25th April 2015 - Important Current Affairs updates

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National Affairs

• Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will flag off the much-awaited AC double-decker train for Lucknow from New Delhi tomorrow.
• Prime Minister NarendraModi‬, for the first time traveled in Delhi Metro‬ from Dhaula Kuan to Dwarka.
• In his tweet, Mr. Modi said he enjoyed the ride and thanked Sreedharan‬, the former Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, popularly known as Metro Man.

International Affairs

• Today (25th April) is World Malaria Day.
• This day recognizes global efforts to control malaria.
• Globally, 3.3 billion people in 106 countries are at risk of malaria.
• Important Note :
• Wolrd Malaria Day is one of eight official global public health campaigns currently marked by the World Health Organization (WHO).
• Remaining days are,
• World Health Day,
• World Blood Donor Day,
• World Immunization Week,
• World Tuberculosis Day,
• World No Tobacco Day,
• World Hepatitis Day and
• World AIDS Day.
• A massive earthquake killed scores in Nepal and India on today's morning.
• The massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal with devastating force less than 50 miles from the capital, Kathmandu causing tremors in northern India as well.
• Over 900 killed in Nepal.
• 41 deaths reported from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal bordering Nepal.

 People in News

• On the back foot over the suicide of Gajendra Singh at Aam Aadmi Party rally, the party-led Delhi government today announced to name a farmer compensation scheme after him, the govt also decided to give martyr status for him.
• Former South Africa cricketer and current Mumbai Indians fielding coach Jonty Rhodes and wife Melanie have named their new born baby girl India (India Jeanne Rhodes).

Deaths

• Leading Pakistani human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud (40) shot dead in Karachi today.
• Mahmud was the director of T2F [The Second Floor], a café and arts space that has been a mainstay of Karachi’s activists since it opened its doors in 2007.
• She was one of the country’s most outspoken human rights advocates.

Business & Economy

• Government has allowed retirement fund body EPFO to invest 5 percent of its corpus in exchange traded funds which will result into an inflow of around Rs 5,000 crore into the stock markets during this fiscal.
• Note : As per estimates, the EPFO's incremental deposits for 2014-15 would be around Rs 80,000 crore.

Awards & Honors

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today conferred the prestigious ‎Jnanpith‬ award (for the year 2014) on eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade.
• Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honor in India. 
• Mr Nemade is the 50th recipient of the award.
• Nemde's 1963 novel Kosala (Cocoon) changed the dimensions of Marathi novel.
• Nemade is the fourth Marathi writer to win the literary honour after VS Khandekar in 1974, VV Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj in 1988, and Govind Karandikar alias Vinda Karandikar in 2003.
• Assam has been awarded as the Best e-Panchayat state
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented the award to state Rural Development minister Rakibul Hussain in New Delhi. 

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