Daily Current Affairs - 22 August

• Thai coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha elected as Prime Minister of Thailand
• Prime Minister dedicated 765 KV Ranchi-Sipat transmission line to the nation
• Faisalabad Agriculture University conferred M S Swaminathan with honorary degree
• Release of Punjabi film Kaum de Heere based on Indira Gandhi's assassination stalled
• Hockey Madhya Pradesh became 23rd Associate Member of Hockey India
• Guru Hanuman Akhara chosen for 2014 Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
• South Africa announced to evacuate 500 rhinos from Kruger National Park to curb illegal poaching
• Veteran CPI-M leader Amitava Nandy died at 71
• DDA approved modification of Master Plan of Delhi-2021
• RBI released its annual report 2013-14 suppressing the fear of drought
• Afghanistan celebrated 95th Independence Day
• T M Bhasin elected as Chairman of Indian Banks Association
• RBI projects 5.5 % GDP growth during current fiscal
• Arvind Subramanian all set to be the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA).
•       Import duty of sugar hiked from 15 to 25 per cent
•       Bangladesh to set up exclusive Economic Zone for Japan
•       Hockey India inducts Madhya Pradesh as new Associate Member
•       Lifter Rahul bags first gold for India at Youth Olympics
• India maintain its 2nd position in ICC ODI team rankings