Current affairs updates for today :-
Business and Economy
- According to 4th Bi-Monthly Policy Statement announced by Reserve Bank of India has kept the policy rates unchanged i.e. 8%.
- Google discontinued Orkut yesterday,
Politics
- According to the report of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released recently, 10,000 vertebrate species populations reported during the period 1970 to 2010 through Living planet Index.
- Indo-US Combined Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2014 concluded in Uttarakhand under US Army Pacific Partnership Programme.
- Afghanistan signed the Bilateral Security Agreement with United States of America. The basic aim of this agreement is that to allow US troops to remain the country till the next year i.e. 2015.
- Global Citizen Festival which is 3rd in number held at famous Central Park in New York. The famous personalities of all over the World attended the festival, Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi is one of that personalities.
- The Vision Statement issued under the title ‘Chalein Saath-Saath : Forward Together We go’ between India and United States of America to boost the strategic ties and to fight against terrorism. The Vision Statement came into force during the meeting between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and President of USA Barack Obama at White House in Washington DC.
- On 27th September 2014 World Tourism Day observed which celebrates annually on 27th September. The very first time World Tourism Day was celebrated in the year 1980 under the guidelines of United Nations World Tourism Organization.
- On 28th September 2014, ‘Occupy Central’, a civil disobedience movement started in Hong Kong to do the electoral reforms in the country.
Deaths
- On 29th September 2014, Mohammad Ghouse, former Cricket Umpire died. He was the former Chairman of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. He is from India.
