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• Who is appointed as Chairman of IPL Governing Council - Rajeev Shukla

• Who has won Institute of Physics Prize for his Cosmic-ray project - Pratap Singh

• Name the endangered species of plant discovered by Scientists from Western Ghats - Oldenlandia dineshi

• Name the village of Rajasthan that plants 111 trees for every girl born - Piplantri

• On which date did the World Health Day observed globally - 7th April

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Who is appointed as Chairman of IPL Governing Council - Rajeev Shukla

Among the Important Current Affairs, On 6th April 2015, Rajeev Shukla was re-appointed as the chairman of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Governing Council by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Former Union Minister and Congress leader Shukla was the IPL chairman till 2013 when he resigned from the post in the aftermath of the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

Sourav Ganguly was a new entrant to the IPL Governing Council while the senior national selection committee led by Sandeep Patil was retained. Ravi Shastri, Team India Director also remained in the IPL Governing Council.

Other additions in the Governing Council are

• Head the Marketing Committee – Chetan Desai of Goa

• Chairman of the Technical committee – Anil Kumble 

• Head the powerful finance committee - Jyotiraditya Scindia

• Incharge of the Tours and Programmes Committee - Gokaraju Gangaraju of Andhra Pradesh  

• Head of the Media Committee - Biswarup Dey

• Affiliations Committee head - Anurag Thakur

• Chair the Constitution Review Committee – Jagmohan Dalmiya, BCCI president 

Who has won Institute of Physics Prize for his Cosmic-ray project - Pratap Singh

On 12th March 2015, a 15-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy, Pratap Singh in the United Kingdom was awarded with the 500 pounds Institute of Physics (IOP) Prize. A trip to a national physics-related activity is also included in the prize. He was honoured for doing an experiment that verified an effect of Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity.

At the Bing Bang Fair held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham he was presented with the award. The participants of the Big Bang Fair, which was held from 11th to 14th March 2015, 200 students aged 11 to 18 years demonstrated their projects to thousands of visitors.

Name the endangered species of plant discovered by Scientists from Western Ghats - Oldenlandia dineshi

On 19th March 2015, Scientists from four research institutions in Kerala discovered a rare species of plant named Oldenlandia dineshi from Palakkad region of Western Ghats. The discovery of the shrub was published in the Kew Bulletin on 19 March 2015. The scientists came across the plant in a quarry during an exploration of the Nenmara region south of Palakkad in the valley of the Nelliyampathy hills.

The plant species named Oldenlandia dineshi is a shrub with long linear tapering leaves and dark blue flower. The flowering period is from July to September and fruiting from September to October. The species has been named in honour of TK Dinesh Kumar, former Professor of Botany, University College, Thiruvananthapuram.

The genus Oldenlandia comprises about 248 species of which 27 have been reported from India is mainly distributed in the southern parts of the Western Ghats and North and North-East India. Among these, 12 species and one variety have been recorded from various locations in Kerala.

                                                                                                        

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