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Modi's Visit to China i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will grant e-visas to Chinese tourists. ii. Agreeme...

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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Modi's Visit to China</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will grant e-visas to Chinese
tourists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. Agreements
between India and China</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">1. Protocol
for establishment of consulates in Chengdu and Chennai</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">2. Cooperation
in vocational education and skill development and setting up of Mahatma Gandhi
institute on skill development in India</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">3.
Consultative mechanism on cooperation in trade negotiations</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">4. Cooperation
between Foreign Ministry and and Central Committee of Communist Party of China
(CCCPC)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">5. Action plan
between national railway administration of China and Indian Railways</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">6. Memorandum
of Understanding on education exchange programme</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">7. Cooperation
in the fields of mining and minerals</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">8. Space
cooperation outline</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">9. Safety
regulations on importing Indian rapeseed meal</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">10.
Broadcasting agreement between CCTV and Doordarshan</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">11. Agreement
for cooperation in the field of tourism</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">12. Memorandum
of Understanding on establishing India-China think tanks forum</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">13. Memorandum
of Understanding between NITI Aayog and Development Research Centre</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. Two MoUs
between Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Yunnan Minzu
University and another with Fudan University were signed on the establishment
of a yoga college and centre for Gandhian and Indian studies, respectively.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rajyavardhan Rathore inaugurates
India Pavilion at 68th Cannes Film Festival </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Minister of
State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inaugurated
the India Pavilion at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. The
government is channelising that objective through campaigns like 'Make in
India’ and ‘Skill India’, and realises that the film industry is an important
part of these campaigns given its tremendous potential towards job creation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. The
session also saw unveiling of the 46th IFFI, 2015 regulations and ‘India Film
Guide’ by Rathore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iv. The India
Film Guide is a comprehensive booklet with information on policy initiatives by
the government pertaining to film sector, the listing of Indian companies at
Cannes Film Market. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Google in talks with Arunachal
govt for Chromebook laptops in schools</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Global tech
giant Google is in discussions with the Arunachal Pradesh government to run a
pilot for deploying Chromebook laptops for school students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. The pilot
is proposed to be run in schools in two cities — Itanagar and Ziro.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. Chromebook
is a laptop running Google’s Chrome Operating System. The devices are designed
to be used primarily while connected to the internet with most applications and
data residing “in the cloud”.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SBI Launches NFC-Enabled
Contactless Debit and Credit Cards</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. State Bank
of India joined its private sector rivals to launch contactless cards using
latest near field technology (NFC).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. Called the
SBIinTouch cards, these contactless debit and credit cards are more secure and
hassle-free to use at merchant outlets or ATMs and use the NFC technology,
which enables users to make payments by waving or tapping the card near the
contactless reader instead of swiping or dipping it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. Private
lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank have already launched such NFC cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iv. Launching
the cards, SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattachrya said the bank has already
issued 1.08 lakh new cards to its customers in the eight largest metros and the
remaining customers will get the cards in the following months.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">RBI allows transactions upto Rs
2000 without second factor authentication </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. In a move
that will promote 'tap and pay' electronic payments, the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) said that bank can allow customers to transact with contactless card upto
Rs 2000 without customers punching a separate PIN for authentication. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. The 'tap
and pay' refers to the use of near-field communication ( NFC) technology,
enabling users to make payments by waving or tapping the card near the
contactless reader instead of swiping it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. Prior to
this relaxation, after tapping the card at a point of sale machines, the
customer had to punch their PIN number as an additional factor authentication
to avoid any chances of fraud. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iv. Tap and
pay refers to the use of near field communication technology in payment cards
where instead of the traditional swiping of the card and punching in payment
details, all the customer needs to do is wave a card in front of an acceptance
device for the bill to be settled.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">MHRD Gave Nod For Setting Up IIIT
in Nagpur, Maharashtra</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Union
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) gave an in-principle approval for
setting up an IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology) in Nagpur,
Maharashtra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. It will be
the first IIIT to be set up in the state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. The IIIT
will join a batch of national institutes which are set to come up in the city,
namely the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indian Institute
of Management (IIM).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iv. The
setting up of these higher educational institutions in Nagpur is aimed at
improving educational infrastructure in the backward Vidarbha region.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tejaswini Sagar wins gold at
Under-15 World School Chess Championship</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Talented
Indian youngster Tejaswini Sagar won her maiden world title bagging the gold in
the under-15 category of World School Chess Championship that concluded in
pattaya.<br />
ii. Needing a last round win and one favourable result, the Aurangabad-girl
defeated Kavinya Miyuni Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in the ninth and final round.<br />
iii. Tejaswini was aided by the result on the top board as overnight leader
Irina Barbayeva of Russia lost to Alisa Kozybayeva of Kazakhstan in the final
clash.<br />
iv. For the record, Tejaswini scored seven points out of a possible nine,
winning six, drawing two and losing one game.</span></div>
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Modi's Visit to China i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will grant e-visas to Chinese tourists. ii. Agreeme...

