Daily Current Affairs Updates of 31st August 2013

 Daily Current Affairs Updates of 31st August 2013

International Affairs

• Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today called for a Prime Minister-level summit between India and Pakistan saying it was crucial that the two countries resumed bilateral discussions.
• India announces Rs 5,000 crore aid for Bhutan as socio-economic development move.

National Affairs

• To boost tourism industry in the state, Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to start cable car service for the Shiv Khouri shrine in Reasi district.
• Sonia Gandhi launches Ahimsa Messenger program to address violence against Women and Children.'Ahimsa Messenger' programme would spread awareness to the grassroots about the legal rights of women and children.

Awards (important)

• The National Sports Awards were presented today to the country's top athletes and coaches with shooter Ronjan Sodhi getting the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna the country's highest sporting honour while cricketer Virat Kohli was among the Arjuna awardees.

 Sports

• India's Leander Paes, Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan, with their partners, to play Doubles second round matches of the US Open Tennis in New York today.
• India's Somdev Devvarman crashes out of US Open Tennis.

Economy

• The Reserve Bank today said it is not contemplating any proposal to buy idle gold and convert it into bullion.The RBI clarifies that no such proposal is under its consideration at this juncture.
• Sensex gains 219 points to close at 18,620; Rupee appreciates 85 paise.
• Petrol price has been hiked by 2 rupees 35 paise per litre, and diesel by 50 paise. This will come in to force by midnight tonight.

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UIIC AO Scale I Final Results (Interview Results) Out

 UIIC AO Scale I Final Results (Interview Results) Out

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Good News friends, the United India Insurance Company Ltd has announced the list of provisionally selected candidates for the Administrative Officers (Scale I) Posts. Earlier the organization has conducted an Online Test on 26th May 2013, Descriptive test on 23rd June 2013. Later it has conducted interviews to all the shortlisted candidates in the online and descriptive tests from 1st August to 24th August 2013. Now it has came out with the interview results. You can check your result below. All the Best.

Check the list of selected candidates for UIIC AO 2013 from here

Congratulations to all the selected Candidates :)

Thanks to Sakshi Vashistha for the update

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Current Affairs Daily Updates of August 30th

 Current Affairs Daily Updates of August 30th

International Events

• Germany's foreign minister ruled out his country's participation in a military strike in Syria after an apparent deadly poison gas attack.
• A fleet of satellites aimed dozens of receivers over Pakistan to collect "critical" information that prepared the ground for the US Navy SEALs raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
• Melbourne made it three years in a row as the world's most livable city, according to the 2013 Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Livability Survey.

National Events

• Air India’s first commercial Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight to Australia landed this morning with almost full capacity but without Indian politicians who were to mark the return of the carrier Down Under.
• Supreme Court issues notice to Karnataka government on Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's plea challenging removal of public prosecutor in DA case.
• Today Shale gas industry said India needs to build strong service and infrastructure capabilities, along with a favorable regulatory regime, that while addressing environmental and social concerns, can promote exploration and production activities.
• Arrested IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal brought to Delhi for interrogation.

Economy

• India's economic growth slumped to 4.4 percent during the quarter ended June 30,due to poor showing of manufacturing, mining and agriculture sectors, government data released today.

Appointments

• Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, appointed as the next Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

Awards

• Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for 2012/13 ahead of the usual contenders Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Deaths

• Seamus Heaney, Ireland's foremost poet who won the Nobel literature prize in 1995, has died after a half-century exploring the wild beauty of Ireland and the political torment within the nation's soul. He was 74.

Sports

• VR Raghunath and Mandeep Singh scored goal apiece as India reached the final of ninth Asia Cup after beating Malaysia 2-0 in the second semifinal.
• 64th National Junior Basketball Championship will start from September 1 in Cuttack, Odisha.

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August Month Daily Current Affairs Updates - 27-08-2013

 August Month Daily Current Affairs Updates - 27-08-2013

International Affairs

• Afghanistan President Karzai met Pakistan President Nawaj Sharif for the first time since his election in May in a bid to overcome a series of public rows that have hampered efforts to end 12 years of war in Afghanistan.
• Senior officials from Pakistan and China today discussed various aspects of multi-billion dollar economic corridor project that envisages the construction of a 200 km-long strategic tunnel through the rugged PoK region.

National Affairs

• Keen to get the investment cycle re-started, the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) has cleared three dozen projects envisaging an investment of Rs 1.83 lakh crore.
• In a move to create more jobs in the state West Bengal government is planning to give licenses for setting up distilleries and bottling plants.
• Rs 1,500 crore science research project to study atmospheric neutrinos in deep underground cave, taking shape at village near Madurai (TN).
• Over 300 gynaecologists, paediatricians and radiologistswould participate in a two-day 'Sujanan conference' on genetics and foetal medicine in Nasic.
• Prasar Bharati, the  India's largest public broadcaster will assist the Afghan government broadcaster - Radio and Television Afghanistan (RTA) to start a news channel in the war-ravaged country. It signed an MOU with RTV, Radio & Television of Afghanistan to enhance cooperation in Broadcasting..
• Haryana registers 85,000 beneficiaries of Priyadarshini Awaas Yojana, a scheme that gives financial aid of Rs 81,000 to construct houses Expand.

Business and Economy

• SEBI has decided to increase the penalty for those running unauthorised Collective Investment Schemes, as the existing mechanism has not proved to be sufficient to deter such illegal mobilisation of money.
• US-based pharmaceutical firm Mylan Inc’s Rs 5,168 crore proposal to acquire Indian generic drugs company Agila Specialties was cleared by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) today.
• State Bank of India on Tuesday said it may merge one of the five associate banks in the current fiscal.

 

Awards

• Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, an outspoken proponent of girls' education who survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year, has been awarded a top Dutch children's honor for her activism.

Science and Technology

• Japan on Tuesday canceled the launch of a new rocket it hopes will be a cheaper and more efficient way of putting satellites into space, saying it suffered a problem 19 seconds before it was supposed to blast off.
• International Aerospace Show MAKS’2013 is due to open in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow from today.
• NASA's Spitzer Telescope celebrates 10 years in space (it entered into space on 25th August 2003).
• Scientists have developed a novel patch with tiny, biodegradable needles that can penetrate the skin and accurately diagnose tuberculosis.

