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Daily GK update 28th November 2014

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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">RBI issues final norms for payment,
small banks; Floor capital set at Rs 100 crore</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Reserve Bank of India has issued final norms for
payment banks and small finance banks that would allow mobile firms and
supermarket chains, among others, to enter the banking arena to cater to
individuals and small businesses. The move aims at deepening financial
inclusion and boost saving habits.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii.</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The RBI aims to push financial
inclusion by setting up these niche outfits — small finance banks that can have
all-India operations and payments banks, which can accept more deposits.</span><br />
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The guidelines open up an window of
opportunity for entities which did not bag new bank licences in April.</span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iv.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Shriram Capital, Janalakshmi
Financial Services, Magma Fincorp and Muthoot Finance, among others, are
expected to throw their hats into the ring to set up small banks.</span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">v.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The Department of Posts, Bharti
Airtel, Vodafone India, Tata Teleservices, Western Union and online digital
payment players such as Paytm, Oxigen and MobiKwik have expressed interest in
floating payment banks.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">vi</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. Companies will have to apply by January 16, 2015, for
licences in both categories, and the central bank said it would consider more
applications at a later stage.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Note: </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The minimum paid-up
equity capital for both small and payment banks has been pegged at Rs 100 crore.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Who are eligible?</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. Eligible promoters
for a small bank include resident individuals/professionals with experience in
banking and finance; and companies and societies. </span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Existing non-banking
finance companies (NBFCs), microfinance institutions and local area banks can
also opt to convert into a small bank. </span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The RBI said
proposals from large public sector entities and industrial and business houses,
including NBFCs promoted by them, will not be entertained to set up small banks.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iv.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> A promoter/promoter
group can have a joint venture with an existing scheduled commercial bank to
set up a payment bank, subject to the stake holding complying with the Banking
Regulation Act.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Key activities</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br style="outline: none;" />
<b>i.</b> <span style="background: white;">The small bank will primarily
undertake basic banking activities of <b>acceptance of deposits and lending to
un-served and</b> under-served sections, including small business units, small
and marginal farmers, micro and small industries and unorganised sector entities.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="background: white;">Small
banks will be required to maintain a minimum capital adequacy ratio of 15 per
cent of the loans on a continuous basis.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="background: white;">In the
draft guidelines, the RBI had suggested that small banks would have a
restricted area of operations (possibly contiguous districts in a homogenous
States). However, in the final guidelines, these restrictions have been
removed. The small bank will be required to extend 75 per cent of its credit to
the priority sector</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Payment Banks: </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Payments banks can <b>accept deposits</b> — current and
savings bank — from individuals, small businesses and other entities but <b>cannot
provide</b> loans.. However, they cannot accept non-resident Indian deposits. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The payment bank will initially be restricted to holding
a maximum balance of Rs1 lakh per individual customer. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> While the bank can issue ATM/debit cards, it cannot
issue credit cards.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iv.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> It can contract outside liabilities (deposits) but not
exceeding 33.33 times (against 20 times in the draft guidelines) its net worth.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Economic growth declines to 5.3% in
July-Sept quarter</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Country's economic growth has declined to 5.3 per cent
during July to September, from the previous quarter's 5.7 per cent. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. According to an official release, the manufacturing
sector, which accounts for about 15 per cent of India's gross domestic product
rose by 0.1 per cent during the quarter from the previous period's 3.5 per
cent. Agriculture sector growth declined to 3.2 percent against 3.8 percent.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">India, Mozambique ink MoU for
cooperation in oil, gas sector</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">India today signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU,
with Mozambique for cooperation in the field of oil and gas. The MoU was signed
in the presence of Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra
Pradhan in New Delhi.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<b>ii.</b> It seeks cooperation in the areas of upstream and downstream oil and
gas sector. Participation of Indian energy companies in the project will
facilitate access to Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG for the growing Indian gas
market.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<b>iii.</b> Mozambique has emerged as a significant hydrocarbon rich nation
following offshore gas discoveries in two adjacent offshore blocks. The country
is strategically located near India and is ideally suited for bringing natural
gas at market determined price.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Anoop Mishra appointed as new
Secretary General of Lok Sabha</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. <span style="background: white;">Former Uttar Pradesh
