CURRENT AFFAIR FOR SSC CGL & BANK

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  • 01 Apr - Odisha Day, also known as Utkala Dibasa in memory of formation of state on 1 April 1936.
  • 02 Apr - Mahavir Jayanti.
  • 05 Apr - Easter Day. (Marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, First Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after 21 March).
  • 05 Apr - Indian National Maritime Day. On this day in 1919, navigation history was created when SS Loyalty, the first ship of the Scindia Steam Navigation Company, journeyed to the United Kingdom. The National Maritime Day was first celebrated on 5th April, 1964.
  • 07 Apr - World Health Day Celebrated with Theme - "From farm to plate, make food safe."
  • 11 April - India's National Safe Motherhood Day
  • 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held in Doha(Qatar). Indian delegaation was led by Minister of Law and Justice D V Sadanad Gowda.
  • 17 April - World Hemophilia day. Started in 1989 to honor Frank Schnabel the founder of WFH (World Federation of Hemophilia).
  • 18 April - World Heritage Day.
  • 2015 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) released with theme ‘Education for All 2000-2015 Achievements and Challenges.
  • Report highlighted achievements made by India in reducing the Out of School Children and achieving the gender parity at the elementary level thereby contributing to the global progress in the EFA goals.
  • 20th National Oil Spill Disaster Contingency Plan (NOSDCP) and Preparedness meeting held in Goa.
  • 22 Apr - Earth Day.It was first celebrated in 1970. Theme for 2015 is Its Our Turn to Lead.
  • 24th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award will be given to Prajwala founder Sunitha Krishnan for her work in rescue, restoration and rehabilitation of victims in trafficking and her support for HIV patients.
  • 25 Apr - World Malaria Day. Theme for 2015 is Invest in the future: Defeat malaria.
  • 27 April - Freedom day of south africa. It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994.
  • 27 April - King’s Day of the Netherlands (Also known as Koningsdag). The date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander.
  • 27 April - National Day of Togo (West African Country).
  • 27th meeting of Northern Zonal Council comprising of states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Chandigarh held in Delhi with Home Minister Rajnath Singh as chairman.
  • 29 April - World Dance Day
  • 45-day long annual fishing ban in territorial waters of Eastern Coastal Zone of India (including Andaman & Nicobar Islands) started to safeguard fish in their breeding season.
  • 5th meeting of the SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) Health Ministers held in New Delhi.
  • Adiel Yosef, a 22-year-old Indian-origin soldier in Israeli army received Presidential Medal of Excellence by Israel Government.
  • Apr 14, 2015 - 124th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar.
  • A four-day International Conference on ‘Low Temperature Science and Biotechnological Advances held in Delhi as an attempt to assess the present status and to formulate future plans on low temperature science and biotechnology in various Asia and other continents. Conference was organised by ICAR-NBPGR, National Academy Agricultural Sciences, India in collaboration with Society for Low Temperature Biology (SLTB), UK and Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew, UK.
  • Actor Anil Kapoor conferred with Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015 along with Marathi actor Dilip Prabhavalkar. Rishi Kapoor and Zakir Husain were conferred with this award in 2014.
  • Actor Shah Rukh Khan honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 for movie Happy New Year.
  • Agni III Surface-to-Surface ballistic missile successfully test-fired from Wheelar Isalnd off the Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal. It has range of 3,500 km- 5,000 km.
  • Allan Donald resigned as bowling coach of South Africa Cricket team.
  • American Singer Jack Ely (famous for song Louie Louie) passed away.
  • Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved Amaravathi as new capital city of the state.
  • Andhra pradesh was Bifurcated in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and Erstwhile Capital Hyderabad went with Telengana.
  • Andhra Pradesh Government appointed Chadalavada Krishnamurthy as Chairman of TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Board).
  • Andhra Pradesh Government constituted Special Investigation Team (SIT) under Ravishankar Ayyanar to probe Chittoor firing Case.
  • Andhra Pradesh government signed MoU with IISL Company for replacing streetlights in 13 municipalities with LED lights and maintain for seven years.
  • Apr 21 - Civil Services Day (Ninth).
  • On this occasion, Income Tax Department has been awarded the ‘Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration’ for ‘Easy Tax Compliance through Quality Service.
  • Apr 23, 2015 - World Book and Copyright Day. For the year 2015, UNESCO designated Incheon, South Korea as the World Book Capital 2015 for its programme to promote reading among people and underprivileged sections of the population. It was first celebrated in 1995.
  • Apr 24 - National Panchayati Raj Diwas.
  • April 24- Women’s Political Empowerment Day in India. The Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi has been celebrating April 24- as Women”s Political Empowerment Day since 1994.
  • Arachnologists found rare spiders belonging to Sparassidae and Salticidae families in Kerala.
  • Archana Girish Kamath and Anezka Ilcikova, the Indo-Czech Republic pair won cadet girls doubles table tennis title at the French junior and cadet open defeating French pair of Lucie Gauthier and Leili Mostafavi.
  • Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) signed MoU with M/s Motivation U.K for working together to produce affordable wheel chairs having compliance to WHO guidelines.
  • As per a report by Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), There are thirty one countries in the world which generate electricity from nuclear source. India is ranked 13th in terms of generation and at 7th position in terms of number of reactors in operation.
  • As per recent Census 2011 Data released by the Government, Indians are now getting married at higher age than a decade ago with a decline in fertility.
  • Female mean age at marriage has increased from 18.3 to 19.3 years, whereas the increase in male is from 22.6 to 23.3 years during Census 2001-11.
  • Proportion of divorced has marginally increased. Proportion of married women to total number of women is 49.9% in 2011 as against 47.7% in 2001. For males, it is 46% in 2011 as against 43.6% in 2001.
  • On fertility, it is observed that fertility rate at national level has declined from 2.5 to 2.2 during 2001-11.
  • Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 -
  • Core Banking (Mid-Sized Bank) : ING Vysya and FIS
  • Core Banking (Emerging Bank) : Kanbawza (KBZ) Bank and Oracle Financial Services Software Limited
  • Corporate Payment : Axis Bank and Arteria Technologies
  • HR System : Axis Bank, Cognizant Technology Services, Mobitrail and Tejora Technologies
  • Outsourcing (New Bank): Bharatiya Mahila Bank and FIS
  • Technology Leadership Achievement : Amit Sethi, Chief Information Officer, Axis Bank
  • ATM and Kiosks: Cathay United Bank & NCR System, Taiwan
  • Branch Automation: Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), Avaya Hong Kong and GRG Banking Solutions
  • Cloud Based Project: Philippine Business Bank and IBM
  • CRM : IndusInd Bank and Talisma Corporation
  • Data & Analytics : KB Kookmin Bank and IBM Korea

  • Smart Branch : ANZ and GTSO New Zealand
  • Social Media Engagement : DBS and NCS
  • Treasury Management System : Bank of Communications, Misys and IMerit Technology (Suzhou)
  • Outstanding Technology Implementation : DBS and Infosys
  • Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Visited India.
  • BJP leader Yashwant Sinha conferred with Officer of the Legion of Honour for valuable contribution to thought on international issues, it is the highest French civilian honor.
  • Bank of Baroda (BoB) tied-up with UAE Exchange to offer instant money transfer facility to its Non-resident Indian (NRI) customers that will allow customers to send money to their desired bank accounts in BoB in India in Minutes.
  • Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned a 600 MW thermal unit at Dhabra in Janjgir Champa District of Chhattisgarh.
  • Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) commissioned fourth 600 MW thermal unit of OP Jindal Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) Extension in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh.

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