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The Audio-Visual presentation of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Jana Gana
Mana’ poem in full five stanzas by various artists unveiled in Aug 11 by
Finance MInister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee is named
Jaya Hey
The person who has been awarded the Tenzing Norgay Lifetime Achievement
Award, 2010
Late Col Balwant
Singh Sandhu
The director of controversial Hindi film Aarakshan Prakash Jha
The winner of National Snooker Championship held in Chennai Aditya Mehta
The winner of National Billiards Championship held in Chennai Pankaj Advani
The SAARC nation which has recently banned smoking in public places Nepal
The world's largest floating library which has recently docked in at
Visakhapatnam
MV Logos Hope
According to the World Investment Report 2011 released by UNCTAD in July
2011, India’s position among the top 20 FDI recipients is
14th (it was 8th in
2009.)
The number of unemployed persons in the country as the latest reports
available for 2009-10 is
9.50 million
The joint operation launched by the security forces of Bihar, U.P. and
Jharkhand to apprehend the maoists is named
Operation
Vishwas
The spacecraft launched by NASA on a journey to Jupiter is named Juno
The Committee on Customer Service in Banks, constituted by the RBI in 2010,
which submitted its report in Aug 2011 was headed by
M. Damodaran
The theme of National Environment Awareness Compaign 2011-12 launched
by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Forests for
Sustainable
Livelihood
The cargo ship which started sinking off the coast of Mumbai and the crew of
which were rescued by Indian Coast Guard
M.V. Rak Carrier
The animal which has been added by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
to the list of animals that cannot be trained or used as a performing animal
under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960.
Bull
M T Pavit, an oil tanker that drifted in from the Persian Gulf and lay stranded
at Mumbai on 31 Jul 11 belongs to
Panama
The Indian shooter, who has secured number one rankng in the world in
doubletrap shooting
Ronjan Sodhi
The variety of mango grown around foothills of Girnar mountains in Gujarat's
Junagadh district, which has been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Gir Kesar
The new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes Shri M. C. Joshi
JULY-2011
The new chief of the Indian Air Force
Air Chief Marshal
Norman Anil Kumar
Browne
The new Chairperson of National Commission for Women
Smt Mamata
Sharma
The Indian who has been awarded the 2011 Magsaysay Award for "Guiding
villages to find their own ways towards hope and progress"
Nileema Mishra
The Indian who has been awarded the 2011 Magsaysay Award for "Lighting
the way to make solar power work for the poor".
Harish Hande
The chemical which has been recently notified as an explosive by the
Government of India
Ammonium Nitrate
The African nation where famine has been declared in its two regions. Somalia
The spacecraft of NASA which is on a mission to two largest members of the
asteroid belt, the Vesta and the Ceres (it reached Vesta on Jul 16, 2011)
Dawn
The former football player who has been awarded the Dhyanchand Award in
recognition for his lifetime achievement in sports.
Shabbir Ali
Cadel Evans, the cyclist who recently won the 2011 Tour de France belongs
to
Australia
The Prime Minister-elect of Tibetan Government in exile who is to take oath
on August 8 in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh
Lobsang Sangay
The person who has been conferred honorary doctorate by Middlesex
University, London in recognition of his contribution to entertainment in
India and throughout the world
Shiamak Davar
The country with which India has signed a Civil Nuclear Deal in Jul 2011.
(India has already signed Civil Nuclear Deal with US, France, Russia,
Canada, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Argentina and Namibia since 2008).
South Korea
The place where setting up of Indian Sign Language Research & Training
Centre (ISLRTC), has been approved on project basis for a period of five
years
New Delhi
The place where Indian Statistical Institute has opened a new centre Tezpur, Assam
The Indian actress who has been awarded Knight of the Order of Arts and
Letters from France in recognition of her contribution to the world of cinema
and to the development of Franco-Indian co-operation in the film industry
Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan
The state which has recorded the highest number of domestic tourists for the
year 2010
Andhra Pradesh
The ace Indian shooter who has been chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
Award 2010
Gagan Narang
The government recently cleared international oil company BP Plc buying
30% stake in most of Reliance Industries' (RIL) oil and gas blocks, including
the showpiece KG-D6 gas fields, for $7.2 billion. BP Plc is headquartered in
London, U.K.
The Chess player who has become the second Indian Grandmaster among
Indian woman (Koneru Humpy being the first)
D Harika
The Indian queen who has been listed among 10 wives who were resolute
even in troubled times by the Times magazine
Rani Lakshmibai
The person appointed as the new Solicitor General of India in place of Gopal
Subramaniam
Rohinton F Nariman
The Indian cricketer who has become the second highest run-getter in test
cricket (the first slot being occupied by Sachin Tendulkar)
Rahul Dravid
The mini satellite to be launched by astronauts aboard International Space
Station on Aug 3 in honour of the 50th anniversary of Russian astronaut
Yury Gagarin's pioneering space flight is named
Kedr
The former Indian Prime Minister who has been chosen for Bangladesh's
highest state honour, 'Bangladesh Swadhinata Sanmanona'
Mrs. Indira Gandhi
INS Teg, INS Tarkash and INS Trikhand, the three frigates which will be
inducted into the Indian Navy are being built by
Russia
The last of the US space shuttles which completed its last trip to the space by
landing at Kennedy Space Centre on Jul 21
Atlantis
The ICT based solution for vehicle registration launched by the Ministry of
Road Transport and Highways is named
Vaahan
The one stop solution to Motor Vehicle Driver Licensing launched by the
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is named
Sarathi
The venue of 46th World Archery Championship 2011, held during 3 - 10 Jul
11
Turin, Italy
The place in Andhra Pradesh which is reported to have about 49,000 tonnes
of uranium — three times the original estimate of the area’s deposits, with
the potential of becoming the world’s largest uranium mine.
Tumulapalli
The mascot of FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 held in Germany Karla Kick, the cat
The team which has won the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 held in
Germany by defeating USA in the finals
Japan
Eran, the place at which archeological monuments and remains have been
declared monuments of national importance is located in
Madhya Pradesh
The village in Darjeeling where a historic tripartite agreement has been
signed by the Central Govt, WB State Govt and Gorkhaland Janmukti
Morcha on the Gorkhaland issue.
Pintail
The place at which a new Officers Training Academy for training military
officers for short-service commission has come up
Gaya, Bihar
The oldest commissioned ship of the Indian Navy which has been Sharabh
decommissioned this month
GSAT-12, India's latest communication satellite has been launched on 15 Jul
from Sriharikota aboard
PSLV C-17
The day which has been selected to be celebrated as Common Service Centre
(CSC) Diwas every year to mark the incorporation of CSC e-Governance
Services India Ltd on this day in 2009
Jul 16
Mount Lokon, a volcano which started erupting on Jul 14 is located in Indonesia
The place where Prabhash Prasang, a two-day festival on vernacular
journalism is being held
Indore
The country which has passed the controversial boycott law making it a civil
offence to call for an economic, cultural, or academic boycott of people or
institutions
Israel
The South Korean power equipment-maker which will set up a power
equipment manufacturing unit at Chennai, in Tamil Nadu
Doosan
The venue of 5th World Military Games to be held from Jul 16 to Jul 24
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
The 168-year old newspaper owned by News International (Chairman -
James Murdoch) which was finally shut down in the face of the raging phone
hacking scandal
News of the World
The last active Space Shuttle of the United States which was launched on its
final mission from Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011, in Cape Canaveral
Atlantis
The cruise ship which sank recently in Volga river in Russia on Jul 10 was
named
Bulgaria
The Indian Air Force base where the C-17 Globe III, the largest strategic
heavy lift aircraft being acquired from US are planned to be inducted
Hindan
The team which has topped the medals tally at 19 Asian
Athletics Championship held at Kobe, Japan. India finished 8th with 11
medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 8 bronze)
Japan
The venue of 21st President's Cup International Boxing Tournament Jakarta
The planet which is completing its first revolution of the sun this year since
its discovery in 1846. (The period of revolution is 164.79 years)
Neptune
The venue of 19th Asian Athetics Championship 2011 Kobe, Japan
The country which has become the 193rd country of the world to be
recognised by the UN on 09 Jul 11 after its independence from Sudan. Its
first President is President General Salva Kiir Mayardit and its capital is
Juba
(Note: Vatican City, Kosovo and Taiwan are not UN recognised independent
countries.)
South Sudan
The Maternal Mortality Rate of India as per the latest figures released for
2007-09 is
212
The film Gandhi to Hitler is directed by
Rakesh Ranjan
Singh
The Ukrainian coach who has been removed from his position for being
responsible for Indian athletes failing in the the dope test
Yuri Ogrodnik
The Padmanabhaswamy Temple which was in news recently for the
discovery of huge amount of wealth is located in
Thiruvananthapuram
The material which has been sought to be banned by National Human Rights
Commission, for it being responsible for various incurable diseases including
cancer
Chrysotile Asbestos
or White asbestos
The new and the first woman Prime Minister of Thailand
Yingluck
Shinawatra
The player from Serbia who has won Wimbledon 2011 Men's title by
defeating Spain's Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
The actor who has been chosen as the Brand Ambassador for Ministry of
Women and Child Development for spreading the message of curbing
malnutrition among children
Aamir Khan
Professor Amartya Sen was conferred the Degree of Doctor of Literature,
honoris causa, by the National University of Education Planning and
Administration (NUEPA) which is located in
New Delhi
Soputan, the volcano which has erupted recently is located in Indonesia
The new tactical short-range missile with a range of 150 km developed by
DRDO is named
Prahar
The Czech national who has won the Women's Wimbledon title for the year
2011, defeating Russian Maria Sharapova
Petra Kvitova
The honorarium payable to Anganwadi workers has been increased by the
Government from Rs. 1500/- to
Rs. 3000/-
The newly opened world's longest cross-sea bridge, the Jiaozhou Bay bridge
(26 miles (42 kilometers) long) links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to
the island of
Huangdao
The new Chief Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar
JUNE-11
The Indian businessman who has been awarded the Knight in the Order of the
Legion of Honor by the French Government
Rahul Bajaj
Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, which has been directed by the Environment
Minister to be upgraded to a tiger reserve is located in
Goa
The person who has become the first Indian to be appointed the Chief
Operating Officer of Global FMCG giant Unilever Harish Manwani
The new Chief of Integrated Defence Staff
Vice Admiral
Shekhar Sinha
The person who has been conferred the Hindi Academy Shalaka Samman Arvind Kumar
The person who has become the first Indian to be conferred Crans Montana Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Forum Award (The Crans Montana Forum is a Swiss International
Organization created in Crans Montana (Switzerland) in 1986. It is formally
recognised notably for its purpose to contribute to the construction of a more
Humane World: "Committed to a more Humane World".)
