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International Current Affairs 2010

Sri Lanka abandons Tamil version of its national anthem(13th Dec 2010)

The Sri lankan government has decided to scrap the tamilversion of the national anthem in its official and state functions.This move may possibly further alienate the tamil minorities inthe country. A directive to use only the Sinhalese version as

been sent by the ministry as president Rajapakse pointed out thatno country uses two versions of the anthem.

China reveals worlds fastest train (8th Dec 2010)China unveiled its new high speed train CRH380 that can clocka maximum speed of 486.1 kmph. It is said to be much fasterthan even the bullet trains of Japan. At a cruising speed of 380

this is certainly a major accomplishment. China on its part hasgone ahead and is now working on a model that is expected toclock 600kmph.

Pakistans Initiative against Terrorism (23th Nov 2010)

Pakistan has been the victim of international terrorism in thepast few months. As a result of this, a top US official recentlysaid that Islamabad should begin to crack down on terrorists andterrorist groups operational within the country immediately.Barrack Obama, President of the United States of America hasalso agreed to this statement and feels that Pakistan has been oneof the major victims of international terrorism lately. PresidentObama also said that Pakistan needs to take strong and


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immediate steps against all terrorist groups operating onPakistani soil. Furthermore, Assistant Secretary of State forSouth and Central Asia Robert Blake said that a number of

terrorist groups are operating in a syndicate and workingtogether against American interests, not just in the US but inother nations such as Afghanistan and India as well. Mr. Blakealso stated that the US has welcomed every step take byPakistan so far and that it is in full support of Pakistan asalways.

Mark Zuckerberg, Times Person Of The Year (16th Nov

2010)

Times magazine has named Mark Zuckerberg as the person ofthe year . Mr Zuckerberg is the founder of thesmash hit socialnetworking site Facebook and is also the world youngestbillionaire currently. Although, Julian Assange the editor inchief of wikileaks was the pick of the time readers, butZuckerberg won because of the scope and reach his website and

how it has touched and remodeled our thoughts on socialnetworking bringing the world that much more closer. Facebookhas reached 500 million users this year all around the globe andthe numbers are still counting.

UNs terrorism sanctions list (16th Nov 2010)

In a recent and sudden move, a US committee took down several

names of al-Qaida and Taliban terrorists off its terrorismsanction lists. The committee said that the reason for such anaction was that several of the names on the sanctions list wereprobably dead. The committee Chairman Thomas Mayr Hartingsaid that following this step, the committee had started


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investigations into how many terrorists put on the list wereactually dead. This committee was set up in 1999.

Friendly neighbor China (15th November 2010)

Rising concerns over Chinas assertive and aggressive attitude inthe Asian continent has prompted Chinas President Hu Jintao toassure all nations that China is committed to being a friendlyand helpful neighbor. China has been in the news recently overits spats with neighboring nations over international borders andterritories. The reason for this has been said to be Chinas

interests in a group of potentially resource rich islands in theAsian Pacific. Speaking to leaders at the Asia Pacific EconomicCooperation summit in Japan, President Hu said that China wascommitted to the regional policy of building goodneighborliness and friendship.

New Government in Iraq (11th Nov 2010)

Prolonged warring and quarrels between rival political factionsin Iraq had caused over an eight month deadlock over the issueof forming the next government. Recently, the Iraqi PrimeMinister appealed to these political factions to work togetherand unite following his acceptance of the Presidents request toform the next government. Senior officials admitted that aHerculean task now lay before them, that of forming agovernment comprising of members of all possible political

factions. The task has been made harder by the month longdeadline to form the government which will preside over thecountrys affair as US troops move out and power is handedback to the Iraqi people. The new government is expected tohave members from all the political factions such as the Kurds,


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Shiites and Sunnis. Prime Minister Designate al-Maliki calledupon al Iraqi citizens and politicians to help him in this difficulttask.

Myanmar polls called fake (10th November 2010)

The first democratic polls in Myanmar after several years ofmilitary rule were held among complaints of threats,intimidation and accusations of the polls being a charade. Inmost constituencies, the poll was a competition between theUnion Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and the

National Unity Party (NUS). Several accusations were made byopposition parties against the USDP, claiming that they illegallycollected advanced ballots. USA and UK officials also voicedtheir concerns about the transparency and fairness of these polls.

Rolls Royce sued by Qantas (8th November 2010)

Australian flight safety officials have recently warned that

manufacturing defects have been found in the Rolls Royce Trent900 engines. Officials further urged airlines using these enginesto carry extensive checks before using them because defectspresent in them could lead to catastrophic failures. In themeanwhile, Qantas began court proceedings against Rolls Royceand was granted an injunction by the federal court of Australiawhich ensured that the airline could pursue legal action againstthe engine manufacturing giants.

Chinas slowest growth (5 November 2010)

China had its slowest rate of economic growth in a year duringthe September quarter. In addition to this, a World Bank reporthinted at a further decrease in its economic growth. One of the


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reasons for this has been the long term inflation that China hasfaced for almost two years. Chinas industrial growth has alsofallen considerably in recent times. This slow growth in Chinas

economy has gotten many people to believe that India might bethe next economic superpower to rise because of its high levelsof industrial and economic growth in recent times. Though notimmediately, but experts predicted Indias rate of growth toexceed that of Chinas by a considerable margin in the next fiveyears.

India gets UNSC non-permanent seat (12 October 2010)

The biggest news on the international front for India has been itsinclusion into the UNSC as a non-permanent member after a gapof 19 years. Even as Indias acclamation for a non-permanentbench on the body that includes fifteen members in total was aninevitable cessation afterwards Kazakhstan back out of the chasefor the Asian bench beforehand in early January. India got anunbelievable 187 of the 191 votes in the UN General Assembly

ballot on October 14th 2010. India's previous spell in theSecurity Council was way back in 1992. Almost immediatelyafterwards India's appointment, Indian agent to the UnitedNations Hardeep Singh Puri put it straight that New Delhi wouldmake use of this couple of year valid span to build assurance andaccord a feeling of aplomb to the five non changing associates(famously known as the P-5) - the United States of America,

Russia, Britain, France and China. Considering that Brazil, arunning affiliate of the United Nation Security Council, andSouth Africa and Germany, which got appointed with India, onOctober 14th were as well in contention for a permanentmembership, he stated: 'Of course everybody of us will attempt


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to bring into play the two years we need to render our allies afeeling of aplomb and formulate trust and faith so that they areat ease with our role playing in the United Nation Security

Council on a continued period of time'.India andMozambique sign 3 agreementss (5 October 2010)

India and Mozambique came together and signed threeagreements and a credit band of 500 million United Statesdollars has been advanced to that nation state for worksregarding the infrastructure, agronomics and power during a

convention that featured President of Mozambique ArmandoGuebuza and Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh.Guebuza and Singh, who captivated entrustment levelconverses, resolved to actualize an affiliation following the linesof superior political meeting, deepening of bread-and-buttercollaboration, deepening of defense and aegis collaboration,distinctively to get hold of sea lanes in opposition to piracy and,cooperation in competence building and human resource (or

workforce) development. Both of us together accord to theaforementioned Indian Ocean association and we carve upfamiliar issues. It is in our alternate absorption to ensure theassurance and aegis of sea lanes of communication in the IndianOcean, Dr. Manmohan Singh said in a collective journaliststatement. India will back the enactment in preparation andsetting up organizations in Mozambique to back capacity

building in the coal business and will as well back the abilityformation for the defense and patrolling personnel of that nationstate, the Prime Minister alleged. Conveying worry over theassurance and aegis of sea lanes in Indian Ocean, Guebuza


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promised India it will accommodate all practical aid tosafeguard them.

Indians freed from Malay traffickers: (3 September 2010)

Not less than 24 Indian men who were discovered bound up in aresidence in a Malaysian boondocks were successfully freedfrom the arrest and two Pakistani men supposedly engaged in ahuman trafficking guild were detained with immediate effect."Inquiries into the matter exposed that those people, age-oldamid 20 and 30, were from Uttar Pradesh. If the reports of the

media are to be trusted, the victims landed on to the capitalsintl. airport four months back, afore getting picked by theaccused people who were apparently looking for workers in anindustrial unit in Johor," he said. He further stated that the twomen promised the Indian workers appealing wages as the bait. Itis once again proved that Malaysia is a magnet for wide spreaddrug peddling and human trafficking. Unemployed workforcelooking out for jobs is brought for added transfers to other

Southeast Asian countries and to Australia.

Indians to lead FIDE: (September 2010)

Indians have already proved their metal in various sports at theinternational level. Tennis, Cricket, Shooting, Boxing and alsoChess. After Vishwanathan Anand, another lot of Indians areabout to triumph on the World Chess Podium. D.V. Sundar has

been elected has the President of the world body for the sport ofchess, FIDE at Russia. Apart from that, the president for theAsian Continent was Mr. Dongre and Commonwealth ChessFederation President was revealed in the name of Mr. B.S.


