Important Committees
1. Parthasarathi Shome. for Tax Administration Reform Commission
(TARC), Suggest a system to enforce bettertax compliance2. B.
Shivraman Committee Nabard3. Suma Verma Committee to update, and
revise theBanking Ombudsman Scheme, 20064. Damodran Committee: on
improvement ofcustomer servicesin banks5. Shri M. Narasimham
Committee:on BankingSector Reforms6. Shri Raghuram Rajan Committee:
on Financial Sector Reforms,7. Shri B. Mahapatra Committee: to
review the existing prudential guidelines on restructuring of
advances by banks/ financial institutions.8. Shri Aditya Puri
Committee: Dissemination of Credit Information9. Shri K.U.B. Rao
Committee: recommended aligning goldimport regulations10. K M
Chandrasekhar committee : for rationalization of foreign investment
norms11. Shri Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee: to study the feasibility
ofAadhaaras an additional factor for authentication ofcard
presenttransactions12. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into US
giant Walmarts lobbying activities to enter India13. MBN Rao
Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank14.
Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign InstitutionalInvestment
(FII),15. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods: The committee
will be headed by AK Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood Control
Commission, Patna)16. JS Mathur committee : to reviseNewspaper
AdvertisementRates.17. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent
depiction of women in media18. Mukul Mudgal Committee: looking into
US giant Walmarts lobbying activities to enter India19. Mukul
Mudgal Committee: to look at process of film clearance20. MBN Rao
Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens bank21.
SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on
public-privatepartnershipmodel to raise coal output22. K M
Chandrasekhar Committee for rationalization of foreign investment
norms23. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions to
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign InstitutionalInvestment
(FII)24. Janakiraman Committee To investigate the security
transactions of the bank25. MS Ahluwalia committee to evaluate
aspects related to set up of Nalanda University26. Sitakant
Mahapatra committee for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in
eighthscheduleof constitution27. N R Narayana Murthy committee for
evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher
Education.28. C Rangarajan committee for poverty scale estimates in
the country29. MB Shah committee for inspection of illegal mining
activities30. N Rangachary committee to examine taxation policies
for I.T. sector31. Parthasarathi Shome committee implementation of
GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule)32. Deepak Parekh committee for
Financing Infrastructure sector33. Naresh Chandra committee 14
member task force on security issues34. Bhandari Committee
Reconstruction of RRBs35. RS Gujral Committee suggest measures to
boost MSME exports.
CMDS Of Public Sector BanksState Bank of India Smt. Arundathi
BhattacharyaAllahabadBank S. A. PhanseBank of Baroda S. S.
MundraBank of India V. R. IyerBank of Maharashtra Sushil
MuhnotCanara Bank R. K. DubeyCentralBank of India Rajeev
RishiCorporation Bank Sadhuram BansalDena Bank Ashwini KumarIndian
Bank T. M. BashinIndian Overseas Bank M. NarendraOriental Bank of
Commerce S. L. BansalPunjab and Sindh Bank D. P. SinghPunjab
National Bank K. R. KamathSyndicate Bank Sudhir Kumar JainUCO Bank
Arun KaulUnionBank of India D. SarkarUnitedBank of India Smt.
Archana BhargavaVijaya Bank H.S. U. KamathAndhra Bank VacantIDBI
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Foreign Visitors to India in 2013Vishwanath YadavSeptember 25,
2013Current AffairsComments
Foreign Visitors/Dignitaries to India. Chinese Premier Mr. Li
Keqiang visited India on May 19-21, 2013. Foreign Ministerof
Azerbaijan Mr. Elmar Mammadyarov to India from May 2-5, 2013. Prime
Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay visited India from
August 30 to September 4, 2013. Prime Minister of Iraq, Mr. Nouri
al-Maliki visited India from 22-25 August, 2013. The King and Queen
of Bhutan, His MajestyJigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck andHer
MajestyJetsun Pema, visited India from 23-30 January 2013.
President of Republic of Mauritius Mr. Rajkeswur Purryag visited
India from 3rd to 10th January, 2013. The 2nd Vice President of the
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Karim Khalili, visited
India from August 20-22, 2013 upon the invitation of Vice President
The President of the Republic of Liberia Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf will pay a State Visit to India from September 9 to
13, 2013 at the invitation of the Presidentof India Foreign
Ministerof Nicaragua, Mr. Samuel Santos Lopez visited India from
August 19-23, 2013. Foreign Ministerof Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov
visited India on March 3-5, 2013. Prime Minister of UK David
Cameron visited India on February 18-20, 2013. President of France
Francois Hollande visited India from February 14-15, 2013. The
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, r. Pham Binh Minh visited
India from 10-12 July, 2013. Foreign Ministerof Argentina Hctor
Marcos Timerman vsited India from June 15-18, 2013. The President
of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, visited to India from May 20-22,
2013. Foreign Ministerof Cuba, Mr. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla visited
to India from May 25-27, 2013. President of Egypt Dr. Mohamed Morsy
visited India from March 18-20, 2013. Special Envoy of the Syrian
President to India Ms. Bouthaina Shaaban visited India on March 6,
2013. Foreign Ministerof Romania, Mr. Titus Corlatean visited India
from March 7-8, 2013. Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Mr. Paulo de
Sacadura Cabral Portas visited India from 03-07 March, 2013. Prime
Minister of Bhutan Jigmi Y. Thinley visited India from February
7-9, 2013.OfficialForeign Visits of Indian Dignitaries Visit of
Mrs. Preneet Kaur, Minister of State for External Affairs to
Tanzania on 8-10 July, 2013. National Security AdviserShivshankar
Menon visited Srilanka on 8-9 July 2013. Prime Ministers Special
Envoy for Japan Dr. Ashwani Kumars visit to Tokyo in September,
2013. The ForeignSecretaryof India, Smt. Sujatha Singh, visited
Nepal from September 14-15, 2013.External Affairs Minister, Shri.
Salman Khurshid visited Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan from
September 12-15, 2013. Special Envoyof Indiafor Sudan and South
Sudan, Shri P.S. Raghavan visited South Sudan between 8-9 August,
2013. Minister of State for External Affairs Shri E.Ahamed will pay
anofficialvisit to Bahrain on 4-5 June 2013. Vice President Shri M.
Hamid Ansari visited Uzbekistan from 21 to 24 May 2013. External
Affairs Minister Shri Salman Khurshid visited Saudi Arabia on May
25-26, 2013. External Affairs Minister Shri Salman Khurshid visited
Bangladesh from February 16 -17, 2013. External Affairs Minister
Shri Salman Khurshid will pay anofficialbilateral visit to Bhutan
on 14-15 January 2013. External Affairs Minister Shri Salman
Khurshid will visit France on 10-11 January 2013 for bilateral
discussions with Mr. LaurentFabius, the FrenchForeign Minister.
Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, visited Japan on May 27-29,
2013 and to the Kingdom of Thailand on May 30-31, 2013. External
Affairs Minister, Shri Salman Khurshid, visited the Peoples
Republic of China on May 09-10, 2013. Minister of State for
External Affairs Shri E. Ahamed visited Libya from April 14-16,
2013. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh visited Germany on 10-12
April 2013. External Affairs Minister Shri Salman Khurshid visited
to Japan on 26-27 March, 2013. Presidentof Indiavisited Bangladesh
on March 3-5, 2013. ForeignSecretaryShri Ranjan Mathai visited
United States on February 20-22, 2013. Visit of Vice Presidentof
IndiaM. Hamid Ansari visited Iran on August 4, 2013. External
Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid visited Iraq on June 19-20,
2013.
