http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs-1-p24International Current Affairs 2010

Sri Lanka abandons Tamil version of its national anthem (13th Dec 2010)

The Sri lankan government has decided to scrap the tamil version of the national anthem in its official and state functions. This move may possibly further alienate the tamil minorities in the country. A directive to use only the Sinhalese version as been sent by the ministry as president Rajapakse pointed out that no country uses two versions of the anthem.

China reveals world’s fastest train (8th Dec 2010)China unveiled its new high speed train CRH380 that can clock a maximum speed of 486.1 kmph. It is said to be much faster than even the bullet trains of Japan. At a cruising speed of 380 this is certainly a major accomplishment. China on its part has gone ahead and is now working on a model that is expected to clock 600kmph.

Pakistan’s Initiative against Terrorism (23th Nov 2010)

Pakistan has been the victim of international terrorism in the past few months. As a result of this, a top US official recently said that Islamabad should begin to crack down on terrorists and terrorist groups operational within the country immediately. Barrack Obama, President of the United States of America has also agreed to this statement and feels that Pakistan has been one of the major victims of international terrorism lately. President Obama also said that Pakistan needs to take strong and immediate steps against all terrorist groups operating on Pakistani soil. Furthermore, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said that a number of terrorist groups are operating in a syndicate and working together against American interests, not just in the US but in other nations such as Afghanistan and India as well. Mr. Blake also stated that the US has welcomed every step take by Pakistan so far and that it is in full support of Pakistan as always.

Mark Zuckerberg, Times Person Of The Year (16th Nov 2010)

Times magazine has named Mark Zuckerberg as the person of the year . Mr Zuckerberg is the founder of thesmash hit social networking site Facebook and is also the world youngest billionaire currently. Although, Julian Assange the editor in chief of wikileaks was the pick of the time readers, but Zuckerberg won because of the scope and reach his website and how it has touched and remodeled our thoughts on social networking bringing the world that much more closer. Facebook has reached 500 million users this year all around the globe and the numbers are still counting.

UN’s terrorism sanctions list (16th Nov 2010)

In a recent and sudden move, a US committee took down several names of al-Qaida and Taliban terrorists off its terrorism sanction lists. The committee said that the reason for such an action was that several of the names on the sanctions list were probably dead. The committee Chairman Thomas Mayr Harting said that following this step, the committee had started investigations into how many terrorists put on the list were actually dead. This committee was set up in 1999.

Friendly neighbor China (15th November 2010)

Rising concerns over China’s assertive and aggressive attitude in the Asian continent has prompted China’s President Hu Jintao to assure all nations that China is committed to being a friendly and helpful neighbor. China has been in the news recently over its spats with neighboring nations over international borders and territories. The reason for this has been said to be China’s interests in a group of potentially resource rich islands in the Asian Pacific. Speaking to leaders at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Japan, President Hu said that China was committed to the regional policy of building good neighborliness and friendship.

New Government in Iraq (11th Nov 2010)

Prolonged warring and quarrels between rival political factions in Iraq had caused over an eight month deadlock over the issue of forming the next government. Recently, the Iraqi Prime Minister appealed to these political factions to work together and unite following his acceptance of the President’s request to form the next government. Senior officials admitted that a Herculean task now lay before them, that of forming a government comprising of members of all possible political factions. The task has been made harder by the month long deadline to form the government which will preside over the country’s affair as US troops move out and power is handed back to the Iraqi people. The new government is expected to have members from all the political factions such as the Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis. Prime Minister Designate al-Maliki called upon al Iraqi citizens and politicians to help him in this difficult task.

Myanmar polls called fake (10th November 2010)

The first democratic polls in Myanmar after several years of military rule were held among complaints of threats, intimidation and accusations of the polls being a charade. In most constituencies, the poll was a competition between the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the National Unity Party (NUS). Several accusations were made by opposition parties against the USDP, claiming that they illegally collected advanced ballots. USA and UK officials also voiced their concerns about the transparency and fairness of these polls.

Rolls Royce sued by Qantas (8th November 2010)

Australian flight safety officials have recently warned that manufacturing defects have been found in the Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines. Officials further urged airlines using these engines to carry extensive checks before using them because defects present in them could lead to catastrophic failures. In the meanwhile, Qantas began court proceedings against Rolls Royce and was granted an injunction by the federal court of Australia which ensured that the airline could pursue legal action against the engine manufacturing giants.

China’s slowest growth (5 November 2010)

China had its slowest rate of economic growth in a year during the September quarter. In addition to this, a World Bank report hinted at a further decrease in its economic growth. One of the reasons for this has been the long term inflation that China has faced for almost two years. China’s industrial growth has also fallen considerably in recent times. This slow growth in China’s economy has gotten many people to believe that India might be the next economic superpower to rise because of its high levels of industrial and economic growth in recent times. Though not immediately, but experts predicted India’s rate of growth to exceed that of China’s by a considerable margin in the next five years.

India gets UNSC non-permanent seat (12 October 2010)

The biggest news on the international front for India has been its inclusion into the UNSC as a non-permanent member after a gap of 19 years. Even as India’s acclamation for a non-permanent bench on the body that includes fifteen members in total was an inevitable cessation afterwards Kazakhstan back out of the chase for the Asian bench beforehand in early January. India got an unbelievable 187 of the 191 votes in the UN General Assembly ballot on October 14th 2010. India's previous spell in the Security Council was way back in 1992. Almost immediately afterwards India's appointment, Indian agent to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri put it straight that New Delhi would make use of this couple of year valid span to build assurance and accord a feeling of aplomb to the five non changing associates (famously known as the P-5) - the United States of America, Russia, Britain, France and China. Considering that Brazil, a running affiliate of the United Nation Security Council, and South Africa and Germany, which got appointed with India, on October 14th were as well in contention for a permanent membership, he stated: 'Of course everybody of us will attempt to bring into play the

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two years we need to render our allies a feeling of aplomb and formulate trust and faith so that they are at ease with our role playing in the United Nation Security Council on a continued period of time'.

India and Mozambique sign 3 agreementss (5 October 2010)

India and Mozambique came together and signed three agreements and a credit band of 500 million United States dollars has been advanced to that nation state for works regarding the infrastructure, agronomics and power during a convention that featured President of Mozambique Armando Guebuza and Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh. Guebuza and Singh, who captivated entrustment level converses, resolved to actualize an affiliation following the lines of superior political meeting, deepening of bread-and-butter collaboration, deepening of defense and aegis collaboration, distinctively to get hold of sea lanes in opposition to piracy and, cooperation in competence building and human resource (or workforce) development. “Both of us together accord to the aforementioned Indian Ocean association and we carve up familiar issues. It is in our alternate absorption to ensure the assurance and aegis of sea lanes of communication in the Indian Ocean,” Dr. Manmohan Singh said in a collective journalist statement. India will back the enactment in preparation and setting up organizations in Mozambique to back capacity building in the coal business and will as well back the ability formation for the defense and patrolling personnel of that nation state, the Prime Minister alleged. Conveying worry over the assurance and aegis of sea lanes in Indian Ocean, Guebuza promised India it will accommodate all practical aid to safeguard them.

Indians freed from Malay traffickers: (3 September 2010)

Not less than 24 Indian men who were discovered bound up in a residence in a Malaysian boondocks were successfully freed from the arrest and two Pakistani men supposedly engaged in a human trafficking guild were detained with immediate effect. "Inquiries into the matter exposed that those people, age-old amid 20 and 30, were from Uttar Pradesh. If the reports of the media are to be trusted, the victims landed on to the capital’s intl. airport four months back, afore getting picked by the accused people who were apparently looking for workers in an industrial unit in Johor," he said. He further stated that the two men promised the Indian workers appealing wages as the bait. It is once again proved that Malaysia is a magnet for wide spread drug peddling and human trafficking. Unemployed workforce looking out for jobs is brought for added transfers to other Southeast Asian countries and to Australia.

Indians to lead FIDE: (September 2010)

Indians have already proved their metal in various sports at the international level. Tennis, Cricket, Shooting, Boxing and also Chess. After Vishwanathan Anand, another lot of Indians are about to triumph on the World Chess Podium. D.V. Sundar has been elected has the President of the world body for the sport of chess, FIDE at Russia. Apart from that, the president for the Asian Continent was Mr. Dongre and Commonwealth Chess Federation President was revealed in the name of Mr. B.S. Chahuhan, a press statement by the All India Chess Federation revealed.

Make way for the new breed: ( September 2010)

The new world power calendar for 2010 has once again predicted that New Delhi’s dominance in the world will see acceleration by 2025. Among the able coalition, the country has been placed at the fourth position afterwards the US, China and the European Union. ‘The Global Governance 2025’ was together brought out by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) of the US and the European Union’s Institutes for Security Studies (EUISS). In the current year, the US leads the lot of able countries/regions, cumulatively for about 22 percent of the worldwide supremacy. The US is chased by China at 12 percent, European Union at 16 percent and India at eight percent. India comes next to Japan, Russia and Brazil with beneath than 5 percent apiece. Following these global statistics, by 2025 the ability of the US, EU, Japan and Russia will cut down although that of China, India and Brazil will boost but this surge will see the positions unchanged. By 2025, the United States of America will continue to be the most dominating nation, but it will be possessing just a bit above 18 percent of the global authority. The US will be carefully trailed by China with 16 percent, European Union with 14 percent and India with 10 percent looking to overleap.

Mission Accomplished (19 August 2010)

The United States have finally started pulling its troops out of Iraq. President Barack Obama has confirmed that the US plans to withdraw significant number of combat troops from Iraq stating that the war was nearing an end. The remaining force of 50,000 soldiers will train Iraqi security forces and provide security for ongoing US Diplomatic efforts.

Australia with a hung parliament (23 August 2010)

Australians failed to elect a new government in the polls held in August and were left with a hung parliament. The non-result elections between Julia Gillard’s Labor and Abbott’s Liberal party led to the first hung parliament in Australia since World War II. Three key Independents are now in the process of deciding which party to support to form a government.

Pakistani cricketers tainted (30 August 2010)

The Game of cricket gets murkier with alleged match-fixer Mazhar Majeed’s claim of having rigged games played by Pakistan for three years. The British Police recovered cash from hotel rooms of Pakistani players involved in spot fixing. Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammed Asif were interviewed and their mobiles confiscated after Majeed’s confession. The Anti-Corruption Unit of the ICC will probe all 82 international matches played by Pakistan during this time. The news came as a bolt for the flood-stricken and violence-plagued country where cricket is the national sport.

Pakistan Floods (2 August 2010)

In the worst flooding disaster in 80 years the floodwaters have affected about one-fifth of the country washing away millions of hectares of crops, submerging villages and destroying roads, bridges, schools, electricity and communication setting back the infrastructure by many years. Disease is fast spreading in these flood affected areas and there have been warnings that dams in the south may burst. It is estimated that the floods in Pakistan have displaced people thrice the number displaced during partition.

Hike in Visa fee (11 August 2010)

The Obama Regime has raised H-1B and L1 visa fees to protect its borders from illegal Mexican immigrants. This additional fee would be used to build operating bases and deploy unmanned aerial surveillance to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security. The impact of this hike will be substantial on Indian IT companies that account for approximately 50,000 H1 and L1 visas per year.

Mosque near ground Zero(28 August 2010)

A New York city panel has cleared the way for the construction of a mosque near ground zero that has been causing a political uproar over religious freedom. The proposed construction of the mosque near ground zero has sparked debate all around the country. President Barack Obama, however, supported the right of having a mosque by asserting that Muslims have the same right to freedom of religion as everyone else in America.

China to launch space station(17 August 2010)

Having finished the first module of a planned space station and testing its electronics and other systems China is all set to launch it into orbit next year. Changes were being made to the rocket that will carry the 8.5ton Tiangong 1 module into a set orbit. No finishing or manning dates have been given for the space station. The official Xinhua news agency said that The Shenzhou 8 spacecraft and Shenzhou 9 and 10 spacecraft would dock with it in the second half of 2011 and 2012 respectively.

Online route(30 August 2010)

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Oxford English Dictionary that has been in print for over a century may never appear in print for the future generations. The word reference Bible is likely to loose its existence to its online version. With the digital books becoming popular, the format that the 3rd edition, currently being worked upon, will take is anybody’s guess.

Japan Elections(10 July 2010)

Democratic Party of Japan suffered a heavy blow in the elections for the upper house of Japan’s Diet (parliament) when it won ten seats fewer than expected thus loosing its majority. DPJ will now have to look for new coalition partners to restore its majority in the upper house and enable it to easily pass laws through the Diet legislature. After breaking the 55 year period of dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party and naming Naoto Kan the new prime minister just a month back the results have baffled the DJP.

July 15th Summit, Islamabad(15 July 2010)

Failed talks between Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna and the Pakistani counterpart Mr. Shah Mehmood Qureshi's have once again proved that whenever efforts were initiated by India to improve the relations between the two countries. The Pak leaders and officials took deliberate steps to derail the process conveying a clear message to India that the talks can continue only on its terms.

Gulf of Spill(15 August 2010)

More than three months after the April 20 explosion aboard the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform, which killed 11 workers and sank the rig gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the most severe US environmental disaster ever is close to coming to an end. In an operation called “static kill” 2,300 barrels of mud was forced down into the well’s opening overnight pushing the crude back down to its source. A cap over the wellhead has shut in leaking oil since July 15 and the static kill — also known as bull heading — probably would not have worked without the cap in place.

Genocide(12 July 2010)

Omar-al-Bashir, President of Sudan has been charged with three counts of genocide over the Darfur Conflict, he was convicted by the International Criminal Court at The Hague. It is for the first time that a court has accused anyone of genocide.

Jacob Lew the new Budget Director(13 July 2010)

President Barack Obama has chosen Mr. Jacob Lew as his new budget director. This is Mr. Lews second stint with the federal budget.

Current Affairs [June 2010]

Julia Gillard become Australia’s first women Prime Minister replacing Kevin Rudd following a sudden revolt against him.

No more time for sorrow’ written by Robert Beeman. The author predict that terrorist will set off an atom bomb in the USA by 2013.

Tuvalu become 187th member of IMF (International Monetary Fund). The island is located in the Pacific Ocean.

Kyrgyzstan voted for a new constitution in a referendum. It is Central Asia’s first parliament democracy.

G-20 summit held at Toronto, Canada.

Current Affairs [May 2010] G-15 summit was held at Tehran on 16-17 May.

Bangladesh handed over Ranjan Daimary of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland to India. The group was responsible for serial bombing in Assam in 2008.

National League for Democracy (NLD) party of Myannmar’s democracy leader Aung San Sui Kyi was abolished after deadline to re-register as a political party was over.

EU-IMF provide a $ 1 trillion rescue package to the Greece to resolve its debt crises.

Pakistan successfully test fired two short range ballistic missiles, Shaheen I( range 650 Km) and Ghazani (range 290 Km) capable of carrying nuclear war heads and striking Indian cities.

Current Affairs [April 2010] Belgium became the Europe’s first country to ban burqa.

Pakistan’s National assembly passed a bill that takes away the President’s power to dissolve parliament, dismiss a elected government and appoint the three services Chiefs. Pakistan’s parliament passes 18th amendment which was later signed by Presient cutting President’s powers.

USA and Russia signed Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty(START) that allowed a maximum of 1550 deployed overheads, about 30% lower than a limit set in 2002. The treaty was signed in the Progue Castle.

Emergency was imposed in Thailand.

Nuclear Security Summit held at Washington.It was a 47 nation summit wherein P.M. announced setting up of a global nuclear energy centre for conducting research & development of design systems that are secure, proliferation resistant & sustainable.

PM visit USA & Brazil, a two nation tour. He attended Nuclear Security Summit in USA & India- Brazil-S.Africa(IBSA) and Brazil-Russia-India-China(BRIC) summit in Brasilia (Brazil).

16th SAARC Summit held in Bhutan in 28-29 April. The summit was held in Bhutan for the first time. It is the silver jubilee summit as SAARC has completed 25 years. The summit central theme was ‘Climate Change’. The summit recommended to declare 2010-2020 as the “Decade of Intra-regional Connectivity in SAARC”. The 17th SAARC summit will be held in Maldives in 2011.

Current Affairs [March 2010] China will launch in 2011 unmammed space mode ‘ Tiangong I’ for its future space laboratory.

US internet giant Google close its business in China.

India’s largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel buy Zain’s Africa operations for an enterprise value of $ 10.7 billion (Rs 49000 crore). Currently Bharti’s non-India operations include Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.

Russia abolished two of its eleven time Zones.

Current Affairs [February 2010] NATO forces carried out Marjah operation (dubbed Moshtarak) against Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

European Union summit was held in Brussels. EU & IMF decided to giving support to Greece in its struggle to bring its ballooning budget deficit under control. EU President is Herman Van Rompuy.

Iran’s President Mahmood Ahmedinejad declared that Iran had produced first batch of 20 % enriched uranium and now Iran became a nuclear state.

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Iran launched ‘Kavoshger -3 rocket’ capable of carrying a satellite. It carried a mouse, worms & two turtles.

Current Affairs [January 2010] Gilgit Baltistan region elected its first Chief Minister Mehdi Shah on the basis of Gilgit Baltistan Empowerment & Self Governance Order 2009.

The new appointed CM declare the Gilgit Baltistan region as 5th province of Pakistan. The Indian Govt has, however, of the view that the region was part of J & K, and thus objected to the remarks of CM.

Venezuela devalued it currency ‘Bolivar’.

A massive earthquake strike Haiti, the Carribbean nation. Capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince.

Mahinda Rajapaksa won a second term as Sri Lanka’s President. He belongs to Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

National Current Affairs 2010

CBI seeking closure in Arushi Talwar case (13th Dec 2010)

CBI has sought closure after being unable to comprehensively solve the Arushi Talwar murder case which has hogged the limelight for over two years now. The report claims that they have hit a road block and lack of evidence as main reasons for not being able to solve the case. However the report as named the victims father Dr Rajesh Talwar as a possible suspect.

Chandra Babu Naidu ends fast (13th Dec 2010)

Telugu Desam Party president finally ended his hunger strike of eight days on the insistence of visiting leaders like Thambi Durai, Arunkumar, Amba Durai, Maitreya, Prakash Karat, Bardan, Om Prakash Choutala, Sharad Yadav and Ajit Singh. Mr Naidu undertook the fast citing that the Andhra Govt should revise its compensation package for the rain hit farmers of the state. The visiting leaders promised Mr Naidu that they would bring the issue to the notice of the Prime Minister Mr Manmohan Singh by taking an all party delegation to New Delhi.

Congress blames Sanjay Gandhi for the emergency excesses (13th Dec 2010)

The congress party which is celebrating its 125th birthday this month has accused Sanjay Gandhi for many of the excesses committed during the emergency of 1975-77. Sanjay Gandhi received notoriety for many ruthless measures like slum clearance and mass sterilization programs. The congress has always had to walk a tight rope when it comes to defending Indira Gandhis decision to enforce emergency which led to one of the most turbulent times in Indian history since independence.

CBI seeking closure in Arushi Talwar case (13th Dec 2010) Citibank employee Shivraj Puri accused of fraud surrendersCitibank employee Shivraj Puri who is said to be involved in a massive fraud, finally surrendered to the police after almost 48 hrs since the incident came to light. Mr Puri who works as a relationship manager has been accused of siphoning of money to the tune of 400 crores from atleast 20 clients to other fictitious accounts.

Opposition unrelenting on its demand in JPC probe (13th Dec 2010) The opposition has been steadfast in its demand for the JPC with regard to the 2G scam. The PM Dr Manmohan Singh had earlier offered to appear himself before the PAC headed by BJP stalwart Mr. Murali Manohar Joshi. The opposition still feels the JPC would be the best option that would help to bring this case to its logical conclusion.

Human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen convicted, gets life term (13th Dec 2010) The session’s court of Raipur has convicted Dr Binayak Sen and three others on grounds of sedition and conspiracy thereby sentencing them for life due to their links with the Maoists. Dr Sen has been held guilty under Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, of being a conduit between Naxals and of meeting Narayan Sanyal in jail. The trio has also been convicted under provisions of section 124 IPC (sedition) and 120 B IPC (conspiracy). Dr Sen is a pediatrician and alumni of Christian medical college. The 58 year old doctor has provided over 28 years of selfless service to the poorer sections of Chattisgarh.

Prices of onions hit through the roof (13th Dec 2010) The prices of onions have undergone a steep rise with a kg costing close to Rs 80 in the national capital and its surrounding areas. Other parts of India too have started feeling the pressure and the prices are continuously shooting up. The Government on it part has suspended the export of onions until January in an attempt to bring down the prices. According to traders, they are attributing the supply crunch due to torrential downpours in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Southern states which has lead to a poor yield.

Indias GSLV vehicle fails during launch. (13th Dec 2010) ISRO suffered a serious setback when its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) failed on its course, forcing the team at SriHarikota to abort the mission and self destruct the launch vehicle. The vehicles on board computer lost control of the actuation system raising serious questions about ISROS other ambitious projects that includes a mission to the moon. The GSAT-5P satellite which the launch vehicle was supposed to send into orbit was one of the heaviest and cost ISRO 125 crores. Had it been successful, the satellite would have served the needs of the telecommunication sector and the weather department. It would have eventually replaced the INSAT-2E satellite that was sent up in 1999.

India and China set $100bn trade target by 2015 (16th Dec 2010)

India and China have agreed upon a new $100billion trade target by 2015 which is more than the $6 billion agreed upon in 2010.With the arrival of Chinese PM Wen Jiabao accompanied by 400 Chinese business leaders in India, the two countries signed around 50 deals in power,steel ,wind energy , food and marine products and telecommunications worth $16 billion. This overtakes the $10bn of agreements signed between Indian and American businesspeople during the recent visit of US President Barack Obama.

