CURRENT AFFAIRS

MARCH 2014
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Chandi Prasad Bhatt won Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013

Union Cabinet approved a new rail coach manufacturing unit in Kolar
Vice President released book entitled Akbar, The Aesthete
National Food Security Act came into force in Madhya Pradesh
South Africa won ICC Under-19 World Cup 2014
Roger Federer won Dubai tennis championship
President Pranab Mukherjee signed the Telangana Bill
12 Years A Slave won Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2014 for best picture
Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi, the Ex-Union minister died
RBI extended date of exchanging pre-2005 notes to 1 January 2015
Arvind Bhat won the German Open Grand Prix title
India at Risk written by Jaswant Singh released
'SMS Gateway" launched for waitlisted rail passengers
National Cycling Academy launched in New Delhi
Tamil Nadu Won Subbaiah Pillai Trophy
Arvind Bhat won the German Open Grand Prix title
Assam became first Indian state to observe Child Protection Day
Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu crowned national basketball champions
Sheila Dikshit appointed as the new Governor of Kerala
Indian acid attack victim, Laxmi won International Women of Courage Award
Graeme Smith announced retirement from cricket
Spicejet appointed R. Neelakantan new CFO
Lok Sabha elections to be held from 7 April 2014 in 9-phases
Third BIMSTEC summit 2014 held in Myanmar
World Dentist Day observed across the World on March 6th
Sports Minister inaugurated National Cycling Academy in New Delhi
64th National Basketball Championship concluded
NDMC launched Stri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
Tamil Nadu and Railways won Federation Cup 2014
World's longest Airlander unveiled in Britain
Asian Air Gun Championship: Pooja Ghatkar Won gold
Afghanistan's Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim died
Australia replaced India in 2nd position of ICC Test rankings
Sumith Nakandala appointed as first Secretary General of BIMSTEC
India is Dubai's largest non oil trading partner in 2013-14
Indian writer Pankaj Mishra won $150,000 Yale literary prize
Czech priest Tomas Halik won 2014 Templeton Prize
MCX-SX appointed Thomas Mathew as chairman
Sachin Tendulkar named Cricketer of the Generation
India is worlds biggest buyer of arms, triple that of China, Pakistan
Nagaland, Assam first states to get plastic photo IDs for polls
Soma Mondal appointed first Women director of NALCO
Hinduja brothers among Britain's top 3 richest families
Vice President of Afghanistan Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim died

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Virat Kohli reclaimed number one position on ICC ODI batsmen rankings
Veteran Actress, Sheila MacRae died at 92
World Kidney Day observed on March 13th
Kush Sharma, Indian-American student won spelling bee
Pooja Ghatkar won Gold medal at Asian Air Gun Championship
Indian Writer Pankaj Mishra won Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014
President Conferred Stree Shakti Puruskar 2013
Mizoram won 68th Santosh Trophy of football by defeating Railways
Frank Jobe pioneer of Tommy John surgery died
Avaya appointed Priyadarshi Mohapatra as Managing Director for India and
SAARC
Tom Albanese appointed as CEO of Vedanta Resources
Australia replaced India in second position in ICC Test Team rankings
Ragala Venkat Rahul won 2 Gold and 1 Silver at 16th Asian Youth Weightlifting
Championships
Spains first elected Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez died
Govind Mishra selected for Sarawasti Samman 2013
World Sparrow Day observed on March 20
World Poetry Day was observed on March 21
India, Singapore won 2014 UN Water for Life award
Aditi Khanna became first women President of Indian Journalist's Association
Stuart Oliver won first-ever Indian truck-racing championship
Aditi Khanna became first women President of Indian Journalist's Association
Noted author and columnist Khushwant Singh died
SEBI Local Office inaugurated at Ranchi
Physicist Rajech Gopakumar selected G D Birla Award 2013
Brazils first World Cup winning captain Bellini died
Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy
Shubhranshu Choudhary won 2014 Google Digital Activism Award
Michelle Bachelet sworn-in as President of Chile for second term
Joe McGinniss, author of Fatal Vision died
Nokia Launched its first Android-based smart phone Nokia X
Former Sierra Leone President, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah died
Nandan Nilekani resigned as chairman of UIDAI
RBI hiked trade related remittance from 2 to 5 lakh rupees per transaction
Pranab Mukherjee presented Padma awards
Heena Sidhu won silver medal in 10m Air Pistol Women final of ISSF World Cup
Rajiv Takru appointed as the new Revenue Secretary
West Zone won Deodhar Trophy 2014
IVR 2020 programme launched in India
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban won 2014 Pritzker Prize
Tata Teleservices limited launched new Wi-Fi business
India won 3rd South Asian Handball Championship title
Bank of India launched Instant Money Transfer Scheme

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J&K became the first state to declare all Election booths as No smoking Zones
Ebola Virus detected in Guinea
Jens Stoltenberg appointed as next NATO Secretary General
Arjun Kapoor New brand ambassador for Earth Hour 2014
Malala Yousafzai, Misbah-ul-Haq received Pakistan civil awards
Tech Mahindra and Alstom Transport announced to set up a global development
centre
Gurgaon has the highest first time voters in Haryana
India ranked 4th in spam e-mails export: Microsoft Report
Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai won BNP Paribas Open 2014
Indian Oil announced to build 30000 crore rupees refinery at Mundra in Gujara
Gyan Correa bagged the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013
Novak Djokovic won Indian Wells final by defeating Roger Federer
Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar selected for G D Birla Award 2013
Former Brazilian international footballer Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini died
International Day of Forests was observed by the United Nation on 21 March
2014.
e-Commerce firm ibiboGroup acquired Bangalore-based bus tracking service
YourBus

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