DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 24 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 24 FEBRUARY 2015

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“Free NATIONAL Current Affairs”

1.      ANNA HAZARE TO PROTEST AGAINST LAND ACQUISITION BILL:-

Ø  Anna Hazare along with other leaders such as Medha Patkar, launched his protest at Jantar Mantar against the ordinance on Land Acquisition Bill.

Ø  The vital Land Acquisition Bill is claimed by many as ‘ Anti-Farmers” as the new government has changed it a lot.

Note :- About Land Acquisition in India:-

Land Acquisition in India is currently governed by, “The Rights of Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and resettlement Act, 2013 “, which came into effect from  I^st  January 2014. Prior to this, Land Acquisition in India was governed by Land Acquisition Act of 1894.

2.      IBA PERSUADED BANKS TO CALL OFF THEIR STRIKE:-

Ø  Indian Banks Association have managed to convince Banks to call off their strike.

Ø  IBA has agreed to 15 % wage hike effective from November, 2012.

Ø  IBA has also agreed for two Saturdays off from work every month.

Ø  Two Saturdays off will be 2^nd and 4^th Saturday of month.

Note:- T.M. Bhasin is the chairman of IBA.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q-1  Who is the chairman of IBA?

Ø  T.M.Bhasin

Ø  Arundhati Bhatacharya

Ø  Upendra Sinha

Ø  Raghuram Rajan

“INTERNATIONAL “

3.      INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY :-

Ø  International Mother Language Day was celebrated on 21^st February.

Ø  International Mother Language Day is honoured on 21^st February every year since the year 2000, as announced by UNESCO in 1999.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q-1 When is the International Mother Language Day observed ?

Ø  22 April

Ø  21 February

Ø  17 December

Ø  18 October

4.     87^th ACADEMY AWARDS 2015:

Ø  87^th Academy Awards were organised at Los Angeles.

Ø  The Official Title Academy Awards was rebranded as the OSCARS in the year 2013.

Ø  Various important awards are:-

a.       Best foreign Language Film ----- Ida (Polish Movie)

b.      Best Documentry Feature------ Citizen four

c.       Best Director----- Alefandro Ganzalez Inarrite for Birdman.

d.      Best Actor----- Eddie Redmayne for “ THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING”

e.       Best Actress---- Julianne Moore for “Still Alice”

f.        Best Picture---- Birdman

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q-1 Which movie won the Best Foreign Language Film ?

a.       Birdman

b.      The Theory of Everything

c.       Citizen four

d.      Ida

Q.2 OSCARDS 2015 HELD AT WHICH STATE:

a.  London

b. Phiadelphia

c. New York

d. Los angeles

SPORTS

5)   ANIL KUMBLE IN ICC HALL OF FAME:

Ø  Anil Kumble is inducted in ICC Hall of Fame at the Melbourne Cricket Council.

Ø  Anil Kumble is the fourth Indian player to be included in the elite group after, Sunil Gawaskar, Kapil Dev and Bishan Bedi.

Ø  Along with Anil Kumble, Australian Legend Bety Wilson is also inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame

Ø  ICC- International Cricket Council.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q. 1   Which of the following players is not inducted in Hall of Fame

a. Sachin Tendulkar

b. Anil Kumble

c.  Kapil Dev

d. Bishan Bedi

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 & 23 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22&23 FEBRUARY 2015

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1)      IPCC MEET

Ø  IPCC meet is scheduled for next week in Nairobi, the largest and capital city of Kenya.

Ø  P.K.Pachauri, the chairman of ‘IPCC’ will not attend the meet due to sexual harassment allegations on him.

Ø  P.K.Pachauri is world’s top climate change official. He is the chairman of the UN’s IPCC and Director General of ‘TERI’.

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q.1 Who is the Director General of ‘TERI’?

A.      AmartyaSen

B.      Hillary Clinton

C.      Narendra Modi

D.     P.K. Panchauri

Q.2 Who is the chairman of UN’s IPCC?

A.      Tony Abbott

B.      Michelle Obama

C.      P.K. Panchauri

D.     Peter Cosgrove

2)      RANCHI RAYS BAGS HIL CHAMPIONSHIP:

Ø  M.S. Dhoni’s Ranchi rays bags HIL championship.

