current affairs aug 2015 hindi
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Aug 1, 2015
1) 31 2015 2022 (2022 Winter Olympics) (Summer Olympics) (Winter Olympics) ? (Beijing)
: () (International Olympic Committee IOC)
2022 44 40 Almaty () 2008 2008 2018 (Pyeongchang) 2020
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2) (Sharekhan) (Indian retail brokerage firm) 30 2015 ? SA (BNP Paribas SA)
: (BNP Paribas) (Geojit BNP Paribas) 33% (Sharekhan) : (retail brokerage) (online trading)
2000 (Shripal Morakhia) 2007 43.58% . 2,200 100% :
3) (BCCI) 30 2015 (Title Sponsor) ? (Paytm)
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: (Paytm) (Mobile wallet service) 30 2015 97 (One97 Communications) BCCI 203.28 BCCI Paytm 1.68 2.42 2014-15 (Micromax) 40 Paytm
4) General Motors (GM) 2020 1 (Talegaon) 1,10,000 2025 2,20,000 ? Halol ( )
: GM 1996 (Halol) 2010 (operating losses) 1,10,00
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5) (Kotak Mahindra Bank) 2015 (app) : ?
: (Kotak Bharat) : - app SMS
app - / , app ,
6) 2015 (Japan) (Toyota) ? Volkswagen ( )
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: (Volkswagen) (Toyota) 2015 50.4 50.2 2018 3 (GM) 2008 . 1
(Audi), (Porsche), (Skoda),
7) (Afghan Taliban) 30 2015 (Mullah Mohammad Omar) ? (Mullah Akhtar Mansoor)
: (Quetta) 30 2015 - : 14 29
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8) 2015 (British commentator) (Sir Peter OSullevan) ? (Horse Racing)
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(The Voice) BBC 1997 97
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Aug 2, 2015
1) 31 -1 2015 - - (Enclaves) - - - ? 162
: 111 51 - 1974 (Land Boundary Agreement of 1974) 2011 (Protocol and Instruments of
Ratification of 2011) 6-7 2015 - 68 30 2015
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2) (Public Sector Banks) 1 2015 ? 70,000
: (Bad loans) - (Non-performing assets) NPAs) (capitalization) (Basel III) Basel III : (capital), (leverage), - (funding) (liquidity) 25,000 (2015-16) 2016-17, 10,000
3) 31 2015 (Witness Protection Programme)
? (Delhi)
: 31 2015 : , ,
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4) (Arab countries) (Joint Arab military force) ? (Egypt) (Saudi Arabia)
: - (Abdel Fattah
el-Sisi) (Prince Mohammed bin Salman) 30 2015 (Cairo) 2013 (Mohamed Morsi) : 4
5) 1 2015 (Life Insurance Council) ? .. (S.K. Roy), (LIC)
: .. -
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Aug 3, 2015
1) 1 2015 (CERN)
(European Organisation for Nuclear Research) - ? (Pakistan)
: CERN 1 2015
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- CERN CERN CERN CERN CERN 1994 2013 CERN CERN (Task-force) 2014
2) 1 2015 (International Olympic Committee
IOC) 206 ? (South Sudan)
: () IOC 1 2015 206 (2016) Rio () IOC - 2013 (Salva Kiir) (Riek Machar) - 20
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(GuorMarial) 2012 IOC
3) , , (Cyclonic Storm) 1 2 2015 ? (Komen)
: (Komen) 31 2015
(Depression) , -
4) (Adoption) (Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children
2015) 1 2015 17 2015 (IT Application for Adoption) ? (CARINGS (Child Adoption Resource
Information & Guidance System)
: CARINGS
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PAPs) , CARINGS -
5) (Indian Navy) (Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and
Surveillance System IUHDSS)
? ()
: IUHDSS : 1 2015 (Israeli Aerospace Industries IAI) - , - IUHDSS ,
6) (National Sample Survey (NSS) 68
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2011-12 - ? 67.3%
: 2011-12 : - - 1993-94 - 78.2% 2011-12 67.3% LPG 2% LPG 2011-12 15%
7) (NSS) 68 2011-12 LPG ? (Tamil Nadu)
: - 2011-12 LPG : LPG 1.5% (2.9%) (3.9%)
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Aug 4, 2015
1) 3 2015 (Naga Rebels) - (National Socialist Council of Nagalim-IM NSCN-IM) . (T. Muivah) ? 1997
: NSCN-IM 1997 (Insurgency) 1947 1997 NSCN-IM (Ceasefire) NSCN-IM
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27 2015 -
2) (Indian Financial Code IFC) (draft) 3
? (RBI)
: (Indian Financial Code IFC) (Monetary Policy Committee) (RBI) (Governor) (Veto Power) (Foreign Exchange) (Govt. securities markets) RBI (Regulator) RBI
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3) (Mutual Fund) (UTI Mutual Fund) (assets) ?
