General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 20160605

1. KABUL (Reuters) - The former head of Afghanistan's main intelligence agency released documents on Thursday which he said showed that Pakistani intelligence services helped leaders of the Taliban and the feared Haqqani network in 2014 and 2015.
2. +KABUL (Reuters) - The former head of Afghanistan's main intelligence agency released documents on Thursday which he said showed that Pakistani intelligence services helped leaders of the Taliban and the feared Haqqani network in 2014 and 2015.
3. Kalpana Gopalan, Principal Secretary of DPAR (Training) and Director General of the Administrative Training Institute, on Thursday said the role of teachers is vital in today’s “knowledge society.”Del...
4. Kolkata Police sources said among others, Mirza was grilled on his links to Narada CEO Mathew Samuel.
5. Kollam MP N.K. Premachandran has said that modernisation of the Kollam railway station will be completed next year.He was speaking after holding talks with the Thiruvananthapuram Divisional Railway Ma...
6. Krishna Milan Rao, CEO of Empower Labs, said, "We wanted to deliver AR content to the audience in a package that they are comfortable with, requires minimal investment, and is most exciting for the users."
7. K. Sureshkumar, secretary of Vaanthuli, said that a solution should also be found for the encroachment inside the tank.
8. Lallan Ram, who was arrested, said the alleged video was ‘fabricated and a conspiracy against him’
9. LONDON (Reuters) - BP  on Thursday estimated costs from its deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill will total $61.6 billion (46.2 billion pounds) after it agreed to a new $5.2 billion charge it said largely drew claims to a close.
10. LONDON (Reuters) - David Bowie's private art collection, including works by Henry Moore and Damien Hirst, will go on display to the public for the first time before heading for auction later this year, Sotheby's said on Thursday.
11. +LONDON (Reuters) - David Bowie's private art collection, including works by Henry Moore and Damien Hirst, will go on display to the public for the first time before heading for auction later this year, Sotheby's said on Thursday.
12. Malaysia today said it will implement the Advance Passenger Screening System (APSS) which will allow acess to complete information on foreigners, including tourists, at their places of departure and entries in "real time".
13. MasterCard said it is expanding its Masterpass digitial payment platform to let shoppers use the service on their mobile phones at store check-out terminals.
14. +MasterCard said it is expanding its Masterpass digitial payment platform to let shoppers use the service on their mobile phones at store check-out terminals.
15. Mr. Mukherjee said that all the security personnel in the vehicle are safe.
16. MUMBAI (Reuters) - ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd is set to file for an initial public offering of shares valued at about 50 billion rupees ($746 million) as early as Friday, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
17. MUMBAI (Reuters) - ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd is set to file for an initial public offering of shares valued at about 50 billion rupees ($746 million) as early as Friday, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
18. +MUMBAI (Reuters) - ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd is set to file for an initial public offering of shares valued at about 50 billion rupees ($746 million) as early as Friday, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.
19. NASA, USAID Open Environmental Monitoring Hub in West Africa
20. Nava Bharat Ventures surged 4.55% to Rs 243.40 at 14:29 IST on BSE after the company said it has scheduled a meeting of its board of directors on 22 July 2016, to consider recommendation of issue of bonus shares.
21. Niantic said the smash hit augmented-reality game Pokemon Go is available in Germany.
22. +Niantic said the smash hit augmented-reality game Pokemon Go is available in Germany.
23. Notably, Mr. Olson said SNC is developing Dream Chaser initially to carry cargo, adding that the company ambition of crewed vehicles remains on the table.
24. Observing that the practice of higher judicial forums fixing time limit for disposal of cases before lower courts has its own advantages and disadvantages, the Madras High Court Bench here has said th...
25. Parbhani police said the accused has been remanded to a seven-day police custody by the Railway Court of Aurangabad
26. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The alleged mastermind of the 2014 attack on a school in Pakistan in which more than 150 people died, most of them children, has been killed in an American drone strike in Afghanistan, the Pakistan military and sources in the Pakistani Taliban said.
27. +PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The alleged mastermind of the 2014 attack on a school in Pakistan in which more than 150 people died, most of them children, has been killed in an American drone strike in Afghanistan, the Pakistan military and sources in the Pakistani Taliban said.
28. "On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians," he said.
29. "There's no denying the terrorist nature of this attack of yet again the most extreme form of violence," the French leader said.
30. "Whoever kills a person unjustly, it is as though he has killed all mankind," it said, citing a verse of the Koran.
31. Rama Steel Tubes rose 8% to Rs 110.50 at 14:05 IST on BSE after the company said that its board will meet on 19 July 2016 to consider selling Noida-based property.
32. Rawat said the state is now leading in Ease of Doing Business
33.  Researchers for the American study said 16 per cent - one one in six -secondary school pupils reported vaping in the past 30 days - up from 1.5 per cent in 2011.
34.  Researchers from the University of Birmingham said seeing others enjoy eating fruit and vegetables has a powerful effect as it's considered the 'social norm'.
35.  Researchers from the University of Otago, New Zealand, said their latest study was unique in targeting cravings – one of three main reasons addicts relapse.
36. Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Preeti Sharma Menon on Thursday registered an FIR against singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya over a comment he made about her on Twitter earlier this month.Officials said...
37. SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it was in talks to acquire a stake in Chinese automaker BYD, a move it said would help the South Korean electronics giant boost its chip business for electric cars.
38. +SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it was in talks to acquire a stake in Chinese automaker BYD, a move it said would help the South Korean electronics giant boost its chip business for electric cars.
39. Seven cases of cholera, with three in the process of being confirmed, have been detected in this district, said health officials on Friday.
40. She said, it should be a multiple entry visa otherwise the tourist will have to once again obtain a visa
41. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) will take over the ownership of the country's metro rail system from main operator SMRT Corporation Ltd, including assets such as trains and signalling systems, it said on Friday.
42. Social activist and writer Mahasweta Devi  on Friday continued to be in a critical condition and on life support, said a doctor at the hospital where she has been undergoing treatment.
43. South Korean company said that the move is aimed at strengthening its burgeoning semiconductor business for vehicles
44. Syndicate Bank today said it has raised Rs 930 crore by issuing Basel-III compliant bonds.
45. TCS has said the drop in its Diligenta business had plateaued in the 4th quarter and it was seeing growth in Latin America.
46. +TCS has said the drop in its Diligenta business had plateaued in the 4th quarter and it was seeing growth in Latin America.
47. “The adoption of green technologies for power generation can help in protection of the environment and each one of us can do our bit by installing solar power units at our homes,” said MP Kambhampati ...
48. The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate steady but officials said they expect to launch fresh stimulus on multiple fronts next month, as the economy stumbles under Britons’ decision to exit the European Union.
49. +The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate steady but officials said they expect to launch fresh stimulus on multiple fronts next month, as the economy stumbles under Britons’ decision to exit the European Union.
50. The bill is said to propose a restriction on issuance of HIB visas to...
51. The Brahma Kumari Eshwariya Vishwavidyalaya will organise a week-long training camp on life skills for youngsters here from July 25.A release here on Thursday said that the camp would focus on effecti...
52. The Commercial Taxes Department has set July 21 as the last date for invoice uploading module in their Value Added Tax Information System (VATIS).Commissioner of Commercial Taxes J. Syamala Rao said t...
53. : The Crime Branch police said here on Thursday that they had arrested two youths suspected to be the kingpins of a racket that furtively stole payment card information from unsuspecting citizens and ...
54. The driver of the truck that smashed into a crowd watching fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice, killing at least 84, has been formally identified, police sources said today.
55. The FTC said Time Warner Warner Bros. Home Entertainment didn’t require users of YouTube, including the very popular channel PewDiePie, to properly highlight that they were paid to promote a Warner Bros. videogame.
56. +The FTC said Time Warner Warner Bros. Home Entertainment didn’t require users of YouTube, including the very popular channel PewDiePie, to properly highlight that they were paid to promote a Warner Bros. videogame.
57. The Japanese Glargine market is estimated to be around $144 million, Biocon said in a statement
58. The official said the decision to impose curfew was taken as there were apprehensions that vested interests might exploit the large gatherings at Friday prayers to instigate fresh violence.
59. The outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, blamed for a surge in birth defects, has likely reached its peak in Latin America and the epidemic should be over within three years, researchers said today.
60. The pilgrim centres Srisailam and Sangameswaram in Kurnool district are being spruced up for the Krishna Pushkarams commencing on August 12, district collector Ch. Vijayamohan has said.All the arrange...
61. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Mumbai police on Thursday arrested slain Haryana gangster Sandeep Gadoli’s former girlfriend and her mother from their house in Gurgaon, police said.The fiv...
62. The Vellakoil police on Thursday evening arrested four persons in connection with the abduction of a financier a few days ago. He was robbed of Rs. 2 lakh.Police sources said Murugesh (42), a temporar...
63. Thirty-three people suspected of overdosing on K2, a type of synthetic marijuana, collapsed on the sidewalk in Brooklyn over an 11 hour period on Tuesday, said Det. Ahmed Nasser of the New York City Police Office of the Deputy Commissioner.<div class
64. “This map has allowed us to make the best measurements yet of the effects of dark energy in the expansion of the Universe,” Jeremy Tinker a co-leader of the scientific team said.
65. Three persons, including an SSB jawan, were killed when their bike was hit by a truck near Sadatpur village in Ganjipur area here, police said today.
66. Titan Company was up 3.77% to Rs 430.40 at 10:47 IST on BSE after the company said it has signed a share purchase agreement for acquisition of about 62% stake in Carat Lane Trading for a purchase consideration of Rs 357.24 crore.
67. To help meet food shortage in Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre today said it will ensure adequate supply of PDS foodgrains to the state for advance distribution of three-month supplies among ration cardholders.
68. TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of the developer behind Nintendo Co Ltd's Pokemon GO said he wanted to launch the smash-hit mobile game in roughly 200 countries and regions "relatively soon" and was working on bolstering server capacity to enable the ...
69. TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of the developer behind Nintendo Co Ltd's Pokemon GO said he wanted to launch the smash-hit mobile game in roughly 200 countries and regions "relatively soon" and was working on bolstering server capacity to enable the wider rollout.
70. +TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of the developer behind Nintendo Co Ltd's Pokemon GO said he wanted to launch the smash-hit mobile game in roughly 200 countries and regions "relatively soon" and was working on bolstering server capacity to enable the wider rollout.
71. Top diplomat Yang Jiechi said that the issue of sovereignty over the features in the disputed region was 'China's bottom line'
72. Two youths were killed today when the bike they were riding was hit by a car on Hathras-Mathura road in the city here, police said.
73.  Unveiled at the iconic British carmaker's Gaydon headquarters today, the extreme AM-RB 001 is said to be capable of lapping Silverstone in the same time as an F1 car.
74. Up to 30 people were today feared dead and around 100 injured in an "attack" in the French Riviera resort of Nice after a truck ploughed into a crowd of people leaving a Bastille Day firework display, city officials said.
75. Vevo said it will roll out a sleek new app this week and an ad-free subscription service in coming months to deliver a catalog of 200,000 music videos.
76. Vladimir Putin said Russia is willing to work closely with France and other countries to fight terrorism
77. We are trying to build consensus on GST. We have discussed all the points, said Mr. Jaitley.
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81. Aerial photographs show how a once lush coastline is left devastated by climate change as 10,000 hectares of mangroves die along a 700km stretch
82. For the flight rate goal, DARPA’s stated test objective is to achieve 10 flights in 10 consecutive days – even when weather, range, and emergency delays are accounted for (threshold).
83. Though Qandeel Baloch is a mystery that has taken the social media to storm, here's one fact confirmed that she was married.In a recent interview, the social media sensation confirmed the rumours surrounding her marriage and also stated that she and ...
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87. Astronomers have mapped a slice of the universe covering 650 cubic billion light years to make one of the precise measurements of Dark Energy ever achieved.
88. Embracing Renewable Energy in the U.S.: Following Iceland's Lead
89. THE ENERGY GANGS OF NEW YORK
90.  Chocolate provided 10 per cent more energy than vanilla and 20 per cent more than strawberry in tests to see which created the best fuel, because it is so full of energy.
