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Indian General Awareness:-2010

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y Union Cabinet approved 2-year tenure for foreign secretary.

y New version of BrahMos test- fired successfully.

y SC cleared Mayawati memorial in Noida.

y French Prez Sarkozy arrived on a four-day visit to India.

y Kochi team cleared for 2011 IPL.

y India, France signed $20 bn deals.

y Govt approved setting up of 20 new IIIts.

y India France inked two pacts on nuclear safety.

y PM Singh left for 4-day tour of Belgium and Germany.

y Upgraded Agni-2 missile failed test.

y India signed four-nation gas pipeline deal.

y Soumyajit Ghosh became the first Indian to clinch a medal in the World Junior TT Championship.

y Saina Nehwal won Hong Kong Open Badminton Super Series.y SC cleared single exam for all MBBS courses.

y Nations first-ever water and waste-water gallery Inaugurated in Delhi.

y Chinese premier Wen Jiabao arrived on a three-day visit.

y India, China signed six pacts.

y Maoists gunned down 7 Forward Bloc workers in Purlia in West Bengal

y Rs. 900 Cr package announced for Orissas rain-hit farmers.

y Sachin Tendulkar became the first-batsman to notch up 50 Test hundreds.

y Technical glitch halted GSAT- 5P launch

y Railways migrated to 5-diglt number system.

y India, Russia signed 29 pacts.

y Two Prithvi II missiles successfully flight-tested.y RBI capped home loan at 80 %

y Indian women cIinched SAFF football title.

y Rs 600 cr relief package for Maharashtra announced farmers.

y GSLV launch failed: exploded mid-air within seconds of take-off.

y PSB won all India Liberals Cup Hockey tournament.

y Nations first seaplane Jalhans, made its debut; took off to Andamans.

y Andhra Pradesh requested PM to enhance relief for calamity-hit farmers.

y Sarjeev (SK) Tripathi-who was hitherto the head of the Aviation Research Centre (ARC), has been

appointed the Chief of research and Analysis Wing-Indias external intelligence agency.

y Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been chosen as the CNN-IBN Indian of the year for changing

the vocabulary of politics, putting development on centre stage and triggering hope amongst

millions.

y Parimarjan begs beat G.N. Gopal to clinch the 48th National Premier Chess Championship on

December 22, 2010 in New Delhi.

y Russias President Dmitry Medvedev had a very significant visit to India in December 2010 during

which 30 agreements were between India and Russia.

y The troops of India and Mongolia held joint military exercise with two-week drill in counter

insurgency ending in Belgaum on December 19, 2010. The exercise was named Nomadic

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y The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI)-a premier medical association in

America representing 60,000 doctors is holding its 4th Indo-us Healthcare Summit in January

2011.

y Tamil Nadu beat Kerala to clinch the 59th Senior national Volleyball Championship (mens

section) while Railway also defeated Kerala to bag womens title of the 59th Senior National

Volleyball Championship held in Chennai in December 2010.

y Top seeded Rumbaka Hayom Dionysius of Indonesia beat Avihingsanon Suppanayu of Thailand to

clinch mens singles title while in womens singles final Hui Zhou of China beat fifth seeded

Fransiska Ratnasari to bag the title in the Indian Open Grand Prix badminton championship held

in Hyderabad in December 2010.

y Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal registered a scintillating three game victory over Shixian Wang

of China to clinch the title at the Hong Kong Open in Wanchai on December 12, 2010.

y India signed five agreements with France in the nuclear field as announced on December 6, 2010

by External Affairs Ministry while two pacts on nuclear safety with the same were also signed on

the same date.

y In its Mid Year Analysis 2010-2011 tabled in Parliament on December 7, 2010 by Finance Minister

Pranab Mukherjee it is estimated that growth in 2010-11 will be 8.75 plus or minus 0.35 per cent

that is nearly about 9%y Swedens Rikard Karlberg registered a splendid victory to clinch the $ 1.25 million Hero Honda

Indian Open golf title on December 5, 2010 in New Delhi while South Koreas Baek Seuk-Hyun

finished second in the tournament.

y As per the latest data released by National Aids Control Organization Manipur continues to top

the list with an adult prevalence of 1.40 per cent followed by Andhra Pradesh (0.90%) Mizoram at

(0.81 per cent) and Nagaland at (0.78 per cent).

y As per recently released data released by NACO it is estimated that India had approximately 1.2

lakh new HIV infections in 2009 as against 2.7 lakh in 2000.

y Indias supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully flight-tested on December integrated

Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Orissa.

y Indian Army began its biggest operation in November-December 2010 to dispose of scrapadmonitions (mortar bombs projectiles grenades rockets etc.) in Shekowal and Khelwal village

near Ludhiana. The operation was named Operation Saiyam (patience) which aims at destroying

scraps imported between 1999 and 2004.

y Saikat Datta of the Outlook has been given the Best RTI Journalist Award for using the Right to

Information Act to expose a Rs. 2,500 chore scam in the export of rice.

y . The construction work of 700 MWe Pressured Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar

began in November 2010. The 700 MWe units are the countrys biggest indigenous reactors in

which natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as both moderate and coolant is used.

y 2. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya clinched the mens title while the 2008 winner Aselefech Mergia

won in the womens elite category at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on November 21, 2010 in

Delhi.y 3. Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has launched a special scheme Sabla or the Rajiv

Gandhi Scheme for Adolescent Girls as a pilot project in 200 most backward districts. The

scheme would address the nutritional and special training aspects of girls between the age of

11-18 years.

y 4. Weekly magazine Tehelka has been seceded for the IPI India Award for Excellence in

Journalism 2010 for outstanding journalistic work.


