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Peter Mutharika sworn-in as President of Malawi.
lobal !a" of Parents was obser#ed on 1 June 2014 to honour $arents throughout the world for
selfless commitment to children.
Korean Scientists on 1 June 2014 developed robot Raptor that can outrun Usain Bolt, the fastest man
on the Earth
!ormer left "in# rebel leader %al#ador %anche& Ceren was sworn-in as the President of 'l
%al#ador on 1 June 2014
Union Rural $evelopment %inister &opinath %unde died in a road accident in $elhi
South 'frica appointed (ashim 'mla as test cric)et captain (e succeeds &raeme Smith, "ho retired in
%arch 2014
*ndia became the second lar#est e+porter of te+tiles in the "orld ,his "as revealed b- the recent data
released b- U. /omtrade
(elangana became the 2)th %tate of *ndia with +"derabad as its ca$ital on 2 June 2014.
Chandrashekhar ,ao sworn-in as the -irst Chief Minister of (elengana.
Kin# of Spain Juan /arlos * announced on 2 June 2014 to abdicate the throne
/entral '0uaculture 1atholo#- 2aborator- of R&/' became *ndia3s first a0uaculture patholo#-
laborator- to be accredited b- .'B2
2ieutenant &eneral 4retired5 Abhi.it uha of *ndian Arm" a$$ointed as member of a /0 '1$ert
Panel on (echnolog" and *nno#ation in U. peace)eepin#
6est Ben#al and %aharashtra #overnment in)ed pact on victims of traffic)in#
US 1resident Barac) 7bama has US Securit- plan of 1 billion US dollar for Eastern Europe amid an
East86est sho"do"n over U)raine
(he ,eser#e 2ank of *ndia 3,2*4 announced second 2i-Monthl" Monetar" Polic" %tatement on 5
June 20146 ke$t the $olic" rates unchanged but reduced %7, b" 0.80 b$s to 25.8 $ercent.
US 1resident 7bama appointed *ndian8'merican Shefali $u##al as the member of the US (olocaust
%emorial /ouncil on 9 June 2014
'ssam '#ricultural Universit- and */'R si#ned a %oU to open a Krishi :i#-an Kendra 4K:K5 in Ba)sa
district of 'ssam
2ithuania to become 1;th countr- to adopt Euro as currenc- from 1 Januar- 201<
=uebec became first province of /anada to adopt Ri#ht8to8$ie 2e#islation
40th &8> summit 2014 "as held at Justus 2ipsius buildin#, Brussels at the /ouncil of the European
Union on 4 June 2014 ? < June 2014
/hester .e@, the last of the 6orld 6ar ** .avaAo code tal)ers died on 4 June 2014
%"rian President 2ashar al-Assad won Presidential election for third time.
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RaAiv &andhi *nternational 'irport "on Roll of E+cellence a"ard of 'irport /ouncil *nternational 4'/*5
Jordan Prince6 9eid al-+ussein was nominated as /0 high commissioner for human rights.
Union %inistr- of (ealth B !amil- 6elfare released a video entitled ,he 1rice 6e 1a- to hi#hli#ht
health and economic impacts of tobacco consumption
:ice Admiral Anil Cho$ra on ; June 2014 took charge of the <estern 0a#al Command 3<0C4 as
Commander-in-Chief.
*rish 'uthor Eimear %cBride "on Baile-s 1ri@e for fiction
SanAa- Kapoor "as on < June 2014 appointed as %icroma+ /hairman
%rnior Congress MP =amal 0ath sworn-in as Pro tem %$eaker of 1;th 7ok %abha.
%adh-a 1radesh &overnment appointed %adhuri $i+it as the brand ambassador of maternal and child
health campai#n, %amta 'bhi-an
Ka"a %usic &roup of Jaipur "ill perform durin# the CC /ommon"ealth &ames 2014 in &las#o",
Scotland from 29 Jul- to 9 'u#ust 2014
Kathleen Stephens on D June 2014 too) char#e as US interim 'mbassador to *ndia
%umitra Maha.an was unanimousl" elected as %$eaker of the 1;th 7ok %abha.
U. &eneral 'ssembl- on > June 2014 announced an a"ard in honour of .elson %andela
*.S Sindhura)sha), the Submarine of *ndian .av- that san) in 'rabian Sea in 'u#ust 2019 due to an
accident "as raised from "aters b- a salva#e firm
Rafael .adal "on !rench 7pen ,itle 2014 for the ninth time
Chandrababu 0aidu sworn-in as first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
1etro 1oroshen)o "as s"orn8in as the 1resident of U)raine in Kiev
%enior ad#ocate ,an.it =umar was on > June 2014 a$$ointed as the %olicitor eneral of *ndia.