91. 'Dark energy measured with map of 1.2 million galaxies'
92. +Dark energy measured with record-breaking map of 1.2 million galaxies
93. Elon Musk, CEO of US automotive and energy storage company Tesla, presents his outlook on climate change at the Paris-Sorbonne University in Paris on December 2, 2015. / AFP / ERIC PIERMONT
94. Energy-saving street lights to be installed
95.  Feast your eyes on 1.2 million galaxies: Most detailed 3D map of the universe yet could help us understand dark energy
96. Feast your eyes on 1.2 million galaxies: Most detailed 3D map of the universe yet could help us understand dark energy
97. Forbes Marshall launches Energy Efficiency Centre at IIT Bombay
98. Go for green energy, show way to others, says Haribabu
99. Good news laid-off oil workers: U.S. energy companies could soon face a serious worker shortage.<div class
100.  How chocolate ice cream can keep your home feeling toasty: High energy by-product from favourite treat is being turned into a biogas to heat cold rooms
101. How chocolate ice cream can keep your home feeling toasty: High energy by-product from favourite treat is being turned into a biogas to heat cold rooms
102.  <img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/12/21/00011DCC00000CB2-0-image-m-18_1468355304592.jpg" height="115" width="154" alt="Elon Musk, CEO of US automotive and energy storage company Tesla, presents his outlook on climate change at the Paris-Sorbonne University in Paris on December 2, 2015. / AFP / ERIC PIERMONT
103. Land scheme abuses thwart Kashmir's energy ambitions
104. +Land scheme abuses thwart Kashmir's energy ambitions
105. Lloyds Metals and Energy rose 1.04% to Rs 29.20 at 15:26 IST on BSE after the company fixed 27 July 2016 as the record date for the proposed stock split.
106. NSE lists renewable energy firm KKVAgro Powers on SME segment
107. Renewable energy sector in consolidation mode
108. Researchers have constructed the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of 1.2 million distant galaxies to make one of the most precise measurements yet of the dark energy of the universe.
109. SRM Energy announces change in registered office
110. When sweetness versus energy is out of balance for a period of time, brain recalibrates and increases total calories consumed
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114. 10 unique golf courses to die for!
115. 17-year old attends counselling and gets seat, even after father dies in accident en route to Chennai.
116. 3,500 ducks drink stagnant water on riverbed, die
117. A 16-year-old boy, who was attacked with a cricket bat on Monday by his brother, died on Thursday.According to police, S. Prabakaran (25) of Ilamangalam near Udayarpalayam had reportedly asked his you...
118.  A giant dyke in central China has been destroyed in a bid to disperse floodwaters between two overflowed lakes. Chinese soldiers used 30 tonnes of explosives to blow up the 2.3-mile-long levee.
119. Andhra University, Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Centre for Women’s Studies and Millenium Software Solutions
120. A rally was taken out on Thursday to commemorate the Pushkara Ghat incident that occurred the same day last year where 28 persons died in a stampede on the first day of the Godavari Maha Pushkarams.Th...
121. ATK Owners tightlipped on Diego Forlan’s signing speculation
122. At least 25 people died and dozens were injured on Tuesday when two passenger trains collided head-on at high speed in southern Itlay.
123. At least 77 people have died and many others injured in an alleged terrorist attack on Bastille day by a truck driver in Nice, the mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi reported.
124. At least two children died and about 50 were hospitalised today after a man smashed a truck into a crowd in the French Riviera city of Nice.
125. Being a foodie and being fit &ndash; here&rsquo;s how to be both
126. 'Bodies flew like bowling pins,' says Nice terror attack witness
127. Boosting lifespan is as simple as limiting your food intake, suggests a new study.The study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) represents a major advance in understanding how dietary restriction leads to longevity in ...
128. Brazil considers WTO challenge to Bombardier state funding
129. +Butterflies' diet impacts evolution of traits
130. Carnage in France: Bodies flew like bowling pins, recall witnesses
131. Driverless car can fight where soldiers can't
132. First Time's A Charm, Belt Joins His Teammates In San Diego
133. Goldie Hawn's Ouija Board Story From The '80s Will Give You Chills
134. Hand in hand, husband and wife die hours apart
135. Italy train crash: Relatives ID bodies
136. Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsey Vonn: 'I Hate The Word Diet’
137. Our Bail System Is Leaving Innocent People To Die In Jail Because They're Poor
138. Powerful Photos Of Men In Hoodies Explore What It Means To Be Watched
139. San Diego Comic-Con Film Festival Highlights
140. Two Men Fall Off A Cliff While Playing 'Pokemon Go' In San Diego
141. Watch This Doctor Reveal Game Changers For A Healthy Diet
142. Celebs who died while filming
143. City-based Swapna Rakesh’s food blog, Swadcuisine, is a foodie’s delight
144. Comedians die early thanks to unhealthy lifestyles and inner demons
145. Comedienne-actress Amy Schumer has revealed that her virginity was taken at the age of 17 without her consent.