Current Affairs 21 April 2015

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, former Chief Minister of Odisha, passed away

Shah Rukh Khan and Zayn Malik honoured at 5th Asian Awards  for outstanding contributions.

• Earlier Irfan Khan, Anupam Kher and Yash Chopra were awarded with this Award

‘China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’ an agreement signed by China and Pakistan  

IDBI launched ‘Rupay Platinum Debit Card’ scheme

ICICI Bank Ltd. launched ‘Tap-n-Pay’ scheme

• launched the service namely ‘Tap-n-Pay’ with the tie up of IT Company Tech Mahindra.

Indian Railways launched "E-Samiksha" to monitor rail projects online

Visakhapatnam the newly launched Indian Navy missile destroyer ship

 About Visakhapatnam :

• Visakhapatnam is 163-metre-long vessel and weighs approximately 3000 tons and is entirely made of Indian steel.
• It can have maximum speed of over 30 knots at a displacement of approximately 7300 tons, it is propelled by four gas turbines.
• It has many modern weapons like advance Action Information System (AIS), Integrated Platform Management system (IPMS), sophisticated Power Distribution System (PDS) and a Combat Management System.
• Israeli Multi-Function Surveillance Threat Alert Radar (MF-STAR) is also a part of this which will help it in targeting information to 32 Barak 8 long-range surface-to-air missiles on board the warship.
• Visakhapatnam will be having 8 BrahMos missiles on it.
• Apart from this it also have four 30 mm rapid-fire guns and a MR gun for naval gunfire support.

Civil Services Day is observed on 21st April.