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The paper on general knowledge will include questions covering the following fields of knowledge:

General science, current events of national and international importance , history and culture of India,

geography, Indian polity, Indian economy, Indian national movement and freedom struggle, mental

ability tests and other related fields.

Questions on general science will cover general appreciation and understanding of science, including

matters of every day observation and experience as may be expected of a well educated person who has

not made a special study of any scientific discipline. In history emphasis will be on broad general

understanding of the subject in its social, economic, political aspects; social and cultural heritage of India

emphasizing unity in diversity . In geography emphasis will be on geography of India including the

physical, social, economic geography and on the main features of Indian agriculture and natural

resources. Questions on Indian polity and economy will test knowledge on the country's political,

executive, judicial system, panchayat raj, rural and community development, and economic planning in

India. Questions on Indian national movement will relate to the nature and character of the nineteenth

century resurgence, growth of nationalism and attainment of independence. General mental ability test

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India-Malaysia CECA to be Effective from 1 July 2011

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

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The India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) will be effectivefrom 1 July 2011. India-Malaysia CECA is India’s fourth bilateral Comprehensive Economic

Cooperation Agreement

Tags: India Malaysia CECA, Trade Agreement, Current Affairs June 2011

Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory under Threat fromWildfire

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory is facing threatfrom Wildfire

Tags: Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory, Wild Fire, Current Affairs June 2011

Sri Lanka Included Chinese Currency Renminbi in BankingDeals

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

International/World Current Affairs 2011. The Sri Lankan Central Bank Monetary Board on 27June 2011 announced that Chinese Renminbi would be included in the list of designated

currencies permitted for international transactions

Tags: Sri Lanka, China, Renminbi, Cross-border money transactions, Current Affairs June 2011

Supreme Court Stayed the Return of Singur Land toFarmers

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. The Supreme Court on 29 June 2011 restrained the West Bengalgovernment from distributing to farmers in Singur the land it had taken back from Tata Motors

Tags: Supreme Court of India, Singur Land, Farmers, Current Affairs June 2011, Current AffairsIndia June 2011

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Rajasthan Government Established Child Protection Unitsin Each District

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Rajasthan Government's Social Justice and EmpowermentDepartment established child protection units in each district

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Rajasthan Government, Rajasthan Government's Social Justiceand Empowerment Department established child protection units, Integrated Child ProtectionScheme, District Collectors

Union government appointed M V Tanksale as Chairman &

MD of Central Bank of IndiaCurrent Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Union government on 28 June 2011 appointed M V Tanksale, as thenew chairman and managing director of Central Bank of India

Tags: current affairs June 2011, M V Tanksale appointed chairman & MD of Central Bank of India, list of state-run banks in India

India and Mozambique signed Agreement on MaritimeSecurity

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. India and Mozambique signed an agreement on maritimesecurity to make the Indian Ocean a safe region for trade

Tags: current affairs June 2011, India and Mozambique signed an agreement on maritime

security, Mozambique Minister of National Defence Filipe Jacinto Nyussi’s visit to India, Western Naval Command in Mumbai, India and Mozambique had signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation in 2006, India and Mozambique signed an agreement tofight piracy, patrolling off the Mozambican coast

Actor Michelle Yeoh, who stars as Pro-democracy LeaderAung San Suu Kyi deported from Burma

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Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. Hollywood actor Michelle Yeoh, who stars as the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, The Lady deported from Burma

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Hollywood actor Michelle Yeoh deported from Burma, Hollywood actor Michelle Yeoh stars as the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in TheLady, The Lady is directed by Luc Besson, military junta in Burma

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appointed as theChief of International Monetary Fund

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. French finance minister Christine Lagarde on 28 June 2011was appointed as the chief of International Monetary Fund

Tags: current affairs June 2011, French finance minister Christine Lagarde, Christine Lagardeappointed IMF Chief, International Monetary Fund, Economic Affairs of a G8 economy, Christine Lagarde first female chair of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie, Lagardesucceeded Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF chief 

