General Knowledge for Preparing Various Exams in India Chapter 9

121. In a deep incursion, Chinese troops have entered the Indian territory in the Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in eastern Ladakh and erected a tented post, setting the stage for a face-off with Indian troops.

122. Russia launched an ‘orbital Noah’s Ark’ to space — a bio-satellite packed with an array of mice and other small creatures to study the effects of long flights on living organisms.

123. The State Human Rights Commission of Kerala has registered a case against State Bank of India (SBI) in connection with the publication of photo and addresses of those who had taken loan from the bank and had failed to repay it.

124. India is the largest recipient of remittances in the world, receiving $69 billion in 2012, the World Bank has said.

125. The former Chief Justice of India, J.S. Verma, who recently chaired the panel that came out with recommendations on improving women’s security, died following multiple organ failure.

126. An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team said Japan may need longer than the projected 40 years to decommission its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant and urged its operator to improve plant stability.

127. N. Ravi, publisher of The Hindu, and a former Editor of the paper, was unanimously elected president of the Editors Guild of India.

128. Colorado Party millionaire Horacio Cartes (56) won Paraguay’s presidential race.

129. NASA has successfully launched three smartphones into space to snap images of Earth, and the handsets may prove to be the lowest-cost satellites ever flown into space.

130. Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) pegged the GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate for the current fiscal year at a realistic 6.4 per cent.

131. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered Saradha Realty India Ltd. to wind-up all its collective investment schemes.

132. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will pick up a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways, at a cost of Rs. 2,058 crore ($379 million).

133. Shamshad Begum, one of the earliest and most versatile playback singers from the golden age of Bollywood music, died.

134. Italy’s President appointed Enrico Letta as Prime minister.

135. United Bank of India (UBI) said Archana Bhargava has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of the bank.