(Current Affairs For SSC Exams) National Events | June 2014

June 2014

In line with the principles of sustainable development advocated in the Medellin Declaration, Gravity 2.0 Research Foundation recommended that a capital city region be considered rather than a single urban agglomeration for the location of a new capital for the State of Andhra Pradesh post bifurcation.
In a representation submitted to the Expert Committee on identification of location of new capital for the State of Andhra Pradesh , the Gravity 2.0 Research Foundation, suggested that the new capital be located in the Visakhapatnam-Rajahmundry-Vijayawada ‘Super City’ ensuring inclusive growth.
They also suggested that coastal shipping be promoted and the National Waterway 4 be extended to Visakhapatnam.

Through the ‘Save Vikrant Committee’, Mr. Paigankar and other activists last month moved the apex court in a bid to save the vessel which saw action in the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
The imposing vessel, commissioned in the Indian Navy in 1961, was decommissioned in 1997 and has been kept anchored at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
During the hearing of Mr. Paigankar’s public interest litigation in January, the Central government informed the Bombay High Court that the 15,000-tonne ship had completed its operational life.
The 70-year-old vessel, purchased as HMS Hercules from Britain in 1957 and rechristened as ‘INS Vikrant’, helped enforce a naval blockade of East Pakistan — now Bangladesh — during the 1971 war.

In a setback for the West Bengal government, the Supreme court has handed over investigation into Saradha chit fund scam to the CBI.
The SC also asked the Enforcement Directorate to join CBI in finding the money trail. The ED is already conducting a probe into the scam.
The apex court said it wanted the chit fund scam in these states to be probed by an independent agency like CBI because of involvement of politicians and influential persons in the cases.
Saradha Group chairman SudiptaSen was arrested from Sonmarg in Kashmir on April 23,2013 along with two close associates.

Although final results are not expected until later, the scale of the predicted victory is such that the ruling Congress party has admitted defeat.
BJP leader NarendraModi tweeted: "India has won. Good times ahead."
This is the most resounding victory for a political party in India for 30 years.
But many Indians still have profound concerns over MrModi because of claims he did little to stop the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, in which at least 1,000 people died, most of them Muslims - allegations he has always denied and over which he was never charged.
The election result will be a crushing blow to the Congress party, which is led by the Nehru-Gandhi family and has dominated Indian politics since independence.
It reflects voter anger with Congress, which has been mired in serious corruption scandals andwhose leadership has been considered ineffective in recent years, according to analysts.

Over 60 lakh None Of The Above (NOTA) votes were cast in the 16th LokSabha elections, the first time that this option was given, according to the Election Commission data. This accounts for 1.1 per cent of all the votes cast. The disproportionately high use of NOTA in reserved constituencies continues, a trend first identified by The Hindu after the 2013 Assembly elections.

The formal process for constitution of the new LokSabha commenced with the full Election Commission handing over the list of members of the 16th LokSabha to President Pranab Mukherjee. The President also dissolved the 15th LokSabha.
The full Commission comprising Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath and Election Commissioners H.S. Brahma and NasimZaidi approved the Section 73 notification under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, notifying the names of the members elected.

NarendraModi who steered the BJP-led NDA to a stunning victory will be sworn in as Prime Minister on May 26 at RashtrapatiBhavan.
Mr. Modi was appointed as the Prime Minister by the President and was asked to advise the names of others to be appointed Members of the Council of Ministers.
Later, a RashtrapatiBhawancommunique said as MrModi has been elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party and BJP has majority support in the House of the People, the President appointed him the Prime Minister of India and requested him to advise the names of members of the council of ministers.

Anandiben Patel will be sworn in as Gujarat's first woman chief minister in a ceremony attended by her predecessor NarendraModi who will be the country's next prime minister.
After MrModi resigned as chief minister, a position he had held for 13 years, his party's legislators elected Ms Patel to be their leader. MrModi's close aide Amit Shah, who does not share the warmest vibes with Ms Patel, was among those who endorsed her name for the chief minister's post.

Boeing has delivered the fourth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to India, which the aviation company described as a milestone.
In all India has placed orders for eight P-8I maritime aircraft.
The latest state-of-the-art maritime patrol aircraft departed from Boeing Field in Seattle and arrived May 21 at Naval Air Station Rajali.
Based on the company’s Next-Generation 737 commercial airplane, the P-8I is the Indian Navy variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing has developed for the US Navy.