15th April 2015 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs

• After visiting France and Germany, Modi arrived Canada on the final leg of his three-nation visit.
• India and Canada inked a total of 13 deals in the area of skill development.
• Deals signed includes commercial agreement to supply Uranium for India's nuclear plants
• The $350-million uranium agreement, which was signed by Cameco and the Atomic Energy Commission of India in the presence of Prime Ministers of India and Canada , marked a new chapter in India's ties with Canada, which had imposed sanctions on India after its nuclear tests.
• Under the deal which runs through 2020, Cameco will supply 7.1 million pounds of uranium concentrate to India.
• Prime Minister of Canada : Stephen Harper
• Modi announced liberalised visa policy for Canadian nationals visiting India.
• Foreign Minister of Belarus, Vladimir Makei is on a three-day visit to India.
• India and Belarus today agreed to enhance their bilateral ties especially in the field of trade and economy.

National Affairs

• Six parties from the erstwhile Janata Parivar merged today under the leadership of Mulayam Singh Yadav, a development which comes ahead of Bihar assembly elections slated later this year and the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.
• The six parties are, 
• Samajwadi Party (SP), 
• Janata Dal-United (JD-U), 
• Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), 
• Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), 
• Janata Dal-Secular JD-S) and 
• Samajwadi Janata Party-Rashtriya (SJP-R).
• According to sources, the group will endorse Nitish Kumar as the merged entity's chief ministerial candidate for Bihar.
• The government has formed an inter-ministerial committee headed by Cabinet Secretary to review the Official Secrets Act in the context of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose files.
  
• Cabinet Secretary : Ajit Seth
• Karnataka Health Minister U.T. Khader has inaugurated two-wheeler ambulances in Bengaluru.
• He termed this bike ambulance project as a “platinum ten minutes” trauma care initiative.
• Aimed at reducing deaths due to road accidents, the platinum trauma care initiative is useful for negotiating heavy traffic in urban areas where it will be difficult for four-wheeler ambulances to reach the accident spot at the earliest.

New Appointments

• Mrs. Meenakshi Madan Rai was sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court today.

Deaths

• Renowned Assamese filmmaker and actor Bidyut Chakraborty passed away.
• He directed several Assamese movies including Raag-Biraag, Goon Goon Gaane Gaane, Dwaar. Chakraborty even won Indira Gandhi national award for Raag Biraag.

Sports

• India remains at number two spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings.
• With 122 points, Australia topped the chart.
• With 116 points, India are placed just six points behind Australia.
• India are followed by South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, Pakistan.

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