Academy (Oscar) Awards for Best Actor since 1928Vishwanath
YadavSeptember 27, 2013Current Affairs1 Comment
1928 Emil Jannings (for The Last Command)1929-30 Warner Baxter
(for In Old Arizona)1930-31 George Arliss (for Desraeli)1931-32
Lionel Barrymore (for A Free Soul)1932-33 Wallace Beery (for The
Champ)1933-34 Charles Laughton(for The Private Life of Henry
VIII)1935 Clark Gable (forIt Happened One Night)1936 Victor
McLaglen (forThe Informer)1937 Paul Muni (for The Story of Louis
Pasteur)1938 Spencer Tracy (for Captains Courageous)1939 Spencer
Tracy (for Boys Town)1940 Robert Donat (for Goodbye Mr. Chips)1941
Jimmy Stewart (for The Philadelphia Story)1942 Gary Cooper (for
Sergeant York)1943 James Cagney (for Yankee Doodle Dandy)1944 Paul
Lukas (for Watch on the Rhine)1945 Bing Crosby (for Going My
Way)1946 Ray Milland (for The Lost Weekend)1947 Fredric March (for
TheBest Years of Our Lives)1948 Ronald Colman (for A Double
Life)1949 Laurence Olivier (for Hamlet)1950 Broderick Crawford (for
All The Kings Men)1951 Jose Ferrer (for Cyrano de Bergerac)1952
Humphrey Bogart (for The Africa Queen)1953 Gary Cooper (for High
Noon)1954 William Holden (for Stalag 17)1955 Marlon Brando (for On
the Waterfront)1956 Ernest Borgnine (for Marty)1957 Yul Brynner
(for The King and I)1958 Alec Guinness (for TheBridge on the River
Kwai)1959 David Niven (for SeparateTables)1960 Charlton Heston (for
Ben-hur)1961 Burt Lancaster (for Elmer Gantry)1962 Maximilian
Schell (for Judgement at Nuremberg)1963 Gregory Peck (for To Kill a
Mockingbird)1964 Sidney Poitier (for Lilies of the Field)1965 Rex
Harrison (for My Fair Lady)1966 Lee Marvin (for Cat Ballou)1967
Paul Scofield (forA Man For All Seasons)1968 Rod Steiger (forIn the
Heat of the Night)1969 Cliff Robertson (for Charly)1970 John Wayne
(for True Grit)1971 George C. Scott (for Patton)1972 Gene Hackman
(for The French Connection)1973 Marlon Brando (for The
Godfather)1974 Jack Lemmon (for Save the Tiger)1975 Art Carney (for
Harry and Tonto)1976 Jack Nicholson (for One Flew Over the Cuckoos
Nest)1977 Peter Finch (for Network)1978 Richard Dreyfuss (for The
Goodbye Girl)1979 Jon Voight (for Coming Home)1980 Dustin Hoffman
(for Kramer vs. Kramer)1981 Robert De Niro (for Raging Bull)1982
Henry Fonda (for On Golden Pond)1983 Ben Kingsley (for Gandhi)1984
Robert Duvall (for Tender Mercies)1985 F. Murray Abraham (for
Amadeus)1986 William Hurt (for Kiss of the Spider Woman)1987 Paul
Newman (forThe Color ofMoney)1988 Michael Douglas (for Wall
Street)1989 Dustin Hoffman (for Rainman)1990 Daniel Day-Lewis
(forMy Left Foot)1991 Jeremy Irons (for Reversal of Fortune)1992
Anthony Hopkins (forSilence of the Lambs)1993 Al Pacino (for Scent
of a Woman)1994 Tom Hanks (for Philadelphia)1995 Tom Hanks (for
Forrest Gump)1996 Nicolas Cage (for LeavingLas Vegas)1997 Geoffrey
Rush (for Shine)1998 Jack Nicholson (forAs Good as It Gets)1999
Roberto Benigni (for Life is Beautiful)2000 Kevin Spacey (for
American Beauty)2001 Russell Crowe (for Gladiator)2002 Denzel
Washington (for Training Day)2003 Adrien Brody (for The
Pianist)2004 Sean Penn (for Mystic River)2005 Jamie Foxx (for
Ray)2006 Philip Seymour Hoffman (for Capote)2007 Forest Whitaker
(for The Last King of Scotland)2008 Daniel Day-Lewis (for There
Will Be Blood)2009 Sean Penn (for Milk)2010 Jeff Bridges (for Crazy
Heart)2011 Colin Firth (for The Kings Speech)2012 Jean Dujardin
(for The Artist)2013 Daniel Day-Lewis (for Lincoln)
Recent Appointments In September 2013Vishwanath YadavOctober 8,
2013Current AffairsComments
1) Thomas Bach elected as the President of International Olympic
Committee.
2) KC Ponnappa took over the Office as Chairman of Nilgiri
Planters Association.3) Deepak Sandhu became the First Woman Chief
Information Commissioner on 5th September, 2013. She took over from
Satyananda Mishra.4) Poonam Khetrapal Singh ElectedRegionalDirector
for WHO South-East Asia Region Court.5) BN Talukdar, Director for
exploration in Oil India Ltd. (OIL) was appointed as the new
Director General of DGH.6) The ruling Cambodian Peoples Party (CPP)
of incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen on 8th September, 2013 was
reelected to power.7) Harish Lakshman elected New President
ofAutomotive ComponentManufacturers Association.8 )Sanjay Govind
Dhande appointed as UGC Member.9) Ruchira Kamboj appointed the
Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO.10) Jawaid Akhtar
elected as the Chairperson of International Coffee Council.11) TV
Narendran appointed as the New Managing Director Tata Steel.12)
Ravindra Kumar elected as the President of the
IndianNewspaperSociety (INS).13) Ramlubhya appointed as
theRajasthanStateElectionCommissioner.14) Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh has appointed Rakesh Sood as his new Special envoy for
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.15) Ashok Vemuri appointed as the
President and CEO of iGate Corporation.16) National Spot Exchange
on 16th September, 2013 appointed Saji Cherian as the new Managing
Director and ChiefExecutiveOfficer of the company.17) P. Sudhakar
appointed as the CMD ofElectronicsCorporation of India Ltd.18)
Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant appointed as the New Chief Justice of
the MeghalayaHigh Court.19) Nancy Gibbs appointed as the Managing
Editor of Time Magazine.20) Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australias
new Prime Minister on 18th September, 2013 atGovernment Housein
Canberra, Australia.
Present RBI RatesVishwanath YadavSeptember 20, 2013Current
AffairsComments
PresentRBI Rates :S. NoRates / Reserve Ratios%W.e.f
1Bank Rate9.50 %20th September 2013
2Repo Rate7.5 %20th September 2013
3ReverseRepo Rate6.50%20th September 2013
4Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)4.00%9thFebruary 2013
5Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)23%11thAugust 2012
6Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)9.50%20th September 2013
Bank RateBank rate, also referred to as the discount rate, is
therate of interestwhich a central bank charges on the loans and
advances that it extends to commercial banks and otherfinancial
intermediaries. Changes in the bank rate are often used by central
banks to controlthe moneysupply.Repo RateRepo rate is the rate at
which our banks borrow rupees from RBI. Whenever the banks have any
shortage of funds they can borrow it from RBI. A reduction in the
repo rate will help banks to getmoneyat a cheaper rate. When the
repo rate increases, borrowing from RBI becomes more
expensive.Reverse Repo RateThis is exact opposite of Repo
rate.ReverseRepo rate is the rate at which ReserveBank of
India(RBI) borrowsmoneyfrom banks. RBI uses this tool when it feels
there is too muchmoneyfloating in the banking system. Banks are
always happy to lendmoneyto RBI since theirmoneyis in safe hands
with a good interest. An increase inReverserepo rate can cause the
banks to transfer more funds to RBI due to this attractive interest
rates.CRRCash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that the
banks have to keep with RBI. If RBI decides to increase the percent
of this, the available amount with the banks comes down. RBI is
usingthis method(increase of CRR rate), to drain out the
excessivemoneyfrom the banks.SLRSLR (Statutory Liquidity Ratio) is
the amount a commercial bank needs to maintain inthe formof cash,
or gold or govt. approved securities (Bonds) before providing
credit to its customers. SLR rate is determined and maintained by
the RBI (ReserveBank of India) in order to control the expansion of
bank credit. SLR is determined as thepercentageof total demand
andpercentageof time liabilities. Time Liabilities are the
liabilities a commercial bank liable to pay to the customers on
their anytime demand. SLR is used to control inflation and propel
growth. Through SLR rate tuningthe moneysupply in the system can be
controlled efficiently.Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)Marginal
Standing Facility (MSF) is the rate at which scheduled banks could
borrow funds overnight from the ReserveBank of India(RBI) against
approved government securities. The basic difference between Repo
and MSF scheme is that in MSF banks can use the securities under
SLR to get loans from RBI and hence MSF rate is 1% more than repo
rate.
Important Committees In NewsVishwanath YadavSeptember 17,
2013Current AffairsComments
1. 1. Committee Set Up On Uttarakhand Floods : The committee
will be headed by AK Ganju (Chairman, Ganga Flood
ControlCommission, Patna).2. JS Mathur committee : to revise
NewspaperAdvertisement Rates.3. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on
indecent depiction of women in media.4. Mukul Mudgal Committee:
looking into US giant Walmarts lobbying activities to enter
India5.Mukul Mudgal Committee: tolookat process of film clearance6.
MBN Rao Committee: to prepare the blueprint of Indias first womens
bank7. SK Srivastava Committee: to formulate a policy on
public-privatepartnershipmodel to raise coal output..8. K M
Chandrasekhar Committee for rationalization of foreign investment
norms9. Arvind Mayaram Committee for giving clear definitions
toForeign Direct Investment(FDI) and ForeignInstitutional
Investment(FII),10. Janakiraman Committee To investigate the
security transactions of the bank11. MS Ahluwalia committee to
evaluate aspects related to set up of NalandaUniversity12. Sitakant
Mahapatra committee- for inclusion of Bhojpuri language in
eighthscheduleof constitution13. N R Narayana Murthy committee for
evaluation of corporate sector participation inHigher Education.14.
