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1 April 2014

Sports Ministry derecognises IABF

The Sports Ministry of India has derecognised the Indian AmateurBoxing Federation (IABF) with an immediate effect on 1 Aprilbecause of the boxing bodys refusal to comply with its directives onholding a re-election.This ban can be considered as a second blowto IABF, as earlier it was terminated by its international parentbody, International Boxing Association (AIBA). AIBA terminated onthe allegations of rigged elections and corruption.Earlier, it wassuspended provisionally by the Ministry in December 2012. Itssuspension came with a direction to hold fresh elections and makeits combination complaint with National Sports Code.

RBIs First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2014-15

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 April released it first Bi-monthly Monetary Policy statement 2014-15 keeping the repo rate

unchanged at 8 per cent.The CRR has been kept at 4 per cent.Onthe basis of an assessment of the current and evolvingmacroeconomic situation, it has been decided to :-* keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility(LAF) unchanged at 8.0 per cent;* keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchangedat 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liability (NDTL); and* increase the liquidity provided under 7-day and 14-day term reposfrom 0.5 per cent of NDTL of the banking system to 0.75 per cent,and decrease the liquidity provided under overnight repos under theLAF from 0.5 per cent of bank-wise NDTL to 0.25 per cent withimmediate effect.Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF will remainunchanged at 7.0 per cent, and the 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 wascelebrated across the world on 2 April 2014. The day is celebratedto raise fund and to create awareness about autism. On this day,Autism Speaks organisation celebrated Light It Up Blue. Light It UpBlue is a global initiative that kicks-off Autism Awareness Monthand helps raise awareness about autism. The United NationsGeneral Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution on Autismon 18 December 2007 and decided to designate 2 April as World

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Autism Awareness Day. The resolution was adopted to highlight theneed to help improve the lives of children and adults who sufferfrom the disorder. As a result, the first World Autism AwarenessDay was celebrated on 2 April 2008.

Viswanathan Anand Raises To No. 3 In FIDE World ChessRankings

Viswanathan Anand ranked World number 3 in the rating listreleased by FIDE . Anand with the Victory at the CandidatesTournament held in Russia in March 2014 has moved five placesahead from 8 to 3 with 2785 Elo points. According the rating list,

Magnus Carlsen of Norway with Elo points 2881 ranks no 1 andLevon 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 ofReserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 April. Gandhi has been handed

over a three year term, and replaces Anand Sinha who retired fromhis post in January. Prior to this Gandhi was an executive directorof the central bank. A deputy governor could be appointed for amaximum of 5 years or till the age of 62 whichever is earlier.TheRBI 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 thenew Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). BSF iscountrys largest border guarding force. His name for the post of DGwas approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)headed by Prime Minister Mamohan Singh. Pathak is a 1979-batchofficer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. Prior to the appointment ofDG, he was posted as the Special DG and was also officiating as theDG since 1 March 2014. The post of the DG of BSF was vacantsince 28 February 2014 when Subhash Joshi retired from the postof DG. Pathak had served in another paramilitary CRPF as its chiefof operations in Jammu and Kashmir and he has also spent stintsin various positions in his cadre states of Assam and Meghalaya.

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HAL Received The Most Efficient Navratna Award 2013

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) received the Most EfficientNavratna Award for the year 2013. It received the award at the 5thDalal Street Investment Journal Awards ceremony held in NewDelhi. The award was collected by the Chairman of HAL, Dr. R KTyagi.The awards were presented to the various PSUs in differentcategories in recognition of their performance and contribution tothe Indian economy.The award was given to the company for themeasure it has taken on various fronts such as R&D,modernization, customer initiatives, quality and thrust given onindigenization.

Europe Launches Environment Satellite

Europe has launched the first in a constellation of hi-tech satellitesdesigned to monitor Earth for climate change and environmentaldamage and help in disaster relief operations. Sentinel-1A, asatellite designed to scan the Earth with cloud-penetrating radar,had lifted off at 2102 GMT aboard a Soyuz rocket from Kourou,French Guiana . The 2.2-tonne satellite is the first of half-a-dozen

orbital monitors that will be built and launched under the $5.19-billion Copernicus project, a joint undertaking of ESA and theEuropean Union (EU).

