Thursday, 23 January 2014

Current Affairs 23-Jan-2014

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birth anniversary celebrations at Parliament House complex today remained a dull affair with only one sitting MP out of a total of 775 members of both Houses turning up to pay homage to the renowned freedom fighter.

The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked the Maharashtra government to fill up 14,844 vacant posts of teachers in secondary and higher secondary aided schools by April 2015.

The internet has seized with glee on a Princeton research paper that suggests Facebook will be a virtually abandoned, tumbleweed-riddled corner of the web by 2017, when the social network's "outbreak" will have run its course.

Beijing passed a regulation to curb air pollution by controlling emissions. It says harsh penalties on people for not abiding by the guidelines.

US discovered that violence, infectious disease and changes in climate were responsible for the collapse of Harappa around 400 years ago.

Paulraj have been awarded with prestigious 2014 Marconi Society Prize for developing the theory and application of MIMO antennas.

Tony Fernandes, the chief of AirAsia announced its India operations from April 2014. He is in India to attend the World Economic Forums annual meeting.

Olympic Council of Asia has recognised Sambo, the Russian martial art and has become part of the Asian Games.

SEBI has asked depositories to formulate information technology panels at board level with a view to strengthen IT governance framework of systems.

Advanced Light Helicopter named Garuda Vasudha of Geological Survey of India launched from the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd .

Sri Lanka has asked Maldivian President to allow its fisherman, the facility of innocent passage through its territorial waters to Arabian Sea.

NOAA and NASA in separate releases confirmed the continuous trend of global warming. NOAA said 2013 the fourth warmest year on earth since 1880.

Professor Rakesh Khurana has been appointed as the Dean of Havard College. He will assume the charge of the dean from 1 July 2014.

NASA Mars rover discovered Jelly doughnut rock revealed at a ten year anniversary of the Mars rover.

India and Japan signed the Memorandum for strengthening cooperation in tourism.

Nageswara Rao's two sons Venkat and actor Nagarjuna and other family members lit the pyre at the Annapurna Studios here, established by the thespian himself.

A second round loss at the Malaysia Open Super Series Premier last week saw India's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal drop a place to No.9 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday.

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