General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-03 01:00

1. All material things appear to be made of elementary particles that are held together by fundamental forces. But what are their exact properties? Questions with cosmic implications like these drive many of the scientific efforts. Three distinguished particle physicists have joined the lab over the past months to pursue research on two particularly mysterious forms of matter: neutrinos and dark matter.
2. All Officers Aboard Downed Russian Mi-8 Chopper in Syria Dead
3. Allowing women to enter the clergy at a rank just below a priest would represent a first step towards correcting the imbalance of patriarchy.
4. A long range jet liner Il-96-400 designed by the Sergey Ilyushin experimental design office.
5. A long-time FBI employee with top secret security clearance faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to being an agent of the Chinese government.
6. A look at India Inc's final wish list from GST
7. A Looming War With Russia?
8. A lorry driver was burnt alive on the National Highway in a road accident near Kanchikacherla on Tuesday.The deceased has not yet been identified.According to the police, the mishap occurred when a lo...
9. Although earnings will get a fillip from lower interest costs, the company lags peers on profitability
10. Alzey – Warnmeldung der Polzei – Zwei Insassen aus der Rheinhessen-Fachklinik entflohen
11. A male-harming DNA mutation has been discovered in Drosophila that demonstrates that the 'mother's curse' -- the possibility that moms may transmit genes to their children that harm their sons but not their daughters - holds true in animals.
12. Aman Trikha, who sang the song "Jaaneman Aah" from the film "Dishoom", on Tuesday said that dance numbers are the most difficult to sing, but he still wants to prove himself in other genres.
13. A man was bludgeoned to death, while his friend was seriously injured after being attacked with a shovel by a man in Bhubaneswar.
14. Amarinder attacks Badal govt over retrospective tax
15. A masterclass on event management was held at Subhash Ghai's Whistling Woods International (WWI) on Tuesday to give students an overview of the field and its prospects.
16. A mayor and four local police officers have been arrested in a western Mexican state in connection with the murder of 10 people who were killed and burned over the weekend, the state's governor said today.
17. Amazon, Microsoft face-off for the cloud market with India as battleground
18. Amend the rule, end the Tata-Docomo dispute
19. American actress Calista Flockhart is returning as Kara's (Melissa Benoist) boss Cat Grant for "Supergirl" season 2, but as a recurring guest star.
20. American bags award for feature on Kerala
21. American Muslim women have lashed out at Donald Trump for implying that Muslim women are not "allowed" to speak, launching a viral social media campaign......
22. A military veteran supporting Donald Trump gifted the Republican nominee his Purple Heart Tuesday, prompting Trump to say he "always wanted to get the Purple Heart" and this was "much easier" than serving in combat.
23. Among non-critically ill patients, use of standardized cardiac telemetry with an off-site central monitoring unit was associated with detection and notification of cardiac rhythm and rate changes within one hour prior to the majority of emergency response team activations, and also with a reduction in the number of monitored patients, without an increase in cardiopulmonary arrest events, according to a new study.
24. Among them, Dhubri is the worst affected with nearly five lakh people still suffering.]]
25. Amy Dacey is the highest-ranking official at the DNC to step aside due to the controversy, a senior Democratic official said, but is not the only one.
26. Anandiben exit, a power play within BJP?
27. Anandiben Patel only puppet, 'mastermind' should go: AAP
28. Anandiben's resignation a 'drama' to cover up failures: JD (U)
29. An asteroid ( set to narrowly miss Earth could cause 'immense suffering and death' years later if its orbit is changed when it passes dangerously near to our planet. The space rock, called Bennu, crosses Earth's orbit once every six years and is set to pass between the moon and our planet in 2135. Scientists are worried the 500-metre wide asteroid's orbit could be tweaked by Earth's gravity as it passes by, causing it to smash into our planet later in the century. Nasa is so concerned by Bennu that it is sending a probe to the asteroid's surface to analyse it.
30. And as a result, incurred an avoidable expenditure of Rs.4.92 crore on an annual maintenance contract.
31. Andhra Pradesh Brahmin Welfare Corporation (APBWC) has disbursed assistance to the tune of Rs. 33 crore to 11,107 people from the community across the State in 2015-16.Addressing a review meeting held...
32. Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Indians Affairs Minister Palle Raghunatha Reddy on Tuesday said the government was taking all steps to bring back thousands of migrants from Andhra Pradesh stranded in Saud...
33. An essay contest for students, on the life and times of D. Devraj Urs, former Chief Minister, will be held in the District Institute of Education and Training here on Friday. High school students who ...
34. A New Approach to Development: Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
35. A new article makes the case that developing meaningful climate projections depends upon a better understanding of the role of 'soil carbon turnover.'
36. A new rule finalized Tuesday by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration increases the number of patients health care providers can treat with buprenorphine, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell said. Buprenorphine is a medication to treat opioid use disorder, similar to methadone.
37. A new study reveals that a high degree of gluon fluctuation -- a kind of flickering rearrangement in the distribution of gluon density within individual protons -- could help explain some of the remarkable results at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider -- and also in nuclear physics experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe.
38. An exchange-accredited warehouse service provider shall have at least Rs 10 cr in subscribed share capital
39. Anger as pro-independence leader Edward Leung barred from HK polls
40. An HIV positive woman in Hasnabad area of North 24 Paraganas district has been allegedly assaulted and driven out of her village by locals. The woman (27) is currently admitted at the Barasat District...
41. An idea generation workshop held at Government Vocational Girls’ Higher Secondary School here on Tuesday formulated action plans for 1,000 schools and 40,000 hi-tech classrooms in the State. The Addit...
42. An immigrant from India, Sreenivasan was born in Japan and received a Bachelor's degree in History from St Stephen's College in Delhi
43. An Indian woman was arrested before she manage to join the militant groups in Afghanistan where hundreds of foreign insurgents are fighting under different militant groups. According to ...
44. An international team of astronomers mapping young Cepheid stars found that apart from a small cluster at the heart of the galaxy (illustrated), the central region was devoid of youthful stars.
45. An investigation has been launched after pictures posted on social media appear to show a child inside a rhino enclosure at Dublin Zoo.
46. An Islamic religious body in Pakistan today demanded the government to include Quranic verses about importance of jihad in the proposed school curriculum.
47. Annual festivities in connection with Sravana Masam to begin today
48. Annual ritual performed in honour of departed ancestors
49. An oil boom made it the most expensive city in the world. Now it’s in crisis.
50. An opposition supporter was killed on Tuesday by a soldier in the Democratic Republic of Congo sparking clashes with the police.
51. Another rhino found dead in flooded Kaziranga
52. Anthrax outbreak affects dozens in northern Russia
53. Anthrax spreads from reindeer to humans in an outbreak at the ‘end of the world’
54. Anthropologists have counted the number of carbon-dated artifacts at archaeological sites and concluded that a population boom and scarce food explain why people in eastern North America domesticated plants for the first time on the continent about 5,000 years ago.
55. An underwater test-fire of strategic submarine ballistic missile is pictured in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 24, 2016.
56. A piece of experimental research has shown that human bites on bones have distinctive features allowing them to be differentiated from the bites made by other animals, and that cooking the meat in advance influences the appearance of these marks. This study provides valuable conclusions for analyzing food remains found on sites.
57. A Plus Two hostel student of a private boys school in Tiruchengodu has alleged that he was attacked by five wardens and was also threatened here on Tuesday.The boy, a native of Putheri in Nagercoil, s...
58. A portion of the Kempegowda Road caved in on Tuesday morning near the underground section of Namma Metro which passes under the area. No one was injured.According to Bangalore Metro Rail officials, t...
59. Apple iPad Pro review
60. Apple released new emoji, Lenovo launched the Vibe K5 Note, and Android Nougat is right around the corner. Here are tech updates for the week
61. Applications are invited from youth rehabilitated under the National Child Labour Project for subsidy-linked credit assistance for start-ups here in the district.According to the administration releas...
