Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Currenr Affairs - 28 July 2015

Bharti Realty tied-up with Eros Group to develop housing project

The Bharti Group has presence in telecom, agri-business, financial services, retail and real estate among others.

Bangladesh part of Sundarbans witnessed rapid decline in tiger population between 2004 and 2015

Royal Bengal tigers live mainly in India with smaller populations in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Myanmar. Out of 2226 Bengal tigers found in India, 74 live in Indian side of Sunderbans.

IBPS Recruitment 2015 - Clerks CWE V

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released notification to conduct online examination for the next Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel for Clerical cadre Posts in the Participating Organisations. Eligible candidates may apply online from 11-08-2015 to 01-09-2015. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, application fee details, how to apply, other are given below…

Current Affairs - 26 & 27 July 2015

Union Government sanctioned 1000 crore rupees for Indo-Bangla Rail Link

Out of 15.06 km length connecting Agartala with Akhaura railway junction in Bangladesh, 3.7 km would comprise of elevated corridor.

World's largest flower Amorphophallus Titanum bloomed at Jindai Botanical Gardens in Tokyo

It is commonly called the corpse flower because it smells like rotting meat that helps attract pollinators such as beetles and flies.

Current Affairs - 25 July 2015

Team Sky cyclist Chris Froome of Britain won 102nd Tour de France

With this, Froome became the first Briton to win the Tour de France for the second time.

PR Chari, the nuclear disarmament advocate, died

He was a former IAS officer who served two terms in the Defence Ministry and was also a former Director of the Institute of Defence and Strategic Analysis (IDSA) from 1975 to 1980.

Current Affairs - 24 July 2015

WTO members sealed a deal to cut tariffs on $1 trillion worth IT products

The deal was agreed as part of need to update the 18-year old Information Technology Agreement (ITA) as it has become redundant. The ITA was finalised in 1997.

Earth-like exoplanet Kepler 452b discovered

In addition to Kepler 452b, the Kepler Mission also discovered 11 yet-to-be-confirmed candidate planets that appear to be small, rocky and potentially suitable for life.

Current Affairs - 22 July 2015

NDRI scientists developed technique to decrease cholesterol level in Ghee

Use of this technique will help to reduce the level of cholesterol in Ghee up to 85 to 90 percent. It also does not affect the taste and quality of the ghee.

Committee to draft bill for protection of indigenous people of Manipur constituted

The committee will be chaired by State Law Minister Thoudam Debendra Singh and other members include Bijoy Singh, N Biren and RK Anand.

Current Affairs - 21 July 2015

Union Government launched National Career Counselling portal

The portal aims to bring on board around 20 million job seekers already registered with employment exchanges across India. It also aspires to bring 900000 establishments and companies on the portal.

Japanese Cabinet approved Defence White Paper 2015

In the White Paper 2015, the cabinet described the security situation surrounding Japan as increasingly tough. The defence white paper for 2015 examines a range of global threats.

Current Affairs - 19 & 20 July 2015

Swati Maliwal takes charge as Chairperson of DCW

Prior to her appointment to the post of Chairperson of DSW, she worked as an adviser (grievances) to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on public grievances and handled Janta Samwad.

Varunavat Mountain witnessed crack in its range; landslides feared

Crack on the range triggered doubts of landslides in Indira Colony and Jansu residents of Uttarkashi.

Current Affairs - 18 July 2015

Uruguay ansoccer legend Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia died

Ghiggia won the goal in a stunning 2-1 victory over Brazil in the final game of the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

CCI approved deal involving Aegon Religare Life Insurance Joint Venture

Under the transaction, Religare Enterprises will sell its entire holding in the life insurance joint venture.

Current Affairs - 17 July 2015

Indian American Sunita Viswanath honoured as Champions of Change by US White House

Sunita was selected for her work to encourage Hindus to take care of the environment.

Union Government brought 39 more drugs under price control regime

These drugs include the ones to treat diseases such as diabetes, infections, digestive disorders and pain among others, in an effort to make them affordable.