C Rangarajan committee for poverty scale estimates in the
country15. MB Shah committee for inspection of illegal mining
activities16. N Rangachary committee to examine taxation policies
for I.T. sector17. Parthasarathi Shome committee implementation of
GAAR (GeneralAnti Avoidance Rule).18. Deepak Parekh committee for
Financing Infrastructure sector19. Naresh Chandra committee 14
member task force on security issues20. Bhandari Committee
Reconstruction of RRBs21. RS Gujral Committee suggest measures to
boost MSME exports.
Current Affairs From January To July 2013Vishwanath
YadavSeptember 17, 2013Current AffairsComments
JANUARY The person who on 25 January 2013 became Czech Republics
first directly elected President as per the Czech Republic
Presidentialelection results-Milos Zeman. The Bollywood superstar
who topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list- Shahrukh
Khan The renowned playback singer, who on 26 January 2013 refused
to accept the prestigious Padma Bhushan Sreeramamurthy Janaki The
ballistic missile successfully test fired by India with a strike
range of around 700 kilometres, from an underwater platform in Bay
of Bengal-K15 The Kannada author who was shortlisted among other
ten authors for prestigious International Man Booker Prize for
Fiction 2013-UR Ananthamurthy The major of Rashtriya Rifles who was
selected for Kirti Chakra for his extraordinary bravery efforts in
counter- terrorist operations in J&K-Major Abup J Manjali The
mastermind of 26/11 terror attack who was sentenced to 35 years of
imprisonment by the U.S. FederalDistrict Court JudgeHarry
Leinenweber-David Coleman Headley TheIslamic schoolof India which
on 23 January 2013 demanded that the controversial writers should
be banned from 6th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)-
Darul Uloom Deoband The two Scientists awarded with the prestigious
Aryabhatta Award instituted by the Astronautical Society of India
(ASI)- Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat The Chennai-born
Scientist of Indian Origin and President of Micronutrient
Initiative, Canada who was awarded with Canadas Highest Civilian
Award the Order of Canada- Venkatesh Mannar The former Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) governor who constituted the 14th Finance Commission
under Union Government in January 2013-Yaga Venugopal Reddy The
place at which the foundation stone of the state-of-the-art
National Data Centre of Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) was laid-Manesar, Gurgaon in Haryana The first fast patrol
vessel (FPV), launched by Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) on 8 January
2013 which was built for the Indian Coast Guard Aadesh The Special
Bench of Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hear
cases of crime against women was constituted by-Chief Justice of
India Altamas Kabir Keeping under consideration the sharp increase
in the cost of materials, the Union Cabinet in January 2013
approved the Ministry of Rural Developments proposal to increase
the unit cost under-Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) The person elected by
Shiv Sena as the President of the Party on 23 January 2013 at Sena
Headquarters at Dadar, Central Mumbai- Uddhav Thackeray The BJP
President who on 22 January 2013 resigned from his post as after
his resignation, Rajnath Singh was elected as the party chief-
Nitin Gadkari The Female sports personalities and theOlympic
BronzeMedalists who on 22 Jan. 2013 nominated byElection
Commissionof India as National Icons- Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal The
largest shore patrol vessel which was commissioned in the eastern
coast for maritime surveillance around Andaman and Nicobar Islands-
NS Saryu Former Chief Minister ofUttar Pradeshwho merged his Jan
Kranti Party with Bhartiya Janta Party, during the Atal Shankhnaad
Rally of BJP at Lucknow- Kalyan Singh The third oldest elephant of
the world, which celebrated its 66th birthday at the Inokashira
Park Zoo of Japan- Hanako The congress MP who on 19 January 2013
declared the new vice-president ofIndian National Congress after
the decision made by the Congress Working Committee Rahul Gandhi
The actor and the actress who bagged the best actor and actress
award inthe 58th Idea Filmfare Awards given away on 20 January
2013-Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan The Dutch Coach who in the month
of January was appointed as the High Performance Director for
Indian Hockey Team- Roelant Oltmans The Indian researcher who was
selected to be felicitated with the Young
InvestigatorScholarshipAward for his work on Alzheimers drug-
Mahaveer Golechha The Union Minister for Urban Development and
Parliamentary Affairs, who was elected as a leader of Indian
delegation for World Economic Forum 2013- Kamal Nath Indian-origin
women who became the first woman and the 9th Speaker of the
Singapore Parliament on 14 January 2013 by replacing Michael
Palmer- Halimah Yacob The place at where ITU summoned the World
Conference on International Tele communications held from 3-14 Dec
2012- Dubai The former all-rounder of India from Surat who died on
13 January 2013 in Mumbai at the age of 76 years- Rusi Framroze
Surti The place at which Indian and Pakistani armies held Brigade
Commander-level flag meeting- Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonchdistrictin
Jammu and Kashmir.
FEBRUARY : The new communication satellite launched by NASA on
31 January 2013 tostay in touchwith its space station astronauts-
TDRS (Trackingand Data Relay Satellite) The person who emerged as
winner to the first direct Presidential elections held in Czech
Republic on 25 January 2013 -Milos Zeman The renowned painter of
Bengal School died on 1 February 2013 following a brief illness at
Kolkata hospital- Shanu Lahiri The prominent Pakistani journalist
died on 2 February 2013 in New York following 4-year long fight
with cancer Ayesha HaroonWorld cancer daywas observed on 4 February
2013 Solicitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4
February 2013- Rohinton F Nariman The Australian cricket captain
who won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne on 4 February
2013- Michael Clarke President of Republic of Mauritius who visited
India from 3 Jan 2013 to 10 Jan 2013 and was honoured with the
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award- Rajkeswur Purryag The King of
Bhutan who visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013 and was the
Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration Jigme Khesar Namgyel
Wangchuck The fourth largest private sector Bank of India which was
awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012
in its Asia Pacific Region- YES Bank The Parliament Attack Convict,
who was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at Tihar Jail after his mercy petition
was cancelled by the President of India- Afzal Guru The
Advocate-General of West Bengal who resigned from his office on 8
Feb 2013- Anindya Kumar Mitra The 72 years old table tennis legend
who died in Beijing on 10 February 2013 following lengthy fight
with cancer- Zhuang Zedong The sitar legend was honoured with the
posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award on 9 February 2013-
Pandit Ravi Shankar US Marine General who took over the command of
the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in
Afghanistan- Joseph Dunford Conference for South Asian Autism
Network (SAAN) for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was concluded on
-11 Feb 2013 Code name given to secret plan for executing
Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February
2013 OperationThree Star The short range surface-to-surface missile
launched by Pakistan on 11 February 2013 -Hatf IX (NASR) The Person
appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi on 12 February
2013- Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty Prime Minister of the Himalayan
Kingdom Bhutan was on an official visit to India from 7 Feb. to 9
Feb. 2013- Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley World Radio Day was observed
on which day to raise awareness about the importance of radio- 12
February 2013 The former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, who
sworn in as the Lokayukta on 14 February 2013- Y Bhaskar Rao The
theme of 27nd edition of Surajkund mela that was ended on 15
February 2013 was Karnataka The person who was appointed as the
next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations on 13
February 2013- Asoke Kumar Mukerji The Country which banned the
Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the third week of February 2013
because of the fears of Hindi invasion Bangladesh The Ecuadors
President who was re-elected for a third term with more than 50
percent of the vote-Rafael Correa The Person who was conferred with
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Award
2011 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 -Ela
Ramesh Bhatt The former Union Minister and three times MP for Rajya
Sabha, who died at the age of 68 on 19 February 2013 Radhakishan
Malviya The former LIC chief who took over as the Chairman of the
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on 21
February 2013- T. S. Vijayan The former head of Tata Group who was
awarded the life time achievement award 2012 by Ernst & Young
on 21 February 2013- Ratan Tata The Car Rally that was flagged off
from the Helipad Ground in Salt Lake Stadium, West Bengal on 22
February 2013- Silk Route Car Rally The playbook which won four
awards at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on 24
February 2013- Silver Linings Playbook The Person who had sworn -in
as the first woman President of South Korea on 25 February 2013-
Park Geun-hyeMARCH : The Surface Drive Based Interceptor of Indian
Coast Guard Commissioned by the Chief Secretary to Government of
Maharashtra- Interceptor Boat C-154 The CMD, of NLC (Neyveli
Lignite Corporation) who was conferred with the CEO with HR
Orientation Award at the World HRD Congress 2013 in Mumbai-B
Surender Mohan The book released by the Vice President of India, M.
