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Government approved a bill to amend the Juvenile Justice Act to allow for 16-18-

year-olds to be treated as adults when involved in heinous crimes.

1.

Glasgow (Scotland) Commonwealth Games 2014 (20th Commonwealth Games) -

Organized in Celtic Park Stadium of Glasgow, Scotland. Total 4950 Athletes from 71

Countries participated in the second largest sports event in the world after Olympics.

200 Indian Atheletes participated in it.

Clyde was the Official Mascot of this Sports Event.

Medal Tally -

England Topped the Medal Tally with total 174 Medals (58 -G, 59 - S, 57 - B)

Australia was secon with 139 Medals. Canada was Third with 82 Medals and Host

Country Scotland was Fourth with 53 Medals.

India was at Fifth Place with 64 Medals (15 - Gold, 30 - Silver, 19 - Bronze).

India's Parupalli Kashyap won Gold in Badminton's Singles.

Vikas Gowda won First Gold for India in Discuss Throwing Evvent.

Deepa Karmakar became India's First Female Gymnast to win a Commonwealth

Medal as she won Bronze in Female Gymnastics.

Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa won first ever gold medal in Squash.

Records -

Scotland's Erraid Davies (13 Years) becomes youngest ever Commonwealth Games

medalist as she won the Bronze medal in 100 Metres Breast Stroke Swimming.

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Claudia Fragapane made record of Most Individual Gold Medals as she won won 4

Golds in Gymnastics.

Welsh Gymnast Francesca Jones chosen as Best Athlete of the Glasgow

Commonwealth Games 2014.

Next (21st) Commonwealth Games are to be Hosted by Australia in 2018.

RBI has proposed setting up a GIRO (Government Internal Revenue Order) based on

Umesh Bellur Committee Suggestions to implement a flexible Anytime, Anywhere Bill

Payments System Across Country. It proposes of Two New Units called BBPS (Bharat Bill

Payments System) and BBPOUs (Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units).

3.

Traditional Aadi Perukku festival was celebrated in Tamilnadu in places near Cauvery

River.

4.

11 Aug - Establishment day of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It was Included into Indian

Territories on August 11, 1961.

5.

15 Aug - India's Independence Day. (It is also Independence day of Liechtenstein, South

Korea And Congo).

6.

29 Aug - National Sports Day (Birthday of Legendary Hockey Player Major Dhyan

Chand).

7.

4 New Judges in Supreme Court - A M Sapre, R Banumathi, P C Pant & Uday Umesh

lalit.

8.

Passion Flower : Seven Stories of Derangement has been written by Cyrus Mistry.9.

Strictly Personal : Manmohan and Gursharan has been written by Manmohan Singh's

Daughter Daman Singh.

10.

A committee has been set up under Arvind Varma to offer recommendations for

reconsideration of civil services examination pattern amid concerns over Hindi Medium

Candidates' Interests.

11.

A group of scientists and academicians have started the Right to Research (R2R)

Foundation to support foreign-educated and trained Indian researchers to help them find

suitable jobs, upon their return to the country.

12.

A high level committee has been made by the Uttarakhand government to conduct

detailed survey of the industries using silica dust in the state. Additional Chief Secretary

S Raju is the Chief of the this Committee.

13.

Actress Priyanka Chopra has been made brand ambassador for Banarasi sarees by

Ministry of Textiles.

14.

Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav get outstanding Parliamentarian awards.15.

Atomic Power Station at Rawatbhata achieved Record of 739 days of uninterrupted

power production and left US Behind. With this achievement it became second in world

to run continuously for such duration after Pickering Nuclear Station of Canada.

16.

Aug 6 - Anti Nuclear Day & Hiroshima Day (First US Nuclear Bomb Fell on Japan's17.


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Hiroshima on Aug 6, 1945).

Aug 6 - Quit India Day (Bharat Chodo Divas). On Aug 09 1942, M K Gandhi announced

this Slogan to flag of to Start decisive battle for freedom from the British.