: 4.5
(UTI Asset Management Company UTI AMC) AMC 2003 (Unit Trust of India UTI) (Promoter) (SBI), (LIC), (BOB) (PNB) AMC 18.5% () . (T Rowe Price) 26% AMC (IPO Initial Public Offer)
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4) (Pacific Ocean) - (Island-nations) - (Forum for India-Pacific Islands
Cooperation FIPIC) 14- 21 2015 ? ( )
: - (Forum for India-Pacific Islands
Cooperation FIPIC) , , -, -, - - 2014 (Fiji)
- ,
5) (Indian Institute of Technology
IIT) 3 2015 ? Palakkad ()
: (IIT Palakkad) 3 2015 18 (), 117 . (B.Tech) , ,
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Aug 5, 2015
1) (United Nations) 193 2 2015 (sustainable development) (agenda)
Sustainable Development Summit 17 (17 Sustainable Development Goals)
: ? 2030 ,
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: (Millennium Development Goals) 70 2000 8 2015 , , , - Sustainable Development Summit 25 27 2015
2) (RBI) (Raghuram Rajan) 4 2015 2015-16 - (3rd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy
Statement) (Repo Rate) RBI ?
Repo Rate ( (LAF) ) 7.25%
(Reverse Repo Rate) 6.25%
(Cash Reserve Ratio CRR) 4.0%
(MSF) (Bank Rate) 8.25%
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: 2015 RBI 75 (basis points) 25 2 2015 RBI - 2016 (Inflation Projections) 0.2% 2015-16 (Growth Rate) 7.6%
3) (Taser guns) ? (Delhi Police)
: (Taser guns)
4 2015 5 - (electro-magnetic pulse) 15 (non-lethal)
4) 3 2015 11-
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: - , (Delhi Tourism), (NDMC) 13 .
5) (Flying Disc) , (Frisbee) , ? (IOC)
: (International Olympic Committee
IOC) () () , (World Flying Disc Federation WFDF) - 58 - IOC
6) .. (S.S.
