Daily Current Affairs - 30th-31st August 2014

1) The city of Chennai celebrated its landmark anniversary during August 2014. What landmark anniversary is this? – 375th

Explanation : The city of Chennai (previously known as Madras) celebrated its 375th anniversary on 22 August 2014. The city was established on 22 August 1639 as on this date the East India Company acquired a small piece of land from the king of Chandragiri (Peda Venkata Raya) for establishing Fort St. George. This event laid the foundation of the modern city of Madras, which slowly started building up around Fort St. George. The city thus completed 375 years of its establishment during August 2014.

Daily Current Affairs - 30th -31th August 2014

1) The city of Chennai celebrated its landmark anniversary during August 2014. What landmark anniversary is this? – 375th

=> Explanation : The city of Chennai (previously known as Madras) celebrated its 375th anniversary on 22 August 2014. The city was established on 22 August 1639 as on this date the East India Company acquired a small piece of land from the king of Chandragiri (Peda Venkata Raya) for establishing Fort St. George. This event laid the foundation of the modern city of Madras, which slowly started building up around Fort St. George. The city thus completed 375 years of its establishment during August 2014.

Daily Current Affairs - 29 August

Heena Sandhu with President
Pranav Mukharjee to give Arjuna Award

1) India’s national carrier offered air tickets at Rs. 100 (excluding fuel surcharge, taxes and fees) for five days beginning 27 August 2014 on the occasion of ‘Air India Day’. ‘Air India Day’ is being celebrated for the first time by Air India. ‘Air-India Day’ stands for what? – Air India’s amalgamation with erstwhile Indian Airlines into one airline as ‘Air India’ on 27 August 2007

=> Explanation : Rs. 100 tickets are being sold only through Air India website from 27-31 August for travel during 27 August to 30 September 2014.

Daily Current Affairs - 28 August

1) Tata Value Homes, a subsidiary of Tata Housing with focus on affordable housing, on 26 August 2014 entered into partnership with which online seller to enable users to buy houses online? –Snapdeal

=> Explanation : As part of the partnership, about 1,000 homes across projects in cities like Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Chennai will be put up for sale on Snapdeal. These houses are priced between Rs. 18-70 lakh and range from 1 BHK to 3 BHK. Upon possession of the house, customers buying the house through Snapdeal will get Rs. 10,000 per month for a year as an assured rent (whether they stay on premise or lease it out) as part of the deal. Tata Value Homes will continue to sell through its own portal as well.

Daily Current Affairs - 27 August

1) Search engine behemoth Google is in the process of building the largest store of information in human history that autonomously gathers and merges data from across the web to provide unprecedented access to all facts about the world. What is the name given to this enormous project of information and knowledge being implemented by Google? –“Knowledge Vault”

=> Explanation : “Knowledge Vault” will be a type of knowledge base or a system that stores information so that machines as well as people can read it. Google’s existing knowledge base, called “Knowledge Graph” relies on crowd-sourcing to expand its information. However, humans could only take it so far so Google decided to automate the process and undertake a new project called “Knowledge Vault”. “Knowledge Vault” has pulled in 1.6 billion facts to date.

Daily Current Affairs - 26 August

1) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during August 2014 notified that the two-step authentication for credit card transactions including ‘card not present transactions’ is a must as mandated under the rules. This announcement was made by the RBI primarily to set right which anomaly? => To bring under check the so-called customer-friendly payment model followed by certain service providers

Explanation : The toughening RBI stance on two-step authentication process is primarily aimed to set right an unintended wrong arising out of the so-called customer-friendly payment model followed by certain service providers. By doing so, they have managed to give the two-step authentication requirement a slip. According to the RBI, however, this is resulting in foreign exchange outflow. The non-adherence to the two-step authentication process has also made the field uneven for players especially in fields such as taxi operation. Frequent taxi users among credit card holders will prefer a cab provider who accepts a hassle-free payment process.

Daily Current Affairs - 24 & 25 August

1) What is the name of India’s first Naval vessel with all weapon systems built indigenously, that was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 23 August 2014? – INS Kamorta

=> Explanation : INS Kamorta was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at Vishakhapatnam on 23 August. The first indigenously-built stealth was handed over to Indian Navy by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) earlier on 12 July 2014. GRSE is a public-sector ship building enterprise and has manufactured INS Kamorta. The ship will be based at the Vishakhapatnam-based Eastern Command of Indian Navy.

