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Providing a small information regarding current Govt. portfolios

Finance minister - Pranab Mukherjee

Defence Minister - A.K.Antony

External Affairs Minister - S.M.KrishnaHome Affairs Minister - P.Chidambaram

Agriculture Minister,Food Processing Minister - Sharad Pawar

Civil Aviation - Chaudhary Ajit Singh

Chemicals And Fertilizers - M.K.Alagari

Coal - Shriprakash Jaiswal

Commerce and industries, Textile - Anand Sharma

Communication and IT, HRD - Kapil Sibal

Law and Justice, Minority Affairs - Salman Khurshid

Corporate Affairs - Veerapa Moily

Culture,Housing and Urban Development - kumari selja

Tourism - subodhkant sahay

Rural development, Drinking water and sanitation - jairam ramesh

Science and technology, earth sciences - vilasrao deshmukh

health and family affairs - ghulam nabi azad

heavy industries and public enterprises - praful patel

Information and broadcasting - ambika soni

labour and employement - mallikarjun kharge

new and renewable energy - farooq abdullah

parliamentary affiars and water resuorces - pawan kumar bansal

railways - dinesh trivedi

petroleum and natural gas - jaipal reddy

For more info , refer to following link

http://india.gov.in/govt/cabinet.php

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Puys, here is the list of National Award Winners in Films (Announced today):

List of Winners:

Best Actress: Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture

Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool

Best Hindi Film: I Am

Best Choreography: Bosco-Caeser for Senorita from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Special Effects: RA.One

Best Make Up: Vijram Gaekwad for The Dirty Picture and Bal Gandharva

Best Costume Designer: Niharika Khan for The Dirty Picture and Neeta Lulla for Bal Gandharva

Best Children's Film: Chillar Party

Best Supporting Actor: Appu Kutty

Best Feature Film: Deool and Pyaari

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The recent Assembly Elections in 5 states of UP,Punjab,Goa,Uttarakhand,Manipur is the hottest topic..

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And the results of all the 5 states too are out.. Here are official figures of seats and winners in the states..

Uttar Pradesh

Total Constituencies : 403

Seats won by each contesting parties -

Samajwadi Party (SP) : 225 (absolute majority)Leader: Mulayam Singh Yadav

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : 79

Leader: Mayawati

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : 47

Leader: Om Prakash Singh

Congress + Rashtriya Lok Dal (INC+RLD) : 37

Leader: Rahul Gandhi

Voting : 59.5%

Punjab

Total Constituencies : 117

Seats won by each contesting parties -

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) :56

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) :12

Leader: Prakash Singh Badal

Indian National Congress (INC) : 46

Leader: Amarinder Singh

Voting : 78.6%

Uttarakhand

Total Constituencies : 70

Seats won by each contesting parties -

Indian National Congress (INC): 32

Leader: Harak Singh Rawat

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) : 31

Leader: Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) : 3

Voting : 67.2%

Manipur

Total Constituencies : 60

Seats won by each contesting parties -

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Indian National Congress (INC) : 42

Leader: Okram Ibobi Singh

Trinamool Congress (TMC) : 7

Manipur People's Party (MPP) : 4

Voting % : 79.80

Goa

Total Constituencies: 40

Seats won by each contesting parties -

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 21

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak : 3

Leader: Manohar Parrikar

Indian National Congress (INC): 9

Voting% - 81.7

P.S - The parties in bold indicate winning parties

P.P.S- Bold+Italic for Uttarakhand as still not sure who will rule the state...

Sources: wikipedia, election commission website, Indian elections website

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Venues for different sporting events

Cricket:ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 (Men's + Women's) : Sri Lanka

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2014 (Men's + Women's) : Bangladesh

ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2016 (Men's + Women's) :India

ICC Men's 50-over World Cup 2015 : Australia+NewZealand

ICC Men's 50-over World Cup 2019 : England

ICC Women's 50-over World Cup 2013 : India

Football

FIFA World Cup 2014 : Brazil

FIFA World Cup 2018 : Russia

FIFA World Cup 2022 : Qatar

Olympics

Summer Olympics 2012 : London,UK

Winter Olympics 2014 : Sochi,Russia

Summer Olympics 2016 : Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Winter Olympics 2018 : Pyeongchang, South Korea

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Well i'll tell in brief about the Arab Spring and the Leaders Ousted..

Tunisia

President - Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali

Thrown out after - 23 years!A Moderate Islamist Ennahda party won the country's first democratic elections.

Egypt

President - Hosni Mubarak

Thrown out After - 30 years!

The army is in charge of overseeing Egypt's transition to democracy.

Islamist Majority Party Freedom and Justice won the Elections held in November- December..

Libya

Ruler- Colonel Gaddafi

Thrown out After - 42 years

The National Transitional Council (NTC) is recognised by UN as Libya's legitimate ruling body..

Yemen

President - Ali Abdullah Saleh

Thrown out after - 33 Years!

Well to tell you in short as the major reasons behind these Uprising -

1. Wide Spread Corruption and Unemployment

2. Average Population of all these countries is less than 22 years and is unemployed!

3. Rulers ruling for ages and not bringing in any change

4. (A curious one) Do have a look at the map of all these countries and their boundaries. most countries have

geometrical shaped boundaries meaning the regions have been divided without a lot of thought..

5. All the uprising sparked a by minor spark - for eg in Tunisia from what i have read, there was a guy who burned

himself after not being allowed to self vegetables..6. Social Networking also played a significant role.. One country achieved success so other felt even they could..

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*SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Some numbers :

Nominal Indian GDP Estimates : $1.846 trillion (9th in World)

Indian GDP by PPP Estimates : $4.47 trillion (3rd in World)

GDP per capita : $1527 (nominal)

GDP per capita : $3703 (PPP)

India's growth rate: 7-8%

GDP Contribution by sectors:

Services: 55%

Industry: 26%

Agriculture: 18%

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India's Inflation as per CPI (recently launched in late Feb,2012) : 7.65%

Contribution by workforce by sector

Agriculture: 52%

Services: 34%

Industry: 14%

37% Population below Poverty line.

Repo Rate : 8.5%

Reverse Repo rate : 7.5%

CRR : 4.75% (updated on 9/3/12)

SLR : 24%

Bank Rate : 9.5%

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Jasmine Revolution refers to the December-January mass uprising in Tunisia that overthrew president Zine El

Abidine Ben Ali on January 15.It is known so because the national flower of Tunisia is Jasmine. It was sparked

off by the self-immolation of vegetable vendor Mohamed Bouazizi, when he was humiliated by a woman

constable on December 17. It was christened the Jasmine Revolution by the media in keeping with the geopolitical

nomenclature of 'colour revolutions. The movement grew over the issues of unemployment, food inflation,

corruption, lack of freedom of speech and poor living conditions and overflowed into Egypt where it has been

raging.

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Limits of Foreign Direct Investment in various sectors in India ::

Non-Banking Financial Com-panies (NBFC) : 100%

Petroleum Refining (Private Sector) : 100%

Petroleum Product Marketing : 100%

Oil Exploration : 100%

Petroleum Product Pipelines : 100%

Housing and Real Estate : 100%

Power : 100%

Drugs & Pharmaceuticals : 100%

Road, Highways, Ports and harbours : 100%

Hotel & Tourism : 100%

Electricity : 100%

Pharmaceuticals : 100%

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Transportation infrastructure : 100%

Tourism : 100%

Mass transit : 100%

Pollution control : 100%

Mining (Mining of gold and silver and minerals other than diamonds and precious stones) : 100%

Advertising : 100%

Films : 100%

Mass Rapid Transport Systems : 100%

Pollution Control & Management : 100%

Special Economic Zones : 100%

Air Transport Services (Domestic Airlines) : 100% for NRIs 49% for Others

Single Brand Retail : 100% (0% for multi brand retail)

Townships- housing- built up infrastructure and construction development projects : 100%

Coal & lignite : 74%

Mining (Mining of Diamonds and precious stones) : 74%

Airports : 74%

Telecommunications : 74%

Trading : 51%

Private Sector Banking : 49%

Insurance : 26%

Print media : 26% (Newspapers) and 100 % (Scientific and Technical Periodicals)

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National Flag- Presently the flag which India is using is sixth flag since 1906...

First flag was hoisted in 1906..then 1907,1917,1918,1921,1931 and finally in 1947.

The flags of 1921 and 1906 were unofficially adopted.

Present flag of India which is of tri-color was adopted on 22 August 1947.

The circle inside the flag is the Dharma Chakkar of Emperor Ashoka and this chakkar have 24 lines and is also called

as "Wheel of Law" or the "Ashok Chakra"

The reason for 24 lines are basically two..

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1)There are 24 hours in a day.

2)At the time Indian flag was changed there were 24 states.

(I am not sure which one is correct reason)

Significance of Color

Saffron-Strength and Courage

White-PeaceGreen-Fertility,Growth

Before 26 January 2002, Indians were not allowed to hoist the flag on their homes,building etc except on National

Holidays..

But after 26 January 2002 there was an amendment and now Indians can hoist flag on their homes etc(read any

where). with some restrictions which are as follows..

1)The flag can not be hoisted for common gains,no one can wear flag tricolor-ed clothes(including t- shirt) and can

not use flag tricolor for any clothing purpose..

2)The timings of hosting a flag should be from sunrise to sun set as far as possible.

3)The flag should not touch ground or water on ground in any case.

4)The flag can be used to curtain over hood,top or sides or back of vehicles, trains or airplane.

5)No other flag or garland or emblem can be placed above Indian flag in any case.

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1)1) Binoy Job has been recently selected as a 'Young Global Leader' by the World Economic Forum.

2) 2) Tushita mittalhas recently been awarded the Chameli Devi Jain award for Outstanding Woman Mediaperson

for 2012.

3) 3) In Assam Mamoni scheme has been launched to encourage pregnant women to undergo three ante-natal

checkups which identify danger signs during pregnancy and offer proper treatment.

4) 4) World Bank has approved a $ 50-million additional credit to the Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Project

(AACP) aimed at increasing the productivity, profitability and market access of the farming community in the state.

5) 5) The Finance Ministry has initiated an exercise to merge all the 82 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) with Sponsor

Banks.6) 6) In Gandhinagar, the Indian Solar Summit, 2012 is to be held shortly, where Charanka Solar Park will be

dedicated to the nation.

7) 7) In KENYA, the Central Bank of India is to set up its representative office, thirty years after it closed down

overseas operations.

The government is mulling over a proposal to make a Presidential reference on the Supreme Courts order

regarding cancellation of 122 telecom licences in the wake of 2G scandal. The Presidential reference is made to the

Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution.

9) 9) The film The Dream Fulfilled Memories of the Engineering Challenges, which has won the Rajat Kamal

award at the 59th National Film Awards, is based on Delhi Metro.

11 10) Zaheer-ul Islam has been appointed the new chief of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan.

11 11) Manohar Parrikar is the new chief minister of Goa.

12 12) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed the cash reserve ratio (CRR) to what per cent recently? 4.75 %.

13 13) Newly developed Udyami helpline is for: Micro, small and medium enterprises.

