Thursday, 20 October 2016

August 2016 Current affairs (Part 4)

SBI + Korea Development bank (South Korea ) signed MoU to develop Business Synergies in the domains of Corporate Finance , Project Finance and Asset Finance. 

MD of SBI -- Dinesh Kumar `

SBI Life ----- registered the largest new business premium last year. 


Kerala will hold the first Feel and touch garden for the visually impaired people in the country 

Most expensive Indian City -MUMBAI 

Kotak Mahindra Bank tie up with Flipkart . 

GAUTAM EKNATH THAKUR ----- Chairman of Sraswat Bank 

Manjulla chellur --- Chief Justice of Bombay HC. 

Mihir Shah Commottee ----- to restructure the CWC ( Central Water Commission ) and Central Ground Water Board .

The daughter's Day --- August 11th 

Union Government approved the Pension and Post retirement Medical Schemes of FCI .

Lok Sabha passed the  taxation laws bill in TEXTILE SECTOR. acc. to it,if the employers or owners provide more employment,, they will get income tax benefit. 


Union Gov. increased the Maternity leave from 12 weeks to ---- 26 weeks

Union min. of Science and Technology lauched a mobile app for women safety in Delhi --- I FEEL SAFE.

Birender Singh Yadv --Indian High Commissioner to Ghana. 

Which District of Gujarat is declared as Open Defecation-free ?  Narmada 

Machine - learning startup "Turi " is accuired by APPLE. 

Randstad accuired Monster worldwide. 

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Kundan kulam plant (TN) has been inaugurated by PM of India and Russian President.  

UTTARAKHAND tops the list of nations with highest growth in Industry and Service Sectors in the last 10 years. by ASSOCHAM. 

HDFC + MAX group merged . 

RGIC ( Reliance General Insurance Company )  + SVCB( Shyam Rao Vitthal Cooperative Bank) -->>  to foster the spread of Insurance policies on PAN India basis.  
(( PAN stands for "Presence Across Nation" - therefore, operating totally across  India.)) 

India imposed anti- dumping duty on 6 nations -- China, Japan, South korea, Russia, Brazil and Indonesia 

20th Commonwealth Chess Chamionship, Sri Lanka winner 2016 -- Abhijit Gupta 

Repository on Tigers will be established in Dehardun 

Union gov. first portal for online selling of goods and servises --- e-marketplace. 

74th Quit India movement on 8th August 2016. 

Australian Bernard Farelly, the first surfing champion passsed away..

IRCTC +Manipur state gov. signed mou to provide improved hospitality and tourism servises.

JAPAN recorded the largest current account surplus in the first half of 2016 (10 trillion yen or 104 billion dollars) 

Happiest country -- THAILAND 

Varishtha Bunkar Sahayata Yojna for senior citizens --- Odhisha. 

Himachal Pradesh initiated planting over 1 crore trees this year  to earn carbon credit. 

External affair min. Sushma Swaraj addressed the 71st session of UN General Assembly.

China will launch world's first Quantum Communication Satellite. 



August 2016 Current affairs (Part 3)

SBI + South Indian Bank (HQ- Kochi )  ----- >> collaborated to produce Cobranded credit cards.

National Payment Corpoartion of India + Union Bank of India  ----->>  launched *99# mobile application for their customers 

CHINA-----  hold the first comprehensive Nuclear Security emergency Drill code named as Fengbao 2016 .
Our agricutural minister Radha mohan Singh inaugurated college of Veterinary Sciences and Animal husbandary in ---- Nagaland 

SWACHH SARVEKSHAN -- The Program unveiled by Union Urban development minister Venkhaiya Naidu for 500 cities  ...(swachh means clean.. sarvekshan means inspection)

Bhuveneshwar --will host the Global event of Aluminium association of India  3 day in feb 2017. 

INDIA has been ranked 4th in Civil Unrest (after Seria, Yemen, Libiya) due to Naxal violnce 

Axis Bank + FreeCharge --- develop UPI app ( Unified Payment interface ) 

IRDA impose Rs. 35 lakhs fine on Bahrti Axa General Insurance for violation of Laws. 

