8 July 2012 Current Affairs
Roger Federer Won Wimbledon Title 2012
Roger Federer regained the Wimbledon crown when he beat Andy Murray in four sets in the final on 1 July 2012. The victory was his 17th majot title. He had won 7 Wimbledon titles yet and equaled the pete sampra’s record. The master also equaled the Americans’s record of 286 weeks at the top, starting on 9 July 2012.
Tokyo Conference Pleders $16 billion to Afghanistan
International donors on 8 July 2012 pledged $16 billion in badly needed development aid for Afghanistan over the next 4 years.The major donor’s conference, attended by about 70 countries and organizations, is aimed at setting aid levels for the crucial period through and beyond 2014,when most NATO led foreign troops will leave and the wartorn country will assume responsibility for most of its own security.Afghanistan president Humid Karzai urged the international community not to abandon his country.
DNS Changer Virus
Tens of Thousand of people around the world whose computers were infected with malware known as “DNS Changer” away lose their internet access on 9 July 2012 after the expiry of a US government fix. The virus was created by a gang of cyber criminals to redirect Internet traffic by hijacking the domain name systems of web browsers.The ring behind the DNS changer virus, discovered in 2007, was shut down last year by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI): Estonian police and other law enforcement agencies. Because the virus controlled so much internet traffic, authorities obtained a court order to allow the FBI to operate replacement servers which allow traffic to flow normally , even from infected computers.
Wimbledon 2012
Wimbledon 2012 was a 14 day sporting even commenced on 25 June 2012 & concluded on 8 July 2012.
Serena Williams of US beat Agnieszka Radwanka of Poland to claim ‘Ladies Singles Title’.It was her fifth Wimbledon and 14th Grand Slam Single’s Title.
In Ladies doubles, Serena Williams and Venus Williams emerged victorious as they defeated Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.
The mixed doubles Title was grabbed by Mike Brayan and Lisa Raymond by defeating Leander Paes and Eleba vesnina.
The Men’s Doubles title was grabbed by Jonatham Marray and Frederick Nielson.