DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 8 APRIL 2015

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INTENATIONAL

1. WORLD HEALTH DAY OBSERVED GLOBALLY:

A.   World Health Day was observed globally on 7^th April, 2015.

B.   World Health Day was observed with the theme “World Farm to plate, make food safe”.

C. World Health Day is observed to raise awareness about food safety.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q 1. When is World Health Day observed?

a.       25^th April

b.      31^st October

c.       7^th April

d.      17^th November

2.   SRI LANKA SIGNED 6 AGREEMENTS WITH PAKISTAN:

A.   Sri Lanka and Pakistan signed six agreements to advance cooperation between the two nations.

B.   Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena signed 6 agreements in Islamabad to advancing cooperation in disaster management, sports, shipping, socio-economic development, education and narcotics control.

Note: Prior to Pakistan, Sri Lanka signed 6 cooperation agreements with China.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q 1. With which Asian Nation, Sri Lanka recently signed cooperation agreement ?

a.       India

b.      Pakistan

c.       Bhutan

d.      China

3. CII SIGNED MoU WITH EBRD:

A.   CII has signed an MoU with EBRD to deepen partnership.

B.   Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and European Bank for Reconstruction and development (EBRD) signed an MoU aimed to deepen partnership between Indian companies and European countries.

C. MoU was signed between CII director Chandrajit Banerjee and EBRD vice-president Phil Bennett.

Note: EBRD was established in 1991 with it’s headquarter in London.

President of EBRD – Sir Suma Chakrabarti

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q 1. Where is the headquarter of EBRD located?

a.    London

b.   Berlin

c.    New York

d.   Moscow

4. PRATAP SINGH WON INSTITUTE OF PHYSCS PRIZE:

A. 15 year old Pratap Singh, an Indian origin school boy won Institute of Physics prize.

B. Pratap Singh was awarded with 500 pounds Institute of physics (IOP) prize in United Kingdom for his cosmic ray project.

C. Pratap Singh was awarded for conducting an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity.

NATIONAL

5. 10 YEAR OLD DIESEL VEHICLES CANNOT PLY ON DELHI ROADS:

A. National Green Tribunal (NGT) prohibited all the diesel vehicles over 10 years old from plying on Delhi roads.

B. NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar headed the bench who gave the ruling of prohibiting heavy or light Diesel vehicles over 10 years old.

C. Delhi has the dubious status of being the World’s most polluted city according to WHO(World Health Organisation).

6. DIVORCED MUSLIM WOMEN ENTITLED FOR MAINTENANCE:

A. The Supreme Court of India has directed that divorced Muslim women’s are entitled for maintenance from their ex-husbands.

B. Muslim women’s are entitled for maintenance under section 125 of CrPC which provides the same relief to wives, children and parents.

C. CrPC – Criminal Procedure Code

BANKING NEWS

7. DENA BANK SIGNED MOU WITH LIC:

A. Dena Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).

B. MoU was signed to provide Insurance cover to all Aadhar linked savings account holders of the bank in the age group of 18 to 50 years.

C. Insurance cover will be provided under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) scheme from 1^st June, 2015.

D. Headquarter of Dena Bank – Mumbai

E. CMD of Dena Bank – Shri Ashwani Kumar

8. SBI, ICICI AND HDFC CUTS BASE RATES:

A. SBI, ICICI and HDFC banks are first to cut base lending rates.

B. SBI and HDFC lowered their base rates by 15 basis points from 10% to 9.85% while ICICI bank cuts it by 25 basis points to 9.75%.

C. Base rate is the minimum rate at which a bank can lend.

Note: ICICI bank has the lowest base rate at 9.75%

SPORTS NEWS

9. DRONAVALI HARIKA WINS BRONZE MEDAL:

A. Dronavali Harika wins bronze medal in world women’s chess championship.

B. Harika lost to the eventual winner of Ukaine, Mariya Muzychuk in the semi-final.

C. Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine defeated Natalia Pogonina of Russia in the final match.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q 1. Dronavali Harika is associated with which sport?

a.       Archery

b.      Tennis

c.       Cricket

d.      Chess

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 7 APRIL 2015

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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.

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1. K.N.TRIPATHI SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR OF MIZORAM:

A.   Keshari Nath Tripathi sworn in to become the 16^th governor of Mizoram.

B.   Keshari Nath Tripathi already has charge of 2 states i.e. West Bengal and Bihar.

C. Keshari Nath Tripathi was given additional charge of Mizoram after Union Government has sacked then governor Aziz Qureshi.

2.   PEDRO CATERIANO BELLIDO APPOINTED AS P.M OF PERU:

A.   Petro Cateriano Bellido is appointed as the New Prime Minister of Peru.

B.   Petro Cateriano Bellido replaced Ana Jara who lost Confidence vote.

C. President of Peru: Ollanta Humala

D. Capital of Peru: Lima

E.  Currency of Peru: Peruvian Nuevo Sol

3. MINOR PLANET NAMED AFTER VISHWANATHAN ANAND:

A.   Former Chess Grandmaster had a minor planet named after him.

B.   Michael Rudenko, a committee member of the Minor planet centre officially named a minor planet as 4538 Vishyanand.

C.   Vishwanathan Anand is Indian Chess Grand Master.

D. Prior to Vishwanath Anand, former World Chess Champions Alexander Alekhine and Anatoly Karpov.

4. HARYANA WANTS SEPARATE HIGH COURT:

A. Haryana’s Chef Minister Manohar Lal Khattar wants separate High court for Haryana.

B. Khattar raised the issue at a joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of States, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and presided over by chief Justice of India, H.L. Dattu.

