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June 01- June 08 2014
RBI announced second Bi-Monthly Monetary
Policy Statement.
IICA signed MoU with Grant Thornton to
implement CSR Rules of Companies Act 2013.
Indian Services sector expanded for the first
time in eleven months: HSBCs PMI.
India became 2
nd
largest textiles exporter after
China: UN Comtrade.
The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the
seventh edition of Indian Premier League 2014
by defeating Kings XI Punjab (KXIP).
Kawa Music Group of Jaipur to perform at XX
Commonwealth Games 2014.
Sourav Ganguly joined Supreme Court
appointed Mudgal Committee.
India slipped to 3
rd
position in ICC ODI
rankings.
Chandrashekhar Rao sworn-in as the First Chief
Minister of Telengana.
Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath
Munde died.
Nitin Gadkari got additional charge of Union
Ministry Rural Development.
Kamal Nath sworn-in as Pro Tem Speaker of
16
th
Lok Sabha.
Abhijit Guha appointed as member of UN expert
panel on peacekeeping.
Sanjay Kapoor appointed as Micromax
Chairman.
Sumitra Mahajan elected as Speaker of 16
th
Lok
Sabha.
Anil Chopra took over as Commander-in-Chief
of Western Naval Command.
Madhuri Dixit appointed as brand ambassador
of health campaign, Mamta Abhiyan.
Book titled Getting India Back on track- An
action Agenda for Reform released.
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Lithuania to become 19
th
country to adopt Euro
as currency from 1 January 2015.
Pakistan hiked defence budget by 11 percent.
Obama proposed 1 billion dollar US Security
Plan for Eastern Europe.
Amla appointed as test cricket captain of South
Africa.
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Australian cricketer Pomersbach retired due to
depression.
Salvador Sanchez Ceren sworn-in as the
President of El Salvador.
King of Spain Juan Carlos I decided to abdicate
the throne.
Indian-American Shefali Duggal appointed as
member of Holocaust Memorial Council.
Zeid Raad Zeid Al-Hussein nominated as UN
high commissioner for human rights.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won
Presidential election for third time.
Former Military Chief of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-
Sisi sworn-in as President of Egypt.
Irish Author Eimear McBride won Baileys Prize
for fiction.
June 09- June 15 2014
RBI simplified KYC norms for opening bank
account.
Canara Bank opened its seventh overseas
branch in New York, USA.
Vishal Sikka appointed as CEO of Infosys.
BHEL commissioned 68 MW Unit at Rampur
Hydro Electric Project in Himachal Pradesh.
DMRC launched first Roof Top Solar Power
Plant at Dwarka Sec 21 metro station.
Sikkim Government notified to provide 12
percent job reservation for BPL candidates.
Jitu Rai won Silver medal in 10m air pistol at
Munich Shooting World Cup.
Murli Karthik announced his retirement from
all forms of cricket.

