Chief Ministers of Indian States Andhra Pradesh Shri Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Arunachal Pradesh Shri Nabam

Tuki Assam Shri Tarun Gogoi Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Chhattisgarh Dr. Raman Singh Delhi (NCT) Smt. Sheila Dikshit Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi Haryana Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda Himachal Pradesh Shri Virbhadra Singh Jammu and Kashmir Shri Omar Abdullah Jharkhand Shri Hemant Soren Karnataka Shri Siddaramaiah Kerala Mr Oommen Chandy Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Maharashtra Shri Prithviraj Chavan Manipur Shri Okram Ibobi Singh Meghalaya Dr. Mukul Sangma Mizoram Shri Lal Thanhawla Nagaland Shri. Neiphiu Rio Odisha Shri Naveen Patnaik Puducherry (UT) Shri N. Rangasamy Punjab Shri Parkash Singh Badal Rajasthan Shri Ashok Gehlot Sikkim Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling Tamil Nadu Selvi J. Jayalalithaa Tripura Shri Manik Sarkar Uttar Pradesh Shri Akhilesh Yadav Uttarakhand Shri Vijay Bahuguna West Bengal Km. Mamata Banerjee >>> PRESIDENTS OF INDIA <<< ************************* 1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad (January 26, 1950 May 13, 1962) 2. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (May 13, 1962May 13, 1967) 3. Dr. Zakir Hussain (May 13, 1967August 24, 1969) 4. Shri V Venkata Giri (August 24, 1969August 24, 1974) 5. Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (August 24, 1974Feb 11, 1977) 6. Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (July 25, 1977July 25, 1982) 7. Shri Giani Zail Singh (July 25, 1982 July 25, 1987) 8. Shri R. Venkataraman (July 25, 1987 July 25, 1992) 9. Dr.S.D. Sharma (July 25, 1992 July 25, 1997) 10. Shri K R Narayanan (July 25, 1997 25 July 2002) 11. Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (25 July 2002 25 July 2007) 12. Pratibha Patil (25 July 2007 25 July 2012) 13. Pranab Mukherjee (25 July 2012 Incumbent)

>>> IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS : 04.09.2013 <<< ****************************************** 1. Raghuram G. Rajan took over as the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India today. The 50year-old economist took charge from D. Subbarao. The duo shook hands warmly and hugged after Rajan signed a 65-year-old scroll, made of toughened paper, that bears the signatures of all governors and deputy governors of RBI. 2. In order to encourage capital flows, the RBI today eased the External Commercial Borrowing, ECB norms by allowing companies to use funds raised from foreign partners for general corporate purposes. 3. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appointed Rakesh Sood, Indias former Ambassador to Nepal, Afghanistan and France and the countrys first Ambassador in charge of Disarm ament in Geneva, as his new Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. 4. Noted Indian homeopath Mukesh Batra has been honoured with Asia's "most promising leader" award at a recent function in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for pioneering work in healthcare, using natural medicine. 5. Ronald Coase, the British-born US economist who was awarded the Nobel prize in 1991, died today in Chicago, the University of Chicago announced. He was 102. He studied at the University of London and London School of Economics and was famed for his 1960 article, The Problem of Social Cost, was the basis for the famous Coase Theorem. 6. The HRD Minister Dr. M M Pallam Raju today inaugurated the Sixth Global Skills Summit (GSS) at FICCI today. The Theme of the Summit is Industry Leads. 7. India and Japan on Tuesday agreed to "intensify" their negotiations on the civil nuclear pact towards an early conclusion at a high-level official meeting in Tokyo. 8. The Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal for setting up of the Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (BRLF) as an independent charitable society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. 9. Usain Bolt plans to retire after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Bolt said Wednesday he wants to win more gold in Rio, set another world record in the 200 meters next year, and perhaps win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. 10. In yet another victory for the security forces, Hizbul Mujahideens self styled commander Talib Lali was arrested from his native Ajas in Bandipore on Wednesday. 11. Faced with a tough economy and unstable rupee against the dollar, new RBI governor, Raghuram Rajan on Wednesday stressed the need for monetary stability saying it was a top priority. 12. Tommy Morrison, the former heavy weight champion, who was diagnosed positive for HIV died atthe age of 44. As a boxer, he was nicknamed as The Duke and in his entire boxing career; he played 52 professional fights and lost only 3 of them.

>>List of Longest, Largest, Biggest, Smallest, Tallest, Highest<< *********************************************** 1. Longest river (India) Ganges 2. Longest river (World) Nile 3. Longest tributary river of India Yamuna 4. Longest river of the south Godavari 5. Highest mountain peak Godwin Austin(k2) 6. Largest lake (Fresh water) Wular lake (Kashmir) 7. Highest Dam Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River 8. Largest Mosque Jama Masjid, Delhi 9. Longest Road Grand Trunk Road 10. State with longest coastline Gujarat 11. Longest tunnel Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) 12. Longest national highway NH-7 from Varanasi to Kanyakumari 13. Longest Dam Hirakod Dam (Orissa) 14. Longest River Bride Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna 15. Longest populated city Mumbai (1.60 crore) 16. Largest Museum National Museum, Kolkata 17. Largest Delta Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal 18. Largest Dome Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka) 19. Largest Zoo Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata 20. Largest man-made Lake Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar(Rihand Dam) 21. Largest Desert Thar (Rajasthan) 22. Highest Tower Pitampura Tower, Delhi 23. Smallest State (Area) Goa 24. Smallest State (Population) Sikkim 25. Highest Waterfall Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka) 26. Longest Electric railway line From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna 27. Densest populated State West Bengal 28. Largest cave temple Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra) 29. Largest animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar) 30. Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra) 31. Biggest Hotel Oberal Sharaton (Mumbai) 32. Largest State (Area) Rajasthan 33. Largest State (Population) Uttar Pradesh 34. Place of heaviest rainfall Mausinram (Meghalaya) 35. Largest corridor Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu) 36. Largest cantilever span bride Howrah Bridge (Kolkata) 37. Largest forest state M.P. 38. Highest straight gravity Dam Bhakra Dam 39. Longest Railway Platform Kharagpur (W. Bengal) 40. Largest Stadium Salt lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata 41. Largest Port Mumbai 42. Highest Lake Devatal (Garhwal) 43. Largest Lake (Saline water) Chika lake,Orissa 44. Highest Award Bharat Ratna

45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

Highest Gallantry Award Paramveer Chakra Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar Deepest river valley Bhagirathi & Alaknanda State with longest coastline of South India Andhra Pradesh Longest river which forms estuary Narmada Largest Church Saint Cathedral (Goa) Longest Beach Marina Beach, Chennai Highest Battle field Siachin Glacier Highest Airport Len (Laddakh) Largest river island Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam) Largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium.

Teachers day India = 5 Sept Pakistan = 5 Oct China = 10 Sept Germany = 5 Oct Sri Lanka = 6 Oct Malaysia = 16 May New Zealand = 29 Oct Brazil = 15 Oct

September 07: Top 10 Current Affairs 1. Tony Abbott will be sworn in as the 28th prime minister of Australia after tonight clinching an historic victory and ending six years of Labor rule. He will succeed Kevin Rudd as the prime minister. 2. In a notification issued from Mumbai on Friday, RBI has said that swap facility will be available to scheduled commercial banks for fresh foreign currency non-resident bank - FCNR(B) deposits mobilized for a minimum tenor of three years. Although the swap window will be operated on a daily basis on all working days in Mumbai, a particular bank can avail of the swap facility only once in a week. 3. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon set up a committee to examine feasibility of encrypted SMS-based fund transfers. There is substantial potential for mobile based payments. We will set up a technical committee to examine the feasibility of using encrypted SMSbased funds transfer using an application that can run on any type of handset. 4. The Foreign Investment Promotion

