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February 24, 2015

24th February 2015 - Important Current Affairs updates

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International Affairs
  • India announced that the country is ready for talks with Pakistan on all issues including Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the Simla Agreement.
    • Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan next week, seven months after India cancelled foreign secretary-level talks.
National Affairs
  • The government today introduced the Land Acquisition amendment bill in the Lok Sabha amid uproar by the Opposition.
    • The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Bill 2015 will replace an ordinance which had been promulgated by the NDA government on December 30 last year.
    • The Opposition parties, led by the Congress, vociferously opposed the bill on the floor of the house.
    • Civil society activists, led by Anna Hazare, are protesting the issue at Jantar Mantar, a short distance away from parliament.
    • Rural Development Minister - Birender Singh
  • BJP chief Amit Shah announced today that his party will partner with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to form government in Jammu and Kashmir, two months after election results were declared.
People in News
  • Bangladesh's fugitive former lawmaker Abdul Jabbar was today sentenced to jail until death by a special tribunal for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan.  
  • Madhya Pradesh Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has been named in an FIR filed in the MP professional examination board case popularly known as Vyapam scam.
    • The manipulation in selection process for government jobs, conducted by Vyapam, is being probed by a Special Investigation Team (SIT).
  • Rajendra K Pachauri has quit as chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) days after the police began investigating charges that he sexually harassed a 29-year-old woman employee in Delhi.
  • The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat cast aspersions on the services of Mother Teresa by saying that conversion to Christianity was the main objective behind her service to the poor.
Sports
  • World Cup
    • West Indies beat Zimbabwe by 73 runs.
      • Chris Gayle becomes the first batsman to score a fastest double century (200 from 138 balls) in World Cup.
      • He breaks Virender Sehwag's record (140 balls)
  • International Kabbadi Championship began in Madurai today.
    • It has been named Amma world cup kabaddi championship in honour of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
    • She had earlier sanctioned a grant of Rs 3 crore for the event.
Business & Economy
  • Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tabled 14th Finance Commission report  in Lok Sabha today.
    • There is no service tax in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
    • The Finance Commission has suggested raising share of states in central taxes to 42 percent from current 32 percent.
    • As per the increased devolution suggested in the report of the 14th Finance Commission, the states will get Rs 3.48 lakh crore in 2014-15 and Rs 5.26 lakh crore in 2015-16.
    • "The higher tax devolution will allow states greater autonomy in financing and designing of schemes as per their needs and requirements," the report said.
    • Headed by - Y V Reddy  
  • In a bid to boost fixed line phone connections in the country, telecom regulator TRAI today removed charges that a landline service provider has to pay to the other service providers for transmitting its customers' phone calls - a move that is likely to lead to lower tariffs.
    • Now, calls made from landline-to-landline or landline-to- mobiles will not include the interconnection charge, which was 20 paise.
    • Trai has also reduced network interconnection usage charges (IUC) on calls made from mobile phones by about 30 per cent to 14 paise per call from 20 paise earlier.
  • A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Army and State Bank of India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package. 
    • The signing in ceremony was chaired by the Adjutant General, Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma and was attended by top dignitaries of SBI Bank, headed by Dr Vaidyan MG, Dy MD (Retail Strategy).
    • The first MoU between SBI and the Indian Army was signed in 2011 and was valid for a period of three years. 
    • The revised MoU is tailor-made (with a few minor changes) to suit the requirements of serving soldiers, pensioners and families. 
Deaths
  • Popular Tamil director R.C Sakthi, who launched actor Kamal Haasan in a lead role passed away.
    • He directed some critically—acclaimed films such as “Manidharil Ithanai Nirangala”, “Dharma Yuddham” and “Amma Pillai”.
    • His last directorial venture was the Tamil film “Pathini Penna", which fetched him two State awards for best film and best dialogue writer.
  • Former acting chief justice of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas passed away.
    • He was the first Hindu and the second non-Muslim head of the supreme court of Pakistan.
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    101 comments:

    1. China has recently opened its largest overseas embassy in which country?

      (A) India
      (B) Srilanka
      (C) Bhutan
      (D) Pakistan

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    2. Its Pakistan. Option D

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    3. Analysis of IBA's decision. .. In 2016 you work for 29 saturdays and holiday for 24 saturdays. That means you save 96 hours and work extra for 87 hours based on 10 to 5 timings. A savings of 9 hours from office work in a year.

