MARCH 2014
Zero AIDS Discrimination Day launched on March 1
Dr. Janumaddi Hanumath Shastry: Veteran Telugu litterateur passed away
India and Israel inked pacts on bilateral security relations
Eminent painter Prokash Karmakar passed away
“Venom GT”- world’s fastest car recorded 435 km/hr (270 Miles/hr)
CCEA approves opening of 54 new KVs in 12 FYP
NTPC to set up Kajra Thermal Project in Bihar
National Lok Adalat to be held in Nagpur on April 12, 2014
German Chancellor Ms. Angela Merkel awarded Israel’s highest civilian honor
President’s rule imposed in Andhra Pradesh
Braigo- a low-cost Braille printer invented by Indian-origin boy Shubham Banerjee
Global Ayurveda Festival Kerala 2014
MTDC and Mehair launched seaplane service
FNCCI & CII agree to organize Nepal-India Economic Summit every year
India – Saudi Arabia signed defense cooperation deal
Dr. Madan Babu won the Protein Science Young Investigator Award for 2014
Indian-origin men win Heinz Awards in US
Commeorative Postal Stamp of Maulana Hasrat Mohani released
Chennai’s Ennore Port officially renamed as Kamarajar Port
CCEA nod for hiking fixed cost of Urea
‘M-Pesa’ launched in Odisha
ICICI Bank launched ‘branch on wheels’ in Odisha
India’s Largest Solar Power Plant launched in Madhya Pradesh
Oscar Awards: 86th Academy Awards
RBI extends date of exchanging pre-2005 notes to Jan 1, 2015
Launched: Maulana Azad Sehat Scheme and Nalanda Project
Indian shuttler Arvind Bhat clinched German Open Grand Prix Gold title
Bill Gates tops Forbes’s 2014 billionaires list
Booklaunch: India at Risk by Jaswant Singh
Hockey India (HI) accorded status of National Sports Federation (NSF) status
Sheila Dikshit appointed as Kerala Governor
Interest rates on Post Office FDs hiked by 0.2%
International Women of Courage Award: Laxmi
NMDC launches Stri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna
Ibrahim Mahlab: New Prime Minister of Egypt
Indian Navy Chief DK Joshi resigned
NASA announces discovery of 715 new worlds
Dinesh Sarraf appointed next ONGC chief
India and ADB inked an agreement to improve key road connectivity in Chhattisgarh
India’s first post office savings bank ATM inaugurated in Chennai
Sourav Kothari won the National Billiard Championship title
New Corporate Social Responsibility rules for companies notified by Union Ministry of Corporate affairs
Turkish president Abdullah Gul approved the bill on restricting the judicial powers
500 endangered languages will be documented by CIIL
Govt. okayed Rs 1,000 minimum monthly pension under EPS-95
India’s first electric bus launched in Bangalore
Book: Ambedkar Awakening India’s Social Conscience
Music Album: Raunaq
Lt Gen P.R. Kumar appointed as the New Army DGMO
Assam: First Indian state to observe Child Protection Day
South Africa won ICC Under-19 World Cup 2014
Roger Federer won Dubai tennis championship
Gandhi Peace Prize 2013: Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Indian golfer Rashid Khan won SAIL-SBI Open golf title 2014
Earclip-type Wearable PC - Japanese researchers testing tiny ear computer
Workdays for tribals under MGNREGA raised from 100 to 150
1857 revolt: Remains of martyrs of 1857 Uprising exhumed in Punjab
Mexican Open 2014: Winners
Ex-Surya Kiran Drills VI
3rd BIMSTEC summit 2014 held in Myanmar
Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup Cricket Tournament 2014
Punjab: Cabinet approved the Backward Class quota for Jat community
First Indian-American judge in California: Vince Chhabria
World’s first 3D model of human fingerprint: Phantom
Stree Shakti Puraskar 2013
China hiked military budget by 12.2% for 2014
Winners: 64th National Basketball Championship
Government bans trucks from carrying protruding rods
Akron: Zero pressure tyre for US army developed
68th Santosh Trophy 2013-14
Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014: Pankaj Mishra
Indian-origin kid Kush Sharma won epic spelling bee
CAPRISA discovered potent antibodies to neutralize HIV
Mysterious four new man-made Ozone-Killing gases discovered
Study: Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages
China launched a trial programme for private firms to set up banks
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013
SC: Complete trial in criminal cases involving law makers within one year
US court dismissed visa fraud charges against Devyani Khobragade
India is Dubai’s largest non oil trading partner in 2013-14
Oxadiazoles: New class of Antibiotics discovered
Ms Michelle Bachelet: Chile President for second term
IPL 7 (2014) to be held in UAE, Bangladesh & India
Rs 4,500 crore Assistance Package to Bhutan in 11th Five Year plan
CPI inflation falls to 8.10% in Feb 2014
India’s industrial output raised marginally by 0.1% in Jan 2014
ICICI Bank launched portable POS machines
Virat Kohli reclaims top slot in ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen
Amitabh Kant: New DIPP Secretary
Mumbai police launched free SMS helpline for women travelling alone
Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan: Canara Bank’s Brand ambassador
National Compaign : ‘U & Me Against Dengue’ launched
First Women director of NALCO: Soma Mondal
President’s Standard and Colours Awards
EC sets up multi-agency grid to curb use of black money in polls
Assam and Nagaland became first States to get Plastic Photo Identity Card
