The 62nd National Film Awards 2015

* The 62nd National Film Awards 2014 were announced on 24 March 2015 by the Chairpersons of the three juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films and Best Writing on Cinema.

* Kangana Ranaut won the best actress award for her powerful performance in "Queen" where Bollywood movies "Haider" and "Mary Kom" bagged key honours while Chaitanya Tamhane's "Court" was named the best feature film.

Dadasaheb Phalke award -2014

* Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor, who has reigned and contributed to the Hindi film industry for almost five decades, has been honoured with Dada Saheb Phalke award 2014, India's highest honour in cinema.

* He will be the 46th Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner.

* The 2014 Dadasaheb Phalke award to Shashi Kapoor made him the third member of Kapoor family to receive the award after Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kapoor.

Current affairs Que.23 March 2015

1) Who was on 19 March 2015 appointed as the head of an innovation council of Indian Railways called ‘Kayakalp’?

(A) Azim Premji

(B) E. Sreedharan

(C) Ratan Tata

(D) APJ Abdul Kalam

कुछ महत्वपूर्ण जानकारियाँ

• टेलीविजन का अविष्कार  किया - जे. एल. बेयर्ड
• रडार का अविष्कार किया - टेलर एवं यंग
• गुरूत्वाकर्षण की खोज किसने किया - न्युटन
• सिरका व अचार में कौन सा अम्ल होता है - एसिटिक अम्ल

Daily updates 24 March 2015

1. Section 66 A of IT Act unconstitutional, Supreme Court rules

i. The Supreme Court struck down Section 66 A of the Information and Technology Act, which allows police to arrest people for posting 'offensive content' on the internet.

ii. The bench said the public's right to know is directly affected by Section 66 A and the Section clearly affects the right to freedom of speech and expression enshrined under the Constitution of India.