==Supreme
Court on 27 March 2014 directed all the States and Union Territories to
implement Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their
Rehabilitation Act, 2013.
The
three-judge Bench comprised of Chief Justice P Sathasivam, Justice Ranjan Gogoi
and Justice N V Ramana ordered a series of directions to abolish the practice
of manual scavenging and to prevent future generations from this inhuman
practice. The Apex court also deprecated the practice of manually
removing night soil with bare hands, brooms or metal scrappers.
Directions
issued by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court issued a slew of directions for rehabilitation of those involved in manual scavenging by providing cash assistance, education and benefits of other social welfare scheme.
The Supreme Court issued a slew of directions for rehabilitation of those involved in manual scavenging by providing cash assistance, education and benefits of other social welfare scheme.
•
At least one member of their family shall be given, subject to eligibility and
willingness, training in livelihood skill and shall be paid a monthly stipend
during rehabilitation period. Besides, one adult member of the family is given
subsidy or concessional loan for taking up an alternative occupation.
• To address sewer deaths, it suggested that entering sewer lines without
safety gears should be made a crime even in emergency situations. And for such
death, a compension of 10 lakh rupees should be given to the family of the
died.• The people who were employed as scavengers should be allotted residential plots or constructed houses or money for such construction according to their eligibility and willingness.
• Persons released from manual scavenging should not have to cross hurdles to receive what is their legitimate due under the law.
• Safai karamchari women should be provided support for dignified livelihood in accordance with their choice of livelihood schemes.
• The Railways should take time-bound strategy to end manual scavenging on the tracks and persons released from manual scavenging should not have to cross hurdles to receive what is their legitimate due under the law.
=The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the timeline
for full implementation of the Basel III capital regulations by a year. Now the
banks are required to comply with the Basel III norms by 31 March 2019 instead
of 31 March 2018. In terms of Basel
III capital regulations issued by the RBI, the Capital Conservation Buffer
(CCB) will be implemented from March-end 2016
==SEBI
announced on 25 March 2014 to release the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA) compliance norms in the fiscal year 2014-15. The FATCA compliance norms
will help combat possible tax evasion by Americans through Indian
entities.
FATCA is a law that aims to check and impose withholding tax on illicit activities of some wealthy individuals who use offshore accounts to evade millions of dollars in taxes.
FATCA is a law that aims to check and impose withholding tax on illicit activities of some wealthy individuals who use offshore accounts to evade millions of dollars in taxes.
For
the implementation of the FATCA, the US government is required to sign IGAs
with various countries, including India. The US has so far signed IGAs with 22
countries including the UK and Switzerland.
==Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on 24
March 2014 announced to provide Universal Account Number (UAN) to its five
crore subscribers from 1 October 2014.
Significance
of UAN
It will facilitate subscribers to avoid filing provident fund (PF) account transfer claims on changing jobs.
It is expected to provide great relief to the workers in organised sector who frequently change jobs, specially the construction sector.
The UAN will help reduce the workload of the EPFO. During 2012-13, EPFO received over 12 lakh claims for transfer of PF account on changing of jobs by its subscribers.
It will facilitate subscribers to avoid filing provident fund (PF) account transfer claims on changing jobs.
It is expected to provide great relief to the workers in organised sector who frequently change jobs, specially the construction sector.
The UAN will help reduce the workload of the EPFO. During 2012-13, EPFO received over 12 lakh claims for transfer of PF account on changing of jobs by its subscribers.
==A
RBI panel headed by Aditya Puri submitted its report on 22 March 2014. The
Report is titled Data Format for Furnishing of Credit Information to Credit
Information Companies (CICs).
The committee has made wide ranging recommendations on issues relating to credit information, such as, increasing its coverage, format of reports and best practices to be followed by credit institutions, credit information companies (CICs) and the Reserve Bank.
Highlights of the Report
• The Committee has suggested to provide customers with a free copy of their Credit Information Report (CIRs). It would help create awareness about the need to have credit discipline and help detect identity theft at an early stage.
• The committee also recommended a common Data Quality Index that could assist credit institutions in determining the gaps in their data and also help move towards improving their performance over a period of time.
It was also recommended to use a common data format that includes additional information in the formats, such as, dispute codes, consumer comments on dispute, details of collateral and a continuing mechanism for making changes to data formats that could help improve data quality.
• The committee has showed its concern that low usage of credit information by member institutions and other specified users needs to be addressed. It can be addressed by increasing the coverage of credit information in terms of membership (all credit institutions should be members of all CICs) and products and by creating awareness about Credit Information Reports (CIRs).
• CICs should have a common classification of Credit Scores so that it would be easier to understand and interpret them.
• CICs may provide a single CIR for a borrower even if there are multiple addresses, using a unique identification number (PAN/Aadhaar No.).
• CICs may have link with the database of Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) which has data on mortgages so that CIRs can also provide information on property mortgages.
The committee has made wide ranging recommendations on issues relating to credit information, such as, increasing its coverage, format of reports and best practices to be followed by credit institutions, credit information companies (CICs) and the Reserve Bank.
Highlights of the Report
• The Committee has suggested to provide customers with a free copy of their Credit Information Report (CIRs). It would help create awareness about the need to have credit discipline and help detect identity theft at an early stage.
• The committee also recommended a common Data Quality Index that could assist credit institutions in determining the gaps in their data and also help move towards improving their performance over a period of time.
It was also recommended to use a common data format that includes additional information in the formats, such as, dispute codes, consumer comments on dispute, details of collateral and a continuing mechanism for making changes to data formats that could help improve data quality.
• The committee has showed its concern that low usage of credit information by member institutions and other specified users needs to be addressed. It can be addressed by increasing the coverage of credit information in terms of membership (all credit institutions should be members of all CICs) and products and by creating awareness about Credit Information Reports (CIRs).
• CICs should have a common classification of Credit Scores so that it would be easier to understand and interpret them.
• CICs may provide a single CIR for a borrower even if there are multiple addresses, using a unique identification number (PAN/Aadhaar No.).
• CICs may have link with the database of Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) which has data on mortgages so that CIRs can also provide information on property mortgages.
== The
foreign direct investment (FDI) grew in January 2014 by 1.5 per cent to 2.18
billion US dollar compared to 2.15 billion US dollar in January 2013.
