Current Affairs 20^th June 2014 | Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly is Kodela SivaPrasad Rao

Gerry Goffin Co-writer died

20.06.2014: Gerry Goffin Co-writer died at the age of 75. He had given numerous hits from 60’s to 70’s. He died in Los Angeles. His major hits were Pleasant Valley Sunday, Take Good Care of My Baby, and The Loco Motion.

2014 Pen Pinter Prize winner is Salman Rushdie

20.06.2014: 2014 Pen Pinter Prize winner is Salman Rushdie. He is India Born Booker prize winning author. He achieved this award for his support for the freedom of expression and for his outstanding literary output. He was 67 year old. He would be given this award on 9^th October 2014 at British Library in London.

Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly is Kodela SivaPrasad Rao

20.06.2014: Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly is Kodela SivaPrasad Rao. He is the senior Telugu Desam Leader and MLA from Sattenapalli Constituency of Guntur district. Kodela elected unanimously.

Astra BVR missile test fired from Goa

20.06.2014: Indian Air Force Test fired Astra BVR Air- to- Air Missile from naval range off Goa. Missile successfully demonstrated interception of an electronically simulated target at long range.

Foreign Tourists arrivals in India in May 2014 have grown by 9.7%

20.06.2014: Foreign Tourists arrivals in India in May 2014 have grown by 9.7%. FTAs in the month of May 2014 are 4.21 lakhs as against 3.84 lakh in May 2013. During 2012, FTAs was 3.74 lakhs. Foreign exchange earnings also increased from Rs.6092 crores in May 2013 to Rs.7403 crores in May 2014.

SAARC Monsoon Initiative programme National working group meet Organised in Madhya Pradesh

20.06.2014: SAARC Monsoon Initiative programme National working group meet Organised in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. In this meeting it was discussed to take steps to link training and research programmes with meteorology related information between different stakeholders.

Rs.2, 74,705 Crore budget planned for Uttar Pradesh which is tax free

20.06.2014: Tax free budget planned for the Uttar Pradesh government. This budget is for Rs.2, 74,705 crores. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav presented this budget for the fiscal year 2014-15 with the proposed deficit budget of Rs.4132 crores. Major highlight of the budget is towards the infrastructural facilities such as power, irrigation, roads and bridges.

Passengers fare increased by 14.2 % in all the classes in Indian Railways

20.06.2014: Passengers fare increased by 14.2 % in all the classes in Indian Railways. Freight charges are also increased by 6.5 %. These rates will be implemented from 25^th June 2014. Out of 14.2 % passenger fare hike increased by 10% and 4.2 % additional hike is towards the FAC (Fuel Adjustment Component).

Taiwanese Poet Yu Hsi translated 1330 couplets of Tirukkural

20.06.2014: Taiwanese Poet Yu Hsi translated 1330 couplets of Tirukkural. It is one of the collections of Sangam Literature. He also translated poems of poet Subramanya Bharathi in Mandarin, Chinese Language. To know the greatness of the Tirukkural, translation was done.

myCopter Project Day will be held in Germany

20.06.2014: myCopter Project Day will be held in Braunschweig in Germany. This day will be celebrated on 20^th November 2014. Announcement was made by myCopter coordinator Prof. Dr.Heinrich Bulthoff. Aim is to design Personal Aerial Vehicles and an effective, efficient and user friendly Personal Aerial Transportation System.