- AAP on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking dissolution of the Delhi assembly, saying imposition of Presidents rule was illegal.
- The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned Sahara chief Subroto Roy and three directors in Sahara entities to appear before it on February 26 over non-compliance of refunding Rs 20,000 crore to 3 crore investors.
- Haryana government on Thursday dropped its proposal to do away with some nature conservation zones in areas under urbanizable/ notified SEZ in the NCR.
- The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Jayalalithaa government from remitting life terms of Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan and releasing them while agreeing to hear the Centres application claiming it alone had powers to remit jail terms of convicts in this case.
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Daily Current Affairs for SSC and Bank Exams Dt:10-02-2014
1. BCCI president N Srinivasan is set to be the first ICC chairman for a 2-year term beginning July this year. The move is in line with the ICC structural reform which gives more power to the big 3 of international cricket India, England and Australia. India, which generates 80% of the game’s total revenues, will enjoy a permanent seat on a five-member executive committee along with Australia and England. The 3 will also pocket larger share of the ICC revenues from now on. All the full member countries (8 out of 10) approved the changes barring neighbours Sri Lanka and Pakistan who opposed and abstained from voting. 2. Sushil Koirala, leader of Nepali Congress, is to be the next Prime Minister of Nepal. The breakthrough, ending months of political deadlock after the last year’s elections, was achieved when his party acceded to a six-point deal with CPN—UML. 3. N Ramachandran is elected unopposed as the president of the Indian Olympic Association. He has earlier served as the chief of World Squash Federation. The election may pave the way for lifting of suspension Indian Olympic Association is currently undergoing. 4. Kumar Sangakkara becomes only the 2nd player after former English captain Graham Gooch to hit a triple century and a century in the same test match. He achieved this rare feat while playing against Bangladesh where he belted 319 and 105 runs in the consecutive innings. Though he failed to break the world record of scoring most runs in a single test match by 33 runs. The record still rest with Gooch who scored aggregate 456 runs (333 and 123) against India at Lords. 5. The National Green Tribunal bans burning of tyres at public places to check its harmful effect. Many groups indulge in this hazardous activity to demonstrate protest or festivities. 6. Yuki Bhambri trumps Alexander Kudryavtsev of Russia 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to lift the singles title of ‘Shriram Capital PL Reddy Memorial ATP Challenger tennis tournament’ held at Chennai. He also captured the doubles title with Michael Venus (New Zealand) beating the Indo-Slovakian pair of N.Sriram Balaji and Blaz Rola 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the final. 7. Indian Navy concludes international maritime exercise Milan 2014. The naval exercise, conducted by the Indian Navy, has been taking place every two years since 1995. Apart from regular battle exercises, the contingents were also trained on how to tackle disasters like cyclones and earthquakes through a seminar on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Air Marshal P K Roy, Commander-in-Chief of Andaman and Nicobar Command, received the parting salute from all 9 foreign ships to conclude the event with a traditional passing exercise. While all the foreign ships left for their countries Myanmar decided to stay back till February 15 to resume the joint patrol exercise with the Indian Navy. Six Indian ships to feature in the event are INS Saryu, INS Kesari, INS Investigator, INS Battimalv, INS Baratang and INS Bangaram. Read more: http://bankclerkpo.com/daily-current-affairs-for-ssc-and-bank-exams-dt10-02-2014/#ixzz2t0yxZ2bi ~Current Affairs & General Awareness for PSC and SSC Exams~
*********************************************** 1. As per the recently released Government data, which state has the highest percentage households availing of banking service? Answer :- Himachal Pradesh 2. Who has appointed as the president of International Chamber of Commerce(ICC) India? Answer :- Rajan Bharati Mittal 3. New STAR(Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is signed between which countries? Answer :- USA and Russia 4. At which location, India's first all women Post Office was recently inaugurated ? Answer :- New Delhi (at Shastri Bhawan) 5. Which was the them for 'International Women's Day 2013'? Answer :- 'A Promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women' 6. With which European country did India sign the Tax Information Exchange Agreement(TIEA) on March ? Answer :- Liechtenstein on 28th March 2013 [A central European Country] ![]()
![]() 1. Dubai to host World Expo 2020. This was decided after the third and the final round of voting in Paris on 27 November 2013. Four cities including Dubai in UAE, Yekaterinbergh in Russia, Sao Paulo in Brazil and Izmir in Turkey were competing to host the prestigious event. The theme of Dubai for the EXPO 2020 is Connecting Minds, Creating the Future. World Expos is a meeting point for the global community to share innovations and make progress on issues of international importance such as the global economy, sustainable development and improved quality of life for the world’s population. The first world expo was held in London in 1851. ![]() 1. First Islamic Bank in Eurozone to come up in Luxembourg. A host of private investors from GCC countries, including a royal family from the UAE have planned to set up the first full-fledged Islamic bank in the euro zone.The Eurisbank will come up in Luxembourg during the last quarter of 2014. An announcement to this effect was made on the sidelines of Global Islamic Economy Summit in Dubai. The Excellencia Investment Management group said that with an initial capital of $80m, the bank would offer retail, corporate and private banking services, and would open branches in Paris, Brussels, the Netherlands and Frankfurt. |
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