The "Goddess of Democracy" 33 feet height statue on 30th May 1989 was erected in Tiananmen Square in China by student demonstrators.
  • Vishwanathan Anand in 2012 wins his 5th World Chess Championship
29th May 2014
  • May 29, 1953 Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay of Nepal first to climb Mount Everest. Today marks the 61st anniversary of the conquest. Since then, around 4,000 people have scaled the 8,850 metres (29,035 feet) summit.
  • Ordinance pushed in 2 days, Nripendra Misra, retired IAS officer and former chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, appointed as principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
  • Venkaiah Naidu points out that lowering home loan rates is top priority. 
  • Mukul Rohatgi, Senior Supreme Court advocate has been appointed the new Attorney General of India. He had served in the last NDA regime as Additional Solicitor General .
  • DDA largest-ever offer of 27,000 flats lines up for sale in Delhi.
  • `12th pass' HRD Minister Smriti Irani faces Twitter attack.
  • Kriti Sapra has topped Humanties in Allahabad region in CBSE Class 12 examination by securing 98.2%.
  • Modi tells his cabinates should not hire family members as staff, 
  • 29/05/1848 WIsconsin join the United States to became the 30th state.
  • Switzerland's present constitution started from 29th May 1874.
  • Otis Elevator Co registered the Trademark "Escalator" on 29/05/1900.
  • President of the United States adopted its official flag on 29th May 1916. 
  • 1973 Tom Bradley became the first elected black mayor of Los Angeles. 
28th May 2014
  • On Day one, NDA govt forms special team to probe black money.
  • Former Supreme Court judge MB Shah will be heading the SIT and will include the highest-level officials from CBI, RAW, financial and economic departments also law enforcement agencies to probe black money.
  • Narendra Modi, talks tough on 26/11 trial with Nawaz Sharif also touch upon trade, terror in the bilateral talks.
  • Najma Heptullah says Parsis are minorities, rules out the reservations for Muslims.
  • 25 years old pregnant Pakistani woman stoned by her family to death for marrying a man of her choice.
  • Jet made loss of Rs. 2,154 cr as biggest-ever quarterly loss. 
  • Maharashtra board textbooks will include a Chapter on Tendulkar.  
  • Obama plans to end by 2016 US troop presence in Afghanistan. 
  • 1742 1st indoor swimming pool opens in London in Goodman's Fields, 
  • The first all-color-talking picture "On With The Show" was debuted on 28th May 1929 by Warner Brothers in New York City.
  • The women of Greece in 1952 are given the right to vote
  • 28th May 1961 The Amnesty International, a human rights organization, was - founded which later received Nobel Peace Prize in 1977.
  • 28/05/1963 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh and Bay of Bengal (India);  1 million houses destroyed and 22,000 died in India.
  • 28th May 1976 The Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty was signed for limiting any nuclear explosion to a yield of 150 kilotons(regardless of its purpose). 
  • Leonardo de Vinci's "The Last Supper", in Milan, Italy on 28th May 1999,  after 20 years of restoration work was put back on display.  
27th May 2014
  • Narendra Modi 63, sworn in as India's 15th PM, 45 ministers also taken oath, Grand audience and VIPs made Modi's swearing-in a spectacular event.
  • Jobs, corruption, inflation and growth many battles new govt of Narendra Modi has to fight.
  • Balancing at Cabinate: Women make up 25% of NaMo Cabinet, youngest Smriti Irani and eldest Nazma Heptulla both are Rajya Sabha Members.
  • Sharif talks peace in India, Pak Rangers busy violating LoC.
  • 'LeT' behind the attack on Indian consulate in Herat in Afganistan.
  • Budget for 2014-15 most likely to be presented in the first week of July   
  • The world’s largest spirits maker, Diageo plc, gets  SEBI approval for an additional 26% stake in India’s United Spirits Ltd (USL). 
  • Singapore is now India's top FDI investment source.
  • The Edison Storage Battery Company was started on 27May 1901.
  • A U.S. Navy seaplane on 27th May 1919 completed the first transatlantic flight.
  • Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs" first released on 27/05/1933.
  • Indian First Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru died on 27th May 1964
  • Florida Walt Disney World started Construction in 1969.
  • 1985 - In Beijing, on 27th may 1985 Britain and China representatives exchanged instruments of ratification, to return Hong Kong to the Chinese in 1997. 

26th May 2014
  • 'Minimum Government and Maximum Governance' a guiding principle for the first time is going to be adopted by New PM.
  • Narendra Modi' swearing-in to break records 10,000 security personnel to secure venue. 
  • NaMo will take charge today, with Modi 40 ministers are expected to be sworn in.
  • Jaya, Mamata, Naveen prefer to give a miss on Modi's D-day. 
  • Terror busted in China, 23 terror groups and over 200 suspects arrested 
  • Hindustan Motors stops production of Ambassador, an iconic car of India's political class. 
  • Prestigious UN medal for 8 Indian soldiers among 106 police, military and civilian personnel to be posthumously awarded this week. 