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Chahuhan, a press statement by the All India Chess Federationrevealed.

Make way for the new breed: ( September 2010)

The new world power calendar for 2010 has once againpredicted that New Delhis dominance in the world will seeacceleration by 2025. Among the able coalition, the country hasbeen placed at the fourth position afterwards the US, China andthe European Union. The Global Governance 2025 wastogether brought out by the National Intelligence Council (NIC)

of the US and the European Unions Institutes for SecurityStudies (EUISS). In the current year, the US leads the lot of ablecountries/regions, cumulatively for about 22 percent of theworldwide supremacy. The US is chased by China at 12 percent,European Union at 16 percent and India at eight percent. Indiacomes next to Japan, Russia and Brazil with beneath than 5percent apiece. Following these global statistics, by 2025 theability of the US, EU, Japan and Russia will cut down although

that of China, India and Brazil will boost but this surge will seethe positions unchanged. By 2025, the United States of Americawill continue to be the most dominating nation, but it will bepossessing just a bit above 18 percent of the global authority.The US will be carefully trailed by China with 16 percent,European Union with 14 percent and India with 10 percentlooking to overleap.

Mission Accomplished (19 August 2010)

The United States have finally started pulling its troops out ofIraq. President Barack Obama has confirmed that the US plansto withdraw significant number of combat troops from Iraq


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stating that the war was nearing an end. The remaining force of50,000 soldiers will train Iraqi security forces and providesecurity for ongoing US Diplomatic efforts.

Australia with a hung parliament (23 August 2010)

Australians failed to elect a new government in the polls held inAugust and were left with a hung parliament. The non-resultelections between Julia Gillards Labor and Abbotts Liberalparty led to the first hung parliament in Australia since WorldWar II. Three key Independents are now in the process of

deciding which party to support to form a government.Pakistani cricketers tainted (30 August 2010)

The Game of cricket gets murkier with alleged match-fixerMazhar Majeeds claim of having rigged games played byPakistan for three years. The British Police recovered cash fromhotel rooms of Pakistani players involved in spot fixing. Salman

Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammed Asif were interviewedand their mobiles confiscated after Majeeds confession. TheAnti-Corruption Unit of the ICC will probe all 82 internationalmatches played by Pakistan during this time. The news came asa bolt for the flood-stricken and violence-plagued country wherecricket is the national sport.

Pakistan Floods (2 August 2010)

In the worst flooding disaster in 80 years the floodwaters haveaffected about one-fifth of the country washing away millions ofhectares of crops, submerging villages and destroying roads,bridges, schools, electricity and communication setting back theinfrastructure by many years. Disease is fast spreading in these


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flood affected areas and there have been warnings that dams inthe south may burst. It is estimated that the floods in Pakistanhave displaced people thrice the number displaced during

partition.Hike in Visa fee (11 August 2010)

The Obama Regime has raised H-1B and L1 visa fees to protectits borders from illegal Mexican immigrants. This additional feewould be used to build operating bases and deploy unmannedaerial surveillance to beef up U.S.-Mexico border security. The

impact of this hike will be substantial on Indian IT companiesthat account for approximately 50,000 H1 and L1 visas per year.

Mosque near ground Zero(28 August 2010)

A New York city panel has cleared the way for the constructionof a mosque near ground zero that has been causing a politicaluproar over religious freedom. The proposed construction of the

mosque near ground zero has sparked debate all around thecountry. President Barack Obama, however, supported the rightof having a mosque by asserting that Muslims have the sameright to freedom of religion as everyone else in America.

China to launch space station(17 August 2010)

Having finished the first module of a planned space station andtesting its electronics and other systems China is all set to launchit into orbit next year. Changes were being made to the rocketthat will carry the 8.5ton Tiangong 1 module into a set orbit. Nofinishing or manning dates have been given for the space station.The official Xinhua news agency said that The Shenzhou 8


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spacecraft and Shenzhou 9 and 10 spacecraft would dock with itin the second half of 2011 and 2012 respectively.

Online route(30 August 2010)

Oxford English Dictionary that has been in print for over acentury may never appear in print for the future generations. Theword reference Bible is likely to loose its existence to its onlineversion. With the digital books becoming popular, the formatthat the 3rd edition, currently being worked upon, will take isanybodys guess.

Japan Elections(10 July 2010)

Democratic Party of Japan suffered a heavy blow in theelections for the upper house of Japans Diet (parliament) whenit won ten seats fewer than expected thus loosing its majority.DPJ will now have to look for new coalition partners to restoreits majority in the upper house and enable it to easily pass laws

through the Diet legislature. After breaking the 55 year period ofdominance of the Liberal Democratic Party and naming NaotoKan the new prime minister just a month back the results havebaffled the DJP.

July 15th Summit, Islamabad(15 July 2010)

Failed talks between Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna andthe Pakistani counterpart Mr. Shah Mehmood Qureshi's haveonce again proved that whenever efforts were initiated by Indiato improve the relations between the two countries. The Pakleaders and officials took deliberate steps to derail the processconveying a clear message to India that the talks can continueonly on its terms.


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Gulf of Spill(15 August 2010)

More than three months after the April 20 explosion aboard theBP-leased Deepwater Horizon oil platform, which killed 11

workers and sank the rig gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico,the most severe US environmental disaster ever is close tocoming to an end. In an operation called static kill 2,300barrels of mud was forced down into the wells openingovernight pushing the crude back down to its source. A cap overthe wellhead has shut in leaking oil since July 15 and the statickill also known as bull heading probably would not have

worked without the cap in place.

Genocide(12 July 2010)

Omar-al-Bashir, President of Sudan has been charged with threecounts of genocide over the Darfur Conflict, he was convictedby the International Criminal Court at The Hague. It is for thefirst time that a court has accused anyone of genocide.

Jacob Lew the new Budget Director(13 July 2010)

President Barack Obama has chosen Mr. Jacob Lew as his newbudget director. This is Mr. Lews second stint with the federalbudget.

Current Affairs [June 2010]

y Julia Gillard become Australias first women PrimeMinister replacing Kevin Rudd following a sudden revoltagainst him.


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y No more time for sorrow written by Robert Beeman. Theauthor predict that terrorist will set off an atom bomb in theUSA by 2013.

y Tuvalu become 187th member of IMF (InternationalMonetary Fund). The island is located in the Pacific Ocean.y Kyrgyzstan voted for a new constitution in a referendum. It

is Central Asias first parliament democracy.y G-20 summit held at Toronto, Canada.

Current Affairs [May 2010]

y G-15 summit was held at Tehran on 16-17 May.y Bangladesh handed over Ranjan Daimary of the National

Democratic Front of Bodoland to India. The group wasresponsible for serial bombing in Assam in 2008.

y National League for Democracy (NLD) party ofMyannmars democracy leader Aung San Sui Kyi wasabolished after deadline to re-register as a political partywas over.

y EU-IMF provide a $ 1 trillion rescue package to the Greeceto resolve its debt crises.

y Pakistan successfully test fired two short range ballisticmissiles, Shaheen I( range 650 Km) and Ghazani (range290 Km) capable of carrying nuclear war heads andstriking Indian cities.

Current Affairs [April 2010]

y Belgium became the Europes first country to ban burqa.y Pakistans National assembly passed a bill that takes away

the Presidents power to dissolve parliament, dismiss aelected government and appoint the three services Chiefs.


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Pakistans parliament passes 18th amendment which waslater signed by Presient cutting Presidents powers.

y USA and Russia signed Strategic Arms Reduction

Treaty(START) that allowed a maximum of 1550 deployedoverheads, about 30% lower than a limit set in 2002. Thetreaty was signed in the Progue Castle.

y Emergency was imposed in Thailand.y Nuclear Security Summit held at Washington.It was a 47

nation summit wherein P.M. announced setting up of aglobal nuclear energy centre for conducting research &development of design systems that are secure,

proliferation resistant & sustainable.y PM visit USA & Brazil, a two nation tour. He attended

Nuclear Security Summit in USA & India- Brazil-S.Africa(IBSA) and Brazil-Russia-India-China(BRIC)summit in Brasilia (Brazil).

y 16th SAARC Summit held in Bhutan in 28-29 April. Thesummit was held in Bhutan for the first time. It is the silver

jubilee summit as SAARC has completed 25 years. Thesummit central theme was Climate Change. The summitrecommended to declare 2010-2020 as the Decade ofIntra-regional Connectivity in SAARC. The 17th SAARCsummit will be held in Maldives in 2011.

Current Affairs [March 2010]

y China will launch in 2011 unmammed space mode Tiangong I for its future space laboratory.

y US internet giant Google close its business in China.y Indias largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel buy

Zains Africa operations for an enterprise value of $ 10.7


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billion (Rs 49000 crore). Currently Bhartis non-Indiaoperations include Sri Lanka & Bangladesh.

y Russia abolished two of its eleven time Zones.

