GK Update 31 May 2015

1. Maharastra government has Swachhata Saptapadi Scheme on the lines of Swacch Bharat Abhiyan. Aamir Khan is the brand ambassador of this scheme. This scheme hopes for cleanliness and 100% toilet in every ward.
2. Veena Jain is appointed director general of news of Doordarshan. Along with that she will be hod the position of Officer of Special Duty. She has succeeded Akshaya Rout.
3. Gurnimarat Nimmy Sidhu has been awarded with Oxford University Inspirational Teacher Award. 
4. President Pranab Mukherjee has left for a five day visit to Sweden and Belarus.
5. Singapore has launched a mobile to help people to understand Tamil language. Tha 'Arumbu' app was launched in the Tamil Internet Conference.
6. Service Tax will go up to 14% from tomorrow. Sectors like railways, airlines, banking, insurance, mobile, advertising, architecture, construction, credit cards, event management and tour operators are set to become costlier.
7. Indian archer Deepika Kumari has bagged bronze medal in women individual recurve event in World Cup.
8. Gurpreet Singh has reserved his place for the Rio Olympics by securing fourth place in ISSF shooting Championship. This is India's fourth entry for the prestigious event.

GK Update 30 May 2015

1. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley New Bank Note Paper Line unit in Hosangabad,  Madhya Pradesh. The unit is of capacity 6000 metric tonnes.
2. SBI launched online application form for applying for loans. The customers will get e-approval and bank officials will contact them after that.
3. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched ‘Mi Maratha’ a dedicated web portal for youth in Mumbai. He said this web portal will act as an important guiding platform for youngsters.

GK Update 29 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to inaugurate a market at Kamlasagar, Tripura. The market which is built at a cost 2.5 crores will be a great place for Indian and Bangladesh traders for their goods.
2. Yaduveer Raj Urs has been crowned as the King of Mysuru of the 600 year old Wadiyar Dynasty. He is an economic graduate from University of Massachusetts, US.
3. Pradeep Kumar Sinha succeeded Ajit Seth as the new cabinet secretary. He is a 1977 batch IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh who was the power secretary previously.

4. India tops in the World Hunger list with 194.6 million people hungry in the country. It has surpassed China with this. The other countries in the list are China(133.8), Pakistan(41.4), Ethiopia(31.6), Bangladesh(26.3). 

5. OPCW(Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), a Nobel Prize winning organization has destroyed over 90% of chemical weapon stockpile mostly from US and Russian era of cold wars.

6. Dr. Selvin Christpher has been appointed as the DG and Secretary of DRDO. He is presently Programme Director of Airborne Early Warning and Control. GS Reddy was also appointed as the Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister for a period of 2 years.
7. TaxiForSure has tied up with Paytm for users to pay money through Paytm wallet for their cab services.
8. Top seed Sania Mirza has crashed out doubles event in Australian Open Tennis Tournament.

GK Update 28 May 2015

1. Union Government has appointed a 10 member committee for the Public Private Partnership mode for infrastructure development. It is chaired by Vijay Kelkar and will submit its report within 3 months.

2. Himachal Pradesh government has set up the tracking system for controlling the forest fire in the state. More than 90 water tanks and 100 watch towers have been constructed to easily detect the fire.
3. The Reserve Bank of India has declared that the FPIs and FIIS can invest up to 49% in Gammon Infrastructure Projects Ltd. 
4. Confederation of Indian Industry has the Indian economy to grow at 9-10% during the mid terms. They have also welcomed the Goods and Services Bill which will boost the GDP rate of the country.

5. The sex ratio in Haryana has increased after the launch of Beti Bachao Beto Padhao Scheme. The sex ratio in Panipat has increased to 900 from 853. The village panchayats , social organisation and Jat community is responding well to PM's message and doing a brilliant role in this area.
6. Tripura government has decided to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 from the remaining parts of the state.
7. Paytm is set to allow 100000 sellers from Aliexpress, the shopping portal of Alibaba from August. The company who has got the Alibaba funding is set to add $1.5 billion from this business.

