#Aug29 #currentaffairs 1. Justice Mukul Mudgal committee, which was directed by the Supreme Court to conduct a probe against ICC President N Srinivasan and 12 prominent players in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal filed its report in a sealed cover before the apex court on Friday. 2. Government on Friday, scrapped 6000-crore rupees tender for Light Utility Helicopters which was put on hold due to an ongoing CBI probe into charges of bribery against a Brigadier level officer. 3. Turkeys outgoing premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as president as opponents who accuse him of authoritarianism after more than a decade in power walked out of the ceremony. 4. Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi Maran and six others, including four companies were on Friday chargesheeted by the CBI in a special court in the Aircel-Maxis deal case arising out of the investigation in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. 5. The Reserve Bank of India has eased norms to refinance External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) and allowed banks to approve even those cases where the Average Maturity Period (AMP) of fresh borrowings exceeds residual maturity of existing loan. 6. The #Pradhan #Mantri #Jan #Dhan #Yojana has been launched in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states .Formally launching the financial inclusion scheme for Telangana state, Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said in Hyderabad last evening that the scheme is a forward step towards financial inclusion. 7. Young Murali Karthikeyan finished a creditable third and earned his third and final Grandmaster norm after settling for a draw with Grandmaster Zahar Efimenkov of Ukraine in the ninth and final round of Abu Dhabi Masters that concluded in Abu Dhabi. 8. Indias ace shuttler P.V.Sindhu has entered into the semifinals of the World Badminton championship being held at Copenhagen in Denmark. She defeated Shixian Vang of China in the quarterfinals 19-21, 21-19, and 21-15.
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 05:19:12 +0000