1) 61st
National Film Awards 2014 Announced: The National Film Awards for the year
2013 have been announced and The Best Actor Award is shared between Rajkummar
Rao for his powerful performance in Shahid and Malayalam actor Suraj
Venjaramudu for the movie Perariyathavar. Geetanjali Thapa has been adjudged
the Best Actress for Liar’s Dice. Anand Gandhi’s Ship Of Theseus has also won
the Golden Lotus for Best Feature Film while Bhaag Milkha Bhaag has been
adjudged the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. The Nargis
Dutt Award for Best Film On National Integration went to Talai Murugal while
Jolly LLB won the award for the Best Hindi Film. This year, the Nation Film
Award for Best Director has been conferred to Hansal Mehta for Shahid. The 61st
National Film Awards ceremony will be held on May 03, 2014. Click Here for complete list of winners.
2) Vice
Admiral Robin K Dhowan likely to take over as next Navy Chief: Vice Admiral
Robin K Dhowan is most likely to be the next chief of the Indian Navy with
reports on Wednesday suggesting that the Defence Ministry has recommended his
name to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the coveted post. The post of Navy
chief has been lying vacant for nearly two months since DK Joshi suddenly quit
in the wake of a series of mishaps that hit the naval forces recently. Vice
Admiral Dhowan, who has been the acting Navy chief since Joshi's exit, was in
contention for the top job along with Western Navy Commander Shekhar Sinha and
Eastern Commander Anil Chopra.
3) IPL
Season 7 2014 kicked off in style: The seventh Indian Premier League kicked
off in style at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 16 April 204. The opening
match was between Kolkata Knight Riders and defending champions Mumbai Indians.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 41 runs. Kallis, who has retired from
Test cricket, was adjudged the Man of the Match. He scored quick 72 runs from
46 balls. The tournament will return to India on May 2 after being assured of
security in states where voting would be over by that time.
4) Real
Madrid beat Barcelona to win Copa del Rey: Real Madrid beat arch rivals
Barcelona 2-1 in the Copa del Rey final on Wednesday, as Carlo Ancelotti won
his first trophy as Real manager. Gareth Bale was the hero as his stunning solo
goal five minutes from time gave Madrid the win. Barca have now suffered three
defeats in a row as Gerardo Martino’s team are stuck in a rut.
Know Copa del Rey?- The Copa del Rey is an annual football championship for
Spanish football club teams. FC Barcelona leads the overall tally with 26
trophies followed by Athletic Bilbao's 23 and Real Madrid's 19.
5) Government
extended tourist visa-on-arrival facility to South Koreans: Government has
extended tourist visa-on-arrival facility to citizens of South Korea, in an
effort to increase people-to-people contact with that country. Visa-on-arrival
with a maximum validity of 30 days with single entry facility will be offered
to South Korean tourists at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru,
Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi airports at a fee of US $ 60, the
External Affairs Ministry said. Thus South Korea becomes the 181st country to
be extended the tourist Visa-on-Arrival facility by India.
6) CBI
sets up special unit to probe fraud, fixing and illegal betting in sport:
Considering the gravity of corruption in sports, the CBI has set up a special
investigating unit to handle cases related to the field, the agency's chief
announced Tuesday. On the occasion of the D.P. Kohli Memorial lecture, Central
Bureau of Investigation director Ranjit Sinha announced a special unit to probe
corrupt practices especially in sports. "The CBI will investigate cases of
fraud, fixing and illegal betting in sports," he said. The unit will act
as the repository of intelligence and data related to corruption in sports.
7) SC
says N Srinivasan among 13 names in sealed Mudgal committee report:
Resuming hearing into the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing and betting
scandal, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday revealed that the suspended Board
of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan figures among the
13 people named in the sealed report submitted by the Justice Mukul Mudgal
committee. Srinivasan had on Tuesday filed an affidavit questioning why the SC
has removed him as BCCI president, requesting the apex court to reinstate him
as he is innocent and none of the charges against him have been proved.
However, the SC said he can't discharge his duties in the BCCI office. The
court has also asked the BCCI to reply as to how the probe against those named
in the report should be done.
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