1. Abdullah, the king of Saudi Arabia appointed
his half-brother Moqren as the next heir to the throne.
2.
Sunil Gavaskar was appointed as
the interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by
the Supreme Court. Sunil Gavaskar replaced the present BCCI chief N Srinivasan.
3.
Former BCCI chief N Srinivasan
was removed by the Supreme Court on the ground that his position may interfere
with the investigations going into the alleged involvement of his sons-in-law
Gurunath Meiyappan. Gurunath Meiyappan was found to be involved in betting by
the Mudgal Committee report on IPL spot fixing during IPL-6 held in 2013.
4.
Jens Stoltenberg was appointed
as the Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). He will
replace the incumbent Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
5.
General Sedki Sobhi was
sworn-in as the new Defence Minister and Army Chief of Egypt.
6.
Rajiv Takru was appointed as
the Revenue Secretary. He will succeed Sumit Bose.
7.
Rakesh Sethi was appointed as
CMD of Allahabad Bank.
8.
Sheila Dikshit, the former
chief minister of Delhi was appointed as the 22nd Governor of Kerala. She will
succeed Nikhil Kumar.
9.
Indian-origin Gopal Rao won UK
Twitter Prize.
10.
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban
won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014.
11.
Govind Mishra, the renowned
Hindi author will receive Sarawasti Samman for the year 2013 for his book Dhool
Paudho Par published in 2008.
12.
The 86th Annual Academy Oscar
Awards 2014 was announced on 2 March 2014 and the best picture award was won by
12 Years A Slave of Steve McQueen. Best Actor - Matthew
13.
McConaughey (Film-Dallas Buyers
Club) , Best Actress - Cate Blanchett (Film - Blue
14.
Jasmine), Best Director -
Alfonso Cuaron (Film – Gravity)
15.
Pranab Mukherjee conferred
three Kriti Chakras and ten Shurya Chakras to Armed Personnel at the
Rashtrapati Bhawan. The five Surya Chakra was given posthumously.
16.
Malala Yousafzai and
Misbah-ul-Haq along with 103 others were conferred with the Pakistan’s Civil
Awards.
17.
Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar was
selected for G D Birla Award for scientific research for the year 2013.
18.
Indian journalist Shubranshu
Choudhary won Google digital activism award for regional news service.
19.
Tomas Halik, the Czech priest
won the Templeton Prize for 2014.
20.
President Pranab Mukherjee
presented the President's Standard and Colours Award. The Standard Award was
given to 112 Helicopter Unit and President's Colour to 4 Base Repair Depot
(BRD).
21.
Indian writer Pankaj Mishra won
Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 in non-fiction category.
22.
US honoured Laxmi, an acid
attack victim with the prestigious International Women of Courage Award.
23.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt, the noted
Gandhian environmentalist and social activist won the Gandhi Peace Prize for
the year 2013. Bhatt was one of the pioneers of the Chipko movement.
24.
Actor Arjun Kapoor was named as
the brand ambassador of the Earth hour 2014. Earth hour is an initiative under
which citizens are advised to switch off all electricity for an hour. It is
organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
25.
Grand jury of US indicted
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, the person accused for visa fraud and for
under paying her housekeeper. Earlier, the virtually identical charges against
Devyani were dropped by a court on the ground that she enjoyed diplomatic
immunity.
26.
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the Army
Chief of Egypt resigned to contest in Presidential election.
27.
Dr KC Chakrabarty, the Deputy
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India resigned. Earlier, Anand Sinha retired
from the position of Deputy Governor of RBI.
28.
GK Pillai resigned as Chairman
of MCX-SX on 14 March 2014. Consequently, current Vice Chairman and former LIC
Chairman, Thomas Mathew T was elected as new Chairman.
29.
Nandan Nilekani resigned as
chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Nilekani
joined the Congress Party and he is contesting from the Bangalore South
constituency in Lok Sabha polls.
30.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
of Apple Inc Peter Oppenheimer announced his retirement.
31.
