Friday, 3 April 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL/2/2015

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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