8 February 2014 Current Affairs

Srinivasan Elected as the new Chairman of ICC

BCCI president Narayanswamy Srinivasan was elected as the new Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 8 February. His tenure of the office will begin in July 2014 for a period of 2 years. This decision was taken by the ICC Board during their meet in Singapore. He will succeed Alan Raymond Isaac.

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India’s Economy To Grow By 4.9 percent In 2013-14

Central Statistics Office (CSO) in its release on 8 February estimated that India’s economic growth in the current (2013-14) fiscal will be 4.9 percent as compared to the growth rate of 4.5 percent in 2012-13.