General Knowledge and Current Affairs Pack 2016-11-02 01:00

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2. After getting lab results concerning the mysterious Roman sword, Rick, Marty and the team meet with a pair of treasure hunters who believe the Oak Island treasure lies north of the Money Pit.
3. After Imran Khan withdraws lockdown, opposition leaders call him 'defeated captain' who's 'surrendered'
4. After India, European Union to probe Wanbury Pharma for illegal export
5. Aftermath of earthquake in central Italian Umbria region
6. After much anticipation, California-based Apple today released the first Beta version of its iOS 10.2 software update, to registered developers, including 72 new emoji.
7. After recommending Rs 3,050-cr penalty on Airtel, Vodafone & Idea Cellular, the regulator Telecom asked incumbent telecom operators to resolve the issue of the PoIs with newcomer RJio
8. After the closure of the "jungle," the Calais migrant camp, thousands of migrants are now camping at the Stalingrad metro station. CNN's Melissa Bell reports.
9. After the Collapsed US-Russia Agreement, Advantage Assad
10. After the country came under fire from several cyber attacks recently, it has announced ...
11. Agency experts believe that the increase in the holding's profits will lead to a sustainable improvement of its financial profile
12. A gender-wise analysis shows that 85% male and 63% female employees feel th...
13. A.G. Perarivalan, one of the life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has lodged a complaint with the Maharashtra State Information Commission (SIC) seeking action against the Public Info...
14. Agricultural fires in full swing in the Punjab region of India.
15. Agricultural Season In Full Swing in India
16. AgriGold agent commits suicide
17. A group of ex-servicemen, which has been leading the protest at Jantar Mantar over One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, today distanced itself from the suicide of veteran Ram Kishan Grewal and said the issue should not be politicised.
18. A hard-up mayor has come up with a novel way of easing the budget squeeze -- he's planning to sell his own office.
19. Ahead of likely US inventory data release
20. Ahead of the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, Putin plans to shore up national unity.
21. A Himachal Pradesh-based group of rights campaigners on Wednesday opposed a state government drive to evict forest dwellers under the garb of a high court order.
22. AIADMK groupism to the fore in govt. function
23. Aim is to win over the Kapu community, says a party leader
24. AI mulls leasing Dorniers to boost regional services
25. AINC seeks CBI inquiry into Bhopal ‘encounter’
26. AirAsia India is investigating certain former employees over irregular personal expense claims, the aviation joint venture of Tata Sons and Malaysian airline AirAsia Bhd said in a statement on Monday.]]
27.     AirAsia India probing financial fraud after Mistry allegations
28. AirAsia talking to several potential buyers for leasing unit
29. Airbiquity, Harman Team Up On Intrusion Detection System For Connected Vehicles
30.     Airbus Defence & Space has signed an agreement with Canadian firm PAL Aerospace that will see PAL's United Arab Emirates (UAE) joint venture perform in-service support for Airbus C295 aircraft. 
31. Airbus Defence & Space, PAL Aerospace sign GCC C295 agreement
32. Airbus Defence & Space, PAL Aerospace sign GCC C295 agreement"
33. Air Force Academy Sponsoring Workshop to Develop Cyber Training Model
34. Air India mulls leasing Dorniers to boost regional services
35. Air pollution during this Diwali was worse than the previous two years with even the 24-hour average of respirable pollutants breaching the safe standards by multiple times, as per data released by the Delhi government.
36. Air pollution in Delhi soared to alarmingly high levels during Diwali celebrations on Sunday. In the capital city and nearby areas in Uttar Pradesh, people woke up to dense smog, with pollution at dangerous "severe" levels in the morning after ...
37. Air pollution in Varanasi reached dangerous levels during the festival of Diwali, a report said on Wednesday.
38. Airport MRT could be launched in first half of 2017: minister
39. Airshow China 2016: More firepower for Chinese ATVs
40. Airshow China 2016: NORINCO lifts lid on 40 mm case telescoped weapon
41. Airtel hopeful of ‘objective outcome’ on PoI penalty issue: Airtel
42. Airtel to counter Reliance Jio with a big bang VoLTE launch
43. Airtel to counter Reliance Jio with a big bang VoLTE launch, awards $60-mn nationwide contract to Nokia
44. Airtel to watch Jio before taking rate cut plunge; Vodafone invests in 3G, 4G networks
45. Aishwarya’s 10 Best Looks Of The Year
46. Ajanta Pharma launches Amlodipine Olmesartan Medoxomil Tablets
47. A Japanese architect has created what may be the most accurate map of the world. Hajime Narukawa used a new map (main) making method called AuthaGraph that divides the globe into 96 triangles, transfers them a tetrahedron and unfold it to be a rectangle - all while keeping the landmasses and seas proportioned. Narukawa created this map to solve the 447 year old problem that the Mercator map (inset) created, which greatly distorts Antarctica and Greenland.