Current Affairs [February 2010]

y NATO forces carried out Marjah operation (dubbedMoshtarak) against Taliban forces in Afghanistan.

y European Union summit was held in Brussels. EU & IMFdecided to giving support to Greece in its struggle to bringits ballooning budget deficit under control. EU President is

Herman Van Rompuy.y Irans President Mahmood Ahmedinejad declared that Iran

had produced first batch of 20 % enriched uranium andnow Iran became a nuclear state.

y Iran launched Kavoshger -3 rocket capable of carrying asatellite. It carried a mouse, worms & two turtles.

Current Affairs [January 2010]

y Gilgit Baltistan region elected its first Chief MinisterMehdi Shah on the basis of Gilgit Baltistan Empowerment& Self Governance Order 2009. The new appointed CMdeclare the Gilgit Baltistan region as 5th province ofPakistan. The Indian Govt has, however, of the view thatthe region was part of J & K, and thus objected to theremarks of CM.

y Venezuela devalued it currency Bolivar.y A massive earthquake strike Haiti, the Carribbean nation.

Capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince.

y Mahinda Rajapaksa won a second term as Sri LankasPresident. He belongs to Sri Lanka Freedom Party.


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National Current Affairs 2010

CBI seeking closure in Arushi Talwar case (13th

Dec 2010)

CBI has sought closure after being unable to comprehensivelysolve the Arushi Talwar murder case which has hogged thelimelight for over two years now. The report claims that theyhave hit a road block and lack of evidence as main reasons fornot being able to solve the case. However the report as namedthe victims father Dr Rajesh Talwar as a possible suspect.

Chandra Babu Naidu ends fast (13th Dec 2010)

Telugu Desam Party president finally ended his hunger strike ofeight days on the insistence of visiting leaders like ThambiDurai, Arunkumar, Amba Durai, Maitreya, Prakash Karat,Bardan, Om Prakash Choutala, Sharad Yadav and Ajit Singh.Mr Naidu undertook the fast citing that the Andhra Govt should

revise its compensation package for the rain hit farmers of thestate. The visiting leaders promised Mr Naidu that they wouldbring the issue to the notice of the Prime Minister MrManmohan Singh by taking an all party delegation to NewDelhi.

Congress blames Sanjay Gandhi for the emergency excesses(13th Dec 2010)

The congress party which is celebrating its 125th birthday thismonth has accused Sanjay Gandhi for many of the excessescommitted during the emergency of 1975-77. Sanjay Gandhireceived notoriety for many ruthless measures like slum


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clearance and mass sterilization programs. The congress hasalways had to walk a tight rope when it comes to defendingIndira Gandhis decision to enforce emergency which led to one

of the most turbulent times in Indian history since independence.CBI seeking closure in Arushi Talwar case (13th Dec 2010)

Citibank employee Shivraj Puri accused of fraud surrendersCitibank employee Shivraj Puri who is said to be involved in amassive fraud, finally surrendered to the police after almost 48hrs since the incident came to light. Mr Puri who works as arelationship manager has been accused of siphoning of money to

the tune of 400 crores from atleast 20 clients to other fictitiousaccounts.

Opposition unrelenting on its demand in JPC probe (13thDec 2010) The opposition has been steadfast in its demand forthe JPC with regard to the 2G scam. The PM Dr ManmohanSingh had earlier offered to appear himself before the PACheaded by BJP stalwart Mr. Murali Manohar Joshi. The

opposition still feels the JPC would be the best option thatwould help to bring this case to its logical conclusion.

Human rights activist Dr Binayak Sen convicted, gets life

term (13th Dec 2010) The sessions court of Raipur hasconvicted Dr Binayak Sen and three others on grounds ofsedition and conspiracy thereby sentencing them for life due totheir links with the Maoists. Dr Sen has been held guilty underChhattisgarh Special Public Security Act 2005, UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act 1967, of being a conduit betweenNaxals and of meeting Narayan Sanyal in jail. The trio has alsobeen convicted under provisions of section 124 IPC (sedition)and 120 B IPC (conspiracy). Dr Sen is a pediatrician and alumni


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of Christian medical college. The 58 year old doctor hasprovided over 28 years of selfless service to the poorer sectionsof Chattisgarh.

Prices of onions hit through the roof (13th Dec 2010) Theprices of onions have undergone a steep rise with a kg costingclose to Rs 80 in the national capital and its surrounding areas.Other parts of India too have started feeling the pressure and theprices are continuously shooting up. The Government on it parthas suspended the export of onions until January in an attempt tobring down the prices. According to traders, they are attributing

the supply crunch due to torrential downpours in Maharashtra,Gujarat and Southern states which has lead to a poor yield.

Indias GSLV vehicle fails during launch. (13th Dec 2010)ISRO suffered a serious setback when its GeosynchronousSatellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) failed on its course,forcing the team at SriHarikota to abort the mission and selfdestruct the launch vehicle. The vehicles on board computer lost

control of the actuation system raising serious questions aboutISROS other ambitious projects that includes a mission to themoon. The GSAT-5P satellite which the launch vehicle wassupposed to send into orbit was one of the heaviest and costISRO 125 crores. Had it been successful, the satellite wouldhave served the needs of the telecommunication sector and theweather department. It would have eventually replaced the

INSAT-2E satellite that was sent up in 1999.

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India and China have agreed upon a new $100billion trade targetby 2015 which is more than the $6 billion agreed upon in2010.With the arrival of Chinese PM Wen Jiabao accompanied

by 400 Chinese business leaders in India, the two countriessigned around 50 deals in power,steel ,wind energy , food andmarine products and telecommunications worth $16 billion. Thisovertakes the $10bn of agreements signed between Indian andAmerican businesspeople during the recent visit of US PresidentBarack Obama.

Sensex drops 458 points (November 2010)

The Bombay Stock Exchange recently fell by a total of 458points. The reasons for the underperformance of the IndianEquity market have been said to be the series of scams that wereunearthed from mid November. Just last month, CBI officialsdiscovered a bribe for loan scandal that involved severalofficials from financial firms and a few state run banks. The10.8% rise in industrial growth since last month could not help

and several indices ended with huge losses. Major loses weremainly suffered by PSUs, realty, consumer durables andhealthcare.

Satyam Trial Case (2 November 2010)

The examination of the first witness in the infamous multi croreSatyam Computer accounting scam would begin from the first

of November Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.CBI officials submitted a list of six witnesses to the courts whowere officials of a number of different banks. All ten accusedincluding company founder B Ramalinga Raju were present incourt during the hearing of the case. The DIG of police who


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operates under the department of CBI said that the agencyrequested permission to set up LCD projectors and screens in thecourt so that both parties could observe and take notes on all the

documents that would be brought up in court. Since cases in theSupreme Court need to be resolved at the earliest, CBI officialssubmitted close to a thousand documents to the court to speedup the prosecution. The bail of the owner of company and theother 5 individuals associated has been rejected.

Baba Ramdev Temple under threat (2 November 2010)

An anonymous letter was received at the Ramdev Baba templein Jaisalmer that contained threats to blow up the temple onNovember 9th. District Collector G S Kushwaha received thisletter by normal post. Following this letter security around thetemple and the surrounding complex was tightened by postingadditional number of policeman around the temple complex.Around 5 million devotees are said to visit the temple everyyear.

Ashok Chavans fate (5 November 2010)

Disgraced Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chauhanswould be decided after the Diwali holiday season, i.e. afterNovember 8th said the Congress party. Recently Chief MinisterAshok Chauhans name had come in the Adarsh HousingSociety scam. Following this allegation, Mr. Ashok Chauhan

immediately offered to resign from his post. No mention ofeither the Adarsh Housing Society scam or the commonwealthGames fiasco was made by the Congress in its AICC session.Also present at the meeting were Delhi Chief Minister SheilaDixit, Common Wealth Games Organizing Committee


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Chaiperson Suresh Kalmadi, Heavy Industries Minister andformer Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh andMaharashtra PCC President Manikrao Thakre.

Adjournment of Ajmer Dargah blast case (27 November2010)

The hearing of the Ajmer Gargah blast case was recentlyadjourned to November 8 by a sessions court due to leave takenby the presiding judge. Over an 800 page charge sheet wasproduced before the court of the Additional Chief Judge

Magistrate on the 22nd of October by the Rajasthan ATS. Thefive accused in the case have alleged links with the radicalHindu group Abhinav Bharat. Only one accused was brought tothe court while the other two are being questioned about theHyderabad Mecca blast case. The accused have been bookedunder various sections of the Indian Penal Code like conspiracyto murder, attempt to murder and murder. Over one hundred andthirty witnesses have been cited by the prosecution of the case.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjees concern (29November 2010)

The finance minister of the country Pranab Mukherjee recentlyraised his fears over the rising of inflation in the country.Minister Mukherjee said that the Reserve Bank of India wouldtake steps at its next monetary policy review to check rising

prices because of increased inflation. He further added thatrising food prices were solely the reason for this suddeninflation. Inflation for the month of September was estimated tobe close to 8.6% much above the acceptable rate of 5%. As saidby Finance Minister Mukherjee, food prices had the highest


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amount of inflation which in Mid October was estimated to beover 13%. Recently, Minister Pranab Mukherjee was in talkswith the Reserve Bank of India Governor over the the possible

rate hike action by the Central Bank. The global financial crisis,which was worsened by the total collapse of financial firmLehman Brothers, is being said to be the reason behind theRBIs recent reversal of its soft monetary policy that it startedback in September 2008. Adding to these has been the suddendrop in industrial growth from 15.2% to 5.6%. To combat theaforementioned rise in inflation, the Reserve Bank of India hashiked its key short term lending and borrowing times several

times this year.