Sirikonda Madhusudhana Chary became first
speaker of Telengana Legislative Assembly.
Rasik Ravindra, an Indian scientist, elected to
UN Commission on Limits to Continental Shelf
(UNCLCS)
Somasundaram conferred with Bharat Ratna
JRD Award for 2013.
Biography of Dilip Kumar entitled The
Substance and the Shadow released.
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The Book titled Warrior State written by T V
Paul presented to Vice-President.
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books and authors)
World Bank lowered growth forecast for
developing world to 4.8 percent.
Google purchased Satellite Firm Skybox
Imaging for 500 million US dollar.
Meiji Holdings Co Ltd of Japan acquired
Medrich for 290 million dollar.
Gary Gilmour, former cricketer of Australia
died.
Netherlands won the 2014 edition of Womens
Hockey World Cup.
Wang Yi, the Chinese Foreign Minister, visited
India.
Reuvan Ruby Rivlin elected as 10
th
president of
Israel.
Ugandas Sam Kahamba Kutesa elected as
President for the 69
th
session of UNGA.
Juan Manuel Santos re-elected as President of
Colombia.
Swraj Paul honoured with Lifetime
Achievement Award by a UK-based business
association
Indian origin physicist Tejinder Virdee
honoured knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.
June 16- June 22 2014
RBI asked banks to disclose sector-wise
advances in financial statements.
DLF became first real estate developer to
receive ISO Quality Certification.
N.S. Raghavan, co-founder of Infosys, acquired
Paladion Networks.
Nita Ambani became first woman director on
Reliance board.
Union MSME Ministry launched Online Finance
Facilitation Center for SMEs
SEBI issued new norms for public issuance of
debt securities
Railway passenger fares increased by 14.2 per
cent and freight charges by 6.5 percent.
Supreme Court judge Justice Vikramajit Sen
recused from hearing Ansal plea.
Rajeev Topno appointed as Private Secretary to
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Shekhar Dutt, the Governor of Chattisgarh
resigned.
Founder of Himalayan Natural Mineral Water
Brand Dadi Balsara died at 81.
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao elected as the first
Assembly speaker of AP after bifurcation.
Ramanarayanan, Tamil film director and
producer, died at 65.
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M Shashidhar Reddy, the NDMA Vice
Chairman resigned.
BL Joshi, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
resigned.
Noted Hindi poet Kedar Nath Singh
selected for Jnanpith Award 2013.
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India won three ODI series against
Bangladesh 2-0.
Johann Breyer arrested in US on Nazi
death camp charges.
Former Captain of Bangladesh Mohammad
Ashraful banned for eight years.
Taiwanese poet Yu His translated TiruKuural
and Bharathis Poems in Mandarin language.
Dmitry O Rogozin, the Russian Deputy Prime
Minister visited India.
India-born Pratishtha Khanna honoured with
Champions of Change.
Gro Harlem Brundtland awarded Tang Prize in
sustainable development.
India-born Mexican citizen Sanjaya Rajaram to
be honoured with World Food Prize of 2014.
Magnus Carlsen bagged FIDE World Rapid
Chess Championship.
GMR won arbitration award against
Maldivian government.
June 23- June 29 2014
World Bank released a report on power
sector reforms in India
RBI permitted NBFCs-ND to work as BCs
for banks
HSBC Bank sold its Swiss private
banking assets to LGT Bank for 12.5
billion dollar
Air India joined Star Alliance Group
Nivea to set up its first manufacturing
plant in India in Sanand, Gujarat
HSBC Bank sold its Swiss private
banking assets to LGT Bank for 12.5
billion dollar.
Tamil Nadu government launched Amma
Pharmacies to provide low cost medicines.
Union Government decided to provide interest
free loans of 4400 crore to cash-starved sugar
industry.
Union Government granted Navratna Status to
EIL and NBCC
Union Government extended the deadline for
implementing NFSA by three months
Union Government upgraded NIC-1987 to NIC-
2008 to make it more investor friendly.
35
th
National Games to be held in Kerela from
31 January to 14 February 2015.
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Pankaj Advani won IBSF-6 Red World Snooker
title in Egypt.
Saina Nehwal won Australian Open Super
Series title.
A.K Dubey appointed as Chairman of Coal India
Limited
Srinivasan appointed as first Chairman of ICC
N Srinivasan unanimously elected as chief of
TNCA
Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik won prize
at World Cup of Sand Sculpting-2014
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from India related to banking, corporate,
economy, sports, eminent personalities,
different awards & honours and books and
authors)
Google launched Project Android One to build
ultra-cheap Smartphones.
UNCTAD released World Investment Report
2014.
Chung Hung Won retained as PM of S Korea.
Indian-origin judge V K Rajah Appointed as 8
th

Attorney-General of Singapore.
Jean-Claude Juncker named as the next
president of the European Commission.
France announced to honour Shahrukh Khan
with Legion of Honour.
UK firm East India Company issued legal tender
gold coin in honour of Sachin Tendulkar.
Book titled Blood Feud: The Clintons vs. the
Obamas written by Edward Klein released.
Vice Presidents of India and China release the
Encyclopedia of India-China Cultural Contacts
in Beijing.
30 June 2014
PSLV C23, carrying five foreign satellites,
launched successfully from Sriharikota
Third edition of Ladakh International Film
Festival held in Leh
West Bengal Governor MK Narayanan resigned
India became the first Country to ratify the
Marrakesh Treaty
Rajasthan Government declared Camel as the
State animal
Rangarajan committee to Review the
Methodology for Measurement of Poverty
report submitted to planning commission
1 July 2014
Bor Wildlife Sanctuary of Maharashtra to be the
country's 47th Tiger Reserve
President joined on Twitter with
@RashtrapatiBhvn
President conferred National, Shilp Guru and
Sant Kabir Awards for 2011
National Doctors Day observed across India on
1 July
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Indian pistol shooter Jitu Rai ranked No. 1 in
the world

