Current Affairs For SSC CGL Exam - 22 February, 2014

Current Affairs For SSC CGL Exam

The world-renowned dance festival began in Khajuraho with an aim to promote cultural and traditional dances of the country. The 40th annual festival will conclude on February 26.
Dancers performed old and traditional Indian dance forms like Bharatanatyam and Odissi, attempting to keep the dances alive as part of our heritage.
They described their experience of performing in Khajuraho, a place famous for its temple sculptures and paintings, as “holy.”
Many classical artists were honoured at the festival and young dancers got a platform to showcase their talent. The week-long event will see classical dancers perform various dance styles.

Congress activists launched a RaGa milk booth in in Bhopal , to counter the Modi tea kiosk programmes the BJP has launched nationwide.
Led by leaders Monu Saxena and Manoj Shukla, Congressmen offered steaming milk to autorickshaw drivers and pedestrians in paper cups with pictures of their party's Vice President Rahul Gandhi.
The BJP has had similar programmes at railway stations in Madhya Pradesh, which saw senior party leaders distribute tea along with campaign paraphernalia is in support of their PM candidate Narendra Modi. Mr. Modi has also started "Chai pe Charcha" interactions with voters at tea stalls to project himself as a champion of common people.
The RaGa milk stall here however is a local campaign by former youth Congressmen in Bhopal.

Standard & Poor’s ratings agency lowered Ukraine’s long-term rating from ‘CCC+’ to ‘CCC’ saying the raging political crisis has put the government’s ability to service its debt at risk and raised uncertainty over Russia providing promised aid.
The crisis in economically-struggling Ukraine erupted in November when President Viktor Yanukovych decided unexpectedly to reject a European Union integration deal years in the making in favour of closer ties with Russia.
Moscow then promised to provide a 15 billion dollar bailout to its former satellite and to slash prices that Kiev paid for energy supplies.

Mithali Raj will lead the Indian team in the three-match Twenty20 international series against Bangladesh in Bangladesh from March 9 and also the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh from March 16.
The team: Mithali Raj (captain), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-captain), Smriti Mandhana, V.R. Vanitha, Madhuri Meheta, Latika Kumari, Karuna Jain, Jhulan Goswami, Gouher Sultana, Soniya Dabir, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Sravanthi Naidu, S. Shubhlakshmi.

The 28-year-old England international has extended his current contract by four years in a deal worth up to £300,000 a week.
Rooney has won five Premier League titles and the Champions League in his time at Old Trafford.
The forward, who returned to first-team action at the end of January after nearly a month out with an injury, has made 28 club appearances this season and scored 11 goals.