101. Government launched Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles (FAME) India Scheme to boost sales of eco-friendly vehicles in the country as part of the National Mission for Electric Mobility.
102. Government launched online system for submission of the Long Term Visa (LTV) applications by Pakistani nationals to address difficulty of the minority communities in Pakistan who come to India for permanent settlement. The applications can be submitted online through indianfrro.gov.in/frro.
103. Government launched website of Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) and pressed the need for minimizing use of animals for carrying out experiments.
104. Government plans to push for Green Bonds to meet its target to install 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power and 60000MW of wind power by 2022 for which it needs 200 billion USD.
1. Green Bonds (Climate Bonds) are fixed-income financial instruments linked to climate change solutions. These bonds are dollar / rupee denominated and are a new asset class. Like normal bonds, these can be issued by governments, multi-national banks or corporations.
105. Government reconstituted Nehru Memorial Museum Library Society (NMMLS) on the occasion of its 41st AGM.
106. Government rejected Odisha Government's proposal to grant mining license to South Korean steel major Posco for its proposed 12 billion USD mega steel plant at Paradip in Odisha.
107. Government transferred training and apprentice divisions of Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET) from Labour Ministry to Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
1. DGET comprises 12000 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country.
108. Government will develop Buddhist circuit under its newly-launched Swadesh Darshan scheme covering Bodh Gaya, Rajgir and Vaishali in Bihar and Kapilavastu, Sarnath, Sravasti and Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh.
109. Government will set up national institute on medicinal plants for which allocation of Rs.100 crore has been made during the 12th five year plan.
110. Guided missile destroyer Visakhapatnam, the first ship of Project 15B launched at at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL)
111. Gujarat cricket team won 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy defeating Punjab.
112. Gujarat has led in implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission during 2014-15.
1. Out of 2,70,069 household toilets constructed during the last financial year, Gujarat alone accounted for 60% of them having built 1,65,376 household toilets. Madhya Pradesh second and Karnataka third.
113. Gulshan Rai, Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) appointed as India’s first cyber security chief as Special Secretary for cyber security for Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
114. Haroun Ali Suleiman , Minister for Labour and Public Services/Personnel & Training of Tanzania visited India.
115. Haryana Department of School Education (DPSE) approved 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Below Poverty Line (BPL) category students from Classes I to XII in private unaided schools.
116. Haryana government gave status of Cabinet Minister to yoga guru Ramdev, who has been appointed as the state’s brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda.
117. Haryana government started work on Rs 50-crore Saraswati river excavation and Revival project.
118. IBM announced investing 3 billion USD to build an Internet of Things (IoT) unit over the next four years.
119. INS Tarangini, the Sail Training Ship of Indian Navy left for Lokayan 2015 with theme Taking for a Broader Reach. As part of Lokayan-15, Tarangini will be on an eight month voyage through Europe and will participate in the annual Tall Ship Races under the aegis of Sail Training International and will travel 17 thousand miles.
120. India & France Signed an Mou (Memorandum of Understanding) to Establish a Marine Biology Institute during the visit of PM Narendra Modi to France.
121. India elected to four United Nations (UN) agencies - United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP), Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) and the Governing Council of UN-Habitat.
1. India was elected to these bodies at the Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) of UNECOSOC (the United Nations Economic and Social Council) at UN headquarters in New York (USA).
122. India is designated as Chair to Ninth Meeting of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council to be held on 10th & 11th June, 2015 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
123. India successfully test-fired Dhanush Surface-to-Surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile with range 350 KM.
124. India'a Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) signed agreement to export petroleum products to Bangladesh.
125. India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Russian INTMA signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a gas-based power project in Kazakhstan.
126. India-born Raja Rajeswari sworn-in as criminal court judge of the New York City and became first India-born woman judge of New York City.
