Latest Current Affairs 2014 for SBI PO & Various Exams

• Narendra Kothari Appointed As new Chairman of NMDC(National Mineral Development Corporation Limited on 17 April

• Admiral Robin K Dhowan on 17 April took over as the 22nd Chief of Indian Navy

• State Bank of India (SBI) launched Tablet (Tab) Banking service for opening Savings Bank accounts

• The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment on 15th April 2014, created the “third gender” status for transgenders.

• India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize.

• Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary on 15 April.

• Baroda won the National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy title after defeated Uttar Pradesh in the final match by three runs on 14 April at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

• ‘ The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh ‘ written by Dr. Sanjaya Baru.

• Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013.

• Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) .

• Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group which is one of the largest employers in Britain, has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE (Knight Grand Cross), one of the UK’s highest civilian awards.

• R Chandrasekaran Takes Over As NASSCOM chairman.

• Sachin Tendulkar Adorns Cover of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

• Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian American novelist Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Lowland” has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Prize, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman.

• Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India.

• Koyal Rana won the coveted Miss India 2014 crown at the 51st edition of the pageant.

• Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni has won United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement in sports.

• Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) received the Most Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013.

• The government has appointed R Gandhi as deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 3 April.

• Union Government appointed senior IPS officer D K Pathak as the new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF).

• The seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day 2014 was celebrated across the world on 2 April 2014.