Current Affairs of April 2014

    Current Affairs of April 2014

National & International Current Affairs April,2014

• Union Ministry of Culture launched Logo of Festival of India in China
• The Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) decided to allow the use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) during flights
• US President Barack Obama nominated three Indian-Americans to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders [AAPI]
• India and Bhutan signed an agreement on development of hydropower projects
• Scientist of Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] designed the World’s first floating nuclear plant
• International Mother Earth Day observed across the world on 22 April 2014
• World Heritage Day was observed on 18 April 2014
• India became net steel exporter in 2013-14 after a gap of six years
• Itanagar got its first passenger train on 7 April 2014
• INS Vikrant, India’s first aircraft carrier,sold for 60 crore rupees
• Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd announced to acquire Ranbaxy Laboratories for 3.2 billion dollars
• World Health Day 2014 was observed across the world
• NIST launched world’s most accurate clock named as NIST-F2
• India was ranked 102 out of 132 countries on the Social Progress Index (SPI)
• Reserve Bank of India adopted the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the measure of Inflation
• Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) recieved the Most Efficient Navratna Award 2013
• Amazon launched an internet-connected TV set-top box called Fire TV
• Qatar based Doha Bank announced be open its first branch in Mumbai in India
• Ministry of Civil Aviation approved a new airline of Tata and Singapore Airlines (SIA)
• World Autism Awareness Day celebrated across the world on 2 April 2014
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) signed a contract of 125 crore rupees of Hydro Electric Project in Uttarakhand

    Personalities Current Affairs April,2014

• Union Ministry of External Affairs appointed Suresh Kumar Reddy as India’s first Ambassador to ASEAN
• Chitra Magimairaj won the World Women’s Senior Snooker Championship at Leeds on 22 April 2014
• Mathangi Sathyamurthy, Karnataka musician honoured with M S Subbulakshmi Award 2014
• Canadian author Alistair MacLeod died at 77
• Veteran pro-democratic Journalist of Myanmar Win Tin died at 85
• The unsung hero of the NASA’s Apollo Program John C. Houbolt died at 95
• Admiral RK Dhowan appointed as 22nd Chief of Indian Navy
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika won the Presidential election for the Fourth consecutive time
• Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez died at 87
• Former US boxer, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter died at 76
• Country musician, Kevin Sharp died at 43
• Kenyan Wilson Kipsang won the London Marathon for second time
• Justice G Rohini appointed as the first women Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court
• India-born poet Vijay Seshadri won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his Creation 3 Sections
• Ratan Tata received the Knight Grand Cross (GBE) award by UK Government.
• Legendary Poet Gulzar selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013
• Gareth Hopkins the Former New Zealand wicketkeeper announced his retirement
• Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha appointed as Next Chief Justice of India
• Stuart Parkin won Millennium Technology Prize 2014
• Sachin became 1st Indian cricketer on cover page of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
• Novelist Sue Townsend,author of Adrian Mole books died
• Viktor Orban was re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary
• Ernesto Gainza set a new Guinness record by skydiving using world’s smallest parachute
• Ashish Bose, veteran demographer dies at 83
• Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India
• Former wrestling star Ultimate Warrior dies At 54
• American film actor and Entertainer, Mickey Rooney died at the age of 93
• President Barack Obama nominated Sunil Sabharwal as next US Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• VK Murthy, the renowned cinematographer and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee died at the age of 91
• India’s Heena Sidhu clinched World’s Number One spot in 10 meters air pistol event
• Suresh Arora appointed as Directorate General of Police (DGP) of Punjab Police
• Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca Sworn-in as President of Malta
• MS Dhoni won the United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian Award for outstanding achievement in Sports
• Former President of Guinea Kumba Yala died at the age of 61
• D K Pathak senior IPS officer appointed as the new Director General of BSF
• R Gandhi appointed as the new Deputy Governor of RBI
• Viswanathan Anand ranked World number 3 in the latest list released by FIDE
• Karim Massimov named the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan after Serik Akhmetov resigned
• Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix
• Indian- American Cardiologist, Dr. Sumit Chugh chosen for the Prestigious Simon Dack Award
• Eminent scientist R A Mashelkar was conferred the Padma Vibhushan
• Vidya Balan and Kamaal Haasan receive Padma awards
• Nancy Powell resigned as the US Ambassador to India

     Sports Current Affairs April,2014

• Benfica won 33rd Portuguese league Football title after four years
• Bengaluru FC won I-League Football title
• All India Football Federation launched AIFF Academy Certification
• Benfica won the 33rd Portuguese Football league title after four years
• Kritsanakorn Sangaroon won the 2014 Thailand Tour women’s title of ABF
• Stanislas Wawrinka won Monte Carlo Masters Tennis title by defeating Roger Federer
• Simon Santoso (Indonesia) won the OUE Singapore Open 2014
• Baroda won the National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy
• Indian cricket team lost number one spot to Sri Lanka in ICC T20 rankings
• Iwao Hakamada, the Japanese boxer was awarded with an honorary championship belt by World Boxing Council (WBC)
• India ranked as No. 1 cricket team in ICC T20 rankings
• Novak Djokovic won his fourth Miami Masters crown by defeating Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-3

       Astronomy Current Affairs April,2014

• Pakistan successfully test-fired short range ballistic missile Hatf-III named Ghazanvi
• ISRO launched India’s 2nd regional navigational satellite IRNSS 1B from Sriharikota Space Station

       Technology Current Affairs April,2014

• Google launched the 360 degree online view of Angkor Wat in Cambodia

World Organisations Current Affairs  April,2014

• Iran and Japan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for bilateral cooperation on environmental issues