Current Affairs 28th August 2014

Current Affairs 28th August 2014

Updated : 28-Aug-2014

Current Affairs 28th August 2014 - Important Points
Current Affairs 28th August 2014 - Details
Recep Tayyip Erdogan sworn in as Turkey's 12th President
On 28th August 2014, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as President of Turkey, thus he became 12th President of Turkey in a ceremony held at Parliament of Turkey in Ankarra. Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the elections held in August 2014 with 51.79 percent votes.

He is from Justice and Development Party and was serving as Prime Minister of Turkey since 2003.
Shah Rukh Khan becomes INTERPOL Turn Back Crime campaign Ambassador
On 27th August 2014, Shah Rukh Khan became the Interpol's ambassador for its "Turn Back Crime" campaign. This campaign aims at promoting awareness among the masses about how each can play a role in preventing crime.
He became first Indian to be made as ambassador for this Global campaign.
Government launched Dot Bharat domain
On 27th August 2014, Union Government on India launched a new domain Dot Bharat (.भारत) in Devanagari script. It was launched in a formal function in New Delhi.
This domain is aimed to people who are non-english speaking. This domain will be covering eight languages like Hindi, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi.
This will help to connect people with social media and provide contents in regional languages.

Ramanujam committee to identify obsolete laws
Among the important National Current Affairs, On 27th August 2014, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi set up a committee chaired by R. Ramanujam. Ramanujam committee will identify the obsolete laws. This committee will be examining the laws which may have become obsolete within the last 10 to 15 years.
Ramanujam committee will be submitting its report in three months, on its basis a bill will be introduced in Parliament by Govt in winter session.
Snapdeal and Tata Value Homes tied up to sell affordable homes
On 26th August, Tata Value Homes tied up with Snapdeal to sell apartments. This is the first time some real estate venture has tied up with some e-commerce venture.
Snapdeal is currently having 25 million subscribers and is serving its customers in more than 5000 cities and towns.
Tata Value Homes Limited is wholly owned subsidiary of TATA Housing Development Company Limited.