Protest during Obama visit by Bhopal Gas tragedy victims(6 November 2010)

Victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy are said to be planning tostage a protest at Jantar Mantar on the 8th of November, duringthe time of US President Barrack Obamas visit to the capital.

Several tonnes of the poisonous gas methyl iso-cyanide, leakedfrom the Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal in 1984, killing over3000 people the same night and causing the deaths of over25000 people over the subsequent years. Five differentvoluntary organizations working for the gas tragedy victimsrecently held a press conference where they stated that theywould be requesting to President Obama to use his Presidential

powers to bring the Union Carbide Corporation to Indian Courtsand be answerable to them. The verdict of this case many yearsback had found seven top officials of this corporation to beguilty but as these guilty persons were bailed out within minutesof the verdict, many people till date question the justice


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imparted in the case. The voluntary organizations further addedthat hundreds of people regularly fall sick and die every monthdue to the long term poisonous effects of the leaked gas on the

soil and water. They further plan to ask President Obama for hishelp as the US government has been largely unhelpful these lastfew years. The sit in protest organized by the voluntaryorganizations is said to be comprised of over 5000 gas tragedyvictims.

Third stage of Bihar polling completed (28 Oct 2010)

Polling was carried out affably in 48 electorates on 28th Oct2010, estimating in the third appearance of Bihar Assemblyelections, which witnessed an approximated 53% voterresponsive. Electorates like Amnour, Taraya, Ramnagar,Balmikinagar and Patepur (Maoist followers) account about45%-52% voting. Voters were carried by boats in the littoralareas of Raghopur Assembly electorate in Vaishali communewhere the popular figure of Rabri Devi was in the tussle. The

better half of RJD spearhead Lalu Prasad Yadav is as wellbattling from Sonepur bench in Saran constituency. More than185 people were held during the balloting, which saw miniatureincidents of affray and fracas. Unlike on a number of occasionsbefore, this time Bihar polling did not see what it usually itexperiences in terms of riots, booth capturing and other forms ofunrest and violence that hampers the true and the honest spirit of

competition. "Apart from this, it was nonviolent and silky,"stated by Neelmani (DG of Police). Approximately sixty carswere as well detained. In excess of one crore voters will adjudgethe future of six ministers (of the state) in the third stage. Thefollowing round i.e. stage 4 will be carried out on Nov. 4 2010.


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UID experiences technical hiccups (Oct 2010)

In order to overcome the challenge posed by the huge figure ofpeople (approximately 1.03 billions) in the country, the chief of

the dept. stated that the 16 digit long UID numbers will bereleased in the next year and half or so. He added that theepicenter of its working will be in the city of Bangalore. An easyremedy to the obstacles posed by the allotment of different IDsis to have a bench where every formerly sanctioned UID arekept and a fresh one is given only afterwards verifying that isactually a unique code. Fundamentally, we charge to break an

extremely tough difficulty in dispersed schemes once we havecopies of the bench (for dependability) and ought to accordinglyrespond/keep informed the table as questions are asked. Takingthe point in consideration, provided the millions of accretionobjects affiliated to the web, there is no scrutiny if a primenumber selected is the similar chosen by somebody else before.If this is to happen, it is an aegis aperture of the aboriginal orderfor web; the possibly is, nevertheless, acutely undersized.Population on another instance has proven to be a major obstaclein the development and progress course of India. UID whichwas anticipated to be a huge success and particularly curb thisissue is yet to combat the problem itself to even get kick started.

Haryana barricades polythene bags entry (Aug 2010)

In another attempt to safeguard the environmental and not addinsult to the already injured state of the planet, like the govt. ofDelhi, Haryana govt. has also decided to prohibit polythene bagsin the state. The ban includes a complete no-no of recycling,storage and usage (in any form) within the state. A suggestion tothis aftereffect has been supported by Bhupinder Singh Hooda


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(the honorable Chief Minister of the state), an authorized agentsaid in the capital on Saturday. The resolution was taken as itwas empiric that fractional forbid on use of polythene bags of a

clearly defined array bracket did not crop the neededconsequences. There was consistent ambiguity over the array ofpoly bags in exercise and it had as well been discovered thatnibbling of a great number of polythene bogs had resulted indeaths of cows on a regular basis, he said. This type of thinkingand resolutions are the only way through which we can combatand better the ailing state of the plant Earth. If all other citiesand states like previously Delhi and now Haryana think about

the hazards the polythene bags can cost, we will be having betterstandards of health and hygiene.

PM and Sonia Gandhi inaugurate UID: (28 Sep 2010)

The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and UPA ArchSonia Gandhi shaped a record by accordingly ablution theworld's aboriginal ID activity on September 29th 2010 forth

with Nilekani, the arch man of the ministry is acclimated toaccommodate Unique Identification Numbers for India's citizens(cumulatively well in billions), by rendering them the aboriginalcollection of twelve digit figures to ten clannish. The PM as wellas the UPA Chief were collectively congratulated in thepresence of former Infosys headman. This ID Card is assumedto be nations biggest ever tech adeptness action alleged

'Aadhaar'(base), that is due to be issued to all Indians toaccommodate them within a lucrative nationally accurate andabsolute individual antecedent of character affidavit through anauthenticity vault and that will help to accomplish supplyprocesses transparent. Biometric following abstracts include


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fingerprints and an iris browse getting acclimated for theaboriginal time wherever in the planet.

Yamuna raises its bar, causes menace: (28 Sep 2010)

The baptize akin in the river rose to 206.70 accent recently, 1.87accent aloft the crisis mark of 204.83 accent and is acceptable togo up added as neighboring Haryana would absolution addedwater in the river, a chief official of the flood ascendancyadministration said. Waters from the flood reached intovicinities like of the local areas as well (Yamuna and Sonia

Vihar, Usmanpur, Jaitpur are a few). A large number oflocalities that reside in the areas forth the banks of the river wereapparent lined up on the footpaths on the ITO arch withwhatsoever they had of their possessions. Chief Minister SheilaDikshit had on Friday requested the inhibiters not to get intoagitation and said all basic measures are getting put into abodeto accommodated any possible occurrence. Over 100 cadre fromNational Disaster Response Force, were soon deployed to

abetment the bounded authorities. The ascent Yamuna hasaffected the Northern Railways to abolish 25 trains and absent36 others. The cancelled train were prominent ones (Kalka andBrahamaputra Mail, Shalimar, A.A. and G.N. Express, etc). The90 trains that have to be detoured included the most heavilycommuted ones and this has disrupted the life of the generalpublic paralyzing their usual movements, a Northern Railway

spokesmen stated.

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Culminating 60 years of anfractuous proceedings, asserts andcounter-claims, optimism and desolation, Allahabad HCconventions in favor of improvised Ram temple on quarreled

site; the remaining of acreage to be disconnected amid Hindus &Muslims. In what is conceivably the most of eagerly anticipatedjudgment in contempt times, a breach adjudication dispensed outby a three-member bank of Allahabad High Court were in fullabounding of the claims of the Hindu petitioners whileacclimation a three-way analysis of the acknowledged land. Thecardinal provided acknowledged permit to the temporary Ramtemple that came up afterwards the annihilation of the

acknowledged anatomy in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. Theentire panel of adjudicators the prominent faces of the country(Justice Agarwal, Khan and Sharma) was very much in favorof the acceptance that captivated the acknowledged land was thenative land of the Hindu deity. Mr. Sharma and Mr. Agarwalsettled with the long-held affirmation of the Sangh Parivar andan area of archaeologists that the acknowledged anatomy cannot

be advised as an Islamic place of worship as it came intoactuality adjoins the credo of Islam.

Lights, Camera and Applause: (Sep 2010)

The 57th Edition of the National Film Award ceremony wasconcluded for the year 2009 in the month of September. Theawards were given away in three groups namely, finest Feature

Motion Picture Class led by Chairpersonship of Mr. Sippy, NonFeature Motion Picture Group led by Chairpersonship of Mr.Pandey, and Script on Movies beneath the Chairpersonship ofMr. S. Bandhopadhyay.


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The following were the recipients of a few awards in variousnominations:

a.Motion Picture: Malayalam flick KuttySrankb.I.G.A. for the Best first appearance movie : Hindi movie Lahore for the Direction

c.Box office blockbuster (widespread entertainment): Hindi 3 Idiots

d.N.D.A. for the Best motion picture on Patriotic Spirit:Hindi Delhi 6

e.

Best motion picture on Societys Matters: Bollywood -

Well Done Abbaf.Motion Picture for Kids: Tied between Keshu (Malayalam)

and Putaani Party (Kannada)g.Direction: Rituparno Ghosh for Abohomanh.Actor: Amitabh Bachcha for Auros rolei. Actress: Ananya Chatterjeej. Childs Performance: Tollywoods Pasangak.Male Singer: Rupam Islam in Bengalil. Female Singer: Neelanjana Sarkar in Bengali

Nuclear liability bill passed (Aug 2010)

Nuclear liability bill which was adopted by Rajya Sabha hasnow been approved by the process of Voice vote. The session ofthe Parliament lasted 48 hours extra than the scheduled time sothat the legislation can be easily passed and approved. A total of18 amendments were introduced in this bill by Lok Sabha beforeprocessing it further. Soon the bill was selected for aconsiderable hike in the liability of operator. This liability hasnow become 3 times then what it was in the past and now holdsa value of rupees 1500 crores in total. By virtue of progression


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of this bill and significant increase in the liability many overseascompanies have shown their interests in setting up reactors inIndia. Special accidental care will now be provided for the

employees operating in the various sections of the nuclearplants. The decision and the passing of the bill had been stronglyopposed by the BJP leaders as they found it insignificant.

Swiss Bank Access (Aug 2010)

Swiss Authorities will provide information to India on cases oftax fraud and tax evasion from January 1,2011under the

reworked double tax agreement (DTA) signed by India andSwitzerland. The Indian Authorities can now seek informationabout the account holders in Swiss banks who have a case filedagainst them for tax evasion.

Government Intervention for CWG (28 Aug 2010)

PM and his select team of ministers takeover as CWG

supervisors. Indian Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh tookover the reigns of the forthcoming games in the wake ofscandals and unfinished work surrounding the event. Committeeof Secretaries, headed by a Cabinet Secretary, will nowsupervise the mega event to be held in October overtakingOrganizing Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi.

Bhopal Case reopened (Aug 2010)

The Supreme court of India has reopened the Bhopal Gas leakcase in response to Governments petition for harsherpunishment to the guilty for the worst tragedy of its kind inwhich at least 7,000 people perished within days of the releaseof the toxic methyl isocyanate gas at the Union Carbide


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pesticide plant on 3 December 1984, and a further 15,000 diedlater from exposure to the gas. The tragedy left countless otherswith lifelong damage to their health.

CSAT to replace the civil services prelims (Aug 2010)

The new Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) will replace theexisting civil services (preliminary) examination from 2011. Thenew scheme will test the candidates for their aptitude for civilservices as well as their ethical and moral dimension ofdecision-making. There will now be two common papers with

equal weightage in place of one common paper (generalawareness) and one optional paper (any particular subject ofchoice). The civil services main exam and the interview willremain the same as of now.

Rahul creates controversy (Aug 2010)

Wherein one place Mamta Banerjee is speaking in the favour of

naxals and now Rahul Gandhi is sharing a dias with a suspectedMaoist , this is the approach of the government in the fightagainst naxals.

Member Parliament salaries hiked (Aug 2010)

Parliament recently in Delhi has made a decision to increase thesalaries of MPs. A hike of about rupees 35000 will beintroduced in the salary of each MPs thus taking it from figureslike 20,000 to 55,000 or so. Because daily allowance has animportant role to play hence parliament has also decided toexactly double the allowances issued daily to each Member ofParliament. Hence daily allowance of rupees 1000 will nowbecome 2000. This daily allowance will be issued only when the


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parliament session is in progress. Other than the dailyallowances the official expenses for every office per month havenow been considerably raised and touch a 50,000 amount. That

is not all the travel and conveyance charge issued will nowbecome 4 times which were earlier around rupees 1,00,000.Retired members will now get a monthly pension of aroundrupees 20,000 which was around 10,000 in the past times.

Commonwealth with less green (Aug 2010)

Approximately 40,000 trees have been either felled or

transplanted for Delhis preparation of Commonwealth Games2010. Apart from the financial burden of creating world classinfrastructure and transport facilities Delhites have to bear theloss of its green cover as the compensatory plantation cannot inany way compensate for the loss of a fully grown, mature tree.

Blackberry controversy (Aug 2010)

Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of Blackberry has finallysurrendered to Indian security agencies demand for access totheir server. The company has proposed for lawful access to itsservices including the messenger as well as the enterprise withimmediate effect and the company would have to set up a serverin India if it does not work to the satisfaction of Indian agencies.The security agencies already had access to voice data, SMS andgeneral emails sent through Blackberry devices but Blackberry

email and messaging services that are highly encrypted weremajor concerns for the security agencies. With thisunderstanding in place the government has decided to servenotices to Google and Skype also to fall in line.


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Direct tax code (Aug 2010)

The Government deferred the direct tax code(DTC) by yetanother year to April 2012 causing yet another disappointment

to the taxpayers. Women taxpayers suffered a bolt as thepreferential treatment meted out to them earlier is now proposedto be withdrawn. Senior citizens, however, enjoy a higherexemption limit. The bill that replaces the Income Tax Act 1961seeks an increase in exemption threshold of individuals fromRs.1.6 lakh currently to Rs.2lakh. The corporate taxes will bereduced to a flat 30%.

Leh hit by flood (Aug 2010)

A cloudburst on the intervening night of August 5 and 6 has ledto flash floods and mudslides in the Leh district of Jammu andKashmir. The cloudburst and the following floods have claimedover 175 lives and injured about 400 people, besides causingwidespread damage to public and private property. The worst hit

Chuglamsar has just turned into debris all over.

More rich than poor Indians (Aug 2010)

National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) hasestimated in its report, "How India Earns, Spends and Saves",that despite the economic slowdown of the last three years, thenumber of high-income households in India has exceeded the

number of low-income households. Households with highincome or earnings have grown by over 3.7% in total and nowtouch the mark of around 21%. That is not all also thehouseholds with low income sources have fallen by around 3.2%and gone down to a mark of 18%.


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CWG Anthem (Aug 2010)

When everything is being prepared for the common wealthcoming up in October then how could Music maestro A R

Rahman stay away from it. Yes, the musician has launched thetheme song for the Commonwealth Games 2010 that has thebest lyrics covering khelo oh yaaro,,jeeto oh yaaro. During thelaunch of this theme song honorable Chief Minister Shiela Dixit,Bhupinder Singh Hooda and OC Chairman Suresh Kalmadiwere present in the ceremony.

CWG breeding mosquitoes (Aug 2010)The fingers are already crossed and people fear further delay inthe common wealth problems. When the earlier hurdles are notgetting removed and new problems are coming into view. Thesincere attention is being drawn by the mosquitoes breeding invarious dumps. Because of heavy rainfall in the country water iscollected in almost every venue and mosquitoes have converted

these venues into their favorite breeding places and areincreasing the fear of dengue disease.

Yet another marine disaster (Aug 2010)

A foreign cargo ship MV Khalijia-111 which collided with MSCChitra which was carrying about 1,200 containers with over 266tonnes of fuel about 10 km off Mumbai harbour has spilled oil

into the Mumbai seas. The collision tilted MSC Chitra vesselcausing 300 containers carrying oil to tumble into the Mumbaiwaters creating a thick oil slick two to three kms around thevessel Chitra causing a serious threat to the marine life.

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August 15th, 2010 India celebrated the 63rd anniversary of itsindependence.

IBM Number two employer (Aug 2010)

IBM is the second largest private sector employer in India afterTCS . The company has more than one lakh people on its rolls.

Noose tightening for Politicos in Sohrab case (July 2010)

Sohrab case getting murkier with CBI stepping up pressure ontop Gujarat IPS Officers P.C.Pande, O.P.Mathur and Geeta Johri

for their suspected involvement in scuttling the probe at thebehest of former Gujarat Minister of State for home Amit Shah.Two Rajasthan BJP leaders Gulabchand Kataria and Om Mathurare also facing the CBI heat.Sohrabuddin Sheikh was killed in a fake encounter and his wifewho was a witness to her husbands abduction was also latereliminated. The agency is investigating the police-politico nexus

behind the killings.Chidambaram confident of overcoming maoist problem inthree years (July 2010)

Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary ConsultativeCommittee for the ministry of home affairs, P Chidambaraminformed that in a meeting of chief ministers of seven Naxal-affected states on July 14, a decision of unified command wasagreed to namely in-- West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh andJharkhand -- for anti-Naxal operations. A two-pronged strategyof initiating development and police action in the affected areaswas designed to overcome Maoist problem after consultationswith the Naxal-affected states


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Grooming for a succession? (July 2010)

Noel Tata, chairman Ratan Tatas brother has been installed asthe chairman and CEO of Tata Investment Corp and the MD in

Tata International while relinquishing his executive position inTrent Ltd within the last two months. There is speculation thatthese moves are in line with the groups succession plan for topjob i.e. the Chairmanship of Tata Sons in 2012 when Ratan Tatasteps down.

