IBPS RRB VI Special : Complete List of Awards & Honors in September 2017

Awards & Honors List - September 2017

• Ahmedabad - India's first World Heritage City [UNESCO]
• Aishwarya Rai - Vogue Influencer of The Decade
• Birendra Sasmal - International Business Person of Year 2017
• C N R Rao - Von Hippel Award
• CISF Security Cover, Mumbai airport - Best Airport Security in the World Award
• Corporation Bank - SKOCH Award for MUDRA Performance - 2017
• Gujarat International Finance-Tec City (GIFT City) - Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Services Excellence Award
• Hyderabad International Airport - National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management
• ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco village (Maharashtra) - Spirit of Humanity Award
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) - Container Terminal of the Year Award 2017
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) - Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar for 2016-17
• Mahtab Bamji - Living Legend Award of International Union of Nutritional Sciences ((IUNS)
• Mother Teresa - Patron saint of the Archdiocese of Calcutta [by Vatican]
• Newton (Bollywood Movie) - India's official entry to Oscars 2018
• Paramjit Singh Pammi - Bhagat Puran Singh Award
• Pawan Chamling - Grand Prix Award

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IBPS RRB VI Special : Complete List of New Appointments in September 2017

List of New Appointments in 2017 : September Month

• A.B. Pandey - Interim Chairman, Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)
• Abanti Sankaranarayanan - Chairman, Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)
• Abhay Firodia - President, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)
• Ajay Bhushan Pandey - Interim Chairman, Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)
• Akshay Kumar - Brand Ambassador, Swachh Bharat Mission UP
• Angela Merkel - Chancellor, Germany (4th term)
• Arvind Subramanian - Chief Economic Adviser (1yr Extension)
• B Sambamurthy - Interim Chairman, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
• Balraj Joshi - CMD, NHPC (National Hydro Power Corporation)
• Ban Ki-moon - Head, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission
• Binay Tamang - Chairman, Gorkha Territorial Administration
• David Knopf - Youngest Ever CFO, Kraft Heinz
• Gopal Singh - CMD, Coal India Ltd (CIL)

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Latest List of Indian Ambassadors & High Commissioners to Foreign Countries 2017

Friends, here is the latest list of ambassadors and high commissioners of India to various foreign countries (as of today i.e., 31st October 2017). This list is very important for the General Awareness section of all competitive exams. Happy Reading :)

New List of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries 2017

• Gautam Bambawale - China
• Ajay Bisaria - Pakistan
  
• Harsh Kumar Jain - Slovakia
• Vani Sarraju Rao - Estonia
• Jaideep Mazumdar - Palau
• Jaideep Sarkar - Bhutan
• Mukta Tomar - Germany
• Pankaj Saran - Russia
• Ahmad Javed - Saudi Arabia
• Shamma Jain - Panama (along with  Costa Rica &  Nicaragua)
• Debnath Shaw - Tanzania
• T.P. Seetharam - United Arab Emirates
• Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha - United Kingdom
• Rahul Shrivastava - Venezuela
• Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha - United Kingdom
• Navtej Sarna - United States

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Union Bank of India Specialist Officers (Credit) Recruitment Last Date Extended

Friends, the Union Bank of India has extended the last date of online applications for it's Specialist (Credit) Officers recruitment 2017. Earlier, the bank has invited online applications from 4th October 2017 to 21st October 2017 for the recruitment of 200 Credit Officers Posts. Now it has extended the last date for the online applications till 4th November 2017. Check complete details below. All the Best :)

Name of the Bank : Union Bank of India

Name of the Posts : Specialist (Credit) Officers

Vacancy Details :

• SC - 49 Posts
• ST - 24 Posts
• OBC - 65 Posts
• UR - 62 Posts
• Total - 200 Posts

Age :

• Minimum : 23 Years
• Maximum : 32 Years

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State Bank of India (SBI) cuts Lending Rates by 5 Basis Points

India's largest bank, State Bank of India (SBI) today cut Marginal Cost-based Lending Rates (MCLR) across maturities by 5 basis points, effective from tomorrow (1st November 2017). This is the top lender's first lending rate cut in 10 months.

The State Bank, which accounts for more than a fifth of India's banking assets, will lower the 1-year MCLR to 7.95 per cent from 8 per cent. Most banks sharply reduced marginal cost of lending rates (MCLR) in January 2017, post demonetisation exercise after they saw huge inflow of deposits.

The reduction in the lending rates comes within weeks of Rajnish Kumar, taking charge as the new Chairman of SBI for a term of three years. The bank will now pegged MCLR to 7.70% for overnight borrowing and 8.10% for three years. Other largest banks like ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank too may announce a token cut in the lending rates.