==Ukraine
signed the long-awaited Association Agreement with the European Union in
Brussels. the European Commission agreed to
extend nearly 500 million euros worth of trade benefits to Ukraine, removing
customs duties on a wide range of agricultural goods, textiles and other
imports
==The Government of India divested its 9 percent stake in
Axis Bank. The divestment resulted into generation of 5500 crore rupees. Through a trust fund called Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of
India (SUUTI), Government of India disposed 42.26 million shares or 9 percent
of Axis Bank’s share capital.
==Tata
Communications Payment Solutions Ltd. (TCPSL) launched the white label
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) network on 20 March 2014 under the brand name
of Indicash. The first Indicash ATM was inaugurated at Chandrapada in Thane
district.
TCPSL
has tied up with Federal Bank, which has been designated as a sponsor bank of
care of cash operations, dispute resolutions and regulatory reporting.
The Indicash ATMs will be owned and operated by the TCPSL.
TCPSL
will deploy 15000 Indicash ATMs by 2016. Out of this 67 percent of the Indicash
ATMs will be deployed in semi-urban and rural areas, and the rest in urban
areas.
==The
Supreme Court directed the Centre to withdraw the instruction issued
by centre for making Aadhaar card mandatory for citizens to benefit government
services.
A
Bench of Justices B S Chauhan and J Chelameswar directed that if there are any
instructions that Aadhaar is mandatory, it should be withdrawn immediately.
==As
per the revision of the interest rates the rates apply to post office saving
schemes
•
Return on 1 to 2 years deposit – hiked by 20 basis points from 8.2 percent to
8.4 percent
• Return on 3-year maturities – hiked from 8.3 percent to 8.4 percent
• Return on for 5-year deposits - it has been raised to 8.5 percent
In case of National Savings Certificates (NSCs), Monthly Income Schemes (MIS) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) the rates have been left unchanged.
• The PPF has been kept unchanged at 8.7 percent and the annual investment ceiling in PPF savings at 1 lakh rupees
• For NSCs rate for maturities of 5 and 10 year remained unchanged at 8.5 percent and 8.8 percent respectively
• The rate on five-year MIS also kept unchanged at 8.4 percent and rates of savings deposit also remained unchanged at 4 percent
These hikes in the rates are as per an earlier policy decision in line with the recommendations of Shyamala Gopinath Committee to align small savings rates with the yield on Government securities.
• Return on 3-year maturities – hiked from 8.3 percent to 8.4 percent
• Return on for 5-year deposits - it has been raised to 8.5 percent
In case of National Savings Certificates (NSCs), Monthly Income Schemes (MIS) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) the rates have been left unchanged.
• The PPF has been kept unchanged at 8.7 percent and the annual investment ceiling in PPF savings at 1 lakh rupees
• For NSCs rate for maturities of 5 and 10 year remained unchanged at 8.5 percent and 8.8 percent respectively
• The rate on five-year MIS also kept unchanged at 8.4 percent and rates of savings deposit also remained unchanged at 4 percent
These hikes in the rates are as per an earlier policy decision in line with the recommendations of Shyamala Gopinath Committee to align small savings rates with the yield on Government securities.
==RBI has extended date for exchange of pre-2005 banknotes to
1 January 2015 and advised banks to facilitate the exchange of these notes for
full value.
==Current
Account Deficit (CAD) declined to 0.9 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
in Quarter 3 (October - December) of 2013-14.
== Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) set up a committee under the Financial Stability and
Development Council (FSDC). Chaired by Governor Raghuram Rajan. The
committee would set the guidelines for the banking sector to comply with
Basel-III capital norms.
Main highlights are as follows
Main highlights are as follows
•The
implementation of the non-legislative recommendations of the Financial Sector
Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC)
• The issue of setting up a repository for providing investors with a single view of all financial asset classes.
•The ways to suggest the capital requirements of the banking sector over the next five years in view of the Basel-III regulations and requirements for supervisory capital.
•ssues of greater harmonisation of regulations across sectors for similar activities were also taken up.
• Also, it discussed about ways for setting up an effective resolution regime for the financial sector.
• The issue of setting up a repository for providing investors with a single view of all financial asset classes.
•The ways to suggest the capital requirements of the banking sector over the next five years in view of the Basel-III regulations and requirements for supervisory capital.
•ssues of greater harmonisation of regulations across sectors for similar activities were also taken up.
• Also, it discussed about ways for setting up an effective resolution regime for the financial sector.
==The
private sector lender, ICICI Bank launched portable hand-held
machines (or portable POS machines) to avoid inconvenience around entering
secret PIN number for card transactions in hotels.
The
ICICI Merchant Services is an alliance between ICICI Bank and
electronic commerce and payment services company First Data.
Plan: To replace 25,000
machines located in the hospitality sector enterprises with the portable
hand-held machines. Function of portable machine: A customer
will be presented the machine at the table in order to authorize a transaction
rather than the current practice of going to the cash counter where the Point-Of-Sale
(POS) machines are generally kept.
==India’s
annual Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) falls to 8.10% &WPI to
4.86% in February 2014, i.e. 25-month low on account of lower food prices.
==India’s
industrial output recorded marginally 0.1 % growth in January, 2014 after
contracting for three months in a row.
==
SBI Life Insurance Company on 12 March 2014 announced that it will appeal
against the order of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)
==
The US regulator, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on 14 March 2014 filed
a law-suit on 16 of the world’s largest banks. The regulator accused the banks
for allegedly manipulating the Libor interest rate.
The
Banks that has been sued includes Barclays Plc, HSBC, Citigroup and Royal Bank
of Scotland, UBS and British Bankers Association (BBA) and others.
These
global banks broke certain swap contracts and separately planed to rig the
labor rate to which the contracts were signed. These banks conduct caused
substantial looses to 38 other banks including Washington Mutual Bank and
IndyMac Bank.
==Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on 13 March 2014 hiked the trade related remittance limit
from 2 lakh rupees to 5 lakh rupees per transaction with immediate effect. It
also increased the number of transaction handled by exchange houses.
Besides
RBI informed that the government has notified the repurchase of its securities
through reserve auction for an aggregate amount of 15000 crore (face values).
Bids for the auction will be submitted in electronic format on the RBI crore
Banking Solution (E-Kuber) system on 18 March 2014.
==
Rakesh Sethi is appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Allahabad
Bank.
