On 11th May, American Chamber of Commerce in India appointed a new Chairperson lady, the first woman to hold this post since the industry body's inception here in 1992. What is her name?: Vanitha Narayanan
Explanation: Vanitha Narayanan, who is the Managing Director of IBM India, holds an MBA in Marketing and Information Systems. With 27 years of experience, she is also a member of IBM's Growth & Transformation Team, a member of IBM's Global Women's Council and Chairperson of the Board of governors for National Institutes of Technology (NIT) heading NIT-Suratkal. In IBM she is responsible for all of IBM's sales, marketing, services and global delivery operations in the India/South Asia region, including operations in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Richard Rekhy, CEO of KPMG, India and Gulshan Kumar Sachdev, Managing Director, Quaker Chemical Ltd, have been appointed as the Vice Chairmen of AMCHAM-India.
On 5 May 2015 in famous Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat, a 5-day census of the Asiatic Lions was conducted.According to this census there are how many lions at the Gir sanctuary?: 523
Explanation: The lion census was conducted by over 1,000 enumerators over five days, which was concluded on 5 May 2015. The Lion Census at Gir Wildlife Sanctuary concluded the considerable increase in the population of Asiatic lions in the sanctuary in 2015 as compared to the last census conducted in 2010. Lion population in 2010 stood at 411 while at present figure stands at 523. The enumerators found 109 adult males, 201 adult females, and 213 cubs and sub-adults distributed across four districts – Junagadh, Gir Somnath, Amreli, and Bhavanagar.
Narendra Modi on 10 May 2015 became the first passenger to fly out of the country's first private-sector greenfield airport. What is the name of the airport?: Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal
Explanation: Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal is located in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Indian Air Force (IAF) B 737-700 Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) carrying the Prime Minister took off from Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal around 1pm and headed straight to Delhi. However, Commercial operations at the airport will begin from May 18 with Alliance Air operating a 42-seater ATR flight between Andal and Kolkata six days a week and Pinnacle Air connecting Andal with Bagdogra and Cooch Behar. Changi Airports International of Singapore has 36.2% stake in the project.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the first prime minister in last 30 years to visit Naxal hotbed of Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) on 9 May 2015. Who was the last to do so?: Rajiv Gandhi
Explanation: The PM Narendra Modi stopover at Dantewada, the first by a prime minister since the visit of Rajiv Gandhi in 1985. Welfare projects worth about Rs. 25,000 crore were initiated by the Prime Minister on this occasion and this included establishment of a major steel plant as well as a railway line.
On 8 May 2015, a military helicopter packed with foreign diplomats on a leisure trip, meet with an accident killing seven people, including two ambassadors and wives of two other Islamabad-based envoys. The accident happened in which country?: Pakistan
Explanation: Among the dead were Leif H Larsen, 61, the ambassador of Norway, and 54-year-old Domingo D Lucenario, the Philippine envoy and wives of envoys of Malaysia and Indonesia. The helicopter crash in a school killing all the people onboard. Thanks to god that due to security reason school was closed else children could have killed in this accident. The Taliban has claimed the responsibility but according to Pakistan military, the accident was happened because of the malfunction of the system / technical failure in helicopter. However, this attack is majorly seen as attack on the Pakistani Prime minister Nawaj Sharif who helicopter was return back after this accident when he was heading towards the same direction.
President Pranab Mukherjee, who is on a four day tour to Russia, on 8 May 2015 gave the keynote address to the Russian Diplomatic Academy. The President was conferred with which honorary by Academy?: Doctorate
Explanation: The President is in Russia to witness the Victory Day parade on Saturday marking the 70th anniversary Allied forces victory in the Second World War. The President said that Russia has contributed to India's development, growth and security and India will always reciprocate this support.
Who was appointed as the new Election Commissioner on 7 May 2015 to fill one of the two vacancies in the three-member body?: Achal Kumar Jyoti
Explanation: After Brahma demitted office, two posts of ECs in the three-member body have remained vacant. Thus, Achal Kumar Jyoti was apponted as new Chief Election Commissioner. Mr. Jyoti is a former Chief Secretary of Gujarat during the tenure of Narendra Modi as state’s Chief Minister. He had retired from active service in January 2013 after serving in various capacities in Gujarat including as Chairman of the Kandla Port Trust between 1999 and 2004 and Managing Director of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL).
The Lok Sabha on 7 May 2015 passed amendments to the Juvenile Justice Act where special provisions have been made in the changed law to ensure it will not be abused to punish innocents. What is the new Law?: The juvenile will have to stay in juvenile homes till they attain the age of 21
Explanation: The law was updated where special provisions have been incorporated so that the law is not misused and innocent are not punished. Thus the juvenile justice board's panel which will include a sociologist and a psychologist, will determine whether the case is fit for trial under adult laws or not for the juvenile age between 16 to 18. Government stressed the fact that regardless of the sentence given, if convicted under the new law, the juvenile will have to stay in juvenile homes till they attain the age of 21. As per the National Crime Records Bureau, the total cases of heinous crimes by juveniles number 3887 in the country.
A 15 year old sportsperson died on 7 May 2015 and three others have been hospitalised after they ate a poisonous fruit. All these sportsperson are undergoing training at Water Sports Centre of the Sports Authority of India. The accient took place in which city? Alappuzha - Kerala
Explanation: All 4 sportsperson had written suicide note for alleged both mentally and physically harassment by the authorities and some seniors. The girls are suspected to have consumed the fruit, locally called 'Othalanga' inside the SAI women's hostel. However, the hostel warden denied the charges and said they came to know about the condition of the girls only when they fainted.
Rajya Sabha on 6 April 2015 unanimously passed a historic bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh that provides for exchange of territories to settle the border issue which was pending since how many years?: 41 year
Explanation: The Constitution (119th) Amendment Bill, which will allow the operationalisation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary agreement, was passed with full support from 181 members. Also, after passing this bill now territories in Assam, West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya will come under the ambit of the bill. The bill aims at giving effect to the acquiring of territories by India and transfer of territories to Bangladesh through retaining of adverse possession and exchange of enclaves in pursuance of the agreement of 1974.
