Current affairs 2014

  1.  Tomas Halik won Templeton Prize 2014

  2.  High Court of Uttar Pradesh directed CBI to probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds in seven districts for MGNREGA Scheme from the centre

  3. Union Government decided to fix two year tenure for IAS, IPS

  4. Union Government raised quota of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12

  5. Oscar withdrew Alone Yet Not Alone from Best Song nomination category

  6. Three Transgenders got government jobs in Pakistan

  7. India launched a Gandhi Portal named Search for Gandhi in London on 31 January 2014.
  8. China marked arrival of its Year of the Horse, which is celebrated across the world by Chinese people on 31 January 2014 as the Lunar New Year.
  9. Federal Aviation Administration of the US downgraded the safety ratings of Indian aviation on 31 January 2014 from top to the second category.
  10. Union Cabinet approved the second phase of Bangalore Metro Rail Project (Namma Metro) to improve public transport system in the city.
  11. CCI has ordered a fresh probe into state-run miner Coal India and its subsidiary for alleged abuse of dominant market position in fuel supplies.
  12. Internet user base in India projected to reach 243 million by June 2014: IAMAI
  13. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Vijay Bahuguna submitted his resignation to the Governor of the state.
  14. Agriculture Ministry has issued detailed guidelines and strategy for implementation of National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm.
  15. Heena Sandhu’s score of 203.8 in 10 m Air Pistol set at the Munich World Cup in November 2013 was recognized as World record on 30 January 2014.
  16. Union Cabinet approved amendments in the Central List of OBCs in 13 states and three Union Territories as per advices received from the NCBC.
  17. Union Cabinet approved amendments to Mental Health Care Bill to empower people suffering from mental illness and protect their rights.
  18. India and the Netherlands signed an MOU in field of Sports for exchange of knowledge and experience in the fields of sports management and others.
  19. India overtook Japan to become the third largest crude oil importer in the World
  20. Arun Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the CMD of Shipping Corporation of India by the government as the post was vacant since December 2012.
  21. India and Fiji signed DTAA for avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
  22. Kathy Cross became the first woman to be appointed in an ICC umpires panel as an Associate and Affiliate panel of International umpires.
  23. National Institute of Technology, Odisha, developed a commercially viable technology for efficiently rendering common polymer plastic into a liquid fuel.
  24. Sumit Malik winner of 400m gold in men’s 400m race of Lusofonia Games has been stripped off from his medal for violating anti-doping rules.
  25. University of Washington research report says that Climate Change is a cause for the deaths of the Penguin chicks
  26. New technocratic government of Tunisia headed by Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa was sworn in and replaced the Islamist-led administration of the country.
  27. Hero MotoCorp unveiled a 150cc hybrid diesel concept motorcycle RNT on 29 January 2014.
  28. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) announced Indian rupee as a legal tender on 29 January 2014.
  29. Six Public Sector Units (PSUs) signed memorandum of understanding to set up World’s largest 4000 MW ultra solar power project
  30. GVK BIO in its announcement said that it has acquired Aragen Bioscience an US based pre-clinical Contract Research Organisation.
  31. Tata Global Beverages has elevated and appointed Ajoy Misra as the CEO and managing director of TGBL in place of Harish Bhat.
  32. Mouthwashes can kill off good bacteria in the mouth but by spiking blood pressure it increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes
  33. Astronomers discovered a River of hydrogen flowing through space on 28 January 2014
  34. Anand Kumar, founder of Super30 classes was conferred with 2014 Ramanujan Mathematics Award at the Eighth National Mathematics Convention in Rajkot.
  35. ICC has approved the introduction of an International Women’s Championship as a part of qualification for the ICC Women's World Cup 2017.
  36. US Chamber of Commerce released the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index
  37. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released working guidelines for trade of spectrum on 28 January 2014.
  38. Manoj Kohli appointed as MD&CEO of non telecom business of Bharti Enterprises
  39. Gopal Vittal has been designed as MD& CEO of India and South Asia including Srilanka and Bangladesh
  40. A team of scientists have created Water-Jet printer on 28 January 2014.
  41. First cantilever bridge of India, Pamban Railway Bridge, completed its 100 years.
  42. The National Rural Livelihoods Mission and the Digital Green, a Microsoft Research Project signed a memorandum of understanding
  43. Election Commission has directed the CEOs of states to use opaque and reusable cardboard or flex board to make voting compartments at polling stations
  44. World’s first 3D-printer Objet500 Connex3 was launched on 28 January 2014
  45. Prime Minister inaugurated NAWADCO as a new Central Public Sector Enterprise that will remain under the Ministry of Minority Affairs.
  46. NGO named Tree Foundation engaged in conservation of sea turtle have discovered more than 100 dead Olive Ridley Turtles, since December 2013
  47. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned on 28 January 2014
  48. UNESCO released the 11th Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2013 – 14 on 28 January 2014.
  49. The Cuban revolutionary, Ulises Estrada who during 1960s was an aid of Che Guevara during his campaign in Africa died at the age of 79 years.
  50. Delhi government has ordered a CAG audit into the finances of DIMTS. Decision was taken at a cabinet meet chaired by Arvind Kejriwal.
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