Sania Mirza is ‘on top of the world’ after scaling no.1 peak in doubles
1. Sania Mirza, a become the first Indian women’s doubles player to become world no. 1.
2. Sania will take the top spot after she won the Family Circle Cup doubles title with partner Martina Hingis on Sunday. This was third title on the trot for the Indo-Swiss pair.
3. Sania took 470 points from the win to take her tally to 7965 as she jumped past Italy’s Sara Errani (7640) and Roberta Vinci (7640) to sit atop the ranking table.
KVGB inks pact with LIC on ‘PM Jeevan Jyoti’ scheme
1. Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), a regional rural financial institution headquartered in Dharwad, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Life Insurance Corporation of India underneath the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana’.
2. It goals at offering coverage cowl to all of the Aadhar-linked financial savings account holders of the financial institution within the age group of 18 to 50 years.
3. People who be a part of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana’ shall be eligible for all times coverage as much as Rs 2 lakh for a premium of Rs 330 every year.
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India & France Sign MOU to establish
Marine Biology Institution India
1. India
& France Sign an MOU to Establish a Marine Biology Institute, Under the MOU
India’s Department of Biotechnology would join hands with the Université
Pierre Et Marie Curie (UPMC) and the Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique (France’s National Centre for Scientific Research- CNRS) to set up
a the National Institute of Marine Biology and Biotechnology in India.
2. France
would contribute expertise in developing high standard marine stations for
collaborative research programmes, train manpower, facilitate setting up
efficient research infrastructure, facilities & technologies.
PM Narendra Modi gifted portray titled "Tree of Life" to French President Francois Hollande
1. A portray titled Tree of Life was gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to French President Francois Hollande in the course of his go to France from 9 April to 12 April 2015.
2. The portray displays classic societal respect for nature in India and tree as a divine present central to human life is a recurring factor in Indian inventive practice.
3. The Tree of Life, with a number of roots and branches like a banyan tree, is a motif for a tree’s benevolence, fruit, seeds, shelter, curative, procreation and regeneration schools that maintain life and clear the atmosphere.
NPCIL and France’s AREVA Sign
Pre-Engineering Agreement for Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project
1. NPCIL
and France’s AREVA Sign Pre-Engineering Agreement for Jaitapur Nuclear Power
Project, NPCIL a Power Energy Company comes Under Department of Atomic Energy.
2. Jaitapur
Nuclear Power Project for setting up of two EPR (Evolutional Pressurised
Reactor) rectors of 1650 MWe each to be set up in collaboration with France.
3. The
MOU is in accord with the “Make in India” campaign of the Government aimed at
enhancing indigenous technological and manufacturing capabilities of Indian
industries.
4. The EPR is
a third generation pressurized water reactor (PWR) design. It has been designed
and developed mainly by Framatome (nowAreva NP), Electricité de France (EDF) in
France, and Siemens AG in Germany.
India to spend Rs 1 lakh Crore on Bullet train
project
1. India
will have to spend approximately Rs 1 lakh crore for its first bullet train
corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
2. From
an earlier estimate of around Rs 62,000 crore, the concept note’s figures seem
to have jumped to Rs 70,000 crore at 2014 prices.
3. The
interim report estimates 40,000 people will use the corridor daily by 2023.
4. After
the commissioning of the works, it will take around eight years for the first
bullet train to hit the tracks.
1971 War Hero Lt General Hanut Singh Died
1. Lt
General (retd) Hanut Singh, the recipient of the Mahavir Chakra and hero of
1971 Indo-Pak struggle, died in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He was 82.
2. Singh,
who was noted as Sant General died, He
led the 17 Poona Horse regiment in the course of the 1971 conflict within
the Basantar battle, resulting in heavy losses on the Pakistan Army by
destroying a couple of Pakistani tanks.
3. He
was the cousin of former Union Minister Jaswant Singh and after his retirement
in 1991, he based Shivbala Yogi Ashram Parisar in Dehradun.
Modi Government’s Diktat to Governors : Don’t
leave States before 292 days
1. The
Centre has put restrictions on the travel of governors.
2. According
to Government order they have to stay in their respective states for at least 292
days in a year and not leave station until or unless approved by the
President.
