TESTFunda Weekly Newsletter 7-Nov-13

	07-Nov-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Weekly Dose of GK and Current Affairs from October 31st to November 6th 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. • Notification out for CMAT - Feb 2014 (Second Test)! Important dates for CMAT - Feb 2014 have been announced. View the article for details. • NMAT 2014 First Slot result declared Results for the first slot of NMAT 2014 have been declared. • IBPS RRB CWE - II PO and Clerical results declared The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has declared results of the IInd Common Written Exam for IBPS RRB PO and IBPS RRB Clerk, conducted in the month of September and October. • IBPS CWE Clerical Scholarship Test at no cost | upto 100% off on TESTfunda bank courseware With less than 1 month to go for the IBPS CWE Clerical exam, TESTfunda presents an online IBPS CWE Bank Clerical Scholarship Test at no cost, which will test your preparation and also enable scholarships upto 100% on TESTfunda bank courseware. • Maharashtra CET for MBA admissions back The Maharashtra government has brought back its Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to MBA/MMS courses in the academic year 2014-15. The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), which is responsible for filling management seats in Maharashtra, announced the decision on its website. • Online Chat: Career Opportunities in business management with Dr. Debashish Planning a career in management? Participate in a chat with Dr. Debashish Sengupta from Alliance school of business to know about various career opportunities in Business Management. • Online Chat: Strategies to Crack IIFT by high scorer Devansh Doshi Aiming to crack IIFT? Interact with first year IIFT MBA student and IIFT 2012 high scorer Devansh Doshi on the approach that he used to crack the entrance exam last year. • SAT Preparation and the changing trends The existing SAT exam is poised to get a makeover in the next couple of years. Those of you who plan to give it in 2015 should consider the changes and adjust the preparation accordingly. • Share Your CAT 2013 Experience | Read how others belled the CAT! Are you taking CAT 2013? Tell us all about your experience - the nervousness, the test environment, the actual test itself. Post your write-up and earn reward points. • Poll of the week: With the recent attack on an Indian National in New Zealand, do you think Indians are increasingly being targeted in racist attacks abroad? Cast your vote and let us know your views about the same. WHAT'S NEW @ TESTFunda!! TF launches MH-CET Test Centre 8 iMHCETs | Detailed Analysis Report | National Percentile Available at an introductory cost of Rs. 600/- | Code: TFCET Purchase 12 NMAT Mocks at Rs. 999/- | Code: TFNMAT 6 XAT Mocks at Rs. 699/-| Code: TFXAT 6 IIFT Mocks at Rs. 399/- | Code: TFIIFT Purchase THE WORLD THIS WEEK • PSLV C 25, 'Mangalyaan' Orbiter launched successfully by ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO)'s PSLV C 25 successfully launched the 'Mangalyaan' Orbiter ('Mars craft' in Hindi) into the orbit around Earth. At Rs 450 crore, it the cheapest mission to Mars. India's first Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), is aimed at establishing India's capability to reach Mars and would focus on looking for presence of methane, an indicator of life there. The satellite is expected to reach Mars' orbit by September 2014. • £3,000 visa bond scheme to be scrapped by UK Britain has decided to abandon its controversial plan to impose a £3,000 immigration bond on visitors from "high-risk" countries in Africa and Asia. The fee would be over and above the existing visa costs. India, which was also targeted with the bond, had lodged strong protests with outrage from all corners of the country. And being the third largest investor in the UK in 2011, the protests were a major reason for Britain's scrapping the plan. • BlackBerry sale called off, CEO John Chen to sell software and not devices BlackBerry mobile handsets may soon cease to exist since BlackBerry's new chairman and interim chief executive, John Chen wants to sell software and services and not mobile devices. BlackBerry's largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial, with a 10 percent stake, said it won't buy the smartphone company and privatize it. Instead, Fairfax and other investors will put in $1 billion. • US missions in Asia used for spying, Snowden to testify in investigations in Germany American and Australian embassies in China and Southeast Asia were being used as hubs for Washington's secret electronic data collection programme. Following the report China and Southeast Asian governments demanded an explanation from the US and its allies. Indonesia's foreign minister strongly protested the wiretapping facilities at the US embassy in Jakarta. Edward Snowden is willing to testify in German investigations into alleged U.S. wiretapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's telephone, but cannot leave Russia because of U.S. "persecution". • Google launches Android software, KitKat Google Inc launched Kit Kat, the newest version of its Android smartphone software, which allows more smartphone users to access its online services like driving directions and voice-activated search. The new version of the OS will be able to run on both inexpensive, low-end smartphones as well as the most advanced devices. Nexus 5 will be the first device to feature the KitKat software. 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