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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Current Affairs 17th August 2013

 
Slide Show by Rathika Ramaswamy

Rathika Ramaswamy is Indian’s first woman wild life photographer. For the first time she is conducting slide show on August 23rd at Kerala Sahithya Academi hall. Organiser of this show was Harihardas who is the director of Black Light Film Institute. Slide shown will be shown on Lions, Jumbos, Snakes, birds.



New Director General of CRPF is Dilip Trivedi

Dilip Trivedi appointed by Union Ministry of India as Director General of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force). Largest paramilitary Force is CRPF. He was senior IPS officer. In the place of Pranay Sahay he was appointed. Pranay retired on 31st July 2013.  At the Delhi head quarters, currently he is acting as Special Director General of the border Security force.

 MEP on Onions is Rs.650 US dollars Per Tonne

Minimum Export Price (MEP) on onions is Rs.650 US dollars per tonne. This was imposed by Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.  MEP was imposed as per the guidelines given by DGFT (Director General of Foreign Trade). In the major cities price of Onions is Rs.80.  Exports during April – July are 6.39 lakh tonnes.  In the year ago period exports of onions was 6.94 lakhs tonnes. In 2012- 13 productions of onions is 16.6 millions. Main onion producing areas in India are Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra.

JS205LC Tracked Excavator launched by JCB India Limited

JCB India has launched two new products. One is JS205LC Tracked Excavator and other one is 3DXcellence Backhoe Loader.

Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger win against Leander paes and Radek Stepnek

Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger win against Leander paes and Radek Stepnek entered into finals of ATP Cincinnati masters. For the second time Bopanna entered into finals. Previously he has faced Marc Lopez and Marcel Granollers in finals along with Roger.

EVM with VVPAT Facility will Use in Nagaland By polls

Election commission of India has decided to introduce EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) with VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) in Nagaland By polls. By Polls will conduct on 4th September 2013. Project was undertaken and supervising done by VS Sampth, Chief Election commissioner. In 21 election stations 42 VVPAT systems would introduce.

Bridge Course introduced for Madrassa Graduates

University of Aligarh Muslim has introduced bridge course for Madrassa Graduates. This will help the madrassa Graduates to join in graduate programmes. In order to provide platform for graduates from Islamic Religious schools and to inspire them in modern education this course was introduced.

Hemant Soren approved Rs.2297 for construction of Roads

For the construction of roads in different states Hemant Soren approved Rs.2297 crores. This amount will be funded by ADB (Asian Development Bank). Amount will utilise for 5, 500 KM By pass roads. These roads are Govindpur to Tundi, Khunti to Tamar, Sahebganj via Taljhari to Tinpahar, Giridih to Jamua, Dumka to Hasdiha.


Abdul Karim Tunda was arrested

In Top 20 list of wanted criminals in India, one person was Abdul Karim Tunda. He was ideologue of Lashkar E Taiba. On Friday he was arrested by Delhi Special police at India Nepal Border. In 1993 he made 20 blasts during Babri Masjid demolition.

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