September 2013 Current Affairs Questions and Answers for IBPS CWE PO Exams 2013

September 2013 Current Affairs One Word Questions and Answers for IBPS CWE PO Exams 2013.

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1. Who equaled the world record of eight golds at the 2013 World Athletics Championships?
Answer: Usain Bolt

2. The Chinese Navy hospital ship which paid a week-longgoodwill visit to Bangladesh recently?
Answer: Peace Ark

3. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National School of Drama Society?
Answer: Ratan Thiyam

4. In which state did the Saharsha-Patna Rajyarani Express runover pilgrims killing 37 people?
Answer: Bihar

5. Where in India was the statue of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug unveiled recently?
Answer: New Delhi

6. Whose new book, `MyJourney: Transforming Dreams into Actions' has been released recently?
Answer: A.P.J Abdul Kalam

7. World Photography Day was celebrated on:
Answer: August 19

8. The scientists of the Smithsonian Institution of the United States have recently announced the discovery of a new mammal named ………….?
Answer: Olinguito

9. Who has been selected for Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013?
Answer: Harshwanti Bisht

10. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the CRPF?
Answer: Dilip Trivedi

11. Who won the Men's singles in the Rogers Cup 2013, held in Montreal, Canada?
Answer: Rafael Nadal

12. In which state is the Election Commission planning to use Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) system for the first time in the country?
Answer: Nagaland

13. Who has been appointed as India's new Ambassador and the Permanent Representative on the U.N Conference on Disarmament?
Answer: Dr. Bala Venkatesh Varma

14. Which Indian squash player won gold in the Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China?
Answer: Kush Kumar

15. The Indian who won bronze medal in the 96 kg freestyle category at the recently held World junior Wrestling Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria?
Answer: Satywart Kadian

16. Which International Tennis player from France, who also won the Wimbledon Women's Singles title 2013, has announced her retirement
fromthe game?
Answer: Marion Bartoli

17. India has won 83 medals at the 2013 World Police & Fire Games held at ………….?
Answer: Belfast

18. What does RGGVY stand for?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana. The programmeis aimed at providing electricity to all rural households. The
Government of India has recently decided to continue the programme.

19. The new mobile app devised by German scientists that helps locate lost items?
Answer: Find My Stuff

20. The Indian Newspaper Society has approved the proposal to hike the FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in print media from 26 percent to ………….. percent?
Answer: 49

21. Who won the women's singles in the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament?
Answer: Victoria Azarenka.

22. Who is the Chairman of the newly constituted committee bythe Central Government, to assess the status of Scheduled tribes?
Answer: Virginius Xaxa

23. The renowned Indian cricket coach and Dronacharya awardee who passed away on 16th August?
Answer: Desh Prem Azad

24. A Street in which foreign country has been named after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of India's 67th Independence Day?
Answer: Canada.

25. Which space telescope built by NASA has stopped its mission of `searchingfor habitable planets' after its pointing system broke down?
Answer: Kepler telescope

26. Nouri-Al-Maliki, the prime minister of …………. recentlyvisited India?
Answer: Iraq

27. Which country's Vice President, Mohammad Karim Khalili was on an official visit to India?
Answer: Afghanistan

28. Which Indian state has recently enacted anti-superstition law?
Answer: Maharashtra

29. Who became the first woman to take over as Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL?
Answer: Nishi Vasudeva

30. The airstrip in Ladakh, reopened by the Indian Air Force?
Answer: Daulat Beg Oldi

31. Who won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2013?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel

32. Which Indian classical singer and music director from Odisha passed away on 25 August?
Answer: Raghunath Panigrahi

33. Which Indian won the Winston-Salem open tennis doubles title along with his Canadian partner Daniel Nestor?
Answer: Leander Paes

34. The Indian Navy's submarine that sank at the naveldockyard in Mumbai after fireon board on August 14?
Answer: INS Sindhurakshak

35. Who won this year's Children's Peace prize, instituted by the Dutch based Kids Rights Foundation?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai

36. Which country's army general, Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, has been appointed as the Military Advisor for United Nations Peace Keeping operations?
Answer: Pakistan

37. …………… wasobserved as the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its abolition?
Answer: August 23

38. On which day was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's famous `I have a dream' speech celebrated?
Answer: August 28

39. In which country did many people including children die in attacks using chemical warfare?
Answer: Syria

40. Who heads the Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), recently set up by the Government of India?
Answer: Parthasarathy Shome.

