1. RBI To Launch Plastic Notes In 2015-
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) Raghuram Rajan announced that plastic currency notes will be
launched in 2015 after field trials. It was announced after the Central
Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI ) Meet in Shimla,
Himachal Pradesh. Earlier in February 2013, Union Government had
informed Parliament that it will introduce one billion plastic currency
notes in five cities in later half of 2014 on a pilot basis. The five
selected cities for pilot testing are Shimla, Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, and
Bhubaneswar.
2. Grant Flower Named As Pakistan Batting Coach-
Grant Flower,
the former Zimbabwe batsman, has been named Pakistan’s batting coach
for two years. He will be joining at this post on 1st August 2014 before
the Pakistan-Sri Lanka
series. Grant Flower is 43 years old and has served as the batting coach
of Zimbabwe for over three years from October 2010. In cricketing he
had a lengthy career which included 221 ODIs and 67 Tests.