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Rajamouli) (Baahubali) 500 500 500 ? 3 (2013) (2014)
: : (Telugu) .. 10 2015 500
3 (Dhoom 3) (PK) , (Prabhas) (Rana Daggubati) (Anushka Shetty) (Tamannaah Bhatia)
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Aug 6, 2015
1) (Japan) (Hiroshima) (first nuclear bomb) 6 2015 ? 70
: 70 6 1945 (US Air Force),
, (Little Boy) - 1945 1 40 (Nagasaki) (Fat Man) 9 1945 70 (World War II)
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2) 4 2015 (Harda) 29 (Machak River)
? ( ) ( )
: 4 2015 11 (Kamayani Express) 10 () (Janata Express) (Harda) (Khirkiya) 160 . -
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3) - (Multi-Application Solar Telescope
MAST) 4 2015 ? ( )
: (Udaipur Solar Observatory) , - (3-D) (Solar Blast) (Solar slares) (Ministry of Science and
Technology)
(Department of Space) 26 (Physical Research Laboratory PRL) - . .. (Prof. U.R. Rao)
4) - (share) (securities) (Demat account) ? ( )
: ( ), - (Demat
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5) 4 2015 (Science Museum)
? (Navachara Kaksh)
: (Intel) (innovation) (3-D Selfie) - , (3-D Printer)
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6) (Maruti Suzuki) 5 2015 (crossover) ? - (S-Cross)
: - (S-Cross) (SUV) (Sedan)
5 (Nexa) - 8.34 (-) SUV (Ford) (Renault) SUV
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Aug 7, 2015
1) (Egypt) 6 2015 - (Suez Canal) 6 (6 billion) 36 (Asia) (Europe) ? (Red Sea) (Mediterranean Sea)
: (Suez Canal) (Egypt) (Red Sea)
(Mediterranean Sea) 1869 7% - 6 : 193 (Suez Canal Authority SCA) 2023 8.4 ,
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3.5 (Fattah el Sisi)
2) 6 2015 (Indian Ocean) (Malaysian Airlines) 370 (MH370) 6 (Najib Razak)
? (Reunion Island)
: MH370 8 2014 (Kuala Lumpur) (Beijing) 777 2015 (Reunion Island) (Madagascar) MH370 (France) 6
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3) - (Single-Brand Retail) - ? -
: 2015 -
(Franchising) (Tommy Hilfiger), H&M, (Swarovski), (Skechers), (Nike) (Adidas) - (company-owned direct retail outlets) - (FDI) - - -
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4) (Union Cabinet) ( BSNL) 5 2015 ? BSNL (telecom tower)
: BSNL , BSNL BSNL 64,500 50 (optical fibre cable connectivity ) 5
8 10 BSNL 100% BSNL
5) (Kolkata) , (Dopamine) (cancer tumours) ?
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: (Partha Dasgupta) (Chittaranjan National Cancer
Research Institute) (Sujit Basu) (Ohio State University) (Wexner Medical Centre) (Dopamine) (harmone) (neurotransmitter) (movements) (emotions)
: (Chemotherapy) () 25
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Aug 8, 2015
1) 7 2015 (National Handloom Day) 7 ? 1905 7 (Swadeshi Movement)
:
( ) 7 2012, 2013 2014 (India Handloom) 15% 95%
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2) 1989 (Bhagalpur Riots) 7 2015 .. (Justice N.N. Singh) ? (Satyendra Narayan Sinha)
: 1989 - 250
2005 .. 1000- :
3) 2013 (forest cover) ? 21.23%
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: 2013 697,898 21.23% 2011 2013 5871 2013 , , , ( )
4) (Independence Day) (Emergency Response System ERS)
911 ? 112
: 112 911 2017 10 , 3,500 112 (112 Nirbhaya Helpline) (2016)
5) 7 2015 15 2015 (Time Zone)
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(North Korea) (South Korea) (Japan) 1910 1945 ?
