Current Affairs - 8th June 2013

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International Affairs :

• Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon and former South African president, was Saturday rushed to hospital where his condition is "serious but stable", the president's office said.
• Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will soon visit Afghanistan for talks with President HamidKarzai aimed at pushing forward the troubled peace process ahead of the withdrawal of US and foreign forces next year.
• The United Nations launched a record $5.2-billion aid appeal for Syria on Friday as regime forces sought to capitalize on recent victories over the rebels, sending reinforcements to battlefields Homs and Aleppo.
• World leaders signed a global agreement to fight malnutrition in children, and made commitments of up to USD 4.15 billion to tackle the global menace and reduce the number of child deaths.
• Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepared to convene his party leadership Saturday as anti-government protests enter their ninth day, with thousands of people still occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square.

National Affairs :

• Public sector Indian Bank said its Chairman and Managing Director T M Bhasin has been re-elected as Deputy Chairman of Indian Banks' Association for 2013-14.
• North East Tea Association (NETA),a leading tea growers union in Assam demands the state govt to include a chapter on tea in school syllabi.
• Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court freezes Rs 1.63 cr in bank of owners of chitfund Cos in Haryana and Punjab.
• Railways to launch SMS-based service for immediate response to passenger complaints regarding housekeeping service in coaches.
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways plans to award projects totalling a length of 380 km in the naxal-hit regions of five states, including Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, by the end of this calendar year.
• An NGO in Uttarakhand has bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights.
• Indian economy has resilience to overcome its problems, President Pranab Mukherjee said today and asked people not to panic by negative sentiments expressed in certain quarters.
• Direct benefit transfer programme for cooking gas (LPG) hits quarter million transactions with Rs 10 cr subsidy given to consumers directly.
• World Oceans Day observed  (8th June 2013).
• Social activist Anna Hazare to start UPJantantra Yatra tour on June 23.
• A national seminar on Cyber Crimes to be held on June 27 by the Corporate Relations Institute in Thiruvananthapuram.

Sports :

• Indian shuttler K Srikanth entered the final of the Thailand Grand Prix Gold  badminton tournament.
• Indian junior women's 10m Air Rifle team bags gold medal in the International Junior Shooting Championship in Suhl, Germany.
• Indian qualifier AnkitaRaina ends runner-up at ITF Women tennis  tournament in Karshi, Uzbekistan.