2nd October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

2nd October 2014 - Daily Current Affairs updates

National Affairs

• Nation observed Gandhi Jayanti and the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Sastri today. 
  
• Swachch Bharat Abhiyan
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the nationwide Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign) that aims to clean up the country in the next five years.
• Modi nominated nine people to carry forward the campaign (Goa Governor, Baba Ramdev, Sashi Tharoor, Kamal Haasan, Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Tendulkar, Anil Ambani and Tarak Mehta).
• Government announces 20 lakh rupees for each village Panchayat for the clean India mission.
• President calls for larger participation of the society for the success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
• WHO (World Health Organisation) says poor sanitation costs India Rs. 6500 per year per Indian

• Quotes of Modi in Swatrch Bharat Abhiyan

1. "CleanIndia is the responsibility of 125 crore Indians"
2. "India can do it. People of India can do it."
3. "Is cleaning only the responsibility of the karamcharis? Do citizens have no role in this? We have to change this mindset."
4. "I have invited 9 people and asked them to come to public places and work towards a clean India. I ask them to invite 9 more people too."
5. "We reached Mars. No PM or Minister went. It was the people who did it, our scientists who did it. So can't we create a Clean India?"
6. "If this is evaluated by a photo-opportunity, then we would be doing a disservice to the nation. We all must come together and do this (clean India) wherever we are."
7. "This is not about Modi... Modi is only one of its 1.2 billion people... This is a people's task."
8. The campaign is aimed at cleaning India by 2019, when the country will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
9. Political parties to now deposit their funds in banks, according to new Election Commission guidelines on financial transparency.
10. The Bombay High Court has asked Election Commission of India to state what action it would take against political parties who use children in election campaign or poll-related work. 

International Affairs

• The UN launched a mission to prevent the worldwide spread of Ebola as the US hunted for people who came in contact with the first African diagnosed with the deadly virus outside the continent.
• UNMEER - UN Mission on Ebola Emergency Response
• Special representative for the UNMEER - Anthony Banbury
• Underscoring its commitment to the UN's body on gender equality and women empowerment, India has contributed USD 1 million to the organization for the current financial year.

Sports

• Asian Games 2014
• India clinch men's hockey Gold after 16 years.
• Indian women 4x400m relay team win gold.
• Inderjeet Singh wins bronze in men's shot put.
• Boxer Vikas Krishan gets bronze after losing to Kazakhstan's Zhanibek Alimkhanuly in middle (75kg) semis
• Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Lukka, Mandeep Kaur, Poovamma win 4*400m relay by setting Asian Games record.
• Boxer Satish Kumar settled for bronze medal after losing his semi-final.
• India beat Pakistan and wins gold in Hockey.
• Indian boxer Satish Kumar wins bronze in the (+91 kg) category.