*CURRENT AFFAIRS (12:08:2014)

1. India finish at 5th place with
a haul of 5 medals at the
Archery World Cup (stage 4)
held at Wroclaw (Poland); US
topped the tally followed by
South Korea, Mexico and
Russia.
The medals:
- 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.
- Deepika also won a bronze
each in recurve women's
individual event and recurve
mixed team pair event with her
partner Jayanta Talukdar.
- Men's recurve team had to
settle for silver after losing to
Mexico in the final.
- The compound mixed pair of
Abhishek Verma and Puvasha
Shende bagged a silver medal.
2. Jammu and Kashmir gets
two new hydel power projects
in Leh and Kargil respectively.
- These are the 44 MW Chutak
hydroelectric project in Kargil
district and the 45 MW Nimoo
Bazgo project in Leh district.
- The foundation stone for the
first power transmission line
from Leh to Kargil and Kargil to
Srinagar is also to be laid by
the PM Narendra Modi.
- The Nimoo-Bazgo Hydro
electric Project is a Run of the
River scheme to harness the
potential of river Indus.
- The Transmission system will
connect Leh/ Kargil area in
Ladakh with Northern Region
Grid at 220kV level for meeting
acute power demands of the
Ladakh region.
3. Iraqi president Fuad Masum
appoints 'Haider al-Abadi' as
the new Prime Minister
replacing the incumbent Nouri
al-Maliki.
- Its the result of recent
political fall-out between the
president and the Maliki.
- Maliki will stay as the
caretaker prime minister
unless Abadi form a new
government.
4. Rory McIlroy wins USPGA
Championship 2014.
- Its the 4th major title for the
Northern Irishman after
winning the 2011 US Open,
PGA Championship in 2012 and
British Open Golf
Championship 2014 held few
weeks earlier.
5. Miroslav Klose bids adieu to
his international football
career.
- The veteran German striker is
the highest goal-scorer in the
World Cup history with 16
goals.
6. Renowned Hollywood
comedian Robin Williams dies
aged 63.
- The Oscar winner, for his role
in 'Good Will Hunting', is
known for films like 'Good
Morning Vietnam', "Mrs
Doubtfire" and 'Night at the
Museum'.