14 14) Vostro Account:- It is an account opened by a foreign bank with a bank in India. This account is maintained

in rupee. These accounts are governed by rules and regulations applicable to foreign exchange.

15 15) Which of the following banks was first in India to establish merchant banking business? Grindlays Bank.

16 16) According to the guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), for cash deposits and withdrawals of how

much money commercial banks have to furnish details to the RBI? Over Rs 10 lakh.

17 17) In Bank Term Deposit, what is the minimum period of maturity for deposits up to Rs 15 lakh? 15 days.

18 1 Which of the following deposits is only deposit which serves as a medium of exchange, for their ownership

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can be transferred from one person to another? Time Deposit.

19 19) BSE, on Tuesday, launched operations of its SME Exchange platform with the first listing ceremony of BCB

Finance Ltd.

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Some popular recent books:

The Best Thing About You is You-----> Anupam Kher

Actors Anonymous----> James Franco

River of smoke---> Amitav Ghosh

The Wandering Falcon ------> Jamil Ahmed

Nirbasan---> Taslima Nasreen

Moda Goa: History & Style------> Wendell Rodericks

Lava ---> Javed Akhtar

Guerrillero det tiempo (Time Guerilla) ---> Fidel Castro

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"World Development Report" is the Publication of which financial organisation?

---> World Bank

The union government of India decided to boost public spending in the health sector to what per cent of GDP from

the current 1.4 per cent over the next five years (12th Five Year Plan period begining 2012)?

--->2.5%

The Competition Commission of India ( under the Competition Act, 2002 of Parliament) has been empowered to

look into?

---> High voltage merger and acquisition deals...

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011, Rahul Bhatia is the Group MD of ?

---> InterGlobe Enterprises

Worlds largest two wheeler manufacturer ---Hero MotoCorp ---on 22 February 2012 inked a pact with Erik Buell

Racing [EBR]. EBR is based in which country?

---> UAE

India and Pakistan, on 21 February 2012, agreed to extend the agreement to reduce the risk from accidents related

to nuclear weapons by how many more years.

--->Five

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1. How many countries in the world possess nuclear weapons?

Ans: UK, USA, Russia, France, China, India, North Korea, Pakistan, Israel and Iran(alleged)

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2. What is NPT?

NPT or Nuclear non proliferation treaty is a agreement among almost 189 countries in the world which talks about

certain guidelines meant to protect against the spread and misuse of nuclear weapons.

It has 3 parts to it:

1. NOn proliferation- which means no Nuclear weapon state(NWS) can supply nuclear weapons or know how to

Non nuclear weapons state(NNWS) and in the same breath the NNWS is expected not to try and gain such know

how.

2. The members of NPT are expected to slowly dismantle their nuc;ear weapons.

3. Peaceful transfer of nuclear energy among NPT nations is encouraged.

3. Who are the members of NPT?

Ans: As mentioned 189 nations are members of the NPT. The only NWS which are not members of NPT are:

India

Pakistan

North Korea

Israel

Iran btw is a member of NPT

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January 2012

Business News

Starbucks Corp of USA, in a 50:50 JV with Tata Global, will open its first cafe outlets in India in August or September

2012. The formal launch of its foray into India comes a year after it signed a deal with Tata Global to buy coffee

from India and open retail outlets in India.

Vodafone has won a major battle in the Supreme Court which turned down the demand to pay Rs 11,000 crore by

Income tax authorities, towards capital gains for purchasing Hutchison Ltds Indian mobile business in 2007. The SC

Bench said that the Indian tax authorities had no jurisdiction over transactions done abroad.

Japanese insurance major, Nippon Life Insurance, will buy a 26 per cent stake in Reliance mutual Fund for about Rs

1,450 crore. This is the single-largest FDI in the MF industry, and also the largest deal in the sector.

Eastman Kodak, the photography icon that invented the hand-held camera and helped bring the first pictures

from the moon, has filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for one of USAs best-known

companies.

Jerry Yang, Yahoo Incs co-founder, has resigned following opposition from the shareholders. He had co-founded

the company in 1995. Yahoo Inc. has named Scott Thompson, president of eBay Inc.s PayPal division, as its new

CEO.

HyAlfa, is the worlds first hydrogen-powered three-wheeler. It has been developed under a joint project by

the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies,

Mahindra & Mahindra and IIT Delhi.

Reliance Industries Ltd. and Network18 have announced a multi-layered deal, adding momentum to the

convergence of media and telecom in India. With the help of funds from RIL, Netwrok18 will gain broadcasting

access to 11 vernacular language channels and expand its overall portfolio to 25 channels. Network18 runs

channels such as CNBC TV18 and CNN-IBN.

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February 2012 Business News

Amazon.com has made a wild card entry into India by using one of its tributaries, Junglee.com, that it had bought

14 years ago. Amazon is waiting for the governments multi-brand retail FDI policy before it directly starts its

operations in India. Junglee.com is being positioned as an online shopping service that will help customers discoverproducts from other websites, including Amazon.com.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced a joint venture with Mistubishi Corporation to increase penetration

in Japan, the worlds second largest IT market. The JV will be named Nippon TCS Solution Center.

Flipkart.com has bought out electronics retailer Letsbuy.com for an estimated $25 million, in a big consolidation

move for the burgeoning Indian e-commerce market.

Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Brands has struck an equal joint venture with Nasdaq-listed Iconix Brand group,

acquiring the ownership and management rights of 20 international brands for India. These brandsincluding

names like Ed Hardy, Mossimo, London Fog, Ecko and Candiesoperate mostly in fashion apparel, home dcor

and electronics, with combined retail revenue of $12 billion globally.

Bharti Airtel, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd, has announced the pan-Indian

launch of its mobile wallet serviceAirtel Money. Available across 300 key cities, Airtel Money is a fast, simple

and secure service that allows its users to load cash on their mobile devices and spend it to pay utility bills and

recharges and shop at 7,000-plus merchant outlets, and transact online.

The Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) is the first bourse in India to be listed. This puts it at par with major global

bourses like NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq, Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney, which are all listed.

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CEOs of some companiesScott Thompson : Yahoo Inc. He replaced ousted CEO Carol Bartz

Tim cook : CEO of apple Inc.

Mike Lawrie : Replaced Mike laphen as CEO of Computer sciences Corporation

Vinnet Niar : VC and MD of Tech mahindra

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Spartly islands are a group of Islands and islets in South china sea , which has continued to be the bone of

contention between Vietnam and China. These islands are believed to have oil and Gas deposits.

Recently vietnam hase sent 6 buddhist Monks to these islands on a mission to refurbish and re-establish deserted

temples

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Today mahindra Satyam merged wit its parent company Tech Mahindra , creating a 2.4 billion entity .

The merger ratio was 8.5 :1 . This means traders will get 8.5 shares of Mahindra Satyam for each share of parent

company tech mahindra

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Debut movie of Mahesh Bhatt : Manjilein aur bhi hein

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In stock trading, the P/E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio) of a stock (also called its "P/E", or simply "multiple") is a

measure of the price paid for a share relative to the annual net income or profit earned by the firm per share.[2]

The P/E ratio can therefore be calculated aggregately by dividing the company's market capitalization by its total

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annual earnings.

As of Now P/E ratio of Apple Inc is 22

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On which city Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa is planning a novel?Peruvian city of Piura

Which Indian city has been selected as city of focus at the Toronto International Film Festival 2012?

Mumbai

Who has been named for Dada Saheb Phalke award?

Soumitra Chatterjee

Which European nation has tied up with the Indian Railways to renovate 14 railway stations in India?

Belgium

Which mircoblogging site is popularly known as SMS of the internet which turned 6 years in March 2012?

Twitter

In which stock exchange has RCom filed IPO for Flag Telecom?

Singapore Stock Exchange

Name the hockey player who was declared the winner of Survivor India.

Raj Rani

Who won the Australian Grand Prix 2012?

Jenson Button

At what swap ratio did Tech Mahindra buyout Mahindra Satyam?2:17 . About the swap ratio - Swap Ratio Definition | Investopedia

Who won the Swiss Open 2012 title against Chinas Shixian Wang?

Saina Nehwal

Who has been elected as German President?

Joachim Gauck

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OSCARS

Best film: The Artist

Best Director: Michael Hazanivicus

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin( The artist)

Best Actress: Meryl Streep( Iron Lady)

Best Supporting actor: Cristopher Plummers

Best Supporting actress: Octavia Spencer

Best Foreign Film: The separation( Iran)

Best doc(short): Saving face( Pakistan)

Best doc:Undefeated

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Best Animated movie: Rango

best animated movie"(short): The fantastic Flying Boots of Mr Morriss Lessmore

Best sound mixing: Hugo

Best sound editing: Hugo

best art direction: Hugo

Best cinematography:Robert richardson( Hugo)

Best visual effects: Hugo

Best original score: Ludovic Bource(the Artist)

Best Costume design: the Artist

This year two movies, the Artist and Hugo won a max of 5 oscars

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Why agriculture sector is failing?

-Yield is very low(only 2890 kg per hectare).Thats too low in comparison to China & Japan(close to 5500 kg per

hectare)

-Bharat Nirmaan's 2nd phase will get over in 2012.Still ,60 percent land is monsoon dependent.

-Fragmented land holdings.Large scale farming is not only productive but also easily managable.

-Huge infrastructure implementation.China's super rice is produced at 13.9 tonnes per hectare.

-Lack of awareness among farmers regarding proper seeds,fertilisers and scietific methods to boost yield.

-Middlemen.They eat up all the profit.Frustated Farmers resort to suicides and if they don't the zeal gets missing.

Now you know why 52 percent workforce contributes only 14 percent to nation's GDP.

India at 1.8 trillion has funds to improve on each one of this.The problem lies in the implementation methods

used by our ill-visioned UPA government.The government is too good at wasting nation's GDP.Examples :

MGNREGA,Food Security Bill.

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Wanted to write about some important concepts in banking industry:

What is NEFT? Ans: National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) is a nation-wide payment system facilitating one-

to-one funds transfer. Under this Scheme, individuals, firms and corporates can electronically transfer funds from

any bank branch to any individual, firm or corporate having an account with any other bank branch in the countryparticipating in the Scheme.

What is IFSC? Ans : IFSC or Indian Financial System Code is an alpha-numeric code that uniquely identifies a bank-

branch participating in the NEFT system. This is an 11 digit code with the first 4 alpha characters representing the

bank, and the last 6 characters representing the branch. The 5th character is 0 (zero). IFSC is used by the NEFT

system to identify the originating / destination banks / branches and also to route the messages appropriately to

the concerned banks / branches.

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Q1. What is RTGS System?

Ans. The acronym 'RTGS' stands for Real Time Gross Settlement, which can be defined as the continuous (real-

time) settlement of funds transfers individually on an order by order basis (without netting). 'Real Time' means

the processing of instructions at the time they are received rather than at some later time.'Gross Settlement'

means the settlement of funds transfer instructions occurs individually (on an instruction by instruction basis).

Considering that the funds settlement takes place in the books of the Reserve Bank of India, the payments are final

and irrevocable.. How RTGS is different from National Electronics Funds Transfer System (NEFT)?

