Current Affairs for SBI Clerk PO 2014 Exam Free Download – July 2nd . SBI clerical exam will be in our front within no time and it’s the time to tighten our seat belts, sacrifice some time of sleep and to read at the maximum and put all our efforts to make our dreams come true. SBI is largest public sector bank in our country and people have a lot of craze to work in this organization. For some this is their dream job, and for some this is their life. In the exam, general awareness part plays a key role as it is one of the scoring sections of the five. So we are lending out our hands to help you aspirants become perfect in this section by updating you daily with the current affairs.
Chhattisgarh gets its new Governor
- Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Ram Naresh Yadav, has been sworn in as the governor of Chhattisgarh.
- Following the resignation of the former Governor Shekhar Dutt, Mr. Yadav has been given the additional charges.
New Interim chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
- IOC’s Director for planning and business development, AMK Sinha, has been given the additional charge of Chairman.
- B Ashok’s appointment as the Chairman of IOC is still kept pending by the government.
India summons top US diplomat over snooping row
- The NDA government has acted strongly after the reports that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had spied on BJP last year.
- Regarding the same, Indian officials have summoned a top US diplomat and invited to India.
- The details regarding snooping came to limelight when the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden reported it in one of his interviews.
- India’s BJP along with other 5 foreign political parties have been spied.
- Narendra Modi World’s second most popular politician : COO
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- Facebook Chief Operation Officer (COO) has praise India’s Prime Minister and have said that he is the World’s 2nd most popular politician with over 18 million Facebook friends.
- She lauded Mr. Modi for understanding the importance of social media.
- In her statement to a news channel, she also quoted that India is all set to become Facebook’s largest market.
Defence ministry suggests hike in FDI
- The defence ministry has suggested raising the cap in FDI sector to 49% from the existing 26%.
- This is to help developing partnerships between Indian and foreign military hardware manufacturing firms.
Hike in MEP of onions again
- The government has today once again hiked the Minimum Export Price for onions to USD 500 per ton.
- MEP is the price below which one cannot export the product
RBI seeks to swap gold to improve reserves quality
- The central bank of the country has sought quotes from banks to swap gold in its own vaults for international – standard gold, aiming to improve the management of its reserves.
- This would standardize the gold available with RBI in India with respect to international standards.
- It is also heard that the RBI is likely to offload its old gold onto the local market in India.
- It would be a positive note as it boosts domestic gold supply without hitting India’s CAD.
UN Special envoy hails RBI
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- Dutch queen Maxima, who also happens to be UN Secretary General’s special Advocate for inclusive finance for development, has praised the RBI’s work on Financial Inclusion.
- She also included that RBI has one of the most comprehensive and forward looking visions on financial inclusion around the globe.
Belgium thrash USA to enter the quarter finals
- Belgium has thrashed the hopes of USA to enter the quarter finals by beating the 2 – 1.
- Both the teams couldn’t manage to score a single in the full time.
- In the extra time, Belgians scored in the 93rd and 105th minute taking them to the lead and in the 107th minute USA made a goal after which they couldn’t maintain the momentum and lost the game.
Andy Murray out of Wimbledon
- After the shocking exit of World No.1 Rafael Nadal, now it is World No.3 Andy Murray who has been shown the way out of the Wimbledon.
- The defending champion lost to 11th seeded Bulgarian, Grigor Dimitrov.
