Weekly G.K Updates from (July 8,2015 - July 14,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (July 8,2015 - July 14,2015)

• World Bank has ranked the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) as the world’s largest public works programme.

• Ashok Haldia appointed MD and CEO of PTC India Financial Services.

• India and Kazakhstan launched the first exploratory drilling at Satpayev oil block owned by India’s ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) and Kazakhstan company KazMunaiGaz.

• eMudhra launches eSign Services. -- ESign is an online electronic signature service which can facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document within seconds. The signatures generated by eSign are legally valid and secure under the Information Technology Act, 2000.

• Credit Information Bureau India Ltd (CIBIL), India’s leader in credit information, has appointed Satish Pillai as its new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on July 9,2015

• Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel has become the first British Asian to be appointed as Director of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

• Union government has appointed Sriram Kalyanaraman as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Housing Bank (NHB) for a period of five years.

• Sanjeev Nandan Sahai appointed as Delhi's new Home Secretary 

• Uttarakhand gets India’s first earthquake early warning system in its capital Dehradun which will issue warnings 1-40 seconds before earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more occur.

• Air India on Friday formally became a member of Star Alliance, a conglomeration of 26 overseas airlines.

• Tata Steel’s West Bokaro Division conferred with Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2015

• Book - "Green Signals: Ecology, Growth, and Democracy in India"- written by Jairam Ramesh

• IPL scam: Apex court suspends Rajasthan Royals, CSK for two years.

• Lt General Man Mohan Singh Rai appointed as Vice-Chief of Indian Army

• The Income Tax (IT) Department on 13 July 2015 launched One Time Password (OTP) based e-filing verification system for taxpayers. This OTP will help in ending the practice of sending paper acknowledgement, called ITR-V, through post to the I-T Central Processing Centre (CPC) based in Bengaluru.

Weekly G.K Updates from (June 15,2015 - June 21,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (June 15,2015 - June 21,2015)

• BSNL Launched its free roaming services across all over India, It will allow to its customer to receive incoming call at no cost while on roaming.

• Union Govt. (MSME) launched a digital Employment Exchange for Industries (EEX) portal "www.eex.dcmsme.gov.in" which will connect employers and job seekers.

• PM Narendra Modi launched book titled " Education of Muslims - by Professor JS Rajput"

• The government  appointed to Nilesh Sathe (CEO of LIC Nomura Mutual Fund Asset Management Company), as the member  of  Life insurance regulator IRDAI.

• Indian Railway changed the name of Train No (19031/19032)-- Ahmedabad-Haridwar-Ahmedabad-- famously known as Haridwar Mail  as "Yoga Express".

• Prolific striker -- Sunil Chhetri  became the first Indian footballer to score 50 international goals during his team's 2018 World Cup qualifying match against Guam.

• Book titled Modi - Incredible emergence of a star in Chinese language written by Tarun Vijay, The book is a biography based on the life and economic vision of Narendra Modi.

• IPS officer Archana Ramasundaram has been moved out of the CBI and appointed as Director of 'National Crime Records Bureau' (NCRB).

• State owned telecommunications giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced to set up 40,000 Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hot spots across the country.

• Union Cabinet approved Solar Power capacity target to 1 lakh MW under JNNSM by 2022.

• The Union Government  decided to increase the number of workdays under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural 

• Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from 100 days to 150 days in drought-affected areas of the country. 

• Beno Zephine becomes first 100% blind officer in IFS. She was working as P.O for SBI.

• NOWCAST launched, It will be used to send SMS alerts on extreme weather data like thunderstorm and squall originated by India Meteorological Department (IMD) to over one crore farmers whose mobile numbers are registered on government’s mKisan portal.

• India-born former Google executive Nikesh Arora has been appointed the President of Japan’s telecommunications giant Soft Bank Corp.

• June 21 observed as International Yoga Day.

Weekly G.K Updates from (June 8,2015 - June 14,2015)

Weekly G.K updates from (June 8,2015 - June 14,2015)

• R C Tayal appointed as new Director General of National Security Guard (NSG)

• ISRO awarded by US' National Space Socity for its Mangalyan Mars Orbit Mission (MOM).

• ICICI Bank Appoints MK Sharma As Non-Executive Chairman for Five Years.

• Anantjeet Singh Naruka won GOLD in the skeet match  in the 7th International junior shotgun cup that concluded in Finland.

• NCR now got more bigger;  Jind & karnal of Haryana, Muzaffarnagar of U.P added in National Capital Region (NCR).

• Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), has decided to launch its own e-commerce portal in the next three months, proposed name 'e-Lala' will provide a direct interface between sellers and consumers, thereby eliminating the commission which the sellers need to pay.

• Microsoft started re-branding of Nokia Priority Stores as Microsoft Priority Resellers.

• Kapil Mishra suceed Mr. Tomar as new Delhi's Law Minister. Mr. Tomar had down after being arrested over allegations that he had faked his law degree.

• SEBI' in action against illicit fund-raising in a big way, SEBI has cracked down on nearly 200 such activities in last one year relating to fraud against gullible investors.

• Stanford scientist  Manu Prakash,  has now come up with a computer that works by moving water droplets.

• Gopkumar appointed as  CEO of broking, distribution business in Reliance Capital.

• Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar appointed as Director of CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT).

• CEO of Twitter Inc. resigned on June 11, 2015. He served the company for Five years.

• June 14, observed across the world as 'World Blood Donor Day' .

• Minister of State for external affairs VK Singh inaugurates first India-China Yoga College at Yunnan Minzu University, China.

Weekly G.K Updates from (June 1,2015 - June 7, 2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (June 1,2015 - June 7, 2015)

• Dilwar Singh of Haryana won 'Pedal' for Kashmir cycling race.

• Deepika Kumari won bronze in Antalya Archery World Cup.

• Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa sworn-in as Arunachal Pradesh Governor

• Edward Snowden won a Norwegian prize for freedom of expression

• India has jumped six places to 141st position in the latest rankings released by world football’s governing body FIFA

• R.Seshasayee appointed as Non-Executive  Chairman of the Board of Infosys Limited.

• Essel Group formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with the Rajasthan government to set up solar parks in the state with Rs. 4K Crore.

• Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and his wife Bhuvaneswari performed bhoomi pooja at around 8.49 a.m. for the new capital — Amaravati — at Mandadam village in Guntur district.

• 'Reliance Power' signed an agreement to invest $ 3 billion in setting up a mega power plant and a floating LNG import terminal in Bangladesh which faces acute power shortages.

• S Christopher, 59, as Secretary, Department of Defense Research and Development-cum-Director General, Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

• BCCI has announced Rahul Dravid as the coach of India A team and Indian U 19 cricket team.

• SpiceJet signed deal with IRCTC to sell tickets to wait listed railway travelers.

• Former Singapore Foreign Minister Mr. G Yeo will be the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University, the Ministry of External Affairs announced, Mr. Yeo was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the year 2012 in recognition of his contribution in the field of “public affairs.”

• Former greats Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and VVS Laxman on Monday joined the BCCI in a newly-constituted advisory panel to guide the board in all matters related to the game.

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 22, 2015 - May 31, 2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 22, 2015 - May 31, 2015)

• IRCTC's ticketing arm now partnered with "My Dala" to provide deals and offers to customers.

• Indian Air Force IAF's Mirage-2000 successfully test landed on the Yamuna Expressway of U.P

• Finance Ministry sanctioned Rs. 5233 crore fuel subsity to IOC and BPCL to cover the revenue loss that IOC & BPCL suffered on selling LPG on Government rates.

• T R Zeliang succeed N Rio and appointed as the new CM of Nagaland.

• AIADMK general secretary Jaya lalitha was on Saturday sworn in for the fifth time as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with 28 ministers on May 23, 2015.

• Kathleen Stephens named Interim US Ambassador to India and will serve charge until a new permanent ambassador is nominated and confirmed by US Govt.

• 'Infosys' won 'Ashden Award' for Sustainable buildings at Royal Geographical Society, London.

• 'Greenway Grameen' won 'Ashden  Clean Energy Award' for Women and Girl's.

• Madhv Mantri, a India's wicket-keeper-batsman in 1950, passed away. He was also president of 'Mumbai Cricket Association'.

• Indian Film 'Massan' won critics prize at 68th  Cannes film festival

• India-Singapore bilateral naval exercise "SIMBEX-15" commenced in Singapore.

• Mercedes driver 'Nico Rosberg' of Germany won 'Monaco Grand Prix' of Formula One

• Mandeep Kaur won two gold medals at  Women's World Junior Boxing Championship.

• Manoj Mishra appointed as CMD of National Fertilizers Ltd. (NFL)

• ICICI launched voice password Facility for Phone Banking which authenticates customers based on their voice pattern and allow them to execute banking through the bank's call center in  secure and convenient manner.

• Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chanda Kochhar, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and Shobhana Bhartia have been named in Forbes Magzine's of 12th annual list of World's 100 most powerful women.

• AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa was on Saturday sworn in for the fifth time as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with 28 ministers.

• Nirbhay Sharma Sworn-in as Governor of 'Mizoram'.

• Abhinav Bindra qualified for Rio Olympics 2016 through one of the Olympic quotas.

• Mumbai Indians crowned IPL 2015 champions after thrashing Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Eden Gardens.

• Power Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha was appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary of the government. He will succeed Ajit Seth who has been holding the position for the last four years. 

• Eminent scientist Dr. Selvin Christopher has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) along with the rank of a secretary. 

• The Finance Ministry announced that the new Service Tax Rate @ 14% would be applicable from 1st June.

• Former Intelligence Bureau Chief Ajit Kumar Doval, considered one of the finest operational brains, was on Friday appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.

• World observed 'No Tobacco Day'  on 31st May.

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 15,2015 - May 21, 2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 15,2015 - May 21, 2015)

• PM Modi announced during China's visit that India will grant e-visa to Chinese tourists.

• SBI launched NFC-Enabled Contact-less DEBIT/CREDIT cards. ICICI & HDFC already launched NFC based cards for Tap& Pay at counters. Know more about NFC Click Here

• RBI allowed transaction up to 2000 for tap & Pay without any second authentication like PIN or OTP for contact-less cards.

• Tejaswini Sagar won Gold for Under-15 World School Chess Championship.

• PM Modi inaugurated first branch of ICICI's in China.

• Maria Sharapova won women's singles at Rome Masters 2015

• Timea Babos and Kristina won women's doubles at Rome Masters 2015

• N. Djokovic won Men's singles at Rome Masters 2015

• P. Cuevas and D. Marrero won Men's doubles at Rome Masters 2015

• India announced $1 billion credit to Mongolia for infrastructure development as they agreed to deepen defense corporation besides exploring potential for ties up in areas like civil nuclear sector.

• Sixth edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi. Theme was : Nuclear Energy - a clean energy option.

• Brad Haddin, Wicket-keeper of Australia announced his retirement from ODI cricket. 

• Dropdi Murmu sworn in as first woman Governor of Jharkhand.

• Relience Jio infocom signed pact with Huawei for sourcing 4G devices.

• Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won Britain's Man Booker International Prize. Krasznahorkai is the author of Satantango (1985), which was later made into a film, The Melancholy of Resistance (1998) and Seiobo There Below (2008).

• SBI announced partnership with PayPal (a digital payment firm), so that the customers of SBI can now use their debit cards on PayPal for buying products from websites.

• V.Shanmuganathan sworn in as the Governor of Meghalaya and Yathagata Roy sworn in as the Governor of Tripura.

• Infosys became first Indian company to join RE100, a global renewable energy campaign who committed to 100% renewable power.

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 8,2015 - May 14,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 8,2015 - May 14,2015)

• Jitu Rai won - "Sportsperson of the Year" award at Times of India Sports Award

• Flying-Sikh Milkha Singh received "Life time achievement" award from Times Group and 'Olympian of the Century'.

• 'Anchal Kumar Jyoti' appointed as  New Election Commissioner.

• Jitan Ram Manjhi Announced new party as - Hindstani Awam Morcha (HAM).

• 'Sakshi Malik' and 'Lalita' won "bronze" in Women's Asian Wrestling Championship in freestyle 60 kg and 55 Kg respectively.

• 'Shashi Kapoor' has been conferred with Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014.

• Book titled 'Unbelievable - Delhi to Islamabad ' written by Prof. Bhim Singh released.

• 'Navneet Rajan Wasan' appointed as DG of Police R&D Bureau.

• President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 'Namaste Russia' festival in Moscow.

• Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed as active chairman of NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)

• Indian born 'Nikhesh Arora' appointed as the President of Japan's Multinational  Telecom and Internet Company Softbank Corp.

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

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

• Canera Bank inked MoU with LIC, India and United India Insurance for offering "Pradhan Mantri Jeven Jyoti Yojna" and "Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna" Insurance.

• India on way to extend "E-tourist Visa" Scheme to more 31 countries on nine designated Indian Airports.

• Dr. Pramod Patil and Dr. Aanand Kumar won "Whitely Award" for wild life conservation of 2015.

• Seychelles became 161th member of WTO. It had applied for membership in 1995. Seychelles is the smallest nation among all WTO members.

