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1 April 2014

Sports Ministry derecognises IABF

The Sports Ministry of India has derecognised the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF)with an immediate effect on 1 April because of the boxing bodys refusal to comply with itsdirectives on holding a re-election.This ban can be considered as a second blow to IABF, asearlier it was terminated by its international parent body, International Boxing Association(AIBA). AIBA terminated on the allegations of rigged elections and corruption.Earlier, it wassuspended provisionally by the Ministry in December 2012. Its suspension came with adirection to hold fresh elections and make its combination complaint with National SportsCode.

RBIs First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2014-15

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 April released it first Bi-monthly Monetary Policystatement 2014-15 keeping the repo rate unchanged at 8 per cent.The CRR has been kept at 4per cent.On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, ithas been decided to :-* keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 8.0 percent;* keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0 per cent of netdemand and time liability (NDTL); and* increase the liquidity provided under 7-day and 14-day term repos from 0.5 per cent of NDTLof the banking system to 0.75 per cent, and decrease the liquidity provided under overnightrepos under the LAF from 0.5 per cent of bank-wise NDTL to 0.25 per cent with immediate

effect.Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF will remain unchanged at 7.0 per cent, andthe marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 9.0 per cent.

2 April 2014

World Autism Awareness Day Celebrated Across The world

The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day 2014 was celebrated across the world on 2April 2014. The day is celebrated to raise fund and to create awareness about autism. On thisday, Autism Speaks organisation celebrated Light It Up Blue. Light It Up Blue is a globalinitiative that kicks-off Autism Awareness Month and helps raise awareness about autism. TheUnited Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution on Autism on 18December 2007 and decided to designate 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day. Theresolution was adopted to highlight the need to help improve the lives of children and adultswho suffer from the disorder. As a result, the first World Autism Awareness Day was celebratedon 2 April 2008.

Viswanathan Anand Raises To No. 3 In FIDE World Chess Rankings

Viswanathan Anand ranked World number 3 in the rating list released by FIDE . Anand withthe Victory at the Candidates Tournament held in Russia in March 2014 has moved five places

ahead from 8 to 3 with 2785 Elo points. According the rating list, Magnus Carlsen of Norwaywith Elo points 2881 ranks no 1 and Levon Aronian of America with 2812 ranks 2.

3 April 2014

R Gandhi Appointed Deputy Governor of RBI

The government has appointed R Gandhi as deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on3 April. Gandhi has been handed over a three year term, and replaces Anand Sinha who retiredfrom his post in January. Prior to this Gandhi was an executive director of the central bank. Adeputy governor could be appointed for a maximum of 5 years or till the age of 62 whichever is

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earlier.The RBI now has four Deputy Governors KC Chakrabarty, HR Khan, Urjit Patel and R.Gandhi.

D K Pathak Appointed As The New Director General of BSF

Union Government appointed senior IPS officer D K Pathak as the new Director General of theBorder Security Force (BSF). BSF is countrys largest border guarding force. His name for thepost of DG was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed byPrime Minister Mamohan Singh. Pathak is a 1979-batch officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.Prior to the appointment of DG, he was posted as the Special DG and was also officiating asthe DG since 1 March 2014. The post of the DG of BSF was vacant since 28 February 2014when Subhash Joshi retired from the post of DG. Pathak had served in another paramilitaryCRPF as its chief of operations in Jammu and Kashmir and he has also spent stints in variouspositions in his cadre states of Assam and Meghalaya.

4 April 2014

HAL Received The Most Efficient Navratna Award 2013

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) received the Most Efficient Navratna Award for the year2013. It received the award at the 5th Dalal Street Investment Journal Awards ceremony heldin New Delhi. The award was collected by the Chairman of HAL, Dr. R K Tyagi.The awards werepresented to the various PSUs in different categories in recognition of their performance andcontribution to the Indian economy.The award was given to the company for the measure it hastaken on various fronts such as R&D, modernization, customer initiatives, quality and thrustgiven on indigenization.

