Current Affairs Notes

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CURRENT AFFAIRS

Awards

Award Name Rec

24th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Balraj Puri

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development- 2009 Sheikh Hasina Wajed

Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development- 2010 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Sydney Peace Prize Vandana Shiva

Anuvrat Ahimsa International Peace Award S. N. Subba Rao

18th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavana Award Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

INFOSYS PRIZE Scientific Research which Impacts the

country

The 2010 Raman Magsaysay Awards

For Mobilizing the Global Community against the Perils ofNuclear Proliferation

For Creating Hope for Communities and Their Dying River For Crafting New paths toward quality basic education for the

poor

For Addressing disability as a community concern and adevelopment

For Harmonizing economic growth and environmentalprotection challenge

Tadatoshi Akiba (Japan)

Huo Daishan (China)

Christopher Bernido and Ma. Victoria

Carpio Bernido ( Philippines)

A.H.M. Noman Khan (Bangladesh)

Pan Yue and Fu Qiping (China)

Rabindranath Tagore Award -2010 Irom Sharmila

Nobel Prizes -2010

Medicine Literature Peace Physics

Chemistry

Economics

Robert Edwards

Mario Vargas Llosa

Liu Xiabo

Konstantin Novoselov and Andrei

Geim

Akira Suzuki, Ei-ichi Negishi and

Richard F. Heck

Christopher Pissarides, Peter Diamond

and Dale Martensen

57thNational Film Awards


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Best Actor Best Actress Best Feature Film Best Director Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress

Amitabh Bachchan (Paa)

Ananya Chatterji (Abohoman)

Kutty Srank (Malayalam)

Rituparno Gosh (Abohoman)

Farooque Sheikh (Lahore)

Arundhati Naag (Paa)

Phalke Ratna Award Dev Anand

Dada Saheb Phalke Award -2009 D. Ramanaidu

Miss Universe -2010 Jimena Navarrete (Mexico)

Miss World -2010 Alexandria Mills (USA)

Saraswati Samman 2009 Surjit Patar (For his poetry collection

Lafzan Di Dargah)

Jnanpith Award 2007 ONV Kurup (Malayalam)

Jnanpith Award 2008 Akhlaq Shaharyar Khan (Urdu)

2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Howard Jacobson

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award -2010 Saina Nehwal

Next Step Foundation Award -2010 Veerappa Moily

World Statesman Award-2010 Dr. Manmohan Singh

Books and Authors

Book Author

In Defence of Globalization Jagdish Bhagwati

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics Joe Biden

My Other Two Daughters Surjeet Singh Barnala

From My Jail Taslima Nasreen

It Happened in India Kishore Biyani

Science sustainability and Indian National Resurgence Murli Manohar Joshi

I Witness : Partial Observations Kapil Sibal

My Life Fidel Castro

The Elephant, The Tiger and The Cellphone Shashi Tharoor

The Tales of Beedle the Bard J. K. Rowling

The Three Mistakes of My Life Chetan Bhagat

Wedding Album Girish Karnad


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A better India, A better World N R Narayana Murthy

My Album Praveen Mahajan

The Two Lolitas Michael Maar

The Score of My life Zubin Mehta

The Immortals Amit Choudhary

The Calcutta Chromosome Amitav Ghosh

Musharraf : The Years in Power Murtaza Razvi

India : From Midnight to Millennium and Beyond Shashi Tharoor

Jinnah : India, Partition, Independence Jaswant Singh

The Lost Symbol Dan Brown

Yours Sincerely Natwar Singh

The Rediscovery of India Meghnad Desai

Invisible Paul AustreBefore Memory Fades: An Autobiography Fali s. Nariman

Keeping the Faith : Memoirs of a Parliamentarian Somnath Chatterji

The Mosque of Africa V S Naipaul

A Journey : An Autobiography Tony Blair

Law of Attraction Michael J. Losier

Trust Me Peter Leonard

2 States : The Story of My Marriage Chetan Bhagat

The Grand Design Stephen Hawking and Leonard

Mlodinow

Conversation in the Cathedral Mario Vargas Llosa

The Time of the Hero Mario Vargas Llosa

The Green House Mario Vargas Llosa

Harmony Prince Charles

The Finkler Question Howard Jacobson

Kalooki Nights Howard Jacobson

Whos Sorry Now? Howard Jacobson

Lafzan Di Dargah Surjit Patar

Ghame-Hayat Ne Mara Rajee Seth

Shikara Surya Chandrashekhar Kambar

Inhin Hathiyoron Se Amar Kant

The Idea of Justice Amartya Sen


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Sports

Commonwealth Games -2010 It was XIX CWGs Host City New Delhi, India Mascot Shera Alicia Coutts (Australia) and Gagan Narang (India) were Queen and King ofthe Games respectively Most Successful Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) in New Delhi Australia Number of countries which participated in CWG-2010 71 Number of sports organized in CWG-2010 - 17 Number and Name of Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA ) or countries that won their First

CWG Gold Medals 4 ( St. Vincent and the Grenadines , Botswana, Samoa and Cayman Islands)