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31st October 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (31st October 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 31st October 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (31st October) is World Savings Day.
• This day was established on October 31, 1924, during the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks) in Milano, Italy.
• Theme of World Savings Day 2017 : “Our future starts with savings”
• Today (31st October) is World Cities Day.
  
• Aim of this day : To promote international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting opportunities and addressing challenges of urbanization, and contributing to sustainable urban development around the world.  
• Theme of World Cities Day 2017 : "Innovative Governance, Open Cities"
• Today is Halloween.
• The word Halloween came from 'Hallowed evening', and is the day before All Hallows Day - also known as All Saints' Day.
• China's top leadership is considering digging a 1,000-km long tunnel, which if completed would be the world's longest by a huge margin, to divert the waters of the Brahmaputra from Tibet, before it enters Arunachal Pradesh.
• Note : The Brahmaputra, called the Yarlung Tsangpo in China, originates in Tibet and flows downstream into India's northeast and sustains millions of people in its basin flowing into Bangladesh before meeting the Bay of Bengal.

MOUs & Agreements

• India and Italy have signed 6 agreements to boost cooperation in the fields of railways safety, energy and promoting mutual investments, among others
• The signed agreements are :
• Executive Protocol on Cultural Cooperation.
• Joint Declaration of Intent of Cooperation for Safety in Railway sector.
• MoU between Training Unit of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Government of Italy and Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs, India.
• MoU for promoting mutual investments between Italian Trade Agency and Invest India.
• MoU on 70 years of diplomatic relations between Indian Council of Cultural Relations and Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation of Italy.
• MoU on cooperation in field of Energy.

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One Word Substitutions for IBPS Bank Exams 2017 - Lesson 88

Friends, this is the 88th Lesson of our One Word Substitutions lesson series. Today we are giving you one word substitutes of the letter 'V'. Read and practice well. Happy Reading :)

One Word Substitutes Practice Test - 88

• Full of life and energy 
• vibrant (adjective)
• Feeling or experiencing something by watching or reading about somebody else doing something 
• vicarious (adjective)
• An evil or immoral quality in somebody's character 
• vice (noun)
  
• Area around a place 
• vicinity (noun)
• Full of violence and cruelty 
• vicious (adjective)
• One of the several changes that one has to tackle 
• vicissitude (noun)
• Make someone suffer unfairly as you hate them 
• victimize (verb)
• A period when one keeps a watch at night 
• vigil (noun)
• Noticing carefully any signs of danger 
• vigilant (adjective)
• A piece of writing that reveals what a particular person is like
• vignette (noun)

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Essays for Competitive Exams : Upholding Good Journalistic Standard

Upholding Good Journalistic Standard

Main Points to Highlight : Many times certain scams were uncovered by media through sting channel operations. Although the legality ofthese operations might be altogether a different debate but still they did some socially good by it. But only of these facts, we can't conclude that the media of our nation has touched the height of high journalism. Media of nation can only be said to be of high standard when it is aware of its societal responsibilities and it is actively involved in it. But in this regard I would rather say with great sorrow that media ofour nation has failed in its duty towards the country. It is correct that the media has been successful in giving itselfa professional touch according to the changing conditions of globalization, but on the other hands it could not maintain a fairfiinctioning of its duties towards the nation at large. Although in today's time media needs to be professional, becausefund raising is very necessaryfor it toAnction properly but with the professional touch it has to focus on social issues even if they are not so profitable.

It is said that media is the fourth pillar of the democracy. It keeps the people aware about the political turmoil on one hand, and it pressurize the political leaders to show accountability to the people on the other. Today, in India the face of media has changed a lot and in-fact many times it has proved its efficiency. The media is actively involved in the national level affairs relating to the social justice, law and order, constitution and many other things.

Many times the media has played an extremely positive role by creating a public opinion towards a thing. Recently in the campaign of social activist Anna Hazaray, media played a big part in making the campaign a success. There are many other examples when the media played a great role in providing justice to the people as like in the case of Jessica Lal murder, if the media had not given the case so much of hype there were hardly any chances that the culprits would have got the sentence of life. Moreover many times certain scams were uncovered by medic through sting channel operations, although the legality of these operations might be altogether different debate but still they did some social good by it.

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Computer Knowledge Expected Questions (Operating System) - Set 5

1. CUI stands for 
1. Character Using Interface
2. Character Unique Interchange
3. Chrome User Interface
4. Character User Interface 
5. None of these 
2. The batch file uses the extension _________
1. .BAT
2. .DOC
3. .PRG
   
4. .DOC
5. None of these 
3. To display the list of all the file of the disk you would type 
1. DIR
2. COPY
3. DIR FILES
4. DIR AUTOEXEC.BAT
5. None of these 
4. What is the maximum length allowed for primary name of a computer file under DOS ?
1. 8
2. 12
3. 3
4. 5
5. None of these 

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Govt Sets up Arun Jaitley Panel on Public Sector Bank Mergers

The Government of India has constituted a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to consider and oversee mergers among the country’s 21 state-run banks. The other members of the panel include Piyush Goyal (Railway and Coal Minister) and Nirmala Sitharaman (Defence Minister).  This panel will oversee the proposals coming from boards of PSBs for consolidation.

The Cabinet in August had decided to set up an Alternative Mechanism to fast-track consolidation among public sector banks to create strong lenders. This panel comes less than a week after the government announced a Rs2.11 trillion bank recapitalisation plan for public sector banks weighed down by bad loans, seeking to stimulate the flow of credit to spur private investment.

The government has also exempted consolidation among PSBs from the scrutiny of competition watchdog, the Competition Commission of India. This exemption will cover all cases of reconstitution, transfer of whole or any part of nationalised banks. The exemption will be available for 10 years.

About Bank Mergers :

The idea of bank mergers has been around since at least 1991, when former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor M. Narasimham recommended the government to merge banks into a three-tiered structure, with three large banks with an international presence at the top.

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IRDAI Assistant Managers 2017 Phase II Descriptive Exam Call Letters out

Friends, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has released the Admission Letters / Call Letters for the Phase-II Descriptive Examination of IRDAI Assistant Managers Recruitment 2017. Those aspirants who have cleared the Phase I Exam held on 4th October 2017 can download their Phase II Descriptive Examination Admission Letters along with Information Handout and Travel Claim form. The IRDAI Assistant Managers Phase II Descriptive Test is scheduled to be held on 11th November 2017. Check complete details below. All the Best :)

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SSC CGL (Tier I ) Exam 2017 Result out

Friends, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the results of SSC Combined Graduate Level (Tier-I) Exam 2017. As you know, the Staff Selection Commission conducted the Combined Graduate Level Examination (Tier-I)-2017 in Computer Based Mode from 5th to 24th August 2017. A total of 15,43,418 candidates have appeared for the exam. From those candidates, the organization has shortlisted 1,50,404 candidates for the Tier II exam and released the results of the same. You can check the list of qualified candidates in SSC CGL Tier I Exam 2017 from the official website of the Staff Selection Commission (http://ssc.nic.in) or from below links. All the Best :)

Check Cutoff Writeup from HERE

Check your SSC CGL Tier I Exam 2017 Result from below links :

• Check List 1 of Qualified Candidates from HERE
• Check List 2 of Qualified Candidates from HERE
• Check List 3 of Qualified Candidates from HERE

Check complete details from the official website of SSC from HERE

Additional Details about SSC CGL Tier I 2017 Result Declaration :

• List-I : Candidates qualified in Tier-I for appearing in Tier-II (Paper-I, Paper-II, Paper-IV (General Studies (Finance & Accounts) and Tier-III
• List-II : Candidates qualified in Tier-I for appearing in Tier-II (Paper-I, Paper-II, Paper-III (Statistics)) and Tier-III 
• List – III : Candidates qualified in Tier-I for appearing in Tier-II (Paper-I and Paper-II) and Tier-III

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Essays for Competitive Exams : Population Trends in India

Population Trends in India

Main Points to Highlight : Rapid rise in population is a major problem being faced by India. It negates all our growth and developments. Ejliwtive family planning and population stability are urgently needed. The present fertility rate is quite high and must be brought down drastically. Illiteracy and poverty are two great hindrances in family planning. The states with low literacy have the highest birth rates. Literate women make good use offamily planning and birth-control devices. Two-children family norm should be enforced strictly. There should be more incentives and de-incentives to oblige people to take up family planning on a large scale to reverse the prevailing and alarming population trends in the country.

The prevailing population trends in India are quite disturbing as they show how fast the country is hurtling towards demographic disaster which in its turn is bound to generate other crisis. The problem of population explosion is one of the major problems being faced by the country. At the rate of 31 new babies every minute we are adding 45,000 persons daily to our population. Thus, every year we have nearly 16 million more people to feed, educate, shelter and find jobs. Obviously, the population bomb is ticking away and we are doing nothing serious and effective in the matter. It negates all our economical growth and development because sustained progress and development are impossible without stability in the rate of population growth. Today's growth rate in population is about 2 percent which will take India's population to 7,000 million mark soon. 

There has been decline in India's population growth rate to 17.64% in the decade 2010-11. But this decline is not enough and demands some urgent and effective if not drastic measures in respect of family planning and population stability. The country's present total fertility rate (TFR) is 2.7. This reflects how miserably we have failed in family planning programmes and population-control. China's TFR in 2014 was 1.55 in comparison to India's 2.51. China has considerably brought down its TFR and population growth rate but India has been left far behind. China is today the most populous country but in coming years it would be replaced by India at the present rate of growth of 2 percent per annum or average of 3 children per woman. The fertility rate is even higher in U.P., Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhaya Pradesh and Punjab. The total fertility rate is the highest in UP at 3.3 percent. 

