General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-26 06:00

1. Leaving a child at home alone ISN'T always unsafe - it's just socially unacceptable, study claims 
2. Lee In-won, vice president the conglomerate Lotte, was found dead early Friday just hours before he was due to be questioned by prosecutors.
3. Legendary Indian cricketer and Swachh Bharat ambassador Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday interacted with Swachh Bharat Champions Collectors across 22 States.
4. LFW 2016: Wendell Rodricks Bids Adieu To Ramp, Lets Prodigy Take Over
5. Liberia: 'Arduous path to sustainable peace' requires long-term Security Council engagement - UN envoy
6. Lifelike baby dolls designed to deter teenage pregnancies actually have opposite effect, scientists find
7. Like. Flirt. Ghost: A Journey Into the Social Media Lives of Teens
8. Like. Flirt. Ghost: Inside the Social Media Lives of Teens
9. Linux Took Over the Web. Now, It's Taking Over the World
10. Living a sedentary lifestyle could increase your risk of developing psychosis leading to early death, a study has warned.
11. Living with HIV on the battlefield: a quandary
12. Lobsters eat jellyfish without harm from the venomous stingers due to a series of physical adaptations. Researchers examined lobster feces to discover that lobsters surround their servings of jellyfish in protective membranes that prevent the stingers from injecting their venom. The results are vial for aquaculture efforts to sustainably farm lobsters for diners around the world.
13. Local MedTech campus closing Sept. 16
14. Location of district office creates controversy
15. London Mayor Sadiq Khan criticises burkini ban
16. Long queues outside Reliance Digital Stores tell the story of India's pent-up demand for data services. As Mukesh Ambani's telecom venture, Reliance Jio Infocomm, readies for a full-blown commercial launch later this year, the company has made its ...
17. LOOK: Digital innovations firm hiring Pokémon Go ‘lure managers’
18. Looking forward to visit of Singapore PM, says Modi
19. Lotte Group says vice chairman dies amid criminal probe
20. Lotte Group's vice chairman has been found dead as authorities widen a probe into corruption at South Korea's fifth-largest business group, officials at the company and police said today.
21. Love browsing the World Wide Web at blazing speeds, but fret when the speed drops once you have crossed the data limit?
22. Love Tips for Long Term Relationship
23. L&T aims at revenue of Rs 2 lakh cr by 2021
24. Lucrezia Maniscotti dedicated her performance to guru Adyar K. Lakshman, writes Rupa Srikanth
25. Madonna really is the coolest.
26. Madras Week celebrations are in progress. As is usual in such events, we have a plethora of mourners, in whose view, even nostalgia is no longer as good as what it was. Listening to them, you would im...
27. Madurai Kamaraj, Manonmaniam Sundaranar, Mother Teresa and Alagappa University Teachers’ Association (MUTA) has appealed to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University administration to withdraw the recently hi...
28. Mady and Cara Gosselin are teens now and speaking out about their estranged relationship with their father.
29. Magnum reports consolidated net loss of Rs 0.01 crore in the June 2016 quarter
30. Magnum reports standalone net loss of Rs 0.02 crore in the June 2016 quarter
31. Mahadushi International Trade to hold AGM
32. Maharashtra calls all party meet on proposed internal security law
33. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said the State government plans to transform 1,000 villages with the help of corporate sector, and the civil society over the next few years.
34. Maharashtra govt ropes in corporates, NGOs to ‘transform’ 1,000 villages
35. Maharashtra’s move, this week, in becoming the first State to embrace the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) ticks a few boxes for the Centre’s ambitious plan to use civil aviation to boost tourism, ...
36. Maha's internal security law a 'jolt to democracy', says Sena
37. Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd , part of the USD 17.8 billion Mahindra Group, today announced the launch of Mahindra DiGiSENSE, a revolutionary technology solution that connects Mahindra vehicles, tractors, trucks and construction equipment to the cloud, ...
