Current Affairs 1st March 2015

Current Affairs 1st March 2015 - Important Points

• Where was private email network blocked - For official work by Government

• Who was appointed as new Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Limited - Bharat Puri

• As per Supreme Court A person can be accorded to which Caste status on his re-conversion to Hinduism - Scheduled Caste

• Who won Dubai Open 2015 - Roger Federer

• Who took oath as new CM of J&K - Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

Current Affairs 1st March 2015 - Details

Where was private email network blocked - For official work by Government

Union Government blocked private email network in govt work as per E-mail Policy of Government of India and Policy on use of Information Technology resources of Government of India, this policy was notified on 18th February 2015.

Only email services which are provided by National Informatics Centre (NIC) shall be used for official communication.

Who was appointed as new Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Limited - Bharat Puri

On 27th February 2015, Mr. Bharat Puri was appointed as Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Limited. He will be taking charge of this position from 10th April 2015. Mr. Bharat Puri was serving as independent director of the company since 2008.

He will be succeeding MB Parekh who will step down from position of Managing Director on 10 April 2015. 

Mr. Bharat Puri is an alumnus of Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and started his career with Asian Paints in 1982. 

As per Supreme Court A person can be accorded to which Caste status on his re-conversion to Hinduism - Scheduled Caste

On 26th February 2015, The Supreme Court held that a person can be accorded Scheduled Caste status on his re-conversion to Hinduism and this status can be accorded if the person is accepted by people of his caste and he proves that before converting either he or his forefathers previously belonged to SC caste.

Two-member Supreme Court bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice V Gopala Gowda given this ruling on a plea of a Kerala resident who challenged the Kerala High Court verdict. Name of applicant was KP Manu.

Who won Dubai Open 2015 - Roger Federer

Among the Important Sports Current Affairs, On 28th February 2015, Roger Federer won Dubai title by defeating Novak Djokovic. Its was seventh time Federer won this title.

Do You Know : 

Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals.

Who took oath as new CM of J&K - Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

On 1st March 2015, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took oath as new Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L.K. Advani, M.M. Joshi, Amit Shah and other personalities attended this function.

BJP leader Nirmal Singh sworned in as Deputy Chief Minister. It is important to mention here that Govt formed in J&K is by the alliance of BJP and PDP. Mr Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was CM of state earlier in 2002 that too by a alliance with congress for three years.