Current Affairs 14th June 2013 - Daily GK and Business News for Competitions

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1. Tax Scrutiny of Multinational Companies to Increase in India ………The (I-T) department has notified a revised form to check for transfer pricing infractions, something that could intensify the scrutiny on their books.

2. The Northern Railway decided in June 2013 to install the golf carts for physically challenged as well as senior citizens at all the railway stations in Delhi.

3. The index of mineral production of mining sector in April 2013 was lower by 16.9 percent compared to March 2013

4. Government has set a target of achieving 80 percent literacy rate by 2017 at present the literacy rate of India is 74 percent.

5. The World Bank slashed its growth forecast for China's economy for 2013 to 7.7 per cent from 8.4 percent.

6. The world observed the World Blood Donor Day on 14 June 2013 with its theme of the year Give the Gift of Life: Donate Blood.

7. Maharashtra government decided setting up separate education commisionerates in order to provide education to students of the tribal community.

8. Dubai in the first week of June 2013 inaugurated the tallest twisted tower of the world called Cayan Tower at the cost of 272 million US dollar.

9. Sneha Singh is the first Indian-American girl from Avon School to get admission in United States Military Academy at West Point.

10. IndusInd Bank tied up with Western Union Business Solutions for providing effective foreign exchange payments for SMEs in India.

11. Media firm TV18 Broadcast on 13 June 2013 launched a 24 hours news channel News18 India in UK

12. DuPont on 11 June 2013 announced opening of a seed plant in Ukraine which is designed to support farmers in increasing their harvests.

13. Rajasthan government signed MoU with the (IRCTC) Ltd for a scheme as per which it will bear all the expenses for senior citizens to go on select pilgrimages

14. Nuclear Reactors of Areva, the French company will start the production at first in China before supplying the production to Jaitapur in Maharashtra.

15. Ban KI Moon has ordered UN Security Council to enhance the strength of UNDOF from 900 to its authorized strength of 1250 in the Golan Heights.

16. Pakistan fighter pilot wins battle of sexes, now she's ready for war

17. Internet giant Google has pledged to donate 1 million sterling pounds to the British charity The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which monitors online child porn. - See more at: http://post.jagran.com/google-to-donate-one-million-1371197416#sthash.oTNuLFyW.dpuf

18. Israel has denied having sold military equipment to Pakistan and said it would do nothing to compromise its excellent strategic relations with India.

19. WikiLeaks founder Assange gears up to contest elections for Australian Senate …..WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to contest elections for the Australian Senate and claims that if elected his party will press for stronger safeguards for privacy against surveillance by security agencies

20. Iranians began voting on Friday in a presidential election which is unlikely to result in seismic shifts in its troubled relations with the West and Gulf Arab neighbours, but which could bring a softening of the confrontational style of functioning personified by outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

21. Department of Food Safety, Uttarakhand, has registered a case against Sahara-Q shop owner Subrata Roy, eight cricketers and two Bollywood stars………..The case was registered after a report which revealed that its products are contaminated.

22. Biggest Education Expo happening in the city today at Reliance Metro Airport Express Line, New Delhi Metro Station..

23. Shiv Sena cautions JD-U over possible split with BJP …………With JD-U reportedly looking to walk out of the NDA, Shiv Sena on Thursday sounded a note of caution for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying BJP was like ‘oxygen’ to his government, which could land in ‘ICU’ in the event of a split.

24. Champions Trophy: Upbeat India to take on arch-rivals Pakistan tomorrow …………..India is already in the semifinal of the prestigious ICC Champions Trophy but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that they won't take the match against arch-rivals Pakistan lightly.

25. Rift stricken BJP making all efforts to keep ‘upset’ JD-U onboard ………….At a time when speculations are making rounds regarding a possible split of nearly 17-year-old alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the leaders of the saffron party have intensified their efforts to keep the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) intact.

26. Cabinet defers Food Security Ordinance; eyes special session of Parliament………The government plans to convene a special session of Parliament for passage of the Food Security Bill as a divided Cabinet on Thursday shunned the idea of promulgating an Ordinance to implement the watershed legislation.

27. क़ानूनविद बृज नारायण मणि और नेशनल लॉ स्कूल एंड जुडिशियल अकादमी असम कमहानिदेशक डॉ. गुरुजीत सिंह भारत के 20वें विधि आयोग के अल्पकालिक सदस्य नियुक्त

28. पाकिस्तान के पूर्व राष्ट्रपति परवेज मुशर्रफ को औपचारिक रूप से गिरफ्तार कर एक पखवाड़े के लिए न्यायिक हिरासत में 13 जून 2013 को भेज दिया गया.

29. अप्रैल 2013 में औद्योगिक उत्पादन की वृद्धि दर घटकर 2% हो गई. इसका कारण विनिर्माण, खनन, बिजली और पूंजीगत उत्पाद जैसे प्रमुख क्षेत्रों के उत्पादन में कमी है.

30. विश्वभर में स्वैच्छिक रक्तदान को बढ़ावा देने के उद्देश्य से प्रत्येक वर्ष 14 जून को विश्व रक्त दाता दिवस मनाया जाता है.

31. घरेलू कार्य से बाल श्रम की समाप्ति विषय के साथ अंतरराष्ट्रीय बाल श्रम निषेध दिवस मनाया गया.

32. केंद्र सरकार ने दर्द निवारक दवा (पेनकिलर मेडिसिन) डेक्सट्रोप्रोप्राक्सीफीन के विनिर्माण, बिक्री व वितरण पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया.

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