Europe Launches Environment Satellite

Europe has launched the first in a constellation of hi-tech satellites designed to monitor Earthfor climate change and environmental damage and help in disaster relief operations. Sentinel-1A, a satellite designed to scan the Earth with cloud-penetrating radar, had lifted off at 2102GMT aboard a Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana . The 2.2-tonne satellite is the first ofhalf-a-dozen orbital monitors that will be built and launched under the $5.19-billionCopernicus project, a joint undertaking of ESA and the European Union (EU).

5 April 2014

MS Dhoni Won United Kingdoms 2014 Asian Award

Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni has won United Kingdoms 2014 Asian award for outstandingachievement in sports.The award was announced at Londons at The Grosvenor House Hotel.

Cambodias World Heritage Angkor Wat gets Googles Street View

Google launched Street View imagery of the iconic site of Angkor Wat and some 100surrounding historic temples on Google Maps.The Google Maps feature allows web users toexplore 100 of Cambodias historic temples online in 360-degree panoramic imagery.TheAngkor Wat project was developed with the help of the Apsara Authority of the Kingdom ofCambodia. APSARA National Authority is an organisation created for the protection andmaintenance of Angkor.

6 April 2014

Koyal Rana Wins Miss India 2014 Title



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Koyal Rana won the coveted Miss India 2014 crown at the 51st edition of the pageant. She wascrowned winner among 24 gorgeous contestants from across the country. Miss India 2013Navneet Kaur Dhillion, and Miss World 2013 Megan Young felicitated Rana with the crown atthe beauty pageant. Jhataleka Malhotra, was crowned first runner-up by Sobhita Shulipala,and Gail Nicole Da Silva was crowned second runner-up by Zoya Afroz. Koyal Rana hails from

Jaipur, Jhataleka from Mumbai, and Gail from Goa.Rana will represent India at the Miss

World 2014 beauty pageant this year.

Hakamada Presented with WBC honorary Championship Belt

The World Boxing Council on 6 April presented an honorary championship belt to IwaoHakamada, who was recently released from jail following a court decision to hold a retrial forhim over robbery, murder and arson in 1966, for which he was sentenced to death. Apresentation ceremony for Hakamada, a former Japanese professional boxer, took place at a

Tokyo gymnasium where WBC boxing matches were held. His elder sister, Hideko, received thebelt from WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman on behalf of her 78-year-old brother, who is nowhospitalized.

7 April 2014

Indian Army Successfully Test-Fired BrahMos Missile

The Army on 7 April successfully test-fired an advanced version of 290 km range supersoniccruise missile BrahMos as part of a user trial at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan. The missilewas launched by a mobile autonomous launcher deployed in full configuration with mobilecommand post at the ranges. The launch was successful and the missile hit the designatedtarget. Both the Army and Navy have already inducted the missile, developed by India in

partnership with Russia.

World Health Day 2014 Observed Across The World

World Health Day 2014 was observed across the world on 7 April 2014. The theme for 2014sWorld Health Day is Vector-borne diseases. The theme, also dubbed by the WHO as Smallbite, big threat, will highlight dangers and threats from some of the most commonly knownvectors such as mosquitoes, sand flies, bugs, ticks and snails. The day provides anopportunity for individuals to get involved in activities that can lead to better health.

8 April 2014

Jhumpa Lahiris Lowland Shortlisted For Top UK prize

Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian American novelist Jhumpa Lahiris Lowland has beenshortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Prize, the UKs only annual book award for fiction written by awoman. Lowland published in 2013 is a book set in Kolkata and Rhode Island in the US andnarrates a story about the lives of two brothers (Subhash and Udayan), their choices and theirfate. Earlier, the book was also shortlisted for Man Booker Prize.

Ravi Chauhan Named SAP India MD

Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India. He will take the chargeimmediately. He will report directly to Adaire Fox-Martin, President of SAP Asia Pacific Japan.He had joined SAP after four years at Juniper Networks, where he had last served as ManagingDirector for India and South Asia. Before Juniper, Chauhan held leadership roles at NortelNetworks. SAP was founded in Walldorf, Germany in 1972 by five ex-IBM engineers. SAPstands for Systeme, Andwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung which translated toEnglish means Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing.



