Day To Day Current Affairs - 09th October 2014
1. Malala, Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize
2014
i. Kailash Satyarthi, the child rights activist
from India, and Malala Yousufzai, the activist for girls education in Pakistan,
were announced as the joint winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize by the
Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday.
ii. It is an important point for a Hindu and a
Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and
extremism", said the Committee in a press release.
iii. Satyarthi, who runs NGO Bachpan Bachao
Aandolan (Save Childhood Movement), has maintained the tradition of
Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests, “focusing on the
grave exploitation of children for financial gain,” the Nobel committee said.
iv. At the age of just 17, Malala is the youngest
recipient of the prize.
v. The teenager was shot in the head by
Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for campaigning for girls' education. She now
lives in Birmingham in the UK
vi. The Nobel committee praised the pair's
"struggle against the suppression of children and young people".
vii. Reacting to the news, Mr Satyarthi told:
"It's a great honour for all the Indians, it's an honour for all those
children who have been still living in slavery despite of all the advancement
in technology, market and economy."And I dedicate this award to all those
children in the world."
viii. This year there were 278 nominees for the
prize, more than any other year till now. The major contenders for the prize
this year were Pope Francis, the first non-European Pope in modern times; Denis
Mukwege, a Congolese leader who worked with rape victims; and UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon
2. India’s first national policy on mental health
launched
i. The union health ministry on
Friday launched the country’s first ever mental health policy to provide access
to good quality treatment to mentally ill people with the focus on those living
in poverty.
ii. The policy,
launched by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, is backed up by the “Mental
Health Action Plan 365” which spells out the specific roles to be played by the
Centre, the state governments, local bodies and civil society organisations.
iii. The new
mental health policy’s objective is to provide universal access to mental
health care by enhancing understanding of mental health and strengthening
leadership in the mental health sector at all levels.
iv. The World
Health Organization has predicted that about 20 percent of India’s population
would suffer from some form of mental illness by 2020.
v. The country
has only about 3,500 psychiatrists. Therefore, the government is confronted
with the problem of lowering this gap significantly over the next decade,” he
added.
3. Anoop Jain wins
prestigious global citizen award
i. A young Indian has won a prestigious global
citizen award and USD 100,000 cash prize for his work to build community
sanitation facilities, an area that
aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to ending open
defecation, organisers of the award said.
ii. Anoop Jain was named recipient of the 2014
Waislitz Global Citizen Award for his "exemplified values of a Global
Citizen" through his work in founding Humanure Power (HP) in Bihar in 2011
that builds community sanitation facilities in rural India.
iii. The award carries a USD 100,000 cash prize in recognition to the winner's work in making the "world a better place."
iv. The announcement of the award co-incided with Modi's recent visit here when he addressed thousands of people at the Global Citizen Festival last week in Central Park.
v. The organisation said Jain's work through Humanure Power aligns with Modi's commitment to put a toilet in every household and school in India by 2019 - a commitment he reiterated in his remarks on stage at the citizen festival.
iii. The award carries a USD 100,000 cash prize in recognition to the winner's work in making the "world a better place."
iv. The announcement of the award co-incided with Modi's recent visit here when he addressed thousands of people at the Global Citizen Festival last week in Central Park.
v. The organisation said Jain's work through Humanure Power aligns with Modi's commitment to put a toilet in every household and school in India by 2019 - a commitment he reiterated in his remarks on stage at the citizen festival.
4. Book titled A Man and a Motorcycle, How
Hamid Karzai Came to Power: written by Bette Dam
i. A book titled A Man and A Motorcycle, How Hamid
Karzai Came to Power written by Bette Dam was launched in September 2014. Bette
Dam is a Dutch journalist based in Afghanistan.
ii. The book
reveals about the life of former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and his
journey towards the highest office of the land and the situation in
Afghanistan.
iii. In the book, Dam writes that
Karzai was under a lot of pressure from the west as well as key domestic
players; however, he was more in touch with the internal figures than the west.
