#IMPORTANT_LATEST_CURRENT_AFFAIRS 2014 PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS • Narendra Kothari Appointed As new Chairman of NMDC (National Mineral Development Corporation Limited on 17 April. • Admiral Robin K Dhowan on 17 April took over as the 22nd Chief of Indian Navy. • State Bank of India (SBI) launched Tablet (Tab) Banking service for opening Savings Bank accounts. • The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment on 15th April 2014, created the “third gender” statusfor transgenders. • India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize. • Arvind Mayaram has been appointedas the new Finance Secretary on 15 April. • Baroda won the National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy title after defeated Uttar Pradesh in the final match by three runs on 14 April atWankhede Stadium in Mumbai. • ‘ The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh ‘ written by Dr. Sanjaya Baru. • Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013. • Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) . • Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group which is one of the largest employers in Britain, has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE (Knight Grand Cross), one of the UK’s highest civilian awards. • R Chandrasekaran Takes Over As NASSCOM chairman. • Sachin Tendulkar Adorns Cover of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. • Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian American novelist Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Lowland” has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Prize, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman. • Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India. • Koyal Rana won the coveted Miss India 2014 crown at the 51st edition of the pageant. • Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni has won United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports. • Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) received the Most Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013. • The government has appointed R Gandhi as deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 April. • Union Government appointed senior IPS officer D K Pathak as the new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). • The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day 2014 was celebrated across the world on 2 April 2014. PLEASE SHARE THIS POST
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