4. Australia's Senate on 17 July 2014 voted to repeal the XY. The
Australian Senate voted by 39 to 32 votes to repeal the Y. With
this Australia became the first country in the world to abolish XY.
The repealing of the XY will now be replaced with Direct Action
Plan, if Senate passes it. Direct Action Plan is a 2.55 billion
Australian dollars taxpayer-funded plan under which industries
will be paid to reduce emissions and use cleaner energy. The XY
was passed in July 2012 by the previous Labor government
headed by Julia Gillard. The tax was levied on the 348 biggest
polluters. The tax saw 348 of Australia's biggest companies pay
23 Australian dollars (22.60 US dollars) for each tonne of X
they emitted.
16. X won the 101st edition of Tour de France, becoming the first Y in 16 years to
win the championship. Nibali’s triumph comes after 2013 champion Chris
Froome and two-time winner Alberto Contador crashed out with injuries in
the first half of the Tour. Nibali is only the sixth rider to win all three Grand
Tours – France,Y and Spain. The last Y to win the Tour de France was Marco
Pantani in 1998. The 2014 Tour de France began in Yorkshire, England, and
guided riders over 3,664 kilometers (2,277 miles) including cobblestones,
wind-swept flats and climbs in the Vosges, Alps and Pyrenees.
Id X &Y.
24. X is interactive software that has various entertaining
and educational games and can create standardized
test that can help SAI to recognise talented children
and will also develop an athlete’s mental and physical
attributes.
• X is an attractive medium that can entice children of
all age-groups and economic backgrounds
• X will also act as a video coaching platform that will
be an aid in the Technical and Tactical development of a
Footballer through various educational and
game/practice apps
Under-17 FIFA World Cup 2017 will be hosted by India
and thus All India Football Federation is taking steps to
scout talent with SAI’s assistance
29. Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali
killing all 116 people on board broke
up on impact after losing air speed and
banking sharply, investigators said on
Thursday (Aug 7).
30. Aamir, Amitabh and Shahrukh are
seen wearing the jersey of Jaipur Pink
Panthers in the Pro Kabaddi League.
Who is the jersey supplier ?
32. Union Government on 26 June
2014 delicensed the manufacturing
of which items from the
compulsory licensing list?
33. Name the winner of the women’s
single final of 2014 Wimbledon?
34. Petra Kvitová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtra ˈkvɪtovaː]; born 8 March
1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful
left-handed shots and variety, she has won twelve career singles titles.
She reached her career-high ranking of world no. 2 in October 2011,
and is ranked no. 4 as of 4 August 2014.