# Portrait Name Time in office Electoral mandates Political party Lok Sabha Council of Ministers Refs
1st Jawaharlal Nehru
MP for Phulpur 15 August 1947
27 May 19641 1951, 1957, 1962 Indian National Congress 1st
2nd
3rd 1st
2nd
3rd [1]
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947; created Planning commission of India and initiated Five-year plan to increase government investment in agriculture and industry; launched programmes to build irrigation canals, dams and spread the use of fertilizers to increase agricultural production; oversaw widespread poverty and unemployment, even with improvements in agriculture and infrastructure; oversaw establishment of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management; criminalized caste discrimination and increased the legal rights and social freedoms of women; pioneered the policy of non-alignment and co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement; Sino-Indian War; signed the Indus Waters Treaty; granted asylum to the Dalai Lama; oversaw liberation of Goa.
2nd Gulzarilal Nanda
MP for Sabarkantha 27 May 1964
9 June 1964* - Indian National Congress 3rd - [2]
was a caretaker prime minister until Lal Bahadur Shastri was elected as a new leader.
3rd Lal Bahadur Shastri
MP for Allahabad 9 June 1964
11 January 19661 - Indian National Congress 3rd 4th [3]
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; pushed for Green Revolution in India and Operation Flood; The National Dairy Development Board was formed; died from a heart attack at a summit in Tashkent.
2nd Gulzarilal Nanda
MP for Sabarkantha 11 January 1966
24 January 1966* - Indian National Congress 3rd - [2]
was in office as caretaker prime minister once again, until Indira Gandhi was chosen as the new leader.
4th Indira Gandhi
MP for Rae Bareli 24 January 1966
24 March 1977 1967, 1971 Indian National Congress 3rd
4th
5th 5th
6th [4]
nationalized banks; won the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh; signed the Shimla Agreement; tested the first nuclear weapon with Smiling Buddha; initiated Green Revolution in India; established state of emergency from 1975-1977.
5th Morarji Desai
MP for Surat 24 March 1977
28 July 19794 1977 Janata Party 6th 7th [5]
ended the state of emergency initiated by Indira Gandhi; improved relations with Pakistan, China and the United States; softened its relationship with the Soviet Union; launched Sixth Five-Year Plan, aiming to boost agricultural production and rural industries; the plan proved unsuccessful leading to resurging inflation, fuel shortages, unemployment and poverty; lost many MPs from Janata Party, including his rival Charan Singh, which led to his resignation.
6th Charan Singh
MP for Baghpat 28 July 1979
14 January 19803 - Janata Party 6th 8th [6]
initiated high level diplomatic relations with Israel; lost support of Congress, which led to his resignation without even a single session of Lok Sabha.
4th Indira Gandhi
MP for Rae Bareli 14 January 19802
31 October 1984 1980 Indian National Congress (Indira) 7th 9th [7]
Operation Bluestar, which subsequently led to her assassination; 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
7th Rajiv Gandhi
MP for Amethi 31 October 1984
2 December 1989 1984 Indian National Congress 8th 10th [8]
significantly reduced License Raj; expanded telecommunications in India; signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord; Bofors scandal; nullified the Supreme Court's judgement on Shah Bano case.
8th Vishwanath Pratap Singh
MP for Fatehpur 2 December 1989
10 November 19903 1989 Janata Dal 9th 11th [9]
negotiated terrorist kidnapping of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter; visited Golden Temple to ask for forgiveness for Operation Bluestar; withdrew IPKF from Sri Lanka; initiated fixed quota/reservation for all public sector jobs as per recommendation from Mandal Commission; Ram Janmabhoomi agitation and subsequent loss of vote of no confidence because of it.
9th Chandra Shekhar Singh
MP for Ballia 10 November 1990
21 June 1991 - Samajwadi Janata Party 9th 12th [10]
resigned due to accusations of spying on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and subsequent withdrawal of Congress' support; Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
10th P. V. Narasimha Rao
MP for Nandyal 21 June 1991
16 May 1996 1991 Indian National Congress 10th 13th [11]
initiated Economic liberalization in India; SEBI Act 1992; formation of National Stock Exchange of India; 1993 Bombay bombings; introduced TADA; Demolition of Babri Masjid.
11th Atal Bihari Vajpayee
MP for Lucknow 16 May 1996
1 June 19963 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party 11th 14th [12]
Was in power for only 13 days, after BJP could not gather enough support from other parties to form a majority.
12th H. D. Deve Gowda
MP for Karnataka 1 June 1996
21 April 19973 1996 Janata Dal 11th 15th [12]
Chinese President Jiang Zemin begins the first visit by a Chinese head of state to India; initiates controversial president's rule in Gujarat.
13th Inder Kumar Gujral
MP for Bihar 21 April 1997
19 March 1998 - Janata Dal 11th 16th [13]
Fodder scam; Jain Commission.
11th Atal Bihari Vajpayee
MP for Lucknow 19 March 19982
22 May 2004 1998, 1999 Bharatiya Janata Party 12th
13th 17th
18th [14]
Pokhran nuclear tests; Kargil War; National Highway Development Project; Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana; Barak Missile Deal Scandal;POTA; Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan; 2001 Gujarat earthquake; 2002 Gujarat violence.
14th Dr. Manmohan Singh
MP for Assam 22 May 2004
Incumbent 2004, 2009 Indian National Congress 14th
15th 19th
20th [15]
Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement; won the 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence; Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline; expanding ties with Israel; Economic crisis of 2008; National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA); Right to Information Act; revoking of POTA; 2008 Mumbai attacks and the implementation of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; National Intelligence Agency;
Friday, May 28, 2010
Presidents list
:
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Vice President Notes
1 Dr Rajendra Prasad 26 January 1950 13 May 1962 Dr.S Radhakrishnan 1952 election page & 1957 election page
Prasad was the first President of independent India from Bihar.[7][8] He was also an independence activist of the Indian Independence Movement.[9] Prasad was the only president to serve for two terms in office.[4]
2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1962 13 May 1967 Zakir Hussain 1962 election page
Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher, writer, a Knight of the Realm and also held the position of vice chancellor of the Andhra University and Banaras Hindu University.[10] He was also made a Knight of the Golden Army of Angels by Pope Paul VI.[11]
3 Zakir Hussain 13 May 1967 3 May 1969 Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1967 election page
Hussain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna.[12] He died before his term of office was ended.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri * 3 May 1969 20 July 1969 Giri was appointed as acting president following the death of Hussain.[13] He resigned in a few months to take part in the presidential elections.[5]
Muhammad Hidayatullah * 20 July 1969 24 August 1969 Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire.[14] He served as acting president until the election of Giri as the President of India.
4 Varahagiri Venkata Giri 24 August 1969 24 August 1974 Gopal Swarup Pathak 1969 election page
Giri is the only person to have served as both an acting president and president of India. He was a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, and has functioned as Indian Minister of Labour and High Commissioner to Ceylon (Sri Lanka).[15]
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 24 August 1974 11 February 1977 Basappa Danappa Jatti 1974 election page
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as a Minister before being elected as president. He died in 1977 before his term of office ended, and was the second Indian president to have died during a term of office.[16]
Basappa Danappa Jatti * 11 February 1977 25 July 1977 Jatti was the vice president of India during Ahmed's term of office, and was sworn in as acting president upon Ahmed's death. He earlier functioned as the Chief Minister for the State of Mysore.[16][17]
6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 25 July 1977 25 July 1982 Muhammad Hidayatullah 1977 election page
N.S.Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State. Reddy was the only Member of Parliament from the Janata Party to get elected from Andhra Pradesh.[18] He was unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha on 26 March 1977 and relinquished this office on 13 July 1977 to become the 6th President of India.
7 Giani Zail Singh 25 July 1982 25 July 1987 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 1982 election page
In March 1972, Singh assumed the position of chief Minister of Punjab, and in 1980, he became Union Home Minister.[19]
8 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 25 July 1987 25 July 1992 Shankar Dayal Sharma 1987 election page
In 1942, Venkataraman was jailed by the British for his involvement in the India's independence movement.[20] After his release, he was elected to independent India’s Provisional Parliament as a member of the Congress Party in 1950 and eventually joined the central government, where he first served as Minister of Finance and Industry and later as Minister of Defence.[21]
9 Shankar Dayal Sharma 25 July 1992 25 July 1997 Kocheril Raman Narayanan 1992 election page
Sharma was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and the Indian Minister for Communications. He has also served as the governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra.[22]
10 Kocheril Raman Narayanan 25 July 1997 25 July 2002 Krishan Kant 1997 election page
Narayanan served as India's ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China and United States of America. He received doctorates in Science and Law and was also a chancellor in several universities.[23] He was also the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.[24]
11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 25 July 2002 25 July 2007 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 2002 election page
Kalam, was a scientist who played a leading role in the development of India's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.[25] Kalam also received the Bharat Ratna.
12 Pratibha Patil 25 July 2007 Incumbent Mohammad Hamid Ansari 2007 election page
Patil is the first woman to become the President of India. She was also the first female Governor of Rajasthan.[26][27]
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Vice President Notes
1 Dr Rajendra Prasad 26 January 1950 13 May 1962 Dr.S Radhakrishnan 1952 election page & 1957 election page
Prasad was the first President of independent India from Bihar.[7][8] He was also an independence activist of the Indian Independence Movement.[9] Prasad was the only president to serve for two terms in office.[4]
2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1962 13 May 1967 Zakir Hussain 1962 election page
Radhakrishnan was a prominent philosopher, writer, a Knight of the Realm and also held the position of vice chancellor of the Andhra University and Banaras Hindu University.[10] He was also made a Knight of the Golden Army of Angels by Pope Paul VI.[11]
3 Zakir Hussain 13 May 1967 3 May 1969 Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1967 election page
Hussain was vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University and a recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Bharat Ratna.[12] He died before his term of office was ended.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri * 3 May 1969 20 July 1969 Giri was appointed as acting president following the death of Hussain.[13] He resigned in a few months to take part in the presidential elections.[5]
Muhammad Hidayatullah * 20 July 1969 24 August 1969 Hidayatullah served as the Chief Justice of India, and was a recipient of the Order of the British Empire.[14] He served as acting president until the election of Giri as the President of India.
4 Varahagiri Venkata Giri 24 August 1969 24 August 1974 Gopal Swarup Pathak 1969 election page
Giri is the only person to have served as both an acting president and president of India. He was a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, and has functioned as Indian Minister of Labour and High Commissioner to Ceylon (Sri Lanka).[15]
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 24 August 1974 11 February 1977 Basappa Danappa Jatti 1974 election page
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed served as a Minister before being elected as president. He died in 1977 before his term of office ended, and was the second Indian president to have died during a term of office.[16]
Basappa Danappa Jatti * 11 February 1977 25 July 1977 Jatti was the vice president of India during Ahmed's term of office, and was sworn in as acting president upon Ahmed's death. He earlier functioned as the Chief Minister for the State of Mysore.[16][17]
6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 25 July 1977 25 July 1982 Muhammad Hidayatullah 1977 election page
N.S.Reddy was the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State. Reddy was the only Member of Parliament from the Janata Party to get elected from Andhra Pradesh.[18] He was unanimously elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha on 26 March 1977 and relinquished this office on 13 July 1977 to become the 6th President of India.
7 Giani Zail Singh 25 July 1982 25 July 1987 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 1982 election page
In March 1972, Singh assumed the position of chief Minister of Punjab, and in 1980, he became Union Home Minister.[19]
8 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 25 July 1987 25 July 1992 Shankar Dayal Sharma 1987 election page
In 1942, Venkataraman was jailed by the British for his involvement in the India's independence movement.[20] After his release, he was elected to independent India’s Provisional Parliament as a member of the Congress Party in 1950 and eventually joined the central government, where he first served as Minister of Finance and Industry and later as Minister of Defence.[21]
9 Shankar Dayal Sharma 25 July 1992 25 July 1997 Kocheril Raman Narayanan 1992 election page
Sharma was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and the Indian Minister for Communications. He has also served as the governor of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra.[22]
10 Kocheril Raman Narayanan 25 July 1997 25 July 2002 Krishan Kant 1997 election page
Narayanan served as India's ambassador to Thailand, Turkey, China and United States of America. He received doctorates in Science and Law and was also a chancellor in several universities.[23] He was also the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.[24]
11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 25 July 2002 25 July 2007 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 2002 election page
Kalam, was a scientist who played a leading role in the development of India's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.[25] Kalam also received the Bharat Ratna.
