Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS)

• ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Other names - Lou Gehrig's disease (Lou Gehrig was a famous baseball player in United States), Charcot disease
• One of the five Motor Neuron Diseases (MND)
• ALS is a neurodegenerative disorder with various causes.
• Global day of recognition of ALS/MND - June 21
• Challenge for ALS awareness and encourage donations to research - Ice Bucket Challenge

India at 2014 Asian Games

The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, is a multi-sport event celebrated in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4, 2014.

"Diversity Shines Here" is the official slogan of the Games.

Three Spotted seal siblings (Chumuro, Vichuon and Barame) is the official mascot of XVII Asiad.

Sardar Singh, captain of India's hockey team, was the flag-bearer for the country during the opening ceremony of 17th Asian Games.

Indian Gold medallists in 2014 Asiad

Shooting

• Jitu Rai --- Men's 50m Pistol

Wrestling

• Yogeshwar Dutt --- Men's Freestyle 65 kg

Athletics

• Seema Punia --- Women's Discus Throw
• Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur, M. R. Poovamma --- Women's 4 x 400 metres relay

Squash

• Saurav Ghosal, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Harinder Pal Sandhu & Kush Kumar --- Men's Team

Archery

• Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar & Abhishek Verma --- Men's Compound Team

Tennis

• Sania Mirza & Saketh Myneni --- Mixed doubles

Boxing

• Mary Kom --- Women's Boxing Flyweight (51 kg)

Field Hockey

• Men's Team

Kabaddi

• Women's kabaddi team
• Men's kabaddi team

India at Glasgow CWG 2014

The 2014 Commonwealth Games (officially the XX Commonwealth Games) were held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014.

The motto of Commonwealth Games 2014 is People, Place, Passion.

Clyde, an anthropomorphic thistle named after the river which flows through the centre of Glasgow, was the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

India's Olympic silver medallist pistol shooter, Vijay Kumar was the flag-bearer for the country during the opening ceremony of 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Indian Gold medallists in Glasgow 2014

Weightlifting

• Sanjita Khumukchan --- Women's Weightlifting (48 kg)
• Sukhen Dey --- Men's Weightlifting (56 kg)
• Sathish Sivalingam --- Men's Weightlifting (77 kg)

Shooting

• Abhinav Bindra --- Men's Shooting (10 metre air rifle)
• Apurvi Chandela --- Women's Shooting (10 metre air rifle)
• Rahi Sarnobat --- Women's Shooting (25 metre pistol)
• Jitu Rai --- Men's Shooting (50 metre pistol)

Wrestling

• Amit Kumar --- Men's Wrestling (57 kg)
• Vinesh Phogat --- Women's Wrestling (48 kg)
• Sushil Kumar --- Men's Wrestling (74 kg)
• Babita Kumari --- Women's Wrestling (55 kg)
• Yogeshwar Dutt --- Men's Wrestling (65 kg)

Athletics

• Vikas Gowda won a gold in the Men's Discus throw event, thus winning the first gold medal for India in men's athletics in 56 years.

Squash

• Dipika Pallikal & Joshna Chinappa --- Women's Doubles (The first gold for India in Squash at Commonwealth Games)

Badminton

• Kashyap Parupalli won a gold in Badminton Men's Singles, becoming the first Indian male shuttler in 32 years to win a gold medal in the singles event at the Commonwealth Games.

SSC CGL exam structure

The Examination will be conducted in three tiers as indicated below:

Tier -I -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

Tier -II -- Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)

Tier -III -- Personality Test cum Interview/Computer Proficiency Test/

Skill Test (wherever applicable)/Document Verification

Tier I Examination

A. General Intelligence + Reasoning - 50 marks

B. General Awareness - 50 marks

C. Quantitative Aptitude - 50 marks

D. English Comprehension - 50 marks

Duration: 2 hours

Total Marks - 200

There is no sectional cut off.

Tier II Examination

I.Quantitative Abilities : 200 marks (100 Questions)

Duration: 2 hours

II.English Language & Comprehension: 200 marks.

Duration : 2 hours

Total Marks : 400

There is no separate cut-off for Tier II.

