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Current Affairs August 2014

Latest:Tamil Nadu SI Notification 2015 1078 Vacancies

Miscellaneous
GeneralDalbirSinghbecamethe26thChiefoftheIndianArmy
aftersucceedingGeneralBikramSingh.
BooksInNews
OneLifeisNotEnoughNatwarSingh.
ChildrenwhochangedtheworldDutchNewspaperNRC
Handelsbladscorrespondents
Itfeaturesthestoriesof20childrenacrosstheworld
whofitsthetitleofthebook.
OneofitschapterisaboutoneIndiangirlnamedRekha.
RekhaKalindiagirlfromPuruliaofWestBengalstudyingclass10presently.
Whenshewas10yearsold,hadresistedmarriagewhichinspiredothergirls
fromherlocality.ShewasalsoconferredNationalBraveryAwardin2010.
Awards
ManjulBhargavaandSubhashKhotpersonsofIndianoriginwontheInternational
MathematicianunionAwards
MajorMukundVaradarajanhasbeenawardedtheAshokChakra,thehighest
gallantryawardinIndia.
Ahairlinecrackwasfoundontheembankmentofthe150yearoldSharanabasaveshwartankin
GulbargaofKarnataka.

Polity
KamlaBeniwal,thegovernorofMizoramwasremovedfromofficeafteranorderissuedbythe
President.
K.Sankaranarayanan,theGovernorofMaharashtrahasresignedafterhistransferfromMaharashtra
toMizoram.
TheTamilNaduEntryintoPublicPlaces(RemovalofRestrictiononDress)Bill,2014
wasintroducedinTamilNaduStatelegislativeassembly.
Itoverrulesanylawofaclub/trust/company/societydenyingentrytomenwearingdhoti.
Italsohasprovisionsforcancellationofthelicenseoftheclubviolatinganyprovisionsof
thelaw.
TheUnioncabinethasapprovedthedraftproposaltobringamendmenttotheJuvenileJusticeAct
Theageofajuveniletobeloweredfrom18to16years.
JudicialAppointmentsBillpassedinLokSabhaandRajyaSabha.Thebillshouldberatifiedby50%of
thestatelegislaturesbeforeitissubmittedforthePresident'sAssent.
Asixmembercommissiontoreplacethecollegiumsystem.
TheSixmembercommissioncomprisesof
ChairpersonTheChiefJusticeofIndia

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TwoSeniormostJudgesofSupremecourt
UnionlawMinister
TwoeminentPersonsnominatedbyPM,theChiefJusticeofIndiaandthe
LokSabhaOppositionLeader.
TheWomen'sReservationBilllapsedundertheArticle107(5).
Thebillseekstoprovide33%reservationofseatsforwomeninparliamentandlegislative
assemblies.
RajiniRazdanhasbeenappointedasthenewUPSCChairmanaftersucceedingtheformerchairman
D.P.Agarwal.
Supremecourtdeclaredthatallthecoalallocationsmadesince1993to2011asillegalandarbitrary.
Thebenchalsodeclaredthatallocationonrecommendationsgivenbythescreeningcommitteeandthe
governmentdispensationroutesufferedfromtheviceofarbitrarinessandlegalflaws.
FourNewgovernorshasbeenappointedbythePresident.
1. KalyanSinghasGovernorsofRajasthan
2. VajubhaiRudabhaiValaasGovernorsofKarnataka
3. Ch.VidyasagarRaoasGovernorsofMaharashtra
4. MridulaSinhaasGovernorsofGoa
SheilaDikshit,TheGovernorofKerala(alsoformerChiefMinisterofDelhi)resignedbywritingto
thePresidentofIndia.
FormerCJIP.SathasivamtobecomethefirstretiredCJItobeappointedasthegovernor(TheGovernor
ofKeralasucceedingSheilaDikshit).
VidyasagarRaowasappointedastheGovernorofMaharashtra.

World
PMModi'sNepalVisit
PMModimadeatwodayvisittoourneighboringcountryNepal.
Nepaltoget$1Billionaslineofcreditforvariousdevelopmentprojects.
ScholarshipsforNepalStudentsstudyinginIndiawillbeincreased.
TyphoonHalongattackedwesternJapanwiththewindspeedupto162Kmph.
PMModi'sJapanVisit
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbereceivedIndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModiatthe
Kyotostate.
APartnercityagreementbetweenKhasiandKyotowassigned,whichseekscooperation
inthefieldsofheritageconservationandcitymodernization.

Economy
SubCommitteeoftheFinancialStabilityandDevelopmentCouncil(FSDC)chairedbyRBIGovernor
reviewedIndia'smacroeconomyandtherisksfacedbythefinancialsystems
ExpenditureManagementCommission(EMC)
PMNarendraModisetupthecommission.
TheCommissionwillbeheadedbyFormerRBIGovernorBimalJalan
Members:FormerFinanceSecretarySumitBose&FormerRBIDeputyGovernorSubir
Gokarn
PradhanMantriJanDhanYojanaanewfinancialinclusionschemelaunchedbyPMNarendra
Modiwhichhelpsthepoorpeopletoopenbankaccounts.Theywillbeprovidedadebitcardandan
insurancecoverof1lakhs.Over1.5Croreaccountshasbeenopenedonthefirstdayofitslaunch.
TherateofinterestfortheEmployeesProvidentFundhasbeenfixedas8.75%forthefinancialyear
20142015.
TheUnioncabinetremovedthemonthlycapofonecylinderpermonthfordomesticconsumers.So

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thataconsumercanbookasmanycylindersinamonth.Buttheannualcapofsubsidizedcylinder
remainsthesame12cylinders,itisnotchanged.

ScienceandTech
IndARCIndia'sFirstoceanmooredobservatorywhichwasdeployedintheKongsfjordenfjordofthe
Arctic.TheobservatoryisdesignedanddevelopedbyscientistsfromtheNationalCentreforAntarctic
andOceanResearch(NCAOR)andNationalInstituteofOceanTechnology(NIOT).
EasyTravelInformationPlanneranewappdevelopedbyBangaloreMetropolitanTransport
Corporation(BMTC)whichhelpsitsuserstofindthebestpossibleways,fares,bustimings,file
complaints,etc.,
Fournewvaccines
1. Rotavirus,
2. Rubella
3. Polioand
4. JapaneseEncephalitis
tobeintroducedintheUniversalImmunizationProgramme(UIP)

Environment
Rhodiola
Aherbalplantfoundinthecoldhighlandclimatewasclaimedtobethemodernday
Sanjeevani.
TheLocalnameofRhodiolainLadakhregionisSolo.
Ithastheabilitytoenhanceimmunesystemtoadoptdifferentenvironmentalconditions
andalsotoreducetheharmfuleffectsofgammaradiation.

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