Current affairs daily - 28/08/2014

Current Affairs daily - 28/08/2014

Current affairs daily, August 28. This current affairs are used to many competitive exams like UPSC,TNPSC,IBPS,BANK Exams, RRB, RBI etc...

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1. UN Chief Minister Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed a long term ceasefire between the palestians and Israel in Gaza and voiced hope that it will act as a “prelude” to a political process aimed at achieving durable peace.

2. The PM, Narendra Modi will formally launch Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) on Thursday, 28th August 2014. Banks are expected to open about 70,000 accounts on the first day of launch.

3.RameshChand Tayal is appointed as the Special Director-General of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force).

4. Shiv Nadar is honoured with 'Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) Life Time Achievement Award 2013' for Excellence in Corporate Governance.   He is the founder-chairman of HCL.

5. Textiles Ministry to collaborate with Flipkart to provide an online marketing platformto handloom weavers in the country. 

6. India’s first All India Institute of Ayurveda, along the lines of AIIMS, to come up atJasola (Delhi).

7. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko dissolves parliament; elections called on October 26th this year. 

8.  The Competition Commission of India penalizes 14 car companies of Rs. 2544 crores.

9. 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

10. What is the name of the probe launched by American space agency NASA which passed Neptune’s orbit on 25 August 2014? – ‘New Horizons’