Daily Current Affairs Update of 30 March 2015 | General Knowledge
Daily Current Affairs Update of 30 March 2015
1.
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has been conferred with
India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna by the President of
India Pranab Mukherjee at his residence. Vajpayee was the first
non-Congress leader to serve India for a full five year term from 1999
to 2004.
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi have been named among the 50
greatest leaders in the world by Fortune magazine in its annual list of
"extraordinary" men and women transforming business, government and
philanthropy. Modi is ranked 5th on the 2015 roster of 'World's Greatest
Leaders' with Satyarthi coming in at the 28th spot. The list has been
topped by Apple CEO Tim Cook.
3. Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) was selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014.
ISRO was selected for its contribution to the country’s development
through space technology and satellite-based services. The Gandhi Peace
Prize for social, economic and political transformation through
non-violence was instituted in 1995. The prize comprises of Rs. 1 crore
and a citation.
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4. Delhi became the first state
in India to launch E-ration card service. Delhi government has launched
First E-ration card service in India. It was launched Delhi Chief
Minister Arvind Kejriwal. In this service, E-ration card will be linked
with Aadhaar cards in order to curb corruption and increase
transparency in the system.
5. NRI industrialists G.P.
Hinduja and S.P. Hinduja emerged as the richest Asian-origin
entrepreneurs in Britain for the third consecutive year with an
estimated personal fortune of 15.5 billion pounds. The India-born
brothers topped the 'Asian Rich List 2015' and the annual rankings
showed that they had added 2 billion pounds to their personal fortune in
a year to be worth an estimated 15.5 billion pounds.
6. Usha International Limited
won the Gold award in the Last Mile Distribution Initiative of the year
category at the 6th Annual Flame Awards 2015. The awards were hosted by
the Rural Marketing Association of India. It was awarded in recognition
of its rural marketing initiative to extend their footprint into small
towns and villages.
7. Union Ministry of Railways
has constituted a Committee to review the existing Public Private
Partnership (PPP) Cell in the Railway Board with former IAS officer Ajay
Shankar as its head. The Committee will recommend measures needed to
make the PPP Cell more customer friendly, effective and result oriented.
The Infrastructure Directorate of Railway Board will be the Nodal
Directorate for functioning of the Committee. While the Executive
Director/Traffic (PPP) Railway Board will be the Secretary to the
Committee.
8. The Union Ministry of
Finance sanctioned 250 crore rupees to Andhra Pradesh to set up Special
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the implementation of the Polavaram Multi
Purpose Irrigation Project. This amount is in addition to 100 crore
rupees allotted for the project in the 2015-16 Union Budget.
9. Diplomat Vikas Swarup was
appointed as an official spokesperson of the Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA). Swarup a 1986 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer
is also author of bestseller debut novel Q&A, on which the
Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire was based.
10. Former Mizoram Chief Minister Brig Thenphunga Sailo passed away. He was 90 years old.
