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National News
Assam has become the first state to legally ban consumption of all forms of smokeless
tobacco, including pan masala containing tobacco and nicotine.
Sikkim has become the 1
st
state to achieve more than 100 percent sanitation in rural and
urban households, schools, sanitary complexes and Aganwadi centres.
The employees of different public sector banks have gone on a two-day nationwide strikes
for seeking a new wage agreement.
Interim Rail Budget 2014-15 has been unveiled with unchanged passenger fares and freight
rates besides the announcement of 73 new trains including 17 premium air-conditioned
trains.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has resigned after 49 days due to failure to table the Jan
Lokpal Bill in the Assembly.
Ms. Lakshmi Swaminathan has become the 1
st
Indian to be elected as the President of the
Administrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Telengana Bill has got approved in the Lok Sabha after BJP helps UPA push it through.
Rajya Sabha has given assent to Telengana Bill. Now the Bill awaits Presidents assent.
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has presented Interim Budget for the fiscal year
2014-2015 to cover expenditure until the Governments term ends in May.
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain has arrived on a three-day visit to boost bilateral
ties. It was his first visit to India.
Andhra Pradesh CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has submitted his resignation to the Governor
E.S.I. Narasimhan over Telengana issue.
Supreme Court has stayed the Tamil Nadu governments order of releasing the convicts in
the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
Indian army has successfully flight-tested surface-to-surface air missile Akash from the Test
Range at Chandipur, Odisha.
Honble President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the Telengana Bill to carve out Telengana
state.
National Food Security Act has been implemented in Madhya Pradesh which will cover 75
percent of the total population.
Bimal Jalan Committee on new Bank Licenses has submitted its report to the Reserve Bank
of India.
Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevans song Mujhse hogi shuruaat.. has been nominated
in the best activist anthem category of Honesty Oscars 2014.
Indira Poriyavaran Bhavan has been inaugurated in New Delhi.
Navy Chief Admiral D.K. Joshi has resigned after INS Sndhuratna accident which left two
officers dead and seven injured.
Largest Solar Power Plant of India of 300 MW capacity has been inaugurated in
Bhagwanpur, Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh.
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Union Cabinet raises number of wordays under MGNREGA from 100 to 150. This will benefit
more than 14 lakh families in India.
Former Delhi CM Ms. Sheela Dikshit has been appointed as the Governor of Kerala.
RBI has extended the pre-2005 currency notes exchange deadline to 1
st
January, 2015 from
existing 31
st
March, 2014.
Schedule of Lok Sabha Election has been announced. The election will be held in nine phases
from 7
th
April to 12
th
May and counting will be held on 16
th
May.


International News
Belgium has become the 1
st
country to allow euthanasia for terminally ill children of any age.
Sushil koirala, the President of Nepali Congress, has been elected as the new Prime Minister
of Nepal.
Ibrahim Mahlab has been appointed as Egypts new Prime Minister.
Abdul Bashit has been appointed as the New Pakistan High Commissioner to India by
succeeding Salman Bashir.
According to the latest industry figures, China has been crowned worlds top gold consumer,
overtaking India in 2013.
Facebook Inc. has announced to buy the text messaging application WhatsApp in order to
dominate mobile messaging.
Mr. Oleksandr turchynov has been appointed as the new interim President of Ukraine by the
Opposition.
Matteo Renzi has been sworn in as the new President of Italy. He is the youngest-ever
President of nation.
Russia has forced strengthen grip over Crimea in Ukraine with a troop-strength of over 6000.
NATO council has suspended the June-2014 G-8 summit in Sochi which was to be held by
Russia.
The 3
rd
BIMSTEC summit has been held in Nay Pyi Taw, Mayanmar.
The Parliament of Russia-majority peninsula of Crimea has voted in favour of leaving
Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation.
According to Forbes worlds billionaires list, US tech tycoon Bill Gates is the worlds richest
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Sports Updates
BCCI Chairman, N. Srinivasan has been elected as the head of International Cricket Council
(ICC).
N. Ramachandran, the president of World Squash Federation and the brother of BCC
Chairman, N. Srinivasan, has been appointed as the new president of Indian Olympic
association (IOA).
Brendon McCullum has become the 1
st
New Zealander to score Test-triple century.
The 14-month ban on India Olympic association over corruption concerns has revised by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Joss Christensen of USA won the first Olympic Gold in mens slopestyle skiing at the Sochi
Winter Olympic 2014.
Virat Kohli has been named as the Captain of the Indian cricket team for Asia Cup in place of
M.S. Dhoni.
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams of USA won the WTA Dubai Open title
2014.
In Sochi Winter Olympics, Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has become the
greatest ever Winter Olympian by taking a record of 13
th
medal with Gold in the mixed relay.
Sochi Winter Olympics concluded with the tag of the most expensive Olympics costing more
than 50 billion dollar.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has announced that IPL-7 will be held in foreign country
instead of India by citing the inability to provide adequate security because of upcoming
election.
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has announced that India is the first Asian country to
get ITF silver certification for its coachs education system.
South Africa has won the under-19 Cricket World Cup 2014 by defeating Pakistan in the
final.
Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup tournament 2014 by defeating Pakistan in the final match.
Pankaj Advani and Vidya Pillai have been crowned National mens and womens snooker
Champions respectively.

Prize and Award Winners
President Pranab Mukherjee has conferred the International Gandhi Award to Dr.
Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre and Prof. Guocheng Zhang for the year 2013.
Prseident mr. Pranab Mukherjee has presented the prestigious Krishi Karman Award to
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sivraj singh Chouhan for the year 2012-13.
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Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has received the Airport Quality Service Award for
2013 announced by Airports Council International based on passenger satisfaction survey.
German Chancellor Ms. Angela Merkel received Israels highest civilian honour, the Israel
Presidential medal of Distinction.
Well-known Chipko pioneer and eminent Gandhian Mr. Chandi Prasad Bhatt has been
awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize 2013.
Acid attack survivors, Ms. Laxmi has been honoured with the USs prestigious International
Women of Courage award.

86
th
Oscard Award 2014 Winners:
Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
Best Director Alfonso Cauron for Gravity
Best Actor Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Supporting Actress Lupita Nyongo (12 Years a Slave)
Best Foreign Language Film The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Original Song Let it go.. from frozen
Best Original Score Gravity (Steven Price)


Scinece & Technology
A confederation of several Asioux tribes in the US create MazaCoin which is similar to the digital
currency BitCoin adopting it as their official national tender, in hope that it will pull the tribes
out of poverty.
The scientists of USA has developed a battery that uses sugar to generate electricity, enough to
power the smartphone for ten days.
Engineers of the US firm Hennessey has developed the worlds fastest car, Venom GT with a top
speed of 435 kmph.




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