Sports

• Indian shuttler PV Sindhu beats world No.3 Germany's Juliane Schenk in Indian Badminton League.

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August Month Current Affairs - 28-08-2013

 August Month Current Affairs - 28-08-2013

International Affairs

• Women across Afghanistan risk being unable to vote in next year's presidential elections because of a severe shortage of women in the security forces.
• The US and its allies built their case for likely military action against the regime in war-torn Syria over alleged chemical weapons attacks, despite stern warnings from Russia.
• World's oldest-known female American wild black bear dies in US forest due to old age.she was 39 and a half years.

National Affairs

• Sonia Gandhi would lay the foundation stone of the 9-million tonne capacity oil refinery at Pachpadra town in Rajasthan's Barmer district next month.
• After passing the Food Bill, Lok Sabha will take up tomorrow another landmark legislation of the UPA - the Land Acquisition Bill - that seeks to provide "just and fair" compensation to families whose land has been acquired for industrial purposes.
• The flight-test of GSLV with indigenous cryogenic engine, called off ten days ago following a leak in the second stage of the rocket, is now expected to take place only in December.
• Goa government approves Beach Shack Policy debarring foreigners from managing or working at the restaurants on beaches.
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar  made an aerial survey of the flooded areas on the bank of the Ganga in Patna district and directed the officials make proper arrangements for relief and rescue operations in the affected areas.

Awards

• First Mahathir Award for Global Peace awarded to former South African President Nelson Mandela.Jacob Zuma accepts the award on his behalf.

Science and Technology

• Microsoft released the latest version of its operating system, Windows 8.1, to computer makers, moving a step closer to the final release of the software.

Economy

• The Reserve Bank today said its ombudsman section has received highest number of complaints against public sector lenders SBI and its associate  banks, followed by United Bank and UCO Bank in the last fiscal from the North Eastern region.
• Rupee closes at all-time low of 68.80, down 256 paise from yesterday.

Sports

• Usain Bolt is not worried about tarnishing his career by failing to retain his 100 and 200 metres Olympic titles in Rio de Janeiro in three years' time.

Read more daily current affairs updates from here 

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NICL Assistants Exam 2013 Results Out

 NICL Assistants Exam 2013 Results Out

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Good News Friends, The National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) has announced the results of its Assistants Exam which was held on 14th and 21st July 2013 are out. Earlier the NICL has announced notification for the recruitment of 2600 clerks post in four leading public sector general insurance companies (1. The New India Assurance Company Ltd, 2. Oriental Insurance Company Ltd, 3. United India Insurance Company Ltd, 4. National Insurance Company Ltd). Now it came out with results of that written exam. You can check state wise selected candidates list for Interview from below link. All the Best.

Check your  Results of NICL Assistants Exam from here

Congratulations to all the selected Candidates :)

Thanks to Kushi Verma, Yuga Padmaja Pasupuleti, Jaya Shankar V and Amit Mishra for the update

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Download your RBI Assistants Interview Call Letters Now

 Download your RBI Assistants Interview Call Letters Now

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made the Download link of RBI Assistants Interview Call Letters available now. Earlier the organization has conducted online exam for the recruitment of Assistants on 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th July 2013 and announced the results of the same on 13th August 2013. Now it has came out with the interview call letters. All the shortlisted candidates in the online exam can download their interview call letters from the below link. You should enter your Registration Number / Roll Number and Date of Birth / Password to download your call letter. All the Best.

Download your Call letter for RBI Assistants Interview from here

Thanks to Sakshi Vashistha for the update

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Daily Current Affairs - 29th August 2013

 Daily Current Affairs - 29th August 2013

National Affairs

• Goa Chief minister Manohar Parrikar announced a policy on Wednesday to regulate dumps of rejected iron ore, by charging a certain fee on the amount of land on which these have piled up for over two decades.
• The Government today said it has approved setting up of 22 additional special CBI courts in different parts of the country.
• Rebel poet Kazi Nazrul’s 37th death anniversary  observed today.
• After a decade of searches and mis-steps, Indian intelligence agencies finally nabbed Yasin Bhatkal, one of India's most wanted for several terror attacks and founder of the Indian Mujahideen (IM).
• A committee of newspaper editors, named Editors’ Committee (EC), has been formed in Manipur in the wake of pressures from different quarters on media houses and newspaper editors.
• The government is working to expand rail, road and air connectivity to northeastern region and projects for 14 new rail lines, four gauge conversion and two doubling projects have been taken up.
• The Planning Commission will soon seek the Cabinet's nod for remedial measures to address issues hampering implementation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in a bid to re-start the investment cycle.

International Affairs

• The North and South Koreas formally signed an agreement today forming a joint committee that will meet next week and is tasked with re-opening and running a joint industrial park shut down in April. 
• Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay will visit India for  6-day tour. This is his first official visit after becoming Prime Minister of Bhutan. Key bilateral issues like financial assistance for the Himalayan nation will be discussed.
• Today is the 55th birth anniversary of King of Pop Michael Jackson.

Business and Economy

• Reliance Industries and its partner BP Plc on Thursday won approval to invest USD 3.18 billion in R-Series gas field in the flagging KG-D6 block.
• Banking Ombudsman today announced that the Banking customers complaining about failed ATM transactions may be entitled to request for CCTV footage without any hassle, which will facilitate fast resolution of complaints.

Science and Technology

• Astronomers have discovered an 8.2-billion-year-old solar twin that offers a peek at how our Sun will look like in future.
• Bharti Airtel today announced that  it has successfully conducted field trial of a technology that provides cost-efficient 3G phone services using a communications satellite as a transmission line.

Deaths

• Vithura Baby, veteran Malayalam journalist and writer who closely followed political and cultural developments of Kerala for over five decades, passes away.

Sports

• National Sports Day is celebrated across the country today to commemorate the birth anniversary of the hocky legend who put India on the sporting map of the world, Major Dhyan Chand.
• India beat Bangladesh their final group game of AsiaCup to set up semi-final clash with Malaysia on Friday.
• India's top football tournament, I-League will kick off on September 21 with 14 teams in the fray, with a three-month gap provided for the IPL-style football league in January-March next year. 