chief secretary Anoop Mishra was on 26 November 2014 appointed as new Secretary
General of the Lok Sabha. He was appointed by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra
Mahajan.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br />
<b>ii.</b> <span style="background: white;">He will hold the rank and status of
Cabinet Secretary with effect from 1 December 2014 up to 30 November 2016 or
until further orders.</span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> As an accomplished
civil servant of 1978 cadre, Mishra has held several important positions at the
Centre and in Uttar Pradesh.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br style="border-radius: 0px !important;" />
<b><span style="background: white;">iv.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> He was the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh for a
year with the overall responsibility of the state administration,
superintendence of law and order and developmental and infrastructure schemes
in Uttar Pradesh.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Historian Tapan Raychaudhuri died</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i. <span style="background: white;">Tapan</span></span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Raychaudhuri, a
distinguished historian of modern India’s economic and social history, died on
26 November 2014 at his home in Oxford, England. He was 88.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br style="border-radius: 0px !important;" />
<b>ii.</b> <span style="background: white;">Raychaudhuri died of a series of
strokes. He was bedridden for a year before his death. He is survived by his
wife Pratima Raychaudhuri and daughter Sukanya Wignaraja.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii. </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He was an Indian
historian specialising in British Indian history, Indian economic history and
the History of Bengal</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">   </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><b>Namsai became the 18th district of
Arunachal Pradesh</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Namsai on 25 November 2014 officially became the 18th
district of Arunachal Pradesh. The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Nabam
Tuki made the declaration.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. The Chief Minister exhorted the officials to prepare a
master plan for the new district and the state government would extend all
possible help.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The State Legislative Assembly passed
the District re-organisation Bill on 20 March 2013 for creation of Namsai
district and notification was issued on 15 July 2013. The formal announcement
was made during the 68th Independence Day celebration on 15th August 2014.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">EU parliament votes to break up Google</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> European Union lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a motion
on Thursday urging anti-trust regulators to break up Google, the latest setback
for the world's most popular internet search engine.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Google has been in the EU's regulatory sights since
2010, and is also grappling with privacy issues, requests to scrub search
results to comply with a court ruling, copyright concerns and tax
controversies.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The non-binding resolution in the European Parliament is
the strongest public signal yet of Europe's concern with the growing power of
US tech giants. It was passed with 384 votes for and 174 against.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iv.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Google declined to comment. European Competition
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has said she will review the case and talk to
complainants before deciding on the next step.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">v.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Her predecessor rejected three attempts by the company
to settle complaints that it unfairly demoted rival services and stave off a
possible fine of up to $5 billion.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">vi.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The resolution did not mention Google or any specific
search engine, though Google is by far the dominant provider of such services
in Europe with an estimated 90 per cent market share.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">vii.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The lawmakers called on the Commission to consider
proposals to unbundle search engines from other commercial services.</span></div>
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Now: She Showed him What Love was released</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div>
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Dreams Are Mine Now: She Showed him What Love was authored by Ravinder Singh
was released on 20 November 2014.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><br style="border-radius: 0px !important;" />
<b>ii.</b> <span style="background: white;">The novel Your Dreams are Mine Now is
a powerful and poignant love story that explores the romantic relationship
between Rupali and Arun. They are complete opposites and have nothing in common
when it comes to their interests and priorities in life.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">iii.</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Rupali is a small
town girl and an idealist, whereas Arun is a Delhi guy with keen interest in
youth politics. A major scandal on the college campus brings them together and
somewhere along the line they fall in love with each other. But their fight
against evil comes at a heavy price which becomes the ultimate test of their
lives.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">i.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The book titled
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<b>ii.</b> <span style="background: white;">Sandeep Unnithan in his book puts
together a blow-by-blow account of the 26 November 2011 terrorist attack in
Mumbai and how the siege of Mumbai was thwarted by India's security forces.</span></span><br />
<b>iii.</b> <span style="background: white;">The 26/11 attack is widely regarded
as the world's first hybrid terrorist attack. The attackers achieved through
this long-drawn siege what Al Qaeda did through the high-visibility
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for her series of detective novels starring the policeman and poet Adam
Dalgliesh.</span></div>
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Daily GK update 28th November 2014

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Gopala Gopala first look

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Can Gopala Gopala withstand Jr’s Temper?

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fJIZadkHrfnBD1NDGrc6vbOPtMS0KV7v3eU7J51N1In5I7svHCdduj2boV3p24R1bIqIOmGVKPmZyDI_KK6cE1UOAZlnovmsXosu4Mt03bfaoFEYRwo_CVeT284CaLjPEonNxLoxrro/s1600/64794_998028723546353_2720475146887030622_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fJIZadkHrfnBD1NDGrc6vbOPtMS0KV7v3eU7J51N1In5I7svHCdduj2boV3p24R1bIqIOmGVKPmZyDI_KK6cE1UOAZlnovmsXosu4Mt03bfaoFEYRwo_CVeT284CaLjPEonNxLoxrro/s1600/64794_998028723546353_2720475146887030622_n.jpg" width="163" /></a><b>Temper first look</b> is out and it has met with phenomenal response. People from across the industries and various past and present actors and directors have been bowled over by Tarak’s new image makeover. The shirtless picture is a rage among the fans already. All this is just tip of the iceberg and we are going to get more posters soon along with a teaser which many say is sensational as well.</div>
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Speaking about the first look brings us to <b>Gopala Gopala</b>. It is a film which competes with Temper at the box office, coming Sankranthi. The first look of this film to is coming pretty soon. The question here is a pretty simple one, <b>can Gopala Gopala withstand Temper’s temper</b> and stay on its own ground. Gopala Gopala is banking heavily of the current form of Pawan Kalyan and although he is not the main lead, it is around him that the entire promotion is being centred on.</div>
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Will Pawan Kalyan be able to make Gopala Gopala compete with Temper? Remember it is not a mass film and it features Venkatesh in the important role. The first look is expected to be out in few hours from now but before it’s out we would like to know do you think it will create an equally strong impression?</div>
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Jr.NTR turning another Salman Khan!

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In Bollywood macho man <b>Salman Khan </b>is very popular for his shirtless acts and sporting his well chiselled body with six-pack abs. He is the inspiration for many top Bollywood heroes like Hrithik Roshan and whoever wants to sport abs. They by default go to Salman Khan for advice. And he too is ever ready to help them with his advice.</div>
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Here in Tollywood, the first look of <b>Jr.NTR’s ‘Temper’ </b>was really a pleasant shock and the whole Tollywood is going gaga over NTR’s shirtless act. His muscular look is sending chills down spines and many can feel the ‘Power’ and ‘Temper’ in the cop role he is essaying for the film. One more hero in Tollywood Aadi too sported six-pack abs for his upcomng movie ‘Rough’.</div>
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Nevertheless <b>NTR’s shirtless</b> act is going to pressurise the present lot of young heroes to go for a healthy and fitter look. Many see NTR’s act as the dawn of <b>six-pack </b>trend in Tollywood and he is like next Salman Khan in TFI because of the impact he created with his stunning looks and body. Wow!</div>
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27th November 2014 Daily GK update

