General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 20160802 21:00

1. Minister of Economic Affairs Lee Chih-kung (李世光) yesterday dismissed speculation surrounding the replacement of former Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) chairman Hwang Jung-chiou (黃重球), saying that Hwang resigned of his own free will because of personal health issues. Hwang decided
2. Minister of State for External Affairs General (Retd.) V K Singh will travel to Saudi Arabia today to assess the severity of the food crisis faced by nearly 10,000 Indians stranded in Saudi after being rendered jobless.External Affairs Minister ...
3. Minister reviews flood relief measures
4. Minister visits balikadavu
5. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) for setting up of family type biogas plants in rural and semi-urban areas of the country.
6. 'Mission accomplished', tweets Swaraj, as consulate distributes food to 10,000 starving Indians in Saudi Arabia
7. Miss Universe contestants without make-up look
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9. MLB trade deadline: Yankees tear down, Rangers beef up amid flurry of deals
10. Mobile internet services were restored in Jammu region after 16 days on Tuesday, officials said.
11. Mobile payment solutions startup ToneTag integrates beacon technology
12. Modi govt spent over Rs 35 cr to advertise achievements
13. Modi’s 4-Nation African Visit: India-South Africa Defence Cooperation
14. Mo Farah and Aston Easton primed to retain their champion status; Lavillenie can soar further more.
15. Monsoon rains thoroughly expose India’s smart cities dream
16. Mordverdächtiger rechtfertigt sich bei Facebook
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18. More people in Florida may have caught the Zika virus after being bitten by local mosquitoes, Gov. Rick Scott announced today. On Friday, state health officials confirmed that four people had obtained Zika from mosquitoes in a square mile area just north of downtown Miami.
19. More than 20 people were killed in three Mexican states plagued by drug violence over the weekend, with 11 found dead in a single day in Acapulco, authorities said.
20. More than 23,000 youths from 14 southern districts of Tamil Nadu and Karaikal district of Union Territory of Puducherry have registered online to take part in the Indian Army recruitment rally to be h...
21. “More than geography, it is important to bring t...
22. More users take to UTS app to book train tickets
23. Morigaon in Lower Assam is perhaps the worst affected with nearly 3.5 lakh people hit.
24. Mortgage lender DHFL today said it plans to raise up to Rs 4,000 crore through a maiden issue of non-convertible debentures (NCDs), where investors have the option of linking the coupon with retail i...
25. Moscow invited NATO military experts to discuss the military-political situation in Europe in September.
26. Moscow Invites NATO Experts for September Talks on Situation in Europe
27. Most IS men in Afghanistan are Pakistan Taliban fighters says US Commander
28. Most top and mid-tier IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies stayed away from the project with the exception of TCS.
29. Most workers from North India
30. Motilal OswalMuthoot Fin (Buy)CMP: ₹356.20Target: ₹405Muthoot Finance is the largest organised player in the gold loan financing sector.Muthoot Finance’s reported PAT for Q1 grew 48 per cent y-o-y ...
31. Motilal Oswal recommends buy on M&M, Bata India, Emami
32. Motorists riding two-wheelers without helmets would face stringent action, the police have said.With a view to sensitising the masses about the use of helmets, the police personnel took out an awarene...
33. Motor neuron diseases rob patients of their ability to walk, eat, talk or breathe since they affect the motor neurons controlling the muscles. Young patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have a shortage of the survival motor neuron protein. Revealing clues about SMA, scientists have shown that fruit flies develop motor neuron disease symptoms when they blocked the construction of the cell's machine that cuts and pastes genetic instructions.
34. MP raises LNG project issue in LS
35. Mr Prime Minister, now’s the time to have a ministry of the future
36. Mrs Darling came to the window, for at present she was keeping a sharp eye on Wendy. She told Peter that she had adopted all the other boys, and would like to adopt him also."Would you send me to school?" he inquired craftily."Yes.""And then to an ...
37. Mr World 2016 Rohit Khandelwal's homecoming
38. Muhammad Halim goes it alone as a Virgin Islands triple jumper bound for the Rio Olympics
39. MuhammadHalimgoesitaloneasaVirginIslandstriplejumperboundfortheRioOlympics', 'width
40. Multinational conglomerate Honeywell has launched the second phase of its Smart Building Score, a tool that grades buildings based on the use of technologies intended to make them green, safe, and pro...
41. Mungantiwar rules out blanket ban on liquor in Maharashtra
42. Music continues to be the epicentre of ‘Dishoom’ singer Abhijeet Sawant’s world
43. My greetings and good wishes to all the Ambassadors, industry representatives, my young friends and all of you gathered here today.
44. Mysterious beaked whale is so rare it does not even have a name
45. Mysterious dark brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s and stress
46. Mystery of missing Jai, India's most beloved tiger
47. Mystery shrouds the death of a girl at Saliyamangalam near here on Monday. While relatives of the victim allege that the girl was raped and murdered, initial reports said police have filed a case of m...
48. Mythbusting: The Navys Plan for Direct Accessions
49. NADA clears Narsingh in dope scandal, wrestler set for Rio
50. Nadal faces trimmed down Olympic programme
51. Nadal remains doubtful over Rio participation
52. Nag Panchami: PETA calls for snake-free celebrations
53. Narayana Hrudayalaya gains on strong Q1 results
54. Narsingh Yadav cleared by NADA panel but Rio 2016 Olympics some distance away
55. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named Patricia Sanders as chair of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress on matters concerning the agency’s safety performance.