12 Pratibha Patil 25 July 2007 Incumbent Mohammad Hamid Ansari 2007 election page
Patil is the first woman to become the President of India. She was also the first female Governor of Rajasthan.[26][27]
Saturday, May 8, 2010
GROUPS INFORMATION
GROUPS INFORMATION
1 UNO 192 October 24,1945/facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions. Every year in October Every year in October
2 SAARC 8-India,Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Bhutan,
Maldives,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan,Nepal December 8, 1985 2009
Colombo,
Sri Lanka 2010
Thimpu Bhutan
3 G-8 8-USA, UK, Russia, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy 1975 2009
L’Aquila, Italy,
Focus: Climate Change 2010
Huntsville, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
Focus: Maternal and child nutrition
4 G-20 20/ Group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the European Union.
1999/Bring together systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy 2009
Pittsburg
London 2010
Canada
5 G-4 4 an alliance among Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan for the purpose of supporting each other’s bid for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
-- --
6 BASIC 4 November 28, 2009 /a bloc of four large developing countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – formed by an agreement on 28 November 2009. The four committed to act jointly at the Copenhagen climate summit, including a possible united walk-out if their common minimum position was not met by the developed nations
7 BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation/8/Bangladesh,
Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal June 6, 1997/ to create an enabling environment for rapid economic development, accelerate social progress in the sub-region, promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest, provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities, cooperate more effectively in joint efforts that are supportive of, and complementary to national development plans of member states, maintain close and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organizations, and cooperate in projects that can be dealt with most productively on a sub-regional basis and which make best use of available synergies
8 CHOGM 54/Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to orchestrate common policies on certain contentious issues and current events, with a special focus on issues affecting member nations. 2009
Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago 2011
Perth
Australia
9 NAM 118 members
17 observers 1961-Belgrade/an intergovernmental organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. 2009
Sharm-el-Shaik,
Egypt
10 OIC 57 September 25, 1969/ to preserve Islamic social and economic values; promote solidarity amongst member states; increase cooperation in social, economic, cultural, scientific, and political areas; uphold international peace and security; and advance education, particularly in the fields of science and technology.
11 OPEC 12 - Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela
1960-61/ one of the principal goals is the determination of the best means for safeguarding the cartel's interests, individually and collectively. It also pursues ways and means of ensuring the stabilization of prices in international oil markets with a view to eliminating harmful and unnecessary fluctuations; giving due regard at all times to the interests of the producing nations and to the necessity of securing a steady income to the producing countries; an efficient and regular supply of petroleum to consuming nations, and a fair return on their capital to those investing in the petroleum industry
12 APEC 21 1989/a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries to cooperate on regional trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation. APEC's objective is to enhance economic growth and prosperity in the region and to strengthen the Asia-Pacific community. Singapore 2009 Japan 2010
13 NATO 28 April 4, 1949/ the organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
14 AOSIS 42 1990/ the main purpose of the alliance is to consolidate the voices of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to address global climate change
15 OAS 35 Effective from 1951/ Its members are the thirty-five independent states of the Americas, although Honduras was suspended as a result of the June 28, 2009 coup d’état that expelled President Manuel Zelaya from office
16 ASEAN 10 South-east Asian nations. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore ,Thailand, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
August 8, 1967/ Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of the peace and stability of the region, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully October 2009 , Hua Hin, Thailand April 2010
Hanoi, Vietnam
17 ARF ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM/ 27 PARTICIPANTS 1994/ARF objectives are to foster dialogue and consultation, and promote confidence-building and preventive diplomacy in the region
1 UNO 192 October 24,1945/facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace. The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations, to stop wars between countries, and to provide a platform for dialogue. It contains multiple subsidiary organizations to carry out its missions. Every year in October Every year in October
2 SAARC 8-India,Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Bhutan,
Maldives,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan,Nepal December 8, 1985 2009
Colombo,
Sri Lanka 2010
Thimpu Bhutan
3 G-8 8-USA, UK, Russia, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy 1975 2009
L’Aquila, Italy,
Focus: Climate Change 2010
Huntsville, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
Focus: Maternal and child nutrition
4 G-20 20/ Group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies: 19 countries plus the European Union.
1999/Bring together systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy 2009
Pittsburg
London 2010
Canada
5 G-4 4 an alliance among Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan for the purpose of supporting each other’s bid for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council
-- --
6 BASIC 4 November 28, 2009 /a bloc of four large developing countries – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – formed by an agreement on 28 November 2009. The four committed to act jointly at the Copenhagen climate summit, including a possible united walk-out if their common minimum position was not met by the developed nations
7 BIMSTEC Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation/8/Bangladesh,
Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal June 6, 1997/ to create an enabling environment for rapid economic development, accelerate social progress in the sub-region, promote active collaboration and mutual assistance on matters of common interest, provide assistance to each other in the form of training and research facilities, cooperate more effectively in joint efforts that are supportive of, and complementary to national development plans of member states, maintain close and beneficial cooperation with existing international and regional organizations, and cooperate in projects that can be dealt with most productively on a sub-regional basis and which make best use of available synergies
8 CHOGM 54/Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to orchestrate common policies on certain contentious issues and current events, with a special focus on issues affecting member nations. 2009
Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago 2011
Perth
Australia
9 NAM 118 members
17 observers 1961-Belgrade/an intergovernmental organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. 2009
Sharm-el-Shaik,
Egypt
10 OIC 57 September 25, 1969/ to preserve Islamic social and economic values; promote solidarity amongst member states; increase cooperation in social, economic, cultural, scientific, and political areas; uphold international peace and security; and advance education, particularly in the fields of science and technology.
11 OPEC 12 - Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela
1960-61/ one of the principal goals is the determination of the best means for safeguarding the cartel's interests, individually and collectively. It also pursues ways and means of ensuring the stabilization of prices in international oil markets with a view to eliminating harmful and unnecessary fluctuations; giving due regard at all times to the interests of the producing nations and to the necessity of securing a steady income to the producing countries; an efficient and regular supply of petroleum to consuming nations, and a fair return on their capital to those investing in the petroleum industry
12 APEC 21 1989/a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries to cooperate on regional trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation. APEC's objective is to enhance economic growth and prosperity in the region and to strengthen the Asia-Pacific community. Singapore 2009 Japan 2010
13 NATO 28 April 4, 1949/ the organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
14 AOSIS 42 1990/ the main purpose of the alliance is to consolidate the voices of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to address global climate change
15 OAS 35 Effective from 1951/ Its members are the thirty-five independent states of the Americas, although Honduras was suspended as a result of the June 28, 2009 coup d’état that expelled President Manuel Zelaya from office
16 ASEAN 10 South-east Asian nations. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore ,Thailand, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
August 8, 1967/ Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of the peace and stability of the region, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully October 2009 , Hua Hin, Thailand April 2010
Hanoi, Vietnam
17 ARF ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM/ 27 PARTICIPANTS 1994/ARF objectives are to foster dialogue and consultation, and promote confidence-building and preventive diplomacy in the region
Sunday, March 21, 2010
March 16,2010
1.BJP Team.
President - Nitin Gadkari
Vice President - Hema Malini
Secretary - Smriti Irani
Secretary - Varun Gandhi
National Executive - Kiron Kher
Spokesperson - Tarun Vijay
General Secretary - Vasundhara Raje
2.Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Environment and Forests and Vinod Rai, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) participated in the International Conference on Environment Audit-Concerns About Water Pollution organised at New Delhi on March 16, 2010.
3.Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault Nissan addressed a press conference at Chennai on March 16.
4.The Finance Minister exuded confidence that economy will soon return to 9-10% growth rate.
5.Arcelor-Mittal would commence construction of a $130 million steel plant in Iran in collaboration with Dayen, a Turkish firm during the second quarter of 2010.
6.Religare Enterprises will set up its asset management, sales and distribution business in Japan and has hired a team from KBC Financial Products for the same.
7.Share of nuclear energy in Power Generation (%)
FRANCE - 76
GERMANY - 28.3
JAPAN - 24.9
USA - 19.7
RUSSIA - 16.9
CHINA - 2.2
(mainland)
INDIA - 2.0
The share of nuclear power in India's energy basket is just 2.0%, the lowest amongst the major world economies. From 4,340 mw now, India's nuclear power generation capacity is set to expand to 7,280 mw by March 2012 according to DAE.
8.Two rebels of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) were gunned down by security forces in Majuli village of Darrang district of Assam on March 16.
President - Nitin Gadkari
Vice President - Hema Malini
Secretary - Smriti Irani
Secretary - Varun Gandhi
National Executive - Kiron Kher
Spokesperson - Tarun Vijay
General Secretary - Vasundhara Raje
2.Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister for Environment and Forests and Vinod Rai, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) participated in the International Conference on Environment Audit-Concerns About Water Pollution organised at New Delhi on March 16, 2010.
3.Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault Nissan addressed a press conference at Chennai on March 16.
4.The Finance Minister exuded confidence that economy will soon return to 9-10% growth rate.
5.Arcelor-Mittal would commence construction of a $130 million steel plant in Iran in collaboration with Dayen, a Turkish firm during the second quarter of 2010.
6.Religare Enterprises will set up its asset management, sales and distribution business in Japan and has hired a team from KBC Financial Products for the same.
7.Share of nuclear energy in Power Generation (%)
FRANCE - 76
GERMANY - 28.3
JAPAN - 24.9
USA - 19.7
RUSSIA - 16.9
CHINA - 2.2
(mainland)
INDIA - 2.0
The share of nuclear power in India's energy basket is just 2.0%, the lowest amongst the major world economies. From 4,340 mw now, India's nuclear power generation capacity is set to expand to 7,280 mw by March 2012 according to DAE.
8.Two rebels of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) were gunned down by security forces in Majuli village of Darrang district of Assam on March 16.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
March 15, 2010
1.The Union Cabinet cleared the Foreign Educational Institution (Regulation of Entry and Operation) Bill on March 15, 2010. The Bill will now be introduced in the Parliament.
2.Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Mohammed Abdul Mubeen met Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor at Delhi on March 15.
3.Bihar to celebrate March 22 as 'statehood day'.
4.Angelina Jolie has been named the most powerful celebrity -2009 by Forbes magazine.
5.Facebook facts : CEO & Founder- Mark Zuckerberg; Headquarters-Palo Alto ,California.
6.Sanjeev Goeanka is the President of AIMA.
7.The 6th CII-EXIM Bank Coclave on India-Africa Project Partnership 2010 was inaugurated at New Delhi on March 15, 2010.John Dramani Mahama, Vice President of Republic of Ghana was present on the occasion.
8.Pankaj Advani won the inaugural OB Agarwal memorial 6 red snooker National Championship at Bangalore on March 15.
9.Katie Spotz beacame the youngest person (22 years) to row an entire ocean solo.She crossed Atlantic ocean from Senegal coast of Africa to Guyana Coast of South America.
10.SRM University , Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu will host the 98th Indian Science Congress from Jan. 3 to Jan.7, 2011.
2.Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff General Mohammed Abdul Mubeen met Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor at Delhi on March 15.
3.Bihar to celebrate March 22 as 'statehood day'.
4.Angelina Jolie has been named the most powerful celebrity -2009 by Forbes magazine.
5.Facebook facts : CEO & Founder- Mark Zuckerberg; Headquarters-Palo Alto ,California.
6.Sanjeev Goeanka is the President of AIMA.
7.The 6th CII-EXIM Bank Coclave on India-Africa Project Partnership 2010 was inaugurated at New Delhi on March 15, 2010.John Dramani Mahama, Vice President of Republic of Ghana was present on the occasion.
8.Pankaj Advani won the inaugural OB Agarwal memorial 6 red snooker National Championship at Bangalore on March 15.
9.Katie Spotz beacame the youngest person (22 years) to row an entire ocean solo.She crossed Atlantic ocean from Senegal coast of Africa to Guyana Coast of South America.
10.SRM University , Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu will host the 98th Indian Science Congress from Jan. 3 to Jan.7, 2011.
Monday, March 15, 2010
March 14, 2010
1.Ms.Kaku Nakhate is the new country head of Bank of America -Merrrill Lynch- India.