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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">With the issuing of Kathamandu Declaration, the 18th SAARC Summit concludes at Kathamandu, this evening. Chairperson of the Summit and Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala declared the Summit closed.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The SAARC Framework Agreement on Energy (Electricity) Cooperation was signed among the SAARC member countries. Chairperson Sushil Koirala also announced that the 19th SAARC Summit will be held at Islamabad in 2016</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other SAARC members held informal talks at the Retreat Session of 18th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation Summit (SAARC) at picturesque Dhulikhel under foolproof security arrangements. Mr. Modi planted sapling of banyan tree at the venue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">SAARC nations sign seamless electricity grid deal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. In a face saver, SAARC countries today signed a framework agreement on cooperation in power sector but failed to finalise the much-awaited motor vehicle and railway pacts for greater people-to-people contact and movement of goods due to opposition from Pakistan.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">There were hectic efforts to pursue the Pakistani side, which stalled the inking of the pacts on the pretext that internal processes were not completed following which three months' time was set for getting approval.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The framework energy pact will enable cooperation in the power sector among the eight member countries and facilitate integrated operation of the regional power grid.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iv. "</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A time period of three months have been set for approval to the Motor Vehicle and Railway pacts," Nepal's Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, who is also the SAARC chair, said in his address at the concluding session of the 18th summit of the regional grouping<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Once compared to the great Donald Bradman, Australia Test cricketer Phillip Hughes passed away today in Sydney following a fatal injury he had incurred in a Sheffield Shield match on Tuesday. Hughes would have <b>turned 26 on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. During this game for South Australia against New South Wales, Hughes was batting on 63 when he was struck on neck by a bouncer from pace bowler Sean Abbott.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. Hughes stood dazed for a few moments before falling face first to the pitch. He did not gain consciousness again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iv</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. "It is my sad duty to inform you that a short time ago Phillip Hughes passed away," Australian team doctor Peter Brukner said in a statement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">v</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. "He never regained consciousness following his injury on Tuesday," added Brukner. "He was not in pain before he passed and was surrounded by his family and close friends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">vi</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. As a cricket community we mourn his loss and extend our deepest sympathies to Phillip's family and friends at this incredibly sad time."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">vii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> "Phillip took the blow at the side of the neck and as a result of that blow his vertebral artery, one of the main arteries leading to the brain, was compressed by the ball," Brukner said on Thursday. "That caused the artery to split and for bleeding to go up into the brain. He had a massive bleed into his brain. This is frequently fatal at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. With questions being raised over the degree of safety provided by protective gears in cricket in the wake of the Phil Hughes incident, the manufacturer of the injured cricketer’s helmet, Masuri, has said that the Australian batsman was wearing an older and lighter headgear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> A spokesman for the UK-based company said that Hughes was wearing an old helmet instead of their their latest model, in the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at the SCG on Tuesday.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii. </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“From the footage and pictures currently available to Masuri, it appears that Phil Hughes was struck by the ball to the rear of the grille and below the back of the shell, missing his Masuri Original Test model helmet,” the spokesman was quoted as saying by Australian press.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iv. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hughes continued to fight for life as he remained in a critical condition after being struck on the head in a freak accident on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Justice CK Prasad assumes charge as new PCI chief<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Retired Supreme Court judge, Justice CK Prasad, Thursday assumed charge as the chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI), an official statement said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> "Justice C.K. Prasad who retired as the judge of the Supreme Court of India July 14, 2014 assumed charge today (Thursday) as chairman, Press Council of India," said the PCI statement.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Justice Prasad succeeds Justice Markandey Katju who was appointed as PCI chairman Oct 5, 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sanskrit to be 3rd language in Classes 6-8 in KV: Centre to SC<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Centre on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that Sanskrit will be the third language in classes 6 to 8 in Kendriya Vidyalayas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Appearing before the bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi sought its permission to file an affidavit on the controversy arising out of Centre's decision to drop German as an alternative to Sanskrit as third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">President penned a book titled The Dramatic Decade on 1970s era<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <span style="background: white;">President of India Pranab Mukherjee penned a book titled The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The book has been published by Rupa and will be released on 11 December 2014.