*CURRENT AFFAIRS (07:07:2014)

1. The world's largest mall is to come up at Dubai (UAE).
- The shopping mall namely "Mall of the World" will cover an area of 8
million-square foot.
- Its part of an ambitious township project spreading over 50 million
square feet which will include approximately 100 hotels, a theme park,
numerous theaters, and medical tourism facilties.
- The township, when complete, will also be the first
temperature-controlled city in the world.
2. Senegal PM Aminata Toure has been fired by the President Macky Sall
for her failure to win a seat from Dakar in the 2014 local elections.
- Senegal, a republic with Presidential form of government, is the
only west African country never to have faced a military coup.
- The President, since 2001, is elected for a five year term instead of 7.
3. Haryana government decides to constitute a separate 'Haryana
Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee' (HSGPC) for the Sikhs of the
state.
- Its primary job is to manage the Sikh shrines across the state.
- The body will be elected on the pattern of Punjab's Amritsar- based SGPC.
- The move, understandably,has elicited stiff opposition from
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of Punjab who calls it an attempt by the
ruling party (Congress) to divide the Sikhs for political gains.
- At present, SAD-backed SGPC takes care of this work in 3 states of
Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
4. Harun Rashid Khan gets a two-year extension as the Deputy Governor
of the Reserve Bank of India.
- He had taken charge as the central bank deputy governor in July 2011
for a three-year term.
4. A panel headed by C.Rangarajan, former Chairman of PMEAC (Prime
Minister's Economic Advisory Council), has dismissed the Suresh
Tendulkar Committee report on estimating poverty. The report submitted
by Rangarajan to Planning Minister Rao Inderjit Singh recently stated
that the number of poor in India was much higher in 2011-12 at 29.5%
of the population. What was the poverty figure stated for the same
year in the Suresh Tendulkar Committee report, which was severely
criticized for its findings? – 21.9%(According to the Rangarajan
panel, poverty stood at 38.2% in 2009-10 and slid to 29.5% in 2011-12.
This is at variance with the Tendulkar methodology under which poverty
was estimated at 29.8% in 2009-10 and declined to 21.9% in 2011-12.
This finding of C.Rangarajan committee means that 3 out of 10 persons
in India are poor. The Planning Commission in May 2012 had constituted
the expert group under C. Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee
methodology for estimating poverty
6. Gujarat Governor Dr. Kamla Beniwal was on 6 July 2014 shifted as
the new Governor of which state by the Union Govt.? – Mizoram(It is
worth mentioning that Kamla Beniwal had been involved in a long tussle
with the Gujarat Govt. then led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over
the appointment of Lokayukta in the state and the matter had gone to
court. Mizoram Governor Vakkom Purushothaman was shifted as Governor
of Nagaland. Governor of Rajasthan Margaret Alva will discharge the
functions of Governor of Gujarat in addition to her own duties until
regular arrangements for the office of the Governor of Gujarat are
made. Purushothaman will also continue to hold the additional charge
of the office of the Governor of Tripura)
7.Who won the Wimbledon men's singles title for 2014 on 6 July 2014? –
Novak Djokovic(Serbia's Djokovic defeated his opponent Roger Federer
(Switzerland) in five close sets 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4 in an
epic final. This was the second Wimbledon singles title for Djokovic
and seventh Grand Slam title overall. He had won his first Wimbledon
title in 2011. On the other hand, Federer was aiming to win his record
8thWimbledon title by winning this final)
8. Who won the British F1 Grand Prix for 2014 on 6 July 2014, which
was the 50thedition of British Grand Prix at Silverstone circuit? –
Lewis Hamilton of Britain (This was Hamilton's 27thcareer victory,
his fifth of the season and his second at his home race, which he won
in 2008 while driving for McLaren. Valtteri Bottas (Williams) was
second while Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) finished at third place.
Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg could not complete the race. Force
India's Nico Hulkenburg (Germany) finished the race at 8th position