TNPSC Current Affairs March 2015

TNPSC Current Affairs March 2015

• Pesalam Vaanga
• Pesalam Vaanga is a campaign launched by Kolathur MLA M K Stalin to address the grievances of the people.
• Important Persons in News
• Malli Mastan Babu
• He was an Indian Mountaineer, found dead in the Andes mountain ranges in South America during his climbing mission.
• Nagore Hanifa: Singer died recently (97 year old)
• Jayakanthan
• Tamil Novelist died recently (81 year old)
• Ponniyin Selvan
• It is a historical fiction written by Kalki Krishnamurthy.
• 32 hr animated movie was made based on this fiction.
• Kerala - KSRTC
• KSRTC -Kerala State Road Transport Corporation has planned to launch the accident insurance scheme for its passengers.

Polity

• Important Appointments
• Nasim Zaidi: to be appointed as the Chief Election commissioner of India after the end of the tenure of H.S Brahma.

Economics

• The interest rate in Selvamagal Semippu Thittam Scheme was increased from 9.1% to 9.2% which came to effect from April 1st 2015.
• RBI's 80th Anniversary
• The Reserve bank of India celebrated the 80th anniversary year which was started on 1st April 1935. 
• Green Bond
• Green bond is like the normal bond with a difference that in these Green bond the capital amount is raised to fund the green projects like renewable projects, etc..,
• Recently the Yes Bank and Exim Bank issued these Green bond.
• The first one to issue in India is the Yes Bank in rupee denomination.
• Exim bank became the first to issue India's first green bond in dollar denomination.
• MUDRA Bank
• MUDRA  - Micro Units Development & Refinancing Agency Ltd
• MUDRA bank a subsidiary of SIDBI, was lanched by PM Nadenra Modi to finance the micro enterprises.
• Social Progress Index
• Social progress index is released by the Non profit organisation 'Social Progress imperative'
• India 
• Ranks 101th in Social progress Index
• Ranks 93rd in GDP Per Capita
• Ranks 128th in Tolerance and inclusion
• Ranks 120th in health and wellness
• Norway ranks 1st in SPI.
• Flipkart has partnered with the Mumbai's Dabbawalas to deliver its goods.

Environment and Health

• Typhoon Maysak
• Typhoon Maysak attacked islands in Micronesia in pacific ocean region and have the possibility of hitting Philippines.
• Top Solid wastes Producers in India
• Maharashtra state tops the list by producing 26,820 tonnes of solid wastes per day
• Uttarpradesh is in the second position.
• Silicosis
• It is an incurable respiratory disease which is caused by the inhaling of the silica dust mostly in the mining regions.
• The Rajasthan State Human Rights commission recently recommend the state government to set up an independent agency to conduct research occupational diseases.
• Telangana Crab Spider
• A new variety of spider was discovered in Telangana and was name Telangana Crab Spider.
• It looks like crab and can also walk sideways and hence it is named Crab spider.
• Earth Hour Capital 2015
• Thane was declared the national Earth hour capital of India in 2015
• In 2014, the coimbatore city was selected as the National earth hour capital of India (2014).
• Seoul was named the Global Earth hour capital 2015

Science and Tech

• TRAI recommended the use of '112' as a single common number for emergency services across the country as the similar to the US's 911 emergency number.

World

• Terror attack in Kenyan University
• Shebab Islamist group of Somalia attacked the Kenyan University and killed over 147 students
• France President: Francois Hollande
• Operation Raahat
• It is the evacuation mission by India to evacuate the people from the war affected regions of Yemen.

Sports

• Saina Nehwal - World's No 1
• Indian Badminton player Saina Nehwah player reached the World' No 1 spot in the world women's list which was officially announced recently.
• She is the first Indian women player to reach this and the Second indian to do this.
• Prakash padukone is the first Indian player to reach the World's No 1 position.
• Serena Williams' - 700th Win
• By winning the recent match against Sabine Lisicki ( of German), Serena williams (of USA) in the WTA Miami Open recorded her 700th Win.
• And became the 8th player to win over 700 matches.
• Martina Navratilova tops the most matches winning list with 1442 matches.
• IPL Season 8 - 2015
• The opening ceremony of the IPL Season was held at Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata.
• Leading cricketer in 2015 
• Kumar Sangakkara (Srilanka) and Meg Lanning (Australian women cricketer) were named as the Leading cricketers in the world in 2015 by Wisden Cricketer's Almanack (also called as bible of cricket)
• Sangakkara became the second player to be honoured, Sehwag being the first one to be named Leading cricketers in the world.