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Current Affairs, April 2014 9th April: Second phase of the Lok Sabha election held for six Lok Sabha seats in the four northeastern states of Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya besides Arunachal Pradesh where Assembly elections were also held. The decommissioned aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, INS Vikranthas been sold for Rs. 60 crore to a company named IB Commercial Pvt Ltd. 8th April: Microsoft ending support to Windows XP operating system from today. 7th April: World Health Day 2014 observed across the world. In the first phase of 14th Lok sabha election, 72.5 percent voting turnout in the five constituencies in Assam and 84 percent in one constituency in Tripura. 17 people were killed when a bus fell about 400 metres into a gorge near Milla village, Himachal Pradesh. 6th April: BJP and Telugu Desam Party announce an alliance for the national and state elections in Andhra Pradesh. Koyal Rana of Jaipur crowned as Femina Miss India 2014 at the 51st edition of the beauty pageant. Sri Lanka wins the T20 World Cup after defeating India by 6 wickets in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Australia wins the Women T20 World Cup after defeating England by 6 wickets. 5th April: Peoples of Afghanistan votes in historic presidential election. 4th April: The Indian Space Research Organisation has placed successfully into orbit the second satellite of the seven in the series called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). India reaches the final of T20 World Cup after defeating South Africa by 6 wickets. 3rd April: Election Commission India confirmed Amir Khan as its national icon for the Lok Sabha elections 2014. Myanmar started its first official census in 30 years. Turkeys telecoms authority lifted a two-week-old ban on Twitter after the constitutional court ruled the block breached freedom of expression. 2nd April: 5 killed in an earthquake of magnitude 8.2 in Chile on Tuesday which also triggering a tsunami alert in the countrys northern coast. RBI granted in-principle approvals to Mumbai-based infrastructure lender IDFC and Kolkata- based micro-finance Bandhan Financial Services for new bank licences. 1st April: US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell announced her resignation and submitted her resignation to Barack Obama. BCCI has taken out the employees from India Cements and its associate companies from the Board as a follow up of the order of Supreme Court.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:44:05 +0000

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