Ans. NEFT is an electronic fund transfer system that operates on a Deferred Net Settlement (DNS) basis which

settles transactions in batches. In DNS, the settlement takes place with all transactions received till the particular

cut-off time. These transactions are netted (payable and receivables) in NEFT whereas in RTGS the transactions are

settled individually. For example, currently, NEFT operates in hourly batches - there are eleven settlements from

9 am to 7 pm on week days and five settlements from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturdays. Any transaction initiated after

a designated settlement time would have to wait till the next designated settlement time Contrary to this, in the

RTGS transactions are processed continuously throughout the RTGS business hours.

Is there any minimum / maximum amount stipulation for RTGS transactions?

Ans. The RTGS system is primarily meant for large value transactions. The minimum amount to be remitted

through RTGS is ` 2 lakh. There is no upper ceiling for RTGS transactions.

What is SWIFT code?

SWIFT code is a standard format of Bank Identifier Codes (BIC) and it is unique identification code for a particular

bank.

These codes are used when transferring money between banks, particularly for international wire transfers. Banks

also used the codes for exchanging other messages between them.

The SWIFT code consists of 8 or 11 characters. When 8-digits code is given, it refers to the primary office.

First 4 characters - bank code (only letters)

Next 2 characters - ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (only letters)

Next 2 characters - location code (letters and digits) (passive participant will have "1" in the second

character)

Last 3 characters - branch code, optional ('XXX' for primary office) (letters and digits)

The registrations of SWIFT Codes are handled by Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

(SWIFT) and their headquarters is located in La Hulpe, Belgium.

What is MICR code?

MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition which means a technology for recognizing the characters

mainly in the banking industry. This helps in helping in the cheques processing which can also substitute

the account number and routing number provided at the bottom of the cheque. Computers are nowadays

programmed by this technology to read given information from printed documents such as the account numbers.

These are not like barcodes or something similar that require technology reading help. But these MICR codes can

be read by people.

What is CFMS?

The Centralised Funds Management System (CFMS), is a system set up, operated and maintained bythe Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter referred to as the Bank) to enable operations on current accounts

maintained at various offices of the Bank, through standard message formats in a secure manner.

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Chatterjee, one of India's most talented actors, made his debut in 1959 with Ray's super-hit movie "Apur Sansar".

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Current Affairs Updates - March 23 2012

1. The BJP leadership has finalized to reinstate BS Yeddyurappa as the chief minister of Karnataka. This move came

after getting clean chit from Karnataka High Court in the mining scam case for which he had earlier lost his CM

post.

2. The CAG has played down the Rs 10.7 lakh crore revenue loss report saying that it is a draft version and therevenue loss amount was not correct. After this, the UPA government was able to convince the opposition parties

to run the budget session smoothly in the parliament and saved itself from further protests temporarily.

3. Investment bank Goldman Sachs has upgraded Indian equities today due to better economic growth prospect

and cheaper valuation. The Indian stock market indexes have posted nearly 1% gain following the news.

4. The US President Obama has nominated Jim Yong Kim as the next president of the World Bank. The nomination

of this Korean-born US academic is considered to be a surprise to everyone.

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ABBREVIATIONS

GAGAN: GPS-Aided Geo-Augmented Navigation System.

NLST: National Large Solar Telescope.

NTRO: National Technical Research Organisation

NCCD: National Center for Cold Chain Development.

NCTC: National Counter Terrorism Center

Republic Day Awards, 2012

A total of 109 persons, including 19 women, have been selected for the Padma awards. Five personalities have

been given Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shree awards.

PADMA VIBHUSHAN: K.G. Subramanyan (painting and sculpture), Late Mario De Miranda (cartoonist), Late (Dr)

Bhupen Hazarika (vocal music), Dr Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti (orthopaedics), T.V. Rajeswar (civil service), Delhi.

PADMA BHUSHAN: Prominent among winners were Shabana Azmi (cinema), Khaled Choudhury (theatre), Jatin Das

(painting), Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta (sarod), Dharmendra (cinema), Mira Nair (cinema), M.S. Gopalakrishnan

(violin), Dr Suresh H. Advani (oncology), Dr Noshir H. Wadia (medicine-neurology), N. Vittal (civil service), Ronen

Sen (civil service).

PADMA SHRI: Among the winners were Vanraj Bhatia (music), Zia Fariduddin Dagar (music-vocal), Nameirakpam

Ibemni Devi (music-khongjom parba), Joy Michael (theatre), Mohan Lal Kumhar (terracotta), Anup Jalota(Indian

classical music-vocal), Soman Nair Priyadarsan (cinema-direction), Priya Paul (trade and industry), Surjit Singh Patar

(poetry), Jhulan Goswami (womens cricket), Zafar Iqbal (hockey), Limba Ram (archery), Ravi Chaturvedi (sports-

commentary), Kartikeya V. Sarabhai (environmental education).

Business Standard awards for Corporate Excellence

CEO of the Year: Rajiv Bajaj, MD & CEO of Bajaj Auto

Company of the Year: Cognizant

Star MNC: Nestle India

Star SME: Jubilant FoodWorks

Star PSU: National Mineral Development Corporation

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SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF: JANUARY 2012 & FEBRUARY 2012

Mumbai Marathon, 2012

Overall men: Laban Moiben (Kenya)

Overall women: Netsanet Abeyo (Ethiopia)

Indian men: Ram Singh Yadav

Indian women: Lalita Babar

BADMINTON

National Championships

Sourabh Varma notched up a straight-set victory over B. Sai Praneeth to clinch the mens title. The womens

singles title was won by P.V. Sindhu who beat second seeded Neha Pandit.