Hamid Ansari which is written by K. Natwar Singh, the former Union
Minister for External Affairs-Walking with Lions: Tales from a
Diplomatic Past. The Congress MP from Banaskantha who passed away
on 1 March 2013 in Ahmadabad because of multiple organ
failure-Mukesh Gadhvi The place where the second meeting of India-
Afghanistan-US trilateral dialogue was held New Delhi Famous
Italian musician and composer who had written the scores for about
300 films died at the age of 95- Armando Trovajoli The former news
editor of The Indian Express who died on 3 March 2013 in New Delhi
following a cardiac arrest-SK Varma The person who was appointed as
the new High Commissioner to Maldives replacing D M Mulay-Rajeev
Shahare The Business tycoon who retained his title as the richest
person of India for the sixth consecutive year with the net worth
of 21.5 billion US Dollars-Mukesh Ambani The author who was
selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni
Tape Teer-Hariram Meena The Venezuelan President who died due to
cancer on 5 March 2013 at Caracas-Hugo Chavez The Person who
conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of
Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman-Pranab Mukherjee The Person who was
sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second term by
taking oath as 26th CM of the state-Mukul Manda Sangma The
Pollitical leader of Naga Peoples Front (NPF) was sworn in as Chief
Minister of Nagaland for the third straight term on 5 March
2013-Neiphiu Rio The chairman of local organising committee of the
2015 World Cup who died at the age of 68-James Strong The Person
who took over as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National
Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)-MRP Rao The people who was
selected by the Parliamentary Award Committee for Outstanding
Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively- Arun
Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav The city which won the award
for most liveable Indian city by IPSOS Best City Survey and Awards
2013 event in New Delhi -Nagpur Venezuelan Vice- President who was
sworn in as Venezuelas acting president- Nicolas Maduro 86 years
old Former West Bengal Governor and industrialist who died in
Jordan after a heart attack-Viren J Shah Former CBI Director, who
was appointed as Governor of Nagaland- Ashwani Kumar The Managing
Director of Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd, who was
elected as the chairman, CII Kerala State Council for 2013-14- C J
George The India Tourism Film, which claimed First Prize at 11th
Golden City Gate Awards- Find What You Seek 76 years old legendary
painter who died after a heart attack at a city hospital in
Kolkata- Ganesh Pyne The new leader of the Communist Party of China
(CPC), who was appointed as the President of China- Xi Jinping The
Chief Justice who was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal
by taking over the office from Baburam Bhattarai- Khil Raj Regmi
The winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel The
Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng The person who was elected as
the Chairman of CII Karnataka Soumitra Bhattacharya The date on
which World Consumer Rights Day was observed for creating awareness
in terms of consumer protection measures as well as consumer rights
15 March 2013.APRIL : The Person who was sworn-in as the Fourth
President of Kenya on 9 April 2013- Uhuru Kenyatta The Electric
utilities company which was conferred with the Business Leader in
the Power Sector at the NDTV Business Leadership Awards in New
Delhi on 9 April 2013- NTPC Ltd The nuclear-capable Missile which
was successfully test-fired by Pakistan on 10 April 2013. Hatf-IV
ballistic missile The day which was observed as National Safe
Motherhood day across India -11 April 2013 The Person who was
appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on
population and Development on 11 April 2013 at Bangkok- PJ Kurien
The Legendary Actor who was awarded with Bollywoods Highest Honour
Dada Saheb Phalke Award on 12 April 2013- Pran The anti-British
revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub
continent decessive past died at Kolkata at the age of 104 years
Binod Bihari Chowdhary The Palestinian Prime Minister who resigned
on 13 April 2013 after falling out with president Mahmud Abbas-
Salam Fayyad The Indian Politician who was unanimously re- elected
as the national President of Janata Dal (United) for third time in
a row, on 14 April 2013- Sharad Yadav The Person who was declared
the winner of Venezuelas presidential election on 14 April 2013-
Nicolas Maduro The Indian-Origin Economist who Won John Bates Clark
Medal For 2013- Raj Chetty The Person who as per the 16th Annual
Global CEO survey, was figured among the top three most admired
leaders of the world- Mahatma Gandhi The International Newspaper
which had won four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April 2013, .including the
award for investigative reporting for stories- New York Times The
Person who took over as the Managing Director of Centre for Railway
Information Systems (CRIS) on 16 April 2013- Sunil Kumar.MAY : The
Book Released by Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and
compiled by Kumar Deepak Das- An Ardent Patriot Dinesh Goswami The
Parliamentary Speaker who on Parliamentary Speaker who sworn in as
Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman- Abdul Hamid An IAS
officer of the 1979 batch who on 1 May 2013 was appointed as Chief
Secretary of Andhra Pradesh government- Prasanna Kumar Mohanty The
Former President of Pakistan who was imposed with a lifetime ban
from contesting elections-Pervez Musharraf The communication
Satellite successfully launched by China from Xichang Satellite
Launch Center in Sichuan province- Zhongxing-11 The last British
member of the Church of North Indias Delhi Brotherhood who passed
away on 30 April 2013- Father Ian Weathrall The day celebrated as
the World Press Freedom Day across the world with a theme safe to
Speak- 3 May 2013 The Indian national and a death row prisoner in
the Lahores Kot Lakhpat Jail who died on 2 May 2013 at the Lahores
Jinnah hospital- Sarabjit Singh The young Indian biologist who was
honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in
London on 2 May 2013- Aparajita Datta The former tour player and
president of ATP since January 2012 who died on 3 May 2013- Brad
Drewett The Person who on 3 May 2013 took over the office of Chief
Secretary of Uttarakhand for second time- Subhash Kumar The
prosecutor who was handling the Mumbai terror attack and Bhutto
assassination case was gunned down in Islamabad- Zulfiqar Ali
Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who was appointed as the special
envoy to India to work out on fair trials for the Italian Marines-
Staffan de Mistura The Prime Minister of Italy who died on 6 May
2013 at Rome after serving as the Italian Prime Minister seven
times between 1972 and 1992- Giulio Andreotti The first ever
national surfing and stand up paddle (SUP) competition of India
concluded at Kovalam beach on 5 May 2013- Spice Coast Open The
Senegalese singer and Finnish composer who were named as the
recipients of Polar Music Prize 2013- Youssou Ndour and Kaija
Saariaho An Indian conglomerate company who created a new Guinness
World Record on 6 May 2013 when its 121653 workers sang Indias
national anthem in Lucknow- Sahara India Pariwar The Pakistani
Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu
died at the hospital in Chandigarh on 9 May 2013- Sanaullah Ranjay
The person who was appointed as the Head of the World Trade
Organisation and will take the charge of his office from outgoing
Pascal Lamy in September 2013- Roberto Azevedo The English film
director, actor, screenwriter and novelist, who died on 8 May 2013
in Virginia Water, Surrey following the long illness- Bryan Forbes
The Legendary actor who was presented with the prestigious
Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time achievement 10 May 2013- Pran
The leader of the Indian National Congress who on 11 May 2013 was
sworn in as the 22nd chief minister of the state of Karnataka-
Siddaramaiah The Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh State Assembly
and a senior leader of Congress Party who died due to cardiac
arrest- Harvansh Singh The renowned Islamic Scholar and recipient
of National Communal Harmony Award in 1997, who died on 14 May
2013- Asghar Ali Engineer The acting director of IRS who had
resigned amid the criticism over the tax agencys handling of
conservative groups seeking tax- exempt status- Steven Miller The
Person who on 16 May 2013 appointed as governor of Arunachal
Pradesh as the term of present incumbent Gen (retd) J J Singh ended
in January 2013- Nirbhay Sharma The Saudi woman who made history by
reaching the Everest summit- the worlds highest mountain- Raha
Moharrak The place where the 45th Session of the Indian Labour
Conference concluded on 18 May 2013- New Delhi The Person who on 19
May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest.
