26 JULY 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

Uttar Pradesh tops in online obscene cases

• The number of cases for the publication of obscene content case online in the country was declined
• 758 cases were registered and among 738, 371 cases registered from Uttar Pradesh
• Karantaka-72, Rajasthan-55, Kerala-46, Punjab-45 and Maharashtra-17 were registered
• In 2013 Andra Pradesh registered the maximum with 234 cases which declined to five in 2014
• Current survey of 2014 758 Cases filed and 191 were solved 313 pending for trial and 491 were arrested

Goa terminates JICA project Director

• Goa Government sacked JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) water project director A.M Wachasunder
• The termination is based on the preliminary inquiry report of the crime Branch of the state in the Louis Berger bribery case
• The action against him is to ensure a free and fair probe in the case which is in progress

Pope Sign up for World Youth Day

• Pope Francis became the first person registered for next year's world youth day festival
• The next edition of the global meeting of ctholic youth will be held next July in Krakow, Poland
• It was organised in Rio de Janerio in 2013 after elecition of Pope Francis

Police verification of passports set to go online in Bangaluru

• Bangaluru is the first city in India to get the police verification online as a part of implementation of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS)
• By implementing the new system applicant coulg get the passport in 10 days
• In the current situation police verification takes major cause for delay in the entire process
• The access to the applicants history made easy to both police and passport office

Vettel wins for Ferrari

• Sebastian Vettel won HungarianGrand Prix for Ferrari 
• This was his second win of the season
• Rumian Daniel Kvyat took second place