**** Current Affairs 09-APR-2014 **** ---------------------------------------------------------------- ECJ struck down the EU Data Retention Directive that forced telecom operators to store private phone and email data for up to two years. A Dutch priest Frans Van der Lugt was shot dead on 7 April 2014 in Homs by a gunman. He was 70. Rwanda on 7 April 2014 marked the 20th Anniversary of the beginning of devastating 100-day genocide. Viktor Orban was re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary for the second consecutive four-year term. Ernesto Gainza set a new Guinness record by skydiving using worlds smallest parachute. He jumped from 14000 feet with a canopy size of a bed sheet. An Israeli startup StoreDot on 8 April 2014 developed a new smart phone battery called Nanodots. Spain’s lawmakers voted to reject the request of Catalan authorities to hold a referendum on independence on 9 November 2014. The US President has issued two executive orders aimed at erasing gender disparities in pay among the government workforce. Andrea Petkovic defeated Jana Cepelova to win her first WTA title in last three years at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, United States. INS Vikrant was sold to IB Commercial for 60 crore. It is India’s first aircraft carrier and played an important role during 1971 Indo-Pak war. Indian lost number one status in the latest ICC Twenty20 rankings by Sri Lanka. Kohli and Ashwin attained their career-high positions in the list.
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