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International Current Affairs 2010

y China will launch in 2011 unmammed space mode Tiangong I for its future space laboratory.y US internet giant Google close its business in China.y Indias largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel buy Zains Africa operations for an enterprise value of $ 10.7 billion

(Rs 49000 crore). Currently Bhartis non-India operations include Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.

y Russia abolished two of its eleven time Zones.National Current Affairs 2010

y Govt launched National Mission for Empowerment of Women aimed at inter-sectoral convergence of all pro- womenprogrammes.

y Constitution 108th Amendment Bill 2008 commonly known as womens reservation bill was passed by Rajya Sabha by186 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.y Yamunanagar (Haryana) and Vishakhapatnam (AP) are chosen for a pilot project on saving household energy by

replacing incandescent lamps with CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Lamps).

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

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

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

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


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

y India became 1st country in the world to have a maneuverable supersonic cruise missile, when it successfully test fired290 km range Brahmos missile.

y Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu visit India in March 2010.Sports Current Affairs 2010

y Tamil Nadu defeated West Bengal to won Vijay Harare Cricket Trophy.y Australia won World Hockey Cup 2010 defeating Germany. India ranked at 8th place.y India won six gold medal in the Commonwealth Boxing Championship held at Delhi.y 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.

Awards Current Affairs 2010

y Oscar Awards 2010o Best Director- Kathryn Bigelow for The Heart Locker. She became first women to win the Oscar for best director.o Best Film- The Heart Locker.o Best Actor- Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart.o Best Actress- Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side.o Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds.o Best Supporting Actress MoNique for Precious.o Best foreign language film- The Secret in their Eyes, from Argentina.

y Amitabh Bachchhan honoured with lifetime achievement award at 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival.y Surjit Pater has been awarded with 19th Saraswati Samman 2009 for Lafzan Di Dargah.y Moortidevi Award was given to the Law Minister M Veerappa Moily for his work Shri Ramayan Mahanveshanam.y Vyas Samman 2009 was awarded to Amar Kant for his work Inhin Hathiyaron Se.

Persons in News 2010


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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 todeclare 2010-2020 as the Decade of Intra-regional Connectivity in SAARC. The 17th SAARC summit will be held in Maldives in

2011.

National Current Affairs 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. Its 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 Indias first indigenously built stealth warship INSShivalik. The other stealth warship to be built

are named as INSSahyadri and INSSatpura.

* 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 education;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.

Sports Current Affairs 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.


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* 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 Singapores Peter Gilchrist for the consecutive thirdtime.

* Badminton Asia Championship, Delhi :

o Mens singles Lin Dan defeated Wang Zhenguing

o Womens singles-Li Xiurei defeated Liu Xin.

Awards Current Affairs 2010

* 19Th Bihari Puraskar 2009 has been awarded to Hemant Shesh for his collection of poetry Jagah Jaisi Jagah.

* 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for the best first Book was awarded to Glenda Guest for the novel Siddon Rock.Rana Dasgupta won Commonwealth Writers Prize for best Book 2010 for book Solo.

* Carl Zeiss wildlife conservation award was won by Joydip Kundu.

* Amitav Ghosh won the Dan David Prize along with Margaret Atwood for Rendition of the 20th century.

Economics & Commerce

* India became the 7th largest shareholder in World Bank. Indias voting rights has gone up to 2.91 %. The USA has

highest voting rights of 15.85 % followed by Japan with 6.84 % and Germany with 4 %.

* Govt proposed that concept of GGDP Green Gross Domestic Product to be introduced in the country by 2015. In

2012 India will host the Rio+20 conference on biological diversity.

* Government approved disinvestment of 20% of share in SAIL in this financial year.

* Indias total external debt as on December 2009 is 251 billion.

* Indias Gems & Jewellery export grow by 16% to $28.41 billion in 2009-2010.

* RBI announced the credit policy. The CRR has been raised from 5.75 % to 6 %. The Repo rate has been raised from 5

% to 5.25 %. The reverse repo rate has been raised from 3.5 % to 3.75 %.

Persons in News 2010

* Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra was sworn in as Judge ofSupreme Court of India. She became the 4th women judge to be

elevated to the Supreme Court of India.

* Justice S H Kapadia will be next Chief Justice of India.

* Mukul Sangma shown in as Meghalaya Chief Minister.

* Polands President Lech Kaczynski died in a air crash at Moscow.

* Juan Antonia Samaranch, Former President of International Olympic Committee (IOC) died.


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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.

Sports 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.

Persons in News [March 2010]

Rajan Bharti Mittal appointed President FICCI.

Major Dimple Singla became first women army officer in the country who has been sentenced to imprisonment for

corruption.

Bhubneshwar Kalita has been choosen as the Chef de Mission of the Indian contingent at Commonwealth Games

2010.

Cricketer Kapil Dev has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. Former Supreme Court judge P V Reddy appointed as Chairman, Law Commission of India.

Lt Gen V K Singh appointed as new Army Chief.

Sonia Gandhi appointed head of National Advisory Council. NAC advice the govt on policy matters, monitor flagship

programmes and prepare the ground for other pro-poor legislatures.

Lyricist Javed Akhtar, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dr Ram Dayal Munda, Dr Balchandra Mungekar and Kannada Actress B

Jayashree are among other persons nominated to Rajya Sabha.

Austrian base jumper Felix Baumgartnar will became the first person to leaps from the edge of space at a height of 37


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km above earths surface. He become the first man to break the speed of sound hitting a top speed of about

11000km/hr. He will jump on 11 April 2010.

Katie Spotz became the youngest person to complete a solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal Ex Prime Minister died. He was 5th time Nepal PM.

Awards Current Affairs 2010 [March 2010]

Oscar Awards 2010

o Best Director- Kathryn Bigelow for The Heart Locker. She became first women to win the Oscar for best director.

o Best Film- The Heart Locker.

o Best Actor- Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart.

o Best Actress- Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side.o Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Basterds.

o Best Supporting Actress MoNique for Precious.

o Best foreign language film- The Secret in their Eyes, from Argentina.

Amitabh Bachchhan honoured with lifetime achievement award at 34th Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Surjit Pater has been awarded with 19th Saraswati Samman 2009 for Lafzan Di Dargah.

Moortidevi Award was given to the Law Minister M Veerappa Moily for his work Shri Ramayan Mahanveshanam.

Vyas Samman 2009 was awarded to Amar Kant for his work Inhin Hathiyaron Se.

Misc Issues [March 2010]

Brahan Natyanjali 2010 festival was organized to celebrate 1000 years of Tanjavur temple in Tamil Nadu which was

built by Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola in 1010 AD.

192 year old Presidency College of Kolkatta (Indias oldest college) converted into Presidency University. It became

18th state university in West Bengal.

Railways started Maharajas Express from Kolkatta to Delhi. It is a tourist train having stoppage at Gaya, Varanasi,

Bandhavgarh, Gwalior, Khajuraho and Agra. The book Way to go written by Upamanyu Chatterjee.

The book Wide Angle written by cricketer Anil Kumble.

The book El Sari Rojo written by Javier Moro, is on the life ofSonia Gandhi.

World TB Day celebrated on 24 March.

Constitution 112th Amendment Bill 2009 seeks to amend following clauses of Article 243T of the Constitution that

provides for reservation of seats for SC &ST and also for women in Urban Local bodies : a) In clause (2) for the word

one third, the word one half shall be substituted, b) In clause (3) the word one third , the word one half shall be


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Silver and 14 Bronze. England stood at 2nd place with 4 gold and Wales stood at 3rd place.

Science and Technology Current Affairs [February 2010]

US

ASpace agency NA

SA launched

Solar Dynamics Observatory (

SDO) to discover the causes of extreme solar activity

such as sun spots and solar winds & flares.

GANGES- Global Advisory Network Group on environmental sciences. It was created by Govt for environment

research work.

Agni-III ballistic missile with a range of 3500 Km was successfully launched from Wheeler Island, Orissa.

Ht Cotton Herbicide Tolerant Cotton. The variety of Ht Cotton in MON 1445. The variety can withstand herbicides

(weed killers) for better productivity and is under trail.

Cervical cancer is caused by HPV- Human Papilloma Virus.

South Korea has worlds highest average connection speed at 14.6 Mbpd in Internet links. Japan has 2nd highestaverage speed.

Scientist deciphered the genetic blueprint ofSouth Africas Archbishop Desmond Titu.

Persons in News [February 2010]

Horst Kochler , Germany President visit India in Feb 2010.

Abdullah Gul, Turkey President visit India in Feb 2010.

Economist Kokkadan Nandanath Raj, who made a significant contribution in the preparation of first Five Year

Plan(1951-56) died.

Sharad Chandra Sinha is appointed as Director General of National Investigation Agency(NIA).

Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President visit India in Feb 2010.

Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob of Malaysia appointed Chairman, International Atomic Energy Agency.

Govt appointed R S Pandey as its mediator for talk with NSCN(IM) in Nagaland to carry forward the peace process.

Former Justice P V Reddy will be appointed as Chairman, Law Commission of India.

Ram BaranY

adav, Nepal President visit India in Feb 2010. It was the first visit byY

adav to any foreign country aftertaking over as Nepals President. Yadav is the first President of Nepal since monarchy ended in 2008. India extended $

250 million soft line of credit to Nepal.

Rajinder Singh became first non-white and also first Asian member of the right wing British National Party, after it

amended its constitution to allow black and Asian to be its member.

Amitabh Bachan became the brand ambassador of Gujarat state.

Amnesty International, the global human right organization has appointed Salid Shetty as its next Secy General from

June 2010. He will be the first Indian to head the organization.


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Five Point Someone written by Chetan Bhagat.

Nehru : The invention of India written by Shashi Tharoor.

The Museum of Innocence written by Orhan Panuk. Thoughts on Linguistic States written by B R Ambedkar.

International Current Affairs 2009

Climate Conference in Copenhagen 6 to 18 December 2009 (16th Dec 2009)

In 2012 the Kyoto Protocol to prevent climate changes and global warming runs out. To keep the process on the line

there is an urgent need for a new climate protocol. At the conference in Copenhagen 2009 the parties of the UNFCCC

meet for the last time on government level before the climate agreement need to be renewed. Therefore the Climate

Conference in Copenhagen is essential for the worlds climate and the Danish government and UNFCCC is putting hard

effort in making the meeting in Copenhagen a success ending up with a Copenhagen Protocol to prevent global warming

and climate changes.

Karzai sworn in for second term afghan president (19th Nov 2009)

Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was sworn in as president pledging to fight graft and take control of his countrys securitybefore his five-year term ends, after a fraud-marred election left his image in ruins. Karzai said he hoped Afghanistans

own security forces could take responsibility for the entire country within five years, and take the lead in unstable areas

within three. It is a goal he will share with his Western backers, who are seeking an exit strategy from the 8-year-old

war.

GCC population seen growing to 53 million by 2020 (16th Nov 2009)

The population explosion in the Gulf region is predicted to continue with a new report seeing it rising by a third in the

next decade. Latest research by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said the GCC's population was likely to hit 53million by 2020, with the vast majority of people under 25 years old. The rapid growth and the relative youth of the

population present serious challenges as well as major opportunities faced by GCC.

7.7 quakes shake north Chile (15th Nov 2009)

Thousands of Chileans may have to sleep in the streets after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the north part of the

country, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and destroying hundreds of homes. Chile has been the scene of

hundreds of strong earthquakes throughout history, including the largest one of the 20th century on May 22, 1960.


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Nov 13 who is in the Rs 2,000 crore alleged Hawala and illegal investments case.

India, Sweden to sign MOU on environment (5th November 2009)

India and Sweden are expected to sign a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MoU) on environment as Swedish Prime

Minister Fredrik Reinfeld visits India on Thursday for the 10th India-EU summit.The MoU will cover climate change, clean

technology, clean development mechanisms, environmental protection, environmental governance and air-water

quality.

Brave Rukhsana appointed as special cop (2nd November 2009)

Rukhsana, the valiant and determined Jammu and Kashmir girl, who took on Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists who barged into

her house in September, has been appointed special police officer (SPO), a temporary job which will fetch her Rs 3,000a month. Rukhsana is currently in Delhi. Her brother, Aijaz, too has been appointed SPO

Radhakrishnan takes over as new ISRO chief (31st October 2009)

Radhakrishnan, one of the key persons behind Indias Chandrayaan-1 mission, on Saturday took over as the Chairman

of the Indian Space Research Organisation. Dr Radhakrishnan, also director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, succeeds

Dr G Madhavan Nair. Dr K Radhakrishnan is an accomplished technocrat with a distinguished career of more than 38

years in the fields of space technology, applications and space programme management.

Dorjee Khandu became new chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh (25th October 2009)

Dorjee Khandu, who led the Congress to a two-thirds majority in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections, was sworn

in as the fifth Chief Minister of the state. All the newly-elected MLAs were present at the oath-taking ceremony. Khandu,

a former army intelligence officer rewarded for his exploits during the Bangladesh war, had turned a social activist

before joining politics in 1980.

A.R.Rahman wins Ghent Award (23rd October 2009)

Oscar winner musician A. R. Rahman's 'Jai ho' has again won laurels at prestigious World Soundtrack Academy awards

in Ghent (Belgium).This song from SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE won "best original song written for film" category at the

ninth World Soundtrack Awards announced at Ghent.

Test fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile(12th October 27, 2009)

India successfully test fired the nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile twice from a test range in Orissa,

officials said. The missiles were fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Balasore district, some 230


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Davydenko beats Nadal to win Shanghai Masters (20th October 2009)

Shanghai Nikolay Davydenko upset top-seeded Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Sunday to win the Shanghai Masters for his

fourth title of the year. The sixth-seeded Davydenko broke decisively in the sixth game of the second set to collect his18th career title. His flat ground strokes and angled winners denied the Spaniard a sixth title for this year and his first

since the Rome Masters in May.Nadal had reached the semifinals at Beijing last week on his return to the tour. The

winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles also was sidelined after the French Open for two months with tendinitis in

both knees.

Australia wins Champions Trophy 2009 (6th October 2009)

Australia claimed their second successive Champions Trophy title in beating New Zealand by six wickets in the final at

Super Sport Park in Centurion, South Africa. Australia had a huge fight on their hands at 2-6 against some inspired

bowling, but Shane Watson again kept a cool head with his second successive unbeaten century to steer Australia (4-

206) side past New Zealand's 9-200.

India wins Compaq Cup 2009 (14th September 2009)

India wins the Compaq Cup tri-series after defeating Sri Lanka in a nail biting encounter. Chasing a mammoth total, Sri

Lankan showed brave face and reduced the defeat margin. After showing good batting performance, Indian was poor at

fielding and bowling. They dropped couple of easy catches and missed run out chances. Finally managed to win by 46runs.

Clisters Wins over Serena Williams in U.S Open (13th September 2009)

On match point in the U.S. Open semifinals, defending champion Williams was penalized a point for unsportsmanlike

conduct a bizarre, ugly finish that gave a 6-4, 7-5 upset victory to Kim Clisters. The match featured plenty of powerful

ground strokes and lengthy exchanges.

England Win the Ashes Series 2009 (23th August 2009)

England has regained the Ashes. Australias defiance ended with England completing a 197 run victory to spark loud

scenes of celebration and jubilation at The Oval. Mike Hussey scored a dogged 121 as Australia lived up to their promise

of having a crack at their history making target of 546 to win. But in the end they ran out of batsmen and England cut

through the tension in south London to regain the urn surrendered in the whirl of an Ashes whitewash two years ago.


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The Red Planet Of Mars May Have Life On It

NASA, the space agency ofUSA, may be ready to announce alien microbes living below the Martian soil are the cause of

a methane haze surrounding the Red Planet of Mars.

Researchers from around the world have shown a greater interest in the Red Planet, as possible traces of water and icedust have raised hopes of discovering signs of life on or underneath the planet's surface. Even though methane is

created on Earth by volcanoes, scientists haven't found any active volcanoes on the Red Planet.

In addition, it seems NASA researchers found high levels of methane in the same regions as water vapor clouds, which

are absolutely necessary for life. The study was conducted during a seven year examination of the planet.

