Saturday, 26 November 2011

IBPS Clerical Cadre OMR Sheet

IBPS Clerical Cadre OMR sheet



Side 1 :-

* Full Name of the Candidate  (Box No. 1)  :  You have to write in capitals your full name in English.

* Test Booklet Serial Number, Test Battery Number and Test Form Number  (Information required in Boxes 7-9)  :  Test Booklet Serial Number, Test battery Number and Test Form Number (information required in Boxes 7-9) are printed on the test booklet. You have to copy these numbers using ball point pen from the test booklet on the answersheet which you will receive at the time of examination.

* Candidate’s Signature (Box No. 10)  :  Please put your signature using ball point pen.

USE HB PENCIL FROM BOX NO. 12 ONWARDS

* Candidate’s Name  (Box No. 12)  :  There is a row of 10 boxes for writing the name.  Just below each box you will find a column of 26 ovals each containing a English letter of the alphabet.  The top oval in each contains a letter ‘A’ whereas the last oval bears ‘Z’. If your name contains more letters write only the first letters which you can accommodate in the Boxes provided.

* Candidate’s Roll Number  (Box No. 13)  :  You will be assigned a  10 digit Roll Number. There is a row of 10 boxes provided to write the Roll Number. Just below each box there are 10 ovals numbered from 1 to 9 and 0. You have to write your Roll Number on the test booklet also in the space provided for it.

* Test Form No.  (Box No. 14)  :  You will have to write the test form number (3 digits). Write each of the digits in the boxes provided and blacken the appropriate ovals by HB pencil.

* Candidate’s Registration No  (Box No. 15)  :  At the time of online registration you were assigned a 10 digit Regisration Number which has also been mentianed on the call letter. There is a row of 10 boxes provided to write the Registration Number. Just below each box there are 10 ovals numbered from 1 to 9 and 0.

* Version of the Test Used (Box No.16) : Tests of Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness with Special Reference to the Banking Industry and Computer Knowledge are printed both in Hindi and English. You have a choice of referring the tests in either of the languages. Indicate in the box if the language to which you are
referring is Hindi.

* Date of Birth (Box No. 18) : Date of birth of this candidate is 24.12.1988. If the date or the month happens to be single digit you should indicate this by prefixing ‘zero’.

* Discipline  Faculty (Box No. 19)  :  Under ‘discipline’ the candidate has to mark his/her Faculty of Study.  viz.  Arts, Science, Commerce, Engineering and Technology or Management.  If the faculty studied by you is other than these,
then indicate as ‘others’. The candidate in our example has studied ‘Commerce’ at both the levels, viz. HSC and Degree.

* Medium of Instruction  (Box No. 20)  :  In this box, the information about medium of instruction at various levels of study, viz. SSC, (X Std.), HSC (XII Std.), Graduation (DEGREE) and Post Graduation (PG) is to be indicated.  The language codes are given below  :

11 - Assamese, 15 - Hindi, 19 - Marathi, 23 - Sindhi, 12 - Bengali, 16 - Kannada, 20 - Oriya, 24 - Tamil, 13 -  English, 17 - Kashmiri, 21 - Punjabi, 25 - Telugu, 14 - Gujarati, 18 - Malayalam, 22 - Sanskrit, 26 - Urdu

* Percentage of Marks  (Box No. 21)  :  In this box percentage of marks obtained at each level of examination (rounded off to two digits) is to be indicated. For each level of examination, two boxes for writing two digits have been provided. Under each boxed space, 10 ovals ranging from 1 to 9 & 0 have been provided for blackening the appropriate oval. In case grades are given by an examining agency, convert the same into equivalent percentages and indicate as above.

* Place of School/College  (Box No. 22)  :  In this box, the candidate has to indicate, by blackening the appropriate oval, her/his place of study (Village, Tehsil, District, State Capital, Metropolis) for each level of examination (SSC, HSC, Degree, PG).

* Annual Family Income  (Box No. 23)  :  Appropriately blacken your family income.

* Parental Education  (Box No. 24)  :  In this box the column 1 indicates level of education, column 2 and 3 are for indicating father’s and mother’s education  respectively.

* Religion  (Box No. 25)  :  Indicate your religion by darkening the appropriate oval.

* Sex  (Box No. 26)  : Mark your gender accordingly.