Veteran film actress of Hindi
and Marathi films, Nanda died.
32.
Khushwant Singh, the renowned
author and journalist died.
33.
Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, the former
President and leader of Sierra Leone died.
34.
South China Sea-Malaysia
Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in the South China Sea.
35.
Union Ministry of Minority
Affairs launched Nalanda Project for Minorities Higher Educational
Institutions.
36.
Union Ministry of Minority
Affairs launched a new initiative Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme for the welfare of
minorities.
37.
India was ranked fourth in a
Microsoft report in the list of the countries sending out spam e-mails. India
has followed three nations namely USA, China, UK.
38.
India’s import of weapon
systems is three times more than Pakistan and China. The report published by as
Swedish Think Tank, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
has claimed that India continues to be the largest buyer of arms in the world.
39.
Mumbai was the least expensive
major city for expatriates among the major cities of the world. This was
revealed in a report released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). After
Mumbai, Karachi and New Delhi are the least expensive city in the world.
Singapore was ranked as the most expensive city.
40.
The Third Nuclear Security
Summit was held in The Hague, Netherlands from 24 to 25 March 2014.
41.
A non-profit group Vandana
Foundation launched AQUATM in Mumbai. The AQUATM is a water vending machine
from which water can be purchased.
42. A multi-pronged National campaign on Dengue, U & Me Against Dengue, was launched to eradicate dengue across six Indian cities with public private partnership.
43.
Union Defence Ministry ordered
a CBI investigation into the purchase of jet fighter engines from Britain’s
Rolls-Royce that worth 10000 crore rupees.
44.
Indian Navy successfully
completed Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX), one of its
largest war drills spread over Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal
region.
45.
India and Nepal started a joint
military exercise at Saljhandi in Rupandehi district of Nepal. The two week
exercise named Ex-Surya Kiran Drills VI.
46.
Third BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit was
held from 1 March to 4 March 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Indian Prime Minster
visited Myanmar.
47.
Sumith Nakandala was appointed
as the first Secretary General of BIMSTEC.
48.
Union Cabinet recommended
imposition of President’s Rule in Andhra Pradesh while keeping the Assembly in
suspended animation.
49.
Union Cabinet increased the
dearness allowance (DA) of Union government employees and dearness relief (DR)
of pensioners by 10 per cent of the basic pay, taking the rate to 100 per cent.
It fixed the minimum monthly pension paid by the Employees Provident Fund
Organisation at Rs. 1,000.
50.
The Union Cabinet gave its
approval for the setting up of 54 Kendriya Vidyalayas, four National Institutes
of Design (NIDs), and 3,500 model schools at the block level in Educationally
Backward Blocks (EBBs). The proposal to set up new KVs during the 12th Five
Year Plan period.
51.
Various Central agencies
cleared seven major National Highway projects, including the Delhi-Meerut
Expressway, pertaining mostly to Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab and
Rajasthan.
52.
The Centre assailed the January
21 Supreme Court verdict commuting the death sentence of 15 convicts to life
term, saying the President’s decision in disposing of a mercy petition was
beyond judicial review.
53.
With a view to promoting
affordable and effective generic drugs, the Centre has asked the States to
provide space in government hospitals for their sale so that more Jan Aushadhi
Stores could be opened.
54.
President Pranab Mukherjee gave
his assent to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 that would pave way
for the creation of the State of Telangana, and approved the Cabinet’s
recommendation to impose Central rule in the State.
55.
Russia’s Parliament has
approved the use of armed force in Ukraine, even as the West warned Moscow not
to intervene in the troubled post-Soviet state.
56.
UPA government decided to give
reservation to Jats in nine northern States.
57.
Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung
approved a proposal to bring back trams in Chandni Chowk area.
58.
Justice G. Rohini is set to
become the first woman Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.
59.
The former Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister, Kalyan Singh, who rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was
appointed national vice-president.
60.
Two fund houses of SBI and Axis
have filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to
start mutual fund schemes linked to inflation-indexed bonds.
