Current Affairs May 2015

31st May:
• World No Tobacco Day observed today.
• The Finance Ministry introduced new ITR forms, which extended the deadline for filing returns to August 31.

30th May:
• The Union Government cleared the contentious land ordinance for the third time after failing to win parliamentary approval.
• A 7.8magnitude earthquake struck off the Japanese coast.
• India's economy grew 7.5 per cent yearonyear in the last quarter, outstripping China's 7 per cent growth in the same quarter.
• A case lodged against Nestle India over safety standards of its Maggi product by the UP food regulator FSDA (Food Safety and Drug Administration).
• Alastair Cook is now England's leading Test match runscorer
after crossing Graham Gooch's 8, 900 runs in 118 Tests.

29th May:
• Power Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha appointed as the next Cabinet Secretary.
• Muhammadu Buhari sworn in as new President of Nigeria.
• Sepp Blatter has been reelected as president of FIFA for a fifth term.

28th May:
• CBSE class 10 examination results declared today.
• AFSPA act removed in Tripura after 18 years.
• Swiss authorities arrested seven top FIFA football official following a US request in a corruption probe.

26th May:
• NDA Government completes one year in office.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Doordarshan's farmercentric
channel known as DD Kisan.
• Industrialist Yash Birla, Gurjit Singh Kochar, Ritika Sharma, Sneh Lata Sawhney and Sangita Sawhney are the five Indians whose names have been disclosed by Switzerland as account holders in Swiss Bank.
• The middle order batsman Ajinkya Rahane was named as the CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year 2015.

25th May:
• The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the results for class XII examination, with 82 per cent students passing the exam.

24th May:
• More than 368 people died in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the ongoing heat wave.
• Director Neeraj Ghaywan's film Masaan has bagged two awards at the prestigious 68th Cannes International Film Festival.
• Ireland becomes the first country to Legalize Gay Marriage by Popular Vote.
• Mumbai Indians wins the Indian Premier League 2015 after defeating Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs.
• Dwayne Bravo wins the Purple Cap as highest wicket taker with 26 wickets. David Warner wins the Orange Cap as he scores highest total of 562 runs.

23rd May:
• J Jayalalithaa sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for a record fifth term.

21st May:
• For the first time, a Mirage 2000 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) testlanded on the Yamuna Expressway near Delhi as part of a drill for emergency landings on national highways.
• Barcelona wins the Spanish La Liga title for the 23rd time.

19th May:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his threenation visit and return back India from the Korean capital city of Seoul.
• Now callers can call STD Mobile Numbers without adding '0' or '+91' as Prefix.
• Draupadi Murmu sworn in as first woman Governor of Jharkhand.

17th May:
• India announced a USD 1 billion credit line to Mongolia to support its infrastructure development during Prime Minister visit.

16th May:
• An Egyptian court sentenced deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 other defendants to death over jail breaks during the 2011 uprising.
• Indian and Chinese companies signed 21 agreements worth about 22 billion dollars in Shanghai during PM Narendra Modi's visit.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Mongolia, on the second leg of his threenation
tour which is a first visit by an Indian prime minister to Mongolia.
• Infosys announced establishing its first overseas centre outside India in China.

14th May:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts three days official visit to China.
• The Supreme Court has suspended an order issued by Delhi government that called for criminal defamation cases against the media.
• Supreme Court orders investigation on the former chief Ranjit Sinha for abusing the powers of his office.
• In a attack on a Kabul guesthouse 4 Indians killed along with 10 others.

13th May:
• 47 Killed as Gunmen open fire inside a Bus in Karachi.
• The Supreme Court has said that government ads can feature pictures of only the Prime Minister, the President, and the Chief Justice of India with the approval from them.
• Barcelona reaches the final of Champions League with 53 on aggregate win over Bayern Munich.

12th May:
• In a series of four earthquakes measuring 7.4, 6.3, 5.6 and 5.2 in Nepal, 42 peoples died in Nepal and 17 peoples in India while another 1000 peoples are injured.
• Rashtrapati Bhavan announcing the appointments V Shanmuganthan as Governor of Meghalaya, J P Rakkhowa as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. Lt Gen(retd) Nirbhay Sharma, who was serving as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh transferred and appointed as Governor of Mizoram. The Governor of Jharkhand Syed Ahmed has been shifted to Manipur as new Governor.

11th May:
• Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa has been acquitted by a Bangalore Court in a corruption case that had led to her being jailed.
• The Black Money Bill passed in Lok Sabha.
• KV Kamath who is presently nonexecutive
Chairman of ICICI Bank, appointed as the President of the New Development Bank of the BRICS.

10th May:
• Today is celebrated as Mother's Day across the globe.
• Actor and filmmaker Shashi Kapoor received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award by Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley at Prithvi theatre in Mumbai.

9th May:
• Three social security schemes"Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana" (accident insurance), "Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana" (life insurance) and "Atal Pension Yojana" launch nationwise, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the process in Kolkata.

8th May:
• The 5Year sentence against Bollywood Actor Salman Khan is suspended by Bombay High Court.
• British Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservatives Party wins in the British general election.
• A Pakistan military helicopter carrying diplomats crashed in northern Pakistan killing six people, including the ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines.
• Microsoft confirms that Windows 10 will be its last Operating System.

7th May:
• Lok Sabha passed Juvenile Justice Bill that will allow children who are 16 and above to be tried as adults in serious crimes to become a law.
• Former Gujarat Chief Secretary Achal Kumar Jyoti appointed as the Election Commissioner.
• British voters votes in General Election.

6th May:
• The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill passed in the Lok Sabha.
• The Rajya Sabha passed a bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh for disputed land exchange between the two countries.
• Bollywood Actor Salman Khan sentenced to five years in jail for killing a homeless man in a hitandrun case in 2002.

5th May:
• England batsman Jonathan Trott has retired from international cricket.

3rd May:
• Eight Assam Rifles personnel were killed and four others injured by militants attack in Nagaland.
• Floyd Mayweather Jr. of America defeated Manny Pacquiao in a championship boxing match in Las Vegas by unanimous decision.
• Chelsea wins the English Premier League title as they defeated Crystal Palace 10
in Stamford Bridge with three more match to play.

1st May:
• World Labour Day celebrated today.
• The death toll in Nepal's earthquake which struck on last Saturday rose to more than 6,000.
• Microsoft announced Edge as its next Web Browser’s name which will replace the Internet Explorer as default browser.
• Telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Reliance Communication slashed their roaming call rates by upto 40 percentand SMS rates by upto 75 percent.

Current Affairs April 2015

29th April:
• Saudi King Salman appointed Interior Minister Mohammed bin Nayef as his new heir and made his son, Defence Minister Mohammed bin Salman, secondinline to succeed.

28th April:
• Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived India on official visit.
• NASA has launched an project named The Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) that will lead the search for signs of life beyond our solar system.
• The World Bank projects India's GDP to expand to 7.5 per cent in the current fiscal year.

26th April:
• The death toll rises to more than 2400 in Nepal.
• Indian Military and Para Military forces launched a massive rescue operation in Nepal under the name of "Operation Maitri".

25th April:
• A massive earthquake of 7.9 magnitude hits Nepal and India in which more than 750 people have died in Nepal while in India more than 35 people died mostly in Bihar.
• Wold Malaria Day observed today.

24th April:
• The Rajya Sabha passed a bill that seeks equal rights for the transgenders.
• Video sharing site YouTube completes 10 years of the first video share on the website.
• The Gorkha Rifles completes its 200 years of establishment.

23rd April:
• Sixty five people have been died after storm ravaged northeastern parts of Bihar.

22nd April:
• Earth Day observed across the World.
• New York Times wins prestigious Pulitzer prizes for West Africa Ebola coverage.
• 17 Indian pilgrims were killed and more than 20 were injured when their bus plunged into a river in Nepal.

21st April:
• Former Governor of Assam and three times Chief Minister of Odisha Janaki Ballabh Patnaik died in Tirupati.
• Japan's stateoftheart maglev train clocked a new world speed of 600 kilometre (373 miles) per hour running speed.
• Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan expelled from the Aam Aadmi Party.
• Former Egyptian President and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges arising from the killing of protesters.
• India's third largest software services firm Wipro appointed Azim Premji's son Rishad Premji as director.

20th April:
• Indian Navy's most powerful war ship INS Visakhapatnam launched into water for the first time at Mazgaon Dock in Mumbai.
• The Budget session of Parliament resumes today.
• The land ordinance tabled in the Lok Sabha by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

19th April:
• Sitaram Yechury elected as the new CPM general secretary.
• Nasim Zaidi takes over as new Chief Election Commissioner of India.
• Indian movie "Mary Kom" has won the Best Film award and has been endowed with the Bronze Horse Award in the Stockholm International Film Festival Junior (SIFFJ).

18th April:
• World Heritage Day was observed across the Globe.

16th April:
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed a nuclear agreement on supply of uranium to India in which 7.1 million pounds of uranium concentrate to India till 2020.
• Dr. Mohan Kumar appointed as the next Ambassador of India to France.
• Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar elected as member of prestigious Laureus Sports Academy.
• Former Nepal Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa passed away in Gurgaon.

15th April:
• Six parties including SP, JDU and RJD of Janata Parivar have announced that they will merge to form a national party headed by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Canada.

14th April:
• Baisakhi and Bihu festival is celebrated in India.

13th April:
• Yoga guru Ramdev gets the status of cabinet minister in Haryana.
• Hillary Clinton will be the Presidential candidate for Democrat Party in 2016 election in 2016.
• New Zealand wins the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup men’s hockey tournament after defeating Australia.
• Sania Mirza became the first female tennis player from India to become world number one player in doubles ranking after she wins won WTA Family Circle Cup with Martina Hingis.

12th April:
• Prime Minister Narendra reaches Germany after France on his three nation visit.
• India Beat South Korea by 41 on penalties to Win Bronze Medal in Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Cup.

11th April:
• Seven jawans of STF killed in Chhattisgarh and 12 other injured in an encounter with Naxals in Pedmal forest in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district.
10th April:
• Australian cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud died in Sydney at the age of 84.

9th April:
• Satyam founder Ramalinga Raju sentenced to seven years in jail after he was found guilty by of criminal cheating and conspiracy in India's largestever corporate scandal.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi starts a three nation visits to France, Germany and Canada from today.
• India successfully testfired its nuclearcapable
Dhanush ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha coast.
• According to telecom regulator TRAI starting from May, operators have to offer cheaper roaming rates.
• The government barred Greenpeace India from receiving funds from abroad by suspending its Foreign Currency Regulation Act registration.

8th April:
• The Union Government evacuated around 4000 Indians from the war zone of Yemen under Operation Raahat.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Mudra Bank to cater to small businesses.
• Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi is set to become the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India later this month.
• Padma Vibhushan and Padma Sri awards are conferred by President in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• IPL season 8 starts from today with the match between Mumbai Indian and Kolkata Knight Riders.
• Sim Bhullar became the first player of Indian descent to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) league as he made his debut for Sacramento Kings.

7th April:
• World Health Day (WHD) 2015 observed globally.
• 20 alleged sandalwood smugglers killed in the forests of Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh.

6th April:
• The first of the six Frenchdesigned Scorpene submarines which are being manufactured in Mumbai launched today by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
• Rajeev Shukla has been appointed the new chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council.

4th April:
• Four Army personnel were killed and one missing after an avalanche hit their vehicle in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal loses her world no. 1 ranking after her defeat against champion Li Xuerui in the semifinals of Malaysia Open.

3rd April:
• President Pranab Mukherjee has signed off on the reissued land acquisition ordinance.
• Somali militants kill nearly 150 students in a Kenyan university.

2nd April:
• An Islamabad Court issued a nonbailable warrant against former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for repeatedly failing to appear in the 2007 murder case of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi.

1st April:
• Amaravati will be the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
• 740 crores of the Maran brothers have been seized today as part of a moneylaundering case involving AircelMaxis.
• Nearly 350 Indians evacuated from wartorn Yemen by a naval warship.
• The International Cricket Council accepted the resignation of President Mustafa Kamal, who quit the position after being denied the honour of presenting the World Cup winners' trophy.

