DOCSLIB.ORG

India's Largest Online Test Series

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
India's Largest Online Test Series India’s Largest Online Test Series 1 Current Affairs Capsule I February 2018 Table of Contents Union Budget & Economic Survey Highlights..................................................................................................... 3 Awards & Honours ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Days & Events ................................................................................................................................................... 5 International Affairs .......................................................................................................................................... 7 National Affairs ............................................................................................................................................... 13 India & World ................................................................................................................................................. 23 Personalities in News ...................................................................................................................................... 27 Environment ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Government Policies & Schemes ..................................................................................................................... 32 Art & Culture .................................................................................................................................................. 36 Science & Technology ..................................................................................................................................... 36 Places in News ................................................................................................................................................ 40 Books & Authors ............................................................................................................................................. 41 Committees & Recommendations................................................................................................................... 41 Business & Economy ....................................................................................................................................... 41 Sports ............................................................................................................................................................. 50 Defence .......................................................................................................................................................... 54 Polity .............................................................................................................................................................. 57 India’s Largest Online Test Series 2 Current Affairs Capsule I February 2018 Union Budget & Economic Survey growth in direct taxes in 2017-18; 18.7% growth in Highlights indirect taxes in 2017-18. • Corporate Tax has been reduced from 30 percent to GST in Union Budget 2018 25 per cent for companies with turnover up to Rs 250 • Instead of 12 months, government will account for 11 crore, move to boost MSME sector. months of revenue only, under GST for 2017-2018. • Rs 21.57 lakh crore has been transferred in form of Technology and IT Sector net GST to finance the shortfalls of states against the • Allocation of Rs 3,073 crore was done for Digital predicted amount of Rs 21.47 lakh. India scheme. • As many as 5 lakh Wi-Fi hotspots will be installed to Railways in Union Budget 2018 give access of broadband services to 5 crore rural • Total capital expenditure for Indian Railways set at citizens. Rs 1, 48, 528 crores. • Government will now explore the usage of • A Special Railway University will also be set up in Blockchain technology but it will also take steps to Vadodara, Gujarat. prohibit circulation of Cryptocurrencies. • In order to cut travel times and delays, the FM proposed cutting 4, 267 unmanned railway crossings. Agriculture & Allied Sectors and Rural Development • Minimum support price (MSP) for all upcoming Kharif crops has been raised to 1.5 times the cost of production. • Agricultural market and infra fund of with corpus of Rs 2,000 will be created for 22,000 gramin agricultural markets and 585 APMCs. • Export of agricultural commodity has been liberalized to meet India’s agricultural exports potential of $100 billion. Health & Social Security • Govt to set up 1.5 lakh centres under Aayushman Bharat Programme to provide health facilities with an allocation of ₹1,200 crore. • 10 crore people to get Rs 5 lakh Health Coverage for hospitalization every year. • Government has set a target to construct at least 2 crore toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission. Education in Union Budget 2018 • Allocation of Rs 1 lakh crore has been proposed for revitalizing and upgrading education sector. • Education in country to be treated without segmentation from KG till class 12. • By 2022, every block with over 20,000 tribals and over 50 per cent STs will have a special Eklavya school. Banks in Union Budget 2018 • Mudra Yojana lending target set at Rs 3 lakh crore. • PM Jivan Bima Yojana gave benefits to 5.22 crore families in 2017. • Allocation of ₹52,719 crore for social inclusion of scheduled castes is proposed in the budget. Taxation in Union Budget 2018 • Government proposes no change in personal income tax rates for salaried class. There has been a 12.6% India’s Largest Online Test Series 3 Current Affairs Capsule I February 2018 Awards & Honours Vikas Sathaye honoured at Oscars Pranab Mukherjee to get honorary D.Litt • Vikas Sathaye has been honoured with the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award at the Oscars • Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be Scientific and Technical Awards 2018. conferred an honorary D.Litt. by the Indian Institute • Sathaye and his team received the award for his of Engineering Science and Technology. contribution towards conceptualisation, designing, • Mukherjee will be conferred the honour during IIEST engineering, and the implementation of the 'Shotover convocation for his role as a public figure for many K1 Camera System. decades. • The Shotover K1 Camera System is a camera mount • Mukherjee was also awarded an honorary D. Litt by that is used in aerial filming. Jadavpur University in December last year. EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 Umang App wins Best M-Govt Service award • Sanjiv Bajaj, managing director of Bajaj Finserv, has • Umang App was announced the winner of the Best been named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017. M-Government Service award in the Accessible Govt • Bajaj Finserv has emerged as the country’s leading category while Aadhar won the best emerging name in financial services with solutions across technology award at the World Government Summit lending, life and general insurance and wealth 2018 in Dubai. advisory. • Aadhaar was also recognized as the world’s largest • Bajaj will now represent India at the EY World biometric-enabled identification programme. Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY) in Monte • The award acknowledged Govt of India’s efforts to Carlo from June 13-17, 2018. provide convenient services to its citizens. 'Startup of the Year' 2017 RIL wins Golden Peacock Award for CSR • Milkbasket, India's first and largest micro-delivery • Reliance Industries has won the Golden Peacock platform has been recognised as 'Startup of the Year' Award 2017 for success of its Corporate Social 2017 at the 7th Small Business Awards. Responsibility initiatives. • Milkbasket delivers milk, bread, eggs, butter, juices • One of RIL's key social projects aim at impacting the and other daily need items every morning. livelihood of farmers through water and food security • The startup of the year award is dedicated to young interventions. SMEs, aged 7 years or less, with great potential to • The award aims to give attention to social & become big in local/international markets. environmental concerns & encourage companies to Asha Bhosle honoured with Yash Chopra Award balance financial profits, value addition & social good • Legendary singer Asha Bhosle has been honoured Modi gets Grand Collar of State of Palestine with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred • Bhosle, who is the fifth recipient of the award, was with the ‘Grand Collar of the State of Palestine’. felicitated by actress Rekha during the ceremony. • The Grand Collar is Highest order given to foreign • Bhosle’s illustrious music career spans 7 decades dignitaries, in the past it has been awarded to King having recorded over 11,000 songs in 20 different Salman of Saudi Arabia & President Xi Jinping of languages. China among others. • Previous recipients of the award are Lata • Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to make an Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha & Shah Rukh official visit to Palestine. Khan. TCS recognized as the world's Best employer • Tata Consultancy Services has been recognized as the world's best employer by the Top Employer Institute for the 3rd consecutive year. • TCS was selected from a pool of 1,300 companies in 113 countries for offering exceptional services to its employees. • Top Employer rankings are based on criteria including Talent Strategy, Workforce Planning, Learning & Development & On-boarding among others. The
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Captain Cool: the MS Dhoni Story
    Captain Cool The MS Dhoni Story GULU Ezekiel is one of India’s best known sports writers and authors with nearly forty years of experience in print, TV, radio and internet. He has previously been Sports Editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com and is the author of over a dozen sports books on cricket, the Olympics and table tennis. Gulu has also contributed extensively to sports books published from India, England and Australia and has written for over a hundred publications worldwide since his first article was published in 1980. Based in New Delhi from 1991, in August 2001 Gulu launched GE Features, a features and syndication service which has syndicated columns by Sir Richard Hadlee and Jacques Kallis (cricket) Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis) and Ajit Pal Singh (hockey) among others. He is also a familiar face on TV where he is a guest expert on numerous Indian news channels as well as on foreign channels and radio stations. This is his first book for Westland Limited and is the fourth revised and updated edition of the book first published in September 2008 and follows the third edition released in September 2013. Website: www.guluzekiel.com Twitter: @gulu1959 First Published by Westland Publications Private Limited in 2008 61, 2nd Floor, Silverline Building, Alapakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai 600095 Westland and the Westland logo are the trademarks of Westland Publications Private Limited, or its affiliates. Text Copyright © Gulu Ezekiel, 2008 ISBN: 9788193655641 The views and opinions expressed in this work are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him, and the publisher is in no way liable for the same.
    [Show full text]
  • Arjuna Award Winners from All Categories Year Category Name
    OLYMPIC DREAM INDIA Arjuna Award Winners from All Categories Year Category Name 2016 Boxing Shiva Thapa 2016 Billiards & Sourav Kothari Snooker 2016 Athletics Lalita Shivaji Babar 2016 Cricket Ajinkya Rahane 2015 Gymnastics Dipa Karmakar 2015 Kabaddi Abhilasha Shashikant Mhatre 2015 Rowing Sawarn Singh 2015 Weightlifting Sathish Kumar Sivalingam 2015 Boxing Mandeep Jangra 2015 Athletics Machettira Raju Poovamma 2015 Archery Naib Subedar Sandeep Kumar 2015 Shooting Jitu Rai 2015 Kabaddi Manjeet Chhillar 2015 Cricket Rohit Sharma 2015 Wrestling Bajrang Kumar 1 OLYMPIC DREAM INDIA 2015 Wrestling Babita Kumari 2015 Wushu Yumnam Sanathoi Devi 2015 Swimming Sharath M. Gayakwad (Paralympic Swimming) 2015 RollerSkating Anup Kumar Yama 2015 Badminton Kidambi Srikanth Nammalwar 2015 Hockey Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh 2014 Weightlifting Renubala Chanu 2014 Archery Abhishek Verma 2014 Athletics Tintu Luka 2014 Cricket Ravichandran Ashwin 2014 Kabaddi Mamta Pujari 2014 Shooting Heena Sidhu 2014 Rowing Saji Thomas 2014 Wrestling Sunil Kumar Rana 2014 Volleyball Tom Joseph 2014 Squash Anaka Alankamony 2014 Basketball Geetu Anna Jose 2 OLYMPIC DREAM INDIA 2014 Badminton Valiyaveetil Diju 2013 Hockey Saba Anjum 2013 Golf Gaganjeet Bhullar 2013 Athletics Ranjith Maheshwari (Athlete) 2013 Cricket Virat Kohli 2013 Archery Chekrovolu Swuro 2013 Badminton Pusarla Venkata Sindhu 2013 Billiards & Rupesh Shah Snooker 2013 Boxing Kavita Chahal 2013 Chess Abhijeet Gupta 2013 Shooting Rajkumari Rathore 2013 Squash Joshna Chinappa 2013 Wrestling Neha Rathi 2013 Wrestling Dharmender Dalal 2013 Athletics Amit Kumar Saroha 2012 Wrestling Narsingh Yadav 2012 Cricket Yuvraj Singh 3 OLYMPIC DREAM INDIA 2012 Swimming Sandeep Sejwal 2012 Billiards & Aditya S. Mehta Snooker 2012 Judo Yashpal Solanki 2012 Boxing Vikas Krishan 2012 Badminton Ashwini Ponnappa 2012 Polo Samir Suhag 2012 Badminton Parupalli Kashyap 2012 Hockey Sardar Singh 2012 Kabaddi Anup Kumar 2012 Wrestling Rajinder Kumar 2012 Wrestling Geeta Phogat 2012 Wushu M.
    [Show full text]
  • Corporate Centre, Mumbai on 6Th January 06
    TRANSFORMING WITH PASSION Jeeef<e&keâ efjheesš& Annual Report 2005-06 CMD, Dr. Anil K. Khandelwal welcoming Rahul Dravid, Brand Hon’ble Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram addressing the Ambassador of the Bank on 6th June 05 – Logo launch day. Board of Directors at Corporate Centre, Mumbai on 6th January 06. Hon'ble Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram inaugurating new customer centric initiatives at Corporate Centre, Mumbai on 6th January 06. Mr. Vinod Rai, Director, inaugurating the state-of-the-art Mr. Keith Vaz, MP, Leicester East, inaugurating Bank's 8th branch in Data Centre of the Bank in Mumbai on 10th December 05. U.K. on 3rd August 05 with CMD, Dr. Anil K. Khandelwal & Baroness Usha Prashar of Runnymede CBE, the Guest of Honour. efJe<eÙe metÛeer Contents Jeeef<e&keâ efjheesš& Annual Report 2005-06 he=‰ DeOÙe#eerÙe JekeäleJÙe................................ 24 efveosMekeâeW keâer efjheesš& .............................. 26 «eeHeâ ............................................. 43 cenlJehetCe& efJeòeerÙe metÛekeâ.......................... 45 legueve-he$e ........................................ 48 ueeYe-neefve uesKee ................................. 49 vekeâoer-ØeJeen efJeJejCeer ............................ 81 uesKee hejer#ekeâeW keâer efjheesš& ........................ 83 mecesefkeâle efJeòeerÙe efJeJejefCeÙeeb ...................... 85 keâeheexjsš-efveÙeb$eCe................................ 113 veesefšme ......................................... 141 Page F&meerSme / Øee@keämeer Heâece& / GheefmLeefle heÛeea ........ 145 Chairman's
    [Show full text]
  • Sep 2017 03:00PM
    PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD Police Constable Recruitment Test - 2017 10th Sep 2017 03:00PM Topic:- General Knowledge and Logical Knowledge 1) Who is the Union Minister for Railways? / रेलवे के के ीय मंी कौन ह? 1. Suresh Prabhu / सुरेश भु 2. Chaudhary Birender Singh / चौधरी बीरे िसंह 3. Thaawar Chand Gehlot / थावर चंद गहलोत 4. Piyush Goyal / पीयूष गोयल Correct Answer :- Suresh Prabhu / सुरेश भु 2) Who is the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission? / परमाणु ऊजा आयोग का अ कौन है? 1. Madhavan Nair / माधवन नायर 2. U R Rao / यु आर राव 3. Sekhar Basu / शेखर बसु 4. A S Kiran Kumar / ए एस िकरण कु मार Correct Answer :- Sekhar Basu / शेखर बसु 3) Today is Sunday. After 1344 days it will be: / आज रिववार है। 1344 िदनो ं के बाद यह िन न होगा: 1. Tuesday / मंगलवार 2. Monday / सोमवार 3. Saturday / शिनवार 4. Sunday / रिववार Correct Answer :- Sunday / रिववार 4) Which Schedule of the Constitution lists the languages recognized by it? / संिवधान की िकस अनुसूची म इसके ारा मा य भाषाएं सूचीब ह? 1. Sixth Schedule / छठी अनुसूची 2. Seventh Schedule / सातवी ं अनुसूची 3. Ninth Schedule / नवी ं अनुसूची 4. Eighth Schedule / आठवी ं अनुसूची Correct Answer :- Eighth Schedule / आठवी ं अनुसूची 5) The present defence minister of India is__________. / भारत के वतमान रा मंी __________ ह। 1. Manohar Parrikkar / मनोहर पारकर 2.
    [Show full text]
  • Weekly One Liners – Feburary 1 – Feburary 7
    Weekly One Liners – Feburary 1 – Feburary 7 www.bankersdaily.in NATIONAL Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his Budget for the year 2018-19 in Parliament. Ministry Of Earth Science (MoES) Has Inaugurated High Performance Computer System(HPC) Or Supercomputer Mihir (Meaning Sun) At National Centre For Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida. The Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched the third version of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM 3.0). The Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh inaugurated the 7th India Energy Congress 2018. It is organised by World Energy Council India with theme “Energy 4.0: Energy Transition Towards 2030”, in New Delhi. The Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,500 crore for three years to promote organic farming in Uttarakhand. India has joined the Ashgabat agreement which envisages setting up of an international transport and transit corridor linking central Asia with the Persian Gulf .It is to to significantly improve the trade and investment. The 32nd Surajkund International Crafts Mela has begun in Haryana’s Surajkund city. The first defence industrial production corridors link Chennai and Bengaluru. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Investors’ Summit ‘Advantage Assam’ in Guwahati. Odisha has bagged Geospatial World Excellence Award-2018 for successful IT application. A 10-day National Tribal Festival, Aadi Mohatsav, kicked off at Kalagram in Manimajra, Chandigarh.It is to celebrate tribal culture, cuisine and commerce. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the first International Kala Mela at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts in New Delhi. The Floating Treatment Wetland (FTW) was inaugurated on World Wetlands Day (February 2) in Neknampur Lake in Hyderabad to clean and purify the polluted waterbody.
