General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-03 12:00

1. New assessments of mosquito populations and test results this past weekend by Florida public health officials, as part of a community survey in the Miami neighborhood where several Zika infections were recently confirmed, have found persistent mosquito populations and additional Zika infections in the same area. This information suggests that there is a risk of continued active transmission of Zika virus in that area. As a result, CDC and Florida are issuing travel, testing and other recommendations for people who traveled to or lived in the Florida-designated areas on or after June 15, 2016, the earliest known date that one of the people could have been infected with Zika.
2. New coach Bauza plans to woo Messi back for Argentina
3. New Golden Globes host Jimmy Fallon starts with Donald Trump quip
4. New Jersey governor and Donald Trump supporter Chris Christie says that it is not appropriate for anyone to criticize Gold Star families like Capt. Hamayun Khan's because of their sacrifice.
5. New Navy Tech Makes It Easy to Land on a Carrier. Yes, Easy
6. New Obama rule means every government agency will have to consider climate change
7. New observations show that warm deep water reaches the large Filchner ice shelf in the southern Weddell Sea.
8. New Permanent Observer of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Presents Letter of Appointment
9. New Permanent Representative of Czech Republic Presents Credentials
10. New research by a forest landscape ecology professor shows that organisms will face more hardships as they relocate when climate change makes their current homes uninhabitable.
11. New research finds that airborne bacterial communities differ from one urban park to the next but those of parking lots are alike -- and differ from those of parks in subtle but potentially important ways.
12. New research shows how Geobacter bacteria grow as films on electrodes and generate electricity -- a process that's ready to be scaled up to industrial levels.
13. New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton will step down from his post next month for a job in the private sector, marking the end of 45 years of public service. He will be replaced by the NYPD Chief of Department James O'Neill
14. NEW YORK, New York - Global stock markets have plunged as fears grow over the health of the world's banks, poor economic data, and disappointment in a stimulus package by Japan. The Japanese Yen ...
15. NFL to Get Snapchat Discover Channel This Fall
16. N.H. Konaraddi, Janata Dal (Secular) MLA representing Navalgund in Dharwad district, has urged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to initiate steps to release all those who were jailed after the recent viole...
17. NHRC directive to officials on projects for tribals
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19. Nicaraguan president’s wife tapped to be his running mate
20. Nicaragua’s governing Sandinista party on Tuesday named first lady Rosario Murillo as the running-mate of President Daniel Ortega in his bid for a third term in Nov. 6 elections.
21. Nigerian chef transforms traditional cuisine into fine dining
22. Nimesh Kampani passes baton to son
23. Nimesh Kampani steps down as MD of JM Financial
24. Nine ‘outlaw’ bikers charged with breaking into bank machine in Ontario
25. N Korea test fires ballistic missile: S Korea defence ministry
26. N.K. Premachandran, MP, has said that following a submission made by him in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh stated that, as per reports, persons from various States, includ...
27. NMCP Team Creates Award Winning Budget Portal
28. Nobel Prize-winning Egyptian-American scientist Ahmed Zewail passed away in the United States.
29. Nobody is buying Anandiben Patel’s explanation that she offered to resign as Chief Minister of Gujarat on account of her looming 75th birthday. The age limit of 75 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi h...
30. No links between Naik, terror outfits, govt tells House
31. No links between the controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and terrorist organisations...
32. Nominations for the Padma Awards, 2017 is presently open and the last date for receipt of the nominations for the Padma Awards 2017 is September 15, 2016.
33. Non-banking finance companies have outperformed private banks in terms of financial performance in the June 2016 quarter by a wide margin. Though both’s businesses are not directly comparable due to ...
34. No plans for nationwide prohibition: Govt
35. No plans to change Gandhi's pic on currency notes: Govt
36. North Chennai groynes project may finally see the light of day
37. Northern Ireland-based Scots honour regimental tradition on the eve of Afghan tour
38. North Korea fired a ballistic missile at around 7:50 a.m. local time Wednesday, according to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. The missile was launched from an area in North Korea's South Hwanghae province.
39. North Korea today test-fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan, South Korea's defence ministry said, in an apparent reaction to the planned deployment of a US missile defence system.
40. Not ready to risk children’s lives and theirs too, teachers in the Government Higher Primary School at Gadhar village in Raichur district take classes in the open space outside the school building. F...
41. Now, anti-dumping duty on steel import from 6 nations
42. No Wonder Ankara’s Mad: Failed Turkish Coup Costs Country Big
43. Now's the right time to take a closer look at your finances. Here's a little cheat sheet to help you along.
44. Now, woman raped by autorickshaw drivers in UP
45. NRI named New York's chief digital officer
46. Numan Kurtulmus on Monday said a restructuring of Turkey's intelligence operations was on the agenda after the coup
47. Nursing school in Bidar yet to attract students
48. NYC mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD commissioner William Bratton presided over a solemn annual ceremony at One Police Plaza adding names to the NYPD's Memorial Wall of officers who have died in the line of duty or in duty-related circumstances in New York City on May 05, 2016.
