TNPSC Current Affairs March 2015
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Appoinments
- Jagmohan Dalmia - elected as the new BCCI (Board of control for Cricket in India) President.
- Vikas Swarup - appointed as the new MEA Spokesperson.
- Important Days
- March 8th - International Women's Day
- March 12th - World Kidney Day
- March 21st - World Forest Day
- Awards:
- Avvaiyar Award 2015
- Santhi Ranganathan was given the Avvaiyar award for the year 2015.
- Bharat Ratna
- Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was given the Bharat ratna award.
- Madhan Mohab Malviya - posthumously awarded the Bharat ratna.
- Ghandhi Peace prize 2014
- ISRO (Indian Space research Organisation) was selected for the Gandhi peace prize 2014 award.
- Kutram Kadidhal
- Tamil film which won the national award for the best regional film of 2014.
- India's Daughter
- It is a documentary film directed by Leslee Udwin.
- It is based on the 2012 Delhi Gang rape and some more incidents.
- The broadcast of this documentary was banned in India by the Indian Government.
- Syeda Salya Fatima
- She is the only Muslim women in India to hold a commercial Pilot's Licence.
- She is from Hyderabad city.
- Mahatma Gandhi's Statue in London
- Mahatma Gandhi's Statue was unveiled at Parliament square in London by Finance minister Arun Jaitley.
- The Statue was made of bronze and 9 feet in height.
- Hindustan Shipyard Limited is located in Visakhapatnam.
- The finial of the Humayun's tomb (in New Delhi) which was struck by the storm (May 2014) was replaced by a new one.
- Jeevan Dhara
- The Rajasthan Government opened the first state run Mother's milk bank in India.
- Sokra Misawa Festival
- The Tiwa tribes of Assam celebrates the Sokra Misawa festival marking the welcoming of the Spring.
Polity
- Mufti Muhammad Sayeed sworn in as the New CM of Jammu and Kashmir
- Belongs to the PDP Party
- Haryana Assembly passed the Haryaba Gauvanish Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill which prohibits the slaughter of cow.
- Garg Commission
- The Garg commission under the head of Justice T P Garg submitted the report on Sikhs massacre at Hondh Chillar Village in Rewari district of Haryana in 1984.
- It recommended an additional payment of 20 Lakh to the relatives of the victims.
- Rajasthan fixed minimum educational qualification for the panchayat elections
- Rajasthan assembly recently passed the Rajasthan Panchayat Raj Amendment Bill 2015 which provides the below minimum educational qualifications.
- A pass in 8th Std for contesting for the post of Sarpanch, with an exception to the tribal areas for which it is a pass in 5th Std
- A pass in 10th std for Zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections.
- Through the above bill, Rajasthan state became the first state in India to fix a minimum educational qualification for contesting in local panchayat elections.
- Salvador do mundo, a village panchayat in Goa passed a resolution to ban kissing in public.
- Rajasthan Assembly passed the Rajasthan Camel Bill 2015, which prohibits slaughter of camel.
- Slaughter of camel becomes a punishable offence with a jail term of 5 years punishment
Economy
- Budget 2015-2016 Highlights
- AIIMS institute to be set up in States: Jammu Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal pradesh, Bihar and Assam.
- IIT to be set up in Karnataka.
- IIM to be set up in Jammu Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh
- MUDRA bank to micro financing First generation SC/ST Entrepreneurs.
- Service Tax Increased to 14% from current 12.36%
- Wealth Tax abolished.
- IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde visited India.
- Tamil Nadu has planned to host the Global investor meet in May 2015 in Chennai.
Environment and Health
- Earth Hour
- The Earth hour initiative was started in the year 2007.
- The main aim was to create awareness about global climate change.
- Every year it is observed on March 28th.
- On that day all the lights will be switched off from 8.30 PM to 9.30 PM.
- Sania Mirza was selected as the Brand ambassador for the World wide Fund for the Earth hour Initiative.
- Cyclone Pam
- Attacked the island nation Vanuatu which is located in the south pacific region.
- Bandipur Tiger reserve (Karnataka)
- It is located in Karnataka
- Recently the forest department started using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Bandipur tiger reserve to monitor the forest area.
- UAV helps to monitor the unauthorized entry and detect the forest fires.
- Mission Indradhanush
- an immunization program launched by the union government.
- Aims to immunize all children against 7 vaccine preventable diseases which includes
- Diphtheria
- Polio
- TB
- Pertussis
- Tetanus
- Hepatitis B
- Measles
Science and Tech
- Solar Impulse 2
- SI2 is the world's first solar powered airplane to undertake a journey around the earth.
- Solar impulse 2 is a Swiss made aircraft.
- Began its journey from Abudhabi.
- Recently it landed at Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) as it's second stopping and the first being at Muskat in Oman.
- The third stopping will also be in India at Varanasi.
- IRNSS 1 - D
- The fourth series of the Indian regional Navigational sattelite system IRNSS 1-D is scheduled to be launched on 28th March 2015 through the PSLV C-27 launch Vechile
- It will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota).
- Periscope App
- Periscope is a video streaming app launched by Twitter.
Sports
- Dubai Open Tennis 2015
- Rojer Federar won the Dubai Open Tennis Title beating Novak Djokovic in the Final.
- Swiss Grand Prix Gold Championship (Badminton)
- K Srikanth (India) won the title by beating Victor Axelson in the final match
- Saina nehwal (Indian badminton player) moved to the world's number one spot after reaching the final game in Indian open.
- Indian Wells open / BNP Paripas Open 2015 Winners list
- Men's singles - Novac Djokovik (Serbia)
- Men's Doubles - Vasek Pospisil (Canada) & Jack Sock (US)
- Women's Singles - Simona Halop (Romania)
- Women's Doubles - Sania Mirza (India) & Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
World
- Former Maldives president Mohammad Nasheed was sentenced 13 years for ordering an arrest to a judge during his term.
- Largest Arms Exporter 2010-2014
- USA
- Russia
- China
- Germany
- France
- David Pearce - Winner of the UK's New 1 Pound (₤) coin Design
- David pearce was a 15 year old school boy who won the coin design competition conducted by the Royal Mint of Britain.
- German Airwings Airbus A320
- German Airwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French alps region during it journey for the Barcelona(In France) to Duesseldorf(In Germany).
- All the 150 were found dead.
- Lee Kuan Yew
- Lee Kuan yew the first Prime Minister of Singapore died.
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