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Friday, 26 December 2014

1. Apurvi Chandela, the young shooter from Jaipur, who bagged the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow has shot her way to become the national champion in women’s 10m air rifle event at the 58th National Shooting Championships in Pune.

जयपुर की युवा शूटर अपूर्वी चंदेला जिन्होंने ग्लासगो में राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों में स्वर्ण पदक जीता था, एक बार फिर नेशनल चैम्पियन बन गई हैं। वे पुणे में 58वीं राष्ट्रीय निशानेबाजी चैंपियनशिप में महिलाओं की 10 मीटर एयर राइफल की श्रेणी में राष्ट्रीय चैम्पियन बनी हैं।

2. China and Nepal signed an agreement to expand the use of their currencies for border trade. The agreement was signed between the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). The agreement will boost bilateral trade and investment ties between the China and Nepal. According to the agreement, the two countries will use local currencies (Yuan and Nepal rupee) for settlement in both cross-border trade and ordinary trade activities. Both the countries also signed memorandum of understanding on anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism cooperation.

चीन और नेपाल ने सीमा व्यापार के लिए अपनी मुद्राओं के उपयोग का विस्तार करने के लिए एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किए। समझौते पर पीपुल्स बैंक ऑफ चाइना (पीबीओसी) और नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक (एनआरबी) के बीच हस्ताक्षर किए गए थे। समझौता चीन और नेपाल के बीच द्विपक्षीय व्यापार और निवेश संबंधों को बढ़ावा देगा। समझौते के अनुसार, दोनों देश सीमा पार से व्यापार और साधारण व्यापार गतिविधियों दोनों में निपटान के लिए स्थानीय मुद्राओं (युआन और नेपाल रुपया) का उपयोग करेंगे। दोनों देशों ने धनशोधन रोधी और आतंकवाद रोधी सहयोग पर समझौता ज्ञापन पर भी हस्ताक्षर किए।

3. The military chiefs of Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to co-ordinate on military operations along border of two countries. Army chief General of Afghanistan Sher Mohammad Karimi and General of Pakistan Raheel Sharif agreed to co-operate in the presence of US General John Campbell, who heads NATO coalition forces in Afghanistan. The two countries also agreed to jointly take effective actions against terrorism and extremism.

अफगानिस्तान और पाकिस्तान के सैन्य प्रमुख दोनों देशों की सीमा पर सैन्य अभियानों पर समन्वय करने के लिए सहमत हुए। अफगानिस्तान के सेना प्रमुख जनरल शेर मोहम्मद करीमी और पाकिस्तान के जनरल राहील शरीफ अमेरिकी जनरल जॉन कैम्पबेल जो अफगानिस्तान में नाटो गठबंधन सेना के प्रमुख हैं, की उपस्थिति में सहयोग करने के लिए सहमत हुए। दोनों देश संयुक्त रूप से आतंकवाद और उग्रवाद के खिलाफ प्रभावी कार्रवाई करने पर भी सहमत हो गए।

4. With Shinzo Abe getting re-elected as Japan's Prime Minister, Gen Nakatani has been appointed the new defence minister. Other than him, all other cabinet members will retain their positions, Xinhua reported. Defence minister Akinori Eto declined the reappointment due to a political fund scandal.

जापान के प्रधानमंत्री पद पर शिंजो अबे के दोबारा से निर्वाचित होने के बाद जनरल नकातानी को जापान का नया रक्षा मंत्री नियुक्त किया गया है। समाचार एजेंसी सिन्हुआ की रपट के मुताबिक नकातानी के अलावा सभी कैबिनेट सदस्यों को उनके पद पर बना रहने दिया जाएगा। एक राजनीतिक निधि घोटाला मामले के कारण रक्षा मंत्री अकिनोरी ईटो ने पुनर्नियुक्ति से मना कर दिया था।

5. According to Polish Handball Federation (ZPRP) President Andrzej Krasnicki, Poland will host the European Men's Handball Championship in January 2016. Sixteen teams will compete at the tournament, which will be held in four cities in Poland. 

पोलैंड हैंडबॉल महासंघ (जेडपीआरएफ) के अध्यक्ष आंद्रजेज क्रासनिकि के अनुसार पोलैंड पुरुषों के यूरोपीय हैंडबॉल चैम्पियनशिप की मेज़बानी जनवरी, 2016 में करेगा। इस टूर्नामेंट में 16 टीमें हिस्सा लेंगी। यह टूर्नामेंट पोलैंड के चार शहरों में आयोजित होगा।

6. Young Kidambi Srikanth continued his meteoric rise in world badminton as he ended the season by becoming only the third Indian male shuttler to break into the top-five, reaching a career-high fourth after hovering in the 40s in the beginning of the year.

युवा किदाम्बी श्रीकांत ने विश्व बैडमिंटन में आगे बढ़ना जारी रखा है। वह सत्र के आखिर में दुनिया के चोटी के पांच खिलाडियों में शामिल हो गया। इस वर्ष के शुरु में 40 से अधिक की रैंकिंग रखने वाले श्रीकांत विश्व बैडमिंटन की ताजा रैकिंग में अपने करियर के सर्वश्रेष्ठ चौथे स्थान पर पहुंच गये हैं और वह शीर्ष पांच में जगह बनाने वाले तीसरे भारतीय पुरुष खिलाड़ी बन गये हैं।

7. Former Governor of Himachal Pradesh R.K.S. Gandhi passed away. Gandhi died at the age of 90 in Mumbai. He served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh from April 1986 to February 1990.

