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01 Mar 2016

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Funding Target Met for Syrian Refugees

As per the UN food agency, with an unprecedented response to its fundraising campaign, it could fully reinstate its food assistance to Syrian refugees.
As per the World Food Programme, the pledges, worth $675 million (620 million euros), will enable food assistance for refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt from March until the end of the year.
The immediate basic food assistance needs of 1.8 million refugees in the region and 4.5 million Syrians inside the country who rely on WFP assistance every day can be met.

UK Turns to India

The UK is turning to India in an attempt to fill thousands of vacancies for doctors and nurses in its state-funded National Health Service, but regulations and changing visa regime have been making the British medical system less attractive for Indian doctors.
Severe NHS staff shortages has forced majority of NHS trusts across Britain to turn to overseas countries like India and the Philippines.
The number of new Indian doctors registering with the General Medical Council (GMC) in the UK dropped from 3,640 in 2004 to just 534 last year.

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ENVIRONMENT

World's Only Brown Panda

A rare panda, which is the world’s only completely brown giant panda, has survived minus 30 degree Celsius temperature this winter.
The Qinling giant panda is a subspecies of giant panda that was recognised in 2005.
The world’s first brown panda was discovered in 1985 in the Qinling Mountains. Since then, there have been eight brown pandas found, but Qi is the last remaining alive.

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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

TCS Global Top Employer

Tata Consultancy Services has been recognised as a \'Global Top Employer\' by the Top Employers Institute.
Top Employers Institute assessed 1,072 companies worldwide, and rated TCS as an exceptional performer across nine core HR areas including talent strategy, workforce planning, on-boarding, learning and development, performance management and leadership development, among others.

Visa on Arrival to Japanese Nationals

Japanese nationals visiting India will start getting visa on arrival from March 2016.
This facility will be available at the following six airports: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, and can be availed for the purposes of business, tourism, conference and medical treatment.
The validity of this visa after entry will be for a period of 30 days.
India expects that the extension of this facility to Japanese nationals will further strengthen the business and tourism ties between the two countries.

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General Awareness

Daily G.K. - Top Stories

01 Mar 2016

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Funding Target Met for Syrian Refugees

UK Turns to India

ENVIRONMENT

World's Only Brown Panda

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

TCS Global Top Employer

Visa on Arrival to Japanese Nationals

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