2) Which state government on 21 August 2014 announced proposal to clamp complete prohibition on liquor in various phases? – Kerala

Daily Current Affairs - 23 August

Daily Current Affairs :23rd August 2014 

1) What is the name of the ambitious e-governance project of the Union Govt., which was approved by the Union Cabinet on 20 August 2014 and which aims to ensure that government services are available to citizens electronically? – ‘Digital India’ Project
Explanation : The project, which has a total overlay of Rs 1 lakh crore, aims to ensure that government services are available to citizens electronically and help people gain benefits from the latest information and communication technology. ‘Digital India’ project envisages bringing all the existing initiatives such as the Ebiz project, E-kranti, virtual classroom, e-visas and the National Optical Fibre Network project under a single umbrella. Other programmes include implementation of e-office to make Government departments paperless, encouraging domestic manufacturing of electronic products and kick starting Research & Development and entrepreneurship development fund. The project was unveiled in the Budget 2014-15 and is being directly monitored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Daily Current Affairs - 21 August

• Landslides struck Japan's Hiroshima prefecture
• India celebrated 68th Independence Day on 15 August 2014
• Senior MP KV Thomas appointed as Chairman of PAC
  => PAC : Public Accounts Commission
• Mainstreaming Civil Defence in Disaster Risk Reduction Scheme launched
• World’s first Hindu eco-temple Shree Swaminarayan Mandir opened in UK
•  The BRAIN Initiative: A Project for mapping brain activity
• Manipur Court orders release of human rights activist Irom Sharmila
  

Daily Current Affairs - 20 August

• The Nation remembers former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary today.
• Producer Guneet Monga has been named among the 'Most Powerful Women in Indian Business' by a magazine.
• Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar passes away; PM condoles death.
• Senior Congress leader KV Thomas took over as the new Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.

Daily Current Affairs - 17 to 19 August

•  Janmashtami' fervour grips nation
•  Rajni Razdan takes over as new UPSC chief
•  India ranked 5th amongst top 10 wind power producers: Report
•  HDFC Bank opens branch in Dubai
• AFI president Sumariwala to be Chef-de-Mission for Asian Games
• Haryana Government increases age of retirement from 58 to 60 years

Current Affairs in Hindi

1. बजट 2014 मे PPF मे जमा कराने की सीमा 1 लाख से बढ़ा कर कितनी कर दी है => 1.5 लाख

2. फुटबाल विश्व कप 2014 किस देश ने जीता है => जर्मनी

3. " मार्क - 3 " क्या है => मिसाइल

4. ब्राजील मे आयोजित ब्रिक्स शिखर सम्मेलन 2014 कौनसा शिखर सम्मेलन है -=> 6 वा

5. "गगन" क्या है => जी पी एस से चलने वाली एवं दिशा ज्ञान देने वाली प्रणाली

Daily Current Affairs 14 to 16 August

1. AIADMK leader M Thnbidura today unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. He is the first leader to hold the post for a second time. Earlier in 1985, also has the distinction of being elevated to the post.

2. Government is considering setting up of three greenfield airports in the Northeast — in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

Daily Current Affairs- 11 to 13 August

1. The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is to lay the foundation of a Port- Based Multi-product Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at Sheva, Navi Mumbai on Saturday, August 16, 2014. 
=> This industrial infrastructure project is to be established on 277 hectares with a total Public and Private investment of about 4,000 Crore rupees. This is being planned as a Self-Sustainable Integrated Development Project having a potential of generating over 1.5 lakh direct and indirect jobs.

2. The RBI said that it will transfer the surplus amount of Rs. 52,679 crore to the Government. The year before, the central bank said that it had transferred Rs. 33,010 crore to the Government.

Daily Current Affairs- 8 to 10 August

8 August

1. Removal of Mizoram governor Kamla Beniwal is as per Constitutional provisions, says Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu

2. Bombay high court stays trial against former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Adarsh Housing Society scam case

3. Supreme Court orders SGPC and Haryana SGPC to maintain status quo on management control of gurudwaras in Haryana till  further orders

4. Pakistan Rangers to hand over captured BSF jawan to India tomorrow

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.

Daily Current Affair 3 - 4 August

1) K.V. Chowdary was appointed as new Chairman of the CBDT
=> CBDT : Central Board of Direct Taxes

2) Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest Yunnan province of China

3) Scientists identified new species of Australian humpback dolphin Sousa Sahulensis

4) 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games concluded; India finished 5th with 64 medals
=> England topped the Medal Tally at 2014 Commonwealth Games

Daily Current Affair - 1 August

1) S. S. Mundra takes charge as RBI deputy governor

2) CWG 2014: Vikas Gowda wins India's first athletics medal in Glasgow

3) One Life is Not Enough written by Natwar Singh released

4)CWG: Pinki Rani bags first medal in Boxing

5) Sardar Singh suspended after second offence

6) Indo-Russia pact planned for new BrahMos missile version

7) Lucknow-New Delhi double-decker train soon