38. Mahindra launches a game changing connected vehicles technology platform DiGiSENSE
39. Mahindra launches technology platform DiGiSense
40. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, a part of the $17.8 billion Mahindra Group, on Friday launched Mahindra DiGiSENSE -- an integrated technology solution that connects Mahindra vehicles, tractors, trucks and construction equipment to the Cloud.
41. Majhi said despite all efforts, he failed to get any help from hospital authorities and had no other alternative than to wrap the body in sheets of cloth and start walking to his village.
42. “Make contingency plan to tackle emergency situations”
43. Make way for C-commerce
44. Malaysia: Earlier this month, a new National Security Council Act came into force, giving Prime Minister Najib Razak sweeping security powers that some critics say could be used to disallow protest.
45. Malaysian students defy PM, plan rally calling for 1MDB arrest
46. Man accused in Victoria Martens murder slipped through cracks
47. Manavalakurichi police have arrested an army solider following the alleged suicide of his wife.Police said army jawan Madhan (30) of Tharuvai under Manavalakurichi police station limits married Anita ...
48. Man Carries Wife on Shoulder for 10 KMS, Patnaik Govt Answers
49. Man held for acid attack on former colleague
50. Manhunt underway after schoolboy is seen being bundled into black van
51. Man in boxer shorts jumps fence, crashes pickup into plane - Omaha police
52. Mani Shankar Aiyar: ‘Kashmiris don' t want Pakistan but what' s Balochistan got to do with them … a political dialogue is needed' 
53. Manohar Parrikar said that fresh “guidelines” for blacklisting defence firms were in a brief policy document which was not even 10 pages long and had been sent by the MoD to the Ministry of Law for clearance.
54. Manual scavenging: HC terms govt. stand on compensation whimsical
55. Manu Bhattathiri’s debut collection is a fine example of a genre in the middle of a grand revival: the interlinked story cycle
56. Man who lost one-fourth of skull gets metal implant
57. Many of the characteristics that make up a person's face, such as nose size and face width, stem from specific genetic variations, reports a team of scientists.
58. Many teens experience physical or sexual abuse within their romantic relationships and now dating violence can also be perpetrated digitally by harassing, stalking or controlling a romantic partner via technology and social media. School nurses are often some of the first to identify such problems and play an active role in preventing them from happening in the first place. Information on how school nurses can help these teens experiencing cyber abuse is described in a recent article.
59. March on Jarablus: Turkish Tanks Invade Syria
60. Markel, who was in Prague to meet Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, was travelling from the airport to the city when the suspicious Black Mercedes appeared.
61. Market players and economists who have met him expect Patel to instill arm's length approach , just like Rajan
62. Market players and economists who have met him expect Patel to instil same arm's length approach and unified communication to institution as a whole
63. Markets remain subdued; Tata Motors rises 2% ahead of Q1 nos
64. Mark Zuckerberg is flying to Rome to chat up local Facebook users, days after a devastating earthquake struck central Italy.
65. Marvan Kaplan, best known for playing Henry Beesmeyer on the sitcom "Alice" has passed away. He was 89.
66. Massachusetts prosecutors will not charge the Boston police detective and FBI agent who shot and killed a suspected ISIS-affiliated extremist in June 2015.
67. Massive Twister Tears Through Russia's Syktyvkar
68. Material recycling leads $ 668 mn funding for circular economy technologies
69. Mathematician solves the puzzle of the perfect parking lot - and says leaving your car at an angle is key
70. Max factor, minimum fuss
71. Max Scherzer stops the bleeding as the Nats blank the Orioles to halt a four-game slide.
72. Max Scherzer stymies Orioles as Nats snap four-game skid, 4-0
73. Mayor E. Bhuvaneshwari inaugurated paver block laying work near Ramar Temple in Palayamkottai on Thursday.As North Mada Street near Ramar Temple in ward 24 in Palayamkottai Zone of the Corporation wa...