== Union Finance Ministry and Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI) on 11 March 2014 jointly finalized the norms of
investment for setting upCentral Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) -
Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM)
headed by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had approved floating the CPSE ETF.
Main
Highlights
• Individual investors can invest for CPSE-ETF in between 5 thousand rupees to 10 lakh rupees.
• CPSE ETF is an open-ended fund and the units would have a face value of Rs.10 per unit.
•The CPSE – ETF comprised shares of 10 blue-chip companies.
• Companies listed in the ETF basket are ONGC, IOC, Coal India, GAIL, REC, Oil India, Container Corporation, Power Finance, Engineers India and Bharat Electronics Ltd.
• The ETF is expected to fetch 3000 crore rupees to the exchequer. The CPSE-ETF is an additional way to meet the target of Disinvestment ofGovernment of India.
• Goldman Sachs is acting as the asset management company for the ETF.
• This first-of-its-kind ETF is also likely to have certain unique features like loyalty incentive and upfront discount to attract retail investors.
CPSE-ETF is made up of a basket of shares of different CPSEs that tracks an index fund. ETF will trade like a stock on the exchange. Gold ETFsdominate the market in India.
ETFs were introduced in India in 2001. At present, there are about 33 ETFs with assets under management of close to 11500 crore rupees held by 6.2 lakh investors.
• Individual investors can invest for CPSE-ETF in between 5 thousand rupees to 10 lakh rupees.
• CPSE ETF is an open-ended fund and the units would have a face value of Rs.10 per unit.
•The CPSE – ETF comprised shares of 10 blue-chip companies.
• Companies listed in the ETF basket are ONGC, IOC, Coal India, GAIL, REC, Oil India, Container Corporation, Power Finance, Engineers India and Bharat Electronics Ltd.
• The ETF is expected to fetch 3000 crore rupees to the exchequer. The CPSE-ETF is an additional way to meet the target of Disinvestment ofGovernment of India.
• Goldman Sachs is acting as the asset management company for the ETF.
• This first-of-its-kind ETF is also likely to have certain unique features like loyalty incentive and upfront discount to attract retail investors.
CPSE-ETF is made up of a basket of shares of different CPSEs that tracks an index fund. ETF will trade like a stock on the exchange. Gold ETFsdominate the market in India.
ETFs were introduced in India in 2001. At present, there are about 33 ETFs with assets under management of close to 11500 crore rupees held by 6.2 lakh investors.
==
Public sector general insurer New India Assurance announced an exclusive health
insurance cover New India Asha Kiran for girl child on 7 March 2014.
==Third
BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation) Summit was held from 1 March to 4 March 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar.
The Third BIMSTEC summit was attended by the heads from six countries and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Thailand, namely
Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Prime Minister of Nepal
President of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Bhutan
President of Myanmar
During the summit, enhancing regional cooperation in energy sector, the Third BIMSTEC Energy Ministerial Meeting will be held in Nepal in 2014 and also the Fourth BIMSTEC Energy Ministerial Meeting will be held in 2015 in Bhutan.
Earlier during the second BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Alleviation summit in Nepal in January 2012 the Poverty Plan of Action was adopted and in this summit the heads agreed to implement the Poverty Plan of Action. Sri Lanka is going to host the Third Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Alleviation during the first half of 2014.
The following three pacts were signed
• Memorandum of Association on the Establishment of the BIMSTEC Permanent Secretariat.
• Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Commission (BCIC) and BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Observatory (BCIO).
• Memorandum of Association among BIMSTEC Member Countries Concerning Establishment of a BIMSTEC Centre for Weather and Climate.
About BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was established in 1997 in Bangkok. It was a new sub regional grouping, named BISTEC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation).Myanmar (1997) and Sri lanka (1998) joined the group who were observers earlier and they joined the group later.
The First BIMSTEC Summit was held in 2004 in Bangkok and the Second Summit was held in 2008 in New Delhi.
The main purposes of BIMSTEC are to create
• An enabling environment for rapid economic development
• Accelerate social progress in the sub-region
• Cooperate in projects that can be dealt with most productively on a sub-regional basis and which make best use of available synergies.
The Third BIMSTEC summit was attended by the heads from six countries and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Thailand, namely
Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Prime Minister of Nepal
President of Sri Lanka
Prime Minister of Bhutan
President of Myanmar
During the summit, enhancing regional cooperation in energy sector, the Third BIMSTEC Energy Ministerial Meeting will be held in Nepal in 2014 and also the Fourth BIMSTEC Energy Ministerial Meeting will be held in 2015 in Bhutan.
Earlier during the second BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Alleviation summit in Nepal in January 2012 the Poverty Plan of Action was adopted and in this summit the heads agreed to implement the Poverty Plan of Action. Sri Lanka is going to host the Third Ministerial Meeting on Poverty Alleviation during the first half of 2014.
The following three pacts were signed
• Memorandum of Association on the Establishment of the BIMSTEC Permanent Secretariat.
• Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Commission (BCIC) and BIMSTEC Cultural Industries Observatory (BCIO).
• Memorandum of Association among BIMSTEC Member Countries Concerning Establishment of a BIMSTEC Centre for Weather and Climate.
About BIMSTEC
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was established in 1997 in Bangkok. It was a new sub regional grouping, named BISTEC (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand Economic Cooperation).Myanmar (1997) and Sri lanka (1998) joined the group who were observers earlier and they joined the group later.
The First BIMSTEC Summit was held in 2004 in Bangkok and the Second Summit was held in 2008 in New Delhi.
The main purposes of BIMSTEC are to create
• An enabling environment for rapid economic development
• Accelerate social progress in the sub-region
• Cooperate in projects that can be dealt with most productively on a sub-regional basis and which make best use of available synergies.
==
==World
Economic Forum (WEF) released Young Global Leader’s 2014 list on 11 March
2014. The WEF recognised 214 Young Global Leaders (YGLs). Among them
109 are woman who were recognised for leadership and service to society.
There
were 17 young global leaders in South Asia, out of which 14 were from
India. Following are the Indians among the YGLs list.