Indian Scientists Conduct Anti-Warming Experiment In Antarctic Ocean

A group of scientists from India and Germany jointly conducted an anti-warming experiment in Antarctic Ocean. It is

believed that the experiment may find out a possible solution to on-going global warming crisis. The scientists began

their experiment by scattering iron powder on hundreds of square kilometres of the Antarctic Ocean. The iron powder

will fertilize the growth of phytoplankton which will eventually remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and take it

deep under the ocean surface.

The technology of iron fertilization is likely to stop global warming at a very little cost. About six tonnes of iron are to be

scattered on 300 sq km of sea. The group of scientists which left Cape Town on board the Polarstern on January 7

includes thirty Indian and 18 from other nations. The tiny organism called phytoplankton can eliminate carbon dioxide

which is the main greenhouse gas contributing to global warming. The technology used by the Indian and German

scientists can be path-breaking one in curbing global warming which stands out to be a major threat to mankind.

Observances in June 2010:

June 1 - International Children's Day

June 4 - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5 - World Environment DayJune 8 - World Brain Tumour Day

June 8 - World Ocean Day

June 12 - World Day Against Child Labour

June 14 - World Blood Donor Day

June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

June 18 - International Picnic Day

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June 19 - World Sickle Cell Anaemia Awareness Day

June 20 - World Refugee Day

June 21 - World Music Day s

June 23 - United Nations Public Service Day

June 1, 2010

y On May 31, 2010, (World No Tobacco Day) Sikkim has become India's First state to be declared as "Smoke Free State" in India.y D. Sivanandan takes charge as Maharashtra's new Director General of Police (DGP), taking over from A.N. Roy, who was retired.y Vivek Sahai has been appointed as new Railway Board Chairman, he replaced SS Khurana.y National Advisory Council:

-Ms Rita Sharma, IAS has been appointed as Secretary, National Advisory Council (NAC).

-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appoints 14 members to the National Advisory Council in consulation with its chairman Sonia Gandhi. The

members are Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze, N C Saxena, A K Shiva Kumar, M SSwaminathan, V Krishnamurthy, Narendra Jadhav, Mirai

Chatterjee,Farah Naqvi,Pramod Tandon,Harsh Mander, Ram Dayal Munda,, Anu Aga, Madhav Gadgil,

y As per a BCCI announcement, Sahara India has retained the sponsorship rights of the Indian cricket team for a whopping Rs.30.34 million permatch (ODI and Twenty20 matches) for the next three years till 2013.

y "Xingyun" is the name of the fastest super computer of China which runs at more than one quadrillion (one thousand million million)calculations per second. Tianhe-1" was the previous fastest machine in China. and Xingyun works at a speed double than its speed.

y India Food Bank is a new project ofSam Pitroda, the current advisor to the prime minister on Public Information Infrastructure andInnovations. It may be put in place by end of this year in collaboration with Chicago-based international organization, Global Food banking

Network, a Stanford University think-tank that provides food aid to 30 nations

y The revised GDP data have been released by the CSO and Indian Economy has grown 7.4% for 2009-10.y Indian Economy grew by 8.6% during the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The economy had registered a 6.1 percent growth in the first

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y In the International Atomic Energy Agency's report before the United Nations Security Council votes on sanctions against Iran, internationalnuclear inspectors state that Iran has now produced a stockpile of nuclear fuel that would be enough, with further enrichment, to make two

nuclear weapons, and it appears to bolster the Obama administrations case for a fourth round of economic sanctions against Iran.

y The 25th EU-Russia summit begins in Rostov-on-Don with talks on industrial and trade links, human rights and a visa-free regime.y A court in Pakistan lifts a ban on Facebook imposed two weeks ago after an "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" group appeared on the site

May 5, 2010

Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill 2010

Karnataka: CRYSTALTamilnadu Legislative Council Bill, 2010

Shivaji Park is Silence Zone:

Sikkim Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management Project

5th World Telecommunication Development Conference

RTI plea by Bhopal Gas Tragedy:

Doctorate for Sam:

Kanshiram Award:

Mid-Day merging with Jagran Prakashan:India's Tallest Commercial Building in Chandigarh:

Tax Notice to HP India:

RBI allowed UCB's to open ATM at places other than branches:

Danik Jagran is India's Largest Selling Daily:

Limit of Forex Increased for Travelers:

Secretary General ofUNASUR: Nstor Kirchner

Times square car bombing: Faisal Shahzad arrested:

Most expensive Art of the History: Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

Nuclear free Middle East

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May 4, 2010

P.C. Thomas

National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) 2009

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Energy Conservation Amendment Bill

98th Indian Science Congress 2011

Asia-Pacific Defense Market

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May 3, 2010

World Press Freedom Day 2010

New Education Bills moved in Lok Sabha

Largest Buyer of India's Iron Ore: China

On Maulana Azad National Fellowship in 11th Plan:

Projections of Renewable / alternative Energy Sources in India's Energy Mix:

Energy Conservation FundOn 11th Plan Target of Hydro Power Generation

On Fund Raising Plans of NTPC:

Number of protected Areas in India

On Lockheed Martin Deal

India's Biosphere Reserves:

Regional Committees for Uniformity in Minimum Wages

What is National Floor Level Minimum Wage ?

RGSEAG

2010 Kentucky Derby

Bailout Package for Greece:


May 2, 2010

World Laughter Day

Prime Minister on legal Reforms:Gujarat: Asiatic Lion Population:

Manipur: Entry of T. Muivah

On New head of National Human Rights Commission

Madhuri Gupta Case

On National Green Tribunal:

CII Survey on India's Growth:

Forbes' 500 Top Paid CEO's of the biggest American companies


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May 1, 2010

Yale World Fellow 2010: Subhashini ChandranUN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations - Atul Khare

Gujarat & Maharastra: Golden Jubilee Celebrations

Fact Box: Gujarat

International Labor Day:

India's new chief Justice: Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia

National Green Tribunal (NGT) Bill Passed:

Plantation Labor (Amendment) Bill Passed:

Hike in Aviation Turbine Fuel Rates:37th member of the European Patent Organization - Albania

Belgium: Another country to ban Burqua:

Latest Country to ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty - Indonesia

Development Projects in Bhutan:

India Japan MOU on Eco Friendly Cities:

Who is Ranjan Daimary?

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April 22, 2010

Earth Day 2010

Columbia University: B R Ambedkar Chair & Jagdish Bhagwati Fellowships

Changing norms for companies going public:Dhanlaxmi Bank -UTI MF Tie Up:

Kerala: Native Trails


April 21, 2010

Rajasthan: Dish TV in Luxury Trains:

Uttar Pradesh: Asia's Biggest Sewage treatment Plant:

Orissa : On reconstitution of Jagannath temple managing committee


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Gujarat: India's first degree course in Films & TV

Bharti Airtel: Live Aarti

IMF : Latest Predictions on India's Growth:First indigenously-built stealth ship- INSShivalik

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Forbess Richest Fictional Character: Carlisle Cullen

Obituary: Dorothy Irene Height


April 20, 2010

Meghalaya: 21st Chief Minister - Dr Mukul Manda Sangma

Home Minister in Dantewada Tragedy:On Henderson Brooks Report

1999 Jessica Lall murder Case:

Automated Finger Print Identification Systems (AFIS)

USB Pratirodh & NAYAN

Chhattisgarh - Foreign Travel Ban

Assam: Chief Justice of the Gawahati High Court

Uttar Pradesh: New Tiger Reserve - Pilibhit

National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Zone Management

Justice (Retd.) Madan Mohan Punchhi Commission:

Assam: Bamboo Technology Park at Mymlhat

RBI : Annual Monetary Policy 2010-11

On Mobile Banking Facility

Expert Group on Energy Drinks:

Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSEs

Relaxations to BC Model:Read The Above Updates Here

April 18, 2010

Master Deenanath Vishesh award - Kajol

Bihar: Nitish Kumar on National Commission to identify BPL families

Haryana: First Grameen Nyayalaya

Gujarat: Mobile Directory


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On Justice Soumitra Sen Impeachment Issue:

Independence Day in Zimbabwe:

2010 Badminton Asia Championships - ResultsRead The Above Updates Here

April 17, 2010

Amendment in the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009

Andhra Pradesh: Prajapatham

On Cartosat-2B &STUDSAT

Andhra Pradesh: Hazmat

Gujarat : Governor Returns the BillRecommended: Next Chief Justice of India - Justice S H Kapadia

