IBPS PO Main 2016: GA Test – Day 13

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Benefits and subsidies in as many as 74 schemes of 17 government departments and ministries were paid directly to beneficiaries under DBT. Government planned to extend DBT to 147 schemes by March 2017.

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2015-Better Performing Project Award won by Virbhadra Singh lead Himachal Pradesh government for development of infrastructure by tourism department under the ADB Funded Project.

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The two-day meet of the GST Council is likely to iron out issues between the Centre and states for rolling out the new indirect tax regime from April 1, 2017.

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He was a Pioneer in radio plays in All India Radio . It broadcast more than 150 radio plays written by him, some of which were translated into regional languages.

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Kristalina Georgieva, a former head of EU humanitarian affairs and vice-president of the European Commission, was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank.

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Through this contactless card, the bank will offer benefits like welcome benefit of Rs 1000 worth Flipkart Voucher, exclusive discount of 5 per cent at Flipkart throughout the year and accelerated reward points.

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These partnerships would provide mutual benefit to the bank and insurance companies in tapping the potential in the market and also help in increasing the insurance coverage.

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Currently he is a member at anti-trust regulator Competition Commission of India and before thathe was member at Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

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The two Cold War enemies Russia and Pakistan joined together for their first-ever joint military exercise called ‘Friendship 2016’. Aim: To strengthening and developing military cooperation with Pakistan

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China for the first time had deployed a robot to maintain security at one of its busiest airports in Guangdong Province The Anbot, a security robot hired for its first job at the Shenzhen airport where it was making round-the-clock patrols through the departure hallin Terminal 3, state-run.

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World Bank President Jim Yong Kim effectively won a second five-year term after nominations to lead the global development bank no other candidates proposed. Kim, who was Korean-American medical doctor had focused the World Bank on programs to reduce extreme poverty, earned solid backing for a second term from the United States, France, Germany, China, and other major shareholders of the bank. The US is the World Bank’s largest shareholder.

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) retained the classification of State Bank of India and ICICI Bank Ltd as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) in 2016 and maintained their bucketing structure as it was last year.

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The Spartathlon, an annual run between Athens in Sparta in Greece has a circuit which lasts for 246.6 km was widely considered The world’s toughest race till date only 50 % of the runners have successfully completed this race, with India having little to no success.

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The rankings were based on the strength of the legal frameworks that ensure the efficient implementation of the act. Mexico has topped the rankings, followed by Serbia and Slovenia.