हिमाचल प्रदेश के पूर्व राज्यपाल आर.के.एस गांधी का निधन हो गया। गांधी का निधन मुंबई में 90 वर्ष की आयु में हुआ। वह अप्रैल 1986 से फरवरी 1990 तक हिमाल प्रदेश के राज्यपाल रहे।

8. Energy giant Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has signed an agreement with Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. for shipping liquefied ethane from North America to India. RIL said it has signed shipping agreements with one of the world's largest and reputed shipping companies Mitsui.

ऊर्जा की दिग्गज कंपनी रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज लिमिटेड (आरआईएल) ने भारत में उत्तरी अमेरिका से तरलीकृत इथेन की शिपिंग के लिए जापान की मित्सुई ओएसके लाइन्स लिमिटेड के साथ एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किए हैं। आरआईएल के अनुसार उसने दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी और प्रतिष्ठित शिपिंग कंपनियों में से एक, मित्सुई के साथ शिपिंग समझौतों पर हस्ताक्षर किए हैं।

9. Oil India Ltd., India's second-largest government-owned exploration firm, has commissioned its first 5 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan. OIL, which has so far built only small solar power plants, built and commissioned its first grid connected 5 MW unit at village Raghwa in Ramgarh district of Rajasthan.

भारत की दूसरी सबसे बड़ी सरकारी स्वामित्व वाली उत्खनन कंपनी, ऑयल इंडिया लिमिटेड ने राजस्थान में अपना पहला 5 मेगावाट सौर ऊर्जा संयंत्र शुरू किया है। ओआईएल जिसने अब तक केवल छोटे सौर ऊर्जा संयंत्रों का निर्माण किया है, ने राजस्थान के रामगढ़ जिले में गांव राघवा में 5 मेगावाट इकाई से जुड़ी पहली ग्रिड को बनाया तथा शुरू किया। 

10. Online marketplace Snapdeal has partnered India Post to jointly work on bringing thousands of weavers and artisans from Varanasi through its website. Snapdeal has launched a pilot with India Post to set-up facilitation desks at Varanasi post offices to enable local weavers to sell on its platform.

ऑनलाइन बिक्री पोर्टल स्नैपडील ने बनारस के हजारों बुनकरों और कारीगरों को बाजार उपलब्ध कराने के लिये भारतीय डाक के साथ भागीदारी की है। इस भागीदारी की शुरुआत करते हुये स्नैपडील ने बनारस के डाकघरों में अपने सुविधा केंद्र खोले हैं। इनके माध्यम से बनारस के स्थानीय बुनकर अपने उत्पादों की बिक्री कर सकेंगे।
Q.1. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Coal India Ltd. (CIL)?
Ans: (2) S. Bhattacharya

Q.2. How much loan has been raised by Private sector lender Yes Bank from Asian Development Bank for onlending to small  farm households and rural womens’ self help groups (SHG)?

Ans: (3) $200 million

Q.3. ________has been granted a license by the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a Non Banking Financial Company in India.

Ans: (1) Ford Credit India Pvt. Ltd.

Q.4. K. Balachander passed away. He was a Tamil __________.

Ans: (3) Film Director

Q.5. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) oil prices will remain low in the future which will help boost the global economy next year between 0.3 and 0.7 percent more than the ___________planned.

Ans: (4) 3.8 percent

Q.6. Which of the following former Prime Ministers of India will be given Bharat Ratna as announced by President Pranab Mukherjee?

Ans: (2) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 

Q.7. Which of the following launched its largest ever missile ship named 'Tuo Chiang'?

Ans: (3) Taiwan

Q.8. The deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes of various denominations has been extended from January 1, 2015 to ___________

(4) June 30, 2015

Q.9. Which country clinched the first South Asian Women's Volleyball Championship title?

Ans: (1) India

Q.10. The government allowed ___________FDI under automatic route in medical devices sector  to encourage manufacturing of equipments, including diagnostic kits and other devices.

Ans: (4) 100 percent

Thursday, 25 December 2014


1. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has been conferred another prestigious Japanese award - the Second Asia Cosmopolitan Award - for "transforming India's economy and its integration with the broader East Asian economy throughout his tenure".

पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह को एक और प्रतिष्ठित जापानी पुरस्कार- द सेकेंड एशिया कॉस्मोपॉलिटन अवॉर्ड से सम्मानित किया गया है। उन्हें यह पुरस्कार "उनके पूरे कार्यकाल के दौरान भारत की अर्थव्यवस्था को रूपांतरित और व्यापक पूर्व एशियाई अर्थव्यवस्था के साथ उसके एकीकरण" के लिए दिया गया है।

2. Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson of Bharat Hotels was elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). She was elected as the President at the conclusion of the FICCI 87th annual general meeting. She succeeded Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited and Digjam Limited.

भारत होटल्स की अध्यक्ष ज्योत्सना सूरी फेडरेशन ऑफ इंडियन चैम्बर्स ऑफ कॉमर्स एंड इंडस्ट्री (फिक्की) की अध्यक्ष चुनी गई। फिक्की की आयोजित 87वीं वार्षिक आम बैठक में उनको अध्यक्ष के रूप में चयनित किया गया। उन्होंने एक्सप्रो इंडिया लिमिटेड और दिग्जैम लिमिटेड के अध्यक्ष, सिद्धार्थ बिड़ला का स्थान लिया है।

3. Eminent Konkani writer, critic and linguist Dr. Madhavi Sardesai passed away. She was 52 years old and was chronically ill. She was the recipient of recently announced Sahitya Akademi award 2014 for her book ‘Manthan’ an anthology, of critical essays in Konkani language.