56. Nasa has plans to launch its first crewed flight in 2023, spending a total of $16 billion in preparation, but according to the report from the US Government Accountability Office, these figures are not reliable.
57. NASA Names New Chair for Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
58. NASA Offers Media Access to View Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft
59. NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) standing committee has presented the NASA Advisory Council with a status update regarding the agency’s direction and execution of the upcoming Asteroid…
60. NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) standing committee has presented the NASA Advisory Council with a status update regarding the agency’s direction and execution of the upcoming Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM).  Among the prominent updates include confirmation of new target launch dates and information on how NASA will handle partner payloads and the creation of the ARM Investigation Team.
61. NASA Spacecraft to Map Surface of 'Doomsday' Earth-Crushing Asteroid
62. NASA’s Solar Probe Plus Mission Moves One Step Closer to Launch
63. NASA’s Solar Probe Plus – the first mission that will fly into sun's upper atmosphere and “touch” the sun – has passed a design review, an important milestone leading to its anticipated summer 2018 launch.
64. NASA to explore asteroid Bennu during its close encounter with Earth
65. Nashville airport plans overhaul worth $1 billion
66. One suspected terrorist was killed down by the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Naugam sector on Monday.]]
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69. On July 19, Abdufattoh Ghoib, the head of Tajikistan's Customs Service, announced that the Tajik government was considering making an application to enter the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union ...
70. On June 6, Jung had approved the Kejriwal government's proposal to create bus lanes, but also asked it to come out clean on some issues
71. Online applications have been invited from students belonging to minority communities — Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis and Jains — studying in Standards from I to X in government, aided...
72. Online furniture startup Livspace launches platform to aggregate interior designers
73. Online Learning Platform 'Virsa' to Deliver Arts Lessons in India
74. On Lokmanya Tilak’s 96th death anniversary, Governor promises to restore historic building to former glory
75. Only two weeks ago, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman had ostentatiously marked distance from voicing support for China in the territorial disputes in the South China Sea when she said, “I will remind you that Russia… has no intention of getting involved….
76. On Monday, Yasmeen was produced in a court in Kasaragod and charged under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and remanded in judicial custody.
77. On-tap bank licence not for big corporates
78. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their hit song "Wannabe," former British pop band, Spice Girls will be getting an exclusive BBC iPlayer documentary.
79. On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker looks at the strategic importance of the Syrian city of Aleppo.
80. Opener Lokesh Rahul showed a lot of composure hitting a career-best 158 as India reached a comfortable 358 for 5 on the second day thereby taking complete control of the secon...
81. Opposition BJP supported demand for reservation of 80 per cent of seats to Bihar natives in state jobs and admission in state-run professional colleges, while hitting out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for only making "statements" for political gain.
82. Opposition officials and aid workers said Syria and Russia aim to force quick surrender.
83. Opposition parties on Monday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over the gang rape of a Noida-based mother and daughter near Bulandshahr and also asked him to own...
84. Opposition seeks Akhilesh Yadav's resignation over Bulandshahr gang rape
85. Oprah Winfrey, a producer of the Tony Award–winning The Color Purple, greets Cynthia Erivo, who won the best actress award for her role in that show.
86. Oracle India joins SBI to foster digital skills initiative
87. Orientation Day 2016 was celebrated at Flying Cats on Monday. Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University G. Nageswara Rao attended as chief guest and spoke about employment opportunities that one can explor...
88. Orion in crisis: Damning GAO report slams Nasa plan for capsule that could take man to Mars as unrealistic and having 'logic errors'
89. Our bladesmiths must choose wisely as they are asked to dumpster dive for the right steel to be turned into a hardened blade of their choosing. Will these blades hold up after a tough round of testing? Only two will move on to forge a War Hammer. After five days at their home forges, the smiths return hammers in hand to pound their way to victory.
90. Our cities and towns have been allowed to grow into urban nightmares (Editorial – “Return of the great deluge”, Aug.1). In Chennai, after last year’s deluge and flooding, experts painted a dismal pic...
91. OurMine has claimed to have hacked the Twitter account of Pokémon Go developer Niantic's CEO John Hanke. On Sunday, the hacking team reportedly posted messages using Hanke's Twitter and Quora accounts. According to IBTimes, the group claimed that they were ...
92. Over 100 wild animals rescued from flooded Kaziranga
93. Over 10 days after a fake Facebook profile of Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ahmad Javed was reported to the Mumbai Police, an FIR is yet to be registered.On June 20, Mumbai resident Meet Ashar had...
94. Over 23,000 youths register for Army recruitment rally
95. Over 600 pilgrims will be going on a pilgrimage to Haj from the Mangaluru International Airport at Kenjar on Thursday.Urban Development Minister R. Roshan Baig will be flagging off the journey of the ...
96. Overproduction of crude and a wave of refined products were the main factors weighing on oil
97. OvRcharge uses a combination of induction charging and magnetic levitation to make devices spin in the air while they power up. The Kickstarter campaign claims it can even make a tablet float.
98. Oz woman can recite all Harry Potter books, word-for-word