1.West Zone Won Deodar Trophy 2014.
West Zone, won the Deodar cricket trophy 2014 defeating North Zone at
YS Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam,this 50 over interzone knockout tournament is named after Prof: DB Deodhar,popularly known as grand old man of Indian cricket.Five zonal teams,North,South,East,West and Central zone will participate in the tournament.
2.Super Hercules Aircraft C-130J crashed in Rajasthan.
Super Hercules Aircraft C-130J of the Indian Air Force crashed in Rajasthan,5 crew including four officers were killed.six C 130J including the ill fated one were bought from the US for 6000 crore rupees,they can carry up to 20 tonnes of load and even land and take off from short run ways,Defence
ministry has ordered a high level inquiry in to the incident.
3.Tata Teleservices launched Wi Fi Business.
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL) launched new Wi Fi business in Chennai.Wi Fi scratch cards will be sold through retail outlets to monetize the service,it can be used at Tata Docomo hotspots across India.
4. Earth Hour Observed.
To raise awareness about environmental issues Earth Hour was observed across 7000 cities and towns the world by switching off non -essential lights from 8.30 to 9.30 pm on 29th march.The event organized by WWF marked its beginning at Sydney in 2007.
5. Silver Medal for Heena Sidhu.
Indian Air Pistol Shooter ,World no: 2 Heena Sidhu clinched a silver medal at ISSF world cup in Fort Benning ,USA.She now holds the record of maximum medal in a world cup by an Indian pistol shooter.
6.First ever miniature planet with two rings discovered.
Astronomers of the Neils Bohr institute discovered first ever miniature planet
Charkilo with two rings,of ice and pebbles between Saturn and Uranus is the first ever discovery of celestial body with rings like Saturn.
7.NATO gets new secretary General.
Jens Stolenberg appointed as secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).He will replace Anders Fogh ,former PM of Denmark and will take charge from 1 October 2014.
Nato is an intergovernmental military alliance of North Atlantic countries with 28 members,it encourages consultation and co operation on defence and security issue.
Bank of Baroda has issued the notification for Bank of Baroda Manipal school of banking program for the Post of Probationary Officer 2014-15.
