Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 17 June 2015

Renowned Architect Charles Correa passes away

Charles Correa, a contemporary architect, whose repertoire includes the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in Ahmedabad and the assembly of Madhya Pradesh died after a brief illness in Mumbai on Tuesday.

An Indian scholar has launched an Urdu mobile application for smartphone users which provides information related to Haj and Umrah pilgrimages in Saudi Arabia.
Najeeb Qasmi said the app is in unicode format which allows users to copy and share any information related to Haj and Umrah pilgrimages through mobile messaging service WhatsApp, Facebook, e-mail and mobile SMS.
It is estimated that the number of smartphone users will be around 700 million in India alone by 2019," he added.

The International Boxing Association has formed a five-member committee to organize a new governing body for India following administrative wrangling in the national federation.
AIBA president Ching-Kuo Wu said its India representative Kishen Narsi will chair the committee, which includes Boxing India secretary general Jay Kowli, former tennis player Manisha Malhotra, and government official Injeti Srinivas. A fifth member will be announced later.
International Olympic Committee honorary member Randhir Singh will be an adviser to the panel.
The Indian Boxing Federation was suspended in December 2012 for not following proper election procedures and making Abhay Chautala the chairman. Boxing India was recognized by AIBA last year but not by the Indian Olympic Association, where Chautala apparently wields influence.

After G7 countries committed to phase out fossil fuel consumption by 2100 in Germany recently, is it time that India also pursued this goal? While some climate experts argue that should be the case, others say that developed countries have a greater share of responsibility, which they haven’t lived up to as yet, and it is they that need to be pressured to do more.
In fact, the latest Structured Expert Dialogue report released in Bonn, Germany, shows that 1.5 degree Celsius is the desired global average surface temperature we should be aiming for and even 2 degree Celsius is unsafe.
For this 40-70 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions are required by 2050, which won’t be achieved by pushing the goal to 2100.”