Sports News: Saina Nehwal wins Australian Open Super Series title 2014

The sixth seeded Indian, who had won the India Open Grand Prix Gold earlier this year, prevailed 21-18, 21-11 in a 43-minute contest which left her richer by $56,000.

The 24-year-old Saina, who enjoyed a 1-0 head-to-head record against Marin going into Sunday's match, logged the first point and displayed some deft net play against her rival, stroking in some delectably timed volleys to take a 5-2 lead in the opening game.

But the 21-year-old Marin was not the one to give up easily and showed just why she is considered one of the most feisty players on the circuit. She narrowed the gap to 6-8 but seemed distinctly out of her comfort zone every time Saina dragged her towards the net.

Also, Marin didn't help her cause by committing a service error to gift an easy point to Saina, who went into the interval leading 11-7 after an intriguing rally which ended with the Spaniard smashing the shuttle wide.

Marin raised her game and the decibel levels after the break but Saina was quick to counter-attack and returned her rival's attempted smashes with quiet intensity.

In between, Marin played some fine strokes but they never came consistently enough as Saina made it 17-12. Marin's dogged determination was there to be seen in every point she played for but that alone was never going to be enough to upstage a composed Saina.



The Indian, who didn't seem affected at all by Marin's aggressive outpouring of emotions after every claimed point, sealed the opening game 21-18 after her world number 11 rival smashed one into the net 23 minutes into the match.

In the second game, Marin's determination helped her take a 3-1 lead to start with but it was not too long before Saina came back into the fray, this time on the back of some well-placed strokes from the baseline.

Perhaps taking a cue from Marin, Saina too let some emotion show as she clenched her fist and shouted 'come on' after every clinched point. But one of her screams came about in the middle of a rally, prompting Marin to complain to the chair umpire, who merely asked her to continue.


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Current Affairs:June 2014

Current Affairs: June 2014

• Kedarnath Singh, a noted Hindi poet has been chosen for the Jnanpith award for 2013. He is the 10th Hindi writer to receive the honour.

• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival programme was in news because India-born Pratishtha Khanna was recognized as one of the ten champion of change
• Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry O Rogozin was on a two-day visit to India. During this visit he met with Narendra Modi and Sushma Swaraj.

• Shashidhar Reddy, the Vice Chairman of NDMA along with five other members resigned from their posts. NDMA is headed by the PM.

• Magnus Carlsen on 18 June 2014 bagged the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship title in Dubai.

• Government has reconstituted 6 Cabinet Committees of which 4 will be headed by Narendra Modi and remaining two by Rajnath Singh.

• India-born Pratishtha Khanna is honoured Champions of Change by the White House.

• Indian infrastructure giant, GMR has won the arbitration award against Maldivian government for wrongful termination of Airport project contract.

• India won the Bangladesh series 2-0. The third and final ODI was abandoned due to incessant rain in Mirpur, near Dhaka.

• Rajeev Topno was appointed as Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The ACC headed by PM Narendra Modi approved the name.

• myCopter Project Day will be held in Braunschweig in Germany on 20 November 2014.

• Taiwanese poet, Yu Hsi translated 1330 couplets Tirukkural and poems of poet Subramanya Bharathi in Mandarin language.

• Union Health Ministry gave consent for setting up of the Regional Institute of Paramedical Sciences in AIIMS Bhopal.

• Former Captain of Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful on 18 June 2014 was banned for eight years by the disciplinary panel

• Former Nazi camp guard, Johann Breyer accused of aiding and abetting killing of Jews was arrested without bail in Philadelphia on 17 June 2014.

• Surface-to-air Akash missile was successfully test fired by Army in very low altitude of 30 meters above sea level.

• RBI has directed banks to disclose sector-wise advances in the Notes to Accounts to the financial statements from financial year 2014-15 onwards.

• The prize recognizes individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.

• An 1856 British Guiana 1-cent postage stamp was sold for record 9.5 million US dollar on 18 June 2014 to become the world's most valuable stamp.

