General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-06 7

1. GST will be the biggest benefit for Indian growth and it will help cut down transaction costs, said Kaushik Basu, Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President, World Bank, here on Friday. He urged the g...
2. GST will lead to much simpler administrative framework, reducing tax governing costs for corporates, and over time, improving the overall cost competitiveness of corporate India. ]]
3. Guardiola's City face Bucharest in Champions League
4. Guardiola's Manchester City Draw Steaua Bucharest in Champions League
5. Guideline issued to boost water conservation
6. Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Vijay Rupani who was appointed as the new Chief Minister of the state will meet Governor O.P Kohli today to stake claim to form a new government.Health Minister Nitish Patel, who was named as the Deputy ...
7. Gujarat BJP chief Vijay Rupani will succeed Anandiben Patel as the chief minister, with Nitin Patel as his deputy...
8. Gujarat's newly formed Cabinet will ensure it remains progressive: BJP
9. Gulbarga University has decided to hold entrance examinations for all post graduate courses, said S.R. Niranjan, Vice Chancellor.
10. Gurvinder Singh, the maker of Chauthi Koot, harks back to the collective memory of Punjab’s Khalistan days for the award-winning film
11. Hackers Aren't Always Humans. This Bot Battle Proves It
12. Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara Movie Review
13. Hamid Nehal Ansari, a Mumbai resident arrested in 2012 for illegally entering Pakistan from Afghanistan reportedly to meet a girl he had befriended online, suffered injuries after he was attacked by inmates in the Peshawar Central Prison.
14. Hamid Nehal Ansari was arrested in 2012 for illegally entering Pakistan from Afghanistan to apparently meet a girl he met online
15. Handlooms: Hashtagging a very old tradition
16. Harvard Republican Club will not endorse party nominee Donald Trump
17. HC transfers probe into job racket to CBI
18. He also thanked the leadership of his predecessor Anandiben Patel saying that she had led Gujarat and enriched the development journey of the state
19. Health Minister J P Nadda said cardiovascular, respiratoral and diarrhoeal diseases as well as cancer were the major causes of death during 2010-2013 period.
20. Heavy rains lash Mumbai; trains affected, flights hit
21. He delivered the tough talk at a gathering of party workers on the occasion of 84th birth anniversary of SP leader late Jnaneshwar Mishra
22. He emphasised that India has potential particularly in non-leather footwear to become a world beater
23. He holds a bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from the University of California
24. Here Are the 30 Olympians in Rio to Follow on Social Media This Summer
25. Hermann Goering, Commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, inspecting Austrian troops
26. Heroic humpback whales from across the world are saving seals
27. He said 73 roads have been identified as strategic Sino-India border roads
28. He said in a lighter vein that he was saying this on merit and because he himself is a member of the state council
29. He said Indian media accompanying him was not allowed in when he was making the speech on terrorism
30. He said to the SAARC Ministers that sanctions and bans imposed against terrorists by the global community have to be honoured
31. He thanked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary board for considering him worthy
32. He was inducted into cabinet, entrusted with crucial portfolios, became State party president and has now been named CM — all in less than two years.
33. He will also review the executions of decisions taken at the party national executive meeting in Allahabad
34. Higher prices curb demand for gold
35. High medal hopes for India at Rio Olympics
36. Hillary Clinton acknowledged at a campaign stop that she "may have short-circuited" an answer she gave to Fox News about the FBI investigation into her use of a personal email server. CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reports.
37. Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in a surprising new poll of Georgia, edging the Republican nominee 44% to 40% among registered voters in the deep red state.
38. Himalayan railway connecting Tibet with India feasible: China
39. History at the fingertips
40. Hockey team not attending opening ceremony as they need 'rest': Sports Minister
41. Holding the Olympics in Rome in 2024 would send a message of defiance to terrorists trying to cower people into a "life of fear" and rob them of their sporting and cultural identity, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi said.
42. HONG KONG-CHINA-POLITICS-INDEPENDENCE-PROTEST-ELECTIONS
43. Hong Kong Has First Pro-Independence Rally
44. Hong Kong names candidates in council polls; rejects up to 9
45. Hong Kong's government today announced the names of candidates approved to run in the territory's most contentious Legislative Council elections since reverting to Chinese rule almost two decades ago, amid a dispute over people excluded on political ...
