General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-09-03 06:00

2. Hawkish Clinton Speech 'Giving Hypocrisy a Bad Name' - CIA Analyst
3. HC not satisfied with CBI report on benami flats in Adarsh
4. HC seeks govt's reply on FIA's plea on AirAsia's licence
5. HDFC said The Province of British Columbia has subscribed the entire of its second tranche of Rs 500 crore rupee denominated overseas bonds.
6. Head of Turkish Private Military Company – Key Figure of Turkish Military Invasion in Syria
7. He alleged the figures were changed in the budget by the previous government
8. He also expressed doubt if engineers showed any obligation by completing works on time and within estimated cost.
9. [Health Economics] Delivering chlorine to those who use it
10. Hectic activities are underway both in the national and state capitals namely New Delhi and Srinagar to find solution to the current impasse in the Kashmir Valley which has been reeling under...
11. Henry Kissinger and George Shultz announced Friday that they will not be backing either major party candidate in the 2016 race, saying they'd prefer to focus on working across party lines to improve America's standing in the world.
12. Heparan sulphate occurs as carbohydrate chains which are very important for human body cells both for normal fetal development and during the course of various diseases. All new molecular knowledge concerning these chains is therefore important. Researchers can now show that the same enzyme which determines the charge pattern of the chains also determines their length.
13. Here are 12 houseplants that can improve air indoors.
14. Heritage site damaged
15. Hermine, expected to become the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Wilma in 2005, also posed a Labor Day weekend threat to American states along the northern Atlantic Coast that are home to tens of millions of people.
16. Hermine heads toward the East Coast
17. Hermine tore across northern Florida today as the first hurricane to hit the state in more than a decade, killing one person, raising a storm surge that destroyed beachside buildings and toppling trees into homes.
18. Hero MotoCorp, Maruti Suzuki and Escorts hit record highs, while Exide Ind, JK Tyre and Tata Motors touched 52-week highs on the bourses.
19. He said an entire section of society has made a shift towards politics of development
20. He said Odisha should try and move to become a model state by creating more labour-intensive industries
21. He said that advance technology always plays a great role in the nation building
22. He said there is an opportunity to uplift sections of society which are economically backward and illiterate
23. He said the Special Investigation Team is working on it and the Supreme Court is monitoring it
24. He said when hordes of raiders attacked Jammu and Kashmir in 1947, it was the transport planes of the IAF which helped Indian soldiers and equipment to reach the battleground.
25. He was the lone dissenting judge on the five-judge Constitution Bench which scrapped the NJAC law passed by Parliament.
26. Hezbollah Fighters Reinforce Syrian Army in Northern Hama
27. High above Earth's tropics, a pattern of winds changed recently in a way that scientists had never seen in more than 60 years of consistent measurements.
28. Hi Joe: Yeah, The Net popped up on some the contributions we got. War Games too.
29. Hillary Clinton repeatedly told the FBI she couldn't recall key details and events related to classified information procedures, according to notes the bureau released Friday of its July interview with the Democratic presidential nominee, along with a report on its investigation into her private email server.
30. Hillary Clinton's Answers to FBI Outrageous - Trump
31. Hillary Clinton's email scandal roared back to life Friday after the FBI released a report detailing her interview with investigators.
32. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign raised $143 million in August for her campaign, the DNC and state parties, according to a campaign press release, a haul that makes the month the best of her campaign.
33. Hillary Clinton's running mate Sen. Tim Kaine is set to showcase his foreign policy chops next week in the battleground state of North Carolina.
34. Hillary Clinton, those emails and the whiff of scandal that won't go away
35. Hillary Clinton told FBI investigators during an interview in July that she had used a personal email server as secretary of state "out of convenience" and did not remember anyone raising legal concerns about the practice, according to documents ...
36. Hillary Clinton told the FBI I do not "recall" or "remember" 39 times in interviews with the FBI about her private email servers. CNN's Evan Perez reports.
37. Hillary Clinton will allow press on her plane after 272 days without a press conference
38. Hillary Clinton says she could not recall all briefings due to concussion as FBI releases inquiry files
39. Hiring slows as employers add modest 151,000 jobs
40. Hiring so-called founders at startup factories: What went wrong with the global model of incubation
41. His experience with diverse brands to come in handy for firm
42. Historic high resolution Jupiter images from Juno reveal mysterious blue hue
43. Historic high resolution Jupiter images reveal mysterious blue hue
44. Hitting the Trails? Get These 16 Fall Camping Essentials
45. Hizbullah only likely to permit Lebanese presidential elections in the coming year if faced with regional shifts
46. HKEx chief dismisses conflict-of-interest charge
47. H M Jyothi of Canara Bank struck gold in the women's 200 metres...
48. Hollywood Friday: Horror or Comedy What's Your Pick This Week
49. Honda, Hyundai and M&M tied for the 3rd place in the JD Power study
50. Hong Kong residents head to the polls tomorrow for the Legislative Council elections, which have grown more crucial and more contentious over the past year, and Taiwanese would be well-advised to keep a close eye on the results.
