General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-09-03 08:00

2. Indians vulnerable to zika virus: Study
3. Indian telecom carriers face price target cut on Jio threat
4. Indian wheat supplies tight, may boost low global prices
5. India on Friday termed as "erroneous and misleading" the reports of floods in Bangladesh caused by the release of water from the Farakka Barrage on the Indian side.
6. India planning to buy Russian Kalibr cruise missiles, says report
7. India protected from political, economic challenges: Arun Jaitley
8. India's fibre demand is likely to more than double in 10 years on the government's increasing impetus on the textiles sector
9. India’s H1 tea exports up
10. India shelves plan to expand French submarine order after data breach
11. India should focus two years after Olympics: Anand
12. India's national football coach Stephen Constantine on Friday anointed towe
13. India soon to make GM mustard stance public, develop more varieties
14. India's savings rate in need of a boost: DBS
15. India’s tea exports in the current calendar are expected to rise above last year in terms of both volume and value, based on the performance so far. According to the Tea Board, volume shipped in the ...
16. India's very existence depends on embracing emerging technologies: MoS telecom Manoj Sinha
17. India Today in its latest issue, has published Raheel's picture on its cover page with a slap mark on his cheek
18. India today termed as "erroneous and misleading" the reports of floods in Bangladesh caused by the release of water from the Farakka Barrage on the Indian side.
19. India to seek airport slots for its airlines abroad
20. India to strengthen culture of cooperation across national boundaries: Sushma Swaraj
21. India, Vietnam committed to achieve 15 billion dollars target by 2020: Envoy
22. India-Vietnam partnership will benefit Asia and the rest of the world, says PM.
23. India Wants to Buy Russian Kalibr Land Attack Cruise Missiles
24. India will make availability of airport slots for its airlines part of bilateral seat-sharing talks with other nations. Indian airlines have complained about lack of preferred slots in busy airports like Dubai and Abu Dhabi. "There is a consensus in ...
25. India will soon sign treaties with Russia and South Africa for film production, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today said.
26. India workers' strike hits transport services, banks
27. IndiGo has announced the addition of Port Blair as its 41st overall and 36th domestic destination in its schedule. The new schedule sees introduction of new daily non-stop flights to Port Blair from ...
28. IndiGo to fly to Port Blair from Chennai, Kolkata
29. Indonesia turns to Indian buffalo as beef alternative
30. Industrial strike shuts down Kerala, Tripura
31. Industrybuying to offer loans to businesses on its platform
32. In early 2015, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. Over the last year and a half, scientists have studied the mysterious dwarf planet using data collected by Dawn, including detailed images of its surface. Julia Rosen talks with Debra Buczkowski about Ceres’s close-up.  
33. In first visit to Sri Lanka since end of war, Ban flags role of human rights and sustainable development on path to stability
34. Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Bratislava
35. Informal Meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers held in Potsdam under German Chairmanship
36. Informal Meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers held in Potsdam under German Chairmanship
37. Infosys looks to become strategic partner for 250 clients to achieve its 2020 target
38. Infosys sets up JV in Saudi Arabia to tap local IT business
39. Infra stocks extend rally; HCC, Patel Engineering surge over 30% in three days
40. Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has said that its construction arm has bagged orders worth Rs 1,458 crore across business verticals.
41. in Gabon, government spokesman affirms
42. IN HER FOOTSTEPS : Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity, the religious congregation founded by Mother Teresa in 1950, receive communion during Mass at amother house in Rome. In the 19 years since Mother Teresa died, her legacy has continued to grow, drawing men and women to the congregation, which now numbers more than 5,800 around the world. NYT
43. In his article, Federal Foreign Minister Steinmeier speaks out for re-launching arms control. Read the article, published August 26 in the FAZ, here.
44. In his complaint, Sharma had alleged that the Prime Minister had "insulted" the national flag on the international yoga day on June 21, 2015.]]
45. In his first visit to Sri Lanka since end of war, UN Secretary-General flags role of human rights and sustainable development on path to stability
46. In his first visit to Sri Lanka since the end of its civil war seven years ago, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the country's steps towards peace and reconciliation, while also highlighting the importance of and need for more progress with human rights and sustainable development for that progress.
