Current Affairs ­ April 2015 Month April 2015 Type All 298 Current Affairs were found in Month ­ April 2015 for Type ­ All Appointments 1. Andhra Pradesh Government appointed Chadalavada Krishnamurthy as Chairman of TTD (Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Board). 2. Brijbhushan Sharan Singh re­elected as president of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for four years. 3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) elected Sitaram Yechury as fifth general secretary of the party. 4. Finland’s opposition Centre Party led by Juha Sipila won General Elections. Juha Sipila will be 44th Prime Minister of Finland. 5. General Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressives Congress (APC) party won Presidential Elections of Nigeria. 6. Gulshan Rai, Director General of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert­In) appointed as Indias first cyber security chief as Special Secretary for cyber security for Prime Ministers Office (PMO). 7. India­born Raja Rajeswari sworn­in as criminal court judge of the New York City and became first India­born woman judge of New York City. 8. Indian American Vivek Murthy appointed as 19th US Surgeon General. He became youngest­ever to hold this post. 9. K VijayRaghavan, Secretary in Department of Biotechnology has been elected a Foreign Associate of US National Academy of Sciences. He was also recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) for his achievements in original research. 10. Loretta Lynch appointed as first black female Attorney General of United States of America. 11. Mayilsamy Annadurai appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bengaluru. 12. Meenakshi Madan Rai sworn in as first lady judge of Sikkim High Court. 13. Mohan Kumar appointed India's Ambassador to France. 14. Mukesh Khanna is appointed as Chairperson of Children's Film Society of India Children's Film Society India (CFSI) was founded by Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1955 under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 15. Nasim Zaidi is appointed as new (20th) chief election commissioner of India replacing Hari Shankar Brahma. 16. Neeraj Kumar appointed chief adviser of Anti­Corruption & Security Unit of Board of Control for Cricket in India. 17. Omar al­Bashir re­elected as President of Sudan. He is holding this post since 1989. 18. Professional Services Comppany KPMG elected Lynne Doughtie as first women CEO and Chairman. 19. Rajeev Shukla appointed as chairman of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Governing Council by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). 20. Rajiv Ranjan Verma has been appointed as Director General of Railway Protection Force. 21. S.K. Bhagat is appointed as Additional Director General in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed as Additional Director General in Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). 22. Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz appointed his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef as Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister. 23. Sumit Mazumder elected as President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2015­16 replacing Ajay Shriram. 24. Sunil Kumar Sinha Appointed as Chief Justice Of Sikkim High Court. 25. Supreme Court appointed Vivek Priyadarshi to lead the probe on IPL scandal. 26. Thomas Bach, president of International Olympic Committee (IOC) named as ambassador of HeForShe campaign by UN Women for gender equality (established by United Nations (UN) Women). Top Awards 1. 24th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award will be given to Prajwala founder Sunitha Krishnan for her work in rescue, restoration and rehabilitation of victims in trafficking and her support for HIV patients. 2. Adiel Yosef, a 22­year­old Indian­origin soldier in Israeli army received Presidential Medal of Excellence by Israel Government. 3. Actor Anil Kapoor conferred with Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015 along with Marathi actor Dilip Prabhavalkar. Rishi Kapoor and Zakir Husain were conferred with this award in 2014. 4. Actor Shah Rukh Khan honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Award 2015 for movie Happy New Year. 5. Asian Banker Achievement Award 2015 ­ Core Banking (Mid­Sized Bank) : ING Vysya and FIS Core Banking (Emerging Bank) : Kanbawza (KBZ) Bank and Oracle Financial Services Software Limited Corporate Payment : Axis Bank and Arteria Technologies HR System : Axis Bank, Cognizant Technology Services, Mobitrail and Tejora Technologies Outsourcing (New Bank): Bharatiya Mahila Bank and FIS Technology Leadership Achievement : Amit Sethi, Chief Information Officer, Axis Bank ATM and Kiosks: Cathay United Bank & NCR System, Taiwan Branch Automation: Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), Avaya Hong Kong and GRG Banking Solutions Cloud Based Project: Philippine Business Bank and IBM CRM : IndusInd