5 April 2014

MS Dhoni Won United Kingdoms 2014 Asian Award

Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni has won United Kingdoms 2014Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports.The award wasannounced at Londons at The Grosvenor House Hotel.

Cambodias World Heritage Angkor Wat gets Googles StreetView

Google launched Street View imagery of the iconic site of Angkor

Wat and some 100 surrounding historic temples on GoogleMaps.The Google Maps feature allows web users to explore 100 ofCambodias historic temples online in 360-degree panoramicimagery.The Angkor Wat project was developed with the help of theApsara Authority of the Kingdom of Cambodia. APSARA NationalAuthority is an organisation created for the protection andmaintenance of Angkor.



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6 April 2014

Koyal Rana Wins Miss India 2014 Title

Koyal Rana won the coveted Miss India 2014 crown at the 51st

edition of the pageant. She was crowned winner among 24 gorgeouscontestants from across the country. Miss India 2013 Navneet KaurDhillion, and Miss World 2013 Megan Young felicitated Rana withthe crown at the beauty pageant. Jhataleka Malhotra, was crownedfirst runner-up by Sobhita Shulipala, and Gail Nicole Da Silva wascrowned second runner-up by Zoya Afroz. Koyal Rana hails fromJaipur, Jhataleka from Mumbai, and Gail from Goa.Rana willrepresent 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 honorarychampionship belt to Iwao Hakamada, who was recently releasedfrom jail following a court decision to hold a retrial for him overrobbery, murder and arson in 1966, for which he was sentenced todeath. A presentation ceremony for Hakamada, a former Japaneseprofessional boxer, took place at a Tokyo gymnasium where WBCboxing matches were held. His elder sister, Hideko, received the beltfrom WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman on behalf of her 78-year-old brother, who is now hospitalized.

7 April 2014

Indian Army Successfully Test-Fired BrahMos Missile

The Army on 7 April successfully test-fired an advanced version of290 km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos as part of a usertrial at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan. The missile was launchedby a mobile autonomous launcher deployed in full configurationwith mobile command post at the ranges. The launch wassuccessful and the missile hit the designated target. Both the Armyand Navy have already inducted the missile, developed by India inpartnership with Russia.

World Health Day 2014 Observed Across The World

World Health Day 2014 was observed across the world on 7 April2014. The theme for 2014s World Health Day is Vector-bornediseases. The theme, also dubbed by the WHO as Small bite, bigthreat, will highlight dangers and threats from some of the mostcommonly known vectors such as mosquitoes, sand flies, bugs,



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ticks and snails. The day provides an opportunity for individuals toget 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 LahirisLowland has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Prize, the UKsonly annual book award for fiction written by a woman. Lowlandpublished in 2013 is a book set in Kolkata and Rhode Island in the

US and narrates a story about the lives of two brothers (Subhashand Udayan), their choices and their fate. Earlier, the book was alsoshortlisted for Man Booker Prize.

Ravi Chauhan Named SAP India MD

Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India.He will take the charge immediately. He will report directly to Adaire

Fox-Martin, President of SAP Asia Pacific Japan. He had joined SAPafter four years at Juniper Networks, where he had last served asManaging Director for India and South Asia. Before Juniper,Chauhan held leadership roles at Nortel Networks. SAP wasfounded in Walldorf, Germany in 1972 by five ex-IBMengineers. SAP stands for Systeme, Andwendungen, Produkte inder Datenverarbeitung which translated to English means Systems,Applications, Products in Data Processing.

9 April 2014

Sachin Tendulkar Adorns Cover of Wisden CricketersAlmanack

Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, who quit international cricket lastyear after an illustrious 24-year long career, adorned the covers ofthe 151st edition of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack. 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 thesecond edition of the Wisden India Almanack. The 2014 edition ofWisden Cricketers Almanack will be published in London on 9 April2014.

