11th Feb: Thought of the Day

Couplet 7  Unless His foot, 'to Whom none can compare,' men gain, 'Tis hard for mind to find relief from anxious pain Explanation Anxiety of mind cannot be removed, except from those who are united to the feet of Him who is incomparable

10th Feb: Thought of the Day

Couplet 6  Long live they blest, who 've stood in path from falsehood freed; His, 'Who quenched lusts that from the sense-gates five proceed'

Explanation Those shall long proposer who abide in the faultless way of Him who has destroyed the five desires of the senses

09th Feb: Thought of the Day

Couplet 5 

The men, who on the 'King's' true praised delight to dwell,

Affects not them the fruit of deeds done ill or well

Explanation

The two-fold deeds that spring from darkness shall not adhere to those who delight in the true praise of God

Current Affairs - 07 th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• Supreme Court has ordered to implement recommendations of Majithia Wage Board for journalists and non-journalists in newspapers and agencies
  
• CCEA has approved the proposal to convert and expand pilot Programme of Burn Injuries of into a NPPMBI during remaining part of 12th Plan period
  
• CCEA approved Vodafone to buy out minority shareholders in its Indian branch for 10141 crore rupees
  
• Ministry of Culture and Tate has signed a MoU to develop collaborations focused on modern and contemporary art
  
• IUCN red list of the birds indicates 15 species of birds from India as critically endangered in its IUCN Red list version 2013
  
• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved 5 Port projects worth 17630 crore rupees on 5 February 2014
  
• WWF has appointed Marco Lambertini as Director-General of the WWF International and his new role will start on 1 May 2014
  
• Google Inc agreed to negotiate with European Union (EU) over Anti-trust case on 5 February 2014
  
• The Scottish Parliament approved the Same Sex Marriage Bill
  
• Infosys announced to open a new delivery center in Araraquara, Brazil on 6 February 2014
  
• Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne were confirmed to lead for a limited-over match to mark the 200th anniversary of Lords Cricket Ground
  
• Vishwanath Tripathi has been selected for Vyas Samman for the year 2013 for his memoir Vyomkesh Darvesh a biography of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  
• Government has approved increase in FRP for sugarcane by 10 rupees per quintal for 2014-15 to 220 rupees per quintal from 210 rupees per quintal
  

08'Feb: Thought of the day

Couplet 4 

His foot, 'Whom want affects not, irks not grief,' who gain

Shall not, through every time, of any woes complain

Explanation

To those who meditate the feet of Him who is void of desire or aversion, evil shall never come

Current Affairs - 06th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• Microsoft Founder Bill gates assumed the role of Founder & Technology Advisor to the CEO of Microsoft on 5 February 2014
  
• India & Germany signed 2 umbrella agreements for financial & technical co-operation under Indo German bilateral Development Cooperation
  
• John Thompson was appointed as the Chairman of Microsoft on 5 February 2014 by the Board of Directors at a meeting held in Washington, US
  
• The Election Commission of India added 9.7 crore new voters in the electoral list during 2009-14 period or since 2009 Lok Sabha polls
  
• Machli, Queen Mother of tiger dynasty was found in the Ranthambhore National Park on 5 February 2014
  
• Malala Yousafzai has been nominated for the World Children’s Prize. The other people nominated are John Wood and Indira Ranamagar
  
• Indian-American Professor Sanjeev Kulkarni was appointed as the Dean of Princeton University Graduate School on 5 February 2014
  
• Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas confirmed the appointment of B.N.Talukdar as the head of DGH on 5 February 2014
  
• Rajasthan government declared 10225 villages of 17 districts as scarcity-hit, depending upon crop assessment report of collectors

07'Feb: Thought of the day

Couplet 3

His feet, 'Who o'er the full-blown flower hath past,' who gain In bliss long time shall dwell above this earthly plain

Explanation

They who are united to the glorious feet of Him who passes swiftly over the flower of the mind, shall flourish long above all worlds

06'Feb: Thought of the day

Couplet 2 

No fruit have men of all their studied lore, Save they the 'Purely Wise One's' feet adore

Explanation

What Profit have those derived from learning, who worship not the good feet of Him who is possessed of pure knowledge ?