Ram Naresh Yadav sworn-in as Governor of
Chhattisgarh
Supreme Court directed J&K government to
restore Dal Lake
2 July 2014
Coffee-Table book titled First Citizen: Pranab
Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan released
First Aid Post inaugurated at Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi
Supreme Court ruled no automatic arrest of
accused in dowry cases
CCEA approved inclusion of onion and potato
under Essential Commodities Act, 1955
Swamy Goud elected as Chairman of Telangana
Legislative Council
3 July 2014
Union Government introduced four new
vaccines as a part of UIP
RBI restored the limit of Overseas Direct
Investment taken under automatic route
Indian Railways successfully conducted test run
of Delhi-Agra semi-high speed train
ADB to provide equity investment of 50 million
US dollars to ReNew Power
ADB approved 300 million US dollar loan for
Assam's power sector
TN government sets up Raghupathy
commission to probe Chennai building collapse
4 July 2014
Bihar Governor DY Patil took additional charge
of West Bengal
B V Wanchoo, the Governor of Goa resigned
NABARD and SFAC signed a MoU for
development of Small Farm Producers
Udhampur-Katra rail line inaugurated by the
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated 240MW Uri-II
hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir
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Supreme Court directed Haryana Government
to stop illegal mining in Aravali Hills
5 July 2014
Special Air India flight carrying 46 Indian
Nurses and 137 others from Erbil arrived at
Kochi

6 July 2014
Kamla Beniwal, the Gujarat Governor
transferred to Mizoram
Maharashtra Government invoked Essential
Services Maintenance Act, against striking
medical officers
7 July 2014
IMG constituted to examine potential of GAGAN
in Non-Aviation Sectors
M S Mehta appointed as CEO of Reliance
Infrastructure
Union Ministry of Railways launched Social
Media Platform for Indian Railways
SC ruled Shariat Courts are illegal
Law Commission submitted a report titled
Manpower Planning in Judiciary: A Blue Print
to Union Government
Sania Mirza ranked career-best fifth in WTA
doubles rankings
Telecom Consumers Complaint Redressal
(Third Amendment) regulations, 2014
8 July 2014
Union Health Ministry constituted a core group
to eradicate Kala Azar by 2015
India State of Forest Report 2013 released by
Union Environment Minister
India successfully test-fired BrahMos
supersonic cruise missile
Union Rail Budget 2014-15 was presented in
Parliament
F-Cube Technology to promote Football at
ground level launched
9 July 2014
Central Ground Water Board & IIRS signed MoU
Economic Survey of India 2013-14 released
10 July 2014
Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal died at 102
Union Budget 2014-14 presented in the
Parliament by Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley


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11 July 2014
SC ordered Union Government to bring
MGNREGS's wage rates on par with minimum
wages
Air India formally joined global airline group
Star Alliance
12 July 2014
India's first indigenous anti-submarine warship
INS Kamrota handed over to Indian Navy
13 July 2014
Post recovery of four bodies from River Beki,
tensions rise in Assams Baksa district
INS Kuthar Warship damaged in mishap, 15th
such incident since August 2013
Senior VHP leader Giriraj Kishore died at 94
Inter-island air service to start in Andaman &
Nicobar from 24 July
Railways register 9.48 percent increase in its
earning
14 July 2014
National Centre for R & D in Bulk Drugs to be
set up in NIPER Hyderabad
Delhi government to set up 320 Mahila
Suraksha Dals for women safety
Assam decided to implement National Food
Security Act from 1 September 2014
President appointed Governors of five states
Retail inflation fell to 30-month low of 7.31
percent in June 2014
15 July 2014
RBI eased the infrastructure financing norms to
encourage infrastructure development
127th edition of Durand Cup football
tournament to be held in Goa in October 2014
SEBI barred Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju
and 4 others from accessing capital markets
Environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt won the
Gandhi Peace prize 2013
16 July 2014
SC asked State governments and UTs to submit
responses over Euthanasia
Narendra Modi visited Brazil to attend 6th
BRICS Summit
Om Prakash Kohli sworn in as the Governor of
Gujarat
B Ashok took charge as Chairman of IOC
Meghalaya saluted its heroes of WW1 on Garo
Labour Corps Day
Rahul Dravid elected as member of Laureus
World Sports Academy


