Daily Current Affairs Updates: 7 April 2015

1) M Annadurai took over as director of ISRO Satellite Centre:

--> M Annadurai, Outstanding Scientist and Programme Director, Indian Remote Sensing Satellites (IRS) and Small Satellite Systems (SSS) of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore, has assumed the office of Director, ISAC on April 1, 2015.

--> He took over as Director, ISAC from S K Shivakumar, who superannuated on March 31, 2015.

--> As Project Director, Annadurai made the most crucial contribution to the realisation of India's first Lunar Mission, Chandrayaan-1, which won many appreciations and awards including the prestigious Space Pioneer Award, 2009.

2) World Health Day observed:

--> World Health Day (WHD) 2015 was observed globally on 7 April 2015.

--> The theme for the year is From farm to plate, make food safe.

--> The theme was selected by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to bring focus on growing global burden of food borne diseases and underscore the need for coordinated cross-border action across the entire food supply chain i.e. from farm to plate. 

3) IPL 8 Opening ceremony held at Kolkata:

--> Bollywood-style opening ceremony kick started the eighth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket after a one and a half hour delay (due to rain) at the decked-up Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata on 7 April 2015.

--> Bollywood stars Anushka Sharma, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor rocked the IPL opening ceremony with some sizzling performances.

--> The eight skippers led by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni signed the MCC Spirit of Cricket pledge to start IPL-8 formally in front of Ravi Shastri before they posed for a formal group photo.

4) First bi-monthly monetary policy review- RBI kept rates unchanged:

--> Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on 7 April 2015 kept policy rate unchanged awaiting clarity on impact of unseasonal rains on food inflation even as he anted banks to pass on benefits of previous two rate cuts.

--> The repo rate, at which RBI lends to the banking system, will continue to be at 7.5 per cent and the cash reserve ratio (CRR), which is the amount of deposits parked with the central bank, will remain at 4 per cent.

5) TRAI recommended '112' as single emergency number for India:

--> A single number '112' can be used for all emergency phone calls across the country including for police, fire and ambulance, telecom regulator TRAI proposed on 7 April 2015.

--> Similar to the '911' all-in-one emergency service in the US, government can integrate all existing emergency numbers such as 100, 101, 102 and 108 into the proposed '112' helpline number, TRAI said in its recommendations on emergency number.

--> TRAI has also recommended that access to emergency facility should not be allowed from mobile handsets or devices which do not have a SIM.

6) Gujarat won Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy:

--> Gujarat cricket team on 7 April 2015 won the 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy played at the KIIT Cricket Stadium, Bhubaneshwar.

--> Gujarat defeated Punjab by two wickets in the final.

--> The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a domestic Twenty20 cricket championship organized by Board of Control for Cricket in India, among the teams from Ranji Trophy.

7) Sumit Mazumder is the new president of CII:

--> Sumit Mazumder, Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited, has been elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2015-16. 

--> He succeeds Mr Ajay Shriram as the new President. 

--> Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Limited has been elected as Vice-President.

8) Union Cabinet approved release of additional installment of DA and DR:

--> The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on 7 April 2015 gave its approval to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from 01 January 2015 at the rate of six percent increase over the existing rate of 107 percent.

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Three Years of Thirsty Journey - Vivek.G (Clerk - Bank of Baroda)

Hi Friends, I want to share about my success story to all. This is Vivek from Tamil Nadu. I Allotted to Bank of Baroda as Clerk by IBPS. BoB is my First preference according to One Bank employee.

My Attempt        = 150 / 200

Written Score     = 132 / 200

Interview Score   = 13.2 / 20

Total                  = 66 / 100.

Reasoning   = 30

Aptitude      = 29

English        = 16

Computer    = 32

G.K              = 25

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Total             132

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Selected under Unreserved Category, But I belong to Scheduled Caste.

        

        Before this, nearly two Years I tried for Bank Jobs. I am B.E CSE 2012 pass out. Like all people, me too want IT job. I also did a Diploma Course in Dot Net at NIIT. After that, I went to Chennai to search Job. But my bad luck, I did not get a good job in IT. Nearly one and half year went.

In 2012, I appeared for IBPS Clerk exam December month. Exams seems easy and I proud myself that I am going to pass in exam. When result came, I got zero in two sections and total is very low. From that point I started preparing for exam and appeared., G.K and English section are weak for me. Yes also Aptitude, Reasoning.

From 2012 to 2013 I appeared exams, but failed failed &  failed :-(

 Then 2014 January month, one of my Friend asked me to Join in Bank Coaching Center. Yes, that is the turning point in my life. I learned all things about exam. I went coaching for 2months (Jan to March 2014). Then started practicing from Home, from April to July, Haaaaaard work.

Newspaper reading help little bit.