Sensex drops 458 points (November 2010)

The Bombay Stock Exchange recently fell by a total of 458 points. The reasons for the underperformance of the Indian Equity market have been said to be the series of scams that were unearthed from mid November. Just last month, CBI officials discovered a bribe for loan scandal that involved several officials from financial firms and a few state run banks. The 10.8% rise in industrial growth since last month could not help and several indices ended with huge losses. Major loses were mainly suffered by PSUs, realty, consumer durables and healthcare.

Satyam Trial Case (2 November 2010)

The examination of the first witness in the infamous multi crore Satyam Computer accounting scam would begin from the first of November Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court. CBI officials submitted a list of six witnesses to the courts who were officials of a number of different banks. All ten accused including company founder B Ramalinga Raju were present in court during the hearing of the case. The DIG of police who operates under the department of CBI said that the agency requested permission to set up LCD projectors and screens in the court so that both parties could observe and take notes on all the documents that would be brought up in court. Since cases in the Supreme Court need to be resolved at the earliest, CBI officials submitted close to a thousand documents to the court to speed up the prosecution. The bail of the owner of company and the other 5 individuals associated has been rejected.

Baba Ramdev Temple under threat (2 November 2010)

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An anonymous letter was received at the Ramdev Baba temple in Jaisalmer that contained threats to blow up the temple on November 9th. District Collector G S Kushwaha received this letter by normal post. Following this letter security around the temple and the surrounding complex was tightened by posting additional number of policeman around the temple complex. Around 5 million devotees are said to visit the temple every year.

Ashok Chavan’s fate (5 November 2010)

Disgraced Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chauhan’s would be decided after the Diwali holiday season, i.e. after November 8th said the Congress party. Recently Chief Minister Ashok Chauhan’s name had come in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Following this allegation, Mr. Ashok Chauhan immediately offered to resign from his post. No mention of either the Adarsh Housing Society scam or the commonwealth Games fiasco was made by the Congress in its AICC session. Also present at the meeting were Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, Common Wealth Games Organizing Committee Chaiperson Suresh Kalmadi, Heavy Industries Minister and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Maharashtra PCC President Manikrao Thakre.

Adjournment of Ajmer Dargah blast case (27 November 2010)

The hearing of the Ajmer Gargah blast case was recently adjourned to November 8 by a sessions court due to leave taken by the presiding judge. Over an 800 page charge sheet was produced before the court of the Additional Chief Judge Magistrate on the 22nd of October by the Rajasthan ATS. The five accused in the case have alleged links with the radical Hindu group Abhinav Bharat. Only one accused was brought to the court while the other two are being questioned about the Hyderabad Mecca blast case. The accused have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code like conspiracy to murder, attempt to murder and murder. Over one hundred and thirty witnesses have been cited by the prosecution of the case.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s concern (29 November 2010)

The finance minister of the country Pranab Mukherjee recently raised his fears over the rising of inflation in the country. Minister Mukherjee said that the Reserve Bank of India would take steps at its next monetary policy review to check rising prices because of increased inflation. He further added that rising food prices were solely the reason for this sudden inflation. Inflation for the month of September was estimated to be close to 8.6% much above the acceptable rate of 5%. As said by Finance Minister Mukherjee, food prices had the highest amount of inflation which in Mid October was estimated to be over 13%. Recently, Minister Pranab Mukherjee was in talks with the Reserve Bank of India Governor over the the possible rate hike action by the Central Bank. The global financial crisis, which was worsened by the total collapse of financial firm Lehman Brothers, is being said to be the reason behind the RBI’s recent reversal of its soft monetary policy that it started back in September 2008. Adding to these has been the sudden drop in industrial growth from 15.2% to 5.6%. To combat the aforementioned rise in inflation, the Reserve Bank of India has hiked its key short term lending and borrowing times several times this year.

Protest during Obama visit by Bhopal Gas tragedy victims (6 November 2010)

Victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy are said to be planning to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar on the 8th of November, during the time of US President Barrack Obama’s visit to the capital. Several tonnes of the poisonous gas methyl iso-cyanide, leaked from the Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal in 1984, killing over 3000 people the same night and causing the deaths of over 25000 people over the subsequent years. Five different voluntary organizations working for the gas tragedy victims recently held a press conference where they stated that they would be requesting to President Obama to use his Presidential powers to bring the Union Carbide Corporation to Indian Courts and be answerable to them. The verdict of this case many years back had found seven top officials of this corporation to be guilty but as these guilty persons were bailed out within minutes of the verdict, many people till date question the justice imparted in the case. The voluntary organizations further added that hundreds of people regularly fall sick and die every month due to the long term poisonous effects of the leaked gas on the soil and water. They further plan to ask President Obama for his help as the US government has been largely unhelpful these last few years. The sit in protest organized by the voluntary organizations is said to be comprised of over 5000 gas tragedy victims.

Third stage of Bihar polling completed (28 Oct 2010)

Polling was carried out affably in 48 electorates on 28th Oct 2010, estimating in the third appearance of Bihar Assembly elections, which witnessed an approximated 53% voter responsive. Electorates like Amnour, Taraya, Ramnagar, Balmikinagar and Patepur (Maoist followers) account about 45%-52% voting. Voters were carried by boats in the littoral areas of Raghopur Assembly electorate in Vaishali commune where the popular figure of Rabri Devi was in the tussle. The better half of RJD spearhead Lalu Prasad Yadav is as well battling from Sonepur bench in Saran constituency. More than 185 people were held during the balloting, which saw miniature incidents of affray and fracas. Unlike on a number of occasions before, this time Bihar polling did not see what it usually it experiences in terms of riots, booth capturing and other forms of unrest and violence that hampers the true and the honest spirit of competition. "Apart from this, it was nonviolent and silky," stated by Neelmani (DG of Police). Approximately sixty cars were as well detained. In excess of one crore voters will adjudge the future of six ministers (of the state) in the third stage. The following round i.e. stage 4 will be carried out on Nov. 4 2010.

UID experiences technical hiccups (Oct 2010)

In order to overcome the challenge posed by the huge figure of people (approximately 1.03 billions) in the country, the chief of the dept. stated that the 16 digit long UID numbers will be released in the next year and half or so. He added that the epicenter of its working will be in the city of Bangalore. An easy remedy to the obstacles posed by the allotment of different IDs is to have a bench where every formerly sanctioned UID are kept and a fresh one is given only afterwards verifying that is actually a unique code. Fundamentally, we charge to break an extremely tough difficulty in dispersed schemes once we have copies of the bench (for dependability) and ought to accordingly respond/keep informed the table as questions are asked. Taking the point in consideration, provided the millions of accretion objects affiliated to the web, there is no scrutiny if a prime number selected is the similar chosen by somebody else before. If this is to happen, it is an aegis aperture of the aboriginal order for web; the possibly is, nevertheless, acutely undersized. Population on another instance has proven to be a major obstacle in the development and progress course of India. UID which was anticipated to be a huge success and particularly curb this issue is yet to combat the problem itself to even get kick started.

Haryana barricades polythene bags entry (Aug 2010)

In another attempt to safeguard the environmental and not add insult to the already injured state of the planet, like the govt. of Delhi, Haryana govt. has also decided to prohibit polythene bags in the state. The ban includes a complete no-no of recycling, storage and usage (in any form) within the state. A suggestion to this aftereffect has been supported by Bhupinder Singh Hooda (the honorable Chief Minister of the state), an authorized agent said in the capital on Saturday. The resolution was taken as it was empiric that fractional forbid on use of polythene bags of a clearly defined array bracket did not crop the needed consequences. There was consistent ambiguity over the array of poly bags in exercise and it had as well been discovered that nibbling of a great number of polythene bogs had resulted in deaths of cows on a regular basis, he said. This type of thinking and resolutions are the only way through which we can combat and better the ailing state of the plant Earth. If all other cities and states like previously Delhi and now Haryana think about the hazards the polythene bags can cost, we will be having better standards of health and hygiene.

PM and Sonia Gandhi inaugurate UID: (28 Sep 2010)

The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and UPA Arch Sonia Gandhi shaped a record by accordingly ablution the world's aboriginal ID activity on September 29th 2010 forth with Nilekani, the arch man of the ministry is acclimated to accommodate Unique Identification Numbers for India's citizens (cumulatively well in billions), by rendering them the aboriginal collection of twelve digit figures to ten clannish. The PM as well as the UPA Chief were collectively congratulated in the presence of former Infosys headman. This ID Card is assumed to be nation’s biggest ever tech adeptness action alleged 'Aadhaar'(base), that is due to be issued to all Indians to accommodate them within a lucrative nationally accurate and absolute individual antecedent of

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character affidavit through an authenticity vault and that will help to accomplish supply processes transparent. Biometric following abstracts include fingerprints and an iris browse getting acclimated for the aboriginal time wherever in the planet.

Yamuna raises its bar, causes menace: (28 Sep 2010)

The baptize akin in the river rose to 206.70 accent recently, 1.87 accent aloft the crisis mark of 204.83 accent and is acceptable to go up added as neighboring Haryana would absolution added water in the river, a chief official of the flood ascendancy administration said. Waters from the flood reached into vicinities like of the local areas as well (Yamuna and Sonia Vihar, Usmanpur, Jaitpur are a few). A large number of localities that reside in the areas forth the banks of the river were apparent lined up on the footpaths on the ITO arch with whatsoever they had of their possessions. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had on Friday requested the inhibiters not to get into agitation and said all basic measures are getting put into abode to accommodated any possible occurrence. Over 100 cadre from National Disaster Response Force, were soon deployed to abetment the bounded authorities. The ascent Yamuna has affected the Northern Railways to abolish 25 trains and absent 36 others. The cancelled train were prominent ones (Kalka and Brahamaputra Mail, Shalimar, A.A. and G.N. Express, etc). The 90 trains that have to be detoured included the most heavily commuted ones and this has disrupted the life of the general public paralyzing their usual movements, a Northern Railway spokesmen stated.

Ayodha Verdict finally out, Allahabad Bench applauded: (Sep 2010)

Culminating 60 years of anfractuous proceedings, asserts and counter-claims, optimism and desolation, Allahabad HC conventions in favor of improvised Ram temple on quarreled site; the remaining of acreage to be disconnected amid Hindus & Muslims. In what is conceivably the most of eagerly anticipated judgment in contempt times, a breach adjudication dispensed out by a three-member bank of Allahabad High Court were in full abounding of the claims of the Hindu petitioners while acclimation a three-way analysis of the acknowledged land. The cardinal provided acknowledged permit to the temporary Ram temple that came up afterwards the annihilation of the acknowledged anatomy in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. The entire panel of adjudicators – the prominent faces of the country (Justice Agarwal, Khan and Sharma) – was very much in favor of the acceptance that captivated the acknowledged land was the native land of the Hindu deity. Mr. Sharma and Mr. Agarwal settled with the long-held affirmation of the Sangh Parivar and an area of archaeologists that the acknowledged anatomy cannot be advised as an Islamic place of worship as it came into actuality adjoins the credo of Islam.

Lights, Camera and Applause: (Sep 2010)

The 57th Edition of the National Film Award ceremony was concluded for the year 2009 in the month of September. The awards were given away in three groups namely, finest Feature Motion Picture Class led by Chairpersonship of Mr. Sippy, Non Feature Motion Picture Group led by Chairpersonship of Mr. Pandey, and Script on Movies beneath the Chairpersonship of Mr. S. Bandhopadhyay.

The following were the recipients of a few awards in various nominations: a. Motion Picture: Malayalam flick – KuttySrank b. I.G.A. for the Best first appearance movie : Hindi movie – Lahore for the Direction c. Box office blockbuster (widespread entertainment): Hindi – 3 Idiots d. N.D.A. for the Best motion picture on Patriotic Spirit: Hindi – Delhi 6 e. Best motion picture on Society’s Matters: Bollywood - Well Done Abba f. Motion Picture for Kids: Tied between Keshu (Malayalam) and Putaani Party (Kannada) g. Direction: Rituparno Ghosh for Abohoman h. Actor: Amitabh Bachcha for Auro’s role i. Actress: Ananya Chatterjee j. Child’s Performance: Tollywood’s Pasanga k. Male Singer: Rupam Islam in Bengali l. Female Singer: Neelanjana Sarkar in Bengali

Nuclear liability bill passed (Aug 2010)

Nuclear liability bill which was adopted by Rajya Sabha has now been approved by the process of Voice vote. The session of the Parliament lasted 48 hours extra than the scheduled time so that the legislation can be easily passed and approved. A total of 18 amendments were introduced in this bill by Lok Sabha before processing it further. Soon the bill was selected for a considerable hike in the liability of operator. This liability has now become 3 times then what it was in the past and now holds a value of rupees 1500 crore’s in total. By virtue of progression of this bill and significant increase in the liability many overseas companies have shown their interests in setting up reactors in India. Special accidental care will now be provided for the employees operating in the various sections of the nuclear plants. The decision and the passing of the bill had been strongly opposed by the BJP leaders as they found it insignificant.

Swiss Bank Access (Aug 2010)

Swiss Authorities will provide information to India on cases of tax fraud and tax evasion from January 1,2011under the reworked double tax agreement (DTA) signed by India and Switzerland. The Indian Authorities can now seek information about the account holders in Swiss banks who have a case filed against them for tax evasion.

Government Intervention for CWG (28 Aug 2010)

PM and his select team of ministers takeover as CWG supervisors. Indian Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh took over the reigns of the forthcoming games in the wake of scandals and unfinished work surrounding the event. Committee of Secretaries, headed by a Cabinet Secretary, will now supervise the mega event to be held in October overtaking Organizing Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi.

Bhopal Case reopened (Aug 2010)

The Supreme court of India has reopened the Bhopal Gas leak case in response to Government’s petition for harsher punishment to the guilty for the worst tragedy of its kind in which at least 7,000 people perished within days of the release of the toxic methyl isocyanate gas at the Union Carbide pesticide plant on 3 December 1984, and a further 15,000 died later from exposure to the gas. The tragedy left countless others with lifelong damage to their health.

CSAT to replace the civil services prelims (Aug 2010)

The new Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) will replace the existing civil services (preliminary) examination from 2011. The new scheme will test the candidates for their aptitude for civil services as well as their ethical and moral dimension of decision-making. There will now be two common papers with equal weightage in place of one common paper (general awareness) and one optional paper (any particular subject of choice). The civil services main exam and the interview will remain the same as of now.

Rahul creates controversy (Aug 2010)

Wherein one place Mamta Banerjee is speaking in the favour of naxals and now Rahul Gandhi is sharing a dias with a suspected Maoist , this is the approach of the government in the fight against naxals.

Member Parliament salaries hiked (Aug 2010)

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Parliament recently in Delhi has made a decision to increase the salaries of MPs. A hike of about rupees 35000 will be introduced in the salary of each MPs thus taking it from figures like 20,000 to 55,000 or so. Because daily allowance has an important role to play hence parliament has also decided to exactly double the allowances issued daily to each Member of Parliament. Hence daily allowance of rupees 1000 will now become 2000. This daily allowance will be issued only when the parliament session is in progress. Other than the daily allowances the official expenses for every office per month have now been considerably raised and touch a 50,000 amount. That is not all the travel and conveyance charge issued will now become 4 times which were earlier around rupees 1,00,000. Retired members will now get a monthly pension of around rupees 20,000 which was around 10,000 in the past times.

Commonwealth with less green (Aug 2010)

Approximately 40,000 trees have been either felled or transplanted for Delhi’s preparation of Commonwealth Games 2010. Apart from the financial burden of creating world class infrastructure and transport facilities Delhites have to bear the loss of its green cover as the compensatory plantation cannot in any way compensate for the loss of a fully grown, mature tree.

Blackberry controversy (Aug 2010)

Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of Blackberry has finally surrendered to Indian security agencies’ demand for access to their server. The company has proposed for lawful access to its services including the messenger as well as the enterprise with immediate effect and the company would have to set up a server in India if it does not work to the satisfaction of Indian agencies. The security agencies already had access to voice data, SMS and general emails sent through Blackberry devices but Blackberry email and messaging services that are highly encrypted were major concerns for the security agencies. With this understanding in place the government has decided to serve notices to Google and Skype also to fall in line.

Direct tax code (Aug 2010)

The Government deferred the direct tax code(DTC) by yet another year to April 2012 causing yet another disappointment to the taxpayers. Women taxpayers suffered a bolt as the preferential treatment meted out to them earlier is now proposed to be withdrawn. Senior citizens, however, enjoy a higher exemption limit. The bill that replaces the Income Tax Act 1961 seeks an increase in exemption threshold of individuals from Rs.1.6 lakh currently to Rs.2lakh. The corporate taxes will be reduced to a flat 30%.

Leh hit by flood (Aug 2010)

A cloudburst on the intervening night of August 5 and 6 has led to flash floods and mudslides in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir. The cloudburst and the following floods have claimed over 175 lives and injured about 400 people, besides causing widespread damage to public and private property. The worst hit Chuglamsar has just turned into debris all over.

More rich than poor Indians (Aug 2010)

National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has estimated in its report, "How India Earns, Spends and Saves", that despite the economic slowdown of the last three years, the number of high-income households in India has exceeded the number of low-income households. Households with high income or earnings have grown by over 3.7% in total and now touch the mark of around 21%. That is not all also the households with low income sources have fallen by around 3.2% and gone down to a mark of 18%.

CWG Anthem (Aug 2010)

When everything is being prepared for the common wealth coming up in October then how could Music maestro A R Rahman stay away from it. Yes, the musician has launched the theme song for the Commonwealth Games 2010 that has the best lyrics covering khelo oh yaaro,,jeeto oh yaaro. During the launch of this theme song honorable Chief Minister Shiela Dixit, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadi were present in the ceremony.

CWG breeding mosquitoes (Aug 2010)

The fingers are already crossed and people fear further delay in the common wealth problems. When the earlier hurdles are not getting removed and new problems are coming into view. The sincere attention is being drawn by the mosquitoes breeding in various dumps. Because of heavy rainfall in the country water is collected in almost every venue and mosquitoes have converted these venues into their favorite breeding places and are increasing the fear of dengue disease.

Yet another marine disaster (Aug 2010)

A foreign cargo ship MV Khalijia-111 which collided with MSC Chitra which was carrying about 1,200 containers with over 266 tonnes of fuel about 10 km off Mumbai harbour has spilled oil into the Mumbai seas. The collision tilted MSC Chitra vessel causing 300 containers carrying oil to tumble into the Mumbai waters creating a thick oil slick two to three kms around the vessel Chitra causing a serious threat to the marine life.

India’s Independence (Aug 2010)

August 15th, 2010 India celebrated the 63rd anniversary of its independence.

IBM Number two employer (Aug 2010)

IBM is the second largest private sector employer in India after TCS . The company has more than one lakh people on its rolls.

Noose tightening for Politicos in Sohrab case (July 2010)

Sohrab case getting murkier with CBI stepping up pressure on top Gujarat IPS Officers P.C.Pande, O.P.Mathur and Geeta Johri for their suspected involvement in scuttling the probe at the behest of former Gujarat Minister of State for home Amit Shah. Two Rajasthan BJP leaders Gulabchand Kataria and Om Mathur are also facing the CBI heat.Sohrabuddin Sheikh was killed in a fake encounter and his wife who was a witness to her husband’s abduction was also later eliminated. The agency is investigating the police-politico nexus behind the killings.

Chidambaram confident of overcoming maoist problem in three years (July 2010)

Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the ministry of home affairs, P Chidambaram informed that in a meeting of chief ministers of seven Naxal-affected states on July 14, a decision of unified command was agreed to namely in-- West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand -- for anti-Naxal operations. A two-pronged strategy of initiating development and police action in the affected areas was designed to overcome Maoist problem after consultations with the Naxal-affected states

Grooming for a succession? (July 2010)

Noel Tata, chairman Ratan Tata’s brother has been installed as the chairman and CEO of Tata Investment Corp and the MD in Tata International while relinquishing his executive position in Trent Ltd within the last two months. There is speculation that these moves are in line with the group’s succession plan for top job i.e. the Chairmanship of Tata Sons in 2012 when Ratan Tata steps down.

Applaud or embarrassment? (July 2010)

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According to top sources from Central Vigilance Commission, fake certificates were being routinely issued to pass substandard work and material to the vendors of Commonwealth Games 2010 leading to huge gains for the contractors and vendors. All these certificates were issued without ground verification or technical examination. The compromise, herein, in the quality of materials and workmanship poses a serious threat to the sports personnel from countries all over the world lending a shameful picture of India and hence jeopardizing our ability to host such events in the future.

Valley stir (July 2010)

Following the imposition of curfew in wake of the protest by Syed Ali Geelani demanding the release of dozens of arrested separatist leaders, violence was triggered in the valley due to a spate of civilian killings by security personnel leading to an indefinite curfew being clamped in Srinagar. Educational institutions, shops, post offices, banks, public transport and other business establishments were closed as a precautionary measure. The protests are part of the separatists' 'Quit Kashmir' programme.

Current Affairs [June 2010]

In the Global Peace Index 2010, India ranked at 128.

2010 Failed State Index- Somalia top the list followed by Zimbabwe, Sudan & Chad. India is ranked at 87 place out of 177 countries. Norway in ranked at the bottom of the list.

President Rule imposed in Jharkhand.

Amar Singh launches a new party ‘Akhil Bhartiya Lok Manch’.

South African president Jacob Zuma visited India.

Turkmenistan President Gurbaguly Bardimuhamedov visited India.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited India. India signed 7 pacts with Sri Lanka. India will assist in building 50000 houses in the northen & eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh Govt has requested to rename the train linking West Bengal to Tripura via Banglades as ‘ Sonar Tori’. Earlier the name of the train as envisaged in the Railway Budget 2010 is ‘Epar Bangla Opar Bangla’. Sonar Tori is a collection of poems written by Rabindranath Tagore, whose 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated in 2010.

Maharastra will become first state in the country to have a real estate regulatory authority.

