NIACL Assistant Exam Questions: 17 January 2015 (Evening Shift)

Friends.. Here are the evening shift GK and Computer questions asked in today's (17 JAN 2015) New India Assurance Assistant Exam. These questions will be useful for those having exam tomorrow and 24th of this month. If anybody would like to share more questions, you can add it here as comment or can mail us at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com.

Below questions were shared with us by: Jasmine, Prasanth Kumar & Ankita Reddy. Thank & wish them all the very best. 

1) Capital of Czech Republic? - Prague

2) Chemistry Nobel Prize 2014 winners? - Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner

3) Currency of Portugal? - Euro

4) 'NITI Ayog' new name of which among the following? - Planning Commission

5) Gir national park is situated in? - Gujarat

6) IRDA is a? - Statutory body

7) Headquarters of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)? - Madrid, Spain

8) Grammy Awards are given for outstanding achievement in which field? - Music Industry

9) Yash Chopra award was recently awarded to? - Amitabh Bachchan

10) Union minister of law & justice? - Sadananda Gowda

11) Demarcation line between India and Pakistan? - Radcliffe Line

12) National Education Day? - November 11 (Birthday of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad)

13) Author of the book ;And Then One Day: A Memoir'? - Naseeruddin Shah

14) Name the Russian President who recently visited India? - Vladimir Putin

15) Small and payment bank paid up capital? - Rs.100 crore

16) NATO full form? - North Atlantic Treaty Organization

17) In 'CAR' A stand for? - Adequacy (Capital adequacy ratio)

18) AML full form? - Anti Money Laundering

19) Name the central bank of the People's Republic of China? - People's Bank of China

20) SBI compisite index related to? - Manufacturing Sector

21) Scheme for upgrading villages In india? - Sansad Adarsh Grama Yojana

22) Bank account can be used after the age of? - 10 years

23) C.K. Naidu lifetime achievement is related to which sports? – Cricket

24) Cntrl + X is shortcut for? - Cut

25) Umesh Yadav and Axar Patel are related to which sport? - Cricket

26) Name the recently launched scheme to achieve full immunization coverage for all children by 2020? - Mission Indradhanush

27) Rajnath Singh recently launched women safety mobile app named? - Himmat

28) Which company recently acquired tech firm Wishpicker? - Snapdeal

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Questions asked in New India Assurance (NIACL) Assistant Exam: 17 January 2015 (Morning Shift)

Friends.. Here are the GK and Computer questions asked in today's (17 JAN 2015) New India Assurance Assistant Exam morning Shift. These questions will be useful for those having exam tomorrow and on 24^th of this month. If anybody would like to share more questions, you can add it here as comment or can mail us at currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com.

Below questions were shared with us by: Savitha Xavier, Hima Mohan and Sai Krishna. Thank & Wish them all the very best. 

1) National Consumers Right Day was observed on? - 24 December

2) Author of the book "Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years"? - Pranab Mukherjee

3) RBI recently extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 of various denominations to? - 30 June 2015

4) Capital of Germany? - Berlin

5) Union External Affairs Minister? - Sushma Swaraj

6) Which bank recently acquired ING Vysya bank? - Kotak Mahindra Bank

7) National Good Governance Day was observed on? - 25 December

8) Nobel Prize in Medicine 2014 won by? - John O´Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser

9) Indian Science Congress was recently held at? - Mumbai

10) AirAsia flight QZ8501 plane recently crashed in which country? - Indonesia

11) Name the mascot of the 35th National Games 2015? - "Ammu''', The Great Hornbill

12) Venue of common wealth games 2018? - Queensland, Australia

13) Jwala Gutta is associated with which game? - Badminton

14) Share of Tata Sons in Vistara airlines? - 51%

15) Which country recently successfully test-launched Angara-A5 rocket? - Russia

16) 2015 world cup cricket will be held at? - Australia and Newzealand

17) Satpura ranges stretches from Gujarat in west to which place in east? - Chhattisgarh

18) SEBI extended the deadline for appointing at least one woman director to? - April 1, 2015

19) Brand Ambassador of ICC world cup 2015? - Sachin Tendulkar

20) Monthly composite index was launched by which bank? - SBI

21) Full form of NITI in 'NITI Ayog'? - National Institution for Transforming India