Gk Update | 14th May | bankersadda

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Title: Gk Update | 14th May | bankersadda
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Punjab becomes first state to issue Soil Health Cards to farmers i. Punjab has become the first state in India to issue Soil Health ...

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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Punjab becomes first state to issue Soil Health
Cards to farmers</span></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. Punjab has become the first state in India to issue Soil Health Cards
(SHCs), a Union Government initiative to all farmers in the state.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii. In this regard, every district of state has been assigned mobile
soil testing lab. These labs will take soil sample from every farm and issue a
digitalised soil health details.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii. Presently, state government has 66
such laboratories and has capability to test 3.5 lakh soil samples annually.
State government also has made mandatory for these labs to check soil health on
quarterly basis.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iv. It will help farmers in maintaining the balanced health structure of
the soil and educate them to use right quantity of fertilisers in order to
prevent soil from becoming arid.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">v. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had formally launched the nationwide
‘Soil Health Card’ Scheme in Februrary 2015 in Suratgarh, Rajasthan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Disinvestment: Cabinet nod for IOC, NTPC stake sale
may fetch Rs 13,600 crore</span></b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. The government will sell its 10 per cent stake in blue-chip Indian
Oil Corporation (IOC) and 5 per cent in power producer NTPC to mop up about Rs
13,600 crore in this fiscal’s first disinvestment approval.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii. The approvals are part of Rs 41,000 crore disinvestment target for
the current financial year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii. Buoyed by diesel price deregulation, the government is looking at selling
stake in Indian’s largest fuel retailer IOC for the second time in 13 months.
Sale of 24.27 crore shares, or 10 per cent stake, in IOC would mop up close to
Rs 8,000 crore at current market price.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iv. Decision in this regard was taken by Union Cabinet Meeting chaired
by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">v. Currently, Union government holds 74.96 per cent in NTPC and 68.57
per cent in IOC.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Lok Sabha passes Negotiable Instruments (Amendment)
Bill</span></b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. The Lok Sabha passed the negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill,
which aims at making filing of cases more convenient for payees if cheques
bounce.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii. The government faced questions from its own members and allies over
whether the Bill's provisions could be used by corporates to harass common people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii. The Bill was passed by a voice vote, with Minister of State for
Finance Jayant Sinha insisting that it would boost the "integrity of
financial system" and not lead to the harassment of the common man.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iv. The Bill was necessitated due to a Supreme Court order that cases
against those having defaulted on their cheque payments could only be filed in
courts under whose jurisdiction the bank account of the accused fell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">RBI plans IT wing as financial crimes rise in cyber
space </span></span></b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. The Reserve Bank is planning to set up an information technology wing
to face the rising challenges coming from the cyber world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii. It can be noted that online frauds in the financial sector have been
on the rise and hundreds of gullible people have been defrauded by crooks,
using their stolen credit and debit card information. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii. The cyber thieves have even been using RBI logos to send out mails
to cheat customers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">India way behind on WHO health targets</span></b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. India has met only four of ten health targets under the Millenium
Development Goals (MDG).</span></span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii. The report finds that globally, life expectancy at birth has
increased by six years for both men and women since 1990. </span></span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii. Since 1990, child deaths have almost halved — falling from an
estimated 90 deaths per 1000 live births to 46 deaths per 1000 live births in
2013. Yet the world will not achieve the MDG target of reducing the death rate
by two-thirds. </span></span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iv. In India, life expectancy grew by eight years between 1990 and 2013.
