- AIADMK cadres to skip Diwali celebrations owing to Jayalalithaa's health
- Aide of SP MP detained
- Aid from Tata Trusts up 10-fold in 10 years
- Air Attack on School in Idlib Raises New Wave of Competing Accusations
- Airbus Helicopters and Helibras Introduce First H225M in Naval Combat Version
- Airbus rolls out first Exocet-armed H225M helo for Brazilian Navy
- Aircraft join in Chinese Antarctic venture
- Air Force Works to ID Source of Water Contamination
- Air India in talks with LIC for ₹10,000-cr loan for aircraft purchase
- Air India in talks with LIC for Rs 10,000-cr aircraft acquisition loan
- Air India is in talks with Life Insurance Corporation of India for a loan of up to ₹10,000 crore to help finance the acquisition of 6 Boeing 787 and three 777 aircraft. The nine aircraft, which ar...
- Air India is in talks with the Life Insurance Corporation of India to provide a loan of up to Rs 10,000 crore to Air India to help finance the acquisition of six Boeing 787 and three 777 aircraft. Th...
- Air India magazine says Jagannath Temple serves non-veg dish
- Air India Magazine Says Puri Temple Serves Non-Vegetarian Dishes, Later Apologises
- Air India was forced to apologise on Saturday after its in-flight magazine Shubh Yatra carried an article saying non-vegetarian dishes were also served at the Puri Jagannath temple.]]
- Air strike kills 17 in Yemen, exiled president rejects peace plan
- Airtel also plans to approach the regulators to clear up any confusion over providing interconnection points (PoIs) to Jio as it has provided more PoIs to the Mukesh Ambani-owned company than any other telco, said Gopal Vittal, managing director, India & South Asia, at Bharti Airtel.
- Airtel launches 4G in Chhattisgarh; service goes live in Raipur and Bilaspur
- Airtel rolls out 4G service in Bihar
- Airtel rolls out 4G service in Jaipur
- Aishwarya's take on her intimate scenes in 'ADHM'
- AI system named after Jungle Book predicts Trump will win
- AI to be the 'new electricity,' says Baidu chief scientist
- Akhilesh asks BJP to come out with one acceptable CM face
- Akhilesh Asks BJP to Show One Acceptable Chief Ministerial Face in UP
- Akhilesh govt pushing flagship projects towards completion
- Akhilesh termed the BJP members as "hoshiyar, chamatkari and chalu" and recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the slogan of 'Jai Sree Ram' at the recent Dusherra funtion in Lucknow.
- Akhilesh updates Governor on UP political situation
- Akhilesh ups ante against Shivpal, says "will continue as CM"
- A large number of devotees visited Kalighat, Dakshineswar and Adyapeeth Kali temples in and around the city to offer prayers to the goddess on the auspicious day.
- Alaska Sea Service Scholarship Announced
- A lawsuit filed in Illinois in May under the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Facebook previously argued to have it dismissed but judges said that the case should go ahead.
- A leading Pakistani trade body on Friday warned it may suspend trade with India, citing the "current hostile conditions".The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) president Abdul Rauf Alam said there was no compulsion to ...
- ALEPPO, Syria - Rebel factions, reportedly backed by the former al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria moved ahead with their plans to launch a major assault in Syria’s Aleppo that has been under ...
- A letter John Lennon wrote to Queen Elizabeth half a century ago explaining why he was returning a medal was found tucked in the sleeve of a record in a man's attic.
- Al Hassan, commander of the Syrian Arab Army’
- Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Arjun Kapoor Attend Ae Dil Hai Mushkil Special Screening
- 'Alien megastructure' 1,400 light years away will be looked at for signs of life by Stephen Hawking's £80m Breakthrough Listen project
- align their plans with this advancement, so that they could take maximum advantage of this move,"
- Alisher, who was a well-known singer in the Punjabi community, was driving a Brisbane City Council bus when he was targeted by the man who threw an "incendiary device" at him which sparked a fire.
- A little over 130 million years ago, a plant-eating dinosaur was roaming the present-day area of Sussex, England, when -- trapped by the muds of a thick swamp -- it fell backward to his death and was forgotten.
- Alleged Al-Qaida Commander Gets New Judge at Guantanamo War Court
- Alleged Colectivos militants briefly take hostages at National Assembly in Venezuela's Caracas
- Allied Defence Ministers discussed practical steps to take forward NATO’s cooperation with the European Union on Thursday (27 October 2016). Ministers were joined by the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini, as well as the Defence Ministers of Finland and Sweden.