The new social networking service launched by Google is named Google Plus
The place from which the nationwide socio-economic and caste census to
identify people living below poverty line (BPL) was flagged off
Shankhola, in
Tripura West
The latest version of Microsoft Office launched by Microsoft in India
Microsoft Office
365
The protest by Mahatma Gandhi, which has figured in the Time magazine's
list of Top 10 Most Influential Protests
Salt Satyagraha
The Indian journalist, who has been presented with the 17th Indu Sharma
Katha Samman 2011 for his novel 'MaCluskieganj'
Vikas Kumar Jha
The new chief of International Monetary Fund
Christine Lagarde
(from France)
The venue of 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony Toronto, Canada
Meghdoot Awards which were conferred recently are given to Postal Employees
The chemical used in IEDs, whose production has been sought to be
restrained in Pakistan by the US
Ammonia Nitrate
The country which has recently ratified two UN Conventions - UN
Convention on Suppression of Terrorism Financing and UN Convention
against Transnational Organised Crimes
Nepal
The country in which two-month long Festival of India has been organised
with effect from 26 Jun 2011
South Africa
The Indian writer who has bagged two top literary awards for her criticallyacclaimed
debut novel Saraswati Park -- the Betty Trask Award and the
Desmond Elliot Prize.
Anjali Joseph
The Tourism Ministry is planning to set up 20 parks on Sentosa model to
boost tourism. Sentosa is an island in
Singapore
The project launched by Indian Navy in MoU with IGNOU, for in-service
training to its sailors is named
Sagardeep
The salary limit below which salaried tax-payers are exempt from filing
income tax returns as per the latest government notification
Rs. 5 lakhs
So that Others May Live, a coffee table book has been released by Indian Air Force
The gas-based 726 MW capacity Palatana Power Project, which is being
constructed by ONGC is in
Tripura
Ducati, the motorcycle manufacturer which unveiled its latest model Diavel
in India, is based in
Italy
The first new generation Nerpa Akula-II class nuclear attack submarine,
which will be inducted in Indian Navy by the end of this year is being
procured on 10-year lease from
Russia
The chemical used for artificial ripening of fruits, which has been banned by Calcium Carbide
Delhi Government
The arm of ISRO, which has prepared a detailed national inventory of
wetlands on the basis of satellite imagery
Space Applications
Centre
The National Hockey Championship, which was held in Bhopal was won by Haryana
Forbesganj, which was in news for police firing on unarmed villagers is
located in
Bihar
Dakshin Dare, a car and bike rally held in Jun 11, began in Chennai and
ended at
Bengaluru
A mishap at Cuddegal iron ore mine site killed 3 people recently. Cuddegal is
in
Goa
Konaben , ONGC's gas well which is in news for unstoppable gas leak is
located in
Tripura
MV Wisdom, the cargo ship which was grounded at Mumbai after it broke
off from the tugboat while being towed to Alang for shipbreaking belongs to
Singapore
India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management, which
has been launched in New Delhi, is under
Election
Commission of
India
The century's longest lunar eclipse which occurred on 16 Jun 2011 (past
midnight of 15 Jun) lasted for
100 minutes
MV Suez, a cargo ship which was hijacked in Aug 2010, to be released
recently after payment of a ransom belonged to (the ship had six Indians on
board)
Egypt
The Hollywood action star, who alongwith Former Boxing champion Mike
Tyson has been inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame
Sylvester Stallone
Ustad Asad Ali Khan, the renowned musician, who passed away on 14 Jun
2011 was an exponent of
Rudra Veena
Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano, which has erupted early this month is
located in the Andes range in
Chile
India's 10,000 MW Nuclear Power Project (which will be the biggest when
completed) has been given the clearance to come up at
Kovvada, Andhra
Pradesh
Lafarge, an international cement company which is setting up a cement plant
in Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh is based in
France
The book by Jawaharlal Nehru which has been brought out in Braille edition
Letters from a
Father to his
Daughter
India’s first cruise liner and onboard training ship is named
M.V. AMET
MAJESTY
Bharti group has exited the financial services joint venture with French firm
AXA. The company has sold its 74% holding to
Reliance Industries
Ltd
The island ceded by India to Sri Lanka in 1974, case for retrieval of which
has been filed by Ms Jayalalitha in the Supreme Court
Katchchatheevu
The age limit for the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme 60 years
(IGNOAPS) has been lowered from 65 years to
The latest warship commissioned in the Indian Navy (built by Garden Reach
Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata and named after an island in
Andaman and Nicobar archipelago)
INS Kabra
World’s highest railway bridge which is coming up between Katra and Laol
in Jammu and Kashmir is over river (to be built at a height of 359 meters, the
bridge will be 35 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower of Paris)
Chenab
The bird species (once found in large numbers in India), which has been
uplisted by IUCN to critically endangered due to drastic reduction in numbers
Great Indian
Bustard
Etisalat, a major telecommunication company in the world, which was in
news when its Indian unit Swan Telecom was involved in 2G Spectrum scam
is based in
UAE
The tennis player who won the French Open 2011 for the sixth time,
defeating Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal of
Spain
The new heavy lift military aircraft being procured by India from the U.S. in
a biggest-ever defence deal to be entered between the two countries.
C - 17
The city which has been chosen to be the venue of UN Conference on Biodiversity
to be held in Oct 2012
Hyderabad
The company which joined the United Nations' Clean Development Mission
(CDM) programme, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions from its
operations.
Maruti Suzuki
Li Na who won the French Open 2011 (the first Grand Slam for her country)
by defeating Francesca Schiavone of Italy belongs to
China
The new President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with effect from May
29, 2011
Dr Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan
Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina lost in the French Open
Women's Doubles Finals to Czech duo of
Andrea Hlavackova
and Lucie Hradecka
MI6, the intelligence service which hacked the website of Al-Qaeda belongs
to
United Kingdom
The deadly foodborne bacteria which has infected over 1600 people in 11
European nations, including Germany and Spain
Escherichia coli
A major initiatives launched by the Ministry of Rural Development to bring
the poorest of the poor above the poverty line by ensuring viable livelihood
opportunities to them
National Rural
Livelihood Mission
The endangered species of deer found only in Kashmir (Dachigam National
Park), census of which was conducted by the Wildlife Institue of India in Mar
11
Hangul
The Tibetan Parliament in exile which has been recently in news is
headquartered at
Dharamshala (H.P.)
India's national initiative guaranteeing free delivery, free medicines and diet
for pregnant women in government health institutes is named
Janani-Shishu
Suraksha
Karyakram
The state which has increased the minimum age limit for buying and drinking
alcohol from 21 to 25
Maharashtra
MAY-11
According to a report published by the United Nations, India's population is
projected to peak by this year
2060
The winner of Santosh Trophy 2011 held in May 2011 in Assam West Bengal
The country which has released a postal stamp on Rabindranath Tagore to
commemorate his 150 birth anniversay
Sri Lanka
The US Space Shuttle which made its last flight in May 2011. (it had first
flown in 1992)
Endeavour
The new Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes Prakash Chandra
The new aircraft being acquired by the Indian Navy for deployment on its
aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya
MiG 29K
The medium-power radar being commissioned by IAF (developed by
Defence Research and Development Organisation) to be deployed on
Pakistan border is named
Arudhra
The country which has decided to shut down all its nuclear power plants by
2022, a decision that would make it the first major industrialised power to go
nuclear-free in the aftermath of the atomic disaster in Japan
Germany
The country to which Tata Motors has first exported its small car Nano Sri Lanka
The Committee constituted by GoI to examine ways to strengthen laws to
curb the generation of black money in the country, its illegal transfer abroad
and its recovery will be headed by
Chairman, CBDT
India's longest railway tunnel, which is under construction in the Pir Panjal
mountain range will connect Qazigund in Kashmir with
Banihal in Jammu
region.
The countries with which India has signed a Double Taxation Avoidance
Agreement (DTAA) to check tax evasion and facilitate exchange of banking
information
Ethiopia and
Tanzania
The professor of IIT-Mumbai who has been selected for the prestigious G D
Birla Award for Scientific Research for his contributions in the area of
electronic communications
Subhasis Chaudhuri
With effect from 01 Jun 11, women will be considered senior citizens for
railway concessions at the age of
58
The new FICCI Secretary General, replacing Amit Mitra who has joined the
new West Bengal Govt
Rajiv Kumar
Grimsvotn volcano, which has erupted effecting air-traffic in Europe is
located in
Iceland
The People's Tribunal on the Safety, Viability and Cost Efficiency of Justice (retd) A P
Nuclear Energy set up by the protesters against Jaitapur Nuclear Project is
headed by
Shah and Justice
(retd) S D Pandit.
The Pakistani Naval Base, which was taken over by Militants for about 18
hours on May 22-23
Mehran
The venue of Second Africa - India Forum, India being represented by Dr.
Manmohan Singh
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Three Gorges dam, the largest in the world, has been causing environmental
problems in China is built on the river
Yangtze
The climber from Arunachal Pradesh who has become the first woman
mountaineer in the world to achieve the feat of climbing Mt Everest twice in
the same season (First on May 12 and second time on May 22)
Anshu Jamsenpa
Sea-bird Naval base, Phase I of which was completed in May 2011 is
located at
Karwar, Karnataka
GSAT-8, aboard Ariane 5 launcher was launched on May 21 from
Guiana Space
Centre, Kouru
Oldest Indian woman and also the first woman from Jharkhand to scale Mt
Everest. See interactivity on Everest Achievers here Premlata Agarwal
The green innovative concept, evolved at the behest of the President of
India, to create eco-friendly sustainable urban habitats is named
Roshni
The place in Madhya Pradesh, where a new refinery set up by Bharat Oman
Refineries Ltd has been dedicated to the nation
Bina
The Indian swimmer who has won eight medals, including three gold at the
54th Malaysian Open Swimming Championship
Virdhawal Khade
The state which has become the largest producer of bio-fertilisers as per the
latest data
Tamilnadu
Gamesa, the company which has signed an agreement with power company
Caparo Energy India Ltd. to deliver wind turbines belongs to
Spain
The country which has leased land in Uganda and Tanzania to improve
food-security in its own country
Bangladesh
The new Chief Minister of Puducherry N Rangaswamy
The onboard magazine of Indian Railways which has been released recently
to be distributed free on Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express trains and AC coaches
of Duranto
Rail Bandhu
The winner of Sultan Azlan Shah Trophy played in Malaysia (Runner-up :
Pakistan)
Australia
The new Chief Minister of Kerala (from Congress) Oommen Chandy
The founder of Bharat Kisan Union who died on 15 May 2011 (BKU was
formed on 17 Oct 1986)
Mahindra Singh
Tikait
The person who has been chosen to captain Indian cricket team during its
tour to West Indies in Jun 2011
Suresh Raina
The sixth economic census is planned to be conducted by the Government of
India in the year (the 5th census was held in 2005)
2012
The venue of 2011 Arafura Games which are held once every 2 years for
upcoming sportsperson of the Asia-Pacific region
Darwin, Australia
The Indian boxer who was the lone Indian Gold Medallist at the Arafura
Games and was also awarded the 'Best Boxer' trophy
Pinki Jangra
Pakistan's new 330-megawatt nuclear power plant built with Chinese
assistance is located at
Chashma
The person who has bettered his own world record of climbing Mt Everest
20 times by doing it the 21st time
Apa Sherpa
The founder of Super 30, (an Indian educational program to train 30 talented
students from economically backward sections for IIT-JEE), who is being
conferred 'Education in Excellence Award-2011 by Doha Chapter of Bihar
Foundation
Anand Kumar
The person who has been chosen for 2011 ITU World Telecommunication
and Information Society Award by the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU), the leading United Nations agency for Information and
Communication Technology
Mr. Sam Pitroda
The lake on which Tulbul project, talks on which have resumed between
India and Pakistan, is located
Wular Lake
The person who has been chosen for Jawaharlal Nehru Award for
International Understanding 2009.
German Chancellor
Angela Merkel
The newly formed World Spice Organisation is to be headquartered at Kochi, Kerala
Twelve-year old Mumbai girl nicknamed the 'Little Mermaid', who entered
the Limca Book of World Records after becoming the youngest to win the
Kimberley National Lake Argyle Swim in the crocodile infested waters of
Kununurra, Western Australia.
Swapnali Yadav
The joint exercise of the Army and the Air Force being conducted in the
deserts of Bikaner and Suratgarh in Rajasthan is named
Vijayee Bhava
Five—time world champion who clinched her first gold medal of the year by
winning the Asian Cup Women’s Boxing tournament in Haikou, China
M C Mary Kom
The Indian origin person who has retained his position as the richest person
in the UK for the 7th year in a row in 2011
Lakshmi Mittal
The venue of 3-day film festival organised to commemorate the 150 birth
anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
New Delhi
The new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who has been appointed
following the death of Mr Dorji Khandu in an aircrash
Jarbom Gamlin
Maheshwar Hydro Power Project which was given the go-ahead for
resumption of the stalled construction is located on
River Narmada in
M.P.
The Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh who has died in a Pawan Hans
helicopter crash
Dorji Khandu
The limit for making payments using mobile phones, known as m-wallet,
has been increased by RBI from Rs 5,000 to.
Rs. 50,000
India's fastest computer in terms of theoretical peak performance of 220 SAGA-220
TeraFLOPS (220 Trillion Floating Point Operations per second) developed
by Satish Dhawan Supercomputing Facility located at Vikram Sarabhai
Space Centre (VSSC) under Indian Space Research Organisation is named
The venue of Asian Development Bank's 44th Board of Governor's Annual
Meet, India being represented by Shri Pranab Mukherjee
Hanoi, Vietnam
APRIL-11
Chief Minister's Sarvottam Shramik Puraskar and Labour Minister's
Uttam Shramik Puraskar for workers in various sectors such as
construction, manufacturing and transportation etc. have been launched by
Delhi Government
Shramik Helpline number launched by Delhi Government to handle
complaints from workers.
12789
The coastal security exercise involving all the agencies looking after
maritime security to be conducted on Goa's shoreline is named
Sagar Kawach
The new CEO and MD of Infosys Technologies SD Shibulal
The new chairman of Infosys Technologies KV Kamath
The place in Uttarakhand where Indian Institute of Management is coming
up, the foundation stone of which was laid recently
Kashipur
The person who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the
year 2010
K Balachander
The person who has been appointed the coach of Indian cricket team in
place of Gary Kirsten
Duncan Fletcher of
Zimbabwe
The committee which has been appointed to look into Air India Wage issues
is headed by
Justice
Dharmadhikari
The person who has been appointed the chief of Indian Olympic Association
in the wake of the arrest of Suresh Kalmadi
VK Malhotra
The first person to conquer Mt. Everest twice (in 1963 and 1965), who died
recently
Nawang Gombu
The Indian cricketer who has been ranked 52nd in Time's annual list of top
100 most influential people in the world. (The others are in the list are
Mukesh Ambani (61), VS Ramachandran (79), Azim Premji (88) and Aruna
Roy (89).
MS Dhoni
The table tennis player who has won the Joola Austria Junior and Cadet
Open title at Linz, Austria beating compatriot Soumyajit Ghosh, and thus
become the first Indian to win the Junior Boys singles title in the Global
Junior Circuit events of the International Table Tennis Federation.
Harmeet Desai
The civil rights activist who has been honoured with the 2011 Gwangju
Prize for Human Rights, South Korea's most prestigious award for those
working on peace, democracy and justice in Asia
Binayak Sen
The police of this UT has become the first police force in the country to get
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for keeping a watch on criminal activities. (The
UAV has been named Golden Hawk)
Chandigarh
Iodized salt is now proposed by the Government of India to be additionally
fortified by
Iron
X-SAT which was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-
C16 alongwith RESOURCESAT-2 is the first satellite of
Singapore
YOUTHSAT which was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV)-C16 alongwith RESOURCESAT-2 satellite is a joint project of
India and
Russia
Indian chess player who has won the Dubai International Open Chess by
defeating Parimarjan Negi
Abhijeet Gupta
I AM KALAM, directed by Nila Madhab Panda, which won the audience
award at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) is produced by this
NGO
Smile
Indian American cancer specialist and the author of 'The Emperor of All
Maladies: A Biography of Cancer' who has been awarded this year's Pulitzer
prize in the general non-fiction category
Siddhartha
Mukherjee
The film which has won the best feature film award at the Geneva
International Film Festival
The Desire
The actor-director who has been conferred the Knight of the Order of Arts
and Letters, France's highest cultural award for her contribution to the
development of Indo-French cooperation in the field of cinema
Nandita Das
The space explorer mission launched by NASA in Dec 2009, which has
recently released a trove of data from its sky-mapping mission to the world
WISE (Wide-field
Infrared Survey
Explorer)
The country which has launched a Hindi website for providing better
information access to families of Indian students
Australia
The city designed by German town-planner Dr. Otto Kolenigs Berger, which
is celebrating 63 years of its formation this year
Bhubhaneswar
The Navratna Company which has been conferred the status of a Maharatna
Company recently.
See also Scope Awards and Maharatna and Navratna Companies
Coal India Ltd
The Indian cricketer who has been named the Leading Cricketer of the
World for 2010 by Wisden. (Virender Sehwag was the Leading Cricketer for
2008 and 2009)
Sachin Tendulkar
The jail at which National Literacy Mission has been launched to prevent
prisoners from becoming second-time prisoners
Tihar Jail
The new chairperson of National Commission for Women with effect from
08 April 2011
Smt Yasmeen Abrar
Sanya the venue for BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa)
summit in April is in (India being represented by PM Manmohan Singh)
China
The country, home to Europe's largest Muslim population, which has
banned women from wearing full-face veils in public places
France
Beidou satellite launched as a part of Global Positioning System belongs to China
The Chainsa-Sultanpur-Neemrana gas pipeline was commissioned recently.
Chainsa and Neemrana are respectively in
Uttar Pradesh and
Rajasthan
The new Chairman of State Bank of India replacing OP Bhatt Pratip Chaudhuari
The sportsperson who has been chosen for the Global Diversity Award for
Sports 2011 for his outstanding achievements in cricket and his recent
induction into the ICC Hall of Fame 2010, by the Next Step Foundation.
Kapil Dev
Arthur Road has been in news recently more than once. What is located at
Arthur Road?
