Monday 9 February 2015

GA UPDATES

Australia’s ruling Liberal Party voted on Monday morning to defeat a leadership spill motion, thereby retaining Tony Abbott in his role as the party leader and the country’s prime minister.

government on Saturday announced a capital infusion of Rs.6990 crore in nine state run banks, including State Bank of India (SBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB), but based on new efficiency parameters such as return on assets and return on equity.

Grammies announced

  • Record of the Year - "Stay with Me," Sam Smith
  • Song of the Year - "Stay with Me" (Darkchild Version)
  • Album of the Year - Morning Phase, Beck
  • Best Country Album - Platinum, Miranda Lambert
  • Best R&B Performance - "Drunk in Love," Beyoncé
  • Best Rock Album - Morning Phase, Beck
  • Best Pop Vocal Album - In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
  • Best Pop Solo Performance - "Happy," Pharrell Williams
  • Best New Artist - Sam Smith
  • Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - "Monster," by Rihanna and Eminem
  • Best Rap Album - The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
  • Best R&B Song - "Drunk in Love," Beyonce
  • Pop duo/group performance - "Say Something", A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera
  • Best Rock performance - Lazaretto, Jack White
  • Best Children's Album - I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai)
  • Best Musical Theater Album - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, 
  • Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
       BAFTA ANNOUNCED
  • BEST FILM: Boyhood
  • BEST BRITISH FILM: The Theory Of Everything
  • BEST DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
  • BEST LEAD ACTOR: Eddie Redmayne, The Theory Of Everything
  • BEST LEAD ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice
  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
  • BEST ANIMATED FILM: The Lego Movie, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
  • BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat


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