Current Affairs March 2015

30th March:
• India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna conferred posthumously upon educationist Madan Mohan Malviya at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

29th March:
• Australia wins the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating New Zealand by 7 wickets in MCG. Mitchell Starc named as player of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
• Delhi's Aditi Arya was crowned as Femina Miss India World 2015 at Yashraj Studios in Mumbai.
• Peoples of Singapore bid final farewell to founding father Lee Kuan Yew.
• Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix.
• Saina Nehwal wins her maiden India Open Super Series title after after defeating Ratchanok Intanon 2116 2114 at the Siri Sports Complex here.
• Kidambi Srikanth wins the men's singles title at the India Open Super Series after defeating Denmark's Viktor Axelsen 1821,2113,2112.

28th March:
• The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sacked founder members Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from a key panel.
• Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the world number one ranking.
• India today launched its fourth GPS satellite IRNSS1D from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
• Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi sacked from his post. Governor of West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi will take the additional charge of Mizoram.
• The Earth Hour 2015 will be observed today when people across the globe will flick their lights off when clocks hit 8:30pm across 24 different time zones.

27th March:
• Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee receives India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna.

26th March:
• Defending Champion India defeated by Australia in the Semi Final by 95 runs. Now Australia will play with New Zealand in the final in MCG.

25th March:
• Former Footballer Michel Platini reelected as the President of UEFA for the third time.

24th March:
• The Supreme Court has scrapped Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act, a law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content.
• Kangana Ranaut wins the best actress National Award for the film Queen. Kannada actor Vijay won Best Actor for Nanu Avanalla Avalu.Queen also won Best Hindi Film.
• A Lufthansa Airbus crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps and all 150 on board were feared dead.
• New Zealand reaches the final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
• The World TB Day is celebrated today.

23rd March:
• Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor will be conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke award this year for his contribution to Indian cinema.
• Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew dies at the age of 91.

21st March:
• Martin Guptill of New Zealand scores 237 not out against West Indies which is the highest individual score in World Cup history.

20th March:
• 32 died and 50 people injured as DehradunVaranasi Janta Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district.
• Indiaborn scientist and Nobel Laureate Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan will take over as the President of the prestigious Royal Society at the end of the year.
• Rajya Sabha passed the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill 2015.

19th March:
• India enters the semi final of 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup after defeating 109 runs in MCG.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the first Indian ODI captain and third in the World to wins 100 oneday international.

18th March:
• World's only 'nofuel' solarpowered aircraft 'Solar Impulse2' off for Varanasi from Ahmedabad.
• Gunmen attacked Tunisia's national museum, killing at least seven tourists and taking others hostage inside the building.

17th March:
• The Union cabinet has cleared the black money bill, which proposes to provide muscle to tax authorities dealing with illegal wealth stashed abroad.
• According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India is the largest importer of arms with 15 per cent of global weapons imports between 2010 and 2014.

15th March:
• Services wins the Santosh Trophy after beating hosts Punjab 54 via tiebreaker in Ludhiana.

14th March:
• Former Maldives president and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on a terrorism charge.
• Twelve people were killed and 19 others injured when a bus fell into a deep gorge in Nagaland's Phek District.
• The Haryana Government has imposed a complete ban on the sale of beef.
• British Prime Minister David Cameron and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley jointly unveiled bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Parliament Square in London.

12th March:
• Karnataka team wins the Ranji Trophy final by registering an innings and 217 runwin
against Tamil Nadu in the final at Wankhede Stadium.

11th March:
• CBI court summoned former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over accusations of criminal conspiracy and corruption in the illegal award of a coal field.
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won trust vote in Bihar Assembly with 140 votes in his favour.
• Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara creates a new record by scoring four consecutive centuries in a Cricket World Cup.

10th March:
• The Land Acquisition Bill passed in the Lok Sabha by voting after government proposed nine amendments.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets on a fiveday tour of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka from today.
• Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni registered most wins by an Indian captain in the history of the cricket World Cup after defeating Ireland in Hamilton.

9th March:
• After a gap of over 20 years, 1 rupee note relaunched today.

8th March:
• International Women's Day is celebrated across the globe.
• Senior journalist and author Vinod Mehta died of multiple organ failure in AIIMS at the age of 73.
• Arun Singh has been appointed as India's ambassador to the US who will succeed S Jaishankar.
• Saina Nehwal defeated by Carolina Marin of Spain in All England badminton title final in Birmingham by 2116, 1421 and 721.

6th March:
• Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das passes away in Patna at the age of 95.

5th March:
• Holi is celebrated across the nation.
• According to Forbes, the founder of Sun Pharma Dilip Shanghvi becomes the India's richest billionaire ahead of Mukesh Ambani.
• Lok Sabha passed Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015.

4th March:
• The Aam Aadmi Party dropped two founder members, Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan from its decisionmaking panel.
• Lok Sabha passed the Coal Mines bill to allow eauction of coal blocks.
• Reserve Bank of India lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent.

3rd March:
• President Pranab Mukherjee has given formal consent to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill which bans the slaughter of calves and bullocks completely.

2nd March:
• Jagmohan Dalmiya elected as the President of BCCI.
• Chelsea wins the League Cup at Wembley Stadium following a 20 victory over Tottenham.

1st March:
• Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister.

Current Affairs February 2015

28th February:
• Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the present the 2015/16 federal budget in Lok Sabha.

27th February:
• AB de Villiers scores the fastest 150 runs in ODI History with 64 deliveries.

26th February:
• Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu presents the first railway budget of NDA government in Lok Sabha.

25th February:
• Ram Naresh Yadav quits as Madhya Pradesh Governor after a FIR registered against him.

24th February:
• BJP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) decided to form a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. PDP's Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to Take Oath as J&K Chief Minister on Sunday.
• Rajendra K Pachauri has quit as chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
• Chris Gayle scores the first double century in World Cup history. His partnership with MN Samuels of 372 becomes the highest partnership in ODI history.

23rd February:
• The budget session of Lok Sabha starts from today.
• AAP MLA Ram Niwas Goyal was elected as the Speaker and Bandana Kumari as the Deputy Speaker on Delhi Assembly session.
• The oscar awards for 2015 given today at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Julianne Moore has won the Academy Award for best actress for "Still Alice". Eddie Redmayne won the best actor award for Theory of Everything. The movie Birdman wins the four awards including Best Movie.