: 15 2015 70
6) (IIT)
.. ( ? (IIT Bombay)
: (unused TV spectrum) 80 (Palghar) 7 - - - (DoT) (NGO Pukar) -
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Aug 9, 2015
1) (EPFO) 64- 2015 ? 2015 64- (Equity)
: (Employees Provident Fund
Organisation EPFO) () 6 2015 EPFO (pension fund)
EPFO 8.5 (fixed returns) (securities) EPFO 5 15% EPFO 5% 8.25-9.5% EPFO 1 - 5,000 EPFO
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- EPFO 7,000 8,000 EPFO .. (U.K. Sinha) , SEBI
2) (equity) (EPFO) ? (SBI Mutual Fund)
: EPFO (SBI Mutual Fund) (Exchange Traded Funds ETFs) EPFO 75% (SBI Nifty ETF)
25% (SBI Sensex ETF) EPFO (CPSE ETF) (NFO) EPFO , , (Diversification),
3) 6 - (NITI Aayog) -
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? (NIYATAM)
: NIYATAM NITI Initiative to Yield Aspirational
Targets and Actionable Means 56 46 , 44 20 4 , , -
- (rationalize)
4) 8 2015 476 (Swachh Bharat Rankings) ? ()
: 2008 (National Sanitation Policy) 2014-15 31 1 476 , , , , ,
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, (Mysuru) 476 10 9 ( ), (), (), , ( ), (), (. ) () (Damoh) 9 ( ), ( ), (), ( ), ( ), (), () ( ) 7 (Bengaluru) 429 (Patna)
5) 8 2015 (Bihar) (Himachal Pradesh) (Governors)
? () ( )
: 69- (Ram Nath Kovind) (1994 2006 ) . (Acharya Dev Vrat)
6) 8 2015 (Taiwan)
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: (Soudelor) 8 100 (162 . ) , 4
(Fujian) -
Aug , 2015
1) (Singapore) 9 2015 , ? 50
: (Singapore) 9 2015 50 - (Island-Nation) 9 1965 (Federation of Malaya)
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(Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles) 1819 1824 1963 ( Malaysia) 9 1965 - (Lee Kuan Yew) , ,
50 50 , -
2) , (birth centenary) 8 2015 ? (Bhisham Sahni)
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(Tamas) , 1947 , 11 2003 87
3) - (PMSBY) (PMJJBY) ?
: (Suraksha Bandhan)
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4) (Apple) (iPhones)
8 2015 5 5 - ?
: (Maharashtra) (Foxconn) 1500 5 5 50 , (Make In India)
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5) ( ) (Thomas Cook (India) Limited) (Kuoni Group) 535 (SOTC) (SITA) ? (Prem Wasta)
: (Prem Wasta), (Fairfax Financial Holdings) (Chairman) CEO , 2012 817
(Fairbridge Capital) , 1996 SOTC 2000 SITA (VFS Global)
6) (Deutsche Bank) 7 2015 ? (Pramerica)
: (Pramerica Asset Managers
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Private Limited) (Prudential Financial) : 30 2015 20,720 2,125 (Morgan Stanley), (ING), (Daiwa) (PineBridge)
7) (Sri Lanka) (Maldives) (U.S. Ambassador) ? (Atul Keshap)
: (Richard Rahul Verma) : 44-
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1) (Google) 10 2015 (new holding company) ? (Alphabet)
: - (Larry Page) (Sergey Brin) 10 2015
(Alphabet) (Search Engine), (Advertising), (Google Maps), (Youtube) (Android) (Google Ventures) (Google Capital), (Fiber) - , (Nest) : (Google X) : , GOOG GOOGL
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2) (Google) (CEO) ? (Sundar Pichai)
: 43- (Google) (Alphabet) (CEO) - (Larry Page)
(Alphabet) (CEO) - (Sergey Brin) (President) 2004 (Vice President) IIT . (Stanford University) .. (M.S.) (Wharton) (MBA)
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3) 9 2015 : () ? (Disha)
: (mobile app) (Digital Literacy) 2014 (Digital Saksharta Abhiyan) (Disha Handbook)
(Intel) (Common Service Centre CSC)
10
4) (Nepal) (New Constitution) (Provinces) ? (6)
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(mountain region), (hilly region) (southern plains)
5) 10 2015 ? (School Nursery Yojana)
: 10 2015 -
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- - (Extra-Curricular Activities) (Tree Census) 100 1,000 5,000 10,000
6) (Right to Education Forum) ? 98,000
: (RTE Forum)
(District Information System for Education
(DISE) 2013-14 98,443 11.46%
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7) (Xiaomi) 10 2015 . 2 ? (Sri City)
: (Xioami) (Samsung) (Apple) (Mi) (Sri City) (Foxconn)
2 (RedMi 2 Prime) ,
8) (Confederation of Indian Industry)
(Associations Council CII ASCON) ?
