Tuesday, March 31, 2015
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Daily GK Update - 29th - 30th March 2015
1. Madan Mohan Malaviya posthumously awarded Bharat
Ratna
i. Freedom fighter and
educationist, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya on 30 March 2015 was conferred the
highest civilian award of the country Bharat Ratna (posthumous). His family
members received the award from President Prabab Mukherjee at a function in the
Ashoka hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
ii. The award was given to Pt Madan
Mohan Malaviya or Mahamana Malaviya’s family for his outstanding work in the
field of education and the country's freedom struggle.
iii. Pandit Malaviya was born on 25
December 1861 in Allahabad. He studied at Calcutta University and became a
school teacher. Later he also practiced as a lawyer and even a newspaper
editor. He was the founder of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Hindu
Mahasabha.
2. Aditi Arya crowned FBB Femina Miss World 2015
i. Aditi Arya was declared fbb
Femina Miss India World 2015 at a star-studded event at the Yash Raj Studios.
ii. Aafreen Rachel Vaz walked away
with the fbb Femina Miss India 2015 first runner-up crown, while Vartika Singh
was fbb Femina Miss India 2015 second runner-up.
iii. Gurgaon girl Aditi Arya, a
research analyst, received the crown from Miss India 2014 Koyal Rana. Aditi
will represent India at Miss World 2015 to be held later this year.
3. Cricket World Cup 2015: Australia crush New
Zealand in final
i. Australia overwhelmed New Zealand
to win the World Cup for a fifth time at an ecstatic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
ii. Aussies defeated the Kiwis by
seven wickets to complete the fiver.
iii. James Faulkner was adjudged the
Man of the Match.
iv. Mitchell Starc was selected as
the man of the tournament for his breath taking performance in the tournament.
v. ICC team of World Cup 2015: Brendon McCullum (c), Sangakkara,
Smith, De Villiers, Maxwell, Corey Anderson, Vettori, Starc, Boult, Morkel,
Brendan Taylor (12th man)
4. Reliance Power’s Sasan UMPP fully operational
i. Anil Ambani controlled Reliance
Power Ltd has announced the commissioning of the sixth and last 660 MW unit of
the 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP).
ii. The Sasan UMPP is the largest
integrated power plant cum coal mining project at a single location involving
investment of over Rs. 27,000 crore.
iii. Reliance Power’s generation
capacity has increased to 5,945 MW which includes 5,760 MW of thermal and 185
MW of renewable energy based capacity.
5. Earth Hour 2015 observed globally from 8.30 pm
to 9.30 pm local time
i. Earth Hour 2015 was observed
globally on 28 March 2015 from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time. The tagline for
the global campaign was Change Climate Change. This was the ninth edition of
the Earth Hour that started in 2007.
ii. Earth Hour 2015 was observed
across 172 nations and territories and around 1400+ iconic landmarks of the
world switched off the lights.
iii. Earth Hour is a global campaign
with a simple message to switch off non-essential lights for one hour on the
last Saturday of March between 8:30 and 9:30 pm. This is done as a commitment
to the planet.
iv. Earth Hour is organised by the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) since 2007 when it was first observed in
Sydney, Australia.
Earth Hour in India
- India joined the Earth Hour campaign in 2009 and over the years has seen an exponential growth in participation across cities, towns and even far-flung villages of rural India.
- The brand ambassadors for Earth Hour in India are Arjun Kapoor (actor), Priya Mani (actress), Sania Mirza (Tennis player), June Maliah (actress), and Suresh Gopi (Malayalam actor).
6. ISRO navigation satellite in orbit
i. India demonstrated its ability to
establish an independent regional navigation satellite system, as ISRO’s PSLV
C-27 successfully launched Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)
1-D satellite into the intended orbit.
ii. IRNSS is the series of
navigational sattelites in answer to the U.S. GPS system, While the ambit of
the U.S. GPS was global, the IRNSS was meant for regional coverage.
iii. While four of the seven
satellites in the IRNSS will be in geosynchronous orbit, the other three would
be positioned in geo-stationary orbit, some 36,000 km above the Earth.
7. Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth win India Open titles
i. Saina Nehwal defeated third
seeded Ratchanok Intanon of Thialand to win $275,000 India Open badminton
championship
ii. Saina blitzed past former World
champion Ratchanok Intanon 21-16, 21-14 for her ninth BWF Superseries title and
first National Open.
iii. In the men's section Viktor
Axelsen was defeated by the Indian star K Srikanth to script a brilliant 18-21,
21-13, 21-12 triumph.
8. Superb Saina scales historic World No.1 ranking
i. Saina Nehwal scripted
history by becoming the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the number one
spot in world rankings, reaffirming her status as the country's most consistent
performer in the international circuit.
ii. official rankings will be out
only on Thursday next week, Saina has been assured of her ascent to the top
owing to the performances in the Indian open.
iii. Only Indian to be at numero uno
was Prakash Padukone in the men's circuit.
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