GK Monthly Special - May 2014

GK Monthly Special - May 2014 Power Pack

APPOINTMENTS

The Supreme Court of India on 29 April 2014 appointed former judge of the High Court of Australia, Michael Hudson McHugh as the third arbitrator to resolve the dispute between the Central government and Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on KG basin.

Alan Mulally, the man who transformed Ford Motor Co. from a dysfunctional money-loser to a thriving company, will retire on July 1 and be replaced by Mark Fields, the current chief operating officer.

Ford Announces Mark Fields as Next CEO, Praises Outgoing Alan Mulally.

Jawahar Kaliani has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Application Services Delivery (ASD) at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Department of Treasury.

D Paul Ranjan has assumed charge as Director (Finance) of Cochin Shipyard.A chartered Accountant by profession, Paul Ranjan, joined the company as Executive trainee in December, 1984.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) appointed Rahul Kulshreshth as the next Ambassador to Turkey.

India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the trade body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry, has appointed M N Vidyashankar, as its new President.

First female submariners in the history of the Royal Navy appointed. Three lieutenants have become the first females to serve in the Royal Navy’s Submarine Service in its 110-year history. Maxine Stiles, 29, Alexandra Olsson, 26, and Penny Thackray, 39, joined the Vanguard-class nuclear submarine HMS Vigilant for months of tough training.

India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the trade body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry, has appointed M N Vidyashankar, as its new President.

F-Secure, a global security company, has appointed Amit Nath as Country Manager, India and SAARC.

Juan Carlos Varela to be new President of Panama .The opposition leader Juan Carlos Varela has won the Presidential election in Panama with almost 40 percent of the votes.

Dr Nigel Poole has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).

The Board of Directors of Kasturi and Sons Limited (KSL), publishers of The Hindu and Group newspapers, has unanimously appointed Rajiv C. Lochan, 43, as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer effective June 1, 2014. He will lead all non-editorial operations of the company and will join the Board of Directors of KSL.

Quantum Storage India has appointed Sanjay Hasija as the country head for India & SAARC.

Thailand’s caretaker Cabinet has appointed a new acting Prime Minister after a court removed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office. Shortly after the ruling, her remaining Cabinet announced that Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan would become the interim leader.

Tata Power has appointed Ashok S Sethi as Executive Director of the company.

PS Prakash Rao has assumed charge as the Chief General Manager of State Bank of India, Chennai Circle .

The Union Shipping Ministry has appointed D. Mahadevaiah as Traffic Manager of New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT). He had assumed charged on May 6.

Waqar Younis, the former fast bowler of Pakistan on 6 May 2014 was appointed as the national coach of the national cricket team of Pakistan for a period of two years. Other are Intikhab Alam - Director Domestic Cricket Operations,Haroon Rashid - Director Game Development,Moin Khan – the Chief selector.

Former test leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has signed a two-year contract to be the team’s spin bowling coach.

Govt set to announce Lt Gen Suhag as next Army chief despite BJP objectionsAfter getting the Election Commission's nod despite BJP's charges of impropriety, the government is now all set to name Lt General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Army chief after General Bikram Singh, who retires on July 31.

Senior IPS Officer Archana Ramasundaram on 8 May 2014 appointed as first Woman AdditionalDirector of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).After hours of her sworn-in, Tamil Nadu government suspended her.

New York Times names new executive editor. Managing editor Dean Baquet named as the new executive editor after Jill Abramson stepped down from the top position unexpectedly. Ms. Abramson, who took over as executive editor in 2011, was the first woman to hold the paper’s top position. The reason for her resignation is unknown.

Volvo Bus Corporation has appointed VRV Sriprasad as the new MD of Volvo Buses India.

Ashwin B. Pandya on 15 May 2014 was appointed as the Chairman of the Central Water Commission & ex-officio Secretary of the Government of India.

The International Technology Law Association on 14 May 2014 appointed Sajai singh as the President. Sajai Singh is the first President from the Asia-Pacific region of the world.

Grant Flower, the former Zimbabwe batsman on 15 May 2014 was named as the batting coach of Pakistan cricket team for two years. He will join the Pakistan side on 1 August 2014 just before the Sri Lanka series of the team.

