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Weekly One Liner Updates

8th 14th September 2016
Dear readers,
Weekly One Liner Updates is a collection of important news and events that occurred in the Second week (8th 14th)of
September 2016. This file is important for exams like BOB Manipal PO, BOM PO, IBPS PO VI, IBPS Clerk VI, IBPS RRB V
2016 Exam and all upcoming Banking & Insurance exams.

Banking & Financial Awareness

1. Who has launched Bubble Pin which allows users to make payments even without data connection___ MobiKwik.
Note:
It will generate a pin with 60-second validity when the Pay at store option is clicked.
User need to share the unique pin with the retailer to make the payment.
Bubble pin also makes the transaction more secure as no phone number is required to be shared.
2. The Bank has successfully deployed Software Robotics for power banking operations____ICICI Bank.
Note:
ICICI has become the first Indian bank to deploy software robotics.
3. The Union Government has announced a special financial package for _____Andhra Pradesh.
Note:
It includes full funding of Pollavaram irrigation project, tax concessions and a special assistance.
The funding of Pollavaram project would be met by the Centre from 1st of April 2014.
The state will also get a railway zone.
4. Indians in the Fortunes list of most powerful women based outside the US_____ Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chanda
Kochhar and Shikha Sharma.
5. First Indian stock exchange to file Initial Public Offering (IPO) with SEBI____Bombay Stock Exchange.
Note:
The IPO is a type of public offering in which shares of a company usually are sold to institutional investors that in
turn, sell to the general public, on a securities exchange.
6. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched a portal for online redressal of tax payer grievances___e-nivaran.
Note:
The taxpayers can register their complaints through their personal computer systems.
Once the grievance is registered, the system will also issue an acknowledgment number which can be quoted by
the taxpayer for all his future communications with the taxman and also to track the progress of the complaint.
7. A committee has submitted its report to prepare a road map for elimination of poverty___Arvind Panagariya committee.
Note:
The Arvind Panagariya committee was formed to define poverty and prepare a road map to alleviate it.
8. The Union Cabinet approved the creation of the Higher Education Financing Agency for creating capital assets in____
Higher educational institutions.
9. Indian Railways have decided to implement Flexi Fare system in ______Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trains.
Note:
Under the scheme, the base fares will increase by 10% with every ten percent of berth sold, subject to a prescribed
ceiling limit.
10. Government has released Direct Selling Guidelines 2016 framework to ____protect consumers from Ponzi frauds.
11. The amount of money approved by the Union Government for Swadesh Darshan scheme is ___450 crore rupees.
Note:
The Union Government has approved 450 crore rupees for Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh and Sikkim under the Swadesh Darshan scheme.

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Important Date
1. The International Literacy Day (ILD) is observed every year on ____September 8th.
Note:
The theme of 50th edition of ILD 2016 is Reading the Past, Writing the Future.
The day was established in 1966 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO).
2. The World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is observed every year on _____September 10th.
Note:
The 2016 theme is Connect, Communicate, Care.
3. National Hindi Divas is celebrated in India___ September 14th.
Note:
President of India presented the Rajbhasha awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan to recognize the excellent contribution
of Ministries, Departments and Nationalized Banks in the field of Hindi.
On this day, in 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India had adopted Hindi language as the official language of
India.

New Appointments
1. Who has appointed as the CMD of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)____C.K. Asnani.
Note:
C.K. Asnani is a chemical engineer from Osmania University.
2. Om Prakash Kohli has been sworn-in as the 26th governor of ____Madhya Pradesh.
Note:
Kohli is also the Gujarat Governor has been given additional charge of Madhya Pradesh after Ram Naresh Yadavs
tenure got over.
Acting Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court Rajendra Menon administered the oath at a function in Raj
Bhawan at Bhopal.
3. Who has been appointed as the President of Kazakhstan_____Nursultan Nazarbayev.
4. Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India has appointed Chief Executive Officer of Holiday Club resorts__ Liro Rossi.
5. The Union Govt. has chosen a retired IAS officer as the Chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAIU)___ J. Satyanarayana.
Note:
He succeeds former Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani (first Chairman of the UIDAI) and had stepped down
from the post in 2014.
6. An Indian-origin scientist has bagged the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize ____Ramesh Raskar.
Note:
He has bagged the Lemelson-MIT Prize worth 5 lakh US dollars for his groundbreaking inventions to create
solutions to improve lives globally.
He has founded of the Camera Culture research group at the MIT Media Lab and an Associate Professor of Media
Arts and Sciences
He has more than 75 patents to his name and having written more than 120 reviewed publication.
7. Who has been appointed as the Director General of Police (Intelligence) of Tamil Nadu _____ TK Rajendran.
8. Who is the incumbent governor of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh_____V Shanmuganathan.
9. Who has been appointed as the chief Executive Officer of Religare Enterprises Limited___ Sunil Godhwani.
10. The actress who named as the brand ambassador of the Samajwadi Pension Yojana i__Vidya Balan.

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11. Who has been taken charge of the chairman & managing Director (CMD) of Shipping Corporation of India___Anoop K
Sharma.
Note:
The Shipping Corporation of India is a Government of India Public Sector Enterprise with its headquarters in
Mumbai.
SCI operates and manages vessels that service both national and international lines.
12. Who has been elected as the new President of the European football governing body UEFA___Aleksander Ceferin.
Note:
Ceferin replaced banned former chief Michel Platini.
He head of the Slovenia FA scored a decisive 42-13 votes victory over Dutchman Michael Van Praag at election
congress of the European football federation in Athens.

Important News India

1. The Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched Gas4India campaign in ____New Delhi.
Note:
He also launched the website, twitter handle, face book page and theme song of the campaign.
2. The Department of Telecom has launched a pan-India helpline for power outages___Urja Mitra Helpline.
Note:
Customers can get information on power outages from distribution companies by dialing 14401.
It is a mandatory service, which will be provided by all the telecom operators.
3. The first edition of IoT (Internet of Things) India Congress- 2016 has started in ___Bengaluru.
Note:
The congress aims to bring together key stakeholders across the value chain and verticals to collaborate, ideate
and share a common roadmap for IoT implementation.
IoT is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, or people that are
provided with unique identifiers.
4. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched advanced weather satellite ____INSAT-3DR.
Note:
The INSAT-3DR is a modern weather satellite and has a life expectancy of 10 years.
It will help to predict weather patterns and also provide search and rescue information
5. Indias first Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory will be set up in ____ Aundh,
Maharashtra.
Note:
It will be 3rd such laboratory in the world and first outside the United States.
The existing laboratories are located in Hanford, Washington and in Livingston, Louisiana.
6. As per the latest National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) sanitation survey in rural areas who has been adjudged the
cleanest state in India_____Sikkim.
Note:
The ranking is given on the basis of percentage of households having sanitary toilets.
The results of survey have been released by Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in New
Delhi.
7. The 2016 India-US Economic Summit will be held in____New Delhi.
Note:
The 2-day summit will be inaugurated by US Ambassador to India Richard Verma.
It will deliberate on augmenting the existing two-way trade to $ 500 billion and will focus on sectors that foster
growth.
8. The joint military training exercise Yudh Abhyas 2016 will be conducted between India and _____United States.
Note:
The purpose of the exercise is to stimulate a scenario where both nations were working together to counter
insurgency and terrorism in mountainous terrain under UN charter.
9. The Himachal Pradesh government has signed a preliminary Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with _____Singapore
government.
10. Toll-free number has been launched by the Union government to register postal complaints___1924.

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Initially, the service will be operational for 12 hours on working days between 8 AM to 8 PM and will be available
in three languages viz. Hindi, English and Malayalam.
11. State tourism department will host the 2016 Vintage Bike and Car Festival_____ Goa.
Note:
The Goa Tourism department will host the first-of-its-kind Vintage Bikeand Car Festival-2016 on 1st October.
In the festival, the vintage two-wheelers and four wheelers dated from 1921 to 1970 will be on display.
12. The programme launched by Department of Science & Technology to nurture ideas and innovation into successful startup
is _____ NIDHI.

States News
1. The agrarian mass festival 'Nuakhai' has celebrated in ____Odisha.
Note:
It is a festival for the worship of food grain.
2. First Indian state to link exam forms with Aadhaar card___ Bihar.
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Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) will link exam forms with Aadhaar card to avoid duplication.

This new initiative is the first to be implemented by any state board in India.
The state Government has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to boost
regional air connectivity within the state___Chhattisgarh.
Note:
Small airports and airstrips will be developed in phased manner in different cities to facilitate intra-state flight
services.
The Union Government will provide an opportunity to various aviation companies to start flights on subsidized
rates within the state.
First Indian state to roll out Twitter seva____Uttar Pradesh.
Note:
A total of 122 Twitter handles were launched in one go in Lucknow.
The Twitter Seva will works as a source of direct point of contact for entrepreneurs seeking funding, support or
government assistance of any kind.
All the handles will be maintained by the states police department.
Who has launched Scooty for College Girls Scheme_____Jammu and Kashmir government.
Note:
Under CM Scooty Scheme 300 girls of two colleges were distributed scooters.
The eligibility for a scooty is based on minimum percentage and the annual family income of 65 % and Rs.4 lakh
respectively.
In it, college going girl students will be given a 50 % subsidy on purchase of a Scooty.
The chief minister of the state has won the 2016 Pangkor Dialogue Award____ T R Zeliang.
Note:
Chief Minister of Nagaland T R Zeliang has won the 2016 Pangkor Dialogue Award in Malaysia for the efforts
made by the people of the state for environmental preservation and promotion.
Zeliang was awarded by the organisers- Institute Darul Rudzuan and the Malaysian government.
Government has approved subsidized helicopter services in ten sectors of _____J&K and Himachal Pradesh.
Note:
The Union Government has approved subsidized helicopter services in 10 sectors of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and
Himachal Pradesh (HP) to connect inaccessible destinations.
Officers of the State Government on tour, Income tax payers or tourists will not be eligible for subsidized fares.
The operator of the services will be selected by the open tender process by the State Government.
Majuli recently became the first island district of India. Majuli is located in ____Assam.