22) Name sole reinsurance company in the Indian insurance market? - General Insurance Corporation of India

23) Nikkei is which country's stock exchange? - Japan

24) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) headquarters? - Geneva, Switzerland

25) Who was recently appointed UN goodwill ambassador of South Asia? -Sania Mirza

26) Military Exercise named “Hand In Hand” was held recently between India and? - China

27) Global Financial Stability Growth report was recently published by? - IMF

28) China signed an agreement with which country to expand use of currency for border trade? - Nepal

29) Which bank recently got licence to enter in insurance sector? - Kotak Mahindra Bank

30) Dibang Nation Park is located in?- Arunachal Pradesh

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Complete Current Affairs PDF - December 2014

Friends.. Here is the complete Current Affairs PDF of December 2014. We have covered almost all the important happenings during December 2014 in this PDF. We have already published the Current Affairs Question Bank of Dec 2014 a few days ago. Hope you all downloaded that. (In case you missed, Click Here to Download Question Bank). Do comment your suggestions/feedback for further improvement. Thank you all once gain for the support.

Some Important happening during December 2014 were:

--> Anil Kumar Sinha appointed as the new CBI Director.

--> Narendra Modi named as the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times.

--> National Good Governance Day observed.

--> Ebola fighters named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014.

--> Indian Blind Cricket team won the fourth edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup (BCWC) 2014.

--> Richard Rahul Verma became the first Indian-American to be appointed as US Ambassador to India.

--> Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai received Nobel Peace Prize 2014 at Oslo.

--> Section 309 removed decriminalizing attempt to suicide.

--> ICICI Bank launched India’s first credit card with a unique transparent design and a distinctive look.

--> Indian Communication Satellite GSAT-16 launched successfully from Kourou space port in French Guiana.

--> David Warner completed 1000 Test runs in 2014, becoming the first opener to achieve the feat in one calendar year.

--> International Anti-Corruption Day onserved on 9 December.

--> Asha Bhosle awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

--> Rolene Strauss crowned Miss World 2014.

--> Germany won Hockey’s Champions Trophy 2014 held in Bhubaneswar, India.

--> Pawan Chamling, Sikkim Chief Minister became longest serving Chief Minister of India.
--> National Consumers Right Day was observed on 24 December

--> Dineshwar Sharma appointed as Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

--> HDFC Bank launched its mobile banking facility named Bank Aap Ki Muththi Mein.

--> Tehreek-e-Taliban carried out a massacre in the Army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan.

--> India’s heaviest rocket GSLV Mark-III-X launched.

--> Book tittled "Born Again on the Mountain" by Arunima Sinha released.

--> Shinzo Abe elected Japan Prime Minister.

--> Vinicius and Tom named mascot of Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games respectively.

--> Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik became the world’s first twin and sibling to climb the highest peaks of the seven continents.

--> Amitabh Bachchan honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award.

--> India won the Men and Women title of Kabaddi World Cup 2014.

--> Jyotsna Suri elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).

--> Sachin Tendulkar appointed as the ambassador of Cricket World Cup 2015.

--> RBI extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 of various denominations to 30 June 2015.

--> Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpee and freedom fighter Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) were selected for Bharat Ratna.

--> S Bhattacharya appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL).

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NIACL AO Exam 2015 Results Published

Friends.. New India Assurance Company Ltd (NIACL) has published the result of it's Administrative Officer (Scale I) Exam held on 10th and 11th of January 2015. Personal Interview Schedule for the selected candidates will be out soon. Congratulations to all the selected candidates. You can check the result from the below link.

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 15 January 2015

1) Anupam Shrivastava appointed as BSNL CMD: Anupam Shrivastava has been appointed the chairman and managing director (CMD) of state-run BSNL from January 15, a company statement said. “Government is focusing on connecting unconnected people with telecom services including high-speed broadband. As BSNL CMD, it will be my top propriety to work with government in connecting people at affordable cost, expeditiously and at turning around BSNL into a profitable venture,” Mr. Shrivastava said after assuming the office.

2) Haryana government announced Baba Ramdev as its brand ambassador: BJP government in Haryana which has ambitious plans to promote yoga and ayurveda in a big way has appointed yoga guru Ramdev its brand ambassador. Expressing happiness at being appointed Haryana's brand ambassador, Ramdev said considering the state government's vision, the day was not far off when it would become India's first yogic state.

3) World's newest airliner Airbus A350 began first commercial flight: World's newest jetliner, the Airbus A350, took to the skies on 15 January 2015 carrying its first paying passengers from the Gulf Arab nation of Qatar. The Qatar Airways flight departed the Qatari capital of Doha in the morning and landed around 12:30 p.m. local time in Frankfurt, Germany. It marks the debut of the relatively lightweight, twin-aisle, long-range plane, which promises to connect smaller cities with major aviation hubs nonstop at a cheaper cost for airlines.

4) Brett Lee retired from all formats of cricket: Brett Lee has decided to bid adeau from all the formats of game, ending a 20-year long career. The 38-year-old, who announced his retirement on 15 January 2015 at the Sydney Cricket Ground, called time on his international career in July 2012, but continued playing T20s in both the Indian Premier League and the BBL.

5) RBI cuts repo rates by 25 basis points: Encouraged by softening inflation, the RBI on 15 January 2015 decided to cut the benchmark interest rate by 0.25 per cent to 7.75 per cent with a view to boost growth. The decision to reduce repo rate comes a fortnight ahead of the scheduled date of monetary policy announcement on February 3. The RBI has been keeping the benchmark interest rate at elevated level at 8 per cent since January 2014. The RBI, however, has decided to keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR), the portion of deposits which the banks are required to have in cash with the central bank, unchanged at 4.0 per cent. Following reduction in the repo rate, the reverse repo rate has been adjusted to 6.75 per cent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and Bank Rate to 8.75 per cent.

6) Reserve Bank of India permitted banks to act as insurance brokers: Seeking to increase insurance penetration in the country, the Reserve Bank on 15 January 2015 allowed banks to act as brokers for insurers, set up their own subsidiaries and also undertake referral services for multiple companies. The banks have also been allowed to set up subsidiaries and joint venture companies for undertaking insurance business with risk participation, it said. They can also act as corporate agents without seeking prior approval from the RBI. However, they will have to comply with IRDA guidelines. The new guidelines allow banks to act as brokers permitting them to sell insurance policies of different insurance companies.

7) Mizoram lifted 17-year-old liquor ban: Mizoram on 15 Jan 2015 lifted the 17-year-old ban on consumption of liquor in the state nevertheless with strict punishment for drunken driving and brawls in public places. The state government enacted Mizoram Liquor Prohibition and Control Act (MLPC), 2014 coming into force replacing the stringent Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act of 1995, Commissioner of Excise and Narcotics L Hmunsanga said. The new legislation legalizes consumption of liquor for the first time since last 17 years in the state. 

8) Microsoft suspended support for Windows-7: Microsoft on 15 January 2015 suspended "mainstream support" of its popular Windows 7, meaning neither new features nor free help will be given to Windows 7 users. The company will continue to patch security vulnerabilities until 2020. The general availability of Windows 7 was made on 22 October 2009. It was intended to address criticisms faced by its predecessor, Windows Vista.

9) Army Day observed on 15 January: The 67th Army Day was observed on 15 January 2015. The day was celebrated in recognition of the appointment of General K M Cariappa as the first Commander-in-Chief of independent India. He succeeded British Army General Roy Butcher on this day in 1948.

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Multiple Choice Current Affairs: 15 January 2015

1) Name the Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), who was sacked from his post on 13 January 2015 by Union Government?

(A) GS Malik

(B) Avinash Chander

(C) N Prabhakar

(D) Satish Kumar

2) Microsoft has recently tied up with which telecom company for enabling the telco's 34 million data users to purchases apps and pay for them through monthly bills or prepaid balances?

(A) Idea

(B) Airtel

(C) Aircel

(D) Vodafone

3) Indian Space Research Organisation was recently conferred 'Space Pioneer Award' by the National Space Society (NSS) of which country over the historic feat on successfully sending an orbit to Martian atmosphere in its very first attempt?

(A) France

(B) European Union

(C) China

(D) USA

4) Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has recently flagged off the first CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) based two trains from Rewari station in which state?

(A) Bihar

(B) Jammu and Kashmir

(C) Haryana

(D) Gujarat

5) Who among the following on 13 January 2015 took charge as the first vice-chairman of the newly-created NITI Aayog?