8. Vedanta India is set to acquire 5.33% of Cairn India resulting in the total stake at 24.06%. This is said to be worth 2200 crores.
9. Trevor Bayliss is appointed the coach of England Cricket Team. He is the first Australian appointed for the post.
10. CS Santosh is awarded as the Motorsport Man of the Year award presented by Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI.

GK Update 27 May 2015

1. India and Vietnam have signed a joint vision statement on Defence Cooperation for a period of 2015-2020. It was signed by India Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Vietnam counterpart Phung Quang Thanh.
2. Gujarat has started Sloth Habitat Project in Jessore Wildlife Sanctuary to protect the ecology of Sloth Bears.

3. Four Indians are placed in the Forbes 100 Powerful Women. They are Arundhati Bhattacharya(Chairperson of SBI), Chanda Kochar(MD and CEO of ICICI Bank), Kiran Mazumdar Shaw(Chairperson and MD of Biocon Limited) and Shobhana Bhartia(Chaiperson of Hindustan Times). Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton and Melinda Gates are in the top three positions.

4. National Association of Software and Services Companies(NASSCOM) and Data Security Council of India have jointly launched NASSCOM Cyber Security Task Force. It will provide cyber security solutions and develop R&D for the same.

5.Manabi Bandopadhyay became the first transgender principal of the country. Manabi will be the principal of Krishnagar Women's College.
6. Swiss Police arrested a number of FIFA executives over corruption charges
7. Former Srilankan Cricketer Kumar Sangakarra has been awarded the International Cricketer of the year while Ajinkya Rahane has been awarded Indian Cricketer of the Year. The other winners are:

• International Lifetime Achievement Award - Kapil Dev
• International Cricketer of the Year – Kumar Sangakkara
• Indian Cricketer of the Year –Ajinkya Rahane
• International Batsman of the Year – Hashim Amla
• International Bowler of the Year – Rangana Herath
• T20 Player of the Year – Dwayne Bravo
• Popular Choice Award – Kieron Pollard
• Special Performance of the Year Award – Rohit Sharma
• Domestic Cricketer of the Year – R Vinay Kumar
• Young Player of the Year – Deepak Hooda 
  

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GK Update 26 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi today launched the DD Kisan Channel which will primarily focus on agricultural sector and rural India. This was launched in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

2. Snapdeal, which is on a acquisition spree has acquired mobile technology firm MartMobi which is expected to help the e-seller a boost in the mobile platform. The deal has been done for an undisclosed amount.
3. Names of Yash Birla, Gurjit Singh Kochar, Ritika sharma and two others have been made public in the Switzerland official gazette for tax probes against them in India. Earlier Sneha Lata Sawhney and Sangita Sawhney were made public in similar connections.
4. Russia today begun a massive military exercise which includes 1200 soldiers and 250 aircrafts.
5. NDMC has won the PLATTS Global Metals award  2015 in the category of 'Industry Leadership Award- Raw Materials and Mining'. This was received by the MD of NDMC Narendra Kothari at a function in London.
6. RBI has entered into a MoU with the Central Bank of Seychelles for exchange in information and mutual assistance in banking sector.
7. Cosmos Co-operative Bank has entered into a tie up with New India Assurance for Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and LIC for Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana.
8. ICICI Bank has launched a voice password facility by which customers can authenticate their transactions and allow it through bank call centers.

9. Micro Units Development Refinance Agency (MUDRA) Bank has now partnered with 19 state and regional level co-ordinators to make the survival of small business entrepreneur possible. It is an effort to
10.Lt.Gen. Nirbhay Sharma has been sworn in as the Governor of Mizoram.  He was the former governor of Arunanchal Pradesh.

