DAILY NEWS/CURRENTS.. - 1. Swachh Bharat Kosh: Programme laucnched by central Govt to build toilets in schools of rural and urban areas. 2. Smt. Sitara Devi, an eminent Kathak danseuse passed away. 3. Implementation of National Design Policy. The National Design Policy was approved by the Government on 8th February, 2007. The National Institute of Design Act, 2014 has come into effect from 18th July 2014 which gives NID the status of ‘Institution of National Importance’. The Cabinet has on 28.02.2014 approved for financial support of Rs.434.00 crore to establish of 4 new NIDs at Jorhat (Assam), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) and Kurukshetra (Haryana). 4. Deepak Gupta: the Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). He replaced Rajni Razdan . He is the first non-UPSC member in history to be appointed as UPSC chairman. 5. Pakistani author Bilal Tanweer is honoured with the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his novel ‘The Scatter Here Is Too Great’. 6. India ended their Track Asia Cup 2014 with a rich haul of 18 medals (5 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze). Female Indian cyclist Deborah scripts history by winning four Gold Medals in the championship. 7. Phil Hughes : Australian Test batsman Phil Hughes is fighting for life after being stuck by a bouncer. He was hit on the head by a bouncer bowled by Sean Abbott during a Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and NSW at the SCG. 8. Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS): for Promotion and Modernization Of Industrial Units. 9. Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Jual Oram inaugurated National Tribal Crafts Mela ‘Aadishilp’ in New Delhi. 10. 18th Summit of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) started today in Kathmandu, Nepal. 11. Former Supreme Court (SC) judge Justice Chandramauli Kumar (CK) Prasad was chosen as the next chairperson of the Press Council of India (PCI) succeed Justice Markenday Katju. 12. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi was appointed as Governor of Bihar by the President Pranab Mukherjee on replacing Bihar Governor D Y Patil, who completes his tenure on 26 November 2014 . 13. Extra cover: (a) FINISH:Financial Inclusion Improves Sanitation and Health.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 03:54:09 +0000
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