Page-8 of Current Affairs - August, 2014

Hindi Sevi Samman for 2010 and 2011 presented by President Pranab Mukherjee

August 26, 2014

The President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented the Hindi Sevi Samman for the years 2010 and 2011: Various Categories included:  Ganga Sharan Singh Award (For work in the field of promotion and training of Hindi) 2010: Janhu Barua Padma Sachdev ..

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BSF & BGB agreed on vulnerability mapping to implement CBMP along Bangladesh border

August 26, 2014

An agreement has been reached between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Board Guard Bangladesh (BGB) to carry out vulnerability mapping in every 6 months. It will be conducted to implement a Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) to check trans-border ..

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NASA to launch SMAP satellite in November 2014

August 26, 2014

American space agency NASA has planned to launch Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite in November 2014. It is part of the first tier of missions recommended for NASA by the Earth Science Decadal Survey. Utility of SMAP The satellite ..

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'Coal block allocations from 1993 to 2010 illegal, done arbitrarily': Supreme Court

August 26, 2014

The Supreme Court declared illegal all coal block allocations between 1993 and 2010, saying these were done in an unfair, arbitrary and non-transparent manner without following any objective criteria. The court, however, said that further hearing was required to decide whether ..

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“The Green Bus project”: India‘s first ethanol-run public bus launched in Nagpur

August 26, 2014

India launched “The Green Bus project” in Nagpur with the launch of its first ethanol-run, environment-friendly public bus. The bus will emit carbon dioxide as low as 15% to 90% and its emissions will be monitored by the Union government, ..

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Oscar-winning director and actor Richard Attenborough passed away

August 26, 2014

Eminent Oscar-winning British director and actor Richard Attenborough (90) passed away. In his six-decade long career, he appeared in movies including Brighton Rock, World War Two prisoner of war thriller The Great Escape and later in dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park. As ..

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