General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-03 05:00

1. DMDK founder Vijayakant and his wife Premalatha have moved the Madras High Court seeking to quash 14 criminal defamation cases filed against them by the State government.Contending that the government...
2. DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin on Tuesday charged the AIADMK Government with water mismanagement holding it responsible for withering crops in the State.The State Government has failed to open water in tim...
3. DNC announces several of its leaders are now gone after the leak of several staffer emails that a server hack. CNN's Joe Johns reports.
4. DNC Staffers Resign In Wake of Email Hack
5. DoCoMo maligning us, will protect our reputation: Tatas
6. Dogfight Between MiG-29, Su-30SM to Be Staged at Aviadarts Competition - Russian Ministry
7. Dog takes away stillborn baby from govt hospital
8. Domestic steel price increase of 25% till mid-June would have led to better profitability of steel companies in June quarter
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10. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton reminded voters last weekend why they are the least popular candidates in modern history. And the New York Times reaffirmed that point, reporting that only 9 percent of the country actually voted for them in the Primary. We hash things out at the top of the show.
11. Donald Trump, facing scrutiny this week over his multiple military deferments during the Vietnam War, said Tuesday that he regrets not serving in the military.
12. Donald Trump has had a terrible few days. He has been sucked into a row with a Muslim Gold Star family, the Khans; criticized strongly by John McCain; and branded "unfit" for high office by President Barack Obama.
13. Donald Trump is declining to endorse a pair of Republican heavyweights -- House Speaker Paul Ryan and former presidential nominee John McCain -- in their primary fights, another sign of the fractures within the party.
14. Donald Trump is heading to Florida on Wednesday, and the top Democrat vying to take Marco Rubio's Senate seat is asking if the Republican will be joining his party's nominee.
15. Donald Trump refuses to back Paul Ryan and John McCain for re-election highlighting huge divisions within Republican Party
16. Donald Trump responded to President Obama who called the Republican presidential candidate "unfit" to become president. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.
17. Donald Trump says despite multiple military deferments during the Vietnam War that he regrets not serving in the military. CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reports.
18. Donald Trump’s biggest obstacle in his bid for the White House in November is not Hillary Clinton or the mighty Democratic Party machine behind her campaign. His biggest obstacle is a hitherto unknown American Muslim couple, Khizr and Ghazala Khan.
19. Donald Trump should reveal his tax returns, say Hillary Clinton
20. Donald Trump sinks in polls after attack on parents of  killed Muslim American soldier
21. Donald Trump speaks to voters during a campaign event at Briar Woods High School, on Aug. 2, 2016 in Ashburn, Va.
22. Donald Trump's Russia problem isn't going away.
23. Donald Trump’s withholding of support for House Speaker Paul Ryan — his party’s top-ranking congressional leader — two weeks after a convention designed to showcase party unity represents an extraordinary breach of political decorum. Ryan and Sen. John McCain have endorsed Trump, but each has denounced some of his comments.
24. Donald Trump takes a licking from critics for eating KFC finger lickin' chicken with a fork. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.
25. Donald Trump, trying to reassure a distressed mother with a crying baby, said Tuesday that he loves hearing babies cry at his rallies and told her not to worry -- only to change his mind just a moment later.
26. Donald Trump tweeted a picture of himself eating Kentucky Fried Chicken with a knife and a fork Monday, and his decision to use silverware prompted jokes and mocking from Twitter users.
27. Donald Trump wants you to know that he isn't a typical politician. That's evident as soon as you visit his Facebook page.<img
28. Donald Trump Won't 'Counter Punch' Warren Buffett on Tax Challenge
29. Donald Trump Won’t Endorse Paul Ryan or John McCain in Primaries: ‘I’m Not Quite There Yet’
30. Don't miss black money deadline, warns Jaitley
31. Double-decker tour bus to be launched in Kaohsiung by year-end
32. Downstream projects include water systems and electrical distribution network
33. DPI to implement measures to improve SSLC results
34. DRI officials seize 270 kg ganja in East Godavari
35. Driver burnt alive in road accident
36. Drones to monitor wildlife movement, poaching: Minister
37. Drones would be deployed over forest areas to monitor the movement of wildlife and attempts of poaching, Forests Minister Dindigul C. Sreenivasan announced in the State Assembly on Tuesday.The Forest ...
38. Drought in several states may have triggered the 4 per cent decline in pulse production in 2015-16, but India's total...
39. Drugmaker Lupin has entered into an agreement through its Japanese subsidiary Kyowa Pharmaceutical to acquire 21 products from Shionogi & Co for a consideration of ¥15.4 billion ($150 million or ...
40. Drug-maker Lupin, through its Japanese subsidiary Kyowa Pharmaceutical, has entered into an agreement to acquire 21 products from Shionogi & Co for a consideration of 15.4 billion yen ($150 milli...
41. Drunk-driving case: Auto driver jailed
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43. During a press conference, President Obama said Donald Trump is "woefully unprepared" to be president and keeps proving he's unfit for the office. CNN's Michelle Kosinski reports.
