General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-31 02:00

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3. Army captures fourth straight Armed Forces Rugby crown
4. 'Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Aug. 30, 2016. (DoD Video Grab)'
5. Army jawan killed in firing along LoC in Rajouri
6. Army marksman joins U.S. Paralympic Shooting Team
7. Army officials deployed prototype XM25 systems to Afghanistan as part of a 'forward operational assessment' from
8. Army secretary wants nation to understand its Army better
9. Army stands ready to defend Korea, USARPAC commander says
10. A rock far, far away: Hunt for mysterious Planet Nine reveals tiny world that is the solar system's most distant object
11. Artificial intelligence accelerates breast cancer risk prediction
12. Art installations highlight the importance of car pooling
13. Artist's conception of sea-based version of Northrop Grumman's NGAD aircraft. The technology, expected as a follow-on for USAF and USN legacy combat aircraft, will emphasise stealth and range. Source: Northrop Grumman
14. A runaway hit: PV Sindhu' s final match at Rio grabbed 66.5 m eyeballs in India
15. Arun Jaitley sees 'good case' in advancing Budget date
16. A Russian filing has revealed Apple is also developing new wireless headphones called 'airpods' to sell alongside its current 'earpod' headphones.
17. A Russian hacking group linked to a series of computer intrusions at the Democratic National Committee is targeting think tanks focused on Russian policy, according to investigators at computer-security firm CrowdStrike.
18. As an anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" has never been a unanimous fit. Kaepernick is far from the first athlete to question it.
19. As an Army captain from 2004-2009, Jed Richard led an Airborne Infantry unit that secured populations in areas as large as 50-by-50 kilometers in eastern Afghanistan. When fighting the Taliban and ...
20. As a result, Yogeshwar, who had bagged a bronze medal in men’s 60kg freestyle category in the London Games, has now joined Sushil Kumar as the other silver medalist wrestler from the 2012 Olympics.
21. As BJP Grows, So Does the Clout of the 'Core Committee'
22. A school dropout comes up with a movable house
23. As disaster losses mount, Sri Lanka develops tool to track them
24. ASEAN countries need to step up their game to realize the rewards of closer economic integration
25. A senior Al-Shabaab terrorist identified as Ibrahim Aden Ibrahim on Monday 29th August 2016 evening surrendered to National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA).
26. A senior government functionary said there was nothing wrong in reducing IUC, though he added that Modi administration will not interfere in the issue.
27. A senior official at the United Nations rural development agency has stressed the importance of investing in Colombia’s small farmers and rural communities to ensure lasting peace in the country.
28. A senior United Nations humanitarian official said today he “is deeply concerned” by the devastating impact that the recent upsurge in fighting is having on civilians in Yemen and along the border the country shares with Saudi Arabia.
29. A serviceman of the Smetlivy anti-submarine ship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet
30. As FBI Warns Election Sites Got Hacked, All Eyes Are on Russia
31. As for the white paint, “the paint on the outside of it is there because cork has a tendency to absorb water, whereas the foam doesn’t,” Mr. Doering explained.  “We don’t want to paint the foam because it serves no purpose, other than make the rocket heavier than it needs to be, but we do paint the cork because we don’t want it to absorb the water as it sits outside.”
32. Ashamed of our mobile phone segment in India, says top LG official
33. Ashok Soota's Happiest Minds adopts an employee program popular at Google & Intel
34. Ashok Soota's Happiest Minds Technologies has just become the first Indian IT services company to adopt Mindfulness concept that seeks to enlighten minds and open hearts.
35. A showroom of Vaibhav Jewellers of Visakhapatnam was opened in Bobbili in Vizianagaram district on Tuesday. Local MLA R.V. Sujay Krishna Ranga Rao opened the showroom.Municipal Chairperson T. Atchutav...
36. Asian-Americans launch anti-Trump campaign in US
37. Asian Paints, Eicher Motors, HDFC, HDFC Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Kotak Mahindra Bank and UltraTech Cement hit their respective lifetime high.
38. Asian shares eased on Wednesday following modest losses on Wall Street, with investors awaiting US jobs numbers for further signs the Federal Reserve may raise rates as soon as September. The grow...
39. As India and US bond, Sushma raises visa fee, social security issues with Kerry
40. As its proxies advance in Syria, Turkey warns Kurds to pull back
41. A skin bank to store harvested donor skin that can then be used on individuals as a temporary skin cover was opened at the Government Stanley Hospital. This is the first skin bank under the government...
42. Askme shutdown: Vendors approach Economic Offences Wing over delayed payments
43. As most of us spend a considerable amount of time on various digital platforms -- Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, WhatsApp and the like -- a pertinent question now arises: What happens to our digital possessions once we die?
44. As much as actor Jr. NTR aspires to star in the biopic on his legendary grandfather Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR), he feels it will be extremely challenging to replicate the persona of the celebrated actor and politician onscreen.
45. A sneak peak into what commuters can expect from the eagerly awaited service from Little Mount
46. A solar storm could destroy the planet unless we create a massive magnetic shield to protect Earth, warns expert
47. A soldier aims an XM25 prototype weapon during testing at the Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland. Source: US Army
48. A South Carolina apartment complex puts out a letter after some kids complained about a clown trying to lure them into the woods.
49. As part of the announcement, China also launched a competition for members of the public to come up with a name and logo for the rover.
50. A special court today sentenced a Nepali youth to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh for possessing over a kg of charas.
51. A specially designed antidote to reverse acute, potentially life-threatening anticoagulant-related bleeding worked quickly, and was well-tolerated according to interim results of the ongoing ANNEXA-4 study.
52. A spurt in acid attacks against women has become a cause for concern in rural and urban West Bengal. By SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY
53. A. Sreenidhi, a Class X student of Paramita IIT Academy in Mankammathota in Karimnagar town, bagged champion' s award at the State-level memory championship competitions held in Warangal on Sunday. Sre...
54. As Reliance Jio's commercial launch nears, incumbent telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea have cut tariff and bundled free calls with data.
55. As the European Union falls apart, smaller blocs will emerge in its wake.
56. As the nation's obesity rate continues to skyrocket, scientists across the country are combing the health records of 1.6 million kids to determine if childhood antibiotic use causes weight gain later in life.
57. A strong spike in radio signals coming from the direction of a sun-like star has excited astronomers. The signals seem to be coming from a sun-like star known as HD 164595 in the constellation Hercules, around 95 light years away. Scientists suggest they are likely to be the result of a natural phenomenon, such as "microlensing' , in which the star' s gravity focuses signals coming from farther away. Astronomers have asked Seti (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to take a closer look at whether they could be a message from aliens.
58. A strong typhoon was on course on Tuesday for a direct hit on northeastern Japan, with authorities warning of heavy rain and high waves along the Pacific coast.
59. Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC have spotted a 155-mile wide minor planet that is orbiting more than 3,000 times further from the sun than Earth.
60. Astronomers Don' t Think That So-Called SETI Signal Is Aliens—and Neither Should You
61. Astronomers Don' t Think That So-Called SETI Signal Is Aliens—and Neither Should You
62. Astronomers Don' t Think the So-Called SETI Signal Is Aliens
63. Astronomers engaged in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) are training their instruments on a star around 94 light years from Earth after a very strong signal was detected by a Russian telescope.
64. Astronomers Find a Massive Milky Way Composed of Dark Matter
65. Astronomers have charted the rise and fall of galaxies over 90 percent of cosmic history. The FourStar Galaxy Evolution Survey has built a multicolored photo album of galaxies as they grow from their faint beginnings into mature and majestic giants. They did so by measuring distances and brightnesses for more than 70,000 galaxies spanning more than 12 billion years of cosmic time, revealing the breadth of galactic diversity.
66. Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster ever observed, glimpsing a stage of galactic evolution that' s never been seen before. The cluster is located roughly 11.1 billion light-years away from Earth and may have been spotted in the brief period just after its birth. Researchers say this remarkable discovery indicates the formation of galaxy clusters occurred 700 million years earlier than previously thought.
67. Astronomers searching for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) train their instruments on a star 94 light years from Earth after detecting a very strong signal.
68. Astronomers spot mysterious glowing spot in Saturn's ring
69. A study by psychological researchers shows that people are more likely to undermine their performance at stressful tasks when they're operating at 'peak capacity' based on their preferred time of the day.
70. A stunning new image released by Nasa' s Cassini spacecraft reveals a mysterious glowing spot in Saturn' s B ring. The phenomenon is known as an "opposition surge,'  in which one particular region appears to be far brighter than the rest. While it may seem unusual, the agency says the spot is actually an optical illusion produced by the Sun' s alignment with the observer.
71. A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of Somalia' s presidential palace in the capital on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, police say.
72. Asus India eyes 1 crore smartphone sales in 2 years
73. As we approach the statistical peak of hurricane season in early September, multiple tropical storm systems are threatening the southeastern US and the Hawaiian Islands.
74. As well as fertilising the egg, semen seems to prime a female's immune system, making it more likely that an embryo will survive
75. As Zika continues to spread around the world, how much have we learned about this mosquito borne virus?
76. At air assault school, students turn mantras into instinct
77. A Taliban commander was killed in an explosion in western Herat province of Afghanistan along with four other Taliban insurgents. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the slain Taliban ...
78. A tax expert analyses dispute resolution issues and chalks out innovative strategies
79. A teacher was today killed inside a government school by some assailants who fired a volley of bullets at him in Meham of Rohtak district, police said.
80. A team led by researchers at the University of Washington believes that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could mean less water is lost by plants, including some major crop species.
81. A teenage girl was allegedly raped over a period of four years by her 55-year-old stepfather in Nallasopara here, police said today.
82. At every step of the way 1.25 billion people of India will stand by Myanmar: PM
83. A tiny pterosaur from the age of flying giants is causing a flap among scientists. The rare reptile, with a wingspan of 'only' 1.5 metres (4.9ft), would have been dwarfed by its cousins from the Late Cretaceous era 77 million years ago. Some of them were much larger, with wingspans of up to 11 metres (36 feet), making them the size of a small plane. Before the discovery in Canada, researchers thought small pterosaurs had been unable to compete with early birds in the Late Cretaceous.
84. Atlanta Healthcare Cambridge Mask Launches Anti-Pollution Mask in India
85. At least 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen's 18-month-old civil war, the United Nations, approaching double the estimates of more than 6,000 cited by officials and aid workers for much of 2016.
86. At least 10,000 people have been killed in Yemen’s war, the United Nations has reported. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator Jamie…
87. At least 11 dead as Typhoon Lionrock floods northern Japan
88. At least 11 people, including nine elderly people at a nursing home, were found dead today in Japan as heavy overnight rain from Typhoon Lionrock left towns flooded across the country's north.
89. At least 60 students of a government primaryschool were taken ill after allegedly consuming food under mid-day meal programme at a village in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district.
90. At least 9 dead as typhoon hits northern Japan
91. At least nine people were found dead on Wednesday in a nursing home for the elderly in a northern Japanese town of Iwaizumi because of flooding caused by Lionrock typhoon, local media reported.
92. At least nine people were killed on Wednesday near a nursing home in Japan's northeastern Iwate prefecture after powerful Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in the region.
93. At least seven people were killed and more than 15 injured Tuesday when a truck with explosives blew up outside the Somali presidential palace and the popular Somali Youth League Hotel, police told CNN.
94. At least seven people were killed as heavy rains lashed Hyderabad on Wednesday morning, officials said.
95. At least six civilians were killed in an explosion in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, local officials said Tuesday. Provincial governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak confirmed the ...
96. At least two rivers swollen by the typhoon have broken through embankments, flooding areas in northern Japan.
97. At least two rivers swollen by the typhoon have broken through embankments, flooding areas in northern Japan.
98. A top-performing D.C. school just saw a dramatic drop in its English test scores
99. A top US general said Tuesday that ISIS fighters defied their leader's orders to fight to the death in a recent battle, instead retreating to the north.
100. A tower of Trump books
101. A translation of the Tamil short story Dhanabala Chettiar Company written in 1945 by C.N. Annadurai.
102. A travel agency catering specifically to Chinese tourists ceased operations last week. With the number of Chinese visitors to Taiwan expected to keep falling, other businesses are likely to follow. The situation has prompted travel, hotel and tour bus operators to plan a protest for
103. a trend that is set to continue with new regulatory pressures and tough penalties,” said Joel Lange, managing director of Dow Jones Risk and Compliance. “In markets like China, where SOCs are commonplace, knowing who you are working with and the potential risks involved is absolutely critical. We anticipate this list will prove invaluable to companies operating outside of China, and especially those subject to the UK Bribery Act and FCPA, for whom compliance is an even bigger imperative.”
104. A trilateral security strategy aimed at improving national security is unlikely to significantly lower business security expenditures and losses.
105. A truck bomb exploded Tuesday outside the Somali presidential palace and the popular Somali Youth League Hotel in Mogadishu, police told CNN.
106. ATS is terrorising Muslim youths: Sharad Pawar
107. At start of World Water Week, UNICEF highlights how women and girls lose valuable time and opportunities collecting water
108. At the 2nd India-U.S. Strategic and Commercial Dialogue in New Delhi, the two sides also discuss ways to enhance cooperation in key areas of energy and trade and business.
109. At the MTV Video Music Awards, Amber Rose talked to CNN about her feminist causes, slut shaming and her thoughts on the election.
110. Attitude of politician determines attitude of security personnel: JD (U) on Mahesh Sharma row
111. Audi launches A6 Matrix sedan at Rs.52.75 lakhs
112. Audiowav Media plans P2.66B IPO
113. Aug.30 17:22 Explosion rocks China embassy in Kyrgyzstan
114. Aug.30 19:36 HK research crackdown fuels speech fears
115. Aug.31 10:15 There's a shift away from the central bank narrative: Investor
116. August &#150 The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned the Democratic People&#39
117. August 2016—OPEC Secretary General HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo met with HE Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), on 26 August &nbsp
118. August (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) ― The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its forty-first session at United Nations Headquarters from 11&nbsp
119. A U.S. Army report looks at 21 cases of remote-controlled weapons in Iraq, Syria and Libya. One such weapon, photographed with rebels in Libya, appears to be a medium machine gun affixed to a toy truck.
120. Australia leaning towards buying Soryu-class subs
121. A Utah woman went to the hospital because she was having seizures, but discovered she was eight months pregnant and delivered the baby.
122. Authorities in Afghanistan say security forces have rescued an Australian aid worker, four months after she was kidnapped at gunpoint from her office in the country's east. Two armed men posing as ...
123. Authorities released recordings of 911 calls from the friends and family members of those trapped inside Orlando's Pulse nightclub. "They're all scared to death and they all think they're gonna die," said one man in the calls
124. Authorities responded to singer Chris Brown's Los Angeles home early today after a woman called police seeking assistance, officials said.
125. Authorities say a woman has been rescued and two men remain missing after a small plane crashed into a lake near a New Orleans airport.
126. Autism could be diagnosed by allowing children to play games on smart phones and tablets, a study has found. Researchers used fun iPad games to track players'  hand movements – gathering information that can help identify autism.
127. Auto driver jailed for drunk-driving
128. Auto drivers go on strike in Mumbai against app-based cabs
129. Auto industry body today urged the government to increase the outlay under the FAME scheme and also bring other leftover cities in the country under its purview to push the demand for hybrid and electric vehicles.
130. Auto major is also working on a study, to phase out some of its models both in the passenger vehicle and commercial vehicle verticals
131. Automobile and Aerospace Industries Take to 3D Printing
132. Automobile industry to grow to Rs 20 lakh crore in 10 years: Nitin Gadkari
133. Auto stocks emerged as the top gainers led by Tata Motors
134. Auto stocks in top gear; Tata Motors up 3%
135. Avadi AIADMK MLA "Ma Foi'  K. Pandiarajan was on Tuesday evening sworn in Minister for School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare by Governor K. Rosaiah at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. Chi...
136. Avadi AIADMK MLA "Ma Foi'  K. Pandiarajan was on Tuesday evening sworn in Minister for School Education and Sports and Youth Welfare by Governor K. Rosaiah at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. Chief...
137. Avery Dennison Foundation, a philanthropic arm of the Avery Dennison Corporation, has announced the winners of the fifth edition of InvEnt "Spirit of Invention'  scholarship in India.It is designed to ...
138. Avery foundation announces winners of "Spirit of Invention'  scholarship
139. Awaaz Foundation, in collaboration with some non-governmental organisations, colleges and the Indian Medical Association, unveiled the initiative, "Your Awaaz against Noise'  on Tuesday to create awar...
140. Awaaz Foundation launches drive against noise pollution
141. Awaran (Balochistan) [Pakistan], Aug. 30 (ANI): The Baloch Republican Party (BRP) activists carried out a protest rally in Kolwa area of Awaran district against military operations and Chinese intervention in Balochistan.
142. Award for restaurant
143. Award winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, made a powerful speech about the plight of refugees, calling it "the moral imperative of our time" to do more to help.