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9 April 2014

Sachin Tendulkar Adorns Cover of Wisden Cricketers Almanack

Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, who quit international cricket last year after an illustrious

24-year long career, adorned the covers of the 151st edition of the Wisden CricketersAlmanack. The 40-year-old cricketer is the first Indian to feature on the cover of the Almanack.He was earlier chosen to feature on the cover of the second edition of the Wisden IndiaAlmanack. The 2014 edition of Wisden Cricketers Almanack will be published in London on 9April 2014.

World Bank Projects 5.7% Growth For India In 2014-15

The World Bank on 9 April projected an economic growth rate of 5.7 per cent in 2014-15 forIndia on the back of a more competitive exchange rate and many large investments going

forward. Another multilateral agency IMF had on 8 April 2014 forecast that Indian economywould recover from 4.4 per cent growth in 2013 to 5.4 per cent in 2014. In its twice-a-yearSouth Asia Economic Focus, the World Bank forecast that economic growth in the regionwould rise to 5.8 per cent in 2015 from 5.2 per cent this year and 4.8 percent last year.

10 April 2014

R Chandrasekaran Takes Over As NASSCOM chairman

R Chandrasekaran, Executive Vice-Chairman of Cognizant India, is taking over as Chairman ofsoftware industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)from Krishnakumar Natarajan, CEO and MD of mid-sized IT firm Mindtree. Nasscoms

Executive Council appointed BVR Mohan Reddy, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director ofInfotech Enterprises, as Vice-Chairman.

Anand Sinha Committee Recommends Benchmark For Floating Interest Rate

A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committee suggested a benchmark floating interest rate,especially for home loans, to bring greater transparency in the pricing of credit. The committeeheaded by former RBI Deputy Governor Anand Sinha on 10 April released Draft Report onWorking Group on Pricing of Credit. As per the report the Indian Banks Association (IBA) maydevelop a new benchmark for floating interest rate products, namely, the Indian Banks Base

Rate (IBBR), which may be collated and published by IBA on a periodic basis.

11 April 2014

Justice RM Lodha is new Chief Justice of India

Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) and hewill assume his charge on 27 April 2014. Justice Lodha is the senior-most judge of the apexcourt after CJI P Sathasivam. He will have a brief tenure of five months as the Chief Justice ashe is scheduled to retire on 27 September 2014. Justice Lodhas name was recommended as

the next CJI by Justice Sathasivam.

British Queen Confers Knight Grand Cross On Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group which is one of the largest employers inBritain, has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE (Knight Grand Cross), one of theUKs highest civilian awards. Ratan Tata is the only Indian among five foreigners to be awardedas part of the Honorary British Awards to Foreign Nationals for 2014, others including

Japanese and Greek nationals for services to economic and cultural ties with the UK.



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12 April 2014

Veteran Film Lyricist Gulzar Chosen For Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013

Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award forthe year 2013. This is Indias highest award in cinema, given annually by the government. Hewas also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004, and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002. Hehas also won the Academy Award for the best original score for Jai Ho from SlumdogMillionaire, which he shared with AR Rahman. The same song has also won him a Grammyaward for the best song written for a motion picture, television or other visual media.

SBI launched Twitter Handle Account

State Bank of India (SBI) launched its Twitter handle account. This follows earlier launch ofSBI account on Facebook on the 7th November, 2013 and on YouTube on the 23rd January,2014 which now allows the customers to have access through all the major social mediachannels.Mid-sized private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank had launched twitter-linkedcurrent accounts in March 2014.

13 April 2014

The Accidental Prime Minister Book Released

The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh written byDr. Sanjaya Baru. The book has highlighted the difference between the good governance andbad governance by comparing UPA regime under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and NDAregime under Atal Viharee Vajpayee. Sanjaya Baru was the media advisor of the PrimeMinister, Manmohan Singh between 2004 and 2008.

