Top Current Affairs

1 - India finish at 5th place with a haul of 5 medals at the Archery World Cup (stage 4) held at Wroclaw (Poland); US topped the tally followed by South Korea, Mexico and Russia.
The medals:

  India’s women’s recurve team clinches gold medal at the Archery World Cup (stage 4) being held at Wroclaw (Poland).
    The troika of Deepika, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi routed Mexico 6-0 in final to bag the yellow metal.
    Deepika also won a bronze each in recurve women’s individual event and recurve mixed team pair event with her partner Jayanta Talukdar.
    Men’s recurve team had to settle for silver after losing to Mexico in the final.
    The compound mixed pair of Abhishek Verma and Puvasha Shende bagged a silver medal.

2 - Jammu and Kashmir gets two new hydel power projects in Leh and Kargil respectively.

    These are the 44 MW Chutak hydroelectric project in Kargil district and the 45 MW Nimoo Bazgo project in Leh district.
    The foundation stone for the first power transmission line from Leh to Kargil and Kargil to Srinagar is also to be laid by the PM Narendra Modi.
    The Nimoo-Bazgo Hydro electric Project is a Run of the River scheme to harness the potential of river Indus.
    The Transmission system will connect Leh/ Kargil area in Ladakh with Northern Region Grid at 220kV level for meeting acute power demands of the Ladakh region.

3 - Iraqi president Fuad Masum appoints ‘Haider al-Abadi’ as the new Prime Minister replacing the incumbent Nouri al-Maliki. Its the result of recent political fall-out between the president and the Maliki.

4 - Rory McIlroy wins USPGA Championship 2014. Its the 4th major title for the Northern Irishman after winning the 2011 US Open, PGA Championship in 2012 and British Open Golf Championship 2014 held few weeks earlier.

5 - Miroslav Klose bids adieu to his international football career. The veteran German striker is the highest goal-scorer in the World Cup history with 16 goals.
6 - Renowned Hollywood comedian Robin Williams dies aged 63. The Oscar winner, for his role in ‘Good Will Hunting’, is known for films like ‘Good Morning Vietnam’, “Mrs Doubtfire” and ‘Night at the Museum’.

7 - Indian scientist wins SCAR Medal 2014. The SCAR Medal 2014 for International Scientific Coordination has been jointly awarded to Indian scientist Rasik Ravindra alongwith Mahlon “Chuck” Kennicutt of US. They have been recognized for their collaborative and coordination roles in the science community. Dr Steven Chown (Canada) has bagged the SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research for his classical work in the field of biological sciences and biodiversity studies.