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December 16, 2014

16th December 2014 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs
  • A group of heavily-armed Arabic speaking Taliban suicide attackers stormed an army-run school in the city of Peshawar in northwestern Pakistan killing at least 126 people including school children and teachers and taken hundreds more hostage.
  • A 17-hour-long hostage drama in which a lone heavily-armed man of Iranian-origin held 17 people hostage at a cafe at Central Sydney ended latenight yesterday with the police storming it, resulting in three deaths but two Indians who were among the captives escaped safely.
  • Japan ordered the culling of about 4,000 chickens today following an outbreak of avian influenza at one of the country’s poultry farms.
National Affairs
  • Today (16th December 2014) is Vijay Diwas (Victory Day).    
    • qWe observe this day to remember the martyrs who laid down their lives for the nation during 1971 India-Pakistan war.
    • Today is the 45th anniversary of the 1971 India–Pakistan war, this is the first war after World War-II that the Indian Army won conclusively.
    • This is the only war that the independent Indian Army planned, executed and carried out with precision and captured 93,000 prisoners.
  • The Union Minister for Defence, Manohar Parrikar & three Services Chiefs the Chief of Army Staff, General Dalbir Singh, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R.K. Dhowan, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha paid homage to the Martyrs of 1971 War, at Amar Jawan Jyoti today.
  • On the eve of Vijay Divas PM Narendra Modi met Lt. General (Retd.) JFR Jacob, known for his impeccable service to the Army.
    • Mr Jacob for presented his books, "An Odyssey in War & Peace" &"Surrender at Dacca" to Modi.
  • Today is the 2nd anniversary of the Nirbhaya incident in which a 23 year old physiotherapy student was brutally gangraped in New Delhi.
    • The woman was assaulted by 6 men in a moving bus which led to her death a fortnight later. The main accused in the incident, Ram Singh, committed suicide in Tihar Jail in March last year.
    • A juvenile convicted of rape was given the maximum sentence of 3 years' in a reform home.
    • The four surviving adult defendants were found guilty of rape, murder, unnatural offenses and destruction of evidence.
    • In March this year, the Delhi HC confirmed death sentence for all 4 men and the matter is now pending in the Supreme Court.
  • The Supreme Court today ordered the CBI to further investigate a coalscam case allegedly involving former Coal Secretary P C Parakh & industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla.
    • The Court asked the investigating agency that it wants that statement of the former PM Manmohan Singh who was holding the portfolio of Coal Ministry then, be recorded.
  • The Gujarat government has announced a farm relief package worth Rs. 1,100 crore for all the farmers in the state.
    • This move comes on the back of strong protest by farmers' body, Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) pressing for higher MSP of cotton and groundnut.
  • The Survey of India would soon begin work to map and survey Ganga river at an estimated cost of Rs 542 crore that will determine the sources of pollution along its basin.
  • The availability of gutka and its consumption has reduced since the banning of gutka by various states, the WHO said today.
    • The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health recently had conducted a study on tobacco use in the seven states of Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and the National Capital Region.
    • It was found that the support for gutka ban was very high (92%) across the studied jurisdictions and there was an almost universal agreement (99%) that gutka bans were good for the health of India's youth.
  • To conserve and develop indigenous bovine breeds, government has launched ‘Rashtriya Gokul Mission’ under the National Programme for Bovine Breeding and Dairy Development (NPBBD).
    • Agriculture Minister - Radha Mohan Singh
People in News
  • 37-year-old Indian-American physician Vivek Hallegere Murthy has been confirmed as the 19th Surgeon General of America
    • He becomes the first Indian American and youngest ever Surgeon General of the US.
Business & Economy
  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) business hours to 12 hours from 8 am to 8 pm on weekdays which will come into effect from 29 of this month. RTGS system of online fund transfer will be open on Saturdays from 8 am to 3.30 pm.
  • As India continues its pursuit of suspected black money stashed abroad, Global Financial Integrity (GFI), an international think-tank has ranked it third globally with an estimated USD 94.76 billion (nearly Rs 6 lakh crore) illicit wealth outflows in 2012. 
    • China is on the top with USD 249.57 billion, followed by Russia with USD 122.86 billion in terms of the quantum of black money moving out of a country for 2012 — the latest year for which these estimates have been made. 
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87 comments:

  1. Plz Reply me?
    I got 117 in ibps clerk rrb office assistant, I'm from Bihar,gen category...
    Kya mai apply kr sakti hu Madhya Bihar gramin bank me..is there any chance to me for select in interview?
    As we already know that SHGB cut-off is very high...

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  2. Well sorry to break the news to you...
    but at the present scenario u need atleast 160+ being a general candidate.

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  3. Frm which state ???
    Yaar mai v genrl catgry se frm bihar, scored 154 in rrb OA, bt still m confused

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  4. oops..sorry..language problem here

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  5. good one and thank u for sharing :)

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  6. bilkul shi kha....sirf isi liye...14000b me ye kisi gao me nhi jane

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  7. pr yr hmare 4 month waste kr diye salo ne april tk

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  8. waise ap jaisa keh rae hain aisa kuch nai hai agr is program me kisi ka bhi selection hota hai toh woh course completion ke bad as a po join krta hai in the respective bank..yek ek tareeka hai trained candidates ko lene ka coz training me hi kafi batein bata di jati hain coz po ki post ek officer ki post hai it is not a clerk islye banks ne yeh ek naya tareeka nkala hai bs aur kuch nai baki posting toh sbko milti hai jo ise clear krega..n isme posting generally main branch me milti hain..yeh meri jankari ke according me bata rai hun..

