India Army Launches Operation Maitri
1. As part of the Nation’s overall relief effort for Nepal, India Army has launched Operation Maitri.
2. Soon after the devastating earthquake, Gen Dalbir Singh, COAS, who besides himself being an officer of the Gurkha Rifles Regiment is also the Honorary Chief of the Nepalese Army, spoke to his counterpart, General SJB Rana, Chief of the Nepalese Army.
3. Gen Dalbir Singh immediately detailed two senior officers to proceed to Kathmandu and coordinate IA’s relief efforts in synergy and hand in hand with Nepalese Army.
4. They are presently carrying out reconnaissance of affected areas and road conditions.
Delhi Government to launch Labour Development Mission on May 1
1. Delhi government will launch ‘Labour Development Mission’ on May 1, aimed at ensuring payment of notified minimum rates of wages to all contractual workers in the national capital.
2. To ensure payment of notified minimum wages to workers and bring transparency in the system, the employers were also directed to pay wages to workers by ECS/Cheque.
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Bank of Baroda ties up with UAE Exchange
for instant money transfer
1. Bank
of Baroda (BoB) has partnered with UAE Exchange to offer Non-resident Indian
(NRI) customers an instant cash transfer facility.
2. This
agreement will facilitate customers can send money within minutes to their
desired bank accounts in BoB in India.
3. This
facility is also supported by SMS alert, which will notify the moment the
amount is credited in the bank account of desired customer.
4. UAE
Exchange is a global remittance and foreign exchange (FOREX) company.
Paula to receive London Marathon
Lifetime Achievement Award
1. World
record holder Paula Radcliffe will receive the inaugural John Disley London
Marathon Lifetime Achievement Award after she completes the 2015 London
Marathon.
2. The
three-time winner will run what is expected to be her final competitive race at
the 35th London Marathon.
Assam awarded as Best e-Panchayat state
1. Assam
has been awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state.
2. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has given the award to state Rural Development minister
in New Delhi.
Italy celebrates 70th anniversary of
anti-Nazi uprising
1. Italy
is celebrating the 70th anniversary of a partisan uprising against the Nazis
and their Fascist allies at the end of World War II.
2. The
anniversary marks the day in 1945 when the Italian resistance movement
proclaimed an insurgency as the Allies were pushing German forces out of the
peninsula.
Gopinath Pillai awarded ‘Outstanding
Service Award’ for his services in Singapore
1. Indian-origin
diplomat Gopinath Pillai was awarded ‘Outstanding Service Award’ for his
services by the National University of Singapore (NUS).
2. Current
he is serving as Ambassador-at-Large of Singapore and special envoy to Andhra
Pradesh.
Actor Anil Kapoor conferred with Master
Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015
1. Bollywood
actor Anil Kapoor conferred with prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award
2015.
2. He
was presented the award by noted historian and writer Babasaheb Purandare.
3. Apart
from Anil Kapoor, veteran Marathi actor Dilip Prabhavalkar was also bestowed
with the prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015.
50th Jnanpith Award conferred on Marathi
litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade
1. 50th
Jnanpith Award was conferred on eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade
on 25 April 2015.
2. He
was presented award comprising of 11 lakh rupees and a citation plaque and a
bronze replica of Saraswati by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a function in
Parliament House Complex in New Delhi.
3. His
novel, Kosala, written in 1963 is considered as a path breaking in Marathi
literature.