Current Affairs 11th - 12th May 2014

Current Affairs 11th - 12th May 2014

Updated : 12-May-2014

Current affairs May 2014 on 11th-12th day includes news on Hinduja brothers, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova, Florence Nightingale awards.
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India-born Hinduja brothers emerge richest in Britain
India-born Hinduja brothers, Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja, have emerged as the richest men in Britain with a net wealth of 11.9 billion pounds (about $20 billion). Their current fortune is up by 1.3 billion pounds during last year to make them on first spot.
By this they have replaces steel-tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Russian Alisher Usmanov.
Top 25 names listed are :
- Sri and Gopi Hinduja, 11.9 billion pound, up by 1.3 billion pound
- Alisher Usmanov, 10.65 billion pound, down by 2.65 billion pound
- Lakshmi Mittal and family, 10.25 billion pound, up by 250 million pound
- Len Blavatnik, 10 billion pound, down by 1 billion pound
- Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli, 9.75 billion pound, up by 2.35 billion pound
- John Fredriksen and family, 9.25 billion pound, up by 450 million pound
- David and Simon Reuben, 9 billion pound, up by 719 million pound
- Kirsten and Jorn Rausing, 8.8 billion pound, up by 3.69 billion pound
- Roman Abramovich, 8.52 billion pound, down by 780 million pound
- The Duke of Westminster, 8.5 billion pound, up by 700 million pound
- Galen, Hilary and George Weston and family, 7.3 billion pound, up by 650 million pound
- Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho, 6.36 billion pound, down by 635 million pound
- Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and family, 6.16 billion pound, up 1.65 billion pound
- Carrie and Francois Perrodo and family, 6.14 billion pound, new entrant in the list
- German Khan, 6.08 billion pound, new entrant in the list
- Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, 6 billion pound, up by 3.65 billion pound
- Hans Rausing and family 5.9 billion pound, up by 1.18 billion pound
- Nicky Oppenheimer and family, 4.57 billion pound, up by 785 million pound
- Earl Cadogan and family, 4.2 billion pound, up by 525 million pound
- Joseph Lau and family, 4.03 billion pound, down by 570 million pound
- Sir Philip and Lady Green 3.88 billion pound, no change
- Denis O'Brien, 3.85 billion pound, up by 486 million pound
- Mike Ashley, 3.75 billion pound, up by 1.45 billion pound
- Sir Richard Branson and family, 3.6 billion pound, up by 86 million pound
- Idan Ofer, 3.43 billion pound, new entrant in the list
Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova clinched Madrid Open titles
Rafel Nadal and former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova have bagged 2014 Mutua Madrid Masters titles on Sunday.
Rafael Nadal defeated his final opponent Japanese Kei Nishikori, while Maria Sharapova defeated her opponent Simona Halep.
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Rafael Nadal is 13-time winner of singles Grand Slam.
President confered Florence Nightingale awards
On 12th May 2014, the President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee conferred National Florence Nighangle Awards 2014 to 35 nursing personnel from across the country for their meritorious services at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.
The award is conferred every year on 12 May as the world on this day observes International Nurse's Day. Theme chosen by the International Council of Nurses for this year is Nurses: A force for change – A vital resource for health.
The list of awardees for 2014 is as follows
- Daizy Thomas from Andhra Pradesh
- Major General Sunita Kapoor from Army Head Quarters
- Dr. Sudhamani Amma. S from Kerala
- A. Gnana Laxmi from Hyderabad
- Rafiqa Bashir from Jammu & Kashmir
- Dr. Punitha Vijaya Ezhilarasu from Tamil Nadu.
- Dr. Sailaxmi Gandhi from Karnataka.
- Sister Saumya from Andhra Pradesh.
- Tapasi Pandit from Arunachal Pradesh
- Annamma Varughese from Bihar
- Kailash Radhid Masih from Chandigarh
- Bhanumati Kantilal Popatani from Dadra & Nagar Haveli
- Maria Conceicao Satos De Costa from Daman & Diu
- Praveen F. Goravanakolla from Karnataka.
- Sharmila. K from Kerala
- Chhaya Pramod Lad from Maharashtra
- Yumnam Soroja Devi from Manipur
- Lallungmuani from Mizoram.
- Baldev Singh from Rajasthan
- Beula Indrani from Tamil Nadu
- Suman R. Kashyap from New Delhi
- Asha Khosla from New Delhi
- Kamla Sharma from New Delhi
- Buluma Saikia from Guwahati
- Laxmi Rongkali from Uttarakhand
- Gyati Jailang from Arunachal Pradesh
- Runu Bharali from Assam
- Martha Dodray from Bihar
- Manjulaben Keshavbhai Patel from Dadra & Nagar Haveli
- Vaishali Vilas Ruikar from Maharashtra
- Elistina Marbaniang from Meghalaya
- Padmabati Mehar from Odisha
- Supriti Kana Mandal from West Bengal
- Sunita Sharma from Chandigarh
- L. Chongnu Kom from Manipur
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