Current Affairs at Glance August 2014: ---------------------------------------------------------------- SS Mundra took charge as fourth deputy governor of RBI. He was appointed by the government for three years. Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal Sandhu resigned on 30 July 2014. Dipa Karmakar on 31 July 2014 became the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country to win a medal. Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on 31 July 2014 agreed to Ghana’s proposal of land to Punjab farmers. Heavy downpour on 30 July 2014 caused landslide in Malin Village of Ambegaon Taluka killing 41 peoples.. Natwar Singh’s autobiography entitled One Life is Not Enough was published. The book has revealed much information about Sonia Gandhi. Monsoon deficit for the month of July 2014 dipped to 22% according to the data released by the Indian Meteorological Department on 31 July 2014. President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma on 30 July 2014 declared a public health emergency in Sierra Leone to curb the deadly Ebola outbreak. Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has passed the Arunachal Pradesh District Planning Committee (Amendment) Bill, 2014. Supreme Court (SC) has appointed a former Justice SB Sinha commission to probe the 2006 Meerut Fire tragedy. It will summit its report by 31 January 2015. Vikas Gowda of Karnataka became the first person to win a gold medal for India in Mens Athletics in Commonwealth Games after Milkha Singh. SC urged the Government to come up with a proposal to fast-track the Criminal justice delivery system in India. It needs the proposal within a month. RBI has cancelled licence of The Vasai Co-operative Urban Bank Hyderabad. The order has been made effective from the close of business on 14 July 2014. Muzaffar Ali has been selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for his contribution towards promotion of Communal harmony, peace and goodwill. East Bengal Club conferred its highest honour of merit, Bharat Gaurav to Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman mountaineer to scale Mount Everest. Supreme Court has allowed Subrata Roy to use conference room of Tihar to negotiate sale of his properties with prospective buyers. Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal Sandhu resigned on 30 July 2014. Dipa Karmakar on 31 July 2014 became the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country to win a medal. Senior IRS officer K V Chowdary appointed as new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 August 2014 laid the foundation of 44 MW Chutak hydro-electric project and Nimoo Bazgo project in Jammu and Kashmir. Narendra Modi released a book titled Gujarat’s success story in Water Management authored by Sriram Vedire. Iran-140 Sepahan Air passenger plane crashed near Mehrabad airport, west of Tehran in Iran. 39 passengers died in the crash. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won his countrys first direct presidential election. Sikkim has become the most favoured destination of foreign tourists in the north-eastern states of the country. 12 August 2014 was observed as the World Elephant Day. Goal of the day is to create awareness about plight of African and Asian elephants. Haider al-Abadi was named as the new Iraqi Prime Minister by Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum. The Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on 11 August 2014 introduced Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) was in news as it would be one of the seven payloads to be carried by the Mars 2020 rover mission. The project Mars 2020 rover was announced by NASA on 31 July 2014. R Ashwin was ranked number one Test all-rounder in ICC Test team rankings, while Indian team slipped to fourth position in the rankings. Participation of Govindas below the age of 18-years in Dahi Handi celebration held during Krishna Janmashtami banned by Bombay High Court. The Union Government decided to appoint former RBI governor Bimal Jalan as the head of the Expenditure Management Commission on 12 August 2014. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on 12 August 2014 sanctioned the use of experimental drug ZMapp to fight against Ebola as the death toll increased. Human skeleton with copper crown with carnelian beads on its skull was discovered in Chandayan village of Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh. Daroji Eramma, one of the last exponents of Burra katha died at a private hospital in Bellary, Karnataka. She was 84. President conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards on Arun Jaitley, Dr Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav in New Delhi. AIADMK leader M Thambidurai was on 13-08-2014 unanimously elected as the deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha. Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian born mathematician, became the first woman to win coveted Fields Medal on 13 August 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Manjul Bhargava (First Indian) of Princeton University Win Fields Medal, for developing new approach in the geometry of numbers RIMFAX, ground-penetrating radar will be used by NASA to study centimeter-scale resolution of the geologic structure of the subsurface on Mars. Kush Kumar on 13 August 2014 became the first Indian player to reach the semi-final of World Junior Squash Championship. Jo Pavey of Great Britain became the oldest-ever woman to win a Gold medal in European Championships. Delhi University professor Dr. Sunil Kumar on 13 August 2014 received Global South Award given by International Political Science Association (IPSA). Andhra Pradesh Government on 12 August 2014 decided to make Vijayawada its ad hoc capital. Sikkim became the most favoured destination for foreign tourists in the North-Eastern (NE) region of India. Himachal Pradesh selected to host the India’s first para-gliding World Cup in 2015. Rajni Razdan on 16 August 2014 became the new Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission. Sony Six on 12 August 2014 bagged the telecast rights of the first-ever Champions Tennis League (CTL). China on 3 August 2014 unveiled its next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Dongfeng – 41 (DF-41). Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian born mathematician, became the first woman to win coveted Fields Medal on 13 August 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana to help the poor open bank accounts which will come with the facility of a debit card and an insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh. Prime Minister also announced the Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojna on the occasion of Independence Day. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday commissioned INS Kolkata, Indias largest indigenously built warship, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. The government has re-launched the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana, for the benefit of citizens aged 60 years and above. Bhutan and Nepal are the two most peaceful countries in the South Asian region. -According to Global Peace Index, 2014 released recently Bhutan stands at 16th position and Nepal at 76th position. The Union Government decided to appoint former RBI governor Bimal Jalan as the head of the Expenditure Management Commission. Offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been nominated for the 2014 Arjuna Award for his performances as Indias leading spinner. Kush Kumar became first Indian player to reach semi final of World Junior Squash Championship. First bank to launch EMI Facility on debit cards is ICICI bank. New Chairman of Indian Banks Association is TM Bhasin. Earlier chairman of this Association is KR Kamath. Arvind Subramanian to be named as Chief Economic Advisor: Final Decision to be taken by Modi. Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley commissioned India’s first indigenously-built stealth Anti-Submarine Warfare INS Kamorta in the Indian Navy. Narendra Modi announced new irrigation scheme, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana to meet the irrigation needs of all farmers across the country. Ragala Venkat Rahul won first medal for India at 2nd Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China by winning a silver medal in 77 kg category. Afghanistan celebrated its 95th Independence Day on 19 August 2014. It is celebrated to mark the signing of the 1919 Anglo-Afghan treaty. Release of Punjabi film Kaum de Heere based on Indira Gandhis assassination stalled. Cincinnati Tennis Open won by Roger Federer of Switzerland. This is the 6th title to him. New Chairperson of UPSC is Rajni Razdan. New Chef de Mission for Asian Games is Adille Sumariwala. Bharti Foundation and TCS to spend Rs.200 crores for Clean India Campaign. New Director of Indian Cricket Team is Ravishankar Jayadrith Shastri. Modi planning to replace Planning Commission with new institutions. To replace this PM of India is inviting people to share their ideas. People need to share the ideas through the website mygov.nic.in. World’s first Hindu Eco Temple Opened in Kingsbury of North West London in United Kingdom. World Humanitarian Day observed across the world on Aug 19th. Theme of this year is The World Needs More Humanitarian Heroes. New Chairman of PAC (Parliament Public Accounts Committee) is KV Thomas. Indian Origin Leila Patel named as African Country’s top women researcher. She was named as top women researcher in the annual women in Science awards. Partha Mitra, Neuroscientist, awarded EAGER Research Grant for Brain Initiative. Main aim of this Brain Initiative is transforming our understanding of the human brain. 23rd associate member of Hockey India is Hockey Madhya Pradesh. Naveen Jindal appointed as Publicity Committee Chairman. US Post Service is issuing Special Postage Stamp to Honour Akkineni Nageswara Rao. K. Sankaranarayanan Maharashtra Governor resigned from his post. He resigned as he transferred to the state of Mizoram. New Prime Minister of Thailand is Prayuth Chan ocha. New CRPF Special Director General is Ramesh Chand Tayal. New Chief of Joint Intelligence Committee is RN Ravi. New Satellite was developed by NASA Scientists to predict severity of droughts across the world. This helps to maximise crop yield of the farmers. India’s First IIEST (Institute of Engineering Science and Technology) inaugurated at Shibpur, Howrah in West Bengal. It was inaugurated by Pranab Mukherjee President of India. Silver Award at Indian Management Conclave 2014 achieved by TA Pai Management Institute. New Director Finance of RINL (Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd) is TVS Krishna Kumar. New Financial Services Secretary of Public Sector banks is GS Sandhu Energy Highway for Eastern India to launch by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is a pipeline project which will connect Eastern India with the National gas grid. This project will implement will implement by GAIL. Japan to offer Favipiravir, anti viral drug to Ebola. Sushma Swaraj External Affairs Minister Chaired a Brain Storming Session with 15 Indian Heads of Mission in East Asia and South East Asia. 4 new Governors appointed by NDA Government. Those governors were Mridula Sinha for Goa, C.Vidyasagar Rao for Maharashtra, Vajubhai Vala for Karnataka, Kalyan Singh for Rajasthan. New Director to CRIDA (Central Research Institute for Dry land Agriculture) is Ch. Srinivasa Rao. Sheila Dikshit Kerala Governor submitted her resignation to President Pranab Mukherjee. BSF entered into Limca Book of Records. This was happened by planting 2 lakh saplings at all BSF locations in 30 minutes. This project was done on 19th August 2014 under Green Mission. Nariman House Chabad Centre reopened after 6 years as Jewish Museum. It is 6 storied building. On 26th November 2008, this building was attacked by terrorists. Turn Back Crime Campaign of Interpol Ambassador is Shah Rukh Khan. New CEO of Spice Mobility is Prashant Bindal. He had taken charge from 27th August 2014. New CEO of Samsonite is Ramesh Tainwala. He will take charge from 1st October 2014. Current he is acting as COO of the company. 12 subsidised LPG Cylinders will be supplied to all the domestic customers in a year. There will be no separate monthly restriction. To Identify obsolete laws Ramanujam Committee was set up by Narendra Modi. Press Note 8 allows 100% FDI in Rail Infrastructure of Indian Railways. 7th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2015 to inaugurate by Modi. This is the 3 day summit which will start from 11th January 2015 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Smart Cards for Mother Diary Launched by SBI. Name of this card is Smartchange Card. These cards are for Mother Diary booths in the National Capital Region. 12th President of Turkey is Recep Tayyip Erdogan. New President of Qwikcilver Solutions is Mahesh Bhalla. New Promoter of Tata Group for global brand campaign is JWT a creative agency. New Chairman of Naga Interlocutor is RN Ravi Joint Intelligence Committee Chairman. He was appointed by Union Government. New General Secretary of AIADMK is Jayalalitha. She is re-elected for this position unanimously. National Sports Day celebrations observed across India on 29-08-2014. This day marks the birth day of Dhyan Chand hockey player. Gods of Antarctica Novel written by Yashwardhan Shukla 13 years old boy. He belongs to Delhi. This is the fictional tale of monsters and gods. 50 KM Walk World Record at European Athletics Championship broken by Yohann Diniz. New Goa Governor is Mridula Sinha. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana launched by KVG (Karnataka Vikas Grameena) Bank.
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