21st February:
• Nitish Kumar of the Janata Dal United took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for fourth times along with 22 ministers.
• Maldives Polices arrested former president Mohamed Nasheed under an antiterror
law for the alleged illegal detention of a judge.

20th February:
• Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned from the post of Chief Minister of Bihar.
• After Indian Independence, for the first time Arunachal Pradesh is connected to the rest of the nation through railway network. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the Naharlagun Delhi Rajdhani Express from Itanagar.
• Brendon McCullum scores the fastest fifty in World Cup history with 18 balls. His achievement comes in a match against England.

19th February:
• Five people including two officials of the Petroleum Ministry were arrested for allegedly leaking confidential government documents to energy consultants and corporate.
• India has successfully testfired nuclearcapable surfacetosurface Prithvi II missile with a range of 350 km from Balasore.
• Mumbai's Maratha Mandir theater today run the last show of the blockbuster film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge after continuously running it for 1000 weeks.

17th February:
• The Janata Dal (United) suspended seven ministers supporting Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.
• India born Punit Renjen appointed as the next chief executive of USbased accounting giant Deloitte's global operations.
• Three Indians included into the list of 100 applicants who will move on to the next round of private mission that aims to send people on a oneway trip to Mars in 2024.

16th February:
• Former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra RR Patil died at the age of 57 in Mumbai. He was suffering from cancer.
• India signed a nuclear energy agreement with Sri Lanka.
• The auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL)8 held in Bangalore.

15th February:
• Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena reaches India on two day official visit.
• The death toll reaches 153 with 11 more died in swine flu in Rajasthan.
• India beat Pakistan by 76 runs in their first match of Cricket World Cup 2015 in Adelaide to keep the unbeaten record against Pakistan in World Cup.
• "Taxi" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Golden Bear prize for best film at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

14th February:
• Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Adami Party takes oath as Delhi Chief Minister.
• The Cricket World Cup 2015 starts from today with the inauguration match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
• England pacer Steven Finn took the first hattrick of the 2015 World Cup to become the seventh bowler to do so in the history of the event.

13th February:
• Today is observed as World Radio Day.
• Nine passengers died and over 100 were injured after the BangaloreErnakulam Intercity Express derailed near the border between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

12th February:
• Pramod Asthana appointed as head of Special Investigation Team to reinvestigate 1984 antiSikh
riots.

10th February:
• Aam Adami Party gets absolute majority with 67 seats in Delhi Assembly Election. BJP gets 3 seats and none for Congress Party.
• Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as Delhi CM on 14th February.

8th February:
• The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
7th February:
• A record 67.08 per cent turnout was registered in the Delhi assembly polls.
• 20 ministers of Bihar State Government have resigned from their post in order to show their support for Nitish Kumar.
• Eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalachandra Nemade has been chosen for the 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014.
• Indian Bowler Ishant Sharma ruled out of the World Cup as he failed the fitness test.
• Pakistan offspinner Saeed Ajmal has been cleared to bowl after passing biomechanic tests on his remodelled action, the International Cricket Council (ICC).

5th February:
• 1979batch IAS officer LC Goyal of Kerala cadre appointed as the Union Home Secretary.

4th February:
• Home Secretary Anil Goswami has been sacked from the post.

1st February:
• Leander Paes and Martina Hingis wins the Australian open Mixed Doubles Title after defeating Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 64,63.
• Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray by 76(5), 67(4), 63, 60 to win his fifth Australian Open title.
• Australia wins the final of the oneday international triseries after defeating England by 112 run.
• TV actor Gautam Gulati wins the Big Boss 8.

SBI PO 2015 Notification Out, Vacancy 2000

Selection Process -

Phase-I : Preliminary Examination: Preliminary Examination consisting of Objective Tests for 100 marks will be conducted online.

This test would be of 1 hour duration consisting of 3 Sections as follows:

1. English Language - 30 Qs   Marks 30

2. Quantitative Aptitude - 35 Qs  Marks 35

3. Reasoning - 35 Qs   Marks 35

Total 100 Qs.  Composite Time - 1 hr.

Note: Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing passing marks to be decided by the Bank.

Adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by the Bank (approximately 20 times the numbers of vacancies subject to availability) will be short listed for the Main Examination.

Phase - II: Main Examination: Main Examination will consist of Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks. Both the Objective and Descriptive Tests will be online.

Candidates will have to answer Descriptive test by typing on the computer. Immediately after completion of Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered.

(i) Objective Test:

The Objective Test of 2 hour duration consists of 4 Sections with 50 marks each (Total 200 marks) as follows:

a) Test of English Language (Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)

b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing &Computers

c) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation

d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)

The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

(ii) Descriptive Test: The Descriptive Test of 1 hour duration with 50 marks will be a Test of English Language (Letter Writing & Essay).

The candidates are required to qualify in the Descriptive Test by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

Note: Descriptive Test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who have scored qualifying marks in the Objective Tests and are placed adequately high as per total marks in objective test.

Phase - III:Group Discussion (20 marks) & Interview (30 marks)

Final Selection: The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added for the selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II) will be added to the marks obtained in GD & Interview (Phase-III) for preparation of the final merit list.

The candidates will have to qualify both in Phase-II and Phase-III separately.

Marks secured by the candidates in the Written Test (out of 250 marks) are converted to out of 75 and marks secured in Group Discussion & Interview (out of 50 marks) are converted to out of 25.

The final merit list is arrived at after aggregating converted marks of Written Test and Group Discussion &Interview out of 100 for each category. The selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.

Current Affairs January 2015

31st January:
• India successfully testlaunched its longest range ballistic missile Agni5 for the third time off the Odisha coast.
• The 35th National Games starts in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
• Serena Williams of USA beats Maria Sharapova by 6-3,7-6 (5) to win sixth Australian Open Women title.

30th January:
• National Martyrs Day observed across the Nation in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
• India has raised about $3.6 billion by selling a 10 percent stake in staterun
Coal India Ltd in the largest ever equity deal in
the local market.
• Shekhar Sen appointed as the Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi.

29th January:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday became the world's first leader to send out an audiovideo tweet, when he tweeted a conversation between him and US President Barack Obama during "Mann Ki Baat".
• Apple Inc recorded the highestever
profit of 18 billion US dollars in corporate history worldwide.
• Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara breaks the world record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in Oneday internationals with 474 dismissals.
• India will host Twenty20 World Cup in 2016.