  • Purna,13 years and 11 months, youngest female climber from Andhra scale Mount Everest on 25th May 2014.
  • Girls outperform boys in Class 12 in Uttar Pradesh Board exam.
  • SENSEX is at 24693.35 (318.95points up) and NIFTY 7367.10 (90.70 points up)
  • 1791 -King Louis XVI was forced to hand over the crown and state assets to The French Assembly.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte on 26th May 1805 was crowned King of Italy in Milan Cathedral. 
  • Nicholas II The last czar of Russia was crowned on 26th May 1896. 
  • 26/05/1913 Emily Duncan became first woman magistrate of Great Britain. 
  • In 1948 - D.F. Malan a nationalist was elected in South Africa with an apartheid policy.
25th May 2014
  • Pak PM Nawaz Sharif will attend Modi's swearing-in ceremony after fighting  off stiff opposition from hardliners. 
  • Narendra Modi plans to clean up 1,000 Indian towns, assigning multi-million dollar sanitation project.
  • Narendra Modi's foreign policy would give high priority to Pakistan, China and Japan. 
  • Shazia Ilmi, Captain Gopinath quit from Aam Aadmi Party, 96% of party's candidates have lost deposits.
  • Gujarat welcomes Anandiben Patel as their CM after bidding farewell to Modi.
  • TN Rages against Rajapaksa invite in TN, Jayalalithaa, Vaiko, DMK lead shows not OK.
  • Presidency University Kolkatta decided Lectures and exams no longer in Bengali. 
  • "Institute of Road and Transport Technology" are not govt aided institutions.
  • Sikh group challenges Congress over dismissal of 1984 riots case.
  • 'Glory of Allapalli' will be Maharashtra's 1st biodiversity heritage site.
  • The Tamil Nadu BJP unit will be distributing 'NaMo fish' free to the public on May 26 and a new variety of mango got a name 'Namo aam'.
  • 25th May 1810 - Argentina received independence from Napoleonic Spain. 
  • Stuart Perry had patented the first "Gasoline Engine" on 25th May 1844
  • 5,000 were drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region India in 1941
  • Jordan got independence from Britain on 25th May 1946.
  • 25th May 1953 The first atomic cannon was fired in Nevada U.S. 
  • 25/05/1961 -'Before the end of the decade put a man on the moon' was asked by U.S. President Kennedy to America.  
  • Boeing Computer Services was established in 1970.
  • Hurricane and tidal wave hit Bangladesh on 25th May 1985 that killed almost 11,000 people
  • Poland adopted a constitution on 25/05/1997 that removed all traces of communism.
  • 25th May 2001 - Erik Weihenmayer, 32, became the first blind climber and  Sherman Bull, 64, became the oldest climber to scale the summit of Mount Everest. 
24th May 2014
  • Modi's invitation to Saarc leaders on swearing-in ceremony, may be a good move for building new policy.
  • Herat strike, 10-hour Taliban attack on Indian consulate in Afghanistan, timed to stop Nawaz Sharif's trip to India.
  • Milind Deora was a Congress adviser too, Rahul team hits back again. 
  • Ilmi may resign from AAP today, where Pawar accusing association with UPA for his loss.
  • Andhra Pradesh may get Lutyens’ Delhi-like capital under Naidu's plans. 
  • Google plans internet of cloud-based Wi-Fi network.
  • survey says that 84% Delhi students are confident of India’s growth.
  • Flipkart and Jabong ready to fight Amazon invasion
  • The first passenger railroad services in the U.S. started on 24/05/1830. 
  • "Mary Had A Little Lamb" famous nursary rhyme was published on 24th May 1830.
  • "What hath God wrought" the first telegraph message was taped out by Samuel Morse on 24/05/1844.
  • Amy Johnson on 24th May 1930 became first woman to fly from England to Australia.
  • Trans-Atlantic Concorde service from Britain and France to Washington opened today in 1976.
  • The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City has 131th birthday today. This is one of the oldest suspension bridges was built in 24th May 1883.
  • 24th May 2001, Temba Tsheri, 16 years, Sherpa from Dolkha, Nepal, became the youngest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
23rd May 2014
  • 'Advisers' are under Rahul's anger fire in Congress. Increasingly, Congressmen are agreeing in private that Rahul lacks the political qualities to lead the party.
  • Interim US envoy to India Kathleen Stephens will replace Powell. 
  • Sharif keen on Modi's invitation but Pak likely to decide today
  • Lalu's support to JD(U) may change the political equations in Bihar
  • UK MP Keith Vaz of an Indian origin says that the UK working on to overturn EU mango import ban. 
  • Holiday Homework providers says Delhi's schoolchildren heavily shop online to complete their homework.
  • Is Zero or even negative JEE score enough for engineering admission.
  • Over 4,400 Olive Ridley turtles,in India, an endangered species, have been let out into the sea from a government run hatchery at Kodiakarai. 