RIL, SBI, Tata Motors Among 100 Most Influential Asian Companies

Three Indian firms, including Reliance Industries, have made it to the list of 100 mostinfluential Asian companies compiled by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Mukesh Ambani-

led Reliance Industries ( RIL) bagged the 77th position in the top 100 most influential Asiancompanies ranking for 2014 while Tata Motors and State Bank of India ( SBI) were at 79th and80th places respectively. The list is being topped by Samsung Electronics followed by Hyundai(second) Toyota (third), Hitachi (fourth) and Sony (fifth). The ranking is based on indicatorsincluding corporate revenue, growth, innovation, research, brand value, global footprint andsocial responsibility.

14 April 2014

Baroda Won Syed Mushtaq Ali Cricket T20 Title

Baroda won the National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy title after defeated Uttar Pradeshin the final match by three runs on 14 April at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Earlier in2012, Baroda won the title at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

UK and Ireland Scientists Use Stem Cells To Grow Red Blood Cells

Scientists in the UK and Ireland have successfully used stem cells to grow large numbers of redblood cells in the laboratory and are now preparing to test them in human trials. The processinvolves growing trillions of stem cells and then using growth factors and other substances,originally found in the body but used in the laboratory, to convert stem cells naturally to red



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blood cells, explained Dr Jo Mountford of the Scottish transfusion board and the University ofGlasgow where the laboratory is based.

15 April 2014

Supreme Court Recognizes Transgenders As Third Gender

The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment on 15th April 2014, created the thirdgender status for transgenders. A bench of Supreme Court comprising Justice KSRadhakrishnan and AK Sikri in its decision had directed the center and state governments totake essential steps for bringing the community into the mainstream by providing adequatehealthcare, education and employment.

India Born Poet Vijay Seshadri Won 2014 Pulitzer Prize

India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetrycategory for his collection of poems entitled 3 Sections published in 2013. The 98th annualPulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Drama, Letters and Music was announced by ColumbiaUniversity in New York. As a reward, Vijay would receive 10000 US dollar.

Arvind Mayaram Appointed As new Finance Secretary

Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as the new Finance Secretaryon 15 April. Mayaram is a 1978 batch Rajasthan cadre IAS officer and has been holding charge

as the Economic Affairs Secretary since 2012. The post of Finance Secretary was lying vacantafter Sumit Bose retired on 31 March 2014.

16 April 2014

61st National Film Awards

The 61st National Film Awards for 2013 was announced in New Delhi on 16 April by theDirectorate of Film Festivals. Ship Of Theseus has won the Golden Lotus for Best FeatureFilm. The Best Actor award is shared between Shahid star Rajkummar Rao and Malayalam

actor Suraj Venjaramudu. Geetanjali Thapa won Best Actress for Liars Dice.Following is the listing of Winners for important Categories :-* Best Feature Film Ship of Theseus (Anand Gandhi)* Best Director Hansal Mehta for Shahid * Best Actor Rajkumar Rao for Shahid and Malayalam actor Suraj Venjaramoodu for Perariyathavar* Best Actress Geetanjali Thapa for Hindi film Liars Dice * Best Supporting Actor Saurabh Shukla for Jolly LLB * Best Supporting Actress Amruta Subhash for Astu in Marathi and Aida El-Kashef for Ship of Theseus * Best Non Feature Film Rangbhoomi (Hindi film by Kamal Swaroop)* Best Film on Social Issues Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)* Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration Thalaimuraigal

(Tamil)*Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film Nagraj Manjule for Fandry (Marathi)* Best Non Feature Film on Social Issues Gulabi Gang * Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Bhaag Milka Bhaag (RakeyshOmprakash Mehra)* Best Childrens Film Kaphal (Hindi)* Best Child Artist Somnath Avghade for Fandy in Marathi and Sadhana for ThangaMeengal in Tamil

SBI launched Tab Banking To Facilitate Opening of Saving Accounts



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State Bank of India (SBI) launched Tablet (Tab) Banking service for opening Savings Bankaccounts and giving in-principle housing loan approval at the customers doorstep. State Bankof India also launched e-KYC (Know your Customer) service. The three digital banking serviceswill be rolled out across the SBI network in a phased manner.