Thought of the day

Couplet 1 

A, as its first of letters, every speech maintains;

The "Primal Deity" is first through all the world's domains

Explanation

As the letter A is the first of all letters, so the eternal God is first in the world

Current Affairs - 04th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

1.Government launched the National Cloud under MeghRaj Initiative

2.The Central Consumer Protection Council (CCPC) headed by K V Thomas decided to set up a sub-committee on 3 February 2014

3.Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry inaugurated the Mother and Child Tracking Facilitation Centre

4.Bharat Ratna, was conferred by President on Sachin Tendulkar and Prof CNR Rao (79) at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi

5.King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered jail terms ranging 3 to 30 years for Saudi citizens fighting outside the country

6.Justice Askhok Kumar Mathur has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission that will submit report in 2 years

7.Poonam Khetrapal Singh took charge as the Regional Director of World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region

8.Ali Mohamed Shein, President of Zanzibar is on an official visit to India from 1 to 9 February 2014 on invitation of India’s Vice President

9.United Nation appointed India based Vivek Lall as special advisor on cyber security on 3 February 2014

10.Manoj Vaish took charge as MD & CEO of MCX. Forward Markets Commission approved his appointment which is for a period of 3 years

Current Affairs - 03rd Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• New Director of ONGC of offshore is Tapas Kumar.  He is a Chemical engineering graduate.
  
• Serena Williams Retains top Position in WTA Women’s Tennis Rankings with 13000 points. Second place occupied by Victoria Azarenka with 6581 points and third position announced in the name of Australia Open Winner Li Na with 6570.
  
• Rafael Nadal Retains top at ATP Ranking list followed by Serbia’s Novak Djokavic and Switzerland’s Statislas Wawrinka.
  
• Virat Kohli Ranked 4th in ICC T20 Rankings followed by Suresh Raina at 5th place and Yuvaj Singh at 6th place.
  
• National Mission on Libraries was launched by Pranab Mukherjee, Union Ministry of Culture. Main features of this mission are Capacity building, Quantitative and Qualitative Survey of Libraries, Setting up to NML model libraries, Creation of National Virtual Library of India. Major component schemes of the National Mission on Libraries are creation of a National Virtual Library of India (NVLI).
  
• Jan Lokpal Bill cleared by Delhi Cabinet. This bill provides for covering all public servants from Chief Minister to Group D Employees and seeks life term as maximum punishment for those found guilty of corruption.
  
• BCIC (Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce) has requested Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for timeline for revision of monthly or quarterly returns under the Karnataka VAT Act.
  
• NABARD Sanctioned Rs.1533.90 crores for creation of infrastructure such as construction of ware houses and irrigation in Gujarat. As a part of this Rs.1407 crores were allotted towards the Kutch Branch Canal System under RIDF XIX (Rural Infrastructure Development Fund XIX).

Current Affairs - 02nd Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• 7th Ranji Trophy to Karnataka, 7th Ranji Trophy won by Karnataka by defeating Maharashtra by 7 Wickets. Man of the Match Award achieved by Rahul, Young Opener. He got this title for his century in the first innings. Karnataka team achieved Rs.2crores while Maharashtra Team achieved Rs.1 crore.
  
• India Plans for NASA Air craft for Cyclone Prediction, In the last year, eastern coast was affected by cyclone for 5 times. To study wind patterns at high altitude for better prediction of such calamities, India is planning to Procure NASA aircraft equipped with a lab. Shailesh Nayak, Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary stated that they were procuring McDonnell Douglas DC – 8 aircraft from NASA. This would happen between 2015-16.
  
• Hindutva Judgement is reopening by Seven Judge Bench, Hindutva Judgement is reopening by Seven Judge Bench. Supreme Court has taken the decision for an authoritative pronouncement on electrol law categorising misuse of religion for electoral gains as Corrupt Practices.  In 1995, Supreme Court with 3 bench judge  had held that Hindtva is a way of the people in the sub- Continent and is a state of mind.
  
• 14th Annual Greentech Environment 2013 Award achieved by NMPT, 14th Annual Greentech Environment 2013 Award achieved by NMPT. It has attained this award for environment management. Greentech Foundation has presented this award to NMPT.
  
• An Amendment in the payment of Bonus Act, In the ceiling of bonus paid to the employees of factories and other establishments is on the card as a proposal in this regard will be upgraded. This will implement from next month. At present workers were not drawing not more than Rs.10000 per Month. Now as per this bonus upgradition they will receive bonus of Rs.3500 along with salary. This will benefit 3 crore employees.
  
• Centre hikes DA for 2nd time by 10%, For the 2nd time DA will increase by 10% to 100 %. This will benefit 30 lakh Pensioners and 50 lakh employees. First hike was announced in last year September by 10% to 90%. Extra DA will be calculated only when the revised all India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers ( CPI IW) for December is released on 28th February 2014.

Happy Republic Day - 2014

Happy Republic Day - 2014