Then I appeared (2014 List). From July 2014 onwards.,

1) IBPS Clerk (Cleared 132)

2) IBPS RRB Assistant (Cleared 148)

3) IBPS RRB AO (87 Cleared)

4) RBI Assistant (128, cut off 141)

5) IBPS PO ( Failed in English)

6) REPCO ( 134, cut off 143)

7) United India Ins AO (Failed, because of Descriptive test)

8) New India Assu (Cleared, Interview on 6th April 2015)

9) New Indai Assu AO ( Failed, because of Descriptive test)

10) SBI Clerk (100, cut off 103)

11) SBI Assos Clerk ( Did well 164)

12) SBI PO (Failed, because of Descriptive test)

13) SBI SO (Failed to reach cut off)

14) SBI Asso PO (Failed, because of Descriptive test)

15) TMB Clerk (Not in Final list)/

 I followed BA, www.currentaffairs4examz.com and read monthly capsules (memorize). Daily G.K.

Support of my Amma( Mother), Appa( Father) and Both of my Sisters ( Elder and Younger) really plus for me. Because 3 years, I was simply preparing for exams. But they do not lose hope, me too. They believed me, so they waited for my success. My Family Girl Behind my success - Vidhya - She believed in me, supported me to get Success and encouraged me in my Failures.

So friends, do not worry about your failure and anyone's talk about you.

Just do what you want. Finally you too taste the Happiness of Success. Focus on your aim.

Only three months need to get success in IBPS. But 3 month Hard work needed.

Special thanks to My Friend Ragupathi.

FAITH IN YOU, HARD WORK, LEARN FROM FAILURE, CORRECT FROM MISTAKES.

Make a Goal and daily step toward Goal by Hard Work. Because this is Life, Not Dream, Never come again.

All the Best to All.

thanks lot :-) thanks to www.currentaffairs4examz.com Admin for fantastic Job.

The Journey continueeee.........!

(All the Best Vivek...Proud of you!!)

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General Knowledge for Secretariat Assistant Exam 2015

Useful for all competitive Exams…

1) Name the only Union Territory which has a High Court of its own? - Delhi

2) Who was the founder of the Slave dynasty in India? - Qutub-ud-din Aibak

3) Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojna is related to? - Development of Roads

4) Combustion is the process in which? - heat and light are produced 

5) Great Barrier Reef is situated in? - Australia

6) In India, the longest day occurs on? - June 21

7) The expansion of D.D.T. is? - Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane

8) The book ‘Friends and Foes’ was written by? - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

9) The aeroplane that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was? - Enola Gay

10) Ajanta-Ellora Caves are situated near? - Aurangabad

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Current Affairs Quiz - 7 April 2015

1) Who was crowned fbb Femina Miss India World 2015 recently?

(A) Koyal Rana

(B) Navneet Kaur Dhillon

(C) Vanya Mishra

(D) Aditi Arya

2) Who was recently honoured with Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award 2015?

(A) Adoor Gopalakrishnan

(B) Shashi Kapoor

(C) Amitabh Bachchan

(D) Yash Chopra

3) Saina Nehwal recently won women's singles crown of the India Open Super Series Badminton tournament defeating which player?

(A) Carolina Marin

(B) Ratchanok Intanon

(C) LI Xuerui

(D) Wang Shixian

4) Who recently won the men's singles title at the India Open Super Series 2015?

(A) Chen Long

(B) Lin Dan

(C) K. Srikanth

(D) Viktor Axelsen

5) Which country recently won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?

(A) South Africa

(B) Australia

(C) New Zealand

(D) India

6) Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has recently emerged as the largest party in the world with a membership of 8.8 crore. BJP has surpassed which party to achieve this record?

(A) Communist Party of China

(B) Libertarian Party

(C) Communist Party of the Soviet Union

(D) Scottish National Party

7) Michael Clarke on 29 March 2015 retired from which form of the cricket?

(A) One Day Internationals (ODI)

(B) Test Cricket

(C) T20s

(D) All the above

8) Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix racing on 29 March 2015?

(A) Nico Rosberg

(B) Lewis Hamilton

(C) Sebastian Vettel

(D) Fernando Alonso

9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently launched the “Give It Up” campaign for voluntarily giving up ___?

(A) Drugs

(B) LPG Subsidy

(C) Ration

(D) Plastics 

10) Who was chosen as the Player of the Tournament in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015?

(A) James Faulkner

(B) Kumar Sangakkara

(C) Martin Guptill

(D) Mitchell Starc

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Aditi Arya

2) Ans. (A) Adoor Gopalakrishnan

3) Ans. (B) Ratchanok Intanon

4) Ans. (C) K. Srikanth

5) Ans. (B) Australia

6) Ans. (A) Communist Party of China

7) Ans. (A) One Day Internationals (ODI)

8) Ans. (C) Sebastian Vettel

9) Ans. (B) LPG Subsidy

10) Ans. (D) Mitchell Starc

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6th April 2015 Daily Current Affairs

1) PM Narendra Modi launched National Air Quality Index:

--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 April 2015 launched the National Air Quality Index (AQI) for monitoring the quality of air in major urban centres across the country on a real-time basis and enhancing public awareness for taking mitigative action.

