tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16803611278917157502024-03-19T02:22:01.643-07:00Indian School of Banking, HyderabadAn Exclusive Training Center for all Bank Exams....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111094020047939217noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680361127891715750.post-49530565608184137122016-10-03T01:47:00.001-07:002016-10-03T01:47:32.890-07:00BANKING AWARENESS QUIZ - 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1. By increasing repo rate, the economy may observe
the following effects ______ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Rate of interest on loans and advances will be
costlier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) Industrial output would
be affected to an extent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> c) Banks will
increase rate of interest on deposits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Industry houses may borrow money from foreign
countries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) All of these.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Increased
interest rates, as is existing in the economy at present will_______<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> a) Lead to
reduction in borrowings </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b)
Lead to lower GDP growth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) Mean
higher cost of raw materials.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Mean lower cost of raw materials. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Mean higher wage bill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> 3. Which of
the following schemes is launched to provide pension to people</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in unorganized
sectors in India?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> a) Swabhiman </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> b) Jeevan Dhara </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) Jeevan Kalyan </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) ASHA </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Swalamban<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> 4. A cheque
returned for insufficiency of funds. Payee will have right to notice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and
approach court of law for justice under section 138 of which act?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Indian Penal Code
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) Negotiable Instrument Act </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c)
Criminal Procedure Code <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Payment and Settlement Act </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Indian Contract Act <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5. Mr. Rajendra had filled a complaint with Banking
Ombudsman but is not </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">satisfied with the decision. What is the next option
before him for getting his matter resolved?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Write to the CMD of the Bank </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) File an appeal before the
Finance Minister<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) File an appeal before the Banking Ombudsman again
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) File and appeal before the Dy.
Governor RBI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Simply close the matter as going to court
involves time and money <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6. Which of the following is an example of financial
assets?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) National Saving Certificate </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) Infrastructure Bonds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) Indira Vikas Patra <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Krishi Vikas Patra </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> e)
All of these<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7. Bank branches which can undertake foreign
exchange business directly are known as: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Authorized dealers b) Foreign dealers c) Overseas branches d) Approved dealers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e)
Exchange branches<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8. Insurance cover for bank deposits in our country
is provided by ____<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) SBI b) Govt of India c) GIC d) LIC e) DICGC <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9. The Financial Literacy does not include which of
the following?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) How to invest the funds </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) How to use the
limited funds carefully c) How to minimize the risks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) How to reinvest the money earned e) None of these <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">10. 'ADB Refer to
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Amedical Development Bank </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) Amedical
depository Bureau </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) Additional
Debit Balance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Only a&b </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Asian Development bank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">11. When a banker talks about CDR, what is he
talking about? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Corporate Debt Restructuring
b) Corporate Debt Rollover </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> c) Company Debt Rollover <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">d) Corporate Deposit Restructuring</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">e) Company Deposit Restructuring</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">12. Expand the term ALM as used in Banking/Finance
sector?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Asset Liability Management </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) Asset Liability Maturity </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> c) Asset Liability Mismatch <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Asset Liability Manpower </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> e) Asset Liability Maintenance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">13. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) and Statutory Liquidity
Ratio (SLR) are terms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> most closely related to which of the following
industries/ markets?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Capital Market b)
Banking industry c) Commodities market </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Money Market </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> e) Mutual fund<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">14. What is the maximum period for which domestic
term deposits are normally </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">accepted by the banks in our country?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> a) 3 yr </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) 5 yr </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) 7 yr </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) 10 yr </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) 12 yr<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">15. If you wish to purchase some US Dollars for your
travel abroad, you should approach?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) The ministry of finance
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> b) The US
Embassy <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) Any Bank Branch authorized to do such activity </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) The Reserve Bank of India <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) External Affairs Ministry <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">16. What does the letter 'L' stands for in the term
LAF commonly used </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">in financial/economic news?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Liquidity b)
Least </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c)
Liabilities </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Long </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Liquid<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">17. Which of the following is not classified as a
Commercial Bank? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Public Sector Bank b) Foreign Bank c) Private Sector Bank </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Regional Rural Bank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Urban Cooperative Bank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">18. Which of the following is not the name of the
Banking Organization?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) HDFC </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) IDBI </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) YES </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> d) SEBI </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) ICICI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">19. Money laundering means _____</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Hiding of income source mainly to avoid income
tax <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> b) Money
acquired from undisclosed sources and deposited in foreign banks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> c) Money
acquired from undisclosed sources and deposited in foreign banks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> d) Process of
conversion of money obtained illegally to appear to have originated from </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">legitimate sources to convert black money into white money. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) Money acquired from drug trafficking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">20. Monetary Policy as an arm of the economic policy
is administered by _____<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Government of India </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">b) RBI </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> c)
SBI </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Govt of the respective
states </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> e) None <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">21. Which of the following is not a primary function
of a Bank?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> a) Granting
loans b) Collecting cheques/ drafts
of Customers <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) Arranging VISA for students for abroad education </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Issuing bank drafts </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e)
Selling Gold/Silver Coins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">22. Reserves which can act as a liquidity buffer for
Commercial Banks during crisis times are ___<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">a) CAR </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">b) CRR</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">c) CAR & CRR
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">d) CRR & SLR </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">e) SLR<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">C</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">E</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">B</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">E</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">E</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">E</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">B</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">C</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">E</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">B</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">C</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(1) The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) has signed a
memorandum of understanding(MoU) with which publishing company to publish &
distribute a special edition of the comic book, focusing on Swachh Bharat
Mission?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) Penguin Books India
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) Amar Chitra Katha <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) Scholastic <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) National Book Trust<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(2) Which committee has been constituted by Union Government
to study silt in river Ganga in Bihar?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) S K Sahu committee <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) Rajnish Ranjan committee <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) A K Sinha committee <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Nitish Kumar committee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(3) An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the
launch pad at Cape Canaveral recently. Where is Cape Canaveral?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) USA <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) France <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) UK <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Italy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(4) The Ministry of Civil Aviation has signed a MOU with
which state to build small airports?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) West Bengal <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) Assam <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) Uttar Pradesh <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Gujarat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(5) U Htin Kyaw, who visited New Delhi, recently, is the
present President of which of the following countries?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) Myanmar <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) Vietnam <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) Cambodia <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Venezuela<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(6) Ali Bongo is the President of which country?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) Tanzania <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) Algeria <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) Swaziland <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Gabon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(7) Sharad Rao who recently passed away was a _____.</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) Doctor <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) Union leader <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) Activist <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Teacher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(8) Jiri Vesely is related to which game?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) Tennis B) Skating C) Skating D) Cricket<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(9) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL) has extended free
roaming service for it’s mobile subscribers by another one year recently. Who
is the present CEO of BSNL?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) Hasmukh Adhia <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) Vinod Rai <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) Ratan P Watal <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Anupam Shrivastava<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">(10) Kashmiri Lal Zakir, who passed away recently, was a
famous poet in which language?</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">A) Urdu <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">B) Marathi <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">C) Telugu </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">D) Tamil</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(01) B <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(02) C <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(03) A <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(04) D <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(05) A <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(06) D <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(07) B <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(08) A <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(09) D <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">(10) A</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1. Who
decides on the value and volume of bank notes to be printed and on what basis?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">a) Finance Ministry </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">b) Planning Commission </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">c) RBI
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> d) Stock exchange </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">e) None of the above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2. What
is the maximum denomination for which coins can be produced in India?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">a) Rs 1000 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">b) Rs 10 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">c) Rs 100 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">d) Rs 50 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">e) Rs 5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3. The
Reserve Bank of India began production of notes in 1938, issuing Rs.25 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Rs.10
Rs.1000 notes. Rs 1000 note was re-introduced again in.......?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">a) 1987 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">c) 2003 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">d) 2006 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">e) 2010<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">4. One
rupee notes bear the signature of..........?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">a) Governor of Reserve Bank of India </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">b)
Prime Minister of India </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">c) President of India<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">d) Secretary, Ministry of Finance
(Government of India)</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">e) None of the above</span></div>
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is a..............?</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">a) Security on movable property for
a loan given by a bank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">b) Security on immovable property
for a loan given by a bank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">c) Concession on immovable property
for a loan given by a bank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">d) Facility on immovable property
for a loan given by a bank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">e) Security on immovable property
for a deposit received by a bank<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">6. In
terms of Section 5(1) (5) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> a ‘banking
company’ means any company which-</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">b) undertakes lending of money </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">c) transacts the business of banking in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">d) All of the above</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">e) None of the above</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">7. Which
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">a) Cheque </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">c) Bill of Exchange </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">d) All of the above are negotiable
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">e) None of the above</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">a) Surplus funds with banks can be
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">b) This will be indirect expansion
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">c) both
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">10. Example
of the product line of a Bank is? </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(e) None of the above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">C</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">C</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">B</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">C</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">C</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">D</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Interest
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) De-regulated by RBI <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) Regulated by State Governments <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) Regulated by Central Govt
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) Regulated by RBI <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> e) Regulated by Finance Minister<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2. </span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The usual
deposit accounts of banks are?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) Current accounts, electricity
accounts and insurance premium accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> b) Current accounts, post office savings, bank
accounts and term deposit accounts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> c) Loan accounts, savings bank accounts and
term deposit accounts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> d) Current accounts, savings bank accounts and
term deposit accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Current bill accounts and term
deposit accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Fixed
deposits and recurring deposits are?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> a) Repayable after an agreed period
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) Repayable on demand
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) Not repayable <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> d) Repayable after death of depositors <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Repayable on demand or after
an agreed period as per banks choice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">4</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Accounts
are allowed to be operated by cheques in respect of?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> a) Both savings bank accounts and fixed
deposit accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> b) Savings bank accounts and current
accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> c) Both savings bank accounts and loan
accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) Both savings bank accounts and
cash accounts only. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Both current accounts and
fixed deposit accounts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">5</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Which of
the following is correct statement?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) No interest is paid on current
deposit accounts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) Interest is paid on current
accounts at the same rate as term deposit accounts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) The rate of interest on
current accounts and savings accounts are the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) No interest is paid on any
deposit by the bank. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Savings deposits are the same
as current deposits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">6</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Banking
services delivered to a customer by means of a computer <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> control system that does not directly
involve banks branch is called?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) Universal banking <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> b) Virtual banking <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) Narrow banking <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) Brick & Mortal
banking <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> e) None<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">7</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Financial
inclusion means provision of?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) Financial services namely
payments, remittances, savings, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> loans and insurance at affordable cost to
persons not yet given the bank <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) Ration at affordable cost to
persons not yet given the same<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) House at affordable cost to
persons not yet given the same<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) Food at affordable cost to
persons not yet given the same<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Education at affordable cost
to persons not yet given the same<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> 8. </span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">When a bank returns a cheque unpaid, it is
called?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) Payment of the cheque <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) Drawing of the cheque
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) Canceling of the cheque<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) Dishonour of the cheque <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Taking of the cheque<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">9</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Who is the
Chairman of the committee constituted by RBI to study issues<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> and concerns in the Micro Finance Institutions
(MFI) Sector?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) YH Malegam <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> b) Dr. KC Chakraborty <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) C. Rangrajan
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> d) M. Damodaran <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Usha Thorat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">10</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Which of
the following types of accounts are known as 'Demat Accounts'?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) Accounts which are Zero
Balance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) Accounts which are opened to
facilitate repayment of a loan taken from the bank. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">No other business can be
conducted from there<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) Accounts in which shares of
various companies are traded in electronic form<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) Accounts which are operated
through internet banking facility <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> e) None of the above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">11</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. NEFT
means?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> a) National Electronic Funds Transfer <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> b) Negotiated Efficient Fund Transfer system<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) National Efficient Fund
Transfer solution <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) Non Effective Fund Transfer
system<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Negotiated Electronic Foreign
Transfer system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">12</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">.