3. The
fresh diktat from the Narendra Modi government came after it was noticed that
some of the governors used to stay outside their respective states for a
considerable amount of time.
4. Every
request of governors travel plan will also have to be marked to the Prime
Minister’s Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra and Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh.
Indian Stuudents can now extend stay
in France after completing studies
1. Indian
students in France can now extend their stay in this country beyond completion
of their studies as can French students in India.
2. This
is possible under an agreement signed between the two sides during the visit of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi which concluded on Sunday.
3. The
two sides agreed on the new scheme to allow Indian students in France and
French students in India to stay for a period of 24 months.
4. The
scheme offers Indian Visa for 12 months renewable once for a period of 12
months for 250 French students and a ‘second residence permit’ of 12 months for
the Indian students in France following the 12 months already granted.
India beat Korea in shoot-out, claims bronze
in Azlan Shah Cup
1. India
defeated South Korea 4-1 (6-3) on penalties to win the bronze medal in the 24th
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here on Sunday.
2. The
bronze-medal playoff match ended 2-2 after regulation time at the Azlan Shah
Stadium. Goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh was India’s hero effecting three saves in the
penalty shoot-out.
At 17, Indian-origin girl gets into all Ivy
League schools
1. At
just 17, an Indian-origin girl has earned admission to 14 top US universities,
including all eight Ivy League schools that are considered the most prestigious
varsities worldwide.
2. Virginia-born
Pooja Chandrashekar decided to apply to all eight colleges hoping to get into
just one of them.
3. But
now she has the choice to get into Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell,
Dartmouth, Columbia, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania besides six
other elite universities in the US, including Stanford and MIT.
4. Pooja,
got a SAT score of 2390 out of 2400, a 4.57 grade point average and aced all 13
of her Advanced Placement exams.
Hillary
Clinton to run for USA President Office in USA for 2016
1. Putting
to rest months of speculation and rumours, former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton on Sunday announced that she would be running for the office of U.S.
president in 2016.
BHEl Commissions 600 MW thermal unit in
Chhattisgarh
1. State-owned
power equipment-maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has
commissioned a second 600 MW thermal unit.
2. The
Thermal unit is in Chhattisgarh’s Janjgir Champa District for the Dainik
Bhaskar Power Limited.
3. This
is the second unit of this power project, commissioned by BHEL and the first
600 MW unit was commissioned in 2014.
4. As
per the Maharatna company, with a cumulative installed capacity of 11,400 MW,
its share of the total installed capacity in the state stands at 68 percent.
India to invest $6 billion more in Mozambique
gas block by 2019
1. State-run
ONGC Videsh Ltd., Oil India and Bharat Petroleum Corp have bought 30 percent
stake in this Mozambique gas block and will also participate in the LNG
project.
2. India
already invested the $6 billion in mozambique
3. Indian
oil companies are slated to invest another $6 billion in stages by 2019 in
Mozambique’s Rovuma Area 1 offshore block.
Essar Power Commissions 1st Unit of 120 MW
Paradip Power Plant
1. Essar
Power, one of India’s leading private sector power producers, announced
commissioning of the first unit of 30 MW project at its 120 MW captive power
plant at Paradip in Odisha.
2. In
the coming months, the balance 90 MW (3 X 30 MW) would be commissioned in
phases,
3. The
120 MW coal fired power plant will meet the power requirement of Essar Steel’s
12 million tonnes per annum integrated palletisation facility in Odisha.
Gujarat authorities launches
industrial tourism to showcase improvement
1. Gujarat authorities
are advertising a tour package deal masking main industrial installations which
have earned international approval for the state.
2. Some
of the main points of interest of this launched tour package deal comprise a go
to Tata Nano plant in Sanand, Pipavav port close Amreli, Alang ship breaking
yard in Bhavnagar and Amul Dairy in Anand.
3. The
package deal, known as Industrial Tour of Gujarat, has been provided by
metropolis-based mostly Akshar Travels Pvt Ltd, official companion of state-run
tourism company Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd (TCGL), which is
advertising the tour on its internet site.
New Zealand gained Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
guys’s hockey event by defeating Australia
1. New
Zealand gained the 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup guys’s hockey event.
2. In
the last conflict performed on the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia,
New Zealand defeated World Champions Australia 3-1.