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Page-9 of Current Affairs - August, 2014

Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali conferred Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award

Noted filmmaker and Poet, Muzaffar Ali (69), has been conferred 22nd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi, the president of All-India...

August 20, 2014

KV Thomas is new Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC)

Prof. Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas has been appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Thomas is the senior Congress Parliamentarian from Ernakulum Constituency, Kerala. The position was previously...

August 20, 2014

Yoga exponent B.K.S. Iyengar passed away

Globally acclaimed yoga exponent B.K.S. Iyengar (95) passed away in Pune. Born in Karnataka’s Kolar district in 1918 and enervated by maladies since his childhood, he codified Patanjali’s...

August 20, 2014

Facts about National Day Rally 2014

The National Day Rally, 2014 at Singapore was smoothly carried out with its set of some remarkable features. The PM makes it pleasurable enough for all to watch...

August 20, 2014

India and Czech Republic to cooperate in the field of Railways

India’s Ministry of Railways and Czech Railways (Ceske Drahy) of the Czech Republic and Association of Czech Railway Industry (ACRI) of the Czech Republic inked an MoU on...

August 19, 2014

What is going on at Ferguson, USA?

The little town of Ferguson, St. Louis USA has been boiling with violence and protests after the brutal shooting of a black teenager Micheal Brown by a white...

August 19, 2014

Skateboarding King Jay Adams Dies at 53

Skateboarding is an action sport where the rider performs various tricks and stunts with the skateboard. It started with a recreational activity but gradually transformed itself into full-time...

August 19, 2014

Everything you want to know about Ebola

Ebola Virus Disease or Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever is fast making its presence felt along the length and breadth of African continent as its recorded and verified spread which...

August 19, 2014

What is happening in Pakistan?

Pakistan is going through tough times. The Nawaz Sharif government seems caught in a tight situation on all fronts. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) party led by former cricketer Imran...

August 19, 2014

China inaugurates new Tibet rail link near Sikkim border

China opened its second railway line in Tibet, constructed at a cost of $ 2.16 billion, close to Indian border in Sikkim. The rail link will make efficient...

August 19, 2014

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