The sex ratio (i.e., number of females per thousand males) of population is 943 females per 1000 males as of 2015.

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30th October 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (30th October 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 30th October 2017

International Current Affairs

• Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni is on a visit to India.
• With this, he has become the first politician at the post to visit the Asian country in a decade. 
• His visit aimed at strengthening the bilateral political and economic relations between the two countries. 
• Note : Gentiloni and Narendra Modi released commemorative stamp to mark 70 Years of Diplomatic Relationship between India & Italy.
  

National Current Affairs

• In a first in India, the Andhra Pradesh government is going to make Digital Prescriptions mandatory for the sale of medicines. 
• It has developed a system wherein pharmacies can only sell medicines on prescriptions with digital signatures of registered doctors. 
• Further, the patients have to use a One Time Password on their mobiles, or Aadhaar, for identity verification.

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September 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, here are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of September 2017. These one-liners cover all important International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees and Sports affairs of September month (from 1st to 30th September 2017). We will  provide the pdf version by this evening, but we advise you to write these on your own so that you wont forget them again. All the Best and Happy Reading :)

September 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 10th September 2017 was observed as the World Suicide Prevention Day with the theme ‘Take a Minute, Change a Life’.
• 11-year old Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh bagged gold in the Under-12 World Cadet Chess championship held in Brazil.
• 12th edition of India-Nepal joint military exercise - Surya Kiran XII was recently held at Nepal Army Battle School (NABS) in Saljhandi, Nepal.
• 13th edition of Yudh Abhyas 2017, an annual bilateral military exercise between India and United States was recently took place at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, US.
• 13th Formation Day of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) was celebrated across the country on 28th September 2107. The theme of this year’s Formation Day was School Safety.

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One Word Substitutions for IBPS Bank Exams 2017 - Lesson 87

Friends, this is the 86th Lesson of our One Word Substitutions lesson series. Today we are giving you one word substitutes of the letter 'U'. Read and practice well. Happy Reading :)

One Word Substitutes Practice Test - 87

• Organize workers as a trade union
• unionize (verb)
• The only one of its type
• unique (adjective)
• Intended for use both by men and women
• unisex (adjective)
• Act of people doing or saying something at the same time 
• unison (noun)
• Untidy and not well cared for
• unkempt (adjective)
• Let out suddenly a strong force or emotion 
• unleash (verb)
• Make someone feel nervous and less confident 
• unnerve (verb)
• Explain something difficult in a clear way 
• unravel (verb)

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2017 French Super Series Complete Winners List

The French Super Series for the year 2017 was recently held during 24th to 29th October 2017 at at Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France. This is the 10th Super Series tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series. This super series is very important for upcoming competitive exams because India's Kidambi Srikanth has won the the title in Men's singles category by defeating Japan's Kenta Nishimoto. Here is the complete winners list.

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Computer Knowledge Quiz - Memory (Set 4)

1. EPROM stands for
1. Electronic programmable read-only memory
2. Erasable programmable read-only memory
3. Electrical programmable read-only memory
4. Electrical principal read-only memory
5. None of these
2. EEPROM stands for 
   
1. Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
2. Elementary erasable programmable read-only memory
3. Electronics and electrical programmable read-only memory
4. Electrically erasable principal read-only memory
5. None of these
3. RAM stands for ____________
1. Recording Access Memory
2. Random Application Memory
3. Recording Application Memory
4. Random Access Memory
5. None of these

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October 2017 Current Affairs Quiz - Set 13

Who has been recently sworn in as the New Zealand's 3rd Woman and the youngest Prime Minister in 150 years ?

Indian Army's 70th Infantry Day was recently observed on ?

The Infantry Day is observed to commemorate supreme sacrifices made by Indian Army’s infantry against Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in which year ?

The State Bank of India (SBI) recently signed agreement with a leading tractor and construction equipment manufacturer based at Faridabad, Haryana, to finance farmers for purchase of Escorts tractors. Name it ?

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced that the government will celebrate 'Anti-Black Money Day' on which date to mark one year since the demonetisation announcement ?

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Kidambi Srikanth wins French Open Super Series title 2017

Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth has won the French Open Super Series men's singles title today by beating Japan's Kenta Nishimoto in straight games.

This is Srikanth's 4th title in the season. He already completed a hat-trick of Super Series titles by winning the Indonesia Super Series Premier, Australia Open Super Series and Denmark Open Super Series Premier. This is his second consecutive title in two weeks after winning the Denmark Open in Odense last week.

With this, Srikanth became only fourth men's singles player to win four or more Super Series titles in a calendar year.

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Essays for Competitive Exams : Harmful Effects of Mobile Phones

The Harmful Effects of Mobile Phones

Main Points to Highlight : Mobile phones today have come under the category of necessary items rather than luxury. These have made lift simpler with a person being in touch always. They have come to represent your personality and the younger generation's life revolves around the use of these wonder gadgets. Though technology has changed the way we view mobile phones, we cannot ignore the fact that the radiations emittedfrom mobile phones are a matter ofdeep concern. With more and more people claiming to have contracted diseases resulting from mobile phone radiations, it has become important that we take a look at the reality. This essay tries to do exactly that.

Mobile phones have come a long way from the brick sized, extremely expensive gadgets seen in some exclusive people's hands only. Today, various types of mobile phones are available that can be used to represent not only the person but also reflect the user's personality. Children, teenagers, adults or the elderly — there is hardly anybody who has not been touched by this wonder gadget. Everyone knows how to use it and a lot of people are using it to express their views. Increasingly being considered as an object of necessity, the mobile phone today has more takers than it can handle. 

In 1993, when the world was just getting used to the idea of everyone having their own mobile handset, the suit filed by a man claiming that his wife had contracted brain tumor because of the use of mobile phones, shocked everyone. The case was reported in Florida and it sent all the scientists in a flurry to study and prove the authenticity of the claim. It was after these studies were undertaken that it was realized that yes, mobile phone radiations could be harmful for humans.

Mobile telephony has two main aspects — the base tower and the mobile handset itself. The working of the mobile phone depends on communication between the base tower and the handset and the means of this communication is radiation. Let us take a brief look at how a mobile phone and a base interact in order to work.

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29th October 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (29th October 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 29th October 2017

International Current Affairs

• The Foreign Minister of Tunisia Khemaies Jhinaoui is on a 4 day visit to India.
• During this visit, he will be co-chairing the 12th India-Tunisia Joint Commission Meeting along with Smt. Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister of India.
  
• The 14th South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law (SAARCLAW) Conference was recently held at Colombo, Sri Lanka along with 11th SAARC Chief Justices Conference.
• The three-day conference was inaugurated by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and saw participation from South Asia’s top Judges, legal practitioners and academics.

National Current Affairs

• The 1st Guwahati International Film Festival has begun today.
• Chief Minister of Assam Sarbanand Sonowal formally inaugurated the six-day festival today's evening. 
• 75 movies from 35 countries will be screened in this festival.
• Iranian movie The Salesman is the inaugural movie. 
• The festival is being organized by Jyoti Chitraban society, Assam government and Dr Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute.
• The 1st International Consumer Protection Conference on empowering consumers in new markets for South, South East and East Asian Countries was recently held in New Delhi from 26 to 27 October 2017. 
• This conference was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Theme of this conference : “Empowering Consumers in New Markets”.

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Central Bank of India (SUAPS) Recruitment of Faculty & Office Assistant 2017

Friends, Central Bank of India Samajik Utthan Avam Prashikshan Sansthan (CBI-SUAPS), a Society/Trust, (registered under Society Registration Act 1860 with Head Office at Mumbai), sponsored by Central Bank of India and engaged in imparting training to rural youth for their self-employment and bringing awareness among rural masses on financial literacy through its 46 RSETI & 48 FLCC centres located in 51 Lead Districts allotted to the Bank in the country, is inviting applications from eligible aspirants for filling up the posts of Faculty and Office Assistants for it's RSETI centre at Padrauna , Dist. – Kushinagar, U.P. The last date for the receipt applications is 15th November 2017. Check complete details below. All the Best :)

Name of the Bank : Central Bank of India (CBI)

Name of the Post : Faculty, Office Assistant

Eligibility Criteria :

• Office Assistant :
• Age : 35 years with sound health
• Education :
• Shall be a Graduate viz. BSW/BA/B.Com with computer knowledge.
• Desirable : 
• Knowledge in basic accounts & book keeping.
• Should be well conversant with the local language.
• Should be resident of the same or nearby district/residing at the head quarter of RSETI centre.

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October 2017 Current Affairs Quiz - Set 12

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a 10-member task force to review and determine the scope of a Public Credit Registry (PCR). Who is the head of this task force ?

World Development Information Day is observed on ?

Who was recently honored with the Best FIFA Men's Player of the year for the second consecutive time ?

Who was recently honored with the Best FIFA Men's Coach Award ?

Which country has been named the Best country to visit next year by Lonely Planet in its 'Best in Travel 2018' list ?

The United Nations Day is observed on ?

Who is the Secretary‑General of United Nations ?

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28th October 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (28th October 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 28th October 2017

International Current Affairs

• India is going to host the 13th session of United Nations' global wildlife summit on migratory species (CMS COP13) in 2020.
• About CMS COP :
• The CMS COP [Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species], held once in three years, is the only international treaty devoted exclusively to migratory wildlife species.
• This summit aims to conserve terrestrial, marine, and avian migratory species on a global level.
  
