101 TO 221 BANKING RELATED GENERAL AWARENESS --FOR IBPS PO CLERKS 2016
101. Indian film Thithi won the best film award at
the at the BRICS Film Festival concluded in
New Delhi. Best Director Award went to Huo Jianqi of
China.
102. India has received certificates from World Health Organisation recognizing
the elimination
of Yaws & Material & Neonatal
Tetanus (MNT) from the country.
103. Religare Enterprises Limited (REL) has
appointed Sunil Godhwani as its Chief Executive
Officer (CEO).
104. Scientists have discovered a new Ghost Snake
Species of elusive, pale grey reptiles
dwelling at the Ankarana National Park
in Madagascar. The findings were
published in the Journal Copeia.
105. The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games began on 7
September 2016 at Maracana Stadium in
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games will conclude
on 18 September 2016.
106. The UN Charter, the seminal treaty of the
United Nations, has now been translated into
Sanskrit.
107. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has created
`Urja Mitra Helpline’ through which
customers can get information on
power outages from distribution companies by dialing
14401.
108. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has
successfully completed test flight of
indigenous Light Utility Helicopter
(LUH) Bengaluru.
109. Union Minister of State for Labour &
Employment Bandaru Dattatreya inauguarated the
first phase of telemedicine services of
Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for
providing specialist medical
services at a distance to insured workers.
110. ISRO launched the advanced weather satellite,
INSAT-3DR, using the geosynchronous
launch vehicle GSLV-FO5, from the
Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
111. India, Kazakhstan joint bilateral military
exercise PRABAL DOSTYK-16 began in
Karaganda region of Kazakhstan.
112. The centre has announced a financial package
for Andhra Pradesh that includes full
funding of Pollavaram irrigation
project, tax concessions & a special assistance, but stopped short of
giving the state a special category status.
113. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 14th
ASEAN Summit held in Vientiane, Laos.
114. India has inked a preliminary pack with
Greece for bilateral Air Services Agreement that
proposes to allow unlimited points of
call for domestic airlines in the European nation.
115. Satbir Singh, presently Additional Secretary
in the Ministry has been appointed as the next
Ambassador of India to the People’s
Democratic Republic of Algeria.
116. Senior BJP
leader Om Prakash Kohli has been sworn in as the 26th Governor of
Madhya
Pradesh.
117. President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the GST
Constitution Amendment Bill thereby
making it a law. GST Bill has been ratified by the Parliament,
as well as 16 states.
118. Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest state
while Jharkhand comes last in the list of 26
states.
119. The Uttar Pradesh govt. has rolled out 122
Twitter handles & service would help the UP
police to strengthen its primary
relationship with the citizens.
120. PepsiCo CEO & Chairman Indra Nooyi was
ranked 2nd on the list of Fortune’s 51 Most
Powerful Women list. Thelist is topped by Mary Barra, CEO &
Chairman of General
Motors.
121. ICICI Bank, has announced the deployment of
Software Robotics in over 200 business
processes across various functions of
the bank.
122. The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has
passed a resolution supporting the
Constitution Amendment & the Goods
& Services Tax Bill.
123. Himachal Pradesh cabinet decided to amend the
Hydropower Policy 2006 in respect to
transfer of shares by Himachalis to
non-Himachalis.
124. CK
Asnani has assumed charge as the Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)
of Uranium
Corporation of India Limited (UCIL),
an undertaking of the Department of Atomic Energy.
125. Henkel elevates Shilip Kumar as president of
its India business
126. German Consumer giant Henkal has elevated
Shilip Kumar as president of its India
business.
127. Author Stuart Blackburn’s “Into the Hidden Valley”,
a book based on Apatani tribe of
Arunachal Pradesh, won the MM Bennetts
Award for Historical Fiction 2016 in the UK.
128. The Odisha Government has launched the
construction workers pension scheme.
129. Chhattisgarh Government has inked a MoU with
the Ministry of Civil Aviation to boost
regional air connectivity with in the
state.
130. For maintaining the records & data base
of Indian students studying abroad, Government
of India has launched a Student
Registration module in MADAD portal (madad.gov.in)
131. Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh has been commissioned the offshore patrolling (OPV)
vessel, Sarathi, at Goa Shipyard Ltd.
