Current Affairs May 2014 (National)

May NATIONAL Current Affairs 2014

May 2

* Election Commission rejected opposition ' s demand for re -poll in Some booths in West Bengal That Went to polling on April 30 in the third course of Lok Sabha elections . * After going through all the reports , the EC HAS Ruled out re -poll in Any booth That Went to the polls on April 30 since there WAS no such incident in medium of the demand by the opposition parties . * Congress , BJP and Left Parties -have That there Was Alleged rigging and booth capturing in the third course and re -poll in Demanded Some booths .

May 3

* India, one of the world ' s largest wide large polluters , a national policy Drafted Aimed at Reducing Emission from Deforestation Carbon icts as a share of total viable financially feasible scheme rewards Which All All Carbon Stored for Developing Nations through forest preservation. * India Has the tenth largest forest large wide coverage in the world . It is the world ' s fifth largest coal large emitter as wide , accounting for 5 percent of overall greenhouse gases.

May 4

* A Year After the famous Kedarnath temple , All All Which marred by massive flash floods left WAS HAD That Hundreds of people dead and many others stranded , re opened on 4th May .

* The temple is an significant share of the ' Char Dham'yatra . The annual pilgrimage HAD Begun on Friday withthe re -opening of the portals of the sacred Himalayan shrines of Gangotri and Yamunotri for devotees . * The ' Char Dham Yatra ' was struck by the Natural calamity last year Causing Unprecedented wide-scale loss of lives and property in areas close to the famous shrines in Garhwal Himalayas oven .

May 5

Southern Railway Will Observed every first working day May as " Swathi Day" . 24 - Swathi year old , a Software Engineer with TCS , WAS killed and 14 others injured When Two low -intensity bombs onboard Went off the Bangalore - Guwahati Express train on May 1 Effective soon it chugged into the Central Station in Chennai.

May 6

The Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act, All That Which All mandates 25 per hundred seats in all schools be reserved for the economically Disadvantaged . A five - judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha Said That the Act Will not apply to aided or unaided Minority Institutions .

* The bench Also Said Article 21 (A) Does not alter the structure of the Constitution BASIS . The Constitutional Bench of Supreme Court Held That India is not required prior sanction from the government to probe the senior bureaucrats on corruption load .

* The decision Also included officers above the rank of Joint Secretary . Icts in the direction of the apex court can not be there Said That Any discrimination at times When It Comes To Prosecuting a Criminal Act

* The apex court in icts observation there can be termed corrupt That no protection to public servants by terming Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act ( DSPEA ) as invalid and unconstitutional.The Section 6A Provides prior sanction for the CBI to prosecute senior bureaucrats in corruption cases you . The Supreme Court struck down a decision of the Karnataka government making it mandatory for all primary schools in the state to teach in Kannada language .

* "The government can not impose on mother tongue for Minority linguistic Imparting primary education , " the SC said . The schools HAD Moved the apex court challenging the state government ' s decision.

May 7

In a bid to address the challenges faced by business enterprises and to Supporting em in Creating a sustainable future with the help of business intelligence , internal and forensic auditing , the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA ) HAS India Organised a conference in Vadodara, May 12 .

* The 4th annual conference titled Towards a Sustainable, is Being Organised by the Audit Vadodara Club, apart of the Mumbai chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).

May 8

Supreme Court of India banned ' Jallikattu ' ( bull fighting ) and bullock cart racing in Tamil Nadu. The court banned Also bullock cart racing in Maharashtra.

* ' Jallikattu ' is Widely Held in southern Tamil Nadu Mainly coinciding with harvest festival of ' Pongal ' in January, It was a sport of Tamil odd value and There Were references to it in ancient ' Sangam ' literature period .

May 9

State -owned BHEL commissioned Reviews Reviews Gas Turbine Generating Unit another at a power

project in Oman. The 126 MW Gas Turbine Generator has-been commissioned at Qarn Alam project -3 power of Petroleum Development Oman .

* This is the second successive project partner partner after the commissioning of the 2X126 MW Amal Petroleum Development Oman Gas Turbine Generating project in 2012.

* The Gas Turbine Generator units Were engineered , Manufactured and Supplied by BHEL ' s Plant Hyderabad while the control system has- beens Supplied by the company's Bangalore works.

May 10

Election Commission of India ( EC ) ordered an inquiry into the Allegations of booth capturing , rigging Following complaints received from various quarters in Arunachal Pradesh. The order comes inquiry Effective Demands Were made ​​for re -polling at polling station in Chulla Koloriang assembly constituency and Ruhi , Giba , Richik and have polling stations in remote constituency of Tali Kurung Kumey district, OFFICIALS said .

* Chief Electoral Officer ( CEO) Chandra Bhusan Kumar Said That the inquiry officer appointed by the commission visited the district and HAD Conducted inquiry into the matter . The Election Commission appointed a special watch to Oversee polling in Varanasi constituency , Bharatiya Janata From Where Party ( BJP ) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is Contesting Lok Sabha elections the . The commission appointed Pravin Kumar IAS Officer of Tamil Nadu to Ensure free and fair polling in the constituency .

* The Varanasi constituency goes to polls in the last course of the Lok Sabha elections on May 12. constituency Will The witness to battle Between Modi and Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP) Arvind Kejriwal chief .

May 11

The State Government of Uttar Pradesh ordered a magisterial inquiry into the All group clashes in Meerut All acerca Which Were twenty people injured . The inquiry Will Be Conducted by the District Magistrate of Meerut, Randeep Rinwa .

* The group clash broke over a row of building of a water kiosk near a mosque in the area of the city Teergaran . Authorities -have registered cases against 200 persons of the area the clash Effective That Happened in the area on 10 May 2014.

May 12

The Election Commission Gave the go -ahead to the defense ministry to initiate the Process of Appointing the next Army chief , an outcome That is caught in a controversy Because of BJP ' s opposition . * In a communication to the defense ministry feels the EC Cited icts March 27 order it clear That Which Makes All All appointments , promotions , tenders and Procurements of defense force are not covered under the model code of conduct in the elections as well as Ongoing Any other election in the future .

May 13

Pranab Mukherjee , the President of India Gave His assent to the Whistle blowers Protection Bill 2011 . WITH THIS assent , the Whistleblowers Bill , 2011 Became Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2011 . The Bill WAS Passed by Lok Sabha on December 11, 2011 and by the Rajya Sabha on 21 February 2014.

About the Bill:

The Bill decay price provider for setting up a regular mechanism to Encourage persons to Disclose information on corruption or willful misuse of power by public servants , Which includes All All Ministers . The Bill Also Demands adequate protection to persons reports corruption or willful misuse of discretion Have you , All All Which bring in a demonstrable loss to the government.