  • Khaman-dhokla is in. Chicken tikka is out. Rashtrapati Bhavan is set to spread all-vegetarian menu on May 26 for 3000-odd guests at the oath-taking ceremony of the Modi government.
  • Benjamin Franklin confirmed in a letter that he had invented bifocals in 1785.
  • South Carolina became the eighth state on 23rd May 1788 in the Constitution of U.S. .
  • The first nursery school in the U.S. on 23/05/1827 was established in New York City. 
  • Iowa State University in 1879 had established The first U.S. veterinary school.
  • 23/05/1922 "Daylight Saving Time" debate was first heard on radio in Washington, DC.
  • The Republic of West Germany was established on 23rd May 1949. 
22nd May 2014
  • Modi's swearing-in ceremony- Nawaz Sharif, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sheikh Hasina are on the guest list.
  • 6.0-magnitude quake strikes off Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal struck around 9:50pm. shakes India.
  • Street drama once again by Arvind Kejriwal after he opted for jail over bail.
  • Patna serial blasts by SIMI’s 'Black Beauty' is a tailor’s son. 
  • The Planning Commission was set up in 1952 by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru may become only a Think Tank.
  • HC says Pre-1971 Bangladeshi migrants are Indians.
  • Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi says if the party wants then she is willing to enter politics and become BJP's candidate for CM in Delhi.
  • All India pass rate is 98.28% in ICSE Class 10 exams
  • Kashmir University Chancellor set to start job-oriented courses.
  • Shah Rukh Khan is richer than Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp a report says.
  • In Philadelphia on 22 May 1761, the first Life Insurance policy was issued in the U.S. 
  • Korea was formally recognized by The U.S. in 1882. 
  • Abraham Lincoln on 22/05/1849 received a patent for the floating dry dock.
  • The first public motion picture on 22nd May 1891 was given in Thomas Edison's lab. 
  • Dr. Washington Sheffield invented the first toothpaste tube in 1892. 
  • The Wright Brothers received a patent on 22/05/1906 for their flying machine they invented the first airplane in 1901. 
  • The island Ceylon adopted a new constitution on 22nd May 1972 and became the republic of Sri Lanka.
21st May 2014
  • Modi will be sworn in as India’s 15th PM on 26th May 6PM
  • Modi as 'India's Nixon' Chinese thinktank believes.
  • Maya dissolves BSP panels in UP and 36 SP leaders will be removed. 
  • Jitan Ram Manjhi sworn in yesterday as Bihar's 23rd CM.
  • US renews invitation to Narendra Modi despite his cool non-response to first invitation.
  • The outgoing UPA Prime Minister’s Office in Parting shot refused to hand over the @PMOIndia Twitter account to NaMo.
  • 15mn jobs on its way as New govt reforms and plans are ahead. 
  • Delhi University has sign a memorandum of understanding with University of Glasgow.
  • Scarcity of faculty that RTI finds out Only 4 out of 10 Tamil Nadu govt engineering colleges have principals. 
  • Hyderabad City students have remarkable show in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) class X exams, several schools have secured 100% pass, around 100 students have secured the top grade point of 10.
  • 0996 - Sixteen year old Otto III was crowned Roman Emperor.
  • In the tower of London on 21st May 1471 King Henry VI was killed then Edward IV took the throne.
  • Bicycles were first time seen on 21st May 1819 in New York City U.S. They were originally called as "swift walkers." 
  • New Zealand was declared a British colony in 1840. 
  • 21st May 1956 The U.S. exploded the first Atomic airborne Hydrogen Bomb in the Pacific Ocean over Bikini Atoll.
  • 21/05/1991 India's former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi was killed near Madras by a human bomb.
20th may 2014
  • Today, first step of Vasco Da Gama on Indian land in Calicat on 20th May 1498 changed many steps of India's Fate
  • Rajnath may get home, Jaitley likely for finance ministry.
  • Congress blames ad agency for their defeat, Rahul and Sonia offer to resign 
  • Congress misery is 1998 law: A party should have at least 55 members in the Lok Sabha to be a recognized party. Now The Congress party is liable to be demoted from a "recognized party" to a "recognized group" since it has got less than the stipulated number.
  • Senior Gujarat minister Anandiben Patel, is expected to be chief minister of Gujarat on Wednesday. 
  • Tata Comm sells Neotel to a South African co. for Rs 4,000 crore.
  • ICICI cuts home loan rates on up to 15 basic points
  • Rail-linked stocks may go up to 20% on Narendra Modi effect.
  • A man in US files lawsuit Over a dog bite, of $2 undecillion- that's 2 followed by 36 zeroes.
  • John Sobieski on 20th May 1647 became Poland’s first King.
  • In 1874 Levi Strauss started marketing blue jeans with copper rivets.
  • The International Bureau of Weights and Measures on 20th May 1875 was established.
  • 20/05/1902 - Cuba gained independence from Spain
  • Charles Lindbergh in his airplane "Spirit of St. Louis."cross the Atlantic from New York to Paris on 20th May 1927. The trip completed in 33 1/2 hours.