Distribution of insurance products and insurance policies by <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">banks as corporate agents is
known as? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) General insurance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) Non life insurance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
c) Bancassurance <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> d) Insurance Banking <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">e) Deposit Insurance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">13</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. In respect
of partnership business, LLP stands for:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">a) Local Labour Promotion <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) Low Labour Projects <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) Limited Loan Partnership<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) Longer Liability Partnership <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> e) Limited Liability Partnership <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">14</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. What is a
stale cheque? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> a) A cheque issued without drawer's signature <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">b) A cheque with only signature
of the drawer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">c) A cheque which has completed 3
months from the date of its issue <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">d) any one of the above e) none<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">15</span></b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. Interest
on savings bank account is now calculated by banks on?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>A</b></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>B</b></span></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111094020047939217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680361127891715750.post-45503205011601770042016-09-22T00:41:00.000-07:002016-09-22T00:41:00.113-07:00PERSONS IN NEWS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
1. Liam Fox, UK's Secretary of State for International Trade visited India.<br />
2. A.R. Kidwai, former Governor of Bihar, West Bengal, Haryana and Rajasthan passed Away.<br />
3. Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu visited India. India and Bangladesh agreed to jointly produce documentary on 1971 war of Independence of Bangladesh and All India Radio will launch Akashvani Maitree.<br />
4. Bill Maris, chief of Google Ventures resigned.<br />
5. Bimalendra Nidhi, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of Nepal visited India.<br />
6. Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of Defense Manohar Parrikar visited USA.<br />
7. Committee under Madhukar Gupta submitted its report about , Retd. Home Secretary in April, 2016, for strengthening border protection and addressing the issue of gaps and vulnerability in border fencing along Indo¬Pakistan Border.<br />
8. Delcy Rodriguez, Minister of External Affairs, and Eulogio del Pino, Minister of Petroleum of Venezuela visited India.<br />
9. Deputy Minister of Industry & Trade of Russia, Alexander Potapov visited India for 5th meeting of India¬Russia Working Group on Modernization and Industrial Cooperation.<br />
10. Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Bimalendra Nidhi visited India.<br />
11. Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia visited India.<br />
12. Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister (Congress) Kalikho Pul passed away.<br />
13. Former FIFA President Joao Havelange passes away.<br />
14. Former Governor of Madhya Pradesh Mohammad Shafi Qureshi passed away.<br />
15. Francis Gurry, Director General of World Intellectual Property organisation visited India. He launched WIPO Innovation Index report 2016.<br />
16. Independence day Defence Service Medals ¬<br />
Ashok Chakra ¬ Havildar Hangpan Dada of Assam Regiment /35th Battalion of Rashtriya Rifles. Havildar Hangpan Dada killed 3 terrorists in J & K before attaining martyrdom.<br />
Shaurya Chakra ¬ Gursevek Singh Indian Air Force (Security). He was inducted for special operations at Air Force Station Pathankot. During Intrusion by Pakistani Terrorists on 02 January 2016, he engaged terrorists in a fierce exchange of fire for<br />
25 minutes until forces arrived. He attained martyrdom but successfully prevented terrorists from entering technical area of Air Force Station, ensuring safety of all aircrafts.<br />
Vayu Sena Medal ¬ Squadron Leader Bhavesh Kumar Dubey and Abhishek Singh Tanwar.<br />
17. India will deploy High tech Brahmos missiles in Arunachal pradesh along border with China, aid security Concerns,.<br />
18. India’s 100¬year¬old athlete Man Kaur won Gold at American Masters Games in 100¬meter dash by taking approx 90 seconds to cross finish line.<br />
19. Irom Chanu Sharmila (Also known as Iron Lady of Manipur or Mengoubi) ended up her 16¬year¬long hunger strike for repealing of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) of 1958 from Manipur.<br />
20. Leocadia I. Zak, Director os U.S. Trade and Development Agency visited India.<br />
21. Noted American Children's Books author Joyce Carol Thomas passed away.<br />
22. Noted American journalist George E. Curry passed away. He is considered dean of black press columnists.<br />
23. Noted Assamese Writer Mahim Bora passed away. He received Sahitya Akademi award for his Edhani Mahir Hanhi in 2001.<br />
24. Noted Australian surfer Bernard Farrelly passed away.<br />
25. Noted Egyptian Nobel¬winning Chemistry scientist Ahmed Zewail passed away.<br />
26. Noted Malayalam script writer T A Razzaq (58) passed away.<br />
27. Noted Odia actor and director Gobind Tej passed away.<br />
28. Noted Pakistani Cricketer Hanif Mohammad passed away, Also known as pakistani Little Master.<br />
29. Noted South Indian film director and scriptwriter Vietnam Veedu Sundaram passed away.<br />
30. Noted Tamil actress Jyothi Lakshmi passed away.<br />
31. Noted Tamil poet and lyricist Na Muthukumar passed away.<br />
32. Noted Yoga Guru TKV Desikachar passed away.<br />
33. Noted former international cricket umpire, Subrata Banerjee passed away.<br />
34. Noted painter, writer and art historian Dinanath Pathy passed away.<br />
35. Noted spiritual guru and head of Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sansthan of Swaminarayan sect, HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj passed away.<br />
36. Penny Pritzker, USA's Secretary of Commerce visited India.<br />
37. Priti Patel, UK Secretary of State for International Development visited India.<br />
38. Sellapan Ramanathan, Former President of Singapore passed away. He was of Tamil Indian descent.<br />
39. Six year old boy Om Swaroop Gowda from Karnataka set world record for covering longest distance by limbo skating under cars.<br />
He traveled 65.283 metres distance while holding his body just above ground and maintaining a splits position throughout.<br />
40. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore visited India.<br />
41. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited India.<br />
42. Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh Visited Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).<br />
43. United Nations General Assembly president Peter Thomson visited India.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111094020047939217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680361127891715750.post-4957193741033612182016-09-22T00:40:00.000-07:002016-09-22T00:40:35.634-07:00SPORTS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1. Bhutan will become fourth Asian country (After India, Thailand and Iran) to host a tournament on Asian Tennis Tour (ATT) in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">September 2016. It will be Bhutan's first ever international tennis tournament.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2. 31st Summer Olympic Games started in Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, with theme World peace and Environment. Abhinav Bindra (2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist) is the flag bearer from India in opening ceremony. It is his 5th appearance at the Olympics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Next (32nd) Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo (Japan) in 2020 ith 5 added ¬ baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3. 82nd All India Railway athletic Championship ¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Western Railway overall best team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Men’s ¬ Jasdeep Singh</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4. ATP Toronto Masters also known as the Rogers club Cup</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Men's Singles ¬ Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won by defeating Kei Nishikori (Japan).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Women's Singles ¬ Simona Halep (Romania) won by defeating Madison Keys (USA).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Men’s doubles ¬ Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcelo Melo (Brazil) won by defeating Jamie Murray <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(Scotland) and Bruno Soares (Brazil).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Women’s doubles ¬ Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won by defeating <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Romanian pair of Simona Halep and Monica Niculescu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">5. Abhijeet Gupta won 20th Commonwealth Chess championship crown 2016 held in Colombo (Sri Lanka). He retained Commonwealth Chess championship crown that he won in 19th edition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">6. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar became first Indian gymnast to qualify for finals of artistic Gymnastics at Rio 2016 Olympics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">7. India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA) announced 500 gms Sovereign Gold Bonds for Gold Medalists and 1 KG silver to Silver Medalists of India at RIO Olympics 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Apart, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) also announced cash award of 50 lakh rupees for gold medal, 30 lakh for silver and 20 lakh rupees for bronze medalists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">8. India batsman Virender Sehwag has been awarded honorary life membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (England).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">9. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Left past Austraalia's Rickey Ponting to become captain of any national team in most number of cricket games (325th (ODI, T20, TEST)).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">10. Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been banned from all competitive sporting events for 4 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne (Switzerland). He was banned following an appeal by World Anti¬Doping Agency (WADA) as there was no evidence to accept his claim that his food was spiked by banned doping substance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">11. Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s bronze medal from 2012 London Summer Olympics has been upgraded to Silver. Thisupgradation comes after silver medalist late Besik Kudukhov (Russia)'s silver was taken off for failing a dope test. Kudukhov had died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">12. India’s Dipika Pallikal won PSA Australian Squash Open by defeating Mayar Hany of Egypt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">13. India’s tennis player Sania Mirza topped ATP Women’s Doubles Tennis rankings along with partner, Barbora Strycova of CzechRepublic.The ranking came after Saina Mirza and Monica Niculescu won Doubles title at Connecticut Open in USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">14. International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) announced that 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be hosted in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) inOctober 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">15. Lionel Messi announced that he will play on for Argentina, reversing his decision in June to retire from international football.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">16. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula One.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2016 Formula One season ¬ Total 21 Grand Prix Races to be organized across the world in 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">17. National Anti¬Doping Agency (NADA) given clean chit to wrestler Narsingh Yadav in doping case. He will now participate in 2016 Rio Olympics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">18. Noted Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan announced his retirement from international cricket. He is known to have a Interesting cricket stroke ¬ Dilscoop (Hitting bowl over Keeper's head).</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111094020047939217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680361127891715750.post-65665247206568955032016-09-21T00:27:00.000-07:002016-09-21T00:27:11.101-07:00SUMMITS AND MEETIINGS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. 2016 BRICS Convention on Tourism will be held at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh in September 2016 to promote intra¬regional tourism.</span></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. 2016 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) finance ministers’ conference held in Islamabad (Pakistan), attended by Shaktikanta Das on India's Behalf.</span></b></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3. 2nd Meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) Ministers for Disaster Management held in Udaipur (Rajasthan).</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4. 6th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) 2016 held in Nairobi (Kenya). This is first time that this conference is held in Africa.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5. An International Meeting on Counter Terrorism held in Bali (</span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Indonesia). Kiren Rijiju (Minister of State for Home Affairs) Attended on India's Behalf.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6. BRICS women parliamentarian’s forum meeting held in Jaipur (Rajasthan).</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9. First BRICS Film Festival will be held at Sirifort Auditorium Complex in New Delhi in September 2016.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">12. First technology 2 day meet under Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for Northeast India held in Guwahati, regarding implementation of Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 document that proposes investment of Rs 1,30,000 crore.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">14. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) listed world’s first Indian green Masala bond on London Stock Exchange (LSE) and raised $300 Million (Approx INR 2000 Crores). to generate 175GW of renewable energy by 2022.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">15. Pakistan will host 19th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit in Islamabad in November 2016.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">17. World Economic Forum (WEF) India Economic Summit will be held in New Delhi in October 2016,with Theme Fostering an Inclusive India through Digital Transformation.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. 7th edition of Mountain Echoes Literary Festival 2016 held in Thimpu (Bhutan) with focus on climate change, women’s voices and travel writing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. 9 member Kathakali dance troupe performed for first time in Egypt, as part of 14th Summer Festival organized by Bibliotheca Alexandrina.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. State of ICT in Asia and the Pacific 2016: Uncovering the Widening Broadband Divide report by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) ¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">India ranks 39th in terms of fixed broadband adoption in the list of 53 Asia Pacific countries. India ranks lower than countries such as Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh in fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in 2015.Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan, Macao, Australia and Singapore topped the list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">6. Amsterdam¬based human resource consulting firm Randstad Holdings acquired job portal Monster Worldwide for USD 429 millions (Apprx 2700 Crore Rupees).