Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 22 June 2015


Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 22 June 2015


Mustafizur six-for gives Bangladesh first-ever series win over India

  • India slumped to a new low as they suffered their first ever ODI series defeat against Bangladesh following an embarrassing six-wicket defeat in the second cricket One-dayer that gave the hosts an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
  • Young Bangladeshi paceman Mustafizur Rehman (6/43) yet again tormented the Indian batsmen with his second successive six-wicket haul as the visitors folded for 200 in 45 overdream performance, claiming 6 wickets
  • The 19-year-old young left-arm pacer from remote Satkhira village became only the second bowler in ODI history to record two five-wicket hauls in his first two matches. Zimbabwe pacer Brian Vitori is the only other bowler to get two fifers in as many ODIs first up.
  • Bangladesh have also qualified for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, to be held in England, following this series win.

Ban Ki-moon rocks at UN's inaugural World Yoga Day

  • Ban Ki-moon says he needs to be fit and agile in his job as the top diplomat at the United Nations. And he is, easily managing World Yoga Day inaugural 'asanas' on Sunday.
  • Men and women much younger quietly withdrew after a bit but Ban, 71 and his wife Yoo Soon-taek, 70 pressed on, stretching and twisting their bodes as directed by Shri Shri Ravi Shankar.
  • Ban first tried yoga on an earlier visit to India. And he had felt a certain peace of mind then, he said at an event commemorating the first World Yoga day at the UN Sunday.
  • Over 15,000 were expected to show up at Times Square, said the event co-founder Tim Tompkins, who recalled how he was only among three people at the first edition 13 years ago.
  • It was here at the United Nations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed a World Yoga Day in his maiden speech to the General Assembly on September 27, 2014.
  • India launched a formal process just a few days after and soon 176 member countries signed on as co-sponsors, and it was passed unanimously by 192 countries, a record.

Arun Jaitley says no plan to legislate retrospectively

  • Finance minister Arun Jaitley said the economy would become more efficient with an interest rate cut.
  • Referring to the meetings he had with heads of banks last week, Jaitley said: “We have been nudging banks to transfer the maximum benefit to the customers.”
  • Jaitley, who is on a nine-day visit to the US, assured investors that the government does not intend to legislate retrospectively. “For the future, this is a closed issue.
  • As far as past is concerned, it relates to only some individual companies and the issue is pending before some judicial or dispute redressal mechanism body,” he told reporters. “And therefore, when I said we are looking for putting a quietus to this, I had in mind waiting for the expeditious disposal of that dispute.”

Andy Murray wins fourth Queen's Club title with two wins in a day

  • Andy Murray joined the likes of John McEnroe and Boris Becker as a four-time Queen's Club champion with an impressive victory over Kevin Anderson.
  • The British number one played superbly to win 6-3 6-4 in just 64 minutes at the Aegon
  • The Scot also won the title in 2009, 2011 and 2013, and he will hope to repeat his effort of two years ago when he went on to make it a grass-court double at Wimbledon.

Bairstow leads England to thrilling series win over Kiwis

  • Jonny Bairstow, who was included in the England side as replacement for Jos Butler just 24 hours ago, helped his side beat New Zealand by three wickets and clinch the five-match series 3-2 at Chester-le-Street.
  • Bairstow scored an unbeaten 83 off just 60 balls as England chased down the revised target of 192 from 26 overs in a rain-affected match.
  • The wicketkeeper, who came into the side following the hand injury suffered by Buttler in training, showed no sign of nerves under immense pressure and guided his team to a famous win over the World Cup finalists.

Black money: India slips to 61st place on Swiss money list

  • India has moved down to 61st place in terms of foreigners' money in Swiss banks and it now accounts for a meagre 0.123 percent of the total global wealth worth USD 1.6 trillion in Switzerland's banking system.

  • While the UK and the US have retained their top two positions with the largest shares of the foreign clients' money with Swiss banks, Pakistan has inched up to 73rd place.

  • Interestingly, just two big banks -- UBS and Credit Suisse -- account for nearly two-third of the total money kept by foreigners in Swiss banks, while their share in case of Indians is even higher at about 82 per cent.

  • As per the latest data released by Switzerland's central banking authority SNB (Swiss National Bank),

  • Indians' money in Swiss banks declined by over 10 per cent to about 1.8 billion Swiss francs (USD 1.98 billion or Rs 12,615 crore) in 2014.

  • This accounts for just 0.123 per cent of the total funds kept in the Swiss banks by people from across the world.

  • This is the second lowest level of Indian money in Swiss banks -- after an increase of over 40 per cent in 2013 -- and the latest data comes amid an enhanced clampdown against the famed secrecy wall of Switzerland's banking system.

  • At the end of 2014, there were 275 banks in Switzerland, but only two -- UBS and Credit Suisse -- were classified as 'big banks' by Zurich-based SNB at that time. There are also many foreign-controlled banks operating in the country.

  • The UK alone accounts for 22 per cent of total global funds in Swiss banks. Just four top nations together account for over half of all foreigners' wealth in Swiss banks, which rose to 1.47 trillion Swiss franc (about Rs 102 lakh crore or USD 1.6 trillion) in 2014.

  • There are only 19 countries with share of over 1 per cent each and they together command more than 80 per cent of funds. The remaining 20 per cent is divided among close to 200 other countries.

Softbank Paid $135 Million To Nikesh Arora, Highest Among Indian-Origin Executives

  • Japanese telecom carrier Softbank paid a whopping 16.5 billion yen ($135 million) to senior executive Nikesh Arora in the financial year that ended March, reported Nikkei Asian Review.

  • The amount included a one-time bonus for the India-born Arora, who had given up his high-profile role at Google Inc.

  • to join Softbank as vice-chairman in October 2014. Since then he has managed over $1.67 billion worth of deals, including in Indian startups such as e-commerce firm Snapdeal and taxi-hailing service Ola. Arora has now been named president and chief operating officer at the telco.

  • Last month, he was named a potential successor to chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son.

  • Arora also took the lead in investing $1 billion in Forward Ventures LLC, which launched Coupang, a South Korean e-commerce company.

  • Such big payments to executives are a rarity in japan. Chairman Masayoshi Son made less - he received 131 million yen in compensation, in addition to 10 billion yen in dividends. In 2014, Carlos Ghosn, president and chairman of Nissan Motor, had been paid 995 million yen.

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