3rd September 2013 Current Affairs Daily GK Updates
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1. A group of five Kashmiri musicians would perform in London on Saturday as part of the Jammu & Kashmir government efforts to promote the state. The event would coincide with Zubin Mehta concert in Srinagar, which Kashmiri separatists have opposed citing the state's "disputed nature".
2. India to start talks with Japan in a more conducive political environment. India will open its first post-Fukushima talks on a civil nuclear accord with Japan on Tuesday in a much more conducive political environment, following the election of a more pro-India government, which has been capped by the Emperor of Japan identifying India as the destination of one of his rare visits abroad.
3. The Environment and Forests Ministry has slapped a Rs. 200 crore penalty on Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects for violating green laws. The money will go to an Environment Restoration Fund to mitigate the damage done to the area around the project sites.
4. Divij Sharan`s US Open came to an end after the Indian and his Chinese Taipei partner Yen-Hsun Lu went down fighting to Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the men`s doubles third round.
5 Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been selected for a special ‘Century of Centuries Award’ by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM).
6 Farmers, who have innovated agri-technologies, should register with state-run research body ICAR so as to promote widespread use of such technologies across the country and improve production.
7 The Indian rupee dropped sharply below 68 against the US dollar on persistent demand from banks and importers on the back of a firm American currency overseas amidst sudden fall in equity markets.
8 Internationally renowned economist Raghuram Rajan will take over as RBI Governor tomorrow and plunge straight into a fire-fight situation as the country battles a rapid fall in rupee, high inflation, low growth and burgeoning current account deficit (CAD).
9 Software giant Microsoft to acquire Finnish handset maker Nokia's handset business for 5.44 billion euros (USD 7.17 billion) in cash, in an effort to strengthen its position in the smartphone market.
10 Haraprasad Das was conferred the Moortidevi Award for 2012 for Vamsha. Vamsa is a poetic recreation of the Mahabharata in contemporary idiom, which has been recognised as a post-modern masterpiece. - See more at: http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/haraprasad-das-was-conferred-the-moortidevi-award-for-2012-1378199811-1#sthash.J1CEjalq.dpuf
11 Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry launched the third All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)-2012-13.
12 Diana Nyad, 64-year old American long-distance swimmer became the first person to cross Florida Straits from Cuba without any shark cage on 2 September 2013.
13 Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was today elected president of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal here for the second time in a row.
Read Also: Current Affairs 4th September 2013
Read Also: Current Affairs 2nd September 2013
1. A group of five Kashmiri musicians would perform in London on Saturday as part of the Jammu & Kashmir government efforts to promote the state. The event would coincide with Zubin Mehta concert in Srinagar, which Kashmiri separatists have opposed citing the state's "disputed nature".
2. India to start talks with Japan in a more conducive political environment. India will open its first post-Fukushima talks on a civil nuclear accord with Japan on Tuesday in a much more conducive political environment, following the election of a more pro-India government, which has been capped by the Emperor of Japan identifying India as the destination of one of his rare visits abroad.
3. The Environment and Forests Ministry has slapped a Rs. 200 crore penalty on Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects for violating green laws. The money will go to an Environment Restoration Fund to mitigate the damage done to the area around the project sites.
4. Divij Sharan`s US Open came to an end after the Indian and his Chinese Taipei partner Yen-Hsun Lu went down fighting to Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the men`s doubles third round.
5 Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been selected for a special ‘Century of Centuries Award’ by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM).
6 Farmers, who have innovated agri-technologies, should register with state-run research body ICAR so as to promote widespread use of such technologies across the country and improve production.
7 The Indian rupee dropped sharply below 68 against the US dollar on persistent demand from banks and importers on the back of a firm American currency overseas amidst sudden fall in equity markets.
8 Internationally renowned economist Raghuram Rajan will take over as RBI Governor tomorrow and plunge straight into a fire-fight situation as the country battles a rapid fall in rupee, high inflation, low growth and burgeoning current account deficit (CAD).
9 Software giant Microsoft to acquire Finnish handset maker Nokia's handset business for 5.44 billion euros (USD 7.17 billion) in cash, in an effort to strengthen its position in the smartphone market.
10 Haraprasad Das was conferred the Moortidevi Award for 2012 for Vamsha. Vamsa is a poetic recreation of the Mahabharata in contemporary idiom, which has been recognised as a post-modern masterpiece. - See more at: http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/haraprasad-das-was-conferred-the-moortidevi-award-for-2012-1378199811-1#sthash.J1CEjalq.dpuf
11 Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry launched the third All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)-2012-13.
12 Diana Nyad, 64-year old American long-distance swimmer became the first person to cross Florida Straits from Cuba without any shark cage on 2 September 2013.
13 Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was today elected president of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal here for the second time in a row.
Read Also: Current Affairs 4th September 2013
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