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This Week

This Week

1. A new robot, Borewell Robot, developed to rescue kids who fall into borewells

2. Admiral RK Dhowan appointed as the new Navy Chief.

3. Union Cabinet approved the appointment of Narendra Kothari as Chairman of NMDC(National Mineral Development Corporation)

4. Cherrapunji regained the World record for highest rainfall in 48 hours

5. 61st National Film Awards: Ship of Theseus won Best Feature Film

6. SBI launched Tab banking to facilitate opening of Saving Accounts

7. CBI established Sport Integrity Unit to investigate sports fraud cases

Indian tennis star Leander Paes was conferred the Padma Bhushan today

Indian tennis star Leander Paes was on Saturday conferred the Padma Bhushan, country's third highest civilian honour, by President Pranab Mukherjee at a private ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. The 40-year old, who aspires to

Delhi-NCR ranks 21st in shopping centre development

Delhi-NCR ranks 21st in the global list of cities with the maximum shopping centre space under construction in 2014, according to property consultant CBRE. India continues to see a wave of new shopping mall development despite some developers pushing back completion dates due to financing issues, CBRE said in a statement.

"New Delhi is ranked 21, Hyderabad 23, and Bangalore 31, among global cities with the maximum shopping centre space under construction in 2014," the consultant said quoting from CBRE Research's latest report 'Global Viewpoint'.

It said 39 million sq m etre of shopping space is under construction across world's major cities and out of that India accounts for nearly 1.5 million sq metre. Around 5,00,000 sq metre of new retail space is under construction in New Delhi. The largest two projects, DLF Mall of India at Noida (204,385 sq metre) and Logix City Centre Mall (1,11,483 sq metre) are both located in Noida.

Users can charge their phones by using wind energy soon.

A device to come that lets users charge their phones using wind energy. Trinity is a handy wind turbine which lets users charge their phones using wind energy.

The handy turbine uses a 15W generator that powers an in-built battery, which can also be charged via micro USB, according to Tech Crunch.

Trinity reportedly looks like a tripod, has a 12 inch body with 11-inch legs.

Bengaluru FC beat Dempo to win I-League title.

Bengaluru FC etched their names in the annals of Indian football history, beating Dempo 2-4 at the Nehru Stadium here Monday to be crowned the kings of the I-League in their debut season.

Bengaluru FC becomes champion of I-League 2014 on its debut having defeated Dempo Sports Club by 4-2
It is the country's topmost football competition for clubs.

Motorola Mobility names Amit Boni as general manager of India

Motorola Mobility has appointed Amit Boni as general manager of India.
He will lead the team across the country and be responsible for the Go-to-Market strategy.
Google earlier said that Motorola Mobility will be acquired by Lenovo.

Indian-American Rajendra Singh named White House's Solar Champions of Change

Indian-American professor Rajendra Singh is one among the ten awardees of 'Solar Champions of Change' title given by the White House. 
He gets the recognition for his contribution towards developing alternate source of energy and promoting solar deployment across US.

Donna Vekic beats Dominika Cibulkova for 1st WTA title

Donna Vekic (Croatia) crowned women's singles champion at the Malaysian Open 2014tennis tournament held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

She pips Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 5-7, 7-5 and 7-6 in the final to clinch her maiden Women's Tennis Association (WTA) singles title.

Timea Babos (Hungary) and Chan Hao Ching (China) were crowned women's doubles champions.

Various Questions related to various organization heads.

1)Who is the present Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority (PFRDA)? 

=Anup Wadhawan

2)What was the name of First Lady Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

=K.J. Udeshi

3)Who is the present Chairman of Securities and exchange board of India (SEBI)?

=U.K. Sinha

4)Who is the present Chairperson of National Women Commission?

=Mamta Sharma

5)Who is the present Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)?

=S.K. Rai

6)Who is the present CMD of General Insurance Company?

=Ashok Kumar Rai

7)Who is the present CMD of National Insurance Company?

=N.S.R. Chandra Prasad

8)Who is the present CMD of State Bank Group?

=Arundhati Bhattacharya

9)Who is the present Chairman of United India Insurance Company?

=Milind Kharat

10)Who is the present Comptroller and Auditor-General of India?

=Shashi Kant Sharma

11)Who is the present Director General of World Trade Organization?

=Roberto Azevedo

12)Who is the present Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

=Raghuram Rajan

13)Who is the Chairman of 14th Finance Commission?

=Y.V. Reddy

14)Who is the present Chairman of University Grant Commission (UGC)?

=Ved Prakash

15)Who is the present President of Insurance Regulation & Development Authority (IRDA) of India?

=T.S. Vijayan

16)Who is the present Chairperson of National Child Right Commission?

=Shantha Sinha

17)Who is the present CMD of National Bank of Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD)?

=HK Bhanwala

Some Selective Questions

*****QUIZ BASED ON CURRENT TOPICS*****

1: What is the name of two Indian Americans, who received the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers by President Barack Obama on 23 December 2013?

=Dr. Karunesh Ganguly and Dr. Hardeep Singh

2.Who took the charge as the new President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on 21 December 2013?

=Sidharth Birla

3. Who is the Prime Minister of Somalia?

= Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed

4.What is the name of Pakistan player, who recently inducted into the ICC Cricket’s Hall of Fame?

=Waqar Younis

5.How many agreements Indian and Japan have inked during the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?

=8

6. What was the Bank Rate as on January 30, 2014?

=9%.

7.What was the Reverse Repo Rate as on January 30,2014?

=7%

8.How much World Bank projected for global GDP growth in 2014?

=3.2%

9.Where is the head quarter of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

=Mumbai

10.According to World Bank Global Economic Prospects what will be the economy growth in India in 2014-15?

=5.7%

A giant torch was unveiled on 17 April 2014 in honour of Indian spiritual
leader Chinmoy Kumar Ghose in New York, USA. Torch unveiled is a
replica of the Olympic torch. The 25 foot tall torch was unveiled by Ashrita
Furman.

The torch was unveiled to honour the 50 years of Ghose. Chinmoy Kumar
Ghose had moved to New York from India in April 1964.

Stanislas Wawrinka beats Roger Federer for Monte Carlo title

Stanislas Wawrinka signalled his ambitions for the French Open when he beat Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6, 6-2 in an all-Swiss Monte Carlo Masters final on Sunday.

Wawrinka, seeded No3, recovered from the loss of the opening set to claim his first Masters title on the Monte Carlo clay and only six weeks before the start of the grand slam tournament in Paris on 25 May.

TODAY'S QUIZ

How many times was J L Nehru nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?

(a) Twice

(b) Thrice

(c) 6 times

(d) 11 times

Which of the following countries have undergone a presidential election in April 2014?

1. Algeria

2. Afghanistan

3. Guinea Bissau

4. Macedonia

(a) 1 & 2

(b) 2 & 3

(c) 2, 3 & 4

(d) All of the above

Which of the following was the official candidate of the Congress party for the post of President of India, who Indira Gandhi conspired (and succeeded) to defeat?

(a) V V Giri

(b) V R Krishna Iyer

(c) C D Deshmukh

(d) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Which of the following High Courts are not seated at the respective capital cities?

1. Madhya Pradesh High Court

2. Rajasthan High Court

3. Gujarat High Court

4. Chhattisgarh High Court

(a) 1, 2 & 3

(b) 1, 2 & 4

(c) 2 & 4

(d) 1 & 3

Which High court declared 'Bandh' as illegal first ever time?

(a) Delhi High Court

(b) Calcutta High Court

(c) Kerala High Court

(d) Allahabad High Court

Which Court of India has the right to revise its earlier decisions?

1. Supreme Court

2. High Court

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 2

(c) None of the above

(d) All of the above

Which following entity has launched the 'Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD)' ?

(a) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

(b) World Bank

(c) Asian Development Bank

(d) UNESCO

Which of the following has recently (Apr 2014) captured the Monte Carlo Masters Tennis men's singles title?

(a) Stanislas Wawrinka

(b) Roger Federer

(c) Novak Djokovic

(d) Andy Murray

Which of the following is the theme for World Heritage Day 2014?

(a) World Heritage in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention

(b) Heritage of Commemoration

(c) Heritage in Education' and its 'Expressions in Diverse Geo-cultural Contexts

(d) Cultural Heritage of Water

Name this Iranian diplomat (ambassador to UN) for whom US has had to enact a law barring him from entering the country to attend annual General Assembly ?

(a) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

(b) Hamid Aboutalebi

(c) Abdullah al Andalusi

(d) Mohammad Khatami

key features of interim budget

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the Vote on Account on 17 February 2014 in the Lok Sabha to cover expenditure until the government’s term ends in May 2014. Following are the key highlights of this Interim Budget or Finance Bill for 2014.
Key Objectives and Indicators
· Fiscal deficit of FY 2013-14 to be contained at 4.6%
· Rs. 5,55,322 crore Planned expenditure for FY 2013-14
· Proposed target of 3% for fiscal deficit by 2016
· Proposed target of 3% for fiscal deficit by 2016-17
· GDP fell to 4.4% from 7.9% in nine quarters
· GDP growth in Q3, Q4 (Fourth Quarter) FY 2014 seen at 5.2%; FY 2014: 4.9%
· FY 2015’s non-planned expenditure estimated at Rs 12.07 lakh crore
· Agriculture GDP growth for 2013-14 estimated at 4.6%
· FY 2014 GDP growth seen at 4.9%
· FY 2015 central assistance to sates at Rs 3.38 lakh crore (Central assistance to states will increase from 1.36 lakh crore in 2013-14 to 3.38 lakh crore)
· Even after the slowdown the savings rate was 31% in FY 2012-13
·Overall Investment rate was 34.8% in FY 2012-13
· India’s current account deficit (CAD) to be contained at $45 billion during FY 2013-14, which is well below the record high level of 2012-13
Other Important Proposals
· Excise duty on consumer durables cut from 12% to 10%
· Excise duty to be cut by 2% for Capital Goods & Consumer Durables
· Excise duty reduced for small cars from 12% to 8%
· Excise duty reduced for SUVs from 30% to 24%
· Excise duties on bikes/2 wheelers down to 8%
· Blood banks to be exempt from service tax
· Government accepts in principle one rank one pension policy (to be effective from 2014-2015)
· Three more industrial corridors at Chennai-Bangalore, Bangalore-Mumbai and Amritsar-Kolkata
· 100 crore for community radio, Rs. 1200 cr additional assistance to NE, Himchal, Uttarakhand
· IFCI will set up VC fund for scheduled caste. Initial capital of Rs. 200 crore will be given
· Moratorium for all educational loans taken before 2009. 9 lakh student borrowers will benefit to the extent of Rs. 2,600 crore
Allocations
· Defence allocation at Rs 2,24,000 crore, allocation raised by 10%
· Education – Rs. 79, 541 crore
· Minority affairs – Rs. 3711 crore
· Tribal affairs – Rs. 4379 crore
· Housing and poverty alleviation – Rs. 6000 crore
· Social welfare- Rs. 6730 crore
· Panchayati Raj – Rs. 7000 crore
· Drinking water and sanitaion – Rs. 15000 crore
· Women and child development – Rs. 21000 crore
· Human Resource Development – Rs. 67398 crore
· Rural development – Rs. 82202 crore
· Railways – Rs. 29000 crore
· North East states to get Rs 1,200 crore

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Dominates Algerian Politics

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is among six candidates vying to become the next leader of the oil-rich North African nation, as voters cast ballots in Thursday's presidential election.

The 77-year-old president is widely expected to win a fourth term, in spite of health issues that prevented him from campaigning.

Mr. Bouteflika has made few public appearances since suffering a stroke last year. He cast his ballot Thursday from a wheelchair at an Algiers polling station.

In 2009, he captured about 90 percent of the vote. 

Global software major Microsoft is the 'most attractive employer' in India, while IT, telecom and ITes are the most preferred sectors by the workforce, a survey by HR services firm Randstad said today.

Microsoft emerged as the 'most attractive employer' in the survey for the fourth year in a row. Sony India is next most attractive employer. According to the surrey, Larsen & Toubro is the most attractive employer in the infrastructure industry, State Bank of India in the banking sector, Taj Group in the hospitality and Tata Power in the energy sector.

Quiz Time

The underwater drone sent by the US navy to locate the debris of missing Malaysian plane MH370?

(a) Aqua Jelly
(b) Bionic Manta
(c) Remus
(d) Bluefin-2

Which of the following are generally celebrated on same day in various parts of India?
1. Gudi Padava
2. Ugadi
3. Navreh
4. Cheti Chand

(a) 1 & 4
(b) 2 & 3
(c) 1, 2 & 3
(d) All of the above

Which of the following Prime Minister once held the record for winning a Lok Sabha seat with highest margin ever?

(a) J L Nehru
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) V P Singh
(d) P V Narasimha Rao

Name this only Indian entity to have captured awards at recently (April 2014) concluded Young Guns Awards for the year 2013?

(a) Snap Deal
(b) Ogilvy & Mather (Mumbai)
(c) Just Dial
(d) Jabong

Vice Admiral RK Dhowan appointed new Admiral of Indian Navy

Vice Admiral Robin K Dhowan becomes the new chief of the Indian Navy.

Vice Admiral Robin K Dhowan has been named as the new Navy Chief Admiral of Indian Navy after Admiral D K Joshi's quit over a series of operational incidents. The appointment has been cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).

61st National Film Awards

The list For 61st National Film Awards



BEST FEATURE FILM: Ship of Theseus (English-Hindi)
INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: Fandry (Marathi)
BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)
NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: Thalaimuraigal(Tamil)
BEST FILM SOCIAL ISSUES: Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)
BEST FILM ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/ PRESERVATION: Perariyathavar (Malayalam)
BEST CHILDREN’S FILM: Kaphal (Hindi)
BEST DIRECTION: Shahid (Hindi)
BEST ACTOR: Raj Kumar & Suraj Venjaramoodu
Best Book on Cinema: Cinema Ga Cinema, Language: Telegu by Nandagopal
Best Film Critic: Alka Sahni

Portal Railsaver to Improve Energy Efficiency on Indian Railways Inaugurated

• ‘Railsaver’, a web portal meant to improve energy efficiency in Indian Railways, has been Inaugurated.  
  • Its a web based Electrical Energy Management System developed by Centre of Railway Informatics System (CRIS).

Following Facebook, Google buys Titan Aerospace which makes high-altitude drone satellites

Google is set to acquire Titan Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered drones which can be used to boost Internet access to remote areas. 

• Titan’s drones are able to run for five years at an altitude of some 65,000 feet (almost 20 km).

'Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai' captures two awards (a gold and silver each) at the Young Guns Awards 2013.

Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai was the only winning agency from India at Young Guns Awards 2013.

The agency bagged a Gold in the Design Awards category for work titled 'CleftToSmile' in the General Graphic Design sub-category for its client Operation Smile India. 

India’s Supreme Court recognizes transgender as third gender

Transgender people in India no longer have to categorize themselves as “male” or “female” in official documents.

India’s Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling Tuesday that allows hundreds of thousands of transgender people to identify themselves as a third gender. Human rights groups are lauding the decision as historic and groundbreaking. 

Wilson Kipsang Wins His 2nd London Marathon

World-record holder Wilson Kipsang won the London Marathon for the second time on Sunday, producing a course-record time to see off a strong field despite arriving late in the British capital after his passport was stolen.

The 32-year-old Kenyan completed the 26.2-mile route in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 29 seconds -- 11 seconds inside the previous fastest run in London by Emmanuel Mutai in 2011.

Delhi High Court to get G Rohini as their first woman chief justice.

Justice G. Rohini, the senior most judge of the AP High Court has been appointed as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. She is the first woman Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. The President, on Friday, issued a notification appointing her as Chief Justice.

India-born poet Vijay Seshadri wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize

India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his witty and philosophical collection of poems while The Washington Post and Guardian were awarded for their reports on America’s secret global surveillance programmes.

Manavjit Singh Sandhu beats world champion to take gold at ISSF Shotgun World Cup

Manavjit Singh Sandhu beat two-time Olympic champion Michael Diamond en route to the men’s trap gold at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup in Tucson, USA.

Gulzar to be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Gulzar, best known for penning memorable hits like Tujhse Naaraaz Nahi and Tere Bina Zindagi Se besides directing critically acclaimed films like Aandhi and Mausam, was on Saturday chosen for the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest official recognition for film personalities in India.