28th January:
• IFS officer S Jaishankar appointed as the new foreign secretary of India.

27th January:
• US president Barack Obama leaves India after three day visit.

26th January:
• India celebrates its 66th Republic Day.
• Eminent Cartoonist RK Laxman dies at the age of 94 in Pune.
• President Pranab Mukherjee presented Ashok Chakra to family members of Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar, who laid down their lives combating militants in Kashmir.
• Paulina Vega of Colombia was crowned Miss Universe 2014.

25th January:
• US President Barack Obama arrives India on a three days official visit.
• US President and Indian Prime Minister announced major breakthrough in the Civil Nuclear Agreement.
• President Pranab Mukherjee addresses the nation on the eve of Republic Day.
• 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees given this year on the eve of Republic Day for for exceptional and distinguished service. L K Advani, Amitabh Bachchan, Prakash Singh Badal, Dilip Kumar are amongst the list of Padma Vibhushan.
• Today is observed as National Voters' Day in India.

23rd January:
• Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became the new king.
• 118th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose has been observed accros the country.

22nd January:
• WhatsApp application is now also available as web based application for desktop and laptops.
• Pakistan today bans groups Haqqani network and JamaatudDawa.
• The Supreme Court give a judgement which restrained N Srinivasan from contesting in BCCI elections.

21st January:
• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) has made its way into the Guinness World Records for opening the highest number of bank accounts in the least time. Under the scheme, 11.5 crore new bank accounts have been under Jan Dhan Yojana in last five months.

20th January:
• According to latest census report, the tiger population in the country is rise of over 30 per cent since the last count in 2010 which is now estimated to be around 2,226.
• European Union lifts ban on import of mangoes from India.

19th January:
• The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating team started questioning Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunanda Pushkar murder case.
• Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani has been appointed as the new Censor Board chairperson.
• ICICI Bank introduces a new facility for their customer through which they can use their twitter account to transfer fund.

18th January:
• South African batsman AB de Villiers scores a 31ball
hundred to break the world record for the fastest century in OneDay
Internationals in a match against West Indies at the Wanderers, in Johannesburg. He also broke the fastest half century with 16 balls.

17th January:
• Nine more members of the Central Board of Film Certification resigned protesting against realeased of the Punjabi Film MSG.
• First indigenously built Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) handed over by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to the Indian Air Force.

16th January:
• The chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Leela Samson resigned from the post amid controversy surrounding the clearance of controversial film "Messenger of God".
• Hari Shankar Brahma took over oath as the 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India.

15th January:
• A P Singh resigned as member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
• IPS officer and social activist Kiran Bedi has joined the BJP.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a 25 basis point reduction in interest rates.
• Australian pace bowler and cricketer Brett Lee announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after a 20year career.

14th January:
• 100 dead bodies were found in a channel of the Ganga in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh.
• The union government removed top missile scientist Avinash Chander as the chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO.

13th January:
• Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar appointed as the Chairman of ISRO.
• Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has been named as the "Governor of the Year" by a Londonbased financial journal Central Banking.
• Cristiano Ronaldo wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or award for 2014 for the third time.

12th January:
• Election Commission has announced assembly elections to be held in Delhi on February 7 and votes will be counted on

February 10.
• Indonesian divers recover 'black box' flight recorder of the AirAsia flight QZ8501.
• 72nd Golden Globe Awards being held in Beverly Hills, California. Eddie Redmayne has won the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama and Julianne Moore has won the Golden Globe for best actress in a drama.
• India observed National Youth Day to mark 152nd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

11th January:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015 in Gandhinagar in the presence of US Secretary of State John Kerry, UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon and World Bank head Jim Yong Kim.
• World leaders and more than a million people attend in a march through Paris against extremism.

10th January:
• French security forces killed the two brothers involved in the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris.
• India lost the 4 match test series to Australia by 2-0. Steve Smith chosen as Man of the Series.

9th January:
• Governor's rule imposed in Jammu and Kashmir after political parties failed to form Government in the 87member Assembly.
• Maithripala Sirisena takes oath as the new President of Sri Lanka.
• TATA Group airline Vistara starts domestic services in India from today.
• M Karunanidhi reelected as DMK President for the 11th time in a row by the newly constituted general council.

8th January:
• Two day annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas began from today in Gandhinagar, Gujrat.
• The 19th National Youth Festival started in Guwahati, Assam.
• Virat Kohli became the first player to scores three centuries in his first three innings as captain.

7th January:
• Two masked gunmen killed 12 people and injured 10 others in the offices of a French satirical newspaper in Paris.
• The chief executive officer and cofounder of Google Larry Page named as the Business person of the Year for 2014 by Fortune magazine.

6th January:
• The BSE Sensex crashed 905 points in intraday trade which was the eighth biggest singleday
fall in Indian stock markets.
• 1975batch IAS of the Andhra cadre Harishankar Brahma has been appointed as the Chief election commissioner. He will replaced V. S. Sampath who will retire on 15 January.
• Thailand police have arrested a Sikh militant convicted for his involvement in a 1995 bomb attack that killed Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh and 15 other people.
• The Delhi Police has filed a murder case in the death of Congress lawmaker and Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar.

5th January:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi nominated Columbia University economist Arvind Panagariya as vicechairman of the NITI Aayog.
• Aamir Khan starrer PK has become the first film to touch the Rs.300crore
mark in its box office earning in domestic markets.

3rd January:
• PM Narendra Modi addresses 102nd Indian Science Congress 2015 at University of Mumbai.
• 2 Army Jawans and one Woman killed while 8 others injured in cross border firing by Pakistan.
• Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara became the fastest cricketer to reach 12000 Test runs. He achieved the milestone in 224th innings.

1st January:
• Union Government changes the name of 65yearold Planning Commission as "NITI Aayog" or National Institution for Transforming India with some major changes in the structure.
• India's maiden Mars mission, Mangalyaan successfully completed 100 days in the orbit.
• The government has raised excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre each but keep the retail rates same.

Current Affairs December 2014

31st December:
• President Pranab Mukherjee approves the system of national body to appoint judges, which will start a process of selection of judges for the High Courts and the Supreme Court by making politicians and citizens a part of that process.
• President Pranab Mukherjee appointed Dr Krishan Kant Paul as Governor of Meghalaya, Aziz Qureshi as Governor for Uttarakhand and Keshari Nath Tripathi as the Governor of West Bengal.

30th December:
• Indian Test Cricket team Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni announced his retirment from Test cricket.
• Indonesian rescue teams found dead bodies from the debris of the AirAsia plane QZ 8501 which was missing from last Sunday.
• A CBI court in Mumbai drops charges against BJP president Amit Shah in both the fake encounter cases of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati.

29th December:
• The cabinet has cleared emergency executive order to ease landacquisition
rules in sectors like power, housing and defence to kickstart hundreds of billions of dollars in stalled projects, though investments are unlikely to flow in immediately.

28th December:
• AirAsia Flight QZ8501 left from Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore with 155 passengers onboard goes missing after air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane.
• BJP leader Raghubar Das has been sworn in as the first nontribal
chief minister of Jharkhand.

27th December:
• Bihar Assembly Speaker disqualified four legislators belonging to the Janata Dal (United) for antiparty activities.

26th December:
• BJP leader Raghubar Das elected as the next chief minister of Jharkhand who will be first nontribal leader in the state to hold the post.
• Indian army starts Operation All Out against the Bodo militants in Assam.

25th December:
• Christmas is celebrated all over the world.
• Indian Government today celebrated as the Good Governance Day on the birthday occasion of Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

24th December:
• Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and freedom fighter Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) will be
awarded the Bharat Ratna.

23rd December:
• BJP becomes the single largest party in Jharkhand assembly election after winning 42 of 81 seats.
• In Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, PDP wins 28 seats while BJP wins 25 seats of the total 87 seats.
• 70 people killed by militants in 4 different attacks in Assam.
• India exported its first locally build warship CGS Barracuda offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to Mauritius.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted additional six months (till June 30, 2015) for exchanging currency notes printed before 2005.
• Veteran Tamil filmmaker K. Balachander died in Chennai at the age of 84.

22nd December:
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Sachin Tendulkar as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Ambassador.

21st December:
• Real Madrid wins the Club World Cup for the first time by beating San Lorenzo 20.

20th December:
• The fifth and final phase of state assembly election polling ended today in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.
• Atletico De Kolkata wins the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) after defeating Kerala Blasters by 10 in Mumbai.

19th December:
• The Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax which will pave the way for a mega tax reform was tabled in the Lok Sabha today.
• Union Government increases the PF rate from 8.50% to 8.75% for 201415.
• Poet and critic Adil Jussawalla wins Sahitya Akademi Award 2014. Apart from this, five novels, three books of essays,three of short stories, one of literary criticism and an autobiography have also won the award.

18th December:
• India's space agency successfully tested its heaviest satellite launch vehicle Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark III along with unmanned crew module on the vehicle, which could give the agency the option of manned
missions.

17th December:

• The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted a moratorium on the death penalty after Taliban gunmen attacked a school in Peshawar, killing 132 students and nine teachers.
• Indian female boxer Sarita Devi banned for one year by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for refusing to accept her 2014 Asian Games bronze medal.

16th December:
• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reelected as Prime Minister.
• At least 124 students killed in a Taliban attack in an Army School in Peshawar, Pakistan.

15th December:
• One gunman and two other killed when police act an operation to end siege in Lindt Chocolat Cafe in Sydney.
• Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling became the longest serving Chief Minister of India after completing 20 years in the office.
• Miss South Africa Rolene Strauss wins the Miss World 2014 title in London.
• Viswanathan Anand wins the London Classic title after defeating British Grandmaster Michael Adams.

13th December:
• Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as the next chief of Intelligence Bureau(IB).

11th December:
• Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India.
• In an agreement signed, Russia to help India set up 12 nuclear reactors.
• The United Nations has declared June 21 will be observed each year as the 'International Day of Yoga'.

10th December:
• India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo.
• The Ebola Fighters are selected as the Person of the Year by TIME Magazine for the year 2014.
• IndianAmerican Richard Rahul Verma’s nomination as the next US Ambassador to India.
• Indian boxer Sarita Devi accepts her Asian Games Bronze Medal which she earlier refused due to controversial decision on final.

9th December:
• 58 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the third phase of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir while 61% turnout in Jharkhand Assembly polls.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named winner of this year’s readers’ poll for TIME ‘Person of the Year’ by TIME magazine.

8th December:
• 21 people dead in Philippine after typhoon Hagupit hits the country.

7th December:
• India's communication satellite GSAT16 placed into the orbit by Ariane 5 rocket from the space port of Kourou in French Guiana.
• Pakistan's allrounder
Mohammad Hafeez suspended from bowling in international cricket by the ICC after his bowling action was found to be illegal.

5th December:
• In Kashmir, 13 people were killed which include nine soldiers, three policemen, and one civilian in a series of terror attacks. Also six militants were also killed during the attack.
• NASA launches unmanned orbital test flight named Orion to Mars.
• Shiv Sena decides to join Maharastra BJP Government.

3rd December:
• The Chief Justice of India HL Dattu has set up a special bench of two judges to hear cases related to social issues.
• 1979 batch IPS officer Anil Kumar Sinha of Bihar cadre appointed as the new CBI Director.

2nd December:

• In the second phase of state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand, 71% and 65 per cent polling took place.
• India decides to buy 126 Rafale fighter planes in a $15 billion defencepurchase
deal with France.
• India successfully conducted the first trial of nuclearcapable,
surfacetosurface AgniIV missile from Odisha.
• Bollywood actor Deven Verma died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 78.

1st December:

• 13 CRPF soldiers killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh.
• World AIDS Day is observed across India and Globe.
• Tabare Vazquez again reelected as president of Uruguay.

IBPS CLERK - 6th December (Morning Shift) - GA & Computer Questions

Hello Readers,

Here we are providing you all the General Awareness and Computer Questions which was asked in IBPS Clerk 2014 - 6th December 2014.

