EVENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE 18th DECEMBER 2014

EVENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE 18th DECEMBER 2014

INTERNATIONAL:

• Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid arrives in New Delhi on a six-day official visit.
• It is advised to all Indians residing in UAE to register themselves with the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi.
• First batch of 10 nurses and two children evacuated from strife-torn Libya to reach Kochi tomorrow.
• PM narendramodi and Japanese PM AbeShinzo talked about India-Japan relations and cooperation in various fields.
• Sri Lankan court extends remand of 38 Indian fishermen till Dec end.
• Indian Railway construction company,IRCON completes reconstruction of Madhu Road to Thiruketheeswaram railway line in North SriLanka
• Pakistan will have a national plan within a week to combat militancy: NawazSharif
• Pakistan: President rejects mercy appeal of 17 death penalty convicts.
• Pakistan’s military launched 20 air strikes killing 57 terrorists in Khyber Agency’s Tirah Valley.
• Obama announces historic revamp of US-Cuba relations.
• Draft resolution setting out Palestinian timetable for peace deal with Israel submitted to UNSC.
• European Union court in Luxembourg orders Palestinian group Hamas be removed from EU terrorist list.
• Bodies of more than 230 people believed to have been killed by IslamicState millitants have been found in a mass grave in eastern Syria.
• Oil prices edge higher in Asia today.

NATIONAL:

• SC asks Centre to take its permission before appointing CVC and Vigilance Commissioner and also seek details about selection process.
• The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill,2014 is listed to be passed by RajyaSabha today.
• ManoharParrikar clear proposals to buy military equipment worth 4,444 cr rupees including 4 helicopters for survey vessels for the navy.
• Union Cabinet approves ConstitutionAmendment Bill on Goods & Services Tax.
• LokSabha passes the Companies Amendment Bill, 2014
• National Security Advisor AjitDoval meets Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in New Delhi
• IshanUday scholarship scheme for students of NorthEastIndia from academic year 2014-15 onwards: @HRDMinistry 
• Approximately 30 per cent trainees in the Placement Linked Skill Development Programme of FDDI are women:CimGOI
• 10,00,000 unemployed youth to be trained and employed in the leather industry over the next five years:CimGOI
• Government approves grant of enhanced relief of Rs. 5 lakh per deceased person, who died during 1984 riot Sikh victims: HMOIndia
• Two Commissions namely Justice Khosla Commission & Justice Mukherjee were appointed to enquire into disappearance of Netaji Subhas Bose: HM
• Special security measures for fifth and last phase of assembly elections in remaining 20 constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Medical tourism as a sector will be propagated and promoted in all Indian tourism directorates: Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma
• SC directs Centre to complete fencing work along Indo-Bangla border within three months.
• SaharaCase: SC says 10,000 cr rupees for release of SubrataRoy will come into the country only after necessary clearances by #RBI.
• Minister for Food Processing Industries asks farmers & processors to focus on fruits & vegetables as it will help in bringing down inflation
• Nirmala Sitharaman asks IIFT for more robust research on export and import data collection.
• Illegal commodities entering in India is a big challenge and govt is working with customs authorities to stop it: Nirmala Sitharaman
• Disproportionate assets case: SC extends Jayalalithaa's bail by four months; Asks Chief Justice of Karnataka HC to constitute special bench.
• Campaigning for the 5th & last phase of assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir & Jharkhand will end this evening.
• Jammu and Kashmir :Militant killed in an encounter with security forces in frontier district of Kupwara district
• Haryana CM khattar approves extension of Metro Rail Project from YMCA Chowk, Faridabad to Ballabhgarh
• Puducherry: Police tightens security around Aurobindo Ashram as tension mounts in area following suicide of three women.
• Pondicherry University's mobile application will help visually impaired students to navigate through university campus.
• MP HC judge, accused of sexual harassment, be divested of administrative,supervisory role: SC
• CAG points out discrepancies in allotment of sites by the Karnataka Housing Board
• Jharkhand: 
• Campaigning for fifth and last phase of assembly polls to end at 3 pm today.
• Jharkhand Police probes alleged sale of police bullets to Naxals by middlemen through connivance of a few corrupt policemen.
• Punjab selected for KrishiKarmanAward 2013-14 as the best performing state in overall food grains production.
• No link between jihadi elements and political parties established as of now: Assam Govt
• Assam government is planning to raise the retirement age of Associate and Assistant professors of medical colleges to 65 years
• Odisha govt sets Jan 25 as deadline to open bank accounts under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
• AndhraPradesh state government declared 226 Mandals in 7 districts as drought-hit during the year.
• Winter session of AndhraPradesh Assembly & Council will began this morning in Hyderabad.
• Sensex gains 297 pts to 27,007; NIFTY rises 89 pts to 8,119.
• SEBI makes fresh bid to locate Sahara investors; Asks bond holders to submit refund claims by January 31, 2015
• ISRO's GSLV Mk-III has been launched successfully.