(A) V. K. Saraswat

(B) Bibek Debroy

(C) Sindhushree Khullar

(D) Arvind Panagariya

6) Which search engine launched its flight search tool in India on 13 January 2015, that allows users to find and compare airfares online and book tickets directly?

(A) Yahoo

(B) Google

(C) Bing

(D) Ask

7) Who took over as Director General Air Operations at the Air Headquarters on 13 January 2015?

(A) Air Marshal Anil Khosla

(B) Air Marshal Anoop Kumar

(C) Air Marshal Vikram Singh

(D) Air Marshal Sandeep Thyagi

8) Name the Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation who inaugurated the India Water Week – 2015 recently with the theme “Water Management for Sustainable Development"?

(A) Uma Bharti

(B) Ram Vilas Paswan

(C) Maneka Gandhi

(D) Smrithi Zubin Irani

9) Amid concerns over turning yellow due to increasing pollution, the district administration has recently banned burning of cow dung cakes near which historical monument in Delhi?

(A) Rashtrapathi Bhavan

(B) Jantar Mantar

(C) Red Fort

(D) Taj Mahal 

10) Samsung launched Z1, its first smartphone running on its own operating system named ___ in India on 14 January 2015?

(A) Bolt

(B) MeeGo

(C) Tizen

(D) Palm

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Avinash Chander

2) Ans. (A) Idea

3) Ans. (D) USA

4) Ans. (C) Haryana

5) Ans. (D) Arvind Panagariya

6) Ans. (B) Google

7) Ans. (A) Air Marshal Anil Khosla

8) Ans. (A) Uma Bharti

9) Ans. (D) Taj Mahal

10) Ans. (C) Tizen

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Current Affairs daily Updates: 14 January 2015

1) Brahma to be new Chief Election Commissioner of India: H.S. Brahma, the seniormost Election Commissioner, will succeed V.S. Sampath as the next Chief Election Commissioner of India. Mr. Sampath will demit office on 15 January 2015 after turning 65. Mr. Brahma, who hails from Assam, is also an IAS officer from the 1975 batch of the Andhra Pradesh cadre. Like Mr. Sampath, he too held the post of Power Secretary before being appointed Election Commissioner in August 2010. He will hold office for only a very short period, until he turns 65 on April 19 this year.

2) Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi convicted for breaching prohibitory orders: A local court in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to a year in jail for breaching prohibitory orders during the Lok Sabha elections in 2009. He and 19 others were released on bail of  Rs.6,000, each, later.

3) Samsung launched Z1, its first smartphone running on its own operating system Tizen: Putting an end to a two-year wait, Samsung launched Z1, its first smartphone running on its own operating system Tizen in India on 14 January 2015, and priced at Rs 5,700. Targeting the low-end of the smartphone market with Tizen, Samsung may have a chance to compete with aggressive Indian players like Micromax, Lava that offer high specs at low prices and its international rival Xiaomi, which has upstaged the Korean giant in one of the world's largest device market, China.

4) Italian President Giorgio Napolitano resigned: Italian President Giorgio Napolitano handed in his resignation as head of state on 14 January 2015, leaving Prime Minister Matteo Renzi with the politically delicate task of finding a successor. The 89-year-old Napolitano, widely respected outside Italy as a guarantor of stability during the euro zone crisis, had always been expected to step down before the end of his second term in office because of his advanced age.

5) Open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma sets world record in Antarctic Ocean: India's open water swimmer Bhakti Sharma has set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature at Antarctic Ocean. She has bettered the earlier record of British open water swimmer Lewis Pugh and American swimmer Lynne Cox, a release said. Bhakti is now the youngest in the world and the first Asian girl to have achieved this feat.

6) Ex-CBI chief AP Singh resigned as UPSC member: Former CBI director AP Singh — who has been in and out of controversies in recent months — has quit as member of the Union Public Service Commission two years ahead of the end of his term. Sources said Singh’s resignation had been accepted and a formal notification would soon be issued. Singh has been under the scanner for his association with Delhi-based meat exporter Moin Qureshi who has been under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department.

7) Bhiku Ramji to head Commission on Denotified & Nomadic Tribes: Bhiku Ramji Idate has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Commission on Denotified and Nomadic Tribes, the Government said. According to a statement issued, a Commission on Denotified and Nomadic Tribes has been constituted for a period of three years from the date of Gazette Notification or appointment of Chairperson.