• In MOM first M stands for - MARS

• Who is the author of the book 'Playing it my way'  - Sachin Tendulkar

• Where is the capital of Sweden? - Stockholm

• World chess champion event of 2014 held in ? - Sochi 

• Where is the headquarter of UNESCO ? - Paris

• KLO is active in which state ? Assam and West Bengal

• What is the full form of NPA ? - Non Performing Assets

• Who is the lender of last resort for banks in india ? - RBI

• What is the full form of URL? - Uniform Resource Locator

• What is the full form of KYC? - Know Your Customer 

• What is the full form of BC? -Business Correspondent

• Next Commonwealth summit will be held in ? - Malta

• Where was the venue of APEC summit in 2014 ? - Beijing

• What is Amortization ? - The paying off of debt with a fixed repayment schedule in regular installments over a period of time.

• What is the Duration of PPF account ? - 15 years

• LRSAM missile is developed by India with the help of which country ? - Israel

• Which one of the following is non volatile memory ? 

• Which one of the following is not secondary storage ?

• In ms word the footer will be displayed ? - Bottom of the page

• Which state has highest rural population ? - Uttar Pradesh

• Who is named as the test cricketer of the year? - Mitchell Johnson

• Rauf dance is from which state ? - Jammu and Kashmir

• What is the currency of italy ? - Euro 

• What is the limit of free ATM transaction under PMJDY ? - 4

• What is the Base year for new consumer price index? - 2010

• Who is the current health minister ? - J.P.Nadda

• Where is the headquarter of SIDBI ? - Lucknow

• Manmohan singh to be awarded by which country ? - Japan

• Study of fungi is called as ? - Mycology

• Which state declared 2015 as the tourism year ? - Madhya Pradesh

IBPS Clerk 2014 (6th December 2014 Evening) - An Analysis

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted online examination, for the recruitment of Personnel in Clerical Cadre in the 21 Nationalized Banks, across the country on the 6th December, 2014.

There were 200 questions in the paper, which had to be answered in 120 minutes. There were five sections in all - Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. 

Other than the fourth section, where in a candidate had to attempt the section in English Language, all the other sections were available bilingually, that is, in both English and Hindi. Each question had 5 options. There was negative marking of one-fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question for all the sections.

Overall the examination was Easy. The questions in Numerical Ability was bit lengthy and Time consuming. That’s exactly the point where results might make a difference. English and Computer Knowledge sections were easy. General awareness section was moderate and was dominated by Banking Questions.

The pattern of test was as follows:

Reasoning 

This section was a bit time consuming though the questions were easy. The pattern was on the lines with the previous exams conducted in the Clerical Cadre. There was no question from Non-Verbal Reasoning just as IBPS PO-IV Exam. Sitting Arrangement and Puzzles were time consuming.

The details of the section are as follows: 

English Language

The questions in this section were fairly easy thereby making students, who feel it difficult to score in this section, breathe a sigh of relief.

The details of the section are as follows:

Numerical Ability 

DI in this section was, IBPS took most of the students by surprise. Though the questions in DI were easy enough, there were a few questions in this section that were time consuming. There were 10 questions on simplification which were tedious.

The details of the section are as follows:

General Awareness

This section was of "Super Easy"  as compared to the other sections. Banking and Economy dominated this section. Questions in Current Affairs were asked from International affairs as well as Indian Economy Questions related to RBI were given a special attention. Questions on 

• Currency
• Capital
• UN
• Census
• Venue
• Sports
• Headquarters
• Abbreviations
• Awards

Computer Knowledge 

This section was based on basic knowledge of computers. Questions were very easy. The main areas from which questions were asked are: MS Office, Application Software, Hardware, Software, and Input-Output Units.

Disclaimer: All information on cut-offs, analysis, answer key and scores are based on independent analysis and evaluation made by BankingHub. We do not take responsibility for any decision that might be taken, based on this information.

All the Best!

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GA & Computer Questions Asked in - IBPS Clerk Exam - 6th Dec 2014 (Evening Shift)

Dear candidates,

Here we are posting some of the General Awareness and Computer questions which was asked in today's IBPS Clerk Exam. 

Some General Awareness & Computer Questions 

1.    Kissan credit card validity – 5 years2.    G-20 Summit  2016 will  be held in – China3.    With the 765 days of continuous safe reactor operations - Rawatbhata Rajasthan            Atomic Power Station's4.    Cheque is defined under which act – Negotiable Instruments act,18815.    Ajay Jayaram associated with which game – Badminton6.    Hindu kush is between which countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan7.    Age limit for minors to operate saving account – 10 years
8.    Committee to Identify 'Obsolete' Laws - R. Ramanujam9.    World Pneumonia day – 12^th November10.  Unity Day celebrated on  birth anniversary of  – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel11.  KYC norms implemented under  - Banking Regulation Act, 1949
12.  Information and broadcasting minister – Arun Jaitley
13.  Capital of Cambodia – Phnom Penh
14.  Currency of Greece - EURO15.  Normon gorden  is a veteran - South African bowler16.  Lokpal selected by whom?17.  Monetary policy regulated by – RBI
18.  Full form of NBFC – Non Banking Finance Company
19.  Full form of NPPA - National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
20.  Full form of LTV – Loan To Value21.  Full form of IPO – Initial Public Offering22.  Full form of TDS - Tax Deducted at Source23.  Full form of FEMA – Foreign Exchange Management Act  24.  Full form of NAV – Net Asset Value25.  Kissan Vikas Patra money doubles in – 100 months26.  Sumitra Charat Ram Award – Pandit Jasraj27.  Banking ombudsman appointed  by - RBI28.  “Hand –in-Hand” is – Military exercise b/w India & China29.  Chairman of national women commission – Lalitha Kumarmangalm30.  Full form of  DOS – Disk Operating System31.  Full form of  VIRUS - Vital Information Resources Under Siege32.  Full form of  LSI – Large Scale integration Computer

India’s 30 probables squad for the 2015 World Cup

India’s 30 probables squad for the 2015 World Cup: Defending Champions will look forward to defend their title in the World Cup 2015 which will be held in Australia and New Zealand. BCCI announced the list of 30 probables for the upcoming World Cup.Although team is expected to be selected among these probables but still there are 2 month left to select the final 15.As we know cricket is a game of great uncertainties anything can happen in these 2 months.Let Us take a look at the 30 probables.

