Japan’s Nishimura to referee World Cup opener
i. Japan’s Yuichi Nishimura is to referee Thursday’s opening match of the World Cup between hosts Brazil and Croatia in Sao Paulo.
ii. Nishimura will be assisted by compatriots Toru Sagara and Toshiyuki Nagi, with Alireza Faghani of Iran designated as the fourth official, football’s world governing body FIFA said Tuesday.
iii. Nishimura, 42, was in charge of four matches at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, including the quarter-final between the Netherlands and Brazil.
iv. He is set to become the third Japanese referee to officiate at two World Cup finals after Shizuo Takada (1986 and 1990) and Toru Kamikawa (2002 and 2006).
Dhoni ranked 22nd in Forbes' world’s highest paid athletes list
i. Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the lone Indian sportsman to figure in Forbes’ list of world’s 100 highest paid athletes.
ii. The list is being been topped by American boxer Floyd Mayweather and includes golfer Tiger Woods and tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
iii. Dhoni is ranked 22nd in the list with total earnings of $30 million and endorsements worth $26 million.
iv. Nadal is ranked ninth on the list with earnings of $44.5 million.
v. The list also includes tennis player Novak Djokovic on the 17th rank with earnings of $33.1 million, tennis star Maria Sharapova (34), Jamaican runner Usain Bolt (45), tennis player Serena Williams (55) and German Formula One racing driver Sebastian Vettel (83).
Sam Kahamba Kutesa elected President for the 69th Session of UNGA
i. Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kahamba Kutesa was elected as the President of 69th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
ii. The theme for the 69th session is Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda.
iii. He replaced the present John William Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, who led the 68th session of the 193-member UNGA.
He was the only candidate nominated for the Presidency for the 69th session from African Union since it was the Africa Group's turn to have the Presidency.
iv. For each session of UNGA, which is held every year, UNGA elects a President and 21 Vice-President on the equal geographical rotation basis from each region.
Note: From India, it was Vijayalaxmi Pandit who was elected as the President of the Eighth Session of UNGA.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana to be launched: Minister
i. To boost agricultural yield, the Union Agriculture Ministry is going to launch 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana' in the country.
ii. "The motive of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana will be to take irrigation water to each and every agricultural field in the country.
iii. Farm productivity could not be increased until water is available for irrigation. We are chalking out the details of the scheme," Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today.
iv. The central government will issue Soil Health Card to farmers in the country. Help of scientists and agriculture students will be taken in this mission to check the condition and fertility of fields," Singh said at a felicitation programme at his maiden visit to Bihar after becoming a union minister.
v. Under the programme 'Soil Health Card' (SHC) would be distributed among farmers to show the status and production capability of the farm soil and understand its suitability to various types of crops, he said.
Ugandan FM elected UN General Assembly President
i. Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was elected president of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
ii. Kutesa was chosen unanimously Wednesday by the African Union as the only candidate for the presidency of the 69th session.
iii. The president-elect will assume office at the start of the 69th session in September, replacing John William Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, who now leads the current plenary session of the 193 UN member states.
iv. Kutesa, 65, is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current foreign minister in the Ugandan Cabinet, a position he has held since Jan 13, 2005. He was previously the minister of state for investment in Uganda.
i. Japan’s Yuichi Nishimura is to referee Thursday’s opening match of the World Cup between hosts Brazil and Croatia in Sao Paulo.
ii. Nishimura will be assisted by compatriots Toru Sagara and Toshiyuki Nagi, with Alireza Faghani of Iran designated as the fourth official, football’s world governing body FIFA said Tuesday.
iii. Nishimura, 42, was in charge of four matches at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, including the quarter-final between the Netherlands and Brazil.
iv. He is set to become the third Japanese referee to officiate at two World Cup finals after Shizuo Takada (1986 and 1990) and Toru Kamikawa (2002 and 2006).
Dhoni ranked 22nd in Forbes' world’s highest paid athletes list
i. Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the lone Indian sportsman to figure in Forbes’ list of world’s 100 highest paid athletes.
ii. The list is being been topped by American boxer Floyd Mayweather and includes golfer Tiger Woods and tennis stars Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
iii. Dhoni is ranked 22nd in the list with total earnings of $30 million and endorsements worth $26 million.
iv. Nadal is ranked ninth on the list with earnings of $44.5 million.
v. The list also includes tennis player Novak Djokovic on the 17th rank with earnings of $33.1 million, tennis star Maria Sharapova (34), Jamaican runner Usain Bolt (45), tennis player Serena Williams (55) and German Formula One racing driver Sebastian Vettel (83).
Sam Kahamba Kutesa elected President for the 69th Session of UNGA
i. Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Sam Kahamba Kutesa was elected as the President of 69th Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
ii. The theme for the 69th session is Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda.
iii. He replaced the present John William Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, who led the 68th session of the 193-member UNGA.
He was the only candidate nominated for the Presidency for the 69th session from African Union since it was the Africa Group's turn to have the Presidency.
iv. For each session of UNGA, which is held every year, UNGA elects a President and 21 Vice-President on the equal geographical rotation basis from each region.
Note: From India, it was Vijayalaxmi Pandit who was elected as the President of the Eighth Session of UNGA.
Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana to be launched: Minister
i. To boost agricultural yield, the Union Agriculture Ministry is going to launch 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana' in the country.
ii. "The motive of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana will be to take irrigation water to each and every agricultural field in the country.
iii. Farm productivity could not be increased until water is available for irrigation. We are chalking out the details of the scheme," Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today.
iv. The central government will issue Soil Health Card to farmers in the country. Help of scientists and agriculture students will be taken in this mission to check the condition and fertility of fields," Singh said at a felicitation programme at his maiden visit to Bihar after becoming a union minister.
v. Under the programme 'Soil Health Card' (SHC) would be distributed among farmers to show the status and production capability of the farm soil and understand its suitability to various types of crops, he said.
Ugandan FM elected UN General Assembly President
i. Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was elected president of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
ii. Kutesa was chosen unanimously Wednesday by the African Union as the only candidate for the presidency of the 69th session.
iii. The president-elect will assume office at the start of the 69th session in September, replacing John William Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda, who now leads the current plenary session of the 193 UN member states.
iv. Kutesa, 65, is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current foreign minister in the Ugandan Cabinet, a position he has held since Jan 13, 2005. He was previously the minister of state for investment in Uganda.
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