Volcano eruption in Eyjafjallajokull

Obituary : C K Prahalad


April 16, 2010

Dr. N.C.Saxena Committee:

Prime Ministers Awards for excellence in Governance for 2008-09

Failure of GSLV-D3

Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan

Accelerated Pulses Production Programme (A3P)

Fact Box: Some Schemes in Budget 2010-11 for Agriculture Development

Carriers Data of Domestic Airlines:

Medical Technology Park

2010 Bloomberg BusinessWeek annual rankings of Most Innovative CompaniesYoutube Record: Lady Gaga

On Findings of Heraldo Munoz Commission


April 15, 2010

4th IBSA Summit:

Uttarakhand: Century's First Mahakumbha


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Kerala: Vishu

West Bengal: Poila Baisakh

Assam: Rongali BihuBangladesh: Pahela Baisakh

Cannes Film Festival jury - Shekhar Kapur

Wynn Telecom brand ambassador - Saif Ali Khan

34th Matrishree Media Awards

Meghalaya: Mobile mammography van

Nor'wester

Budget Session Resumes:

Chetna YatrasInternational Affairs:

Pakistan: Heraldo Munoz Report

Volcanic Eruptions in Europe:

Qinghai -Earthquake:

Sports:

Asian Junior Snooker


April 14, 2010

Wisden Cricketer of the Year - Virender Sehwag

Know Your Army

Wild Life: Anti Poaching System

India's First 3D Digital Animation Film:

Madhya Pradesh: India's First Buddhist University:

Haryana: Energy Conservation FundGujarat: Top state in Marine Fish output:

Index watch: Confidence in Leadership Index

On SAIL FPO:

ICC Global Partner: Hero Honda:

All Sports Magazine : Top 10 Indian sporting achievements of all time

Saudi Arabia: Fatwa against terrorism


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April 13, 2010

SSB Jharkhand Chairman: A K Chug

Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Justice Aftab Hussain SaikiaAmbedkar awards 2009

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Latest projections about India's Growth

What is Developing Asia?

On Green India Mission

Quick Facts: 8 Missions of Prime Minister's Action Plan on Climate Change:

State Bank of India: Assam Rifles salary package

abilitymatrimony.com

ICAI-CBEC MoU:India's Disclosure pacts with 9 Tax Heavens:

BSE - NYSE Technologies Agreement

China 's Second Lunar Probe

EV-neo

Ads by Twitter:


April 12, 2010

Hyderabad: International Congress of Mathematics

TechED 2010

MasterCard CEO - Ajay Banga

Pulitzer Prize 2010

Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2010

NRHM Awards 2010

North East : Biometric Ration Cards

Kerala : Annual Plan:New Delhi: Delhi Urban Mass Transit Authority (DUMTA),

Cayman Trough : World's deepest undersea volcanic vents

Greece Debt Crisis: 30 Billion Euro Package

India Wins Kabaddi World Cup:


April 10, 2010

Karnataka: New Chief Justice - JS Khehar

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First Public Sector Day

SCOPE Awards 2008-09 & 2007-08

National Aeronautics Award - P SSubramanyamFactBox: Tejas

Jammu & Kashmir: Inter-District Recruitment Bill

On India Australia Education Council

India's Forex Reserves:

Latest Automobile Market growth Data:

Poland: President & 131 others die in Russia Jet Crash

Iran: advanced centrifuge machines


April 9, 2010

London Symphony Orchestra returns to India after 45 years

Aryabhata Intl Award - Mahantesh G Kivadasanavar

Mother Teresa International Award

Rajasthan: Highest Annual Plan Outlay of Rs 24,000 Cr

Gujarat: General Motors to grow Jatropa

Jatropa Bio fuel: Jatropha oil, produced from the seeds of the Jatropha curcas is one of the best candidates for future biodiesel

production.

Kerala: Disaster Risk Reduction Programme 2009-10

National Marine Fisheries Census

Fact Box: National Marine Fisheries Census -2005

Dantewada Massacre:

India's First 3D TV range - Samsung

Bharti foundation: 25 senior secondary schools for the underprivileged childrenReliance Industries: Investment of $ 1.7 Billion in US

World Economy: Zinc Production:

China: Maglev Train

16th ASEAN summit

Mount Kailash Sacred Landscape Conservation Initiative


April 8 2010


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April 8, 2010

Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) : 235th Anniversary

New CMD of ITI: K L DhingraWorking groups on Price Rise:

Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010

Gujarat: Kamdhenu University

Tamilnadu: JATROPT Project

Punjab: Rs 592 crore for development of 19 towns

Delhi: HC allows lawyer to argue in Hindi.

Indian Maritime University

On Digitalization of All India radio & DoordarshanIndia Australia Education Deal:

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre - solar heat and light based Desalination System

Asian Cricket Council - Nimbus Deal:

Fact Box: Asian Cricket Council

No FDI in manufacturing of Cigarettes:

SAIL Disinvestment Proposal:

India's Highest Individual Taxpayer:

Solar Impulse:

World Production of Manganese

World Nickel Production


April 7, 2010

World Health Day, 2010

90th Birth Day of Pandit RaviShankar:Festival of India in China

Sony digicam brand ambassador- Deepika Padukone

Member of the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars - Srinija Srinivasan

2010 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award - Ratan Tata

BPO Excellence Awards 2009-10

Kerala: CERT-Kerala


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Gujarat : 50 Years ofSardar Sarovar Narmada Project

Assam : Baideu & Nabou Schemes:


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Assam : Baideu & Nabou Schemes:

Delhi : e-waste disposal system

e-Office of Finance Ministry:Rajasthan: New Air field in Phalodi

ONGC : First Public Sector Company to receive Emission Reduction Certificates from UNFCC

Highest paid CEO in United States: Larry Ellison

Red Dot Product Design Award - BPL Studylite

Delhi : First green grid in North India - Commonwealth Games village

Bankers meet RBI:

Ashok Leylands Sales:

NABARD: Business Growth at a GlanceJumbo: Mascot for 2011 World Cup?

Seventh National Rafting Championship


April 3, 2010

Chief Justice of Madras High Court - Justice M Y Eqbal

Nuclear Energy for All, Nuclear Weapon for None

Srimanta Sankardeva Award

Public Relations Council of India - Chanakya Awards

India's first Standard Guage line Opens

Asian Rugby Sevens Invitational Tournament


April 2, 2010

New Members of Jawahar Bhavan Trust

New Maharashtra BJP chief:Sudhir Mungantivar

SIMBEX 2010

Update on Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act

Haryana : Senior Citizen Samman Scheme

Fact Box: Apni Beti Apna Dhan Yojna of Haryana: LAADLI

Kerala : First Multiplex

Who is Nikesh Arora?

India's External Debt:

RBI : Normal Ways and Means Advances Limits


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April 1, 2010

Reserve Bank of India: Platinum Jubilee Celebration Finale

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009

Decennial Census Operation begins:

India's first AC double-decker train

Punjab: Pearls World Cup Kabaddi Punjab-2010

Rajasthan: India's First Homeopathic University

Himachal Pradesh: What are Sirmouri, Kulluvi, Kangri and Mahajavi?FactBox: Languages in the Indian Constitution:

Antarnaad in Guinness Book of World Records:

London 2012 Olympics : tier-two sponsor - ArcelorMittal

Fact Box : London 2012 Olympics:

State Bank of India: 15,000 business correspondents

Ireland's Richest person: Pallonji Mistry

World's most visited place: Louvre Museum, Paris

First-ever Afghanistan Cannabis Survey

y India's First Smoke Free StateOn May 31, 2010, (World No Tobacco Day) Sikkim has become India's First state to be declared as "Smoke Free State" in India.

y New DGP ofMaharastra?D. Sivanandan takes charge as Maharashtra's new Director Generalof Police (DGP), taking over from A.N. Roy, who was retired.

y New Chairman of Railway Board:Vivek Sahai has been appointed as new Railway Board Chairman, he replaced SS Khurana.

y Updates on National Advisory Council:Ms Rita Sharma, IAS has been appointed as Secretary, National Advisory Council (NAC).

