DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 02, 03 MAY
2015
INTENATIONAL
NEWS
1. MICRROSOFT ACKNOWLEDGED ITS
NEXT WEB BROWSER:
i. Microsoft has named its next web browser as edge.
ii. Microsoft has created edge to replace its earlier product.
“internet explorer”.
C. It will llow users to save pages for online reading as one of
its key features.
Note: about Microsoft: American multinational
technology company.
Headquater: Redmond,
Washington
Chairman: john w.
Thompson
Ceo: satya
nadella
Founder: bill gates
2. OPERATIONS OF MESSENGER MISSION ENDS:
i. Nasa has ended the operations of messenger mission to mercury.
ii. Nasa’s spacecraft
messenger was launched on 3rd august 2004 to study mercury’s atmosphere.
iii. ABOUT nasa: national aeronautics and space administration
(NASA) is united states government agency.
Headquater: Washington D.C.
President: Dwight d eisenhower
3. BUENOS AIRES
BECOMES WORLD BOOKSTORE CAPITAL:
i. Argentina’s capital
Buenos aires is world’s bookstore capital.
ii. There are 25
bookstores for every 100,000 people followed by hong kong which has 22
bookstores for every 100,000 people.
iii. About argentina:
president: cristina Fernandez de kirchner
Capital: Buenos air
Currency: peso
NATIONAL NEWS
4. ISRO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED CRYOGENIC ENGINE:
i. Indian space research
organization has successfully tested indigenous cryogenic engine ce-20 at
mahendragarh, tamil nadu.
ii. Ce-20 has the
capacity to pput satellites of upto 4 tonnes in geostationary orbit.
iii. Prior to the success of ce-20, india could
launch satellites of upto 2 tonnes only.
5. SURRENDER SINGH BECOMES DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CISF:
i. Senior ips officer
surrender singh has took over as director general (DG) of CISF.
ii. Surrender singh is
1980- batch ips officer of west Bengal cadre.
iii. Surrender singh
succeeded arvind ranjan.
CISF: Central
Industrial Security Force
6. TWO MAJOR
HIGHWAY PROJECTSIN THE NORTH EAST:
i. Union road transport
and highways minister nitin gadkari has dedicated two major highway projects in
the north east to the nation.
ii. The two projects are
intended to improve connectivity between guwahati and shillong and other parts
of north east.
iii. The two major ports
are:
(i) shilling bypass highway project.
(ii) four-lane jorabat barapani section
of nh-40.
7. ICG HELD THEERA VETA DEFENCE
EXERCISE:
i. Indian coast guard(icg) held theera veta
defence exercise in Arabian sea.
ii. Two day long defence
exercise was conducted at kochi and kavaratti and was monitored from joint
operation centre(JOC) located at the kochi naval base.
SPORTS NEWS
8. RAILWAYS WON 5TH
SENIOR MENS NATIONAL HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP:
i. RSPB has won 5th
senior men’s national hockey championship 2015 .
ii. Railways defeated
uttar pradesh in the final match held in pune, maharashtra.
iii. some mmajor awards:
(i) promising player of the championship:
vikramjit singh (Punjab)
(ii) best forward: lali upadhay (uttar
Pradesh)
(iii) best defender: amit
rohidas (railways)
(iv) best goalkeeper:
arpit choudhary (Jharkhand)