127. Indian Air Force launched Operation Raahat to evacuate 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen.
128. Indian American Vivek Murthy appointed as 19th US Surgeon General. He became youngest-ever to hold this post.
129. Indian Army launched Operation Maitri for relief efforts in Easrthquake hit Nepal.
130. Indian Film Margarita With starring Kalki Koechlin won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film honour at Washington, DC International Film festival.
131. Indian Navy will decommission INS Viraat in Feb 2016. It is the aircraft carrier that had a service life of 56 years - first as HMS Hermes in the Royal British Navy and in its present avatar since 1987.
132. Indian Navy’s First Scorpene class stealth submarine Kalvari undocked at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
133. Indian Origin Person Gopinath Pillai awarded with outstanding service award in Singapore by National University of Singapore(NUS). He is serving as Ambassador-at-Large of Singapore and special envoy to Andhra Pradesh.
134. Indian PM Narendra Modi Visited France, Germany and Canada -
1. France
1. Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and AREVA of France signed an Agreement for proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project for setting up two EPR (Evolutional Pressurised Reactor) rectors of 1650 MWe each.
2. PM Narendra Modi gifted painting Tree of Life to French President Francois Hollande during his visit to France. It has been made by Odisha artist Bhaskar Mahapatra.
3. India & France Signed an Mou (Memorandum of Understanding) to Establish a Marine Biology Institute during the visit of PM Narendra Modi to France.
4. India asked France to supply 36 Rafale fighter jets in ‘fly-away’ condition.
5. MoU between ISRO and French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) on Indo-French Megha Tropiques satellite which was launched on board Indian launch vehicle PSLV on October 12, 2011.
2. Germany
1. Prime Minister Narendra modi gifted reproductions of some manuscripts and papers by Sir V C Raman to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his visit to Germany. Sir C V Raman received Nobel Prize in physics in 1930 for his work on scattering of light.
3. Canada
1. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper presented ancient Indian sculpture Parrot Lady to PM Narendra Modi.
2. India and Canada issued Joint Statement title New Vigour, New Steps (नया उत्साह, नए कदम) to elevate their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership.
3. Narendra Modi gifted Miniature Painting titled Guru Nanak Dev to Stephen Harper.
4. India and Canada signed a nuclear agreement on supply of uranium to India. As per the 350 million USD agreement, Canadian Cameco Corporation will supply 7.1 million pounds of uranium to India till 2020.
5. MOU between Grand Challenges Canada and Department of Biotechnology of Indian Government for investment of CAD $2.5 million in health innovations in India.
135. Indian Railway won 5th Hockey India Senior Men National Hockey Championship held at Pune by beating Uttar Pradesh in final.
136. Indian Railways reported 12.16 % Increase in earnings in FY 2014-15 with Rs. 157880.50 crores as compared to Rs. 140761.27 crore in 2013-14.
137. Indian Space Research Organisation successfully test-fired indigenous cryogenic engine CE-20 for 645 seconds. This achievement will push India into bigger league of nations capable of launching satellites weighing up to five tonnes. It will enable GSLV to put Mark-III into geostationary orbit by the end of 2016.
138. Indian Tennis Player Yuki Bhambri won TF Uzbekistan F1 Futures Singles defeating Dzmitry Zyrmont of Serbia.
139. Indian novelist Siddhartha Gigoo won 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia region for his work Umbrella Man, a tale of surreal meditation on mental health and the environment. He will now compete with other four regional winners later in 2015.
1. Other region winners are - Africa - Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria) , Canada and Europe - Jonathan Tel (UK), Caribbean - Kevin Jared Hosein (Trinidad), Pacific - Mary Rokonadravu (Fiji)
140. Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela won Bronze at 10-meter Air rifle (women) in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle/Pistol World Cup held in Changwon (South Korea).
141. Indian shooter Jitu Rai won Bronze at 10-meter Air Pistol Men in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle/Pistol World Cup held in Changwon (South Korea).
142. India’s ace mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu died.
143. India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) became operational at GIFT City in Gujarat.
144. Indirect Taxes collections for Financial Year (FY) 2014-15 has exceeded Revised Estimates target of FY 2014-15 by Rs. 4,000 crore. The total collections as on 31-03-2015 is Rs.5,46,479 crore based on the provisional report as against the Revised Estimates target of Rs. 5,42,325 crore for the FY 2014-15.
145. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank launched Tap-n-Pay, a near-field communications-enabled payment service in collaboration with Tech Mahindra.
1. This payment service is based on the near-field communications (NFC) technology which will enable its customers to make over-the-counter payments without using cash.
2. It will allow users to tap NFC enabled tag or mobile phone at merchant’s point-of-sale device for payments.
3. It is a prepaid account which will be available to customers of any bank by simply registering for it.
4. ICICI Bank customers can also transfer money to the Tap-n-Pay account through an SMS.
146. Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated Vividh Bharati Service of Delhi on FM Mode on 100.1 Megahertz frequency.
147. International Monetary Fund (IMF) released World Economic Outlook (WEO) April 2015 Report Update titled Uneven Growth: Short-term and Long-term Factors.
1. Global growth is forecasted at 3.5 % in 2015 and 3.8 % in 2016.
2. Growth in advance economies will rebound supported by the decline in oil prices.
3. Growth in USA is projected to exceed 3 % in 2015–16.
4. Growth for emerging and developing economies (except India) will get slightly slow from 4.6 % in 2014 to 4.3 % in 2015 .
5. India’s growth is projected to strengthen from 7.2% in 2014 to 7.5 % in 2015 and 2016.
6. For the first time since 1999, India’s growth rate may eclipse China’s and there is increasing divergence in the growth paths of the two countries. India is trying to shift from consumption to investment led growth at a time when China is going opposite way.
148. Iran, P5+1 and the European Union (EU) conceded on a framework agreement in Switzerland called as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) intended to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
149. Japan and United States (US) revised their defence deal after 18 years for greater co-operation between militaries due to growing global security concerns.
150. Japan created a Joint Working Group (JWG) between Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan to end the delay in civil nuclear with India.
102. Government launched online system for submission of the Long Term Visa (LTV) applications by Pakistani nationals to address difficulty of the minority communities in Pakistan who come to India for permanent settlement. The applications can be submitted online through indianfrro.gov.in/frro.
103. Government launched website of Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) and pressed the need for minimizing use of animals for carrying out experiments.
104. Government plans to push for Green Bonds to meet its target to install 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power and 60000MW of wind power by 2022 for which it needs 200 billion USD.
1. Green Bonds (Climate Bonds) are fixed-income financial instruments linked to climate change solutions. These bonds are dollar / rupee denominated and are a new asset class. Like normal bonds, these can be issued by governments, multi-national banks or corporations.
105. Government reconstituted Nehru Memorial Museum Library Society (NMMLS) on the occasion of its 41st AGM.
106. Government rejected Odisha Government's proposal to grant mining license to South Korean steel major Posco for its proposed 12 billion USD mega steel plant at Paradip in Odisha.
107. Government transferred training and apprentice divisions of Directorate General of Employment and Training (DGET) from Labour Ministry to Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
1. DGET comprises 12000 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the country.
108. Government will develop Buddhist circuit under its newly-launched Swadesh Darshan scheme covering Bodh Gaya, Rajgir and Vaishali in Bihar and Kapilavastu, Sarnath, Sravasti and Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh.
109. Government will set up national institute on medicinal plants for which allocation of Rs.100 crore has been made during the 12th five year plan.
110. Guided missile destroyer Visakhapatnam, the first ship of Project 15B launched at at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL)
111. Gujarat cricket team won 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy defeating Punjab.
112. Gujarat has led in implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission during 2014-15.
1. Out of 2,70,069 household toilets constructed during the last financial year, Gujarat alone accounted for 60% of them having built 1,65,376 household toilets. Madhya Pradesh second and Karnataka third.
