Weekly G.K Updates from (May 15,2015 - May 21, 2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 15,2015 - May 21, 2015)

• PM Modi announced during China's visit that India will grant e-visa to Chinese tourists.

• SBI launched NFC-Enabled Contact-less DEBIT/CREDIT cards. ICICI & HDFC already launched NFC based cards for Tap& Pay at counters. Know more about NFC Click Here

• RBI allowed transaction up to 2000 for tap & Pay without any second authentication like PIN or OTP for contact-less cards.

• Tejaswini Sagar won Gold for Under-15 World School Chess Championship.

• PM Modi inaugurated first branch of ICICI's in China.

• Maria Sharapova won women's singles at Rome Masters 2015

• Timea Babos and Kristina won women's doubles at Rome Masters 2015

• N. Djokovic won Men's singles at Rome Masters 2015

• P. Cuevas and D. Marrero won Men's doubles at Rome Masters 2015

• India announced $1 billion credit to Mongolia for infrastructure development as they agreed to deepen defense corporation besides exploring potential for ties up in areas like civil nuclear sector.

• Sixth edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy held in New Delhi. Theme was : Nuclear Energy - a clean energy option.

• Brad Haddin, Wicket-keeper of Australia announced his retirement from ODI cricket. 

• Dropdi Murmu sworn in as first woman Governor of Jharkhand.

• Relience Jio infocom signed pact with Huawei for sourcing 4G devices.

• Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won Britain's Man Booker International Prize. Krasznahorkai is the author of Satantango (1985), which was later made into a film, The Melancholy of Resistance (1998) and Seiobo There Below (2008).

• SBI announced partnership with PayPal (a digital payment firm), so that the customers of SBI can now use their debit cards on PayPal for buying products from websites.

• V.Shanmuganathan sworn in as the Governor of Meghalaya and Yathagata Roy sworn in as the Governor of Tripura.

• Infosys became first Indian company to join RE100, a global renewable energy campaign who committed to 100% renewable power.

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 8,2015 - May 14,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (May 8,2015 - May 14,2015)

• Jitu Rai won - "Sportsperson of the Year" award at Times of India Sports Award

• Flying-Sikh Milkha Singh received "Life time achievement" award from Times Group and 'Olympian of the Century'.

• 'Anchal Kumar Jyoti' appointed as  New Election Commissioner.

• Jitan Ram Manjhi Announced new party as - Hindstani Awam Morcha (HAM).

• 'Sakshi Malik' and 'Lalita' won "bronze" in Women's Asian Wrestling Championship in freestyle 60 kg and 55 Kg respectively.

• 'Shashi Kapoor' has been conferred with Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2014.

• Book titled 'Unbelievable - Delhi to Islamabad ' written by Prof. Bhim Singh released.

• 'Navneet Rajan Wasan' appointed as DG of Police R&D Bureau.

• President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 'Namaste Russia' festival in Moscow.

• Justice Cyriac Joseph appointed as active chairman of NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)

• Indian born 'Nikhesh Arora' appointed as the President of Japan's Multinational  Telecom and Internet Company Softbank Corp.

How to Program for using Universal remote of DTH's with Your TV Set?

How to Program for using Universal remote of DTH's with Your TV Set?

Tata Sky/Airtel Digital TV offering Universal Remote with their Set-Top box to get rid-off from the need to hold two remotes in hand to operate TV & STB. Now, with the help of this Universal Remote we can operate both with single remote in hand but to avail this facility firstly we need to configure Universal remote with our TV remote.

Note: Airtel Digital TV/ Tata Sky both allow to program following only 5 buttons listed below

1. Power On/Off

2. Volume Up

3. Volume Down

4. Mute

5. TV Sources AV/HDMI/USB

Steps to program Universal-Remote are:

1. Press Button (OK) in Airtel Digital TV's Remote / Button (Select) in Tata Sky Universal Remote +     Button (2) simultaneously to start remote in  learning mode. LED on Remote will blink twice to         indicate that Remote in now in learning mode.

2. Now Press Volume Up button on STB Remote and place the universal remote and your TV remote     in front of each other i.e. their signal LED should face each other. Make sure the distance between     both remote LED must be between 5 cm. and then press Volume Up button of TV Remote. LED         again will blink twice to show that button is programmed successfully

3. If LED on remote blink 4 time then repeat steps 1,2 again until you get success.

4. Repeat steps 2 for all five button one by one according to your need.

5. At last, Press again Button(OK) / Button (Select) to save settings.

now u can simply operate both TV/ STB with single remote  to operate both TV/STB.

