Current Affairs for November 6, 2014 1. African Union (AU) threatens military government of Burkina Faso with sanctions if the power is not handed to a civilian ruler within 2 weeks. - President Blaise Compaore has fled to neighbouring Ivory Coast after massive mass protest resulted in a military coup last week. - He has been in power since 1987 riding on victory in four successive disputed elections. - He wanted to hang on to power by amending the constitution to grab presidency for a fifth term - this in turn triggered widespread public outrage. - Lt Col Isaac Zida is currently serving as the interim leader of the Army-backed government. 2. Narendra Modi is the 15th most powerful person in the world as per Forbes. 3. Anita Kapur has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). - CBDT is the topmost authority of the Income-Tax Department. - The Chairperson happens to be the senior-most IRS civil servant in the Government of India. - He ranks above the officers of the rank of Lieutenant-General, Vice-Admiral or Air Marshal, CBI Director and Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General in the Order of Precedence. 4. Some facts about print media in India as per RNI (Registrar of Newspapers for India): - 5642 new publications were registered during 2013- 14 with a growth rate of 5.95% over the previous year. - Out of the total 99660, publications registered as on 31st March, 2014, the largest number of newspapers and periodicals registered in any Indian language were in Hindi with a figure of 40,159. - English had the second largest number of newspapers and periodicals which was 13,138. - The total claimed circulation of newspapers stood at 45,05,86,212 as against 40,50,37,930 copies in 2012- 13. 5. Bhuvaneswar Kumar wins the ICC Peoples choice award for the year 2014. - He is now the third Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and M S Dhoni to bag this prestigious award. 6. Indian Railways look to use alternative fuels like bio-diesel for running its vast fleet of over 4000 Diesel locomotives. - As mentioned in Railway Budget 2014-15, Indian Railways will soon start using Bio-Diesel up to 5% of the total fuel consumption in diesel locomotives. - Over two billion litres of diesel worth Rs.15000 crore is consumed every year by the Railways. 7. SCOPE (Standing Conference of Public Enterprises) Meritorious Awards given away. - The honour provides recognition to the efforts being made by CPSEs in a variety of areas such as Environmental Excellence & Sustainable Development; Corporate Governance; Corporate Social Responsibility & Responsiveness; Research and Development and Technology Development & Innovation.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:00:47 +0000
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