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Tu-142M anti-submarine aircraft

Navy’s flagship anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142M will be turned into a museum.

The aircraft will be given to the Andhra Pradesh government to be converted into a museum and kept on the Beach Road close to the Submarine Kursura in Visakhaptnam.

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Latest Diary of Events

World Homeopathy Day – April 10

World Homoeopathy Day is being observed on 10 April 2017.

It commemorates the 262nd birth anniversary of the founder of Homoeopathy, Dr. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, a German physician.

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Awards and Honours

Asian Business woman of the year

An Indian-origin educationist in the UK, has been named the Asian Business woman of the Year in an award ceremony in Birmingham.

65-year-old Dame Asha Khemka, Principal and CEO of West Nottinghamshire College, was honoured for her efforts in the field of education and skills at the Asian Business Awards ceremony

About her:

Born in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, Dame Khemka left school after passing her exams at the age of 13.

She taught herself English by watching children’s TV shows and talking to other young mothers.

She went on to acquire a business degree from Cardiff University before becoming a lecturer and eventually taking over as principal and CEO of West Nottinghamshire College, one of the largest in the UK.

In 2013, she was awarded a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, one of Britain`s highest civilian awards.

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 New Appointments, Persons in News

Malala to become youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has selected Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to be a UN messenger of peace.

Also, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced that she would focus on promoting girls’ education worldwide.

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IBPS PO Exam Syllabus

IBPS PO – SYLLABUS

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1.       IBPS PO – ENGLISH LANGUAGE (40 marks, 40 questions)

Vocabulary:

Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Word Formation, Sentence CompletionComprehension:

Theme detection, Deriving Conclusion, Passage Completion Error Detection and Rearrangement: Passage Correction, Sentence Correction, SpellingGrammar:

 Active Passive Voice, Direct Indirect SpeechGeneral Usage:

 Idioms and Phrases

2.       IBPS PO – LOGICAL REASONING (50 marks, 50 questions) 
Verbal Reasoning: Analogy, Coding Decoding, Blood Relation, Sitting Arrangement, Series Completion, Syllogism, Decision Making, Statement ReasoningNon-verbal Reasoning: Series Completion, Analogy, and Classification

3.       IBPS PO – QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (50 marks, 50 questions) 
Arithmetic:

Numbers, Simplification, Roots, Average, Surds & Indices, Percentage, Profit & Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Partnership, Chain Rule, Time & Work, Pipes & Cisterns, Time & Distance, Problems on Trains, Boats & Streams, Allegation, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Stocks & Shares, Clocks, Logarithms, Mensuration, Volume & Surface Area, Permutation & combination, Probability, Heights & DistancesData Interpretation:

Tabulation, Bar Graphs, Line Graphs, Pie Charts

4.       IBPS PO – GENERAL/MARKETING/BANKING AWARENESS (40 marks, 40 questions) 
Questions in this component will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environments around him and its application to society. These questions will be such that they do not require a specific study of any discipline.
– Knowledge of current events
– Everyday observations and experience in the scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person
– India and its neighbouring countries
– Sports, History, Culture, Geography, Economy, General Polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research Over 70% of the questions will be related to Economy, Banking and Finance.

5.       IBPS PO – COMPUTER AWARENESS (20 marks, 20 questions)
General Knowledge on Computer usage and application (basic hardware and software) 

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SHANMUGAM IAS STUDY CIRCLE ACHIEVERS

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Shanmugam IAS Study circle is an independent private educational institution.​ It was established in the Year of 2006 with the noble cause of  training the civil service aspirants in a focus manner and preparing them for facing the lands highest examination.

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RBI monetary policy: Hikes repo rate to 8%, adjusts reverse repo rate at 7%, holds CRR at 4%

Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in his stern measure to tackle inflation has hiked repo rate yet again by 25 basis points (bps) to 8%. RBI has kept cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged at 4%, however, in its monetary policy review on Tuesday. The change has been extended to reverse repo rate, which stands adjusted at 7%, while the marginal standing facility (MSF) has been increased as well along with the Bank Rate at 9%.

Governor Raghuram Rajan was widely expected to hold interest rates. The rates were unchanged even in the last fiscal policy review held on 18 December. In the second quarter review on 29 October, repo rate was hiked and marginal standing facility (MSF) was cut by 25 bps each. It is evident that the move to hike repo rate is an after effect of the lately released Report of the Expert Committee to Revise and Strengthen the Monetary Policy Framework by Deputy Governor RBI, Urjit Patel. The report had recommended anchoring CPI inflation to review RBI monetary policy.

RBI included Hong Kong and Macau in the sensitive list

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) included Hong Kong and Macau in the sensitive list of countries along with Pakistan and China on 15 January 2014. Macau and Hong Kong are two Special Administrative Regions controlled by China.

This means that establishments from Hong Kong and Macau will require prior approval of RBI for setting up business or related activities in India. The activities include establishment of liaison, branch, project offices or any other place of business.

To this effect, Regulation 4 of Foreign Exchange Management (Establishment in India of Branch or Office or Other place of Business) Regulations, 2000 has been amended to substitute words, Iran and China, with words Iran, China, Hong Kong and Macau.

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iran and China are already included in the sensitive list.

Karnataka becomes first State to provide Universal Health Coverage

Karnataka became the first State in India to provide Universal Health Coverage to its population. It achieved the distinction with the launch of Rajiv Arogya Yojana on 9 January 2014.

The Scheme entails the beneficiary to pay only 10 percent of the cost of treatment or procedures. It aims at providing subsidized healthcare to virtually every citizen in the State with Above Poverty Line (APL) card. The BPL families are already covered under health scheme through Vajpayee Arogya Sree programme.

Under the scheme, APL family members are entitled for health check up to 1.5 lakh rupees per annum. In special cases, if the expenditure exceeds 1.5 lakh rupees, the government grants another 50000 rupees. The scheme covers 447 procedures and 50 follow-up packages. The beneficiaries can avail treatment in 160 hospitals, including 14 hospitals outside the State.

The scheme will cover cardiovascular diseases, cancer treatment (surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy), neurological diseases, renal diseases, burns, poly-trauma cases not covered by motor vehicle insurance and neo-natal cases. The cost of Universal Health Coverage is estimated to be 120 crore rupees annually

Reserve Bank of India relaxed Foreign Direct Investment rules

The Reserve Bank of India relaxed the rules of Foreign Direct Investment on 9 January 2014. The decision is aimed at providing exit option to the foreign investors. The investors can exit their investments by selling their holding of equity or debt.

The relaxation was expected to facilitate higher foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India. India saw a drop of 15 percent in FDI inflows from April 2013 to October 2013.

The exit option given to the foreign investors is subject to the condition that any FDI will have a minimum lock-in period without any assured return. The lock-in period for defence and construction sector has been kept at three years and for all other sectors it will be at least a year.

For a listed company the non-resident investor can exit at the market price prevailing at the stock exchanges. In case of unlisted company an investor can exit from equity shares at a price not exceeding the price arrived at on the basis of return on equity.