English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 1st February 2016

Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 1st February 2016. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Push for IMF reform"

• Reform - make changes in something in order to improve it
• Sigh of relief - to ​suddenly ​feel very ​happy because something ​unpleasant has not ​happened or has ​ended
• Intransigence - refusing to ​change ​your ​opinions or ​behaviour
• Emerging - starting to ​exist
• Accrue - received by someone in increasing amounts
• Wrested - to get something with ​effort or ​difficulty
• Haircut - a ​reduction in an ​amount of ​money
• Consequently - as a result
• Alongside - together (in cooperation with)
• Ratifying - to make an ​agreement ​official
  
• Wrangling - a long complicated argument
• Leave a bitter taste in the mouth - unpleasant / bad experience
• Revolt - to take violent action against government or ruler
• Prospect - the ​possibility that something good might ​happen in the ​future
• Reverting - returning
• Woes - troubles (things that cause sorrow or distress)
• Assault - a physical attack
• Allegation - a ​statement, made without giving ​proof, that someone has done something ​wrong or ​illegal
• Erupted - to ​start ​suddenly and ​violently
• Provenance - the ​place of ​origin of something
• Underscored - gave extra importance
• Obstructionism - the ​act of ​intentionally ​stopping or ​slowing down an ​official ​process
• Negotiations - discussion aimed at reaching an agreement
• Threatening - warning
• Veto - to ​refuse to ​allow something
• Repealed - officially cancelled
• Relent - to influence or pressure
• Persuasion - to make someone do or ​believe something by giving them a good ​reason to do it
• Inaction - failure to do anything that might ​provide a ​solution to a ​problem
• Pound of flesh - something that you have the ​right to ​receive but is ​unreasonable to ​demand from someone
• Acquiesces - to ​accept or ​agree to something unwillingly
• Rescind - officially cancelled
• Loophole - a ​small ​mistake in something that will help others to make use of it

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2nd February 2016 - Important Current Affairs updates

International Affairs

• Today (2nd February) is World Wetlands Day.
• This Day is celebrated to raise public awareness about the importance and value of wetlands.
• An association called 'Fliederlich' today opened Germany's first shelter for gay refugees in the city of Nuremberg. 
• The shelter, a two-storey house, can accommodate 8 people and has already received four requests. 
• The initiative was taken after around 20 refugees alleged that they felt threatened in the shelters they were put up in.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) today declared Zika virus as a global public health emergency.
• Note :  No case of virus reported in India.
• Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari has embarked upon 5-day official Visit of Brunei and Thailand. 
• The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary is also accompanying him.
• He is visiting Brunei at the invitation of Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah. 
• This will be the first high-level visit from India since the establishment of diplomatic relations with Brunei in May, 1984.

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Meet the new MD & CEO of Corporation Bank - JK Garg

The union government has appointed J K Garg (Jai Kumar Garg) as the new Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Corporation Bank. He is going to replace S R Banksal who has recently retired on 31st January 2016.

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RBI's 6th Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Review Highlights

In it's Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has left the key policy rates unchanged. The central bank will now focus on the government’s annual budget statement at the end February to decide on whether to cut interest rates further. The government is expected to deliver its 2016/17 budget on 29th February 2016. Here are the highlights

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English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 31st January 2016

Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 31st January 2016. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Betting big on big data"

• Buzzword - a word from a ​particular ​subject ​area that has ​become ​fashionable by being used a lot (​especially on ​television and in the ​newspapers)
• Pumping - filling with something (here Data)
• Context - the ​situation within which something ​exists or ​happens
• Explosion - a ​large ​increase in the ​number of something that ​happens very ​quickly
• Exceeds - to be ​greater than a ​number or ​amount
• Precision - the quality of being exact and accurate
• Vexing - annoying, ​worrying, or ​causing ​problems
• Untangle - to make a ​complicated ​subject or ​problem ​clear and ​able to be ​understood
• Lethal - sufficient to cause death
• Errant - ​behaving ​wrongly in some way
• Variant - something that is ​slightly different from other ​similar things
• Combed - to search thoroughly
• Pathogenic - able to cause disease
  
• Fearsome - frightening
• Outbreak - a sudden occurrence of something unwelcome (war or disease)
• Customised - modified (something) to suit a particular task
• Predict - say or estimate what will happen in the future (especially the result of something)
• Overlaying - cover the surface of something
• Pinpoint - to find or identify
• Ambitious - having a strong desire and determination to succeed
• Consortia - an association with several organizations
• Privacy - a state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other people
• Leverage - use something to maximum advantage
• Interpretation - the action of explaining the meaning of something
• Ethical - relating to moral principles of what is right and what is wrong
• Comprehensive - complete and ​including everything that is ​necessary
• Archiving - storing all the necessary ​records in one place for future use
• Collaboration - working with someone to get better results
• Usher - to guide people
• Innovation - the use of a new ​idea or ​method

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New Notification Regarding IBPS Clerks V Main Exam Results

Friends, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released a new notification about IBPS Clerks V Main Exam Results. As usual, nothing new in this notification except asking aspirants NOT TO CALL for results. The organization has stated that, it is still waiting for the clarification about Interview process from higher authorities and further requested all the aspirants not to call and ask about the result. Check the notice released by IBPS from below.

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1st February 2016 - Important Current Affairs updates

International Affairs

• The first part of the Oxford English Dictionary was published on this day (1st February) in the year 1884. 
• Published originally as 'A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles', it was called the 'Oxford English Dictionary' for the first time in 1895.
• Under the editorship of James Murray, the final and 126th part of the dictionary was published in 1928, 44 years after publication began.
• The parliamentary session that will install Myanmar's first democratically elected government in over 50 years began today, with majority members from pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party. 
• Note : Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won 80% of the total elected seats in the elections. 
• The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked all countries, including India, to introduce age-classified ratings for films and other entertainment programmes with tobacco imagery to restrict the number of new adolescent smokers.

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IBPS RRB IV Provisional Allotted List out

Friends, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the provisional allotted list of IBPS RRB IV Recruitment. As you know, the organization has conducted online exams for the recruitment of Officers Scale (I, II & III) and Office Assistants posts in Regional Rural Banks in the month of September 2015, conducted interviews for shortlisted candidates during during the months of November / December 2015 and released the results of the same on 1st January 2016. Now it has came out with the Provisional Allotted list along with the Marks Secured & allotted Bank details. All aspirants can check the list of candidates who are provisionally allotted under IBPS RRB IV by clicking on the appropriate post which you have applied for. All the Best :)

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January 2016 : Expected Current Affairs Quiz - Set 7

World Hindi Day is observed on ?


What is the logo of first Make in India Week ?


Who is the new MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance ?


Wipro Ltd chairman has named as the 'Most Generous Indian' in the Hurun India Philanthropy List 2015. Name him ?

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IBPS PO V Interview Experience - Pravin (Pune)

Name : Pravin Rajendra Thorat

Education Background :  B.E. Electronics & Telecommunications ( May 2014 Passout)

Venue : Bank Of Maharashtra, Pune

Date : 27 January, 2016

Time : 1 PM

Serial No : 15 out of 23

Panel No. : 1

Time duration : 5mins ( 4.25 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. )

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