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| Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches National Air Quality Index to give pollution information |
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| Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched National Air Quality Index (AQI) to give pollution information on real time basis. Initially the new index will cover 10 cities.
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| Delhi airport wins Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2015Delhi airport wins Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2015 |
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| Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has won the prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year 2015. DIAL was bestowed this award for their efforts in building a culture of Total Quality across Indira Gandhi International Airport.
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| Arab poet Adonis chosen for 2015 Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry |
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| Syrian-Lebanese Arab poet Adonis has been chosen for 2015 Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry. Adonis was born as Ali Ahmad Said Esber in Western Syria in 1930. Since 1985, he had settled in Paris, France.
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| April 7: World Health Day |
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| World health Day was observed all over the world on April 7, 2015. Theme for year 2015 was “food safety” with the slogan from farm to plate, make food safe.
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| Asteroid 316201 named after Malala Yousafzai |
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| Asteroid 316201 was named as ‘316201 Malala’ after the youngest Nobel laureate and girls’ education campaigner Malala Yousafzai.
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| Bangladesh Cabinet approves revised trade deal with India |
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| Bangladesh cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved the revised India-Bangladesh trade agreement.
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| 17 Agreements signed between India and France during PM Narendra Modi’s visit |
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| India and France on 11 April 2015 signed 17 agreements in various fields during Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s visit to France. They were signed in presence of Indian PM and his counterpart French President Francois Hollande
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| Union Government launches FAME-India scheme to boost electric, hybrid vehicle sales |
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| Union Government on 1 April 2015 launched Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles (FAME) – India Scheme. The scheme was launched as part of the National Mission for Electric Mobility to boost eco-friendly
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| Gulshan Rai takes charge as India’s first cyber security chief |
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| Gulshan Rai on 1 April 2015 took charge as India’s first cyber security chief under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as Special Secretary for cyber security. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2015 had created this new post in PMO
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| Odisha Government launches Aahar scheme |
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| Odisha Government on 1 April 2015 launched ‘Aahar’- cheap meal scheme for providing subsidised food to urban poor. It was launched by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar on the occasion
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