प्रख्यात कोंकणी लेखिका, समीक्षिका और भाषाविद् डॉ. माधवी सरदेसाई का निधन हो गया। 52 वर्षीय डॉ. सरदेसाई लंबे समय से बीमार थीं। डॉ. सरदेसाई हाल में उन दिनों चर्चा में आई जब उन्हें कोंकणी भाषा में आलोचनात्मक लेखों के संकलन ‘मथन’ के लिए साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार 2014 दिया गया।

4. Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych were named the best Czech female and male tennis player of the year 2014. The 24-year-old Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon winner, won the award for the second time mainly due to her pivotal role in the Czech team's victory in the Fed Cup, reports Xinhua. The Czech Fed Cup team was elected the team of the year.

पेत्रा क्वितोवा और टॉमस बर्डिख क्रमश: चेक गणराज्य के वर्ष के सर्वश्रेष्ठ महिला और पुरूष टेनिस खिलाड़ी को तौर पर चुने गए। समाचार एजेंसी सिन्हुआ के अनुसार दो बार की विंबलडन चैम्पियन 24 वर्षीया क्वितोवा ने दूसरी बार यह खिताब जीता है। फेडरेशंस कप में चेक गणराज्य की टीम की सफलता में भी क्वितोवा ने अहम भूमिका निभाई। चेक गणराज्य की फेड कप टीम को वर्ष की सर्वश्रेष्ठ टीम चुना गया।

5. Veteran Tunisian politician Beji Caid Essebsi won the country's first free presidential election in the final step of a transition to democracy after an uprising that ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. Essebsi defeated his rival Moncef Marzouki.

अनुभवी ट्यूनीशियाई राजनीतिज्ञ बेजी केड सेब्सी ने, 2011 में तानाशाह ज़ीन एल अबीदीन बेन अली को अपदस्थ करने वाले विद्रोह के बाद लोकतंत्र में आने के अंतिम चरण में, देश का पहला स्वतंत्र राष्ट्रपति चुनाव जीता। उन्होंने अपने प्रतिद्वंद्वी मॉन्सेफ मार्जोउकी को पराजित किया।

6. Olympic medallists Abhinav Bindra and Vijay Kumar clinched a gold medal each in 10-metre air rifle and 25-metre standard pistol events respectively at the 58th National Shooting Championship. India's only Olympic gold medallist in individual sport, the 32-year-old Bindra shot a total of 208 to walk away with the top prize and defend his title in 10-metre air rifle at the Balewadi Shooting Range.

ओलंपिक पदक विजेताओं अभिनव बिंद्रा और विजय कुमार ने 58वीं राष्ट्रीय निशानेबाजी चैम्पियनशिप में क्रमश: 10 मीटर एयर राइफल और 25 मीटर स्टैंडर्ड पिस्टल का स्वर्ण पदक जीता। भारत के एकमात्र व्यक्तिगत ओलंपिक स्वर्ण पदक विजेता 32 वर्षीय बिंद्रा ने 208 अंक के साथ खिताब जीता और 10 मीटर एयर राइफल में अपने खिताब की सफलतापूर्वक रक्षा की।

7. India bagged the gold medal in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad at Gyor in Hungary in a tight contest. India beat Turkey 3.0-1.0 in the 10th and final round to clinch the title ahead of Russia and Iran at the FIDE tournament held at the University of West Hungary.

भारत ने एक कड़ी प्रतियोगिता में हंगरी में ग्यॉर में विश्व युवा अंडर -16 शतरंज ओलंपियाड में स्वर्ण पदक जीता। यूनिवर्सिटी ऑफ वेस्ट हंगरी में आयोजित फाइड टूर्नामेंट में रूस और ईरान को पीछे छोड़ते हुए भारत ने 10वें और अंतिम राउन्ड में तुर्की को 3.0-1.0 से हराया।

8. Doha Bank has successfully signed a corporate finance deal worth 500 million dirhams (USD 136 million) with Dubai's Sobha Group, with a syndicated facility of 800 million dirhams for the Sobha Hartland project. The facility was arranged by Doha Bank with a five-year tenor and will enable Sobha Group to fund its expansion plans in Dubai.

दोहा बैंक ने शोभा हार्टलैंड परियोजना के लिए 800 मिलियन दिरहम की एक सिंडिकेटेड सुविधा के साथ दुबई के शोभा ग्रुप के साथ सफलतापूर्वक 500 मिलियन दिरहम (136 मिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर) मूल्य के एक कॉर्पोरेट वित्त समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किया है। दोहा बैंक द्वारा सुविधा पांच साल की अवधि के लिए आयोजित की गई थी और दुबई में शोभा ग्रुप को उसकी विस्तार योजनाओं को वित्त करने में सक्षम करेगा।

9. Russia’s space agency has launched a heavy version of the newly developed ecologically clean rocket “Angara-A5”. The booster is to take its mock payload right to the geostationary orbit – over 35,000 kilometers from the Equator.

रूस की अंतरिक्ष एजेंसी ने नव विकसित पारिस्थितिक रूप से स्वच्छ रॉकेट "अंगारा-ए5" वर्ग के भारी वाहक रॉकेट का प्रक्षेपण किया। यह भूमध्य रेखा से 35,000 किलोमीटर से अधिक की दूरी पर भू-स्थिर कक्षा में अपने मॉक पेलोड को ले गया है।
10. For the first time, Pakistan and Russia have signed an energy deal worth $1.7 billion to lay a gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore, a move that may lead to further improvement in their ties. The supply of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is expected to start before March next year.