Read more Daily Current Affairs updates from here 

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Major Financial Institutions of India - Short Notes

 Major Financial Institutions of India - Short Notes

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Financial institution is an establishment that focuses on dealing with financial transactions, such as investments, loans and deposits etc. In simple words we can say that the financial institution is an institution which provides financial services for its clients or members. Most financial institutions are regulated by the government. Almost all money related transactions, from depositing money to taking out loans and exchange currencies must be done through financial institutions. Almost all  financial institutions are regulated by the government. When it comes to india, The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) takes care of these financial institutions in most of the cases. Some of the financial institutions of India are RBI, Credit Rating Agencies, Commercial Banks, SEBI, Specialized Financial Institutions and Insurance Companies.

Now lets have a look at Indian Financial Institutions in Detail

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

As we have discussed a number of times in this blog, RBI is the central bank of India, which was established in 1st April 1935 accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. All of us know that it issues currency notes. Apart from this, It acts as the regulatory authority with regard to the functioning of the various commercial bank and the other financial institutions in India. It also formulates different rates and policies for the overall improvement of the banking sector.

Commercial Banks

Both public and private sector banks comes under this category. The commercial Banks are usually categorized into Scheduled Commercial Banks and Unscheduled Commercial Banks. So, we can divide commercial banks as under,

• Scheduled Commercial Banks : Those banks who have been listed under the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
• Public Sector Banks : Those banks in which majority of stake is held by the government. All nationalized banks (for which IBPS conducts common exam) and SBI comes under this category.
• Private Sector Banks : Those banks in which majority of stake is held by private indivisuals. Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank etc., comes under this category.
• Non scheduled commercial banks : The Banks which are not included in the Second Schedule of RBI Act 1934.

Credit Rating Agencies :

The main aim of Credit Rating Agencies is to assess the condition of the financial sector and to find out avenues for more improvement. CIBIL, Credit Environment India, CRISIL, SME Rating Agency of India, ICRA Ltd, High Mark Credit Information Services, Equifax and Experian are the examples of the Credit Rating Agencies of India.

Some of the services offered by Credit Rating Agencies are,

• Operation Up gradation
• Training to Employees
• Scrutinize New Projects and find out the weak sections in it
• Rate different sectors.

SEBI

The SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) is the regulator for the securities market in India. It was established in the year 1988 and given statutory powers on 12 April 1992 through the SEBI Act, 1992.

Specialized Financial Institutions

Specialized Financial Institutions in India make an important segment amongst all the financial institutions in India. The Indian financial institutions are governed under the regulations of both the state and central governments.
The governments on the other hand use them in structuring the planning and development of the country. The main target of Specialized Financial Institutions is to provide assistance to the different sectors and thereby cause overall development of the Indian economy.

Some of the Specialized Financial Institutions of India are

• Export-Import Bank Of India : It is the premier export finance institution of the country, established in 1982 under the Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981.
• Small Industries Development Bank of India : It is an independent financial institution aimed to aid the growth and development of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSME) in India. Set up on April 2, 1990
• National Housing Bank : It is a state owned bank and regulation authority in India, created on July 8, 1988[2] under section 6 of the National Housing Bank Act (1987).
• Board for Industrial & Financial Reconstruction : It is an agency of the government of India, part of the Department of Financial Services of the Ministry of Finance. It was established in 1987.

Insurance Companies

Insurance companies are the companies of rick management. They provide us the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another in exchange for payment. 

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August 25th 2013 - Current Affairs Updates International Affairs

 August 25th 2013 - Current Affairs Updates International Affairs

• US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameroon, after a telephonic conversation, said the significant use of chemical weapons against civilians by Syria's Assad regime would merit a "serious response" from the international community.

National Affairs

• Concerned over environmental impact of stainless steel pickling industries, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained such units from carrying out any manufacturing activity in the city without consent of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).
•  In the wake of the recent incident of 28 devotees being run over by a train in Khagaria district, the East Central Railway (ECR) has decided to launch an awareness drive to dissuade people from walking on the tracks.
• Haryana government has launched a 'Fortnight on Eye Donation' to intensify educational and motivational efforts which would encourage people in the state to come forward as donors.
• Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has distributed portfolios to the three newly inducted ministers after making a minor re-shuffle of departments in his ministry.

• Chandrasekhar Dubey (Rural development, Panchayati Raj, Labour, Employment and Training).
• Manan Malik (Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Disaster Management).
• Yogendra Sao (Agriculture and Housing)
• In a milestone in Indian studies, the English edition of 'Encyclopedia of Hinduism', a product of 25 years of relentless academic efforts by nearly 1000 scholars, will be unveiled on tomorrow (Monday, 26th August 2013).
• Bihar paid tribute to its former Chief Minister B.P. Mandal on his 95th birth anniversary.

Awards and Honors

• S P Yadav, who has played an active role in curbing illegal wildlife trade, has been conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Conservation Award, 2009.

Appointments

• Former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court B A Khan has been elected President of India chapter of SAARC Law

Deaths

• Odisha's Eminent Indian classical singer and music director, the noted vocalist of Jayadeva's 'Gita Govind', Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (80)  died of cardiac arrest today.
• Maldives Foreign Minister, Dr Abdul Samad Abdullah, passes away after brief illness. He is 67 years old.

Science and Technology

• Four school students of Delhi and Gurgaon have discovered two asteroids which will soon be listed in world's official minor body catalogue maintained by International Astronomical Union (Paris).
• NASA is making final preparations to launch a small car-sized robotic Moon probe next month in an attempt to answer prevailing questions about the lunar atmosphere.

Sports

• Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has lifted the women's doubles trophy at the WTA Open along with her new partner Jie Zheng at New Haven. It was her 3rd title of season & 17th overall title.
• The Indian Olympic Association to hold General Body Meeting to amend its constitution as directed by OC under blueprint prepared for India’s return to Olympic fold.
• The Indian under-23 team today lifted the ACC Emerging Trophy tournament after thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan by nine wickets in the final. (opener Lokesh Rahul - 93).
• India managed to retain their third spot among T20 teams while Virat Kohli has held on to his sixth spot in the ICC rankings for Twenty20 batsmen issued in Dubai today.