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y 5. As per a Pneumonia Report Card released by the International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC)

on behalf of the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia 3,70,000 or nearly one Quarter of

deaths from Pneumonia occur in India alone.

y 6. The UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural organization) has recently

inscribed three Indian performing-art forms, the Mudiyetu (a ritual theatre of Kerala), the

Chhau dance (a tradition from eastern India) and the Kalbelia (folk songs and dances of

Rajasthan) in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

y 7. The Strategic Forces Command of the Army on November 25, 2010 tested the surface-to-

surface missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Wheeler Island off Damra village on the

Orissa Coast.

y 8. Chirag United defeated JCT on November 7, 2010 to bag the Durand Cup (football) in New

Delhi. It was Chirag Uniteds most precious title.

y 9. During US President Obamas visit to India, India signed with USA deals worth $ 10 billion 9

During US President Barack Obamas visit to India, deals worth $ 10 billion (nearly Rs. 44,000

core) were reached in first week of November 2010 which will create 50,000 jobs in the US.

y 10. Manu Joseph has bagged the Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010 for his debut novel Serious

men.

y 11. Andhra Pradesh Assembly speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy was sworn in as the new ChiefMinister on November 25, 2010 after K. Rosaiah resigned citing health reasons.

y 12. Indira Gandhi-The worlds longest serving woman Prime Minister has been ranked by the

Time Magazine as the 9th most powerful woman of the past century while another Indian

woman Mother Teresa has been ranked 22nd most powerful woman of the past (20th) century

of the world by the magazine.

y 13. Additional Solicitor General and Delhi High Court Bar Association President A. S. Chandhiok

has been honoured with the Sikh of the year 2010 award for his outstanding achievement in the

legal field and working for betterment of society.

y 14. India won 14 gold medals, 17 silver medals and 33 bronze medals (total 64 medals) at 16th

Asiad in Guangzhou, China in November 2010.

y 1. Recently Mozambique President Armando Emilio Guebuza visited India. During his visit Indiasigned three agreements besides agreeing upon a credit line of $ 500 million for infrastructure

projects in Mozambique.

y 2. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National

Award for Excellence in Public Administration Academia and Management to Aruna Roy on

October 1, 2010. Aruna Roy is a social and political activist.

y 3. Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy, an academic body of doctors and rehabilitation

professionals from across the country decided to observe October 3, as the National Cerebral

Palsy Day to highlight the growing cerebral palsy-a brain disorder which affects mostly children

becoming the commonest cause of childhood disability in India.

y 4. K.Vijay Kumar who was Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy.

Hyderabad has been appointed the new Director General of Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) headquartered in New Delhi.

y 5. Sachin Tendulkar emerged winner at the LG ICC (International Cricket Council) Award on

October 6, 2010 after winning the Sir Garfield Sobers Cricketer of the Year Award and LG

Peoples Choice Award for the year 2010.

y 6. Eminent writer, historian and columnist Khushwant Singh has been conferred the Sahitya

Akademi Fellow- ship-an honour reserved for the immortals of literature.


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y 7. Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) the worlds largest diamond bourse was inaugurated on

October 17, 2010 in Mumbai with the primary objective of establishing necessary infrastructure

facilities for promotion of export of diamonds.

y 8. With Badminton Star Saina Nehwal snatching a three-game victory over Malaysias Mew Choo

Wong India took second position by grabbing 38 gold medals (in total 101 medals) ahead of

England which got 37 gold medals.

y 9. In a recent report Commonwealth or Common Hunger prepared by an NGO Save the

Children. India among the commonwealth Nations is on the top in underweight children with

seven million under five severely malnourished.

y 10. Indradhanush-a joint exercise by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) of

the United Kingdom was organised in October 2010 at the Kalaikunda Air Force Station in West

Bengals Paschim Medinipur district.

y 11. Rustom I Indias medium altitude and long endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

developed by the Bangalore-based Aeronautical Development Establishment was successfully

test-flown in Bangalore on October 16, 2010.

y 12. In a report by the National AIDS Control Programme (NACO) on its Response to the HIV

Epidemic in India, it has been revealed that the people living with HIV have declined from

2.73 million to 2.27 million between 2002 and 2008. The HIV prevalence has declined from0.45% in 2002 to 0.29% in 2008.

y The University of Alberta based in Edmonton, Canada will honor an Indian agriculture scientist

with an honorary doctorate to recognize his contribution to food security in the world. M. S.

Swaminathan of that Indian Scientist.

y India country is listed as the third most powerful country in the world after U SA and China

according to Global Governance 2025 jointly issued by the National Intelligence Council (NIC)

of USA and the European Unions Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).

y Sushil Kumar became the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal in the World Wrestling

Championship in Moscow by beating Russias Gogaev Alan in the final match.

y The ace Indian shooter Ronjan Sodhi won a Gold medal in the final of Double Trap event at

World Cup in Izmir, Turkey.y Shooter Gagan Narang Indian won four gold medals in Commonwealth Games 2010.

y Sachin Tendulkar (403) runs in 2 test match is Man of the Series between India Australia

cricket Series recently held in India.

y 54 many member states are there in Commonwealth Nations.

y Nandita Devidayal is the author of recently published book Aftertaste.

y Bijoy Krishna Handique is the Union Minister of Mines.

y TC Mathew has been appointed as the Convener for South Zone by the Board of Control for

Cricket in India.

y Kaushik Basu, C. Rangrajan is the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Counsil is the Chief

Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister.

