25 JULY 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS

Janagraha voice survey in 21 cities: Delhi poor in policing


  • Voice of India Citizens (VOICE) study conducted annual survey by the Bangalore based Uraban governing group Janagraha surveyed in 21 cities based on the quality of life and civic amenities 
  • 25,000 People responds to the survey from 21 cities in VOICE 2014
  • The gauge of the study is what citizens think about civic services
     Details of Survey
  • Policing least in Delhi. Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad were more satisfied
  • Delhi and Mumbai high on civic amenities
  • Water problem maximum in Chennai 
  • Mumbai have the best power supply system
  • Kolkatta first in Women safety
  • Ahmadabad, Surat, Jaipur, Kanpur, Patana and Bhopal had less quality road according to the survey

Cricketers discharged in spot-fixing case

  • 36 accused in the spot fixing case were discharged by the sessions court including players
  • Rajasthan Royal players S.Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Aket Charan were arrested in 2013 for the case among the 36
  • The court observed that their is no strong evidence against the 36 and can't prove their connection Dawood Ibrahim
  • The police put them under MCOCA law in the spot fixing case
     MCOCA Law
  • Maharashtra Council of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) enacted by the Maharashtra Government in 1999 against the organised crime and terrorism
  • This is a non bailable offense
  • If a case under the MCOCA Law then the accused himself proved in the court with solid evidence that he is innocent 

PM Presented ICAR award to Gargi Parsai


  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented senior Journallist Gargi Parsai with the Indian Council of Agricutural Research (ICAR) award
  • She has been writing on the subject of Agriculture, Food Security, Water Resources and rural development over two decades
  • She wrote various issues relating fram research and development
  • She is the winner of Prem Bhatia award in Journalism

Former Governor R.S Gavai passed away

  • Former Governor and RPI leader R.S Gavai passed away at the age of 86
  • He was the fromer governor of Bihar 2006 and Kerala 2008
  • Mr. Garvai was an agriculturist and had been a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council for 30 years from 1964
  • He was the Deputy Chairman of the Council from 1968 to 1978 and Chairman from  1968-1984

Tunisia Passes Anti Terrorism Law

  • Parliament of Tunisia Passes the new Anti-Terrorism Law in their parliament without any opposition
  • The law had submitted in the parliament years before and fast-tracked after a gunman attacked National Museum and killed 21 Foreign tourist
     The LAW
  • It raises the amount of time police can hold the suspects without charge and without contact the lawyer from 6 to 15 days
  • Death is the maximum penalty for terrorism if it causes any loss of life in terrorism attack

China successfully tests new carrier rocket

  • China has successfully tested the power system of a fifth generation carrier rocket scheduled for flight next year carrying twice the capacity of the payload by the present carrier
  • The rocket will have a payload capacity of 25 tonnes to low Earth orbits, or 14 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit, this is the twice the capacity of current
  • The rocket will serve the final chapter of China's three-step - orbiting, landing and returning - lunar program
  • The Long March rocket family has completed more than 200 missions since 1970, when a Long March-1 rocket sent China's first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1

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