14 September 2012 Current Affairs
Cabinet Allows FDI in Retail, Aviation, Broadcasting
The Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cleared the decision to operationalise 51 per cent FDI in multi-brand retail ,49% FDI in Foreign Airlines ,74%FDI in Broadcast Services and 49%FDI in Power Trading Exchanges.
Dhoni named captain of ICC ODI team, Kohli, Gambhir in XI
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named captain of ICC’s ‘ODI Team of the Year’ which also includes Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir.This is for the fifth consecutive year in a row that Dhoni has been selected in ICC’s ‘ODI Team of the Year’.ICC awards are announced in Colombo on 15th September 2012.
800-year-old Chinese encyclopaedia on display in Taiwan
Taiwan (AP) – An 800-year-old Chinese encyclopaedia is on display at a book fair in Taipei. The rare publication was recently purchased by a Chinese publishing house for US$33 million (S$40.5 million) at an auction in Beijing.
Worldwide protests against the film “Innocence of Muslims”
The attacks will be continued on 14th September 2012 also in several countries, including Egypt, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia due the release of the film Innocence of Muslims.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has denounced as “hateful” an anti-Islam movie produced in the United States.