SPORTS:

• ICC ODI ranking: India placed 2nd in the chart topped by Australia . 
• INDvsAUS Brisbane Test Day 2: Stumps - Australia 221/4; Trail by 187 runs
• Steven Smith-65*
• Mitchell Marsh-7*
• ISL :Atletico de Kolkata defeat FC Goa 4-2 via penalties to set up a final against Kerala Blasters on December 20.
• Dubai World Badminton Super Series:NSaina wins opening match against China’s Wang Shixia

17th December 2014 events across the globe :::

INTERNATIONAL::
World leaders strongly condemn deadly attack on a school in Pakistan. PeshawerSchoolAttack

SriLanka's Foreign Ministry welcomes media reports that say TamilNadu will release 30 Sri Lankan fishermen & 19 boats on 22nd Dec.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott promises probe into why gunman in SydneyCafeSiege was not on the country's terror watch list.

JohnKerry says Russia has made constructive moves on Ukraine crisis that could open the path to resolving the conflict.

Iran says it requested extradition of Sydney siege gunman 14 yrs ago but Australia refused to hand him over.

Hundreds of people in Haiti march through Port-au-Prince, demanding the resignation of President MichelMartelly.

Brazil:Indigenous protesters armed with bows & arrows clash with police inside the National Congress building.

American Airlines flight from Seoul to Dallas forced to make emergency landing in Tokyo after a dozen people were injured during turbulence.

Nawaz Sharif declares three days of mourning. PeshawarAttack.

Yemen:Twin car bomb attack kills 25 people.

Uganda army says nearly 1,000 former M23 rebels have escaped from camp just before scheduled repatriation to Democratic Republic of Congo.

UN says it had been unable to reach thousands of displaced people in rebel held areas of Myanmar's war torn northern Kachin state.

Chinese pro-democracy activist Xu Youyu awarded Sweden's Olof Palme Human Rights prize.

Rescuers in central Vietnam trying to reach 12 men trapped underground after section of tunnel collapses.

Syria:180 soldiers including Islamist fighters killed during a two-day battle in which insurgents captured the Wadi al-Deif military base.

200 persons feared killed in the fighting as AlQaeda affiliate in Syria seizes two army bases in Idlib.

Former Florida Governor #JebBush takes a major step toward running for president  in 2016.

Nasa's Curiosity rover detects methane on Mars, a gas that could hint at past or present life on the planet. 

NATIONAL ::

Both Houses of Parliament observed 2 mins of silence in solidarity w/ people of Pakistan in wake of terror attack in Peshawar.

Parl Committee on Finance recommends enforcement of Narcotics Substances Act,ForeignExchange Mgmt Act & Prevention of Money laundering Act.

Minorities of India's neighbours to be given 5-year visa.

RajnathSingh says the dreaded ISIS terror group has been banned in the country under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

SC accepts centre's offer to end row over German in KV schools.

MoS in PMO, Jitendra Singh denies in Lok Sabha that the residents of areas near Bhabha Atomic Research Centre face health problems.

BSF recovers 17 kilogram heroin with the help of counter intelligence on the international border with Pakistan.

PM narendramodi says that if voted to full majority in the State, BJP would take JnK to the new heights of development.

LokSabha passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws( Special Provisions) Amendment Bill, 2014.

BJPRajnathSingh says there is a little support from Indian youth for ISIS.

Maneka Gandhi says that government is working to set-up women crises center in all the districts.

PM NarendraModi asks BJP MPs not to cross lakshman rekha by making controversial remarks as it hurts the govt & the party.