BWA- Broadband Wireless Access. The BWA spectrum was auctioned by the Govt. BWA Spectrum is essential for rolling out WiMAX services enabling hand held devices and laptops to access Intranet. It will allow firms to offer high speed Net, Web telephony & TV Services. The govt fixed Rs.1750 crore as base rate for BWA license. The auction was held for 117 rounds and in 16 days. Rs.12848 crore was the pan India BWA license price which was won by Infotel Broadband services ( in all 22 circles). The Govt auctioned the BWA license for a total of Rs.38,543 crore. Mumbai had the highest bid of Rs.2293 crore followed by Delhi with Rs.2241 crore respectively.

India signed Civil Nuclear agreement with Canada. The agreement was signed by Manmohan Singh and Canada’s PM Stephen Harper. Canada is the 8th nation to enter into such an agreement with India. Canada served nuclear ties with India in 1974 when India conducted its first nuclear test at Pokhran in 1974. India’s nuclear power programme is based on the CANDU ( Canada Deuterium Uranium) reactor.

India become a full fledged member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a 34 member inter governmental body that devises policies at both national & international levels to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. FATF membership will enable Indian authorities to access information on suspect accounts in nations such as Switzerland & UK. India become its 34th member.

Current Affairs [May 2010] Naxalites killed 47 people in a landmine blast between Dantewada and Sukma in Chattisgarh.

Test fire of nuclear capable Agni-II missile was successfully carried out from Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa on 17th May. Agni II has a range of 2000Km. It is 20m long two stage solid propelled ballistic missile. It was developed by Advanced System Laboratories alongwith DRDO & Bharat Dynamics Ltd.

Supreme Court in a recent judgement upheld a rule that allows the adjustment of reserved category candidate SC/ST/OBC against their quota seats even if they manage to qualify an examination for govt services on merit.

National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is the monitoring authority for the Right to Education Act which became effective from April 1, 2010.

Current Affairs [April 2010] Naxals killed about 75 CRPF personal at Chintalnar-Tarmetla village in Dantewada distt ,Chhattisgarh. Government appoint E.N. Rammohan, to

probe the incident. Uninque Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) now known as Aadhaar. It’s Chairman is Nandan Nilekani. It will assign 16 digit identification

number to all residents in India. NTRO- National Technical Research Organisation. The organization came to limelight after allegation of phone tapping of politicians.

Indian navy commissioned India’s first indigenously built stealth warship ‘ INS Shivalik’. The other stealth warship to be built are named as ‘INS Sahyadri’ and INS Satpura’.

Right To Education Act is notified and will become a legally enforceable from 1 April 2010. Key features of RTE Act are : All children in 6-14 age group must get free and compulsory eduction; No child shall be held back,expelled or required to pass a board examination till Class VIII; There must be 25 % reservation for poor children even in private & minority schools; There must be one teacher for every 30 students; A child rights commission will look into violations of the RTE law.

Govt start Census 2011. It is the 15th Census. It is in two phase. The first phase is called –House listing & Housing Census and the second phase is called decadal headcount which will be held in Feb 2011. The Registrar General of India is C Chandramouli.

Current Affairs [March 2010] Govt launched National Mission for Empowerment of Women aimed at inter-sectoral convergence of all pro- women programmes.

Constitution 108th Amendment Bill 2008 commonly known as women’s reservation bill was passed by Rajya Sabha by 186 in favour 1 against 39 abstained (Current strength of Rajya Sabha is 233). The bill seeks to reserve a third of the seats on the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for 15 years on a rotational basis. It was first introduced in 1996. Sharad Joshi, an independent MP is the only MP which cast vote against the bill. In the present Lok Sabha, there are 59 women MPs out of 543 MPs. Total MLAs in 29 state assemblies in India are 4093.

Yamunanagar (Haryana) and Vishakhapatnam (AP) are choosen for a pilot project on saving household energy by replacing incandescent lamps with CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps).

Earth Hour 2010 has been celebrated on 27 March organized by World Wide Fund for Nature, India. Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru are official Earth Hour Cities among 15 Indian cities.

Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia visit India in March 2010.

Supreme Court allowed religion based 4 % reservations in Govt jobs & educational institutes in Andhra Pradesh. It extended the benefit to 14 OBC in muslims in the state. The matter is further referred to Constitutional bench of Supreme Court.

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’Bold Kurushetra’ a joint armour exercise between India and Singapore was held at Jhansi(UP).

Prohibition of unfair practices in technical, medical educational institutions & universities Bill is passed by Govt. It provided for 3 year imprisonment and a fine of upto Rs 50 lakh for higher education providers guilty of misleading students.

Govt approved Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry & Operation) Bill 2010. It provides foreign universities to set up campuses in India.

Govt amends Anti Hijacking Act 1982. It now provides for death sentence to the hijackers.

Govt starts the scheme for creation of the National Population Register (NPR) of Indian residents. The project will cover an estimated 1.2 billion people and total cost of the project will be Rs. 3539.24 crore.

India became 1st country in the world to have a ‘manoeuvrable’ supersonic cruise missile, when it successfully test fired 290 km range Brahmos missile.

Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu visit India in March 2010.

Current Affairs [February 2010] Kirit Parikh committee , set up to review petro pricing regime, submit its recommendation. Its major recommendation are to deregulate the prices

of petrol & diesel as per market prices, reduce the subsidy on LPG. India signed a Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with the UK, which became the 8th country to enter into such a pact, since the lifting of

atomic trade embargo in 2008. Govt set up a panel under the Chairmanship of former Justice B N Srikrishna which would consider the demand for splitting Andhra Pradesh.

India and Denmark signed a social security pact which will relieve their workers from double taxation and provide for cooperation in areas of labour market expansion and orderly migration.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Saudi Arabia in Feb 2010. He was the first Indian PM in 28 years to visit the gulf country. Saudi Arabia is India’s largest supplier of crude oil ( 23 %) followed by Iran ( 17 %) and Nigeria ( 11 %). India is offering upto 10 % equity to Saudi petroleum firm Saudi Aramco in a refinery being built in Orissa. PM addressed the Shoura council of Saudi Arabia.

Constitution 111th Amendment – Proposes to incorporate a new Part ( Part IX B) in the Constitution so as to provide for legal framework to regulate the functioning of cooperative societies. A new Article ( Article 43 B) is also proposed to be inserted in Part IV of the Constitution (Directive Principles of State Policy) for the States to promote voluntary formation, autonomous functioning of cooperative societies.

Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2009 commonly known as Nuclear Liability Bill will be introduced by Govt in Parliament in Winter session 2010. The draft bill aims at limiting the liability of a nuclear plant operator to Rs. 300 crore in the eventuality of an accident. The bill provides for the penalty to be paid by the operator and not the supplier companies which would mainly be American in this case. India has entered into civil nuclear cooperation agreement with eight countries so far.

Current Affairs [January 2010] Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visit India in Jan 2010. She belongs to Awami League Party. The two countries signed five

agreements – on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, on transfer of sentenced persons and on combating international terrorism, organized crime & illicit drug trafficking besides MOU on cooperation in the power sector and on cultural exchanges. India give Bangladesh a $ 1 billion line of credit, the biggest it has given to any country so far.

South Korea President Lee Myung Bak visit India in Jan 2010. The two countries decided to double the bilateral trade to $ 30 billion by 2014. Four facts were signed between two countries – cooperation in peaceful use of outer space, IT, science & technology for the year 2010-12 and transfer of sentenced persons. South Korean President was also the chief guest at 2010 Republic Day Parade.

Gujarat Local Authorities Law (amendment) Bill 2009- The Bill makes it the duty of a qualified voter to vote during elections to local bodies. Voting is compulsory, but the Bill allows voters to cast their vote in favour of none of the candidates. Election officers will declare those who fail to vote defaulter, and serve them a notice.

India and China has decided to start joint military exercise from 2011.

Najib Razak, Malaysia Prime Minister visit India in Jan 2010.

Govt launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Key highlights of the mission are :

o To create an enabling policy framework for the deployment of 20,000 MW of solar power by 2020.

o To create favourable conditions for solar manufacturing capability for indigenous production and market leadership.

o To promote programmes for off grid applications, reaching 1000 MW by 2017 and 2000 MW by 2022.

o To achieve 15 million sq. meters solar thermal collector area by 2017 and 20 million by 2022.

o To deploy 20 million solar lighting systems for rural areas by 2022.

New Governors appointed : a) M K Narayanan – West Bengal, b)Shivraj Patil – Punjab, c) Mohsina Kidwai – Jharkhand, d) Shekhar Dutt – Chhattisgarh, e) E S L Narasimhan – Andhra Pradesh.

Govt plans to create a National Gas Highway Development Authority. The present Gas Pipeline Density in India is 3.29 Km per 1000 Sq.Km.

Govt plans to set up a National Green Tribunal to control Carbon Emissions and pollution. It will be responsible for implementing the low carbon roadmap to be set forth in the 12th Five Year Plan.

Sports Current Affairs 2010

Sachin Tendulkar scores fifty centuries in test cricket (19th Dec 2010)

Sachin Tendulkar scored his fiftieth test century in the second innings of the first test against South Africa at the Centurion. The master blasted scored his century in196 balls with 12 fours and one six. Even thought India lost the first test Sachin’s century helped about bringing some respectability to the proceedings. Incidentally he has also been named the ICC player of the year.

Indian cricket teams wins its second test at Durban. (16th Dec 2010)

The Indian team had a poor game at the centurion where they were bundled out by an innings and twenty five runs by their South African counterparts. The second test they came back with a much more inspired performance with both bat and bowl leading to their first ever win in Durban which had always troubled them in the past. India had scored 205 and 228 in their two innings while the South Africans could score only 131 and 215 respectively.The star of the match was V.VS Laxman whose 96 helped India seal victory.

Saina Nehwal wins Honk Kong Open Super Series. (12th Dec 2010)

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Indias star sportswoman Saina Nehwal rallied around from a one game deficit to win 15-21, 21-16, 21-17 over Wang Shixian of China. Saina finished of her year on a wonderful note and has an unmatched record compared to any Indian player with regard to winning the super series title. Current Affairs

Chelsea lose third match out of fourth (16th Nov 2010)

Birmingham City defeated Chelsea by a score of 1-0 at Birmingham City making this the third defeat to be suffered by Chelsea in the four matches that it has played so far. This win helped Manchester United to move up in the English Premier League rankings. Birmingham gained three points in the rankings thanks to the one and only winning goal scored by its player Lee Bowyer. Newcastle lost 5-1 to Bolton while West Ham lost 3-0 to Liverpool alongside Blackpool and Stoke who claimed their respective victories. In their game against Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea let slip past their initial lead of 2-0, to finally lose the game at a score of 3-2. The game was at a score of 2-0 till half time with Chelsea winning but a combination of lack of concentration in players and simple bad luck cost Chelsea the match.

Cricket in 2014 Asian Games (15th Nov 2010)

Rumors recently originated that cricket had been removed from the list of proposed sports and events of the 2014 Asian games. The reason for these rumors has been said to be the decision of the Olympic Committee of Asia to limit the number of sporting events in the Asian games to a maximum of 35. However, these fears proved out to be false as the OCA recently confirmed the inclusion of cricket in the list of sporting events for the Asian games 2014. For the time being cricket and karate have been confirmed as two out of the seven non Olympic events in these games while the other five are still to be decided. However, South Korean organizers are said to not be in support of this decision.

Nadal and Clijsters (Nov 2010)

Rafael Nadal continues to hold the top spot in the ATP rankings with his score being close to 11900 points while Roger Federer holds the spot of number two. On the other hand Kim Clijsters fell to the third position in the WTA rankings released recently followed by Serena Williams on the fourth position.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Nov 2010)

Following his win in the Korean Grand Prix, third position in Brazil and third position in the qualifiers of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari looked like the possible winner. However the title slipped out of his hands, much to his surprise and landed into the hands of Vettel making him the youngest Formula One champion in the history of F1 racing aged just 23 years.

Current Affairs

A century of Medals in CWG 2010: (15th Oct 2010)

Thanks to the final in the woman badminton category that India was able to taste the sweet gland of a century tally of medals for the very first time in any CWG edition. India had tallied 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals which cumulatively read 101 medals. Even though India were shattered to an 8-0 defeat by the Aussies the woman shutters’ heroics steered them to a total of medals that read 101. India finished ahead of England (142) and behind Australia (177). The culminating day (Oct 14th) saw the quest of an unimaginable 2nd place finish thanks to Jwala and Ashwini. They defeated Singapore’s Sari Shanti Mulia and Yao Lei with some ease and become the lone pair so far to win gold in women badminton (doubles). But the cherry on the cake was put by Indian badminton pioneer – Saina Nehwal. The hosts scalped addition one inclusive of a bronze medal when our table tennis masters Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das won in the doubles for women bronze medal final round alongside the Australian pair. Tan Zed Vivian and Peri Campbell-Innes. But the finals for the hockey men were a match to forget as they were thumped by the Kangaroos scoring 8 past their goal. Going into this match with some resilient attitude as shown in the semis, the Aussies brought them to ground by outplaying them with power play.

Master Blaster’s the Best; ICC admits:Sachin Tendulkar (quite unsurprisingly) was shortlisted for the most decorated cricketing accolade in contempt period, an award given to the greatest cricketer for the year that is named after Sir Garfield Sobers. The Master Blaster turned out to be the second Indian to win the accolade following the success of Rahul Dravid in the same award six years before. Afterwards accumulating 1,000 runs in Test match cricket this calendar year more to the point becoming the aboriginal cricketer to score a double century in LOI cricket playing against South Africa on Feb 24th 2010 in Gwalior, Sachin completed a double of awards at the even by also winning the famous – LG People’s Choice Award. The Men in Blue had a lot extra to applaud about as their striking opener, Virender Sehwag, with 1,282 runs in the game’s longer adaptation, was chosen as the Test Cricketer of the Year and M.S. Dhoni was selected as the captain of a World Test XI. In the previous, Sehwag’s Delhi team mate as well as opening partner, Gautam Gambhir was given this privilege. Decorated Indian off-spinner, B.S. Bedi was introduced into the Hall of Fame (for ICC) forth along with the legendary West Indies’ fast bowlers Garner and Walsh and Rachael Heyhoe Flint (ex-England women cricketer) The LOI (also known as ODI) Player of the Year was bagged by the South African cricketer A.B. de Villiers. Kangaroos see BLUE in India:In a highly anticipated and evenly fought cricket competition between two giants of the beautiful game of cricket between India and Australia, the former proved to be good for the Aussies. The Australian team over a period of time has seen its main workforce in Gilchrist, Hayden, McGrath and others retiring had to rely majorly on the young breed of players lacking experience of play in the Indian subcontinent. India had slipped its rank down a bit from No. 1 and was in a quest to get it back. That’s what actually transpired. Thanks to the great heroics of Sachin along with the rest of his teammates India were not only able to beat the Aussies but finish it as a clean sweep which the team Down Under hadn’t experienced for quite some time. Sachin’s double ton was the highlight of the series and imperative in order to retain the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Apart from the Test Series, India also won the ODI series without losing single game (1-0). Two of the three matches were abandoned due to bad weather conditions while the sole game played, India convincingly beat the Australians thanks to a solid partnership between Suresh Raina and Mohit Tiwary. The partnership between the two batsmen helped India to chase down a total just under 300. Current Affairs [September 2010]

Kalmadi and Co. pocket Common man’s Wealth:The contempt letters of forgery and fraud in Commonwealth Games resulted in an abnormally affliction of our nation’s picture. The bulk of finances used up on modernizing the venues for Commonwealth Games accommodate a prima facie affirmation of ample calibration enticement in the alignment of Commonwealth Games. The abstracts accessible on the Commonwealth Games website reveals that the amount of refurbishing the JNU stadium was USD 215 million; the IGI Stadium USD 150 million; the Hockey stadium (named after Dhyan Chand) USD 60 million; and the Shooting Alleys USD 35 million. An absolute sum of USD 10150 million was spent on renovations. The costs incurred in the advance of the lone cricket stadium in Delhi were USD 20 million. For the LBS stadium in Hyderabad was USD 18 million, and architecture of a contemporary and technology studded stadium in the city of oranges amounted USD 19 million. It is acute that the Central Government anon adjustment a top akin analysis into this arrangement and the dealings embarked on. It is abominable that such all-embracing abusage of communal resources has taken abode in the name of the Commonwealth Games. The accusations of inducement ambit from favoritism in accolade of affairs to big-ticket appoint of accessories for training and abrupt accretion in the costs of architecture treaties.

Bridge Collapses; Casualties cross double figures:Reportedly not less than 27 people were afflicted afterwards an under-construction foot over bridge burst within the close proximity of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the capital area of the Commonwealth Games, bidding the Organizing Committee (OC) to awning up by giving a statement or in other words a false sense of complacency and assurance that everything is being taken care of. The arch was to hotlink the amphitheater to parking for delegates and athletes. The Urban Development Minister, Jaipal Reddy has dismissed the pressures by quoting it is a negligible incident. The Public Works Department (PWD) has urged for an acoount of the structure from the builders. Later the aforementioned day, Organizing Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot addressed reporters: "We will put up a great show. He said the venues will be all set in the days to come and there would be added sprucing to accommodate top notch standards. However, the mishap is a concern to the CWG

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organizers, who are already nabbed amidst accuse of laziness and fraud for the XIX Edition. Previously, Mike Hooper, the main controller of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), remarked on the condition of hygiene at the Games Village as “dirty.”

Chennai are the Super Kings of Twenty20 Cricket:The Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings are the champions of the second edition of the AirTel Champions League Twenty20 hosted by South Africa from September 10th to September 26th. Chennai Super Kings defeated their fellow finalists in some fashion by 8 wickets in the final of the Champions League T20 2010.Warriors had won the toss earlier and decided to bat first but bootless to account an appropriate target, but only capable to set a minimal total of mere 128 runs for 7 wickets. Only Davy Jacobs’s denticulate 34 runs were the notable contribution and was also the best from the entire batting lineup of the Warriors. Muttiah Muralidaran was the most booming bowler scalping 3 wickets for only 16 runs. Ashwin got a couple of wickets for 16 runs as well. Chennai Super Kings started off in some style by baking batting by Murali Vijay who denticulate a 58 run total. Michael Hussey fabricated 42 handy runs to the total. The Opening brace fabricated 103 runs which fabricated their way of triumph easier than it ever seemed. With this Murali Vijay became the highest run getter of the second edition of the Champions League Twenty20. He was facilitated with the Man of the Match Award. With such great triumph on the world stage, the Indian and CSK captain has silenced his critics and is still in contention to be the best ever captain in the world today.

Current Affairs [August 2010] Sehwag denied century

A deliberate no ball by the Srilankan off-spinner Suraj Randiv to prevent Virendar Sehwag from completing his century in the tri-series has left a bad taste in the mouth for all cricket lovers. Indians were just short of 5 runs from destination called victory and the opening batsman VEERU was just a run away from his ton. At the same time Lankan skipper chose spinner S. Randiv to come in and bowl. On the third bowl of his spell Virender Sehwag sent the bowl out of the fence with a huge six but the turning point was that it was a no ball which defended Virender Sehwag from completing his century. As per the declaration of the match referee it was been found out that it was an intentional attempt.

Shooting GoldTejaswini Sawant created history by becoming India’s first female shooter to clinch gold at the World Shooting Championship held in Munich, Germany. The 29-year-old, who shot a score of 597/600 (100, 100, 100, 99, 99, 99), equaling the world record in the process, won the 50m rifle prone event

Sri Lanka wins the tri seriesThe host Sri Lanka’ eight wicket victory over India in Dambulla represents its 25th win in a tournament final. Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara'who won the toss decided to bat against India in the tri-series final. The Sri Lankans won the match by 74 runs in this game. With this it became the second team to win a tournament final on 25 occasions. Australia has won 52 tournament finals.

First Indian US PGA Tour winnerArjun Atwal has become the first Indian Golfer to win the US PGA tour. Atwal, who started playing at the age of fourteen, became one of the leading players on the Asian Tour and the European tour. He is the the first native East Indian golfer to become a member of, and later win the U.S. PGA Tour.

Current Affairs [July 2010] Saina Nehwal: A smash hit

The Indian Open Grand Prix Gold, the Singapore Open Super Series and then the Indonesian Open Super Series at Jakarta have given enough reasons to Saina to celebrate. The World No.3 defeated a fighting Sayaka Sato of Japan 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the badminton finals. Just two notches away from the badminton World No. 1, Saina is now indisputably India's top female athlete.

Khel awardsSaina Nehwal to be conferred the country’s top sporting honour-the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. While Jhulan Goswami skipper of womens cricket team, boxer Dinesh Kumar and Sandeep Singh are tipped to receive the Arjuna Awards in recognition of their outstanding achievements during the last one year, Footballer Sunil Chhetri and Deepak Mondal have also been nominated for the award that will be given away in Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th Aug by President Pratibha Patil.

World cup for SpainIn a historic football victory Spain lifted their first-ever World Cup after defeating Netherlands 1-0 in Johannesburg. Andres Iniesta secured the only goal of an enthralling final against the Netherlands four minutes from the end of extra-time on Sunday leading his team to victory.

Current Affairs [June 2010] French Open 2010 :

o Men’s singles – Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Soderling. He is the second person after Bjorn Borg to win 5th French Open titles.

o Women’s singles- Francesca Schiavone (Italy) defeated Samantha Stosur (Australia). She became first Italian women to won the French open.

o Men’s Doubles- Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic defeated Lukas Dlouhy & Leander Paes.

o Women’s Doubles- Serena Williams & Venus Williams defeated Kveta Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik.

o Mixed Doubles – Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonjic defeated Yavoslava Shvedova & Julian Knowle.

Saina Nehwal defeated Choo Wong Mew to win women’s single title in Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open badminton championship. In the Men’s singles Yunus Alamsyah won the title.