2.Google, the world's largest search engine is likely to shut its Chinese search engine.
3.Steve Jobs is CEO of Apple.Tim Cook is the COO of Apple.
4.26 persons were killed when a bus fell off a bride along Sawai Madhopur - Dausa border, about 162 KMs from Jaipur, Rajasthan's capital.
5.S Ramadorai, former CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services, has been appointed as non-Executive Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Madhu Kannan is the MD & CEO of BSE.
2.Google, the world's largest search engine is likely to shut its Chinese search engine.
3.Steve Jobs is CEO of Apple.Tim Cook is the COO of Apple.
4.26 persons were killed when a bus fell off a bride along Sawai Madhopur - Dausa border, about 162 KMs from Jaipur, Rajasthan's capital.
5.S Ramadorai, former CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services, has been appointed as non-Executive Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Madhu Kannan is the MD & CEO of BSE.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
March 13, 2010
1.Australia won 12th Hockey World Cup -2010 by beating Germany in the final at New Delhi.Australian captain - JAMIE DWYER. Germany captain - Max Muller.
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Man of the final -Luke Doerner (Aus.)
Man of steel of final -Martin Haner (Germany)
Best Goalkeeper of the tournament -Guus Vogels (Netherlands)
Man of the steel of the tournament-Max Muller (Germany)
Maximum goals (8) -Luke Doerner (Australia)
Taeke Taekema(Netherlands)
Man of the tournament -Guus Vogels (Netherlands)
Fairplay Trophy -New Zealand
2.The 28th annual conference of Andhra Pradesh Economic Conference (APEA) was held at Acharya Nagarjuna University campus on March 13, 2010.
3.Sergei Kirienko, Chief of Russia's State Neclear Corporation exchanged agreements on nuclear power plants in India with Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman ,Atomic Energy Commission, in New Delhi on March 13, 2010.
4.Richard Stagg is British High Commissioner to India.
H.E.Narlin Surie is the Indian High Commissioner in London.
5.Mulsanne is the new car launched in India by British luxury car maker, Bentley Motors.
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Man of the final -Luke Doerner (Aus.)
Man of steel of final -Martin Haner (Germany)
Best Goalkeeper of the tournament -Guus Vogels (Netherlands)
Man of the steel of the tournament-Max Muller (Germany)
Maximum goals (8) -Luke Doerner (Australia)
Taeke Taekema(Netherlands)
Man of the tournament -Guus Vogels (Netherlands)
Fairplay Trophy -New Zealand
2.The 28th annual conference of Andhra Pradesh Economic Conference (APEA) was held at Acharya Nagarjuna University campus on March 13, 2010.
3.Sergei Kirienko, Chief of Russia's State Neclear Corporation exchanged agreements on nuclear power plants in India with Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman ,Atomic Energy Commission, in New Delhi on March 13, 2010.
4.Richard Stagg is British High Commissioner to India.
H.E.Narlin Surie is the Indian High Commissioner in London.
5.Mulsanne is the new car launched in India by British luxury car maker, Bentley Motors.
March 12, 2010
1.India and Russia signed deals in defence and civil nuclear spheres worth over $10 billion. Vladmir Putin, PM of Russia met Dr.Manmohan Singh, PM of India at New Delhi on March 12.
2.Tim Burton is the director of the movie 'Alice in Wonderland'.
3.The Nanavati Commission , which is probing into the post-Godhra riot cases is likely to submit its report by June 30, 2010.
4.Industry registers a growth of 16.7% during Jan 2010.
5.Reserve Bank of India to buy $10 billion IMF bonds.
6.Eric Schmidt is the CEO of Google.
7.Australia and Germany are the finalists of the 12th Hockey World Cup.
2.Tim Burton is the director of the movie 'Alice in Wonderland'.
3.The Nanavati Commission , which is probing into the post-Godhra riot cases is likely to submit its report by June 30, 2010.
4.Industry registers a growth of 16.7% during Jan 2010.
5.Reserve Bank of India to buy $10 billion IMF bonds.
6.Eric Schmidt is the CEO of Google.
7.Australia and Germany are the finalists of the 12th Hockey World Cup.
March 11, 2010
1.According to Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU),India ranks 99th among 187 nations as far as representation of women in legislatures is concerned.
Top five (5) countries in empowering women -
1.Rwanda(total seats-80/seats represented by women-45/56.3%)
2.Sweden(total seats-349/seats represented by women-162/46.4%)
3.S.Africa(total seats-400/seats represented by women-178/44.5)
4.Cuba (total seats-614/seats represented by women-265/43.2%)
5.Iceland(total seats-63/seats represented by women-27/42.9%)
2.The Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) is located at New Delhi.
3.Food inflation declined marginally by 0.06 percentage points during the week ending February 27 from 17.87 % in the previous week.
4.International Automotive Expo- 2010 was inaugurated at Benguluru on March 11.
5.Michael Fennell is the President of Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).
Top five (5) countries in empowering women -
1.Rwanda(total seats-80/seats represented by women-45/56.3%)
2.Sweden(total seats-349/seats represented by women-162/46.4%)
3.S.Africa(total seats-400/seats represented by women-178/44.5)
4.Cuba (total seats-614/seats represented by women-265/43.2%)
5.Iceland(total seats-63/seats represented by women-27/42.9%)
2.The Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) is located at New Delhi.
3.Food inflation declined marginally by 0.06 percentage points during the week ending February 27 from 17.87 % in the previous week.
4.International Automotive Expo- 2010 was inaugurated at Benguluru on March 11.
5.Michael Fennell is the President of Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).
Thursday, March 11, 2010
March 10, 2010
1.Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantaw (the grand Imam of Al - Azhar,the 10th century University, Sunni Islam's highest seat of learning) passed away following a heart attack on March 10, 2010 in Saudi Arabia.
2.Military rulers has barred Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy leader from contesting upcoming elections in the country.
2.Military rulers has barred Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy leader from contesting upcoming elections in the country.
March 9, 2010
1.Women's Reservation Bill passed in Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2010.
2.Micro Finance Institutions Network (MFIN) is the self-regulatory body formed by micro-finance institutions. President, Vijay Mahajan. 31 Institutions are members and five more would soon join.
3.NMEEE- National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency.
4.UK-based Campus BPO to be taken over by Indian BPO, Aditya Birla Minacs.
5.Kapil Dev, all-rounder and former Captain of Indian Cricket team, was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
2.Micro Finance Institutions Network (MFIN) is the self-regulatory body formed by micro-finance institutions. President, Vijay Mahajan. 31 Institutions are members and five more would soon join.
3.NMEEE- National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency.
4.UK-based Campus BPO to be taken over by Indian BPO, Aditya Birla Minacs.
5.Kapil Dev, all-rounder and former Captain of Indian Cricket team, was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
March 8, 2010
1.82nd Academy Awards-
-Six Oscars for THE HURT LOCKER
-Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
-Best Actress - Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
-Best Actor - Jeff Birdges, Crazy Heart
-Best Supporting Actress - Mo'nique,Precious
-Best Supporting Actor -Christoph Waltz,Inglourious Basterds
2.A strong earthquake in eastern Turkey killed 57 persons in the wee hours of March 8, 2010.
-Six Oscars for THE HURT LOCKER
-Best Director - Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
-Best Actress - Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
-Best Actor - Jeff Birdges, Crazy Heart
-Best Supporting Actress - Mo'nique,Precious
-Best Supporting Actor -Christoph Waltz,Inglourious Basterds
2.A strong earthquake in eastern Turkey killed 57 persons in the wee hours of March 8, 2010.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
March 7, 2010
1.UNDP administrator Helen Clark visited Rajasthan on March 6, 2010.
2.About 4500 years old settlement surrounded by a fortified structure, belonging to Harappan civilization was excavated at Shikarpur village in Kutch district, Gujarat recently.
3.Chichibu fire festival was observed at Nagatoro, outside of Tokyo Japan on March 7, 2010. The festival includes the 'hi-watari' or the traditional 'fire-walk' ritual.
4.Elections were held in Iraq on March 7. On the same day 24 persons were killed in bomb blasts in the country.
5.Vatsala Sharma has emerged as the winner of the first ever Miss India Worldwide Nepal Pageant 2010 at Kathmandu on March 6, 2010.
6.Three public sector banks -UCO bank, Central Bank of India and United Bank of India- would get a capital infusion of Rs.250, Rs.250 and Rs.300 crore respectively by the Central Government.
7.According to Sumit Bose,Disinvestment Secretary, Rs.40000 crore would be raised from disinvestment in the fiscal year 2011.
2.About 4500 years old settlement surrounded by a fortified structure, belonging to Harappan civilization was excavated at Shikarpur village in Kutch district, Gujarat recently.
3.Chichibu fire festival was observed at Nagatoro, outside of Tokyo Japan on March 7, 2010. The festival includes the 'hi-watari' or the traditional 'fire-walk' ritual.
4.Elections were held in Iraq on March 7. On the same day 24 persons were killed in bomb blasts in the country.
5.Vatsala Sharma has emerged as the winner of the first ever Miss India Worldwide Nepal Pageant 2010 at Kathmandu on March 6, 2010.
6.Three public sector banks -UCO bank, Central Bank of India and United Bank of India- would get a capital infusion of Rs.250, Rs.250 and Rs.300 crore respectively by the Central Government.
7.According to Sumit Bose,Disinvestment Secretary, Rs.40000 crore would be raised from disinvestment in the fiscal year 2011.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
March 6, 2010
1.Books and authors:
a)A Warrior's Life - biography of Paulo Coelho - by Fernando Morais - Harper Collins
b)Uttara Yogi -Arup Mitra
c)Bina Das- A memoir - by Dhira Dhar
d)To the last Bullet - Vineeta Kamte
e)Superfreakonomics - Steven D. Levit & Stephen J. Dubner - Penguin
f)Ford County - John Grisham -Arrow Books
g)Run for Your Life - James Patterson
h)Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton - Harper Collins
i)Devil in Pinstripes - Ravi Subramanian - Rupa & Co.
2.Tongues on Fire - 12th London Asian Film festival (March 5- 14)begins.
3.Women's Leadership Summit - 2010 on Inclusive Growth and Empowering Women of Rural India was inaugurated by Dr.Manmohan Singh, PM at New Delhi on March 6, 2010.
4.Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Director of DRDO received Dr.Y.Nayudamma Award from Dr.YV Reddy, ex- RBI Governor at Tenali, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh on March 6, 2010.
5.Selective killing of Neel gai (Blue bulls) to be legal in Himachal Pradesh.
a)A Warrior's Life - biography of Paulo Coelho - by Fernando Morais - Harper Collins
b)Uttara Yogi -Arup Mitra
c)Bina Das- A memoir - by Dhira Dhar
d)To the last Bullet - Vineeta Kamte
e)Superfreakonomics - Steven D. Levit & Stephen J. Dubner - Penguin
f)Ford County - John Grisham -Arrow Books
g)Run for Your Life - James Patterson
h)Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton - Harper Collins
i)Devil in Pinstripes - Ravi Subramanian - Rupa & Co.
2.Tongues on Fire - 12th London Asian Film festival (March 5- 14)begins.
3.Women's Leadership Summit - 2010 on Inclusive Growth and Empowering Women of Rural India was inaugurated by Dr.Manmohan Singh, PM at New Delhi on March 6, 2010.
4.Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Director of DRDO received Dr.Y.Nayudamma Award from Dr.YV Reddy, ex- RBI Governor at Tenali, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh on March 6, 2010.
5.Selective killing of Neel gai (Blue bulls) to be legal in Himachal Pradesh.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
March 5, 2010
1."MASSIVEGOOD" is the new micro-contribution initiative launched by the Millennium Foundation for Innovative Finance for Health at UN Headquarters, New York city on March 4, 2010.
2.On March 5, 2010 RBI deferred its decision to introduce 'base rate' system, which will be the new benchmark lending rate for banks. The base rate system will be introduced from July 1, 2010. RBI has come out with the the proposal of replacing 'BPLR' with 'base rate' system , below which no banks would be allowed to give loans. The current BPLR has been abused, as banks provide loans to corporates below this rate.
3.ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL), the overseas arm of ONGC has made two significant discoveries of 185 mn. barrel of oil in NE Syria.
