Current Affairs (April,May & June ) - 6 • India has launched a new academic programme in Pretoria to benefit unemployed South African youths from – internships in India • SC had asked the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee to further investigate - IPL 2013 spot fixing and betting scandal • Asia-Pacific navies on 22 April 2014 signed Maritime Communication Agreement with an aim to - miscommunication between naval vessels does not develop into conflict in the Pacific Ocean • Supreme Court of India on 25 April 2014 referred the matter of remission of the life imprisonment of seven convicts of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to – the Constitutional Bench • Name the IPL Chairman and senior Congress leader from Odisha on 23 April 2014 took oath as Rajya Sabha member in New Delhi – Ranjib Biswal • KCCI asked Idea Cellular to immediately withdraw its controversial advertisement on - Pashmina Shawls • Life-sized Atlas Anthropomorphicrescue robot has been developed Boston Dynamics - to visit the places that are dangerous to humans • Four-member committee constituted to frame guidelines to prevent misuse of public funds by government providing advertisements to get - a political mileage • Gujarat High Court has restored the RBI’s power to decide the period after which a bad loan can be called – a Non-Performing Asset (NPA) • Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha sworn-in as the - 41st Chief Justice of India • Pope Francis on 27 April 2014 declared his two predecessors - John XXIII and John Paul II as saints in St Peters Square in Vatican City. • 2014 Canada India Foundation Chachalani Global Indian Award was given in Toronto, Canada to – NR Narayana Murthy, the founder and executive Chairman of Infosys • President of India gave his approval for the dissolution of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and - a fresh proclamation of Central Rule in the state • Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year 2014 - Luis Suarez • An Indian environmental activist, Ramesh Agrawal won the prestigious - Goldman Environmental Prize that is commonly called as the Green Nobel. • SC ordered that statement of rape victims should be directly recorded by a judicial magistrate within - 24 hours instead of police officials • A petition was filed in a Court of Pakistan to reopen the case of Bhagat Singh in SSP John P Saunders murder case - to declare him innocent • SC appointed Hudson McHugh as 3rd arbitrator to resolve dispute of - Centre and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on KG basin • India has displaced Japan to become the worlds third biggest economy in 2011 - in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
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