Saina Nehwal defeated Japan’s Sayaka Sato to win women’s singles title in Indonesian Open Super Series 2010.

Indian Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap gold medal at ISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy.

India defeated Sri Lanka to won Asia Cup(Cricket) 2010. India won the title after 15 years i.e. it won the cup in 1995.

Saina Nehwal won the Women’s singles title in Singapore Super Series badminton championship 2010 defeating China’s Tzu Ying Tai. It was her 2nd consecutive title.

3000th ODI( One day international) cricket match was played between England & Australia.

Current Affairs [May 2010] England won 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Cricket tournament defeating Australia. The tournament was held at West Indies. Kevin Pieterson of

England has been declared as Player of the Tournament. Australia won 2010 Women’s World Twenty20 Cricket tournament defeating New Zealand.

India and South Korea were declared joint winner of 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, after suspension of the final match due to heavy rains.India’s Sardar Singh has been declared as Best Player of the Tournament. Australia won the Bronze medal. The tournament was held at Ipoh (Malaysia). India had won the tournament earlier in 1985, 1991, 1995 & 2009.

China won Thomas Cup ( Men’s Badminton) defeating Indonesia.

In the World Youth Boxing Championship, held at Baku, Azerbaijan, India won 1 Gold & 1 Silver. Gold medal was won by Vikas Krishan and Silver medal was won by Shiva Thapa.

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India won bronze medal in the 2nd Asian Paragliding Championship held at Nishiewa, Japan.

World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand retained his title after defeating Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the World Chess Championship 2010.

Current Affairs [April 2010] IPL3 season won by Chennai Super Kings defeating Mumbai Indians.

Youth Olympics Games 2010 to be held in Singapore in Aug 2010.

World Youth Championship was held at Baku, Azerbaijan.

Lawn tennis legend Martina Navratilova diagnosed with Breast Cancer.

‘Jumbo’ chosen as 2011 World Cricket Cup Mascot.

World Kabbadi Cup 2010- India defeated Pakistan to won World Cup Kabbadi 2010 held at Ludhiana.

Pankaj Advani won the Asian Billiards Championship defeating Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist for the consecutive third time.

Badminton Asia Championship, Delhi :

o Men’s singles – Lin Dan defeated Wang Zhenguing

o Women’s singles-Li Xiurei defeated Liu Xin.

Current Affairs [March 2010] Tamil Nadu defeated West Bengal to won Vijay Harare Cricket Trophy.

Australia won World Hockey Cup 2010 defeating Germany. India ranked at 8th place.

India won six gold medal in the Commonwealth Boxing Championship held at Delhi.

Two new IPL teams, Kochi was auctioned for Rs 1533 crore and Pune was auctioned for Rs 1702 crore. Kochi was auctioned to Rendezvous Adventure Sports Ltd. Pune was auctioned to Sahara Adventure Sports Ltd.

Current Affairs [February 2010] Sachin Tendulkar became first player in the world to score a double century in ODI (One day International). He scored 200 (Not out) against

South Africa. 11th South Asian Games 2010 : Held at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 29 Jan to 8 Feb. Originally scheduled to take place in 2009, but due to general

elections in Bangladesh, the games were held in 2010. This was the third time that the Dhaka hosted the Games, thus becoming the first city to hold the games three times. 8 countries participated in the games in 23 different sports, including T20 cricket, which was introduced for the first time in SAG. The 8 countries included are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka. 1The logo of the games was ‘Kutumb’, a flying doel , which is the national bird of Bangladesh. The mascot of the games featured a magpie robin, which was holding the torch to begin the games. The final medal tally include : India - 1st place with 90 G 55 S 29 B Total 174, Pakistan- 2nd place with 19 G 25 S 36 B Total 80, Bangladesh- 3rd place with 18 G 23 S 56 B Total 97.

West Zone won Duleep Trophy ( 2009-10) defeating South Zone.

India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar won the Asian Tour International Trophy 2010. It is his 2nd consecutive title.

Euro 2012 to be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.

2010 Winter Olympic Games were held at Vancouver, Canada. Mascot of the game was MIGA (a sea bear), QUATCHI( a sasquatch) and SUMI (animal guardian spirit). The logo of the games was Ilnaaq meaning Friend in Inuktut. There were 86 events in 7 sports. The games were held from 12 Feb to 28 Feb. Final medal tally. Canada- 14 G 7 S 5 B, Germany- 10 G 13 S 7 B, USA- 9 G 15 S 13 B.

IOC (International Olympic Committee ) has approved ICC (International Cricket Council) bid to join the Olympic games 2020. The first time cricket was included in the Olympic games was in Paris Olympic 1900.

11th World Hockey Cup 2010- To be held in Delhi, India. This is 2nd WHC which India is hosting. India also hosted the WHC in 1982 at Mumbai. 12 countries participated in the tournament. WHC is held in the years between two summer Olympics. First WHC was held at Barcelona in 1971. Pakistan has won the cup four times, Netherland three times, Germany two times, India & Australia once each. India won the WHC in 1975.

Commonwealth Shooting Championship was held in New Delhi in Feb 2010. India stood at first place with 35 Gold 25 Silver and 14 Bronze. England stood at 2nd place with 4 gold and Wales stood at 3rd place.

Current Affairs [January 2010] U-19 World Cup 2010 held in New Zealand from 15 – 30 Jan 2010. Javagal Srinath from India appointed as one of the match referee for the

tournament. Australia won the U-19 World Cup for the third time defeating Pakistan. India is placed at 6th rank. Australia won the cup for the third time.

Rafael Nadal won the Capitala World Tennis Championsip, held at Abu Dhabi defeating Robin Soderling.

Magnus Carlsen becomes the youngest World No.1 chess player at the age of 19 years breaking the Garry Kasparov’s record when he became the world’s top ranked chess player at the age of 22 years in 1985. Magnus Carlsen is the 5th player after Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov and V.Anand (India) to cross the 2800 ELO rating. In the Jan 2010 FIDE ranking, Carlsen stood at 1st place, Topalov at 2nd place and V Anand at 3rd place.

Marin Cilic defeated Staniglas Wawrinka to won Men’s singles title of Aircel Chennai Open.

Pakistan’s cricketer Shahid Afridi was banned for two T20 internationals after he was found guilty of ball tempering in a ODI against Australia.

Corus Chess Grandmaster Tournament won by Magnus Carlsen. V.Anand of India ranked at 4th place. Hopman Cup 2010- Spain defeated Great Britain.

Australian Open 2010 : Women’s Single- Serena William defeated Justin Henin. It is Serena’s 5th Australian Open title. It is also Serena’s 12th Grand Slam title equaling the record of Billie Jean King.

Men’s Single- Roger Federer(Swiss) defeated Andy Murray(Britain). It is Federer’s 4th Australian Open title. It is Federer’s 16th Grand Slam title.

Men’s Double- Mike Bryan & Bob Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic.

Women’s Double – Serena Williams & Venus Williams defeated Cara Black & L Huber.

Mixed Double – Laender Paes (India) & Cara Black (Zimbabwe) defeated Ekterina Makasova & Jaroslav Levinsky. It is Paes’s 11th Grand Slam title.

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Current Affairs For March 2011

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Godhra verdict: 11 get death, 20 get life term

A Sessions Court in Ahmedabad awarded death sentence to 11 people and life term to twenty others on 1/3/2011. The sentence was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge PR Patel who had earlier convicted them of criminal conspiracy in the Sabarmati Express train burning case on Feb 22nd.

The court had accepted the prosecution's contention that there was a conspiracy behind the incident and convicted 31 under various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) like 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) and 120B(criminal conspiracy).

They were convicted under IPC section 147, 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 323, 324,325,326 (causing hurt), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on religious grounds), various sections of the Indian Railways Act, Prevention of Damages to Public Property Act and Bombay Police Act.

The court had acquitted 63 others out the total 94 for lack of evidence including the alleged mastermind Maulavi Hussain Umarji. Fifty nine Kar Sevaks traveling in the S6 coach of Sabarmati Express were burnt alive near the Godhra railway station on February 2002. This incident caused wide spread communal riots in the State of Gujarat that resulted in the deaths of over 100 people, most of them Muslims. Justice Patel termed the case as “rarest of rare” and the court has given the accused 90 days to appeal in the High court.

SC strikes down CVC PJ Thomas' appointment

The Supreme Court on 3/3/2011 struck down on the appointment of Chief Vigilance Commisioner PJ Thomas after a three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia delivered its verdict on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought his removal. The apex court has observed Thomas is a person who is tainted as he was an accused in the palmoline export scam. CVC PJ Thomas soon thereafter submitted his resignation. This has come about as big blow to the UPA government which is already facing several allegations of corruption. Furthermore Thomas is the country's 14th CVC and was selected by a three member panel that included the PM and the Home Minister. The opposition BJP had been highly critical all along and following his resignation demanded even the PM to step down. The PM took responsibility for the incident and cited the reason as error in judgement. An IAS officer of 1973 batch of Kerala cadre, PJ Thomas is the eighth accused in the palmolien case. He served as food secretary in Kerala in the early 90’s during which time he had aggressively campaigned for the import of 1500 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia. Reports later emerged that price paid for the oil- palmolein was unjustifiable high. He has since been fighting allegations of corruption, while the case is still pending in court.

Delhi court accepts CBI's closure report against Quattrocchi

A Delhi court on 4/3/2011 accepted CBI’s closure report seeking to drop all charges against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in the two decade old Bofors case. The CBI was looking at closing all criminal cases against Italian businessman Quattrocchi, who is allegedly one of the recipients of kickbacks in the controversial Bofors gun deal of 1986 which ended up resulting in the fall of the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989. Many influential figures were accused of receiving payoffs in the deal which involved the purchase of Bofors guns for the Indian army. The agency has been seeking withdrawal of the case against him as he has never appeared before any Indian court to face trial due to lack of evidence, even though a tax tribunal had ruled in Dec 2010 that illegal commissions were indeed paid in the deal. The agency had said that its plea to withdraw the case has been filed with bonafide intention as it has spent a huge amount of money on the investigation but has not been able to arrest the Italian businessman. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav observed: "At this moment we have to end the case therefore I allow the CBI plea to close the case. I think the CBI has moved this application to close this case after applying their minds, therefore there is no need of wasting public money in continuing the investigation." Advocate Ajay Aggarwal, who objected to CBI’s application in the court, said he would challenge the order in the Delhi High Court.

Delhi University student Radhika Tanwar shot outside college

Radhika Tanwar (21) a student of Ram Lal Anand College (Delhi University) was shot dead by an unidentified man on the Dhaula Kuan foot-over bridge near South Campus at around 10.30 AM on 8/3/2011. Radhika a second year BA student who lives with her family in Naraina locality of West Delhi was shot point blank by the assailant who fled the scene after shooting her in the stomach. Passersby took the girl in an autorickshaw to Safdurjung Hospital where she was declared brought dead. The incident has caused outrage in the Capital which has been witnessing increasing episodes of crimes against women, while the world was celebrating International Womens Day. The assailant has been identified as 25 yr old Ram Singh alias Vijay who hails from Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. He was caught a few days later and Delhi Police Commissioner B K Gupta said “Vijay suffers from psychopathic obsession. He used to follow women. He followed Radhika regularly. The immediate trigger was the snubbing of Radhika when he tried to speak to her”. The police also went on to add Vijay “nurtured deep grudge” against the victim after he got beaten up for harassing her and often told his friends that he would avenge the humiliation whenever he got the opportunity. On 11/3/2011 another student Monica Kirnapure was stabbed by four people in Nagpur while she was on her way to class from her hostel. The twenty two year old girl lay in her pool of blood for ten minutes, a knife sticking out of her back, asking for water. No help came about from the bystanders until Sumedh Wanjaari hired a rickshaw to take her to the hospital where she died en route.

SC dismisses Aruna Shanbaug's euthanasia plea

Aruna Shanbaug a former nurse at Mumbai’s KEM hospital has been in a vegetative state for the last 38 years after she was assaulted by a ward boy. A Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra rejected on 7/3/2011 the euthanasia plea filed by Aruna’s friend Pinky Virani declaring ‘the petition stands cancelled’. They also added Pinky was not allowed to appeal for the mercy killing of Aruna as she was not the staff of KEM hospital. The bench in its 110-page judgement saw the nursing staff of KEM hospital who have been looking after Aruna for the past 38

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years as the real next friend of Aruna and declared the patient didn’t have a single bed sore during the period. The apex court however allows passive euthanasia in appropriate cases which have been permitted by the concerned high courts. They also added there is no law in the country presently in the country on euthanasia and clarified unless the Parliament drafts a law, its stand on active and passive euthanasia will stay enforced. Aruna Shanabug was sexually assaulted on November 27 1973 by Sohanlal Walmiki who used a dog chain to subdue her which ended up cutting the oxygen supply to her brain damaging vital functions like sight, memory and normal movement.

Congress, DMK seat-sharing deadlock ends

After lot of political drama the DMK and the Congress have come to a mutual seat sharing agreement ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections. The DMK party announced on 8/3/20011 that it will contest for 121 seats while the Congress will contest for 63 under the seat sharing deal for the April 13 Assembly polls. The Congress demand of 63 seats marks an increase of 15 seats in allocation of what they got during the 2006 Assembly elections. DMK chief Karunanidhi was initially ready to give 60 seats to the Congress but the Congress unrelenting demand on having 63 made him unhappy and he threatened to pull out his ministers from the government. The Congress refused to blink this time and after quite a few rounds of discussions the DMK finally relented to the Congress demands. The DMK has agreed to allocate 61 seats, up 1 seat from what they previously agreed and another two seats would be allocated to the Congress from the other allied parties of the DMK. Under the seat sharing formula, DMK will contest 121 seats, Congress 63, PMK 30, VCK 10, KMK 7, IUML 2 and MMK 1 for the 234-member assembly.

A.Raja’s close aide Sadiq Batcha found dead

Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former telecom minister A.Raja committed suicide and was found hanging at his residence in Chennai on 16/3/2011. Sadiq Batcha (37) who is the Managing Director of Greenhouse Promoters has been under the CBI scanner for his suspected involvement in the 2G spectrum case and was questioned by the agency on February 22nd. Green House Promoters, initially a nondescript company with an equity base of Rs.100,000 in 2004, is said to have grown to over Rs.600 crore revenue company within a very short time frame. Raja’s wife Parameshwari is said to have served as a director in the firm but quit during 2008. Batcha hails from Raja’s constituency Perambalur in Tamil Nadu and initially worked as a sari seller until his friendship with the former telecom minister happened in the early 1990’s.According to the post mortem reports the cause of death has been ascertained as asphyxia while the forensic reports are still awaited. This may come as blow to the CBI in their investigations into the 2G scam.

TN Polls: Parties promise freebies to woo voters

Ahead of upcoming assembly polls, the political parties of Tamil Nadu have promised a host of freebies to woo the voting public. Top warring parties DMK and ADMK have taken the war of freebies to a new high. While DMK in their manifesto have announced 35 kg of free rice every month for below-poverty line families, AIADMK has promised 20 kg of free rice for all ration-card holders. The ruling DMK party has promised laptops to students in their first year of college while Jayalalitha’s ADMK party promises them one as early as eleventh standard. While the DMK plans to give women free mixes, grinders its rivals have promised additional fans along with mixies and grinders. Furthermore Jayalalitha in her bid to woo female voters has promised 4gms of gold for 'Thali' (mangalsutra) free of cost to poor, besides offering cable TV connections at subsidised rates. Some of the other freebies include four sets of uniform and footwear for students, a hike in scholarship upto Rs 5000 from class 10 onwards, women self help groups get Rs10Lakh with 25 % waiver, 20 litres of mineral water a day to Below Poverty Line families, six months' maternity leave for women and Rs 12,000 as pregnancy allowance and a host of other promises were made. This does came as surprise since Jayalalitha was a staunch critic of populist measures when the DMK party which came in power in 2006, promised to offer free colour TV’s to the public and also kept up on its electoral promise. The partie’s efforts in trying to gain an upper hand over each other by making such steep electoral promises does raise a lot of concerns. It does make one wonder if the State Treasury would be left with any money if such populist measures are left unchecked.

WB polls: Cong, TMC reach seat-sharing deal

The Congress and the Trinamool Congress reached a seat sharing agreement ahead of the West Bengal Assembly Polls. Mamta Banerjee of Trinamool has agreed to offer 65 seats after her rounds of discussion with the Congress party. She had earlier agreed to give 64 seats against Congress demand of 98. The alliance will fight against CPM led Left Front which has been in power for almost 35 years now.Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed said “In West Bengal, Congress will contest 65 seats and TMC will contest 229. We will work in close cooperation to win the election to defeat the Left from the state.”West Bengal will be voting in 6 phases. The first phase voting is on April 18, second phase on April 23, third phase on April 27, fourth phase on May 3, fifth phase on May 7 and sixth phase is on May 10th.

Cash for votes scam creates uproar in Parliament

With the revelations by Wikileaks about the Congress buying MPs to win the vote-of-confidence over the crucial Indo-US nuclear deal in 2008 came back to haunt party when a united opposition created an uproar in Parliament. On 17/3/2011 they were demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in view of the fresh charges that bribe was paid during the trust vote. The government on its part was dismissive questioning the credibility of the leaks. Also FM Pranab Mukherjee said “Each Lok Sabha is sovereign in its time. What happened in the 14th Lok Sabha cannot be decided in the 15th Lok Sabha...Government of the day is accountable to the 15th Lok Sabha and not to the 14th Lok Sabha. Whatever happened in the 14th Lok Sabha has come to an end with the end of the tenure”. On 23/3/2011 Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj made a stinging attack on the Prime Minister and said “It is the habit of the Prime Minister to blame others. If it is price rise then (Agriculture Minister) Sharad Pawar is responsible, if it is 2G then (former Telecom Minister) A Raja is responsible and if it is Commonwealth Games then Suresh Kalmadi is to blame.” The Wikileaks cable suggests that the Congress bought the support of MPs during a vote of confidence during the controversial nuclear deal in 2008. Three BJP MP’s walked into the Lok Sabha with Rs 3 crores in cash and claimed that they had been offered that money to vote for the nuclear deal and that they had planned a sting operation to prove it. Following that a Lok Sabha committee, headed by Congress MP KCS Deo, was set up to examine their allegations in which was found there was no evidence of the allegations made by the BJP MP’s.

Aarushi murder case: Talwars surrender passports

Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, parents of murdered teen Aarushi Talwar have surrendered their passports to a local court following a direction by the Supreme Court which also stayed their trial in the Noida double murder case. On 19/3/2011 the SC had stayed the CBI court order summoning the Talwars to appear before it on 22/3/2011. The Allahabad High Court on 18/3/2011 dismissed the couples plea seeking quashing of criminal proceedings initiated by the lower court which not only refused the closure report filed by the CBI but also summoned the couple as accused in the case. The HC declared that it could not prohibit the magistrate from taking cognizance of a case if prima facie it appears that there is sufficient evidence against a person. Earlier the CBI had file a closure report pleading closure citing lack of incriminating evidence, however the CBI has pointed a needle of suspicion to the parents and as a result left the option of proceeding against the Talwars with the Trial Court. The couple had challenged the order of the Allahabad High Court which the Supreme Court stayed on 19/3/2011 but asked the Talwars to surrender their passports. Satish Tamta, the counsel for Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, submitted the passports in the court of additional chief judicial

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magistrate Puspendra Kumar Singh. Fourteen-year-old Aarushi was found murdered at her home in Noida on May 16, 2008. A day after, Hemraj's body was found in the same building.

India revokes licenses of 14 'fake pilots'

Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 23/3/2011 revoked a total of 14 commercial pilot licenses (CPL) which means it brings an end to the flying careers of the those accused of having submitted fake training records from Rajasthan State Flying School to procure their licenses. The discovery of frauds in the issuing of licenses is a worrying development to the safety of air travel for the passengers and the industry. The fake pilot scam began unraveling when female Captain Parminder Gulati landed her airliner on the nose instead of the rear wheels which set the alarms ringing across many quarters. DGCA, the airline regulator stepped in and discovered she had submitted forged mark sheets to procure her license. Since then more pilots have been caught guilty of the same crime. The DGCA admits there was a lapse, and now says as much as 4000 pilot licences are now under fresh scrutiny. On 26/3/2011 a DGCA official Pradeep Kumar(48), pilot Pradeep Tyagi(35) and two of his touts Lalit Jain (34) and Pankaj Jain (23) were arrested by the Delhi Police. Tyagi along with his touts used to forge mark sheets for the fake pilots for huge a fee and also bribed Pradeep Kumar of the DGCA for expediting those files. A person is eligible to fly a commercial aircraft only when he or she secures a CPL, which is given out after a person completes 200 hours of flying during the training.

Hasan Ali Remanded In Judicial Custody

Hasan Ali is a Pune bases stud farm owner who has been accused of allegedly stashing away 8 billion dollars in Swiss banks. It is speculated that the major portion of the money in offshore accounts belong to some politicians and industrialists and that Ali acts as a conduit for them and allegedly facilitates transfer of black money from India on a commission basis. He has been under the radar of the Income Tax (IT) department and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a few years now while his premises were raided in 2007. According to Hasan Ali’s statements he is scrap dealer with an annual income of Rs 30 Lakh which does not tally with kind of lifestyle Ali is known for. He is known to throw lavish parties, has a penchant for race horses and own quite a few of them and also own an expensive fleet of cars. A little ironic for a man with humble beginnings, whose father worked as an excise officer. Hassan Ali has been declared the highest tax defaulter in the country with dues allegedly over Rs 70,000 crores. Ali was arrested by the ED on 7/3/2011 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. But a Mumbai Court on 11/3/2011 rejected ED’s plea for custodial interrogation of Hasan Ali on the grounds that the agency had not gathered sufficient evidence and Ali was released on bail. The Supreme Court on 17/3/2011 stayed the trial courts order, directed custodial interrogation of Hasan Ali to ED and was also critical of Mumbai Court Judge M L Tahaliyani's order of granting bail to Ali, saying it was "deeply disturbed" as to the manner in which the trial court judge rejected the ED's contention and had given a lengthy order for it. On 21/3/2011 the apex court extended his custody with the ED for an additional three days and when that duration came to a close a session’s court remanded Hasan Ali in judicial custody till April 8, 2011.

