*CURRENT AFFAIRS 2014*

• Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI)

• Arvind Mayaram has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary on 15 April.

• Baroda won the National Syed Mustaq Ali Cricket T20 Trophy title after defeated Uttar Pradesh in the final match by three runs on 14 April at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

• ‘ The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh ‘ written by Dr. Sanjaya Baru.

• Veteran film lyricist and director Gulzar has been chosen for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013.
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• Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the Tata Group which is one of the largest employers in Britain, has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth with a GBE (Knight Grand Cross), one of the UK’s highest civilian awards.

• R Chandrasekaran Takes Over As NASSCOM chairman.

• Sachin Tendulkar Adorns Cover of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

• Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian American novelist Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Lowland” has been shortlisted for the 2014 Baileys Prize, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman.

• Ravi Chauhan was appointed as Managing Director for SAP India.