IBPS Clerk-III 2013: 01 December 2013: Morning Shift GA Questions

IBPS Clerk-III 2013: 01 December 2013: Morning Shift GA Questions

Friends...Here is the Morning Shift GA Questions asked in today's (01/12/2013) IBPS CWE Clerk Exam. These questions were shared by our friend Manpreet Singh. We thank him on behalf of our team as well as all readers. If anybody would like to add or submit more questions comment below or send to currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com we will publish it with your name.

(Questions based on Memory as it was an Online Exam)
1. Which country hosted the 23rd CHOGM summit 2013?- Sri Lanka in Colombo
2. World Diabetes day?- 14 November
3. Who was the Miss Universe 2013?- María Gabriela Isler from Venezuela
4. Full form SLR?- Statutory Liquidity ratio
5. Name the Indian who scored double century against Australia recently?- Rohit Sharma
6. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is located in which state?- Andhra Pradesh 
7. Who won Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration 2013?- M.S. Swaminathan
8. Name the play bank singer who got Bharat Ratna?- Lata mangeskar in 2001
9. Indian gran pix winner 2013?- Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
10.  Women pension scheme is named after?
11. Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) in cheque has how many character?- 9
12. Micro loans related one question
13. One question related to Kisan credit card
14. One question related to demand deposit
15. Who is the author of Casual Vacancy?- J.K Rowling
16. Largest Exporter Country of Gold?
17.  Sergey Bubka is related with which sports?-  Pole Vault
18. At which place Indian Grand Prix was held?- Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
19. Largest Producing Country for Coffee?
20. Which organization working for welfare of women?
21. ATM operated by non banking entities?- White Label ATM
22. NSAP is related with which leader?
23. Question related to Sec 46 Banking Regulation Act
24. Which product improves credit flow in agriculture?
25.  EMI goes on?
26.  Converting physical share into electronic form?
27. Which of the following is not a negotiable instrument?
28.  A banknote of which portion is missing or which is composed of more than two pieces is known as?
29. NPCI 24x7 related?
30. Vodafone and ICICI launched unique mobile transfer called?- M-Pesa
31.  Banking Companies (Nomination) Rule 1985 related question
32. SKOPJE is a birthplace of which famous personality?- Mother Teresa
33. Cheque truncation means ?
34.  Purchasing a commodity or security in one market for immediate sale in another market is known as?
35. Whole sale banking is not intended to the need of

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Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission successfully placed in Mars transfer trajectory

Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission successfully placed in Mars transfer trajectory

>> Crossing a major milestone in the country's space history, Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission on Sunday ventured out of Earth's sphere of influence for the first time in an attempt to reach the red planet's orbit.

>> The critical manoeuvre to place the Mars orbiter spacecraft in the Mars transfer trajectory was successfully carried out almost an hour past midnight.

>> During this manoeuvre, which began at 00:49 hours, the spacecraft's 440 Newton liquid engine was fired for about 22 minutes providing a velocity increment of 648 metres/second to the spacecraft.

>> "Following the completion of this manoeuvre, the Earth orbiting phase of the spacecraft ended. The spacecraft is now on a course to encounter Mars after a journey of about 10 months around the Sun," the Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation said in a statement.

>> Isro performed the trans-Mars injection, a "crucial event" intended for hurling its Mars orbiter spacecraft into the planned orbit around the Sun, marking the first step towards the 300 day voyage to reach the orbit of the red planet after crossing roughly 680 million kilometres.

>> Isro has planned four mid-course corrections in case of any deviation along its path to the Martian orbit.

>> The space agency is scheduled to make four corrections in the course of the spacecraft's voyage to Mars before it is expected to reach the orbit of the red planet in September 2014.

>> It had performed five orbit-raising manoeuvres on its Mars Orbiter, raising the apogee (farthest point from Earth) of the spacecraft to over 1.92 lakh kilometres, before it performed the "mother of all slingshots".

>> The spacecraft is being continuously monitored from the Spacecraft Control Centre at Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore with support from Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antennae at Byalalu, the space agency added.