CRICKET

Ranji Trophy

Rajasthan defended the Ranji trophy title by virtue of first innings lead in the final against Tamil Nadu.

Cooch Behar Trophy

Mumbai beat Maharashtra on basis of 23-run first innings lead in the final to clinch the Cooch Behar U-19 trophy.

Australia-India Test series

India succumbed to their second successive Test whitewash overseas after Australia humiliated them by 298 runs

in the fourth and final Test, played at Adelaide, to clinch the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

M.S. Dhoni has now become the first Indian captain to lose six Tests by an innings and with the loss at Adelaide

India lost seven straight Tests overseastheir worst streak since the period from 1959 to 1968.

Earlier, Australia defeated India by an innings and 37 runs in the third Test, played at Perth and by an innings and

68 runs in the second Test, played at Sydney.

Pakistan-England Test series

Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took a career-best 6-25 to help Pakistan beat England by 72 runs in the secondTest, played t Abu Dhabi, to give them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series. Pakistan had won the first

Test, played in Dubai, by 10 wickets.

South Africa-Sri Lanka Test Series

A superb all-round performance by Jacques Kallis carried South Africa to a series-clinching 10-wicket win in the

third and final Test, played at Cape Town. South Africa took the series 2-1.

FOOTBALL

World Player of the Year award

Argentina and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the award for the third time in a row.

TABLE TENNIS

Senior National Championship

A. Amalraj of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) has won his maiden national title in the mens section.

Poulami Ghatak won the womens title.

TENNIS

Australian Open, 2012

Defending champion and world number one Novak Djokovic beat Rafel Nadal to win his third Australian open

mens singles title. The final broke the record as the longest match in tournament history. It lasted 5 hours and 15

minutes.

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Victoria Azarenka became the first Belarusian to win a Grand Slam title when she claimed the womens singles title

by defeating Russias Maria Sharapova.

Leander Paes, partnering Czech strongman Radek Stepanek, beat defending champions Bob and Mike Bryan to

win the mens doubles title. In the process Leander clinched his first mens doubles title at Australian open and

completed a long-awaited career Grand Slam in the doubles.

Unseeded Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva took the womens doubles title by beating Italians

Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani

Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands took the mixed doubles title by beating Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina in

the final.

Hopman Cup

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Tomas Berdych had straight-set singles victories over France to help Czech

Republic win their second Hopman Cup title. France has never won the cup.

Senior National Championship

Steel Plant Sports Board (SPSB) emerged overall champion at the 32nd Senior National Archery Championship,

held at Jamshedpur. Country's medal hope in the London Olympics, Deepika Kumari and her teammate Pawan

Xalxo, both belonging to SPSB, earned individual gold in the women and men recurve Olympic round, respectively.

Gold in the compound individual Olympics event went to V. Jyothi Surekha (Andhra Pradesh) and Rajat Chauhan

(Rajasthan) in the women and men categories, respectively.

Deepika and Atanu Das, probable for London Olympics, lifted gold for SPSB in the recurve mixed round while

Manjudha Soy and J. Rama Rao of RSPB ensured gold in the compound mixed event.

Archery in Punjab got a major boost with women archers from the State emerging as champions (Recurve round).

CRICKETAustralia-India T-20 series

Australia thrashed lackluster India by 31 runs in the first T20 International. After the 0-4 drubbing in the Test

series, the induction of the limited overs specialists didnt bring about any change in the script as neither the

batsmen nor bowlers could create any sort of impact.

India relied on the young brigade to finally break their prolonged winless streak by spanking Australia by eight

wickets in the second Twenty20 International and level the series 1-1. After restricting the fancied Australians to

131 in 19.4 overs, riding on some brilliant fielding and disciplined bowling, the Indians overhauled the target with

two balls to spare to record their first overseas win in close to seven months. Ravindra Jadeja was declared the

man-of-the-match for his brilliant bowling and fielding.

Pakistan-England Test series

Pakistan beat England by 71 runs in the third and final Test, played in Dubai, to sweep the series 3-0. This was

Englands first-ever series whitewash against Pakistan.

FOOTBALL

Africa Cup of Nations

Zambia toppled star-studded Ivory Coast 8-7 in a penalty shoot-out to claim their first-ever African Cup of Nations

title.

HOCKEY

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India qualifies for London Olympics

Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh slammed five goals, as India qualified for the London Olympics mens hockey by

spanking France 8-1 in the final of the qualifying tournament, held in New Delhi.

SQUASH

World Junior Cup Team Championship

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EVENTS; APPOINTMENTS; ETC.: JANUARY 2012 & FEBRUARY 2012

APPOINTED; ELECTED; Etc.

Martin Shultz: German socialist known for his fiery rhetoric, he has been elected as the President of European

Union.

Ramesh Sippy: Noted film director, he has been appointed as Chairman of the National Film Development

Corporation.

Joachim Gauck: Former east German civil rights activist, he has been appointed as the President of Germany.

Abed Rabbo Mansour: He has been elected as the President of Yemen.

Rahul Khullar: He has been appointed as Indias Ambassador to Belgium.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS

Yingluck Shinawatra: Prime Minister of Thailand.

Sheikh Hasina Wajed: Prime minister of Bangladesh.

Kamla Prasad Bissessar: Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago.

Navinchandra Ramgoolam: Prime Minister of Mauritius.

Rigmor Aasrud: Telecom Minister of Norway.

Vice Admiral Axel Schimpf: Chief of Staff of German Navy.

Yang Jiech: Foreign Minister of China.

RESIGNED

Mohamed Nasheed: President of Maldives.Christian Wulff: President of Germany, following a scandal over political favours by him.

DIED

Homai Vyarawala: Indias first woman photo-journalist. She was 98.

