General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-09-01 00:00

2. All the affected tribal women and their relatives in Paliyar Colony in Kadamalaigundu welcomed the order of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes for payment of compensation to women who were s...
3. All those on board two small planes died in a midair collision in western Alaska, state troopers has said.
4. All three contenders to provide the design for Australia's Future Frigate requirement have signed an agreement for the Risk Reduction and Design Study (RRDS) phase of Project Sea 5000, the companies confirmed with IHS Jane's on 30 August.
5. All unions in grameena banks, under the banner of United Forum of RRB Unions, have decided to join the nationwide general strike on September 2 called in support of the demands raised by the Central t...
6. Almost as elusive as unicorns, finding practical materials for invisibility cloaking is challenging. Researchers have new ideas how to solve that. They're using crystal "atoms'made of dielectric rods called photonic crystals.
7. Alphabet Inc's Google is close to winning PayPal Holdings Inc as a client for its cloud business, potentially beating out Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, CNBC reported on Tuesday.
8. Alphabet Inc will tie up with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) on its Android Pay platform, a person with knowledge of the matter said, the latest move by a technology giant to tap Japan’s rapidly growing digital payments market.
9. Al-Qaeda Ex-Recruiter to Explain National Security Issues to US Students
10. Also honoured was Filipino chief graft-buster Conchita Carpio-Morales.
11. A Maldivian criminal court has issued arrest warrants for Mohamad Nasheed, the country’s first democratically elected President who was toppled in 2012, and other exiled leaders of the Maldives Unite...
12. A malicious but inactive industrial malware
13. A Mandal Parishad Development Officer of Krishna district was killed in a road accident near Kankadurga Varadhi under the Tadepalli police station limits in Guntur district on Wednesday evening.Accord...
14. A man is offering a $5,000 reward for "crooks'who stole Trump signs from his yard. CNN's Jeanne Moos has the details.
15. Amateur archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old sword on evening stroll
16. Amazon Prime customers can now buy day-to-day items including coffee, toilet roll and laundry detergent by pressing a button in their home which orders the essentials online via wi-fi.
17. Amazon technology that will instantly send household essentials 
18. Ambani's Jio project could make Reliance the most comprehensive provider of telecom and internet services
19. Ambassadors Conference Business Forum
20. AMD, Globalfoundries Change Terms of Business Agreement
21. A meeting on finding solutions to stray dog menace in the district will be held at the collectorate conference hall on Thursday.Heads of all local government institutions in the district, corporation,...
22. A meeting to hear grievances of power consumers of Samayanallur division will be conducted at the office of the Executive Engineer, Samayanallur, between 11 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on September 1 (Thursday...
23. American Girl dolls coming to Toys R Us stores
24. American Girl dolls used to only be available online, in catalogs, or a handful of specialty shops. But starting in October, they're coming to Toys R Us stores.<img
25. American infra consultancy AECOM eyes 30% growth in revenues in India
26. American technology giant Microsoft is setting up a cybersecurity centre in the heart of New Delhi to arm governments and private agencies with all-round intelligence on cyber attacks within the country.
27. Amethi (UP) [India], Sept.1 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will today hold a public meeting in Jagdishpur in his parliamentary constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
28. Amid a string of recent government crackdowns on for-profit schools, one organization is trying to strike back.<img
29. Amid mourning by relatives and some students, the body of engineering student K. Sonali (21) was taken from the mortuary for cremation to the yard in Vandiyur on Wednesday, police said. Earlier, her r...
30. Amid the civil war's chaos, the semiautonomous Rojava region has mushroomed in size and might, alarming Turkey and putting the U.S. uncomfortably in the middle.
31. Amid threats of violence Venezuelan opposition tests resolve
32. Amitabh Bachchan to host 'Savdhaan India'
33. A mix of history, folklore and Shakespeare
34. Among other things, the proceeds will be used to launch the proposed Paytm Payments Bank
35. An ACB team headed by Inspector M.V. Ganesh conducted an inquiry against VRO of Anjali Shanivaram in Chintapalli mandal on Wednesday. He was identified as T. Venkateswarulu. The inquiry was conducted ...
36. An Additional Medical Superintendent at east Delhi’s Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital allegedly committed suicide on Wednesday morning by jumping off the fifth floor of the building.
37. An alleged sex scandal rocked the Arvind Kejriwal government on Wednesday evening as the chief minister sacked his...
38. An Alzheimer’s Drug Shows Serious Promise
39. An ambitious project to count all of Africa's elephants from the air has revealed a catastrophic decline. CNN's David McKenzie has the exclusive report.
40. An Ambulance passes through a water logged road near AIIMS hospital after rains in New Delhi...
41. An awareness seminar on ‘Breast-feeding and consumer protection’ was organised by Aalur Thinnaipalli Friends Trust and the anganwadi centre at Aalur town panchayat on Tuesday.Town panchayat vice-presi...
42. Ancient rock formations could be oldest fossils on the planet
43. And finally the Left Democratic Front (LDF) has fulfilled its poll promise of cancelling the notification declaring Aranmula and surrounding areas as industrial area by withdrawing the in-principle cl...
44. Andhra Bank has opened the sale of Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme Tranche-V as part of 2016-17 series-II notified by the Government of India for public subscription from September 1-9, 2016 at all i...
45. Andhra Bank’s gold bond scheme opens today
46. Andhra Bank’s Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme Tranche-V (2016-17 series-II) will be open for public subscription from September 1 to 9.Those desirous of subscribing could do so at any of the bank’s 2,835 b...
47. Andhra Bank to sell sovereign gold bonds from Sept 1
48. An eight-month-old boy baby died after falling down from the cradle at home in Jaihindpuram on Tuesday.The police said that Sivasena, was laid in the cradle when the mother, Petchiammal had gone for t...
49. An elderly woman who was found in an unconscious state in front of a bakery at Ulloor here on Wednesday morning died at the Government Medical College Hospital. She was identified as Sumathi, 80. The ...
50. A new article discusses increasing partisan polarization of American attitudes towards climate change. The article details the escalation of partisan polarization, particularly towards environmental protection and climate change, over the past few decades in America.
51. A new ceasefire is coming into force in Ukraine’s troubled southeast (Donbass) on Thursday.
52. A new committee comprising has been formed to enquire into the irregularities in the admission of research scholars in Andhra University.As per sources the committee comprises Vice Chancellor of Rayal...
53. A new dataset provides a comprehensive look at population dynamics in Europe, including the influence of migration on population growth and the effect of population aging.
54. A new low tax economy can both liberate us and be socially just
55. A new project has overturned the theory that the evolution of human intelligence was simply related to the size of the brain -- but rather linked more closely to the supply of blood to the brain.
56. A new study in Canada has shown that minimum legal drinking age legislation can have a major effect on crimes committed by young adults. Young people just older than the legal age had significant increases in commission of all crimes, including violent crimes and nuisance crimes, compared to those immediately under the restriction.
57. A new study reports on field trials of the oral vaccine SAG2 in Ethiopian wolves, Africa's most threatened carnivore and the world's rarest canid. The trials are the first ever conducted in wild populations of an endangered carnivore.
58. A new theory aims to explain how the complex vertebrate body, with its skeleton, muscles, nervous and cardiovascular systems, arises from a single cell during development and how these systems evolved over time.
59. AngelList to launch syndicate operations in India
60. Angry protesters torched Gabon's parliament today after President Ali Bongo was declared winner of what he claimed was a "peaceful and transparent'election, but which the opposition said was fraudulent.
61. Animal ambulances, which were introduced in five districts during 2015-16, will be expanded to all districts in the State at the cost of Rs. 37.88 crore, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced in the L...
62. An Indonesian teenager who attacked a Catholic priest in his church was inspired by the murder of a French priest in July and guided by a radical compatriot in the Islamic State stronghold of&#8230
63. A North Korean long-range rocket is launched into the air at the Sohae rocket launch site in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang February 7, 2016.
64. An outbreak of hepatitis A caused by imported frozen strawberries from Egypt has sickened 55 people in six states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Health authorities confirmed 44 total infections in Virginia, where the outbreak first appeared, and additional infections in Maryland (4), West Virginia (4), North Carolina (1), Oregon (1) and Wisconsin (1).
65. Ansari expresses concern over poor State funding for education
66. Antennas often need to trace circles in the sky. For example, radar arrays atop air-traffic control towers rotate to sweep signals in all directions. Now, electrical engineers are working out a new strategy to create antennas that spin their beams in circles while the devices stand still.
67. Anthropocene inches towards acceptance, heart attacks misdiagnosed, Lucy died falling out of a tree, and other stories
68. Anti-Impeachment Demonstrators Clash With Police in Brazil’s Sao Paulo
69. Antitrust body: Telco buyout bad for consumers
70. An ultrafast 'electron camera' has made the first direct snapshots of atomic nuclei in molecules that are vibrating within millionths of a billionth of a second after being hit by a laser pulse. The method, called ultrafast electron diffraction, could help scientists better understand the role of nuclear motions in light-driven processes that naturally occur on extremely fast timescales.
