Current Affairs 2nd March 2015

Current Affairs 2nd March 2015 - Important Points

• Who had been appointed as the Judicial Commissioner to Supreme Court Bench of Singapore - Kannan Ramesh

• Which day is observed on 28th February 2015 - National Science Day

Current Affairs 2nd March 2015 - Details

Who had been appointed as the Judicial Commissioner to Supreme Court Bench of Singapore - Kannan Ramesh

Among the important appointments, On 27th February 2015, Indian lawyer Kannan Ramesh was appointed as Judicial Commissioner to Singapore’s Supreme Court bench to serve the office for 2 years. Including this appointment, Singapore’s Supreme Court will have a total of 10 Judicial Commissioners, 13 Judges and 5 senior judges. Earlier to this appointment, Kannan Ramesh was the managing partner of Tan Kok Quan Partnership. Ramesh specializes in legal cases related to dispute resolution, international arbitration and insolvency and restructuring as a lawyer. In 2002, he was appointed as a Senior Counsel, a position that recognises the most skilful and best advocates in the legal profession .

Which day is observed on 28th February 2015 - National Science Day

On 28th February 2015, National Science Day was observed in India. Science for Nation Building was the theme for the National Science Day 2015. On 28th February 1928, Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman discovered the Raman Effect (phenomenon of scattering of photons). In 1930, he was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery and this was the first Nobel Prize for India in the field of Science.

About Raman Effect

Raman scattering or the Raman Effect is a phenomenon which shows that if a light beam is deflected by molecules then the light changes its wavelength. When a beam of light traverses a transparent sample of a chemical compound a small fragment of the light emerges in directions other than that of the incident (incoming) beam.

Most of this scattered light is of consistent wavelength.However, a small part has wavelengths different from that of the incident light and its presence is a result of the Raman Effect.