DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 26-27 APRIL 2015
1. WORLD
MALARIA DAY OBSERVED ON 25TH APRIL:
i. World Malaria Day was observed
globally on 25th April, 2015.
ii. World Malaria Day 2015 was observed with
the theme, “Invest in the future, defeat Malaria”.
iii. World Malaria Day was instituted by
World Health Organization (WHO) and is among the eight official global public
Health Campaigns marked by WHO.
Note: 8 Global
Public Health Campaigns marked by WHO are:
a.
World Health Day
b.
World Blood Donor Day
c.
World Immunization Week
d.
World Tuberculosis Day
e.
World No Tobacco Day
f.
World Aids Day
g.
World Hepatitis Day
h.
World Malaria Day
2. INDIA’S HEALTH CARE PORTAL INAUGURATED:
i. PM Narendra
Modi inaugurated India’s Health Care Portal.
ii. India’s Healthcare portal was inaugurated
at the SAARC trade mart in the global exhibition on services.
iii. The Healthcare portal can be seen at www.indiahealthcaretourism.com
3. RUSSIA AND ARGENTINA SIGNED
CO-OPERTION AGREEMENTS:
i. Russia and
Argentina have singed
co-operation agreements on economic and energy co-operation.
ii. Argentine
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed the agreement with his counterpart
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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4. INDIA DELIEVERS 3 HELICOPTERS TO
AFGHANISTAN:
i. India has
delivered 3 Cheetal Helicopters to Afghanistan.
ii. The news
that India has delivered 3 unarmed helicopters to Afghanistan was confirmed by
the Minister of State for Defense Rao Inderjit Singh.
iii. India
will also provide training to Afghan pilots
to use these helicopters.
5. EARTHQUAKE STRUCKED IN INDIA AND NEPAL:
i. An Earthquake of Magnitude 7.9 was
strucked in Nepal and North India.
ii. The Epicenter of the Earthquake
was in Nepal which experienced the major destruction claiming almost
2000 lives.
iii. The tremors of the Quake were felt in Bihar,
Jharkhand, U.P. Rajasthan, M.P., West Bengal, Haryana, Assam and Punjab.
Note: (a)This
earthquake was the worst in Himalayan Nation in over 80 years.
(b)
Bihar Government has announced Rs. 4 lakh compensation amount for
any life lost due to this earthquake.
