Current Affairs for July 28, 2014 1. Liberia closes most of its border crossings in a measure to fight off deadly spread of Ebola virus. - The virus has so far claimed 660 deaths across the West African region in countries like Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. - The fatal and highly contagious virus is infamous for its capability to kill 90 percent of its victims. - Its symptoms include vomiting and diarrhoea as well as internal and external bleeding. 2. Centre inaugurates an online platform named MyGov to engage citizens in contributing to governance and Surajya. - National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) would implement and manage the platform. - The platform has been divided into various groups namely Clean Ganga, Girl Child Education, Clean India, Skilled India, Digital India, Job Creation. - Each group consists of online and onground tasks that can be taken up by the contributors. 3. Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali crowned 2014 Tour de France champion. 4. Boko Haram abducts wife of Cameroons vice Prime Minister, Amadou Ali, in an attack on his home. 5. Noted journalist Sundaram Sankaran breathes his last at 87. - He also served the World Bank for over 25 years. - He is the recipient of the ‘Indira Gandhi Media Award’ presented by the Indian community in the US.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 06:32:24 +0000
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