Wednesday, August 3, 2016

General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-03 06:00

  1. Experts have revealed that using cliché words to describe yourself - such as 'ambitious', 'creative' and 'a perfectionist' - only sets you up to fall at the first hurdle.
  2. Experts promote gender equality in media for sustainable development
  3. Facebook has successfully carried out its first test flight of a solar-powered drone designed to provide faster and inexpensive internet access to remote regions of the world
  4. Facebook Isn't Just Good at Mobile. It's How Mobile Works Now
  5. Facebook REVERSES decision to ban plus-size lingerie advert
  6. Facebook REVERSES its ban on a lingerie advert featuring an amputee, an alopecia sufferer and a transgender model that was deemed too 'sexual'
  7. Facebook's internet-delivery drone completes first test flight
  8. Faced with no other option, the Telangana Government on Tuesday announced the cancellation of the Eamcet-2 examination in the wake of question paper leakage last month. A decision to this effect w...
  9. Facilities, security & transportation system in place for G20
  10. Fadnavis appealed to the House members to put a stop to the discussion on separate Vidarbha issue
  11. Fareed looks at how the political world has been turned upside down, with Democrats as the party of optimism and Republicans focusing on American flaws.
  12. Farmers planting paddy in a field on the outskirts of Patna on Tuesday...
  13. Farm produce on 1.20 lakh hectares of land has been damaged so far as per a survey
  14. Farm produce prices continue to fall
  15. Farm produce prices stay broadly flat
  16. Farm produce prices stayed almost flat last week, the Ministry of Commerce said on Aug 2. Food prices account for one-third of the calculation of China’s consumer price index.
  17. Fashion: How ‘chilled out’ brides are making their wedding wear fuss-free
  18. Fast-growing, diverse part of Florida gets special attention from Clinton, Trump campaigns
  19. FBI employee pleads guilty to acting as agent of China
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  21. Feral cattle pose a threat to wildlife in Idukki sanctuary
  22. Ferns N Petals: Friendship Day Special: Flat 18% Off Sitewide
  23. Ferrari's supercar sales fuel second-quarter earnings beat
  24. Fifth Special Metropolitan Magistrate Visakhapatnam M. Venkat Rao has sentenced an auto-driver for five-day imprisonment for drunken driving, here on Tuesday.The accused P. Kanakaraju (34), a resident...
  25. Fifty-six- year old Ovindra Pal, who has skinned dead cows and buffalos for as long as he can remember, finds Dalits facing contrasting situations in UP on the one hand, and Gujarat and Rajasthan on t...
  26. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday expressed concern over situations of chaos and long traffic jams at the county's...
  27. Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has stated that the government will take an appropriate decision on withdrawing purchase tax imposed on gold merchants who had opted for the compounding system of ta...
  28. Firepower-2016 Qingtongxia D" exercise kicks off
  29. Firm dollar pulls gold prices down
  30. Firm expects double-digit EBITA margin growth in the next 2-3 years
  31. First cadaver kidney transplant conducted at Royapettah GH
  32. First death reported this week as Russian authorities tackle anthrax outbreak among herders in remote Siberian peninsula
  33. First Impressions Review: Lenovo Vibe K5 Note
  34. First look: Randeep Hooda plays a Sikh soldier in Santoshi’s Saragarhi
  35. First phase of KPL from September 16
  36. First product to be launched after October by BMW, while TVS to roll out first product by fiscal year-end
  37. First time in USA: Indian cricket team to play T20s vs Windies
  38. Fitbit Sales Surge, Profits Fall
  39. Five Indian inventions that you have probably never heard of
  40. Five recruits to the 'Indian Reserve Battalion Thunderbolts', who climbed to the top of a building in the city centre, threatened to jump to death unless granted posting on Tuesday here. The Keral...
  41. Five State Ministers graced the memorial day function of freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai at his birthplace Odanilai near Arachalur and honoured his descendents.AssistanceThe function organised by ...
  42. Flood Situation Improves in Assam, Many Still Affected
  43. FLORIDA, U.S. - Federal Aviation Authorities of the U.S. have allowed Virgin Galactic to work on its commercial spacecraft, two years after a failed test run. Mike Moses, senior vice-president of ...
  44. Flying Spaniard slowed down by Indian monsoon
  45. FM concerned over Bengaluru, Gurgaon gridlock
  46. Focus on winning medals, PM Modi to Narsingh Yadav
  47. Following 10 further cases of Zika thought to be contracted in Florida, pregnant women have now been told to avoid a so-called “transmission area” in Miami
  48. Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict, in New York today:
  49. Following is the scoreboard of the second Test between India and West Indies before rain forced an early end to the fourth day's play at the Sabina Park here on Tuesday.
  50. Food output to remain flat in 2015-16; commercial crops to dip
  51. For anyone holding out hope that life as we know it might exist on our terrestrial satellite, China just burst that bubble.
  52. For cash & prostitutes: FBI staff spied for China
  53. “Forecasters are predicting a Perseid outburst this year with double normal rates on the night of Aug. 11-12,” said Bill Cooke with NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office in Huntsville, Alabama. “Under perfect conditions, rates could soar to 200 meteors per hour.”
