Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 16 August 2015

:: International ::

China nearly lost its supercomputer in the blast at port of Tianjin this week. It was the appropriate decision taken by the authorities to shut down the supercomputer Tianhe-1A that saved the massive loss.
The building of the national computer center in which the supercomputer was kept suffered damages. Now insurance company Eurasia is estimating the total amount of loss by the series of explosions.
Eurasia said that losses from such disasters are usually very high and often costs more than 100 million dollars.
Thus, a reliable insurance company should be chosen that can bear such heavy losses. Due to this, company owners often look at the past records including payment history before choosing the insurance company.
Today, Eurasia, one of the few companies in the CIS insurance market, which has sufficient experience in the insurance, claims settlement of this scale and financial capacity to participate in major international projects,” the Company said.
The blast was so strong that China was forced to disconnect supercomputer Tianhe-1A. The building of the national computer center in which it is placed, suffered injuries.
It is noted that the computing system itself was not damaged, but has been disabled for security reasons,” the Company emphasized.

Abhishek Verma gave India a perfect Independence Day gift by clinching the gold medal in the compound men's individual section to open their account in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 here on Saturday.
Having failed as a team in the bronze play-off earlier in the day, the world number 18 was at his best in the individual final as he held on to his lead to wrap up the issue 148-145 against Esmaeil Ebadi of Iran.
The Asian Games silver medalist thus avenged his defeat to Ebadi at the Incheon 2014 in style.
Verma had 13 perfect 10s, including five arrows closest to the centre from 15 arrows, in an extraordinary exhibition of shooting in the summit clash.

Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal came out with a sensational performance to enter her maiden women's singles semi-final at the World Championships and assure herself of at least a bronze medal.
In a marathon match that lasted for an hour and 12 minutes at the 9,000-seater Istora Senayan, the second seeded Hyderabadi defeated former World Champion Wang Yihan of China 21-15, 19-21, 21-19 to advance to the last four for the first time at the World meet.

THERE is no mystique about Rangana Herath. Maybe the deception lies in the fact that there is no mystique. And there’s a lot that is deceptive about the portly, unsung left-arm spinner. It starts from just the way he is.
For, when you see him on the outfield—like he’s obliged to do so—Herath could easily be mistaken for one of those uncles who would just return from office, change out of his formals and join the boys from his apartment complex in their daily game of cricket.
Like India found out to their dismay, disbelief and disillusionment at the Galle cricket stadium on Saturday as Herath hoodwinked them with his greatest trait, his simplicity.
And they almost seemed mystified as the 37-year-old led the Sri Lankans to one of the most dramatic come-from-behind Test wins.
A Test that they seemed certain—gloriously or otherwise—to lose just 24 hours earlier. So shocking was the manner of defeat, that India didn’t even last 50 overs, crumbling to 112 all out, and losing by a 63-run margin.
With sensational figures of 7/48, he not only reminded why he’s the unsung legend of Sri Lankan cricket, Herath also exposed India’s inability, tending on incompetence, against quality spin. certificate for both. It also was a window into how Herath sets up his victims, with no fuss but a lot of nous.