18.

Aug 9 - Nagasaki Day (Second US Nuclear Bomb Fell on Japan's Nagasaki on Aug 9,

1945).

19.

Australia has approved Indian Company Adani Mining's Bid for developing a 2.2bn USD

Rail Line called North Galilee Basin Rail for Australia's 15bn USD Carmichael Coal Mine

Project.

20.

B Ashok has been appointed as new Chief of IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation Limited).21.

Bharatiya Mahila Bank has been given the Core Banking System Initiative Award 2014

at Asian Banking Awards 2014.

22.

Central Board of Secondary Education has been charge to conduct the National

Eligibility Test after UGC Did not meet the requirements for conducting NET.

23.

Central Bureau of Investigation registered a preliminary enquiry (PE) against Google

over Mapathon 2013 after a complaint filed by Surveyor General of India in which Google

was accused of mapping areas which were not included in the maps of the country.

24.

Deepika Kumari Led Indian Archery Team won Gold by beating Mexico at World Cup

Stage 4 in Poland.

25.

Delhi University Professor Dr. Sunil Kumar has been given the Global South Award by

International Political Science Association (IPSA) for his excellent work in politics in

developing world.

26.

E-Commerce Retailer Flipkart became First Online retailer to collect 1 Billion USD

Investment from Market.

27.

ESA (European Space Agency)'s Satellite GAIA accompanied with high power Camera

meant to Create 3d Maps of Our Galaxy 'Milky Way' Started sending images to Earth.

28.

Egypt decided to re-construct The Crucial Suez Canal parellel to the existing one with a

Cost of USD 8.2 Billion.

Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean

Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction, it

allows ships to travel between Europe and eastern Asia without navigating around

Africa. It reduces about 7000 km to travel to Europe from India.

29.

European Space Agency’s (ESA) Spacecraft Rosetta has reached its target Comet and

became first spacecraft to orbit a Comet.

30.

Film Director Muzaffar Ali has been given the Rajeev Gandhi National Sadbhavana

Award 2014.

31.

Finance ministry has decided to limit Aadhaar's role in its welfare scheme payments

and, instead, use ATM-enables RuPay cards for authentication to withdraw money.

32.

First Indian women to scale Mount Everest Bachendri Pal has been honored by Bharat

Gaurav 2014 by East Bengal Club.

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Foreign VIP Visits to India -

SAM Kuitesa, Foreign Minister of Uganda Visited India.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel Visited India.

US Secretary of State John Kerry Visited India.

34.

Former India cricket captain Kapil Dev will head the Arjuna Awards selection committee

for choosing this year's outstanding sportspersons and former hockey contain Ajitpal

Singh is likely to be in charge of selecting the Dronacharya awardees.

35.

G20 Countries' Leading Industrialists meet in Sydney, Australia. The summit is called

B-20 (Business - 20).

36.

Gautam Adani Led Adani Group bought 1200 MW Thermal Power Plant from LANCO

Infratech in Karnataka.

37.

Global Trends in Antibiotics Consmption Report 2014 has stated that india is the

Largest consumer of Antibiotics in the world between 2000 - 2010.

38.

Government approved Ken-Betwa river linking to benefit UP and Madhya Pradesh by

meeting irrigation, drinking water and electricity needs of people.

39.

Government Abbounced Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana undert which each Member of

Parliament would choose one Village under its Jursidiction and develop it into an Ideal

Rural Set up and define measures to be taken for the same.

40.

Government Approved FDI Limit Hike in Railways to 100%. Note that Government has

also approved FDI Limit Hike in Insurance and Defence sectors to 49%.

41.

Government Decided to create an EMC (Expenditure Management Commission) to keep

track of Expenditures and better Cash Management to be headed by Former RBI Governor

Bimal Jalan.

42.

Government Plans to set up country’s largest ultra mega solar plant of 700 MW

Capacity in Madhya Pradesh Rewa district with an investment of Rs 4,000 crore.