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  9. How many times I told u that there are 3 slots of 300 students each...they will call all 900 students..

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  10. ya but i can say that ibps is much more better than this program..

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  11. Everywhere I have read "After the completion of the course SUCCESSFULLY". Now what does that mean? Is there any exam at the end of the course or what. Plz clarify

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  12. hoga re baba...

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  13. pr yr 4 mhine waste kr diye hmare april tk

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  14. 120 in scale 1 obc any chances??

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  15. y sorry..?

    its my bad luck..
    wt abt u?
    whn s ur intrview?

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  16. It is very rare chance dear

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  17. Mine over. Very first day.

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  18. what was the highest mark in haryana?

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  19. bilkul shi kha....pr hmare4 mhine waste krdiye april tak..

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  20. Ya it was ok. Questions partially from my bio data and banking questions.

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  21. congrats.....:)
    u knw ur marks scored in exam?

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  22. oh k k..
    they told u to write in local lang?

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  23. Nopes. They tested me whther am speaking regional languages or not.

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  24. Anybody please explain, cutoff mark means lowest ya highest mark? Please.

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  25. Nopes. They tested me whther am speaking regional languages or not.

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  26. Nopes .they tested me whther am speaking in regional language or not.

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  27. dams nd thermal power plant learn krne ki koi trick btaa do koii....

    plzz

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  28. No chance...true yaar..

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  29. Nopes. They tested me whther am speaking regional languages or not.

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  30. lowest dear......highest mark is 192

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  31. thank you for sharing ur mail adress and mine is on 18th panel 1 at 12pm

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  32. OA 136, OS 105 bihar obc any chances

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  33. yaha 147 hote hue bhi nahi aaya

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  34. nahi yar not yet...fees should be deposited in prathma bank in UP only...but I live in delhi...challan kaise banwau yar....did u apply??

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  35. yaar try kro chance ki bat choro may be tum hi slect ho jao try it yaar

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  36. god always with us

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  37. how can u confirm yaar whether there is chance or nt

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  38. Usually hindi speaking states ke cutoff jada jayega. I hope 150 is safe score for other states.

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  39. I am from West Bengal got 161 in assistant ..........mera interview call ka koi chance hain??please admin reply......
    ..

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  40. What is the expected cut off for this exam?

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  41. ohhh my god ye kya h itna high cut off h

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  42. mere 146/200 marks h haryana se. local language hindi .yar hm bas kuch hi rrb bank me apply kar sak te h jha Hindi local language ho.................any body tell me.........in which rrb bank Hindi h local language..

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  43. sirkya rrb bank jinme local language hindi ho .lst h koi.................

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  44. no. Instead of that they tested me whether am speaking regional language or not.

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  45. hi.....
    syndicate bank am choose Hyderabad exam center they allocate none of the center in syndicate notification. how 2 change my exam center.

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  46. dude if u dont know anything then its better to not say anything.........also even if u go via ibps u can get marketing job........these pg programs are much better as u will get into credits/forex type of jobs rather than sitting and doing core banking jobs which u will get via ibps...ch

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  47. Hi friends i am Karthiga from Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
    Today i attended my sbi clerk interview at Madurai SS colony.
    overall
    the interview was good.....but they asked me unexpected questions like
    Democracy.....how is our present government.....who is the opposition
    party and leader.......rajya sabha and lok sabha.....Name of the MP who
    apologised in parliament recently....more political questions......but
    other than tat 2 banking related q, 2 subject related q, my last working
    experience....tats all...friends be prepared for all type of
    questions....but according to me watever we prepare not works out
    there....our presence of mind at tat time is very important...all the
    best for all who have interview in coming days....

    but all the panel members were very polite and they supported me more to get answers from me....

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  48. jhooth....i got 127 last year and no interview call

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  49. scale 1 me 146 marks hai....general hoon.....apply karoon...koi challan karne wala nahi mil raha ..kya karoon

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  50. hi....from which state u r?

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  51. oh...
    evn me in andra for 2 yrs...
    had written ibps clerk 3 and 4?

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  52. i would like to request gr8ambionat0nZ.com please upload for for the last six month insurance related news for upcoming exam of UIICL AO and coming exam further in january.

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  53. diplamo holder is eligible for ibps clerk exam.

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  54. bttr comment the same in other sites like banker adda and job alerts and check once comments

    are sure about the matter what u revealed bcoz bob and iob has placed them in po even u r making me in dilema

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  55. officer-89, office assistanat 139

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  56. hey the link has activated, check out

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  57. Koi bata sakta hai mere fee jama karne k bad on line nahi khul raha hai mai kya karu

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  58. Ye sahi kaha tumne bhai mere dil ki bat kr di tune.

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  59. happy new year ...yes i hav written

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  60. happy new year :)
    attempts??

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  61. I attempted very less. 130 only and what abt u?

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  62. i attempted very less 130 only...wht abt u?

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  63. me too same,,..
    maths less only 10..

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  64. me too same...
    maths -10

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  65. hope for the best...how is ur preparation for further exams

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  66. yeah apt s too tough..and couldnt get time..
    u applied for sbi associates?

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  67. ya i applied but not at all prepared still now...

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  68. yeah...
    goin on
    hvin innterview on 19th karnataka bnk...

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  69. oh...thats gud. prepare well and be cool

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  70. yeah hve to ..
    bt no idea hw interview ll b?
    pvt bnk so..

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  71. no pblm be confident all the best

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  72. Expected date of result

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