Current Affairs April 2015

29th April:
• Saudi King Salman appointed Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef as his new heir and made his son, Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman, secondinline to succeed.

28th April:
• Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived India on official visit.
• NASA has launched an project named The Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) that will lead the search for signs of life beyond our solar system.
• The World Bank projects India's GDP to expand to 7.5 per cent in the current fiscal year.

26th April:
• The death toll rises to more than 2400 in Nepal.
• Indian Military and Para Military forces launched a massive rescue operation in Nepal under the name of "Operation Maitri".

25th April:
• A massive earthquake of 7.9 magnitude hits Nepal and India in which more than 750 people have died in Nepal while in India more than 35 people died mostly in Bihar.
• Wold Malaria Day observed today.

24th April:
• The Rajya Sabha passed a bill that seeks equal rights for the transgenders.
• Video sharing site YouTube completes 10 years of the first video share on the website.
• The Gorkha Rifles completes its 200 years of establishment.

23rd April:
• Sixty five people have been died after storm ravaged northeastern parts of Bihar.

22nd April:
• Earth Day observed across the World.
• New York Times wins prestigious Pulitzer prizes for West Africa Ebola coverage.
• 17 Indian pilgrims were killed and more than 20 were injured when their bus plunged into a river in Nepal.

21st April:
• Former Governor of Assam and three times Chief Minister of Odisha Janaki Ballabh Patnaik died in Tirupati.
• Japan's stateoftheart maglev train clocked a new world speed of 600 kilometre (373 miles) per hour running speed.
• Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan expelled from the Aam Aadmi Party.
• Former Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges arising from the killing of protesters.
• India's third largest software services firm Wipro appointed Azim Premji's son Rishad Premji as director.

20th April:
• Indian Navy's most powerful war ship INS Visakhapatnam launched into water for the first time at Mazgaon Dock in Mumbai.
• The Budget session of Parliament resumes today.
• The land ordinance tabled in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

19th April:
• Sitaram Yechury elected as the new CPM general secretary.
• Nasim Zaidi takes over as new Chief Election Commissioner of India.
• Indian movie "Mary Kom" has won the Best Film award and has been endowed with the Bronze Horse Award in the Stockholm International Film Festival Junior (SIFFJ).

18th April:
• World Heritage Day was observed across the Globe.

16th April:
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed a nuclear agreement on supply of uranium to India in which 7.1 million pounds of uranium concentrate to India till 2020.
• Dr. Mohan Kumar appointed as the next Ambassador of India to France.
• Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar elected as member of prestigious Laureus Sports Academy.
• Former Nepal Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa passed away in Gurgaon.

15th April:
• Six parties including SP, JDU and RJD of Janata Parivar have announced that they will merge to form a national party headed by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Canada.

14th April:
• Baisakhi and Bihu festival is celebrated in India.

13th April:
• Yoga guru Ramdev gets the status of cabinet minister in Haryana.
• Hillary Clinton will be the Presidential candidate for Democrat Party in 2016 election in 2016.
• New Zealand wins the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup men’s hockey tournament after defeating Australia.
• Sania Mirza became the first female tennis player from India to become world number one player in doubles ranking after she wins won WTA Family Circle Cup with Martina Hingis.

12th April:
• Prime Minister Narendra reaches Germany after France on his three nation visit.
• India Beat South Korea by 41 on penalties to Win Bronze Medal in Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Cup.

11th April:
• Seven jawans of STF killed in Chhattisgarh and 12 other injured in an encounter with Naxals in Pedmal forest in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
10th April:
• Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud died in Sydney at the age of 84.

9th April:
• Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju sentenced to seven years in jail after he was found guilty by of criminal cheating and conspiracy in India's largestever corporate scandal.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts a three nation visits to France, Germany and Canada from today.
• India successfully testfired its nuclearcapable
Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast.
• According to telecom regulator TRAI starting from May, operators have to offer cheaper roaming rates.
• The government barred Greenpeace India from receiving funds from abroad by suspending its Foreign Currency Regulation Act registration.

8th April:
• The Union Government evacuated around 4000 Indians from the war zone of Yemen under Operation Raahat.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Mudra Bank to cater to small businesses.
• Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi is set to become the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India later this month.
• Padma Vibhushan and Padma Sri awards are conferred by President in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• IPL season 8 starts from today with the match between Mumbai Indian and Kolkata Knight Riders.
• Sim Bhullar became the first player of Indian descent to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) league as he made his debut for Sacramento Kings.

7th April:
• World Health Day (WHD) 2015 observed globally.
• 20 alleged sandalwood smugglers killed in the forests of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh.

6th April:
• The first of the six Frenchdesigned Scorpene submarines which are being manufactured in Mumbai launched today by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
• Rajeev Shukla has been appointed the new chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council.

4th April:
• Four Army personnel were killed and one missing after an avalanche hit their vehicle in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal loses her world no. 1 ranking after her defeat against champion Li Xuerui in the semifinals of Malaysia Open.

3rd April:
• President Pranab Mukherjee has signed off on the reissued land acquisition ordinance.
• Somali militants kill nearly 150 students in a Kenyan university.

2nd April:
• An Islamabad Court issued a nonbailable warrant against former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for repeatedly failing to appear in the 2007 murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi.

