APRIL 2014 Current Affairs

INTERNATIONAL
1) In which country the Multilateral
Humanitarian Assistance / disaster
relief (HA/DR) Exercise, KOMODO
was conducted from March 28th to
3 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Indonesia
2) What is the name of the biblical
epic movie which was banned by
Malaysia and Indonesia on 7 April
2014 for its visual depiction of the
prophet?
Ans:-  ‘Noah’
3) Which country Parliament on 8
April 2014 voted to reject the
request by the Catalan authorities
to hold a referendum on
independence on 9 November
2014 ?
Ans:- Spain
4) Which country on 9 April 2014
taking a novel approach to
protecting doctors from growing
levels of violence from angry
patients: volunteer “Guardian
Angels” ?
Ans:- China
5) A comprehensive legislation on
Internet privacy for both service
providers and Internet Users was
on 23 April 2014 passed by which
country ?
Ans:- Brazil
INDIA & WORLD
1) Recently, India and which country
have reached an agreement to
include a new cross-boundary
landscape in the Hindu Kush
Himalayan Region ?
Ans:- Nepal and Bhutan
2) As per the latest data released
by SIPRI, country with highest
military expenditure in 2013 is —— ?
Ans:- USA
3) Which country and India on 22
April 2014 signed an agreement for
the development of joint
hydropower projects in a bid to
further strengthen their bilateral
strategic partnership ?
Ans:- Bhutan
4) Which country was rated lowest
for average internet speed in the
Asia Pacific region in a recently
conducted study done by US firm
Akamai?
Ans:-  India
5) Which country President and
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe on 25 April 2014 issued a Joint
Statement emphasizing robust
trilateral relation with India ?
Ans:- US
NATIONAL
1) Government on 13 April 2014
sanctions the recruitment of
women as combat officers in
———– ?
Ans:-  Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
2) Name the programme was
launched by Election Commission of
India (ECI) on 15 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Election VIsitors Programme
(EVP) 2014
3) Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on
2 April 2014 approved the Tata and
Singapore Airlines (SIA) joint
venture called?
Ans:- Tata SIA Airlines Ltd
4) The Election Commission has
launched on 17 April its own
internet-based media arm called
——– ?
Ans:-  ‘ Voter Education Channel ‘
STATES
1) Which North-eastern state capital
on 7 April 2014 became the second
in the region to have rail-
connectivity?
Ans:- Itanagar, the capital of
Arunachal Pradesh
2) Recently the Union Ministry of
Environment and Forest accorded
environmental clearance (with
some conditions) to the expansion
of Bhubaneshwari opencast project
in which state ?
Ans:- Odisha
3) Name the stone-age tribes of
Andaman & Nicobar (A&N) islands
who for the first time casted their
votes in Great Nicobar on 10 April
2014 ?
Ans:- Shompens
4) Which state has achieved the
highest rate of increase in the
number of electors in the country in
the past five years as stated in the
electoral data released early this
year?
Ans:-  Tamil Nadu
5) Which state has recorded the
highest growth rate of milk
production and per capita
availability during the five year
period of 2006-10, according to
Assocham study ?
Ans:- Andhra Pradesh
CONFERENCES
1) In which country the International
Hindi Conference was held from 25
– 27 April 2014 ?
Ans:- US
AWARDS & HONOURS
1) Renowned poet-lyricist and
filmmaker Gulzar was on 12 April
2014 selected for the prestigious
Dada Saheb Phalke award for
2013.What is the real name of
Gulzar?
Ans:-  Sampooran Singh Kalra
2) Which film was selected as the
Best Film for 61st National Film
Awards announced on 16 April 2014?
Ans:-  Ship of Theseus
3) Who won special jury award of
Times Now NRI Awards 2014?
Ans:- Zubin Mehta
4) ) Randstad Awards 2014 for most
attractive employer in India goes to
——- for the 4th consecutive
year ?
Ans:- Microsoft
5) The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-2014
has been awarded to Donna Tartt,
for her novel ——— ?
Ans:- The Goldfinch
SPORTS & GAMES
1) Who won the India Super Series
Badminton tournament women’s
Singles title on 6 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Shixian Wang (China)