• Burundi today became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). 
• French Defence Minister Florence Parly today arrived in India for a two-day visit and was accorded with the Guard of Honour.
• Parly held wide-ranging talks with her Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman to boost defence and security ties between the two countries.
• Both the leaders discussed the regional security situation and ways to ramp up overall strategic ties.
• The Catalan Parliament today voted 70-10 in favour of a resolution to declare independence from Spain. 

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One Word Substitutions for IBPS Bank Exams 2017 - Lesson 86

Friends, this is the 86th Lesson of our One Word Substitutions lesson series. Today we are giving you one word substitutes of the letter 'T'. Read and practice well. Happy Reading :)

One Word Substitutes Practice Test - 86

• Showing that something has taken place 
• telltale (adjective)
• Very confident behavior that may look rude  
• temerity (noun)
• Behavior or reaction to a situation  

• temperament (noun)
• Tending to become easily angry in an unreasonable way 
• temperamental (adjective)
• A violent storm 
• tempest (noun)
• Full of extreme emotions
• tempestuous (adjective)
• The speed of an activity 
• tempo (noun)
• Connected with the material world and not spiritual 
• temporal (adjective)
• Make someone want to do something
• tempt (verb)

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Sample Letters for IBPS PO Mains Descriptive Test : Letter to Bank to Close your Savings Account

Letter : Write a letter to XYZ Bank to close your savings account. 

B-21, Samachar Apartments

Mayur Vihar Extension 1

New Delhi- 110009

28th October 2017

The Branch Manager

XYZ Bank

123 Street

New Delhi-110001 

Respected Sir/Madam,

Subject : Request for the closure of savings account. 

I have a savings account (A/c. No. 1200001239) at your branch since August 2006. I request you to close my account as I am relocating to the United States of America permanently. As there is no branch of your bank there, therefore, I have decided to close this account. I would be highly obliged if the account closure process is completed by 30th October, 2016 and a money order/cheque for the outstanding balance in the account is sent to me.

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27th October 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (27th October 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 27th October 2017

International Current Affairs

• Saudi Arabia has become the world's first country to grant citizenship to a Robot.
• The country today offered citizenship to a humanoid named Sophia.
• Today (27th October) is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
• This commemorative day was chosen by UNESCO in the year 2005 to raise of awareness of the significance of and preservation risks recorded sound and audiovisual documents (films, sound and video recordings, radio and television programmes).
  
• Theme of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2017 : "Discover, remember and share"
• Today is 25th Independence Day of Turkmenistan.
• It became independent upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
• About Turkmenistan
• Capital - Ashgabat
• President - Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
• Currency - Turkmen new manat

National Current Affairs

• Indian Army's 70th Infantry Day is being observed today to commemorate supreme sacrifices made by Indian Army’s infantry against Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 1947.
• It was first infantry action by Indian Army after independence.
• Observance of the day also commemorates infantry’s exceptional courage and dedicated service to nation.

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IBPS Specialist Officer (IBPS SO VII) Notification 2017 out

Friends, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the notification of IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment (IBPS SO VII) for the year 2017. You can apply online from 7th  November 2017 to 27th November 2017. The Preliminary online exam will be held during 30th and 31st December 2017. Check complete details below. All the Best :)

Name of the organization : Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)

Name  of the Posts : Specialist Officers

Post Details :

• I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
• Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
• Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
• Law Officer (Scale I)
• HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
• Marketing Officer (Scale I)

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Example Letters for IBPS PO (Mains) Descriptive Test : Application to the Branch Manager

Letters for IBPS PO VII

Letter : Write an application to the branch manager as you have lost your receipt of term deposit which matures next week, asking him what steps need to be taken next. 

C-213, Block B

Dilshad Colony

Delhi

27th October 2017

The Branch Manager, 

XYZ Bank

Delhi - 110022 

Dear Sir, 

Subject : Loss of term deposit receipt bearing number 011002345

I am a savings account holder (A/c. No. 013246789800) at your branch and maintain a term deposit quoted above for the amount of 50,000.

I would like to inform you that I have accidentally misplaced the receipt for the term deposit. The term deposit will mature the next week and I have no clue what I am supposed to do next.