  • Mavis Hutchinson, at age 53, in 1978 became the first woman to run across America of 3000 miles. Hutchinson took 69 days. 
  • 1994-05-20 - Sushmita Sen crowned the 43rd Miss Universe at the age of 18. She was First Indian woman to become Miss Universe.
  • A functional synthetic genome created by Scientists in 2010.
19th May 2014
  • May 24 The Prime Minister is expected to take oath, this is an Ekadashi day, Then later  possibly on June 2 or 3 he will expand his cabinet with dozen-odd ministers.
  • According to a book "During a joint Thai-US military training exercise the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 was shot down and then it had an elaborate international cover-up". Mystry book will be on sale in Australia tomorrow, just 71 days after the Boeing 777 Flight MH370 disappeared. 
  • All eyes on Narendra Modi government’s first budget, expectations high on Modi economy.
  • Congress pull up leaders to meet and find out reasons for defeat and will fix up.
  • President orders to dissolve 15th Lok Sabha. After PM Singh, RBI's Rangarajan, Montek Singh Ahuwalia to put in papers.
  • BBM will be on Windows phones later this year.
  • Distance education courses are becoming popular among students.
  • In 1536 - second wife of England's King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn was beheaded after she was convicted of adultery.
  • U.S. Senator Charles Sumner in 1856 first time spoke out against slavery.
  • In New York City on 19th May 1911, The first American criminal conviction occurred that was based on fingerprint evidence.  
  • Thomas Edison spoke on the radio in 1926 for the first time.
  • The bones of best-preserved Tyrannosaurus Rex the most complete skeleton on 19th May 2000 went on display in Chicago
  • 2003 - Hundreds of Albert Einstein's scientific papers, humanist essays and personal letters were made available on the Internet. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem had received theses papers by Einstein in his will.

18th May 2014
  • Today, 18th May India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb in 1974.
  • Naveen Patnaik all set for 4th term of CM in Odisha.
  • Just One day before stepping down from power the Congress-led UPA government gave a Rs 5,500 crore show cause notice to Ahmedabad-based Adani group in a case of alleged of capital equipment "over-valuation" for power projects.
  • Rahul team under fire as he asks Cong workers what went wrong.
  • Jamshedpur boy tops ISCE with 99.25% whereas Karnataka tops ISCE with 98.38% passes record and all India pass percentage is 95.27.
  • Top 5 sectors of Industry may do well with NaMo as Prime Minister.
  • Now, PhD students of MSU can write thesis in Gujarati, Hindi.
  • Polls 2014 pioneered footprints of Twitter democracy, Modi's tweet during polls breaks records.
  • The iPad is still continuing the world's favorite tablet, but Samsung is catching up.
  • ‘Singapore and Korea is becoming the new education powerhouses.
  • 18/05/1642 - Montreal in Canada was founded. 
  • Great Britain declared war on Napoleon of France on 18th May 1802.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte was declared on 18th May 1804 as emperor by the French Senate.
  • In 1917 The U.S. Congress made soldiers to fight in World War I by passing the "Selective Service act". 
  • 18th May 1953 Jacqueline Cochran- The first woman piloted an F-86 Sabrejet to fly faster than the speed of sound.
17th May 2014
  • In Modi's leadership India's five-year journey of Progress starts today.
  • An amazing victory for the 63-year-old chief minister of Gujarat, who created social media campaign era that rewrote the political rulebook.The  first time since 1984, in 30 years that a single party has a majority in the Lok Sabha. NDA has total 336 seats where as UPA managed 59 only.
  • Congress with its underscore and steep political decline, will not a party in the Lok Sabha, only a group, 
  • BJP sweeps Delhi, 71/80 seats its best-ever show in UP.
  • On Friday 16th May 2014 BJP became the first party to cross the 272-mark after 30 years. It won more seats in UP than UPA got nationally.
  • MISSION accomplished. BJP scored 100% win in 5 states. Vasundhara managed all 25 seats in Rajasthan and all 26 seats in Gujarat. 
  • Modi US Visa was declined some years ago but now got an invitation from Obama to visit US.
  • Sensex touches silver jubilee on Modi matinee.
  • Adani deal to buy Odisha port @ Rs 5.5k cr. 
  • Afghan chief Sher Khan in 1540 defeated Mongul Emperor Humayun at Kanauj. 
  • 17/05/1756- Britain declares war on France (7 Years of French & Indian War)
  • The New York Stock Exchange was founded today on 17th May 1792 by 24 brokers at 70 Wall Street.
  • Ritz-Carleton Hotel in New York the first fashion show was broadcasted on television on 17th May 1939.
  • 17-05-2001 The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp on "Peanuts" comic strip of Charles M. Schulz.
16th May 2014
  • Today is day when Sikkim merge in to Republic of India as one of its state after abolishing its Monarchy on 16th May 1975.
