National Games Kerala

35th National Games Kerala 2015

Host State : Kerala

Next Hosting State : Goa

Official Mascot : Ammu ( The Great Horn Bird, State Bird of Kerala )

Brand Ambassador :  Sachin Tendulkar

Official Song : Run Kerala Run

Motto : Get Set Play

Opening Ceremony : Greenfield Stadium, Karyavattam, Tiruvanandapuram

Best Performing State : Kerala Team

Raja Bhalendra Singh Trophy : Services Team

Best Performing Men : Sajin Prakash (Kerala), Swimmer

Best Performing Women : Aakanksha Vora (Maharastra), Swimmer

Top 3 Medal Tally

State	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
SSC	91	33	31	159
Kerala	54	48	60	162
Haryana	40	40	27	107

Daily GK

1) Lankan President's India Visit

• Signed Nuclear Deal - Join hands in transfer of expertise, Training of personal in Nuclear Safety
• Cultural Co-Operation - To Enhance Ties in Performing arts, cultural Co-operation.
• MOU in establishing Nalanda University 
• Work plan under MOU in Co-Operation in Agriculture

2) IPL Authentication : Yuvraj and Karthick leads as the most valuable players

• Yuvraj Singh - 16 Million Doller by Delhi
• Dinesh Karthick - 10.5 Million Doller By RCB
• Zaheer Khan - 4 Million Doller by Delhi
• Amala, Sangakkara, Ross Taylor remain unsold

3) German Aerospace and Logistic Provider Thyssen Krupp to Set up Aerospace  Facility in SEZ Devanahalli in Bengaluru across 3300 sq.m

4) Telanghana CM K.Chandrasekara Rao and Maharastra CM Devendra Fatnavis to agree Inter-State Irrigation Projects.

5) Finance Ministry Re-Launches Website for Filling and processing Application of FDI  Proposal requesting Approval.

Capital and Currency - Tajikistan

TAJIKISTAN

Capital : Dushanbe

Currency : Tajikistani Somoni

President : Emomalii Rahmon

Prime Minister : Kokhir Rasulzoda

Language : Tajiki, Persian, Russian

Daily GK

1) IMF to reach a deal of grading a loan worth $17.5 billion over a term of 4 years

2) Bank employees to go on Strike from Feb 25 to 28.

3) Union Home Secretary - L.C.Goyal

4) Ministry of Environment and Forest partially accepted some recommendations of High Level Committee (HLC) led by former Cabinet Secretary T.S.R.Subramanian.

5) India's Rank in Press Freedom Index was now 136 out of 180 countries.

6) India to be power Surplus from 2019 said Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Power.

7) AAP Leader Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Delhi CM for the second time with record win of 67 out of 70.

8) T.Venkattram Reddy, Chairmen of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd (DCHL), Hyderabad based Media house and Vice-Chairmen T.Vinayak Ravi Reddy in a Bank Fraud Case by the CBI Special team of the Bank Securities and Fraud Cell.

9) The Reliance Cement Ltd of Anil Ambani wins First Coal Block for Rs 1402 tonnes.

10) India win over Pakistan 6-0 in World Cup Matches.

Highlights:

• Virat Kholi registered first Hundred in world cup match against Pakistan and become the highest individual Scorer against Pakistan Diminishing Sachin's 98.
• Sohail Khan registered 5 wickets as First ever Pakistan Bowler in World Cup Debut.
• Mohamad Shami registered best bowling figure of 4/35.
• Man of the Match Virat Kholi
• Toss Winner India

11) Yogaraj Sets World Guinness Record by performing 40 hours Non-Stop Yoga demonstrating 1500 Asanas

12) Former Minister and senior NCP Leader R.R.Patil Dead

13) Election Results

• Sri Rangam, TN - S.Valarmathi, AIADMK
• Panaji, GOA - Siddarth Kuncolieker, BJP
• Tirupati, Andra - M.Venkatramana, TDS
• Liromoba, Arunachal - Nyamar Karbak, Congress

14) Japan out of Recession 

Books and Authors

Book	Author
The Dramatic Decade : The Indra Gandhi Years	Pranab Mukherjee
My Journey Transforming into Dreams	A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
India at Risk	Jaswant Singh
A Suitable Boy	Vikram Seth
Getting India Back on Track : An Action Ajantha for Reform	Narandra Modi