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9. The state government that officially launched AIR Regional News Units Facebook page _____Chhattisgarh.
Note:
The Facebook page will display an array of photographs and videos on the social life and the happenings in
Chhattisgarh, besides the daily regional news from the state.
10. Gujarat Chief Minister has dedicated 2 mbps download and 512 kbps upload digital connectivity to ___6000villages.
Note:
Now 6,000 villages out of 14,000 are given 2 Mbps connectivity through BSNL network.

Important News World

1. The host city of the 2016 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit ___Vientiane, Laos.
Note:
In the summit, the ASEAN leaders will review the progress of implementation of ASEAN Community Blueprints
2025.
The theme for the 2016 summit was Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community.
The ASEAN Summit is a semiannual meeting held by the member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in
relation to economic and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries.
2. The 2016 BRICS Wellness Workshop held in ____Bengaluru.
Note:
It will be organize by Ministry of AYUSH, in collaboration with Research and Information System for Developing
Countries (RIS).
3. The worlds first driverless bus service has started in___Lyon, France.
Note:
The buses can hold up to 15 passengers and features like LIDAR radar technology and motion sensors will help to
avoid accidents.
4. India has signed an open skies agreement with the country___Greece.
Note:
Greece has become the first country with which India has inked an open sky arrangement under its new civil
aviation policy.
The government can enter into an open sky air services agreement on a reciprocal basis with SAARC nations as
well as countries with territory located entirely beyond a 5,000 kilometre radius from New Delhi.
5. The United Nations charter has been translated into Sanskrit by_____ Dr Jitendra Kumar Tripathi.
Note:
Currently, the UN Charter is available in all six official languages viz. Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.
6. Who has launched first mission to collect samples from asteroid ___NASA.
Note:
The US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has launched its first mission to
collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth in hopes of learning more about the origins of life.
The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx (unmanned) blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
7. The 2016 BRICS conference on Urban Transition was be held ___ Visakhapatnam.
8. The International Buddhist Conclave 2016 will be held in___India.
Note:
It will be held in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh from October 3, 2016 to promote Buddhist sites in Bodhgaya and Sarnath.
9. Who has tested stealth-defeating quantum radar____China.
Note:
China has successfully developed and tested a radar system that uses quantum entanglement to beat the stealth
technology of modern military aircrafts.
This radar was developed by the Intelligent Perception Technology Laboratory.

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Books & Authors

1. The book Imagine Me Gone has been authored by____Adam Haslett.
Note:
The novel is about how love and frustration shape the family dynamics of those affected by psychological
instability.
2. The book 'Six Machine' is the autobiography of the cricketer___Chris Gayle.
Note:
The book chronicles how a shy, skinny kid from a tin-roofed shack in the back streets of Kingston became one of
the most well-known stars in the global cricketing arena.
3. The book The Girls has been authored by____ Emma Cline.
Note:
It is the thrilling account of a young woman getting sucked into a terrifying world.
4. The book Hot Milk has been authored by____Deborah Levy.
Note:
It is a story of an intense relationship between a sickly mother and her daughter set in a small Spanish fishing
village.
5. The book 'His Bloody Project' has been authored by____Graeme Macrae Burnet.
Note:
It is a story of poverty in the tiny crofting community of Culduie in the Scottish Highlands.
The book is shortlisted for 2016 Man Booker prize.
6. The book 'Anything but Khamoshi' is the biography of____Shatrughan Sinha.
Note:
Books authored by Bharathi S Pradhan.
It is a rivetingly honest read that retraces the hurrahs and heartaches of Indias most popular Bihari Babu.