41. Facebook and Six other technology firms (Ericson, MediaTek, Nokia, Opera, Qualcomm and Samsung) have launched an initiative
named……….. tomake internet access affordable for people across the globe?
Answer: Internet. org

42. As a measure to contain the downward trend of Rupee, the Government of India has banned the duty-free import of …………. byair travelers?
Answer: Flat Screen Televisions

43. The scientists of which country have recently developedthe most precise clock in the world?
Answer: United States

44. Who won the recently concluded Ashes Cricket test series?
Answer: England

45. Who received this year's Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation?
Answer: Brigalia Bam

46. Who took over as the President of Zimbabwe for another five year term?
Answer: Robert Mugabe

47. Who won this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award?
Answer: Ronjon Sodhi

48. Who won this year's Dronacharya Award in connection with Athletics coaching?
Answer: K.P Thomas

49. International Day of the victims of enforced disappearances was observed on ……………..?
Answer: August 30

50. Who was honouredwith the inaugural Mahathir award for Global Peace?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

51. The Life Sciences Park to be set up by the Kerala Government is named …………..?
Answer: Bio 36052. Which country's foreign minister, Samuel Santos Lopez visited India recently?
Answer: Nicaragua

53. Which Indian has been appointed as the chairman of the Ethics Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation?
Answer: Birendra Prasad Baishya

54. Which Indian along with Zheng Jie of China won the women's doubles title at the WTA New Haven Open?
Answer: Sania Mirza

55. Which Gulf nation has passed the country's first law against domestic violence?
Answer: Saudi Arabia

56. Which neighbouringcountry's Prime Minister, Tshering Tobgay has paid a six day visit to India
recently?
Answer: Bhutan

57. Who stepped down as the Chairman of the National Payments Corporation of India?
Answer: K. Narayana Murthy

58. …………… wascelebrated as the National Sports Day?
Answer: 29 August. This day marks the birthday of Dhyan Chand.

59. The UN General Assembly has declared April 6 as the International Day for ……………?
Answer: Sport for Development and Peace

60. The UN Human Rights Commissioner who was on a week-longfact finding mission in Sri Lanka?
Answer: Navi Pillai

61. Which neighbouringcountry is set to introduce the Right to Information bill in the Parliament?
Answer: Pakistan

62. Which Asian country has unveiled `Izumo' , their largest warship after World War II?
Answer: Japan

63. The first prison in the country to have its own radio station?
Answer: Tihar Jail

64. The Irish writer and Nobel Prize recipient, who passed away on 30 August?
Answer: Seamus Heaney

65. Which software giant is to buy Nokia Company?
Answer: Microsoft

66. The Indian Air Force has inducted its biggest transport aircraft named ……………..?
Answer: C-17 Globemaster III

67. Who won the Asia Cup Men's Hockey title?
Answer: South Korea

68. Which former heavy weightboxing champion, nicknamed `TheDuke', passed away recently?
Answer: Tommy Morrison

69. Which nation was chosen by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2020 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Tokyo

70. Where was this year's G-20 Summit held?
Answer: St. Petersburg, Russia

71. Who won the Men's singles at the US Open 2013?
Answer: Rafael Nadal

72. Which book written by Jhumba Lahiri has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2013?
Answer: The Lowland

73. The largest known volcano on the Earth, discovered recently?
Answer: Tamu Massif

74. Who has become India's first Woman Chief Information Commissioner?
Answer: Deepak Sandhu

75. Who lifted the Italian Grand Prix Formula One title?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel

76. What is the name given to the new Android 4.4 operating system?
Answer: KitKat

77. Which newly discovered painting has been confirmed as a work of Vincent Van Gogh?
Answer: Sunset at Montmajour

78. Who is the new President of the International Olympic Committee?
Answer: Thomas Bach

79. Who was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development recently?
Answer: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

