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Current Affairs
| Sania Mirza becomes first Indian female tennis player ranked World No.1 in Women’s Doubles |
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| Sania Mirza on 12 April 2015 created history by becoming the first Indian female tennis player to achieve the world number one rank in doubles category
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| India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable Dhanush missile from ship |
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| India on 9 April 2015 successfully test fired nuclear weapons-capable Dhanush missile from a ship, off the Odisha coast. Test- The ship-based missile was launched from an Offshore Patrolling Vessel (OPV), deep inside the Bay of Bengal to test its full range.
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| Nasim Zaidi appointed as Chief Election Commissioner |
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| President Pranab Mukherjee on 9 April 2015 appointed the senior most Election Commissioner (EC), Dr. Nasim Zaidi as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He will succeed incumbent CEC HS Brahma, who retires on 19 April 2015 after
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| PM Narendra Modi launches MUDRA Bank to provide credit to small entrepreneurs |
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| Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April 2015 launched Micro Units Development Re-finance Agency (MUDRA) Bank in New Delhi. MUDRA Bank will act as a regulator for ‘Micro-Finance Institutions’ (MFIs) involved in manufacturing
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| India registers record production of nuclear fuel |
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| India has registered a major milestone for the nuclear industry by producing record nuclear fuel i.e. producing over 1,252 Metric Tonne (MT) of uranium bundles.
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| TRAI recommends 112 as single emergency number for India |
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| Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 7 April 2015 has proposed ‘112’ as a single emergency number that can be used all across the country including for police, fire and ambulance departments.
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| CCEA approves strengthening and widening of three sections of highways connecting Varanasi and Madurai |
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| Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 April 2015 approved strengthening and widening of three sections connecting the two temple towns of Varanasi and Madurai.
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| First indigenously-built Scorpene Submarine Kalvari undocked |
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| First indigenously-built Scorpene Submarine on 6 April 2015 was undocked at the Mazagaon Dockyard Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The undocked submarine was named Kalvari and is expected to be commissioned into Indian Navy by September 2016.
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| Dr. Mayilsamy Annadura took charge as Director of ISRO satellite centre |
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| Dr Mayilsamy Annadurai has assumed the office of Director, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He replaced Dr. S.K. Shivakumar, who had retired on 31 March 2015. About Dr Mayilsamy Annadurai Annadurai had joined
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| India to host 5th meeting of SAARC Health Ministers in New Delhi |
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| India is going to host the 5th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Health Ministers in New Delhi. The 5th meeting will start on 9 April 2015 and is being held in pursuance of decisions taken by the SAARC
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