TECHNOLOGY NEWS :-The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Google $22.5m for monitoring Apple Safari browser users even though they had a "do not track" privacy setting selected.

The fine is the largest to date to be imposed by the FTC on a single company, according to the BBC

AUGUST 2012:- CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011-12 PDF FREE DOWNLOAD
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1st AUGUST 2012:-
MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES WWW.OUTLOOK.COM


Microsoft comes with its new mail and communication server, Outlook.com
“Outlook.com is the first step in creating one complete experience for the next generation of communications. Email should be connected to your friends – whether they like to use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, or a combination. Email should let you get more done, faster – with immediate access to your inbox and tools that can automatically categorize, move, or delete messages you don't want. Email should be deeply integrated with other services – for Outlook.com, you'll find that Office Web Apps, SkyDrive, and, soon, Skype come built right in. And we hope you have already noticed our fast, beautiful user experience.” Mentioned in the Outlook.com welcome email.
You can check here the look of outlook.com by click the following link www.outlook.com

21 JULY 2012: INS 'Sahyadri', a stealth warship armed with an array of missiles, will be commissioned here on Saturday by Defence Minister A K Antony, strengthening Indian Navy's anti-submarine capabilities.

"INS Sahyadri--the last of the Shivalik Class Project-17 warships--is a stealth vessel after INS Shivalik and Satpura and will help in enhancing the Navy's capabilities," a Navy official said ahead of its commissioning at Western Naval Command headquarters here



The first two ships in the class -- INS Shivalik and INS Satpura -- were commissioned into service in April 2010 and August 2011 respectively. These ships have been performing various operational tasks in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

The 4,900-tonne INS Sahyadri is equipped with some of the most advanced anti-ship and ship-to-air missiles and can carry two helicopters - a mix of Dhruv, Sea King or Kamov - onboard for various missions.

Along with its capability to launch offensive on enemy vessels, the warship is also equipped with advanced electronic warfare capabilities and torpedoes to detect and neutralise enemy submarines.

The warship will also carry BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles.

Designed and built by Mazagaon Dockyard Limited, the keel of INS Sahyadri was laid in March 2003 and the vessel was taken out for sea trials earlier this year.

The warship will sail with a complement of over 250 sailors, including 35 officers and can attain a speed of over 30 knots.
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18 JULY 2012 :- Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna is no more. A day after being discharged from the hospital, Rajesh Khanna’s health deteriorated again, following which the veteran actor was put on ventilator.

RBI has launched a website www.paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in - which gives visual presentation with pointers on currency notes of 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 rupee denominations.

Consumers have the option to download posters of these currency notes, which can be used as reference to identify counterfeit notes. A documentary film on it can also be downloaded. The link for this website is available on RBI's main website as well. The site also gives details of the number of fake currency notes detected.


RBI said considering there were 64,577 million pieces of banknotes in circulation as on March 31, 2011, the detection of forged notes during 2010-11 was to the tune of 6.74 pieces per million pieces of banknotes in circulation.
www.paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in

In order to attract new customers, State Bank of India (SBI) has done away with minimum balance criteria for saving banks account.

The bank will not levy any charge for breaching minimum balance criteria.
The facility is available to existing customers also, SBI said in an advertisement.
For the normal SBI savings account with cheque book facility, a customer had to maintain a minimum balance of Rs 1,000 in his or her account failing which it attracted penalty.
There are certain saving account products of the bank where the minimum monthly balance is as low as Rs 50. Depending on features and facility, the minimum average monthly balance varies.

The waiver would help the bank in improving customer base, an official said, adding, it will also help the bank inc generating low cost deposits as the savings bank account earns interest rate of just 4 percent.

As of March 2012, SBI had 15.39 crore saving banks accounts. During 2011-12, the bank opened 2.19 crore such accounts.

On the other hand, the minimum balance requirement for savings bank account of private sector bank like ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank is Rs 10,000. This is for an individual having account in any branch in a metro centre.

Failing to maintain minimum average monthly balance in ICICI Bank attracts a fine of Rs 250 per month for the metro region.

