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- Government of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana introduced a scheme which covers 5 (Five) lakh rupees accidental insurance for the benefit of transport drivers which also covers their children's education.
- The American company, Tesla motors launched battery system powerwall based on the solar energy. The home based battery charges with the solar energy by the solar panels.
- Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ordered to file an FIR against the Snapdeal, its CEO Kunal Behl and directors for selling the drugs online without any prescription.
- The Journal science with the study titled 'Accelerating extinction risk from climate change' was published by Mark C. Urban of Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, US . The Journal narrates the global warming will lead to extinction of 1 in 6 species by the end of century if the emission of co2 remains same day by day.
- The "International Labours Day" has been celebrated throughout the country which is to celebrate the achievements of the workers.
- The third India - Tunisia Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) was held from 29 April to 2 May 2015 at Tunis after a gap of 12 years.
- Airports Council International (ACI) presented the Airport Service Quality award 2014 for the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi under the category of handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum.
- Dr Prannoy Roy, Executive Co-Chairman of NDTV group has been awarded as RedInk award 2015 for lifetime achievement for the Excellence in Journalism.
- Tennis player Rafael Nadal was awarded gold medal for Merit to tennis by Spain's Prime Minister.
- India ranks at the position of 13th spot in the generation of Electricity from the Nuclear sourses.
- Chelsea has won the title of Barclays Premier League 2014-15 against the Crystal Palace with 1-0 at the end.
- World Press Freedom Day was held with the global theme as "Safe to Speak : Securing Freedom of Expression in All Media" which focuses on the safety of journalists.
- Aditya Birla Group announced merger of all its branded apparel businesses into one entity, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd, through an all-share deal.
- In the biggest event of boxing, Floyd Mayweather defeated Manny Pacquiao to unify the world welterweight title.
- Income Tax Department collects over Rs. 6,96,200 crore under the direct taxes kitty in the just concluded financial year 2014-15, about 14 per cent short of target.
- The Magadh Open Cast Mine which is the Asia's largest mine was inaugurated in Chatra District.
- Freedom of Expression Courage award 2015 was presented to French magazine Charlie Hebdo.
- France signed an agreement with Qatar of 7.02 billion US Dollars to supply 24 Rafale fighter jets.
- International Firefighters Day was observed over the world.
- At the International Shooting Competition held at Germany, India's top shooters won three gold medals and two bronze medals.
- World Asthma Day was observed with the theme 'You can Control Your Asthma' and sub-theme 'Its Time to Control Asthma'.
- 16th annual State of the World's Mothers (SOWM) report was released by Save The Children by the title named as 'The Urban Disadvantage'.
- The Government has made the 'Permanent Account Number' (PAN) is mandatory for the Private sectors seeking central excise registration.
- The Indian Army Inducted the Akash Weapon System (AWS) to protect the country from aerial threats.
- The Union Transport Ministry has introduced the National Waterways Bill 2015 in Lok Sabha.
- "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" Scheme was launched by Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar in the state level to empower the girl child and enable her education.
- Lok Sabha has passed the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill 2014 which is expected to reduce the corruption and to increase the manufacturing.
- The Delhi High Court Bill 2014 is passed in Rajya Sabha to reduce the burden from Delhi high court and to make a speedy disposal of cases.
- The proposal for building GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 communication satellites for supporting the telecommunication and the television services was approved by the government.
- Microsoft India has introduced Edu-Cloud, a cloud computing based offering is designed for digital learning and teaching for schools and higher education through virtual learning platforms in India.
- India has gone down to 140th rank in an annual global Mother's index, which is analyzing about the world's best places to be a mother.
- Government has asked all the Universities to add a column as Transgender Category in all the application forms, certificates and other relevant documents.
- According to Forbes's annual list, India is home to 56 of the world's largest and powerful public companies which is topped by US by 579 companies.
- According to the latest report released, Chennai has the highest vehicle density in India with 2093 vehicles per unit length of the roadway.
- Achal Kumar Jyoti, the former chief secretary of Gujarat has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced a new mechanism for banks to check Loan Frauds by the way of getting early warning signals at banks.
- The annual celebration of World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day was celebrated with the theme of "Power of Humanity : The Fundamental Principles in Action".
- The BrahMos land-attack cruise missile was successfully test-fired by India from the Car Nicobar Islands.
- Indian and Russian institutions of higher learning has signed the 11 Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to establish the Network of Institutions of Higher Education.
