23 August Total Gk Update 2013

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The Indian rupee plummeted to a record low against the dollar 64.48

The rupee fits that bill, as do the Indonesian rupiah, the South African rand and the Brazilian real.

The rupiah plunged to four-year troughs on Monday while the rand lost another 1 percent to bring year-to-date losses to almost 17 percent against the dollar.

Brazil's real extended last week's fall of more than 5 percent fall to trade at its weakest level since March 2009 even as the central bank sold nearly $3 billion worth of currency swaps, which are derivatives that mimic an injection of dollars in the futures market.

Like the rupee, it has been hammered by doubts over the efficacy of policy actions to stem the rout.

Mugabe sworn in for new term as Zimbabwe President

Veteran leader Robert Mugabe was sworn in as Zimbabwe's president for another five-year term on Thursday.

Mugabe, 89, pledged "to observe, uphold and defend the constitution of Zimbabwe" in an oath administered by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, extending his 33-year rule.

Supporters clad in clothes emblazoned with the image of the man who has lead their nation since independence in 1980 filled the 60,000-seater venue, a show of force after elections many say were rigged.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai insists the July 31 vote was stolen and his party boycotted the inauguration.

Mugabe was greeted in the stadium by thunderous cheers and whistling when he arrived with his wife on board a military truck.

 5th India-China Strategic Dialogue held in New Delhi

The 5th India-China Strategic Dialogue was held in New Delhi on 20 August 2013.

Maintaining peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control in the border areas figured prominently during the talks. 

 India and China also discussed covered bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest.

The two nations discussed several issues including enhancing understanding on the utilization of trans-border river waters, expanding bilateral trade and investment while addressing problems of the large and growing deficit faced by India, ways of maintaining peace and tranquility along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border areas, methods of boosting cultural cooperation as well as people-to-people exchanges and expansion of scientific and technological cooperation.

India and China also discussed the possibility of a visit to China, later this year, by Prime Minster Dr. Manmohan Singh. The potential and prospect for BCIM economic cooperation was also touched upon.

India and China took stock of developments in bilateral ties since the successful visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to India.

The 6th India-China Strategic Dialogue will be held at Beijing at a mutually convenient time.

Google has decided to raise the reward amount it pays to those reporting bugs by five-fold, or up to $5,000---

Google has already paid over $2 million in rewards under its 'bug bounty programme' to users who report vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and operating system. 

Recently, social networking site Facebook also said it paid over $1 million in the last two years to security researchers who report bugs on its website and India was second among recipients by country.

Microsoft has also started a bug bounty programme in June, offering up to $100,000 for reporting exploitation techniques against protections built into the latest version of its Windows operating system. 

Google had hiked the amount it pays for cross- site scripting vulnerabilities in Google web properties to $7,500 from $3,133.7. 

It raised the reward for XSS bugs in highly sensitive services like Gmail and Google Wallet to up to $5,000, while $7,500 will be paid for pointing out significant authentication bypasses/information leaks.

Singapore to host the Second South Asian Diaspora Convention

The second South Asian Diaspora Convention (SADC) will be hosted by Singapore.

The event will be organised by The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) on 21-23 November 2013 and it will be on the theme of Connecting Global South Asians.

During the convention prominent personalities will discuss critical issues that will shape South Asia's future and its role in global geopolitics in the 21st century.

The inaugural SADC event in 2011 was very well received with close to 1000 delegates. 

This year we expect to welcome over 1500 delegates from around the globe.

Besides business and politics, the sessions will also delve into the fields of journalism, arts, culture, and sports. Singapore's President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam will be the Guest-of-Honour at the SADC gala dinner.

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India], the statutory body for regulation of chartered accountants in the country, will hold its campus placement drive from September 10 to 13.

In all, 5,000 candidates, who have recently completed their chartered accountancy, are likely to participate in the placement programme. Some leading companies like Wipro, Madura Fashion and Lifestyle, SRBC & Co. and ITC, are expected.