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Christopher Nolan is director of the recently released famous hollywood movie Inception.y Bollywood Super Star Shahrukh Khan is appointed as Brand Ambassador of Kansai Nerolac Paints

Ltd, Indias leading paint manufacturer.

y T K Viswanathan has been appointed as Secretary General of the Lok Sabha.

y President Pratibha Patil will give a National Award to the Headmaster of a madarsa (Orgram

Chatuspalli High Madarasa) in West Bengals Bardhaman district. The madarsa has distinguished

itself in being secular. Anwar Hossain is the headmaster of this Madarsa.

y Commonwealth Games are going to be held in New Delhi from this October 2010. In 1930 year,

the first commonwealth games took place.


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y Elephant animal will soon be declared a national heritage animal of India in order to step up

measures for its protection.

y Rajiv Dube has been elected as the chairman of The Advertising Standards Council of India

(ASCI).

y Veteran playback singer and Indian classical musician KJ Yesudas has been chosen for the

prestigious Sree Chithira Thirunal Award for 2010.

y Your Place in the Sky is the slogan of Air India of the following Airline Company.

y Indian athlete Tintu Luka smashed Shiny Wilsons 15-year-old national record en route to fifth

place in the 800 metres at the Continental Cup athletics meet in Split, Croatia.

y Spanish Ferrari driver and two-time world champion Fernando Alonso won the Italian Grand

Prix (Formula One title)..

y Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom won the World Boxing Championship title in Bridgetown

beating Steluta Duta of Romania 16-6 in the final.

y Shooter Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang won first gold medal for India in Commonwealth

Games 2010.

y Sachin Tendulkar is the first sportsperson who was conferred an Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary

Group Captain.

y Inderjit Singh Reyat has been convicted of committing perjury in the June 1985 bombing of theAir India Kanishka flight 182 from Montreal to Delhi in which all 329 people on board were

killed.

y England all-rounder Andrew Flint off announced his retirement from all forms of cricket

recently after years of battling injury..

y Pratibha Patil, President of India, recently laid the foundation for the Asian Textiles Museum in

a country in Southeast Asia. Cambodia is that country.

y Prime Minister of Somalia Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke announced his resignation on September

21, 2010 after a weeks-long dispute with President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

y An American company, which had launched designer shoes carrying pictures of Hindu deities

recently apologised to the Hindu community and immediately withdrew shoes from the market.

The Converse shoe company of that shoe company.y Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister has been honoured with the 2010 World Statesman Award by

the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith coalition which promotes mutual

understanding, tolerance and peace.

y Famous Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala O.N.V.Kurup won Jnanpith Award, the highest

literary award in India for the year 2007.

y Rajya Sabha MP and a well-known developmental economist Arjun Kumar Sengupta served as

Indian ambassador to Belgium and the European Union in the early 1990s, died recently at the

age of 73.

y The first Indian-origin provincial minister in Canada, Sindi Hawkins (earlier Satinder Kaur

Ahluwalia) died in Calgary on September 21, 2010 after a prolonged battle with leukemia.

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Name of the three Indian-Americans Farooq Kathwari, Amardeep Singh and Sunil Puri areappointed by President Barack Obama to the Presidents Advisory Commission on Asian

Americans and Pacific Islanders.

y The name is cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test-fired recently as part of trials by the

Indian Army from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast.

y One of the most successful woman weightlifters in India Sanamacha Chanu has tested positive a

second time in the doping test during the trials for the Delhi Commonwealth Games.


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y Indian nuclear scientist and a chemical engineer, Homi N. Sethna remained the head of Atomic

Energy Commission of India during Indias first nuclear test in Pokhran in 1974 died recently at

the age of 86.

y South Indian actor Murali died at Chennai on 8th September 2010 due to massive heart attack.

y Solar Probe Plus With a proposed launch date of 2018, Solar Probe Plus will carry a variety of

scientific instruments to measure the solar wind and the Suns magnetic field. The space craft

will also sport a new carbon-composite heat shield capable of withstanding over 2,500 degrees

Fahrenheit. The new shield will protect the probe from both heat and radiation as it makes the

closest-ever approach to our Sun.

y Vivek Nair is named as the Chairman of Hotel Leela Venture Ltd, an Indian hotel company

based in Mumbai.

y Sachin Tendulkar Indian Cricketer was conferred with the Indian Air Forces (IAF) honorary rank

of group captain on 3rd September 2010.

y Ranjana Sonawane of Tembhli village becomes first Indian to get UID number

y Dr. J. S. Sharma is the present Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI.

y Alan Isaac is nominated as the ICC (International Cricket Council) Vice-President for the period

2010-12.

y Sachin Tendulkar became the most-capped Test cricketer in the world after taking field for his169th match.

y Chief information commissioner (CIC) of India Wajahat Habibullah has been appointed as a

member of World Banks access to information appeals board as on July 1, 2010.

y Pooja Dhand, Wrestler won the first medal for India in the Youth Olympics by winning silver in

the womens 60kg freestyle.

y The Commonwealth Games -2010 A.R.Rahman song Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto is composed by.

y S. Radhakrishnan is the chairman and managing director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation

Limited (BPCL), Indias second largest state refiner.