Justice BS Chauhan, the Judge of the Supreme Court of India on was appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT). Justice Chauhan will succeed Justice NP Singh.

The Board of Directors of Reliance Industries Limited has recommended the appointment of Smt. Nita M. Ambani, the Chairperson of Reliance Foundation as a Director on the Board of Reliance Industries Limited. She is being nominated to the Board in place of Shri Ramnik H. Ambani, who is retiring at the age of 90 years.

NCC Ltd has informed the BSE that the board of directors of the company accepted the resignation of Akhil Gupta and approved the appointment of Amit Dixit as nominee director of Blackstone on the company's board.

K Chandrasekhara Rao to become the first Chief Minister of Telangana.

Australia has appointed prominent investment adviser Ashok Jacob as the Chair of Australia-India Council.

Sajai Singh of J. Sagar Associates (JSA) has been appointed the first Asian President of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw) which is headquartered in Massachusetts, USA.

Nabam Tuki on 18 May 2014 was sworn-in as the eighth (seventh as person) Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh at the Raj Bhavan in Itanagar.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has elected Sudip Bandopadhyay as its leader in the Lok Sabha. Ratna De Nag and debutant MP Sugata Bose will be occupy the deputy leaders’ post. Kalyan Banerjee will be the party’s Chief Whip.

Narendra Modi will be sworn in as India’s 14th Prime Minister at 6 pm on May 26.

Jitan Ram Manjhi was sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister. Governor D Y Patil administered oath of office and secrecy to the JD-U leader at a function at the Rajbhawan.

V Ashokan has been appointed as the new Field General Manager of Syndicate Bank at Kolkata from May 14. His area of operations will cover Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Patna and Guwahati. Prior to his joining Kolkata as the Field General Manager, he was the Regional Manager at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Gujarat Revenue Minister Anandiben Patel was elected leader of the BJP Legislature Party Leader, who will succeed PM-designate Narendra Modi as Chief Minister of the state.

Narendra Kumar Verma was selected to head ONGC Videsh Ltd, India’s flagship overseas oil and gas assets acquisition firm.

Pawan Chamling was sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister for a record fifth consecutive time.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik was sworn in as Odisha chief minister for the fourth straight term.

Mindshare, the flagship media agency of GroupM, has appointed Vinod Thadani as the Chief Digital Officer-South Asia.

T R Zeliang of Naga People's Front was appointed as the new Chief Minister of Nagaland following the resignation of Neiphiu Rio from the post.

Former Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Mathur was appointed the new chief information commissioner by President Pranab Mukherjee.

K Rajendra Kumar on 21 May 2014 was appointed as new Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir. He succeeded Ashok Prasad.

Kathleen Stephens Named Interim US Ambassador to India. In the wake of Nancy Powell`s retirement, Kathleen Stephens has been named the new interim US Ambassador to India as President Barack Obama is yet to nominate a diplomat for this important post.

Multi Commodity Exchange of India has appointed Praveen Singhal as interim CEO of the exchange.

Tata DoCoMo has appointed Amitabh Bhatia as Geography Head of Mobility Business Unit for Gujarat Circle.

Jacob Zuma was sworn in as South African President for a second term in the presence of thousands of guests in Pretoria.

Micromax, India’s 2nd largest smartphone player announced the appointment of Vineet Taneja as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. I.Y.R. Krishna Rao, Senior IAS Officer (Andhra Pradesh cadre, 1979 batch) and presently serving as the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, has been named the Chief Secretary designate for the successor State of Andhra Pradesh.

Network18 appointed Avinash Kaul as CEO of IBN18 Network.

PASS Technologies, one of Europe's leading on-demand software testing services providers, has appointed Parimala Hariprasad as Delivery Director to bolster growth in the Asia-Pacific region.

Bata India Ltd has appointed Nitesh Kumar as its Managing Director (Retail) with effect from May 21, 2014.

Senior BJP leader and former Party president Nitin Jairam Gadkari who is the new minister for Road Transport & Highways (RTH) and Shipping in the Narendra Modi government.

Senior TDP leader Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju took charge as the new Civil Aviation Minister, assuring that he would strive to create a level-playing field for all players in the crucial infrastructure sector.

Rajnath Singh, under whose stewardship BJP has stormed to power with its highest-ever tally, took charge as the Union Home Minister.

