Daily Update -28,29 March 2014

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. 

Daily Update - 27th March 2014.

1.Supreme court suggests Sunil Gavaskar as BCCI Chief.

    Supreme court proposed replacement of N Srinivasan and suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from IPL 7.The proposal  released by a bench headed by Justice AK Patnaik proposed name of Sunil Gavaskar to head the highest Authority of Cricket in India.



2. Jude Felix Appointed as Coach.

    Former Captain and Olympian Jude Felix was appointed as coach of National Men's Hockey Team.He will be on a probation for three months.



3. WHO Certifies India as polio free.

     The formal certificates of being polio free was received by Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health,Government of India).A Country has to be free from reporting polio cases for three consecutive years for claiming polio free,as per International guidelines.


4. Abdel Fattah Al-sisi resigned as Army Chief of Egypt to compete for presidential elections.

Daily Update - 26th March 2014

1. Google signed deal with Luxotticca Spa for google glass.

      Google Inc partners with Luxotticca Spa the makers of RayBan and Oakley sunglasses for their high-tech wearable computers Google glass.Customers have to apply for the purchase of Google glass at selected locations.

2.Tehseen Akhtar arrested.

      Indian Mujahideen Chief Tehseen Akhtar alias Monu was arrested by the special cell of Delhi Police.He was heading IM since the arrest of Co-Founder Yaseen Bhatkal.He suspected to be the brain behind all recent  attacks.

3. Polling Booths at J&K declared as No Smoking zones.

    Jammu and Kashmir became the first state to declare its polling booths as no smoking zones,the polling stations will display a No Smoking Banner in the coming lok sabha polls.Decision was announced by Umang Narula, chief election commissioner of J&K.

4.Arjun Kapoor selected as Ambassador of Earth hour 2014.

    Young Bollywood star Arjun Kapoor named as the ambassador for the Earth hour 2014 ,observed on 29th march 2014.


5.Amitabh Bachan named Global Icon of the year.

    Big B, of Bollywood Amitabh Bachan selected for Global Icon of the year award at the NRI of the year awards in Mumbai.He dedicated the award to all young generation actors in the industry.The award was  presented jointly by ICICI and Times Of India.

6.Pritzker Architecture prize for Shigeru Ban.

     Japanese Architect Shigeru Ben won the prestigious  Pritzker Architecture prize 2014 for his low cost designs for relief shelters.The international prize  awarded to living Architects carry a cash prize of 100000 dollar ,a citation and bronze medallion.

7.3rd Nuclear security summit 2014 held in 'The Hague'.

    Third nuclear security summit 2014 was held in Hague,Switzerland attended by 58 world leaders reached an agreement to prevent the reach of terrorists out to nuclear materials.NSS Countries also agreed to keep quantities of nuclear materials as low as possible.

ONGC Recriutment 2014.

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Daily Update - 25th March 2014

1.Govind Misra selected for Saraswathi Samman.

   Renowned Hindi author Govind Misra ,selected for Saraswathi samman 2013 for his book Dhool Paudha Par published in 2008. He is the second Hindi author after Harivansh Rai Bachan to receive this award.Award that was established in 1991 by KK Birla Foundation,carries a cash prize of 10 lakhs and a certificate.


2.529 supporters of Mohd Morsi sentenced to death.

   529 supporters of ousted islamist president Mohd Morsi were sentenced to death by Egyptian court.They were convicted of charges like attacks on people, damaging public property and murdering a police personnel.

3. Veteran Actress Nanda (75) died in Mumbai.

4. AQUATM launched in Mumbai.

    Vandana Foundation,a non profit organisation launched automatic drinking water vending machine AQUATM in Mumbai.Water can be purchase at rs 1,per liter through a prepaid card . The machine has a capacity to deliver 1000 liters per day.

Daily Update -24 March 2014

1.RBI orders banks to give copy of credit profile to customers.

    Reserve Bank of India order banks to give free copy of credit information report to it cs customers,this will give awareness about the need to have credit discipline.The suggestion was made by the panel headed by Aditya Puri chairman of HDFC bank.

2.Book on Lal Bahadur Sasthri Released.

   Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama released a book on former PrimeMinister Lal Bahadur Sasthri titled "Lal Bahadur Sasthri : lessons in leadership".This biography on sasthri is a rewind of his life narrated by his son,Anil Sasthri.

3. Jeev Milkha Singh,nominated for asian Tour's player of the decade award.

4. Fourth Hockey India National Championship.

   Men's Title : Air India retained men's title after beating comptroller & Auditor General of India Team for
4-1 in final held at Lucknow .
   Women's Title : Railway Sports promotion board defeated defending champions Haryana,4-0 to clinch Hockey India women's championship in Bhopal.


5.Supreme court Directs Centre to withdraw all orders making Aadhar Mandatory.

    Supreme court of India directs Government of India to withdraw all orders making Aadhar mandatory.It also suggested UIDAI not to share any information regarding the card holder without his/her consent.


6. Ebola virus detected in Guinea.

   Ebola virus which causes hemorrhagic fever is detected in Guinea.80 people were detected and out of this 59 is already dead,raising concerns to the authorities.

7. Stuart Oliver won first ever Indian truck racing Championship.

     Experienced British racer Stuart Oliver won the first ever TATA T1 Prima truck racing Championship on 23rd march 2014.