Tuesday 31 January 2017

IDBI Bank Specialist Officers (SO) 2016-17 Recruitment Out


IDBI Bank invites applications from eligible and suitable candidates for the Recruitment of Specialist Officers in Deputy General Manager (DGM) - Grade ‘D’, Assistant General Manager (AGM) – Grade ‘C’ & Manager – Grade ‘B’ (2016-17). Interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria may apply online.

Important Dates:


OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION 

BANKING VOCAB

1. Disseminate (V):- cause to become widely known, 
Synonyms:  broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread.
Uses: After win of Narendra Modi in the general election , it would not take long for the media to disseminate the results to living rooms around the world.

2. Repudiate (V):- refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.
Synonyms: disown, renounce, reject, abandon, forswear
Uses: The actress used the interview to repudiate claims of alcohol abuse.

3. Connundrum (N):- A riddle whose answer contain a pun; a difficult problem.
Synonyms: enigma, riddle, perplexity.
Uses: what is the difference between a jewller and a jailer? 'One sells the watches and the other watches the cell :)

4. Consecrate (V):- to cause to be revered, honoured or treated as sacred; dedicated to a sacred purpose.
Synonyms: hallowed, sacral, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified.
Uses: The church was consecrated in 1234. 

5. Placebo (N):-  a substance which does not have any pharmacological effect but is administered to satisfy a patient who supposes it to be a real medicine.
Uses: The study indicated that sixty-five percent of the patients recovered when given a placebo.

6. Conscientious (Adj) :- characterized by extreme care and great effort.
Synonyms: painstaking, scrupulous, arduous, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome, strenuous.
Uses: He received the employee of the year award because he was conscientious and hardworking.

7. Expostulation (N) :- the act of objecting; the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.
Synonyms: objection, remonstrance, remonstration, demonstration.
Uses: The Prime minister went out of his way to expostulate his displeasure towards those who vandalized the church.

8. Abstemious (Adj.):- sparing in consumption of especially food and drink.
Synonyms: abstinent, abstentious, abstain.
Uses: The best way to avoid becoming obese is by being abstemious and only eating what is necessary to survive.

9. Brusque (Adj.):- Rough and abrupt in manner.
Synonyms: curt, terse, laconic, uncivil.
Uses: Because they are so busy, bank clerks often appear brusque.

10. Clandestine (Adj.):- Kept secret for a purpose, often for something illicit or evil.
Synonyms: secret, furtive, stealthy, surreptitious, underhand.

Sunday 29 January 2017

DHFWS Hisar Jobs 2017

 DEIC Manager, Optometrist & Other Posts: District Health & Family Welfare Society District (DHFWS), Hisar has issued a notification for the recruitment of DEIC Manager, Early Interventionist cum special educator, Audiologist Cum Speech Therapist & Optometrist vacancies under DEIC (District Early Intervention Centre), Civil Hospital, Hisar on contract basis. Eligible candidates send their application in the prescribed format on or before 09-02-2017 by 05.00 PM. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, application fee & how to apply are given below…

DHFWS Hisar Vacancy Details:
Total No.of Posts: 04
Name of the Post:
1. DEIC manager: 01 Post
2. Early Interventionist cum special educator: 01 Post
3. Audiologist Cum Speech Therapist: 01 Post
4. Optometrist: 01 Post

Age Limit: Candidates age should be between 18-55 years.

Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess MPH/ MBA (Health)/ MDRA/ MHA for S.No-1, B.Ed Special Education/ BRT/ BMR/ M.Sc Disability Studies (Early Intervention)/ PGDEI for S.No-2, B.A.S.L.P/ B.Sc (Speech &Hearing)/ B.Sc. ASLP and registered with RCI for S.No-3 & Diploma/ Degree in optometry course from a recognized institution for S.No-4. For more information refer the notification.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on computer test followed by interview.

Application Fee: Candidates should pay Rs. 100/- for each post (non-refundable) in form of Bank demand draft in favour of Chairman, Distt. Health & Family Welfare Society, Hisar. Payable at Hisar.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates send their application by giving full particulars along with contact no., email id, Postal address with pin code, two passport size photo, attested copies of Educational Qualification & Experience on or before 09-02-2017 till 05.00 PM & may attend for walk in interview on 14 & 15-02-2017 at 10.00 AM.

Important Dates:
Last Date for Submission of Application: 09-02-2017 till 05.00 PM.
Date & Time of Interview: 14 & 15-02-2017 at 10.00 AM.
Venue: DHFWS office.

For more details like salary, desirable qualification, experience & other information click on the link given below….

Click here for Recruitment Advt 

Banking vocab



1. Inculcate (V):- Teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions,
Synonyms: infuse, instill, instil, implant, fix, ingrain, infuse, impress, imprint.
Uses: My father spent most of his life trying to inculcate me with his values!

2. Fulminate (V):- To make violent or loud verbal attacks.
Synonyms: denounce, inveigh, declaim, make a stand.
Uses: He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare.

3. Fortuitous (Adj):- Occurring by chance rather than by design; Fortuitous means by chance, like a lucky accident.
Synonyms: fortunate, chance, adventitious.
Uses: If you and your best friend's families happen to go on vacation to the same place at the same time, that’s a fortuitous coincidence!

4. Flumox (Adj):- be a mystery or bewildering to.
Synonyms: amaze, baffle, bewilder, dumbfound, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stupefy.
Uses: The president’s conflicting statements left the public feeling flummoxed about the state of the country.

5. Ignominious (Adj):- deserving or bringing disgrace or shame.
Synonyms: black, disgraceful, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful dishonourable, dishonourable.
Uses: By getting drunk and dancing on table tops, a policemen displayed ignominious behaviour at the party.

6. Apparition (N):- The appearance of a ghostlike figure; something existing in perception only.
Synonyms: fantasm, phantasm, phantasms, phantom, specter.
Uses: If you see something you think might be a ghost, you can call it an apparition.

7. Impalpable (Adj) :- That what can not be felt by teaching; not perceptible to the touch.
Synonyms: imperceptible, unperceivable, intangible.
Uses: Love and emotions are impalpable things.

8. Impeccable (Adj):- Free from error, fault, or flaw.
Synonyms: Perfect, flawless, irreproachable, faultless.
Uses: In the Game Of Thrones, when assassinators were about to kill the Dragon Queen, then one of the Dragons came at the impeccable time and became the life saviour of the queen (Actually I am the one of ardent spectators of The Game of Thrones:))

9. Iniquitous (Adj):- Something that is iniquitous is extremely immoral or wicked, such as an iniquitous political regime that assassinates its enemies.
Synonyms: sinful, villainous.
Uses: Because the dictator saddam Hussain killed all his enemies, he was seen as a symbol of iniquity.

10. Inculpate (V):- suggest that someone is guilty.
Synonyms: imply, incriminate.
Uses: In the Game Of Thrones, Tyrion Lannister confessed to murder the king's hand Tywin Lannister and Inculpated his mistress in the crime

Friday 27 January 2017

Banking vocab

1. Flabbergasted (V):- to shock or surprise (someone) very much.
Synonyms: astounded, stupefied, amaze. astonish, astound, stupefy, stun.
Uses: The burglar was flabbergasted when he broke into the house and found himself surrounded by police officers.

2. Flutter (V):- move along rapidly and lightly.
Synonyms: burst, flare, outburst, flash.
Uses: My eyelashes flutter when someone blows air into my face.

3. Fatuous (Adj):– Foolish or stupid.
Synonyms: silly, foolish, brainless,stupid.
Uses: Ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their course.

4. Exacerbate – to make more violent or intense.
Synonyms: aggravate, complicate, worsen.
Uses: A misconceived plan that only exacerbated the city's traffic problem.

5. Dissonance (N):– lack of harmony or agreement.
Synonyms: conflict, dis-accord, dissent, dissidence, in-harmony.
Uses: The dissonance between what we are told and what we see with our own eyes.

6. Serendipity (N):- luck that takes the form of finding valueable or plesant thingsthat are not looked for.
Synonyms: coincidence, happenstance.
Uses:  It is merely a serendipity that he found his lost brother in the fair.

7. Convalescence (V) – the gradual return to health after illness.
Synonyms: recuperate, recover, recoup, come back.
Uses: The long months that the soldire spent in the hospital slowly convalescing.

8. Whimsical (Adj):- Unusual in a playful or amusing way; not serious.
Synonyms: Capricious, freakish, impulsive.
Uses: Its hard to make plans with such a whimsical friend.

