One liners for the month of April 2014

4-hour long talk between Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov failed to break the deadlock over the Ukraine Crisis
US Ambassador to India announced her resignation in the US Mission Town Hall Nancy Powell
The US and India has launched an Alliance initiative with an aim to improve the reading skills of
millions of primary school-aged children in India READ
Latest report of UN panel has warned that the climate change has increased risk of armed conflict
among India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China.
Union Sports Ministry on 1 April 2014 derecognised a sports body with an immediate effect after its
refusal to comply with its directives Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF)
Tsunami warning was triggered on 1 March 2014 for the Latin Americas entire Pacific coastline
after an earthquake of 8.2 magnitude struck off in northern Chiles mining area of Iquique
Supreme Court said that trial against government officials in corruption cases cannot be ground to
quash the criminal proceedings
World Bank would nearly double its lending capacity to boost support for middle countries like
India, Brazil, China, Mexico and Indonesia
NATO foreign ministers have agreed to suspend all practical civilian and military co-operations with
Russia
Reserve Bank granted approval to two firms to start new banks IDFC Ltd and Bandhan
Financial Services
Karim Massimov was named as the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
NATO announced that it had suspended all practical cooperation with Russia, civilian and
military
ISRO had launched Indias 2nd regional navigational satellite from Sriharikota Space Station
IRNSS 1B
Name the report that claims that Indian companies play an increasingly important role in the British
economy India Tracker 2014
MS Dhoni for outstanding achievement in Sports won the United Kingdoms 2014 Asian Award
Sri Lanka defeated India in the final match to win the ICC Twenty World Cup 2014 at - Shere
Bangla stadium of Mirpur, Dhaka
4th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014 (Division A) was won by Punjab on 6

April 2014 won by defeating - Hockey Odisha 6-2 in the finals at Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Iwao Hakamada, the Japanese boxer on 6 April 2014 was awarded with an honorary championship
belt by World Boxing Council (WBC)
First Dada Saheb Phalke awardee for cinematograph died at his residence in Shankarapuram V
K Murthy died
Jhumpa Lahiri has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction work entitled
Lowland
A capital of North east state of India that received its first passenger train and became the second
state capital after Guwahati to be put on the railway map of India is Itanagar
A report entitled Towards New Horizons-Arab Economic Transformation amid Political Transitions
was released by - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
A book entitled The Accidental Prime Minister: the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh
written by - Sanjaya Baru
Mizoram government claimed that its impossible for them to repatriate all the - Bru refugees
lodged in six Tripura relief camps within three months
The First women Chief Justice of Delhi High Court appointed - Justice G Rohini
Indias Dipika Pallikal in the title clash of the Womens Champion Fiberlass Texas Open squash
tournament at Houston, United States on 14 April 2014 was defeated by - Egyptian Nour El
Sherbini (ranked 13th)
National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy was won by Baroda after defeating - Uttar Pradesh
in the final match
Name the India born poet who on 14 April 2014 won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the
poetry category for his collection of poems entitled 3 Sections - Vijay Seshadri
Supreme Court has recognised transgender as the - third category of sex
SIPRI has ranked India at which position in the report titled Trends in world military expenditure,
2013 Ninth
Book entitled, Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths is authored by - PC Parakh
Ship of Theseus was selected as best feature film and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was named as the
best popular film in the - National Film Awards
Google to bring internet access to the remotest parts of the world bought - Titan Aerospace, a
maker of high-altitude solar-powered drones
PCIL and PGCB will conduct a joint feasibility study for exporting 100 MW power to Bangladesh
from - gas-fired Palatana power plant in Tripura

 Supreme Court in its direction said that CAG is empowered to audit - the private telecom
companies
Admiral RK Dhowan took over as 22nd Chief of Indian Navy as the successor of - Admiral DK
Joshi, who is the 1st Defence forces chief to resign in India
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet in habitable zone - named Kepler-186f
orbiting Kepler-186 system in the constellation Cygnus
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on 22 April 2014 launched the AIFF Academy Certification
with an aim to set a standard of youth development in the country through certification model
International Mother Earth Day observed on 22 April 2014 with theme - Green Cities
SC has ordered special audit of property of Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple under the
supervision of former CAG of India Vinod Rai
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 Anthropomorphic rescue 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 RBIs 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 Peter's 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 world's third biggest economy in 2011 - in terms of
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)