13 April – Current Affairs
- Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu, released a book titled ‘Gandhi in Champaran’ at National Mahatma Gandhi Museum in New Delhi.
– Written By :- Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
- Electronics maker Micromax has roped in actor Anil Kapoor as its brand ambassador.
– Micromax HQ :- Gurugram
– CEO Micromax :- Rahul Sharma
- “India Ratings”( the domestic subsidiary of Fitch Ratings), appointed Rohit Sawhney as its new chief executive officer.
– Fitch HQ :- New York
– Fitch CEO :- Paul Taylor
- India defeated Malaysia by 5-1 to win the 5th Asian School Hockey Championship title under -18.
– Venue :- Aishbagh Hockey Stadium ,Bhopal(Madhya Pradesh)
- President Pranab Mukherjee gave prestigious scope award to the public sector steel company “Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in the ‘Best Human Resource Management Functionality’ category for the year 2014-15.
– SAIL HQ :- New Delhi
– SAIL CEO :- Prakash Kumar Singh
- Trip Advisor, the world’s leading website offering travel related information, has announced ‘Travelers Choice’ awards for airlines. In this, Emirates (UAE) has been named the world’s best airline and Jet Airways have been named the India’s Best Airline.
– Low Cost Airline :- IndiGo
- Former Union Minister and former President of the Indian Badminton Association, Akhilesh Das died. He was 56.
- Veteran actor Dilip Kumar has been honoured with the Living Legend Lifetime Award by the Punjab Association.
- Department of Posts has joined hands with State Bank of India to promote SBI buddy e-wallet and POS machines for cashless transactions at Post Office counters while booking speed post and registered post items.
- Finnish mobile company Nokia (Finland) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airtel and BSNL to work on 5G technology and connected devices in India.
– Also Nokia had already signed a MoU in Bengaluru to establish 5G Experience Zone
– Nokia HQ :- Espoo , Finland – Nokia CEO :- Rajeev Suri
– Airtel HQ :- New Delhi – Airtel CEO :- Gopal Vittal
– BSNL HQ :- New Delhi – BSNL CEO :- Anupam Shrivastava