27 APRIL 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

India dispatches more relief

*India stepped up its ongoing rescue and relief efforts in Nepal.


*India is going to dispatching more medical aid, relief material and personnel to help and restore supply.

*A new four digit control room number 1078 has also becom eoperational

Indian-Origin Scientist Sangeeta Bhatia Won 2015 Heinz Award

*Sangeeta Bhatia, an Indian-origin scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), won the prestigious 2015 Heinz Award in the Technology, the Economy, and Employment category. 

*Bhatia’s team has developed artificial human microlivers for drug testing. These artificial microlivers are being used to test the toxicity of drug candidates by many biopharmaceutical companies. 

*She is also using these microlivers to model malaria infection and test drugs that can eradicate malaria parasites completely in the laboratory. 

*This was the 20th Heinz Award which is given annually since 1993.

Omar Hassan al-Bashir Won The Presidential Election of Sudan

*Incumbent President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir won the Presidential election of the country. 

*He won another term in office with 94 percent of votes. 

*This win has extended Bashir’s tenure as President of the country for another five-year term. 

*He had been in power in Sudan since 1989.

*Ha is facing arrest warrant issued by the ICC over charges that he masterminded genocide and other atrocities in his campaign to crush the Darfur revolt.

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