July 10, 2013

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS : 9.7.2013

1. The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a notice to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) over the reported uploading of objectionable video clips of couples recorded inside metro trains to pornographic websites.

2. Glowing tributes were paid to veteran Kashmiri writer and historian Professor Manzoor F...azli who passed away at Bandipore in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday.

3. The President Pranab Mukherjee today visited the holy shrine of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti at Ajmer. He offered a Chadar and flowers at the shrine and prayed for peace and harmony and elimination of terrorism.

4. Bhopal police arrested former Madhya Pradesh finance minister Raghav ji in sodomy case.

5. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 9 July 2013 announced the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

6. State Bank of India, in month of July 2013 partnered with a non-banking finance company, UAE Exchange and Financial Services, to launch a card which will enable the holder to receive the remittance directly on the card. The card is named State Bank Xpress Money Card and can be loaded with up to 50000 Rupees.

7. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 9 July 2013 announced the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

8. India and Iraq on 8 July 2013 signed a pact to enhance co-operation in energy security, bilateral trade & commerce, infrastructure and others. The agreement was signed between the Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily and his counterpart from Iraq, Abdul Karim Luaibi.

9. As per the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) survey released on 7 July 2013, approximately 40 percent of the Global population or 2.7 billion people are online in 2013.

10. JMM Legislative Party Leader Hemant Soren stakes claim to form new government in Jharkhand.

11. The Union Government in July 2013 hiked the import duty on sugar to 15 per cent from the present 10 per cent to restrain cheaper inflow of the sweetener into the country. The hike in import duty is meant to stabilise sugar prices which in turn help the millers to make cane payments, which at present is estimated at 9000 crore Rupees.

12. Lt. General A.K. Singh has assumedthe charge as 11th Lt. Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Chief Justice of Kolkata High Court Mr. Justice Arun Mishra administered the oath of office and oath of secrecy to Lt. Governor in a function held at Raj Nivas, Port Blair yesterday.

13. Lajja Goswami won the silver medal for india in women’s 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event at the International Shooting Sport Federation being held at Granada, Spain.

14. Indian women weightlifters bag the team title in Asian Junior Championships in Kyrgyzstan.

15. Australian Michael Nobbs has been unceremoniously sacked as Indian hockey team's chief coach due to non-performance, thus becoming the fourth foreign coach to be shown the door before completion of the full tenure.

16. Sensex gains 115 points, to close at 19,439; Rupee recovers 47 paise, at 60.14 against the dollar.

17. As per the survey conducted by Assocham in July 2013 the proposed investments by domestic and foreign entrepreneurs declined by 75 per cent in FY 2012-13.

IBPS PO/MT -III 2013-14 notification out

important news for you friend,

IBPS announced the date and notification of his 3rd written test for the post of probationary officers iii.exam will held in october 2013.you can apply online form 27 july to 12 august 2013.


Eligibility Criteria :

Age :
20 years (min) 28 years (max)
Educational Qualifications :
Degree with 60% marks in any discipline from a recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Central Government.
The percentage of marks stipulated for the Educational Qualification is for General (Unreserved) Category Candidates.
Candidates belonging to the Reserved Category (SC / ST/ PWD), filling in vacancies reserved for the relevant category, will be entitled to a relaxation of 5% marks in relation to that stipulated for General Category candidates. Candidates belonging to SC / ST/ PWD categories filling in “unreserved” vacancies will not be entitled to the above referred relaxation.

computer literacy certificate

Application fees

*100 rs for st/st/pwd
*600 for other

exam details

-online exam will held
-duration will be 2 hours
-no descriptive paper
-200 Marks

exam syllabus

-reasoning-50 marks
-maths -50 marks
-english -40 marks
-G.A.-40 marks
-computer -20 marks

important dates-

-online registration -22 july to 12 august
-payment of fee online-22 july to 12 august
-paymet of fee offline-24 august to 17 august
-download of call laters-from 7 October
-online examination 19 oct/20 oct/26 oct/27 oct 2013
-declaration of result status of examination third and fourth week of November 2013
-download of call later for combined interview first week of January 2014
-conduct of interview -3rd week of junuary 2014
-allotment march 2014



July 9, 2013

-Daily Current Affairs : 8-7-2013

1. Myanmar has discharged 42 children from its armed forces, UN agencies said today, urging increased efforts to free child soldiers as the country emerges from military rule.

2. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) today asked states to be more proactive on disaster management and appoint full-time chiefs for disaster management authorities.
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3. BSE Institute Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), today launched its first Under Graduate Programme in BCom in a city college as part of designing courses to meet needs of the industry and capital market.

4. Afghan officials say security forces have killed 18 Taliban and lost five of their own troopsin operations in the country’s east.

5. Indian economy is seeing signs of upward momentum helped by gradual reduction of inflationary pressure though the country’s growth still remains "relatively weak", according to Paris-based think tank OECD.

6. Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon title and ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s champion with a victory over world number one Novak Djokovic.

7. Rohan Bopanna has become the highest-ranked Indian in the world as he achieved career-best rank of five in the ATP doubles charts.

8. The young Indian troika of L Devendro Singh (49kg), Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Mandeep Jangra (69kg) continued their fine form to enter the finals of the Asian Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan.

9. In Egypt, 42 Islamist supporters of the deposed President Mursi were killed while 322 were been injured in Cairo in firing by the military.

10. Iraq says, it is ready to supply more crude oil to meet India's growing energy requirements. The assurance came close on the heels of a similar pledge by Saudi Arabia.

July 8, 2013

Daily Current Affairs - 7-7-2013

1. Serial blasts rock Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya; terror attack, Centre says. Nine serial explosions rocked the Mahabodhi Temple complex in Bodh Gaya on Sunday morning, leaving at least five people injured.

2. ISRO gears up for ambitious Mars mission. The satellite, which would be launched on board Polar Satelli...te Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL), will carry compact science experiments, totalling a mass of 15 kg, according to ISRO officials. There will be five instruments to study Martian surface, atmosphere and mineralogy.

3. At least two people were killed and 182 injured when an Asiana Airlines plane with three Indians among 307 on board hit the runway, smashed into pieces and engulfed by flames while landing at San Francisco airport.

4. Ranbir, Vidya bag best actor awards at IIFA. Vidya Balan took home the Best Actress award at IIFA 2013 for her portrayal of a pregnant woman in search of her husband in ‘Kahaani’ while Ranbir Kapoor was named Best Actor for ‘Barfi!’ in Macau on Saturday.

5. Sebastian Vettel wins the German Grand Prix for the first time. hree-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel surged ahead in his Red Bull at the start of the German Grand Prix on Sunday and held off a strong challenge from the two Lotus cars to win his first race on home soil.

6. Israel passes military draft Bill. Israel’s Cabinet has approved a plan that would gradually end a contentious system that has granted automatic draft exemptions to Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students.

7. Indian women clinch 4x400m relay gold at Asian Athletics C'ship. India clinched a gold medal in women's 400m relay in a sensational race to finish sixth overall as the curtains were drawn on the 20th Asian Athletics Championships with China confirming their supreme status in the continent on Sunday.

8. Only 11 States have conveyed approval for FDI in multi-brand retail, which means a significant part of the country is out of bounds for global companies keen on a pan-India footprint.

9. Vedanta sells stake in Canada’s Hudbay Minerals for $152 million. danta had acquired about 14.5 million shares or 9.5% stake in Hudbay Minerals, through a privately-held Netherlands-based subsidiary Lakomasko BV for an undisclosed sum.

10. India puts its first GPS satellite in orbit. The Indian space agency Saturday evening successfully put its first navigation satellite - the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A (IRNSS-1A) - in the geosynchronous orbit at 27 degrees to the equator.

Daily Current Affairs : 6.7.2013

1. Nasscom, the IT software services industry body appointed R. Chandrasekhar, the former Secretary Department of Telecommunications (DoT), as its president.

2. India to meet poverty reduction goal by 2015: UN || According to Report:In India, the poverty rate fell from 49 per cent in 1994 to 42 per cent in 2005 ...and to 33 per cent in 2010. If the current pace continues, India will meet the poverty reduction target by 2015.

3. In defiance of the United States, two Latin American countries - Venezuela and Nicaragua – on Saturday offered asylum to Edward Snowden, leaker of the US secretive surveillance programme.

4. Congress-(Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) JMM to form coalition govt in Jharkhand.

5. UAE Exchange, one of the largest foreign exchange firms in the United Arab Emirates, has applied to RBI for a banking license in India.

6. Ratings agency Crisil Friday assigned 'AAA' ratings to India Infra debt Limited, the country's first infrastructure debt fund under the non-banking finance company structure.

7. In a relief to Union minister Shashi Tharoor, a court on Saturday discharged him in the 2008 national anthem case.

8. Wimbledon Women’s Singles: France's Marion Bartoli won her first Grand Slam title with a dominant 6-1 6-4 victory over Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the Wimbledon final.

9. In the Men’s Singles final tomorrow World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will clash with Andy Murray.

10. A brilliant century knock by skipper Virat Kohli helped India earn a bonus point with a comprehensive 102 run win over the West Indies in the Tri nation Cricket series at Port of Spain last night.

Daily current affairs- 5-7-2013

1. London will host the ninth World Islamic Economic Forum in Octoberi. The first time that the event will be held outside of a Muslim country, as the British capital looks to become a global hub for Sharia finance.

2. President Pranab Mukherjee Friday promulgated the national food security ordinance, wh...ich aims to provide subsidised food grain to around 67 percent of India's 1.2 billion people.

3. At PMG Junction in the capital city, Kerala’s first all-women post office has opened its doors to the public. Its four employees, from the post master to the helper, are women. The post office will only be officially be inaugurated on Friday

4.Padma Shree Awardee Mahasundari Devi painting artist Mahasundari Devi died at a private hospital in Ranti, near Madhubani on 4 July 2013. She was renowned for her mastery over Sikki work, ‘sujani’ craft, clay work and paper macheapart from Mithila painting.

5. Douglas Engelbart, the U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse died at age of 88.

6. The Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to frame guidelines for regulating contents of manifestos. The Supreme Court also said freebies promised by political parties disturb the level playing field among players contesting the polls and vitiates the election process.

7. Marissa Mayer-led Yahoo has acquired email and address book management app Xobni,which is its third acquisition in recent days as it tries to revamp its online products and competes with internet giants Google and Facebook.

8. The US economy added a net195,000 new jobs in June which is much higher than market expectation.The unemployment rate held steady at7.6% in June, as per the data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The dollar jumped on the news and euro fell to $1.283.

9. Virat Kohli has been named as Indian Cricket team captain for the upcoming One-day series in Zimbabwe later this month as Dhoni has been rested due to his injury.

10. Young all-rounder Parveez Rasool has created history today by becoming the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to be named in the Indian team as the selectors announced the ODI team for Zimbabwe tour.

11. Pakistan’s spinner Danish Kaneria has been banned for life by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for indulging in spot-fixing during the 2009 English county season.

12. World soccer body FIFA on 3 July 2013 again banned Iraq from holding any friendly football matches due to soaring violence, just three months after the ban was lifted.

13. Lisicki, Bartoli in Wimbledon final.

INDIAN RAILWAY ZONES & THEIR HEADQUARTERS

1. Northern Railway -- Delhi
2. North Eastern Railway -- Gorakhpur
3. Northeast Frontier Railway -- Maligaon (Guwahati)
4. Eastern Railway -- Kolkata
5. South Eastern Railway -- Kolkata
6. South Central Railway -- Secunderabad
7. Southern Railway -- Chennai
8. Central Railway -- Mumbai November
... 9. Western Railway -- Mumbai
10. South Western Railway -- Hubli
11. North Western Railway -- Jaipur
12. West Central Railway -- Jabalpur
13. North Central Railway -- Allahabad
14. South East Central Railway -- Bilaspur
15. East Coast Railway -- Bhubaneswar
16. East Central Railway -- Hajipur
17. Kolkata Metro -- Kolkata

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