Bill Gates is again the
richest person on earth, with a net worth of $87 billion
>> Gates'
net worth today sits at $87.4 billion, according to new Wealth-X data on the
world's 50 richest people. That makes Gates more than $20 billion richer than runner-up
Amancio Ortega, the man behind Spanish fashion behemoth Zara.
Polygamy made mandatory in
Eritrea
>> Eritrea
has issued a law that makes it mandatory for men of the nation to marry at
least two wives. Failing to adhere by the orders will lead to life
imprisonment with hard labour.
>> The
law also says that women who attempt to prevent their husbands from exercising
the law would spend the rest of their lives in jail.
Reason:
The order was passed in lieu of the country facing a shortage of male
population caused due to the civil war with Ethiopia. In order to bridge this
shortage, the law also intends to cover the necessary wedding and accommodation
expenses.
Other
African Countries with legalized Polygamy: Polygamy was
legalised by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2014, with no limit on the
number of wives that a man can marry.
Other
African countries where polygamy remains illegal:
Ghana, Ethiopia, Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Angola, Tunisia, Rwanda, and Burundi.
Raghuram Rajan joins World
Economic Forum task force to study global financial system
>> Reserve
Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has joined a task force of the World Economic
Forum (WEF) to study the future of global financial system, whose
members include bankers and policymakers from across the world.
Iran and Airbus signed deal
to buy 118 Airbus planes
>> Iran
and Airbus on 28 January 2016 signed two agreements covering new aircraft
orders and a comprehensive civil aviation co-operation package. The agreement
includes purchase of 118 new Airbus aircrafts.
About
Airbus: Airbus is the world’s leading aircraft
manufacturer of passenger airliners.
>> Airbus
has design and manufacturing facilities in France, Germany, the UK, and Spain,
and subsidiaries in the US, China, India, Japan and in the Middle East.
Union Government formed
expert panel to review Specific Relief Act, 1963
>> The
Legislative Department in the Ministry of Law & Justice on 28 January 2016
constituted an expert committee to review the Specific Relief Act, 1963. The
committee will have five members besides the Chairman.
>> The
committee has been asked to submit its report within three months.
>> The
Specific Relief Act, 1963 provides for the law relating to certain kind of
specific relief and has not been amended since its inception.
Shooter Heena Sidhu qualifies
for Rio Olympics
>> Joint
world record holder Heena Sidhu won gold in the women’s 10m Air Pistol event on
the opening day of the Asian qualifiers at the Karni Singh Shooting Range and
qualified for the Rio Olympics.
>> In
the finals, she finished with 199.4 to beat Chinese Tapiei’s Tien Chia Chen
(198.1) who took the silver. Yun Mi Gim of South Korea got the bronze.
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