Sport that was included for the first time in this CWGs Tennis Top three countries at CWGs -2010 in their respective order Australia ( 74 Gold), India ( 38 Gold) ,

England (37 Gold)

The player who won the last (38th) Gold medal for India that took it to the 2nd position in the medaltally ahead of England Saina Nehwal ( Badminton)

First Asian Country to host any CWGs Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur ) in 1998 City to host next (XX) CWGs in 2014 Glasgow (Scotland) Motto of the XIX CWG-2010 - Come out and play Original name of CWG - British Empire Games Anthem of CWG 2010 - Jeeyo, Utho, Bado ,Jeeto

Asian Games 2010 (XVI Asiad)

Host City Guangzhou (Haixinsha Islands), China Motto of 2010 Asian Games - Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia Rank of India in Medal Table in Asian Games 2010 6th Theme Song Chongfeng (Reunion) Number of Participating Nations 45 Number of total Sports -42 Mascot Le Yangyang Top three countries in their respective order China (199 Gold), South Korea (76 Gold) , Japan (48

Gold)


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Countries that won their first ever Asian Gold Medal Bangladesh and Macao of China City to host 17th Asian Games Incheon ( South Korea) Winner of Singapore Open Title, Indonesian Open Title and Indian Open Grand Prix Saina Nehwal Country to Soccer World Cup for 2014, 2018 and 2022 respectively - Brazil, Russia and Qatar Champion and runner-up of the Soccer World Cup-2010 Spain and Netherlands respectively Winner of Italian Grand Prix, Singapore Grand Prix and Korean Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso

Wimbledon Tennis Championship -2010

Mens Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Thomas Berdych (Czech Rep)

Womens Singles Serena Williams (USA) Vera Zvonareva (Russia)

Mens Doubles Jurgen Melzer (Austria) and Phillip Petzschner

(Germany)

Robert Lindstedt (Sweden) and Horia Tecau

(Romania)

Womens Doubles Vania King (USA) and Yarolova Shvadova

(Kazakhstan)

Elena Vesnina( Russia) and Vera Zvonareva

(Russia)

Mixed Doubles Leander Paes (India) and Cara Black

(Zimbabwe)

Wesley Moodie (South Africa) and Lisa

Raymond ( USA)

US Open Tennis Championship -2010

Mens Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Womens Singles Kim Clijsters (Belgium) Vera Zvonareva (Russia)

Mens Doubles Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (USA) Rohan Bopanna (India ) and Aisamul Haq

Qureshi (Pakistan)

Womens Doubles Vania King (USA) and Yarolova Shvadova

(Kazakhstan)

Liezel Huber (USA) and Nadia Petrova

(Russia)

Mixed Doubles Liezel Huber (USA) and Bob Bryan (USA) Kveta Peschke (Czech Rep.) and Aisamul

Haq Qureshi (Pakistan)

New elected President of Hockey India Vidya Stokes

2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games were organized in Singapore Asian World Champion in Boxing (2010 - held in Bridgetown, Barbados) Mary Kom (India) Wrestling Champion of the World (2010, held in Moscow, Russia) Sushil Kumar (India) BCCI new President-Elect N. Srinivas

Economy


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Second largest economy in the world in terms of GDP(PPP) China Income Tax Day July 24 According to Asian Development Bank Report on Urbanization, Indias urbanization ranking in Asia

34th

A new Index called Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is proposed to be included - HumanDevelopment Report

Among various projections, forecasts for Highest GDP growth for India for 2010 is projected by IMF(9.7%)

Ranking of India, Pakistan and China in Global Hunger Index 67th, 52nd and 9th respectively Black Revolution refers to Self dependence in petroleum and crude oil by the India Call of Evergreen Revolution is given by M.S. Swaminathan Project Sankalp is associated with elimination of HIV/AIDS Committee which recommended religion and caste as new BPL criteria N.C. Saxena Committee First Gold refinery was established at Shirpur (Maharashtra ) HDI Rank of India in Human Development Report 2010 119th Concept of Zero based budgeting was given by Peter A. Payer Kandla Export Processing Zone (EPZ) is Asias First EPZ Asias First Stock Exchange Bombay Stock Exchange (1875) Reliance Powers Sasan Ultra Mega Power Plant is located in Madhya Pradesh 16th SAARC summit was held at Thimpu, Bhutan Rural marketing network e-Chaupal was started by ITC World Population Day 11th July ( last child of mob of 5 billion population was born on July 11, 1987,

in Yugoslavia)

Indian Population Density (Census 2001) -324 persons per square km Literacy rate in India 64.84 % (Male -75.26 %, Female- 53.67%) 11th EU-India Summit held at - Brussels The First ranked country in Global Gender Gap-2010 - Iceland Indias ranking in the Global Gender Gap-2010 112th Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is renamed as Aadhaar First Registrar for UIDAI State Bank of India (SBI) According to 13th Finance Commission , percentage of divisible pool that may be transferred as

grants to local bodies up to 2.5 %

Second Green Revolution strategy for taking agriculture to a higher trajectory of 4 percent annualgrowth is adopted in 11th Five Year Plan

Theme of 20th Human Development report released by UNDP on November 04, 2010 The RealWealth of Nations : Pathways to Human Development


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Country with First and Last rankings in HDI Report -2010 Norway and Zimbabwe respectively 20th Public Sector Enterprise to join the club of Navratna status Oil India Ltd(OIL) The key rate which has not been modified for approximately last 6 year Bank rate (6.0% w.e.f.

