World Poetry Day observed across the world
Published on: 21-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 38 people agreed
World Poetry Day observed on 21 March 2014
The Sahara Testaments written by Tade Ipadeola
Published on: 21-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 21 people agreed
The Sahara Testaments was written by Nigerian poet, Tade Ipadeola.
Sharp rise in asylum industrialised countries: UNHCR report Asylum Trends 2013
Published on: 21-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 13 people agreed
UNHCR
report Asylum Trends 2013 claims sharp rise in asylum in 44
industrialised countries, primarily driven by the Syrian crisis.
Wipro and Tata Power among world's most ethical firms
Published on: 21-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 20 people agreed
Ethisphere Institute’s 2014 list of World's Most Ethical Companies marked Wipro and Tata Power as the only Indian entities.
UN observed International Day of Forest
Published on: 21-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 9 people agreed
International Day of Forests was observed by the United Nation on 21 March 2014.
KC Chakrabarty, Deputy Governor of RBI resigned before end of term
Published on: 21-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 37 people agreed
Deputy
Governor of RBI, Dr KC Chakrabarty resigned from the office on 20 March
2014 three months ahead of the completion of the term.
Aditi Khanna became first women President of Indian Journalist's Association
Published on: 20-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 63 people agreed
Aditi Khanna became the first women President of Indian Journalists’ Association (IJA) in London in its 67-years long history.
World Sparrow Day observed across the world
Published on: 20-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 18 people agreed
World Sparrow Day was observed on 20 March 2014
Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappeared in the South China Sea
Published on: 20-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 64 people agreed
Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappeared in the South China Sea.
Khushwant Singh, the renowned author and journalist died
Published on: 20-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 29 people agreed
The
renowned author and journalist Khushwant Singh died on 20 March 2014 at
the age of 99 in Delhi. He was mainly famous as the best storyteller.
PEACE-Promoting Energy Access through Clean Energy
Published on: 20-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 17 people agreed
PEACE is a MoU between India and US to promote increase the energy access and to develop several priority activites.
Pro-Russian forces seized Ukraine’s Navy headquarters in Sevastopol
Published on: 20-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 10 people agreed
Ukraine’s
Navy Headquarters in Crimean, Sevastopol was seized by the pro-Russian
forces. It also detained Navy Chief of the country, Serhiy Hayduk.
India ranked 4th in spam e-mails export: Microsoft Report
Published on: 19-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 33 people agreed
India ranked fourth among the countries sending out spam e-mails with malicious content report released by Microsoft
Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare won audience choice award in North Carolina film festival
Published on: 19-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 32 people agreed
Ekhon
Nedekha Nadir Xipaare (As River Flows), an Assamese thriller film won
the audience choice award in North Carolina film festival.
UK decided to honour the Indian heroes of World War I
Published on: 18-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 49 people agreed
UK
to honour the Indian soldiers (participants of World War I) through a
series of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the war.
India is the world’s largest arms importer: SIPRI
Published on: 18-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 31 people agreed
SIPRI
in its data on international arms transfers claimed India as largest
importer of weapon systems, which is three times more than Pakistan and
China.
Gyan Correa bagged the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013
Published on: 18-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 16 people agreed
Gyan Correa bagged the 17th Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 for his debut film as a director, The Good Road in Gujarati.
India nominated Rani-ki-Vav and GHNP for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status
Published on: 18-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 24 people agreed
India nominated Rani-ki-Vav located in Patan, Gujarat and GHNP in HP for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status.
Divide between the rich and poor in UK is Widening: Oxfam Research Report
Published on: 18-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 19 people agreed
A Tale of Two Britains research report concluded that the divide between the rich and poor in the United Kingdom has widened.
Tomas Halik won Templeton Prize 2014
Published on: 15-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 173 people agreed
Tomas Halik won the Templeton Prize for 2014
FICCI-KPMG report on Indian Civil Aviation released
Published on: 15-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 14 people agreed
The FICCI-KPMG report on Indian civil aviation released at the Hyderabad
T C Teli, former Arunachal Pradesh Minister died
Published on: 15-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 10 people agreed
Former
Arunachal Pradesh Minister, TC Teli died on 14 March 2014 in Itanagar
at 50. He is now survived by his two wives, four sons and five
daughters.
GK Pillai resigned as Chairman of MCX-SX
Published on: 15-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 30 people agreed
GK Pillai resigned as Chairman of MCX-SX and will be succeeded by Thomas Mathew T.
Former Sierra Leone President, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah died
Published on: 15-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 12 people agreed
Former president and leader of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah died in Freetown at the age of 82.
US grand jury re-indicted Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in the Visa fraud case
Published on: 15-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 17 people agreed
Grand
jury of US indicted Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was accused
for visa fraud and for under paying her housekeeper.
Nandan Nilekani resigned as chairman of UIDAI
Published on: 14-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 124 people agreed
Nandan Nilekani resigned as chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India.
World Kidney Day observed across the World
Published on: 13-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 38 people agreed
World
Kidney Day was observed annually on the second Thursday in March. The
theme of World Kidney day of 2014 is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and
aging.
President presented the Standard and Colours Award
Published on: 13-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 40 people agreed
President Pranab Mukherjee on 12 March 2014 presented the President's Standard and Colours Award.
Indian diplomat Khobragade had diplomatic immunity at time of indictment: US court
Published on: 13-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 16 people agreed
Court
of US ruled that Devyani Khobragade had full diplomatic immunity at the
time of indictment on visa fraud and underpaying her maid.
Soma Mondal appointed first Women director of NALCO
Published on: 13-MAR-2014
Important for Exam: 51 people agreed
Soma Mondal on 12 March 2014 was appointed as the first woman director (commercial) of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO)
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