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GK POWER CAPSULE FOR IBPS CLERK MAINS 2015-16 government has approved the company’s raising Rs. 1,000 crore through tax free bonds, including Rs. 700 crore through public issue. 25) Current a/c deficit narrows to 1.2% of GDP in April-June. 26) The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) increased the life insurance cover of its subscribers from 3.6 lakh to 6 lakh rupees. 27) The banks in Dakshina Kannada district conducted a mega credit camp to disburse loans under the MUDRA scheme of the Centre on September 28. 28) The World Bank has promised $30 billion financial assistance to the Railways. NEW APPOINTMENTS (INDIA) S. no Newly Appointed Post & Company 1. Subir Vithal Gokarn Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2. Justice Ajit Prakash Shah Ethics officer (ombudsman) at Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). 3. Navtej Singh Sarna Indian High Commissioner to United Kingdom (UK) 4. V-Sivaramakrishnan (Siva) Managing Director, Oxford University Press India (OUPI) 5. Justice T S Thakur 43rd Chief Justice of India 6. Anil Kumar Jha Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) 7. Deepak Singhal Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India. 8. Virender Mohan Khanna Maintenance Head of IAF 9. Harshavardhan Neotia President of FICCI. Note: He will succeed Jyotsna Suri 10. Nitish Kumar Chief Minister of Bihar (Fifth Time) 11. V Raja Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Philips India 12. Vijay Keshav Gokhale India’s Ambassador to China. Note: He will replace Ashok Kantha 13. Zarin Daruwala India’s Chief Executive Officer at Standard Chartered Bank 14. -
Global Feminisms: Interview Transcripts: India Language: English
INDIA Global Feminisms: Comparative Case Studies of Women’s Activism and Scholarship Interview Transcripts: India Language: English Interview Transcripts: India Contents Acknowledgments 3 Shahjehan Aapa 4 Flavia Agnes 23 Neera Desai 48 Ima Thokchom Ramani Devi 67 Mahasweta Devi 83 Jarjum Ete 108 Lata Pratibha Madhukar 133 Mangai 158 Vina Mazumdar 184 D. Sharifa 204 2 Acknowledgments Global Feminisms: Comparative Case Studies of Women’s Activism and Scholarship was housed at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan (UM) in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The project was co-directed by Abigail Stewart, Jayati Lal and Kristin McGuire. The China site was housed at the China Women’s University in Beijing, China and directed by Wang Jinling and Zhang Jian, in collaboration with UM faculty member Wang Zheng. The India site was housed at the Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women (SPARROW) in Mumbai, India and directed by C.S. Lakshmi, in collaboration with UM faculty members Jayati Lal and Abigail Stewart. The Poland site was housed at Fundacja Kobiet eFKa (Women’s Foundation eFKa) in Krakow, Poland and directed by Slawka Walczewska, in collaboration with UM faculty member Magdalena Zaborowska. The U.S. site was housed at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan and directed by UM faculty member Elizabeth Cole. Graduate student interns on the project included Nicola Curtin, Kim Dorazio, Jana Haritatos, Helen Ho, Julianna Lee, Sumiao Li, Zakiya Luna, Leslie Marsh, Sridevi Nair, Justyna Pas, Rosa Peralta, Desdamona Rios and Ying Zhang. -
Years Because of a #Metoo Scandal
1 CHAPTERS 1 AWARDS & HONOURS 2 FAMOUS BOOKS 3 APPOINTMENTS 4 INDIAN ECONOMY 5 BUSINESS & CORPORATE WORLD 6 BRAND AMBASSADORS 7 AGREEMENTS & MoU 8 SUMMITS 9 INDEX, RANKINGS & DISTINCTIONS 10 SPORTS 11 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 11 YOJANAS & SCHEMES 12 MISCELLANEOUS 2 AWARDS & HONOURS 2018 Nobel Laureates 2018 2018 Nobel Prize were announced in 5 different fields viz. Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Peace, & Economic Sciences. This is for the first time that Nobel Prize for Literature was not given in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal. Field Winners Key Points “for their discovery of cancer James P Allison (USA) therapy by inhibition of negative Physiology or Medicine & Tasaku Honjo(Japan) immune regulation” Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard Mourou (France) and Donna Strickland "for groundbreaking inventions Physics (Canada) in the field of laser physics" (a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (USA) (a) "for the directed evolution of (b) Other half jointly to George P. enzymes" Chemistry Smith (USA) & Sir Gregory P. (b) "for the phage display of peptides & antibodies" Winter (UK) “for their efforts to end the use of Denis Mukwege (Congo) & sexual violence as a weapon of war Peace Nadia Murad (Iraq) & armed conflict” (a) “for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis” (a) William D.Nordhaus (USA) Economic Sciences (b) “for integratingtechnological (b) Paul M. Romer (USA) innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis.” 3 Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, & pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. -
Current Affairs August 2018 Pdf
CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2018 PDF AWARDS AND HONOURS Name of the Award Award Winner Additional Information Fields Medal Akshay Venkatesh Fields Medal is dubbed as the “Nobel prize for mathematics” Best performing primary HDFC Bank For the EWS (Economically lending institution in Credit Weaker Section) and LIG (Low Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) Income Group) category Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Former West Bengal Governor The award carries a citation Award 2018 Gopalkrishna Gandhi and a cash award of Rs.10 lakh. “Outstanding Parliamentarian” For 2013 - Dr Najma A. The Outstanding award Heptulla Parliamentarian Award was For 2014 - Hukumdev established in 1995. Narayan Yadav For 2015 - Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, For 2016 - Dinesh Trivedi For 2017 - Bhartruhari Mahatab Top honours at the Swachhta Oil and Natural Gas Corp Indian Oil Corp (IOC) bagged Pakwada Awards (ONGC) the runner-up’s award. MasterChef Australia 2018 Indian origin prison guard Sashi Cheliah 100 women who changed the Marie Curie Poll conducted by BBC world Geography Bee World Indian-American high school Championship student Avi Goel Kotak Wealth Hurun-Leading Smitha V. Crishna Estimated wealth of ₹ 37,570 Wealthy Women 2018 list crore. Shaurya Chakra Rifleman Aurangzeb & - Major Aditya Kumar Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) Group Captain Abhishek Sharma, Squadron Leader Vernon Desmond Keane and Sergeant Shashidhar P Prasad 2018 Albany Medical Center James Allison, Carl June and Three US scientists Prize in Medicine and Steven Rosenberg Biomedical Research US Legion of Merit 2018 General Dalbir Singh Suhag The Legion of Merit is awarded in four degrees; Degree of Chief Commander, Degree of commander, Degree of the officer, Degree of Legionnarie. -
CURRENT AFFAIRS= 25-04-2019 UAE Based Etihad Airways
CURRENT AFFAIRS= 25-04-2019 UAE based Etihad Airways becomes first major airline to operate plastic-free flight Recently, Etihad Airways, UAE based flag carrier, has become the first major airline in the gulf region to operate a flight without any single-use plastics on board. The objective is to raise awareness about pollution on Earth Day. The flight named EY484, first flight without use of plastics landed in Brisbane, Australia on April 22, Earth Day. State Bank of India (SBI) launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles On World Earth Day- April 22, 2019 the State Bank of India (SBI) has launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles. The new scheme ‘Green Car Loan’ will offer loan at 20 basis points lower than the interest rate on the existing car loan schemes. Dawn Journalist Cyril Almeida named IPI’s 71st World Press Freedom Hero in 2019 Dawn editor and Columnist Cyril Almeida from Pakistan has won the IPI’s (International Press Institute) World Press Freedom Hero award in 2019 for his “critical” and “tenacious coverage” of the civil-military relations in Pakistan. And also MadaMasr, an Egyptian news site, has won Free Media Pioneer Award 2019 of the IPI and International Media Support (IMS). Both awards will be presented in IPI’s annual World Congress and General Assembly function to be held in Geneva, Switzerland on 5th June, World Intellectual Property Day 2019. About International Press Institute : ♦ Industry: Journalism, human rights, social justice ♦ Founded: October 1950; 68 years ago ♦ Headquarters: Vienna, Austria ♦ Chair of the IPI Executive Board: MARKUS SPILLMANN Bhandarkar, Helen get Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019 On 24th April 2019, The prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019 was awarded to National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, popular scriptwriter Salim Khan and dancing diva Helen. -