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The Dramatic Decade is the first of a three-part volume; the second one will be on the years from 1981–88 and the third volume will be from 1988 to 2012.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iv.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The book presents an exceptional portrait of a complex nation and draws from Pranab Mukherjee’s personal diary extracts, conversations with key players of the 1970s, and vital secondary literature.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">7.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Biography My Name is Abu Salem released<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i. </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Biography titled My Name is Abu Salem was released on 16 November 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Biography on underworld gangster Abu Salem has been written by <b>S Hussain Zaidi</b> and published by Penguin.  </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The author of the book, Zaidi who knows the Mumbai underworld better than anyone else has tried to tell, the life of Salem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iv.</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> In My Name is Abu Salem, the author has tried to present complete unknown details and first accounts of the gangster.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">8.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">PNB announces free ATM usage for customers<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Wednesday said it will continue giving free transactions to all saving bank account cardholders using PNB ATMs, irrespective of the number of transactions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had advised that atleast five free transactions (inclusive of financial and non-financial transaction) per month should be permitted to the savings bank account holders for use of own bank ATMs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii. </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">PNB has gone beyond this norm to provide value added services to its own customers, according to a release. .  <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">9.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">RBI eases rules for low-cost home loans<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. To provide liquidity to retail investors investing in long-term bonds issued by banks for financing infrastructure and affordable housing, the Reserve Bank of India said banks can extend loans to individuals against these bonds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The central bank said boards of the banks should lay down a policy in this regard prescribing suitable margins, purpose of the loan and other safeguards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Further, such loans should be subject to a ceiling, say,<span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="outline: none;"> </span><span class="webrupee">Rs.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span>10 lakh per borrower, and tenure of loan should be within the maturity period of the bonds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iv.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> The RBI also stated that banks are not permitted to lend against such bonds issued by other banks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">10.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;">  </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Bharat Asmita award for IIMB’s Trilochan Sastry<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Trilochan Sastry, Professor in Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), has been awarded the ‘Bharat Asmita’, an honor instituted by the Pune-based MIT group of institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">ii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Professor Trilochan Sastry teaches a wide variety of courses in the post graduate programme, doctoral programme and executive education programmes, including operations management, quantitative methods, data structures, algorithms and discrete mathematics, at IIMB.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Professor Sastry has, to his credit, a number of management cases on operations management, ethics, change management and electoral reforms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iv.</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Announcing the awards for 2014, ‘Bharat Asmita’ Executive Director Rahul Karad said: “This is the eleventh year of the awards, which aim at recognizing the contribution of prominent figures from the field of teaching, people’s representation, public awareness and science and technology.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">i</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. <span style="background: white;">Pakistani actress Veena Malik was sentenced to 26 years in jail on 26 November 2014 by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of the Gilgit region of Pakistan.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br />
<b>ii. </b><span style="background: white;">She was sentenced for blasphemy for appearing in mock Geo TV wedding scene in which religious song about the wedding of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter was played in background.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iii. </span></b></span><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Apart from Veena Malik, the court’s Judge Shahbaz Khan also sentenced Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo TV and Jang group, Malik’s husband Asad Bashir Khan and TV host Shaista Wahidi for 26 years each.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">iv. </span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The ATC also imposed a 1.3 million Pakistani rupees fine on the convicts and ordered that their properties should be sold to raise the fine, if they failed to pay it.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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27th November 2014 Daily GK update

