World Heritage Day 2015 observed globally
(i) World Heritage Day was observed across the world on 18 April 2015. The day is observed with an aim to create awareness among the people to conserve and protect the valuable assets and cultural heritage across the world.
(ii) The day marks the necessity of protecting the historical monuments and sites located in every part of the world by making collective efforts at international level.
(iii) The first world Heritage Day was celebrated on 18 April 1982 by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in Tunisia and was approved in 1983 by UNESCO.
(iv) The 2015 World Heritage Day also marked 50th anniversary of ICOMOS.
Vankadarath Saritha joined as first woman bus driver of the DTC
(i) She is a 30-year-old driver from Nalgonda in Telangana. She has been posted in day-time duty at the Sarojini Nagar depot and will start working officially from 20 April 2015.
(ii) Saritha started her career as an autorickshaw driver and has worked as a bus driver earlier in Hyderabad too.
(iii) Before getting selected for the DTC, she was working as a taxi driver in Delhi. The recruitment of Saritha into DTC will lessen the gap of gender inequality.
Supreme Court appointed Vivek Priyadarshi to lead the probe on IPL scandal
(i) The Supreme Court of India (SC) on 17 April 2015 appointed Vivek Priyadarshi to head the team probing the Indian Premiere League (IPL) scandal.
(ii) The decision was taken by a SC bench headed by Justice TS Thakur.
(iii) At present he is working as a Superintendent of Police (SP) in Central Bureau of India’s (CBI) anti corruption unit.
(iv) He succeeds BB Mishra as the head of the probing team who was retired on 31 March 2015.
PM Narendra Modi concluded his three-nation visit to France, Germany and Canada
(i) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 April 2015 returned to India after his three-nation visit to France, Germany and Canada.
(ii) During his nine-day visit, which took place from 9 April to 17 April 2015, he met leaders of the three nations namely French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
(iii) The visit concluded with some major agreements which would boost Modi’s vision of Clean India, Make in India and others.
TERI, FNI, INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE signed MOU to further Climate & Development Agenda
(i) TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) on 16 April 2015 signed an agreement with two global research institutes, namely Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) and INTASAVE-CARIBSAVE Group.
(ii) The agreement was signed for exchange of knowledge and cooperation on issues related to climate change.
(iii) As part of MoU, the three institutes will work together to promote research and development, including policy analysis in the areas of green growth, climate change, sustainable energy, natural resource management, capacity building and knowledge exchange.
(iv) The nine areas of mutual interest identified by these three organisations were:
• Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
• Green Growth and Resource Efficiency
• Environment and Development
• Low Carbon Strategies
• Institutions and Governance
• International Cooperation
• South-South Knowledge Exchange
• Capacity Building
• National, Regional and Global Policy Advocacy
World Hemophilia Day 2015 observed globally with theme Building a family of support
(i) World Haemophilia Day was observed globally on 17 April 2015 with theme Building a family of support.
(ii) The day provides an opportunity to talk to your extended family and friends, colleagues, and caregivers to raise awareness and increase support for those living with an inherited bleeding disorder.
(iii) Hemophilia day was established in 1989 with the support of the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH).
(iv) The date of 17 April was chosen to honor Frank Schnabel the founder of WFH, whose birthday falls on the same date.
Coal India badminton tournament
(i) Men: Singles: Final: R.M.V. Gurusaidutt (Pet) bt B. Sai Praneeth (Pet) 18-21, 21-17, 21-16. Semifinals: Gurusaidutt bt Anand Pawar (AI) 21-9, 16-21, 21-12; Sai Praneeth bt Ketan Chahal (Har) 17-21, 21-11, 21-10.
(ii) Doubles: Final: Rupesh Kumar (Pet) & Sanave Thomas (Ker) bt Arun George (Ker) & Nanda Gopal (AAI) 21-19, 13-21, 21-12.
(iii) Women: Singles: Final: Neha Pandit (Mah) bt Reshma Karthik (AI) 21-17, 21-19. Semifinals: Neha bt Shriyanshi Pardeshi (AI) 21-16, 21-13; Reshma bt Shikha Gautam (Kar) 21-18, 21-19.
(iv) Doubles: Final: J. Meghana & K. Maneesha (Tel) bt Dhanya Nair (Rly) & Mohita Sahdev (AAI) 21-9, 21-11.
(v) Mixed doubles: Final: Sanyam Shukla (AI) & K. Maneesha (Tel) bt Shlok Ramachandran (AI) & J. Meghana (Tel) 19-21, 21-16, 21-17.
Indian women suffer defeat to Kiwis in Hawke’s Bay Cup
(i) Indian women’s hockey team lost 1-4 to hosts New Zealand to crash out in tyhe quarterfinals of the Hawke’s Bay Cup in Hastings on Thursday.
(ii) It was India who drew the first blood by successfully converting their first penalty corner through skipper Ritu Rani as early as in the sixth minute of the game.
(iii) But India’s lead was short-lived as New Zealand equalised in the next minute when Petrea Webster converted their first penalty corner.
(iv) The hosts had another penalty corner soon but failed to utilise the opportunity as Indian defence did well to avert the danger.
(v) India played attacking hockey in the second quarter and managed to give a few jittery moments to their opponents but goals eluded them.
LIC buys Rs 300 crore Infosys shares in Q4
(i) State-owned life insurer LIC has shored up its stake in Infosys to 4.81 per cent, purchasing shares worth over Rs 300 crore in the January-March quarter.
(ii) This is the fourth consecutive quarter of share purchase by LIC in the software services firm.
(iii) LIC held 4.69 per cent stake in Infosys during the October-December quarter and increased that to 4.81 per cent as of March 31, 2015, as per latest data available with the stock exchanges.
(iv) Taking into account the current market value of Infosys shares, the 0.12 percentage point hike in LIC’s holding in the company would be worth about Rs 317 crore. Infosys shares closed at Rs 2,182 on Friday.
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