'Gulabi Gang' documentary to be screened at New York India film festival
Published on: 11-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 1 people agreed
Gulabi Gang documentary based on the life of an activist Sampat Devi will be screened at the 14th New York Indian Film Festival.
Shompens of A & N islands casted votes for the first time for Lok Sabha
Published on: 11-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 12 people agreed
Shompens is one of the stone-age tribes for the first time casted their votes in Great Nicobar.
Ratan Tata appointed member of China-backed Board of Boao Forum for Asia
Published on: 11-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 11 people agreed
Ratan Tata on 10 April 2014 was appointed as a member of the Board of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
UK queen conferred Knight Commander rank on Ratan Tata
Published on: 11-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 7 people agreed
Queen Elizabeth II on 10 April 2014 conferred Ratan Tata with the rank of Knight Commander (KBE).
Van der Lugt, dutch priest shot dead in Homs
Published on: 09-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 15 people agreed
A Dutch priest Frans Van der Lugt was shot dead on 7 April 2014 in Homs by a gunman. He was 70.
Viktor Orban re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary
Published on: 09-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 28 people agreed
Viktor Orban was re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary for the second consecutive four-year term.
Ernesto Gainza set a new Guinness record of skydiving using smallest parachute
Published on: 09-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 16 people agreed
Ernesto
Gainza set a new Guinness record by skydiving using world's smallest
parachute. He jumped from 14000 feet with a canopy size of a bed sheet.
India's first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant sold for 60 crore rupees
Published on: 09-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 85 people agreed
INS
Vikrant was sold to IB Commercial for 60 crore. It is India’s first
aircraft carrier and played an important role during 1971 Indo-Pak war.
Mickey Rooney, the American film actor died
Published on: 08-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 15 people agreed
American film actor and entertainer, Mickey Rooney died in California at the age of 93.
Jhumpa Lahiri's "Lowland" shortlisted for 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Published on: 08-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 35 people agreed
Lowland of Jhumpa Lahiri has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction along with other five books.
Ashish Bose foremost demographer died at 83
Published on: 08-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 17 people agreed
Ashish Bose, veteran demographer died in New Delhi due to illness on 7 April 2014.
SAP appointed Ravi Chauhan as MD for India
Published on: 08-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 29 people agreed
Ravi Chauhan on 7 April 2014 was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India.
VK Murthy, the renowned cinematographer died
Published on: 08-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 17 people agreed
Dada Saheb Phalke awardee, V K Murthy died on 7 April 2014 at his residence in Shankarapuram. He was 91.
World Health Day 2014 observed across the world
Published on: 07-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 26 people agreed
World Health Day 2014 was observed across the world on 7 April 2014
The list of 100 Most Influential Asian People of 2014 released
Published on: 07-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 59 people agreed
The Asian Awards Ltd released a list of the 100 Most Influential Asian People of 2014
DHI suspended HMT MD Sreekumar for allegedly diverting funds
Published on: 07-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 3 people agreed
The
Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) on 7 April 2014 suspended Managing
Director (MD) M D Sreekumar for allegedly diverting funds.
Iran and Pakistan Joint Military Exercise held in Strait of Hormuz
Published on: 07-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 37 people agreed
The
navies of Iran and Pakistan on 6 April 2014 announced to hold joint
military exercises in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz
Statue of Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw unveiled to mark 100 th Birth Anniversary
Published on: 07-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 24 people agreed
Statue of Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw was unveiled on 3 April 2014 at the Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt.
Koyal Rana won the Miss India 2014 title
Published on: 07-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 23 people agreed
Koyal
Rana won the title of fbb Femina Miss India 2014. Jhataleka Malhotra
and Gail Nicole Da’Silva were the 1st and 2nd runner-ups respectively.
Tempest Stela, World’s oldest weather report found in Egypt
Published on: 05-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 49 people agreed
Archaeologists
had discovered a 3500-year-old inscription on a stone block in Egypt
and claim that it is the oldest weather report of the world.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anja Niedringhaus shot dead in Afghanistan
Published on: 05-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 60 people agreed
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anja Niedringhaus on 4 April 2014 shot dead by a policeman in Afghanistan.
President Obama nominated PIO Sunil Sabharwal as US Alternate Executive Director of IMF
Published on: 05-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 47 people agreed
President
Barack Obama on 4 April 2014 nominated Sunil Sabharwal as the next US
Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Former President of Guinea Kumba Yala died at 61
Published on: 05-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 11 people agreed
Former President of Guinea Kumba Yala died at the age of 61 due to cardiac arrest.
MS Dhoni won United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports
Published on: 05-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 22 people agreed
MS Dhoni won the United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian Award for outstanding achievement in Sports.
Indian companies creates over a lakh jobs in UK: Grant Thornton research report
Published on: 05-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 10 people agreed
India
Tracker 2014 report claimed that Indian companies play an increasingly
important role in British economy and positive GDP of the nation.
US army men killed three other soldiers at Fort Hood military base
Published on: 05-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 2 people agreed
A mass shooting occurred at the Fort Hood military base on 2 April 2014 near Killeen, Texas, US.
Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca sworn-in as President of Malta
Published on: 05-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 13 people agreed
Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca Sworn-in as President of Malta, island state, in Valletta
Ancient monastery of Byzantine period found in south Israel
Published on: 04-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 17 people agreed
Israeli Antiquities Authorities on 1 April 2014 discovered a monastery which belongs to Byzantine period in the Bedouin village
Three statues belonged to Napatan civilisation were stolen from Northern Sudan
Published on: 04-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 7 people agreed
Three statues belonged to Napatan civilisation were stolen on 3 April 2014 from a museum in South Sudan.
Three day long Gangaur festival celebrated in Rajasthan
Published on: 04-APR-2014
Important for Exam: 20 people agreed
Famous Hindu festival of Gangaur was celebrated in Rajasthan
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