Weekly General Knowledge and Current Affairs Updates

	17-Mar-14 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback General knowledge and current affairs preparation is very crucial for entrance exams like IIFT, SNAP, CMAT and other Bank and UPSC entrance exams. To assist in your GKCA preparation we provide Weekly, Monthly and Yearly collections of articles which will keep you in touch with the important news and latest happenings around the world. Read the articles here What you get: Rated Articles - Consists of the most important news from around the world. Other Articles covers different categories and sub-categories– • Categories are Corporate, Politics, Sports, Literature and Economy. • Articles are further segregated by sub-category: Sports > Tennis, Economy > Market, Science & Technology > Innovation Some of the Articles posted last week: • G7 condemns Russia's military build-up in Ukraine, US moves to expel Russia from G8 Russia's G8 partners, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US have condemned Russia's military build-up in the Crimean Peninsula and have suspended the G8 summit in June. Pro-Russian armed men have taken control of the Crimean Parliament and Russian armed forces have captured major air bases and blocked all major roads, cutting access to the Crimean peninsula. Ukraine's interim government has accused Russia of having declared war, and has ordered the mobilisation of its armed forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin had so far defied calls from the West to pull back his troops and said that Russia has a right to protect the interests of Russian-speakers in Ukraine. The US has called on Russia to respect Ukraine's territorial integrity • Sheila Dikshit to be new Kerala governor Sheila Dikshit, former Delhi chief minister has been recently appointed as the governor of Kerala. Before her, from March 2013, Nikhil Kumar had held the post. Amid speculations that Nikhil Kumar may contest the Lok Sabha poll from Bihar, and after him subsequently stepping down as the governor, Dikshit was appointed as governor of Kerala. From 1998 to 2013, Sheila Dikshit served her term as Delhi's chief minister after which she lost to Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party in the December 2013 assembly polls by over 20,000 votes. Before becoming the CM, between 1984 and 1989, Dikshit had represented Kannauj parliamentary constituency in UP. • First post office savings bank ATM opened in Chennai India's first Post Office Savings Bank ATM inaugurated by Finance Minister P Chidambaram as a part of the government's Rs 4,909 crore IT modernisation scheme for the Department of Posts. Mr. Chidambaram said the ATM would run on a trial basis for six months. Afterwards, it would become an interoperable where cards of other banks could be used Read more articles In case of any query, write to us at support@testfunda.com or call +91 9930005544 on weekdays between 10:00 am and 6:30 pm. 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. Problems getting this mail? To get this mail in your inbox, add noreply@testfunda.com to your contact list.       UNSUBSCRIBE / SUBSCRIBE | ABOUT | WHY TESTFUNDA | FAQ | PRIVACY | SUPPORT | CONTACT | DISCUSS   © Enabilon Learning Private Limited. All rights reserved