11. Manoj Mishra is appointed as CMD of National Fertilizers Limited.
12. Mandeep Kaur has won 2 gold medal in the World Junior Boxing Championship in Taipei.

How to solve syllogism by Analytical method

In the section of reasoning there is major influence towards syllogism part in many examinations. This part can be solved using two methods: Venn diagram and Analytical Method.

One needs to follow these simple steps to solve a problem by using analytical method.

Step 1: Alignment of the sentences. As we know there must be one term in common so we should align in such a way that we can at least draw a conclusion from them.

For example: i. All A are B.                        ii. Some A are C.
These sentences can be aligned in two ways.
a. All A are B means Some B are A. Hence our aligned pair is Some B are A and Some A are C.
b. Some A are C means Some C are A. Hence the aligned pair is Some C are A and All A are B.

GK Update 25 May 2015

1. Renowned Mathematician and Nobel Laureate John Nash,86, passed away in an accident along with his wife. He was known for his works in game theory, partial differential equation. His biography has been made into a film, 'A Beautiful Mind' which won the Academy award for the best picture.

2. China has set up a gold sector fund involving 65 countries as a part of ancient Silk Road. The fund expected to raise $16 billion is to be have lead share holders as Shangdon Gold Group and Shaanxi Gold Group with 35% and 25% respectively.
3. Job seekers in Public sector banks may go under two psychometric test to ascertain their suitability for heading the lender under bad loans.
4. Facebook's initiative Internet.org has managed to garner 8 lakh customers in 4 months of its launch. 
5. French film 'Dheepan' has awarded the Palme'd Or award at the Cannes festival. It was directed by Jacques Audiard. It is a story of Tamil refugees who pretend to be a family to flee from Sri Lanka to France.

6. Mumbai Indians have won the 8th editon of IPL by beating Chennai Super Kings.
The following highlights of IPL 8:

• Player of Tournament: Andre Russell
• Orange Cap: David Warner
• Purple Cap: Dwayne Bravo
• Emerging Player: Shreyas Iyer
• Valuable Player: Andre Russell

7. Mercedes racing driver Nico Roseberg of Germany won the Monaco Grand Prix. It is his third win in Monaco and second win in 2015 season.

lme d’Or Award at 68th Cannes Film Festiva

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GK Update 24 May 2015

1. RBI soon to start Central Fraud Registry to tackle bad loans. As there is not a single database where banks can look into a person for the past loans, so RBI has decided to set up a system for quick reference.
2. 13 crore people have applied for linking their Aadhar Number to their Voter ID National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme.
3. To celebrate the one year of Modi led NDA government, PM Narendra Modi is set to  launch 'Jan Kalyan Parv' in Mathura.
4. Heat waves continue in several parts of the country. Till date 292 deaths have been reported in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana. The temperature is believed to remain for some more days.
5. 8 loss making hotel run by India Tourism Development Corporation may soon be privatized.
6. Indian boxers today showed a great result to win 4 gold,1 silver and 1 bronze in the Doha Boxing Tournament. L Devendro Singh, Shiva Thapa, Manish Kaushik, and Manoj Kumar won the gold medals while Gaurav Bidhuri won the silver and Mandeep Jangra and Vikas Krishan bagged bronze medals.

GK Update 23 May 2015

1. AIADMK cheif Jayalalitha has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the fifth consecutive time. She has come to power after nearly eight months after she was forced to quit for the corruption charges.

2. The selection committees today met to decide on the appointments for the Chiefs of Central Information Commission and Central Vigilance Commission. The committees however could not come to a decision.

GK Update 22 May 2015

1. Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, former Union Minister Dasari Narayan Rao and ex-Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda have been granted bail by a special court of Delhi in association with the Coal block allocation case.

