Current Affairs Daily updates : Important Points of 19th march 2015

International Affair

IMF (International Monetary fund) chief Christine Lagarde will visit China.

About IMF:

o Chief – Charistine Lagarde

o HQ – Washington D.C

o Type – International financial organization

 Government of Sri-Lanka may ban on Tamil diaspora group and individuals imposed by Mahinda Rajapaksa for their links to Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE).                   

Sri Lanka Foreign Minister : Mangala Samaraweera.


National Affairs

International Conference on Counter Terrorism  Begins in Jaipur.

o Rajnath Singh (Union Minister) inaugurated this conference.

o This conference is a global platform for all the government agencies , field expert, research institute all over the world.

1st National and Photography & Videography Workshop  began at New Delhi

o Rajyavardhan Rathore (Minister of state for Information and Broadcasting)

 Election commission has decided that ballot papers will also consist of pictures of candidates besides their names and symbols , this is done to remove the confusion between different candidates expert, research institute all over the world inaugurated this event.



New Appointments

Ratan tata (former chairman of Tata sons) appointed as head of “Kayakulp” council.

About Kayakalp council :

o It is a innovative council of Indian Railways to recommend innovative process.

o Suresh Prabhu ( Railway Minister) also comprised of this council.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan appointed as President of Royal Society replacing sir Paul Nurse.


About Royal Society:

o It is a society for science and possibly oldest such society in existence.

o Founded – 1660

o HQ – (U.K) London

and methods for improvements and betterment in Indian railways.

Sports

 India into semifinals by defeating Bangladesh.

 Rohit Sharma became man of the match.

 M S Dhoni became the 1st Indian captain to lead India to 100 ODI wins.



Important Questions

Ques: Where is the Headquarter of IMF?
1) Geneva, Switzerland
2) New York
3) Washington D.C
4) Vienna, Austria

Ques: Which educational institution topped the World Reputation Rankings 2015 that was released by Times Higher Education on 12 March 2015?
1) Harvard University
2) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3) University of Oxford
4) Stanford University

Ques: Who was nominated as the Ambassador to Pakistan by the United States (US) President Barack Obama on 11 March 2015?
1) David Hale
2) Cameron Munter
3) Anne W Patterson
4) Richard G Olson


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