61. Former Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI) Chairman J. S. Sarma, an advocate of telecom sector reforms, has passed
away.
62. The Union government has raised by 10 to 20
basis points the interest rates on select fixed deposit schemes offered by post
offices. The rate hike will come into effect from April 1, 2014. The rate hike
decision is in line with the recommendations of the Shyamala Gopinath
Committee.
63. Cutting across political lines, all members of
the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly condemned the death of Nido Tania in
New Delhi.
64. With the provisional exclusion of the Indian
Boxing Federation (IBF), the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has
suggested that a new national federation be floated to revive the country’s
relations with the international boxing community. The AIBA, which suspended
the IBF on December 6, 2012 due to alleged irregularities in its elections held
that year.
65. RBI decided to allow foreign inward remittances
received under money transfer service scheme (MTSS) directly into the bank
account of the beneficiary through electronic modes such as national electronic
funds transfer (NEFT) and immediate payment service (IMPS).
66. The elections for the 16th Lok Sabha, along
with the Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim, will be held on
nine different dates. The first date is April 7 and the last is May 12.
Counting of votes will be held on May 16. Chief Election Commissioner V.S.
Sampath, accompanied by Election Commissioners H.S. Brahma and S.N.A. Zaidi,
said Bihar and Uttar Pradesh would have the maximum of six polling dates each.
A record 81.4 crore voters are eligible to exercise their votes for 543 Lak
Sabha members.
67. The detention of Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind
Kejriwal in Radhanpur town in Gujarat sparked off street clashes between AAP
and Bharatiya
Janata
Party workers in Delhi, Lucknow and near Kutch district.
68. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has
urged the Uttar Pradesh government to take immediate action to end the strike
by government doctors which has resulted in "violation of people’s right
to health and life.”
69. India’s current account deficit (CAD) narrowed
sharply to $4.2 billion (0.9 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP)) in the
third quarter of the current financial year.
70. Telecom subscribers across the country can now
register complaints by dialling a special toll free number 1063.
71. At Graphic Era University in Dehradun as Arvind
Mishra, a young assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, broke the
Guinness record of 121 hours in the non-stop lecturing category.
72. For the first time candidates will have the
option of e-filing their affidavits in the coming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.
The mandatory affidavits (Form 26), to be submitted at the time of filing
nomination papers, include information on the candidate’s assets (movable and
immovable property), property and accounts abroad, liabilities, educational
qualifications and criminal antecedents, if any, and the name of the spouse and
dependents.
73. Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) will celebrate
International Women's Day by organising financial literacy camps for women. All
the 12 branches of the bank will organise financial literacy camps on March 8.
74. China announced its biggest hike in military
spending in three years, with its defence budget set to cross $130 billion in
the coming year.
75. Bihar is India’s fastest growing State with its
Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) growing at 15.05 per cent during 2012-13.
According to the CSO data, Gujarat grew at 7.96 per cent, ranked sixth, behind
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh (9.89 per cent), Goa (8.47 per cent), Kerala (8.24 per
cent) and Odisha (8.09 per cent). The all-India economic growth in 2012-13 was
4.47 per cent.
76.
A high-power committee under
the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) has been set up to find
ways for the banking sector to comply with Basel-III capital norms. The
decision was taken at a sub-committee meeting of FSDC chaired by Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan.
77.
Tata Motors said it had tied up
with Bharatiya Mahila Bank to provide retail finance to its passenger vehicle
customers.
78.
The Uttar Pradesh Government’s
ambitious ‘Samajwadi Pension’ scheme has been stalled, with the model code of
conduct for the Lok Sabha polls.
79.
Myanmar will be presented the
award of World’s Best Tourist Destination for 2014 by the European Union
Council on Tourism and Trade.
80.
To expedite proceedings against
sitting MPs and MLAs in criminal cases, the Supreme Court asked lower courts to
complete trial within a year of framing of charges.
81.
Two Russian cosmonauts and an
American astronaut landed back on Earth in Kazakhstan after a stay of more than
half a year aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
82.