IBM + APPLE jointly launched Global development  called GARAGE for iOS apps in ---- Bengaluru 

Hiroshima Day -- August 6 

China set world record to make dance to 1007 robots simultaneous . 

UP police launched OPERATION VISHWAS following gang rapes there .

Limbo skater OM swaroop Gowda has made the Guiness world record for longest distance limbo skating under the cars . He belongs to Karnataka . 

The Theme of Swachh Bharat Special campaign launched by the ministry of drinking water and sanitation --- Freedom from Open Defecation 

Rajasthan--  First state to approve sewage and waste water facility in India . 

PEMA KHANDU -- CM of Arunachal Pradesh .

ODISHA state has started the process of recruiting TRANSGENDER PPL as prison wardens 

Yahoon launched online abuse detector . 

Housing finance scheme with an attractive 4% interest rate PRAPTI launched by -- TATA CAPITA HOUSING 

SBI + ORACLE  --> corporate citizenship collaboration. The name of the programis D-CHANGE for education and Women Empowerment. 

Organ donation Day --- 13 August 

First Position in Australian  Open Squash 2016 ----- Dipika Pallikal

National Center for Cell Science succedded in isolating cancer STEM cells that causes -- SKIN CANCER. 

This Institute bagged 5 medals Young Scientist Award of the year 2015 -----  Indian Institue of Science , Bengaluru. 

Melbourne (Australia) will host the Indian Film Festival 2016 .

Bali (Indonesia) conducted Counter-Terrorism Summit 2016 . 

Seoul (South Korea)  hosted TOMORROWS INDIA Global summit in 2016 by Global Social India Foundation . 

Smart Ganga City was launched in 10 cities.

Nagaland will provide 33% women reservation in elections in urban local bodies . Nagaland CM - TR Zeliang 

Tamil Nadu launched an Online Service for customers to apply for low tension service connection. 

International Youth Day -- 12 Aug
National Youth Day -- 12 Jan 

Jim Furyk -- American Golfer 

ASSAM has made the initi.ative to check the genuineness and inventory of Rhino horns. 

Rajasthan has signed Mou with India Trade and Exhibition center, Dubai for promotion of skill development  Investment and Tourism. 

















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August 2016 current affairs (Part 2)

India's first Tiger cell will be set up in ------ Dehradun . 

Telangana signed MoU with ISRO for Water Resource Information System 

Andhra pradesh + Japan will develop food value chain in the state. 

Kerala -- will launch Anti Corruption Index to measure its corruption Level 

Odisha govt.---- launched a website for differntly - abled persons to see and hear the website.

Make in India conference 2016 ---in Bhuveneshwar 

BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange signed Mou  with IIT Kanpur for -- Cyber Security 

RBI committee to study House Hold finance in India -- Tarun Ramaduray Committee 

2016 Star Sports Pro Kabbadi league winne-- Patna Pirates defeated Jaipur Pink Panther in Kochi

The National Handloom Day -- 7 Aug 

4 % of CPI inflation target was set up by Union Govt. 

Newly elected president of ADB --- TAKEHIKO NAKAO 

Ministry of Health and Family welfare launched -- MAA Breastfeeding program nationwide 

TianTong 1 -- first mobile telecom satellite of China 

Theme of 2016 Olympic Games 2016-- World Peace and Environment 

MD/CEO of CARE ratings-- Rajesh Mokashi 

Chairperson of CBDT ---- Rani Singh Nair 

Chairman of NDDB ( National Dairy Development Board ----- Dilip Rath

The book " Tipu Sultan's search for legitimacy" has been authored by --- Kate Brittlebank .This is about the life of Tipu Sultan 

The book "India Rising : Fresh Hope : New Fears " authored by ----- Ravi Velloor

Winner of 2016 German Grand prix --  Lewis Hamilton ( UK) (Mercedes Driver) 

Luke Aikins (USA) --- first person to jump and land without Parachute 

Indian Railways has tied up with MobiKwik to ensure food delivery in train ccoaches with e-cash payments. Food on track is the name of the website by IRCTC .

