CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL/30/2015
Yoichi Miyazawa called on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and proposed a new Joint Working Group (JWG) between the two
countries on civil nuclear energy cooperation.
Yoichi Miyazawa came here along with a
delegation of top business leaders who are set to invest USD 3 billion in India
in immediate future Joint Working Group between was proposed between Ministry
of External Affairs and Ministry of Economy
Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan on civil
nuclear energy cooperation Yoichi Miyazawa was in pursuance with the shared
commitment of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Modi to enhance Japanese
investments in India with special focus on Prime Minister's "Make in
India" mission.
2.LOGO FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA UNVEILED
AHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and
Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik launched the logo for
International Day of Yoga
India will observe its first Yoga Day on June
21 which named by 69th Session of United Nations General Assembly had on
December 11 after the proposal of idea by PM Narendra Modi
According to External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj "The resolution was passed within a record time of 75 days and was
the first resolution in which 177 countries had become co-sponsors even to
celebrate Nelson Mandela's birthday, 165 countries had become co-sponsors"
The logo was approved by the AYUSH which is
the "Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homoeopathy"
3.STUDENTS FROM ISM DHANBAD CREATED APP TO
RAISE FUND FOR QUAKE-HIT NEPAL
Students of prestigious engineering institute
ISM Dhanbad have created mobile application to raise fund in support of Nepal
relief
This app will enable ordinary citizens to
contribute through Prime Minister relief fund
When anyone will give a missed call on mobile
number (9590666222) Rs 20 would be deducted for the PM relief fund
From one number only one miss call can be
given
4.MOHAMMED BIN NAYEF, KING SALMAN’S NEPHEW
DESIGNATED AS SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE
Saudi King Salman appointed Mohamed bin Nayef,
55, the grandson of the founder of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, as crown
prince
Mohamed bin Nayef was also to remain minister
of interior and counter-terrorism chief of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef is
the nephew of Saudi King Salman
King’s son, Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, 35, is
second-in-line to the throne or deputy crown prince
Foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal was replaced
with kingdom's Washington ambassador Adel al-Jubeir
5.INDIA EXTENDS E-TOURIST VISA TO 31 MORE
COUNTRIES
The e-Tourist Visa facility is being extended
to 31 more countries from May 1
The e-Tourist Visa that was launched in
November last year was for 45 countries from nine designated Indian airports
Now after extending e-Tourist visa to 31
country the total number of countries under this scheme will go up to 76
The government intends to extend the scheme to
150 countries in near future
The new 31 countries for which e-Tourist
Visa has been started are:-
Anguilla,
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Cayman
Island, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominic an Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Estonia, France, Georgia, Grenada, Haiti, HolySee (Vatican), Honduras, Latvia,
Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Nicaragua,
Paraguay, St Kitts & Nevis and Seychelles.
6.SUDANESE PRESIDENT OMAR AL-BASHIR RE-ELECTED
WITH 94.05 % OF VOTE
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has been
re-elected as president following his landslide victory with 94.05 % of vote
Mr Bashir has been in power since 1989
He has charges against him by International
Criminal Court (ICC) for ordering a genocide in the Darfur conflict
The Polls were criticized by Western
countries, including the US, Britain and Norway and consider it to be unfair
International
Criminal Court (ICC) has charges against him for the Darfur conflict, which
began in 2003, and in which the UN estimates 300,000 people died and more than
two million displaced
7.RAILWAY SPORTS PROMOTION BOARD WINS 5TH
SENIOR MENS HOCKEY CHAMPION SHIP
Railway Sports Promotion Board Won the 5th
Senior National Hockey Championship beating Uttar Pradesh by 5-3
Air India Sports Promotion Board bagged 3rd
position as it outplayed Gangpur-Odhisa by 5-3
8.INSTEAD OF INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE INDONESIA
EXECUTES EIGHT FOREIGNERS FOR DRUG CRIMES
The
government executed eight people for their roles in drug crimes Appeals for
clemency were made by by families, heads of state, and international
organizations but failed to move President Joko Widodo
All eight convicts had been in prison for
years, they were convicted of trafficking drugs like heroin, cocain
The convicts included Australians,Brazilian
and Nigerians so it warmed up the relationship of Indonesia with Australia and
Brazil
UN Ban-ki-moon voiced deep regret at
Indonesian execution as he has appealed President Joko Widodo to change his
decison of death penalty
Australia
has deep commercial and political ties with its big neighbour, while Brazil has
a $5 billion trade surplus with Southeast Asia’s biggest economy but this
incident will deteriorate the relationship
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