y Renowned Kannada writer and critic Dr U.R. Ananthamurthy has been appointed the Honorary

Chair of Tagore Chair in Indian Literature at IGNOU.

y An Indian nuclear scientist and a chemical engineer, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna died recently onSeptember 5, 2010.

y Allahabad High Court in India gives its verdict on the Ayodhya title suits, amid fears that the

ruling could spark unrest. They decide to split the site into three portions between Hindus and

Muslims.

y Arjun Atwal becomes the first Indian golfer to clinch a US PGA Tour title as he lifted the

Wyndham Championship trophy.

y The Fake IPL Player Anupam Mukerji blog posts hit the headlines during the Indian Premier

Leagues second season in 2009, revealed his identity on the Times Now news channel recently.

y P.T. Usha has been appointed the chairperson to head the committee that has been constituted

to select the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyanchand awards apart from Rashtriya

Khel Protsahan Puraskar for 2010.y The famous Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has been appointed as National Ambassador of

UNICEF.

y Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) recently suspended Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach

after Sydney Olympic bronze medalist Karnam Malleswari alleged sexual harassment by him on

junior lifters. Ramesh Malhotra of that coach.

y Mr. Sanjay Jain has been appointed as CEO of Tulip Telecom Ltd.

y Saina Nehwal won Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratan award.

y V.S. Sampath was appointed as Election Commissioner.


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y Virender Sehwag become the sixth Indian batsman to score 7000 Test runs.

y Epic Browser was the worlds only antivirus browser.

y Usain Bolt the Jamaican triple Olympic champion who is going to retire on 2016 Olympics.

y Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the cricketer recently got married on July 4, 2010 with his childhood

girlfriend.

y Ravi Baswani famous Hindi actor who died with heart attack on July 28, 2010

y Batting star Sachin Tendulkar is the Cricketer decided and wants to have his blood used on a

page of his autobiography to be released in February next year (Feb 2011).

y S Y Quraishi takes charge as Chief Eelection Commissioner on July 30, 2010.

y New Rupee Symbol of India or Indian Rupee Symbol designed by IIT post-graduate D Uday

Kumar.

y July 15, 2010 Indian Rupee symbol has been revealed by Cabinet on.

y Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 new model launched at Rs 3 lakh on August 4, 2010.

y Interceptor is the missile that India successfully test-fired on July 26, 2010 .

y Diamond merchant Manoj Punamia was accused in Koda scam.

y Ed Thomass family recieved Arthur Ashe ESPY Courage Award in 2010.

y YSRajeshekar Reddy birth anniversary is on July 8.

y Thomas MUELLER is the winner of the Best Young Player Award award in fifa 2010.y Andres INIESTA has been elected as Man of the Match in Fifa World Cup 2010.

y Iker CASILLAS is the winner of the adidas Golden Glove award in Fifa World Cup 2010.

y Thomas MUELLER is the winner of the adidas Golden Shoe award in Fifa World Cup 2010.

y Diego FORLAN is the winner of the adidas Golden Ball award in 2010.

y Madhuri Gupta was chargsheeted on July 20, 2010 for passing secret info to ISI.

y Indian-origin Professor of Linguistics at the University of Oxford Prof. Aditi Lahiri has been

elected as Fellow of the British Academy, the national academy for the Humanities and Social

Sciences.

y Sunil Ekka is the Former India hockey star attacked umpire.

y Sanjay Dhawan has been appointed as CEO of Symphony Service Corporation.

y 28th Number is the current number of world heritage sites in India as of August 2010.y Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is the Congress MP high command warning resumed his controversial

Odarpu yatra in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on July 8, 2010.

y Face book social networking website officially announced that it had surpassed 500 million

users around the world.

y Indian-American Nisha Desai Biswal is appointed as assistant administrator for Asia in the

United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

y Madhya Pradeshs Health Minister Anoop Mishra resigned recently after being charged with the

allegations that some of his close relatives were involved in the killing of a youth over a land

dispute near his home town Gwalior.

y Assam and Arunachal Pradesh two state decided to dismantle bunkers set up by their police

forces on either side of the border between them as a confidence building measure to resolve aviolent boundary row.

y Sheila Dixit has been received the Lokmanya Tilak Award in 2010.

y United Nations Court recently ordered retrial of former Prime Minister of Kosovo on murder and

torture charges related to the countrys 1998-99 war with Serbia. Ramush Haradinaj of that

former Prime Minister.

y Recently, Sajjan Kumar was the politician charged in anti-Sikh riots case.

y Gita Gopinath is the first Indian-origin woman professor in the institutions history.

y Maria Rebello became the first Indian woman referee to officiate in mens football match.


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y Rudi Koertzen- Rudi is 61 years old and started officiating in international cricket from 1992.

