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Current Affairs August 2014 Share 13448 views, 86 found it useful Learn and practice Current Affairs, General Knowledge, Current Affairs-2014 questions and answers with explanation for interview, ... placement test,online test,competitive examination and entrance test Current Affairs August 2014 Current Affairs 1'st August 2014 1. Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal Sandhu resigned Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal Sandhu resigned on 30 July 2014. 2. No conclusive data available on effects of Mobile Phone/Tower on Health: ICMR As per Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), there are no conclusive data available on the issue of Health Hazards due to radiation emitted from cell phone and cell phone tower.Some scientific evidences indicate some bio-effects and potential adverse health effects of Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR). As per ICMR, WHO/International Agency for research on Cancer has categorized radio frequency electromagnetic field as possible carcinogenic agent to humans. ICMR has initiated a multi-disciplinary cohort study in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) to investigate adverse effects of Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR), if any, emitted from cell phone on adult Indian population.The study intends to examine whether use of cell phone is linked with reproductive dysfunctions, infertility, neurological disorders (cognitive behaviour, sleep related disorders, depression etc.), cardiovascular disorders, Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) disorders and promote cancer, if any in human volunteers. Key Findings reported by some studies: 1. Cytogenetic damage in tissues of some individuals using cell phone over a period of time. 2. Study conducted animals indicated considerable reduction in testicular size, weight and in sperm counts after chronic exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation (RFR) imitated from cell phone which may lead to infertility. 3. Headache, dizziness, numbness in the thigh, and heaviness in the chest among mobile phone. 4. Long term and intensive mobile phone use may cause inner ear damage. 5. Increase in peak heart rate, serum total cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol and triglycerides concentration in acute RFR. 6. Microwave radiation caused an increase in erythrocyte and leukocyte counts, a significant DNA strand break in brain cells and the loss of spatial memory in mice. 7. Microwave exposure adversely affects male fertility. 8. Reduction in melatonin or an increase in caspase-3, creatine kinase, and calcium ion may cause significant damage in rat brain due to chronic exposure of microwave radiations. These biomarkers indicate possible health implications of such exposures. 9. Prolonged exposure to non-ionizing Microwave radiation may lead to infertility. 10. Study conducted on animal concluded that 3G mobile phone radiations affect the brain function and cause several neurological disorders. It also indicated testicular impairment in male Westar rats due to long-term exposure of Microwave. 11. Measure taken in India: 12. India has adopted Electro Magnetic Field (EMF) radiation limits prescribed by International Commission on non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). 13. In addition to this, Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has prescribed stricter precautionary limits for EMF radiation from mobile tower which is 1/10th of the limits suggested internationally by ICNIRP. 14. With a view to ensure adherence to the prescribed EMF radiation limits from mobile tower in India, self-certificates are required to be submitted by telecom service providers as per the guidelines issued by DoT. 15. To inspect this, regular audit of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) sites is conducted by Telecom Enforcement Resource & Monitoring (TERM) field units. 16. If any BTS site is found to infringing the prescribed EMF norms, actions are taken by imposing a penalty of Rs.10 lakh per BTS per incidence. 3. Dipa Karmakar became first Indian woman gymnast to win medal in Commonwealth Games Dipa Karmakar on 31 July 2014 became the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country to win a medal 4. Supreme court asks Centre to submit proposal to expedite criminal justice system The Supreme Court has said that the judiciary cannot fast-track cases against MPs and in fact asked the government to submit a proposal within a month to expedite the Criminal justice system in India. The apex court also observed that the pace of criminal justice system is not satisfactory in the country.This statement from Supreme Court came because recently, PM Narendra Modi had asked Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to devise a mechanism to adjudicate criminal and other court cases against politicians within a year. 5. Sierra Leone declared Ebola public health emergency President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma on 30 July 2014 declared a public health emergency in Sierra Leone to curb the deadly Ebola outbreak. Like 9k Placement Papers Aptitude Preparation Interview Preparation General Knowledge Online Test Buy Now 9/20/2014 Current Affairs August 2014-General Knowledge Questions and Answers-45743 http://placement.freshersworld.com/power-preparation/Current-Affairs-August-2014 2/32 6. SC appointed one-man commission to probe 2006 Meerut fire tragedy SC has appointed a former Justice SB Sinha commission to probe the 2006 Meerut Fire tragedy. It will summit its report by 31 January 2015. 