2. SBI has signed MoU with e retailer Snapdeal for providing cheaper loans to small and mid sized business.Under the Snapdeal Capital Assist programme, sellers or manufacturers will be able to access liquidity at attractive rates from SBI, with women entrepreneurs getting a further concession of 0.25%.
3. The President's Estate has become WiFi enabled as President Dr. Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated 24 Hot Spots with 30 access points.4. Finance Ministry sanctioned Rs 5223 crores for IOCL and BPCL to cover all the revenue loss from January to March for selling kerosene and domestic cooking gas in government rates. IOCL will get Rs 2932.62 crore while BPCL will get Rs 2291 crores.

5. US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma said that bilateral tarde may go up to $500 billion from current $100 billion dollars. 6. China may take 25-30 percent stake in Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and India could be the second largest shareholder.7. Today is International Day for Biological Diversity. 

8. Six boxers have moved in to the semi finals and L Devendro Singh moved to the finals of Doha World Boxing Tournament ensuring 7 medals for India.

GK Update 21 May 2015

1. National Commission for Women is all set to be restructured to get more powers to deal with women issues more effectively. This was revealed by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi. She also said that hew ministry is doing all possible measure for betterment of women and children.

2. In an attempt to use highways for emergency landing, a Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft today successfully landed on the Yamuna Expressway. IAF has plans to use highways for such purpose in the future.

GK Update 20 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi has hold a meeting with Union Ministers to review the performance of the government during one year after coming to power.
2. Government has made a draft scheme in which a person may get interest by depositing gold in banks. the minimum amount is proposed at 30 grams and the interest earned on it would be exempt from income tax as well as capital gains tax.It also states that people with surplus gold can open Gold Savings Account for a minimum of one year and get interest.
3. Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for 2015 in a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He was given the award for his intensity and vocal range of works. He mostly writes in Hungarian and is author of Satantango (1985).

4. Veteran TV actress, Sudha Shivpuri, 77 died in Mumbai due to multiple organ failure. She was best now for her role of 'Baa' in the show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
5. Under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, an agri trianing programme is to be conducted in all 593 villages. It will be implemented by the National Centre of Organic Farming and Central Fertiliser Quality Control and Training Institute.

6. 25 state owned companies could sell their shares is put by the government resulting in the raising more than a third of India's record divestment. Comapnies like ONGC and Coal India are also put up in the list.

raising more than a third of India's record divestment target for the fiscal year.

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raising more than a third of India's record divestment target for the fiscal year.

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7. Two times Formula one Champion Lewis Hamilton has signed fresh three year contract with Mercedes until 2018.

8. Indian Cricket team for the Bangladesh tour has been announced. Virat Kohli is the captain of the team and Harbhajan Singh has made a comeback after two years of break while Ravindra Jadeja is out of the team.

GK Update 19 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi is returning to India after his 3 nation visit to China, Mongolia and South Korea. India signed many pacts with all the three nations during his visit.
2. The Parliaments Accounts Committee has ordered a probe by an appropriate agency for the bidding process of Ultra Mega Power projects.
3. HP has decided to sell 51% of its Data process business to Tsinghua Unigroup for an estimated value of $2million. 
4. Google has planned to help three NGOs for supporting child safety. The three organisations are ChildLine India Foundation, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, and the Chennai-based Tulir - Centre for the Healing and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse.

5. IDBI Bank has planned to expand its number of branches to 2000. At present the number of branches is at 1700.

6. Global energy subsidies is planned to cross $5.4 trillion this year. This will indirectly put adverse effects on efficiency, growth and inequality. 

7. A Sukhoi Su-30 aircraft today crashed at Juria in Nagaon district. Both Pilot and Co-pilot were safe but two persons sustained injuries standing in the site.

8. INS Karavatti launched its anti submarine warfare class stealth corvette to strengthen its defence warfare.

9. Zimbawean National team has reached to play 2 T20 and 3 ODI, becoming the first nation to come to Pakistan after six years. They were taken amidst tight security.