China said it would allow, for
the first time, the setting up of five private banks on a trial basis.
83.
Bharatiya Mahila Bank Limited,
the first women’s bank and a wholly-owned government institution, proposes to
open 55 more branches in Tier 4, Tier-5 and Tier-6 cities in 2014-15.
84.
Gold and silver imports declined
by 71.4 per cent to $1.63 billion in February mainly due to restrictions
imposed by the government.
85.
The Supreme Court declined to
review its January 21 verdict, commuting the death sentence of 15 convicts to
life term because of inordinate delay on the part of the President in disposing
of their mercy petitions.
86.
Rakesh Sethi took over as
Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank.
87.
The U.S. financial regulator
warned consumers that using the online currency Bitcoin was fraught with risks,
including theft by hacking and fraud.
88.
The Delhi High Court upheld the
death sentence of all four convicts in the December 16, 2012, gang-rape and
murder of a physiotherapy student.
89.
The Director General of Civil
Aviation has come out with new detailed guidelines for the physically
challenged travelling by air, making it clear that no airline can refuse to fly
them.
90.
India and Bangladesh are keen
to increase business relations by setting up inland waterways for hassle-free
movement of cargo.
91.
Singapore’s central bank said
it would regulate ‘intermediaries’ for the Bitcoin virtual currency to prevent
them from being used for money laundering and terrorist financing.
92.
Designed and built using a
$777,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the
self-contained, waterless toilet with its innovative technology converts human
waste to biochar, a highly porous charcoal. It aims to provide an eco-friendly
solution to help some of the 2.5 billion people around the world lacking safe
sanitation.
93.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg
said he had called President Barack Obama to complain that the U.S. government
is undermining confidence in the Internet with vast, secret surveillance
programmes.
94.
Wholesale Price Index Inflation
slipped to a nine-month low of 4.68 per cent in February.
95.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
(India) has announced the launch of CPSE-ETF (Central Public Sector Enterprise
Exchange Traded Fund) new fund offer, which tracks the central public sector
enterprises (CPSE) index. Through this fund, investors can invest in
Maharatnas, Navratnas and Miniratnas companies.
96.
India’s foreign exchange
reserves jumped by $1.088 billion to touch $295.45 billion during the week
ended March 7, 2014.
97.
The Andhra Pradesh State
government has in principle decided for the Rs. 1,000-crore Missile Test Launch
Facility project proposed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO) in Nagayalanka mandal of Krishna district.
98.
For the first time, a large
section of the still classified Henderson Brooks Report, which details a
comprehensive operational review of India’s military debacle in India China war
1962, has been made public.
99.
The Hinduja brothers have
emerged the third richest family in Britain in the United Kingdom.
100.
Crimea declared independence
from Ukraine and applied to rejoin Russia. Nearly 97 percent of voters said
“yes” to revert to Russia.
101.
El Salvador’s election
officials declared Sanchez Ceren the winner in presidential election.
102.
The Madras High Court
restrained Zee Media Corporation Limited and News Nation Network from
publishing or telecasting any news content on Indian cricket team skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni in connection with alleged acts of betting, spot-fixing
and match-fixing.
103.
Ludhiana and Kanpur are among
the 10 most polluted cities in the world, says the World Health Organisation.
Ludhiana made it to the fourth position along with Quetta in Pakistan. Kanpur
made it to the ninth position. The most polluted city in the world is Ahvaz in
Iran.
104.
India has made it clear that it
will not support sanctions sought to be imposed on Russia by a select group of
countries led by the U.S.
105.
The Election Commission has
directed content managers of social networking sites to make sure that
candidates do not post anything violative of the model code of conduct. The
guidelines will be applicable to a range of Internet-based social media
including Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Wikipedia.
106.
The All India Bank Employees’
Association has sought the immediate intervention of Chief Election
Commissioner V.S. Sampath to disqualify top loan defaulters from entering the
poll fray.
107.