2) Which team won the 4th Hockey
India Junior Men National
Championship 2014 (Division A) on 6
April 2014 ?
Ans:- Punjab
3) Which country on 6 April 2014
won the T20 cricket world cup
2014 ?
Ans:- Sri Lanka
4) Which English Premier League
club was denied the permission to
change its name by the Football
Association Council (FAC) on 9 April
2014?
Ans:- Hull City
5) Which team won the National T20
title for the Syed Mushtaq Ali
Trophy on 14 April 2014?
Ans:-  Baroda
ECONOMY
1) The Reserve Bank of India on 2
April 2014 granted in-principle
approval of bank licences to which
two entitites?
Ans:- IDFC Limited and Bandhan
Financial Services Private Limited
2) What is the proposed additional
tax on those earning over Rs 1
crore through dividend income in
the draft of the Direct Taxes Code
(DTC), which was released on 1 April
2014?
Ans:-  10%
3) Reserve Bank of India on 1 April
2014 adopted which index as the
key measure of Inflation?
Ans :- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
4) Which firm became the first
Indian retail e-commerce to file for
an initial public offering (IPO) on
NASDAQ and to be listed on this US
stock exchange?
Ans:- HomeShop18
5) India retained the top spot in the
world in foreign exchange
remittances from its migratory
workforce during 2013. How much
remittance was received by India
during the year?
Ans:-  $70 billion
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1) A vast liquid ocean was found on
which moon of Saturn by NASA’s
Cassini probe as published by
‘Science’ magazine on 3 April 2014?
Ans:-  Enceladus
2) After its ten and half years
service in orbit, on 1st April 2014
ISRO decommissioned which
Communication Satellite?
Ans:- INSAT-3E
3) What is the name of the deadly
virus for which the Computer
Emergency Response Team of India
(CERT-In) issued an advisory on 11
April 2014 to all Internet users in the
country?
Ans:- Heartbleed
4) Name the professor at Stanford
University alongwith his students,
invents a dirt cheap microscope
named ‘ Foldscope ‘ on 15 April
2014 ?
Ans:- Manu Prakash
5) Which country Scientists on 17
April 2014 created a 3D model of the
human malaria parasite genome
for the first time ?
Ans:- US
PERSONS IN NEWS
A) APPOINTMENTS
1) Who was named as the captain of
the ICC World T20 team on 7 April
2014 ?
Ans:- Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2) Name the Indian-American was
on 5 April 2014 nominated by
President Barack Obama to a key
post as US Alternate Executive
Director at the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) ?
Ans:- Sunil Sabharwal
B)RESIGNS
1) Which country Prime Minister
Serik Akhmetov, has announced his
resignation on 2 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Kazakhstan
C) DEATHS
1) Name the Nobel prize-winning
Colombian author died on 17 April
2014 ?
Ans:- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2) Name the Former Liberian
President, who led a peacetime
government after two ruinous
back-to-back civil wars, died on 16
April 2014 ?
Ans:-  Gyude Bryant
D) VISITORS
1) Name the Namibian Prime Minister
visited China on 8 – 9 April 2014 ?
Ans:- Hage Geingob
E) MISCELLANEOUS
Which two former Popes were
declared Saints by the Pope Francis
at the Vatican on 27 April 2014?
Ans:-  John XXIII and John Paul II
PLACES IN NEWS
1) In the month of April
Archaeologists discovered a 3500-
year-old inscription on a stone
block in which country and claimed
that it is the oldest weather report
of the world ?
Ans:- Egypt
ABBREVIATIONS IN NEWS
1) What is the full form of ‘ IRNSS ‘ ?
Ans:- Indian Regional Navigational
Satellite System
BOOKS IN NEWS
1) What is the title of the book
written by former Coal Secretary
P.C. Parakh in which he claimed that
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s
inability to take on vested interests
led to the coal block row?
Ans:- “Crusader or Conspirator :
Coalgate and other truths”
COMMITTEES IN NEWS
1) Who is the Chairman of the
committee appointed by Supreme
Court on 22 April 2014 to monitor
the steps taken by the centre and
state government to ensure road
safety and curb growing number of
accidents ?
Ans:- Justice Radhakrishnan
DAYS & DATES
1) World Malaria Day (WMD) was
observed on ——– across the
world ? (Ans:- 25 April 2014 )

