Current Affairs 14 August 2018

1. Pune has been ranked first in the Ease of Living Index launched by Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. Navi Mumbai has been ranked second and while Delhi at 65th place in the list.
2. The board of the India Cements Ltd. has recruited Basavaraju, Lakshmi Aparna Sreekumar and Sandhya Rajan as additional independent directors in the board.
3. PM Modi announces Rs. 1,000 crore financial aid for IIT Bombay.
4. In a cleanliness report released by the Ministry of Railways, Jodhpur and Jaipur of North Western Railway in Rajasthan captured the first two spots in the A1 Category stations
5. All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has signed MOU with IIT-Delhi to boost research in traditional medicine.
6. A special meeting of Senior Officials of the Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) was held in Kathmandu.
7.  Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.
8. Rafael Nadal defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the Toronto Masters title.
9. Madappa became the youngest Indian to win Asian Tour title.
10. Virat Kohli ranked top in the list of the highest run scorer in International Cricket 2018