Current Affair - 15/April/2019

Essel World launched bird park – 

·       Essel World launched an interactive bird park in Gorail recently.

·       The first-of-its-kind rain forest-themed park spread across 1.4 acres in home to over 500 exotic birds from more than 60 species.

·       The park is equipped with small ponds for aquatic birds, dense cover of trees for birds t incubate their eggs and a water stream that offers drinking water to birds.

Anand secured 5^th place in chess –

·       Vishwanathan Anand secured 5^th place in the Shamkir Chess 2019 tournament, Sahmkir, Azerbaijan.

·       He drew with Vaseline Topalov in the 9^th round to finish fourth with 4.5 points, the same as Alexander Grischuk and Teimour Radjabov.

·       He was placed 5^th in the rankings behind Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Sergery Karjakin, and Grischuk.

Egypt unveiled 4300 years old Tomb –

·       Egypt unveiled the 43,000 year old tomb of a Fifth Dynasty nobleman adorned with colourful reliefs and well-preserved inscriptions a month after being discovered.

·       The Tomb is located South of Saqqara, a vast necropolis south of Cairo, and belongs to a senior official named Khuwy.

·       It is mostly made of white limestone bricks and is adorned with ornate paintings.

Impact of space travel on astronauts revealed –

·       Scientists have found no major epigenetic differences in Astronauts Scott Kelly, who spent a years in Space abroad the International Space Station, and his twin brother, Mark Kelly, who remained on Earth.

·       Epigenetic changes involve chemical tweaks to DNA that can influence gene activity.

·       The changes affect when and how a gene is read, or expressed, for its protein-encoding instructions.

Lapin confirmed as Haiti’s new Prime Minister –

·       Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise confirmed Jean-Michel Lapin as the country’s new Prime Minister.

·       Lapin, the former culture and communications ministers, was named acting Prime Minister on 21 March 2019.

·       Lapin is the third head of government under president Moise, who has led the Caribbean island nation since February 2017.

HDFC tops Forbes’ list of best Indian Banks –

·       Forbes has compiled a first-ever list of the World’s Best Bank 2019 in terms of customer services and technological advancements.

·       The private lender, HDFC Bank, was ranked at the top of the list.

·       After HDFC Bank, another private lender ICICI Bank took the second spot, while DBS was at the third rank in Forbes list of Indian banks.

Digital Sukoon receives Best Digital award –

·       Digital Sukoon founder, Sudhanshu Kumar was honoured with the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Nobel Award by International Human Rights Council on 10 April 2019.

·       Digital Sukoon received the Best Digital Agency of the Year 2019.

·       Digital Sukoon provides a comprehensive 360-degree solution to their clients for the promotional needs by creating innovative campaigns and optimum usage of technology tools.

Google Pay launched gold buying –

·       Google partnered with bullion refiner MMTC – PAMP India on 11 April 2019.

·       This will allow Google Pay users to buy and sell gold through the app.

·       Through this partnership, Google Pay users will be able to buy 99.99% 24-karat gold.

SpaceX carried out first commercial launch –

·       SpaceX has carried out its first commercial launch with its Falcon Heavy rocket tasked with placing a Saudi satellite in orbit.

·       The rocket exerts 5.1 million pounds of thrust – that of more than a dozen jetliners.

·       The rocket carried a Saudi Arabian satellite operated by Arabsat.

India to be Guest of Honour at ADIBF 2019 –

·       India will be the Guest of Honour country at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, ADIBF 2019, to be held from 24^th to 30^th of this month.

·       The fair aims to highlight the UAE’s rich heritage, showcasing its authenticity and modernity, as well as its cultural and literary output.

·       The book fair will celebrate India, with its authentic culture, arts, heritage, and knowledge-based traditions.

Tata Trust and Microsoft signed MoU –

·       Tata Trusts and Microsoft India signed a MoU to jointly rejuvenate the handloom clusters in the Eastern and North-Eastern parts of the country.

·       Microsoft’s ReWeave initiative helps preserve traditional weaving forms by upskilling, design, marketing, and entrepreneurship.

·       Tata Trusts’ initiative, ‘Antaran’, aims at rejuvenating ailing handloom clusters through an end-to-end programme.

TCS partnered with Google –

·       Tata Consultancy Services partnered with Google cloud to built industry-specific cloud solutions, on 10 April 2019.

·       TCS’s solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) will help enterprises build secure, cloud-native analytics platforms that are cost-effective, easy to maintain, and future ready.

·       TCS offers a set of cloud enablement services on GCP, applying the Machine-Fast Delivery Model.

Youtube’s largest growing market: India –

·       India has become Youtube’s largest and fastest growing market with 265 million Indian’s watching the video-sharing websites every month.

·       In the last one year, YouTube’s consumption on mobile has increased to 85%, with 60% of the watch time coming from outside the six largest metro’s in India.

·       YouTube has more than 1,200 Indian creator’s crossing the million subscriber’s-milestone.

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