TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 12-Sep-13

	12-Sep-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from September 5th to September 11th 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. • Sep 13 @ 5 pm: Chat with Prakash Galande on IBPS CWE PO preparation Last minute tips, dos & don'ts for the test, how to get your desired bank job. All your concerns addressed in this real time chat. • Taking CAT and other exams next year? Get 40% off on our 2 year MBA courseware Avail this early bird scheme and get an edge over others by commencing your preparation. • Sep 14 @ 7 pm: Eminence Quiz on CMAT GK Test your preparedness for the GK section in CMAT through this quiz. • IIM Ahmedabad - Exchange Programme Read more about this programme launched by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad for bringing more diversity on its campus. • Engineers favoured at IIMs, unlike at Harvard and Wharton According to a report in a leading newspaper, in keeping with popular beliefs and the pattern of the education system in India, 90% of students at IIMs are engineers, in contrast with 36% at Harvard and Wharton. • Erudition '13 - Annual Business Convention of Delhi School of Economics Erudition is the Annual Business Convention and the flagship event of the Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and is organized jointly by MHROD and MIB students. • User Blogs Spotlight: Teacher's Day User jomarch says "every person whom I have ever encountered has knowingly or unknowingly taught me something". Read more. • Poll of the week: Is the smartwatch the next must-have gadget? Cast your vote and let us know your views about the same. WHAT'S NEW @ TESTFunda!! Flat 30% off on all MBA courseware Use Code: FLAT30 Purchase here 45% off on CWE PO & Clerical Prep courseware Use Code: PO2013 Purchase here THE WORLD THIS WEEK • Raghuram Rajan becomes 23rd RBI Governor, his immediate measures help rupee recover Raghuram Govinda Rajan became the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 5th September. Rajan's first few measures include swap window facility for banks to lure in NRIs funds, and reversal of some of the controls that his predecessor D Subbarao had introduced. He also set up a panel to review new bank licenses. The measures announced by him helped the rupee recover to around 63 against the dollar. • US to hold back military strike against Syria as Russia proposes plan for surrender of Syria's chemical weapons Russia, has said that it would soon submit an action plan that would result in Syria surrendering its stock of chemical weapons and an internationally supervised destruction of its arsenal of poison gas. Barack Obama has welcomed the proposal and has stalled the senate vote, which was to take place on 11th Sept, for endorsing his decision of military action against Syria. • Gold buyers rush to restart imports as new import rules clarified Gold buyers restarted imports as the Indian Customs department clarified new rules on how the Reserve Bank's call for gold imports to be split for domestic use and export would be monitored. The RBI had told importers on July 22 that a fifth of their purchases would have to be turned around for export, in order to rein in the high CAD. But the vague details of the rule had caused buyers to hold off and instead use stocks that had piled up in April - May. • Leander Paes - Radek Stepanek win US Open Men's Double title, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams clinch US Open Men and Women's title Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek lifted the US Open men's doubles trophy with a dominating victory over second seeded Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the title clash on August 8. Rafael Nadal won his second US Open title and 13th Grand Slam crown defeating world number one Novak Djokovic in a tough final match on August 9. In the US Open Women's final, World number one Serena Williams clinched the title by outlasting second-ranked Victoria Azarenka to win her 17th career Grand Slam crown on Sunday, August 8. 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