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Rajkot Nagarik Sahakari Bank Recruitment - Office Assistants, Assistant General Managers & Deputy General Managers 2017

Friends, the Rajkot Nagarik Sahakari Bank, a leading Co-operative bank from Gujarat is recruiting Office Assistants, Assistant General Managers & Deputy General Managers  for the year 2017. You can apply online from 24th October 2017 to 2nd November 2017 for the post of Office Assistant - Peon (Trainee) and from 25th October 2017 to 3rd November 2017 for the posts of Assistant General Manager- HR & IR(HR) and Deputy General Manager.  Check complete details below. All the Best :)

Name of the Bank : Rajkot Nagarik Sahakari Bank 

Name of the Posts :

• Office Assistant - Peon (Trainee)
• Assistant General Manager- HR & IR(HR)
• Deputy General Manager

Location :

• Office Assistant - Peon (Trainee) - Jamnagar
• Assistant General Manager- HR & IR(HR) - Rajkot
• Deputy General Manager - Rajkot

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Banking Awareness Quiz for IBPS RRB VI Office Assistants Main Exam 2017 - Set 131

1. As per the Companies Act amended in 2013, what is the maximum age for retirement for MD/CEO of all private banks is :
1. 60 years
2. 62 years
3. 65 years
4. 70 years
5. None of these
2. What are the main objectives of the Export-Import Bank (EXIM Bank) ?
1. To ensure an integrated and coordinated approach to solving the problems of exporters
2. To provide special attention to capital goods export and export of technical services
3. To tap domestic and overseas markets for resources, undertake development and finance activities in the areas of exports
   
4. To provide financial assistance to the exporters and importers and act as the principal financial institution for coordinating the working of other institutions engaged in financing exports and imports
5. All the above

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October 2017 Current Affairs Quiz - Set 11

Who has been recently appointed as the first ever Artificial Intelligence Minister of United Arab Emirates (UAE) ?

HSBC has appointed an Indian CEO after 8 years for its India operations. Who is he ?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first roll on-roll off or 'Ro-Ro' ferry service between Ghogha and Dahej cities of which state ?

India defeated which country in final of the Hockey Asia Cup in Dhaka, to win the tournament for the 3rd time ?

External Affairs Minister of India was recently co-chaired the Indo-Bangla joint consultative commission meeting. Who is S/He ?

Police Commemoration Day is observed in India on ?

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26th October 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (26th October 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 26th October 2017

International Current Affairs

• The Lahaul & Spiti district (Himachal Pradesh) has been named among the Top 10 regions to visit next year by Lonely Planet in its 'Best in Travel 2018' list. 
• The list has been topped by Belfast and the Causeway coast in Northern Ireland, followed by United States' Alaska and Slovenia's Julian Alps.
• The United States will no longer approve the extension of non-immigrant visas such as H-1B and L1 by default. 
• Earlier, if a person was once found to be eligible for a work visa initially, they would usually be considered for extension of their visa. 
  

National Current Affairs

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced that the government will celebrate 'Anti-Black Money Day' on November 8th to mark one year since the demonetisation announcement. 
• This comes a day after the Opposition announced a 'Black Day' to mark the first anniversary of note ban.
• The deadline to link Aadhaar card to avail benefits of welfare schemes has been extended to March 31, 2018.
• The Chandigarh administration has approved a provision for the Transgender community in the city to use a gender-neutral title 'Mx' in all forms and applications. 
• As many as 51 Pakistani Hindu migrant families that had been living in Chhattisgarh's Raipur for several years were granted Indian citizenship on Wednesday. 
• Withthis, Chhattisgarh has become the first state to award citizenship after PM Narendra Modi entitled the state governments with this right in 2015. 
• Important Note : Earlier, only the Union government had the power to grant citizenships.

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English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 24th October 2017

Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of Today's Hindu News Paper dated 24th October 2017. Happy reading :)

Note : Click on the title to read the Editorial from the News Paper

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Facts in fiction: on 'Mersal' row"

• Fiction - books, stories and movies about imaginary events and people
• Row - a noisy argument or fight
• Intolerance - someone’s refusal to accept behaviour, beliefs, or opinions that are different from their own
  
• Ignorance - lack of knowledge or facts about a situation or a particular subject
• Incontrovertible - true and impossible to doubt
• Ferreting out - to discover information by searching for it in a determined way
• Contemporary - modern, or relating to the present time
• Touchstone - a standard that is used for testing or judging other things
• Regime - a system of rules that control something

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127th Technical Graduate Course (TGC 127) notification by Indian Army

Friends, the Indian Army is inviting online applications from eligible Male aspirants for 127th Technical Graduate Course (TGC 127) for July 2018. All the eligible aspirants can apply online from 24th October 2017 to 22nd November 2017. Check complete details below. All the Best :)

Name of the Organization - Indian Army

Name of the Course - 127th Technical Graduate Course (TGC 127)


Total Number of Vacancies - 40 Posts

Vacancy Details :

• Architecture - 01 Post
• Civil - 10 Posts
• Computer Engg / Computer Science/ Information Science & Engg/InfoTech/M.Sc (Computer Sc) - 06 Posts
• Electrical/Electrical & Electronics Engg - 05 Posts
• Electronics - 02 Posts
• Electronics & Instrumentation/Instrumentation - 02 Posts
• Electronics & Telecommunication/ Telecommunication/ E.C./ Satellite Communication - 07 Posts
• Mechanical - 04 Posts
• Metallurgical - 02 Posts
• Micro Electronics & Microwave - 01 Post