Random Questions

1)Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the region of_?

= Akbar

2)Which prize is known as "children's nobel prize" ?

= World's children's prize

3)Who is the New Country Director of Asian Development Bank?

= M. Teresa Kho

4)Who will head the 7th Pay Commission?

= Justice Ashok Kr. Mathur

5)Which team won the Ranji Trophy for 2014 on 2nd February 2014?

= Karnataka

6)Which city in India will have first Mono rail in India?

= Mumbai

MARKETING QUIZ PART 3

SBI - PO Marketing Quiz (Part -3)

Q.21. Proper pricing is needed for-(1) Extra charges of extra services (2) Levy of VAT(3) Good customer services(4) Putting burden on the customers(5) Depositing money in bank.

Q.22. The abbreviation ISP stands for-(1) International Spy Project(2) Indian Social Planning (3) Initial Service Provider(4) Internet Service Provider(5) None of these

Q.23. ESOP stand for-(1) Efficient Service of Promises (2) Effective System of Projects(3) Employee Stock Option Plan (4) Essential Security of Project(5) Equity Stock Option Plan

Q.24. The balance sheet of an organization gives information regarding-(1) Result of operations for a particular Period (2) The financial position as on a particular date(3) The operating efficiency of a firm.(4) Financial position during a particular period(5) All of the above

Q.25. The advantage of telephone interview are-(1) Relatively low cost per interview (2) Good for reaching important people who are inaccessible (3) Securing Co-operation which is not always possible (4) All of these (5) Both 1 & 2

MARKETING QUIZ[part 2]

SBI - PO Marketing Quiz (Part -2)

Q.11. A theory states that no matter how efficiently goods/service are produced, if they cannot be delivered to the customer in the quickest possible time it is vain-this theory is called-(1) Quickest the best (2) Instant service(3) Service on time (4) Timely effort(5) Matter theory

Q.12. Demonstration is an exercises to-(1) attractively pack and display the goods (2) Prove the characteristic of the product(3) Both 1 and 2 (4) Window shop(5) Neither 1 nor 2

Q.13. In selling "Consumption" is the ultimate goal of the sales while a marketer-(1) Identifies consumer needs and wants.(2) Develop an appropriate product/service to attain customer satisfaction.(3) Accomplish organizational goals through integrated marketing approach(4) all of the above.(5) None of these

Q.14. 'Casual' research is basically concerned with-(1) Establishing cause and effort relationship (2) Arriving at a forecast or prediction of interest.(3) measuring and estimating the frequencies with which of things occur(4) all of above(5) None of these

Marketing Quiz for SBI PO

SBI - PO Marketing Quiz (Part -1)

Q.1. Market expansion means-(1) Hiring more staff (2) Buying more products (3) firing more staff (4) Buying more companies (5) None of these

Q.2. Effective marketing helps in-(1) Developing new products(2) Creating a competitive environment (3) Building demand for product (4) All of these (5) None of these

Q.3. A good seller should have the following qualities-(1) Developing the work (2) Submissive (3) Sympathy (4) All of these (5) None of these

Q.4. One of the following is a target for the marketing of internet banking-(1) All the customers (2) All the educated customers(3) All the computer educated customers (4) Only creditors (5) None of these

Q.5. Planned cost service means-(1) costly products (2) extra profit on the same cost (3) extra work by seller (4) all of these(5) None of these

Measuring Device List

LIST OF MEASURING DEVICES

• Accelerometer— Accelerations

• Actinometer— Heating Power Of Sunlight

• Alcoholmeter— Alcoholic Strength Of Liquids

• Altimeter— Altitude

• Ammeter— Electric Current

• Anemometer— Windspeed

• Evaporimeter— Rate Of Evaporation

• Audiometer— Hearing

• Barkometer— Tanning Liquors Used In Tanning Leather

• Barometer— Air Pressure

Computer Full Forms

FULL FORMS OF COMPUTER RELATED TERMS**********************************

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.

* HTTPS - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure.

* IP - Internet Protocol.

URL - Uniform Resource Locator.

* USB - Universal Serial Bus.

* VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under Seized.

* 3G - 3rd Generation.

* GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication.

CDMA - Code Divison Multiple Access.

President presents Sangeet Natak Akademi awards

President Pranab Mukherjee Friday gave away Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2013 in the field of performing arts.

Mukherjee conferred three fellowships (Akademi Ratna) on Kanak Rele, R. Sathyanarayana, and Mahesh Elkunchwar.

Stuart Parkin awarded prestigious Millennium technology prize

British physicist Stuart Parkin, one of the brains behind the global “big data” revolution, on Wednesday won Finland’s answer to the Nobel Prize, which is awarded by Technology Academy Finland.

The Heartbleed Bug

The Heartbleed bug, a newly discovered security vulnerability that puts users’ passwords at many popular Web sites at risk, has upended the Web since it was disclosed earlier this week. It’s an extremely serious issue, and as such, there’s a lot of confusion about the bug and its implications as you use the Internet.

What is Heartbleed?

Shikhar Dhawan awarded Top in ‘Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year’ for his performance in 2013.

Shikhar Dhawan has been named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden for his performance in 2013.

The other four are…

Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha appointed as Chief Justice of India

1. Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India and will assume his charge on April 27.

2. The oath of office to Lodha will be administered by President Pranab Mukherjee on the same date.

Decommissioned INS Vikrant sold for Rs 60 crore

India’s first aircraft carrier INS Vikrant which saw action in the 1971 India-Pakistan war, has been auctioned and sold to a ship-breaker for Rs 60 crore, an official said in Mumbai on Wednesday. 

British Queen confers Knight Grand Cross on Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata is to be conferred on the ‘Knight Grand Cross‘, one of the highest civilian honours in Britain, by the queen Elizabeth.  

He is one among five foreign nationals to get this award for 2014. 

StoreDot smartphone battery ‘charges in 30 seconds’

Israeli startup ‘StoreDot‘ develops a battery capable of recharging a smartphone in just 30 seconds.  

Security Council establishes UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic

The UN Security Council gives a go-ahead to the creation of a UN peacekeeping force in the war-torn Central African Republic.  

Ozone-depleting gas ‘R-22’

Important Points:-

1. The gas, used primarily as refrigerant for Air Conditioners, is banned in India under the Montreal Protocol.

2. Mainly used as a propellant and refrigerant this colorless gas is a Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC).

Sachin Tendulkar becomes first Indian to feature on Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack cover

Sachin Tendulkar, who quit international cricket last year after an illustrious 24-year long career, adorns the cover of the 151st edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

Iconic Cinematographer VK Murthy

Doyen of cinematography V.K. Murthy, who carved a niche for himself by presenting striking images in black and white to the celluloid world, passed away at his residence here on Monday.

He was 91. Mr. Murthy’s demise marks the end of a glorious chapter in Indian celluloid history. He was the constant companion of legendary director-actor Guru Dutt and gave the world many amazing cinematographical wonders.

Important Points:-

Lee Chong Wei, Shixian Wang win India Open titles

Defending champion Lee Chong Wei produced one of his finest performances to retain the men’s singles title with a straight-game victory over familiar foe Chen Long of China in the finals of the $250,000 Yonex

Bank of India allows card-less cash withdrawal on some ATMs

Bank of India on Monday launched its card-less cash withdrawal service through some of its ATMs.

Under this facility, a Bank of India customer can send money to anyone using regular Bank of India ATMs or through Internet banking, by using the receiver’s mobile number.

Today’s Quiz(Random) [Answers are at the End]

1 Which of the following provides a network that enables financial institutions worldwide to exchange messages about financial transactions in a secure and reliable environment?
A) NEFT
B) RTGS
C) CHAPS
D) SWIFT

Radhakrishnan :- New GM commercial of Air India southern region

Radhakrishnan is new GM commercial of Air India southern region
1.R Radhakrishnan has taken over as General Manager (commercial) of Air India Southern Region.

R Chandrasekaran:- New Nasscom Chairman

R Chandrasekaran, Executive Vice-Chairman of Cognizant India, is taking over as Chairman of software industry body Nasscom from Krishnakumar Natarajan, CEO and MD of Mindtree.

Iran and Pakistan held joint naval exercise near the Hormuz.

The navies of Iran and Pakistan held joint military exercises in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz.

The exercise  conducted on 8 April 2014.