47. In his first visit to Sri Lanka since the end of its civil war seven years ago, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised the country’s steps towards peace and reconciliation, while also highlighting the importance of and need for more progress with human rights and sustainable development for that progress.
48. In Hong Kong Elections, Beijing Competes for Influence
49. In LA, Bodie fixes up a 1959 Ford F100 in hopes of flipping it to an exacting Ford truck aficionado. Meanwhile in Michigan, Andy takes an emotional ride restoring a 1940's JC Higgins bike, and Bob's Garage resurrects a buried 1930's gas pump.
50. In late 2015, a long-reliable wind pattern suddenly changed, Nasa has revealed. It has since returned to normal, and astronomers are working to understand the implications of this event.
51. In male cells of the fruit fly Drosophila, the X chromosome is twice as active as in female cells. Researchers have now discovered how the enzyme responsible recognizes the chromosome.
52. In May 2010, China officially initiated the development of the CHEOS system, which is established as one of the major national science and technology projects.
53. Innovation becomes coveted city tag in China
54. In November 2015, an EVA was performed to transfer channel 2B’s cooling from the TTCR back to the PVR, and disconnect and stow the TTCR. However, during the EVA in question, timeline issues meant that that TTCR stow was not able to be completed, although channel 2B’s cooling was successfully transferred back to the PVR, with the TTCR being disconnected from channel 2B’s cooling.
55. In one of the biggest global recalls of smartphones, Samsung said it would replace Galaxy Note 7 devices because of reports of battery fires, dealing a blow to the company's recovery efforts.
56. In order to meet the strategic demands of the national economic development and social progress, the initial plan involved five satellites.
57. Inside JetBlue's Quest to Make Plane Food Great Again
58. Inside Mexico’s bizarre decision to invite Trump
59. Inside the Republican creation of the North Carolina voting bill dubbed the ‘monster’ law
60. Insight into radioactive isotope could lead to cancer breakthrough
61. In Skopje, residents proud of native Mother Teresa canonization
62. In Sri Lanka, UN chief highlights key role of young people in building peace and sustainable development
63. ‘Install traffic signals at key junctions in Mambalam’
64. Intelenet to set up digital experience centres in Delhi, USA & Middle East
65. Interaction of the President
66. International Literacy Day 2016
67. International Politics
68. international public health emergency&#39
69. Interoperability and automation are keys to defining success in computer network defense.
70. Interpol assists the national police in identifying and locating these wanted people for lawful action
71. Interpol notices are international requests of cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information.]]
72. INTERVIEW: Upcoming visit a chance for Security Council to see, firsthand, challenges facing people of South Sudan
73. Interview with Chief Statistician of India
74. Interview with Former RSS Goa chief
75. In the App Economy - the Best Time for Downtime is...Never!
76. In the early 20th century, many Arab countries like Syria obtained their independence from western colonial powers. They began to assert themselves by the Arab nationals’ movements. This led to...
77. In the first full, completed, cross-line delivery via road in August, inter-agency convoys have reached some 75,000 people in al-Waer in Syria’s Homs province with life-saving humanitarian assistance, the United Nations humanitarian arm has reported.
78. In the meeting a wide range of issues of common interest were discussed by the three parties including the recent developments in the region and the trilateral political, economic, transit and cultural cooperation,&quot
79. In the meeting, DIPP will give a detailed presentation to the members on fast growing e-commerce sector
80. In the upcoming book “Payoff: the Hidden Logic that Shapes Our Motivations,” behavioral economist Dan Ariely detailed a study showing that pizza motivates workers to increase productivity more effectively than money.
81. 'In this July 12, 2013, photo, retired U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas Hudner, who was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Truman, poses on the porch at his home in Concord, Mass.'
82. In this six minute ESOcast video astronomers discuss the newly discovered Proxima b and the possibility of life outside our solar system. The Pale Red Dot campaign aimed to find a planet orbiting our nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri. Incredibly, the quest succeeded and the team did indeed find a planet. Even more excitingly, the […]
83. In Uzbekistan, the zero hour has finally come. For the first time in 25 years of independence, Uzbeks awake to a country not ruled by Islam Abdughanaevich Karimov. This is the day that many in the ...