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Shortcut Methods in Quantitative Aptitude - Pdf Download

 Shortcut Methods in Quantitative Aptitude - Pdf Download

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Friends, here is the pdf file of 3 shortcut methods in Quantitative Aptitude shared by our friend Jisha G. Nair. In this file you can find the shortcut methods for Multiplying 2 digit numbers which are starting with the same digits, finding the Sum of powers of 2 and the finding the sum of first n odd numbers. We heartily thank her for her insightful work and we hope this will help you in making the aptitude problems easier. You can download the file from the below link. All the Best.

Download the Pdf file of Shortcut Methods in Quantitative Aptitude from here

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Download your Intelligence Bureau Assostant Central Intelligence Officers Exam - IB ACIO Admit Cards / Hall Tickets Now

 Download your Intelligence Bureau Assostant Central Intelligence Officers Exam - IB ACIO Admit Cards / Hall Tickets Now

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Friends, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has made the download link of IB ACIO Exam 2013 hall tickets available. On 15th July the organization has came out with the notification of 750 ACIO (Assistant Central Intelligence Officers) for Intelligence Bureau (check the detailed notification from here).  Now you can download your admit card for the same from the below mentioned link of MHA website. You should enter your Registration Number and Password in-order to download your Hall Ticket. If you forgot them you can download your hall ticket by entering your Date of Birth, First name and Mobile numbers (check details below). All the Best.

The exam will be held on 15th September 2013

Download IB ACIO Admit Card / Hall Ticket with your Registration Number and Password from here

Forgot your Registration Number ? You can download your Admit card from here by entering your Date of Birth, First name and Mobile number.  

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Daily Current Affairs Updates - 26th August 2013

 Daily Current Affairs Updates - 26th August 2013

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International Affairs

• Afghan President HamidKarzai to visit Pakistan to rebuild frayed bilateral ties and talks on resuscitating peace process with Taliban.
• Finland's Foreign Trade Minister AlexanderStubb to visitIndia in Oct to explore business opportunities to further boost bilateral ties.
• Indonesian clerics call for ban of Miss World pageant scheduled for next month, saying the exposure of skin by women in a competition violates Muslim teachings.

National Affairs

• The non-executive Chairman the National Spot Exchange (NSEL) Shankarlal Guru, has resigned saying some "bad people" have entered the crisis-ridden exchange and were responsible for its woes.
• Goa Handicraft, Rural & Small Scale Industries Development Corporation to subsidise 528 artisans to make eco-friendly Ganesh idols.
• Voting on UPA government's flagship programme, the Food Security Bill has begun in the Lok Sabha. In all likelihood the bill will be passed by the lower house of Parliament on Monday.
• State-run BSNL and the Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) are likely to sign a MoU by the end of this month for setting up mobile towers in states affected by naxal violence.
• Aiming to boost honey production in Assam by almost three-fold in the next five years and to imbibe apiculture expertise to farmers-cum-bee keepers, the State Government is gearing up to launch the ‘Chief Minister's Honey Bee Mission’.
•  The Rajya Sabha today passed a bill to amend marriage laws which seeks to provide for irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground for divorce, subject to certain safeguards to the wife and affected children.
• 39 medical colleges to be upgraded by HealthMinistry under Phase III of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.
• The Uttarakhand High Court today banned all construction within a radius of 200 metre of the rivers in the state.

Deaths :

• Julie Harris (87), one of Broadway’s most honored performers, whose roles ranged from the flamboyant Sally Bowles in “I Am a Camera” to the reclusive Emily Dickinson in “The Belle of Amherst,” died today.

Science & Technology

• Technology giant Google is planning to create a fleet of driverless 'robo-taxis' to pick up and drop off passengers.

Business and Economy

• The Reserve Bank will conduct open market operations to purchase government bonds worth Rs 8,000 crore on August 30 to ease liquidity in the market.

Sports

• US Open Begins Today

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SSC CGL Tier I Exam 2013 Results Out

 SSC CGL Tier I Exam 2013 Results Out

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Good News friends, the results of the SSC Combined Graduate Level (Tier - I) Examination, 2013 which was held on 21st April 2013 and 19th May 2013 are out. There are 12,12,429 candidates appeared for this exam in total. The organization has made 1,13,756 candidates qualified for the next leve (Tier II). You can check your results from below.

Category - wise Cutoff details of qualified candidates

• SC - 75.25 (18544 candidates qualified)
• ST - 70.25 (8735 candidates qualified) 
• OBC - 81.50 (46279 candidates qualified) 
• Ex-Service Man - 60.75 (5032 candidates qualified) 
• OH - 70.25 - (1865 candidates qualified) 
• HH - 30.00 (954 candidates qualified) 
• VH - 48.00 (1038 candidates qualified) 
• UR - 96.00 (31309 candidates qualified)    

Check your result of SSC CGL Tier I Exam of 2013 from here  

Download the detailed list of Write up / Cutoff marks from here 

Congratulations to all the selected candidates :) 

Thanks to Vivek Patidar, Sona Ahlawat, Sakshi Vashistha, Ravi Kanth Gupta, Varsha Gupta, Savita Mahla and Abhinav Chouhan for the update 

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August Month's Current Affairs Daily Updates - 24th August 2013

 August Month's Current Affairs Daily Updates - 24th August 2013

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International Affairs

• An elderly Muslim cleric in South Florida has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban.
• The UN chief today condemned the firing of rockets against Israel, urging all sides to exercise "maximum restraint," and cooperate with the UN force in Lebanon to prevent an escalation.
• Japanese PM Shinzo Abe leaves Tokyo for 4 country tour. Abe will visit Bahrain, Kuwait, Djibouti and Qatar.