48. Ajay Thakur's left-foot hands India Kabaddi World Cup 2016
49. A jihadist advised on the best location in movie theaters to place explosives, as well as the typo of material to use for a particular effect.
50. Ajinomoto, PepsiCo vying to buy into Africa's Promasidor: Sources
51. Ajit Singh re-elected RLD chief
52. A judicial was arrested for taking bribe and delaying the legal case of an individual in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local officials said Tuesday. Officials provincial ...
53. A junior minister and the Rajya Sabha secretariat are at variance on the status of an amendment to a bill to protect whistle blowers, a measure that many say dilutes the law and should thus be referred to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha.
54. Akhilesh is giving final touches to his rath yatra, which will begin from Lucknow on Thursday and pass through Unnao enroute to Kanpur
55. Akhileshs Minister likens him to Sher Shah Suri
56. Alert users! Google just released a critical vulnerability in Windows
57. Alibaba-backed Lazada to buy Singapore online grocer RedMart
58. All 33 people trapped underground after an explosion rocked a coal mine in southwest China were today declared dead as bodies of the remaining 15 missing miners in the latest mine accident to hit the world's top coal producing nation were retrieved ...
59. All decisions on Tata-Docomo deal were taken with approval of Tata Sons Board and actions were consistent with every such collective decision, it added.
60. All decisions on Tata-DoCoMo deal were taken with approval of Tata Sons Board and actions were consistent with every such collective decision, the statement added.]]
61. Allegations of Docomo handled without consulting Tata Sons "baseless": Mistry
62. Alleging "political vendetta" in the recent encounter killing of eight SIMI activists in Bhopal, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today said many questions remained unanswered.
63. All field offices have been directed by Central PF Commissioner to make special arrangements to meet this deadline
64. All political parties must help Kashmir get back to normalcy: Expert
65. All-rounder Hardik Pandya was the lone new face even as senior speedster Ishant Sharma made a comeback, after recovering from Chikungunya, in the 15-member Indian Test squad announced today for the first two matches against England starting November ...
66. AlMasdarNews reports: The Syrian Arab Army’s “Tiger Forces” have been tasked to lead the new Aleppo offensive that is expected…
67. Almost 71% of participants polled by ETMarkets.com in the survey said global markets could take it negatively and the S&P BSE Sensex might fall 2 to 4%.
68. Almost one in seven children across the world live in areas with the most toxic air pollution levels - six or more times higher than international guidelines, experts from UNICEF claim.
69. Almost one in seven children breathing heavily toxic air – UNICEF report
70. A look at 11 real estate hotspots across India
71. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) released a video of Iulian Gherguţ, Romanian security officer who was kidnapped in Burkina Faso in April 2015.
72.     Al-Shabaab terrorists reportedly on Tuesday morning beheaded five innocent Somali civilians in Tiyeeglow district in Bakool region.
73. Also, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was not allowed to meet the bereaved family and later detained at Mandir Marg Police Station for 'disruption of duty' ANI Photo
74. Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is most commonly guided by angiography alone, results from a new study investigating adjunctive imaging modalities showed that the use of a novel optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based stent sizing strategy results in similar minimal stent area (MSA) compared to intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided PCI. Imaging-guided PCI (with both OCT and IVUS) also resulted in improved stent expansion and acute stent-based procedural success compared to angiography-guided PCI.
75. A man killed his 40-year-old elder brother over a property dispute at Perdoor village coming under the Hiriyadka police station limits on October 31.According to the police, Manjunath Mogera (40) and ...
76. Amaravathi Heritage Town gearing up for a different fest from November 14 to 19
77. A massive legal literacy campaign under the aegis of Adilabad District legal Services Authority will be conducted on Novermber 2 and 3 in all the four districts which had formed the undivided Adilabad...
78.     A mathematical model suggests that designing cities with three-pronged intersections could cut congestion – but might increase the risk of getting lost     
79. Amazon Acquires Publishing Business of Westland
80. Amazon's expensive India bet doubles its international biz loss to $541M in Q3
81. Amber Rudd and 10 Cabinet members under fire for giving Keith Vaz scrutiny role on prisons policy
82. A meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee on Thursday last week turned into a brawl as the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) controlled committee approved an amendment to the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法), despite objections from other parties. 
