Saturday, 30 April 2016

The Hindu Editorial 1, 30 April 2016

Topic - Fed affords RBI wiggle room

The U.S. Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged for a third straight meeting, citing a moderation in economic growth in the world’s largest economy. The Federal Open Market Committee will next meet on June 14, and with Wednesday’s decision it has provided policymakers at the Reserve Bank of India with just a little more elbow room when they decide on monetary action at their June 7 sitting. The U.S. is the largest market for Indian exporters, and some of the economic indicators spotlighted by the Fed will help them gauge the strength of demand for their goods and services.

Daily Current Affairs- 28 April 2016

The Hindu Editorial 2, 29 April 2016

Topic - More noise than light

Regrettably, though perhaps not surprisingly, the debate in Parliament on the 2010 AgustaWestland helicopter deal produced more noise than light. The real issues relating to this controversial deal are somewhat self-evident, even if they were swamped [ दलदल में फँसाना ] by the furious and self-serving cut and thrust of words exchanged between BJP and Congress MPs. To begin with, the fact that a Milan appeals court has convicted two former top officials — of Finmeccanica and its helicopter subsidiary AgustaWestland — of corruption and over-invoicing in connection with the agreement to sell 12 VVIP helicopters to India cannot be brushed aside as trifling[ तुच्छ ] or irrelevant,

Topic - Another missed opportunity

This week’s meeting between the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries in Delhi served as a reality check on the stalemate [गतिरोध ] in the bilateral dialogue. Meeting on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia conference, the two officials failed to find common ground to kickstart the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue process, or even agree on a timetable. Both countries have now officially confirmed that the talks bore no results. In Parliament on Thursday, the government referred to the talks that lasted 90 minutes as a “courtesy call”; and Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry said “no breakthrough” had emerged from his meeting with S. Jaishankar.

Topic - The United States of Trumperica

The march of Donald Trump towards securing the Republican presidential nomination has assumed an air of inevitability [ अनिवार्यता ]. The billionaire property mogul and Grand Old Party frontrunner scored a major victory in Tuesday’s primary elections in five northeastern States. His delegate count now soars at 949, compared to 544 for Senator Ted Cruz from Texas, and 153 for Ohio Governor John Kasich. The response of the panicked GOP mainstream has been feeble [ कमजोर ]. The idea of holding a “contested convention” to thwart [नकाम बनाना ] Mr. Trump and the plan for Mr. Cruz and Mr. Kasich to collude [ सांठ-गांठ करना ] in the remaining primary races do not appear to be retarding Mr. Trump’s momentum.

Topic - More medicine for less

The Centre is reported to be in favour of moving a bill requiring doctors to prescribe generic medicines in place of costly, branded ones. This progressive step, which will reform the way essential medicines are distributed to patients, was recommended by the Planning Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage five years ago. Among its suggestions is a system of bulk [ विस्तार ] procurement [ वसूली ] of important drugs from quality generics manufacturers through Central and State-level supply logistics corporations and their distribution through Jan Aushadhi outlets. Given the large size of India’s pharmaceuticals market, and the vested interests in favour of the status quo on price and distribution, it has taken inordinately long to move to low-cost generic medicines on a large scale. There is also a lack of awareness on the availability of affordable alternatives to expensive brands. A recent assessment of India’s expenditure on health published by The Lancet showed that out-of-pocket spending comprises 58 per cent of the total; two-thirds of this is on drugs. What makes the situation difficult even for relatively better-off patients who can afford commercial health insurance is that risk cover is generally confined to part payment of hospitalisation bills, but not prescription medicines. The poor are impoverished further by drug costs. It is vital, therefore, that governments act on multiple fronts — making listed essential medicines available free or nearly free to all in hospitals through higher public spending, widening access to generics through Jan Aushadhi outlets, and closely monitoring professional practice to eliminate prescription of irrational, non-essential drugs that have no curative effect.