Side 2  :-

* Roll Number  (Box No. 27)  :  You should write your Roll Number by HB pencil in this box at the left hand bottom corner of Side 2 of the answer sheet

All the best for your exams............................

Saturday, 12 November 2011

12 November 2011

  • Post Office Savings interest raised
      • Post Office Savings Account (POSA) : 4%, up from 3.5%
      • Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) : 8.2%
      • National Savings Certificate (NSC) : 8.4%
          • Maturity period of NSC & MIS reduced to 5years from 6years
      • Public Provident Fund (PPF) : 8.6%
          • Investment in PPF increased by Rs.30000 to Rs.1 lakh
  • Kisan Vikas Patra discontinued
  • Margaret Alva : Governor of Uttarakhand
  • Hamid Ansari : Vice-President of India
  • 75th Anniversary of Temple Entry Proclamation of 12 November 1936
  • Dinesh Trivedi : Union Railway Minister
      • Train fares to go up with fuel prices
  • SS Bajaj : Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)
  • Jst Markandey Katju : Chairman of Press Council
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf : First woman President of Liberia
      • Re-elected for the second term
  • William Hague : British Foreign Secretary
  • Palestine demands UN Security Council membership
  • Leon Panetta : US Defence Secretary
  • Kaushik Basu : Chief Economic Adviser
  • C Rangarajan : Chief of PM's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)
  • Industrial growth dips to 1.9% in September
  • Dilip Modi : President of ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry)
  • Dr Pradip Dutta : new fitness coach of Indian football team
  • Sanjay Aggarwal : CEO of Kingfisher Airlines
  • Majjhgavan Mines : in Panna, Madhya Pradesh
      • Biggest ever diamond unearthed by NMDC (National Mineral Development Corporation)
      • 37.68 Carat diamond
  • Harsh Mander : Convener of NAC's (National Advisory Council's) Working Group on Urban Poverty recommendations in the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY)
      • Suggested that 25-40% land in city development plans be reserved for housing the urban poor

Friday, 11 November 2011

11 November 2011

  • State Bank of Travancore (SBT) launched Commercial Business Group (CBG) branches to boost wholesale banking businesses to the credit needs of middle & large corporate customers
  • Veerappa Moily : Union Minister for Corporate Affairs
  • Dhanendra Kumar : Chairman of Committee on National Competition Policy
      • National Competition Policy likely by next year
  • 17th SAARC Summit in Addu, Maldives
  • Some SAARC Country Heads
      • Jigme Y Thinley : PM of Bhutan
      • Skeikh Hasina : PM of Bangladesh
      • Hamid Karzai : President of Afghanistan
      • Mohamed Nasheed : President of Maldives
      • Mahinda Rajapaksa : President of Sri Lanka
  • Ranjan Mathai : Foreign Secretary of India
  • Lucas Papademos : new interim PM of Greece
  • Mario Monti : Former European Commissioner
      • Favorite candidate to replace Silvio Berlusconi as Italy PM
  • Moshe Katsav : Former President of Israel
      • Sentenced to 7-year jail against his conviction for rape and other sexual offences
  • Standard & Poor's upgrade Indian Banking sector from Group-6 to Group-5
      • This reflects that India has
          • high risk in economic resilience
          • low risk in economic imbalance
          • high risk in credit risk in the economy
  • World Economic Forum's (WEF's) India Economic Summit : to be held in Mumbai
      • for the 1st time in 26 years of summit's history
  • Prithviraj Chavan : CM of Maharashtra
  • B Muthuraman : President of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)
  • Chandrajit Banerjee : Director-General of CII
  • G Srinivasan : CMD of United India Insurance
      • H1 profit up 57% at Rs.341Cr
  • Mark Boucher : South African Cricketer
      • First wicket-keeper to take 500 catches in Test cricket
  • Agni II Prime : two stage surface-to-surface missile
      • Range : 3000km-3500km
      • Nuclear warhead capable
      • To be tested from Wheeler Island off coast of Orissa

