Employment News Today 2013

Employment News Today 2013 

Eurozone ministers agree to unlock new aid for Greece

Eurogroup ministers, holding their last meeting yesterday before the summer break which was also attended by IMF chief Christine Lagarde, agreed to pay out 6.8 billion euros in fresh aid to Athens.

Under the terms of the deal, some 4.0 billion euros would be paid out "in the coming weeks," and a further 1.0 billion euros in October, both sums shared by the eurozone rescue fund EFSF and European central banks.

And the International Monetary Fund would stump up 1.8 billion euros.

IMF chief Lagarde said the board of her institution would review the report of Greece's "Troika" of creditors -- the IMF, the European Central Bank and the EU -- at the end of July.

Mohamed ElBaradei named Caretaker PM of Egypt

Leading liberal opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei on 6 July 2013 was named as Egypt's new Prime Minister to head a caretaker government

He was named Prime Minister after interim President Adly Mahmud Mansour held talks with the army chief and political leaders

ElBaradei leads an alliance of liberal and left-wing parties, the National Salvation Front. 

71-year-old ElBaradei Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei is an Egyptian law scholar. 

He was the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, an intergovernmental organization under the auspices of the United Nations, from 1997 to 2009

Rupee reaches 61 mark

The rupee on Monday fell by a massive 97 paise to 61.19, a new all-time low, against the dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market, on heavy demand for the American currency amid capital outflows.

The rupee had plunged to 60.76 intra-day on June 26.

Forex dealers said the dollar firming up against other currencies in overseas markets, mainly put pressure on the domestic currency.

Pakistani hacker takes down Goa government websites

PANAJI: A hacker, allegedly from a Pakistan-based cyber group, has hacked several Goa government websites over the last few days, a government spokesperson said.

"Websites belonging to 13 government departments are down. 

They had been hacked into and defaced, but we have pulled them completely down now," the spokesperson said, adding that a complaint would be lodged with Goa Police's cyber cell soon. 

Key among the departments whose websites have been hacked are Fire Services, Captain of Ports, Goa Tourism and NRI Commission of Goa.

Two years back, the same group of hackers brought down the website of the state Information and Publicity Department, and written slogans praising Pakistan and denouncing India on its home page.

Vidya Balan got the Best Actress Award at IIFA 2013

Vidya Balan on 6 July 2013 got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau for Kahaani while Ranbir Kapoor was named Best Actor for Barfi.

Barfi bagged the award for best film

The best debut actors are Yami Gautam and Ayushmann Khurrana. 'English Vinglish' helmer Gauri Shinde bagged the best debut director award. 

Former couple Ranbir and Deepika Padukone won best Jodi award. Deepika, on accepting the award, said, "I love Ranbir and (am) missing him."

Gangs of Wasseypur won two awards, one for Best Action (Shyam Kaushal) and the other for Best Dialogue (Zeishan Quadri, Akhilesh, Sachin Ladia and Anurag Kashyap) was shared with Juhi Chaturvedi for Vicky Donor.

The award for Best Editing was won by Kahaani (Namrata Rao) and Best Choreography went to Ganesh Acharya for Agneepath.

Ek Tha Tiger won the award for Best Special Effects (Pankaj Khanopur, Sherry Bharda and Vishal Anand).

India enters final of U-19 Tri-nation cricket tournament

India have sailed into the final of the Under-19 Tri-nation cricket tournament. At Darwin today, they beat Australia by a convincingly by seven-wickets. 

Opting to bowl, India restricted Australia to 191 for six in the allotted 50 overs and then chased down the target in 45.4 overs.

The Kiwis will have an opportunity to overtake Australia when they play India in the last round match of the series on Wednesday.

Federer ranked No. 5 for first time in decade

Roger Federer has fallen to No. 5 in the new ATP rankings, the first time in a decade he’s been that low.

Federer’s second-round loss at Wimbledon, a year after taking the title, drops him from No. 3. 

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray remains at No. 2 on Monday, behind the runner-up, Novak Djokovic.

Quarterfinalist David Ferrer rises one spot to a career-high No. 3, with Rafael Nadal fourth.

Marion Bartoli, who won Wimbledon for her first Grand Slam title, moves from No. 15 to No. 7 in the WTA rankings.

Serena Williams stays at No. 1 despite her fourth-round loss at Wimbledon.

Bopanna attains career-best fifth rank

Rohan Bopanna on Monday became the highest-ranked Indian in the world, as he achieved career-best rank of five in the ATP doubles charts.

Bopanna with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin reached the semifinals at the Wimbledon, losing to eventual winners Mike and Bob Bryan.

Following Bopanna at number six is his regular partner for 2013 season Mahesh Bhupathi. Leander Paes (9) was also back in the top-10.

In the singles, Somdev Devvarman continued to be country’s number singles player at 131, followed by Saketh Myneni (131).

 In the women’s ranking, Sania Mirza slid to No. 19 in doubles, after a loss of four positions.

Sri lanka wins West indies

The West Indies were set a revised target of 230 runs and they ended up with 190 for nine. A spirited 123-run partnership between Lendl Simmons (67) and Darren Bravo (70) went in vain.

Kumar Sangakkara played a stellar knock and contributed to Sri Lanka's victory over the West Indies in a rain curtailed match that lasted over two days.

Sangakkara smashed 90 off 95 balls, single-handedly taking Sri Lanka to 219 for eight after they resumed from an overnight 60 for three in the fifth match of the tri-series. 

Rain continued to lash the Queen{gt}s Park Oval on Monday, reducing the contest to 41 overs a side.

Sri Lanka 219-8 off 41 overs (Kumar Sangakkara 90 not out, Angelo Mathews 30, Lahiru Thirimanne 23, Nuwan Kulasekara 14; Kemar Roach 4-27, Jason Holder 2-50) def. 

West Indies 190-9 off 41 overs (Darren Bravo 70, Lendl Simmons 67, Chris Gayle 14, Johnson Charles 14; Angelo Mathews 4-29, Shaminda Eranga 3-45, Lasith Malinga 2-42).

(West Indies needed 230 to win on the Duckworth Lewis Method (Sri Lanka’s innings was interrupted twice by rain at 60-3 after 19 overs when match was reduced to 45 overs per side and then at 122-4 off 32 overs when match was further reduced to 41 overs).

First child born through revolutionary IVF technique

A baby boy has been born to a couple in the USA through IVF that involves the use of a new embryo screening approach that screens large tracts of DNA for bad chromosomes that would prevent the embryo from implanting successfully into the mother's womb.

The technique, developed by British scientists from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre will tremendously help in improving the success rate of IVF cycles.

Dr Dagan Wells of Oxford University led the international team which has shown how 'next-generation sequencing' can be used to pick the embryos created by IVF that are most likely to lead to successful pregnancies. 

IVF technique, that allows doctors to look at the DNA for chromosome defects, has delivered its first successful birth.

Muslim search engine 'Halalgoogling' launched

A Muslim search engine that blocks forbidden content as per Islamic law has been launched. 

The press release said that 'Halalgoogling' gives results from leading search engines such as Google and Bing. It added that the search engine has a built-in advanced special filtering system that blocks Haram content according to the Law of Islam.

According to the Express Tribune, a special and unique filter system in the search engine excludes forbidden content from its search results such as pornography, nudity, gay, lesbian, bisexual, gambling, anti-Islamic content.