Current Affairs September 2, 2017

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INDIAN AFFAIRS

Karnataka launches unified health scheme ‘Arogya Bhagya’
Karnataka government will merge the existing seven health schemes to launch a unified health scheme- ‘Arogya Bhagya’. It will cover all 1.4 crore households of the state.
Key Points:
i.The main theme of the ‘Arogya Bhagya’ scheme is ”Treatment Firstand Payment Next”.
ii.All the health facilities will be provided through Aadhaar linked Universal Health Card.
iii.Universal Health Coverage scheme would help the card holder to get treatment in all the enroll private hospitals besides government hospitals to get treatment without paying any cash.

Current Affairs September 1, 2017

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Narendra Modi inaugurate annual conference ‘Rajaswa Gyan Sangam’ in New Delhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the annual conference – Rajaswa Gyan Sangam, 2017 in New Delhi on 1^st of Sep. He addressed the tax administrators during the conference.
Key Points:

Current Affairs 31st August, 2017

Indian Affairs

Government approves first phase of Army reforms
On 30^th august ,2017, The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved implementation of the first phase of recommendations of Shekatkar Committee. This committee was formed to recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalancing Defence Expenditure of the Armed Forces with an aim to increase “teeth to tail ratio”, It had given 99 recommendations to the government on December 2016, out of which the Ministry of Defence has decided to implement 65 suggestions in phased manner.

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Current Affairs 29th August, 2017

Indian Affairs

Tirumala Tirupati temple deposits 2780 kg gold with SBI
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams which is the famous temple of Lord Venkateswara and of the richest Hindu temple in India has deposited 2,780 kg of gold with State Bank of India under long term deposit schemeannounced on 29^th Aug 2017.
Key Points:
i.The gold deposits have been converted into the Long Term Deposit Scheme at a rate of 2.5% per annum for a period of 12 years from the date of investment under the Gold Monetisation Scheme.
ii.The temple receives offerings from devotees in cash, jewellery, gold, silver, property deeds, and Demat share

Current Affairs 26th August, 2017

Indian Affairs

Parliamentary panel under Renuka Chowdhury suggested GM crops only after biosafety, socio-economic evaluation
On 25^th Aug 2017 according to the Parliamentary panel no Genetically Modified (GM)crop should be introduced in India unless the bio safety and socio- economic appeal is evaluated in a “transparent” process and an accountability regime is put in place. It was announced.
Key Points:
i.The report of the committee, chaired by Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury was presented to the Rajya Sabha chairman.
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Current Affairs 25th August, 2017

Indian Affairs

Odisha launches grid connected roof top solar projects
Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated grid connected roof top solar programme to encourage the public participation to harness renewable energy.
Under this programme, the consumers can introduce small solar plants on their rooftops and consume the generated solar power during day time. Excess power can be exported to the grid through their service cable.
Key Points:
i.These decentralized systems also have the ability to strengthen the grid. It will reduce power loses .Grid connected roof top solar systems are best options for adding renewable solar capacity.

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Current Affairs 22nd August, 2017

INTERNATIONAL

1. Festival of India being Organized in Cote D’ivoire, Liberia and Guinea

A Festival of India is being organized in Cote d’Ivoire and concurrently accredited countries of Liberia and Guinea from 15 August, 2017 – 28 January, 2018.

• The Festival will showcase diverse Indian culture, i.e. classical and folk dances.
• The events will be held in four cities of Cote d’Ivoire, namely, Abidjan, Yamassoukro and Grand Bassam and Daloa and capital cities of Monrovia of Liberia and Conakry of Guinea.

Machine Input Output: Quiz

Direction (1 - 5): Study the given information and answer the following questions.

