CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL/2/2015
1. MUSTAFA KAMAL
RESIGNED FROM ICC:
Mustafa Kamal resigned from the
post of president of International Cricket Council
Mustafa Kamal succeeded Alan
Isaac as ICC President
Mustafa Kamal was not allowed to
present the World Cup trophy to the winning team after his controversial
statements on umpiring at the quarterfinal match of the World Cup between India
and Bangladesh.
2. GENERAL MUHAMMADU
BUHARI BECOMES PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA:
General Muhammadu Buhari won the
presidential elections of Nigeria.
General Muhammadu Buhari defeated
Goodluck Jonathan by more than 2.5 million votes to be the president of Nigeria
for fourth time.
General Muhammadu Buhari – All
Progressives Congress (APC)
Goodluck Jonathan – People’s
Democratic Party (PDP)
ABOUT NITERIA: Nigeria is located
in West Africa with largest city Lagos and Capital
Abuja. Currency of Nigeria is
Naira.
3. INDIA LAUNCHED OPERATION RAAHAT:
India has launched operation Raahat to evacuate 4000 Indians from Yemen.
Operation Raahat was launched to ensure that Indian nationals are not
harmed in the military operation started in Yemen by Saudi Arabia and 10 other
countries.
Operation Raahat is a massive air
and sea operation which involves total of five ships and four aircrafts.
4. GUJARAT CONTROL OF
TERRORISM AND ORGANISED CRIME BILL, 2015 PASSED:
The Gujarat Control of Terrorism
and Organized Crime Bill (GUJCOC) ,2015 passed by the Gujarat Assembly.
The bill is a re-worked version
of the Gujarat control of organized crime bill (GUJCOC) , 2003
This bill was earlier rejected
twice by the president in 2004 and 2008 by then presidents APJ Abdul Kalam and
Pratibha Patil respectively.
5. ING VYSYA BANK
AMALGAMATED WITH KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK:
India’s Central Bank Reserve Bank
of India has approved the amalgamation of ING Vysya Bank with Kotak Mahindra
Bank.
RBI launched a scheme for this
amalgamation and with this, all the branches of ING Vysya Bank Ltd will
function as the branches of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
After this merges, Kotak Mahindra
Bank becomes 4th largest private sector lender after HDFC Bank
,ICICI Bank and Axis Bank.
6. RBI IMPOSED FINE ON
16 CO-OPERATIVE BANKS:
RBI has imposed 5 lakh rupees
fine on 16 central co-operative banks.
The penalty was imposed for
non-adherence of the Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-money Laundering
Guidelines.
RBI imposed the penalty under the
provision of 47 (A) read with section 46 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
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