Wikileaks: 'Hindutva an opportunistic issue for BJP'

After the Congress it was the BJP’s turn to be hit by the Wikileaks phenomenon when a US diplomat reported in the cable that senior leader of BJP declared to him that Hindu Nationalism was an ‘opportunistic issue’ for the party. "Pressed on the question of Hindutva, Jaitley argued that Hindu nationalism 'will always be a talking point' for the BJP. However, he characterized this as an opportunistic issue," a cable by Robert Blake, the Charge at the US Embassy, to his government, had said after a meeting with Jaitley on May 6, 2005. "Pressed on the question of Hindutva, Jaitley argued that Hindu nationalism 'will always be a talking point' for the BJP. However, he characterized this as an opportunistic issue," a cable by Robert Blake, the Charge at the US Embassy, to his government, had said after a meeting with Jaitley on May 6, 2005. Jaitley a senior leader of the BJP and also leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha , whom the cable described as "one of several aspirants to direct the next generation of BJP leadership", said in a statement that the word opportunistic in reference to Hindutva could be the "diplomat's own usage". He said the cable by the diplomat in 2005 makes a reference to his conversation with him. "The cable reflects my views on cross-border terrorism, illegal infiltration from Bangladesh and the unfair denial of US Visa to the Gujarat Chief Minister (Narendra Modi). “However, the use of the word "opportunistic” in reference to nationalism or Hindu nationalism is neither my view nor my language. It could be the diplomat's own usage,” he said. Congress on its part was quick to give it back to the BJP. “Chickens are coming to roost, what goes out wrongly hits back like a boomerang. People living in glass houses are taught in this manner that they were to throw stones at others,” Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said.

PM Manmohan Singh and PM Gilani of Pakistan engage in cricket diplomacy

The relations between India and Pakistan had soured post Mumbai 26/11 blasts. With the ongoing world cup when India defeated Australia in the quarters it became apparent that it was to face off against Pakistan in the semifinal. The clash between the two countries generated tremendous hype in the media of both countries. The match even took on political turns when PM Manmohan Singh invited his counterpart Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari to the cricket match. The invite was accepted by the PM of Pakistan who then along with Dr Manmohan Singh reached the cricket venue on 30/3/2011 where they shook hands with players and also engaged in diplomatic talks which has now leased a fresh breath of air to the relations between the two countries. As per the joint statement released in the capital on 29/3/2011 the Pakistani delegation updated India on the ongoing trial and investigation and agreed to allow an Indian Commission to come to Pakistan to investigate 26/11 attacks. The Pak delegation assured that India's National Investigative Agency (NIA) and Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will cooperate in the 26/11 investigation. India on its part provided Pakistan information with regards to the Samjauta blast case and agreed that they would update them once the charge sheet was filed. According to the joint statement released in New Delhi on Tuesday, the Pakistani delegation updated India on the ongoing trial and investigation and agrees in principle to allow an Indian commission to investigate 26/11 attacks in Pakistan. The two countries have also agreed to hold home secretary-level talks bi-annually.

Census 2011: Indian population increased by 181 million

India’s population has risen to 1.21 billion in the last ten years, which is an increase of 181 million according to the new census released on 31/3/2011. India’s population is now bigger than population of USA, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh, says the Census report. On the positive side the overall population growth rate is 17.6 in 2011, significantly lower than 2001 when it was 21.15 per cent. Coming to the sex ration India has 623.7 million males and 586.5 million women. A matter of concern is that child sex ratio has slipped to its lowest since India's independence. For every 1000 male infants, there are 914 girls. The most populous state of Indian continues to be Uttar Pradesh with 16.49 per cent share in the total population, followed by Maharashtra with 9.29 per cent, while, the least populous state is Sikkim with 0.05 per cent share in the total population. This is the 15th Census conducted since 1872. It was carried out in two phases, covering 640 districts and 5924 sub-districts.

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ICC WC 2011 off to spectacular start

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The ICC cricket world cup is on in full swing. The fourteen teams have all played their group stages and 8 teams qualified to the knockout stages. The teams that played in quarterfinals were West Indies, India, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Among these only four teams made it to the Semis where Pakistan and India played each other at Mohali and Srilanka and New Zealand played against each other in Colombo. The semi final match between India and Pakistan created unprecedented hype as the two teams have not faced off against each other since Mumbai 26/11 attacks. There was a never before seen rush to get the tickets for the match and people were selling their tickets in black market at astronomical amounts. India and Sri Lanka went on to win their semi finals respectively and face each other in the final on April 02 , 2011.

Levon Aronian wins Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Championship

Levon Aronian has won the 20th and final edition of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Championship held at Monaco. He had earlier also won in 2008 and 2009 respectively. The Armenian grandmaster tied his last round game against Sergey Karjakin and still maintained a one point lead over runner up Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Indian chess grandmaster and World Champion Vishwanath Anand came in at third position. With the 2011 edition the 20 year run of one the Worlds favourite chess events comes to an end and Aronian having won three of the last four editions does come across as a significant achievement.

Saina clinches Swiss Open Grand Prix

India’s badminton ace Saina Nehwal won her first title of 2011 with a 21-13, 21-14 victory over South Korean Sung Ji Hyun in the Wilson Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton at Basil on 20/3/2011. It was her second win against the Korean in as many meetings whom she earlier defeated in the Indonesia Open Super Series as well. She reached the quarters of the All England Championship also held earlier this month where she lost to Eriko Hirose of Japan. Riding on her Swiss Open triumph Saina has regained her number three ranking with 69721.2637 points. At first place and second place are Shixian Wang (83506.4) and Yihan Wang (73988.9106) of China respectively.

Djokovic beats Nadal to win Indian Wells title

Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to win the BNP Paribas Open title at Calirfonia on 20/3/2011. The Serbian remains undefeated this year whose victories include Australian and Dubai open, has struck a purple patch notching up an impressive 18-0 record in 2011. He now jumps to number two in the ATP rankings pushing Roger Federer to the third place while Rafael Nadal is still at number one with a 14-3 record. Djokovic said "It definitely says good things. I am playing with a lot of confidence. I'm feeling the ball well on the court. I'm very dedicated. I have a big will to win each match. I want to keep on going and keep on playing good tennis."

Sebastian Vettel wins Australian GP

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel drove a flawless race to win the season opening Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne on 27/3/2011. Starting from pole position Sebastian drove superbly to open more than a two second gap over runner up Lewis Hamilton of Mclaren following the first lap. At third place was Renaults Vitaly Petrov who made his first ever podium finish. Fernando Alonso came in fourth with Australian Mark Webber finishing fifth at the race. They used three stops strategies which was one more than the podium finishers. It was not a good start to the year for Mercedes with both their drivers Michael Shumacher and Nicco Roseberg being forced to retire.

India crowned World Champions

The Indian team defeated Sri Lanka win the final of the ICC World Cup becoming the first team to lift the cup after 28 years on April 02,2011. Srilanka won the toss and elected to bat and posted a daunting 274 on board following a superb century by Mahela Jayawardhene. The Indian team had begun their bowling on a bright note with ace spear head Zaheer Khan bowling a superb initial spell but the end power over proved to be a costly affair and helped the Lankans post a very challenging total. Indian batting started on patchy note when both the dangerous openers lost their wickets early to Lasith Malinga who came up with an inspired spell of fast bowling. The stadium had gone quiet but the Indian innings was resurrected when Virat Kholi and Gautam Gambhir formed a respectable partnership but the star of the innings was Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He promoted himself up the order ahead of the inform Yuvraj Singh took India home with an unbeaten 91. The Captain criticized throughout the tournament for his lack of form stepped up at the most crucial moment with a crucial innings and hit the last ball straight down the ground for a huge six. The nation erupted with joy and there wild celebrations all over India. Sachin Tendulkar was given a lap of honour when his team mates took him on their shoulders and a happy Sachin could be seen waving at the crowds. This is the highest successful run chase made in a World cup final and what makes the victory sweeter is India is the first team to win a World Cup on home soil.

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Earthquake and Tsunami strike Japan

A powerful earthquake of 8.9 magnitude struck Japan on its north eastern coast on 11/3/2011. The earthquake resulted in a massive tsunami that caused wide scale destruction and loss of thousands of lives. Cars, ships and buildings were all swept away by the rampaging waters of the Tsunami which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo. The port city of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture was one of the worst affected. Ten metre waves struck the city deluging everything that was part of it-farmlands, cars, buildings, houses etc. Fires broke out in the city following the deluge. A cluster of two to three hundred bodies were found in one part of this city alone. This is the most powerful natural disaster to have struck Japan in its recorded history and is considered 8000 times more powerful than what struck Christchurch in New Zealand earlier this year.As of March 30th 2011 according to official estimates the death toll now stands at 11,257 while another 16,344 people are still missing. Many of the survivors who have been displaced have lost all their property to the Tsunami. More than 173,200 people are living in the 2000 evacuation centres in the 17 prefectures mostly in the northern side of the country. Among the worst affected prefectures which are Miyagi, Fukushima and Iwate 146,628 displaced people have been housed in close to 1,245 evacuation centres.

Nuclear Crisis

The massive earthquake that struck the north east coast of Japan has resulted in a catastrophic situation at the Fukushima Nuclear power plant. When the earthquake struck they switched off the reactor and where about to use the onsite diesel back up power. The tsunami then struck and the back up power also failed. Hence after losing electric power, that system could not be used. Instead the operators are dumping seawater into the vessel and letting it cool the fuel by boiling. But as it boils, pressure rises too high to pump in more water, so they have to vent the vessel to the atmosphere, and feed in more water, a procedure known as "feed and bleed." Thousands of people residing in areas close to the plant were

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evacuated. Over the following days there have been many instance of radiation exposure traced in the vicinity. Radioactive water found in and outside reactor buildings is delaying work to restore cooling functions of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Libyan Uprising

Having received inspiration from the revolutions of Egypt and Tunisia the next country to vehemently protest against government autocracy is the North African country of Libya. The public are fighting to bring down Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year rule and are demanding new leadership and democratic elections. What actually began as a series of peaceful demonstrations took ugly turns when Gaddafi’s army tried to crush protests by using force eventually turning into an all out civil war in the days to come. In a matter of days the uprising had spread to other parts of Libya and Gaddafi was having trouble retaining control over many parts of the country. Gaddafi a harder nut to crack than Mubarak has continued to be on the offensive and refuses to give up power in spite of all the diplomatic pressure, much to the chagrin of his own country men. On 19/3/2011 a multi-state coalition began a military intervention in Libya to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, which was taken in response to the uprising in Libya. The military operations began, with US and British forces firing over 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles, the French Air Force and British Royal Air Force[ undertaking sorties across Libya and a naval blockade by the Royal Navy. Air strikes against Libyan Army tanks and vehicles by French jets have since been confirmed. The situation is far from peaceful and remains to be seen what would be the outcome of the situation in the days to come.

Elizabeth Taylor passes away

One of Hollywood’s greatest icons Dame Elizabeth Taylor breathed her last on 23/3/2011 due to congestive heart failure. The 79 year old actress has been in the public eye for six decades having won three academy awards and has acted in over 50 films. The Cleopatra star's stunning looks, including her famed violet eyes, earned her fans around the globe and her stormy personal life that included eight marriages received as much press interest as some of her best works. She won two Oscars for her performances in “Butterfield 8”(1960) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966) and a third Oscar for her humanitarian work in 1993. The actress has also battled many health ailments undergoing as much as 20 surgeries during the course of her life. In her later years she was a spokeswoman for several causes, most notably AIDS research.

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Angela Merkel chosen for Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2009 Current Affairs Week: 09 May 2011 to 15 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on 9 May 2011 was chosen for the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2009

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for 2009, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, promotion of international

understanding Indonesia's Central Bank barred Citigroup from opening New Branches in Indonesia Current Affairs Week: 09 May 2011 to 15 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Indonesia's central bank barred Citigroup from opening new branches in the country for one year & slapped a slew of sanctions

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia imposed sanctions on Citigroup, Citi's Indonesian operations, violations of internal bank regulations, wealth management and credit-card services Environment Ministry approved of India’s first Indian Institute of Technology in Himalayan Region Current Affairs Week: 09 May 2011 to 15 May 2011Environment/Ecology Current Affairs 2011. Union Ministry of Environment gave its approval India’s first IITspecialising in infrastructure development in Himalayan region

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region, flora and fauna, Indian Forest Rights Act Indian Union Government approved Two more Tiger Reserves in Karnataka Current Affairs Week: 09 May 2011 to 15 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh declared that the Union government had approved two more tiger reserves in Karnataka

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Union government had approved two more tiger reserves in Karnataka, Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company, Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, B.R. Hills in Chamarajanagar district, Kudremukh in Chikmagalur district Star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal defeated by Xin Wang in the Malaysian Open Final Current Affairs Week: 09 May 2011 to 15 May 2011

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Sports Current Affairs 2011. Saina Nehwal was defeated by world number three Xin Wang of China in the finals to finish runner-up in the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament

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and the Air Force Ranbaxy emerged Fastest Growing Pharmaceutical Company in India in First Quarter of 2011 Current Affairs Week: 09 May 2011 to 15 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Ranbaxy Laboratories emerged the fastest growing pharmaceutical company in India in the first quarter of 2011

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quarter of 2011, Piramal Healthcare, Indian pharmaceutical companies Sunday Times Rich List for 2011 revealed the 1000 Wealthiest People in the UK Current Affairs Week: 09 May 2011 to 15 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Sunday Times Rich List for 2011 released in May 2011 was topped by Lakshmi Mittal

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Westminster, Anurag Dikshit topped the giving list of the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List, Russian steel tycoon Alisher Usmanov Mohamad Nasheed President of Maldives Faced Protests against Him Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011. Mohamad Nasheed, President of Maldives, faced protests from his people demanding his resignation

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Maheshwar Hydroelectric Power Project in Madhya Pradesh Cleared Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. The 400 MW Maheshwar hydroelectric power project on the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh was cleared by the Union Minister of Environment and forests on 6 may 2011

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Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. The Union Minister of Environment and forests, Jairam Ramesh stated on 6 May 2011 that it had cleared the 400 MW Maheshwar hydroelectric power project on the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh

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Lobsang Sangay Elected Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Internationa/World Current Affairs 2011. Lobsang Sangay was on 27 April 2011 elected Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government-in-exile. He would take over the political duties relinquished by spiritual leader the Dalai Lama

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Commerce, Policy Interpretation Committee of DGFT IT Consulting Firm & BPO Major Cognizant in list of Fortune 500 Companies Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Leading provider of information technology consulting and business process outsourcing services, Cognizant joined the Fortune 500 companies

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Karnataka, Chief Justice of India Piramal Healthcare to foray into Financial Services Business through Piramal Finance Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Piramal Healthcare Ltd to foray into the financial services business

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pharmaceutical market, financial services business Three-day Joint Celebration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore began in Dhaka Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Three-day joint celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore by India and Bangladesh began in Dhaka on 6 May

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Conference Centre, three-day joint celebration of the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, common heritage and philosophy

of India and Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina IGNOU signed a MoU with Intel for empowering Teachers through In-service Programmes Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. IGNOU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Intel for empowering teachers through in-service programmes

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empower teachers Arunachal Pradesh Power Minister Jarbom Gamlin was sworn in as State’s New Chief Minister Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Arunachal Pradesh Power Minister Jarbom Gamlin was sworn in as the new Chief Minister following death of Dorjee Khandu in the Pawan Hans crash

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Jarbom Gamlin was sworn in as the new Chief Minister, All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit flagged off First Batch of 50 Non-air conditioned Orange Busses Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit flagged off on 5 May 2011 the first batch of 50 non-air conditioned orange-coloured busses

SEBI to Outsource an Investor Guidance Helpline for its Procedures Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. SEBI decided to outsource an investor guidance helpline for its procedures

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space, Postal Service dedicated the Forever stamp to commemorate Shepard's flight to space Sri Lanka to release Postal Stamp and First Day Cover on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Sri Lanka to release a postal stamp on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore to commemorate his 150th birthday

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Samarakoon, Indian Deputy High Commissioner Jyothy Laboratories to acquire 50.97% stake in Consumer Goods Firm Henkel India

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Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Jyothy Laboratories decided to acquire 50.97% stake in consumer goods firm Henkel India Ltd (HIL)

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Ujala fabric whitener, Tamilnadu Petroproducts, personal care and household care brands, Securities

and Exchange Board of India Essar Steel won an Order from Mazagaon Dock to supply 13000 tonnes of Heavy Plates Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Essar Steel announced that that it has won an order from Mazagaon Dock to supply 13000 tonnes of heavy plates

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Naval Architecture, Directorate of Naval Architecture, Mazagaon Dock, Indian Navy, Essar Steel won an order from Mazagaon Dock Osama Bin Laden slain in a Gunbattle with US Navy SEALs & CIA Paramilitary Forces in Abbottabad Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Osama Bin Laden was killed after a gunbattle with Navy SEALs and CIA paramilitary forces at a compound in the city of Abbottabad in Pakistan

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Osama Bin Laden slain, Bin Laden was killed after a gunbattle with Navy SEALs and CIA paramilitary

forces, Osama Bin Laden killed in his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan army regiments, American Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1998

U.S. embassy bombings Portugal reached a Deal with European Union & the IMF on €78-billion 3-year Bailout Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Portugal reached a deal with the European Union and the IMF on 3 May 2011 on a €78-billion 3-year bailout.

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Portugal secured international relief package, Greece and Ireland had received international relief

package, Portugal’s budget deficit goals, International monetary Fund, European Union The Annual Monetary Policy for 2011-12 was presented by RBI Governor D.Subbarao Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. The Annual Monetary Policy for 2011-12 was presented by RBI Governor D.Subbarao on 3 May 2011

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Annual Monetary Policy for 2011-12 was presented by RBI, RBI hiked repo & reverse repo rates, cash

reserve ratio of scheduled banks kept same at 6.0 per cent, price stability Palestinian-factions, Fatah & Hamas signed Reconciliation Agreement for National Unity Government Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011. The leaders of two main Palestinian-factions, Fatah and Hamas on 4 May 2011 signed a reconciliation agreement

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Palestinian-factions, Fatah and Hamas, Fatah and Hamas signed a reconciliation agreement, 1967

Arab-Israeli war, Palestine Liberation Organisation, West bank & Gaza Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Dorjee Khandu died in Pawan Hans Crash Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. The Pawan Hans helicopter carrying among others Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Dorjee Khandu had gone missing on 30 April 2011

Tags: current affairs 2011, Arunachal Pradesh CM died in Pawan Hans crash, Dorjee Khandu’s body found amidst Pawan Hans

wreckage, Luguthang is one of the world's highest villages, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy had died in a

helicopter crash, Nallamalla ranges, Dorjee Khandu-sixth CM of Arunachal Pradesh

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Haryana CM approved Rs.1255 crore for Upgradation of Water Supply & Sewerage Works Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda approved an outlay of Rs.1,255 crore for upgradation of water supply and sewerage works in the State on 4 May 2011

Tags: current affairs May 2011, upgradation of water supply and sewerage works in Haryana, Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Indira

Gandhi Drinking Water Scheme, improvement of drinking water supply facilities in rural areas LIC Housing Finance launched New Home Loan Product, Freedom on a Floating Rate Basis Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Bussiness Current Affairs 2011. LIC Housing Finance on 4 May 2011 launched a new floating rate scheme, Freedom under which the company will offer home loans at 300-385 basis points below its prime lending rate (PLR)

Tags: current affairs May 2011, LIC Housing Finance, housing finance in India, home loan products, home loans based on floating

rates, prime lending rate Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) appointed Praveen Kumar Goyal as Director (Finance) Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Bussiness Current Affairs 2011. The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on 4 May 2011 appointed Praveen Kumar Goyal as Director (Finance)

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Indian Oil Corporation, IOC appointed Praveen Kumar Goyal as Director (Finance), IOC's corporate

office, Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals, IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services, Chennai Petroleum Corp Bombay High Court directed Jet Airways to pay Sahara India Rs 478 crore Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Bussiness Current Affairs 2011. The Bombay High Court directed Jet Airways to pay Sahara India Rs 478 crore within two weeks

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Bombay High Court, Jet Airways to pay Sahara India Rs 478 crore Mental Health included in Non-communicable Diseases List at Ministerial Conference in Moscow Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Mental disorders was included in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) list at the First Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-communicable Disease Control in Moscow 

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Non-communicable Disease Control, mental disorder

included in list of non-communicable disease, National Mental Health Care Policy and Plan, National and District Mental Health

Programmes, United Nations Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases, World Health Assembly in Geneva The New Foreign Contribution Regulation Act Came Into Force on 1 May 2011 Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. The new Foreign Contribution Regulation Act came into force on 1 May 2011. Under the new law, no political party can receive foreign funds as donation.

Tags: Current affairs May 2011, New Foreign Contribution Regulation Act came into force, New Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, Law to facilitate regulation of foreign contributions Department of the Environment and Forests of India Declared of Setting up NEAMA Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. Department of the Environment and Forests of India declared of setting up a National Environmental Appraisal and Monitoring Authority (NEAMA) as a part of efforts to bring in institutional reforms and improve environmental governance.

Tags: Current Affairs May 2011, National Environmental Appraisal and Monitoring Authority, setting up of NEAMA, NEAMA

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Canada's Conservatives Made a Decisive Victory In The 2011 Canadian Federal Election Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. In the 2 May 2011 Canadian Federal Election, Canada's Conservatives had a decisive victory making it a majority in Canada's Parliament.