Maharatna SAIL received Golden Peacock Environment

Management Award for 2011Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) received theprestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2011

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Maharatna PSUs, programme for ecological restoration of degraded eco-systems, SAIL received Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for2011, automatic solar meteorological station, National Environment Policy, steel plants in India

Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha appointed Chief of theIntegrated Defence Staff 

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

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India Current Affairs 2011. Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, an ace naval aviatorwas on 27 June2011 appointed Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (CISC)

Tags: current affairs 2011, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha appointed

Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, INS Viraat, synergy among Army Navy and IAF, K.Subramanyam committee that reviewed the conduct of the 1999 Kargil war, Western NavalCommand chief 

Art of Living founder Ravi Shankar- First Indian to receivethe Crans Montana Forum Award

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar became the first Indian to

receive the Crans Montana Forum Award

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Ravi Shankar is thefirst Indian to win Crans Montana Forum Award, Crans Montana Forum Award, Art of Livingwas founded in 1982, International Association for Human Values, The Science of Being and theArt of Living, published in 1963

ACC appointed 1974-batch IFS officer Ranjan Mathai asIndia’s Foreign Secretary 

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. 1974-batch IFS officer Ranjan Mathai appointed Foreign Secretaryof India on 27 June

Tags: current affairs June 2011, 1974- batch IFS officer Ranjan Mathai appointed India’s Foreign

Secretary, Deputy High Commissioner of India to the UK, Ranjan Mathai succeeded NirupamaRao as Foreign Secretary, Political Science at the University of Poona

International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant forLibyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

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International Current Affairs 2011. International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrantfor Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah

Tags: current affairs June 2011, International Criminal Court, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, arrest warrant issued for Gaddafi by ICC, Lbyan Justice Minister Mohammed al-Qamoodi

Delhi Cabinet waived VAT on Increased Price of Diesel toprovide 37 paise per litre Benefit

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Delhi Cabinet on 27 June 2011 decided to waive VAT on theincreased price of diesel to provide 37 paise per litre benefit to consumers

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Delhi Cabinet, Delhi Cabinet to waive VAT on the increasedprice of diesel, 20 Point Programme, Delhi government offered Rs.40 per cylinder subsidy oncooking gas, Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme

Meghdoot Awards conferred on Postal Employees for 2009and 2010 by Kapil Sibal

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Meghdoot Awards conferred on postal employees for 2009 and 2010on 27 June 2011 by Minster of Communications & Information Technology & HRD, Kapil Sibal

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Minster of Communications & Information Technology, Meghdoot Awards given postal employees for 2009 and 2010 by Kapil Sibal, Chandragiri HeadPost Office received Best Post Office Award, Unique Identification Number, Meghdoot Awardswas instituted in the year 1984

N. Murali re-elected as President of the Music Academy of 

Chennai

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. N. Murali, Senior Managing Director of Kasturi and Sons Ltd re-elected president of the Music Academy, Chennai

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 Tags: current affairs June 2011, N. Murali re-elected president of the Music Academy, MusicAcademy of Chennai

Union government decided to increase Diesel Price by Rs 3 a

litre & Kerosene by Rs 2 a litre

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Union government on 24 June 2011 decided to increase the price of diesel by Rs. 3 a litre, kerosene by Rs. 2 a litre and domestic LPG by Rs.50 a cylinder

Tags: current affairs June 2011, price of diesel increased by Rs. 3 a litre, price of keroseneincreased by Rs 2 a litre, oil marketing companies in India, prices of petroleum products, 

Trinamool Congress had opposed any increase in the prices of petroleum products

India’s Rating for Foreign & Local Currency Debt Outlookupgraded from Negative to Stable

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

Economy Current Affairs 2011. International credit rating agency DBRS in June 2011 upgradedIndia’s long term foreign and local currency debt outlook from negative to stable

