Daily Current Affairs : 28th September 2013

1. The Nation is celebrating the 106th birth anniversary of the great son of the soil, Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, today. Bhagat Singh was born on 28 September, 1907 at Banga, Lyallpur district, in a family which was already involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj. 

2. World Rabies Day observed on 28 September 2013 across the world to raise awareness about the impact of rabies disease and to deliver the message that rabies is preventable.The theme for the year 2013 is "Rabies: Understand it to defeat it". The World Rabies Day is observed each year on 28 September- on the death anniversary of Louis Pasteur who developed the first efficacious rabies vaccine with his colleagues. 

3. World Bank funded North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) would be executed in four northeastern states - Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, to uplift the economic condition of the rural people, officials said. "Under the NERLP, various livelihood generation schemes including farming would be undertaken in the selected districts of the four northeastern states,

4. Bangladesh, on Friday, began importing electricity from India on an experimental basis, adding 50 MW to the national grid. The import, which took roughly three years to materialise after it was decided in 2010, was part of the country’s plan to help ease the crisis. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2010 regarding import of 500 MW of power from India. 

5. The Kirit Parikh panel on fuel pricing has suggested that the diesel prices should be increased by Rs 1-1.50 a litre every month as against the 45-50 paise monthly hike followed currently.  The high-level panel headed by former Planning Commission Member Kirit Parikh has also suggested a draft trade parity mechanism for determining diesel price.

6.  The International Monetary Fund approved a standby loan of nearly two billion euros to match a backup loan of the same size requested from the European Union. The IMF loan is a two-year standby arrangement for 1.98 billion euros, to give the government space to continue reforms.

7. Five years after India and the US signed a landmark civil nuclear deal, the two countries have clinched the first commercial agreement on civilian nuclear power cooperation that was stalled over India's nuclear liability law. President Barack Obama announced the agreement on Friday after his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House Oval Office. 

8. Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner presented with the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award (Harvard Humanitarian of the year) by Harvard University on 27 September 2013. 16 years old Malala received the award by Dr Allen Counter, Director of the Harvard Foundation for her contribution in promoting the education among girls.

9. In Madhya Pradesh, a special court of Mandla district convicted IAS officer Shashi Karnawat in a corruption case and sentenced her to five years in jail and a fine of Rs. 50 lakh. The court also sentenced three others in the case. Karnawat had allegedly misused her official position to benefit a company for purchase of stationary worth about Rs. 35 lakh.

10. A 9-Metre bronze statue of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in Pretoria in December to kick off celebrations of 20 years of democracy of south Africa. President Jacob Zuma will unveil the statue of the anti-aoartheid icon at the union buldings on Reconcilation Day on December 16.

11. India wasted a two-goal advantage to draw 3-3 against hosts Malaysia in their last inconsequential round-robin match of The Sultan of Johor Cup Under-21 hockey tournament, here on Saturday.

12. Tiger Woods was named U.S. PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time on the strength of his five big wins and return to No. 1 in the world. It was the third time Woods won the Jack Nicklaus Award despite not winning a major. 

13. Sania Mirza captured her fourth title of the season and 18th overall with Cara Black of Zimbabwe, recording a come-from-behind win over Liezel Huber and Hao Ching Chan to lift the Pan Pacific Open trophy in Tokyo on Saturday.

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