43.

Government Started Bank of Ideas and Innovations (BII), an initiative to promote ideas

and innovation. and announced revival of CAPART (Council for Advancement of People's

Action and Rural Technology), which works with NGOs for rural development.

44.

Government announced Draft Terms for setting up of Small & Payment Banks and

concluded that Minimum worth to set up one will be 100 Crores as compared to 500

Crores required to set up a fully functiona scheduled Bank.

45.

Government decided to double the Energy cess on Coal to Rs 100 per tonne.

India announced the introduction of a clean energy cess in its Budget 2010-11 to

reduce the negative environmental consequences and increased pollution levels

associated with industrialization and urbanization. The clean energy cess is levied on

lignite and peat at a rate of INR 50 per tonne and on Coal at a rate of Rs, 100 per

Tonne. It is applicable to imported coal as well.

46.

Government formed a Committee for suggesting measures to be adopted for revival of47.


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UGC (Universities Grant Commission) under Hari Gautam.

Government gave Navratna Status to CONCOR (Container Corporation of India).48.

Government has revised investment target for Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) from Rs

27,000 crore to Rs 80,000 crores.

49.

Government has scaled down the borrowing target from the market in the April-

September by 16000 Crores bringing it down to 3.52 Lakh Crore as compared to 3.68

Annual Borrowing target for FY 2014 - 15. It is being done to reduce expenses and better

cash management.

50.

Government introduced a Bill called NJAC (National Judicial Appointments Bill 2014 -

Constitutional Amendment 121) to drop the Collegium system for appointment of Judges

in Supreme Court and High Courts and create a Panel of 6 Members for The same. The

Panel will be headed by Chief Justice of India. Other members will be Two senior judges

of Supreme Court, Law Minister and two other eminent personalities.

51.

Government launched a New web portal myGov.nic.in to enable Citizens to contribute

their Opinions towards various issues of National Interest.

52.

Government started implementation of Jan Dhan Yojana as a major step towards

Financial Inclusion of left out circles of the society. Under this, 15 Crores Bank accounts

are to be opened by August 2018. There will also be an Overdraft facility of Rs. 5000 and

an Accidental Insurance of Rs. 100000.

53.

Government started implementation of Jan Dhan Yojana as a major step towards

Financial Inclusion of left out circles of the society. Under this, 15 Crores Bank accounts

are to be opened by August 2018. There will also be an Overdraft facility of Rs. 5000 and

an Accidental Insurance of Rs. 100000.

54.

Government to bring White (Milk) and Blue (Fishing) Revolutions. Rashtriya Gokul

Mission have been started to promote conservation of Cows across Country with Rs. 500

Crores Funds.

55.

Government to set up a Telecom Finance Corporation (TFC) in the 12th Five Year Plan

period (2012-17) which will be registered as a non-banking and non-deposit

infrastructure finance company.

56.

HDFC Bank has been named as India's most valuable brand (USD 9.4 Billion) in the first

ever BrandZ Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brand ranking with Bharti Airtel at second

position (USD 8.2 Billion) in the ranking while State Bank of India ranked third ($ 6.8 bn).

57.

ICICI Bank announced launching of First In Country EMI (Equated Monthly

Instalments) facility on debit cards to enable its customers to convert their high value

transactions into easy instalments.

58.

IDBI Bank has been probed by CBI for Providing Rs. 900 Crore Loan to the Cash

Strapped Airline Kingfisher. IDBI Bank declraes Kingfisher Airlines as Wilful Defaulter.

59.

INS Kolkata, a new Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer Navy Ship has been inducted Into

the Navy. It is part of Project 15A Alpha under which Three Ships INS Kolkata, Kochi &

Chennai are to be developed.

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India Building World's Highest Railway Bridge over chenab River in Jammu & Kashmir.61.

India Decided to Cancel Secretary Level Talks with Pakistan in view of Continued Cease

Fire violation by Pakistan Army at Border.

62.

