I am pleased to present this flashback 2014 to World Wide Web viewers through my social network blogs. Sure it would available to those who seeks to get update information on India and around the world.      
          First, I begins with Space  Missions. 2014 considered as ISRO's  dominant  year of the Space Programmes. It launched Communication Satellite, indigenous made Cryogenic Engine (GSLV), launched  successfully in January 6, and enters elite 6 Nation Space Club.

          On April 4, it's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV-C24) put country's Second Navigation Satellite into orbit.

          India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV- C23) successfully put five Satellite into orbit.

          India has created global history by becoming the first Asian Nation to reach the Mars Orbit in a space Mission. The mission itself was launched on a silent afternoon on November 5, 2013. After a journey of almost 300 days and covering 680 million kilometers, the spacecraft reached its destination.

         On August 6, 2012 NASA's Curiosity landed in Mars with a rover for a research the red planet  and on 5.12.2014 it sent "Orian" unmanned spacecraft to Mars. Besides NASA launched a spacecraft on August 5,2011 on a five your journey to Jupiter.
         
          Rosetta reaches comet 67ps orbit. After a journey of 10 years five months and four days through deep space crossing a distance of 6.4 billion km the Rosetta spacecraft arrived at its destination on August 6, which was at a distance of about 5 time the distance between sun and the earth.

          In 1994 ISRO's PSLV D-2 successfully placed an Indian Remote Sensing Satellite into orbit. On Oct 16,2014 PSLV - C26 launched 1425k Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System(IRNSS-IC) satellite into its precise orbit.

          Communication Satellite GSAT- 16  was successfully launched on board an Arianspace rocket-5 from Kourou  in French Guiana. The Satellite with 48 transponders, the largest ever carried by a communication space craft built by ISRO was injected into intended Geosynchronous Transfer orbit. It was duel satellite launch with GSAT-16 ejected into space four number after its co-passenger Direct TV-14 spacecraft designed to provide direct to home TV broadcasts across the US, was placed in orbit.

         On December 18, GSLV Mark III takes to the skies in test flight. The first experimental flight of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)  Mark III registered success as it lifted off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. It's success a prelude to manned space in future.

          Political Scene: Before the general election 2014 BJP and Congress have suzerainty over only a fourth of a total of 38 recognized parties in the Lok Sabha .After 2014 whole scenario changed. The  General Election verdict made the 128 old organisation that brought freedom  to India 67 years ago, reduced to a level of a small party with 44 members in the Lok Sabha. BJP got absolute majority of 284  members of it's own. Congress pushed out of power in the State Assembly elections also.

          Newly formed Party  Aam Aadmi Party led by Aravind Kejriwal become popular in Delhi by raises voice against corruption and it contested the Delhi Assembly election in December 2013 and got 28 seats in 70 seats Assembly. Kejriwal formed Govt with unconditional support from Congress and ruled Delhi for 48 days.
June 2: Telangana become 29th State of India.
Scam: Coal scam & 2 G scam became major issues in 2014. Supreme Court quashes allocation of 214 Coal blocks since 1993.
          UPA (United Progressive Alliance) appointed Governors were sacked by new NDA government.
Sacked governors are: B.LJoshi, UP; Shekhar Dutt, Chattisgarh; M.K.Narayanan,W.Bengal; Vakkom Purshothamon, Mizoram; B.V. Wanchoo,Goa; Ashwani Kumar, Nagaland; K.Sankaranaranan,Maharashtra, Virendra Kataria, Kamla Beniwal, Mizoram and Sheila Dikshit,Kerala.

 Erope: Ukraine crises a for the world. Crimea left Ukraine and joined Russia. Civil war in Syria, Libya made suffering for the people.

        Air Crash: The disappearance and suspected crash caps an astonishing tragic year for Air travel in South Asia, and Malaysia in particular.
          A Beijing bound Malaysia Airlines MH 370 carrying 239 people disappeared on the air on March 8 and while search on for the missing plane another Boeing MH 17 shot down in Ukraine  with 298 people, most of them are from Dutch, on July 17th.

          Trans Asia Airways fighter GE 222, Taiwan based airline crashed 48 killed and 10 survived.

          An air Algeria plane has crashed en-route from Ouagadougou in Burkina, Algeria with 110 passengers in board were killed.

         39 Killed in a Iran Airline crashed after take off from Tehran in July

          On December 28 Air Asia Airbus 320-200 Indonesia's Surabaya City to Singapore carrying 155 passengers and seven crew members vanishes over Java Sea searches on to trace the missing plane.

Shooting: 

         Gunning down of 44 Muslim villagers including many children on May 1-2 in Assam because of rivalry between political outfit over  "son of Soil" conflict.