Weekly G.K Updates (May 1,2015 - May 7,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates  (May 1,2015 - May 7,2015) 

• Canera Bank inked MoU with LIC, India and United India Insurance for offering "Pradhan Mantri Jeven Jyoti Yojna" and "Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna" Insurance.

• India on way to extend "E-tourist Visa" Scheme to more 31 countries on nine designated Indian Airports.

• Dr. Pramod Patil and Dr. Aanand Kumar won "Whitely Award" for wild life conservation of 2015.

• Seychelles became 161th member of WTO. It had applied for membership in 1995. Seychelles is the smallest nation among all WTO members.

• Nitin Gadkari, Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highway announced two Major Highway projects in North-East.

• CRPF has decided to adopt karikat village in Nepal to help in reconstruction after earth-quack.

• Indra Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) won Airport Service quality award in the category of handling 30-40 million passengers per an-um.

• Tenis player Rafel Nadel received Golden Medal for Merit in Work. Golden medal is one of the top civilian hon-our of Spain.

• IPS officer Surendra Singh took over Director General  of CISF.

• A book by Poonam Surie titled "China - Confucius in the Shadows" released.

• Four Indians to be confered with "Spring Imperial Decorations of Japan" in different categories i.e. Thottuvelil Krishna Pillai Aiyappankutty Nair and Chintanmani Nagesa Ramchndran Rao in The orders of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Stars and Nikunjh Parekh in The orders of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays and Topgay Bhutiya in The orders of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays.

• World Press Freedom day observed globally on May 3,2015

• Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) girls team won 5th National Hockey Championship title.

• Akash Missile system inducted in Indian Army. Akash is an Surface-to-Air short range missile developed by Defense Research Development Laboratory.

• Microsoft India unveiled  Edu-cloud to offer digital learning and teaching in schools through virtual learning platforms in India.

• Actor Salman Khan sentenced five years Jail for Hit-n-Run Case. He has been allowed to go home till Friday, when HC will hear his appeal for bail.

• World Asthma Day observed globally on May 5, 2015.

Weekly G.K Updates from (April 22,2015 - April 30,2015)

Weekly G.K Updates from (April 22,2015 - April 30,2015)

• Sesa Sterlite renamed as "Vedhanta Ltd" for better identity worldwide. Sesa Sterlite is subsidiary of Vedanta Resources PIc. Hindustan Zinc and BALCO also are the subsidiaries of Vedhanta Ltd.

• National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), responsible for appointment and transfer of judges in India headed by the H.L.Dattu. H.L.Dattu is Chief Justice of India.

• The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has accorded approval to two national parks as Tiger reserves i.e Rajaji National Park, Uttrakhand and Kudermukh National Park,Karnataka.

• International Earth Day observed globally on April 22,2015

• Indian Railway launched mobile application for  paper less unreserved tickets in some sections of Southern Railway Zone.

• Shahrukh Khan honored with Dadasaheb Phalke film foundation Award,2015

• Rajkumar Rao won prestigious award for Film "City-lights".

• Union Cabinet meeting chaired by PM, Modi has approved lowering of age of juveniles from 18 > 16 years for crimes.

• Indian origin's American "Vivek Murthy" became Surgeon General of U.S Public Health Commission Corps.

• National Panchayati Raj Day was observed across India on April 24,2015

• World Maleriya Day was observed on April 25,2015 globally.

• Japan will host 2015 and 2016 editions of the FIFA club World Cup.

• Bank of Baroda has tied up with UAE Exchange to offer Instant Money Transfer to its NRI custmor.

• Ratan Tata has acquired a stack in Xiaomi. Xiaomi is an China based Smart Phone Maker company standing parallel to  Tech Giants i.e Apple and Samsung.

• Anil Kapoor awarded by prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2015.

• Marathi Novelist "Bhalchandra Nemade" awarded as the 50th Jnanpith Award by PM Modi.

• Bhartiya Mahila Bank has won the Asian Bankers Achievement Award in the Technology implemetation category.

• BCCI (The board of control for cricket in India) has nominated Rohit Sharma for Arjun Award,2015. Arjun Award are given by Ministry of Youth affairs and Sports to recognize outstanding achievement in National Sports.

• AP Government appointed Chandalavada Krishnamurthy as Chairman of Tirumala Tripati Devasthanam (TTD)

• New Recruitment - Loretta Lynch sworn-in as  Attorney General of US.

• Lin Dan of China won Men's title of Badminton Asia Championships 2015.