84. Investigation into custodial death transferred to CB-CID
85. Investigation into the custodial death of K. Sheik Alaudeen (28) on August 7, when police arrested him after he made a vain bid to escape by jumping from a road bridge and died while being taken to h...
86. Investigation report on 39 mega corruption scandals missing from Pakistan PM's Secretariat
87. Investigation report on 39 mega corruption scandals missing from Pak PM's Secretariat
88. Investigators to Army: Consider Canceling Troubled Airburst Weapon
89. Investors affected by a botched tender offer yesterday protested outside the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), demanding that the regulator hold the depository bank involved accountable and investigate allegations of insider trading. 
90. Investors tend to see through noisy politics: Rajan
91. Involvement of all sections of the society, in particular its young people, in bottom-up peace building approaches is vital to ensure sustainable social justice, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today at a youth event in Sri Lanka.
92. In what could be the worst nightmare for Bharti Airtel, Mukesh Ambani said Reliance Jio would offer free voice services to its active users.
93. In worldwide trade, US dollar traded marginally weak against its major trading partners ahead of much-awaited official US jobs data.
94. IOC & Indian Railways start off well
95. IOC disqualifies eight athletes for failing doping re-tests
96. IOWave16: Tsunami Warning Exercise in the Indian Ocean
97. iPhone 7 colours: What shades will Apple's new phone come in?
98. iPhone's share fell further during June quarter to 2.5% in top 30 cities; demand from smaller towns now growing faster than tier-1 cities
99. iPlayer law change descends into farce after loophole means students can STILL dodge the licence fee
100. Iranian media reported on 28 August that one of the S-300 systems that Russia began delivering earlier this year had been deployed to]]
101. Iranian media reported on 28 August that one of the S-300 systems that Russia began delivering earlier this year had been deployed to
102. Iraq 2006: SEAL Team 3 and conventional U.S. Forces battle insurgents to take back the war-torn city of Ramadi, when a beloved teammate is struck and becomes the first Navy SEAL killed in Iraq. Faced with heartbreak, but still believing in the mission, the team rallies together to fight on.
103. Iraqi Executes 7 Al Qaeda Terrorists of Various Arab Nationalities
104. IRCTC launches travel insurance for e-ticket passengers
105. IRDAI extends revival option for ULIPs
106. Ireland's cabinet resumes discussion on EU tax ruling on Apple
107. Ireland's government agreed to launch an appeal in European courts against Brussels's ruling that it should recoup $14.5 billion in allegedly unpaid taxes from Apple.
108. Ireland doesn't want $14.5 billion in tax from Apple
109. Ireland is turning its back on a massive tax windfall from Apple.<img
110. Ireland to Appeal EU's Apple Tax Ruling
111. Ireland to join Apple in fight against EU tax ruling
112. Irish government to challenge Apple tax ruling
113. Is Alexa coming to Windows? Amazon 'in discussion' with Lenovo to bring smart assistant to PCs
114. Is Apple finally going to start tweeting?
115. IS eliminated from Pakistan says army
116. Is Google Killing Its Plan to Build Modular Smartphones?
117. ISIS Regains Some 10 Villages from Turkish-backed Forces in Northern Syria
118. Is it a message to the city, pedestrians, drivers or just a prank? No one knows for sure, but several crosswalks appear to be giving the middle finger in Houston.
119. Islamabad [Pakistan], Sep. 2 (ANI): Pakistan has said the United States backed trilateral dialogue with India and Afghanistan is not necessary.
120. Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): About 2,40,000 Afghan refugees will be repatriated every month after Eid-ul Azha, said Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees Dr Imran Zaib on Friday.
121. Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): Pakistan has called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks as unwarranted in a letter written to United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon while apprising him on the Kashmir issue.
122. Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): The Pakistan Foreign Office has said that its citizens living abroad could become stateless as the government has introduced a new rule putting an end to the non-machine readable passports, which comes into force at the end of September.
123. Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): The Pakistan Government has accelerated the process in order to obtain Interpol's red warrants against Baloch separatist leader Brahamdagh Bugti, who currently resides in Switzerland.
124. Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): The Pakistani military has not been alone in indulging the men of violence, civilian leaders too have cut deals with jihadis who, if circumstances permitted, would like to see those politicians not only out of power but dead and buried too; and, this is not a point that favours one party over the others, but all the mainstream parties have made compromises with the extremists - writes British journalist and author of 'Pakistan: Eye of the Storm' Owen Bennett-Jones in an article published by the Dawn under the headline 'Partying with jihadis'.
125. Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): The Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Secretariat has lost the investigation report of 39 mega scandals of corruption in Capital Development Authority (CDA).
126. Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): The Speaker of Pakistan's National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, has written letters to the Speakers of 196 Parliaments to highlight the ongoing protests in Kashmir valley and garner diplomatic and political support for what Islamabad calls the freedom struggle of Kashmiri people.
127. Islamabad, Sep 1 (IANS) Pakistan reopened its border with Afghanistan at Chaman on Thursday, 14 days after it was closed after an Afghan mob burnt a Pakistani flag and attacked the Friendship ...
128. Islamabad, Sep 1 (IANS) The Pakistani military on Thursday said over 300 militants of the Islamic State (IS) militant group have been arrested, including a local leader. The IS leader for Pakistan ...
129. Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) At least one civilian and four suicide bombers were killed on Friday after terrorists attacked Peshawar's Christian Colony, Pakistani security sources said. Director General ...
130. Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has said that the footprints of the Islamic State (IS) militant group have been eliminated from the country. "They tried [sneak] into Pakistan but failed ...
131. Islamic State and Saudi Arabia share the same intolerant Wahhabi ideology. Wahhabi-inspired extremism is dangerously changing the character of Asian states with large Muslim population like Indonesia. Realizing this threat and US-Saudi agenda for regime change, countries like China and India seem to…
132. Islamic State militant group eliminated from Pakistan, says Army
133. Islam Karimov, authoritarian president of ex-Soviet Uzbekistan for more than 25 years, has died, officials confirmed on Friday, and in an early sign of who might succeed him, his prime minister was designated mourner-in-chief&#8230
134. Islam Karimov built a brutal, totalitarian state that was nonetheless courted by Washington during the U.S. war in Afghanistan. His government targeted perceived threats with ferocity, including allegedly boiling some Islamists alive.
135. Islam Karimov was born in Samarkand, the ancient Silk Road city in eastern Uzbekistan, in 1938, at the height of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's purges. According to various unofficial biographical ...
136. Islam Karimov, who crushed all opposition in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan as its only president in a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union, has died of a stroke at age 78, the Uzbek government announced Friday.
137. Island City Movie Review
138. Ismail Agus Said and president Juwaini from Indonesia pose for a
139. Is mysterious radio signal proof aliens are trying to contact us?
140. Is North Korean Threat to Hit the USA for Real?
141. Is One Huge Navy Ad—and Your New TV Obsession
142. Is One Huge Navy Ad—and Your New TV Obsession
143. Israeli defence electronics company Rada announced on 29 August that it will provide its RPS-10 compact hemisphere radar to Artis for integration and testing with the US company's Iron Curtain active protection system (APS). 
144. ISRO ready to strap on private sector for launch power
145. Is Sony building an emotional robot that can do house chores? Company chief, Kazuo Hirai, hints at AI plans
146. Issue Red notices against Pak Army Chief, PM, not against Bugti: Rights activist to Interpol
147. Italians angered by Charlie Hebdo cartoon showing quake victims as pasta
148. It became clear the Falcon 9 had exploded on the pad. However, the reason for the failure is currently unknown.
149. It came into the world without celebration or joy, or any of the usual fanfare that accompanies a birth announcement.
150. “It doesn’t really matter who hacked this data from Mrs. Clinton’s campaign headquarters,” Putin told Bloomberg News in an interview published Friday.
151. I think that's Democratic National Committee though, not convention. '
152. I tightened the screws on bad loans, told banks no phone calls will go to them from Delhi: Modi
153. “It is a dilemma that we haven’t been able to address yet. Parties never work unitedly for the cause. That is why we haven’t been able to achieve statehood even after 100 years.”Asha Gurung president of the Nari Morcha Central Committee
154. “It is a Festival of Fantasy; Beauty and majesty shining magically. Dreams that grow wondrous; Dazzling brilliantly”
155. It is estimated that tens of thousands of people were adopted internationally by American parents between the 1950s and 1980s but never naturalized. Many discovered their status only as adults, and they have trouble finding employment and live in terror that a wrong move will get them kicked out of the country.
