1. World Blood Donor Day was observed on 14 June 2013 across the world. This day is observed every year on 14 June with an aim of creating a worldwide culture of voluntary blood donation. Theme selected for the year 2013 is Give the Gift of Life: Donate Blood. 2. Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index, WPI, fell to 4.7 per cent in May, driven mainly by declining prices of manufactured items, even as prices of food articles went up. The WPI-based inflation stood at 4.89 per cent in April. In May last year, it was 7.55 per cent. 3. India’s population is expected to surpass China’s around 2028, according to a UN report launched Friday. 4. Foreign Minister of Argentina, Hector Marcos Timerman is arriving in India tomorrow on a four-day visit. He will be accompanied by a 20-member official delegation. 5. The government on thursday gave the go-ahead to India`s ambitious bid to host the U-17 Football World Cup in 2017, thus boosting the country`s chances of organising the tournament that is already being backed by FIFA Vice President Jerome Valcke. 6. Piqued by suggestions of a possible decline, Usain Bolt responded with a blistering season debut at 200 meters and a new track record at the Bislett Games on Thursday. 7. The United States is considering imposing a no-fly zone in Syria, in what would be its first direct military intervention of the two-year-old civil war, Western diplomats said on Friday, after the White House said Syria had crossed a “red line” by using nerve gas. 8. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar admitted for the very first time today, that the ‘political situation had turned difficult’ and a decision on the continuation of the NDA alliance in Bihar was now into the crucial discussions within his party. 9. The Foreign Investment PromotionBoard (FIPB) today deferred a decision on Rs. 2,000-crore Jet-Etihad deal, the largest foreign investment in the Indian aviation sector, and sought clarity on control and ownership. 10. Global rating agency Fitch today revised its outlook on Issuer Default Ratings of seven state-owned firms, including GAIL, IOC and NTPC, to stable from negative.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:46:12 +0000
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