Tags: current affairs June 2011, International credit rating agency DBRS, India’s long term

foreign and local currency debt outlook upgraded, Direct Tax Code, India’s infrastructure deficit 

Former Rwandan Minister, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko becameFirst Woman to be found guilty of Genocide

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. Former Rwandan Minister for women's empowerment,

Pauline Nyiramasuhuko on 24 June 2011 became the first woman to be found guilty of genocide

Tags: current affairs June 2011, former Rwandan Minister found guilty of genocide, PaulineNyiramasuhuko-first woman to be held guilty of genocide, atrocities committed in Rwanda'ssouthern Butare region in 1994, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, minority Tutsiskilled in Rwanda’s genocide 

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Hindi Litterateur Arvind Kumar presented with HindiAcademy Shalaka Samman

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Eminent Hindi litterateur Arvind Kumar was presented the HindiAcademy Shalaka Samman on 24 June

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Hindi Academy Shalaka Samman, Arvind Kumar was presentedthe Hindi Academy Shalaka Samman, Delhi Secretariat

IAEA called for Action on Nuclear Safety in InternationalMinisterial Conference in Vienna

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. IAEA called for action on nuclear safety on the basis of lessons from the civil nuclear accident at tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, International Atomic EnergyAgency, dosimeters to schoolchildren to continuously monitor their exposure to nuclearradiation, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, global nuclear liability regime

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi arrestedin Guwahati

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi was arrested inconnection with the demonstration & police firing on 22 June

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, Gogoi

organised a demonstration to protest against eviction drive launched by the government, reservedforests (hills) and wetlands in Assam, Akhil Gogoi arrested, Assam government

Harish Manwani became the First Indian ever to beappointed COO of FMCG Giant Unilever

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

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Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. FMCG giant Unilever elevated Harish Manwani on 24June 2011 to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Tags: current affairs June 2011, FMCG giant Unilever, Harish Manwani became the first Indian

to be appointed COO of Unilever, Mumbai University, Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, consumer goods companies

Salman Khan starrer Dabangg swept the Awards at 12thIIFA Awards in Toronto

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Shah Rukh Khan won Best Actor award at the 12th InternationalIndian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony organised in Toronto

Tags: current affairs June 2011, 12th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, Dabaang won 7 awards on 12 IIFA awards, Shah Rukh Khan won Best Actor award for MyName is Khan, Green IIFA Award by Panasonic went to actress Priyanka Chopra, Specialhonours were conferred on veteran actor Dharmendra and singer Asha Bhosle at IIFA

Saina Nehwal lost to Chinese World No. 3 Wang Yihan inIndonesian Open

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

Sports Current Affairs 2011. Chinese World No. 3 Wang Yihan defeated Saina Nehwal in thefinal Indonesian Open Super Serieson 26 June 2011

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Saina Nehwal runners-up at Indonesian Open, Chinese WorldNo. 3 Wang Yihan won Indonesia Open, Saina Nehwal only won Swiss Open Grand Prix in2011

Haryana Government decided to waive 5 per cent Value

Added Tax (VAT) on Kerosene

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Haryana state government decided to waive off the 5 per cent valueadded tax (VAT) on kerosene

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 Tags: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Haryana government removed 5% VATon kerosene, value added tax, 4 per cent VAT on LPG cylinders was waived back in 2008 byHaryana Government, BJP-ruled states were charging maximum VAT on diesel

Machendranathan Committee suggested NMDC to fix IronOre Prices on a Quarterly Basis

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

Economy Current Affairs 2011. Machendranathan Committee suggested that the state-runmineral giant NMDC should fix its iron ore prices on a quarterly basis

Tags: current affairs June 2011, high-powered committee of the steel ministry headed by

additional secretary S Machendranathan, NMDC should fix its iron ore prices on a quarterlybasis, Minerals & Metals Trading Corporation, iron ore export prices