1. 18th SAARC Summit concluded, Next Summit will be held in Islamabad in 2016 i. With the issuing of Kathamandu Declaration, the...

Shankers I audio Launch Details

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;">Director Shanker’s forthcoming action movie ‘I’ starring Vikram is going to launch Telugu movie audio on 10</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; text-align: justify;"> December in Hyderabad. Actress Amy Jackson is playing lead role in the movie. It is known fact that the Tamil Audio of the movie has been launched recently in Chennai by Hollywood superstar Arnold and superstar Rajinikanth in a grand function. The movie is produced by Aascar Ravindran under the banner Aascar film production and music is composed by A.R,Rahman. The movie is going to release in theaters throughout the world wide on Pongal.</span></div>

Shankers I audio Launch Details

Director Shanker’s forthcoming action movie ‘I’ starring Vikram is going to launch Telugu movie audio on 10 th December in Hyderabad. Ac...

Kajal Agarwal Tempts every one in Temper

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Kajal Agarwal Tempts every one in Temper

South Indian hot actress Kajal Agarwal ’s hot picture from the forthcoming movie ‘Temper’ starring Young Tiger Jr.NTR under the direction...

RGV says Tarak is the best hero

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Indias Top Director <span style="font-weight: 700;">Ram Gopal varma</span> once Again Trending in Media circles from Yesterday where the main reason behind these is RGV by seeing<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Temper</span> scenes praised NTR a lot and he just loved Puris amazing work.RGV by seeing some rushes and important scenes from Temper Goa schedule expressed his words like this :</div>
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Saw some scenes of <span style="font-weight: 700;">Temper</span> ..<span style="font-weight: 700;">Tarak</span> is simply outstaaaanding...I think its the best hero character jagan ever created</div>
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Temper I think is the most commercial film ever made by Jagan be it songs scenes entertainment nd above all like a high mountain is <span style="font-weight: 700;">TARAK</span></div>
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I think jagan after <span style="font-weight: 700;">Temper</span> will be known as Ja <span style="font-weight: 700;">gun</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700;">Tarak</span> is his bullet</div>
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Tarak as a bullet in Temper fired from Ja Gun is more powerful than a Missile fired from an Anti Aircraft Tank</div>
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Compared to Tarak s Temper <span style="font-weight: 700;">Pokiri</span> and<span style="font-weight: 700;"> Businessman</span> seem like flops</div>
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Nd just in case ppl think my tweets on Temper r bout me wanting 2 do film with Tarak I have no capacity of jagan on how he Temper ed Tarak</div>
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Temper lo <b>Tarak</b> performance choosina tharvatha naaku ardhamayindhi Thanato cinema chese arhatha naaku ledhu theliyadhu</div>
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Hope <span style="font-weight: 700;">RGVs</span> Words become True at <span style="font-weight: 700;">Temper</span> release Time.</div>
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RGV says Tarak is the best hero

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Tarak at his best in Temper

0 First look, Movie Wallpapers, Tarak fanz 16:33

Tarak at his best in Temper

Mahesh babu eee village ni datatu tesukuntunnada?

0 Gossips, Mahesh Fanz, Movies 10:28

Mahesh babu eee village ni datatu tesukuntunnada?

Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu disappoint

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<span style="color: #333333;">Currently the most popular and leading stars of Telugu cinema, </span><span style="color: red;">Powerstar Pawan Kalyan</span><span style="color: #333333;"> and Superstar </span><span style="color: red;">Mahesh Babu </span><span style="color: #333333;">are also the industry’s most shy and laziest stars when it comes to active participation for any cause related to the industry. We have discussed about this issue previously where many agreed with us that they should be more active and be the face of the industry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">Now the latest reason for disappointment is that even the programme that they were supposed to do as part of the </span><span style="color: red;">Memu Saitham</span><span style="color: #333333;"> event is reportedly not going to be a live one. It will apparently be recorded prior to the event and will be shown on the day along with various other programmes that involves celebrity participation.</span></div>
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When the event was announced many expected them to lead but that did not happen. Later many expected them to at least be part of the dinner, a gran<br />
d gala dinner is being arranged with star participation, but these two stars are not going to be part of it. After all these disappointments when the news about a special programme involving the two came many were happy and relieved. Once again with this revelation of it being pre-recorded, fans of the stars have gone silent with nothing to say.</div>
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It is very rarely that the entire industry comes together, surely it would have been wonderful to have everyone participate in it. Can there be any last minute surprise?</div>
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Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu disappoint

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Detail Analysis Proves Jr NTR is better than Allu Arjun and Ramcharan

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Detail Analysis Proves Jr NTR is better than Allu Arjun and Ramcharan

NASA Confirms Earth Will Experience 6 Days of Total Darkness in December 2014!

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<strong>WORLDWIDE -</strong> NASA has confirmed that the Earth will 
experience 6 days of almost complete darkness and will happen from the 
dates Tuesday the 16 – Monday the 22 in December. The world will remain,
 during these three days, without sunlight due to a solar storm, which 
will cause dust and space debris to become plentiful and thus, block 90%
 sunlight.<br />

This is the head of NASA Charles Bolden who made the announcement and
 asked everyone to remain calm. This will be the product of a solar 
storm, the largest in the last 250 years for a period of 216 hours 
total. Reporters interviewed a few people to hear what they had to say 
about the situation with Michael Hearns responding “We gonna be purgin 
my n*gga, six days of darkness means six days of turnin up fam”.<br />

Despite the six days of darkness soon to come, officials say that the
 earth will not experience any major problems, since six days of 
darkness is nowhere near enough to cause major damage to anything. “We 
will solely rely on artificial light for the six days, which is not a 
problem at all”, says NASA scientist Earl Godoy. Visit our website daily
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NASA Confirms Earth Will Experience 6 Days of Total Darkness in December 2014!

