Sunday 12 July 2015

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.

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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

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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.