General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 20160801 - 7

1. Conference on Transformative Information and Knowledge Management for Sustainable Development
2. Conflicting signals from KC(M) chairman about his party’s moves
3. Confrontation between Trump and the Khans shows new signs of a cultural and political divide
4. Cong softens stance, but wants tax rate ring-fenced
5. Consolidation will help e-commerce players scale up their businesses: H S Bhatia
6. Constant spell of rains since two months has resulted in an alarming spurt in the number of patients suffering from viral fevers in the district, mostly from the western mandals with considerably wet ...
7. Construction of mansion near sanctuary draws flak
8. Consulate provides food to Indians facing job crisis in Saudi Arabia
9. Continuing its success on various recent projects, HAL has now flown the first FOC upgraded Mirage-2000 aircraft on July 28, 2016 adhering to the scheduled date of today. “We have done it...
10. Controversy over Anbumani’s badminton association post
11. Convicted terrorists sit atop the social pecking order in many facilities, using jail time to plot new attacks or groom petty criminals for jihad.
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13. Cook Islands
14. Co-ordination by Centre needed to mitigate its impact
15. Corning gears up for ‘Gorilla Glass’ war in India
16. Corridors of Power
17. Costly F-35 Bankrupts US Navy's Hope for a Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet
18. Could financial reform worsen the next crisis?
19. Could the Turkish President Erdogan have planned the recent coup attempt himself? Fethullah Gulen, the man accused of igniting it, tells Fareed his thoughts.
20. Counting the ways Olympians get raw deal
21. Couple on the run with Rs. 15 cr.
22. Coupon priced Rs.150; feast offered to crew of 9 snakeboats on Sunday
23. CPC and Formosa Petrochemical cut local fuel prices
24. Cricketnext, photogallery
25. ‘Crop insurance scheme being implemented in fair manner’
26. Crusade to get laws amended in Parliament session gains support
27. CTRL XC claim to be the world’s fastest-changing LCD smart sunglasses
28. Cultural education helps young Brazilian rise to the top
29. Cultural Events
30. Culture of Peace
31. Culture of Peace and Non-Violence
32. Culture’s not only for vultures
33. Engineers from Harvard University have identified a whole new class of high-performing organic molecules, inspired by vitamin B2, that can safely store electricity from intermittent energy sources such as solar and wind power in large batteries. The development builds on previous work in which the team developed a high-capacity flow battery that stored energy in […]
34. Engineers from MIT propose that a new lithium-oxygen battery material could be packaged in batteries that are very similar to conventional sealed batteries yet provide much more energy for their weight. Lithium-air batteries are considered highly promising technologies for electric cars and portable electronic devices because of their potential for delivering a high energy output […]
35. Engineers Reveal a ‘New Universe’ of Organic Molecules That Can Store Energy in Flow Batteries
36. Ensure facilities at Nirbhaya homes: panel
37. Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) of Anna University – Regional Campus (AU-RC) has invited MSME incubator ideas on or before 5 p.m. of August 10.According to a release from M. Saravanakumar – De...
38. Ethiopia: Half a million protesters flood the streets of Gonder in the north demanding a change of government
39. Ethiopia's ethnic Amhara stage mass anti-government protest
40. Et tu? English Literature classes in Indore jail
41. European governments are losing track of significant numbers of children who have entered the continent without their parents as refugees from war-torn areas in the Middle East and beyond.
42. Even as Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu called for restraint on the Special Category Status (SCS) issue, Anantapur MP J.C. Diwakar Reddy said it was high time the TDP severed its ties with the BJP...
43. Every sector is undergoing tremendous change and students need to study beyond their curriculum to face the challenges, said Emmanuel Gosula, head, resource development, EPAM India.Giving convocation ...
44. Examining how technology shapes our human experience
45. Expedia Coupons
46. Expedite Seevalaperi combined drinking water supply: Minister
47. Experts reckon my bowling action has improved: Taskin Ahmed
48. Experts say Japan must overhaul its entire working culture to eliminate “death by overwork.”
49. Experts see companies favouring a mix of buyback and dividends to reward shareholders, after increase in the dividend tax
50. Exploring Yellowstone's Hidden Depths
51. Ex-Singapore President suffers stroke
52. Facebook-Fundstück: Noch mehr Fotos
53. Facebook may face extra $5 billion tax bill in Ireland: Report
54. Faced with budgetary cuts from the Central government, IIT-Kharagpur has found a new way to raise funds through a “Learn-Earn-Return Fund” scheme, where students will get a fee waiver if they pledge t...
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56. Fantasy Football Beat preview: The walk-thru
57. ‘Fast and Furious 8′ casts Charlize Theron as new villain
58. Fethullah Gulen, the reclusive cleric accused by Turkey of hatching a military coup attempt, concedes that his supporters could have been involved in the putsch but again denied any direct connection.
