Current Affairs Update – 5th September, 2015

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 5th September, 2015. These are Important for the upcoming IBPS PO V Exam.

• The government on Saturday said the One Rank One Pension
  (ORPO) for the ex-servicemen will be implemented with effect from July 1, 2014,
  which will cost around ₹
  10,000 crore to the exchequer per year. The expenditure on arrears would also
  be around ₹ 10,000 to
  12,000 crore.
• Announcing the decision, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
  said though the previous government had said in February 2014 that OROP would
  be implemented in 2014-15, it did not specify what OROP would be, how it would
  be implemented or how much it would cost. He added that ₹ 500 crore allocated by the then government was
  not adequate enough.
• The Congress and the veterans, however, have rejected the
  government’s announcement. The veterans, who are holding protests here, said
  the government has rejected six of their demands. Former defence minister AK
  Antony said the Narendra Modi government has diluted the promise of the UPA
  government and about 46 per cent of the ex servicemen, who took voluntary
  retirement, will be hit by the decision.
• He said the estimated cost to the exchequer to implement
  OROP would be ₹ 8,000 to ₹ 10,000 crore at present, and
  will increase further in future. “Despite the
  huge fiscal burden, given its commitment to the welfare of Ex-Servicemen, the
  government has taken a decision to implement the OROP,” he added.

• HDFC Bank Ltd has rolled out its educational film
  ‘Dhanchayat’ in Odisha.
• ‘Dhanchayat’ aims to raise awareness about the dangers of
  borrowing money from the unorganised sector, particularly in rural areas. This
  film has been launched under the aegis of ‘Swachh Banking’, the Bank’s latest
  CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiative.
• ‘Swachh Banking’ aims to create a better understanding about
  clean and convenient banking available through the organised sector.
• Through the film, the bank aims to show the importance of
  transparency in financial dealings. It also talks of dignity and self-respect
  of the individual in the borrowing process.
• HDFC Bank-branded Dhanchayat video vans will travel across
  East, West, South, North and Central India, covering thousands of villages
  across the country. The vans will stop at assembly points such as haats,
  bazaars, melas and village panchayats.
• In Bhubaneswar, the initiative was flagged off by Debasish
  Senapati, zonal head (Odisha), HDFC Bank and P K Jena, regional director,
  Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

• Describing Bodh Gaya as the “land of enlightenment”, Prime
  Minister Narendra Modi today said his government would develop the site as the
  spiritual capital for it to serve as a civilisational bond between India and
  the Buddhist world.
• Describing Buddha as a “crown jewel” of India, which accepts
  all ways of worship, he said he revered Buddha as a reformer of not only
  Hinduism but also the world, who gave a new world view and vision which is
  critical for survival of all.
• “The message by both of them was about establishing Dharma,”
  he said, adding that both of them gave great prominence to principles and
  processes.
• “Gautama Buddha gave the eight-fold path and the Panchsheel,
  while Shri Krishna gave invaluable lessons of life in the form of Karma Yoga.
  These two divine souls had the strength to bring people together, rising above
  differences.
• Their teachings are most practical, eternal and are more
  relevant in this day and age than ever before,” he said.

• Having rediscovered his old form, Olympic medallist Gagan
  Narang of India has achieved the number one spot in men’s 50m rifle prone
  shooting category in Asia.
• The 32-year-old Narang has 971 points to his credit while
  China’s Shengbo Zhao is placed second with 896 points.
• Pistol King Jitu Rai was placed number two in men’s 50m
  pistol with 1929 points, behind Jongoh Jin of Korea.
• Beijing Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra, who is also
  through to Rio, was ranked fifth in 10m air rifle followed by Narang in seventh
  position. Gurpreet Singh was positioned fifth in 25m rapid fire pistol.
• The Indian shooting ace has already booked a quota for next
  year’s Rio Olympic Games by bagging the bronze medal in the 50m rifle prone
  event of the ISSF World Cup at Fort Benning, USA, in May. Jitu has also booked
  the country an Olympic quota with his silver medal at the World Championships
  last year.
• Multiple time World Cup winner Narang had won a bronze medal
  at the London Olympics in 2012.

• Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) fought his heart out but
  still fell short as he settled for the silver medal after going down to
  Uzbekistan’s Bektemir Melikuziev in a brutal summit clash of the Asian
  Championships here today.
• The 23-year-old Indian lost 0-2 to the reigning Youth
  Olympic champion in a gruelling fight that left both the boxers with several
  bruises on their faces.
• With Vikas’ silver, India finished their campaign with one
  silver and three bronze medals — L Devendro Singh (49kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg)
  and Satish Kumar (+91kg) being the third-place finishers. Besides, six Indians
  also made the cut for next month’s World Championships — the first qualifying
  event for the Olympics next year.

• China and Tajikistan have agreed to 3.2 billion yuan ($500
  million) currency swap deal, Chinese state media reported on Saturday, citing
  the Central Asian country’s central bank.
• The deal, signed by the two countries’ central banks on
  Thursday, lasts for three years, said the official Xinhua news agency.
• The swap aims to support the balance international payments,
  the exchange rate of Tajikistan’s currency, and the development of the energy,
  agrarian and mining sectors, Xinhua cited the National Bank of Tajikistan as
  saying. ($1 = 6.3549 Chinese yuan renminbi)

• To safeguard minority shareholders’ interests and promote
  capital market as a key platform to raise funds, G20 and OECD today announced
  new corporate governance principles for listed companies and regulators in all
  member countries, including India.
• Consequently, regulators and policymakers across the world,
  which include SEBI in India, will update their regulations for the listed firms
  in line with the new code.
• The new global principles, released here on the sidelines of
  the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bankers being attended by
  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and RBI chief Raghuram Rajan, call for protecting
  shareholders’ rights and keeping CEO salaries reasonable, while making adequate
  disclosures for the benefit of investors.
• The new code calls for enhanced cross-border cooperation
  among regulators, including through bilateral and multilateral arrangements for
  exchange of information.
• It also states that the impediments to cross-border voting
  by shareholders should be eliminated, while shareholders should be allowed to
  consult each other.
• Besides, the new code also contains recommendations for
  financial disclosures by the companies, behaviour of large institutional
  investors and the functionalities of the stock markets. It also asks regulators
  to ensure that conflict of interest in related party transactions are addressed
  effectively.
• The new G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance were
  released here by the OECD Secretary General, Angel Gurria, and Turkish Deputy
  Prime Minister, Cevdet Yilmaz, on the sidelines of the ongoing G20 minister
  level meetings.

• Music composer Aadesh Shrivastava (51), who was battling a
  cancer relapse, passed away at Kokilaben Hospital on Saturday at around
  12.30am. He had successfully fought multiple myeloma (cancer of the plasma
  cells) when he was diagnosed for the first time in 2010.
• The hospital authorities confirmed that he passed away after
  battling the disease hard for over 40 days. His condition had become very
  critical in the last few days. Actress-wife, Vijeta Pandit and her
  music-composer brothers Jatin and Lalit Pandit were constantly by his side.
• Aadesh is best known for his work in films like Chalte
  Chalte, Baghban and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. His last project as a music
  composer was recently released Welcome Back. It was the third time Aadesh’s
  cancer had relapsed.

• The shortest man in recorded history has died, three years
  after entering the Guinness world records and before which he had never left
  his village.
• Chandra Bahadur Dangi, a Nepalese man who stood 1ft 9″
  tall (54.6 cm), has passed away on the Polynesian island of Samoa after being
  ill with pneumonia.
• The 75-year-old won his place in the record books on
  February 26 in 2012 after being found to be half an inch shorter than the
  previous holder, Gul Mohammed from India.
• Mr Dangi then travelled to London two years later to meet
  Sultan Kosen from Turkey, the world’s tallest man at 8ft 2″ (2.48 metres).
• Guinness World Records said in a statement it was “deeply
  saddened” to hear of his passing.

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