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1st April
Manuel Valls is
the new Prime Minister of France and he took charge on 1st April
2014.
H. R. Mohan is
the new President of CSI. CSI is one of the largest associations of IT
Professionals in India.
Ramesh N. Subramanyam
appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tata Power on 1st
April 2014.
P. Padmanabhan is
the new MD for Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and he took charge on 1st
April 2014
2nd April
Narender Revelli,
former sports journalist, died on 2nd April 2014. He was 49.
Erich Nesselhauf is
the new Managing Director and CEO of Daimler India Commercial Vehicle and
appointed on 2nd April 2014.
3rd April
R. Gandhi appointed
as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
on 3rd April 2014 for three years in place of Anand Sinha.
4th April
Kumba Yala,
former President of Guinea-Bissau from 2000-2003, died on 4th April
2014. He was 61.
Indian-American Sunil
Sabharwal appointed in a key administration post as U. S. Alternate
Executive Director at IMF. Sunil Sabharwal was nominated by U. S President
Barak Obama.
6th – 10th April
Australia won the
women’s World T20 title over England on 6th April 2014.
Mickey Rooney,
beloved US child star and Comic actor, died on 6th April 2014. He
was 93.
Ravi Chauhan is
the new Managing Director of Software vendor SAP India and he is appointed on 7th
April 2014.
Suraj Kaeley is
appointed as the Group President of UTI Mutual Fund for sales & Marketing
on 7th April 2014.
Germany’s Andrea
Petkovic won the WTA Tour crown on 6th April 2014 and this is
her careers 3rd WTA tour crown.
Ale Narendra,
Former Union Minister and Senior BJP leader, died on 9th april 2014
and his age was 67.
Shikhar Dhawan, Indian
Cricketer has been named one of the five cricketers of the year, an honour
dating back to 1889, by Wisden for
his performance in 2013.
11th April
President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Justice G. Rohini
as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court on 11th April
2014. She is the senior most judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court and she is the
first woman chief justice of Delhi High Court.
President Pranab
Mukherjee presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2013 on 11th
April 2014.
12th April
Gulzar, famous film
lyrisist and Director, has been chosen for Dadasaheb
Phalke Award for his outstanding contribution to the development of Indian
cinema. The government declared this on 12th April 2014.
Former World Champion Manavjit
Singh Sandhu won gold in the Shotgun World Cup in Tucson, US on 11th
April 2014 and defeated two-time Olympic Champion Michael Diamond of Australia in the finals.
14th April
Fernando Verdasco won
the US Men’s Clay Court tennis championship on 13th April 2014 and
defeated Spanish Compatriot Nicolas
Almagro.
Baroda won the
Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 over Uttar Pradesh.
15th April
India born poet Vijay
Seshadri won the Prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for
his collection of poems “3 Sections”.
The French Tennis Federation announced that the Prize money
for this year’s French Open will top €25 million, more than 10 percent up on
2013.
16th April
The Directorate of Film Festival in New Delhi announced
about 67th National Film Awards on 16th April 2014. The awards
will be given on 3rd May 2014. The names of awardees of this year’s
National film Awards are given below
Best Actor
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Rajkumar Rao (shahid)
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Suraj Venjaramoodu (Perariyathavar - Malayalam)
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Best Actress
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Geetanjali Thapa (Liar’s Dice - hindi)
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Best Director
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Hansal Mehta (shahid)
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Nargis Dutt Award
(for best film on integration)
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Thalaimuraigal
(Tamil movie)
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Best Feature Film
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Ship of Theseus
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Best Popular Film
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Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
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Best Debut Film
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Kanyaka
(Malayalam Movie)
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Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction
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The Last Adieu
(English
Movie)
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Best Supporting Actor
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Saurabh Shukla
(Jolly LLB)
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Best Film on Social issues
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Tuhya Dharma Koncha
(Marathi Movie )
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Best Autography
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Madras Café
(won two
awards for location sound recordist and Sound design)
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18th April
Vice- Admiral R. K
Dhowan appointed as the New Navy Chief on 18th April 2014 and
superseding Vice-Admiral Shekar Sinha.
Gyude Bryant, Former
Liberian President, died on 16th April 2014. His age was 65.
19th April
Yun Seong Chung won
boys ITF Asian Junior Tennis championship and Kamonwan Buayam won Girls ITF Asian Junior Tennis Championship on
19th April 2014 at the DLTA Complex.
Peter Moores appointed
as the New England head Coach and this was announced by Wales Cricket Board on
19th April 2014.
20th – 23rd April
Stanislas Wawrinka won
the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time and defeated Roger Federer on 20th
April 2014.
K. T. Neena broke
her own national record in the girls 5,000m race walk by more than half minute
at the 11th national youth athletics championship on 22nd
April 2014.
Gujarat CM Narendra
Modi and Aam Aadmi Party Chief Aravind Kejriwal are in the list of
100 most influential people in the world of Times Magazine.
Two French Daredevils Vince
Reffet and Fred Fugen broke the
Guinness World Record for the highest BASE jump from the top of the 828 meters Burj
Khalifa in Dubai on 23rd April 2014.
Lupita Nyong’o, 31
years old star, who won the best supporting actress Oscar, named most beautiful
woman by a magazine (People’s).
24th April
TSR Congress party candiadate Bhuma Sobha Nagireddy died on 24th April 2014.
Siddharth, a
hindi movie directed by Indian-Canadian Richie Mehta, won the Best film Award
in Beijing Film Festival.
25th April
P. Sathasivam, Chief
Justice of India retired on 26th April 2014 after a successful
tenure of 7 years as Supreme Court judge.
Indian Novelist Arundhati
Roy named in the list of Time Magazines 100 Most influential people.
26th April
Padma awards 2013 were presented by President Pranab Mukherjee at President’s Bhawan
on 26th April 2014.
27th April
Justice R. M. Lodha
is the new Chief Justice of India. He is the 41st Chief Justice of
India and appointed by President Pranab Mukherjee on 27th April
2014.
Maria Sharapova won
her 3rd straight Porsche
Grand Prix title on 27th April 2014 and defeated Ana Ivanovic.
Chung Hong-Won, South
Korean’s Prime Minister, resigned for the post on 27th April 2014.
28th April
Indian environment activist Ramesh Agrawal won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. He
is among six global recipients of the award. Goldman Environmental Prize also
known as Green Nobel and this award
is given every year by the Goldman Environmental Foundation.
29th April
Rajeev Suri is
the new CEO of NOKIA and he was appointed on 29th April 2014.
Kamal Bali is the
new MD of Volvo India Private Limited and was appointed on 29th
April 2014.
30th April
Anand Kripalu is
the new CEO of United Spirits with effect from 1st May 2014.
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