- Allied defence ministers have firmed up NATO's 2016 Warsaw summit declaration in July to send four combat-ready battalions to its north eastern flank. Numerous national commitments to cluster troops and capabilities around the four nations leading the battalions were made during a two day meeting in
- Allies of Hillary Clinton felt threatened by the power of Sen Bernie Sanders' candidacy and wondered about getting some signal of support from President Barack Obama in the heat of the Democratic primaries.]]
- All India Milli Council against changes in Muslim personal law
- All India Milli Council Backs AIMPLB on Triple Talaq, Alleges Politicians Creating Divide
- All-Seeing Eye: Russia Builds Gigantic Military Radar in Arctic
- All the cryo skids will have to be redesigned, while the cryo lines on the ML Tower will also change in both length and diameter, to support the higher propellant flow rates required for filling the EUS – over five times that compared to the ICPS.
- All the prior shootings were ruled justified following coroner's inquests. In five cases, autopsies found methamphetamine in the victims' bodies.
- All three modules separated simultaneously – shortly after the deorbit burn was completed – at around 140 km altitude.
- Almost 7 in 10 voters say Democrat candidate will win the US presidency; most believe Donald Trump will not accept the result if that happens
- Al-Nusra (al-Qaeda) Attacked Govt Freinforcements Convoy Hea...
- Al-Nusra (al-Qaeda) Attacked Govt Freinforcements Convoy Heading to Aleppo
- A look at FBI chief Comey's decisions in Clinton email case
- A Louisville police detective was among two pedestrians killed after being struck by an alleged drunken driver while the officer was in Lexington, Kentucky, for a Fraternal Order of Police conference, authorities have said.
- Alpha LI351568W is the top-end notebook in Micromax consume...
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released an audio speech from a group official, Khalid bin Umar Batarfi, portraying the battles in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, and  
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released an audio speech from a group official, Khalid bin Umar Batarfi, portraying the battles in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, and [ ... ]
- Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a video of multiple attacks on Houthi positions in Rada'a, a city in Yemen's al-Bayda' governorate.
- AlternaCare, Uber tie-up to provide medical consultation to drivers
- A major fire broke out in a temporary firecrackers market and destroyed over 200 big and small shops on Saturday morning, officials said.]]
- A Makeshift Al-Shabaab Camp Destroyed by KDF Fighter Jets in Gedo Region, SomaliaFriday, 28th October 2016, Kenyan defense forces (KDF) fighter jets reportedly conducted air assaults on an Al-Shabaab camp near Badheere town in Gedo region of Somalia.
- A man accused of forcing a Fort Bragg soldier into prostitution last year was scheduled Wednesday to report to federal prison.
- A man on Wednesday called up Delhi Police Control Room threatening to kill Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.]]
- Aman Singh: What India can learn from Brexit
- A man with an axe destroyed Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a video protest over sexual misconduct allegations dogging the Republican presidential candidate.]]
- 'Amaq Releases Video of IS Fighter Involved in Attack in Russian City of Nizhny Novgorod
- A Marine colonel has been named to replace a Navy captain for pretrial hearings in the war crimes case of Abd al Hadi al Iraqi.
- A massive 'coronal hole' on the sun is blasting Earth with solar storms that could CRIPPLE power grids
- A mathematical model suggests that designing cities with three-pronged intersections could cut congestion – but might increase the risk of getting lost
- Amazon acquires Tata’s publishing house, Westland
- Amazon.com Inc. has
- Amazon.com Inc has launched a tailored version of its Prime service in China to tap consumer demand for overseas goods, putting the U.S. online retail firm in closer competition with local rivals Alib...
- Amazon.com reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as expenses rose and the company provided a disappointing fourth-quarter revenue forecast.
- Amazon spooks investors with big spending ahead of holidays
- Amazon's quarterly profit misses estimates, shares tumble
- Amazon's roots are in books and we are excited to be part of that team in the next phase of our journey," Westland CEO Gautam Pad...
