Current Affairs 9th July 2014

Current Affairs 9th July 2014

Updated : 09-Jul-2014

Current Affairs 9th July 2014 - Important Points
Current Affairs 9th July 2014 - Details
Emma Watson appointed as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
Among the international Current Affairs, On 8th July British Actress Emma Watson (24) was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women. The actress, 24, joins the United Nations organisation, which is dedicated to furthering gender equality.

Watson is the first Goodwill Ambassador appointment under Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s leadership. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women.
UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to issues of gender equaUN Women is the UN organization dedicated to issues of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.
TRAI notifies minimum broadband speed at 512 kbps
Telecom sector regulator TRAI has notified that the minimum broadband speed has been raised to 512 kilo bytes per second (kbps) from the earlier 256 kbps. Accordingly, the new definition of broadband is "a data connection that is able to support interactive services including internet access and has the capability of minimum download speed of 512 kbps to an individual subscriber from the point of presence (POP) of the service provider intending to provide broadband service".
The regulations will come into force after publication in the official gazette.
According to National Telecom Policy 2012, the government aims to raise the broadband download speed of to 512 kbps from 256 kbps and subsequently to 2 Mbps by 2015. According to Trai data, total broadband subscribers in the country rose by 5.82 per cent to 65.33 million at the end of May 2014 from 61.74 million at the end of April 2014.
India, UK discuss civil nuclear, extradition, trade ties
India and the UK today decided to soon launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation during a meeting between the External Affairs Minister and her British counterpart, who pushed for sale of its Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) despite its Eurofighter Typhoon losing out to France's Rafale. The decision was taken during the visit of UK foreign secretary of state William Hague to India. He visited India on 7- 8 July 2014. The discussions were wide-ranging and extensive and covered variety of issues like civil nuclear cooperation, extradition, counter-terrorism and cyber issues as well as security situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. The issues mainly included economic ties between the two countries.

At present, the Bilateral trade between the UK and India stands at 15 billion US dollars.
UN panel rules for Bangladesh in Bay of Bengal dispute
India has welcomed a UN tribunal's judgment on a maritime boundary dispute with Bangladesh, awarding the neighbouring nation nearly four-fifths of an area sprawling over 25,000 sq km (9,700 sq miles) in the Bay of Bengal.
The verdict by the UN's Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ended a sea border dispute that has been on the table since 1974. Now, all that remains for India is to ratify the land boundary agreement in Parliament which will resolve the land boundary issue as well.
The verdict, binding on both countries, opens the way for Bangladesh to explore for oil and gas in the Bay of Bengal, the site of important energy reserves.
This verdict brings an end to the arbitration process of Bangladesh, started in 2009 under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), over disputes with Myanmar and India. The argument focussed on issues including the location of the land boundary terminus, delimitation of the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, and the continental shelf within and beyond 200 nautical miles.