  • Today history may change as the counting of votes starts at 8am. India can have a clear picture around 11am about the single largest party or alliance may win. 
  • Advani may become Lok Shbha Speaker if BJP wins.
  • Chief Justice of India wants courts should stay open all 365 days.
  • BSNL may launch soon locally-developed email services.
  • If Modi wins Sensex can gains 200 pts or otherwise cracks 2K.
  • US cautions China over Vietnam dispute. 
  • MCC, Bharathidasan University firs time introduced third gender option in the application forms.
  • Opinion says UP and Bihar have changed but Bengal remains same as addicted to violent polls.
  • Russia and England had set up in 1879 "Afghan" state in the Treaty of Gandamak.
  • Today in 1866 first 5-cent coin was minted after the U.S. Congress authorization. 
  • The first Academy Awards were held on 16Th May 1929 in Hollywood.
  • The first magnetic "tape recorder" was shown to the world by Jack Mullin on 16/05/1946
  • Russian spacecraft Venus 5 was landed on the planet "Venus" on 16th May 1969.
  • Junko Tabei, a Japanese climber became the first woman to reach on 16th May 1975 the summit of Mount Everest
15th May 2014
  • BJP win is the another predict of Exit poll, top party leaders meetings on government formation.
  • Tweeter record: 56 million elections-related Tweets with a total reach of 267 billion were posted for 2014 LS Poll .
  • Another Amul: Modi may set up Rs 200 crore dairy plant in Varanasi.
  • CBSE may announce class 12 results in May last week.
  • Mukesh Ambani's Antilia is the costliest private home in the world by Forbes.
  • Astronauts are under training as NASA planing to land astronauts on an Asteroid by 2020s.
  • The rally in the stock markets since Friday have given the best benefits to Mukesh Ambani and Adani Group promoter Gautam Adani 
  • Internet industry expects digital culture boost by new govt.  
  • Report says Monsoon likely to hit Andaman 3 days before time.
  • CLAT 2014 this time records highest number of registration of Students
  • 1602-05-15 Bartholomew Gosnold discovered The Cape Cod.
  • Nylon stockings sold in 1940 for the first time in the U.S.
  • On 15th May 1948 Israel was attacked by Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq just an hour after its independence.
  • AT&T became the first corporate in 1951 to have one million stockholders.
  • Britain dropped its first hydrogen bomb on 15th May 1957 on Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • First 2 female generals in America were appointed by President Nixon in 1970.  
14th may 2014
  • Today is "Buddha Poornima". Buddha jayanti is observed across the world.
  • President Pranab Mukherjee and the Lok Sabha secretariat are preparing for the new government of 16th Lok Sabha. Manmohan Singh-led government will resign on Saturday after the election results on May 16. 
  • Finally Obama ready to work with next govt,if Modi comes in power.
  • LS election 2014 final results expected on Friday by 4pm. 
  • Central Pollution Control Board 2012 report says more than Rs 20,000 crore has been spent on various clean-up projects on Ganga by government. 
  • WHO is worried about air pollution caused by river Yamuna
  • BlackBerry have launched budget handset to reverse the handset market slump. 
  • Sensex may touch 24K on the move of Moditva
  • At age of 4 Louis XIV became King of France in 1643 upon the death of his father.
  • Edward Jenner made the first smallpox vaccination in 1796
  • Paraguay (S. America) gained independence on 14/05/1811 from Spain.
  • Condensed milk was patent on 14th May 1853 by Gail Borden 
  • Edison Telephone Company of Europe was incorporated by Thomas Edison on 14th May 1879.
  • 14/05/1879 The first group of 463 Indian labourers reached Fiji by Ship "Leonidas".
  • The first U.S. manned space station "Skylab One" was launched into orbit in 1973 around the Earth.
13th May 2014
  • 62 years ago on 13th May 1952 Pandit Nehru sworn in as First elected Prime minister of India.
  • Modi on winning path, exit polls says BJP alliance headed for majority may end the Congress-led UPA’s 10-year rule in India.
  • LS election set turnout record with increased voters' participations, LS polls 2014 record 66.38% with 827-million-voters.
  • 17 Indian universities are in new list of Asian ranking with IIT Delhi on the 38th place, IIT Bombay at 41st. Five other IITs got in the top 100.
  • Indian-origin entrepreneur Karan Bilimoria founder of Cobra Beer will be seventh chancellor of Birmingham varsity in July.
  • Now you may find your CBSE results via SMS.
  • Already before poll results, 189 stocks hit 52-week high on BSE with Sensex at new height of 23,410 and Nifty at 7014.25.
  • DU allows entry for more courses without entrance test. 
  • Samuel Rust patented The first practical printing press on 13th May 1821.
  • 13/05/1880 - Thomas Edison tested first time electric railway in Menlo Park.
  • Brazil abolished the Slavery in 1888 .
  • Igor Sikorsky on 13th May 1913 flew the first 4 engine aircraft.