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appoints 14 members to the National Advisory Council in consulation with its chairman Sonia Gandhi. The


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members are Aruna Roy, Jean Dreze, N C Saxena, A K Shiva Kumar, M SSwaminathan, V Krishnamurthy, Narendra Jadhav, Mirai

Chatterjee,Farah Naqvi,Pramod Tandon,Harsh Mander, Ram Dayal Munda,, Anu Aga, Madhav Gadgil,

y Sahara retains Indian Cricket Team SponsoshipAs per a BCCI announcement, Sahara India has retained the sponsorship rights of the Indian cricket team for a whopping Rs.30.34 million per

match (ODI and Twenty20 matches) for the next three years till 2013.

y Fastest Super Computer of China:"Xingyun" is the name of the fastest super computer of China which runs at more than one quadrillion (one thousand million million)

calculations per second. Tianhe-1" was the previous fastest machine in China. and Xingyun works at a speed double than its speed.

y India Food Bank:India Food Bank is a new project ofSam Pitroda, the current advisor to the prime minister on Public Information Infrastructure and

Innovations. It may be put in place by end of this year in collaboration with Chicago-based international organization, Global Food banking

Network, a Stanford University think-tank that provides food aid to 30 nations

yRevised GD

P

The revised GDP data have been released by the CSO and Indian Economy has grown 7.4% for 2009-10. Indian Economy grew by 8.6%

during the quarter ended March 31, 2010. The economy had registered a 6.1 percent growth in the first quarter, 7.9 percent in the second,

but dropped to a modest 6 percent in the third.

y IAEA votes sanctions against IranIn the International Atomic Energy Agency's report before the United Nations Security Council votes on sanctions against Iran, international

nuclear inspectors state that Iran has now produced a stockpile of nuclear fuel that would be enough, with further enrichment, to make two

nuclear weapons, and it appears to bolster the Obama administrations case for a fourth round of economic sanctions against Iran.

y 25th EU Russia Summit:The 25th EU-Russia summit begins in Rostov-on-Don with talks on industrial and trade links, human rights and a visa-free regime.

y Pakistan: Ban of Facebook Lifted:


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A court in Pakistan lifts a ban on Facebook imposed two weeks ago after an "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" group appeared on the site

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Current Affairs : June 4, 2010

International Centre for Automotive Technology : New Campus at Manesar

On June 4, 2010, India's Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises liad the foundation stone of a new campus of iCAT at Manesar, Near Gurgaon, Haryana Read Here

Green Hiker campaign and Responsible Tourism

Green Hiker campaign is the name of a new compaign by World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India) launched on June 04, 2010 in New Delhi. Read here

Punjab: 3037 e-gram Suvidha centres

The state government of Punjab comes up with a decision to set up 3037 e-gram Suvidha centres in the villages across the state at a cost of Rs 90 crore. The government has given

approval to implement the scheme within a stipulated time frame and within a year. These e-grams centres would ensure the delivery of basic people friendly services viz delivery of

old-age pension, registration of pension for handicapped and widows and disabled persons with an easy access.

Haryana: New Technique to identify sex of Date Palm at Nursery Stage

In Date Palm the fruit is borne by female plants only which cannot be identified upto four to five years till the date palm trees bloom for the first time. A new technique has been

developed by HAU to identify the sex at Nursery stage. Read Here

Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for 2010-11 - None from India

Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for 2010-11 consists of 13 members but none is from India. Read Here

BHEL: 40% Growth in a Year

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has recorded an all-time high growth of 40 per cent over the previous year. Out of the total order booking of Rs 59,031 crore by BHEL in


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McDonald's recalls 'Shrek' glasses

12 million drinking glasses which were part of a campaign of Fast-food giant McDonald's to promote the movie "Shrek Forever After, were found to be tainted with cadmium and now

the Fast-food giant McDonald's is recalling these glasses.

Shivraj Patil Panel to preserve Chandigarh architectural heritage

The union Government has set up an expert committee under the Chandigarh Administrator and Punjab Governor Shibvraj Patil , to preserve the architectural heritage of

Chandigarh. Read Here

Government Bans Indian Mujahedeen

On June 4, 2010, the government declares the group as a terrorist organization and banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Read Here

NewP

rimeM

inister of Japan

One June 4, 2010, Naoto Kan has been designated as Prime Ministerof japan by the Diet. The Constitution of Japan provides that PrimeMinister shall be designated from among the

members of the Diet by a resolution of the Diet, and that the Emperor shall appoint the PrimeMinister as designated by the Diet. Kan is expected to be appointed as Japan's 94th

Prime Minister by Emperor Akihito. Mr. Naoto Kan replaces Yukio Hatoyama. ( Note: Mega Quiz September 2009, Quiz 222 & Quiz 378 which mention Mr. Yukio Hatoyama as

prime Ministerof Japan have been updated).

Awards:

Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar 2008 - Isha Foundation

Isha Foundation is an NGO, founded by Sadhguru J Vasudev, whose "Project Green Hands" is a movement to raise the green

cover of Tamil Nadu by 10 per cent. In the last 5 years, over 300,000 Isha volunteers across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have

raised 8.2 million trees for plantation. The foundation has been selected for prestigious 'Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar'

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Instituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 1987, the award called 'Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar' is given to those who make or hasthe potentialto make measurable and major impact in the protection of environment.

National Updates:

Air Marshal (Retd.) Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale Court of Inquiry

Government of India has appointed Court of Inquiry into air crash of the Air India Express Boeing 737-800 aircraft VT-AXV

which occurred near the Bajpe Airport, Mangalore on 22 May, 2010 while operating a scheduled flight IX-812 from Dubai to

Mangalore resulting in the death of 158 passengers. For this purpose the government appoints Air Marshal (Retd.) BhushanNilkanth Gokhale to hold the investigation. Headquarters of this court will be at New Delhi. The Court will complete its

investigation and submit the report to the Governmentby 31 August 2010.

Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council (CASAC) -First meeting

Praful Patel, Minister of Civil Aviation inaugurated the first meeting of the Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council (CASAC)

Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council (CASAC) was set up under the Chairmanship of Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

on May 29, 2010. It consists of 28 members drawn from various aviation sub-sectors such as airlines (both public and private),

flight operations, air worthiness, operations etc has been constituted for a period of one year. The Council is advisory in nature

and will advise DGCA in areas of operations of aircraft (commercial and general aviation), aerodromes and Heliports, air-

navigation services, air operator certification, airworthiness of aircraft including maintenance, certification of aeronautical

products, and human performance and training.

The council will review the existing regulatory framework and give recommendations to further strengthen the aviation safety.

It will also develop, examine and recommend incorporation of best regulatory practices, recommend short, medium and long

term measures for safety enhancement and reflect public views on aviation safetymatters.

In the first meeting the DGCA was directed to institutionalize the CASAC, organize regular meetings of the Council and act upon

all its suggestions to increase its effectiveness. He also called upon all airlines, airport operators and others associated in the

sector to be equally responsible for the safety of the sector.


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Kerala: Goodwill Ambassador of khadi- Mohan Lal

Malayalam matinee idol ''Padmasri'' Mohanlal was honored by the stategovernment with the ''Goodwill Ambassador'' title for the

promotion of handloom-khadi industry in the State.

Mizoram: 26th Sainik SchoolMinistry of DONER (development of North Eastern Region) has sanctioned Rs. Rs.8,289 lakh for construction of a Sainik School

at Chhingchhip in Serchhip district of Mizoram. This is first of Mizoram, fourth of North East India and 26th of India's Sainik

Schools.

SainikSchools

Sainik Schools were conceived in 1961 by then defenceminister V.K. Krishna Menon to rectify the regional and classimbalance amongst the officer cadre of the military andprepare students for entry into the National Defence

Academy (NDA) and the Indian Naval Academy.

Kerala : Forest Development Agency

To co-ordinate activities of Participatory Forest Management (PFM) institutions -- Vana Samrakshana Smithies (VSS) and Eco-

development Committees(EDC) -- at Forest Division level, the KeralaGovernment inaugurates the State Forest Development

Agency on June 3, 2010. Participatory Forest Management (PFM) institutions seek to improve the livelihood of forest-dependent


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communities (Adivasis) and as a strategy for ensuring their participation in forest conservation efforts.