80. Which state Government has announced the scheme Manodhairya to help rape survivors and
child victims of sexual abuse?
Answer: Maharashtra

81. Who won the South Asian Football Federation Championship 2013?
Answer: Afghanistan

82. Who becomes the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
Answer: Raghuram Govind Rajan

83. Who received Amnesty International Award 2013?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai

84. The International Day of Peace, also known as World Peace Day Observed On?
Answer: 21st September

85. Who becomes the first Indian to win bronze medal at World Wrestling Championship?
Answer: Sandeep Tulsi Yadav

86. Who is appointed as Rajasthan State Election Commissioner recently?
Answer: Ramlubhaya

87. Who won Miss World 2013?
Answer: Megan Young

88. Who conferred with the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony for year2013?
Answer: Zubin Mehta

89. Who is sworn in as the12th President of Pakistan?
Answer: Mamnoon Hussain

90. Who wins US Open 2013 title?
Answer: Serena Williams

91. Who has been elected as the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
Answer: Thomas Bach

92. World Tourism Day was observed on?
Answer: September 27, 2013
Themefor 2013: “Tourism and Water: Protecting our Common Future”

93. Union Government of India FinalisedSetting up World’s Largest Solar Power Project in ......?
Answer: Rajasthan

94. A new Advanced universal banking solution that simplifies banking operations launched by Infosys is ?
Answer: Finacle 11E

95. Indian rollerskaterentered into Guinness Bookof record is ?
Answer: Rohan Kokane

96. World's highest civilian airport (to boost Tourism) opens by China located at ?
Answer: Sichuan

97. India's First Marine Eco-Sensitive Zone declared in....?
Answer: Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat

98. Which city won the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games?
Answer: Tokyo

99. Who has been awarded the Fifth Deutsche Bank Prize forFinancial Economics 2013 ?
Answer: Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan

100. Miss Nigeria, ______________ won the Miss Muslimah World 2013 Title ?
Answer: Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola

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1. Tony Abbott has been sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Australia. 55 year-old Abbott took oath at the Government House in Canberra, in front of Governor-General Quentin Bryce.

2. Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan is likely to maintain his predecessor Duvvuri Subbarao's “hawkish” policy and keep key rates on hold due to continued inflationary pressure and the volatility in rupee, analysts say.

3. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched ICICI Pru Easy Retirement, a unit-linked plan that enables customers to build their retirement corpus. The plan provides customers the flexibility to choose their equity exposure according to their risk appetite.

4. Bhartiya Mahila Bank, the first nationalized bank for women expected to be operational from November, intends to recruit 115 officers initially.
5. Market regulator, SEBI has inked a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with its counterpart in Argentina to promote mutual assistance and exchange information related to securities markets in both the countries.

6. New Zealand has opened its embassy in Myanmar, Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully announced Wednesday.

7. India's impressive show at the World Wrestling Championships continued as Bajrang bagged a bronze medal in the 60kg freestyle category with an overwhelming 9-2 win over Mangolia's Nyam-Ochir Enkhsaikhan in a match which was held in Budapest on Tuesday.

8. Tigmanshu Dhulia was presented the best director award for Paan Singh Tomar at the 11th Norway Bollywood Film Festival at a packed Loreskog cinema center in Oslo on Tuesday. While filmmaker Rahul Mittra bagged the Best Producer award for his last year's hit Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, Jimmy Sheirgill got the best actor award for the same film.

9. Sebastiaan Bowier, a 23-year-old Dutch cyclist breaks the world land speed record record, hitting more than 133.78kph as he sped through a US desert, to become the planet's fastest cyclist.

10. Himachal Pradesh government is all set to launch the Food Security programme in the state from 20th September.

11. P. Sudhakar took over as the Chairman & Managing Director of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) on 16 September 2013.

12. Rohan Kokane, a 12 year old Indian roller skating enthusiast, made it into the 2014 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records released on 12 September 2013. He is one of the youngest new record breakers to make it into the Guinness Book. He is from Belgaum in Karnataka.

13. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament's prestigious "Sakharov human rights prize" on 17 September 2013.

14. India continue to occupy the number one position in the latest International Cricket Council, ICC ODI rankings with 123 rating points followed by Australia with 115 and England with 111 points.