- A team at NASA's Langley Research Center is developed and successfully flight tested the Battery-Powered plane consists of 10 engines which can take off like an helicopter and also which can fly efficiently like an aircraft.
- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered every Household in Delhi to pay the monthly 'Environmental Compensation' for their sewage connections which will be utilized to build a new sewage treatment plants and other technologies to clean up the river Yamuna.
- HDFC bank is the only Indian company which ranks in worlds top 10 lists of biggest consumer finance services firms.
- The book Titled as Unbelievable - Delhi to Islamabad written by Prof. Bhim Singh was released.
- Russia today held a grand military parade in Moscow commemorating the Victory Day (70th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany during the 2nd World War) in the presence of several world leaders, including President Pranab Mukherjee.
- Nation Pays Tribute to the great reformer and freedom fighter social Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his 149th Birth Anniversary.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated the upgraded IISCO steel plant in Burnpur, West Bengal which is known as the largest blast furnace in India.
- Worlds Mother's Day was celebrated all over the world. The celebration was began United States in the early 20th century.
- China has increased its defence budget more than three times that of India. according to that estimation says China's last year budget was 136.3 billion dollars and India's was 38.2 billion dollars.
- Andy Murray of Britain beat Rafael Nadal to win the title of Madrid open Mens Single's.
- Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany won the title of Spanish Grand Prix Formula One Race.
- The National Technology Day was observed in India. This day was celebrated across India in favor of memorize the the anniversary of Shakti, the pokhran nuclear test held on May 1998.
- The Union Ministry of Finance has appointed a committee under the chairmanship of Justice Ajit Prakash Shah in Rajya Sabha to look into the issue of Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs).
- India Posts has launched a dedicated E-Commerce Centre in New Delhi to cater the e-commerce business enterprises.
- Tata Communications has made an tie up with China Telecom Global to enable and manage media content for customers in China and globally.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three new national social security schemes in Kolkata.
- Indo-Global Pharma Expo and Summit 2015 is scheduled to be held in Hyderabad and the theme of the Expo will be "Innovation and Advances".
- Subrata Paul and three others including retired players have been recommended by the All India Football Federation for the prestigious Arjuna Awards.
- Indian-American professor Dr. Sivanadane Mandjiny won the University of North Carolina (UNC) Award 2015 for his Excellence in Teaching.
- Uttar Pradesh Government has launched the Samajwadi Shudha Payjal Yojna for UP Roadways bus stations installed at Lucknow and at other 100 bus stations of the state.
- Facebook was signed up with nine news publishers to launch Instant Articles which will make to publish articles directly to the social network's mobile news feeds.
- Rajya Sabha has passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014 by voice vote. This bill comes under the Companies Act 2013 and are designed to address some issues raised by stakeholders.
- Karan Menon, an Indian-American student of 14 years old has won the 2015 National Geographic Bee championship which includes 50000 US dollars college scholarship, lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society and more.
- Parliament has passed a bill to deal with black money stashed abroad. It stays with the penalty of jail for 10 years while caught in the deal with black money.
- Neel Mukherjee, the kolkata born writer has won the UK's Encore Award for the best second novel for the performance in writing of the novel named "The Lives of Others".
- Punjab becomes the first state to issue Soil Health Cards to all farmers in the state. The state has got 66 such laboratories for the development of farmers which can test 3.5 lakh soil samples annually.
- MHRD (Union Ministry of Human Resource Development) gave an in-principle approval for setting up an IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology) in Nagpur, Maharashtra which is going to be the first IIIT to be set up in the state.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) allowed Tap and Pay for the transaction up to Rs. 2000 without PIN number. The transaction beyond the limit must be given the option of contact payment and requires the pin authentication.
- State Bank of India (SBI) has launched the new technology of card as contact-less credit and debit cards called sbiINTOUCH which is based on latest near-field technology (NFC).
- Indian cricket team moves over to the position of fourth place in test cricket which is officially made by ICC.
- Indian Chess player, Tejaswini Sagar has won her maiden world title bagging the gold in the under-15 category of World School Chess Championship.
- ASSOCHAM organises the 6th National Conference on Nuclear Energy was held in New Delhi with the theme named "Nuclear Energy: A Clean Energy option".
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers has discovered the world’s first fully warm-blooded fish species called Opah.
- Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping has launched the Road Asset Management System (RAMS) for National Highways. The system will compile information on road assets, condition of the pavements and traffic through use of laser technology.
- Arun Shrivastava, the former Executive director of Bank of India has been appointed as the new Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Syndicate Bank.
- Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis made into women's doubles final match in the series of Rome Masters Tennis Tournament.
- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launched the official website of 10th World Hindi Conference which can be visited as www.vishwahindisammelan.gov.in at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan in New Delhi.
- Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India inaugurated the ICICI bank's first branch at Shanghai, China.
- Canada has announced its plans to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by the year 2030.
- Doordarshan (DD) and China Central Television (CCTV) have signed an agreement for the exchange of art, culture and development television programmes.
- Government of India asked Switzerland to share the information about the Indians who are maintaining the accounts in Swiss Bank.
- India and Mongolia have signed 13 agreements to further enhance bilateral ties and co-operation between the two countries. The Indian government also announced to provide one billion US dollars credit to Mongolia.
- The Union government allocated Rs. 5000 crore for the growth and development of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy).
- The Australian Wicket Keeper and Batsman, Brad Haddin retired from the One Day International cricket.
- The Indian young boy, Karan Jerath has won the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award for the invention of the device that will stop undersea oil spills.
- The government centre is planning to open 1,000 postal ATM's considered as expanding the utilities of post offices.
- Reliance Jio Infocomm, a telecom subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), signed a pact with Huawei, the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer firm for sourcing 4G devices.
- The Food Processing industries of Union Government sanctioned the proposals for setting up 30 new cold storage chains in the country.
- Infosys became the first Indian company to join RE100 Renewable Energy Campaign. It is the global platform for major companies committed to 100% renewable power.
- HDFC Bank, the countries second largest private company launched medical prepaid cards for the medical benefits to their employees.
- India had assumed the presidency of 68th World Health Assembly after a long period of 19 years.
- The Delhi Government decided to launch Pay and Play scheme at the sports stadium and complexes to promote the sports interest for all age peoples.
- The Sri Lanka Tamils commemorated war dead for the first time in the northern village of Sri Lanka, Mullivaikkal.
- India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi concluded his Three Nation Visit to China, Mongolia and South Korea which is to built the relationship with those countries.
- The 4th anti-submarine warfare ship named "Kavaratti" is built by GRSE for the Indian Navy which was launched at Kolkata.
- Harkeert Singh, an Indian-American policeman have won the prestigious police award in Texas, United States.
- President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 50th anniversary of India’s first historic climb of Mount Everest in 1965 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- Maharashtra Government has decided to make Factories Act, 1948, which benefits the women employees can also work at the night shifts.
- Siddhivinayak temple, the famous temple at Mumbai received the ISO 9001-2008 certification for best quality practices carried on.
- Indigenously developed air-to-air missile, Astra was successfully test-fired at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur in Odisha.
- India's most considered three metropolitan cities, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore takes place in the list of fastest growing cities.
- Anti Terrorism Day was observed across India. This day was observed at the day of death anniversary of former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi.
- Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O Panneerselvam resigned his position and he tendered his resignation to the Governor Konijeti Rosaiah.
- The Army of United States developed the Blast Proof Wallpaper for the protection of soldiers from the explosions.
- Andaman and Nicobar police has proposed to reserve the percentage of 33% seats for the women for the postings as constable and sub-inspector.
- The Food Safety and Drug Administration inspectors ordered the Nestle India to recollect all the Maggi noodles from the shops across the country as the product contains dangerous level of Lead.
- International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) was observed by the United Nations with the theme of the year "Biodiversity for Sustainable Development".
- G Mohan Kumar has appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
- Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and ArcelorMittal signed the MoU to set up an Automotive steel manufacturing plant in India.
- India has reached the sixth position in publishing scientific research papers from the position of 10th.
- SportsPro magazine has positioned Kohli as the sixth most marketable athlete in the world.
- J Jayalalithaa sworn-in as the Cheif Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth time at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium, Chennai.
- World Turtle Day was observed to increase the knowledge and respect for tortoises and turtles for their survive in the world.
- Ireland becomes the first country to legalise same-sex marriage by the popular vote.
- The trail of Bus Service began between the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka and to the Guwahati, the capital of Indian state Assam.
- According to the latest report produced,Indians are the second largest migrants to UK after that of Chinese.
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recommended Contract system for Indian women cricket team which was also proposed more international fixtures for the team.