National Affairs

• The nation today pays tribute to Rajguru, one of the greatest Indian revolutionary of modern India, on his 105th birth anniversary.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday inaugurated a swanky national media centre spread over a 1.95 acre plot on Raisina road here and equipped with latest technologies of information dissemination.
• International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has cautioned the countries across the world against withdrawal of stimulus or unconventional monetary policies (UMPs).
• The ministry of women and child development received 27 complaints of irregularities in distribution and management of supplementary nutrition programme under the Integrated Child Development Services scheme during the last one year.
• Innovation centers will be set up across the country to provide hands-on learning opportunity to school and college students.The main aim of these hubs would be to provide students of class 5th to 8th a hands-on learning environment, where they could de-construct, re-construct or re-purpose every day objects that they saw or used.
• A 6-day annual workshop on 'pharmacogenomics' will be held at JIPMER, Puducherry from 26th August 2013

New Appointments

• The recently retired judge of Madras high court, Justice KN Basha, has been appointed chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Tribunal (IPAB). (Old chairman of IPAB - Justice Prabha Sridevan)

Economy

• In the third set of action on banks for violating the Know Your Customer and anti-money laundering guidelines, RBI on Friday penalised six public sector banks

Sports

• Indian women grabbed seventh position by logging 30 points in the World Cadet Wrestling Championship World Wrestling Cadet Championship at Zrenjanin Sports Centre (Serbia) on 23 August, 2013.
• Spinner Akshar Patel did the star turn for India Under-23 as they fought their way back from a tough situation to set up a title clash with Pakistan after a 46-run win over United Arab Emirates in the semifinals of the ACC Emerging Teams Cup.
• Indonatia to host a two-day sumo tournament at the Senayan Sports Hall from Aug. 24 to 25. This is the first sumo tournament outside Japan.
• Pakistani criter Ahmed Shehzad hit the highest international Twenty20 score by a Pakistani to lead his country to a second win in two days over Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club today.

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RBI Officers Grade B Exam (Held on 24th August 2013) Review - Jisha G Nair

 RBI Officers Grade B Exam (Held on 24th August 2013) Review - Jisha G Nair

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Friends, here is the review of Today's (24-08-2013) RBI Grade B Officers Exam shared by our fried Jisha G Nair from Kerala. We thank her for her commendable work and we wish her great success in her exam. Read her review in her own words.

Hi friends,
I am one of the candidates who appeared for RBI Officers Grade-B Exam. The reporting time for morning session is 9.15am.But it is written that you have to report earlier. So, the actual reporting time is 8.30am.I reached the venue by 8 am. But, the exam started by 10 am only. The total time allocated is 130 minutes. Read the instructions carefully before entering into the exam hall. Now, about the exam, it was quite easy if you are prepared for an exam like SBI PO.

General Awareness
There were 80 questions.Only 5-10 were from current affairs, that too were simple like
1.Who is the governor of RBI ?
2.Who is the finance secretary ?
3.Who has won women’s singles of Roger’s cup tennis ?
Etc…
Rest all were ECONOMICS(as expected by a serious player).You must be strong in economics. Otherwise,you will get confused even if you read(2-3 times(Be careful about the time)).A candidate with a strong(or we can say just fine) economic base will easily sail through this section. There were questions from Union Budget(how much money for this & that…etc) .The about various accounts offered by bank etc..etc.

English
It was easy, except that comprehension passage is also from economics  :D…Synonyms and antonyms, you have to find for words from passage itself. There will be a bit problem, for question like obtaining conclusion from given passage. There were no high level grammar…or anything like that. Even an 8th standard student will do.

Quantitative Aptitude
DI questions were so simple except that you have to look carefully on the chart/graph given.It just involves taking value from chart/graph and subtracting or adding or finding average or percentage. So don’t skip this section.Another thing is that,they asked Radar Graph and chart in DI. Here I am giving an image(from internet) of radar graph,as some of you may not be familiar with it.

 There were just simplification questions(long ones,but you don’t need to calculate the actual value).Also there were questions from ratio & proportion, number series(quite simple,for eg.adding 17.60 with each no. but at a first look we will not even get a link between the numbers in the series,at last I just subtracted…:D….and all number series were like that only…:P),probability,time  and distance,problems on ages(high level) etc.Any one who prepared for IBPS can easily do those questions,but speed matters.

Reasoning
It was actually higher level reasoning except syllogisms (there were more than 5,but not 10,simple syllogism(3 statement) questions were there).Topics were input-output(as usual, not so difficult), assumptions, cause & effect,arguments,inference,blood relations,seating arrangement,inequalities, coding-decoding etc…all of higher level SBI PO level preparation  is required.

Paper was good for one who is prepared for SBI level exam and have a good grip of economics...All the best !

Read the review of Last week's (17th August 2013) from here 

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HWB Interview Experience - Ajeet Kumar

 HWB Interview Experience - Ajeet Kumar

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Friends, here is the Interview Experience of Technical Officers post in Heavy Water Board , Department of Atomic Energy shared by our friend Ajeet Kumar. We thank him for his support , we wish him great success in his interview and we hope this experience will help the fellow aspirants who are attending for this interview. Read his interview experience in his own words.

Name : Ajeet Kumar

Qualification : B.tech (Computer Science & Engineering)

Date of Interview : 16-08-2013

Venue of interview : Virkram Sarabhai Bhavan, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai

Name of the Organization : Heavy Water Board, Department of Atomic Energy, GoI

Name of the Post : Technical Officer C

Friends, My panel was very cooperating, when I entered in the interview hall, there are five panel members: 3 males and 2 females, they started to ask 1st question do know about Heavy Water and what is their uses…if know den explain….!!

After that, They asked me to write of five subject according to your area of interest….

• DBMS
• Software engg.
• Network
• Data structure
• OOPS/JAVA

After that they further told me to write more subjects…

• Principal of programming lang.
• Autometa
• Data Compression

Now the real interview begins-----------
1.    They provide a string   1* 01+0*  , draw NFA and DFA. ?
2.    What is Topology, which type of network and protocol is used..?
3.    Type of Data Structure, Differencaite b/w Lossless & Lossy in the context of Text/Image ?
4.    Explain the concept about Call by value, Call by Referenced via program..?
5.    Assume there is a Sorted Doubly Linked List, if a node is inserted in this list….writed an pseudo code/Algo..?
6.    Functions of OS, explain  difference b/w Realtime & Artificial Operating System..
Windows have which type of OS Quality ?
7.    “  (())(()(  “ check this string is balance or not ? for checking which type of data structure is best ?
ANS:   STACK,  operation for checking using concept like puch down autometa
        (-Push,  (-push,  )-pop,  )-pop ,  now stack empty
        (-Push,  (-push,  )-pop, (-push,  now stack have two opening “(“ hence provided string is Unbalanced.
8.    Which type of cable fastest data transfer using Internet…?
9.    I want to seach a particular book in library…which type of  DS is needed and explain via methodology ?
10.    Normalization, Schema diagram, concept about foreign key…!!
11.    They also check my GATE Score card, and impressed becoz my Score or percentile is well, scored 41.27 marks in GATE.