2.On March 5, 2010 RBI deferred its decision to introduce 'base rate' system, which will be the new benchmark lending rate for banks. The base rate system will be introduced from July 1, 2010. RBI has come out with the the proposal of replacing 'BPLR' with 'base rate' system , below which no banks would be allowed to give loans. The current BPLR has been abused, as banks provide loans to corporates below this rate.
3.ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL), the overseas arm of ONGC has made two significant discoveries of 185 mn. barrel of oil in NE Syria.
March 4,2010
1.According to UNIDO, India is the 9th largest industrial manufacturer in the world.
2.65 persons were killed and over 200 seriously injured in a stampede at the Mangadh Ashram at Kunda in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh n March 4, 2010.
2.National Population Register, which will entail a house-to-house enumeration,biometric recording of finger prints and advanced photography of persons, would be launched on April 1, 2010.On the same day Census 2011 data collection work also will comence.
3.Singapore has decided not to revoke its ban on 'chewing gum' to maintain a clean and comfortable living environment.
4.A strong earthquake jolted Tainan city of southern Taiwan on March 4, 2010 causing wide-spread damage and injuring 64 people.
5.Food inflation rose marginally to 17.87% for the week ending February 20, 2010.
6.World Book Day was celebrated by Britain on March 4, 2010.
7.The two top money lenders for Housing- ICIC and HDFC have withdrawn 'teaser'rate on housing and auto loans. These schemes used to offer a lower rate for the first few years of loan.
2.65 persons were killed and over 200 seriously injured in a stampede at the Mangadh Ashram at Kunda in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh n March 4, 2010.
2.National Population Register, which will entail a house-to-house enumeration,biometric recording of finger prints and advanced photography of persons, would be launched on April 1, 2010.On the same day Census 2011 data collection work also will comence.
3.Singapore has decided not to revoke its ban on 'chewing gum' to maintain a clean and comfortable living environment.
4.A strong earthquake jolted Tainan city of southern Taiwan on March 4, 2010 causing wide-spread damage and injuring 64 people.
5.Food inflation rose marginally to 17.87% for the week ending February 20, 2010.
6.World Book Day was celebrated by Britain on March 4, 2010.
7.The two top money lenders for Housing- ICIC and HDFC have withdrawn 'teaser'rate on housing and auto loans. These schemes used to offer a lower rate for the first few years of loan.
March 3,2010
1.'India Aviation - 2010' inaugurated at Hyderabad. K.Rosaiah, AP Chief Minister; Timothy Roemer, US Ambassador; Jerome Bennafont,French Ambassador and others were present at the inaugural ceremony. Sagar Kiran aircraft which was participating in scintillating aerobatics on this ocassion crashed. Two pilots died in this accident.
2.'People for Animals' group of Guwahati , Assam have highlighted the need for protecting elephants. They are demanding removal of railway tracks in Deepor Beel are of the state to save the pachyderms.
3.Michael Foot, a former Labour leader of London passed away.
4.Bangladesh's High Court has declared 'death penalty' (for killing woman or a child after rape)as illegal and unconstitutional.
2.'People for Animals' group of Guwahati , Assam have highlighted the need for protecting elephants. They are demanding removal of railway tracks in Deepor Beel are of the state to save the pachyderms.
3.Michael Foot, a former Labour leader of London passed away.
4.Bangladesh's High Court has declared 'death penalty' (for killing woman or a child after rape)as illegal and unconstitutional.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
March 2, 2010
1.Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith visited New Delhi on March 2. He expressed satisfaction over the security arrangements being made for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.
2. A conference on "Operationalisation of National Policy for Farmers 2007" was organised at Hyderabad on March 2, 2010.
3.Argentina's President Christina Kirchner met Hillary Clinton , US Secretary of State at Buenos Aires on March 1, 2010.
4.A landslip in Baduda district of Uganda killed at least 45 persons on March 2, 2010.
5.MIRCA, a new car of Nissan Motor Company was unveiled by the company's President and CEO, Carlos Ghosn on March 2, 2010 at 80th International Geneva Motor Show.
2. A conference on "Operationalisation of National Policy for Farmers 2007" was organised at Hyderabad on March 2, 2010.
3.Argentina's President Christina Kirchner met Hillary Clinton , US Secretary of State at Buenos Aires on March 1, 2010.
4.A landslip in Baduda district of Uganda killed at least 45 persons on March 2, 2010.
5.MIRCA, a new car of Nissan Motor Company was unveiled by the company's President and CEO, Carlos Ghosn on March 2, 2010 at 80th International Geneva Motor Show.
March 1, 2010
1.As part of Riyadh Declaration , India and Saudi Arabia signed the Extradition Treaty and agreement for transfer of sentenced persons on February 28 night. Saudi ruler is King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. A total of five (5) treaties were signed during the visit of Dr.Manmohan Singh's to Saudi Arabia.
2.Rivals Georgia and Russia re-opened their only usable land-border crossing on March 1, restoring a vital transport route that had been closed since 2006. The re-opening of the crossing is known as Verkhny Lars in Russia and Darial Gorge in Georgia.
3.The storm called 'Xynthia' battred parts of France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Germany on February 28.
4.LIM DING WEI is Singapore's youngest programmer (10 Years).
2.Rivals Georgia and Russia re-opened their only usable land-border crossing on March 1, restoring a vital transport route that had been closed since 2006. The re-opening of the crossing is known as Verkhny Lars in Russia and Darial Gorge in Georgia.
3.The storm called 'Xynthia' battred parts of France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Germany on February 28.
4.LIM DING WEI is Singapore's youngest programmer (10 Years).
February 28, 2010
1.A Beguluru - bound Air India flight from Delhi had to make an unscheduled landing at Raja Bhoj Airport , Bhopal when the pilots detected a problem with the cabin pressure on February 28, 2010.None of the 88 passengers and the flight crew suffered injuries.
2.Pran Nath Lekhi, a noted onstitutional expert and senior Supreme Court lawyer, who was one of the defence counsels in the Indira Gandhi assassination case, passed away at New Delhi on February 28. He was 85.
3.Julianna Smoot has replaced Desiree Rogers as the White House Social Secretary.
2.Pran Nath Lekhi, a noted onstitutional expert and senior Supreme Court lawyer, who was one of the defence counsels in the Indira Gandhi assassination case, passed away at New Delhi on February 28. He was 85.
3.Julianna Smoot has replaced Desiree Rogers as the White House Social Secretary.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
February 27, 2010
1.A devastating earthquake (8.8 magnitude on Richter Scale) struck Chile on February 27, 2010.
2.The Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary, considered one of the biggest habitat for pelicans and other birds, will host the FLAMINGO FESTIVAL ( Doravari satram mandal, Sree Potti Sreeramulu Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh) during the 2nd week of March 2010.
3.BSNL has launched (Feb.27) India's first commercial urban mobile Wi Max (World-wide Interoperability for Microwave access) network in Ernakulam in Kerala.
4.Moonnilavu Panchayat in Kerala state is the first litigation-controlled tribal panchayat in India.
5.Representatives of Commonwealth countries are keen to replicate a livelihood generation model, financed through micro-credit released by women's Self-Help-groups in JHUND village of Jaipur district.
6.The Centre has decided to garner Rs.40000 crore in 2010-11 from the sale of its equity in PSUs as against Rs.25000 crore during the current fiscal.
7.PM of India is on a 3-day visit to Saudi Arabia.
8.Tabla maestro, Nawab Khan passed away at New delhi on February 27, 2010.
9.Nanaji Deshmukh, a veteran RSS member and former Rajya Sabha member passed away at Chitrakoot, Maharashtra on February 27, 2010.
10.White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers resigned on Feb. 27.
2.The Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary, considered one of the biggest habitat for pelicans and other birds, will host the FLAMINGO FESTIVAL ( Doravari satram mandal, Sree Potti Sreeramulu Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh) during the 2nd week of March 2010.
3.BSNL has launched (Feb.27) India's first commercial urban mobile Wi Max (World-wide Interoperability for Microwave access) network in Ernakulam in Kerala.
4.Moonnilavu Panchayat in Kerala state is the first litigation-controlled tribal panchayat in India.
5.Representatives of Commonwealth countries are keen to replicate a livelihood generation model, financed through micro-credit released by women's Self-Help-groups in JHUND village of Jaipur district.
6.The Centre has decided to garner Rs.40000 crore in 2010-11 from the sale of its equity in PSUs as against Rs.25000 crore during the current fiscal.
7.PM of India is on a 3-day visit to Saudi Arabia.
8.Tabla maestro, Nawab Khan passed away at New delhi on February 27, 2010.
9.Nanaji Deshmukh, a veteran RSS member and former Rajya Sabha member passed away at Chitrakoot, Maharashtra on February 27, 2010.
10.White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers resigned on Feb. 27.
February 26,2010
1.The 10-day festival at Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple commenced on February 26, 2010 with the Elephant race (Aanayottam).
2.Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi has called for 'jihad' against Switzerland. Swiss voters approved a ban on construction of minarets in Switzerland in a referundum held in November 2009.
3.Actor and director Clint Eastwood and singer Bob Dylan were honoured by the US President with art awards.
4.Jose Brasa is the chief coach of Indian hockey team.
5.Petra Diamonds Ltd. sold a 507 carat diamond for $35.3 million on February 26, 2010 creating a record of the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond. Johan Dippenaar is the CEO of Petra Diamonds Ltd.
2.Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi has called for 'jihad' against Switzerland. Swiss voters approved a ban on construction of minarets in Switzerland in a referundum held in November 2009.
3.Actor and director Clint Eastwood and singer Bob Dylan were honoured by the US President with art awards.
4.Jose Brasa is the chief coach of Indian hockey team.
5.Petra Diamonds Ltd. sold a 507 carat diamond for $35.3 million on February 26, 2010 creating a record of the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond. Johan Dippenaar is the CEO of Petra Diamonds Ltd.
Monday, March 1, 2010
February 26, 2010 -Budget Highlights
UNION BUDGET 2010-11 – HIGHLIGHTS
PROPOSALS MADE:
• For rural infrastructure under Bharat Nirman Rs.48,000 crore allocated.
• Rs.40,100 crore allocated for MG NREGS.
• Under Indira Awas Yojana – unit cost raised to Rs.45000 in plains and Rs.48500 in hilly areas.
• Backward Region Grant Fund – allocation raised by 26% from Rs.5800 crore to Rs.7300 crore.
• Rs.1200 crore Additional Central assistance for drought mitigation in Bundelkhand region.
• Allocation of Rs.7500 crore for urban development.
• Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation – allocation raised from Rs.850 crore to Rs.1000 crore.
• Scheme for 1% interest subvention on housing loan (upto Rs.10 lakh, where total cost does not increase Rs.20 lakh) extended till 31.03.2011.
• School Education – Plan allocation raised by 16%.
• Women and Child Development – Plan Outlay raised by nearly 50%.
• Rs.1000 crore for launching National Social Security Fund for unorganized sector (weavers etc.).
• Rashtriya Swasth Bima Yojana benefits to be extended to MG NREGS workers.
• Rs.100 crore to look into the needs of women farmers.Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana to be launched in this regard.
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment – plan outlay to be raised by 80% to Rs.4500 crore.
• Minority affairs – plan outlay raised by nearly 50% from Rs.1740 crore to Rs.2600 crore.
• To ensure that public sector banks attain a minimum 8% Tier-I Capital by 31.03.2011, Rs.16500 crore allocated.
TAXES:
DIRECT TAXES:
• No IT up to Rs.1.6 lakh
• 10% from Rs.1.6 lakh to Rs.5 lakh
• 20% from Rs.5 lakh to Rs.8 lakh
• 30% above Rs.8 lakh
• Surcharge on domestic companies reduced from 10% to 7.5%
• On book profits of companies Minimum Alternate Tax raised from 15% to 18%
• For the purpose of presumptive taxation, limit of turnover of small businesses raised to Rs.60 lakh.
• Limits of turnover for audit purpose raised to Rs.60 lakh for businesses and Rs.15 lakh for professions.
INDIRECT TAXES:
Central Excise on all non-petroleum products raised to 10%
Central Excise duty on petrol and diesel up by Re.1 each per litre
Basic Duty of 5% on crude petroleum;7.5% on diesel and petroleum and 10% on refined products restored.
Excise Duty on all non-smoking tobacco products increased.
Uniform basic duty of 5% countervailing duty (CVD) of 4% on import of medical equipment.
