August 2014 Current Affairs for Banking Exams - International

Important Points for International General Current Affairs in August 2014 for banking exams

• When in 2014 did WHO issue an International Health Emergency and over which virus?

Answer – 8 August 2014, Virus name was Ebola Virus

It was discovered in Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976

• ·         Lights Out Project was unveiled in which country and why?

Answer – In Britain on 4 August 2014 on 100 years of First World War.                                          

• ·         Syrian Chemical Weapons were destroyed by which country on 7 August 2014?

Answer – United Kingdom

• ·         What is the name of the newly constituted act which was signed into law by whom on 8 August 2014 and which authorizes the President to appoint a Special Envoy in the near East and South Central Asia?

Answer - United States President Barack Obama , Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act