1. India introduces Election Queue Management System in Burdwan district (West Bengal) during Lok Sabha election 2014.
- Its designed to help voters to find out the level of crowd in the polling booths online or through SMS.
2. India slides to 78th place in Freedom of the press ranking for 2014.
- Its our lowest ranking in over a decade putting us in the list of countries with partially free media.
- India was given 20th spot last year in the annual ranking published by the US-based NGO Freedom House since 1980.
- Sweden tops the ranking with the most independent press in the world.
- Belarus is the most repressive country for press freedom followed by Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- The survey evaluated 197 countries and territories to conclude the index.
- 63 (32 percent) countries were rated Free, 68 (35 percent) Partly Free, and the rest 66 (33 percent) qualified as Not Free.
- Our neighbors China (84th), Pakistan (64th) and Sri Lanka 76 didnt perform much better than us.
3. Air India to become the first Indian carrier to join the world’s largest airline grouping, Star Alliance.
- This association will bring multiple benefits to Indian fliers enabling them to earn-and burn miles, get access to lounges across the globe and enjoy seamless connectivity across the world on Star members.
4. Waqar Younis has been appointed as the head coach of Pakistan's cricket team for a two-year stint.
- He has earlier coached the national side in 2010 and 2011.
5. India gets 3rd rank in the US Green Building Council (USGBC) list preceded by Canada and China respectively.
- The index list countries outside US for constructing energy efficient green buildings.
6. Government approves setting up of the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) for the execution of the Polavaram irrigation project.
- The multipurpose Polavaram project will help in irrigation, drinking water supply and generating hydroelectricity.
- Its located primarily across Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh.
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