His first Test and ODI was against India in 1992. Koertzen went on to umpire in 106 Tests, and a

record of 209 ODIs and 14 Twenty20 internationals.

y Arjun Atwal Becomes the first Indian to win on the U.S. PGA Tour.

y Ratan Tata has been selected Businessman of the decade.

y 145 including 101 in the group stage goals are scored in the World Cup Football-2010.

y CWG OC terminates Darbaris services: Acting on the persistent plea of the sports ministry, the

Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Monday terminated the services of its tainted

Joint Director General TS Darbari in the wake of the corruption scandal that has rocked the

event.

y TDP- TDP bandh was made to protest the arrest of party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, who

began a hunger strike against Maharashtra stopping his visit to the Babhli barrage site.

y Pearl spot, a costly fish variety known for its unique taste is locally known as Karimeen This

is the biggest spy swap since the Cold War.

y Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal won the second Super Series title of her career by winning

the Singapore Open with a straight-game triumph over qualifier Tzu Ying Tai (China) in the

finals.

y Syed Haider Raza Indian origin painters painting named Saurashtra on 10th June, 2010obtained a record amount of USD 3,486,965 at the famous auction house Christies in London,

United Kingdom.

y Saina Nehwal (India) won the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament held

in India beating Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in the final.

y Ans. Dr. E. Sreedharan is the Managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or DMRC.

y Name the first Indian women Gita Gopinath have been named as full professor at Harward

University.

y Indian origin doctor held guilty of manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm on patients at

an Australian hospital Jayant Patel was sentenced to seven years in prison

y Khushboo is popular South Indian actress who is willing to join DMK Party.

y Mandira Bedi Indian celebrity has created controversy recently by sporting a Ek Onkar (God isone) tattoo on her nape. The tatto has been opposed by Sikh community leaders in India

y The government declared an organization which is believed to be a shadow outfit of banned

Students Islamic Movement of India and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba as a terrorist

organization on June 4, 2010. Indian Mujahideen is that organization.

y Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar Indian cricketer honored with rank of Honorary Group by

Indian Air Force (IAF).

y Ashwani Kumar (since August 2, 2008) is Current director of Central Bureau of Investigation

(CBI).

y Ashok Kumar Balyan is appointed as new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of

Petronet LNG, the nations largest liquefied natural gas importer

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Michael Perschke has been appointed as Head of Audi India (car) effective July 1st, 2010.y Frances most prestigious newspaper Le Monde is likely to put on sale its group operations,

which include the newspaper, its website and its television listings.

y K.G. Balakrishnan, former chief justice of India has been appointed as chairman of National

Human Rights Commission

y Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) won the Man of the series award in the triangular series held in

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y Pravinchandra V. Gandhi- He was chairman emeritus of the Saurashtra Trust, which publishes

the Janmabhoomi group of newspapers and magazines.

y Sachin Tendulkar.cricketer who has been named the Goodwill Ambassador of the United

Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

y India country finished the 8th position in the recently concluded Hockey World Cup -2010.

y Sachin Tendulkar cricket Players autographed ticket to watch IPL action on the big screens of

theatres across the country was auctioned and fetched Rs 11 lakh.

y Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime minister, India has been declared World Statesman of the year

2010 by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.

y Professor Shankar Balasubramanian has been named as the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological

Sciences Research Council) Innovator of the Year, winning 10,000 in recognition of his work on

Solexa sequencing, the high speed genome sequencing technology that is revolutionising

bioscience.

y Prithvi-II and Dhanushof Indias indigenously developed ballistic missiles which are

successfully test-fired on 27-03-2010 from different locations off the Orissa coast, adding more

firepower to the armed forces of India.

y Sonia Gandhi, Congress president is appointed as chairperson of the National Advisory Council

(NAC).y BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile of the supersonic anti-ship cruise missile which has

been successfully test-fired by the Indian Navy on March 21, 2010.

y Vishwast of Indian Coast Guard Ship, the first of the new generation Offshore Patrol Vessels

(OPV) which was commissioned by AK Antony, Defence Minister on March 17,2010.

y India country claimed overall title in the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in

Delhi.

y Mumbai Indian City host FICCI Frames-2010, a three-day mega media and entertainment

industry event which is inaugurated by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on March 16, 2010.

y M A Yousuf Ali is the only Indian who figured in the list of the most influential outside the

ruling families in the UAE, published by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

y Doha resident and dedicated bird photographer Dileep Kumar has scored a major achievement with a photo taken in Qatar recently being chosen as among the top five out of 39,387 entries

in BirdGuides online Photo of the Year 2009.

y John Howard is set to become president of the International Cricket Council in 2012.

y Carlos Slim Helu- (Photo courtesy AP)He beat Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the top spot on

Forbes magazines annual list of billionaires, becoming the first person from outside the U. S. to

lead the rankings in 16 years. Indians Mukesh Ambani (4th spot) and Lakshmi Mittal (5th spot)

figured in that list.

y Laila Ghannam became the first ever Palestinian woman, who takes the governors post in the

Palestinian National Authority (PNA) which was established in 1994.

y Mr. Suresh Kalmadi and Mr.Kodikunnil Suresh- Santosh Bagrodia is the new Secretary of

Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) in the Rajya Sabha.y Eminent economist, Dr.K.N.Raj was part of the team that chalked out the first five-year plan

ofIndia, died at the age of 85.

y Indian businessman Sanjiv Mehta bought the formerly British-owned East India Company

recently.

y Indian Artist M F Husain has recently decided to accept the citizenship of Qatar.

y V.V.S.Laxman became the 35th batsmen in the history of Test Matches to accumulate 7000

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y Indias premier international airline, Jet Airways recently announced that it will commence

daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to Johannesburg from April 14,2010.

y Sachin Tendulkar became the first man ever to score a double century in the 39 years of one-

day international cricket.

y A prominent Indian hotelier Joginder Sangar has been presented the Community Award in

recognition of his outstanding philanthropic work in the UK.

y Rajpal Singh has been named the captain of the Indian hockey team for its campaign in the

World Cup Hockey event starting on Feb 28.

y My Name is Khan bollywood film is set to become the first Indian film to hit the Egyptian

theaters after a gap of 15 years.

