Current Affair 20 May 2014

1)Who was named as Indian captain for Hockey World Cup 2014 to be held in the Hague,Netherlands from 31 May to 15 June 2014? –Sardar Singh(The 18-member India squadwas announced by Hockey India (HI) on 14 May 2014. Rupinder PalSingh was named Indian team’s vice captain. The selection trials for national team were held on May 5-6 atDelhi’s Major Dhyanchand National Hockey Stadium. Terry Walsh is team’s Head Coach while Roelant Oltmans is the high performance director)………………………………………..2)Four West African countries on 17 May 2014 agreed to club together to wage war onNigeria’s Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram. The decision was made during a summit hosted by French President Francois Hollande in Paris, in which the US, France, and the UK vowed to help Nigeria with intelligence. Which four West African countries are these? –Cameroon, Niger, Chad,and Benin(These four countries vowed to wage war on the Islamist militant group, which they say now has links to Al-Qaeda. Boko Haram abducted 223 schoolgirls, Muslims and Christians, from their hostel in northeastNigeria in April 2014)………………………………………..3)The Supreme Court on 17 May 2014 constituted a new bench comprising of twojudges to hear the Sahara case. This was done after Justice J.S. Khehar rescued himself from hearing the matterwhile the other judge Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan retired. Who are the two judges who constitute this new bench? –Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice A.K. Sikri(The previous bench had upheld its order jailing Subrata Roy)………………………………………..4)Sir Jack Brabham, who passed away on 19 May 2014 at the age of 88, was a legend of which sports? –FormulaOne (F1) car racing(Jack Brabham, an Australian F1 driver, won world championships in 1959, 1960 and 1966. During a F1 career that stretched from 1955 to 1970 Brabham competed in 126 grandsprix, winning 14. He is the only man to have won the Formula One drivers’ title in a car bearing his name)………………………………………..5)Which telecom and communications company is to acquire DirecTV, the top U.S. satellite TV operator, for$48.5 billion, as announced on 18 May 2014? –AT&T(AT&T has planned this acquisitionin a bid for growth beyond an increasingly competitive cellular market)………………………………………..6)An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted on 19 May 2014 in a trial that is expected to provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago. What is the name of this convict? –Mustafa Kamel Mustafa alias Abu Hamza(Abu Hamza was found guiltyin federal court in Manhattan. Attorney General Eric Holder championed that verdict as a triumph for civil courts. Mustafa wasaccused of providing material support to terrorist organisations by enabling hostage takers in the Yemen kidnapping to speak on a satellite phone, by sending men to establish an al-Qaeda training camp in Bly, Oregon, and by sendingat least one man to training camps in Afghanistan)