The Home Ministry has taken
action against about 19,000 non-government organisations which did not file
returns within the stipulated time period.
108.
Reserve Bank of India has
warned all domestic banks to take steps before Microsoft ends its Windows XP
software support from April 8, 2014.
109.
A city court directed Tamil
Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her close aide N. Sasikala to appear
before it on April 3 to face trial in cases pertaining to alleged failure to
file Income Tax returns.
110.
The aviation regulator has
launched a probe against SpiceJet after a video posted on YouTube showed Holi
celebrations on its Goa-Bangalore flight.
111.
Indian business honchos Anand
Mahindra and Lakshmi Mittal are among the world’s 50 greatest leaders,
according to Fortune magazine. The list of leaders, which includes Nobel Peace Prize
winner Aung San Suu Kyi, the Dalai Lama and Pope Francis.
112.
The Central Government will
sell 4.2 crore shares or 9 per cent stake in Axis Bank. The government holds
about 20.72 per cent of the shares of the third largest Indian private sector
bank through the Specified Undertaking of UTI (Unit trust of India).
113.
The EU welcomed Ukraine into
the Western fold, signing the political provisions of a landmark accord.
European Union leaders agreed sanctions against top Russian politicians and
stepped up efforts to cut the bloc’s debilitating energy dependence on Russia.
114.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Governor Raghuram Rajan said that the central bank was yet to take a decision
on Urjit Patel committee report which had suggested an inflation target and was
still in discussion with the government on the subject.
115.
British retail major Tesco
announced that it was forming an equal joint venture with Trent Ltd., a part of
the Tata Group, by picking up 50 per cent stake in Trent Hypermarket Ltd (THL)
for about Rs.850 crore.
116.
North Korea test-fired 30
short-range missiles into the sea. The missiles are estimated to have flown
about 60 km.
117.
Nationalist Congress Party
chief Sharad Pawar could be facing trouble for a remark he made urging a crowd
to “vote twice” in the Lok Sabha polls.
118.
‘Book your own coach’ – is the
latest initiative rolled out by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the
benefit of foreign travellers, tourists and students.
119.
The Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB)
will open three more branches in three capital cities of the northeastern
States - Agartala (Tripura), Shillong (Meghalaya) and Itanagar (Arunachal
Pradesh).
120.
Prime Minister Muhammed Nawaz
Sharif said that Pakistan had postponed giving India the Most Favoured Nation
(MFN) status.
121.
The Election Commission of
India (ECI) has clarified that poll campaign-related news appearing in
newspapers and channels owned by political parties will fall under the purview
of paid news.
122.
Bank of India launched IMT
(Instant Money Transfer), which allows cardless cash withdrawal at its
IMT-enabled ATMs, a first-of-its-kind initiative by any public sector bank. The
facility can be initiated by the bank’s customer over bank’s ATM and retail
Internet banking. The sender initiates IMT by providing receiver’s mobile
number, four digits sender code and the IMT amount. The receiver receives the
notification of IMT on his mobile phone, along with a four-digit SMS Pin. The
sender separately communicates the four-digit sender code to the receiver. Then
the receiver, after getting these two pieces of information - one from the
sender and the other on SMS, walks into the bank’s nearest IMT-enabled ATM and withdraws
cash by punching in the mobile number, sender code, and SMS Pin. Monthly
withdrawal limit prescribed for IMT transaction is Rs.25,000 for receiver, and
per transaction limit of Rs.10,000. IMT, once issued, is valid for 14 days,
post which it expires, and the sender is credited back with the IMT amount.
IMT, once issued, can also be cancelled by the sender before its expiry and
withdrawal.
123.
The Election Commission (EC)
has directed the government to defer notification of the order on gas price
hike till the end of the general election in the third week of May. In its
order the Commission said that after taking into account all relevant facts, it
had decided to order the government defer the proposal. Mr. Kejriwal had
maintained that the government had decided to increase the price of natural gas
from April 1 from the existing $ 4.2 per mmBtu (million metric British thermal
unit) to $8.4 per mmBtu, and the ‘policy decision’ was a clear violation of the
Model Code of Conduct.
