29 June 2014 Current Affairs Updates

1) Saina Nehwal wins Australian Open Super Series title: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance to lift her second title of the season, winning the $750,000 Star Australian Super Series after beating Spain's Carolina Marin in the summit clash on 29 June 2014. The sixth seeded Indian, who had won the India Open Grand Prix Gold earlier this year, prevailed 21-18, 21-11 in a 43-minute contest which left her richer by $56,000. The 24-year-old Saina, who enjoyed a 1-0 head-to-head record against Marin going into Sunday's match, logged the first point and displayed some deft net play against her rival, stroking in some delectably timed volleys to take a 5-2 lead in the opening game.

2) French foreign minister arriving on two-day visit, to meet Modi: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will be on a two-day official visit to India from Monday to establish the first high-level contact with the Narendra Modi government. Fabius will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. The French minister and Sushma Swaraj will discuss bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest. A number of other engagements are envisaged during the visit, said an official statement.

3) Netherlands, Costa Rica Advance to World Cup Quarterfinals: Costa Rica and the Netherlands, both in dramatic fashion, have reached the quarterfinals of football's World Cup in Brazil. Already beating the odds by advancing out of one of the most difficult first round groups, Costa Rica shocked Greece in a penalty kick shootout Sunday in Recife. The teams ended regulation and in extra time tied a 1-1, and Costa Rica made all five of its kicks from the penalty spot to prevail 5-3. Earlier Sunday in Fortaleza, the Netherlands stunned Mexico with two late goals in a 2-1 victory. This is the first time Costa Rica has reached the World Cup quarterfinals.

4) Rahul Dravid Named Batting Consultant for England Tour: Rahul Dravid will assist chief coach Duncan Fletcher as Team India's batting consultant on the current tour of England. Dravid was the only successful Indian batsman when MS Dhoni's team were drubbed four-nil in the last Test series in England in 2011. Dravid, who is the coach of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League, is regarded as a master tactician and his presence in a dressing room full of young players will come in handy. India play a five-Test series starting July 9. He will be with the team till the beginning of the first Test.

5) Pankaj Advani creates history in Egypt: Indian cueist Pankaj Advani Sunday created history by becoming the first player in the world to win world titles in the long and shorter formats of both billiards and snooker by pocketing the IBSF World 6-Red snooker Championship, in Sharm El-Shiekh, Eygpt.

Advani, India’s poster boy of cue sports, defeated Kacper Flilpiak of Poland in the final that lasted barely an hour to win his maiden 6-Red world title and ninth overall. He has now won both World snooker titles on debut — the IBSF World Snooker Championship, China and this one, the IBSF 6-Red World Snooker Championship in Egypt.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 28 June 2014

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Jammu and Kashmir on July 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a one-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir July 4, his first to the state after assuming office, official sources said. The prime minister will arrive in Jammu and then proceed to nearby Katra town to inaugurate the Katra-Udhampur train that would cover a 25-km distance between the two places, the sources told.

2) Sachin Tendulkar enjoyed Nadal match at Wimbledon: Sachin Tendulkar on 28 June 2014 took some time off to enjoy an afternoon at the Wimbledon watching Rafael Nadal in action. Tendulkar was seated in the Royal Box of the Centre Court where he watched the match between Rafael Nadal and Mikhail Kukushkin. Looking dapper in an ink blue suit with sky blue tie, Tendulkar sat alongside former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss while former football captain David Beckham sat just a row in-front.

3) Brazil and Colombia entered quarter finals of FIFA World Cup 2014: Hosts Brazil qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup on Saturday after beating Chile 3-2 in a nail-biting penalty shootout. Paris Saint Germain bound David Luiz sent the home fans crazy on 18 minutes when he bundled in from close range for the opener – although Chile’s Gonzalo Jara appeared to get the final touch. In the last eight Brazil will meet Colombia after James Rodriguez scored twice to hand his nation a 2-0 win over Uruguay. Rodriguez sensationally fired Colombia into the lead on 28 minutes with arguably the finest goal of the tournament so far. The Monaco man controlled the ball on his chest, swivelled and then hammered in a left-footed dipping volley from 20 yards out.

4) Vice-President Hamid Ansari embarks on China visit: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Thursday left on a five-day visit to China where he will hold bilateral discussions with his counterpart Li Yuanchao and attend events to mark the 60th anniversary of Panchsheel agreement. This is the first visit of an Indian leader to China after the Narendra Modi government took over last month. It is also Ansari's first visit to China, and the first by an Indian Vice President since 1994. Then Vice President K R Narayanan had visited China in 1994.

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PA/SA Exam Results 2014: Computer Skill Test date published for Kerala and Haryana

Friends..Department of Posts has published the schedule of Paper-II (Computer Skill Test) for candidates who have qualified in the Aptitude Test (Paper-1) conducted in both circles on 27 April 2014. The schedule released is as follows:

Circle: Haryana and Kerala

Exam Date: 12,13 &14 July 2014

Exam Time: 09:00AM onwards in Batches of 2hr each. Please check your Admit Card for timings.

Candidates for the above mentioned Postal Circles may check their status for Paper I by Logging into the website. Candidates, shortlisted to appear in the Paper II, may download the Admit Cards.

Please keep visiting the website for exam schedules for other Postal Circles & updates.

Further details are as follows:

>> To see the results login to the webiste using the registration number(starting with DOP) and Password (first three letters of your name followed by date of birth in dd/mm/yyyy).Click Here to login.

>> When you login it will show the message whether you have qualified for Paper-II or not.

>> If you are qualified for Paper-II the following buttons will be active.

1) Demo for Computer Skill Test (Animated Version)

2) Demo for computer skill Test Static (PDF Version)

3) Generate Admit Card

4) Evaluation/Qualifying Criteria.

>>As per our information, the marks/cut off has not yet been published. The result shows only whether you have qualified for Paper-2 or not. We will update you as and when the cut off marks are published. Join our facebook page for all updates. 

It is expected that results of other Postal Circles will also be published soon.

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Quiz on Current Affairs: 26 and 27 June 2014

1) Luis Suarez who has been banned from nine international matches and all football activities for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in a world cup group match, is the player from which country?

(A) France

(B) Argentina

(C) Iran

(D) Uruguay

2) Mustafa Kamal who has been elected as the new ICC President on 26 June 2014 is from which country?

(A) Sri Lanka

(B) Bangladesh

(C) South Africa

(D) UAE

3) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed every year on?

(A) June 26

(B) June 27

(C) June 24

(D) June 29

4) Wroclaw city which has been named 2016 World Book Capital by UNESCO is in which country?

(A) Japan

(B) Chile

(C) Poland

(D) Malaysia

5) Which country has recently (June 2014) decided to honour Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan with the 'Legion of France', one of its highest civilian awards?

(A) UK

(B) Australia

(C) South Korea

(D) France

6) Indian-origin judge V.K. Rajah has been appointed as the new attorney general of which among the following countries on 26 June 2014?

(A) USA

(B) Indonesia

(C) Singapore

(D) Bhutan

7) 35th edition of the National Games (biggest national sporting event) will be held in which state from January 31 to February 14 in 2015 as announced recently?

(A) Kerala

(B) Punjab

(C) Assam

(D) Madhya Pradesh

8) In a move that is both open minded and adhering to Supreme court’s ruling on April 15 which among the following colleges has included the option of choosing “transgender” in its application forms for academic programmes beginning this year?

(A) Maharaja's College, Kochi

(B) Fergusson College, Pune

(C) Loyola College, Chennai

(D) University Maharani's College, Jaipur

9) Which city/state has been formally declared by the Central Government as permanent venue for the prestigious annual International Film Festival of India (IFFI) recently?

(A) Goa

(B) Thiruvananthapuram

(C) Delhi

(D) Pune

10) Who was formally appointed the first Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in its Annual Conference held at Melbourne, Australia on 26 June 2014?