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1. YES Bank has become the first bank to raise funds overseas using the swap loan facility provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week.

2. Air India has tied up with SBI Cards to launch a co-branded travel credit card that seeks to add value to the travel experience of Indian customers. The offering from this tie-up comprises Platinum as well as a Signature card.

3. India and China on Monday agreed to initiate steps to include media co-operation as part of the 2014 celebrations being observed to commemorate ‘Friendly Exchanges’.

4. RTI applicants will no longer have to wait to get their applications processed as the Department of Posts is all set to bring out an RTI stamp for sale soon and also set up special counters, according to a senior officer.

5. National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) was awarded Indira Gandhi Official Language Award for propagation of Rajbhasha ( Official Language) in the company by the Union Government of India on Hindi Divas on 14 September 2013.

6. Datawind has entered into a strategic partnership with TES India, an online community for teachers, to provide a library of ready-to-use teaching material to its end-users.

7. Google has reportedly acquired file-sharing app developer Bump for undisclosed financial terms.

8. Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujarathi and Sahaj Grover maintained a clean slate, defeating Tomas Laurusas of Lithuania and Vyacheslav Lozhnikov of Kazakhstan respectively in the second round of the World Junior Chess Championship in Kocaeli, Turkey.

9. Bollywood actor John Abraham was on Monday conferred the 'Pride of the Nation' award for his attempt to raise the sensitive issue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination through his role as a RAW agent in "Madras Cafe".

10. Leading IT security solutions provider Quick Heal Technologies today appointed Rajesh Ghonasgi as Chief Financial Officer.

11. India pushed import duty on gold jewellery up by half to 15 per cent, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday, setting it higher than raw gold duty in a move aimed more at protecting the domestic jewellery industry than stemming bullion imports.

12. China opens the world’s highest airport in Daocheng. Yading airport in Daocheng county of Garzi Tibetan autonomous region of China stands at 4,411 metre above sea level. It pipped the Qamdo Bangda airport, which has an altitude of 4,334 metre, to become the highest airport in the world after its inauguration yesterday.

13. Global mining giant Vedanta Resources has appointed Tom Albanese, former Chief Executive of Rio Tinto, as chairman of its subsidiary Vedanta Resources Holdings Ltd. In this role, he will be actively involved in continuing to develop the company’s strategy, policies and growth objectives, as per Vedanta.

14. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman last year, has been named as the recipient of Amnesty International’shighest award. She will receive Amnesty International’sAmbassador of Conscience Award along with American singer and human rights activist Harry Belafonte at ceremony Tuesday evening in Dublin, Ireland.

15. Asian Champion Amit Kumar settled for silver after going down narrowly in the final of the 55kg category on the opening day of World Wrestling Championships on Monday.

16. India’s Ravindra Jadeja continues to jointly top the bowlers' list, while Virat Kohli was the highest-ranked Indian batsman at 4th in the latest ICC ODI rankings issued today. Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni remains unchanged at 7th position in the batsmen's list followed by Suresh Raina with 16th ranking. In the bowling chart, R Ashwin and Bhuvneshwar Kumar held on to their 18th and joint 20th position respectively.

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1. Hindi Diwas is being observed all over the country on Saturday as President Pranab Mukherjee gave away Official Language Awards for outstanding contributions made towards promotion of Hindi language. Hindi was adopted as a language for official transaction by the constituent assembly on 14th September 1949.

2.BJP students' wing ABVP has won three out of the four top posts in Delhi University Students Union elections. ABVP candidate Aman Awana was elected President while Utkarsh Chaudhary, Raju Rawat were elected as vice-president and joint secretary respectively. Karishma Thakur of National Students Union of India, NSUI, has been elected as the secretary.
The elections were held yesterday

3. The industrial output for July grew by 2.6 percent over the corresponding month of the previous year, government data showed on Thursday; The factory output, measured in terms of Index of Industrial Production (IIP), however, contracted 2.2 percent in June.

4. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to offer two-day funds to banks through the marginal standing facility (MSF). The MSF window will be open on Saturday between 5 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. Funds will be repayable on Monday, i.e. on September 16.