Certain orthopaedic implants exempted from import duty
Toy balloons totally exempted from Central excise duty.
Transportation by road of cereals and pulses exempted from service tax.
PROPOSALS MADE:
• For rural infrastructure under Bharat Nirman Rs.48,000 crore allocated.
• Rs.40,100 crore allocated for MG NREGS.
• Under Indira Awas Yojana – unit cost raised to Rs.45000 in plains and Rs.48500 in hilly areas.
• Backward Region Grant Fund – allocation raised by 26% from Rs.5800 crore to Rs.7300 crore.
• Rs.1200 crore Additional Central assistance for drought mitigation in Bundelkhand region.
• Allocation of Rs.7500 crore for urban development.
• Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation – allocation raised from Rs.850 crore to Rs.1000 crore.
• Scheme for 1% interest subvention on housing loan (upto Rs.10 lakh, where total cost does not increase Rs.20 lakh) extended till 31.03.2011.
• School Education – Plan allocation raised by 16%.
• Women and Child Development – Plan Outlay raised by nearly 50%.
• Rs.1000 crore for launching National Social Security Fund for unorganized sector (weavers etc.).
• Rashtriya Swasth Bima Yojana benefits to be extended to MG NREGS workers.
• Rs.100 crore to look into the needs of women farmers.Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana to be launched in this regard.
• Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment – plan outlay to be raised by 80% to Rs.4500 crore.
• Minority affairs – plan outlay raised by nearly 50% from Rs.1740 crore to Rs.2600 crore.
• To ensure that public sector banks attain a minimum 8% Tier-I Capital by 31.03.2011, Rs.16500 crore allocated.
TAXES:
DIRECT TAXES:
• No IT up to Rs.1.6 lakh
• 10% from Rs.1.6 lakh to Rs.5 lakh
• 20% from Rs.5 lakh to Rs.8 lakh
• 30% above Rs.8 lakh
• Surcharge on domestic companies reduced from 10% to 7.5%
• On book profits of companies Minimum Alternate Tax raised from 15% to 18%
• For the purpose of presumptive taxation, limit of turnover of small businesses raised to Rs.60 lakh.
• Limits of turnover for audit purpose raised to Rs.60 lakh for businesses and Rs.15 lakh for professions.
INDIRECT TAXES:
Central Excise on all non-petroleum products raised to 10%
Central Excise duty on petrol and diesel up by Re.1 each per litre
Basic Duty of 5% on crude petroleum;7.5% on diesel and petroleum and 10% on refined products restored.
Excise Duty on all non-smoking tobacco products increased.
Uniform basic duty of 5% countervailing duty (CVD) of 4% on import of medical equipment.
Certain orthopaedic implants exempted from import duty
Toy balloons totally exempted from Central excise duty.
Transportation by road of cereals and pulses exempted from service tax.
February 25,2010
1.Maqbool Fida Husain, renowned artist of India has been conferred Qatar nationality.
2.Pre-Budget Economic Survey-2010 estimates that the economy could grow by as high as 8.75% during 2010-11 and move to 9% next year.
3.The Union Cabinet on February 25, 2010 approved Women’s Reservation Bill, 2008 (108th Constitutional Amendment Bill).
4.Viktor Yanukovich was sworn in the President of Ukraine on February 25, 2010 in Verkhovna Rada, Parliament.
5.Abdolmalek Rigi, Chief of JUNDULLAH,a high-profile anti-Iran militant group based in Pakistan, was nabbed on February 22 in a solo Iranian operation at Bandar Abbas, seaport city of Iran.
6.Kishore Kumar, a Hindu Legislator, who was elected to the North-West Frontier Province Assembly candidate of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal religious alliance, condemned the beheading of a Sikh trader and abduction of his colleagues by militants as well as the kidnapping of Robin Singh, a Hindu man from Peshawar.
7.The six core sectors – Coal, Electricity, Finished Steel, Cement, Crude Oil and Petroleum Refinery Products – registered a growth of 9.4% in January 2010 as against a growth of 2.2% in the same month of 2009.
*Finished steel expanded by 16.2%
*Cement expanded by 12.4%
*Crude Oil expanded by 9.7%
*Petroleum Refinery Products by 3.8%
*Coal expanded by 6%
*Electricity expanded by5.6%
8.According to the Economic Survey – 2009-10, India has emerged the 10th largest gold-holding nation (557.7 tonnes) in the world. India also has emerged as the 4th largest foreign exchange reserves holder ($283.5 billion) in the world after China ($2399.2 bn.), Japan ($1049.4 bn.) and Russia ($439 bn)
9.ICICI Bank raises deposit rate to 6.75% (earlier 6.5%) for deposits having 390-day maturity w.e.f. February 25, 2010.
10.BMW , a car company of Germany launched two cars on February 25, 2010 at Chennai– (1)BMW 330i petrol version and BMW 320 d Corporate Edition diesel version. Peter Kronschnabi is the President of BMW India.
11.BMW has sought RBI’s permission to launch its financial services arm –BMW Financial Services in India.
12.Ela Bhatt, social worker and founder of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union (1972), has been chosen for the 27th NIWANO PEACE PRIZE-2010 for her contribution to the upliftment of poor women in India. Niwano Peace Prize, given by Tokyo-based Niwano Peace Foundation, is conferred on those who are devoting themselves to interreligious cooperation in the cause of peace, and to make their achievements known. The Foundation hopes that the prize will further promote interreligious cooperation for peace and lead to the emergence of ever more people devoting themselves to this cause.
13.”Bloom Energy” one of the Silicon Valley’s start-ups, unveiled its ground-breaking technology ‘Bloom Box’ invented by rocket scientist K.R.Sridhar at San Jose, California, USA on February 24, 2010.
14.Salman Bashir, Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary visited India to hold talks with his Indian counter-part Nirupama Rao on February 25, 2010.
15.A tipper truck assembling plant was commissioned at Hosur, Karnataka following a Joint Venture Agreement between India’s Vectra Group and Russia’s Kamaz Inc. on February 25, 2010.
2.Pre-Budget Economic Survey-2010 estimates that the economy could grow by as high as 8.75% during 2010-11 and move to 9% next year.
3.The Union Cabinet on February 25, 2010 approved Women’s Reservation Bill, 2008 (108th Constitutional Amendment Bill).
4.Viktor Yanukovich was sworn in the President of Ukraine on February 25, 2010 in Verkhovna Rada, Parliament.
5.Abdolmalek Rigi, Chief of JUNDULLAH,a high-profile anti-Iran militant group based in Pakistan, was nabbed on February 22 in a solo Iranian operation at Bandar Abbas, seaport city of Iran.
6.Kishore Kumar, a Hindu Legislator, who was elected to the North-West Frontier Province Assembly candidate of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal religious alliance, condemned the beheading of a Sikh trader and abduction of his colleagues by militants as well as the kidnapping of Robin Singh, a Hindu man from Peshawar.
7.The six core sectors – Coal, Electricity, Finished Steel, Cement, Crude Oil and Petroleum Refinery Products – registered a growth of 9.4% in January 2010 as against a growth of 2.2% in the same month of 2009.
*Finished steel expanded by 16.2%
*Cement expanded by 12.4%
*Crude Oil expanded by 9.7%
*Petroleum Refinery Products by 3.8%
*Coal expanded by 6%
*Electricity expanded by5.6%
8.According to the Economic Survey – 2009-10, India has emerged the 10th largest gold-holding nation (557.7 tonnes) in the world. India also has emerged as the 4th largest foreign exchange reserves holder ($283.5 billion) in the world after China ($2399.2 bn.), Japan ($1049.4 bn.) and Russia ($439 bn)
9.ICICI Bank raises deposit rate to 6.75% (earlier 6.5%) for deposits having 390-day maturity w.e.f. February 25, 2010.
10.BMW , a car company of Germany launched two cars on February 25, 2010 at Chennai– (1)BMW 330i petrol version and BMW 320 d Corporate Edition diesel version. Peter Kronschnabi is the President of BMW India.
11.BMW has sought RBI’s permission to launch its financial services arm –BMW Financial Services in India.
12.Ela Bhatt, social worker and founder of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union (1972), has been chosen for the 27th NIWANO PEACE PRIZE-2010 for her contribution to the upliftment of poor women in India. Niwano Peace Prize, given by Tokyo-based Niwano Peace Foundation, is conferred on those who are devoting themselves to interreligious cooperation in the cause of peace, and to make their achievements known. The Foundation hopes that the prize will further promote interreligious cooperation for peace and lead to the emergence of ever more people devoting themselves to this cause.
13.”Bloom Energy” one of the Silicon Valley’s start-ups, unveiled its ground-breaking technology ‘Bloom Box’ invented by rocket scientist K.R.Sridhar at San Jose, California, USA on February 24, 2010.
14.Salman Bashir, Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary visited India to hold talks with his Indian counter-part Nirupama Rao on February 25, 2010.
15.A tipper truck assembling plant was commissioned at Hosur, Karnataka following a Joint Venture Agreement between India’s Vectra Group and Russia’s Kamaz Inc. on February 25, 2010.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
February 24,2010
1.HIGHLIGHTS OF RAILWAY BUDGET 2010:
E-TICKET service charge lowered for Sleeper (Rs.10) and AC class(Rs.20)
Freight rate for food-grains,kerosene down Rs.100/wagon
54 new trains , 10 Duranto trains introduced
Tourist tran 'Bharath Tirth' introduced on 16 routes
101 new sub-urban services for Mumbai
SMS updates for reservation status,train timing, wagon movement
Free travel for cancer patients in III AC, sleeper class
Gross earnings for Railways in 2009-10 -Rs.88,281 cr.
Expenditure -Rs.87,100 cr.
2.Sachin Tendulkar scored the first ever double century (200 not out)in ODIs at Gwalior ODI against South Africa February 24.
3.An explosion in a coal mine near the town of Dursunbey in Balikesir province (Ankara)killed 17 persons on February 24.
4.Nicolas Sarkozy, French President visited Gabon and Rwanda recently.
Gabon:- President-Ali Bongo Ondimba;PM-Paul Mba; Capital-Libreville
Rwanda:-President-Paul Kagame; PM- Bernard Makuza; Capital-Kigali
France:-PM- Francois Fillon
5.Harsh Pati Singhania is the President of FICCI.
E-TICKET service charge lowered for Sleeper (Rs.10) and AC class(Rs.20)
Freight rate for food-grains,kerosene down Rs.100/wagon
54 new trains , 10 Duranto trains introduced
Tourist tran 'Bharath Tirth' introduced on 16 routes
101 new sub-urban services for Mumbai
SMS updates for reservation status,train timing, wagon movement
Free travel for cancer patients in III AC, sleeper class
Gross earnings for Railways in 2009-10 -Rs.88,281 cr.
Expenditure -Rs.87,100 cr.
2.Sachin Tendulkar scored the first ever double century (200 not out)in ODIs at Gwalior ODI against South Africa February 24.
3.An explosion in a coal mine near the town of Dursunbey in Balikesir province (Ankara)killed 17 persons on February 24.
4.Nicolas Sarkozy, French President visited Gabon and Rwanda recently.
Gabon:- President-Ali Bongo Ondimba;PM-Paul Mba; Capital-Libreville
Rwanda:-President-Paul Kagame; PM- Bernard Makuza; Capital-Kigali
France:-PM- Francois Fillon
5.Harsh Pati Singhania is the President of FICCI.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
February 23,2010
1.Two organisations - Trees,Water and People (TWP) and Nuru Design, which brought change in the lives of thousands of school children, housewives and villagers across Latin America,Africa and India have been conferred SASAKAWA PRIZE ($200,000) an award given by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
TWP (Stuart Conway is the co-founder and International Director) collaborates with local NGOs in distributing fuel-efficient cook stoves to communities in Honduras, Guatemala,El Salvador, Nicaragua and Haiti.
Nuru Design ()brought rechargeable lights to villages in Rwanda,Kenya and India
2.The Department of Posts released a commemorative stamp in honour of PC SORCAR (Senior) who 'took the magic of India to the rest of the world'.
3.Sir Richard Stagg - British High Commissioner to India
4.Sanjoy Hazarika eminent journalist has been awarded Dr. Jean Mayer Award for Global Citizenship by the US-based Tufts University for his contributions to North East India, initiatives in health and governance, besides advocacy of issues.
