9th July 2014 - Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs

• Stepping up its offensive, Israeli today hit about 200 targets in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killing at least 17 people, triggering a retaliation from the Palestinian group which fired a barrage of rockets deep into the Jewish state in the bloodiest conflict since 2012. 
• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has accused South Sudan's leaders of creating a “man-made crisis” that has killed thousands of people and demanded that they end the violence and resume peace negotiations immediately.
• Britain's foreign secretary lobbied India on Tuesday to buy Eurofighter military aircraft, suggesting that London has not yet abandoned hope of ousting France's Rafale from a multi-billion-dollar combat jet order.
  

National Affairs

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tables Economic Survey 2013-14 in Lok Sabha Today. Read highlights of Economic Survey from here.
• The Supreme Court today issued a notice to actor Salman Khan on Rajasthan government's plea challenging the HC order suspending his conviction in the blackbuck killing case.
• The CBI on Wednesday examined Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan as witness in Agusta Westland helicopter bribery scam.
• Footage of RahulGandhi apparently dozing off in Lok Sabha during debate on price rise goes viral on social media. BJP says this is what party doing on price rise for last 10 years

New Appointments

• Amit Shah, who orchestrated Bharatiya Janata Party’s stellar performance in the Hindi heartland in the Lok Sabha elections, was today named as the party’s next president.

Business and Economy

• SAT dismisses Financial Technologies' appeal against SEBI's ruling to exit group-promoted exchanges; given 4 weeks to divest its stakes.

Science and Technology

• The study, published in The Lancet Global Health, found that almost 25 per cent more children are developing tuberculosis (TB) than the WHO had estimated, with India having by far the highest burden of childhood TB among the 22 worst affected countries, according to a new study.

Sports

• Brazil fall 1-7to Germany in FIFA World Cup 2014 semi-finals at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, ranked as worst defeat by host nation.
• Murali Vijay's fourth Test century and MS Dhoni's 30th Test fifty helped India finish on a strong 259/4 at stumps on day one of the first Test at Trent Bridge today.
   
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