P= Mishra was a$$ointed as the additional Princi$al %ecretar" of Prime Minister. (e is a retired
*'S officer of 1;>2 batch of &uAarat cadre
=?C norms for o$ening bank account ha#e been eased b" ,2*. 0ow single documentar" $roof of
address can be used to o$en a bank account.
!ormer arm- chief 'bdel !attah el8Sisi "as s"orn8in as the 1resident of E#-pt in /airo
!orei#n %inister of /hina, 6an# Ei "as on a t"o8da- lon# visit to *ndia in the capacit- of Special Envo-
of the 1resident of /hina, Ci Jinpin#
%iss .evada .ia Sanche@ "on the %iss US' title for the -ear 2014 on June F, 2014
!ormer *ndian cric)et captain, Sourav &an#ul- on F June 2014 Aoined %ud#al /ommittee as an e+pert
on cric)etin# affairs
.arendra %odi released a boo) entitled &ettin# *ndia Bac) on trac)8an action a#enda for reform
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edited b- Bibe) $ebro-, 'shle- ,ellis B Reece ,revor
Kudan)ulam .uclear 1o"er 1lant on F June 2014 became *ndia3s first nuclear plant to #enerate 1000
%6 po"er
(he 0ational 2ank for Agriculture and ,ural !e#elo$ment 30A2A,!4 on ) June 2014 reduced
the rate of interest b" 20 basis $oints 3b$s4
Reuven Rub- Rivlin on 10 June 2014 "as elected as 10th president of *srael
Siri)onda %adhusudhana /har- became first spea)er of ,elan#ana 2e#islative 'ssembl-
1roAect Seabird phase ** in Kar"ar, Karnata)a #ot environment clearance
Somasundaram 4'irports 'uthorit- of *ndia5 "as conferred the presti#ious Bharat Ratna JR$ ,ata
'"ard 2019 b- 'S*
*ndia and /hina on > June 2014 decided to inAect ne" momentum in their economic ties "ith both
countries pushin# for e+plorin# untapped opportunities
Russia a#reed on the *ndian .uclear 2iabilit- 2a" and paved a "a- for si#nin# a contract for unit 9 B 4
of the Kudan)ulam .uclear 1o"er 1lant
',7%EC1782014 .uclear Ener#- !orum "as held in %osco" from ; to 11 June 2014
:ishal Si))a on 11 June 2014 "as appointed as /hief E+ecutive 7fficer 4/E75 of *nfos-s
,ropical c-clone .anau) emer#ed in east8central 'rabian Sea on 11 June 2014
<orld 2ank lowered growth forecast for de#elo$ing world to 4.@ $ercent from 8.5 $ercent.
/hief %inister of ,amil .adu, Ja-alalithaa launched 'mma Salt, a product of ,amil .adu Salt
/orporation limited under the State *ndustries $epartment
Sunil $utt "as appointed as 1resident of Reliance Jio *nfocomm
6orld $a- '#ainst /hild 2abour observed on 12 June
Canara 2ank o$ened its se#enth o#erseas branch in 0ew ?ork6 /%A after 7ondon6 7eicester
3/=46 +ong =ong6 %hanghai6 2ahrain and Johannesburg.
1rime %inister .arendra %odi released commemorative posta#e stamps on the 2014 !*!' 6orld /up
that is bein# pla-ed in Bra@il
'n#elina Jolie and 6illiam (a#ue launched a four8da- &lobal Summit to End Se+ual :iolence in
/onflict in E+/el 2ondon
2t &en 'mit Sharma "as appointed as /ommander8in8/hief of Strate#ic !orces /ommand
&aruda :, the *ndo8!rench 'ir e+ercise concluded at Jodhpur 'ir Base ,he e+ercise sa" various
combat roles includin# 'ir to 'ir refuelin#
%ala-alam "riter / Radha)rishnan selected for the presti#ious %oortidevi '"ard for 2019 for his
novel ,hee))adal Katanhu ,hirumadhuram
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%aharashtra 'ssembl- approved the Bill to amend the $ance Bar 1rohibition 'ct ,he amendment has
prohibited dance bars across the state
2ord S"raA 1aul has been honoured "ith the 2ifetime 'chievement '"ard b- a UK8based business
association
0arendra Modi dedicated *ndiaAs largest warshi$ *0% :ikramadit"a to the nation.
