Skip to Content

Current Affairs for Bank PO - 7 April 2014

1222 April 8, 2014  April 2014 Current Affairs
  1. World Health Day 2014 was observed across the world on 7 April 2014. The day provides an opportunity for individuals to get involved in activities that can lead to better health. The theme for World Health Day 2014 is vector-borne diseases. World Health Organisation (WHO) is highlighting the serious and increasing threat of vector-borne diseases with the slogan Small bite, big threat. WHO want to create awareness about the vector spread diseases which include malaria, dengue, leishmaniasis and yellow fever. The Campaign aims to raise awareness about the threat posed by vectors and vector-borne diseases. First World Health Day was celebrated on 7th April 1950 and marks the anniversary of the WHO in 1948. In 2013, the theme of the World Health Day was Control your blood pressure.
  2. Pro-Russian activists of Donetsk proclaimed their independence from Ukraine on 7th April 2014.
  3. Itanagar received its first passenger train and became the second state capital after Guwahati to be put on the railway map of India.
  4. Chinese exploration teams drilled a 7-kilometer-deep borehole in the resource-rich Himalayan region of Tibet. The drilling aimed to tap the oil and natural gas resources of the region.
  5. American film actor and entertainer, Mickey Rooney died in California at the age of 93.
  6. India’s Heena Sidhu clinched World’s No. 1 spot in 10 meters air pistol event. She became the first Indian pistol shooter to be ranked at the top position in the list.
  7. The Indian Army today successfully test fired an advanced version of 290 km range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos as part of a user trial at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan.
  8. Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India.
  9. The Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) suspended Managing Director (MD) M D Sreekumar for allegedly diverting funds.
  10. Ashish Bose, veteran demographer died at the age of 83 in New Delhi due to illness.
  11. New president of Indian Staffing Federation is Rituparna Chakraborty. It is the apex body of staffing industry. Vice President of the Federation is Raja Shekar Reddy. Tenure period of both these persons is 2 years.
  12. New CFO of Amara Raja Batteries Ltd is SV Raghavendra. He will take charge from 8th April 2014.
  13. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the men
Not Rated

Powered by PHPKB Knowledge Base Software