पहली बार पाकिस्ताaन और रूस ने 1.7 अरब डॉलर के एनर्जी सौदे पर हस्तारक्षर किए हैं। इस सौदे के तहत कराची से लाहौर के बीच गैस पाइपलाइन बिछाई जाएगी। इस सौदे से पाकिस्तासन और रूस के बीच संबंध और मजबूत होंगे। लिक्वीनफाइड नेचूरल गैस (एलएनजी) की आपूर्ति अगले साल मार्च से पहले शुरू होने की संभावना है।

1. Romesh Sobti, managing director & chief executive of IndusInd Bank, is the Business Standard Banker of the Year for 2013-14. He was chosen by a five-member jury headed by Subir Gokarn, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), for the bank's consistent performance during a period of slow economic growth, high inflation, mounting non-performing assets and muted credit demand.

इंडसइंड बैंक के प्रबंध निदेशक एवं मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी, रोमेश सोबती को 2013-14 के लिए बिजनेस स्टैंडर्ड बैंकर ऑफ द इयर से सम्मानित किया गया है। उन्हें कम ऋण मांग, बढ़ते गैर-निष्पादित परिसंपत्तियों, उच्च मुद्रास्फीति और धीमी गति के आर्थिक विकास की अवधि के दौरान बैंक के लगातार अच्छे प्रदर्शन के लिए भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (आरबीआई) के पूर्व डिप्टी गवर्नर सुबीर गोकर्ण की अध्यक्षता में पांच सदस्यीय जूरी द्वारा चुना गया।

2. Rajinder Khanna has been appointed as Country’s external intelligence wing Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) new Chief. Appointment related Cabinet Committee of Union Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the appointment of Khanna to this post. Rajinder Khanna will succeed Alok Joshi who will retire on 31st December. He will be serving the post for two years.

राजिंदर खन्ना को देश के बाह्य खुफिया विभाग रिसर्च एंड एनालिसिस विंग या रॉ का नया प्रमुख बनाया गया है। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता वाली केंद्र सरकार की नियुक्ति संबंधी कैबिनेट समिति ने इस पद पर खन्ना की नियुक्ति को मंजूरी दे दी है। राजिंदर खन्ना आलोक जोशी की जगह लेंगे जो 31 दिसंबर को रिटायर होने वाले हैं। राजिंदर खन्ना इस पद पर दो साल तक रहेंगे।

3. The Indian men's team continued their winning streak by clinching the fifth Kabaddi World Cup title, while the women's side bagged the crown for the fourth consecutive time. At a grand finale held at Guru Gobind Singh Multipurpose Stadium, the Indian men's team defeated Pakistan 45-42 for the fourth time, while the women team beat New Zealand 36-27 for the second time in a row.

भारतीय पुरुष टीम ने लगातार पांचवां कबड्डी विश्व कप खिताब जीत लिया जबकि महिला टीम लगातार चौथी बार चैम्पियन रही। खेले गए फाइनल में भारतीय पुरुष टीम ने पाकिस्तान को चौथी बार 45-42 से हराया जबकि महिला टीम ने दूसरी बार न्यूजीलैंड को 36-27 से मात दी।

4. 22 artists including renowned Hindi writer Ramesh Chandra Shah were conferred with the Sahitya Academy Award 2014. According to Secretary of Sahitya Akademi K. Sreenivasarao, Ramesh Chandra will be given the award for his novel 'Vinayak' while Munawwar Rana's poetry collection "Shahdaba" (Urdu) will also be awarded. 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 that recognises premier works in 22 Indian languages.

हिन्दी के लेखक डॉ. रमेशचन्द्र शाह सहित 22 रचनाकारों को वर्ष 2014 का साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार देने की घोषणा की गई। साहित्य अकादेमी के सचिव के. श्रीनिवासराव ने बताया कि हिन्दी में डॉ शाह को उनके उपन्यास ‘विनायक’ के लिए यह पुरस्कार दिया जाएगा, जबकि उर्दू के नामचीन शायर मुनव्वर राणा को उनके काव्य संग्रह ‘शाहदाबा’ के लिए पुरस्कार से नवाजा जाएगा। फिलहाल 22 भाषाओं में आठ कविता-संग्रह, पांच उपन्यास, तीन निबंध-संग्रह, तीन कहानी संग्रह, एक आत्मकथा और एक समालोचना के लिए वर्ष 2014 के साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार दिए जाएंगे।

5. China has conducted the most comprehensive test of a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile 'DF-41' which can hit targets as far as 12,000 kilometres, bringing all of the US under its range. The missile has an estimated range of 12,000 kilometres and can carry up to 10 warheads.

चीन ने परमाणु क्षमता संपन्न इंटरकांटिनेंटल बैलेस्टिक मिसाइल ‘डीएफ-41’ का सबसे व्यापक परीक्षण किया है जो 12,000 किलोमीटर की दूर लक्ष्य को भेद सकती है। इसके मारक दायरे में अमेरिका भी आएगा। इस मिसाइल की मारक क्षमता 12,000 किलोमीटर है और यह अपने साथ 10 हथियार ले जा सकती है।

6. Indian Golfer Arjun Atwal who lives in America has won the Inaugural edition of US $500,000 Dubai Open Golf Championship title. He defeated South Korea’s Wang Jeung-hun.

अमेरिका में रहने वाले भारतीय गोल्फर अर्जुन अटवाल ने एशियन गोल्फ टूर के तहत पांच लाख डॉलर के दुबई ओपन 2014 का खिताब जीता। उन्होंने दक्षिण कोरियाई खिलाड़ी वांग जुंग हून को पराजित किया।

7. The International Cricket Council announced Sachin Tendulkar as the World Cup 2015 Ambassador. It will be the second successive time that the India maestro will be the Ambassador of ICC's pinnacle tournament, after he fulfilled the role in the previous event in 2011.