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">8. As per report by Assocham, India is 3rd in terms of number of technology-driven start¬ups in world, with USA and UK at first two places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">11. China began operating its indigenously designed bullet trains which can clock 350 kmph speed, the country’s first passenger train using Electric Multiple Units technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">12. China has set up its own aircraft engine maker with registered capital of 50 billion yuan ($7.5 billion), in the latest effort to develop home¬grown, high¬tech businesses to compete in international markets. It will develop both military and commercial engines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">13.China launched Tiantong¬01 meant for mobile telecommunication, using Long March¬3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">14. China launched a new high¬resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) ¬ Gaofen¬3, using a Long March 4C rocket. Gaofen¬3 satellite is China’s first low orbit remote sensing satellite with lifespan of 8 years. It will provide high-definition remote sensing data over long periods of time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">15. China launched its first Tibetan¬language search engine ‘Yongzin’. In the Tibetan language, Yongzin means "master" or "teacher".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">16. China launched world’s first quantum satellite dubbed as Quantum Experiments at Space Scaler (QUESS) satellite, nicknamed as Micius after a 5th century BC Chinese philosopher. It will help China to establish hack¬proof communications system by transmitting uncrackable keys from space to ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">17. China's unmanned submersible dived to 10,767 metres to set a national record. World record for deepest dive is in name of acques Piccard and Donald who made deepest dive in history at 10,915 meters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">18. Colombia government reached historic deal for ending a half¬century long conflict with country’s biggest rebel group ¬ FARC Rebels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">19. Director Goutam Ghosh's National award¬winning film Shankhachil, an Indo-Bangla joint production has been selected for 40th Montreal World Film Festival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">20. First¬ever 'Pizza ATM' in world has been installed at Xavier university in Ohio (USA) by a French based company Paline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">21.. Forbes World’s Most Innovative Companies ¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">List is topped by Tesla Motors for the second consecutive year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>F<b>ive Indian companies in List ¬ Asian Paints (18th), Hindustan Unilever (31st), Tata <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Consultancy Services (66th), Sun Pharma (73rd), Larsen & Toubro (89th).</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">22. Forbes list of World's Highest¬Paid Actors 2016 ¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">23. Forbes list of World's Highest¬Paid Actresses 2016 ¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">24. Forbes' Change The World List ¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">25. Google has been fined 438 million rubles ($6.75 million) by Russian antitrust authority for abusing its market position following a complaint by Yandex, Russia’s biggest search engine. Google forced Android makers to install its search engine on their devices, which has been seen to breach protecting competition laws.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">31. Health & Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda Government launched MAA (Mothers’ Absolute Affection), a nation¬wide breast feeding programme. Actress Madhuri Dixit is brand ambassador of this campaign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">33. IBM and Apple launched a new global development hub at Manyata Tech Park in Bengaluru, aimed at helping clients in India complete digital mobility process platform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">34. IKEA, Netherlands based global leader in retail furniture, has laid foundation for its first store in India in Hyderabad. It will be opened in July 2017, an investment of 700 crores.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">35. India and USA signed Logistics Exchange Memorandum Of Agreement (LEMOA) that establishes basic terms, conditions, and procedures for reciprocal provision of Logistic Support, Supplies, and Services between armed forces of India and USA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">36. India approached United States (US) and select European countries part of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to crack terror fund trail details of Al Rehmat Trust from Pakistan. Al Rehmat Trust is financer of terrorist outfit Jaish¬e-Mohammad (JeM) which carried out attack at Pathankot airbase (in Punjab) in January 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">37. India extended help of USD 1 million to African Nation Zimbabwe, responding to an appeal by Zimbabwe nation for help to deal with severe drought caused by El Nino phenomenon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">38. India will give assistance of Rs 4 Crore Nepali Rupees for construction of a Sanskrit school in eastern Nepal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">39. Indian Oil Corporation sigend MOU with Roads and Highways Department of Bangladesh on Route Permit for carrying Petroleum Goods via Bangladesh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">40. Intel acquired California¬based deep learning startup Nervana Systems, run by Indian¬origin entrepreneur, Naveen Rao. With this acquisition, Intel will strengthen its reach into Artificial Intelligence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">41. Japan’s approved an economic stimulus package worth 275 billion dollars in attempt to boost growth of world’s third¬largest economy. Japanese government expects that this package will boost gross domestic product (GDP) by 1.3%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">42. Karnataka will host 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBS) 2017 in Bengaluru for 3 days from January 7, 2017. Theme of 2017 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is Redefined Engagement With Indian Diaspora. PBS convention is held on January 9th each year to commemorate return of M K Gandhi from South Africa in 1915.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">43. Kerala Tourism started a promotional campaign in Dubai targeting Arab travellers for showcasing state’s backwaters and waterfalls on taxis in Dubai, carrying message A Faraway Land Four Hours Away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">44. Lok Sabha passed Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill 2016, to amend Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923. This law provides payment of compensation to employees in case of injury by industrial accidents. Key Features are ¬ It is Mandatory for employer to inform the employee of his right to compensation. Failing which employer may be penalized between 50000 ¬ 100000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">45. MOU signed between Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and University of Latvia for establishment of an academic chair in Ayurveda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">47. Malaysia enforced a new legislation that grants sweeping powers to its National Security Council (NSC). Powers conferred to Council are ability to take charge of security forces and Declare security areas for up to six months within which authorities can arrest, search or seize without warrants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">48. Microsoft acquired Beam, an interactive livestreaming startup that lets viewers watch and play along with game streamers in real time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">49. Myanmar announced to support for China’s ambitious One Belt and One Road (OBOR) connectivity initiative along ancient Silk Road, during visit of Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to China.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">50. NITI Aayog signed pact with USA Energy Information Administration (EIA) to set up a portal to host all data related to energy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">51. New Guinness World Record for most robots dancing simultaneously has been set in China where 1,007 robots shimmied in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) under Ministry of AYUSH and United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) signed MOU for cooperation in Traditional medicine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">53. PM Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani jointly inaugurated restored Stor Palace in Kabul through tele</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So far India has provided over $2 billion into Afghanistan reconstruction projects and humanitarian aid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">India is 7th wealthiest country in world with total individual wealth in approx 5600 Billion USD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">55. Scientists from National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention in Japan detected a rare deep¬Earth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">56. Seven Indian companies named in a carbon¬clean list of 200 largest companies worldwide ranked by their total clean¬energy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">57. Severe tropical typhoon Nida (also known as Cariana in Philippines) made landfall near Dapeng Peninsula in China’s Guangdong</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">58. Sri Lanka and China signed a tripartite agreement for construction of a Financial City Centre in Colombo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">59. Tata AutoComp Systems acquired leading global engine cooling supplier ¬ TitanX.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">60. Toxic gas Di¬ammonium phosphate (DPA) leaked from DAP Fertiliser Company Limited on the bank of Karnaphuli river in Bangladesh, injuring several Hundred people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">61. Turkey launched military operation Euphrates Shield against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to liberate Syrian city of Jarablus on border Turkish Border.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">62. USA Postal Service will commemorate Indian festival of Diwali with a Forever stamp in Oct 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">63. USA based pharma major Pfizer acquired biopharmaceutical company Medivation for $ 14 billion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">64. USA declared Pakistan based Jamaat¬ur¬Ahrar (JuA) as a ‘terror group’ by adding it to list of global terrorists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">65. USA will create world’s largest protected marine reserve area named as Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument off the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">66. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU¬EHS) World Risk Report 2016 (Along with Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft and University of Stuttgart (Germany))¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">List is topped by Island state of Vanuatu (Highest risk nation).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Qatar is at 171st Place (Means It is safest in world from natural disasters).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">67. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University and INSEAD's 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII) (9th report) ¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">List is topped by Switzerland, followed by Sweden, UK, US, Finland and Singapore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">India is ranked 66 th (Major improvement from 81 in 2015).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Among BRICS ¬ Brazil (69), Russia (43), China (25), South Africa (54).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">68. World’s first self¬driving taxi service was launched in Singapore by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software firm. nuTonomy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">became entity in world first to offer self¬driving taxi rides to public. Each car is fitted with six sets of Lidar (Light Detection and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1. Nagaland Government approved 33 % reservation to women in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2. Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa announced Rs 1,000 increase in freedom fighters pension from Rs 11,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3. 10¬day long Velankanni our lady of health basilica annual feast held at Vellankan shrine in Tamil Nadu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4. 12 day Sailing campaign Jal Tarang has been started from Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), aimed at strengthening national unity and integrity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">5. 12¬day long Krishna Pushkar festival began in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The festival comes once in every 12 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">6. 2016 Youth Voters’ Festival will be held in Nagaland in September 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">7. 3 day long India's International Footwear Fair (IIFF) held in Delhi with 263 companies from India and abroad participating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">8. Tata Power Solar commissioned a 100 MW solar project for NTPC in Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh). It is biggest solar project</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">9. Aadhar linked eSignature facility ¬ eSignDesk has been launched by LegalDesk, a Bengaluru based start¬up. eSignDesk is an initiative of Government to allow all citizens (with Aadhaar) to remotely sign any document. It saves both</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">10. Aadi Perukku festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu as a thanksgiving festival to rivers, especially Cauvery river. This festival is celebrated on 18th of Aadi month in Tamil calendar year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">11. Alibaba Group, along with Crossword and Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust launched Mission Million Books as an initiative inviting Indians to donate textbooks and educational material for underprivileged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">12. Andhra Pradesh became first state to launch DNA Index System (DIS) for DNA (Deoxyribonucleac acid) profiling of criminals. The system uses latest DNA technology tool (RapidHIT DNA System) developed by IntegenX of USA. It creates DNA profiles within 90 to 120 minutes compared to currently available technologies which take at least two days or more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">13. Andhra Pradesh government signed MoU with Japan to develop a food value chain in state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">14. Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) discovered an ancient camping site dating 8500 BC in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), indicating humans were camping in the area 10,500 years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">15. Assam Assembly passed Amusements and Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill 2016 to boost local film industry. Bill Proposes to fix service charge at a maximum of Rs 12 per ticket, which is as high as Rs 40 at present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A cess of 1 Rupee will be levied on each ticket for creating a welfare fund for film and theatre sectors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">16. Assam became first state to ratify Goods and Services Tax Constitutional Amendment Bill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Parliament has cleared GST bill to bring a uniform indirect tax regime in India. Now it awaits ratification of at least 15 states to make it a law. Centre seeks to roll¬out GST by April 1, 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">17. Automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd introduced DiGiSENSE as a cloud based technology solution to track vehicle information in real time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">18. BHEL commissioned second 500 MW thermal unit at Marwa Thermal Power Station in Chhattisgarh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">19. Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) signed MoU with The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) for promoting renewable energy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">20. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST) (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) signed agreemet for developing ‘Deep Brain Stimulator’ (DBS). DBS involves implanting electrodes within certain areas of brain and regular electrical pulses generated by a pacemaker¬like device placed under skin in upper chest regulates the abnormal impulses of the brain. DBS is used in typical neurological conditions of Essential tremor, Parkinson's disease and Dystonia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">21. Bharti Airtel launched 4G services in Kharagpur. Kharagpur is second city in West Bengal to have 4G services.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">22. Bombay High Court ruled that women should be permitted to enter Haji Ali Dargah of Mumbai.