5. Cipla Medpro signed collaboration pact with Teva
for selling drugs in South Africa
i. Cipla Medpro on 9 October
2014 announced that it has inked a collaboration pact with Teva Pharmaceuticals
of Israel for sales and distribution of the latter's drugs in South Africa.
ii. Medpro Pharmaceuticals,
a subsidiary of Cipla Medpro and Teva Pharmaceuticals pty of Teva
Pharmaceuticals Industries signed a sales and distribution agreement. The
collaboration is a subject to the approval by the Competition Commission of
South Africa.
6. Leela Samson resigned as Sangeet Natak Akademi
chairperson
i. Leela Samson resigned as the Chairperson of
Sangeet Natak Akademi on 30 September 2014. Her resignation has been accepted
by Union Ministry of Culture.
ii. 62-year-old Samson submitted her resignation as the Chairperson of the Sangeet Natak Akademi a year before her term ends.
iii. Samson, an eminent Bharatnatyam dancer was appointed as the chairperson of the Akademi in August 2010 for a period of five years by the Union government.
ii. 62-year-old Samson submitted her resignation as the Chairperson of the Sangeet Natak Akademi a year before her term ends.
iii. Samson, an eminent Bharatnatyam dancer was appointed as the chairperson of the Akademi in August 2010 for a period of five years by the Union government.
About Leela Samson
• At present, Samson is also a chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) since 2011 and was also director of Kalakshetra from 2005 onwards.
• In 1995, Leela Samson formed Spanda, a dance group to review the traditional vocabulary of Bharatanatyam
• Sanchari and The Flowering Tree are two documentary films made on her works
• At present, Samson is also a chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) since 2011 and was also director of Kalakshetra from 2005 onwards.
• In 1995, Leela Samson formed Spanda, a dance group to review the traditional vocabulary of Bharatanatyam
• Sanchari and The Flowering Tree are two documentary films made on her works
7. Cyclonic storm Hudhud
i. Hudhud is in news because is
expected to cross north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Odisha coast between
Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur.
ii. Cyclonic storm named Hudhud
is the deep depression over north Andaman Sea crossed the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, is expected to reach east cost of India.
iii. Hudhud name derives from the Hoopoe bird,
a colorful bird found across Afro-Eurasia suggested by Oman.
iv. The Wind speed range of Hudhud is expected to be 130-140
kmph and may reach up to 155 kmph.
8. UN owe India $110 mn for peacekeeping operations
i. The United Nations owes India USD 110 million, the second
highest outstanding payment to any country, for costs relating to peacekeeping
operations and troops, a top UN official said.
ii. India, one of the largest troop contributing countries to UN
peacekeeping missions, owed the money for troops/formed police,
contingent-owned equipment and consumables letters of assist, deaths and
disability.
iii. Apart from India, Ethiopia was owed the largest amount at
USD 137 million, Pakistan at USD 109 million and Bangladesh at USD 108 million.
9. Guj govt to promote Vadodara
as state's cultural capita
i. Gujarat government has set up a Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) to promote Vadodara as the state's cultural capital and encourage
tourism in the city.
ii. The SPV, known as Vadodara International Art
and Culture Festival Authority, is headed by state Tourism and Finance Minister
Saurabh Patel.
iii. After
promoting Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad as business destinations through Vibrant
Gujarat Global Investors Summit since 2003, the state government has decided to
promote Vadodara as its cultural capital," Patel told mediapersons on
Thursday.
iv. The state government is the first in the country to create such an authority for promoting tourism in Vadodara, which has the potential of becoming cultural capital of India, he claimed.
v. Vadodara is famous for several palaces, world heritage sites like Champaner, Pavagadh hills among others, he said.
iv. The state government is the first in the country to create such an authority for promoting tourism in Vadodara, which has the potential of becoming cultural capital of India, he claimed.
v. Vadodara is famous for several palaces, world heritage sites like Champaner, Pavagadh hills among others, he said.
vi. The
upcoming world's tallest Statue of Unity, to be built in the memory of Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel near Sardar Sarovar dam, about 100 kms from Vadodara, will
add to the tourist circuit of Vadodara, he said.
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