5. The government approved the proposal of Rs 700 crore capital infusion in Export-Import Bank of India to support future growth of the lender.

6. Japan successfully launched a new rocket Saturday that it hopes will be a cheaper and more efficient way of sending satellites into space. The three-stage Epsilon lifted off from a space centre on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu, following a two-week postponement. The Epsilon is the first new rocket design for Japan since the H2A was introduced in 2001.

7.US and Russia agree that Syria's chemical weapons must be destroyed or removed by mid-2014.

8. The brown Chihuahua named “Miracle Milly” is the world's smallest dog, Guinness World Records announced. She is shorter than a soup can, standing at 3.8 inches (9.65 centimeters) tall when measured from backbone to paw.

9. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched a deep ultraviolet (DUV) solid-state laser device, making the country first-ever in the world to possess such technology.

10. The Government has appointed M.K. Goel, who is also the Director (Commercial), as the Chairman and Managing Director of Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC).

11. Hollywood writer-director-actor Woody Allen will be honoured with the Cecil B DeMille Award at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards to be held in January next year.

12. A project with funds provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) would overhaul the entire 53-year-old water supply system in Tripura capital Agartala, officials said here on Saturday. The ADB has recently sanctioned the Rs.130 crore project to replace the 408-km water supply pipelines, commissioned in 1960.

13. Union Minister for Industry and Commerce Anand Sharma has launched the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project in Madhya Pradesh. At a function held in capital Bhopal, he also unveiled the foundation stone of National Institute of Design (NID).

15th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. Engineer's day is celebrated today (15th September) across the country. This day is celebrated in the honor of "Sir Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya" who was born on the same day in 1860.

2. Kerala: CM Oommen Chandy inaugurates week-long Onam festivities organised by Tourism Department in Thiruvananthapuram.

3. India holds Guinness World Record for both world's tallest and shortest woman. Siddiqa Parveen was measured to be atleast 7 feet 3.5 inches. The doctor estimates her standing height to be atleast 7 feet 8 inches. Jyoti Amge's standing height is 24.7 inches.

4. China is likely to achieve its growth target of 7.5 per cent this year despite planned structural reforms to re balance the world’s second largest economy, the World Bank president said.

5. The United Nations has formally accepted Syria's application to join the chemical weapons convention, a spokesperson said. The UN welcomed Syria joining the Chemical Weapons Convention, after it received the formal instrument of accession to it by the Assad regime.

6. Syria's opposition National Coalition on 14 September 2013 elected "Ahmad Toameh" as its interim Prime Minister to run the regions in the country under rebel control.

7. India on Sunday conducted a second test flight of its indigenously developed nuclear- capable 'Agni-V'(surface to surface) long-range ballistic missile, which has a strike range of more than 5000 km, from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. The three stage, solid propellant missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 8:50 AM, defence sources said on Sunday.

8. The move will leave the world's third largest economy without atomic energy for the second time since the Fukushima crisis erupted in March 2011.

9. Japan to be nuclear free as last reactor switched off

10. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on 14 September 2013 inaugurated the train service, built by the Indian Railways, to the Northern Province.

11. After low-cost tiffin centres, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday launched a scheme to provide 1 litre mineral water at Rs. 10 a bottle, to ensure quality and affordable drinking water to the poor and middle class. She inaugurated the state-run ‘Amma Drinking Water’ plant with a daily capacity of three lakh litres at Gummidipoondy, about 50 km from Chennai.

12. Drugmakers from India, the biggest overseas source of medicines sold in the US, have got more than 100 generic drug approvals from the American health regulator FDA this year so far. This has taken India's share in the Original Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approvals to nearly 40 per cent in the US market so far in 2013.

13. Popular actress Drashti Dhami of Colors' Madhubala- Ek Ishq Ek Junoon was declared the winner of 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'.

14. Japan earned a berth in the Davis Cup World Group with a 3-2 win over Colombia.

15. Miss India 2012 finalist Purva Rana was crowned Vice-Queen at the Miss United Continent 2013 held in Guayaquil, Ecuador on September.

