General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-26 10:00

1. Supreme Court directive on dahi handi violated
2. Surprised to see your grandparents making friends on Facebook, chatting online or using instant messaging services on smartphones?
3. Surrendering its early gains, the BSE benchmark Sensex was ruling flat by marginally declining 4.69 points in late morning deals following selling in shares led by capital goods, realty, banks, healthcare and financial sectors amid mixed Asian ...
4. Sushma Swaraj Assures Help to Kin Waiting For Bodies of Those who Died in Middle East
5. Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial begins
6. Suspended Brazilian president's impeachment trial begins
7. Sustainable alternative to methyl bromide for tomato production
8. SVP Global Ventures to hold board meeting
9. Swedish prosecutor to interview Julian Assange, says Ecuador president
10. Sweet and useful memories of Rio
11. Symmetry crucial for building key biomaterial collagen in the lab
12. Syria Government Permits Rebels to Evacuate Daraya
13. Syrian army & rebels agree to end Daraya siege
14. Syrian government forces and rebel troops arrived at an agreement this week for the latter to evacuate the besieged city of Daraya, along with thousands of trapped civilians. The deal will allow 700 fighters to relocate to rebel-held Idlib
15. TacSat-4 was the third in a series of experimental satellites intended to demonstrate new technologies for the US military.
16. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) and other Taipei officials should decline to attend next year’s Taipei-Shanghai Forum, which is to be hosted by Shanghai, given what transpired at this year’s meeting in Taipei. 
17. Taiwan's CTBC Financial, China CITIC Bank cancel deals
18. Taiwan donates US$500,000 to APEC to boost human security
19. Taiwan protests Hong Kong's denial of entry to certain nationals
20. Taiwan’s CTBC Financial, China CITIC Bank cancel deals
21. Taiwan to boost scholarship opportunities for SE Asian students
22. Taiwan to boost scholarship opportunities for SE Asian students
23. Take a Tour of the Most Tricked-Out Science Ship in America
24. Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices opened in green on Friday.
25. Taking a cue from neighbouring Maharashtra, the Gujarat government is considering a proposal to accord adventure sport status to the traditional Dahi Handi ritual marking Janmashtami festivities.
26. Taking a dig at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shaina NC has advised him to first educate himself before commenting on any issue of national ...
27. Taking a serious note of rampant violation of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's Rule 13 that prohibits taking photographs or selfie inside airport or on board a flight, the DGCA is all set to issue a safety circular warning passengers and ...
28. Taking positive cues from the global market, silver prices rose 0.46 per cent to Rs 43,860 per kg at the futures trading today as traders created speculative positions.At the Multi Commodity Exchange,...
29. Taking positive cues from the global market, silver prices rose by 0.46 per cent to Rs 43,860 per kg in futures trading today as traders created speculative positions.
30. Tale of world of supersmart spiders takes Clarke SF award
31. Talks only on Islamabad vacating PoK, stopping terror: India
32. Tamil Nadu government today expressed "profound sorrow" over the death of former President of Singapore, S R Nathan.
33. Tamil Nadu Pensioners’ Association has sought increase in health insurance scheme of State Government from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 4 lakh for pensioners.A resolution to this effect was passed at the State a...
34. Tamil Nadu Premier League 2016: Know the Venues, Teams and Their Captains
35. Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA) has received Business Membership Organisation (BMO) gold star accreditation, according to a press release from the association.ParametersQual...
36. TANSTIA bags gold star accreditation
37. Tanzania's army of community health workers face mistrust as they roll out services
38. Tapes being played on Sheena case have been taken into account during investigation: CBI
39. Tata, Adhunik to benefit from sponge iron price rally
40. Tata Communications builds up infrastructure for cloud business
41. Tata Motors conducts raids on 19 counterfeiters
42. Tata Motors conducts raids to curb counterfeit products
43. Tata Motors consolidated net profit declines 56.98% in the June 2016 quarter
44. Tata Motors gains after declaring Q1 result
45. Tata Motors has carried out raids in 19 locations across the country to help curb counterfeit products, as part of its campaign against spurious spare parts that started in 2012-13.
46. Tata Motors Ltd has posted a net profit of Rs 25.75 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 compared with Rs 289.84 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2015. Total income has increased from Rs....
47. Tata Motors Q1 net down 57% at Rs 2,260 cr
48. Tata Motors Q1 net down 57% at Rs 2,260 crore
49. Tata Motors Q1 net profit down 57% at Rs 2,260.4 cr
50. Tata Motors rose 3.29% to Rs 510 at 15:17 IST on BSE after the company declared its Q1 June 2016 result during market hours today, 26 August 2016.