74. Mayor inaugurates work for laying paver blocks
75. Medicos from colleges across the country belt out stirring music despite sharp showers and power outage
76. Meeting discusses long-pending vacancies in ULBs
77. Meet Venkatesh Bhat, whose ‘Samaiyal Samaiyal’ on Vijay TV will soon complete 100 episodes.
78. Megaworld earmarks P8.5B for new hotels
79. Meghalaya: Two Cabinet ministers administered oath of office
80. Meghalya Dy CM & Health Minister resign from Council of Ministers
81. Meghna Naidu is a trained dancer who has not only acted in Hindi and South Indian films but also done crucial cameos in popular television shows. She recently made a comeback on the small screen in Ze...
82. Mehbooba loses cool at press meet; condemns stone-pelting
83. Member of Legislative Assembly representing the Singanallur seat N. Karthik on Wednesday urged the Coimbatore Corporation to improve water supply in wards falling within the constituency.In his letter...
84. Members of OPEC will meet on the sidelines of the IEF, with groups producers and consumers, in Algeria from Sept. 26-28
85. Members of Southern Railway Mazdoor Union staged a demonstration here on Thursday condemning the railway administration for forcing women workers to go alone for keyman work along railway track away f...
86. Members of the Committee on Public Accounts of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature visited the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore, recently.The members interacted with Sunil Chandy, director of CMC, ...
87. Memories of the destruction caused by cyclones remains fresh in the minds of the residents of Ward 9. The remnants of such disasters seem to have instilled a permanent sense of fear among the residen...
88. Mendel and Darwin lived at the same time but never met - yet their ideas about of the natural world would unite into a single revolutionary discovery
89. Men perceived as younger, more attractive after hair transplant for baldness
90. MEP Infrastructure Developers to hold board meeting
91. Mercedes-Benz India has introduced a petrol variant of GLE, its highest selling luxury SUV in India at a price of Rs 74.90 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) . This is the first time when the GLE will be availa...
92. Mercedes-Benz Launches Petrol GLE 400 at Rs 74.9 Lakh
93. Mercedes-Benz unveiled a 20-foot-long, electric coupe concept under Maybach
94. Mere incremental progress not enough for growth, metamorphosis needed too: PM
95. Messaging service WhatsApp has updated its global privacy policy, under which it will now share phone numbers of users with its parent company, Facebook.
96. Mfg growth to be higher in Q2 on better export outlook: Poll
97. Miami officials have begun spraying an anti-mosquito insecticide to combat the growing Zika virus threat, but whether the chemical is safe for humans remains hotly debated. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
98. Miners kill Bolivian deputy interior minister for labour law changes
99. Minister objects to water pact with Telangana
100. Minor girl dies, 3 students feared drowned in swirling river
101. Minority institutions oppose draft National Education Policy
102. Mixed reaction to Lt. Governor’s address
103. Model Hailey Baldwin has shared that singer Rihanna has had a strong influence over her wardrobe choices.
104. Modi Government Committed to Comprehensive Development and Empowerment of Minorities
105. Modi is Most Followed Indian on Twitter, Beats Amitabh Bachchan
106. Modi pips Amitabh to become most followed Indian on Twitter
107. Modi pips Big B to be most followed Indian on Twitter
108. Modi was speaking at the inaugural lecture of the NITI Aayog's 'Transforming India' lecture series
109. MoEF suggests the officials explain in person details of the site in Delhi
110. MOGADISHU, Somalia - A beach restaurant near the Turkish embassy in the Somali capital Mogadishu was attacked by Al-Shabaab militants on Thursday following a car bomb blast. 
111. Monsanto Co has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its next generation of genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds in India, a major escalation in a long-running dispute between New Delhi and the world’s biggest seeds maker.
