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Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 25 May 2015

::Sports:

FIBA recognizes BFI election held in March

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has recognised Basketball Federation of India’s (BFI) elections held in Bengaluru on March 27, after carefully studying the conflict for nearly two months.
The world body has requested the parties concerned to focus on the development of the game in the country. It has also conveyed its decision to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Union Sports Ministry, with a request that they follow the path and help in the growth of the game.
In a letter dated May 23, addressed to the president and secretary general of both the BFI groups elected in Bengaluru and Pune, the FIBA made its stand clear.

Mumbai Indian wins IPL 8 tournament

Mumbai Indians' has clinched their second IPL title after defeating most favorite Chennai Super King by 41-run. Mumbai Indians posted an imposing 202 after being invited to bat.
Sharma (6 fours, 2 sixes) and Simmons (8 fours 3 sixes) plundered 19 boundaries in their partnership. After Sharma and Pollard's dismissal in consecutive balls, burly West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard (36) in the company of Ambati Rayudu (36 not out) led the side past 200.
Mumabi bowlers complimented the good work of the batsmen as they took the fizz out of the Chennai's chase with a very disciplined effort. They straitjacketed the Chennai batsmen, restricting them to 161 for eight as seasoned spinner Harbhajan Singh took key wickets of Dwayne Smith (57) and Suresh Raina (28) in two overs.
Mumbai had won their first title in 2013 at this very venue, defeating the same rivals. Chennai have now lost four finals (2008, 2012, 2013, 2015) in six appearances.

Following is the list of prizes awarded at the Indian Premier League presentation ceremony after the final at the Eden Gardens here.

Champions — Mumbai Indians
Runners up s — Chennai Super King
Fairplay tropyhy — Chennai Super Kings
Fastest fifty award — Andre Russell.
Maximum sixes award — Chris Gayle.
Orange Cap (maximum runs) — David Warner.
Purple Cap (maximum wickets) — Dwayne Bravo.
Most valuable player — Andre Russell

::Indian and World:

Indo-Singapore Bilateral Exercise SIMBEX Commences

The Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet under the command of Rear Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, is on an operational deployment to South Indian Ocean and South China Sea. As a part of this deployment, INS Satpura, indigenously built guided missile stealth frigate, commanded by Captain Hari Krishnan and INS Kamorta, the latest and indigenous Anti Submarine Warfare Corvette, commanded by Commander Manoj Kumar Jha had arrived at Singapore on 18 May 2015. These ships participated in IMDEX-15 and are now conducting bilateral naval exercise SIMBEX-15 with Singapore Navy from 23-26 May 2015.
Operational interaction between IN and RSN commenced with ASW training exercises in 1994, which has grown steadily over the past 20 years. The operational interaction was formalised as an annual bilateral exercise ‘SIMBEX’ in 1999.
Since its inception, SIMBEX has grown in tactical and operational complexity. It has transcended the traditional emphasis on ASW to more complex maritime exercises, involving various facets of Naval operations such as Air Defence, Air and Surface Practice Firing, Maritime Security and Search and Rescue. SIMBEX-14 was conducted from 22-28 May 14 off Port Blair in which RSN ships Valour and Independence participated, while IN was represented by Guided Missile Corvettes Karmuk, Kuthar and Maritime Patrol Aircraft Dornier. This year RSN ship Supreme and submarine Archer along with MPA and fighter aircraft are participating from Singaporean side, whilst Indian Navy is represented by INS Satpura with integral helicopter, INS Kamorta and Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Anti Submarine (LRMRASW) aircraft P 8I.

::Award and Prizes:

Dheepan wins Palme d’Or, the top honour of the Cannes

Jacques Audiard’s immigrant drama Dheepan won the Palme d’Or, the top honour of the Cannes Film Festival. The choice, as selected by a jury led by Joel and Ethan Coen, was a shocker. Dheepan is about a trio of Sri Lankans who pretend to be a family in order to flee their war-torn country for a housing project in France.
The runner-up prize, the Grand Prix, went to Son of Saul , a grim Hungarian Holocaust drama by first-time director Làszlû Nemes. The best actress prize was split between Rooney Mara of Todd Haynes’ ‘50s lesbian drama Carol , and Emmanuelle Bercot, the French star of the roller coaster marriage drama Mon Roi (My King).
Talented, gruff and a former squeeze of Monaco’s Princess Caroline, French character actor Vincent Lindon scooped the best actor award for his leading role in a tough drama about unemployment.

::Newsmaker:

Distinguish mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr passes away

John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind, has died. Mr. Nash and Alicia Nash (82), of Princeton Township, were killed in a taxi crash.
Known as brilliant and eccentric, Mr. Nash was associated with Princeton University for many years, most recently serving as a senior research mathematician. He won the Nobel Prize in economics in 1994 for his work in game theory, which offered insight into the dynamics of human rivalry. It is considered one of the most influential ideas of the 20th century.
Just a few days ago, Mr. Nash had received a prize from the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters in Oslo with New York University mathematician Louis Nirenberg, who said he’d chatted with the couple for an hour at the airport in Newark before they’d gotten a cab. Mr. Nirenberg said Nash was a truly great mathematician and “a kind of genius.”