Daily Current Affairs GK Update – 20 May 2015 INS Kavaratti, an anti-submarine warfare ship [ALL]: INS Kavaratti launched at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), Kolkata. Kavaratti is the last of the four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes built under Project 28. What is Project-28: Four anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvettes were to build under this project. These are INS Kamrota, Kadmatt and Kiltan Kavaratti. Maria Elena South, driest placeRead More
Category: Current Affairs 2015
All the Current Affairs News in 2015 of India and the World
Daily Current Affairs GK Update – 19 May 2015 A report titled “Global Investment Trends Monitor” released by UNCTAD [UPSC]: Major Points: In this report, UNCTAD analyses the most recent trends in global outward investment and assesses its prospects for 2015. As per the report Asia now invests more abroad than any other region. USA, Hong Kong (China) and China were the first, second and the third largest investors in the worldRead More
Daily Current Affairs GK Update – 18 May 2015 Draupadi Murmu becomes first woman Governor of Jharkhand [ALL]: She has succeeded Syed Ahmed who was recently transferred as Governor of Manipur. Aruna Shanbaug, face of mercy killing in India, died [ALL]: Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse who was in a vegetative state for 42 years after being sexually assaulted passed away today after suffering from pneumonia for 2 weeks. In 1973, sheRead More
Daily Current Affairs GK Update – 17 May 2015 ICICI Bank opens its first Branch in China [ALL]: The branch in China was inaugurated in Shanghai. ICICI Bank is India’s largest private sector Bank and has branches in 17 countries. National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi [ALL]: It was the 6th edition of this conference This Year’s Theme was Nuclear Energy: a Clean Energy option. AtRead More
Daily Current Affairs GK Update – 15, 16 May 2015 Canada sets a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 % by 2030 [ALL]: United States had also committed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 per cent cut by 2025 from 2005 levels. European Union (EU) also had set a target to reduce emission of 35 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. China is World’sRead More
Current Affairs March 2015 Current Affairs March 2015 – International BBC released a controversial documentary film “India’s Daughter “ based on the Delhi-rape case. Islamic State Group(ISIS) bulldozed and destroyed ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq. Solar Impulse-2, a Solar powered plane, took off to make a round-trip of the world. Simone Gbagbo, the former first lady of Ivory Coast, jailed for 20 years. Cyclone Pam hitRead More
Current Affairs March 2015 Current Affairs March 2015 – National Land Acquisition (amendment) Bill, 2015 passed in Lok Sabha. Union Ministry of Finance approved 1500 crore rupees for AP Capital construction Indian Railways has signed an MoU with LIC for implementing Railway projects British Irish Visa Scheme came into effect in India. Supreme Court of India thrashed Union Government’s decision to include Jats in the Central OBCRead More
Committees/Reports/Summits Current Affairs January 2015 RBI constituted a Committee on Urban Cooperative Banks chaired by R Gandhi, the Dpeuty Governor of RBI. UNCTAD released Global Investment Trends Monitor Report 2014: In 2014, China was the largest recipient of FDI with an increase of 3 percent FDI with 128 billion US dollar. FDI in India increased by 26 percent to an estimated 35 billion US dollar. NTCA released report on Status of TigersRead More
Current Affairs February 2015 – Sports AB de Villiers of South Africa scores fastest 150 runs in ODI format. against West Indies in World Cup 2015 at Sydney, Australia. He took 64 deliveries to reach 150 runs. He beat the previous record of Australian Shane Watson by 19 balls. He struck 162 not out in just 66 balls. New-zealand Cricketing Legend Martin David Crowe inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Ranchi RaysRead More
Current Affairs February 2015 – World Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition politician, shot dead in Moscow. Jamaica passed a law in Jamaican Parliament to decriminalise marijuana for personal use. 3 million US dollar award announced by FBI for information on Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev was allegedly involved in a major Cyber- crime in which he played a role of administrator for the GameOver Zeus botnet. Forbes recently released Asia’s 50 most PowerfulRead More