83. Amend Constitution to give primacy to regional languages: Siddaramaiah
84. America and Lackeys Insult People of the World
85. America Divided part 3: the gender gap - how the most divisive of elections is being played out as a battle between husbands and wives
86. America Is Better Without Borders
87. 'American dream itself is at stake'
88. American equity firm Providence to acquire direct 4.8% stake in Indus Towers
89. American influence on African culture [This Is Culture]
90. America's economists on college campuses have no love for Donald Trump.<img
91. America's first woman president could remain a dream, thanks to the FBI
92. Amid closure of mandis and absence of buying support, both pulses and pulse seeds remained stable with chana (kanta) in private trading being quoted at ₹9,600-9,700 a quintal, while chana (desi) rule...
93. Amid controversy over the "encounter" killing of eight alleged SIMI terrorists by Madhya Pradesh Police, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan took a dig at opposition parties saying that for them "human rights are only for terrorists," while "the lives of soldiers don't matter."]]
94. Amid high drama, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were today detained at the RML Hospital here after they tried to meet the family of an ex-serviceman who allegedly committed suicide over the OROP ...
95. Amid profit-booking by speculators at existing levels, copper futures fell 0.47 per cent to Rs 327.80 per kg today even as metal strengthened overseas.
96. Amid Rise in Atrocity Crimes, Speakers Urge Universal Support for International Criminal Court as General Assembly Considers Judicial Body’s Annual Report
97. Amid slowdown, Lodha, Oberoi, Wadhwa clock record home sales in Mumbai
98. Amidst speculation that a grand alliance is on the cards in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh to halt the progress of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the assembly polls scheduled next year, the Janata Dal (United) on Wednesday said ...
99. Amidst uncertainty of repatriation of over 31,000 Reang tribal refugees, living in Tripura for the past 19 years, Mizoram government officials on Wednesday began their identification.
100. Amid Tata-Mistry row, Tata Power today said it has discharged all legal and fiduciary obligations in connection with its Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP). “This (Mundra UMPP) project was bid...
101. Amira has fallen head over heels in love with Kerala and her three weeks’ stay here has proved too short to her liking. She has already made up her mind to come back to the State with her family.Amira...
102. AMISOM Deputy Force Commander Maj. Gen. Nakibus Lakara Receives Grand Send Off in Somalia after Tour of Duty
103. AMISOM’s KDF Troops Kill More than 100 Al-Shabaab Terrorists in Afmadhow, Lower Jubba Somalia
104. Amit Mishra leaves New Zealand reeling; India win series
105. Amit Shah confident that Akali Dal- BJP will form Govt. again in Punjab
106. A model from Moody's Analytics, that has correctly predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential race since Ronald Reagan, based on three economic and three political factors, forecasts a Hillary Clinton victory over Donald Trump.
107. Amritsar (Punjab)[India], Nov. 1 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah on Tuesday said that he has full faith in the leadership of Sardar Prakash Singh Badal and expressed confidence that the Akali Dal-BJP Government will again be formed in 2017.
108. A Mumbai-based director has completed the month-long shooting of his debut film in Kashmir despite the ongoing unrest, which has adversely affected life including the tourism sector.
109. A Mumbai-bound flight turned around and returned to Kempegowda International Airport a few minutes after its departure on Tuesday morning.The Air India flight took off from the airport at 6.45 a.m. Ne...
110. Amy Schumer buys USD 12.1 million NYC penthouse
111. An advisory issued by the American Embassy here warned its citizens of an increased threat in places frequented by Westerners in the country.]]
112. An advisory issued by the American Embassy warned its citizens of an increased threat in places frequented by Westerners
113. An Afghan woman immortalised on a National Geographic magazine cover is to be freed on bail days after being arrested in Pakistan for fraud, a government minister said on Sunday.]]
114. analyses the extent to which the country will move away from its post-Soviet isolation and embrace reform, as well as improve external relations.
115. Analysing a leaked cache of Islamic State’s personnel records that was recently made available to researchers, a new World Bank analysis has found the factors most strongly associated with foreign ind...
116. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple will be dropping the price of its new MacBook series in 2017, bring 32GB RAM
117. An ambitious programme to revive Kattakayal Lake at Shakthikulangara in the city was launched by Mayor V. Rajendrababu on the occasion of State Formation Day on Tuesday.The programme christened Kattak...
118. An analysis of exports up to August this calendar as per the data available with Tea Board shows an increase in all three parameters – quantity, unit price and the value – over the same period of 201...
119. An Army official said some gunshots were exchanged at the start of the operation which is ongoing when reports last came in.
120. A Nasty Campaign
121. An Australian hiker who went missing in Malaysia two weeks ago has been found alive, authorities told CNN.
122. An Australian man who was reported missing for two weeks and "covered in leeches" in a Malaysian jungle was rescued and said he survived by eating wild plants.
