Current Affairs of 21st August 2013
Read Also: Current Affairs of 20th August 20131. Citizens can now file RTI applications online in all central government ministries and departments through a portal. The facility will be launched by the Minister of State for Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions, V Narayanasamy in New Delhi this evening. At present, it is available only to 40 ministries, departments and commissions.
2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced its decision to buy long-term government bonds worth Rs 80 billion (nearly $1.3bn) to pump more liquidity into the country's banking system.
3. Government has decided to set up a 20 member committee to make in-depth analysis of the reasons for backlog in filling up of reserved vacancies. The committee headed by the Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will suggest measures to enhance the employability of reserved category candidates.
4. The Reserve Bank of India, RBI has further relaxed the Statutory Liquidity Ratio, SLR to provide more funds to banks for lending.
5. Market regulator SEBI has allowed mutual funds to trade directly on debt platforms of recognised stock exchanges.
6. The United States has imposed economic sanctions on a Pakistani Islamic school in Peshawar. The US Treasury describes the Ganj Madrassa in the city as a terrorist training centre which provides support to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
7. India welcomes BRICS Biz Council pact to partner for African development.
8. The state-owned iron National Mineral Development Corporation Power Ltd. today signed an Mou with the IL&FS Energy Development Ltd to set up a 500-MW power plant at Gonda in Uttar Pradesh.
9. Government says Sex Ratio in country has increased to 943 females per thousand males as per latest Census report.
10. Virat Kohli at sixth position in ICC T20 rankings. At eighth, Suresh Raina is the second Indian batsman in thetop-10 with Yuvraj Singh being a distant next best at 16th. but there is no Indian presence in the top-10 of the bowlers' list in the latest ICC Twenty20 Rankings issued on Wednesday.
11. Famed Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram on Wednesday announced that he had married his Australian girlfriend, Shaniera Thompson, saying he has started a new life on a happy note.
12. Rupee ends at all-time low of 64.11 against dollar.
Current Affairs of 22st August 2013
1. Veteran leader Robert Mugabe was sworn in as Zimbabwe's president for another five-year term on Thursday.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Nearly three months after he had to resign as Union Law minister in a blaze of controversy, Ashwani Kumar has been appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as his Special Envoy to visit Japan in the rank of a Cabinet Minister.
5. Tata Steel on 22 August 2013 was adjudged the Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant in the country for the year 2011-12 based on the recommendations made by a Panel of Judges that selected companies for the Prime Minister`s Trophy awards for the year 2011-12.
6. The comprehensive economic partnership agreement between India and ASEAN has inched closer with ministers of both sides endorsing the final text of the pact in Brunei.
7. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on Wednesday imposed a penalty of 3.10 crore rupees on Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance for violation of various norms, including those related to early-death claims and group insurance.
8. Russian world number three Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the US Open because of a right shoulder injury, tournament organizers have announced.
9. Sensex surges almost 300 points; Rupee hits all-time low of 65 rupees 12 paise against the dollar.
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