Employment News 28 August 2013

Employment News 28 August 2013 For Competetive Exams Of Indian Government

Ban Ki-moon appoints Pak general as UN military advisor

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on Monday appointed a Pakistani army general as the Military Adviser for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations.

Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, who replaces Senegal's Lt Gen Babacar Gaye whose tour of duty ended on July 8, recently completed his duties as a Corps Commander in the Pakistan Army, an appointment that he had held since February 2013.

His military appointments comprised a combination of command and staff appointments and include a United Nations peacekeeping tour of duty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2005-2006, a UN statement said.

Gold hits 9-month high at Rs 32,000 on weak rupee

Gold scaled a high of Rs. 33,788 on the multi-commodity exchange (MCX) before retreating. Late evening it was quoting at Rs. 33,511 per 10 gram on the MCX; up Rs. 1,635 or 4.88 per cent. On the international market, it went to a high of $1,419 per ounce.

The value of the rupee has an important role in determining the landed cost of gold, which is almost wholly imported into India. Commodity watchers believe that the high price could impact demand for the yellow metal in India, the biggest buyer of gold globally. 

Traders are trying to secure stocks as the government has in place measures to restrict imports. The government recently increased the import duty on gold to 10 per cent from 8 per cent. 

In a similar fashion, silver ready spurted by Rs 800 to Rs 54,800 per kg and weekly—based delivery by Rs 1,350 to Rs 55,100 per kg. It had gained Rs 2,200 in last two trades.

On the other hand, silver coins held steady at Rs 89,000 for buying and Rs 90,000 for selling of 100 pieces.

National Sports Day to be celebrated across India

National Sports Day will be celebrated across the country on Thursday to commemorate the birth anniversary of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand.

Government has approved the programme to spread sports to every corner of the country by creating a nationwide awareness about the fruitful side of sports. 

There would be programmes like 1 to 2 kilometres walkathon and football tournaments across colleges and various schools.

The International football governing body FIFA which sees India as the next big stage for football, also welcomed this programme.

Iran appoints female diplomat

Iran is set to appoint women to key diplomatic roles for the first time since it became an Islamic republic 34 years ago, an official said Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will next week name the new ambassador to an as yet unspecified country, as well as the ministry’s new spokeswoman, a spokesman said.

President Hassan Rowhani earlier this month named Elham Aminzadeh, a law professor and former legislator, as vice president for legal matters. 

Goa hosting Lusofonia-Portuguese Commonwealth games- in Oct-Nov

The Goa government has assured that most of the infrastructural facilities for the Lusofonia Games will be in place before the October 10 deadline here. 

The Portuguese Commonwealth Games scheduled in October-November this year would be held across six venues.

 The 12 Portuguese speaking nations would be participating in the event. 

The opening ceremony of the event is scheduled to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Fatorda.

Former German president to face corruption

Former German president Christian Wulff is to appear before a court on charges of accepting benefits as a public official, sources told DPA on Tuesday.

Prosecutors in Hanover filed corruption charges in April against Wulff, who was appointed to the largely ceremonial post of president in July 2010 and stepped down in February 2012 amid corruption claims and official moves to lift his immunity.

Mr. Wulff is alleged to have accepted partial payment for a stay in a luxury hotel during the 2008 Oktoberfest in Munich from a film producer friend, David Groenewold, whom he later helped by lobbying the conglomerate Siemens to provide money for a movie Mr. Groenewold was then making.

The hotel costs paid for by Mr. Groenewold amounted to 770 euros, newspaper Die Welt said.

Earlier this year, Mr. Wulff ruled out a deal with public prosecutors where he would pay a fine of 20,000 euros in exchange for having the charges dropped.