It is calculated on the basis of total sum of Tier I + Tier II marks.

Interview

Total Marks: 100

So final selection is based on the combined marks of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Interview. (Total marks = 200 + 400 + 100 = 700)

SIDBI PO - Exam Date and Exam Pattern

The on-line examination for recruitment of SIDBI Officers in Grade ‘A’ is scheduled on September 2 and 3, 2014. The candidates will be having the online examination in either of the aforesaid dates

• The test structure for the examination is given below:

Sr. No.	Name of the Test	No. of Qs.	Maximum Marks	Time
1	Reasoning	50	50	Composite Time of Two Hours
2	English Language	40	40
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
4	General Awareness (with special reference to Banking Industry)	40	40
5	Computer Awareness	20	20
	TOTAL	200	200

• The test shall be of objective type and in Hindi and English except for the Test of English. Candidates have to select the most appropriate answer and ‘mouse click’ that alternative which they feel is appropriate/ correct. The alternative/option that is clicked on will be treated as the answer to that question. 
• There will be penalty for wrong answers i.e. for every wrong answer, one-fourth of the mark assigned to that question will be deducted from those obtained by the candidates. 
• The venue of the examination will be intimated through Call Letter/ Information Handout which will be sent to the candidates separately.

RBI Deputy Governors

There are four Deputy Governors in Reserve Bank of India. Traditionally RBI appoints Deputy Governors in the following pattern:

• Two out of the four Deputy Governors of RBI are appointed from the RBI cadre and is selected from the Reserve Bank's Executive Directors.
• One of the Deputy Governors will be nominated from the Chairpersons of the Public Sector Banks.
• The remaining one will be a reputed economist.

Current Deputy Governors of RBI are:

• H. R. Khan
• R. Gandhi
• Dr. Urjit Patel
• S. S. Mundra

H. R. Khan and R. Gandhi are from the RBI cadre. (Recently R. Gandhi replaced Anand Sinha as the Deputy Governor)

Dr. Urjit Patel is a reputed economist.
S. S. Mundra was the Chairman & Managing Director of Bank of Baroda. (In March 2014, Deputy Governor Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty resigned three months before his term was to end. On August 1, 2014, S.S. Mundra took charge as the Deputy Governor)

SSC CGL 2014 Tier-I exam date

New dates for the postponed SSC Combined Graduate Level 2014 Tier-I exam is announced by SSC officially on its revised exam calender 2014. The exam date for CGL 2013 Tier-II exam is also announced.

SSC Combined Graduate Level 2014 Tier-I exam dates are 

• 19.10.2014 (Sunday)
• 26.10.2014 (Sunday)

SSC Combined Graduate Level 2013 Tier-II exam dates are 

• 20.09.2014 (Saturday) (AN)
• 21.09.2014 (Sunday)

Revised Exam Calender - http://www.ssc-cr.org/noticeboard/EXAM_CALANDER_2014.pdf

Expected dates of SSC CGL 2014 exam

The postponed SSC CGL 2014 exam is rumoured to be happen in the last week of August and first week of September in multiple sessions. Official notification regarding this is yet to be published by Staff Selection Commission. 

The expected dates can be

• 31 August
• 7 September
• 14 September

Source: SSC ADDA

As it is a reliable source, we can hope for the best. :)

SBI Clerk 2014 exam dates and call letter download

Applicants of SBI clerk 2014 can now download their call letter for the online examination. The online examination is scheduled to be conduct in 14 sessions starting from July 19 due to large number of applicants.

Applicants can download their online exam call letter from here: 

http://ibps.sifyitest.com/sbiraccjul14/login.php?appid=a13deiasacndw4lqsiqe

Online exam dates are :

• July 19
• July 20
• July 26
• July 27
• August 2 
• August 3 
• August 9 
• August 10 
• August 16 
• August 17
• August 23 
• August 24
• August 30 
• August 31 

SBI Clerk previous cut off marks: http://sscbankpoclerk.blogspot.com/2014/06/sbi-clerk-previous-cut-off-marks.html

2014 State legislative assembly elections

Legislative assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim took place along with Lok Sabha elections held in April/May 2014.

