General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-08-03 10:00

1. “Japanese money” will move into the sovereign securities of other major economies, as
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet yesterday approved ￥13.5 trillion (US$132.04 billion) in fiscal measures as part of efforts to revive the flagging economy, with cash payouts to low-income earners and infrastructure spending.
3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely pick ruling party policy chief Tomomi Inada as defense minister in a new cabinet, the Asahi newspaper said on Tuesday, which could upset China and South Korea&#8230
4. Japan fiscal plan gives $45-bn spending boost
5. Japan is belatedly strengthening defenses in its southern islands and the adjacent
6. Japan's Abe likely to pick hawkish ally Inada as defense minister
7. Japan's cabinet approved a government stimulus package that includes $73 billion in new spending, in the latest effort by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to jump-start the nation's sluggish economy.
8. Japan’s Cabinet approves stimulus plan
9. Japan Self Defense Force can do the balancing act in East Asia
10. Japan should expand its current scheme for military engagement and involvement with Southeast Asian militaries. Its Self Defense Force should join US Navy 7th Fleet patrols and exercises in the Southeast Asia region – even if not specifically Freedom of…
11. Japan’s largest mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo said India, being a signatory to the New York Convention, is bound to enforce the award decision of a London-based arbitration court that ordered Tata ...
12. Japan warns China of unintended conflict
13. Japan warns China over 'territorial aggression'
14. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday was stopped from watching the proceedings at the Council, after the security claimed that he arrived past his allotted ti...
15. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Tuesday was stopped from watching the proceedings at the Council.Mr. Kumar, who will be the special guest at the convention of th...
16. Jaya (40), wife of Subramanian, Keela Street, Karambavilai, Tiruchendur was allegedly murdered on Monday night.Sources said P. Pandi (52), from the same locality, hacked her to death over a stolen chi...
17. Jimmy Fallon to Host the 2017 Golden Globes
18. Jimmy Fallon will host the 2017 Golden Globe Awards. NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt announced that The Tonight Show host had been tapped to preside over the 74th annual awards ceremony at the Television Critics Association summer press tour
19. Jinan city plan is approved
20. J. Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee, Thoothukudi MP, has stressed the need for establishing a seaport at Manapad, which is coming under his constituency. The much-awaited port project would play a major...
21. Jobless Indians in Saudi: V K Singh to assess difficulties
22. Jug Suraiya: It’s time for an all-India referendum on a deeply troubled state
23. July is a peak tea producing month in Assam; production in July this year may dip by 21-30%
24. June consumer confidence dips after 8 quarters
25. Juno set to reach farthest point in its Jupiter orbit
26. Just back from crisis-riven northern Iraq, where he visited refugee camps for Iraqi and Syrian families and children, actor Ewan McGregor, an Ambassador for the United Nations Children&#39s Fund (UNICEF) has called for more action to save children suffering the devastating effects of brutal conflicts and crises.
27. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva asked the authorities concerned to decide on the application of Karachi-based Syeda Noor Afsan in which she has sought necessary permission so that her husband Sulaiman Mohammad could undergo kidney and liver transplant surgeries at a hospital here.]]
28. Just today, Ringing Bells announced that it will soon deliver the second lot of its Freedom 251 smartphones, which are given for Rs251 ($3.70). It said it will ship 65,000 more units. Last month, it claimed to have sent 5,000 ...
29. Kalyan Jewellers to launch website by Diwali
30. Kamdhenu Scheme
31. Kanhaiya arrives late for Council session, stopped
32. Kanhaiya late for council proceedings
33. Karnataka Bank aims to achieve export credit target of ₹2,490 crore during the current financial year, according to P Jayarama Bhat, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank.Deliveri...
34. Karnataka Bank targets ₹2,490-crore export credit
35. Karthik Jayaram didn't find Hindi TV industry a culture shock
36. Katie Ledecky’s journey to becoming the most dominant swimmer in the world
37. KCR holds high-level meeting with officials
38. Kenya Uber drivers protest 35% fare reduction
39. Kerala Congress (B) leader R. Balakrishna Pillai has said that certain statements critical of religious rituals in the Muslim and Christian communities attributed to him in sections of the media are t...
40. Kerosene and LPG price hikes: A small step but a big leap forward
41. Kesha dropped one of her lawsuits against her label and music producer Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald in an effort to revive her stalled music career.
42. Key leaders of the YSR Congress, the Communist Party of India (CPI), the CPI (Marxist) and the Congress were detained by the police on Tuesday as they staged protest disrupting bus services in Prakas...
43. Khizr Kahn, the father of a fallen Muslim U.S. soldier, said Donald Trump should have hugged the veteran who gave him a purple heart and put it back on the man's chest.
44. Khizr Khan, father of fallen US Army Capt. Humayun S. M. Khan and his wife Ghazala speak during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Thursday, July 28, 2016.
