DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 14, 15 APRIL 2015
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INTENATIONAL NEWS
1. MIGRATION
AND DEVELOPMENT BRIEF RELEASED BY WORLD BANK:
. World
Bank bas released migration and
Development brief for the year 2014.
. Top 5 remittance recipient countries are India, China, Philippines, Mexico and
Nigeria.
. Top 5 migrant destination countries are United States, Saudi Arabia, Germany,
Russia and UAE.
Note: India is the highest recipient of
remittance.
2. SAUTH ASIA ECONOMIC FOCUS REPORT:
. World
Bank has released South Asia
Economic Focus Report.
. The report has projected the economic growth
of South Asia for the year 2016 and 2017.
. According to the report, economic growth
will increase from 7 % in the year 2015 to 7.6 % in the year 2017.
3. GERMAN
NOVELIST GUNTER GRASS DIED:
. Nobel
Laureate German
Novelist Gunter Grass died at the age of 87.
. Gunter Grass was honoured with Nobel prize in Literature
in the year 1999.
. Gunter Grass mainly focused on Nagi era, the horrors
of the war and the destruction and guilt that remained after defeat of Germany
in his writings.
4. OVER HUNDRED PEOPLE DIED IN
THAILAND:
. Over hundred people were killed in Songkran
festival in Thailand.
. It is reported that nearly 120 people were killed
and 1281 injured.
. Songkran
festival is a
traditional new year eve celebration of Thailand which is also known as Thailand
water festival.
NATIONAL
NEWS
5. UNION GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTED TASK
FORCE:
. Union Government has constituted Task Force
on Interlinking of rivers.
. Union Ministry of Water Resources, River development
and Ganga Rejuvenation constituted the task force.
. Ex- UPSC member and advisor to the Gujarat Chief
Minister, BN Navalawala will chair the task force.
6. ARUN
JATLEY INAUGURATED VIVIDH BHARTI SERVICE:
. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
inaugurated Vividh Bharti Service of Delhi on FM Mode.
. Arun Jaitley also holds the port folio of Information
and Broadcasting minister.
. The service will be available on 100.1 mega hertz
frequency.
7. BHEL
COMMISSIONED THEMAL UNIT AT DHOBRA:
. BHEL commissioned 600 MW thermal unit at
Dhobra in Chhattisgarh.
. This is the second unit of 2 x 600 MW power project
commissioned by BHEL while the first one was commissioned in 2014.
. BHEL is state owned power equipment founded in 1964
and got Maharatna Status in the year 2013.
. BHEL – Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
. CEO of BHEL – B Prasada Rao
SPORTS
NEWS
8. APURVI
CHANDELA WON BRONZE MEDAL:
. Apurvi
Chandela won bronze
medal in 10 m Air Rifle women event at ISSF.
. Croatia’s Pejcic Snjezana won Gold and
Maksimovic Ivana of Serbia won silver medal.
. ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation
. ISSF held in Changwon, South Korea
9. NEW
ZEALAND WON SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP:
. New
Zealand has won Sultan
Azlan Shah cup men’s hockey tournament.
. New Zealand defeated Australia in the final
of the Azlan Shah cup.
. This is New Zealand’s second title. Their first
title came in the year 2012 where they defeated Afghanistan in the
final clash.