Daily Current Affairs- 27 April 2016

Daily Current Affairs- 26 April 2016

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

The hindu Editorial 2, 27 April 2016

Topic - The Malegaon reminder

On September 8, 2006, three bombs shattered [तबाह करना ] the calm in Malegaon town on the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat, a day when believers are out and about late in the evening. A mosque was attacked, and the intent was immediately clear: to create inter-community tension. The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested a group of Muslim men from Malegaon and Mumbai. This week, all nine accused have been acquitted[ बरी करना ] by a special MCOCA court, which said there was not sufficient ground to proceed against them. It is, at one level, evidence of the balance of justice weighing in on the side of the innocent, though how to recompense [बदला चुकाना ] a person for five years of wrongful confinement [ कारावास ] in jail is a question the judicial system must grapple with. In fact, one of the nine passed away last year. At another level, events over the intervening decade string together a narrative that this country has still not come to grips with. The questions it frames are best set against the chronology [ घटनाक्रम ]of events after that Shab-e-Baraat evening. As terror attacks hit the Samjhauta Express near Panipat (February 2007), the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad (May 2007), the Ajmer Dargah (October 2007), and then Malegaon once again in September 2008, it eventually became clear that the investigating agencies were on the wrong track in pursuing the accused for these incidents.

Topic - The curious case of Mr. Isa’s visa

The decision to revoke [ वापस लेना ] the visa issued to Chinese dissident [मतभेद करनेवाला] Uyghur leader Dolkun Isa has averted [ टालना ] a bigger diplomatic face-off [ सामना करना ] with Beijing. It has also put an uncomfortable spotlight on the Central government’s handling of such a sensitive issue. There is, first, the question of how Mr. Isa’s application slipped through the cracks of India’s much vaunted [ दिखावा ] ‘e-visa’ system. If, indeed, as the government now claims, the visa approval was inadvertent [ बेपरवाह ], then it must be investigated how the system did not flag an application from a person with a Red Notice from Interpol. Second, the episode exposes a failure of coordination between the External Affairs and Home Ministries and the intelligence agencies, which failed to detect and vet applications of all those seeking to attend a high-profile conference in Dharamsala, with participants representing Taiwan and the Tibet and Uyghur regions. While India prides itself on support to groups fighting for freedom of expression around the world, it also has a stringent [ कड़ी से कड़ी ] system of scrutiny for those entering the country. On the other hand, if, as sources in the government were quoted widely as saying, the visa decision was deliberate [ जानबूझकर ] and meant to be a response to China blocking a proposed United Nations ban on Masood Azhar,

Daily Current Affairs- 24-25 April 2016

The Hindu Editorial 2, 26 April 2016

Topic - A desperate situation

The pendency of cases in India’s overburdened and understaffed judiciary is well documented. The emotional appeal made by Chief Justice T.S. Thakur on Sunday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has added a sense of poignancy and urgency to the issue. The numbers are startling: against a perceived requirement of about 50,000 judges, the country has a judicial strength of a mere 18,000, while more than three crore cases are pending in various courts. In the Supreme Court, the current pendency is 60,260 for a Bench consisting of 31 judges. As many as 434 posts of High Court judges are vacant, while a docket burden of 38.68 lakh cases is stretching available infrastructure and resources. The problem, however, is not new, and the current crisis has been bearing down on the judiciary for some years now. Occasional observations made by the superior judiciary on the alarming state of affairs, be it as part of court proceedings or at formal functions where Law Ministers and judges congregate, elicit some sympathetic noises or ad hoc responses.

Topic - Of umbrage and exception

Counselling caution is not easy in public life. Be too subtle, and you risk falling below the radar. Sharpen your observations to get the point home, and you risk upsetting sensitivities, genuine as well as contrived. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan’s remark seeking to put India’s economic performance in perspective has drawn predictable criticism. Using a familiar Hindi metaphor, “andhon mein kana raja”, or “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”, he had warned against exulting about India’s seven-odd per cent GDP growth amid a global slowdown. In the course of an interview on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund’s spring meeting, he said our growth figures must not make us believe that all is on track, and went on to count the green shoots of recovery India needs to nurture. It has long been Dr. Rajan’s theme song that economic management needs leadership to be on top of every possible anxiety. In 2005, it led him to wade against the feel-good current of the heady pre-2008 era, and warn a gathering of leading economists in Wyoming, U.S., that crafty instruments such as credit default swaps were endangering the financial system.