123. An Australian man who was reported missing for two weeks and "covered in leeches" in a Malaysian jungle was rescued and said he survived by eating wild plants.]]
124. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have jointly topped the ease of doing business ranking while Gujarat has slipped to the third position in the list prepared by the World Bank and DIPP.]]
125. Andhra woman player S. Meghana, who has been consistently performing in the Indian domestic circuit, has been selected as a member of the Indian women’s team against world champions West Indies in the...
126. Andrew Yule & Company to hold board meeting
127. An election judge in Texas has been fired for a Facebook post that included a racial slur.
128. an essay on The Register this morning reports computers having been attacked in the medical NHS system: disrupting DYN was, as the British would say "a damn nuisance".    messing with medical systems is beyond...
129. A new anthology seeks to examine all aspects of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by combining non-fiction pieces with fictional stories.
130. A new approach has been developed to combat diseases caused by herpesvirus infections, including everything from cold sores to cancer.
131. A new cell phone app specializing in sports injury detection captured 99 percent more physical and mental health symptoms for college athletes than traditional sports medicine surveillance, according to new research.
132. A new documentary reveals secret audio tapes of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il talking openly about his frustrations with the country's propaganda and film production.
133. A new report offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of the legal, policy and technological contexts that surround private sector cybersecurity and active defense measures to improve U.S. responses to evolving threats.
134. A new study by UK based Which? found that while Apple and Samsung may dominate smartphone technology and sales, the brands came behind the HTC 10 in terms of battery life.
135. A new study examines the use of social media platforms to inform young physicians about proper use of antimicrobial agents such as antibiotics. Currently, as much as 50 percent of all antibiotic use is inappropriate, leading to such unintended consequences such as antibiotic toxicity and increased antimicrobial resistance. Ensuring optimal use of antibiotics continues to be a central public health concern, and medical residents are a central focus of efforts to improve education in this field. But the question remains as to the best way to reach them.
136. A new study says that women, following a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, might undergo post-traumatic stress disorder.The team behind the research from Imperial College, London stated that the findings suggest women should be routinely screened ...
137. A new study shows that stimulation of the brain impacts on endurance exercise performance by decreasing perception of effort.The research led by the University of Kent examined the effect of a technique called transcranial direct-current stimulation ...
138. An ex-army man who was part of the protest to demand One Rank One Pension for the armed forces committed suicide by consuming poison on Tuesday evening in a park here, police said on Wednesday.
139. An ex-serviceman allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison over the issue of One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP) here.
140. An ex-serviceman allegedly committed suicide over the issue of One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP) here, police said today.
141. An ex-serviceman allegedly committed suicide over the issue of One Rank One Pension scheme, triggering a political row with Rahul Gandhi and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia rushing to hospital where they were prevented from seeing the ...
142. An ex-serviceman from Haryana on Wednedsay committed suicide at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi over One Rank One Pension.
143. Angad Nayar Sudarsan and Avantika Sivaraman from Tamil Nadu are in the Top in World range in the 2016 Cambridge Examinations
144. A night of melodies to look forward to
145. Anil Swarup says Central Electricity Authority's review of 40 plants with less than 15 days of stock is on account of excessive rain and the stock is being replenished
146. an Indian conspiracy&quot
147. An Indian-origin teenager has been arrested in the US for carrying out a cyberattack that swamped Arizona's emergency...
148. An Indian-origin teenager has been arrested in the US for carrying out a cyberattack that swamped Arizona's emergency services with several bogus calls, an incident he claimed was a non-harmful joke gone wrong.
149. A nine-year-old boy from Bhubaneswar has made it to ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ for his excellent drumming skills. A class-4 student, Abhishek Sahu, developed the...
150. An Interior Ministry official in Saudi Arabia say security forces have disrupted two plots by extremists in the country, the Associated Press reported Oct. 30, and arrested eight suspected members of Islamic State.
151. An international collaboration of researchers has revealed how epithelial cell extrusion is regulated by cell density, explains a new report.
152. An international team of physicists has developed a pioneering approach to using Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs)—the highest energy particles in nature since the Big Bang—to study particle interactions far beyond the reach of human-made accelerators.
153. An Iraqi-led offensive is underway to reclaim the largest region of Iraq under ISIS control.
154.     An Iraqi special forces general says his troops are holding their positions along Mosul's eastern outskirts as poor weather hampers visibility in operations to rout Islamic State fighters from the country's second-largest city
155. An Iraqi special forces general says his troops are holding their positions along Mosul's eastern outskirts as poor weather hampers visibility in operations to rout Islamic State fighters from the country's second-largest city.