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    4. Ibps clerk result came

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    5. Hi ... U from which state.. I am from uttàrc pràdesh

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    6. Sunil Chhetri was on 15 February 2015 presented with2014 AIFF Player of the Year award(male). Who won the award for the female player?

      (A) Kamala Devi
      (B) Bala Devi
      (C) Dangmei Grace
      (D) Roshini Devi

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    7. Which state was felicitated for emerging as one of the best performing states in the renewable energy segment, during the Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet (RE-Invest) held in New Delhi recently?

      (A) Andhra Pradesh
      (B) Kerala
      (C) Chhattisgarh
      (D) Assam

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    8. Which company on 13 February 2015 appointed Ashish Agrawal as its new Chief Technology Officer?

      (A) Samsung
      (B) Micromax Informatics
      (C) Dell India
      (D) Motorola Mobility

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    9. Who has retired as the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
      A) D.P. Pathak
      B) Suresh Prabhu
      C) K. Radhakrishnan
      D) Arun Rajawat

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    10. i just want to ask dt interviewers provide every candidate minimum one third marks for interview or dey may even provide zero marks??

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    11. I hv seen their replies so I scolded them n made them understand wat exactly it is... Pooh pray for me that I ll get posting within our state...

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    12. I ll pray for u later..:-P

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    13. Hey Sachin good morning, do you have new india assurance AO interview???

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    14. yeah i had gone thru my interview yesterday

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    15. You from general category and generalist na

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    16. Sachin please reply, you from general category and generalist na

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    17. yes i qpeqred gor generalist n belings to unreserved...i ws asking about my performance in interview dey asked me country capitals n i ws nt abel to ans dn i answered 1insuranc qus n dn dey asked me to leave thanking me i ws shocked even three members from panel didnt asked me anytng

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    18. Ohhhhh what is your Attempt in objective exam

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    19. How many mark do you expect

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    20. 145 bt my interview didnt go well

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    21. How much time you were inside the interview room?? And your interview location???

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    22. is online application must?i m shortlisted for NIACL assistants but dont have online application.will it create pbm?

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    23. Koi bat nahi, the will activate the link

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    24. What about AO exam

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    25. what about ur interview??

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    26. Hey Sachin what you think about cut off mark

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    27. For AO exam you appeared for generalist and general category na

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    28. cant say yar...i have no idea about all dese xams i apeared for the first tym

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    29. engineering i completed M.E

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    30. Simran jee, did you clear new india assurance AO exam

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    31. 180 attmpt.im from general only.

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    32. Simran jee, I am asking about AO exam

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    33. Gita u dont need to stick to any particular book, because most of the people refer R.S.Agarwal but i dont think it helps much to solve problem in less time. i did not refer any book. for concepts my sources were --
      > youtube,mrunal website,and any book with aptitude questions to solve. but i do suggest few practices to follow to score good marks in QA
      1.Get hold of all tricks that are helpful to do simplifications in quick time and note them in separate notebook(you can get them from various sources-Shakuntala devi puzzle,vedic maths,youtube,
      2.go to Mrunal.org where you can find some amazing time saving methods to solve aptitude problems(In my opinion they are too good but may not be the case with others :))
      3.dont try to remember too many shortcuts,few problems can be solved without using shortcuts (ex: profit-loss problems)
      4.try to note down all possible mistakes that you are making while solving problems
      5.practice as many problems as possible to gain confidence and to make sure that you are on right path because time management and accuracy are very important to get good score in QA.
      I hope that will be helpful :)

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    34. vallu help line numbers icharu kada call cheyyandi vallaki.ayina adem problem avvadu lendi be cool and prepare well :)

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    35. can anyone say me whether interview call letter for new india assurance assitant call letters are out r not ???

