Friday, August 2, 2013

Current Affairs : 31 July,2013

1.India's Adita Mehta has won gold medal of World Snooker Championship at Colombia. He defeated China's Liang Wenbo by 3-0 in the final to get the medal.

2.The Bombay High Court, which struck down as "illegal and unconstitutional" the two-member panel that went into spot fixing and betting charges in the IPL, has held that the commission was constituted in violation of the rules framed by the BCCI.

3.Supreme Court today said that the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) be informed not to pronounce its verdict on the alleged role of a minor in the December 16 gangrape and murder case.

4.The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Dubai that it might need to intervene in its property market to prevent another realty sector bubble that burst four years ago.

5.According to a report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Kabul today, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan has gone up by 23 per cent in the first half of 2013 compared to the same period last year.

6.In Nepal, UNICEF launched a campaign of violence against children coinciding with the initiation of global campaign for elimination of violence against children today.

7.The government has decided to enhance rate of interest subvention scheme for exports to three per cent to reverse the declining trend in exports.

8.The Govt likely to seek review of the SC verdict scrapping the common entrance test for MBBS, BDS and post-graduate courses in medical and dental colleges.

9.State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is likely to start oil and gas production from its first deepsea field in Krishna-Godavari basin off Andhra coast by September.

10.US scientists say they have moved a step closer to being able to grow a complete human ear from a patient's cells.

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