Applaud or embarrassment? (July 2010)

According to top sources from Central Vigilance Commission,fake certificates were being routinely issued to pass substandardwork and material to the vendors of Commonwealth Games2010 leading to huge gains for the contractors and vendors. Allthese certificates were issued without ground verification ortechnical examination. The compromise, herein, in the quality ofmaterials and workmanship poses a serious threat to the sports

personnel from countries all over the world lending a shamefulpicture of India and hence jeopardizing our ability to host suchevents in the future.

Valley stir (July 2010)

Following the imposition of curfew in wake of the protest bySyed Ali Geelani demanding the release of dozens of arrested

separatist leaders, violence was triggered in the valley due to aspate of civilian killings by security personnel leading to anindefinite curfew being clamped in Srinagar. Educationalinstitutions, shops, post offices, banks, public transport and otherbusiness establishments were closed as a precautionary measure.


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The protests are part of the separatists' 'Quit Kashmir'programme.


y In the Global Peace Index 2010, India ranked at 128.y 2010 Failed State Index- Somalia top the list followed by

Zimbabwe, Sudan & Chad. India is ranked at 87 place outof 177 countries. Norway in ranked at the bottom of thelist.

y President Rule imposed in Jharkhand.y Amar Singh launches a new party Akhil Bhartiya LokManch.y South African president Jacob Zuma visited India.y Turkmenistan President Gurbaguly Bardimuhamedov

visited India.y Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited India.

India signed 7 pacts with Sri Lanka. India will assist inbuilding 50000 houses in the northen & eastern provinces

of Sri Lanka.y Bangladesh Govt has requested to rename the train linking

West Bengal to Tripura via Banglades as Sonar Tori.Earlier the name of the train as envisaged in the RailwayBudget 2010 is Epar Bangla Opar Bangla. Sonar Tori is acollection of poems written by Rabindranath Tagore, whose150th birth anniversary is being celebrated in 2010.

y Maharastra will become first state in the country to have areal estate regulatory authority.

y BWA- Broadband Wireless Access. The BWA spectrumwas auctioned by the Govt. BWA Spectrum is essential forrolling out WiMAX services enabling hand held devices


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and laptops to access Intranet. It will allow firms to offerhigh speed Net, Web telephony & TV Services. The govtfixed Rs.1750 crore as base rate for BWA license. The

auction was held for 117 rounds and in 16 days. Rs.12848crore was the pan India BWA license price which was wonby Infotel Broadband services ( in all 22 circles). The Govtauctioned the BWA license for a total of Rs.38,543 crore.Mumbai had the highest bid of Rs.2293 crore followed byDelhi with Rs.2241 crore respectively.

y India signed Civil Nuclear agreement with Canada. Theagreement was signed by Manmohan Singh and Canadas

PM Stephen Harper. Canada is the 8th nation to enter intosuch an agreement with India. Canada served nuclear tieswith India in 1974 when India conducted its first nucleartest at Pokhran in 1974. Indias nuclear power programmeis based on the CANDU ( Canada Deuterium Uranium)reactor.

y India become a full fledged member of the FinancialAction Task Force (FATF), a 34 member intergovernmental body that devises policies at both national &international levels to combat money laundering andterrorist financing. FATF membership will enable Indianauthorities to access information on suspect accounts innations such as Switzerland & UK. India become its 34thmember.


y Naxalites killed 47 people in a landmine blast betweenDantewada and Sukma in Chattisgarh.


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y Test fire of nuclear capable Agni-II missile wassuccessfully carried out from Wheeler Island off the coastof Orissa on 17th May. Agni II has a range of 2000Km. It

is 20m long two stage solid propelled ballistic missile. Itwas developed by Advanced System Laboratoriesalongwith DRDO & Bharat Dynamics Ltd.

y Supreme Court in a recent judgement upheld a rule thatallows the adjustment of reserved category candidateSC/ST/OBC against their quota seats even if they manageto qualify an examination for govt services on merit.

y National Commission for Protection of Child Rights(NCPCR) is the monitoring authority for the Right toEducation Act which became effective from April 1, 2010.


y Naxals killed about 75 CRPF personal at Chintalnar-Tarmetla village in Dantewada distt ,Chhattisgarh.Government appoint E.N. Rammohan, to probe the

incident.y Uninque Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) now

known as Aadhaar. Its Chairman is Nandan Nilekani. Itwill assign 16 digit identification number to all residents inIndia.

y NTRO- National Technical Research Organisation. Theorganization came to limelight after allegation of phone

tapping of politicians.y Indian navy commissioned Indias first indigenously built

stealth warship INS Shivalik. The other stealth warshipto be built are named as INS Sahyadri and INS Satpura.


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y Right To Education Act is notified and will become alegally enforceable from 1 April 2010. Key features of RTEAct are : All children in 6-14 age group must get free and

compulsory eduction; No child shall be held back,expelledor required to pass a board examination till Class VIII;There must be 25 % reservation for poor children even inprivate & minority schools; There must be one teacher forevery 30 students; A child rights commission will look intoviolations of the RTE law.

y Govt start Census 2011. It is the 15th Census. It is in twophase. The first phase is called House listing & Housing

Census and the second phase is called decadal headcountwhich will be held in Feb 2011. The Registrar General ofIndia is C Chandramouli.

Current Affairs [March 2010]

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

women programmes.y Constitution 108th Amendment Bill 2008 commonly

known as womens reservation bill was passed by RajyaSabha by 186 in favour 1 against 39 abstained (Currentstrength of Rajya Sabha is 233). The bill seeks to reserve athird of the seats on the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for15 years on a rotational basis. It was first introduced in

1996. Sharad Joshi, an independent MP is the only MPwhich cast vote against the bill. In the present Lok Sabha,there are 59 women MPs out of 543 MPs. Total MLAs in29 state assemblies in India are 4093.


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y Yamunanagar (Haryana) and Vishakhapatnam (AP) arechoosen for a pilot project on saving household energy byreplacing incandescent lamps with CFLs (Compact

Fluorescent Lamps).y Earth Hour 2010 has been celebrated on 27 March

organized by World Wide Fund for Nature, India. Delhi,Mumbai and Bengaluru are official Earth Hour Citiesamong 15 Indian cities.

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

y Supreme Court allowed religion based 4 % reservations inGovt jobs & educational institutes in Andhra Pradesh. Itextended the benefit to 14 OBC in muslims in the state. Thematter is further referred to Constitutional bench ofSupreme Court.

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

y Prohibition of unfair practices in technical, medicaleducational institutions & universities Bill is passed byGovt. It provided for 3 year imprisonment and a fine ofupto Rs 50 lakh for higher education providers guilty ofmisleading students.

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

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

y Govt starts the scheme for creation of the NationalPopulation Register (NPR) of Indian residents. The projectwill cover an estimated 1.2 billion people and total cost ofthe project will be Rs. 3539.24 crore.


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y India became 1st country in the world to have amanoeuvrable supersonic cruise missile, when itsuccessfully test fired 290 km range Brahmos missile.

y Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu visit India in March2010.

Current Affairs [February 2010]

y Kirit Parikh committee , set up to review petro pricingregime, submit its recommendation. Its majorrecommendation are to deregulate the prices of petrol &

diesel as per market prices, reduce the subsidy on LPG.y India signed a Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with

the UK, which became the 8th country to enter into such apact, since the lifting of atomic trade embargo in 2008.

y Govt set up a panel under the Chairmanship of formerJustice B N Srikrishna which would consider the demandfor splitting Andhra Pradesh.

y India and Denmark signed a social security pact which willrelieve their workers from double taxation and provide forcooperation in areas of labour market expansion andorderly migration.

y Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Saudi Arabia inFeb 2010. He was the first Indian PM in 28 years to visitthe gulf country. Saudi Arabia is Indias largest supplier ofcrude oil ( 23 %) followed by Iran ( 17 %) and Nigeria ( 11

%). India is offering upto 10 % equity to Saudi petroleumfirm Saudi Aramco in a refinery being built in Orissa. PMaddressed the Shoura council of Saudi Arabia.

y Constitution 111th Amendment Proposes to incorporate anew Part ( Part IX B) in the Constitution so as to provide


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for legal framework to regulate the functioning ofcooperative societies. A new Article ( Article 43 B) is alsoproposed to be inserted in Part IV of the Constitution

(Directive Principles of State Policy) for the States topromote voluntary formation, autonomous functioning ofcooperative societies.

y Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2009 commonlyknown as Nuclear Liability Bill will be introduced by Govtin Parliament in Winter session 2010. The draft bill aims atlimiting the liability of a nuclear plant operator to Rs. 300crore in the eventuality of an accident. The bill provides for

the penalty to be paid by the operator and not the suppliercompanies which would mainly be American in this case.India has entered into civil nuclear cooperation agreementwith eight countries so far.