5.New Polo - a new car launched by Volkswagen (India).
TWP (Stuart Conway is the co-founder and International Director) collaborates with local NGOs in distributing fuel-efficient cook stoves to communities in Honduras, Guatemala,El Salvador, Nicaragua and Haiti.
Nuru Design ()brought rechargeable lights to villages in Rwanda,Kenya and India
2.The Department of Posts released a commemorative stamp in honour of PC SORCAR (Senior) who 'took the magic of India to the rest of the world'.
3.Sir Richard Stagg - British High Commissioner to India
4.Sanjoy Hazarika eminent journalist has been awarded Dr. Jean Mayer Award for Global Citizenship by the US-based Tufts University for his contributions to North East India, initiatives in health and governance, besides advocacy of issues.
5.New Polo - a new car launched by Volkswagen (India).
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
February 22, 2010
1.V.K.Saraswat, Defence Scientist and the man behind three successive successful launches of AGNI-III missiles will be presnted Dr.Y.Nayudamma Memorial Award-2009 at Tenali(Guntur district,Andhra Pradesh)on March 6, 2010. Saraswat is the scientific adviser to the Union Defence Minister and is also the Director General of DRDO.
2.Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup is an out-lawed militant group in Manipur. Two of its members were shot dead in an encounter in Thoubal district of Manipur state on February 20, 2010.
3.Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala is the 39th tiger reserve of India.
4.Indian Air Force (IAF) would show its prowess at the Fire Power Demonstration (FPD) code-named "VAYU SHAKTI-2010" in Pokhran ranges, Rajasthan on February 28, 2010.
5.British Academy of Film & Telivision Arts (BAFTA) awards-2010:
The Hurt Locker , Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war movie bagged BAFTA awards in
six (6) categories -best film,best director,original screenplay,
cinematography,editing and sound.
Avtar bagged to BAFTA awards for special visual effects and production design
Prince Williams will be the 5th President of BAFTA following his grandfather's
foot-steps.
6.Sarath Fonseka, the defeated opposition Presidential candidate in Sri Lanka was named (Feb.21) the leader of the newly floated Democratic National Alliance (DNA).
7.Mercedes Benz launched its Special Protection Limousine "S-GUARD".
8.China is the world's biggest importer of iron-ore. It is also the world's largest iron/steel producing country.
2.Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup is an out-lawed militant group in Manipur. Two of its members were shot dead in an encounter in Thoubal district of Manipur state on February 20, 2010.
3.Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala is the 39th tiger reserve of India.
4.Indian Air Force (IAF) would show its prowess at the Fire Power Demonstration (FPD) code-named "VAYU SHAKTI-2010" in Pokhran ranges, Rajasthan on February 28, 2010.
5.British Academy of Film & Telivision Arts (BAFTA) awards-2010:
The Hurt Locker , Kathryn Bigelow's Iraq war movie bagged BAFTA awards in
six (6) categories -best film,best director,original screenplay,
cinematography,editing and sound.
Avtar bagged to BAFTA awards for special visual effects and production design
Prince Williams will be the 5th President of BAFTA following his grandfather's
foot-steps.
6.Sarath Fonseka, the defeated opposition Presidential candidate in Sri Lanka was named (Feb.21) the leader of the newly floated Democratic National Alliance (DNA).
7.Mercedes Benz launched its Special Protection Limousine "S-GUARD".
8.China is the world's biggest importer of iron-ore. It is also the world's largest iron/steel producing country.
Monday, February 22, 2010
February 21, 2010
1.Dr.Nixon Abraham, an Indian scientist who hails from Thrissur/Kerala and works in the Laboratory of Sensory Perception and Plasticity in the Department of Fundamental Neuroscience of the University of Geneva, grabs international attention by his research on speed of brain. His findings were published in Neuron (Vol.65/Feb.11) an internationally reputed neuro-science journal.
2.NR Madhava Menon is a member of the Task Force which drafted National Commission on Higher Education and Research (NCHER) Bill.
3.W.Selvamurthy, Chief Controller (Life Sciences & Human Resource), DRDO has been chosen for DRDO's Technology Leadership Awards-2008.
4.The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) condemned the recent Maoists' attack on Eastern Frontier Rifle jawans. Maja Daruwala is the Director of CHRI.
5.France will sell Russia a $750 million Mistral Amphibious Assault Ship.
6.India's Shree Renuka Sugars has entered into a definitive agreements with Groupo Equipo SA (a leading Brazilian conglomerate with equity in more than 20 companies) to acquire a 50.8% stake in it for $329 million (Rs.1530 Cr.).
7.Edwards E.Whitcare, Chief and Chairman of General Motors, will receive an annual compensation of $9 million.
8.Kenya's Augustene Rono, won Chennai Marathon (42.2 km/international) held at Chennai on February 21, 2010.
2.NR Madhava Menon is a member of the Task Force which drafted National Commission on Higher Education and Research (NCHER) Bill.
3.W.Selvamurthy, Chief Controller (Life Sciences & Human Resource), DRDO has been chosen for DRDO's Technology Leadership Awards-2008.
4.The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) condemned the recent Maoists' attack on Eastern Frontier Rifle jawans. Maja Daruwala is the Director of CHRI.
5.France will sell Russia a $750 million Mistral Amphibious Assault Ship.
6.India's Shree Renuka Sugars has entered into a definitive agreements with Groupo Equipo SA (a leading Brazilian conglomerate with equity in more than 20 companies) to acquire a 50.8% stake in it for $329 million (Rs.1530 Cr.).
7.Edwards E.Whitcare, Chief and Chairman of General Motors, will receive an annual compensation of $9 million.
8.Kenya's Augustene Rono, won Chennai Marathon (42.2 km/international) held at Chennai on February 21, 2010.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
February 20, 2010
1.Kila Raipur sports festival, which is also known as Rural Olympics, was recently held on the outskirts of Ludhiana, Punjab.
2.Books and authors:
Discover the Diamond in You - Arindam Chaudari, Vikas Publishing House
The Difficulty of Being Good - Gurcharan Das, Penguin Books
Blowback - Mukul Deva , Harper Collins
Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton, Harper Collins
Ford County - John Grisham, Arrow Books
The Death of American Virtue, Clinton vs Starr, Ken Gormley
3.Alexander Haig, former US Secretary of State passed away on February 20.
4.A centuries-old minaret collapsed (Feb.19)in the city of Meknes, Morrocco.41 persons died in the incident.
5. The National Endowment of Democracy, Washington DC conferred the Democracy Service Medal on Dalai Lama on February 19, 2010.
6.Aneesha Sayeet won a gold in the 25mm pistol category in the Commonwealth Shooting Championships, New Delhi.
2.Books and authors:
Discover the Diamond in You - Arindam Chaudari, Vikas Publishing House
The Difficulty of Being Good - Gurcharan Das, Penguin Books
Blowback - Mukul Deva , Harper Collins
Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton, Harper Collins
Ford County - John Grisham, Arrow Books
The Death of American Virtue, Clinton vs Starr, Ken Gormley
3.Alexander Haig, former US Secretary of State passed away on February 20.
4.A centuries-old minaret collapsed (Feb.19)in the city of Meknes, Morrocco.41 persons died in the incident.
5. The National Endowment of Democracy, Washington DC conferred the Democracy Service Medal on Dalai Lama on February 19, 2010.
6.Aneesha Sayeet won a gold in the 25mm pistol category in the Commonwealth Shooting Championships, New Delhi.
February 19, 2010
1.Projections, Caveats and Measures of PM’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC).
* Economy to expand by over 7.2 % in 2009-10
* GDP to grow 8.2% in 2010-11, 9% in 2011-12
* Farm sector output much better than expected earlier
* Industrial growth to rebound in Q3 and Q4 of FY 10
* Food inflation may spill to other sectors in 2010-11
* Large fiscal deficit unsustainable
* Reduce expenditure – GDP ratio by 1 percent
* Fiscal deficit needs to come down by 1 – 1.5%
* Expand service tax coverage, unify rate with Cenvat
* Scale up nuclear power generation
* Exports projected at $168.7 billion in 2009-10
* Imports seen at $296.8 billion in current fiscal
2.Books and authors:
Keki N. Daruwalla - For Pepper and Christ
Amit Chaudari - The Immortals
Rana Dasgupta - Solo
Chandrahas Chaudary - Arzee , the Dwarf
All the above are Indian writers nominated for Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2010.
3.South Africa to host 2010 Champions League T20 Cricket championships.
* Economy to expand by over 7.2 % in 2009-10
* GDP to grow 8.2% in 2010-11, 9% in 2011-12
* Farm sector output much better than expected earlier
* Industrial growth to rebound in Q3 and Q4 of FY 10
* Food inflation may spill to other sectors in 2010-11
* Large fiscal deficit unsustainable
* Reduce expenditure – GDP ratio by 1 percent
* Fiscal deficit needs to come down by 1 – 1.5%
* Expand service tax coverage, unify rate with Cenvat
* Scale up nuclear power generation
* Exports projected at $168.7 billion in 2009-10
* Imports seen at $296.8 billion in current fiscal
2.Books and authors:
Keki N. Daruwalla - For Pepper and Christ
Amit Chaudari - The Immortals
Rana Dasgupta - Solo
Chandrahas Chaudary - Arzee , the Dwarf
All the above are Indian writers nominated for Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2010.
3.South Africa to host 2010 Champions League T20 Cricket championships.
Friday, February 19, 2010
February 18, 2010
1.V.K.Duggal, Srikrishna Panel’s Member Secretary rules out any changes in the ToR.
2.A national symposium on ‘climate change and rain-fed agriculture’ was organized by ICRISAT at Hyderabad on Feb. 18. ESL Narasimhan, Governor of AP and William Dar, Director General, ICRISAT participated. JC Katyal, former Vice Chancellor, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University was felicitated along with other scientists JS Kanwar, HP Singh, YS Ramakrishna, J Venkateswarlu and SM Virmani.
3.Indian Geo-technical Conference-2009 was held at RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur on Feb.18.
4.OP Bhatt is the Chairman of SBI. SBI has two MDs – SK Bhattacharya and R.Sridharan.
5.Amlan Datta, a noted economist passed away at Kolkata on Feb. 18. He authored many books like - Religion, Education and Development (1968),The Third Movement (1987, Ananda Publishers),A New Radicalism and Other Essays (1989, Minarva – Calcutta),For A Quiet Revolution (1997, Papyrus – Calcutta),On The Edge of A Century (1999, Subarnarekha – Calcutta),Towards The Good Life (Subarnarekha – Calcutta),Socialism, Democracy and Industrialization (Allen & Unwin),Perspectives of Economic Development (Macmillan),Beyond Socialism (Popular Prakashan),The Gandhian Way (North Eastern Hill University) and Transitional Puzzles (Sage Publication).
6.Roshan Giri, General Secretary Gorkha Janmukthi Morcha (GJM). GJM’s student wing GJ Vidyarthi Morcha (GJVM)was on strike on February 18 to protest against the refusal of the authorities to allow its supporters to hold a pro-Gorkhaland rally at Siliguri and other parts.
7.ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL/8.35%) and GAIL (India/4.17%) to pick-up 12.5% stake in China pipeline project being constructed by China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in Myanmar.
8.Food inflation at 17.97% for the week-ended February 6 (earlier week 17.94%).
9.Newby Teas , UK-based tea company entered India on February 18.
10.VRS Natarajan, CMD, BEML said BEML and OBRUM (Ośrodek Badawczo - Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych "OBRUM), a Polish company signed a MoU at DEFEXPO-2010, New Delhi, to associate in design and development of products and services in the defence field.
11.Commonwealth Shooting Championships inaugurated at New Delhi on Feb. 18.
12.ICC Test Cricket rankings:1.India 2.South Africa 3.Australia 4.Sri Lanka 5.England 6.Pakistan 7.New Zealand 8.West Indies 9.Bangladesh.
13.A low-flying small plane crashed into a 7-storey building at Austin, Texas, USA on Feb.18. The building houses an office Federal Tax Agency and Internal Revenue Services.
14.Dieter Zetche, CEO of Daimler AG
15.SK Roongta, Chairman SAIL
16.ONGC, IOC,SAIL and NTPC qualify for “Maharatna status” to be conferred for the first time by the Government of India. The status would mean power to take independent decision on investments upto Rs.5000 cr.(as against a limit of Rs.1000 cr. for Navratnas).