9. Envious (Adj):– Feeling or showing a desire to have what someone else has: feeling or showing envy.
Synonyms: covetous, invidious, green-eyed, jaundiced.
Uses: In Game of Thrones, queen Cersi was being envious of growing powers of Tywin Lannisters.

10. inducement(N):- Something that gives you a reason for doing somethingand makes you want  to do it.
Synonyms: motivation, incentive, encouragement, boost, goad.
Uses: India must not live in the hope that Muslims in the country will not fall a victim to such inducements.

Tuesday 24 January 2017



*24 जनवरी की महत्त्वपूर्ण घटनाएँ*

1556 - चीन में भीषण भूकम्प में आठ लाख तीस हज़ार लोगों की मौत हुई।

1824 - रूस में पेट्रोग्राद का नाम बदलकर लेनिनग्राद कर दिया गया।

1857 - कलकत्ता विश्वविद्यालय की स्थापना।

1950 -जन गण मन को राष्ट्रगान के रूप में स्वीकार किया गया।डॉ. राजेंद्र प्रसाद स्वतंत्र भारत के प्रथम राष्ट्रपति बने।

1951 - प्रेम माथुर भारत की पहली महिला कमर्शियल पायलट बनीं।

1952 - मुम्बई में 'पहला अंतरराष्ट्रीय फ़िल्म' महोत्सव आयोजित किया गया।

1965 - ब्रिटेन के पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री सर विंस्टन चर्चिल का निधन।

1966 - एयर इंडिया का बोइंग आल्पस में दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हुआ जिसमें डॉ. होमी भाभा सहित 114 लोग मारे गये।

1973 - अमेरिका ने वियतनाम युद्ध बंद होने के साथ लाओस और कंबोडिया में भी युद्धबंदी का ऐलान किया गया।

1979 - अमेरिका ने नेवादा में परमाणु परीक्षण किया।

1989 - पेरू में सोने की खान में एक सौ से अधिक श्रमिक फँस गये।

1991 - लिथुआनिया गणराज्य ने सोवियत संघ के सैनिकों हटाने की मांग की।

1993 - सोयूज टी.एम. 16 प्रक्षेपित किया गया।

1993 - सोमालिया में अमेरिकी सैनिकों के साथ संघर्ष में तीन व्यक्ति मारे गये और अनेक घायल हो गये।

1996 - सं.रा. अमेरिका के इतिहास में पहली बार देश की प्रथम महिला हिलेरी क्लिंटन को न्यायालय में पेश होने का आदेश दिया गया।

2000 - चुनावों में दलितों का आरक्षण 10 वर्ष तक बढ़ाने हेतु संविधान के 79वें संशोधन को राष्ट्रपति की मंजूरी।

2001 - जैव सुरक्षा संधि पर भारत के हस्ताक्षर, जोसेफ काबिला के राष्ट्रपति बनने पर संसद की मंजूरी।

2002 -संयुक्त राष्ट्र महासचिव कोफी अन्नान इस्लामाबाद पहुँचे, भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच मध्यस्ता की पुन: पेशकश की, एनरान के अध्यक्ष केनेथ ली ने इस्तीफ़ा दिया।भारतीय उपग्रह इनसेट-3सी सफलतापूर्वक अपनी कक्षा में स्थापित।


2003 -उत्तर कोरिया और दक्षिण कोरिया परमाणु संकट के शांतिपूर्ण समाधान पर सहमत।भारत और फ्रांस के बीच प्रत्यर्पण संधि।

2005 -आंध्र प्रदेश के तेलगुदेशम के विधायक परिताला रवि की गोली मारकर हत्या करा दी गयी।गणतंत्र दिवस समारोह 2005 के मुख्य अतिथि भूटान नरेश जिग्मे सिंघे वांगचुक भारत पहुँचे।

2006 - कुवैत की संसद ने बीमार अमीर (शासक) को हटाया।

2007 - रूस एवं भारत के बीच एटमी रिएक्टर बनाने हेतु समझौता हुआ।

2008 -उत्तर प्रदेश में 'सैनिटेशन पॉलिसी' के लिए 'टास्क फोर्स' गठित हुई। पूर्व थल सेना अध्यक्ष जे.जे. सिंह को अरुणाचल प्रदेश का राज्यपाल बनाया गया

।अफ़ग़ानिस्तान की एक अदालत ने एक पत्रकार को इस्लाम का अपमान करने के मामले में सज़ा-ए-मौत की सज़ा सुनाई। पाकिस्तानी सेना ने दक्षिणी वजीरिस्तान में अफ़ग़ान सीमा के निकट आतंकवादियों के साथ भीषण संघर्ष में तीन इलाकों को मुक्त कराया।

2010 - वर्ष 2008 के लिए 56वें राष्ट्रीय फ़िल्म पुरस्कारों की घोषणा की गई।

*फ़िल्म 'अंतहीन' को सर्वश्रेष्ठ फीचर फ़िल्म, मराठी अभिनेता उपेंद्र लिमये को सर्वश्रेष्ठ अभिनेता और अभिनेत्री प्रियंका चोपड़ा को सर्वश्रेष्ठ अभिनेत्री चुना गया।*

श्रीबाला को तमिल फ़िल्म 'नान कादाउद' के लिए सर्वश्रेष्ठ निर्देशक पुरस्कार के लिए चुना गया।

*फरहान अख्तर की फ़िल्म 'रॉक ऑन' को सर्वश्रेष्ठ हिन्दी फ़िल्म के राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार मिला।*

2011 - मॉस्को के डोनोडिडोवो हवाई अड्डे पर बम विस्फोट से 35 लोगों की मौत, 180 घायल।

24 जनवरी को जन्मे व्यक्ति*

1943 - सुभाष घई, हिन्दी फ़िल्मों के एक निर्माता-निर्देशक

1877 - पुलिन बिहारी दास - महान स्वतंत्रता प्रेमी व क्रांतिकारी थे।

*24 जनवरी को हुए निधन*

1966 - होमी जहांगीर भाभा, भारतीय भौतिक वैज्ञानिक

2011 - भीमसेन जोशी, भारत रत्न सम्मानित शास्त्रीय

गायक1958 - चन्द्रबली पाण्डेय, प्रसिद्ध साहित्यकार

*24 जनवरी के महत्त्वपूर्ण अवसर एवं उत्सव*

24 जनवरी का दिन *राष्ट्रीय बालिका दिवस के नाम से जाना जाता है।*

इस दिन *इंदिरा गांधी पहली बार प्रधानमंत्री की कुर्सी पर बैठी थी* इसलिए इस दिन को राष्ट्रीय बालिका दिवस के रूप में मनाने का निर्णय लिया गया।

Sunday 22 January 2017

vocabulary







  1. Instrumental (adjective) – relating to measuring instruments.
  2. Aggravate (verb) – intensify, increase; worsen/compound.
  3. Rely on (phrasal verb) – depend, reckon, bank.
  4. Sea ice (noun) – it is frozen ocean water.
  5. Ice sheet (noun) –  permanent layer of ice covering polar region.
  6. Compound (verb) – intensify, increase, aggravate/worsen.
  7. Vicious (adjective) – serious, dangerous, dreadful.
  8. Dark area/surface (noun) –  area/ surface (e.g., rocks and open sea water) which leading to more solar absorption in the Arctic. These surfaces eventually uncovered by the impurities [such as dust, microorganisms, BC (black carbon) & GHGs (greenhouse gases)] melt snow or ice in Arctic.
  9. Phenomena (noun) – plural form of phenomenon (phenomenon – occurrence, event, happening).
  10. Climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
  11. Drought (noun) – dry spell/period, lack of rain, shortage of water.
  12. Biodiversity (noun) – existence of many different kinds of plants and animals in an environment (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
  13. Hearten (verb) – encourage/boost, comfort, reassure.
  14. Renege on (verb) – default on, break, withdraw/retreat from.
  15. Accord (noun) – agreement, treaty, pact/deal.
  16. Unambiguous (adjective) – undeniable, unquestionable, unarguable.
  17. Scale up (phrasal verb) – increase.
  18. Renewable energy (noun) – energy generated from the natural resources (such as water, wind, solar energy)
  19. Fossil-fuels (noun) – non renewable resources or fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are formed from buried /deposited organic materials.
  20. Credible (adjective) – convincing, acceptable; reasonable.
  21. Unlock (verb) – make something available (for use).
  22. Livestock (noun) – farm animals (cattle, goats & etc).
  23. Vulnerable (adjective) – endangered, unsafe, unprotected.














