TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 10-Oct-13

	10-Oct-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from October 2nd to October 9th 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. • NMAT 2014 Analysis Take a look at our analysis of NMAT 2014 to have a better idea of what can be expected in the exam. • Oct 12 @ 7 pm: Quiz on Heads of Banks, Taglines and Ambassadors In order to boost your preparation for the IBPS CWE PO exam commencing from 19th Oct, TESTfunda brings you a series of quizzes with an emphasis on Banking Awareness. • Chat: Last minute prep for IBPS PO with expert Sumesh Chahal What should be the D-Day strategy for the IBPS PO exam? How many questions should be attempted in each section? Get answers to these queries and more in this real time chat. • CMAT Sept 2013 Analysis View the exclusive analysis of CMAT September 2013 by TF experts. • TISSNET 2014 Postponed TISS National Entrance Test, previously scheduled for Dec 15, 2013 has been postponed to Dec 22, 2013. The test is conducted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) for admission to its post graduate degree programmes. • TESTfunda is hiring: Content Team Positions open! Apply for Content Author positions in Quantitative Ability (Maths) & Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning through a written test conducted on Oct 12, 2013. • View our new BANKfunda Facebook page Like our Facebook page BANKfunda to stay updated on bank entrance tests. Get all important updates, notifications, entrance test questions and other important news about IBPS CWE PO / Clerical, RRB, SO, SBI PO / Clerical, RBI, NABARD and other banks under one roof. • Poll of the week: Do you see the US defaulting on debts due to the government shutdown? Cast your vote and let us know your views about the same. WHAT'S NEW @ TESTFunda!! 12 NMAT Mocks at Rs. 999/- | Code: TFNMAT 6 SNAP Mocks at Rs. 299/- | Code: TFIIFT 6 IIFT Mocks at Rs. 299/- | Code: TFSNAP Flat 50% off on CAT Test Centre | Code: CATLASTLAP Purchase   Flat 50% off on Bank Courseware Applicable on Online format only Use Code: BANK50 Purchase THE WORLD THIS WEEK • God Particle and Cell Transport Theory fetch Noble Prizes Peter Higgs of Britain and Francois Englert of Belgium have won the Nobel prize in Physics for the discovery of the "God particle", or Higgs boson. Two Americans, James Rothman and Randy Schekman, and Germany's Thomas Sudhof won the 2013 Nobel prize for medicine for research into how the cell organises its transport system. • Govt. appoints first Woman Chairperson of SBI Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya will be the first woman chairperson of the State Bank of India (SBI). She is the first ever female chairman to head SBI in its 206-year history. SBI is now the only Fortune 500 company in India to have a woman chairperson. • US shut down: Possibility of a debt default, fall of the dollar The US began a partial shutdown since the Republican-led House of Representatives did not agree on passing a budget that included Obamacare. More than 7 lakh federal employees have been forced to take unpaid leave. Obama said he would not negotiate with Republicans on budget matters until house lawmakers pass a temporary bill to reopen federal operations and raised the $16.7 trillion dollar debt ceiling. • Apax acquires GlobalLogic for US $ 420 mn Private equity major Apax Partners has acquired GlobalLogic, an offshore software R&D services provider for US $ 420 mn. The acquisition is being done through ODSA Topco Ltd, a company backed by Apax Partners. • Telangana: Blackouts in Seemandhra, Ministers resign A lot of areas in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu are facing power cuts and huge industrial losses as electricity employees who ensured a shut down at various power generating stations. Textiles minister KS Rao and HRD minister Pallam Raju from the Seemandhra region opposed the move to create Telangana in a cabinet meeting. The cabinet however decided to go ahead with the decision of creating Telanagana as a separate state. HRD minister Pallam Raju, tourism minister K Chiranjeevi, MoS for commerce D Purandeswari and MoS for railways K Suryaprakash Reddy resigned. Read the articles here TestFunda.com - LEARN with THE LEADER in Online MBA Test Prep Demo Lessons   |   Take a Demo Test   |   Buy Courses   |   Fun Learning Games   |   100-Percentilers About TestFunda.com - TestFunda is backed by www.ZeusLearning.com. 3 IIT-IIM graduates form the Management Team. - The 85+ member team has vast experience in MBA Coaching and Computer-Based Training and Testing. - For 12 years Zeus has created award-winning courseware for companies like Discovery Channel, Reader's Digest, Texas Instruments, Pearson Education. - The TestFunda Advisory Board comprises CEOs and MDs of international educational companies. About This Newsletter You received this email because you have registered with www.TestFunda.com. If you do not want to receive this email or want to sign up for other newsletters from TestFunda  click here. 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