Mumbai Central
Prison
A painting by moghul period painter Abul Hasan sold at a record price of
Rs. 10 crores at an auction in London. The painting was a potrait of
Jahangir
With effect from 01.04.11, the National Floor Level Minimum Wage
(NFLMW) has been revised on the basis of rise in All India Consumer Price
Index for Industrial Workers from Rs. 100/- per day to
Rs. 115/- per day
IIT-Kanpur's indigenously built nano satellite which is likely to be launched
by the end of June this year from Sriharikota is named
Jugnu
The state which has raised Koya Commandos to combat the naxalites Chhattisgarh
The Kannada writer who has been chosen for Saraswati Samman instituted
by KK Birla Foundation
S L Bhyrappa
The interim headquarters of International Renewable Energy Agency which
will become its permanent headquarters
UAE
The new Chairperson of Central Board of Film Censors, Ms Leela Samson,
is also the chairperson of this institution
Sangeet Natak
Akademi
The Indian tennis duo which have become number one in the ATP Doubles
Team rankings following their win at Miami Masters
Leander Paes and
Mahesh Bhupathi
The cricketer who has been conferred Sai Ratna Award by the Sai Baba
Temple Trust at Shirdi
Sachin Tendulkar
The state which has recorded negative population growth for the decade
2001-11 as per the provisional census data
Nagaland
Poco poco dance has been sought to be banned for the Muslims of the
country to which it belongs. The country is
Malaysia
MARCH-11
The controversial book "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His
Struggle With India" has been written by
Joseph Lelyveld
The renowned Bharatanatyam danseuse who has been appointed the
new Chairperson of Central Board of Film Censors
Leela Samson
The airport which has bagged the ''Best Airport India'' award at the
Skytrax World Airport Awards in Copenhagen, Denmark
Bangalore International
Airport (BIAL)
By commissioning its UP based 600 MW Lanco Anpara Power, this
company has become the largest independent power producer in the
country
Lanco Infratech
Rajiv Trivedi, the police officer, who became the fastest person to
swin the Palk Strait on Mar 25 belongs to
Andhra Pradesh
The comet-hunting spacecraft which was finally shut down after 12
years of operation
Stardust
The country which switched to permanent summer-time from
daylight saving time providing for different standards of time for
winter and summer
Russia
Baselworld Fair being held in Switzerland is premiere fair in Watches, gems and jewellery
The decade 2011-20 has been declared by UN General Assembly as
the decade for
Road Safety
Odisha and Odia are the new names given to erstwhile names of
Orissa (state) and Oriya (language) by this amendment bill
113th Amendment Bill
SIMBEX-2011, joint naval exercise being held from 18 to 25 Mar
2011 involve India and
Singapore
The new drug for Tuberculosis manufactured by Cadilla, released
by the Government on World Tuberculosis Day, Mar 24
Risorine
Nirmal Gram Puraskars which were awarded recently, have been
instituted by Ministry of Rural Development, for villages which
achieve
100% sanitation i.e they are
100% open defecation free
(ODF)
Two drugs which have been banned with effect from 18 Mar 2011.
See more on Banned Drugs
Gatifloxacin and Tegaserod
Kavoshgar-4 rocket launched recently with a test capsule designed
to house an animal belongs to this country
Iran
The recruitment agency which has become the first ever ISO-
9001:2008 certified recruiting agency in the Government sector
Staff Selection Commission
(Northern Region)
The Kraal, which was once Mahatma Gandhi's house recently in
news for Coal India Ltd's effort to acquire it and convert it into a
memorial is in
Johannesburg, South Africa
The Chowmohalla Palace which has been given the prestigious
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Merit Award for Culture Heritage
Conservation is located in
Hyderabad
The sports disciplines which were a part of Beijing Olympics, but
have been removed from XXX London Olympics
Baseball and Softball
The Exhibition of Innovations being held simultaneously with the
Udyanotsav is held at
Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New
Delhi
The committee constituted to review aspects of the agreement
between Antrix (Arm of ISRO) and M/s Devas Multimedia Pvt. in
the S Band Spectrum allotment was headed by
B.K. Chaturvedi
The MPLAD fund available for Members of Parliament has been
increased from Rs. 2 crores to
5 crores
Arjun, the Main Battle Tank developed by DRDO and finally
inducted into the India Army in Mar 2011 is manufactured at
Heavy Vehicles Factory,
Avadi
The place where World Kannada Convention is being held Belgaum
The per capita availability of water in India as per the latest reports
is (See also Water Stressed Condition
1,625 cubic meters
The person who has been selected for the Chameli Devi Jain award
2010 for outstanding woman mediaperson.
KK Shahina
The state where Hyderabad based Atomic Minerals Directorate has
discovered uranium reserves (Nalgonda and Tummalapalle)
Andhra Pradesh
Bru refugees who were in news for being repatriated from Tripura
to their homeland recently, originally belong to
Mizoram
The book "Matters of Discretion: An Autobiography" has been
written by
I K Gujral
Bhuvan, a satellite mapping tool similar to Google Earth has been
developed by
Indian Space Research
Organisation
The state in which a case of illegal courts functioning by
entertaining suits and issuing notices and summons has come to
light
Tamilnadu
As per the latest report the state which has the highest number of
wild elephants in India is
Kerala (6068), Assam (5281)
Manipur (Nil)
Hinduastan Aeronautics Limited has tied up with Rosoboronexport
to develop fifth generation aircraft. Rosoboronexport is a company
from
Russia
As per the latest report the state which has the highest rate of both
urban and rural youth
Tripura
As per the latest government release the state which has the highest
area of forest land under encroachment
Assam
The drugs which have been banned by the Government of India due
to their side effects
Nimesulide, Cisapride and
Phenylpropanolamine
The new scheme launched by Dept of Telecommunications for Rakshak
jawans of Central Para Military Forces which would allow them to
talk to their families at nominal cost
Pakistani leader who said, "The religious fanaticism behind our
assassinations is a tinderbox poised to explode across Pakistan. The
embers are fanned by the opportunism of those who seek
advantages in domestic politics by violently polarizing society."
President Asif Ali Zardari
Chutak Hydro-electric Power Project which is expected to be
commissioned by Aug 2011 is located at
Kargil
The country which is the latest to join International Renewable
Energy Agency
U.S.A.
