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.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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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