6orld Blood $onor $a- observed on 14 June
Juan %anuel Santos re8elected as 1resident of /olombia
Sha)ti)anta $as on 14 June 2014 "as appointed as the ne" Revenue Secretar-
*ndian ori#in ph-sicist ,eAinder :irdee on 14 June 2014 "as honoured )ni#hthood Bachelor b- =ueen
Eli@abeth **
Australia won the MenAs hocke" <orld Cu$ title 2014 for second successi#e time.
0etherlands won the 2014 edition of <omenAs +ocke" <orld Cu$.
%urli Karti) announced his retirement from all forms of cric)et
1rime %inister of *ndia .arendra %odi made his first forei#n tour to Bhutan on 1< June 20148 1D June
2014
*ndia3s first 7ne Stop /risis /entre 47S//5 named &auravi "as launched in Bhopal, %adh-a 1radesh on
1D June 2014
B2 Joshi, the &overnor of Uttar 1radesh resi#ned from his post on 1> June 2014
7r#ani@ation for Securit- and /o8operation 47S/E5 ? Japan /onference "as held in ,o)-o on 1> June
2014
!elhi became first kerosene-free cit" of *ndia ,his "as achieved "ith implementation of the $elhiG
' Kerosene8!ree Scheme 2012
Union /abinet on 1> June 2014 appointed E+8/hief Justice of *ndia 4/J*5 R / 2ahoti as arbitrator in
:odafone ta+ disputes case
,he ,a+ 'dministration Reform /ommission 4,'R/5 headed b- 1arthasarathi Shome submitted its
report to the Union %inistr- of !inance on 1< June 2014
!ormer .a@i camp #uard, Johann Bre-er accused of aidin# and abettin# )illin# of Je"s "as arrested
"ithout bail in 1hiladelphia on 1> June 2014
.adathur Saran#apani Ra#havan, co8founder of *nfos-s on 1> June 2014 ac0uired 1aladion .et"or)s
Barac) 7bama on 1> June 2014 announced the plans of creatin# the "orld3s bi##est %arine 1rotected
'rea 4%1'5 in 1acific 7cean
'n 1F<D British &uiana 18cent posta#e stamp "as sold for record ;< million US dollar on 1F June
2014 to become the "orld3s most valuable stamp
0ita Ambani on 1@ June 2014 was a$$ointed as the !irector of ,eliance *ndustries.
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SEB* issued ne" norms for public issuance of debt securities
*ndia8born %e+ican citi@en SanAa-a RaAaram to be honoured "ith 6orld !ood 1ri@e of 2014
/hhattis#arh &overnor, She)har $utt tendered his resi#nation to the 1resident of *ndia amid pressure
of .$' #overnment
%urface-to-air Akash missile was successfull" test fired b" Arm" in #er" low altitude of 50
meters abo#e sea le#el.
RaAeev ,opno appointed as 1rivate Secretar- to 1rime %inister .arendra %odi
,2* has directed banks to disclose sector-wise ad#ances in the 0otes to Accounts to the
financial statements from financial "ear 2014-18 onwards.
,he pri@e reco#ni@es individuals "ho have advanced human development b- improvin# the 0ualit-,
0uantit- or availabilit- of food in the "orld
m-/opter 1roAect $a- "ill be held in Braunsch"ei# in &erman- on 20 .ovember 2014
!ormer /aptain of Ban#ladesh %ohammad 'shraful banned for ei#ht -ears
Jitu ,ai on 1) June 2014 became the first *ndian to win three medals in successi#e *%%-
%hooting <orld Cu$.
,ussian !e$ut" Prime Minister6 !mitr" B ,ogo&in was on a two-da" #isit to *ndia. $urin# this
visit he met "ith .arendra %odi and Sushma S"araA
*ndia8born 1ratishtha Khanna is honoured /hampions of /han#e b- the 6hite (ouse
Slaman Rushdie has been named as the "inner of 2014 1en 1inter 1ri@e for his outstandin# literar-
output and support for freedom of e+pression
*ndia "on the Ban#ladesh series 280 ,he third and final 7$* "as abandoned due to incessant rain in
%irpur, near $ha)a
&reat (imala-an .ational 1ar) /onservation 'rea inscribed in 6orld (erita#e 2ist
. Srinivasan has been appointed as the chief of the ,amil .adu /ric)et 'ssociation for the 14th
/onsecutive -ear
<orld ,efugee !a" obser#ed across the world on 20 June.
