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August 7, 2014

Daily Current Affairs- 5 to 7 August

5 August

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wraps up his two day successful visit to Nepal with assurance to political leadership in Nepal of cooperation and strengthening of bilateral relations and review of peace and friendship treaty of 1950.

2. Government says marks in English not to be included for merit in civil Services Exams.; One more attempt to be allowed in 2015 for aspirants who appeared in 2011 exam.


3. New Delhi condemns derogatory material relating to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on the official website of Sri Lanka.
Government says there is nothing to panic in the areas surrounding Kosi river in Bihar.



4. All Party meet on Insurance Bill remains inconclusive; Congress and other parties seek two days time; NCP ready to support the Bill.

5. Both Houses of Parliament adjourned till 2 pm over different issues including derogatory remarks posted on Srilankan Government website; Government strongly condemns the incident.

6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi discusses bilateral issues with Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav.

7. National Crisis Management Committee says there is no immediate danger of flood to the area surrounding river Koshi in Bihar; Over 65,000 people evacuated from the affected areas.

8. Delhi High Court agrees to hear tomorrow seeking review of its order banning e-rickshaws.

9. In Bangladesh, a ferry carrying about 200 passengers capsized; 44 rescued.

10.Sensex gains over 150 points in afternoon trade.

11 World Bank pledges USD 200 million to fight Ebola.

12 Amitabh Bachchan to get immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds.

13 Indian Men's Hockey team leave for Bangladesh today for 3-match series.

14 CAB secretary Sourav Ganguly planning pre-season meet.

15 Lt Gen Campose takes over as Army Vice Chief.

16 Assam ranks 2nd in employment growth.

17  Indian student named Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 world champ

6 August

1. Reserve Bank keeps key interest rates unchanged in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review in current fiscal.

2. Government says, it will protect the interests of its farmers against all odds despite being committed to World Trade Organization.

3. Delhi High Court refuses to lift ban on e-rickshaws; Asks Centre to frame draft guidelines to regulate them.

4. Rajya Sabha faces adjournment over Civil Services Aptitude Test.

5. India and Nepal agree to build a pipeline for supply of petroleum products to the Himalayan nation.

6. Supreme Court asks Centre to decide Delhi Assembly's fate within five weeks.

7. Government to give subsidy on diesel to farmers in drought affected areas.

8. RBI retains repo rate at 8 per cent; cuts SLR by 0.5 per cent in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review.

9. Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane withdraws resignation from State cabinet.

10. With the 17-man England squad for ODI cricket series.
11 Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane withdraws resignation from State cabinet.

12 Chacha Chaudhary creator, cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma passes away at the age of 75.

13  Nepal to host SAARC summit in November.

14 Wrestling star Sushil Kumar most searched athlete at CWG.

15Veteran Marathi actress Smita Talwalkar passes away.

7 August

1--Creator of Chacha Choudhary, cartoonist Pran passes away.

2--Government hints at no further change in Civil Service Examination pattern.

3--India puts on hold all new defence procurements from Italian Finmeccannica group of companies.

4--Supreme Court agrees to examine the constitutional validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurudwara Management Act 2014.

5--BCCI condoles Arvind Apte's demise

6--Veteran Marathi film actress Smita Talwalkar passes away

7-- India to become second largest steel producer:arcelormittal

8--4 Indians in Fortune list of tech czars

9--India in eighth place on Global Maltimileniers club

10--Nepal will host the SAARC summit in November

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