*CURRENT AFFAIRS (12:07:2014)

1. Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava becomes the first joint
winner of 2014 George Polya Prize.
- His team of three was honoured for unraveling a problem which had
eluded mathematicians for over half a century.
- They found the solution to the Kadison-Singer conjecture that
pertains to the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics.
- The biennial George Polya Prize is given alternately in two
categories: for a notable application of combinatorial theory; and for
a notable contribution in another area of interest like as
approximation theory, complex analysis, number theory, orthogonal
polynomials, probability theory, mathematical discovery and learning.
- It was instituted in 1969 to honour the Hungarian mathematician
"Polya" who is known for his fundamental advances in combinatorics,
numerical analysis, number theory and probability theory.
2. US plans to create the world's largest marine sanctuary in Pacific Ocean
- The plan is to expand the existing Pacific Remote Islands Marine
National Monument in the central Pacific from around 225,000 to 2
million square kilometers.
- The largest protected area on the earth - either on land or sea -
will be two times larger than the currently largest protected area
located in Greenland.
3. World Population Day 2014 is observed across the globe on July 11.
- The event highlights the issues related to global population.
- The theme for this year is "Investing in Young People".
- It was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) in 1989.
4. MP Bezbaruah Committee, constituted to examine the concerns of
migrants from North East regions due to racial discrimination,submits
its report.
- It was set up after the racially-inspired brutal murder of Nido
Tania, a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh, in Delhi in
January.