China's Prominent Activist, Hu Jia detained for SubversionCharges was released

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. China's most prominent human rights activists, Hu Jia, wasreleased after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail on subversion charges

Tags: current affairs June 2011, China's most prominent human rights activists Hu Jia, Hu Jiareleased after three and a half years in jail, environmental protection campaigners, Hu Jia had itbeen detained for subversion charges, Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, European Parliament

Red Bull's Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettelwon European Grand Prix

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

Sports Current Affairs 2011. Formula One World champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany on 26June 2011 won the European Grand Prix

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Red Bull's Formula One team, Formula One World championSebastian Vettel, Sebastian Vettel of Germany won the European Grand Prix, Vittal’s European

Grand Prix victory put him level with British great Stirling Moss

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NCPCR directed MP Government to prepare Report onGenitoplasty on Children less than 5 years 

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Madhya Pradesh State government to undertake an investigationwith a team of doctors and submit detailed report on doctors/hospitals practising genitoplasty onchildren

Tags: current affairs June 2011, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, genitoplasty on children less than 5 years old, problem of rampant genitoplasty on children inMadhya Pradesh, Genitoplasty is used to correct genital abnormality in fully-grown patients, measures taken by the Madhya Pradesh government against adverse effect of sex change 

CCI directed NSE to pay a fine of Rs 55.5 crore forindulging in Unfair Market Practices 

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Economy Current Affairs 2011. CCI held the National Stock Exchange guilty of indulging inunfair market practices & was ordered to cough up a penalty of Rs 55.5 crore

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Competition Commission of India, CCI held the National Stock 

Exchange guilty of indulging in unfair market practices, NSE to pay Rs 55.5 crore as fine, DelhiHigh Court, MCX Stock Exchange 

Union Cabinet approved extension of the RSBY Scheme toall Registered Domestic Workers

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Union Cabinet on 23 June 2011 approved extension of the RashtriyaSwasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) to all the registered domestic workers

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, RSBY extended to domesticworkers, National Social Security Fund for Unorganised Workers, Building and OtherConstruction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, femaleemployment in the urban areas, urban labour market 

Central Employment Guarantee Council rejected NCSDProposal of Skill Development 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Economy Current Affairs 2011. Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) rejected thePrime Minister’s National Council on Skill Development’s suggestion for skill development 

Tags: current affairs June 2011, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, NationalCouncil on Skill Development, NASSCOM president Mabel Rebello, NREG Act, National RuralEmployment Guarantee Scheme 

Union Ministry of Environment declared Three Coal Blocks

in the Hasdeo-Arand Forests as go area

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. Union Ministry of Environment declared threecoal blocks in the Hasdeo-Arand forests as go area and granted them Stage-I environmentclearance

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 Tags: current affairs June 2011, three coal blocks in the Hasdeo-Arand forests declared as goarea, Parsa East and Kante Basan coal blocks, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Unionenvironment minister Jairam Ramesh, Forest Advisory Committee, Hasdeo-Arand forests 

US decided to pull-out Troops from Afghanistan & handSecurity over to Afghan Authorities in 2014 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. US President Barack Obama on 23 June 2011 set in motion asubstantial withdrawal of American troops

Tags: US President Barack Obama, US troops to be completely pulled out of Afghanistan by

2014, Afghan president Hamid Karzai, Nato-trained police and army 

MV Suez Crew returned Home after being held Captive for1o months by Somali Pirates 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Indian sailors, who were among the 22-member crew of MV Suezheld captive by Somali pirates for nearly 10 months, reached Karachi

Tags: current affairs June 2011, crew of MV Suez returned home, MV Suez held captive bySomali pirates for nearly 10 months, Ansar Burney Trust, Oman port, cargo vessel crew 

NAC directed the Tribal Affairs Ministry to consult Jarawason their Future 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. National Advisory Council (NAC) directed the Tribal Affairs

