current affairs october 2014 current affairs - current affairs today
DESCRIPTION
asdfawfawerawerasdfTRANSCRIPT
|
|
Current Affairs October 2014Sri Lankan court gives death penalty to five Indian fishermen
October 31, 2014 1 Comment
On 30th October 2014, five Indian fishermen from Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu weresentenced to death penalty by the High court of Sri Lanka.Case: Five fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested in November 2011 on charges ofsmuggling narcotics from India to Sri Lanka after they crossed the InternationalMaritime Boundary Line.High court of Sri Lanka sentenced three Sri Lankans and five Indian fishermen deathpenalty in this case.
Indian Government’s response to this decisionIndia was tracking this case since 2011 and the Indian High Commission in Sri Lankahad been providing legal aid to the fishermen.As per MEA, the fishermen are not guilty.
In order to get them back to MEA will follow the legal process.Earlier, MEA had submitted background profiles of all the five fishermen with bonafides that they were genuine fishermen. India even had given details of five fishermenthat had no record of involvement in drug related activities.However, the Sri Lankan authorities went ahead with the conviction, which is againstthe established practices between India and Sri Lanka.
This decision is considered as an unpleasant development, which may in future strainIndia’s bilateral ties with Sri Lanka.Tags: Bilateral • Sri Lanka
Govt to launch Unnat Bharat AbhiyanOctober 31, 2014 1 Comment
Government is set to launch a new programme, the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan to uplift ruralIndia. This programme will be launched in collaboration with the Indian Institutes ofTechnology (IIT) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) across the country.The main idea for launching the programme is to provide definitive research that can bealigned with national development.Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Itwill be coordinated and steered by IIT Delhi.
Key Points about Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
October 2015
September 2015 |
August 2015 |
July 2015 |
June 2015 |
May 2015 | |
April 2015 |
March 2015 |
February 2015 |
January 2015 |
Current Affairs 2014
Current Affairs 2013
Current Affairs 2012
Current Affairs 2011
E-Book Compilations
National Current Affairs
State Current Affairs
International Affairs
Business & Economy
Banking Current Affairs
Science & Techonlogy
Environment Current Affairs |
Bills and Acts
Defence Current Affairs
CURRENT AFFAIRS
CURRENT AFFAIRS CATEGORY
Home Banking Awareness EBooks Downloads GS Manual Online Courses
HOME CURRENT AFFAIRS CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
TARGET 2016 →
|
Advertisement1 2 3 4 5 ... 10 20 30 ... 59
The programme, with the help of IITs, NITs and other leading technical institutions willprepare a roadmap for holistic rural development.It will involve engaging with communities around each institute and for theirupliftment.
Each IIT will identify 10 villages in its neighbourhood and work out technologies tosolve the most pressing issues of the region.Different teams from these institutes will visit the villages, identify problems and thenaim to find financially-viable schemes.Once the solution is identified then they will involve the industry in this to solve theproblem.Along with the HRD ministry and the institutes, some other ministries such as ruraldevelopment and NGOs working in villages are also likely to be involved in theprogramme.
Some of the problems that the institutes will be looking at are, supply of potable water,sanitation, energy and low cost housing.
Tags: Government Schemes
Sachin Tendulkar inducted in Bradman Hall of FameOctober 30, 2014 No comments
Cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh have beeninducted into the Bradman Hall of Fame.The two cricketers were inducted as honorees of the BradmanFoundation at a gala dinner held at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sachin Tendulkar had met Bradman on his 90th birthday inAdelaide. Bradman had listed Tendulkar in an all-time XI list
prepared by him. Tendulkar holds almost every Test batting record, except forBradman’s average.Tags: Cricket
Persons in News
Places in News
Awards & Honours
Sports Current Affairs
Art & Culture in Current Affairs
Enter Your Email
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe awarded2015 Confucius Peace Prize by China
RBI allows banks to fix interest rates on golddeposit scheme
India-China Joint Exercise Hand-in-Hand 2015concludes in Kunming
Union Government clears first batch of flagshipurban projects under AMRUT
PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for mobile
FOLLOW GKTODAY
Subscribe
RECENT CURRENT AFFAIRS
© Copyright 2009-2015 GKToday | All Rights Reserved | About Us | Terms & Condition, Disclaimer | Contact Us || 'यतोधम䶈폀䏎웸ततो जयः' ||
Privacy & Shipping Policy | Cancellation & Refund Policy | Jobs@GKToday
manufacturing facility in Tirupati
Government divides Maharashtra and Gujarat NavalAreas into two Separate Headquarters
Alok Rawat becomes first male member of NationalCommission for Women
PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone forAndhra Pradesh’s new capital city
Britain signs landmark nuclear deal with China
Government inaugurate Indian Police Foundationand Indian Police Institute in New Delhi
GK & Current Affairs: October 4, 2015
GK & Current Affairs: October 3, 2015
GK & Current Affairs: October 2, 2015
GK & Current Affairs: September 29, 30, 2015
GK & Current Affairs: September 27, 28, 2015
Online Courses
E-Book Store
RECENT CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZZES
OTHER SECTIONS