General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-03 07:00

1. GCS’ Q2 profit grows about fivefold
2. Geoscientists have discovered accumulations of magma in the Andes sufficient to have set off a super-eruption but which, in fact, did not. Such eruptions, which expel enormous quantities of magma, are the largest volcanic events on earth. They have discovered that magma volumes of supervolcanic proportions have been continuously accumulating in the Altiplano-Puna region since the last super-eruption nearly 2.9 million years ago. These magmas, however, did not reach the surface to trigger a catastrophic eruption but instead slowly cooled at depth and hardened into plutonic rock.
3. German auto components major Bosch today said it is planning to start manufacturing anti-lock braking system (ABS) for two-wheelers at its Chakan plant near here from next fiscal. “We are planning to...
4. Give Kandhamal victims more compensation: Supreme Court
5. Give up imported goods, urges Baba Ramdev
6. Global warming may cause flooding in Himalayas
7. Goa-based Champions Yacht Club to introduce new facilities
8. Godrej Interio, a major player in home and institutional segments in the furniture market, aims to capture in the next two years 23 per cent share in the organised segment of Indian home and office fu...
9. ‘Going digital is both an opportunity and a problem’
10. Goldberg: Clinton finds 'historic' label a better fit than in '08
11. Gold eased on Tuesday as the dollar firmed, even as expectations of a near-term US interest rate hike lost steam after last week’s disappointing US growth figures. The dollar index, which measures the...
12. Gold futures fell 0.23 per cent to Rs 31,460 per 10 grams today as participants cut their bets amid a weak global trend.
13. Gold futures slide on weak global cues
14. Gold rates
15. Gold rises back above $1,360 as talk of U.S. rate hikes fades
16. Gold smuggling suspect flees to Iran
17. Gold steady on weaker dollar as US rate hike prospects lose steam
18. Google gets go-ahead to test 'Project Wing' delivery drones at a US site
19. Google has just caught up to Amazon and will begin testing its delivery drones at a US site. This is part of The White House's project to understand drones and what safety measures need to be put in place.
20. Government auditor CAG has red-flagged USD 1.6 billion of excess cost recovered by Reliance Industries in the KG-D6 gas block and took note of state-owned ONGC’s gas flowing into the eastern offshore...
21. Government employees from the Kashmiri Pandit community who are staging a protest here against the alleged stone pelting on their transit camp in the Valley today demanded that the government set up a high-level team to hold talks and find a ...
22. Government launches Twitter Sewa to address mobile user...
23. Government readies GST strategy
24. Government Royapettah Hospital recently performed its first cadaver kidney transplant. The transplant was performed on a 42-year-old woman from Tiruvallur.“She had chronic kidney disease and had been ...
25. Govt detects over 2.16 crore bogus ration cards
26. Govt. drowning under flood of waterlogging, pothole complaints
27. Govt exudes confidence over passing of GST Bill listed in Rajya Sabha for today
28. Govt gears up to table GST Bill in RS today
29. Govt has approved establishment of six new Debt Recovery Tribunals to speed up the recovery of bad loans
30. Govt looking into demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh: Arun Jaitley
31. Govt price controls affect GSK Pharma's results
32. Govt received 33 complaints against Baba Ramdev-run Patanjali in over a year
33. Govt’s Twitter Sewa to address telecom users’ complaints
34. Govt. to form organisation to help children in need
35. Govt to further amend TCP Act: Minister
36. Govt to impose temporary anti-dumping duty on some steel products
37. Govt to limit subsidy if private cos don't slash prices of non-urea fertilisers
38. Govt to slap anti-dumping duty of $557 per tonne on steel import from 6 nations
39. Govt will honour all commitments made to Andhra Pradesh: Jaitley
40. Grain produce up after bumper wheat crop
41. Greaves Cotton posts 5% Q1 revenue growth
42. Green bonds: Nothing to write home about
43. GRH gets renovated triage ward
44. GST: Pay-off time for Centre’s 2 years’ taxing effort
45. Gujarat Chief Minister decided on Monday to step down, saying it was time for new the leadership to take over as she is soon going to turn 75
46. Gun sales in America are still soaring, pushing Sturm Ruger's sales and profits sharply higher this quarter.<img
47. Gusty winds push up power production
48. Hacking group OurMine on Tuesday broke into the Twitter account of John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic
49. Haldia Petrochem to post 3-fold increase in revenue
50. Harry Wachs, optometrist who treated developmental disorders, dies at 92
51. Haryana tops the list followed by UP, Bihar and Assam that have the highest amount of power cuts
52. Hate-lifting, baby toss and synchronized speaker: Twitter has fun with #TrumpOlympics
53. Have taken into consideration the gravity of offence, lack of remorse and potential effect on common man in the case, the court said.
54. HC asks Delhi government school principal to admit ‘overage’ student
55. HC Gives Hope to Pak Woman For Husband's Organ Transplant
56. HC rejects charge of gender discrimination in appointment
57. HC upholds compensation for human rights violations
58. Healthcare player Zydus Wellness Ltd has posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 23.5 crore for the fist quarter ended June 30, 2016, up 20 per cent year-on-year basis.
59. Health of domestic steel industry critically depends on government's decision on MIP: ICRA
60. Heavy inflows in store for projects in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
61. Heena Sidhu isn't Mumbai born, and she hasn't quite adjusted to the city's pace yet, but she's all ready for the high-pressure world of competitive shooting.
62. Her appointment was confirmed by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
63. Here Are 60 Athletes to Watch at the 2016 Summer Olympics
64. Here Are All the Climate Records Earth Shattered Last Year
65. Here are the latest updates of Parliament proceedings for the day. Latest updates: 7.19 p.m.: Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day. 7.18 p.m.: Reviving the electronic manufacturing hub at Sripe...
66. Here’s a look at some surprising takeaways from recent research about the sex lives of the millennial generation." data-video-image
67. Here's an Idea: Hold the Olympics in Multiple Cities at Once
68. Here's what's hurting Apple's TV plans
69. Here’s What We Know About Russia and the DNC Hack
70. Here's Why Facebook Is So Desperate to Buy, Copy or Kill Snapchat
71. He said several states have suffered because of trade deals and Ohio has lost one in three manufacturing jobs since Bill Clinton signed NAFTA
72. High-speed Talgo train's final trials underway on Delhi-Mumbai route
73. Hillary Clinton's remarks came after billionaire investor Warren Buffet alleged that Trump is afraid to release his tax returns.
74. ‘Hillary’s presidential bid inspired by Jayalalithaa’
75. Himachal BJP demands CM Virbhadra Singh's resignation
76. Himachal Pradesh government would bring amendments to Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act during the monsoon session of the assembly to incorporate the suggestions given by the public, state Urban Development minister Sudhir Sharma today ...
77. HK government bans pro-independence candidate
78. HM Rajnath Singh to attend SAARC summit in Pakistan tom...
79. Hollande said he was hearing "hurtful, humiliating comments" during the election campaign. Speaking about politicians in general, he said "they should be respected when they are respectable."
80. Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be in Islamabad tomorrow for a two-day Pakistan visit for the SAARC Home Ministers' meet.
81. Hon’ble Minister of Communications Sh. Manoj Sinha today launched “Twitter Sewa” for addressing the complaints and concerns of common man and other stake-holders in the telecom and postal sectors.
82. Hon Hai plans to acquire South Korean home appliance firm: report
83. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, will make a bid to acquire South Korean home appliance supplier Tongyang Magic, according to news reports in South Korea yesterday.
84. Hon Hai said to eye S Korean home appliance maker
85. Honour for scientist
86. Hospital readmissions, a $17 billion annual problem, are higher in rural, remote or smaller communities that sometimes have significantly less access to pharmacies, according to a study published today that was one of the first to examine this issue.
87. Hospitals in the city are organising various awareness programmes and events for young mothers and mothers to be on the importance of breast feeding for their baby’s health. Every year, this week is o...
88. Hospitals organise awareness programmes for Breast Feeding Week
89. Hovering at around 20 percent, the relative humidity in aircraft is kept very low to keep condensation from building up in the cabin. The downside for passengers and the crew is that this dries out the mucous membranes. Now a vortex ring generator will direct humidified air to passengers, increasing the humidity of the air they breathe without causing the overall relative humidity to skyrocket.
90. How an Indian bank escaped biggest cyber attack
91. How astronomers plan to solve the mystery of the 'alien megastructure star'
92. How a U.S Rowing Team Beat Hitler at the ’36 Olympics
93. How botulism was discovered
94. However, last quarter’s operating income shrank by 19.5
95. However, Mike Konczal, one of the US’ leading liberal thinkers, writes that
96. However, net profit fell 11% to Rs 39 cr
97. How foreign governments spy using PowerPoint and Twitter
98. How IAF Firepower Severely Dented Pakistan’s Psyche...
99. How Russia Is Courting the Gulf
100. How Social Security Works