TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 27th June

	27-Jun-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from June 20th to June 26th 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. • Exclusively For Engineers: Upto 50% off | Last 3 days left We've got the Engineers' Month waivers back! Get them here. • Mini CAT Scholarship Test: July 6 @ 5 p.m. TestFunda.com presents an Online Mini CAT Scholarship Test which will enable scholarships up to 60% on TestFunda CAT & MBA courseware for 2013 -14. Check your basics and rectify them. • Caption Writing Contest | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Starts If a picture speaks a thousand words, surely you can come up with a few of your own in this exciting contest. Try your hand at writing a caption that's witty, memorable, thoughtful, sarcastic, hilarious, or fun-ee in the first of its kind Caption Writing Contest. • Quiz on June GK Updates: June 29 @ 7 p.m. This quiz will have questions exclusively based on the weekly GK updates for the month of June that are found under the GK and Current Affairs section of our website • TESTfunda is Hiring - Full time Content Editor / Sr. Editor Positions Open We are looking to recruit talented graduates and post-graduates in our content team to design and develop courseware for national level aptitude exams. • Poll of the week: Do you believe that the Uttarakhand floods were a man made disaster? Cast your vote and let us know your views about the same. WHAT'S NEW @ TESTFunda!! Flat 35% OFF On all TESTfunda Courseware Extended upto 30th June purchase here   THE WORLD THIS WEEK • Devastating floods break out in Uttarakhand, more than 1000 dead A massive cloudburst and heavy rainfall from 14th -17th June near the revered Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand triggered large flash floods and massive landslides, that led to the death of more than 1000 people and rendered thousands homeless. Entire villages and settlements were washed away and 70,000 pilgrims and locals were stranded in the hills. The Army, Air-Force, paramilitary forces, local administrations and NGOs worked together for quick rescue operations. The government has announced a relief package of Rs. 1000 crore and several state governments and NGOs have also announced financial aid. The United States government has announced financial aid of USD 1, 50,000 to the NGOs working in the area. • Snowden charged with theft of government property, Russia refuses to extradite him Edward Snowden, the whistleblower of the US secret surveillance programme, has been charged with violating the Espionage Act and stealing government property and could face a jail sentence of thirty years. Snowden, who was hiding in Hongkong, flew to Russia and stayed at the airport's transit lounge. Russia refused to arrest or extradite Snowden, despite US requests. Snowden is currently seeking asylum from Ecuador. • Protests break out in Brazil with 8, 00,000 in street A hike in public transport fares sparked off street protests in Brazil which gradually gathered steam as 8, 00, 000 people rallied against the quality of public services, rampant corruption in the government, absence of educational and health facilities and the high cost of staging the World Cup at the expense of basic needs. President Dilma Rousseff proposed a referendum of political reforms but it failed to appease the protesters. • Government bans Analgin and two popular diabetes and anti-depressant drugs The widely prescribed anti-diabetes drug Pioglitazone, painkiller Analgin and anti-depressant Deanxit have been banned in the wake of health risks associated with them. The government has decided to suspend marketing of all drugs prohibited in other countries like the US, the UK, EU and Australia. • Rupee hits all-time low of 60; Gold, silver rates fall The rupee fell to an all-time low of 60.73 on 26th June in the foreign exchange market as the RBI failed to defend the rupee at the 55.98 level through intermittent dollar sales. Gold slumped to a one-month low of Rs. 26,145 per 10 kg on 26th June while silver dropped to a three-year low, at $18.63 an ounce, owing to a steep fall in global rates. • New solar system found with 3 habitable planets Astronomers from the University of Gottingen have identified a new solar system having five to seven planets revolving the star Gliese 667C. Three of these planets are super-Earths found in the so-called habitable zone around the star, the zone where liquid water and subsequently life could exist. 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