Pallavi
S. Aiyar Author and Journalist The Hindu and
Free Lance
Farhan
Akhtar Film Director, Actor, Producer Excel Entertainment Production House
Sachin
Bansal Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Flipkart.com
Avani
Davda Chief Executive Officer Tata
Starbucks Limited
Mohit
Joshi Vice-President and Head, Europe Infosys Ltd
Roshni
Nadar Malhotra Executive Director and CEO HCL Corporation Ltd
Vishwarupe
Narain India’s
Head Texas Pacific Group
Nandini
Piramal Executive
Director and Head of HR Piramal Enterprises Limited
Rishad
Premji Chief Strategy Officer, IT Business
Wipro
Anoop
Ratnaker Rao Chief Operating Officer Naandi
Foundation
Chiki
Sarkar Chief Executive Officer Penguin
Random House
Parmesh
Shahani Head of Innovation
Laboratory Godrej Industries Ltd
Anurag
Thakur MP & National President BJYM BJP's Youth Wing
Ratheesan
Yoganathan Co-Founder and Group Chairman Lebara Group
==
Tomas Halik won the Templeton Prize for 2014
==The ICC
World Twenty20 (also referred to as the ICC World T20 or
the T20 World Cup) will be played in Bangladesh from March 16,
2014 – April 6 2014.
This
is the 5th World Twenty20 cricket.
Teams:
16 teams
Final
& 1st match: At Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
on
Total
prize money: $3 million.
==
NTPC has approved an investment of 14366.58 crore rupees for its Karanpura
thermal power project in Jharkhand.
==
The FICCI-KPMG report on Indian civil aviation released at the Hyderabad
==
Sachin Tendulkar has voted as the Cricketer of the Generation by a 50-member by
beating Shane Warne and Jacques Kallis.
==
Former Arunachal Pradesh Minister, TC Teli died on 14 March 2014 in Itanagar at
50. He is now survived by his two wives, four sons and five daughters.
==
GK Pillai resigned as Chairman of MCX-SX and will be succeeded by Thomas Mathew
T.
==
CCI has imposed a penalty of 18.38 crore on BCDA and its office bearers over
anti-competitive practices in supply of the medicines.
== United Kingdom in third week of March 2014 decided to
honour the Indian soldiers, who participated in the World War I through a
series of events. The events will be organised to commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the conflict of World War I that started in 1914.
To commemorate Indian involvement in the war that began in 1914, the British High Commission along with the United Service Institution in India has planned a series of events. In the First World War, about one million Indian soldiers participated of which over seventy thousand died during the war. ==Rare Indian Artefacts are to be auctioned under the tittle Gems of Thangka Art in New York.
To commemorate Indian involvement in the war that began in 1914, the British High Commission along with the United Service Institution in India has planned a series of events. In the First World War, about one million Indian soldiers participated of which over seventy thousand died during the war. ==Rare Indian Artefacts are to be auctioned under the tittle Gems of Thangka Art in New York.
==Government
of India (GOI) announced to provide 4500 crore rupees Assistance Package to
Bhutan for its 11th Five Year Plan.
==
Karnataka won the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2013-14 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata
==Author
Joe McGinniss died on 10 March 2014 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in
Massachusetts at 71 due to prostate cancer.
==Tata
Motors on 10 March 2014 announced its plan to set up assembly units
and sales offices in Southeast Asia and Africa.
==Nokia
launched Nokia’s first Android phone named Nokia X in India
==Heena
Sidhu won the gold medal in the Women’s Air pistol event at the 7th Asian Air
Gun Championship in Kuwait
== Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai won BNP Paribas Open 2014
== British
Forces handed over its two important military bases in southern Helmand
province to Afghan security forces and closed down one.
==
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on 17 March 2014 released guidelines to
tackle the threats of cyber attacks and hacking of websites
==
Andrew Marchese, student of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on 17
March 2014 developed a robot that can swim like fish.
==
SIPRI in its data on international arms transfers claimed India as largest
importer of weapon systems, which is three times more than Pakistan and China.
==
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) announced to set up 30000 crore rupees refinery at Mundra
in Gujarat with 15 million tones capacity.
==
Gyan Correa bagged the 17th Gollapudi Srinivas National Award 2013 for his
debut film as a director, The Good Road in Gujarati.
==
National Campaign, multi-pronged campaign was launched to eradicate dengue
across six Indian cities with PPP.
==
The French company Airbus launched its wholly owned subsidiary in India called
Airbus India on 11 March 2014.
==
US state, Colorado in January 2014 collected 2 million dollars as taxes from
the newly legalized recreational marijuana business.
==
Nepal announced on 11 March 2014 a plan to lease Himalayan peaks to private
companies to ease traffic on Mount Everest and to boost tourism.
==
Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) appointed retired Justice BN
Srikrishna as its Chairman. He has succeeded Dhirendra Swarup.
==
The Supreme Court of Maldives on 9 March 2014 sacked the Election Commissioner
Fuwad Thowfeek and his deputy Ahmad Fayaz.
==
Michelle Bachelet was been sworn-in as the President of Chile after winning
election over her conservative rival Evelyn Matthei.
==
Government of Chhattisgarh has ordered high-level departmental inquiry into
Maoist attack in Sukma district which 16 people were killed in Sukma.
== European
Parliament on 17 March 2014 passed a law to develop a common charger for
all mobile phones sold in the continent of Europe.
==
India nominated Rani-ki-Vav located in Patan, Gujarat and GHNP in HP for
UNESCO’s World Heritage Site Status.
==
President of Russia signed a decree recognising Crimea as a sovereign state
paving a way for absorption of Crimea into Russia.
==
France introduced driving restrictions in Paris to tackle dangerous pollution
levels.
==
The Hinduja brothers are the third richest family in Britain with combined
wealth of 10 billion dollar.
==
Novak Djokovic won the Indian Wells ATP Tennis Masters by defeating Roger
Federer. Women’s singles was won by Flavia Pennetta.
==
IOC sold 10% of government stake for 5340 crore rupees to OIL and ONGC.
==
Former president and leader of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah died in
Freetown at the age of 82.
==Sheila
Dikshit took oath as Governor of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram.
==Two
Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut who took the 2014 Sochi Olympic
torch to ISS safely landed back on earth in Kazakhstan.
==The
World Longest aircraft has been unveiled in Britain like a giant blimp in
Bedfordshire, UK.
==Prime
Minister of New Zealand, John Key on 10 March 2014 announced the plan
to hold a referendum on changing the National Flag by 2017.
==The
heated rocks and volcanoes played a major role in survival of a range of plants
and animals during past ice ages, 20000 years ago.