While India has sharply reduced its infant mortality between 2000 and 2013, it
still contributes for the most infant deaths globally. Non-communicable
diseases are the top killers, followed by communicable diseases and injuries.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">WPI inflation dips to record (-)2.65 per </span></b></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. Deflationary pressure continued for the sixth month in a row with
inflation dropping to a new low of (-)2.65 per cent in April, mainly on account
of decline in prices of fuel and manufactured items even as food prices
increased.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii. Inflation, as measured on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), has been
in the negative zone since November, 2014.</span></span></div>
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</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii. The deflationary trend has bolstered the case for a rate cut by the
Reserve Bank, as retail inflation has also eased and industrial production is
down.</span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">President Pranab Mukherjee appoints new Governors in
six states<br />
</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. President
Pranab Mukherjee on 12 May 2015 appointed Governors in six states. Their
appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge.<br />
Following are newly appointed Governors</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Jharkhand: Former
Odisha Minister Droupadi Murmu was appointed as Governor of Jharkhand. She will
replace Dr Syed Ahmed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Manipur: Dr
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Arunachal Pradesh: J
P Rajkhowa was appointed as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. He will replace Lt.
General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mizoram: Lt.
General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma has been transferred and appointed as Governor
of Mizoram for the remainder of his term.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tripura: Tathagata
Roy will be the Governor of Tripura.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Centre okays Rs. 20,000-crore budget for
Namami Gange scheme</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. The
Cabinet approved the flagship “Namami Gange” programme, which integrates the
efforts to clean and protect the River Ganga in a comprehensive manner. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii.  The
programme has a budget outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore for the next 5 years. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. The
amount was a significant four-fold increase over the expenditure allocated to
the task of cleaning the Ganga over the past 30 years.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iv. The
programme would be implemented by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG),
and its state counterpart organisations, that is, the State Programme
Management Groups (SPMGs).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">v. Namami
Gange will focus on pollution abatement interventions, namely interception and
diversion and treatment of waste water flowing through open drains via
bio-remediation/ appropriate in-situ treatment/use of innovative
technologies/sewage treatment plants (STPs)/effluent treatment plant (ETPs).</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Houses nominate members for Joint Committee on land
bill</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Rajya
Sabha on Wednesday named 10 members, including Digvijaya Singh of Congress and
Trinamool’s Derek O’Brien, to the Joint Committee that will look into the
controversial Land Acquisition Bill.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. The
30-member Joint Committee of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha would submit its report
on the first day of Monsoon Session on the bill which has already been passed
by the Lower House.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. The
government, which had promulgated ordinance twice on the bill since December
last after it faced similar resistance earlier, had agreed to refer it to the
committee after NDA allies Shiv Sena and Akali Dal joined the Opposition in Lok
Sabha to oppose the measure.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Retail inflation eases to 4-month low</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Retail
inflation in April softened further and fell to a four-month low of 4.87 per
cent as prices of food items, vegetables and fruits turned cheaper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. The
retail inflation, measured on the basis of Consumer Price Index (CPI), was
revised upwards to 5.25 per cent from 5.17 per cent in March 2015.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. Food
inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, fell to 5.11 per cent during the
month from 6.14 per cent in March.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iv. Fall
in food inflation was mainly driven by fruits, vegetables, milk and related
products.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">HSBC cuts India ratings to “underweight”</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. In the