India has put a partial ban on Italian defence parts maker Finmeccanica due to its UK

subsidiary Agusta Westland involved in infamous VVIP helicopter deal corruption case.

63.

India has rejected a US proposal at the World Trade Organization seeing it as attempts

by developed countries to push through an agreement on trade facilitation without

addressing the concerns of the developing and least developed countries.

64.

India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Czech Republic Railways to

earn expertise in running semi high-speed trains and modernising signalling system of

Railways.

65.

India successfully conducted trial of its indigenously developed surface-to-air 'Akash'

missile, with a strike range of 25 km.

66.

Indian Air Force Chief Arup raha has been appointed as Chief of Staff Committee.67.

Indian Archer Deepika Kumari showed win one gold and two bronze medals in the

World Cup archery Stage 4 at Wroclaw (Poland).

68.

Indian Author, Nikhil Chandwani, Becomes First Indian Writer to Bag American Literary

Forum Society Award. His novel, Coded Conspiracy, has received the Conspiracy Novel of

the Year Award from the prestigious American Literary Forum Society.

69.

Indian Bank Chairman T M Bhasin has been appointed as Chief of IBA (Indian Banks'

Association) for 2014 - 15.

70.

Indian Cellphone Maker Micromax has overtaken Samsung to become the largest

mobile phone supplier in India in Q2 2014 (16.6 % Share).

71.

Indian Government decided to abolish 64 Year Old Planning Commission and set up a

New Institution to Carry out the tasks.

72.

Indian Navjeet Kaur Dhillon clinched the bronze medal in the women’s discus throw at

the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championship in USA.

73.

Indian Navy built a new “Very Low Frequency (VLF)” transmitting station at INS

Kattaboman, Tirunelvelli, Tamil Nadu to enhance ability to communicate with deployed

submarines.

74.

Indian Origin person Priti Patel has been appointed exchequer secretary in the Treasury

department of United Kingdom.

75.

Indian Public Sevtor Broadcaster Doordarshan signed an agreement with Deutsche

Welle (DW), Germany’s international broadcaster to gain access to its viewers across

germany.

76.

Indian Railways has launched the Next Generation E-Ticketing System that is much

more fast then previous Version of the Railways Software.

It is capable of Booking 7200 Tickets Per Minute as compared to previous capacity of

2000 Per Minute.

The system, developed at a cost of Rs 180 crore, will ensure that 1.2 lakh concurrent

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users can book e-tickets simultaneously against the earlier capacity of 40,000

concurrent users at a time.

Indian Researchers successfully deployed IndARC, India’s first multi-sensor moored

observatory in the Arctic.

78.

Indian Tennis Player Sania Mirza has been appointed as Ambassador India's newly

Formed 29th State - Telangana.

79.

Indian VIP Visits to Other Countries -

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Visited Nepal for Inter-Ministerial Meet with

Nepal after 23 Years.

Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj Visited Singapore.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visited Nepal ans received Huge Welcome on

his arrival.

During this Visit, PM Narendra Modi Addressed Nepal's Parliament.

Narendra Modi Paid Worship in Pashupatinath temple and donated Rs. 25 for its

maintenance.

Pandheshwar Dam is to be constructed on Kali River for hydro power Generation.

80.

Indian-American Sampat Shivangi has been appointed as the Chairman of the

Mississippi Board of Mental Health, making him the first Asian to occupy the top health

post in this southern American state.

81.

International Congress of Mathematics 2014 was organised in Seoul (South Korea).

Indians were Awarded during this conference as mentioned -

Manjul Bhargava was honored by Field Medal (Noble of Mathematics).

Subhash Khot was honored by Rolf Nevanlinna Prize.

82.

International Congress of Mathematics 2014 was organised in Seoul (South Korea).

Indians were Awarded during this conference as mentioned -

Manjul Bhargava was honored by Field Medal (Noble of Mathematics).

Subhash Khot was honored by Rolf Nevanlinna Prize.

