DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 19, 20 APRIL 2015
1. FIRST WOMAN BUS DRIVER OF
DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION:
. Vankadarath
Saritha becomes the first woman bus driver of Delhi transport Corporation (DTC).
. Vankadarath Saritha is a30 year old woman
driver hails from Nalgonda district in
Telangana.
. Vankadarath
Saritha had experience of being a bus driver in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and prior to this she was working as a Taxi
driver in Delhi.
2. ASHISH JAKHAR SETS NATIONAL YOUTH RECORD:
. Haryana’s Ashish Jakhar sets National
Youth Record in Boy’s Hammer throw.
. Ashish Jakhar won gold medal in the 12th National Youth Athletics
Championship held in Bambolin, Goa.
. Ashish
Jakhar’s throw of 72.04 meters broke
the previous national record of 70.35
meters made by Haryana’s Sukhdev Singh.
3. VIVEK PRIYADARSHI APPOINTED AS
HEAD OF THE TEAM PROBING IPL SCANDAL:
. Supreme Court of India has appointed Vivek
Priyadarshi as the head of the team probing ILP Scandal.
. Lodha
Committee headed by former Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha recommended SP
Vicek Priyadarshi’s name.
Note: Lodha committee is a 3 member panel which
consists of former CJI RM Lodha, Justice TS Thakur and Justice FMI
Khalifulla.
4. MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT CONSISTED A TASK FORCE:
. Maharashtra Government has constituted a task force on farm
development and poverty alleviation.
. 12 member task force will be headed by the additional Chief
Secretary (agriculture).
. The decision
of constituting a task force was made at the very first meeting of NITI Aayog.
5. SHAHRUKH KHAN AND ZAYN MALIK HONURED AT ASIAN
AWARDS:
. Shahrukh Khan and Zayn Malik are honoured at the 5th
Asian Awards.
. 5th
edition of the Asian Awards held in Grosvenor house hotel in London.
. Shahrukh Khan
received the award by Indian-origin British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha for his
prestigious outstanding contribution to Cinema.
. Zayn Malik is
an English Singer and song writer and is awarded for his contribution in Music.
Note: Zayn
Malik was a member of the boy band, ‘One Direction’.