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17 July 2014
SEBI issued draft guidelines for infrastructure
investment trusts
Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan
released National Health Profile 2013
RBI released Draft Guidelines for Licensing of
Payments Banks and Small Banks
CBDT formed committee to reduce litigation at
dispute resolution forums in IT Department
Ramayana month started in Kerala temples

18 July 2014
Union Government Allocated 200 crore rupees
to NABARD for Setting up of Mega Food Parks
President rejected mercy petitions of Nithari
killer Surinder Koli and 5 others
19 July 2014
PM Narendra Modi suggested qualitative
changes in PMNRF functioning
R S Sharma Expert Committee constituted on
Cost Records and Cost Audits
20 July 2014
Pre-historic rock paintings depicting aliens and
UFOs found in Chhattisgarh
Union Government notified Public Servants
Rules, 2014 under Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act,
2013
21 July 2014
Doordarshan's Naad Bhed-The Mystery of
Sound to be featured in Limca Book of Records
Union Government decided to intensify war
against Japanese Encephalitis
Union Government notified Public Servants
Rules, 2014
22 July 2014
Google announced to launch Hindi version of
Google Maps on Android and PC
National Geographic launched magazine
Explorer for schoolchildren in India
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza appointed as
Brand Ambassador of Telangana
Ram Naik sworn in as 27th Governor of Uttar
Pradesh

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23 July 2014
Delhi HC asked Delhi government to ban
unregulated e-rickshaws
SC permitted UP government to cut 697 trees of
protected forests in the Taj Trapezium zone
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu announced
launching Web Portal for Industrial Licences
TCS became first Indian Company to achieve
Market Capitalization of 5 lakh crore rupees
24 July 2014
Logo Design Competition launched for Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao Campaign
CCEA approved 49 percent Foreign Investment
in Insurance Sector
India's President inaugurated Bank and Post
Office in President Estate's new buildings
KN Tripathi sworn in as 22nd Governor of West
Bengal
25 July 2014
Veteran BJP Leader Kaptan Singh Solanki
Appointed Governor Of Haryana
NCDEX announced to introduce Comprehensive
Hedge Policy for Commodity Markets
5th Sahyadri Cine Awards 2014 presented in
Mumbai
RBI penalised 12 Banks in Deccan Chronicle
Holdings case
Union Government revised Investment target
for DFC to 80000 crore rupees
SC appointed R S Cheema as special public
prosecutor in coal scam
26 July 2014
Prime Minister launched web platform MyGov
to get citizens' ideas for governance

Kargil Vijay Diwas Celebrated across the
country on 26 July
27 July 2014
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj
concluded her three-day visit to Nepal
28 July 2014
Union Government launched Rashtriya Gokul
Mission
Finance Ministry approved setting up of rape
crisis centres in all districts
IAF received 6th C-17 Globemaster III aircraft
The Lives of Others written by Neel Mukherjee
shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2014
Amitabh Bachchan named as Maharashtra's
horticulture ambassador
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RBI cancelled Certificate of Registration of six
NBFCs
Sneha, a White tigress, gave birth to a black cub
3rd Phase of Science Express Biodiversity
Special flagged off from Safdarjung Railway
Station
Construction Work of Worlds tallest Railway
Bridge began at Noney in Manipur
29 July 2014
Haryana Power Minister Captain Ajay Singh
Yadav resigned from state cabinet
The Vijay Mallya Story written by K Giriprakash
published
30 July 2014
TN Establishment of Private Law Colleges
(Prohibition) Bill, 2014 introduced in Assembly
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha took over as the
Chairman of COSC
Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal
Sandhu resigned
Heavy downpour caused landslide in the Malin
Village near Pune
Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal
Sandhu resigned


