Daily Current Affairs Update of 22 March 2015 | General Knowledge
Daily Current Affairs Update of 22 March 2015 | General Knowledge
1.
Moving ahead to fulfill his budget promises, Railway Minister Suresh
Prabhu constituted ‘KayaKalp’ Council and appointed noted industrialist
Ratan Tata as its head. The purpose of the Council is to recommend
innovative methods and processes for the improvement, betterment and
transformation of railways.
2. France has been awarded the
hosting rights for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 and the FIFA U-20
Women’s World Cup 2018 ahead of Korea Republic, who was also in the
running.
3. The Chinese government has
appointed a new ambassador to North Korea, an important and sensitive
diplomatic post at the center of efforts to get the reclusive country to
end its nuclear weapons ambitions. Li Jinjun is replacing Liu Hongcai
in the position. Li is a former deputy head of the Communist Party's
International Department, which is deeply involved in contacts with
North Korea's ruling party.
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4. Indian shuttler Parupalli
Kashyap dropped a place to be positioned No.13 in the men's singles
rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Meanwhile,
his compatriots Kidambi Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy kept their places at
No.4 and No.17.
5. Indian Olympic Association
President N. Ramachandran has been appointed as a vice-chair of the
Association of National Olympic Committees' (ANOC) International
Relations Commission.
6. An Indian-American professor
is at the helm of a unique initiative launched by the prestigious New
York University (NYU) to bring college education to criminals imprisoned
at a correctional facility. Nikhil Pal Singh is the faculty director of
NYU's Prison Education Programme (PEP), which is backed by a USD
500,000 grant from the Ford Foundation and offers credit-bearing,
university courses that will enable students to earn an Associate of
Arts (AA) degree from the university.
7. Justice Uma Nath Singh was
sworn in as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court at the Raj Bhavan in
Shillong. Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi administered the oath of office
and secrecy to Justice Singh.
8. Nobel laureate Sir
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan was named as the President of Britain's
prestigious Royal Society, a communion of the many of the world's most
distinguished scientists. Ramakrishnan, who will take up the post on the
1 December 2015, will succeed geneticist Sir Paul Nurse, also a Nobel
Laureate. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (nicknamed as Venky), born in
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, is the first scientist of the Indian origin to
be elected for this post.
9. Mahendra Singh Dhoni added
another feather to his burgeoning cap after India demolished Bangladesh
by 109 runs to book a semifinal berth in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
Dhoni became the third Captain in the world to lead his country to 100
one-day international wins, joining Australians Ricky Ponting and Allan
Border in an elite league.
10. The former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has died at the age of 84, after a brief illness.
