(Apply Online) IBPS Clerk (CWE CLERKS-VI) - 2016

Guidelines for scanning and Upload of Photograph (4.5cm × 3.5cm) & Signature

Before applying online a candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital) image of his/her photograph and signature as per the specifications given below.

Photograph Image:

• Photograph must be a recent passport style colour picture.
• Make sure that the picture is in colour, taken against a light-coloured, preferably white, background.
• Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face
• If the picture is taken on a sunny day, have the sun behind you, or place yourself in the shade, so that you are not squinting and there are no harsh shadows
• If you have to use flash, ensure there's no "red-eye"
• If you wear glasses make sure that there are no reflections and your eyes can be clearly seen.
• Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious headwear is allowed but it must not cover your face.
• Dimensions 200 x 230 pixels (preferred)
• Size of file should be between 20kb–50 kb
• Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50kb. If the size of the file is more than 50 kb, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as the DPI resolution, no. of colours etc., during the process of
  scanning.

Ref: UGC Advt. dated 25.05.2013

Recruitment to the post of Lower Division Clerks (LDCs) Examination-2013

1. Reference is invited to the above mentioned advertisement for recruitment to the post of Lower Division Clerks (LDCs). The written examination for the same is scheduled to be held on 25th August,
2013 (SUNDAY) from 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon in single session only.

2. Further, the e-Admit Cards to the candidates, who have completed the registration process of online application (Step II) & have been found provisionally eligible for appearing in the Written Examination, have been issued through e-mail at their registered e-mail ID.

3. The candidates may download (http://www.ugcldcrectt13.in/#ugc::registration)/ print e-Admit Cards from UGC website (www.ugc.ac.in) in case they don’t receive the e-Admit Card through e-mail by 16th August, 2013.

19 August, 2013

Facebook secures $6.5 bn revolving credit from JPMorgan

Social networking giant Facebook has tied up with JPMorgan Chase Bank for a revolving credit facility worth up to $6.5 billion, which will be utilised towards capital expenditure and general corporate purposes.

In a revolving credit facility, the bank guarantees an amount that can be lend to consumer or corporates. The borrower is required to pay a commitment fee besides incurring some other expenses related to the facility.

Diageo's Indian-origin CEO Ivan Menezes to get up to Rs. 105-cr pay package

The world's largest spirits maker Diageo Plc has proposed an annual pay package of up to 10.9 million British pound (about Rs. 105 crore) for its newly appointed, Indian-origin CEO Ivan Menezes.

Menezes, who has been with UK-headquartered Diageo for about 13 years, was paid total remuneration of 7.8 million pounds (Rs 75 crore) in the last financial year ended June 30, 2013 when he served as Chief Operating Officer.

Upon his promotion as CEO with effect from July 1, he has been given an 8.6% hike in base salary to one million pounds (about Rs. 9.6 crore) and would be entitled to further benefits totalling up to 9.9 million pounds (Rs 95 crore) a year, Diageo said in its latest annual regulatory filing.

Mahindra & Mahindra Q1 net up 13%

Recruitment of (CWE Clerks-II. ) Clerical Cadre in Participating Organisations

Cutoff of  CWE Clerks-II Exam

Further process of provisional allotment under CWE Clerks-II, against available State/UT wise and categorywise vacancies (as on 31.07.2013 which have been given in Annexure A) for Clerical cadre in 2013-14 in Participating Organisations, has been completed. Provisionally allotted candidates are being intimated individually at the email address and mobile number recorded with IBPS at the time of online registration for CWE Clerks-II.

Recruitment of 525 Assistants, Reserve Bank of India - 2013

Roll Nos. of Candidates shortlisted for the Interview for the post of Assistant for which Online examination was held on July 20, 21, 27 and 28, 2013

All the successful candidates are advised to send photocopies of the certificates in support of their Date of Birth, Academic Qualifications (Mark sheets of all years and Degree certificate), Caste Status (if SC/ST/OBC), Disability Certificate (for Persons with Disability - PWD), Release Certificate for the Ex-Servicemen as per applicable proforma provided in Annex II to the advertisement and Experience Certificate, if any, to the Regional Offices of Reserve Bank of India for which they had made the application for recruitment.

They are also requested to take a print out of the relevant proformae furnished below, duly complete them and send along with copies of above mentioned certificates to the Regional Director, Human Resource Management Department at the addresses of the respective Regional Offices appended below by Courier/ Speed Post so that it reaches them within ten days of the date of publication/declaration of result

First Quarterly Report of SBI, 2014

Consolidated Results

Highlights

• Operating Profit declined from Rs.10,786 crores in Q1 FY13 to Rs.10,329 crores in Q1FY14.