10 November 2011

  • Moody's : downgraded India's banking system ratings from 'stable' to 'negative'
  • National Child Rights Index : Kerala tops; Arunachal Pradesh is worst performer
  • George Papandreou : Steps down as Greece PM
  • David Petraeus : Chief of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • US Joint Chiefs of Staff : Martin E Dempsey
  • Boko Haram : Nigerian Islamist Group
  • SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) currently have 8 members & 9 observers
  • SM Krishna : Indian Minister for External Affairs
  • Hina Rabbani Khar : Pakistan Minister for External Affairs
  • Raj Rajaratnam : Sri Lankan born hedge fund manager convicted on insider trading charges
      • Fined $92m
  • Yukiya Amano : Director General of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
  • P Jayarama Bhat : MD of Karnataka Bank
  • N Chandrasekaran : CEO & MD of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
  • Power Finance Corporation (PFC) : one of Navaratna PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings)
      • Decided to launch $1b private equity fund
      • Satnam Singh : CMD of PFC
  • A Sivathanu Pillai : CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace
  • MM Pallam Raju : Union Minister of State for Defence
      • 2nd BrahMos regiment handed over to Army
  • Phobos-Grunt : Russian Mission to a Mars moon
      • Stuck in Earth's orbit due to engine failure
  • RS Butola : Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
  • Harsh Mariwala : President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
  • Christine Lagarde : MD of IMF (International Monetary Fund)
  • India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) came into force in 1 January 2010

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

09 November 2011

  • Nov 9th : National Legal Services Day
  • Switzerland started sharing banking & tax-related information with India
  • Jst Markandey Katju : Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI)
  • Mario Draghi : new President of European Central Bank (ECB)
  • SM Krishna : Minister of External Affairs
  • Shivshankar Menon : National Security Adviser
  • Ranjan Mathai : Foreign Secretary
  • SAFTA : South Asia Free Trade Agreement
  • 17th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit : @ Maldives
      • Theme : "Building Bridges"
  • T Subbarami : Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology
  • Silvio Berlusconi : PM of Italy
      • Lost absolute majority votes in Parliament, making his resignation imminent
  • George Papandreou : PM of Greece
      • Agreed to resign following country's financial crisis
  • Robert O Blake : head of US delegation in Maldives as observers in 17th SAARC Summit
  • China opens its Embassy in Male, capital of Maldives
      • China holds observer status in SAARC
  • Addu Atoll : place in Maldives; Country leaders arrived here for SAARC Summit
  • J Hari Narayan : Chairman of IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Development Authority)
  • C Rangarajan : Chairman of PMEAC (PM's Economic Advisory Council)
  • Rahul Khullar : Commerce Secretary
      • India's exports slips 10.8% at $19.9b in Oct
      • Imports up 21.7% at $39.5b
      • Trade deficit widens to $19.6b
  • Ramu S Deora : President of FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organisations)
  • S Vijay Kumar : Mines Secretary
  • Joe Frazier : Boxing icon; Passed Away
  • Sachin Tendulkar : First player to reach 15000 test runs
  • Conrad Murray : Physician of 'King of Pop Music' Michael Jackson
      • Found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of Jackson
  • Asimo : Honda's human-shaped robot with latest features
      • Able to help out with clean-up operations at strucken Fukushima Nuclear plant
  • Cambridge University to study Sanskrit manuscripts

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

08 November 2011

  • Manjula Chellur : new Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
  • N Ram : Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu daily
  • Konijeti Rosaiah : Governor of Tamil Nadu
  • George Papandreou : Greece PM; to step down
  • Vladimir Putin : PM of Russia
      • Russia to invest $500m in a Central Asian electricity project
  • Sushil Kumar : Rs5Cr Jackpot winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5
      • to be Ambassador of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)
  • Ivian Sarcos, of Venezuela : Miss Venezuela won Miss World 2011, held @ London
  • Statue of Liberty  : iconic statueof US
      • Its 125th anniversary commemorated on Oct 28
  • Lira : old currency of Italy; Replaced by Euro
  • Samsung super-seeded Apple to become largest smartphone makers of the world