  • First observance of Indian (Native American) Day on 1916-05-13
  • 13th May 1952 The Rajya Sabha of India, the upper house of the Parliament holds its first meeting.
  • Pope John Paul II was wounded after he was shot in 1981 by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca. 
  • India performed a second round of nuclear tests on 13th May 1998 after 2 days of the first round. The U.S. and Japan imposed tough economic sanctions Within hours on India..
  • The impeachment of Russian President Boris Yeltsin started in Moscow on 13th may 1999.
  • 13/05/1995:Alison Hargreaves 33, a British woman has become the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen, is the second person ever to reach Everest without Oxygen.
12th May 2014
  • Today, the SUN CITY of India "JODHPUR" was founded in 1459 by Rajput Chief Rao Jodha of the Rathore Clan. It is also reflect as blue city of India.
  • Last round of LS polls in 3 states for 66 mn to vote in 41 seats in UP, Bihar and West Bengal. 
  • A historic turnout and less violence made the LS poll 2014 special
  • India-born Hinduja brothers top the richest men list in Britain
  • World Heritage status recommended for Great Himalayan National Park 
  • An Unique enzyme found which will increase shelf life of fruits and vegetables
  • Chinese settlement and Anglo-Indian community are new topics for Students to explore in Kolkata. 
  • After Six weeks of poll the Dizzy market set for volatile week ahead as the results are on the card
  • As Europe coming out of crisis may give new opportunities to IT cos like Infosys, TCS and HCL.
  • Edward Smith in 1831 became the first bank robber in the U.S.
  • William Clayton invented the odometer(instrument to measure distance traveled by a vehicle),  on 12/05/1847.
  • On 12th May 1937  King George VI was crowned in Britain at Westminster Abbey
  • The US was received the first foreign woman ambassador on 1949-05-12. She was Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit from India
  • South Africa announced in 1982 voting rights to citizens of Asian and mixed-race descent but not for blacks
11th May 2014
  • Today is The Mother's Day. In 1914 The U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution to designate the second Sunday in the Month of May as Mother's Day.
  • Campaign for the Elections 2014 on Saturday in Varanasi was the biggest battlefield of this poll season.
  • Reliance puts govt on notice with its second arbitration over gas price 
  • Election Commission finds Rahul’s presence in EVM was unauthorized, but no charges against him 
  • SC allows Himachal Pradesh to regulate private universities
  • Rich Top 1% in India holds 8-9 % of national income. 
  • SENSEX @ 22,994.23 almost at 23000 pts and NIFTY @ 6,858 on Friday
  • Exports raise up 5.26% and Imports declined 15%, which brought down trade deficit to $10.1 billion
  • Change in the Trend- Almost 26,000 students have not registered for admission in the 16 IITs who passed for IIT examination.
  • Constantinople, was founded in 0330 A.D., was capital city of Roman, Latin, Byzantine and the Ottoman empires, previously the town of Byzantium, 
  • Henry of Anjou on 11/05/1573 became the first elected king of Poland. 
  • 11/05/1812 -A bankrupt banker shot British prime Minster "Spencer Perceval" in the lobby of Parliament.
  • The Academy of "Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" was established on 11th May 1927 in The US.
  • "Siam to Thailand" on 11th May 1949 the Siam changed its name to Thailand.
  • 1997 - World chess champion Garry Kasparov, lost to IBM's chess computer Deep Blue. It was the first time world-champion player beaten by a computer. 
  • 1998-05-11 - India conducted 3 underground nuclear tests including a thermonuclear device.
10th May 2014
  • India worried and joined the US over China’s expansionist expeditions clashing with Vietnam and the Philippines in the South China sea.
  • EC put notice to Rahul Gandhi over hate speech against Modi, asks him to respond till May 12
  • ED issues money-laundering charge on Kumar Mangalam Birla and Parakh,
  • "Mangalyaan" India's maiden journey to Mars was a dream by  Vikram Sarabhai, father of India's space program finally realized. 
  • SC has strict rules for ensuring water  and toilets in the schools
  • Delhi University professor found 14 new 'dancing frogs'in Western Ghats
  • Car sales this year hit 11-month low, worst records in April
  • Christopher Columbus on 10 May 1503 discovered the Cayman Islands.
  • The English Parliament on 10/05/1773 passed the Tea Act for U.S. to tax tea in their colonies.
  • 1857-05-10-"Indian Mutiny" started with revolt of Sepoys  Mangal Pandey in Meerut. 
  • Victoria Woodhull in 1872 became the first woman to be nominated for the U.S. presidentship.
  • In Germany on 10th May 1933 the Nazis staged massive public book burnings 
  • Northeastern Iran had a massive earthquake in 1997 killed at least 2,400 people.
9th May 2014
  • YSR hometown hoping high on Jaganmohan Reddy as CM
  • Next government should renounce retrospective taxation and model the better policy framework
  • Air Asia India fares will be 30% cheaper than the present ones-AirAsia says
  • Tourist Indians spent around £441 mn in UK, despite of rupee slowdown in 2013.
