Appointments:
1) New President of Kenya
: Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn-In as the President of Kenya.
2) New Secretary of Department of Telecom : M F Farooqui.
3) New President of Venezuela : Nicolas Maduro.
4) New President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) :
S Gopalakrishnan.
5) New Chief of NASSCOM : Krishna Kumar Natrajan appointed
as the New Chief of NASSCOM.
6) New Chief Justice for High Court of Himachal Pradesh : Justice
Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar.
7) Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians
: Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, PJ Kurien elected as the Chairman of the
prestigious Asian Forum of Parliamentarians.
8) New Managing Director of Centre for Railway Information
Systems (CRIS) : Sunil Kumar.
9) New Vice Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce :
Sunil Bharti Mittal.
10) New President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) : Takehiko
Nakao appointed as the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by the
Board of Governors. He succeeded Haruhiko Kuroda.
Awards:
1) Jnanpith Award 2012 : Ravuri Bharadwaja, the Telgu writer
was selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012.
2) FE India’s Best Bank Award 2012-13 : J&K Bank won FE
India’s Best Bank Award 2012-13.
3) Dada Saheb Phalke Award : Legendary Actor Pran awarded
Bollywood’s Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
4) Sher-i-Kashmir Award : Navjot Singh.
5) Abel prize 2013 : Belgian Mathematician Pierre Deligne
won the Abel prize 2013.
6) Yash Chopra for his contributions to Film Industry will
be awarded with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award.
Important Days:
April 5
National Maritime Day.
April 7
World Health Day.
April 18
World Heritage Day.
April 22 Earth Day.