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">23. Bombay Stock Exchange signed MoU for co¬operation in cyber security with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">24. Cabinet approved introducing Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016, to amend Maternity Benefit Act, 1961. This law protects employment of women during the time of her maternity and entitles her of a ‘maternity benefit’. Proposed amendments Increase Maternity Benefit to 26 weeks from 12 weeks for 2 surviving children and 12 weeks for over 2 children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Mandatory 12 weeks Maternity Benefit to ‘Adopting mother’ and ‘Commissioning mother’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Facilitate Work from home for women during the time of her maternity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">25. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) signed MoU with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (Tirunelveli) to carry out collaborative research programmes in marine biodiversity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">26. Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani became first Indian woman to be elected as an individual member of International Olympic Committee (IOC).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">27. Competition Commission of India imposed penalties on Karnataka Chemists and Druggist Association (‘KCDA’) and Lupin Ltd, for being in contravention of provisions of Competition Act 2002.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">28. Defence Ministry sanctioned construction of a National War Memorial and National War Museum in New Delhi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">29. Delhi High Court ruled that National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi will continue to be a Union Territory (UT) under administrative control of Lt Governor (LG).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">30. Delhi will have a sprawling new Aerospace Museum close to international airport focused on India’s rich aviation history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">31. Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) organized a 64¬day¬long theatre festival in Kolkata as biggest theatre festival in World. It will showcase 245 theatres of several groups at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex in Kolkata's satellite town Salt Lake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">32. Festival Amazing North¬East…Paradise Unexplored will be held in New Delhi to promote rich folk culture of North¬East India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">33. First Children Court of South India launched at Nampally Criminal Courts Complex in Hyderabad (Telangana) to fast disposal of cases related to children. Telangana is third state to have a child friendly court after Goa and Delhi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">34. First Indian TV channel on higher education and skill development been launched by Millionlights (education content provider) in partnership with DEN Manoranjan Satellite in Pune (Maharashtra).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">35. Former Cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar selected Donja village in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra for development under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">36. Goa Tourism will organize ‘Freedom Ride’ as an exclusive bike rally on Independence Day (August 15, 2016).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">37. Goa government signed MOU with Google to promote digital literacy and drive digital transformation in Goa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">38. Government allowed online authentication using Aadhar for new mobile connections. Aadhaar enabled e¬KYC seeks to make online process of application and authentication faster and simpler for subscribers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">39. Government approved Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2016 to improve road safety scenario. It amends 68 of existing 223 sections of Motor Vehicles Act (MVA) 1988 and proposes hefty penalties on violations of road safety rules. It proposes addition of 28 new sections.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Increases compensation for Hit & Run cases to Rs. 2 lakh from Rs.25000. Adds provision for payment of compensation in road accidents fatalities upto . e-Governance ¬ It focuses on improving delivery of services to the stakeholders using e¬Governance. It enables online learning licenses, increases period of driving licenses validity and remove requirements of educational qualifications for transport licenses etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Vahan & Sarathi platforms ¬ Proposes to create National Register for Vehicle registration and National Register for Driving Licence through “Sarathi” and “Vahan” platforms. This will facilitate uniformity of the process across the country and bring harmony of the registration and licensing process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Offences committed Juveniles ¬ Owner or guardian will be deemed guilty in cases of offences by the Juveniles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">40. Government approved Rs 400 Crore projects under Namami Gange mission, Mostly for Uttar Pradesh (307 Crores).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">41. Government approved amendments in Central List of OBCs (Other Backward Classes) applicable to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">42. Government approved introduction of Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 to banning commercial surrogacy in India. Bill will ensure effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibit commercial surrogacy and allow ethical surrogacy to the needy infertile couples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">43. Government launched Accessible E¬Library ‘Sugamya Pustakalaya’ for Divyang under Prime Minister’s Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">44. Government launched first phase of Smart Ganga City programme in 10 cities located along River Ganga ¬ Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna, Sahibganj and Barrackpore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">45. Gujarat became first state to distribute 2 crore LED Bulbs under UJALA Under UnnatJyoti programme. Gujarat reached this milestone in just 96 days and over 42 lakh households have already benefitted from scheme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">46. Gujarat high court removed 10 % reservation quota for economically backward classes (EBCs) in in higher educational institutions and government jobs, by terming Gujarat Unreserved Economically Weaker Sections Ordinance 2016 as unconstitutional. Ordinance was termed unconstitutional as total reservation exceeds in state exceeded 50 % percent cap set by Supreme Court.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">47. HRD Minister Prakas Javedkar inaugurated IIT Raipur in Chhattisgarh at campus of Government Engineering College, Raipur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">48. Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur launched mobile application '108 HP' to facilitate efficient access to ambulances for medical emergencies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">49. Human Resource Ministry launched Indian Institute of Techonogy (IIT) Dharwad in Karnataka.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">50. Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated transit campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at village Jagti in Jammu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">51. ICICI Bank signed MoU with Apollo India Credit Opportunity Management LLC and AION Capital Management to set up an asset reconstruction company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">52. India's First touch and feel garden for visually impaired people in country has been inaugurated near Calicut University campus by Kerala government.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">53. Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) will document stories relating to villages and towns across India into an encyclopedia, aimed at connecting people better with oral and folk traditions. ICHR will also undertake study of princely States of modern India and studies to fill gaps between Harappan civilisation (first Indian urbanisation) and the 6th century BC (second urbanisation).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">54. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)¬Kanpur adopted five villages in Uttar Pradesh under Namami Gange programme ¬ Ramel Nagar, Khoyra Katree, Pratapur, Hari Hindpur, and Katri Ladhva Khera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">55. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and Manipur government signed MoU to provide improved hospitality and tourism services to customers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">56. Indian Railways partnered with Google for digitizing and showcasing its heritage on digital platforms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">57. Indian Railways will build India’s longest tunnel and world’s tallest girder rail bridge on Jiribam¬Tupul¬Imphal new broad gauge railway line in Manipur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">111¬km long line already has 37 tunnels on it. New tunnel will be 11.55 km long and will surpass Pir Panjal tunnel (BanihalQazigund line in J&K ). Rail bridge with height of 141m will surpass the existing tallest bridge in Europe which has a height of 139m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">58. India’s first BIO¬CNG plant producing CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) from agricultural residue inaugurated in Pune (Maharashtra).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">59. India’s first military heritage website “coloursofglory.org” has recently launched by Glory Foundation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">60. India’s first textile university will be set¬up in Surat (Gujarat) with an investment of approx 800¬900 crores.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">61. India’s first underground museum will be opened at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi in October 2016. Approx Rs. 80 crores were spent in creating this museum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">62. Kerala govt allotted 10,000 crores for government schools for next 5 years. As part of this, 60,000 new hi¬tech class rooms will be set up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">63. Larsen & Toubro got contract as Implementation Partner to convert Nagpur (Maharashtra), into country's first large¬scale integrated Smart City. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">64. Lok Sabha passed Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill 2016 to pave way for employers in textile sector to avail income tax benefits. Bill seeks to amends the Income Tax Act (IT), 1961 and the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. Key Features are ¬ Amendments to IT Act 1961 In case a public sector company demerges (split) into multiple companies, resultant company will be no longer a public sector company.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Deduction in respect of employment of new employees ¬ limit of employing employee for minimum of 240 days in previous year to obtain a deduction on taxable income has been reduced to 150 days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Amendments Customs Tariff Act 1975 Customs duty on marble and granite blocks and slabs is increased to 40% from earlier 10%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">65. MOU signed between National Tiger Conservation Authority and WII (Dehradun) for establishing India’s first tiger cell. It will have a database of tigers as well as DNA and stripes samples from over 50 tiger reserves and will aid conservation efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">66. Maharashta became first state to launch India’s first comprehensive ‘Crime Criminal Tracking Network System’ (CCTNS) in Mumbai, through operationalisation of 34 cyber laboratories across state in order to combat growing cybercrimes. CCTNS is developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Pune.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">67. Maharashtra Government has unveiled ambitious Mumbai¬Nagpur Super Communication Expressway project in Mumbai. The 46,000¬crore rupee ambitious project will create state¬of¬the art road connectivity within a period of three years and give a fillip to investment in the state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">68. Maharashtra Government launched Quit India 2 Swaraaj to Suraaj Movement against various social ills during. On 8th August 1942, Mahatma Gandhi had given the clarion call of Quit India at the historic August Kranti Maidan (then called as Gowalia Tank Maidan).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">69. Maharashtra Government will provide upto 1,200 wi¬fi hotspots in Mumbai as part of its plans to make Mumbai a wi¬fi city by May 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">70. Maharashtra and Telangana signed agreements for irrigation projects to be constructed on Godavari (Medigadda barrage ), Pranahita (Tummadihatti barrage) and Painganga rivers (Chanaka¬Korata barrage).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">71. Maharashtra became first state in country to draft its own internal security legislation Maharashtra Protection of Internal Security Act (MPISA), 2016. It focuses on maintaining law and order and combating terrorism, insurgency, caste¬related violence and communalism in state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">72. Maharashtra became first state to sign an MoU with ministry of civil aviation and Airports Authority of India for Regional Connectivity Scheme to develop 10 airports.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">73. Maharashtra government will transform 1,000 villages with help of corporate sector and civil society over next 5 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">74. Manipal Technologies Ltd (MTL) secure print solutions organization acquired CrossFraud ¬ an advanced fraud detection and anti¬money laundering solution from Bengaluru¬based Saraansh Software Solutions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">75. Material Sciences Firm and Part of Murugappa Group Carborundum Universal inaugurated its highh¬end Research and Development centre in its Hosur (Tamil Nadu).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">76. Mega Food Park inaugurated in Jangipur of Murshidabad District of West Bengal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">77. Minister for Health & Family Welfare J P Nadda inaugurated 3 Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) outlets at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) Shillong, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) Imphal and All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jodhpur, To reduce expenditure incurred by common patients on treatment of cancer and heart diseases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">78. Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in West Bengal, a scheme to provide clean cooking fuel to women belonging to 'Below Poverty Line' (BPL) households. PMUY was launched at Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) with an aim to provide LPG connections to 5 Crore BPL households by 2019 and is a part of larger programme of adding 10 Crore new LPG connections by 2019.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">79. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation launched a short film series An Open Mind, in honour of those who are driving positive behaviour change in their communities across country by helping eliminate open defecation and adopt safe sanitation practices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">80. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched a mobile app (developed by Facebook for free) that integrates various social media handles of over 170 Indian missions on a common platform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">81. Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) approved construction of 37013 houses for urban poor in Karnataka and Haryana with an investment of 1491 crore rupees (central assistance of 569 crores).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">82. Ministry of Labour and Employment renamed Central Board for Workers’ Education as “Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">83. Ministry of Mines launched portal for Star Rating of Major Mineral Mines with an aim to promote sustainable mining. Portal was developed by IBM (Indian Bureau sof Mining) through NISG (National Institute of Smart Government), Hyderabad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">84. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) allocated Rs. 142.00 crore has been provided for Biogas Programme for 2016¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">17, for implementing National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) for setting up of family type biogas plants in rural and semi¬urban areas of the country. A target of 1,00,000 biogas plants has been fixed for the current year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">85. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a Notification to free e rickshaws and e carts from permit requirements. Now, vehicles registered as e carts / e rickshaws will not require any permits. State Governments can still impose restrictions under appropriate traffic laws on plying of these vehicles in specific areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">86. Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) signed MoU with Comic Book Publisher Amar Chitra Katha to publish a special edition of comic book focusing on Swachh Bharat Mission.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">87. Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) e¬box in Delhi. POCSO e¬box is an online complaint management system for easy reporting of sexual offences against children and timely action against offenders under POCSO Act, 2012. It is an initiative of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) (www.ncpcr.gov.in).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">88. Mobile application “I Feel Safe” aimed at helping women ensure their safety in Delhi has been launched at Delhi University, powered by Nirbhaya Jyoti Trust.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">89. Motorcycle finance company Bajaj Finance partnered with India Post to facilitate purchase of vehicles in Karnataka.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">90. Myanmar President Htin Kyaw Visited India ad signed 4 agreements with India ¬</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>First ¬ construction of 69 bridges on Tamu¬Kalewa section of the trilateral highway connecting India, Myanmar and Thailand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Second ¬ Upgrading Kalewa¬Yargi section of trilateral highway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Third ¬ cooperation in renewable energy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fourth ¬ cooperation in traditional medicines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">91. National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) Vadodara signed MoU with Maharaja Sayajirao(MS) University (Vadodara) for awarding MBA degree in specific Railway fields to railway probationary officers belonging to Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS), Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) and Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">92. National Association of Software and Services (NASSCOM) launched its startup warehouse at Sunrise Startup Village at Rushikonda in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">93. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) sanctioned 26 crore to Punjab government, for tackling waterlogging by constructing lift schemes in low¬lying areas, village ponds, and other allied works.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">94. National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) registered 9 new breeds of indigenous farm (livestock and poultry) animals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">9 newly registered breeds are Badri cow (Uttarakhand), Kodi Adu goat (Tamil Nadu), Teressa goat (Nicobar Island), Kendrapada sheep (Odisha), Chevaadu sheep (Tamil Nadu), Nicobari pig (NicobarIsland), Tenyi Vo pig (Nagaland), Doom pig (Assam) and Kaunayenchicken (Manipur). Total indigenous breeds of livestock in country now reached 160.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">95. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) signed MOU with IIT¬Kharagpur for research project on Laboratory and Field investigations on Paneled Cement Concrete Pavements for Highways.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">96. National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB) of Ministry of AYUSH launched National campaign on Medicinal Plants at State Institute of Agriculture Management (Jaipur, Rajasthan).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">97. National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) signed MoU for industrial use of treated water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This helps in establishment of STP in Mathura which will provide treated water for industrial use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">98. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) application, allowing customers to make easier real¬time payments using smartphones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Reserve Bank of India’s allowed 21 banks’ UPI applications to go live on Google Play Store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is a flagship product of NPCI that will help India to move towards a cashless economy by allowing customers to send and receive money from their smartphones using virtual payments address without entering bank account details. It merges several banking features, seamless fund routing and merchant payments into one hood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Karnataka Bank launched “KBL¬SMARTz” a mobile application (app) built on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">99. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) capped prices of 24 essential drugs used for treatment of cancer, HIV, bacterial infections, anxiety and cardiac conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">100. Odisha Government dedicated 100 multi¬purpose shelter houses to people of Odisha for use during floods and cyclones, aiming to minimize casualtes during calamities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">101. Odisha Police Launched Operation Muskan¬2 as an initiative to trace missing children and reunite them with parents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">102. Odisha government launched a website of state's Home department to enable differently¬abled persons to interact with website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">103. Odisha government made Aadhar Card mandatory for procurement of paddy in the state, to maintain transparency and ensure quick payment of dues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">104. Odisha government will recruit members of transgender community persons as warders in jails, as per directive of Supreme Court.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">105. Online marketplace Amazon launched India’s first dedicate online Telugu book store with a wide selection of over 10,000 Telugu titles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">106. PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin dedicated first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu to nation, through video conferencing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>KKNPP is located in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu, around 650 km from Chennai.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It is built under India¬Russian Nuclear agreement of 1988.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">107. PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone for the Rs 10,598.98 crore National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) 1,600 MW Telangana Super Thermal Power Project (Phase I) in Ramagundam city. NTPC will establish project in Telengana in two phases ¬1600 MW in Phase I and 2400 MW in Phase II. He also launched phase¬1 of 'Mission Bhagiratha', a flagship project of Telangana government aimed at providing piped drinking water to every household in state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">108. PM Narendra Modi launched Saurashtra Narmada Irrigation (SAUNI) Project at Sanosara in Gujarat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">109. PM Narendra Modi released theme song for Tiranga Yatra to be organised between 16 to 23 August 2016 across the country to mark 70 years of Independence. Theme song 70 Saal Azadi Yaad Karo Kurbani has been composed by Ghazal Srinivas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">15¬day programme Azadi 70¬ Yaad Karo Kurbani (Freedom Fortnight) on August 9, 2016 to commemorate freedom fighters on 70th year of India’s Independence will startfrom from birth place of Great freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azaz at Alirajpur (Madhya Pradesh).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">110. President Pranab Mukherjee has given his approval to set up 6 new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in ¬ Jammu, Tirupati, Palakkad (Kerala), Goa, Dharward (Karnataka) and Bhilai (Chhattisgarh).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This law also brought Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad under its ambit, to be called now as Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbadd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">President also gave his assent for establishment of a National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Andhra Pradesh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">111. President Pranab Mukherjee launched Akashvani Maitree Channel and its website in Bengali language for listeners in West Bengal, Bangladesh and adjoining areas. Akashvani Maitree Channel is an initiative of Kolkata Akashvani Kendra for blending content both from India and Bangladesh and preserving Bengali culture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">112. Rajasthan become first state to approve sewage and waste water policy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">113. Rajya Sabha passed Dentists (Amendment) Bill 2016 that seeks to amend Dentists Act 1948. It will also replace Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance 2016. Key Features include introduction of a uniform entrance examination for all dental educational institutions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">114. Rajya Sabha passed Mental Health Care Bill to provide better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness and also to decriminalise suicide. In case of person who attempts to commit suicide shall be presumed to be suffering from mental illness at the time of attempting suicide unless proved otherwise. Such person shall not be liable to punishment under section 309 (attempt to commit suicide) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">115. Research and innovation firm Fifth Generation Technologies (specialisation in building real time intelligence solutions) signed agreement with Anna University (Chennai) for conducting research to arrive at a useful prediction of remaining life of critical equipment that are working in high temperature environments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">116. Researchers from Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) Bhavanagar, (Gujarat) developed photocatalyst that can degrade 3 industrial dyes (methyl orange, methylene blue and reactive black¬5) in presence of sunlight. Photocatalyst was developed using titanium dioxide doped with red seaweed polymer carrageenan (a substance extracted from purple and red seaweeds).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Conventionally, titanium dioxide was used for photocatalytic degradation of industrial dyes, but it took long time to degrade dyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">117. South Korea will be focus country at 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2016 to be held in Goa in November 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">118. Sreekrishna temple in Guruvayur is included in Tourism Ministry’s Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">119. Supreme Court stated that former Chief Ministers are not entitled for government accommodation for lifetime. Judgment came on a plea filed by Uttar Pradesh¬based NGO Lok Prahari.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">120. Tamil Nadu Assembly passed resolution to rename Madras High Court as Tamil Nadu High Court and not as High Court of Chennai as proposed by Central government.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">121. Tamil Nadu government launched an online service for consumers to apply for low¬tension service connections, through Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">122. Telangana government will rearrange its interim borders to create 17 new districts in October 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">123. Telangana signed MOU with Indian Space Research Organisation for setting up a Water Resources Information System (WRIS) on ISRO's ‘Bhuvan’ web portal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">124. Town and Country Planning (TCP) department of Himachal Pradesh launched citizen governance mobile App “HIM TCP” to take vital services online. This App ensures single point access to services and other functions of department.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">125. Traditional farm festival of Hareli celebrated in Chhattisgarh. It marks beginning of Shravan month (holy month of Hindus).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">126. Union Bank of India (UBI) launched an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) based *99# mobile application for their customers for basic banking needs, in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). It can be used even without internet, is available in 10 languages and provides basic banking facilities like checking account balance, sending money, Mobile PIN (MPIN) management. Unstructured Supplementary Service Data is a GSM based technology i.e. used to send text between a mobile phone and an application program in network. It is sometimes referred to as Quick Codes or Feature codes. It is a protocol used by GSM cellular telephones to communicate with the service provider’s computers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">127. Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu launched Swachh Survekshan-2017 for 500 cities with an idea to make competitive environment to make cities clean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">128. Uttar Pradesh government approved a Metro Rail project for Allahabad city. Detailed project plan to be laid out later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">129. West Bengal Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution changing the name of the State to Bengal in English and Bangla in Bengali.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">130. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi inaugurated Uttarakhand's first animal birth control centre (ABC) in Dehradun. Government will take measures for Birth Control for stray dogs, whose population has been rising in state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">131. World Bank has sanctioned Rs 980 crore to dredge Brahmaputra River as an initiative to develop waterways to Bangladesh and to other South East Asian countries in a bid to boost trade and industry in the Northeast. </span></div>
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June 2016. Third HADR exercise will be 'SAHAYATA’ that will be conducted by
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1. Assam Government created a Committee under Mohan Chandra Malakar for verification process of rhino horns, stored in various treasuries since 1980.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2. BCCI appointed Markandey Katju as head of a legal panel to help implications of Justice Lodha Committee reforms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3. Central Board of Direct Taxes constituted a committee under Gopal Mukherjee, to review existing media policy for communicating activities of the board and income tax department.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4. Finance Ministry constituted 11 members committee to suggest steps to promote card payments with an aim to discourage cash transactions. Committee will be headed by Ratan P Watal (Principle Adviser for social sector in NITI Aayog).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">5. Forbes world’s 100 richest people in technology ¬ Topped by Microsoft founder Bill Gates with an estimated fortune of $78 billion.India ¬ Wipro Chairman Azim Premji Ranked 13th ($16 Billion) and HCL co¬founder Shiv Nadar Ranked 17th ($11.6 Billion).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">6. Government constituted a Committee under Pradeep Kumar Sinha (Cabinet Secretary), on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) to develop pan¬India road map for trade facilitation, in line with World Trade Organisation (WTO’s) Trade Facilitation Agreement (FTA).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">7. Government has set up a committee to look at easing policy for e¬commerce companies, including rules for foreign direct investment (FDI). This committee will be headed by Amitabh Kant (CEO of NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">8. Government will constitute a Committee headed by Secretary in Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare) and a Technical Committee to be headed by Director of National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology Banguluru (Currently Raghavendra Bhatta), on issues related to Feed and Fodder Development in country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. First Solar Power India started operations of 80 MW and 50 MW solar power plants in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, as part of its 260 MW project portfolio in India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. A travel insurance cover of up to Rs10 lakh can be availed while booking a train ticket online by paying Just 92 Paise, from 31 August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. Adani Power will supply 1600¬Mw power to Bangladesh from its plant coming up in Godda district. As per Jharkhand state’s policy, any company setting up power project has to supply 25 % power to the state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">5. As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s annual report 2015¬-16, India’s GDP growth forecast for FY 17 is 7.6 %.