May 2017 Current Affairs Quiz - set 11

Who has been recently appointed as the new CEO of Paytm Payments Bank ?

India has overtaken the US to become the second-most attractive country for renewable energy investment. Which country topped the list ?

Which state assembly has recently passed an amendment to its public services law to appoint Olympics silver medal-winning shuttler PV Sindhu as a Group-1 officer in the government ?

The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was recently passed away. Name him ?

International Museum Day is observed on ?

What is the Theme of International Museum Day 2017 ?

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Tamil Nadu Postman and Mail Guard Exam Cancelled

After so many controversies, the Tamil Nadu Postal Circle has recently announced that the circle's Postman / Mailguard Recruitment Exam 2016 has been cancelled. 

Below is the notice shared by the Tamil Nadu Postal Circle about the cancellation of the exam.

This is for information of all concerned that the Competent Authority has cancelled the Postman/Mailguard Direct Recruitment Examination for the vacancy year 2015-16 held on 11.12.2016

Check complete details from HERE 

Thanks to Mari Selvan for the update

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One Word Substitutions - Lesson 55

Friends, this is the 55th Lesson of our One Word Substitutions lesson series. Today we are giving you 20 one word substitutes of the letter 'H'. Read and practice well. Happy Reading :)

One Word Substitutes Practice Test - 55

• Connected with the sense of touch
• haptic (adjective)
• Criticize something loudly and angrily

• harangue (verb)
• Say unpleasant things and pressurize people 
• harass (verb)
• A thing that indicates something will happen
• harbinger (noun)
• Someone who is determined to get what he or she wants 
• hardball (noun)
• Emotionless and not easily shocked
• hardbitten (adjective) 
• Not showing any emotion 
• hard-boiled (adjective)
• Not willing to change one's belief 
• hard-core (adjective)
• Getting after a lot of effort and work
• hard-earned (adjective)

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Rajkot Nagarik Sahakari Bank Recruitment of Office Assistants, Executives & Managers 2017

Friends, the Rajkot Nagarik Sahakari Bank, a leading Co-operative bank from Gujarat is inviting online applications from eligible aspirants for filling up the posts of Office Assistant - Peon (Trainee), Jr. Executive (Trainee) / Sr. Executive(I.T.), Deputy Chief Manager / Manager, Sr. Executive (Sales) and     Sr. Executive (Back Office) for the year 2017. You can apply online from 20th May 2017 to 29th May 2017. Check complete details below. All the Best :)

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22nd May 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

Dear Great Ambitionists, here are today's (22nd May 2017) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 22nd May 2017

International Current Affairs

• Today (22nd May) is International Day for Biological Diversity.
• The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
• Theme of International Day for Biological Diversity 2017 : “Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism”
• In a Global Healthcare Access and Quality Index study, India was ranked 154 among the 195 countries surveyed between 1990-2015. 

• Europe's Andorra topped the list followed by Iceland, and Switzerland, while the US was placed 35th.
• Japan is going to build a war museum at the hillock at Maiba Lokpa in Manipur, Japanese ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu has announced today. 
• Hiramatsu said that around 70,000 Japanese soldiers had died during World War II in Imphal and Kohima, between March and June 1944.

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74th Italian Open (Tennis) Winners List 2017

The Italian Open (tennis) tournament for the year 2017, also known as the Internazionali BNL d'Italia and 2017 Rome Masters was recently held at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy from 15th to 21st May 2017. This is the 74th edition of the tournament. Germany's 20-year-old Alexander Zverev became the first player born in the 1990s to earn an ATP Masters title after defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Ukraine's Elina Svitolina has won the Women's singles title. Here is the complete list of winners. Happy Reading :)

2017 Italian Open Winners List

• Men's Singles - Alexander Zverev (Germany) by beating Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
• Women's Singles - Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) by beating Simona Halep (Romania)
• Men’s doubles - Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) and Nicolas Mahut (France) by beating Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcel Granollers (Spain)
• Women’s Doubles - Taipei Chan Yung-jan (China) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) by beating Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) and Elena Vesnina (Russia)

Note : Last year (2016) India's Sania Mirza along with her Swis partner Martina Hingis have won the Women's Doubles title in this tournament.

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English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 22nd May 2017

Hai  Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 22nd May 2017. You can click on the Titles to read the Editorials. Happy reading :)

Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 21st May 2017 (Sunday)

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Coal comeuppance: on coal block allocation case"

• Comeuppance - punishment that someone deserves for having done something wrong or unfair
  
• Allocation - the process of deciding to give an amount or share of something to someone
• Benchmark - an amount, level, standard etc that you can use for judging how good or bad other things are
• Prosecution - the process or act of accusing someone of a crime and asking a court of law to judge them
• Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
• Consequence - a result or effect of something

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Banking Awareness Quiz for SBI PO 2017 - Set 118

1. What is LTV ?
1. Lending To Vehicle
2. Liberalised total value
3. Loan to Value
4. Licensed to verify
5. None of the above
2. Which is the world's largest bourse (stock exchange) now?
1. New York Stock Exchange
2. National Stock Exchange
3. Shanghai Stock Exchange
4. Korea Exchange
5. Mumbai Stock Exchange
3. Which of the following is not money market instrument ?
1. Certificate of deposit & commercial paper
2. Global depository receipts & American depository Receipts
3. Interbank participation certificates & Interbank term money & Call money
4. Treasury bills & Bills discounting 
5. None of the above 

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Essays for IBPS PO 2017 : Mother Teresa - Symbol of Peace and Humanity

Mother Teresa - Symbol of Peace and Humanity

Overview

• Childhood and early life of Mother Teresa.
• Came to India and began work for the poor and helpless.
• Founded the missionaries of charity in Kolkata.
• Founder Nirmal Hriday, Leprosy Ashram, Shishu Bhavan.
• Expansion of her work all over the world. 
• Won many national and international awards, including Nobel Peace Prize.
• Died in 1997 due to prologed illness, 
• She was declared as saint by Pope Francis on 4th September. 2016.

The poor give us much more than we give them. They're such strong people, living day-to-day with no food. And they never curse, never complain. We don't have to give them pity or sympathy. We have so much to learn from them!' 

Mother Teresa

'Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu' widely known as 'Mother Teresa' was horn in a middle class Albanian family in Skopje, then Yugoslavia, on 26th August, 1910. As a child she was called Gonxha. Her father, a businessman and a member of the community council, died when she was only nine years old. Her mother, Drana, raised Gonxha and her siblings, Aga and Lazar, alone. Drana Bojaxhiu earned a living by sewing, and was very conscientious about the religious education of her children. She belonged to devoted Roman Catholic family. 

Agnes attended a convent-run primary school and then a state-run secondary school. At the age of 12 she first felt a calling to a religious life. Then she gave up all and followed Christ into the slums to serve him among the poor yet the kindest people. The children were taught to treat the poor and needy who came to knock at their door with respect and to practice charitable ways. On holidays, the family made pilgrimages to Letnice, where the Holy Virgin was venerated. Gonxha attended the lyceum, where she sang in the choir and played the mandolin.

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Current Affairs 2017 Quick Revision - National Affairs

Medical examination card

• Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi has announced the creation of a compulsory medical examina-tion card for women, which will contain data on check-up of breasts, ovaries, and detection of TB and anaemia. 
• The National Health Policy 2017, in its non-communicable diseases section envisages screening for breast cancer as one of its thrust areas.

Chenani-Nashri tunnel

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugu-rated the 9.2 km long Chenani-Nashd all-weather road tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The road tunnel will reduce the travel time between the two state capitals of Jammu and Srinagar by approximately two hours. 
• The two-lane Chenani-Nashri tunnel is Asia's longest bidirectional highway tunnel, which will cut the distance between Jammu and Srinagar to around 250 km from the current 350 km.

e-visa

• India has decided to liberalize e-visa regime by increasing the time limit for seeking the entry permit from existing 30 days to a maximum of tour months. The duration of stay for foreigners, coming into the country through select categories of a-visa, has also been extended to two months.
• Under the new simplified visa regime, three new sub-categories (e-tourist visa, e-business visa, and e-medical visa) for grant of a-visa. The liberalization of the visa regime will considerably facilitate entry of foreigners into India for tourism, business, and medical purposes. 

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