INDIA'S Only

Ø India’s Only coal museum
——- Margherita, Assam
Ø India’s Only glass mosque
——- Shillong, Meghalaya
Ø India’s Only active volcano
——- Barren Island, Andaman and
Nicobar Island
Ø India’s Only Floating National
Park
——- Keibul Lamjao National Park,
Manipur
Ø India’s Only Floating Lake
——- Loktak Lake, Manipur
Ø India’s Only Symphony Orchestra
——- Symphony Orchestra of India,
Mumbai
Ø India’s Only Female Wildlife
Photographer
——- Vasudha Chakravathi
Ø India’s Only two F1 Driver
——- Narain Karthikeyan and Karun
Chandhok
Ø India’s Only Aircraft carries
——- INS Viraat
Ø India’s Only overseas Military
Base
——- Farkhor  Air Base, Tajikistan
Ø India’s Only licenced production
and
supply Unit for National Flag
——- Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga
Samyukta Sangha
Ø India’s Only Satellite Launch
Center
——- Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
Ø India’s Only River Island
——- Majuli, Assam
Ø India’s Only Stadium with Student
Gallery
——- Green Park Stadium, Kanpur,
UP
Ø India’s Only Handwritten
Newspaper
——- The Musalman
Ø India’s Only district borders with
four States
——- Sonbhadra District, UP
Ø India’s only tobacco free village
——- Shankarpura, Haryana
Ø India’s Only Cattle Fair
——- Sonepur Mela, Bihar

Ancient Indian Books Written by Kings

Ratnavali - Harshavardhana
Priyadarsika - Harshavardhana
Nagananda - Harshavardhana
Amuktamalayada - Sri Krishna Deva
Raya
Tuzk-I-Jahangir- Jahangir
Babar Namah or Tuzk-e-Babari -
Babar
Biographies of Kings:
Harsha Charita - Bana Bhatt
Akbar-Nama - Abul Fazl
Prithviraj Raso - Chand Bardai
Humayun Namah - Gulbadan Begum
Shah Namah - Firdausi
Other books:
Buddha Charitam -Ashwaghosha
Geet Govinda Jaya Deva
Kumar Sambhava - Kalidasa
Meghdoot - Kalidasa
Malavikagnimitra - Kalidasa
Raghuvansha - Kalidasa
Mudra Rakshasa - Vishakha Datta
Panchatantra - Vishnu Sharma
Rajtarangini - Kalhana
Arthashastra - Kautilya
Padmavat Malik - Mohd Jayasi
Kamasutra - Vatsyayana
Mudra Rakshasa - Vishakha Datta
Mrichchakatikam- Shudraka

Our Solar System at Glance

1. Hottest & Brightest planet of solar system # Venus
2. Densest planet of the solar
system is # Earth
3. Red Planet # Mars
4. Heaviest planet # Jupiter
5. Planet Morning & Evening Star # Venus
6. Smallest planet # Mercury
7. Only planet not named after a
god # Earth
8. Only two planets in the solar
system for which no moons have been discovered are # Mercury and Venus
9. Second largest planet in the
Solar System is # Saturn
10. Blue planet # Earth.

