Current Affairs - Sergei Magnitsky :- Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky

Sergei Leonidovich Magnitsky (Russian: 8 April 1972  16 November 2009) was a Russian accountant and auditor whose arrest and subsequent death in custody generated international media attention and triggered both official and unofficial inquiries into allegations of fraud, theft and human rights violations.[1] Magnitsky had alleged there was a large-scale systematic theft from the Russian state sanctioned and carried out by Russian officials. He was arrested and eventually died in prison seven days before the expiration of the one year term during which he could be legally held without trial.[2] In total, Magnitsky served 358 days in Moscow's notorious Butyrka prison. He developed gall stones, pancreatitis and a blocked gall bladder and received inadequate medical care. A human rights council set up by the Kremlin found that he was beaten up just before he died.[3] T

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Current Affairs - MSF :- Mdecins Sans Frontires

Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF) (pronounced  ( listen)), or Doctors Without Borders, is a French secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.[1] The organization is known in most of the world by its French name or simply as MSF, but in Canada and the United States the name Doctors Without Borders is commonly used. In 2007 over 26,000, mostly local, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, logistical experts, water and sanitation engineers and administrators provided medical aid in over 60 countries. Private donors provide about 80% of the organization's funding, while governmental and corporate donations provide the rest, giving MSF an annual budget of approximately US$400 million.[2]

Current Affairs - IMF :- International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that was initiated in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference and formally created in 1945 by 29 member countries. The IMF's stated goal was to stabilize exchange rates and assist the reconstruction of the worlds international payment system post-World War II.

Current Affairs - John Kerry :-US Secretary of State

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician who is the 68th and current United States Secretary of State. He served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1985 to 2013, and was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Kerry was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 Presidential Election but lost to incumbent George W. Bush.

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Current Affairs - Lulzsec :- Hacking Group

Lulz Security, commonly abbreviated as LulzSec, is a computer hacker group that claimed responsibility for several high profile attacks, including the compromise of user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011. The group also claimed responsibility for taking the CIA website offline.[1] Some security professionals have commented that LulzSec has drawn attention to insecure systems and the dangers of password reuse.[2] It has gained attention due to its high profile targets and the sarcastic messages it has posted in the aftermath of its attacks.

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English Word - knuckles

Meaning :- A part of a finger at a joint where the bone is near the surface, esp. where the finger joins the hand. Sentence :- knuckles of both hands overlap.

Engish Word - oppression

Meaning :-  the exercise of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner.

Sentence :- This broad scope denies people the right to resist oppression, even to struggle against dictatorship.

Engish Word - Blasphemy

Meaning :- Blasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or the irreverence towards religious or holy persons or things

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Bangladesh PM rules out blasphemy law

Engish Word - Bellicose

The word 'Bellicose' i read from BBC news online . The news statements was


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North Korean rhetoric has been increasingly Bellicose

Meaning
Willingness to Fight