1. India's men compound archery team clinch gold medal in Asiad 2014.
- The trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar pipped the host team (South Korea) by a scoreline of 227-225 in the final.
- Its only the second yellow metal in the nation's kitty so far.
- We, at present, are ranked 11th in the 'Medal Tally' with 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 17 Bronze.
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3. Centre launches Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana (DDAY) to help lift poors, both urban and rural, out of poverty.
- The scheme seeks to empower them through enhancement of livelihood opportunities.
- The existing urban poverty alleviation programmes only cover 790 cities and towns whereas DDAY will extend it to all the 4,041 statutory cities and towns.
- Government also announced that September 25 will be celebrated as Antyodaya Diwas every year to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
- The Yojana seeks to train 10 lakh (1 million) rural youths for jobs by 2017.
- The minimum age for entry under the Yojana is 15 years as compared to 18 years under the Aajeevika Skills Programme.
- The urban component will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation while the rural wing will be monitored by the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
4. Six ailing Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSEs) are likely to be shut down.
- These are namely: HMT Watches, HMT Barings, HMT Chinar Watch, Hindustan Photo Films, Hindustan Cables and Tungbhadra Steel.
- The proposal in this regard has already been forwarded to the Union Cabinet by the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
5. Rajat Sharma is the new President of News Broadcasters Association (NBA) for the 2014-15 period.
- The India TV head replaces KVL Narayan Rao to this office after four consecutive stints.
- Ashok Venkatramani (ABP news): Vice-President
- Anurradha Prasad (News24): Honorary Treasurer
6. Good news for Indian economy: Global credit rating agency Standards & Poor’s has revised India's credit outlook up to 'Stable' from 'Negative'.
- Stable government, proper fiscal consolidation initiatives and improvement in FDI and current account deficit are some of the reasons cited for this better show.
- With this India has gained "Stable" rating from all the 'big 3' rating agencies in the world namely: Standard & Poor's (S&P), Moody's, and Fitch Group.
- Sovereign rating remains at 'BBB-' for long term while for short term it has come to 'A-3'.
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