*CURRENT AFFAIRS (11:08:2014)

1. Iraq crisis: 'Islamic State' drives
into Sinjar, an ancient home of the
Yazidis, killing at least 500 of
them.
- Yazidi is a minority faith in Iraq
that faces existential threat from
rampaging Sunni militants.
- The extremist have also been
reported to bury many alive and
taking hundreds of women as
slaves.
- Meanwhile, US' air-strikes have
succeeded to blunt the 'Islamic
State' progress into Kurd's
territory to some extent, allowing
them time to flee to safety.
2. Turkey's prime minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan wins nation's first
direct Presidential election.
3. 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.
- Men's recurve team had to settle
for silver after losing to Mexico in
the final.
- Deepika also won a bronze each
in recurve women's individual
event and recurve mixed team
pair event with her partner
Jayanta Talukdar.
4. Famous Ivory Coast striker
'Didier Drogba' retires from
international football.
- He scored 65 goals in 104
matches for his country in a
career spread over 12 years.
- He will continue to play club
football.
5. Government to come up with
"National Hypertension Day".
- Hypertension, as per a World
Health Organisation (WHO) report,
accounts for 7 percent of
disability adjusted life years
worldwide, and 9.4 million deaths
annually.
- In India, hypertension is the
leading NCD (non-communicable
diseases) risk and estimated to
cause nearly 10 percent of all
deaths.
6. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lifts 'Toronto
Masters' with a stunning victory
over Roger Federer in the final.
- Its the 11th career title for the
Frenchman.