Current Affairs 26th April, 2015

Here is the Current affairs of 26th April, 2015. Enjoy...

1) Leading Indian Public sector bank Bank of Baroda has partnered with UAE exchange to offer Non Resident Indian customers an instant cash transfer facility.this is also supported by SMS facility.UAE is a global remittance and Forex company.

2) 50th jnanpith award was conferred on eminent marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade.he was presented 11lakh Rs and a citation plaque and a bronze replica.he was earlier awarded with sahitya academy award and Padmashri.famous work is kosla.

3) Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor conferred with master dinanath Mangeshkar award 2015.dinanath mangeshkar is the father of Lata Mangeshkar.

4) Indian origin diplomat Gopinath Pillai was awarded 'Outstanding service award' for his services by the national university of singapore.Currently he is serving as the ambassador at large of Singapore and special envoy to Andhra Pradesh.

5) Rajya Sabha unanimously passed the rights of transgender person's bill by voice vote.It should be noted that it was a private member's bill moved by DMK MP Tiruchi Shiva to protect the rights of transgender persons.

6) State of Assam has been awarded with best e-panchayet state on the occassion of National Panchayeti Raj divas.Narendra Modi presented the award to state Rural developement minister Rakibul Hussain in New Delhi.

7) India-Bangladesh join hands to protect rare spetacled Langur in Patharia hills reserve forest on either side of the fenced border aling both nations in karimganj district of assam's barack valley.spectacle langur is also known as 'chasme vala bandar'.

8) India ranked 117 in the recently released world happiness report 2015 among the 158 studied nations.Switzerland stood first in the list.

9) PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India's health care tourism portal 'www.indiahealthcaretourism'at the SAARC trade mart in the global exhibition on services(GES) in pragati maidan New Delhi.