The 7th edition of the multilateral summi; Summit of the Americas was held on 10-11 April 2015 at which place?: Panama City (Panama)
Explanation: The first edition of Summit of the Americas was held in 1994 at Miami (US) after which series of international summits held involving heads of state from North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean. This edition is assumed to be important as this was the first time that Cuba took participated in the Summit. Thus it became the first-ever Summit of the Americas where all 35 pan-American countries took part.
Professional social network operator LinkedIn Corp notified on 9 April 2015 that it would buy which privately held online education company in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.5 billion?: lynda.com
Explanation: Lynda.com offers courses in a number of languages aimed at improving business, technology and creative skills. Subscription fees for its courses range between $250 and $375 per year thus after this LinkedIn users will know what skills are needed for the available jobs in their desired city. In this deal LinkedIn would pay about 52 percent in cash and about 48 percent in stock for the acquisition.
Which country topped this list in which India was placed at 101st place in the Social Progress Index (SPI) ratings that were released globally on 9 April 2015?: Norway
Explanation: Social Progress Index (SPI) - whoes data is also an alternative to GDP is a comprehensive rating of countries based on indicators of well-being such as health, water and sanitation, personal safety, access to opportunity, tolerance, inclusion, personal freedom and choice. After Norway at the top of the rankings, came Sweden, Switzerland and Iceland. Lowest ranked after the Central African Republic were Chad, Afghanistan and Guinea. Last year’s leader, New Zealand, which has half of Norway’s GDP per person, came fifth. India was ranked 101st on SPI below the rankings of Nepal and Bangladesh.The United States came 16th, Britain - 11th, Germany -14th, Japan -15th, France -21st, Brazil -42nd, Russia -71st and China-109th.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached over Rs 101 crore worth of bank balance in connection in which probe in the Speak Asia online marketing scam case?: Money laundering probe
Explanation: The Singapore-based firm is being probed by the ED and other agencies for allegedly defrauding about Rs 700 crore worth funds of investors and alleged to have duped over 24 lakh investors and the amount of scam has been pegged at Rs 2,276 crore. Thus, the central probe agency had registered a criminal case against the firm, its officials and few others in 2012 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). According to the police complaint, Speak Asia had allegedly remitted over Rs 900 crore to Singapore. The money was sent from India to the banks in Singapore and from there to Dubai, Italy and UK. However, the money came back from UK again to UAE (Dubai) and to India.
On 7 April 2015, which US state has became the first one in the country to impose a ban on a common second-trimester abortion procedure?: Kansas
Explanation: Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed a bill imposing the ban on the common second-trimester abortion procedure which is often described as dismembering a foetus. The new law takes effect from 1 July 2015 under which the procedure is banned except when necessary to save a woman’s life or prevent irreversible damage to her physical health. Also doctors cannot use forceps, clamps, scissors or similar instruments on a fetus to remove it from the womb in pieces.
On 2 April 2015, who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Peru to replace Ana Jara, who was removed out of office by Congress due to corruption charges?: Pedro Cateriano
Explanation: Pedro Cateriano was till now country’s Defence Minister and was was named as the new Prime Minister by President Ollanta Humala. Pedro Cateriano’s predecessor Ana Jara lost a confidence vote in Congress following allegations of spying on her opponents.
Name the Indian-origin Singaporean nurse, who was named for the 2015 International Achievement Award by the Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF) of the International Council of Nurses on 2 April 2015?: Dr. Subadhra Devi Rai
Explanation: 51 year old Rai became the first Singaporean to get the biennial prize since its introduction in 1999. She is a senior lecturer at the School of Health Sciences (Nursing) at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP). Rai began her career in Singapore where she worked in the intensive care unit following her general nursing training. It was during her time in Canada's Edmonton Centre for Survivors of Torture and Trauma in 1997 that she began to focus on health issues concerning women and refugees. She will receive the prestigious award on 21 June 2015 at a conference in Seoul.
Two Indian-origin entrepreneurs have been charged by US authorities with insider trading for making over a million dollars in illegal profits through the proposed acquisition of Cooper Tire and Rubber by India's Apollo Tyres. What are their names?: Amit Kanodia and Iftikar Ahmed
Explanation: Amit Kanodia of Massachusetts, a 47-year-old entrepreneur and private equity investor (Kanodia received degrees from the University of Massachusetts) and his long-time friend Iftikar Ahmed of Connecticut (Ahmed, 43, is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi and Harvard Business School), a general partner at a venture capital firm have been charged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a complaint filed in US district court in Connecticut . The SEC named Rakitfi Holdings LLC, a company owned by Ahmed, and Lincoln Charitable Foundation as relief defendants. Apollo had agreed to buy Cooper Tire and Rubber for about USD 2.5 billion in 2013. The merger was abandoned in December that year.
Which country's pailiament has passed a law that bans the use of excessively skinny models?: French parliament
Explanation: The decision/law is seen as highly controversial measure within the industry. According to critics, the ban on the body mass index isn't always an accurate measure of good health but has been hailed as an important breakthrough by advocates for girls' and women's health.
In the historic event on 3 March 2015, an outline agreement on the future shape of Iran's nuclear programme has been reached after marathon talks with six major powers in Switzerland. Which are these 6 countries?: U.S, France, U.K, Russia, China, Germany and Iran
Explanation: The talks held between the so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - and Iran at Lausanne's Beau-Rivage Palace hotel continued beyond the original self-imposed deadline of 31 March 2015. Under the deal, Iran will reduce its uranium enrichment capacity in exchange for phased sanctions relief. The world powers and Iran now aim to draft a comprehensive nuclear accord by 30 June. The framework agreement was announced by the European Union and Iran after eight days of negotiations.
