Current Affairs - August third week

Here I am updating the Current events for third week of August. Read News papers and Watch Television daily to be a winner in Competitive exams and Quiz competitions. Olympics News is not provided in this for which a detailed post will be written later.

1.Pakistan President Pervez Musharaff resigns from his post of President

Key facts:After 9 years in in Office, Pakistan president Pervez Musharaff resigned.
He had come to power in a bloodless coup in 1999.

2.Israel to release 200 palestinian prisoners.

Israel celebrates it's 60 th year of foundation this year. Prme minister Ehud Olmert.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. Palestine is a country divided into two parts. Only Westbank portion is controlled by Fatah party-with prime minister Mahmoud Abbas. Gaza strip is controlled by Hamas.

3.RBI reveals the credit card outstandings have shot up by a whopping 87% at Rs 26,596 crore, during the January-May 23 period this year.

4.Masanobu Fukuoka Founder of one straw revolution movement in agriculture dies in Japan.

Key facts: He is the author of The One-Straw Revolution, The Road Back to Nature and The Natural Way Of Farming, was one of the pioneers of no-till grain cultivation. His system is referred to as "natural farming", Fukuoka Farming, or the Fukuoka Method.


5.Puspa Kamal Dahal popularly known as Pracahnda chosen as the New prime minister of Nepal.

Key facts: Nepal formerly a Hindu country is now a secular Republic. Maoists had got the maximum no. of seats in the Recent General election.King Gyanendra had to leave his palalce. Prachanda made his first foreign visit to China last week which is a significant change from his predecessors who made their first foreign visit to India after taking oath.

6.TRAI(Telecom regulatory authority of India) removes all restrictions on internet telephony in the country, allowing internet service providers (ISPs) to terminate internet telephony calls on phones, including mobile phones.

7.R. C Deka will be the New director of AIMS.

8.Reliance launches it's DTH Big TV -fourth DTH operator in India.

9. A Spanish airliner skidded off it's runway in Madrid airport killing 153 people on board .Worst aircrash of 2008 till date.

10.Inflation continued it's upward journey. It touched another high of 12.63% .

11.ISRO says India's first unmanned moon mission known as Chandrayaan-1 will be between October and December 2009.

Key facts: As part of Chandrayaan -1, India joined seven other nations to team up with Nasa for the future exploration of moon. ISRO director G Madhavan Nair.

12.Indiragandhi International airport in Newdelhi has the longest runway in Asia.

13.Delhi High Court bars top lawyers for criminal contempt.Former Congress MP R K Anand and ace criminal lawyer I U Khan—from appearing before it and its subordinate courts for four months for committing “criminal contempt’’ in the BMW hit-and-run case.

14. Tata threatens to pull out of Singur if the agitation continues.

Union Bank of India Asst Manager -Marketing and PO possible questions-- General awareness questions

Here's collection of General awareness questions for recently conducted bank PO exams. The previous questions will help you in getting high marks Asst Manager -Marketing and PO posts.
Asst Manager -Marketing which has the highest number of vacancies will have a question pattern same as of other PO tests.

01. Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a
(A) Music Director of Indian films
(B) English author of Indian origin
(C) Journalist
(D) Cricketer
(E) Sports Personality
02 ‘Richter Scale’ is used to measure
(A) Intensity of Tsunami Waves
(B) Intensity of Earthquake
(C) Density of salt in Sea water
(D) Flow of electric current
(E) speed
3. Which of the following best explains ‘e-governance’?
(A) Improving the functioning of government
(B) Teaching government emp-loyees the basics of computing
(C) Delivery of public services through internet
(D) Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet
(E) Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing
4. CAS is associated with which of the following ?
(A) Legal System Reforms
(B) Piped gas line
(C) Cable T.V.
(D) Mobile phone regulation
(E) None of these
5. Tata Steel which recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in—
(A) South Africa
(B) Ukraine
(C) Australia
(D) Italy
(E) Britain
6. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organi-zation/Agency working in the field of Space Research ?
(A) ISBN
(B) ISRO
(C) INTELSET
(D) INTACH
(E) None of these
7. ‘Handshaking’ in Networking parlance means—
(A) connecting computers to a hub
(B) distributed Networks
(C) having same operating system on different computers
(D) sending e-mail
(E) None of these
8. VAT stands for—
(A) Value And Tax
(B) Value Added Tax
(C) Virtual Action Tasks
(D) Virtual Assessment Tech-nique
(E) None of these
9. Alzheimer’sdiseaseistheailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body ?
(A) Kidney (B) Heart
(C) Liver (D) Stomach
(E) Brain
10. Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations these days. Which of the follo-wing countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the World ?
(A) U.S.A. (B) China
(C) India (D) Britain
(E) None of these
11. What is the population of India ?
(A) 98 crores
(B) More than 2 billion
(C) More than 1 billion
(D) Less than 96 crores
(E) 96 crores
12. Thermostat is an instrument used to—
(A) measure flow of current
(B) measure intensity of voltage
(C) regulate temperature
(D) regulate velocity of sound
(E) None of these
13. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with—
(A) Football (B) Cricket
(C) Hockey (D) Basketball
(E) Lawn Tennis
14. GNP stands for—
(A) Gross National Product
(B) Group Net Product
(C) Grand Nuclear Process
(D) Group Networking Process
(E) None of these
15. ‘Acoustics’ is the science of the study of—
(A) Light (B) Sound
(C) Electricity (D) Magnetism
(E) None of these
16. Noise pollution is measured in the unit called—
(A) micron
(B) nautical miles
(C) ohms
(D) ampere
(E) decibel
17. ‘Heavy Water’ is used in which of the following types of indus-tries ?
(A) Sugar
(B) Nuclear Power
(C) Textile
(D) Coal
(E) None of these
18. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Indomi-table Spirit’?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(C) Justice K. G. Balakrishna
(D) Mr. Natwar Singh
(E) None of these
19. Which of the following is not the name of popular IT/Software Company ?
(A) Wipro (B) Mastek
(C) Toyota (D) IBM
(E) Infosys
20. ‘Yen’ is the currency of—
(A) South Korea
(B) China
(C) Indonesia
(D) Malaysia
(E) None of these
21. Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates ?
(A) Microsoft Secrets
(B) The Road Ahead
(C) The Elephant Paradigm
(D) e-commerce
(E) None of these
22. Which of the following is the name of the social network service run by the Google on the internet ?
(A) Online Space
(B) Orkut
(C) Net-Space
(D) Wikipedia
(E) None of these
23. Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ?
(A) Goa
(B) Delhi
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Himachal Pradesh
(E) Bihar
24. DOT stands for—
(A) Disc Operating Therapy
(B) Department of Telephones
(C) Directorate of Technology
(D) Damage on Time
(E) None of these
25. Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely land locked having no contact with sea ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Orissa
(C) Maharashtra
(D) North-East
(E) None of these
26. TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following servi-ces ?
(A) Telecom (B) Trade
(C) Port (D) Transport
(E) None of these
27. At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication mode is—
(A) Very Small Aperture Termi-nal (VSAT)
(B) General Packet Radio Ser-vice (GPRS)
(C) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
(D) Dial-in Connection
(E) None of these
28. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India ?
(A) DBS Bank Ltd.
(B) Sonali Bank
(C) J. P. Morgan Chase Bank
(D) Shinhan Bank
(E) All are Foreign Banks
29. Who is the author of the book ‘Future Shock’ ?
(A) Alvin Toffler
(B) Tom Peters
(C) Napoleon Hill
(D) Kenneth Blanchard
(E) None of these
30. Apex fares are—
(A) more than the normal fare
(B) less than the normal fare
(C) offered only to corporate clients
(D) applicable to late night flights only
(E) applicable to international flights only
31. Who amongst the following is the Director of the film ‘Water’ which was in news ?
(A) Vidhu Vinod Chopra
(B) Mrinal Sen
(C) Gulzar
(D) Mahesh Bhatt
(E) None of these
32. The 10th plan period is upto which year
(A) 2007 (B) 2008
(C) 2009 (D) 2010
(E) None of these
33. OPEC is a group of countries which are—
(A) exporting oil
(B) producting cotton
(C) rich and developed
(D) developing and poor
(E) nuclear powers
34. Intel Company mainly produces—
(A) Hard disks
(B) VCDs
(C) Monitors
(D) Software
(E) None of these
35. Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of the major Steel Companies ?
(A) Shri L. N. Mittal
(B) Shri K. K. Birla
(C) Shri Kushalpal singh
(D) Shri Mukesh Ambani
(E) Shri Anil Agarwal
36. Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its education portal ‘Unlimited Potential’ in India ?
(A) Microsoft (B) Infosys
(C) Wipro (D) TCS
(E) None of these
37. Polly Umrigar who died was a well known—
(A) Cricketer
(B) Tennis Player
(C) Golfer
(D) Chess Player
(E) Hockey Player
38. In India Census is conducted after a gap of every—
(A) Five years
(B) Seven years
(C) Twenty years
(D) Ten years
(E) Fifteen years
39. Prof. Muhammad Yunus the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field of banking ?
(A) Core Banking
(B) Micro Credit
(C) Retail Banking
(D) Real Time Gross Settlement
(E) Internet Banking
40. Who amongst the following was India’s official candidate for the post of UNO’s Secretary Gene- ral ?
(A) Mr. Shyam Saran
(B) Dr. C. Rangarajan
(C) Mr. Shashi Tharoor
(D) Mr. Vijay Nambiar
(E) None of these
41. Mr. Gordon Brown is the the Prime Minister of—
(A) Italy
(B) Canada
(C) Germany
(D) South Africa
(E) Britain

Important National days in India

Some days assume some special importance.Don't skip this topic as it can be important in PSC,Bank, RRB and other exams. Important topic for Quiz competitions also.


Jan 12----------National Youth Day(Birthday of swami Vivekananda)
Jan 15----------Army Day
Jan 26 ---------Republic day
Jan 30---------Martyrs day(Martyrdom of MahatmaGandhi)
Feb 24---------Central Excise Day
Feb 28 -------National Science Day
May 1--------Workers Day
May 3 -------Press Freedom Day
May 11-------National Technology Day
May 24-------Commonwealth Day.
Aug 9 --------Quit India day
Aug 15-------Independence Day
Aug 29------National Sports Day(Hockey legend Dhyan chand's birth day)
Sep 5-------Teachers' Day(Birth day of former president S Radhakrishnan)
Sep 21-----Alzheimer's Day
Sep 26-----Day of the Deaf
Oct 2------Gandhi Jayanthi
Oct 8 -----Indian Air Force Day
Oct 10 ----National Post Day
Nov 14----Children's Day
Dec 4-----Navy Day
Dec 7 -----Armed Forces Flag Day
Dec 23 -----Kisan Divas

Longest rivers in the world

Geographical wonders like rivers were always part of General knowledge in PSC,Bank,Quiz,Trivia questions.Here is a list of ten major rivers on earth. Most important thing to note is that Nile is the longest river than Amazon as per latest surveys. But the largest is Amazon only in terms of Drainage area,discharge etc. The list is given in the order of River name, length, outflow water body, drainage area (km²),. discharge ( m³/s)


1.Nile ----------------------6650 km---- Mediterranean Sea----3,349,000------5,100

Countries in the drainage basin Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda,
Burundi, Egypt, Democratic Republic of the Congo

2.Amazon--- ---------------6400 km---- Atlantic Ocean-------- 6,915,000------219,000

Countries in the drainage basin: Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana

3.Yangtze------------------6300 km----- East China Sea-------18,00,000------31,900

Countries in the drainage basin: China

4.Mississippi/Missouri----- 6275 km-- --Gulf of Mexico---------28,80,000------16,200

Countries in the drainage basin: United States, Canada

5.Yenisei -------------------5539 km ---Kara Sea--------------25,80,000------19,800

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Mongolia

6.Huang Ho------------------ 5464 km----Bohai Sea------------7,45,000-------2,110

Countries in the drainage basin: China

7.Ob/Irtysh------------------5410 km---- Gulf of Ob-----------29,90,000-----12,800

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia

8.Congo/Chambeshi ----------4700 km ----Atlantic Ocean------36,80,000-----41,800

Countries in the drainage basin: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic,
Angola, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda

9.Amur -----------------------4444 km-----Sea of Okhotsk-----18,55,000----11,500

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia, China, Mongolia

10.Lena -----------------------4400 km----- Laptev Sea---------24,90,000----17,100

Countries in the drainage basin: Russia

Nobel Prize winners -2007

Nobel prizes are announced every year in October and prizes are distributed every year on Dec. 10. You should memorize the names of the Nobel prize winners to come out successful in PSC, Bank, RRBS and Quiz competitions.

Nobel Peace Prize----- former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Contribution---for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.

Nobel Prize in literature--- Doris Lessing from Britain

Nobel Prize for medicine-- R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies from U S along with Sir Martin J. Evans from Britain

Contribution--- for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a powerful technique for manipulating mouse genes.

Nobel Prize in physics---- Albert Fert from France and Peter Gruenberg from Germany

Contribution---for discovering a phenomenon that enables computers and digital music players to store reams of data on ever-shrinking hard disks.

Nobel Prize in chemistry --- Gerhard Ertl of Germany

Contribution--for his studies of chemical reactions on solid surfaces, which are key to understanding questions such as why the ozone layer is thinning.

Nobel Prize in Economics---- Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson of U S

Contribution---for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory.

Current Affairs---August Second week.

You should keep track of all current events if you want to score high in PSC , Bank PO or any other competitive tests.Good for Quiz competitions also.Here is list of current events for ths week

1. Abhinav Bindra wins first individual gold for India in Olympic history

Key facts:Bindra comes from Chandigarh.India has only won gold medal in hockey till now. India has won a total of 6 individual medals in Olympic history.Norman prichard won two silver medals in 1900.K.D Jadhav won a bronze in wrestling in 1952.Leander paes won bronze in Tennis in 1996. Malleshwari won bronze in 2000 in weightlifting. Rajyawardhan singh Rathore in shooting in 2004.

2.Amarnath row turns violent in Kashmir, 23 killed

Key facts:The protests had turned an ugly turn after Hurriyat leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz was killed in police firing.Earlier the protestors were trying to march towards POK capital Muzaffarabad with their fruit trucks.Jammu returns to normalcy after protets for a month.

3.India celebrated it's 61st independence day

Key facts:Pramod Satpati from Orissa and R P Diengdo from Meghalaya wins Ashok Chakra.

4. Pakistan president Musharaff to be impeached

Key facts:Pakistan two main parties PPP and PML(N) have moved the resolution.Pakistan Prime minister Yousuf Razza Gilani supports it.Pakistan army remains neutral.

5.Russia agrees on a cease fire with Georgia after one week of fighting

Key facts:Russia started the fight last week after Georgia attacked the disputed territory of North Ossetia. Russia captured the Georgian city of Gori -Stalin's birth place.Georgian presidentMichel Sakhashvili.Russian President -Dimitri Medvedev,Prime minister -Vladimir Putin.Georgia won independence after the breakdown of Soviet Union in 1990. Other countries that gained independence from Soviet rule in 1990 are
Kazhakhistan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Kyrghistan
Turkmenistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Belarus
Ukraine

6.Inflation touches a high of 12.44% during last week. International crude prices touched a 3- month low of $111 .

Key facts:Infaltion is the highest since March 1995 when it touched 16%.It was at 5% level in the beginning of 2008.Crude prices had touched an all time high of $147 in July.

7.Prime ministers Economic adviser C. Rangarajan predicted India's economic growth to slow down to 7.7% this year.

Key facts:India had been growing at a pace of 9% for the last four years . This will be the slowest in last 5 years.

8. Sixth pay commission repot approved by Cabinet.

Key facts:21% pay hike for 50 lakh Central government employees.Pay commission chairman Justice B N Srikrishna.Minimum basic pay fixe at Rs. 7000.

9.Michael Phelps wins eight golds in Beijing Olympics

Key facts:He is a swimmer from U.S. he broke the record of Mark spitz who had won 7 golds in 1972.