(GSL), the defence shipyard has appointed as parttime chairperson of Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
132. Former IAS Officer J. Satyanarayana has
appointed as part-time chairperson of Unique
Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI).
133. Jayant Purushottam Gokhale has been appointed
as director of Syndicate Bank.
134. Mexico has set up its consulate in south India
in Chennai that will cater to Tamil Nadu,
Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
& Telangana.
135. The US space agency, NASA has launched its
first mission to collect samples from an
asteroid & return them to Earth
in hopes of learning more about the origins of life.
136. Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang has
received `Pangkor Dialogue Award 2016’ in
Malaysia for the efforts made by the
people of the state for environmental preservation &
promotion.
137. China has claimed that it has successfully
developed & tested a radar system that uses
quantum entanglement to beat the
stealth technology of modern military aircrafts.
138. The Laser interferometer Gravitational-wave
Observatory (LIGO) project that was given
the in-principle approval by the
Union Cabinet may come up in Maharashtra’s Hingoli
district.
139. Indian para high jumpers Mariyappan
Thangavelu & Varun Bhati won gold & bronze
medals respectively, in the T42
category at the Rio Paralympics.
140. Explosive West Indies opener Chris Gayle
launched his autobiography `Six Machine,
which contained extensive details
about his life & career.
141. Dilip Kumar Mandal has been appointed
managing director & Chief executive officer of
IDBI Asset Management Company
(AMC).
142. Former Pakistan Test Captain Waslim Bari
has been appointed as the new manager of the
national team for the coming `home’
series against the West Indies in the UAE.
143. Army Green on has won the 128th
edition of Durand Cup football title.
Army Green
defeated Neroca FC 6-5 via penalty
shoot outs.
144. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has
launched e-nivaran (electronic resolution)
facility for online redressal of
taxpayers’ grievances.
145. The 2-day Indo-US Economic Summit held in
New Delhi on September 13.
146. Bakytzhan
Sagintaev appointed as Prime minister of Kazakhstan.
147. Qatar National Bank (QNB) has received
approval from India’s regulatory authorities to
open a branch in the country &
begin operations.
148. British surgeons have successfully performed
the world’s first robotic operation inside the
eye.
149. Great Britain’s Jamie Murray & Brazil’s
Bruno Soares won their second Grand Slam
doubles title, defeating
Spaniards. Pablo Carreno Busta &
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
German professional tennis player
Angelique Kerber won her first U.S. Open title & the
second Grand Slam trophy of her
breakthrough season.
150. Vietnam won its first-ever Paralympic gold
medal after para weightlifter Le Van Cong
lifted 183 kgs, to set a new world
record at the event.
151. Renowned Yog Guru & Founder of
Patanjali group Baba Ramdev has laid the foundation
stone of his dream project Patanjali
Mega Food & Herbal Park in Mihan area which is
located at outskirts of Nagpur.
152. As part of the ongoing Indo-US defence
co-operation, a joint military training exercise,
`Yudh Abhyas 2016’ is set to be conducted in
Uttarkhand from September 14 to 27.
153. Arunachal Pradesh governor Jyoti Prasad
Rajkhowa was removed from the office by
President Pranab Mukherjee.
154. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has been
honoured with `Tamil Ratna’ award by a body
of Tamil diaspora in New York for flighting
corruption & working for more transparency
in the functioning of the government.
155. A revenge drama Ang Babaeng Humayo (The
Woman who Left) won the Golden Lion for
Best Film Award at the 73 Venice Film
Festival.
156. The Government has launched a toll-free
number 1924 to register postal complaints.
157. Mandi in Himachal Pradesh & Sindhudurg in
Mahrashtra have emerged the cleanest
districts in India according to a
report released in New Delhi by Drinking
Water &
Sanitation Minister Narendra Singh
tomer.
158. Himachal Pradesh Government has signed a
preliminary MoU with Singapore government
for developing a smart integrated
township in Jathiadevi near Shimla airport.
159. Union Minister of State for Ayush
(independent Charge) Shri Shripad Yesso
Naik &
Union minister for Fertilisers &
Chemicals & Parliamentary Affairs Shri Ananth Kumar
inauguarated the National Fair on
comprehensive Indian Medicine system (AROGYA) in
Bengaluru.