Wednesday 18 January 2017

IBPS Tentative Calendar of Online Clerk, PO, SO & RRB


Institute of Banking Personal Selection (IBPS) has Released Exam Dates Schedules Important Notification Tentative Calendar of Online CWE RRBs & PSBs for the Post of IBPS PO VII, IBPS Clerks VII, IBPS SO Specialist Officers VII and IBPS RRB VI Online Examinations 2017-18.

Important Dates :-

Published Date : 16th January 2017

RRBs – CWE RRB-VI (Officers) and CWE RRB-VI (Office Assistants):

Preliminary Examination Officer Scale I and Office Assistants : 

09.09.2017, 10.09.2017, 16.09.2017, 17.09.2017, 23.09.2017 & 24.09.2017

Single Examination : Officers Scale II & III : 05.11.2017

Main Examination Officer Scale I : 05.11.2017 

Office Assistants : 12.11.2017

PSBs – CWE PO/MT-VII & CWE CLERK-VII :

CWE PO/MT-VII Preliminary Examination 

07.10.2017, 08.10.2017, 14.10.2017 & 15.10.2017

Main Examination 26.11.2017


CWE CLERK-VII Preliminary Examination 

02.12.2017, 03.12.2017, 09.12.2017 & 10.12.2017

Main Examination 21.01.2018

PSBs – CWE SPL-VII :

CWE SPL-VII Preliminary Examination 

30.12.2017 & 31.12.2017

Main Examination 28.01.2018

View Official Tentative Calendar


Detailed Notifications
Prospective candidates are also advised to visit official website of IBPS www.ibps.in regularly for detailed notification for each of the above examinations to be displayed in due course.

CRIS RECRUITMENT


CRIS Recruitment 2017 – Apply Online for 54 Jr Software/ Network Engineer Posts: Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) has issued a notification for the recruitment of 54 Junior Software Engineer & Junior Network Engineer vacancies on contractual basis. Eligible candidates can apply online from 09-01-2017 at 10.00 AM to 08-02-2017 by 06.00 PM. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, application fee & how to apply are given below…

CRIS Vacancy Details:
Total No.of Posts: 54
Name of the Posts:
1. Junior Software Engineers: 40 Posts
2. Junior Network Engineers: 14 Posts

Age Limit: Candidates age should be between 22-28 years as on 31-12-2016. Age relaxation 05 years is applicable to SC/ ST, 03 years for OBC & 10 years for PWD as per Govt. of India instructions.

Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess B.Sc (Computer Science)/ BCA/ 3 year Diploma in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Information Technology Enabled Services & Management/ A Level examination of DOEACC for S.No-1 & 3 year Diploma in Electronics or Electronics and Communication or related subjects like Instrumentation for S.No-2.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on Online Computer Test & Merit.

Application Fee: Candidates should pay Rs. 1000/- (non-refundable) for General/ OBC candidates through Internet Banking/ Debit/ Credit Card only from State Bank Collect system of State Bank of India (SBI) website. No fee for SC/ ST/ PWD/ Women candidates.

How to Apply: Eligible candidates may apply online through the website www.cris.org.in from 09-01-2017 at 10.00 AM to 08-02-2017 by 06.00 PM.

Instructions to Apply Online:
1. Before applying online candidates should have valid e-mail id, scanned copies of all relevant certificates & photograph.
2. Log on to www.cris.org.in
3. Click on “Careers” & select the desired post.
4. Read the instructions carefully.
5. Select I Agree, Start —> Register yourself.
6. Fill the details carefully & submit the form.
7. Take print out of application for future use.

RECRUITMENT ADV
APPLY ONLINE

Monday 16 January 2017

RPSC LDC-II Result



Clerk GR II Comb. Comp. Exam Examination 2013

Result Preamble and Cutoff Marks for Clerk GR II Comb. Comp. Exam 2013(Phase I) 


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BANKING VOCAB

1. Parsimonious (Adj.):-  Very unwilling to spend money.
Synonyms - stingy; niggard; penurious.
Uses : His parsimonious nature did not permit him to enjoy any luxuries.

2. Peccadillo (Noun):- A small mistake or fault that is not regarded as very bad or serious, minor offence.
Synonyms:- Indiscretion
Uses: If we examine these escapades carefully, we will realize that they are mere peccadilloes rather than major crimes.

