*CURRENT AFFAIRS (22:07:2014)

1. Olympic silver-medalistShooter Vijay Kumar to lead the Indian
contingent as flagbearer in the opening ceremony of 20th Commonwealth
Games to be held at Glasgow, Scotland.
- India is fielding their second largest ever contingent of 215
athletes in this largest ever commonwealth games to take place from
July 23 to August 3, 2014.
- The games will see over 4,000 athletes competing in 17 sports for
261 medal events and have 71 participating nations.
2. Central government decides to observe the first week of 2015-16 as
water conservation week and the fiscal as water conservation year.
- The announcement was aired by Union Minister for Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti in the Lok Sabha.
3. Teacher-Studentratio in Government schools stands at 1:29 at
primary level and 1:32 at upper primary level as per Unified District
Information System for Education (UDISE) 2013-14 report.
- Number of universities in the country at present is 676 with 184 of
them being private: UGC
- Out of total 37204 colleges nationwide 17803 are registered as
private colleges.
- Only 274 Universities and 7070 Colleges so far have got themselves
accredited by the NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation
Council).
4. England's captain and midfielder Steven Gerrard quits international football.
- He made his international debut in 2000 and played 114 matches for
the national side scoring 21 goals.
- His is the second high-profile retirement after the German captain
Philipp Lahm's since the end of 2014 World Cup.
5. Famous Indian actress Suchitra Sen's ancestral home in Bangladesh
is to be converted into a museum.
- Supreme Court of Bangladesh passed this judgement after freeing the
property from the occupation OF Imam Ghazali Institute.
- Imam Ghazali Institute, operated by fundamentalist organization
Jamaat-e-Islami, had occupied the house for decades.