19 May Current Affairs

1)Who was elected as the first Chief Minister of the newly-formed state of Telangana? –K Chandrasekhara Rao(He is the president andfounder of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and TRS had won 63 of the 119 Assembly seats in the assembly elections, results for which were announced on 16 May 2014. The Legislature party of the TRS elected him as the first Chief Minister of Telangana on 17 May 2014)…………………………………………2)Who would take over as the first Chief Minister of Seemandhra, the residual state after carving out of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh? –N. Chandra Babu Naidu(Naidu led Telugu Desham Party (TDP) won 103 assemblyseats from a total of 175seats. Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR CongressParty (YSRCP) won 67 seats while TDP’s alliance partner BJP won2 seats. Congress, whichruled for over four decades in the 57 years of existence of Andhra Pradesh, drew a blank in the elections and the party would not even have representation in the Legislative Assemblyof residuary Andhra Pradesh)…………………………………………3)Navin Patnaik led BijuJanata Dal (BJD) led Odisha state government returned topower yet again by winning the assembly elections of 2014. The results for the elections were announced on 16 May 2014 in which BJD claimed more than two-third majority by winning 117 of the total 147 seats. Navin Patnaikwould be Chief Ministerof the state for………….which term? –Fourth(Patnaik had been the Chief Minister of Odisha since 5 March2000. BJD has now won assembly elections under his helm in 2000,2004, 2009 and now in 2014. He was unanimously elected the BJD legislature partyleader on 18 May 2014)…………………………………………4)Who was sworn in as the 8thChief Minister ofArunachal Pradesh on 18 May 2014? –Nabam Tuki(Nabam Tuki is the veteran Congress leaderfrom the state and this is his second consecutive term. Congress had won a clear majority in the Assembly elections by winning 42 of the total 60 seats. BJP won 11 seats and was followed by People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) with 5 seats. Remaining seats were shared by independent candidates. The results for state’s Assembly elections were announced on 16 May 2014)…………………………………………5)C.P. Krishnan Nair, who passed away on 17 May 2014, was founder of which famous hotel and resort chain in India? –Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts(C.P. Krishnan Nair started tobuild the Leela group ofhotels at the age of 65 by setting up Hotel Leela Venture Ltd in 1983. He had in 1987 launched the iconic Leela Kempinski Hotel in Mumbai, his first hotel. In a short span of25 years, the Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts has eight luxuryproperties in New Delhi,Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Udaipur, Goa, Chennai and Kovalam with new hotels openingin Noida, Agra, Jaipur and Lake Ashtamudi in Kerala. On 7 February 2014, Nair stepped down as chairman of hiscompany and his elder son Vivek Nair was elevated to the position of chairman and managing director, while younger son Dinesh Nair was appointed co-chairman and managing director)…………………………………………6)Russi Mody, who passed away on 16 May 2014 at the age of 96, headed which famous corporate company of the country? –Tata SteelLtd.(Tata Steel Ltd. was then known as Tata Ironand Steel Co. (TISCO). Russi Mody joined TISCO in 1939 and rose through the ranks to become its Chairman. He retired in 1993 leaving behind a legacy of 53 years, which won him and the company international acclaim in various fields especially in industrial relations)…………………………………………7)Which place of Turkeycame to limelight for country’s worst-ever mine disaster of 13 May2014 in which more than 300 mine workers were killed? –Soma(Theaccident took place at coal mines of Soma, a town situated 480 km Southwest of Istanbul. The mines were managed by Soma Holdings. The accident took place when an explosion sent carbon monoxide gas into the mine’s tunnels while 787 miners were underground. This accident resulted in fierce anti-government protests starting at numerous places of Turkey in which the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was criticized for appearing insensitive in his reaction to the disaster. At least 25 people were arrested by Turkish police till 18 May 2014 for their negligence)