अंतरराष्ट्रीय क्रिकेट परिषद ने सचिन तेंदुलकर को विश्व कप 2015 का एंबेसडर घोषित किया। यह लगातार दूसरी बार है जबकि भारतीय स्टार को आईसीसी के इस सर्वोच्च टूर्नामेंट का दूत नियुक्त किया गया है। इससे पहले 2011 में भी उन्होंने यह भूमिका निभायी थी।

8. The LCA (Navy) Prototype-1 or NP1 the first indigenously designed and developed fourth-plus generation combat aircraft, was successfully tested at the Ski-Jump facility of the Shore Based Test Facility at INS Hansa in Goa.

भारतीय नौसेना के लिए देश में ही विकसित चौथी पीढ़ी से आगे के हल्के लड़ाकू विमान (एलसीए) नेवी प्रोटोटाईप-1 या एनपी 1 ने गोवा में आईएनएस हंसा की परीक्षण सुविधा से सफलतापूर्वक उड़ान भरकर बड़ी कामयाबी हासिल की।

9. By delivering an offshore patrol vessel to Mauritius, India exported its first warship. The warship was exported to Mauritius to monitor the offshore area . Built by defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) in Kolkata, the $58.5 million ‘CGS Barracuda’ measures 74.10 m in length. It is capable of moving at a maximum speed of 22 knots with an approximate displacement of 1350 tonnes.

भारत ने देश में निर्मित पहले युद्धपोत का निर्यात किया। मारीशस को अपतटीय क्षेत्र की निगरानी के लिये इस युद्धपोत का निर्यात किया गया। रक्षा क्षेत्र के सार्वजनिक उपक्रम गार्डन रीच शिपबिल्डर्स एण्ड इंजीनियर्स लिमिटेड (जीआरएसई) कोलकाता द्वारा निर्मित सीजीएस बालाकुडा की लंबाई 74.10 मीटर है और 5.85 करोड़ डालर की इस पर लागत आई है। यह 22 नॉट्स (एक नॉट बराबर एक नाटिकल माइल) की रफ्तार से दौड़ सकता है और इसकी भार वहन क्षमता 1350 टन तक है।

10. State-run power gear maker BHEL has bagged a Euro 16.96 million contract for a thermal power project in Turkey. The order has been placed on BHEL by Electricity Generation Company which is the largest electric power company in Turkey. The company has bagged a contract for rehabilitation of 3 units of Electrostatic Precipitators for the 430 MW Tuncbilek Thermal Power Project in Turkey on EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) basis.

ऊर्जा क्षेत्र के लिए भारी उपकरण बनाने वाली कंपनी भारत हैवी इलेक्ट्रिकल्स लिमिटेड (भेल) को तुर्की की सबसे बड़ी ऊर्जा कंपनी इलेक्ट्रिसिटी जेनरेशन कंपनी से 169.6 लाख यूरो का ठेका मिला है। तुर्की की सरकारी कंपनी से मिले ठेके के तहत भेल को 430 मेगावाट के (टंकबिलेक ताप विद्युत परियोजना) के लिए तीन इलेक्ट्रोस्टैटिक प्रेसिपिटेटरों का निर्माण करना है।

1. Indian-American Richard Rahul Verma has been sworn in as the US Ambassador to India by Secretary of State John Kerry. 46-year-old Verma is the first ever Indian-American to be the top US diplomat in New Delhi.

भारतीय मूल के अमेरिकी रिचर्ड राहुल वर्मा को विदेश मंत्री जॉन कैरी ने भारत में अमेरिकी दूत के तौर पर शपथ दिलायी। नयी दिल्ली में शीर्ष दूत नियुक्त होने वाले वर्मा (46) पहले भारतीय अमेरिकी हैं।

2. The finance ministry has ratified the Employee Provident Fund Organisation's decision to retain interest rate on PF deposits for the current fiscal at 8.75%, benefiting over five crore people. 

वित्त मंत्रालय ने मौजूदा वित्त वर्ष के लिए ब्याज दर 8.75 प्रतिशत पर बनाए रखने के ईपीएफओ के केंद्रीय न्यासी बोर्ड के फैसले को मंजूरी दे दी है।

3. Reserve Bank of India offered schedule bank status to Himachal Pradesh State Co-operative Bank (HPSCB) having more than 16 lakh account holders, Rs. 10,000 crore deposits and Rs. 6,00,800 crore turnover.

भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक ने हिमाचल प्रदेश स्टेट कॉपरेटिव बैंक को वाणिज्यिक बैंक का दर्जा दे दिया है। इसके 16 लाख से अधिक खाताधारक, 10,000 करोड़ रुपये के जमा और 6,00,800 करोड़ रुपये का टर्नओवर है।

4. Gandhian and land rights crusader Chunibhai Vaidya died in Ahmedabad due to age-related problems. He was 97 years old.

भूमि अधिकारों के लिए लडने वाले गांधीवादी नेता चुन्नीभाई वैद्य का उम्र से जुडी समस्याओं के चलते अहमदाबाद में निधन हो गया। वह 97 वर्ष के थे।

5. Plant-2 of Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) won 2014 India Manufacturing Excellence- Gold Award for its world class manufacturing , productivity, quality, industrial health, safety, environment management and leadership.