In case of savings bank account with foreign banks like Citibank, the minimum average monthly balance criteria Rs 25,000 for metro centres.
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Current Affairs JUNE 2012
This post is very helpful for those people who are doing preparation of bank exams and etc.

Q1.  In which country a high-level delegation from Karnataka recently conducted road shows to attract investments for the forthcoming Global Investors Meet in June?
ANS.  Japan

Q2. Which of the following Indian state has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mizuho Corporate Bank of Japan recently for seeking financial investment in the state?
ANS. Karnataka

Q3. In which Indian city, South Korean Woori Bank has opened its first branch in India, aimed at tapping the growing economic opportunities in India?
ANS. Chennai

Q4. The Lok Sabha of Indian Parliament approved the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Bill, 2011. The bill increases punishment from five to 10 years of imprisonment and the fine from 10000-20000 rupees. Which statement is true regarding the bill?
ANS. The bill involves severe punishment for those involved in organ trade

Q5. The central government will soon take a study on 100-odd dams that will soon come up in which state?
ANS. Arunachal Pradesh

Q6 to which television channel the government has served a notice to refrain from screening the film The Dirty Picture during the day time?
ANS. Sony

Q7 which states chief minister has decided to launch state-owned newspaper and TV channel to highlight good work done by the government?
ANS. West Bengal

Q8 The women activist Maya Suwalka who has bagged the prestigious Ambedkar Women’s Welfare Award for her campaign for women’s empowerment, child rights, handicraft promotion and watershed development during the past decade, belongs to which state?
ANS. Rajasthan

Q9 April 22 is celebrated every year as which day?
ANS. World Earth Day


Q10 Recently a Gandhian Giriraj Kishore has returned his Padma Shri to the government to protest Gandhi item auction. What is the profession of Giriraj Kishore?
ANS. Writer

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2012 MAY. MONTH WISE CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS


Answers-1] Talwar couple 2] Tokyo 3] Hampi Express 4] Perarivalan 5] Falcon-9 & Dragon 6] Guwahati 7] Speed Post 8] Glow Divine 9] 7.5 crores 10] Tim Cook(Apple)


Q.1 Name the convicts of the Aarushi Talwar murder case as said by a CBI report recently?

Q.2 Name the city which boasts of the world’s longest tower “Sky tree” which was opened for public access recently?
Q.3 Name the train which collided with a goods train recently at Anantapur in AP killing atleast 26 people?
Q.4 Name the accused of Rajiv Gandhi murder case who secured 92% marks in Tamil Nadu 12th board results which were out recently?
Q.5 Name the spacecrafts of a private Californian company(Space X) whose passengerless aircrafts were sent to space on Tuesday morning?
Q.6 Name the city where “The Coffee Alchemist Festival” was organized recently?
Q.7 Name the service of the Indian Postal Department which completed 25 successful years of its service in India?
Q.8 Name the latest brand campaign of Nakshatra jewelllery which was attended by its brand ambassador Katrina Kaif recently?
Q.9 What is the number of unemployed youths in the world as per the recent survey by International Labour Organisation (ILO)?
Q.10 Name the highest paid CEO of America as per a recent survey?

Hey friends welcome back, This is the small quiz based on current affairs related to MAY 2012 Top news.
Go through this quiz...
Enjoy quiz........


Answers:- 
1).S Jaipal Reddy 2).49% 3).TurkmenGaz 4).Novak Djokovic 5).Copyright 6).Maria Sharapova


Questions
1.)Name the oil minister of India.


2).Bharti Airtel said it will buy a --------% stake in the Indian broadband business of Qualcomm for about $165 million in a deal


3).GAIL (India) Limited inked the gas sale and purchase agreement (GSPA) with -----------, Turkmenistan's national oil company, for the 7.6-billion TAPI project on 23 May 2012.


4).Rafael Nadal defeated world no. 1 ----------- to claim his sixth Italian Open Title on 21 May 2012.