17 April 2014

Admiral RK Dhowan Takes Over As new Navy Chief

Admiral Robin K Dhowan on 17 April took over as the 22nd Chief of Indian Navy. He is asuccessor of Admiral DK Joshi, who resigned on 26 February 2014 taking moral responsibilityof the accident on INS Sindhuratna in Mumbai. Joshi was the first Defence forces Chief toresign, since independence. Dhowan will have tenure of 25 months and will retire in May 2016.

Narendra Kothari Appointed As new Chairman of NMDC

Narendra Kothari has been appointed as the new Chairman of National Mineral DevelopmentCorporation (NMDC) Limited on 17 April . Narendra Kothari is currently the CEO of SAILsBurnpur plant in West Bengal. The countrys biggest iron ore miner NDMC has beenfunctioning without a full-time chairman and managing director ever since incumbent RanaSom retired in December 2011.

18 April 2014

World Heritage Day Across The World On 18 April 2014

The World Heritage Day was observed across the World on 18 April with the theme Heritage ofCommemoration. At present, there are 981 World Heritage Sites spread across 160 countries(listed till January 2014). The heritage site across the world reflects the rich diversity of theworlds cultural heritage. In context of India, the UNESCO on this day put 15 additional siteslocated across the country in its tentative list of world heritage sites. Earlier, India hadsubmitted a list of 33 sites to UNESCO and this addition of 15 more sites in the tentative listmeans that in future 48 sites of India are in the race being listed in the list of Heritage sites.

Earth-like Planet Kepler-186f Discovered By NASA

Using NASAs Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet,named Kepler-186f. The planet is located in the habitable zone and is a part of the Kepler-186system, which is located about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.Thediscovery of Kepler-186f confirms that planets the size of Earth exist in the habitable zone ofstars other than our sun.

19 April 2014

High Manganese Content Found In Goas Selaulim Reservoir

High manganese level has been detected in the Selaulim reservoir in Goa, which suppliesdrinking water to more than half of the coastal State. The level of manganese detected in thereservoir was 0.1 mg. This is less than the level of manganese content detected earlier and iswithin safe limit. The reservoir has production capacity of 214 MLD of water, which is suppliedto entire South Goa and some parts of north district.

Sriprakash Presented with Asia Pacific Academy Award

Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Sriprakash KS has beenpresented with the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology outstanding services award for

prevention of blindness at the World Ophthalmic Conference in Tokyo.



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20 April 2014

Stanislas Wawrinka Won Monte Carlo Masters Title

Switzerlands Stanislas Wawrinka won the Monte Carlo Masters Tennis title on 20 April . He

defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland) in the Mens singles final. With this, the 29-year-oldWawrinka has won his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. On the other hand the Doublestrophy was won by Americas Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike. They defeated Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcel Melo (Brazil) in the final.

Lewis Hamilton Won Chinese F1 Grand Prix

Mercedes Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese F1 Grand Prix on 20 April 2014. With this winGreat Britains Hamilton won three races in a row for the first time in his career. His Mercedesteammate Nico Rosberg (Germany) was second while third spot was claimed by Ferraris

Fernando Alonso of Spain. Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg (Germany) was sixth.

21 April 2014

Meb Keflezighi Becomes First American Male To Win Boston Marathon Since 1983

Meb Keflezighi on 21 April became the first US male athlete to win the Boston Marathon inthree decades (since 1983). The women winner of the marathon was Rita Jeptoo of Kenya andthis was her second consecutive win at the Boston Marathon.