144. Awareness can prevent corneal blindness
145. A week after the result, Cecilia Malmstrom, Europe' s lead trade negotiator, said that the UK
146. A wildfire rages in Indonesia's South Sumatra in Seotember 2015.
147. A young couple was killed and seven others were injured here in two separate incidents when lightning struck them, police said today.
148. Azad said there was another delegation led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah, which met President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and everybody in Delhi.
149. Azam Khan's comments were an apparent reference to Modi gifting a shawl to his Nawaz Sharif's mother
150. Azam Khan Takes Veiled Dig at PM Modi, Uproar in UP Assembly
151. Baby simulator programs, designed to deter teenage girls from getting pregnant, do not prevent pregnancy. according to a study published in the journal Lancet.
152. backed India on its demand that Pakistan should act against terrorists operating from sanctuaries on its soil with US Secretary of State John Kerry asserting that his country &#8220
153. Back to planet Earth: Six scientists who spent a year living in a dome on an arid Hawaiian volcano simulating life on Mars emerge at the end of their experiment
154. Bai Chi Gan Tou Digital Entertainment Co (ç™Ÿå°ºç«¿é ­æ•žäœåš›æš‚) yesterday said it decided to scrap its plan to acquire 25.17 percent of XPEC Entertainment Inc' s (暂陞科技) stock because of the sharp drop in the share price over the past few months.
155. Bala Girisaballa appointed CEO-In-Residence at Microsoft Accelerator India
156. Baloch activists hold protest in Germany to highlight atrocities by Pak in...
157. Baloch activists hold protest in Germany to highlight atrocities by Pak in Balochistan
158. Baloch activists hold protest in Germany to highlight atrocities by Pakistan in Balochistan
159. Baloch activists hold protest to highlight atrocities by Pakistan in...
160. Baloch activists to protest in Germany on Tuesday
161. Baloch and Sindhi leaders held a joint protest against the ongoing CPEC in Balochistan outside the Chinese Embassy in London.
162. Balochistan CM Zehri absent from CPEC summit in Islamabad?
163. Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti has once again thanked India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for expressing support for their plight.
164. Baloch leader thank india for supporting Baloch people ...
165. Baloch Republican Party activists protest against military ops, raise...
166. Baloch, Sindhi leaders hold joint protest against CPEC in London
167. Band 'Sanam' is India’s fabulous four
168. BANGKOK -- A rift over how the Thai government should handle tax breaks for foreign companies has left many businesses saddled with additional liabilities, and is becoming a major threat to investment incentive in the country.
169. Bangladesh Islamist leader loses final appeal against execution for war crimes
170. Bangladesh police kills JMB commander involved in temple attack
171. Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence it handed down to senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader and key financier Mir Quasem Ali for committing war crimes ...
172. Bangladesh suspects 2 'Neo-JMB' leaders in India: reports
173. Bangladesh suspects two top leaders of a reorganised Jamaat-ul Mujahideen (JMB) took secret refuge in neighbouring India...
174. Bangladesh suspects two top leaders of a reorganised Jamaat-ul Mujahideen (JMB) took secret refuge in neighbouring India to mobilise weaponry and financial support for the banned outfit to carry out the July 1 terrorist attack on a Dhaka cafe, ...
175. Bankers voice concern about financing large infra projects
176. Bank merger: HC notice to Centre, SBI
177. Bank motivation for agriculture lending
178. Banks can do better on provisioning for loan losses: RBI Deputy Governor
179. Banks has recently become first private bank to closed its IPO
180. Banks should increase provision coverage ratio, says RBI Deputy Governor
181. Barack Obama must listen to me on human rights: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
182. Barack Obama speaks to the media after having lunch with formerly incarcerated individuals who have received commutations, including Ramona Brant (L) and Phillip Emmert (R), at Bus Boys and Poets restaurant in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2016.
183. Barack Obama urged to raise financial cyber-security at G20 Summit
184. Barbra Streisand tells Michaela Pereira she is surprised 'we've not come a little farther' on gender equality.
185. Baseball player wins gold medal - Nanaimo News Bulletin
186. Bashar al-Assad’s Spy Chief to Visit Moscow Next Week
187. BASHLITE malware fuels another DDoS botnet made up primarily of flaw-ridden internet of things devices
188. Ba Son completes sea trials for seventh, eighth Tarantul V corvettes ahead of delivery
189. 'Battle of Brides' showdown
190. Bay Dynamics Announces Major Enhancements to Flagship Cyber Risk Analytics Platform