Daily Current Affairs : 31st August 2013

1. In the first conviction in the December 16 gang-rape case, the juvenile accused was on Saturday found guilty of murder and rape of the 23-year-old girl but he got away with a maximum of three years imprisonment mandated under the juvenile law.

2. The Reserve Bank of India, RBI, has permitted premature encashment of 8 per cent Savings (Taxable) Bonds for individual investors who are 60 years and above.

3. Gram Panchayats will get broadband speed of up to 100 Mbps under a government project that aims to connect all 2.5 lakh panchayats in the country over the next two years, Parliament was informed on Friday.

4. The Public Enterprises Selection Board on 30 August 2013 recommended Dinesh K Sarraf as the next head of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). He will succeed Sudhir Vasudeva, who superannuates in February 2014. Dinesh K Sarraf is 56-year-old.

5. Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court was on 30 August 2013 appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

6. Smt Sonia Gandhi, UPA Chairperson launches 'Ahimsa Messenger' programme of Ministry of Women & Child Development at Rohini, New Delhi.

7. Over 8,000 Indians sign up for one-way trip to Mars. India stands fourth among other countries of the world with 8,107 applicants.

8. Petrol price hiked by Rs 2.35 per litre, diesel by 50 paise.

9. India's Somdev Devvarman crashes out of US Open Tennis.

10. India storms into the final of Men's Asia Cup Hockey; To meet Korea for the title tomorrow.

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