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MACAU GRAND
PRIX:
ü P
V Sindhu won the Gold medal in Macau Open Grand Prix
ü She
defeated Canada’s Michelle Li in the finals.
ü She defeated the rival with 21-15, 21-12 in a
span of 37 minutes
ü This
is her second Grand Prix Gold title.
ü She
already won Malaysia open in May.
ü She
was bestowed with Arjuna Award this year.
A K GANGULY:
ü He
was the former Judge of the Supreme Court.
ü An
intern accused him of sexually assaulting her.
ü At
present he is the Chairman for West Bengal Human Rights Commission.
ü The
demand for his removal is increasing.
ü The
former Attorney-General of India Soli Sorabjee said that Ganguly need not
resign. It would set a dangerous precedent.
JUVENILES TO
BE TRIED LIKE ADULTS:
ü The
government has proposed that youngsters above 16 years of age who are guilty of
heinous crimes be treated on par with adult offenders.
ü UN
rules for Juvenile Justice state that the punishment shall be in proportion to
circumstances and gravity of offence.
ü The
Supreme Court in the July rejected the petition for lowering the age of
juvenility from the existing 18 years to 16 years.
SNOOPING
CASE:
ü The
central government said that it enquires into the snooping case of Gujarat.
ü This
is in the wake of alleged snooping on a woman from the state at the behest of
Amit Shah a close aide of Narendra Modi.
FIRST WOMEN
BSF UNIT:
ü BSF
– Border Security Force
ü For
the first time in the History of BSF day parade its Mahila Contingent marched
shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts.
ü This
was done on the occasion of the 48th BSF day that was held on
December 1, 2013.
RBI:
ü The
Reserve Bank of India made a pin number mandatory for validating transactions
through credit and debit cards.
ü This
has been done to make card usage safer.
ü This
is not possible in the on board airlines.
ü There
is not technology available for swiping the cards with the pin numbers in the
air.
ü Hence
accepting cards in the air has been stopped by the Indigo air lines.
ü The
banks are trying to work out a mechanism for re-introduction swipe machine in
the air.
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