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.