51. Hopes more housing stock will come up in Greater Mumbai especially for common man
52. Horticulturist and architect Gustav Herman Krumbiegel designed and planned some of the beautiful avenues in the capital city
53. Households which are refinancing their existing mortgages are to be exempted from a 60 percent cap on their
54. House Republicans have had a rough summer.
55. Housing bubble set to pop? Developers' unsold inventory at a 10-year high
56. How Amazon Saved Billions in Taxes
57. How an old French policy is facilitating corruption in the African country
58. How Artificial Intelligence Is Helping Japanese Farmers
59. How a young maverick's grit saved the world’s rarest bird
60. However, although the unused TCRs of the old EETCS are no longer needed to provide cooling to the ISS, they can be used as spares for the PVTCS PVRs should such a situation ever be required, since the TCRs are of the same construction type as the PVRs.
61. However, the EETCS did not have the capacity to provide cooling to the fully constructed ISS, and so once the station’s main Truss structure was in place, which featured a separate, more capable cooling system known as the External Thermal Control System (ETCS), the EETCS ceased to be used.
62. However, the leak was still large enough for the ammonia in the channel 2B cooling loop to hit its minimum quantity limit within around six months, whereupon channel 2B would have shut itself down as a protective measure.
63. However, the text associated with the photos claim there is a search for debris associated with the payload.
64. How Google could bring back old-school carpooling
65. How Indian Jugaad is helping Samsung come up with new product feature ideas
66. How IT Departments Can Manage The Security Skills Shortage
67. How Latinos are saving this former Pennsylvania mining town
68. How lead poisoning wreaks havoc on schools
69. How mobile will define digital payments
70. How Netaji died in a plane crash: Details in 60-year-old declassified report
71. How opening an SB account became a life-saver
72. How Pak procures restricted technology from US
73. How Sci-Fi Tried to Warn Us About the Evils of Advertising
74. How there were concerns the Wyoming park would become a failure may surprise tourists who visit today, but back in the 19th and early 20th centuries it was wholly reliant on footfall.
75. How to plan your life-changing (but expensive) safari
76. How To Talk About Security With Every C-Suite Member
77. How water shortages flow into collaboration not war
78. HP Enterprise in talks to sell software unit to Thoma Bravo: Sources
79. HP Spectre 13: Slim, but powerful
80. HTC launches 'iPhone look-a-like': Mid-range One A9s raises eyebrows at IFA
81. HTC raises eyebrows with launch of 'iPhone look-a-like' One A9s
82. Huawei Aims to Be Second-Biggest Smartphone Maker by 2018
83. Huawei Commits to Heavy Spending on Internet Infrastructure
84. Huawei has announced two new smartphones in its Nova series at IFA 2016 in Berlin. Everything you need to know about the new devices
85. Huawei Technologies aims to become the world's second-largest smartphone maker by 2018, Richard Yu, the chief executive of the company's consumer business group, said.
86. Huawei Unveils Nova Smartphone Range at IFA 2016
87. Huge crowds march in Venezuela to force recall of President Nicolás Maduro
88. HugecrowdsmarchinVenezuelatoforcerecallofPresidentNicol%C3%A1sMaduro', 'width
89. Hundred days of accomplishments
90. Hurricane Hermine barrels toward Florida coast
91. Hurricane Hermine came ashore in Florida's Big Bend, then quickly weakened into a tropical storm and moved into Georgia.
92. Hurricane Hermine hits Florida and killed one person and caused severe damage along the state's northern Gulf Coast
93. Hussain Shaiq
94. Hyderabad-based MedPlus Healthcare Services Pvt. Ltd., a pharmacy retail chain, plans to set up 500 stores across Tamil Nadu to provide access to genuine medicines at affordable prices. About 50 per ...
95. Hyderabad [India] Sept. 2 (ANI): Assuring employment opportunities to the younger generation, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP K. Kavitha on Friday said real development is the empowerment of the youth.
96. Hyderabad [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MP from Nizamabad, K. Kavitha, on Friday said the Telangana Jagruthi has opened 17 centres in order to provide employment to the youth.
97. Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asked the IPS probationers to ensure that there is never a crisis of credibility in the eyes of the public while advising them to fulfill their responsibilities
98. Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asked the IPS probationers to ensure that there is never a crisis of credibility in the eyes of the public while advising them to fulfill their responsibilities with utmost dedication and commitment.
