Current Affairs For Bank, IBPS Exams - 17 May, 2014

Current Affairs For Bank, IBPS Exams

A cut in water supplies in the Syrian city of Aleppo has been condemned by the head of the United Nations.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that preventing people from access to safe water denies them a “fundamental right”.
A statement from his office added that denying civilians essential supplies is a breach of international and humanitarian law.
Rebels from the al Qaida-linked Nusra Front cut water supplies in the city nearly two weeks ago.
He said that the group has tried to resume pumping water but that supplies are erratic.

A Lao military aircraft carrying top officials including its defence minister crashed in the north of the Communist country Laos.
The aircraft was carrying about 20 people including Defence Minister Douangchay Phichit, the Vientiane governor and other prominent figures, foreign ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee told AFP quoting information from the Thai embassy in Vientiane.
There was no immediate confirmation from Laos’s secretive communist government.
In October last year a civilian airplane operated by Lao Airlines plunged into the Mekong River in bad weather killing all 49 people on board.

The board of directors of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has recommended the appointment of Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s wife and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation Nita M. Ambani, as a director on the board of RIL.
She is being nominated to the board in place of Ramnik H. Ambani, who is retiring at the age of 90 years.
Approval of the shareholders will be sought in the 40th AGM being held on June 18.

Barcelona and Lionel Messi have agreed an improved contract that will reportedly make the four-time World Player of the Year soccer's best-paid player with a net annual salary of 20 million euros ($27.4 million).
The Argentina captain would also regain control of his image rights, further boosting the income of a man Forbes magazine estimates is the 10th highest-earning athlete, with annual revenues of $41.2 million including wages and endorsements.
FC Barcelona has reached an agreement to adjust the terms in the contract binding Leo Messi to the club as a professional first team player.
Messi is Barca's all-time leading scorer with 354 goals in 424 official games and news of the deal is a boost for the club before Saturday's La Liga showdown against Atletico Madrid