CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 14, 2011

INS Sharabh decommissioned

Indian Naval Ship Sharabh: A landing ship tanker

The oldest commissioned ship of the Indian Navy

INS ‘Sharabh’ decommissioned at the Naval Jetty at Port Blair in Andaman and

Nicobar Islands

Commissioned in January 1976, at Gdynia, Poland

Ship had the merit of participating in many amphibious operations both on the

eastern and western seaboard of the country and landed troops and materials on

all major landing sites in the Andaman sea region

New CVC: Pradeep Kumar

Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar chosen as next CVC (Chief Vigilance

Commissioner)

Mr. Pradeep Kumar, retires as Defence Secretary on July 31

He was chosen by consensus by a panel comprising Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh, Home

Minister P Chidambaram and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

Sushma Swaraj

But his selection has been not been officially confirmed yet

Mr. Kumar, a Haryana cadre IAS officer of the 1972 batch, was Secretary, Defence

Production, prior to becoming the Defence Secretary

Lok Sabha Speaker Ms Kumar meets leaders of political parties for

endorsing women’s reservation bill

Lok Sabha Speaker Ms Meira Kumar called for a meeting of the leaders of political

parties who are yet to endorse the women’s reservation bill

The meeting attended by Lalu Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Mulayam Singh

Yadav of Samajwadi party, Dara Singh Chauhan of Bahujan Samaj Party, Ajit Singh

of Rashtriya Lok Dal, E.Ahmad of Muslim League and Independent leader Inder

Singh Namdhari among others

The meeting carries importance in the background of the fact that Lok Sabha

speaker is trying to gain consensus on the women’s reservation bill prior to the

beginning of Parliament session next month

India and Bangladesh to resolve boundary issues via a Joint Census

India and Bangladesh to hold a joint census

Joint Census in the areas along the border as a part of the process of

resolution to the undischarged land boundary issues

The 3 day census exercise involving officials from both India and Bangladesh is

planned to begin from 15th July 2011 and is intended at calculating the number of

people living in these areas

State Government of Rajasthan sanctions Mukhyamantri Gramin BPL

Aavas Yojna

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The council of ministers in Rajasthan approved the Mukhyamantri Gramin BPL

Aavas Yojna with an objective to provide houses to 10 lac BPL families in the

next 3 years

United Nations formally recommends South Sudan to join the United

Nations

The United Nations has formally recommended South Sudan to join the United

Nations, becoming its 193rd member

South Sudan’s admission is due to be completed with a vote by the UN General

Assembly