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 Bank M. S. RaghavanCurrent AffairsCurrent Affairs : 10th April 2014

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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

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