DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14 APRIL 2016
(Daily News India)
1. MAHARASHTRA
BECOMES FIRST STATE TO PASS LAW AGAINST SOCIAL BOYCOTT
i. The Maharashtra legislature has
passed the Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention,
Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2016.
ii. The bill is passed to end the
menace social boycott practiced by extra-judicial institutions like caste and
community panchayats.
iii. Maharashtra became first state in
the country to adopt a law to end a parallel justice delivery system in the
name of age old traditions, caste and religion.
2. PRESIDENT PRESENTS
PADMA AWARDS TO 56 EMINENT PERSONALITIES
i. President Pranab Mukherjee has
presented the Padma awards to the 56 eminent personalities from various fields
in a at Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi.
ii. The name of the persons honoured
with awards are:
Padma Vibhushan-
a.
Superstar
Rajnikant,
b.
classical
singer Dr Girija Devi
c.
journalist Ramoji Rao
Padma Bhushan awards to:
a.
Singer Udit
Narayan
b.
Tennis player
Sania Mirza
Padmashree
awards given to:
a.
Actor
Priyanka Chopra,
b.
writer
Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah
3. PM TO INAUGURATE
3RD ASIA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON TIGER CONSERVATION
i. The three day 3rd Asia Ministerial
Conference on the Tiger Conservation is inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in New Delhi on 12th April.
ii. To attend this conference more than
700 tiger experts, managers, scientists, donors and other stakeholders are
gathering to discuss issues related to tiger conservation.
iii. The event is organised to promote Tiger
population as it has declined to very low level.
4. INDIA TO ATTEND
OECD MEET IN PARIS REGARDING PANAMA PAPERS
i. India will take part in a special
meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris.
ii. The meet is going to be held to
firm up cooperation between countries in the wake of the 'Panama Papers' leak.
iii. The government had also set up a
Multi-Agency Group to investigate the Indian names and entities holding
offshore assets in the tax haven as reported in the leaks.
iv. Panama Papers are a leaked set of
11.5 million confidential documents that provide detailed information about
more than 214,000 offshore companies listed by the Panamanian corporate service
provider Mossack Fonseca.
v. The documents show how wealthy individuals,
including public officials, hid their assets from public scrutiny
5. SHAN-E-PUNJAB EXPRESS BECOMES INDIA'S FIRST
TRAIN FITTED WITH CCTV CAMERAS
i. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhakar
Prabhu inaugurated the fitment of CCTV in Train Shan-e-Punjab Express through
video-conferencing from Rail Bhawan premises, New Delhi.
ii. CCTV surveillance cameras in the
Shaan-e-Punjab Express is one more step towards improving security in Indian
trains.
iii. The CCTV system on the
Shaan-e-Punjab Express includes 4 to 6 cameras per coach strategically located
so that the entire area can be covered.
iv. The system will facilitate facial
recognition of the target person by giving high resolution images.
6. LAVA INTERNATIONAL
ANNOUNCES MS DHONI AS ITS BRAND AMBASSADOR
i. Noida based handset manufacturer
Lava International has announced Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as
it's new brand ambassador.
ii. The present plant of the company in
Noida is aligning itself with the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’
initiative.
7. VARANASI KATHAK
DANCER BREAKS WORLD RECORD
i. Kathak dancer from Varanasi has
broken the world record of longest dance performance by continuously dancing
for 123 hours and 30 minutes.
ii. She broke the previous record of
Hemlata Kundalu, who performed Mohiniattam for 123 hours and 20 mins.
8. VIRAT KOHLI NAMED
AS BRAND AMBASSADOR OF PREMIER FUTSAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
i. Premier Futsal is the newer and
shorter five a side variant of soccer appointed Virat Kohli as its brand
ambassador.
ii. This is the world's first
multinational Futsal league which is all set to take place across eight Indian
cities from July 15.
iii. The league is governed by the
Futsal Association of India with accreditation from the international governing
body.
iv. Around 50 international futsalers,
from 4 continents and 21 countries are expected to participate in the game.
9. INDIAN TEAMS
GRABBED ASIAN KHO KHO CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
i. India's men's and women's teams have
won championship titles at the third Asian Kho-Kho championship organised in
Indore.
ii. Both men and women teams defeated
Bangladesh team in finals.
iii. Sarika Kale won the women’s
match-winner title and Aniket Pote won the men’stitle.
Asian Kho Kho Association secretary: Qazi
Rau-uddin Ahmed Choupal
10. SERENA WILLIAMS
MAINTAINS TOPPED IN WTA RANKINGS
i. American tennis star Serena Williams
topped it thee women's rankings followed by Polish Agnieszka Radwanska.
ii. In the women's doubles India's
Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis topped the list.
