CURRENT AFFAIRS MARCH/23/2015
1. AMITABH BACHCHAN BECOMES BRAND
AMBASSADOR FOR CAMPAIGN AGAINST HEPATITIS B:
Bollywood
superstar Amitabh Bachchan is
appointed as the Brand Ambassador for Union Governments Campaign againstHepatitis B.
Union
Governments campaign against Hepatitis B will be launched in April 2015.
Earlier
Amitabh Bachchan was made good will brand ambassador for the polio Eradication
campaign by UNICEF in
2005.
NOTE: The
campaign against Hepatitis B is a part of the Union Government’s ambitious
child immunization programme namedMission
Indradhanush which is against seven vaccine – preventable disease s
which includes diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis,
measles and Hepatitis B. Union Government has aimed to achieve the target by 2020.
2. 33% WOMEN RESERVATION IN POLICE FORCES
OF ALL UT’S:
Union
Government of India has approved 33%
women reservation in police forces for all Union Territories.
The
decision was taken by the Union Cabinet in a meeting headed by the Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Reservation
is provided through direct recruitment in non-gazetted posts like constables to
sub-inspectors.
NOTE: Earlier Gujarat
Government had announced 33% reservation for women in the police
force of the state.
3. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FORESTS WAS
OBSERVED ON 21ST MARCH:
International Day of forests was observed on 21st March around
the globe.
The theme
for International Day of Forests 2015 was “Forests and climate Change”.
International
Day of forests was observed for the first time on 21stMarch 2013.
The theme highlights forest-based solutions to
address climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to ensure sustainable
development.
31 percent of global land area is covered by
forests providing life to almost 80 percent of the terrestrial species of
animals, plants and insects.
Around 1.6 billion people, including 2000
indigenous cultures, depend on forests for their livelihood.
4.COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE HELD IN JAIPUR:
First Counter-Terrorism
Conference -2015 held in Jaipur.
India foundation in association with the Sardar Patel Universityof police security and Criminal Justice
together organized the event.
Theme of
the conference was ‘Integrated
Approach to Counter Terrorism’.
5. PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA
(PMKVY) GETS CABINET APPROVAL:
The Union
Cabinet has approved the Pradhan
Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
The
programme is aimed to import skill
training to youth with focus on first time entrants to the labour market
and school dropouts.
The
scheme is launched with an outlay of Rs. 1500 crore.
6. COLIN MACDONALD
BECOMES MD OF RENAULT NISSAN AUTOMOTIVE INDIA:
Renault
Nissan Automotive India appointed Colin
MacDonald as the new Managing
Director.
Nissan is
the third biggest exporter of cars from India.
Chairman
and CEO of Nissan/Renault – Carlos
Ghosn.
7. ICONIC
STATESMAN 'LEE KUAN YEW' - THE ARCHITECT
OF MODERN SINGAPORE - BREATHES HIS LAST AT 91.
He is credited with transforming the tiny
island into one of the wealthiest and least corrupt countries in Asia; often
called - 'a First World oasis in a Third World region'.
8. Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza lift women's doubles title at BNP Paribas Open.
They beat the pair of Ekaterina Makarova and
Elena Vesnina by 6-3, 6-4 in the final to grab their first title together.
Hingis
has won 11 Grand Slams in the team discipline (nine in
women's and two in mixed) while Sania has claimed 3 Grand Slams (all in mixed) so far.
9. JAMMU & KASHMIR TO SOON HAVE A MASSIVE NETWORK OF SEISMIC
STATIONS.
The station will be equipped with
accelerometers and GPS instruments giving the quake-prone region some control
to limit the damage.
Kashmir Valley is few of the most vulnerable
(seismic zone 5) regions to earthquake in India alongwith entire North-East.
Though, the region had not experienced a major
earthquake (of more than magnitude of 8 on the Richter scale) for the past 400
years; the possibility of one can't be denied.
10. NOVAK DJOKOVIC CLINCHES MEN'S SINGLES CROWN AT INDIAN WELLS OPEN 2015; HIS 4TH SO FAR
The Serbian icon humbled Swiss great Roger
Federer 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2.
Its been the 50th tour-level title for
Djokovic making him the 12th player in the Open Era to win 50 titles.
Female
singles winner: Simona Halep of Romania
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