Business & Economy:

Reserve Bank of India: Application Tracking System

The Reserve Bank of India has launched the application tracking system to track applications made to the various departments

of the RBI. The applicant can then submit an online application, attach related documents, view it and track its movement. The

system can not be used for complaints made under Banking Ombudsman Scheme.

Reserve Bank of India: Damodaran Committee

Reserve Bank of India has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of M. Damodaran, former chairman ofSEBI, to look

into banking services rendered to retail and small customers, including pensioners. This is a 7 member committee and will look

into the grievance redressal mechanism prevalent in banks, its structure and efficacy and suggest measures for expeditious

resolution of complaints.

India-South Africa CEO

s ForumIndia-South Africa CEOs Forum was launched by South African President Jacob Zuma and India's Minister of Commerce &

Industry Anand Sharma. The forum is headed by Ratan Tata from the Indian side and Mr. Patrice Motsepe, Executive Chairman,

Africa Rainbow Minerals from the South African side.

India South Africa Trade

India is South Africas largest trading partner in South andSouth-East Asia and one of South Africas top ten tradingpartners globally. Bilateral trade which was valued at onlyUS $ 1.3 billion in 2000-01 crossed US $ 7 billion mark in

2008-09. It is expected to touch US $ 10 billion by 2012.


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Wipro- hydraulic cylinders facility in China

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIE) which is a part of Wipro Ltd announces that it has signed an agreement with Chinese

Wujin Hi-tech Industrial Zone (WIZ) to set up a facility to manufacturehydraulic cylinders at Changzhou. This is Wipro's first

global manufacturing location in China and 9th in the world.

World Bank: Microfinance Project Loan for India

The world bank has approved a loan of $300 million for the Scaling up Sustainable and Responsible Microfinance project. This

funding for the microfinance project will be used by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) for on-lending to

Indian microfinance institutions and to support responsible finance initiatives such as the establishment of a microfinance

information platform and promotion of adherence to a code of conduct for MFIs (microfinance institutions)

World Bank : Loan to strengthen the statistical sector

The world Bank has also approved a loan of $ 107 million to support Indian government's plan for institutional and policy-based

reform of state statistical systems within a national policy framework. The project will enable states to work towards "common

national standards relating to key statistical activities and to improve the credibility, timeliness and accuracy of these and other

statistics at both central and the state level.

Latest WTO stats on World Exports

In the first quarter of 2010 (January -March) , the global merchandise exports grew by a healthy 27 per cent as per the latest

international trade statistics report by WTO. This growth was driven by significant increase in exports from China, Japan, India

and other Asian countries. India's exports during the period increased by a robust 33 per cent while that of Japan and China

surged 48 per cent and 29 per cent.

On Michael Jackson Museum

Gary Indiana United states is the place where the Michael Jackson museum is coming up Father of the pop legend Joe has


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Gary, Indiana, United states is the place where the Michael Jackson museum is coming up. Father of the pop legend, Joe has

signed a deal to create a $300 million worth museum dedicated to his late son. (Femalefirst.co.uk)

International Congress ofMathematicians

International Congress of Mathematicians will be held in India in Hyderabad from august 19-27, 2010. This will be for the

first timethat ICM will be held in India and only third time in an Asian Country. The 1990 Congress was held in Kyoto and

the 2002 Congress in Beijing.

First Official peace Talks: Centre and NSCN-IM

Centre and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) faction held the first official peace talks in the

last 13 years of ceasefire in New Delhi.

Israeli attack in Gaza

Gaza Freedom Flotilla was an aid flotilla of six ships carrying 663 activists from 37 nation and the activists were planning to

break through the Israeli Egyptian blockade of Gaza and deliver humanitarian supplies. The Israel had said that the flotilla has

to change the course to the port of Ashdod where the Israeli Government would inspect the aid and deliver the items that were

not banned by Israel in Gaza. The activists refused. In the Israeli raid about 16 people were reportedly killed and more than 30

injured when Israeli commandos stormed a six-ship flotilla carrying about 10,000 tonnes of aid and 600 human rights activists

to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. The United Nations demanded a full explanation for the attack while the EU and Russia demanded

an inquiry. Israeli Ambassadors to many countries were summoned to the Foreign Ministries in those countries and demanded

explanation for the attack. India also joins the protests.

Seychelles President in India:

Seychelles President James Alix Michel arrives in India on a three-day visit to hold delegation -level talks with Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh on several matters of bilateral, regional and global concern. It is a very important country of the Indian Ocean

threatened by piracy...They want wider collaboration (with India) against piracy

NHRC Chairman: Justice K G Balakrishnan

Former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Human Rights

Commission.He was the first Dalit Chief Justice of India and will be the first Dalit heading NHRC.NHRC was headless for over a

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President's Rule in Jharkhand:Union Cabinet today recommended the president to clamp President's rule in Jharkhand and keep the state assembly under

suspended animation. Prior to this, Chief Minister Shibu Soren resigned without facing the trust vote in the state assembly.

Soren Government was reduced to minority on May 24 when BJP with 18 MLAs and JD(U) with 2 MLAs withdrew support to the

Soren's government whose party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha had 18 MLAs and was also enjoying the support of seven other

legislators in the 82-member House. The BJP was cut up with Mr Soren ever since he voted with UPA in the Lok Sabha during

voting on cut motions on April 27.

Burkina Faso's First Call center: Courtsey India

India's Export-Import (Exim) Bank has given a loan of $5 million to Burkina Faso to start its first call center with 400 positions.

Burkina Faso is also part of India's flagship project - Pan African e-network project. Previously, India also approved the setting

up of a tomato processing factory through a line of credit of $15 million in Burkina Faso.

Maruti Suzuki: Highest Monthly sales

MarutiS

uzuki Tuesday reports a 27.9 % jump in sales for May at 102,175 units compared to 79,872 vehicles it sold in the year-ago period. For the first time the company has ever sold over 100,000 units in a month, its previous highest monthly sale figure

being 96,650 units in February 2010. Domestic sales for Hyundai Motor India sped up 13% to more than 27,000. And Tata

Motors sold 38% more vehicles this May, a total of nearly 53,000 cars, trucks and other vehicles.

Two-wheeler sales stayed on the fast lane as well. Hero Hondas increased to 436,000 units, an increase of 14%. And Bajaj

Autos India sales accelerated 63% to nearly 270,000 two-wheelers.

UAE's airline Emirates has earned $1.1 billion net profit in 2009-10 despite the global slowdown and largest chunk of this profit

comes from India. India and West Asia contributed to the 12.6% of the total revenues.

What is Trafigura?


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Dainik Jagran is India's leading overall daily as well as Hindi daily as per the quarterly Indian Readership Survey by the Media

Research Users Council (MRUC). IRS Q1 2010 has ranked Dainik Jagran No. 1 among the dailies with a Total Readership (TR) of

54,254,000. Following is list of India's Top 10 Newspapers:


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1. Dainik Jagaran2. Dainik Bhaskar

3. Hindustan

4. Amar Ujala

5. Lok Mat (Marathi Daily)

6. Daily Thanthi (Tamil Daily)

7. Dinakaran (Tamil Daily)

8. Ananda Bazar Patrika (Bengali Daily)9. Eenadu (Telugu Daily)

10. Rajasthan Patrika (Hindi Daily)

11. Times of India (Number 1 English Daily)

12. Hidustan Times (English Daily)

13. The Hindu (English Daily)

14. the Telegraph

15. Deccan Chronicle

Limit of Forex Increased for Travelers:

As per the latest notification by Reserve Bank of India, Indians traveling abroad can carry $3,000 worth foreign exchange in

cash. The previous limit was $2,000.

International:

Secretary General of UNASUR: Nstor Kirchner

Former Argentine President Nstor Kirchner is unanimously elected the first Secretary General of the Union ofSouth American

Nations (Unasur).

Times square car bombing: Faisal Shahzad arrested:

Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan is arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in connection

with the attempted car bombing in Times Square.

Most expensive Art of the History: Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

Nude, Green Leaves and Bust, a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso, featuring his mistress Marie-Thrse Walter, is one of a series


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of portraits that Picasso painted of his mistress and muse Marie-Thrse Walter from 1932.On May 4, the painting gets soldat Christie's in New York City. It was sold for US$106 million thus, becoming the most expensive work of art sold at auction.