1st April:
• Amaravati will be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
• 740 crores of the Maran brothers have been seized today as part of a moneylaundering case involving AircelMaxis.
• Nearly 350 Indians evacuated from wartorn Yemen by a naval warship.
• The International Cricket Council accepted the resignation of President Mustafa Kamal, who quit the position after being denied the honour of presenting the World Cup winners' trophy.

Current Affairs March 2015

30th March:
• India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna conferred posthumously upon educationist Madan Mohan Malviya at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

29th March:
• Australia wins the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets in MCG. Mitchell Starc named as player of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
• Delhi's Aditi Arya was crowned as Femina Miss India World 2015 at Yashraj Studios in Mumbai.
• Peoples of Singapore bid final farewell to founding father Lee Kuan Yew.
• Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix.
• Saina Nehwal wins her maiden India Open Super Series title after after defeating Ratchanok Intanon 2116 2114 at the Siri Sports Complex here.
• Kidambi Srikanth wins the men's singles title at the India Open Super Series after defeating Denmark's Viktor Axelsen 1821,2113,2112.

28th March:
• The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sacked founder members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from a key panel.
• Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the world number one ranking.
• India today launched its fourth GPS satellite IRNSS1D from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
• Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi sacked from his post. Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi will take the additional charge of Mizoram.
• The Earth Hour 2015 will be observed today when people across the globe will flick their lights off when clocks hit 8:30pm across 24 different time zones.

27th March:
• Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee receives India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna.

26th March:
• Defending Champion India defeated by Australia in the Semi Final by 95 runs. Now Australia will play with New Zealand in the final in MCG.

25th March:
• Former Footballer Michel Platini reelected as the President of UEFA for the third time.

24th March:
• The Supreme Court has scrapped Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act, a law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content.
• Kangana Ranaut wins the best actress National Award for the film Queen. Kannada actor Vijay won Best Actor for Nanu Avanalla Avalu.Queen also won Best Hindi Film.
• A Lufthansa Airbus crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps and all 150 on board were feared dead.
• New Zealand reaches the final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
• The World TB Day is celebrated today.

23rd March:
• Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor will be conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke award this year for his contribution to Indian cinema.
• Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew dies at the age of 91.

21st March:
• Martin Guptill of New Zealand scores 237 not out against West Indies which is the highest individual score in World Cup history.

20th March:
• 32 died and 50 people injured as DehradunVaranasi Janta Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district.
• Indiaborn scientist and Nobel Laureate Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will take over as the President of the prestigious Royal Society at the end of the year.
• Rajya Sabha passed the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill 2015.

19th March:
• India enters the semi final of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating 109 runs in MCG.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the first Indian ODI captain and third in the World to wins 100 oneday international.

18th March:
• World's only 'nofuel' solarpowered aircraft 'Solar Impulse2' off for Varanasi from Ahmedabad.
• Gunmen attacked Tunisia's national museum, killing at least seven tourists and taking others hostage inside the building.

17th March:
• The Union cabinet has cleared the black money bill, which proposes to provide muscle to tax authorities dealing with illegal wealth stashed abroad.
• According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India is the largest importer of arms with 15 per cent of global weapons imports between 2010 and 2014.

15th March:
• Services wins the Santosh Trophy after beating hosts Punjab 54 via tiebreaker in Ludhiana.

14th March:
• Former Maldives president and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on a terrorism charge.
• Twelve people were killed and 19 others injured when a bus fell into a deep gorge in Nagaland's Phek District.
• The Haryana Government has imposed a complete ban on the sale of beef.
• British Prime Minister David Cameron and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley jointly unveiled bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Parliament Square in London.

12th March:
• Karnataka team wins the Ranji Trophy final by registering an innings and 217 runwin
against Tamil Nadu in the final at Wankhede Stadium.

11th March:
• CBI court summoned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over accusations of criminal conspiracy and corruption in the illegal award of a coal field.
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won trust vote in Bihar Assembly with 140 votes in his favour.
• Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara creates a new record by scoring four consecutive centuries in a Cricket World Cup.

10th March:
• The Land Acquisition Bill passed in the Lok Sabha by voting after government proposed nine amendments.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets on a fiveday tour of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka from today.
• Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni registered most wins by an Indian captain in the history of the cricket World Cup after defeating Ireland in Hamilton.

9th March:
• After a gap of over 20 years, 1 rupee note relaunched today.

8th March:
• International Women's Day is celebrated across the globe.
• Senior journalist and author Vinod Mehta died of multiple organ failure in AIIMS at the age of 73.
• Arun Singh has been appointed as India's ambassador to the US who will succeed S Jaishankar.
• Saina Nehwal defeated by Carolina Marin of Spain in All England badminton title final in Birmingham by 2116, 1421 and 721.

6th March:
• Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das passes away in Patna at the age of 95.

5th March:
• Holi is celebrated across the nation.
• According to Forbes, the founder of Sun Pharma Dilip Shanghvi becomes the India's richest billionaire ahead of Mukesh Ambani.
• Lok Sabha passed Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015.

4th March:
• The Aam Aadmi Party dropped two founder members, Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from its decisionmaking panel.
• Lok Sabha passed the Coal Mines bill to allow eauction of coal blocks.
• Reserve Bank of India lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent.

3rd March:
• President Pranab Mukherjee has given formal consent to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill which bans the slaughter of calves and bullocks completely.

2nd March:
• Jagmohan Dalmiya elected as the President of BCCI.
• Chelsea wins the League Cup at Wembley Stadium following a 20 victory over Tottenham.

1st March:
• Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister.