Employment News: Job Highlights ( 06thSep – 12th Sep 2014)

1. STATE BANK OF INDIA (SBI), MUMBAI

Name of Post- Probationary Officer

No. of Post-2986

Last Date-18.09.2014

2. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD

Name of Post- Jr. Engineering Assistant-IV

No. of Post-113

Last Date-16.09.2014

3. INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION (ISRO)

Name of Post- Technical Assistant, Nurse, Lab Technician etc.

No. of Post-91

Last Date-26.09.2014

4. INDIAN AIR FORCE

Name of Post- Airmen in Group ‘X’ (Technical) or Group ‘Y’ (Non- Technical)

Last Date- 22.09.2014

5. NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY (NDA) KHADAKWASLA PUNE

Name of Post- chemical Asstt., LDC, Games Coach , etc.

No. of Post-178

Last Date-21 days of Publication of Advertisement

6. HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

Name of Post-Stenographer Grade III

No. of Post-327

Last Date-12.09.2014

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Questions from IBPS RRB Officers Scale I Exam held on 6 September 2014

Friends.. Here are some questions asked in IBPS RRB Officers Scale I Exam held on 6 September 2014 shared by our friend Mahesh Kumar.

1. World AIDS Day?- 1st December

2. ‘Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan’ Book which was released recently was written by?- Daman Singh

3. Name the present Minister of Road Transport and Highways?- Nitin Gadkari

4. 18th SAARC summit will be held in?- Kathmandu (Nepal)

5. Name the currency of Australia?- Australian Dollar

6. Indian Company to cross 5 cr market capitalization recently was?- TCS

7. Name the head of TARC Committee?- Parthasarathi Shome

8. Who was the head of Arujna award selection committee 2014? – Kapil Dev

9. Currency of Brazil?- Brazilian real

10. Tata SIA airlines will be known as?- Vistara

11. Name the commodity market regulator?- Forward Markets Commission

12. Gagan Narang is related to which sports? - Shooting

13. BBPS Full form?- Bharat Bill Payment System

14. PLR is also known as?- Base Rate

15. Chutak power plant is in which state?- Jammu & Kashmir

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US Open 2014- Complete list of Winners

The 2014 US Open Tennis Tournament was the 134th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, and ran from August 25 – September 8 2014. 

In the men's singles competition, Marin Cilic won his maiden grand slam title; however, Serena Williams won her Open era record tying sixth title in the women's singles competition tying Chris Evert, and it was her eighteenth grand slam title tying Evert and Martina Navratilova. Winning the men's doubles, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan became the most victorious doubles team in Open era history at the tournament.

Here is the complete list of winners with details

Men's Singles

Final between: Marin Cilic (Croatia) vs Kei Nishikori (Japan)

Winner- : Marin Cilic (Croatia) (6–3, 6–3, 6–3)

Women's Singles

Final between: Serena Williams (USA) vs Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)

Winner: Serena Williams (USA) (6–3, 6–3)

Men's Doubles

Final between:  Bob Bryan(USA) & Mike Bryan(USA)  vs  Marcel Granollers (Spain) & Marc López (Spain)

Winners: Bob Bryan(USA) & Mike Bryan(USA) (6–4, 6–3)

Women's Doubles

Fianl between:

Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) &  Elena Vesnina (Russia) vs  Martina Hingis (Switzerland) &  Flavia Pennetta (Italy)

Winners: Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) &  Elena Vesnina (Russia) (2–6, 6–3, 6–2)

Mixed Doubles

Final between:  Sania Mirza (India) &  Bruno Soares (Brazil) vs Abigail Spears (USA) & Santiago González(Mexico)

Winners:  Sania Mirza (India) &  Bruno Soares (Brazil) (6–1, 2–6, [11–9])

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 09 September 2014

1) Marin Cilic defeated Kei Nishikori to win US Open 2014: Marin Cilic clinched his first Grand Slam title on 8 September 2014, shattering Kei Nishikori's bid to become the first Asian man to win a major with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory in the US Open final. Cilic, the 14th-seeded 25-year-old, becomes the first Croatian man to win a major since Goran Ivanisevic, now his coach, at Wimbledon in 2001. 

Cilic, playing in his 28th Grand Slam event, is the lowest-ranked champion since Pete Sampras, then 17th in the world, claimed the 2002 title in New York. This year's final was the first at a major not to feature either Djokovic, Federer or Nadal since the 2005 Australian Open -- so long ago that it was pre-Twitter.

2) ICC suspended Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal for illegal bowling action: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has banned Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal from bowling in international cricket with immediate effect because his bowling action was found to be illegal. The ICC said in a statement that an independent analysis of Ajmal’s action found that “all his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under the regulations.” The decision to ban Ajmal is a big blow for Pakistan, for whom he has been a consistent match-winner. Since the start of 2011, nobody has taken more international wickets than Ajmal's 328.

3) PM Narendra Modi to meet Obama on Sept 29-30:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was for years barred from visiting the United States, will meet President Barack Obama at the White House on September 29 and 30, US officials said. The meeting will mark Modi's first visit to Washington since he swept to power in May elections. The White House said the talks would "deepen the US-India strategic partnership."

4) Neel Mukherjee’s book makes the cut for Man Booker Prize: Kolkata-born British author Neel Mukherjee’s latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s and centred around a dysfunctional family, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize 2014, in its debut as a global literary award. Mr. Mukherjee, who studied at Oxford and Cambridge, was also the only Indian-origin author to be longlisted earlier this year, the first time the prestigious literary award opened up for anyone writing in English regardless of nationality. Previously, the prize was open only to authors from the U.K. and Commonwealth, Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe. For the first time in its 46-year history, the £50,000-prize has been opened up to writers of any nationality, writing originally in English and published in the U.K.

5) RBI says 70 years upper age limit for private bank CEOs, whole-time directors: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday capped the maximum age at 70 years for a managing director, chief executive officer or whole time director in a private bank. The change has been made to align the rules for private sector bank in line with the provisions of the new companies law, which says, “No company shall appoint or continue the employment of any person as managing director, whole time director or manager who is below the age of 21 years or has attained the age of 70 years,” RBI said in a notification on its website.

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Call Letter/Admit Card of SSC CGL (Tier-II) 2013 Re-Examination

Friends.. Staff Selection Commission has published the Call Letter/Admit Card of SSC CGL 2013 (Tier-2) Re-Examination scheduled to be held on 20 and 21 September 2014. Admit Card can be downloaded by entering Roll Number of Tier-1 exam and Date of Birth. Admit Cards is to be downloaded from Regional SSC Websites; links of which have been provided below for quick navigation. Best Wishes to all candidates...

Northern Region: Click Here

Western Region: Click Here

MP Sub Region: Click Here

Kerala/Karnataka Region: Click Here

Southern Region: Click Here

North Western Sub Region: Click Here

Central Region: Click Here

North Eastern Region: Click Here

Eastern Region: Click Here

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Employment News: 30th August – 05th September 2014

1. SSC, KARNATAKA KERALA

Name of Post- Sr. Technical Assistant, Technical Assistant etc.

No. of Post-36

Last Date-26.09.2014

2. SSC, ALLAHABAD

Name of Post- Draughtsman grade-1, Scientific Assistant, Research Assistant, Jr. Cartographic Assistant.

No. of Post-53

Last Date-25.09.2014

3. OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED (ONGC)

Name of Post- Graduate Trainees

No. of Post-745

4. NAVAL DOCKYARD, MUMBAI

Name of Post- Tradesman Mate

No. of Post-548

Last Date-14.09.2014

5. HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED (HPCL)

Name of Post- Experienced Refinery Professionals, Chartered Accountants Medical Official Officers etc.

No. of Post-85

Last Date-16.09.2014

6. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. (BPCL)

Name of Post- General Workman-B (Chemical, Mechanical, Trainee etc).

No. of Post-71

Last Date-15.09.2014

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 22 August 2014 to 31 August 2014

Friends.. Here are the daily current affairs from 22 August 2014 to 31 August 2014 which we have missed to update. 

31 August 2014

1) 'Jaipur Pink Panthers' clinches inaugural 'Pro Kabaddi League' by defeating 'U Mumba' in the final. 

2) P V Sindhu settles for Bronze in World Badminton Championship. She lost to ninth seed Carolina Marin 21-17, 21-15 in semis.

3) Veteran Telugu filmmaker Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana aka Bapu passed away aged 80. 

30 August 2014

1) Manipur Governor Vinod Kumar Duggal resigned.

2) PV Sindhu storms into the semi-final of World Badminton Championship 2014.

3) Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA Best Player in Europe Award.

4) Modi begins his Japan visit. India, Japan sign MoU to develop Varanasi into ‘smart city’.

5) Noted historian Bipin Chandra passed away.

29 August 2014

1) Shah Rukh Khan becomes the first Indian to be appointed as ambassador for Interpol's ‘Turn Back Crime’ campaign. 

2) Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso quits international football. 

3) Ganesh Chaturthi celebrated across India.

4) National Sports Day celebrated. It’s the birthday of Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.

5) President presents National sports & adventure awards.

6) India's GDP growth in the first quarter is 5.7 percent which is highest in last 2 and half years.

28 August 2014

1) EPFO retains interest rate on provident fund at 8.75%.

2) C.S.Verma elected as First President of Indian Steel Association.

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched "Jan Dhan Yojana" scheme to provide a bank account to every household where account holders will get a debit card and accidental insurance cover of up to a lakh.

4) Wayne Rooney named as captain of the England national football team.

5) Government launched the .bharat domain name in devanagari script. 

27 August 2014

1) Sheila Dikshit has resigned as the Governor of Kerala.

2) BJP leader LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee have been dropped from the new BJP Parliamentary board.

3) England midfielder Frank Lampard retired from England's national team.

4) India’s first All India Institute of Ayurveda, along the lines of AIIMS, to come up at Jasola (Delhi). 

5) Textiles Ministry to collaborate with Flipkart to provide an online marketing platform to handloom weavers in the country. 

6) Ramesh Chand Tayal is appointed as the Special Director-General of CRPF.

7) Union Cabinet lifted the monthly cap on subsidised LPG cylinders, but retained the overall annual limit at 12 cylinders. LPG consumers can avail 12 cylinder quota anytime in the year.

8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up a committee to identify "obsolete" laws which will submit its report in three months.

26 August 2014

1) Supreme Court ruled all coal mining licences (218) awarded between 1993 and 2010 as illicit.  

2) Ahmet Davutoglu becomes the new Prime Minister of Turkey. 

3) 66th annual Emmy Award given at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

4) Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala and Mridula Sinha will take charge as the governors of Karnataka and Goa respectively.

5) Nagpur becomes the first Indian city to operate public buses running on ethanol. 

6) Kalyan Singh appointed as Governor of Rajasthan, while former union minister Vidyasagar Rao will be Governor of Maharashtra.

25 August 2014

1) British film director Richard Attenborough, best remembered for his Oscar-winning directorial "Gandhi", passed away aged 90. 

2) The U.S. Open Tennis Championships 2014 began.

3) Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar coalition party along with the Congress party won six of ten assembly seats in Bihar by-elections.

24 August 2014

1) West Bengal gets the nation's first 'Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology' (IIEST) at Shibpur, Howrah.

2) Maharashtra governor K. Sankaranarayanan resigned from the post after he has been transferred to Mizoram.

3) RN Ravi appointed new chief of Joint Intelligence Committee.

23 August 2014

1) Defence Minister Arun Jaitley commissioned India’s first indigenously-built stealth Anti-Submarine warfare INS Kamorta to the Indian Navy.

2) RBI has notified the increase in deposit money under Public Provident Fund, PPF to 1.5 lakh rupees from 1 lakh rupees.

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana.

4) Guru Hanuman Akhara chosen for 2014 Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.

22 August 2014

1) Renowned Kannada writer and Jnanpith award winner UR Ananthamurthy passed away.

2) Arvind Subramanian likely to be the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA).

3) Weightlifter Ragala Venkat Rahul bagged India's first medal of the second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.

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Current Affairs PDF August 2014- Third Week

Current Affairs PDF

August 2014- Third Week

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1) Name the renowned filmmaker and poet who was presented the 22nd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana award on 20 August 2014 at Jawahar Bhawan in New Delhi?

Ans. Muzaffar Ali

Note: Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award or Rajiv Gandhi National Communal Harmony Award was instituted by All-India Congress Committee (AICC) in 1992 to commemorate the contribution of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

2) Who was appointed as Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 20 August 2014?

Ans. Prof. KV Thomas

Note: He will be the 94th Chairman of PAC. KV Thomas is the senior Congress Parliamentarian from Ernakulum Constituency, Kerala. Before him Murli Manohar Joshi of BJP was the chairman.

3) Which bank became the first bank in India to launch EMI facility on Debit Card on 19 August 2014?

Ans. ICICI Bank

4) Name the world-renowned yoga guru who died on 20 August 2014?

Ans. B K S Iyengar

5) Name India’s indigenously designed warship which was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on 16 August 2014?

Ans. INS Kolkata (D63)

6) Who was was elected as Chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA) on 20 August 2014?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. T M Bhasin

Note: He will be the Chairman of IBA for 2014-15.T M Bhasin is the chairman and managing director of Indian Bank. K R Kamath, who is the chairman and managing director of Punjab National Bank, was the previous chairman of this Association.

7) Name the eminent Kannada writer and Jnanpith awardee who died on 22 August 2014 at a hospital in Bangalore?

Ans. UR Ananthamurthy

Note: Ananthamurthy was a new voice in Kannada literature and is considered as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement. His nomination for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize brought him to the attention of a Western audience.

8) Name the Sri Lankan batsman and a former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team who retired from the Test Cricket on 18 August 2014?

Ans. Mahela Jayawardene

9) Which former Indian player was appointed as the Director of Indian Cricket Team on 19 August 2014?

Ans. Ravi Shastri

Note: Ravi Shastri would be assisting the team for the upcoming ODI series (25 August 2014-5 September 2014) and a single Twenty-20 (7 September 2014) against England.

10) World Humanitarian Day was observed across the world on 19 August 2014 with the theme?

Ans. The World Needs More Humanitarian Heroes.

11) India on 18 August 2014 called-off the Foreign Secretary-level bilateral talks with which country?

Ans. Pakistan.

Note: The decision was taken by the Union government after Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit invited Kashmiri separatist Hurriyat leaders in Delhi for a meet.

12) Name the scheme announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 August 2014 to meet the irrigation needs of all farmers across the country?

Ans. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Seenchayi Yojana

13) Name India’s first indigenously-built stealth Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) which was commissioned in Indian Navy by Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on 23 August 2014?

Ans.  INS Kamorta

Note: It was commissioned at naval dockyard in Vishakhapatnam.

14) Who won Cincinnati Tennis Open on 17 August 2014?

Ans. Roger Federer

15) District and Sessions Court of Imphal, Manipur ordered release of which human rights activist who is on a hunger striker since November 2000 for scrapping Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958?

Ans. Irom Sharmila Chanu

Note: She is also known as Iron Lady of Manipur or Mengoubi.

16) Which state will host Football Federation Cup in August 2015?

Ans. Jammu and Kashmir

17) Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry on 21 August 2014 withheld the release of which Punjabi film based on Indira Gandhi's assassination?

Ans. Kaum de Heere.  In English means Diamonds of the Community.

18) Who has resigned as the Prime Minister of Iraq on 14 August 2014?

Ans. Nuri al-Maliki

19) Who was appointed as the Chef-de-Mission for Asian Games on 18 August 2014?

Ans. Adille Sumariwala

Note: He was the President of Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

20) England recently won the 5-match ............ Trophy test-series played against India by 3-1?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Pataudi Trophy

21) Book Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: An Inside Job recently released was authored by?

Ans. Faraz Ahmad

22) Who was was elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand on 21 August 2014?

Ans. Prayuth Chan-ocha

Note: He was the Thailand coup leader and Army Chief.

23) Who will become the youngest Formula One (F1) driver in the F1 history when he will compete for the 2015 season?

Ans. Max Verstappen of Netherlands

Note: He will be 17 years and few months old in 2015.

24) Name the weightlifter who won first medal for India at 2nd Youth Olympics on 22 August 2014?

Ans. Ragala Venkat Rahul

Note: Event was held in Nanjing, China.

25) Name the Delhi-based wrestling academy which was chosen for the 2014 Rashtritya Khel Protsahan Puraskar (RKPP) on 21 August 2014?

Ans. Guru Hanuman Akhara

26) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 August 2014 dedicated 765 KV Ranchi-Dharmjaygarh-Sipat Transmission Line (Powergrid) to the nation in which state?

Ans. Jharkhand

27) India celebrated its ...... Independence Day on 15 August 2014?

Ans. 68th

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PA/SA Exam 2014: Result (Paper-1) of Gujarat Circle Published

Schedule of Paper II (Computer Skill Test) for the following Postal Circles is as follows:

Postal Circles: Gujrat (16)

Exam Date: 13 to 19 September 2014

Exam Time: 08:00AM onwards in Batches of 2.0 hr 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.

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Recruitment of 2986 Probationary Officers (PO) in SBI Associate Banks 2014

State Bank of India (SBI) has released notification for recruitment of 2986 Probationary Officers (POs) in Associate Banks of State Bank of India. Eligible Indian Citizens can apply online from 01-09-2014 to 18-09-2014. Details are as follows:

Important Dates:

Starting date for Online Registration of Applications: 01-09-2014

Last date for Online Registration of Applications: 18-09-2014

Dates for Payment of fees through Online: From 01-09-2014 to 18-09-2014

Dates for Payment of fees through Offline: 03-09-2014 to 20-09-2014.

Date of Examination: November 2014.

Vacancy

 

Age Limit: Candidates age limit should not be below 21 years and not above 30 years as on 01-09-2014, i.e candidates must have been born not earlier than 02-09-1984 and not later than 01-09-1993 (both days inclusive). Age relaxation will be applicable as per the rules.

Educational Qualification: Candidate should possess Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government. Candidate having integrated dual degree (IDD) certificate should ensure that the date of passing the IDD is on or before the eligiblity date.

Selection Process: Candidates would be selected based on their performance in Objective Test , Descriptive Test, Group Discussion and interview.

Examination consisting Objective Tests for 200 marks and Descriptive Test for 50 marks.

The Objective Test will be online. Immediately after the online Objective Test, Descriptive Test will be administered. Questions relating to Descriptive Test will be available on computer (Online) and candidates will have to write the answers on the answer sheet (Offline) provided to them on Paper/Pen mode.

(i) Objective Test: The Objective Test with 2hours duration consists of 4 Sections with 50 marks each (Total 200 marks) as follows:

a) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)

b) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers

c) Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation

d) Test of Reasoning (High Level)

The candidates are required to qualify in each of the Tests by securing passing marks, to be decided by the Bank.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates can apply online through Bank’s website www.statebankofindia.com or www.sbi.co.in from 01-09-2014 to 18-09-2014. After completion of registration process, take print out of the online application form & fee payment receipt and keep it for future purpose.

For more details see official notification from below link.

Read Official Notification: English and Hindi

Apply Online: Click Here 

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