• Nitin Gadkari, Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highway announced two Major Highway projects in North-East.

• CRPF has decided to adopt karikat village in Nepal to help in reconstruction after earth-quack.

• Indra Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) won Airport Service quality award in the category of handling 30-40 million passengers per an-um.

• Tenis player Rafel Nadel received Golden Medal for Merit in Work. Golden medal is one of the top civilian hon-our of Spain.

• IPS officer Surendra Singh took over Director General  of CISF.

• A book by Poonam Surie titled "China - Confucius in the Shadows" released.

• Four Indians to be confered with "Spring Imperial Decorations of Japan" in different categories i.e. Thottuvelil Krishna Pillai Aiyappankutty Nair and Chintanmani Nagesa Ramchndran Rao in The orders of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Stars and Nikunjh Parekh in The orders of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays and Topgay Bhutiya in The orders of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays.

• World Press Freedom day observed globally on May 3,2015

• Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) girls team won 5th National Hockey Championship title.

• Akash Missile system inducted in Indian Army. Akash is an Surface-to-Air short range missile developed by Defense Research Development Laboratory.

• Microsoft India unveiled  Edu-cloud to offer digital learning and teaching in schools through virtual learning platforms in India.

• Actor Salman Khan sentenced five years Jail for Hit-n-Run Case. He has been allowed to go home till Friday, when HC will hear his appeal for bail.

• World Asthma Day observed globally on May 5, 2015.

Weekly G.K Updates from (April 22,2015 - April 30,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (April 22,2015 - April 30,2015)

• Sesa Sterlite renamed as "Vedhanta Ltd" for better identity worldwide. Sesa Sterlite is subsidiary of Vedanta Resources PIc. Hindustan Zinc and BALCO also are the subsidiaries of Vedhanta Ltd.

• National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), responsible for appointment and transfer of judges in India headed by the H.L.Dattu. H.L.Dattu is Chief Justice of India.

• The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has accorded approval to two national parks as Tiger reserves i.e Rajaji National Park, Uttrakhand and Kudermukh National Park,Karnataka.

• International Earth Day observed globally on April 22,2015

• Indian Railway launched mobile application for  paper less unreserved tickets in some sections of Southern Railway Zone.

• Shahrukh Khan honored with Dadasaheb Phalke film foundation Award,2015

• Rajkumar Rao won prestigious award for Film "City-lights".

• Union Cabinet meeting chaired by PM, Modi has approved lowering of age of juveniles from 18 > 16 years for crimes.

• Indian origin's American "Vivek Murthy" became Surgeon General of U.S Public Health Commission Corps.

• National Panchayati Raj Day was observed across India on April 24,2015

• World Maleriya Day was observed on April 25,2015 globally.

• Japan will host 2015 and 2016 editions of the FIFA club World Cup.

• Bank of Baroda has tied up with UAE Exchange to offer Instant Money Transfer to its NRI custmor.

• Ratan Tata has acquired a stack in Xiaomi. Xiaomi is an China based Smart Phone Maker company standing parallel to  Tech Giants i.e Apple and Samsung.

• Anil Kapoor awarded by prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015.

• Marathi Novelist "Bhalchandra Nemade" awarded as the 50th Jnanpith Award by PM Modi.

• Bhartiya Mahila Bank has won the Asian Bankers Achievement Award in the Technology implemetation category.

• BCCI (The board of control for cricket in India) has nominated Rohit Sharma for Arjun Award,2015. Arjun Award are given by Ministry of Youth affairs and Sports to recognize outstanding achievement in National Sports.

• AP Government appointed Chandalavada Krishnamurthy as Chairman of Tirumala Tripati Devasthanam (TTD)

• New Recruitment - Loretta Lynch sworn-in as  Attorney General of US.

• Lin Dan of China won Men's title of Badminton Asia Championships 2015.

Weekly G.K Updates from (April 15,2015 - April 21,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (April 15,2015 - April 21,2015):

• ICICI Bank with Tech Mahindra launched first "NFC" based "Tap-n-Pay" service, enabling customer make over the counter payment without using cash. It can be used for merchant payment by taping a NFC enabled mobile phone or a tag on the counter. To know more about How does NFC works :  <<Click Here>>

• Union Ministry of Home affairs renamed Tourist Visa on Arrival-Electronic Travel Authorization "TVoA-ETA" to "e-Tourist" visa from April,15 2015.

• Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai became the first lady chief justice of Sikkim High Court.

