Current Affairs, April 2014
30th April:
• A FIR lodged
against BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi by the Gujarat police
following an order of the Election Commission's which held
that he violated the model code.
• Seventh phase of Lok
Sabha election held in seven states and two union
territories today.
• Real Madrid defeated title holder
Bayern Munich 4-0 on the second semi-final to reach the
final of Champions League.
29th April:
• The Indian Government
submitted a list of 26 names in the Supreme Court in the black
money case.
• Nokia appointed India born Rajeev Suri as its
new President and CEO of the company.
28th April:
• A court in Egypt
sentenced to death 683 alleged supporters of the country's
ousted president.
• Liverpool striker Luis Suarez named the
English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) player of
the year.
26th April:
• India successfully
test-fired an anti-ballistic missile capable of intercepting
targets outside the earth's atmosphere.
• Justice Rajendra
Mal Lodha sworn in as the 41st Chief Justice of India.
•
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his
resignation over the government response to the ferry disaster
in which 187 died till now most of which are students.
•
International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards for 2014 given
at Florida, USA.
• Pope Francis declared John XXIII and John
Paul II as saints in a historic double canonisation in St.
Peter's Square.
25th April:
• The Supreme Court
referred the issue related to the release of the three assassins
of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to a larger constitutional
bench.
• A chargesheet filed in a court by Enforcement
Directorate against former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP
Kanimozhi and 17 others over money laundering in 2G spectrum
allocation case.
24th April:
• The sixth phase of
polling for the Lok Sabha elections ended in 117 seats in 11
states and in one Union Territory.
• BJP PM candidate
Narendra Modi files nomination with massive roadshow in
Varanasi.
• The asset of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple of
Kerala will be audited by Vinod Rai as order given by Supreme
Court.
23rd April:
• The Directorate General
Civil Aviation (DGCA) amended the rule which bans use of
portable electronic devices, allowing usage in all phases of the
flight - including take-off and landing in a non-transmitting
mode, known as the flight mode.
• Cadbury India Limited
announced to change its name to Mondelez India Foods Limited.
22nd April:
• Earth Day is celebrated
across the globe.
• The Election Commission has banned BJP's
Giriraj Singh from campaigning in Bihar and Jharkhand for his
hate remarks.
• Midfielder Ryan Giggs appointed as interim
manager of Manchester United, shortly after the club announced
the sacking of David Moyes.
• Chitra Magimairaj of Bangalore
wins World Women's senior snooker title on her debut.
21st April:
• Supreme Court lifted a
19 month old ban on mining in Goa.
• Bengaluru FC beat Dempo
2-4 to wins I-League crown title for the first time.
19th April:
• 13 sherpa died in an
ice avalanche in Mount Everest, Nepal.
18th April:
• Election Commission
lifts campaign ban on Amit Shah.
• Nobel Prize winner and
renowned Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez died at the age
of 87.
17th April:
• Voting done in 12
states covering 121 constituencies in the fifth phase which is
the biggest of the nine-phased Lok Sabha polls.
• Admiral RK
Dhowan took over as 22nd Chief of Indian Navy.
• Supreme
Court said that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) can
audit the account books of private telecom companies which share
revenue with the government for using spectrum.
• Real Madrid
wins the 19th Copa del Rey title after defeating Barcelona by
2-1.
16th April:
• More than 280 people
mostly students were missing after a ferry capsized off South
Korea.
• Indian Premier League 2014 starts in Sheikh Zayed
stadium in Abu Dhabi.
• Hansal Mehta wins the best director
and Rajkummar Rao wins the best actor award at the National
Award for the film 'Shahid'. 'Jolly LLB' has won the National
Award for best Hindi film.
15th April:
• The Supreme Court in a
landmark judgment recognised transgender community as a third
gender and called on the government to ensure their equal
treatment.
• The Guardian US and Washington Post were awarded
the most prestigious Pulitzer prize for coverage of secret
surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency.
• Vijay
Seshadri, a Sarah Lawrence College professor wins Pulitzer Prize
for his "3 Sections," in poetry section.
14th April:
• India celebrates
Ambedkar Jayanti in the memory of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
•
71 people were killed and 124 injured in two blasts in a crowded
bus station in Nigeria.
13th April:
• 2 police personnel were
killed by militants in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.
12th April:
• 12 people including
five CRPF men and seven polling officials were killed in twin
Maoist attacks in the Bastar area of Chhattisgarh.
•
79-year-old veteran filmmaker and lyricist Gulzar has been
chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest
official recognition for film personalities in India.
11th April:
• Election Commission has
banned BJP leader Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan
from addressing public meetings and rallies in Uttar Pradesh and
also ordered to registered FIR against the two politicians for
making "highly inflammatory speeches" while campaigning for the
general elections in the state.
• Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha
has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India and he
will assume his charge on April 27.
10th April:
• Third Phase of voting
done across 14 states and union territories for 91 Lok Sabha
seats.
9th April:
• Second phase of the Lok
Sabha election held for six Lok Sabha seats in the four
northeastern states of Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya besides
Arunachal Pradesh where Assembly elections were also held.
•
The decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, INS
Vikranthas been sold for Rs. 60 crore to a company named IB
Commercial Pvt Ltd.
8th April:
• Microsoft ending support
to Windows XP operating system from today.
7th April:
• World Health Day 2014
observed across the world.
• In the first phase of 16th Lok
sabha election, 72.5 percent voting turnout in the five
constituencies in Assam and 84 percent in one constituency in
Tripura.
• 17 people were killed when a bus fell about 400
metres into a gorge near Milla village, Himachal Pradesh.
6th April:
• BJP and Telugu Desam
Party announce an alliance for the national and state elections
in Andhra Pradesh.
• Koyal Rana of Jaipur crowned as Femina
Miss India 2014 at the 51st edition of the beauty pageant.
•
Sri Lanka wins the T20 World Cup after defeating India by 6
wickets in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Australia wins the Women T20
World Cup after defeating England by 6 wickets.
5th April:
• Peoples of Afghanistan
votes in historic presidential election.
4th April:
• The Indian Space
Research Organisation has placed successfully into orbit the
second satellite of the seven in the series called the Indian
Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).
• India reaches
the final of T20 World Cup after defeating South Africa by 6
wickets.
3rd April:
• Election Commission
India confirmed Amir Khan as its national icon for the Lok Sabha
elections 2014.
• Myanmar started its first official census
in 30 years.
• Turkey's telecoms authority lifted a
two-week-old ban on Twitter after the constitutional court ruled
the block breached freedom of expression.
2nd April:
• 5 killed in an
earthquake of magnitude 8.2 in Chile on Tuesday which also
triggering a tsunami alert in the country's northern coast.
•
RBI granted "in-principle" approvals to Mumbai-based
infrastructure lender IDFC and Kolkata- based micro-finance
Bandhan Financial Services for new bank licences.
1st April:
• US Ambassador to India
Nancy Powell announced her resignation and submitted her
resignation to Barack Obama.
• BCCI has taken out the
employees from India Cements and its associate companies from
the Board as a follow up of the order of Supreme Court.
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