Magazine for the Month of February - 2016
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MONTHLY ISSUE - FEBRUARY - 2016 CurrVanik’s ent Affairs Banking | Railway | Insurance | SSC | UPSC | OPSC | PSU During the 10th ministerial conference in the Nairobi, Kenya two new members were added viz. Liberia (163rd) and Afghanistan (164th). O AA et for IBPS-PO(Main) Admissions Practice S Open 700 Vacancies AAO actice Set for LIC- OM ONLINE TEST & DISCUSSION Pr ARTS FR uary 2016 GL-2016 CRASS COURSE ST 11th Jan tice Set for C y 2016 y 3 Test & 3 Discussion Prac uar Weekl 800/- 7th Jan Monthly Rs. Time : 7.30-10am 2 months | . Module Duration : ys | 150hr Weekly 6 da Vanik’s Page h) (Non-Tec 300+ Updated MCQs Group-C 200+ One Liners Admissions RRB Open 18252 Vacancies 40 MCQs on Computers ONLINE TEST & DISCUSSION ARTS FROM uary 2016 100 GK for SSC & Railway CRASS COURSE ST 11th Jan y 2016 AY) Vanik’s Knowledge Garden 7th Januar Test (10am-12pm) &Y SUND Time : 7.30-10am Discussion (1pm-6pm) (EVER 2 months | . Module Duration : ys | 150hr Weekly 6 da Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC P u b l i c a t i o n s VANIK'S PAGE RRB RECRUITMENT 2016 LIC-AAO RECRUITMENT 2016 RRB Recruitment 2016 – Apply Online for 18252 Goods Guard, LIC AAO Online Application – 700 Vacancies ASM, CA, TA & Other Posts: Government of India, Ministry of Railways, Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released notification for the 2016: Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has recruitment of 18252 Commercial Apprentice, Traffic Apprentice, Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk, Goods Guard, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, released notification for the recruitment of Assistant Senior Clerk cum Typist, Assistant Station Master, Traffic Assistant, Senior Time Keeper vacancies in Non Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) of Administrative Officer [AAO] (Generalist) vacancies. various Zonal Railways/ Production Units on Indian Railways. Eligible candidates may apply online on or before 25-01-2016 by 23:59 P.M. Other Eligible candidates may apply online from 15-12- details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, how to apply are given below… 2015 to 05-01-2016. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, how to RRB Vacancy Details: Total No.of Posts: 18252 apply are given below… Name of the Posts: 1. Commercial Apprentice: 703 Posts 2. Traffic Apprentice: 1645 Posts 3. Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk: 127 Posts LIC Vacancy Details: 4. Goods Guard: 7591 Posts 5. Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist: 1205 Posts Total No. of Posts: 700 6. Senior Clerk cum Typist: 869 Posts 7. Assistant Station Master: 5942 Posts Name of the Posts: Assistant Administrative 8. Traffic Assistant: 166 Posts 9. Senior Time Keeper: 04 Posts Officer (Generalist) Name of the Participating Railway Recruitment 1. SC: 106 Posts Boards: 2. ST: 53 Posts 1. Ahmedabad: 1183 Posts 700 2. Ajmer: 1088 Posts 3. OBC: 192 Posts 3. Allahabad: 2864 Posts Vacancies 4. Bangalore: 610 Posts 4. UR: 349 Posts 5. Bhopal: 1151 Posts 6. Bhubaneswar: 770 Posts 7. Bilaspur: 302 Posts 18252 8. Chandigarh: 304 Posts Age Limit: Candidates age should be minimum 21 9. Chennai: 976 Posts Vacancies 10. Gorakhpur: 317 Posts years and maximum age shall not be more than 30 11. Guwahati: 409 Posts 12. Jammu-Srinagar: 171 Posts years as on 01-12-2015. Age Relaxation is 13. Kolkata: 1408 14. Malda: 278 Posts applicable 5 years for SC/ St, 3 years for OBC, 10 15. Mumbai: 2296 Posts years for PwD (Gen), 15 years for PwD (SC/ ST), 13 16. Muzaffarpur: 464 Posts 17. Patna: 714 Posts years for PwD (OBC) & for others as per rules. 18. Ranchi: 562 Posts 19. Secunderabad: 1618 Posts Educational Qualification: Candidates should 20. Siliguri: 279 Posts 21. Thiruvananthapuram: 488 Posts possess Bachelor/ Master's Degree from a Age Limit: Candidates age should be between 18-32 years as on 01- 01-2016. Age relaxation is applicable 5 years for SC/ ST, 3 years for OBC, recognized Indian University/ Institution. 10 years for Pwd (UR), 13 years for PwD (OBC), 15, years for PwD (SC/ ST) candidates & for others as per rules. Selection Process: Candidates will be selected Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess Degree based on on-line examination, interview from recognized University or its equivalent for post 1 to 4, 7, 8, Degree from recognized University or its equivalent with Typing proficiency in English/ Hindi on Computer for post 5, 6, 9. Application Fee: Candidates have to pay Rs. Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on Common 600/- plus Transaction Charges (Rs. 100/- plus Computer Based Test (CBT), Typing Skill Test, Aptitude Test. Examination Fee: Candidates have to pay Rs. 100/- through Online Transaction Charges for SC/ ST/ PWD Candidates) using internet banking or Debit Cards or through Challan in any branch of SBI/ Computerized Post Office Pay-In-Slip. No fee for SC/ ST/ Ex- through online by using Debit Cards (RuPay/ Visa/ servicemen/ Persons with Disability/ Women/ Minorities/ Transgender and Master Card/ Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Economically Backward Classes with annual income less than Rs. 50000/-. How to Apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through the Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets. concerned RRB website on or before 25-01-2016 by 23:59 P.M Important Dates: Important Dates: Date of Publication & Starting Date for Online Payment of Fee 26-12-2015 Starting Date to Apply Online & for Payment of Fee 15-12-2015 25-01-2016 by 23:59 Last Date to Apply Online & for Online Payment of Fee Last Date to Apply Online & for Payment of Fee 05-01-2016 P.M Staring Date for Offline Payment of Fee 28-12-2015 Last Date for Editing Application Details 05-01-2016 25-01-2016 by 23:59 Last Date for Printing your Application 20-01-2016 Last Date for Reprint of Application P.M Date of Download of Call Letter for Examination Last week of February, 2016 Last Date for Offline Payment of Fee 22-01-2016 Tentative Date/ Slot of Common Computer Based Test/ Tentative Date of Online Examination 05, 06 & 13-03-2016 Examination March-May, 2016 MAGAZINE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY - 2016 VANIK’S MAGAZINE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY - 2016 B – 61 A & B, Saheed Nagar & Plot-1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar 1 Leading Institute for Banking, Railway & SSC Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. 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CONTENTS Topics Page No Events of the Month 4 International news 11 National news 12 Bilateral 15 Economy and Banking 17 Award and Honour 20 Book and Author 21 Person in news 22 Places in news 23 Sports 24 Science and Technology 25 Environment and Ecology 26 Defence 27 Recent Summit in News 28 Committee and its Function 29 International and National institution 30 Date and Observation 31 State news 32 Recent government devlopement and scheme 34 200 MCQ current affairs 36 40 MCQ of Computer 50 Abbreviation 52 Descriptive English 53 Word of the Month 54 Banking Terminology 54 Miscellaneous G.K. for SSC and Railway 55 Practice Set : IBPS-PO (Main) 59 LIC-AAO 76 Previous year question for CGL 90 Who’s Who? 103 One Liner 105 MAGAZINE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY - 2016 EVENTS OF THE MONTH The domestic support part of the cotton decision 10 TH WTO MINISTERIAL acknowledges members’ reforms in their domestic cotton policies and stresses that more efforts remain to be made. CONFERENCE ADOPTED NAIROBI On export competition for cotton, the decision mandates that PACKAGE developed countries prohibit cotton export subsidies immediately and developing countries do so at a later date. The five-day long 10th World Trade Organisation (WTO) LDC Issues Ministerial Conference concluded on 19 December 2015 in The Ministerial Conference adopted a decision that will Nairobi, Kenya. The conference concluded with the adoption facilitate opportunities for least-developed countries’ export of the Nairobi Package that is aimed at benefitting of goods to both developed and developing countries under organization’s poorest members. unilateral preferential trade arrangements in favour of LDCs. The conference was attended by trade ministers of 162 On the services front, the conference decided on member countries of the WTO. The Conference was chaired implementation of preferential treatment in favour of services by Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and and service suppliers of Least Developed Countries and International Trade, Amina Mohamed.India was represented increasing LDC Participation in services trade. by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman.