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    Updated : 25-Aug-2014

    Current Affairs 25th August 2014 - Important Points

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    Actor-director Richard Attenborough, who also directed film Gandhi, passed away at 90

     On 24th August 2014, renowned filmmaker and actor Richard Attenborough passed away in London. He was 90 years old. 

    He was very popular in India too after he filmed biopic on Mahatma Gandhi, that film was also named as Gandhi, which was his greatest success too. For film Gandhi he won total of eight Oscars, which also include Oscar for best picture. He also won Academy award for same. 

    Born on 29 August 1923 in Cambridge, England was among the great directors in the world. Before being an director he was also an actor.

    Cone-shaped copper awl which is termed as Oldest metal object was found in woman's grave in Israel

    Now a current affairs which takes us to history,  As an antique copper awl was recently discovered in Israel which is claimed to be the world's oldest metal object. 

    A team of archaeologists found this metal object at a burial site in Tel Tsaf from a woman's grave.

    As per archaeologists this metal object dates back between 5100 BC and 4600 BC. 

    Katie Ledecky broke women's 400-meter freestyle world Record to create her new Record

     On 23rd August 2014, An American distance swimmer Katie Ledecky created a World Record in Women's 1500 Meter, which is among important sports current affairs. 

    She borke the previous world record hold by herself. She already had an record of swimming the distance in 15 mins 34.23 seconds, which she broke by covering the same distance is 15 mins 28.36 seconds.

    She made this new record at 2014 Pan Pac Championships on the Gold Coast, Australia and it was her fifth gold medal at Gold Coast meet. 

    Congratulations Katie Ledecky !

    Supreme Court of India declared that all Coal Blocks after 1993 were illegal and Arbitrary

    On 25th August 2014, The Supreme Court of India gave a major verdict related to coal blocks. In its verdict Court said that coal blocks allocated by the concerned committee from 1993 to 2010 were illegal and this distribution was arbitrary and was not transparent. 

    Though Court also said that a furthur hearing is needed to decide wheather these 218 allocations should be cancelled. 

    India's First Ethanol-Run Bus Rolled out in Nagpur by Union Government

     On 22nd August 2014, India's first ever Ethanol-run environment-friendly public buses were launched by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. 

    Ethanol run buses will be a big hit if these buses deliver effective service. As India imports petrol, diesel and gas worth over Rs 6 lakh crore every year, so India have to look at alternative fuels to minimize this import cost and this will also make country self reliant. 

    Friends who have studied Chemistry seriously must be aware that Ethanol also called ethyl alcohol. It is pure alcohol and is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. 

    Positive thing is that it can produced in large quantities in India.

    Finance Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was named new Turkish Prime Minister

     Among the International Current Affairs, Finance Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was named new Turkish Prime Minister. He was named as New Prime Minister of Turkey on 10th August 2014. He will be assume office from 28th August 2014 as he will be replacing Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

    He had served as chief advisor to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He was Finance Minister of the country since 2009. 

    First IIEST was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee at Shibpur in West Bengal

    On 24th August 2014, The first Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) of the country was inaugurated by The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal.

    Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, was formly known as Bengal Engineering and Science University and it was established in 1856. 

    IIEST is a public institution for research and education in engineering science and technology. In March 2014 the institute got national status by amending National Institutes of Technology and Science Education and Research (NITSER) Act, 2007. It was renamed to IIEST Shibpur from Bengal Engineering and Science University.