Current Affairs, General and Banking Knowledge Thread For Bank Aspirants

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Which Company's retail outlet entered into the guiness book of world record when it opened record 315 outlets in 10 states of India, just at one time on April 1, 2013

The President Pranab Mukherjee, on 22nd May 2013, conferred the 47th Jnanpith award for the year 2011 on

Which panel was appointed to provide more recommendation on GAAR?

Considering @UthnkUknwME was once a Governor of RBI (pichle janam me) , and provided he was the first ever governer of RBI, his name was:

Which committee dealt with customer service in banks?

Appointed - Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards?

new Pakistani envoy to India?

first ever Indian-American judge in the U.S. Supreme Court?

2014 Asia game host city?

Sultan of Johor Cup --- related to?

SAFF Championship 2013 held in _______.

Irani Trophy 2013, won by?

12th Asian Billiards championship held at Indore Tennis Club. It is won by .......?

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GAMES AND LOCATIONS::


2013- world chess championship- India

2013- confederation cup- Brazil

2014- Asian games- Incheon (south korea)

2014- Common Wealth games- Glasgow(Scotland)

2014- World cup football- Brazil

2014- 20-20 world cup- Bangladesh

2014- winter olympics -(sochi- Russia)

2014- Youth olympics- Nanjing(china)

2014- hockey world cup- Hague (Netherlands)

2015- world Cup cricket- (Australia & Newzeland)

2016- Euro Cup- France

2016- Summer olympics- rio De janerio (Brazil)



Friendship Award given by China which is highest honor given to foreigners. Is awarded to ........

Internet giant Yahoo closed its news and community services in ???

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 113.70 crore to __________ under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).

BOOKS AND AUTHORS:


1. India & Malaysia: Intertwined Strands by: Veena Sikri

2. Mythily Sivaraman Wrote A Book Haunted by Fire Essays On Caste, Class, Exploitation And Emancipation

3. “Ahmev Radha, Ahmev Krishnah” - Gulab Kothari (Chief Editor of Hindi newspaper Rajasthan Patrika)

4. An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions - Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen.

5. A Brush with Life- Satish Gujral

6. A Bend in the river- V.S. Naipaul

7. God of Small things- Arundhati Rai

8. Inheritance of Loss- Kiran Desai.

9. Joseph Anton- Sulman Rushdie (Autobiography)

10. “Khushwantnama-The Lessons of My Life “ –Khushwant singh

11. Lajja- Taslima Nasrim.

12. My Unforgettable Memories-Mamata Banerjee

13. "Muslim in Indian cities”- Christophe Jaffrelot & Laurent Gayer

14. My country My Life- L.K.Advani

15. My Music My Life- Pt Ravi Shankar

16. Revolution 2020- Chetan Bhagat

17. Runs in Ruins — Sunil Gavaskar

18. Satenic versus- Salman Rushdi

19. True Colours — Adam Gilchrist

20. The Heritage of Sikhs — Harbans Singh

21. The Jewels of Happiness – Indian spiritual guru Sri Chinmoy.

22. The Things About Thugs — Tabish Nair

23. The Test of My Life'- Indian cricketer Yuvraj singh

24. “Those were the Day and then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani”-Mira Govind Advani

25. Turning Points-APJ Abdul Kalam

26. What Young India Wants – Chetan Bhagat

27. Ye Jo Hai Pakistan'- Shivendra Kumar Singh.

28. Smritiyan - Garima Sanjay

29. My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions - former President of India, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (APJ)

30. How Not to Make Money -Raj Kundra, the millionaire businessman.


Recent News Related to Banking & Finance


1. Deutsche Bank has become the first bank in India to use the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s window to swap fresh foreign currency non-resident (bank), or FCNR (B), dollar funds. It has raised about $450 million FCNR (B) deposits from about 10 non-resident Indians and swapped it with the central bank




,2. YES Bank has become the first bank to raise $ 225 million funds overseas using the swap loan facility provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) . The private sector lender raised $255 million ($180 million and €58 million) by way of dual currency, multi-tenor syndicated loan facility.



3. Canara Bank and Apollo Munich Health Insurance (AMHI) have entered into a bancassurance tie-up. This is the first such tie-up for the insurance company in its six years of existence. Bancassurance is distribution of insurance products through a bank's network.



4. In September 4, RBI had announced a swap window to attract FCNR (B) dollar funds. Accordingly, it has been decided to offer such a window to banks to swap fresh FCNR (B) dollar funds, mobilized for a tenure of at least three years, at a fixed rate of 3.5% a year for the tenure of the deposit,”.



5. World Bank lowers 2013 growth forecast for East Asian developing countries to 7.1%


6. WTO lowers growth projection for world trade in 2013 to 2.5% against 3.3 per cent projected in April and 4.3 per cent earlier in the year.



7. Own Your NPA' campaign launched by IDBI: In a bid to speedily recover Non-Performing Assets (NPA), the IDBI Bank has launched a campaign named 'Own Your NPA'.


8. Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd (TCPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Communications Ltd, today inaugurated Indicash ATMs in Mysore. Note: The company's first white-label ATM was launched at Chandrapada village in Thane district on June 27.


9. Financial Stability Board (FSB): FSB is an international body which was established after the 2009 G-20 London summit in April 2009 as a successor to the Financial Stability Forum. Note: i. FSB work is to coordinate at the international level the work of national financial authorities and international standard-setting bodies and to develop and promote the implementation of effective regulatory, supervisory and other financial sector policies. ii. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Ministry of Finance are the members of FSB from India.


10. China launched its first direct bank, a new mode of providing online banking services without any entity outlets. The direct bank has been launched by the Bank of Beijing in co-operation with the Netherlands-based ING Group. Note: i. A direct bank is a bank without any branch network that offers its services remotely via online banking and telephone banking and may also provide access via ATMs (often through interbank network alliances), mail and mobile.


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