- New BSNL landline connections now come with a slew of offers. There will be no installation charges for those availing new connections. Under the scheme christened ‘Experience Landline 49,’ launched t...
- New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that UK net immigration is still at record level highs. This comes at a time when Prime Minster Theresa May is under pressure to reduce immigration.
- The Naga Scholars Association recently organized a special talk on the theme Alternative Politics: New Vision New path in JNU, New Delhi. The talk called upon various research scholars and teachers from the ...
- New method in synthesis and development for pharmaceuticals
- New packaging research increases shelf life of Bengali sweet
- New research reveals the connection between stress, poverty and brain development in children.
- New research shows that certain primate stem cells have pluripotency superior to some types derived from mice. The study maps how pluripotency differs among mice, monkeys, and humans, and illustrates for the first time the characteristics unique to primate stem cells.
- New research shows Zika can hide in vaginal fluid and the bloodstream of infected infants much longer than anyone expected, with dangerous consequences.
- New strategy to fight mosquitoes in a more efficient and sustainable way
- New taxes on ‘fatty’ food, luxury goods eyed
- New technique takes guesswork out of IVF embryo selection
- NEW YORK, U.S. - Dubbing the European Commission as a "supra-national tax authority", the U.S. has warned it against taking action on Apple Inc
- NEW YORK, U.S. - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has been nominated by the U.S. for a second term to lead the 189-nation global lending institution, with the Obama administration hailing the ...
- Nextbit Robin's limited edition 'Ember' variant now in India
- Next-generation recycling is on the march as waste collection and sorting get a digital push from innovations in software, data analytics, and robotics, says Lux Research
- NHPC announces resignation of director
- NHRC registering more cases, says there is more awareness
- NHS takes axe to hospital units amid financial crisis
- Nicolas Sarkozy projects self as defender of French values with call for burkini ban
- Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he would impose a nationwide ban on burkinis if elected back to the presidency in 2017.
- Nigeria: Protesters march to presidential villa in Abuja over Chibok girls
- Nikki Global Finance to hold AGM
- Nine Lives Review: A Half-Hearted Attempt At Comedy That'll Make You Groan
- Nine people have been killed and 64 others wounded after an explosion hit a police checkpoint in the Turkish border town of Cizre.According to reports, Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb and pictures of the attack site showed large plumes of smoke ...
- Niti Aayog prepares plans to unlock stalled infra projects
- Niti Ayog's proposal to improve financial health of companies hit by payment delays
- Niwas Spinning Mills reports standalone net loss of Rs 0.18 crore in the June 2016 quarter
- N.K. Premachandran, MP, has said that with employment opportunities in the Gulf decreasing, a Malaysia-based recruitment racket was thriving in the State and the number of youngsters falling victims ...
- NLC India announces Rs 25,000 crore investment in Odisha
- No confirmed cases of Zika virus from Rio Olympics: WHO
- No Confirmed Zika Cases Have Been Linked to the Olympics
- No final decision on Approval to GM Mustard: Environment Ministry
- No role in Lokpal nominations: Centre to SC
- Northeasterly winds to bring cooler weather from Sunday
- No technical traces about varsity attack found: Pakistan to Afghanistan
- Noted industrialists Venu Srinivasan, Chairman of Sundaram-Clayton Ltd and TVS Motor Company Ltd and Ajay Piramal, Chairman of Piramal Group and the Shriram Group, have been appointed as Non-Executiv...
- Noting that he is not strict with any particular method of farming, Dave said the issue of GM crops has unnecessarily been sensitised
- Noting that “main bhi aansoo ro rahan hoon” (I too am shedding tears), Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur said the Supreme Court cannot be expected to pass orders on every issue bothering the country...
- Noting that the Pakistani diplomats have been briefing the world community about alleged plight of Kashmiris, he said the international community should play its role in the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue.
- Not many days after the Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched the Mahaprayan scheme that aims to transfer the bodies of poor people from government hospitals to their homes completely free of cost, a news came in from the state where a man was forced to carry his wife's body wrapped in a blanket with his 12 yrs old daughter by his side for 10 km from the district hospital to his village in Kalahandi. ]]
- Not up to judiciary to bring about ‘Ram Rajya’: CJI
- Now being the nesting and hatching period of crocodiles in their natural habitat extending from the Moyar Gorge to the Bhavani Sagar Reservoir, fishermen have reportedly been advised to exercise cauti...
- Now that it has secured a peace deal with the FARC rebel group after 52 years of war and four years of arduous negotiations, Colombia's government faces the difficult task of selling the deal to the Colombian public.
- NRI plans 32,000 km road trip from UK to India
- NSEL case: investors move court against top brokers for mis-selling
- NSG and China’s Grand Strategic Flip-flops: Some Plausible Explanations
- Number of dead in Italy quake climbs, first funerals to be held
- Number of tuberculosis cases in India is double current estimates, says new study
- Number of unemployed women engineers in India is as high as 40%
- Nun in iconic Italy quake photo texted friends 'adieu'
- N. Venkatesh Prasad (11) and K. Gokulnath (12) of Zamin Alamarathupatti near Aravakurichi, drowned in Kudaganaru on Thursday.The boys, who were studying in Class-VI and Class-VII in the Government Hig...
- Obama plans to create world’s largest marine protected area
- Obama to create the largest protected marine area on the planet
- Obama to create the largest protected place on the planet, off Hawaii
- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today described as "distressing" the incident of a tribal man forced to walk 10 km with his wife's body on his shoulder as he was allegedly denied a hearse and said stringent action would be taken against the ...
- Odisha govt holds investors" meet in Bengaluru today
- Offering his support to the Australian cricket team, former opener Matthew Hayden has blamed the packed international schedule for country's recent sub-continental woes.Hayden comments comes in the wake of Australia's shocking 0-3 Test series defeat ...
- Official photoshoot of Miss India United Continents 2016 Lopamudra Raut
- Officials of the Public Works and other departments have been instructed to gear up to meet possible exigencies during the North-East monsoon and take appropriate preventive measures.Speaking at a con...
- Official: Striking miners kill deputy minister in Bolivia
- Official touts commercial wind farms at ‘green’ expo
- of general pool residential accommodation for various cities would be in the range of 40-55 times of what occupants pay every month depending upon the type of house.
- Oil Country Tubular Ltd has announced that the company management has decided to lift the lock out at the Sreepuram factory in Narketpally mandal of Nalgonda district, Telangana, with effect from Au...
- Oil Country Tubular to lift lockout
- Oil India to hold AGM
- Oil prices dipped in early trading on Friday after the Saudi energy minister tempered expectations of strong market intervention by producers during talks next month.International benchmark Brent crud...
- Olympian O P Jaisha tests positive for H1N1, hospitalised
- Olympian OP Jaisha tests positive for Swine Flu
- Olympian Ryan Lochte is "in talks" to join season 23 of "Dancing With The Stars," a source familiar with the situation confirmed to CNN.
- Olympian sells Rio silver medal to pay for boy's cancer treatment
- Olympic gold medallist's emotional reunion with her nan
- Olympic National Park Fires in Washington State
- Olympic Park Fires in Washington state
- Olympic wrestler Helen Maroulis picked up Teddy Roosevelt like he was another gold medal
- Olympic wrestler Maroulis picked up Teddy Roosevelt
- on a test-drive in Singapore. Officials of nuTonomy aim to have a selfdriving
- On a thermal power plant, solar power plant and a coal mining processing plant
- On August 13, the Alaska Aerospace Corporation and the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska commemorating the completion of the rebuilding of damaged facilities caused by the launch failure exactly two years earlier.
- On August 25, Igor Akinfeev, CSKA Moscow and Russian national team goalkeeper, took second place in the voting for the best save of the season, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) reported.
- On a warm evening in June, the thirsty crowd milling about a Brooklyn event space might have gladly sipped glasses of white wine, or crisp gin & tonics. Instead, all held drams of golden whisky in their hand.The event was to celebrate the ...
- Once a jolly SwagBot: Ageing Aussie drovers go high-tech
- On conversion of warrants
- One assumes that the Maggi controversy would have led to a scramble for ‘safety’ certification from everybody associated with the food and beverage business. But for the catering business in India, it...
- One labourer was killed and seven others, including the project manager, suffered serious injuries when a blast occurred during repair work of a gas pipeline in a private steel factory along the Chouka-Kandra Road in Seraikela-Kharswan district ...
- One minor girl died, while three other school students including a girl, are feared drowned when they were taking bath in the Paika river near Palasudha village in Kendrapara district today.
- One of the things that has intrigued me most since I started to dabble in home decor is how Indian decor elements......
- One person was killed and at least four were injured in Belgium in an accidental explosion at a sports center near the French border.
- One pilot killed in Vietnam army jet crash
- One swimmer, two skaters from Belagavi selected for national meet
- On Friday morning the Roanoke, Virginia television station WDBJ will mark the one year anniversary of Alison Parker and Adam Ward's deaths with a moment of silence on the air.
- On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker is joined from Damascus by journalist Alaa Ebrahim, as well as by Syrian journalist Kevork Almassian, to discuss developments in Syria's war.
- On Wednesday, the Supreme Court had rejected a review petition that argued that a height restriction would spoil one of India's most-prominent festivals.