Current Affairs [January 2010]

y Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visit India in Jan2010. She belongs to Awami League Party. The twocountries signed five agreements on mutual legalassistance in criminal matters, on transfer of sentencedpersons and on combating international terrorism,organized crime & illicit drug trafficking besides MOU oncooperation in the power sector and on cultural exchanges.India give Bangladesh a $ 1 billion line of credit, the

biggest it has given to any country so far.y South Korea President Lee Myung Bak visit India in Jan

2010. The two countries decided to double the bilateraltrade to $ 30 billion by 2014. Four facts were signedbetween two countries cooperation in peaceful use of


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outer space, IT, science & technology for the year 2010-12and transfer of sentenced persons. South Korean Presidentwas also the chief guest at 2010 Republic Day Parade.

y Gujarat Local Authorities Law (amendment) Bill 2009-The Bill makes it the duty of a qualified voter to voteduring elections to local bodies. Voting is compulsory, butthe Bill allows voters to cast their vote in favour of none ofthe candidates. Election officers will declare those who failto vote defaulter, and serve them a notice.

y India and China has decided to start joint military exercisefrom 2011.

y Najib Razak, Malaysia Prime Minister visit India in Jan2010.

y Govt launched Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission.Key highlights of the mission are :

o To create an enabling policy framework for thedeployment of 20,000 MW of solar power by 2020.

o To create favourable conditions for solarmanufacturing capability for indigenous productionand market leadership.

o To promote programmes for off grid applications,reaching 1000 MW by 2017 and 2000 MW by 2022.

o To achieve 15 million sq. meters solar thermalcollector area by 2017 and 20 million by 2022.

o To deploy 20 million solar lighting systems for ruralareas by 2022.

y New Governors appointed : a) M K Narayanan WestBengal, b)Shivraj Patil Punjab, c) Mohsina Kidwai Jharkhand, d) Shekhar Dutt Chhattisgarh, e) E S LNarasimhan Andhra Pradesh.


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y Govt plans to create a National Gas Highway DevelopmentAuthority. The present Gas Pipeline Density in India is3.29 Km per 1000 Sq.Km.

y Govt plans to set up a National Green Tribunal to controlCarbon Emissions and pollution. It will be responsible forimplementing the low carbon roadmap to be set forth in the12th Five Year Plan.

Sports Current Affairs 2010

Sachin Tendulkar scores fifty centuries in test cricket (19th

Dec 2010)Sachin Tendulkar scored his fiftieth test century in the secondinnings of the first test against South Africa at the Centurion.The master blasted scored his century in196 balls with 12 foursand one six. Even thought India lost the first test Sachinscentury helped about bringing some respectability to theproceedings. Incidentally he has also been named the ICC player

of the year.

Indian cricket teams wins its second test at Durban. (16thDec 2010)

The Indian team had a poor game at the centurion where theywere bundled out by an innings and twenty five runs by theirSouth African counterparts. The second test they came back

with a much more inspired performance with both bat and bowlleading to their first ever win in Durban which had alwaystroubled them in the past. India had scored 205 and 228 in theirtwo innings while the South Africans could score only 131 and


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215 respectively.The star of the match was V.VS Laxman whose96 helped India seal victory.

Saina Nehwal wins Honk Kong Open Super Series.(12th Dec

2010)

Indias star sportswoman Saina Nehwal rallied around from a onegame deficit to win 15-21, 21-16, 21-17 over Wang Shixian ofChina. Saina finished of her year on a wonderful note and has anunmatched record compared to any Indian player with regard towinning the super series title. Current Affairs

Chelsea lose third match out of fourth (16th Nov 2010)

Birmingham City defeated Chelsea by a score of 1-0 atBirmingham City making this the third defeat to be suffered byChelsea in the four matches that it has played so far. This winhelped Manchester United to move up in the English PremierLeague rankings. Birmingham gained three points in the

rankings thanks to the one and only winning goal scored by itsplayer Lee Bowyer. Newcastle lost 5-1 to Bolton while WestHam lost 3-0 to Liverpool alongside Blackpool and Stoke whoclaimed their respective victories. In their game againstTottenham Hotspur, Chelsea let slip past their initial lead of 2-0,to finally lose the game at a score of 3-2. The game was at ascore of 2-0 till half time with Chelsea winning but acombination of lack of concentration in players and simple bad

luck cost Chelsea the match.

Cricket in 2014 Asian Games (15th Nov 2010)

Rumors recently originated that cricket had been removed fromthe list of proposed sports and events of the 2014 Asian games.


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The reason for these rumors has been said to be the decision ofthe Olympic Committee of Asia to limit the number of sportingevents in the Asian games to a maximum of 35. However, these

fears proved out to be false as the OCA recently confirmed theinclusion of cricket in the list of sporting events for the Asiangames 2014. For the time being cricket and karate have beenconfirmed as two out of the seven non Olympic events in thesegames while the other five are still to be decided. However,South Korean organizers are said to not be in support of thisdecision.

Nadal and Clijsters (Nov 2010)

Rafael Nadal continues to hold the top spot in the ATP rankingswith his score being close to 11900 points while Roger Federerholds the spot of number two. On the other hand Kim Clijstersfell to the third position in the WTA rankings released recentlyfollowed by Serena Williams on the fourth position.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Nov 2010)

Following his win in the Korean Grand Prix, third position inBrazil and third position in the qualifiers of the Abu DhabiGrand Prix, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari looked like the possiblewinner. However the title slipped out of his hands, much to hissurprise and landed into the hands of Vettel making him theyoungest Formula One champion in the history of F1 racing

aged just 23 years. Current Affairs

A century ofMedals in CWG 2010: (15th Oct 2010)

Thanks to the final in the woman badminton category that Indiawas able to taste the sweet gland of a century tally of medals for


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the very first time in any CWG edition. India had tallied 38 gold,27 silver and 36 bronze medals which cumulatively read 101medals. Even though India were shattered to an 8-0 defeat by the

Aussies the woman shutters heroics steered them to a total ofmedals that read 101. India finished ahead of England (142) andbehind Australia (177). The culminating day (Oct 14th) saw thequest of an unimaginable 2nd place finish thanks to Jwala andAshwini. They defeated Singapores Sari Shanti Mulia and YaoLei with some ease and become the lone pair so far to win goldin women badminton (doubles). But the cherry on the cake wasput by Indian badminton pioneer Saina Nehwal. The hosts

scalped addition one inclusive of a bronze medal when our tabletennis masters Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das won in thedoubles for women bronze medal final round alongside theAustralian pair. Tan Zed Vivian and Peri Campbell-Innes. Butthe finals for the hockey men were a match to forget as theywere thumped by the Kangaroos scoring 8 past their goal. Goinginto this match with some resilient attitude as shown in the

semis, the Aussies brought them to ground by outplaying themwith power play.

Master Blasters the Best; ICC admits:Sachin Tendulkar (quite unsurprisingly) was shortlisted for themost decorated cricketing accolade in contempt period, anaward given to the greatest cricketer for the year that is namedafter Sir Garfield Sobers. The Master Blaster turned out to be the

second Indian to win the accolade following the success ofRahul Dravid in the same award six years before. Afterwardsaccumulating 1,000 runs in Test match cricket this calendar yearmore to the point becoming the aboriginal cricketer to score adouble century in LOI cricket playing against South Africa on


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Feb 24th 2010 in Gwalior, Sachin completed a double of awardsat the even by also winning the famous LG Peoples ChoiceAward. The Men in Blue had a lot extra to applaud about as

their striking opener, Virender Sehwag, with 1,282 runs in thegames longer adaptation, was chosen as the Test Cricketer ofthe Year and M.S. Dhoni was selected as the captain of a WorldTest XI. In the previous, Sehwags Delhi team mate as well asopening partner, Gautam Gambhir was given this privilege.Decorated Indian off-spinner, B.S. Bedi was introduced into theHall of Fame (for ICC) forth along with the legendary WestIndies fast bowlers Garner and Walsh and Rachael Heyhoe

Flint (ex-England women cricketer) The LOI (also known asODI) Player of the Year was bagged by the South Africancricketer A.B. de Villiers. Kangaroos see BLUE in India:In a highly anticipated and evenly fought cricket competitionbetween two giants of the beautiful game of cricket betweenIndia and Australia, the former proved to be good for the

Aussies. The Australian team over a period of time has seen itsmain workforce in Gilchrist, Hayden, McGrath and othersretiring had to rely majorly on the young breed of playerslacking experience of play in the Indian subcontinent. India hadslipped its rank down a bit from No. 1 and was in a quest to getit back. Thats what actually transpired. Thanks to the greatheroics of Sachin along with the rest of his teammates Indiawere not only able to beat the Aussies but finish it as a cleansweep which the team Down Under hadnt experienced for quitesome time. Sachins double ton was the highlight of the seriesand imperative in order to retain the coveted Border-GavaskarTrophy. Apart from the Test Series, India also won the ODIseries without losing single game (1-0). Two of the three


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matches were abandoned due to bad weather conditions whilethe sole game played, India convincingly beat the Australiansthanks to a solid partnership between Suresh Raina and Mohit