          August 20 IS jihad behead US Journalist.
           Sept 18 A professor Islam known for his liberal religious views was shot dead in Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
            Nov 10  Suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber disguised in School uniform killed 43 students in North East Nigeria.
            Nov 23 Somalia's Al-Sabaab Islamist claimed responsibility for a dread bus attack in neighboring Kenya which killed 28 non-Muslims.
             Nov 23 suicide bomber killed 40 in Afghanistan.
          Dec. 1 13 CRPF men die in Maoist strike in Sukma, Chhatisgarh.
           Dec. 25 National Democratic Front of Boroland (Songhijit)  killed 78 adivasis in Assam.            
Pipeline Explosion: GAIL pipline explosion in Nagorqam in AP kills 15.
Abduction: May 5 More than 200 teenage girls were abducted by Islamic extremist in Nigeria.  
ISIS: Jihadis spear-heading Sunni Militant declared an "Islamic Caliphate" in Baghdad.
Train Accidents:
          Accident in Raigad killed 18 and more than 145 injured when Diva-Swart wadi Passenger train derailed.
May 27  Gorakhdam Express from New Delhi rammed a stationary freight train at Churab 45 km from its destination. 30 people killed and at least 100 injured.
June 24  Delhi-Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express derailed near Chapra in Bihar 5 killed.
Oct. 1    13 persons were killed and 47 injured following a head on collision between Knshak Express and the Lucknow Barauni Express.
Longest train Journey: Beijing: A goods train from China, world's largest rail journey when it reached Marid, it's final destination. The train connecting China to Spain passed through seven nations in Asia and Erope covering a mammoth 13000 km.
Railway line Restored: India helped Sri Lank in restoring the Railway line destroyed during war with LTTE.
National News: Shara Chief Subrata Roy in in jail for not refund the investors money. Bonds were issued against a total of 24,000 crore. Number of investors was shown as three crore. SEBI banned the scheme in 2010 and asked the commpany to refund the money to Investors .
Sept 18: Saratha Chit Fund scam in West Bengal brought shock to depositors when it fail to refund the deposited amount to its customers. Many people end their lives fear of lost their money. CBI inquiry  revealed many well connected people involved in the case.
Sports:
June 12-July 13 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. 33 Nations in 8 groups. Germany Champion of the game.
July 14-Aug 3  Commonwealth Games in Gold coast in Glasgow, Scotland.
Sept 19-Oct 3 17th Asian Games Inchon, South Korea 45 nations participated. India at 8th with 11 gold 9 Silver 37 bronze Total 57 medals.
Virus: Ebola Virus spread Nigeria at least 660 killed in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and now in Nigeria.
 Collegium:  Law Ministry has convened a meeting of eminent Jurists and member of the Law Commission to review the working of Collegium system of appointment of judges.
Sept. 8  The supreme Court described allegations against CBI Direct Mr Sinha frequently met accused person in the 2G same at his residence as "serious".
Sept 2: Japan to invest 2 lakh crore in Indian projects over 5 years These includes in infrastructor, clean energy and skill development.
Sept 6: India, Australia seal civil Nuclear deal.
Natural Calamity: In Sept. flood in Kashmir . Defense personnel done a mammoth service in rescue and relief works. more than one Lakh people evacuated to safer place.
Oct 12: Cyclone Hudhud in AP caused extensive damage. 1.35 lakh people evacuated to relief camps.
Blast: Bardhaman blast: An accidental blast at a house in West Bengal, Bardhaman district exposed long rooted terrorist activities  in W.Bengal and Bangladesh.
Dec2: India has marginally improved its ranking on the global corruption perception with a score of 36, India now ranks 85 among 175 nations.
Mar.27: The death sentence passed by the Egytian court against 629 supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsey has triggered an outcry among a wide cross section of the legal community at home as well as influential human rights groups across the world.
Oct 2: "Swachh Bharat Abhian, Clean India Mission inaugurated by PM.
Oct 16: "Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Karyakram " launched by PM.
Oct 20  "Sansad Adarsh Gram Yogan" lanunched by PM from Vayjan Bhavan.
Oct 29: A list of 627 Indian holding black money abroad. Most of them had accounts with HSBC Bank, Geneva.
Nov 1  EVK Elangovan takeover the reins of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.
Nov 11  6 Regional Parties united. Samajwadi Party(SP) Janata Dal (U), Janata Dal (S), INLD, SJP and        RJD.
Nov 6: Union Cabinet expanded. 8 Ministers included. Total number of Ministers 66. 
Death: The Legendary jurist V.K. Krishna Iyar who took up the cause of the poor and under privileged in his capacity as a minister in Kerala, a Supreme Court Judge died at the age of 99.
* Tamil film Director K. Balachander died at the age of 82.in December.

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