31 July 2014
Lt General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as
Chief of Army Staff
Arunachal Pradesh Assembly passed the
Arunachal Pradesh District Planning Committee
(Amendment) Bill, 2014
SC appointed one-man commission to probe
2006 Meerut fire tragedy
Subhash Sheoratan Mundra appointed as the
fourth deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of
India
Vikas Gowda of Karnataka won gold medal in
men's athletics
Dipa Karmakar became first Indian woman
gymnast to win medal in Commonwealth
Games
Monsoon deficit dipped to 22 percent, monsoon
90 percent of the normal in July 2014
CBI registered PE against Google over
Mapathon 2013 for jeopardising national
security
Punjab Government agreed to Ghanas offer of
land to Punjab farmers
Bharathiya Mahila Bank Ltd bagged the Core
Banking System Initiative Award-2014
Muzaffar Ali selected for Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhavana Award

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1 August 2014
Submit proposal to fast-track criminal justice
system: SC to Centre
SC allowed Subrata Roy to use conference room
in Tihar for asset sale talks
2 August 2014
Bachendri Pal conferred Bharat Gaurav by East
Bengal Club
3 August 2014
Union Defence Ministry allowed armed forces
to do business with the Rolls Royce
P Kashyap became third Indian to win Gold
medal in Badminton at Commonwealth Games.
4 August 2014
SC asked for latest data on steps taken to curb
Female Foeticide from all states
Human skull with Copper Crown related to
Harappan culture discovered in UP
Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium withdrew
as amicus curiae in Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Case
Ex-IFS officer Arvind Gupta appointed as Deputy
NSA
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Nepal
WFI suspended international wrestling referee
Virender Malik
Syndicate Bank CMD SK Jain suspended for
allegedly receiving bribe
5 August 2014
Union government put on hold all new defence
procurements from Italian Finmeccannica group
UP and Gujarat Governor given additional
charge of Rajasthan and Goa
Strictly Personal, Manmohan and Gursharan
written by Daman Singh
Prasar Bharati and Deutsche Welle signed MoU
for distribution of DD's overseas India channel
Corridor of Life to transport organs between
Delhi and Gurgaon
Justice Dr. Manjula Chellur sworn in as Chief
Justice of Calcutta HC
6 August 2014
Pran, the Creator of Chacha Chowdhury died at
75
AIMA Managing India Awards 2014 awards
announced
Securities Laws Amendment Bill, 2014 passed in
Lok Sabha by voice vote
Union Cabinet approved the Juvenile Justice Bill,
2014 to amend the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000
Health Ministry asked Airports to set up Ebola
check posts to screen passengers from W Africa
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Union Cabinet raised the FDI limit in
Defence sector from 26 percent to 49
percent
Mizoram Governor Kamla Beniwal
removed
7 August 2014
Union Government introduced two
Labour Reform Bills in Lok Sabha
RBI issued drafted guidelines for
implementation of Bharat Bill Payment
System
Munger through the Ages written by late
DP Yadav released
Lok Sabha Speaker formed Parliament security
panel
Former Hockey Captain Ajitpal Singh to head
Dronacharya Award Selection Committee
Kapil Dev to head Arjuna Awards Selection
Committee
India equaled world record of maximum
number of 6 ducks in a Test innings
Supreme Court ordered status quo on the
management of Haryana Gurudwaras
8 August 2014
Telangana Government notified for the
Constitution of State Public Service Commission
Uttarkhand Government constituted
committee on industries using silica dust
9 August 2014
Narendra Modi released a book titled
Gujarat's success story in Water
Management
Indian Mens Hockey team defeated
Bangladesh to clinch hockey series, 3-0
10 August 2014
K.V. Chowdary appointed as new
Chairman of Central Board of Direct
Taxes
Google polluted internet with classified
material: Survey of India
Delhi Police launched Whatsapp helpline to curb
corruption
11 August 2014
Goalkeeping great Vladimir Beara of Croatia
died at 85
Oscar Winning Actor Robin Williams died
Miroslav Klose of Germany announced
retirement from International Football
72-hour ceasefire agreement between Israel
and Hamas came into effect in Gaza
Haider al-Abadi named as New Iraqi Prime
Minister
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12 August 2014