Current Affairs - 16 July 2015

Lower House of Japan’s Parliament approved bills changing self-defence law

The change paves the way for the Japanese military to potentially fight abroad for the first time since World War II.

Remnants of India's one of the oldest port discovered in Goa

The Port is supposed to be existed between 1000 to 3500 AD which makes it India’s oldest ports.

Current Affairs - 15 July 2015

Union Government launched National Mission for Skill Development

The Mission seeks to provide the institutional capacity to train a minimum of 300 million skilled people by the year 2022.

The idea was mooted by an NGT bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, who said that it needed to take everyone along and come up with an innovative approach to curb pollution.

Current Affairs - 14 July 2015

Iran, P5+1 countries reached agreement on Iran's nuclear programme at Vienna

The agreement called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPA) or Vienna agreement was reached after 17 days of almost uninterrupted negotiations in Vienna.

Tamil music composer Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan died

He had composed music for over 1700 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada and worked with three Chief Ministers MG Ramachandran, M Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa.

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Current Affairs - 12 & 13 July 2015

India,Tajikistan inked 2 agreements to strengthen bilateral relations

The two nations agreed to promote International North South transport corridor, the ship, rail, and road route for moving freight between India, Russia, Iran, Europe and Central Asia.

QS University Rankings: BRICS 2015 released

This 2015 edition reflects the increasingly strong global presence of leading Chinese universities with the top three spots going to Tsinghua University, Peking University and Fudan University.

IBPS Recruitment 2015 - Apply Online IBPS CWE- ( PO/MT – V ) Probationary Officer/ Management Trainee Posts

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Current Affairs - 11 July 2015

India, Turkmenistan inked 8 agreements to increase regional cooperation& connectivity

MoU on supply of chemical products between Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited and the Turkmen State concern ‘Turkmenhimiya’ was inked.

India to be part of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) along withPakistan by 2016

India that has had on the observer status of the group for past 10 years will become a full member of SCO by 2016.

Current Affairs - 10 July 2015

MPEDA launched mobile-based applications to help farmers capture data through mobile

MPEDA is a nodal agency for promotion of marine exports from India under Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Renowned Urdu poet Bashar Navaaz passed away

He was known as an Indo Pak shayar as his poetry is popular in India as well as in Pakistan.

Current Affairs - 9 July 2015

Guidelines for Border Area Development Programme released

The BADP was started in the year 1986-87 for balanced development of border areas of States bordering Pakistan, and subsequently was extended to all the land borders.

Inderjeet Singh became first Indian to win a Gold Medal at World University Games inGwangju

The silver medal of the event was won by Andrei Marius Gag of Romania with a throw of 19.92m while Alexander Bulanov of Russia took the bronze with a throw of 19.84m.

Current Affairs - 8 July 2015

Goa to host the Youth Delphic Games in February 2016

The Youth Delphic Games are held at every four years and invites participants of the age group of 15 to 25 years.

Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka entered Guinness World Records for spending 804 dayson ISS

He surpassed cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, also a Russian, record of 803 days, nine hours and 41 minutes in the space which Sergei achieved across six missions from 1998 to 2005.

IBPS Recruitment 2015 - Apply Online RRB CWE-IV Office Assistant, Officer Scale I, II & III Posts

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Current Affairs - 7 July 2015

SC issued notice to Union Government, EC on petition seeking to bring political parties under RTI

Central Information Commission (CIC) in its detailed order of 3 June 2013 held that the six national parties are public authorities under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act, 2005.

ICC began hearing on the Nine-dash line of South China Sea

A ruling by a United Nations tribunal in The Hague will determine who has property rights over a 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.

UIIC Recruitment 2015 - 750 Assistant Posts

United India Insurance Company Limited (UIIC) has released notification for the recruitment of 750 Assistant vacancies. Eligible candidates may apply online from 07-07-2015 to 20-07-2015. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply are given below…

Current Affairs - 5 & 6 July 2015

MIT Scientists developed a Quantum Dot Spectrometer small enough to function within asmartphone

QD spectrometer represents a new application for quantum dots, which have been used primarily for biological molecules and labeling cells, as well as in television screens and computers

Japan committed $6 billion to Mekong region countries at 7th Mekong-Japan Summit in Tokyo

The Mekong region countries include Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Current Affairs - 4 July 2015

Union Government released the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 for Rural India

The survey was completed in all the 640 districts. It provides very useful data on households regarding various aspects of their socio-economic status– housing, land-holding, educational status, status of women.

58 percent school kids in Maharashtra suffer from orthopaedic ailment due to heavy bags:Report

After perusing the report, the court observed that children will have to carry trolley bags soon as the backpacks they carry at present are not enough.

Current Affairs - 3 July 2015

National Green Tribunal banned use of Plastic in Haridwar & Rishikesh

The bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar gave the direction on a complaint filed by environmentalist MC Mehta against pollution of the Ganga River.

Adelaide Crows football coach Phil Walsh died

Phil Walsh, 55, who turned to coaching after a long playing career, was killed.

Current Affairs - 2 July 2015

Industrial Policy 2015 for Chandigarh city launched

The policy is aimed at boosting employment and motivate medium and small industries in the city.

CCEA approved Scheme for Promotion of National Agricultural Market

The scheme envisages creation of a common electronic platform regulated markets across the country with an outlay of 200 crore rupees from 2015-16 to 2017-18.

Quantitative Quizze -SBI PO 2015

In each of questions a pair of equations is given.you have to find out the values of x and y.

Given answer

(1) if x<y (2) if x ≤ y

(3) if x = y (4) if x > y

(5) if x ≥ y

(a). 2x²- 7x+ 6 =0

4y²= 9

(b). 4x² - 4x – 3 = 0

4y² + 12y + 5 = 0

All Important Sport News - June 2015

Nelson Piquet Jr won the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship title

Piquet drove for Chinese team Nextev.

Wei, Li won men's & women’s singles of Canada Open Badminton tournament 2015

In the finals played at Calgary, Wei defeated Ng Ka Long Angus 17-21 13-21 and Li defeated Kaori Imabeppu 21-17 25-23.

Currennt Affairs - 1 July 2015

Jagmohan Yadav appointed as DGP of Uttar Pradesh

He is the 8th police chief of Uttar Pradesh in the last three-and-a-half years of the Samajwadi Party (SP) rule.

Literacy rate 71 percent in rural areas, 86 percent in urban areas: NSSO survey

Among the age group 7 years and above, the male literacy rate was registered at 83.2 percent vis-a-vis the female literacy rate of 67.1 percent.

All Summit, Committees and Commissions - June 2015

Summit and Conference

v 41st G7 summit held in Germany

The theme for the summit was Think Ahead. Act Together.

All Important Books and Authors - June 2015

Books and Authors

v Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji written by Abdul Kalam

Transcendence maps a journey of self-realization reflected in the eyes of Pramukh Swamiji, painting a delightful fusion of spirituality, science and leadership.

v Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower by Henry M Paulson

The book takes the reader behind closed doors to witness the creation and evolution and future of China’s state-controlled capitalism.

All Defence, Space and Inventions News - June 2015

Defence and Security

v Indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant undocked in Kochi

Upon its induction, the aircraft carrier puts India in the elite group of four countries in the world viz., USA, Russia, the UK and France that are capable of designing and constructing aircraft carriers.

All Important Obituaries News - June 2015

Person Died

v Rock Band Yes Guitarist Chris Squire died

Squire formed Yes band in 1968 with Jon Anderson and their debut single titled Sweetness and first album titled Yes were released in 1968.

v Patrick Macnee, star of The Avengers, died

He was born as Daniel Patrick Macnee on 6 February 1922 in London and grew up in Lambourn.

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