DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 7 APRIL 2015
1. GOOGLE
SIGNED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH PRICEWATER HOUSE COOPERS:
A. Online
Search giant Google signed a strategic
partnership with pricewater house coopers to target digital India
projects and large enterprise deals.
B. With
this deal, Google aims to push itself into large e-governance projects and
improve the sales for its cloud services in India.
C. Microsoft
had also announced a similar partnership with KPMG.
2. DGCEI IMPOSED EXCISE DUTY FINE ON CADBURY
INDIA LIMITED:
A. DGCEI
has imposed 570 crore rupees excise duty fine on Cadbury India
Limited.
B. Confectionery
giant Cadbury India limited was
accused of evading excise duty by fraudulently taking exemption for one of its
unopened production unit in Himachal Pradesh.
C. DGCEI- Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence.
3. NARENDRA MODI LAUNCHED NATIONAL
AIR QUALITY INDEX:
A. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
launched National Air Quality Index to monitor pollution level in 10
cities.
B. The national Air Quality Index will provide
information on the quality of air in 10 major cities in the country on a
real-time basis.
C. To tackle the menace of Air pollution, the ten
cities where the quality of air will be monitored are:
Delhi Agra Kanpur Lucknow
Varanasi Faridabad Ahmadabad Chennai
Bangalore Hyderabad
4. DELHI AIRPORT WON GOLDEN PEACOCK
AWARD:
A. Delhi
International Airport bagged Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2015.
B. The Award
will be presented by the UAE minister for Culture, youth and development
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan in Dubai.
C. Golden
Peacock awards were founded by the Institute of Directors, India in 1991.
5. RAJEEV SHUKLA IS APPOINTED AS
CHAIRMAN OF IPL GOVERNING COUNCIL:
A. Rajeev
Shukla is re-appointed as the chairman of IPL governing council by BCCI.
B. Rajeev
Shukla is appointed as chairman as IPL-8 is set to flag off in
Kolkata.
C. Sourav
Ganguly is the new entrant in the IPL Governing Council.
D. Senior
National Selection Committee is led by Sandeep Patil.
6. NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AWARDS 2013:
A. President
of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented National Geosciences Awards
(NGA) -2013.
B. The Awards
were presented at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi to honour Individuals
and team of Scientists for their contribution in the field of fundamental or
applied Geosciences, mining and applied areas.
C. Dr.
Indra Bir Singh, a professor of Lucknow University is honored with National
Geosciences Award for 2013.
D. Dr. Indra
was conferred with the highest honor National Geosciences Award for Excellence
for his outstanding contributions in the field of Sedimentary technologies.