first major downgrade for Indian markets in the past one year, global brokerage
HSBC changed its stance on the country to “underweight”, saying corporate
earnings may remain muted, monsoon could be weak and odds are against further
rate cuts.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. HSBC
further said that India has become the second most expensive and one of the
most over-owned markets in Asia.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. The
downgrade comes at a time when Indian markets are already under acute pressure,
primarily because of foreign investors turning heavy sellers on concerns
related to the controversial MAT levy and delay in the ambitious indirect tax
(GST) and land reforms.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Reliance Jio to raise $750 million from Korean
company</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Reliance
Industries has signed up for a $750 million loan, backed by Korea Trade
Insurance Corp, to primarily finance the procurements for its infrastructure
rollout from Samsung Electronics and Ace Technologies Corp.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. It
has a door-to-door tenor of 12 years, including a two-year availability period
and a 10-year repayment period thereafter.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. Reliance
Jio Infocomm is setting up a pan-India telecom network for 4th generation Net
services, communication services and other digital services in areas like
education, healthcare, security, financial services, government-citizen
interfaces and entertainment.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">BRICS Cup from next year, first one to be held in
India</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">i. Coinciding
with the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit next year
in India, an under-17 football tournament will be played between the nations.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">ii. As a
lead-up to the 2017 under-17 FIFA World Cup, India will use the competition to
test its infrastructure and on-field preparation.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iii. FC
Barcelona or Qatar’s under-17 side have been mooted as possible participants
due to their links with the United Nations body.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">iv. The
tournament’s launch was accompanied by the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Associated Chambers of Commerce (ASSOCHAM) and the
Brazilian representatives.</span></div>
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<b>Do you know which country and the bank gave the first ATM service ? Do you know who is the Father of ATM ? where is the first cash withdraw from first ATM machine of the world ? </b><br />
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<u><b>ATM Inventor & history :- </b></u><br />
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The first ATM to withdraw cash at June 27, 1967 were caused by <b>London's Barclays Bank</b>. The machine worked hard and was made by <b>Scotland's Inventor John Shepherd Barron</b>. Significantly, the worldwide ATM machine of the bank through these long lines of people who rescued <b>John Shepherd Barron</b>, born June 23, 1925 was born in <b>Shillong in Meghalaya (India)</b>. Indian-born inventor of the ATM<br />
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<u><b>ATM PIN:-</b></u><br />
Barron died in 2010 at the age of 84 occurred. Specifically, it is also in favour of the Barron ATM PIN 6 digits, but his wife told him that 6 Digit much and people will not remember it. For this reason, he later made a four-digit <b>ATM PIN</b>. Even today, only a four-digit PIN is currently in circulation.<br />
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<u><b>Important Ques. for the Exams:-</b></u><br />
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<b>In which country the first ATM was installed? </b>- <b><span style="background-color: white;">London</span></b><br />
<b>Which bank gave the first ATM service to the world?</b> - <b><span style="background-color: white;">Barclays Bank</span></b><br />
<b>On which day the first ATM was installed?</b> -<b> <span style="background-color: white;">June 27, 1967</span></b><br />
<b>Who has invented the ATM machine?</b>  - <span style="background-color: white;"> <b>John Shepherd Barron</b> (Birth date - June 23, 1925 | Died on May 15, 2010 | Birth Place - Shillong in Meghalaya, India. )</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>Note: ATM Inventor John Shepherd Barron died May 15, 2010.</b></span></div>

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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1. Canara Bank ties up with Life
Insurance Corporation</b></div>
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i. Canara Bank has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Life
Insurance Corporation of India for offering the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti
Bima Yojanainsurance cover to all its eligible customers.</div>
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ii. The bank has also partnered with the United India Insurance Company
for offering the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana insurance cover.</div>
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iii. According to the MoU, LIC will offer a life cover of 2 lakh in
