Addict to Inspire Be updated..... Current Affairs of India - 1st September 1) The BJP has decided to “prepare” ace shooter Tara Shahdeo for the 2016 Summer Olympics, giving the highly-publicised ‘love jihad’ case a new twist in the poll-bound state.The 2016 Olympics will be held in Brazil’s capital Rio De Janeiro.The Congress was quick to point out that the BJP move was an effort to politicise the incident and polarise voters ahead of the assembly polls. 2) Fake note crooks lapping up Rs. 100, Rs. 1,000 bills: RBI Currency counterfeiters appear to have started focusing more on the Rs. 100 and Rs. 1,000 denominations, even though the traditional favourite Rs. 500 bills continue to be the most to be faked by numbers, the Reserve Bank has said.The banking system detected over 2.52 lakh pieces of counterfeit notes of Rs. 500 denomination in FY14 as against the 2.81 lakh the year before, while the number of Rs. 1,000 denomination fake notes rose to 1.10 lakh as against the 98,459 in the preceding year, it said. Detection of Rs. 100 denomination fake notes increased by 10,000 pieces during the fiscal to 1.18 lakh pieces, the RBI said in its recently released annual report. 3) SEBI issued norms for sharing KYC details with financial regulators The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 30 August 2014 allowed sharing of Know-your-Client details with entities regulated by other financial sector watchdogs. According to the new norms, the system of KRA may be connected with any central KYC registry authorized by the Union Government for the purpose of collation and sharing of the KYC information in the financial sector. These new norms are called as the Securities and Exchange Board of India KYC Registration Agency. 4) Global CEOs, top bankers queue up to meet Modi Global chief executives and top bankers of iconic Wall Street companies are queuing up to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a clear sign that India’s economy has never mattered more than now.Indian-born Deutsche Bank co-CEO Anshu Jain called on Modi recently while Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Bank of America CEO Brian T Moynihan are expected to meet the PM during his visit to the US in September, top government sources told HT. 5) Modi and Abe to sign key nuclear, infra deals today The crucial day in Narendra Modi’s Japan trip, which could see a flurry of dealmaking, got off to a quiet start with a visit to an elementary school next to his Tokyo hotel.Modi, who has come across as relaxed and cheerful on this trip, mingled with students and teachers at the 136-year-old Taimei Elementary, a minute’s car ride away from the Imperial Hotel where the Indian delegation is staying. 6) Zimbabwe beats Australia for 1st time in 31 years Zimbabwe beat Australia for the first time in 31 years on Sunday as captain Elton Chigumbura’s 52 not out led his team to a famous three-wicket win in the ODI triangular series.Chigumbura carried the tournament hosts to 211/7, overhauling Australia’s below-par 209-9 on a tough batting strip at Harare Sports Club. 7) World Cup 2014 : Neymar’s brain on auto-pilot while dribbling: Japan neurologists Brazilian superstar Neymar’s brain activity while dancing past opponents is less than 10% the level of amateur players, suggesting he plays as if on auto-pilot, according to Japanese neurologists.Results of brain scans conducted on Neymar in February this year indicated minimal cerebral function when he rotated his ankle and point to the Barcelona striker’s wizardry being uncannily natural. “From MRI images we discovered Neymar’s brain activity to be less than 10% of an amateur player,” researcher Eiichi Naito told AFP on Friday.”It is possible genetics is a factor, aided by the type of training he does.”
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 10:02:07 +0000
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