Kodela Siva 1rasada Rao elected as the first 'ssembl- spea)er of '1 after bifurcation
/hief %inister of Uttar 1radesh presented a ta+ free bud#et of 2>4>0< crore rupees for fiscal -ear
201481< "ith a proposed deficit of 4192 crore rupees
!ormer ,',' &roup /hairman Ratan ,ata on 21 June 2014 received an honorar- doctor of la"s de#ree
from Eor) Universit- in ,oronto, /anada
6est Ben#al #overnment bifurcated Jalpai#uri district to create 'lipurduar district, the 20th district of
the state
0oted +indi $oet =edar 0ath %ingh selected for Jnan$ith Award 2015.
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&lobal 1eace *nde+ "as released for the -ear 2014 b- ,he *nstitute for Economics B 1eace 4*E15 *ndia
has been ran)ed 149rd
'B $e :illiers of South 'frica eclipsed :irat Kohli to become number one batsman in 7$* batsman
ran)in# released on 22 June 2014
,"o e+periments of 1erson of *ndian 41*75 student 1rerna 1ai "ere approved for launch into space
under .'S'Hs /ubes in Space 4/*S5 pro#ramme
Ramanara-anan, ,amil film director and producer, died at D<
,he Ro-al 'stronomical Societ-, 2ondon on 24 June 2014 unveiled the .'S' plan to build ',2'S, in
1ortsmouth
11th centur- step"ell Rani8)i8:av in &uAarat included in U.ES/73s 6orld (erita#e Site list
&ro (arlem Brundtland a"arded ,an# 1ri@e in sustainable development
%-anmar3s first site, 'ncient 1-u /ities, inscribed on the U.ES/7 6orld (erita#e 2ist
*ndia on 22 June 2014 ratified the 'dditional 1rotocol "ith the *nternational 'tomic Ener#- '#enc-
4*'E'5
7)avan#o $elta in Bots"ana on 22 June 2014 became the 1000th site to be included in the U.ES/7
6orld (erita#e Site 2ist
/= firm 'ast *ndia Com$an" issued an e1clusi#e legal tender gold coin in honour of %achin
(endulkar.
(ome %inistr- reAected %E' proposal to #rant visa8on8arrival facilit- to Ban#ladeshi nationals and
visa8 free entr- to people under a#e 1F and over D<
,he United .ations 1ublic Service $a- "as celebrated on 29 June 2014
*nternational 6ido"s $a- "as observed across the #lobe on 29 June 2014 to #ive special reco#nition
to the "ido"s
S"it@erland in third "ee) of June 2014 prepared a list of *ndians suspected to have stashed un8ta+ed
"ealth in various S"iss ban)s
&overnment has decided to provide interest8free loan of 4400 crore rupees to cash8starved su#ar
mills
Air *ndia has .oined the global airlines grou$6 %tar Alliance. (he decision to admit into the
Alliance was taken on 25 June 2014 in 7ondon.
RB* directed all ban)s and financial institutions to provide information and documents to the Special
*nvesti#ation ,eam
' Bad /haracter authored b- $eepti Kapoor
,amil .adu &overnment has launched 'mma 1harmac- to sell 0ualit- medicines to people at a
discounted price
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Researchers at the Universit- of Eor) in the UK desi#ned an alternative to pass"ords called !aceloc)
6orld3s first 'ndroid .e"scasters "as unveiled in Japan on 24 June 2014
'ndhra 1radesh passed a Bill raisin# the retirement a#e of #overnment emplo-ees from <F to D0 -ears
of bifurcated '1
&oo#le on 2< June 2014 launched 1roAect 'ndroid 7ne to build ultra cheap Smartphone at &oo#le *I7
2014 in San !rancisco
-rance on 28 June 2014 announced to honour %hahrukh =han with Bfficer of the 7egion of
+onour for his contribution to Cinema.
'dditional secretar- 'K $ube- on 2< June 2014 "as appointed as /hairman of /oal *ndia 2imited
"ith immediate effect
*ndian8ori#in Aud#e : K RaAah on 2< June 2014 "as appointed as Fth 'ttorne-8&eneral of Sin#apore
,he in8e+ile81resident of B//*, . Srinivasan has been appointed as the first /hairperson of *// for a
period of t"o -ears from 2014 to 201D
%aharashtra #overnment approved 1DJ B <J reservation in #overnment Aobs B educational
institutions for %aratha communit- and %uslims
/hun# (un# 6on "as retained as 1% of South Korea
+%2C sold its %wiss $ri#ate banking assets to 7iechtensteinAs 7( 2ank. ,his deal could have
bearin# on *ndia3s fi#ht a#ainst blac) mone-
,2* has $ermitted the 02-Cs to act as 2Cs of banks with an aim of s$reading financial inclusion.
