Daily Current Affairs Update of 31 March 2015 | General Knowledge
Daily Current Affairs Update of 31 March 2015
1.
Australia won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. In the final, Australia
defeated New Zealand by seven wickets at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG),
Australia. This was the Fifth Cricket World Cup win for Australian
cricket team. Mitchell Starc was chosen as the Player of Tournament.
2. For the first time since it
came into existence in 1950, the Basketball Federation of India got a
woman as its president when Poonam Mahajan was unanimously elected as
the head of this 65 year old federation — the governing and controlling
body of basketball in India. President of Maharashtra State Basketball
Association (MSBA), who is also the BJP national secretary and MP from
the Mumbai North-Central Lok Sabha constituency, Poonam was unanimously
elected as the new president of BFI for a four-year (2015-2019) term.
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3. Indian shuttlers, Saina
Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won the women’s and men's singles titles of
the 275000 dollar India Open Super Series badminton tournament. Saina
defeated former world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand with 21-16,
21-14. Later in the title clash of the men’s section, World Number Four
and second seed Srikanth defeated sixth seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark
with 18-21, 21-13, 21-12.
4. Australia cricket team
captain Michael Clarke announced his retirement from international
one-day cricket. Michael Clarke ended his one-day cricket career after
he made 74 runs against New Zealand in the final of one-day
international World Cup 2015 held in Australia.
5. Delhi’s Aditi Arya was
crowned FBB Femina Miss India World 2015 at the 52nd edition of the
beauty pageant at Yash Raj Studio. The first and second runners-up were
Aafreen Rachel Vaz and Vartika Singh respectively.
6. The Minister of Railways
Suresh Prabhu inaugurated Lumding-Silchar (Assam) broad gauge section by
flagging off a goods train via video conferencing at a function. This
is a landmark achievement by Indian Railways and important broad gauge
railway connectivity project. Lumding-Silchar section is Phase-1 of the
two phase broad gauge line project in this area. This Phase-I line
provides seamless BG connectivity to Barak Valley of Assam with the rest
of the country.
7. Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the IRNSS-1D navigation
satellite through its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle – the PSLV-C27.
This was the Fourth satellite under the Indian Regional Navigation
Satellite System (IRNSS) series. IRNSS-1D will provide navigation,
tracking and mapping service and will have a mission life of 10 years.
8. Rajasthan became the first
state in India to make minimum educational qualification an eligibility
for Panchayat elections by passing the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj
(Amendment) Bill, 2015. The said bill amended the Rajasthan Panchayat
Raj Act, 1994. The newly passed bill stipulates a minimum qualification
of Class X pass from a recognized board for contesting election for the
post of member of Zila Parishad or Panchayat Samiti while minimum
qualification of class VIII pass has been stipulated for the post of
Sarpanch (village head).
9. Sebastian Vettel (Germany)
won the Malaysian Grand Prix, the second F1 GP race of 2015 season.
Ferrari team’s Sebastian Vettel ended Mercedes’ long Formula One winning
streak by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix held at the Sepang
International Circuit. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) of Mercedes took second
place while his German teammate Nico Rosberg was third.
10. India has been ranked 37 out
of 102 countries in the Open Government Index, that measures the
government openness based on the general public's experiences and
perceptions. In the World Justice Project's (WJP) Open Government Index
2015 report, India was ranked at the 37th place, with an overall score
of 0.57, followed by its BRIC peer Brazil at the 38th place.