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">6. Bank of Baroda tied up with fintech start¬up Fisdom for personal wealth management services.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">7. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) signed MoU with Microsoft India to offer telecom and IT solutions for big businesses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">8. Bihar State Legislature has unanimously ratified the The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014 for introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in the country. Assam was first to ratify GST.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">9. Central Government will provide Special Assistance of Rs.1,976.50 crore to Andhra Pradesh during 2016¬17.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">11. Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) selected four investment banks (Nomura, SBI Caps, ICICI Securities and IDBI Capital) for proposed share sale in HUDCO (Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">12. Federal Bank became first private bank to start distributing gold coins made by Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India (MMTCI). Gold coins are of 24 karat purity, 999 fineness and has National Emblem of Ashok Chakra engraved on one side and face of M K Gandhi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">13. Federal Bank partnered with Chillr mobile banking application that connects directly to a person’s bank account and enables instant money transfers, bill payments and e¬commerce payments in a very secure manner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">14. GAIL India signed MoU with California (USA) based Bloom Energy for developing natural gas¬based fuel cell power generation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">15. Germany to provide EUR 3,000,000 (22.6 Crores INR) funds for enhancing collaboration with India in area of skill development, as per an agreement between Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and German International Cooperation (GIZ). This new project aims to foster conditions which will help create and improve cooperativeworkplace¬based vocational training in India’s industrial clusters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">17. Government approved dissolve Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited (CIWTC) as it has been incurring losses due to inherent limitation and infrastructure bottle necks and never could become viable company, since its founding in Feb 1967.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">20. Government approved scheme for grant of Permanent Residency Status (PRS) to foreign investors to encourage foreign investment in India.PRS will be granted for a period of 10 years with multiple entry and foreign investor will have to invest at least 10 crore over 18 months or 25 crore in 36 months and generate employment for minimum 20 Indians every year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">21. Government has set an inflation target of 4 % for upto March 31, 2021. Government will soon set¬up Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to adhere to the target till March 31, 2021. This target was fixed after Government and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reached an agreement on a monetary policy framework.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">22. Government has set target to roll out Goods and Services Tax (GST) from 1st April 2017. Note that Rajya Sabha had recently passed Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill 2014, paving way for GST implementation. There will be two components of GST ¬ Central GST (CGST) and State GST (SGST). Centre and States have authority to simultaneously levy GST across the value chain. States will levy and collect State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) on alltransactions within a State and Centre will levy and collect Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">24. Govt imposed penalty of USD 380 million (approx 3500 crores) on Reliance Industries for producing less than targeted natural gas from KG¬D6 fields. Total penalty for missing target in 5 fiscal years beginning April 1, 2010, now is USD 2.76 billion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">30. India Post Payments Bank Limited received Certificate of Incorporation from Registrar of Companies, Ministry of Corporate Affairs under Companies Act 2013. This would be first PSU under Department of Posts. Department of Posts is expected to complete roll out of its branches all over country by September 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">31. India successfully test fired its futuristic Scramjet Rocket Engine using oxygen from atmosphere that could cut cost of the launches several fold and help in Indian Space Research Organisation’s bid to design advanced air breathing engines. India is fourth country to demonstrate flight testing of Scramjet Engine after the US, Russia and European Space Agency.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">46. Ministry of Urban Development approved investment of 4404 crores for augmenting water supply, drainage and transport in urban areas in 8 States / UTs under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). States are ¬ Karnataka,</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana,Haryana, Nagaland, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">57. RBI introduced a policy of 'zero liability' for customers in third¬party frauds if they are reported within 3 days. RBI announced it after being Concerned over rise in complaints about unauthorized electronic transactions. In cases where victim notifies fraud between 4 to 7 days, liability will be capped at Rs 5,000.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">62. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked banks to provide loans up to Rs 3 lakh at 7 % interest rate to Women Self¬Help Group (SHG). This loan scheme must be provided under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)¬Aajeevika scheme during 2015¬16.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">64. Reserve Bank of India imposed penalties of Rs 5 lakh each on 2 cooperative banks in Chhattisgarh ¬ Zila Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit Raipur and Raipur Urban Mercantile Cooperative Bank Limited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">65. Second 1000 MW capacity reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) synchronised to southern power grid. It marks generation of electricity and its supply to the grid by second reactor of KKNPP. Plant had attained criticality in July 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">66. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) told Supreme Court that Ponzi schemes are not under its purview and the respective State Governments are law enforcement agencies in regard of Ponzi Schemes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Earlier, Supreme court had asked government and SEBI about what they were doing to curb the menace of ponzi schemes as such schemes are robbing small investors of their money. PIL was filed by NGO ‘Humanity Salt Lake’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As per SEBI, Ponzi schemes do not fall under regulatory purview of SEBI and state government concerned is enforcement agency. They are banned under Prize Chit and Money Circulation (Banning) Act, 1978. Though it is a Central Act but respective State governments are enforcement agency of this law. SEBI mentioned that only Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) are under its jurisdiction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">67. South Indian Bank and SBI Card announced launch of co¬branded credit cards on VISA platform ¬ South Indian Bank Platinum SBI Card and South Indian Bank SimplySAVE SBI Card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">68. State Bank of India (SBI) board approved merger of five SBI associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) with itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Banks to be marged are ¬ State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Merger will create a huge entity with an asset base of 37 lakh crore rupees or over 555 billion US dollars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Merged entity will have 22500 branches and 58000 ATMs serving a customer base of over 50 crore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Merger will make SBI as one of the top 50 banks in the world as currently no Indian bank features in top 50 banks in world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">69. State Bank of India (SBI) launched cheaper home loan schemes for defence and other government employees with installment tenure extending up to 75 years of age. SBI Privilege Home Loan will be for government employees and SBI Shaurya Home Loan will be for defence personnel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">70. State bank of India and Korea Development Bank signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance business synergies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">71. Supreme Court directed all dealers of Delhi¬NCR to charge 1% Environment Protection Charge on diesel vehicles of engine capacity over 2000 cc. Union Bank of India has been entrusted with duty of collecting this surcharge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">72. Syndicate Bank launched digital transformation program “Project Ananya” to focus on improved customer service and to offer latest in digital banking services.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">73. Syndicate Bank launched fund transfer based on ‘Aadhaar Number through NUUP’, using an ordinary mobile phone without internet connection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">74. US multinational banking firm Goldman Sachs predicted Indian economy growth rate at 7.9% in 2016¬17.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">75. Vodafone renewed its agreement for IT infrastructure with tech giant IBM for 5 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">76. Yes Bank launched unified payments interface (UPI) based payments app in partnership with Mobile payments start¬up PhonePe (owned by Flipkart).</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111094020047939217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680361127891715750.post-54721037976595851942016-09-19T00:31:00.005-07:002016-09-19T00:31:56.517-07:00BOOKS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1. Book Grassroots Innovation, authored by Anil K. Gupta of IIM Ahmedabad has been released.<br />
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2. Book India Rising: Fresh Hope, New Fears has been authored by Ravi Velloor.<br />
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3. Book Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History, authored by Sanjeev Sanyal has been released.<br />
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4. Book One Indian Girl, authored by Chetan Bhagat has been released.<br />
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5. Book Patriots, Poets and Prisoners: Selections from Ramananda Chatterjee's The Modern Review, 1907¬1947’ edited by Shri Anikendra Sen, Shri Devangshu Datta and Ms. Nilanjana S. Roy has been released.<br />
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6. Book Police and Counter Insurgency — The Untold Story of Tripura’s COIN Campaign has been authored by Kuldeep Kumar.<br />
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7. Book Selection Day, written by Aravind Adiga has been released.<br />
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8. Book The Gospel of Yudas authored by K.R. Meera has been released.<br />
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9. Book What Lies Between Us has been authored by Nayomi Munaweera.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111094020047939217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680361127891715750.post-84786349211846621072016-09-19T00:31:00.004-07:002016-09-19T00:31:48.066-07:00APPOINTMENTS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Actress Sharmila Tagore has been appointed as
member of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) along with Arundhati
Nag and Ira Bhaskar.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2. American ice hockey Olympic champion Angela
Ruggiero was elected as new chairman of International Olympic Committee (IOC’s)
Athletes’ Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3. B Navnit and V Sheshadri have been appointed
as Joint Secretaries in Prime Minister's Office.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4. Bharat Heavy Electricals limited (BHEL)
appointed Akhil Joshi as Director (Power).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5. Bhaskar Khulbe has been appointed as new
Secretary to PM Narendra Modi.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6. Bipin Rawat has been appoinetd as Vice Chief
of Indian Army.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7. Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed High
Commissioner of India to Ghana (West Africa).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8. Communist Party of Nepal¬Maoist Chairperson
Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ elected as 39th Prime Minister of Nepal.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9. D K Gayen has been appointed as General
Manager of East Central Railway (ECR).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">10. Dilip
Rath appointed as chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">11. Dilip
Sharma has been appointed as Director General of Election Commission of India.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">12. Dinesh
Kumar Khara has been appointed Managing Director (MD) of State Bank of India
(SBI), India’s largest Bank. He was previously working as chief of SBI Funds
Management Pvt. Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Lungu has been re¬elected as President of Zambia.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">14. Farooq
Khan has been appointed as Administrator of Union Territory of Lakshadweep.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Filmmaker Aishwaryaa Dhanush has been appointed United Nations Women’s Advocate
for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">16. Former
CCI chief Ashok Chawla will join Yes Bank as Non¬Executive Chairman.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">17. Gautam
Eknath Thakur has been elected Chairman of the leading co¬ operative Bank ¬
Saraswat Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Government appointmed Ashok Kumar Garg, Raj Kamal Verma, Gopal Murli Bhagat,
and Himanshu Joshi as Executive Directors in Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of
India, Corporation Bank, and Oriental
Bank of Commerce respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">19. Gurgaon
based airline Vistara appointed Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone as brand
ambassador.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Bank appointed former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">21. ITC’s
health & hygiene brand Savlon appointed badinton player Saina Nehwal as its
brand ambassador.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Infrastructure Ginat Larsen & Toubro’s named S N Subrahmanyan as Managing
director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">23. Indian
origin person Ajay Gopal has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
ANSYS, a USA company that produces engineering simulation software used for
testing product designs across a wide
spectrum of industries including rockets and wearable technology.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">24. Indian's
pharmaceutical company Cipla appointed Umang Vohra as managing director (MD)
& chief executive officer (CEO).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Indo¬Canadian Sikh Bardish Chagger named as new Leader of the government in
Canada’s House of Commons, becoming first woman to hold this post.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Hanumantharayappa has been appointed as Chairman of Central Silk Board.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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cabinet appointed V S Achuthanandan head of administrative reforms panel.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Chellur has been selected as new Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Microsoft appointed Sriram Rajamani as managing director of its India lab.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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International appointed Deepak Iyer as Managing Director of its India
operation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Governors Appointed ¬<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Jagdish Mukhi ¬ Lieutenant Governor
of UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Kumaran has been appointed as India's ambassdor to Qatar.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Krishnan has been appointed as Managing Director of Max Hypermarkets in India.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">34. Rajesh
Mokashi has been appointed as Managing Director & CEO of Credit Analysis
and Research Limited (CARE).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Singh Nair has been appointed as Chairperson (Chairman) of Central Board of
Direct Taxes (CBDT).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">36. SBI
Mutual Fund appointed Anuradha Rao as its Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">38.
