Michalle Obama won International Women of Courage Award:
Michalle Obamawon International GKWomen of Courage Award. She won this awardfor
successful leading the campaign against acid attacks on women in India.
Election Commission Announced the Date of Assembly Elections
in Andhra, Odisha and Sikkim: Election Commission Announced the Date of
Assembly Elections in Andhra, Odisha and Sikkim. These assembly elections will
be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. Sikkim polls will be held
on 12th April 2014 for 32 seats. Andhra elections will be held in two phases.
On 30th April 2014, elections will be held for 119 seats. On 7th May 2014,
elections will be held for 175 seats. Odisha Assembly elections will be held in
two phases. On 10th April 2014 elections will be held on 70 seats and on 17th
April 2014, elections will be held for 77 seats.
Sahara Group shares reduced by 5% Sahara Group Chief Subrata
Roy along with two directors was sent of jail. This impact can clearly seen on
the shares of Sahara Group. Values of these shares reduced by 5%. Shares were
reached to Rs.61.80. This is lowest trading permissible limit for the day at
the BSE. New CFO of Apple is Luca Maestri Current CFO of Apple is Peter Oppenheimer.
He has to retire in the month of September 2014. After that this position will
take over by Luca Maestri.
ONGC to pay Rs.8.8 lakhs to a Minor Boy: Madras court order:
As per the Madras High Court order, ONGC to pay Rs.8.8 lakhs to a Minor Boy.
Due to explosion of a pumping machine installed by ONGC Karaikkal in 2008,
minor boy vital organs were damaged and were removed. Case was filed by D.
Narayanasamy who is the father of the minor boy whose name is N. Jayaprakesh.
At Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium 64th National Basketball
Championship concluded: At Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium New Delhi, 64th National
BasketballChampionship concluded. Men’s title won by Tamilnadu and Women’s
title won by Chhattisgarh. Men’s team defeated Punjab team with 74- 57. Women’s
team defeated Indian Railways with 81- 77. Harish Sharma Most Valuable Player
Award was achieved by Kavita Kumari (Chhattisgarh) and Rikin Pethani
(Tamilnadu). Winners receive Rs.1 lakh. First runner up received Rs.75000 and
second runner up received amount of Rs.50, 000.
Media & Entertainment Industry grew by 12 %: As per the
Annual FICCI – KPMG Report, in 2013, Media & Entertainment Industry grew by
12 %. Depreciation in the Rupee effected badly Print, DTH companies and TV.
Frozen movie earned $ 611.5 million internationally and $
388.8 million domestically: Frozen movie earned $ 611.5 million internationally
and $ 388.8 million domestically. Disney had stated that $ 1 billion mark
suppressed by Frozen Movie at the box office over the weekend. Till now only 18
movies crossed the mark of $ 1 billion. First place was occupied by Avatar
which was released in 2009 and earned $ 2.8 billion. Second place occupied by
Titanic which was released in 1997 and earned $ 2.2 billion.
Backward Status for Jats Community approved by Punjab
Cabinet: Backward Status for Jats Community approved by Punjab Cabinet. Jat
community includes Jat and Jat Sikhs. Jats will be 69th community in the
category. Jats Sikhs will be 70th community in the category. This BC status
will help in getting eligibility for the reservation of the government jobs.
Delhi Police was ordered to set up a unit on the lines of
CAW: Delhi Police was ordered to set up a unit on the lines of CAW (Crime
against Woman). This order was passed by Delhi High court. Unit will set up to
prevent racial profiling of the people from North East India. 83000 police
force will be used to prevent such crimes.