SBI Life Insurance to appeal against the order of IRDA to refund Rs.275 crore
Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14
SC to Law Commission: Regulate provocative speeches
Airbus launched new subsidiary Airbus India
Sahitya Akademi Award 2013
BN Srikrishna appointed as chairman of FPSB
Union Government mulls to build 200 low cost airports
Mr. Khushwant Singh: Noted writer & journalist passed away
RapiDot Diagnostic Kit
Great Eared Nightjar
ESPNcricinfo Awards 2013: “Sachin Tendulkar”- Cricketer of the Generation
HR 5171 A- the largest ever yellow hypergiant star discovered
BNP Paribas Open 2014
Indian soldiers of World War I to be honoured by UK
Rani-ki-Vav and GHNP nominated by India for UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status 2014
SIPRI: India is the world’s largest arms importer
DoT issued new guidelines to tackle the threats of Cyber attack
Mr. Nandan Nilekani resigned as UIDAI chairman
Trade related remittance limit hiked from Rs.2 lakh to Rs.5 lakh per transaction
SC awarded compensation for sewer deaths since 1993
India Rating: Extended Basel III deadline to ease pressure on banks
SEBI: To issue guidelines for FATCA compliance for fiscal year 2014-15
“Dendroid” -Android Malware targeting Indian Users
Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor: New Brand Ambassdar of Earth Hour 2014
Mr. Sunil Gavaskar: Appointed by SC as interim BCCI chief for IPL 7
Amnesty International released Global death penalty report 2013
Axis Bank launches Electronic Kisan Card
2014 Ukraine crisis: UN General Assembly rejected Russian annexation of Crimea
SEBI extends time to implement FPI regulations to June 30, 2014
Parthasarathi Shome panel for tax administration reform set up
MoF: India’s external debt at $426 billion in December, 2013
India’s forex reserves near $300 billion mark
President Pranab Mukherjee re-promulgated SEBI ordinance
“Iwao Hakamada”- World’s longest-serving death row-inmate freed by Japan
Lok Sabha elections 2014: EC issued detailed guidelines for political ads on social networking sites
Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014, Concerns for ATMs
US FDIC sued 16 world largest banks for manipulating LIBOR rates
First women President of Indian Journalist’s Association: Aditi Khanna
Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare- Assamese thriller film bagged Audience Choice Award 2014 in forth Carolina film festival
India Human Development Survey (IHDS) 2011-12
Study: Sea Anemone is genetically half-animal and half-plant
Hockey to become 60-minute game from Sept. 1, 2014
RBI extended 80:20 scheme to import gold to five private banks
Lok Sabha election 2014: EC ropes in Aamir Khan as national icon
U.S. – India Energy Dialogue 2014 to advance clean energy access
5 Indian languages reinstated in S. African schools curriculum
“HSP90”- New molecule discovered to kill malaria parasite without harming human red blood cells
Scientists develop an artificial heart
Tata Power And Wipro Emerged As Most Ethical Companies in India
Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar : G D Birla award for scientific research 2013
Shubranshu Choudhary : Google Digital Activism Award 2014
Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013: Gyan Correa
RBI Deputy Governor KC Chakrabarty gave early resignation
Govt. sold 9% stake in Axis Bank via SUUTI & raised Rs. 5500 crore
GEAC revalidated 10-GM crops for field trails
Environmentalist Ms. Almitra Patel
RBI: Unclaimed bank money to be used for depositors’ education
Kirti Chakra gallantry awards 2014
Book Release: Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership
Stuart Oliver won first edition of Tata T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship
Aditya Puri committee recommendations
Study: Cosmic inflation no longer theory
SC directed Centre to withdraw all orders making Aadhar mandatory for any service
MoD got EC nod for appointment of new Navy chief
Saraswati Samman 2013: Govind Mishra
Deadly Ebola Virus detected in Guinea
Bank of India (BoI) launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme
“Nirbheek”- India’s first gun for women
Malaysia Airlines MH370 incident
Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014: Japanese architect Shigeru Ban
Historic MS-DOS and Word for Windows source code available to the public
RBI simplified foreign portfolio investment norms
Soon, Kotak Mahindra Bank link current accounts to Twitter
25th Arab summit 2014: Rejected Israel as ‘Jewish state’
WHO: Air pollution top environmental health risk
BofA-ML pricks poll bubble: India’s growth depends on global cycle
“Kolkata”- World’s 7th most riskiest city
Scientists discovered how to avoid a speeding ticket
WHO declared South-East Asia region polio-free
“Jammu and Kashmir”- First state to declare all Election booths as No Smoking Zones
Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020
“Universal Account Number (UAN)”- will be provided by EPFO from Oct 2014
Internet transition to speedier Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
India’s spices export registered 41% increase in April-Dec 2013
Third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2014
Newly acquired IAF aircraft C-130J Super Hercules crashed near Gwalior.
