Happy Independence Day 2013!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Independence Day 2013!!!!!!!!!!

15 August 2013 nation celebrates its 67^th Independence Day…On this great eve let’s remember all those who had laid their lives so that our country is breathing this day…..Never forget their sacrifice…Jai Hind!!

Currentaffairs4examz team wishes all of you a very Happy Independence Day

Some great quotes on Independence

“Long years ago, we made a tryst with destiny and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge… At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom”. – Jawaharlal Nehru (Indian Declaration of Independence, on eve of Independence, August 15 1947).

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

Where knowledge is free;

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth;

Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;

Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action– Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.” –

Rabindranath Tagore (Gitanjali)

"We end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?"

- Jawaharlal Nehru 

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Recruitment to the Posts of Accountant in Ministry of External Affairs

Recruitment to the Posts of Accountant in Ministry of External Affairs

Ministry of External Affairs invited applications for recruitment to the post of Accountant in the Office of Principal Chief Controller of Accounts. The candidates eligible for the post can apply through prescribed format within 45 days of the publication of the advertisement that is 24 September 2013.

Name of the Organization: Ministry of External Affairs

Post Name: Accountant

No. of post: 16

Educational Qualification: Graduate

Age Limit: 56 years maximum

Opening Date for Registration: 10 August 2013

Closing Date for Registration: 24 September 2013

Pay Scale – Candidates will be get the salary under the PB-1, Rs. 5200 - 20200 + Grade Pay Rs. 2600/-.

Educational Qualification – The candidates must have passed the graduate Degree from any recognized University.

Selection Procedure – The short listed applicants will be kept as deputation under 01 year of duration which can be extended as the performance given.

 How To Apply – The interested aspirants can check the official advertisement or official website which is www.mea.gov.in for the format of application and send it in an envelope super scribed with the Name of the post. The application form must be send at address provided below:

“Sr. Accounts Officer (Administration),

O/o the Principal Chief Controller of Accounts,

2nd Floor, A-Wing, Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan,

23-D, Janpath,

New Delhi - 110011”

Vist Official website for more details- Click Here

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Employment News: Job Highlights (10 August- 16 August)

Employment News: Job Highlights (10 August- 16 August)

1. CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa requires Senior Scientist and Scientists. Last Date: 09.09.2013.

2. Food Corporation of India, New Delhi requires applications for various posts. Last Date: 04.09.2013

3. SJVN Limited requires Executive Trainees. Last Date: 04.09.2013

4. Securities and Exchange Board of India requires Officer Grade A (General Stream). Last Date: 30.08.2013

5. Indian Ordnance Factories, Ishapore requires Tradesman (Semi-skilled). Last Date: 01.09.2013

6. Damodar Valley Corporation requires Graduate Trainees. Last Date: 26.08.2013

7. HPCL-Biofuels Limited invites applications for various posts.

8. Union Public Service Commission invites applications for various posts. Last Date: 29.08.2013

Source: www.employmentnews.gov.in

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Latest Current Affairs: August 2013 (2nd Week)- Download as PDF

August 2013- Latest Current Affairs

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August 2013 Current Affairs Questions and Answers for preparing Exams| SSC | UPSC | Civil Services | Bank | RRB and all other Competitive Examinations.

Latest Current Affairs from 2^nd Week of August 2013 in PDF- useful for all competitive Examinations!!!!!

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Q1. Who was appointed as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a time period of three years on 6 August 2013?

Ans. Raghuram Govind Rajan

Note: He is the Chief Economic Advisor to the government of India and he succeeds D. Subbarao who demits the office on 4 September 2013. He is 50 years of age and so far, he is the youngest person to become the Governor of the Central Bank of India.

Q2. Who became the first Indian bowler to top the bowlers' chart in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings after former captain Anil Kumble claimed the top position in the ODI Rankings in 1996?

Ans. Ravindra Jadeja

Q3. Name the India's first indigenous nuclear submarine which became active on 10 August 2013?

Ans. INS Arihant

Q4. Which house of Parliament passed the historic companies Bill 2012 on 8 August 2013?

Ans. Rajya Sabha

Note: The new legislation, which would replace the nearly 57-year-old Companies Act of 1956 and would encourage the companies to undertake social welfare voluntarily instead of imposing the social responsibility. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2012.

Q5. Who has created a new history for India on 10 August 2013 by becoming the first women to win a medal for India in the World Badminton Championship?

Ans. PV Sindhu

Note: She won a Bronze medal.  World’s third position player Ratchanok Inthanon defeated Sindhu in the semi finals.

Q6. Which tennis player topped the Forbes list of highest-paid female athletes for the ninth straight year? Visit- http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Ans. Maria Sharapova

Q7. Indian Junior Women Hockey team won its first ever Bronze medal in ERGO Hockey Junior World Cup on 4 August 2013. Where was the event held?

Ans. Monchengladbac, Germany

Note: India beat England by 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out

Q8. Name the World’s first talking robot which was successfully sent into space on 4 August 2013 by Japanese Scientists?

Ans. Kirobo

Q9. Government approved setting up of all-women bank on 08 August 2013. What will be its name?

Ans. Bhartiya Mahila Bank Ltd

Q10. Which team retained the Ashes Series after the draw of third test held in Old Trafford, England?

Ans. England

Note: England leads the five match series 2-0 after three test.

Q11. Name the biggest warship since World War II unveiled by Japan on 6 August 2013? Visit- http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Ans. Izumo

Q12. NASA is all set to launch its next mission to Mars in November 2013 from Florida. What will be the project called?

Ans. Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN)

Q13. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology inaugurated Data portal of India in New Delhi on 8 August 2013. Name the URL of the website?

Ans. www.data.gov.in

Note: It is aimed at sharing more and more data as it empowers and connects to policy making.

Q14. Name the indigenously developed rockets which were successfully test-fired by India on 7 August 2013from a multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) from a base at Chandipur-on-sea near Balasore, off the Odisha coast?

Ans. Pinaka rockets

Note: Pinaka is an area weapon system with a range of 40 km.

Q15. Which team won the Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2013 held in Kerala?

Ans. Shree Ganeshan Chundan

Note: The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is conducted every year on the second Saturday of August. The tradition of the boat race started in 1952 after the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru visited Punnamada Lake in Alleppey (Alappuzha), Southern Kerala.

Q16. Name the Professional Snooker Player of India who won a Gold Medal in 2013 World Games in Snooker discipline?

Ans. Aditya Mehta

Q17. Where was the World Games 2013 took place where Aditya Mehta, the Professional Snooker Player won a gold medal for India?

Ans. Cali, Colombia

Q18. Who took charge as the Executive Director of the Union Bank of India on 5 August 2013? Visit- http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Ans. Rakesh Sethi

Q19. India and Pakistan exchanged fire at which area of Poonch Sector of Jammu and Kashmir on 6 August 2013 killing five Indian Soldiers?

Ans. Chakan Da Bagh

Q20. Who took oath to the office of US ambassador to United Nations on 2 August 2013?

Ans. Samantha Power

Q21 Who won the men's 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships held in Moscow?

Ans. Mo Farah

Q22. 14th World Championships in Athletics started on 10 August 2013. Where was it being held?

Ans. Moscow, Russia.

Q23. Name the Kadapa MP and YSR Congress party President who resigned from his position on 10 August 2013 due to the decision taken by congress regarding Telangana?

Ans. Jaganmohan Reddy

Q24. Indian Police Wrestlers won five gold medals on 5 August 2013 (the fifth day) in the World Police and Fire Games. At which place the games were held?

Ans. Belfast, England

Q25. Union Cabinet on 9 August 2013 approved the proposal for establishment of which new Wing in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting?

Ans. Media Wing Visit- http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Q26. Gitanjali, the collection of poems (song offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore was released in 14 different languages at Kolkata. Who hasa released it?

Ans. Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal

Q27. Who were selected to be conferred with US Presidential Medal of Freedom?

Ans. Former US President, Bill Clinton and talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey

Q28. NGT on 5 August 2013 banned mining or removal of sand from river beds across the country without licence and Environmental Clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. What is the full form of NGT?

Ans. National Green Tribunal

Q29. World observed the International Day of the World's Indigenous People on 9 August 2013. What was the theme selected for the year 2013?

Ans. Indigenous peoples building alliances: Honouring treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements.

Q30. Name the Bill introduced by Government in Rajya Sabha for stricter enforcement of laws to protect wildlife?

Ans. Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013

Q31. Nasa’s Curiosity rover celebrated its first anniversary on 6 August 2013. Name the planet on which it is on mission?

Ans. Mars

Q32. New International Terminal constructed at whic airport started its operation on 7 August 2013?

Ans. Chennai airport

Q33. Which country on 6 August 2013 successfully completed a Trial Run of World's Deepest Rail Tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait connecting Istanbul's European and Asian sides?

Ans. Turkey

Q34. Who took oath as the new President of Iran on 4 August 2013?

Ans. Hassan Rouhani

Q35. The first case of the human-to-human transmission of which flu was reported on 6 August 2013 from China?

Ans. H7N9

Q36. Where was the first public sector breast milk bank inaugurated on 07 August 2013? Visit- http://currentaffairs4examz.blogspot.in/

Ans. Kolkata

Q37. A company from Maryland, USA Sanaria has developed a malaria vaccine that has become the first in providing 100% protection against malaria. What is its name?

Ans. PfSPZ.

Q38. Which chess player from India won the Denmark's Politiken Cup on 5 July 2013 at Copenhagen, Denmark by gaining 9 out of the total possible 10 points?

Ans. Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi

Q39. Name the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Amazon who on 5 August agreed to buy the newspaper assets of the Washington Post Company for 250 million US dollar?

Ans. Jeffrey P Bezos

Q40. Who on 9 August 2013 won the Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science and Technology 2013?

Ans. Vinod Prakash Sharma

Note: He is an eminent scientist. The award was instituted by the G.M. Modi Foundation in the memory of industrialist Rai Bahadur Gujar Mal Modi in 1988.

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Reactor of India's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant goes 'critical'

Reactor of India's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant goes 'critical'

* The miniature reactor on board India's first indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant has gone "critical", which marks a big stride towards making the country's long-awaited "nuclear weapons triad," an operational reality.

* Sources, in the early hours of 10 August 2013 (Saturday), said the 83 MW pressurized light-water reactor attained "criticality" after several months of "checking and re-checking" of all the systems and sub-systems of the 6000-tonne submarine at the secretive ship-building centre at Visakhapatnam.

* INS Arihant, till now, was being tested in the harbor on shore-based, high-pressure steam. With the reactor going critical now, the submarine will eventually head for open waters for extensive "sea- acceptance trials", which will include firing of its 750-km range K-15 ballistic missiles. The sea trials will take at least another 18 months before INS Arihant can become fully operational.

* When that happens, India will finally get the long-elusive third leg of its nuclear triad — the capability to fire nuclear weapons from the land, air and sea. The first two legs — the rail and road-mobile Agni series of ballistic missiles and fighters like Sukhoi 30MKIs and Mirage-2000s capable of delivering nuclear warheads — are already in place with the armed forces.

* The capability to deploy submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) is crucial since India has a declared "no first-use policy" for nuclear weapons, and hence needs a robust and viable second-strike capability.

PM's congratulatory message, following the nuclear propulsion reactor on board INS Arihant, India’s first indigenous nuclear powered submarine, achieving criticality

Following is the text of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's congratulatory message, following the nuclear propulsion reactor on board INS Arihant, India’s first indigenous nuclear powered submarine, achieving criticality:

"I am delighted to learn that the nuclear propulsion reactor on board INS Arihant, India’s first indigenous nuclear powered submarine, has now achieved criticality. I extend my congratulations to all those associated with this important milestone, particularly the Department of Atomic Energy, the Indian Navy and the Defence Research and Development Organization.

Today’s development represents a giant stride in the progress of our indigenous technological capabilities. It is testimony to the ability of our scientists, technologists and defence personnel to work together for mastering complex technologies in the service of our nation’s security.

I look forward to the early commissioning of the INS Arihant."

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SBI General Insurance Notified for Recruitment to Different Posts- Last Date: 12 August 2013

SBI General Insurance Notified for Recruitment to Different Posts- Last Date: 12 August 2013

State Bank of India General Insurance invited application for recruitment to different posts including Assistant Manager, Manager, Deputy manager, Customer support executive and more. The candidates eligible for the post can apply through prescribed format before 12 August 2013

Important Date

Opening Date for Registration: 3 August 2013

Closing Date for Registration: 12 August

Details of Post

Asst. Manager Commercial Claims

Executive/Senior Executive-Assessing

Assistant Manager- Regional Supply chain

Deputy Manager- National Motor Supply Chain

HR & Learning Manager

Manager – Disaster Recovery

Deputy Manager – Information Management

Manager – Information Management

Manager – Application Support

Executive/Sr. Executive / Assistant Manager –Internal Audit

Manager – Compliance

Branch Operations Head (Grade: Asst. Manager/Sr. Executive)

Customer Service Executive

Customer Support Executive/Customer Support Representative/Insurance Trainee Grade –Executive/Executive Assistant

Branch Manager (in the grade of Manager/Deputy Manager)

Unit Manager Agency Retail (Executive/Senior Executive)

Executive (Retail)

Assistant Manager – Agency (Retail )

Assistant Manager - Bancassurance (SME - Small and Medium Enterprise)

Unit Manager Agency (SME – Small & Medium Enterprise) (Executive/Senior Executive)

Executive (SME - Small & Medium Enterprise)

Assistant Manager - Agency (SME)

Sr.Executive/AM/DM – Data Quality & Business Intelligence

Commercial Underwriting Manager - Credit Insurance

Risk Underwriting Manager – Credit Insurance

How To Apply

Interested Candidates Need to Apply Online for the Above by Selecting Appropriate Specialization and Position Code Given in the notification correctly, fill all the details and Apply.

Website: www.sbigeneral.in

Click Here For Official Notification

Click Here To Apply Online

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PV Sindhu settles for bronze in World Championship

PV Sindhu settles for bronze in World Championship

This is the first time in women's singles that India is bringing home a medal

India's rising shuttler PV Sindhu settled for a bronze medal at the World Championships after suffering a straight-game defeat against world number three Ratchanok Inthanon in the semifinals of the prestigious event on Saturday.

However, all of 18, Sindhu stamped her credentials as the new giant-killer on the scene, by becoming the first shuttler from the country to make the World badminton championship semifinals in the women's singles. This is only the third time - and the first in women's singles - that India will be bringing home a medal from the Worlds, following the bronze-medal winning feats of Prakash Padukone in Copenhagen in 1983 and the Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnapa doubles combine in 2011. India's biggest badminton stars - Saina and Parupalli Kashyap - were defeated in the quarterfinals earlier.

World number 12 Sindhu, playing in her maiden World Championships, had notched up stunning victories against two Chinese players in the run-up to the semifinals but she failed to out it cross Ratchanok, going down 10-21, 13-21 in a 36-minute women's singles match.

Ratchanok mixed her strokes well and moved smoothly across the court. Sindhu, on the other hand, committed too many unforced errors allowing her opponent to move into the interval at 11-4 in the opening game.

Ratchanok used her deceptive shots to flummox Sindhu, who struggled in anticipation. The Indian failed to gauge the Thai girl's game and also ended up hitting the shuttle wide and out to allow Ratchanok to move to 19-10.

Ratchanok was accurate and played some sensational strokes to leave Sindhu without any answer. Sindhu tried to match Ratchanok in the rallies but the Thai girl was always a step ahead with her wide array of strokes.

Leading 19-12, Ratchanok earned eight match points when Sindhu's shuttle went out again. Sindhu saved one match point with a smash but Ratchanok soon grabbed the last point with a jump smash which caught Sindhu off-guard.

Ratchanok, 18, is the first shuttler from her country to be assured of a silver at the World Championship. The Thailand girl won the India Open in New Delhi and also the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold this year. She is also a three-time world junior championship gold-medallist. She is also a silver-medallist from the 2010 Asian Games.

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