Tuesday, August 2, 2016

General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 20160802 - 4


  1. Plasmids are pieces of independent DNA that often carry multiple antibiotic resistance genes. Plasmids can jump from one bacterium to another, spreading that resistance. A team of investigators now shows that bacteria that acquire plasmids containing resistance genes rarely lose them.
  2. Plummeting to depths of 300m (987ft), researchers say this sinkhole in the South China Sea is the deepest in the world.
  3. PM Manuel Valls also said he would consider a temporary ban on foreign financing of mosques
  4. PM meets Rio-bound athletes, wishes them luck
  5. PM Modi flags off 'Run for Rio'
  6. PM Modi has to find avenues to wed his approach on development with Upadhyaya's vision
  7. PM Modi sets up a virtual digital cabinet
  8. Poe wants independent leadership of PNP internal affairs service
  9. Pokemon Go: CEO's Twitter Account Hacked Requesting Launch of Game in Brazil
  10. Pokemon Go fans shocked after update resets their progress
  11. Pokémon GO: Niantic CEO's Twitter account hacked by OurMine
  12. Pokenomics is giving businesses a real-world boost globally
  13. Polaris Industries, the company behind Indian and Victory motorcycles, unveiled a new 7-inch touchscreen system
  14. Police arrested the leaders of AISF, SFI and PDSU who demonstrated on student issues and burnt an effigy of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at the Mahatma Gandhi statue before the Collectorate her...
  15. Police bust drug ring, recover fake passports
  16. Police Clone Fingerprint to Unlock Murder Victim’s Phone
  17. Police have arrested a 30-year-old woman from Bihar who is said to have had close ties with Abdul Rashid, one of the 17 persons missing from Kasaragod district and suspected to have joined the Islamic...
  18. Police higher-ups are likely to initiate disciplinary action against three police officers in connection with the misfire of a pistol reported on July 25 at the Integrated Intelligence Training Academ...
  19. Police say the explosion was felt throughout Kabul and knocked out power across much ...
  20. Police Seize Explosives in Meghalaya Before Independence Day
  21. Police station turns into massage parlor: U.P. cop gets foot rub" border
  22. Police to conduct cartoon contest for prisoners
  23. Politicians should 'demonstrate the character demanded of the offices they seek,' they said in a statement.
  24. Polling for crucial 3rd phase underway in Bengal
  25. Polls suggest Trump’s convention was a failure
  26. Pondicherry Central University administration has officially banned the Students’ Council magazine ‘Widerstand’ from distribution on Monday. It also sealed the Students’ Council room where 4,000 copie...
  27. pOne day Conference on HAL supported airborne platforms and systems was held at Headquarters, Western Air Command, Subroto Park, New Delhi on Friday, 29 Jul 16. The conference was co-chaired by...
  28. Post-coup attempt, Turkey-Pakistan relationship on the rocks
  29. Power amplifiers for 5G made of gallium nitride
  30. Power, cement, coal drive core sectors up 5.2%
  31. Power, coal fuel core sector’s 5.2% growth
  32. 'Power supply'
  33. Power supply
  34. Power system flashes orange alert after breakdown at power plant
  35. Power system flashes orange alert after breakdown at power plant
  36. P. Pawan Kumar of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) interacted with the coordinators of the Jawahar Knowledge Centre (JKC) and mentors of various government degree colleges of Visakhapatnam...
  37. Prabhu lays foundation stone of rail project in Nagaland
  38. Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment and Sports, said on Monday that the St. Lawrence Minor Basilica was not just limited to the Catholic community, but was a ray of ho...
  39. Premier Li Keqiang said that the fund should be used to attract more social investment for small firms.
  40.     Premier Li sent a congratulation letter to those attending the opening of the 9th China-ASEAN Education Exchanges Week.
  41. Premier Li takes pictures with leaders from Lancang-Mekong countries
  42. Premier research institution, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will organise an exclusive exhibition in the Parliament premises to showcase various defence and technology products developed indigenously.The event, which would be ...
  43. Premier sends letter of congratulations
  44. Premier speeds up steps to cut red tape
  45. President apologizes to indigenous people on government’s behalf
  46. President Nicolas Maduro's opponents would need more votes than he won the presidency with to win the recall referendum
  47. Presidents and nominees almost never chide private citizens; plutocrats and journalists are much more common targets.
  48. President’s son in AMU governing body
  49. President to respect different views on apology to aboriginal people
  50. Press Conference by President of Security Council on Work Programme for August
  51. Press Review of August 1st, 2016 [The Morning Call]
  52. Pre-tax profit soared to NT$7.75 billion (US$245 million)
  53. Previously, Bombay High Court order had upheld the discharge of the BJP President by the trial court
  54. Prices down to Rs. 30,980 per 10 grams in the bullion market, silver firms up by Rs. 320 to Rs. 47,400 per kg.
  55. Pricing pressure, costs take wind out of IndiGo
  56. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong acknowledged that the TPP was politically difficult in a tough election year because of American people's worries over jobs and competition from overseas.
  57. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has redefined many aspects of the PM office with his approach and active deployment of smart technologies, especially modern communicati....
  58. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is coming to Telangana State for the first time since he assumed charge, will be in Hyderabad and Medak district for nearly four-and-half-hours on Sunday. He will lan...
  59. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party PML-N had won 31 out of 41 seats in the elections.
  60. Prime Video, which will include Amazon original TV series and movies besides other Indian and global content, is expected to be launched as a part of this service later.
  61. Principal Secretary of Higher Education Sumita Dawra advised the Andhra University administration to focus on ensuring quality teaching and research by the faculty and research scholars, here on Monda...
  62. Prisoners in an Appalachian super-max prison have found an unlikely ally: a radio show. While telecom companies charge higher-than-normal fees for prisoners to make and receive phone calls, WMMT—a local community radio station in Whitesburg, Kentucky—is broadcasting phone calls from loved ones over the air and into the prisons for free.
  63. Private hospitals told to charge govt. rates for suspected dengue cases
  64. Private school students have more chances of becoming Olympic champions, says Sir Steve Redgrave
  65. Produces 5.94 lakh tonnes of coal as against the stipulated monthly target of 5.26 lakh tonnes for July
  66. Professor Fiona Harrison, the principal investigator of NuSTAR at Caltech in Pasadena is lead author of a new study that found the most obscured black holes, hidden in thick gas and dust.
  67. Profit booking drags Nifty below 8,650; ICICI Bank falls 5%
  68. Projects Worth Rs 400 Crore Cleared for Development Work Along Ganga
  69. Project to build groynes may take off soon
  70. Promoting the Creative Industries in Pakistan for Long Term Development
  71. Proposed Lego set honors illustrious women from NASA
  72. Protection for steel industry may continue
  73. Protein critical to toxoplasmosis regulation: CD4 T-Cell and Blimp-1
  74. Protest against closure of schools, SW hostels
  75. Protest against school
  76. Protest in LS for special status to AP
  77. 'Protests will be held in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Multan, Faisalabad, Muzaffarabad and other cities on August 3.'
  78. Providing details, Sitharaman said the average that we calculate for the local sourcing requirement will be applicable after that for five years.
  79. P. Srinivasa Rao, an agricultural labourer, lived in Ullipalem village of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh. Being a poor daily wage labourer and having no fixed assets in his name, he could barely
  80. pThe large porous and underdeveloped border could also be turned into a border of peace and progress. The pro-democracy movement and Myanmar’s integration with Western economies, would give a...
  81. Qatar Airways exploited the post-Brexit slump in shares at British Airways owner IAG to increase its shareholding to 20 percent, the Gulf carrier announced yesterday. In a statement, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al-Baker said his company had raised its 15.01
  82. Q&A with CMD, UCO Bank
  83. Quality Hotel D.V. Manor of the city won the prestigious National Tourism Award in four star hotels category. The award was instituted by the Department of Tourism, Government of India.Hotel managing ...
  84. Quess Corp surges on good Q1 results; board nod to form two subsidiaries
  85. Rab: Which four dimensional universe? Last I heard ther...
  86. Raghuram Rajan wants policy panel before term ends
  87. Rahane strikes hundred, India take 304-run lead
  88. Rahane ton pushes India's lead past 300
  89. Rahul's 158 puts India in command
  90. Railway bridge construction completed
  91. Railway plan to reclaim land has Madley Road traders worried
  92. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu laid the foundation stone of the Dhansiri (Dimapur)-Zubza broad gauge line at the Dimapur railway station on Monday.
  93. Rain gives West Indies lifeline against dominant India
  94. Rain stops play in Kingston, India lead by 260 runs
  95. Rain washes off final session after Rahane ton
  96. Rain wipes out final session, India lead by 304 runs at stumps
  97. Raising no objection, Melania Trump said there is nothing to be embarrassed about
  98. Rajan, the legendary swimming elephant, passes away
  99. Rajan wants monetary policy panel formed before he leaves RBI
  100. Rajan wants policy panel before he leaves RBI
  101. Rajasthan shall showcase investment opportunities in the products like pressure irrigation, solar pumps, custom hiring of farm machinery and implements, farm mechanisation, agro-processing, it said.
  102. Raj Babbar said under chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's watch there is complete chaos

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