83.

International Olympic Committee appointed Yao Ming (Retired Chinese professional

basketball player) as Ambassador of 2014 summer Olympics to be organized in China.

84.

International Physics Olympiad was held in Kazakhstan. Indians Chitraang Murdia and

Aniket Bajpai won gold medals individually.

85.

K V Thomas has been appointed as Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas has been appointed as

Chief of Public Accounts Committee.

86.

Kerala magician Samraj received the prestigious international Merlin Award-2014 in the

"Scary Magic" category.

87.

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Championships held in Namibia.

LIC of India has been allocated privileges of operating the re-launched Varishtha

Pension Bima Yojana.

89.

M Thambidurai has been appointed as Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha. He is a Leader in

AIADMK Party.

90.

Manjula Chellur has been appointed as new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.91.

Meghalaya Chief Minister (Mukul Sangma) launched Chief Minister's Social Assistance

(CMSA) Scheme for welfare of widows and persons with disabilities.

92.

Michael Fallon has been appointed as new Defence Minister of United Kingdom.93.

Mr India Title Winner Miihier Singh to represent India at the 48th Asian Bodybuilding

Championships in China.

94.

NGRBA (National Ganga River Basin Authority) has been shifted to the New Ministry of

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation from Ministry of

Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

95.

Nagoya Protocol on Effective use of Genetic Resources and conservation of Biodiversity

received the 50th ratification mandatory for its becoming effective.

96.

National Sports Awards 2014 (Selection committee headed by Kapil Dev) -

Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards - No Awardee

Arjuna Awards: Akhilesh Varma (Archery), Tintu Luka (Athletics), H.N. Girisha

(Paralympics), V. Diju (Badminton), Geetu Ann Jose (Basketball), Jai Bhagwan

(Boxing), Ravichandran Ashwin (Cricket), Anirban Lahiri (Golf), Mamta Pujari

(Kabaddi), Saji Thomas (Rowing), Heena Sidhu (Shooting), Anaka Alankamany

(Squash), Tom Joseph (Volleyball), Renubala Chanu (Weightlifting) and Sunil Rana

(Wrestling).

Dronacharya Awards: Mahabir Prasad (Wrestling), N. Lingappa (Athletics -

Lifetime), G. Manoharan (Boxing - Lifetime), Gurcharan Singh Gogi (Judo - Lifetime),

Jose Jacob (Rowing - Lifetime).

Dhyan Chand Awards: Gurmail Singh (Hockey), K.P. Thakkar (Swimming - Diving),

Zeeshan Ali (Tennis).

97.

Navtej Singh Sarna has been appointed as Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External

Affairs.

98.

Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger form a Joint Force to counter Terrorist Group Boko

Haram.

99.

Opportunity, National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Mars rover,

which was sent to MARS in 2004, has set a record for the longest distance travelled by a

rover.

100.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published Standard

for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters to better fight

Tax Invasion and exchange of Taxation Data between countries.

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PM Modi Inaugerated Three Hydro Power Projects in Jammu & Kashmir. One is 44 MW

Chutak Hydro Power Project in Kargil, Second is 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo Project in Leh

District and third is 240 MW Uri - II in Baramula District.

102.

PM Modi announced 8000-crore package for development of four highways in the state

of Jammu & Kashmir.

103.

PM Modi urged to bring a Saffron (Kesar) Revolution in Jammu and Kashmir by giving a

boost to production of Kesar in the state.

104.

PM Narendra Modi Tuesday announced new agricultural-irrigation scheme to ensure

ample water supply to farmers round the year. with name Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai

Yojana.

105.

Peter Gilchrist (Singapore) won Glasgow Open Billiards by Beating Indian Rupesh shah.106.

Philip Hammond has been appointed as new Foreign Minister of United Kingdom

(Previously was Defence Minister of UK).

107.

President Pranab Mukherjee gave the Gallantry Awards on 68th Independence Day on

Aug 15, 2014.

