6 April 2014 Current Affairs
Koyal Rana Wins Miss India 2014 Title
Koyal Rana won the coveted Miss India 2014 crown at the 51st edition of the pageant. She was crowned winner among 24 gorgeous contestants from across the country. Miss India 2013 Navneet Kaur Dhillion, and Miss World 2013 Megan Young felicitated Rana with the crown at the beauty pageant. Jhataleka Malhotra, was crowned first runner-up by Sobhita Shulipala, and Gail Nicole Da Silva was crowned second runner-up by Zoya Afroz. Koyal Rana hails from Jaipur, Jhataleka from Mumbai, and Gail from Goa.Rana will represent India at the Miss World 2014 beauty pageant this year.
Hakamada Presented with WBC honorary Championship Belt
The World Boxing Council on 6 April presented an honorary championship belt to Iwao Hakamada, who was recently released from jail following a court decision to hold a retrial for him over robbery, murder and arson in 1966, for which he was sentenced to death. A presentation ceremony for Hakamada, a former Japanese professional boxer, took place at a Tokyo gymnasium where WBC boxing matches were held. His elder sister, Hideko, received the belt from WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman on behalf of her 78-year-old brother, who is now hospitalized.