Current Affairs September 2013 for IBPS/Banking & SSC Exams

Here we are sharing important current affair updates and general knowledge to boost up your preparations for upcoming IBPS PO recruitment and various SSC Exams.

• India Won First Under-21 Johor Cup of Hockey tournament by defeating Malaysia.
• Malala Yousufzai has been honored with 2013 Peter J Gomes humanitarian,a prestigious award, by Harvard Univversity.
• Ravinder Kumar, Editor of ‘The Statesman’ newspaper has been elected as the president of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for the year 2013-14.
• Chief of the Odisha Cricket Association, Ranjib Biswal was appointment as the new Chairman of the IPL who succeeds Rajiv Shukla, who resigned at the end of his tenure.
• Narayanaswamy Srinivasan has been re-elected as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a third term.
• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare named former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid as the brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign.
• The Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, allotted a Customized Pin Code to the Supreme Court of India. The Pin Code allotted to the Supreme Court is ‘110 201’.
• Rafiq Kathwari, an Indian-American poet on 29 September 2013 selected for 2013 Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award for the collection of his debut poems.
• Venkat Rahul Ragala from Andhra Pradesh on 7 September 2013 won weightlifting gold at Asian youth Games in Guangzhou.
• Indian social activist Anna Hazare has been honored with the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity conferred by the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law at a function held in Vancouver, Canada.
• Sudha Singh of Railways won gold medal in women’s 3000m steeplechase in 53rd National Open Athletics Championship.
• Megan Young of Philippines on 28 September 2013 was crowned Miss World 2013 at the Bali Nasa Dua Convention Center in Bali, Indonesia.
• Ruchira Kamboj was appointed as the Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO, Paris with the rank of Ambassador.
• Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel won a third term by in German elections.
• Ravindra Kumar, Editor of The Statesman was elected President of The Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2013-14.
• India beat China in the 8th Asia Cup Women hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur to win the Bronze on 27 September 2013.
• Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan was awarded with the Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013. 
• Pond’s Femina Miss India World 2013 Navneet Kaur Dhillon won the Multimedia Award at the Miss World 2013 held in Bali, Indonesia.
• The Supreme Court of India on 27 September 2013 held that citizens have the right to reject all candidates contesting an election.
• Sri Srinivasan was on 26 September 2013 sworn in as judge of the US Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit.
• Horticultural mail order company Thompson & Morgan developed a plant called The TomTato, which can produce tomatoes and potatoes.
• Randall Oliphant, Executive Chairman of the Canadian gold producer New Gold Inc., has been appointed as the Chairman of the World Gold Council (WGC) . 
• Chinese table tennis player Liu Shiwen clinched Women’s Table TennisWorld Cup 2013 after beating teammate Wu Yang in the final play of the tournament held in Kobe, Japan.
• Australia unveiled its most powerful super computer Raijin in Canberra on 31 July 2013.
• Sarah Outen (28), an adventurer from Britain who spent 150 days at sea to become the first woman to row solo from Japan to Alaska.

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Indian National Congress Notes for SSC & UPSC Exams

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS : History Notes

* Founded by 1885 by A.O. Hume.

* Venue of 1 st Session – Gokul Tejpal Sanskrit School of Bombay.

* First President – W.C. Banerjee. * First Women President – Annie Besant (1917 Calcutta). 

* First Indian Women President – Sarojini Naidu.(1925, Kanpur)

* First English President – George Yule * First Muslim President – Badaruddin Tayabji

* Women President – Annie Besant (1917), Sarojini Naidu (1925) and Nalin Sengupta. 

* Thrice President (Maximum times)– Dadabhi Naoroji (1886,1863,1906), J.L. Nehru (1929, 1936, 1937).

* First Session to hold in village – 1937 (Fazipur). * First split of congress – 1907 (Surat). * First – Joint Session of Congress and Muslim League Lucknow (1916).

* Word Swaraj was first used from congress platform (1906) Calcutta.

* Only session presided over by Gandhi – Belgaon (1924).