• WHO said that since outbreak of Ebola virus 337 people have died in West Africa. Guinea is the worst affected country.

• 367 exotic new species were discovered in the greater Mekong region

• Militants on 17 June 2014 captured Iraq's largest oil refinery Baiji refinery.

• Sanjaya Rajaram honoured World Food Prize 2014.

• 40 Indian workers on 17 June 2014 were reported to be missing from Mosul, Iraq.

• Chhattisgarh Governor, Shekhar Dutt tendered his resignation to the President of India amid pressure of NDA government.

• Peace and Security Council of African Union has restored the membership of Egypt into the apex body of African nations.

• Union Cabinet approved constitution of a Supervisory Committee on the Mullaperiyar Dam to look into the issues of safety and restoration of the dam.

• Barack Obama on 17 June 2014 announced the plans of creating the world's biggest Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Pacific Ocean.

• The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) headed by Parthasarathi Shome submitted its report to the Union Ministry of Finance on 15 June 2014.

• Nita Ambani on 18 June 2014 was appointed as the Director of Reliance Industries.

• Najeeb Jung, the lieutenant Governor of Delhi, on 17 June 2013 approved setting up of 500 water ATMs in Delhi.

• MP government approved the Narmada-Malwa-Gambhir Link Project (NMLP) and sanctioned 2143 crore rupees for the project.

• SEBI issued new norms for public issuance of debt securities.

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Current News:Railways hikes passenger fare by 14.2%

The government has increased railway passenger fare by 14.2 per cent and freight charges by 6.5 per cent on Friday. The increased rates will come effect from Friday.

The hike in the passenger fare and freight charges was expected as railway minister Sadanand Gowda hinted the same on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he said, "I will discuss the fare issue with the PM. A decision will be taken after the discussion."

TOI had reported on Tuesday that the national transporter was considering a hike in passenger fares soon to tide over its financial crisis.

Ahead of the rail budget the railways has sought significant increase in gross budgetary support.

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Educational Buzz: 17 Countries now recognise Indian Engineering Degrees

Good news for holders of Indian Engineering Degrees . Engineering graduates can now easily apply to foreign universities of take advantage of international prospects as engineering degrees of India will now be recognized across 17 major countries. India has now become the permanent member of the Washington Accord which would mean access to countries like US, Japan, Australia. Washington Accord is an international agreement for accrediting undergraduate engineering degree programmes.

Although pass outs of IITs have not yet faced a problem in terms moving on and being accepted to colleges abroad but that is the least we can say about graduates from the other engineering colleges present in the country.

The Washington Accord aims at encouraging mobility and quality assurance across countries. Becoming a member of the Washington Accord implies that the engineering students of India are meeting the academic requirements necessary to take practice of engineering in any of the signatory countries.

Smriti Irani, HRD Minister was quoted by The Economic Times, having congratulated the officials of HRD ministry, "This will ensure highest quality assurance standards to be implemented in our technical and engineering programmes and provide global mobility to our engineering graduates. Graduates having degrees, which have been so accredited, would have substantial international equivalence of their achievement levels across the signatory nations. This will substantially enhance their employment opportunities around the world."

The efforts to be part of this have been going on since 2002, although a serious effort was only made by the Kapil Sibal, former HRD Minister, by including granting of autonomous status to the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) as it is necessary to have a national accreditation system by the Washington Accord to be a member.

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Mumbai Metro Started services: Maharashtra CM Prithivraj Chavan flags off Mumbai Metro

 The Mumbai metro will finally started commercial operations from Sunday, June 8, after a delay of three years, providing much-needed relief to commuters in the bustling metropolis where the overburdened suburban railways ferries seven lakh people every day.

Services on the 11.4 KM Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar stretch (Phase 1 of the project) will see trains available every four minutes, Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) Chief Executive Abhay Mishra said on Saturday.

The announcement by the operator came after local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Krit Somaiya threatened to start metro services by "force". For a city where the sight of harried passengers clinging precariously to doors and windows of overcrowded coaches of suburban trains is common, the metro will give a new travel experience.