There are only 14 candidates appear in 16th August 2013 at the venue out of 50 nearly, my interview was happened in 50 mins approx,

So frnds my personal suggestion is prepare yourself  strong in area of interest…. Be confidant . All the Best.

If you have any queries, you can mail me at ajeetcs0003@gmail.com

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Daily Current Affairs Updates - 23rd August 2013

 Daily Current Affairs Updates - 23rd August 2013

International Affairs

• India and the United Kingdom have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together in the field of evidence-informed healthcare policy and practice.
• India and Iraq, which is second largest oil exporter to the country, today inked a key pact for conclusion of a 13-year-old contract for exploration of an Iraqi block estimated to hold 645 million barrels of in-place reserves under a broad-based energy cooperation agreement.
• Eyeing deeper economic ties with Sri Lanka, Pakistan today stressed the need for the early conclusion of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the two countries.
• In a surprise move, Microsoft on today announced that CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within 12 months. The company said the board of directors has already initiated the process to find a successor to Ballmer.

National Affairs

• Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar informed Rajya Sabha that due to lack of adequate storage infrastructure, fruits, grains and vegetables worth Rs 44,000 crore go waste every year.
• India and China are set to sign an agreement for cooperation in the road and transport sector when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits China in October.  
• The Centre rejects Maharashtra government's plea to ban Abhinav Bharat, the radical Hindutva outfit linked to saffron terror, on grounds of insufficient evidence of its "terror activities" over the last two-three years.

Sports

• Reigning champions Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa successfully defended their singles titles in the men's and women's section respectively in the 61st National Squash Championship.
• SaniaMirza touched another milestone in her career by reaching 25th doubles final at the WTA New Haven Open.

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August Month Current Affairs Updates (1st August to 22nd August 2013)

 August Month Current Affairs Updates (1st August to 22nd August 2013)

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Friends, here are the important Current Affairs updates occurred from August 1st to  August 22nd. From today onwards we will start posting regular daily current affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

1st AUGUST

• Sujatha singh On 1st August, 2013 was appointed as India's foreign secretary.59-year-old Sujatha Singh was earlier ambassador to Germany. She also served as high commissioner to Australia.

2nd  AUGUST

• India won four medals, including a gold, at the Asian Grand Prix Archery Championship which held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

3rd AUGUST

• Britain, Germany and France have joined the US and said they will close their embassies in Yemen on  for security problems and fears of an Al-Qaeda attack.
• For the first time reverse technology sharing between India and the US, an innovative Explosive Detection Kit developed by Indian scientists would be manufactured in America and sold globally. It is developed for quick detection and  identification of combinations of explosives.

4th AUGUST

• Bangalore has been ranked among the world’s eight largest technology innovation clusters in a global rating by Massachusetts Institute Technology Review.

5th AUGUST

• Pico Dragon, the Made-in-Vietnam micro satellite, was launched to the International Space Station ( ISS)  to prepare for a mission in space, state-run Vietnam News Agency reported on 4 August, 2013.

6th AUGUST

• August 6 was observed as  Organ Donation Day. On that day Various programs, activities and events are being organized throughout India to spread awareness among people about the importance of donation of organ.

7th AUGUST

• 7th August is the 72nd death anniversary of ‘Kabiguru’ Rabindranath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore, sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali poet, philosopher, artist, playwright, composer and novelist.
• The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it imposed a fine of about Rs 5.6 lakh on State Bank of India (SBI) for violation of currency chest norms.

8th AUGUST

• According to NASA Europa is the sixth nearest moon of Jupiter is the most likely to place in our solar system beyond Earth to have life.
• Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova topped the Forbes list of highest-paid female athletes for the ninth straight year

9th AUGUST

• The prominent scientist Vinod Prakash sharma receives Gujar Mal Modi Award for Innovative Science & Technology 2013 for his research in malaria,  control and prevention, including other vector borne diseases.
• On 9 August, 2013 Sudhakar Jayant won gold at world Masters weightlifting championships, that took place in Turin, Italy.

10th AUGUST

• YSR Congress President and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy tendered his resignation from the Lok Sabha membership, protesting the manner in which the Congress party sought to divide Andhra Pradesh.

11th AUGUST

• Subramanian Swamy on Sunday announced the merger of his Janata Party with BJP ahead of the 2014 general elections.

12th AUGUST

• The government of West Bengal  planned to launch priject "Sishu Sathi" on August 21 for free cardic surgery of children irrespective of their financial status.
• India on 12 August 2013 launched its first ever indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi.
• Every year on 12 August,2013 is observed as International Youth Day.It mainly focuses on the issue of Youth miigration.

13th AUGUST

• 13 August, 2013 is the 77th death anniversary of freedom fighter Bhikaji Cama.She was prominent amongst those who all sacrificed their lifes for freedom. Bhikaji  was considered as the mother of Indian Revolution.
• Shooter ronjan sodhi picked for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.Cricketer Virat Kohli and rising batminton PV Sindhu recommended for Arjuna Award.
• Former Prime Minister Keita wins Mali election as opponent admitted defeat.

14th AUGUST

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Centre signed an agreement in New Delhi on 12 August for US $300 million additional loan to upgrade 254 kilometres of deteriorated highways in northern and southern Bihar.
• Ireland's Robert Heffernan won the 50 kilometres walk title at the Athletics World Championships being held in Moscow.