Monday, 7 November 2011

07 November 2011

  • Kairali Queen : New exclusive freight train for Kerala
  • "Validity of cheques to be 3 months from current 6 months validity" : RBI
  • MP Veerendra Kumar : CMD of Mathrubhumi Group of Publications
  • Sarah Joseph : Malayalam Novelist; Presented 1st OV Vijayan 'Sahitya Puraskaram'
  • Farooq Abdullah : Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy
  • Kokrajhar : Town of Assam; Curfew imposed there
  • Yingluck Shinawatra : PM of Thailand
      • Floods claim more than 500 lives in Thailand
  • George Papandreou : PM of Greece; Won a confidence vote
  • GE Vahanvati : Attorney-General of India
  • VK Bali : Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
      • CAT is a substitute to High Court & its jurisdiction in service matters
      • CAT's disposal rate of cases are very good as compared to High Courts
      • Dalveer Bhandari, Supreme Court Judge, wants its cover expanded to more undertakings
  • PK Bansal : Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
  • V Narayanasamy : Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
  • Syed Kirmani's Indian record of 198 dismissals in tests surpassed by MS Dhoni with 200 dismissals (174 catches, 26 stumpings)
  • Kumari Selja : Union Minister for Culture
  • MD Mallya : CMD of Bank of Baroda (BoB)
      • BoB expects Rs775Cr capital infusion from Centre
  • MSV Shiv Sagar : Indian ship sank near Oman
Some Bank Heads
  • Shyam Srinivasan : MD & CEO of Federal Bank
  • Diwakar Gupta : MD & CFO of SBI
  • M Narendra : CMD of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)
  • MD Mallya : Chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA)
  • Nupur Mitra : CMD of Dena Bank
  • RM Malla : CMD of IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India)
  • Alok Misra : CMD of Bank of India
  • KR Kamath : CMD of Punjab National Bank (PNB)
  • JP Dua : CMD of Allahabad Bank

Sunday, 6 November 2011

06 November 2011

  • Nadeem Ahmed Sayed : one of the witnesses of Naroda-Patiya massacre of 2002
      • Was stabbed to death
  • Omar Abdullah : CM of Jammu & Kashmir
  • AFSPA : Armed Force Special Powers Act
  • V Chithambaresh, AM Shafeeq, K Vinod Chandran, K Harilal
      • Kerala High Court Lawyers appointed High Court Judges
  • Ranjan Mathai : Indian Foreign Secretary
  • Meeting of the Heads of Governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in St Petersburg
      • Vladimir Putin : PM of Russia, will host the meeting
      • Sushil Kumar Shinde : Indian Union Minister of Power
          • Will represent India
      • SCO members : Russia, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan
      • SCO observers : India, Pakistan, Iran, Mongolia
      • Afghanistan : Special invitee
  • Mohamed Nasheed : President of Maldives
      • 17th SAARC summit in Maldives
      • "India has always helped us in times of need. We will always be India's friend and we believe that we cannot find a better friend than India"
  • Alfonso Cano : leader of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, FARC
      • Was killed
  • N Kamakodi : MD & CEO of City Union Bank
  • Pratip Chaudhuri : Chairman of SBI
  • C Rangarajan : Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)
  • Centre likely to impose customs duty on power equipment from China
      • in line with Arun Maira Committee recommendations

Saturday, 5 November 2011

05 November 2011

  • India open commercial bids for procurement of multi-billion dollar 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft : two Aircraft bidding are
      • Eurofighter of European Consortium Cassidian
      • Dassault Rafale of France
  • Srikumar Banerjee : Chief of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of India
  • Debendranath Sarangi : Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
  • Mars500 : experiment simulating manned flight to Mars
      • held at Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems
      • Experiment ended after 520 days
      • 3 Russians, 1 Chinese, 1 French & 1 Italian attended the experiment
  • George Papandreou : PM of Greece; Won a confidence vote
  • Sudhir Vasudeva : CMD of ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation)
      • ONGC Q2 net profit rises 60%
  • Devinder Pal Singh : new Chairman & MD of Punjab & Sind Bank
  • Direct tax collections up 20% during April-October period
  • Foreign Exchange Management Regulations : amended by RBI
      • Transfer of shares between Indians & Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) would not require RBI's permission in cases where Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has already given clearances & SEBI guidelines were met
  • Arabtec Construction : UAE based builders
      • Builders of Burj Khalifa, World's Tallest Tower
      • Raheja Developers entered into joint-venture with Arabtec for infrastructure projects in Delhi & Gurgaon worth $240m; with 37% & 63% shares respectively
  • Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters
      • convention jointly developed by Council of Europe & OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development)
      • India signed it
      • Now all G20 members are signatories
  • Irom Sharmila : leading a fast in Manipur against AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act)
      • Fast enters its 12th year
  • Mukta Srivastava : National Organiser of National Alliance of People's Movement
      • lead a rally around Irom Sharmila conveying support for her fast
  • Nelson Mandela : Former President of South Africa
      • conferred People's Parliament Global Award; tribal Award of Meghalaya
  • John F Kharshiing : Chairman of GCCM (Grand Council of Chiefs of Meghalaya)
  • Kaushik Basu : Chief Economic Adviser to Government of India
  • Massive reshuffle in Cabinet of Tamil Nadu
      • 6 Ministers replaced
  • Australia's Perth Mint : World's Largest Gold Bullion Coin
  • Julia Gillard : PM of Australia
  • Stephen Harper : PM of Canada
  • Silvio Berlusconi : PM of Italy

