Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 21 June 2015

::National::

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led India's attempt to set a Guinness Book of World Record in the maximum number of people doing Yoga at one venue.
Barring the ‘vrikshasana', he followed the entire Common Yoga Protocol that had been put together for the record¬ attempting event on Rajpath to mark the worldwide celebration of the first International Yoga Day.
Making a brief statement before joining Yoga practitioners, Mr. Modi said this was not just a day long celebration but the beginning of an era of peace and harmony.

The Defence Ministry tops the list of Central government departments contributing the highest number of Right to Information (RTI) appeals pending hearing before the bench of the Chief Information Commissioner with 4,182 cases, according to the newly-appointed Commissioner Vijai Sharma
Over 15,000 RTI queries had piled up before the Commissioner’s bench during the long gap between the retirement of the previous Chief Information Commissioner Rajiv Mathur in August last and the appointment of Mr. Sharma this month.
Other Central government departments contributing to the large number of cases pending before the Commissioner include Railways (3,056), Human Resource Development (1,669) and the Indian Air Force(1,499).
Ironically, the Department of Personnel and Training, responsible for ensuring the implementation of the RTI Act, with 1,476 pending cases, is the fifth Central government department

India is discovering Chengdu — a globally integrated economic hub — as a gateway to western China and cyber-connected parts of the Asia-Pacific.
The Chinese are opening a consulate in Chennai, in order to deepen engagement along the Bay of Bengal coastline.
There were other factors that drove the decision to open a diplomatic outpost in Chengdu.
The city is a first rate financial centre and a globally connected logistical hub. Chengdu’s Shuangliu International Airport is the fourth busiest in China.