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17.5.16

Recruitment @ Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Recruitment

••   Recruitment @ Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Recruitment.

••   Post Name :Operator (Field)

••   Total Posts :196

••    Educational Qualification :
  SSC | SSLC | 10th pass with ITI | NTC from NCVT (Govt. recognized 2 years course) with 70% marks (65% for SC|ST|PWD candidates) in Various Trades.

••   Selection Process :
  Shortlisted candidates will be called for a written test and / or Skill Assessment & Physical Fitness.

••   How to Apply :
    Candidates may apply Online through the website
* www.bharatpetroleum.com

* from 20.05.2016 to 06.06.2016.

••   Mind It Dates :
  √ Starting Date for Submission Of Online Application : 20.05.2016
  √ Last Date for Submission Of Online Application : 06.06.2016

**    Apply Online 

**    For Official Notification Go to    www.bharatpetroleum.com 


Notification @ SBI Clerk Official Language Change Option Activated

••    Notification @ SBI Clerk Official Language Change Option Activated.

••   SBI has activated the link for the change of Official Language. Those who want to change the official language in their application for the Clerk- Junior Associates can change it now. An email is also sent by SBI to the candidates regarding the same.

••   The link will remain active till 05th June’2016.

**    Click Here 2 Change Language 


17 May @ Today's Current Affairs For SSC Exam, SBI Exam, RRB Exam, UPSC Exam @ All Competitive Examinations.

••   17 May @ Today's Current Affairs For SSC Exam, SBI Exam, RRB Exam, UPSC Exam @ All Competitive Examinations.

•    The theme of the 2016 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day that is observed annually on 17 May is - ICT Entrepreneurship for Social Impact

•    The South Korean author, who won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel 'The Vegetarian' is - Han Kang

•    Scientists of this country built the world’s first scanning helium microscope to study human, animal and plant samples in pristine form – Australia

•    The country that launched the Yaogan-30 remote sensing satellite on board the Long March 2-D rocket – China

•    The campaign launched by the British Royals to tackle stigma of mental health – Heads Together

•    He was sworn in as the acting Chief Justice of Tripura High Court - Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei

•    The three-member Indian women's archery team who were named for the Rio Olympics are -  Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi

•    The doctoral researcher from IIT-Kharagpur, who bagged the European Materials Research Society’s (EMRS’s) Young Scientist Award - Nandini Bhandaru

•    The United Nations project that has turned testimonies of displaced people in Ukraine into “books” - Living Library

•    A new fund that will be launched at UN World Humanitarian Summit to assist millions of children whose education has been disrupted by conflicts and natural disasters - Education Cannot Wait

•    NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from New Zealand's South Island Wanaka Airport to conduct - Near-space scientific investigations

•    The island of Thailand that will be closed from tourism as heavy tourism is negatively affecting natural resources and the environment - Koh Tachai

•    Hockey player who will lead the Indian team at the FIH Champions Trophy in London from 10 to 17 June 2016 is - PR Sreejesh, the goalkeeper

•    NTPC Limited formed Joint Venture with which company to revive plants of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited - Coal India Limited

•    India held the first round of Maritime Security Dialogue with - United States

•    The former Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court who was recently appointed the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court is - Justice Deepak Gupta

•    Name of the robot lawyer that was hired by the law firm BakerHostetler to assist with bankruptcy cases is - ROSS

•    The winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, the longest-running annual international TV song competition, is – Ukraine

•    The Maharashtra Ex-Servicemen's Corporation recently launched a military tourism initiative in Pune, named - Veer Yatra


Most Important @ List of Latest Appointments in India 2016

• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Narendra Modi, Chairman

• Lok Sabha, Speaker : Mrs. Sumitra Mahajan

• Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) : Anil Kumar Sinha, Director

• Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) : Rajinder Khanna, Director

• National Security Guard (NSG) : Jayanto Narayan Choudhury, Director-General

• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) : Prakash Mishra, Director-General

• Border Security Force (BSF) : Devendra Kumar Pathak, Director-General

• Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) : Arvind Ranjan, Director-General

• Railway Protection Force. (RPF) : P. K. Mehta, Director-General

• Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : Krishna Chaudhary, Director-General

• Sashastra Seema Bal : B. D. Sharma, Director-General

• Lok Sabha, Secretary-General : T. K. Viswanathan

• Rajya Sabha, Chairman : Mohammad Hamid Ansari

• Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman : P. J. Kurien

• Rajya Sabha, Leader of House : Arun Jaitley

• Rajya Sabha, Leader of Opposition : Ghulam Nabi Azad

• Rajya Sabha, Secretary-General : Shumsher K. Sheriff

• Principal Secretary to Prime Minister : Nripendra Misra

• National Commission for Backward Classes : Justice V. Eshwaraiah, Chairman

• National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) : Ms. Shanta Sinha, Chairperson

