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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

25 Mar 2016

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Former Bosnian Serb Leader Jailed for 40 Years

  • UN judges have convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the worst war crime in Europe since World War Two, and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
  • Karadzic, former President of the breakaway Bosnian Serb Republic, was found guilty on 10 out of 11 charges brought by war crimes prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal.
  • The accused was the sole person within the Bosnian Serb Republic with the power to prevent the killing of the Bosnian Muslim males.
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ENVIRONMENT

Fossil Fuel Use Must Fall Twice as Fast as Thought

  • As per climate scientists, the world has to cut global warming to the limits agreed by 195 nations in Paris last December, it has to cut fossil fuel combustion at an even faster rate than anybody had predicted.
  • The global exploitation of fossil fuels has driven the expansion of agriculture, the growth of economies, a sevenfold growth in human population, a sea level rise of 14 cm and a temperature rise of, so far, 1C.
  • To stop temperatures increasing another 3C or more and sea levels rising by more than a metre, humans have to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Heineken Ups Stake in United Breweries

  • Heineken International consolidated its stake in United Breweries by picking up over 21 lakh shares of Vijay Mallya-led firm for Rs. 179 crore through open market transactions.
  • The shares were purchased at about Rs. 846 apiece.
  • Individually, Heineken bought over 15.2 lakh shares from ECL Finance and six lakh scrips from Yes Bank.
  • At the end of December last, Heineken held 42.2% stake in UBL through three companies - Heineken International B V, Heineken UK and Scottish & Newscastle India.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Smallest Ever Viable Genome

  • American scientists have created the smallest viable genome existing in nature with just enough essential genes for an organism to function and reproduce on its own.
  • The synthetic genome of this bacterium, dubbed JCVI-syn3.0, only carries 473 genes, compared to about 20,000 for a human being.
  • the genome contains nearly all genes involved in reading and expressing the genetic information in the genome, as well as in preserving genetic information across generations.
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SPORTS

Shane Watson to Retire

  • Australian all-rounder Shane Watson will retire from international cricket after the the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 in India.
  • Watson, 34, had retired from Test cricket at the end of last year\'s Ashes tour of England, and he has not played One Day International cricket since September last year.
  • Watson made his international debut in a ODI match against South Africa in 2002, and is the last player from Australia\'s dominant era of the early 2000s.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Ex Gratia Amount for Martyrs' Family Hiked

  • Haryana Chief Minister increased the ex-gratia, from Rs. 20 lakh to Rs. 50 lakh, given to the family of an Armed Forces personnel who lays down his life for the country.
  • Ex-gratia is paid to members of the families of Armed Forces personnel who die in harness in the performance of bona fide official duties while serving in operational areas, war, terrorist or militant attack, border skirmishes and United Nation Peace Keeping Force, etc.
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