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Books and Authors 2018

Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan: ‘Across the Bench – Insight into the Indian Military Judicial
System’.
J K Rowling: Lethal White
C H. Hanumantha Rao: My journey from Marxism-Leninism to Nehruvian socialism
Ramachandra Guha: “Gandhi: The years that changed the world (1914-1948)”
PM Narendra Modi: Exam Warriors
Shashi Tharoor: Why I am Hindu
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu: “Moving On… Moving Forward: A Year in Office”
Cricketer VVS Laxman: 281 and Beyond
Brijendra Rehi: Atal Ji Ne Kaha
Chandan Gowda: The way I see it–a Gauri Lankesh Reader
Twinkle Khanna: Pyjamas are forgiving
Preeti Shenoy: The Rule Breakers
No Spin: Shane Warne

Mergers & Acquisitions 2018

Time Magazine is acquired by Salesforce founders for 190 million dollars.

Government announced mergers of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank & Vijaya Bank.
Infosys acquired Finnish Company ‘Fluido’ for Rs. 545 crore.
Infosys acquired WongDoody for 75 million dollars.
Synnex acquired Call center operation leader Convergys for 2.8 Billion Dollar
Walmart acquired 77% stake in Flipkart for 16 billion dollars
Coca Cola bought Costa Coffee for 5.1 billion US Dollars
Accenture bought Certus
McAfee acquired skyhigh networks
AT & T bought Time Warner
Hindalco’s US arm buys Aleris for $2.58 billion
Reliance Industry acquired Embibe
Vodafone India and Idea are merged.
Infosys acquired Skava
Paytm acquired Ticket new
PVR set to acquire SPI cinemas in a cash-cum-stock deal valued at over Rs 850 crore
Infibeam acquired Unicommerce eSolutions Pvt. Ltd.
Future Group acquired Vulcan Express
JSW Steel buys 74.3% stake in Monnet Ispat
MobiKwik acquired Pivotchain Solutions
Paytm acquired NightStay Travels
The Department of Telecom approved merger of Telenor India with Bharti Airtel.
HPCL, Mangalore Refinery merger in FY’19
Adani Wilmar acquired Ruchi Soyafor Rs. 6000 crore.

Brand Ambassadors
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Akshay Kumar: Revital H, Policybazaar.com, paisabazaar.com,Road safety campaign

Mary Kom: BSNL
Aamir Khan- Vivo India, Datsun Cars (Go, GoPlus Facelifts)
MS Dhoni- Dream 11 Gaming Site, NetMeds, Indigo paints, Mars’ chocolate brand
Snickers
Sonakshi Sinha: Asus Smart Phone and tablet
AR Rahman – Sikkim Brand Ambassador
Amitabh Bachchan- The Muthoot Group, One Plus 6
Ranbir Kapoor- Flipkart
Cricketer Smriti Mandhana: Bata’s Brand Power
Virat Kohli- Uber India, too yumm chips, Manyvar, MRF Tyres, PNB, Luminous
Power’s new brand AMAZE
Deepika Padukone- Go Ibibio
Shahrukh Khan- Nerolac wall paints, Food Panda, DishTV, Byju’s, Big Basket,
Hyundai
Ranveer Singh, Aalia Bhatt- Makemytrip
Aalia Bhatt- Frooti
Shraddha Kapoor- Veet
Shoaib Akhtar- Pakistan Cricket Board
Kartik Aaryan- Emami Fair & Handsome
Kriti Sanon: BATA, Dabur Skin Brand Fem
Hima Das: Assam state

18th Asian Games 2018

1. Held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.

2. Motto was Energy of Asia
3. Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung: mascots of the 2018 Asian Games.
4. 1st Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951.
5. 19th Asian Games would be held in Hangzhou, China in 2022.
6. India won Total 69 Medals in 2018 Asian games, finished at 8th position.
7. Top 3 countries are: China, Japan and Republic of Korea.
8. India won 15 Gold Medals, 24 Silvers and 30 bronze medals. This is India’s best ever
overall medal tally.
9. Kabaddi:- India failed to win gold in a sport they have dominated since it was
introduced for the first time in the tournament in 1990. For the first time, India men’s
team had not won the gold medal in Kabaddi at the Asian Games.

Some notable players:-

1. Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Throw)
2. Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat (Wrestling)
3. PV Sindhu (Silver, Badminton)
4. Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar (Bridge)
5. Rahi Sarnobat (Shooting)
6. Swapna Barman (Heptathlon)
7. Jinson Johnson (1500m Race, Gold)
8. Manjit Singh (800m Race, Gold)
9. Amit Panghal (Boxing)
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10. Saurabh Chaudhary (Shooting)

11. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Shot Put)
12. Dutee Chand, Hima das, Muhammad Anas (Sprinter)

Flag bearers
Opening ceremony: Neeraj chopra
Closing ceremony: Rani Rampal (hockey)

21th FIFA World Cup 2018

1. Host : Russia
2. Official Mascot : Zabivaka
3. Official Song : ‘ Live It Up ‘ By Nicky Jam
4. Campaign : ‘ Say No To Racism ‘
5. Teams : 32 Teams
6. Matches : 64 Matches Played, 169 Goals ( 2018 )
7. Final – France 4 – 2 Croatia
8. Winner: France (2nd Time, 1st 1998)
2nd: Croatia
3rd : Belgium
4th : England
9. Golden Boot Award : Harry Kane ( England , 6 Goals )
10. Golden Ball Award : Luka Modric ( Croatia )
11. Golden Glove Award : Thibaut Courtois ( Belgium , 27 Saves )
12. FIFA Young Player Award : Kylian Mbappe ( France )
13. FIFA Fair Play Award : Spain
14. Top 3 Teams Goals
Belgium (7 Matches, 16 Goals)
France. (7 Matches, 14 Goals)
Croatia (7 Matches, 14 Goals)

