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1 November 2014 Current Affairs

Bangalore Renamed Bengaluru

Karnataka’s capital Bangalore on 1 November 2014 shed its colonial name to become Bengaluru along with 11 other cities across the state, renamed in the native Kannada language. The renaming of India’s tech hub and other cities coincided with Karnataka’s 59th formation day. The state government on 31 October 2014 notified that Bangalore and 11 other cities across the state will be pronounced and spelt in Kannada from 1 November 2014, following approval by the central government to rename them in the local language.  Other well-known cities like Mysore will be pronounced and spelt Mysuru, Mangalore as Mangaluru ; Belgaum as Belagavi ;  Bellary as Ballari ;  Hubli as Hubballi and Gulbarga in the state’s northern region as Kalaburgi.  The remaining five cities — Bijapur became Vijayapura ; Chikmagalur Chikkamagaluru ;  Hospet Hosapeta ;  Shimoga in Malnad region as Shivamogga and Tumkur Tumakuru.

CSIR Scientist Venkat Mohan Won Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

S Venkata Mohan, scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad has been awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize 2014 in Engineering Sciences. His contributions in generating wealth from waste leading to the establishment of a viable link between waste remediation, renewable energy and third generation biofuels, has been recognised.

Rajiv Mehrishi Took Over As New Economic Affairs Secretary

Rajiv Mehrishi took charge as Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance. He was appointed as Secretary of Economic Affairs of Finance. Rajiv Mehrishi succeeded Arvind Mayaram who was shifted to Ministry of Minority Affairs on 30 October 2014. Earlier on 16 October 2014 Arvind Subramaniam joined as the new Chief Economic Advisor.

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