• National Commission for Scheduled Castes : Dr. P. L. Punia, Chairman

• National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) : Dr.Rameshwar Oraon, Chairman

• Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) : Deepak Gupta, Chairman

• National Commission on Farmers (NCF) : Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman

• National Institution for Transforming India (Niti Aayog) : Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman

• Chief Election Commissioner : Syed Nasim Zaidi

• Election Commissioner : Achal Kumar Jyoti

• Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) : K. V. Chowdary

• Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) : R. K. Mathur

• Comptroller and Auditor-General of India : Shashi Kant Sharma

• National Human Right Commission (NHRC) : Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Chairperson

• Cabinet Secretary : Pradeep Kumar Sinha

• National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal Security) : Ajit Kumar Doval

• National Investigation Agency (NIA) : Sharad Kumar, Director-General

• Railway Board : A. K. Mital, Chairman

• Intelligence Bureau (IB) : Dineshwar Sharma, Director

• Indian Coast Guard : Vice-Admiral Anurag G. Thapliyal, Director-General

• Defence Intelligence Agency : Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh, Director-General

• University Grants Commission (UGC) : Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman

• Defence Research and Development Organisation. (DRDO) : Dr. S. Christopher, Director-General

• Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government : Dr. R. Chidambaram

• Space Commission and ISRO : A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman

• Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy : Ratan Kumar Sinha, Chairman

• National Commission for Minorities : Naseem Ahmad, Chairperson

• Staff Selection Commission (SSC) : Amitava Bhattacharya, Chairman

• Indian Council of Medical Research : Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Director-General

• India and Census Commissioner : C. Chandramouli, Registrar-General

• Law Commission of India : Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, Chairman

• Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) : Dr. B. N. Suresh, President

• National Forest Commission : Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal, Chairman

• National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) : T. Nanda Kumar, Chairperson

• Border Roads Organisation : Lt. General AT Parnaik, Director-General

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) : Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor

• Press Council of India : Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad, Chairman

• Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) : Ravindra Pisharody, Chairman

• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) : R. K. Tewari, Chairman

• Central Board of Excise and Customs : Mrs. J.M. Shanti Sundharam, Chairman

• Competition Commission of India : Ashok Chawla

• Central Administrative Tribunal : Justice Syed Rafat Alam, Chairman

• National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) : R.S.T. Sai, CMD

• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) : Dinesh K. Sarraf, CMD

• GAIL : B. C. Tripathi, CMD

• The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) : Sunil Kanoria,

• Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) : S. Behuria, Chairman

• Oil India Ltd : Sunil Kumar Srivastava, CMD

• Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) : Dr. Satbir Bedi, Chairperson

• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) : U. K. Sinha, Chairman

• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) : Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman

• Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) : Sumit Mazumder, President

• Prasar Bharti Board : Dr. A. Surya Prakash, Chairman

• Investment Commission : Ratan Tata, Chairman

• Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) : Jagmohan Dalmiya, President

• International Cricket Council (ICC) : Mr. Zaheer Abbas, President

• NASSCOM : B V R Mohan Reddy, Chairman

• National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) : Ramesh Sippy, Chairman

• Children’s Film Society : Mukesh Khanna, Chairman

• United News of India : Ravindra Kumar, Chairman

• Press Trust of India (PTI) : Mahendra Mohan Gupta, Chairman

• Indian Newspaper Society (INS) : Kiran B. Vadodaria, President

• State Bank of India (SBI) : Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman

• Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) : M. S. Raghavan, Chairman

• Company Law Board : Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh, Chairman

• India’s Permanent Representative to UN : Asoke Kumar Mukerji

• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) : S. K. Roy, Chairman

• Central Water Commission : Ashwin Pandya, Chairman

• National Commission for Women : Ms. Lalitha Kumarmangalam, Chairperson

• 14th Finance Commission : Dr. Y. V. Reddy, Chairman

• National Statistical Commission : Dr. Pronob Sen, Chairman

• Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) : Pahlaj Nihalani, Chairperson

• Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) : Dr. Rakesh Tewari, Director-General

• Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) : Harshavardhan Neotia, President

• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) : Ram Sevak Sharma, Chairman

• Enforcement Directorate : Dr. Rajan Katoch, Director

• Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) : R. V. Verma, Chairman

• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre : Dr. Sekhar Basu, Director

• Indian Olympic Association : N. Ramachandran, President

• National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) : Prof. B.K.Tripathi, Acting Director