General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1977 TO THE SIXTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI ECI-GE77-LS (VOL. I) © Election Commision of India, 1978 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, without prior and express permission in writing from Election Commision of India. First published 1978 Published by Election Commision of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi - 110 001. Computer Data Processing and Laser Printing of Reports by Statistics and Information System Division, Election Commision of India. Election Commission of India – General Elections, 1977 (6th LOK SABHA) STATISCAL REPORT – VOLUME I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results) CONTENTS SUBJECT Page No. Part – I 1. List of Participating Political Parties 1 - 2 2. Number and Types of Constituencies 3 3. Size of Electorate 4 4. Voter Turnout and Polling Station 5 5. Number of Candidates per Constituency 6 - 7 6. Number of Candidates and Forfeiture of Deposits 8 7. Candidates Data Summary 9 - 39 8. Electors Data Summary 40 - 70 9. List of Successful Candidates 71 - 84 10. Performance of National Parties vis-à-vis Others 85 11. Seats won by Parties in States / UT’s 86 - 88 12. Seats won in States / UT’s by Parties 89 - 92 13. Votes Polled by Parties – National Summary 93 - 95 14. Votes Polled by Parties in States / UT’s 96 - 102 15. Votes Polled in States / UT by Parties 103 - 109 16. Women’s Participation in Polls 110 17. -
Current Affairs Quiz-27 Mar 2020
1 A. 1.5 lakh Crore B. 1.7 Lakh Crore C. 1.2 Lakh Crore D. 3.1 Lakh Crore 2 A. World Bank B. United Nations C. IMF Kristalina Georgieva The initial policy tracker includes the G20 and European D. WHO Institutions Monetary and fiscal policy measures 3 A. AIIMS B. Reliance C. Adani Power D. Vedanata 4 A. Sri Lanka B. Bangladesh C. Myanmar Capital- Dhaka Currency- Taka D. Indonesia President- Abdul Hamid Prime Minister- Sheikh Hasina Independece Declared- 26 March 1971 Current constitution- 16 December 1972 After the 1757 Battle of Plassey, Bengal was the first region of the Indian subcontinent conquered by the British East India Company. 5 A. Ramchandra Guha B. Chander Suta Dogra C. Bipin Rawat D. Dalbir Singh Suhag Manoj and Babli 6 A. Rajasthan B. Odisha C. Bengal D. Telangana Statehood- 1 April 1936 Capital- Bhubaneswar Governor- Ganeshi Lal Chief Minister- Naveen Patnaik (BJD) 7 A. Google B. Microsoft C. Facebook National public health institute D. WHO To help people assess potential symptoms of COVID-19. Microsoft Azure – AI based Cloud Computing Platform 8 A. IIT- Delhi B. AIIMS C. IIT- Gandhinagar The project is inspired by Sir Isaac Newton, who was D. BITS similarly sent home by Trinity College, Cambridge, because of the Great Plague of London in 1665. During this year, Newton, then a 22-year-old college student developed some of his most profound discoveries, including early calculus, as well as his theories of optics and gravity. 9 A. FCI B. NABARD C. FICCI Food Corporation of India Founded – 1965 in New Delhi D. -
Abhyaas News Board … for the Quintessential Test Prep Student
