December 2014 Current Affairs

1st December

1. Baichung Bhutia became the first Indian Footballer to conferred AFC Hall of Fame Award
2. Renowned theatre personality Veenapani Chawla died at 67
3. Earth’s most abundant mineral named as Bridgmanite
4. First bio-fuel powered bus became operational in UK
5. Researchers identified that Brain has weak spot for schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease
6. 45th International Film Festival of India concluded in Goa
7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off first passenger train to Meghalaya from Assam
8. Global campaign Girl Rising launched in New Delhi to create awareness on girl education
9. PM Narendra Modi coined acronym SMART for police forces across the country
10. Egypt court declared Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a terrorist group
11. The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence announced
12. Rohtak sisters who thrashed molesters to be honoured on Republic Day
13. Mascot for the 2016 European football championship named Super Victor
14. Former Arunachal Chief Minister Jarbom Gamlin passed away
15. Vijay Mallya resigned as Director of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd

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2nd December

1. Union Home Ministry approved appointment of OP Singh as Director General of NDRF
2. President Pranab Mukherjee presented Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards
3. South Korean fishing boat Oryong 501 sank in Bering Sea
4. Union Ministry of CA rejected reappointment of Vijay Mallya as MD of Kingfisher Airlines
5. Union government decided to amend the Consumer Protection Act 1986
6. Bollywood actor-comedian Deven Verma died at 78
7. Maoist attacked CRPF personnel in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh
8. Russia launched new generation GLONASS-K navigation satellite
9. Global Warming to impact Polar Bear population in Canadian Arctic Archipelago by 2100
10. Union government announced 28000 crore rupees package for laying new rail lines in North-East
11. Egypt court dropped charges against former President Hosni Mubarak
12. Veteran music critic SV Krishnamurthy passed away

Manipal University M.Tech Admission 2015

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, branded as Manipal University is a deemed university located in Manipal, Karnataka,India. It has over 28,000 students from 52 countries. The university has branch campuses in Bangalore, Mangalore, Sikkim, Jaipur,Dubai, Malaysia and Antigua. It is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

Specializations Available  :

• Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
• M Tech Astronomy & Space Engineering
• M Tech Digital Electronics & Advanced Communication
• M Tech Biomedical Engineering
• M Tech Energy Management, Auditing & Lighting
• M Tech Chemical Engineering
• M Tech Engineering Management
• M Tech Computer Aided Mechanical Design & Analysis
• M Tech Environmental Engineering
• M Tech Industrial Biotechnology
• M Tech Computer Science & Engineering
• M Tech Manufacturing Engineering & Technology
• M Tech Computer Science Information Security
• M Tech Microelectronics
• M Tech Network Engineering
• M Tech Construction Engineering Management
• M Tech Control Systems
• MTech BioChemical
• MTech in Industrial Pollution and Control
• MTech in Nuclear Engineering
• MTech in power Electronics system and control

Eligibility

The candidates must have passed the following courses with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate.

GATE EXAM

Gate or Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an exam conduct to test students in technical and aptitude. GATE exam is an selection criteria for students to get admission in to various IITs NITs and other universities to get admission in to M Tech. GATE exam is conducted by the IITs on rotation basis. In year 2015, Gate exam was conducted byt IIT Khanpur. These days many PSUs are recruiting on the basis of the students GATE score only.
GATE is conducted for 100 marks out of which 85 marks are from technical branch and 15 marks are from English and aptitude. 

CAT EXAM

CAT o Common Admission Test is an computer based test which is used as the selection criteria for various IIM and other Business schools. Cat Exam tests students on quantitative ability, data interpretation, verbal ability and logical reasoning. The Indian Institutes of Managment IIMs started CAT exam and use the test for selecting students for various administrative programs. Every year each IIM conduct this exam on basis of rotation.