Total 55 Medals were presented to honor the Brave.

1 Ashok Chakra wes presented. It was received by Major Mukund Varadarajan

posthumously.

12 Shaurya Chakras, 39 Sena Medals, 1 Nausena Medal & 2 Vayu Sena Medals.

108.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announced the 2,050 km Jagdishpur - Phulpur - Haldia

gas pipeline to serve as the 'Energy Highway' of Eastern States to carry efficient fuel to

West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and UP and is to be built by GAIL with Rs. 10,000 crores.

109.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dedicated the 1000MW Mouda Super Thermal Power

Project to the nation in Mouda (Nagpur district Maharashtra).

110.

R Banumathi has become the first woman judge from Tamil Nadu to be elevated to the

Supreme Court.

111.

RBI allowed Banks to reduce number of Free Transactions from ATMs (Automated Teller

Machines) of Other Banks to Three in a Month (From Five). Banks are also allowed to

charge fee on more then Five Transactions from their own ATMs in a Month.

112.

RBI has approved changing RBI Board Structure changes suggestions made by RBI

Governor Raghuram Rajan. It Includes appointment of a Fifth Deputy Governor and

called him COO (Chief Operating Officer). Nachiket Mor is likely candidate for this new

proposed title.

113.

RBI has further Tightened the Norms for ARCs (Asset Reconstruction Companies) and

stated that they will have to pay upfront 15 per cent of the bid value of non-performing

loans, against five per cent earlier. Also, those planning to buy bad loans will get more

time (at least two weeks) to carry out due diligence before bidding for stressed assets.

114.

RBI issued draft Guidelines for setting up of a Trade Receivables Accounting System

(TReDS) for Financing to MSMEs and help them convert Trade Receivable into Liquid

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Funds.

RBI kept its Monetary Policy Rates Unchanged in its Bi-Monthly review of Monertary

Policies. Only the SLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) has been changed to 22 % (From 22.5%

Initially)

Monetry Policy Rates as on Aug 31, 2014 - Bank Rate - 9%. Repo Rate - 8 %. Reverse

Repo - 7 %. CRR - 4%.

GDP Growth Rate in the Current Year (2014 - 15) expected at 5.5%.

Consumer Price Index based Inflation expected to come down to 5% by January 2015

and 6% by January 2016.

116.

RIMPAC 14 - (Rim of the Pacific Exercise), the largest Naval Exercise in the world

organized with participants from 23 Countries.

117.

Rajasthan State Started Bhamashah Scheme regarding Opening Bank accounts in name

of women of the Beneficiary Families.

118.

Rajni Razdan has been appointed as Chairman of UPSC (Union Public Service

Commission).

119.

Ramon Magsaysay Award 2014 () -

Hu Shuli (China)

Saur Marlina Manurung (Indonesia)

Omara Khan Masoudi (Afghanistan)

The Citizens Foundation (Pakistan)

Randy Halasan (Philippines)

About Prize -

Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s highest honor and is widely regarded as the

region’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

The award is given every year to individuals or organizations in Asia who manifest

the same selfless service like Filipino leader Ramon Magsaysay after which it was

named.

120.

Ravi Shastri has been appointed as Team Director of Indian Cricket Team by BCCI.121.

Researchers have found India's First jellyfish Lake in a town Armabada in Gujarat.122.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has raised the foreign institutional investors' (FIIs')

sub-limit in government bonds by $5 billion, after the existing $20-billion limit was

almost exhausted. Note that total Investment limit for FIIs has been kept at USD 30

billion.

123.

Results of 6th Economic Sensus (Conducted by Central Statistics Office) -

Number of Employed persons rose by 34.35% to 12.77 Crore and Number of

Establishments rose by 41.7% since last census in 2006 (in Eight years).

Maharashtra created most Jobs with 11.26% of all jobs in country, followed by UP,

West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.

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Rate of Job creation was most in Manipur (83.3%), followed by Assam, Sikkim and UP.