Famous Persons And Their Nicknames

1.. Bengali Tiger =>> Bibin Chandra Pal
2. Punjab Lion, Punjab Kesari =>>
Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Sher- e -Punjab =>> RanjitSingh
4. Lion of Kashmir =>> Sheikh
Mohammed Abdullah
5. Mysore Tiger =>> Tippu Sultan
6. Bard of Avon =>> William
Shakespeare
7. Sage of Kanchi =>>
Sankaracharya
8. Bird man of India =>> Salim Ali
9. Maratha Kesari =>> Bal
Gangadhar Tilak
10. Bapu =>> Gandhiji
11. Babuji =>> Jagjeevan Ram
12. Indian Machiavelli =>> Chanakya
13. Indian Napoleon =>>
Samudragupta
14. Indian Bismarck =>> Sardar
Vallabhai Patel
15. Indian Shakespeare =>> Kalidasa
16. Deenabandhu =>> C.F Andrews
17. Deshabandhu =>> C.R Das
18. Who is known as Prince of
Beggars =>> Madan Mohan
Malaviya
19. Who is known as Prince of
Patriots =>> Subash Chandra Bose
20. Who is known as prince of
Martyrs =>> Bhagat Singh
21. Who is known as prince of
Builders =>> Shahjahan
22. Who is known as prince of
Pilgrims =>> Hiuen Tsang
23. Who is known as prince of
Autobiography =>> Babur
24. Who is known as prince of
Money Makers =>> Muhammad bin Tughlaq
25. Who is known as prince of
Pilgrims =>> Hiuen Tsang
26. Who is known as Grand old man
of Indian Journalism =>> Tushar
Kanti Ghosh
27. Man of Destiny =>> Napoleon
Bonaparte
28. Andhara Kesari =>> Tangutoori Prakasam
29. Lok Nayak =>> Jayaprkash
Narayan
30. Father of Medicine =>>
Hippocrates
31. Lady with the lamp =>> Florence
Nightingale
32. Poet's Poet =>> Edmund Spencer

Head Of Important Offices 2014

Dr. Manmohan Singh: Chairman,
Planning Commission.
Ms. Meira Kumar: Speaker, Lok
Sabha.
Mohammad Hamid Ansari:
Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
Mr. P. J. Kurien: Deputy Chairman,
Rajya Sabha.
Mr. Karia Munda: Deputy Speaker,
Lok Sabha.
Mrs. Sushma Swaraj : Leader of
Opposition (Lok Sabha).
Mr. Arun Jaitley: Leader of
Opposition (Rajya Sabha).
Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Deputy
Chairman, Planning Commission.
Mr. V. S. Sampath: Chief Election
Commissioner
Mr. Harishankar Brahma : Election
Commissioner.
Syed Nasim Zaidi : Election
Commissioner.
Mr. Shashi Kant Sharma :
Comptroller and Auditor-General of
India.
Mr. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan :
Chairperson, National Human Right
Commission (NHRC)
Mr. K. M. Chandrasekhar: Cabinet
Secretary.
Mr. T. K. A. Nair : Principal Secretary
to Prime Minister .
Mr. Justice M. N. Rao: Chairman,
National Commission for Backward
Classes.
Ms. Shanta Sinha: Chairperson,
National Commission for Protection
of Child Rights
Dr. Buta Singh: Chairman, National
Commission for Scheduled Castes
Ms. Urmila Singh: Chairman,
National Commission for Scheduled
Tribes.
Prof. D. P. Agrawal: Chairman, UPSC.
Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman,
National Commission on Farmers
(NCF).
Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon: National
Security Adviser and Special
Adviser to PM (Internal Security).
Mr. S. C. Sinha : Director-General,
National Investigation Agency (NIA).
Mr. Vinay Mittal: Chairman, Railway
Board.
Mr. Shumsher K. Sheriff : Secretary-
General, Rajya Sabha
Mr. T. K. Viswanathan : Secretary-
General, Lok Sabha.
Mr. Syed Asif Ibrahim : Director, IB.
Mr. Ranjit Sinha: Director, CBI.
Mr. Alok Joshi : Director, Research
and Analysis Wing (RAW).
Mr. J.N. Choudhury : Director-
General, NSG.
Mr. Dilip Trivedi : Director-General,
CRPF.
Mr. Subhash Joshi : Director-
General, Border Security Force
(BSF).
Mr. Arvind Ranjan : Director-
General, Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF).
Mr. P. K. Mehta: Director-General,
Railway Protection Force. (RPF)
Mr. Ajay Chadha: Director-General,
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
Mr. Arun Chaudhary : Director-
General, Sashastra Seema Bal.
Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal :
Director-General, Indian Coast
Guard.
Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh: Director-
General, Defence Intelligence
Agency.
Prof. Ved Prakash : Chairman, UGC.
Dr. Avinash Chander : Scientific
Adviser to Defence Minister and
Secretary, Defence Research &
Development Organisation. (DRDO)
Dr. R. Chidambaram : Principal
Scientific Adviser to the
Government.
Mr. K. Radhakrishnan: Chairman,
Space Commission and ISRO.
Mr. Ratan Kumar Sinha : Chairman,
Atomic Energy Commission and
Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy.
Mr. Wajahat Habibullah:
Chairperson, National Commission
for Minorities.
Mr. Deepak Sandhu : Chief
Information Commissioner.
Mr. Amitava Bhattacharya :
Chairman, SSC.
Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch : Director-
General, Indian Council of Medical
Research.
Mr. C. Chandramouli : Registrar-
General of India and Census
Commissioner.
Justice D. K. Jain : Chairman, Law
Commission.
Mr. Baldev Raj : President, Indian
National Academy of Engineering
(INAE).
Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal:
Chairman, National Forest
Commission.
Dr. Amrita Patel: Chairperson,
National Dairy Development Board
(NDDB).
Lt. Gen. M. C. Badhani : Director-
General, Border Roads
Organisation.
Dr. Raghuram Rajan : Governor, RBI.
Mr. Justice G. N. Ray: Chairman,
Press Council of India.
Mr. Shailesh Gupta : Chairman,
Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC).
Dr. (Ms.) Poonam Kishore Saxena :
Chairperson, Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT).
Mr. A. K. Singh: Chairman, Central
Board of Excise & Customs.
Mr. Ashok Chawla : Competition
Commission of India
Justice Syed Rafat Alam : Chairman,
Central Administrative Tribunal
Mr. G. Sai Prasad : CMD, NHPC.
Mr. R. S. Sharma: CMD, ONGC.
Mr. U. D. Choubey : CMD, GAIL.
Mr. S. Behuria : Chairman, IOC.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Srivastava: CMD,
Oil India Ltd.
Mr. Ashok Ganguly: Chairman, CBSE.
Mr. U. K. Sinha: Chairman, Securities
& Exchange Board of India.
Mr. Prakash Bakshi: Chairman,
National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD).
Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri : Chairman,
SBI.
Mr. V. P. Shetty : Chairman, IDBI.
Mr. S. Balasubramanian : Chairman,
Company Law Board.
Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri : India's
Permanent Representative to UN.
Mr. T. S. Vijayan : Chairman, LIC
Mr. A. K. Bajaj : Chairman, Central
Water Commission.
Ms. Mamta Sharma : Chairperson,
National Commission for Women.
Dr. Y. V. Reddy: Chairman, 14th
Finance Commission.
Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar :
Chairman, National Statistical
Commission.
Ms. Shafmila Tagore : Chairperson,
Central Board of Film Certification.
Dr. Gautam Sengupta : Director-
General, Archaeological Survey of
India.
Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai : President,
FICCI.
Mr. J. S. Sarma: Chairman, TRAI
Mr. R. N. Das : Director,
Enforcement Directorate.
Mr. Yogesh Agarwal: Chairman,
Pension Fund Regulatory &
Development Authority.
Mr. Pradeep Kumar: Commissioner,
Central Vigilance Commissioner
(CVC).
Dr. Ratan Kumar Sinha : Director,
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
Mr. Suresh Kalmadi : President,
Indian Olympic Association.
Prof. Krishan Kumar: Director,
NCERT.
Mr. Mr. S. Gopalakrishnan :
President, CII.
Mr. Sam Pitroda : Chairman,
National Knowledge Commission.
Mr. Rajiv Takru : CEO, Prasar Bharti
Board.
Mr. Ratan Tata : Chairman,
Investment Commission.
Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya : President,
Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI).
Mr. Krishnakumar Natarajan :
Chairman, NASSCOM.
Mr. Rajkumar Dhoot : President,
ASSOCHAM.
Mr. Ramesh Sippy : Chairman,
National Film Development
Corporation (NFDC).
Mr. Ravindra Kumar: Chairman,
United News of India.
Mr. N. Ravi : Chairman, PTI.
Mr. K. N. Tilak Kumar : President,
Indian Newspaper Society (INS).
Mr. Dilip Modi : President, The
Associated Chambers of Commerce
and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
Mr. Vinod Rai : Chairman, Asian
Organization of Supreme Audit
Institutions (ASOSAI)

