1. National Sports Awards for 2014-15 presented
i. Top sportspersons from various
disciplines and eminent coaches were honoured by President Pranab
Mukherjee at the 2014 National Sports Adventure Awards function at the
Durbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan.
ii. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:
Sania Mirza– In recognition of her outstanding achievements in game of
Tennis. Presently she is ranked no 1 women’s player in Women’s Double
category.
iii. Arjuna award: Sandeep
Kumar- Archery, M R Poovamma- Athletics (4X400 metres relay), Kidambi
Srikanth- Badminton, Mandeep Jangra- Boxing, Rohit Sharma- Cricket, Dipa
Karmakar- Gymnastics, Sreejesh P R- Hockey, Manjeet Chhillar- Kabaddi,
Abhilasha Mhatre- Kabaddi, Swaran Singh- Rowing, Anup Kumar Yama- Roller
Skating, Jitu Rai- Shooting, Sathish Kumar- Weightlifting, Bajrang-
Wrestling, Babita Kumari- Wrestling, Y Sanathoi Devi- Wushu, Sharath M
Gayakwad- Para-Swimming.
iv. Dronacharya award: Naval
Singh- Athletics (Javelin throw) Para-sports coach, Anoop Singh-
Wrestling coach, Harbans Singh- Athletics coach, Swatantar Raj Singh-
Boxing coach, Nihar Ameen- Swimming coach.
v. Dhyan Chand award: Romeo James- Hockey, Shiv Prakash Mishra- Tennis, P Nair- Volleyball.
2. 51,000 ‘sisters’ get insurance as Rakhi gift in PM’s constituency
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
gifted Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (an accidental insurance
scheme) to 51,000 'sisters' of his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on
the occasion of Raksha Bandhan on Saturday.
ii. To kickstart the initiative,
Union minister of state for power and coal Piyush Goyal handed over the
certificates to 14 of these women and girls from poor families on behalf
of the PM at a function at Bhagwandas Vidyalaya in Meerapur Bisahi
village here.
iii.
he said “Without insuring every family, development of the nation is
not possible,” Goyal said at the function. "An accident cover of Rs 2
lakh will be provided at a premium of Rs 12 per year only."
iv. Extending Raksha Bandhan
greetings on behalf of the PM, he added that the scheme would be
provided free of cost as the BJP workers of the Kashi region would pay
the premium.
3. 21st edition of Delhi Book Fair begins
i. The 21st edition of the Delhi Book Fair has been launched at the Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
ii.
The book fair has been organised by the Federation of Indian Publishers
in association with India Trade Promotion Organisation. It will be
held till 6th September 2015.
iii. The theme of the book fair is
Skill development. This edition of fair will largely focus on
inculcating the idea of skill-based professions and career interests of
the youth.
iv. Books solely focusing on skill
development i.e. hard and soft skills will be available at the fair for
all age groups. A section of the book fair theme is also devoted to
former president Dr. A.P.J.Kalam’s books.
4. OP Jaisha sets new marathon national record at World Athletics Championships, ensures 2016 Rio Olympic spot
i. Indians gave a good account of
themselves in the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships
as O.P. Jaisha registered a time of two hours, 34 minutes and 43 seconds
to set a new national record.
ii. O.P. Jaisha and Sudha Singh
finished 18th and 19th respectively in the women's marathon at the World
Athletics Championships in Beijing.
iii.
Jaisha registered a time of two hours, 34 minutes and 43 seconds to set
a new national record and claim the 18th place on the final day of the
biennial extravaganza.
iv. Sudha, who clocked 2:35:35, also
did better than the previous national mark of 2:37:29 set by Jaisha at
the Mumbai marathon earlier this year.
v. The result means that both Jaisha and Sudha are well within the qualifying standard for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
5. 2015 World Athletics Championships: Bolt, Jamaica triumph in 4x100m final.
i. Usain Bolt surged to a third gold
medal in under a week at the 2015 World Athletics Championships
Saturday, anchoring Jamaica to victory in the men's 4x100 meter relay
final.
ii.
The winning Jamaican time of 37.36 seconds was the best of any nation
this year and another exposition of the country's supremacy in short
distance events.
iii. China was confirmed to have
taken silver as a result of the USA slip-up in a time of 38.01 seconds,
to the delight of the Beijing crowd, while bronze was awarded to Canada
which finished in 38.13.
iv. The win marks the fourth straight occasion Jamaica has taken 4x100m gold at the World Championships.
v. And as for Bolt himself? He has
now won a record 11 gold medals at athletics' premier event -- including
two last Sunday and Thursday in the dramatic 100m and 200m final's
respectively.
6. SEBI to review surveillance systems; fast-track enforcements
i. To further tighten its noose on
manipulators and black money launderers in the stock markets, regulator
SEBI will undertake a comprehensive review of its surveillance systems
including with help from independent experts and also fast-track its
enforcement actions.
ii. The regulator is also pitching
for a greater coordination among various watchdogs and enforcement
agencies to bring to book the rogue elements that misuse the stock
market platform, a senior official said.
iii.
SEBI would soon discuss with the government the details regarding the
existing safeguards against this menace, as also the proposed new
measures, after which same would be communicated to the SIT, he added.
iv. In one typical modus operandi,
certain entities seeking Long Term Capital Gain (LTCG) were misusing the
stock exchange mechanism, while the second one involves Offshore
Derivative Instrument (ODI) holders trading on the basis of Unpublished
Price Sensitive Information.
v. While SEBI’s existing
surveillance systems are already generating over 100 alerts a day to
facilitate detection of market manipulation, it has been felt there is a
constant need to enhance capabilities of surveillance both in terms of
systems and skill sets so as to address challenges emerging out of
extremely dynamic Indian securities market.
7. Pakistan bans Islamic State militant group.
i. Pakistan has banned the Islamic
State (IS) militant group which has undertaken vast stretches of Iraq
and Syria in its control.
ii.
This decision was taken Pakistan Government on the recommendation of
the Foreign Office, which regularly updates it about international
militant groups banned by the United Nations (UN).
iii. Union Government already has
banned brutal terror group Islamic State under the provisions of
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and following the provisions
of section two of the United Nations (Security Council) Act, 1947.
iv. India took this decision in
December 2014 after UN has banned it under its sanctions regime of the
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (Implementation of Security
Council Resolutions) Order, 2007.