- The government is likely to make the mandatory psychometric test for determining the mental health of pilots in domestic carriers.
- John Nash, the famous and Noble prize winning mathematician was died in a car crash with his wife.
- India has begun the process of having 70 super computers in the country to make a high level research in different fields.
- Mumbai Indians has won their second title in 8th IPL 2015 by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs.
- India's largest private sector bank, ICICI launched Voice Recognition Service (VRS) for Biometric Authentication for the customers based on their speech patterns.
- In the official gazette of Switzerland released the name of two Indian women having the Swiss bank account.
- Whirlpool India Limited, Indian home appliances maker has appointed Sunil D'souza as the Managing Director.
- Snapdeal, the major E-commerce acquired Hyderabad-based mobile technology start up MartMobi for an undisclosed amount which will strengthen its mobility platform.
- Kumar Sangakkara, the former Sri Lankan Cricket team captain and wicket keeper was named as the CEAT international cricketer of the year 2015.
- Forbes has released the list of Worlds 100 most powerful women 2015 showing women who impacted businesses, media, philanthropy, politics and more.
- The Delhi high court made an decision to allow the Greenpeace India to operate two of its domestic accounts and access its fixed deposits.
- The Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) conducted the Tiger estimation study in non protected areas of Maharashtra and claimed that as many as 48 tigers have inhabited outside the protected areas in forests in Chandrapur district.
- State Bank of India has appointed Rajnish Kumar as the Managing Director for the Compliance and risk department.
- Indian Primr Minister Narendra Modi launched the Doordarshan's farmer centric channel named as DD Kisan which focuses on the pragrammes for the agricultural sector and rural India.
- A marathon was organized by Forum for Human Rights and Justice (FHRJ) named as "Ajanmi Beti Ke liye Daud" for the cause of saving girl child in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a resolution 2222 (2015) on the protection of journalists in conflict zones as the deaths and kidnappings of media professionals which has continued to increase periodically.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP). released an report titled "State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015".
- The two countries such as India and Vietnam have signed a joint vision statement on defence corporation for the the periog between 2015-2020.
- Jawaharlal Nehru's 51st death anniversary was remembered by the nation.
- Dr. S Christopher was appointed as the Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Scientific Advisor of Defence respectively for the tenure of two years from the date of taking over the charge.
- Abinav Bindra, the only individual Olympic gold medalist of India became the 4th Indian shooter to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics.
- The Reserve Bank of India has proposed to introduce the Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) for Mass transit System (MTS).
- India ranks 44th in International Institute for Management Development (IMD) global competitiveness report 2015.
- A latest technology called Satellite Tracking System has been set up in Himachal Pradesh to check the forest fires during summer.
- Joseph Sepp Blatter was re-elected as FIFA President for the fifth term.
- The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed across the world with the theme named "Together for Peace".
- Online Customer Acquisition Solutions was launched by the State Bank of India (SBI) for the customers to apply for Home loans, Car loans, Educational loans and Personal loans in an online platform.
- Veena Jain was appointed as Director General of Doordarshan news which was officially approved by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B).
- The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has launched a cyber security task force with the aim of transforming India into a cyber security research and training hub.
- Finance Minister inaugurates New Bank Note Paper Line of 6000 MT capacity in Madhya Pradesh.
- The government has approved a pact on coastal shipping between India and Bangladesh to improve the faster and cheaper cargo movement between the nations.
- The first Hindi Newspaper 'Udant Martand' was first released on this day ans it was published in calcutta in the year 1826.
- A documentary based on the life of music maestro AR Rahman named "Jai Ho" was screened at the White House in Washington.
- Alaistair Cook, the batsman of England now became the leading test run scorer for England scoring a total of 8,900 runs by beating the record of Gooch.
- Jorhat district of Assam conducted the Fourth North East Youth Festival organized by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) on behalf of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- World No Tobacco day was observed all over the world which was created by World Health Organization (WHO) in 1987 with the theme of this year is "Stop illicit trade of tobacco products.
- Pinaka Mark II rocket is an advanced version rocket which was successfully test fired from Army's Chandan firing range using a multi-barrel launcher.
- The researchers from China have successfully developed the first ATM (Automated Teller Machine) with facial recognition technology for reducing the risk of theft.
- Indian government has launched a new website (www.khoyapaya.gov.in) for the people to report, track and to upload any information about the missing children's.
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