Current Affairs For SSC CGL Exam - 01 February, 2014

Current Affairs For SSC CGL Exam

India has joined the elite group of nations when the Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) was commissioned into the Indian Navy at INS Hansa in Panaji.
This is the third such facility in the world, after the United States and Ukraine.
The SBTF, which was commissioned recently, is primarily used for flight testing of Naval aircraft that operate from aircraft carriers.
Initially conceptualised for flight testing of LCA (Navy), the facility was commissioned right in time for training of MiG-29K pilots of Indian Navy, who are now ready to commence operations from the newly acquired aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya.
The SBTF has two parts including the Take-off Area with a ski-jump facility and the Landing Area with arresting wire facility, both of which are a replica of INS Vikramaditya.
This is also being replicated onboard India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant being built at Kochi.

Satisfied with the Delhi Police Commissioner’s action during Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s dharna, when the prohibitory order was in force, the Supreme Court disposed of a writ petition questioning the police action.
Earlier Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra explained the series of steps taken by the police, including placing of additional barricades and registration of FIRs. He also informed the court that Section 144 Cr.P.C. prohibitory order was imposed at 5 p.m. on January 19 itself.
It said the present case was not one where unlawful assembly was permitted. The police sought dismissal of the petition saying that the supporters could not be removed owing to traffic movement.

Launching his party’s Lok Sabha election campaign, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal named several leaders across the political spectrum who, according to him, represent “corrupt, criminal and dynastic politics.”
Inaugurating the opening session of the AAP’s National Council meeting here, Mr. Kejriwal read out a list which included Suresh Kalmadi, Sushilkumar Shinde, Kapil Sibal, P. Chidambaram, Kamal Nath, M. Veerappa Moily, Pawan Kumar Bansal, G.K. Vasan, Tarun Gogoi, Naveen Jindal, Anu Tandon and Avtaar Singh Bhadana (all Congress); Nitin Gadkari, B.S. Yeddyurappa, Ananth Kumar and Anurag Thakur (all BJP); Mulayam Singh (SP); Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel (both NCP); M.K. Alagiri, Kanimozhi and A. Raja (all DMK); H.D. Kumaraswamy (JD-S); Jaganmohan Reddy(YSR Congress); Mayawati (BSP) and Farooq Abdullah (National Conference).
The AAP, he vowed, would put up candidates against each of them in the Lok Sabha election.

India will take on Chinese Taipei in their next Davis Cup tie in Indore as Madhya Pradesh Tennis Association (MPTA) has been given the hosting rights for the first time by AITA.
The Asia/Oceania Group I tie will be held from January 31 to February 2 next year on the hard courts.
AITA has appointed Anand Amritraj as the new Davis Cup captain in place of S.P. Misra.

A listless Indian cricket team slumped to its worst ODI series defeat in New Zealand, going down 0-4, after the Black Caps hammered them by 87 runs in the inconsequential fifth and final one-dayer.
Going into the match trailing 0-3 in the five-match series, the famed India batting came a cropper once again, bundled out for 216 in 49.4 overs by New Zealand, while chasing 304 at Westpac stadium.
Virat Kohli’s 82 was the only saving grace as the visitors failed to put up a fight against the New Zealand bowlers, led superbly by debutant Matt Henry (4/38).
India had lost 2-5 to New Zealand in a seven-match ODI series in 2002-03. The last time the Indians failed to win even a single match in New Zealand was in 1975-76 and 1980-81, losing 0-2 in both the two-match series.