3. Perfidious (Adj.):- One who has a treacherous character. 
Synonyms:- treacherous; disloyal
Uses: When Caesar realized that Brutus had betrayed him, he reproached his perfidious friend.

4.Haughtiness(N): arrogance and pride
Synonyms-vanity, snobbery
Use-There was a certain haughtiness in her manner that raised the hackles of her classmates.

5.Invidious(adj): hateful, resentment
Synonyms-Obnoxious, detesable
Use-I remonstrated, rather annoyed at the invidious position she was forcing on me.

6.Jingoism(n): chauvinistic advocacy of an aggressive, warlike foreign policy.
Synonyms-belligerence, extreme
Use-The jingonism of the Nazis proved to be the undoing of Germany.

7.Exonerate(v): free from guilt, accusation
Synonyms- vindicate, absolve
Use-This is clear from the pains you took to exonerate your conscience, in your generosity to the orphans.

8.Ambiguous(adj): having two or more possible meaning
Synonyms- enigmatic, equivocal
Use-Her account was deliberately ambiguous.

9.Benign(adj): kindly
Synonyms- amiable, benevolent
Use-You would never have guessed his intentions from the benign gestures he makes.

10.Agnostic:A person who is unsure of the extistence of God but he is little flexible with respect to his beliefs

Example-Though he is an agnostic person but he has no doubt that human infants come with an enormous 'acquisitiveness' for discovering patterns".

Thursday 12 January 2017

CURRENT AFFAIRS JAN 11 2017

Health Ministry to roll out measles-rubella vaccine
The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare will roll out measles-rubella (MR) vaccine in the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) in February 2017. In addition, Pneumococcal conjugate (pneumococcal pneumonia) vaccine will also become a part of the UIP basket in three other states from March 2017. 

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s first international exchange at GIFT city
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first international exchange India INX at the International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) of GIFT (Gujarat International Financial Tech) City Gandhinagar, Gujarat. India INX is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It will enable Indian firms to compete on equal footing with offshore firms.

Indian Railways launches IRCTC Rail Connect app
The Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched new passenger mobile application named ‘IRCTC Rail Connect app’ to promote ease of ticketing through digital transactions. The new mobile-based application will replace the old existing IRCTC connect app. It has been developed for reserved booking and to increase the ease to users.

Gujarat Government launches India’s first Student Startup and Innovation Policy
Gujarat government launched India’s first student startup and innovation policy with an aims to provide Rs 200 crore in the form of grants to ideas developed by students/ The policy aims to support over 1,000 innovation per year in the state and create pre-incubation support in all universities of the state.

2017 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred 2017 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) upon 30 prominent non-resident Indians (NRI’s)/ organisations on the concluding day of 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas held in Bengaluru, Karnataka. They were presented with award for their contribution in various fields. The PBSA is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians as a part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conventions organized annually since 2003. It is awarded to Non-Resident Indians (NRIS), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) or an organization or institution established and run by the NRIs or PIOs in recognition of their outstanding achievements both in India and abroad. The award carries a bilingual Sanad (certificate), a citation, a gold medallion and a miniature of the medallion in the form of a lapel pin.

Environment, Science and Technology Current Affairs
US Researchers discover the function of human appendix
Researchers from Midwestern University have identified the function of the human appendix, often viewed as a vestigial organ with little-known use. They discovered that the human appendix has evolved at least 30 times and even possibly up to a maximum of 41 times throughout the mammalian evolution. 

New fault in Indian Ocean may trigger earthquakes in future: study
According to scientists, a new plate boundary may be forming on the floor of the Indian Ocean in Wharton Basin as a result of the 2012 earthquake that shook the Andaman-Sumatra region. The discovery was based on the study of seismic data recorded before, during and after the 2012 quakes and sea floor depth analysis by venturing into the ocean aboard a research vessel. 

Banking Business & Economy
India sixth largest manufacturing country in the world: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address at 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit announced that India is now sixth largest manufacturing country in the world up from earlier 9th position. He also called that democracy is India’s biggest strength and country’s strength lies in 3Ds — demography, democracy and demand. The 2017 Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit is being attended by global leaders, Nobel Prize winners and top industrialists from India and from other countries. Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit is a biennial business meet launched by PM Narendra Modi in 2003 when he chief minister of the state to attract investment in Gujarat. The last edition of the summit held in 2015, had drawn investment proposals of $366 billion or Rs.25 lakh crores.