Friday, 4 November 2011

04 November 2011

  • Srikumar Banerjee : Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
  • Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) : work halted as the plant personnel were opposed from entering the plant by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE)
  • Ban Ki Moon : Secretary-General of UN
  • Michelle Bachelet : Head of UN-Women
  • UN Security Council Resolution No.1325 of 2000 : Member states should ensure increased representation of women at all decision-making levels
  • Global unemployment stands at more than 200m
      • Youth unemployment just below 80m
  • GL Peiris : Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka
  • Russia to join World Trade Organisation (WTO)
      • Russia-Georgia to sign a bilateral trade deal
      • Russia will clear its last barrier by signing the agreement
      • Russia has a GDP of $1.9trillion
      • This will pave way to a India-Russia CECA (Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement)
  • Food inflation touch 12.21%
  • India-China bilateral trade target by 2015 : $100b
  • CS Verma : Chairman of SAIL (Steel Authority of India Ltd)
  • Vincent Rambaud : Peugeot, French car manufacturer
      • To set up its maiden plant in Sanand, Ahmedabad
  • V Mohini Giri Committee : submitted draft named National Policy on Senior Citizens 2011
  • New national policy on older persons to be unveiled under recommendations of Mohini Giri Committee
      • extension of Indira Gandhi Old Age Pension Scheme to all BPL Senior Citizens, monthly pension will be enhanced to Rs.1000
      • additional pension in case of disability & loss of adult children
      • Public Distribution System will reach out all BPL Senior Citizens