Andhra Pradesh State Assembly election, 2014

• Combined election for 294 seats in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana legislative assemblies held on April/May 2014. (Telangana state officially became India's 29th state on June 2, 2014).
• In Andhra Pradesh, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) won a total of 102 seats out of the 175 assembly seats. The Chief Minister is N. Chandrababu Naidu.
• In Telangana, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) won a total of 63 seats out of the 119 assembly seats. The Chief Minister is K. Chandrashekar Rao.

Arunachal Pradesh State Assembly election, 2014

• Assembly elections to the Arunachal Pradesh assembly were held on April 2014.
• Indian National Congress (INC) won a total of 42 seats out of the 60 assembly seats.
• Chief Minister is Nabam Tuki.

Odisha State Assembly election, 2014

• Assembly elections to the Odisha assembly were held on April 2014.
• Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won a total of 117 seats out of the 147 assembly seats.
• Chief Minister is Naveen Patnaik.

Sikkim State Assembly election, 2014

• Assembly elections to the Sikkim assembly were held on April 2014.
• Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) won a total of 22 seats out of the 32 assembly seats.
• Chief Minister is Pawan Kumar Chamling.

Forthcoming state assembly elections

• Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra state legislative assembly elections will be held in late 2014.

Bank of Baroda and IDBI bank po recruitment through Manipal School of Banking program

Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda invites online application for Bank of Baroda Manipal school of banking program for the Post of Probationary Officer 2014-15.

Start date for Online Registration ->30.06.2014

Online Payment of Application Fees -> 30.06.2014 to 16.07.2014

Last date for Online Registration ->16.07.2014

Download of Call letter for Examination from -> 04.08.2014

Date of Examination (Tentative) -> 14.08.2014 (Thursday)

Detailed Advertisement: http://www.bankofbaroda.co.in/Careers/BMSBSelection.asp

Apply here: http://ibps.sifyitest.com/bobpojun14/

IDBI Bank

IDBI bank invites online application for IDBI Manipal school of banking program for the Post of Probationary Officer.

Opening and closing of payment Gateway -> June 30, 2014 - July 12, 2014
Opening and closing of gateway for submission of on-line application -> June 30, 2014 - July 12, 2014
Date of Written Test at all centers -> August 22, 2014

Detailed Advertisement: http://www.idbi.com/pdf/careers/Advertisementdetailed-IDBI-Manipal-School-of-Banking.pdf

Apply here: http://ibpsregistration.nic.in/ibps_idbipg/

SIDBI Bank Officer Recruitment 2014

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) invites online applications for recruitment of Officers in Grade 'A' - General Stream.

Post - Assistant Manager Grade 'A' - General Stream
Vacancies - 80

Age Limit: 21 to 28 Years as on 1st July 2014.

Educational Qualifications: Bachelor's or Master's Degree with minimum 60% (55% for SC/ST) marks in aggregate in any stream, in either of the two qualifications, from a recognized institute / University. 

Preference would be given to candidates possessing professional qualifications like CA, CS, ICWA, CFA, MBA, Engineering, and Diploma in Banking from a recognized Institute. Proficiency in computers is preferable.
Selection Process: Online Examination and Personal Interview.

Application Fee: Rs.500/- for General and OBC Category Candidates. No fee for SC/ST/PwD. The fee made through Online Payment Mode.

How To Apply: Eligible Candidates are required to Apply Online through Official website on or before 20/07/2014.

Important Dates:

Opening of On line Registration Gateway -> July 01, 2014 

Closing of On-line Registration Gateway -> July 20, 2014 

Cut off date for determining Eligibility Criteria with regard to age -> July 01, 2014 

Cut off date for determining Eligibility Criteria with regard to educational qualification -> July 20, 2014

Detailed Advertisement: http://www.sidbi.in/sites/default/files/careers/Detailed_advt_General_Stream.pdf
Apply here: http://ibps.sifyitest.com/sidbijul14/

Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant written test results of Kerala and Haryana circles

Result of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant paper 1 exam of Kerala and Haryana circles held on April 27, 2014 published.

