2. Bank of India loans $200 mn to Air India for purchase of 3 Dreamliners 3. India becomes net steel exporter after 6 yrs Presently, India is the fourth largest steel maker. India had been a steel importer from 2007-08 to 2012-13. About 60 percent of the countrys total steel demand is made by the Construction sector and about 15 percent is consumed by automobile sector. 4. India & China hold 6th round of Strategic Dialogue in Beijing 5. Green Economy Summit gets underway in Dubai today i. The Green Economy Summit gets underway in Dubai today. The four daylong meet is a part of the annual Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) 2014. ii. More than 1500 exhibitors from 34 countries including India are taking part in the exhibition to showcase the best in renewable or green energy solutions. iii. The Green Economy Summit aims to promote capacity building and highlight effective policies, legislation and new opportunities for transition to a green economy. iv. Prominent experts from energy, finance and business sectors, in addition to government leaders, international organizations and the private sector will take part in the summit. 6. Book entitled The Accidental Prime Minister released:-Authored by Dr. Sanjaya Baru(Sanjaya Baru was the media advisor of the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh between 2004 and 2008.) ii. The book has been published by Penguin India. 7. Baroda wins Mushtaq Ali T20 title i. Baroda beat Uttar Pradesh by three runs to regain the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy in a thrilling last-ball finish at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday. ii. Chasing a challenging target of 145, Uttar Pradesh needed 11 runs off 7 balls but lost the plot as the batsmen at the crease, Praveen Kumar and Upendra Yadav, couldn’t manage to overhaul the target and UP finished at 141 for six. 8. Nadal leads ATP rankings i. Rafael Nadal maintained first place lead in the men’s tennis rankings ahead of Novak Djokovic into the first clay-court Masters of the season starting on Monday in Monte Carlo. ii. Nadal has 13,730 points to Djokovic’s 11,680, with Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka third on 5,760 points. 9. Williams tops WTA rankings i. Serena Williams continued to hold a huge lead over Li Na in the latest women’s tennis rankings issued by the WTA. ii. Williams has 12,375 points, Li 7,585, and Agnieszka Radwanska remained third on 5,980 points. Jelena Jankovic rose from ninth to eighth, at the expense of Maria Sharapova. 10. Gaurav Gill won Vinz Whangarei Car Rally i. Delhi based MRF driver, Gaurav Gill won Whangarei Rally by a lead of 11.9 seconds on 13 April 2014. ii. It is his first title in New Zealand and sixth career victory in FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC). He was driving in his Skoda fabia S2000 for team MRF. He had won APRC championship in 2013 too. iii. European champion, Jan Kopecky (Czech Republic) obtained second position. He is another MRF Skoda driver. iv. Gill won all six stages in the final race which is a tough target to achieve. Overall, 14 stages and 220.87 kms were covered. 11. Santoso won OUE Singapore Open 2014 i. Simon Santoso (Indonesia) won the OUE Singapore Open 2014 for the first time on 13 April 2014. ii. He defeated Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia), badminton’s world number one player by 21-15, 21-10 in final match held in Singapore. Santoso won 300000 US Dollars for this victory. 12. Dipika Pallikal loses in Texas Open Squash final
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