1. John Key re-elected as the Prime
Minister of New Zealand for a third term
Where: in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen
What: signed between Yemen Government and Shiite Houthi rebels
When: 21 September 2014
Why: The peace deal aims to put an end to the violence in the country
Yemen President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi on 21 September 2014 signed a peace deal in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, with Shiite Houthi rebels. The peace deal aims to put an end to the violence in the country.
The deal was signed at the Presidential palace in the presence of President Hadi, the UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar and representatives of Yemen's political forces, including the Houthi rebels.
Following the deal, the Prime Minister Mohammed Basindwa submitted his resignation to President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi. He resigned because under the ceasefire deal, present Government led by Prime Minister was to resign and a new government with wider representation was to be formed.
Other aspects of the deal
• The deal asks for formation of a new government within one month.
• It also says that the President Abdrabuh Mansour al-Hadi will also appoint advisers from the Houthi rebels and southern separatists within three days.
• The President will also name the new premier within three days that will replace Basindawa, the Prime Minister. The new premier must be neutral and should not belong to any party.
• The deal also asks for continuation of the fuel subsidy.
The deal was signed after the rebel groups seized strategic positions of the country that included the Government headquarters in capital Sanaa.
Comment
The violence broke out in the state on 16 September 2014. The rebels were demanding the sacking of current Government, more shares in power and retention of the fuel subsidy.
This violence resulted in death of about 140 people and also forced thousands to flee. But it seems that, the UN-brokered peace deal between Houthi rebels and Yemen's government will also end the violence and lift seize from parts of capital Sanna by Houthi rebels.
i. John Key was re-elected
as the Prime Minister of New Zealand for a third term. This was revealed by the
preliminary results released by the Electoral Commission of New Zealand. He has
led New Zealand as the Prime Minister since 2008.
ii. In the 2014 General
Elections of New Zealand held on 20 September 2014, the centre-right National
Party led by John Key won 48 percent of the vote.
iii. The Labour Party of
New Zealand led by David Cunliffe won 25 percent of the votes whereas the Green
Party won 10 percent and New Zealand First (NZF) party won 9 percent of the
total votes.
2. Ashraf Ghani declared
next Afghanistan new president
i. Afghanistan's
election commission on Sunday has named Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as the winner of
the country's presidential election.
ii. The commission's
announcement came hours after Ghani Ahmadzai signed a power sharing agreement
with opponent Abdullah Abdullah, who will fill the newly created position of
government chief executive.
iii. A Ghani Ahmadzai supporter — Halim
Fidai, a former governor — said Sunday that UN representative Jan Kubish told
the commission not to release detailed vote tallies.
3. Voreqe Bainimarama
sworn in as Fiji's PM
i. Coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama was sworn in as Fiji's new
Prime Minister on Monday.
ii. With official
results confirming Voreqe Bainimarama had swept the election with almost 60 per
cent of the vote, he was sworn in by President Epeli Nailatikau at a brief
ceremony in Suva's Government House.
iii. The final count in the election gave
Bainimarama's Fiji First Party 59.2 per cent of the vote, equating to 32 seats
in the new 50-seat parliament set up under a constitution introduced last year.
iv. The Social Democratic Liberal Party was a distant second at 28.2 per cent (15 seats), with the National Federation Party next on 5.5 (three seats).
iv. The Social Democratic Liberal Party was a distant second at 28.2 per cent (15 seats), with the National Federation Party next on 5.5 (three seats).
4. Alibaba IPO ranks as world's biggest
after additional shares sold
i. Alibaba Group Holding
Ltd's initial public offering now ranks as the world's biggest in history at
$25 billion, after the e-commerce giant and some of its shareholders sold
additional shares.
ii. The IPO surpassed the previous global
record set by Agricultural Bank of China Ltd in 2010 when the bank raised $22.1
billion.
iii. Under the option, Alibaba agreed to sell 26.1 million
additional shares and Yahoo Inc 18.3 million, netting the two companies an extra
$1.8 billion and $1.2 billion respectively.
iv. Jack Ma founder of Alibaba agreed to
sell an extra 2.7 million shares and company co-founder Joe Tsai agreed to sell
902,782 additional shares, according to the prospectus.
5. Yemen Government and Houthi rebels signed peace deal
Who: Yemen peace dealWhere: in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen
What: signed between Yemen Government and Shiite Houthi rebels
When: 21 September 2014
Why: The peace deal aims to put an end to the violence in the country
Yemen President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi on 21 September 2014 signed a peace deal in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, with Shiite Houthi rebels. The peace deal aims to put an end to the violence in the country.
The deal was signed at the Presidential palace in the presence of President Hadi, the UN envoy to Yemen Jamal Benomar and representatives of Yemen's political forces, including the Houthi rebels.
Following the deal, the Prime Minister Mohammed Basindwa submitted his resignation to President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi. He resigned because under the ceasefire deal, present Government led by Prime Minister was to resign and a new government with wider representation was to be formed.
Other aspects of the deal
• The deal asks for formation of a new government within one month.
• It also says that the President Abdrabuh Mansour al-Hadi will also appoint advisers from the Houthi rebels and southern separatists within three days.
• The President will also name the new premier within three days that will replace Basindawa, the Prime Minister. The new premier must be neutral and should not belong to any party.
• The deal also asks for continuation of the fuel subsidy.
The deal was signed after the rebel groups seized strategic positions of the country that included the Government headquarters in capital Sanaa.
Comment
The violence broke out in the state on 16 September 2014. The rebels were demanding the sacking of current Government, more shares in power and retention of the fuel subsidy.
This violence resulted in death of about 140 people and also forced thousands to flee. But it seems that, the UN-brokered peace deal between Houthi rebels and Yemen's government will also end the violence and lift seize from parts of capital Sanna by Houthi rebels.
6. UP government to set Nirbhaya Centers
in all districts
i. The Uttar Pradesh
government on 19 September 2014 decided to open Nirbhaya Centers in all
districts of the state. These Nirbhaya Centers will provide prompt help to the
victims of crime against women and also facilitate lodging of FIRs.
ii. As per the decision
made during the meet, the Nirbhaya centers will be set up in women hospitals or
women police stations with the view to provide immediate medical and other help
to the victims of crime or violence against women.
7. NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft enters Mars
orbit
i. NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft began orbiting Mars on a mission
to study how the Red Planet’s climate changed over time from warm and wet to
cold and dry.
ii. “Based on observed navigation data, congratulations.
MAVEN is now in orbit,” said Dave Folta of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
iii. The unmanned orbiter has travelled more than 10 months
and 711 million kilometres to reach Mars yesterday for a first-of-its kind
study of the planet’s upper atmosphere.
iv. The data from the Mars Atmosphere and
Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft aims to help scientists understand what
happened to the water on Mars and the carbon dioxide in its atmosphere several
billion years ago.
8. Hockey India inducted Hockey Village
India as an academy member
i. Hockey India (HI) on 19 September 2014 inducted Hockey
Village India (HVI) as an Academy Member to reach out to underprivileged
children who are keen to make a career in the sport.
ii. At present, Hockey India has 26 permanent Members, 23
associate Members, one Member through State Olympic Associations, eight Academy
Members and one Hoc-Key Member.
iii. Hockey India has always
strived to reach the underprivileged children those who in spite of having the
talent cannot reach the big platform. Now the HVI on board will strengthen work
towards reaching out and identifying the talent.
9. Saurav Ghosal 1st
Indian to make Asiad final, Pallikal gets bronze
i. Saurav Ghosal
became the first Indian to enter the Asian Games final, beating 2006 champion
Ong Beng Hee while Dipika Pallikal secured the country its maiden women's
singles medal, a bronze, after losing the semifinal to world number one Nicol
David in Incheon on Monday.
ii. Top seed and World
No.16 Ghosal lived up to his billing, outplaying 35th-ranked Beng Hee of
Malaysia 11-9 11-4 11-5 in 45 minutes on the glass court of Yeorumul Squash
Courts.
iii. The two players have beaten each other once on the PSA professional tour but Ghosal had lost to Beng Hee in the team semifinal of the Asian Championships in June.
iv. Ghosal today was too good for his 34-year-old Malaysian opponent, who had won gold in the 2002 Busan and 2006 Doha edition besides getting a bronze in Guangzhou four years ago.
iii. The two players have beaten each other once on the PSA professional tour but Ghosal had lost to Beng Hee in the team semifinal of the Asian Championships in June.
iv. Ghosal today was too good for his 34-year-old Malaysian opponent, who had won gold in the 2002 Busan and 2006 Doha edition besides getting a bronze in Guangzhou four years ago.
10. Federer replaces injured Nadal in
Indian team for IPTL
i. The IPTL, brainchild of
Mahesh Bhupathi, on Monday announced that Swiss great Roger Federer will
replace Rafael Nadal in the Indian team for the new tennis league as the
Spaniard has pulled out due to injury.
ii. Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam
winner, was not part of the original squads announced by organisers of the
Indian Premier Tennis League.
iii. Nadal, who has 14 Grand Slams to his name, had also
pulled out of this year’s US Open due to a wrist injury.
iv. Federer joins American great Pete Sampras, former world
number one Ana Ivanovic, Frenchman Gael Monfils along with India’s Sania Mirza
and Rohan Bopanna in the squad. Fabrice Santoro is reserve player of the squad.
v. Russian superstar Maria Sharapova will also be now part
of the league as she joins the Philippines team, which earlier had Victoria
Azarenka.
Note:i. The
league will kick off on November 28 in Manila and conclude in Dubai on December
13.
ii. The Delhi leg will be played from December
6-8 at Indira Gandhi Indoor stadium.
11.Unicode Based Mobile App Launched In Kannada
The
Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah launched a Unicode-based
mobile phone application to enable Kannada interface in Android phones.
The source code of the app can be downloaded free of cost by the users
from the website of the Kannada and Culture Department. The language was
launched in a bid to improve the usage of Kannada on mobile phones and
tabs. Earlier, the app linked to the Kannada language was available
through private players but now the Government has officially introduced
the app.
12. All India Radio Launches News SMS service In Five Indian Languages
Union
Minister for Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar launched
public broadcaster All India Radio’s (AIR) free News SMS service in five
Indian languages — Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Dogri and Nepal. AIR news
SMS service in English is already in operation from the September last
year. Over three lakh people already are availing this service on their
mobiles.
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