Page-23 of Current Affairs - April, 2015
88th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan begins in Ghumaan, Punjab
88th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (All India Marathi Sahitya Sammelan) on 3 April 2015 began in Ghumaan village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. It was inaugurated by Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari along with the Chief Minister Parkash ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Union Government extends National Food Security Act deadline by 6 months
Union Government again has extended rolling out deadline for National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 by six months. It was announced by Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in order to give more time to states to roll out NFSA. ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Malli Mastan Babu, India’s ace mountaineer passes away
Malli Mastan Babu, one of India’s top mountaineers passed away. His dead body was recovered in the Andes Mountains between Argentina and Chile after he went missing on 24th March, 2015 during an expedition to Cerro Tres Cruces Sur. Babu ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent to re-promulgation of Land Ordinance
President Pranab Mukherjee on 3 April 2015 gave his assent to re-promulgate the Land Acquisition Ordinance as per Article 123 of Constitution. Earlier, in this regard Union Cabinet had made a recommendation to President as present Land Acquisition Ordinance promulgated ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Minor planet named as 4538 Vishyanand after Indian Chess legend Viswanathan Anand
Minor planet was named after India’s chess legend and first grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand by the Minor Planet Center. His name was given to the minor planet which was previously identified as planet 4538. Now the planet will be called as ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
India ranks 119 on 2015 FM Global Resilience Index
In recently released 2015 FM Global Resilience Index, India has been ranked a low 119 out of 130 countries. India despite having scope and global potential was ranked 119 compared to 112th rank in 2014 Global Resilience Index. Top 10 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Captain Anoop Kumar Sharma takes over as CEO of Essar Shipping
Captain Anoop Kumar Sharma has taken over as whole-time director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Essar Shipping Ltd (ESL). He replaced Ramakrishnan A. R. who had retired from service on 31 March 2015. Sharma has been associated with ESL ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Kailash Vajpeyi, Renowned Hindi poet passes away
Kailash Vajpeyi, renowned Hindi poet passed away on 1 April 2015 in New Delhi due to cardiac arrest. He was one of the prominent poets in a group known as San saatth ke baad ki kavita (Post-1960 poetry) that had ..