Tags: Canada's Conservatives made a decisive victory in the 2011 Canadian Federal Election, Canadian Federal Election 2011, Canada's Conservatives won, Stephen Harper’s victory, Canada's Conservatives made it a majority in Canada's Parliament, Conservative Party of Canada Delhi HC issued Contempt Notice to 9 Office-bearers of Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Delhi High Court issued contempt notice to nine office-bearers of the Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association (ICPA)

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Indian Commercial Pilots’ Association, Delhi High Court, Delhi High Court issued contempt notice to

ICPA office-bearers, Indian Airlines pilots, pilot’s strike RBI decided to accept Regulations recommended by the Malegam Committee Report on MFIs Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Reserve Bank of India decided to accept the broad framework of regulations recommended by the Malegam Committee report on micro finance institutions

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Malegam Committee report on micro finance institutions, RBI decided to accept Malegam committee’s

regulations on MFI, microfinance sector in India, financial inclusion RBI capped Bank Investments into Liquid Schemes to 10 per cent of the Bank’s Net Worth Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) capped bank investments into liquid schemes to 10 per cent of the bank’s net worth

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Reserve Bank of India, bank investments into liquid schemes capped to 10 per cent, mutual fund’s liquid

schemes, liquid schemes Postal Department launched Service Discharge Benefit Scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Postal Department launched the new social security scheme, Service Discharge Benefit Scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS)

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Service Discharge Benefit Scheme, Service Discharge Benefit Scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks, social

security scheme for Gramin Dak Sevaks, Permanent Retirement Account Number Supreme Court upheld Civil Aviation Ministry's 2008 Order & revived the 1992 Circular Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Supreme Court upheld on 3 May 2011 the civil aviation ministry's 2008 order that kept the civil aviation requirements in abeyance and revived the 1992 circular

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Director General Civil Aviation, civil aviation ministry's 2008 order, civil aviation ministry's 1992 circular, civil aviation ministry's 2008 order kept the civil aviation requirements (CAR) in abeyance, 2007 CAR were pilot and safety-friendly Vanuatu, Small Island Nation in South Pacific to become the 154th Member of WTO Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Vanuatu, a small island nation in the South Pacific is set to become the 154th member of the World Trade Organisation

Tags: current affairs May 2011, World Trade Organisation, WTO's General Council, Russia and Algeria are the two main trade

economies outside the WTO, Vanuatu to become the 154th member of the World Trade Organisation Industry Body FICCI proposed setting up of National Knowledge Functional Hub (NKFH) Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011

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Economy Current Affairs 2011. Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) proposed setting up of National Knowledge Functional Hub (NKFH)

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, FCCI proposed setting up of NKFH, National

Knowledge Functional Hub, Biotechnology Council of India to be set up, Medical Council of India Port Arm of Infrastructure Conglomerate, Adani Enterprise acquired Abbot Point Coal Terminal Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. MPSEZL, port arm of Adani acquired Abbot Point Coal Terminal (APCT), an Australian port for $2 billion

Tags: current affairs May 2011, MPSEZL acquired Abbot Point Coal Terminal, Indian investors in Australia, coal handling by Indian

ports, world ports RBI hiked the Lending Rate by 50 Basic Points moving Repo Rate to 7.25 per cent Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Reserve Bank of India hiked the key rate at which banks draw liquidity from it by 50 basis points

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Reserve Bank of India increased lending rates by 50 basic points, repo rate moved up to 7.25 per cent, reverse repo rate too has gone up to 6.25 per cent, savings bank (SB) deposit rate moved to 4 per cent, bank’s lending rate Novak Djokovic won the third edition of Serbia Open by defeating Feliciano Lopez Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Novak Djokovic won the third edition of Serbia Open on 1 May 2011

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Serbia Open 2011, Novak Djokovic won the third edition of Serbia Open, Novak Djokovic won tennis

tournaments he entered in 2011, inaugural Serbia Open in 2009 ISRO Unveiled India’s Fastest Supercomputer Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) unveiled a supercomputer on 2 May 2011, which is to be India's fastest supercomputer in terms of theoretical peak performance

Tags: Supercomputers, Indian Supercomputer, Current Affairs May 2011, ISRO Indian Government appointed Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as Petroleum Secretary Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Indian government appointed Girish Chandra Chaturvedi as petroleum secretary

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Girish Chandra Chaturvedi appointed as petroleum secretary, Girish Chandra Chaturvedi replaced S

Sundareshan as petroleum secretary, IAS officer, state-run oilmarketing companies Index of the Core Infrastructure Industries registered a 7.4 per cent annual Growth Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Index of the six core infrastructure industries registered a 7.4 per cent annual growth in March 2011 compared with 6.8 per cent for March 2010

Tags: current affairs May 2011, higher crude petroleum and steel production, six ‘core' infrastructure industries registered 7.4 per cent

annual growth, coal production in India, core infrastructure industries, official index of industrial production Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam awarded contract to HCC for construction of Limbdi Branch Canal Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd awarded a Rs 298.63-crore contract to HCC for construction of the Limbdi Branch Canal

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Tags: current affairs May 2011, Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam, Narmada waters for irrigation, water supply project in Tirupur, irrigation dams in India Stock Holding Corporation of India appointed Ashok Motwani as Managing Director & CEO Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL) appointed Ashok Motwani as its new Managing Director and CEO

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Stock Holding Corporation of India, SHCIL appointed Ashok Motwani as its new Managing Director and

CEO, Asset Reconstruction Company of India, Small Industries Development Bank of India, IDBI Trusteeship Services IRDA chose L&T Infotech as Implementation Agency to implement the Business Analytics Project Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Insurance regulator IRDA selected L&T Infotech for implementing project aimed at providing data and information for analysing insurance companies

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Insurance regulator IRDA, Business Analytics, L&T chosen to be Implementation Agency to implement

the Business Analytics Project, data management Director K. Balachander declared winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2010 by I&B Ministry Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Director K. Balachander was declared the winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010 by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Director K. Balachander declared the winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award for

2010, Dr. Daggubati Ramanaidu won Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2009, National Film Awards, Tamil Cinema, Guinness Record Beatification of John Paul II by Pope Benedict XVI got him closer to attainment of Sainthood Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. John Paul II beatified by his successor Pope Benedict XVI on 1 May 2011

Tags: current affairs May 2011, beatification of John Paul II, John Paul II beatified by Pope Benedict XVI, Slavic or Polish pope, World

Youth Days, Vatican Masse, Dutch Pope Adrian VI Board of Directors of Infosys decided to Appoint K.V. Kamath as Chairman of Infosys Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Board of Directors of Infosys Ltd met on 30 April 2011 decided to appoint K.V. Kamath as Chairman of Infosys after N.R. Narayana Murthy steps down

Tags: current affairs April 2011, K.V. Kamath appointed as Chairman of Infosys, N.R. Narayana Murthy to step down in August, financial

organisation, Mumbai Management Association, Asian Development bank, World HRD Congress Anatoly Perminov, Head of the Russian Space Agency, Roscomos resigned Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian space agency, Roscomos resigned from his post & was replaced by Vladimir Popovkin

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Russian space agency-Roscomos, Anatoly Perminov resigned as head of the Russian space agency, Federal Space Agency of Russia, Russia’s plan to complete a fully operational GLONASS constellation S.C. Chetal took over as Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research at Kalpakkam Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. S.C. Chetal took over as Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, S.C. Chetal took over as Director of IGCAR, Bhabha Atomic

Research Centre, Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) programme

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Former British Boxing Legend, Sir Henry Cooper expired Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Former British boxing legend, Sir Henry Cooper died on 1 May 2011

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Former British boxing legend- Sir Henry Cooper died, British, Commonwealth and European

heavyweight champion, BBC Sports Personality of the Year award Stockholm Convention Decision banned Production and Use of Endosulfan & Isomers Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International Current Affairs. Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention in Geneva approved the recommendation for elimination of production and use of endosulfan

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention, Stockholm Convention decision, endosulfan and its

isomers, financial assistance to developing countries for replacing endosulfan IGNOU to host a World Education Summit in July 2011 in collaboration with CSDMS & Elets Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. IGNOU in collaboration with CSDMS & Elets decided to host a World Education Summit (WES) 2011 in July

Tags: current affairs May 2011, Indira Gandhi National Open University, IGNOU to organise World Education Summit, Vocational Skills

Education, educational sector R. Arun Prakash & Vijay Sundar Prashanth won Doubles Finals of the KCG Verghese Tennis Tournament Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Indian duo of R. Arun Prakash and Vijay Sundar Prashanth won the doubles finals of the KCG Verghese memorial-ITF men's Futures tennis tournament

Tags: current affairs April 2011, KCG Verghese memorial-ITF men's Futures tennis tournament, R. Arun Prakash and Vijay Sundar

Prashanth won the doubles finals of the KCG Verghese tournament Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s Son Killed in NATO Strike Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) carried out a strike on Muammar Gaddafi’s home in Bab al-Azizya residential area in Tripoli, the capital of Libya

Tags: War in Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO forces, Current Affairs May 2011, Arab crisis Protests in Maldives against its President Mohamad Nasheed Current Affairs Week: 02 May 2011 to 08 May 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011. Maldives police used tear gas and batons to break up a protest on 1 May 2011 demanding President Mohamad Nasheed's resignation

Tags: Protests in Maldives, Mohamad Nasheed, India Maldives, Indian Ocean National Small Industries Corporation signed MoU with IndusInd Bank Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. NSIC signed a MoU with IndusInd Bank under its Bank Credit Facilitation Scheme

Tags: current affairs April 2011, National Small Industries Corporation, NSIC signed MoU with IndusInd Bank, micro small and medium

enterprises, Bank Credit Facilitation Scheme 7000 Crore Rupees NGRBA Project to Clean the Ganga Approved Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) of India on 28 April 2011 approved a 7000 crore rupees project to clean the Ganga

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Tags: NGRBA project, Ganga River, project to clean the Ganga river, Current Affairs May 2011 Sunderbans Absorb more than Four Crore Tonnes of CO2 to Check Global Warming Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. According to a study conducted by the University of Calcutta done in the last week of April 2011, The Sunderbans forest plays an important ecological role by absorbing more than four crore tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Tags: Sunderbans, Bay of Bengal, Current Affairs April 2011, Biodiversity in India Intensified Malaria Control Programme for North-Eastern States Approved Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Indian Current Affairs 2011. The Cabinet Committee on Economic affairs (CCEA) on 28 April 2011 cleared an intensified malaria control programme for the seven North-Eastern States

Tags: Malaria Control Programme, North-Eastern states, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011, Cabinet Committee on

economic affairs After marriage, William Became Duke of Cambridge, Middleton Became Duchess of Cambridge Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Prince William and Kate Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey, London on 29 April 2011. Prince William was given the title of the Duke of Cambridge by Queen Elizabeth II, and Miss Middleton became her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge on their marriage.

Tags: William Became Duke of Cambridge, Middleton Became Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton were married, The title of the Duke of Cambridge by Queen Elizabeth II, Middleton became her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince

William, Kate Middleton Indian Mathematician, Ravi Kannan Won Knuth Prize Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Indian mathematician and theoretical computer scientist Ravi Kannan was awarded the 2011 Knuth Prize. For research in computer science it is a prestigious international recognition.

Tags: Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011, Indian Mathematician, Ravi Kannan Won Knuth Prize, Knuth Prize 2011, Ravi Kannan was awarded the 2011 Knuth Prize, Scientist Ravi Kannan NAC Put Its Draft on Communal Violence Bill in The Public Domain Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. The National Advisory Council (NAC) decided to put its draft on Communal Violence Bill in the public domain, with a wider ambit of vulnerable sections of the society on 28 April 2011. NAC is to discuss the bill again after assessing people's views.

Tags: Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011, NAC Put Its Draft on Communal Violence Bill in The Public Domain, Communal Violence Bill in the public domain, Draft on Communal Violence Bill, The National Advisory Council US Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer Resigned on 28 April 2011 Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. United States Ambassador to India, Timothy Roemer resigned on 28 April 2011.

Tags: current affairs April 2011, US Ambassador, Timothy Roemer Resigned, Timothy Roemer resigned on 28 April 2011, US

Ambassador to India resigned PAC Members Recorded Vote to Reject the Draft Report on 2G Scam Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011

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India Current Affairs 2011. On April 28, 2011, 11 members of Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC)  21 members, recorded their vote to reject the draft report on 2G scam circulated to the them by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on April 27, 2011.

Tags: Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011, PAC members recorded vote to reject the draft report, Public Accounts

Committee, Vote to reject the draft report on 2G scam EC Assigned Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to Probe Black Money Charges Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. The Central Board of Direct Taxes was assigned by the Election Commission to probe the black money charges against the Election campaigns in West Bengal..The allegation was against the use of black money that was being used by the Trinomool Congress party for campaign purposes in the West Bengal Assembly elections.

Tags: Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011, EC Assigned CBDT to Probe Black Money Charges, CBDT to Probe Black

Money Charges, Probe of the black money charges Russia Proposed a Plan to Strengthen Safety Standards in Nuclear Power Plants Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International/World Current Affairs2011. Russia proposed a plan to strengthen the safety standards in nuclear power plants of the world on 26 April 2011 with the objective of not allowing any nuclear catastrophe to happen in future

Tags: Russian plan on Nuclear Safety, India and Russia, Current Affairs April 2011 Reserve Bank of India Ordered Banks to Assess Basel-II Readiness Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. On April 27, 2011 RBI ordered the banks which are intending to migrate to advanced approach for computing capital charge for operational risk under Basel-II, to assess their preparedness to shift to the new approach.

Tags: current affairs April 2011, RBI Asks Banks to Assess Basel-II Readiness, Reserve Bank of India, Assess banks preparedness to

shift to the new approach, Methods to calculate operational risk in capital charge Chawla Panel Gave Instructions for All Airwaves Allocations to be Done Through Auction in Future Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Government panel that was set up to recommend rules for pricing of all natural resources has declared that all future allocations of airwaves must be done through auctions.

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Airwaves Allocations In Future to be Done Through Auction, Chawla Panel, Airwaves Allocations Twenty-Five Ecologically Sensitive Areas Identified in Kerala Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011.Twenty-five ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) have been identified in Kerala by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP)

Tags: Kerala, Ecologically Sensitive areas, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011 Tribals Given Rights to Harvest Bamboo as a Forest Produce Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, launched a programme giving tribals the right to harvest bamboo as a forest produce

Tags: Tribals in India, bamboo harvesting, Jairam Ramesh, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011 Duncan Fletcher was Appointed as the New Coach of the Indian Cricket Team Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Former England Cricket coach, Duncan Fletcher was appointed as the new coach of the Indian Cricket team on April 27, 2011.

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Tags: current affairs April 2011, Duncan Fletcher is appointed as the new coach of the Indian Cricket team, Former England Cricket

coach, Duncan Fletcher is the new Coach of India, New coach of Indian Cricket team, BCCI appoints Duncan Fletcher as the new coach

for the Indian cricket team, Duncan Fletcher BCCI Appointed Duncan Fletcher As The New Coach of The Indian Cricket Team Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. BCCI appointed Former England Cricket coach, Duncan Fletcher as the new coach of the Indian Cricket team on April 27, 2011.

Tags: current affairs April 2011, BCCI appoints Duncan Fletcher as the new coach for the Indian cricket team, Duncan Fletcher is

appointed as the new coach of the Indian Cricket team, Former England Cricket coach, Duncan Fletcher is the new Coach of India, New

coach of Indian Cricket team, Duncan Fletcher Jaipur Ruler Bhawani Singh's Grandson, Teenager Padmanabh Singh Crowned Maharaja of Jaipur Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Teenager Padmanabh Singh, grandson of the erstwhile Jaipur ruler, late Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh ascended the titular throne of Jaipur.

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Teenager Padmanabh Singh crowned Maharaja of Jaipur, New Maharaja of Jaipur, Bhawani Singh's

grandson is crowned Maharaja of Jaipur, Teenager Padmanabh Singh ascended throne of Jaipur, Teenager Padmanabh Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Announced Two New Oil and Gas Discoveries in Gujarat Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. On April 27, 2011 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) announced two new oil and gas discoveries in Gujarat.

Tags: Current affairs April 2011, ONGC announced two new oil and gas discoveries in Gujarat, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation made

two new oil and gas discoveries, ONGC’s tow new oil and gas discoveries in Gujarat US Signed MoU with DRDO to Tackle Terrorism Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International/World Current Affairs2011. To deal with the menace of terrorism effectively, the US signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) for the use of an explosive detection technology

Tags: DRDO(Defence Research and Development Organisation), USA, terrorism, India and USA, Current Affairs April 2011 Ketogenic Diet Can Help Repair Kidney Damage in Diabetics Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Science& technology Current Affairs 2011.According to a new study done at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, a controlled diet low in carbohydrate and high in fat can help repair kidney damage in diabetics. The new diet is named as Ketogenic diet

Tags: Kidney, disease, Ketogenic diet, Current Affairs April 2011 Bihar Became the First Indian State to Set up Agriculture Cabinet Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Indian Current Affairs 2011. Bihar state government at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Agriculture in Patna on 26 April 2011announced the formation of Agriculture cabinet

Tags: Bihar, Agriculture Cabinet, Current Affairs April 2011, Nitish Kumar RBI penalised 19 Banks for Contravention of Various Instructions on Derivatives Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Reserve Bank of India fined 19 banks, including the country's top private and foreign banks for violating its guidelines on derivatives

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Tags: current affairs April 2011, The Reserve Bank of India, RBI penalised 19 banks for violating norms on derivatives, currency

derivatives, Banking Regulation Act, risk management practices, global financial crisis in 2008 SEBI chairman, U.K Sinha elected Chairman of Asia-Pacific Regional Committee of IOSCO Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. SEBI chairman, U.K Sinha was elected Chairman of Asia-Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) of IOSCO

Tags: current affairs April 2011, SEBI chairman- U.K Sinha, International Organisation of Securities Commissions, Asia-Pacific Regional

Committee, U.K. Sinha appointed chairman of APRC of IOSCO, members of Asia-Pacific regional committee of IOSCO NASSCOM appointed Chairman and co-founder of NIIT Technologies, Rajendra S. Pawar as Chairman Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. NASSCOMappointed Rajendra S. Pawar as the new chairman of its Executive Council

Tags: current affairs April 2011, National Association of Software and Services Companies, of NIIT Technologies, NASSCOM appointed

Rajendra S. Pawar as chairperson, Prime Minister's National Task force, National Council on Skill Development, India’s BPO industry Drug-maker Lupin entered into Licence Agreement with Abbott Laboratories & Laboratoires Fournier Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Lupin entered into a licence agreement with Abbott & Laboratoires Fournier SA for eight patents on cholesterol-lowering drug

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Drug-maker Lupin, pharmaceutical industry, procedures of the US Bankruptcy Court, Dr Reddy's

Laboratories, Lupin had bought Antara, a brand of Fenofibrate from Oscient Pharmaceuticals Former Acting Vice Chancellor of the Delhi University, Prof. Vidya Prakash Dutt expired Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Prof. Vidya Prakash Dutt, former acting Vice Chancellor of the Delhi University died

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Indian foreign policy, former acting Vice Chancellor of the Delhi University died, Prof. Vidya Prakash

Dutt died, National Forum of Teachers, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, Prof. Vidya Prakash Dutt is India’s first

known Sinologist, Scientists Created Synthetic Brain Cell to Heal Brain Injuries Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. A team of Scientists for the first time created a synthetic synapse circuit whose behavior is very much similar to the function of a brain cell

Tags: Synthetic brain cell, artificial brain cell, brain injuries, Current Affairs April 2011 Iran and Iraq Signed Agreements on the Extradition of Each Other’s Detainees Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011. Iran and Iraq signed agreements in Tehran on the extradition of each other’s detainees, including provisions for the repatriation of convicts to their country of origin

Tags: Iran and Iraq, Iran Iraq agreements on extradition of detainees, Current Affairs April 2011, Iran Iraq War Chilean Poet & One of the Greatest Latin American Writers, Gonzalo Rojas died Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas died on 25 april 2011 at the age of 93

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas died, Gonzalo Rojas won several prestigious literary awards, Augusto

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Pinochet launched a coup that toppled leftist president Salvador Allende, Queen Sofia Prize of Iberian American Poetry, the Jose

Hernandez Prize of Argentina, Chilean National Prize for Literature Chief Organizer of CWG, Suresh Kalmadi arrested by CBI & Suspended by Congress Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. CBI arrested Suresh Kalmadi the chief organizer of Delhi’s corruption-tainted Commonwealth Games on 25 April 2011

Tags: current affairs April 2011, CBI arrested Suresh Kalmadi, Suresh Kalmadi suspended by Congress, Indian Olympic Association, timing-scoring-result (TSR) system contract to Swiss Timing Private Ltd, corruption in Commonwealth Games, Pune Lok Sabha seat, Vijay Kumar Malhotra named as Kalmadi's interim substitute ITEC to host Indo-Ayur Fest in Sharjah to promote Indian Ayurvedic Prod Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. India Trade and Exhibition Centre decided to host an Indo-Ayur Fest in Sharjah to promote Indian Ayurvedic products

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Indian Ayurvedic products, an Indo-Ayur Fest in Sharjah, India Trade and Exhibition Centre, trade

between India and the Gulf region, Ayurvedic sectors, health packages and treatments Rourkela Steel Plant won the prestigious Srishti Good Green Governance Award for 2010 Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) bagged the prestigious Srishti Good Green Governance Award for 2010

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Rourkela Steel Plant, Srishti Good Green Governance Award for 2010, waste utilisation & water

conversation, corporate social responsibility, green house gas emissions Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative raised Prices of Di-ammonium Phosphate & Complexes Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative raised prices of di-ammonium phosphate & complexes for the second time in the month of April 2011

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative, di-ammonium phosphate, IFFCO raised prices of di-ammonium

phosphate & complexes, nutrient based subsidy, NBS regime, non-urea fertilisers, urea kept outside the NBS regime DMK Chief M Karunanidhi’s Daughter, Kanimozhi charged by CBI in 2G Spectrum Scam Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. In the second chargesheet on the 2G scam filed, the CBI charged Kanimozhi of conspiring in the 2G spectrum allocation case

Tags: current affairs April 2011, CBI filed second chargesheet on 2G scam, Kanimozhi held 20% stake in Kalaignar TV, former

communications minister A Raja, Prevention of Corruption Act, DB’s Swan Telecom, Sharad Kumar- the director and CEO of Kalaignar

TV "2603" Current Affairs found from 11-01-2010 to 15-05-2011 in "All" CategorySEBI sought more Time from SC to give its Views on Committee’s Report on IPO Scam Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. SEBI sought more time from the Supreme Court to give its views on high-powered committee's report on IPO scam

Tags: current affairs April 2011, National Securities Depository Ltd, IPO scam, SEBI sought time to express views on reports on IPO

scam, of NSDL and DSQ Securities, Indian Ministry of Finance Mudra Group won 12 Awards, including Four Golds at the Third Edition of the WOW Awards Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. At the third edition of the WOW awards, Mudra Group won 12 awards including four gold.