>> Isro's PSLV C 25 successfully injected the 1,350-kg 'Mangalyaan' Orbiter (Mars craft) into the orbit around the earth some 44 minutes after a text book launch at 2.38 PM from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on November 5, marking the successful completion of the first stage of the Rs 450-crore mission.

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Daily Current Affairs: 30 November 2013

Daily Current Affairs: 30 November 2013

1) 'Beatriz's War' wins Golden Peacock at IFFI: East Timor’s Beatriz’s War won the top Golden Peacock Award at the 44th International Film Festival of India, which ended on Saturday evening. The prize carries a cash component of Rs. 40 lakhs. India’s Kaushik Ganguly walked away with the Best Director honour for Apu’s Song, a Silver Peacock and Rs. 15 lakhs. Israel’s Alon Moni Aboutboul won the Best Actor Award (Silver Peacock and Rs. 10 lakhs) for his performance in A Place in Heaven, while the Best Actress Prize was awarded to Poland's Magdalena Boczarska (Silver Peacock, Rs. 10 lakhs) in In Hiding. Governor of Goa Shri Bharat Veer Wanchoo, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Manish Tewari, Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Manohar Parrikar, many International and Bollywood personalities including Asha Parekh, Rohit Shetty, Jimmy Shergil and Deepshikha were also present at the closing ceremony. Famous Malaysian actress and filmmaker Michelle Yeoh was the Chief Guest for the closing ceremony.

2) Sindhu cruises into Macau Open final:  Indian top seed PV Sindhu cruised into the women's singles final of the $120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold at the Macau Forum on Saturday. The World No.11 easily overcame a much lower ranked Qin Jinjing of China 21-13, 18-21, 21-19 in their first-ever encounter.

3) Mars orbiter to leave Earth's orbit soon after midnight: India's first Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) will bid adieu to the Earth's orbit soon after the intervening midnight of Saturday-Sunday on a 300-day voyage to the red planet.

4) China to launch its first moon rover mission next week: China will launch its first ever mission to land an unmanned spacecraft on the lunar surface next week, as it moves forward in its ambitious plan to become the world’s pre-eminent space power. The Chang’e-3 moon rover will be launched at 1:30 a.m. on Monday from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the mission’s launching headquarters said.

5) Hollywood film director wants to make film on Aarushi: A London-based Hollywood film director  Clip F. Runyard on Saturday approached the Dasna Jail authorities seeking a meeting with Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, as he wanted their consent to make a film on Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.

6) PVC electoral identity cards make debut in Tripura: Tripura on Saturday introduced for the first time in the country the PVC Electoral Photo Identity Card (PVC EPIC) as mandated by the Election Commission of India.

7) Satya Nadella among candidates in the fray for Microsoft CEO post: India-born senior Microsoft executive Satya Nadella is among the top two likely candidates whose name is being considered for becoming the next CEO of the world’s biggest software company, replacing long-time chief executive Steve Ballmer.

8) Tejpal arrested after court rejected anticipatory bail plea: Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal was on Saturday tonight arrested by the Goa police, ten days after it became public that he had allegedly sexually assaulted a woman journalist colleague during an event held in Goa early November.

9) SBI will raise Rs 9,576 crore to meet loan book surge and Basel-III norms: Expecting a surge in its loan book and to meet Basel-III norms, State Bank of India proposes to raise Rs 9,576 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) or a Follow-on Public Offering (FPO).

10) Punching PIN must for debit card transactions from Dec 1: Debit card holders will be required to punch in their PIN numbers every time they use the card, a move aimed at minimising frauds from December 1, 2013. In June, the Reserve Bank had extended the deadline for implementation of mandatory PIN punching at Point-of-Sales (PoS) and merchant outlets till November 30 following representation of banks.

11) Diesel costlier by 50 paise/litre: The diesel price has been revised upwards by 50 paise a litre, excluding State levies, effective Saturday/Sunday midnight. Last, it was revised by similar amount on October 31. After the current increase, the gap between selling price and market price of diesel (commonly known as under recovery) would be Rs. 9.99/litre. In January, the Government allowed public sector oil marketing companies (IOC, BPCL and HPCL) to increase diesel price in small doses to sync it with market price.

12) Indian-origin doctor gets professional excellence award in UK: Indian-origin doctor Jaswinder S. Bamrah, consultant psychiatrist in Manchester, has bagged Asian Lite Professional Excellence Award for his contribution to the medical field in the UK.

13) Indian lifters finish with 117 medals at Commonwealth C'ships: Indian weightlifters ended their Commonwealth Youth, Junior & Senior Championships in style, bagging six medals today to take their overall tally to a staggering 117, including 57 gold, on the final day of the event in Penang, Malaysia.

14) Generation from Kudankulam plant touches 400 MW: Power generation from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) has touched 400 MW, a top official said. The 1000 MW capacity first unit of the Indo-Russian joint venture began power generation on October 22 producing 160 MW, which was subsequently raised to 280 MW.

15) Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on 29 November 2013 inaugurated india’s first "Synthetic Rubber Plant" of the country at Panipat in Haryana.

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IBPS Clerk-III 2013: 30 November 2013: Evening Shift GA Questions

IBPS Clerk-III 2013: 30 November 2013: Evening Shift GA Questions

Friends...Here is the Evening Shift GA Questions asked in today's IBPS CWE Clerk Exam. These questions were shared by our friend Sumitra Vasudev. We thank her on behalf of our team as well as all readers. If anybody would like to add or submit more questions comment below we will publish it with your name.

(Questions based on Memory as it was an Online Exam)

1. Who won Indira Gandhi peace prize 2012?- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

2. Name the currency of Brazil?- Real

3.  Human Rights Day?- 10 December

4. The time limit for resolution of customer complaints in banks has been reduced from 12 days to?- 7 days

5. Which film won the best feature film award in the 60th film fare awards?- Paan Singh Tomar

6. How many digits are there in the IFSC Alphanumeric code?- 11 digit

7. Name the Central bank of India?- RBI

8. Full form of  ECS?- Electronic Clearing System

9. Devdas book written by? - Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay

10. Tatason tied up with which foreign airlines to promote its airlines?– Singapore airlines

11. Which film is representing India in 2014 Oscar under best foreign film category?- The Good Road

12.  Largest coffe exporting state in India?- Karnataka

13. Who is the Mc-x chairman?- Satyananda Mishra former Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)

14. Upto one lakh insurance in banks done by?-DICGC

15. Who won Noble peace prize 2013? -OPCW

16. Which film won Best foreign language film at the 86th academy awards 2013?-Armour

17. To increase liquidly RBI change? -Repo rate decrease

18. Rupay card recently launched by?- NPCI

19. Credit information agency?-Cibil

20. Enterprise where investment in plant and machinery does not exceed 25 lakh?-Micro enterprise

21. Minimum no. of working days under MGNREGS?- 100 days

22. Banks which are nationalized in second schedule act are known as?- Scheduled Commercial Banks

23. Largest landlocked country?- Kazakhstan

24.  Device used for measuring wind speed?- Anemometer

25. One question related to CASA RATIO?

26. One question on self help group?

27. The rate at which bank can not lend money % of sponserd bank state govt and central govt

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Current Affairs Questions useful for IBPS Clerk Exam 2013- Part-1

Current Affairs Questions useful for IBPS Clerk Exam 2013- Part-1

Friends..As promised at the end of the Banking/Economy Question series...here is the Part-1 of the General Affairs Question series useful for IBPS Clerk Exam 2013. IBPS Clerk Exam 2013 has kick started today and in the coming 02-03 weeks many are going to appear. These questions could come handy... Questions are useful for other competitive exams as well!!!

1) Who among the following was conferred with the “Centenary Award for India Film Personality of the Year” at IFFI 2013 recently?

(A) Waheeda Rehman

(B) Adur Gopalkrishnan

(C) Satyajith Ray

(D) Amitabh Bachhan

Ans. (A) Waheeda Rehman

2) Who among the following has been sworn in as President of Maldives recently?

(A) Mohammed Nasheed

(B) Abdulla Yameen

(C) Maumonn Abdul Gayoom

(D) Syed Akbaruddin

Ans. (B) Abdulla Yameen

3) Who among the following has been awarded “International Indian of Decade Award”?

(A) Vijay Malya

(B)Lord Swraj Paul

(C) Ajim Premji

(D) Laxmi Mittal

Ans. (B)Lord Swraj Paul

4) Who among the following will be awarded the “Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2013”?

(A) Julian Gillard

(B) Hilary Clinton

(C) Angela Merkel

(D) Sheikh Hasina

Ans. (C) Angela Merkel

5) Who among the following is the new Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India?

(A) Justice D K Jain

(B) Justice A P Shah

(C) Justice Vikram Sen

(D) Justice Gopal Gowda

Ans. (B) Justice A P Shah

6) Which Indian state launched the “She Taxi” project, aiming at ensuring safe travel for women, in Oct 2013?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Kerala

(C) Goa

(D) Haryana

Ans. (B) Kerala

7) Which country announced that it is pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect in Oct 2013?

(A) Libya

(B) Zimbabwe

(C) Gambia

(D) Sudan

Ans. (C) Gambia

8)  Who among the following has become the first Indian Pistol shooter to win gold at the ISSF World Cup?

(A) Heena Sidhu

(B) Anjali Bhagwat

(C) Gagan Narang

(D) Anjali Sidhu

Ans. (A) Heena Sidhu

9)  Tarla Dalal, who recently passed away, was a celebrity in which field?

(A) Journalist

(B) Author

(C) Poet

(D) Chef

Ans. (D) Chef

10)  Which country has hosted to the “Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM)” 2013?

(A) India

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) Myanmar

(D) Indonesia

Ans. (B) Sri Lanka

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IBPS Clerk-III 2013: 30 November 2013: Morning Shift GA Questions

IBPS Clerk-III 2013: 30 November 2013: Morning Shift GA Questions

Friends...Here is the Morning Shift GA Questions asked in today's IBPS CWE Clerk Exam. These questions were shared by our friend Gireesh Kumar. We thank him on behalf of our team as well as all readers. If anybody would like to add or submit more questions comment below. We will publish it with your name.

(Questions based on Memory as it was an Online Exam)

1. Where is the venue of Olympics 2020?- Tokyo

2. Yerevon is the capital of? – Armenia

3. Full form of NEFT? – National Electronic Fund Transfer

4. Which is the Current Bank Rate?- 8.75%

5. Name the wife of the PrimeMinister of India?- Gursharan Kaur

6. Largest Tea exporter in World? – Sri Lanka

7. Author of Satanic Verses? – Salman Rushdie

8. What is CTS?- Cheque Truncation System

9. Which of the following software used in Banking System? -Finacle

10. Tesi thomas is associated with? – Missile

11. At which place did Sachin Tendulkar played his last one day international?– Dhaka

12. PLR is replaced by? - Base rate

13. What is the name of card for farmer? - Kisan Credit Card

14. Rate at which RBI provide loans to bank ? – Repo Rate

15. India won how many medals in London Olympic Games 2012 – 6 (4 Bronze & 2 Silver)

16.  If RBI reduces CRR, what will happen?- Credit Supply increases, loans get cheaper

17. Name of the leader, whose statue building was inaugurated by Manmohan Singh in Gujarat recently?- Sardar Vallabbhai Patel

18. Full form of EDC? – Electronic Data Capture Machine

19. IIFA 2013 Award for Best film won by? - Barfi

20. 9 digit code written on Cheque is known as? – MICR code

21. Which organization deals with bank complaints of Consumers? - Banking Ombudsman

22. Loan can’t be provided below which rate?- Base Rate

23. Swarn Jayanti Rojgar Yojna is for? - Ministry of Rural Development

24. Martha Dodrey is famous for work on? – Polio

25. New name of account launch by RBI? – BSBDA (Basic saving bank account)

26. Find a public sector bank from the following?-IDBI

27. Where was the first one day of Sachin Tendulkar took place?- Pakistan v India at Gujranwala,Dec 18, 1989

28. Banking organisation with capital of 10lakh is called?

29. Bankassurance is done by? - Banking channel

30. Drive to include small people with bank is called?-Financial Inclusion

31.  One question related to Bharat Nirman

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Daily Current Affairs: 29 November 2013

Daily Current Affairs: 29 November 2013

1) Mars orbiter to leave Earth's orbit after midnight:  If things go as planned by ISRO, India’s Mars orbiter craft would leave the Earth’s sphere of influence (SOI) shortly after midnight on Saturday on a nearly 300-day voyage in deep space to the red planet after the “most important” manoeuvre of the ambitious mission.

2) Honorary doctorate conferred on Aung San Suu Kyi : Nobel Prize winner and Myanmar’s Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been awarded honorary doctorate by the Canberra-based Australian National University. Suu Kyi received a standing ovation as she accepted a Doctorate of Letters for her outstanding contributions to the service of society yesterday, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation report.

3) Gen Sharif assumed charge as Pak Army chief: Career infantry officer Gen Raheel Sharif, considered to be a moderate and an old India hand, on Friday took over the command of the 600,000-strong Pakistan Army from Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. Gen Kayani, the longest serving Army chief under a civilian government, passed the baton of command to 57-year-old Gen Sharif at an impressive ceremony held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. Gen Sharif was chosen by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as the 15th chief of the Pakistan Army on Wednesday.

4) Maharashtra to have 5th tiger reserve in Nagzira: Maharashtra will soon have its fifth tiger reserve in Nagzira following approval from the National Tiger Conservation Authority. The Nagzira tiger reserve — between Bhandara and Gondia districts — would be home to surplus tigers from Tadoba, Principal Secretary (Forests), Praveen Pardeshi, told reporters.

5) Over 80 injured in Hong Kong ferry accident: A high-speed ferry heading from Hong Kong to Macau hit an unidentified object off an outlying island in the wee hours on Friday, leaving 85 people injured, authorities and the ferry company said.

6) World’s oldest bank okays revamp plans: The board of troubled Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena — the world’s oldest bank — approved a restructuring plan which it said will create a “profoundly different” bank by 2017. The plan, which includes significant job and branch cuts and the sale of small subsidiaries, had been given the green light yesterday by the European Commission.

7) Cabinet meet on Telangana on Dec 3: Shinde- A special meeting of the Union Cabinet on December 3 will discuss the report of the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to look into the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, and the draft Telangana Bill, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Friday.

8) U. Chandrasekhar has taken over as Director of the Engineering Staff College of India (ESCI).

9) Google has set up election portal in India: Google on 28 November 2013 setup an election portal in India, the largest democracy of the world. The portal will provide polls and politics related news to users in India. The launched search engine will also provide information on the political parties. 

10) Tata DoCoMo unveils Wi-Fi device: Tata DoCoMo has launched Photon Max Wi-Fi, a product that helps users create their own Wi-Fi Zone anywhere and access the Internet through a laptop, desktop, tablet or phone.

11) Inflation-linked bonds coming in December: To encourage people to invest more of their savings into financial products, the RBI said that it will launch a consumer price index-linked savings product in late December. The interest on the savings will be payable in two parts. There will be a fixed component of 1.5 per cent and a variable component based on the prevailing consumer price index-based (CPI) inflation.

12) Assault at ATM: Bank union asks RBI to scrap ‘white-label’ model- Following the recent attack on a woman at an ATM in Bangalore, the Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) has urged the RBI to drop its plan for ‘white-label ATMs’ that would be operated and maintained by private agencies.

13) Law intern names Justice Ganguly: The woman law intern has informed the three-judge panel that it was former Supreme Court Judge A.K. Ganguly who had allegedly sexually harassed her in December last.

14) PV Sindhu storms into Macau Open semis:  Shuttler PV Sindhu came up with an inspired show to beat Tsz Ka Chan of Hong Kong and move into the semifinal of the Macau Open on Friday.

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PDF Download: 215 Expected Economy/Banking Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Exam 2013.

PDF Download: 215 Expected Economy/Banking Current Affairs Questions for IBPS Clerk Exam 2013.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 28 November 2013

Daily Current Affairs Updates: 28 November 2013

1) Sachin Tendulkar becomes UNICEF's brand ambassador for South Asia: Recently-retired batting legend Sachin Tendulkar became UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South Asia and is all set to work in promoting hygiene and sanitation in the region.