GK Update 18 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi who is on a foreign trip reached South Korea today. India today signed seven bilateral agreements with South Korea. Seven MoUs were signed between the two nations including those on avoidance of double taxation, energy, road design and management, audio visual co-production and maritime transport and logistics. 

2. The National Green Tribunal today increased the deadline for the withdrawal of diesel vehicle which are more than 10 years old. NGT had earlier banned the petrol vehicle in the capital city from November 26 last year.
3. Government will soon impose a separate set of law in order to restrict sewage disposal to river Ganga and penalize the people who are found guilty.
4. HDFC Bank has partnered with Apollo Hospitals to launch 'HDFC Bank Apollo Medical Benefits Card'
which allows corporates to easily disburse medical allowance to their employees, saving time and cost.

5. Aruna Shanbaug, a former nurse in KEM hospital who was raped by a ward boy 42 years ago died today. The 66-year-old was battling  pneumonia and was on ventilator support, King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital sources said. 
6. Novak Djokovic captured his fourth Rome Masters Tennis title with a convincing 6-4, 6-3 win over Roger Federer. Russian Maria Sharapova ground down Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 to win the women's title.
7. Australian player Brad Haddin announced retirement from ODI cricket before leaving for tour of England and West Indies.

GK Update 17 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi and his Mongolian counterpart Saikhanbileg in Ulaan Baatar today made it clear to increase the level of strategic relationship between the two countries. India and Mongolia have signed 13 agreements to further strengthen bilateral ties in different sectors. India will establish a Cyber Security Training Centre for Defence Ministry of Mongolia. 

2. Communication an IT minister Ravishankar Prasad said today that centre government is planning to open 1000 post office ATMs to ease the withdrawal of money.
3. Two 19th century nuns have been conferred sainthood by Pope Francis in St. Peter Square. This has made them first Palestinians to be saints. Marie Alphonsine Ghataas and Mariam Bawardy were  declared as saints.

MCQs Part 1

These are few questions which may come quite helpful during the exams:   
1. Where is the headquarters of the Animal Welfare Board of India situated?

Answer: Chennai

2. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award is given in which field?

Answer: Science

3. Tabo Monastery, Buddhist site is located at which Indian State?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

4. Devi AhaliyaBai Holkar Award is given in which field?

Answer: Courage and Valour

5. When is the International Women’s Day observed?

Answer: 08 March 2015

6. Gatka martial art is associated with which Indian State?

Answer: Punjab

7. Who is the author of the “Golden Threshold”?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

8. Sanya Richards is associated with which Sports?

Answer: Sprint

9. Which Indian State had the first Municipal Corporation?

Answer: Chennai (Erstwhile Madras)

10. Who is the Chairman of the National Water Resources Council?

Answer: The Prime Minister

GK Update 16 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi will reach Mongolia today after his China visit. He is the first PM to visit the nation. Several talks surrounding civil energy, IT and cyber security to be held.
2. PM Narendra Modi has opened the first branch of ICICI bank in China. Several other bans have already opened their branches in China.
3. Mohammad Morsi, the ousted president of Egypt has been given death sentence by an Egyptian Court for jail breaks in 2011. However gunmen today killed three judges in Sinai region after the verdict.
4. As deal between India and China has valued to $22 billion, Adani group and Bharti have got major share of it.The Adani Group, signed pacts in the areas of power, ports, special economic zones, industrial parks and gas power generation where as Bharti group received commitment up to $2.5 billion to diversify its portfolio.

5. Parts of Bihar has felt a mild earthquake of 5.7 magnitude on Richter Scale.
6. Shakuntala Gamilin has taken charge as the Delhi Chief Secretary despite word from Arvind Kejriwal not to do so. 

7. Gagan Narang has won bronze medal in 50m rifle event in ISSF World Cup. By winning the medal he has booked a berth in the upcoming Rio Olympics. After Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela, he is the third shooter to make it into the Olympics.