Nripendra Misra, former TRAI Chairman, appointed Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Senior TDP leader Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju took charge as the new Civil Aviation Minister, assuring that he would strive to create a level-playing field for all players in the crucial infrastructure sector.

Al Sissi set to be elected as Egypt's new President.

The Modi-led Government has appointed senior Supreme Court advocate Mukul Rohatgi as the new Attorney General of India, the top law officer of the country.

Fashion portal LimeRoad.com has appointed bollywood actress Neha Dhupia as its style director.

Narender Singh Tomar takes charge as Mines Minister.

Hiroshi Naka appointed as Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank. Japanese national, Hiroshi Naka was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of World Bank. The appointment was announced by the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. He will take the charge as the Vice President in July 2014.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointed former Bangladesh trainer Grant Luden as trainer and fielding coach of its national team.

Former Intelligence Bureau Chief Ajit Kumar Doval, considered one of the finest operational brains, was on Friday appointed as the National Security Advisor (NSA) to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.

Former Parliamentary Affairs Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has been appointed as the pro-tem Speaker in the new Lok Sabha.

Malawi's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Peter Mutharika has emerged winner of the May 20 presidential race in the southern African country, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC).

WL Sumathipala, Chairman, National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka has been appointed as the President of the Federation of Asian Biotech Association (FABA).

RESIGNATIONS/RETIREMENTS

Manoj Vaish, Managing Director & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX), has quit citing health reasons.He had taken up the position on February 1.

Ankush Arora, Tata Motors’ Senior Vice-President (Commercial) of the Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, has resigned at a time when two vital car launches are around the corner.

PayPal's Rakesh Agrawal leaves after snide tweets. PayPal, the payment processing arm of eBay Inc, said that it parted ways with a recently hired strategy executive after he posted a series of disparaging and at times indecipherable tweets.

Prime Minister of Slovenia, Alenka Bratusek resigned on 5 May 2014 and urged for early elections in the country. Alenka Bratusek handed her resignation to the speaker of Parliament and announced her resignation. Bratusek was the first women Prime Minister of Slovenia and occupied the post of PM on 23 March 2013. Slovenia is member of European Union (EU) and she steered the country through EU debt crisis.

Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole announced he was retiring from international football after being told he'd been left out of England manager Roy Hodgson's squad for the World Cup.

UN Envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on 13 May 2014 submitted his resignation to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York. He will relinquish the office on 31 May 2014.

UN Envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi on submitted his resignation to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York. He will relinquish the office on 31 May 2014.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resigned on 17 May, capping a 10-year tenure of two UPA governments that has been brought to an end by a shattering defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.

Assam CM Tarun Gogoi to resign .

Three rebel RJD MLAs today resigned from the Bihar Assembly to extend their support to Nitish Kumar after his resignation as Bihar chief minister. Samrat Chaudhary, Ram Lakhan Ram Raman and Javed Iqbal submitted their resignation letters to Speaker Udai Narayan Choudhary.

Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman Dr C Rangarajan handed over his resignation to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Modi resigns as Gujarat Chief Minister. Ending his 12-year stint as Gujarat chief minister and Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi submitted his resignation to state Governor Kamla Beniwal. Modi will take oath as the prime minister on 26 May.

Akhilesh Yadav government, SP general secretary Anuradha Chowdhury quit claiming the party did not take timely action to stop Muzaffarnagar riots which led to its electoral defeat.

Shazia Ilmi, Capt Gopinath quit AAP. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a key founder member Shazia Ilmi quit the party citing ‘lack of inner party democracy”.

Network18 Group CEO B Sai Kumar has quit the group, after a 14-year-old stint.

BG Srinivas, the President and member of the board of Infosys resigned on 28 May 2014.

OBITUARIES

British actor Bob Hoskins died of pneumonia at the age of 71 in London on 29 April 2014. He is best known for roles in The Long Good Friday, Mona Lisa and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Walter R Walsh, an FBI sharpshooter who was the world’s oldest living Olympian, has died. He was 106.

Heritage Foods Ltd has informed the BSE about the sudden demise of A Appa Rao, non-executive independent director of the company, on April 30, 2014.

Writer, model and TV presenter Peaches Geldof , daughter of musician Bob Geldof, died of heroin overdose — the same drug that killed her mother.

Former British number one Elena Baltacha has died of liver cancer at the age of 30.

Former British No 1 tennis player, Elena Baltacha died on 4 May 2014 due to liver cancer at the age of 30. She was diagnosed of liver cancer in January 2014.

Nedurumilli Janardhan Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh died in Hyderabad on 9 May 2014. Till his death, Reddy was a sitting Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2009.

Oscar winning Swedish film director, Malik Bendjelloul died in Stockholm on 13 May 2014. He was 36.

Captain Nair, founder of the Leela group, passes away.

Russi Mody, former CMD of Tata Steel, expired late night at a nursing home in Kolkata. He was 95.

UP Minister Satai Ram Yadav dies in accident.

Russi Mody the former Chairman of Tata Steels (formerly called TISCO) died on 16 May 2014 in Alipore in South Kolkata. He was 96. Fondly called the Grand Old Man of Steel, he was known for his man management.

Veteran nuclear scientist and Padma Bhushan recipient, N Srinivasan (84), died on Sunday due to cardiac arrest.

Veteran Congress leader and former minister Sitaram Prasad passed away at a private hospital.

Madhav Mantri, a cricketing doyen, passes away.

Veteran CPI(M) leader R.Umanath passed away in Tiruchi.

David Allen, the former off-spinner of England and Gloucestershire died on 24 May 2014 at the age of 78. His death was announced by West Country County.

Azlan Shah best known as The Father of Malaysian hockey died in Ipoh, Malaysia on 28 May 2014. He was 86.

Maya Angelou, a renowned American author and poet died on 28 May 2014 at her home in Winston-Salem of North Carolina. She was 86.

Indologist and Sanskrit scholar Sukumari Bhattacharji who had equal grasp over English and Sanskrit language died on 24 May 2014. She was 92.

AWARDS

Four Indians are among the winners of a Harvard Business School competition that awards prizes worth over $3,00,000 to new and innovative business and social impact startups conceptualized by the US institution's students and alumni.

President Pranab Mukherjee Friday conferred three Kirti Chakras and nine Shaurya Chakras on armed forces personnel for displaying "conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion" to duty at a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The president also presented three Uttam Yudh Seva Medals for a high degree of distinguished service in an operational context which includes times of war, conflict, or hostilities. 13 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, four Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals and 23 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals upon senior officers of the armed forces for distinguished service of an exceptional order. The recipients of Kirti Chakras are Constable Bhrigu Nandan Choudhary (posthumous), Constable Lohit Sonowal (posthumous) and Naib Subedar Bhupal Singh Chhantel Magar.

Four Indians are among the winners of a Harvard Business School competition that awards prizes worth over $3,00,000 to new and innovative business and social impact startups conceptualized by the US institution's students and alumni.

Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Sik won 2014 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. He received the award worth of 25000 dollars by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova in Paris on 2 May 2014.

Indian Aviation Academy (IAA) has been selected this year by the Business Initiative Directives Group (BIDG), Madrid (Spain) for the International Arch of Europe Award for quality and technology in Gold Category.

Caparo Group founded by leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has won the International Business of the Year award 2014 at the Asian Business Awards Midlands in Birmingham.

A documentary film, Silent Screams – India’s Fight Against Rape directed by Pria Somiah on 9 May 2014 won three awards at the 2014 New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards. The awards included - Gold World Medal for 'Best Investigative Report', Two Bronze Gold Medals each in the Current Affairs and Human Concerns sections respectively, The film is about politics of rape in India and was written by Manira A Pinto. The documentary was produced by Miditech for Channel NewsAsia.

Caparo Group won the International Business of the Year award 2014 at the Asian Business Awards Midlands in Birmingham on 9 May 2014.

Ronnie O’Sullivan on 8 may 2014 was crowned World Snooker’s Player of the Year at the sport's annual awards ceremony in London. Apart from this, O’Sullivan was also handed the Fans Player of the Year award after being voted by snooker supporters.

The President of India conferred the Florence Nightingale Awards to 35 nurses from across the country at the Durbar Hall, here today, in the presence of Ghulam Nabi Azad, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, and Santosh Chowdhary, MoS (Health) and A H Khan Chowdhury, MoS (Health).

