ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule / Timetable Out

The InternationalCricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule of ICC World Cup 2015 at the official launch of the tournament on Tuesday (30th July 2013). This tournament will be held from 14th February 2015 to 29th March 2015 in Australia and New Zealand. 14 teams will be seen in action over 44 days and 49 matches.

All the teams are divided in two pools: Pool A and Pool B.

Pool A	Pool B
England	India
Australia	Pakistan
Sri Lanka	South Africa
Bangladesh	West Indies
New Zealand	Zimbabwe
Qualifier 2	Ireland
Qualifier 3	Qualifier 4

Important Points to Note :

• The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup
• Melbourne and Sydney will host the maximum number of matches for a venue (five each)
• A total of 49 matches will be played in the 44-day tournament across 14 venues in the two countries.
• The final of the tournament will take place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• India won the 2011 edition of the World Cup after a gap of 28 years.
• India will launch their title defence against traditional rivals Pakistan in Adelaide on February 15

Important Names to Remember :

• ICC President - Alan Isaac
• ICC Chief Executive - David Richardson
• Chief Executive of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Local Organizing Committee - John Harnden

Complete Schedule of ICC World Cup 2015 

MATCH NO.	DATE	DAY	MATCH	POOL	VENUE
1	14-Feb	Saturday	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	A	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
2	14-Feb	Saturday	England vs Australia	A	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
3	15-Feb	Sunday	South Africa vs Zimbabwe	B	Seddon Park, Hamilton
4	15-Feb	Sunday	India vs Pakistan	B	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
5	16-Feb	Monday	West Indies vs Ireland	B	Saxton Oval, Nelson
6	17-Feb	Tuesday	New Zealand vs Qualifier 3	A	University Oval, Dunedin
7	18-Feb	Wednesday	Bangladesh vs Qualifier 2	A	Manuka Oval, Canberra
8	19-Feb	Thursday	Zimbabwe vs Qualifier 4	B	Saxton Oval, Nelson
9	20-Feb	Friday	England vs New Zealand	A	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
10	21-Feb	Saturday	Pakistan vs West Indies	B	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
11	21-Feb	Saturday	Australia vs Bangladesh	A	The Gabba, Brisbane
12	22-Feb	Sunday	Sri Lanka vs Qualifier 2	A	University Oval, Dunedin
13	22-Feb	Sunday	South Africa vs India	B	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
14	23-Feb	Monday	England vs Qualifier 3	A	Hagley Oval, Christchurch
15	24-Feb	Tuesday	West Indies vs Zimbabwe	B	Manuka Oval, Canberra
16	25-Feb	Wednesday	Ireland vs Quallifier 4	B	The Gabba, Brisbane
17	26-Feb	Thursday	Qualifier 2 vs Qualifier 3	A	University Oval, Dunedin
18	26-Feb	Thursday	Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh	A	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
19	27-Feb	Friday	South Africa vs West Indies	B	Sydney Cricket Ground
20	28-Feb	Saturday	Australia vs New Zealand	A	Eden Park, Auckland
21	28-Feb	Saturday	India vs Qualifier 4	B	WACA, Perth
22	1-Mar	Sunday	England vs Sri Lanka	A	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
23	1-Mar	Sunday	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	B	The Gabba, Brisbane
24	3-Mar	Tuesday	South Africa vs Ireland	B	Manuka Oval, Canberra
25	4-Mar	Wednesday	Pakistan vs Qualifier 4	B	McLean Park, Napier
26	4-Mar	Wednesday	Australia vs Qualifier 2	A	WACA, Perth
27	5-Mar	Thursday	Bangladesh vs Qualifier 3	A	Saxton Oval, Nelson
28	6-Mar	Friday	India vs West Indies	B	WACA, Perth
29	7-Mar	Saturday	South Africa vs Pakistan	B	Eden Park, Auckland
30	7-Mar	Saturday	Zimbabwe vs Ireland	B	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
31	8-Mar	Sunday	New Zealand vs Qualifier 2	A	McLean Park, Napier
32	8-Mar	Sunday	Australia vs Sri Lanka	A	Sydney Cricket Ground
33	9-Mar	Monday	England vs Bangladesh	A	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
34	10-Mar	Tuesday	India vs Ireland	B	Seddon Park, Hamilton
35	11-Mar	Wednesday	Sri lanka vs Qualifier 3	A	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
36	12-Mar	Thursday	South Africa vs Qualifier 4	B	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
37	13-Mar	Friday	Bangladesh vs New Zealand	A	Seddon Park, Hamilton
38	13-Mar	Friday	England vs Qualifier 2	A	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
39	14-Mar	Saturday	India vs Zimbabwe	B	Eden Park, Auckland
40	14-Mar	Saturday	Australia vs Qualifier 3	A	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
41	15-Mar	Sunday	West Indies vs Qualifier 4	B	McLean Park, Napier
42	15-Mar	Sunday	Pakistan vs Ireland	B	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	Quarter-finals
43	18-Mar	Wednesday	QF1		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
44	19-Mar	Thursday	QF2		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
45	20-Mar	Friday	QF3		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
46	21-Mar	Saturday	QF4		Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
	Semi-finals
47	24-Mar	Tuesday	SF1		Eden Park, Auckland
48	26-Mar	Thursday	SF 2		Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
	Final
49	29-Mar	Sunday	Final		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

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 Telangana - The 29th State of India

The UPA Government on Tuesday (30th July 2013) accepted the demand for a separate state. It decided to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh to create a separate state of Telangana. The new state Telangana will be the 29th state of India comprising 10 districts with plenty of water and some other natural resources in a backward region lacking development that was at the main reason for the separate state demand. The present capital of the Andhra Pradesh state Hyderabad will remain the common capital of the splintered states for 10 years. With a population of over 3.5 crore, the new state will have 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 assembly seats. The new Telangana state would comprise the 10 districts of Hyderabad, Medak, Adilabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Rangareddy and Warangal. The formation of Telangana will take some time but the bill to create the new state is expected to reach parliament in next 4-5 months, probably in winter session. Granting Telangana statehood could prompt similar demands from regions such as Gorkhaland in West Bengal, Harit Pradesh in Uttar Pradesh, Vidarbha in Maharashtra and Maru Pradesh in Rajasthan.

Important Points to Remember about the Telangana State :

• Area - 114,840 km2 (44,340 sq mi)
• Population - 3,51,93,978
• 29th state of Independent India
• Comprises 10 districts : 
• Hyderabad, 
• Adilabad, 
• Khammam, 
• Karimnagar, 
• Mahbubnagar, 
• Medak, 
• Nalgonda, 
• Nizamabad, 
• Rangareddy and 
• Warangal.

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  Highlights of First Quarter Review of RBI Monetary Policy 2013-14 dated 30th July 2013

In a meeting with the chief executives of major scheduled commercial banks on Tuesday 30th July 2013 at the Central Office, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, the Governor of RBI Dr. D. Subbarao has announced the First Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14. Check the highlights below. 

Here are highlights of RBI's first-quarter monetary policy review :

• Repo rate unchanged at 7.25%. 
• The Reverse Repo Rate stood at 6.25% 
• Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) and Bank Rate stood at 10.25%
• Cash reserve ratio too unchanged at 4 percent
• Cuts GDP forecast for FY'14 to 5.5 percent from 5.7 percent earlier
• Next mid-quarter review of policy on September 18; second quarter policy review on October 29.
• This is RBI Governor D Subbarao's last policy before expiry of his five year term.

You can download the pdf file of RBI Monetary Policy 2013-14 first quarter review from here

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 Computer Hardware Basics

Friends, in our last post we have learnt about the basic parts of computer system. In this post we shall discuss about Computer Hardware. As all of us know, the Hardware refers to the physical components of a computer system. In simple words the hardware is the parts of the computer, which people can see, feel and touch. All computer require the following hardware components to perform. 

1. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
2. Memory
3. Input and Output Devices
4. Storage

In addition to the above mentioned components, there are many other inner components which make the basic components work together in an efficient way. Examples of those inner components are Mother board, several electronic boards (cards) and slots, bus, a maze of wires and cables etc. Apart from these devices communication and network devices allow the computer to communicate with other devices. Common common communication devices are modems and Ethernet cards. 

How these hardware components coordinate with each other to make computer work ?

The computer cannot collect the data on its own. As the users of computer, its our responsibility to supply the data to the computer through an Input Device (keyboard, mouse, voice recorder etc). The Input Device receives the data in the form of instructions from users. This received data is either processed by CPU (you can also call it as a processor) or stored in memory for further reference. The instructions stored in memory determines the processing operations. The results of processed operations are either stored in the memory / storage devices or sent to connected Output Devices. The data transfers are determined by software instructions which identify the devices involved. The control unit, a part of CPU, controls and coordinates all these activities. You can check the images of these hardware parts below. We shall discuss the functionalities of these components in detail in our next post. Happy Reading :)

Basic Computer Hardware :

Inner Hardware Components of CPU

Inner Parts of Monitor :

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 Karnataka Bank Officers (Scale I) Selected Candidates List Out

Good News friends, The Karnataka Bank Ltd has announced the list of Selected Candidates for the posts of Officers (Scale I). Earlier the bank has conducted Online Recruitment exam on 21st April 2013 and conducted interviews for the same on 9th and 25th July 2013. Now it came up with the final results. The bank has also released the waiting list too, this waiting list will be valid upto 31st March 2013. You can check your result below. All the Best :)

Download results of Karnataka Bank Officers (Scale I) Recruitment 2013 from here

Thanks to Bala Ganesh for the update

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 Numerical Ability - What to Prepare ?