Grand Slams Winner 2018

1. Men’s Singles

TOURNAMENT WINNER RUNNER-UP

U.S. Open Novak Djokovic Juan Martin del Potro

Wimbledon Novak Djokovic Kevin Anderson

French Open Rafael Nadal Dominic Thiem

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Australian Open Roger Federer Marin Cilic

1. Women’s Singles

TOURNAMENT WINNER RUNNER-UP

U.S. Open Naomi Osaka Serena Williams

Wimbledon Angelique Kerber Serena Williams

French Open Simona Halep Sloane Stephens

Australian Open Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep

Commonwealth Games 2018

Venue: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

From 04 April to 15 April 2018
Motto: Share the Dream
Mascot: Borobi (Blue Koala)
Medals Tally:

# Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 Australia 80 59 59 198

2 England 45 45 46 136

3 India 26 20 20 66

4 Canada 15 40 27 82

5 New Zealand 15 16 15 46

Venue of next Commonwealth Games: Birmingham (U.K.)

Flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony: PV Sindhu

Flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony: Mary Kom

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Mirabai Chanu Wins India’s First Gold Medal

Weightlifter and current world champion Mirabai Chanu has clinched India’s first gold
medal of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Chanu is competing in the 48 kg category.
Neeraj Chopra, 1st Indian to Win Gold in Javelin Throw
Mary Kom, 1st Indian Woman to Win CWG Boxing Gold
Sushil Kumar Wins Gold in Wrestling
Indian wrestler and Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar bagged his third straight
Commonwealth Games gold medal after winning the men’s Freestyle 74 kg event.
Kidambi Srikanth Wins his 1st CWG Silver
World number one Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won his career’s first
Commonwealth Games singles silver medal.
Saina Nehwal Win Historic 2nd CWG Gold
Shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated world number three PV Sindhu in the first-ever all-
Indian women’s singles final at the Commonwealth Games.

Awards & Honours

Recent official entry to Oscars

India’s official entry to Oscars 2018: Newton
India’s official entry to Oscars 2019: Village Rockstars
63rd Filmfare Awards 2018
Best film: Hindi Medium
Best Actor: Irrfan Khan for Hindi Medium
Best actress: Vidhya Balan for Tumari Sulu
Best director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari for Bareilly ki barfi
Critics award for best film: Newton
Best supporting actor: Rajkummar Rao
DadaSaheb Phalke Award
The first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani.
Vinod Khanna wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2017.
World Food Prize: Lawrence Haddad and David Nabarro.
They worked to provide availability of nutritious food for pregnant women and children
to reduce malnutrition in developing countries.
Pritzker Architecture Prize (Nobel equivalent for the field): Balkrishna Doshi
He becomes 1st Pritzker laureate from India.
Abel Prize: Robert Langlands
developed a programme connecting representation theory to number theory.
Linnean Medal in Botany from Linnean Society of London: Kamaljit Bawa
pioneering research on evolution of tropical plants, tropical deforestation & non-timber
forest products First Indian to win the award ever since it was constituted in 1888.
OSCARS/90th Academy Awards
Best picture: The Shape of Water
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour
Best Actress: Frances McDormand for ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
Best Director: ‘Guillermo Del Toro for ‘The Shape of Water’.
Best Foreign Language Film: ‘A Fantastic Woman
Saraswati Samman 2017: Sitanshu Yashaschandra’s poetry collection “Vakhar”.
Saraswati Samman is awarded annually by the K K Birla Foundation.
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The Swedish Academy has postponed the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature following
sex-abuse allegations and other issues within its ranks that have tarnished the body’s
reputation. The 2018 winner will be presented alongside the 2019 winner next year. It
is the first time since wartime 1943 that the prestigious award will not be given.
Pulitzer Prize for Public Service: The New York Times and The New Yorker
Man Booker International Prize: Flights, A philosophical rumination on modern-day
travel by the Polish author Olga Tokarczuk
KISS Humanitarian Award 2018: Muhammad Yunus- Nobel Peace award winner &
the founder of Grameen Bank
Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize UNESCO: Mahmoud Abu Zeid- Egyptian
photo journalist
‘Palme d’Or- 2018 (highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival):
Shoplifters- Japanese family drama
Mumbai-based eminent neurosurgeon Dr B.K. Misra was named for prestigious Dr
B.C. Roy National Award for year 2018 as Eminent Medical Person of the Year
Gopalkrishna Gandhi was conferred with 2018 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana
Award
Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among six who have been
declared winners of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award, often referred to as Asian
version of the Nobel Prize.
Virat Kohli and S Mirabai Chanu got Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards 2018.
Anushka Sharma receives Smita Patil Award
PM Modi got UN’s Highest Environment Honour
Nobel Prize 2018

Physics Arthur Ashkin (USA), “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of

Gerard Mourou (France) laser physics”

and Donna Strickland
(Canada)

Chemistry (a) one half to Frances H. (a) “for the directed evolution of enzymes”
Arnold (USA) (b) “for the phage display of peptides and
(b) other half jointly to antibodies”
George P. Smith (USA)
and Sir Gregory P. Winter
(UK)

Peace Denis Mukwege (Congo) “for their efforts to end the use of sexual
and Nadia Murad (Iraq) violence as a weapon of war and armed
conflict”

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Economic (a) William D. Nordhaus (a) “for integrating climate change into long-
Sciences (USA) run macroeconomic analysis”
(b) Paul M. Romer (USA) (b) “for integrating technological innovations
into
long-run macroeconomic analysis.”

Physiology or James P Allison (USA) “for their discovery of cancer therapy by

Medicine and Tasaku Honjo (Japan) inhibition of negative immune regulation”

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