General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 20160802 - 7

1. US manufacturing activity eased in July amid shrinking order backlogs and declining employment, while an unexpected drop in construction spending in June suggested second-quarter economic was probably even weaker than reported last week. The ...
2. US: Maryland's historic Ellicott City main street in shambles after storm
3. US Must Provide Additional Air Support to Afghan Troops Against Taliban
4. U.S. planes bombed Islamic State (IS) targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the U.N.-backed government&#8217
5. U.S. prosecutors unsealed indictments accusing two Venezuelan generals who ran the country’s antidrug agency of conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the U.S.
6. US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accepts the nomination on the last day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.
7. US: Russia should restrain itself, Assad from offensive strikes in Syria
8. US strikes ISIS in Libya on request of UN backed government
9. US strikes ISIS in Libya on request of UN backed government" US strikes ISIS in Libya on request of UN backed government
10. US Swing State Voters Less Likely to Elect Candidate Supporting Russia
11. U.S. Warns Pregnant Women to Avoid Zika Area in Florida
12. US warplanes launch bombing campaign on IS in Libya
13. U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya
14. US warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya
15. U.S. wins ownership of rare 'double eagle' gold coins
16. Uttar Pradesh polls: The wars within
17. Vacate govt houses, SC to 6 ex-CMs
18. Vadavalli resident S. Kamaraj on Monday petitioned the district administration to help him rescue his daughters, whom he alleged were detained under compulsion by a yoga centre.BrainwashedHe alleged t...
19. Vatican finance chief George Pell was accused of historic sex abuse claims when he was the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney in 2002, but was later cleared of any wrongdoing.
20. V Balaraman, Chairman, Computer Age Management Services, famously CAMS, says the mutual fund service provider is planning to go global in a big way. IIT Madras instituted an Institute Chair in its Dep...
21. Venezuela election board okays first phase of opposition's referendum push
22. Venezuela election board okays first phase of opposition's referendum push
23. Verizon’s purchase of Yahoo is the latest move by the telecom to expand into Hollywood and Silicon Valley. The plan is to own and distribute online content and use data collected from mobile phones to target advertising to tens of millions of users.
24. Verizon Communications has agreed to buy GPS vehicle-tracking company, Fleetmatics Group, in a deal valued at $2.4 billion, vaulting the telephone company deeper into the automotive-technology market. Verizon will pay $60 a share for the ...
25. Verpleegkundigen krijgen meer carrièrekansen
26. Veterans, families of slain soldiers latest to condemn Trump remarks
27.     Vice-premier attends China-ASEAN education event
28.     Vice-Premier calls for long-term people-to-people exchanges with Indonesia
29. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday officiated his first wedding ever, for two longtime White House staffers.
30. Video shows Russian soldier's body dragged through dirt after chopper shot down in Syria
31. Videos on social media seek to reach potential extremists before they become radicalised
32. Videos uploaded online by Syrian opposition activists show the burning wreckage of a Russian helicopter in footage seemingly taken in the first few moments after the helicopter crashed.
33. Vijay Rupani: Mr neutral
34. Vijay Rupani, Nitin Patel strong contenders for the post of Gujarat CM
35. Villages vanish under Assam’s flooded rivers
36. Violent weekend leaves more than 20 dead in Mexico
37. Virgin Galactic is back in the space race: FAA gives Richard Branson's firm operating license for space tourism
38. Visa-free access to the EU has been subject to delays due to a dispute over Turkish anti-terrorism legislation and Ankara's crackdown after a failed coup.
39. Visva Bharati university authorities have been trying for the past few years to get the tag of a World Heritage Site from UNESCO
40. VIT students publish book on wildlife conservation
41. V.K. Ramachandran took over as the Vice Chairman of the State Planning Board on Monday.While addressing the staff at the Planning Board office here, Mr. Ramachandran said he would work with the govern...
42. V.K. Singh for Riyadh to help laid-off Indians
43. VK Singh to leave for Saudi Arabia to take stock of situation of stranded Indians
44.     V K Singh to raise starving Indian...
45. V K Singh to raise starving Indian workers' issue with Saudi Arabia: Swaraj" border
46. Vodafone said under the Vodafone Delights bonanza, customers can now enjoy up to 67% more benefits on their existing packs
47. Voicing deep concern over the continuing pattern of extrajudicial executions in Kenya, United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government to halt police violence and ensure accountability for the perpetrators.
48. Voicing its concern over environment degradation, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday pulled up authorities in Himachal Pradesh for not planting a single tree after clearing a forest area for ...
49. Volkswagen India sales up 6.75% in July
50. Volunteers face trouble for cleaning BBMP school
51. Volunteers of CEEMA (Centre for Education and Empowerment of the Marginalised), the nodal agency for implementation of Childline 1098, rescued two minor girls in the city in different incidents on Sat...
52. “Voter fraud in North Dakota has been virtually non-existent,” the judge wrote in his decision, which follows rulings that blocked or loosened voting restrictions in four other states in recent days.
53. Voters are upset about inequality, unemployment and corruption.
54. V. Panneer Selvam, MP, has urged the Union Ministry or Road Transport and Highways to take steps to lay an outer ring road in Salem to ease traffic congestion in the city.He raised the issue during th...
55. vPhrase uses artificial intelligence to analyse data and communicate the insights in words
56. VTU results today
57. Walker captures PGA title; Djokovic defeats Nishikori in Toronto final
58. Wall Street edges lower as energy sector weighs
59. Wall Street retreats from record high as energy shares fall with oil
60. Warren Buffet challenges Donald Trump to reveal his tax returns
61. Warren Buffett challenged Donald Trump Monday to discuss their tax returns publicly.
62. Warren Buffett challenged Donald Trump Monday to discuss their tax returns publicly.<img
63. Warren Buffett challenges Donald Trump to discuss tax returns
64. Warren Buffett promised to give at least 10 voters in Nebraska's District 2 a ride to the polls in November.
65. Warren Buffett promises to drive 10 Nebraskans to vote
66. Warren Buffett 'to do whatever it takes' to defeat Donald Trump
67. Warren Buffett vowed Monday that he'll be the chauffeur of Omaha on election night.<img
68. Washington, Aug. 1 (ANI): Commander of the US and the NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. John W. Nicholson has said almost 70 per cent of the fighters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in ...
69. Washington D.C., Aug 1 (ANI): The Taliban has claimed responsibility for explosion that rocked a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan early Monday morning and a fierce gunfight is underway between security ...
70. WAS: Rendon 3 (45); ARI: Goldschmidt (69).
71. Watch: India@9 With Zakka Jacob
72. Watch: Multiple Security Lapses Make Delhi-Kanpur Highway Unsafe
73. Watch the elaborate way this man proposed to his girlfriend at a Smithsonian event on Frank Warren's postcard secrets on July 29." data-video-image
74. Water, power problems in flood-hit areas
75. Water wars
76. Wear helmet, Get Petrol project launched
77. ‘We can make the final in three or four events’
78. We expect earnings growth to be flat in first quarter: Surendra Goyal
79. ‘We’ve never been challenged this way’: Military support groups demand respect for Khan family
80. We'll take a special sneak peek at History's upcoming new series, BILLION DOLLAR WRECK, where treasure hunter Martin Bayerle and his son return to the wreck that nearly destroyed their family, on an expedition to solve the mystery of the RMS Republic.
81. WFI hopeful of Narsingh's Rio participation post NADA's clean chit
82. What Didi's acquisition of Uber China means for Ola & India
83. What’s cooking?
84. What’s in Roz Chast’s bag? A new ending to her best-selling book..