1) Sachin Tendulkar inducted into Laureus Sports Academy:
--> Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar
was inducted as one of the five new members into the prestigious Laureus Sports
Academy in a glittering annual award ceremony at the Shanghai Grand theatre on
15 April 2015.
--> Besides Tendulkar, retired Chinese
professional basketball player Yao Ming, Kenyan long-distance runner Tegla
Loroupe, Chinese gymnast Li Xiaopeng and former Chinese short track speed
skater Yang Yang were the other athletes to be inducted into the Laureus
academy.
--> Last year, Rahul Dravid was selected
as a member of the academy.
--> Laureus World sports Academy is the
jury which decides upon the winners for all categories at World Sports awards
given out every year.
2) Djokovic won Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award:
--> Novak Djokovic has been named the
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year at a ceremony on 15 April 2015 in Shanghai,
China.
--> Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) -
Athletics won the world sportswoman of the year.
--> Germany (men's) football team was
named world team of the year.
3) Govt. formed panel to review Official Secrets Act:
--> A high-level committee formed by the
Union government to look into the provisions of the Official Secrets Act in the
light of the Right to Information (RTI) Act will meet for the first time in
North Block on 16 April 2015.
--> The committee, comprising Home
Secretary L.C. Goyal, Law Secretary P.K. Malhotra and Secretary, Department of
Personnel and Training, Sanjay Kothari, was constituted in February, but
notified only recently.
--> The inter-ministerial committee will
be headed by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth.
4) Janata Parivar announced merger, Mulayam to head new
party:
--> Six political parties viz. Janata
Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Samajwadi Party (SP), Janata Dal
(Secular), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Samajwadi Janata Party (SJP) on
15 April 2015 announced the formation of a new party by merging themselves.
--> Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh
will head the party and the parliamentary board, but the name, flag, symbol,
policy and party programme will be finalised by a six-member committee later.
5) Nokia to buy Alcatel-Lucent:
--> Telecom equipment major Nokia will
acquire which French telecommunications Alcatel-Lucent for around $16.6
billion.
--> Nokia will give Alcatel-Lucent
shareholders 0.55 shares in the combined company for each of their old shares,
resulting in 33.5% of the entity being in Alcatel's hands and Nokia having
66.5% if the public exchange offer is fully taken up.
6) Mohan Kumar appointed as new Indian Ambassador to France:
--> Senior diplomat Mohan Kumar,
currently India's top envoy to Bahrain, has been appointed the next Ambassador
to France to succeed Arun Kumar.
--> A 1981-batch IFS officer, Mohan
Kumar is expected to take up his assignment shortly, External Affairs Ministry
said.
--> The official announcement for Mohan
Kumar's appointment comes six days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit
to France.
--> Arun Kumar has been appointed the
country's Ambassador to the US, replacing S Jaishankar.
7) BHEL, Russian firm INTMA ink pact for power plant in
Kazakhstan:
--> State-owned power equipment maker
BHEL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Russian company
INTMA, to set up a gas-based power project in Kazakhstan.
--> The MoU will further help BHEL in
consolidating its presence in the CIS countries, the company said.
--> BHEL is currently executing 23 major
projects in 16 countries and has a presence in more than 75 countries.
--> INTMA is one of the leading general
Engineering Procurement and Construction contractors (EPC) in Russia and
Kazakhstan.
8) Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai sworn in as first lady judge
of Sikkim High Court:
--> Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai was
sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court.
--> Governor of Sikkim Srinivas Patil
administered the oath of office to her at Raj Bhavan in Gangtok.
9) Assamese Filmmaker Bidyut Chakraborty passed away:
--> Renowned Assamese filmmaker and
actor Bidyut Chakraborty died on 15 April 2015.
--> He directed several Assamese movies
including Raag-Biraag, Goon Goon Gaane Gaane, Dwaar.
--> Chakraborty even won Indira Gandhi
national award for Raag Biraag.
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