Daily Current Affairs – 8th January 2015, Thursday 1. UN Secretary-General appoints Atul Khare Under-Secretary-General i. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Atul Khare as the Under-Secretary-General, Department of Field Support (DFS). ii. He replaces Ameerah Haq of Bangladesh. iii. Khare currently provides charitable medical advice in India. He has served the UN in many […]

SSC CGL – Tier II Exam 2014 Postponed – Dear Candidates, SSC has postponed the Combined Graduate Level Tier II 2014 Exam which was scheduled to be held on 24th & 25th January 2015. The revised dates will be announced soon by SSC. For the official notification please click the following link – http://ssc.nic.in/whats%20new%20html/latest_news/cgl-14_.pdf

BHUBANESHWAR, 30th School of Management’s (KSOM) top-ranked MBA program for the batch of 2015-17 (21st batch). The application forms are available online and can be downloaded as well. The NAAC ‘A’ accredited KSOM, Bhubaneswar has been consistently ranked as one of the top institutes in India. It was rated the 24th best B-school across India, […]

Role of Specialist Officers in Banks –  In today’s highly competitive times, Specialist Officers play a critical role in ensuring that a bank works at the optimum level of efficiency. As most of you probably know already, IBPS conducts the written exam for the recruitment of Specialist Officers once a year. But, many of you […]

The big high for any MBA aspirant in India has always been  the CAT exam and subsequently the announcement of the CAT topper (s). This year, as in CAT 2014 had  a record  number of toppers – all 16 of them. But only a few have been identified so far.  Ironically, while the number of […]

1. 13th Pravasi Divas begins in Gujarat i. The 13th Pravasi Divas began at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat today. This is the first time that the event is being held in the state. ii. The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the event and urged the young Indian diaspora to contribute to the initiatives […]

“100 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa” – 13th Pravasi Divas begins in Gujarat On January 9, 1915, Mahatma Gandhi (Sarva Sreshtha Pravasi Bhartiya) returned to India from South Africa. He subsequently led India to independence and dramatically transformed the lives of millions of Indians. The government of India has chosen […]

1. Larry Page is business person of the year for 2014 i. According to Fortune magazine, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-founder of Google, Larry Page has emerged as the ‘business person of the year’ for 2014. ii. Larry Page topped the list of 20 global corporate leaders compiled on the basis of various factors, […]

On January 1 2015, the Government of India replaced the 64-year-old Yojana Aayog (Planning Commission) with a new institution named NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India). The NITI Aayog has a distinctly innovative structure to enable states to participate in policy making which would help India become a challenging economic power. The objective of […]

Current Affairs Questions for SBI Associate Clerk. 1. Who among the following would be the Chairperson of the newly constituted Niti Aayog which replaces the Planning Commission? (1) Chief Justice of India                                    (2) President of India (3) Prime Minister of India                   (4) Vice President of India (5) None of these 2. What is the current […]