5).The Lok Sabha passed the --------- Bill 2010 on 22 May 2012


6).Russian tennis star ------------- defeated Li Na of China to retain the Italian Open title on 20 May 2012.

Hey friends welcome back, Today I am going to post the Corporate related Quiz based on April 2012 Corporate activity.
This quiz is after long gap, this  is because currently I am busy. If any one want to help me in this, then send questions and answers at ahlawat.vikas24@gmail.com


Answers-1] Cairn India 2] Mutual Fund industry 3] Jim Yong Kim 4] Coal India Limited(CIL) 5] Coal India 6] Honda 7] Madhu Kannan 8] Vanilla pods 9] Gini & Jony 10] BSkyB satellite broadcaster


Q.1 Name the Company which struck oil at the Krishna-Godavari basin in AP in April 2012 for the 2nd time?
Q.2 Name the financial industry which suffered a loss of 36000 crore in the last fiscal year?
Q.3 Name the Us nominee for the World Bank who made a round of Delhi in April 2012  to garner support for his candidature?
Q.4 Name the Company upon which a directive was issued which will usher a revolution as said by Sriprakash Jaiswal?
Q.5 Name the power equipment manufacturer who withdrew initial papers for a follow-on offer with the market watchdog recently?
Q.6 Name the two-wheeler giant who surpassed ‘Hamara Bajaj’w with a comprehensive lead recently to  become the second biggest maker after Hero Motocorp?
Q.7 Name the MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange who is slated to join Tata Sons as the head of the business development group?
Q.8 The shortage of what commodity may lead to the increase in prices of ice-creams this year?
Q.9 Name the Company which is eyeing a stake sale as Reliance capital is pushing from an exit from the kidswear?
Q.10 Name the Company which James Murdoch quit recently relating to the phone hacking scandal after quitting News International in February?

Questions-Current Affairs
Answers-1] Bilawal Bhutto Zardari 2] Poribartan 3] sexual abuse and violence 4] Rahul Gandhi 5] Fighter Jet F-18 6] Mao flag website & Utopia website 7] Carla Bruni 8] China 9] Kanye West 10] To kill a Mockingbird

APRIL 2012 CURRENT AFFAIRS MONTH WISE
Q.1 Name the son of Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari who is slated to visit India alongside his dad on a one-day visit?
Q.2 Name the initiative taken by Mamta Banerjee to remove the concept of Marxism from the textbook syllabus of Bengal?
Q.3 Supreme Court has announced the minimization of what contents as expansion of media norms for the channels recently?
Q.4 Name the person who has announced strict and swift actions against the non-performers in the elections in UP?
Q.5 Name the aircraft of the US navy which crashed into an apartment in Virginia on Friday?
Q.6 Name the two websites which have been shut by Beijing to kill coup rumours?
Q.7 Name the celeb wife who says that she travels in the city metro sporting a wig in avoiding the paparazzi?
Q.8 Name the country in which a child sold his kidney for $3500 to purchase an I-pad?
Q.9 Name the rapper who has made his love public for the reality TV star Kim Kardashian?
Q.10 Name the tale of racial injustice hosted by Barack Obama in the White House ahead of the 50th anniversary?

Questions and answers based Government Report on Transport Corporations. This is the very Important questions set for IBPS 2012 exams point of view. So don't miss it.



Answers- 1] 138km 2] 904 3] 5771 buses & 525 passengers 4] 6110 
5]one-third 6] 2286 crores 7] Chennai 8] 50 crores 9] 1616 10] 154 km per day


Q.1 According to a report by the road transport and highways ministry, each DTC bus travelled an average of how many kilometers in a day?


Q.2 During 2010-11, the buses in Mumbai carried an average of how many passengers?


Q.3 How many buses does the DTC have and how many average passengers did it carry in 2010-11?


Q.4 How many buses does the Bangalore Road Transport Corporation have hich accounts for the largest fleet of buses in India?


Q.5 What ratio of the seats in DTC buses went empty in 2010-11 as told in the survey?


Q.6 What was the amount of loss incurred by DTC in 2010-11 which accounted for the worst loss in India?


Q.7 Name the city where the Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses travelled most efficiently with 278 kms per day?


Q.8 What amount of profit was posted by Bangalore Transport Corporation in 2010-11 accounting for the best business done?


Q.9 How many passengers did the buses carry in Chennai daily on an average displaying their high performance?


Q.10 How much distance was travelled by the BEST buses in Mumbai as a daily average during 2010-11 as told in the survey?

Answers-1] Vedic Cultural Centre 2] Bradford 3] Nancy Powell 4] Ghulam Nabi Fai 5] Hitler 6] Shrien Dewani 7] Lindsay Lohan 8] Nicky Minaj 9] Zurich 10] Will Pike

GLOBAL CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ
Q.1 Name the centre in St. Petersburg, Russia that houses the country’s largest Hindu temple which is being demolished recently?


Q.2 Name the place in Britain often referred to as “Little Pakistan” whose voters rejected a candidate of Pakistani origin to elect Labour Party rebel-“George Galloway”?


Q.3 Name the person who has been recently appointed as US envoy to India?


Q.4 Name the Pakistani activist who has been sentenced to 2 years of jail by a US court on grounds for working for ISI?


Q.5 The tombstone from the grave of the parents of which famous personality have been recently removed?


Q.6 Name the businessman of Indian origin who has been halted extradition by a British court in the trail of murder of his wife in 2010?


Q.7 Name the Mean-Girls star whose court  probation ended recently and who got a work permit in Canada to play Elizabeth Taylor?


Q.8 Name the Hollywood singer whose album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded has been leaked online one week before the former release?


Q.9 ‘Salon du chocolat’, a fashion show,is the world’s largest event dedicated to chocolate from March 30 to April 1 at which place in the world?


Q.10 Name the London based survivor of the 26/11 attacks who has sued Taj Mahal Hotel for failing to provide adequate security?

Hey guys hows your preparation going on for upcoming IBPS and other exams? Here is the next quiz based on April 2012 current affairs.
This will help all student to prepare for all type of exams.
Best of luck!


Answers-1] Koraput  2] Babu Jagjivan Ram 3] Jhina Hakika 4] Antrix Corporation 5] Hafiz Saeed 6] Management of book stalls on station platforms 7] Kasargod 8] 8 times 9] Tata Steel 10] 19th

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS APRIL 2012
Q.1 Name the district area in Odisha where foreigners have been banned in the wake of two back-to-back abductions?
Q.2 With which prominent political person would you relate the name Indrani Devi, who became a Congress supporter in 1987 according to the data provided by Union government recently?
Q.3 Name the JD MLA who is held captive by Maoists in Odisha since March 23?
Q.4 Name the commercial arm of ISRO who signed a 100 crore deal with France recently?
Q.5 With which person from Afghanistan in the recent  news would you relate the names- Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jamat-ud-Dawa  & Difai-e-Pakistan?
Q.6 Name the recently snatched function of IRCTC by the Indian Railways?
Q.7 Name the district in Kerala where identical quadruplets were born on March 11 which happens once in 13 million births?
Q.8 How much times did India’s e-waste output multiply in 7 years?
Q.9 Which is the most admired Company in India according to a Forbes India survey?
Q.10 Mukesh Ambani has been ranked on which spot according to a recent survey conducted in the list of World’s richest persons?

Hey friends first sorry for this late post. I was busy!
This is the quiz post related to Current affairs April 2012.
plz put your feedback that you like or not, or which type of article you like or dislike here most.
So which type of quiz you want to see here.



Questions-Current Affairs April 2012 Quiz 189
Answers-1] Akhilesh Yadav 2] Sachin Tendulkar 3] A K Antony 4] Red Fort 5] Vivek Oberoi 6] Sanjiv bajaj 7] 15.41 lakhs 8] Robert Zoellick 9] 7400 kms 10] 89%


QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER-


Q.1 Name the CM of India who has cut down the fleet of cars allotted to him from 40 to 8 and also a hospital which has been closed at the CM’s house?