Topic - Building on the Paris Agreement

The 174 countries and the European Union that signed up to the Paris Climate Change Agreement in New York on April 22 have committed themselves to the decision that a range of actions must be undertaken to keep the rise in global average temperature well below 2° Celsius over pre-industrial levels. The debate on climate change shifted after the climate summit in Paris in December from whether scientific evidence is strong enough to warrant making aggressive cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, to how this should be achieved without hurting economic growth in developing countries such as India. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change accepts differentiated responsibility for developing nations, which are not responsible for the accumulated stock of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, as opposed to rich countries that historically had the benefit of the unfettered use of fossil fuels. What makes carbon emissions particularly problematic, however, is that polluting local flows have a global effect over relatively short periods, and far-flung countries, such as small island nations, suffer the impact.

Topic - To Brexit or not to Brexit

It should not have needed a visiting U.S. President to puncture the arguments of eurosceptic Britons, who believe their country is better off outside the European Union (EU). But so strong is the hold of Britain’s history as an imperial power that the prospect of a destiny inside Europe, that too one driven by a dominant Franco-German alliance, is deeply unpalatable to sections of the political class. For all the fury and noise over the referendum in June, the question whether to stay inside or leave the bloc has cast a long and troublesome shadow on a country that joined the EU in 1973 under a Conservative Prime Minister. When the Labour leader Harold Wilson won public approval for that step in a 1975 referendum, the hope was that the overwhelming mandate would be irreversible. With the benefit of hindsight, we know that the debate is far from over. Years on, Prime Minister David Cameron finds himself in Wilson’s shoes. His Conservative backbenchers forced his hand on a U.K. vote on continued EU membership and prominent Cabinet colleagues are now spearheading the leave campaign.

Daily Current Affairs : 23 April 2016

The Hindu Editorial 2(23rd Apr 2016)

Topic - Growing cracks in the U.S.-Saudi alliance

When U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday to attend a regional summit of Gulf leaders, he was welcomed by the local governor, not by King Salman Bin Abd al-Aziz himself. Given that the monarch personally welcomed other leaders who arrived for the summit, this is a strong indicator of the deep rift [दरार ] in the U.S.-Saudi alliance. The visit was positioned as a major diplomatic outreach [ पहुँच ] to the kingdom by Mr. Obama, perhaps his last as the President, to allay concerns about Washington’s approach towards Iran and other contentious [ विवादास्पद ] issues such as the civil war in Syria.

But it turned out to be a low-key affair with both sides holding on to their respective positions. This is not the first awkward moment in the over 70-year-old U.S.-Saudi alliance. On the face of it, relations are riddled [ रहस्य ] with contradictions. One is a democracy that has even embedded

Topic - On going beyond 'Bommai'

The Uttarakhand High Court’s verdict [निर्णय ] declaring the imposition of President’s Rule in the State as unconstitutional was expected, but the quick stay on its operation granted by the Supreme Court means that Harish Rawat is once again a “former Chief Minister” and President’s Rule is back in force. The dismissal of an elected government on the eve of a confidence vote was a drastic measure that no court could have unequivocally [स्पष्ट ]endorsed. The High Court after all was only applying the law laid down in the Bommai case in 1994,

which made it clear that the only place to ascertain [ पता लगाने के ] the majority of a government was the floor of the House. In assessing the merits of the Centre’s case for the imposition of President’s Rule, the High Court had to examine three main contentions[ दलीलों ]. These were the unusual passage of the Appropriation Bill through a voice vote rather than a division (following which the Bill was not sent for approval to the Governor), the summary disqualification of nine dissident [ मतभेद करनेवाला ] ruling party legislators, and a sting video that allegedly caught Mr. Rawat offering inducements [ प्रलोभन ] to win back the support of dissidents.

First in India

Following are first in India happenings :

Male

The first President of Indian Republic- Dr. Rajendra Prasad
The first Prime Minister of free India- Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first Indian to win Nobel Prize- Rabindranath Tagore
The first President of Indian National Congress- W.C. Banerjee
The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress- Badruddin Tayyabji
The first Muslim President of India- Dr. Zakir Hussain

Topic - A misguided ban in Delhi

The Delhi government’s decision to ban surge [तेज़ी से चढ़ना ] pricing by taxi service aggregators [समूहक ], which follows a similar ban imposed by Karnataka, is misguided. In Delhi’s case, the surge pricing ban has flowed from the imposition of the odd-even licence plate rule, which has increased the demand for taxis. The odd-even scheme may be a welcome intervention to reduce traffic congestion in the Union Territory, but the decision to clamp down on surge pricing by aggregators such as Uber and Ola, which is set to continue even after Phase Two of the odd-even scheme ends on April 30, is counterproductive.