भारत एल्यूमिनियम कंपनी लिमिटेड (बालको) के संयंत्र-2 ने अपने विश्वस्तरीय उत्पादन, उत्पादकता, गुणवत्ता, औद्योगिक स्वास्थ्य, सुरक्षा एवं पर्यावरण प्रबंधन तथा नेतृत्व के लिए वर्ष 2014 का इंडिया मैन्यूफैक्चरिंग एक्सीलेंस - स्वर्ण पुरस्कार जीता है।

6. Noted Pakistan-born poetess Imtiaz Dharker was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2014 for her latest poetry collection Over the Moon. The award recognizes Imtiaz Dharker life’s contribution to poetry. It will be presented to Dharker in 2015.

पाकिस्तान में जन्मी प्रसिद्ध कवयित्री इम्तिआज़ धारकर को उनके नवीनतम कविता संग्रह ओवर द मून के लिए क्वीन्स गोल्ड मेडल फॉर पोइट्री 2014 से सम्मानित किया गया है। यह पुरस्कार इम्तिआज़ धारकर को कविताओं के प्रति उनके जीवन के योगदान को मान्यता प्रदान करता है। यह पुरस्कार धारकर को 2015 में दिया जाएगा।

7. President Barack Obama has signed a massive annual defence policy bill which grants USD 1 billion to Pakistan for the expenses made by its army in support of the US military operations in war-torn Afghanistan. The National Defence Authorization Act for the fiscal year 2015, signed by Obama, sets overall defence spending at USD 578 billion which has provision for release of Coalition Support Fund amounting to USD 1 billion to Pakistan.

अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति बराक ओबामा ने प्रमुख रक्षा नीति विधेयक पर हस्ताक्षर कर दिए हैं। इसमें युद्धग्रस्त अफगानिस्तान में अमेरिकी सेनाओं की मदद में पाकिस्तान की सेना द्वारा किए गए खर्च के लिए पाकिस्तान को एक अरब डॉलर का अनुदान दिया गया है। राष्ट्रीय रक्षा प्राधिकरण कानून, वित्त वर्ष 2015 पर अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति ओबामा ने हस्ताक्षर कर दिए। रक्षा क्षेत्र के लिए अमेरिका का कुल बजट 578 अरब डॉलर है, जिसमें पाकिस्तान को गठबंधन सहायता कोष के तहत एक अरब डॉलर की राशि देने का प्रावधान है।

8. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was placed No 2, behind Chinese President Xi Jinping and German chancellor Angela Merkel was placed on the third place in a list of 30 top-performing world leaders by a Japanese market research firm, GMO Research.

जापान की एक मार्केट रिसर्च कंपनी, जीएमओ रिसर्च ने बेहतरीन काम करने वाले दुनिया के शीर्ष 30 नेताओं की एक सूची जारी की है, जिसमें प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को दूसरे पायदान पर रखा गया है। चीनी राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग इस सूची में पहले स्थान पर हैं। सूची में जर्मनी की चांसलर एंजेला मर्केल को तीसरे पायदान पर रखा गया है।

9. India tested an indigenously developed 1,000-kg glide bomb. The country can now launch heavy bombs for delivery up to 100 km away with high precision. The bomb designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was dropped by an Indian Air force aircraft in the Bay of Bengal off Odisha.

भारत ने स्वादेश में विकसित ग्लाइड बम का सफल परिक्षण किया। ये बम 100 किलोमीटर दूरी पर होने वाले अपने टारगेट को भी निशाना बना सकता है। रक्षा अनुसंधान एवं विकास संगठन (डीआरडीओ) द्वारा विकसित 1000 किलो के ग्लाइड बम का परीक्षण बंगाल की खाड़ी पर ओडिशा के तटीय क्षेत्र पर भारतीय वायुसेना के विमान की मदद से किया गया था।

10. Former world champion and double Commonwealth Games gold medalist Tejaswini Sawant of Maharashtra won both the individual and team titles in the women's 50m rifle prone event at the 58th National Shooting Championships.

पूर्व विश्व चैम्पियन और राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों की दोहरी स्वर्ण पदक विजेता महाराष्ट्र की तेजस्विनी सावंत ने 58वीं राष्ट्रीय निशानेबाजी चैम्पियनशिप में महिला 50 मीटर राइफल प्रोन स्पर्धा का व्यक्तिगत और टीम खिताब जीता।

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Anita Kapur Appointed As CBDT new Chairperson
Senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Anita Kapur has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the apex authority of the income tax department. Kapur, a 1978-batch officer of the income tax cadre, was till now serving as member (legislation and computerisation and income tax) in the CBDT. She took over the top charge after her appointment was made by the government as incumbent CBDT Chairman K.V. Chowdary retired on 31 October 2014.

Narendra Modi Named 15th Most Powerful World Leader
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his debut among the worlds most powerful people, ranked 15th on the Forbes list topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin who pipped his US counterpart Barack Obama for a second year in a row. The list of 72 most powerful people in the world has 12 newcomers on the list, including Modi and Egypt President Abdel el-Sisi.

Sachin Tendulkar Unveils His Autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’
Indian cricket legend and Member of Parliament Sachin Tendulkar launched his autobiography, Playing It My Way in Mumbai on 5 November. Earlier, Sachin gave first copy of the book to his mother Rajni, while at the launch he presented a copy to his mentor and childhood coach Ramakant Achrekar in the presence of his daughter Sara.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar Won ICC People’s Choice Award
India’s bowling all-rounder, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, has been named as the winner of the 2014 LG ICC People’s Choice award. He is the third Indian player to win the coveted prize and overall fourth cricketer to win this prize.

Mumbai Has Highest Number of Internet Users In India
According to the  Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) latest study report, Mumbai has the highest number of Internet users at about 16.4 million in the country which has over 243 million web users. Delhi was second with a user base of 12.1 million. The National Capital recorded the fastest year-on-year growth rate of 50 percent in Internet user base among top eight cities of the country.

