TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 22-Aug-13

	22-Aug-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from August 15th to August 21st 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. • IBPS CWE Clerical 2013 Notification Out The IBPS Common Written Examination for Clerical cadre posts is set to be conducted tentatively in Nov/Dec 2013. It will be conducted online, registration will tentatively start from the 19th Aug and the exam will be conducted on 30th Nov, and in December it will be conducted on the 1st, 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th. • Prepare for MBA Entrances with Exam Specific All India Mock Tests Give your exam prep a differential edge! Take mock tests and know where you stand and which areas you need to improve upon. • CAT Crash Course 2013 - Bell the CAT with TESTfunda Haven't started preparing for CAT yet? Recognizing the need for a quick yet comprehensive method to cover up for the lost time, we present a special Crash Course for CAT 2013. • Eminence Quiz on Quantitative Ability on 24th August @ 7 pm With less than 2 months left for CAT 2013, test your familiarity with numbers in this quiz on Number Theory, Logarithms and 9 more concepts. • RBI Assistants Exam Result Declared Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has declared the result for the Recruitment of Assistant Examination held in July 2013. Roll Numbers of candidates shortlisted for the interview for the post of Assistant for which online examination was held on July 20, 21, 27 and 28, 2013. • Changes in XAT 2014 pattern The Xavier Aptitude Test is set to have some minor changes in the paper pattern. General Knowledge will be made a part of the main exam. • Poll of the week: With the arrest of terrorist Abdul Tunda, do you think India can soon catch hold of other most wanted fugitives like Dawood Ibrahim? Cast your vote and let us know your views about the same. WHAT'S NEW @ TESTFunda!! Prepare for IBPS CWE PO courseware starts @ Rs 549/- Clerical courseware starts @ Rs 315/- Valid till 25th August Purchase here Get 30% Waiver on all MBA courseware Use Code: PREP13 Valid till 21st August Purchase here THE WORLD THIS WEEK • Rupee slides at an all-time low of Rs. 64 to the dollar, RBI moves to capital controls The rupee slid below the 64-mark for the first time ever, touching 64.13 to the dollar on 20th August, before closing at 63.13. The RBI put restrictions on the amount of foreign exchange Indian companies and individuals can invest, remit or spend overseas in an attempt to curb dollar outflows and defend the rupee. • Situation worsens in Egypt as death toll nears 1000 Deaths of 36 detainees and 25 policemen The ongoing violence has taken the death toll in Egypt to nearly 1,000. Egyptian forces have admitted killing 36 Islamists to stop an escape attempt. However, the Muslim Brotherhood has called the deaths as 'assassinations'. In Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula, suspected militants shot dead 25 off-duty policemen. Mubarak to be released soon Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail soon after a prosecutor cleared him in a corruption case. Stand taken by foreign governments The United States will withhold financial aid but not crucial military aid to Egypt. However, the Egyptian military retains the support of the oil-rich states especially Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. • LeT's top bomb maker, Abdul Karim Tunda, arrested Abdul Karim Tunda, a key Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, has been arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police from the Indo-Nepal border. Tunda is wanted in 21 cases and is accused of masterminding 40 bomb blasts throughout India. He is expected to reveal critical information about LeT's pan-India operations • 28 pilgrims trapped in tracks mowed down by Train in Bihar 28 people were crushed to death by a speeding train at Dhamara Ghat station in Bihar's Khagaria district. The accident happened when a group of pilgrims returning from a nearby shrine was walking on the middle track in which the Rajyarani express was approaching. 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