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Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 24 August 2014

First indigenously built stealth corvette inducted

Indigenously built stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kamorta was commissioned into the Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy at a grand ceremony.
Commander Manoj Jha read the commissioning warrant in the presence of Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command Vice Admiral Satish Soni, Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition Vice Admiral A Subedar and Chairman and Managing Director Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Rear Admiral (retd) AK Verma.
Following the breaking of Commissioning Penant, National Flag and Navy Ensign were hoisted for the first time on the ship.

“A labour problem cannot be solved using police force,” said Justice P. Devadass of the Madras High Court, while releasing on conditional bail 167 workers arrested on the Independence Day for staging a demonstration at the Kancheepuram Collectorate.
The judge said the arrested could not be treated as hardened criminals as they did not possess any lethal weapon.
The police or public or public officials were not their enemies. They were airing their grievance against the management of a company.

The Supreme Court refused to stay or postpone the Civil Services Preliminary Examination scheduled .
At a special sitting, a Bench of Justices J.S. Khehar and Arun Mishra told the counsel for the petitioner: “You only raised questions on the comprehension part, that has already been removed and the defect remedied. Further, nine lakh students are ready to appear in the examination and it cannot be postponed.”
The Bench dismissed the petition filed by candidate Angesh Kumar.
The petitioner said the government and the UPSC had not addressed the demands of the aspirants and a lot of time had been lost in agitation. He prayed for staying Sunday’s examination and a direction to postpone the exam by two months, which the court rejected.