    [Show full text]
  • SBI ASSOCIATE BANK CLERK EXAM Held on 6.1.2008
    SBI ASSOCIATE BANK CLERK EXAM Held on 6.1.2008 1. Which of the following departments of the Government of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the banks? (1) Railways (2) State Road Transports (3) Post and Telegraph (4) Ministry of Health (5) None of these 2. Which of the following organizations/ agencies has established a fund known as “Investor protection fund”? (1) SEBI (2) NABARD (3) Bombay Stock Exchange (4) AMFI (5) None of these 3. Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present? (1) Mr. K.V. Kamath (2) Dr. Y.V. Reddey (3) Mr. N.R. Narayanamurthy (4) Mr. O.P. Bhatt (5) None of these 4. Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs? (1) Money Lenders (2) Foreign Banks (3) NABARD (4) RBI (5)All of these 5. India has different categories of commercial banks. Which of the following is NOT one such category? (1) Private Banks (2) Commodity Banks (3) Nationalised Banks (4) Cooperative Banks (5) Foreign Banks 6. Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts? (a) Foreign Banks (b) Regional Rural Banks (c) Nationalised Banks (1) Only a (2) Only b (3) Only c (4) All a, b & c (5) None of these 7. Which of the following countries does not play international cricket? (1) Russia (2) England (3) South Africa (4) Pakistan (5) India 8. The money which Government of India spends on the development of Infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources? [Pick up the correct statement(s)] (a) Loan form World Bank/ ADB etc.
    [Show full text]
  • Mbbs/Bds Courses 2017-2018 Session(Government Quota) Provisional Merit List
    MBBS/BDS COURSES 2017-2018 SESSION(GOVERNMENT QUOTA) PROVISIONAL MERIT LIST NEET REGNO NEET COM. RANK ARNO NAME COMMUNITY MARK RANK 1 51203 SANTHOSH R BC 80063267 656 1 2 2757 MUKESH KANNA G M BC 80007774 655 2 3 51715 Z SYED HAFIZ BCM 80005538 651 1 4 20910 AISHWARYA SRINIVASAN OC 80093737 646 5 7132 JEEVA.TR BC 80016983 645 3 6 9896 DINESH.V MBC/DNC 80474146 634 1 7 2812 KABILAN.A MBC/DNC 80084331 633 2 8 5037 JOANNA MARY ROY OC 80045685 631 9 13273 ASHWIN.K BC 80241150 630 4 10 12616 ANANTHA RAJKUMAR T BC 80004404 630 5 11 10631 RAJARAJAN.M MBC/DNC 80205063 628 3 12 9275 ANASHWARA MERIN JACOB OC 80288788 617 13 12377 ANSTON GERARD ANGELO OC 80001563 615 14 4312 ARAVIND B BC 80008392 614 6 15 51293 EBENEZER STAINES OC 80007967 611 16 1964 ASHWATHI DEEPAK OC 80306726 608 17 4586 MUSTANSIR AZIZ KITABI OC 80210043 607 18 3725 MADHUSUDHAN.S OC 80068867 607 19 19703 ARUNKUMAR A MBC/DNC 80412136 606 4 20 18996 GAYATHIRI.S BC 80929698 601 7 21 15610 DIVYA MANOJ.K BC 80012458 601 8 22 5346 AJAY RAM A BC 80362949 601 9 23 23831 DINESH RAJ.N MBC/DNC 80342707 599 5 24 8630 AMRUTHA.M BC 80044433 598 10 25 459 S AKASH KUMAR BC 80363807 598 11 26 9993 VARSHA.S.KRISHNAN OC 80300907 595 27 3903 ASHFAQ SULAIMAN A BCM 80078691 594 2 28 1345 MANAS DAS OC 80087603 594 29 11494 SHREYAS SREEKUMAR OC 80008102 591 30 211 A.SAMYUKTHA OC 80934693 590 Page 1 of 908 MBBS/BDS COURSES 2017-2018 SESSION(GOVERNMENT QUOTA) PROVISIONAL MERIT LIST NEET REGNO NEET COM.