Nuclear free Middle East

Egypt leads a proposal for a nuclear arms free Middle East. The proposal receives support from the United States, Russia,

Britain, France, and China. The only country, which has nuclear weapons in Middle East is said to be Israel.

y Election Commission recommends to the president that former minister P.C. Thomas be barred from contesting any election for the next threeyears as he had violated the model code of conduct during the 2004 Lok Sabha polls.

y India lifts the ban on grant of emigration clearance for Indians wishing to travel to Iraq. However, added a cautionary advisory that they takecare of their personal security while working or visiting Iraq. India had warned its citizens not to travel to the conflict-ridden Gulf country

months after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

y The Lok Sabha passes the National Commission for MinorityEducational Institutions (Amendment) 2009 Bill.The National MinorityEducational Bill amends the National Commission for MinorityEducational Institutions Act 2004. The National Commission

for Minority Educational Institutions was established through the promulgation of an Ordinance dated November 11, 2004. The Act provided

for constitution of the Commission. The key objective is to ensure that the true amplitude of the educational rights enshrined in Article 30(1)

of the Constitution is made available to the members of the notified religious minority communities.

y Lok Sabha Passes the Energy Conservation Amendment Bill. Energy Conservation Amendment Bill seeks to empower the Bureau of EnergyEfficiency (BEE) to fix the criteria and procedures for accreditation of energy auditors and appoint its officers and staff to accredit energy

auditors, a job presently being done by government officials. It also empowers the Central government to prescribe, by rules, the procedure


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y According to a revelation by Pentagon, United States have a total of 5,113 nuclear warheads in its stockpile as ofSeptember 30, 2009.This classified info is a part of America's effort to increase the transparency of global nuclear stockpiles: a step which it thinks is important to


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nonproliferation efforts. The latest number represents 84 per cent reduction from the stockpile's maximum (31,255) at the end of fiscal year1967, and over a 75 per cent reduction from its level (22,217) when the Berlin Wall fell in late 1989.

y World Bank has blacklisted the Indian company for three years, ending January 11, 2013. The bank has accused Venugopal Dhoot-ledVideocon of indulging in fraud and corrupt practices in dealings with it.

y The number of Internet frauds rose from 102 in 2007 to 113 in the following year and 269 in 2009, involving an amount of Rs 2.51 crore (Rs25.1 million), Rs 5.53 crore (Rs 55.3 million) and Rs 5.90 crore (Rs 59 million) - Minister ofState for Finance Namo Narain Meena

Events, Happenings &Observances:

World Press Freedom Day 2010

3 May has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly as World Press Freedom Day. Read Here

National Updates:

New Education Bills moved inLok Sabha

To regulate the education system and pave the way for foreign universities, 4 bills have been moved in the Lok Sabha.

1. Foreign Education Institutions (Regulation of Entry And Operations) Bill, 2010: This bill aims to allow foreign institutions set upcampuses in India. The bill is expected to facilitate qualityeducation in India itself and reduce the flow of Indian students abroad.

2. National Accreditation Regulatory Authority Bill: This bill seeks to provide framework for an umbrella body overseeing the quality ofeducation in the country. National Accreditation Regulatory Authority Bill furthers the way for an overall regulatory authority. The function of

the authority shall be to promote the development and regulate the process of accreditation of higher education institutions and to register

and regulate the working of accreditation agencies.

3. Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical Education Institutions Bill: Prohibition ofUnfair Practices in Technical EducationInstitutions Bill, forbids charging of any fee other than that declared by an institution in its prospectus, or any fee taken without giving proper


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receipt. This clips the wings of the medial institutions chargingcapitation fee and donations.4. Education Tribunals bill: Any disputes related to educational institutions will be heard in state or national level education tribunals to be set

up as per the proposed Education Tribunals bill.

Largest Buyer of India's Iron Ore: China

1. During 2006-07 China bought 80.16 MT of Indian iron ore, which went upto 91.98 MT in 2007-08 and 97.85 MT in 2008-09. China is thelargest buyer of India's Iron Ore.

2. India's total iron ore production during 2006-07 was placed at 187.70 Million Tonnes and the export during that period stood at 93.79 MTvalued at Rs 18,836 crores. Iron ore production went upto 206.45 MT during 2007-08 and the export also went up to 104.27 MT which was

valued at Rs 34,100 crores. The iron ore production further improved to 215.44 MT during 2008-09 and export reached 105.87 MT valued at

Rs 34,036 crores. (noted from a reply of Anand Sharma, Commerce Minister in Lok Sabha)

Tamilnadu : Annual Plan

The annual plan for Tamilnadu has been fixed at Rs. 20068 crores including additional Central assistance of Rs.150 crores

provided for projects of special interest to the State.

On Maulana Azad National Fellowship in 11th Plan:

Maulana Azad National Fellowship is a central sector scheme for minority students and being implemented through University

Grants Commission. It provides for 756 fellowships for M.Phil/Ph.D students per year. The financial layout is Rs. 92.71 crores

during the 11th Five Year Plan

Projections of Renewable / alternative Energy Sources in India's Energy Mix:

As per the projections of Integrated Energy Policy Report of the Planning Commission , the alternative/renewable energy

sources may account for 5 to 6 per cent of Indias energy mix by 2031-32.

Energy Conservation Fund

To promote the efficient use of energy and its conservation within the State. the State Energy Conservation Fund (SECF) is

required to be constituted by each State under Section 16 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001. Read Here

On 11th Plan Target of Hydro Power Generation

The 11th plan target for hydro capacity addition was 15,627 MW, consisting of 8,654 MW in Central Sector, 3,482 MW in State


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Sector and 3,491 MW in Private Sector. Out of this the capacity addition of 8,237 MW is likely to be achieved with a high levelof certainty as per the government. Out of the above, a capacity of 3,431 MW has been commissioned so far and balance

capacity is under various stages of construction.

On Fund Raising Plans ofNTPC:

The National Thermal Power corporation has plans to borrow Rs.12,818 crore for its capacity addition programme during the

financial year 2010-11 comprising a Rs.9,859.74 crores from domestic sources and the balance Rs.2,958.26 crores from

international sources.

Number ofprotected Areas in India

India has 661 Protected Areas, including 100 National Parks, 514 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 43 Conservation Reserves and 4

Community Reserves. Read here

On LockheedMartin Deal

Lockheed Martin or C-130J Super Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It is the updated

version of Lockheed C-130 Hercules. India has procured 6 C-130J 30 transport aircraft from US Government during the last 3

years. Apart from this India has also procured 12 Dornier aircrafts. They all procured for transportation purpose.

The six C-13-J aircraft will be inducted by 2011-12.

India's Biosphere Reserves:

India has designated 16 Biosphere Reserves. Read Here

Regional Committees for Uniformity in Minimum Wages

Government of India has set up five Regional Committees in order to reduce the regional disparities in the minimum wages of

same or similar scheduled employments Read Here

What is National Floor Level Minimum Wage ?

National Floor Level Minimum Wage was mooted with an objective to have a uniform wage structure and to reduce the disparity

in minimum wages across the country. he NFLMW per day has been revised from time to time primarily taking into account the

increase in the Consumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers, which stands at Rs.100/- per daywith effect

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RGSEAG

RGSEAG or Rajiv Gandhi scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls is also known as SABLA. This scheme got birth by

merging two schemes viz. Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) and the Nutrition Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG). SABLA aims

to empowering adolescent girls (11-18 years) by improving their nutritional and health status, upgrading various skills like

home skills, life skills and vocational skills etc. and equipping them on family welfare, health, hygiene, information and

guidance on existing public services. The allocation in Union Budget 2010-11 has been kept Rs. 1000 Crores for SABLA scheme.

Sports:

2010 Kentucky Derby

Super Saver , a thoroughbred racing horse has won the race with Calvin Borel as jockey. The race took place on May 1, 2010.

The race was sponsored by Yum! Brands.

World Updates

Bailout Package for Greece:

The European Union and the International Monetary Fund agree to a bailout package for Greece that will

provide approximately 120 billion to end the sovereign debt crisis in that country.