124.
After having launched its first
ATM a year ago, Tata Communications Payment Solutions Limited (TCPSL) which is
the first non-banking firm to launch its ATM network or white label ATMs said
it plans to roll out 15,000 ATMs across India by June 2016.
125.
Shocked at the revelations in
the report submitted by the Justice Mukul Mudgal panel in a sealed cover, the
Supreme Court asked Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N.
Srinivasan to step down on his own to ensure a fair inquiry into allegations of
betting in the Indian Premier League.
126.
The G8 group of top economic
powers have suspended Russia for annexing Crimea, and has threatened to impose
far-reaching sanctions if Moscow continued its incursion into Ukraine. The U.S.
and six other economic powers also scrapped the G8 summit to be hosted by
Russia in Sochi in June.
127.
More than a year after the
shocking Delhi gang rape, the Indian Ordinance factory launched a light-weight
revolver, “Nirbheek,” designed especially for women to defend themselves from
assault.
128.
Shigeru Ban, Japanese architect
known for his creative and inexpensive designs for disaster relief shelters,
has won the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
129.
A U.S. court upheld the 2012
conviction of Rajat Gupta (65), former Goldman Sachs Director on insider
trading charges.
130.
The death sentence passed by an
Egyptian court against 529 supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed
Morsy has triggered an outcry among a wide cross section of the legal
community.
131.
The Reserve Bank of India
simplified foreign portfolio investment norms. The portfolio investor
registered in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
guidelines shall be called Registered Foreign Portfolio Investor (RFPI). The existing
portfolio investor class, namely, Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) and
Qualified Foreign Investor (QFI) registered with SEBI shall be subsumed under
RFPI.
132.
The Supreme Court indicted the
Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh for its failure to prevent the
communal riots in and around Muzaffarnagar in September last. The Supreme Court
directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs. 15 lakh to each of the
families of 63 persons who died in the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar last
September.
133.
Creating a new Guinness world
record, over two-and-half lakh Bangladeshis performed a chorus of their
national anthem at the national parade ground to mark the country’s 43rd
Independence Day.
134.
European Union member states
decided to ban the import of five types of fruits and vegetables from India.
135.
The U.N. Human Rights Council
launched an inquiry into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, despite Colombo’s
fierce efforts to block an investigation. In a 23-12 vote, the council backed a
Western-sponsored resolution to investigate into alleged serious violations and
abuses of human rights. India, for the first time, abstained from voting.
136.
The discovery of two more
mounds in January at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi in Hisar district,
Haryana, has led to archaeologists establishing it as the biggest Harappan
civilisation site.
137.
Supreme Court directed all the
States to abolish manual scavenging and take steps for rehabilitation of such
workers.
138.
The World Health Organisation
(WHO) South-East Asia Region, home to a quarter of the world’s population, was
certified polio-free by an independent commission under the WHO certification
process.
139.
Russian mathematician Yakov
Grigorevich Sinai, one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th
Century, has been chosen for the 2014 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of
Science Letters.
140.
The U.N. General Assembly
adopted a Western-backed resolution declaring Crimea’s referendum illegitimate
and refusing to recognise Russia’s annexation of the peninsula. The non-binding
resolution was passed in the 193-member body, with 100 votes in favour and 11
against.
141.
Outgoing Finance Minister P.
Chidambaram has threatened action by India against Switzerland at global forums
such as G20 for its persistent denial to share information on Indians stashing
money in its banks. Indian tax authorities have sought information on Indians
with accounts in Swiss banks under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
(DTAA).
142.
Srei Infrastructure Finance is
planning to start roll-out of its while label ATMs (WLAs) between July and
September starting with a pilot of 200 Tier-III towns in Uttar Pradesh and
Bihar.
143.
The Reserve Bank of India
extended the transitional period for banks to complete the full implementation
of Basel-III capital regulations up to March 31, 2019, instead of March 31,
2018.