16. Yuvraj Singh staked his claim for national team selection as he struck a brutal 89-ball 123 to lead India 'A' to a thumping 77-run victory over West Indies 'A' in the first of the three-match one-day series on Sunday.

17. India has retained its third position in the latest ICC Test rankings after South Africa and England.

18. Taking note of some of its staffers wearing clothes “that did not bring any repute”, the Karnataka Government has prescribed a “decent” dress code for them — pant and shirt or ‘pyjama/kurta’ for men and saree or ’churidar’ for women.

16th September 2013 Current Affairs

1. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16 September 2013 across the world to bring awareness about the depletion of Ozone layer in the atmosphere.

2. Kanoon Lugat, an Urdu law dictionary, a first of its kind in the country was released in Mumbai. The dictionary, encompassing 52000 legal terms, has been translated in Urdu for the first time. Supreme Court advocate Muhammad Irshad Hanif authored the translation of this dictionary.

3. Google celebrated MS Subbulaksmi’s 97th Birth day. She is the country’s first musician who has awarded Bharat Ratna in 1998. In 1974, she was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award.

4. tan Company is famous for watches. Now company has emerged as lifestyle Products Company by launching Perfumes into the market. Perfumes for both men and women are launched.

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1. Raghuram G. Rajan took over as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India today. The 50-year-old economist took charge from D. Subbarao.

2. Faced with a tough economy and unstable rupee against the dollar, new RBI governor, Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday stressed the need for monetary stability saying it was a top priority.

3. In order to encourage capital flows, the RBI today eased the External Commercial Borrowing, ECB norms by allowing companies to use funds raised from foreign partners for general corporate purposes.

4. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appointed Rakesh Sood, India’s former Ambassador to Nepal, Afghanistan and France and the country’s first Ambassador in charge of Disarmament in Geneva, as his new Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.

5. Noted Indian homeopath Mukesh Batra has been honoured with Asia's "most promising leader" award at a recent function in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for pioneering work in healthcare, using natural medicine.

6. Ronald Coase, the British-born US economist who was awarded the Nobel prize in 1991, died today in Chicago, the University of Chicago announced. He was 102. He studied at the University of London and London School of Economics and was famed for his 1960 article, “The Problem of Social Cost,” was the basis for the famous Coase Theorem.

7. The HRD Minister Dr. M M Pallam Raju today inaugurated the Sixth Global Skills Summit (GSS) at FICCI today. This two day FICCI annual event is being organized in collaboration with Ministry of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Labour and Employment and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

8. India and Japan on Tuesday agreed to "intensify" their negotiations on the civil nuclear pact towards an early conclusion at a high-level official meeting in Tokyo.

9. The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal for setting up of the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF) as an independent charitable society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

10. In yet another victory for the security forces, Hizbul Mujahideen’s self styled commander Talib Lali was arrested from his native Ajas in Bandipore on Wednesday.

11. Tommy Morrison, the former heavy weight champion, who was diagnosed positive for HIV died atthe age of 44. As a boxer, he was nicknamed as The Duke and in his entire boxing career; he played 52 professional fights and lost only 3 of them.

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3rd September 2013 Current Affairs Daily GK Updates

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1. A group of five Kashmiri musicians would perform in London on Saturday as part of the Jammu & Kashmir government efforts to promote the state. The event would coincide with Zubin Mehta concert in Srinagar, which Kashmiri separatists have opposed citing the state's "disputed nature".

2. India to start talks with Japan in a more conducive political environment. India will open its first post-Fukushima talks on a civil nuclear accord with Japan on Tuesday in a much more conducive political environment, following the election of a more pro-India government, which has been capped by the Emperor of Japan identifying India as the destination of one of his rare visits abroad.

3. The Environment and Forests Ministry has slapped a Rs. 200 crore penalty on Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects for violating green laws. The money will go to an Environment Restoration Fund to mitigate the damage done to the area around the project sites.

4. Divij Sharan`s US Open came to an end after the Indian and his Chinese Taipei partner Yen-Hsun Lu went down fighting to Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer in the men`s doubles third round.

5 Master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been selected for a special ‘Century of Centuries Award’ by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM).

6 Farmers, who have innovated agri-technologies, should register with state-run research body ICAR so as to promote widespread use of such technologies across the country and improve production.