99. Hyundai gets over 400 bookings in 8 days for 6th gen Elantra
100. Hyundai Heavy Industries has been selected to supply the Philippine Navy with two newbuilding frigates 
101. Hyundai wins USD337 million frigate contract from Philippine Navy
102. Hyundai wins USD337 million frigate contract from Philippine Navy"
103. I am Being Framed Because I am a Dalit: Delhi Minister Sandeep Kumar
104. Iberarchivos was established in 1998 as an initiative for cooperation and integration among Ibero-American countries to promote access, organization, description, conservation and dissemination of the documentary heritage that contributes to the consolidation of the Ibero-American cultural space.
105. Iconic Mother Teresa to be declared Saint today
106. IDC Cuts Outlook for 2016 Global Smartphone Shipments
107. Idea was to provide a flexibility to the government to deal with variables like global volatility, the monsoon, and slow private investment
108. IFA 2016: Acer Unveils Thinnest-Ever Notebook Measuring Less Than 1 Centimeter
109. IFA 2016: Lenovo announces K6, K6 Note and K6 Power
110. IFA 2016: Moto E3 India launch confirmed for last week of September
111. IFA 2016: Motorola Launches Moto Z Play With Hasselblad True Zoom Camera Mod
112. IFA 2016: The best gadgets from Europe's biggest tech show
113. If Alicia Keys, Adele and Mila Kunis can do it, so can you. Or can you? In an age when flawlessly made up faces are the norm, we delve into the rebellious ‘no makeup’ movement
114. If a truce comes into effect in conflict-torn Syria, it will partially be for the intense diplomatic efforts made from...
115. If he wants to be a good senator, he needs to let go of his presidential ambitions
116. If India lags behind in adopting emerging technologies over the next 15 to 20 years, its very existence will be at stake, Communications minister Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday.
117. If the Centre "does not listen" to the demands, the working class may have to go for "bigger action", CPI General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said.
118. If the massive propaganda blitz enveloping China is to be believed, the chance to host a G20 summit is a mandate from the heavens, a seal of international approval that confirms China’s status as global economic savior. Here's how the country is preparing
119. If you could hover over hot Jupiters in a spaceship, you might see deep blue skies and bright clouds, depending on how closely the planets hug their suns
120. If you could hover over hot Jupiters in a spaceship, you might see deep blue skies and bright clouds, depending on how closely the planets hug their suns
121. If you love Star Trek, you're going to need some cool toys.
122. If your policy has lapsed due to non-payment of premium, you could be running around in circles
123. If you weren't a personal friend of either Clark Kent or Superman, you could be tricked by his glasses like everyone else in Metropolis.
124. IIT Kharagpur research team develops fatigue monitoring system
125. IIT Roorkee goes digital, deploys ERP tech
126. Illegal miners in Ghana risk lives to survive closure of AngloGold Ashanti
127. Illegal miners in Ghana risk lives to survive closure of AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine
128. I love to tell the tale — which means you have to hear it whether you like it or not — of the time I was at the French embassy and saw those old-time coupés, the kind that were once used for serving ...
129. (Images via SpaceX, SpaceCom, NASA webcams and
130. Impact of nation-wide strike is minimal: Labour Ministry
131. Impact of Union strike minimal, says govt
132. Impeached Rousseff Plans to Leave Brazil’s Capital Next Week to Settle in Porto Alegre
133. Important signalling pathway for leukemia cells discovered
134. 'Impossible engine' set for space test: Controversial technology to be launched on shoebox-sized satellite
135. Impressive Monfils happy to show his serious side
136. Improvements In Cybersecurity Require More Than Sharing Threat-Intelligence Information
137. In 10 countries with highest out-of-school rates, 40 per cent of children not accessing basic education – UN
138. In a first-of-its-kind pilot project that attempts to mainstream madrassa-educated children, a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Friday between the Maulana Azad National Urdu Unive...
139. In a hot, dusty season in the desert people often dream of finding an oasis. Dubai is now home to Green Planet, a rainforest attraction where residents and...
140. In a major relief to the Telugu Desam Party Chief and ...
141. In a major step towards development and welfare of the nomadic tribes, the State Government has decided to ascertain and certify their community and caste based on their ancestors’ details for implem...
142. In a new explanation, however, an astrophysicist describes a scenario that could debunk the alien megastructure theory – and researchers may have found another star that fits the mold.
143. In a new study, veterinary experts reveal ‘food puzzles’ can help indoor cats take advantage of their instincts to fight the issues associated with captivity, from obesity and diabetes to aggression.
144. In an exclusive interaction with ETtech, Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma talks about the importance of growing the business rather than chasing funds all the time
145. In an initiative that is both environment-friendly and convenient for customers, Oyethere.com will take orders for clay Pillaiyar idols from customers and deliver the same at their doorsteps. Further,...