51. Tata Motors standalone net profit declines 91.12% in the June 2016 quarter
52. Tata Motors today reported a 57 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 2,260.40 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, due to post Brexit adverse foreign exchange impacting its British...
53. Tata Motors was the biggest gainer, up 1.5 percent ahead of quarterly earnings later today. ]]
54. Tata Motors was the top gainer on better-than-expected June quarter revenues
55. Tata Power Solar on turnaround path
56. Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group of companies, today named industrialists Venu Srinivasan and Ajay Piramal as non-executive directors on its board. The appointments, effective Thursda...
57. Tata Steel quits Chhattisgarh project
58. Tax eyed for foreign e-commerce firms
59. taxi fleet by 2018 to help sharply cut the number of cars on
60. Taxpayers spent $127 million on this New York golf course. Trump reaps the rewards.
61. Taylor Swift is reportedly giving MTV Video Music Awards 2016 a miss.The 'Love Story' hit-maker, who has been at the centre of a huge bust up with Calvin Harris, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, had never planned on going to the ceremony, reports the ...
62. Taylor Swift skipping MTV Video Music Awards 2016?
63. TCS gained 0.47% to Rs 2,562 at 11:00 IST on BSE after the company announced new software that enables retailers to leverage insightful data to deepen relationships with customers.
64. TCS gains after launching new software for retailers
65. Technology bringing back madrassa kids to classes
66. Technology: Samsung prospers from India&#8217
67. Technology: Samsung prospers from India's surging smartphone market
68. Teenager who survived cancer twice and only attended secondary school for a year celebrates passing seven GCSEs 
69. Teen boys’ HPV-vaccination rate surges to almost 50 percent, CDC says
70. Teens Explain How to Flirt on Social Media
71. Teens Explain the Rules of Social Media
72. Telangana Govt to Arrange Small Ponds to Immerse Idols
73. Telangana plans ₹600-cr PE fund
74. Temp Holdings Co, provider of comprehensive human resources services, today unveiled a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund for the Indian HR market.
75. Temp Holdings fund for innovative HR Tech startups in India
76. Ten hours after it started Wednesday night, the attack in Kabul on the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) was over and one professor, seven students, two security guards, and three members of ...
77. Ten persons were injured while 20 others had a miraculous escape when a private bus from Bengaluru overturned after hitting a lorry on the Chennai-Kolkata national highway at Tangutur in Prakasam dist...
78. Tension is brewing between heritage activists and the government over the demolition of an 800-year-old Siva temple, built by the Kongu Cholas at Tholur village in Namakkal district.
79. Teresa's birth anniv becomes special as sainthood approaches
80. Terrorist Attack on Afghanistan's Top School Targeted Best and Brightest
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82. THAAD is a U.S. Army weapon system intended to defend against short and medium-range ballistic missiles.
83. Thangabali Nikitin Dheer, wife Kratika off to Europe for their second wedding anniversary; see pic
84. Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhakam (TPDK) today said it will oppose tooth and nail the proposed move by Kerala government to construct a dam across Siruvani and prevent it at any cost.
85. Tharun James Jimani says his second book 'Mornings After' is about two youngsters’ inner struggle to understand and re-interpret gender roles and identity as an urban Indian couple
86. That could be one explanation for Ankara’s slow response to the Islamic State threat.
87. The 106th birth anniversary of Mother Teresa, the founder of the Catholic congregation ‘Missionaries of Charity’, is being celebrated today. Special prayers...
88. The 2014 test using STARS-IV targeted the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands, but due to an onboard anomaly that resulted in the vehicle veering off course, the Range Safety Officer terminated the test at T4 seconds near the launch pad shortly after lift-off to ensure public and personnel safety.
89. The 22nd edition of the Delhi Book Fair this year aims to highlight initiatives undertaken by the central government for its 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan' flagship programme to inculcate better reading habits among the younger generation.
90. The 39-year-old driver was playing the game behind the wheel and hit two pedestrians, and one died from her injuries
91. The $400bn F-35 is 'not on a path to success': Damning test report warns fighter jet is 'running out of time and money'
92. The Afghan government shared three mobile phone numbers allegedly operating on the Pakistani side of the border, which it claimed had remained in contact with the attackers.
93. The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted immunity from arrest to the family of Mohammad Akhlaque in the alleged cow slaughter case till the conclusion of the investigation. Akhlaque was lynched by ...
94. The Al-Shabaab group is fighting to overthrow the internationally-backed government in the capital Mogadishu
95. The Alt-Right’s Dark Army of Racist Trolls Just Had a Great Day
96. The Alt-Right’s Dark Army of Racist Trolls Just Had a Great Day
97. The approved railway lines are expected to help the upcoming industries in the region and additional transport capacity to meet their requirements
98. Theatre West, an organisation for artistes in Burbank, has confirmed that Kaplan died of natural causes on Wednesday, reported Variety. Image Twitter
99. The attack resulted in the death of 16 people, including eight students from the university
100. The attempted coup in Turkey and a warming in relations between Ankara and Moscow seems to be setting the alarm bells off in NATO headquarters, as well they should be. Will Turkey leave NATO?
101. The August 24, 2016 earthquake in Italy was a lot weaker than the one hit Myanmar the same day, but it did far more damage because it happened at a shallower depth. The Associated Press explains the ...
102. The badminton star is expected to announce a couple of endorsement deals soon.
103. The benchmark BSE index posted its worst week since early May on Friday, as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead a speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen in Jackson Hole, Wyoming later in...
104. The benchmark BSE Sensex recovered by nearly 85 points and the Nifty reclaimed 8,600-mark in early trade today on fresh buying by investors as the September derivative contracts started on a solid note amid mixed Asian cues.
105. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the CPI(M)-led LDF government of implementing its ‘political agenda’ by reappointing K.K.Vinod Kumar as Circle Inspector at Payyoli in Kozhikode district.A...
106. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was bringing down his own credibility with his critical remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and asked whether he would be able to accept ...
107. The BJP on Thursday raked up past cases of rape and murder involving Congress leaders to wonder if Rahul Gandhi can be linked with these heinous crimes after he reiterated that he stood by every sing...
108. The BJP’s nationalism is like a nervous tic which agitates itself every time the party runs out of ideas
109. The BJP Telangana wing has criticised the official notification issued for delimitation of districts charging that even the assurances made by the Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, at the all-party...
110. The Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) is contemplating changing its ombudsman once Justice (Retd.) Ajit Prakash Shah completes his one-year term in November.The Board had appointed the former...
111. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has allowed Tamil Nadu players participating in the Duleep Trophy to turn out for their respective franchises in the TNPL.
112. The body of a 22-year-old man, who was abducted allegedly by his friends, was recovered from Shikhohabad area here, police said today.
113. The body of Pamuru Gyaneswara Raju, 16, an Intermediate first year student in Vignan Junior College at Anantapur, who was among two persons who drowned when they went to swim in Handri Neeva main cana...
114. The bomb attack caused immense damage to the headquarters of the special anti-riot police force in Cizre
115. The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the State to make sufficient arrangements so that life does not come to a standstill when the kaali peeli taxis go on an indefinite strike on August 29.A Di...
116. The brain uses backward instant replays to remember important travel routes
117. The Brazilian female thief tried to evade police by stripping naked after stealing food from a school cafeteria.
118. The Brazilian Senate has begun the impeachment trial of suspended president Dilma Rousseff who is accused of trying to hide public budget deficits through fiscal irregularities without congressional approval.
119. The Cantonment unit of the traffic police, presently functioning from a building belonging to a Cooperative Housing Society in Ponnagar, has been crying for adequate space and amenities.The station, w...
120. The CBI’s special court here on Thursday issued arrest warrants against two suspects in the V.B. Unnithan attempted murder case.The victim, a senior journalist with the
121. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday clarified that all the taped conversations among Indrani Mukerjea, Peter Mukerjea and his son Rahul Mukerjea being played in media, indicating that there was an attempt to cover up the Sheena Bora ...
122. The Central government has appointed Gopal Murli Bhagat as Executive Director of Corporation Bank for a period of three years. Prior to his elevation, Bhagat was General Manager with Bank of India. O...
123. The Centre has banned the depiction of cruelty or violence towards animals in any form on television, cable and other broadcasting networks.In a notification on August 19, the Union Information and B...
124. The China Banking Regulatory Commission said an individual can borrow as much as 1
125. The Chinese government on Wednesday imposed limits on lending by peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms to individuals and companies in an effort to curb risks in one part of the loosely regulated shadow-banking sector.
126. The city police have arrested six students who allegedly stole the hood emblems of around 12 luxury cars for selling them at a higher price. The students kept the emblems in their schoolbags.The polic...
127. The city police have promulgated order regulating processions, demonstrations, meetings and assemblies from the early hours of Thursday till September 7.An official statement from city police said tha...
128. The City Police have registered a cheating case against ruling party councillor of Madurai Corporation S.K. Suseendiran (52) for reportedly duping a city resident by collecting Rs. 2 lakh from him on ...