--> Union Environment Ministry proposes to extend the measurement of air quality to 22 state capitals and 44 other cities with a population exceeding one million.

--> Initially the new index will cover 10 cities. They are Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra, Faridabad, Varanasi, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Later it will be extended to more than 60 cities with a population exceeding one million.

--> The AQI has been developed by the Central Pollution Control Board in consultation with IIT-Kanpur and an expert group comprising medical, air-quality professionals and other stakeholders. 

2) India's first Scorpene submarine INS Kalvari launched for sea trials:

--> Kalvari, the first of Indian Navy's Scorpene class stealth submarines being built under Project 75, achieved a major milestone with its 'undocking' at the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) on 6 April 2015.

--> It is expected to be commissioned into Indian Navy by September 2016.

--> The submarine is part of the Indian Navy’s ambitious submarine programme- Project 75.

--> The first Scorpene submarine has been named after its predecessor, an erstwhile Russian 'Foxtrot' class submarine, Kalvari. It was the first submarine operated by India.

--> The six Scorpenes are being built by Mazagon Docks Ltd in collaboration with French firm DCNS.

3) Adonis bags Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry:

--> Paris- based Syrian-Lebanese Arab poet Adonis has been chosen for this year’s Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry, instituted by the Kumaran Asan Memorial Association to honour poets of international stature and introduce them to Indian readers.

--> Adonis, author of more than twenty volumes of poetry in Arabic and widely translated into almost all languages is a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize for many years.

--> If Only the Sea Could Sleep, Pages of Day and Night, Songs of Mihyar the Damascene, Not A Star, A Voice, A King is Miyhar, The Adoring Rock, Take me to God are his important works.

--> Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry is instituted by Chennai based Kumaran Asan Memorial Association.

4) BCCI appointed Rajeev Shukla as chairman of IPL governing council:

-->  Rajeev Shukla was on 6 April 2015 re-appointed as the chairman of the powerful IPL governing council, ending a month-long suspense over the selection of the top post of the cash-rich league.

--> Former Union minister and Congress leader Shukla was the IPL chairman till 2013 when he resigned from the post in the aftermath of the IPL 'spot-fixing' scandal.

5) Dena Bank, LIC signed MoU to provide life cover under PMJBY:

--> Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Dena Bank have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) for savings bank account holders of the bank.

--> PMJBY, a life insurance scheme, is one of the three schemes announced by the Finance Minister in the union budget for the year 2015-16.

--> This will be a group life insurance cover and would be renewed annually on June 1 every year.

6) Indian-origin schoolboy Pratap Singh in UK won major physics prize:

--> A 15-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy in the UK has been awarded the Institute of Physics Prize for conducting an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity.

--> Pratap Singh, a student at The Perse School, Cambridge, has won the 500 pounds Institute of Physics (IOP) prize at the Big Bang Fair held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in March.

7) Dronavalli Harika wins bronze in World Women's chess championship:

--> Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika won the bronze medal along with Swedish Grandmaster Pia Cramling by virtue of making it to the semi-finals of World Women's chess championship.

--> Harika lost to the eventual winner Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine in the semi-finals.

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MCQ Current Affairs - 6 April 2015

1) Saina Nehwal created history on 28 March 2015 as she became the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the world number one ranking. Who has the distinction of being the first world No. 1 badminton player from India?

(A) Syed Modi

(B) Pullela Gopichand

(C) Prakash Padukone

(D) Chetan Anand

2) Ninth edition of Earth Hour was observed on 28 March 2015. The day is organized by?

(A) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

(B) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

(C) World Health Organization (WHO)

(D) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

3) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 28 March 2015 successfully launched India’s fourth navigation satellite named?

(A) IRNSS 1-E

(B) IRNSS 1-D

(C) IRNSS 1-C

(D) IRNSS 1-B

4) Poonam Mahajan recently became the first woman president of which among the following sports Federation?

(A) Basketball Federation of India

(B) All India Football Federation

(C) Badminton Association of India

(D) Sports Authority of India

5) Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan were sacked from the national executive of which party on 28 March 2015?

(A) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

(B) Communist Party of India (CPI)

(C) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

(D) Janata Dal United (JDU)

6) Aziz Qureshi was on 28 March 2015 removed as the Governor of which state?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Goa

(C) Arunachal Pradesh

(D) Mizoram

7) Which state government recently passed a law that bans the slaughter, trading and unauthorised transportation of camels?

