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Booker Prize 2014 for Fiction

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Other Books in news

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Disasters in News

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Days in News

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Places in News: 2014-October

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West Bengal

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Delhi

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Telengana

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Karnataka

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Other states

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Tribes in News

Booker Prize 2014 for Fiction

Australias Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize 2014.
His novel: The Narrow Road to the Deep North (http://www.flipkart.com/narrow-roaddeep-north-english/p/itmdzhybvpkntac5?pid=9780701189051&affid=mrunalrugm)
His father was a Japanese prisoner of war. He worked on the Thailand-Burma Death
Railway. Novels revolves around similar plot.

Novel title named after a travelogue of Japanese Haiku poet Bako.

Indian entry to didnot win:The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee
(http://www.flipkart.com/lives-others-english/p/itmdvzrvfzaw23gz?
pid=9788184003796&affid=mrunalrugm).

Controversy in Booker
Booker has decided to accept entries of American authors as well.
Hence authors from common wealth nations are angry. Because they cant compete in
Americas Pulitzer prize.
Other awards

For poetry in given year.

Khushwant Singh Prize

By ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival

Winner to be announced in January each year.

Sahitya Akademi Yuva

puraskar

Kaushik Barua Windhorse novel about Tibetan armed

struggle.

Books, Movies, Artists in news

Daler
Mehndi

IndiPop Singer from Punjab, elder brother of Mika Singh.

Pakis hacked his website in retaliation of Indian hackers attack on
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) website.
Wrote Da Vinci Code (http://www.flipkart.com/da-vinci-codeenglish/p/itmdzhsregtvvgps?pid=9780552161275&affid=mrunalrugm),

Dan Brown

Angels & Demons (http://www.flipkart.com/angels-demonsenglish/p/itmdzyrnxbwdjpzy?pid=9780552161268&affid=mrunalrugm),

The Lost Symbol, Inferno, Digital Fortress and Deception Point
Visiting Mumbai hence in news.

Haider

Joseph E.
Stiglitz

Bollywood movie. Director Vishal Bhardwaj. Actor Shahid Kapoor. an

adaptation of Shakespeares Hamlet (http://www.flipkart.com/hamletenglish-01/p/itmeyzu7zjkxfgg2?pid=9788124800539&affid=mrunalrugm).
noted economist
A New Approach to Growth, Development and Social Progress.

Julian
Assange

When Google Met Wikileaks (http://www.flipkart.com/google-metwikileaks-english/p/itmeymyxtpum7zqv?

pid=9788189059668&affid=mrunalrugm)

Kelvin
Pietersen

KP: The Autobiography (http://www.flipkart.com/kp-theautobiography/p/itmeyvx8pafuyxdb?

pid=DGBDZYVEGPHKEYWN&affid=mrunalrugm). Claimed that in England
cricket team, senior players bully in the dressing room. Hence in controversy.

Khushwant
Singh

I Shall Not Hear The Nightingale (http://www.flipkart.com/shall-not-hearnightingale-english/p/itmczyrrkatc6qpd?

pid=9780144000845&affid=mrunalrugm).
Former CIA chief. Wrote book Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in

Leon
Panetta

War and Peace (http://www.flipkart.com/worthyfights/p/itmdtpdgvqqkbvbj?

pid=DGBEYPHHKKRYEGBZ&affid=mrunalrugm).
Criticized Obama for being lax about ISIS
Died in October. He Worked with Times of India

M.V.
Kamath

book The Man of the Moment: Narendra Modi

(http://www.flipkart.com/man-moment-narendra-modi-

english/p/itmdhy9g7czfrzvn?pid=9789325968387&affid=mrunalrugm).
Mamata
Banerjee

Kutsa Pakhha [Those Who Slander]. She has targets media and BJP in this
book.
Malgudi Days (http://www.flipkart.com/malgudi-days-pb-

RK
Narayan

english/p/itmdzkk97z2z7kmm?pid=9788185986173&affid=mrunalrugm)
Swami and his friends (http://www.flipkart.com/swami-friendsenglish/p/itmdxa26nrbdwz5g?pid=9788185986005&affid=mrunalrugm).
October 10, 2014- his 108th birthday. Google doodle paid tribute.

Sachin
Ramesh
Tendulkar

Satyarth
Nayak

William
Dalrymple

Playing It My Way My Autobiography (http://www.flipkart.com/playingmy-way-autobiography-english/p/itmdzqt6adzgxnsb?

pid=9781473605206&affid=mrunalrugm)
It will be released on 6th November.
The Emperors Riddles (http://www.flipkart.com/emperor-s-riddlesenglish/p/itmdtbxyebpqhac5?pid=9789381506455&affid=mrunalrugm)
historical thriller
Latest book: The Anarchy about East India companys history.
Earlier books: the Mughals, The Last Mughal and Return Of A King. All
cover the period of 1790 to 1850.

Not latest books but in news

Gajanan
Madhav
Muktibodh

50th death anniversary. Hindi poet from Maharashtra. Famous

collection: Tar Saptak (Upper Octave)

Gandhi

My Experiments with Truth (http://www.flipkart.com/autobiographystory-my-experiments-truth-english/p/itmdx9v8sefbtsfh?

pid=9788172290085&affid=mrunalrugm)

Jawaharlal
Nehru
Kodungallur
Kunhikkuttan
Thampuran

Discovery of India (http://www.flipkart.com/discovery-indiaenglish/p/itmdyt4fk6uccczf?pid=9780143031031&affid=mrunalrugm)

An Autobiography
150th birth anniversary. He translated Mahabharata from Sanskrit to
Malayalam. Earned title Kerala Vyasa.

Gita Rahasya (http://www.flipkart.com/geeta-rahasya-srimadbhagwatgeeta-volume-2/p/itmdx7rcvyuvjpwy?