Important Days to know

January
Jan 1 Army Medical Corps
Establishment Day
Jan 8 African National Congress
Foundation Day
Jan 9 Pravasiya Bharatiya Divas
Jan 10 World Laughter Day
Jan 11 Death anniversary of Lal
Bahadur Shastri
Jan 12 National youth Day (Birth Day
of Swami Vivekanand)
Jan 15 Army Day
Jan 23 Netaji Subhashchandra
Bose’s birth anniversary
Jan 25 International Customs Duty
Day, India Tourism Day, National
Voters Day
Jan 26 Republic Day
Jan 28 Birth anniversary of Lala
Lajpat Rai
Jan 30 (Martyr’s day) Mahatma
Gandhi’s Martyrdom Day; World
Leprosy Eradication Day
Jan 31 World Leprosy Eradication
Day
February
Feb 2 Natinal Day of Srilanka, World
Wetlands Day
Feb 5 Kashmir Day (Organised by
Pakistan)
Feb 13 Sarojini Naidu’s Birth
Anniversary
Feb 14 St. Valentine’s Day
Feb 24 Central Exise Day
Feb 28 National Science Day
March
Mar 3 Natinal Defence Day
Mar 4 National Security Day
Mar 8 International Women’s Day
Mar 9 CISF Raising Day
Mar 12 Mauritius Day; Central
Industrial Security Force Day
Mar 15 World Consumer Day
Mar 16 National Vaccination Day
Mar 19 World Disabled Day
Mar 21 World Forestry Day
Mar 22 World Day of Water
Mar 23 World Meterological Day
Mar 24 World TB Day
Mar 26 Bangaladesh Liberation Day
April
April 1 Orissa Day
April 5 Natinal Meritime Day
April 7 World Health Day
April 13 Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre
Day (1919)
April 14 B.R. Ambedkar
Remembrance Day
April 18 World Heritage Day
April 22 World Earth Day
April 23 World Books Day
May
May 1 International Labour Day
May 1 Maharashtra Day
May 3 International Energy Day
May 8 International Red Cross Day
(It is celebraed to commemorate
the birth anniversary of the f )
May 11 National Technology Day
May 15 International Family Day
May 17 World Telecom Day
May 24 Commonwealth Day
May 31 World No Tobacco Day
June
June 5 World Environment Day
July
July 1 Doctor’s Day
July 4 American Independence Day
July 11 World Population Day
July 26 Kargil Victory Day
August
Aug 6 Hiroshima Day
Aug 9 Quit India Movement Day
Aug 12 International youth Day
Aug 14 Pakistan’s Independence Day
Aug 15 India’s Independence Day
Aug 19 World Photography Day
Aug 20 Sadbhavana Diwas
Aug 29 Sports Day (Dhyanchand’s
Birth Day)
Aug 30 Small Industry Day
September
Sept 5 Teacher’s Day
Sept 7 Forgiveness Day
Sept 8 International Literacy Day
Sept 14 Hindi day
Sept 14 World First Aid Day
Sept 16 World Ozone Day
Sept 21 World Alzheimer’s day
Sept 25 Social Justice Day
Sept 27 World Tourism Day
October
Oct 1 International Day for the
Elderly
Oct 2 Gandhi Jayanti
Oct 3 World Nature Day
Oct 4 World Animal Day
World Habital Day (First Monday of
October)
Oct 5 World Teacher’s Day
Oct 6 World Wildlife Day
Oct 8 Indian Airforce day
Oct 9 World Postal Day
Oct 10 World Mental Health day
Oct 10 National Post Day
Oct 12 World Sight day
Oct 13 World Calamity Control Day
Oct 14 World Standard Day
Oct 15 World White cane day
Oct 17 International poverty
Oct 20 National Solidarity Day
Oct 24 United Nations Day
Oct 30 World Thrift Day
Oct 31 National Integration Day
November
Nov 7 Infant Protection day; World
Cancer Awareness Day
Nov 9 Legal Service Day
Nov 10 Transport Day
Nov 14 Children’s day/ World
Diabetics day
Nov 17 Guru Nanak Dev’s Birth
Anniverrsary
Nov 26 Law Day
Nov 30 Flag Day
December
Dec1 World AIDS Day
Dec 4 Navy Day
Dec 7 Armed Force Flag Day
Dec 10 Human Rights day
Dec 11 UNICEF Day
Dec 14 National Energy
Conservation Day
Dec 19 Goa’s Liberation day
Dec 23 Kisan Divas