The company has said it will operate 200-250 services a day, carrying around 11 lakh passengers. Every coach can carry 375 passengers and the entire train can transport 1,500 commuters.

The metro service comes four months after the city got the country's first monorail between suburban Chembur and Wadala on February 1 this year. The MMOPL has fixed a minimum fare of Rs 10 and a maximum Rs 40 for a one way journey, Mishra said.

The Maharashtra government earlier notified a fare band of Rs 9 to Rs13 but the MMOPL demanded high fares, citing cost escalation in the three-phase project, work on which began nearly eight years ago.

MMOPL is a joint venture company formed by Reliance Infrastructure, Veolia Transport and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.

The Railway Board had on Thursday given its green signal for commencement of the services.

Career Buzz: HUDA Recruitment 2014 for 106 Posts

HUDA Recruitment 2014 Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) published Advertisement Notification for the Job Opening of Accountant, Accounts Assistant Posts.

Name of The Post	Number of Vacancies	Salary Offered	Age Limit
1. Accountant Post	49	Rs. 9300-34800 + Grade Pay Rs. 4600/Month	17-40
2. Accounts Assistant Post	57	Rs. 9300-34800 + Grade Pay Rs. 3200/Month	17-40

 Educational Qualification :

• For Accountant Post – B.Com 1st Division with five years experience
• For Accounts Assistant Post- B.Com 1st Division with one years experience OR Chartered Accountant (Intermediate) PCC.

Selection  Process :  Written Test and Interview.

Important Dates:

• Online Application Start- 27^th May. 2014
• Last Date to Apply-  30^th June. 2014
• Exam Date-  will specify in the Hall ticket
• Admit Card/Hall ticket- HUDA will provide Admit Card/Hall ticket for the Recruitment Advertisement Notification 2014, Candidates can download Hall ticket from www.huda.gov.in.

Career Buzz: BEL Recruitment for 200 Probationary Engineers

Name of Post:- Probationary Engineer

No. of Post:- 200(100 Electronics, 75 Mechanical, 20 Computer Science, 3 Civil and 02 Electrical)

Last Date:- 5^th June May 2014

Mode of Application:- Online

Mode of Selection:- Written Test and Interview

Qualification:- B.E / B.Tech / B.Sc Engineering Graduate from AICTE approved Colleges in Electronics / Electronics and Communication / Electronics & Telecommunication / Communication / Telecommunication / Mechanical / Civil/ Electrical/Electrical & Electronics / Computer Science / Computer Engineering/ Computer Science and Engineering.

Pay Scale:- Rs.16400-3%-40500/-per month

Age Limit:- 25 years (as on 1^st May 2014)

Application fee:- Rs.500/- No fee for SC/ST & PWD candidates.

How to apply:- Candidates can apply online through official website on or before 5^th June 2014. After submission the candidate is required to take a print out of the application format, attach the Company's copy of the challan and send it by 'Ordinary Post', to Post Box No.Post Box No.3076, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003 on or before 10^th June 2014

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Career Buzz: UPSC aspirants get six attempts to crack civil service exams

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has effected major changes in norms of civil services examination like granting aspiring candidates two additional attempts and consequential age relaxations from this year onwards.

"Every candidate appearing for the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts (two more than earlier four)," said a notification issued by UPSC for the Civil Services Examination, 2014.

There is, however, no restriction on number of attempts by a candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories.

"Every candidate appearing for the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts (two more than earlier four)," said a notification.

There will also be consequential age relaxations from this year onwards. A candidate between the age group of 21 and 32 years as on August 1, 2014 can take the prestigious exam.

According to the notification, a candidate "must have been born not earlier than August, 2, 1982 and not later than August 1, 1993" to take the exam.

The examination conducted by the UPSC to select Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers among others.

The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014 will be held on August 24. The examination is conducted in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview.

The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination is expected to be approximately 1,291, which includes 26 reserved for physically handicapped category, the notification said.

There has been no other change in the format and syllabi of exam papers.

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/upsc-aspirants-get-six-attempts-to-crack-civil-service-exams/475874-3.html