  • Prateik Jain wins the title of Provogue MensXP Mr India World 2014.
  • Market feels Gold may slip to Rs 25,500 per 10g
  • Osmania University degrees blacklisted by Iran, UAE.  
  • LG launches mobile app for Delhi Traffic police 
  • In 1960s, the per capita incomes of China and India almost similar after Deng Xiaoping’s 1979 economic reforms, China today have per capita income  400% higher than India.
  • Christopher Columbus on 9th May 1502 started final trip to the Western Hemisphere.
  • The First Commonwealth Parliament was opened on 9/05/1901 in Australia by the Duke of Cornwall and York.
  • In 1926 Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett, two Americans, flew an airplane over the North Pole.
  • Today West Germany joined NATO in 1955.
  • 9/05/1994, Nelson Mandela became the first Black President in South Africa 
  • In Bahrain, Women were allowed to vote in the country's history for the first time on 9th May 2002.
8th May 2014
  • In Amethi Rahul Gandhi was in EVM enclosure during polling hours. The voter, presiding officer and polling officer have access to the voting compartment during polling. 
  • The Prasar Bharati board-Doordarshan stalled TV show on Mahatma Gandhi’s killing. 
  • South Korean consumer electronics major Samsung launched 65-inch curved 4K TV on 7th May at Rs 4.5L for upcoming Football world Cup.
  • Apple decided to withdraw iPhone 4 from Indian market
  • Class XII students may get their board exam results instantly
  • Don Bradman scholarship was won by Indian-origin Aus student
  • Delhi has dirtiest air and Beijing in China has foggy says WHO study
  • India orders real time aircraft tracking measures after MH370 mishap
  • Finland is setting up a joint IT hub in Otaniemi with the help of IIT and NIT
  • 8th May 1794 The United States Post Office was started
  • The rubber tire was patented by Robert W. Thompson on 8/05/1847
  • "Coca-Cola." was invented by Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton on today in 1886.   
  • The first transatlantic flight on 8-05-1919 took-off by a navy seaplane
  • 8th May 1933 Gandhiji started a hunger strike to protest British Raj in India.
7th May 2014
  • The phase 8 of LS poll for today's voting in 64 seats in seven states. All set for Seemandhra, Amethi also 15 LS seats in Eastern UP.
  • The seven phases of polling have covered 438 seats had an overall turnout of 66.2% that counts for 44.3 crore voters. The turnout was 57.6% in 2009  and the record of 64% set in the 1984 for the same seats. 
  • Report says Modi in power can bring India, China closer.
  • China's Alibaba eyes on US IPO journey
  • Fingerprint scanner will be added feature in new Samsung tablets 
  • Higher education in Odisha likely to be funded World Bank 
  • Spider-Man 2 @ Rs. 41.7 cr is biggest Hollywood opener in India.
  • IDFC, Bandhan banks set start operation soon will offer 20,000 jobs
  • 07/05/1663 in London the first Theatre Royal was opened.
  • the Columbia University approved on 7th May 1912 final plans for the Pulitzer Prize in several categories.
  • Winston Churchill on 7th May 1940 became the British Prime Minister.
  • Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. was founded on 7/05/1946. Which  later renamed "Sony".
  • U.S. President Ford on 7May 1975 declared an end to the Vietnam War.
  • 07/05/2013 - The first time Dow Jones industrial average closed at over 15,000. It was 15,056.20. 
6th May 2014
  • Andhra Pradesh is in the Top position this year, in the IIT JEE exam, UP is on the second position
  • Some Indian hospitals beat five-star hotels in luxury and tariffs 
  • Facebook have globally about 100m fake accounts 
  • UAE banks will service the speedy money transfer to India
  • On Wednesday, 57 voters may vote at Anlaythu, At an altitude of 15,000 ft India’s highest polling booth in Ladakh.(It is around 50m from the LOC)
  • Survey study says the Indian Tractor market will grow at 8-9% for 5 years. 
  • Chinese policy made a 25% fall in India's cotton exports in April
  • In 1529 Babur defeated the Afghan army in the Battle of Ghagra in India.
  • 6th May 1840 The first adhesive postage stamps sold in Great Britain.
  • 6/05/1851 Dr. John Gorrie patented the first mechanical refrigerator.
  • 1967-05-06 Zakir Hussain assumed presidentship of India
  • 1994 - The Chunnel Tunnel officially opened on 6th May 1994. Under the English Channel this tunnel links England and France.
  • "Spider-Man" became the first movie in 2002 6th May to make $100 million in first weekend.
5th May 2014
  • Cong, BJP in Amethi and Varanasi poll war for fight to finish.
  • India successfully tests Astra-air-to-air missile.
  • Foreign institutional investors FII, invested about $10 billion (Rs 60,000 crore) in anticipation of Narendra Modi-led government. 
