CURRENT AFFAIRS .........AUG 2014[1ST PART] =Former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev Nikhanj was selected as the Chairperson of the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee =Mapp Biopharmaceutical in the first week of August 2014, made available the drug ZMapp to treat Ebola. =The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Ebola as Global Health Emergency. =Militants of Islamic State group seized Iraq’s largest Christian town, Qaraqosh and surrounding areas. =A book Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan written by Daman Singh was published on 5 August 2014. =A Gang of Russian Hackers based in a small city in South Central Russia, the region flanked by Kazakhstan and Mongolia... =Aboriginal Martu peoples of Australia were in news in the first week of August 2014. =Union Labour and Employment Minister Narendra Singh Tomar tabled two Labour Reform Bills in the Lok Sabha =Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan constituted a committee to review Parliamentary security. RK Singh is the head of the panel. =Delhi Police and Gurgaon Police on 5 August 2014 transformed the distance between IGI Airport and Fortis in Gurgaon into Corridor of Life. =The Reserve Bank of Indiasujeet sir (RBI) on 7 August 2014 issued draft guidelines for implementation of Bharat Bill Payment System =UK has announced that it has destroyed 190 metric tonnes of chemical stockpil of Syrian Arab Republic at a commercial facility in Ellesmere Port. =The Supreme Court on 7 August 2014 directed the Haryana government to maintain status quo on the control of 50-odd gurudwaras in the state. =Rosetta of European Space Agency on 6 August 2014 became first ever spacecraft to reach a Comet =Tamil Nadu Entry into Public Places (Removal of restriction on dress) Bill, 2014 introduced in state Assembly. =Former US intelligence contractor turned whistleblower, Edward Snowden was granted a three-year residence permit to remain in Russia. =Jeet Bahadur Maru Sagar, the godson of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was reunited with his family in Kathmandu, Nepal =India equaled world record of maximum number of 6 ducks in a Test innings. It was achieved on first day of the Manchester Test played against England. =The construction work of the world’s tallest railway bridge began on 28 July 2014 near Noney in Manipur, India =Robert Frederick Panara, the poineer of deaf studies died in Rochester, US on 20 July 2104 due to heart ailments. =A massive landslide struck Sindhupalchok district of Nepal and blocked Sunkoshi River. It claimed lives of at least 156 people. =Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on 6 August 2014 declared a state of emergency over the outbreak of Ebola Virus. =Yazidi Community: 40 children died in ISIS attack =Union Cabinet on 6 August 2014 raised the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Defence sector from 26 percent to 49 percent. =The geneticist Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys, discoverer of DNA fingerprinting, awarded with Copley Medal 2014 by Royal Society of London. =Blencathra Mountain in Britain was in news due to bid made by Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal to buy the mountain range =Lights Out Project was unveiled on 4 August 2014 across Britain to commemorate 100 years of First World War (WW-1). =Pran the creator of cartoon character, Chacha died due to cancer of the intestine. He was 75. =US Congress approved a bill to provide help of 225 million US dollars to Israel forSUJEET repairing Iron Dome anti-missile defence system. =Gopal Subramanium, former Solicitor-General withdrew as amicus curiae in Padmanabhaswamy Temple Case =India put on hold all defence procurements from the Italian company Finmeccannica and its affiliate firms in the wake of an alleged chopper scam. =For distribution of Doordarshan’s overseas India channel, DD India on a DTH platform, Prasar Bharti inked MoU with Deutsche Welle of Germany. =Spanish midfielder Xavi announced his retirement from International football. He represented his country for a record 133 times. =UP Governor Ram Naik and Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli were given additional charge of Rajasthan and Goa, respectively. =Arvind Gupta, former Indian Foreign Service officer, was appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) on 4 August 2014. =Parupalli Kashyap on 3 August 2014 became the third Indian to win Gold medal in Badminton at Commonwealth Games =Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 4 August 2014 offered prayers at Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu during his two days =Bharatiya Mahila Bank Ltd bagged the Core Banking System Initiative Award for the year 2014 at the Asian Banking and Finance - Retail Banking Awards 2014 =Syndicate Bank Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) SK Jain was suspended by Union government on 4 August 2014 =Mamta Sharma, Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW) demitted office on 1 August 2014. =Foreign Office minister of Britain Baroness Warsi resigned from the government in protest at its policy on Gaza terming it, morally indefensible. =Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE) will be used by NASA to generate Oxygen on Mars from Martian atmospheric CO2. =Team of researchers led by Dr Livio Favaro in Italy decoded the language of African penguins (jackass penguin) make six distinct calls to communicate. =Earthquake of magnitude of 6.1 on Richter scale struck Longtoushan Township of Zhaotong City in southwest Yunnan Province of China. =NASA has announced that it will send a new rover Mars 2020 mission capable of making oxygen on the red planet with the help of MOXIE. =Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) accorded Navratna Status by the Department of Public Enterprises. =A new audio-visual museum in Rashtrapati Bhavan was opened for the public on 1 August 2014 after President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the museum. =The Union Defence Ministry on 3 August 2014 allowed armed forces to do business related to essential requirements with the Rolls Royce. =Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded two day visit to Nepal on 4 August 2014. =Preliminary report of GSI pointed deforestation and leveling of ground for cultivation as primary cause for landslide in Malin village, Pune. =The prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards for year 2014 was announced on 31 July 2014 ... .Join our new coaching class[GYAN M-360] in city center ,ground floor,near –gossner college Call-sujeet Mehta [8083311801]
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