• Zomato acquired to MaplePOS, MaplePOS is a cloud based selling point of product for restaurant.

• Asia Cup 2016 will now be played in form of T20 instead of 50 overs.

• Sachin Tendulkar elected as member for Laureus Sports academy, Shanghai.

• BHEL (Bharat HEavy Electricals limited) inked a MoU with Russian firm INTMA to setup a gas based project in Kazakhastan.

• Leaders of Six Janta Pariwar parties announced merger into one larger entity. Mulayam Singh Yadav will head this new party with 15 members in Lok Sabha and 30 member in Rajya sabha.

• PM, Modi inked deal with Stephen Harper about Uranium. Comeco Corporation will supply 3000 tons urenium in next five years for $254 millions.

• 1981 batch IFS officer Mohan Kumar has been appointed the next ambessdor to France.

• Indian Origin CEO of Microsoft 'Satya Nadela' can get award "Champions of Change" by Obama.

• PM Modi, won year's reader poll TIME Person of the years.

• ECNU, the most prestigious university of China announced to appoint  Dr. Vishal Sikka,  CEO of Infosys as a advisory professor at ECNU (East China Normal University)

• World Heritage Day on April 18, is now observed globally to create awareness about cultural heritage across the world.

• NRI industrialists Hinduja Brothers have won the Business Leader of the year 2015 award at prestigious 5th Asian Awards

• Vankdarath Saritha, a 30 year old woman inducted in DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) as a first woman Bus driver.

• Aashish Jhakar from Harayana, won Gold Medal in 12th National Youth Athletics Championship held in Bambolim, Goa  in Hammer throw.

• The Kerla Govt. launched  "Subodham" to help people in the state to overcome alcohol, drug and other substance.

• BHEL commissioned 250 MW thermal unit in Jamnagar, Gujrat.

• After Phillip Hughes, Former Bengal U-19 captain Ankit Keshri succumbs on field injury.

Weekly G.K Updates from (April 8,2015 - April 14,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (April 8,2015 - April 14,2015)

• Mayilsamy Annadurai appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite Center (ISAC), He was Program director of Indian Remote Sensing at ISAC.

• RBI kept the Repo rate (Rate at which the Central bank of a country lends money to commercial banks) unchanged at 7.5% in its monetary policy review.

• Dronavalli Harika won bronze medal in Women's chess championship

• MI's Xiaomi now available on Snapdeal and Amazon along with Flipkart.

• After R. Rajan's call ICICI, HDFC and SBI cut their base rate by 25, 15 and 15 bps , Now ICICI's 9.75% is the lowest in Industry.

• Snapdeal acquired Freecharge and became the largest mobile commerce firm with users of 40 millions

• Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) suspended it's scheme about 1000/- minimum monthly pension from April,2015

• Arun Kumar Jha appointed as CEO of Khadi and Village Industries Commission(KVIC).

• India will chair 9th IRENA in Abu Dhabi in June. Here IRENA stands for : International Renewable Energy Agency.

• India's first IFSC (International Financial Service center) is now operational in Gujrat from April 11,2015. Finance Minister .Mr. Arun Jaitley unveiled rules nd regulations about IFSC.

• Apurvi Chandela won Bronze in ISSF (International Shooting Sports Federation) Rifle and Pistol World-Cup.

• Jitu Rai won Bronze in ISSF (International Shooting Sports Fedration) Rifle and Pistol World-Cup.

• April 11, will now be known as "National Safe Motherhood Day" across India.

• Mercedes Formula-1 driver Levis Hamilton of Britain won Chinese Grand Prix of Formula-1. It was his second victory of this season and Fourth in overall.

• Asteroid Found in 2010 between  Mars and Jupiter named as "316201 Malala". It was earlier known as "316201".

• L&T Larsen & Toubro signed MoU with France's Company AREVA, during visit of PM Modi to France. It will help to maximize localisation of the EPR nuclear power plant to be built at Jaitapur, Maharashtra.

• SBI, again cut interest rate for another 10 bps. Now for new home loans it'll be 9.75(now equal to ICICI). For the existing loans its 9.85%.

• "The Accidental Prime Minister": the making and unmaking of Manmohan Singh - by Dr. Sanjaya Baru released  in April. This book is published by Penguin India.

• Baroda beat UP in "Mushtaq Ali T20" and won the title.

• Bank of India (BOI) loans of 200 Million dollar to Air India to finance the purchase of two B-787 dream-liner aircraft.

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