Union Cabinet Approved Dissolution Of Delhi Assembly
The Union Cabinet on 4 November gave its approval to the proposal for dissolution of the Delhi Assembly. The approval will pave the way for holding of fresh Election in Delhi. Delhi has been under the President’s Rule since February 2014 following the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government’s resignation after 49 days in office.

Narinder Batra gets FIH President’s Award
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) gave its prestigious President’s Award to Hockey India (HI) President Narinder Batra on 4 November at Morocco. The President’s Awards were presented to Narinder Batra and Italian Valentina Quaranta for their lengthy and valuable services to the sports. Narinder Batra was recently included in the FIH Executive Board at 2014 Ordinary Congress of FIH.

One World Trade Center Opens For Business In New York
One World Trade Center, the 104-storey building at the same spot where the twin towers of World Trade Centre (WTC) fell down more than 13 years ago, was opened in New York. This building is constructed at a cost of $3.9 billion and is the tallest building in the United States.

Former PM Manmohan Singh Chosen For Japan’s Top National Award
Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will be awarded ‘The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers’, after becoming the first Indian to receive the rare honour. He has been chosen for one of Japan’s top national awards for his significant contribution to the enhancement of relations and promotion of friendship between Japan and India for about 35 years.

Lewis Hamilton Won F1 US Grand Prix
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton of UK won the US Formula One Grand Prix on 3 November.  Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton teammate Nico Rosberg (Germany) to take 24 point lead over him with just two races left in the season. Third spot was taken by Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) of Red Bull team.

Hasmukh Adhia Is New Financial Services Secretary
Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981 Gujarat cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as the new Financial Services Secretary by the union government on 3 November. Hasmukh Adhia replaces G S Sandhu, who was transferred as the new Chairman of National Authority for Chemical Weapon Convention (NACWC).

Veteran Bollywood Actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar Died
Veteran Bollywood actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar, who essayed villainous and comic roles with equal ease and gave powerful performances in Ardh Satya and Sadak, died in Mumbai on 3 November. Sadashiv Amrapurkar was born as Ganesh Kumar Narwode in Nasik in 1950 and later in 1974 he adopted the name Sadashiv. He was associated with Marathi stage before migrating to the world of Hindi and Marathi films. He received the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role in 1991 for Sadak — the first time the award was instituted.

Laser Drone Defence System Successfully Tested By China
China has successfully tested a homemade laser defense system specially targeting small-scale drones flying at low attitude.The machine is able to shoot down various small aircraft within a two-kilometer radius and can do so in five seconds after locating its target.

Legendary jazz clarinetist Acker Bilk Died
Acker Bilk, the legendary jazz musician and clarinet player, has died on 2 November in Bath, southwestern England. Born in Pensford in Somerset in 1929, Bilk tried a number of different careers before becoming a learned clarinet player. Born as Bernard Stanley Bilk, he changed his name to Acker after learning to play the clarinet in the Army.  He learned the clarinet as a bored army recruit stationed in Egypt after World War II. He formed his first band in Bristol after his demobilisation. Bilk was named as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2001 for services to music.

Central Zone Won 2014-15 Duleep Trophy
Central Zone won the 2014-15 Duleep Trophy title of cricket on 2 November by defeating South Zone in the finals played at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi with 9 runs. K Rahul was adjudged as the Man-of-the-match for his knocks of 185 and 130 in the final.

Alok Kumar Takes Over As Central Vigilance Commission Secretary
Senior IAS officer Alok Kumar has taken over as secretary of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), country’s top anti-corruption body. Alok Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, has also been entrusted with additional charge of Joint Secretary (Training) under the Ministry of Personnel till completion of his tenure or till posting of his successor. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC), headed by the Prime Minister, has also extended central deputation tenure of Kumar for three months beyond December 13, 2014.

Bangalore Renamed Bengaluru
Karnataka’s capital Bangalore on 1 November 2014 shed its colonial name to become Bengaluru along with 11 other cities across the state, renamed in the native Kannada language. The renaming of India’s tech hub and other cities coincided with Karnataka’s 59th formation day. The state government on 31 October 2014 notified that Bangalore and 11 other cities across the state will be pronounced and spelt in Kannada from 1 November 2014, following approval by the central government to rename them in the local language.  Other well-known cities like Mysore will be pronounced and spelt Mysuru, Mangalore as Mangaluru ; Belgaum as Belagavi ;  Bellary as Ballari ;  Hubli as Hubballi and Gulbarga in the state’s northern region as Kalaburgi.  The remaining five cities — Bijapur became Vijayapura ; Chikmagalur Chikkamagaluru ;  Hospet Hosapeta ;  Shimoga in Malnad region as Shivamogga and Tumkur Tumakuru.

CSIR Scientist Venkat Mohan Won Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
S Venkata Mohan, scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad has been awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize 2014 in Engineering Sciences. His contributions in generating wealth from waste leading to the establishment of a viable link between waste remediation, renewable energy and third generation biofuels, has been recognised.

Rajiv Mehrishi Took Over As New Economic Affairs Secretary
Rajiv Mehrishi took charge as Union Finance Secretary under the Union Ministry of Finance. He was appointed as Secretary of Economic Affairs of Finance. Rajiv Mehrishi succeeded Arvind Mayaram who was shifted to Ministry of Minority Affairs on 30 October 2014. Earlier on 16 October 2014 Arvind Subramaniam joined as the new Chief Economic Advisor.