Samina Baig is 22 years of age- Samina Baig NASAs Mars Rover which
broke the 40-year- old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May
2013, after 9 long years of Mars exploration- Opportunity rover The
Person who was elected as the Member of Executive Council of
WMOduring the 65th Executive Council of WMO meeting which is
ongoing at Geneva- Laxman Singh Rathore.JUNE: The principal
architect of Indias missile programmes who on 31 May 2013 was
appointed DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence minister-
Avinash Chander The person who resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1
June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal- Rajiv
Shukla The name of bombs which is being developed by India for its
fighter jets, which are expected to be geared up for deployment by
the end of year 2014- Glide Bombs The Person who was appointed new
Prime Minister of Palestine, by Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 Rami
Hamdallah The 25-year old Bollywood actress who allegedly committed
suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai Jiah Khan
The Person who became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount
Everest on 21 May 2013 with his five schoolmates- Raghav Joneja The
Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013
elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan- Ayaz
Sadiq The Person who became the first woman to be elected to the
FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years-
Lydia Nsekera The theme of World Environment Day which was observed
on 5 June 2013 -Think, Eat, Save Reduce Your Foodprint The Person
who was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President
Barack Obama on 5 June 2013- Susan Elizabeth Rice The Australian
radio presenters who responsible for Royal prank and was awarded
with Jock by the employer- Michael Christian. The Person who on 6
June 2013 was reelected as the chairman of India Bank Association
(IBA) for 2013-14 tenure- KR Kamath The Irish writer who won the
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane
which is the portrayal of Ireland of 2053- Kevin Barry The
Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its
contribution to protection of human rights- Central Himalayan
Environment Association (CHEA) Name the Scottish author, who is
best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, died
of Cancer on 9 June 2013- Iain Banks The BJP leader who resigned
from all top positions of BJP on 10 June 2013 a day after Narendra
Modi was selected as the chairman partys election campaign- LK
Advani A former Union Minister and Congress veteran from
Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure- Vidya
Charan Shukla The theme of World Day against Child Labour which was
celebrated on 12 June 2013-No to Child Labour in Domestic Work The
first Indian-American girl from Avon School to get admission in
United States Military Academy at West Point- Sneha Singh The First
NATO and European Country to Draft Women in Military Service-
Norway The Indian-origin sculptor who was honoured with Knighthood,
the highest honour of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II- Anish Kapoor
The Person who became only the second Hindu to be part of the
Pakistans Punjab assembly after Seth Bharta Ram- Kanji Ram The
ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda who was
selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th
session- John William Ashe One of the founders of RAW, who passed
away on 16 June 2013 in Chennai after a long fight with cancer-
Bahukutumbi Raman The ex-chairman of the Tata Group who was
appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsias India board- Ratan Tata
The moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the
presidential election in Iran on 15 June 2013- Hassan Rohani The
Malaysian author who was declared as the winner of Walter Scott
Prize for his English fiction novel The Garden of Evening Mists-
Tan Twan Eng The 29-year-year-old Indian origin journalist became
the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent, on 17 June 2013-
Amol Rajan The former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),
was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India on 18 June 2013-
Subramanian Ramadorai The Chinese supercomputer which is declared
is the fastest computer of the world- Tianhe- 2.JULY : The Person
who succeeded Ranjan Mathai to be the next Foreign Secretary of
India by Manmohan Singh- Sujata Singh The vice chancellor of Jamia
Millia Islamia University who on 1 July 2013 appointed as the 20th
Lt Governor of Delhi- Najeeb Jung The Person who on 2 July 2013 has
been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards
(BIS)- Sunil Soni The first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai
Governments coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence in
June 2013- Vandana Gandhi The U.S. inventor who was known as the
father of the computer mouse who died on 3 July 2013 at age of 88-
Douglas Engelbart The Egyptian Leader who sworn in as interim
president of Egypt till the next elections takes place succeeding
Mohamed Morsi, who was removed after a military coup- Adli Mansour
Renowned Madhubani painting artist who died at a private hospital
in Ranti, near Madhubani on 4 July 2013- Mahasundari Devi The
former Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), who was
appointed as the President of NASSCOM on 5 July 2013- R.
Chandrasekhar The Bollywood actress who on 6 July 2013 got the Best
Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy)
awards 2013 held in Macau- Vidya Balan Leading liberal opposition
leader who on 6 July 2013 was named as Egypts new Prime Minister-
Mohamed ElBaradei Senior parliamentarian who on 4 July 2013 was
appointed as the new governor of Sikkim- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
Former Delhi police Chief, who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new
Governor of Meghalaya- KK Paul An acknowledged food scientist and
the former Director of the Central Food Technological Research
Institute (CFTRI) who died on 9 July 2013- Dr. H.A.B. Parpia The
Person who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Lieutenant Governor
of Andaman and Nicobar Islands- Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh The Theme of
world Population day observed across the World on 11 July 2013-
Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy Indian Parsi conductor of western
classical music who was selected to be honoured with Tagore Award
2013- Zubin Mehta The legendary actor and the proud recipient of
Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan Award who died on 12 July
2013- Pran The Person who on 16 July 2013 was appointed as the next
Commissioner of Delhi Police and will be succeeding Neeraj Kumar-
Bhim Sain Bassi The Person who was administered the oath of the
office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) by he President of India on
19 July 2013-Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam The Chief Justice of
India who on 18 July 2013 retired from the office after a short
term of just nine months- Justice Altamas Kabir The day which was
observed as Nelson Mandela International Day to inspire people to
be an agent of change- 18 July 2013 82 Years old Veteran Tamil film
lyricist who died at a private hospital in Chennai on 18 July 2013-
Vaali An Indian-American woman was nominated for the Post of
Assistant Secretary of State of USA- Nisha Desai Biswal South
Korean city which was named as the World Book Capital for the year
2015 as per UNESCO announcement- Incheon Former Kuttanad MLA and
Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, who died at a
hospital in Kochi- Prof. Oommen Mathew The Finance Minister of
Jammu and Kashmir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new Chairman
of GST Panel- Abdul Rahim Rather The Chairman and CEO of Leo
Burnett, India who was re-elected as the President of Advertising
Agencies Association of India- Arvind Sharma Renowned south India
yesteryear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July
2013 followed a brief illness- Manjula Vijayakumar The Duchess of
Cambridge, who gave birth to a baby boy on 22 July 2013 at the
London hospital- Kate Middleton Indian American author who novel
The Lowland has been listed among 13 novelslonglisted for the Man
Booker Prize 2013- Jhumpa Lahiri The cousin of Rajiv Gandhi as well
as the Minister for Internal Security during his government, who
died in Gurgaon on 25 July 2013- Arun Nehru The famous Indian Port
which was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its
excellent performance in the year 2012-13- Paradip Port The
Bollywood actor who held the Guinness World Record for being the
most type-cast actor, died on 28 July 2013 at the age of 85 years-
Jagdish Raj Sarod maestro who was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi
National Sadhbhavna Award- Amjad Ali Khan The former Indian Test
umpire who passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in
Karnataka. He was 83 years of age- SN Hanumantha Rao.GK Questions
From Banking SectorVishwanath YadavSeptember 17, 2013Current
AffairsComments
-First Bank in India was Bank of Hindusthan established in
1779.-Banking Concept was brought in India by European.-First
PresidencyBank of India Bank of Calcutta established in 1806 and
immediately became Bank of Bengal-The firstbank of Indiawith
limited liability to be managed by Indian board was Oudh Commercial
Bank. It was established in 1881.-The first bank purely managed by
Indian was Punjab National Bank. PNB was established in Lahore in
1895.-First Indian Commercial Bank wholly managed and owned by
Indian was CentralBank of India, established in 1911.-Indias first
truly Swadeshi bank was Centralbank of India-First Indian bankto
opena branch outside India is Bank of India-First Indian bankto
opena branch in Continental Europe at Paris isBank of India-Which
of the following was the first public sector commercial bank which
had launched a mutual fund? State Bank of India-Which of the
following bank became the first in India to be fully computerized?
Bank of India-Firstcooperative bankin Asia? Anyonya Co-operative
Bank.-First bank in India to facilitatepayment ofIncome taxusing
ATM recently? UnionBank of India-First Bank in India to launch
Talking ATMs for differently-able person? Union Bank of IndiaAwards
And Honours Of 2013Vishwanath YadavSeptember 12, 2013Current
AffairsComments
April 02 2013JAMMU&KASHMIR Bank won the prestigious FE
Indias Best Banks Award-2012-13 on 26 March 2013April 18 2013The
Telgu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja selected for the prestigious
Jnanpith Award 2012April 29 2013Yash Chopra to be honoured with
Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award 2013August 05 2013Sugathakumari,
theMalayalamPoetess won Saraswati Samman 2013 for
ManalezhuthuAugust 12 2013On 11 August 2013 Delhi state government
conferred Lifetime Achievement Award-2013 to two veteran artists:
Abdul Rashid Khan and Anjolie Ela MenonAugust 13 2013The Prem
Bhatia Memorial award presented to Shalini Singh the Deputy Editor
of The HinduAugust 22 2013Former Jamaica and West Indies
wicketkeeper Jackie Hendriks receive Lifetime AwardAugust 28
2013Malala Yousafzai won 2013 International Childrens Peace
PrizeFebruary 11 2013We Are Young The pop-rockers won song of the
year Atthe Grammy Awards. Pandit Ravi Shankar was awarded his
fourth Grammy award for Best world music .February 22 2013On 21
February 2013 the former head of Tata Group Ratan Tata, was awarded
the life time achievement award 2012 by Ernst &
Young.9/9/13February 28 2013On 26 February 2013 Sugata Mitra was
awarded the Million-Dollar TED Prize for Extraordinary creativity.
The Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher awarded with the City
Proclamation Award in Los Angeles.January 04 2013Indian-American
Srikanth Srinivasan is among the 33 federal judges re-nominated by
the US President Barack Obama for the USCourt of Appeals.January 05
2013Association of State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU) Lowest
Accident Rate Award 2012 being awarded to Delhi Transport
Corporation( DTC).US President Barrack Obama is the most followed
leader on Twitter, as per data released by Digital Policy Council
(DPC)Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 awarded to Malala
Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl who was shot by TalibanJanuary
14 2013The State of Tamil Nadu ranked first in the implementation
of schemes by National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)Renowned nuclear
scientist Anil Kakodkar was awarded Maharashtra Bhooshan award by
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj ChavanJanuary 19 2013Mahaveer
Golechha selected for the Young InvestigatorScholarshipAward by the
Alzheimers Drug Discovery FoundationJanuary 24 2013Renowned writer,
U R Ananthamoorthy has been shortlisted for the International Man
Booker Prize Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan tops the Forbes India
top 100 Celebreties of India listTheElection Commissionof India
nominatesOlympic MedalistsSaina Nehwal and Mary Com as the National
Icons 2012January 26 2013Major Abup J Manjali of Rashtriya Rifles
in being nominated to receive Kirti Chakra Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila
Tagore,Rahul Dravid and Mary Com are a few notables to receive the
prestigious Padma Bhushan AwardJanuary 31 2013The National Communal
Harmony Award 2012 is awarded to a Delhi based trust named The
Foundation for Amity And National Solidarity(FANS)July 08 2013Vidya
Balan got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian
Film Academy) awards 2013July 26 2013Paradip Port was conferred
with the Major Port of the Year award for its excellent performance
in the year 2012-13Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri featured
for Man Booker Prize 2013Edward Snowden awarded with German
Whistleblower PrizeJuly 29 2013Four Indian Americans won Simons
Investigators Awards 2013July 30 2013Bastian Schweinsteiger Won
Journalists Player of the Year Award announced by the Kicker
magazine on 28 July 2013July 31 2013Amjad Ali Khan was chosen for
the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna AwardJune 13 2013Ashok
Shah and Vijay Chaudhary won the Award at the World Street Food
CongressJune 28 2013Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy received
the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award on 28 June
2013March 06 2013The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was
conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of
Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman on 4 March 2013.March 07 2013The
Parliamentary Award Committee announces Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh
and Sharad Yadav For Outstanding Parliamentarian Award.March 08
2013According ABP News-IPSOS BestCity Surveyand Awards 2013 -Nagpur
won the award for most liveable Indian city & Nashik for Best
Tourist-Friendly City.Deborah from India won a Bronze medal in the
womens juniors of 500m cycle event in Asian Cycling Championship on
7 March 2013.March 11 2013On 10 March 2013 five writers honoured
with the prestigious SAARC Literature Award.March 13 2013Jessica
Ennisnamed Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year at Laureus
WorldSports Awards2013.March 15 2013Tan Twan Eng was announced as a
winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize on 14 March 2013.On 14
March 2013 Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2011
announced.March 19 2013The 60th National Film Awards were announced
Irrfan Khan Won Best Actor Award for Paan Singh Tomar79-year-old
Sugathakumari theMalayalampoetess was chosen for the Saraswati
Samman 2012March 20 2013S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian
Institute of Chemical Technology won the National Bioscience Award
for 2012March 22 2013The London based Indian origin writer,Anil
Ananthaswamy won inaugural Physics Journalism Prize for the article
Hip Hip ArrayMarch 25 2013Navneet Kaur Dhillon was crowned Ponds
Femina Miss India 2013.May 03 2013Jenita Mary Nongkynrih woman won
ISRO Young Scientist Award 2013May 08 2013Senegalese singer Youssou
Ndour and Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho won the Polar Music Prize
2013May 13 2013AT 7th Vijay awards cermony : Shah Rukh Khan
receives his Chevalier Sivaji trophy from Kamal HaasanMay 14
2013The President of India, presented the Asom Ratna Award for the
year 2012 to Indira GoswamiThe President of India presented
National Florence Nightingale Award 2013 on the occasion
ofinternational NursesDayMay 23 2013The President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee conferred the 47th Jnanpith Award for the year 2011 to
Pratibha RayLydia Davis the American writer won 2013 Man Booker
International PrizeMay 24 2013Carole King became the first woman to
receivethe Library of CongressGershwin PrizeMay 30 2013Peter Higgs
and Francois Englert received Award for God Particle
DiscoverySeptember 06 2013The President of India presented the
National Awards to 336 teachers for their meritorious performance
on the occasion of the Teachers Day
New Appointments From March 2013Vishwanath YadavOctober 16,
2013Current Affairs,IBPSComments
1. Amol Rajan appointed as Independent editor.2. Bobby Ghosh
isTime Internationaleditor.3. Kamala Devi Harris is an American
attorney.4. Senate approves James Comey as new FBI director.5.
Susan Rice named as Obamas new NationalSecurity Advisor.6. Haryana
cadre IPS Sharad Kumar to be new NIA chief.7. Shashi Kant Sharma,
an IAS officer of the 1976 batch from Bihar cadre CAG of India .8.
P. Sathasivam takes oath as new Chief Justice of India9. World
Trade Organization names Brazilian as new chiefRoberto Carvalho de
Azevedo.10. Antiguas Ambassador to the United Nations, John Ashe,
has been elected President of the United Nations General
Assembly.11. Obama Names Veteran Troubleshooter to
Afghanistan-Pakistan PostJames F. Dobbins.12. Siddha Ramaiah sworn
in as new Karnataka chief minister - 22nd .13. Indian High
Commissionerto MaldivesRajeev Shahare.14. Wu Hongbo,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.15.
Priyadarshini Govind appointed director of Kalakshetra.16. Sunil
Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards.17.
Hemant Soren becomes Jharkhand CM, heads 9th government in 13
years.18. Jiji Thomson. Director General, SAI.19. NRI Sunil Chopra
elected as the Deputy Mayor of a London Borough.20. Kushal Singh
appointed as NCPCR chairpersonNational Commission for Protection of
Child Rights (NCPCR).21. Laxman Singh Rathore, the Director General
of Meteorology & Permanent Representative of India with World
Meteorological Organization.22. Subhash Kumar appointed as the New
ChiefSecretaryof Uttarakhand.23. Krishnakumar Natarajan NASSCOM
Chairman24.Som Mittal NASSCOM President25. Dr Manmohan Singh
appoints Rentala Chandrasekhar as NTRO chiefNational Technical
Research Organisation.26. Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary
Director General, National Disaster Response Force and Civil
Defence.27. New chief of Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme S
Sundareshan.28. Qatars new young emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad
al-Thani.29. N. R. Narayana Murthy-(Executive Chairman) Infosys30.
S. D. Shibulal(CEO & MD) Infosys31. S.
Gopalakrishnan-(Executive Vice Chairman, former Co-Chairman)
Infosys32. K. Vaman Kamath is the LeadIndependent Directorof
Infosys Limited , Infosys33. E.K. Bharat Bhushan has been appointed
as the ChiefSecretaryof Kerala.34. Hindustan Times has appointed
Nicholas Dawes, editor-in-chief of Mail and Guardian (M&G), a
leading South African paper.35. Tomas Brunegrd, chairman of Swedens
Stampen Media Group, is the new president of the World Association
of Newspapers andNews Publishers.36. Foreign Minister of Argentina
Mr. Hector Marcos.37. Pak Pong-ju served as the Premier of North
Korea since elected by the DPRKs Supreme Peoples Assembly.38. Recep
Tayyip Erdoan is the 25th andcurrent PrimeMinister of Turkey.39.
Hassan Rohani is Irans president.40. Foreign Minister of Cuba Bruno
Rodriguez Parrilla..41. Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has appointed
Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as chief executive officer.42. Dato Sri
Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is a Malaysian
politician who has been the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia.43.
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj is the 4th and current President of
Mongolia.44. Amisha Sethi appointed chief commercial officer
atAirAsiaIndia .45. AirAsias chief executive officer Tony Fernandes
.46.AirAsiaIndia CEO Mittu Chandilya.47.AirAsiaIndia appoints TCS S
Ramadorai as Chairman.48. Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan Tata
will be the chief advisor to the board ofAirAsiaIndia.49.AirAsiahas
been named the Worlds Best and Asias Best Low Cost Airline .50.
Tony Fernandes announced as new owner of Queens Park Rangers.51.
CabinetSecretary Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .52. Union homesecretary-
Anil Goswami .53.Secretaryof Defense- R K Mathur .54.
ForeignSecretary- Sujatha Singh.55. Union financesecretary- Rajiv
Takru .56. Economic AffairsSecretary- Arvind Mayaram .57.
Information and broadcasting (I&B)secretaryBimal
Julka58.Secretaryof the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)M F
Farooqui59. PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq elected Speaker of Pak
Parliament.60. Moin Khan, the former Pakistan captain and
wicketkeeper, has been appointed the chief selector of the Pakistan
national cricket team.61. Najam Sethi named PCBs interim
chairman.62. Kanji Ram became only the second Hindu to be part of
the Pakistans Punjab assembly after Seth Bharta Ram.63. Pakistan
High Commissioner in IndiaSalman Bashir .64. Raja Zafrul
Haqchairman of PML-N.65. TCA Raghavan is Indias new envoy to
Pakistan.66. Arunachal Pradesh Nirbhay Sharma 29 May 201367. Bihar
D. Y. Patil 9 March 201368. KeralaNikhil Kumar 9 March 201369.
MeghalayaK. K. Paul 1 July 201370. Nagaland Ashwani Kumar 9 March
201371. Odisha S. C. Jamir 9 March 201372. Sikkim- Shriniwas
Dadasaheb Patil 1 July 201373. Tripura Devanand Konwar 9 March
201374. Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lieutenant-Governor A. K. Singh
1 July 201375. Delhi- Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung 1 July
201376. Puducherry Lieutenant-Governor Virendra Kataria 1 July
201377. Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak.78. Paraguayan
president Federico Franco (Colorado Party ).79. Venezuelas
President Nicolas Maduro offered asylum to former U.S. intelligence
contractor Edward Snowden.80. Parliamentary Speaker Abdul Hamid
sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman, who
died.81. .Infosys S Gopalakrishnan is the new CII
President.82.Secretaryin UnionPublic Service Commission(UPSC) -
Amarjit Singh .83. Axis new President Retail Banking Rajiv Anand84.
