Weekly G.K Updates From (April 1, 2015 - April 7, 2015)

Weekly G.K Updates From (April 1, 2015 - April 7, 2015)

• Mustafa Kamal Resigned from ICC, He was President of ICC (International Cricket Council) ---April 1,2015

• After Vitori, Newzeland Pace bowler Mills too announced his retirement from all cricket after world cup Final. ---April 1, 2015

• For non-adherence of the "KYC" and "Anti Money Laundering" guidelines, RBI penalized 16 central cooperative banks with fine of 5 lakh each.---April 1, 2015

• India launched operation Rahat to evacuate 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen with help of 5 ships and 4 planes.---April 1, 2015

• World's oldest Lady Misao Okawa (from Japan) died on age of 117 years.---April 1, 2015

• Punjab launched  "Padho Panjab- Khedo Panjab" i.e  "learn Punjab - Play Punjab" mission. ---April 1, 2015

• Amaravathi will be the new capital of Andhra-Pradesh, Capital will come up in Vijayawada-Guntur region. ---April 2, 2015

• Gulshan Rai will take over as India's first Cyber Security chief. He is the Director General Cert-In (Computer Emergency Response Team - India). ---April 2, 2015

• India now a step closer to own GPS - Navigational type system after launched IRNSS-1D for two types of services, Standard Positioning Service and Restricted Services. ---April 2, 2015

• Vijay Kelkar resigned from Tata Chemicals Board. ---April 3, 2015

• India ranked 119/130 in 2015 FM Global Resilience Index. India was on 112/130 in 2014. ---April 3, 2015

• The face of India's Tabaco battle, Sunita Tomar (28) died at her native place in MP. She shared her experience in a video, which was used by the government for its anti-tobacco drive to warn people against consumption of smokeless gutkha and pan masalas. ---April 3, 2015

• Planet discovered in 1988, named on name of Viswanathan Anand. This planet was previously identified as planet 4538. Minor planet 4538, now known as Vishyanand.---April 3,2015

• Twelve-year-old Maryam Siddiqui won the Geeta Contest in Mumbai. ---April 3, 2015

• West Bengal and Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi took additional charge of Mizoram as 16th governor of Mizoram on April 4, 2015. ---April 4, 2015

• Delhi airport won Golden Peacock National Quality Award. ---April 5, 2015

• After closing its mobile website last month, online fashion retailer Myntra is now moving to an app-only strategy by shutting down its desktop website from 1st of May,2015 ---April 6,2015

• India's first indigenous-built Scorpion  submarine un-docked by Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar at Mumbai. ---April 6, 2015

• PM Modi launched National Level Air Quality Index, It ll inform about level of Air polution in real time in 10 cities of India. ---April 6, 2015

• India is going to host the 5th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Health Ministers in New Delhi. It will start on 9 April 2015 ---April 7 , 2015

• India’s Sania Mirza  has won 2015 Miami Open Women’s doubles Title with Switzerland’s Martina Hingis. ---April 7, 2015