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



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The World Bank on 9 April projected an economic growth rate of 5.7per cent in 2014-15 for India on the back of a more competitiveexchange rate and many large investments going forward. Anothermultilateral agency IMF had on 8 April 2014 forecast that Indian

economy would recover from 4.4 per cent growth in 2013 to 5.4 percent in 2014. In its twice-a-year South Asia Economic Focus, theWorld Bank forecast that economic growth in the region would riseto 5.8 per cent in 2015 from 5.2 per cent this year and 4.8 percentlast year.

10 April 2014

R Chandrasekaran Takes Over As NASSCOM chairman

R Chandrasekaran, Executive Vice-Chairman of Cognizant India, istaking over as Chairman of software industry body NationalAssociation of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) fromKrishnakumar Natarajan, CEO and MD of mid-sized IT firmMindtree. Nasscoms Executive Council appointed BVR MohanReddy, Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of InfotechEnterprises, as Vice-Chairman.

Anand Sinha Committee Recommends Benchmark For FloatingInterest Rate

A Reserve Bank of India (RBI) committee suggested a benchmarkfloating interest rate, especially for home loans, to bring greatertransparency in the pricing of credit. The committee headed byformer RBI Deputy Governor Anand Sinha on 10 April releasedDraft Report on Working Group on Pricing of Credit. As per the

report the Indian Banks Association (IBA) may develop a newbenchmark for floating interest rate products, namely, the IndianBanks Base Rate (IBBR), which may be collated and published byIBA 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 ChiefJustice of India (CJI) and he will assume his charge on 27 April2014. Justice Lodha is the senior-most judge of the apex court afterCJI P Sathasivam. He will have a brief tenure of five months as theChief Justice as he is scheduled to retire on 27 September 2014.Justice Lodhas name was recommended as the next CJI by JusticeSathasivam.



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British Queen Confers Knight Grand Cross On Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group which is one ofthe largest employers in Britain, has been honoured by QueenElizabeth with a GBE (Knight Grand Cross), one of the UKs highestcivilian awards. Ratan Tata is the only Indian among five foreignersto be awarded as part of the Honorary British Awards to ForeignNationals for 2014, others including Japanese and Greek nationalsfor services to economic and cultural ties with the UK.

12 April 2014

Veteran Film Lyricist Gulzar Chosen For Dadasaheb PhalkeAward 2013

Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for theDadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013. This is Indias highestaward in cinema, given annually by the government. He was alsoawarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004, and the Sahitya Akademi

Award in 2002. He has also won the Academy Award for the bestoriginal score for Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, which heshared with AR Rahman. The same song has also won him aGrammy award 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. Thisfollows earlier launch of SBI account on Facebook on the 7thNovember, 2013 and on YouTube on the 23rd January, 2014 whichnow allows the customers to have access through all the majorsocial media channels.Mid-sized private sector lender KotakMahindra Bank had launched twitter-linked current accounts inMarch 2014.

13 April 2014

The Accidental Prime Minister Book Released

The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking ofManmohan Singh written by Dr. Sanjaya Baru. The book hashighlighted the difference between the good governance and badgovernance by comparing UPA regime under Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh and NDA regime under Atal Viharee Vajpayee.



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Sanjaya Baru was the media advisor of the Prime Minister,Manmohan Singh between 2004 and 2008.

RIL, SBI, Tata Motors Among 100 Most Influential AsianCompanies

Three Indian firms, including Reliance Industries, have made it tothe list of 100 most influential Asian companies compiled by RolandBerger Strategy Consultants. Mukesh Ambani-led RelianceIndustries ( RIL) bagged the 77th position in the top 100 mostinfluential Asian companies ranking for 2014 while Tata Motors andState Bank of India ( SBI) were at 79th and 80th places respectively.

The list is being topped by Samsung Electronics followed byHyundai (second) Toyota (third), Hitachi (fourth) and Sony (fifth).The ranking is based on indicators including 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 titleafter defeated Uttar Pradesh in the final match by three runs on 14April at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Earlier in 2012, Barodawon the title at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

UK and Ireland Scientists Use Stem Cells To Grow Red BloodCells

Scientists in the UK and Ireland have successfully used stem cellsto grow large numbers of red blood cells in the laboratory and arenow preparing to test them in human trials. The process involvesgrowing trillions of stem cells and then using growth factors andother substances, originally found in the body but used in thelaboratory, to convert stem cells naturally to red blood cells,explained Dr Jo Mountford of the Scottish transfusion board andthe University of Glasgow 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

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Supreme Court comprising Justice KS Radhakrishnan and AK Sikriin its decision had directed the center and state governments totake essential steps for bringing the community into themainstream by providing adequate healthcare, education and

employment.

India Born Poet Vijay Seshadri Won 2014 Pulitzer Prize

India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poemsentitled 3 Sections published in 2013. The 98th annual PulitzerPrizes in Journalism, Drama, Letters and Music was announced by

Columbia University in New York. As a reward, Vijay would receive10000 US dollar.

Arvind Mayaram Appointed As new Finance Secretary

Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been appointed asthe new Finance Secretary on 15 April. Mayaram is a 1978 batchRajasthan cadre IAS officer and has been holding charge as theEconomic Affairs Secretary since 2012. The post of FinanceSecretary was lying vacant after Sumit Bose retired on 31 March2014.

16 April 2014

61st National Film Awards

The 61st National Film Awards for 2013 was announced in NewDelhi on 16 April by the Directorate of Film Festivals. Ship OfTheseus has won the Golden Lotus for Best Feature Film. The BestActor award is shared between Shahid star Rajkummar Rao andMalayalam actor Suraj Venjaramudu. Geetanjali Thapa won BestActress 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 actorSuraj 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 KamalSwaroop)* Best Film on Social Issues Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)

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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 (Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra)* Best Childrens Film Kaphal (Hindi)* Best Child Artist Somnath Avghade for Fandy in Marathi andSadhana for Thanga Meengal in Tamil

SBI launched Tab Banking To Facilitate Opening of SavingAccounts

State Bank of India (SBI) launched Tablet (Tab) Banking service foropening Savings Bank accounts and giving in-principle housingloan approval at the customers doorstep. State Bank of India alsolaunched e-KYC (Know your Customer) service. The three digitalbanking services will be rolled out across the SBI network in aphased 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 Chiefof Indian Navy. He is a successor of Admiral DK Joshi, whoresigned on 26 February 2014 taking moral responsibility of theaccident on INS Sindhuratna in Mumbai. Joshi was the firstDefence forces Chief to resign, 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 ofNational Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Limited on 17April . Narendra Kothari is currently the CEO of SAILs Burnpurplant in West Bengal. The countrys biggest iron ore miner NDMChas been functioning without a full-time chairman and managingdirector ever since incumbent Rana Som 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

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981 World Heritage Sites spread across 160 countries (listed tillJanuary 2014). The heritage site across the world reflects the richdiversity of the worlds cultural heritage. In context of India, theUNESCO on this day put 15 additional sites located 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 moresites in the tentative list means that in future 48 sites of India arein 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 locatedin the habitable zone and is a part of the Kepler-186 system, whichis located about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellationCygnus.The discovery of Kepler-186f confirms that planets the sizeof Earth exist in the habitable zone of stars 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 inGoa, which supplies drinking water to more than half of the coastalState. The level of manganese detected in the reservoir was 0.1 mg.This is less than the level of manganese content detected earlier andis within safe limit. The reservoir has production capacity of 214MLD of water, which is supplied to entire South Goa and someparts of north district.

Sriprakash Presented with Asia Pacific Academy Award

Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health SciencesSriprakash KS has been presented with the Asia Pacific Academy ofOphthalmology outstanding services award for prevention ofblindness at the World Ophthalmic Conference in Tokyo.

20 April 2014

Stanislas Wawrinka Won Monte Carlo Masters Title

Switzerlands Stanislas Wawrinka won the Monte Carlo MastersTennis title on 20 April . He defeated Roger Federer (Switzerland) inthe Mens singles final. With this, the 29-year-old Wawrinka haswon his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. On the other hand

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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 20April 2014. With this win Great Britains Hamilton won three racesin a row for the first time in his career. His Mercedes teammate NicoRosberg (Germany) was second while third spot was claimed byFerraris Fernando Alonso of Spain. Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg(Germany) was sixth.

21 April 2014

Meb Keflezighi Becomes First American Male To Win BostonMarathon Since 1983

Meb Keflezighi on 21 April became the first US male athlete to winthe Boston Marathon in three decades (since 1983). The womenwinner of the marathon was Rita Jeptoo of Kenya and this 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 officeas the first woman Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. JusticeRohini, who hails from Visakhapatnam suceeds Justice N V

Ramana, who had vacated the position in February following hiselevation to the Supreme Court. The former Andhra Pradesh HighCourt judge was administered the oath of office and allegiance byDelhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. Justice Rohini will be the10th woman 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 knownas International Mother Earth Day to create awareness and also tosupport environmental protection. The earth day 2014 is focus onto build more green cities , gardens, maintain forest and greeningthe all the regions in world wide. Earth Day was first celebrated inthe year 1970, and is now coordinated globally by Earth DayNetwork, and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.



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TCS joined Top 10 Global IT services Companies Club

The largest IT services provider of India, Tata Consultancy Services(TCS), joined the league of top 10 global IT services companies. TCSmoved from the 13th position in 2012 to the 10th spot in 2013.This was revealed by the HfS Research Survey on competitivelandscape for IT Services in 2013. According to the Survey, IBMleads the list and is followed by Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Accentureand NTT. India-based companies Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro andHCL are at the 15th, 18th, 20th and 25th positions, respectively, allof them rising by one to three spots compared to 2012.

23 April 2014

India Successfully Test Fired Akash Missile

India on 23 April successfully test-fired indigenously developedsurface-to-air Akash Missile from 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 Mach2.5. It can operate autonomously and simultaneously engage andneutralize different aerial targets. It can be launched from static ormobile platforms, enabling flexible deployment by the armed forces.

Japanese Foods Firm Nissin Foods Appointed Gautam Sharmaas India MD

Japanese foods firm Nissin Foods on 23 April appointed GautamSharma, former Wrigley India CEO , as the Managing Director (MD)

of its Indian arm Indo Nissin.He is the first non-Japanese MD ofIndo Nissin.He succeeds Yuji Tabeta.Yuji Tabeta was promoted to asenior role.

24 April 2014

Narendra Modi , Kejriwal On Times 100 Most Influential PeopleList

BJPs prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Aam AadmiParty leader Arvind Kejriwal are among the worlds 100 mostinfluential people, according to a list published by the Timemagazine on 24 April. The Time has named the 100 most influentialpeople in the world without ranking them and four Indians havemade it to the list. Apart from Modi and Kejriwal, author ArundhatiRoy and Coimbatore-based health activist ArunachalamMuruganantham are also on the list.



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Suresh Kumar Reddy Appointed As The First Ambassador ToASEAN

Union Ministry of External Affairs (MoEA) appointed Suresh KumarReddy as Indias first Ambassador to the separate Indian Mission toAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) & East AsiaSummit. Suresh Kumar Reddy, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS)officer of the 1991 batch, is currently serving as Ambassador ofIndia 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 to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).It has recommended that airports near Delhi like Jaipur, Lucknowand Amritsar should be upgraded to Category-IIIB level ofInstrument Landing System, which has a runway visibility range of150 feet or almost near-zero visibility condition. CAT IIIB isoperational 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 Award2013

Saurav Ghosal, the famous Indian squash player won Dato Alex LeeAward 2013. He was selected for the award by the Asian Squash

Federation (ASF) for being the Outstanding Asian Mens Player ofthe Year 2013. Also, the Indian mens team was awarded the ASFAward for being 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 acrossthe world.The theme for 2014 and 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 tohighlight the need for continued investment and sustained politicalcommitment for malaria prevention and control.

26 April 2014

Akash Missile Test-Fired Successfully



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India on 26 April successfully conducted two rounds of trials of itsindigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile as part of auser trial by the air force from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) atChandipur near Balasore in Odisha. Akash is a medium range

surface-to-air anti-aircraft defence system developed by the DefenceResearch and Development Organisation (DRDO) as part of theIntegrated Guided Missile Development Programme. The missilehas a strike range of 25 km and can carry a warhead of 60 kgs. Ithas the capability to target aircraft up to 30 km away and is packedwith a battery that can track and attack several targetssimultaneously.

World Veterinary Day Observed Across The World on 26 April2014

World Veterinary Day was observed on 26 April 2014 across theworld.The theme of the year 2014 is Animal Welfare. The aim ofthe World Veterinary Day (WVD) is to promote the veterinaryprofession to a large audience, including the general public and toattract the attention of mass media to the important contribution ofthe veterinary profession to the benefit 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 ChiefJustice of India. He was administered the oath of office by President

Pranab Mukherjee. Chief Justice Lodha succeeds Chief Justice PSathasivam who demitted office on completion of his term on 26April 2014. Lodha will preside over the Supreme Court for fivemonths as his term will come to an end 27 September, 2014.

Popes John Paul II and John XXIII Declared Saints In DoubleCanonisation

John XXIII and John Paul II were canonized on 27 April by the PopeFrancis at the Vatican on 27 April. Pope John XIII reigned from1958-1963 and is perceived as a hero by the liberal Catholics forhaving convened the Second Vatican Council. Pope John Paul IIhad reigned from 1978-2005. The event was also attended byretired Pope Benedict XVI which was seen as an unprecedentedevent in Vaticans history.

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Indian Activist Ramesh Agrawal Won Goldman EnvironmentalPrize

Indian environment activist Ramesh Agrawal has been announcedas the winner of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, andwill accept the award at a lavish ceremony at the San FranciscoOpera House on 28 April. The award is given in recognition ofgrass-roots environmental movements organized by individualsaround the world. Founded in 1990 by Richard N. Goldman and hiswife, Rhoda H. Goldman.

N R Narayana Murthy Presented Global Indian Award In

Canada

Infosys executive chairman NR Narayana Murthy was presentedwith the 2014 Canada India Foundation Chanchalani GlobalIndian Award . The award, carrying a trophy and a cash prize ofUS$50,000, was presented to Murthy by Canadian Finance MinisterJoe Oliver at the Canada India Foundation (CIF) annual award galadinner.

29 April 2014

Nokia Named Rajeev Suri As New CEO

Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia on 29 Aprilappointed India-born Rajeev Suri as its President and ChiefExecutive Officer (CEO). He replaces Stephen Elop, who hasreturned to Microsoft as the executive vice president of its devicesgroup. Suri joined Nokia in 1995 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 theimport of Alphonso mangoes, the king of fruits, and four vegetablesfrom India from May 1, sparking protests from the Indiancommunity, lawmakers and traders. The recent decision by the

groupings Standing Committee on Plant Health came after 207consignments of fruits and vegetables from India imported into theEU in 2013 were found to be contaminated by pests such as fruitflies and other quarantine pests.

30 April 2014

Former IAF chief Appointed Indias Ambassador To Norway



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Former Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Norman Anil Kumar Browne hasbeen appointed Indias next Ambassador to Norway. He will succeedR. K. Tyagi as Indias envoy in Norway. Browne had served as IAFchief 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 tookover as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff succeeding Lt Gen NarendraSingh who retired after a 40-year career in the force.In the IAF, AirMarshal 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 ElectionCommission (EC) to hold a new general election on 20 July 2014.The agreement was reached during talks between the governmentand EC at the Royal Thai Air Force Academy.


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