y Delhi city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAFGames) in 2012.

y Bolivia Northeastern state of India now has four Chief Ministers, apparently to douse a

simmering discontent within the main party in the coalition.

y ARRahman became the first Indian to win solo Grammy awards.

y Lakhvir Kaur Singh of Indian-origin woman who faced life sentence after being found guilty of

poisoning her former lover to death, using an ancient Indian herb in the first such case in

Britain in 128 years.

y Delhi Indian city will host the next South Asian Games (SAFGames) in 2012.y INDIA has recently signed a civilian nuclear agreement with a country in New Delhi, similar to

one it had signed earlier with seven other countries such as the US, France and Russia. Britain

is that country.

y India country emerged triumphant at the 11th South Asian Games Womens football

tournament, beating Nepal 3-1 to win the gold medal at the event.

y Indian-origin woman Kamla Persad-Bissessar has became the first woman Leader of the

Opposition in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, ousting former premier Basdeo Panday from

the post.

y Indias largest car maker Maruti Suzuki has recently decided to recall about one lakh units of its

flagship export model to replace a faulty fuel pump part. The name of model Maruti A- Star.

y The Indian MSSwaminathan who was awarded honoris causa by the University of Talca, inChile.

y Tata Nano car has selected as the Car of the Year at ICICI Bank-CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards

2010.

y Saina Nehwal has been awarded IBN Indian of the Year Award in New Delhi recently.

y The Delhi High Court of India will uphold its bench order that includes the office of the Chief

Justice of India within the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and requires judges to

declare their assets.

y Scientists of India country are developing an electronic device (e-dog ) that will sniff out

explosives like RDX which remain undetected by existing security equipments.

y Vidya Stokes is the new president of Hockey India.

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India country will overtake Japan as the worlds third largest economy by purchasing powerParity (PPP) by 2012 according to a report by global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers

(PWC).

y India country has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world according to the Education

for All-Global Monitoring Report by UNESCO.

y Lt-General Vijay Kumar Singh was named as the next Indian Army chief and will take over his

new post after incumbent Gen Deepak Kapoor retires on March 31.2010.

y Gujarat High Court of India recently has ruled that Hindi is not our National Language.


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packed performance by the Serbian who played aggressive strokesthroughout the match and always looked to be in control. Murray has nowbeen runner-up in three Grand Slam finals extending Britain's near 75-yeardrought in men's singles Grand Slams

Current Affairs [December 2010]

y Saina Nehwal wins Honk Kong Open Super Series.

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

y Sachin Tendulkar scores fifty centuries in test cricketSachin Tendulkar scored his fiftieth test century in the second innings of thefirst test against South Africa at the Centurion. The master blasted scoredhis century in196 balls with 12 fours and one six. Even thought India lost thefirst test Sachins century helped about bringing some respectability to theproceedings. Incidentally he has also been named the ICC player of theyear.

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

Current Affairs [November 2010]y Chelsea lose third match out of fourth

Birmingham City defeated Chelsea by a score of 1-0 at Birmingham Citymaking this the third defeat to be suffered by Chelsea in the four matchesthat it has played so far. This win helped Manchester United to move up inthe English Premier League rankings. Birmingham gained three points in therankings thanks to the one and only winning goal scored by its player LeeBowyer. Newcastle lost 5-1 to Bolton while West Ham lost 3-0 to Liverpoolalongside Blackpool and Stoke who claimed their respective victories. Intheir game against Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea let slip past their initial leadof 2-0, to finally lose the game at a score of 3-2. The game was at a score of2-0 till half time with Chelsea winning but a combination of lack ofconcentration in players and simple bad luck cost Chelsea the match.

y Cricket in 2014 Asian GamesRumors recently originated that cricket had been removed from the list of

proposed sports and events of the 2014 Asian games. The reason for theserumors has been said to be the decision of the Olympic Committee of Asiato limit the number of sporting events in the Asian games to a maximum of35. However, these fears proved out to be false as the OCA recentlyconfirmed the inclusion of cricket in the list of sporting events for the Asiangames 2014. For the time being cricket and karate have been confirmed astwo out of the seven non Olympic events in these games while the other fiveare still to be decided. However, South Korean organizers are said to not bein support of this decision.


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y Kangaroos see BLUE in India:In a highly anticipated and evenly fought cricket competition between twogiants of the beautiful game of cricket between India and Australia, theformer proved to be good for the Aussies. The Australian team over a periodof time has seen its main workforce in Gilchrist, Hayden, McGrath andothers retiring had to rely majorly on the young breed of players lackingexperience of play in the Indian subcontinent. India had slipped its rankdown a bit from No. 1 and was in a quest to get it back. Thats what actuallytranspired. Thanks to the great heroics of Sachin along with the rest of histeammates India were not only able to beat the Aussies but finish it as aclean sweep which the team Down Under hadnt experienced for quite sometime. Sachins double ton was the highlight of the series and imperative inorder to retain the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Apart from the TestSeries, India also won the ODI series without losing single game (1-0). Twoof the three matches were abandoned due to bad weather conditions whilethe sole game played, India convincingly beat the Australians thanks to asolid partnership between Suresh Raina and Mohit Tiwary. The partnershipbetween the two batsmen helped India to chase down a total just under 300.