Ø  Ranchi rays defected Punjab warriors by 2-0 in the final match of HIL championship.

Ø  Final game held at Dhyan Chand stadium in New Delhi

Ø  Note: A total of 8 teams took part in the tournament

Ø  HIL- Hokey India League

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q.1 Which team won HIL-2015:

A.      Dabang Mumbai

B.      Punjab Warriors

C.      Ranchi Rays

D.     Kalinga lancers

3)      LAHIRI BAGS INDIAN OPEN GOLF TITLE

Ø  Amir Ban Lahiri bags Indian Open title

Ø  Lahiri had a thrilling fight with overnight leader SSP Chowrasia

Note:Indian Open Title is associated with Golf and held at Delhi Gold Club on Sunday.

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ALL ABOUT SWINE FLU WHICH YOU SHOULD KNOW

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 ALL ABOUT SWINE FLU

Swine Flu is an infection found in Pigs and commonly known as H1N1. This infection is caused by a virus SIV OR S-OIV.

Ø  SIV-Swine influenza virus.

Ø  S-OIV-Swine Origin Influenza Virus.

Ø  Transmission of this virus from Pigs to Humans is not common and if it does, it is called zoonotic Swine flu.

Ø  The virus first appeared in Mexico in 2009 & rapidly spread all over the world.

Ø  In august 2010,WHO officially declared swine Flu as Paendamic.

Ø  Swine Influenza is caused by influenza ‘A’.

Ø  Four Influenza ‘A’ virus subtypes is Pigs are:-

A.      H1N1

B.      H1N2

C.      H3N2

D.     H7N9

SWINE FLU IN INDIA:

Ø  Currently India is struggling hard against the Deadly swine Flu outbreak. This year’s outbreak of the deadly virus.H1N1 which causes Swine Flu is the deadliest in India since 2010.

Ø  More than 11000 have been infected with this disease and above 700 deaths have been accounted in India till now from 9 different states.

Ø  States like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra and Telangana have witnessed a rapid increase in H1N1 cases.

Ø  Oseltamivir drug is used to tackle the virus.

NOTE:-  J. P. Nadda is union Health Minister.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 21 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 21 FEBRUARY 2015

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1.      BIHAR’S POLITICAL TRAUMA COMES TO AN END:

Ø  The political trauma in Bihar comes to an end.

Ø  Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned the post of CM of Bihar.

Ø  Nitish Kumar is to take the oath on 22^nd February as CM of Bihar.

Note:- Nitish Kumar was the CM of Bihar but he resigned the post after the debacle of his party JDU in lok sabha elections in 2014 and made Jitan Ram Manjhi as the new CM but soon the two parted away on various issues and recently both were eager to hold the chair but things didn’t work out for Jitan Ram Manjhi and he quited the post of CM just before the floor test.

Ø  Keshari Nath Tripathi is the Governer of Bihar.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q-1) Who is the Governer of Bihar?

Ø  Kalyan Singh

Ø  Sheila Dixit

Ø  Keshari Nath Tripathi

Ø  Captain singh Solanki

2.      LALJIBHAI PATEL BIDS HIGHEST FOR MODI’S SUIT:-

Ø  Laijibhai Patel bids highest at Rs.4.31 Crore at an auction to buy Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management Suit.

Ø  Laljibhai Patel is a Surat- based Diamond merchant and private airline owner.

Ø  Auction was carried out for 3 days.

Ø  Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore this suit during his meeting with the US President Barack Obama.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q-2) Who baide the highest for Modi’s Suit at an Auction in Gujrat?

Ø  Laljibhai Patel

Ø  Lavji Badshah

Ø  Hitesh Patel

Ø  Rajesh Juneja

3.      NIRAD MAHAPATRA PASSED AWAY:-

Ø  Odia Filmmaker Nirad Mahapatra passed away following a brief illness.

Ø  Nirad Mahapatra died at an age of 67.

Ø  ‘ Maya Miriga ‘ is the very first film of Nirad Mahapatra.

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