1) Oscars
2014 announced: ‘12 Years a Slave’ bags best picture- The 86th Annual
Academy Oscar Awards 2014 was announced on 2 March 2014 with historical drama
"12 Years a Slave" winning best picture. Hi-tech space thriller
Gravity won a leading seven awards in the ceremony. Alfonso Cuaron won the Best
director award for Gravity. Matthew McConaughey won the best actor award for
“Dallas Buyers Club” while Cate Blanchett won the best actress award for “Blue
Jasmine”. See complete list of winners click here.
2) Date
for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes extended to January 1, 2015: “The
Reserve Bank of India has extended the date for exchanging the pre-2005
banknotes to January 01, 2015. It has also advised banks to facilitate the
exchange of these notes for full value and without causing any inconvenience
whatsoever to the public,” a statement by the central bank said. The Reserve
Bank has also clarified that people can use these notes freely for any
transaction till the new timeline.
3) Srilanka
enters finals of Asia Cup 2014: In-form Sri Lanka sailed into the summit
clash of the Asia Cup cricket tournament with a resounding 129-run victory over
minnows Afghanistan on Monday.
4) Workdays
for tribals under MNREGA raised from 100 to 150: Union Government of India
on 28 February 2014 raised the number of workdays under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005) from 100 days to 150 days. This
hike in the workdays will benefit 14 lakh families in India and the decision
Union Cabinet will come into effect from April 2014.
5) Manmohan
Singh arrived in Myanmar for BIMSTEC summit: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
arrived in Myanmar on Monday to attend the
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit, making a strong pitch for giving a fillip to
India's Look East policy and explore ways to enhance connectivity, transport,
trade, tourism and other linkages to all the northeastern states.
6) Kalyan
Singh made BJP vice-president: The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister,
Kalyan Singh, who rejoined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, was
appointed national vice-president. Party president Rajnath Singh announced Mr.
Singh’s new appointment on Monday. Mr. Singh was the Chief Minister when the
Babri mosque was demolished in 1992.
7) Railways
launched SMS alert service for waitlisted passengers: Now you will no longer have to dial 139 or
visit the rail website to check the status of your waitlisted ticket as the
railways will now send booking status messages to passengers on mobile phones,
if the tickets get confirmed before the journey. "For the last 10 days the
trial was going on and on Monday we formally launched the SMS alert service for
all passengers whose waitlisted tickets get confirmed," minister of state
for railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.
8) Justice KT Thomas quits as head of Lokpal
search committee: In a major embarrassment to the Congress government at
the Centre, Justice KT Thomas has quit as the head of the Lokpal Committee
Search Panel, reports said on Monday. According to reports, Justice Thomas, who
was the head of the panel to search nine members of the Lokpal or national
anti-corruption ombudsman, has sent his resignation letter to the Prime
Minister's Office (PMO) expressing his inability to continue with his job.
9) Arvind
Bhat lifts German Open title: Veteran Indian shuttler Arvind Bhat ended a
seven-year title drought as he clinched the German Open Grand Prix Gold with a
grueling three-game upset triumph over 12th seed Dane Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
in the men's singles final Germany.
10) Delhi
HC set to get first woman Chief Justice: The Delhi High Court is set to get
its first woman Chief Justice with the Supreme Court collegium, headed by Chief
Justice of India P Sathasivam, recommending the name of current Andhra Pradesh
High Court judge — Justice G Rohini — as the next Chief Justice of the Delhi
High Court.
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