Page-7 of Current Affairs - May, 2014

Delhi Govt approves scheme to provide financial help to children of prisoners

May 26, 2014

A scheme that will provide a fixed amount of money to children of imprisoned parents has been approved by the Delhi Government. The scheme will provide money on a monthly basis to children of incarcerated parents till they attain the ..

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Japan defeats Australia to lift AFC Women’s Asian Football Cup 2014

May 25, 2014

Japan won its maiden women’s Asian Football Cup (AFC) defeating defending champion Australia in the final match held in Vietnam. With this win, Japan became the first country to simultaneously hold both the FIFA Women’s World Cup (2011) and AFC ..

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Real Madrid defeats Atletico to clinch Champions League title

May 25, 2014

Real Madrid clinched the Champions League for a record 10th time beating Atletico Madrid in the final match held in Lisbon, Portugal. The UEFA Champions League which is popular as Champions League, is an annual continental club football competition organized ..

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Olive Ridley Conservation programme restarted after nearly 25 years

May 25, 2014

The wildlife flank of the Forest Department has re-started the Olive Ridley conservation after nearly 25 years by setting up a hatchery at Besant Nagar in Chennai. The department set up the hatchery in January 2014 near the broken bridge ..

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Performance ratings of Banks’ customer services to be made public from 2015

May 25, 2014

From 2015, performance ratings of Banks on customer services will be put in public domain by Banking Codes Standards Board of India (BCSBI). BCSBI is rating banks on customer services on 5 parameters: Information dissemination Transparency Customer-centricity Grievance redressal system ..

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China's maritime Silk Road development to get a boost with 10 billion yuan

May 25, 2014

The development of China’s Maritime Silk Road will be supported by 10 billion yuan (1.6 billion US dollars).  The city government of Fuzhou, capital of east China’s Fujian province, inked a pact with the China Africa Development Fund (CAD Fund) ..

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WHO concerned about MERS virus

May 25, 2014

The WHO’s Emergency Committee for MERS-CoV has raised concerns about the sharp surge in the number of ‘Middle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus’(MERS-CoV) cases since March 2014. The sharp increase has been seen particularly in Saudi Arabia and in the United ..

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Rajiv Mathur appointed new Chief Information Commissioner

May 25, 2014

President Pranab Mukherjee appointed former Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Mathur (64) as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). Mathur succeeds Sushma Singh as the head of the transparency watchdog. His name was recommended by a three-member selection panel headed by ..

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