Current Affairs at Glance From (24-08-2014 to 30-08-2014): -------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Easy Guidelines for Classification and re-classification of hotels announced by Ministry of Tourism. 2013 ICSI Life Time Achievement Award achieved by HCL Founder and Chairman Shiv Nadar. He achieved this award for his Excellence in Corporate Governance. Energy and Environment Foundation Global Excellence 2014 Award achieved by T Harinarayana. He is the Director of Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI). 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. ICC Women Cricket Rankings released which is topped by Mithali Raj Indian Women Cricket Captain. Second highest wicket taker is Rajeshwari Gayakwad. Comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Criteria for India (STCI) Launched by Shripad Naik. 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. Rs.198 crores loss attained by HCL Info systems in June Quarter. Rs.3200 crores Economic Corridor between Jagdalpur and Rourkela launched by Odisha Government. 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. Belgian Grand Prix title achieved by Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Driver). To achieve this award he defeated Nico Rosberg. 50 KM Walk World Record at European Athletics Championship broken by Yohann Diniz. MoU between India and Japan to develop Varanasi as Smart City. MoU is signed by Kyoto Mayor Daisaka Kadokawa and Indian Ambassador Deepa Wadhwa.
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