www.edugeeks.in AUGUST MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS 2014 Iraq Elected Fuad Masum as new President SS Mundra took charge as fourth deputy governor of RBI General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as new Army chief Last airman in US bombing of Hiroshima died Dipa Karmakar : first Indian woman gymnast to win in Commonwealth Games One Life is Not Enough Autobiography of Natwar Singh published Muzaffar Ali selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award Bachendri Pal conferred Bharat Gaurav by East Bengal club 20th Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2014 concluded at Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow, Scotland on 3 August 2014 Dipa Karmakar became first Indian woman gymnast to win medal in Commonwealth Games Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded two day visit to Nepal on 4 August 2014 Bharathiya Mahila Bank Ltd bagged the Core Banking System Initiative Award-2014 Muzaffar Ali selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award RBI has cancelled licence of The Vasai Co-operative Urban Bank Hyderabad Vikas Gowda of Karnataka became the first person to win a gold medal for India in Men's Athletics in Commonwealth Games after Milkha Singh Legendary rock guitarist of Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner died on due to respiratory failure in Arizona. He was 71 Container Corporation of India Limited (CONCOR) accorded Navratna Status by the Department of Public Enterprises Parupalli Kashyap became the third Indian to win Gold medal in Badminton at Commonwealth Games Arvind Gupta, former Indian Foreign Service officer, was appointed as Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) www.edugeeks.in Page 1 www.edugeeks.in Xavi, the Spanish midfielder retired from international football Prasar Bharati and Deutsche Welle signed MoU for distribution of DD's overseas India channel Pran the creator of cartoon character, Chacha died due to cancer of the intestine. He was 75 The geneticist Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys, discoverer of DNA fingerprinting, awarded with Copley Medal 2014 by Royal Society of London Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced the plans to ban coal use in Beijing by the end of 2020 The 1968 Olympic javelin champion of Hungary, Angela Nemeth, died after a long illness President removed Kamla Beniwal, the governor of Mizoram Union Cabinet approved the Juvenile Justice Bill, 2014 World's 'tallest' railway bridge coming up in Manipur Kapil Dev selected head of Arjuna Awards Selection Committee Senior IRS officer K V Chowdary has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Sushma Swaraj launched online system for facilitating transportation of mortal remains Member of first Lok Sabha Reshamlal Jangade passed away Dr. M. Thambidurai of AIADMK is new Deputy Speaker of LS Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav got outstanding Parliamentarian awards Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum named Haider al-Abadi as the new Iraqi Prime Minister Indian origin Manjul Bhargava academic won 'Nobel Prize' of maths Sikkim has become the most favoured destination of foreign tourists in the north-eastern states of the country Burra Katha exponent Daroji Eramma died Himachal Pradesh is now gearing up to host the 2015 para-gliding World Cup The Union Government appointed former RBI governor Bimal Jalan as the head of the Expenditure Management Commission Major Mukund Varadarajan awarded Ashok Chakra on 68th Independence Day www.edugeeks.in Page 2 www.edugeeks.in Rajni Razdan became new UPSC Chairperson Former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev Nikhanj was selected as the Chairperson of the Arjuna Awards Selection Committee Former Hockey Captain Ajitpal Singh to head Dronacharya Award Selection Committee Government re-launched Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana AFI president Sumariwala appointed as the Chef-de-Mission for Asian Games Robert Frederick Panara, the poineer of deaf studies died in Rochester, US Senior IRS officer K V Chowdary appointed as new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). Construction Work of World’s tallest Railway Bridge began at Noney in Manipur Rosetta of European Space Agency on 6 August 2014 became first ever spacecraft to reach a Comet Botnets used by Russian Hackers to hack 1.2 billion Internet Passwords A book Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan written by Daman Singh was published Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town seized by ISIS militants The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Ebola as Global Health Emergency. Munger through the Ages authored by late DP Yadav released at Rashtrapati Bhavan Narendra Modi released a book titled Gujarat’s success story in Water Management authored by Sriram Vedire United Kingdom’s planning academician and Professor, Sir Peter Hall died at University College Hospital, London Robin Williams, the Oscar-winning actor and comedian died at his home in Tiburon, California Haider al-Abadi was named as the new Iraqi Prime Minister by Iraqi President Mohammed Fuad Masum Tata-Singapore Airlines (SIA) named its upcoming joint venture airline as Vistara World Elephant Day observed across the world on 12 August www.edugeeks.in Page 3 www.edugeeks.in Miroslav Klose of Germany announced his retirement from international football Reshamlal Jangade, the member of First Lok Sabha, Died President conferred the Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards on Arun Jaitley, Dr Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav in New Delhi Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan to head the Expenditure Management Commission Goalkeeping great Vladimir Beara of Croatia died in city Split of Croatia Delhi University professor Dr. Sunil Kumar received Global South Award given by International Political Science Association (IPSA) Kush Kumar became the first Indian player to reach the semi-final of World Junior Squash Championship Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to bag Fields Medal Nuri al-Maliki resigned as the Prime Minister of Iraq Rajasthan Government re-launched Bhamashah scheme to empower woman RBI decided to impose a limit of 3 free transactions per month from other bank’s ATM Union Government re-launched Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana for the benefit of citizens aged 60-year and above and provide financial security to them The founder of Delhi Gymkhana Club Dilbagh Singh died Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi authored by Faraz Ahmad released The Board of Cricket Control India (BCCI) appointed Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri as the Director of Indian Cricket Team World Humanitarian Day observed across the world on 19 August K.V. Thomas appointed PAC chairperson ICICI Bank became the first bank in India to launch EMI facility on Debit Card Thailand coup leader, Army Chief Prayuth Chan-ocha was appointed as prime minister of Thailand Renowned Kannada writer and literary critic U.R. Ananthamurthy died Guru Hanuman Akhara selected 2014 Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar www.edugeeks.in Page 4 www.edugeeks.in Actor-director Richard Attenborough died India's first IIEST inaugurated in West Bengal Finance Minister Ahmet Davutoglu named as Prime Minister of Turkey Noted Malayalam actor Chemancherry Narayanan Nair died at 79 Union Textiles Ministry signed MoU with Flipkart to provide online marketing platform to handloom weavers to boost the sector. Union Textiles Ministry signed MoU with Flipkart to provide online marketing platform to handloom weavers to boost the sector. Union Textiles Ministry signed MoU with Flipkart to provide online marketing platform to handloom weavers to boost the sector. Nagpur got India's first ethanol-run bus RN Ravi appointed R N Ravi as the new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee, Senior IPS officer Ramesh Chand Tayal has been appointed as Special Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) The Union government has launched a new Dot Bharat domain in Devanagari script Recep Tayyip Erdogan sworn in as 12th President of Turkey National Sports Day in India is celebrated on August 29 13 year old school boy Yashwardhan Shukla authored a novel, Gods of Antarctica Former CAG Vinod Rai has authored a book titled Not Just an Accountant Sheila Dikshit submitted her resignation as Kerala Governor to The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee C.S.Verma was elected as First President of Indian Steel Association (ISA). Shah Rukh Khan became the Ambassador of Turn Back Crime campaign of Interpol IRCTC has launched a new application to book tickets for Black Berry smartphone users Vinod Kumar Duggal resigned as Manipur Governor Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 28 August 2014 launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana www.edugeeks.in Page 5 www.edugeeks.in www.edugeeks.in Page 6