- Critics of the local decrees have said the orders are too vague, prompting local police officials to fine even women wearing the traditional Islamic headscarf and the hijab, but not burkinis.
- Crownit helps users discover local restaurants and outlets, offers cashback that can be redeemed while shopping on a few e-commerce companies listed on their site
- CTBC Financial calls off China deal
- CTBC Financial Holding (中信金控) yesterday announced that it has scuttled a HK$2.35 billion (US$303 million) deal to wholly acquire China CITIC Bank International (China) Ltd (中信銀行國際中國). The decision was due to lengthy delays and lack of progress after a year-long effort, CTBC
- Cuban authorities have confirmed that direct commercial flights from the US would resume on August 31 after more than 50 years of suspension.
- Curfew in several areas of Kashmir ahead of planned march
- Curfew, restrictions imposed in various places of J&K
- Curfew was on Friday extended to several areas of Kashmir to foil a planned march by separatists to Eidgah in old city area as normal life continued to remain paralysed for the 49th consecutive day in the Valley. ]]
- Curious Curriculum
- Currency daily report for Aug 26, 2016 by Veracity Financial Services
- Current starshot ventures to get to our new neighbour are too expensive to be practical, but finding out more about the planet should be a high priority"
- Cybercrime in India surged by 350% in three years: ASSOCHAM-PwC study
- Cyient drops on profit booking
- Cyient fell 1.64% to Rs 519.35 at 14:45 IST on BSE on profit booking after gaining 7.15% in six trading days to settle at Rs 528 yesterday, 25 August 2016 from its close of Rs 492.75 on 17 August 2016.
- Czech hiker Pavlina Pizova survived for five weeks alone in a hut in the wilderness after a tragic accident killed her partner.
- Czech police have arrested a man for attempting to drive into the motorcade of visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Prague, they said.
- DAG Modern intends to create awareness about Indian art and its legacy.
- Dahi handi celebrations on Thursday were louder than last year, with the shrillest celebrations recorded at the event held in front of Shiv Sena Bhavan. Awaaz Foundation recorded noise levels at vari...
- Dalit organisations backed by non-BJP parties on Friday announced that they will meet next month to decide on how to counter the “cultural fascism” of the RSS.
- Dalit organisations backed by non-BJP parties today announced that they will meet next month to decide on how to counter the "cultural fascism" of the RSS.
- 'Damages' or market rent for the first month of "unauthorised occupation" of general pool residential accommodation for various cities would be in the range of 40-55 times of what occupants pay every month depending upon the type of house.
- Dancers are the athletes of God', said Albert Einstein. The great man had a knack for getting his facts right and here too......
- Dark clouds loom over the Polavaram multi-purpose irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh after a team of an experts of the Union Water Resources Ministry came out with a damning report on the way the project is being executed by the state ...
- DCNS is locked in exclusive negotiations with Australia to build a fleet of 12 next-generation submarines for $38.13 billion
- DCNS said that the leak bore the hallmarks of 'economic warfare' carried out by frustrated competitors
- DCNS was left reeling after details from more than 22,000 pages of documents relating to submarines it is building for India were published in The Australian newspaper.
- DDA Housing Scheme 2016 likely to be launched around Diwali
- DDA plans community centres with banquet hall-like facilities
- Dealers in India were offering discounts of up to $25 an ounce over official domestic prices
- Deepika Padukone is the only Indian actress and the sole newcomer in the list, coming in at the 10th spot
- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar passed orders on Wednesday evening to urgently pursue the matter with the French side
- Defense Ministry's regular press conference on August 25
- Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana gives his view on the Permanent Court of Arbitration's ruling on the South China Sea Arbitration (RP vs. PROC) during a meeting with media persons held at the Social Hall of the Department of National Defense, Camp Aguinaldo.
- Defying PM Najib Razak, Malaysian students plan rally calling for 1MDB arrest
- Delhi-based ‘unified command’ planned to take on anti-Dalit atrocities
- Delhi Development Authority's Housing Scheme 2016 with 12,000 flats on offer is likely to be launched around Diwali, in what could be a festive bonanza for home buyers.
- Demanding that Regode and Alladurg mandals be retained in Sangareddy district instead of the proposed Medak district after trifurcation, the locals held a dharna at Alladurg mandal headquarters on Th...
- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at a rally at John Marshall High School on August 17, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Dengue Outbreak in West Bengal Leaves 23 Dead, Dozens Affected
- Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Friday called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to India.Shanmugaratnam has been invited to New Delhi to address top policy-makers on "Fulfilling India's Potential in the ...
- Derivative strategy for Nifty from Motilal Oswal Securities
- Describing swashbuckling batsman Virat Kohli as 'consistent', Pakistan's Sami Aslam has revealed that he looks to the Indian Test skipper for inspiration to perform at the highest level.The 20-year-old pointed out that the Indian cricketer takes ...
- Desi bean-to-bar chocolate makers across the country are pairing unusual flavours with locally-grown cacao beans, discovers SHONALI MUTHALALY
- Designer Ashish Soni, who will celebrate his silver jubilee in the fashion industry next year, has noticed an increased influx of foreign brands in the country. While he feels it's creating awareness about global trends amongst Indians, he says ...
- Designing better ways to let go of digital memories than 'delete'
- Designing ultrasound tools with Lego-like proteins
- Despite ample evidence that Atlantic hurricanes are getting stronger, research found that people's view of future storm threat is based on their hurricane experience, gender and political affiliation. This could affect how policymakers and scientists communicate the increasing deadliness of hurricanes as a result of climate change.
- Despite fetching a silver in the just-concluded Rio Olympics, PV Sindhu remained at the tenth spot in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, while Indian ace shuttler Saina Nehwal dropped four places to be ninth, just above her, on Thursday ...
- Despite Increased Stability in Kosovo, Tensions Still Lurking, UN Mission Chief Tells Security Council, Urging Strong Leadership, Safe Return of Displaced Persons
- Despite security concerns, England to go ahead with Bangladesh tour
- Despite strict security at Bilibid, raid yields drugs, weapons
- Detailed Projects Reports (DPRs) have been prepared for providing four-lane connectivity from various ports in the State to the National Highway.
- Developed by the NPCI, UPI is considered to be a game changer owing to its simplicity
- Devotees form a human pyramid to celebrate the festival of Janmashtami, marking the birth...
- DEYA KRISHNA Engineering student, 20What is your most prized possession?Family and friends.If you were granted a wish what would it be? To lead a happy life always.Your biggest fear?Darkness.What does...
- Did the mysterious ancient Etruscans follow a fertility cult?
- Did you know there is a World Dog Day? Well, it’s today, and its intention is to help raise awareness about dog abuse and to recognise the number of dogs that need rescuing. Now, can you think of bran...
- Difference between shallow and deep earthquakes
- Digital campaign gives him new lease of life
- Digital forms of dating violence are on the rise: What school nurses need to know
- Digital wallet was the most sought-after product in the digital-payment system in India — until now. However, with the launch of Unified Payments Interface (UPI), digital wallet service providers are...
- Dijkstra Draisma en GEAR architecten winnen ontwerp beleefcentrum Afsluitdijk
- Dipa Karmakar says sad she could not snare Olympic medal
- Director-General of UNESCO expresses solidarity with Italy after devastating earthquake
- Director-General of UNESCO expresses solidarity with the people of Myanmar after earthquake in Bagan
- Director-General to participate in the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development
- Dirty laundry: Welspun tangle highlights India's quality challenge
- Discourse on ‘Tirumandiram’ by Shanmuga Tirukkumaran, Railway Colony, 7.30 p.m.
- Dispatch by Coal India (CIL) in the corresponding period of last financial year was 129.6 MT, according to official data
- District Collector V. Sampath directed the PWD and the local body officials to take effective steps to strengthen the bunds of tanks, lakes and other water bodies in the district before the onset of t...
- Divided by language and culture, united by love for Tirukkural
- DMK expresses faith in govt., AIADMK critical of speech
- Documents nail chief secretary's lie
- Documents relating to Indian submarines were stolen from French naval contractor DCNS and not leaked, a French government source said on Thursday, adding the information published so far showed only ...
- Does how much hair a man has matter in how he is perceived? The answer is yes, according to a new article, and this reality can play a role in workplace and social success, say the authors of a new report.
- Domestic handset maker Intex Technologies has launched a new smartphone that comes with a faster processor to help users with multi-tasking in an efficient way.
- Donald Trump continues to trail in key swing states, but that has not been the case in Nevada, a state that helped him clinch the Republican nomination.
- Donald Trump has long denied employing undocumented workers when he built Trump Tower in the 1980s but thousands of pages of documents, including reams of testimony and sworn depositions reviewed by TIME, tell a different story
- Donald Trump is not on the ballot in Minnesota yet, as Republicans scramble to fix a potentially embarrassing oversight before the state's Monday deadline.
- Donald Trump’s deal with New York to manage the public golf course allows him to keep almost every dollar that flows in while taxpayers cover utility bills.
- Donald Trump, who trails Clinton in national opinion polls, has polled poorly with minorities and has been criticized for his proposals on immigration.
- Donald Trump will appear on the ballot in Minnesota, after a last-minute scramble by state Republicans who discovered Wednesday that their nominee was not yet on the ballot.
- Donald Trump Will Struggle to Reinvent Himself as 'Mr. Brexit'
- Dont let India use your soil against us Pakistan tells Afghnistan
- Don't Read That Rave Review!
- DPR on Kaziranga wildlife deaths approved: Road ministry tells NGT
- Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, in association with a few educational institutions, organised a massive human chain in Palayamkottai on Thursday to create awareness among the public of the importance of e...
- Dragon Flying on orbit, via L2
- Dragon will be transported to the port of Los Angeles, prior to a trip to Texas for cargo removal.
- Drawing attention to a high dropout rate in upper primary schools, Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam today said schools are facing the "biggest crisis" in India.
- Drawing the Centre's attention to "poor" medical infrastructure in Uttarakhand, former AAP leader Anoop Nautiyal today opposed upgradation of the city's premier Doon hospital to a medical college without making provisions for an alternative district ...
- Dr Hina Zaheer Naqvi on Friday said Islam gives women equal status and calls for no discrimination with them
- Driver flashed a press card
- Dr James Gerrard of Newcastle University claims the villa, located in a village called Lufton in the Somerset countryside, is the equivalent of a modern-day house worth millions of pounds.
- Dr. Jayshree Mehta, president of the Medical Council of India which has been under the scanner for corruption and is currently being monitored by a three-member committee mandated by the Supreme Cour...
- Dubbed the 'Deadpool' list, it comprises nearly 800 dead and dying Indian start-ups
- Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen from Ajax, 27, signed a five-year contract with Barcelona, the Spanish champions said on Thursday.
- ‘Each one teach one’ programme to be launched
- Earlier, the army foiled an infiltration bid in Tangdhar area of J&K as troops fired at a group of terrorists and made them flee.]]
- Earlier this week, authorities had to evict the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah from the 7 Akbar Road bungalow, allotted to the family 17 years ago. Since no family member is a Union minister or chief ...
- Early Budget, a welcome move
- Earthquake in Italy: Three Britons among 250 dead as rescuers search demolished towns
- Earth-Sized Planet Proxima b Might be Habitable
- Economic growth ground to a halt in France during the second quarter. Terrorism, labor unrest and Euro 2016 all contributed to the dismal numbers.
- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says a Swedish prosecutor will interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange inside the South American country's embassy in London.
- Ecuador president: Swedish prosecutor to interview Assange
- EDITORIAL: Time to end the forum farce
- Editor's Note: Ruwan Rujouleh is a Middle East analyst at the Centre on Religion and Geopolitics, an initiative of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. The views expressed in this piece are solely those of the author.
- Education is one of the best tools to sharpen the young minds. Today, we take you to West Sikkim, where a non-profit school is providing quality education to underprivileged children.Situated at Tikpur in West Sikkim, Pratap International School is ...
- Egypt's economic crisis weighs heavily on heritage: minister
- Egypt TV host shuns Twitter after pro-president poll fiasco
- Electropreneur Park is set for launch this week
- Elevated Freight Corridor need of the hour
- Eleven Turkish police officers were killed and 70 people injured today in a car bombing blamed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels, as Turkey's army pressed an offensive against a Kurdish militia in neighbouring Syria.