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    36. are you working in south indian bank...i want to know exam pattern..bcoz this year im going to write exam..please help me..

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    37. some1 pls mail me insurance materials at chethan000006@gmail.com , I'll be really thankful to u

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    38. what you had answered on question 8 ?

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    39. All the best Tarun ...plz tell me how u prepared for interview??

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    40. Can anyone tell me the syllabus and pattern for south Indian bank clerk

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    41. Nice questions i must say..mine was scattered from all over the world

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    42. hi kirti u r from which state?

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    43. have u got uiic asistant intervw?

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    44. hey tarun suggest me some books for data interpretation.i practised well.but i couldnt gain speed in xams(only for datainterpretation).pls help me

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    45. Hi venky iam from. Tamilnadu,
      I have given my ibps clerk interview, waiting for results and written just 153 with 80% accuracy.. gen.. Any chances for me

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    46. I have even applied for insurance exam NICL BUT DON HAVE ANY INSURANCe nots

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    47. hi suganya.. pls share ur mail id

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    48. Sure.. U will.. In our state, cutoff is 104.. So 20 marks mores more that cutoff is the safest mark to get in..

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    49. Sure. U will. For our state, cutoff is 104. So 20 marks more than cutoff will be safest score to get in. Let's wait for our marks.

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    50. Hi, Chances r there as lot of candidates passed in IBPS clerk, PO and some other exams.. So they will prefer that only, not RRB. So wait with hope. What abt yr IBPS clerk?

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    51. No. 3600 for TN and 35000 for all over India..

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    52. rangasugan@gmail.com. regarding...?

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    53. Really tensed, this s gonna b my 5th exam.

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    54. No, I'm not completed it yet.

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    55. no.......I wish its comes true as soon as..................

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    56. Don't worry dear.. Surely u ll be in this time.. Your attempts r gud.. ""Muyarchi Thiruvinaiakkum"".. Be positive always. Positive thoughts have a power to get everything.. All the best..

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    57. 104, OBC ..in IBPS PO....can u tell me the chances of getting job??

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    58. hi pls some1 let me know how to prepare for uiic assistant interview . its on 2nd march in bangalore

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    59. inorder to post my interview to whom i should mail it??

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    60. Hope this is the first interview experience of APGVB..


      VENUE: APGVB R.C.PURAM HYDERABAD



      Hi Friends....I am happy to share my interview experience....hope this will help to some of the aspirants....I was little worried as i don't have my e-receipt paid to the ibps...Friends don't worry even you don't have it....they asked to submit the bank transaction form from the account which you paid fee in the later time if we receive a call letter in future after selection.....so it was cool then...document verification went well and my turn for the interview came at 11.30


      There were four members in the panel....
      They asked me why banking?
      About beaches in Vizag.....as i have studied there...
      About Warangal....and mission kakatiya...as i am from warangal...
      Family details.....
      Some banking questions on ATM,INB,KCC.....
      Speakers of A.P and Telangana....


      Friends don't fear at all...All of them were very friendly.....


      All the best friends.....

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    61. This Friday is my last working day but I am feeling very bad for quitting as my team mates are very friendly and everyone is asking me to extend my working days till I get offer letter.. Don't know wat should u do..

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    62. Thanx pooh... One of my friends' friend got posted in Hyderabad so don't know whr is mine... But for girls they mostly keep posting within Karnataka or Mumbai region....

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    63. well best of the luck for that :)

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    64. u thn extend it til u recv call letter...

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    65. omg..mumbai
      i cnt..
      evn i dnt hve any prblm if posting in karnataka, hyd ,or kerala

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    66. where i collect the material regarding insurance interview????

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    67. Y can't Mumbai.... How come u r ok with kerla n hyd??

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    68. mumbai s too far... and language prblm...

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    69. Hmm...Which all languages u kno??

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    70. Ask ur frnd abt the revised salary package for KBL clerk ok..

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    71. So dey INCREASED working days by 1/ 2 day.o god !

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    72. okk samaj me aayaa. thank u.

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    73. got it bro. thanks ..

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