: 93 : 93 16.1% 2015-16 Excellent Growth Rate ( 20%
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) , 7.1% 70% 27% 23.7% 0% High Growth Rate
( 10 20%) 14.3% 9.7% CII : ,
Aug 13, 2015
1) (China)
11 2015 (Yuan) (Depreciation) 12 2015 : ?
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: (Peoples Bank of China POBC) 11 2015 1.9% 12 6.3306 , 1.6% (market-oriented exchange rate) , ,
2) 12 2015 (India Rupee) 23 (RBI) ? RBI (intervention)
: 12 : 64.86 2013 1991 RBI (PSU Banks)
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3) (ISRO) 10 2015 (indigenous titanium sponge plant)
(Titanium Sponge) ? ()
: ()
(Kollam district) (Chavara) , ISRO 200 300 1,000
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4) (North Korea) ( Vice Premier) (firing squad) (Kim Jong Un) ? (Choe Yong Gon)
: 63 (Choe Yong Gon) (Unification Ministry) 2014 2000 - -
5) (SBI) 11 2015 2015-16 ? 3,692
: 2015 2015-16 SBI 3,692 10.2% SBI (Bad Loans) 4.25% 4.29% , 4.90%
6) 11 2015 (National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project-II
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: (NCRMP-II) (National Disaster Management Authority NDMA)
1) 2) 3) - 4)
Aug 14-15, 2015
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: RBI 1) (Repo operations) - 2) (Govt. Securities)
(coupon rates) ) (US Treasury bill) (sovereign bonds) RBI (dividend) 66,000 22% RBI 80- RBI
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2) 14 2015 (total deposits) 70% (PSU Banks) ? .. ( ) ( )
: 14 2015 (acquisitions) (mergers) 1969 (Bank Nationalization)
(Bank of Baroda) (Canara Bank) .. (P.S. Jayakumar) (Rakesh Sharma), 2014 (Syndicate Bank) (CMD) .. 22 -
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3) (IRDA) 13 2015 ? (Bancassurance policy) 9
: (IRDA) 13 (Life Insurance), (General Insurance) (Standalone Health Insurance) (Bancassurance)
IRDA
4) 13 2015 .. (O.P. Munjal) ? (Hero Cycles)
: .. ( ) (Ludhiana)
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5) (Sumitra Mahajan) (Arun Sathe) ? (SEBI)
: . (Arun P. Sathe) SEBI RSS 1989 -
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Aug 16-17, 2015
1) 69 , (Start-up India, Stand up India) ? (Start-ups)
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: , 1.25 -
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2) 15 2015 ?
: (Agriculture Ministry) (Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Ministry) - 1871 ,
1881 - 1923 , : : 1945 , - : 1947
3) 14 2015 (PSU Banks) - (7-pronged strategy) ? (Indradhanush)
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50%
4) 5- - 2015 ?
: 5,380 (Kalapathar Peak) , 5 (Kandarp Sharma) Ritvika Sharma (8 )
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5) 16 2015 (Jakarta) (Badminton World Championships) . ?
