General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-08 9

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2. Authority said it opened the investigation in July and asked anyone with relevant information to come forward
3. Bangladesh has kicked out a North Korean diplomat after he was caught smuggling more than one million cigarettes as well as electronics into the country in a shipping container, Dhaka officials said today.
4. Banladesh authorities have arrested nine foreigners in Dhaka for possessing counterfeit currency notes, police said on Monday.
5. Bechan said.
6. Breaking his silence on cow vigilantism, Modi had on Saturday said he felt "very angry"
7. Brinda Karat said Modi has taken no action against anti-social elements and anger without action is similar to extending patronage
8. Britain’s Serious Fraud Office has said on it had opened a criminal probe into Airbus Group, investigating allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption. “These allegations relate to irregularities...
9. Brokers said widening of bets by investors and funds ahead of RBI's bi-monthly monetary policy review due tomorrow and continued foreign fund inflows added to the positive mood.
10. Chennai-based dairy products manufacturer Hatsun Agro Product Ltd has said that it is in the process of investing around Rs 450 crore in 18 months from April 2016, to build facilities for its ice cream, milk and related products business.Of the ...
11. Citing a survey, the institute said the Index of the Service Industry (ISI) was 95 in June, one point below
12. Clinton's claim that the FBI director said her email answers were 'truthful'
13. Coimbatore Corporation will soon expand the segregated collection of waste to around 50 wards – or 50 per cent of the area of the city.Commissioner K. Vijayakarthikeyan said that the civic body was do...
14. Criminal groups "are trying to recruit young people and adolescents through some electronic games", Mohammed al-Zarooni, the TRA's director for policy and programmes said.
15. Divisional Railway Manager of the Salem Division of Southern Railways, Hari Shankar Verma, has said that all ongoing modernisation works at the Coimbatore Junction worth Rs. 7 crore will be completed ...
16. Fifteen people, including a one-year-old baby girl, were injured in a Molotov cocktail attack at a Tokyo festival parade, officials said today. 
17. Five gunmen wearing Afghan military uniforms have abducted an American and an Australian in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a security official said today. DH illustration
18. Five persons, including two children were injured today evening in the Kalambag area of Chanchal in the district, when a crude bomb exploded at a fair ground, the police said.
19. Funds for efforts to keep the city neat and clean were not a constraint at all, Commissioner of Municipal Administration G. Prakash said. Addressing a meeting organised by Madurai Corporation, along w...
20. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals rose 0.71% to Rs 848.85 at 9:30 IST on BSE after the company said it received final approval for Triamcinolone Acetonide cream.
21. Grouse shoots should be subject to strict conditions – with bans handed out to estates that flout the rules, the RSPB has said. Their comments come within days of the start of the grouse shooting season.
22. Hardline Chinese officials view Tibetan identity as a threat and something they have tried to eliminate, spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said.
23. He attacked critics who said there was no death penalty in EU, countering that capital punishment is used in United States, Japan and China
24. Her shoulder condition has improved and doctors have advised her to continue with walking and exercising, especially for the shoulder, a source said.
25. He said that the judiciary cannot stress reforms on the BCCI as it is the work of the legislature
26. In a statement on Saturday, Gintech said it was evaluating production cuts in order to better manage inventory levels.
27. In response to a question, when she hesitantly said ‘Masumi’, this journalist actually heard it as ‘Masoom’ (read innocent in Hindi). That this slightly-over-50-year-old lady does not even know her ow...
28. Interventions aimed at repairing and restoring the cartilage, a rubbery connective tissue that acts as a cushion between the bones of joints, may prevent osteoarthritis and ultimately the requirement of joint replacement, health experts have said.
29. In the wake of the alleged molestation of a Burmese girl in Sitapuri locality of Delhi, Janata Dal (United) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad on Monday said the law and order situation in Delhi is only deteriorating, and thus, the Centre should ...
30. Japanese Emperor Akihito said today he is concerned his weakening health may make it hard to fulfil his duties, in a speech seen as signalling a possible future abdication.
31. Japan said it has issued multiple protests to China over actions in the East China Sea, including what Tokyo described as the installation of radar on a Chinese offshore gas platform.
32. Kabul, Aug. 7 (ANI): At least 40 Taliban insurgents, including their commanders, were killed in an Afghan Air Force air strike in northern Kunduz province, said the officials from the 20th Pamir ...
33. Kabul, Aug 7 (IANS) At least 21 militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed over the past 24 hours in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, the internal ministry said on ...
34. Kabul, Aug 8 (IANS) Six civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) hit a vehicle in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Monday, police said. The dead included three children, ...
35. Landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Earl's remnants have killed at least 40 people in Mexico, officials said, as a new storm threatened the country's Pacific coast.
36. Leader of Kerala Congress (B) R. Balakrishna Pillai has said that with the United Democratic Front getting weaker by the day, Kerala Congress (M) leader K.M. Mani has started seeking greener politica...
37. Local media said that the fire bombs were made with a glass bottle attached with a gas cylinder
38. Looks like Salman Khan is very much at peace with his former girlfriend Katrina Kaif.At the trailer launch of brother Sohail Khan's directorial venture 'Freaky Ali,' releasing on September 9, the 50-year-old actor said that though it shares the ...
39. Mallikarjun Kharge said his party would take a similar stance as it had taken in the Rajya Sabha
40. Manager said that if they were not in agreement with this 'policy' of the school, they could leave
41. Meteorologists said more torrential rain and strong winds were expected later in the day
42. Modi asked what right the perpetrators had to exploit Dalits and said the unity in society should be our priority.
43. Moody's said on Monday the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill, 2016, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (bankruptcy), will lead to structural improvements in banks dealing with bad ...
44. Movie "Freaky Ali", starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Amy Jackson, will have you in splits, said Salman Khan during the trailer launch of his home production.
45. Nine foreigners and a Bangladeshi woman were detained in a raid here for possessing counterfeit foreign currency and fake note-making materials, police said today.
46. Nine members of a family were injured in a cooking gas cylinder explosion here on Monday, police said.
47. Nirmala Sitharaman said the Centre, through the Salt Commission's Organisation, is conducting a number of activities for the welfare of salt workers
48. No matter what our background, no matter what our flaws, the Lord accepts us and grants us moksha if we resort to complete surrender at His feet, said Akkarakkani Srinidhi in a discourse. Vibhishana i...
49. Non-banking finance companies will benefit from the RBI’s decision to herald ‘on tap’ universal banking licence regime, Moody’s Investors Service said today.It cautioned however that more bank licenc...
50. Oil edged higher to near US $42 a barrel in Asia today but analysts said the increase was unlikely to last as the commodity remains under pressure by a supply glut and a strong dollar. Prices have been fluctuating since entering a bear market last week, falling more than 20 per cent and closing below US $ 40 a barrel for the first time since April.
51. One of two skydivers who died plummeting into a Northern California vineyard was 18 and jumping for the first time, and his family was there watching when he hit the ground, the owner of the skydiving center and local authorities said today.
52. Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman Nafees Zakariya said in a statement that Pakistan has been the victim of terrorism and suffered more than any other country.
53. panel Rajendra Phadke on Sunday said the party has selected 161 distri...
54. PARIS, France – In an official statement, EDF Chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Levy said that he would take legal action against Sud Energie union for stating that he had lied to reporters when he ...
55. Pawar said while crime ratio is increasing, the rate of conviction in cases against women is poor.
56. Police arrested a cab driver after his wife died under suspicious circumstances while on a fun ride with him on Sunday night.A senior police officer said that Pushpa (29) and her husband Nagaraj (34) ...
57. Professor Dame Sally Davies said that lack of exercise is a pressing health problem. She urged people to swap online shopping for a trip to the supermarket to boost basic fitness.
58. Referring to efforts of police to end the violent protests, he said more than 1,000 accused have been arrested and "bound down in different police stations of the valley".
59. RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja, who was severely injured after being shot at by some bike-borne assailants, continued to be critical today, doctors said.
60. Salman Khan has recently reiterated that he is still a 'virgin.'When quizzed about the same during the trailer launch of Sohail Khan's directorial 'Freaky Ali,' the 50-year-old actor said, "I have already answered this one before as well. Neither I ...
61. s claim that the FBI director said her email answers were &#8216
62. SGX said to be “overpaying” for Baltic Exchange
63. She said that dalits, who are subjected to atrocities across the country, don't need sympathies of the BJP
64. Six civilians were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) hit a vehicle in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Monday, police said.
65. South African athlete and convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius has returned to his cell after being treated in hospital for injuries from a fall, prison officials said on Sunday, as his brother denied ...
66. State-run oil refiner CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 中油) yesterday said it would cut gasoline and diesel prices by NT$0.3 per liter as global crude prices continue their downward trend. 
67. Superstar Salman Khan has recently revealed that he wanted to be a part of Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer 'Freaky Ali,' but despite repeated requests, the film's director Sohail Khan chose Arbaz Khan over him.Bollywood Bhaijaan said at the trailer ...
68. Syrian Rebels Said to Break Through Siege on Aleppo
69. Thai voters have approved a new draft constitution, the country's election commission said Sunday evening.
70. The company said it is working to resolve the issue.
71. The death toll due to tropical storm Earl that battered Mexico over the weekend has risen to 38, authorities said.
72. The death toll from the blast at a major hospital in Pakistani's Quetta rose to 42.The police said over 30 people have been injured in the attack.Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Harifal said the blast occurred after a number of lawyers and some ...
73. The Hong Kong-based exchange said
74. The Justice Lodha Committee has shot down a request from Ajay Shirke, secretary, BCCI, to defer the meeting on Tuesday, August 9. A source close to the Justice Lodha Committee said: "Ajay Shirke...
75. The Olympics for French gymnast Samir Ait Said ended in brutal fashion Saturday when he suffered a broken left leg while vaulting during the men's team qualifications.
76. There are indications that a machete attack on Belgian police may have been intended as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Sunday.
77. The State Disaster Management department said that 33 la...
78. The telco said that the free minutes will be valid till next day midnight for prepaid customers, and for postpaid customers, till the end of the billing cycle.
79. Torrential rain and floods in the Macedonian capital have left at least 17 people dead, six missing and sent 60 others to the hospital, authorities said.
80. TV channels said that most of the detained were foreigners from different African countries
81. Two skydivers were killed after making a tandem jump in Northern California, authorities said.
82. US researchers said that immersion in a gripping plot doesn’t just keep the mind active, it can also ease stress and even lead to us taking better care of our health.
83. Wal-Mart’s Jet.com deal said to hinge on founder
84. Why it is said that we should not see the solar eclipse with naked eyes?
85. Wiesbaden police also said the 43-year-old man, who was not identified, didn't have a weapon as authorities had initially reported.
86. Zydus Group firm Cadila Healthcare today said it has acquired Melgain lotion used for treatment of skin depigmentation from Issar Pharma to strengthen its dermatological portfolio.Melgain will be mar...
87. I was really upset. The day that it happened, I was devastated,&quot
88. Apple receives approval to begin selling spare energy
89. Apple’s subsidiary Apple Energy LLC may sell energy,
90. Cellphones suck energy, just put some cow dung: RSS ideologue
91. Framed model BIT to minimise Cairn Energy type dispute:Nirmala
92. Gintech Energy’s revenue plunged 41 percent in July