:: Current affairs- 10 June :: 1) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was on 9 June 2013 was given an important charge at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s National Executive Meeting held in Panaji, Goa. What is this charge/designation, which has increased Modi’s influence in the party tremendously? – Head, Lok Sabha Poll Campaign Panel (for upcoming General Elections for Lok Sabha in 2014) 2) North and South Korea held their first official talks for more than two years on 9 June 2013. Where was this meeting, comprising of working-level delegations of the two countries, held? – At Panmunjom, the border truce village, where the armistice ending the 1950-53 Korean was signed 3) Where was the summit meet of US President Barack Obama and his Chinese compatriot Xi Jinping held during 8-9 June 2013? – Rancho Mirage, the desert resort in California (The summit was largely successful on issues such as the denuclearisation of North Korea and tackling climate change, but seemed to stumble on the controversial issue of cyber security) 4) Which Indian badminton player won the Thailand Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament on 9 June 2013, making him the first Indian man to win a major badminton title outside India after P. Gopichand’s All England Championship title in 2001? – K. Srikanth (This 20-year old player from Andhra Pradesh defeated world no. 8 Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand 21-16, 21-12 in the finals. He is being coached by P. Gopichand) 5) Spain’s Rafael Nadal won his record 8th French Open singles title on 9 June 2013, taking his total Grand Slam titles to 12. He defeated which player in the finals? – David Ferrer, Spain (Nadal defeated Ferrer in straight sets by 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Nadal previously won the French Open titles in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Roger Federer of Switzerland has won the maximum 17 Grand Slam titles while Pete Sampras of the US has won 14 titles. Nadal is now tied with Roy Emerson, both of whom have won 12 Grand Slam titles) 6) Who won the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix held at the Montreal racing circuit on 9 June 2013? – Sebastian Vettel (Germany) of Reb Bull team (Vettel started the race from pole position and finished ahead of Fernando Alonso of Ferrari team. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes finished the race at third spot. Formula 1 champion Vettel is at present the leading racer for this year’s edition) 7) What is the name of India’s proposed multi-agency body, which will carry out real-time assessment of cyber security threats and generate actionable reports/alerts for proactive actions by law enforcement agencies? – National Cyber Coordination Centre – NCCC (This proposed agency would be a multi-agency body under Department of Electronics and IT and would be set up at a cost of around Rs. 1,000 crore. The NCCC will collect, integrate and scan Internet traffic data from different gateway routers of major ISPs at a centralised location for analysis and will aggregate international gateway traffic and domestic traffic separately) 8 ) How much increase in cost inflation index (CII) has been specified for year 2013-14 by the Central Board of Direct Taxes? – 10.2% (CII is a measure used to calculate long-term capital gains on sale of assets. It helps in reducing the inflationary gains and hence reducing the long-term capital gains tax-payout for the tax-payer. The index for 2013-14 stood at 939 as against 852 in 2012-13)
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