March 2014 Current Affairs pdf: Important Current Events

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Most Important Current Affairs of the month March 2014

National News

• Nagaland and Assam have become first two-states in India to get Plastic Photo Identity Cards.
• More than 76 lakh voters from six constituencies – five in Assam and one in Tripura- kicked off the country’s nine-phase General Elections.
• The biggest-ever deal at an Indian air show has been linked between Boeing and SpiceJet in Hyderabad for Rs. 26000 crore.
• According to the Swedish Think Tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, India has emerged as the world’s largest arms importer.
• The Indian Air Force has formally inducted Russia-made MI-17 V5 series helicopters at its Jamnagar base in Gujarat.
• India has successfully test-fired its indigenous developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile with a range of 350 km as part of a user trial by the Army.
• Noted writer and historian Khushwant Singh has passed away due to cardiac arrest at his residence in New Delhi.
• According to the US think-tank Ethisphere Institute- Wipro and Tata Power are among the world’s most ethical companies.
• The Prime Minister of Malaysia has called up Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, seeking India’s help in searching for disappeared Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. India has deployed five warship and six surveillance aircrafts for the search operation, so far.
• Delhi Metro has started ‘Book Your Own Coach’ facility for the benefits of foreign travelers, tourists and students.
• India has been officially declared as the ‘Polio-Free’ country after an independent commission under the WHO certifies the South East Asia Region, comprising 11 countries polio-free.
• Yesteryear’s bollywood actress Nanda, star of film like 'Teen Deviyan' and ‘Gumnaam’, has died at home in Mumbai at the age of 75.
• The Supreme Court has directed the Central Government to withdraw orders making Aadhaar Mandatory for any services.
• The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has cancelled forest clearance to captive coal blocks in Chhattisgarh.
• Acting on Mudgal report revelations, the Supreme Court has asked Mr. N. Srinivasan to step down as the BCCI President to ensure a fair inquiry into the allegations of betting in the IPL.
• Former Team India captain, Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed as the interim president of the Indian cricket board BCCI in respect of IPL-7 functions by the Supreme Court.
• Anand Kishore Sahay has been elected as the President of the Press Club of India.
• IAF Super Hercules C-130J, the most recent and modern acquisition of the Indian Air Force from the US, has crashed In Karauli, near Gwalior.
• R. Gandhi has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) replacing Anand Sinha.
• Arunachal Pradesh has been put on the country’s railway map with the arrival of first passenger train with about 400 commuters at Naharlagun.
• RBI has granted ‘in-principle’ approval to IDFC Limited and Kolkata-based Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited to set up banks.

International News

• Nepal has planned to lease Himalayan peaks to private companies to boost tourism.
• As a first step towards joining Russia, the Parliament in pro-Russian Crimea has declared independence from Ukraine.
• G-8 nations have suspended Russia from the exclusive club of world powers over its incursion in Ukraine. 
• Former leftist rebel commander Salvador Sanchez Ceren won presidential election in El Salvador.
• India and China have held talk in Beijing on counter strategies to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership being negotiated by the US.
• Top secret report on 1962 Indo-China war, authored by Lt. General Henderson Brooks and Brigadier P.S. Bhagat, has been published by Australian journalist Nevillie Maxwell on his website. This report has blamed Nehru Government and army for the misadventure that led to China war defeat.
• Former Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg has been named the next NATO chief. He will take charge from October 1, 2014.
• World Trade Organization (WTO) has asked India to remove raw sugar export subsidy immediately.
• The Parliament of Kenya has legalized polygamy that allows men to marry as many women they want.
• Philanthropist Andrej Kiska has clinched Slovakia’s presidency by a landslide.
• A new marriage law legalizes same-sex marriages in England and Wales. However, it remains prohibited in other two components of the Union – Scotland and Northern Ireland.
• Ms. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca has been appointed as the 9th President of the island country Malta.
• Manuel Valls took over as the new Prime Minister of France replacing Jean Marc Ayrault.

Sports Updates

• Sri Lanka won the ICC World T-20 tournament by defeating India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• IPL-7 is going to be held in three phases at UAE, Bangladesh and India from April 16 to June 1, 2014.
• Sachin Tendulkar has been voted as the Cricketer of the Generation by a 50-member jury in the annual ESPN Cricinfo Awards.
• Chhattisgarh beats Keral by 6-1 in the B-Division final of the 4th Hockey India junior women’s National championship in Mysore.
• Champion of Ranji and irani Cup 2014 Tournament, Karnataka has clinched a historic triple crown by lifting the Star Sports Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time. They beats Railway in the final at den Gardens, Kolkata.
• Novak Djokovic of Servia won his first title of Indian Wells ATP Masters tournament in 2014 by defeating Roger Federer in the final match.
• Serena Williams of USA won her 7th Miami WTA title 2014 by defeating Li Na of China.
• Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix title 2014.
• Heena Sidhu of India has won the women’s air pistol Silver in the shooting World Cup 2014 in USA.
• Novac Djokovic won his 4th Miami Masters title 2014 by defeating World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the final.
• The International association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has rectified the Gold medal for long-jumper Anju Bobby George at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo in 2005. With this, Anju became the first Indian Athlete to win Gold medal in the World Athletics Final.
• Australia won the women’s World Tweenty20 in Dhaka by defeating England in final. They won this tournament for the 3rd consecutive time.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named the captain of the 2014 ICC World Team of the Tournament.
• India’s Heena Sidhu has clinched the World’s No. 1 spot in 10 meters air pistol event in the ranking released by International Shooting Sports Federation. She has become the 1st Indian pistol shooter to be ranked at the top position in the list.
• India draws with Serbia for the Davis Cup World Group play-off which will be held in India in September, 2014.

Prize and Award Winners

• Koyal Rana of Delhi has been crowned Femina Miss India 2014.
• Renowned Hindi author Govind Mishra has been named for the Saraswati Samman for the year 2013 for his book Dhool Paudho Par.
• Animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi and McCann World Group India CEO have been presented the prestigious IAA Olive Crown Awards.
• Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar has been selected for the 23rd G.D. Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013.
• Assamese film Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare (As River flows) won the audience choice award in North Carolina film festival.

Science and Technology

• Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, has announced that the INSAT-3E, after 10 years in orbit has been decommissioned.
• An Israeli start-up has developed a new smartphone battery that can recharge in less than 30 seconds.
• The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully raised the orbit of its navigation satellite, the IRNSS-1B, by firing the propulsion system on board the satellite for 7 minutes and a half from 5.35 p.m.
• A team of Stanford scientists have invented a foldable and disposable microscope, priced at 1 dollar, which is versatile enough to screen for a range of diseases on field, including malaria.
• British scientists has discovered cancer cells in a 3000-year old skeleton in Sudan, making it the oldest sample of metastatic cancer in human ever discovered.

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