List of all MoU between India and China

PM Narendra Modi's visit to China has resulted in benefits for India. Today 24 agreements were signed between India and China. This post lists them all.

1. Protocols between India and China on the establishment of consulates-general at Chengdu and Chennai.
2. Agreement between the ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship of India and the ministry of human resources and social security of China on cooperation in the field of vocational education and skill development.

3.Cooperation in setting up of the Mahatma Gandhi National Institute for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

4. Agreement between India and China on consultative mechanism for cooperation in trade negotiations.

GK Update 15 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi today extended e-visa for Chinese nationals. Today 24 deals were signed between India and China for betterment of trade and cooperation.
2. Petrol and Diesel prices were hiked today which will come into effect by today midnight. This is the second time in 15 days that the prices have come up. Petrol was increased by 3.13 rupees and diesel was increased by 2.71 rupees.

3. 37 Indian fishermen were freed by Lanka court as promised by Srilankan president Maitripala Sirisena.
4. Arun Srivastava joined Syndicate Bank as the CEO and MD. Previously he was executive director of Bank of India.

5. Axis Bank has decided to facilitate contactless cards in 50000 PoS terminals. This has come after SBI decided to incorporate Tap and Pay feature.
6. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inaugurates Indian Pavilion in Cannes.

7. Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne are planning to start a new T20 league for the former international players.
8. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis have stormed into the women's double final in Rome Masters.

GK Update 14 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi has hold talks with Chinese Prez Xi Jinping regarding border peace, trade imbalance in a meeting which lasted 90 minutes.
2. Punjab has implemented Soil Health Cards which enables farmers to test the soil sample. This is an initiative by the central government and Punjab is the first state to implement it.

3. Wholesale Price Index reduced to -2.65% in April mainly due to reduction in fuel and manufactured items.

GK Update 13 May 2015

1. The Parliament today gave its approval to the Black Money and Imposition of Tax Bill, 2015. The bill helps in dealing with undisclosed foreign income and assets besides imposition of Tax on such income and assets held outside the country. 
2. President Pranab Mukherjee appointed six governors in six states. They are:

• Tathagata Roy: Governor of Tripura
• Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma : Governor of Mizoram
• Dr Syed Ahmed: Governor of Manipur
• J P Rajkhowa: Governor of Arunanchal Pradesh
• Droupadi Murmu: Governor of Jharkhand
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• V Shanmuganthan: Governor of Meghalaya

3. Cabinet today cleared the urea policy to cut down subsidy bill by 4800 crore rupees annually and increase domestic production by 2 million tonnes.
4. Centre approved the 'Namami Gange' project which emphasizes on cleaning of Ganga river. It is planned to have a budget of 20000 crores within 5 years.

GK Update 12 May 2015

1. Another massive earthquake measuring 7.3 on Richter scale struck Kodari of Nepal, nearby to Mount Everest killing about 36 people of Nepal and 17 of India. Various parts of India lie New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Assam felt the tremors.
2. The Government today referred the GST Bill to select a 21 member committee from Rajya Sabha. The motion was approved by all memebers by voice of vote.
3. Food park in Jagdishpur, Amethi was cancelled by the government as promoters could not acquire the right amount of land. This was said by Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
4. Justice Cyriac Joseph has been authorised by President Pranab Mukherjee to act as interim chairperson of NHRC as Justic KG Balakrishnan completed his tenure as the longest chairperson since June 7, 2010.

5. Verizon to acquire AOL in a deal valued at $4.4 biliion.
6. Retail inflation fell to 4.87% in April from 5.11% from March. Previous year it was 8.48%.

7. According to Moody's, India is set to grow at 7.5% which is highest among the G20 nations.
8. RBI has asked to all banks to appoint internal Ombudsman for resolving consumer complains.

9. Indian born Nikesh Arora has been named the president of SoftBank Corp.
10. Malaysia beat India 3-2 in the Sudirman Cup as mixed doubles and men's doubles pair were defeated.