CBI records statement of Chidamabaram in connection with Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance given to Rs 3500 cr Aircel-Maxis deal.

DGCA temporarily removes 30-day booking restriction on SpiceJet.

NorthEast Frontier Railway says, it will not be able to provide compensation to landowners for the construction of rail lines.

Members from TMC criticize govt for what they called gagging the opposition in Parliament .

MoS for Civil Aviation: Govt is not bound to take decision in favour of any particular company in SpiceJet Airlines case.

SpiceJet operations grounded as oil companies stop fuel supply.

JnK police & 6 Rashtriya Rifles bust a hideout during search operation in Waligam forests of Handwara in frontier district of Kupwara.

Home Ministry says that there is 24.8 per cent vacancy in country's police forces, including both state & Centre.

Delhi Lt Gov says several steps have been taken to ensure women security in national capital but there is still a need for social awareness.

Delhi govt says Trade & Tax Department has taken stringent action against number of bogus dealers & tax evaders in the national capital.

Delhi Statistical Hand Book -2014: Per capita income of Delhi increases by 27,392 in comparison to 2012-13.

Security beefed up at schools & colleges in national capital in the wake of terror attack in an army school at Peshwar.

Army cautions about more terror attacks in JnK, saying militants are desperate to infiltrate for carrying out the attacks.

Reporters Without Borders:Attacks against journalists have grown more barbaric in 2014 as 66 reporters were killed & kidnappings soared.

PeshawarSchoolAttack: Schools all over India observe two-minute silence and hold special prayers.

JnK HC directs state govt to pay 3 lakh rupees to the victim of Nowshehra acidattack.

DDA would refund deposited money of unsuccessful applicants in its 'Housing Scheme 2014' by December 24.

Punjab govt decided to waiver of purchase tax on sugarcane for the year 2014-15.
Punjab CM seeks personal intervention of RajnathSingh to deter trans-border drug flow, on the international border.

UttarPradesh:Police recommends to mount 5 lakh rupees cash reward on a  absconding criminal Amit Sarnawali alias Bhoora.

AlipurCourt in Kolkata extends CBI custody to Madan Mitra till 19th Dec in connection with SaradhaChitfund scam.

WestBengal Govt launches State Plan of Action for Children aiming protection of Children Rights.

Assam CM says that govt is committed to detect illegal foreigners staying in the state.

MadhyaPradesh govt increases 4 percent each VAT on petrol and diesel.

MP: Facility of e-registration of property documents launched in 5 districts under efforts to stop illegal registration & forgery.

Maharashtra govt announces immediate financial relief for distressed farmers in Northern & Western Maharashtra, Vidarbha & Konkan region.

TamilNadu:Fishermen from Nagapattinam,Rameswaram resorted to strike urging immediate release of Tamil fishermen lodged in Sri Lankan jail

Gold declines 180 rupees to 27,200 rupees per ten grams at Delhi's bullion market.

Rupee weakens 59 paise to 63.53 against dollar.

Sensex 80 pts down to 26,701; NIFTY sheds 32 pts to 8,034.

Rupee down 34 paise to trade at fresh 13-month low of 63.87 against dollar.

ISRO countdown begins for GSLV -Mark III, launch on Thursday.

SPORTS :::

5th KabaddiWorld Cup 2014:In men section,India, Pak & Iran while in women section,India,Pak & New Zealand reaches semi-finals.

Brisbane Cricket Test: Murli Vijay strikes ton, India end day 1 at 311/4.

SC asks BCCI to give a list of administrators & players having commercial interests in IPL & Champions League.

UnitedStates will bid for the 2024 Olympics, seeking to host the Summer Games for the first time since 1996.

Asian Football Confederation asks Australia to beef up security for next month's AsianCup.

