DoNER Ministry wins Web Ratna Award
2014
1. The
Union Ministry for Development of North East Region (DoNER) headed by its
Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh, has received the Union Ministry of Information
Technology (IT) Award for outstanding Website content.
2. The
Award titled “Web Ratna Award 2014”
3. It
wins award under the category of outstanding content was conferred here in
recognition of the exemplary efforts made by the DoNER Ministry for promoting
e-governance initiatives.
4. The
website http://doner.gov.in created
by the Ministry of DoNER is meant to serve as a portal on Northeast
5. For
providing information about every sector pertaining to the region as well as
the current status of various projects related to tourism, flora fauna,
educational institutions, universities, media and communications
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NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft will crash
into Mercury in 2 weeks
1. After
more than four years of orbiting Mercury, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft will
crash into the solar system’s innermost planet in two weeks when it runs out of
propellant.
2. NASA’s
(MESSENGER) spacecraft was launched in 2004,
3. MESSENGER
stands for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging.
Maharashtra to start online monitoring of
industries, waste disposal
1. Maharashtra
environment department will soon start online monitoring of industries and
their hazardous waste disposal based on which it would take a decision on
renewing licences of such units.
2. It
will also ask the industries to ensure that hazardous waste substances in their
units are turned into non-hazardous material before being disposed.
3. The
department will also direct industries to recycle water in which waste material
is discharged and based on the response of industries, their licences will be
renewed.
The International Paralympic Committee
(IPC) has suspended the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)
1. The
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended the Paralympic Committee
of India (PCI) for an indefinite period
2. Problem
started when PCI came under the scanner for providing inadequate and poor
facilities during the National Para-Athletics Championships last month in
Ghaziabad.
3. IPC
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Xavier Gonzalez on April 15 wrote in a letter,
made public on Friday, to PCI president Rajesh Tomar saying that they are
suspending the NSF.
NCR Corp launches cloud-based ATM software
1. ATMs
and service provider NCR Corporation introduced a self-service banking channel,
Android operating system.
2. Kalpana
software is an enterprise and cloud-based software platform that moves ATM
software and operations to the cloud.
3. The
software has been designed to eliminate malware, to enable deployment of new
devices and ATM services and reduce operating costs up to 40 per cent.
4. “It is
more secure than traditional ATM software because all software updates are
originated and controlled at the server level,
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted
miniature portray titled Guru Nanak Dev to Canadian Prime Minister
1. The Prime Minister
Narendra Modi gifted a miniature portray titled Guru Nanak Dev to Canadian Prime
Minister, Stephen Harper. Modi was on an official go to Canada from
14 April to 16 April 2015.
2. The
miniature work composition that exhibits Guru Nanak Dev together with his two
disciples Bhai Mardana and
Bhai Bala, sitting beside him is painted within the classic Indian
miniature fashion.
3. The portray
is the work of Virendra Bannu, a Jaipur-based mostly artist, who’s the seventh
era artist in his household.
RBL Bank tees off India’s
first bank card for golf lovers
1. RBL Bank (previously Ratnakar Bank) has launched India’s
first golf-centric bank card.
2. The card — based mostly on the premium MasterCard World platform
— has been launched in affiliation with the Indian Golf Union (IGU).
3. Targeted at golf fanatics, the RBL IGU NHS Golf World card
immediately enrolls consumers to the National Handicap Service (NHS) of the IGU with the extra
advantage of incomes a money-again quantity comparable to the NHS yearly membership payment.
Vijender Gupta appointed Leader of
Opposition in Delhi Assembly
1. Bharatiya
Janata Party Rohini legislator Vijender Gupta was appointed the chief of
opposition within
the Delhi meeting.
Satya Nadella honoured with the White House
Champions of Change
1. Microsoft’s
Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella was honoured with the White House Champions of Change.
2. He is among
the 12 native Champions of Change who have been honoured for his or her
exemplary management.
3. Champions of
Change honour is given to those that aid working households and aid make change
of their
corporations or communities.
4. Satya
Nadella is the primary Indian-origin Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of
Microsoft. He was named as one of the
Champions of Change for his worker-pleasant initiative.
Ancient Indian sculpture Parrot Lady
introduced to PM Narendra Modi by Canadian PM
1. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
introduced historic Indian sculpture Parrot Lady to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi. He was introduced with the sculpture in the course
of his official go to
Canada.
2. Parrot Lady
is a life-sized, sandstone sculpture and is claimed to be round 900 yr
previous. The sculpture of a Naayika
or Heroine has a parrot on her again. It was carved for placement in a single
of the Khajuraho
temples that kind a UNESCO World Heritage Site within the Madhya Pradesh.