: . 2 (Saina Nehwal) 15 2015 (Lindaweni Fanetri)
(Carolina Marin) 16-21, 19-21 . 1 (Chen Long) (Lee Chong Wei) 21-14, 21-17
6) (China) (port city) 2015 ? (Tianjin)
: (Tianjin) - - 12 2015
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Aug 18, 2015
1) (UAE) - 17 2015 - (zero-
carbon) - (car-free) ? (Madsar)
: (Madsar) (Abu Dhabi) 17 100% - 100% - 0% - (other
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renewable energy sources) (International Renewable Energy
Agency IRENA) (Private Rapid Transit PRT)
UAE 34
2) - 17 2015 20 100 ? (Bangkok)
: (Thailand) (Bangkok) 17 (Rajprasong intersection) - (Erawan Temple) - - -
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3) (Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation DAC) -, (National Agriculture Market NAM) ? (SFAC)
: (Small Farmers Agri Business Consortium SFAC) (National Agriculture Market NAM) -
SFAC - , SFAC - (NAM) - 585 (Agriculture Produce Market Committee APMC) -
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4) 2015 (Airbus) 250 26.55 - ? (IndiGo)
: (IndiGo) 2014 (Airbus) 250 A320 Neo 15 2015 A320 A320 Neo A320
737 (Boeing 737 Max)
5) 16 2015 ? (Anirban Lahiri)
: 28- (Anirban Lahiri) (PGA Championships) () (Jeev Milkha Singh) 2008
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6) (ASSOCHAM) 2012-13 (manufacturing sector) ? (Tamil Nadu)
: (ASSOCHAM) 14 2015
2012-13 15.2% 13.8% 10.5% : (positive growth) 3.6% 2011-12 1.34 1.29
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Aug 19, 2015
1) (SBI) - (M-Wallet application) 18 2015 ? (SBI Buddy)
: (SBI) (SBI Buddy) 18 -
SBI Buddy SBI - , , , , 13 , SBI - (Accenture) (MasterCard) SBI Buddy SBI - (ICICI Banks Pocket),
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2) (High Court) 18 2015 (Primary Schools) , , , ? ( )
: 2013 2015 , (Justice Sudhir Agarwal)
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3) (ICICI Bank) 18 2015 (fully automated digital locker service) ? (Smart Vault)
: ICICI (Smart Vault) - (multi-layer security system) (biometric identification) (PIN authentication)
(robotic system)
4) (Google) (Android) (new update) , 17 2015 ? 6.0 (Android 6.0 Marshmallow)
: (Google) 6.0 (Marshmallow) 17 (Dave Burke) ,
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5) (President Pranab Mukherjee) (First Lady) 18 2015 : ? (Suvra Mukherjee)
: , (Rabindra Sangeet) , (Geetanjali Troupe) 75
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: (Honda Activa) 2015 1 Activa 59% 21 2001 (HMSI Pvt. Ltd.) 2015
HMSI 2.5 : (Honda Activa) 2015 1 Activa 59% 21 2001 (HMSI Pvt. Ltd.) 2015 HMSI 2.5
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1) (RBI) 19 2015 11 (entities) (individuals) ( ) RBI (Payments Banks) 41 2015 RBI 11 - ? 1) (Aditya Birla Nuvo), 2) (Airtel M Commerce Services), 3)
(Cholamandalam Distribution
Services), 4) (
), 5) (Fino PayTech), 6) (NSDL), 7) (Reliance Industries), 8) (Tech Mahindra), 9) Vodafone m-pesa ( ) 10) 11) . ( )
: RBI (individuals)- (Dilip Shanghvi) . (Vijay S. Sharma), : (Sun Pharma) (Paytm) (Payments Banks) (remittance services) 1 (Govt. securities)
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2) 19 2015 (International Amateur Athletics Federation IAAF) (President) ? Sebastian Coe ()
: (Sebastian Coe) 1500 IAAF 50 (Sergey Bubka) 92 115 IAAF 214
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3) (IAAF) 50 (Council) (Member)
? (Adille Sumariwalla)
: 100 (Athletics Federation of India AFI)
(Adille Sumariwalla) IAAF 9 (IOA) (AFI) (Suresh Kalmadi) (Asian Athletics Association AAA) 2013 AAA - (Dahlan Al-Hamad)