Shri Sunil Kumar has taken over as Managing Director, Centre for
Railway Information Systems (CRIS).85. Senior IAS officer Sudhir
Bhargava was Tuesday appointed asSecretaryin Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment.86. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien
unanimously elected the Chairman of the prestigious Asian Forum of
Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) in
Bangkok.87. N. N. Vohra His Excellency Governor of Jammu &
Kashmir & Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University.88. New
head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission - Mary Jo
White89. N Ravi, Director of Kasturi and Sons Limited, publisher of
The Hindunewspaper, has been unanimously elected President of the
Editors Guild of India.90. Chief Justice of Punjab and HaryanaHigh
CourtArjan Kumar Sikri and Chief Justice of Madhya PradeshHigh
CourtSharad Arvind Bobde as new judges ofSupreme Court.91. Ajay S
Shriram, chairman and senior managing director of DCM Shriram
Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) is president designate of CII for the year
2013-2014.92. Ms. Rashida Manjoo (South Africa) was appointed as UN
Special Rapporteur on violence against women.93. Narendra Kumar has
taken over as Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL).94.
Raninder Singh re-elected president of National Rifle Association
of India.95. Jeev Milkha Singh becomes Volvo India brand
ambassador.96. Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA new chairman
Amarnath Sengupta .97. The Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA)
Vice Chairman - P. Devadas98. Hockey India set to appoint foreign
goalkeeping coachGreg Clarke (junior mens team coach).99. Sania
Mirza joins Indian Tennis Players Association as Vice
President.100. Chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Amitava
Bhattacharyya .101. Computer Society of India elected H.R. Mohan as
its Vice-President-Cum-President.102. Sikkimese woman who captained
the U.S. ArmyFormer Sikkimese Chief Minister Narbahadur Bhandaris
daughter Perilla Bhandari Swartz .103. Delhi-born Sunil Chopra
elected as the Deputy Mayor of London Borough.104. Ajay Devgn,
Bangladeshi singer Runa Laila and Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy have been named as SAARC Goodwill Ambassadors
for HIV/AIDS.105. Cognizant CEO Francisco DSouza gets over $10-mn
pay package.106. Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa will run
Asian football for the next two years after the Bahraini won a
three-way election for the presidency of the Asian Football
Confederation (AFC).107. P Sathasivam to be new Chief Justice of
India.108. National President of the Confederation of Real Estate
Developers Association of India (CREDAI) C. Shekhar Reddy .109.
Chief Justice for High Court of Himachal Pradesh Ajay Manikrao
Khanwilkar .110. Who was named Philanthropist of the Year at the
third edition of the annual Asian Awards Narayana Murthy .111.
Professor M Aslam has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) .112. Sundar Pichai,
Google senior VP of Chrome and Android.113. Harmanpreet Kaur Named
Captain of the Indian Womens Cricket team .114. Tushar Arothe is
coach of Indian womens cricket team.115. Harvard professor Ashish
Nanda is set to take over as director of IIM Ahmedabad.116. Italian
ambassador Daniele Mancini .117. SAI (Sports Authority of India )
Director General Jiji Thomson .118. Prahlad Joshi appointed
Karnataka BJP president119. Bhaichung Bhutia Appointed as the
Chairman of the AIFFs Technical Committee120. Aniruddha Bahal,
Editor, CobraPost121. Indias new High Commissioner to Maldives
Rajeev Shahare122. Justice Mukul Mudgal, former Chief Justice of
Punjab and Haryana High Court123. Julia Pearson New CIA
Director124. Indian ambassador to Egypt Navdeep Suri125. Chairman
of CII Karnataka Soumitra Bhattacharya .126. Dinesh K Sarraf will
be the new Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas
Corp (ONGC)127. Deepak Sandhu will be appointed as next Chief
Information Officer.128. Indian Weightlifting Federation president
Birendra Prasad Baishya has been appointed as the chairman of the
Ethics Commission of the International Weightlifting Federation in
the executive board meeting of the world body in Beijing.129.
Malala Yousafzai won 2013 International Childrens Peace Prize130.
Navi Pillay, UN high commissioner for human rights131. Vice
President of Afghanistan Mohammed Karim Khalili132. Rajeev Rishi
took over as the CMD of Central Bank of India133. ZANU-PF party of
President Robert Mugabe,Zimbawe134. Rakesh Sethi took charge as
Executive Director at the Union Bank of India.135. Special Envoy of
India for Sudan and South Sudan,PS Raghavan136. Ms Runa Laila,
SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS made Maiden Visit to
India137. Ali Asghar Soltanieh is Irans ambassador to the
International Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva.138. Nishi Vasudeva
was today selected to head Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), the
first woman ever to head a Navranta PSU.139. Bhartiya Mahila Bank
Ltd CEO Usha Anatha Subramanyam.140. Executive Director of the
Union Bank of India Rakesh Sethi.141. US ambassador to United
Nations- Samantha Power.142. PMs Special Envoy to visit Japan -
Ashwani Kumar.143. My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions APJ
Abdul Kalam.144. Director General of CRPF (Central Reserve Police
Force) Dilip Trivedi.145. Retirement announced Microsoft CEO Steve
Ballmer.146. UNICEF (United Nations International Childrens
Emergency Fund) Goodwill Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan.147.
Chairperson of the National School of Drama Society Ratan
Thiyam.148. Nepals new Indian ambassador Ranjit Rae.149. Youngest
member of the present Parliament Ramya150. Foreign Minister of
Tuvalu Taukelina Finikaso.151. Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering
Tobgay152. New Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Justice
Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana.153. Foreign Minister of Nicaragua-
Samuel Santos Lopez.154. Amitabh Bachchan joined UN Campaign The
World Needs More.155. D.Bala Venkatesh Varma appointed Ambassador
to UN Conference on Disarmament.156. First case of human to human
Transmission of H7N9 Bird Flu Virus reported in China.157. Raghuram
Govind Rajan Appointed as the 23rd Governor of RBI.158. Bhim Sain
Bassi Took Charge as the 20th Delhi Police Commissioner .159.
United Bank of India: Ms. Archana Bhargav (Chairman & MD)160.
Allahabad Bank: Ms Shubhalakshmi Panse (Chairman & MD)161.
ICICI Bank: Ms.Chanda Kochhar (MD & CEO)162. Axis Bank: Ms
Shikha Sharma (MD & CEO)163. UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon
has appointed a Pakistani army general, Lt Gen Maqsood Ahmed, as
the Military Adviser for United Nations Peacekeeping
Operations.164. L C Goyal has been appointed as the new Secretary
in the ministry of Rural Development.165. Indias IT major Wipro
will enter the National Stock Exchanges 50-share Nifty index.166.
Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corp, Steve Ballmer, announced
his retirement as chief executive. Microsoft may consider Satya
Nadella, India-born executive, as next Microsoft CEO.167. V Kannan
Chairman & Managing Director of Vijaya Bank.168. Suresh N Patel
as Executive Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce169. Pumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka, of South Africa, took over as the new head of the
the UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN
Women).170. Yahoo Inc has appointed veteran technology executive
and Silicon Valley investor Maynard Webb as its new chairman.171.
Syndicate Bank has appointed Sankaran Bhaskar Iyer as workmen
employee director on the board of directors.172. Brand ambassadors
of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) Deepika Padukone and Aamir
Khan.173. Chairman of selection committee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna and Arjuna award Billiards legend Michael Ferreira.174. RBI
Governor- Raghuram Govinda Rajan.175. SEBI-U.K. Sinha176.
NABARDPrakash Bakshi177. FICCI-Naina Lal Kidwai178. NASSCOM-Krishna
kumar Natrajan179. ASSOCHAMRana Kapoor180. SBIPratip Chaudhary181.
