Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Current Affairs 20th August 2013



Sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan Received Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award

Amjad Ali Khan received Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award. He received this award for his contributions towards the portion of peace and harmony. On the occasion of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi he received this award.  Along with Citation he received Rs.5 lakhs as cash price. Former receipts of this award were KR Rarayanan, Maulana Wahiuddin Khan, Dilip Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Harsh Mander, Swami Agnivesh, Teesta Setalvad, Mohammed Yunus, Bismillah Khan, and Mother Teresa.

Food Security schemed launched by Sonia Gandhi

Ambitious program i.e. Food security scheme launch by Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on the occasion of Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Birthday. Initially this scheme started in Uttarakhand, Haryana and Delhi. This scheme introduced to improve the life of the common man. Under this scheme government is providing 62 million tonnes of cereals, wheat and rice. Government is supplying to 67 % of the population. Annual Government expenditure in this scheme is Rs.125000 crores.

France approved to sell Meropenem by Venus pharma

Meropenem, a generic injectable broad spectrum antibiotic, can sell in France by Venus Pharma which is the subsidiary of Venus Remedies Limited.  After this approval Venus pharma attained fifth position in the pharma market.

Home Car washer launched by Bosch Power Tools

Under DIY Segment, Bosch Power Tools has launched Home car washer.  Product launched by Prachi Desai, Bollywood actress, as stated by Vijay Pandey, Vice president Vijay Pandey. Through this scheme company wants to achieve Rs.100 crores. In 5 models company product was available. Price of the product ranging from Rs.10, 500 to Rs.18000. product is available in the retail shops and e commerce portals like Flip art.

Manu Gandas won three Medals At Youth Asian games

At youth Asian games Manu Gandas achieved third medal (silver medal). He got this award after finishing stroke play. This was conducted at Zhangshan International Golf Club, Nanjing. 1st place achieved by Boonma Danthai belongs to Thailand made 207 shots, Taipei’s Yu Chun An belongs to china made 203 shots.

Average Per Capita Expenditure for Muslims is Rs.32.66

Government made a survey on the living standard of the religion. Of all the religions low standard of living is Muslim religion. Average Per Capita Expenditure for Muslims is Rs.32.66 per day.  Sikh community is much better than the Muslim community. Per capita expenditure is Rs.55.30 per day. Hindus per capita expenditure so 37.50 per day. Christians is at Rs. 51.43 per day. NSSO made study in the name of ‘Employment and Unemployment Situation among Major Religions Groups India’.

Bored Teens killed Australian Base ball Player

3 Bored teenagers decided to kill a person for fun. Christopher Lane, Australian Base Ball player visited to Duncan town with his girl friend. They have targeted him and shooted him. All the three were 15 to 16 age group. Incident happened on Yesterday but first degree murder charges on today. He was taken to custody as stated by Danny Modi, Police chief.

Aadhar Website of kids

In order to meet the need of the school children, Nodel Agency of Ministry of HRD has launched Aadhar website for kids. This will be beneficial in two ways. One is, this will be useful for the education department to resolve the issues rose to school students. Another one is it will be useful for the student community also. This program initially undertaken in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. In this area 7.60 lakh students are registered under this website.

Stanford Ignite flagship program launched

Stanford Business school launched flagship program with the intension to encourage building entrepreneurs. Name of the program is Stanford Ignite. These programs are first time launched in Bangalore. 800 applications received by the school but selected only 41 candidates

69th Birth Day of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

India has celebrated 69th Birth Day of Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was assinated in 1991. Prayer meetings organised at Veer Bhumi which is Samadhi sthal of Rajiv Gandhi. On this occasion Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was awarded Rajiv Gandhi sadbhavana Award.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

TYPES OF CHEQUES


1. Order Cheque : A cheque which is payable to a particular person or his order is called an order cheque.

2. Bearer Cheque : A cheque which is payable to a person whosoever bears, is called bearer cheque.

3. Blank Cheque : A cheque on which the drawer puts his signature and leaves all other columns blank is called a blank cheque.

4. Stale Cheque : The cheque which is more than six months old is a stale cheque.

5. Multilated Cheque : If a cheque is torn into two or more pieces, it is termed as mutilated cheque.

6. Post Dated Cheque : If a cheque bears a date later than the date of issue, it is termed as post dated cheque.

7. Open Cheque : A cheque which has not been crossed is called an open cheque. Even if a cheque
is crossed and subsequently the drawer has cancelled the crossing at the request of the payee and affixes his full signature with the words “crossing cancelled pay cash”, it becomes an open cheque.

8. Crossed Cheque : A cheque which carries too parallel transverse lines across the face of the cheque with or without the words “I and co”, is said to be crossed.

9. Gift Cheques : Gift cheques are used for offering presentations on occasions like birthday, weddings and such other situations. It is available in various denominations.

10. Traveller’s Cheques : It is an instrument issued

List Of Person Appointed in 2013

1) Ali Akbar Salehi appointed Head of Atomic Energy Organisation in Iran
2) Dilip Trivedi appointed Director General of the CRPF
3) D.Bala Venkatesh Varma appointed Ambassador to UN Conference on Disarmament
4) Vinay Mittal appointed as Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) member
5) Rakesh Sethi took Charge as Executive Director of Union Bank of India
6) Raghuram Govind Rajan Appointed as the 23rd Governor of RBI
7) Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed Managing Director of SBI
8) Rajeev Rishi took over as the CMD of Central Bank of India
9) Bhim Sain Bassi Took Charge as the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner
10) Mamnoon Hussain defeated Wajihuddin Ahmed to be the President of Pakistan
11) Suresh Chandra Mohanty Elected as the New President of ICAI
12) Arvind Sharma Re-Elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India
13) J&K Finance Minister A.R. Rather appointed New Chairman of GST Panel
14) Bhim Sain Bassi appointed as the next Commissioner of Delhi Police
15) AK Singh sworn in as the new Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
16) KK Paul took over as the New Governor of Meghalaya
17) Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil appointed new Governor of Sikkim
18) Former Telecom Secretary R. Chandrasekhar appointed President of Nasscom
19) Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards.
20) Najeeb Jung appointed as new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
21) Anil Chait Took over as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to CISC
22) Anil Goswami Took Over as the Union Home Secretary
23) Bimal Julka appointed as Secretary of Information & Broadcasting Ministry
24) Darren Lehmann appointed Coach of Australian Cricket Team
25) VK Duggal appointed as Nodal Officer for Relief and Rescue operations in Uttrakhand .
26) K R Kamath Re-Elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA)
27) Susan Elizabeth Rice Appointed as the National Security Adviser to Obama
28) Nawaz Sharif sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan
29) Ayaz Sadiq Elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
30) Rami Hamdallah Appointed as the New Prime Minister of Palestine
31) Infosys appointed Narayan Murthy as Executive Chairman of the Board
32) Avinash Chander appointed as the New chief of Defence Research Development Organiastion(DRDO)
33) Kushal Singh Appointed as the Chairperson of NCPCR
34) Shashi Kant Sharma Appointed as the New Comptroller & Auditor General of India
35) Laxman Singh Rathore Elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO
36) Nirbhay Sharma appointed Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
37) Siddaramaiah sworn-in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
38) Brazil's Roberto Azevedo appointed Head of World Trade Organization
39) Staffan de Mistura appointed as Italian Special Envoy to India in Marines Case
40) Subhash Kumar appointed as the New Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand
41) Dr. Christopher Briggs appointed as the Secretary General of Ramsar Convention
42) Prasanna Kumar Mohanty appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Government
43) Abdul Hamid was sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman
44) Takehiko Nakao elected as the President Asian Development Bank Board
45) Anil Goswami, J&K Cadre IAS Officer appointed as New Union Home Secretary
46) Narasimhan Ravi Elected As the President of Editors Guild of India
47) Sunil Bharti Mittal appointed Vice Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce
48) Giorgio Napolitano Re-elected as the President of Italy to serve a Second Term
49) Nicolas Maduro Sworn-In as the New President of Venezuela
50) Aruna Bahuguna became First Women Special DG of CRPF
51) H.R. Mohan elected as the New Vice President of Computer Society
52) Sunil Kumar Took Over as the Managing Director of CRIS
53) PJ Kurien elected Chairman of Asian forum of Parliamentarians
54) Uhuru Kenyatta Sworn-In as the President of Kenya
55) Krishna Kumar Natrajan appointed as the New Chief of NASSCOM
56) S Gopalakrishnan elected as new President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
57) Narendra Kumar Verma appointed Director for Exploration of ONGC
58) M F Farooqui took over charge as Secretary of Department of Telecom
59) Rajan Bharti Mittal appointed President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) India
60) Lok Sabha Member Prahlad Joshi appointed Karnataka BJP President.

Current Affairs 19th August 2013

New Chairperson of National School of Drama Society is Ratan Thiyam
 
New Chairperson of National School of Drama Society is Ratan Thiyam. As per rules and regulations he will hold the office For 4 years. He is considered as one of the leading contemporary theatre gurus. In 1989 he achieved Padma Sri Award and in 1987, he got Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. In 2012, he received Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.

Rajya Sabha Passed Waqf Bill

Waqf Bill passed by Rajya Sabha Considered United Progressive Alliance recipe for stopping encroachment of Waqf properties. This was passed in loksabha 3 years ago. Government accepted amendments suggested by Selection committee. Bill would be helpful to the poor Muslims by using waqf properties for commercial use as stated by Rahman Khan, Minority Affairs Minister. This would generate Rs. 1 lakh crores per year.


Crop Insurance Scheme Introduced by Reliance General Insurance

Reliance General Insurance launched weather and yield based crop insurance schemes. Initially it starts with 5 different countries namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Haryana, and Uttarakhand. By the end of 2013-14 company aims to join one lakh farmers in this scheme. Union Government has given permission to introduce the scheme in 21 states in India and NAIS (National Agricultural Insurance Scheme) has approved to protect 50 district farmer.

Abu Dhabi Month launched in New Delhi

With the intension to increase the visitors from India to UAE campaign was undertaken by Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority. This campaign is known as Abu Dhabi Month. This campaign is for one month. Campaign started in New Delhi.

Annual pay package for Ivan Menezes is Rs.105 crores

Ivan Menezes CEO of Spirits Company Diageo plc annual pay package is Rs.105 crores. On May 2013 he appointed as CEO of the company. Earlier Paul Walsh acted as CEO and Ivan Menezes acted as COO (Chief Operating Officer) of the company. He promoted to CEO on July 1st 2013. At that time his salary hiked by 8.6 % in his basic pay, including other benefits his total salary at the time of promotion was 95 crores per annum.

Biggest single day drop of Rupee

From past decade today i.e. on 19th August 2013 Rupee fall by 1.48 rupee and reached to 63.13. Sensex has dropped 290 points and reached to 18307.52 points.

Import of Flat TV’s banned

High ended plasma Flat screen plasma TV duty free import was banned by Government. As a part of free baggage allowances, Flat plasma, LCD, LED TV’s should not be imported, notification issued by Revenue department. This will implement from August 26th.

Audi Launched SUV Q3 in India

Audi is German Luxury car maker. Company has launched Q3 S Edition, SUV Q3 in India. At Delhi Showroom price is Rs.24.99 lakhs. Customers no need to visit to the company to book the vehicles. Online facility provided by the company as stated by Michael Perschke , Head of Audi India.

Total debt level of Indian companies increased by 15 %

A research report stated that total debt of 10 leading business houses increased by 15 %. Earlier it was 6 lakh crores. This business houses include Adani, Essar, Vedanta, Reliance Group. Cumulative debts of these 10 groups reached to Rs.6, 31,025 crores as against Rs.5, 47,361 crores in the last year end.

Kush Kumar won Gold Medal at Asian Youth Games

India achieved first Gold Medal through Kush Kumar at Asian Youth Games. He defeated Mohammad Syafiq Mohd Kamal who belongs to Malaysia in Men’s single squash competition. These competitions held at Nanjing, china.

GSLV D5 launch was Hold off


At the satin Dhawan space centre hundreds of scientists gathered to see the launching of GSLV D5. But there was a great disappointment to all the scientists. Due to leakage of fuel scientists announced 11th hour calling hour as stated by Radha Krishnan ISRO chairman. Four predecessors of GSAT 14s launched in 2001, 2003, and 2004 and in 2007 successfully.

World Photography day Celebrated

World Photography day celebrates on 19th August 2013 every year. French Government has announced this day. Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre developed Photographic process. This process is known as Daguerreotype. Invention day of this Daguerreotype is known as World Photography day. On 9th January 1839, French Academy of sciences announced this process. But on 19th August 1839, French Government declared this invention as a gift to the world.

Delhi International airport launched 6D cinema Theatre

6 D Cinema theatre launched by Delhi International airport at Terminal 1D of IGL airport. This was launched with the intention to develop finest global experience to the passengers. IGI (Indira Gandhi International) Airport is the first airport to get this 6 D cinema theatre. Earlier this was launched by paramount technologies. It is one of the fastest growing entertainment companies.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Current Affairs 18th August 2013

 
 Vinod Prakash Sharma Received Gujar Mal Modi Award
Vinod Prakash Sharma Received Gujar Mal Modi Award

Vinod Prakash Sharma, renowned international Scientist, received Gujar Mal Modi Award for Innovation Science and Technology 2013. He received this award for his outstanding research malaria and borne diseases. Vinod Sharma received this award at Shri Sathya Auditorium, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Along with silver shield he received cash price of Rs.2.7 lakhs. In the memory of Late.Rai Bahadur Gujar Mal Modi this award will be given.

Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru Award achieved by Rajiv Taranath
Rajiv Taranath, Sarod Player, belongs to Mysore. For 2013, he was selected for Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru Award.  This was announced by Pandit Basavaraj Rajguru National Memorial Trust which was located at Dharwad. For Young Artiste Award, Anubrata Chatterjee, Tabla Player belongs to Kolkata and Kaushik Aithal belongs to Bangalore, Hindustani classical Vocalist had chosen. Presentation ceremony will happen on 24th August at Srijana Auditorium.


 UAE got Asia’s Best Employer Brand Award

UAE achieved two awards. One is 4th CMO Asia Awards for excellent in branding and Marketing and 4th Asia’s Best Employers Brand Award.  World Brand Congress hosts CMO Asia Awards for excellent in branding and Marketing Award. World HRD congress and Employer branding institute hosts 4th Asia’s Best Employers Brand Award.

STPI Mohali Exports crossed Rs.2000 crores

Mohali is the Tier – II City. Milestone for this city is STPI exports have crossed Rs.2000 crores as stated by Anil Joshi Punjab Industries and Commerce Minister. In 2011-12 exports were Rs.1942.82 crores and in 2012-13 exports has crossed Rs.2000 crores and received to Rs.2143.70 crores.

Rohan Bopanna and Roger Vasselin lost semis

Rhan Bopanna (India) and Edouard Roger Vaseelin (French) lost the match against Marc Lopez and Marcel Granollers in semi-finals. They have to play 3 sets. Out of which result has not achieved in two sets. In one set Marc Lopez and Marcel Granollers won the match.

Great Risk due to Prediabetic

Institute of Medicine (IOM) has made a study on obesity in children and Adolescent. Report has stated that Obesity in the children and Adolescent increasing due to junk foods. Obese pre diabetic adolescents have great risk of sleep apnea, hypertension, Joint problems, developing bone. Good health seen on the people who take less junk food.    Children eat junk food more frequently. Try to avoid junk foods. Instead of junk foods eat fruits.

DPR submitted by RITES regarding water ways

Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) made a study on waterways between Bangladesh and India. DPR (Detail Project Report) Submitted by RITES. Kishore Ambuly, Transport Department Secretary, has stated that study has made to create new inland water transport between Gomati and Howrah rivers in the state with Meghna and Titas Rivers of the neighbouring country. For smooth movement of barges the river will have navigation.

4425 Cameras collected by Dilish

Dilish parekh a photo journalist. Earlier he collected 2634 cameras a created world record. Now he had broken his own Guinness book world record by collecting 4425 Cameras. Almost all the cameras were antique cameras. This was the result of 25 years afford.  Major brands are Linofs, Zeiss, Kodaks, Nikons, Canons, Rolliflexes, and Leicas.

2015 President for CAETS is Baldev Raj

2015 President for CAETS (International council of Academies of Engineering and Technologies Sciences) is Baldev Raj. He is the first Indian to achieve this status. Previously he acted as IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research) director.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Current Affairs 17th August 2013

Current Affairs 16th August 2013

 
Desh Prem Azad, Famous Cricket Coach, is no more

Desh Prem Azad passes away. He was a famous cricket coach. Azad had coached several test cricketers including Kapil Dev. He was 75. Azad passes away due to brief illness. Southern Punjab, Maharaja of Patiala’s XI, Haryana teams represented by Azad, as a cricketer. In 2002 he was awarded Wisden Cricket Award. Yograj Singh, Ashok Malhotra, Chetan Sharma were coached by Azad. He acheived Dronacharya Award.

Kalyan Mitter, Former Bengal all rounder, Passes Away

Kalyan Mitter who was former Bengal all rounder is no more. From past few years he was suffering with Leukemia. He was 79. He also acted as coach. Between 1953 to 1969 from 51 matches he took 50 wickets and scored 1698 runs. Matches include 2 Ranji Final matches. During 1992- 1994 he acted as coach to Bengal team. He was an off spinner and right hand batsman.

Interest Rates on NRI deposits Increased by 1%

PNB raised interest Rates on NRI deposits of above 3 years increased by 1%. This decision has taken after regulation of interest rates on such deposits by RBI. On fixed deposits FCNR made by NRI’s in terms of Australian dollars, Canadian dollars, Japanese Yen, Euros, Pounds, US Dollars, Increased interest rates will be applicable.

1 Rupee Entertainment stores Launched By Bharti Airtel

1 Rupee Entertainment Sores Launched by Bharti Airtel. This store is offering several services to download such as photos, videos, games, music. All the services are providing for one rupee only. Internet service also can be browsed for just one rupee.

Rupee value lowered by Rs.62

In the stock market history new thing has happened. For the first time Rupee value has come down by 62/-. Due to this Indian Stock Market came out of trillion        dollars league. This incident has happened due to equity crashed made the US stimulus withdrawals.  Listed companies market capitalisation stood at Rs.60, 73,881.22 crores. From past 4 years this was the greatest fall of stock market.

Reliance Retail launched its 8th Store in Madurai

Reliance Retailer is countries leading retailer. Its first cash & carry store was Reliance Market. It has opened its 8th store in Madurai. It has occupied 65400 sq.feet. 6000 products will be available in this place. Located on Madurai Melur Road. Other stores are located at Chennai, Guntur, Faridabad, Anand, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Ahmadabad. If person wants to become member he should have business license issued by panchayat or Municipality or by the government.

TVS energy Major stake acquired by Green Infra Limited

TVS energy Major stake acquired by Green Infra Limited. Company will have control on 59.75 Megawatts Wind Farms. At present operating capacity of the plant is 377 MW. Company is expecting that capacity will reach to 500 MW by the end of March 2014.

Business Agreement between Aerovironment and Dynamatic technologies

Business Agreement between Aerovironment and Dynamatic technologies who was the manufacturer of defence and aerospace products. Both the companies will work together to meet the demands of the customers including Ministry of Home affairs and Ministry of defence.

Chidambaram launched National skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme

Chidambaram launched National skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme. Under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee program persons from rural household has to complete 100 days work then he will be Eligibility for this scheme. Aim is to bring minimum 45 lakh rural youth under this scheme.

Rs.1000 crores Sanctioned to Gujarat State

Central has sanctioned Rs.1000 crores for rural Road project to the Gujarat State. Jairam Ramesh, Rural Development Minister has sent the sanction letter stating that Rs.970 crores sanctioned to the state for building 919 rural roads. Letter sent to Gujarat Chief Minister. Under PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana) scheme amount was sanctioned.

Delhi’s Thygaraj Stadium is First Green Stadium

CII Indian Green Building Councils (IGBC) gold rating awarded to Delhi’s Thyagaraj Stadium. It was the first green stadium in the country. At the facilitation program, Sheila Dikshit chief Minister of Delhi given certificate and gold rated plaque presented by Prem C Jain, IGBC Chairman and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry). Cost of this stadium is Rs.300 crores.

Swavalambana Pension Scheme for Low Income Group People

Guwahati Government implemented Swavalambana Pension Scheme to Low income Group People. This scheme will start initially with Social Welfare Department for Anganwadi Workers. Under this scheme if person pay Rs.1000 years to the Government, it will give another Rs.1000 to that people. This scheme introduced under Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).