Current Affairs News of 17th July,2014

Indecisive on Euthanasia :SC Supreme court on Wednesday issued notice to all states and Union territories on a plea for legalizing passive euthanasia. A constitution bench of chief justice R M Lodha,and justices J S Khehar,J Chelameswar, A K Sikri and R F Nariman sought views of all states and union territories in 8 weeks. Note : Active euthanasia would involve a doctor injecting a lethal medicine to trigger cardiac arrest and in passive euthanasia ,doctors with consent from relatives,withdraw the life support system of a person. King of defaulters :Kingfisher Airlines Vijay Mallya is known for living life kingsize. But he might not have dreamt even in wildest dreams that his lavish lifestyle and reckless spending would cost him so much that would make his company ,Kingfisher Airlines the country�s top non- performing asset (NPA) after it has failed to repay loans of over Rs 4000 crore borrowed mainly from state owned banks. An honour for India India will have the presidency of the BRICS� $100 billion New Development Bank for six years with headquarters in China that will become operational in two years,a major step taken towards reshaping the financial system dominated by the West. India�s presidency will be followed by Brazil and Russia.