Earthquake in Nepal Kills 57 Again
* After an earth quake in Nepal on April 25 and April 26 another earthquake killing 57 and injuring 1100 people in Nepal
*The magnitude of earthquake was 7.3 which strikes 68 Km west of Manche Bazaar close to Mount Everest
*17 people die in India. 16 in Bihar and 1 in UP.
Another Bangladeshi Blogger Killed
*After the murder of two secular bloggers another blogger Ananta Bijoy murdered in Bangladesh
*This is the third murder in recent months.
*The two other secular bloggers were Avijit Roy and Oyashiqur Rahman were the earlier victims.
Railways now schedule on Google Maps
*Commuters can now access Indian Railways schedule on their mobiles as well as desktops using Google Maps.
*Information on 12,000 trains are available and the Maps will now offer updated details for bus and metro routes in nine cities. They are New Delhi, Chennai, Ahmadabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkatta, Mumbai, and Pune
Governors appointed for four states
*President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Governors for four states there by bringing down the number of Governors who had been holding the additional charges of more than two states
*The Newly appointed Governors are
1. Droupadi Murmu - Jharkhand
2. Thatagatha Roy - Tripura
3. V. Shanmuganathan - Meghalaya
4. J.P Rajkhowa - Arunachal Pradesh
Neel Mukherjee Indian Author won 2014 Encore Award
*Indian author Neel Mukherjee won the 2014 Encore Award for his novel The Lives of Others.
*The award is worth 10000 pounds.
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