02-Cs-0! is onl" eligible to act as banksA 2Cs.
7disha &overnment rose retirement a#e of its emplo-ees from <F to D0 -ears ,he decision "ill benefit
about < la)h emplo-ees of the state
!or the first, 1une3s !er#usson /olle#e on 2D June 2014 has included the cate#or- of third #ender in its
application forms for academic pro#rams
*nternational $a- a#ainst $ru# 'buse and *llicit ,raffic)in# observed on 2D June
*ndian Bl"m$ic Association announced the dates of 58th 0ational ames. (he games will be
held from 51 Januar" to 14 -ebruar" 2018 in =erala.
Jean8/laude Junc)er on 2D June 2014 "as named as the ne+t president of the European /ommission
*ndian sand artist Sudarsan 1attnai) "on pri@e at 6orld /up of Sand Sculptin#82014
Union %inistr- of /ommerce and *ndustr- on 2> June 2014 up#raded the .ational *ndustrial
/lassification 81;F> 4.*/81;F>5 to .ational *ndustrial /lassification8200F 4.*/8200F5
Union /abinet has approved an in principle %oU bet"een *ndia and /hina to set up industrial par)s in
the countr-
Saina .eh"al "on ><0000 US dollar 'ustralian 7pen Super Series b- defeatin# /arolina %arin of
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Spain in strai#ht8#ame pla-ed at S-dne-
1an)aA 'dvani "on *BS! D8Red 6orld Snoo)er title in E#-pt
*SR7 has launched 1S2: /29 that carried five satellites from four nations from Satish $ha"an Space
/entre at Srihari)ota in 'ndhra 1radesh
M= 0ara"anan resigned as o#ernor of <est 2engal, fe" da-s after bein# 0uestioned b- the /B* as
a "itness in ::*1 chopper deal
*ndia and /hina si#ned three a#reements in the fields of commerce, "ater resources and human
resources development
!ormer (aitian president 2eslie !ranKois %ani#at died at the a#e of F9
Union E+ternal 'ffairs %inister Sushma S"araA concluded three8da- visit to Ban#ladesh
,he Union &overnment #ranted .avratna status to En#ineers *ndia 2td 4E*25 and .ational Buildin#s
/onstruction /orporation 4.B//5
US named a mountain in 'ntarctica after an *ndian8'merican scientist, ')houri Sinha
Malala ?ousaf&ai won the 2014 7ibert" Medal from 0ational Constitution Centre in
Philadel$hia6 the largest cit" in the /% %tate of Penns"l#ania.
1a)istan arm- launched a maAor operation named Larb8e8'@b or Stri)e of the 1rophet3s S"ord
-rance on 50 June 2014 announced to $ro#ide one billion 'uros 3@200 crore ru$ees4 line of
credit o#er a three "ears $eriod to *ndia.
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Person A$$ointed
Chandrashekhar ,ao sworn-in as the -irst Chief Minister of (elengana
%al#ador %anche& Ceren sworn-in as the President of 'l %al#ador
%an.a" =a$oor a$$ointed as Microma1 Chairman
Madhuri !i1it a$$ointed as brand ambassador of health cam$aign6 Mamta Abhi"an
P= Mishra a$$ointed as Additional Princi$al %ecretar" to Prime Minister
,an.it =umar a$$ointed as %olicitor eneral of *ndia
:ishal %ikka a$$ointed as C'B of *nfos"s.
0ita Ambani became first woman director on ,eliance board.
7t en Amit %harma a$$ointed as Commander-in-Chief of %trategic -orces Command
%haktikanta !as a$$ointed as the new ,e#enue %ecretar"
/0A a$$ro#ed the name of 9eid al-+ussein as the ne1t human rights chief.
,a.ee# (o$no a$$ointed as Pri#ate %ecretar" to Prime Minister 0arendra Modi
A.=. !ube" a$$ointed as Chairman of Coal *ndia 7imited.
Person ,esigned
27 Joshi6 the o#ernor of /ttar Pradesh resigned
%hekhar !utt6 the o#ernor of Chhattisgarh resigned
M %hashidhar ,edd"6 the 0!MA :ice Chairman resigned
<est 2engal o#ernor M= 0ara"anan resigned.
Person on :isit
-oreign Minister of China6 <ang ?i was on a two-da" long #isit to *ndia in the ca$acit" of
%$ecial 'n#o" of the President of China6 Ci Jin$ing.
Prime Minister of *ndia 0arendra Modi made his first foreign tour to 2hutan.
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Bbituar"
/nion ,ural !e#elo$ment Minister o$itnath Munde died
Chester 0e&6 the last of <orld <ar ** 0a#a.o code talker died
0orman <illis6 the former (/C leader died at @1
-ernandao6 the former 2ra&ilian striker died in helico$ter crash
ar" ilmour6 former cricketer of Australia died
,amanara"anan6 (amil film director and $roducer6 died at ;8.
-ormer +aitian President 7eslie Manigat died at @5.
Person in 0ews
Abhi.it uha a$$ointed member of /0 e1$ert $anel on $eacekee$ing.
*ndia-born Pratishtha =hanna honoured with Cham$ions of Change .
-ormer $remier of 0orwa"6 ro +arlem 2rundtland awarded (ang Pri&e.
Juergen %tock selected as the candidate of *0(',PB7As '1ecuti#e Committee to be ne1t
%ecretar" eneral of *0(',PB7.
,atan (ata recei#ed honorar" doctorate from ?ork /ni#ersit".
-ounder of +imala"an 0atural Mineral <ater 2rand !adi 2alsara died at @1 .
Chung +ung <on retained as PM of % =orea.
*ndian-origin .udge : = ,a.ah a$$ointed as @th Attorne"-eneral of %inga$ore.
Awards
*rish Author 'imear Mc2ride won 2aile"s Pri&e for fiction
%omasundaram conferred with 2harat ,atna J,! Award for 2015
=olkata Air$ort bagged %er#ice Dualit" Award
C ,adhakrishnan selected for Moortide#i Award
%wra. Paul honoured with 7ifetime Achie#ement Award b" a /=-based business
association
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*ndian origin $h"sicist (e.inder :irdee honoured knighthood b" Dueen 'li&abeth **
%alman ,ushdie selected for 2014 Pen Pinter $ri&e
0oted +indi $oet =edar 0ath %ingh selected for Jnan$ith Award 2015.
%an.a"a ,a.aram selected for <orld -ood Pri&e 2014.
-rance announced to honour %hahrukh =han with 7egion of +onour
*ndian sand artist %udarsan Pattnaik won $ri&e at <orld Cu$ of %and %cul$ting-2014
Malala ?ousaf&ai won 7ibert" Medal for the "ear 2014.
(ang Pri&e 2014 winners
%ustainable !e#elo$ment - &ro (arlem Brundtland former 1remier of .or"a-
%inolog" E /hinese 'merican, (istorian Eu Ein#8shih
2io$harmaceutical %cience - James 1 'llison of US and ,asu)u (onAo of Japan
(he ,ule of 7aw - 'lbie Sachs, former Austice of the /onstitutional /ourt of South 'frica
%ummit
40th -> summit 2014 held at 2russels.
;th *nternational 0uclear 'nerg" -orum A(BM'CPB-2014 held in Moscow.
lobal %ummit to 'nd %e1ual :iolence in Conflict launched in 7ondon.
Brgani&ation for %ecurit" and Co-o$eration 3B%C'4 E Ja$an Conference was held in (ok"o.
Bne da" long meet of %AA,C Monsoon *nitiati#e Programme 0ational <orking rou$ was
organised in 2ho$al6 Madh"a Pradesh.
A high-le#el forum Acting on the CallF 'nding Pre#entable Child and Maternal !eaths was
held in <ashington on 28 June 2014.
Abbre#iations G (erms
*B! - *ndian Bcean !i$ole
!ACAP - !eferred Action for Childhood Arri#al $rogramme
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*CA00 - *nternet Cor$oration for Assigned 0ames and 0umbers
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%*M2'C 2014 - *ndian 0a#" and %inga$ore 0a#" conducted annual bilateral na#al
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*m$ortant da"s
June 1 - lobal !a" of Parents.
June 8 - <orld 'n#ironment !a".
June 12 - <orld !a" Against Child 7abour.
June 14 - <orld 2lood !onor !a".
June 20 - <orld ,efugee !a".
June 25 - (he /nited 0ations Public %er#ice !a".
June 25 - *nternational <idows !a".
June 2; - *nternational !a" against !rug Abuse and *llicit (rafficking.
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