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1. R. K. Singh has launched PRAAPTI App and Web portal for bringing transparency in electricity payments to Generators.
आर.के. सिंह ने उत्पादकों को बिजली भुगतानों में पारदर्शिता लाने के लिए प्राप्ति ऐप तथा वेब पोर्टल लांच किया।
2. Pankaj Saran has been appointed as deputy National Security Advisor.
पंकज सरन को उपराष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा सलाहकार (एनएसए) नियुक्त किया गया है।
3. Ministry of Women and Child Development has signed a MOU with Government of Uttar Pradesh for management of Home of Widows at Sunrakh Bangar, Vrindavan.
महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्रालय ने सुंरख बंगार, वृंदावन में विधवाओं के घरों के प्रबंधन के लिए उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किए हैं।
4. Senior sports journalist Sathish Paul has passed away recently. He was 52.
वरिष्ठ खेल पत्रकार तीश पॉल का हाल ही में निधन हो गया। वह 52 वर्ष के थे।
5. India has signed Loan Agreement with the World Bank for USD 21.7 Million for Strengthening the Public Financial Management in Rajasthan Project.
भारत ने राजस्थान परियोजना में सार्वजनिक वित्तीय प्रबंधन को मजबूत करने के लिए विश्व बैंक के साथ 21.7 मिलियन डॉलर के ऋण समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किया है।
6. United Nations Environment Programme has recognized Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) as the world's first fully solar energy-powered airport.
संयुक्त राष्ट्र पर्यावरण कार्यक्रम ने कोचीन इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट लिमिटेड (सीआईएएल) को विश्व के पहले पूर्ण सौर ऊर्जा संचालित हवाई अड्डे के रूप में मान्यता दी है।
7. Bengal’s Chau mask has acquired GI tag.
बंगाल के छाऊ मास्क को जीआई टैग मिला है|
8. HDFC Bank's managing director Aditya Puri has been figured in the top 30 global CEOs list published by Barron's.
एचडीएफसी बैंक के प्रबंध निदेशक आदित्य पुरी को बैरॉन द्वारा प्रकाशित विश्व के शीर्ष 30 वैश्विक सीईओ की सूची में शामिल किया गया है।
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Current Affairs 31st May 2018: Daily GK Update
The General Awareness Section of Banking Exams covers numerous sections in it like Banking Awareness, Static GK, and Current Affairs. But the most important thing that you might have noticed is that both the Banking Awareness and Static Awareness questions asked in the General Awareness Section are based on Current Affairs only. The questions on Static and Banking Awareness are related to the countries, events or anything that has been in news for a while. Here is the Daily GK Update to get you acquainted with the top events that made the headlines today!!
National News
1. Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN-13 Begins in Uttarakhand
i. The joint military exercise SURYA KIRAN-13 between India and Nepal began at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand. The military exercise is a biannual event which is conducted alternatively in Nepal and India every six months.
ii. Over 300 soldiers from both the countries are taking part in the exercise. The aim of this exercise is to conduct battalion level joint training with emphasis on counterterrorism operations in mountainous terrain.
Static/Current Takeaways Important for Bank of India Exam 2018-
Nepal Capital- Kathmandu, Currency- Nepalese rupee, President- Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister- Khadga Prasad Oli.
2. India Releases Rs33.10 Cr to Nepal for 2 Road Projects
i. India has released 33.10 Crore rupees to Nepal towards the cost of two road packages of Birgunj-Thori Road being implemented under Postal Highway Projects in Nepal with Government of India’s grant assistance.
ii. The amount has been released towards 25% of the tendered cost (including 10% mobilization advance) of the Postal Highway Projects.
3. Patanjali Launches New Messaging App 'Kimbho'
i. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev's Patanjali launched a new swadeshi messaging application called 'Kimbho' to compete with WhatsApp. Kimbho caters to private and group chats with free phone and video calling.
ii. The tagline of Kimbho is "Ab Bharat Bolega". Patanjali has recently tied up with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to enter the telecom sector by launching Swadeshi Samriddhi SIM cards.
4. India and World Bank Signs $500 Million Additional Financing for PMGSY
i. The Government of India and the World Bank signed a $500 million loan agreement to provide additional financing for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Rural Roads Project, implemented by Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India, which will build 7,000 km of climate resilient roads, out of which 3,500 km will be constructed using green technologies.
ii. The $500 million loan, from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has a 3-year grace period, and a maturity of 10 years.
Static/Current Takeaways Important for Bank of India Exam 2018-
President of the World Bank- Jim Yong Kim.
Headquarters of World Bank- Washington, DC.
5. 3rd Meeting of India-UK Home Affairs’ Dialogue Held in New Delhi
i. The Third Home Affairs’ Dialogue between India and U.K. was held in New Delhi. The Government of India Delegation was led by Mr Rajiv Gauba, Union Home Secretary and the Delegation from Home Office of the U.K. was led by its Second Permanent Secretary, Ms. Patsy Wilkinson.
ii. The Dialogue covered a wide range of issues including cybersecurity, women safety, organized crime, terror financing etc.