case of death of the insured person at a nominal premium of 330 per annum.</div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>iv. All savings bank account holders in age group of
18 to 50 years can avail themselves of product.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">2. BARC India TV viewership
rating</b></div>
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i. Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, launched two years
ago to measure and assess TV viewership in India, has announced its first data
for week 16 of 2015.</div>
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ii. As per BARC data, Star Plus was the leading Hindi general
entertainment channel (GEC) in the Hindi-speaking markets (HSM), Zee emerged as
a strong player in the regional channels such as Marathi and Telugu, Aaj Tak
was the leader in Hindi news (HSM) and Times Now led in the English News
category (All India).</div>
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iii. BARC India will monitor 12,000 sample households using a
stratified random sampling technique. This will go up to 20,000 reporting
homes.</div>
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iv. BARC India was set up as a collaboration between advertisers and
the TV broadcasters to replace TAM (Television Audience Measurement) media
research data.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3. ‘Extremely simplified’ income
tax return form </b></div>
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i. An “extremely simplified” income tax return form will soon replace
the controversial 14-page ITR that sought information like all bank accounts
and foreign trip details.</div>
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ii. The Finance Ministry is considering easy taxation form which an
assessee can do things himself and does not have to run to various advisers.</div>
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iii. As it stands, the new ITR forms, including the ITR-1 and ITR-2,
require an assessee to furnish the number of bank accounts held by the
individual.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">4. Reform implementation to
determine rating upgrade</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
i. India’s sovereign rating will depend on implementation of policies
by its leaders to improve the business environment for the private sector and
for infrastructure growth according to rating agency Moody’s.</div>
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ii. Moody’s, which has given the lowest investment grade rating to
India, named regulatory complexity and weak social and physical infrastructure
as challenges before the country.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
iii. Lower global commodity prices support India’s growth and balance
of payments, but its banking system would pose sovereign risks over the medium
term if asset quality and capitalisation levels do not improve.</div>
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<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">5. India extends e-tourist visa scheme
to 31 more countries<br />
</b>i. India will provide e-tourist visa to 31 more countries, including France
and Canada, enabling the citizens of these nations easy entry to the country.<br />
ii. The e-tourist visa had been launched in November last year for 45 countries
from nine designated Indian airports.<br />
iii. With the latest addition, the total number of countries under this scheme
will go up to 76. By the end of current financial year Government intends to
extend the scheme to 150 countries.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">6. Dr. Pramod Patil and Dr. Ananda Kumar
won 2015 Whitley Awards for wildlife conservation<br />
</b>i. Two Indians have been awarded with the prestigious Whitley Awards for
their contribution to wildlife conservation.<br />
ii. Dr Ananda Kumar, a conservationist from India, was awarded the prize, in
honour of his work using innovative communication systems to enable
human-elephant coexistence in southern India.<br />
iii. Another winner of the Whitley Award, dubbed 'Green Oscar' is Dr Pramod
Patil. He has been awarded for his work to protect the iconic great Indian
bustard in the Thar Desert.</div>
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iv. HRH The Princess Royal presented the awards and each of them
receiving a Whitley prize worth £35,000 at a ceremony in London.<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">7. Seychelles becomes 161st member of
World Trade Organisation<br />
</b>i. Seychelles, an archipelago of 90000 inhabitants became the 161st member
of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is one of the smallest nations among
the WTO members.<br />
ii. This approval by WTO ended Seychelles 20-year long wait to become a member
of WTO since it had applied for WTO membership in May 1995.<br />
iii. Seychelles also became the 33rd government to accede to the rules-based
multilateral trading system through Article XII negotiations since the WTO was
established in 1995.<br />
iv. It should be noted that the Protocol of Accession was signed by former
Seychelles’ Minister of Trade, Finance and Investment Pierre Laporte and WTO
Director General (DG) Roberto Azevedo.</div>
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