==In
Maharashtra 11 lakh hectares of WORTH 5000CR rupees Rabi crops were
damaged due to hail storm which has engulfed the state since last one week.
==Ten-day
event named Festival of India was organised in three cities of Vietnam namely
Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City.
==Union
Government on 10 March 2014 announced to build 200 low cost airports in the
next 20 years.
==Charkilo
named miniature planet with two rings of ice and pebbles was discovered by
astronomers between Saturn and Uranus.
==King
Abdullah issued a decree of appointed his half-brother Moqren as the next heir
to the throne of the world’s largest exporter of crude oil.
==Sunil
Gavaskar was appointed as the interim president of BCCI board by the Supreme
Court on 28 March 2014.
==UN
General Assembly has passed a non-binding resolution refusing recognition of
annexation of Crimean peninsula by Russia from Ukraine.
==Study
revealed that smoking ban in public places has resulted in a fall of premature
births by 10 percent and childhood asthma attacks.
==Jens
Stoltenberg was appointed as the Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO).
==European
Union Court ruled that Internet Service Providers can deny access to websites
that infringe copyright to their customers on legal grounds.
==A
Japanese court ordered the release and a retrial of Iwao
Hakamada.
==Spices
Board’s released figures say that export of spices of India from April to
December 2013 has increased by 41 percent in terms of rupees.
==Military Government of Fiji declared to hold democratic
elections on 17 September
==Amnesty
International annual report released that covers the judicial use of the death
penalty in London.
==President
Barack Obama announced National Security Agency (NSA) reform
plan.
==Tata
Teleservices limited (TTL) launched new Wi-Fi business in
Chennai.
==Supreme
Court directed all the states and UTs to implement Prohibition of Employment as
Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
==as
the new Defence Minister and Army Chief of Egypt. He is the successor of Field
Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
==C-130
J Super Hercules aircraft of Indian Air Force crashed in Karoli district of
Rajasthan killing five crew members including four officers.
==The
WHO has certified India as a Polio Free country making it one of the 11
countries of South-East Region to be free from polio virus.
==Indian-origin
Gopal Rao won UK Twitter Prize
==Resolution
against Sri Lanka human rights record during LTTE war passed on 27 March 2014
==Actor
Arjun Kapoor was named as the brand ambassador of the Earth
hour 2014.
==West
Zone defeated North Zone to win the Deodhar Trophy of Cricket 2014 in
Visakhapatnam by a margin of 133 runs.
==Army
Chief of Egypt, Al-Sisi resigned from the post to contest in presidential
election. He also resigned as the Defence Minister of the Country.
==Germany’s
Franz-Peter Terbartz-van Elst also known as bling bishop resigned
==The
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) detected a
Smartphone Virus called Dendroid.
==7
million people died of which 1 in 8 of total global deaths was a result of air
pollution exposure.
==J
& K became the first state in the country to declare all election booths as
No Smoking Areas.
==EC
revised ex-gratia payment for kin of the official, who dies while performing
poll duty of minimum of 10 lakh rupees.
WHO-India
has launched a programme named IVR 2020 programme with an aim to increase
population of rhinoceros listed as vulnerable on IUCN Red list.
EPFO announced
to provide Universal Account Number (UAN) to its five crore subscribers from 1
October 2014.
==Poachers
gang killed a rhino in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary of Assam and took away its
horn.
==Third
Nuclear Security Summit was held in The Hague, Netherlands from 24 to 25 March
2014.
==Facebook decided
to acquire two year old virtual reality technology firm Oculus VR for 2 billion
dollar
==Researcher
K Ramakrishna Reddy has discovered a group of caves inhibited by ancient humans
in Akkampalli of Andhra Pradesh.
==IBM
unveiled Social, Mobile, Cloud and Analytics (SMAC) solutions for telecom
operators
==India
defeated Pakistan in the final to win the 3rd South Asian Handball Championship
title at Genesis Global School in Noida.
==Japanese
architect Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014
==GE
Healthcare and CTSI jointly announced to set up a chain of 25 cancer detection
and treatment centres in India
==2013
biographical film of Milkha Singh titled, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag screened in Saudi
Arabia as a part of the seventh Asian Film Festival 2014.
==Google
signed a deal with Ray-Ban maker Luxottica to make Google Glass spectacles into
a stylish consumer product
==Rajiv
Takru, the Financial Services Secretary has been appointed as the new Revenue
Secretary. He succeeds Sumit Bose, who will retire on 31 March 2014.
==Varun
Berry appointed as Managing Director (MD) of Britannia Industries.
==The
Third Nuclear Security Summit was held in The Hague, Netherlands.250555
==Rusi
Dinshaw, the only Pakistani cricketer of Parsi Community died in Karachi. He
was suffering from schizophrenia.
==The
third National Photography Awards were conferred on 13 eminent photojournalists
in New Delhi.
==Managing
Director (MD) of Britannia Industries Vinita Bali announced to
retire till the end of March 2014.
==Hongkonger
and Hong Kongese have been added in Oxford English dictionary in recognition of
local identity of inhabitants of Hong Kong.
==Saugata
Gupta chief executive officer (CEO) of Marico was promoted as
Managing Director (MD).
==Japan
signed an agreement to remove highly enriched Uranium and separated plutonium
to US.
==The
acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Jet
Airways Ravishankar Gopalakrishnan resigned on 25 March 2014.
==The
book Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership written by the Pavan Choudary.
==Harish
Rawat has ordered deployment of newly constituted SDRF personnel in the danger
zone that is prone to disaster, during Char Dham Yatra.
==Indian
Ordinance factory has launched a light-weight revolver named Nirbheek, designed
especially for women to defend themselves from assault.
==Britain’s
Royal Mail issued a postage stamp of Noor Inayat Khan, World War II Indian
origin heroine.
==Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on conferred
Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards. He conferred three Kriti Chakras
and ten Shurya Chakras to Armed Personnel at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Other
medals conferred by Mukherjee on the day were
• Param Vishisht Seva Medals to fifteen persons
• Uttam Yudh Seva Medals to two persons
• Bar to Ari Vishist Seva Medals to three persons
• Ati Vishisht Seva Medals to twenty two persons
• Param Vishisht Seva Medals to fifteen persons
• Uttam Yudh Seva Medals to two persons
• Bar to Ari Vishist Seva Medals to three persons
• Ati Vishisht Seva Medals to twenty two persons
==Bank
of India launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme in Mumbai
==Vandana
Foundation has launched AQUATM water vending machine in Mumbai. It will release
1 liter water at a price of 1 rupee.
