Daily Gk Update 27 May 2013 , 27 May Current Affairs 2013
Key WTO members to meet in Paris
i. Seeking to push the long-stalled Doha Round of talks for
reaching a global trade deal, trade ministers from key WTO member countries,
including India and Australia are scheduled to meet in Paris on Thursday.
ii. "The meeting was convened by Australia. About 15
trade ministers including from Indonesia are expected to participate in the
meeting.
iii. "There is an urgent need for political
intervention for a positive outcome at the forthcoming Bali meet," an
official said.
iv. "The ministers are also expected to discuss
economic scenario of the world and its impact on the global trade. They may
also discuss a package for least developed countries,"
v. The Director General of the World Trade Organisation
Pascal Lamy is also expected to attend the meet besides EU Trade Commissioner
Karel De Gucht.
vi. Key WTO members are trying to resolve some of the major
issues and reach a consensus on a early harvest package which would benefit all
the members.The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference is scheduled to take
place from 3rd-6th December in Bali, Indonesia.The Conference is the highest decision-making body of
the 158-member strong WTO. It meets every two years.
Hon
Hai mobile device Firefox
Hon Hai, Mozilla to launch mobile device running on Firefox
Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd will team up with
Mozilla and launch a mobile device that runs on the US company's Firefox
operating system, as Hon Hai looks to diversify its client base away from
Apple.
The Taipei-based Mozilla spokeswoman declined to provide details
on the device that the companies plan to unveil , but Focus Taiwan, citing an
"industry insider", reported that it would likely be a tablet.
Mumbai Indians outplay Chennai Super Kings to win IPL VI
i. Mumbai Indians finally annexed their maiden Pepsi Indian
Premier Legue title upstaging a jittery Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs in the
final of IPL6 in Kolkata on Sunday.
ii. Mired in spot-fixing controversy after the arrest of
owner N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, Chennai Super Kings found
the 149-run target, usually an easy ask by their standard, a little too much as
they finished on 125 for nine on a difficult track.
iii. Kieron Pollard (60 no and 1/34, 1 catch) was the
man-of-the-match for his all-round effort.
iv. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni now lost back-to-back IPL
finals despite being the lone man standing in the end with an unbeaten 63.
v. Lasith Malinga (2/22) and Mitchell Johnson (2/19) set the
tone before Harbhajan Singh (2/14) joined in the act as it was a rare batting
disaster for the IPL heavyweights who featured in four straight, five overall,
finals.
HTC
Desire 600 dual SIM HTC One smartphone unveiled
Taiwan tech giant HTC has unveiled is latest offering, a dual SIM (dual active) smartphone, Desire 600. It offers few premium features borrowed from the HTC One, but at a lower price.
Hardware includes a 1.2Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon quad core
processor, Adreno 203 GPU, 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage (non expandable).
Srinivasan appoints commission to probe Meiyappan's role
i. BCCI President N Srinivasan announced setting
up of a three-member commission to go into allegations against his son-in-law
and CSK Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan and has rejected demands for his
resignation.
ii. Meiyappan has been arrested by Mumbai
police on charges of betting.
iii. Asserting that he has done nothing wrong and that there
was no revolt against him in BCCI, Srinivasan made it clear that he cannot
be "railroaded, pushed and threatened to quit".
iv. The three-member enquiry commission will consist of two
members of the IPL Operations Commitee and an independent person in whose
appointment he will have no role.
v. The five members of the committee are Arun Jaitley,
Rajeev Shukla, Sanjay Jagdale, Ajay Shirke and Ravi Shastri.
Baleshwar Aggarwal, the veteran journalist passed away
i. Baleshwar Aggarwal, the veteran journalist as well as the
secretary general of Antar Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad (ARSP) died on 23 May
2013. He was 91 years of age.
ii. Baleshwar Agrawal was born on 17 July 1921 in Balasore,
Odisha.
iii. He was the former Managing Editor of the Hindustan
Samachar, the Hindi news agency.
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