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: (India Aspiration Fund IAF) 2,000 (SMILE) 10,000 (LIC) - (co-investor) IAF : ( ) (micro), (small) (medium)
- (quasi-equity) (term loans) , (debt-equity ratio)
5) (Mahinda Rajapaksa) 18 2015 (Ranil Wickremesinghe)
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: 225 (United National Party UNP) 106 2015 (United Peoples Freedom Alliance
UPFA) 95 (TNA)
6) (White House) (transgender) 18 2015 ? - (Raffi Freedman-Gurspan)
: - (Raffi Freedman-Gurspan) (Office of Presidential Personnel) (outreach and recruitment director)
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Aug 21, 2015
1) 2015 (Education Loans) ? (Vidya Lakshmi)
: 15 2015 69
(government scholarships) - (NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited NSDL e-
Gov) , (Indian Banks Association IBA) (SBI, IDBI , , ) 13 22
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: -IV 1 2010 ( ), , , , , , , , , , , , 2014 20 2015 30 2016 1 2017
18 2015 -IV -V -VI -
3) 20 2015 (Air India) (Chairman) ? (Ashwani Lohani)
: (Ashwani Lohani) 1980- (Indian Railway Service) (MPTDC) (MD) (Rohit Nandan)
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: (Syed Ali Shah Geelani) (Yasin Malik) (Mirwaiz Umar Farooq)
- 20 2015 ( )
5) (Enforcement Directorate) 20 2015 (Goa) (Digamber Kamat)
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: Louis Berger 1.2 (Churchill Alemao)
6) (Babasaheb Purandare) ?
: - (Maharashtra Bhushan) , NCP 20 2015
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: (Twinkle Khanna) 19 2015
( ) :
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1) - (Forum for India-Pacific Islands
Cooperation FIPIC) (Summit) 21 2015 14 ? (Jaipur)
: FIPIC
(Fiji), (Marshall Islands), (Nauru), (Niue), (Palau), (Papua New Guinea), (Samoa), (Yuvalu), (Vanuatu), (Cook Islands), (Kiribati), (Micronesia), (Solomon Islands) (Tonga)
2) 19 2015 (countries under restricted visa category) ? (Iran)
: (IS)
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(IB) (RAW)
3) (Alexis Tsipras) 20 2015 ?
: 20 (Prokopis Pavlopoulos) (Syriza Party)
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4) - , (Kishore Biyani) (Future Consumer Enterprise Limited)
(PDS) 5,000 ?
: (PDS) (FCEL) , , , , , (FCEL)
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5) Hotline ( ) ? (India)
: (Narendra Modi) (Barack Obama) . (Peter R. Lavoy) (Russia), (Britain)
(China)
6) ... (IAS) ? IAS
: IAS IAS
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Aug 23-24, 2015
1) 23 2015 ? (Bandhan Bank)
: 23 2015 (IDFC)
(RBI) 2 RBI (Universal Banking Licence) 23 501 -
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2) 23 2015 (Bandhan Bank) ? (Yes Bank)
: (Yes Bank) 2004
(:) (ICICI Bank), (HDFC Bank), (Axis Bank) (Kotak Mahindra Bank) (ING Vysya Bank)
3) (Jamaica) (Usain Bolt) 100 23 2015 : (IAAF World Championships) (Justin Gatlin) ? 9.79
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4) 23 2015 (Pro-
Kabaddi League (PKL) ? U-Mumba ()
: (U-Mumba) 23 Bengaluru Bulls () 36-30 (Telugu Titans) (Patna Pirates) 34-26 2014 (Jaipur Pink Panthers)
5) (FIIs)
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: .. FIIs 1 2015 (MAT) 2012 (Advance Authority Ruling AAR) (Castleton) MAT 68 FIIs
602 MAT FIIs .. (Justice A.P. Shah) 2015 MAT MAT FIIs
6) - (Solar Power) ? Cochin International Airport ()
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7) (neuroscientist) (lab-grown human brain)
? (Rene Anand)
: (Columbus) (Ohio State University) (Rene Anand) (mini human brain) (human fetus) , (Susan McKay) (human skin cells)
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1) 24 2015 BSE (- Sensex) NSE 7 ?
