Current Affairs 12th April 2014

Current Affairs 12th April 2014

Updated : 12-Apr-2014

Current Affairs 12th April 2014 - Important Points
Current Affairs 12th April 2014 - Details
Next Chief Justice of India will be Justice R.M.Lodha
On 11th April 2014, President of India Honorable Mr. Pranab Mukherjee appointed Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha as Next Chief Justice of India. Justice R M Lodha will be 41st Chief Justice of India. He will be taking this charge from 27th April 2014.

Justice R M Lodha is scheduled to retire on 27 September 2014.
About Justice R M Lodha :
Justice R M Lodha practiced Law in the Rajasthan High Court. He was elevated as a Permanent Judge of the Rajasthan High Court in January 1994. He was transferred to the Bombay High Court where he assumed office in February 1994. Justice Lodha was transferred back to the Rajasthan High Court in February 2007. He had been the Administrative Judge of the Rajasthan High Court and was chairman of State Judicial Academy.
On 13th May 2008 he was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court and then on 17th December he bacame a Judge of the Supreme Court.
Do you know ?
- As per the Article 124 clause (2) of the Constitution of India, the President appoints Chief Justice of India.
- Who is current CJI : Justice P. Sathasivam
SBI is now on twitter
SBI is going more social by Twitter now, SBI is already having Facebook and youtube accounts. Now this banking gaint has launched its twitter account. It was launched on 11th April 2014.

All the twitter freak people out there can follow SBI @TheOfficialSBI . You can also follow Mastguru @themastguru :)
So SBI is all set to be popular among tech savvy young generation.
Do you know ?
- State Bank of India (SBI) is the largest public sector bank in India. SBI has more than 15400 branches including 191 foreign offices in 36 countries, across all time zones.
- Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass and the site was launched in July 2006.
Ratan Tata received Knight Grand Cross award by UK Government which is one of Britain's highest awards
Former chairman of the Tata Group Mr. Ratan Tata was honoured with Knight Grand Cross (GBE) award by UK Government on 10th April 2014. Knight Grand Cross is one of the highest civilian honour of Britain. The award was given by Queen Elizabeth II. Ratan Tata was honoured for his services to UK-India relations, inward investment to the UK and philanthropy.
Tata is one of five foreign nationals to be honoured by Queen Elizabeth during 2014.
Tata group employ's many people in the UK, making it one of the largest employers in the country.
Do you know ?
Current Chairman of TATA Group : Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013 goes to Legendary Poet Gulzar
On 12th April 2014 The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced that legendary poet and film lyricist Gulzar was selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013. Thus he became the 45th winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
The award is conferred by the government for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema. He has given great contribution to the Indian Cinema.
He won the Academy Award for best original song for "Jai ho" with Rahman at 2009 Oscars.
He was confered with Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002.
He was confered with Padma Bhushan in 2004 and many more awards.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a cash prize of INR 1 million and a shawl.
Do you know ?
- Real name of Gulzar is : Sampooran Singh Kalra
- Who was winner of First Dadasaheb Phalke Award : Devika Rani (Actress)