Two Indian-origin chefs have been conferred with the prestigious James Beard Food Awards for 2014, considered as the Oscars of the US food and beverage industry. Chefs Vikram Sunderam, 47, and Vishwesh Bhatt were awarded the Best Chef in the Mid-Atlantic and Best Chef in South respectively.

Technopark Technology Business Incubator (T-TBI) has been chosen for the ‘Special ommendation’ for ‘Golden Peacock National Training Award’ for 2014.

Ravi Dhariwal, the CEO of Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) on 13 May 2014 was awarded with the Silver Shovel Award. The Silver Shovel Award is the International News Media Association's (INMA) highest honour given for volunteer service and lifetime achievement in the media industry.

Crayon Data, a Singapore-India (Chennai) based big data start-up founded in 2012 by enterprise analytics veteran Suresh Shankar and seasoned entrepreneur Srikant Sastri has been selected as a winner at the 2014 TiE50 Awards programme in San Jose, California.

Biotechnology firm Biocon Chairperson and Managing Director, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, has received the 'Othmer Gold Medal 2014' in Philadelphia, USA.

Snooker champion Chitra Magimairaj was nominated for Arjuna awards 2014 announced by the Billiards and Snooker Association of India (BSFI) on 21 May 2014. Contemporary player Vidhya Pillai and upcoming player Brijesh Damani were also nominated for the Arjuna awards 2014.

Two Indian firms won the Ashden award (the green energy award) in 2014. About 14 Ashden awards were presented at the Royal Geographical Society in London. Infosys received the International Ashden Award for Sustainable Buildings. Another Indian firm Greenway Grameen won the Ashden Clean Energy for Women and Girls award.

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Chairman C S Verma has been adjudged ‘CEO of the Year’ at the 2014 Platts Global Metals Awards.

The project Mobile Seva under Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) won second rank in the 2014 United Nations Public Service Award. Department of Electronics and Information Technology comes under Ministry of Information and Technology.

Ogilvy Mumbai wins big at AME awards. Continuing its dominance at the Effectiveness Awards shows, Ogilvy Mumbai enjoyed a stellar night at the Asian Marketing Effectiveness awards held in Singapore on May 29.

Vishwanath Tripathi, eminent Hindi writer on 29 May 2014 was awarded with the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2013. The literary prize carries a citation and a cash amount of 2.5 lakh rupees and memento. He received the award for his work Vyomkesh Darvesh at 23rd edition of the annual ceremony.

The Vice President of India Shri Hamid Ansari on 29 May 2014 presented the Malti Devi Gyan Peeth Puraskar-2014. The award was given to fifteen outstanding teachers from girls higher secondary schools in Punjab.

8 Indian Soldiers posthumously awarded with prestigious Dag Hammarskjold Medal of UN. The eight Indian soldiers are Lt Col Mahipal Singh; Lance Naik Nand Kishore Joshi; Havildar Heera Lal; Naib Subedar Shiv Kumar Pal and Havildar Bharat Sasmal; Subedar Dharmesh Sangwan; Subedar Kumar Pal Singh; Sepoy Rameshwar Singh.

SPORTS

India regains No.1 position in T20I rankings. India climbed up a position and regained its number one ranking in Twenty20 Internationals after the annual update of the ICC Rankings, which was announced in Dubai.

Mumbai-born Vivek Ranadive, the first and only Indian-American owner of a US National Basketball Association (NBA) team, is leading the charge against fellow team owner Donald Sterling accused of making racist comments.

India's ace trap shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu jumped to the third spot in the latest International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) world rankings, thanks to his gold at the World Cup in Tucson, Arizona.

Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary, who has been stopped from receiving Arjuna Award under controversial circumstances on charges of dope violation last year, has again been recommended by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the coveted honour this year.

The Indian women’s hockey team put up a tough fight but eventually ran out of steam, losing 0-1 to USA in the quarterfinal of the Champions Challenge 1 in Glasgow.

The Indian women's team was thrashed 5-0 by its counterparts from Belgium in a pool A match in Glasgow at Champions Challenge 1.

Hyderabad team wins Microsoft Imagine Cup. A Hyderabad team has won the top slot in one of the three categories in Microsoft Imagine Cup. Around 60,000 student innovators have vied for the three slots in the Indian leg of the 12th annual Microsoft Imagine Cup 2014.