Recruitment in Clerical Cadre in 20 Public Sector Banks

Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Participating Organisations listed at (A) as a Clerk or in a similar post in that cadre, is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process- (CWE Clerks-III). Candidates who appear and are shortlisted in the examination, will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and co-ordinated by IBPS. Depending on the State/UTwise available vacancies in Participating organisations, candidates shortlisted will be allotted to one of the Participating Organisations, keeping in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative convenience, etc.

This system of Common Recruitment Process –common written examination, interview and allotment- for recruitment of Clerical cadre posts in Participating Organisations has the approval of the appropriate authorities. IBPS, an autonomous body, has received a mandate from the organisations mentioned at (A) below to conduct the recruitment process as mentioned above, once a year. Prospective candidates will have to apply to IBPS  after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process of examination, interview and allotment, eligibility criteria, online registration processes, payment of prescribed application fee/ intimation charges, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters etc. and ensure that they fulfill the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes.

National River Conservation Programme (NRCP)

National River Conservation Programme (NRCP) is the centrally sponsored Scheme implemented by the central Government jointly with the State Government on a cost-sharing basis. The pollution abatement works under NRCP presently cover identified polluted stretches of 39 major rivers in 185 towns spread over 20 States in the country.

Highlights of PMEAC Economic Review 2012-13

The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) under the Chairmanship of C Rangarajan on 23 April 2013 presented the Economic review 2012-13.
Find here the highlights of the Economic Policy Review presented by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council:

• India’s economy is expected to grow 6.4 percent in the new financial year that began on 1 April 2013.

• PMEAC pegged the WPI inflation at around 6 percent and food inflation, at 8 percent.

• FY13 bank credit growth at 14.1% vs 17% in the year-ago period. Bank credit growth lower due to weak credit demand & tight liquidity.

• Net FDI at 18 billion dollars in FY13. FII inflows at 24 billion dollar in FY13 We expect net FDI inflow at 24 billion dollars and FII at 18 billion dollars for FY14

• The fiscal deficit of the Centre for 2012-13 is estimated to be 5.2% of GDP. It was 520924 crores Rupees in 2012-13 as per revised estimates, and is expected to be 542499 crores Rupees in 2013-14 as per budget estimates.

• Current Account Deficit is estimated to be 94 billion dollars (5.1% of GDP) in 2012-13 and is projected to be 100 billion dollars (4.7% of GDP) in 2013-14.

• Merchandise trade deficit is estimated to be 200 billion dollars (10.9% of the GDP) in 2012-13 and is projected to be 213 billion dollars (9.9% of GDP) in 2013-14.

• Net invisibles earnings are estimated to be 105.8 billion dollars (5.7 % of GDP) in 2012-13 and are projected to be 113 billion dollars (5.3 % of GDP) in 2013-14.

• It is estimated that for 2012-13 the net inflow of FDI was 18 billion dollars (26 billion inbound and 8 billion dollars outbound). For 2013-14 EAC has projected higher inbound flows of the order of 36 billion dollars. Outbound FDI is also expected to increase, resulting in net FDI inflow of 24 billion dollars.

• FII inflows were weak in the first quarter of 2012-13, but picked up in the second and third quarters. For the year as a whole, portfolio inflows are estimated to be close to $24 billion. Portfolio capital flows are projected to be 18 billion dollars in 2013-14.

• The total inflows under the head of loans are estimated to be about 30 billion dollars in 2012-13. This comprises mostly of external commercial borrowings (ECBs) and short-term loans. The projected figure for 2013-14 is $36 billion.

• The total banking capital inflows for 2012-13 are estimated to be $24 billion and are projected to be at 22 billion dollars for 2013-14.

Reserve Bank of India to Start Plastic Money Project on Trial Basis

The Reserve Bank of India on 16 April 2013 announced that it would start the introduction of Plastic Notes in the market on trial basis. The announcement was made by the Deputy Governor of RBI, K.C. Chakrabarty in Mangalore. The Deputy Governor in his announcement informed that the Central Bank would launch the plastic notes the denomination of 10 rupees and will continue with other small denominations depending upon the success of these notes. The introduction of the scheme would start on a trial basis following the mandate of the Union Government to introduce plastic/polymer currency notes of 10 rupees on a field trial in five cities of India. The date for launch of the Plastic Notes was not cleared by the Bank.

NEEPCO granted Miniratna–Category–1 Status

North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) was conferred with the Miniratna – Category – 1 status by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 8 April 2013. NEEPCO was earlier the schedule ‘A’ Corporation.

Status of Category-I Miniratna Firms

Category-I Miniratna firms can incur the capital expenditure on modernization, new projects as well as equipment purchase without the approval of the Government, up to 500 crore Rupees. The Category-II Miniratna firms, on the other hand, have the financial freedom of spending up to 300 crore Rupees or 50 percent of total net worth, whichever out of these is lower.

Financial Services Executives are proposed to be engaged by various Offices of the Corporation on Contract basis for 3 years under the jurisdiction of Zonal Office, Hyderabad.

Financial Services Executives

Total Posts: 107

Education Qualification: Applicant shall possess the Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established under a statute.Preference may be given to those applicants who possess the Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Marketing / Management. Good working knowledge of English and also one Regional language preferably local language is desirable. Knowledge of soft skills such as Power Point / Word / Excel would be additional advantage.

Indian Women Cricket Team defeated Bangladesh Women 3-0

Indian Women made a clean sweep in the three-match Bangladesh Women in India One Day International Cricket Series, 2012/13 against Bangladesh on 12 April 2013 after winning the third and the final match at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad. India defeated Bangladesh by 58 runs in the third match.

Scores of the third Match

India Women: 154 all out in 48.3 overs

Highest run getters from India were Swagatika Rath scored 30 runs and Harmanpreet Kaur scored 29 runs

Bangladesh Women: 96 all out in 41.1 overs

Highest Run getter from Bangladesh was Salma Khatun scored 22 runs

Before the ODI series, the Indian women also made a clean sweep T20 international series against Bangladesh Women with 3-0 on 5 April 2013.

Indian Women’s Cricket Team Won the Twenty20 International Series against Bangladesh

The Indian women’s cricket team finished the Twenty20 International series against Bangladesh Women with 3-0 clean sweep in Vadodara in the final match on 5 April 2013. India won the final match by 10 runs against Bangladesh. The second game was won by India by seven wickets, thereby winning the series already. The T-20 International series against Bangladesh began on 2 April 2013. India and Bangladesh women’s cricket team will now play three One-Day Internationals. The first ODI will be played on 8 April 2013 in Ahmadabad.

Facts about India and Bangladesh Twenty20 International series

• The first match was played on 2 April 2013 at Vadodra. The score was- India Women 143/3 (20/20 ov); Bangladesh Women 94/7 (20/20 ov).

• The second match was played on 4 April 2013 at Vadodra. The score was- Bangladesh Women 88/4 (20/20 ov); India Women 91/3 (18/20 ov).

• The third match was played on 5 April 2013 at Vadodra. The score was- India Women 123/9 (20/20 ov); Bangladesh Women 113/7 (20/20 ov).

ICC Test Rankings

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin are the only two Indian Cricketers to figure out among the top-10 in the latest ICC Test Rankings in batting and bowling respectively released on 21 April 2013. Pujara with 777 ranking points retained his position at number seven in the batting chart of the ICC rankings released. Ashwin was static at the sixth position in the list of top ten bowlers with 757 points. Hashim Amla, the South African batsman was listed as the top ranking batsman in the list and is followed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies and A B de Villiers of South Africa. While in the rankings of bowlers, Dale Steyn, the South African pace spearhead was ranked as the best bowler with 905 ranking points. Dale Steyn is followed by his teammate Vernon Philander and Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath. In context of the test-playing all-rounder’s there was no change in the ranking. Jacques Kallis of South Africa remained at first position and is followed by Shakib. The gap between the points of these two increased by 35 points. The Captain of Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor earned his career best 29th position in the rankings with his undefeated feat of 171 and 102 not out against Bangladesh. He jumped 49 positions to grab this position.

Shane Watson Stepped Down as Vice-Captain

The Australian Cricketer and all-rounder player, Shane Watson on 20 April 2013 stepped down from the position of Vice-Captain of the Australian International test Cricket team. His decision came up before the Champions League and the Ashes Series that is scheduled to be organized in England in July 2013.

India completed a 5-0 Whitewash of Indonesia

India completed a 5-0 whitewash of Indonesia in the Asia-Oceania Group I Davis Cup relegation play-off tie in Bangalore on 7 April 2013 as Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri posted straight-set wins in their respective reverse singles. Somdev outplayed David Agung Susant 6-3 6-1 in little over an hour while Yuki Bhambari registered a thumping 6-0 6-1 victory over Wisnu Adi Nugroho. India stay in Asia Oceania Group-I and will strive to qualify for the World Group in 2014. India had already retained their place in the group, after they took a lead of 3-0 on 6 April 2013.

Women’s Tennis Ranking

American Serena Williams was ranked number one in an unchanged top 10 issued on 8 April 2013 by the WTA(Women Tennis Association). Williams has 11,115 points to her credit while Russia’s Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka of Belarus got 10240 and 9325 points respectively. WTA top 10 women tennis players are as following: (1) Serena Williams, United States, 11115 points (2) Maria Sharapova, Russia, 10240 (3) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 9325 (4) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 6845 (5) Li Na, China, 5880 (6) Angelique Kerber, Germany, 5500 (7) Sara Errani, Italy, 5405 (8) Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 5225 (9) Samantha Stosur, Australia, 3790 (10) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 3760.

Monterrey Open Tennis Tournament 2013

(Joining Schedule) Recruitment Through Common Recruitment Process For The Post of Specialist Officers