Bank and Talisma Corporationt Data & Analytics : KB Kookmin Bank and IBM Korea Financial Supply Chain: China Merchants Bank Lending Platform Implementation : Cathay United Bank and IBM Taiwan Mobile Banking : China Merchants Bank Multi­Channel : Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Avaya Hong Kong Outsourcing (Existing Bank): Bank of Queensland and Hewlett­Packard Retail Payment : Hong Leong Bank and Silverlake Mobility EcoSystem Smart Branch : ANZ and GTSO New Zealand Social Media Engagement : DBS and NCS Treasury Management System : Bank of Communications, Misys and KMerit Technology (Suzhou) Outstanding Technology Implementation : DBS and Infosys 6. BJP leader Yashwant Sinha conferred with Officer of the Legion of Honour for valuable contribution to thought on international issues, it is the highest French civilian honor. 7. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan honoured by Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award at 5th Asian Awards in London ­ Previous winners in this category included Irrfan Khan (2014), Anupam Kher (2013) and Yash Chopra (2011). List of Awardees Category Winners Founders Award Dr. Amar Bose, Founder of Bose Corporation Entrepreneur of the Year Jack Ma, Founder & CEO of Alibaba Outstanding Achievement in Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood Cinema actor Outstanding Achievement in Kumar Sangakkara, Cricketer of Sport Sri Lanka Business Leader of the Year The Hinduja Brothers Outstanding Achievement in Sanjeev Bhaskar, Comedian, Television actor and broadcaster Outstanding Achievement in Art John Rocha, Designer & Design Outstanding Achievement in Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee, Science & Technology Experimental particle physicist Outstanding Achievement in Zayn Malik, English singer and Music songwriter 8. Central Board Of Excise and Customs Awarded the Prime Ministers Award for Excellence in Public Administration for 2012­13. 9. Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) won prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the year 2015. 10. Google India won Randstad Award 2015 for Most Attractive Employer in India with Sony India as runner­up. Other Awards were Manufacturing ­ Tata Steel FMCG ­ P&G Automobile ­ Honda India Microsoft India has been inducted into the Hall of Fame category this year for winning the coveted Randstad Award title for four consecutive years. Randstad Awards are given each year to encourage best practices for talent attraction and to identify the best ‘Employer Brand’ in the country. 11. Indian Film Margarita With starring Kalki Koechlin won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film honour at Washington, DC International Film festival. 12. Indian Origin Person Gopinath Pillai awarded with outstanding service award in Singapore by National University of Singapore(NUS). He is serving as Ambassador­at­Large of Singapore and special envoy to Andhra Pradesh. 13. 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. Other region winners are ­ Africa ­ Lesley Nneka Arimah (Nigeria) , Canada and Europe ­ Jonathan Tel (UK), Caribbean ­ Kevin Jared Hosein (Trinidad), Pacific ­ Mary Rokonadravu (Fiji) 14. Marathi Litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade conferred with 50th Jnanapith Award. The award includes 11 lakh rupees and a citation. His novel, Kosala, written in 1963 was considered as a path breaking in Marathi literature. 15. Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, a 12­year­old Muslim girl won the first place in a Bhagwad Gita competition organised by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). 16. Ministry for Development of North East Region (DoNER) headed by its Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh, received Web Ratna Award 2014 by Ministry of Information Technology (IT) for exemplary efforts by DoNER Ministry for promoting e­governance initiatives. 17. New Zealand cricket team captain Brendon McCullum conferred with Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for 2014­15 as highest cricketing honour of New Zealand. 18. PM Narendra Modi congratulated Islamic scholar and activist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan for his winning Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Ibn Ali Peace Award in Dubai. 19. Pakistan Government conferred its top civilian award Nishan­e­Pakistan on Chinese President Xi Jinping for his outstanding contribution in promotion of relationship between the two countries. 20. Paris­ based Syrian­Lebanese Arab poet Adonis has been chosen for 2015 Kumaran Asan World Prize for poetry, instituted by the Kumaran Asan Memorial Association. 21. Pratap Singh, a 15­year­old Indian­origin schoolboy in the United Kingdom awarded with Institute of Physics (IOP) Prize for conducting an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einsteins theory of special relativity. 22. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred National