Current
Political Affairs of India & World - For The Month of August 2011
Sr.
Anna Hazare Arrested - Congress messed it up -
- The storm
about the arrest of Mr. Anna Hazare and his team (virtually the whole
nation) has just put Congress in a bit of mess then even they would have
imagined at first. Anna and his followers not just maintained that their
outlooks be taken on in the panel when drafting The Lokpal Bill, but
exacted that only and only their version of The Bill be agreed too and, as
a matter of fact, discussed in Parliament by The Government. Interestingly,
Government cannot agree to these kinds of dictates from anybody in a
parliamentary democratic system. Rather than letting off such a great deal
of steam on their appeals that The Government forwards their edition of The
Bill in Parliament, Team Anna can simply have got any one of The 545
members of The Lok Sabha to bring in the asked for Jan Lokpal Bill.
Definitely, the extremely disconcerted Opposition political parties can
leap forward even at this time and forward The Team Anna edition of the Bill
in the house.
Anna
leaves hospital and heads to village
- Social
activist Anna Hazare head to his village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra
subsequent to his release from Medanta Medicity Hospital in Gurgaon after
development in his state, a supporter alleged. Hazare was taken to The Hospital
in uptown Gurgaon Sunday after he finished his 288-hour fast embarked upon
since August 16. “He will go to Pune and will consequently head to his
village”, revealed a member of The TEAM ANNA. Hazare was released Wednesday
once his fundamental factors were seen to be steady. As per Yatin Mehta, a
part of the doctor’s team observing Anna at the hospital, the
revolutionary was in ‘excellent state’ and ‘healthy’. Previously in the
day, Anna had consumed soft solid foodstuffs such as rice, dal and idli.
‘Following the success of his 12-day fast, Hazare’s physical condition
exhibited lot of development. His blood pressure is 141/90, which is
standard,’ Mehta understood.
Sheila
Dikshit defers CAG report discussion
- Sheila Dikshit,
Delhi Chief Minister on Tuesday alleged that The Government cannot remark
on The CAG details pending parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
presents its proposals. On the succeeding day of the assembly’s yearly
monsoon session, which observed tumult by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs
over The CAG and V.K. Shunglu Committee details on the CWG, The CM stated:
‘I have told about it on numerous occasions that we cannot talk about The CAG
report as it is in possession of The PAC, which is a legitimate fraction
of parliament. We are subjected to get going against anybody when The PAC
directs so.’ Initiating a mocking assault on The BJP, Dikshit further said
that the chief opposition party in the parliament has been fooling people
by initiating a scuttlebutt as it is in front of a lot of annoyance
because of repeated routs in the last three assembly and two Lok Sabha
elections in the capital
Rajya
Sabha suspended over Gujarat Lokayukta row
- The Rajya
Sabha was suspended for a short time Tuesday subsequent to raucous scenes
over Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley posing the subject of selection of
Lokayukta in Gujarat by the governor ‘with no meeting with the state
government’. Quickly subsequent to Jaitley lifted the subject; Chairman
Hamid Ansari took attention to meetings and regulations of the house on
discussing subjects about people running in high offices. Jaitley said
that there were examples when even reminder to Governor had been conferred
in Parliament. BJP members stood up from their chairs to back Jaitley,
which translated to raucous scenes during the sessions due to which the
house was suspended for ten minutes.
Cities
to continue living with menacing security arrangements
- Security in
Indian cities is miserable. And the expectations are worse than thought as
the condition will simply get worse in time coming up. This threatening
note of concern was clouted here today by Mr. G. K. Pillai, ex-Union Home
Secretary, at The FICCI convention on S&T for Homeland Security-2011:
‘Safe and Secure City’. Mr. Pillai alleged that with the nation going
through a high growth rate of 8 per cent, hopes of the citizens are
increasing and loads of them are swarming into cities, raising the already
augmenting crime rate due to the lack of work prospects. In the capital,
for example, 82 per cent of crime is committed by first timers, that also
by adolescents between the age of 16 and 26 years old. Novel kinds of
criminal actions are growing for example cyber crimes, hacking,
burglaries, snatchings, while rape, murder and car thefts are the ones
most in trend. Mr. Pillai warned against radicalization of adolescence as
this would develop them into anti-social activists and destroy their
lives. He cautioned against ghettoisation of cities as well that
originates of the practice of not giving homes on lease to someone of a
certain community/religion/caste by some other community/religion/caste
community.
Speed
lovers soon to see Greater Noida as their pit-stop
- The highly
anticipated homologation of The Budh International Circuit (BIC), setting
for the first ever Indian Grand Prix, is all but done. Plus, The FIA team,
headed by technical director Charlie Whiting, has also given his nod to
all aspects of The 5.14m long track. As per a report declared by The Federation
of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) President, Vicky Chandhok on behalf
of the supporters JPSI, Whiting, through the first of the two days of
inspection, was mighty delighted in the fashion in which the circuit’s
making has been developing. "Mr. Charlie Whiting, the Formula One
Race Director came to see The Budh International Race circuit some time
back for a premeditated custom check," Chandhok stated in the
statement. "He told us that the development was more than all right
and was beyond of what he expected from us from the last visit he paid. He
further put across assurance that the introductory Indian Grand Prix will
be a titanic triumph," he added. On the other hand the statement read
that as a general exercise for all fresh circuits, the physical issuance
of Grade-I recognition to the circuit, will be sanctioned seven days ahead
of the chief event to be held on October 30.
New
Sports bill turned down by The Government
- A contentious
offer that required controlling India’s and World’s most powerful Cricket Board BCCI and added national sports organizations was rejected by the Government
in late August, reports from the local media emerged. The proposal that is
designed to regulate these sports bodies under federal intelligibility and
responsibility laws were put forward by Ajay Maken, Sports Minister.
However, the much needed bill was rejected by the cabinet and it asked
Ajay Maken to return with a new and improvised version, one of the news
networks of the county reported. The bill aimed to keep back no less than
25 percent of federation positions for previous players and puts a ceiling
on the age of all administrators i.e.70. A further significant
prerequisite of the bill was to get the associations under the purview of The
Right to Information Act (RTI), a milestone regulation that lets members
of the public to ask for information of the functioning of public bodies.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has usually been out of
the Government’s purview and, unlike added national sports federations,
does not rely on the finances given by the state. Sports bodies in India
have been the focal point of numerous controversies in recent years. The
popular Indian Premier League, after previous year’s controversial exit of
its Founding Chairman Lalit Modi, has been the center of numerous probing
over charges of pecuniary indiscretions.
Zardari
nods to cooperate with China
- Pakistan will
cooperate with China to overcome terrorism and secessionism, cited Asif
Ali Zardari, The Pakistani
President. Zardari repeated Pakistan’s pledge to get rid of extremism and
he promised China of his nation’s full cooperation in overcoming terrorism
and secessionism, reported Associated Press of Pakistan. The Pakistani
president landed in China in late August to be present at the first
China-Eurasia Expo to be hosted by Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, in the
first week of September. He alleged Pakistan denounces terrorism in all
its types and appearances and will not relax on any attempt to get rid of
it. Zardari also talked about his daughters were on board with him on the
trip, which is a testimony of the relationships between the two nations existing
since generations. He further talked about the upcoming trip of Pakistan
Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to China later on this week
to be present at the International Political Conference and assumed it
demonstrates Pakistan and China were making efforts to fortify relations
and ultimately deep-rooting their international polity.
United
States downgraded to AA+
- The United
States parted company with its respected AAA credit rating for the first
time in seven decades after being downgraded by Standard & Poor's. The
country's credit rating was cut to AA+ following S&P alleged the
conciliation made by Congress and President Obama in early August to slash
expenditure and enhance the liability upper limit "doesn’t meet the level,
in our view, would be essential to even out the government's standard-term
debt dynamics." The agency was frank in its evaluation. Its statement
read: "We downgraded the 70-year long AAA rating of the United States
since we think that the protracted storm over increasing the
constitutional liability upper limit and the associated monetary policy
debate point out that additional upcoming development surrounding the
increase in public expenditure, particularly on privileges, or coming to
an agreement on generating income is less probable than we formerly
understood and will stay put to a arguable and intermittent
procedure," the ratings firm believed.
Current Affairs For July 2011
Introduction
of LokPal bill in Lok Sabha
- The much
awaited Lok Pal bill will be introduced in Lok Sabha. The green signal
was given by The Government to
Speaker Meira Kumar to allow the two day period needed to present the
bill.The Minister of State Personnel Mr. V. Narayaswamy gave the notice
to Meira Kumar regarding the matter of Lok Pal Bill. Mr Pawan Kumar
Bansal said that all the parties were in favour of introducing the bill
at the earliest. The copies of the bill have been distributed to all the
parties. The bill has been finalised by the Government after a number of
meetings during the last month.
- The Government
has kept out Prime Minister and other higher judiciary from the ambit of
the bill. This decision has been strongly opposed by the all the
activists of the bill. The BJP has demanded that the bill should include
the Prime Minister into the bill. Regarding the matter the Government has
said that the prime minister will be questioned if necessary but only
when he has stopped working and this can be done only in a limited amount
of time i.e. 7yrs at most. Anna Hazare has again threatened to go on
hunger strike again if The Government
does not introduced a lok pal bill that handles every aspect of
corruption and if The Government fails
to do so then he will go on strike on Aug 16.
NDA
blamed for Kalmadi’s appointment
- The Government
has blamed NDA for the appointment of Kalmadi as the main organizer of The
CWG 2010event. Sports minister Mr Ajay Maken said in the lok sabha that The
NDA Government begun the process in 2003, that led to the appointment of
Suresh Kalmadi as the chairman of The CWG committee. The statement has
been made taking in view the leaked report which balmed The Prime
minister’s office for overlooking the objections made against kalmadi’s
appointment. Suresh Kalmadi is in jail now facing charges of corruption
on large scale against him.
17
people die as lightning strikes parts of Orissa
- Around 17
people have died during the lighting in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The people
who died included 6 women. The lighting struck parts of Orissa with the
coastal region accounting around 4 casualties. Most of the deaths
occurred on Monday Aug 2, and other deaths were reported from places like
Angul, Balasore,Deogarh, Sundergarh etc.
- The state Government
has announced a compensation of Rs50,000 each from The Chief Minister’s Relief
Fund. The money will be given to the family of those people who died
because of lighting strike.
Congress
flayed by BJP over Gurgaon Land deal
- The BJP asked
The Government about its action reaction the gurgaon land deal. The BJP
asked whether The Government will take it’s stand in the similar way like
that of The Bhatta-Parsaul in The Uttar Pradesh. BJP leader Arun Jaitley
said that The Government unlawfully took the land from The poor farmers,
due to which farmers are now suffering. The collective loand of the
farmers was taken unlawfully and then it was given to the Rajiv Gandhi
Charitable trust , quoted Arun Jaitely.
- The Punjab
and Haryana High court scolded The Government for flouting the rules of
land acquisition. The Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust was set up by Sonia
Gandhi in 2002 in order to address the concerns that Rajiv Gandhi had in
his heart. Jaitely refrained from disclosing the names of the people
involved in the scam. He said that he will not take any names, but The Government
should only answer and tell the names of all those people who benefitted
from the deal. Meanwhile Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has been
continuously holding meetings against illegal land acquisition, he even
flagged some rallies against the same matter. Regarding the matter The Congress
has said that now the matter rests between the Haryana Government and The
High Court.
Famous
Artist M.F Hussain passes away
- India’s
famous artist M.F.Hussain passed away in London on July 03. M.F. Hussain
took Indian art to the global stage but not without controversies. The
eccentric painter who lived barefoot died at the Brompton and Harfield
NHS foundation in London after months of prolonged illness. Born in
Maharashtra Hussain began his career as a painter by painting film
posters. He was popularly known as Picasso of India and was once a member
of Rajya Sabha. He has been awarded the nation’s 2nd highest Padma
Vibhushan.
- The Picasso
of India courted controversy after he showed hindu deities in nude in his
paintings, and from then he was being considered as an anti-Hindu. After
getting death threats in India he imposed exile on himself from the year
2006. Later in the year 2010 he accepted the citizenship of Qatar that
was offered to him. The painter courted another biggest controversy by
portraying “mother India” as a naked woman. His paintings have often
courted controversies and wrath of people as his work often depicted gods
and goddesses in nude form. He was a great fan of Madhuri Dixit such that
he made a film with her called Gaja Gamini.
London
Olympics 2012 began its countdown.
- With one to
go ESPN star sports began its golden march to kick the London Olympics
2012 countdown. The countdown ceremony was broadcasts across 22
countries. Olympics being revered as the biggest sports event has made
athletes to share the same anticipation like that of the rest of the
world and have set their eyes on the event going to be held just after
365 days.
- Also ESPN
sports channel will broadcast the complete Olympic events for the 1st
time in the history to all of its sports fans across the globe. The
London Olympics will be the most sought after event with maximum viewer
interest. The channel will cover 302 events in all the 26 categories of
sports and will showcase almost 10,000 players and athletes from more
than 200 countries.
Moto
GP champion to stay out of Japanese Grand prix
- MotoGP world
champion Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner have ruled out the possibility to
participate in the Japanese Grand Prix to be held this year. Both the
racers have ride earlier for Japanese manufacturers. The reason for
withdrawal is the fear of radiation that currently exists in Japan due to
the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. The Motegi circuit is
situated near the Fukushima nuclear power plant whose reactors were
destroyed by an earthquake and Tsunami during March this year and led to
massive leakage of radiation.
- The race was
originally to be held in April 24 but was later postponed to Oct 2,
though no reason was given by the International Motorcycling Federation.
Stoner firmly said during the Germany Grand Prix that he will not go for
the Japanese GP. Further he said that his response would the same if
anything similar would have happened elsewhere and that he is sure about
the fact that other riders will be having the same opinion. Stoner became
the world champion of the MotoGP in the year 2007.
Former
Yankees pitcher found dead
- Hideki Irabu
former Yankees pitcher was found dead in his home. The 42 year old was an
excellent pitcher said former league manager Bobby Valentine. The quircky
right hander had a fabulous arm in flame throwing the ball. Los Angeles
police officials have declared Irabu’s death as suicide, disclosing no
further information. To confirm the full information the investigating
team is waiting for the autopsy report.
- Hideki was
referred as the Japanese version of Ryan. Hideki arrived in the united
states in the year 1997 and he was a hard throwing bowler with smashing
speed of 98-mph. Though he was made an excellent debut with the Yankees
but later on became an object of disappointment during the next three
seasons. And then he was given a tag called as a fat toad after he failed
to perform well during an exhibition game.
Dubai
to bid for Olympics 2024 instead of 2020
- The UAE
national Olympics committee has decided to bid for 2024 Olympics instead
of 2020. The committee said that the infrastructure for the 2020 Olympics
is 75% ready but it would be feasible if we bid for 2024 instead for 2020
so that we provide best of infrastructure to Olympics events and the
players and athletes.
- Dubai’s
crowned Prince Shaikh Hamdan said that “ Hosting the Olympics would be a
matter of pride for the entire middle eastern region and we want to fully
satisfy everyone and ourselves that we are completely ready to host the
games and for this we are going to bid for 2024 Olympics instead of 2020.
He further added that our first and foremost aim is to give a world class
Dubai experience and a long lasting peace and satisfaction to the youth and
to all the sports class events.
Manchester
United the most valued team in the world
- The
Manchester United has been named as the world’s most valued team. The Red
Devils have been estimated for a total amount of 1.165 billion pounds
overshadowing American Franchises like the New York Yankees and the
Dallas Cowboys. The assessment has been made based keeping in mind the
total income they get and the various sponsorship deals they make
throughout the year.
- This has come
as the good news for the Glazer family who bought the Club for 790
million pounds in the year 2005, how they are still in debt but this does
not deter them from being happy for making their club the most valued in
the world.
Squash to be considered for
the 2020 Olympics
- On hearing
the news that squash is going to be considered for the 2020 Olympics
World Squash Federation president N.Ramachandran was far more delighted.
He said that after this decision he is more confident that the game will
be included in the 2020 Olympics.