UNHRC appointed members of Commission of
Inquiry to probe human rights violations in
Gaza
WHO approved the use of experimental drug
ZMapp to fight Ebola Virus
World Elephant Day observed across the world
on 12 August
Sony Six bagged telecast rights for Champions
Tennis League
Jo Pavey of Great Britain became oldest-ever
woman to win Gold in European
Championships
13 August 2014
Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo
Campos died
Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to
bag Fields Medal
Fields Medal for the year 2014 awarded
Real Madrid won UEFA Super Cup in Cardiff
14 August 2014
Insect with smallest genome found in
Antarctica
15 August 2014
South Africa to evacuate up to 500 rhino from
Kruger
16 August 2014
China unveiled next generation ICBM Dongfeng
-41
17 August 2014
England won the Pataudi Trophy test-series 3-1
against India
Roger Federer and Serena Williams won
Cincinnati Tennis Open
18 August 2014
TCS and Bharti Foundation announced to spend
200 crore rupees for Clean India Campaigns
India to be the launch-pad for Amazon's plan to
deliver packages using drones
Jammu and Kashmir to host Football
Federation Cup in August 2015
Adille Sumariwala appointed as the Chef-de-
Mission for 2014 Asian Games
Founder of Delhi Gymkhana Club Dilbagh Singh
died at 81
19 August 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana
SC issued notice to government seeking
response on amendment of Article 348 of
Constitution
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BSF personnel set a LIMCA Book of Records by
planting saplings
Manipur Court orders release of human rights
activist Irom Sharmila
ICICI Bank became the first bank in India to
launch EMI facility on Debit Card
Ravi Shastri appointed as the Director of Indian
Cricket Team
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi authored by
Faraz Ahmad released
20 August 2014
SC fined 14 states and 1 UT for not responding
to Law Commission's report
GST Panel decided to lower threshold limit for
imposing GST to 10 Lakh rupees
Union government issued draft rules to
empower Forward Markets Commission (FMC)
Union Cabinet approved Digital India
Programme to make India a digitally
empowered knowledge economy
Faisalabad Agriculture University conferred M
S Swaminathan with honorary degree
Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali presented with 22nd
Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
Union Cabinet approved the Nagpur Metro Rail
Project
NHRC issued notice to Himachal Pradesh
government on alarming sex ratio in Una
T M Bhasin elected as Chairman
of Indian Banks Association
Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali
presented with 22nd Rajiv
Gandhi National Sadbhavana
Award
Mainstreaming Civil Defence in
Disaster Risk Reduction Scheme
launched
World-renowned yoga guru B K S
Iyengar died
21 August 2014
SC issued notice to Union
Government over Uttarakhand's Governor Plea
RBI released its annual report 2013-14
suppressing the fear of drought
Guru Hanuman Akhara chosen for 2014
Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar
Release of Punjabi film Kaum de Heere based
on Indira Gandhi's assassination stalled
Thai coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha elected as
Prime Minister of Thailand
DDA approved modification of Master Plan of
Delhi-2021
Prime Minister dedicated 765 KV Ranchi-Sipat
transmission line to the nation
Hockey Madhya Pradesh became 23rd
Associate Member of Hockey India
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22 August 2014
SC expresses concern over LoP issue; asked
government to respond by 9 September
Eminent Kannada writer UR Ananthamurthy
died at 82
Union Government launched India's first
ethanol-run bus in Nagpur
Weightlifter Ragala Venkat Rahul won first
medal for India at 2nd Youth Olympics
23 August 2014
Twentieth edition of Annual Delhi Book Fair
began in New Delhi
Indian Army discovered tunnel in Pallanwalla
sector along LoC leading to PoK
INS Kamorta, India's first indigenously built
stealth warship commissioned into Indian Navy
24 August 2014
Gandhi, a 1982 epic biographical film on the life
of the Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated
India's first IIEST at Shibpur in West Bengal
Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan
resigned
President inaugurated 6th edition of KKM Rural
Football Tournament in West Bengal