113. Gulshan Rai, Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) appointed as India’s first cyber security chief as Special Secretary for cyber security for Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
114. Haroun Ali Suleiman , Minister for Labour and Public Services/Personnel & Training of Tanzania visited India.
115. Haryana Department of School Education (DPSE) approved 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Below Poverty Line (BPL) category students from Classes I to XII in private unaided schools.
116. Haryana government gave status of Cabinet Minister to yoga guru Ramdev, who has been appointed as the state’s brand ambassador to promote yoga and ayurveda.
117. Haryana government started work on Rs 50-crore Saraswati river excavation and Revival project.
118. IBM announced investing 3 billion USD to build an Internet of Things (IoT) unit over the next four years.
119. INS Tarangini, the Sail Training Ship of Indian Navy left for Lokayan 2015 with theme Taking for a Broader Reach. As part of Lokayan-15, Tarangini will be on an eight month voyage through Europe and will participate in the annual Tall Ship Races under the aegis of Sail Training International and will travel 17 thousand miles.
120. India & France Signed an Mou (Memorandum of Understanding) to Establish a Marine Biology Institute during the visit of PM Narendra Modi to France.
121. India elected to four United Nations (UN) agencies - United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP), Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) and the Governing Council of UN-Habitat.
1. India was elected to these bodies at the Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) of UNECOSOC (the United Nations Economic and Social Council) at UN headquarters in New York (USA).
122. India is designated as Chair to Ninth Meeting of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Council to be held on 10th & 11th June, 2015 in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
123. India successfully test-fired Dhanush Surface-to-Surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile with range 350 KM.
124. India'a Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) signed agreement to export petroleum products to Bangladesh.
125. India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Russian INTMA signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a gas-based power project in Kazakhstan.
126. India-born Raja Rajeswari sworn-in as criminal court judge of the New York City and became first India-born woman judge of New York City.
127. Indian Air Force launched Operation Raahat to evacuate 4000 Indian nationals from Yemen.
128. Indian American Vivek Murthy appointed as 19th US Surgeon General. He became youngest-ever to hold this post.
129. Indian Army launched Operation Maitri for relief efforts in Easrthquake hit Nepal.
130. Indian Film Margarita With starring Kalki Koechlin won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film honour at Washington, DC International Film festival.
131. Indian Navy will decommission INS Viraat in Feb 2016. It is the aircraft carrier that had a service life of 56 years - first as HMS Hermes in the Royal British Navy and in its present avatar since 1987.
132. Indian Navy’s First Scorpene class stealth submarine Kalvari undocked at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
133. Indian Origin Person Gopinath Pillai awarded with outstanding service award in Singapore by National University of Singapore(NUS). He is serving as Ambassador-at-Large of Singapore and special envoy to Andhra Pradesh.
134. Indian PM Narendra Modi Visited France, Germany and Canada -
1. France
1. Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and AREVA of France signed an Agreement for proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project for setting up two EPR (Evolutional Pressurised Reactor) rectors of 1650 MWe each.
2. PM Narendra Modi gifted painting Tree of Life to French President Francois Hollande during his visit to France. It has been made by Odisha artist Bhaskar Mahapatra.
3. India & France Signed an Mou (Memorandum of Understanding) to Establish a Marine Biology Institute during the visit of PM Narendra Modi to France.
4. India asked France to supply 36 Rafale fighter jets in ‘fly-away’ condition.
5. MoU between ISRO and French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) on Indo-French Megha Tropiques satellite which was launched on board Indian launch vehicle PSLV on October 12, 2011.
2. Germany
1. Prime Minister Narendra modi gifted reproductions of some manuscripts and papers by Sir V C Raman to the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his visit to Germany. Sir C V Raman received Nobel Prize in physics in 1930 for his work on scattering of light.
3. Canada
1. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper presented ancient Indian sculpture Parrot Lady to PM Narendra Modi.
2. India and Canada issued Joint Statement title New Vigour, New Steps (नया उत्साह, नए कदम) to elevate their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership.