7. Government conferred Navratna status on CONCOR Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India granted Navratna status to Container Corporation of India Ltd. (CONCOR).The company provides logistics solution and has the largest network of 62 Inland Container Depots (ICDs)/container freight stations in India. Besides providing inland transport by rail for containers, it has also expanded to cover management of ports, air cargo complexes and setting up cold-chain.The Government of India (GoI) controls 61.80% stake in CONCOR. 8. Arunachal Pradesh District Planning Committee (Amendment) Bill, 2014 passed in Assembly Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has passed the Arunachal Pradesh District Planning Committee (Amendment) Bill, 2014. 9. Robert Frederick Panara: Pioneer of Deaf Studies passed away Robert Frederick Panara (94), the pioneer of deaf studies passed away in Rochester, US. Robert was an author, a poet, a professor who later went on to become the first deaf teacher within the mainstream Higher Education in the US. He helped translate Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Hamlet and Othello into sign language. His wife Shirley Fischer was also deaf. Both used sign language to communicate. Panars’s key contributions and achievements:In 1965, Panara helped establishing America’s first Technical college for the deaf, National Technical Institute for Deaf (NTID). NTID was set up by an act of US Congress and is a part of the Rochester Institute of Technology. He also helped in the foundation of the Connecticut-based National Theatre of the Deaf. In 1948, Panara became the first deaf person to get a Master’s degree in English from New York University. 10. Heavy downpour caused landslide in the Malin Village near Pune Heavy downpour on 30 July 2014 caused landslide in Malin Village of Ambegaon Taluka killing 41 peoples. 11. Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award to Filmmaker Muzaffar Ali Screenshot at Aug 05 16-57-03Famous film director Muzaffar Ali (69), who had directed the Bollywood classic “Umrao Jaan”, has been chosen for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for his extraordinary contribution towards the promotion of communal harmony, peace and goodwill. The award carries a citation and cash award of Rs 5 lakh.Ali also directed over one-and-a-half dozen movies including “Gaman” and “Khizan”. He was also conferred Padma Shri in 2005. The award was instituted to mark the contribution made by Rajiv Gandhi to promote peace, communal harmony and fight against violence. Previous recipients of the award include Mother Teresa, K.R. Narayanan, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Lata Mangeshkar, Sunil Dutt, Dilip Kumar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.Others who were conferred upon with this award were Jagan Nath Kaul, Mohd Yunus, Hiteswar Saikia and Subhadra Joshi (jointly), Kapila Vatsyayan, Teesta Setalvad and Harsh Mander (jointly), S N Subbarao, Swami Agnivesh and Madari Moideen (jointly), Nirmala Deshpande, Hem Dutta, N Radhakrishnan, Gautam Bhai, SPIC MACAY and D R Mehta. 12. Punjab Government agreed to Ghana’s offer of land to Punjab farmers Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on 31 July 2014 agreed to Ghana’s proposal of land to Punjab farmers 13. Monsoon deficit dipped to 22 percent, monsoon 90 percent of the normal in July 2014 Monsoon deficit for the month of July 2014 dipped to 22% according to the data released by the Indian Meteorological Department on 31 July 2014. 14. One Life is Not Enough written by Natwar Singh released Natwar Singh’s autobiography entitled One Life is Not Enough was published. The book has revealed much information about Sonia Gandhi. Current Affairs 2'nd August 2014 1. RBI canceled the Licence of The Vasavi Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Hyderabad RBI has cancelled licence of The Vasai Co-operative Urban Bank Hyderabad. The order has been made effective from the close of business on 14 July 2014. 2. Science can now explain why sun’s atmosphere is hotter than its surface Researchers have found substantial evidence to explain why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is much hotter than its surface.As per scientists, ‘Nanoflares’ – a continuous infusion of impulsive bursts of heating, none of which can be individually detected – is behind the production of the extra heat.The photosphere, the visible surface of the Sun, is around 6,000 Kelvins, while the corona reaches temperatures which are 300 times more than the photosphere. NASA’s EUNIS (Extreme Ultraviolet Normal Incidence Spectrograph) rocket, equipped with a very sensitive spectrograph gathered information about the Sun about how much material is present at a given temperature by recording different wavelengths of light.EUNIS flew up nearly 321 km above the ground aboard a sounding rocket and gathered about collected observations from above the planet’s air.It scanned a region on the Sun known to be magnetically complex, also termed active region, which can often be the source of larger flares and coronal mass ejections. Several theories have been offered for how the magnetic ener [Show More]

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