- He said that
he truly believes that squash will prove to be a great sport for the
Olympics. This game fulfils all the criteria to be included in the
Olympics and that with its inclusion in the Olympics squash will attain a
new level in the world of sports. He further added that squash has a
number of high profile world champions and that with its inclusion in the
Olympics it will provide massive participation from all over the world in
the Olympics.
Death
toll rises in Syria
- Death toll
rises in Syria on the opposition to President Bashar al-Assad in the city
of Hama. The military tanks pounded the city creating scenes like that of
1982 massacre. Human rights activists said that the assaults killed at
least 24 civilians, included 10 in Hama. All this happened when the
troops with the help of tanks tried to control the people. This violent
attack led to the death of total 134 people throughout Syria in just 3
days. 90 of the people died only in Hama.
- The Government
said that they have also lost more than 500 soldiers and security
officials in the violent revolt. The condition of Hama prompted many
Syrians to show and demonstrate solidarity from the start of Ramadan.
Syria has been facing international wrath for its harsh measures.
War
will continue even if NATO stops bombings-Gaddafi
- Libyan
dictator Muammar Gaddafi has said that the war will go on even if the
NATO team stops bombing. This has left no room for diplomacy from the
Gaddafi’s camp in order to stop the five month long conflict. Do not even
think that after all the sacrifices we have made or our sons, brothers
have made by sacrificing their lives we will stop fighting. Nothing sort of
it will happen said the Libyan leader.
- The rebels
and the western forces have continued pressure on the leader even as the
holy month of Ramadan began. The NATO has continued its bombings forcing
the loyalist of the leader to give up. Also the rebels have seized up
half of the country but they continue to loose the ground against the
trained Gaddafi forces. Regardless of the fact that whether the NATO
stops bombing or not the Gaddafi Government will continue its fight till
Libya is liberated said the Libyan leader.
Hina
Rabbani khar appointed as Pak’s new Foreign Minister
- Hina Rabbani
Khar was appointed as Pakistan’s new foreign minister. Khar ,34, is the
youngest minister to accept the post. This came as a big surprise for the
people. Khar was elected twice to the national assembly during
Musharrafs’ reign in 2002 and during Benazir’s stint in the year 2008.
She never went public to win campaign. Since she belongs to a political
family it is said that for any years the seat was with held by her father
Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar and she gives her winning credit to her
political father.
- Rabbabi
offers hope to a number of women in Pakistan not in terms of their
lifestyle but in terms of their way to choose their lives. We have in the
past few years the evolvement of women in Pakistan. The list includes the
likes of Fatima Jinnah to Benazir Bhutto, Asma Jahangir, Sherry Rehman
and now Hina Rabbani Khar. Now women are rejecting the roles that many
men try to cast them in. Since her appointment as the foreign minister of
Pakistan Khar has been continuously criticised because to is too young to
handle foreign affairs of Pakistan and that she holds a degree in
hospitality management and she even has a degree in economics. But with a
country with young population Khar seems to be making place for herself.
George
Best’s ex wife blames phone hacking scandal for his death
- Ex wife of
late footballer George Best claimed that the phone hacking scandal lead
to Best’s death. During the investigation police found out that Best,59
died from multiple organ failure in 2005 and that his phone was hacked by
Glenn Mulcaire who is a private investigator. Alex Best a fomer model and
former wife of Best reportedly has said that the phone hacking lead to
increased pressure on her former footballer husband which resulted in his
death.
- HShe said
that Best was an alcoholic and that when a person is subjected to
tremendous pressure then they ultimately turn to alcohol for some relief.
But Best had so many problems related with alcohol such that with the
increasing pressure and alcoholic problem finally lead to his death.
China
to launch safety campaign after the severe
After facing
public wrath and outrage China’s rail minister ordered a two month safety
campaign and has apologized for the accident which killed around 39
people in the country’s Zhejiang province. This is the deadliest rail
accident in the province of China after the year 2008. Beijing sacked
three of its rail officials even before the investigation began.
China’s
rail minister has said that the safety campaign will extend till September and
that the campaign will focus mainly on the operation involving high speed
trains. China’s Government is trying hard to calm down the people after the
accident by taking various measures as possible.
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