160. The Government has issued fresh flexi-fund
guidelines that will give more freedom to
states in spending money under the
Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) to meet local
development requirements.
161. Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime
Minister gave approval for the MoU
between India & Kenya on
Co-operation in the field of National Housing Policy
Development & Management (NHPDM).
162. The Union Cabinet has approved the
formation, process & functioning of the Goods &
Serivice Tax (GST) Council.
163. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) has approved the proposal for
initiation of the Third Phase of
Technical Education Quality improvement Programme
(TEQIP).
164. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has
inaugurated the Onam celebrations in
Thiruvananthapuram.
165. Stan Wawrinka defeated world number one
Novak Djokovic to claim a 3rd Grand Slam
title at the US Open tennis
tournament.
166. The Cabinet has approved the creation of
the Higher Education Financing Agency
(HEFA), taking a step closer to
developing high-quality infrastructure in premier
educational institutions.
167. Realty player Wadhwa Group has tied-up with
e-commerce platform Sanpdeal to make its
properties accessible to customers
online.
168. Environment ministers of the BRICS nations
will meet in Goa on September 2016.
169. Global citizen which is an international
social action platform was flagged off by Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis under the `Global
Citizen India’ initiative. The initiative
looks forward to mobilize social
change in the country.
170. In Andhra Pradesh, the 3rd BRICS
Urbanisation Forum Meet held in the Visakhapatnam.
171. One Thousand Hockey Legs, an NGO which seeks
to introduce the game of hockey to
school kids in India, was awarded the
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar by President
Pranab Mukherjee.
172. Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became
the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at
the Paralympics after he broke his
own world record to clinch the top honours at the Rio
Games.
173. Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will
be honoured with a humanitarian award by a
prominent jewish human rights organization
for promoting human dignity, interfaith
relations & tolerance among
people.
174. Andhra Pradesh has become the second state
in the country after Gujarat to achieve 100
per cent electrification of households.
175. Cabinet has approved Extradition Treaty
between India & Afghanistan.
176. Cabinet has approved Bilateral Technical
Arrangement between India & Switzerland.
177. Cabinet has approved an extension of the
contract between India & the International
Seabed Authortiy.
178. Cabinet has approved MoU between India &
Kenya on co-operation in the field of
National Housing Policy.
179. India’s top women bankers, SBI Chief
Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI head Chanda
Kochhar & Axis Bank CEO Shikha
Sharma, are among the 50 most powerful women
based outside the US, according to a
list by fortune, which is topped by Banco
Santander’s boss Ana Bot.
180. World’s longest bullet train network length
of 2000kms established by China Railway.
181. Meghalaya Governor V Shanmuganathan was
sworn in as the governor of Arunachal
Pradesh.
182. 105-year-old Kunwar Bai, who was felicitated
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for
building toilet by selling off her
goats, has been chosen as the `Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’
mascot.
183. Union of European Football Associations
(UEFA) electred Aleksander Ceferin to succeed
Michel Platini as President.
184. State Bank
of India, Punjab National Bank, IDFC Bank, & Digital wallet Paytm
will start
issuing electronic tags to vehicles
for toll collection.
185. HP Inc. agreed to buy Samsung Electronics
Co.’s printer business for $1.05 billion.
186. Anoop Kumar Sharma has taken charge of the
post of CMD, Shipping Corporation of
India (SCI) with effect from September 12,
2016 for a period of three years.
187. Digital payment platform freecharge in
partnership with Axis Bank has launched Unified
Payments Interface (UPI) that allows
instant transactions from a smartphone using a
virtual payment address (VPA)
188. Global online payment service provider PayU
has acquired Indian payments technology
player, Citrus Pay, for $130 million.
189. Uttarakhand Governor K K Paul has released a
book titled `Shanti ki Talaash mein
Zindagi’ written in Hindi by
Haridwar-based author & journalist Radhika Nagrath.
190. Actor Ewan McGregor will receive the
Britannia Humanitarian Award at the British
Academy at the British Academy
Britannia Awards in California next month.
191. Writer Meghna Pant will be honoured with
Kumaon Literary Festival’s FON (Fellows
of
Nature) South AsiaShort Story Award
in Nature writing in October for her short story
“people of the Sun”.