Thursday, 3 November 2011

03 November 2011

  • Pakistan Cabinet decided to grant MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status to India
  • Julian Assange : WikiLeaks Chief & Founder
      • London High Court gave its verdict to extradite him to Sweden over allegations of sexual assault
  • Student representatives of Kerala State Child Welfare Council to lead on Children's Day rally on November 14
      • Prime Minister : Gouri Krishna Das
      • President : Nisi John
      • Speaker : Ardhra AR
  • Jst Manjula Chellur : to take charge as Kerala High Court Judge
      • Was 1st judge of Karnataka High Court
      • Will be senior most judge in Kerala High Court after taking charge
      • Will replace Acting Chief Justice CN Ramachandran
  • Michael D Higgins : Newly elected President of Ireland
  • Tin Bigha Corridor : Corridor between India-Bangladesh
      • Sheikh Hasina (PM of Bangladesh) declared the corridor formally open for 24 hours for unrestricted movement
  • Aung San Suu Kyi : Economist, Politician, Opposition Leader of Myanmar
      • Chief of National League for Democracy
  • Thein Sein : President of Myanmar
  • Isabella Thoburn College : 1st Christian Women's College of Asia
      • Marked it Quasquicentennial Celebrations (125 years)
      • Indian President Pratibha D Patel inaugurated the celebrations
  • India welcomes 7-point accord of Nepal to take integration & rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants to form Nepal Army
  • Nice Cote D'Azur International Airport : @ Cannes, France
      • Indian PM Manmohan Singh landed there for the G20 Summit in Cannes
  • Indian cabinet to introduce Citizens Right to Grievance Redress Bill to complement the Lokpal Bill
      • It will address grievances related to public services
      • will cover functioning of panchayats, government, police
  • Uttarakhand government passed legislation for appointment of Lokayukta whose jurisdiction would cover the Chief Minister's, Minsters', MLAs, all bureaucracy, lower judiciary and Citizens' Charter for time-bound implementation of government services
  • Abdullah Gul : President of Turkey
  • Istanbul Conference : held @ Ciragan Palace, Istanbul with Presidents of Afghanistan & Turkey as well as Foreign Ministers from India, Pakistan & Iran
  • 2011 Human Development Report : by United Nations Development Programme
      • In Human Development
          • India ranked 134 out of 187 countries 
          • 1 Norway
          • 2 Australia
          • 3 The Netherlands
          • 4 United States
      • In gender inequality India ranked 129 out of 146 countries
  • Rajan Anandan : MD & Vice-President of Google India
      • Google launched an initiative to provide free websites to Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs) help them get online
  • BC Tripathi : CMD of GAIL (India) Ltd
      • Earmarked $400m for its new Singapore trading office to secure LNG & petrochemical product cargoes fro delivery to India in 2012
  • Tandon Committee : 44 deemed universities facing de-recognition on the basis of the committee's report
  • "The Sly Company of People Who Care" : book by Rahul Bhattacharya
      • Winner of this year's The Hindu Literary Prize for best fiction
  • "The Sense of An Ending" : by Julian Barnes
      • Winner of Man Booker Prize 2011
  • "Jamarach's Menagerie" : by Carol Birch
      • Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2011
  • "Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It" : by Howard Jacobson
      • Winner of Man Booker Prize 2010
  • "Steve Jobs : The Exclusive Biography" : by Walter Isaacson
      • Biography of Steve Jobs
  • "KR Narayanan : In The Name of The People" : by KR Narayanan, Amartya Sen
  • International Trade Statistics 2011 : World Trade Organisation
      • In Textile & Clothing
          • 1 China
          • 2 European Union
          • 3 India
          • 4 Turkey
          • 5 Bangladesh
  • Doxorubicin Hydrochloride injection : used in treatment of a wide range of cancers
      • Onco Therapies Ltd, a subsidiary of Strides Arcolab Ltd, got nod from US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for selling the drug in US market
  • Beni Prasad Verma : Minister for Steel
  • PK Misra : Steel Secretary
      • SAIL (Steel Authorities of India) & POSCO, of South Korea, may each take equal stake in their proposed joint-venture at Bokaro
  • Nirmal Chandra Jha : Chairman of Coal India Ltd (CIL)
  • K Venkataraman : MD & CEO of Karur Vysya Bank
  • UNDP called for a currency transaction tax to help the world's poorest countries deal with the effects of climate changes
  • Madhu Kannan : MD & Chief Executive of BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)
      • BSE to launch Nasdaq ETF soon
  • Vinay Kumar : MD of National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Ltd (NFCSF)
      • Demanded Government to allow exports of 1million tonne sugar immediately
      • Needed nod for export of 1m tonne a month till March 2012
  • Number 1 History Award : @ Swiss Indoors ATP Tennis Tournament in Basel, Switzerland
      • Switzerland's Roger Federer conferred the award
      • Named the most successful tennis player in the history of the tournament
  • SBI to open 100 overseas branches in 2 years

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

02 November 2011

  • MV Nair : new coordinator of 5-member on Supreme Court committee on Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
  • PM Sasi : Associate Director of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
      • bagged Public Service in Field of Telecommunications Award instituted by Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society (ComSoc)
  • Michael Chilufya Sata : new President of Zambia
      • Christine Kaseba : First Lady (spouse of country head) of Zambia
      • Kenneth David Kaunda : First President of Zambia
      • Rupiah Bwezani Banda : Outgoing President
  • Nabam Tuki : new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
  • Mustafa Abdel Jalil : Chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC)
  • Abdel Rahim al-Keib : interim Prime Minister of Libya
  • Nepal's parties inked a 9-point agreement on the peace process, constitution & power sharing
      • Some of the parties set Maoist combatants to be integrated into Nepal Army, rest will be provided with rehabilitation and cash packages
      • Parties :-
          • Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
          • Nepali Congress
          • Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist)
          • Madhesi parties
  • Export grew 36% in September
  • Union approved Public Procurement Policy for goods produced & services rendered by MSEs (Micro & Small Entrepreneurs) by the Central Ministries/Departments/PSUs to be notified under Sect-11 of Micro Small Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act 2006
      • Central ministries & PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings) should ensure that a minimum of 20% of total annual purchases of products or services are from MSEs
      • Within this limit 4% of orders should be placed to SC/ST Entrepreneurs
  • MV Tanksale : CMD of Central Bank of India
  • Gen VK Singh : Chief of Army Staff
      • MS Dhoni (Indian Cricketer) & Abhinav Bindra (Indian Shooter) : commissioned as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in Territorial Army
      • Deepak Rao (medical doctor & martial arts specialist) : commissioned as Honorary Major in Territorial Army
      • They join
          • Col. (Hon) Anil Habbu
          • Lt. Col. (Hon) Kapil Dev
          • Lt. Col. (Hon) Mohanlal
  • Ajay Bakshi : new CEO of Max Healthcare
  • SK Goel : new Chairman of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC)
  • S Venkatraman : Director (Business Development) GAIL
      • Took over as new Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd
  • KR Kamath : CMD of Punjab National Bank
  • M Bhagavantha Rao : MD of State Bank of Hyderabad
  • M Narendra : CMD of Indian Overseas Bank
  • TM Bhasin : CMD of Indian Bank