Whitney Houston: Pop music queen from mid 1980s until her voice was ravaged by drug use in late 1990s. She was

48. Her debut album was released in 1985 and it sold millions of copies. She also sang the theme song for Seoul

Olympics in 1988. In 1992 she starred in the Hollywood film The Bodyguard. The song in the film, I will always

love you, is the best-selling single by a female artist of all time.

Akhlaq Mohammed Khan: Better known as Shahryar, he was noted Urdu poet. He was 76. Often called Ghalib

of our times, his popularity rests more on the lyrics he penned for films like Umrao Jaan, Faasle, Anjuman

and Gaman. He was also a Jnanpith awardee.

JANUARY

1US President Barck Obama signs into law a massive $662-billion defence spending Bill that also seeks to

suspend sixy per cent of $1.1-billion military aid to Pakistan.

28Eighty-two per cent of the electorate exercises their franchise in Manipur Assembly polls.

30Punjab electorate records highest ever turn-out of 76.63 per cent in the elections for the State Assembly.

Uttarkhand records 70 per cent polling,

FEBRUARY

2In a huge embarrassment to the government and a jolt to the telecom sector, the Supreme Court today cancels

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122 2G licences granted during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A Raja declaring it as illegal and blamed

the government's flawed first-come-first-served policy.

4Russia and China veto UNs resolution backing an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step

aside.

4Demonstrators storm five Syrian embassies in Europe and the Middle East after Syrian forces kill more than 200

people in the city of Homs.

7Mutiny in Maldives forces President Mohamed Nasheed to resign.8More than 62 per cent voting is recorded the 10 districts of Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh for the first time

since independence, in the first phase of elections.

13Israeli embassy staff targeted in New Delhi and Tbilisi (Georgia). Four people are hurt in car blast in Delhi.

Israel accuses Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of involvement in the incidents.

13Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousaf Raza Gilani is indicted by the Supreme Court for contempt of court by

refusing to write to Swiss authorities seeking reopening of money-laundering case against President Zardari.

15Iran loads first domestically made fuel rods into Tehran nuclear reactor, a move that may hasten a drift

towards confrontation with the West over suspicions that it is seeking the means to make atomic bombs.

15Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fighting an 11-month-old uprising against his rule, orders a referendum on

a draft Constitution, to be held on February 26, which limits the presidency to two 7-year terms and allows for

multiple parties.

21Yemen votes out Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power after 33 years of rule.

24Greece formally launches a bond swap offer to private holders of its bonds, setting in motion the largest-ever

sovereign debt restructuring in the hope of getting its messy finances back on track.

26Syria votes on new constitution amid unrest.

27The Union Home Ministry announces the decision to defer operationalisation of National Counter Terrorism

Center (NCTC) from its scheduled date of March 1, following opposition by non-Congress Chief Ministers.

MILESTONES

Flt. Lt. Sneha Shekhawat: She is the first woman pilot to lead the Indian Air Force contingent at the Republic Day

parade.

Preet Bharara: Indian-American attorney, who is busting Wall Street and taking down some of the financial

worlds prominent figures, has made it to the cover page of Time magazine for his anti-corruption crusade.

Amartya Sen: India-born Nobel laureate, he has been felicitated with the prestigious National Medals of Arts and

Humanities award by US President Barack Obama, for his efforts to increase the understanding of fighting hungerand poverty.

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president of south korea : Lee myung bak

Capital of North korea :Pyongyang

Capital of South korea :Seoul

kin jong un - supreme commander of the Korean Peoples Army

Union Coal Minister - Sriprakash Jaiswal

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World This Week: 19 March-25 March 2012

19 March, 2012

Violence rocked a wealthy enclave in west Damascus in Syria with heavy exchange of fire for over two hours

Russia came out against the withdrawal of the international military forces from Afghanistan in 2014

The first session of the Maldivian Parliament after new President Waheed Hasan Manik was sworn in began

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that India was inclined to vote in favour of a resolution on

promoting reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka at the ongoing session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in

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Geneva.

20 March, 2012

A strong 7.6 intensity earthquake, with an epicentre in Guerrero state, jolted central southern Mexico

At least 43 people were killed in a series of bombings in Iraq

China said it will continue to support Pakistan's civilian nuclear programme in spite of concerns over the

vulnerability of the country's installations to terrorism The shooting death of an unarmed African-American boy, Trayvon Martin (17), by a white neighbourhood-watch

volunteer in February 2012, stirred up racial tensions in the U.S. State of Florida

21 March, 2012

World Forestry Day is celebrated around the world since 30 years to remind communities of the importance of

forests and the scores of benefits which we gain from them

Plea for ban on Gita translation rejected

Hungarian mathematician Endre Szemeredi got 2012 Abel Prize

A high-intensity earth quake left nearly 800 homes damaged in Mexico

22 March, 2012

US served notice on India on Iran oil sanctions

India voted against Sri Lanka in UN for alleged violation of rights of its Tamil minority

West to fund the development work in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US army in 2014

23 March, 2012

Russian President Dimitry Medvedev to raise the issue of the Russian telecom giant Sistema with Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.

