Current Affairs Update – 21-22 Sept, 2014

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  Retirement fund manager Employees Provident
  Fund Organisation’s ambitious project to provide portable Universal Account
  Numbers (UAN) to its subscribers will be launched on October 16.
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  Besides, the government will launch unified
  web portal LIN (Labour Identification Number) for simplifying business
  regulations and bringing in transparency and accountability in labour
  inspections by various agencies and bodies under the administrative control of
  Labour Ministry.
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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to launch
  both LIN web portal and UAN on October 16, as per the Plan chalked out by the
  Labour Ministry.
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  “Labour Secretary had called a meeting for
  the launch of UAN and LIN yesterday. The Ministry has planned to launch both
  LIN portal and UAN on October 16,” a senior official said.
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  According to him, the Prime Minister will be
  invited to launch the LIN portal and UAN in the presence of Labour Minister
  Narendra Singh Tomar and other top brass of the Labour Ministry.

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  Eight Indian women, led by ICICI Bank chief
  Chanda Kochhar, have made it to the Fortune list of 25 most powerful women
  “shaping the new world order” in the Asia-Pacific region.
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  Kochhar, ranked highest among Indian women,
  has been ranked second across the region, while three others — SBI’s Arundhati
  Bhattacharya (fourth), HPCL’s Nishi Vasudeva (fifth) and Axis Bank’s Shikha
  Sharma (tenth) — have also made it to the top-10.
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  The list is topped by Australian banking
  major Westpac’s chief Gail Kelly.
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  Other Indians on the top-25 list include
  Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (19th), National Stock Exchange CEO Chitra
  Ramkrishna (22nd), HSBC’s Naina Lal Kidwai (23rd) and TAFE Chairman and CEO
  Mallika Srinivasan (25th).
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  Releasing the latest rankings, Fortune
  magazine said women around the world are continuing to win the top jobs, so
  much so that more than a third of the women on this Asia-Pacific list are
  making their debut in the coveted list, including two from India.

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  The third India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative
  Commission (JCC) meet was held in New Delhi on 20 September 2014. The third JCC
  was co-chaired by Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her
  Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali.
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  The meeting focused on review of progress of
  initiatives in various sectors of the relationship. It also focused on
  identifying the thrust areas to give directions for further growth of the
  bilateral partnership.
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  Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali during his visit to
  New Delhi also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee.
  During his meet with Modi, he extended invitation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister
  Sheikh Hasina to visit Bangladesh. In response to which, Modi said that he is
  looking forward to visit the country at the earliest and also welcome Sheikh
  Hasina in India.

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  Google is partnering the Government in
  developing a mobile application for the Prime Minister’s Office. The
  application will be developed through a contest.
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  This is part of supporting the Prime
  Minister’s vision for a Digital India. The contest will be launched jointly
  byGoogle and MyGov, the citizen engagement platform of the Government. The
  mobile app aims to bring the PMO to every citizen and the contest will showcase
  how Indians can build a world-class app.
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  Google India will also continue to build a
  vibrant language ecosystem online and help the Government transition into the
  increasingly ‘mobile’ India.
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  Google is working with DeitY and other State
  Governments to develop these initiatives, the company said.
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  Programmes such as Helping Women get Online,
  getting Indian SMEs Online and showcasing India’s rich heritage and culture
  online will further promote the digital empowerment of citizens.

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  The Narula brothers of Delhi on 20 September
  2014 became the first ever contestants to win 7 crore rupees in the television
  show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan. The two brothers,
  Achin and Sarthak Narula emerged victorious in Season 8 of the show after
  answering 14 questions correctly, with help of four lifelines.
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  The megastar and the host of the show,
  Amitabh Bachchan termed the win of the two brothers as exemplary.
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  The tagline for the season 8 of the show is Yahan Sirf Paise Nahi, Dil Bhi Jeete Jate
  Hain.

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  Voreqe Bainimarama on 22 September 2014 was
  sworn in as new Prime Minister of Fiji. He was sworn in by President Epeli
  Nailatikau at a brief ceremony in Government House of Suva.
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  He was sworn-in after the official results
  showed that he had won 60 percent of the seats.
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  The official results of the 2014 elections in
  Fiji were declared after five days of general elections held on 17 September
  2014. It was the first general election in Fiji after 2006 military coup by
  Bainimarama.

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  Afghanistan’s election commission declared
  former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as the war-ravaged country’s
  president-elect on Sunday after an acrimonious dispute over ballot fraud, but
  did not give the final vote tally after a U.N.-monitored audit.
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  The announcement came hours after Mr.
  Ahmadzai and rival, Abdullah Abdullah, signed a power-sharing agreement to end
  two months of bitter wrangling over accusations of fraud that undermined
  confidence in the election and emboldened the Taliban insurgency at a crucial
  time as most foreign troops prepare to leave.
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  Independent Election Commission chairman
  Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani acknowledged grave flaws in the election process and
  said the U.N. audit could not detect all of it.
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  Nevertheless, he said that based on the
  official final tally of votes, the commission had a duty to declare a victor.

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  Saurav Ghosal became the first Indian to
  enter the Asian Games final, beating 2006 champion Ong Beng Hee.
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  Ghosal today was too good for his 34-year-old
  Malaysian opponent, who had won gold in the 2002 Busan and 2006 Doha edition
  besides getting a bronze in Guangzhou four years ago.
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  It is certain now that the Indian will return
  home with a different medal colour after settling for back-to-back bronze in
  the last two editions.
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  He has already said that it is his best
  chance of winning a memorable gold. The final will be played tomorrow and
  Ghosal awaits the winner of the semifinal between Max Lee of Hong Kong and
  Abdullah Almezayen of Kuwait.

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