  • Kids Safety- App that will 'limits' screen time for children
  • Railway promotion scam reveals the irregularities in the Board
  • Deutsche Equities says if poll results disappoint then Market may fall 10-15%
  • After Flikpart, Myntra the e-retailer on ED radar for FEMA breach
  • Christopher Columbus found Jamaica on 5th May 1494. He named this island "Santa Gloria".
  • In Belgium the first mainland railway line opened on 5/05/1834.
  • The Thirteenth Amendment was recrded on 5th May 1865 which abolished the slavery in the U.S. 
  • In 1912 "Pravda" the Soviet Communist Party newspaper began publishing.
  • The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) on 5th May 1955 became a sovereign state. 
  • on 5th May 1961 after making 15 minute suborbital flight Alan Shepard became the first American in space While Yuri Gagarin, Russian Astronaut, was the first man in the Space on 12th April 1961. 
4th May 2014
  • Assam tragedy during the LS poll raised death toll to 33
  • Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) received the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award by President Pranab Mukherjee. This is the highest honour for Indian cinema 
  • Liquor prices are going to increase after elections to make booze cost more 
  • CBSE will give bonus marks for its erroneous questions
  • Legal awareness and logical ability are the tough sections in CLAT and most of the national-level law entrance exams
  • Due to the seasonal demand Gold, silver rebound 
  • Farmers will benefit on Tamil Nadu Agricultural University's forecast crops price.
  • Jeremy Clarkson Of "Top Gear" TV show received BBC final warning for his racist remarks
  • Rahul Gandhi is challenged by Voters over 'sub-standard' Infrastructure in Amethi
  • In 1626 Dutch explorer Peter Minuit reached Manhattan Island. He bought this Island (20,000 acres) from Native Americans for $24 in cloth and buttons. 
  • A French manufacturer made the first folding umbrella on 4th May 1715.
  • 4th May 1886 Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter patented the first gramophone. 
  • The United States began food rationing on 4/05/1942. 
  • Margaret Thatcher became first British woman prime minister in 1979.
  • The first cloned horse "Idaho Gem" was born on 4-05-2003. 
3rd May 2014
  • Pak ready to work with Modi as they say ties flourished in Atal time
  • 23 were killed in Assam by rebels for not voting for Bodos
  • Thalassemic Delhi boy was saved by a Bangalore stem cell donor 
  • In Afghanistan landslide more than 2,100 dead 
  • 'No Indians, no Chinese' in Singapore rental ads say
  • Samsung to pay $119.6m to Apple over patent feud
  • Rupee @ 3-week high but Gold at 37% discount
  • UGC option cluster colleges in place of deemed university
  • Digital marking of CBSE may not be quicker but it is more accurate
  • 03/05/1802 US capital Washington DC was incorporated as a city
  • Thomas Edison organized to show the Edison Phonograph Works in 1888.
  • First Indian Film Raja Harishchandra was released on 3rd May 2013 it was first time shown in public in Bombay's Coronation Cinema at Girgaon,  
  • 1939-05-03 - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose formed The All India Forward Bloc 
  • On 3rd May 1952 the first airplane landed at the geographic North Pole.
  • Industrial Average of The Dow Jones closed above 11,000 in 1999 for the first time.
2nd May 2014
  • Women, youth help to gain voter turnout to 140 million more than the Lok Sabha elections 2009
  • Piramal spends Rs. 790 cr to take 10% in Shriram co 
  • Medicare costs for Indian over 45 is the biggest worry 
  • Now DNA can be traced back 1000 years with the help of new technique. 
  • Today Gold is @ Rs.28,600.00 per 10 grms. on the day of "Akshya Tritiya"
  • King Charles II of England had founded "The Hudson Bay Company" in 1670. 
  • In 1885 first time the magazine "Good Housekeeping" was published.
  • "A Trip to the Moon," the first science fiction Movie, created by magician George Melies, was released on 2nd May 1902 
  • In India, in 1926 women gained the right to seek elected office
  • 2/05/1965 The "Early Bird" satellite transmitted the television pictures across the Atlantic first time
  • Nelson Mandela claimed victory on 2nd May 1994 in South Africa's first democratic elections.
1st May 2014
  • Today is May Day. It is also known as Labour Day
  • 7th phase of LS polls for Bengal, Punjab, Telangana. Gujarat reported 62% voting turnout.
  • US, China slowdown will effect on India's economy slowdown
  • World Bank reports that the India is the third-largest economy for purchasing power ahead of Japan
  • Airtel say no to discounts, to cut cost it may raise tariffs 
  • Rs 401cr will be given to hailstorm-hit farmers in Rajasthan 
  • Indian Mine Laws passed on 1907-05-01
  • England, Scotland and Wales were united to form "Great Britain" in 1707.
  • On 1751 in New York City America’s first cricket tournament was played.
  • The first American 10-story building's construction started in 1884 in Chicago,
  • In New York, radium was tested on 1/05/1905 as a cure for cancer
  • 01/05/1927 The first Nazi meeting in Berlin was held by Adolf Hitler 
  • 1st May 1948 - The People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was established. 
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