Rogers Cup Tennis 2014 -

Male - France's Jo-Wilfried-Tsonga beat Swiss Roger Federer.

Females - Poland's Azarenka Radwanska beat USA's Venus Williams.

125.

Sanjay Kothari took over as Secretary of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).126.

Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2014 has been approved by Lok Sabha which will

provide the securities market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

powers to effectively pursue fraudulent investment schemes (ponzi schemes) with

guidelines for the formation of special fast trial courts. It Includes Pyramid Schemes and

Multi-Level-Marketing schemes.

127.

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) cleared launch of Real Estate and

Infrastructure Investment Trusts (REITs & InvIT).More[3]...

128.

Sikkim has been named as the Most favorite tourist destination among the North-East

States.

129.

Singapore to help India in Developing 100 'smart cities' for which Rs 7,000 crores were

allocated in its recent budget.

130.

Sir Alec Jeffreys, who discovered a method of showing the variation in the DNA of

individuals, will receive the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in Britain.

131.

South African Famous Cricketer Jacques Kallis retired from International Cricket.132.

South American Country Argentina has defaulted on its debt Second time in 13 Years

after talks with creditors broke down.

133.

Sports Authority of India (SAI) launched F-Cube technology to promote football at the

grass-root level.

134.

State Bank of India started flexible Home Loan scheme called 'Home loan on Wheels'.135.

Subhash Sheoratan Mudra has been appointed as Fourth Deputy Governor of RBI

(Reserve Bank of India). Other Three RBI Deputy Governors are H R Khan, Dr Urjit Patel,

R Gandhi.

136.

Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a bill for banning entry of persons wearing 'dhoti' in public

places a cognisable offence punishable with jail term.

137.

Tamilnadu government started a new award in the name of poet Ilango Adigal who

authored Tamil epic Silappathikaram to be given to people doing pioneering work in

literature.

138.

Tata-SIA Airlines Limited will launch Services in October 2014 under Brand Name

VistaraVistaraVistaraVistara.

139.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended a Rs.2,400-crore project to

connect Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep islands with strong cable-based networks to

replace the satellite mode of transmission.

140.


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The Lives of Others has been written by Neel Mukherjee. It has been nominated for

Prestigious Literary Honor - Man Booker Prize 2014.

141.

The Lives of Others has been written by Neel Mukherjee. It has been nominated for

Prestigious Literary Honor - Man Booker Prize 2014.

142.

To promote Research and Development in bulk drugs a National Centre for Research &

Development in Bulk Drug (NCRDBD) is to be set at NIPER, Hyderabad.

143.

Traditional International Minjar fair Started in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh.144.

UNESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)

Predicted 5.5% GDP Growth for India in 2014 - 15.

145.

US Provided USD 225 Million in Emergency Funding to Israel for its Iron Dome Missile

Defence System in view of on going Israel - Hamas Conflict.

146.

US announced its interest in Co-producing its Anti Tank Guided Missile Javelin with

India.

147.

US has pledged African leaders to Invest $33 billion across continent to help African

Counteries develop their natural resources.

148.

USA's Berklee College of Music will honour Indian Composer A. R. Rahman with an

honorary doctorate for his Achievements.

149.

Unesco and Kerala Tourism partnered up to retrace the Spice Route through several

districts of Kerala.

150.

Vijayawada has been chosen as capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh after

its division into Telangana and rest of Andhra Pradesh.

151.

Vinay Sheel Oberoi appointed as acting chief of National Commission for Women.152.

WHO (World Health Organization) has declared Ebola Virus as an International Health

Emergency. Ebola has seen widespread in African Countries and has claimed Numerous

Lives so far.

153.

West Bengal State observed Kanyashree diwas on Aug 14 to mark 13 lakh enrollment of

the girls under this unique 1000 Crore scheme of West Bengal Government for welfare of

Girls.

154.

Y Sudarshan Rao has been appointed as chief of Indian council of Historical Research

(ICHR).

155.

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