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EVENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE 15th DECEMBER 2014

INTERNATIONAL:

• IS Gunmen takes several people hostage in a cafe at Sydney, Australia .
• Japanese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe re-elected despite low turnout in polls.
• Haiti's PM Laurent Lamothe resigns after violent anti-government protests over delayed elections
• Libya's biggest oil exporting port terminal at ES Sider oil export port has been closed down due to intense fighting close to the port.
• Turkey:Police raided a newspaper & TV station close to a US based Islamic cleric, Fethullah Gulen.
• Northeast China: All ten people trapped underground after a gas explosion at a coal mine in Jixi City in Heilongjiang Province have died.
• SriLanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that he is seeking a fresh mandate to create a disciplined society.
• Egypt:11 fishermen killed after their boat crashed into a container ship in the Gulf of Suez.
• India hails deal under which negotiators from 190 countries adopted compromise draft for national pledges to cut global carbonemissions.
• South Africa's RoleneStrauss crowned MissWorld2014

NATIONAL:

• SydneySiege: MEA sets up a helpline, +61 481 453550, for queries about Indian nationals there.
• SIT on blackmoney pitched for making tax evasion a serious criminal offence.
• Rajya Sabha faces repeated adjournments on religious conversion issue.
• TMC stages walkout in Lok Sabha over alleged misuse of CBI by the Centre.
• Union Power Minister :Govt buildings through out the country to be equipped with LED within next two years.
• Nobel laureate KailashSatyarthi appeals parliamentarians to pass the pending bill against child labour.
• PiyushGoyal says pursuing energy efficient ways will help reduce electricity consumption & save as much as 50,000 cr rupees in the country.
• India’s new e-visa system, Electronic Travel Authorization, receives positive response in Oman.
• 49 per cent polling recorded in the fourth phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election: Election Commission.
• HimachalPradesh :Continuous snowfall and rain disrupt normal life.
• NewDelhi: Cab driver mowed down two policemen & injured another in a bid to escape picket checking at a barricade in Kalindi Kunj area.
• AAP charged Delhi administration of not spending more than half money earmarked for developmental projects.
• UP:BJP decided to launch phase-wise agitation against Samajwadi Party govt in state on the issues of law & order,corruption & dynasty politics
• Dozen men attack police in UP, take away accused from custody.
• Assam:State cabinet approves setting up of Police Commissionerate in Guwahati.
• WB:TMC MPs protest outside Parliament alleging that CBI is being misused by the Centre against West Bengal govt.
• Jharkhand :Campaigning for 5th and last phase of Assembly elections is in full swing.
• MP: 3-day Public Information Campaign begins in Raisen district headquarters; Information about different welfare schemes to be given there.
• UP:2 more persons arrested in connection with gang rape cases during communal riots in Muzaffarnagar last yr,raising number of arrested to 24.
• Karnataka :Bengaluru Dpty. Commissioner of Police of Crime,received a threat from a twitter handler for arresting MehdiMasroor,ISIS sympathiser.
• BJP and JD(S) stage walkout in Karnataka Legislative Assembly over govt’s failure to ensure payment from sugar factories to farmers.
• FIIs pumped in over one-lakh crore rupees into stocks so far in this calendar year.
• GSLV - Mark III test launch scheduled for Dec 18: ISRO

SPORTS:

• International Hockey Federation suspends 2 Pakistani players for one match for making obsence gestures at spectators.
• Hockey: Germany lifts Champions Trophy defeating Pakistan by 2-0.
• Australia claimed the bronze medal in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament at Bhubaneswar.
• Young batsman Steven Smith to lead Australia against India in second Cricket Test.

RAJINIKANTH FAMILY

Saluting the INDIAN SUPER STAR RAJINI KANTH on his 64th birth day
RAJINI KANTH popularly known as SUPER STAR & THALAIVA
Born on 12 December 1950

Rajini Kanth

Married with Latha Rajanikanth
( Film producer, playback Singer)

Latha Rajini Kanth

Rajini & Latha

Children : 1.Aishwarya R.Dhanush (01-01-1982)
                 2.Soundarya R. Ashwin (20-09-19841)

Aishwarya & Soundarya

1.Aishwarya R.Dhanush
  Dancer, Playback Singer, Director
  Director of 3

Husband : Dhanush(28-07-1983) (original name:Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja)
                 Actor, producer, singer, lyricist, screenwriter
   
                 Children: a.Yatra,
                          b.Linga

Aishwarya R.Dhanush

Dhanush

Aishwarya & Dhanush

Aishwarya & Dhanush

Aishwarya & Dhanush family

children Linga,Yatra

2.Soundarya R. Ashwin

   ( Graphic designer, film producer, director)
   Director of Kochadaiiyaan

   Husband: Ashwin

Soundarya

Ashwin

                                                                      

