Page-2 of Current Affairs - April, 2014

15th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA)

April 27, 2014

15th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) informally known as the “Bollywood Oscars,” held in US for the first time. The ceremony was held at  the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida,US. The 2014 IIFA Awards honoured the best films of ..

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Suresh Reddy to be first Indian Ambassador to ASEAN

April 27, 2014

Suresh Reddy has been appointed as a full-time envoy for ASEAN. Reddy is at present ambassador in Iraq and has been given credit for swinging about the Indo-Iraqi links. The Indian mission would be based out of Jakarta (Indonesia), which houses the ASEAN ..

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Will not take immediate decision on Lokpal: Centre to Supreme Court

April 27, 2014

The Central Government has communicated to the Supreme Court that it will not take any immediate decision on the appointment of chairperson and members of the Lokpal. Thus, the Central Government has nearly signalled that a decision in this regard might be left ..

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"Putnisite" – A new mineral discovered with a unique composition

April 27, 2014

Australian scientists have discovered an entirely new brittle, translucent, orthorombic crystalline structure, purple and translucent mineral “Putnisite,” in a surface outcrop at Polar Bear peninsula, Southern Lake Cowan in Western Australia. It occurs as tiny crystals, smaller than 0.5 mm in diameter, and is found ..

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State Bank of India launches a Twitter Handle

April 24, 2014

State Bank of India has now launched a Twitter Handle. Earlier, SBI had launched its accounts on Facebook and Youtube. The aim is to target a huge customer base as well as potential customers. There will be all day round ..

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CBI sets up 'Sport Integrity Unit' to probe frauds in Sports

April 24, 2014

In order to control ‘fixing’ in sports, the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has established a committed ‘Sport Integrity Unit’ to investigate into cases of fraud, fixing and illegal betting in any sporting event. Objectives of this Sport Integrity Unit include: Investigating into ..

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Portal ‘Railsaver’ to Improve Energy Efficiency in Indian Railways

April 23, 2014

Indian Railways launched a web based Electrical Energy Management System called “RAILSAVER”. [icon name=”icon-info-sign”]RAILSAVER A web based Portal developed by Centre of Railway Informatics System (CRIS). The portal will furnish a perfect IT based platform for energy consumption data. This ..

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"Sandesh Pathak"- A Software application to aid farmers

April 23, 2014

C-DAC Mumbai, IIT-Madras, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Kharagpur, and C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram have jointly developed  the “Sandesh Pathak” software application. The application uses TTS (Text-To-Speech) software to help out farmers by reading out loud SMS messages and benefiting those who may have difficulty in reading. Thus, when a ..

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