US soldier Robert Bales charged with 17 counts of murder and various other charges, in connection with the 11

MARCH 2012 shooting deathd of Afghan civilians

Sri Lankan groups called to boycott American goods in Sri Lanka

Pakistan asked for immediate supply of petrol from India through the land route to meet the widening deficit

and flaring demand

24 March, 2012 Amr Moussa, a former Secretary-General of Arab League has become the first independent presidential

candidate to submit the required number of recommendations to authorities

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote to Sri Lankan President Mahenda Rajpaksa called the resolution balanced

Norway Based Telenor said its looking for a new partner in India

25 March, 2012

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook central Chile, two years after the region was devastated by another tremor

and tsunami

South Korea warned that it might shoot down a North Korean rocket if it strays into South Korean territory

The U.S. paid 50000 dollar in compensation for each villager killed and 11000 dollar for each person wounded in

a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier in southern Afghanistan

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1.The Indian constitution borrowed the concept of a five-year plan from the constitution of ________________.

a. Russia

2.A judge of the Supreme Court retires at the age of___________.

b. 65

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3.Where in India is its largest parliamentary constituency?

c. Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir

4.The Governor of a state in India is appointed by the____________.d. President

5.What is the name for the kind of energy that is produced from coal?

d. Thermal Energy

6.Pokhran the test site for India's first underground nuclear weapon detonation is in the state

of________________.

c. Rajasthan

7.Indias first national park, earlier known as the Hailey National park is the ______________.

d. Corbett National Park

8.What is another name for the tympanic membrane, which stretches across the end portion of the auditory canal

in the human body?

c. Eardrum

9.What is the term used for the corrective surgery of the cornea (eye)?

a. Keratoplasty

10.The largest school lunch programme in the world, which covered 11.4 crore children is the

__________________.b. Midday meal scheme

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Who won the Malaysian GP 2012?

Fernando Alonso

Name the boxers who won gold medals at the 6th Asian Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

MC.Mary Kom and L.Sarita Devi

Where in Chennai is the 2nd airport is to be setup?

Sriperumbudur

Name the company that launched Android tablet Ira costing Rs.4,000.

Wishtel

To which Asian country are Indian oil companies set to export petroleum products?

Pakistan

Name the Padma Bhushan awardeee who was honoured with Proclamation by the City of New York.

Shabana Azmi

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64 years after Independence which state saw a locomotive train for the first time?

Manipur (12km from Jiribam to Dholakhal)

Who has been nominated for World bank President post by US President?

Korean-American Physician-Anthropologist Jim Yong Kim

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I was going through an article in Hindu today.. Found it worth sharing: "INDIA'S GOLD RUSH"

1. India is the largest country in the terms of demand of the yellow metal with 933.4 tonnes in 2011. Out of which

India produced only 2 tonnes.

2. India imports more gold than budgeted expenditure on water supply, urban development and sanitation

3. India's gold demand is 37.6% higher than that of China although China's GDP is 3.5 times that of India

4. Compared to USA which has a $14 trillion economy, ten times the size of Indian economy; India's gold demand is

almost 5 times that of USA.

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Why FDI in aviation sector?

The aviation industry has been requesting for a hike since a very long time.Finally there seems to be some kind of

work happening.

A very important point that you should note is FDI in aviation is not a move to bailout Kingfisher,it is being

implemented for the overall betterment.

Why will foreign airlines come to India and invest when our aviation industry is in such a bad condition?

everybody wants to invest in big markets.Talking about the big markets,Europe is the worst place to invest as of

now.China doesen't allow foreign airlines.What option do they have? India

Some obvious results of FDI in aviation :-Good Capital.

-Better Management

-Global recognition

-Greater technical exposure

Moreover none of the players in Indian market want to help out(by loans or through equities) the aviation

industry.So the affair between Indian aviation industry and foreign airlines is like "You need me and I need you."

Talking about the current situation ,non-airline companies are allowed to invest upto 49 percent in indian aviation

industry but foreign airlines aren'at allowed to invest directly(security reasons cited).

Earlier in Novermber, Avaition ministry proposed a 24 percent cap while DIPP proposed 26 percent cap for foreign

airlines.Finally in January ,a draft was formalised and Pranab Mukherjee announced that a 49% cap would be

considered by the cabinet.The bill is likely to get passed as there aren't very strong reasons to oppose and all the

major airline comapanies are in dire need of funds(The people who opposed FDI in retail had some really strong

points ).

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HEADLINES:

State Bank of India hikes Interest rates on retail term deposits to 8 per cent.

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Israel snaps working relation with the United Nations Human Rights Council.

NASA's spacecraft messenger finds evidence of water ice at Mercury's poles.

World Bank approves 109-million dollar grant to fund the Rajasthan Agricultural Competitiveness Project.

Seoul, South Korea, hosts the second Nuclear Security Summit.

Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi becomes the President of Yenem.

Bank of Baroda opens 1001 ultra small branches across India.

Tamil Nadu literacy rate reaches an all-new High- Touches 80-percent mark.

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1. Vladimir Putin has recently become Russia's president for which among the following terms?

[C]Third

2. The Freedom and Justice Party has emerged as the single largest party in the

recent parliamentary elections in which among the following countries?

[B]Egypt

3.The main goal of Total Sanitation Campaign is to eradicate the practice of open

defecation by ____?

[B]2017

4. The four leading countries in the recently held first women's World Cup Kabaddi

championship were as follows:

[B]India, Iran, Japan, Thailand

5. In context with agriculture, 2012 is being launched as the year of ___?[C]Horticulture

6. Recently, the Empowered Group of Ministers, EGoM has decided to allocate 700

megahertz spectrum for offering which among the following telecom services?

[C]4G

7. Consider the following:

1. ICICI Bank 2. Bank of Baroda 3. CITIBank 4. LIC

Which

among the above have joined together to set up India's First Infrastructure Debt Fund.?

[D]1 2 3 4

8. Annual Elephant Festival was recently celebrated in which city of Rajasthan?

[A]Jaipur

9. Who among the following has won the Best actor Award in the 59th National Film

Awards 2011?

[C]Girish Kulkarni

10. Terry Wagon is known as a famous personality related to which among the

following disciplines?

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[A]Music Band