62. Applications invited for foster home for children programme
63. A primer on what is happening in Saudi and how the Indian government is reacting to it
64. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition was filed today in the Allahabad High Court seeking directions for a CBI probe in Bulandshahr gangrape case.
65. Árbitros mexicanos inaugurarán futbol Olímpico
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67. A researcher at Penn State university in Pennsylvania, said a genetic mutation may have helped modern humans adapt to smoke exposure from fires, which made Neanderthals (illustrated) sick.
68. Are we ready for the gold rush on the sea floor?
69. Arizona Couple Allegedly Abandon Toddler to Play
70. Armed Israeli security officers confiscate little girl's bike
71. Army set to follow revised recruitment system next year
72. Army to get steep-dive BrahMos for China front
73. Around 100 unemployed youth, who had cleared the physical efficiency test held for stipendiary-cadet trainee sub-inspector posts recently, are honing their arithmetic and logical reasoning skills at a...
74. A roundup of the most compelling athletes to watch in the Rio Games.
75. Arrest of leaders of Opposition parties, rallies, and demonstrations marked bandh seeking Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.YSRC’s Panyam MLA G. Charitha Reddy, district president G...
76. Arrest of top General signals China’s unfinished military revamp
77. Artists imagine what Rio, London, Paris and Sydney of the future look like
78. A Russian helicopter with five people on board has been shot down after delivering aid to the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russia Defense Ministry said Monday.
79. A Russian military helicopter was shot down over the Syrian province of Idlib, with all five people on board, believed to have been killed.
80. As all eyes turn to Brazil, the host of the 2016 Olympic Games, we bring you an alternative, cultural guide to the country that gave the world Gisele, Pelé and Walter Salles. Watch the video above for your A to Z of Brazil.
81. A section of cab drivers, who have been working for cab aggregators such as Ola, Uber, and more recently UTOO, want the Tamil Nadu government to fix minimum fares for call taxis and radio taxis on the...
82. A seminar on Make in India for Indian Air Force was conducted on 19th April, 2016. Main suggestions received during the seminar are as follows:  Nurture aerospace Research & Development (R&D)...
83. As Henri De Wailly's book, rigged wars are by no means the prerogative of the 21st century powers
84. Asia's fourth-biggest economy on Tuesday suspended sales of 32 Volkswagen Group models and fined the German automaker $16.06 million
85. Asia superpowers and Afghanistan
86. A sign of things to come? Artists imagine what the cities of the future will look like in a post-apocalyptic world
87. As many as five companies have raised more than Rs 2,700 crore through retail issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) in the ongoing financial year to meet their business needs.This is on top o...
88. A snapshot on how the bill is likely to impact various sectors and stocks
89. A sneaky-smart fantasy football plan to buck a trend and stack your roster
90. A special vigilance court has ordered a quick verification against former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy.]]
91. As Prachanda readies to take over as Nepal prime minister on Wednesday, he's got a lot on his plate
92. As Republican loyalists continue to flee, Donald Trump ignited new party tensions by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan or a pair of senators seeking re-election, a remarkable display of party division just three months before Election Day
93. As rightly mentioned in the editorial, internal democracy is the most critical aspect of any political party
94. 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&#8230
95. As the government circulated copies of the draft Constitution Amendment Bill to bring Goods and Services Tax (GST) among MPs, top Congress leaders got into a huddle to chalk out the party's strategy today ahead of its consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha.
96. As the weather gets hotter, it's tempting to store food in the fridge but keeping it cool doesn't always keep it fresher, according to experts who have drawn up a list of food to keep in the cupboard instead.
97. As the world moves closer to autonomous and self-driving vehicles, road safety experts are turning from technology to psychology to better understand the road to safer mobility.
98. As the Zika scare ramps up in south Florida, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said authorities will target 10 square miles north of downtown Miami to combat the virus.
99. Astronomers have documented atmospheric changes on Io, Jupiter's volcanically active satellite, as the giant planet casts its shadow over the moon's surface during daily eclipses.
100. A suicide car bomb attack in the eastern city of Benghazi targeting Libyan troops killed 23 people and wounded dozens of others today, a hospital official said.