Gorla Rohini Sworn In As First Chief Justice of Delhi HC

Justice Gorla Rohini was on 21 April administered the oath of office as the first woman ChiefJustice of the Delhi High Court. Justice Rohini, who hails from Visakhapatnam suceedsJustice N V Ramana, who had vacated the position in February following his elevation to theSupreme Court. The former Andhra Pradesh High Court judge was administered the oath ofoffice and allegiance by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. Justice Rohini will be the 10thwoman judge of the 40 judges in the Delhi high court.

22 April 2014

International Mother Earth Day Observed Across The World

Every year on 22 April, the world observes Earth Day, also known as International MotherEarth Day to create awareness and also to support environmental protection. The earth day2014 is focus on to build more green cities , gardens, maintain forest and greening the all theregions in world wide. Earth Day was first celebrated in the year 1970, and is now coordinatedglobally by Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.

TCS joined Top 10 Global IT services Companies Club

The largest IT services provider of India, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), joined the league oftop 10 global IT services companies. TCS moved from the 13th position in 2012 to the 10thspot in 2013. This was revealed by the HfS Research Survey on competitive landscape for ITServices in 2013. According to the Survey, IBM leads the list and is followed by Fujitsu,Hewlett-Packard, Accenture and NTT. India-based companies Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro andHCL are at the 15th, 18th, 20th and 25th positions, respectively, all of them rising by one tothree spots compared to 2012.

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India Successfully Test Fired Akash Missile

India on 23 April successfully test-fired indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash Missilefrom the Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch complex-3 at Chandipur in Odisha coast. The 700-kg all-weather missile can carry a 60-kg warhead at speeds of up to Mach 2.5. It can operateautonomously and simultaneously engage and neutralize different aerial targets. It can be

launched from static or mobile platforms, enabling flexible deployment by the armed forces.

Japanese Foods Firm Nissin Foods Appointed Gautam Sharma as India MD

Japanese foods firm Nissin Foods on 23 April appointed Gautam Sharma, former Wrigley IndiaCEO , as the Managing Director (MD) of its Indian arm Indo Nissin.He is the first non-JapaneseMD of Indo Nissin.He succeeds Yuji Tabeta.Yuji Tabeta was promoted to a senior role.

24 April 2014

Narendra Modi , Kejriwal On Times 100 Most Influential People List

BJPs prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwalare among the worlds 100 most influential people, according to a list published by the Timemagazine on 24 April. The Time has named the 100 most influential people in the worldwithout ranking them and four Indians have made it to the list. Apart from Modi and Kejriwal,author Arundhati Roy and Coimbatore-based health activist Arunachalam Murugananthamare also on the list.

Suresh Kumar Reddy Appointed As The First Ambassador To ASEAN

Union Ministry of External Affairs (MoEA) appointed Suresh Kumar Reddy as Indias firstAmbassador to the separate Indian Mission to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)& East Asia Summit. Suresh Kumar Reddy, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1991batch, is currently serving as Ambassador of India to Iraq.

25 April 2014

Lalit Gupta Committee on DIAL submitted its Report to DGCA

Lalit Gupta Committee on Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) submitted its report toDirectorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). It has recommended that airports near Delhi likeJaipur, Lucknow and Amritsar should be upgraded to Category-IIIB level of InstrumentLanding System, which has a runway visibility range of 150 feet or almost near-zero visibilitycondition. CAT IIIB is operational at the India Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).Thecommittee was set up by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in January 2014.

Indian Squash Player Saurav Ghosal Won Dato Alex Lee Award 2013

Saurav Ghosal, the famous Indian squash player won Dato Alex Lee Award 2013. He wasselected for the award by the Asian Squash Federation (ASF) for being the Outstanding AsianMens Player of the Year 2013. Also, the Indian mens team was awarded the ASF Award forbeing the Outstanding Mens Team of The Year 2013.

World Malaria Day Observed Across The world

World Malaria Day (WMD) was observed on 25 April 2014 across the world.The theme for 2014and 2015 is: Invest in the future.World Malaria Day was instituted by WHO Member Statesduring the World Health Assembly of 2007. It is an occasion to highlight the need for continuedinvestment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control.



