TNPSC Current Affairs March 2015

TNPSC Current Affairs March 2015

• Important Appoinments
• Jagmohan Dalmia - elected as the new BCCI (Board of control for Cricket in India) President.
• Vikas Swarup - appointed as the new MEA Spokesperson.
• Important Days
• March 8th - International Women's Day
• March 12th - World Kidney Day
• March 21st - World Forest Day
• Awards:
• Avvaiyar Award 2015
• Santhi Ranganathan was given the Avvaiyar award for the year 2015.
• Bharat Ratna
• Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee was given the Bharat ratna award.
• Madhan Mohab Malviya - posthumously awarded the Bharat ratna.
• Ghandhi Peace prize 2014
• ISRO (Indian Space research Organisation) was selected for the Gandhi peace prize 2014 award.
• Kutram Kadidhal
• Tamil film which won the national award for the best regional film of 2014.
• India's Daughter
• It is a documentary film directed by Leslee Udwin.
• It is based on the 2012 Delhi Gang rape and some more incidents.
• The broadcast of this documentary was banned in India by the Indian Government.
• Syeda Salya Fatima
• She is the only Muslim women in India to hold a commercial Pilot's Licence.
• She is from Hyderabad city.
• Mahatma Gandhi's Statue in London
• Mahatma Gandhi's Statue was unveiled at Parliament square in London by Finance minister Arun Jaitley.
• The Statue was made of bronze and 9 feet in height.
• Hindustan Shipyard Limited is located in Visakhapatnam.
• The finial of the Humayun's tomb (in New Delhi) which was struck by the storm (May 2014) was replaced by a new one.
• Jeevan Dhara
• The Rajasthan Government opened the first state run Mother's milk bank in India.
• Sokra Misawa Festival
• The Tiwa tribes of Assam celebrates the Sokra Misawa festival marking the welcoming of the Spring.

Polity

• Mufti Muhammad Sayeed sworn in as the New CM of Jammu and Kashmir
• Belongs to the PDP Party

• Haryana Assembly passed the Haryaba Gauvanish Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Bill which prohibits the slaughter of cow.

• Garg Commission
• The Garg commission under the head of Justice T P Garg submitted the report on Sikhs massacre at Hondh Chillar Village in Rewari district of Haryana in 1984.
• It recommended an additional payment of 20 Lakh to the relatives of the victims.

• Rajasthan fixed minimum educational qualification for the panchayat elections
• Rajasthan assembly recently passed the Rajasthan Panchayat Raj Amendment Bill 2015 which provides the below minimum educational qualifications.
• A pass in 8th Std for contesting for the post of Sarpanch, with an exception to the tribal areas for which it is a pass in 5th Std
• A pass in 10th std for Zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections.
• Through the above bill, Rajasthan state became the first state in India to fix a minimum educational qualification for contesting in local panchayat elections.
• Salvador do mundo, a village panchayat in Goa passed a resolution to ban kissing in public.
• Rajasthan Assembly passed the Rajasthan Camel Bill 2015, which prohibits slaughter of camel.
• Slaughter of camel becomes a punishable offence with a jail term of 5 years punishment

Economy

• Budget 2015-2016 Highlights
• AIIMS institute to be set up in States: Jammu Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal pradesh, Bihar and Assam.
• IIT to be set up in Karnataka.
• IIM to be set up in Jammu Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh
• MUDRA bank to micro financing First generation SC/ST Entrepreneurs.
• Service Tax Increased to 14% from current 12.36%
• Wealth Tax abolished. 
• IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde visited India.
• Tamil Nadu has planned to host the Global investor meet in May 2015 in Chennai.

Environment and Health

• Earth Hour
• The Earth hour initiative was started in the year 2007.
• The main aim was to create awareness about global climate change.
• Every year it is observed on March 28th.
• On that day all the lights will be switched off from 8.30 PM to 9.30 PM.
• Sania Mirza was selected as the Brand ambassador for the World wide Fund for the Earth hour Initiative.

• Cyclone Pam 
• Attacked the island nation Vanuatu which is located in the south pacific region.

• Bandipur Tiger reserve (Karnataka)
• It is located in Karnataka
• Recently the forest department started using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Bandipur tiger reserve to monitor the forest area.
• UAV helps to monitor the unauthorized entry and detect the forest fires. 
• Mission Indradhanush
• an immunization program launched by the union government. 
• Aims to immunize all children against 7 vaccine preventable diseases which includes
• Diphtheria
• Polio
• TB
• Pertussis
• Tetanus
• Hepatitis B
• Measles

Science and Tech

• Solar Impulse 2
• SI2 is the world's first solar powered airplane to undertake a journey around the earth.
• Solar impulse 2 is a Swiss made aircraft.
• Began its journey from Abudhabi.
• Recently it landed at Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) as it's second stopping and the first being at Muskat in Oman.
• The third stopping will also be in India at Varanasi.

• IRNSS 1 - D
• The fourth series of the Indian regional Navigational sattelite system IRNSS 1-D is scheduled to be launched on 28th March 2015 through the PSLV C-27 launceh Vechile
• It will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota).

• Periscope App
• Periscope is a video streaming app launched by Twitter.

Sports

• Dubai Open Tennis 2015
• Rojer Federar won the Dubai Open Tennis Title beating Novak Djokovic in the Final.
• Swiss Grand Prix Gold Championship (Badminton)
• K Srikanth (India) won the title by beating Victor Axelson in the final match
• Saina nehwal (Indian badminton player) moved to the world's number one spot after reaching the final game in Indian open.
• Indian Wells open / BNP Paripas Open 2015 Winners list
• Men's singles - Novac Djokovik (Serbia)
• Men's Doubles - Vasek Pospisil (Canada) & Jack Sock (US)
• Women's Singles - Simona Halop (Romania)
• Women's Doubles - Sania Mirza (India) & Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

World

• Former Maldives president Mohammad Nasheed was sentenced 13 years for ordering an arrest to a judge during his term.
• Largest Arms Exporter 2010-2014
1. USA
2. Russia
3. China
4. Germany
5. France
• David Pearce - Winner of the UK's New 1 Pound (₤) coin Design
• David pearce was a 15 year old school boy who won the coin design competition conducted by the Royal Mint of Britain.
• German Airwings Airbus A320
• German Airwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French alps region during it journey for the Barcelona(In France) to Duesseldorf(In Germany).
• All the 150 were found dead.
• Lee Kuan Yew
• Lee Kuan yew the first Prime Minister of Singapore died.