Current Affairs [September 2010]y Kalmadi and Co. pocket Common mans Wealth:

The contempt letters of forgery and fraud in Commonwealth Games resultedin an abnormally affliction of our nations picture. The bulk of finances usedup on modernizing the venues for Commonwealth Games accommodate aprima facie affirmation of ample calibration enticement in the alignment ofCommonwealth Games. The abstracts accessible on the CommonwealthGames website reveals that the amount of refurbishing the JNU stadiumwas USD 215 million; the IGI Stadium USD 150 million; the Hockey stadium(named after Dhyan Chand) USD 60 million; and the Shooting Alleys USD35 million. An absolute sum of USD 10150 million was spent on renovations.The costs incurred in the advance of the lone cricket stadium in Delhi were

USD 20 million. For the LBS stadium in Hyderabad was USD 18 million, andarchitecture of a contemporary and technology studded stadium in the city oforanges amounted USD 19 million. It is acute that the Central Governmentanon adjustment a top akin analysis into this arrangement and the dealingsembarked on. It is abominable that such all-embracing abusage ofcommunal resources has taken abode in the name of the CommonwealthGames. The accusations of inducement ambit from favoritism in accolade ofaffairs to big-ticket appoint of accessories for training and abrupt accretion inthe costs of architecture treaties.

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


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However, the mishap is a concern to the CWG organizers, who are alreadynabbed amidst accuse of laziness and fraud for the XIX Edition. Previously,Mike Hooper, the main controller of the Commonwealth Games Federation(CGF), remarked on the condition of hygiene at the Games Village as dirty.

y Chennai are the Super Kings of Twenty20 Cricket:The Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings are the champions ofthe second edition of the AirTel Champions League Twenty20 hosted bySouth Africa from September 10th to September 26th. Chennai Super Kingsdefeated their fellow finalists in some fashion by 8 wickets in the final of theChampions League T20 2010.Warriors had won the toss earlier and decidedto bat first but bootless to account an appropriate target, but only capable toset a minimal total of mere 128 runs for 7 wickets. Only Davy Jacobssdenticulate 34 runs were the notable contribution and was also the best fromthe entire batting lineup of the Warriors. Muttiah Muralidaran was the mostbooming bowler scalping 3 wickets for only 16 runs. Ashwin got a couple ofwickets for 16 runs as well. Chennai Super Kings started off in some style bybaking batting by Murali Vijay who denticulate a 58 run total. MichaelHussey fabricated 42 handy runs to the total. The Opening brace fabricated103 runs which fabricated their way of triumph easier than it ever seemed.With this Murali Vijay became the highest run getter of the second edition of

the Champions League Twenty20. He was facilitated with the Man of theMatch Award. With such great triumph on the world stage, the Indian andCSK captain has silenced his critics and is still in contention to be the bestever captain in the world today.

Current Affairs [August 2010]y Sehwag denied century

A deliberate no ball by the Srilankan off-spinner Suraj Randiv to preventVirendar Sehwag from completing his century in the tri-series has left a badtaste in the mouth for all cricket lovers. Indians were just short of 5 runs fromdestination called victory and the opening batsman VEERU was just a run

away from his ton. At the same time Lankan skipper chose spinner S.Randiv to come in and bowl. On the third bowl of his spell Virender Sehwagsent the bowl out of the fence with a huge six but the turning point was that itwas a no ball which defended Virender Sehwag from completing his century.As per the declaration of the match referee it was been found out that it wasan intentional attempt.

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

y Sri Lanka wins the tri seriesThe host Sri Lanka eight wicket victory over India in Dambulla represents its25th win in a tournament final. Sri Lankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara'whowon the toss decided to bat against India in the tri-series final. The SriLankans won the match by 74 runs in this game. With this it became thesecond team to win a tournament final on 25 occasions. Australia has won52 tournament finals.

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


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

The Indian Open Grand Prix Gold, the Singapore Open Super Series andthen the Indonesian Open Super Series at Jakarta have given enoughreasons to Saina to celebrate. The World No.3 defeated a fighting Sayaka

Sato of Japan 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the badminton finals. Just two notchesaway from the badminton World No. 1, Saina is now indisputably India's topfemale athlete.

y Khel awardsSaina Nehwal to be conferred the countrys top sporting honour-the RajivGandhi Khel Ratna award. While Jhulan Goswami skipper of womenscricket team, boxer Dinesh Kumar and Sandeep Singh are tipped to receivethe Arjuna Awards in recognition of their outstanding achievements duringthe last one year, Footballer Sunil Chhetri and Deepak Mondal have alsobeen nominated for the award that will be given away in RashtrapatiBhawan on 29th Aug by President Pratibha Patil.

y World cup for SpainIn a historic football victory Spain lifted their first-ever World Cup after

defeating Netherlands 1-0 in Johannesburg. Andres Iniesta secured the onlygoal of an enthralling final against the Netherlands four minutes from theend of extra-time on Sunday leading his team to victory.

Current Affairs [June 2010]y French Open 2010 :

o Mens singles Rafael Nadal defeated Robin Soderling. He is thesecond person after Bjorn Borg to win 5th French Open titles.

o Womens singles- Francesca Schiavone (Italy) defeated SamanthaStosur (Australia). She became first Italian women to won theFrench open.

o Mens Doubles- Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjic defeated Lukas

Dlouhy & Leander Paes.o Womens Doubles- Serena Williams & Venus Williams defeated

Kveta Peschke & Katarina Srebotnik.o Mixed Doubles Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonjic defeated

Yavoslava Shvedova & Julian Knowle.

y Saina Nehwal defeated Choo Wong Mew to win womens single title inYonex-Sunrise Indian Open badminton championship. In the Mens singlesYunus Alamsyah won the title.

y Saina Nehwal defeated Japans Sayaka Sato to win womens singles title inIndonesian Open Super Series 2010.