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Tags: current affairs April 2011, third edition of the WOW awards in April 2011, WOW awards for events and experiential marketing, Mudra Group won 12 awards at third edition of WOW awards Ground Breaking Ceremony for Tata & Nippon’s CAPL Project in Jamshedpur Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Ground breaking ceremony for Tata & Nippon's CAPL project held at Jamshedpur

Tags: current affairs April 2011, continuous annealing & processing line (CAPL) project, Tata & Nippon’s JV for CAPL project, India’s

automotive industry, high grade cold rolled steel sheet Kalpataru Power secured Orders from Ukraine's NEC Ukrenergo to construct Transmission Line Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Corporate/Business Currentr Affairs 2011. Kalpataru Power Transmission secured orders from Ukraine's state company NEC Ukrenergo

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Kalpataru Power Transmission, Ukraine's state company NEC Ukrenergo, Rivnenska nuclear power

station, Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Green Technology to deal with Water Pollution Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. Union Minister for Environment and forests Jairam Ramesh launched a Bio-remediation technology project in the Buddah Nallah of Ludhiana in Punjab

Tags: Green technology, Bio-remediatuion technology, Punjab, Ludhiana, Water pollution, Jairam Ramesh, Current Affairs April 2011 Bapineuzumab jab, the Vaccine to Cure Alzheimer was Developed Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. Bapineuzumab jab was developed by the scientists in the third week of April 2011 to cure Alzheimer

Tags: Bapineuzumap jab, the vaccine to cure Alzheimer, Alzheimer, Alzheimer's disease The Ozone Hole Caused Droughts in Australia According to a Scientific Study Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011 Environment and Ecology Current Affairs 2011. According to a study done by the Scientists at Columbia University, the Antarctic ozone hole caused the series of droughts in Australia

Tags: The ozone hole, Droughts in Australia, Floods in Australia, Current Affairs April 2011 Anti-Government Protests in Syria Intensified Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International/ World Current Affairs 2011. Armed forces of Syria shot dead 49 anti-government protesters

Tags: Anti- government protests in Syria, Emergency in Syria, Current Affairs April 2011, Arab Uprising, Middle East Unrest PFRDA opposed mandatory investments into infrastructure under National Pension Scheme Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Pension regulator, PFRDA opposed any form of mandatory investments into infrastructure under the National Pension Scheme

Tags: current affairs April 2011, pension regulator- PFRDA, National Pension Scheme, distribution of NPS through its 3, 000 branches

of the Union Bank, infrastructure debt fund Availability of the World Digital Library announced on the occasion of 14th World Book Day Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. World Book Day is annually observed on 23 April

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Tags: current affairs April 2011, 14th World Book and Copyright Day celebrated on 23 April 2011, idea to celebrate World Book Day

originated in Catalonia, World Digital Library Freedom House Report ranked India 14th among 37 countries in Internet Freedom Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Freedom House in its report ranked India 14th among 37 countries on the basis of free and unrestricted access to the web

Tags: current affairs April 2011, internet freedom, India 14th among 37 countries judged on internet freedom, communications sector in

India, Indian blogosphere, Freedom House report on net accessibility Confederation of Indian Industry demanded introduction of Corrosion Act in India Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) demanded introduction of Corrosion Act in India

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Confederation of Indian Industry, CII demanded introduction the Corrosion Act in India, introduce the

Corrosion Act in India, Global Corrosion Summit in August 2011, Industrial Asset Management, annual cost of corrosion worldwide Panel probing Charges of Corruption against Justice Dinakaran rejected his Plea for Recusal of Rao Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Panel probing charges of corruption against Justice Dinakaran rejected his plea for recusal of senior advocate P.P. Rao

Tags: current affairs April 2011, panel probing charges of corruption against Justice P.D. Dinakara, Karnataka High Court, Sikkim High

Court, Justice Dibakaran asked for recusal of P.P. Rao World number one Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer to win Sixth Barcelona Open Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. World number one Rafael Nadal won Barcelona Open title for the sixth time

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Rafael Nadal won Barcelona Open title, Monte Carlo Masters 2011, Nadal won Monte Carlo Masters Capital Market Regulator, SEBI modified the Norms for Appointment of its Internal Auditor Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. SEBI in April 2011 modified the norms for appointment of its internal auditor

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Market regulator- SEBI, Chokshi & Chokshi were appointed as the internal auditors of SEBI, SEBI’s

Audit Committee Padma Shree Nawang Gombu, the First Man to scale Mt. Everest Twice expired Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Nawang Gombu, the first man to scale Mt. Everest twice died

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Nawang Gombu, the first man to scale Mt. Everest twice, Nawang Gombu was awarded both Padma

Bhusan & padma Shree, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, Mt. Everest India generated 811 billion units of Electricity in 2010-11 as per Electricity Authority Data Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. According to the data released by Central Electricity Authority, India generated 811 billion units of electricity in 2010-11

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Central Electricity Authority, India generated 811 billion units of electricity in 2010-11, electricity

generation in India, electricity generation from thermal power Ronjan Sodhi of India won the Double Trap silver & Olympic Quota Place in Shotgun World Cup Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011

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Sports Current Affairs 2011. Indian trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap silver and an Olympic quota place in the shotgun World Cup

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Indian trap shooters, Asian Games gold medallist Ronjan Sodhi, Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap

silver at shotgun World Cup, shotgun World Cup Former Sony President Norio Ohga, who developed Compact Disc Format died Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Former Sony president Norio Ohga, who developed the compact disc format died

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Norio Ohga developed compact disc format, former Sony Presidnt Norio Ohga died, Sony Music

Entertainment, Sony corporate logo, gaming industry, video game market, Columbia Pictures The Amorphophallus Titanum, or Corpse Flower bloomed for the First Time in Swiss City of Basel Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower bloomed for the first time in 17 years in Swiss city of Basel.

Tags: current affairs April, amorphophallus titanum bloomed for the first time, Basel University in Switzerland, Indonesian island of

Sumatra, amorphophallus titanium is native to Sumatra Scientists Developed the Vaccine Bapineuzumab jab to Cure Alzheimer Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011.Scientists developed a new vaccine named Bapineuzumab jab, which is effective against the Alzheimer’s disease

Tags: The vaccine to Cure Alzheimer, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer, Current Affairs April 2011 One of India's most Influential Spiritual Leaders & Philanthropist, Sathya Sai Baba expired Current Affairs Week: 25 Apr 2011 to 01 May 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Sathya Sai Baba, one of India's most influential spiritual leaders expired on 24 April

Tags: current affairs April 2011, India's most influential spiritual leader- Sathya Sia Baba died, Education in Human Values (SSEHV)

known as Bal Vikas, Sathya Sai Baba, Puttapathi village in Andhra Pradesh, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medial Sciences Relief Amount for Endosulfan Victims was Increased in Kerala Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Environment and Ecology Current Affairs 2011.The amount of compensation being paid to the victims of the use of the pesticide Endosulfan was increased from 300 rupees to 2000 rupees per month in Kerala by the state government

Tags: Endosulfan Victims, Kerala government, Pesticides in India, Current Affairs April 2011 Cuba Began Communist party Congress to Commemorate Victory at the Bay of Pigs Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011.Cuba began a 4-day Communist Party Congress to commemorate the 50 years victory over the CIA backed exiles at the Bay of Pigs

Tags: Cuba, Communist Party Congress, Raul Castro, Fidel Castro and India Cambodia and Thailand Exchanged Gunfire Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011.Cambodia and Thailand exchanged gunfire.Of late, there have been tensions between Cambodia and Thailand over claims to a piece of territory near the Preah Vihear temple

Tags: Cambodia and Thailand, South East Asia, ASEAN, India and ASEAN, Current Affairs April 2011 Microwave Size Test Kit Detected TB in 90 Minutes

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Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Indian Current Affairs 2011. A rapid molecular test kit has been invented to detect both TB and multi-drug resistant TB in just 90 minutes. The test kit is the size of a microwave 

Tags: Microwave, TB, Disease, Test Kit for TB, Current Affairs April 2011 CAG Passed Strictures against Maharashtra’s Aid to Nanded Cooperative Bank Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Indian Current Affairs 2011. CAG passed strictures against Maharashtra government for giving injudicious aid of 118.50 crore Rupees to the Nanded District Central Cooperative bank

Tags: CAG Comptroller and Auditor-general of India, Maharashtra, Cooperative banks in India, Maharashtra State government, Current

Affairs April 2011 Foreign Investment Increased in South Korea Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011. The Central bank in South Korea stated on 21 April 2011 stated that the foreign investment in South Korea increased in 2010

Tags: Foreign Investment in South Korea, Foreign investment in India, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) India and South Korea India Ranked 71st in the Survey of Well-being Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs2011. According to a study conducted over the well-being of people in 124 countries India ranked 71

Tags: Happiness Index, Survey of Well-being, India's position in the Survey of well being Supreme Court Advised Lower Courts not to Behave like Super Legislatures Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. The Supreme Court of India on 20 April 2011 ruled that courts must not behave like super legislatures

Tags: Supreme Court, lower courts in India, Supreme Court of India, Parliament of India, Current Affairs April 2011 Japan Decided to Cut its ODA (Official Development Assistance) Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011. Japan decided to cut its Official Development Assistance (ODA) during the financial year 2011-12

Tags: Japan, Official Development Assistance, India and Japan, tsunami in Japan, Nuclear accident in Japan Supreme Court Expressed its Concern on the Problem of Poverty Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011.The Supreme Court of India stated on 20 April 2011 that a huge gap exists between poverty eradication measures and spread of the problem 

Tags: Supreme Court of India, Supreme Court, Poverty in India, Current Affairs April 2011 MS Dhoni & Four other Indians in Time Magazine's List of 100 most Influential People Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. TIME magazine released the list of 100 most influential people of the world 

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influential people, 5 Indians in TIME’s list of 100 influential people, Google executive- Wael Ghonim topped TIME’s list 100 influential

people Annual Earth Day observed on 22 April with the Theme- Billion Acts of Green Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. On 22 April 2011, the world celebrated the 41st annual Earth Day

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Tribeca Film Festival in New York, Earth Day is observed annually on 22 April, Clean Air Act, Clean

Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Billion Acts of Green Campaign, carbon emissions RBI issued a Notification to enforce Norms on Creation of Defence Mechanism by Banks Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Reserve Bank of India issued a notification to put into force the norms on creation of the defence mechanism by banks

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Reserve Bank of India, RBI issued notification for creation of defence mechanism for banks, counter-

cyclical provisioning buffer to be created by banks, provision of coverage ratio Axis Bank received RBI’s Approval to merge Investment Banking & Equity Business of Enam Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Axis Bank received RBI's in-principle approval to merge the investment banking and equity capital market business of Enam Securities

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Axis Bank received RBI’s approval to merge Enam’s investment business, equity capital market

business, capital market in India, Axis Securities and Sales Ltd Kerala Government Increased Relief Amount for Endosulfan Victims Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011.The Kerala government increased the amount of compensation being paid to the victims of the use of the pesticide Endosulfan from 300 rupees to 2000 rupees per month..

Tags: Kerala government, Endosulfan in India, USe of Pesticides in India The Union Cabinet of India Approved the Nagoya Protocol Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011.The Union Cabinet of India on 20 April 2011 approved the signing of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) by India..

Tags: Nagoya Protocol, Union Cabinet of India, Current Affairs April 2011 State-owned Gas Utility GAIL India honoured with Outstanding PSU of the Year Award by AIM Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd on 21 April 2011 was honoured with the Outstanding PSU of the Year award by All India Management Association (AIMA)....

Tags: current affairs April 2011, State-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd, GAIL awarded Outstanding PSU of the Year, India's principal

natural gas company, city gas distribution, Petrochemicals like HDPE and LLDPE, petroleum research and publishing house Indian Government ordered constitution of IMG to review India's FDI norms in the Pharma Sector Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Indian government ordered constitution of inter-ministerial group to review India's FDI norms in the pharmaceutical sector

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Economic Affairs, inter-ministerial group (IMG) to review India's foreign direct investment norms, akeovers of Indian pharma companies

by global drug majors, Indian drug makers AIFF President Praful Patel appointed Member of Ad-Hoc Committee by AFC Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011

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Sports Current Affairs 2011. The President of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Praful Patel was on 21 April 2011 appointed member of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Member Associations for the term 2011-15 by Executive Committee of the Asian Football Confedeation (AFC)....

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Asian Football Confedeation, AFC Executive Committee, All India Football Federation, AIFF President

Praful Patel, Praful Patel appointed member of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Member Associations State Bank of India decided to Discontinue with Debated Teaser Home Loan Scheme Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. State Bank of India decided to discontinue its debated teaser' home loan scheme from 30 April 2011

Tags: current affairs April 2011, teaser' home loan scheme by SBI, SBI to discontinue with teaser home loan scheme, new floating rate

home loan product, Reserve bank of India Credit Information Bureau, CIBIL launched CIBIL TransUnion Score for Retail Consumers Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. India's oldest credit information bureau, CIBIL launched CIBIL TransUnion Score for retail consumers

Tags: current affairs April 2011, credit information bureau, credit information bureau- CIBIL, CIBIL launched CIBIL TransUnion Score, credit history of consumers, Credit Information Report Tata Steel signed Agreement with Rio Tinto for Direct Iron Smelting Process called HIsarna Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Tata Steel signed a licensing agreement with Rio Tinto for the development of iron smelting process called HIsarna

Tags: current affairs April 2011, direct iron smelting process, iron smelting process called HIsarna, Carbon Capture and Storage, carbon-di-oxide emissions, stages in the iron making process, cyclone pre-reduction technology, HIsarna pilot plant in Netherlands, geological storage of carbon-di-oxide BJP Councillor Rajni Abbi was elected to the Post of Delhi’s Mayor Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. BJP councillor Rajni Abbi’s was elected to the post of Delhi’s Mayor on 20 April 2011

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Rajni Abbi elected to the post of Delhi’s Mayor, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Law Faculty of Delhi

University Delhi Court Bench refused Bail to Five Bosses of 2G Spectrum Scam-tainted Telecom Firms Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Delhi court bench refused bail to five top bosses of 2G spectrum scam-tainted telecom firms

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generation spectrum, former telecom minister- A Raja Indian Ministry of Finance decided to allow the Tax-free Import of Sugar till 30 June 2011 Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Indian Ministry of Finance decided to allow the tax-free import of sugar till 30 June 2011

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producer, Indian Ministry of Finance Budget of the State of Haryana for the year 2011–2012 Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011

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India Current Affairs 2011. Haryana’s budget for the year 2011–2012 was presented by Haryana’s Finance Minister Ajay Singh Yadav on March 9, 2011....

Tags: State Current Affairs 2011, Haryana Budget 2011-12, Highlights of Haryana’s Budget 2011-12, Key points of Haryana Budget

2011-12, Current Affairs April 2011 SLC decided to call back Sri Lankan National Cricketers currently engaged in IPL Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Sri Lanka’s cricket board SLC decided to call back national cricketers currently playing in the IPL

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Sri Lanka’s cricket board, Sri Lankan national cricketers engaged in IPL, Indian Premier League, Sri

Lankan cricket team, Sri lankan cricket captain Ten Santali films nominated for Second Santali Film RASCA Awards 2011 Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Second Santali Film RASCA Awards 2011 scheduled to be organised on 5 May 2011

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Santali Film RASCA Awards 2011, Jharkhand People's Party, regional and tribal films, film industries in

India, Pandit Raghunath Academy of Santali Cinema and Art An Antibody Produced by the Scientists to Reduce the Effect of Heart and Brain Attack Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Science &Technology Current Affairs 2011...British Scientists at the University of Leicester produced an injectible antibody that reduces the damaging effect of heart and the brain attack on human body

Tags: British Scientists, Heart Attack, Brain Stroke, Current Affairs April 2011, human body Syria Passed a Draft Law to End 48 years of Emergency Rule Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011.The government of Syria passed a draft law on 19 April 2011 to lift 48 years of emergency rule in the country....

Tags: Emergency in Syria, India and Syria, Arab Uprising, Middle east Unrest, Current Affairs April 2011 Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta defeated Parimarjan to win Dubai International Open Chess Title Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won Dubai International Open chess title

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta, Abhijeet Gupta won Dubai International Open chess title, internation

chess championships Organisers of Wimbledon Tournaments raised the Prize Money for Winners by 6.4 per cent Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Organisers of Wimbledon tournaments raised the prize money for the winners of 2011 Wimbledon champions

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Wimbledon tournaments, prize money raised for Wimbledon tournaments Supreme Court: Khap Panchayats are Illegal Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011... The Supreme Court of India declared Khap panchayats illegal

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Affairs April 2011 President Raul Castro was named First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011

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International Current Affairs 2011. President Raul Castro was named first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party

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first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, Cuban Constitution of 1976 India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launched India's Remote Sensing Satellite Resourcesat-2 Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) launched India's remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 from spaceport of Sriharikota

Tags: current affairs April 2011, India's remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 launched, India's maiden moon mission Chandrayaan-I

launched in October 2008, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle- C16, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, C16 placed ResourceSat 2, YouthSat &

Sat in orbit, standard PSLV version India and China Made Agreement on Border Talks Mechanism Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011.India and China reached an in principle agreement on April 13, 2011 for setting up working mechanism for consultations and coordination on border affairs to maintain peace along the boundaries of the two countries....

Tags: International Current Affairs 2011, Indo-China agreement on boarder affairs, China to review stapled visas, BRIC becomes BRICS

and held its 2011 summit in Sanya India’s Exports rose 37.5% in 2010-11 to touch a Record $246 billion Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. India’s exports rose 37.5% in 2010-11 to touch a record $246 billion

Tags: current affairs April 2011, exports rose 37.5% in 2010-11, trade accounts for nearly 50% of India’s GDP, higher oil prices to push

up production cost Oil regulator DGH refused to approve RIL’s spending on KG-D6 Gas Fields Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) refused to approve Reliance Industries’ spending on KG-D6 gas fields

Tags: current affairs April 2011, India’s Oil regulator, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, DGH) refused to approve RIL’s spending on

KG-D6 gas fields, D1 and D3 fields in the KG-D6 block, Dhirubhai-1 and 3 gas fields Pawan Hans Mi-17 Helicopter crashed & plunged into Gorge in Tawang City in Arunachal Pradesh Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Pawan Hans Mi-17 helicopter caught fire and plunged into a gorge in Tawang city of Arunachal Pradesh

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Pawan Hans Mi-17 helicopter crashed in Arunachal Pradesh, Tawang city of Arunachal Pradesh, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport German Bakery Blast, Jama Masjid Shoot-out & Shitla Ghat Blast Case handed over to NIA Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Indian Government handed over German Bakery blast, Jama Masjid shoot-out & Shitla Ghat blast  to the National Investigation Agency

Tags: current affairs April 2011, National Investigation Agency, NIA to probe terror cases, German Bakery blast, Jama Masjid shoot-out

case, Shitla Ghat blast case, Commonwealth Games 2010 India-born Oncologist, Siddhartha Mukherjee won Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction Book about Cancer Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, a New Delhi-born oncologist was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

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Tags: current affairs April 2011, Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee won Pulitzer prize, non-fiction book- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography

of Cancer by Mukherjee, Indian winners of literary awards, prestigious literary awards, Jhumpa Lahiri won Pulitzer prize in 2000 for

Interpreter of Maladies Jennifer Egan's Novel A Visit from the Goon Squad won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Jennifer Egan's novel A Visit from the Goon Squad won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction on 18 April

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Prize for fiction, Pulitzer for history was awarded to The Fiery Trial, Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris, All Maladies: A Biography of

Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee BHEL led Consortium won Contract for supply of Generators to Kakrapur Nuclear Power Station Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Bharat Heavy Electricals led consortium won Rs 1,600 crore contract for steam turbine generators for the Kakrapur Nuclear Power Station

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals, BHEL won contract for steam turbine generators for

Kakrapur Nuclear Power Station, Kakrapur Nuclear Power Station in Gujarat, nuclear power is India’s fourth largest source of electricity, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd Pakistan test fired newly Developed Short-range Surface-to-surface Missile, Hatf-9 Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Pakistan test fired a newly developed short-range surface-to-surface missile, Hatf-9 on 19 April 

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Pakistan test fired a newly developed short-range surface-to-surface missile, Pakistan test-fired Hatf-9, missiles to carry nuclear warheads, multi-tube ballistic missile system, short-range surface-to-surface missile, medium and long-rage

missiles London-listed Mining Group Vedanta Plc acquired 10.5% Stake in Cairn India from Patronas Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. London-listed mining group Vedanta Plc on 19 April 2011 acquired 10.5 per cent stake in Cairn India

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Vedanta Plc acquired 10.5 per cent stake in Cairn India, Malaysia's state oil firm Petroliam Nasional