156. It is intriguing to observe how our approach to issues that impact women see-saws wildly from cautiously progressive to extraordinarily regressive. Within months of being shocked by the Minister for W...
157. It is not just smartphones that are driving the research facility’s vision for India. “The two main focus areas of India R&D are internet of things and intelligence,” said Dipesh Shah.
158. It isn't exactly a squid pro quo, but scientists are naming a new fish after President Barack Obama partly as a way to say thanks for his decision last month to create a new protected area off the Hawaiian coast.
159. It is used mainly for polar launches (meteorological, Earth resources and scientific satellites).
160. It just used to be much easier and more straightforward.'
161. It may be unfair, or at least much too premature, to suggest that Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s strongman rule is a throwback to the brutal dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. But the fact is...
162. It occurred hours after heavily armed suicide attackers stormed a Christian colony in Peshawar.
163. It's a big day for the U.S. economy and America's central bank, the Federal Reserve.
164. It said that low inflation will positively impact India's credit rating by improving investment climate
165. It's been decades since Notre Dame's football team has been crowned champion, but there's one way in which the storied team is No. 1 -- ticket prices.<img
166. It’s been two years since India emerged as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, but the rapid expansion has done little to improve the lot of Ashok Kumar.
167. It's complete shutdown in Kerala
168. Its imagery will be mostly used by the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and the Ministry of Agriculture. The satellite was launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March-4B rocket.
169. Its official: Malaysia PM outed as key scandal figure
170. It's official: one joint of cannabis makes you lazy ... but only in the short term
171. its preliminary decision taken on Monday, which was supposed to expire at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
172. It was inaugurated by Minister of State (MoS) for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore and Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V.K. Singh.
173. 'It was interesting to discover the flirt in me'
174. It was not clear if anyone was hurt by the blast, and a spokesman for SpaceX did not immediately return a call for comment. ]]
175. Jackie Chan to be honoured with honorary Oscars
176. Jackie Chan to get lifetime achievement Oscar
177. Jackie Chan to receive lifetime achievement Oscar
178. Jack Ma: Wars start when trade stops
179. Jaish al-Izza Militant Group Claims to Have Downed Russian H...
180. Jaish al-Izza Militant Group Claims to Have Downed Russian Helicopter in Northern Hama (Updates)
181. Jaitley stresses on credible dispute resolution mechanism among BRICS
182. JAKARTA -- Entering the compound of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat in Jakarta is simple. Show up at the gate, flash your identification, and after a quick call to the front desk for clearance, you are in.
183. Jake Tapper fact check's 5 statements that Donald Trump made on Wednesday during his trip to Mexico and immigration speech in Arizona.
184. Jammu (J&K) [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): A science and technology seminar was held at the government college for women in Jammu.
185. Jammu-origin bureaucrat helps to restore flood-affected Kedarnath
186. Jam: Surely that number is a little more serious if you...
187. Janatha Garage Movie Review: The Film Is Set in a Man's World
188. Japan's economic gambit for progress on Russia territorial row
189. Japan's Shinzo Abe in Russia to warm ties with Vladimir Putin
190. Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co on Thursday said it is developing a vaccine to prevent the Zika virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects, and has secured funding from a US government agency.
191. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
192. Japan is often called a "Galapagos" when it comes to technology, as the country's cultural isolation tends to produce innovations found nowhere else in the world.
193. Japan, Saudi Arabia vow to deepen economic ties
194. Japan’s Concerns on President Obama’s Extended...
195. Japan seeks broad energy pact with Russia
196. Japan's PM Shinzo Abe visits Russia to warm ties with Vladimir Putin
197. Japan trying new approach in Russia island row
198. Japan volunteer keeps coming back
199. Jared Fogle, the former Subway pitchman who pleaded guilty to charges of child pornography and having sex with minors, is arguing in a court filing that one of his victims' parents is as responsible for her emotional distress as he is.<img
200. Jayalalithaa, MK Stalin Engage in Verbal War, Chaos Ensues in TN Assembly
201. Jennifer Chaussee
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