Scientist P D Gupta has been appointed as Vice Chancellor of Mumbai¬based Homi
Bhabha National Institute (HBNI).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">39. Sudhanshu
Mani has been appointed as General Manager of Integral Coach Factory.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">40. Sunil
Bharti Mittal has been re¬appointed as the Chairman of telecom giant Bharti
Airtel for 5 years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">41. Takehiko
Nakao has been re¬elected for 2nd term as President of the Asian Development
Bank (ADB).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">42. Tata
Sons appointed Bain Capital’s Managing Director Amit Chandra as non¬executive
director.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">43. Tourism
Ministry selected PM Narendra Modi as ambassador of Incredible India campaign.
Also, PM Modi's monogrammed suit worn by him during meeting with American
President Barack Obama last year, has been sold for Rs 4.31 crore, making it a
Guinness World Record as most expensive suit sold.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">44.
Two¬wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp reappointed Pawan Munjal as its chief for 5
years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">45. Urjit R
Patel has been appointed as New Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a
period of 3 years with effect from 4th September, 2016. He is 24th Governor of
RBI.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">46. Vijay
Rupani has been appointed as new Chief Minister of Gujarat while Nitin Patel as
Deputy Chief Minister.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">47.
Yogeshwar Sangwan (India's Ambassador to Armenia) has been accredited as
Ambassador to Georgia.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">48. Youssef
Chahed appointed as new Prime Minister of Tunisia.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">49. Yuriko
Koike has been elected as first woman governor of Japanese Capital Tokyo.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">DRDO
scientist G. Satheesh Reddy won first IEI¬IEEE Award for Engineering
Excellence¬2015.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dogri
Poetess and novelist Padma Sachdev has been awarded Saraswati Samman for 2015,
for her autobiography ‘Chitt¬Chete’.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Film¬maker N
Chandra honoured with Lifetime Achievement award at 8th Goa State Film Festival
2016.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. GPS
enabled mobile app of the Telangana Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust bagged 2016’s
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)’s healthcare
excellence award.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Government
announced National Sports Awards 2016 ¬<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna Award:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">PV Sindhu
(Badminton), Sakshi Malik (Wrestling), Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics) and Jitu Rai
(Shooting).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Award:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Nagapuri
Ramesh (Athletics),<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sagar Mal
Dhayal (Boxing), <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Raj Kumar
Sharma (Cricket),<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bishweshwar
Nandi(Gymnastics),<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> S. Pradeep Kumar (Swimming) <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mahabir Singh (Wrestling).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Arjuna
Award:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rajat
Chauhan (Archery), Lalita Babar (Athletics),Sourav Kothari (Billiards &
Snooker), Shiva Thapa (Boxing),Ajinkya<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rahane
(Cricket), Subrata Paul (Football), Rani (Hockey),Raghunath V.R. (Hockey),
Gurpreet Singh (Shooting),<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Apurvi
Chandela (Shooting), Soumyajit Ghosh (Table Tennis),Vinesh (Wrestling), Amit
Kumar (Wrestling), Sandeep<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Singh Mann
(Para¬Athletics) and Virender Singh (Wrestling).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dhyan Chand
Award:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Satti Geetha
(Athletics), Sylvanus Dung Dung (Hockey) and Rajendra Pralhad Shelke (Rowing).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Punjabi
University, Patiala.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rashtriya
Khel Protsahan Puruskar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Seven
organisations selected for Rashtriya Khel Protsahana Purushkar 2016 ¬ Reserve
Bank of India, India<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Infrastructure
Finance Corporate Limited, Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society, Hockey
Citizen Group, Dadar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Parsee
Zorostrian cricket club, Usha School of Athletics and STAIRS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tenzing
Norgay National Adventure Award 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tashi Malik,
Nungshi Malik, Debasish Biswas , Ritu Kishor Kedia B. Rajkumar and Harbhajan
Singh.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Hindi
scholar and writer Sunita Jain has been conferred 25th Vyas Samman 2015 for her
poetry collection Kshama". She was awarded this honor in Feb 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Indian Film
Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2016. IFFM is a Victorian Government initiative
that aims to strengthen ties between Indian film industry and Victoria.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Theme is
Women Empowerment.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Best Actress
¬ -Sonam Kapoor (Neerja).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Best Actor ¬
-Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Raman Raghav 2.0)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Best
Director ¬- ShakunBatra.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Best Indian
Film ¬- Thithi.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lifetime
achievement award ¬ -Rishi Kapoor.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) won 5 Medals for Young Scientists award 2016,
awarded by the Indian National Science<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Academy
(INSA). Winners from IISC are ¬ Prabeer Barpanda, Sai Siva Gorthi, Praveen
Kumar, Anshu Pandey and Chandan Saha.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Indian
ecologist Bibhuti Lahkar (from Assam) become first Asian to be nominated for
Heritage Heroes Award¬2016 by International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">10. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Indian¬American
woman academic Renu Khator inducted into Texas Women's Hall of Fame for making
significant contribution for benefit of USA' second largest state ¬ Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">11</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Late
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami has been selected for Asian Filmmaker of the
Year Award at Busan (South Korea) International Film Festival.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">12. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maharashtra’s
sixth Chess GM Shardul Gagare, and steeplechase specialist Lalita Babar chosen
for Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s (SJAM) Golden Jubilee Annual
Awards 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">13. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">N.
Ramachandran, President of Indian Olympic Association has been awarded with
Olympic Order for outstanding services to Olympic movement.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">14. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Noted Indian
film actor Kamal Haasan has been selected by France for its prestigious
Chevalier de L’Ordre Arts et Lettres (also known as Knight of the Order of Arts
and Letters).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">15</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. P
Shanmugam ( from Central Leather Research Institute) won 2016 Dr. APJ Abdul
Kalam Award for meritorious services in Higher Education by Government of Tamil
Nadu. It consists a certificate, 5 lakh cheque and 8 gram gold medal.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">16</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Portuguese
footballer Cristiano Ronaldo named UEFA Best Player in Europe for 2015¬16. It
is is second time he won this award after 2013 ¬ 14.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">17</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. SK Sharma
(Chairman of Bharat Elecrtronics Limited) has been awarded as Most Enterprising
CEO in Electronics Sector by Indo Global Business Council (IGBC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">18. Singer
Shubha Mudgal has been selected for 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award
2016.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">19</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Translator
and artist Anita Gopalan was awarded 2016 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants for
her English translation of Hindi novel Simsim written by Geet Chaturvedi.
Gopalan is second Indian translator to be selected for the grant.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">20</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. Two Indian
American (Anjali Tripathi and Tina R Shah) selected for White House Fellow
programme that offers first hand experience of working at highest levels of
USA.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">21.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">M. S.
Subbulakshmi, legendary Indian carnatic vocalist, honoured at United Nations
General Assembly (UNGA). UN also issued a postal ticket in honor of M. S.
