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Thursday, April 16, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 16 APRIL 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 16 APRIL 2015
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INTENATIONAL NEWS
1. WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK APRIL 2015 UPDATES:
.   IMF has released World Economic Outlook (WEO) April 2015 report.
.   IMF has titled the report ‘Uneven Growth :Short term and long-term factors.
. IMF has forecasted 3.5 % Global Growth in 2015 and 3.8% in 2016.
. About IMF – International Monetary Fund
. Headquarter – Washington DC
. Managing Director- Christine Lagarde
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.     World Economic Outlook is released by which financial Organisation?
a.       World Bank
b.      IMF
c.       RBI
d.      ADB

2.      WEF URBAN DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INDIA:
. World Economic Forum (WEF) has released a report titled, “Urban development Recommendations for India under FDS Insitute”.
.    The report focuses on the importance of wider private-sector participation to bridge the urban Infrastructure and services funding Gap of 110 billion US dollars.
 . FDS – Future of Urban Development and Services.

3.   5TH NORMAMDY GROUP FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING:
. 5th Meeting of Normandy Group foreign ministers meet held in Berlin, Capital city of Germany.
. Normandy Quartet is a group of Four countries, Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine.
. Normandy group was formed on 6th June 2014 to facilitate a diplomatic resolution to the ongoing conflict between the Ukraine Army and Pro-Russia forces.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.     Which of the following country is not a member of Normandy group?
a.       Germany
b.      Ukraine
c.       USA
d.      Russia

NATIONAL NEWS
4. 45 DAY LONG ANNUAL FISHING BAN STARTED IN INDIA:
. 45 day long annual fishing ban on Eastern coast of India including Andaman and Nicobar Islands was enforced on 15th April.
.  The ban will continue till mid-night of 31st may.
. On the west coast including Lakshadweep in the Indian exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the ban is imposed from 15th June t 31st July every Year.

5. SIKKIM HC GETS ITS FIRST LADY JUDGE:
. Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai sworn in as first Lady Judge of Sikkim high Court.
. Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai took oath by the Governor Srinivas Patil at Raj Bhavan in Gangtok.

. Sikkim high court has strength of 3 Judges.
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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 14, 15 APRIL 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 14, 15 APRIL 2015
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INTENATIONAL NEWS
1. MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT BRIEF RELEASED BY WORLD BANK:
.    World Bank bas released migration and Development brief for the year 2014.
.    Top 5 remittance recipient countries are India, China, Philippines, Mexico and Nigeria.
.    Top 5 migrant destination countries are United States, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Russia and UAE.
Note: India is the highest recipient of remittance.

2.   SAUTH ASIA ECONOMIC FOCUS REPORT:
.    World Bank has released South Asia Economic Focus Report.
.    The report has projected the economic growth of South Asia for the year 2016 and 2017.
.    According to the report, economic growth will increase from 7 % in the year 2015 to 7.6 % in the year 2017.

3.   GERMAN NOVELIST GUNTER GRASS DIED:
.    Nobel Laureate German Novelist Gunter Grass died at the age of 87.
.    Gunter Grass was honoured with Nobel prize in Literature in the year 1999.
.    Gunter Grass mainly focused on Nagi era, the horrors of the war and the destruction and guilt that remained after defeat of Germany in his writings.

4. OVER HUNDRED PEOPLE DIED IN THAILAND:
.    Over hundred people were killed in Songkran festival in Thailand.
.    It is reported that nearly 120 people were killed and 1281 injured.
.    Songkran festival is a traditional new year eve celebration of Thailand which is also known as Thailand water festival.
                                              
NATIONAL NEWS
5. UNION GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTED TASK FORCE:
.    Union Government has constituted Task Force on Interlinking of rivers.
.    Union Ministry of Water Resources, River development and Ganga Rejuvenation constituted the task force.
.    Ex- UPSC member and advisor to the Gujarat Chief Minister, BN Navalawala will chair the task force.

6.   ARUN JATLEY INAUGURATED VIVIDH BHARTI SERVICE:
.    Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated Vividh Bharti Service of Delhi on FM Mode.
.    Arun Jaitley also holds the port folio of Information and Broadcasting minister.
.    The service will be available on 100.1 mega hertz frequency.

7.   BHEL COMMISSIONED THEMAL UNIT AT DHOBRA:
.    BHEL commissioned 600 MW thermal unit at Dhobra in Chhattisgarh.
.    This is the second unit of 2 x 600 MW power project commissioned by BHEL while the first one was commissioned in 2014.
.    BHEL is state owned power equipment founded in 1964 and got Maharatna Status in the year 2013.
.    BHEL – Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
.    CEO of BHEL – B Prasada Rao

SPORTS NEWS
8.   APURVI CHANDELA WON BRONZE MEDAL:
.    Apurvi Chandela won bronze medal in 10 m Air Rifle women event at ISSF.
.    Croatia’s Pejcic Snjezana won Gold and Maksimovic Ivana of Serbia won silver medal.
.    ISSF – International Shooting Sport Federation
.    ISSF held in Changwon, South Korea

9.   NEW ZEALAND WON SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP:
.    New Zealand has won Sultan Azlan Shah cup men’s hockey tournament.
.    New Zealand defeated Australia in the final of the Azlan Shah cup.