144.
Government has set up a Tax
Administration Reform Commission comprising officials from public and private
sector agencies. Parthasarathi Shome is the chairman this Commission.
145.
BJP expelled its veteran leader
Jaswant Singh, who is contesting the Lok Sabha poll as an Independent in
Rajasthan's Barmer constituency against the party's official nominee.
146.
The Competition Commission of
India (CCI) imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on Google for failing to provide
information related to an investigation into its alleged unfair trade practices
in India.
147.
Tata Group and Singapore
Airlines received the mandatory security clearance. While both partners will
initially invest $100 million, Tata Sons will be the majority partner with 51%
stake. SIA will hold 49%.
148.
Indian exports will fall short
of the USD 325 billion target envisaged in the current fiscal. For the
April-February period, the country's merchandise exports were up 4.79 per cent
to USD 282.7 billion. Imports during the 11-month period fell 8.65 per cent to
USD 410.86 billion. The trade deficit during this period was USD 128 billion.
149.
The Supreme Court restrained
the Centre and the Unique Identification Authority of India from sharing the
vast biometric database of Aadhaar cards with any third party or agency without
the consent of the registered person. It also ruled that people cannot be
denied any service or benefit for not having an Aadhaar card.
150.
India has the potential to
become the third-largest aviation market by 2020 and the largest by 2030 as
there is a large untapped potential for growth due to the fact that access to
aviation is still a dream for nearly 99.5% of its population, stated the
FICCI-KPMG ‘India Aviation 2014-Enhancing Air Connectivity’ report released.
151.
UPA government has decided to
extend the current foreign trade policy that expires on March 31 till a new
government is formed after the Lok Sabha elections.
152.
Consumer Price Index Inflation
declined to 8.1 per cent.
153.
Foreign direct investment (FDI)
into the services sector declined by about 60 per cent to USD 1.59 billion in
the first nine months of this financial year.
154.
A Study sponsored by the
Planning Commission shows that Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are the top
three industry-friendly states in the country.
155.
The Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion had proposed relaxation of FDI norms in the construction
sector and 100 per cent FDI in the railway sector.
156.
The status of the waitlisted tickets
will be communciated through SMS on the passenger mobile phone number given at
the time of booking ticket.
157.
India and the United States
have decided to enhance cooperation for automatic exchange of information on
tax evasion and detection of financial crimes, shoring up efforts to crackdown
on black money cases involving economic channels of the two countries.
158.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sat
on 'Satyagraha' (dharna) in front of Mahatma Gandhi's bust at Gandhi Maidan as
part of the JD(U) day-long 'Bihar bandh' to protest the Centre's
"discriminatory" attitude toward Bihar and vowed to get special status
for the state.
159.
China has emerged India’s
biggest trading partner in the current fiscal replacing the UAE.
160.
Kotak Mahindra Bank announced
the launch of Jifi, a first-of-its-kind fully integrated social bank account
that transcends normal digital banking by seamlessly incorporating social
networking platforms like Twitter and Facebook with mainstream banking.
161.
Country's largest lender the
State Bank of India (SBI) will sell bad loans amounting to Rs 3,000 crore in
the last quarter of the ongoing fiscal to the Asset Reconstruction Companies.
162.
RBI has decided to withdraw the
pre-2005 currency notes from circulation and asked the holders of such currency
to exchange them by January 1, 2015. The earlier deadline was June 30.
Thereafter, people would have had to produce identity proof to exchange more
than 10 notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. Meanwhile, banks have been advised to
stop re-issue of the pre-2005 series notes over the counters/through ATMs.
163.
The new Corporate
Responsibility Regulations notified recently was not applicable to the State
Bank of India, but it would comply voluntarily as SBI was created under SBI
Act.
164.
Central Bank of India has sold
its entire stake in credit information provider CIBIL to Transunion
International Inc. Central Bank had a 5 per cent stake in CIBIL while
Transunion is the majority shareholder in CIBIL at 27.5 per cent.
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