After the announcement of IBPS notifications for various exams we've got more than 60 queries asking the difference between Quantitative Aptitude and Numerical Ability. This is because they've mentioned Quantitative Aptitude in PO's notification but they've asked for Numerical Ability in Clerical (RRB's) notification. So in this post we shall discuss about what the Numerical Ability is and what should we prepare for this section. 

What is Numerical Ability ?

The word Numerical Ability is derived from the word Numeracy, which meant the ability to apply simple numerical concepts. So we can define the Numerical Ability as the ability to solve numerical problems using the four fundamental rules of arithmetic. Those are

1. Addition
2. Subtraction
3. Multiplication and
4. Division

So, the main focus of this section is to check the candidate's ability of calculating basic mathematical problems in less time (calculation based). Where as in Quantitative Aptitude they will check the candidate's ability of applying his / her own logic to solve the given problems (formula based).

Important Note : But now a days they are using the terms Numerical Ability and Quantitative Aptitude almost  interchangeably.

What to Prepare for Numerical Ability Section ?

• We have already made a list of basic Numerical Ability shortcut techniques. Have a look,
• Techniques to Improve Calculation Speed
• Additions Shortcuts
• Subtractions Shortcuts
• Shortcuts in Multiplications (Simple Tricks)
• Shortcuts in Multiplications (Base Method)
• Shortcuts in Divisions 
• Decimals
• Divisibility Rules
• Comparisons of Fractions 
• LCM and HCF
• BODMAS
• Average
• Shortcut for Finding Squares 
• Another Shortcut Method for finding Squares 
• Speed Maths Shortcuts - Pdf file
• Squares, Square Roots and Cube Roots Pdf File
• Mathematical Tables in MP3 format
• Trachtenberg Speed Maths - Pdf Version

Is it enough to prepare above mentioned topics for Numerical Ability ?

NO, The main focus will be on above mentioned topics. You can score 30 to 35 marks from the above mentioned topics. For remaining 15 to 20 marks they are asking basic conceptual problems like profit & loss, Time and Distance etc.... So you should get the basic knowledge of following concepts too,

• Time and Work
• Time and Distance
• Ratio and Proportions
• Mixture and Allegation
• Number Systems / Series
• Profit and Loss
• Simple Interest and Compound Interest
• Probability
• Partnership

That's all for now friends. Hope this post helps you in your preparation. Happy Reading :)

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Short-notes on Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006 - Banking Awareness for IBPS Bank Exam

 Short-notes on Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006 - Banking Awareness for IBPS Bank Exams

Friends, here is another post related to Banking Awareness which will be helpful for your upcoming IBPS Banking Exams. In this post we shall discuss about Banking Ombudsman Scheme which enables the resolution of complaints of customers of banks relating to certain services rendered by the banks. 

Banking Ombudsman : An ombudsman is a senior official appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with a significant degree of independence, who investigates complaints of normal people for violation of Services of the bank. In simple words, if you are not satisfied with the bank's services, then you can go to Ombudsman and file a complaint against the bank. There are fifteen Banking Ombudsmen have been appointed with their offices located mostly in state capitals as of now. 

Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006 : The Banking Ombudsman scheme was introduced in the year 2006 to receive and deal with the public complaints against the banks of deficiencies in specified types of services. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introduced this scheme under BR Acti 1949. The Banking Ombudsman is headed in the rank of Chief General Manager. Appointed by RBI to be known as Ombudsmen. The scheme facilitates to improve the customer service, help the customers to aware of their rights. 

The customer can give his complaint to the Branch Manager and it should be responded by the Branch Manager and it should be responded by the Branch Manager with in 30 days, if not the customer can file the complaint before Banking Ombudsman. 

Amendments :

• In the year May 2007, the RBI has amended the Banking Ombudsman Scheme to enable the customers to appeal against the Banking Ombudsman's decision. Before the scheme was amended, the bank customers could appeal only against the awards given by the Banking Ombudsman. The appellate authority for the Banking Ombudsman Scheme is the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
• The RBI has amended the scheme again on 3rd February 2009, to include deficiencies arising out of internet banking. According to this new amended scheme, a customer would also be able to lodge a complaint against the bank for its non-adherence to the provisions of the fair practices code for lenders or the Code of Bank's Commitment to Customers issued by the Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI). 
• In 4th January 2013 the RBI has set up a working group to evaluate and make improvements in this scheme.

That's all for now friends. In our next post we shall discuss about the types of complaints we can lodge to Banking Ombudsman Scheme. You can get more Banking Awareness related posts from here. Happy Reading.

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