.    This is New Zealand’s second title. Their first title came in the year 2012 where they defeated Afghanistan in the final clash.
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Monday, April 13, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 12, 13 APRIL 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 12, 13 APRIL 2015
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INTENATIONAL
1. INDIA TO CHAIR 9TH MEETING OF IRENA COUNCIL:
.    India is designated to chair the 9th meeting of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) council.
.    IRENA council will held for 2 days in UAE’s capital, Abu Dhabi.
. India will chair 21 member council which will guide the agencies future programmes.
About IRENA:
. Established on 26 January, 2009
. Total Member – 140
. Director General – Adran Z. Amin (Kenya)

2.   INDIA AND FRANCE SIGNED 17 AGREEMENTS:
. 17 agreements are signed between India and France during Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit.
.    Agreements were signed in Paris between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande.
. Agreements were signed between both nations in the fields of economy, energy, culture, tourism, conservation, ayurveda, skill development and science and technology.
Note: Capital of France – Paris
Currency of France - Euro

3.   AN ASTROID NAMED AFTER MALALA YOUSAFZAI:
.    An Astroid 316201 is named after youngest noble prize winner Malala Yousafazai.
.    Amy Mainzer, An Astronomer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion laboratory in California, USA discovered the asteroid 326201 in 2010 and had owned the right to name it.
. Astroid 316201 Malala is located between Mars and Jupiter.
NATIONAL NEWS

4. B H SINGANIA BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF JK ORGANISATION:
. Bharat Hari Singhania became the president of 125 year old JK Organisation.
. Bharat Hari Singhania succeeded Gaur Hari Singhania who recently passed away.
. J K organization is a group of companies (cement. Tyre, paper, Software) which was founded in 1918 with its headquarter at New Delhi.

5. ARUN KUMAR JHAH APPOINTED CEO OF KVIC:
.    Arun Kumar Jha is appointed as the CEO of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
. The decision was taken by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) of the Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
. Arun Kumar Jha is a 1985 batch Indian Economics service (IES) officer.
Note: KVIC functions under Union Ministry of MSME.

6.   PRESIDENT INAUGURATED SONGS AND DANCES OF NORTHEAST EVENT IN NEW DELHI:
. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first ever event of songs and dances of northeast in new Delhi.
. The event is organized by Government of Meghalaya and sponsored by the North Eastern Council. (NES)
. The day long event is to showcase the culture of India Northeast region and highlight the immense Contribution made by the people of the region in nation building.

SPORTS NEWS
7.   JITU RAI WINS BRONZE:
. Indian Shooter Jitu Rai wins Bronze at ISSF World Cup.
. Jitu Rai won medal in the 10 m air pistol event at International shooting sport Federation (ISSF).
. ISSF World Cup held in Changwon, South Korea.

8.   LEWIS HAMILTON WON CHINESE GRAND PRIX:
. Mercedes formula one driver Lewis Hamilton won Chinese Grand Prix of formula one.
. This was his second win of the season and fourth Chinese grand prix.

. This was Lewis Hamilton’s overall 35th Grand Prix Win.
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Sunday, April 12, 2015

IMPORTANT FILE EXTENSIONS FOR COMPUTER SECTION IN BANKING EXAMS

GURU GYAN
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IMPORTANT FILE EXTENSIONS FOR COMPUTER SECTION IN BANKING EXAMS
FILES FORMAT
FILE EXTENSION
FULL FORM OF EXTENSION
MS Word
.docx
Xml document
MS Excel
.xlsx
Xml spreadsheet
MS Powerpoint
.pptx
Powerpoint xml file format
MS Access
.Accdb
Access database
MS Office Outlook
.OST
Office Storage Tables
.PST
Personal Storage Table
Images
.JPEG
Joint Photographic Expert Group
.TIF
Tagged Image File
.GIF
Graphic Interchange Format
.BMP
Bitmap Image File
.PNG
Portable Network Graphics
.PDF
Portable Document Format File
.THM
Thumbnail Image File
Audio
.MPEG
Moving Picture Expert Group
.WAV
Wave audio file
.AIFF
Audio Intechange File format
Vedio
.AVI
Audio Vedio Interleave
.MOV
Apple Quick Time Movie
.FLV
Flash Vedio File
.WMV
Window media files with audio and/or vedio
Data files
.dat
Data file
.efx
Efax Document
3 D Images
.3 dm
Rhino 3D model
.max
3ds Max Scene File
Executable files
.app
Mac OSX application
.bat
Batch files
.exe
Executable files
.jar
Java archive file
.gadat
Windows Gadgets
System Files
.cab
Window cabinet file
.cpl
Window Control Panel Item
.cur
Window cursor
.dll
Dynamic Link Library
.dmp
Windows Memory Dump
.drv
Device driver
.sys
Window System file
Compressed file type
.zip
Zipped files
.zipx
Extended zip file
. tar.gz
Tarball file
.rar
Winrar compressed archive
.deb
Debian software package
.gz
Gr Zipped Archive
Backup Files
.bak
Backup files
.glow
Norton ghost Backup file
. ori
Original File
. tmp
Temporary file


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