Page-12 of Current Affairs - September, 2014
Amazon Observatory to monitor climate change
Brazil is home to the most fragile ecosystems of the world-the great Amazonian rainforests. They are of paramount significance in the atmospheric balancing in the world. The forest spread is over 5,500,000 square kilometers, 60% of which lies in Brazil ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
J& K floods: the horrid aftermath
The valley has been hit by the worst floods in 109 years. There is massive damage to life and property as the rescue operations continue to bring people to safer areas. The rescue operation involving 86 aircrafts and about 30,000 ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
UK shocked at Haines beheading
ISIS a self-proclaimed caliphate and militant group who have since their sudden and astronomical rise in the northern and western Iraq have been sending shock waves around the world with their inhuman and brutal mass murders have now put their ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
“Timekeepers to the nation” HMT Watches to wind down after 53 years
Once synonymous to watches in India “HMT” is set to be winded up in a phased manner. Burdened with losses for more than a decade, the government is set to shut down HMT Watches, which was restructured in 1999, but ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Barack Obama authorised air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria
The US President, Barack Obama for the first time, authorized US air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria. He also asked to increase the airstrikes in Iraq. This will be the first unrestricted bombing crusade ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
SC clears 3% reservation for disabled in jobs and promotions in all Govt jobs including in IAS
The Supreme Court ruled 3% quota for disabled persons in all government jobs including IAS. A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha held that the disabled people have not got their due in the last 19 years even ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Union government seeks clarification from Supreme Court on its judgment on transgender
Five months after the Supreme Court instructed the Centre to give OBC status to transgenders, the Union government has requested clarification on it holding that all such people cannot be grouped under OBC category as several of them are SC/ST ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Ozone layer on road to recovery
Approximately 30 years after the protections of the Montreal Protocol were put into action, there’s more proof that the international contract to safeguard Earth’s ozone layer is effective, as per a fresh by 300 scientists. The large quantity of most ..