2016 SAARC HomeMinisters conference took place in Islamabad 

AADI PERUKKU festival ( to worship Kaveri river) celebrated in Tamil Nadu 

The farm festival of Hareli -- Chhattisgarh (Shravan month beginning in 2nd Aug )

2016 rogers cup winner-- Novak Djokovic from Serbia 



























Monday, 17 October 2016

August 2016 current affairs (Part 1)

Typhoon NIDA hit CHINA recently. 

2016 Goa state film festival honoured  N CHANDRA with lifetimetime achievment award . 

New PM of nepal -- Pushpa kumar dahal 

Ahmed Zewail -- was a chemistry Nobel laureate passed away recently.

Twitter seva-- launched by Ministry of COMMUNICATIONS (Mr. Manoj Sinha) for addressing the complaints of common man in the telecom and postal sectors. 

First Indian state to approve Sewage and Water policy ? -- RAJASTHAN 

Ceo of microsoft India -- Anant Maheshwari...Current  Bhaskar pramanik will leave in march 2017.
Ceo of Microsoft Global is Satya Nadela. 

PEN/Heim transaltion funds award 2016 -- Anita Gopalan . She has tranlated SIMSIM ( hindi novel ).
HIM TCP  citizen governance moblie app launched by -- Himachal Pradesh 

The book  " Until the Lions : Echoes from the Mahabharatha " -- authored by --- Karthika Nair. 

World Economic Forum 2016 held in Delhi. 

SBI -- launched Shaurya home loan for Defence Personnel. 

Angela Ruggiero -- New Chairperson of IOC ( International. Olympic Commision ) was a very famous ICE HOCKEY Olympic Gold Medalist .

Indian First Underground Museum will be located in Rashtrapati Bhavan. 

 The world's tallest girder railway bridge -- Manipur. 

2016 world martial art championship -- Vivek Teja 

PM of Tunisia -- Yusuf Chahed 
President of Tunisia - Beji

The festival Titled " Amazing North-East Paradise Unexplored " will be held in New Delhi. 

RBI portaalto reduce illegal money pooling by firms -- Sachet

The book "Grassroots Innovation" authored by -- Anil K Gupta 

2016 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavna award to -- Shubha Mudgal

Mahim Bora died, recently ..authored in Assamese language .

2016 Indian International Footwear Fair at New Delhi. 

2020 Tokyo Olympics added new sports -- Baseball, Karate, Climbing, Surfing, Skateboard 

Goa Tourism will organise FREEDOM RIDE event.














Thursday, 29 September 2016

Fill in the blanks :--

Voracious      Indiscriminate     Steeped    Repleted


1) The football game was _______ with excitement and great plays.

2) My cousin is so _____ in schoolwork that my friends call him a bookworm.

3) After skiing,I find that I have a _____ appetite.

4) Modern warfare often results in the ______ killing of combatants and innocent civilians. 

5) The mayor refused to _____ as to his margin of victory in the elections


Answers :--
1) repleted
2) steeped
3) voracious
4) indiscriminate
5) prognosticate

Vocab

Voracious :- great eagerness

 Indiscriminate :- filled with 

Steep  :-  soak in water 

Replete :- very full of something 



Common Errors (verb)

Incorrect- He has given his examination.
Correct- He has appeared at his examination.

Incorrect- Tell me what is your name.
Correct- Tell me what your name is.

Incorrect- I wish I was a king.
Correct- I wish I were a king.

Incorrect- Each of them were awarded.
Correct- Each of them was awarded.

Incorrect- Either you or I are guilty.
Correct- Either you or I am guilty.

Incorrect- It is you who is guilty.
Correct- It is you who are guilty.

Incorrect- He said that he can help me.
Correct- He said that he could help me.

Incorrect-My tooth is paining.
Correct- My tooth is aching.