International News
6. World No Tobacco Day: 31 May
i. Every year, on 31 May, World Health Organization and partners mark World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2018 is "Tobacco and heart disease."
ii. The day highlights the health and other risks associated with tobacco use, and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption.
Static/Current Takeaways Important for Bank of India Exam 2018-
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the present Director General of WHO.
WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
7. World’s Largest International Maritime Exercise RIMPAC
i. As many as 26 countries, including India, will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific, RIMPAC military exercise, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The announcement was made by the Pentagon.
ii. It is the world’s largest international maritime exercise. The countries participating in the exercise include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom among others.
Business/Banking News
8. Indian Oil Most Profitable PSU For 2nd Straight Year
i. Indian Oil Corporation has emerged as India's most profitable state-owned company for the second consecutive year. Indian Oil posted a record profit of Rs21,346 crore in 2017-18, followed by ONGC, whose profit stood at Rs19,945 crore.
ii. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries is the most profitable company for the third straight year, posting highest ever profit of Rs36,075 crore.
9. Infosys Acquires US-based WongDoody for $75 million
i. Infosys has completed the acquisition of WongDoody Holding Company, a US-based digital creative and consumer insights agency, for a total
consideration of upto $75 million.
ii. Founded in 1993, WongDoody has clients across industries like telecommunications, consumer electronics, healthcare and consumer packaged goods.
Static/Current Takeaways Important for Bank of India Exam 2018-
Infosys CEO- Salil Parekh, Headquarters- Bengaluru, Karnataka.
10. SBI Hikes Interest Rate On Fixed Deposits
i. India's biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has revised its interest higher on retail fixed deposits or FDs below Rs. 1 crore. SBI has revision interest rates by up to 25 basis points in select maturities. The interest rate on SBI FDs with a maturity of one year to less than two years has been increased to 6.65% for the public, from 6.4% earlier.
ii. Senior citizens will get an interest rate of 7.15% as compared to 6.9% earlier. SBI fixed deposits with a maturity of two years to less than three years will fetch an interest rate of 6.65%, higher than 6.6% earlier.
Static/Current Takeaways Important for Bank of India Exam 2018-
SBI Chairman- Rajnish Kumar, Headquarters- Mumbai, Established on- 01st July 1955.
Awards
11. Kamaljit Bawa 1st Indian to Receive Linnean Medal
i. Indian botanist Kamaljit S. Bawa (president of Bengaluru-based non-profit Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment) received the prestigious Linnean Medal in Botany from the Linnean Society of London.
ii. Dr. Bawa is the first Indian to win the award ever since it was first constituted in 1888.
Static/Current Takeaways Important for Bank of India Exam 2018-
The Linnean Medal is awarded to a biologist every year by the Linnean Society of London.
The world’s oldest active biological society founded in 1788 and named after famous Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus.
12. Kerala Cartoonist Thomas Antony Wins International Award
i. Kerala cartoonist Thomas Antony has won an international award, in the best caricature category. Antony is among the nine winners at the 13th edition of the World Press Cartoon awards, instituted by an organisation based in Lisbon, Portugal.
ii. The awards are given to the best works published in 2017 in newspapers and magazines from around the world.
13. Yuvraj Singh Awarded 'Most Inspiring Icon Of The Year For Social Welfare'
i. Indian star cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been awarded the 'most inspiring icon of the year for Social Welfare' award by the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) for his exemplary contribution in the field of social welfare.
ii. Yuvraj was diagnosed with cancer (mediastinal seminoma) shortly after the World Cup. After successfully completing his chemotherapy cycle in the United States, Yuvraj returned to India in 2012.
Obituaries
14. Former Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmila Singh Passes Away
i. Former Himachal Pradesh governor and Congress leader Urmila Singh died due to prolonged illness at a private hospital in Indore. She was 71.
ii. Belonging to a family of freedom fighters, Singh was appointed as the governor of Himachal Pradesh in 2010. Prior to that, she had served as the chairman of the National Scheduled Tribes Commission (NCTC).
Static/Current Takeaways Important for Bank of India Exam 2018-
Himachal Pradesh CM- Jai Ram Thakur, Governor- Acharya Dev Vrat.
Read This GK Update in Hindi
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Daily Vocab for Various Competitive Exams
Vocabulary is an important part of English that helps you deal with all kinds of questions in objective as well as descriptive papers of various exams. You can learn new words daily from our Daily Word List. Learn the words and make your own sentences on the basis of the given word list. Here are a few words and phrases from articles published in a reputed Newspaper.