Bhd, Cairn India produces 125000 barrels of crude oil per day, Mangala oilfield in the prolific Rajasthan block Supreme Court Quashed the Acquisition of Land by UP State Government Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011The Supreme Court of India quashed the acquisition of 205 hectares of agricultural land in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budh Nagar by the state government

Tags: The Supreme Court of India, Acquisition of Land, UP state government, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011 India and Kazakhstan Signed Seven Agreements Including a Civil Nuclear Deal Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011... India signed a total of seven agreements with Kazakhstan including a civil nuclear deal at Astana on 16 April 2011 during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Kazakhstan

Tags: India Kazakhstan, Central Asia, India Kazakhstan nuclear deal, ONGC, Current Affairs April 2011 Staying TDSAT’s Order, SC raised Rates Paid by Cable Operators for TV Channels to 42% Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011

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Economy Current Affairs 2011. Supreme Court stayed the order of the broadcast tribunal TDSAT and raised the rates paid by cable operators for TV channels to 42 per cent

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal, telecom regulator-TRAI, Supreme Court stayed

the order of the broadcast tribunal TDSAT, SC raised rates paid by cable operators for TV channels to 42 per cent, Indian broadcasting

companies, cable operators RBI formed a Conglomerate Cell to keep Constant Vigil on 12 large Domestic & Foreign Banks Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. RBI formed a conglomerate cell within its supervisory set-up to keep a constant vigil on 12 large domestic and foreign banks

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Reserve Bank of India, RBI formed a conglomerate cell to keep vigil on 12 foreign & domestic banks, RBI’s accounting policies and principles, public sector banks in India, Indian banking system Delhi Circle of Archaeological Survey launched Exhibition on Baolis on World Heritage Day Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. World Heritage Day 2011 observed on 18 April with the theme Cultural Heritage of Water

Tags: current affairs April 2011, World Heritage Day was observed on 18 April, Delhi Circle of Archaeological Survey, International

Council on Monuments and Sites, World Heritage Day celebrates the diversity of heritage, Heritage conservation aimed at achieving

sustainability Aditya Birla Group acquired Domsjo Fabriker, a Swedish Speciality Pulp & Bio-refinery Company Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Aditya Birla Group acquired Domsjo Fabriker, a leading Swedish speciality pulp and bio-refinery company

Tags: current affairs April 2011, pulp and bio-refinery companies, Aditya Birla Group acquired Domsjo Fabriker, viscose staple fibre, Birla’s pulp and fibre operations Shipping Ministry decided to extend the 2005 Port Tariff Guidelines by One More Year Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Shipping Ministry decided to extend the 2005 port tariff guidelines supposed to lapse on 31 March 2011 by one more year

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Indian Private Ports and Terminals Association, Indian Shipping Ministry, Tariff Authority of Major Ports, 2005 port tariff guidelines to continue for one more year Urdu Novelist Izhar Asar whose Repertoire included Crime, pulp & Science Fiction died Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Urdu novelist Izhar Asar died at 82 on 15 April 2011

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Urdu novelist Izhar Asar died, Progressive Writers’ Association, Izhar Asar was honoured with Ghalib

Award in 2006, Izhar Asar’s Nagin series, Aadhi Zindagi was Izhar Asar’s first science novel National Skill Development Corporation tied up with EEL to train 1.5 crore People across 9 Sectors Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. National Skill Development Corporation and Everonn Education Ltd (EEL) joined hands to launch International Skills School

Tags: current affairs April 2011, National Skill Development Corporation, NSDC tird up with Everonn Education to impart skill, National

Institute of Fashion Technology, International Skills School SEBI to allow Sovereign Wealth Funds to pick up 20% Stake in Entity without invoking Open Offer Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. SEBI put forth proposal to allow sovereign wealth funds to pick up a 20 per cent stake in an entity without invoking an open offer

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Tags: current affairs April 2011, Securities and Exchange Board of India, sovereign wealth funds, SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of

Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Treaty agreement McNally Bharat Engineering Company bagged Turnkey Contract from SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. McNally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd obtained a turnkey contract worth Rs 379 crore from SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant

Tags: current affairs April 2011, SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant, MBECLwon turnkey contract worth Rs 379 crore from SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant, leading engineering companies in India, coal chemicals by-products German-based Continental to acquire Modi Tyres, a Subsidiary of Modi Rubber Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. German-based Continental, which is world’s fourth largest tyre maker decided to acquire Modi Tyres Company

Tags: current affairs April 2011, tyre making companies, Modi Tyres Company is a subsidiary of Modi Rubber, Indian tyre makers, Indian tyre market President of Sri Lanka Called for a Mass Protest against the UN Report Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011... Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for a mass protest against the UN Report, which called for establishing an independent international probe into alleged war crimes committed during the war against the LTTE

Tags: President of Sri Lanka, India and Sri Lanka, UN report on War crimes in Sri Lanka, War against LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Mahinda

Rajapaksha, Current Affairs April 2011 The Supreme Court Banned the Employment of Children in Circuses Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011... The Supreme Court on 18 April 2011 banned the employment of children in circuses and directed the government to rescue those employed in the sector

Tags: The Supreme Court of India, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011, Children employed in Circus India’s Central Tax Collection reached Rs 7.92 lakh crore in 2010-11 exceeding Revised Estimates Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. India’s central tax collection including both direct and indirect taxes reached about Rs 7.92 lakh crore in 2010-11

Tags: current affairs April 2011, India’s central tax collection for 2010-11, India’s GDP, income tax department paid Rs 72000 crore in

refunds, direct and indirect taxes, government to fund development projects Rafael Nadal won his Seventh Monte Carlo Masters by defeating Fellow Spaniard David Ferrer Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Rafael Nadal won his seventh Monte Carlo Masters by defeating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Rafa Nadal won his seventh Monte Carlo Masters, Rafa Nadal defeated Spaniard David Ferrer in the

finals of Monte Carlo Masters, Sony Ericsson and BNP Paribas Open 2011 Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh, the Last Maharaja of Jaipur & Head of Kachwaha Clan died Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh, the last Maharaja of Jaipur died on 16 April 2011

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh died, last Maharaja of Jaipur- Brigadier Sawai Bhawani Singh, Bhawani

Singh was 40th Maharaja of Jaipur, Indian Army, India's second-highest gallantry award, Mahavir Chakra

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Curbs on Women’s Entry to Sri Mahalakshmi Temple in Kolhapur Lifted Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Indian Current Affairs 2011... The state government of Maharashtra announced on 15 April 2011 that women would be allowed entry inside the sanctum sanctorum of the Sri Mahalakshmi temple in Kolahapur

Tags: Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Women's Entry to Kolhapur Temple, Current Affairs April 2011 India's Chief Auditor, CAG decided to conduct a Physical Verification of State-run Granaries Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. CAG decided to conduct a physical verification of state-run granaries in the wake of India's record grain output

Tags: current affairs April 2011, India's chief auditor-CAG, state-run granaries, record food grain production, Food Corporation of India, Standing Committee on Food, , CAG to conduct a physical verification of state-run granaries, physical verification of warehouses McLaren's Lewis Hamilton emerged Victorious in the Chinese Grand Prix Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Lewis Hamilton emerged victorious in the Chinese Grand Prix on 17 April 2011

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Lewis Hamilton emerged victorious in the Chinese Grand Prix, Chinese Grand Prix 2011, participating

teams in the Chinese Grand Prix 2011 European Parliament Passed Declarations Condemning Pakistan for its Support to Taliban Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011... The European Parliament passed two declarations on 15 April 2011 against the Pakistan government which condemned it for its support to the Taliban

Tags: European Parliament, War on Terrorism, European Commission, Current Affairs April 2011 Department of Telecom finalised Penalty Demand of Rs 150 crore on Established Telecom Operators Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. DoT under the Telecom Ministry finalised a penalty demand of over Rs 150 crore on the established telecom operators

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Department of Telecom, Indian Ministry of Telecommunication, telecom operators In India, telecom

operators penalised for delay in roll out SPO-NE-Indian Golfer Shiv Kapur finished 13th at the Maybank Malaysian Open Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011. Italian teenager golfer Matteo Manassero won the Maybank Malaysian Open

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Maybank Malaysian Open, Matteo Manassero won the Maybank Malaysian Open 2011, Indian golfer

Shiv Kapur finished 13th at Maybank Malaysian Open IRB Infrastructure bagged its first NHAI Ultra Mega Ahmedabad-Vadodara Highways Project Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current affairs 2011. IRB Infrastructure Developers bagged its first NHAI ultra mega project in highways for Ahmedabad-Vadodara

Tags: current affairs April 2011, NH-8 along the Ahmedabad-Vadodra section, National Highways Authority of India, IRB Infrastructure

bagged its first NHAI order, ultra mega project in highways in India Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Commission on Withdrawal of Foreign troops from Afghanistan Current Affairs Week: 18 Apr 2011 to 24 Apr 2011International/ World Current Affairs 2011... Pakistan and Afghanistan on 16 April 2011 decided to set up a two-tier joint commission at Kabul regarding the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan

Tags: Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Commission, Taliban, War in Afghanistan, War on terror, Current Affairs April 2011

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Foreign Minister of Nigeria, Hodein Ajumogobia Visited India Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011. Foreign Minister of Nigeria visited India to participate in the Fifth session of the India-Nigeria Joint Commission

Tags: Foreign Minister of Nigeria, Hodein Ajumogobia, Current Affairs May 2011, India Nigeria India and Philippines Signed a Bilateral Cultural Exchange Programme for the Year 2011-13 Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs2011.The Foreign minister of Philippines, Albert del Rosario visited India on 15 March 2011. During this visit, India and Philippines signed a bilateral Cultural Exchange Programme for the year 2011-13

Tags: India and Philippines, India and ASEAN, Current Affairs April 2011, India Philippines Joint Statement Largest Waste- to- Power Plant in China to become Functional Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011.The Hangu waste-to-power plant, the largest one of its kind in China, will start its operations in Tianjin in June 2011

Tags: Power plant in China, Power generation from waste, Current Affairs April 2011 The Supreme Court Gave a Reprieve to the Deemed Universities Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. The Supreme Court of India gave a reprieve to the 44 deemed universities which are facing de-recognition on the basis of the Tandon Committee report

Tags: Deemed Universities, the Supreme Court of India, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011 BRIC Becomes BRICS and Held its 2011 Summit in Sanya, China Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. The BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) added South Africa in its group in February, 2011 and became BRICS, that held its 2011 summit in Sanya....

Tags: International Current Affairs 2011, BRIC becomes BRICS and held its 2011 summit in Sanya, China BRICS Calls for the Reform of the UN and Its Security Council Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. On April 14, 2011, for the first time the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group called for comprehensive reform of the UN and its Security Council....

Tags: International Current Affairs 2011, BRIC becomes BRICS and held its 2011 summit in Sanya, China, BRICS calls for the reform of

the UN and its Security Council, BRICS calls for a comprehensive reform of the UNSC, India’s stance on the BRICS Summit Mrinal Pande as the head of Prasar Bharati for the second term Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Journalist Mrinal Pande remains as the head of Prasar Bharati for the second term, for the coming three years....

Tags: India Current Affairs 2011, Journalist Mrinal Pande, head of Prasar Bharati for the second term, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011 Mohandas Pai stepped down from the Human Resources chief in Infosys Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Mohandas Pai, the Human Resources chief, and K Dinesh, co-founder, member of the board and head of quality, Information Systems and Communication Design group, resigned from the company on April 15, 2011....

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Tags: Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011, Mohandas Pai stepped down the Human Resources chief of Infosys stepped down, Current Affairs April 2011 Kanishtha Dhankhar won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2011 Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011.The Mumbai-based model, Kanishtha Dhankhar won the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2011 title at the beauty pageant held on April 14, 2011 at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai....

Tags: India Current Affairs 2011, Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2011, Kanishtha Dhankhar won Pantaloons Femina Miss India

World 2011, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011 Burkina Faso’s President sacked its government Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Burkina Faso’s president, Compaore dismissed the country’s cabinet and the army chief followed the disgruntled soldiers rampage in Ouagadougou and fired their weapons, apparently in a mutiny....

Tags: International Current Affairs 2011, Burkina Faso’s president dismissed the country’s cabinet, Burkina Faso’s President sacked its

government, Current Affairs April 2011 The Supreme Court of India grants bail to Binayak Sen Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011.The Supreme Court of India granted bail to tribal healthcare pioneer and civil rights activist Binayak Sen on April 15, 2011....

Tags: Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011, Supreme Court of India, bail to Binayak Sen US successfully conducted its most challenging test of a ballistic missile Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Science and Technology Current Affairs 2011.US military successfully conducted its most challenging test of a ballistic missile defense system which is to deploy in Europe to counter an Iran missile threat....

Tags: Science and Technology Current Affairs 2011, US military conducted test on ballistic missile defense system, US conducts most

challenging test of a ballistic missile, Current Affairs April 2011 Indian Relief and Rehab team Sent to Japan Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011... A 46-member Indian Relief and Rehabilitation Team (IRRT) was deployed in the earthquake and Tsunami affected areas of Japan. The Rehabilitation team belongs to the National Disaster Response Force of the National Disaster Management Authority

Tags: India and Japan, Tsunami in Japan, Current Affairs April 2011, Indian rehab team to Japan Presidential Elections in Djibouti, a Country Located in Africa Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011... The results of Presidential elections in Djibouti was declared on 9 April 2011 which held Ismail Omar Guelleh as winner

Tags: Presidential Elections in Djibouti, India Africa, Presidential Elections, Current Affairs April 2011 Russia Finalised a Deal with NATO to Supply Combat Helicopters to Afghanistan Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011... Russia finalised a deal with NATO in the second week of April 2011 to supply two dozen combat helicopters to Afghanistan

Tags: Russia and NATO, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Current Affairs April 2011, War in Afghanistan, US and Russia, India and Russia Japanese Scientists: La Nina Weakened in March 2011

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Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Science & technology Current Affairs 2011... The Regional Institute for Global Change (RIGC), which is under the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, stated that the La Nina in the east equatorial Pacific has weakened in March 2011

Tags: Japanese Scientists, La Nina, Current Affairs April 2011 Two Rare Vulture Species Sighted in Rajasthan’s Baran District Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011... Two rare vulture species namely, the Long-billed and the White-rumped were sighted in large numbers in Rajsthan’s Baran district

Tags: Vultures in India, Rajasthan, Baran District in Rajasthan, Current Affairs April 2011 India Working on Aura to Develop its Own Stealth UCAVs Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current affairs 2011... India is working on AURA (autonomous unmanned research aircraft) programme to develop the stealth UCAVs (unmanned combat aerial vehicles)

Tags: AURA, Stealth Technique, Defence expenditure of India, Current Affairs April 2011 Supreme Court Refused to Lift Ban on Sale of Gutka in Plastic Sachets Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011... The Supreme Court on 13 April 2011 refused to lift the ban on sale of tobacco products such as gutka and pan masala in plastic sachets

Tags: Supreme Court of India, Gutka and tobacco, Gutka in Plastic sachet, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011 China to Review Stapled Visas to People from Jammu and Kashmir Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011... China stated that it would review its policy of issuing stapled visas to people of Jammu and Kashmir

Tags: Stapled visas, India China, India China border dispute, Jammu and Kashmir, Current Affairs April 2011 Ismail Omar Guelleh was Re-elected the President of Djibouti Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011... As per the Presidential elections results declared on 9 April 2011, Ismail Omar Guellah was re-elected the President of Djibouti

Tags: Ismail Oamr Guelleh, Presidential elections in Djibouti, Current Affairs April 2011, India and Africa, Presidential Elections Mani Shankar Aiyar Committee on Zonal Cultural Centres formed to Revamp ZCCs submitted Report Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Committee on Zonal Cultural Centres presented its Report to the Union Culture Minister Kumari Selja

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Committee on Zonal Cultural Centres, Indian Ministry of Culture, Committee on Zonal Cultural Centres

submitted report to Kumari Selja, Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy Committee constituted in 1994, Mani Shankar Aiyar-chairman of Committee

on Zonal Cultural Centres British Consumer Products Giant Reckitt Benckiser named Rakesh Kappor as CEO Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Rakesh Kapoor as its new Chief Executive Officer of British consumer products giant Reckitt Benckiser

Tags: current affairs April 2011, British consumer products maker, Reckitt Benckiser named Rakesh Kapoor as its new Chief Executive

Officer, BITS-Pilani, business management from XLRI, Indian-born CEOs of global corporations

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Hindustan Petroleum Corp’s Mumbai Refinery Unit implemented at cost of Rs 900 crore inaugurated Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy inaugurated a unit at Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd’s Mumbai refinery which will make products like LPG

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp’s Mumbai refinery, Fluidised Catalytic Cracking

Unit at HindustAN Corp’s Mumbai refinery Multi-lingual Retail Portal launched to Guide Customers in Purchase of Insurance Pro Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011. Multi-lingual retail portal launched to offer customers help in comparing varied products in the insurance sector

Tags: current affairs April 2011, multi-lingual retail portal launched, insurance sector in India, insurance regulator, premium payments

for insurance policies, IRDA-licenced insurance broking Fourth Edition of Sphere Project Handbook Emphasising Disaster Management released Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International Current Affairs 2011. Fourth edition of Sphere Project handbook to guide relief agencies involved in protecting rights of people affected by disasters released

Tags: current affairs April 2011, National Disaster Management Authority, disaster management skills, national guidelines to be followed

during disasters, disaster management studies, human rights agencies, fourth of Sphere Handbook launched, disaster risk reduction Dr Reddy's Laboratories launched Anti-allergy Drug, Fexofenadine HCl tablets in US Market Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. Hyderabad based Pharma major Dr Reddy's launched its anti-allergy drug, Fexofenadine HCl tablets, in the US market

Tags: current affairs April 2011, pharmaceutical companies in India, anti-allergy drug, Dr Reddy’s launched Fexofenadine HCl tablets in

US market, Sanofi-Aventis' Allegra tablets ICCR invited Taiwan's Ju Percussion Group to give a Live Performance at Kamani Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011. Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) invited Taiwan's famous Ju Percussion Group to give a performance, Heartbeat of Taiwan at Kamani Auditorium

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winning Slumdog Millionaire, Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre

Union Government of India Put a Cap on Antibiotic Use in Poultry and Fish Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011... National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance for the first time in the second week of April 2011 put a cap on how much antibiotics should be used into poultry products or seafood

Tags: Government of India, Antibiotics, Current Affairs India 2011, Current Affairs April 2011, poultry products Andhra Lake Wind Power Project Posed threat to Wild life in Maharashtra Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011... 113 MW Andhra Lake Wind Power Project is posing threat to the region of Western Ghats in Maharashtra

Tags: Wind power, Wildlife in Maharashtra, Current Affairs April 2011, Western Ghats Public Sector Banks to Monitor Loans & Focus on Recovery to Deal with Deteriorating Asset Quality Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011

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Economy Current Affairs 2011. Public sector banks asked to monitor bad loans and focus on recovery in the wake of deteriorating asset quality

Tags: current affairs April 2011, deteriorating asset quality, financial inclusion, management of human resources, cost of capital and

funds for banks, 117th foundation day of Punjab National Bank, public sector banks in India State-run Corporation Bank launched Pilot Mobile Payment Platform, YpayCash Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011.Corporation Bank launched the pilot mobile payment platform, YpayCash

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Corporation Bank launched the pilot mobile payment platform, mobile payment terminals, YpayCash

launched by Corporation Bank Sachin Tendulkar named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2010 Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Sports Current Affairs 2011.Wisden, regarded as the Bible of cricket on 13 April 2011 named Sachin Tendulkar as Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2010....

Tags: Sachin Tendulkar named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer, Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne, Andrew Flintoff, Muttiah Muralitharan, Jacques Kallis, वि�जडन पवि�का, पवि�का वि�जडन का टे�स्टे एकादश टे�म TRAI’s Recommendations to Promote Structured Growth in Telecom Sector Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011.TRAI issued important recommendations related to manufacturing, infrastructure and green telecom to promote structured growth of the sector on 13 April 2011....

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Mobile Virtual Network Operators, TRAI’s recommendations on

green telecom, Telecom Research and Development Corporation to be set up, Telecom Manufacturing Fund, Telecom Standards

Organisation, National Telecom Policy 2011, Indian market for semiconductor chips, India’s telecom sector Ismail Omar Guelleh Won the Presidential Elections in Djibouti Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011International/World Current Affairs 2011... Ismail Omar Guelleh won the Presidential Elections in Djibouti according to the election results declared on 9 April 2011

Tags: Presidential elections in Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, Presidential elections, Current Affairs April 2011 Renowned Archaeologist & Founder of New Archaeology, Lewis Binford Expired Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011.Lewis Binford, a renowned archaeologist and founder of the New Archaeology movement died at the age of 80 on 11 April 2011....

Tags: current affairs April 2010, archaeologist Lewis Binford died, Lewis Binford’s contribution to ethnoarchaeology, Lewis Binford

founded New Archaeology, books on archaeology, contemporary archaeology Moroccan Journalist Aboubakr Jamaï given 2010 Gebran Tueni Award Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011India Current Affairs 2011.Aboubakr Jamaï of Morocco, the co-founder and former managing director of the weekly newspaper Le Journal Hebdomadaire was on 13 April 2011 presented the 2010 Gebran Tueni Award in Beirut, Lebanon....

Tags: current affairs April 2011, Moroccan journalist given 2010 Gebran Tueni Award, Aboubakr Jamaï received 2010 Gebran Tueni

Award, founder of Le Journal Hebdomadaire honoured with 2010 Gebran Tueni Award India's Foreign Direct Inflows fell 22.2% during April-February 2010-11 as per RBI’s latest Report Current Affairs Week: 11 Apr 2011 to 17 Apr 2011Economy Current Affairs 2011.According to the data released by RBI in mid April 2011, India's foreign direct inflows fell 22.2% during April-February 2010-11....

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Tags: current affairs April 2011, India's foreign direct inflows fell, Reliance-BP and Vodafone-Essar deal, Metallurgical industries in

India, service sector saw dip in FDI, , IT and telecom

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