Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Current Affairs 20th August 2013



Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan Received Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award

Amjad Ali Khan received Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award. He received this award for his contributions towards the portion of peace and harmony. On the occasion of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi he received this award.  Along with Citation he received Rs.5 lakhs as cash price. Former receipts of this award were KR Rarayanan, Maulana Wahiuddin Khan, Dilip Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Harsh Mander, Swami Agnivesh, Teesta Setalvad, Mohammed Yunus, Bismillah Khan, and Mother Teresa.

Food Security schemed launched by Sonia Gandhi

Ambitious program i.e. Food security scheme launch by Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on the occasion of Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Birthday. Initially this scheme started in Uttarakhand, Haryana and Delhi. This scheme introduced to improve the life of the common man. Under this scheme government is providing 62 million tonnes of cereals, wheat and rice. Government is supplying to 67 % of the population. Annual Government expenditure in this scheme is Rs.125000 crores.

France approved to sell Meropenem by Venus pharma

Meropenem, a generic injectable broad spectrum antibiotic, can sell in France by Venus Pharma which is the subsidiary of Venus Remedies Limited.  After this approval Venus pharma attained fifth position in the pharma market.

Home Car washer launched by Bosch Power Tools

Under DIY Segment, Bosch Power Tools has launched Home car washer.  Product launched by Prachi Desai, Bollywood actress, as stated by Vijay Pandey, Vice president Vijay Pandey. Through this scheme company wants to achieve Rs.100 crores. In 5 models company product was available. Price of the product ranging from Rs.10, 500 to Rs.18000. product is available in the retail shops and e commerce portals like Flip art.

Manu Gandas won three Medals At Youth Asian games

At youth Asian games Manu Gandas achieved third medal (silver medal). He got this award after finishing stroke play. This was conducted at Zhangshan International Golf Club, Nanjing. 1st place achieved by Boonma Danthai belongs to Thailand made 207 shots, Taipei’s Yu Chun An belongs to china made 203 shots.

Average Per Capita Expenditure for Muslims is Rs.32.66

Government made a survey on the living standard of the religion. Of all the religions low standard of living is Muslim religion. Average Per Capita Expenditure for Muslims is Rs.32.66 per day.  Sikh community is much better than the Muslim community. Per capita expenditure is Rs.55.30 per day. Hindus per capita expenditure so 37.50 per day. Christians is at Rs. 51.43 per day. NSSO made study in the name of ‘Employment and Unemployment Situation among Major Religions Groups India’.

Bored Teens killed Australian Base ball Player

3 Bored teenagers decided to kill a person for fun. Christopher Lane, Australian Base Ball player visited to Duncan town with his girl friend. They have targeted him and shooted him. All the three were 15 to 16 age group. Incident happened on Yesterday but first degree murder charges on today. He was taken to custody as stated by Danny Modi, Police chief.

Aadhar Website of kids

In order to meet the need of the school children, Nodel Agency of Ministry of HRD has launched Aadhar website for kids. This will be beneficial in two ways. One is, this will be useful for the education department to resolve the issues rose to school students. Another one is it will be useful for the student community also. This program initially undertaken in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. In this area 7.60 lakh students are registered under this website.

Stanford Ignite flagship program launched

Stanford Business school launched flagship program with the intension to encourage building entrepreneurs. Name of the program is Stanford Ignite. These programs are first time launched in Bangalore. 800 applications received by the school but selected only 41 candidates

69th Birth Day of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

India has celebrated 69th Birth Day of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was assinated in 1991. Prayer meetings organised at Veer Bhumi which is Samadhi sthal of Rajiv Gandhi. On this occasion Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was awarded Rajiv Gandhi sadbhavana Award.

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