- EMA accepts Biocon, Mylan biosimilar for review
- Emphasis the limits they face in setting monetary policy and what is needed to improve the economy’s prospects
- Emphasizing the need for adjustment according to different conditions, Indian head coach Anil Kumble has admitted that his side are focusing on changing their mindset from the Test mode to the shortest format of the game ahead of the two-match T20 ...
- Emraan Hashmi has added another feather to his hat, as the actor has turned producer for his next film titled, 'Captain Nawab.'Sharing the poster of the movie on his Twitter handle, the 37-year-old actor wrote, "And here it is, my first home ...
- Emraan turns producer for his next flick 'Captain Nawab'
- ENCROACHMENT IN DWARKA MARKETS
- Energy and environment solutions provider Thermax Ltd has posted a 10.3-per cent decline in consolidated net profit at ₹48.96 crore for the first quarter ended June 30. Speaking to BTVI, Thermax MD ...
- Engineering exports to UK goes up 12%
- Engineers India gained 1.96% to Rs 265.30 at 12:45 IST on BSE, with the stock extending recent gains triggered by the company announcing strong Q1 result.
- Engineers India jumps 14.5% in three sessions
- England will travel to Bangladesh for their month-long Test and ODI series despite security and safety concerns in the country.The development came after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and its longstanding security expert, Reg Dickason ...
- Ensconced in the axle of a painted-over tractor trailer, the more than 65 pounds of heroin were smuggled across the Mexican border with Texas and transported across the country to a house nestled in the woods 30 miles north of New York City.
- ‘Ensure taxi strike doesn’t hit life in city’
- Enunciating his vision to rapidly transform India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there is a need to change laws, eliminate unnecessary procedures and speed up processes to go beyond "mere incremental progress".
- Envoys bare little-known historical trivia about PH
- Erdogan Plays US and Russia
- Ernest Thompson, 98, would make regular visits to the USS Iowa, but can't anymore due to poor health. So the Navy came to him.
- Essel Propack raises Rs 20 crore by issue of Commercial Paper
- Ethiopia's Rio 2016 performance criticized by former great, Gebreselassie
- EU may require YouTube, DailyMotion to seek deals with music industry
- European equities edged lower on Friday, with investors focusing on a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen later in the session for hints about the timing of a US interest rate hike.Yellen wil...
- Evans won't be Capt America in next Avengers: Russo brothers
- Even as analysts said that WhatsApp’s decision to change its privacy policy, which entails sharing users’ account info with parent Facebook, is not a user friendly move, they believe most consumers w...
- Even as pricing power remained elusive
- Even as the Vatican gets ready for the canonisation of Mother Teresa on September 4, two Kerala ministers are awaiting central clearance for their trip as official representatives of the state.
- Even though the massive galaxy, named Dragonfly 44, is relatively nearby in cosmological terms it is so faint that scientists missed it for decades. It was eventually identified last year in the Coma galaxy cluster, about 330 million light years away. Scientists now want to find dark galaxies that are even closer to us, so we can look for feeble signals that may reveal a dark matter particle.
- Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming by injecting about 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Scientists believe they've found a way to convert all these emissions into energy-rich fuel in a carbon-neutral cycle that uses a very abundant natural resource: silicon. Readily available in sand, it's the seventh most-abundant element in the universe and the second most-abundant element in the earth's crust.
- Exclusive: In late night letter to Pakistan, India says it will only talk terror
- EXD Projects & Excel Dwellings, a Bengaluru-based developer, has announced the launch of a sports city - Codename Five Rings.
- Exhibition recalls horrors of civil war in Sri Lanka
- Expects 7.9% GDP growth this year, lauds govt push on reforms, policies
- Expenses of the company also increased to Rs 70.65 crore compared with Rs 53.23 crore in the year-ago period
- Expert committee could recommend it as soon as September
- Experts Answer Your Biggest Questions About Earthquakes
- Experts feel taking some profits off the table will be good for investors
- Experts say inexpensive drug could slow heart disease for type 1 diabetic patients
- Experts Speculate on North Korea' s Motive for Ballistic Missile Test
- Exports from special economic zones logged a marginal growth of 0.77 per cent at Rs 4.67 lakh crore in 2015-16
- Exports of gems and jewellery grew 11.7 per cent to $11.4 billion during the first four months of the current fiscal, driven largely by demand in major markets such as the US.