10.Nehru Trophy boat race won by Karichal chundan.India wins AFC cup football beating Tajikistan.

Key facts:Nehru Trophy boat race is held every year in Aleppey, Kerala. This boat race holds a world record for having the highest no. members in a single team-110 members.

Sobriquets-Geographical nicknames

Geographical nicknames or sobriquets as they are popularly known as forms an integral part of any PSC or Bank PO exam. Many Quiz or trivia questions are made using these. Here is a collection of a few sobriquets.

Africa ------------------------------------------The dark continent
Atlantic ocean---------------------------------- The hering pond
Netherlands---------------------------------The Land of Canals
Bangalore-------------------------------------- The garden city of India
Aberdeen-------------------------------------The Granite city
Turkey ----------------------------------------The sick man of europe
Calcutta---------------------------------------- The city of palaces
Egypt------------------------------------------ The gift of Nile
Belgrade---------------------------------------The white city
Venice---------------------------------------The Queen of the Adriatic
Finland----------------------------------------- The land of thousand lakes
Japan ------------------------------------------The land of rising sun
Oxford ----------------------------------------The city of dreaming spires
Korea----------------------------------------The Hermit Kingdom
Punjab -----------------------------------------The land of rivers
Amritsar--------------------------------------- The city of golden temple
San Francisco-------------------------------The City of the Golden Gate
Huangho River-China--------------------------- The sorrow of china
Damodar River----------------------------------The Sorrow of Bengal
Rome ----------------------------------------- The city of seven hills
Thailand--------------------------------------- The land of white elephants
Bab el Mendab---------------------------------The gateway of tears
Moscow---------------------------------------The port of five seas
Cuba------------------------------------------The Sugar Bowl of the World
Chicago---------------------------------------The windy city
Gibraltar------------------------------------The key of Meditteranian
Guinea coast--------------------------------The White Man's Grave
Banrain-------------------------------------The island of pearls
Tristan da Cunha--------------------------- The World's Lonliest island

Modern Olympics -- Host countries and venues

City London	Year Country 2012 United Kingdom
Beijing	2008 China
Athens	2004 Greece
Sydney	2000 Australia
Atlanta	1996 United States
Barcelona	1992 Spain
Seoul	1988 South Korea
Los Angeles	1984 United States
Moscow	1980 U S S R
Montreal	1976 Canada
Munich	1972 Germany
Mexico City	1968 Mexico
Tokyo	1964 Japan
Rome	1960 Italy
Melbourne	1956 Australia
Helsinki	1952 Finland
London	1948 United Kingdom
Berlin	1936 Germany(No Olympics was held for 12 years due to Second World War)
Los Angeles	1932 United States
Amsterdam	1928 Holland
Paris	1924 France
Antwerp	1920 Belgium
Stockholm	1912 Sweden(No Olympics was held for 8 years due to First World War)
London	1908 United Kingdom
St Louis	1904 United States
Paris	1900 France
Athens	1896 Greece

Latest who's who-Important persons in India

It's very important for you to keep yourself updated with latest changes in higher posts of a country. Various PSC, PO and quiz competitions have a large no. of questions from latest who's who.

President of India-------------------------------Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil
Vice President of India,------------------------Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari
Prime Minister of India ----------------------- Dr. Manmohan Singh
Chief of Army Staff-------------------------General Deepak Kapoor
Chief of the Naval Staff---------------------Admiral Sureesh Mehta
Chief of Air Staff ----------------------------Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major
Chief justice of India------------------------Justice K G Balakrishnan
Speaker of Lok sabha----------------------Somnath Chatterjee
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha----------------Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari(Vice President)
Vice Chairman of the planning commission---Montek singh Ahluwalia(Chairman will be Prime Minister of India)
Reserve Bank Governor---------------------Y V Reddy

Important International days

Some days assume some special importance. In the various competitive exams the questions can be either asking for a day giving it's importance or can be the other way round.