01 November 2011

  • Jarbom Gamlin : Arunachal Pradesh CM; Resigned due to political crisis
  • World population has crossed 7 billion
  • Mohan Dharia a fierce critic of Indira Gandhi
      • received 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for promoting & preserving spirit of national integration
  • Irina Bokova : Director General of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation)
  • Palestine granted full membership in UNESCO
  • Almazbek Atambayev : new elected President of Kyrgyzstan
      • Former PM of Kyrgyzstan
  • Goraknath Temple : in Peshawar, in northwest Pakistan
      • reopened for worship after 60 years
  • KM Mammen : Chairman & MD of MRF (Madras Rubber Factory)
  • Delhi Championship with MRF : a support race of Indian GP at Buddh International Circuit
      • Jordan King, of Great Britain, clinched the title
  • Nargis Yadav : World's 7 billionth baby born near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Dan Wheldon : British racing driver
      • Died after a collision in 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 16 Oct 2011
  • Marco Simoncelli : Italian motorcycle racer, Team Honda Gresini
      • Died after a collision in 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang, on 23 Oct 2011

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

31 October 2011

  • TM Jacob : Kerala Minister for Food & Civil Supplies; Passed Away
  • Siddharth Varadarajan : The Hindu Editor
  • Leon Panetta : US Defence Secretary
  • David H Petraeus : Director of CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Markandey Katju : Press Council Chairman
  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference : @ Durban, Nov 28-Dec 9
  • Kyoto Protocol : favours legally binding agreements, which call for mandatory emission cuts by rich countries & voluntary cuts by developing countries
  • BASIC : Brazil, South Africa, India and China
  • Al-Shabaab : rebel group in Mogadishu, Capital of Somalia
  • Bashar al-Assad : President of Syria
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei : Iranian Supreme Leader
      • describes exit of US forces from Iraq as "Golden" Victory
  • Duvvuri Subbarao : RBI Governor
  • ATP Austrian Open : @ Vienna
      • Singles : Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) bt Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)
          • 1st French-man to win Austrian Open
      • Doubles : Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (US) bt Max Mirnyi/Daniel Nestor  (Belarus/Canada)
  • WTA Championships : @ Istanbul
      • Singles : Petra Kvitova (Czech) bt Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
      • Doubles : Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond (US) bt Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik (Czech/Slovenia)
  • ATP St. Petersburg Open : @ St. Petersburg
      • Singles : Marin Cilic (Croatia) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia)
      • Doubles : Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (Great Britain) bt Mikhail Elgin/Alexander Kudryavtsev (Russia)
  • 2011 Formula1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix : @ Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida, UP
      • Sebastian Vettel of Germany, Team Red Bull won the event
      • Jenson Button of Britain, Team McLaren finished second
      • Fernando Alonso of Spain, Team Ferrari finished third
  • Indian GP is Vettel's 11th title this season, need 2 more titles to equal record of Michael Schumacher (Germany, Team Mercedes) of 13 wins in a season
  • River to River Florence Indian Film Festival 2011 : in Florence, Italy
      • Bengali film 'Chaplin' directed by Anindo Banerjee selected as inaugural film
  • Kamalesh Sharma : reappointed as Secretary-General of Commonwealth
  • Jean-Claude Trichet : President of The European Central Bank
  • Uday Kotak : MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank
      • Kotak Mahindra Bank hikes savings rate to 5.50%
  • The proposed Chennai-Ernakulam High Speed Rail Corridor to be extended to Thiruvananthapuram
  • Ajay Maken : Union Sports Minister
      • Inaugurated work on Rs.5Cr synthetic track at PT Usha School of Athletics