Soundarya & Ashwin

 

Soundarya & Ashwin

 Some Rare Photos Exclusive :

Rajini Kanth with his wife

With children

wedding photo

in his home

•  SUPER STAR RAJINI KANTH FAMILY (part2)

• SUPER STAR RAJINI KANTH FAMILY (part3)

   

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HOW TO SCORE MAXIMUM MARKS IN IBPS EXAMS

Hello bank aspirants!!!
Hope everything is fine.In my previous post,I've broken down the topics in a bank exam and a reading plan.Here I am going to tell you the strategy of approaching a bank exam and scoring well.

It is worth reading

As most of the aspirants know, a bank exam has 5 basic sections:

             Arithmetic/Quantitative Aptitude

             Reasoning 

             English 

             General Awareness  

             Computer knowledge

Which section to start with :                    

                          Now most of the aspirants must be in a dilemma as to which section to start and how to save time for lengthy sections.Also most of the aspirants,after taking an exam,feel like"I should've cut down the time for this section else I would've scored more in other sections".Remember,you have to qualify in all the individual sections and you have to even clear the overall cutoff.For this,you've to make sure you do well in the sections you are strong at and also attempt enough number of questions in your weaker areas.

Where we are strong : 

                         But now comes the bigger problem.How to identify which areas you are strong at and which areas you are weak at.Its very simple.Take a mock test.How?You'll find lots of question papers/online model papers in final exam format on the internet.Put a time limit of 120 minutes just like in the final exam using a stop watch and answer as many as you can.Now,take the key and evaluate your answers and write down the final score and individual section score(+1 for every correct answer,-0.25 for wrong answer).Repeat this process for 5 more tests.Now average your 5 tests' score(both individual sections and overall).You can easily recognize your low scoring areas as your weaker areas.

Drafting a plan:

                          Now that you know your strong and weak areas,draft a plan allocating more time for your weaker areas and the stronger areas must be allocated with flexible timings.Go according to your pan,but make sure you practice atleast two tests(which are in the final exam format) a week.Practising tests allows you to know how far you are faring and also helps you formulate a strategy.

Formulating a strategy :

                         Formulating a strategy is vey important.So is sticking to the plan in the exam.My advice is to go for the sections which can be answered in a second or two in the beginning(General awareness and Computers).The equation is simple:you know the answer,you tick it.You don't know the answer,you skip it.This allows you to cough up more time for the lengthy sections namely English,Reasoning and Quant.

                        In english,reasoning and quant sections,if you feel like the question is lengthy and it will take more time to answer,then you can skip it.Remember,if its lengthy/difficult for you,its the same for the rest of the candidates too.Now,stick to this strategy in the practise tests and make sure you improve your performance.Remember,changing your strategy can lead to decrease in your scores.Repeat the same until you are left with one week before the exam.

Revision time:

                       This last week should be used only for revision.Don't learn any concepts that you've not mastered in the past weeks.It decreases your confidence levels.Revise the basic concepts and formulae.And a day before exam,dont read.Have a head bath and go for your place of worship.It just clears you off all your worries related to the exam.Eat well and watch a good entertainment program.Comedy genre programs will relieve you off your tension.Sleep well.Remember,lack of sleep can make you restless and this effects your performance in the exam.

 On the day of exam:

                      On the day of exam,eat well because you are going to write a quite exhaustive exam and you will be deprived of your energy in a flash of second.But don't go for heavy/oily foods like Chicken biryani.Go for easily digestable items.Carry a bottle of glucose water for energy supplements in the exam.During the exam,drink the glucose water for every 15 minutes.Sticking to the strategy is important as well.

                      After the exam,eat something because you will fell giddy because of the loss of energy.

The next post will be how to prepare for banking interviews.

I'm sure this article should be very useful for those who are preparing for bank exams.

author of this article cleared all the four tests conducted by the IBPS in 2013 viz.,and presently working as a Probationary Officer in Bank of Baroda

IBPS-RRB's Scale I officer with 135 marks

IBPS-RRB's  office assistant (multipurpose) with 130 marks

IBPS-PO/MT III with 93 marks

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