Jan 10-----World Laughter Day

Jan 26-----International Customs Day

Jan 30-----World Leprosy Eradication Day

Feb 21 ----- International Mother Language Day

Mar 8------International Women's Day

Mar 15----World Consumer Rights Day

Mar 21----World Forestry Day

Mar 23----World Meteorological Day

Mar 24-----World TB Day

Apr 7-------World Health Day

Apr 22------Earth Day

May 1-------International Labour Day

May 8-------World Red Cross Day

May 12-------International Nurses Day

May 17-------World Telecommunication Day

May 24--------Commonwealth Day

May 31---------Anti-tobacco Day

June 5----------World Environment Day

June 20---------Father's Day

July 11----------World Population Day

Aug 6------------Hiroshima Day

Aug 9------------Nagasaki Day

Sep 8-------------World Literary Day

Sep 16------------World Ozone Day

Sep 26-------------Day of the Deaf

Sep 27-------------World Tourism Day

Oct 3---------------World Habitat Day

Oct 4--------------World Animal Welfare Day

Oct 16-------------World Food Day

Oct 24------------United Nations Day

Oct 30-------------World Thrift Day

Nov 14--------------Diabetes Day

Nov 21------------World Television day

Dec 1----------------World AIDS Day

Dec 10 ------------- Human Rights Day

Dec11 -------------- International Mountain Day

Dec 18 ------------- International Migrants Day

Countries &Their Capitals-sorted in alphabetical order

1. Afghanistan Kabul
2. Albania Tirana
3. Algeria Algiers
4. American Samoa Pago Pago
5. Andorra Andorra la Vella
6. Angola Luanda
7. Anguilla The Valley
8. Antigua and Barbuda Saint John's (Antigua)
9. Argentina Buenos Aires
10. Armenia Yerevan
11. Aruba Oranjestad
12. Australia Canberra
13. Austria Vienna
14. Azerbaijan (Baki)
15. Bahamas, The Nassau
16. Bahrain Manama
17. Bangladesh Dhaka
18. Barbados Bridgetown
19. Belarus Minsk
20. Belgium Brussels
21. Belize Belmopan
22. Benin porto-Novo
23. Bermuda Hamilton
24. Bhutan Thimphu
25. Bolivia La Paz
26. Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
27. Botswana Gaborone
28. Brazil Brasilia
29. British Virgin Islands Road Town
30. Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
31. Bulgaria Sofia
32. Burkina Faso Ouagadougou
33. Burma Pyinmana
34. Burundi Bujumbura
35. Cambodia Phnom Penh
36. Cameroon Yaounde
37. Canada Ottawa
38. Cape Verde Praia
39. Cayman Islands George Town
40. Central African Republic Bangui
41. Chad 'Djamena
42. Chile Santiago
43. China Beijing
44. Colombia Bogota
45. Comoros Moroni
46. Congo, Democratic Republic Kinshasa
47. Congo, Republic of the razzaville
48. Cook Islands Avarua
49. Costa Rica San Jose
50. Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro
51. Croatia Zagreb
52. Cuba Havana
53. Cyprus Nicosia
54. Czech Republic Prague
55. Denmark Copenhagen
56. Djibouti Djibouti
57. Dominica Roseau
58. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
59. East Timor Dili
60. Ecuador Quito
61. Egypt Cairo
62. El Salvador San Salvador
63. Equatorial Guinea Malabo
64. Eritrea Asmara
65. Estonia Tallinn
66. Ethiopia Addis Ababa
67. Falkland Islands Stanley
68. Faroe Islands Torshavn
69. Fiji Suva
70. Finland Helsinki
71. France Paris
72. French Guiana Cayenne
73. French Polynesia Papeete
74. Gabon Libreville
75. Gambia, The Banjul
76. Georgia T'bilisi
77. Germany Berlin
78. Ghana Accra
79. Gibraltar Gibraltar
80. Greece Athens
81. Greenland Nuuk (Godthab)
82. Grenada Saint George's
83. Guadeloupe Basse-Terre
84. Guam Hagatna (Agana)
85. Guatemala Guatemala
86. Guinea Conakry
87. Guinea-Bissau Bissau
88. Guyana Georgetown
89. Haiti Port-au-Prince
90. Honduras Tegucigalpa
91. Hungary Budapest
92. Iceland Reykjavik
93. India New Delhi
94. Indonesia Jakarta
95. Iran Tehran
96. Iraq Baghdad
97. Ireland Dublin
98. Isle of Man Douglas
99. Israel Jerusalem
100. Italy Rome
101. Jamaica Kingston
102. Japan Tokyo
103. Jersey Saint Helier
104. Jordan Amman
105. Kazakhstan Astana
106. Kenya Nairobi
107. Kiribati Tarawa
108. Korea, North Pyongyang
109. Korea, South Seoul
110. Kuwait Kuwait city
111. Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
112. Laos Vientiane
113. Latvia Riga
114. Lebanon Beirut
115. Lesotho Maseru
116. Liberia Monrovia
117. Libya Tripoli
118. Liechtenstein Vaduz
119. Lithuania Vilnius
120. Luxembourg Luxembourg
121. Macedonia Skopje
122. Madagascar Antananarivo
123. Malawi Lilongwe
124. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
125. Maldives Male
126. Mali Bamako
127. Malta Valletta
128. Marshall Islands Majuro
129. Martinique Fort-de-France
130. Mauritania Nouakchott
131. Mauritius Port Louis
132. Mayotte Mamoutzou
133. Mexico Mexico city
134. Micronesia Palikir
135. Moldova Chisinau
136. Monaco Monaco
137. Mongolia Ulaanbaatar
138. Montserrat Plymouth
139. Morocco Rabat
140. Mozambique Maputo
141. Namibia Windhoek
142. Nauru Yaren District
143. Nepal Kathmandu
144. Netherlands Amsterdam
145. Netherlands Antilles Willemstad
146. New Caledonia Noumea
147. New Zealand Wellington
148. Nicaragua Managua
149. Niger Niamey
150. Nigeria Abuja
151. Niue Alofi
152. Norfolk Island Kingston
153. Northern Mariana Islands Saipan
154. Norway Oslo
155. Oman Muscat
156. Pakistan Islamabad
157. Palau Koror
158. Panama Panama city
159. Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
160. Paraguay A suncion
161. Peru Lima
162. Philippines Manila
163. Pitcairn Islands Adamstown
164. Poland Warsaw
165. Portugal Lisbon
166. Puerto Rico San Juan
167. Qatar Doha
168. Reunion Saint-Denis
169. Romania Bucharest
170. Russia Moscow
171. Rwanda Kigali
172. Saint Helena Jamestown
173. Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre
174. Saint Lucia Castries
175. Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre
176. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown
177. Samoa Apia
178. San Marino San Marino
179. Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome
180. Saudi Arabia Riyadh
181. Senegal Dakar
182. Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade
183. Seychelles Victoria
184. Sierra Leone Freetown
185. Singapore Singapore
186. Slovakia Bratislava
187. Slovenia Ljubljana
188. Solomon Islands Honiara
189. Somalia Mogadishu
190. South Africa Pretoria; note - Cape Town is the legislative center and Bloemfontein the judicial center
191. Spain Madrid
192. Sri Lanka Colombo
193. Sudan Khartoum
194. Suriname Paramaribo
195. Svalbard Longyearbyen
196. Swaziland MbabanE
197. Sweden Stockholm
198. Switzerland Bern
199. Syria Damascus
200. Taiwan Taipei
201. Tajikistan Dushanbe
202. Tanzania Dar es Salaam
203. Thailand Bangkok
204. Togo Lome
205. Tonga Nuku'alofa
206. Trinidad and Tobago port-of-Spain
207. Tunisia Tunis
208. Turkey Ankara
209. Turkmenistan Ashgabat
210. Turks and Caicos Islands Grand Turk
211. Tuvalu Funafuti
212. Uganda Kampala
213. Ukraine Kiev (Kyyiv)
214. United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi
215. United Kingdom London
216. United States Washington, DC
217. Uruguay Montevideo
218. Uzbekistan Tashkent (Toshkent)
219. Vanuatu Port-Vila (Efate)
220. Venezuela Caracas
221. Vietnam Hanoi
222. Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie
223. Yemen Sanaa
224. Zambia Lusaka
225. Zimbabwe Harare