Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 28 August 2014

Odisha Civil Service prelims exam results scrapped

Just a day after the Orissa High Court ordered the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) to dispose of an application pertaining to Odisha Civil Service (Preliminary) Examination-2011, the Tribunal scrapped the results of the preliminary examination published in June.
Disposing of the application filed by Priyambada Das of Rourkela, the acting chairman of the Tribunal S. N. Das quashed the results and directed the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) to publish afresh results within two months after awarding pro rata grace marks to students wherever required.
With this direction from the SAT, the OPSC is now in a quandary and there is confusion among students about the Main examinations, which were scheduled to begin on September 6.
OPSC sources said they would soon take a stand after examining the SAT judgment.

The Union Cabinet lifted the restriction of one LPG cylinder per month to a domestic consumer. While households will still get only 12 cylinders in a year at subsidised rates.
The monthly cap has been lifted in view of complaints from consumers regarding the limited access to LPG imposed by the earlier restriction.
Now consumers can avail themselves of their quota of 12 cylinders at any time of the year.

Angry customers haggling with milk-booth operators for change is a common sight.
Keeping this in mind and to promote cashless transactions, Delhi-NCR’s largest milk supplier, Mother Dairy, has teamed up with the State Bank of India to make everyone’s life easier with the help of a smart card.