Criteria for Maharatna status:
Size of the balance sheet; Consistent financial performance for the past three years i.e. a turn-over of Rs.25000 cr. and above; a net-worth of Rs.15000 cr. and Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs.5000 cr.The other important qualification is that the entity has to be ‘listed’.
17.The CDAC has launched the Teraflop Grid Computing Facility at its campus at Hyderabad as part of the nation-wide Computational Grid called GARUDA.
18.According to Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPHC), handicrafts exports are likely to double to $3.4 billion by 2011-12 from the projected $1.8 billion in 2009-10. Asia’s biggest gifts and handicrafts fair – Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fair (IHGF) to begin at Greater Noida from February 20, 2010.
19.Dhanalakshmi Bank would be ‘clearer’ bank for BSE. Amitabh Chaturvedi, MD & CEO of the Bank, GN Bajpai, Chairman of the Bank and Madhu Kannan, M & CEO of BSE signed an agreement in this regard at Mumbai on February 18, 2010.
20.India and Latvia signed a Bilateral Investment Promotion & Protection Agreement on February 18 to boost bilateral investment and technology inflows between the two countries. Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Latvian Economics Minister, Artis Kampars signed an agreement in New Delhi on February 18, 2010.
2.A national symposium on ‘climate change and rain-fed agriculture’ was organized by ICRISAT at Hyderabad on Feb. 18. ESL Narasimhan, Governor of AP and William Dar, Director General, ICRISAT participated. JC Katyal, former Vice Chancellor, CCS, Haryana Agricultural University was felicitated along with other scientists JS Kanwar, HP Singh, YS Ramakrishna, J Venkateswarlu and SM Virmani.
3.Indian Geo-technical Conference-2009 was held at RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur on Feb.18.
4.OP Bhatt is the Chairman of SBI. SBI has two MDs – SK Bhattacharya and R.Sridharan.
5.Amlan Datta, a noted economist passed away at Kolkata on Feb. 18. He authored many books like - Religion, Education and Development (1968),The Third Movement (1987, Ananda Publishers),A New Radicalism and Other Essays (1989, Minarva – Calcutta),For A Quiet Revolution (1997, Papyrus – Calcutta),On The Edge of A Century (1999, Subarnarekha – Calcutta),Towards The Good Life (Subarnarekha – Calcutta),Socialism, Democracy and Industrialization (Allen & Unwin),Perspectives of Economic Development (Macmillan),Beyond Socialism (Popular Prakashan),The Gandhian Way (North Eastern Hill University) and Transitional Puzzles (Sage Publication).
6.Roshan Giri, General Secretary Gorkha Janmukthi Morcha (GJM). GJM’s student wing GJ Vidyarthi Morcha (GJVM)was on strike on February 18 to protest against the refusal of the authorities to allow its supporters to hold a pro-Gorkhaland rally at Siliguri and other parts.
7.ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL/8.35%) and GAIL (India/4.17%) to pick-up 12.5% stake in China pipeline project being constructed by China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) in Myanmar.
8.Food inflation at 17.97% for the week-ended February 6 (earlier week 17.94%).
9.Newby Teas , UK-based tea company entered India on February 18.
10.VRS Natarajan, CMD, BEML said BEML and OBRUM (Ośrodek Badawczo - Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych "OBRUM), a Polish company signed a MoU at DEFEXPO-2010, New Delhi, to associate in design and development of products and services in the defence field.
11.Commonwealth Shooting Championships inaugurated at New Delhi on Feb. 18.
12.ICC Test Cricket rankings:1.India 2.South Africa 3.Australia 4.Sri Lanka 5.England 6.Pakistan 7.New Zealand 8.West Indies 9.Bangladesh.
13.A low-flying small plane crashed into a 7-storey building at Austin, Texas, USA on Feb.18. The building houses an office Federal Tax Agency and Internal Revenue Services.
14.Dieter Zetche, CEO of Daimler AG
15.SK Roongta, Chairman SAIL
16.ONGC, IOC,SAIL and NTPC qualify for “Maharatna status” to be conferred for the first time by the Government of India. The status would mean power to take independent decision on investments upto Rs.5000 cr.(as against a limit of Rs.1000 cr. for Navratnas).
Criteria for Maharatna status:
Size of the balance sheet; Consistent financial performance for the past three years i.e. a turn-over of Rs.25000 cr. and above; a net-worth of Rs.15000 cr. and Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs.5000 cr.The other important qualification is that the entity has to be ‘listed’.
17.The CDAC has launched the Teraflop Grid Computing Facility at its campus at Hyderabad as part of the nation-wide Computational Grid called GARUDA.
18.According to Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPHC), handicrafts exports are likely to double to $3.4 billion by 2011-12 from the projected $1.8 billion in 2009-10. Asia’s biggest gifts and handicrafts fair – Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fair (IHGF) to begin at Greater Noida from February 20, 2010.
19.Dhanalakshmi Bank would be ‘clearer’ bank for BSE. Amitabh Chaturvedi, MD & CEO of the Bank, GN Bajpai, Chairman of the Bank and Madhu Kannan, M & CEO of BSE signed an agreement in this regard at Mumbai on February 18, 2010.
20.India and Latvia signed a Bilateral Investment Promotion & Protection Agreement on February 18 to boost bilateral investment and technology inflows between the two countries. Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Latvian Economics Minister, Artis Kampars signed an agreement in New Delhi on February 18, 2010.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
February 17,2010
1.Golden Palm, Tri-Medium Expedition Programme undertaken by the Army from Chennai to Visakhapatnam.
2.23 persons died and more than 30 injured when a bus in which they were travelling fell in to Pahuj river in Jhalun district of Uttar Pradesh February 17.
3.Mier Dagan is the head of Mossad, Israel’s Intelligence Service.
4.Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister and SSN Moorthy, Chairman CBDT participated in an International Seminar on Transfer Pricing in New Delhi on February 17, 2010.
5.During 2009 India was the world’s top consumer of gold (480 tons), followed by China(461.9 tons),USA (263 tons),Germany (133.9 tons), Turkey (107 tons).
6.The Indian Army has postponed the winter trials for procuring 155mm towed howitzers from ST Kinetics, a Singapore –based company.
7.New Delhi’s IGI Airport has been ranked the 4th best airport in the world at the Airports Council International’s (ACI) Annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards. Top awards in the worldwide category go to Seoul Incheon International Airport, Singapore Changi Airport, Hong Kong International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport, and Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. All hail from ACI’s Asia-Pacific Region, a reflection of the region’s strong customer service culture, airport management commitment to service delivery and the high quality of modern passenger facilities at each of these airports.
BEST AIRPORT BY SIZE OF AIRPORT
fewer than 5 million passengers
1) Halifax (YHZ)
2) Ottawa (YOW)
3) Portland (PWM)
4) Guayaquil (GYE)
5) Jackson (JAN)
5 – 15 million passengers
1) Hyderabad (HYD)
2) Austin (AUS)
3) Cancun (CUN)
4) Nagoya (NGO)
5) Jacksonville (JAX)
15 – 25 million passengers
1) Baltimore/Washington (BWI)
2) Taipei (TPE)
3) Shenzhen (SZX)
4) New Delhi ( DEL )
5) Salt Lake City (SLC)
25 – 40 million passengers
1) Incheon (ICN)
2) Singapore (SIN)
3) Tokyo Narita (NRT)
4) Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
5) Shanghai Pudong (PVG)
over 40 million
1) Hong Kong (HKG)
2) Beijing (PEK)
3) Denver (DEN)
4) Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)
5) Houston George Bush (IAH)
8. India and USA are likely to sign a MoU to ensure food security in the country soon.
9.A five-member committee headed by retired SC Judge was constituted to settle the long-standing dispute on the Mullaperiyar dam controversy between Tamilnadu and Kerala.
10.US President Barack Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees on February 16, 2010 to build the first US nuclear power plant in nearly three decades, a move designed to help advance climate legislation in Congress.
11.US Automaker Ford will slash 900 jobs at its Michigan plant, that manufactures the Mustang, whose sales declined by 27 % last year.
12.According to the Union Finance Minister, Inflation rose to over a 13-month high of 8.56% in January 2010 from 7.31% a month ago. Food inflation rose and moved closer to 18% in the week ended January 30, 2010.
13.ONGC and its partners IOC and OIL will invest around $2.25 billion initially, for the development of a giant oil project, which they had bagged in Venezuela recently.
2.23 persons died and more than 30 injured when a bus in which they were travelling fell in to Pahuj river in Jhalun district of Uttar Pradesh February 17.
3.Mier Dagan is the head of Mossad, Israel’s Intelligence Service.
4.Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister and SSN Moorthy, Chairman CBDT participated in an International Seminar on Transfer Pricing in New Delhi on February 17, 2010.
5.During 2009 India was the world’s top consumer of gold (480 tons), followed by China(461.9 tons),USA (263 tons),Germany (133.9 tons), Turkey (107 tons).
6.The Indian Army has postponed the winter trials for procuring 155mm towed howitzers from ST Kinetics, a Singapore –based company.
7.New Delhi’s IGI Airport has been ranked the 4th best airport in the world at the Airports Council International’s (ACI) Annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards. Top awards in the worldwide category go to Seoul Incheon International Airport, Singapore Changi Airport, Hong Kong International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport, and Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. All hail from ACI’s Asia-Pacific Region, a reflection of the region’s strong customer service culture, airport management commitment to service delivery and the high quality of modern passenger facilities at each of these airports.
BEST AIRPORT BY SIZE OF AIRPORT
fewer than 5 million passengers
1) Halifax (YHZ)
2) Ottawa (YOW)
3) Portland (PWM)
4) Guayaquil (GYE)
5) Jackson (JAN)
5 – 15 million passengers
1) Hyderabad (HYD)
2) Austin (AUS)
3) Cancun (CUN)
4) Nagoya (NGO)
5) Jacksonville (JAX)
15 – 25 million passengers
1) Baltimore/Washington (BWI)
2) Taipei (TPE)
3) Shenzhen (SZX)
4) New Delhi ( DEL )
5) Salt Lake City (SLC)
25 – 40 million passengers
1) Incheon (ICN)
2) Singapore (SIN)
3) Tokyo Narita (NRT)
4) Kuala Lumpur (KUL)
5) Shanghai Pudong (PVG)
over 40 million
1) Hong Kong (HKG)
2) Beijing (PEK)
3) Denver (DEN)
4) Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)
5) Houston George Bush (IAH)
8. India and USA are likely to sign a MoU to ensure food security in the country soon.
9.A five-member committee headed by retired SC Judge was constituted to settle the long-standing dispute on the Mullaperiyar dam controversy between Tamilnadu and Kerala.
10.US President Barack Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees on February 16, 2010 to build the first US nuclear power plant in nearly three decades, a move designed to help advance climate legislation in Congress.
11.US Automaker Ford will slash 900 jobs at its Michigan plant, that manufactures the Mustang, whose sales declined by 27 % last year.
12.According to the Union Finance Minister, Inflation rose to over a 13-month high of 8.56% in January 2010 from 7.31% a month ago. Food inflation rose and moved closer to 18% in the week ended January 30, 2010.
13.ONGC and its partners IOC and OIL will invest around $2.25 billion initially, for the development of a giant oil project, which they had bagged in Venezuela recently.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
February 16,2010
1.Lashkar-e-Taiba-al-Almi, an unknown Pakistan-based Jihadist group claimed responsibility for Pune bomb blast.
Reason - India's "refusal" to discuss Kashmir issue in the coming talks with Pakistan.
2.The Council of Boards of Secondary Education (COBSE) to adopt a core curriculum for Physics, Chemistry,Biology and Mathematics at the senior secondary levels, according to Kapil Sibal, Union HRD Minister.
3.4000-MW greenfield thermal power by NTPC is coming up at KUDGI, Bijapur district, Karnataka.
4.Viktor Yanukovych won in the Ukraine's Presidential elections by 3.48% margin. The outgoing President is Viktor Yushenko.
5.Erythroxylum coca, a plant, which is the raw ingredient of Cocaine has been a catastrophe for Columbia. "Plan Columbia"- the military-heavy US Aid Programme is fighting against FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia)Guerrillas and a smaller left rebel group - ELN.
6.Lu Di is an animal protection activist of China. The China Small Animal Protection Association (CSAPA) was launched by Lu Di in 1992.