As expected, after the ban, the number of taxis plying on Delhi’s roads has dropped. Arbitrary [ इच्छाधीन ] interventions in the demand-supply market are pointless in the absence of alternative solutions. If Uber and Ola are charging their customers unscrupulous [ बेशरम ]sums, the only long-term solution for the Delhi government is to provide its residents with cheaper and better public transport.

22 April: Earth Day

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year.

Important facts about Earth Day

This year is 46th anniversary of Earth Day.

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be celebrated on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere.

It recognises that Earth and its ecosystems provide its inhabitants with life and sustenance.

It also aims to raise awareness that humans have a collective responsibility to promote harmony with nature and to balance the economic, social and environmental needs of present and future generations.

2016 Theme: ‘Trees for the Earth!’. The theme signifies that trees are crucial for combating climate change as they absorb harmful levels of Carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

This year’s Earth Day coincides with the signing of the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The agreement is a legally binding on signatory countries to limit global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius.

The Hindu Editorial 1(22nd Apr 2016)

Topic - Reasons and excuses for violence

The provocation [ उत्तेजना ] for violence is often very different from the underlying cause. After days of unrest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara town, in which five civilians died, it now emerges that the trigger[कारण ] for all the moral outrage [ उपद्रव ] and protests — the report of a molestation [ छेड़छाड़ ] bid on a young woman by a soldier — may not have had any basis in fact. She submitted before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Handwara, that she was assaulted by a local youth, and not by any of the Army personnel stationed in Handwara.

The facts of what actually happened are still contested, but the manner in which the rumour of the involvement of an Army man in the attack spread through the town points to the widespread distrust [ शक ]of the armed forces in the area.

Current affairs weekly Quick Points: (10th April -16th April, 2016)

Union Government launches ISBN portal
Saudi Arabia and Egypt to build bridge over the Red Sea
Anthony Joshua ( British professional boxer) wins 2016 IBF world title
Former Union MoS Dr C Silvera passes away
UN observed 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar on April 13, 2016
Pakistan, China launch joint air force training exercise Shaheen 5
IIT- Kharagpur wins National IP( intellectual Property ) Award

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.

List of 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Books, Drama and Music

Fiction: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Drama: Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
History: Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T.J. Stiles.
Biography: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan,.

The Hindu Editorial 2(21st april 2016)

The Empire State has smiled upon its own. In Tuesday’s primary elections, New York yielded rich bounties [ इनाम ] to Democrat and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and also to Republican property billionaire Donald Trump. Both were already frontrunners in the race to win their party’s nominations for the November 2016 presidential election, going by the number of delegates [ प्रतिनिधियों ] each had garnered [ संग्रह करना ]. In sweeping New York, both candidates have consolidated [ संगठित ] their leads over their nearest rivals and set themselves up for victory in the July conventions in Philadelphia and Cleveland, respectively.

Topic - Rollback redux

Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has backed off from enforcing new rules to restrict employees from emptying their provident fund accounts before they turn 58 years old. This is the second time in just over a month that the government has backtracked[ मुकर जाना ] on a major policy shift concerning retirement savings in PF accounts. Another U-turn may be called for once the implications of new rules issued by the Finance Ministry to forfeit [ ज़ब्ती] ‘unclaimed’ deposits in small savings schemes sink in. Earlier, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley withdrew two paragraphs of his Budget with a provision to tax three-fifths of employee PF accumulations [ राशि] at the time of retirement. That rollback came within a week, in the face of a widespread political backlash[ प्रतिक्रिया ].

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The Hindu Editorial3 (20th april 2016)

Topic - Of populism and prohibition

Across India, States are marching[ अग्रसर] towards total prohibition. Kerala has embarked [ ने शुरू किया ]on a 10-year path to total prohibition [ निषेध ], by first limiting the sale of “hard liquor” to five-star bars and restaurants and gradually reducing the number of sale points. Bihar initiated a two-step plan, with a ban on country liquor effective from April 1, followed just days later with a prohibition on the sale of Indian Made Foreign Liquor, bureaucratese for everything other than country brew. Indeed, in a sign of the moral panic that grips political parties at the mention of prohibition, the Bihar Assembly’s successful adoption of the Bill banning country liquor was accompanied by a unanimous [ सर्वसम्मति से ]resolution by MLAs that they would not consume alcohol.

Topic - Deepening crisis in Brazil

Brazil’s Lower House of Congress has decided to start impeachment [महाभियोग] proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, inflicting[ थोपना ] another blow to her and her embattled [संकटग्रस्त ]left-wing party. Ms. Rousseff’s popularity has eroded [ घट जाना ]fast over the last year with a deepening economic crisis and a spreading corruption scandal, in which several of her Workers Party (PT) leaders have been implicated[ फँसाना ]. Some of her recent moves to ride out [ जारी रखना ]the crisis, such as appointing former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as her Chief of Staff, backfired [उलटा असर हुआ ]in the face of legal, congressional and political opposition.

Topic - Are negative rates the new normal?

If it is hard to agree on strategies that are critical for global growth, then at least avoid the ones that could hurt progress. This seems like a reasonable reading of the deliberations[विचार-विमर्श ] at the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund last week. Clearly, the earlier impatience[अधीरता ] to see a return to the robust [ मजबूत ] rates of growth that preceded [पहले ]the 2008 meltdown [मंदी ]is gradually giving way to a more sober [ शांत ] acceptance of a modest [मामूली ]medium-term recovery. China’s slowest rise in GDP since early 2009, low global commodity[ वस्तु] prices, and the uncertainty over Britain’s continued membership of the European Union, together seem to contribute to a more cautious stance [ रुख ].

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Topic - Country without a pause

At a closed-door meeting with BJP office-bearers recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a case for holding elections to Parliament, State legislatures and local bodies simultaneously. Last week, a group of ministers initiated a discussion with Election Commission officials on the proposal. Certainly the proposal is far from new, having been made earlier by top BJP leaders. L.K. Advani has advocated it on occasion, and the BJP’s manifestos for the 2009 and 2014 general elections promised to “evolve a method of holding Assembly and Lok Sabha elections simultaneously”.

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The Hindu Editorial 2 (16th April, 2016)

Topic - The power of symbolism

Citing an acute water crisis in parts of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court has evicted the Indian Premier League from the State’s cricket stadiums. All matches scheduled for May this season will be relocated, giving the local cricket associations two weeks to make alternative arrangements.

Topic - Oceanic opportunities

For a region that has been historically seafaring [ जहाज़-रानी ], India in the modern era has been bafflingly [चौंकाने वाला ] inward-looking. It is therefore welcome to hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi say, as he did at the Maritime India Summit in Mumbai on Thursday, that “the maritime agenda will complement the ambitious infrastructure plan for the hinterland [आंतरिक इलाके]which is going

Topic - Green shoots? Maybe, but they needwatering

Are there green shoots in the economy? Do Achche Din lie ahead of us? Given the number of times such false hopes have been raised over the past couple of years, it is much too hasty to conclude that the recent thread of positive economic data puts the country firmly on the path of accelerated economic growth. While three data points suggest that the economy may be turning the corner, they

Editorial( Business Line ) with vocabulary -13th april

Topic - P(l)ay it safe

For long, the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India have been fighting a pitched battle to push Indian citizens to use less physical cash, and transition to banking channels or electronic platforms for their monetary transactions. But these efforts have met with limited success, with cash still accounting for nearly half of all transactions by value. The Unified Payment Interface (UPI), powered by the

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The Hindu Editorial 2 {12th April 2016}

Topic - Downscaling for success

Sometimes, success depends on the scaling down of ambition. Efforts at reuniting the secular parties with roots in the Janata Party of the 1970s have been under way ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority of its own in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. But a mega-merger was never going to be easy as the Janata Parivar parties, with varying strengths, spread across different regions, and united only by a common opponent, could not have easily agreed on the modalities [ तौर-तरीका ]

Topic - Giving peace a chance in Yemen

A United Nations-backed ceasefire [ युद्धविराम ] between the Saudi-allied forces loyal to President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and Shia Houthi rebels took effect in Yemen on Sunday, raising hopes that the warring factions [ युद्धरत गुट ] may purposefully work towards a negotiated solution. It is not clear how long the truce will hold, given the complexity of the conflict and past experience. Three previous attempts to reach a ceasefire had collapsed. This time around, the rebels and the Saudi-backed forces have announced that they will respect the truce [ युद्धविराम ] .

General Knowledge MCQ :: Indian History

Topic- The wages of negligence [ लापरवाही की मजदूरी ]

Even in a country that has unreasonably high tolerance for poor safety planning and lack of governmental accountability, the tragedy in the Puttingal Devi temple in Kerala’s Kollam district is a complete shocker. The death of more than a hundred people and injuries caused to scores by explosions in a storehouse, was a result of gross negligence, a combination of appalling carelessness and a reckless disregard for the safety of others.[ यहां तक कि एक देश गरीब सुरक्षा योजना और सरकारी जवाबदेही की कमी के लिए अनुचित रूप से उच्च सहिष्णुता है कि में , केरल के कोल्लम जिले में Puttingal देवी मंदिर में त्रासदी एक पूरा घिनौना

The Hindu Editorial 1{11th April 2016}

Topic- On detecting and delaying diabetes

Between 1980 and 2014, the age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes in India more than doubled among men (from 3.7 to 9.1 per cent) and women (4.6 to 8.3 per cent). In absolute terms, the number of diabetics in India galloped from 11.9 million to 64.5 million in the same period, according to a paper published on April 2, 2016 in The Lancet. India stands next only to China in the prevalence of diabetes, and contributes nearly one-sixth to the global disease burden of 422 million.[ 1980 और 2014 के बीच भारत में मधुमेह की उम्र से समायोजित व्यापकता से अधिक पुरुषों (3.7 से 9.1 फीसदी) और महिलाओं (8.3 प्रतिशत पर 4.6) के बीच दोगुनी हो। निरपेक्ष संदर्भ में, भारत में मधुमेह रोगियों की संख्या इसी अवधि में 64.5 दस लाख करने के लिए 11.9 करोड़ से

GK Questions asked in Railway RRB Exam – 31 March 2016 [ including First, Second & Third Shifts]

1-Cricketer to hit 6 Sixes in an over in t20I is? Yuvraj Singh

2-Largest tea producing state? Assam

3-NASA is located at? Washington, DC

4-Larynx is (voice box)? Organ

GK Questions asked in Railway RRB Exam – 30 March 2016 [ including First, Second & Third Shifts]

1- Indian coins are made by? Ferritic Stainless Steel

2-Venue of Cricket World Cup 2019? England and Wales

3- Hockey league 2016 is won by- Punjab Warriors

4-The exercise "meghdoot" was conducted by Indian Army at which place?Siachen Glacier, Leh

GK Questions asked in Railway RRB Exam – 29 March 2016 [ including First, Second & Third Shifts]

1-Greenhouse effect on earth? – Global Warming
2-The Environment day is celebrated on? – 5 June
3-What is the smallest bone in the human body? – Stapes
4-Interpol Headquarter is located in? – Lyon, France

Questions asked in Railway RRB Exam-28th March 2016 [ including First, Second & Third Shifts]

1-Who invented vaccine for polio? Dr. Jonas Salk
2-What is the other name of the computer chip? Integrated Circuit (IC)
3-Who is the founder of DMK party? C. N. Annadurai

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Junior Associate (Customer Support & Sales) and Junior Agricultural Associates in clerical cadre total 17140 posts in State Bank of India. Candidates can apply for vacancies in one State and for one post only.

India: At a Glance

Dear Readers,
Here are some facts about our country India

Important facts about India :-

Geography
Location
Area	3.3 Million sq. km
Telephone Code	+91
Coastline	7516.6 km encompassing the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
High Point	Kanchenjunga 8,598 m.

Chief Minister and Governor of Various States of India

Dear Readers,

Here is the list of current Chief Minister and Governor of Various States of India as on 10-04-2016

India is a federal union of states comprising 29 states .

The Hindu Editorial 3{9th April 2016}

Topic- Welcome waste as new wealth [ नए धन के रूप में आपका स्वागत है WASTE]

After fighting a losing battle with the growing tide of municipal waste, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has notified the new Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 with clear responsibilities assigned to various classes of consumers. For these rules to have any significant impact, however, the local bodies in charge of implementation should appeal to the rational impulses of communities — a small effort at segregating trash at source would be a good thing for their household budgets.

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