Current Affairs, July 2014



31st July:

  • Deputy National Security Adviser Nehchal Sandhu quit from his post.
  • Lt. General Dalbir Singh Suhag took over as Chief of Army Staff succeeded General Bikram Singh.

30th July:

  • 17 people have been killed and 200 are feared buried under a landslide that hit a village 120 kilometers from Pune after torrential rains.
  • US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived India to hold 5th Indo-US Strategic Dialogue.
  • Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha took over as the Chairman of the Chief of Staff Committee (COSC).


  • South Africa all-rounder cricketer Jacques Kallis announced his retirement from all formats of cricket.

29th July:

  • Eid-ul-Fitr celebrates across the world.
  • 20 passengers were killed when a state roadways bus fell into a gorge in SHIMLA , Himachal Pradesh.

27th July:

  • World Hepatitis Day observed across the globe.
  • Vincenzo Nibali became the first Italian to win the Tour de France.

26th July:

  • BJP leader Kaptan Singh Solanki appointed as the Governor of Haryana.

25th July:

  • India celebrates Vijay Diwas in the memory of Kargil War.
  • 7 people died when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district.
  • The Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill, 2014 by a voice vote.

24th July: