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CURRENT AFFAIRS DECEMBER 1 2013

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WORLD AIDS DAY:
ü The World observes December 1 as the Aids day.


COLLECTOR AND POLICE COMMISSIONER:

ü The District magistrate of Malda (West Bengal) Godala Kiran Kumar was arrested by the Police Commissioner of siliguri K Jayaraman.

ü This is with respect to the alleged misappropriation of development funds including sewerage, tender work and supply of CCTV cameras when he was CEO of Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development authority.

ü The collector was remanded to the police custody for 4 days.

ü The chief secretary of West Bengal Sanjay Mitra said that the police commissioner exceeded brief in arresting the collector.


ISRO – MOM- TMI:
ü ISRO – Indian Space Research Organization
ü MOM – Mars Orbiter Mission
ü TMI – Trans Mars  Injection
ü According to ISRO the TMI is the mother of all slingshots
ü The MOM from its earth-bound orbit cruised into sun-centric orbit.
ü The ISRO fired the propulsion system on board the space craft for a prolonged duration of 23 minutes from 0049 hours.
ü The MOM has been successfully placed in the sun-centric orbit.


TEHELKA:
ü The founding editor Tarun Tejpal was taken into police custody for 6 days.
ü The prosecution demanded for 14 days to the police custody.
ü If he is proved guilty he gets minimum 10 years jail punishment.


PCI (PRESS COUNCIL OF INDIA)
ü The PCI chairman Justice Markendeya Katju cracked the whip on media.
ü He insisted that media organizations should set up an internal complaints committee.
ü Section 4 (1) of the Sexual Harassment of Women at work place Act made setting up of these committees mandatory.


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