49. Obama: Donald Trump Is 'Unfit' to Serve as President
50. Obama offered one of his sharpest denunciations of Trump to date and lambasted Republicans for sticking by their nominee.
51. Obama Rebukes Trump, Says Tired of Trash-talking of Troops
52. Obama says DNC hacks would not alter relations with Russia
53. Obama says Trump unfit to serve as US President
54. Obama to Republican leaders: why are you still endorsing Trump?
55. ODD4-Education 2030 : le Groupe Régional de Coordination pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre opérationnel (in French)
56. Odisha Govt Allows Transgenders to Participate in Independence Day Parade
57. Official says car bombing in eastern Libya kills 23 people
58. Officials backing away from previous goal of opening up games to broader selection of cities
59. Officials get an earful over poor upkeep of stadium
60. Officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Visakhapatnam Regional Unit, conducted raids in Gokavaram mandal in East Godavari district and seized 270 kg of cannabis (ganja) transported in ...
61. Oil Minister Pradhan favours lower cess for explorers
62. Oil Ministry’s action on D&M report may affect financials of RIL block in KG-basin: CAG
63. Oil prices edged up in early trading on Tuesday after US crude broke below $40 per barrel the previous session, but traders said fuel markets continued to be dogged by excess production.
64. Oil prices tumbled on Monday on heightened worries of an oil glut, putting pressure on energy shares and giving pause to global equity prices, which have rallied to their highest in nearly a year.The...
65. Ola's battle with Uber set to intensify
66. Ola, Uber drivers want minimum fare fixed
67. Old silver coins found while digging earth
68. Olympians suit up in high-tech apparel to shave seconds off
69. Olympic Blame Games: IOC pins Russian doping scandal mess on WADA
70. Olympic gymnast runs up a nearly $5,000 cellphone bill playing Pokemon Go in Rio
71. Olympic host city Rio recreated as colourful Lego model
72. Olympic Safety
73. Olympic torch has arduous day as transit issues mount in Rio
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75. On 12 June 1999, Pakistani Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz hastily arrived in New Delhi,...
76. On Aug. 2, 1790, a year after the inauguration of the first US president, George Washington, the US held a census under the general direction of then-US secretary of state Thomas Jefferson. It was the first US population count, and the census now takes place
77. on August 6 (Saturday) at Sarojini Natraj auditorium, Shree Baladevdas Kikani Matriculation Higher Secondary School.A release from t...
78. Once a rage, fate of traditional puppetry hangs by a thread
79. One Direction star Niall Horan has slammed a fan on Twitter for taking a photograph of him while he was asleep on a plane.
80. One firm reckons its planned sea-floor mines are more sustainable than those on land. But the diggers could destroy rare life and more
81. One of the few issues that the top Democratic and Republican candidates have agreed on in 2016 is that a massive Pacific trade deal on the table is a bad idea.
82. One of the world's hubs of computation in particle physics sits inconspicuously at the corner of 56th Street and Ellis Avenue on the University of Chicago campus.
83. On his part, Aziz pledged Pakistan's unequivocal support for a democratic, peaceful and stable Turkey under the dynamic leadership of President Tayyip Erdogan. File photo
84. On July 25, the Act Governing the Handling of Ill-gotten Properties by Political Parties and Their Affiliate Organizations (政黨及其附隨組織不當取得財產處理條例) passed its third and final reading in the legislature. It is a day worth remembering for Taiwanese democracy and the rule of law.
85. On Karkidaka vavu day on Tuesday, hundreds of people took part in the ‘pithru tharpanam’ rituals, in memory of departed ancestors, at various Siva temples in the district.The Thrikkannadu Treyambakesh...
86. Online campaign against Trump remarks on fallen Muslim soldier
87. Online matchmaking isn't exactly new in India. For about 10 years now, sophisticated Indians have used web matrimonial services to arrange the marriages of their children.
88. Only 50 per cent of councillors raised queries on civic issues at council meet
89. On-tap banking may not see long queue for licence
90. On today’s episode of Double Down, hosts Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are joined by economist, Dr. Michael Hudson of michael-hudson.com, to discuss the stupid economics behind each of the two US presidential candidates.
91. On Tuesday, the White House announced $35 million to study drones and said Google's drone delivery program will begin testing its delivery drones in the U.S.
92. OpenAI Is Calling for Techie Cops to Battle Code Gone Rogue