3. Narendra Modi gifted Miniature Painting titled Guru Nanak Dev to Stephen Harper.
4. India and Canada signed a nuclear agreement on supply of uranium to India. As per the 350 million USD agreement, Canadian Cameco Corporation will supply 7.1 million pounds of uranium to India till 2020.
5. MOU between Grand Challenges Canada and Department of Biotechnology of Indian Government for investment of CAD $2.5 million in health innovations in India.
135. Indian Railway won 5th Hockey India Senior Men National Hockey Championship held at Pune by beating Uttar Pradesh in final.
136. Indian Railways reported 12.16 % Increase in earnings in FY 2014-15 with Rs. 157880.50 crores as compared to Rs. 140761.27 crore in 2013-14.
137. Indian Space Research Organisation successfully test-fired indigenous cryogenic engine CE-20 for 645 seconds. This achievement will push India into bigger league of nations capable of launching satellites weighing up to five tonnes. It will enable GSLV to put Mark-III into geostationary orbit by the end of 2016.
138. Indian Tennis Player Yuki Bhambri won TF Uzbekistan F1 Futures Singles defeating Dzmitry Zyrmont of Serbia.
139. Indian novelist Siddhartha Gigoo won 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Asia region for his work Umbrella Man, a tale of surreal meditation on mental health and the environment. He will now compete with other four regional winners later in 2015.
1. Other region winners are - Africa - Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria) , Canada and Europe - Jonathan Tel (UK), Caribbean - Kevin Jared Hosein (Trinidad), Pacific - Mary Rokonadravu (Fiji)
140. Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela won Bronze at 10-meter Air rifle (women) in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle/Pistol World Cup held in Changwon (South Korea).
141. Indian shooter Jitu Rai won Bronze at 10-meter Air Pistol Men in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle/Pistol World Cup held in Changwon (South Korea).
142. India’s ace mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu died.
143. India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) became operational at GIFT City in Gujarat.
144. Indirect Taxes collections for Financial Year (FY) 2014-15 has exceeded Revised Estimates target of FY 2014-15 by Rs. 4,000 crore. The total collections as on 31-03-2015 is Rs.5,46,479 crore based on the provisional report as against the Revised Estimates target of Rs. 5,42,325 crore for the FY 2014-15.
145. Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank launched Tap-n-Pay, a near-field communications-enabled payment service in collaboration with Tech Mahindra.
1. This payment service is based on the near-field communications (NFC) technology which will enable its customers to make over-the-counter payments without using cash.
2. It will allow users to tap NFC enabled tag or mobile phone at merchant’s point-of-sale device for payments.
3. It is a prepaid account which will be available to customers of any bank by simply registering for it.
4. ICICI Bank customers can also transfer money to the Tap-n-Pay account through an SMS.
146. Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated Vividh Bharati Service of Delhi on FM Mode on 100.1 Megahertz frequency.
147. International Monetary Fund (IMF) released World Economic Outlook (WEO) April 2015 Report Update titled Uneven Growth: Short-term and Long-term Factors.
1. Global growth is forecasted at 3.5 % in 2015 and 3.8 % in 2016.
2. Growth in advance economies will rebound supported by the decline in oil prices.
3. Growth in USA is projected to exceed 3 % in 2015–16.
4. Growth for emerging and developing economies (except India) will get slightly slow from 4.6 % in 2014 to 4.3 % in 2015 .
5. India’s growth is projected to strengthen from 7.2% in 2014 to 7.5 % in 2015 and 2016.
6. For the first time since 1999, India’s growth rate may eclipse China’s and there is increasing divergence in the growth paths of the two countries. India is trying to shift from consumption to investment led growth at a time when China is going opposite way.
148. Iran, P5+1 and the European Union (EU) conceded on a framework agreement in Switzerland called as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) intended to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
149. Japan and United States (US) revised their defence deal after 18 years for greater co-operation between militaries due to growing global security concerns.
150. Japan created a Joint Working Group (JWG) between Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan to end the delay in civil nuclear with India.
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