    [Show full text]
  • Home Stay Safe Stay
    S aturday, May 2, 2020 75 STAY HOME STAY SAFE §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ Saturday, May 2, 2020 FOR THE FORTNIGHT APRIL 19­MAY 2, 2020 12345 Volume 43 Number 9 ISSN 0971 359x §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ 16 It was Zaheer Khan’s second final after the heartbreaking loss to Australia in 2003. In a chat with Sportstar, the key bowler in India’s 2011 World Cup triumph speaks of the most momentous day of his cricket career. 20 The World Cup 2011 final triumph over Sri Lanka in Mumbai came as the culmination of the hard work Suresh Raina put in to make it to the India team. He takes us through the chase under oodlights. 6 Sportstar collaborated with 24 “We moved some of India’s elite sportspersons – away from focusing on from Leander Paes to Kapil Dev, individual success and P. T. Usha, Harbhajan Singh, Anju Bobby focused more around George, Bhaichung Bhutia and others – what we wanted to achieve to urge our readers to play it safe. as a team,” Gary Kirsten says, nine years after coaching India to its second ALSO READ ... World Cup title. 32 Interview | Cameron Bancroft is back to the basics 34 Column | Sunil Gavaskar 36 If the World T20 success in 2007 40 Statsman | Mohandas Menon gave medium-pacer Joginder Sharma the 43 What if...sports hadn’t come to a halt status of a sporting hero, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has made him a Design: R. Ravikannan frontline warrior against the Poster: (Sachin Tendulkar) (The Hindu Photo virus. Library) (Pages 51­58) sportstar.thehindu.com sportstarweb [email protected] Published by N.
    [Show full text]
  • Capsule for Rrb Po/Asst & Niacl (Mains)
    aa Is Now In CHENNAI | MADURAI | TRICHY | SALEM | COIMBATORE | CHANDIGARH | BANGALORE |ERODE | NAMAKKAL | PUDUCHERRY |THANJAVUR |TRIVANDRUM | ERNAKULAM |TIRUNELVELI |VELLORE | www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in CAPSULE FOR RRB PO/ASST & NIACL (MAINS). GENERAL AWARENESS & STATIC GK Exclusively prepared for RACE students Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. | Madurai: #24/21, Near MapillaiVinayagar Theatre, Kalavasal. | Trichy: opp BSNL office, Juman Center, 43 Promenade Road, Cantonment. | Salem: #209, Sonia Plaza / Muthu Complex, Junction Main Rd, State Bank Colony, Salem. | Coimbatore #545, 1st floor, Adjacent to SBI (DB Road Branch),DiwanBahadur Road, RS Puram, Coimbatore| Chandigarh| Bangalore|Erode |Namakkal |Puducherry |Thanjavur| Trivandrum| Ernakulam|Tirunelveli | Vellore | H.O: 7601808080 / 9043303030 | www.raceinstitute.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd CAPSULE FOR RRB PO/ASST & NIACL (MAINS) BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI) Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2018-19: Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC): Reserve Bank of India Policy Rate Current Rate Previous Rate Repo Rate 6.50% 6. 25% Reverse Repo Rate 6.25% 6. 00% Marginal Standing 6.75% 6. 50% Facility Rate Bank Rate 6.75% 6. 50% CRR 4% (Unchanged) 4% SLR 19. 5% 19. 5% (Unchanged) ➢ The six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to increase the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5% due to inflation concerns. ➢ According to the RBI Annual Report, it was mentioned due to the evolving economic conditions, real GDP growth for 2018-19 is expected to increase to 7.4% from 6.7% in the previous year.