Ministry on 22 June 2011 to consult the Jarawas before drafting policy on their future

Tags: current affairs June 2011, National Advisory Council, Tribal Affairs Ministry, Jarawas of Andaman & Nicobar islands, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, TribalAffairs Ministry to consult Jarawa on their future, report on the Jarawas 

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Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 was finalised atRs.22214 crore

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 was finalised at Rs.22214crore

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek SinghAhluwalia, WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 wasfinalised at Rs.22214 crore, focus area of the West Bengal government would be to developtourism infrastructure, employment generation in West Bengal 

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Indian Firms jumped to

$43.9 billion in FY 2010-11 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Economy Current Affairs 2011. Foreign direct investment (FDI) by Indian firms jumped morethan two-folds in financial year 2010-11 to $43.9 billion

Tags: current affairs June 2011, foreign direct investment (FDI) by Indian firms, FDI by Indianfirms jumped to $43.9 billion in 2010-11, FDI comprises investments in equity, loans and

guarantees, Indian overseas investment policies, wholly owned subsidiaries 

American and Filipino biologists discovered 7 New Speciesof Mice in Luzon 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. Discovery of 7 new species of mice raised thenumber of native mammals known from Luzon Island (excluding bats) from 42 to 49

Tags: current affairs June 2011, seven new species of mice discovered in Phillipines, genusApomys, Mingan mountains, Mount Tapulao in the Zambales Mountains, peer-reviewed journalof The Field Museum, mouse's morphology, American and Filipino biologists 

India's Ace Magician Gopinath Muthukad received theInternational Merlin Award

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Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. India's ace magician Gopinath Muthukad received the International

 Merlin Award on 23 June 2011

Tags: current affairs June 2011, India's ace magician Gopinath Muthukad, Gopinath Muthukadreceived the International Merlin Award, Muthukad’s motto is Magic with a mission, wellknown magicians, presentation of magic, Gopinath Muthukad is the second Indian to receiveMerlin Award after PC Sorkar Jr 

UP Government decided to notify Dalit Memorials as UPHeritage Zones 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Uttar Pradesh government decided to notify various memorials andparks developed on the name of Dalit icons as heritage zones

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Uttar Pradesh government, Dalit memorials to be notified asheritage zones, Lucknow Development Authority, Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal 

UNESCO removed the in-danger Tag from the ManasNational Park

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. UNESCO removed the in-danger tag from the Manas National Park,a World Heritage Site in Assam

Tags: current affairs June 2011, UNESCO removed the in-danger tag from the Manas NationalPark , Manas National Park , 35th session of Unesco’s World Heritage Committee, biodiversityhotspos in Northeast India, World Heritage Site 

Haryana offered 2 Sites to NPCIL for Nuclear Power Plant Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) offeredtwo sites to NPCIL for setting up a second nuclear power plant

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 Tags: current affairs June 2011, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited, Haryanaoffered 2 sites to NPCIL for nuclear power plant, nuclear power plants in India 

Finmin directed Income Tax department to launch

Prosecution Action in Tax Evasion Cases

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Economy Current Affairs 2011. Union Ministry of Finance on 22 June 2011 directed the IncomeTax department to launch immediate prosecution action in tax evasion cases

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Union Ministry of Finance, Income Tax department, I-T deptdirected to launch prosecution action in tax evasion cases, Germany’s Leichestein bank , 

investment data of Indians, Central Board of Direct Taxes 

INSEAD honoured Sunil Bharti Mittal with its BusinessLeader for the World Award

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Leading international business school INSEAD on 22 June 2011honoured Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Enterprises, with its Business Leader for the World

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Leading international business schools, Sunil Bharti Mittalreceived INSEAD award, Bharti Enterprises, economic and social prosperity 

Union Law Ministry decided to keep Navodaya Vidyalayasoutside the ambit of RTE Act 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Union Law Ministry decided to keep 600 hundred Navodaya