Sania Mirza of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe on 3 May 2014 won women’s doubles title at the WTA Portugal Open 2014 held in Oeiras, Portugal.

Pallikal back in top-10 after Texas Open high. A final appearance at the Texas Open last month has pushed India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal back to the top-10 of the world rankings.

Martin Kilzan on 4 May 2014 won the Munich ATP tournament to claim second title of his career. In the final match, he defeated Fabio Fognini 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Mark Selby's thrilling 18-14 win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the world snooker final was watched by a peak of more than 5 million viewers, delivering the tournament's biggest audience on BBC2 for years.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli takes the top spot as the most searched IPL player this season, closely followed by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Waqar Younis back as Pakistan coach .The Pakistan Cricket Board has given cricket great Waqar Younis a second shot as coach of the national team. Younis was the coach for 18 months until after leading the team to the 2011 World Cup semi-finals. He resigned for personal reasons.

Mark Selby of England won the World Snooker Championship 2014 in Sheffield, England on 6 May 2014. He won the title against the defending champion Ronnie O Sullivan with 18-14 in the final. This is his first World title and he was runner-up in 2007. With this win he was ranked world no 1 in the Snooker.

Virat Kohli was ranked no 1 in ICC list of One Day International (ODI) rankings released in Dubai on 4 May 2014. He remained on the top rank in batsmen list with 881 points and is followed by the AB de Villiers with 872 points.

Hockey India recommends four players for Arjuna Award. Players recommended: Arjuna award: Dharamvir Singh, V.R. Raghunath, Tushar Khandker, Bharat Chetri; Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award: Sumrai Tete (national women’s team coach); Dronacharya Award: Romesh Pathania (junior women’s team coach).

Vikas Gowda wins silver at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha.

Rafael Nadal won his fourth title at the Madrid Mutual Open as he defeated Japan’s Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 in a match his opponent was forced to abandon due to an injury in the final set.

Maria Sharapova defeated Simona Halep to win Madrid Open title.

World No. 1 Rafael Nadal on 11 May 2014 won his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title at Mutua Madrid Tennis Open final. He won after Kei Nishikori of Japan was forced to withdraw with a back injury when was trailing 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 in the final set.

Rafael Nadal won his fourth title at the Madrid Mutual Open on Sunday as he defeated Japan’s Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 in a match his opponent was forced to abandon due to an injury in the final set.

The Indian women's badminton team created history by ensuring a bronze medal finish at the World Women's Team Championship for the Uber Cup being played at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi.

Indian-American student Akhil Rekulapelli on 21 May 2014 won the National Geographic Bee championship in Washington, USA.

Real Madrid on 24 May 2014 defeated Atletico Madrid 4-1 at Lisbon to win their 10th UEFA Champions League Football title and first since 2002.

Japan won the AFC Women's Asian Football Cup 2014 on 25 May 2014. In the final held in Vietnam, Japan football team defeated defending champion Australia 1-0. This is Japan’s first-ever AFC Women’s Asian Cup since it started competing in the event in 1977.

Master Blaster calls his football franchise as Kerala Blasters. Kerala Blasters – this is the name that the Master Blaster has chosen for the Kochi franchise of the Indian Football Super League that he co-owns.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany on 25 May 2014 won Monaco Grand Prix of Formula One. This was his second victory of the season and fifth of his career.

The Men's and Women's Hockey World Cup begin in The Hague.

RELEASED BOOKS

A book entitled A Stamp is Born authored by C. R. Pakrashi was released on 6 May 2014 by Vice President of India, M Hamid Ansari. The book gives a graphic account of history and evolution of postage stamps.

A book My Years with Rajiv and Sonia written by R.D.Pradhan released on 27 March 2014. R.D.Pradhan has penned his work experiences with Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in his book.

Arunendra Kumar, the Chairman of Railway Board on 9 May 2014 released a book entitled India Junction – A Window to the Nation. The book has been brought out by Public Relations Directorate Railway Board.

A book Post Haste: Quintessential India written by B.G. Verghese was released on 1 May 2014 at India International Centre in Delhi.

The Book entitled Anticipating India - The Best of National Interest written by Shekhar Gupta, the editor-in-chief of The Indian Express was released on 24 May 2014.