Current Affairs From 22nd April To 30th April 2014 For SSC, IBPS & IAS

International

• The Philippines and the United States signed a 10 year long defence pact on 28 April 2014.

National

• SC ordered special audit of property of Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple under the supervision of Vinod Rai.
• Lalit Gupta Committee on Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) submitted its report to DGCA on 24 April 2014.

India & The World

• India and Bhutan signed an agreement on development of hydropower projects in Thimphu, Bhutan.
• India ranked 83 among 148 economies in Global Information Technology Report 2014.

Business

• Cadbury India Limited on 22 April 2014 announced to change its name to Mondelez India Foods Limited.
• GIRO Advisory Group (GAG) under the chairmanship of Prof. Umesh Bellur on 23 April 2014 has submitted its report to Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Sports

• Chitra Magimairaj on 22 April 2014 won the World Women’s Senior Snooker Championship at Leeds, Britain by defeating Alena Asmolava of Belarus.
• Film series titled Brazuca around the World launched by adidas to excite football fans for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.
• Wimbledon prize amount for 2014 has been increased by 10.8 percent to 25 million Pound.

Deaths

• India’s lone gorilla, Polo died in Mysore zoo due to respiratory infection and age related ailments. It was gifted by Ireland’s Dublin Zoo.
• World’s oldest man, Arturo Licata died at the age of 111. He was awarded the Guinness World Records title of oldest living man on 28 February 2014.

Awards

• Mathangi Sathyamurthy, Karnataka musician honoured M S Subbulakshmi Award
• John Travolta honoured the Most Popular All Time International Star in India at IIFA awards
• An Indian environmental activist, Ramesh Agrawal won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize that is commonly called as the Green Nobel.
• 2014 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award presented to NR Narayana Murthy for his remarkable vision and leadership in the IT sector.

Appointment

• Suresh Kumar Reddy appointed as the First ambassador to ASEAN
• Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha sworn-in as the 41st Chief Justice of India. His swearing-in ceremony was administered by the President of India.

Others

• The world observed International Mother Earth Day on 22 April 2014 to create awareness and also to support environmental protection.
• World Malaria Day was observed on 25 April 2014 across the world
• Author Rakhshanda Jalil  released a book titled A Rebel And Her Cause: Life and Work
• The candidate was written by Indian Journalist Anirudh Bhattacharya.