- Amazon's shares slump as retailer giant misses quarterly profit estimates
- Amazon targets Chinese demand for overseas goods with Prime launch
- Amazon targets Chinese demand for overseas shopping with Prime launch
- Amazon to buy publishing business of Tata-owned Westland
- Amazon to buy Tata's publishing business of Westland
- Amazon to take on the bodega across America: Plans to open 2,000 grocery stores in next ten years revealed
- Ambassadors from the EU nations meeting in Brussels late on Friday paved the way for the signature of the deal and for it to
- Ambassador to Somalia, H.E. Aden Hassan Aden visited Beledweyne town in Hiiraan region in Central Somalia on Thursday following the recent terrorist attack on their base.
- A meeting of OPEC national delegates on Friday ended in a deadlock as Iraq and Iran disputed the data being used to allocate production cuts, officials said.
- A member of the polling commission prepares the ballots for counting at a polling station in Kopavogur on October 29, 2016.
- Amendments which are causing unease in HIV bill
- American Airlines plane engine flung debris in rare failure
- American Airlines plane engine flung debris in rare, risky failure
- American law enforcement is using billions of dollars worth of military equipment, sometimes in ways it shouldn’t, according to a new documentary.
- American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature earlier this month, has now told the Swedish Academy that he will accept the prize.The notoriously media-shy Dylan ...
- American warships have intercepted five shipments of weaponry to the Houthis in Yemen from Iran in the past year and a half, according to US Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, who is in charge of American naval operations in the Middle East.
- America's top cop FBI Director James Comey found himself center stage as his renewed probe of Hillary Clinton's emails set a bitter tone for the final ten-day stretch of the campaign.]]
- America's youngest voters are overwhelmingly supporting Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president but a majority of them say they are "fearful" about the country's future and do not feel hope,a Harvard poll has said.]]
- Amid apprehensions that Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn may shy away from its proposed $5 billion investment in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said the company is “not going anywh...
- Amid calls from some quarters for boycott of Chinese goods in ongoing Diwali season, China on Thursday said any such move will negatively impact the India-bound investments from its enterprises and also the bilateral cooperation between the two countries.]]
- Amid escalating conflict in Yemen, UN-associated migration agency launches 150 million regional appeal
- Amid increasing instances of ceasefire violation by Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh on Saturday said troops along the border are alert and giving a befitting reply to t...
- Amid Infighting, Mulayam Gives CM Akhilesh's Yash Bharti Awards Function a Miss
- Amid rising Indo-Pak tension, Navy plans major drill
- Amidst rising worries about the plunging value of Tata Group companies after Cyrus Mistry was shown the door earlier in the week, interim chairman Ratan Tata on Thursday met VK Sharma, the acting chairman of LIC which is one of the major investors in Tata companies.]]
- Amidst the escalating tension between India and Pakistan, the Border Security Force (BSF) will not be exchanging sweets with the Pakistan Rangers at the Attari-Wagah Border today on the occasion of Diwali.This move by the BSF is in protest to the ...
- Amid the continuing ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along LoC, Home Minister Rajnath Singh...
- A minor girl received multiple injuries in mortar shelling reported from the Pakistani side on Friday morning along the Line-of-Control (LoC) in Sunderbani and ]]
- a Mistake
- Amit Mishra's magic helps India crush Kiwis to clinch ODI series
- Amit Mishra leaves New Zealand reeling; India win series
- Amit Mishra produced a magical spell to claim 5 for 18 as India clinched five-match ODI series 3-2 with a thumping 190-run victory in the final game, here today.It was a perfect Diwali gift for the In...
- Amit Mishra spins India to 3-2 series win
- Amit Mishra spins web as Team India crush Black Caps by 190 runs, win series 3-2
- Amit Shah Meets BJP Leaders, Union Minister Piyush Goyal in Gujarat
- Amkette Trubeats Sonix review: Good for an entry level speaker
- Amnesty Allows US-led Coalition to Use Phosphorus in Iraq if ‘It Absolutely Necessary’
- A model of MBDA Italia's Marte ER anti-ship missile. Firing trials of an all-up round are planned before 2020". Source: Luca Peruzzi
- A model of the Italian Navy's future high-speed multipurpose vessel, on display at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris. The two vessels are now in build. Source: Luca Peruzzi
- Among the robots on display at thge conference in Beijing was, Jia Jia , the brain child of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China.
- Ample liquidity in the banking system has prompted State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Corporation Bank to pare their marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by up to 15 basis points. Ind...