• India WC probables Part I - MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Robin Uthappa, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu
• India WC probables Part II - Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary, Manish Pandey, Wriddhiman Saha, Sanju Samson, R Ashwin, Parvez Rasool, Karn Sharma
• India WC probables Part II - Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary, Manish Pandey, Wriddhiman Saha, Sanju Samson, R Ashwin, Parvez Rasool, Karn Sharma
• India WC probables Part IV - Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Mohit Sharma, Ashoke Dinda, Kuldeep Yadav and Murali Vijay

ICC announces umpires and officials for World Cup 2015

• Dubai: The International Cricket Council Tuesday named four World Cup winners in a 25-member match officials` team for next year`s World Cup, setting the ball rolling with 73 days to go for the mega event. 
• Australia and New Zealand co-host the event from February 14 which ends with the final in Melbourne on March 29.
• A total of 49 matches will be played across 14 venues, seven in New Zealand (Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Napier, Nelson and Wellington) and seven in Australia (Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney).

• The five match referees -- David Boon (Australia), Chris Broad (England), Jeff Crowe (New Zealand), Ranjan Madugalle and Roshan Mahanama (both from Sri Lanka) -- are from the elite panel.
• The elite panel umpires are: Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Bruce Oxenford (Australia), Ian Gould (England), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Nigel Llong (England), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Richard Illingworth (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Rod Tucker and Steve Davis (both Australia).
• Eight umpires from the international panel will also officiate matches -- Johan Cloete (South Africa), Simon Fry (Australia), Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Michael Gough (England), Ranmore Martinesz, Ruchira Palliyaguru (both Sri Lanka), Ravi Sundaram (India) and Joel Wilson (West Indies).
• The World Cup winners in the line-up are Boon (1987), Dharmasena, Mahanama (1996) and Reiffel (1999). 
• The umpires were chosen by the selection panel of Geoff Allardice (ICC General Manager - Cricket), Ranjan Madugalle (ICC Chief Match Referee), David Lloyd (former player, coach, umpire and now television commentator) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (former elite panel umpire).
• The specific match appointments will be announced in February after the warm-up matches, the ICC said.

Current Affairs November 2014

30th November:

• India's PV Sindhu wins the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Title.
• Baichung Bhutia becomes the first Indian footballer to be inducted into Asian Football Confederation's Hall of Fame list.

29th November:

• The first passenger train to Meghalaya from Assam was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Guwahati.

27th November:

• The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Nepal conclude with an agreement on energy cooperation.
• Australian Test cricketer Phillip Hughes died in hospital after he was in coma for three days following a head injury sustained while playing in a
• Sheffield Shield game in Sydney.
• Nine Army soldiers found guilty of killing two teenagers in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam on November 3.
• India launches e-Visa facility for the tourist of 43 Nations.

25th November:

• People votes in the first phase of the polling in Jammu and Kashmir and in Jharkhand state assembly election.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Nepal to attend SAARC summit.
• Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Murli Deora died in Mumbai.

BOOKS BY LEADERS :-

BOOKS BY LEADERS :-

* My Experiments with Truth - Mahatma Gandhi

* Hind Swaraj - Mahatma Gandhi

* Key to Health - Mahatma Gandhi

* Discovery of India - Jawaharlal Nehru

* Glimpses of World History - Jawaharlal Nehru

* My Truth - Indira Gandhi

* Golden Threshold - Sarojini Naidu

IMPORTANT AWARDS & THEIR FIELDS :-

IMPORTANT AWARDS & THEIR FIELDS :-

1. Oscar : Film
2. Dada sahib phalke : Film
3. Grammy : Music
4. Pulitzer : Journalism and Literature

5. Arjun : Sports
6. Bowelay : Agriculture
7. Kalinga : Science
8. Dhanwantri : Medical science
9. Bhatnagar : Science
10. Nobel prize : Peace, Literature, Economics, Physics, Chemistry, Medical science
11. Abel : Maths
12. Merlin : Magic
13. Bharat ratna : Art, Science, Public services, Sports
14. Vyas samman : Literature
15. Bihari award : Literature
16. Saraswati samman : Literature
17. Man booker : Literature
18. Vachspati samman : Sanskrit literature

RIVER & THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN :-

RIVER & THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN :-

* GANGA : Gangotri (Uttarakhand)

* INDUS : Mansarovar (Tibet)

* NARMADA : Maikal Hills,Amarkantak (MP)

* TAPT/TAPTI : Satpura Range, Betul (MP)

* MAHANADI : Nagri Town (Chhattisgarh)

* BRAHAMPUTRA : Chemayungdung (Tibet)

* SUTLEJ : Mt Kailash (Tibet)

* BEAS : Rohtang Pass (Himachal Pradesh)

* GODAVARI : Nasik (Maharashtra)

* KRISHNA : Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra)

* CAUVERY : Brahmagiri Hills, Coorg (Karnataka)

* SABARMATI : Udaipur, Aravalli Hills (Rajasthan)

* RAVI : Chamba (Himachal Pradesh)

* PENNER : Nandi Hills, Chickballapur (Karnataka)

FAMOUS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF INDIA :-

FAMOUS HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF INDIA :-

** Ajanta- Ellora Caves (Aurangabad,Maharashtra) : Gupta rulers

** Aram Bagh (Agra,UP) : Babur

** Agra Fort (Agra,UP) : Akbar

** Akbar’s Mausoleum (Sikandra,UP) : Akbar

** Itmad-ud-daula Fort (Agra,UP) : Noorjahan

** Bibi Ka Maqbara (Aurangabad,Maharashtra) : Aurangzeb

** CharMinar (Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh) : Quli Qutub Shah

** Deewan-e- Khas (Agra Fort,UP) : Shahjahan

** Elephanta’s cave (Mumbai,Maharashtra) : Rashtrakuta rulers

** Fatehpur Sikri (Agra,UP) : Akbar

QUESTION ASKED IN SBI CLERK 30 Aug 2014

QUESTION ASKED IN SBI CLERK 30 Aug 2014

o Minister of Parliament Affairs: Venkaiah Naidu

o Hepatitis day: 28 July

o Governor of Haryana: Kaptan Singh Solanki

o 17th NAM Summit will be held in: Venezuela

o In Common wealth Games 2014 Abhinav Bindra won gold for: 10m rifle shooting

o Capital of Iraq: Baghdad