February 5, 2017 ANB20170202 Abhyaas News Board … For the quintessential test prep student 68th Indian Republic Day celebrated The chief guest at the Republic Parade this year The Editor’s Column was Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi. Dear Student, A contingent of UAE soldiers marched in the parade. The 149-member Presidential Guard, The new year augurs a lot of new changes. Donald which was led by a UAE band consisting of 35 Trump takes office as the 45th President of USA. The musicians, presented a ceremonial salute to the world watches as he makes sweeping changes in his President and the Chief Guest. A contingent of the first few days in office. National Security Guard (NSG), popularly known as the Black Cat Commandos, also participated in the Padma Awards announced as India celebrated the 68th parade which was commanded by Lt General Republic Day. A departure from the norm, the Budget Manoj Mukund Naravane, General Officer has been presented on Feb 1st. Miss France wins the Commanding, Delhi Area. Miss Universe crown whereas Rogerer Federer wins The army showcased its Tank T-90 and Infantry his 18th Grand Slam title and Serena Williams her 23rd Combat Vehicle and Brahmos Missile, its Weapon title. Locating Radar Swathi, Transportable Satellite Terminal and Akash Weapon System. The Indian Vinod Rai takes over the new BCCI chief and the Air Force tableau had the theme "Air Dominance Chairman of the Tata Group is N Chandra. Through Network Centric Operations". The tableau displayed the scaled down models of Su-30 MKI, Mirage-2000, AWACS, UAV, Apache and Happy Reading !! Communication Satellite. -
Daily Current Affairs Quiz Date: 02 Jan 2020 1
Daily Current Affairs Quiz Date: 02 Jan 2020 1. Name the head of prominent Pejavara Mutt, who 6. The first edition of Mandu festival is going to died recently? begin in which state? (A) Sri Adhokshaja Tirtharu (A) Madhya Pradesh (B) Sri Vishvesha Teertha Swami (B) Chhattisgarh (C) Sri Madhvacharya (C) Kerala (D) Sri Vishwaprasanna Theertha (D) Rajasthan (E) Sri Kanaka Dasa (E) Punjab 2. Which life insurance company has recently 7. Recently, Eminent Economist and Politician S. partnered with Paytm to enable customers of Gurumurthy has been launched a book named as Paytm to purchase insurance products from them? "Politics Opportunities: Regional Parties, (A) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Alliances, Center-State Relations in India", who is (B) SBI Life Insurance Company the writer of this book? (C) Max Life Insurance (A) R N P Singh (D) Life Insurance Corporation (B) Jitin Prasada (E) HDFC Life Insurance (C) Ajay Kumar Lallu (D) Milind Deora 3. According to Sustainable Development Goals (E) Nidhi Razdan (SDG) India Index 2019, which state is on numero Uno position? 8. Recently, MasterCard has signed an agreement (A) Kerala under the acquisition of which company to reduce (B) Goa cyber risks? (C) Karnataka (A) BitSight (D) Jammu and Kashmir (B) SecurityScorecard (E) Andhra Pradesh (C) FICO (D) RiskRecon 4. Who became the 1st Chief of the Defence Staff? (E) Securonix (A) Birender Singh Dhanoa (B) Dalbir Singh Suhag 9. Virat Kohli and which Indian fast bowler have (C) Karambir Singh been included as the only Indian in the Wisden (D) Sunil Lanba T20 International team of this decade? (E) Bipin Rawat (A) Jasprit Bumrah (B) Muhammad Shami 5. -
NIACL Assistant Prelims Exam Pattern 2018
" You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having" Question 1 In December 2019, who has been appointed as Director of OBC, ST & SC Development and M&BCW Department in Odisha? दिसंबर 2019 मᴂ ओडिशा मᴂ OBC, ST और SC विकास और M&BCW विभाग के नििेशक के 셂प मᴂ ककसे नियुक्त ककया गया है? 1) Baijayant Panda / बैजयंत पांिा 2) Prasanta Kumar Senapati / प्रशांत कु मार सेिापनत 3) Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo / कामाख्या प्रसािह ससं िेि 4) Srikant Kumar Jena / श्रीकांत कु मार जेिा 5) Pinaki Misra / वपिाकी समश्रा Answer 2) Prasanta Kumar Senapati Solution: • Odisha government made a reshuffle in IAS cadres by appointing Dr Noonsavath Thirumala Naik as the new Labour Commissioner of the state recently. • Dr Naik, the Director of Fisheries, replaced Niranjan Sahu, who is appointed as the Revenue Divisional Commissioner in Northern Division, Sambalpur. • Prasanta Kumar Senapati has been appointed as Director of OBC, ST & SC Development and M&BCW Dept उत्तर 2) प्रशा車त कु मार सेनापतत Solution: • ओडिशा सरकार िे हाल ही मᴂ िॉ. िोिसिथ थथ셁माला िाइक को रा煍य के िए श्रम आयुक्त के 셂प मᴂ नियुक्त करके IAS कै िर मᴂ फे रबिल ककया। • मछली पालि के नििेशक िॉ. िाइक िे निरंजि साहू का स्थाि सलया, जो उत्तरी डििीजि, संबलपुर मᴂ राजस्ि मंिल आयुक्त के 셂प मᴂ नियुक्त हुए हℂ। • प्रशांत कु मार सेिापनत को OBC, ST और SC विकास और M&BCW विभाग के नििेशक के 셂प मᴂ नियुक्त ककया गया है। Question 2 The Indian Navy is planning to build how many submarines, including six nuclear attack submarines? भारतीय िौसेिा छह परमाणु हमला पििुब्बबयⴂ सदहत ककतिी पििुब्बबयⴂ का निमााण करिे की योजिा बिा रही है? 1) 18 2) 20 3) 24 4) 28 5) 32 Answer 3) 24 Solution: • The Indian Navy is planning to build 24 submarines, including six nuclear attack submarines. -