71. An unidentified person duped a 57-year-old woman, S. Meenakshi of Nehru Nagar, of 11 sovereigns of gold here on Tuesday. The police said that the man, claiming himself to be a policeman, cautioned t...
72. A pair of deficits are having a significant effect on the Indian economy. The massive and prolonged budget deficit has discouraged the government to spend enough to develop adequate infrastructure, making the country's supply side of the economy so f...
73. A person aware of the company plans said that Reliance wants to make Lyf among the top three smartphone brands in India.
74. A piece of wood recovered at a dig near the Great Pyramid of Giza shows for the first time that ancient Egyptians used metal in their boats.
75. A plan would be drawn for all-round development of King George Hospital which is serving people of north coastal Andhra and Odisha, HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao said after laying foundation for u...
76. A plan would be drawn for all-round development of King George Hospital which is serving people of north coastal Andhra and Odisha, HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao said after laying foundation for un...
77. A Plus-Two student of the Government Higher Secondary School in Devanankurichi in Tiruchengode has alleged that he was given transfer certificate(TC) for complaining about the poor toilet facility in ...
78. Apologies to the Tin Foil Hat Clan, but that mysterious signal emanating from a star in the constellation Hercules? Yeah, probably not an alien.
79. Appeals Court Refuses to Halt Trial in USS Cole Attack
80. Applauding! Bhubaneswar hosts pageant for visually-impaired girls
81. Apple's tax bill is just the beginning. European officials are pushing a raft of regulations and investigations aimed at altering the behavior of a cadre of U.S.-based internet superpowers.
82. Apple Boosts iCloud Storage to 2TB Ahead of iPhone 7 Launch
83. Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook has written a letter to 'Apple community in Europe' saying the “tax claim has no basis in fact or in law”, a day after the company was slapped a tax bill of$14.6 billion in Ireland by the EU.
84. Apple isn't saying much about its next iPhones, but there's been plenty of speculation that the giant Plus model will have two camera lenses - and there are already phones out there that offer this.
85. Apple ruling sparks US-Europe division on corporate taxes
86. Apple tax windfall could help ease Ireland's debts says S&P
87. Approach chief secretary for SoP on clearing encroachments: HC to MP
88. Approval to proceed came from the MND Council on Defence Resources following the conclusion of a report from the MND
89. App to make highway journeys safe and more comfortable
90. AP reporter returns to Cuba on 1st commercial flight from US
91. A promising new drug treatment for cocaine addiction has been discovered by researchers. The experimental therapy, which involves administering a drug currently used in cancer therapy trials, treats cocaine addiction by inhibiting memories responsible for cravings.
92. APTOPIX Turkey Military Coup
93. A Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawan was seriously injured after being pushed out of a moving train by some miscreants on Wednesday near Kesinga railway station in Odisha’s Kalahandi district.
94. (Aramco and ‬Tottori University collaborate on drylands research‭)
95. A rare small-bodied pterosaur, a flying reptile from the Late Cretaceous period approximately 77 million years ago, is the first of its kind to have been discovered on the west coast of North America.
96. A rare small specimen discovered from the age of flying giants
97. Archaeologists find the site of a bloody Revolutionary War battle
98. Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the Vatican’s ambassador to India, launched ‘Divyavani,’ the Catholic Church’s Telugu TV channel at the St. Mary’s College grounds in Secunderabad on Wednesday evening...
99. A recurring view in the media holds the Army responsible for withholding repeal of AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) in the North East and in J&K. A powerful former Home Minister lent...
100. A report by Assocham and KPMG says India likely to have 180 million smartphones by 2019, or 13.5% of total global market
101. A report by Justice A P Shah committee today confirmed thatthere was a migration of gas from state-run ONGC's block in Krishna Godawaribasin to the adjacent fields owned by Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance IndustriesLtd. The one-man panel's report stands ...
102. Are Russia, Iran, Turkey and Syria trying to reverse the gains Kurds have made against Islamic State in Syria? The official narrative from Damascus still harps on the need to clear the region of IS terrorists and consolidate the region….
103. A research team has made a significant step towards the development of a simple blood test to predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The group studied blood from 292 individuals with the earliest signs of memory impairment and found a set of biomarkers that predicted whether or not a given individual would develop Alzheimer's disease.
104. A rich multiple has made cybersecurity star Palo Alto Networks a dangerous play, but its shifting revenue mix is a good sign.