192. Gionee mobile phones would now be
manufactured in Haryana as the company has been
signed an MoU with the state
government to set up its phone manufacturing hub with an
initial investment of Rs.500 crore
which, later on, would be increased to Rs.1,500 crore.
193. Private sector Axis Bank has tied up with
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to offer
specialized banking courses.
194. The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying
& Fisheries in the Ministry of
Agriculture & Farmers welfare has
declared India free from Avian influenza (H5N1)
195. The Uttar Pradesh Govt. has appointed
Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the
brand ambassador of its flagship
programme `Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana’.
196. Jim Yong Kim is heading for another
five-year term as president of the World Bank.
197. Bollywood queen Priyanka Chopra is in the
top 10 in Forbes magazine’s annual list of
best-paid television actresses. Colombian – American actress Sofia Vergara
topped the
rich.
198. The United States has signed a 38 billion
dollars deal with Israel to provide the country
with military assistance over a
10-year period.
199. Japanese automobile maker Isuzu has
announced top-level changes in its Indian
operations with Hiroshi Nakagawa taking over
as the Chairman of Isuzu Motors India
(IMI).
200. BHVS Narayana Murthy, an expert in Avionics
has been appointed as Director, Research
Centre imarat (RCI), Defence Research
Development Organisation (DRDO), Hyderabad.
201. Vice-President Hamid Ansari will be
representing India at the upcoming 17th Summit of
the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to be
held at Margarita Island in Venezuela from
September 17-18.
202. Gautam Gambhir-led India Blue has won the
inaugural day/night Duleep Trophy Cricket
tournament held in Greater Noida.
203. The State Bank of India (SBI)has raised $300
million (about Rs.2,000 crore) through AT-1
Basel III-compliant bonds to fund its
business growth.
204. Indian-American physician-author, Abraham
Verghese, whose work has emphasized
empathy in medicine, has been
selected for the prestigious 2015 National Humanities
Medal.
205. Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications
& Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB),
promoters of Aircel, agreed to merge
their wireless businesses to form the fourth-largest
telecom operator in the country.
206. Quikr has acquired the largest & highest
quality players in beauty services Staygand.
It
was the Quikr’s 8th
acquisition in 2016.
207. Praj Industries, a Pune-based global process
solutions leader, was partnered with Indian
Oil Corporation, India’s flagship
National Oil Company, for setting up multiple second
Generations (2G) bio-ethanol plants
based on indigenously developed technology.
208. Transportation app Uber has launched a new
initiative in partnership with Maruti Suzuki
& National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) for creating livelihood opportunities
for one million people by 2018.
209. Typhoon Meranti was the world’s strongest typhoon made
landfall in east China’s Fujian
Province, causing widespread
destruction.
210. The Government has formally notified the GST
Council, which will decide on the tax rate,
exempted goods under the new taxation
regime.
211. Nadia Murad, a former ISIS captive, have been
named the UN’s new Goodwill
Ambassador for the for the Dignity of
Survivors of Human Trafficking.
212. Atul Kumar Goel, General Manager, Allahabad
Bank, has taken charge as Executive
Director in Union Bank of India.
213. Sports Mnister Vijay Goel conferred Arjuna
Awards on cricketers Rohit Sharma & Ajinkya
Rahane at a function in New
Delhi. Sharma was given the award for
2015 & Rahane for
2016.
214. Legendary playwright Edward Albee, widely
considered one of the greats of his
generation, has died at the age of 88.
215. Former Italian president, prime minister
& central bank governor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has
died at the age of 95.
216. Vijaya Bank has bagged the second prize under
Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (Region C) for
the year 2015-16.
217. India will host the Annual Meetings of the
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in
May Next Year.
218. A Joint military training exercise of Indian
& US Armies, Exercise YUDH ABHYAS
2016, commenced at Chaubattia Uttarakhand
with the Opening Ceremony.
219. Dharwad-headquartered Karnataka Vikas
Grameena Bank has bagged four awards for
inclusive insurance for 2016 from
Skoch Group.
220. All India Radio (AIR) has been launched a
website & mobile app for its Balochi service to
reach people who speak this language
across the globe.
221. India has slipped by 10 positions to 112th,
out of 159 countries & territories, according to
the Economic Freedom of the world;
2016 Annual Report. Hong Kong has the
highest
level of economic freedom worldwide.
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