Bhartiya Sarkari Naukri: Current Affairs From 22nd March To 31st March 2014 For SSC, IBPS & IAS

Ukraine signed the long-awaited Association Agreement with the European Union in Brussels.
Britain’s Royal Mail issued a postage stamp of Noor Inayat Khan, World War II Indian origin heroine.
WHO-India has launched a programme named IRV 2020 programme with an aim to increase population of rhinoceros listed as vulnerable on IUCN Red list.
General Sedki Sobhi has sworn-in as the new Defence Minister and Army Chief of Egypt. He is the successor of Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
IMF agreed to provide worth up 18 billion dollars of loan to Ukraine’s economy for next two years.

Indian Ordinance factory has launched a light-weight revolver named Nirbheek, designed especially for women to defend themselves from assault.

The Third Nuclear Security Summit was held in The Hague, Netherlands.
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.

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).
EPFO on 24 March 2014 announced to provide Universal Account Number (UAN) to its five crore subscribers from 1 October 2014.
SEBI announced on 25 March 2014 to release the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) compliance norms in the fiscal year 2014-15.
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.

The Government of India divested its 9 percent stake in Axis Bank on 21 March 2014.
Bank of India on 24 March 2014 launched Instant Money Transfer (IMT) scheme in Mumbai.
RBI extended the timeline for full implementation of Basel III norms by 2019.

India defeated Pakistan in the final to win the 3rd South Asian Handball Championship title at Genesis Global School in Noida.
West Zone defeated North Zone to win the Deodhar Trophy of Cricket 2014 in Visakhapatnam
World number two air pistol shooter, Heena Sidhu won a silver medal at the ISSF World Cup in Fort Benning, the United States.

Physicist Rajesh Gopakumar won the G D Birla award for scientific research for the year 2013
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.
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014
Renowned music director and concert conductor Zubin Mehta on 30 March 2014 won the special jury award of Times Now NRI Awards 2014.

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.
Actor Arjun Kapoor on 27 March 2014 was named as the brand ambassador of the Earth hour 2014.
Jens Stoltenberg was appointed as the Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

World Water Day observed on 22 March 2014 with the theme Water and Energy.
The book titled Narendra Modi: A Political Biography was recently published. The biography was written by Andy Marino.
The book Rationalised Roman for Kashmiri written by Dr R L Bhat was released.
Carlotta Gall in her new Book The Wrong Enemy has claimed that 2008 terror attack on Indian embassy in Kabul was monitored and sanctioned by senior officials of ISI.
The book Lal Bahadur Shastri: Lessons in Leadership written by the Pavan Choudary.
Earth Hour observed across the world on 29 March 2014

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