TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 9th May

	09-May-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from May 1st to May 8th This section will keep you abreast of all the important news and latest happenings around the world without looking at different sources across the internet. • 14 Ways Educators Are Using Technology In And Out Of The Classroom Do you remember a time when the Oregon Trail was the only source of technology used to teach? Here is a list of some of the best ways teachers are putting ever growing technology to use in hopes to make teaching a little more efficient as well as way more entertaining. • Preparing for CAT 2013? Take our CAT Scholarship Test on 11th May @ 5 pm Get upto 100% waiver on our CAT and MBA courseware by taking the scholarship test. There are no registration fees. • Learn By Fun Contest | Play games and take home an iPod Shuffle Play games like Hangman, Sudoku, Word Search and you might lay your hands on an Apple iPod, Skullcandy headphones or a Logitech Keyboard & Mouse Combo. • XAT 2014 Dates Announced The XAT exam will be held on January 5, 2014, according to newspaper reports. • Targeting UPSC CSAT 2013? Take part in an online chat to be held on 14th May Get special guidance from expert Rajesh Das, along with last minute tips for the UPSC Preliminary Exam which will be held on 26th May 2013. • TESTfunda Spotlight - Arab Spring Presenting our special coverage of the string of protests and demonstrations against the rulers of the Arab countries. Get all details in one comprehensive article. • Story Marathon Part 3 Result Announced | Bumper reward declared Read the best entries that made the cut, along with the name of user who 'bagged' the BUMPER REWARD. • Poll of the week: Unfair practices in competitive exams Voice your opinion on malpractices in exams, in the context of the NMAT dummy candidate scam. WHAT'S NEW @ TESTFunda!! Lucky Draw - Get back more than what you pay! Purchase our courseware at 25% less and get back actual cost of the courseware. Terms & Conditions Valid on purchases made from 8th May to 16th May 2013 Flat 25% waiver on all our courseware till 16th May | Coupon Code: LUCKYDRAW | Purchase here   THE WORLD THIS WEEK • CBI alleges law minister and officials in the PMO changed coalgate enquiry status reports CBI director Ranjit Singh has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that law minister Ashwani Kumar, Attorney General G.E. Vahanvati and officials of the PMO and coal ministry had deleted findings from the draft report of the enquiry and had changed the status of reports. The affidavit contradicts the law Minister and the AG who had previously denied suggesting changes in the draft report. • CBI books Railway Minister's nephew and several others in a 10 crore bribery scam The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked railway minister Pawan Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla and several others for allegedly demanding Rs.10 crore as bribe and accepting Rs.90 lakhs as part payment for getting Mahesh Kumar, General Manager (Western Railways), posted as Member (Electrical) Railway Board, which is considered next to Railway General Manager in hierarchy. The CBI would also question Bansal's private secretary Rahul Bhandari on his close links with Vijay Singla. Bansal has said that he has no business links with his nephew and denied any wrongdoing. • Chinese Army pulls out from Depsang Plains in Ladakh, ends faceoff The Chinese Army withdrew from the Indian side of the LAC in Ladakh's Depsang plains on May 6th, after India pressurized Chinese authorities that India was ready to act tough and might cancel Salman Khurshid's visit to China and the Chinese Premier's LI Keqiang's visit to India next month. • Sarabjit Singh dies in Pakistan hospital Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh died of cardiac arrest in a Lahore hospital after being comatose for nearly a week following a brutal assault by other inmates of a high-security jail in Lahore. • RBI cuts lending rates by 25 basis points; still no changes in retail lending rates The Reserve Bank of India has reduced its key lending rate (repo rate) from 7.50 per cent to 7.25 per cent but has kept the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) unchanged at 4 percent. However, the rate cut was too small to have an immediate impact on retail lending rates. • Apple Inc. sells $17 billion in bonds in record deal In a record deal, Apple Inc. sold USD 17 billion in bonds to pay shareholders in an effort to pacify them for the company's shrinking profit margins and reverse a 37 percent drop in its share rate during the past 7 months. However, the downturn in Apple's stock rate hasn't dampened investors' enthusiasm for Apple's bonds. 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