(A) Rajasthan

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Himachal Pradesh

(D) Jammu and Kashmir

8) Name the Social activist who recently resigned from the Aam Aadmi Party?

(A) Anna Hazare

(B) Medha Patkar

(C) MS Swaminathan

(D) Madav Gadgil

9) Which Australian cricketer recently announced his retirement from ODIs?

(A) David Warner

(B) Mitchell Starc

(C) Shane Watson

(D) Michael Clarke

10) Isro launched India's 4th navigation satellite IRNSS 1D recently using?

(A) PSLV-C27

(B) PSLV-C29

(C) PSLV-D24

(D) PSLV-E21

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Prakash Padukone

2) Ans. (D) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

3) Ans. (B) IRNSS 1-D

4) Ans. (A) Basketball Federation of India

5) Ans. (C) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

6) Ans. (D) Mizoram

7) Ans. (A) Rajasthan

8) Ans. (B) Medha Patkar

9) Ans. (D) Michael Clarke

10) Ans. (A) PSLV-C27

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Employment News: 04th April - 10th April 2015

1. UTTER PRADESH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UP PSC)

Last Date-18.04.2015

2. BORDER SECURITY FORCE (BSF)

Name of Post- Constable (GD)

No. of Post-346 (M-241 & F-105)

Last Date-30 days of Publication of Advertisement

3. P.G.D.A.V COLLEGE NEW DELHI

Name of Post- Assistant Professor. 

No. of Post-57

 Last Date-21 days of Publication of Advertisement

4. GAIL INDIA LIMITED

Name of Post-General Manager, Senior Officer

No. of Post-15

Last Date- 15.04.2015

5. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (INDIAN AIR FORCE)

Name of Post- Steno, clerk, LDC etc.

No. of Post-171

Last Date- 21 days of Publication of Advertisement

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 5 April 2015

1) Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won the 2015 Miami Open Tennis Singles titles:

--> World number one Serena Williams thrashed Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro to win her 8th Miami Open title. The 33-year-old raced to a 6-2 6-0 victory in 56 minutes to secure her third straight title at Crandon Park.

--> Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat the third seeded Andy Murray of Britain 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-0 to win his fifth Miami Open title.

--> With this win, Williams has won 66 singles titles, one behind Billie Jean King of the US.

--> At present, both Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are placed at the top spots in men’s and women’s singles rankings respectively.

2) Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis won women's doubles Miami Open title:

-->  Sania Mirza achieved yet another career milestone by capturing her 25th WTA doubles title as the Indian ace continued her dream start with Martina Hingis to win the Miami Open trophy on 5 April 2015.

--> The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair overcame a sluggish start to take the title with a 7-5, 6-1 scoreline against second seeded Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

--> Veterans Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan captured their fourth men's double title in Miami after beating their rivals Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil by 6-3, 1-6, 10-8.

3) India to host fifth meeting of SAARC health ministers:

--> Indian will host the fifth meeting of SAARC health ministers next week to deliberate on key issues including HIV/AIDS, prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases and to strengthen collaborations amongst the nations.

--> The 4th meeting of the SAARC Health Ministers was held at Maldives in April 2012.

4) Kejriwal re-launched anti-corruption helpline number 1031 in Delhi:

--> Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 5 April 2015 re-launched the anti-corruption helpline number 1031 to help people register their complaints if they are harassed for bribes.

--> This helpline number was first launched by the party during their 49-day stint in power in 2013.

--> The number was re-launched by Kejriwal at a public event.

5) World's largest Hadron collider restarted:

--> Cern, Europe's particle physics research centre, has restarted their Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

--> The LHC is also called the 'Big Bang' LHC because it may just be able to solve the mysteries of how the universe was created.

--> The restarting of the collider signifies a new journey into discovering 'dark matter'.

--> The machine had previously shut down two years ago for a refit.

6) Delhi airport bags Golden Peacock National Quality Award:

--> Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has bagged the prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year 2015.

--> DIAL was bestowed this award for their efforts in building a culture of Total Quality across Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.

--> United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister for culture, youth and development Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan will present this award to DIAL at a specially organized presentation ceremony to be held in Dubai on April 20, 2015. 

7) Chen Long, Carolina Marin won Malaysia Open titles:

--> China's Chen Long and Spain's Carolina Marin clinched the men's and women's singles titles, respectively, in the $500,000 Malaysia Open Super series Premier badminton tournament at the Putra Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 5 April 2015.

--> Reigning World champion Long overcame compatriot and five-time World champion Lin Dan 20-22, 21-13, 21-11 in an hour and 18 minutes.

--> In the women's singles final, current World Champion Carolina got the better of China's Olympic champion Li Xuerui 19-21, 21-19, 21-17 in an hour and 11 minutes.

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