14 JUNE 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

Veteran Congress Party leader Sheila Kaul died

  • Former Himachal Pradesh governor and ex-union minister Sheila Kaul, died on 13 June 2015.
  • She was also an educationistsocial worker, and social reformer in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and an independence activist in British India
       Positions Held by Shiela Kaul
  • 1971-77: Member of Parliament, 5th Lok Sabha
  • 1980-84: Member of Parliament, 7th Lok Sabha
  • 1980–84: Minister of State for Culture, Education and Social Welfare (Independent Charge); President, Indian National Commission for Cooperation with the UNESCO
  • 1984-89: Member of Parliament, 8th Lok Sabha
  • 1989-91: Member of Parliament, 9th Lok Sabha
  • 1991-95: Member of Parliament, 10th Lok Sabha
  • 1991–95: Union Minister for Housing and Urban Development
  • 1995: Union Minister for Urban Affairs and Employment
  • 1995–96: Governor of Himachal Pradesh

Senior Chinese leader Zhand Dejiang Visits India

  • Chinese leader Zhang Dejiang, met Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao and expressed the need for strengthening cooperation between parliaments and provincial legislatures of the two countries
  • 50 agreements were signed between China and India and it would be implement with in next three years 
  • With a corporation between China and India it will benefit the people of the both countries 
  • By the visit of PM Modi the relation between the countries increased to a new degree

India Post plans to issue five lakh new Debit Card

  • India Post, which has started issuing personalised debit cards to its savings account holders is planning to issue 5 lakh new debit cards over the next two months
  • India Post also plans to opening 1,000 additional ATMs by the end of March
  • India Post it has 25,000 branches across the country and some 34 crore account holders

  

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