Current affairs capsule – Week (March 30 – April 5, 2014)

Current affair capsule for weekly current affairs March 2014:

Sports

  • Supreme Court appoints Sunil Gavaskar as BCCI’s interim president for IPL’s 7th edition.
  • Heena Sidhu won the women’s air pistol silver in the shooting world cup in Fort Benning, US.

International

  • Air India plane diverted back to Delhi after Afghanistan’s main airport was closed because of possible dangers to aircraft in the wake of Taliban attack on country’s election commission headquarters.
  • Nancy Powell, US ambassador to India resigned.
  • Former Pakistan President General Parvez Musharraf indicted for treason by special court in Islamabad.
  • Anne Hidalgo becomes French capital Paris first women Mayor.

Business

  • Chinese handset maker Gionee launched ELIFE S5.5 handset priced at Rs 22,999 in India.
  • IDFC and Kolkatta based Bandhan Financial Private Limited gets RBI’s ‘in-principle’ approval to set up banks.

Nation

  • Jaswant Singh expelled from BJP for six years.
  • PSLV-C24 launched rehearsal completed without a hitch.
  • Delhi high court lifts stay on nursery admissions.