- Oops, Norwegian politician caught playing Pokémon Go during parliament session
- OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia's energy minister Khalid Al-Falih revived worries about the success of the coming gathering in Algeria
- Operational systems are increasingly subject to cyberattacks, as many are built around legacy technologies with weaker protocols that are inherently more vulnerable
- O.P. Jaisha has tested positive for Influenza ‘A’ H1N1, two days after her training partner Sudha Singh was found to be suffering from the same illness. The two had returned from the Olympic Games...
- OP Jaisha Herself Refused Personal Drinks, Says Chief Athletics Coach
- O P Jaisha's illness delays Ministry probe into official apathy
- OP Jaisha's Illness Delays Probe Into Official Apathy in Rio
- Order gone wrong: The photo caption accompanying the report, “HC’s ‘blackout’ order surprises jurists” (August 25, 2016, some city editions), identified the jurists - former Madras High Court judges ...
- Originally, 50% of those were scheduled to vest on his five-year anniversary, with the rest coming due after a decade of staying with the company.
- Oscar-winning Jennifer Lawrence was named the world's highest-paid actress for the second year running on Tuesday, with estimated pre-tax earnings of $46 million.
- Other members of the committee include former tennis player Manisha Malhotra, NRAI Secretary Rajiv Bhatia and two journalists.
- Our brains don’t really develop the same as people who live in other communities.
- Outcome of board meeting of Gammon Infrastructure Projects
- Outcome of board meeting of Goldline International Finvest
- Out of 583 foreign nationals booked for crime in Goa over the last five years, 333 went "underground" after getting bail, Deputy Inspector General of Police V. Gupta said on Friday.
- Overseas borrowings by Indian companies in July this year fell by 44 per cent to $1.2 billion as against $2.14 billion in the same month last year, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data here showed on Friday.
- Overstaying in government accommodation will attract higher rents with the rate increasing every month till the house is vacated.
- Overstaying in Govt Accommodation to be Costlier
- Over the past few months, AAC has signed a multi-year contract with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for multiple launches from the PSCA through 2021.
- Pak-Afghan friendship border remains shut for seventh day
- Pakistan and Afghanistan still remain at loggerheads over the reopening of the Chaman border as talks to solve the dispute ended inconclusively following which the border remained shut for the seventh day.The Pak-Afghan border has been closed for ...
- Pakistan conveys concern over halt in US military aid
- Pakistan has informed the Afghan government that no "technical traces" of telephonic contacts between the Kabul university attackers and people on its side of the border could be found.
- Pakistani security forces on Thursday launched combing operations after an attack on American University in Kabul, in which 12 people were killed, based on mobile phone numbers that were used during the attack.
- Pakistan's continued support for resurgent militant groups hostile to the United States, coupled with warming U.S. military...
- Pak PM Sharif seeks regional cooperation to end social ills
- 41 ceasefire violations by the Azerbaijani army were registered along the contact line with Nagorno Karabakh overnight on August 25-26. Azeri troops, in particular, used various ...
- Pakistan's continued support for resurgent militant groups hostile to the United States, coupled with warming U.S. military and business relations with India, is sharply ...
- Panel on coal requirement by Sasan Power to meet next week
- Parking curbs due to President’s visit on weekend
- Park with funding support from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has been set up in South Campus, Delhi University
- Party city president thanks media for raising concern of public
- Party conveyed its appreciations towards Centre's initiative for dialogue with those who believe in 'Kashmiriyat, Insaniyat and Jamhooriyat'
- Party has been maintaining that all like-minded parties and people are welcome to join hands with it in Punjab to defeat communal forces in next year's Assembly poll
- Passport first, police verification later
- Patel to maintain Rajan's anti-inflationary stance: Goldman Sachs
- Patrick Hardison's face transplant has given him a new hope for life. He can now walk in crowds without strangers staring and pointing at him.
- Peace to pieces: Agitating miners kill Bolivian minister during negotiations
- Peer into a volcano and climb down into a glacier: Google release stunning VR trips around America's National Parks
- Peer pressure is a proven social motivator. Researchers probed this decidedly human attribute and found that not only is virtual pressure from a computer-simulated peer just as motivating as the real thing, but that 'fake' competition is effective as well. Researchers formulated a mathematical model of human behavior that successfully predicted group responses across conditions -- one they hope researchers will use to overcome the difficult task of encouraging participation in scientific projects.
- People’s representatives from Dakshina Kannada in association with the State government has proposed to hold “Invest Manglauru” conclave in Bengaluru in a few months to attract investment and create ...
- Pepper markets continued to witness a firmer trend on Thursday on good demand amid tight availability. There were neither any arrival nor any offtake at the terminal market today. However, export...
- Permanent Link to Kodiak Island spaceport reopens following 2014 launch failure
- Personnel attached to the Government Railway Police-Jolarpet on Thursday seized 500 kg of ration rice that was being smuggled in the Arakkonam-Bengaluru Express.According to the police, a team led by ...
- Phantom promoters dodge delisting, and investors
- Philippine government, communist rebels sign ceasefire deal
- Philippine government, communist rebels sign indefinite ceasefire
- Philippine troops ' kill six Abu Sayyaf militants'
- Philippine troops killed at least 11 Abu Sayyaf militants, including an influential commander, in an assault on the extremists today following their beheading of a captive whose family was too poor to pay ransom, the military said.
- Photos: See the world's largest marine sanctuary
- Physical activity can help reduce cardiovascular disease and premature mortality in people with psychological problems. However, there is limited data on exercise in people with serious mental disorders, especially from low- and middle-income countries. This study explored whether complying with the World Health Organization recommendations of 150 minutes of moderate-vigorous exercise per week is related to psychotic symptoms or the diagnosis of a psychosis.
- Physical activity can help reduce cardiovascular disease and premature mortality risk in people with psychological problems, scientists say.
- Physician-researchers have raised concerns that there are inconsistencies between the five reference guides, or compendia, that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services uses to determine which drugs it will reimburse for off-label uses in cancer care.
- Piers Morgan says India's Olympic performance 'shameful', gets trolled mercilessly
- Pilot project will involve installation of amorphous distribution transformers manufactured by TTDI, to enhance efficiency
- Pioneer India launches touchscreen car stereo
- Pioneer India Unveils its Latest Touchscreen Car Stereo With Apple CarPlay
- Pizza Hut reveals the world's first playable DJ decks made from a PIZZA BOX
- Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star
- Playing around the sustainable designs has been the signature style of Krishnarao Jaisim, the founder of Jaisim......
- Plus scant semantic standards for scat skewers researchers, how many Olympic medals would it take to replenish the gold reserve, and more
- Plus scant semantic standards for scat skewers researchers, how many Olympic medals would it take to replenish the gold reserve, and more"
- PM calls for need to change the mindset to Transform India
- PM, HM don't understand meaning of Insaaniyat, Jumhooriyat, Kashmiriyat: Congress
- PM Modi becomes most followed Indian on Twitter
- PM Modi pips Big B to become most followed Indian on Tw...
- PM Modi to chair Council of Ministers' meet on Friday
- PM Modi to chair Council of Ministers' meet today
- PM Modi to inaugurate NITI Aayog's maiden annual lecture on Transforming India
- PM Modi to review action plan of all departments
- PM Narendra Modi calls for changes in laws, procedures, systems if India is to transform
- PM Narendra Modi is the most followed Indian on Twitter with 22 million followers and Amitabh Bachchan is second in the list
- PM Narendra Modi most followed Indian on Twitter with 2...
- PM slammed for playing Pokémon at defence hearing
- PM’s speech on the occasion of ‘Transforming India’ Lecture
- PMs speech on the occasion of Transforming India Lecture
- PM to chair meeting of his Council of Ministers today
- Podcast (Tamil): Indiabulls Housing Finace
- Pokemon Go opens floodgates for Augmented Reality games in India
- Poland Overtakes India as Most Common Overseas Country of Birth in UK
- Polavaram project hangs fire as Centre frowns over execution
- Police investigating multiple daytime break-ins to Oakville homes - InsideHalton.com
- Policemen in Uttar Pradesh will now get an off every 10 days, an officer said. The initiative was approved by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and announced by Director General of Police Javeed Ahmad
- Police officer criticised for taking a 'selfie' during M5 tailback
- Police’s cybersecurity meet
- Political parties in TN opposes any construction of dam across river Siruvani by Kerala
- Polylink Polymers (India) to hold AGM
- Pondy CM seeks cooperation of opposition to implement schemes
- Pop icon Madonna has surprised her fans by attending screening of Madonna: Truth or Dare on its 25th anniversary.
- Portland schools reconsider ban on rap music after 'racist memo' goes viral
- Post-Rio 2016 Olympics, the post mortem
- Potent Indigenous War Unfolding in Jammu & Kashmir
- Prakash Constrowell has received orders for ₹158 crore. The Maharashtra government has awarded the ₹108-crore order for construction of dwelling units and allied services at Mumbai to be executed by...
- Premier Capital Services to hold AGM
- Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, English Championship, plus MLS, NWSL and Liga MX.
- Premier Li meets with Japanese official
- Premier Li stressed improvement of products’ standards should be closely connected with equipment upgrading.
Saturday, August 27, 2016
General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-26 07:00
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