current affairs 2014
1 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' named best popular film providing wholesome entertainment at the 61st National Film Awards.
2 The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a financing scheme for women fashion boutique owners.
3 Ajit Seth, Cabinet Secretary, Government of India said that the Indian industry has an important role to play in developing standards in India.
4 China's economy grew 7.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2014.
5 Hiring activity in the country remained stable in March this year over the previous month and saw 12 per cent increase over the same period last year, says a report by job portal Naukri.Com.
6 Superstar Salman Khan’s father and noted scriptwriter Salim Khan launched the Urdu version of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s official Web site.
7 Online marketplace Snapdeal.com has acquired Doozton.com, an online product discovery technology platform, for an undisclosed amount.
8 The Supreme Court said that Sunder Raman will continue as the chief operating officer of the IPL-7
9 More than one-third of the temporary workers in the US in 2012 were from India, which also accounted for the largest number of non-immigrants residing in the US that year, according to an official report.
10 Abu Dhabi-based Etihad airline's cargo revenues have registered its strongest ever rise in the first quarter of this year backed by good performances in the Indian and Chinese markets.
8 september 2012
1.
PSLV’s biggest commercial lift
The Indian Space
Research Organisation is set to make another mark in its Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle (PSLV) launcher business when it will fly French earth observation
satellite SPOT 6 on 09 september. In the 13 years since the PSLV went
commercial, the 720 kg SPOT 6 will be its biggest commercial lift. PROITERES, a
15-kg Japanese observation satellite, will also be put in orbit. For the third
time in 21 PSLV (one failed) missions, there will be no Indian satellite on it.
In the other two ‘dedicated’ or exclusively-for-client launches, it put in orbit
350 kg Agile in 2007 and Israeli radar spy satellite TECSAR the following year.
Agile has been its biggest lift to date. France has chosen an outside launch
for a SPOT for the first time: the previous five SPOT satellites went up on
aboard earlier versions of European Ariane rocket.
3. Bill on special
status for Hyderabad-Karnataka
In Lok Sabha Home
Minister Sushi lkumar Shinde introduced a Bill to amend the Constitution and
thus provide a special status to the Hyderabad-Karnataka region, under a new Article
371 (J), thus fulfilling the 11-year demand of the people of the area. Once it
is approved by Parliament with two-thirds majority, which is possible only in
the winter session as the monsoon session got washed out, the
Hyderabad-Karnataka region covering six backwards districts – Bidar, Gulbarga,
Koppal, Yadgir, Raichur and Bellary – will get more central funds for
development and will be on par with the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh.
Besides, there will be reservation in jobs and education for the locals.
3. Re-elected
president
Syed Muneer Ahmed has
been unanimously re-elected president of the National Chamber of Commerce, at a
recent annual general body meeting of the Chamber, which is affiliated to
FICCI.
4. Vendors Bill
introduced in Lok Sabha
The Street Vendors
(Protection of Livelihood & Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2012, was
presented in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister of Urban Housing & Poverty
Alleviation Kumari Selja. The Bill, which seeks to protect the rights of
vendors and regulate their activity in public areas, has provisions for setting
up vending zones where street vendors can sell their products without fear of
being fined and harassed by the municipal authorities and the police. As per the
provisions of the Bill, anyone over 14 years of age who intends to do street
vending can register himself/herself with the Town Vending Committee (TVC).
Every TVC will have grievance redressal committee headed by retired sub judge
or magistrate or executive magistrate.
5.E-payment of
customs duty is now a must
The government has
decided to make e-payment mandatory for importers registered under ‘Accredited
Clients Programme’ and those paying customs duty of Rs.1 lakh or more per bill
of entry. The trade facilitation measure, aimed at further reducing the
transaction cost of importers, will come into effect from September 17, 2012.
While e-payment is
advantageous to both the trade as well as the government, it affords taxpayers
the facility of making payments from their own offices on a 24x7 basis and also
facilitates quicker release of cargo. E-payment facility at customs locations
was introduced in 2007, and is available through more than one authorised bank
at all major customs locations having ICES (Indian Customs EDI System)
facility.
6. America designates
Haqqani network as terrorist outfit
America has
designated Haqqani Network terror outfit in Afghanistan as a Foreign Terrorist
Organisation. The network is said to have been behind string of deadly attacks
in Kabul and elsewhere, most prominently including a bombing of the Indian
embassy and an assault on the U.S. embassy using rockets.
7. Commonwealth
meet begins
A conference of
Commonwealth MPs and presiding officers of State/provinces started at Colombo.
More than 800 delegates from 53 countries and 179 branches have confirmed their
participation. As many as 60 elected members and officials from India will
attend. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, and almost all presiding officers of
legislatures, barring Tamil Nadu will attend. Page 2 of 2 8th September 2012
8.
Karnataka State government plans reservation for sportspersons
The State government
is planning to introduce 2 per cent reservation for sports-persons in
government jobs. The
policy would be formulated in the honour of H. N. Girisha. The government would
honour H.N. Girisha, who bagged a silver medal at the Paralympic Games, with a
purse of Rs. 20 lakh. In China, sportspersons are trained for three years ahead
of such events. They win more medals because of such efforts.
9. BIFR nod for
revival of 3 closed urea units of FCIL
The Board for
Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) has given the nod for revival of
three closed urea units of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. (FCIL) the
joint venture/special purpose vehicle (SPV) route by the nominated state-run
firms. Last month, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved the
revival of the Talcher urea plant along with four other closed units of FCIL at
Sindri, Ramagundam, Gorakhpur and Korba. The Talcher unit in Odisha will be
revamped by Coal India and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF), the
Sindri unit in Jharkhand by the Steel Authority of India and National
Fertilizers, and the Ramagundam unit in Andhra Pradesh by Engineers India and
National Fertilisers.
10. Bryans win
record-equalling 12th Grand Slam
Bob and Mike Bryan collected a record-equalling 12th
Grand Slam men’s doubles title when they defeated Leander Paes and Radek
Stepanek 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open final. The second-seeded American brothers
went level with Australia’s John Newcombe and Tony Roche as the most successful
partnership of all time. this win was their fourth at the US Open, following
triumphs in 2005, 2008 and 2010. They also won the 2003 French Open, the 2006,
2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Open titles as well as Wimbledon in 2006
and 2011.
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