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45. EA posts unexpected profit on higher game downloads
46. Earlier, Bulandshahr MP Bhola Singh said the police arrested three persons in haste to fulfill the assurance of the Chief Minister Yadav.
47. Earlier, media reports said that under-performing employees -- 700-1000 in number -- will be given the option to resign or hand over the pink slip.
48. Earlier, Prachanda became the premier in 2008
49. Early adopters would be getting around 10-30 days of extra free unlimited preview offer on their Jio numbers depending on expiry of current plan, TelecomTalk reported.
50. Earth's fever got worse last year, breaking dozens of climate records, NOAA scientists said in a massive report nicknamed the annual physical for the planet.
51. Earth's health is 'grim': Scientists reveal annual physical of our planet - and warn it is not good news
52. Economic News: Read Latest Economic News headlines, monetary policy highlights, Budget, RBI bulletin, news on Interest Rates, Indian economy, and analysis, from Business Standard.
53. Economic risks constrain Indian and Chinese banks, says S&P
54. Economists tell Sri Lanka president, finance minister, their policies inconsistent
55. Eddie Braun will strap into a steam-powered rocket cycle, which he named 'Evel Spirit' after his boyhood hero, on September 17. Braun wants to prove Knievel could've made it had his parachute not prematurely deployed.
56. Edgardo Bauza Plans to Woo Messi Back for Argentina
57. [Editors' Choice] TNF drives thymocyte development
58. Education, a Bridge Too far For This MP School Kid
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60. ‘Efforts on to make Tamil official language of court’
61. Egyptian-American scientist Ahmed Zewail passes away
62. Egyptian para table tennis champion eyes Rio Games
63. Electronic Arts reported a smaller-than-expected decline in quarterly revenue and profit despite lacking a major new videogame release in the period.
64. Electronic Arts Sees Decline in Profit, Revenue
65. Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), the Central Government public sector undertaking, under Department of Atomic Energy, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tetraedr...
66. Electronic snooping: India raised its concerns with US
67. Electronic snooping: India raises its concern with US
68. Elon Musk is trying to solidify his claim to the clean energy throne.
69. Email fallout: 3 Democratic National Committee resignations
70. Emergency responses will be extended to the children in three flood-hit districts of Assam by an NGO.‘Save the Children’ would deliver critical assistance focusing on children and their families in Dh...
71. Employers to contribute 3%, with 1% coming as employee contribution.
72. Ending Grave Human Rights Violations of Children Demands Ending Conflicts, Establishing Peace, Secretary-General Tells Security Council
73. Ending weeks of uncertainty over postings of IPS officers who were either on compulsory wait or on leave for several weeks, the State government on Tuesday issued orders filling vacancies of Superinte...
74. Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a flexible wearable sensor that can accurately measure a person's blood alcohol level from sweat and transmit the data wirelessly to a laptop, smartphone or other mobile device. The device can be worn on the skin and could be used by doctors and police officers for continuous, non-invasive and real-time monitoring of blood alcohol content.
75. Enjoy Olympic Games With Google's Enhanced Features
76. ‘Ensure social harmony during Vinayaka Chaturti’
77. Environment Minister Anil Dave said there was a need to avoid conflict between nature, humans and animals. He said the conflict was a "grey area", as owing to the efforts on the government's part, the number of wild animals have increased.]]
78. Erdogan says Turkey's coup script was written abroad
79. Eric Trump defended his father Tuesday from criticism for his treatment of the family of a slain Muslim US soldier and said that he had already apologized to the Khans and Gold Star families -- despite the fact that the senior Trump has pointedly declined to apologize.
80. Eric Trump said Tuesday his sister Ivanka is "strong" and "powerful" and would never allow herself to be sexually harassed by her boss.
81. ESPN analyst: Nats did a ‘terrible job' at trade deadline
82. Essay contest
83. European shares slid to a three-week low on Tuesday as some major companies reported poor results, with Commerzbank dropping to a record to lead banks lower after it warned that its earnings would fa...
84. Europe’s list of 37 species of invasive exotic plants and animals that should be banished from the continent comes into force on 3 August
85. Everyone, at some point, should do a twerk," the 22-time Grand Slam champion says in a new instructional video.
86. Ex-Apple official leaves Twitter in less than 6 months
87. Excise bill passed in Bihar Legislative Council
88. Exclusive: Bangladesh officials visit Manila to seek recovery of bank heist money
89. Exclusive - Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran-researchers
90. Exclusive: Historic Rebel Leader Jose Maria Sison Talks War and Peace in the Philippines
91. Exercise results in larger brain size and lowered dementia risk
92. Experience in trading changes how the human brain evaluates the sale of goods, muting an economic bias known as the endowment effect in which people demand a higher price to sell a good than they're willing to pay for it. The findings come from a set of experiments on why traders are less susceptible to the effect.
93. Experience the sound of silence in northeast India