Honours & Award

1. An ecologist and conservation activist from India has won the 2016 Heritage Heroes Award of the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN)____Dr. Bibhuti Lahkar.
Note:
He has become the first Asian and the first individual from Assam to win this prestigious environmental award.
2. Who has bagged the best film award at the 2016 BRICS Film festival___Thithi.
Note:
Thithi is a Kannada-language dramatic comedy movie, which is co-written and directed by Raam Reddy.
3. Who has been declared free from Yaws and Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus by the World Health Organization
(WHO)___India.
Note:
India has received WHOs certificates for MNTE & Yaws-free India at the 69th session of Regional Committee of
WHO at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
4. The famous film director has won the prestigious 2015 J.C. Daniel Award for his outstanding contribution to the
Malayalam film industry___K.G. George.
Note:
The award carries a purse of Rs.1 lakh and a citation and will be given by the State government in the State Film
Awards at Palakkad, Kerala.
5. First Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club __Anjum
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Anjum played 12 Tests, 127 ODIs and 18 T20 Internationals for India.
She scored 548 runs in Tests with 4 half centuries while in 50 overs format and scored 2856 runs with a century
and 18 half-centuries.
6. Who has won the MM Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction 2016 in UK_____Stuart Blackburn.
Note:
The book tells the story of the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh during British India.
The award is named in memory of writer-historian Bennetts who was a specialist in early 19th century British
history and the Napoleonic wars.
7. The worlds longest bullet train network with over 20,000 km of track has established in ____China.
Note:
The network is part of the network of passenger-dedicated lines in service.
8. Who has been honoured with Tamil Ratna award by America Tamil Sangam (ATS) in New York____Subramanian Swamy.
Previous Tamil Ratna awardees include Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman and movie director Bharathi Raja.
9. Who will be conferred with Simon Wiesenthal Centres highest honour the Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian
Laureate____Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Note:
He will be felicitated for promoting human dignity, interfaith, relations and tolerance among people.
The award ceremony will be held on 21st September in New Delhi.
10. Who has won the Best Horticulture State award of ICFA at the 9th Agricultural Leadership Summit 2016.____Haryana.
Note:
For its concerte efforts made to increase the income of the farmers in horticulture.
The award was received by Haryana Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar at 9th Agricultural Leadership Summit 2016
in New Delhi.

Obituaries
1. Worlds oldest cricketer from South Africa and passed away recently___ Lindsay Tuckett.
2. The veteran journalist associated with Sulabh Patrika passed away ___Ramsewak Shrivastava.

Sports News
1. Who has won the 2016 US Open Womens Singles title ____Angelique Kerber.
Note:
German professional tennis player Angelique Kerber has won the 2016 US Open Womens Singles tennis
tournament by defeating Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) in the final by 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
She became the first German player to win the tournament since Steffi Graf in 1996.
2. Indian athlete who has become the first Indian woman to bag a medal at the Paralympics is ___Deepa Malik.
Note:
She has won the silver medal in Womens shotput F-53 at Rio Paralympics 2016.
She became the first-ever woman from India to win a medal at the Paralympics.
3. Indian para-athlete Devendra Jhajharia has won gold medal in ____ Javelin Throw.
Note:
He has won Gold Medal in the mens javelin throw, F46 event at the Rio Paralympics 2016.
He becomes only the second gold medalist at the Paralympics for the country.
4. The winner of the 2016 MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament __Indian Railways.
5. Who has won the 2016 Italian Grand Prix Formula One World Championship___ Nico Rosberg.

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He has won the 2016 Italian Grand Prix Formula One World Championship in Monza, Italy.
6. Indias flag bearer in the closing ceremony of the Rio Paralympics is ______ Thangavelu Mariyappan.
7. The first Indian cueist to win a medal at the Sangsom 6 Red Snooker World Championship _____Pankaj Advani.
Note:
Fifteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani has become the first cueist from India to win a medal at the
prestigious Sangsom 6 Red Snooker World Championship as he settled for a bronze after losing the semifinal to
Chinese Ding Junhui, in Bangkok.
8. Sports person who has been nominated for the Padma Bhushan by Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) ____Sushil Kumar.
9. The winner of the 2016 US Open Mens Singles title____Stan Wawrinka.
Note:
Swiss professional tennis player Stan Wawrinka has defeated world no 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic
(Serbia) to claim a third Grand Slam title at the US Open tennis tournament 2016.
10. The winner of the 2016 US Open Mens Doubles title_______Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares.
Note:
Jamie Murray (Britain) and Bruno Soares (Brazil) has won the 2016 US Open Mens Doubles title.
They defeated Spains Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2,6-3.
11. Sikkims Sushmita Rai has won a bronze medal at _____the World Martial Arts Masterships 2016.
12. Who has won the Durand Cup2016 Football Title___Army Green.
Note:
In the final of Asias oldest football tournament in New Delhi, Army Green defeated Neroca FC 6-5 via penalty
shootouts.
Army Green serves as one of the football teams for the Indian Army.
The Durand Football Tournament is a football competition in India which first held in 1888.

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