105. Armenia seizes passports of 34 Taiwanese in fraud probe
106. Arms Race: China’s New Missile Defense System to Defend Against US, South Korea
107. Army conducts trekking expedition in The Nilgiris
108. Army launches Rapid Capabilities Office
109. Army recruitment on fake documents, retired Colonel arrested
110. Army Reserve Drill Sergeants Step Up
111. Army Secretary Fanning: 'We are a joint force now.'
112. Around 31% of the bank's electronic payment flows in India are authorized through the mobile channel
113. Arrest Warrant Issued For Former Maldives President
114. Arsenal signed Germany's 2014 World Cup-winning defender Shkodran Mustafi a
115. Artificially intelligent tools could spot health conditions more expertly than humans, yet that won't be enough for them to go into everyday use
116. Artisans in and around Tiruvanaikovil have been vying with one another in making idols of Lord Ganapathy. They are keen that the design of each and every idol attracts the customers with distinct fea...
117. A Russian airstrike in Syria killed official ISIS spokesman Mohammad al-Adnani, Russia's Ministry of Defense said on its official Facebook page.
118. Arvind Kejriwal fires Minister Sandeep Kumar after he figures in ‘objectionable CD’
119. Arvind Kejriwal is 'unique CM' who focuses on 'allegations, conspiracy theories': BJP
120. Arvind Kejriwal sacks Minister Sandeep Kumar over 'objectionable' CD
121. “As a middle-school student, I played the role of Chandramathi in the play
122. As an arm of the innate immune system, white blood cells called neutrophils form the first line of defense against invading pathogens. Neutrophils spend most of their lives racing through the bloodstream, patrolling for bacteria or other foreign particles. Once they arrive at tissues besieged by infectious agents, they halt on a dime and then blast through the vessel wall to reach the inflammatory attack site.
123. As an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff draws to a close, Brazilian officials announced that the economy continues to be mired in a deep recession.
124. As a nutritional trace element, selenium forms an essential part of our diet. Researchers have been able to show that high blood selenium levels are associated with a decreased risk of developing liver cancer.
125. As Delhi pours, Ola comes to rescue
126. As demographics change, McMansions don’t look quite so appealing
127. ASEAN is coming together -- slowly
128. ASEAN tie-up can help enhance terrorism fighting cooperation
129. A section of the media has reported that Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
130. A separate vote will be held on whether Rousseff will be barred from public office for eight years
131. Ashmit Patel to play an underworld don in 'Amma'
132. As many as 21 two-wheelers fitted with sirens and red-and-blue reflectors were distributed to police personnel.
133. As many as 27 positive cases of dengue have been reported in Kalaburagi district in the past four months. One of the victims, from a village in Sedam taluk, had succumbed to the fever while others ha...
134. As part of Swachh Bharat Mission initiatives, Madurai Corporation on Wednesday launched a two-week clean-up drive in playgrounds and other sports-related spots.The Corporation has been choosing a focu...
135. A specially-constituted five-judge Bench of the Madras High Court has recommended that the State government repeal the Tamil Nadu Borstal School Act, 1925, since it had outlived its purpose.The Bench ...
136. A special one-day sitting of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will be held today to ratify the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill on the Goods and Services Tax (GST).Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would be moving a resolution for a discussion on the ...
137. Aspirants who are preparing for police constable and Sub-Inspector (SI) posts have appealed to the government to give 5-year upper age relaxation for them.They submitted a representation to Director G...
138. As prices of greengram or moong continue to rule below minimum support price levels in States such as Karnataka, the Centre has asked agencies such as Nafed and FCI to start procurement operations im...
139. Assam Finance Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma calls on DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
140. Assam govt sets target to make 4 districts Open Defecation-free
141. Assaulted traffic constable succumbs to injuries
142. Asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was not on a political witch-hunt, party leader Shaina N.C on Thursday said the fact that the Justice S.N Dhingra Committee has presented a 182-page report is testimony to the fact that there "was ...
143. As soldiers watch, homemaker saves jawan's life
144. As summer temperatures soared outside, the world's largest indoor theme park, featuring popular Marvel and Cartoon Network-branded rides, opened its doors to the public on Wednesday in the Middle East's tourist hub of Dubai - the latest in a myriad ...
145. Assuring full support to the auto industry, the minister hoped the implementation of GST law will help the sector most
146. As the Cubana flight touched down in Havana, the passengers around me broke into raucous applause. It was not polite "nice landing'or "glad we finally arrived'clapping, but the kind of full-throated cheering usually reserved for a last-minute goal at the World Cup.
147. As the Dhingra Commission submitted its report on alleged irregularities in land deals in Haryana involving Robert Vadra, his lawyer claimed that Vadra had done no wrong.