25 August 2014
Coal Blocks allocated from 1993 to 2010 are
illegal: SC
SC issued notice to Union MoEF to put on hold
140 projects cleared by NBW
Multinational IT Consultant Accenture got the
contract for crowdfunding Statue of Unity
Google to build Knowledge Vault, to store
information
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced to
launch Energy Highway for Eastern India
Rajasthan government reduced probation
period of employees on higher posts to one
year
First seaplane service in Maharashtra launched
from Mumbai to Lonavala
Union Government notified Securities Laws
Amendment Act, 2014
CCI imposed penalty of 2545 crore rupees on
14 car makers for unfair practices
Textiles Ministry signed MoU with Flipkart to
provide marketing platform to handloom
weavers
Ramesh Chand Tayal appointed as CRPF Special
Director-General
RN Ravi appointed as new chief of Joint
Intelligence Committee

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26 August 2014
SC put on hold the implementation of its 1983
Judgement till 2024

Union Tourism Ministry launched
comprehensive Sustainable Tourism Criteria
Baba Kalyani re-nominated as Co-Chairman of
IJBLF
Tata Value Homes and Snapdeal tied up to sell
homes online
Cox & Kings Ltd got the outsourcing contract of
Deccan Odyssey for five years
Reliance Jio Infocomm signed tower sharing
deal with BSNL
C.S. Verma elected as First President of Indian
Steel Association
Union Finance Ministry ordered the forensic
audit of UCO banks
President appointed Governors for Rajasthan,
Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa
Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards of BIS
announced
Jewish centre Chabad House reopened 6 years
after 26/11 terror attacks
Sheila Dikshit, the Governor of Kerala resigned
27 August 2014
Sivaramakrishnan Committee submitted report
to Union Home Ministry on AP Capital
SC ordered DLF to pay 630 crore rupees fine
imposed by CCI
SC advised the PM to not to include
chargesheeted person into their Cabinet
PM set up a Ramanujam committee to identify
obsolete laws
CCEA empowered Road Transport and
Highway Ministry to amend MCA
Union Government launched Dot Bharat
domain
Kerala state cabinet ratified new liquor policy
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
approved Urea Production from Naphta
Union Cabinet announced to lift the restriction
of one LPG cylinder per month
DIPP notified Press Note 8 allowing 100% FDI
in Rail infrastructure
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God of Antarctica written by 13 year old
Yashwardhan Shukla
Shah Rukh Khan became Ambassador of Turn
Back Crime campaign of Interpol
President presented Hindi Sevi Samman
Model Concession Agreement (MCA)-A legal
contract for Road Projects
28 August 2014
Government approved swapping of Save Our
Soul village land with AAI's land
Maharashtra State Cabinet approved the
formation of Transgender Welfare Board
Maharashtra Government included 10 Sub-
Caste of Lingayat community in OBC category
Prime Minister launched Pradhan Mantri Jan
Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Union Government notified enhancing the
social security cover limit under EPFO
J & K Legislative Council passed a resolution
urging Union to resume Indo-Pak talks
Delhi Government made it mandatory for
women to wear helmet in Delhi NCR
Union Government notified enhancing the
social security cover limit under EPFO
CBDT set up four-member Committee to
scrutinize retrospective tax amendment
IRCTC launched new application to book tickets
for Black Berry smartphone users
Manipur Governor Vinod Kumar Duggal
resigned
29 August 2014
Adani bought Carmichael Australia coal mine
royalty rights from Linc Energy
ONGC board approved 5219 crore rupees
investment in Daman gas fields
India Signed agreement with World Bank for
MSRPII project
President Pranab Mukherjee presented
National Sports Awards to eminent
sportsperson
Union Government appointed JIC chief RN Ravi
as Naga interlocutor
National Sports Day was celebrated on the 29
August
30 August 2014
SEBI issued norms for sharing KYC details with
financial regulators
A Nageswara Rao became first Indian actor to
be honoured by US post service
31 August 2014
Jaipur Pink Panthers won the inaugural title of
Pro Kabaddi League
Not Just an Accountant authored by former CAG
Vinod Rai