ONE-LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS (25 MAY, 2016)

           (25 MAY, 2016)

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US Panel has blocked $300 million aid to Pakistan because of Pakistan’s inability in tackling the Haqqani terror network.

Jammu University Vice-chancellor Prof R.D Sharma banned the party’s youth wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in all educational institutions.

For Karnataka Urban water supply modernization project, the Government of India signs US $100 Mn loan agreement with World Bank (IBRD).

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Headquarter of World Bank is in Washington, D.C., United States

Total members of World Bank are 189

Latest member of World Bank is Nauru

‘Divyangjan’ Soshaktikaran Vibhag in Hindi will be the new name for the Department of Empowerment of persons with disabilities. The word ‘Viklangjan’ has been replaced by ‘Divyangjan’.

CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Kerala.

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Governor of Kerala is Shri Justice P. Sathasivam

Famous Classical dance of Kerala is Kathakali

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has made a new set of regulatory norms for deemed Universities. As per these regulation an institution will be eligible to  become a deemed university if it has undergraduate and 5 post graduate programmes with research inexistence for 3 years.

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The Chairman of UGC is Vipul Ved Prakash

To celebrate the Railway’s achievements during the last two years. Railway will launch Rail Hamsafar Saptaah from 26^th of this month to 27 June.

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Indian Railway Minister is Suresh Prabhu

Largest Railway platform is Gorakhpur

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry will launch ASMITA (All School Monitoring Individual Tracing Analysis), a student tracking system.

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HRD Minister is Smriti Irani

The first Humanitarian summit was held in Istanbul from 23 to 24^th May since World War II. It was inaugurated by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and hosted by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Turkey’s Currency is Turkish Lira

Banki Ki-moon is the current head of United Nations 

Mahindra & Mahindra incorporates Trringo, the tractor and farm equipment rental business company with a subscription of 50,000 shares of Rs 10 each aggregating Rs 5 lakh.

Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. (BHEL) has commissioned 800 MW thermal unit in Karnataka.

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Chief Minister of Karnataka is Siddaramaiah

Governor of Karnataka is Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala

Capital of Karnataka is Bengaluru

Classical Dance of Karnataka is Bharatanatyam

Kunal Shah and Govind Rajan have been named as Chairman and CEO of Freecharge.

Frances Arnold, a US biochemical engineer, has won the millennium Technology Prize for her work ‘directed evolution’ in Finland.

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Prime Minister of Finland is Juha Sipila

President of Finland is Sauli Niinisto

Currency of Finland is Euro

Capital of Finland is Helsinki

SM Seenivel, a newly elected AIADMK MLA, passes away.

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AIADMK stands for All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 

Mr. Burt Kwouk, a Pink Panther star passed away.

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