46. Hope fills Indian hearts as the ‘samba’ Games begin
47. Hope for New Particle Fizzles at the LHC
48. Horrifying 'Rape Videos' Become Best Sellers on Illicit Indian Market
49. Hotel group set to launch new brand Wyndham Garden in Indian market
50. Hours ahead of the opening ceremony at the Rio Olympics, take a look at our exclusive Rio poster. Here are 10 must-know things before the Games begins. It takes you less than a minute to go through this one... but that's still almost 6 times the time Bolt takes to sprint 100m!
51. Hours before the minimum import price (MIP) on steel products was to expire, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade has extended the MIP for 66 products till October 4. The MIP ranges between $341-7...
52. How a professional team of stars of yesteryear is moulding tomorrow’s champions
53. How a tactical alliance between Erdogan and Gulen crumbled into a struggle for power.
54. However, says government is committed to completing the project
55. However, the first major update to the World Bank’s safeguard policies
56. However, the women’s team will participate in the ceremony.
57. How HCL, Infosys are using apps to boost employee morale
58. How heroic humpback whales from across the world are rescuing vulnerable seals from orca attacks
59. How Nature Can Help Prisoners
60. How Patrick Rothfuss Saved a &#8216
61. How Patrick Rothfuss Saved a "Hot Mess" of a Book
62. How the Republicans should deal with The Donald
63. How watching 'Planet Earth' reduces violence: Nature documentaries can help keep prisoners calm
64. HRD Ministry turns down plan to allow foreign universities in SEZs
65. HRD ministry turns down proposal to allow foreign universities in SEZs
66. HT Media Q1 revenue up 7.5% at Rs 662 cr
67. Huli Vesha dance forwelfare of soldiers
68. Humans really ARE kind: Most people are naturally inclined to help strangers and share limited resources
69. Humpback whales from across the world are rescuing vulnerable seals from orca attacks
70. HYDERABAD: The Secretariat was abuzz with Bonalu celebration of a different kind to promote harmony and camaraderie between employees of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Friday. At a programme called ‘...
71. Hyundai launches 3 new variants of Creta
72. Hyundai launches 3 variants of Creta priced upto Rs 13.76 lakh
73. Hyundai Motor India Ltd said it will increase prices by up to Rs 15,000 across models from August 16 to offset rising input costs and impact of rupee depreciation. “The rupee depreciation and the inc...
74. Hyundai Motor India said it will increase prices of its vehicles by up to Rs.20,000 from August 16 to offset rising input costs and impact of rupee depreciation.“The rupee depreciation and increase i...
75. I Additional District and Sessions Judge C.M. Joshi on Thursday found a 31-year-old transport company employee from Haryana guilty of murdering his colleague in October 2010.Sandeep Soni, who was conv...
76. IBM unveils iOS Garage in India
77. ICT chief Salalima to push for ‘scaled-down’ nat’l broadband network
78. Ideally, ASEAN should mediate disputes between its members and China over the South China Sea. The grouping not only failed in this but is not even providing moral support to its member states. Its silence on the historic Hague ruling rejecting…
79. IEK issues warning on China's new semiconductor al...
80. IEK issues warning on China's new semiconductor alliance
81. If brands appear less vocal this time going into the Olympics, there are other factors at play than the troubles plaguing Brazil
82. If cleanliness really is the aim, all the government needs to do is ensure the army of cleaners, who are already paid full wages, do the work for which they are paid
83. If extensive reading will fire her expression and imagination, an armoury of anecdotes will be the ammunition to set her apart.
84. If Los Angeles gets the 2024 Olympics, this is who should light the Olympic torch
85. “If you read any newspaper in India, across Africa or southeast Asia, you regularly see big stories about crashes involving multiple casualties,” said Saul Billingsley, director of the FIA Foundation, a global road safety charity. “There’s awareness that these things are happening [in developing countries],
86. IGAD heads of state to discuss crisis in South Sudan
87. IGAD heads of state to discuss crisis in South Sudan" IGAD heads of state to discuss crisis in South Sudan
88. (Images: NASA and L2 – including SLS renders from L2 artist Nathan Koga – The full gallery of Nathan’s (SpaceX Dragon to MCT, SLS, Commercial Crew and more) L2 images can be *
89. In 2008, the Australian government made an official apology for a 70-year programme of civilising the natives, which was colloquially known as "screwing them white". Only, Aussies being Aussies, they used another word as a synonym for "screwing".By ...
90. In 2012, Mark Woods started the year watching the sunrise atop Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park and ended it taking in a sunset atop a volcano at Haleakala National Park in Hawaii.
91. In 2015, affluent Indians bought over 35,000 luxury cars, priced in the range of ₹ 30 lakh to a few crores, and that was the highest ever annual sales number.
92. In 40 minutes: How Vijay Rupani Upstaged Nitin Patel to Become Gujarat CM
93. In a frenzied atmosphere, many supporters handed her red roses, a nod to the colour of their grassroots movement
94. In a move that will not require huge investments, but at the same time, bring considerable amount of relief to a few lakh commuters, the Southern Railway plans to expand the construction of ‘double d...
95. In a move that would embarrass the ruling TRS, the opposition Congress party has announced that it would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gajwel on August 7 and present a memorandum on the issue ...
96. In an attempt to create awareness on neonatal hearing, Himalaya Drug Company today conducted screening tests for 100 underprivileged children.
97. In a shocking incident, a family of three were found dead under mysterious circumstances here on Friday.Police said that Sendilkumar (39), who was working in Gulf for about seven years had returned h...
98. In a shocking incident, a family of three were found dead under mysterious circumstances here on Friday.Police said that Sendilkumar (39), who was working in Gulf for about seven years had returned ho...
99. In a statement, Twitte confirmed Natalie Kerris's departure, saying she helped "share the Twitter story with the world".
100. In a unique attempt, an Allahabad-based boy extended his hearty wishes to the Rio-bound Indian contingent by constructing a structure of Maracana Stadium...
101. In a veiled attack on Pakistan, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said the neighbouring country hates India so much that it was ready to let itself down in order to harm India.
102. In Brazil, UN chief encourages Olympic Refugee Team to ‘show strength,’ inspire the world
103. In Case You Were Wondering, Scott Eastwood Is Team T. Swift
104. Income Tax department has conducted raids in the premises of Kerala-based financial institutions under the Muthoot banner, across the country. The raid is being conducted across the three major independent business entities, Muthoot Finance, Muthoot ...
105. Income Tax raid in various premises of Muthoot firms
106. Independence Day is a time to look at the future as well as look back. I find myself thinking about the year gone by and about the people who have inspired me
107. India and the US have a lot to learn from each other’s democratic systems, but conceptual transference for the sake of it is shortsighted and ignores ground realities in both countries
108. India at the Games
109. India Eyeing Deal With Russia to Buy Project 21300C Rescue Ship
110. India implements CPI target, cementing Rajan legacy
111. ‘India in for a heady growth cocktail’
112. India is aiming at seafood exports of $10 billion by 2020 and Andhra Pradesh, as the leading exporter of shrimp through Visakhapatnam port, has to play a vital role in achieving the ambitious target,...
113. India is aiming at seafood exports of US $ 10 billion by 2020 and Andhra Pradesh, as the leading exporter of shrimp through Visakhapatnam port, has to play a vital role in achieving the ambitious targ...
114. Indian apparel makers try on ethical supply chains for size
115. Indian boxing champion Vijender Singh extended his best wishes to the Indian team which is gearing up to shine at the Rio Olympics and called on the contingent to make the nation proud by winning medals."Extend all my wishes to the Indian contingent ...
116. Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar speaks with a team member during a practice session ahead of the...
117. Indian media were denied access in Pakistan during my speech at SAARC conference on Thursday: Rajnath
118. Indian Men and Women Look to Make a Mark in Rio Olympics Hockey
119. Indian men’s hockey team to boycott Rio opening ceremony
120. Indian men’s hockey team to skip Olympic opening ceremony
121. Indian men's hockey team to skip opening ceremony
122. Indian National Univ Bill goes online for public views
123. Indian-origin girl named UK's 'Child Genius 2016'
124. Indian-origin lawyer among controversial UK peerages