    [Show full text]
  • Monnet Go for Gold Torch Having Completed Its Journey from the Northern India Marches Into Raipur
    Monnet Go for Gold torch having completed its journey from the northern India marches into Raipur Outdoor Stadium, sports complex, Budhapara, to witness political and sports stalwarts welcoming the symbolic torch Raipur, April 09, 2012: Monnet Go for Gold - an initiative by Sandeep Jajodia led Monnet Ispat & Energy Limited (MIEL) - a flagship company of the Monnet Group which aims at spreading the spirit of sportsmanship in a nation, which has been working hard to strengthen itself on the global map for the Olympic sports. The “Monnet Go for Gold” torch was unveiled at a ceremony held at Delhi on 20th January 2012 by the Honourable Sports Minister Shri Ajay Maken and Indian cricketing Legend Shri Kapil Dev. The initiative was conceptualised by MIEL to drive the nation’s desire to see an Indian on the victory podium holding a Gold Medal in one hand and the tri colour in the other. The torch run was planned to be flagged of from Jammu covering 50 cities and 6486 kilometres in 104 days to finally conclude at Kanyakumari. The initiative tries to touch and urge every Indian on our way to come out and do their bit to support the athletes in their quest of winning medals. On March 01, 2012, the Monnet Go for Gold torch was flagged off from Jammu by the Honorable Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, Mr. Omar Abdullah and Honorable Minister of Sports of J&K, Shri R.S. Chib. The torch since then has travelled through the northern parts of the country touching Chandigarh on 07th March 2012 and finally making its way through New Delhi on the 11th of March 2012.
    [Show full text]
  • List of Famous Cricketers of All Time
    Follow Us FAMOUS SPORTS PERSONALITIES List of Famous Cricketers of All time “You can also try the quiz on Famous Sports Personalities here – Quiz Link” Name of the Cricketer Famous for/ Known as Sachin Tendulkar Holds most of the batting records Sunil Gavaskar The little master Rahul Dravid The Wall Sourav Ganguly The best Indian captain Virender Sehwag India's finest opener Anil Kumble India's highest wicket taker Kapil Dev India's best all-rounder Javagal Srinath India's leading pacer for a long time Harbhajan Singh Best Indian off-spinner Zaheer Khan India's best left-handed fast bowler Aggressive captain and an equally Mohammad Azharuddin good player VVS Laxman One of the most elegant batsman MS Dhoni The best finisher Mohinder Amarnath Scored first test century for India Bishan Singh Bedi An effective spinner of his era Navjot Singh Siddhu Explosive batsman of his era Virat Kohli Next legend in making Vinod Kambli Short but marvellous career Ajay Jadeja A fine middle order batsman • First player to take a 5-wicket haul and score a 50 in the World Yuvraj Cup matches. • First player to hit 6 sixes in a T20 World Cup www.recruitment.guru/general-knowledge/| 1 Follow Us FAMOUS SPORTS PERSONALITIES Known for his slower deliveries and Venkatesh Prasad was one of its first proponents in world cricket The fastest Indian bowler to the milestone of 100 wickets in 18 test Ashwin matches and the fastest in the world in over 80 years Only Indian batsman to have scored Gambhir more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series He has a record of fastest 100 wickets Erapalli Prasanna in Tests by an Indian Bowler (in 20 Tests) at this time.
    [Show full text]
  • Irs LIQUID ENGINEERING: Castrol
    SANSCO SERVICES - Annual Reports Library Services - www.sansco.net CASTROL INDIA LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 2005 IT'S MORE THAN JUST OIL. irs LIQUID ENGINEERING: CastroL www.reportjunction.com SANSCO SERVICES - Annual Reports Library Services - www.sansco.net IT'S MORE THAN JUST OIL. IT'S LIQUID ENGINEERING. Your Company has had an excellent 2005, with growth across all key metrics. This performance is reassuring since it comes at a time when the external environment has been extremely challenging. The year saw unprecedented material cost increases and intense competition amongst industry players. However, the intrinsic 'Strength Within' your Company - brand, people, distribution, technology and innovation has propelled delivery of this impressive performance in 2005. It was heartening to see these inner strengths come together, such that we could understand our consumers better and thereby connect successfully with them. Your Company is focused on margin management through customer segmentation. Castrol was able to take price increases successfully by continuing to offer innovative propositions that meet the growing demands of its consumers. It is in difficult times that strong organizations take a challenging stance. Castrol seized the strategic opportunity to meet the challenge of the shift in the profile of consumers due to the booming personal mobility segment. During 2005, your Company took the initiative to relaunch the Castrol Masterbrand. All elements of the brand were changed and updated. All new communication has been most aptly summarized in the Brand's new tagline'It's more than just oil. It's Liguid Engineering'. In a difficult year, we have adopted a bold strategy to increase investment in our brand.
    [Show full text]