- Amritsar [India] Oct. 30 (ANI): Amidst the escalating tension between India and Pakistan, the Border Security Force (BSF) will not be exchanging sweets with the Pakistan Rangers at the Attari-Wagah Border today on the occasion of Diwali.
- A M Singhvi says that the balance of convenience is in favour of a stay and the company was willing to remit the weekly collection in an escrow account
- An AI Pioneer Is Launching a Deep-Learning Incubator
- An airstrike in Afghanistan on Friday hit the home of a Taliban commander in the eastern province of Nangarhar and caused several civilian casualties, government and insurgent spokesmen said.]]
- An alarming rise in hate speech and incitement to violence against certain ethnic groups in South Sudan has prompted the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, to issue a warning that if the community and political leaders at the highest levels do not rein it in, mass atrocities in the country could erupt.
- An Alaska police officer shot in the line of duty two weeks ago has died of complications after surgery.
- An Al-Shabaab terrorist militant was killed by Somali National Army forces in Hodan district, Benadir region.
- Analysts and industry insiders said the No 1 carrier is better positioned than any other incumbent to counter newest operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, in the coming quarters when the real impact of the latter’s 4G launch is likely to intensify.
- Anand Rathi recommends buy on M&M Financial, NMDC, ITC
- An animal trainer had to fight off a tiger after it grabbed and dragged her across the cage at the Pensacola Interstate Fair in Florida. HLN's Erica Hill reports.
- An army jawan was on Friday killed in an encounter with terrorists who later mutilated his body near the Line of Control (LoC) in Machil sector of Kupwara district of Kashmir.]]
- An artificial intelligence system which correctly predicted the primaries as well as the last three U.S. presidential elections has forecast a win for Donald Trump.
- An artist's impression of a newly discovered dinosaur, Murusraptor barrosaensis.
- An artist's impression of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider bomber aircraft, the contract for which the GAO said was awarded for the lowest priced offering. Source: USAF
- A NASA-developed tool that private industry and other agency centers now use to plot a mission’s path to far-flung interplanetary destinations has gotten significantly more proficient and can now even reveal — sometimes in just a matter of minutes — the specifics of the spacecraft’s mission and elements of the system design.
- An Australian former Miss Universe said Saturday that Donald Trump had always treated her with respect after a video emerged of an embarrassing exchange between the pair in Sydney in 2011.
- An avalanche of earnings announcements added to concerns about the health of European companies, with the region’s shares slipping for five days straight.
- Ancient Technology Feeds the Need for Salt in 1916
- and accused India of involving in "
- Andhra Pradesh govt approves four mega project proposals
- Andhra Pradesh special development package to be operationalised soon: Arun Jaitley
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- and peace and stability of the border areas could be affected if it allows Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing claims is part of southern Tibet.
- and recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the slogan of 'Jai Sree Ram' at the recent Dusherra funtion in Lucknow.
- ... and they got it as he used his strategy for a good date: Don’t stay in one spot. Did it work?
- and told Barack Obama to "
- An early flight test of the VARS system, which Cobham is developing for Bell Boeing. A second phase of development is now under way, and a third and final phase will be completed by 2018. Source: Boeing
- An economically viable model to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been developed to thwart runaway, point-of-no-return global warming. The researchers propose using a “bioenergy-biochar system” that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in an environmental pinch, until other removal methods become economically feasible and in regions where other methods are impractical.
- An enormous Antarctic bay, home to penguins and killer whales, became the world's largest protected marine area on Friday.
- An enormous Antarctic bay, home to penguins and killer whales, became the world's largest protected marine area on Friday.]]
- A new kind of bioluminescent sensor causes individual brain cells to imitate fireflies and glow in the dark. The probe is a genetically modified form of luciferase, the enzyme that a number of other species including fireflies use to produce light.
- A new kind of gamma ray camera has been invented that can image beams of energetic electrons inside ultra-hot fusion plasma, report scientists.
- A new lab technique has been created that may aid the development and success rate of an important anti-cancer treatment, report scientists.
- A new national poll that was taken before Friday's bombshell announcement that the FBI was reviewing emails related to Hillary Clinton's private server finds the Democratic nominee and Donald Trump in a tight race.
- A new round of US election polls appear to send mixed signals about the state of the race to the White House, with one showing less than a one-point gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
- A new survey by the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope indicates that halos around quasars are far more common than expected. The properties of the halos in this surprising find are also in striking disagreement with currently accepted theories of galaxy formation in the early Universe. An international collaboration of astronomers, led by […]
- An eye each of two persons had to be surgically removed after they developed complications following an alleged botched-up cataract operation at a private hospital.]]
