CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL/14/2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL/14/2015

1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissons 600 MW thermal unit in Chhattisgarh
   1. BHEL has commissioned a second 600 MW thermal unit in chattisgarh's Champa District for the Dainik Bhaskar Power Limited.
   2. This is the second unit of this power project commissioned by BHEL the first 600 MW was commissioned in 2014.
   3. With the total installed capacity of 11,400 MW the share of BHEL stands at 68 per cent of the total installed capacity in state.
   
   

   
   
2. National Judicial Appointments Commission act, 2014 notified
   The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 and Ninety Ninth Amendment Act,2014 come into force as were proposed to come into force on date at which Central Government would notify them in the Official Gazette and finally it has been notified on 13th April 2015 .
   The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 will replace traditional old methond of collegium system of appointing judges of Supreme Court and high courts as now decision regarding  appointment of judges of High courts  and Supreme Court will be taken by NJAC
   About National Judicial Appointment Commission
   1.  National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) will be a six member panel it will beheaded by the chief justice of india and will include two senior most judges of Supreme Court , Union minister of Law and Justice and two "eminent persons" nominated by a committee comprising the prime minister, CJI and leader of the largest opposition party in the lok sabha
   2. This six member panel of NJAC will appoint the judges of supreme court and high court  and will replace the traditional old methond of collegium system of appointing judges 
3. German Nobel literature prize winner,Guenter Grass takes his last breath
   1. German Nobel literature prize winner,Guenter Grass died at the age of 87 Grass was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland)
   2. He had been soldier a member of the Waffen-SS during World War II, and was taken prision by U.S forces and released in April 1946
   3. Grass is best known for his first novel,"The Tin Drum " which is one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century.
   Some of the famous works of Grass:-
   1. Grass is best known for his first novel,"The Tin Drum " 
   2.  His famous Danzig Trilogy, includes "Cat and Mouse" and "Dog Years"
   3. some of his poular books are The Flounder,My Century and Crabwalk,Memoir Trilogy
   Awards and honour
   1. He was recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature
   2. He was awarded Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1993 
4. Gujarat launches industrial tourism to showcase development
   1. Gujarat Govt has pioneered an initiative of Industrial tourism that is first-of-its-kind in the country.
   2. It will promote a tour package covering major industrial installations which have earned global acclaim
   3. Some of the major attractions of this tour package are visit to Tata Nano plant in Sanand,Pipavav port near Amreli, Alang ship breaking yard in Bhavnagar and Amul Dairy in Anand.
   4. Industrial Tour of Gujarat, has been offered by city-based Akshar Travels Pvt Ltd, official partner of state-run tourism agency Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd (TCGL)
5. Paytm and NCTI signs MoU to promote MSMEs
   1. Paytm and e-commerce platform signs an MoU with National Centre for Trdae Information (NCTI) for promoting Ministry Of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises(MSMEs)
   2. This  MoU between two organisation will offer a virtual marketplace platform for NCTI members and enable them to sell online
   3. Paytm will set up payment gateways for online ticketing and membership fees for NCT 
6. Haryana government to give Cabinet Minister level status to Baba Ramdev
   1. Baba Ramdev, who has been appointed as the Haryana’s brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda will be given “status equivalent to Cabinet Minister” as decided by the Haryana government
   2. Herbal forest would be developed in the State where plants of thousands of species of ayurvedic herbs would be grown under the supervision of Baba Ramdev Inclusion of yoga in the school syllabus would turn Haryana into a model State based on Indian values and traditions
   3. Yoga would be made a compulsory subject in Haryana’s schools for which ‘yogshalas’ will be constructed in all the towns and about 6,500 villages of the State under the guidance of Baba Ramdev