Daily GK Potion – 7th September 2014
- Flood in Jammu & Kashmir declared National disaster
- Around 15000 people are evacuated by Army alone.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Rs 1000 crore assistance in addition to Rs 1100 crore already made available to state government through State Disaster Relief Fund.
- Kerala celebrates Onam today on 7th September; Prime Minister wishes people.
- Former Congress leader K. Natwar Singh on Friday launched his autobiography ‘One life is not enough’ in Kolkata.
- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday becomes the first Japanese Prime Minister to visit in Srilanka in last 24 years.
- Daya Reddy, an Indian-origin South African mathematician has been elected as the new president of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
- Rajiv Rattan, one of the three promoters of Indiabulls takes over it with 360 crore buy out.
- FIIs pump in Rs. 9000 crore in first week of September.
- British F1 racer Lewis Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix.
- Makarova, Vesnina win US Open doubles title in tennis
- Both Russian Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina beaten Hingis and Flavia Pennetta 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
- It is their second grand slam women’s doubles title.
- Indian cricket team finishes England tour with T20 defeat
- England batting first scored 180 runs with skipper Eion Morgan’s heroic 71 off 31.
- India in reply fell short of three runs to score 177. For the first time in the tour, Virat Kohli crossed 50 mark. He scored brilliant 66 off 41 balls.