April 30,2003)

Country (Central Bank of country) holding largest amount of gold in the world United States Indias rank in gold holding in the world 10th The 4th commodity exchange of the country Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) India ASEAN Free Trade Agreement becomes operative w.e.f. January 01, 2010 Phase VII of National Highway Development Project is for Construction of Ring Roads, Flyovers and

Bypasses on selected stretches

Multidimensional project to infuse a new life into the some of the neglected sectors of watertransport Sagar Mala

3G Spectrum Allocation by Government of India takes/took place on September 01,2010

Environment Affairs

First major effort of global community towards Environment protection UN Conference on HumanEnvironment at Stockholm in June, 1972.

United Nations Environment Programme was created by UN General Assembly in 1972 UNFCCC stands for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties -1 (UNFCCC: CoP-1 ) was held in 1995 at Bonn, Germany UNFCCC: CoP-16 was recently held at Cancun , Mexico UNFCCC: CoP-17 is scheduled to be held at Durban, South Africa UN Conference on Environment and Development held in June 1992 is popularly known as - Earth

Summit

Conference of Properties-10 Convention on Biological diversity ( 10th CoP to CBD) was held at Nagoya, Japan

Namaskar is a magazine on Biological Diversity published by Air India Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was created by two UN bodies. These are

United Nations Environment Programme and World Meteorological Organization

Indias National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was announced on June 30, 2008 Total number of National Missions under NAPCC Eight The Kyoto Protocol is slated to end in 2012 ( Kyoto Protocol Time Period is 2008 -2012) Some major Green House Gases (GHGs) are Carbon-di- Oxide (CO2), Methane, Nitrous Oxide,

Hydroflourocarbons, Water Vapours etc.


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Business News

Managing Director and CEO of the Federal Bank - Shyam Srinivasan Economic Times Corporate Excellency Awards 2010 for Company of the Year Award recipient - L&T Chairman and Managing Director of National Housing Bank R V Verma IRDA stands for Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority World Investment Report is annually prepared by UNCTAD The biggest employer in India among all private companies TCS Indian Company that bagged the top position among Indian Companies included in Forbes -500 list

for the year 2010 - Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award -2010 of Indian Chamber of Commerce - R. P. Goenka First Food testing Laboratory of National Meat and Poultry Processing Board was inaugurated by

Subodh kant Sahai

Company which bagged Rs 1,449 crore order for a Chhattisgarh Power plant L & T Bank which launches Mobile Banking Service in Madhya Pradesh in collaboration with City based

organization AISECT State Bank of India (SBI)

Asias Number 1 oil Company ONGC The second largest car manufacturer and largest passenger car exporter of the Country Hyundai

Motor India Ltd.

Organization which bagged CII-Thompson Reuters Innovation Award 2010 BHEL US- based personal care firm Namaste Group is acquired by FMCG major Dabur India Canada based start up CongoVision is acquired by Intel Corporation Name the Indian Company which has been selected for as one of the six 2010 Investing in People

Awards by Workforce One Investment Board of Southwest Ohio Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Miscellaneous

Name given to the Joint Military Exercise between India and Singapore Bold Kurukshetra Youngest person to cross the Atlantic Alone (Solo) Katie Spotz SIMBEX-10 is a joint naval exercise between India and Singapore The youngest in the world to scale the Everest, highest peak of the world 13 year old American boy

Jordon Romero

The Planning commission constituted panel on Low-Carbon Economy is headed by Kirit Parikh National Innovation Council to be set up will be headed by Sam Pitroda


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Committee too formulate Job Plans in Jammu and Kashmir is headed by Dr. C. Rangarajan Decade of Innovation in India 2010-2020 High level panel on Global sustainability , set up by UN secretary General Ban Ki Moon, is headed by

the Presidents of South Africa and Finland

Committee which suggested Many changes in Merger and Acquisition Rules of the Enterprises Takeover Regulatory Advisory Committee (TRAC)

Takeover Regulatory Advisory Committee (TRAC) is better known as Achuthan Committee( Chairedby C. Achuthan)

Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has signed a MoU with Mongolia State that announced Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana Haryana Anil Ambanis Rosa Thermal Power Project that started production recently is situated at

Shahjahanpur , Uttar Pradesh

In order to Conserve the mount Kailash, a trans-boundary project has been jointly launched by India , China and Nepal

Desh Nayak title to S.C. Bose was given by Rabindranath Tagore Worlds Fastest Train China, Between Shanghai & Hangzhou 350 km/hr India Russia Joint Military Exercise (To Combat Terrorism) INDIRA conducted in Kumaon Hill

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