In his 1852 critique of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Karl Marx begins by citing the Hegelian remark that “all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” Whatever one might think of that opinion, it would surely be uncontroversial to argue that the artistic recreation of history, or even current affairs, as farce involves stepping into tricky terrain. It should be equally uncontentious to claim that the Scottish satirist and director Armando Iannucci is a past master in this genre, with his television comedies The Thick of It and Veep offering hilarious excoriations of, respectively, British and American politics. His most recent film, The Death of Stalin, shows him to be equally capable of tackling Soviet history with a sharp eye for absurdity. Josef Stalin was no joke, of course, particularly to his millions of victims, who included the cream of the Bolshevik intelligentsia. Small wonder, then, that his surviving colleagues were simultaneously relieved and petrified when he collapsed. And there was a kind of poetic justice in the way Stalin’s depredations possibly contributed to claiming his own life. One of the striking features of the final phase of his rule was a wave of anti-Semitism, a crucial aspect of which was the so-called doctors’ plot, whereby the nation’s leading medical experts — many of them Jewish — suddenly disappeared from their clinics, and consequently weren’t available to consult when the dictator lay dying. Such facts provide the underlayer for Iannucci’s sparkling comedy, and perhaps his greatest achievement lies in milking the bizarre circumstances for laughs without losing sight of the horrors inherent in Stalin’s legacy. He has been accused of taking liberties with the facts, but historical accuracy can hardly be expected from a satire. It is, in fact, the parallels that stand out more, and it’s worth noting that in some cases — notably the opening sequence, in which Stalin demands a recording of a Mozart concerto broadcast on Radio Moscow that in fact was not recorded, entailing a comedy of errors in the ensuing efforts to reproduce the performance — Iannucci felt obliged to tone down facts that audiences might have considered too unbelievable. In most cases, the actors lined up to portray historical figures, from Stalin (Adrian McLoughlin) and Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi) to Georgy Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor), Vyacheslav Molotov (Michael Palin) and Lavrenti Beria (Simon Russell Beale), bear at best a passing resemblance to the characters — sometimes none at all — and, thankfully, none of them speaks in a Hollywood-prescribed Russian accent. Yet they manage collectively to reflect the spirit of the times. Sure, history records no military massacre at Stalin’s funeral, and Beria, the dreaded security police chief, was summarily executed a few months following Stalin’s demise rather than immediately afterwards. But then, no teacher of history would recommend this film as a lesson in accuracy. At the same time, though, for those familiar with what occurred, it offers an illuminating angle on events via an absurdist prism. The fact that the film was banned in Russia points to its resonance in an age when the ghost of Stalin stalks many parts of the world, albeit mainly from the right wing. It wouldn’t be entirely surprising, for instance, were the eventual demise of Vladimir Putin to be followed by a comparable discombobulation.
1. Farce: (noun) : तमाशा
Meaning: an event or situation that is absurd or disorganized.
Synonyms: absurdity, mockery, burlesque, caricature, skit, sham
Antonyms: seriousness, solemnity, sobriety, tragedy
2. Excoriate: (verb) : आलोचना (किसी की) गंभीरता से
Meaning: criticize (someone) severely.
Synonyms: berate, castigate, chastise, condemn, lambaste, rebuke, revile, upbraid
Antonyms: approve, compliment, flatter, praise, laud
3. Absurdity: (noun) : अनर्थकता
Meaning: the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable.
Synonyms: craziness, farce, folly, idiocy, insanity, silliness
Antonyms: intelligence, judgement, seriousness, wisdom
4. Petrify: (verb) : हक्का बक्का कर देना
Meaning: make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move.
Synonyms: appall, astonish, astound, daze, horrify, startle, terrify
Antonyms: bore, calm, delight, expect, assure, encourage
5. Depredation: (noun) : लूट-मार
Meaning: an act of attacking or plundering.
Synonyms: devastation, desolation, desecration, pillage, plunder, ransacking, rapine, ravaging
Antonyms: boon, construction, goodness, miracle, wonder
6. Bizarre: (adjective) : अजीब
Meaning: very strange or unusual.
Synonyms: absurd, crazy, fanciful, fantastic, foolish, insane, nonsensical, preposterous, unreal, wild
Antonyms: realistic, reasonable
7. Satire:(noun) : कटुवाक्य
Meaning: a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general
Synonyms: banter, irony, mockery, parody, skit, sarcasm, skit, spoof
Antonyms: seriousness
8. Oblige: (verb) : नैतिक नियमों से मज़बूर करना
Meaning: make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something.
Synonyms: bind, compel, constrain, impel, obligate, coerce
Antonyms: delay, free, release
9. Dreaded: (adjective) : खतरनाक
Meaning: regarded with great fear or apprehension.
Synonyms: apprehend, fear, shudder, cringe, tremble
Antonyms: steady, encourage
10. Discombobulation: (noun) : मानसिक अनिश्चितता की स्थिति
Meaning: a state of mental uncertainty
Synonyms: bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, fog, muddle, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, tangle, whirl
Antonyms: assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, positiveness

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