DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 24 FEBRUARY 2015
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1. ANNA HAZARE
TO PROTEST AGAINST LAND ACQUISITION BILL:-
Ø Anna Hazare
along with other leaders such as Medha Patkar, launched his protest at Jantar
Mantar against the ordinance on Land Acquisition Bill.
Ø The vital
Land Acquisition Bill is claimed by many as ‘ Anti-Farmers” as the new government has changed it a lot.
Note :- About Land Acquisition
in India:-
Land Acquisition in India is currently
governed by, “The Rights of Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and resettlement Act, 2013 “, which came into effect from Ist
January 2014. Prior to this, Land Acquisition in India was
governed by Land Acquisition Act of 1894.
2. IBA
PERSUADED BANKS TO CALL OFF THEIR STRIKE:-
Ø Indian Banks
Association have managed to convince Banks to call off their strike.
Ø IBA has agreed
to 15 % wage hike effective from November, 2012.
Ø IBA has also
agreed for two Saturdays off from work every month.
Ø Two
Saturdays off will be 2nd and 4th Saturday of month.
Note:- T.M. Bhasin is the chairman of IBA.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q-1 Who is the chairman of IBA?
Ø T.M.Bhasin
Ø Arundhati
Bhatacharya
Ø Upendra
Sinha
Ø Raghuram
Rajan
“INTERNATIONAL “
3. INTERNATIONAL
MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY :-
Ø International
Mother Language Day was celebrated on 21st February.
Ø International
Mother Language Day is honoured on 21st February every year since
the year 2000, as announced by UNESCO in 1999.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q-1 When is
the International Mother Language Day observed ?
Ø 22 April
Ø 21 February
Ø 17 December
Ø 18 October
4.
87th
ACADEMY AWARDS 2015:
Ø 87th Academy
Awards were organised at Los Angeles.
Ø The Official
Title Academy Awards was rebranded as the OSCARS in the year 2013.
Ø Various
important awards are:-
a. Best foreign
Language Film ----- Ida (Polish Movie)
b. Best
Documentry Feature------ Citizen four
c. Best
Director----- Alefandro Ganzalez Inarrite for Birdman.
d. Best Actor-----
Eddie Redmayne for “ THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING”
e. Best Actress----
Julianne Moore for “Still Alice”
f.
Best Picture---- Birdman
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q-1 Which
movie won the Best Foreign Language Film ?
a. Birdman
b. The Theory
of Everything
c. Citizen four
d. Ida
Q.2 OSCARDS
2015 HELD AT WHICH STATE:
a.
London
b. Phiadelphia
c. New York
d. Los angeles
SPORTS
5) ANIL KUMBLE IN ICC HALL OF FAME:
Ø Anil Kumble
is inducted in ICC Hall of Fame at the Melbourne Cricket Council.
Ø Anil Kumble
is the fourth Indian player to be included in the elite group after, Sunil
Gawaskar, Kapil Dev and Bishan Bedi.
Ø Along with
Anil Kumble, Australian Legend Bety Wilson is also inducted into the ICC Hall
of Fame
Ø ICC-
International Cricket Council.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM
THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS
Q. 1 Which of the following players is not
inducted in Hall of Fame
a. Sachin
Tendulkar
b. Anil
Kumble
c. Kapil Dev
d. Bishan
Bedi