Axis Bank becomes third lender to offer block chain service
Private sector Axis Bank became the third lender in the country to announce usage of block chain solutions for its operations. For this purpose, Axis Bank has tied up with fintech firm Ripple. The bank will use this upcoming technology for its cross-border remittances. India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank was the first to announce block chain solutions in for international trade finance and remittances in October 2016. It was followed up by Yes Bank (launched in January 2017) for its will be using the technology for vendor financing.

Blockchain technology: It is a decentralised digital ledger that records transactions on thousands of computers globally in such a way that the registered transactions cannot be altered retrospectively. It is a secured way of conducting online transactions and its use removes the characteristic of infinite reproducibility from a digital asset. In case of cross border remittances, its use enables instant transfer of money as against the current system that takes about a week for the same.
World Bank drops India’s growth rate to 7 %

The World Bank in its recently released flagship ‘Global Economic Prospects’ report  has decelerated India’s growth for 2016-17 fiscal to 7% from its previous estimate of 7.6%. The one of the reason given for decline in growth figures is to unexpected demonetisation of high-value currency notes. However, report mentions that India is still retain its position as the world’s fastest growing major economy ahead of China, which is forecast to grow 6.7% in 2016. It also held that demonetisation could also pose a risk to other reforms such as the goods and services tax and labour and land reforms. But over the medium term, demonetisation may lead to liquidity expansion in the banking system, helping lower lending rates and lift economic activity

WNS acquires US based Denali for $40 million
Business process management company WNS has acquired US-based Denali Sourcing Services for $40 million to improve its capabilities in the sourcing and procurement capabilities. The acquired company will play a complementary role in WNS’s offerings in the finance and accounting space. WNS had been working with Denali as a strategic partner for last two-and-a-half years for rendering various services to clients. With this acquisition, all 200 staffers of Denali including the founders will be absorbed into WNS.

Housing.com, PropTiger.com merges to form largest online realty firm
Real estate portals PropTiger.com and Housing.com announced their merger. Both companies have merged with it in an all-stock deal to form India’s largest online real estate services company. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is the largest shareholder in PropTiger.com and Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank is the biggest investor in Housing.com. Dhruv Agarwala, co-founder of PropTiger will serve as Chief Executive Officer of the joint entity. By 2030, India is expected to be the third largest real estate market in the world with the sector contributing to over 15% of the national gross domestic product (GDP).

International Conference & Exhibition on Re-enforced Plastics held in Mumbai
The 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Re-enforced Plastics (ICERP) organized by FRP Institute was inaugurated by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at Bombay Exhibition centre in Mumbai, capital of Maharashtra. The three-day ICERP 2017 event comprised of exhibition, conference programmes emphassing on mechanism, process and automation, business meetings concentrating on technological tie-ups. It is the second largest event in Asia. The emphasis of the ICERP 2017 was on upgradation of composites technology in India to reach global level in terms of product quality, finishing and also to address the challenges that have to be met to achieve global standards.

Persons in News

4 Indian American scientists selected for presidential awards
Outgoing US President Barack Obama has selected four Indian-American scientists among 102 researchers for the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). They are Pankaj Lal from Montclair State University, Kaushik Chowdhury from Northeastern University, Manish Arora from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Aradhna Tripati from University of California, Los Angeles.

Veteran British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth passes away

Veteran British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth passed away in Hong Kong aged 105. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II and described it as “the scoop of the century”. In her career, Hollingworth had covered major historic events including conflicts in Vietnam, Middle East, India, Pakistan, Chinese culturalrevolution and Algerian civil war. Before becoming a reporter, Hollingworth helped rescue thousands of people from Hitler’s forces by arranging British visas. She was also credited with the first and last interviews with the Shah of Iran who was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic revolution.