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22nd November 2014 Daily GK update

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<b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. Govt approves new Rs 43,033-cr rural electrification scheme.</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">i. Government approved Rs 43,033-crore rural electrification scheme Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ii. The scheme will replace the existing Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">iii. The estimated cost of the scheme for above two components is Rs 43,033 crore which includes the requirement of budgetary support of Rs 33,453 crore from the government over the entire implementation period.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">iv. The scheme is likely to work towards improvement in hours of power supply in rural areas, reduction in peak load, improvement in billed energy based on metered consumption and providing access to electricity to rural households.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></a><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. Forward Markets Commission tightens rules for warehousing service providers</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">i. Commodity market regulator Forward Markets Commission, or FMC, has strengthened the warehousing accreditation norms to avert an occurrence of an NSEL-like scam in the commodity futures market.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ii. The new norms will take effect after March 31, 2015 and the existing warehouse service providers (WSPs) in their current format will not be allowed to operate in the exchange space beyond June 30, 2015.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">iii. FMC will set down net worth, ownership and corporate governance norms for WSPs in exchanges like MCX, NCDEX, ACE and NMCE.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. Coronation of next Imam has no legal sanctity: HC</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHvI4UNP7aU/VHCFQl0gm7I/AAAAAAAAB0w/-mwn6bC5jUo/s1600/Bukhari%2Bnew1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #a13d3d; float: right; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AHvI4UNP7aU/VHCFQl0gm7I/AAAAAAAAB0w/-mwn6bC5jUo/s1600/Bukhari%2Bnew1.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">i. The Delhi High Court on Friday said the ceremony (dastarbandi) to anoint Shahi Imam Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari's son as the Naib Imam of Jama Masjid "would not amount to an appointment".</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ii. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw made the observation after taking into account the contentions of the Centre, Delhi Wakf Board and petitioners, who have challenged the ceremony.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">iii. The court also noted that under the Wakf Act, 1995, the law only "provides for a mutawalli (manager) of a wakf and contains no provision for appointment of Imams of Wakf properties, even if a masjid".</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4. Jan Dhan Yojana reflects poverty as 74% accounts hold zero balance</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">i. At least, 5.3 crore of the total 7.1 crore bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) have 'zero balance' even as the government has deposited Rs 5,400 crore in accounts under the scheme.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ii. out of 7.1 crore bank accounts opened, 5.3 crore had zero balance .</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">iii. PMJDY is a national mission for financial inclusion to ensure access to financial services like banking, savings and deposit accounts besides credit, insurance and pension.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br />
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<br /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5. India's first aircraft carrier slips into history</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">i. Work has begun on scrapping the country's first aircraft carrier, Vikrant.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ii.Built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Hercules in 1943, it was acquired by India in 1957 and saw action during the India-Pakistan war in 1971, playing a key role.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">iii. Vikrant was auctioned to a ship-breaker for Rs 63 crore this year. Mumbai's IB Commercials Pvt Ltd won the bid.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">6. Voting under way for 46 civic bodies in Rajasthan</b><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">i.  Nearly 43 per cent polling was recorded till 1pm in 46 civic bodies including six municipal corporations in Rajasthan where polling is under way today.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ii. Polling are being held in six municipal corporations of Jaipur, Kota, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur and Bharatpur, 18 municipal councils and 22 municipalities.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">iii. Over 63.09 lakh electors are eligible to cast their votes at 6,135 polling booths in 1,680 wards.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">7. Srinivasan seeks reinstatement as BCCI President</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">i. Cricket boss N Srinivasan today moved the Supreme Court seeking his reinstatement as BCCI President contending that there was "absolutely nothing" in the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee report "incriminating" him in the IPL6 scam.</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ii. Simultaneously, India Cements, the company of which he is the Managing Director, has also pleaded with the court not to pass any adverse order against the firm that could lead to cancellation of the franchise of Chennai Super Kings.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /><br /></span></div>

22nd November 2014 Daily GK update

1. Govt approves new Rs 43,033-cr rural electrification scheme. i. Government approved Rs 43,033-crore rural electrification scheme Deenday...