Personalities Current Affairs April,2014 • Union Ministry of External Affairs appointed Suresh Kumar Reddy as India’s first Ambassador to ASEAN • Chitra Magimairaj won the World Women’s Senior Snooker Championship at Leeds on 22 April 2014 • Mathangi Sathyamurthy, Karnataka musician honoured with M S Subbulakshmi Award 2014 • Canadian author Alistair MacLeod died at 77 • Veteran pro-democratic Journalist of Myanmar Win Tin died at 85 • The unsung hero of the NASA’s Apollo Program John C. Houbolt died at 95 • Admiral RK Dhowan appointed as 22nd Chief of Indian Navy • Abdelaziz Bouteflika won the Presidential election for the Fourth consecutive time • Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez died at 87 • Former US boxer, Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter died at 76 • Country musician, Kevin Sharp died at 43 • Kenyan Wilson Kipsang won the London Marathon for second time • Justice G Rohini appointed as the first women Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court • India-born poet Vijay Seshadri won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his Creation 3 Sections • Ratan Tata received the Knight Grand Cross (GBE) award by UK Government. • Legendary Poet Gulzar selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013 • Gareth Hopkins the Former New Zealand wicketkeeper announced his retirement • Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha appointed as Next Chief Justice of India • Stuart Parkin won Millennium Technology Prize 2014 • Sachin became 1st Indian cricketer on cover page of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack • Novelist Sue Townsend,author of Adrian Mole books died • Viktor Orban was re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary • Ernesto Gainza set a new Guinness record by skydiving using world’s smallest parachute • Ashish Bose, veteran demographer dies at 83 • Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India • Former wrestling star Ultimate Warrior dies At 54 • American film actor and Entertainer, Mickey Rooney died at the age of 93 • President Barack Obama nominated Sunil Sabharwal as next US Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) • VK Murthy, the renowned cinematographer and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee died at the age of 91 • India’s Heena Sidhu clinched World’s Number One spot in 10 meters air pistol event • Suresh Arora appointed as Directorate General of Police (DGP) of Punjab Police • Marie-Lousie Coleiro Preca Sworn-in as President of Malta • MS Dhoni won the United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian Award for outstanding achievement in Sports • Former President of Guinea Kumba Yala died at the age of 61 • D K Pathak senior IPS officer appointed as the new Director General of BSF • R Gandhi appointed as the new Deputy Governor of RBI • Viswanathan Anand ranked World number 3 in the latest list released by FIDE • Karim Massimov named the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan after Serik Akhmetov resigned • Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix • Indian- American Cardiologist, Dr. Sumit Chugh chosen for the Prestigious Simon Dack Award • Eminent scientist R A Mashelkar was conferred the Padma Vibhushan • Vidya Balan and Kamaal Haasan receive Padma awards • Nancy Powell resigned as the US Ambassador to India
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:01:48 +0000
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