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

y India defeated Sri Lanka to won Asia Cup(Cricket) 2010. India won the title

after 15 years i.e. it won the cup in 1995.y Saina Nehwal won the Womens singles title in Singapore Super Series

badminton championship 2010 defeating Chinas Tzu Ying Tai. It was her2nd consecutive title.

y 3000th ODI( One day international) cricket match was played betweenEngland & Australia.

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y England won 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Cricket tournament defeatingAustralia. The tournament was held at West Indies. Kevin Pieterson ofEngland has been declared as Player of the Tournament.

y Australia won 2010 Womens World Twenty20 Cricket tournament defeatingNew Zealand.

y India and South Korea were declared joint winner of 2010 Sultan AzlanShah Hockey Cup, after suspension of the final match due to heavyrains.Indias Sardar Singh has been declared as Best Player of theTournament. Australia won the Bronze medal. The tournament was held atIpoh (Malaysia). India had won the tournament earlier in 1985, 1991, 1995 &2009.

y China won Thomas Cup ( Mens Badminton) defeating Indonesia.

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

y India won bronze medal in the 2nd Asian Paragliding Championship held atNishiewa, Japan.

y World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand retained his title after defeating

Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the World Chess Championship 2010.

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

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

y World Youth Championship was held at Baku, Azerbaijan.

y Lawn tennis legend Martina Navratilova diagnosed with Breast Cancer.

y Jumbo chosen as 2011 World Cricket Cup Mascot.

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

y Pankaj Advani won the Asian Billiards Championship defeating SingaporesPeter Gilchrist for the consecutive third time.

y Badminton Asia Championship, Delhi :o Mens singles Lin Dan defeated Wang Zhenguingo Womens singles-Li Xiurei defeated Liu Xin.

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

y Australia won World Hockey Cup 2010 defeating Germany. India ranked at8th place.

y India won six gold medal in the Commonwealth Boxing Championship heldat 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 AdventureSports Ltd. Pune was auctioned to Sahara Adventure Sports Ltd.

Current Affairs [February 2010]y Sachin Tendulkar became first player in the world to score a double century

in ODI (One day International). He scored 200 (Not out) against SouthAfrica.

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8 Feb. Originally scheduled to take place in 2009, but due to generalelections in Bangladesh, the games were held in 2010. This was the thirdtime that the Dhaka hosted the Games, thus becoming the first city to holdthe games three times. 8 countries participated in the games in 23 differentsports, including T20 cricket, which was introduced for the first time in SAG.The 8 countries included are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan & Sri Lanka. 1The logo of the games wasKutumb, a flying doel , which is the national bird of Bangladesh. Themascot of the games featured a magpie robin, which was holding the torchto begin the games. The final medal tally include : India - 1st place with 90 G55 S 29 B Total 174, Pakistan- 2nd place with 19 G 25 S 36 B Total 80,Bangladesh- 3rd place with 18 G 23 S 56 B Total 97.

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

y Indias Gaganjeet Bhullar won the Asian Tour International Trophy 2010. It ishis 2nd consecutive title.

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

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

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

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

y Commonwealth Shooting Championship was held in New Delhi in Feb 2010.India stood at first place with 35 Gold 25 Silver and 14 Bronze. England

stood at 2nd place with 4 gold and Wales stood at 3rd place.

Current Affairs [January 2010]y U-19 World Cup 2010 held in New Zealand from 15 30 Jan 2010. Javagal

Srinath from India appointed as one of the match referee for the tournament.

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

y Rafael Nadal won the Capitala World Tennis Championsip, held at AbuDhabi defeating Robin Soderling.

y Magnus Carlsen becomes the youngest World No.1 chess player at the ageof 19 years breaking the Garry Kasparovs record when he became the

worlds top ranked chess player at the age of 22 years in 1985. MagnusCarlsen is the 5th player after Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov and V.Anand(India) to cross the 2800 ELO rating. In the Jan 2010 FIDE ranking, Carlsenstood at 1st place, Topalov at 2nd place and V Anand at 3rd place.

y Marin Cilic defeated Staniglas Wawrinka to won Mens singles t itle of AircelChennai Open.

y Pakistans cricketer Shahid Afridi was banned for two T20 internationalsafter he was found guilty of ball tempering in a ODI against Australia.

y Corus Chess Grandmaster Tournament won by Magnus Carlsen. V.Anand


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of India ranked at 4th place. Hopman Cup 2010- Spain defeated GreatBritain.

y Australian Open 2010 :Womens Single- Serena William defeated JustinHenin. It is Serenas 5th Australian Open title. It is also Serenas 12th GrandSlam title equaling the record of Billie Jean King.

y Mens Single- Roger Federer(Swiss) defeated Andy Murray(Britain). It is

Federers 4th Australian Open title. It is Federers 16th Grand Slam title.y Mens Double- Mike Bryan & Bob Bryan defeated Daniel Nestor & Nenad

Zimonjic.

y Womens Double Serena Williams & Venus Williams defeated Cara Black& L Huber.

y Mixed Double Laender Paes (India) & Cara Black (Zimbabwe) defeatedEkterina Makasova & Jaroslav Levinsky. It is Paess 11th Grand Slam title.

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