146. In an interview with Jake Tapper Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer said Clinton's emails had more study than a chest x-ray.
147. In another setback to Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab politician Navjot Singh Sidhu startled Arvind Kejriwal by launching his own political front to contest the assembly ele....
148. In an unusual defence of the triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) told the Supreme Court on Friday...
149. In an unusual defence of the triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) told the Supreme Court on Friday...
150. In a rare step, the FBI today released two sets of documents related to the email investigations of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, who is now the Democratic presidential nominee.
151. In a setback for Samsung and a somewhat happy news for Apple as it prepared to launch iPhone 7, the global recall by the south Korean giant of its flagship premium device Galaxy Note 7 over battery e...
152. In a world of exploitation, strikes are essential
153. in case of a full-scale invasion of Russia&#8230
154. Inclusive education vital for all, including persons with disabilities &#8211 UN rights experts
155. Increases in information technology sophistication can lead to potential improvements in health care quality measures, researchers report in a new article.
156. Incumbent telecom players Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular suffered huge cuts in their price targets as analysts feared Jio's launch would disrupt the $28 billion Indian telecom market. Influential foreign brokerages Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and ...
157. In death Kalahandi man's wife shows nothing comes easy for poor
158. Independence Day 'flying saucer' explores the Malaysian countryside
159. [In Depth] Anthropocene pinned to postwar period
160. India Afghanistan U.S. trilateral meet to resume this year MEA
161. India and Egypt decided to significantly step up their defence and security cooperation to effectively deal with twin challenges of terrorism and radicalisation as PM Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held bilateral talks.
162. India and Egypt on Friday agreed to step up their counter-terrorism co-operation, focusing particularly on sharing of intelligence...
163. India and Egypt on Friday vowed to take their economic and trade ties to the next level even as both have set a bilateral trade target of $8 billion in the near future from $3 billion presently.This w...
164. India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh vulnerable to Zika virus: Study
165. India Concerned Over China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Passing Through Kashmir
166. India, Egypt agree to step up counter-terrorism co-operation
167. India, Egypt aim to strengthen trade ties
168. India, Egypt to step up security cooperation
169. India, Egypt vow to step up trade ties
170. India faces an uphill task against Puerto Rico
171. India faces Catch-22 on steel capacity at G20’s China meet
172. India has already bought about 600,000 tonnes of wheat in 2016, the most in nine years
173. India has been placed at the 35th rank in the World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) among 160 countries.
174. India has expressed keenness on increasing investments in Vietnam
175. India has not only committed atrocities against Kashmiris for demanding their right to franchise but is also accusing Islamabad of fomenting violence in Kashmir,&quot
176. India has potential to become economic power despiteworld financial slow down: Arun Jaitley
177. India Inc had raised Rs 71,165 crore through private placement of corporate debt securities or bonds in August — highest in 16 months — to fund business expansion plans and to support working capital...
178. India intends to buy the export version of Russia's Kalibr land-attack cruise missile equipped with the latest high-precision guidance system, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on 1 September citing a diplomatic source.
179. India Iran Afghanistan discuss terrorism
180. India is unlikely to give French naval contractor DCNS a proposed order for three new submarines, in addition to the six it is already building in the country, following the leak of secret data about ...
181. India Leading in Coconut Production and Productivity in The World- Radha Mohan Singh
182. India must 're-engage' with Indian Ocean region, says Jay Panda
183. India-Myanmar ties touch a new high
184. Indian-Americans selected for renowned poets' program
185. Indiana police release video of police shooting homeless man
186. Indian Army fights 'Battle of the Bulge''
187. Indian business diaspora has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Vietnam, hoping that it will further strengthen trade ties between the two countries."Whenever any leader visits some other country, there is always attention towards it, ...
188. Indian business diaspora in Vietnam hails PM Modi`s visit
189. India Needs a Million Mother Teresas; Celebrating Her Sainthood is Not Enough
190. India needs more satellites in space, better tech for reasonable service, says Kiran Kumar
191. Indian Film `CRD` makes it way to top US University
192. Indian footballers brace up for Puerto Rico challenge
193. Indian footballers should play overseas: Constantine
194. Indian IT cos to offer internships to East Africans
195. Indian Leaders to Attend Mother Teresa's Canonization
196. Indian negotiators told The Indian Express that the United States had actually floated a non-paper last year that called upon all countries to agree to a ‘date certain’ on ending fuel subsidies.
197. Indian Para athletes leave for Paralympic Games
198. Indian Paralympic athletes leave for Rio
199. Indian shares closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark BSE index recording its biggest weekly gain in nine weeks, as strong August sales data of companies such as Hero MotoCorp and Tata Motors lif...
200. Indian shares trump region for week as automakers gain
201. 'Indians vulnerable to Zika virus'
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