112. Monsanto pulls GM cotton seed from India over technology-sharing dispute
113. Monsanto stops release of new Bt cotton tech
114. More bad news for France: Economic growth ground to a halt in the three months through June.<img
115. More than 450 people have been arrested in Indonesia for forest fires which, in previous years, have led to a cloud of toxic smoke that affected several countries in the region, police said on Friday.
116. More than 800 delegates participated in the two-day International Conference on Health Insurance ‘Bonne Sante ’16’, organised at Mahabalipuram, to discuss the challenges and solutions for achieving un...
117. More than 80 ISIS targets were attacked in the first hours of "Operation Euphrates Shield" early Wednesday, officials say, as Turkish armor and warplanes targeted a key ISIS-held town across its border with Syria.
118. More than a year after it partially demolished and closed the waste transit station on Sathyamangalam Road, Ganapathy, the Coimbatore Corporation is drawing rebuilding plans.The Corporation had to do ...
119. More than half of respondents in a new poll said they plan to vote for Hillary Clinton -- the first time the Democratic presidential candidate has breached that all-important 50 percent threshold.
120. Mosquitoes continue to build resistance to existing pesticides. Research has now shown that the chemical substances emitted by one of the mosquito's natural enemies -- the backswimmer -- makes the biological pesticide Bti more deadly. These so-called predator cues also impair the mosquito's immune system. Scientists argue that a cocktail of biological pesticides and synthetic predator cues may become the future strategy for mosquito control.
121. Movie Review: Nine Lives
122. Movie review: The Flying Jatt
123. Mr. Assange said the documents, which had yielded "some quite unexpected angles, that are quite interesting, some even entertaining", would be released before the November 8 election.
124. Mr Lawton takes the reader beyond the football and into the hearts of City's golden generation, whose closeness, both on and off the pitch
125. Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore called on Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today.
126. Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore calls on PM
127. Mukherjee describes the path from Mendel to the Human Genome Project and beyond with energy and panache. His story of the unravelling of the structure of DNA is concise and illuminating.
128. Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Iran will be the partner country at India's largest chemicals and petrochemicals event - India Chem 2016 - to be held here September 1-3, industry chamber FICCI said on ...
129. Mumbai-born brothers sell ad tech company to Chinese investors for $900m
130. Mumbai celebrates Dahi Handi on Janmashtami. The traditional festival marks the anniversary of the birth of Lord Krishna. ]]
131. Murder bid on scribe: warrant against 2 suspects
132. Music Review: Akira
133. Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs celebrate Janmashtami at dargah
134. Myanmar army chief reshuffles officers, promotes intelligence head
135. Myanmar president' s India visit: Balancing ties with China
136. Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw has pledged government assistance to renovate and preserve the ancient stupas and pagodas damaged by the earthquake on Wednesday, a report said on Friday.
137. Mylan EpiPen Cost Scandal Shows Why Drug Companies Won't Lower Prices
138. Mylan offers discounts on EpiPen amid wave of criticism
139. Mylan pharmaceuticals will offer a discount of up to $300 on EpiPens for patients whose health plans require "higher out-of-pocket costs." This could cut the costs of the medication in half for some patients
140. “My theatre has always had an awareness of the audience”
141. My vision for India is rapid transformation, not gradual evolution: PM
142. Naamkarann: Launch
143. NABARD to finance rice-fish farming
144. Nagaland Assembly ratifies constitution amendment bill on GST
145. Naga Scholars Association holds talk on alternative politics- A new vision, a new path
146. Naidu govt. accused of diverting funds, hijacking Central schemes
147. Naked is the Best Disguise: Woman Steals School Food, Undresses to Escape Police (VIDEO)
148. Narayanasamy announces compensation of Rs. 8 lakh to family
149. NASA analyzed the rainfall and cloud heights in an area of low pressure designated as System 99L that bringing rains and gusty winds to Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Turks and Caicos and other islands in the Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Caribbean Sea today, Aug. 25.
150. NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Mars 2020 Rover Mission
151. NASA Awards Next Generation Land Mobile Radio Contract
152. NASA Calls for Research Proposals in Cooperative Agreement Notice, Round Two
153. NASA has awarded the Next Generation Land Mobile Radio contract to Motorola Solutions, Inc., of Linthicum Heights, Maryland.
154. NASA has concluded a series of flights designed to study the way sonic booms travel through the atmosphere.
155. NASA has released a Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) - Cycle 2, for a second round of multi-institutional team-based proposals for researchers who wish to become participating members of its Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).
156. NASA has said that its Juno spacecraft, launched five years ago, will get closer to the cloud tops of Jupiter this Saturday than at any other time during its prime mission.
157. NASA has selected United Launch Services LLC of Centennial, Colorado, to provide launch services for a mission that will address high-priority science goals for the agency’s Journey to Mars.
158. Nasal medication can give RELIEF, say paediatricians
159. NASA Test Flights Examine Effect of Atmospheric Turbulence on Sonic Booms
160. Nasdaq-listed Net 1 UEPS Technologies Inc on Friday announced that it will make a strategic investment of $40 million in MobiKwik, a leading digital payment platform in India. This strategic inves...
161. National Aluminium Company rose 0.63% to Rs 47.45 at 09:45 IST on BSE after the manager to the company's buyback offer made the public announcement for the buyback of equity shares.
162. National Dog Day: Celebrate These 10 Dogs That Broke World Records
163. National Dog Day quiz: How many of these dog breeds can you name?
164. Nationals acquire left-hander Marc Rzepczynski from A's in exchange for Max Schrock
165. Nationals option Lopez to make room for Rzepczynski
166. Nationals option Reynaldo Lopez to make room for Marc Rzepczynski
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168. National Taichung Theater to start trial run Friday
169. NATO special operations forces, whom world leaders say have not been in a combat role since the end of 2014, are still out in the field with Afghan forces almost nightly, a U.S. general in ...
170. Natural Disasters
171. Navy begins audit on Scorpene subs data leak
172. Navy conducts probe, says Scorpene leak from abroad
173. Navy Leaders Stress Innovation, Inclusion at Largest Navy-Supported Small Business Event
174. Navy patrol ship fires warning shots amid series of confrontations with Iranian vessels
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176. Navy Recruit Graduation: August 26, 2016
177. NCAA soccer preview: Terps welcome two major transfers
178. Nearly 127,000 kids in the U.S had burn injuries in 2012, research shows. Over half or 69,000 of these children had burns that are considered significant injuries by the American Burn Association.
179. Need to change laws, speed up processes to transform India: PM
180. Nepal-born Kathak dancer Leena Malakar now considers India her ‘karmabhoomi’.
181. Nepal PM expands Cabinet, includes 13 ministers from NC
182. Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda today inducted 13 new ministers from major coalition partner Nepali Congress into his Cabinet, including the important Minister of Foreign Affairs, taking its total strength to 31.
183. Net1 to invest up to $40 mln in India's MobiKwik over 2 years
184. Net1 to invest USD 40 million in India's MobiKwik
185. Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has signed a subscription agreement with One MobiKwik Systems Private Limited ("MobiKwik") in India.MobiKwik is India's largest independent mobile payments network, trusted by over 32 million ...
186. Netflix doesn't appear to be taking its newest competitor very seriously.<img
187. Neuroscientists believe they have figured out how some rats solve certain navigational problems. If there's a 'reward' at the end of the trip, like the chocolatey drink used in this study, specialized neurons in the hippocampus of the brain 'replay' the route taken to get it, but backward. And the greater the reward, the more often the rats' brains replay it.
188. Neuroscientists stand up for basic cell biology research
189. Never run out of data again: Google launches 'Wi-Fi Assistant' on all Nexus phones
190. ‘Never-seen-before’ feats on the river surface by Joseph Francis of Champions Yacht
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