==GAIL
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chubu Electric Power Co.Inc. of
Japan in South Korea
==SC
directed the Centre to withdraw the instruction issued by centre for making
Aadhaar card mandatory for citizens to benefit government services.
==Tata
Communications Payment Solutions Ltd. (TCPSL) launched the white label
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) network.
==RSPB
won the 4th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship (Division A) in
Bhopal after defeating defending champions Haryana by 4-0.
==Nanda,
the veteran actress of Hindi and Marathi films died in Mumbai at the
age of 75.
==Egyptian
Court sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President, Mohammed Morsi to
death.
==Govind
Mishra to given the Sarawasti honour for year 2013 for his book Dhool Paudho
Par. He will be the second person to receive this award.
==Ebola
Virus causing haemorrhagic fever was detected in Guinea.
==Assam
Government sought an opinion of the people on trimming the horns of rhinos to
save them from the poachers.
==Israeli
diplomats launched an unprecedented and indefinite strike over
a long-running pay and conditions dispute.
==Adolfo
Suarez, the first elected Prime Minister of Spain died on 23 March 2014.
==Pranab
Mukherjee conferred three Kriti Chakras and ten Shurya Chakras to Armed
Personnel at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
==Bhavani
Island in A.P on the waves of River Krishna was developed as new adventure
sports on 23 March 2014.
==Carlotta
Gall in her new book has claimed that 2008 terror attack on Indian embassy in
Kabul was monitored and sanctioned by senior officials of ISI.
==Over
a dozen of citizens of Myanmar started a march of 2400 km to
protest against the construction of Myitsone dam.
==Stuart
Oliver of Castrol Vecton team won the inaugural Tata T1 Prima Truck Racing
Championship at Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida.
==The
book Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri written by Dr R L Bhat was released on 23
March 2014.
==Syrian
military jet was shot down by Turkey near the Turkish-Syrian border. The jet
was shot by Turkish F-16 on violation of the Turkish airspace.
==Genetic
Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) revalidated ten varieties of Genetically
Modified crops.
==Big
Hoss is the World largest TV unveiled for the first time at the Texas Motor
Speedway in Fort Worth.
.
==World
Water Day observed with the theme Water and Energy.
==Thailand
announced to lift state of emergency on 18 March 2014.
==Physicist
Rajesh Gopakumar won the G D Birla award for scientific research for the year
2013
==Australian
tennis player Bernard Tomic lost the shortest match in Association of Tennis
Professionals (ATP) history
==Former
Brazilian international footballer Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini died after a heart
attack.
==Indian
journalist Shubranshu Choudhary won digital activism award for
regional news service.
==World
Poetry Day observed on 21 March 2014
==The
Sahara Testaments was written by Nigerian poet, Tade Ipadeola.
==UNHCR
report Asylum Trends 2013 claims sharp rise in asylum in 44 industrialised
countries, primarily driven by the Syrian crisis.
==Malaysian
Airlines flight MH370 vanished from radar screens over South China Sea with 239
people on board on its route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
==Supreme
Court has directed the lower courts to complete trial in cases that involves
lawmakers within one year of framing of charges.
==
IPL 2014 to be held in 3 phases at UAE, Bangladesh & India. Bangladesh will
be venue if Home Ministry denies permitting to hold game during election.
==
The European Union (EU) announced 11 billion euro package of loans and grants
for Ukraine
==
The Election Commission on 11 March 2014 created a multi-agency grid of revenue
and security intelligence agencies.
==
India and United States Energy dialogue held in New Delhi.
==Vice
President of Afghanistan Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim died on 9 March 2014 due
to natural cause.
==Scientists
discovered a new class of antibiotics called oxadiazoles on 9 March 2014.
==
Researchers discovered the largest yellow star, HR 5171 A measuring 1300 times
more than the diameter of sun and nearly 12000 light-years from Earth
==
Grand jury of US indicted Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was accused
for visa fraud and for under paying her housekeeper.
==
Nandan Nilekani resigned as chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of
India.
==
Parliament of Syria unanimously approved new election law allowing multiple
candidates to run for the post of President.
==
Indian archers on 13 March 2014 bagged 2 gold and silver in the team events of
1st Asian Grand Prix Archery Championships at Bangkok.
==
The IRDA on 12 March 2014 ordered a CBI probe into alleged fraud in four
government-sponsored insurance schemes
==
World Kidney Day was observed annually on the second Thursday in March. The
theme of World Kidney day of 2014 is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and aging.
==
Spice Jet and Boeing Company signed a deal worth 4.4 billion dollar.
==
SBI Life Insurance Company on 12 March 2014 announced that it will appeal
against the order of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA)
==
Supreme Court has directed the Law Commission to look into the issue of hate
speeches and frame guidelines to regulate such provocative statements.
==
Japanese electronics firm Panasonic announced on 12 March 2014 to pay its
employees a pollution premium to workers who are working in China.
==
Mercedes Benz, the German luxury car maker announced that it has commenced the
local assembly of the S-Class sedan in India at Chakan, Pune.
==
Tech Mahindra in association with Alstom Transport announced a new global
development centre located in Bangalore.
==
Scientists in their study of a 70-million-year-old fossil found in Alaska said
that it was the new species of dinosaur and it is smaller cousin T Rex.
==
The maximum number of voters in Haryana who will cast their vote first time in
the upcoming Lok Sabha elections fall in Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency.
==
Soma Mondal on 12 March 2014 was appointed as the first woman director
(commercial) of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO)
==
Ali Zeidan, the Prime Minister of Libya was sacked by the countries Parliament
after a tanker loaded with crude oil of rebels escaped from navy.
==Jordan
and Egypt signed MoU with Iraq on 9 March 2014 under which natural gas will be
supplied from Iraq to Jordan and Egypt.
==Report
of Dubai Department of Economic Development claimed India as the largest non
oil trading partner of Dubai in 2013-14.
==China
on 9 March 2014 tested a domestically-produced anti-smog drone aircraft.
==Kush
Sharma, an Indian-American student won the National Spelling Bee Competition in
the US in a verbal duel after defeating Sophia Hoffman.
==Sheila
MacRae, a veteran stage, film and TV performer died at the age of 92 in New
Jersey.