148. As the Dhingra Commission today submitted its report on alleged irregularities in land deals in Haryana involving Robert Vadra, his lawyer claimed the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi ha...
149. Astronaut Megan McArthur spent 16 days aboard the underwater Aquarius Reef Base, conducting research in an environment that simulates space exploration.
150. Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC have spotted two strange stars that are unusually close to each other but have three giant planets in orbit around them.
151. Astronomers at the Sonear observatory in Brazil discovered the rock on Saturday 27th August, just one day before its nail-biting flyby.
152. Astronomers Discover Record-Breaking Galaxy Cluster
153. Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy cluster ever observed, glimpsing a stage of evolution that’s never been seen before. The cluster is roughly 11.1 billion light-years away.
154. Astronomers track down one of the planets behind the first misaligned solar system ever found
155. A study into bird malaria could provide important clues about the causes of parasite co-infections in animals, including people, report investigators. They found that not only the bird's habitat but also the interactions between parasites can impact a bird's risk of malaria infection.
156. As Turkey's coup d'etat unfolded in July, generals didn't know what was going on and had no contact with commanders. Many had to make
157. As William S. Livingston said, federalism presupposes both unity and diversity and constitutes a device for synthesising these opposite tendencies. The Government of India Act of 1935 states that the ...
158. At 7.1%, GDP growth hits 6-quarter low
159. At a cost of less than a paisa, the country's number one AMC shakes up competitors
160. A team of 13 foreign delegates interact with students of a city school.
161. ‘A team of retired deputy collectors, tahsildars and surveyors has been appointed for this’
162. At Event Marking International Day, Secretary-General Calls on All to Ban Nuclear Testing, Ratify Convention, Eradicate ‘Poisonous’ Legacy
163. Athachamayam, the public procession carrying forward the traditional Athaghosham of the erstwhile royal town of Thripunithura, will be held on September 4. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugur...
164. Athachamayam, the public procession carrying forward the traditional Athaghosham of the erstwhile royal town of Thripunithura, will be held on September 4.Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugura...
165. A three-member team from the Medical Council of India (MCI) on Wednesday visited the K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College here.They inspected the facilities including class rooms, hostels, la...
166. At Issue in Apple-EU Tax Case: Did Ireland Take Enough?
167. At Lake Tahoe, Barack Obama links conservation to climate change
168. At nearly 43%, Muslims have highest percentage of illiterates: Census
169. A top terror suspect, Omar al-Bayoumi, who was named in the recently declassified 28 pages of the congressional inquiry into the September 11, 2001 attacks was never initially pursued by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), former US Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Bob Graham told Sputnik.
170. A total of 27,995 households from Kallikudi, T. Kallupatti, Sedapatti and Vadipatti blocks have benefitted from ‘Pudhu Vazhvu’ scheme since 2012.According to a statement from the district administrati...
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172. Attendance fraud at patent office cheated taxpayers out of millions, watchdog finds
173. At the heart of the dispute between the EU and Apple is the question of how much value do Apple's offices in Ireland contribute to the company's massive profit across a big chunk of the world?
174. At the modest white-brick church on the edge of Colonial Williamsburg -- where a Black Lives Matter sign and a gay pride flag welcome parishioners and visitors -- the congregation of 250 has opened its arms to a pariah whose shocking crime nearly changed the course of American history.
175. At the most basic level, organizations must understand their data, the entry points, and who has access. But don\92t forget to keep your backup systems up to date.
176. At this Sunday's G-20 summit in Hangzhou, one of China's emerging goals is to deflect criticism that it's a hindrance to global growth, amid a world-wide backlash against globalization.
177. At three times FY16 book value, the debutant’s share is fairly priced, say analysts
178. A Twitter Amplify Publisher Program that was launched with select media and publishers, such as Buzzfeed
179. At Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, NY, 16 young adults are learning the skills necessary for stonemasonry restoration. The goal: to build a good-paying career in a growing field in the American job market.
180. Aug.31 20:32 India to launch $1.5m investor visa
181. Aug.31 23:22 Malaysia foils alleged terror plot
182. Auroville youth celebrate the spirit of generosity
183. Auschwitz Angel of Death's gruesome experiments discovered in Munich
184. Australia's federal court has rejected a bid to block a giant coal mine in central Queensland that could harm the Great Barrier Reef
185. Australia, a staunch United States ally, has previously drawn criticism from China for running surveillance flights over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
186. Australia must choose between United States and China, says US Army official
187. Australia must choose between US and China: U.S. Army official
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