Justice RM Lodha sworn in as 41st Chief Justice of India

Justice Rajendra Mal (RM) Lodha was on Sunday sworn in as the 41st Chief Justice of India (CJI). He was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukharjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. At 64, Justice Lodha is the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court after Justice Sathasivam. He will have a brief tenure of five months as the Chief Justice as he is scheduled to retire on September 27. He has handled sensitive cases in the Supreme Court and is presently heading the bench monitoring the probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the coal scam.

Born on September 28, 1949 in Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Justice Lodha is the son of former Rajasthan High Court judge Justice S.K. Mal Lodha. He enrolled with the Bar Council of Rajasthan in February, 1973 and practiced law in the Rajasthan High Court, dealing with constitutional, civil, company, criminal, taxation and labour matters etc. He was elevated as a permanent judge of the Rajasthan High Court on January 31, 1994 and transferred to the Bombay High Court on February 16, 1994. He was a judge of the Bombay High Court for thirteen years, and sat on almost all jurisdictions. He was re-transferred to the Rajasthan High Court, where he assumed office on February 2, 2007. His other appointments included being Administrative Judge of the Rajasthan High Court and Chairman, State Judicial Academy, Rajasthan. 

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India GK Question Paper 54

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61st National Film Awards for year 2013

National Film Awards: Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao, who impressed all with his performance of a Kashmiri lawyer in ‘Shahid’ won the Best Actor award at the 61st National Film Awards announced on Wednesday to honor the best films of 2013 in the Indian cinema. If this was not all, Shahid’s director Hansal Mehta also bagged the Best Director award. Rajkummar shared the Best Actor award with Suraj Venjaramoodu for Malayalam movie Perariyathavar.

61st National Film Awards for year 2104:

BEST FEATURE FILM: Ship of Theseus (English-Hindi)

INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: Fandry (Marathi)

BEST  POPULAR  FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)

NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: Thalaimuraigal(Tamil)

BEST FILM SOCIAL ISSUES: Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)

BEST FILM ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/ PRESERVATION: Perariyathavar (Malayalam)

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM: Kaphal (Hindi)

BEST DIRECTION: Shahid (Hindi)

BEST ACTOR: Raj Kumar & Suraj Venjaramoodu

Best Book on Cinema: Cinema Ga Cinema, Language: Telegu by Nandagopal 

Best Film Critic: Alka Sahni

Best Feature Film in Assamese:  'Ajeyo'

Best Feature Film in Bengali:  'Bakitar Byaktigoto'

Best Feature Film in Hindi:  'Jolly LLB'

Best Feature Film in Kannada:  'December 1'

Best Feature Film in Konkani:  'Baga Beach'

Best Feature Film in Malayalam:  'North 24 Kaatham'

Best Feature Film in Marathi:  'Acha Divaz Mazha'

Best Feature Film in Tamil:  'Thanga Meenkal' 

Best Feature Film in Telugu:  'Naa Bangaru Talli '

Best Feature Film in English:  'The Coffin Maker'

Best Children's Film: 'Kaphal'

Best Film on on Social Issues: 'Tuhya Dharma Koncha '(Marathi)

Best Film on Social Issues: 'Gulaabi Gang'

Best Special Effects: 'Jal'

Best Short Fiction (Non Feature):  'Mandrake! Mandrake!'

Best Environmental Film including Agriculture: 'Foresting Life (Hindi,Assamese)' 

Special Jury Award: 'Yellow' (Marathi) & 'Miss Lovely' (Hindi) 

Best Sound Design: 'Madras Cafe'

Best Non-Feature Film: 'Rangbhoomi'

Best Promotional Film:'Chasing the Rainbow' & 'Kush' 

Best Choreography: Ganesh Acharya for 'Masto Ka Jhund' – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Bengali film 'Jaatishwar' proves to be a winner with awards for - 

Best Music: Best Make Up: Jaatishwar(Bengali)

Best Costume: Jaatishwar(Bengali)

Best Music: Jaatishwar(Bengali)

Best Male Playback Singer: Jaatishwar(Bengali)

Best Female Playback Singer: Bela Shende for 'Tuhya Dharma Koncha '(Marathi)

Best Director Award: Pranjal Dua for 'Chidiya Ud' (Hindi)

Best Child Actor: Somnath Awghade for 'Fandry' and 

Best Supporting Actor: Saurabh Shukla for 'Jolly LLB'

Best Supporting Actor: Aida Elkashef for 'Astu', and Amruta Subhash 'Ship of Theseus'

Best Actress: Geetanjali Thapa for 'Liar's Dice'

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Vijay Seshadri wins Pulitzer Award 2014

India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his witty and philosophical collection of poems while The Washington Post and Guardian were awarded for their reports on America's secret global surveillance programmes. Seshadri won the Pulitzer, considered the most prestigious awards in journalism, for his work '3 Sections' which is a "compelling collection of poems that examine human consciousness, from birth to dementia, in a voice that is by turns witty and grave, compassionate and remorseless."

The 98th annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, were announced yesterday by Columbia University. A Columbia University alum, Seshadri, 60, would receive a USD 10,000 prize. Born in Bangalore in 1954, Seshadri came to America at the age of five and grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He became the fifth person of Indian-origin to bag the prestigious prize.