US Embassy gives award to Amitabh Bachchan for fighting TB
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was given an award by the US Embassy (New Delhi) in appreciation for his invaluable contributions to the US-India partnership on tuberculosis (TB). The award was presented to the legendary actor by the US Ambassador to India Richard R. Verma. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is also a tuberculosis survivor and brand ambassador for the initiative. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). It generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. It spread through the air when people who have active TB in their lungs cough, spit, speak, or sneeze.
Sports Current Affairs

Russian rhythmic gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva announces retirement
13-time gymnastics world champion Russian rhythmic gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva has announced retirement from the sport at aged 19. She had won 13 world championships from 2013 to 2015. She was also the youngest rhythmic gymnast to win the World Championships, winning the all-around category in 2013 aged 15 years. Her retirement announcement comes after she had suffered a fracture while preparing for Rio Olympics and won a silver in all-around gymnastics at 2016 Rio Olympics.
Virat Kohli appointed as brand ambassador Gionee

Chinese mobile handset brand Gionee has roped in Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli as the brand ambassador. The poster boy for Indian cricket will joining Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt as the brand ambassador of Gionee. The Chinese company which had entered India in 2012 clocked $1.4 billion (`9,500 crore) of revenue in India in 2016 by selling 1.2 crore handsets. It now closes to India’s largest phone manufacturer and the country’s third-largest smartphone maker Micromax Informatics. It also competes with Chinese rivals, including Xiaomi and Lenovo, besides market leader Samsung.
Britain becomes first country to recognise parkour as a sport

Britain became the first country in the world to officially recognise Parkour as a sport. Parkour, also known as freerunning sport, is similar to military obstacle training. It involves participants running, climbing and jumping acrobatically around buildings and over terrain using only his natural body strength. It was founded in France in the 1980s as Art du Deplacement and later took its name from the French word ‘parcours’ (course or route). The sport has been considered controversial since it uses minimal protection gear.

Rajasthan Cricket Association first to adopt Lodha Committee reforms
Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) became the first state cricket governing body in the country to accept all the reforms recommended by Lodha Committee on structural reforms in BCCI. The recommendations were accepted by association’s Emergent General Meeting (EGM). The Lodha committee was constituted by Supreme Court in January 2016 and had accepted its major recommendations in July 2016. The apex court had given six months deadline to BCCI to implement the recommendations. But in January 2017, SC cracked the whip on BCCI President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke by removing them from their respective posts for their failure to bring transparency and accountability to the Indian cricket board and their non-compliance of court’s July 2016 order.

Wednesday 11 January 2017

BANKING VOCAB


1. Tenebrous (Adj):- dark and gloomy.
Synonyms: Stygian, tenebrific, tenebrious
Uses: TENEBROUS -> TENT+BRUSH. When you go camping, it is difficult, at night, to find your toothBRUSH inside your TENT because it is so TENEBROUS without street lights.

2. Expurgate (V):- to remove objectionable material.
Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten.
Uses: The censor expurgated every reference to drugs and Intimacy, converting the rapper's raunchy flow into a series of Avengers.

3. Tendentious (Adj):-  likely to lean towards a controversial view.
Synonyms: tendencious.
Uses: Because political mudslinging has become a staple of the 24-hour media cycle, most of us, despite protestations to the contrary, are tendentious on many of today’s pressing issues.

4. Mellifluous (Adj):- smooth and sweet-sounding.
Synonyms: dulcet, honeyed, mellisonant, sweet
Uses: Lata Mangeshkar has Mellifluous voice!

5. Histrionic (Adj):- to be overly theatrical.
Synonyms: melodramatic.
Uses: she had such a histrionic outburst that one would have thought that she’d been handed a death sentence.

6. Sartorial (Adj):- related to fashion or clothes.
Uses: His girlfriend often insulted his lack of any sartorial sense.

7. Mettlesome (Adj):- filled with courage or valor.
Synonyms: spirited, game, gritty, intrepid, fearless, courageous, hardy, brave, plucky, gallant, valiant.
Uses: For its raid on the Bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Seal Team Six has become, for many Americans, the embodiment of mettle.

8. Cupidity (N):- greed for money.
Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness.
Uses: When the president was arrested for theft of company funds, he made no attempt to apologize for his cupidity.

9. Disabuse (V):- to persuade somebody that his/her belief is not valid.
Synonyms: inform, intimate.
Uses: Although my mother tried, she could not disabuse me of my belief in Santa Claus when I was a kid.

10. Propitiate (V):- to placate or appease.
Synonyms: appease, soothe, placate.
Uses: Only an idiot believes he can propitiate his way into heaven by giving the church all of his money.