Current Affairs – February 2013
1) MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), India's third full- fledged equity bourse after BSE and NSE, began trading in equities and equity 40-stock index was named SX40. It will be a free- float based index of large-cap and liquid stocks, representing diverse sectors. 2) World Cancer Day is observed on 4th February every year. The theme for this year was Cancer- Did you know? 3) First copy of the book titled Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Germany by Professor Anita B. Pfaff was given to the President of…
Current Affairs – January 2013
1) A senior Scientist from ISRO, S. Ramakrishnan took over as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram. 2) Along with Vidya Balan, Neha Dhupia has been named PETA's hottest celebrity vegetarians of 2012. 3) The human rights chief of UN- Navi Pillay termed Rape as National Problem in India. She asked the union government of India to strengthen the legal administration against sexual crimes, primarily rapes but he was against death penalty for the rapists. 4) Justice D K Jain has been announced the…
Current Affairs – December 2012
1) Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral passes away: Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral, who headed a rickety coalition government in the late 1990s, died after a brief illness. He became Minister of External Affairs in the V P Singh-led National Front government in 1989. 2) Obama appoints blind Indian-American to key post: The Obama administration has appointed a blind Indian-American to a key administrative post in an independent US agency devoted for people with disabilities. Sachin Dev Pavithran…
Current Affairs – November 2012
(1) Digitalization of Television in four Metros in India , Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata & Chennai is made compulsory from 1st November 2012. (2) Storm which hit East Coast of USA recently is named as Sandy. Because of this Storm New York Stock Exchange remained closed for 2 days. (3) Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai, was hanged at Pune’s Yerwada Jail on 21 November 2012 and the Authorities gave Codeword for…
Current Affairs – October 2012
Punjab Government has announced to launch biggest ever door-to-door campaign for early detection of Cancer. Canara Bank has been recently awarded gold trophy of Niryat Bandhu Award followed by Bank of India (silver) and Punjab National Bank (bronze). The award was presented by the President of India. Sanofi Indi pharmaceutical company has launched its first indigenously manufactured re-usable insulin pen 'AllStar' . Mohamed Nasheed, Maldivia country’s first democratically elected President has been issued an arrest warrant by the Maldiavian court…
Current Affairs – September 2012
1) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully completed its 100th Mission: ISRO launched its 100th satellite named PSLV-C21 on Septmeber 7, 2012 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, 80 kms north of Chennai. 2) Kaushik Basu has been appointed as the chief economist and senior vice president of The World Bank whose term begin on October 1,2012. He succeeded Mr Justin Lin of China. 3) Raghuram Ranjan former IMF chief economist, took charge as the chief economic advisor (CEA) in…
Current Affairs – August 2012
1) Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendras (PSSKs) under the ‘Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Yojana’ scheme are opened at the Gram Panchayat Headquarters which is without Post Offices to provide basic postal facilities at Gram Panchayat Headquarters. 2) PM congratulates Vijay Kumar, Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has congratulated Mary Kom on her winning the bronze medal in women’s boxing at London Olympics-2012. Following is the text of PM’s message: ‘I join the nation in congratulating boxer Mary…
Top 20 Current Affairs for IBPS Aspirants – July Updates
A number of candidates who passed the clerical/PO exams wanted tips on preparing for the interviews and also to enhance their general knowledge. First most important thing candidates should be aware are the current affairs. As these are frequently asked questions during the interviews. Here we tried to collect some important updates which can help you during your interviews as well any general knowledge section of written examination. We will try to publish it on regular intervels from now onwards…