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IBPS PO CRACKER-GENERAL & BANKING AWARENESS

General Awareness

1) Important Books: A. Sivathanu Pillai : The path unexplored success mantra of BrahMos. Barack Obama : Dream, Big dreams. Chetan Bhagat :Half girlfriend. Former CAG Vinod Rai : The Dairy of the Nations Conscience Keeper Not Just An Accountant Gaiutra Bahadur : Coolie Woman. Kapil Dev (cricketer) and Vivek Atray (IAS) : Dubey ji Bounces Back ManMohans daughter Daman Singh : Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan. Robert Kiyosaki : Writer of Rich Dad Poor Dad. Saurav Mohapatra : Mumbai Confidential Simar Malhotra,17-year-old : There is a Tide. Tendulkar : Playing It My Way My Autobiography , co-authored by boria mazumdar Wangari Maathai : Nobel winner Kenyan environmental activist. her autobiography- Unbowed: A Memoir

Vivek Kaul : Easy Money2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2ndOct launched the nationwide Swachh Bharat Abhiyan that aims to clean up thecountry in the next five years. He has also nominated nine people to carry forward the campaign. The Prime Minister hastagged in his cleanliness challenge Goa governor Mridula Sinha, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, yoga teacher BabaRamdev, Congress lawmaker and former union minister Shashi Tharoor, actors Kamal Haasan, Priyanka Chopraand Salman Khan, industrialist Anil Ambani and the team of popular TV serial Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma.By2019, Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, every city, town and village is to be 'clean', that is, they will have pucca toilets forall, safe drinking water, waste disposal systems and cleans roads & lanes.The estimated cost is humungous - in all, Rs 1.96lakh cr, of which Rs 1.34 lakh cr will be spent to build 11 cr pucca loos in villages and Rs 62,000 cr to build 5.1 lakhcommunity and public loos in urban areas.PM Narendra Modi appointed bollywood actor Aamir Khan as the BrandAmbassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission

3) Asian Games Medal Tally:

Pos Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 151 108 83 342

2 Korea 79 71 84 234

3 Japan 47 76 77 200

4 Kazakhstan 28 23 33 84

5 Iran 21 18 18 57

6 Thailand 12 7 28 47

7 North Korea 11 11 14 36

8 India 11 10 36 57

9 Chinese Taipei 10 18 23 51

10 Qatar 10 0 4 14

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4) The National Day of the People's Republic of China is celebrated every year on October 1

5) The Hyderabad Metro Railtook yet another step in promoting the Metro Rail, hitting the tracks next May, by launching its

Mascot Niz.

6) Rajasthan started the countrys first olive refinery and expressed hope that it would be able to fulfill the countrys demand of

olive oil in coming years under the brand name of Raj Olive Oil.7) The 2014 SCO summitis the 13th annual summit of heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held between

11-12 September in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.8) Thomas Kailath, a Pune educated Indian-American engineering professor at Stanford University, is one of the recipients of

the US National Medal of Science announced by President Barack Obama9) Lal Bahadur Shastri : 2014 marks the 110th birth anniversary of Shastri. On 2 October 2014, India celebrated the birth

anniversaries of two of its greatest leaders and freedom fighters, Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, on October.

10) The 65th International Astronautical Congress, is being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

11) Asian games Indias Medal Tally :

Sport Gold Silver Bronze TotalAthletics 2 4 7 13

Kabaddi 2 0 0 2

Squash 1 2 1 4

Shooting 1 1 7 3

Tennis 1 1 3 5Wrestling 1 1 3 5

Archery 1 1 2 4

Boxing 1 0 4 5

Hockey 1 0 1 2

Rowing 0 0 3 3

Wushu 0 0 2 2

Badminton 0 0 1 1

Sailing 0 0 1 1

Swimming 0 0 1 1

Total 11 10 36 57

12) 2014 Asian Games : 1STAsian Gamesheld in New Delhi in 1951. New Delhi also hosted in 1982. The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiadcommenced from September 19 - October 4 in the port city of

Incheon, South Korea. The opportunity to host the 17th edition of Asian Games, the largest multi-sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic

Council of Asia (OCA) was given to Incheon after defeating Delhi, India with 35 is to 13 votes in bidding. Incheon with this notable achievement becomes the third city in South Korea to host the Asian Games after Seoul (1986)

and Busan (2002). It marked it beginning from India after being lit at Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, India on August 9, 2014,

marking the torch being lit outside the host country for the first time. Motto is Diversity Shines Here The theme of the 2014 Asian Games is Meet Asias Future. The Mascot is the three seals, known as "Barame", "Chumuro" and "Vichuon", means wind, dance and light

in Korean language. The Indian athletes trooped in after Iran with hockey skipper Sardar Singhleading out the smartly-dressed contingent. 2010 Games were held in Guanzhou ,2018 will be held in Indonesia. The number of events in the Asian Games 2014 is 439 in 36 sports and disciplines.

The Samsung MVP Award was given to Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino, who won seven medals in the pool Chinese diving teamwon all ten titles available. For the record, in four years, since diving was introduced in the Games in

1974, China have never lost an event. Taekwondo sensation Sorn Seavmeywon gold medal in women's under 73-kg class to end Cambodia's 44-year medal

drought. The formal closing was done at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium by Olympic Council of Asia president Sheikh Ahmad

Fahad Al-Sabah. Hong Kong gymnast Shek Wai-Hungwho made news for all the wrong reasons at London Olympics, won countries' first-

ever Asian Games gymnastics gold medal, by topping men's vault routine. 17-year-old South Korean shooter Kim Cheong-yongwon two gold medals in shooting and he became the youngest to do

so. Prime Minister of Korea, Jung Hong-won and President is Park Guen-Hye India secured 11 gold medals, three fewer than what they collected in China four years ago, 10 silver (including the upgraded

one of Manju Bala in women's hammer) and 36 bronze for a total haul of 57.


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M C Mary Kombecame the first Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games Khushbir Kaur(21-year-old) became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walking in the Asian Games The gold medal haul also placed India in the eighth positionon the medals table, two rungs below where they had finished

in China. In terms of number of medals its at number 5. A disconsolate Sarita Devi(Indian Boxer) had refused to accept her bronze medal during the medal ceremony to protest her

controversial semifinal loss to South Korean Jina Park. Sarita (60kg) had lost the bout despite dominating the proceedings.

Saurav Ghosalbecame the first Indian to enter the Asian Games final in Squash Dipika Pallikalwon bronze medal the first by an Indian woman squash player Qatar'sdelegation chief said the women's basketball team had withdrawn from the Asian Games after organizers refused to let

players wear hijabs in competition.

13) INDIAS GOLD MEDAL WINNERS IN ASIAN:ARCHERY:-Mens Team: Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar and Abhishek Verma in mens compound team event handed India the historicgold. The trio defeated South Korean team comprising of Choi Yong-hee, Min Li-hong and Yang Young-ho (227-225) by two

points to become the first ever Indian archery team to bag gold medal at the Asiad.

ATHLETICSWomens 4x400m Relay: India bagged gold after the relay team comprising of Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and

Poovamma Machettira finished with the Asian Games record timing of 3:28:68 and it was also for the fourth consecutive timesince 2002 India clinched gold in the event.Seema Punia:In Womens Discus Throw Seema Punia brought India gold as she registered the best throw of 61.03m in thefinals. She finished better than her Chinese rivals Lu Xiaoxin and Tan Jian who recorded throw of 59.35 and 59.03 respectively.

BOXINGMary Kom: Five-time World Champion boxer Mary Kom clinched her maiden Asian Games gold by knocking downKazakhstans Zhaina Shekerbekova in the final of womens flyweight (48-51 kg).

HOCKEYMens Team: Indian mens hockey team clinched historic gold at the Asiad after 16 years and that to by defeating traditional-rivals Pakistan 4-2 on penalties in the final match to make it even better. By virtue of Asian Games gold India directly qualifyfor 2016 Olympics. South Korea won Bronze. This is Indias 3rdHockey Gold.

KABADDIMens Team: Indian mens team maintained their winning streak at the Asiad since the inception of Kabaddi in 1990 and wongold after defeating opponents from Iran by just two points.

Womens Team: Indian Kabaddi team followed the footsteps of mens team as they also defeated Iranian opponents in the finalto clinch gold.

SHOOTINGJitu Rai: It was Jitu Rai who opened Indias yellow metal account at the 17th Asian Games as the shooter clinched gold in 50m

pistol. This was Jitu Rais second gold medal this year after he had won gold at the Commonwealth Games earlier.

SQUASHMens Team: Saurav Ghosal led mens squash team along with Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar and KushKumar to victory in the gold medal match against Malaysian team. The contest lasted for two hours and 26 minutes which Indiaeventually won 2-0.

TENNISMixed Doubles: Sania Mirza paired with Saketh Myneni to win gold at the Asian Games. The duo conquered Chinese Taipeipair of Hao Ching Chan and Hsien Yin Peng 6-4, 6-3 in the finals.

WRESTLINGYogeshwar Dutt: In Mens Freestyle 65kg Yogeshwar Dutt won India the first gold in wrestling since Kartar Singhs effortway back in 1986. Yogeshwar overwhelmed his opponent Zalimkhan Yusupov of Tajikistan to win the historic gold.