Q.2 Who was the National Ambassador of Earth Hour that occurred on March 31st (Saturday) recently ?


Q.3 Name the minister involved in the Tatra scam whose resignation is being demanded by BJP?


Q.4 Athruddin, alias Athar Ali, a Lashkar operative has been released of charges to due to lack of evidence in the attack on which National Heritage site of India?


Q.5 Name the who ambassador for anti-smoking drive who was booked for using tobacco?


Q.6 Name the Managing Director of Bajaj Finserv who was one of the jury of Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2012?


Q.7 The children mortality rate declined in India from 16.83 lakhs in 2009 to what figure in 2010?


Q.8 Name the World Bank President who met Pranab Mukherjee recently and defended government on recent amendments?


Q.9 The Highways ministry has awarded a proposal of construction of highways of how many kilometres in 2011-12?


Q.10 Forex Reserve covers what proportion of the total external debt in a period of 9 months ranging upto December 2011?

Hey friends this is the daily bases current affairs related to April 2012 current activity. If you are prepare for current affair for IBPS bank exam then visit this blog on daily bases to be update with current affairs 2012.


Following is the current affairs series.
Answers-
1] Yashkar Sinha 2] Delhi & Jharkhand 3] Exxon Valdez 4] Pune Warriors 5] Har Prakash 6] Nitin Gadkari 7] Shastri Park to Trilokpuri 8] Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi 9] Baljinder Singh 10] 28 crores


Set - 186
Q.1 Name the defence ministry official who is suspected to have killed his wife before setting himself up on fire?


Q.2 According to the Registrar General of India’s latest Sample Registration system, which state girls are least and most likely to wed by the age of 18?


Q.3 Name the crude oil tanker headed towards Alang, Gujarat which caused one of the worst ever oil spills in Alaska?


Q.4 Name the team for which Tamim Iqbal would be rendering his services in IPL 5?


Q.5 Name the man often referred to as Guinness Rishi who has over 200 flags of different countries on his body tattooed as part of a Guinness record?


Q.6 Name the BJP spokesperson who released a booklet of scam against the Congress regime?


Q.7 Name the terminal stations where Delhi monorail plans to function as a 10.8 km long alignment?


Q.8 Name the journalist who was denied bail as he faces allegations in the terror strike on an Israeli diplomat?


Q.9 Name the convict who is allegedly involved in 17 cases across 5 states who fled from the custody of Delhi Police third battalion while returning from Bhatinda who was lodged in Tihar jail recently?


Q.10 What amount was recommended by National Human  Rights Commission to be paid to the families of 1513 victims of Punjab Massacre Case? 

CURRENT ACTIVITY RELATED QUESTIONS ANSWER AROUND MARCH-APRIL 2012

Hey friends this is the current affairs questions answers series for IBPS ans other Impotent exams preparations.
So you can go through this quiz and check your current activity related knowledge.




Answers-1] Sri Lanka 2] 14 crore 3] Alisa Kleybanova 4] Sourav Ganguly 5] Phaneesh Murthy 6] China 7] Kendriya Vidyalaya 8] Air India 9] Poonch 10] Christine Lagarde


Current Affairs April 2012
Q.1 Name the country who was voted against by India recently at a UN summit by UPA government?
Q.2 After 6 years of establishment, how many users does Twitter have?
 Q.3 Name the Russian tennis star who successfully fighted cancer and is back to winning matches at Miami Open?
Q.4 Name the freshly appointed captain of Pune Warriors for IPL 5?


Q.5 Name the ex-Igate CEO whose pay package nearly tripled in 2011?
Q.6 Name the country who is all set to topple USA in terms of being the  biggest importer in the world ?
Q.7 Name the school whose uniforms are being specially designed by NIFT to commemorate the golden jubilee?
Q.8 Name the government sector giant whose staff are set to sit on a strike protesting unpaid salaries in the last 5 months?
Q.9 Pak troops violated the LoC in which district of J&K recently causing minor firing?
Q.10 Name the IMF chief who recently attented a conference on India & China recently?