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Banking Awareness Quiz for IBPS RRB VI Officers Main Exam 2017 - Set 130

1. SCORES stands for :
1. SEBI Complaints Redress System
2. Special Complaints Redress System
3. Sources for Complaints Redress System
4. Statutory Complaints Redress System
5. None of the above
2. The three pillars of the Basel II framework are :
1. Minimum capital requirements
   
2. Asset - Liability Management
3. Market discipline
4. Supervisory Review
5. 1, 3 & 4
3. Interest of time deposits may be paid, credited, transferred or reinvested with frequency not less than :
1. Quarterly rests
2. Monthly rests
3. Half yearly rests
4. Yearly rests
5. None of the above

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One Word Substitutions for IBPS Bank Exams 2017 - Lesson 85

Friends, this is the 85th Lesson of our One Word Substitutions lesson series. Today we are giving you one word substitutes of the letter 'S'. Read and practice well. Happy Reading :)

One Word Substitutes Practice Test - 85

• Walk in a slow and leisurely fashion
• saunter (verb)
• Cruel and violent behaviour
• savagery (noun)
  
• Someone with great knowledge and ability 
• savant (noun)
• A person who rescues someone from a risky situation 
• saviour (noun)
• Enjoy slowly the taste or flavor of something 
• savour (verb)
• Referring to making love in an amusing way 
• saucy (adjective)
• Practical knowledge of something 
• savvy (noun)
• Structure used by workers to stand while working on a building 
• scaffold (noun) 

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English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 23rd October 2017

Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 23rd October 2017. Happy reading :)

Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 22nd October 2017 (Sunday)

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Unacceptable fetters : on the Rajasthan ordinance"

• Fetters - something that limits your freedom to do what you want
• Ordinance - an official order by a government, king, queen etc
• Threaten - to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something
• Whistle-blower - someone who reports dishonest or illegal activities within an organization to someone in authority
  
• Offence - a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment
• Disclose - to give information to people, especially information that was secret
• Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
• Sanction - official permission for taking action
• Grave - so serious that you feel worried
• Consolidating - to combine several small things to become one large unit

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Latest Awards & Honors Quiz 2017 - Set 3

Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honored with prestigious Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel Hawthan. Sail is famous writer in which language ?

1. Konkani
2. Marathi
3. Telugu
4. Tamil
5. None of These

Which of the following banks has won the Best Bank award among small banks for use of technology for financial inclusion at 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17 ?

1. Karnataka Bank
   
2. Karur Vyasa Bank
3. Lakshmi Vilas Bank
4. Kotak Mahindra Bank
5. None of These

Name the Indian-origin British director, who was recently honoured with 2017 Sikh Jewel Award for her contribution to British cinema ?

1. Priti Patel
2. Kal Penn
3. Nikki Haley
4. Gurinder Chadha
5. None of These

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Model Letters for IBPS PO (Mains) Descriptive Test : Letter to the HR manager of the Bank requesting Joining Date

IBPS PO Mock Test (Mains) Descriptive

Write a letter to the HR manager of the Bank, requesting him to confirm your date of joining the bank as a Relationship Manager. 

42-A

14/7 Green Park, 

New Delhi-110009

25th October, 2017

The HR Manager,

XYZ Bank ABC Estate,

New Delhi-110001 

Respected Sir, 

Subject : Request for confirmation of date of joining.

I would like to express my gratitude for having received the appointment letter for the position of 'Relationship Manager' in your bank. I am delighted to receive such a great opportunity and glad to accept the offer. Kindly let me know the details of all the documents that are required to be submitted by me, the date of joining and the dress code of the bank.

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25th October 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (25th October 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 25th October 2017

International Current Afairs

• Nicaragua today signed the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US and Syria as the only two countries out of the global pact. 
• Note : The deal was agreed upon by 195 countries in 2015 and is dedicated at lowering emissions and strengthening countries' abilities to deal with the effects of climate change.
• Chile has been named the Best country to visit next year by Lonely Planet in its 'Best in Travel 2018' list.
• Top 5 in the List :
  
• Chile
• South Korea 
• Portugal
• Djibouti 
• New Zealand
• US President Donald Trump today signed an executive order ending his temporary ban which suspended the processing of all refugees to the US for a period of 120 days. 
• Indonesian lawmakers tday approved a presidential decree banning civil organisations deemed to go against the country's secular state ideology. 
• Note : Hizb-ut Tahrir, which seeks to establish an Islamic caliphate, was the first organisation to be disbanded under the policy.
• US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Delhi today on his maiden official visit to India.
• During his three-day visit, he will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
• Important Note : Tillerson is on a five-nation visit from 20th to 27th October 2017 including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan and Switzerland.

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