2015: Point-Wise Current-Affairs/GS Articles

The First Phase of Kalinganagar is Plant in Odisha at Kalinganagar steel plant in Jajpur district of Odisha. Chief Minister of Odisha Mr. Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated it, with ambition of industrializing the state promptly.

About Kalinganagar Plant

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About the appointment: The President of India Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Justice T. S. Thakur as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) as per provision of Article 124 of constitution. T. S. Thakur will start their work a Chief Justice of India from 3 December 2015, after offi

Senior Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal passed away in Gurgaon, Haryana. He was 90. He was suffering from severe respiratory problems. Singhal was a bachelor and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pracharak all his life.

• He was the conspicuous leader of temple mov

China’s Tianhe - 2 supercomputer has arose as the world’s most powerful supercomputer system for the sixth consecutive time. It was revealed in 46^th edition of Top500 list of supercomputers.

Key features:

• The Chinese Supercomputer is proficient of performing calculations with p

Former Director of country’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), K. Shankaran Nair passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He was 94. He was accredited with the success of secret operations that aided the liberation of then east Pakistan into new country B

Scientists from India have discovered 5 new long - haired species of wasps from different parts of the country. They were discovered by researchers from National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources.

Key features:

• These species are named ‘adikeshavus’ which in Sanskrit mean

Renowned neurosurgeon and Secretary General of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal passed away in New Delhi. He was 70. About Dr Satya Paul Agarwal: Dr. Agarwal was a famous public health administrator.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated B R Ambedkar memorial in London. Maharashtra government has decided to alter the house where Ambedkar lived in London into an international memorial cum research centre.

About the event:

• It was a sim

35th edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF) was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. This fair will run for 14 days. This yearly event is organised by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) which is under Union Ministry of Commerc

Online marketplace Amazon. com Inc (AMZN. O) made its debut in the 2015 Thomson Reuters Top 100 global innovators list. There are 27 companies that are dropped from the list this year.

About Thomson Reuters:

• The Thomson Reuters Top 100 global innovators program identifies inno

A renowned writer of children’s books Kamala Laxman passed away in Pune. She was 90. She was widow of fabulous cartoonist R K Laxman who was best known for his creation The Common Man for his daily cartoon strip in the daily The Times of India.

About Kamala Laxman:

• Laxman was

World football governing body Fdration Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has banned Ganesh Thapa, President of the All - Nepal Football Association (ANFA) for 10 years. He was banned by FIFA’s ethics committee over dishonesty claims after the Himalayan country’s footb

Union Government has accepted Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Action Plans for 81 cities in 5 states with total project outlay of 5, 748 crore rupees. It was approved by an inter - ministerial Apex Committee headed by Madhusudan Prasad, Secretary, U

Excellent Young Indian shuttler Siril Verma has won silver medal at the significant 2015 BWF World Junior badminton Championships. The BWF World Junior Championships (is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (und

Odisha Government has started implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 in 14 of the 30 districts of the state. It covers almost 26.33 lakh families. State Food supplies and Consumer Welfare department has issued directives to the district administration to monito

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has declared his retirement from all forms of international cricket. This announcement was made by him after conclusion to the second Test match against New Zealand at WACA.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2015 Brazilian Grand Prix title of Formula One (F1). It was Rosberg’s overall thirteenth championship title of F1 in his career. It was the fifth win in the 2015 season after Spain, Monaco, Australian and Mexican Grand Prix.

Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has won silver medal at 2015 China Open Superseries Premier Badminton tournament after finishing at second position in the Women’s Singles category. The final match was played at the Haixia Olympic Sports Centre in Fuzhou,

• In the finals the defensive

Philippines is going to host 2015 Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from 18–19 November 2015 in its capital city Manila. It is second time Philippines holding the Asia - Pacific region’s most high - level business event i. e. APEC summit and had previously hosted

Veteran actor Saeed Jaffrey has passed away in London, England. He was 86. He is best - known for his acting roles in movies like Gandhi, Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Henna and Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

About Saeed Jaffrey:

• He was born o

Senior Indian representative Syed Akbaruddin has been appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations at New York. He will succeed Asoke Kumar Mukerji who will be retiring soon.

India’s former Ambassador to Nepal and modern Indian historian Bimal Prasad passed away in New Delhi at the age of 92. About Bimal Prasad: Bimal Prasad was born in 1925. He is an Indian historian who known for his grant on modern Indian history. He also served as Ambassador to Ne

Justin Pierre James Trudeau was born on December 25^th, 1971 in Ottawa. He is the 23^rd and current Prime Minister of Canada and the Leader of the Liberal Party. He is the second - youngest prime minister in Canadian history after Joe Clark who was the first youngest prime minister

Narendra Damodardas Modi was born on 17^th September 1950. He is the 15^th and current Prime Minister of India since 26^th May 2014. He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) from V