59. Few screen captures detailing Chinese High Agility PL-10 Fifth Generation Within Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile program. Missile is designed to have both lock-on-before launch (LOBL) and lock-on-after launch (LOAL) capabilities allowing it to it can also engage difficult targets like aircrafts behind the launching aircraft.
60. fighter jet is developed to have stealth, supersonic cruise and high sensor fusion. Fast pace of induction of new prototypes indicate that program is maturing fast and we might see limited series production aircraft in next few years.
61. fighter jet of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).
62. Fighter pilots Wu Yongming, 36, deputy chief-of-staff of a regiment, and 33-year-old Yu Liang, a flight battalion chief which died in Su...
63. Fight for special status in Delhi, RRS urges TDP
64. Final rites of K'taka CM's son to be held in Mysuru
65. Firm has already taken first steps by supplying phones to stores located in six cities
66. First Almaty Youth Forum on Sustainable Development: "Responsible Consumption and Production"
67. First In-orbit View from NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
68. First locally transmitted Zika case confirmed in continental US
69. First phase of Mission Bharigatha to be launched by Prime Minister on Aug. 7
70. Flagging off 'Run for Rio' initiative, PM exudes confidence that Indian athletes at Olympics will keep the Indian flag flying at various events
71. Flood situation in parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh continues to be grim; condition improves in Assam with major rivers receding
72. Flood warning issued as Thenpennai swells
73. Flood warning issued in Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri
74. Flood warning was sent eight hours in advance
75. Follow @Discovermag
76. Following the coup attempt in Turkey on 15 July and while recognizing the circumstances of the prevailing situation in the country, the Director-General of UNESCO expresses deep concern at the situation in Turkey in regard to press freedoms, in particular journalists, editors and media workers.
77. For 25 years, the monthly magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu (炎黃春秋) has survived the ire of censors, protected by moderate-minded retired officials who used it to call for limited
78. For almost all the properties, the reserve price has been marked down after the earlier attempts failed to attract bidders.
79. For a party perceived to be almost out of the fight in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election due in early 2017, the Congress is curiously the most scrutinised. It has also been the most splashy in show...
80. Ford's Warning
81. Forest Department not working on fencing project despite SHRC order, allege farmers
82. Forest Department officials seized the carcasses of endangered birds and imposed fine on two persons on charges of buying bush meat from Narikoravas on Sunday.Officials said that acting on a tip-off, ...
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84. Form a trust, distribute guide books, launch libraries and arrange for evening snacks
85. Former Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal says that after making a commitment in Parliament, it will not be easy for the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre to get away with its promise...
86. Former Federal Minister of Pakistan Anwar Ali Cheema passes away
87. Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has accused the BJP government of not taking “timely action” with regard to the unprecedented traffic jam in Gurgaon earlier this week.“The responsi...
88. Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday slammed the State government, claiming it took no concrete steps to avoid Gurgaon traffic jam situation.“Just changing the names of scheme...
89. Former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy surprised passengers in a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus travelling from Kollam to Thiruvananthapuram last week
90. For M. Gouthami, a final year B. Tech student, the seminar not only gave a fair idea of the admission process but also about managing the financials. “Managing the financial side of overseas education...
91. Formosa Plastics Group (FPG, 台塑集團), the nation’s largest industrial conglomerate, paid half of the compensation for pollution apparently caused by a steel mill the group operates in central Vietnam, an official from Vietnam said on Saturday.
92. For the first time, two students of IIT-Kharagpur have been awarded President of India gold medals during its annual convocation.Prithwish Mukherjee and Soham Dan, both from the Department of Computer...
93. For the past several days, property tax assessees in Coimbatore Corporation limits have been having a tough time paying tax at zonal offices and collection centres.The personnel manning the collection...
94. For the second time in a matter of days, a high profile pro-government figure has been killed in an apparent targeted killing in Afghanistan on Sunday. Dr. Asadullah Hematyar, a ...
95. For the third time in a row, Warangal city has been awarded the ‘best heritage city’ at the National Tourism Awards for 2014-15.Mayor Nannapuneni Narender said the award would help officials and publi...
96. Fossil tumour is oldest evidence of human cancer discovered yet
97. Foundation stone for projects
98.     Four people have been infected with the virus from mosquitoes in Florida, near Miami. It's the first time that Zika has been spread in the US by local mosquitoes, rather than by travel   
99. Four people have been infected with the virus from mosquitoes in Florida, near Miami. It's the first time that Zika has been spread in the US by local mosquitoes, rather than by travel
100. Four people, including two appearing for Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examination, were killed in a road accident at Dokkiparu village in Medikonduru mandal on Sunday morning.Mandragatta Kalyan (2...
101. Fourth tranche of gold scheme nets Rs. 919 cr.