Current Affairs For SSC CGL Exam - 15 March, 2014

Current Affairs For SSC CGL Exam

In poll season, the Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to impress women with the launch of a safety mobile application. Named 'Raksha' (security), the application allows women to sound an alarm in case of an emergency.
The application is conceptualised by party spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi .
It will create a group of trusted people who can be alerted, offer a map view for easy navigation and has a loud buzzer too.
Even if the Rakhsa application is switched off and isn't running, pressing the volume key for just three seconds alerts the specific contacts who are chosen beforehand.

bout 1000 widows, shunning the shackles of social stigma, played Holi with colours and gulal at Meera Sahabhagini Ashram just a day before Holi.
It was for the first time that the widows gathered in such a large number to play Holi with gulal and water color at the 200-year-old Ashram. They poured colour on each other in the presence of a large number of tourists and followers of Lord Krishna in the pilgrim town of Vrindavan.
Countering the age-old social evil of widowhood, several widows have taken shelter in this holy city. It was a remarkable sight when the widows, mostly in the 70s and 80s, stooping low with age, danced and splashed more than 500 kg of gulal and gallons of water colours on each other.

Recently, France has proposed free transport over the weekend after poor air quality and pollution hit a record level in the country’s northern region, particularly in Paris and its suburbs.
The increase in pollution level was caused by above average temperatures heating up traffic and industrial pollutants and the hot air re-circulating slowly across densely populated north France and the capital.
In Paris, officials encourage residents and visitors to use Velib and Autolib, public sharing services of bicycle and electric cars.
Furthermore, the government recommended to reduce driving speeds, avoid intense physical activity and outdoor walks with children under 6 years of age, and a prohibition against lighting fires outside.

Producing yet another emphatic performance, Indian giant slayer P V Sindhu stunned the recently-crowned All England champion Shixian Wang to breeze into the semifinals even as it was end of road for Saina Nehwal at the $125,000 Swiss Grand Prix Gold .
In the men's singles, Parupalli Kashyap also booked a semifinal berth with a hard-fought victory over sixth seed Tien Chen Chou of Chinese Taipei.
Seventh seed Sindhu played a dominating game to assert her supremacy .
World number 9 Sindhu showed once again why she is considered to be India's next big badminton sensation as she produced a beautifully controlled and carefully-paced game to keep Shixian at bay throughout the quarterfinal match.

Australia’s Deakin University will be Rajasthan Royals’ official sports education partner during the upcoming Indian Premier League 2014.
The IPL T20 team and Deakin have entered a partnership under which the two organisations will work on promoting sports education in India.
Deakin University will initiate research in sports management and sports science.