129. The city, which has become the Detroit of Asia, has always been at the helm of the automobile industry due to the presence of major automobile manufacturing uni...
130. The clay hand grenade (pictured left), which is shaped like an acorn with a fuse hole in the top, was found as part of a collection of metal jugs and candle sticks (pictured top right) pulled from the sea off Hadera in north Israel. They were found by a worker at a power plant in the city and collected over several years. The grenade (hole for fuse pictured bottom right) would have been thrown at enemy ships during naval battles in an attempt to burn them. These weapons were first developed by the Byzantine Empire but quickly spread to the Islamic world before eventually finding their way to Europe.
131. The Clinton campaign is instructing fundraisers to tap into donor networks associated with failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Of course, one reason GOP donors may be reluctant to give to Trump at this point is because he appears to be running his campaign solely to increase his own personal wealth.
132. The Commerce Ministry has set up two committees for speedy redressal of grievances of trade and industry pertaining to the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP 2015-20).
133. The committee will be headed by India's first and only individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra. It will submit the report within a maximum period of four weeks.
134. The Competition Commission has raided dry-cell battery major Eveready's corporate office in Kolkata, sources said. The raid is said to have taken place three days ago. Details about the reason ...
135. The Congress on Thursday urged the Centre to expand the ambit of talks in Jammu and Kashmir. Welcoming the gesture taken by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the party said Singh’s statements are differe...
136. The Cooperative Department on Wednesday re-launched the sale of subsidised toor dhal through co-operative outlets in the district. It has been re-launched after a gap of five months. The State governm...
137. The cost of Volkswagen's emissions scandal keeps climbing. The company has now agreed on compensation for the dealerships that had diesel VW cars on their lots that turned out to be rigged to cheat on emissions tests.<img
138. The country has just stepped up its battle against drug-resistant infections and infectious diseases in general. Following the new biomedical waste guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Environme...
139. The country now has no defense or interior minister ahead of its biggest operation against the Islamic State.
140. The court said sanction was not obtained to prosecute Rajkumar Pandiayan, the then SP of ATS
141. The CPI-M on Friday urged the central government to desilt the Ganga river which it said was causing floods every year.
142. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in central Italy reached at least 241 on Thursday, but officials cautioned it could rise again as rescuers continued a grim search for corpses, as powerful a...
143. The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devas....
144. The Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) Exams Reimbursement Program has changed a reimbursement policy that will expedite the exams reimbursement process for service members, including active-duty, National Guard and Reserve.
145. The Department of Youth Services is providing residential training for candidates eligible to attend the Army Recruitment Rally to be held in Kakinada from October 5 to 15.Selection for the training p...
146. The Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam calls on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on August 26, 2016.
147. The Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam meeting the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley, in New Delhi on August 26, 2016.
148. The distressed farmer said he incurred more than Rs 700 per acre for cultivating onions and paid Rs 780 towards transportation charges for bringing the produce to the APMC.]]
149. The district administration has set out guidelines for immersion ofLord Vinayagar idolsduring the ‘visarjanam’after the forthcoming Sri Vinayaga Chathurthi festival.In a release issued here on Thursda...
150. The district administration, in co-ordination with the Education Department and students of various colleges will implement ‘Each one teach one – Each one teach many’ programme across the district fro...
151. The district Child Welfare Committee on Thursday decided to shift Seleena, her eight-year-old child, and a three-month-old girl to the Swather Shelter Home at Cheruthoni until the police completed th...
152. The dollar edged down and global shares slipped to a two-week low on Friday as investors turned cautious before a keynote speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that could map out a clearer pat...
153. The domestic currency had depreciated by 5 paise to end at 67.11 per dollar yesterday
154. The eco-warriors of Ambattur
155. The 'embryo selfie': Scientific breakthrough maps the inside of eggs for IVF using a simple photograph and shows fertility clinics which ones offer the best chance of pregnancy
156. The European Commission and Portugal on Wednesday said they have agreed on a 5 billion euro (US$5.64 billion) deal to recapitalize the state-owned Caixa Geral de Depositos bank, including through a 2.7 billion euro injection of state funds. The deal was provisionally
157. The event themed ‘water’ will also host workshops, film screenings, outreach initiatives and cultural performances
158. The event took place inside the rebuilt Integration Processing Facility (IPF), one of the most significantly damaged buildings.  An audience of nearly 100 local residents and invited guests toured the processing facility as well as the Launch Support Structure at Pad 1.