Lokmanya Tilak

pid=9788174681317&affid=mrunalrugm)
The Arctic Home in the Vedas (http://www.flipkart.com/arctic-homevedas-english/p/itmeyfthh9kpzteq?
pid=9788189297176&affid=mrunalrugm)
100th birth anniversary.

Octavio Paz

Latin American poet and Nobel winner, birth centenary year.

Wrote poetry collection In Light Of India

Ram Manohar
Lohia

Wheel of History
Marx, Gandhi and Socialism

Disasters in News
Hurricane
Gonzalo

Bermuda

Tropical
Storm Trudy

Mexico coast, Southern coast.

Typhoon
Phanfone

Japan

Typhoon
Vong-fong

Sothern Japan

Hurricane
Simon

Mexicos, Pacific coast

Hudhud / Hoopoe is the national bird of Israel.
Oman suggested this cyclone name.

Cyclone
Hudhud

Oct 2014 (7 to 14) Affected: Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, UP,

Madhya Pradesh and even Nepal
Operation Lahar: rescue effort for Cyclone Hudhud. Operation Led by
the Indian Navy.
By the way, Mission Sahayata = relief operation in J&K floods.

Cyclone
Nilofar

Nilofar- water lily. Paki suggested this name.

Oct 25-31. Affected Kutch, Saurashtra, North Gujarat and Pakistan.

Days in News
Oct 1

Chinas bday

Oct 2

Gandhis bday.
World mental health day.

Oct
10
Oct
14

Theme living with Schizophrenia

Ada Lovelace Day to Celebrate women in science, technology and maths.
World Food day. Because it is the foundation day of Food and agri. Org.of UN

Oct
16
Oct
21

(FAO)
2014s theme: Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth
Police commemoration day

Oct
31

Sardar Patels Bday = National integration day

Indira Gandhis death anniversary.

Places in News
West Bengal
Shyamal
Sen

This retired justice headed commission to probe Saradha chit fund scam. But
now W.Bengal Government shut it down.
located in the southern-most tip of Sunderbans archipelago of West

Sagar
Island

Bengal.
Where river hooghly meets the sea.
CM Mamta Benerjee wants to develop it as tourist attraction.
Blast In West-Bengal in thistown.
Building owned by a Trinmool leader.

Burdwan

More than 50 IED recovered. Supplier Jmaat Ul Mujahideen Bangladesh

(JMB).
NIA and National security advisor Ajit Dowal visited.

Delhi
Delhi zoo
Delhi zoo will incinerate animal products elephant tusks, rhino horn, tiger nails and
skull, fox and jackal skull, hippopotamus teeth and chinkara horns worth over Rs.20
lakh.
Earlier these items were sent to the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun for research.
But now Dehradun has over-supply. Doesnt want new stock.
Delhi zoo could auction these animal items and make truckload of cash. But theyve
decided to incinerate (burn) them, to create awareness.
More news in Delhi
to revive three water bodies near Qutub minar:
ASI

Rajon ki Baoli
Gandhak ki Baoli
Hauz-i-Shamsi or Shamsi talab

Lt.Gov

Najib Jung unable to invite any party to form government. Latest Development:
BJP said they cant form Government.
Riots at trilokpuri.

Riots

Government announced 5 lakh rupees compensation for victims of Anti-Sikh

riots in 1984.

Telengana
CM wants to increase monthly salary of MLA and MLCs from present 1.2 lakhs to 2 lakhs.
Adilabad no tigers left.
Hyderabad: Alai Balai festival for folk artists.
Hyderabad: Metropolis World Congress
Jahnavi Sriperambuduru. Class 9 Hyderabadi girl climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Karnataka
Vishwa Tuluvere Parba (global Tulu festival) at Manglore.

Worlds first speech and hearing museum to come up in Mysore

Shimoga airport near Banglore. Project yet to begin.
decided to rename Belgaum as Belagavi.
KPSC: designed new syllabus on the lines of Hota Committee.
Halmidi village in Belur taluk: oldest Kannada inscription was found here.
Other states

Kerala

Maryur silk from Thiruvananthapuram. Government trying to revive.

Vadodara /Baroda will be promoted as Cultural Capital of Gujarat.
First offshore wind power project to come up in Gujarat with US help.

Gujarat

Refused to give NOC for field-trials of Genetically modified GM-crops.

(although GEAC Committee has approved).
Camel is State animal. Hence this year Royal family of Tonk, will not
sacrifice camel during Eid-Ul-Zuha.

Rajasthan

Pushkar Town near Ajmar. Cattle fair every year.

Jaipur will host Maitri exhibition for Indian and Chinese artists.

Bihar

Patna: Stampeded At Ram Leela. >30 killed.

Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh.
Keetham Lake supplies water to Agra.

UP

NGT national green tribunal stopped illegal construction by an

Engineering college here.
Penneshwaramadam temple. Hoysala ruler Veer Ramanathas inscription
says the public official looking the other way as much as the doer of

Tamilnadu

corruption.
Ex-CM Jaylalitha gets bail from Kanataka jail, in the corruption case.
Tamil Fishermen arrested in Sri-Lanka for Heroine smuggling case, got
death penalty.

Tribes in News
Kommu
Koya
tribals

in Khammam District of Telangana, who consider Sabari of Ramayana period

was from their community, celebrate Sabari Smruthi Yatra and perform folk
dances

Tribals from Assam plans.

has four clans Dibongia, Borgoyan, Tengaponia and Patorgoyan. While
Deoris

Deoris belonging to Dibongia, the Borgoyan and Tengaponia clans are found
in Assam, the Patorgoyan clan was reported to be missing or lost.
Research now in Myanmar looking for the Patorgoyan tribe.

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