Important Current Affairs for IBPS PO (Mixed) == Deepak Sandhu became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner recently. She took over from Satyananda Mishra. == Tokyo city won the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. == British Indian billionaire brothers Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja won a Lifetime Achievement Award in Britain. == The ruling Cambodian Peoples Party (CPP) of incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen has been reelected to power in Combodia. == Ryan Campbell became the youngest pilot to fly across the globe solo on a single engine aircraft. He achieved the world record at the age of 19 years. == The sports is in news recently as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that wrestling to be the part of Olympics in the 2020 and 2024 Games. == Jacques Rogge of Belgium is in news recently as he retired from the post of the President of International Olympic Committee (IOC). Thomas Bach of Germany was elected as the 9th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He is the successor of Jacques Rogge of Belgium. == M. Hamid Ansari presented the First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award 2013 to Dr. Shashi Tharoor recently. == Russia lifted the ban on import of non-basmati rice from India. It also lifted the ban on the oilseeds. == A novel by Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland, was shortlisted among the six books for the Man Booker Prize 2013. Lowland was published by Bloomsbury. == Afghanistan defeated India to win the South Asian Football Federation Championship 2013. This is the first time that India has faced defeat from Afghanistan. == Johnson Sirleaf was conferred with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2012. She is the 1st democratically elected Liberian President. == SEARO Countries elected Indias Poonam Khetrapal Singh as the Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region. == The District Court of Saket, has recently announced the historic verdict in which the death penalty has been awarded to the four convicts of the 16 December 2012 Delhi gangrape case. == Tainted Cricketers S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan were handed life ban for IPL spot-fixing by BCCI == Indias most deterrent nuclear capable ballistic missile, Agni-5 was successfully test fired from Chandipur. == An Indian woman from south Dinajpur in West Bengal called Siddiqa Parveen was declared the worlds tallest woman. She is 7 feet 3.5 inches tall. == Kanoon Lugat, an Urdu law dictionary, a first of its kind in the country was released recently. == Bollywood actor John Abraham was on 16 September 2013 conferred the Pride of the Nation award. == The Indian wrestler Amit Kumar is in news as he bagged Silver Medal in 55 Kg Free Style category in the 2013 Senior World Wrestling Championship. == Abhinav Shiv Tiwaris OASS, a movie on human trafficking, was named the best film at the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) 2013. == Indian-origin American, Nina Davuluri is in news as she became the first Indian-origin to win the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. == Malala Yousafzai and Harry Belafonte received Amnesty Internationals Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013 on 17 September 2013 in Dublin, Ireland. == Tony Abbott was sworn in as Australias new Prime Minister on 18 September 2013 at Government House in Canberra, Australia. == Indian wrestler Bajrang Kumar has bagged a bronze medal in the 60 kilogram freestyle category at the World Wrestling Championships recently. == The Union Government of India hiked the import duty on gold from 10 percent to 15 percent. == Miss Nigeria, Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola won the Miss Muslimah World contest which was organised by the World Muslimah Foundation in Jakartha on 18 September 2013. == Kolkatas Mohammedan Sporting won the 126th Durand Foot ball tournment as it defeated ONGC 2-1 in the final in New Delhi on 19 September 2013. == Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 September 2013 announced that banks can open their branches in tier 1 centers without taking its permission in each case. == India on 20 September 2013 earned a maiden World Cup berth on the back of its best-ever sixth-place finish in mens freestyle at the World Championships. == Jawaid Akhtar was elected as the Chairperson of the International Coffee Council at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. == Government of India appointed Justice Vangala Eswaraiah the Chairperson of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) on 23 September 2013. == Bunker Roy and Pakistans teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai on 23 September 2013 declared as winners of the 2013s Clinton Global Citizens Awards. == Nairobi - The place is in news as armed terrorists allied with al-Shabab, a Somali group loyal to al-Qaeda attacked the Westgate Mall in Kenyan capital of Nairobi on 21 September 2013. == G20 Leaders Summit took place in St. Petersburg, Russia. == Chinese paddler Liu Shiwen on 23 September 2013 won womens table tennis World Cup after defeating teammate Wu Yang. == The Finance Minister announced on 25 September 2013 that Manmohan Singh has approved constitution of the 7th Central Pay Commission. ==> The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 20 September 2013 increased the repo rate or the short term lending rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 per cent from 7.25 per cent with immediate effect. This means that the Repo rate has been increased by 0.25 percent. == Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate reduced by 0.75 per cent to 9.5 per cent. The MSF rate is the one at which the other banks can borrow from the Central Bank. == The cash reserve ratio (CRR) remained unchanged at 4 percent. The cash reserve ratio (CRR) is the portion of the deposits which the banks need to maintain in cash with the RBI. The RBI, in the meanwhile, also brought down the minimum daily maintenance of CRR from 99 percent of the requirement to 95 percent with effect from 21 September 2013.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 04:25:15 +0000