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

SBI Life asked to pay Rs 84.31 crore
In an order issued by him, IRDA chairman T S Vijayan asked the company to distribute wrongful payments of Rs 84.31 crore to the members/beneficiaries of respective group insurance policies.

In October 2012, the IRDA had ordered SBI Life to distribute the wrongful payments made to some of its Master Policyholders.In June 2008, IRDA during an onsite inspection at SBI Life found that the company had paid Rs 204.71 crore to 14 Master Policyholders in contravention of its regulations.

In 2011, the regulator had levied on SBI Life a fine of Rs.70 lakh reserving its rights to take further action on the matter. And in 2012 the regulator ordered the life insurer to distribute Rs 84.31 crore to the members/beneficiaries of the respective group insurance policies.
LIC hikes stake in Tata Power
Life Insurance Corporation of india has hiked its stake in Tata Power to more than 12.6 percent by acquiring additional shares worth nearly Rs 427 crore over a period of four years.

The state-owned insurer snapped up additional shares over a period starting from August 19, 2010 to October 16, 2014, through "rights issue and open market".

During that period, LIC acquired 2.049 percent or more than 5.5 crore shares in Tata Power. These scrips have been valued at nearly Rs 427 crore, according to a regulatory filing today.

With the additional stake buy, LIC's shareholding in Tata Power has gone up to 12.633 percent, as per the filing made by the power producer.

Prior to these acquisitions, LIC held 10.584 percent stake in the company.

An integrated power company, Tata Power has an installed generation capacity of 8,613 MW in the country.

Shares of Tata Power gained nearly two percent to close at Rs 86.80 on the BSE.
SBI to carry on in UK despite crackdown on foreign banks























State Bank of India is determined to carry on retail banking operations in the UK despite a recent crackdown by the Bank of England on the operations of foreign-owned banks in the country.

SBI, which has been operating in the UK for 95 years, said it is prepared to set aside 100 million pounds in ring-fenced capital and restructure its operations if that is necessary to keep operating on the high streets.

Mrutyunjay Mahapatra, the UK head of the bank, told 'The Times' newspaper that the bank will keep serving retail customers in Britain as well as open new branches.

"Our intention is to continue to do business in the UK. We have been here for 95 years. We're too deep rooted here," he said.

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) of the Bank of England had recently issued an ultimatum to the British operations of foreign-owned banks taking deposits of more than 100 million pounds to restructure with their own ring-fenced capital or end retail operations.

SBI, which has over 900 million pounds of deposits in Britain, is among those affected.

Bank of Baroda, which has 10 branches in Britain, and Bank of India, with seven, could also be hit.

A consultation launched in February by the PRA, responsible for supervising individual banks, concluded in September.

Under the new rules, banks from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) must offer only minimal retail services.

Analysts suggest Isbank of Turkey and Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation of Singapore are also likely to be affected.

They would either have to shut down their retail banking operations in Britain or convert from branch status to full UK subsidiary - an expensive and cumbersome process.

The new rules mean it will be easier for wholesale foreign banks, which cater to other financial institutions and large corporations rather than retail customers, to open non-deposit taking branches which would not face size limits but are likely to make it very difficult for some retail bank branches to operate. 

Subsidiaries are subject to more complex clearances and branches, on the other hand, are part of a home office legal entity and do not require their own capital base in the UK or a separate board.

Therefore, mostly foreign banks prefer to operate as branches because subsidiaries are more expensive to run, requiring their own pools of capital and liquidity, as well as their own boards and legal entity, and have the routine extra cost of reporting to "host country" supervisors.

The new proposals are an attempt to strike a balance between welcoming foreign finance and protecting the UK from imported banking crises.

Britain also wants to avoid having to compensate savers with deposits at a failing foreign bank as it had to with Icesave accounts run by a branch of Icelandic bank Lands?banki, which collapsed in 2008 during the global financial crisis.
IBPS PO-IV 19 oct Morning Shift Questions























IBPS PO-IV 19 oct Morning Shift Questions
                    

Computer Question-
(1) Chip is also called- integrated circuits
(2) Full form of LAN
(3) Linux is a ...... software
(4) Data transfer from motherboard to other systems through?
(5) URL full form
(6) WAN full form

Maths Series-
(1) 10, 18, 34, 66, 130
(2) 20, 26.5, 56.5, 175, 705.5, 3533, 21203.
(3) 1,10,37,118,461,1090,3277
(4) 32,36,52,88,182,252

GA-
(1) Railway minister
(2) PMJDY
(3) Smart card issued by which bank
(4) Tag line of HDFC bank-
(5) Iran president-
(6) PKY full form-
(7) Singham Returns director-
(8) One question from sati pratha-
(9) Basic saving bank deposit account maximum credit amount in a year is-
(10) Revolution 2020 author-
(11) CBS Full form-
(12) Gold in 25 m pistol shooting to india-
(13) DIGCC insurance cover is beared by central govt
(14) cyrus mistry is the ceo of –TATA
(15) DNA full form
(16) Home rule moment leader-
(17) who cannot open savings account-
(18) one question from Bandhan Finance-
(19) Agaria Tribe from where- MP
(20) Mean of ‘S’ in CSDL-
(21) Mean of ‘C’ in ECB-
(22) Which country is in union nation but not has euro as currency-
(23) Banking ombudsman head-
(24) Tanjaniya is a capital of-
(25) Kakarpara is in which state-
(26) Non co operative bnks start up capital
(27) ATM transaction limit is start in which type of city opt r metro city like –
(28) Which of d following regulated by sebi
(29) commitee for establishing banking ombudsman
(30) Which one does not affect the validity of cheque-
(31) In ‘EWS’ E stand for-