C. Currently Punjab and Haryana have one common High Court.

5. KARNATAKA WON AJIT WADEKAR TROPHY:

A. Karnataka has won Ajit Wadekar Trophy by defeating purvanchal (eastern States) in the final.

B. Karnataka lifted the trophy in 7^th national cricket championship for physically challenged.

6. LONG, MARIN WINS MALAYSIA OPEN TITLE:

A. Chen Long and Carolina Marin wins men’s and women’s single title respectively in the Malaysia open tournament.

B. China’s Chen Long defeated two time Olympic champion Lin Dan in the final.

C. Spain’s Carolina Marin clinched the title after defeating China’s Olympic champion Li Xuerui.

7. KHALEDA ZIA GRANTED BAIL:

A. Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia was granted bail.

B. Khaleda Zia was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006.

C. Former P.M Khaleda Zia is accused of embezzling $650,000 in two corruption cases.

8. SERENA WINS 8^TH MIAMI TITLE:

A. Serena Williams won her 8^th Miami Title to join an elite club.

B. World’s No. 1 Serena Williams defeated Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro.

C. US superstar Serena Williams lifted the trophy in the elite premier level tournament for the third straight year.

D. Serena Williams won her 19^th Grand Slam Title.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 4 APRIL 2015

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1. BOLLYWOOD ACTOR AMITABH BACHCHAN HONOURED BY EGYPT’S ACADEMY OF ARTS:

A.   Megastar Amitabh Bachchan received an honorary Doctorate from the Egyptian Academy of Arts.

B.   Amitabh Bachchan is honoured for his contribution to cinema.

C. This is for the first time that Egyptian academy of arts has awarded a doctorate to an International Actor.

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which Bollywood star received a Doctorate from the Egyptian Academy of Arts?

a.       Shahrukh Khan

b.      Amitabh Bachchan

c.       Salman Khan

d.      Aamir Khan

2.   LAND ORDINANCE GETS NOD FROM PRESIDENT:

A.   President Pranab Mukherjee gives nod to the land acquisition ordinance.

B.   This is the 11^th time that bill is presented, this time by Narendra Modi Government which incorporates Nine Amendments that were part of the bill passed in Lok Sabha.

3. GIVE IT UP CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY NARENDRA MODI:

A.   Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched “GIVE IT UP” campaign

B.   The campaign was launched at the annual- energy focused summit Urja Sangam 2015.

C.   The campaign seeks to extort the better off sections of society to forego their LPG subsidy.

LPG – Liquified Petroleum Gas

4. MARIYAM- ASIF SIDDIQUE WON BHAGWAD GITA CONTEST:

A. Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, a 12- year old Muslim Girl Secured the first position at shrimad Bhagwad Gita Champion League.

B. Mumbai Girl Mariyam Asif Siddiqui is a class 6^th Girl.

C. Mariyam Asif Siddiqui won the Contest from among 4500 students of 195 schools.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 3 APRIL 2015

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. SUBADHRA DEVI RAI NAMED FOR INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

A.   Indian Origin Nurse Subhadhra Devi Rai who is a Singaporean Nurse is named for International Achievement award 2015.

B.   The award is presented by the Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF) of the International Council of Nurses.

2.   ANA JARA SACKED OVER ALLEGED DOMESTIC SPYING:

A.   Prime Minister of Peru, Ana Jara is sacked after losing the vote of confidence over alleged domestic spying.

B.   President of Peru: Ollanta Humala

     Capital of Peru: Lima

     Currency of Peru: Peruvian Nuevo Sol

NATIONAL NEWS 

3. SUNITA TOMAR DIES:

A.   Sunita Tomar the face of India’s anti-tobacco campaign died at her native village in Bhind District of Madhya Pradesh.

B.   Sunita Tomar ran a Campaign, making videos to show the devastating effects of smokeless tobacco.

C.   Sunita Tomar was a victim of Oral Cancer.

4. FAME-INDIA SCHEME LAUNCHED TO BOOST ELECTRIC, HYBRID VEHICLE SALES:

A. Union Government of India has launched FAME- India scheme to boost electric, hybrid vehicle sales.

B. Faster adoption and Manufacturing of hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) –India scheme is aimed at sales of eco-friendly vehicles in the country.

5. GUIDELINES ISSUED FOR ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONALISATION OF NIRBHAYA FUND:

A. Union Government of India has issued Guidelines for utilization of the Nirbhaya Fund.

B. The Nirbhaya Fund with a corpus of 3000 crore rupees has been approved by the Union Finance Ministry.

C. The Nirbhaya Fund was set up by the Union Government, under which various departments can seek money from the Union Ministry of Women and child development for Schemes to improve safety and security of women in the country.

SPORTS NEWS

6. BRENDON MCCULLAM CONFERRED WITH SIR RICHARD HADLEE MEDAL FOR 2014-15:

A.  New Zealand Cricket Team Captain Brandon McCullam is conferred with the Sir Richard Hadlee medal for 2014-15.

B.  Sir Richard Hadlee medal is highest cricketing honour of New Zealand.

C.  Brendon McCullam won the Award for his remarkable performance both as a player and the captain during the 2014-15 sessions.

7. UNION SPORTS MINISTRY SIGNED MOU WITH IIFCL:

A.  Union sports ministry signed MoU with IIFCL to support TOP Scheme for Badminton.

B.  Union Ministry of youth Affairs and sports (MYAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India Infrastructure Finance Company limited (IIFCL) to support Target Olympic podium scheme (TOP) for Badminton.

C.  IIFCL has so far contributed 10 crore rupees and shall contribute 30 crore rupees under this MoU for corporate social Responsibility (CSR).

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