*CURRENT AFFAIRS (07:05:2014)

1. Italian football club 'Juventus'
clinches its 3rd successive, and
30th overall, Serie A title.
- Serie A is the premier
championship of Italian football
clubs.
2. England's Mark Selby stuns
compatriot Ronnie O'Sullivan to
win his maiden world snooker
championship.
- He denied Ronnie O'Sullivan, the
five-time world snooker
champion, his third successive
title having pipped him by 18-14
in the final.
3. RBI allows minor above 10
years to independently open and
operate savings bank accounts.
- Though banks are free to fix the
minimum age and maximum
balance of minor account holder.
- At present, banks allow minors
(below 18) to operate bank
accounts only along with a parent
or a guardian.
- The measure is seen as a move
to boost financial inclusion in the
country.
4. Scientist discovers a new
element with atomic number 117.
- The second-heaviest element
ever created by humans after
ununoctium (118) has temporarily
been named Ununseptium".
- It will soon get an official name
and join the periodic table after
the approval of International
Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC).
5. Supreme Court strikes down
section 6A of the Delhi Special
Police Establishment Act (DSPEA)
that warranted prior government
sanction for probe against senior
bureaucrats (above the rank of
Joint Secretary) on corruption
charges.
- The apex court ruled that status
of bureaucrats is of no relevance
to the offence under the
provisions of Prevention of
Corruption Act (PCA).
6. The Supreme Court revokes
Karnataka government decision to
make Kannada the mandatory
medium of instructions in all
primary schools in the state.
- The court criticized the attempt
stating that government can't
impose mother tongue on
linguistic minority for imparting
primary education.
7. BCCI suspends Rajasthan Cricket
Association to avoid dealing with
its newly elected president Lalit
Modi; forms an ad-hoc body to
run its cricket affairs.
- The former IPL commissioner
was banned for life by BCCI in
September 2013 for causing
financial irregularities during his
tenure as such.
8. Bharti Enterprises founder and
chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal will
co-chair this year's edition of the
World Economic Forum on Africa.
- Bharti Airtel, world's fourth
largest mobile operator, is the
largest mobile operator in Africa
in terms of geographical
footprint.
- The event, is to be held in Abuja
(Nigeria) from May 7, has "Forging
Inclusive Growth, Creating Jobs"
as its theme.