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26 April 2014

Akash Missile Test-Fired Successfully

India on 26 April successfully conducted two rounds of trials of its indigenously developedsurface-to-air Akash missile as part of a user trial by the air force from the Integrated Test

Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha. Akash is a medium range surface-to-airanti-aircraft defence system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. The missile has astrike range of 25 km and can carry a warhead of 60 kgs. It has the capability to target aircraftup to 30 km away and is packed with a battery that can track and attack several targetssimultaneously.

World Veterinary Day Observed Across The World on 26 April 2014

World Veterinary Day was observed on 26 April 2014 across the world.The theme of the year

2014 is Animal Welfare. The aim of the World Veterinary Day (WVD) is to promote theveterinary profession to a large audience, including the general public and to attract theattention of mass media to the important contribution of the veterinary profession to thebenefit of society and all animals (Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Public Health).

27 April 2014

Justice RM Lodha Sworn In As New Chief Justice of India

Justice RM Lodha was on 27 April sworn in as the new Chief Justice of India. He was

administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee. Chief Justice Lodha succeedsChief Justice P Sathasivam who demitted office on completion of his term on 26 April 2014.Lodha will preside over the Supreme Court for five months as his term will come to an end 27September, 2014.

Popes John Paul II and John XXIII Declared Saints In Double Canonisation

John XXIII and John Paul II were canonized on 27 April by the Pope Francis at the Vatican on27 April. Pope John XIII reigned from 1958-1963 and is perceived as a hero by the liberalCatholics for having convened the Second Vatican Council. Pope John Paul II had reigned from1978-2005. The event was also attended by retired Pope Benedict XVI which was seen as anunprecedented event in Vaticans history.

28 April 2014

Indian Activist Ramesh Agrawal Won Goldman Environmental Prize

Indian environment activist Ramesh Agrawal has been announced as the winner of theprestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, and will accept the award at a lavish ceremony atthe San Francisco Opera House on 28 April. The award is given in recognition of grass-rootsenvironmental movements organized by individuals around the world. Founded in 1990 byRichard N. Goldman and his wife, Rhoda H. Goldman.

N R Narayana Murthy Presented Global Indian Award In Canada

Infosys executive chairman NR Narayana Murthy was presented with the 2014 Canada IndiaFoundation Chanchalani Global Indian Award . The award, carrying a trophy and a cash prizeof US$50,000, was presented to Murthy by Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver at theCanada India Foundation (CIF) annual award gala dinner.

29 April 2014

Nokia Named Rajeev Suri As New CEO



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Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia on 29 April appointed India-born RajeevSuri as its President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He replaces Stephen Elop, who hasreturned to Microsoft as the executive vice president of its devices group. Suri joined Nokia in1995 and headed the Asia Pacific region for NSN in 2007.

European Union Bans Import of Mangoes From India

The 28-member European Union has temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes, theking of fruits, and four vegetables from India from May 1, sparking protests from the Indiancommunity, lawmakers and traders. The recent decision by the groupings Standing Committeeon Plant Health came after 207 consignments of fruits and vegetables from India imported intothe EU in 2013 were found to be contaminated by pests such as fruit flies and otherquarantine pests.

30 April 2014

Former IAF chief Appointed Indias Ambassador To Norway

Former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Norman Anil Kumar Browne has been appointed Indiasnext Ambassador to Norway. He will succeed R. K. Tyagi as Indias envoy in Norway. Brownehad served as IAF chief between 31 July 2011 and 31 December 2013.

Army, Air Force Get new Deputy Chiefs

Lt Gen C A Krishnan, a veteran infantry officer, on 30 April took over as the Deputy Chief of

Army Staff succeeding Lt Gen Narendra Singh who retired after a 40-year career in the force.Inthe IAF, Air Marshal SBP Sinha took over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.

Thailand To Hold New General Election On 20 July

Thailand caretaker government on 30 April agreed with the Election Commission (EC) to hold anew general election on 20 July 2014. The agreement was reached during talks between thegovernment and EC at the Royal Thai Air Force Academy.


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