(A) Haroon Logard

(B) Alan Isaac

(C) N Srinivasan

(B) Mustafa Kamal

Answers

1) Ans. (D) Uruguay

2) Ans. (B) Bangladesh

3) Ans. (A) June 26

4) Ans. (C) Poland

5) Ans. (D) France

6) Ans. (C) Singapore

7) Ans. (A) Kerala

8) Ans. (B) Fergusson College, Pune

9) Ans. (A) Goa

10) Ans. (C) N Srinivasan

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 27 June 2014

1) 15 killed as GAIL pipeline bursts in Andhra Pradesh: At least 15 people were charred to death and 18 suffered burns in a massive explosion in a GAIL-operated gas pipeline passing through Nagaram village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. The victims include three women and three children. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu cut short his visit to Delhi and reached the accident site accompanied by Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

2) Pune's Fergusson College recognized the Third Gender in its admission forms: In a first, Pune’s Fergusson College has included the option of choosing “transgender” in its application forms for academic programmes beginning this year. The move that is both open minded and adhering to Supreme court’s ruling on April 15 earlier this year to recognize the third gender Pune’s Fergusson College has opened its gates for the transgender community by making a transgender option available in its admission application forms for the academic year 14-15. Activists and professors in the various colleges in the city welcomed the decision and have expressed the need for other colleges to take the cue.

3) Saina Nehwal marched Into Australian Open Semi-Finals: India's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal marched into the women's singles semi-finals of the $750,000 Australian Badminton Open Super Series at the States Sports Centre, Sydney on 27 June 2014. The sixth seeded Hyderabadi needed only 47 minutes in the quarter-final to oust Japan's Eriko Hirose 21-18, 21-9 to level her career head-to-head to four-all.

4) Union Government granted Navratna Status to EIL and NBCC: The Union Government on 24 June 2014 granted Navratna status to Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC). Department of Public Enterprises under the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises granted the navratna status to enhance the greater financial and operational autonomy.

5) Poland's Wroclaw city named 2016 World Book Capital: Poland’s Wroclaw city will be the World Book Capital (WBC) for 2016 in recognition of its promoting the publishing and bookselling industries, Unesco said. “Civic leaders in Wroclaw have developed an excellent programme that will promote reading among the wider public all through the year,” Unesco director general Irina Bokova said in a statement. Wroclaw — the largest city in western Poland — was selected “in light of the strong assets of its programme in terms of quality and variety” and in particular, “for its special focus on grass-root community involvement, as well as promotion of publishing, bookselling industries and libraries at regional and international levels”.

6) France to honour Shah Rukh Khan with 'Legion of France': France has decided to honour Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan with the 'Legion of France', one of its highest civilian awards. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will present the award to Khan next week. Fabius is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on June 29 to meet External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates from 26 June 2014

1) Luis Suarez suspended for nine matches and banned for four months from any football-related activity:  Fifa on 26 June 2014 banned Uruguay striker Luis Suarez for nine international matches and barred him from all football activities for four months for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's match against Italy in the group stage of FIFA World Cup 2014. The heaviest punishment ever inflicted on a player at a World Cup finals effectively booted Suarez out of the tournament. It is the third time that the 27-year-old Liverpool forward, one of the most brilliant footballers in the world, but also one of the most temperamental, has been banned for biting an opponent.

2) Bangladesh's Mustafa Kamal becomes ICC President: Bangladesh's Mustafa Kamal became the 11th President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 26 June 2014. Kamal took charge from Alan Isaac at the ICC's Annual Conference.

3) Srinivasan appointed as new ICC chairman: N Srinivasan was formally appointed chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Melbourne on 26 June 2014, giving the 69-year-old industrialist the most powerful role in the governing body's restructured organisation. Srinivasan, who emerged as the leading candidate to become ICC chairman in February, will assume office immediately after the governing body rubber-stamped constitutional changes at its annual conference.

4) 35th National Games in Kerala from Jan 31-Feb 14 next year: The 35th edition of the National Games will be held in Kerala from January 31 to February 14 next year in various venues across seven districts. Starting the countdown, dates of the biggest national sporting event were announced by Indian Olympic Association president N Ramachandran in the presence of Union Minister of state for Sports and Youth Affairs Sarbananda Sonowal at a colourful function in the Assembly complex on 26 June 2014. After the declaration, Sonowal proclaimed acceptance of the dates on behalf of the Government of India.

5) Ministry approved B Ashok as Indian Oil Chairman: Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has approved appointment of B Ashok as the head of India's largest oil firm, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), in what will be the first top level appointment by the new government. B Ashok, Executive Director (Retail Sales) at Indian Oil Corp (IOC), was on October 9, 2013, chosen to head the company by government headhunters Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB), but the previous UPA government could not appoint him before its tenure ended.

6) Indian-origin judge takes over as Singapore attorney general: Indian-origin judge Justice V.K. Rajah has been appointed as the new attorney general of Singapore, a statement issued by Istana or Presidential Palace said. President Tony Tan Keng Yam appointed Justice Rajah as the eighth attorney general and also as Member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, Channel NewsAsia Singapore reported. Rajah was appointed as a judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court and as a judge in 2004. He has been the chairman of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education as well as the Board of Judicial Learning since 2010. Rajah became the second Indian-origin person to become the attorney general of Singapore after Sundaresh Menon, the current Chief Justice of Singapore.

7) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed: The United Nations’ (UN) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking falls on June 26 each year to raise awareness of the major problem that illicit drugs represent to society. This day is supported by individuals, communities and various organizations all over the world. The theme for this year is "A message of hope: Drug use disorders are preventable and treatable".

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Employment News: 28thJune – 04th July 2014

1. Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT), Kharagpur.

No. of Post – 43

Name of Post – Executive Engineer, Engineer, Secretary, Junior Technical Superintendent, etc,

Last Date: 09.07.2014

2. Indian Space Research Organisation, (ISRO).

No. of Vacancies – 26

Name of the Post – Technical Asst., Scientific Asst., Primary Teacher, etc,

Last Date: 17.07.2014

3. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited.

No. of Vacancies – 113

Name of the Post – Asst. Manager, Sr. Executive, Executive, etc,

Last Date: 60 days from date of Publication

4. State Bank of India, (SBI).

No. of Vacancies – 394

Name of the Post – Assistant

Last Date: 07.07.2014

(Note: This is only for J & K candidates. For others reg closed on 14 June 2014)

7. Raja Mansingh Tomar Music & Arts University, Gwalior.

No. of Vacancies – 20

Name of the Post – Professor, Asso. Professor and Asst. Professor in various Departments.

Last Date: 15.07.2014

8. Union Public Service Commission, (UPSC).       

No. of Vacancies- 20

Name of the Post – Agricultural Engineer, Sr. Marketing Officer, Asst. Executive Engr., Doctor (GDO), etc,

Last Date: 17.07.2014

9. Reserve Bank of India, (RBI).

No. of Vacancies – 53 for Sportspersons

Name of the Post – Assistant and Office Attendant

Last Date: 15.07.2014

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FIFA World Cup 2014 Second Round Matches Schedule PDF (Indian Time)

FIFA Round of 16 Matches Schedule PDF

Friends..Last time we have provided the PDF Group Stage Match Schedule for FIFA 2014. Group Stage Matches are now over and Second Round also known as round of 16 will start on 28.06.2014. Here is the matches schedule in Indian Time. You can download the same as PDF from below links. 

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SBI Clerk/PO 2014: Marketing Aptitude Questions/Answers

1) Which comes at the end of Marketing plan?

(A)Objectives

(B)SWOT Analysis

(C)Controls

(D)Executive Summary

2) Competition is highest in which phase of Product Life Cycle?

(A)Introduction

(B)Growth

(C)Maturity

(D)Decline

3) Apple iPhone market targetting strategy is an example of?

(A)Selective Specialization

(B)Single Segment Concentration

(C)Market Specialization

(D)Product Specialization

4) The last stage in selling process ___________

(A)approach

(B)handling objections

(C)closing

(D)follow up

5) Zero-based budgeting (ZB(B)means _____________

(A)A tool of marketing cost

(B)a tool for financial analysis

(C)Each year, budgeting starts from zero value

(D)None of These

6) Market-penetration, product-development, and market-development strategies would all

be examples of ________ strategies.

(A)concentric

(B)conglomerate

(C)horizontal

(D)intensive growth

7) Which in the list is not a Direct Marketing?

(A)Phone Calls

(B)Private Email

(C)Face to Face Meeting

(D)Newspaper advertisement

8) Which is/are the main features of Transaction Marketing?

(A)Strategy to achieve higher sales in short duration

(B)Mostly used for very generic products

(C)Not much importance on long term Customer relationship

(D)All of These

9) Who invented the term Management by objectives (MBO)?

(A)Philip Kotler

(B)Rosser Reeves

(C)Peter Drucker

(D)Michael E. Porter

10) In Marketing, a Cold Call is used?

(A)As a best way to sell products

(B)As a best way for advertisement

(C)As a last option for Marketers

(D)None of These

Answers

1) Ans. (C)Controls

2) Ans. (C)Maturity

3) Ans. (B)Single Segment Concentration

4) Ans. (D)follow up

5) Ans. (B)a tool for financial analysis

6) Ans. (D)intensive growth

7) Ans. (D)Newspaper advertisement

8) Ans. (D)All of These

9) Ans. (C)Peter Drucker

10) Ans. (C)As a last option for Marketers

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SBI Clerk Previous Year General Awareness Solved Questions- Part 1

Here is the solved General Awareness Questions from SBI Clerk Exam held in 2012. 

1) Which of the following agencies/organisations has put economic sanctions on Syria?

(1) OPEC (2) NATO (3) WorldBank (4) EuropeanUnion (5) G-8

Ans. (5) G-8

2) Who among the following was elected unanimously as the Secretary General of the UNO for the second term ?

(1) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2) NelsonMandela (3) Hillary R Clinton

(4) JacobMathew (5) Ban-Kimoon

Ans. (5) Ban-Kimoon

3) InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has decided to begin New Round of Negotiations with which of the following nations as it is not satisfied with the previous rounds of discussions ?

(1) Iraq (2) India (3) Japan (4) Iran (5) Germany

Ans.(4) Iran

4) As decided by UNESCO the 'International Literacy Day' is observed on which of the following days every year?

(1) 8th September (2) 18th March (3) 28thMarch (4) 18th September (5) None of these

Ans.(1) 8th September

5) As per decision taken by the European Union andIMF, which of the followingcountries will receive a fresh assistance of 100 billion Euro by the year 2014 ?

(1) Italy (2) Greece (3) Portugal (4) Spain (5) Belgium

Ans.(2) Greece

6) 'Kowada' a town in Andhra Pradesh was in news recently as-

(1) a nuclear plant is being developed there

(2) Maruti has decided to build a small car plantthere

(3) RBIis going to.establish a New Note Printing Press there

(4) an earthquake hit the town in which lot of people died

(5) it is the place selected for developing a new SpaceResearch Centre

Ans. (1) a nuclear plant is being developed there

7) Which of the following is India's new rating index developed by Ministry of Finance ?

(1) CECA (2) CRIS (3) SENSEX (4) TIEA (5) RTGS

Ans.(2) CRIS

8) Very often we read terms 'Perform,Achieve andTrade'(PAT) in newspapers/magazines these days.

PAT is related to whichof the following fields?

(1) Energy Efficiency (2) Indira AwasYojana (3) Mid Day Meai Scheme

(4) Bharat Nirman (5) NationalOld Age Pension Scheme

Ans. (1) Energy Efficiency

9) Which of the following organizations/agencies has decided to establish a National Innovation Foundation (NIF) to encourageearly stage innovations in India? (1) UniversityGrants Commission

(2) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

(3) Department of Science & Technology,Government of India

(4) Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

(5) Councilfor Industrialand Scientific Research (CSIR)

Ans.(3) Department of Science & Technology,Government of India

10) Which of the following countries is trying to get membership of European Union ?

(1) Myanmar (2) Brazil (3) Croatia (4) Italy (5) South Africa

Ans. (3) Croatia

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