Tiwary. The partnership between the two batsmen helped Indiato chase down a total just under 300. Current Affairs[September 2010]

y Kalmadi and Co. pocket Common mans Wealth:The contempt letters of forgery and fraud inCommonwealth Games resulted in an abnormally afflictionof our nations picture. The bulk of finances used up on

modernizing the venues for Commonwealth Gamesaccommodate a prima facie affirmation of amplecalibration enticement in the alignment of CommonwealthGames. The abstracts accessible on the CommonwealthGames website reveals that the amount of refurbishing theJNU stadium was USD 215 million; the IGI Stadium USD150 million; the Hockey stadium (named after DhyanChand) USD 60 million; and the Shooting Alleys USD 35million. An absolute sum of USD 10150 million was spenton renovations. The costs incurred in the advance of thelone cricket stadium in Delhi were USD 20 million. For theLBS stadium in Hyderabad was USD 18 million, andarchitecture of a contemporary and technology studdedstadium in the city of oranges amounted USD 19 million. Itis acute that the Central Government anon adjustment a top

akin analysis into this arrangement and the dealingsembarked on. It is abominable that such all-embracingabusage of communal resources has taken abode in thename of the Commonwealth Games. The accusations ofinducement ambit from favoritism in accolade of affairs to


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big-ticket appoint of accessories for training and abruptaccretion in the costs of architecture treaties.

y Bridge Collapses; Casualties cross double figures:

Reportedly not less than 27 people were afflictedafterwards an under-construction foot over bridge burstwithin the close proximity of the Jawaharlal NehruStadium, the capital area of the Commonwealth Games,bidding the Organizing Committee (OC) to awning up bygiving a statement or in other words a false sense ofcomplacency and assurance that everything is being takencare of. The arch was to hotlink the amphitheater to parking

for delegates and athletes. The Urban DevelopmentMinister, Jaipal Reddy has dismissed the pressures byquoting it is a negligible incident. The Public WorksDepartment (PWD) has urged for an acoount of thestructure from the builders. Later the aforementioned day,Organizing Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanotaddressed reporters: "We will put up a great show. He said

the venues will be all set in the days to come and therewould be added sprucing to accommodate top notchstandards. However, the mishap is a concern to the CWGorganizers, who are already nabbed amidst accuse oflaziness and fraud for the XIX Edition. Previously, MikeHooper, the main controller of the Commonwealth GamesFederation (CGF), remarked on the condition of hygiene atthe Games Village as dirty.

y Chennai are the Super Kings of Twenty20 Cricket:The Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings arethe champions of the second edition of the AirTelChampions League Twenty20 hosted by South Africa fromSeptember 10th to September 26th. Chennai Super Kings


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defeated their fellow finalists in some fashion by 8 wicketsin the final of the Champions League T20 2010.Warriorshad won the toss earlier and decided to bat first but bootless

to account an appropriate target, but only capable to set aminimal total of mere 128 runs for 7 wickets. Only DavyJacobss denticulate 34 runs were the notable contributionand was also the best from the entire batting lineup of theWarriors. Muttiah Muralidaran was the most boomingbowler scalping 3 wickets for only 16 runs. Ashwin got acouple of wickets for 16 runs as well. Chennai Super Kingsstarted off in some style by baking batting by Murali Vijay

who denticulate a 58 run total. Michael Hussey fabricated42 handy runs to the total. The Opening brace fabricated103 runs which fabricated their way of triumph easier thanit ever seemed. With this Murali Vijay became the highestrun getter of the second edition of the Champions LeagueTwenty20. He was facilitated with the Man of the MatchAward. With such great triumph on the world stage, the

Indian and CSK captain has silenced his critics and is stillin contention to be the best ever captain in the world today.

Current Affairs [August 2010]

y Sehwag denied centuryA deliberate no ball by the Srilankan off-spinner SurajRandiv to prevent Virendar Sehwag from completing his

century in the tri-series has left a bad taste in the mouth forall cricket lovers. Indians were just short of 5 runs fromdestination called victory and the opening batsman VEERUwas just a run away from his ton. At the same time Lankanskipper chose spinner S. Randiv to come in and bowl. On


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the third bowl of his spell Virender Sehwag sent the bowlout of the fence with a huge six but the turning point wasthat it was a no ball which defended Virender Sehwag from

completing his century. As per the declaration of the matchreferee it was been found out that it was an intentionalattempt.

y Shooting GoldTejaswini Sawant created history by becoming Indias firstfemale shooter to clinch gold at the World ShootingChampionship held in Munich, Germany. The 29-year-old,who shot a score of 597/600 (100, 100, 100, 99, 99, 99),

equaling the world record in the process, won the 50m rifleprone event

y Sri Lanka wins the tri seriesThe host Sri Lanka eight wicket victory over India inDambulla represents its 25th win in a tournament final. SriLankan skipper Kumar Sangakkara'who won the tossdecided to bat against India in the tri-series final. The Sri

Lankans won the match by 74 runs in this game. With thisit became the second team to win a tournament final on 25occasions. Australia has won 52 tournament finals.

y First Indian US PGA Tour winnerArjun Atwal has become the first Indian Golfer to win theUS PGA tour. Atwal, who started playing at the age offourteen, became one of the leading players on the AsianTour and the European tour. He is the the first native EastIndian golfer to become a member of, and later win theU.S. PGA Tour.

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y Saina Nehwal: A smash hitThe Indian Open Grand Prix Gold, the Singapore OpenSuper Series and then the Indonesian Open Super Series at

Jakarta have given enough reasons to Saina to celebrate.The World No.3 defeated a fighting Sayaka Sato of Japan21-19, 13-21, 21-11 in the badminton finals. Just twonotches away from the badminton World No. 1, Saina isnow indisputably India's top female athlete.

y Khel awardsSaina Nehwal to be conferred the countrys top sportinghonour-the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. While Jhulan

Goswami skipper of womens cricket team, boxer DineshKumar and Sandeep Singh are tipped to receive the ArjunaAwards in recognition of their outstanding achievementsduring the last one year, Footballer Sunil Chhetri andDeepak Mondal have also been nominated for the awardthat will be given away in Rashtrapati Bhawan on 29th Augby President Pratibha Patil.

y World cup for SpainIn a historic football victory Spain lifted their first-everWorld Cup after defeating Netherlands 1-0 inJohannesburg. Andres Iniesta secured the only goal of anenthralling final against the Netherlands four minutes fromthe end of extra-time on Sunday leading his team tovictory.


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o Mens singles Rafael Nadal defeated RobinSoderling. He is the second person after Bjorn Borg towin 5th French Open titles.

o Womens singles- Francesca Schiavone (Italy)defeated Samantha Stosur (Australia). She becamefirst Italian women to won the French open.

o Mens Doubles- Daniel Nestor & Nenad Zimonjicdefeated Lukas Dlouhy & Leander Paes.

o Womens Doubles- Serena Williams & VenusWilliams defeated Kveta Peschke & KatarinaSrebotnik.

o Mixed Doubles Katarina Srebotnik & NenadZimonjic defeated Yavoslava Shvedova & JulianKnowle.

y Saina Nehwal defeated Choo Wong Mew to win womenssingle title in Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open badmintonchampionship. In the Mens singles Yunus Alamsyah wonthe title.

y Saina Nehwal defeated Japans Sayaka Sato to winwomens singles title in Indonesian Open Super Series2010.

y Indian Ronjan Sodhi won the double trap gold medal atISSF World Cup in Lonato, Italy.

y India defeated Sri Lanka to won Asia Cup(Cricket) 2010.India won the title after 15 years i.e. it won the cup in 1995.

y Saina Nehwal won the Womens singles title in SingaporeSuper Series badminton championship 2010 defeatingChinas Tzu Ying Tai. It was her 2nd consecutive title.

y 3000th ODI( One day international) cricket match wasplayed between England & Australia.


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y England won 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Crickettournament defeating Australia. The tournament was held

at West Indies. Kevin Pieterson of England has beendeclared as Player of the Tournament.

y Australia won 2010 Womens World Twenty20 Crickettournament defeating New Zealand.

y India and South Korea were declared joint winner of 2010Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, after suspension of thefinal match due to heavy rains.Indias Sardar Singh has

been declared as Best Player of the Tournament. Australiawon the Bronze medal. The tournament was held at Ipoh(Malaysia). India had won the tournament earlier in 1985,1991, 1995 & 2009.

y China won Thomas Cup ( Mens Badminton) defeatingIndonesia.

y In the World Youth Boxing Championship, held at Baku,Azerbaijan, India won 1 Gold & 1 Silver. Gold medal waswon by Vikas Krishan and Silver medal was won by ShivaThapa.

y India won bronze medal in the 2nd Asian ParaglidingChampionship held at Nishiewa, Japan.

y World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand retained histitle after defeating Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in theWorld Chess Championship 2010.


y IPL3 season won by Chennai Super Kings defeatingMumbai Indians.


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

y World Youth Championship was held at Baku, Azerbaijan.y Lawn tennis legend

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