Vidyalayas in the country outside the ambit of the Right to Education (RTE) Act

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Union Law Ministry, Navodaya Vidyalayas, NavodayaVidyalaya Samiti, Right to Education Act, Navodaya Vidyalayas to be kept outside the ambit of the RTE Act, entrance test for admission to Navodaya Vidyalayas 

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Research Team led by Queen's University developed theFirst Ever Drug to treat Celtic Gene 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. research team led by Queen's University developedthe first ever drug, VX-770 to treat Celtic gene

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Queen's University, first ever drug to treat Celtic genediscovered, cystic fibrosis, lung clearance of bacteria 

Bombay HC struck down DGFT Formula for calculatingTeleco Incentives

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Economy Current Affairs 2011. The Bombay High Court in June 2011 struck down agovernment body's formula for calculating incentives offered to service providers under theforeign trade policy

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Served From India Scheme, Bombay High Court struck downDGFT formula for calculating teleco sops, India’s telecommunication companies, Served FromIndia Scheme, India’s foreign trade policy 

Eminent Economist & Former Chairman of PMEAC, Prof.Suresh Tendulkar expired 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Eminent economist Prof. Suresh Tendulkar expired

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Eminent economist Prof. Suresh Tendulkar died, Eastern

Region Local Board, first Disinvestment Commission, Planning Commission, food security bill, credit and privatisation policies, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, Delhi School of Economics 

UN launched drive, Sustainable Sanitation: The Five-Year-Drive to 2015

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Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. United Nations on 21 June 2011 launched a drive to makesanitation accessible to all by 2015

Tags: current affairs June 2011, UN launched drive to improve global sanitation, UN launchedSustainable sanitation: The Five-Year-Drive to 2015, Millennium Development Goals, problemof open defecation, UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, UNresolution of December 2010 had called for an end to open defecation 

UN General Assembly appointed Ban Ki-moon to SecondConsecutive Term as Secretary-General

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. United Nations General Assembly appointed former SouthKorean foreign minister Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General

Tags: current affairs June 2011, United Nations General Assembly, Ban Ki-moon appointedSecretary General for second consecutive term, UN Charter, action by the Security Council inLibya and Ivory Coast 

Union Government set up a High-powered Task Force for

the revamp of Defence Management Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Union government decided to set up a high-powered task forceheaded by Naresh Chandra to revamp defence management in India

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Findings revealed Dyslexia-linked Genes, DCDC2 ControlCilia of Cells 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

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Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Swedendiscovered that a gene linked to dyslexia, DCDC2 has a surprising biological function namely itcontrols cilia

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Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas appointed 3Independent Directors on ONGC Board 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Union Government on 21 June 2011 announced the appointment of 

three independent directors, including former RBI Deputy Governor Usha Thorat, on ONGCboard

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Guiding force of TRS & former VC of Kakatiya University,Kothapalli Jayashankar died 

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Kothapalli Jayashankar, former Vice-Chancellor of KakatiyaUniversity and proponent of Telengana Rashtriya Samiti died

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Kakatiya University, Kothapalli Jayashankar died, TelanganaRashtra Samithi, movement for separate Telengana state, Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector 

Tunisian Court sentenced Former President Zine al-Abidine

Ben Ali in Absentia to 35 years in Jail

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. Tunisian court on 20 June 2011 sentenced former presidentZine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to 35 years in jail

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Annu Raj Singh – 5th Indian Shooter to book her Berth for2012 London Olympic

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Sports Current Affairs 2011. Annu Raj Singh became the 5th Indian shooter to book her berth forthe 2012 London’s Olympic 

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shooter to book her berth for the London’s Olympic, Indian shooters 

Guidelines for Member of Parliament Local AreaDevelopment Scheme revised

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. The Union Government decided to raise the amount to be released inthe first instalment in an effort to ensure timely and effective implementation of works proposedunder the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

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