==Election
Commission of India organized a campaign titled Election Awakeningfor
Women and Youth.
==Pooja
Ghatkar, Indian shooter won the gold medal in women’s air rifle event at the
7th Asian Championship in Kuwait.
==Indian
writer Pankaj Mishra on 9 March 2014 won Windham Campbell Literature
Prize in non-fiction category
==President
of India conferred Stree Shakti Puruskar to six women in recognition of their
achievements in to mark International Women’s Day.
Rani
Lakshmibai Award-Manasi Pradhan from Odisha-Work in the field of women’s
empowerment
Rani
Rudramma Devi Award-Dr. M. Venkaiah from Andhra Pradesh-Contribution in the
field of women’s health
Mata
Jijabai Award-Bina Sheth Lashkari from Maharashtra-Achievement in the field of
education and training
Kannagi
Award-T. Radha K. Prashanti from Andhra Pradesh-Achievement in the field of
providing support to orphans, visually impaired, handicapped and destitute
women
Rani
Gaidinliu Zeliang Award-Dr. Vartika Nanda from Delhi-Creating awareness on
women’s issues through media
Devi
Ahilyabai Holkar Award-Dr. Seema Sakhare form Maharashtra-Contribution in the
field of women’s rights, gender issues, legal counseling and institutional
support to women and girls
==Frank
Jobe orthopedic surgeon who pioneered surgery in sports died due to illness in
Santa Monica, California at 88.
==Mizoram
68th Santosh Trophy for senior National football championship by defeating
Railways 3-0 at Kanchenjungha Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal.
==International
Women Day is being observed across the world on 8 March 2014.
An
Indian-American engineer Abraham Pannikottu on 7 March 2014 announced to
develop Zero Pressure tyres for the US military.
==Saudi
Arabia on 7 March 2014 declared Muslim Brotherhood with other three
militant group as Terrorist Group.
==Avaya appointed Priyadarshi Mohapatra as Managing Director for
India and SAARC
==Technology
firm Avaya on 6 March 2014 appointed Priyadarshi Mohapatra as
Managing Director for its India and SAARC operations.
==Indian-American
scientist Anil Jain on 6 March 2014 developed the first 3D model of a human
fingerprint called Phantom.
==Tom
Albanese was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vedanta
Resources.
==China
announced a biggest hike of 12.2 percent in defence budget
==Ragala
Venkat Rahul won 2 Gold and 1 Silver on the second day of the 16th Asian
Youth Weightlifting Championship on 6 March 2014.
==Indian
Revenue Department has tightened baggage rules for inbound Indian passengers
curb gold smuggling and to prevent misuse of gold import facility.
==The
second update of the Annual Health Survey was released on 6 March 2014.
==Home
Ministry issue says that OCIs and PIOs will not require medical visa for
commissioning surrogacy but in case couples are married for two years.
==Authorities
in Crimea voted to accelerate secession from Ukraine and unanimously backed a
law to be part of the Russian Federation on 6 March 2014.
==CAPRISA announced
a remarkable discovery that potent antibodies which can neutralize and kill
multiple strains of HIV.
==China
announced to extend the Qinghai-Tibet railway line to Xigaze on 6 March 2014.
==National
security advisor-level meet on maritime security cooperation between India, Sri
Lanka and Maldives held in New Delhi.
==European
Union froze the assets of ousted Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych and 17
ministers, businessmen and security chief.
==Tamil
Nadu men and Railways women won the Federation Cup Volleyball titles by
defeating services and Kerala respectively.
==Bharti
Airtel and Etisalat signed a pact to set up a multi-service regional
network infrastructure node in India
==Mumbai
was the least expensive major city for expatriates according to annual ranking
by the Economist Intelligence Unit
==The
Punjab Cabinet approved the Backward Class (BC) status for the Jat and Jat
Sikhs of the State on 5 March 2014.
==Delhi
high court ordered Delhi Police to set up a unit to prevent racial profiling of
people from North East India on 5 March 2014.
==NDMC
launched a new health scheme Stri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna for women
==The
64th National Basketball Championship concluded on 5 March 2014 at the
Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
==India
and Nepal army has started a joint military exercise Ex-Surya Kiran
Drills VI at Saljhandi in Rupandehi district of Nepal.
==Migrant
Entrepreneurs: Building Our Business, Creating Our Jobs report claims that
migrant entrepreneurs are one in seven of all UK companies.
==Latest
study claims that eating lot of protein-rich food increases the risk of cancer,
which is almost as much as smoking 20 cigarettes a day.
==Union
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports inaugurated National Cycling Academy at
Indira Gandhi Sports Complex,dELHI.
==World
on 6 March 2014 observed the World Dentist Day to raise awareness about dental
health.
==Scientists
in the British community discovered a way to rebuild ears and noses using stem
cells from body fat on 4 March 2014.
==MoEF
accepted the recommendations of the Kerala Government regarding ESA boundaries.
==Rail
link between Kilinochchi to Palai in North Sri Lanka was inaugurated. This link
was reconstructed by IRCON.
==Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh met Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa on 4 March 2014.
==Election
Commission has announced the date of Assembly elections in Sikkim,
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh to be held simultaneously with the LS polls.
==Election
Commission announced that Lok Sabha elections will be held from 7 April to 12
May 2014. Counting will be done on 16 May 2014.
==Low-cost
carrier SpiceJet appointed R.Neelakantan as its Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) on 4 March 2014.
==Graeme
Smith announced that he will retire from international cricket at the end of
the test match against Australia at Newlands.
==Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) of Apple Inc Peter Oppenheimer announced his retirement
on 4 March 2014.
==US
honoured Laxmi, the person who started the movement to end acid attacks in
India with the prestigious International Women of Courage Award.
==Assam
is the first state in India to celebrate Child Protection Day ON 5-MARCH
==Sheila
Dikshit appointed as the Governor of Kerala. She will succeed Nikhil Kumar, who
has tendered his resignation to the President of India.
==Union
Ministry of Minority Affairs launched Nalanda Project for Minorities
Higher Educational Institutions
==Union
Ministry of Minority Affairs launched a new initiative Maulana Azad
Sehat Scheme for the welfare of minorities.
==Cairn
Energy founder Sir Bill Gammell announced retirement from the post of non –
executive chairman on 3 March 2014.