* Complete Independence was demand for the first time (1929), Lahore.

* For the first time NationalSong was sung in the Calcutta Session (1896) of INC. i.e., Vande Mataram * For the first time National Anthem (Jana Gana Mana ) Was sung in Calcutta session (1911) of INC.

* Maulana Abul Kalam Azadwas the youngest president of Inc.

* The first session of congress (Bomaby 1885) was attended by 72 representatives.During the fourth session of INC (1888,Allahabad) emphasized was given on formation of its constitution. * Nagpur Session (1891) the word ‘National’ was added to Congress. * Poona session(1895), representatives second time discussed on the formation of its constitution.

* Calcutta session of 1906, its president for the first time used ‘ Swaraj’ in his speech. * In Lucknow Session of Congress (1916) the two factions of congress (extremists and Moderates) reunited.

* During Ahmedabad Session of INC (1921) , C. R. Das was elected its President but Azamal Khan presided over the session because C.R. Das was in prison.

* During Gaya Session (1922 ) differences arose over the issue of council entry. C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru organized Swaraj Party in 1922.

* During its Delhi session (1923) INC decided to establish All India Khadi Borad.

* Gandhi presided over only Belgaon session (1924) of INC * During this session knowledge of weaving wasfixed as minimum qualification for its members. Gandhi decide toset up ‘All India Charkha Association declared 1926’ as year of keeping silent.

* During Guwahati session of Inc (1926) wearing Khadi was made compulsory for its workers.

* During Madras session of INC 91927), proposals for independence and to boycott Simon commission were passed. Gandhi did not participate.

* During Karachi Session (1931) Fundamentals Rights and Economic PolicyProposals Passed.

* During its 1932 and 1933session government had declared it an illegal organization.

* During Lucknow Session (1936), J.L. Nehru explainedsocialism for the first time.* During Fazipur Session (1937) congress decided to take part in election of 1937. * 1938 session of congress held in a village Haripura.Netaji elected unopposed. * In Ramgarh Session (1904) decisions onIndividual Satyagarha.

* The word “Congress” Or INC was taken from the history of USA which means group of people.

* During Tripuri Session Of INC (1939) Subhash Chandra Bose Defeated Pattabhi Sitaramaya(Gandhi’s candidate in presidential election) but later resigned and Rajendra Prasad became its president.* During Calcutta Session (1928) first All India Youth congress was established.

Important Points of General Science for SSC Exams

01 The theory of relativity was propounded by Albert Einstein

02 The principal metal used in manufacturing steel is Iron.

03 An alimeter is used for measuring Altitude

04 Oology is the study of Birds eggs

05 Radioactivity was discovered by Henry Bacquerel

06 The metal used in storage batteries is Lead.

07 The instrument used to measure the relative humidity of air is Hygrometer.

08 Barometer was invented by Torricelli

09 The unit of power is Watt.

10 Radium was discovered by Marie and Pierrie Curie.

11 The existence of isotopes was discovered by Frederick Soddy

12 Dynamo was invented by Michael Faraday

13 The nuclear reactor was invented by Enrico Ferni.

14 The law of gravitation was propounded by Sir Isaac Newton.

15 Crescograph was invented by J.C.Bose.

16 Crescograph is used to measure the Rate of growth of a plant.

17 Galileo's first scientific discovery was Pendulum.

18 Microscope was invented by Aaton Van Leewen Hock

19 The scientist who is known as father of modern biology is Aristotle

20 The first person to see a cell under microscope was Robert Hooke.

21 The smallest flowering plant is Worffia.

22 The four blood groups were discovered by Karl Landsteiner.

23 Sodium was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy.

24 The atomic number of oxygen is Eight.

25 The basic building blocks of proteins are Amino acids.

26 The botanical name of the cotton plant is Gossipium Hirsutum.

27 An Electroscope is used to Detect charges on a body.

28 The unit of loudness is Phon.

29 An ammeter is used to measure Electric current.

30 Plant that eat insects are called Insectivorous plants.