156. Anniversary celebrations of NGO begin
157.     Anonymous Speech Is More Important Than Ever. TED Proves It   
158. Anonymous Speech Is More Important Than Ever. TED Proves It
159. A notable feature of the Paris Agreement is how quickly it was ratified by China, India and other emerging countries, which were not required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the previous accord, the Kyoto Protocol. Their eager participation ...
160.     Ansar Dine attacks have killed dozens of innocent civilians, soldiers and UN peacekeepers this year.
161. Ansar Dine rejected allegations that it agreed to cease attacks in Mali, and instead, declared that it will continue jihad, and called on Muslims to…
162.     Ansar Dine Rejects Allegations of Ceasefire with Malian Government   
163. Ansar Dine Rejects Allegations of Ceasefire with Malian Government
164. Anthem Breach Victims Go To Court Over Cybersecurity Audit Release
165. Anton Yelchin's photos to go on display
166. Ant wants to help its partners connect, building a platform where Indian Paytm users can buy goods through Ascend's network in Thailand, and vice versa
167. An ultrasensitive paper chip developed by Indian scientists can detect minute amounts of ketamine, a date rape drug, in a jiffy, in biological samples as well as in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, a researcher said on Wednesday.
168. An uneasy calm prevailed on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu on Wednesday.
169. An uneasy calm prevailed on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu on Wednesday, a day after eight civilians were killed and 24 injured in Pakistan targeting of civilian facilities.
170. Any perception that the central bank's freedom of action face threat would be a sharp negative for investors
171. Aoun, who is in his 80s, secured the presidency by winning the support of 83 MPs, well above the absolute majority of 65 needed to win, according to a tally of votes read out in a televised broadcast from parliament.
172. 'A pair of J-20 stealth fighter jets fly at the China's International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, China's Guangdong province, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. (Chinatopix Via AP)'
173. A Pakistani court has barred the opposition party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan from holding planned anti-government street rallies in Islamabad.]]
174. A Pakistani court on Monday granted opposition politician Imran Khan permission to hold anti-government protests in Islamabad this week.
175. A Pakistani court today denied bail to an Afghan woman who was immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine in the 1980s and arrested last week on fraud charges, days after the Interior Minister indicated she may soon be released on ...
176. A Pakistani court today rejected the bail plea of an Afghan woman who was immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine in the 1980s and arrested last week on fraud charges.
177. A person committed suicide on Tuesday morning by jumping before a train in Rajamahendravaram.According to the railway police, Kancharla Ramu (36), who worked as AgriGold Agent, was allegedly facing pr...
178. A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking an enquiry by the Election Commission into the expenditure of candidates of AIADMK and DMK in Thanjavur and Aravakurichi Assembly constituencies prior to cancellation of the elections in May ...
179. A piece of torn notebook paper helped free a Louisiana woman who was held against her will in a trailer, police said.
180. A placeholder date of December 17 was cited on planning Cape documentation over a week ago. The mission was cited as for Echostar-23, although – as expected – SpaceX is yet to provide specifics to its upcoming manifest until after the AMOS-6 investigation has concluded.
181. A possible mechanism behind the fibrosis that occurs in scleroderma has now been identified, a mechanism, researchers say, that may one day lead to a treatment for the disease.
182. A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake rocked central Italy on Sunday morning, according to the US Geological Survey, in the strongest tremor to hit the country in 36 years.
183. Apparently, Sharif instead of appointing a full minister decided to reduce the influence of this important ministry by placing a junior minister as its head.
184. Apple and Microsoft introduce new ways to interact with devices, Tesla now makes solar panels that tdouble as roof tiles, and LG decides it’s okay to lose friends - this is the tech news for the week
185. Apple drops iconic Mac startup sound from new MacBook Pro
186. Apple is still pretty. But it's also becoming relentlessly practical.
187. Apple just killed the function keys on its MackBooks and now it has another victim - the startup chime. The sounds has been removed because the laptops boot up when the lid opens.
188. Apple kills off the chime - New MacBook ditches the iconic startup noise first introduced by Steve Jobs in 1987 for silence
189. Apple kills off the chime - New MacBooks ditch the iconic startup noise for silence
190. Apple kills off the startup chime in the latest MacBooks
191. Apple MacBook Pro Adapter Guide: Thunderbolt 3 Accessories You Will Need
192. Apple MacBook Pro to get price cut in 2017, 32GB RAM variant: Report
193. Apple reveals why MacBook Pro isn't all 'touch-screen'
194. Apple to cut prices of its new MacBook Pro in 2017, launch 32GB RAM model
195.