GK Update 11 May 2015

1. Land Acquisition Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today by Rural Development Minister Chaudhry Birender Singh. However the bill faced stiff opposition from the opposition parties lie Congress, TMC, BJD, NCP and RSP. Members of NCP and TMC staged a walk out.
2. The Karnataka High Court has acquitted J.Jayalalitha in corruption charges thereby clearing way for her return to the office. 

3. Noted Banker K.V.Kamath has been appointed as the head of BRICS Bank. This was revealed by Rajiv Mehershi.

4. China has surpassed USA in the top crude buyer despite having a slow economy. It is also the largest energy consumer.
5. Maharastra government and SIDBI have set up a 200 crore fund to facilitate easy funding for MSME's. The state will give 75 crores while rest will be given by the banks.
6. In an unfortunate incident, Delhi constable Satish Chand has been dismissed after he allegedly hit a woman with a brick after she denied to give bribe.
7. Today is National Technology Day which emphasizes on the importance of science in day-to-day life and motivates students to adopt science as a career option.

8. Andy Murray has registered his first victory over Rafael Nadal in the final of the Madrid Master's tennis tournament. By this defeat, Nadal has dropped to number seven in the ATP rankings which is his lowest in the past 10 years.

9. Nico Rosberg has won the Spanish Grand Prix beating his teammate Lewis Hamilton.

GK Update 10 May 2015

1. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the modernised and expanded part of IISCO plant in Burnpur. Urban Development Minister Babul Supriyo and WB CM Mamata Banerjee were also present there.
2. Noted Filmstar Shashi Kapoor was conferred with Dada Saheb Phalke Award at a special function in Prithivi Theatre in Mumbai.

3. Yemen has been hit by over 130 air strikes in the past two days which was confirmed by the Saudi led coaliton.
4. A parliamentary panel has decided to bring up a multi prolonged strategy to protect Taj Mahal.

5. Windows 10 will be the final version of Windows, Microsoft stated. This will be available to all the Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users for free in over the air mode.
6.WHO has declared Liberia Ebola free. With this only Guinea and Seirra Leone are remaining to control the disease.
7. India beat Japan 4-0 in the fourth and final match in 4 match hockey test series played in Bhubaneswar. By this India has won the 4 match test series 3-0.
8. Rafael Nadal has stormed into Madrid Masters by beating Thomas Berdych 7-6,6-1. He will meet Andy Murray in the final.

9. ED has raided bookies who are active in betting in IPL matches in Delhi, Bengaluru, Jaipur and other places.
10. Navneet Rajan Wasan has been appointed as the DG of Police and Research Division Bureau.

GK Update 9 May 2015

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated three social security scheme under Jan Surakshya programme at a function organised at Kolkata. The insurance schemes - Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and one pension scheme- Atal Pension Yojana.
2. The President of India attended today The Victory Day Parade in Moscow which marks the victory of Russians over the Nazis. A 70 member Indian Army also took part in the parade.
3. Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel today handed over the INS Sardar Patel to the Indian Navy at Porbandar which will increase the security across the western border.

4. National Green Tribunal has imposed monthly tax to all household in Delhi in order to clean up Yamuna. It will be proportional to property and water tax.
5. Two people were killed after a MIG-27 aircraft crashed near Tantapara village. 
6. Axis Bank has introduced Ping Pay a innovative instant money transfer phenomenon which enables user to transfer money across various social media platforms.
7. Former England captain Andrew Strauss has been appointed as the director of England Cricket team. Present coach Peter Moores has been sacked down from the post.

8. Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea have reached the doubles quarterfinals of the Madrid Open but Sania Mirza and Leander Paes have faced defeat.
9. Sakshi Malik and Lalita won the bronze medal for 60kg and 55kg freestyle event while Babita Kumari has lost in the 53kg division of the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship held in Doha.