45. Khizr Khan: I Feel Sorry for Republicans Who Support Donald Trump
46. Khizr Khan said in a new interview that he feels sorry for Republican leaders who have been forced to walk the tightrope of condemning Donald Trump's attacks on his family without retracting their endorsements of the GOP presidential candidate
47. Kingston HyperX Cloud Drone review
48. King’s Town Bank (京城銀行) yesterday reported that net income in the first half dipped 4 percent annually to NT$2.2 billion (US$69.4 million). Earnings per share in the period were NT$1.92. Following successive interest rate cuts by the central bank, net interest fell
49. Kishwer Merchantt, Shweta Gulati, Tannaz Irani: Popular faces of Indian TV come together for 'Selfie'
50. K. Mari Gowda, former president of Mysuru Zilla Panchayat and a close associate of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, withdrew his plea seeking anticipatory bail from the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday....
51. Korryn Gaines, killed by police in standoff, posted parts of encounter on social media
52. Kratom is banned in six states. The Drug Enforcement Administration says there is "no legitimate medical use in the U.S." There are concerns that it could be addictive and have other risks that aren't well-known.
53. Krieger more than ready for Olympic debut
54. KUIDFC likely to address defects in Phase I of project
55. Kult 10 review
56. Kumkum Bhagya's Mrunal Thakur celebrates birthday; feels blessed
57. Labour Minister rules out diversion of money from EPF to stock market
58. L&T to sell road, power assets to free up capital
59. Large numbers of stunted children diminish the India story
60. Large turnout witnessed for Aadi Perukku celebration
61. Larry Leopard, newly named deputy of Marshall's Engineering Directorate, likes fresh ideas and energetic teams. "Pull the right team together and you can do almost anything," he says.
62. Lashing out at American media, Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump termed CNN as "Clinton News Network" and called....
63. Last December more coalition forces moved in to support the Afghan army, and earlier this year 500 soldiers from the US Army's 10th Mountain Division deployed to Helmand ...
64. * Launch follows H1 profit boost from Galaxy S7 success
65. Launching a direct assault at the Prime Minister, the Congress pulled in all the stops to make the event a sensational affair.
66. Laura Maurer said she is not the type to text while driving. Case in point: Two years ago, when she needed to send a text to a client who frequented her hair salon, she pulled over on a country road near her home in Brooklyn, Iowa, to send it.
67. Lawyers for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl argue that his due process rights have been violated by critical comments from US Senator John McCain.
68. LeEco Le Max review
69. LeEco Unveils Ambitious Pan-India Offline Retail Expansion Plan
70. Lenovo: Haven't reapplied for single-brand retail license yet
71. Lenovo is planning to aggressively expand its smartphone range with the launch of launch 8-9 new models in the next four months to quickly increase sales
72. Leonardo DiCaprio Totally Terrified Jonah Hill With This Prank
73. Lessons from Didi-Uber deal: Profitability is the holy grail
74. Less than a month after the game's launch, it’s probably safe to call the honeymoon over as a new version of the popular app has drawn the fury of some of its most devoted fans.
75. Let’s Get Medieval! A Look at Historic 'Genoa Helmet' Knight Festival in Crimea
76. Letters: On-tap bank licences
77. LG's V20 is first smartphone to be powered by Android Nougat
78. Libya car bomb targets security forces in Benghazi, kills 22 - officials
79. Libyan Government Forces Advance on ISIS-Held Sirte
80. Licence conditions for panchayat framed by HC
81. Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi on Tuesday made an unscheduled visit to the Central Prison, Kalapet.Taking stock of the state of affairs there, she suggested various steps to be taken in order to make ...
82. Livelihoods at stake as gold prices continue to soar
83. Livestock Census
84. Livestock Production Data
85. Live to Tell: A Battle For Haditha Dam
86. Lizzie Armitstead will ride in Rio… but unanswered questions remain
87. Local heroes
88. London, Aug 2 European stocks fell to two-week lows on Tuesday, dragged down by banks, while the yen rose against the dollar and government bonds sold off after Japan’s cabinet approved a fiscal stimu...
89. Love may know no bounds, but Paris intends to instill some: authorities are going to take a tougher line with swooning couples attaching "love-locks" to city bridges as a sign of their undying devotion.
90. Lufthansa sees uncertain times after attacks hurt bookings
91. Ma appears in court in political donation case
92. Machar's troops threaten to attack Juba as fresh fighting breaks out in South ...
93. Machines are taking over more and more tasks. Ideally, they should also be capable to support the human in case of poor performance. To intervene appropriately, the machine should understand what is going on with the human. Scientists have developed a diagnostic tool that recognizes user states in real time and communicates them to the machine.
94. Magazine issue hots up; Dean of students’ welfare served notice
95. Mahadayi verdict: legal team reviewing what went wrong
96. Mahindra may launch 2 new electric cars in 2016
97. Major challenges in health data data collection discussed
98. Make in India for Air Force