- Angela Merkel calls for Facebook and Google to make algorithms public
- Anger management: How India’s political families have handled internal strife
- Anil Kumble's Support During Lean Phase Helped Me, Says Amit Mishra
- An image of a pair of lady's legs has gone viral on Twitter after users struggled to figure out what was deceiving about the limbs. Twitter user @msbreeezyyy shared the mind-boggling image and it quickly went viral, amassing over 5,000 retweets and comments by baffled users. 'Once you see it you can't unsee it', she captioned the image.
- An important new tool has been created for controlling fusion plasmas that are hotter than the sun. Changing the way the current system operates is a significant effort, considering the size and complexity of each beam system, say scientists.
- An Indian soldier's rights should take precedence over those of terrorists, says Union Minister Jitendra Singh
- An indirect effect of climate change may be causing intensely cold winters in the UK and US, a study suggests. Warming in the Arctic is thought to be influen...
- An influential Turkish opposition lawmaker was shot and injured today by unidentified assailants who attacked him in a restaurant, according to the Anadolou news agency.
- An international team of researchers has calculated the dimensions of the rocky exoplanet, along with the properties of its surface, finding it may have features that favour the ability to support life.
- An investigation into the water leak in Tim Kopra’s Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) – which forced the early termination of EVA-35 in January – has revealed no hardware…
- An investigation into the water leak in Tim Kopra’s Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) – which forced the early termination of EVA-35 in January – has revealed no hardware issues with the suit. The news comes as the ISS gears up for a series of critical EVAs that will replace the batteries on the Station’s solar arrays.
- An investigation reveals Facebook lets marketers exclude users by 'ethnic affinity'. Those purchasing targeted ads on the site can block specific race using Facebook's 'Detailed Targeting' form.
- An Iraqi Federal Police vehicle passes through a checkpoint in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016.
- An Israeli company says a super-efficient engine it has created could drastically reduce fuel consumption and help power an auto industry revolution as manufacturers search for environmentally sound alternatives.
- Annik appoints Denise Saidy as Sales Director
- An Odisha organisation is working hard to preserve traditional foods and prevent the mainstream from swallowing up local knowledge systems
- A note probes why value investing may not consistently generate healthy returns in India unlike the west where this investment style is a proven effective.
- Another government official said that pending a decision, the government may seek special dividend from the firm.
- Ansar Dine Claims Bombing a French Vehicle Near Abeibara (Mali)
- Antarctica to have world's largest marine reserve
- Antarctic Ocean: World's largest marine park
- Anthony Davis and James Harden shine in their openers, but only one is primed for success
- Anti-Pakistan protests by Baloch break-out in Lahore
- Any honest agenda for improving health care must begin with removing Obamacare and replacing it with patient-centered reforms.
- Any kind of rapprochement – however unlikely – between Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal could come, literally, as a breath of fresh air for Delhiites.]]
- A pair of airstrikes targeting a Yemeni prison killed dozens of inmates Saturday, the nation's Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry said.
- A Pakistani court on Friday sent the iconic Afghan girl Sharbat Gula to jail on 14-day remand as she appeared before the Judicial Magistrate after charged with having fake Pakistani identity card. ...
- A Pakistani prosecutor says National Geographic's famed green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' has made her first appearance before a court, insisting she did not fraudulently obtain Pakistani ...
- A pall of gloom descended on the native village of Army jawan Mandeep, who was killed by terrorists in Macchil sector in Jammu and Kashmir on.]]
- A Pennsylvania gun shop has taken out an ad in a newspaper saying Muslims and supporters of Hillary Clinton need not shop there. “We do not feel safe selling to terrorists,” the ad running in local newspapers – and pinned to the shop’s door – says.
- A person familiar with the case says top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin wasn’t a regular user of the computer that belongs to her estranged husband, ex-congressman Anthony Weiner.
- A phishing email sent to Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta may have been so sophisticated that it fooled the campaign's own IT staffers, who at one point advised him it was a legitimate warning to change his password.
- A piece of pixelated history: The 176 original emoji become part of the Museum of Modern Art’s collection
Sunday, October 30, 2016
General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-10-30 01:00
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