- Exposure to the sun may deteriorate your sunglasses over time and the lenses may become lighter and so alter the category under which they are classified. It may also diminish the impact resistance of lenses (how 'shatterproof' the lens is). Revision of standards is needed to test sunglasses quality and establish safe limits for the lenses' UV filters, according to new research.
- Expressing his approval over the selection of Urjit Patel as the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has said that he has high hopes from Raghuram Rajan's successor.Speaking to ANI here, ...
- Expressing that running Fair Price Shop (FPS) had become financially unviable and opposing coupon system introduced by the Department of Food and Civil Supplies recently, the Belagavi Government Fai...
- Extending battery life for mobile devices: 'Braidio' tech lets mobile devices share power
- Extinct Bears Went Vegan, Died Off as a Result!
- Facebook's Plan for WhatsApp Data Poses Legal Risks
- Facebook (FB, Tech30) announced Thursday it is open sourcing its cutting-edge computer vision work.
- Facebook Gives Away Machine Vision Tools of the Future
- Facebook recently updated its ad preferences so you can see what topics the company thinks you’re interested in and opt out of categories. The feature is available globally.
- Factors like heavy taxation on the business, talent cost, and a spate of unsuccessful films since PK could be the reason
- Fairwood Group aims to introduce pods, ease traffic woes in India
- Fans want Indian owners to leave Blackburn Rovers
- Fantasy Football 2016: Use this defensive strategy to get a huge edge
- Farmers demand white paper on Maharashtra agreement
- Farmers of old, new ayacuts push for Pandiaru-Punnampuzha project
- Farmers under the leadership of Telugu Desam Party district president Ch. Vijayaramana Rao went berserk and ransacked the office of SRSP SE in Sultanabad mandal headquarters and also pelted stones at...
- FC Goa set sights on Rio de Janeiro for ISL pre-season training
- FDA warns former Sun Pharma U.S. drug factory over quality concerns
- Federal Bank sees quantum jump in digital channel biz
- Federal law enforcement agencies have opened an investigation into the alleged hacking of comedian Leslie Jones' website, according to Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Marsha Catron.
- Federer, Nadal to play together; Roy leads England to victory
- Fed officials push hike case before Chair
- Fed officials tell activists rate hikes won't derail economy
- Feedback: Louisiana flooded by climate change denialism
- Feminists are constantly accused of being angry, and not just because the world is unfair
- Fethullah Gulen: The extradition requirements are spelled out in a treaty between the US and Turkey, signed in 1979, that allows for extradition for crimes recognized in both countries.
- FICCI's latest quarterly survey on manufacturing indicates an improved outlook for the sector in quarter 2 of 2016-17 (July-September) buoyed by the improved outlook in exports.The survey had earlier indicated a slowdown for the first quarter of ...
- FICCI survey on Indian manufacturing products upturn in Quarter 2
- Field studies in two Florida locations evaluated and compared anaerobic soil disinfestations (ASD) and chemical soil fumigation (CSF) performance on weed and nematodes control, and on fruit yield and quality of fresh-market tomato. Results indicated that ASD (applied using a mixture of composted poultry litter and molasses as carbon source) may be a potentially sustainable alternative to conventional CSF for controlling plant-parasitic nematodes and weeds without causing negative effects on fruit yield and quality.
- FIFA former president Sepp Blatter on Thursday attended a hearing in Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, in his final attempt to overturn the six-year ban imposed on him by FIFA.
- Film: "Mechanic Resurrection"; Director: Dennis Gansel; Cast: Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Sam Hazeldine, John Cenatiempo, Toby Eddington, Femi Elufowojo Jr and Anteo Quintaville; Rating: **
- Film on 1984 anti-Sikh riots to release in October
- Finally, a little ‘breathing space’ for Cochin Port Trust
- Financial aid of 156 billion yuan ($23.4 billion) was given to students across China in 2015, up 9.78 percent year on year, the Ministry of Education said on Aug 25.
- Financial roadmap for Tirupur district soon
- Finolex Industries gains after posting good Q1 results
Saturday, August 27, 2016
General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-26 03:00
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