Subbulakshmi.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">22</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.Noted music
composer AR Rahman honoured with theTamil Ratna Award by New York based Tamil
Sangam.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: lime; font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">23</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.Independence
Day Film Festival (IDFF) at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, which will be continued
till August 18, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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received highest number of gallantry medals for police personnel in the country
on the eve of Independence Day.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111094020047939217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680361127891715750.post-83568957755527097782016-09-18T00:47:00.001-07:002016-09-18T00:47:40.113-07:00Important Facts You need to Know About GST<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">The
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a value added tax that will replace all
indirect taxes levied on goods and services by the Government, both Central and
States, once it is implemented. The GST Bill, officially known as The
Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Second Amendment) Bill, 2014, proposes a
national Value added Tax to be implemented in India from April 2016.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">GST</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The GST is a consolidated tax based on a uniform rate of
tax fixed for both goods and services. All goods and services, leaving aside a
few (alcohol, tobacco, petroleum products), will be brought into the GST and
there will be no difference between goods and services. The GST rate is
expected to be around 14-16 per cent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Introduction of a GST is very much essential in the
emerging environment of the Indian economy. In the GST system, when all the
taxes are integrated, it would make possible the taxation burden to be split
equitably between manufacturing and services. It will also help to build a transparent
and corruption-free tax administration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">There are certain bottlenecks which need to be taken care
of before that: What preparations are needed at the level of Central and State
Governments for implementing the GST? Whether the Government machinery is
efficient enough for such an enormous change? Whether the tax-payers are ready
for such a change?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">According to a study by the National Council of Applied
Economic Research (NCAER), full implementation of the GST could expand India’s
growth of gross domestic product by 0.9-1.7 percentage points. By implementing
the GST, India will gain $15 billion a year. It will promote more exports,
create more employment opportunities and boost growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">10 things to know about the GST Bill</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">1. Officially, the Constitution (One Hundred and
Twenty-Second Amendment) Bill 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">2. It was introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 19,
2014 by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">3. The Bill seeks to amend the Constitution to introduce
a goods and services tax (GST) which will subsumes various Central indirect
taxes, including the Central Excise Duty, Countervailing Duty, Service Tax,
etc. It also subsumes State value added tax (VAT), octroi and entry tax, luxury
tax, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">4. The Bill inserts a new Article in the Constitution
make legislation on the taxation of goods and services a concurrent power of
the Centre and the States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">5. The Bill seeks to shift the restriction on States for
taxing the sale or purchase of goods to the supply of goods or services.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">6. The Bill seeks to establish a GST Council tasked with
optimising tax collection for goods and services by the State and Centre. The
Council will consist of the Union Finance Minister (as Chairman), the Union
Minister of State in charge of revenue or Finance, and the Minister in charge
of Finance or Taxation or any other, nominated by each State government.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">7. The GST Council will be the body that decides which
taxes levied by the Centre, States and local bodies will go into the GST; which
goods and services will be subjected to GST; and the basis and the rates at
which GST will be applied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">8. Under the Bill, alcoholic liquor for human consumption
is exempted from GST. Also, it will be up to the GST Council to decide when GST
would be levied on various categories of fuel, including crude oil and petrol.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">9. The Centre will levy an additional one per cent tax on
the supply of goods in the course of inter-State trade, which will go to the
States for two years or till when the GST Council decides.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">10. Parliament can decide on compensating States for up
to a five-year period if States incur losses by implementation of GST.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111094020047939217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680361127891715750.post-53993845699098690752016-09-18T00:45:00.001-07:002016-09-18T00:45:38.120-07:00Science& Technology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">1</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">.A team of USA researchers decoded brain activity
patterns of word <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">meanings within sentences using functional magnetic resonance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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measure human brain activation. Researchers <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">can now predict 70% brain activity patterns and it may
help treat <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">persons with brain injury and stroke patients to
communicate better.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kit for onsite <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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solution to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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contamination in water.Chromium <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chrome <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">of the BARC kit for Cr(VI) detection has been transferred
to <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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approved <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) technology <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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power plants, with a grant of 900 crore rupees for over <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Research.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peking University ) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">discovered a small molecule named <b>XMUMP1</b> that
can regenerate tissues <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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liver, intestines<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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found that it has ability to inhibit the activity of two <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which </span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">normally prevent cells from proliferating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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genetic editing trial on </span></div>
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injecting cells</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> that have</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt;">been modified using the CRISPRCas9 geneediting
technique </span></div>
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Weather Radar' <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thiruvananthapuram It is first of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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India. First Doppler weather radar in India was <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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radar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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advance information about storms, cyclones, and other<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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found that <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">endosulfan, an organochlorine pesticide, causes DNA
damages in animals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">They have revealed that mice and rats exposed to
endosulfan suffer from <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">DNA damage and genomic instability, and impaired DNA
damage response.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">8. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Intel unveiled Project Alloy, a device that
creates merged reality. Project <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Alloy is a headset that uses RealSense technology to enable
people to use <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">their hands to interact with elements of the virtual
world without<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Merged reality is a new way of experiencing virtual reality<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> and real world
together. It digitises real world and allows people to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> experience virtual
world without coming into conflict with real world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-highlight: yellow;">9. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">NASA’s solarpowered Juno spacecraft successfully
executed its first <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">flyby of Jupiter, just 4,200 kilometres above clouds of
our solar system’s <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">biggest planet. It traveled spped of 208,000 kilometres
per hour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cell Science<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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successfully isolated cancer stem cells that cause skin cancer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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purified from <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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metastasis in mice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(GHG) Carbon dioxide (CO2) into carbon monoxide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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recycled into usable fuel. Mechanism was <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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University of Illinois at Chicago. It is <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of radiation) from fluorescent jellyfish proteins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bacteria. It is a breakthrough in socalled polariton<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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first flight in Cardington <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Monetary policy refers
to the use of instruments under the control of the central bank to regulate the
availability, cost and use of money and credit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Monetary policy refers
to the policy of the central bank with regard to the use of instruments under
its control to achieve the goals specified in the Act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) is vested with the responsibility of conducting monetary policy
with the primary objective of maintaining price stability while keeping in mind
the objective of growth. This responsibility is explicitly mandated under the
Reserve Bank of India Act, as amended in 2016 and notified in the official
Gazette on May 14, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Primarily price
stability, while keeping in mind the objective of growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">In India, subsequent to
the recommendations of the Dr. Urjit Patel Committee Report, the Reserve Bank
formally announced on January 28, 2014 a “glide path” for disinflation that
explicitly stated the objective of keeping CPI inflation below 8 per cent by
January 2015 and below 6 per cent by January 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The Agreement on
Monetary Policy Framework between the Government and the Reserve Bank of India
dated February 20, 2015 defines the price stability objective explicitly in
terms of the target for inflation – as measured by the consumer price
index-combined (CPI-C) – in the near to medium-term, i.e., (a) below 6 per cent
by January 2016, and (b) 4 per cent (+/-) 2 per cent for the financial year
2016-17 and all subsequent years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The amended RBI Act, has
replaced the Agreement on Monetary Policy Framework, which provides for
inflation target to be set by the Government, in consultation with the Reserve
Bank, once in every five years. The Government shall notify the inflation
target in the official Gazette.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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necessary precondition to sustainable growth. The relative emphasis assigned to
price stability and growth objectives in the conduct of monetary policy varies
from time to time depending on the evolving macroeconomic environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Policy Framework</span></b></div>
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setting the policy (repo) rate based on a forward looking assessment of
inflation, growth and other macroeconomic risks, and modulation of liquidity
conditions to anchor money market rates at or around the repo rate. Repo rate
changes transmit through the money market to alter the interest rates in the
financial system, which in turn influence aggregate demand - a key determinant
of inflation and growth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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announced, the operating framework envisages liquidity management on a
day-to-day basis through appropriate actions, which aim at anchoring the
operating target – the weighted average call rate (WACR) – around the repo
rate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is fine-tuned and revised depending on the evolving financial market and
monetary conditions, while ensuring consistency with the monetary policy
stance. The liquidity management framework accordingly was revised
significantly in September 2014 and again in April 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Monetary Policy Process</span></b></div>
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Monetary Policy Department (MPD) assists the Governor in formulating the
monetary policy. Views of key stakeholders in the economy, advice of the
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), and analytical work of the Reserve Bank
contribute to the process for arriving at the decision on policy repo rate. The
Financial Markets Operations Department (FMOD) operationalises the monetary
policy, mainly through day-to-day liquidity management operations. The
Financial Markets Committee (FMC) meets daily to review the consistency between
policy rate, money market rates, and liquidity conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The amended RBI Act,
2016 provides a statutory basis for constitution of an empowered monetary
policy committee (MPC). The Central Government shall notify the constitution of
the Monetary Policy Committee. The Governor, one Deputy Governor and one
officer of the Bank would be the ex-officio members of the Committee. The other
three members shall be appointed by the Central Government as per the procedure
laid down in the amended RBI Act. The Committee will determine the policy
interest rate required to achieve the inflation target.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Instruments of Monetary Policy</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">There are several direct
and indirect instruments that are used in the implementation of monetary
policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bank provides short-term (overnight) liquidity to banks against the collateral
of government and other approved securities under the liquidity adjustment
facility (LAF). The</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.6pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> <b>LAF</b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.6pt; text-indent: -18pt;">consists of overnight and term repo auctions. Progressively, the
Reserve Bank has increased the proportion of liquidity injected in the LAF
through term-repos (of up to 56 days) at variable rates. The aim of term repo
is to help develop inter-bank term money market, which in turn can set market
based benchmarks for pricing of loans and deposits, and through that improve
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below the repo rate) at which the Reserve Bank absorbs short-term liquidity,
generally on an overnight basis, from banks against the collateral of
government and other approved securities under the LAF. The Reserve Bank also
conducts variable interest rate reverse repo auctions, as necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Facility (MSF):</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">A facility under which
scheduled commercial banks can borrow additional amount of overnight money from
the Reserve Bank by dipping into their</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <b>Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)</b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">portfolio up to a limit (currently two per cent
of their net demand and time liabilities deposits) at a penal rate of interest,
currently 50 basis points above the repo rate. This provides a safety valve
against unanticipated liquidity shocks to the banking system. MSF rate and
reverse repo rate determine the corridor for the daily movement in the weighted
average call money rate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ready to buy or rediscount bills of exchange or other commercial papers. This
rate has been aligned to the MSF rate and, therefore, changes automatically as
and when the MSF rate changes alongside policy repo rate changes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(CRR):</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The share of net demand
and time liabilities that banks must maintain as cash balance with the Reserve
Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ratio (SLR):</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The share of net demand
and time liabilities that banks must maintain in safe and liquid assets, such
as, unencumbered government securities, cash and gold. Changes in SLR often
influence the availability of resources in the banking system for lending to
the private sector.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(OMOs):</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">These include both
outright purchase/sale of government securities for injection/absorption of
durable liquidity, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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achieving sector specific objectives through provision of liquidity at a cost
linked to the policy repo rate. The Reserve Bank has, however, been
progressively de-emphasising sector specific policies as they interfere with
the transmission mechanism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Scheme (MSS):</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">This instrument for
monetary management was introduced in 2004. Surplus liquidity of a more
enduring nature arising from large capital inflows is absorbed through sale of
short-dated government securities and treasury bills. The mobilised cash is
held in a separate government account with the Reserve Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Open and Transparent Monetary
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The MPC will determine
the policy rate required to achieve the inflation target.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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least four times in a year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The questions which come
up before the MPC will be decided by majority of votes by the members present
in voting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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by the MPC will be published after conclusion of every meeting of the MPC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">On the 14th day, the
minutes of the proceedings of the MPC will be published which include:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ascribed to such member; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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adopted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.6pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Once in every six
months, the bank will publish a document called the Monetary Policy Report
which will explain:</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">1. Who of the following won India’s first
gold medal at the Rio Paralympic Games?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">a) Varun
Singh Bhati</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Mariyappan Thangavelu</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Ankur Dhama<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Virender Dhanka<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">2.Name the state that bagged ‘Best Horticulture
State’ award at 9th Agricultural Leadership Summit 2016.</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">a)
Uttarakhand</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Himachal Pradesh</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Punjab</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Haryana<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">3. Name the registration module for Indian
students studying abroad that was launched by the Union Government?</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">a) India</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Study</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Madad</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Sahayata<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">4.RBI cancelled the certificvate of registration
of how many non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)?</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">a) Three</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Four</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Five</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Six<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">5.SEBI approved an insurance company to launch
its initial public offering (IPO)?</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">a) Aviva
Life Insurance Co.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Aegon Life Insurance Co.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Bharti AXA Life Insurance
Co.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) ICICI Prudential Life
Insurance Co<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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board aircraft was prohibited by the Civil Aviation Ministry?</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">a) Samsung
Galaxy Note 7<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Apple iPhone 7</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Xiaomi Redmi Note 3</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Lenovo K3 Note</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">7.Which of the following city topped the 2016
‘Swachh Survekshan’ for rural India under Plains category?</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">a) Nadia,
West Bengal</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">b) Dhanbad, Jharkhand<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">c) Satara, Maharashtra<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">d) Sindhudurg,
Maharashtra</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the United Kingdom (UK)?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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software robotics for power banking operations?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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