Board has cleared gold-loan company Muthoot Finances proposal to set up white-label ATMs in the country. Muthoot, which had received the RBI nod for the plan in June, is expected to set up its first batch of ATMs next month in one of the southern States. 5. SEBI has barred 34 entities from the capital market for fraudulent dealings in the shares of 12 companies. It has also restrained the main conspirator of the alleged manipulative trades, Sunil Mehta from accessing the securities market for a period of seven years. 6. Soulful strains of some of the most popular and best known western classical music compositions reverberated in the majestic backdrop of Zabarwan Hills when Zubin Mehta, world famous conductor, performed before a mesmerized audience in the Shalimar Gardens on the banks of Dal Lake this evening. 7. Thirty-two artistes under the age of 35 from all over the country in various categories of performing arts were today presented with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2011 by Sangeet Natak Akademi. 8. Delhi became the first State on Friday to lay down comprehensive guidelines for prevention of child abuse. The guidelines are slated to serve as a model for other States. 9. World champion Sebastian Vettel captured pole position on Saturday in a Red Bull one-two for the Italian Grand Prix. 10. British Indian billionaire brothers Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja have been presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for their contributions to UK's Asian community. ~~~****Important Information on Nationalised Banks****~~~ --------------------------------------------------------------------------1. The oldest Joint Stock Bank of India --Allahabad Bank

2. The bank founded by Freedom Fighter Dr. Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya --Andhra Bank 3. First bank to open a branch outside India -- Bank of India, London, 1946 4. The first bank to be given an ISO 9002 certificate for one of its branches --Canara Bank 5. The Postal Dept has issued a commemorative stamp in the name of this bank celebrating 100 years in 2011 --Central Bank of India 6. First Indian Bank to be wholly owned by Indians--Central Bank of India 7. The bank formed on the efforts of Lala Lajpat Rai --Punjab National Bank 8. The only merger of nationalised banks took place between --Punjab National Bank and New Bank of India in 1993 9. The bank whose brand equity is "Pygmy Deposit Scheme" --Syndicate Bank 10. The bank which was conceived by Shri GD Birla --UCO Bank 11. The bank which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 -- Union Bank of India 12. The largest among nationalised banks --Punjab National Bank 13. The bank established in the year 1913 as Bank of Mysore Ltd. at the instance of the banking committee headed by the great Engineer-Statesman, Late Dr. Sir M.Visvesvaraya -- State Bank of Mysore.

1. Karur Vysya Bank has won Best Banker Growth-Mid Sized award in the second edition of The Sunday Standard Best Bankers Awards 2013. 2. Mauritius today said it has invited Indian authorities for a fresh round of dialogue to sort out the issues related to their bilateral tax treaty and discussions are expected to be held later this month or in early October. 3. The Indian economy is likely to grow at 5.2 per cent in 2013 calendar year on the back of rising domestic demand, says a report by UN agency UNCTAD. 4. The two-day forum will focus on constructing an environment for sustainable human rights development. Over 100 officials, diplomats and human rights experts

from the UN and 33 countries are taking part in the sixth Beijing Forum on Human Rights that began on Thursday. 5. ICICI Bank Ltd, Indias largest private sector bank, has launched ICICI Bank Carbon in partnership with Visa. The ICICI Bank Carbon will be offered to select ICICI Bank credit card members only. It is available at an inaugural onetime fee 6. Central Bank of India and Suvidhaa today launched a prepaid card for retailers that will enable people to pay their utility bills, taxes and book tickets by going to the nearest Suvidhaa outlets. 7. People belonging to weaker sections in the country can also open zero balance accounts in foreign banks such as HSBC, Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank and avail free ATMcum-debit card facility. 8. Afghanistan prevailed to emerge Champions of the 2013 SAFF Championship at the Dasrath Stadium in Kathmandu. The Afghans, who won their maiden SAFF trophy exacted a sweet revenge for their humiliating 0-4 loss against the same opponents in New Delhi two years back. 9. Puneet Talwar, an Indo American was nominated as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs by the US President Barack Obama on 11 September 2013. 10. India and Japan have agreed to enhance cooperation in the areas of media content industry. The two sides also agreed to encourage and promote cooperation among the film and animation industries of Japan and India through its film festivals, co-production and other collaborative efforts.