159. The expectation of more snowfall is something of a silver lining as temperatures rise. Global warming is already increasing sea level through melting ice and thermal expansion.
160. The extinct bird will be sold by Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst, West Sussex, who say it could fetch £500,000 when it is sold at auction later this year.
161. The Failure Review Board determined that an external thermal protective cover designed to regulate motor temperature interfered with the launch vehicle steering assembly, resulting in termination of the launch shortly after liftoff at the Kodiak Launch Complex.
162. The failure saw the cessation of launches from Kodiak, a site which last saw an orbital launch back in 2011.
163. The fastest truck in the world: Volvo's 'Iron Knight' sets record
164. The Financial Supervisory Commission yesterday announced it is to dispatch officials to scrutinize Mega International Commercial Bank (兆豐銀行) branches in New York and Panama as soon as Monday, as the government launches a probe into the lender after it ran into serious regulatory trouble in
165. The financial upshot of Uber's time in China seems to have been the transfer of much of the billions from investors to China's Uber drivers, who were paid up to 3 times the going wage in some markets
166. The first look of actor-producer Emraan Hashmi's maiden home production "Captain Nawab", was unveiled on Friday.
167. The Fix: Clinton almost seemed to take a page from Trump’s playbook
168. The Fix: McCain’s primary opponent just launched one of the nastiest attacks
169. The former to raise its stake to maximum limit of 14.99% in the latter
170. The fossil remains (right inset) of the 'microleo attenboroughi' were found in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area by palaeontologists from Sydney's University of New South Wales.It probably hunted small insects and small invertebrates like lizards, frogs and birds. The animal's teeth were found sticking out of a small block of limestone, which researchers believe is about 18 million years old. The lion has been named 'microleo attenboroughi' after British BBC broadcaster David Attenborough (left inset).
171. The fourth edition of Kids India, India's largest B2B platform for products related to Children, is all set to showcase the latest trends for toys and children's products at the three day B2B exhibition to be held from September 15 to September 17 ...
172. The future of cricket in the United States will in focus when India and the West Indies meet in the two matches, starting on Saturday.
173. The future of three-dimensional thinking
174. The geopolitics behind the Olympics
175. The 'Ghost galaxy' made of DARK MATTER: Mysterious discovery could help unravel the secrets of the strange substance
176. The giant investor of Tokyo's stock market
177. The government has plans to set up more offshore wind farms to increase capacity to 3 gigawatts by the end of 2025 from this year’s 666 megawatts, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Yang Wei-fu (楊偉甫) said at the Green Energy Expo yesterday in Taipei.
178. The government has proposed to set up farm ponds for breeding fish fingerlings with a subsidy of Rs. 2.10 lakh.The government under the National Agricultural Development Programme (NADP) is encouragin...
179. The government is to encourage banks to impose stricter loan screening for so-called collective loans by buyers of new apartments,
180. The government seems to have got into an avoidable controversy with its plans to build the district office complex away from the city. The plan to build the complex on a hill top in Mamankeri village...
181. The Government seems to have missed the turn on a practice that largely works well for all concerned
182. The government's reported move to advance the presentation of the Union Budget by a month to January has good...
183. The Hague Convicts a Tomb-Destroying Extremist With Design
184. The health ministry said that its decision was in line with
185. The higher the number of food allergies a child might have, the greater is his or her risk of developing asthma and allergic rhinitis during childhood, new research has found.
186. The hotel industry in Africa [The Morning Call]
187. The impeachment trial of suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the country's first female leader, accused of illegally doctoring accounts, has started.Rousseff is accused of illegally doctoring accounts ahead of her re-election in 2014 to ...
188. The Indian hockey teams may not have achieved results up to expectations but their performances at the Rio Olympics were not as disheartening as an eighth-place finish may indicate. The women were...
189. Their compensation is shaped by regulations and broad, decades-long trends. Missing from the equation is any assessment of how millions in cash and stock motivate the executive brain or don't
190. Their rendering create the effect of a typical Indian monsoon
191. The JIPMER Students’ Association (JSA) tied up with Kuldeep Kumar Vedwan, Chief Coach and Director, Ashoka Archery Academy, to introduce all participants of Spandan 2016 to archery at JIPMER campus.E....
192. The Kochi Corporation will open one more Animal Birth Control (ABC) unit if the State government funds it, Kochi Mayor Soumini Jain has said.
193. The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., in association with the South Western and Southern Railways would operate Velankanni Special Trains.Vasco-Velankanni Suvidha Special will leave Vasco at 10.30 a....
194. The latest edition of Food With Benefits brought together city chefs to cook an Asian-themed meal for the charitably-inclined
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