14)

Famous Mandolin player in Carnatic music U.Srinivasrecently died.15)

Adani Mining took a step closer to the development of Australian $2.2 billion ($1.94 billion) coal mining project inAustralia

16) Typhoon Kalmaegihit Phillipines and Southern china ,Mount Lokon Volacaniceruption in Indoesia.17) Bezbaruah Committee: Safery of North Eastern people working in rest of India.18) President Obama meets Spelling Bee co-champions Sriram Hathway and Ansun Sujoe.19) Oscar Pistorius: Handicapped Athlete. Guilty of culpable homicide of his girlfriend in South Africa.

20) India will have Asia's first Ballistic Research Centrewhich will help it in achieving self-reliance in testing of armored

vehicles. The research centre will soon be functioning at Gujarat Forensic Science University, GFSU, in Gandhinagar.

21)

Former Chief Justice of India P Sathasivamhas become the Governor of Kerala.

22) Indian Telugu Actor, Akkineni Nageswara Raobecame the first Indian actor to be honoured with a postage stamp by the

US Post Service (USPS).

23) Anita Wlodarczyk of Polandon 31 August 2014 set world record in the womens hammer throw at the Internationales

Stadionfest (ISTAF) Berlin Athletics meet at Berlin's Olympic stadium in Germany.


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41) Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a special assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for the flood-hit Jammu & Kashmir

besides a Rs 2 lakh compensation from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the kin of the dead and Rs 50,000 for those

seriously injured.

42) Indian Army's Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayantcompleted a hat trick of titles after clinching the gold medal for the third time at

the IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.43) Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today launched India's first National Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Survey in New

Delhi.

44) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the first ever India Investment meet in Bahrain capital Manama

45) Centre to launch a National Water Conservation and Water Enrichment Scheme from 25thof September. September 25th is

the birth anniversary of Late Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.

46) Indias first Air Veteran Rally was held on 7 September 2014 at the Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park in New

Delhi.The event was inaugurated by the Indian Air Force Chief Marshal Arup Raha.

47) India and Germany on Monday agreed to prepare a roadmap for cooperation in skill development, solid waste management

and cleaning of rivers as visiting Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeiermet PM Narendra Modi who described the

two nations as "made for each other".

48) China 2014 awarded China Book Awardto JNU professor Priyadarsi Mukherji. China Book Award is a special award to

commend those who have made great and long lasting contributions to introducing Chinese books overseas.

49) Haider Abadi, a Shi'ite Islamist, is to be the new Prime Ministerof Iraqafter the national parliament approved his

appointment.

50) Saakshar Bharat Awards 2014presented by the President on theInternational Literacy Day(September 8, 2014). He gave

away 11 Saakshar Bharat Awards 2014 to State, Districts, Blocks, Gram Panchayats, State Resource Centre (SRC) and Jan

Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) for their best performance in the field of adult education.

51) U.S Open :

Men's Singles.Croatias Marin Cilicconquers his first grand slam having dashed the hope of Kei Nishikori - the first manfrom Asia (and Japan) to reach a Slam final - with an emphatic scoreline of 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3.Women's SinglesSerena Williams crushes Caroline Wozniacki to bag her 3rd consecutive US Open crown. Its her sixth US Openand 18th Grand Slam title overall.Men's DoublesBob and Mike Bryanlifted their fifth US Open and 16th Grand Slam doubles title here showing why theyare feared in men's double circuit so much.It was also their 100th tournament title overall. They defeated SpaniardsMarcel Granollers and Marc Lopez 6-3, 6-4.Women's DoublesRussian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won their second Grand Slam women's doublesTitle They disappointed the duo of Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta with a come-from-behind win.

52) Court, an Indian moviewritten and directed by Indian writer Chaitanya Tamhane, on 7 September 2014 won the Lion of the

Future Luigi De Laurentiis award for a Debut Feature at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

53) Dr. Kamal Bawa, an Indian Scientist, on 8 September 2014 won the MIDORI Prize in Biodiversity 2014. Bawa was

honoured for his research that included climate change in the Himalayas

54) Madhya Pradeshoutpaced all the major states to top the economic growth charts. Uttarakhand (9.9%) was second while

Bihar (8.82%), which had been topping the growth charts in the last few years, was relegated to the third spot.

55) Global business leaders and politicians have gathered in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin for a meeting of the World

Economic Forum.

56) The International Cricket Council, ICC, today suspended Saeed Ajmal, Pakistan's off spin bowler, for illegal action. The

Pakistani off spinner was found to be violating the 15-degree arm bending rule.57)

Bhartendu Harishchandra Awards for the years 2011 and 2012 conferred. Original writing in Hindi by Indian authors is

the eligibility criteria for the award. Initially the prizes were given only in Journalism and Mass Communication; three

categories namely National Integration, Womens Issues and Childrens Literature were added later.

58) H Devaraj Committeeon 8 September 2014 reported that most of the deemed universities are not fit for being a university.

It said that out of 41 C category deemed universities only 10 universities are found to be fit for being a university.

59) TN Suresh Kumaron 15 August 2014 became the first Indian to visit to the stratosphere, the second layer of the Earths

atmosphere.

60) Uttarakhand Government officially declared 9 September as Himalaya Diwas.

61) In his meeting with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Jose Graziano da Silva Modi

made it clear that India cannot sacrifice the interests and food security of the poor and farmers.


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62) The Second World Reconstruction Conference (WRC2) is being organized by the World Bank from 10-12

September, 2014 at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC.

63) Mahajan presented the Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalismto 59 journalists from broadcast and print

media under different categories. The Journalist of the Year for 2012 went to Sreenivasan Jain of NDTV 24X7.

64) Indian-origin author Neel Mukherjees novel The Lives of Othersis one among 6 books shortlisted for the 2014 Man

Booker Prize in fiction category. .

65) Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna will be awarded the Davis Cup Commitment Awardin Besides Bopanna, former Grand

Slam tennis champions Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil will also be presented the award after their

respective games.

66) Narendra Ambwani, Director, Agro Tech Foods Ltd, has been elected as Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of

India (ASCI).

67) Chitresh Tatha, 12, is the youngest sailor to represent India at the 2014 Asian Games . He sails in the Optimist Dinghy

category.

68) The Asian Development Bankhas agreed to give $150-million loan to the Government of India to help build transmission

lines for renewable energy in Rajasthan.

69) The Union Ministry of Science & Technology also announced KIRAN (Knowledge, Involvement, Research,

Advancement through Nurturing)for women scientists A unique advertising scheme to bring about, as far as possible,

gender equality in the field of science and technology.

70)

Nandan Nilekani, the former Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of India (UDAI), has been conferred with V

Krishna Murthy Award for Excellence.

71) HMT Watches and HMT Chinar Watches- both subsidiaries of HMT Ltd - soon to go out of existence

72) Assembly elections in 288 seats in Maharashtra and 90 seats in Haryana will be held on 15 Octoberand counting will take

place on 19 October 2014.

73)

Miss United Continent, also known in Spanish as Miss Continentes Unidos, is an international beauty contest held annually.

Miss Dominican Republic Geisha Montes de Ocawon the title and Miss Venezuela Wi Nava was crowned as the Vice

Queen. The vivacious Gail Nicole Da Silva(India)won all the hearts in Ecuador while contesting for Miss United Continent

2014.

74) Indian economy will expand by 5.6 per cent during 2014-15 even as the Reserve Bank is not likely to cut interest rates this

year, according to Ficci's latest Economic Outlook Survey. Sidharth Birlais the President of FICCI. He is Chairman of Xpro

India Limited and Digjam Limited.

75) The Supreme Court ruled 3% quota for disabled personsin all government jobs including IAS.

76) State Bank of India (SBI)on 13 September 2014 celebrated 150 years of its operations in Sri Lanka.

77) List of winners (Lok Sabha bypolls)

State Constituency Winner Party

Uttar Pradesh Mainpuri Tej Pratap Singh Yadav SP

Telangana Medak Kotha Prabhakar Reddy TRS

Gujarat Vadodara Ranjanaben Dhananjay Bhatt BJP

78) As many as 12 teams are taking part in the 2014 edition of the Champions League T20, which starts on 13 September. The

tournament is hosted by India.

79)

World First Aid Daywas observed on 13 September across the world. This day observed to raise awareness on how first aid

can save lives during crisis

80) After a gap of 18 years, BJP's student wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad on Saturday swept Delhi University

students' union elections, trouncing Congress' NSUI(National Student Union of India) to bag all four positions Mohit Nagar

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81) High Court of Himachal Pradesh staterecently banned religious sacrifice of animals at all places of public worship across

the state.

82) Young Indian badminton player H.S. Prannoyclinched the maiden title of his career after winning the $125,000 Indonesian

Masters Grand Prix Gold, following his straight-game victory over local favourite Firman Abdul Kholik in the finals inPalembang, Indonesia.

83) The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented Rajbhasa awards in various categories on the occasion of Hindi

Divas(14th September)at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (September 14, 2014).

84) India and Vietnamon Monday inked seven pacts, including one to enhance cooperation in the strategic oil sector, as they

called for freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. The four-day state visit of President Pranab Mukherjee who held

talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi. strategic partnership with focus on political, defence and

security cooperation, economic cooperation, science and technology, culture and people-to-people links, technical cooperation

and multilateral and regional cooperation. India extended a $100 million export credit to Vietnam for defence deals and

tightened energy ties Government of Kerala will host a Global Agro meetand an exhibition on hi-tech agriculture and food

processing at Kochi on 6th and 7th of November. The event will be held along with BIOFACH INDIA 2014 which offers the

organic food industry the world over to look for investments in Kerala.85) Scientist Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, former director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, has

been named the chair of an expert panel(19 member) to recommend best technologies for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's

"Swachh Bharat" national sanitation campaign.

86) Goa Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar today launched clean Goa Beautiful Goa campaign on Miramar Beach Panaji.87) Public service broadcaster Doordarshan is celebrating its 55 years today. Doordarshan made a modest beginning in India

on 15th September 1959.88) The Ecuadorean governmenthas released more details of its plans to create what it calls the world's first digital currency

issued by a central bank.89) Hurricane Odileon 14 September 2014 hit the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula in western Mexico.90) The ninth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum was held at Istanbul.91) The International Day for the preservation of the Ozone Layerwas observed on 16 September 2014. The day marks the

commemoration of the date of signing of the Montreal Protocol in 1987on substances that deplete the Ozone layer. Thetheme for 2014 is Ozone Layer Protection: The Mission Goes On.

92)

The G-20 Labour and Employment Ministerial meet was held at Melbourne, Australia93) The President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 14 September 2014 presented Indira Gandhi Rajbhasa awardson the

occasion of National Hindi Divas at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) CMDMadhusudan was one of the awardees

94) Meghalaya's Edward Mawthohhas bagged a bronze medal at the World Kickboxing Championships 2014 held in Italy.Mawthoh lost to Roman Synyaev of Russia who went on to bag gold at the championship.

95) USA on 14 September 2014 won FIBA Basketball World Cup2014 by defeating Serbia. The World Cup was held atMadrid, Spain.

96) Centre approves launching of the National AYUSH Mission (NAM). AYUSH stands for 'Ayurveda', 'Yoga andnaturopathy', 'Unani', 'Siddha' and 'Homoeopathy'.

97) Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the best university in the world for the 3rd year running. The survey, known as QSWorld University Rankings for 2014-15, ranks over 800 institutions world over. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay(IITB) tops the Indian chart with a global ranking of 222nd.

1st: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)

2nd: Cambridge University (UK)

3rd: Imperial College London (UK)98) India will soon launch Project Mausam, a PM Narendra Modi governments utmost noteworthy foreign policy project for

answering Chinas rising impact in the Indian Ocean region after the astonishing triumph of Chinas Maritime Silk Roadscheme

99) India and Chinahave signed three MoUs including setting up Industrial Park in Gujarat in the presence of Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Sister city pact between Guangzhou in China and Ahmedabad. setting upof an industrial park in Gujarat.. India and China Thursday inked 12 pacts in a range of areas including railways and outerspace as Beijing pledged investments of USD 20 billionover five years in a bid to boost economic ties Another MOU willfacilitate the annual Kailash Manasarovar Yatra by Indian pilgrims through Nathula Pass in Sikkim in addition to the existingLipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand. China has also agreed to strengthen India's Railways network. A separate pact on Audio-VisualCo-production between the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and China's State Administration of Press, Publication,Radio, Film and Television was also signed. A pact was inked between Indian Space Research Organisation and ChinaNational Space Administration on cooperation in the peaceful use of space. Another MOU was signed to foster long-term


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collaboration between various cultural institutions of the two countries. These institutions include museums, archaeologicalorganisations and performing art centres. Both sides also agreed to carry out cooperation in fields of drug standards, traditionalmedicine and drug testing. A pact was inked in this regard. Another agreement was signed to establish Sister City relationshipbetween Mumbai and Shanghai.It will enhance people-to-people exchanges fostering greater mutual understanding. Chinahas also agreed to participate in the New Delhi World Book Fair 2016 as the Guest of Honour Country. Keeping a traditionalive, President Xi Jinping meets family of Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis who saved many Chinese soldiers life in 1937.

100)Indias first First kisan mandioutside APMC(Agriculture Produce Market Committee)is to set up at Alipurin northDelhi where farmers can sell their produce directly to customers.

101)Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan appointed BJP veteran L.K. Advani as the chairman of the prestigious EthicsCommittee of Lok Sabha.

102)The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development has appointed BJP national executive member LalithaKumaramangalam as the new chief of the National Commission for Women (NCW).

103)Chinese President Xi Jinping today launched the construction of the 1.4 billion dollar Colombo Port City.104)Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has decided to roll out Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) program in the country

under the brand name FASTag.The ministry has roped in ICICI bank and Axis bank for providing central clearing house(CCH) services and to distribute RFID based "FASTag" through their franchises at points of sales near the toll plazas.

105)Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his council of ministers conducted a meeting of what is beingcalled "eCabinet", a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country.

106)

Sachin Tendulkar gets the Giants International award for lifetime achievement in sports. For the films, the lifetime

honour was bestowed on iconic Bollywood dancer Helen Salim Khan. Its the first India-based international serviceorganization which was founded in 1972.

107)Delhi Police on 16 September 2014 decided to launch its first e-police stationto deal exclusively with vehicle thefts.108)The International Economic Association (IEA)on 16 September 2014 appointed Kaushik Basu as president-elect of the

association beginning September 2014. However, he will continue to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist ofWorld Bank.

109)Tata Group company Croma and Snapdeal.comon 16 September 2014 tied up to sell electronic goods online.110)E-commerce major Flipkart has joined hands with PC Jewellerto create a platform for online jewellery shopping.111)Indian-origin Antara Haldaron 15 September 2014 became first non-European law lecturer at Cambridge University.112)Miss Kira Kazantsevon 14 September 2014 won the Miss America pageant..113)AlSA(All India Students Association (AISA)in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union polls (JNUSU) is the

left-backed combine which won all the 4 positions at stake including the Presidents post, for the second consecutive year.Presidents post was won by AISAs Ashutosh Kumar.

114)According to the announcement made by Films Division, there will be two permanent venues for the MIFF(umbai

International Film Festival).Aizawlwill be one such permanent venue.115)26-year old Tej Pratap Singh Yadav of SP(Youngest MP) won the Lok Sabha by-election from the prestigious seat ofMainpuri in Uttar Pradesh.

116)Chinese President Xi Jinping appointed Le Yuchengas China's new Ambassador to India.117)Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed former McKinsey India Chairman Adil Zainulbhai as the Chairman of Quality

Council of India (QCI). He will serve Quality Council of India for a period of three years.118)The first Industrial Park under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between India and China will be set up in

Vadodaradistrict.119)India slipped eights places to be ranked 158th in the latest FIFA rankingsheaded by World Champions Germany.120)Goaon 17 September 2014 became a permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).121)

Padmini Prakash, became the first transgender television news(Lotus News) anchor in the country.122)Larry Ellison, co-founder and leader of Oracle Corp for37 years, stepped aside as chief executive officer on Thursday, to

be replaced by co-CEOs Safra Catz and Mark Hurd.123)The US Senate has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution designating September 30 as 'US-India Partnership Day'.124)The Chinese foreign ministry indicated on Thursday that President Xi Jinping would try to persuade India to accept the

country's ambitious sea trade plan called the 21st century Maritime Silk Road.125)

Scotlandchooses to stay with United Kingdom; secessionists concede defeat with 45 percent votes as against 55 percent.126)Chinese tennis icon 'Li na' bids adieu to her career. She, the first Grand Slam champion from Asia, is winner of women's

singles titles at French Open 2011 and 2014 Australian Open.127)American business tycoon and philanthropist Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation announced an

emergency relief fund of $700,000 for the flood victims of Jammu & Kashmir.128)The world's population will soar by four billion to reach 11 billion by 2100.129)In a landmark for India Inc, the number of female employees at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)has crossed the one-lakh

mark, making it the country's biggest employer of women in the private sector. The top slot is held by IBM, which has anestimated 1.3 lakh women out of a workforce of 4.31 lakh.

130)Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Blackhave bagged the women's doubles title at theWTA Tokyo Open)

131)Centre decides to establish National Academy for Railway Security at Maula-Ali, Secunderabad.132)November 7to be observed all over the country as National Cancer Awareness Day.


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151)Hardeep Singh Puri was appointed as Secretary General of Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) on 23September 2014. Mr Kevin Rudd will co-chair the Independent Commission on Multilateralism (ICM) with Norwegianforeign minister Borge Brende and Canadian foreign minister John Baird.

152)Hindi film 'Liar's Dice'(Director-Geetu Mohandas),a road drama starring Geetanjali Thapa and Nawazuddin Siddiqui inlead roles, has been selected as India's official entry to the best foreign film category at the Oscar 2015 awards. The 104-minute feature film was selected by a 12-member jury headed by eminent filmmaker T Hariharan from 30 entries.

153)The next Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the world's largest annual gathering of the Indian diaspora, will be held in Gujarat capitalGandhinagar in January next year to mark 100 years of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South Africa.

154)Amit Mathewon 22 September 2014 was unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for theyear 2014-15.

155)Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtaron 22 September 2014 was appointed as the new head of the Pakistans spy agencyInter-Services Intelligence (ISI). He will replace Lt-Gen Zaheerul Islam who is scheduled to retire in October 2014. He isconsidered as an ally of Army chief General Raheel Sharif.

156)Google India on 22 September 2014 announced to launch a nationwide contest to develop a mobile app for Prime Ministersoffice (PMO).

157)Supreme Court allows only 4 coal blocsto function; revokes all other 214 allocations allotted between 1993 to 2010. The fourcoal blocks, to be spared the gallows, belong to public sector companies SAIL, NTPC and two ultra-mega power projects ofSasan Power Ltd owned by Anil Ambani's Reliance Power.

158)

PM inaugurates India Food Park in Tumkur, Karnataka.

159)

Centre constitutes 'Bibek Debroy committee'to revamp Railway Board.160)Andhra Pradesh raises upper age-limit for direct recruitment in government service from 34 to 40 years.161)VG Mathewis appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of South Indian Bank for a 3-

year term.162)4th International Buddhist Conclave begins in Bodhgaya and Sarnath163)

Centre inaugurates National Academy for Athletics and National Golf Academyat Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Theone for the athletics is the first sports academy in the country under Public-Private Partnership with M/s JSW.

164)The 3rd meeting of SAARC Ministers of Culture was held in New Delhi from 24 September 2014 to 25 September 2014.The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Minister of State for Culture Shripad Naik. SAARC Home Minsitersmeeting was held in Nepal.

165)Government of Madhya Pradesh (MP) will host Global Investors Summit (GIS)2014 in October at Indore to attract majorinvestment in Madhya Pradesh. The theme of the Global Investors Summit 2014 is Invest Madhya Pradesh

166)Alliance Airon 24 September 2014 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the North East Council for flightoperations in the North East.

167)

India TV chairman and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharmaon 24 September 2014 was appointed as the new president of the NewsBroadcasting Association (NBA) for the year 2014-2015.Rajat Sharma will replace KVL Narayan Rao168)Internet major Yahoo! Inc. on 21 September 2014 acquired Bangalore-based start-up firm BookPad Incfor over 8 million

US dollars. This is Yahoo's first technology deal for an Indian start-up company.169)The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a five-member committeethat will make a comprehensive assessment of the

situation of the flood-ravaged areas of Jammu and Kashmir and report to the court.170)Edward Snowden with Alan Rusbridger, Asma Jahangir, Basil Fernando and Bill McKibben are the winners of the Right

Livelihood Award for 2014, an award also known as the alternative Nobel171)A five judge bench of the SC declared the National Tax Tribunal Act of 2005 as unconstitutional. The impugned

legislation envisages creation of tribunals to deal with tax related cases only.172)

Dr. Ketan Desaisappointment as WMA(World Medical Association) President .173)A day after a special court in Bangalore unseated AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa as Tamil Nadu chief minister by

sentencing her to four years imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case, party MLAs on Sunday elected OPanneerselvam as her successor, as she wished. Panneerselvam will meet Governor K Rosaiah at the Raj Bhavan. SpecialJudge John Michael D'Cunhaconvicted the 66-year-old AIADMK Chief in a case of owning assets to the tune Rs 66,65crores disproportionate to her known sources of income during 1991-96 when she was chief minister for the first time.

174)

A "new era" of civil disobedience to pressure Beijing into granting full democracy to Hong Kong. Hong Kong leader LeungChun-ying pledged "resolute" action against a movement known as Occupy Central with Love and Peace(OCLP). HongKong returned to Chinese rule in 1997. China wants to limit elections to a handful of candidates loyal to Beijing.

175)Hundreds of people, including children, were stranded on Mount Ontake in Japan after it erupted without warning onSaturday, sending ash pouring down the slope for more than 3km.

176)Capital market watchdog SEBIhas appointed Gyan Bhushan as its chief vigilance177)G-4 countries have underscored their continuous commitment to a Security Council reform which should be reflective of the

geopolitical realities of the 21st century. The G-4 Foreign Ministers of India, Brazil, Germany and Japanmet in NewYork on the margins of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to exchange views on Security Councilreform.

178)As negotiations with states on GSTenter a critical stage, the Centre is looking forward to implementation of the new indirecttax regime from 1st April 2016.


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179)Union Government Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana for urban and rural poor . The Yojana aims at alleviatingurban and rural poverty through enhancement of livelihood opportunities through skill development and other means.Main Highlights of the Urban Scheme

The scheme will focus on

i. Imparting skills with an expenditure of 15000 rupees to 18000 rupees on each urban poorii. Promotion of self-employment through setting up individual micro-enterprises and group enterprises with interest subsidy

for individual projects costing 2lakhs rupees and 10 lakhs rupees for group enterprises. Subsidized interest rate will be 7

percent.

Main Poins of the Rural Scheme

i. The Yojana aims at training 10 lakh (1 million) rural youths for jobs in three years, that is, by 2017.

ii. The minimum age for entry under the Yojana is 15 years compared to 18 years under the Aajeevika Skills Programme.

The Urban component will be implemented by the Union Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Rural

component named as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana will be implemented by the Union Ministry of

Rural Development.180)Noted writer and filmmaker Madathil Thekkepaattu (MT) Vasudevan Nair was selected for the JC Daniel Award for

lifetime achievement for the year 2013. The award given by the Kerala government recognises the overall contribution ofMT to the Malayalam film industry.

181)Emami biotechacquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi for Rs 20 crores.

182)

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was named one of the top "gay icons" of the last thirty years on Friday inrecognition of his work for gay rights.

183)Pakistan on 26 September 2014 test fired the Hatf IX -short range surface-to-surface missile.184)

Ten scientists were on Friday felicitated with prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizefor their outstanding contributionsto field of science and technology. This award is given in the memory of Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, who was Founder -Director of CSIR and first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). He is known as Father of IndianResearch Laboratories, remembered for having established various chemical labs in the country. The award is conferred onindividuals for their pathbreaking contributions to the world of science and technology. The award consists of a cash prize ofRs. 5 lakh, a citation and a plaque.The list of awardees of this years prize are as follows:-

Biological SciencesRoop Mallik Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai

Chemical SciencesKavirayani Ramakrishna Prasad Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru.

Souvik Maiti Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) New Delhi.Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences

Sachchida Nand Tripathi Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Engineering SciencesS Venkata Mohan Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT)Hyderabad.

Soumen Chakrabarti Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai.

Mathematical SciencesKaushal Kumar Verma Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru.

Medical Sciences

Anurag Agrawal Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) New Delhi.

Physical Sciences

Pratap Raychaudhuri Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai.

Sadiqali Abbas Rangwala Raman Research Institute Bengaluru.

185)

Good news for Indian economy: Global credit rating agency Standards & Poors has revised India's credit outlook up to'Stable' from 'Negative'.186)

Bamiyandeclared as the SAARC cultural capital for the 2015-16; the honour goes to Dhaka for 2016-17. The year 2016-17will be the SAARC Year of Cultural Heritage. The SAARC Culture Ministers agreed to meet in Bangladesh for the fourthCulture Ministers meeting.

187)Former Home Secretary G.K.Pillaihas been named the Chairman of Tata International Ltd., which is the global trading anddistribution arm of the Tata group of enterprises..

188)The Minister of Railways has launched a trial run of its e-catering service on six trains without pantries that run in the Delhi-Amritsar section. The trial run will be carried out by IRCTC which will serve food at five nominated stations.

189)Indian cricket legend Kapil Devhas been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award at a ceremony in the House of Lordsin London.

190)The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 27 September 2014 addressed the 69th session of United Nations GeneralAssembly (UNGA) in New York. He addressed the 193-member UN General Assemblyin Hindi becoming the secondPrime Minister after Atal Behari Vajpayee who was a Prime Minister from 1998 to 2004. Apart from this, Modi is the third


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person to address the UNGA session in Hindi after Vajpayee and PV Narasimha Rao. Hindi is not among the officiallanguages of the UN, which are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

191)The free Wi-Fi Internet facilitywas inaugurated by the Union Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda. The facility wasstarted as a pilot project at Chennai Centralby RailTel, a public sector telecom infrastructure provider.

192)Khurshed Beknazarov, the football player of Tajikistan was tested positive with methylhexanamine after a match againstSingapore on 14 September 2014, five days before the opening ceremony.

193)The BJP Maharashtra unit called off its 25-year-old alliance with the Shiv Sena for the October 15 Assembly elections.194)Justice Handyala Lakshminarayanaswamy Dattuwas today sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of India. He is the 42nd

Chief Justice of India and will have a tenure of 14 months as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.195)Thankful nation is remembering Shaeed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh today on his 107th birth anniversaryon 28thSept.196)Indian Army observes 'Gunners Day'on September 28. Its celebrated by Regiment of Artillery - the first artillery unit and

the 2nd largest arm of the Indian Army.197)'World Heart Day 2014'observed across the globe on September 29. 2014 theme for World Heart Days is Heart Choices

NOT Hard Choices.198)Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu199)Government of Turkey on 27 September 2014 imposed ban on students from wearing tattoos or body piercings in schools.200)The Bangladesh government on 28 September 2014 appointed Syed Muazzem Ali as the new Bangladesh High

Commissioner to India.201)

Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowskion 28 September 2014 won the ATP Malaysian Open mens doubles title.

202)

"Together we will reach new heights of development and growth," Modi said at the event organised by the US-IndiaBusiness Council (USIBC). USIBC chairman, Ajay Banga, who is also MasterCard CEO, said India under Modi isexperiencing a new chapter of growth.

203)President Pranab Mukherjee on 30 September 2014 authorised Vigilance Commissioner Rajiv to act as chief of CentralVigilance Commission (CVC) until the appointment of the Central Vigilance Commissioner.

204)

Afghanistan signed Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the US with an aim to allow some US troops to remain in thecountry till 2015.

205)Largest selling book of Mahatma Gandhi My Experiments with Truth will now be available in Kashmiri and Punjabilanguage. The book will now be available in 17 Indian languages apart from English and Hindi.

206)United Nation Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,ESCAPhas estimated that the Indian economy willgrow at 5.5 percent in the current fiscal.

207)

Mr. Zuckerberg, who will also meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be in India to address thefirst Internet.org summit taking place on October 9-10 in New Delhi. Mr. Zuckerberg is the third high profile CEO of a US-based corporation, after Amazons Jeff Bezos and Micrsofts Satya Nadella,to visit India in last few days.

208)

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced its 'Windows 10'Operating System209)Anant Khasbardar (Maharashtra) wins Rs.50,000 prize for designing the Logo of Swachh Bharat Mission; BhagyasriSheth (Gujarat) bags Rs.25,000 for giving the tagline. The Logo with spectacles of Mahatma Gandhi with SwachhBharat written on the two glasses with the bridge of the spectacles in National Tricolour signifies the entire nationuniting to achieve the vision of Mahatma for a Clean India. The Tagline Ek Kadam Swachhata Ki Aur exhorts allcitizens to contribute in their own way towards the goal of Swachh Bharat.

210)Centre issues commemorative coins of 100 and 5 rupees denominations to mark the 100-year of 'Komagata MaruIncident'.

211)Andhra Pradesh inks Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Google for Digital AP project.212)First 'Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo' (RE - INVEST) will take place in New Delhi from 15-17

February, 2015. Renewable Energy, currently contributing about 6.5% in the electricity generation, will be enhanced toabout 12% in the next three year.

213)The Indian missions in the US would grant long-term visas to US citizens and US tourists would get visa on arrival inIndia in 2015. Online visas would be introduced and Visa outsourcing services expanded to reduce current problems.Currently PIO cards, given to those who themselves, their parents or grandparents or their spouse, were one-time Indiancitizens, allow for visa-free travel to and from India. However, a PIO card is only valid for 15 years. Also, if ones stay inIndia is going to exceed 180 days on any single visit, one needs to register within 30 days of the expiry of 180 days with theconcerned Foreigners Regional Registration Officer/Foreigners Registration Officer or local police authorities. On the otherhand, the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card given to only those who themselves or their parents were one timecitizens, has lifelong visa-free travel and does not require the holder to register with any office regardless of the length of theirstay. Eventually the PIO and OCI schemes will be combined in a new scheme and also cover spouses. Prime MinisterNarendra Modi invited New Jersey Governor Chris Christieto visit India with a trade mission. In his address to the 69thUNGA (United Nations General Assembly) Prime Minister Modi called for celebration of International Yoga Day on 21June every year. US-India business council to invest $41 billion in india.

214)Healthcare major Apollo Hospitalson 30 September 2014 tied up with the global pharma firm Sanofi. Kotak Mahindra Bankon 29 September 2014 acquired 15 percent stake of Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) in Multi CommodityExchange (MCX) for 459 crore rupees. Kotak Bank acquired MCX shares at about 664 rupees a piece.

215)World Tourism Day (WTD) was observed across the world on 27 September 2014. The theme of the World Tourism Day2014 is Tourism and Community Development.


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216)Indias IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System) series, is set to be launched on October 9 by ISRO.IRNSS 1C will be launched on a PSLV C26 from Sriharikota. The satellite is similar to, and follows the IRNSS 1A and1B which were launched in April 2013 and July 2014 respectively.

217)World Badminton Championship:. Spains Carolina Marinbeat Chinese world number one Li Xuerui to win the womens singles title

Badminton Denmark have hosted the prestigious event thrice in 1983, 1991 and 1999 in Copenhagen.

9th seeded Carolina Marin defeated P.V. Sindhuby 21-17, 21-15 to reach womens singles final. P.V Sindhu won Bronze. She

become the first Indian to notch two medals at the badmintons most prestigious event, having also clinched the bronze last year

in Guangzhou.

218)Superstar Shahrukh Khan has been roped in as the brand ambassador of Interpols Turn Back Crime campaign. Shahrukh

will be lending his voice to help spread the message that all of society benefits when citizens respect law and fight crime and

how everyone can take part in abolishing and fighting against crime.

219)Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 August 2014 set up a Ramanujam committeeto identify obsolete laws.

220)Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the 20th Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on Wednesday after a moving and

colourful ceremony in front of a 40,000 capacity crowd.

The Games will feature 17 sportsacross 12 daysof competition with more than 4,500 athletes from 71 nationscompeting,

making the event the biggest Scotland has ever hosted.

The event was first held in 1930 @ Hamilton , Canada.

The games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), HQs @ London. Its Motto is HumanityEqualityDestiny

Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland, and

Wales

Australiahas been the highest achieving team for twelve games, England for six, and Canada for one.

2018 @ Goldcoast, Australia.

President of the Commonwealth Games Federation Prince Tunku Imran

Scotland Capital is Edinburg

The motto of Commonwealth Games 2014 is People, Place, Passion

Hampden Parkwill held the closing ceremony.

Clyde, a cheeky wee thistle is the mascot of Commonwealth Games 2014. Inspired by story from past of a real ship called the

SS Cameronia built on the River Clyde.

For the first time in Games history, the Opening Ceremony will feature a fundraiser. The CWG organisers have partnered with

UNICEF for a program called "Put Children First". Scotland previously hosted in 1970 and 1986 at Edinburg

The official song titled 'Let the Games Begin'is also the Glasgow Children's 2014 Anthem for UNICEF.

Sir Chris Hoywas given the honour of presenting the Queens Baton to Her Majesty

Women's boxing, Triathlon mixed relay event and Para Cyclingwill be held for 1sttime

Commonwealth dayobserved on 2ndMonday of March

53 Member Nations of Commonwealth

221)Human Development Index (HDI)-2013

India's HDI value for 2013 is 0.586

Human Development Report (HDR) released on 24 July in Tokyo , published annually by the United Nations Development

Programme (UNDP)

The top five countries ranked in terms of the HDI are Norway, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and the US

The bottom five in this ranking are Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Chad and Sierra Leone.

Indias Rank 135 out of 187 countries.

222)UNICEF's Global Goodwill Ambassador : Sachin Tendulkar

223)This is the third time that Japan is taking part in the Malabar naval manoeuvers, which India and the US have been holding

regularly every year since 1992. India had taken part in the 'Indra' exercise with Russiaoff Vladivostok earlier this month. For

the 1sttime India and Russia would be conducting Airforce exercises Avia Indra-2014at Astrakhan region, near the Caspian

Sea in Russia

224)The classical music reality show of Doordarshan Naad Bhed-The Mystery of Sound will be featured in Limca Book of

Records..

225)Indian tennis star Sania Mirzawas appointment as Brand Ambassador of Telangana on 22 July 2014.

226)http://mygov.nic.in. MyGov where a range of people would share their thoughts and ideas.

227)Vincenzo Nibali of Italyon 27 July 2014 won the 101st edition of the Tour de France in cycling.

228)Amitabh Bachchan, the Indian Megastar was appointed as the horticulture ambassador of Maharashtra.

229)The Vijay Mallya Storywritten by K Giriprakashwas published by Penguin Books Limited in 2014. K. Giriprakash is the

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230)The World on 29 July 2014 observed the International Tiger Day.

231)100thAnniversary of the First World War (WW1) was observed in numerous countries all over the World on 4th August

2014.

232)Flipkart announced it has raised $1 billion (Rs 6,000 crore), the largest ever fund-raising by an Indian internet company.

233)The Brihadeeshwar temple at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, is the world's first complete granite temple.

234)US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel willvisited New Delhi.

235)Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman mountaineer to scale Mount Everest was conferred with Bharat Gaurav, the highest

honour of merit of East Bengal Club.

236)Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian woman gymnast and second person of the country to win a medal at the

Commonwealth Games. She bagged a bronze in the vault event and scripted history for and in India.

237)20 August, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi, which is also celebrated as the Sadbhavna

Diwas (Harmony Day). The award carries a citation and cash award of 5 lakh rupees. Muzaffar Ali, a noted filmmaker of India

was selected for Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.

238)Vikas Gowdagave India its first athletics gold medal of the 20th Commonwealth Games by winning the men's discuss throw

event.

239)New Delhi will host the Third India-Africa Forum Summit, IAFS-III, on the 4th of December this year. This follows the

decision taken at its Second Summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in 2011.

240) The government of Ghana would provide fertile farmland on a long-term lease to Punjab farmers for farm activities. Ghana

has made this proposal to promote agriculture as a tool of progress in Ghana and if possible then by Punjabs expertise in

farming.

241)General Dalbir Singh Suhag (59)took charge as the 26th Chief of the Army Staff. He succeeded out going General Bikram

Singh whose tenure ended. Gen. Suhags tenure as Chief of Army Staff will be of 30 months.

242)The Mapp drug, ZMapp, is a cocktail of antibodies designed to bind to and inactivate the Ebola virus.

243)The worlds first malaria vaccine RTS,Screated by pharma company GSK, is expected to hit the markets by 2015.

244)Xiaomi(China) is now the world's fifth largest smartphone maker by market share.

245)Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced $1 billion (Nepalese rupees 10,000 crore). and proposed a "HIT"

formula for the development of the land-locked country endowed with rich hydropower potential." Modi said HIT in his

lexicon implies H: Highways, I: I-ways and T: Transways .This is the second time a foreign leader was addressing the

Nepalese constituent assembly. Earlier in 1990, the-then German Chancellor Helmut Kohlhad delivered a keynote speech

to the constituent assembly. Referring to the last vist by an Indian prime minister -- Inder Kumar Gujral came to Nepal in

1997."Pancheswar Power Project on river Mahakali.

246)Parupalli Kashyap won a historic gold in the men's singles badminton on and thus joined badminton legend Prakash

Padukone and the late Syed Modi, who had won the title in the past in commonwealth games.

247)Commonwealth games Results :

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 England 58 59 57 174

2 Australia 49 42 46 137

3 Canada 32 16 34 82

4 Scotland 19 15 19 53

5 India 15 30 19 64

List of Winners Commonwealth Games 2014 Gold Medal Winners

Sanjita Khumukchan: Womens 48 kg weightlifting

Sukhen Dey: Mens 56 kg weightlifting

Abhinav Bindra: Mens 10 metre air rifle shooting

Apurvi Chandela: Womens 10 metre air rifle shooting

Rahi Sarnobat: Womens 25 metre pistol shooting

Satish Sivalingam: Mens 77 kg weightlifting

Jitu Rai: Mens 50 metre pistol shooting

Amit Kumar: Mens freestyle 57 kg wrestling

Vinesh Phogat: Womens freestyle 48 kg wrestling

Sushil Kumar: Mens freestyle 74 kg wrestling

Babita Kumari: Womens freestyle 55 kg wrestling

Yogeshwar Dutt: Mens freestyle 65 kg wrestling

Vikas Gowda: Mens discus throw athletics

Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: Womens

doubles squash

Parupalli Kashyap: Mens singles badminton

248)China has excluded US-based Symantec Corp and Russia's Kaspersky Lab from a list of approved anti-virus software

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303)Shanta Kumaris the former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and is presently a Lok Sabha MP of the BJP. The committeewill mainly study various models of restructuring or unbundling of FCI

304)Bangladeshhas decided to join the newly formed BRICS Bank, an initiative of the world's five emerging economies - Brazil,

Russia, India, China and South Africa305)Australian Cyril Baldockhas set the world record for the oldest person to swim the English Channel.306)The annual Worlds Most Innovative Companies list, released on Wednesday, has been topped by California-based global

cloud computing company Salesforce for the fourth year in a row. The five Indian companieson the list are consumer goodscompany Hindustan Unilever, which is ranked 14th, followed by IT major Tata Consultancy Services (57), constructionservices firm Larsen & Toubro (58), pharma major Sun Pharma Industries (65) and Bajaj Auto (96).

307)Afghanistancelebrated its 95th Independence Day on 19 August 2014. It is celebrated to mark the signing of the 1919 Anglo-Afghan treaty, which gave the country complete independence from British Empire.

308)INS Kamortawas commissioned into the Indian Navy by Defence Minister Arun Jaitley at Vishakhapatnam on 23 August. Thefirst indigenously-built stealth was handed over to Indian Navy by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE) earlieron 12 July 2014.

309)The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology(IIEST)of the country at Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal

310)India's first ethanol-run busin the city on a pilot basis @ Nagpur.

311)Chennai cityis decked up in celebration of its 375th anniversary312)Oscar-winning British filmmaker Richard Attenborough, renowned for his critically-acclaimed biopic on Mahatma Gandhi,has died at the age of 90.

313)Japan will offer anti-viral drug favipiravir as a possible treatment of Ebola. The drug is known under the brand name ofAvignan.

314)FIFA 2014 :Germanybecame the first European country to win a world title in the Americas, and only the second countryafter Brazil (1958, 2002) to win a World Cup outside their respective continent. Mascot : Fuleco, the ArmadilloFIFA President :Sepp BlatterWinner Germany(4th Time) at the MaracanaStadium Brazil.( Mario Goetzescored the only goal for Germany in finals)Runners-up Argentina

Best player(Golden Ball award) - Lionel Messi of Argentina

Best young player- Paul Pogba of France Top scorer- Colombia James Rodrguez with 6 goals

FIFA Fair Play Trophy Colombia Best goalkeeper(Golden Glove award) - Manuel Neuer of Germany

Golden Boot Award- James Rodrguez of Colombia

3rd

Spot : Netherlands.315)London will host Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas,in November, 2014(last time held in Australia)

316)Gujarat will host Annual Pravasi Bhartiya Divas(NRI Day)in 2015.(due to celebrations of 100 years of Ganhijis return from

South Africa to India in 1915).

317)British Government announced to build Gandhijis Statue in British Parliament Square.

318)2018 mens Hockey World Cup will be held in India.

319)U-17 Football World Cupwill be held in India.

320)2016 T-20 Cricket World Cupwill be held in India.

321)2016 Olympics : Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

322)2018 Winter Olympics :South Korea.

323)2018 Commonwealth Games :Gold Coast(Australia)

324)2018 FIFA World Cup :Russia

325)U-19 Cricket World Cup : Won by South Africa against Pakistan. Next will in Bangladesh(2016)

326)1stTest Cricket World Cup :2017(England)

327)Mahindra Group ChairmanAnand G Mahindrabecame the first Indian to receive the prestigious Harvard Medal.

328)The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh authored by Dr. Sanjaya Baru

329)Crusader or Conspirator?Coalgate and other Truths authored by PC Parakh

330)Delhihas become the world'ssecond most populouscity in 2014 after Tokyo, more than doubling its population since 1990 to

25 million, according to a UN report. Tokyo topped UN's ranking of the most populous cities in 2014 with 38 million

inhabitants.

331)Australia retained the mens hockey World Cup title by outplaying Olympic silver medallist The Netherlands 6-1. Bronze forArgentina. Australia has now won Threehockey World Cup titles.

Womens titleOlympic gold medallists and hosts TheNetherlandsdefeated Australia 2-0

Mascot :Stockey the Stock

332)Shooting World Cup was held inMaribor, Slovenia333)India-born plant scientist Sanjaya Rajaramhas been named the winner of the 250,000 US dollars World Food Prize

334)Indian-born Booker Prize winning author Salman Rushdie was on Friday named the winner of this year's prestigious PenPinter prize for his outstanding literary output and support for freedom of expression

335)Noted Hindi poetKedarnath Singhon 20 June 2014 was chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for 2013.

336)Polands Wroclaw citywill be the World Book Capital (WBC) for 2016 . Nigerias Port Harcourt is the WBC for 2014 while

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337)France announced to honour Shahrukh Khanwith Officer of the Legion of Honour for his contribution to Cinema.

338)Chess greats Viswanathan Anand (India)andBoris Gelfand (Israel)have been selected for the Russian Federations Order

of Friendshipaward.

339)Petra Kvitovastormed to her second Wimbledon title in the shortest women's final at the All England Club since 1983 as the

Czech sixth seed crushed Canada's Eugenie Bouchard6-3, 6-0 on 05 July 2014( Saturday).

340)Rail Budget Highlights 2014

Railway Minister Sadananda Gowdapresented the Rail Budget in the Parliament.

Railways also proposes to set up Food Courtsat major stations. Feedback services through IVRS on quality of food Food can

be ordered through SMS, phone.

Spend 94 paisa of every rupee earned, leaving a surplus of only 6 paisa

4,000 women constablesto be recruited to ensure safety of women. 17,000 RPF constables to provide safety to passengers.

Setting up ofRailway University.

Ultrasonic Broken Rail Detection System (UBRD)to detect problem in track

Diamond Quadrilateral project of high speed trainsto connect all major metros

Proposal to startBullet trains in MumbaiAhmedabad route. A provision of Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) has been made in theBudget for high Speed project. Efforts will be made to increase speed of trains to 160-200km/h on select 9 sectors. The

identified sectors are: Delhi-Agra; Delhi-Chandigarh; Delhi-Kanpur; Nagpur-Bilaspur; Mysore-Bengaluru-Chennai; Mumbai-

Goa; Mumbai-Ahmedabad; Chennai-Hyderabad and Nagpur-Secunderabad

Paperless office of Indian railways in5 years.

A special train featuring life and works of Swami Vivekananda

The Indian Railways proposes to introduce 58 new trainswhich includes five Jansadharan Trains, five Premium Trains, six

AC Express Trains, 27 Express Trains, eight Passenger Trains, two MEMU services and five DEMU services this year.

Next generation e-Ticketing system, capable of supporting 7200 tickets per minuteas against 2000 tickets per minute and allow

1,20,000 simultaneous users at any point in time.

Railway Ministry will develop 10 major stations in the country to global standards. It will provide Wi-Fi in A-1 and A category

stations and in select trains.

The budget allocation forcleanliness at railway stations has been increased by 40%

1. Indian economy is likely to grow in the range of5.4 to 5.9 per cent in 2014-15overcoming the sub-5 per cent GDP growth ofpast two years, says the Economic Survey.Fiscal deficit for 2013-14 contained at 4.5% of the GDP.Agriculture sector growthrate 4.7% in the year 2013-14. : India ranked 12th in terms of services GDP among the worlds top 15 countries. Services

constitute a 57 percent share in GDP at factor cost in 2013-14. India ranks first in the world in productivity of grapes,banana, cassava, peas, and papaya

2. Here are the highlights of Union Budget 2014tabled by finance ministerArun JaitleyClean energy cess increased from Rs 50/ tonne toRs 100/tonneAdditional 5% excise tax to be levied on aerated drinks with added sugar(cold drinks). Tobacco productsalso to get costlyas excise duty hiked to 72%Government announces reduction in excise duty for specified food package industryfrom 10% to 6%.Excise duty on footwearreduced from 12% to 6%Fiscal deficit target retained at 4.1% of GDP for current fiscal and 3.6 for 2015-16 and 3% for 2016-17.

Revenue Deficit seen at 2.9% for FY15

Minimum pensionincreased to Rs 1,000 per month

Rs. 7,060 crore for the project of developing 100 Smart Cities.

Rs 150 crore allocated for increasing safety of women in large citiesHousing loanrebate to raised from Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh.Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya New Teachers Training Programmeto infuse new training tools and motivate teachers with anoutlay of 500 crore rupeesCommunication Linked Interface for Cultivating Knowledge (CLICK) and online courses to be established as virtual

classrooms with an outlay of 100 crore rupees

Jai Prakash Narayan National Centre for Excellence in Humanitiesto be set up in Madhya PradeshGovernment proposes to increase investment limitunder Section 80C from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh.Tax exemption limitfor Individual tax payers changed from Rs 2.0 to Rs 2.5 lakh. For senior citizens, no tax for income up toRs 3 lakh per annum.No changes in tax rate.

PPF limit to be raised to Rs 1.5 lakh.Rs 100 crore for training of sportspersons for upcomingAsian Games.(Incheon City , South Korea)

Government announcesArun Prabha channelfor northeastern region.

Rs 1000 crore provided for rail connectivity in northeastern region.Rs 100 crore set aside for project to link riversGovernment announces Rs 100 crore for development of Archaeological sites. Gayato be developed as world class tourismspot.

National Rural Internet and Technology Mission; Rs 500 crore set aside.


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Govt proposes to set up Center of Excellence in MP named after Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan.

5 more IITs and 5 IIMsto be set up. Five new IITs in Jammu, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Andhra Prdaesh and Kerala. The five newIIMs will be set up in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Maharashtra and Odisha.

Propose to set up 4 more AIIMS; Rs. 500 croreset aside for this. Six new AIIMS started recently have become functional.Four new AIIMS will be set up in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Vidarbha and Purvanchal.Govt proposes National Housing Banking programme; sets aside Rs 8000 crorefor this program.Crisis Management Center for women atDelhi; money to be provided from Nirbhaya fund.Govt announces Beti Padhao, Beti Badhao Yojana; sets asideRs 100 crorefor this.Govt committed to providing 24/7 power supply to all homes. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojnafor electricity supplyto rural areas.

Rs 200 crore for 'Statue of Unity' of Sardar Vallabh Patel.E-visas to be introduced at nine airportsin India in phased manner.Swachh Bharat Abhiyanto cover every household with sanitation facility by the year2019

6 new Debt Recovery Tribunals.Rs.100 cr set aside formetro scheme in Ahmedabad and Lucknow.Assam and Jharkhandto get Centre of Excellence on farming.Construction of long pendingRenuka Dam(Delhi) to be taken up on priority

Protein Revolution to be startedShyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Missionfor rural infrastructure.

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for rural power supply.Ajeevika,the provision of bank loan for women SHGs at 4 percent for another 100 districts.Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojnaassured irrigation 1000 crore rupeesPrice Stabilization Fundto be set up with an outlay of 500 crore rupees to mitigate the risk of Price volatility in the agricultureproduce.One Rank One Pension to get 1000 crore rupeesFDI in insurance to be increased to 49%FM announcesFDI in defence up from 26 to 49 %with Indian management and control

Aim to achieve 7-8 per cent economic growth rate in next 3-4 years

New Governors Appointed

S. NO State and U.T. Chief Minister Governor

1 Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Balramji Dass Tandon

2 Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha

3 Gujarat Anandiben Patel Om Prakash Kohli

4 Haryana Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda Kaptan Singh Solanki

5 Karnataka Shri K. Siddaramaiah Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala

6 Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao

7 Nagaland T R Zeliang Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

8 Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh

9 Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Ram Naik

10 West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi

11 Kerala Oommen Chandy P.Sathasivam(Former Chief Justice of India)

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Heads of Important Indian Organizations

ASSOCHAM- Rana Kapoor

Attorney General of India- Mukul Rohatgi

CAG- Shashi Kant Sharma

CBDT KV Chaudhary

CBI- Ranjeet Sinha

CCI- Ashok Chawla

Chief Election Commissionor- V.S.Sampath

DRDO- Avinash Chander

FICCI- Sidharth Birla

IB- Saiyad Ashif Ibrahim

IRDA- T. S.Vijayan

ISRO- Dr. K. Radhakrishnan

NABARD- Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala National Security Advisor- Ajit Kumar Doval

Press Council of India- Marandey Katju

TRAI- Rahul Khullar

UGC- Ved Prakash

UPSC Rajni Razdan

Solicitor General of India : Ranjit Kumar Attorney General of India : Mukul Rohatgi

Chief Justice of India : Rajendra Mal Lodha SSC- Amitava Bhattacharyya TRAI- Rahul Khullar UGC - Ved Prakash UPSC- D.P. Agarwal Chief of Border Security Force :Subhash Joshi

Chief of the Air Staff :Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha Chief of the Naval Staff :Admiral Robin K Dhowan

Chief of the Army Staff :Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag Commander-in-Chief :Pranab Mukherjee (President)


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Banking Awareness1) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday set up a first of its kind permanent digital gallery here aimed at spreading

awareness on financial literacy in Chennai.2) United Bank of Indiaon 1 September 2014 declared debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines and its owner Vijay Mallya as wilful

defaulters. Country's largest bank SBI today said it has also sent a notice to tag them as "wilful defaulters".A wilful defaultoccurs when either a borrower has not repaid when he can do so, or when sanctioned funds have been used for other purposesor when the borrower disposes off the assets assured for availing of the loan without the banks knowledge. According to theguidelines of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), once a wilful defaulter notice is issued, the borrower has 15 days to defendhimselfin front of the bank. The wilful defaulter tag gives surety that the borrower and any firm on the board of which he is adirector will not get a loan from any financial institution in future.

3) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled licences of five non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)on 2 September2014. These NBFCs include Unichem Finance & Enterprises Pvt., Shimansu Vyaparik Kendra Ltd., Shree BhagwatiMarketing Private Ltd. and Sureka Teknik Private Limited. All these NBFCs are based in Kolkatta.

4) The government has set-up a Committee to examine the un-claimed amount in PPF, Post Office and Savings Schemes. Thecommittee will examine and recommend how this amount can be used to protect and further financial interest of the senior

citizens. The seven member committee is being headed by the Deputy Governor H R Khan of Reserve Bank of India and willsubmit its reports by 31st December this year.

5) The Reserve Bank of India on 9 September 2014 decided to fix the upper age limit at 70 years for Managing Directors (M.D)and Chief Executive Officers (CEO) in private sector banks.As per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 under Section196(3), it prescribed that no company shall appoint or continue the employment of any person as managing director, whole-timedirector or manager who is below the age of 21 years or has attained the age of 70 years.

6) RBI closed six UCBs suspected of money laundering: (14 Sep.2014)-Cracking down on money laundering, the Reserve Bankof India (RBI) has closed down six Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) which were suspected of being used to route illegalmoney. The central bank has also asked state governments to take stern action against any other erring UCBs after reportsemerged that such entities were being used as conduits for money laundering.

7) India Signed agreement with World Bank forMSRPIIproject: India on 29 August 2014 signed loan agreement with WorldBank for Mizoram State Roads Project (MSRP II). As per the agreement, soft loan window of World Bank, InternationalDevelopment Agency (IDA) will provide assistance of 107 million US dollars for the Project.The agreement was signed byNilaya Mitash, Joint Secretary (MI), Department of Economic Affairs and Onno Ruhl, Country Director, World Bank, India.The objective of the project is to enhance transport connectivity along regional trade corridors in Mizoram.The project willfocus on improvement of priority cross-border roads connecting Myanmar and Bangladesh , as also on trade relatedinfrastructure.

8) State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday introduced personalized savings accounts for anyone below 18-year age SBI introducedthis products three months after the Reserve Bank issued guidelines allowing minors over 10 years to operate bank savingsaccounts independently and use facilities such as ATMs and cheque books. 'Pehla Kadam and Pehli Udaan', two newsavings bank products for children, was launched by Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India (SBI) and ViceAdmiral AR Karve, Chief of Staff at the Navy Children School, Mumbai . The features include internet banking with limitedtransaction facilities like bill payment, opening of fixed deposit, recurring deposits, etc. with per day transaction limit of Rs5,000, it said. Besides, such account holders can facility of mobile banking with limited transaction facilities like bill payment,top-ups with per day transaction limit of Rs 2,000.

9) MINOR ACCOUNTS OPENED BY VARIOUS BANKS:

ICICI Bank has launched Smart Stars account Federal Bank Limited has Young Champ Accountfor minorsAxis Bank :Future Star Saving Account ING Vysya Bank : Zing Saving Account

Yes Bank :My First yes Account HDFC Bank : Kids Advantage AccountKotak Mahindra :My Junior Account IDBI : Power Kidz Account

10) State Bank of India (SBI) in tie-up with MasterCard on Monday launched its first multi-currency international debit cardto allow consumers to use a single card to pay in multiple currencies. To begin with, the prepaid debit card will enablecustomers to load four currencies US dollar, euro, Great Britain pound and Singapore dollar. At present, the card can beissued at an annual fee of Rs. 100 without any interchange fee to customers.

11) ICICI Bank, Indias largest private sector bank, announced its Cardless Cash Withdrawal service that allows its customers totransfer money from their account to anyone in India with a mobile number, the bank said in a statement

12) Axis Bank, Indias third largest private sector bank, announced the launch of e-surveillance facility, a service that allows a24x7, 365 days centrally monitored automated security of ATMs.

13) On September 1, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revised some of its rules governing instruments that qualify as bank capitalunder Basel-III. The key change is the removal of certain limits on the amount of AT-1(additional Tier-1) that a bank can usefor calculating its Tier-1 capital, which effectively limited AT-1 issuance to 1.5 per cent of risk-weighted assets. The Reserve


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Bank of India has extended the timeline for full implementation of the Basel III capital regulations by a year to March 31,2019.

14) SBIs total number of mobile banking users stood at 1.15 crore. ICICI Bank stood second with 19.5 lakh users and was

followed by Axis Bank (13.6 lakh), Yes Bank (4.3 lakh) and HDFC Bank (3.5 lakh).15) Moodys, said the downside risks to the Indian economy had receded and prospects had brightened with growth rate

expected to accelerate to 5.2 per cent in 2014 and 6.5 per cent by the end of 2015.16) List of FDI Limitsin Various Sectors (In %)

Defence Raised to 49% from 26% Power Exchanges 49%Telecom 100% Pension 49%Insurance Raised to 49% from 26% Print Media 26%Civil Aviation 49% Public Sec. Banks 20%Private Sec. Banks 74% Multi Brand Retail 51%Single Brand Retail 100% Tourism 100%

17) The Reserve Bank of India on 24 September 2014 released Gopalakrishna Committee report on Capacity Building inbanks and non-banks. The committee has recommended a 360-degree feedback for a transparent and comprehensive

performance assessment exercise, one that ensures adequate performance differentiation between employees. The keyrecommendations of the Report include and pertain to:

Approach to capacity building in banks and non-banks Enhancing Human Resources Management practices Creation of position of Chief Learning Officer in banks and concept of return on learning Strategies for addressing issues of replacement or replenishment of talent in banks Process and steps for skill development

18) State Bank of India (SBI), the countrys largest lender announced that it has signed a Line of Credit (LoC) of 500 milliondollar with Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank).

19) The negative outlook for Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and Syndicate Bank means a possible weakening in these banks assetquality and capitalisation. The 11 banks whose rating outlooks were revised from negative to stable are ICICI Bank, HDFCBank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, State Bank of India, Bank of India, IDBI Bank Ltd, Indian Bank, Union Bank ofIndia, IDFC and Kotak Mahindra Prime.

20) Foreign Investmentin Banking Sector : Upto 49% via Automatic Route and 74% with Government Approval.21) T M Bhasinwas elected as Chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA)on 20 August 2014. 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 andmanaging director of Punjab National Bank, was the previous chairman of this Association

22) The CBI arrested six persons including chairman-cum-managing director of Syndicate Bank SK Jain for allegedly takingbribe of Rs. 50 lakh for increasing credit limit of some companies in violation of banking rules.

23) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of The Vasai Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Hyderabad(Telangana)

24) Federal Bankhas launched a woman-only car loan scheme called she car. The she-car scheme comes as a combo offer withFederal Banks Mahila Mitra savings account, which offers an accident cover of 5 lakh. Federal Bank Limited is a major Indiancommercial bank in the private sector, headquartered at Aluva, Kochi, Kerala. It is the fourth largest bank in India in terms ofcapital base

25) Corporation Bankwill open 200 Corp Excel branchesby the end of December 2015, according to S R Bansal, Chairmanand Managing Director of the bank. Corporation Bank is a public sector banking company headquartered in Mangalore, India.

26) The RBI, the central bank of India, is presently headed by a Governor and assisted by four deputy governors looking afterdifferent functions of the bank. It now wants to create a post of COO(Chief Operating Officer) and re-allocate work among thefive. These 5 divisions would be Monetary Policy , Regulatory , Supervision , Financial Markets and Services(under COO).

27) SM Swathiwas appointed as the Executive Director of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank.28) Reserve Bank of India has cut the number of free transactions that savings bank customers can avail from other bank's

Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) from the present five to three a month. It has also allowed banks to charge customersif they use their own bank ATM more than five times a month. New charges will apply for transactions done at ATMslocated in six metro centres, namely, Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.The new norms willcome into effect from November 1, 2014

29) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana' to help the poor open bank accountswhich will come with the facility of a debit card and an insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh.The Union Cabinet has already cleared thetwo-phase financial inclusion scheme under which bank accounts will be opened for 15 crore poor persons with an overdraftfacility of Rs 5,000 , minimum monthly renumeration of Rs 5,000 to business correspondents and accident insurance of Rs 1lakh.

30) HDFC Bankhas launched its secure banking in Kerala aimed at creating customer awareness about safe banking practices.31) Reserve Bank of India's new deputy governor S S Mundra has been given charge of banking supervision, currency

management, financial stability and rural credit. The government on Thursday notified his appointment for a period of three


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years. Mundra was chairman of Bank of Baroda, the country's second large bank.Now, RBI has four deputy governors H RKhan, Urijit Patel, R Gandhi and S S Mundra. Normally, an RBI deputy governor can be appointed for 5 years or tillthe age of 62, whichever is earlier. To be eligible for the post, a candidate needs to be less than 60 years of age while

assuming charge.32) ICICI Bank, the countrys largest private sector bank, has announced the launch of the ICICI Bank Student Travel Card,

which enables students going abroad for higher studies to take care of their expenses. The unique feature of the card is that it isbundled with membership of the International Student Identity Card (ISIC). ISIC is the only internationally accepted proof offull-time student status and offers 40,000 benefits and discounts at 120,000 merchant outlets across 130 countries.

33) The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday said banks should make all new ATMs installed from July 1, 2014 as talkingATMs with Braille keypads. In addition to the above, magnifying glasses should also be provided in all bank branches for theuse of persons with low vision, wherever they require for carrying out banking transactions with ease.

34) With the inclusion of BMB(Bhartiya Mahilla Bank),total number of scheduled commercial banks in India now stands at 90.The inclusion of BMB in the second schedule of the RBI Act, 1934 means that now it will be eligible for loans from RBI onbank rate and also acquired membership of clearing houses.

35) Bharatiya Mahila Bank has joined the National Financial Switch (NFS) ATM network as the 83rd member by issuingRuPays chip-based debit cards. National Financial Switch (NFS) is the largest network of shared automated tellermachines (ATMs) in India.

a) It was designed, developed and deployed by the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) in2004, with the goal of inter-connecting the ATMs in the country and facilitating convenience banking for the average Indian. Itis run by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The first ATM in India was set up in 1987 by the The Hongkongand Shanghai Banking Corporation in Mumbai.

36) Private sector IndusInd Bankhas launched video-branch, claiming to be a first-of-its-kind service, enabling customers interactwith the staff of the bank through video conference facility

37) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently issued draft guidelines for two new categories of banks-Payment Banks and SmallBanks.

A Payment Bank will be able to take deposits, but cannot lend. It has to invest all the funds in government securities

A Small Bank on the other hand will be allowed to lend, but with restrictions on where they can operate. Further the lendingshould be directed at farmers and small enterprises and half of the loans must have a ticket size of less than Rs 25 lakh

The apex bank has set the minimum capital requirement for both the banks at Rs 100 crore.38) RBI projects 5.5 % GDP growth during current fiscal. Indian GDP growth for 1stQuarter , 2014 was 5.7%39) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed to separate

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