Input : 40 made butter 23 37 cookies salt extra 52 86 92 fell now 19

1. Step I: butter 19 40 made 23 37 cookies salt extra 52 86 92 fell now
2. Step II: cookies 23 butter 19 40 made 37 salt extra 52 86 92 fell now
3. Step III: extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 40 made salt 52 86 92 fell now
4. Step IV: fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 made salt 52 86 92 now
5. Step V: made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 salt 86 92 now
6. Step VI: now 86 made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19 salt 92
7. Step VII: salt 92 now 86 made 52 fell 40 extra 37 cookies 23 butter 19

Reasoning : Quiz

Directions (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:

Eight people J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are the member of the family. Among them four are males and four are females. There are three husbands, three wives, two daughters, and two sons in the family. Each member of the family likes different colour i.e. Red, Black, White, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Violet and Orange. They all are sitting around a circular table facing the center. 

No male like White. Q likes Blue and married to the one who likes Pink. J is the father of L and O, who is a male and likes Pink. J and K cannot sit adjacent to each other. All females sit together. M likes Orange and is sitting second to the left of her father. M is the daughter of L, who is second to the right of her son. The one who likes Violet is married to the one who like Yellow and neither J nor K likes Yellow. N likes White and is sitting between the one who likes Black and the one who like Violet. P is the father of K and is sitting between two male members.

Q1. How is O related to K?

(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Maternal Uncle
(d) Grandfather
(e) None of these

Quant: Quiz

Directions (1-5): What value should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. [(87.5)^2 – (12.5)^2]/75 = ?
(a) 75
(b) 80
(c) 85
(d) 100
(e) 120

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Multiplication using multiples
12 x 15
= 12 x 5 x 3
= 60 x 3
= 180

Multiplication by distribution 
12 x 17
= (12 x 10) + (12 x 7) —> 12 is multiplied to both 10 & 7
= 120 + 84
= 204

Current Affairs 18th August, 2017

INTERNATIONAL

1. Italy to Host G-7 Interior Ministers' Summit

Italy will host a summit of G-7 interior ministers centered on security issues.

• According to Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti, the meeting is being organized at the request of Italy's G-7 partners namely Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States.
• Italy currently holds the rotating helm of the G-7 industrialized nations.
• The summit is expected to be held in October.

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Directions (1-5): Study the following information to answer the given questions:

A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and rearrangement. (All the numbers are two-digit numbers and all are arranged as per some logic based on the value of the number.)

Current Affairs 17th August, 2017

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Cabinet Approvals August 16 2017

On August 16, 2017, Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved following bilateral agreements and initiatives:

Cabinet approves new Metro Rail Policy

Union Cabinet has approved a new Metro Rail Policy that seeks to enable realization of growing metro rail aspirations of a large number of cities but in a responsible manner.

Current Affairs 16th August, 2017

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Govt asks Google, Facebook, Microsoft, others to remove Blue Whale link.

The government has directed internet majors Google, Facebook, Whats App, Instagram, Microsoft and Yahoo to immediately remove links of the dangerous online game Blue Whale Challenge. It leads to suicides of children in India and other countries.

1. The Blue Whale game was created by a 22-year-old Russian named Philipp Budeikin who, in an interview, confessed that he was directly responsible for at least 17 teenagers in Russia committing suicide.
2. Budeikin was arrested in May 2017 and was sentenced to three years in prison.

Quiz: Quant

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully to answer the questions given below it.

A survey conducted on 1800 schools shows that 25% of the total schools have only adequate water supply. 15% of the total number have proper supply of electricity only. 7% of the total number of schools have only proper education facilities. 12% of the total number of schools have tele-communication services only. 16% of the total number of schools have proper health care services only. 6% of the total number of schools have adequate water as well as supply of electricity. 8% of the total number of schools have adequate supply of water, electricity as well as health care services. 5% of the total number of schools have proper supply of electricity, tele-communication services as well as health care services and 6% of the total number of schools have all the facilities.

Current Affairs 14th August, 2017

1. India, Russia to hold mega war games in October

In the midst of evolving security situation in the region, India and Russia will hold a mega war game in October involving their armies, navies and the air forces for the first time to further ramp up military ties.

•    The exercise Indra, which will be held in Russia from October 19 to 29, will primarily focus on achieving coordination between forces of the two countries in a tri- services integrated theatre command scenario.

•    It will be for the first time India will participate in a tri-services exercise with a foreign country with such large scale participation by the Navy, the Army and the Air Force.