7 The Indian rupee dropped sharply below 68 against the US dollar on persistent demand from banks and importers on the back of a firm American currency overseas amidst sudden fall in equity markets.

8 Internationally renowned economist Raghuram Rajan will take over as RBI Governor tomorrow and plunge straight into a fire-fight situation as the country battles a rapid fall in rupee, high inflation, low growth and burgeoning current account deficit (CAD).

9 Software giant Microsoft to acquire Finnish handset maker Nokia's handset business for 5.44 billion euros (USD 7.17 billion) in cash, in an effort to strengthen its position in the smartphone market.

10 Haraprasad Das was conferred the Moortidevi Award for 2012 for Vamsha. Vamsa is a poetic recreation of the Mahabharata in contemporary idiom, which has been recognised as a post-modern masterpiece. - See more at: http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/haraprasad-das-was-conferred-the-moortidevi-award-for-2012-1378199811-1#sthash.J1CEjalq.dpuf

11 Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry launched the third All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE)-2012-13.

12 Diana Nyad, 64-year old American long-distance swimmer became the first person to cross Florida Straits from Cuba without any shark cage on 2 September 2013.

13 Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was today elected president of ruling Shiromani Akali Dal here for the second time in a row.

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Important 1st and 2nd September 2013 Current Affairs

Important 1st and 2nd September 2013 Current Affairs

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1. HSBC has lowered India’s GDP forecast for the current financial year to 4 per cent from 5.5 per cent earlier saying economic uncertainty is likely to weigh on the growth forecast in the coming months.

2. HDFC Bank Ltd on Monday launched its rural financial literacy initiative in Koteshwar village nearhere under the aegis of the Reserve Bank of India, becoming the first bank to translate curriculum into Gujarati language.

3. Assam has emerged as role model in the health sector of the country by implementing the highest number of schemes under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Sunday.

4. The Hyderabad Hotshots won the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton league (IBL) 2013 played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Mumbai by defeating Awadhe Warriors in the finals. Saina Nehwal was awarded as the player of the tournament, because of her undefeated feat in the complete tournament. She received a prize amount of 1000 US dollars for being the player of the tournament.

5. India announced an aid of 5000 crore rupees to Bhutan. The aid includes economic stimulus package of 500 crore rupees.

6. S Bal Shekar, Secretary in the Lok Sabha secretariat, has been asked to perform the duties of the Lok Sabha Secretary General after TK Vishwanathan relinquished his office on August 31.

7. Delhi’s tops in per capita income in India. As per Delhi Development Report 2013, Delhi’s average per capita income stands at more than Rs 2 lakh per year in 2012-13 which makes it the highest in India.

8. Micromax becomes the number two smartphone vendor in India. Micromax continues to expand its hold in the Indian smartphone market and has now acquired 22 percent of the Indian market share in the second quarter according to the latest IDC numbers.

9. Senegal's president has removed his prime minister and replaced him with the country's justice minister Aminata Toure.

10. Pakistan- China Air Forces to begin joint air exercises today. The exercise has been code-named Shaheen-2. Shaheen-1, a similar drill between the air forces of the two countries, was conducted in Pakistan in March 2011.

11. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has come up with a unique in-flight child care assistance programme in its long haul flights for families who travel with their children.

12. Parliament today gave its seal of approval to the National Highways Authority of India(Amendment) Bill, 2012 with the Lok Sabha agreeing to amendments suggested by the Rajya Sabha. The Upper House had passed it on 13th of last month.

13. Tata group’s IT firm TCS today attained a market valuation of Rs 4 lakh crore, becoming the second company in Indian markets after Reliance Industries to cross this milestone.

14. India have managed to retain their third spot among T20 teams while Virat Kohli has held on to his sixth spot in the ICC rankings for Twenty 20 batsmen issued in Dubai today.

15. South Korea defeated India 4-3 in the final of the Asia Cup Hockey at Ipoh, Malaysia on 1 September 2013. With this, South Korea confirmed its place in the World Cup at The Hague.

16. Pakistan beat Malaysia 3-1 to win bronze in Asia Cup.

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