IRDA-T.S.Vijayan182. World Bank-Jim Yong Kim183. National Stock
ExchangeChitra Ramkrishna184. Bombay Stock Exchange Ashish
Chauhan185. CAG-Shashi Kant Sharma186. Chief Economic advisor and
Vice President of IMFKaushik Bas187. Union Finance secretary-Rajiv
Takru188. Union Economic secretary- Aravind Mayaram189. First women
MD in SBI Arundhathi Bhattacharya.190. First women Bank CEO- Usha
Anathasubramanian191. Standard Chartered-Sandeep Das192. National
Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL)Saji Cherian193. Rakesh Sethi -
Executive Director of Union Bank of India .194. Rajeev Rishi CMD of
Central Bank of India.195. Institute of Cost Accountants of India
new president- Suresh Chandra Mohanty.196. New Chairman of GST
PanelAbdul Rahim Rather.197. Indian Banks Association (IBA)
President K R Kamath.198. President of Asian Development Bank Board
Takehiko Nakao199. S Gopalakrishnan President of the industry body
(CII)200. Rajan Bharti Mittal President of International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) India.201. MRP Rao- Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in
NTPC202. CBDT chief- Sudha Sharma203. Lic Chairman S K Roy.204. LIC
MD- S.B. Mainak .205. A.K. Roy Chairman cum Managing Director,
GIC.206. M.V. TanksaleChairman & Managing Director, Central
Bank of India .207. Sh. Sharad Kumar, IPS has joined NIA as the
Director.208. Dilip Trivedi appointed Director General of the
CRPF.209. Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana Appointed New Chief
Justice of the Delhi High Court210. Vinay Mittal appointed as Union
Public Service Commission (UPSC) member211. Suresh Chandra Mohanty
Elected as the New President of ICAI212. Arvind Sharma Re-Elected
as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India213.
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil appointed new Governor of Sikkim214.
Sunil Soni appointed Director General of Bureau of Indian
Standards215. Anil Chait, took over as Chief of Integrated Defence
Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC)216. Darren
Lehmann appointed Coach of Australian Cricket Team217. Susan
Elizabeth Rice Appointed as the National Security Adviser to
Obama218. Avinash Chander appointed as the New chief of Defence
Research Development Organiastion(DRDO)219. Kushal Singh Appointed
as the Chairperson of NCPCR220. Laxman Singh Rathore Elected as the
Member of Executive Council of WMO221. Brazils Roberto Azevedo
appointed Head of World Trade Organization222. Staffan de Mistura
appointed as Italian Special Envoy to India in Marines Case223.
Subhash Kumar appointed as the New Chief Secretary of
Uttarakhand.224. Ramsar Convention appointed Dr. Christopher Briggs
as its new Secretary General.225. Subhash Kumar appointed as the
New Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand226. Giorgio Napolitano
Re-elected as the President of Italy to serve a Second Term227.
Aruna Bahuguna became First Women Special DG of CRPF228. H.R. Mohan
elected as the New Vice President of Computer Society229. Sunil
Kumar Took Over as the Managing Director of CRIS230. Uhuru Kenyatta
Sworn-In as the President of Kenya.231. Narendra Kumar Verma
appointed Director for Exploration of ONGC232. United Nation (UN)
Women chief - Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka233. New High Commissioner of
Singapore to India- Lim Thuan Kuan.234. Depty Head of UN Mission in
Mali Abdoulaye Bathily.235. President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar
Keits236. National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) appointed Saji
Cherian.237. Prime Minister of ItalyEnrico Letta.238. Governor of
Jammu and Kashmir for the second term-N N Vohra.239. Coach of the
Junior Hockey Mens National TeamGregg Clark.240. Vice Chairman of
Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) for fiscal 2013-14-P.
Devadas241. President of the National Rifle Association of India
(NRAI)Raninder Singh.242. Chairman Indian Direct Selling
Association (IDSA)Amarnath Sengupta243. Secretary in Union Public
Service Commission (UPSC)Amarjit Singh244. Director (Personnel) of
Electronics Corporation of India Ltd-V.S.B. Babu245. Next
Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
in New YorkAsoke Kumar Mukerji246. Head of the Securities and
Exchange CommissionMary Jo White.247. Managing Director of
Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL)Narendra Kumar248. Chairman of Dr Reddys
Laboratories LtdG V Prasad249. Governor of the Bank of
JapanHaruhiko Kuroda250. John Ashe elected as the President of UN
General Assembly:251. Elbegdorj Tsakhia new Mongolia President252.
New Bangladesh President: Abdul Hamid253. New King of Netherlands:
Willem-Alexander254. Nicolas Maduro New President of Venezuela255.
Horacio Cartes New President of Paraguays256. XI Jinping New
President of China (succeeded Hu Jintao).257. Rafael Correa
Ecuadors President258. Indian-American Nisha Biswal to be US
assistant secretary of state for South Asia259. Regional Director
for WHO South-East Asia RegionDr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh260. Hun
Sen is the Prime Minister of Cambodia and leader of the Cambodian
Peoples Party261. Syrias Opposition National Council elected Ahmad
Toameh as its Interim Prime Minister262. President of Mali Ibrahim
Boubacar Keits263. New United states ambassador to the united
nations Samantha Power264. Head of Atomic Energy organisation in
Iran-Ali Akbar Salehi265. Commissioner-General of the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Mr. Filippo Grandi266.
iGate names former Infosys board member Ashok Vemuri as CEO267.
Cabinet Secretary Shri Ajit Kumar Seth .268. Union home secretary-
Anil Goswami .269. Secretary of Defense- R K Mathur .270. Foreign
Secretary- Sujatha Singh.271. Union finance secretary - Rajiv Takru
.272. Economic Affairs Secretary- Arvind Mayaram .273. Information
and broadcasting (I&B) secretaryBimal Julka .274. Former
Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal has been appointed as member of
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).275. Germanys Thomas Bach
IOC president276. Bal Sekhar, the new secretary general of Lok
Sabha277. Cabinet ministers: Oscar Fernandes gets roads and
highways ministry Girija Vyas becomes housing and urban development
and poverty alleviation minister Sis Ram Ola becomes labour and
employment minister K S Rao gets textiles ministry278. Ministers of
state: EMS Natchiyappan takes oath as MoS commerce and industry J D
Seelam becomes MoS finance Manikrao Gavit gets social justice and
empowerment Santosh Chowdhury gets health & family welfare
Important Abbreviations Related To BankingVishwanath YadavMarch
26, 2014General KnowledgeComments
C&S- Citizens and SouthernNational Bankc/f- carried
forwardc/o- carried overCAB- Cairo Amman BankCAD- Canadian
DollarCAGR- Compounded Annual Growth RateCAIB- Caribbean
Association of Indigenous BanksCAIIB- Certified Associate of Indian
Institute of BankersCap- Capital (data by facebook/cnaonwebCB- Cash
BoxCB- Central BankCB- Commonwealth BankCB- Corporation Bankcb-
corrected balanceCBA- Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaCBA- Cost
Benefit Analysis(data by facebook/cnaonwebCBB- Central Bank of
BarbadosCBDE-CommerceBank/Delaware, National
AssociationCBE-Commercial Bankof EthiopiaCBI-Central Bank of
IndiaCBJ- Central Bank of JordanCBN- Central Bank of Nigeriacbs-
core banking solutionCBSB- Council Bluffs Savings BankCBSI- Central
Bank of the Solomon IslandsCC- Cash Credit(data by
facebook/cnaonwebCC- Chamber ofCommerceCC- Chief CashierCCB-
Central Carolina BankCCB- China Construction Bankccil- consumer
credit instalment loanccl- consumer credit loanCCO- ChiefCompliance
OfficerCCT- conditional cashtransferCCTV- Closed Circuit
TelevisionCD- caution depositCD- Certificate of DepositCD- Charter
of DemandsCD- Convertible DebenturesCDMP- Community Development
Mortgage ProgramCEER- Competitive Effective Exchange RateCEO-Chief
Executive Officer(data by facebook/cnaonwebCFA- Certified Financial
AnalystCFL- California Finance LenderCGM- Chief General ManagerCHF-
Switzerland FrancCIA- Currency In ArrearsCIB- China Industrial
BankCIBC- Canadian Imperial Bank ofCommerceCIF- Chronic
Insufficient FundsCIIB- Citi IslamicInvestment BankCIIB-B- Citi
Islamic Investment Bank BahrainCIN-Customer
IdentificationNumberCIR- Cox Ingersoll Rossinterest ratemodelCir.
circular (data by facebook/cnaonwebCISLA- Customer Information
System for Loans and Advancescl- clerk (data by
facebook/cnaonwebcl/sh- clerk cum shroffcl/ty- clerk cum
typistCMHC- Canada Mortgage and Housing CorporationCO- Cash
OfficerCO- Circle OfficeCO- Controlling OfficeCO- Corporate
OfficeColl. CollectionCOO- Chief Operating OfficerCP- Commercial
PaperCPB- Central Progressive BankCPPC- Centralized Pension
Processing CellCPPD- Computer Policy and Planning DepartmentCPT-
Cost PerTransferCr- Credit (data by facebook/cnaonwebCr- CroreCR-
Current Ratiocr. creditCRBT- Cedar Rapids Bank & TrustCRR- Cash
Reserve RatioCSAM- Credit Suisse Asset ManagementCSR-Corporate
Social ResponsibilityCST- Collateral SecurityCTS- check truncation
sysytemCTS- Cheque Truncation Systemcts. centsCW- Cash
WithdrawalCWB- Canadian Western Bank