Current Affairs of 15th and 16th August 2013 - Independence Day Happenings

Current Affairs of 15th and 16th August 2013 - Independence Day Happenings

1. India celebrated its 67th Independence Day on 15th August with enthusiasm.

2. Union Territory of Pudducherry celebrates its 52nd De-Jure or legal merger with Indian Union Day today. It is on this day in 1962 the French Parliament ratified a treaty signed by India and France in this regard.

3. India assured Bhutan of assistance in financing, executing and monitoring its 11th Five Year Plan in a proficient and effective way.

4. UNICEF will conduct a nationwide survey on child trafficking in India.

5. The Central Government raised customs duty on gold, silver and platinum to 10 percent in a bid to curb the surging imports and burgeoning Current Account Deficit.

6. India has signed a loan agreement of 100 million US dollar with the World Bank for its Low Income Housing Finance Project. The objective of the project is to provide access to sustainable housing finance for low income households to purchase, build or upgrade their dwellings.

7. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on 14 August 2013 unveiled the second phase of comprehensive multi-media initiative Glimpses of the India Story.

8. Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram launched the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme in New Delhi today. This scheme is likely to benefit about one million young men and women in the next 12 months.

9. 50,000 girl students in Tripura living below the poverty line would get a bicycle each free as an incentive to reduce the school drop out rate, CM Manik Sarkar said.

10. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister for Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Republic of Chad, paid an official visit to India.

11. Cracking down on corruption inthe Bangladesh Premier League, the ICC on Tuesday provisionally suspended seven unnamed individuals for match-fixing-related offences while two others were charged for failing to report "corrupt approaches" that were made to them.

12. French Lawn Tennis Player and Wimbledon 2013 (Women’s Singles) winner Marion Bartoli announced her retirement on 14 August 2013, during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Centre in Cincinnati, Ohio.

13. India 'A' on Wednesday clinched the cricket tri-series title with a comfortable 50-run victory over Australia 'A' in a low-scoring final,relying on a clinical display by their bowlers.

14. Paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad has finished seventh inthe 100m breastroke finals at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Montreal, Canada.

15. The Supreme Court today refused to interfere in the case of IAS Officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, whose suspension by the Uttar Pradesh government last month led to widespread outrage across the country.

16. Gold prices breached the psychological Rs. 30,000 barrier in first hour of trade on the Multi Commodity Exchange on Friday.

17. World Bank to provide 100 million dollars loan to India for housing of low income families.

18. Rupee drops to an all-time low of 62 per dollar.

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