12th February 2015 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs

• U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi for the fifth India-U.S. Economic and Financial Partnership Dialogue.
• The dialogue will focus on capital market reforms and economic policies between the two countries.
• Lew, who is on a two-day visit to India, met leading business heads in Mumbai yesterday at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and US-India Business Council Roundtable.

National Affairs

• A Mumbai Court directs city police to file FIR against  14 people,  including producer-director Karan Johar, actor Ranvir Singh, Arjun Kapoor, actresses Deepika Padukone, and Alia Bhatt, stand up comedians, and venue officials and other participants of controversial AIB Roast programme.

• The video of the show went viral on YouTube.
• It was, however, later taken down from YouTube after protests erupted over the use of expletives and sexually explicit jokes and the Maharashtra government ordered a probe.
• Under section 177 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a metropolitan court has the statutory jurisdiction over the place of offence.
• The sections under which the complaint would be registered include section 120-b (criminal conspiracy), sections 294, 509 (speaking vulgar, obscene and pornographic words publicly before a women audience) of the Indian Penal Code, Section 67 and 66 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (circulation of obscene, pornographic content on the internet).
• The provisions of Bombay Police Act 1951, the Environment Protect Act, 1986, and Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 would also be included in the FIR.
• Social activist Anna Hazare is going to protest against land acquisition bill in Delhi on 24th of this month.

Deaths

• Veteran CBS News correspondent Bob Simon (73), an award-winning war reporter & longtime correspondent for the "60 Minutes" news show, has died in a car accident in Manhattan.

Business & Economy

• Apple became the first company to reach a market value of $700 billion as shares vaulted amid upbeat news on the US tech giant's gains in the smartphone market and soon-to-arrive smartwatch.
• CEO - Tim Cook

Science & Technology

• Experimental aerospace firm SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Florida after two planned attempts were scrapped earlier in the week.
• The mission will monitor changes in solar wind, to warn forecasters of changes which affect satellites, power grids and communication systems.

Sports

• ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
• The 11th Edition of Cricket World Cup officially known as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, opened today with a vibrant opening ceremony at Christchurch, New Zealand.
• Thousands of fans filled the leafy Hagley Park to witness the launch of the first World Cup in New Zealand and Australia in 23 years.
• The formal part began with a lone bagpiper and ended with a booming fireworks display, which some say was the biggest in the city's history.
• The first match of the tournament will take place at the Hagley Oval between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on February 14.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wished each and every player of Indian cricket team playing in the World Cup in a series of tweets today.
• Modi posted 15 tweets for the 15-member Indian squad, who will open their World Cup title defence against arch-rivals Pakistan on February 15.

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