TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 17-Apr-14

	17-Apr-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs: MBA | Bank This section will keep you abreast of all the important news and latest happenings around the world, important news from MBA and Bank exams point of view. • SBI PO 2014 Notification Out State Bank of India (SBI) has announced recruitment of Probationary Officers. The exam is to be conducted tentatively in June 2014. Read the complete notification. • Final Lists of IIMs for 2014-16 Batch Out The final admission lists for the MBA batch of 2014-16 at IIMs - Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta are out. Find out if you made it to the list. • NITIE Final Result Declared NITIE final Results for batch 2014-16 have been declared. • Quiz on Current Affairs on 27th April @7:00 pm Participate in a quiz based on our GK & Current Affairs section and get exciting rewards as you brush up on your knowledge of current affairs. • Story Marathon Contest 2014 - Part 1 Results Out | Part 2 begins - Win cash upto Rs. 4500 and an Apple iPod Love writing stories? Then you will surely be at ease when giving interesting twists to a half baked plot. The results of Part 1 are out. See who won. You can still win the bumper reward - send your entries for Part 2 by 22nd April. • Poll of the week: Is the release of Sanjaya Baru's book just before the polls a tactic to influence voters to vote against the ruling party? Cast your vote and let us know your views about the same. WHAT'S NEW @ TESTFunda!! Pay 30% less on all CAT, XAT, IIFT, CMAT, NMAT, SNAP and MHCET Theory material and Test Centres. Use Coupon Code: FLAT30. Purchase here   6 mocks for SBI PO exam @ Rs. 174/- only Use Coupon Code: FLAT30. Purchase here THE WORLD THIS WEEK MBA: • Supreme Court creates 'third gender' status for transgenders In a landmark judgment on 15th April, the Supreme Court (SC) of India created the "third gender" status for hijras or transgenders. The SC declared that henceforth the 'third gender' people will be considered as OBCs (Other Backward Classes) and given educational and employment reservation. • India tops the list in earnings through remittances says World Bank Report As per the latest report released by the World Bank, India has topped the list of countries receiving remittances from overseas workers. India leads the table in terms of remittances flow receiving $70 billion in 2013 with China ($60 billion) and the Philippines ($25 billion) at second and third position respectively. • UK queen confers Knight Commander rank on Ratan Tata The Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday conferred the rank of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) on former chairman of the Tata group Ratan Tata. The KBE is one of the highest honours given by the queen to civilians. Ratan Tata was given the honour for his services to UK/India relations, huge business contributions in the UK and philanthrop. • Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani quits Libya's interim prime minister handed his resignation, less than one month into the job, saying gunmen had tried to attack his family. Abdullah al-Thani's resignation adds to the growing chaos in Libya, where the government has struggled to control brigades of former rebels nearly three years after the fall of Moamar Gaddafi. Read the articles here Bank: • Gulzar, Bollywood's famous lyricist, wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2013 Bollywood's favourite lyricist Gulzar has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in Cinema. Gulzar got his first break in Bimal Roy's 'Bandini' (1963) with the song 'Mora Gora Ang Layle'. Gulzar has created several evergreen songs in his illustrious career and also wrote script, story, and dialogue. He has also directed critically praised films. • India-born poet Vijay Seshadri wins 2014 Pulitzer, newspapers Washington Post and Guardian also win for NSA revelations India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer in the poetry category for his collection of poems "3 Sections". Born in Bangalore in 1994, Vijay came to America at the age of 5 and grew up in Columbus Ohio. The Washington Post and The Guardian won the Pulitzer in public service for revealing the U.S. government's secret surveillance programme based on documents leaked by by NSA contractor Edward Snowden. • Justice RM Lodha to be next Chief Justice of India Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha will take over as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) replacing present Chief Justice P Sathasivam who retires later this month. Justice Lodha heads the bench which is monitoring CBI's probe into the coal blocks allocation scam and was also instrumental in making the CBI independent from government sanction. • Jaipur girl Koyal Rana wins Miss India 2014 title Koyal Rana was crowned the new Miss India 2014 in a star studded event at the Yash Raj Studio in Mumbai on Saturday (12th March) night. She was selected amongst 24 other gorgeous finalists and will now contest for the Miss World title. 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