: 24 , , , (demand) (consumption)
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2) 24 2015 (Rani Gaidinliu) (birth centenary celebration)
? (Nagaland)
: (1915-1993) (Nagaland) (Heraka) - 1932 17 1947 (Rani) (Christian) 17
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3) 24 2015 (PSU) 10% (Disinvest) ? (IOC)
: 24 (IOC) 10% 18% 387
9300 , 5% , (2015-16) (1,610 ), (1,600 ) (145 ) 3,300 2016 69,500
4) 24 2015 6 ? -
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5) - 23 2015 ?
: (Madhya Pradesh) 23 (Rewa) - 750 (Bandwar) 1500 2017 (Solar Energy Corporation of India)
(MP Urja Vikas Nigam) (50% ) (Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Project) (California) (Mojave Desert)
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6) 24 2015 (cyclonic storm) ? (Goni)
: 24 2015 250 .
(Philippines) 15 20 (Haiyan) 2013 7,300
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1) 27 2015 (Smart Cities Mission) 98 13 ? (Uttar Pradesh)
: . 98 12-12 13 13 10 7
(UTs) 100 48,000 100 - 25 2015 20 2 40 100
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: GSAT-6 - : GSAT-6 (unfurlable antenna) ISRO GSAT-6 (Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle GSLV)
25 GSLV
3) 25 2015 2011 (Religious Census Data) ?
:
2011 121.09
(93.63 ) 79.8%
(17.22 ) 14.2%
(2.78 ) 2.3%
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(0.84 ) 0.7%
(0.45 ) 0.4%
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24.6% 16.8% 15.5% , 10%
4) 24 2015 (IOC) 10% (Disinvestment) 86% ? (LIC)
: LIC 10% 24 LIC LIC 2.52% 11.11% LIC
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5) (NITI Aayog) 27 2015 (interactive energy scenario building tool) ? 2047 (India Energy Security Scenarios (IESS) 2047)
: 2047 : , , , , , , , , - , , , , India Energy Security Scenarios
27 (Arvind Panagariya)
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6) 26 2015 - (Home Loan) (mortgage guarantee) (amount of loan) (paying tenure) ? ICICI
: ICICI - (Extraa Home Loan) - 5 20% 67 60
ICICI , EMI , (India Mortgage Guarantee
Corporation) - (NPAs)
7) - (Flipkart) 25 2015
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Aug 29, 2015
1) 50 28 2015 50 ? (Haji Pir Pass)
: 28 1965 1 (1 Para) (Major Ranjit Dyal) (LoC) (Haji Pir Pass) . (Lt. General Harbaksh Singh)
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2) (Telemedicine) 2015 (Apollo Hospital) ? (SEHAT)
: (SEHAT) Social Endeavour for Health and
Telemedicine 25 2015 60,000 (CSCs) (Jan Aushadhi Stores) 80%
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3) 2015 (Insurance Institute of India III) ? 60
: (III) 60 (Diamond Jubilee) 1955
26 2015 .. (J.C. Setalvad Memorial Federation of Insurance Institutes
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4) (Facebook) (Mark Zuckerberg) 27 2015 2015 ? (1 billion)
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5) (Delhi) (Aurangzeb Road) (New Delhi Municipal Corporation NDMC) 28 2015 ? . .. .
: (NDMC) ... (Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam)
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1) 2015 (NITI Aayog) ?
: 14 2015 , 1)
(Team India Hub) 2) (Knowledge and Innovation Hub) 2) (Flexi Pool) , : 146, 173 98 (Planning Commission) 8
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: 1991-92 28
(Leander Paes) 29 (National Sports Day)
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3) (Kumbh) 29 2015 ? ()
: (Trimbakeshwar) 2015 29 2015 7 , 10
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: (Enrika) (Dominican Republic) 15 (Roosevelt Skerrit) 20 20 31 (Puerto Rico) 2 20 2015 (Cuba) (Florida)
5) 29 2015 (Moon) , ? (Supermoon)
: (Richard Nolle) 224,834 14%
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