15th AUGUST

• India and China to hold next round of Strategic Dialogue in Delhi to discuss issues of waters and border attacks by Chinese troops.
• In a recent survey conducted by the Airport Council International,Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) of Ahmedabad stood first in terms of passenger satisfaction.
• The World Bank has signed an agreement with the Indian government to provide a USD 100 million loan to help low-income families secure housing loans.
• India celebrated its 67th Independence Day on 15th August with utmost fervor.
• According to latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on 15 August, 2013 P V Sindhu reaches career-best ranking of 10 for the first time , Nehwal stays Fourth.

16th AUGUST

• Paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad has finished seventh in the 100m breastroke finals at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Montreal, Canada.
• Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Republic of Chad Moussa Faki Mahamat, made an official visit to India on 12-13 August 2013. Moussa Faki Mahamat meeted Salman Khurshid, external affairs of India during his visit.The main objective of the visit is increasing bilateral cooperation between the India and Chad.
• Former Bengal all-rounder Cricketer and Coach Kalyan Mitter passed away on 16 August 2013 in Kolkata. He was 79.
• UNICEF will conduct a nationwide survey on child trafficking in India.

17th AUGUST

• Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the 14th IAAF World Championships on 17 August, 2013 when he led Jamaica to the gold in the 4 x100 metres relay.

18th AUGUST

• Government plans to set up about 25 branches of the proposed public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank, India's first all women bank, by the end of this fiscal.
• Sikkim becomes the only state  to increase forest cover in the past two decades.

19th AUGUST

• The Indian space agency on 19 August,2013 the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-D5) carrying GSAT-14 has been put "on hold" due to a leak in the second-stage engine.
• Victoria Azarenka defeated former World No.1 Serena Williams to win her first Western and Southern Open tennis .title.

20th AUGUST

• The spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, General Guide Mohammed Badie, has been arrested in Cairo according to Egypt authorities.
• 21st round of Bhutan-China border talks to be held on August 22.
• Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Divas is being observed on 20 August, 2013 on the 69th birth anniversary of the former prime minister.
• Government suspended manufacture for sale and distribution of Anti-Diabetic Drug Pioglitazone, formulations containing Pioglitazone for human use.
• China bans more New Zealand dairy products after discovering excesssive nitrate.

21st AUGUST

• Geological Survey of India to declare a marine fossil site in Ariyalur district of TamilNadu as a 'National Geological Monument.
• Market regulator SEBI has allowed mutual funds to trade directly on debt platforms of recognised stock exchanges.
• Himachal Pradesh third largest telephone consumer in India, says BSNL.
• Veteran leader Robert Mugabe was sworn in as Zimbabwe's president for another five-year term on 21 August, 2013.

22nd AUGUST

• The Haryana government to implement 'Mukhyamantri Nishulk Chikitsa Yojana' to provide all types of surgeries free of cost at general hospitals  of the state.
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on 22 August imposed a penalty of 3.10 crore rupees on Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance for violation of various norms, including those related to early-death claims and group insurance.

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You can Check your SBI PO 2013 Exam Marks Now

 You can Check your SBI PO 2013 Exam Marks Now

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Good News Friends, the State Bank of India (SBI) has released the Marks Lists of all the candidates who have cleared the written examination (held on 28th April 2013) and Group Discussions,  Interviews (held in July 2013). The bank has announced the results of SBI PO on 6th August 2013. Now it has came out with the marks list of selected candidates. The candidates have to enter their Roll Number and Date of Birth (or) Registration Number and Date of Birth to check their Marks. All the Best. 

Check your Marks of SBI PO 2013 exam from here

Thanks to Lakshmi Theja Ragi and GS Banu Chandraw for the update

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Repco bank Recruitment of Assistant managers / Managers 2013

 Repco bank Recruitment of Assistant managers / Managers 2013

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Repco Bank,  a fast growing organization set up by the Government of India, having branches in all the four southern States and UT of Puducherry is inviting applications for filling up the post of Assistant Managers - IT and Managers - IT . Last date for the receipt of the applications is 31st August 2013.

Vacancy Details :

• Assistant Managers IT - 5 Posts
• Managers IT - 3 Posts
  

Eligibility Criteria (as on 31st July 2013)

• Age :
• Asst Managers : Minimum 23 years, Maximum 30 years
• Managers : Minimum 25 years, Maximum 40 years
• Educational Qualifications :
• BE / B Tech (4 Year Full Time Degree Course) with minimum 60 % marks in Computer Science/ Information Technology / Electronics & Telecommunication / Electronics &
  Communication / Electronics & Instrumentation or 
• MCA / DOEACC B level or Post Graduate in Computer Science/ Information Technology /
  Electronics & Tele Communications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation with minimum 60% marks from a recognized University / Institute recognized by Govt. Of India

Note : Experience Required to Apply for these posts

Check more details regarding experience and application process from here

Download Application from here

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Andhra Bank PGDBF Programme 2013-14 Details

 Andhra Bank PGDBF Programme 2013-14 Details

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Andhra Bank, one of the leading Nationalized Banks of India with its head office situated in Hyderabad, has entered into an MOU with Manipal Global Education Services, Bangalore and inviting online applications for the Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance (PGDBF) Programme 2013-14. You can apply online from 21st August to 31st August 2013. Check remaining details below.

Purpose of the Programme : To provide training in Banking and Finance to prospective candidates aspiring to join Andhra Bank as Probationary Officers so that they are fully equipped to discharge their duties effectively from day one of joining the services of the bank 

Who are Eligible ? The Candidates who cleared both the CWE (held on 17-06-2013) and Common Interviews (held in January 2013) conducted by IBPS for PO/MT - II and who have not yet been allotted to any bank.

Number of Vacancies :

• General - 75
• OBC - 40
• SC - 22
• ST - 13
• Total - 150

Age : Minimum 21 years, Maximum 29 years

Educational Qualification : Graduation from any recognized university.

