DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 3 MAY 2016
(Daily News India)
1. WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATED ON 3RD MAY
i. The World Press Freedom Day observed on 3rd May.
ii. The theme of the day is Access to Information and Fundamental
Freedoms - This Is Your Right.
iii. The main aim of day is to draw focus on the freedom of
information and ensuring safety for journalists.
2. INDIAN RAILWAYS INKS MOU WITH HARYANA AND PUNJAB TO PLANT
TREES ALONGSIDE RAILWAY TRACK
i. The Union Ministry of Railways and Forest Department of Haryana
& Punjab have inked Memorandum of Understanding for plantation of trees
alongside Railway Track on Railway Land Boundary.
ii. Around 5 lakh trees will planted along Railway Track on Railway
Land Boundary prior to Monsoon Season.
iii. The MOU is signed with an aim to contribute substantially
towards the Green India Mission.
3. ADMM PLUS EXERCISE ON MARITIME SECURITY AND COUNTER TERRORISM
BEGINS IN BRUNEI
i. ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus Exercise on Maritime
Security and Counter Terrorism has
started in Brunei.
ii. The exercise seeks to strengthen the strong bilateral ties and
extensive maritime interactions between India and ASEAN countries.
iii. ADMM Plus Ex MS & CT is a multinational naval exercise
aims at enhancing mutual understanding related to maritime security issues and counter-terrorism
operations at sea.
4. GOOGLE ACQUIRES START-UP BY INDIAN-ORIGIN BUSINESSMAN
i. Google has acquired a business technology start-up 'Synergyse'
founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur as part of its plans to scale training
offerings for Google Apps to its customers and customers' users.
ii. The Synergyse is founded by Varun Malhotra in the year 2013.
iii. It aims to teach users how to use Google Apps.
5. BHEL COMMISSIONS 600 MW THERMAL POWER PLANT IN MP
i. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
has announced the commissioning of a 600 MW coal-based thermal power
plant in Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The project has been developed by Jhabua Power Ltd
iii. This is the second project of commissioned by BHEL after the
600 MW Avantha Bhandar TPP at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.
6. KISHORE BIYANI APPOINTED MD OF BHARTI RETAIL
i. Kishore Biyani has been appointed managing director of Bharti
Retail .
ii. Rakesh Biyani, who is also a director at Future Group, has
also been appointed as Joint Managing Director of Bharti Retail.
7. SACHIN TENDULKAR TO BE INDIA'S GOODWILL AMBASSADOR AT RIO
OLYMPICS
i. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has appointed as India's
Olympic goodwill ambassador.
ii. Now three persons are appointed as goodwill ambassador are
Sachin Tendulkar, actor Salman Khan and Shooter Abhinav Bindra.
8. VIRAT KOHLI NOMINATED FOR KHEL RATNA AND AJINKYA RAHANE FOR
ARJUNA AWARD
i. BCCI has nominated Indian Test captain Virat Kohli for the
prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Ajinkya Rahane for Arjuna Award.
ii. Sports persons nominated for the Khel Ratna Award are
shooter Jitu Rai, squash star Dipika Pallikal, athlete Tintu Luka and
ace golfer Anirban Lahiri.
iii. For Arjuna Awards Athletes Lalita Babar and OP Jaisha,
shooters PN Prakash and Apurvi Chandela, and archer Laxmirani Majhi have been
nominated.
