Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 24 January 2015

:: National ::

Irom Sharmila arrested again

A day after being released from jail, rights activist Irom Chanu Sharmila was arrested once again under the same charge of attempt to commit suicide by continuing her indefinite fast.
Imphal West Superintendent of Police Jhaljit told PTI that Ms. Sharmila was arrested under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code. She has been arrested for the same crime, but it is a different case .
Imphal East district chief judicial magistrate rejected charges of attempt to suicide against the 42-year-old, who is on an indefinite fast for 14 years demanding the repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).She is in a government hospital under police custody, where she is force-fed through the nose.

:: International ::

Salman is new ruler of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s elderly King Abdullah died and was replaced by his half-brother Salman as the absolute ruler of the world’s top oil exporter and the spiritual home of Islam.
Global leaders paid tribute to the late monarch, a cautious reformer who led his kingdom through a turbulent decade in a region shaken by the Arab Spring uprisings and Islamic extremism.
Another of the late monarch’s half-brothers, Moqren, was named the new crown prince.
In his first public statement as the new ruler, the 79-year-old King Salman vowed to maintain a steady course for the conservative kingdom.

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:: Business & Economy ::

TVS Srichakra to launch radial tyres

TVS Srichakra Ltd., a well-known maker of two-wheeler, three-wheeler and off-road tyres, will be launching radial tyres for motorcycles soon. Unveiling the company’s new identity and logo — TVS TYRES — here , P. Vijayaraghavan, Director of the company, said the new logo conveyed strength, speed and dynamism.
Talking to reporters, he said there was a rapid increase in tubeless tyres in the country with manufacturers incorporating it in the new vehicles. The concept was catching up fast, and they were also significantly increasing the production of tubeless tyres for the motorcycles and scooters segments.

:: Science & Technology ::

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:: Sports ::

Undertaking a must to contest BCCI elections

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling that BCCI members with commercial interest in BCCI-organised events — including the IPL — are not eligible to contest the BCCI elections, the candidates will have to give an undertaking to that effect to the BCCI.
Elections are to be held for the post of principal office-bearers (president, secretary, jt. secretary and treasurer) and five vice-presidents.
Apart from the IPL, the BCCI organises tournaments in the senior, junior and women’s categories and also organises the annual awards and the M.A.K. Pataudi Memorial lecture. Many other committees are also nominated by each zone. Generally BCCI office-bearers obtain unanimity for selection committees, but there have been occasions when selectors have been elected.
The BCCI by-laws also specify eligibility rules for members wanting to contest elections. Past or present office-bearers or vice-presidents, except the president or a member who has represented his association at two AGMs, can contest for the post of office-bearer (secretary, jt. Secretary and vice-president).
The president must be a past or present office-bearer or vice-president of the Board nominated by at least two full members from the zone, whose turn it is as per the principle of rotation.
He must have attended two AGMs representing a full member.
The BCCI’s rules also say that such candidate or candidates (for the post of president) need not be from the same zone that is exercising its right of nomination by rotation.
According to the by-laws of the BCCI, the office-bearers and vice-presidents who get elected at the next AGM will have a tenure of three years.
But the question now though is, will the BCCI be forced to conduct another election in September 2015, should the Supreme Court’s three-member panel recommend amendments to the eligibility rules for elections.
The Supreme Court has said that the three-member committee’s deliberations will not affect the BCCI AGM and elections to be held within six weeks.