2) Tehelka Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhary resigned: Under fire from various quarters, including the media fraternity, for the way she handled a junior colleague’s sexual harassment charge against founder-editor of Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal, Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury decided to resign from the post early Thursday morning. She announced her decision to sign out from the weekly magazine through an e-mail to her colleagues.

3) Mahila Bank to open 16 more branches soon: Bharatiya Mahila Bank, the first all-woman bank, plans to open 16 more branches in the next four months. “We plan to add another 16 branches to our network in the next four months,” Mahila Bank Chairperson and Managing Director Usha Ananthasubramanian told PTI. Two branches would be inaugurated as early as first week of next month. These are Delhi and Indore branches, she added. New branches would be coming up in state capitals and Union territories.

4) Ronaldo goals lift Portugal to No. 5 in FIFA rankings: Cristiano Ronaldo's match-winning goals for Portugal in World Cup playoff matches against Sweden lifted his country to No. 5 in the monthly FIFA rankings.

5) Firoz Fatma becomes first woman 'crorepati' of KBC-7: Seventh season of the hit TV quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' got its first female crorepati in the young Firoz Fatma from Uttar Pradesh. Hailing from Saharanpur in UP, the 22-year-old became the first woman to have won Rs one crore in this season of the game show hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

6) Hazare to observe indefinite fast for Lokpal Bill from Dec 10: Social activist Anna Hazare will launch an indefinite hunger strike for a strong Lokpal Bill from December 10.

7) SBT, SBI General Insurance ties up for affordable health plan: State Bank of Travancore (SBT) and SBI General Insurance today jointly launched an affordable health insurance plan for SBT customers. “SBI General Insurance and SBT today jointly announced the launch of SBI General’s Group Health Insurance Policy exclusively for SBT account holders and their families,” SBI General said in a release.

8) ICICI Bank’s Internet banking crashed for over 24 hours: For the first time, ICICI Bank’s Net banking services were disrupted for over 24 hours giving some anxious moments to customers. The disruption was noticed by customers on Wednesday afternoon when the portal remained stuck with a message that the facility was not available due to some maintenance work, without mentioning any timeframe for its restoration.

9)  TRAI finalizes tariff for mobile banking services:  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), on Wednesday, released the tariff structure and guidelines for mobile banking services, a step that would help rural customers who do not have access to banks and financial services. The TRAI has prescribed a ceiling tariff for an outgoing unstructured supplementary service data (USSD)-based mobile banking service at Rs.1.50 per USSD session.

10) Neeraj Sahai appointed as President of Standard & Poor's Ratings Services: Neeraj Sahai, Indian-American has appointed as president of Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, the world's largest ratings firm. He was appointed by McGraw Hill Financial Company. Neeraj Sahai (56) will assume his new role at Standard & Poor's from 6 January 2014.

11) New insider trading norms in place in ten days: SEBI: To curb the growing menace of insider trading activities in the stock market, regulator SEBI will come up with a new set of norms within next ten days, Chairman U K Sinha said on Thursday.

12) India's GDP to grow at 5.4% in Q2 of FY'14: Assocham: A day ahead of the announcement of GDP figure for the July-September quarter of the current fiscal, industry body Assocham has pegged the country's growth at 5.4 per cent for the period on improved agricultural output.

13) Michelle Yeoh to be chief guest at 2013 IFFI closing ceremony: Malaysian-Chinese star Michelle Yeoh will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the festival this year. The 50-year-old actor played Aung San Suu Kyi in the biopic "The Lady" in 2011. This year, IFFI began Nov 20. It will conclude Saturday.

14) Mars mission’s D-day in three days: The first Indian Mars mission began its last orbit around the Earth on Wednesday morning, even as its controllers prepared for the big night three days away. On the night of November 30-December 1, the spacecraft will be finally thrust away from the Earth, and all the way towards the Red Planet, after gathering a total escape speed of around 11.4 kms a second.

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