Application Fee :

• Rs. 100/- for General and OBC
• Rs. 25/- for SC / ST / PWD / EXS Candidates

Check detailed notification and course details of Andhra Bank PGDBF Probramme 2013-14 from here

Download challan from here

Apply Online from here

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Current Affairs Updates - 12th to 31st July 2013

 Current Affairs Updates - 12th to 31st July 2013

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Friends, as all of you know, we used to post Daily Current Affairs updates in Gr8AmbitionZ. But unfortunately by being busy with other posts we have stopped updating Daily Current affairs from 12th July. As the exams are approaching, people have been requesting us to restart the posts. So, we have decided to make time and give regular updates on Daily Current Affairs, irrespective of our other tasks... So, from tomorrow you will get regular updates. But before going to do that, we just want to give a mash up of the days we missed (from 12th July to 21st August 2013). So here are the important current affairs of July month which we missed (12th to 31st July). In our next post we will cover all the missed current affairs of August 1st to 20th followed by the regular updates from 21st August 2013. Hope it helps. All the Best.

12 JULY

• Legendary Bollywood actor Pran died on 12 July, 2013 at the age of 93.His full name was Pran Kishan Sikand.He was given the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian cinema in 2012.He did more than 350 movies.

13 JULY

• China on 13 July, 2013 cancelled the construction of a six billion dollar nuclear processing plant in Guangdong province apparenly due to public concers over it's safety.The planned industrial park, with a designed capacity of 1,000 tonnes of uranium in 2020, was to feature facilities for uranium conversion, enrichment and manufacturing of nuclear fuel equipment.This is the first nuclear project cancelled by China.

14 JULY

• Indian Grandmaster and former Abhiji Gupta won the 19th Commonwealth chess championship by garnering nine points from 11 rounds at Port Elizabeth in South Africa.
• Phil Mickelson won a thrilling sudden-death play-off against South Africa's Branden Grace to win the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart in Inverness in Northern Scotland.

15 JULY

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 July, 2013 imposed fines of around Rs 49.5 crore on 22 private and public sector banks including SBI, PNB and Yes Bank for violating KYC/anti-money laundering norms. It also gave cautionary letters to seven including Citibank and Stanchart following an expose made by an online portal.

16 JULY

• The Union Government of India on 16 July, 2013 raised the FDI limit in Telecom Sector from 74 percent to 100 percent.

17 JULY

• Union Cabinet of India on 17 July 2013 gave its approval to rename the Bengaluru International Airport as Kempegowda International Airport to fulfil the long-pending demand of the people of Karnataka.

18 JULY

• 18 July was observed across the world as Nelson Mandela International Day to earmark freedom, justice and democracy.

19 JULY

• The ministry of Environment and Forests gave green clearance for an international airport in north Kerala's Kannur district on 19 July, 2013.Kerala today has three international airports at Kozhikode, Kochi and capital Thiruvananthapuram.Kannur airport will be constructed at Keezhallur and Pazhassi Panchayat in Thalassery.
• UNESCO announced on 19 July, 2013 to name South Korean city of Incheon as the World Book Capital for the year 2015.Incheon comes as the 15th city to be crowned with “World Book Capital”, after Bangkok in 2013 and Port Harcourt in 2014.
• Australian spin legend  Shane Warne was inducted into the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Hall of Fame.Shane Warne is the 69th male member of the Hall of Fame and the 18th from Australia.

20 JULY

• Former Union minister Khurshed Alam Khan, father of external affairs minister Salman Khurshid, passed away on 20 July,2013. He was 95.

21 JULY

• India bagged a Gold medal in the Women's Recurve Team event at the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Medellin Colombia.

22 JULY

• Olympian judo player, Manipur's L Brojeshori Devi of Central Reserve Police Force, passed away at Coimbatore.She was 32.Brojeshori was in CRPF Training Centre in Coimbatore since last two months on a Departmental Promotion Training Program.UPA’s special development plan for 82 naxal-affected districts has decreased violence related to left-wing extremism, latest government data shows.

23 JULY

• If you pollute the Yamuna or dump debris on the river bank, get ready to pay.The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench headed by Swatanter Kumar on 22 July 2013 invoked the Polluter Pays Principle to deal with the problem of pollution and dumping of debris on the Yamuna bank.

24 JULY

• Poverty Ratio in India declined to 21.9 percent in 2011-12 from 37.2 percent measured in 2004-05 on the basis of the increase in per capita consumption. The Planning Commission of India on 23 July 2013 released its report on the Poverty Estimates for 2011-12.
• India’s K. Jennitha Anto became the World chess champion for the disabled after winning the 13th IPCA World women’s individual championship in Velke Losiny, Czech Republic.

25 JULY 

• President Obama, in his first punitive response to the ouster of Mohamed Morsi as president of Egypt, has halted the delivery of four F-16 fighter planes to the Egyptian Air Force.

26 JULY

• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in Ecuadorian embassy in London for more than a year, on 26 July, 2013  launched his political party in Australia to contest the general elections later this year.

27 JULY

• Himachel Pradesh state government launched video chat facility in all six prisons of the state .The video conference facility, first of its kind in the country, it helps  to connect prisoners with their family and friends online.Even foreigners can avail this facility.
• Celebrated biologist Obaid Siddiqi, a scientist nonpareil whose pioneering work shed light on how taste and smell are detected and coded in brain, died following a road accident.

28 JULY

• The Saudi Arabian government awarded $22.5 billion in contracts to three foreign-led consortia on 28 July,2013 for the design and construction of a metro rail system in the capital Riyadh.
• Guiness world record holder Jagdish Raj passes away on 28 July, 2013.He was 85 years of age. (He played police officer in 144 times in various movies).

29 JULY

• If you thought silicon-based transistors were fast, try making electrical switches out of magnetite. Researchers at U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory recently demonstrated electrical switching "thousands of times faster than in transistors now in use" using the naturally magnetic mineral. This scientific finding will enable faster, more powerful computing devices.

30 JULY

• Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan will be conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Sadbhavna award for 2013.The award will be presented to Khan on late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's birthday Aug 20.Khan received the Padma Shri in 1975, the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001.

31 JULY

• Amid tight liquidity conditions, YES Bank on 31 July,2013 announced a hike in lending and deposit rates. It is the first bank to hike lending rates after the Reserve Bank of India announced measures to tighten liquidity on July 15.
• According to Forbes list which is released on 30 July, 2013 Angelina Jolie beat younger rivals Jennifer Lawrence and Kristen Stewart to be crowned this year’s Hollywood's highest paid actress.Forbes estimates Jolie earned a staggering $33 million over the last 12 months.

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