Candidates for the above mentioned Postal Circles may check their status for Paper I by Logging into this website - http://www.pasadrexam2014.in/Dop_User_Login.aspx

Candidates shortlisted to appear in the Paper II may download the Admit Cards.

Schedule of Paper II (Computer Skill Test) for the following Postal Circles is as follows:

Postal Circles	Exam Date	Exam Time
Haryana (17)	12,13 &14 July 2014	09:00AM onwards in Batches of 2hr each. Please check your Admit Card for timings
Kerala (22)	12,13 &14 July 2014	09:00AM onwards in Batches of 2hr each. Please check your Admit Card for timings

SBI clerk previous cut-off marks

Section-wise cut-off is same for all states, but overall cut-off is different for different states. Total marks cut-off is given for Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Delhi, Odisha and Punjab (I will update the rest soon).

SBI clerk section-wise cut-off marks 2012 (same for all states)

Sr. No.	Subject	Total Marks	Minimum Qualifying Marks
			SC/ST/OBC VI/HI/OH XS/DepXS/DisXS	GEN
1	General Awareness	40	8	11
2	General English	40	9	14
3	Quantitative Aptitude	40	12	17
4	Reasoning Ability	40	10	14
5	Marketing Aptitude/ Computer Knowledge	40	10	13
	Total	200
	Interview	35	12	14
	Total	235

Category-wise Cut-off marks for Uttar Pradesh

	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	VI	HI	OH	XS	DepXS & DisXS
Written test cut-off marks for candidates to be called for interview: (out of 200)	122	107	146	155	98	70	130	122	70
Marks secured by lowest ranked selected candidate (cut-off for final selection): (out of 235)	156	144	163	175	127	96	161	135	92

Category-wise Cut-off marks for Tamil Nadu

	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	VI	HI	OH	XS	DepXS & DisXS
Written test cut-off marks for candidates to be called for interview: (out of 200)	119	105	119	119	70	70	111	117	70
Marks secured by lowest ranked selected candidate (cut-off for final selection): (out of 235)	146	141	163	168	108	104	143	139	115

Category-wise Cut-off marks for West Bengal

	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	VI	HI	OH	XS	DepXS & DisXS
Written test cut-off marks for candidates to be called for interview: (out of 200)	130	105	144	153	101	78	118	142	70
Marks secured by lowest ranked selected candidate (cut-off for final selection): (out of 235)	147	143	174	186	119	109	163	160	111

Category-wise Cut-off marks for Rajasthan

	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	VI	HI	OH	XS	DepXS & DisXS
Written test cut-off marks for candidates to be called for interview: (out of 200)	126	122	148	155	70	70	117	123	70
Marks secured by lowest ranked selected candidate (cut-off for final selection): (out of 235)	162	147	167	182	117	130	144	146	125

Category-wise Cut-off marks for Maharashtra

	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	VI	HI	OH	XS	DepXS & DisXS
Written test cut-off marks for candidates to be called for interview: (out of 200)	120	70	111	132	70	70	96	70	70
Marks secured by lowest ranked selected candidate (cut-off for final selection): (out of 235)	146	92	142	158	117	100	132	88	129

Category-wise Cut-off marks for Delhi/Haryana

	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	VI	HI	OH	XS	DepXS & DisXS
Written test cut-off marks for candidates to be called for interview: (out of 200)	129	138	136	153	114	70	112	127	70
Marks secured by lowest ranked selected candidate (cut-off for final selection): (out of 235)	161	173	160	170	137	103	143	139	131

Category-wise Cut-off marks for Odisha

	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	VI	HI	OH	XS	DepXS & DisXS
Written test cut-off marks for candidates to be called for interview: (out of 200)	125	103	148	151	76	101	120	134	70
Marks secured by lowest ranked selected candidate (cut-off for final selection): (out of 235)	145	132	166	182	131	141	156

Category-wise Cut-off marks for Punjab

	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	VI	HI	OH	XS	DepXS & DisXS
Written test cut-off marks for candidates to be called for interview: (out of 200)	118		139	149	70	70	123	88	70
Marks secured by lowest ranked selected candidate (cut-off for final selection): (out of 235)	136		167	176	101	107	154	103	125