Bill
Gates is the World’s top richest Billionaire according to Forbes magazine’s
annual World billionaires list, telecom
mogul Carlos Slim Helu of Mexico (2nd), Amanico Ortega, Spanish clothing
retailer is ranked 3rd for the second year in a row followed by Warren
Buffet (4), Oracle founder Larry Ellison(5), Koch Industries CEO Chalres
Koch (6), Chairman and CEO of Arvest Bank group (10), mukesh
ambani(56)Arcelor Mittal Chairman andCEO Laxshmi Mittal (52), Wipro
Chairman Azim Premji (61), co-founder of Sun Pharma Dilip Shanghvi (82),
HCL co founder Shiv Nadar(102), Hinduja brothers (122) and Kumar Birla (191).
==Suspected
militant Islamists group Boko Haram attacked a town in north-east of Borno
State of Nigeria on 2 March 2014.
==Union
Health Ministry has issued new guidelines for treating rape victims and
outlawed two-finger test performed saying it unscientific.
==Hyderabad-based
Natco Pharmaceuticals won a patent case against Teva Pharmaceuticals of
Israel on 3 March 2014.
==Hockey
India has been accorded with the status of a National Sports Federation for
governing the sport of hockey (both men and women) in India.
==The
Union Ministry of Sports decided to make Hockey India (HI) the sole
body to be responsible for the promotion of the sport on 3 March 2014.
==IFAW-WTI
captured and translocated the seventh family of the Gibbons to Mehao Wildlife
Sanctuary in Lower Debang Valley.
==Jaswant
Singh released a book entitled India at Risk – Mistakes, Misconceptions and
Misadventures of security policy on 3 March 2014.
==Arvind
Bhat won the German Open Grand Prix title against Danish Hans-Kristian
Vittinghus in the men’s singles in Germany
==Retired
Supreme Court judge K.T.Thomas refused to head the Lokpal Committee Search
panel on 3 March 2014.
==Defence
Ministry ordered CBI investigation into purchase of jet fighter engines from
Britain’s Rolls-Royce between 2007 and 2011 by Rolls-Royce.
==TAQA
led consortium, the international energy and Water Company decided to acquire
two hydroelectric power plants for about 1.6 billion US dollar
==Union
Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched the DMIC chapter of Uttar Pradesh at
Lucknow
==Study
suggested that Climate change contributed in collapse of Bronze Age Indus
Valley Civilisation that spanned across present India and Pakistan.
==Former
Union Minister Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi died at a private heart hospital in Kota
after protracted illness at the age of 85.
==South
Africa for the first time won the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating
Pakistan by at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
==The 86th
Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the actors, technical achievements, and films of
2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in
Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Most
awards - Gravity(7)
Most nominations - American Hustle and Gravity (10)
Most nominations - American Hustle and Gravity (10)
WINNERS:
Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature - Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography - Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Costume Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Directing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Documentary Feature - 20 Feet from Stardom
Best Documentary Short - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen
Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film - Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing - Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing - Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects - Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike Jonze)
Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Animated Feature - Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho)
Best Cinematography - Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Costume Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin)
Best Directing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón)
Best Documentary Feature - 20 Feet from Stardom
Best Documentary Short - The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed)
Best Film Editing - Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger)
Best Foreign Language Film - The Great Beauty (Italy)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Dallas Buyers Club (Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews)
Best Original Score - Gravity (Steven Price)
Best Original Song - Let It Go - Frozen
Best Production Design - The Great Gatsby (Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn)
Best Animated Short Film - Mr. Hublot (Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares)
Best Live Action Short Film - Helium (Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson)
Best Sound Editing - Gravity (Glenn Freemantle)
Best Sound Mixing - Gravity (Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro)
Best Visual Effects - Gravity (Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, Neil Corbould)
Best Adapted Screenplay - 12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
Best Original Screenplay - Her (Spike Jonze)
==282
mortal remains of Indian soldiers of 1857 mutiny were exhumed from the well at
Ajnala in Amritsar district of Punjab.
==President
of India, Pranab Mukherjee Signed the Telangana Bill to carve out Telengana
state.
==The
President Pranab Mukherjee signed the proclamation to impose President Rule in
Andhra Pradesh.
==Union
Cabinet cleared reservation for Jat community under the central list of OBC
category in nine northern states.
==Roger
Federer defeated Tomas Berdych 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 on 1 March 2014 to win the Dubai
Championships for the sixth time.
==Vinegar
can effectively kill mycobacteria, even highly drug-resistant Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
==Government
raised the number of workdays FOR Tribals under MNREGA from 100 days to 150
days.
==The
IIFA announced the winners of the technical categories of India’s most
prestigious international awards, The Tata Motors IIFA Awards.
The IIFA Magic of the Movies and Technical Awards will take
place on 25 April 2014 in Tampa. This will be IIFA’s debut in the United
States.
Cinematography-Binod
Pradhan-Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Screenplay--Prasoon
Joshi--Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Dialogue--Prasoon
Joshi--Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Editing----P.
S. Bharti--Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Production
Design--Wasiq Khan--Goliyon Ki Rasleela- Ramleela
Choreography--Remo
D’souza--Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Action--Sham
Kaushal & Tony Ching Siu Tung--Krrish 3
Sound
Design--Nakul Kamte--Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Song
Recording--Vinod Verma for Lungi Dance--Chennai Express
Sound
Mixing--Anup Dev--Debajit Changmai--Chennai Express--Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Background
Score--Shankar-Ehsaan- Loy--Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Costume
Designing--Dolly Ahluwalia--Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Make-Up--Vikram
Gaikwad--Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Special
Effects (Visuals)--KeitanYadav & Haresh Hingorani ( Red Chillies VFX)--Krr
==National
Food Security Act came into force in Madhya Pradesh and will cover overall 75
percent total population of the state.
==Vice
President released book entitled Akbar – The Aesthete authored by Dr. Indu
Anand. The book is a presentation of the miniatures of Mughal era.==India and
Iran have agreed to take a decision on Chabahar port by March-end during meet
of Salman Khurshid and Javad Zarif in New Delhi.
==Union
Cabinet approved for setting up a new rail coach manufacturing unit at Kolar,
Karnataka.
==Chief
Secretary of Andhra Pradesh PK Mohanthy constituted a Reorganisation Committee
to ensure smooth bifurcation of the state.
==Gandhian
environmentalist and social activist, Chandi Prasad Bhatt was selected for the
Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2013.
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