XXXIV, 1 January-March 2018 Editorial Note 3 Ashok Dhawale
Theoretical Quarterly of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) XXXIV, 1 January-March 2018 Editorial Note 3 Ashok Dhawale Peasant Struggles: The Maharashtra Experience 8 Madhu Prasad The October Revolution and the Marxist Concept of Polytechnical Education 41 Anil Bhatti Remembering Georg Lukács 71 Li Jie Marxism: A New Era, New Environment, and New Requirements 83 Theoretical Quarterly of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) EDITORIAL BOARD SITaram YECHUry (EDITor) PraKasH KaraT B.V. RagHavULU ASHOK DHAWale ConTRIBUTors Ashok Dhawale is President, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), Member, Central Secretariat, CPI(M). Madhu Prasad taught for many years in a college in Delhi University, New Delhi. Anil Bhatti retired as Professor of German from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Li Jie is President of Qiushi Journal Press, China. For subscription and other queries, contact The Manager, Marxist, A.K.Gopalan Bhavan, 27-29 Bhai Veer Singh Marg, New Delhi 110001 Phone: (91-11) 2373 8725. Email: [email protected] Printed by Sitaram Yechury at Progressive Printers, A 21, Jhilmil Industrial Area, Shahdara, Delhi 110095, and published by him on behalf of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from A.K.Gopalan Bhavan, 27-29 Bhai Veer Singh Marg, New Delhi 110001 Marxist, XXXIV, 1, January-March 2018 ASHOK DHAWALE Peasant Struggles The Maharashtra Experience AIM OF AgrarIAN RevolUTIon The Party Programme of the CPI(M) characterises the present stage of the Indian Revolution as the People’s Democratic stage. The three main tasks set by it are anti-imperialist, anti-monopoly capital and anti-feudal. The agrarian revolution is considered as the axis of the People’s Democratic Revolution. -
Weekly Current Affairs Question Bank
Weekly Current Affairs Question Bank (13th-19th May 2018) Question 1 c) 15 d)18 In which year did the Postal Life Insurance extend the insurance cover to rural population under the Question 6 banner ‘Rural Postal Life Insurance' (RPLI)? Consider the following statements: a) 1992 b) 1994 1.Ministry of Defence has issued a notification for c) 1996 d) 1995 a unified Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) Question 2 2.DGTR will provide trade defence support to do- The Monetary Policy Committee, which is respon- mestic industry and to exporters in trade remedy sible for fixing the benchmark interest rate in In- investigations instituted by other countries. dia comprises of how many members? 3. DGTR will be the apex national authority for all a) 4 b) 7 trade remedial measures including anti-dumping, c) 5 d) 6 countervailing duties and safeguard measures. Which of the above statement/s is/are true re- Question 3 garding the Directorate General of Trade Reme- The Union Environment Ministry has launched a dies? drive aimed at cleaning ________ in the run-up a) Both 1 and 2 b) Both 2 and 3 to the World Environment Day. c) Only 2 d) Only 1 a) Roads and Highways b) Beaches and Water bodies Question 7 c) Villages in Rural areas d) Railway stations Who among the following has received a lifetime achievement award for his contributions towards Question 4 promoting brand India in the UK? According to a study using an array of NASA sat- a) Gopichand Hinduja b) Anurag Dikshit ellite observations of Earth, which country is c) Naresh Goyal d) Swraj Paul among the hotspots where overuse of water re- sources has caused a decline in the availability of Question 8 freshwater? India has pledged to eradicate tuberculosis by a) India b) China ________ c) Pakistan d) Bangladesh a) 2022 b) 2020 c) 2025 d) 2023 Question 5 The Department of Telecommunications has en- hanced the number of connections per user to Question 9 ________.