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The Accidental Prime Minister Book by Sanjay Baru

The Accidental Prime Minister

Sub title: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh

Author: Sanjaya Baru

Book Overview: In 2004 Sanjaya Baru left a successful career as chief editor of the Financial Express to join Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his media adviser in UPA 1. Singh offered him the job with the words, ‘Sitting here, I know I will be isolated from the outside world. I want you to be my eyes and ears. Tell me what you think I should know, without fear or favour.’

The Accidental Prime Minister is Baru’s account of what it was like to ‘manage’ public opinion for Singh while giving us a riveting look at Indian politics as it happened behind the scenes. As Singh’s spin doctor and trusted aide for four years, Baru observed up close Singh’s often troubled relations with his ministers, his cautious equation with Sonia Gandhi and how he handled the big crises from managing the Left to pushing through the nuclear deal. In this book he tells all and draws for the first time a revelatory picture of what it was like for Singh to work in a government that had two centres of power. Insightful, acute and packed with political gossip, The Accidental Prime Minister is one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life and a superb portrait of the Manmohan Singh era.

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Crusader or Conspirator Book by PC Parekh

Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and Other Truths Book

Price: Rs.595.00

Writer: PC Parakh, IAS (Retd) Former Seceretary, Ministry of Coal

Publisher: HB Manas Publications

Book Overview: In 2012, a controversy over allocation of coal blocks to private companies rocked the country. The government’s finance watchdog─the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)─found the government had picked favourites and avoided open and competitive bidding which would have generated far more revenue for a cash-starved state. The CAG concluded that India had lost ` 1.86 lakh crore (over $ 30 billion) in the process, all of which went to the private companies. It was the biggest recorded scam in the history of India. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India’s premier investigation agency, then filed an FIR against the top officer in the coal ministry─Secretary PC Parakh and industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla. Parakh had by then earned a fine reputation for ability and integrity in over three decades as a civil servant. His stint as the top bureaucrat in the coal ministry was his last posting in a sterling career. The FIR outraged the civil services and corporate India and was widely condemned by the intelligentsia of the country.

The book isn’t just about the coal scam. It is also about working with some of the biggest Indian politicians, starting with chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh. It is about life in the coal ministry with Mamata Banerjee, Shibu Soren and Dr. Manmohan Singh, who was also the Prime Minister. It is about the lessons learnt before Parakh met any of these dignitaries. It is an account that startles with never-before revealed information.

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Koyal Rana wins Miss India 2014 title

Delhi girl Koyal Rana was crowned the new Femina Miss India 2014 in a star studded event at the Yash Raj Studio in Mumbai on Saturday night. She was crowned with the Miss India World title and was selected amongst 24 other gorgeous finalist. The runners up were Jhataleka Malhotra (1st runner-up) from Mumbai and Gail Da'Silva (2nd runner-up) from Goa. Koyal Rana was crowned at the event by Naveneet Kaur Dhillon, Miss India 2013 and Miss World 2013 Megan Young. The event saw spectacular performances by celebrities like Sonakshi Sinha, Shahid Kapoor, Yo Yo Honey and Mika Singh. The panel of jury comprised of actors Malika Arora Khan, Abhay Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, ace designer Manish Malhotra, singer Honey Singh, Miss World 2013 Megan Yang, actor Vidyut Jamwal, actor Aditi Rao Hydari and world champion boxer Vijender Singh

The panel of judges are actors Abhay Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Vidyut Jamwal, Aditi Rao Hydari, Malaika Arora Khan, fashion designer Manish Malhotra, rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh, Miss World 2013 Megan Young and boxer Vijender Singh. The event will be broadcast on Colors Television on 13 April starting from 7 pm, according to the official Twitter page.

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Current Affairs of India, World in April 2014

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Current Affairs for April 2014 - Daily Updates:
- India on Friday successfully launched its second navigational satellite IRNSS 1B onboard PSLV-C24 from this spaceport.
- Indian Space Research Organisation's workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C24 placed the IRNSS IB in precise orbit about 19 minutes after a perfect lift-off at 5.14 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. 
- Chasing a competitive target of 173, reigning ODI world champion India completed the task with five balls to spare to reach their second World T20 final.
- Srilanka wins World T20 Championship
- Afghans braved the threat of Taliban violence on Saturday to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai in the country's first democratic transfer of power as US-led forces wind down their 13-year war.
- Delhi girl Koyal Rana is new Femina Miss India 2014. She was crowned with the Miss India World title and was selected amongst 24 other gorgeous finalist. The runners up were Jhataleka Malhotra (1st runner-up) from Mumbai and Gail Da'Silva (2nd runner-up) from Goa.
- Two Books in One week on Coal Scam and Prime Minister shock the Congress Party. 
The Two Book are: 
1. The Accidental Prime Minister
Author: Sanjaya Baru
2. Crusader or Conspirator? 
Writer: PC Parakh, IAS (Retd) Former Seceretary, Ministry of Coal 
- India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his witty and philosophical collection of poems
- Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao, who impressed all with his performance of a Kashmiri lawyer in ‘Shahid’ won the Best Actor award at the 61st National Film Awards announced on Wednesday to honor the best films of 2013 in the Indian cinema. 

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