World Laughter Day

World Laughter Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in May all over the world since 1998 when the first celebration was held

on January 11, 1998, in Mumbai. The event was launched by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of the worldwide Laughter Yoga

movement. Laughter Yoga movement has over 6000 Laughter Clubs worldwide on all 5 continents.

National Updates:

Prime Minister on legal Reforms:

National consultation for second generation reforms in legal educationwas inaugurated in New Delhi. Here is what our PM says

on legal reforms:


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On National Green Tribunal:

National Green Tribunal will be the first judicial body to deal exclusively with environmental laws. It will come in existence in

next two months or so as the Lok Sabha has passed the National Green tribunal Bill. The main bench of the Tribunal will be in

Bhopal.

Business & Economy:

CII Survey on India's Growth:

The latest CII Survey has pegged Indian Economy's growth to be around 7.5 - 8.5%. This has been revealed in the CII

Business Outlook Survey based upon a response of 458 companies.

Forbes' 500 TopPaid CEO's of the biggest American companies

3 people from the Indian Origin have featured in the latest Forbes' 500 Top Paid CEO's. The list has been topped by H Lawrence

Culp Jr. President, CEO & Director of Danaher Corporation, a large global company headquartered in Washington, D.C.with

business in fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products.

The Indians featured in the List are:

y 93rd Position: Indra Nooyi: Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PepsiCo Incorporated (USD 10.66 million)y 96th Position: Surya N Mohapatra , CEO of Quest Diagnostics (USD 10.29 million)y 425th Position: Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe Systems (USD 1.88 million)

I-Mark

India Design Council has an ambitious plan to introduce an I-Mark, that will label and recognize good design (in terms ofcreativity, ethics, sustainability, environment-friendliness and competitiveness) in India . Read Here

Earth Day 2010

22 April was observed all over world. Some Points:

1. Earth day founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson on April 22, 1970.2 M h 175 i b E h D


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2. More than 175 countries observe Earth Day every year.3. First earth Day was focused entirely on the United States.4. Earth Day is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network.5. Earth Day 2010 coincided with the World People's Conference on Climate Change, held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and with the International

Year of Biodiversity.

6. Countries celebrate Earth Day in different ways, by cleaning cities, releasing stamps, arranging competitions among children, educating themasses about earth resources and its sustainable use through leaflets, etc.

Chandigarh: India's First Government School Bus:

Chandigarh Home & transport department flags of India's first Government school Bus at Government Model Senior Secondary

School, Sector-16. The department will flag off a total of 9 Buses for 500 students.

Columbia University: B R Ambedkar Chair & Jagdish Bhagwati Fellowships

Government of India has set up B R Ambedkar Chair in Indian Constitutional Law & Jagdish Bhagwati Fellowships at theColumbia University Law School. The same is aimed to bring Indian students to the law school on fellowships and facilitate

collaboration with legal institutions in India in fields of law that are of critical importance to Indian jurisprudence and

policymaking.

Changing norms for companies going public:

There could be a revolution in the way companies are listed on Indias stock markets. Government officials plan to change the

norms for companies going public. Under the proposed rules, public shareholders will hold at least 25% of all listed companies.

If the new rules get approved, they could trigger a spate of stake sales from government companies. They will also make it

compulsory for companies listing for the first time to keep at least 25% of its shareholdings public. (Live Mint)

Dhanlaxmi Bank -UTI MF Tie Up:

Dhanlaxmi Bank, a growing private sector banks in India enters into an alliance with UTI Mutual Fund (UTI MF). Dhanlaxmi

Bank will offer the entire bouquet ofUTI MF's schemes through its 270 branches in more than 130 cities and towns across the

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country.

Kerala: Native Trails

Native Trails is the name of a new monthly magazine launched by Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC). ''Native

Trails,'' a venture of Icon International Inc, Bangalore, featured exotic locations in India starting from God's Own Country.

Some notes from a question answered by Sachin Pilot, Minister ofState for Information Technology

1. As per the Economist Intelligence Unit's e-readiness ranking for the year 2009, India ranks 58 among the countries of the world.2. IT sector provides direct employment to 2.5 million people and has created eight million indirect jobs.3. Government has launched National Knowledge Network at an outlay of Rs 5,990 crore (Rs 59.9 billion), to interconnect all universities,

libraries, laboratories, hospitals and agricultural institutions to enable them to share data and resources over high speed information network.

4. Government plans to connect all village panchayats through broadband internet connection in three years.5. Rs 1,623.20 crore (Rs 16.23 billion) has been approved for State Data Centres Schemes besides Rs 1,649 crore (Rs 16.49 billion) for setting

up 100,000 Common Services Centres.

6. High mobile penetration (more than 550 million) and increasing internet penetration in the country is providing a conducive environment formoving towards a digital society.

Rajasthan: Dish TV in Luxury Trains:

DTH Provider Dish TV ties up with Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) to provide the service in whichpassengers of ''Palace on Wheels'' and ''Royal Rajasthan on Wheels can watch favorite programs. This is the first time that a

DTH provider associates with luxury tourist trains.

Uttar Pradesh: Asia's Biggest Sewage treatment Plant:

Asia's biggest sewage treatment plant is being constructed in Lucknow city in order to address the river pollution problem. It is

likely to start functioning by the end of June 2010.

Orissa : On reconstitution of Jagannath temple managing committee

State government of Orissa announces to reconstitute the managing committee of the

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tate government of Orissa announces to reconstitute the managing committee of the ri Jagannath Temple, Puri, on May fivefor smooth observance of the various rituals and to look into other affairs of the temple.

Gujarat: India's first degree course in Films & TV

Film director Govind Nihalani launched India's first institute offering degree courses in film and television at Ahmadabad. City

Pulse Institute of Film and Television (CPIFT) is the first institute in the country to offer bachelor's and master's degrees in

various aspects of film making including direction, script writing, cinematography, production designing, audiography and

production management. Courses are affiliated to Hemchandracharya University of North Gujarat.

Bharti Airtel: Live Aarti

Bharti Airtel today launched its 'Live Aarti' service. This service allows the customers to listen to live prayers on their mobile

phones from revered shrines spread across the country -Tirupati Balaji, SiddhiVinayak, Shirdi Sai Baba and Bangla Sahib

shrines through the Live Aarti service.

IMF : Latest Predictions on India's Growth:

IMF's April 2010 World Economic Outlook (WEO) has projected Indian Economy Growth of 8.8%.

First indigenously-built stealth ship- INSShivalik

India's first indigenously-built stealth ship - INSShivalik to be commissioned April 29, 2010. The ship was built at Mumbai's

Mazagaon Docks Limited under Project 17. Two more such vessels are under construction and are likely to be commissioned in

the next one year.

Points from Standing Committee of Finance tabled in parliament:

1. Punjab National bank recorded fastest growth in bad loans among public sector banks

2. Total bad loans of PNB Rs. 842 crores, followed by Union Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Bank of India, Vijaya Bank and

Canara Bank

3. Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, Central Bank of India, UCO Bank and, State Bank of Hyderabad managed to reduce their net

NPAs during 9 months

4. The net NPAs of country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) increased to Rs 10,201 crore from Rs 8,850 crore during

the nine-month period.

5 The net NPAs of 27 public sector lenders including six associate banks ofSBI increased to Rs 25 610 crore at the end of


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5. The net NPAs of 27 public sector lenders, including six associate banks of BI, increased to Rs 25,610 crore at the end ofDecember 2009 compared to Rs 20,801 crore in March 2009.

Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kurmanbek Bakiyev is the deposed Kyrgyz President , who served as the second President of Kyrgyzstan. The large opposition

protests in this month have led to take over of government offices and Kurmanbek Bakiyev had fled the country>

On April 20, 2010, Belarus announces giving refuge to deposed Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Forbess Richest Fictional Character: Carlisle Cullen

Carlisle Cullen or Stregone Benefice is one of the characters in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, comprising the books

Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. He has been named as richest fictional character by Forbes in the Forbes

Fictional 15 awards.

Obituary: Dorothy Irene Height

Dorothy Irene Height was an American Human Rights activist , administrator & educator. She was the leader ofUS Civil rights

movement and president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of

Freedom in 1994, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. She died at Washington at the age of 98.

Appointments:Meghalaya: 21st ChiefM

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