7.India has offered $250 million line of credit and a massive 80,000 tonnes of essentials, mainly food grains, to Nepal. Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav has interacted with the Indian PM and Minister of External affairs on February 15, 2010 at New Delhi.
8.The European Union temporarily withdrew preferential tariff benefits known as GSP+ to Sri Lanka on the ground that there are 'significant shortcomings' in the implementation of suggestions of 3 UN Human Rights Conventions. As a result Sri Lanka would lose aid to the tune of 100 million dollars meant for the textile and apparel industry, directly affecting nearly one lakh workers.
9.Giuseppe Orsi, CEO of Augusta Westland, an Italian Defence major signed an agreement with TATA Sons for formation of a joint venture company, which will establish a final assembly line for AW-119 helicopters for Indian Army and also for the global market.
10.Anand G Mahindra, Vice Chairman and MD of Mahindra Group has been named the Ernst & Young Entreprenuer 2009.
Lifetime achievement award of E & Y goes to N.Vaghul, Ex-Chairman of ICICI Bank Ltd.
Manager Entreprenuer award -OP Bhatt, CMD, SBI
Start-up Entreprenuer Award -Amit Mittal,Managing Director,A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd
Healthcare and Life sciences -Pankaj R. Patel,Chairman & Managing Director,Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd.
11.Tata Power Company and Korea East West Power Company (EWP), one of the largest generation utilities of Korea, on 16.02.2010 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to identify and execute O&M (operation and maintenance) opportunities relating to third party generation assets in Asia, West Asia and Africa.
12.India Rejuvenation Initiative (IRI) a forum for probity in public life is demanding removal of lacunae in the Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Bill 2009, for protection of honest whistleblowers (those who expose wrong doing and corruption but unfortunately called 'informers')
Reason - India's "refusal" to discuss Kashmir issue in the coming talks with Pakistan.
2.The Council of Boards of Secondary Education (COBSE) to adopt a core curriculum for Physics, Chemistry,Biology and Mathematics at the senior secondary levels, according to Kapil Sibal, Union HRD Minister.
3.4000-MW greenfield thermal power by NTPC is coming up at KUDGI, Bijapur district, Karnataka.
4.Viktor Yanukovych won in the Ukraine's Presidential elections by 3.48% margin. The outgoing President is Viktor Yushenko.
5.Erythroxylum coca, a plant, which is the raw ingredient of Cocaine has been a catastrophe for Columbia. "Plan Columbia"- the military-heavy US Aid Programme is fighting against FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia)Guerrillas and a smaller left rebel group - ELN.
6.Lu Di is an animal protection activist of China. The China Small Animal Protection Association (CSAPA) was launched by Lu Di in 1992.
7.India has offered $250 million line of credit and a massive 80,000 tonnes of essentials, mainly food grains, to Nepal. Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav has interacted with the Indian PM and Minister of External affairs on February 15, 2010 at New Delhi.
8.The European Union temporarily withdrew preferential tariff benefits known as GSP+ to Sri Lanka on the ground that there are 'significant shortcomings' in the implementation of suggestions of 3 UN Human Rights Conventions. As a result Sri Lanka would lose aid to the tune of 100 million dollars meant for the textile and apparel industry, directly affecting nearly one lakh workers.
9.Giuseppe Orsi, CEO of Augusta Westland, an Italian Defence major signed an agreement with TATA Sons for formation of a joint venture company, which will establish a final assembly line for AW-119 helicopters for Indian Army and also for the global market.
10.Anand G Mahindra, Vice Chairman and MD of Mahindra Group has been named the Ernst & Young Entreprenuer 2009.
Lifetime achievement award of E & Y goes to N.Vaghul, Ex-Chairman of ICICI Bank Ltd.
Manager Entreprenuer award -OP Bhatt, CMD, SBI
Start-up Entreprenuer Award -Amit Mittal,Managing Director,A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd
Healthcare and Life sciences -Pankaj R. Patel,Chairman & Managing Director,Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd.
11.Tata Power Company and Korea East West Power Company (EWP), one of the largest generation utilities of Korea, on 16.02.2010 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to identify and execute O&M (operation and maintenance) opportunities relating to third party generation assets in Asia, West Asia and Africa.
12.India Rejuvenation Initiative (IRI) a forum for probity in public life is demanding removal of lacunae in the Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Informers) Bill 2009, for protection of honest whistleblowers (those who expose wrong doing and corruption but unfortunately called 'informers')
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
February 15, 2010
1.21 Jawans of Eastern Frontier Rifles were killed when Maoists attacked two security force camps at Sildah and Dharampur in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on February 15, 2010.
2.Shiv Sena has decided not to allow Australian cricketers to play in the IPL matches.
3.The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI)expressed concern over the ongoing repression against the Bahai community in Iran.
4.Army Chief, Deepak Kapoor,Air Chief PV Naik and Navy Chief Nirmal Verma attended the inaugural ceremony of Corps of Signal Centenary Year at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on February 15, 2010.
5.DEFEXPO - a 4-day mammoth defence exhibition opened in New Delhi on February 15, 2010.
6.India would acquire Twelve (12) AW-101 helicopters for VVIP travel from Italian Company Augusta Westland.
7.25 persons were killed when two commuter trains collided head-on in a Brussels suburb, in Belgium on February 15, 2010.
8.Dr.RK pachauri is the Director of TERI, Chairman of IPCC and Director of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).
9.Sachin Tendulkar scored 47th Test Century at Kolkata on February 15, 2010.
2.Shiv Sena has decided not to allow Australian cricketers to play in the IPL matches.
3.The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Iranian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LDDHI)expressed concern over the ongoing repression against the Bahai community in Iran.
4.Army Chief, Deepak Kapoor,Air Chief PV Naik and Navy Chief Nirmal Verma attended the inaugural ceremony of Corps of Signal Centenary Year at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on February 15, 2010.
5.DEFEXPO - a 4-day mammoth defence exhibition opened in New Delhi on February 15, 2010.
6.India would acquire Twelve (12) AW-101 helicopters for VVIP travel from Italian Company Augusta Westland.
7.25 persons were killed when two commuter trains collided head-on in a Brussels suburb, in Belgium on February 15, 2010.
8.Dr.RK pachauri is the Director of TERI, Chairman of IPCC and Director of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI).
9.Sachin Tendulkar scored 47th Test Century at Kolkata on February 15, 2010.
Monday, February 15, 2010
February 14, 2010
1.Indian Mujahideen (IM) hand suspected in Pune blast according to Intelligence agencies.
2.Lineage of boy King Tutankhamun finally solved by Egyptian archaeologists, 30 centuries after the pharaoh was sealed in a gold coffin.Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities will reveal the results of DNA testings carried out over the past 18 months on the pharaoh's mummy.
3.A/H1N1/2009 novel influenza virus also called 'supervirus' will be deadlier warn biologists.
4.Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will replace Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).CAA will have vastly strengthened administrative and regulatory powers.
5.QUICK BIRD - an American satellite to check illegal mining in Aravali hills spread across 15 districts of Rajasthan.
6.The Chief Information Commissioner is Wajajat Habibullah.
7.Operation Moshtarak is an ISAF (International Security Assistance Force (is a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement)pacification offensive in the area that is described as the "poppy-growing belt" of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. The combat operations started on February 13, 2010,and focuses on the Nad Ali District and Lashkar Gah district. It involves Afghan and troops of several ISAF-members in addition to the USMC and U.S. Army units.
The main target of the offensive was widely considered to be Marja (also Marjah or Marjeh), which had been controlled for years by Taliban militants as well as drug traffickers. Afghan troops were given a lead role in the ground forces, comprising about 60% of those troops. Around 8,000 ground forces and 7,000 support troops are involved when American, British, and other coalition troops are included.
As such, the offensive has been described as the largest since the fall of the Taliban, whose government was ousted from Kabul and Kandahar in October-December 2001, but proceeded to resist in the following years in an ongoing guerrilla war known as the Taliban insurgency. This became especially clear during the violent campaign in the midst of the Afghan presidential elections in 2009.
8.A life-size portrait of celebrated Indian-origin Nobel prize winning writer was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in the UK.
9.Mr.Sanjiv Mehta, a Mumbai-born entreprenuer is planning to relaunch The East India Company, which once ruled India. He plans to start the company stores at Conduit Street of the main Regent Street in the heart of London.
10.According to PM's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman, Dr.C.Rangarajan, PMEAC is set to revise GDP outlook for the fiscal year 2010.
11.NMDC Ltd. is the largest iron ore producer in India.Rana Som is the CMD of NMDC.
2.Lineage of boy King Tutankhamun finally solved by Egyptian archaeologists, 30 centuries after the pharaoh was sealed in a gold coffin.Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities will reveal the results of DNA testings carried out over the past 18 months on the pharaoh's mummy.
3.A/H1N1/2009 novel influenza virus also called 'supervirus' will be deadlier warn biologists.
4.Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will replace Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).CAA will have vastly strengthened administrative and regulatory powers.
5.QUICK BIRD - an American satellite to check illegal mining in Aravali hills spread across 15 districts of Rajasthan.
6.The Chief Information Commissioner is Wajajat Habibullah.
7.Operation Moshtarak is an ISAF (International Security Assistance Force (is a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement)pacification offensive in the area that is described as the "poppy-growing belt" of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. The combat operations started on February 13, 2010,and focuses on the Nad Ali District and Lashkar Gah district. It involves Afghan and troops of several ISAF-members in addition to the USMC and U.S. Army units.
The main target of the offensive was widely considered to be Marja (also Marjah or Marjeh), which had been controlled for years by Taliban militants as well as drug traffickers. Afghan troops were given a lead role in the ground forces, comprising about 60% of those troops. Around 8,000 ground forces and 7,000 support troops are involved when American, British, and other coalition troops are included.
As such, the offensive has been described as the largest since the fall of the Taliban, whose government was ousted from Kabul and Kandahar in October-December 2001, but proceeded to resist in the following years in an ongoing guerrilla war known as the Taliban insurgency. This became especially clear during the violent campaign in the midst of the Afghan presidential elections in 2009.
8.A life-size portrait of celebrated Indian-origin Nobel prize winning writer was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in the UK.
9.Mr.Sanjiv Mehta, a Mumbai-born entreprenuer is planning to relaunch The East India Company, which once ruled India. He plans to start the company stores at Conduit Street of the main Regent Street in the heart of London.
10.According to PM's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) Chairman, Dr.C.Rangarajan, PMEAC is set to revise GDP outlook for the fiscal year 2010.
11.NMDC Ltd. is the largest iron ore producer in India.Rana Som is the CMD of NMDC.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
February 13, 2010
1.A powerful bomb blast in Pune's German Bakery leaves 11 persons dead and and about 50 injured on February 13, 2010.
2.Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru, judge of the J&K High Court appointed new Chief Justice of AP High Court.
3.Rawoulfia sepentina (Sarpagandha;Indian snake root) and Gloriosa superba (tiger lily) head the list of rare medicinal plants of India which are on the verge of extinction.
4.BOOKS AND AUTHORS: A Disobedient Girl - by RU Freeman
5.Mohammaed Yusuf Shah alias Syed Salahuddin is the supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).He is also the Chairman of United Jihad Council (UJC).
6.Tranquility - is the Europe's $380 million International Space Station' newest room.Station Commander Jeffrey Williams, George Zamka and other astronauts entered Tranquility on February 12, 2010.
7.Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja gets one year IPL ban.
8.Georgean Luger, Kumaritashvili died on the first day of Vacouver Winter Olymics.
2.Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru, judge of the J&K High Court appointed new Chief Justice of AP High Court.
3.Rawoulfia sepentina (Sarpagandha;Indian snake root) and Gloriosa superba (tiger lily) head the list of rare medicinal plants of India which are on the verge of extinction.
4.BOOKS AND AUTHORS: A Disobedient Girl - by RU Freeman
5.Mohammaed Yusuf Shah alias Syed Salahuddin is the supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM).He is also the Chairman of United Jihad Council (UJC).
6.Tranquility - is the Europe's $380 million International Space Station' newest room.Station Commander Jeffrey Williams, George Zamka and other astronauts entered Tranquility on February 12, 2010.
7.Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja gets one year IPL ban.
8.Georgean Luger, Kumaritashvili died on the first day of Vacouver Winter Olymics.
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