Daily Current Affairs Review: 30 January 2015

Friends.. from now onwards our daily Current Affairs Updates will be coming to you in a slightly new format which has been devised as per the requests received from many. Hope you will like the change. Further suggestions are welcome. 1) Nation observed death anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi: --> Nation observes the death anniversary of the Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi as Martyrs' Day on 30 January 2015. -->The country also...

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Serena Williams won Australian Open 2015

* Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova to win her sixth Australian Open title on January 31,2015. * Williams, 33, moves past Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert with a 19th major singles title. * Williams's sixth title at Melbourne Park moved her into a tie with fellow American Helen Wills Moody in third on the all-time list after she joined Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert on 18 at last year's U.S. Open. * Only Australia's Margaret...

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Persons in News January 2015 - PDF Download

Friends.. Hope the articles that we are providing here are becoming asset for you as reference for various competitive exams. We are in the constant endeavour to add new resources to make this blog a one source destination for all current affairs articles. From this month onwards we are starting this new initiative titled "Persons in News". Today is January 31, the last day of the month & here comes our first article of the series "Persons...

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Jammu & Kashmir Postal/Sorting Assistant 2014 Final Result Published

Friends.. the final result of Direct Recruitment of Postal Assistants ( Post Offices/ SBCO/Circle Office/ Regional Office/SBCO) and Sorting Assistants for the year 2013 & 2014 has been published by the Jammu & Kasmir Postal Circle . The examination for Paper-1 of the exam was held at Assam Postal Circle on 18 May 2014 and subsequently the Paper-2 ie, Computer/Typing test was held during 27 to 29 November 2014. Now this is the final...

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Result of SBI Associate PO Exam (Nov 2014) Out

Friends.. State Bank of India has published the result of its Associate PO Online Exam held during the month of November 2014. Roll Numbers of Candidates Shortlisted for Phase - II is available in the result. Phase - II (i.e. Group Discussion and Interview) will commence from 16-02-2015. Candidates shortlisted are being advised by way of SMS and e-mail separately. Candidates are advised to visit Bank's website www.sbi.co.in or www.statebankofindia.com...

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30th January 2015 Current Affairs Quiz for Exams

1) Who was appointed as the new foreign secretary of India on 28 January 2015? (A) H S Brahma (B) Sujatha Singh (C) S Jaishankar (D) DP Sinha  2) R K Laxman, the country's best-known cartoonist, passed away on 26 January 2015. He is best known for creation of which among the following iconic character? (A) Common Man (B) Amul girl (C) Chacha Chaudhari (D) Suppandi 3) Alexis Tsipras was recently sworn in as prime minister...

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 29 January 2015

1) Shekhar Sen named chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademy: Eminent singer and theatre director Shekhar Sen was on 29 January 2015 appointed the new chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the country's premier institution for the performing arts. Mr. Sen was recently awarded the Padma Shri on Republic day for his contribution to the arts. According to an order issued by the Culture Ministry, Sen has been appointed for a term of five years with immediate...

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PA/SA Exam Final Result 2014: West Bengal Postal Circle

Friends.. West Bengal Postal Circle has re-published the list of candidates selected under Direct Recruitment for Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants/PA/CO/RO, PASBCO, PA Foreign Post, PA RLO for the years 2013 & 2014 with Division wise allotment. You can check the results from below link. Congratulations to all selected candidates!! Check result from official site: Click Her...

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28th January 2015 Important Current Affairs

1) Sujatha Singh sacked as foreign secretary, S Jaishankar is the new foreign secretary: Government on 28 January 2015 announced the abrupt "curtailment of tenure of foreign secretary Sujatha Singh with immediate effect" — a not very polite way of saying it was sacking her eight months before she was due to retire. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's ambassador to the US, who's a batch junior to Singh in the service, will be the new foreign secretary....

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