The cricket player who refused a honorary doctorate from Rajiv
Gandhi University of Health Sciences citing professional reasons
Sachin Tendulkar
The 2006 Noble Peace prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank
in Bangladesh, who was removed from his position as head of
microlender Grameen Bank
Muhammad Yunus
The commonwealth country which has decided to remove the image
of Queen of England from its currency notes and coins
Fiji
The person who has been picked by the military rulers to be the new
Prime Minister of Egypt replacing Ahmed Shafiq
Essam Sharaf
The places at which the Government is setting up underground oil
storage facility to ensure availability of oil in case of abrupt
disruptions
Visakhapatnam, Mangalore
and Padur.
The road-map launched by Ministry of Sports to train and prepare
Indian sportsmen for the London Olympics 2012 has been named
Operation Excellence or
OPEX 2012
The world's highest tower which has overtaken Canton Tower in
China is
Tokyo Sky Tree
The cricketer Kevin O'Brien who scored the fastest ever century in
a World Cup match off 50 balls belongs to
Ireland
The film actor who has been chosen for Mother Teresa Award for
his humanitarian work
Prem Chopra
The place which has been chosen to set up a National Centre for
Marine Bio-Diversity
Jamnagar
The Indian origin doctor, who has been conferred the Order of the
British Empire Award for his medical services
Dr. Satya Vrat Sharma
The states and UT in which the assembly term is expiring in May-
Jun 2011
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West
Bengal, Assam and
Puducherry
SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI FELLOWSHIPS
The Vice-President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari conferred the prestigious “Sangeet Natak
Akademi Fellowships and Akademi Awards for 2010” at a special investiture ceremony on Jul 22,
2011 in New Delhi.
Akademi Ratna
The following Four eminent personalities were conferred the Akademi’s Fellowships - Akademi
Ratna Sadasyata
1. Girija Devi - Eminent vocalist
2. Nataraja Ramakrishna - Renowned dance guru
3. Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar - Dhrupad maestro
4. T. K. Murthy - Mridangam vidwan
The fellowship carries a purse money of Rupees three lakh, besides an angavastram and a
tamrapatra.
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2010
Awards in the field of Music
Sl No. Name Discipline
1. Shri Chhannu Lal Mishra Hindustani Vocal
2. Shri Yashpaul Hindustani Vocal
3. Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee Hindustani Instrumental (Sitar)
4. Shri Nityanand Haldipur Hindustani Instrumental (Flute)
5. Smt Suguna Purushothaman Carnatic Vocal
6. Smt Mysore Nagamani Srinath Carnatic Vocal
7. Shri Nagai R Muralidharan Carnatic Instrumental (Violin)
8. Shri Srimushnam V Rajarao Carnatic Instrumental (Mridangam)
9. Shri M V Simhachala Sastry Other major traditions of music - Harikatha
Awards in the field of Dance
Sl No. Name Discipline
1. Smt Malabika Mitra Kathak
2.
Shri Kalamandalam Kombil
Gopalannair (K.G. Vasudevan)
Kathakali
3. Shri Phanjoubam Iboton Singh Manipuri
4. Smt Rathna Kumar Kuchipudi
5. Smt Aruna Mohanty Odissi
6. Shri Manik Borbayan Sattriya
7. Smt Uttara Asha Coorlawala Creative and experimental dance
8. Shri Kalamandalam Raman
Other major traditions of Chakyar Dance and
Dance Theatre - Kutiyattam
9. Smt S Rajeswari Music for Dance - Bharat Natyam
Awards in the field of Theatre
Sl No. Name Discipline
1. Shri D Vizai Bhaskar Playwriting (Telugu)
2. Shri Atamjit Playwriting (Punjabi)
3. Smt Veenapani Chawla Direction
4. Shri Urmil Kumar Thapaliyal Direction
5. Shri Dilip Prabhavalkar Acting
6. Shri Banwari Taneja Acting
7. Smt Maya Krishana Rao Acting
8. Smt Swatilekha Sengupta Acting
Awards in the field of Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry
Sl No. Name Discipline
1. Shri Harbhajan Singh Namdhari Gurbani Kirtan, Punjab
2.
Shri Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and
Shri Naseer Ahmed Khan
Warsi(WARSI BROTHERS) (JOINT
AWARD)
Qawwali, Andhra Pradesh
3. Shri Dwijen Mukherjee Rabindra Sangeet, West Bengal
4. Shri T Somasundaram Folk Dance, Tamilnadu
5. Smt Krishna Kumari Folk Music (Bhakha), Jammu and Kashmir
6. Smt Chanda Jagdish Tiwadi Folk Theatre (Bharud), Maharashtra
7. Smt K Chinna Anhanamma
Tolu Bommalata (Shadow Puppetry),
Andhra Pradesh
8. Shri K V Ramakrishnan and Shri K C Pava Kathakali (Glove Puppetry), Kerela
Sl No. Name Discipline
Ramakrishnan (JOINT AWARD)
Awards in the field of Overall Contribution/Scholarship to Performing Arts
Sl No. Name Discipline
1. Shri Ashok D Ranade Scholarship in Performing Arts (Music)
2. Shri Jaidev Taneja
Overall contribution to Performing Arts
(Theatre)