  54. Forest officials and local villagers look a one horned rhino on National highway 37 stay out from flood affected Kaziranga National park in Kaziranga on Tuesday. PTI Photo
  55. Forest officials evacuate a rhino rescued from flooded Kaziranga National Park in Assam. (Rahul Karmakar)
  56. Forget red and white, go for GREEN wine: Researchers say eco-friendly grapes taste better (and are cheaper)
  57. Forget the Clintons, the Khans Are Donald Trump's Biggest Presidential Obstacle
  58. For Kerri Walsh Jennings, the Olympics — and childbirth — are a labor of love
  59. Former Bush advisor leaves Republican party because of Trump
  60. Former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will step in to mollify sulking Kerala Congress (M) leader K.M. Mani.A meeting of Mr. Chandy, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, and Kerala Pradesh Congre...
  61. Former Council for Economic Planning and Development chairman Hu Sheng-cheng (胡勝正) yesterday took over the chairmanship of the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER, 中華經濟研究院), saying he would highlight the population’s age index to help the government better grasp demographic trends and to formulate appropriate
  62. Former Jeb Bush advisor Sally Bradshaw leaves Republican party because of Donald Trump
  63. Former Prime Minister K P Oli resigned on July 24
  64. Former Union Health Minister and PMK MP Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday opposed the recommendation of film director Shyam Benegal, who is heading a panel suggesting changes to Central Board for Film Cert...
  65. For Older Women, Election 2016 Isn't About Hashtags. It's About History
  66. For start-ups getting into partnerships in their quest to find success and profitability has become the new big thing
  67. For years now, desktop computer hardware just hasn't been very exciting. But the popularity of VR is changing that.
  68. Fossil of a mysterious cave creature is identified after 40 years as a strange white footed RABBIT RAT
  69. Fossil of a mysterious cave creature is identified as a RABBIT RAT
  70. Founders: Vivek Shukla, Kasturi Rangan
  71. Four-member panel to interact with Lodha committee
  72. Four million tax arrear cases may get waiver
  73. Fourth advance estimate pegs wheat production at 93.5 million tonnes
  74. France, India Move in on Deal for Dozens of Rafale Fighter Jets
  75. French President Francois Hollande: Donald Trump's comments make people nauseous
  76. French President Francois Hollande today slammed the "excesses" of US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as sickening.
  77. (From AFP) A high-profile Hong Kong pro-independence leader said Tuesday he had been barred from standing in upcoming parliamentary elections — the latest candidate backing separation from mainland China to be disqualified. The apparent ban for Edward Leung, of the…
  78. (From AFP) A high-profile Hong Kong pro-independence leader said Tuesday he had been barred from standing in upcoming parliamentary elections -- the latest candidate backing ...
  79. (From AFP) South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday evoked memories of her parents' assassination as she hit back at opposition to the planned deployment ...
  80. (From AFP) South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday evoked memories of her parents' assassination as she hit back at opposition to the planned deployment of an advanced US anti-missile system in South Korea. The defense ministry announced last month…
  81. (From AFP) Thousands of jobless Indians, Filipinos and Pakistanis are stranded and destitute in Saudi Arabia after the plunge in oil prices sparked construction layoffs, ...
  82. (From AFP) Thousands of jobless Indians, Filipinos and Pakistanis are stranded and destitute in Saudi Arabia after the plunge in oil prices sparked construction layoffs, activists and officials said Tuesday. Some Filipinos are forced to beg or sift through garbage…
  83. From a rocky area to a neighbourhood levelled to create homes, Bangarammametta in Allipuram was once earmarked for the economically weaker sections.Over the years, 80 per cent of the families form a p...
  84. (From Asahi Shimbun) Shikoku Railway Co. (JR Shikoku), which operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures of Shikoku island, is offering train buffs the opportunity to drive the Tetsudo Hobby Train, a tourist attraction that runs on the Yodo ...
  85. (From Hindustan Times) Sanjana Soni, a Mumbai-based marketing professional is set to get married in November. But the 29-year-old is not interested in wearing a traditional heavy bridal lehanga for her D-Day. She wants something simpler and more comfortable. Soni ...
  86. From honour killings to Indian women's wrestling team
  87. (From Korea Times) South Korea has been enthusiastic for the Summer Olympics for 28 years since hosting the 1988 Seoul Games and has posted noticeable results in many sports during that period, bouncing around from fourth to 12th place on ...
  88. (From Reuters) China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) has dropped its claim against the Sri Lankan government for $143 million in compensation for delaying the $1.4 billion Colombo Port City development, in return for getting additional land for the project, the ...
  89. (From Reuters) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved 13.5 trillion yen ($132 billion) in fiscal measures on Tuesday even as the central bank fought market speculation that it is preparing to put the brakes on monetary stimulus for the ...
  90. FSSAI bans silver leaf of animal origin in food items
  91. Full electronic security cover at all 324 Carnival screens in 89 cities; mobile personal safety app for night time cinegoers
  92. Funeral today for French priest killed in Normandy church
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  94. Further needling India, Pakistan's parliament has unanimously passed a resolution, condemning human rights violations...
  95. Game-Changing Flight for Naval Aviation: First Flight with 3-D Printed, Safety-Critical Parts
  96. Gaming company Junglee Games has roped in popular movie stars Prakash Raj and Rana Daggubati as the brand ambassadors for its flagship game JungleeRummy.com, an online Rummy website.The duo, featuring...
  97. Gawker founder Nick Denton files for bankruptcy after Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit
  98. GCS Holdings Inc (GCS, 環宇通訊), which supplies gallium arsenide (GaAs) chips mostly used in telecommunication equipment, yesterday announced that its net profit last quarter grew about fivefold from the previous quarter, supported by a spike in asset gains.
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