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Expected/Probable Questions for New India Assurance Assistant Exam January 2015

Friends.. As you all are aware, New India Assurance Company Ltd (NIACL) is going to conduct its Assistant Exam on 17th, 18th and 24th of January 2015. Here we are posting some probable questions in line with the questions asked in UIIC Assistant Exam held some weeks ago. All the Best.

1) Currency of Australia? - Australian Dollar

2) Capital of Denmark? - Copenhagen

3) Anirban Lahiri who won Arjuna Award 2014 is related to which sport? - Golf

4) M Sathiyavathy was recently become first woman to be appointed as Director General (DG) of? - Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

5) Shortcut for italic in word? - Cntrl + I

6) RuPay card scheme was conceived and launched by? - National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

7) Director of Aamir Khan-starrer hindi movie 'PK'? - Rajkumar Hirani

8) Name the mobile application of Delhi Police for safety of women that was launched by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently? - Himmat

9) Background color on a document is not visible in? - Print Preview

10) Union government on 1 January 2015 has renamed Planning commission as? - NITI Aayog

11) Bhavanisagar Dam is in which state? - Tamil Nadu

12) By pressing F12 in MS Office, which of following will happen? - Save As dialog box will open

13) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has been recently renamed as? - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)

14) World Bank Headquarters? - Washington

15) PM Modi recently unveiled Mahatma Gandhi's statue in which country? - Brisbane, Australia

16) Shortcut for Align Justify in MS Word? - Ctrl + J

17) Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG has recently been renamed as? - PAHAL

18) What is the minimum capital for setting up small finance banks and payments banks? - Rs.100 crore

19) On which page the header or the footer is printed by default? - every page

20) Name the current Railway Minister of India? - Suresh Prabhu

21) Name Sachin Tendulkar's Autobiography which was released recently? - Playing It My Way

22) Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently dedicated "Akodara Village" in which state as "ICICI Digital Village’? - Gujarat

23) Who recently became the first cricketer to cross 5 million followers on Twitter? - Virat Kohli

24) Indian Science Congress was recently held at? - Mumbai

25) What is full form of BMP? - Bit map

26) Former RBI deputy governor Shyamala Gopinath was recently appointed as the non-executive chairperson of which bank? - HDFC Bank

27) A two-day banking retreat to discuss the new initiatives for banking industry was recently held at? - Pune, Maharashtra

28) What is full form of TCP? - Transmission Control Protocol

29) Accidental Insurance cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana? - Rs.1. lac

30) Kisan Vikas Patra certificates can be encashed after a lock-in period of? - 30 months or 2 years and 6 months

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Questions related to NITI Ayog for exams

Union government has recently revamped and renamed Planning commission as National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. Here are some probable questions related to NITI Ayog for upcoming exams.

1) Expand 'NITI' in NITI Aayog? - National Institution for Transforming India

2) Who heads the NITI Aayog as its chairperson? - Prime Minister of India

3) Government had announced formation of NITI Aayog on? - 1 January 2015

4) What is the structure of Governing Council of NITI Aayog? - Chief Ministers of all the States and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories

5) Who appoints the Vice-Chairperson of Vice-Chairperson? - Prime Minister

6) What is the composition of Part time members in NITI Aayog? - Maximum of 2. They will from leading universities research organizations and other relevant institutions on a rotational basis.

7) What is the composition of Ex Officio members in NITI Aayog? - Maximum of 4 members of the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by the Prime Minister.

8) Who was recently appointed as the Vice Chairperson of NITI Aayog? - Arvind Panagariya

9) Who are the present Ex-Officio Members of NITI Aayog? - Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu and Radha Mohan Singh

10) Who are the present Special Invitees of NITI Aayog? - Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Zubin Irani and Thawar Chand Gehlot

11) Who are the present Full-time Members of NITI Aayog? - Bibek Debroy & V. K. Saraswat

12) Who was recently appointed as the CEO of NITI Aayog? - Sindhushree Khullar

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Daily Current Affairs: 13 January 2015

1) DRDO Chief Avinash Chander sacked: Government on 13 January 2015 removed Chief of top defence research organisation Avinash Chander, 15 months before his contract was to end. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi "approved the termination" of the contract of Avinash Chander with effect from January 31, an official notification said. Interestingly, Chander who was Secretary, Defence Research and Development cum Director General, DRDO and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, had retired on November 30 last on attaining 64 years of age and he was given a contract for 18 months till May 31 next year. Chander is the chief architect of Agni series of ballistic missile systems.

2) ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission team eins Space Pioneer Award: India’s Mars Orbiter programme team has won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering category from the US based National Space Society (NSS), the society said. This award will be presented to an ISRO representative during the National Space Society’s 2015 International Space Development Conference, the 34th ISDC, to be held in Toronto, Canada,” the statement said.

3) Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off first CNG-based train in Haryana: Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the first CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) based two trains from Haryana's Rewari station. These trains based on the dual fuel system - diesel and CNG - will reduce greenhouse gas emission and also the consumption of diesel. Prabhu launched the trains on Rewari-Rohtak and Rewari to Bikaner section.

4) Arvind Panagariya took charge as Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog: Noted economist Arvind Panagariya on 13 January 2015 took charge as the first vice-chairman of the newly-created NITI Aayog. NITI Aayog has replaced the 65-year old Planning Commission. The government had notified the Cabinet resolution (on January 7) regarding the constitution of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog which was approved by the Prime Minister on January 1. 

5) Google launched its flight search tool in India: Google has finally launched its flight search tool in India, a move that has been feared by online travel aggregators for some time. The tool allows users to find and compare airfares online and book tickets directly on an airline portal or through a partner aggregator. The new feature from the search giant cuts out online travel aggregators, who provide flight information and take a cut on the tickets they sell. Google's presence in the space could reduce traffic to their portals.

6) Air Marshal Anil Khosla took charge as Director General Air Operations: Air Marshal Anil Khosla took over as Director General Air Operations at the Air Headquarters on 13 January 2015. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was commissioned in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1979. He has over 4000 hours of flying experience having flown the Jaguar and MiG 21. He is equally experienced on both ground attack and air defence roles with specialization on maritime role.

7) Union Minister Uma Bharti inagurated India Water Week 2015: Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri Uma Bharti inaugurated the India Water Week – 2015. The theme of five day water week is “Water Management for Sustainable Development". India Water Week-2015 will address the issues of sustainability of water resources development and management in line with Sustainable Development Goals 2015 being finalized by UN.

8) Burning of cow dung cakes near Taj Mahal banned: Amid concerns over Taj Mahal turning yellow due to increasing pollution, the district administration has banned burning of cow dung cakes in the city while use of coal by small units will also be prohibited soon.

9) Ringo mobile app makes international calls cheaper: Ringo, an international calling app which provides low cost calling without the use of the Internet, has commenced operations in India offering international calls at 70 per cent cheaper than most mobile telephone service providers and 20 per cent cheaper than calls made on Skype and Viber through the Internet for most destinations. This service is already available in 16 countries including the US, UK, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Ringo is available for free download on apple Appstore, Google Playstore and Window phone app store. Subscribers need to recharge a minimum of Rs 31 or a maximum of Rs 315 to make calls using the app.

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Employment News: 10 to 16 January 2015

1. Life Insurance Corporation of India

Name of post – Assistant administrative officer

No. of vacancies – 200

Last date – 22 Jan 2015

2. All Indian institute of Ayurvida

Name of post – Professor, Associate professor, Lab Tech, Tech. Assistant,

Staff Nurse, LDC, UDC.

No. of vacancies – 116

Last date – 45 days from the date of publication

3. Union Public Service Commission

Name of post – Director, Assistant, Assistant Professors etc.

No. of vacancies – 98

Last date – 29 Jan 2015

4. University Of Delhi

Name of post – Assistant Lab Assistant Dir, Dy. Registrar etc.

No. of vacancies - 46

Last date – 24 Jan 15 

Source: http://www.employmentnews.gov.in/

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UIIC Assistant Exam 2015 Results Out

Friends.. United India Insurance company has today (14 January 2015) published the result of its Assistant Recruitment Exam 2015 held on 3rd and 4th of January 2015. Facility to download the call letters by selected candidates to appear in the interview shall be made available in the Company's website in due course. You can check the result from the below link. Congratulations to all selected candidates.

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