20 August 2014 Current Affairs
Renowned Yoga Guru BKS Iyengar Died
World-renowned yoga guru Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja (BKS) Iyengar died on 20 August in Pune. He was 96. B.K.S. Iyengar was born into a poor Iyengar family in 1918 at Bellur, Kolar District of Karnataka. He founded the style of yoga known as Iyengar Yoga and is considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He authored14 books on yoga practice and philosophy including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. These books were translated into 17 languages. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2002 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2014. In 2004, Iyengar was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.
K V Thomas is new PAC Chairman
Senior Congress leader K.V. Thomas (Kuruppassery Varkey Thomas) was appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 20 August. He will be the 94th Chairman of PAC. PAC was incepted in the year 1921 and till early 1950 the Finance-member was appointed as the Chairman of the Committee. The PAC is constituted every year and it consists of not more than 22 members — 15 members elected by Lok Sabha every year from amongst its members according to the principle of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote and not more than seven members from Rajya Sabha .