Current Affairs 2010: January 5-28

January 28, 2010

PPP X Change - Mumbai
Punjabi Shiromani Sahit Awards - 2009
Indrajaala Prathibha Puraskaram Mani Antony
e-PRI
Container Handling Facility development Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)
National Tobacco Control Programme
Red Ribbon Express Phase II
'State of the Internet' report
Asutralian Open Results
Money for Women Hockey Players

January 26 & 27

Padma Awards 2010
Controversy over Sant Singh Chatwal's Padma Bhushan Award
Turning Down of Padma Sri:
Official broadcaster for Commonwealth Games - Prasar Bharti
Elections in Sri Lanka:
NATO London Meet on Afghanistan:
India Nigeria Energy Cooperation
50 emerging market business leaders: Financial Times


January 25, 2010
Member of International Nuclear Energy Academy - Baldev Raj
Making of Himachal Pradesh :
First Tagore Literature Awards 2009
Ashok Chakra: Havaldar Rajesh Kumar
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru National Award (2007) - Baldev Raj
National Communal Harmony Awards
Akkineni Award : Lata Mangeshkar
Some Other awards won by Lataji:
Kravis Leadership Award : Pratham USA
Jharkhand Online Payment Facility:
Nitish's 20% Growth Vision:
Adjustments in the Income tax Intelligence wing
First Indian Refinery to Produce Euro IV compliant Diesel: Reliance
E-burglary in Income Tax department:
Kerala is really colorful, for Paint Companies too
What is sibutramine and what is wrong with it ?
17 Hundred Plus partnership: Sachin Dravid
First Commonwealth Games venue:

January 24, 2010

Books: 'The Creator'- Vedic Philosophy: From the eyes of a Scientist
January 24 - National girl child day of India
86th Birth Anniversary of Karpoori Thakur
Andhra Pradesh: Sahajeevan Rally:
Union Bank of India receives SEBI nod for Asset Mangement JV
Maruti's Profit 3 Fold:
Chess : Chennai Open 2010 (Inaugurated)

January 23, 2010

56th National Film Awards 2008
Ved-Vedang Award Winners
Prasar Bharti Chairperson: Mrinal Pandey
Netaji's Birth Anniversary:
Orissa: Naveen Patnaik re-elected as BJD president
Karnataka: On Biotech Parks & Agriculture:
Assembly Bypoll Results:
Joe Biden's visit to Iraq:
On IPCC Report Melting Glaciers:
Pakistan : Move to West says Robert Gates
Sports Australian Open:

January 22, 2010

Maharashtra DGP- A N Roy
New Revenue Secretary : Sunial Mitra
Next Chief of the Army Staff(COAS) - Lt Gen V K Singh
New Governors Sworn in:
"Racing Brand Ambassador” of MRF : Narain Karthikeyan
India’s longest Elevated National Highway
India needs Independent Fisheries Ministry - Kalam
Money for India Hockey Teams:
Janeshwar Mishra

January 21, 2010

Shiv Shankar Menon: National Security Advisor
Orissa: Biju Saharanchal Bidyut Yojana & Piyush Yojna
First BCBP compliant airport in India- Bangalore
Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Critical Wildlife Habitat
4th World Gujarati Conference
Rajasthan: Panchayati Raj Elections:
Maharastra : Vidarbha Bandh
POSCO- OTPCL Power Pact
India US MOU's
India tests Laser-guided Bombs
Honorary General of Nepal Army :
Stunning China Growth:
Life Bans on Athletes

January 20, 2010

Manipur State Award:
E&Y awards
On Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats
Red Herring: Global 100 Winners ( from India )
Google IPL Tie Up:
Bharti Walmart Agro Hub:
Sheikh Hasina's Visit to India
False Swine Flu Pandemic Media Reports of WHO
Education For All Global Monitoring Report
on United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
On tentative list of World Heritage sites

January 19, 2010

Dada Saheb Phalke Award: V K Murthy
500th anniversary of coronation of Krishnadevaraya
How much Milk India Produced in 2009?
Orissa: 14 elephant corridors
India - Finland MOU
Ranbaxy buys manufacturing facility of Biovel Lifesciences
Australian Open : Sania Mirza Crashes Out January 18, 2010

Orissa Science Awards:
Karshakasree award - Sunny George
Film Festival " Fasle" Lucknow
14th Death Anniversary of NTR:
7th Death Anniversary: Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Chhattisgarh: Friends of AIDS Campaign:
On Sagar Parikrama
5 Regional Centers of NSD
On approval to buy 29 more MiG-29Ks
IPCC report Controversy in Himalayan Glaciers:
Namaskar Africa 2010
Commonwealth Judo Championship -Singapore (Indian Winners)

January 17, 2010

Governor of Jharkhand: M O H Farook
A K Matoo Resigns from Hockey India President:
Songadh Tribal Festival
93rd Birth Anniversary of MGR:
Heimtextil fair - Frankfurt
Marxist Patriarch : Jyoti Basu
Our Overcrowded Jails:
First Legal E-book: 'Code of Civil Procedures 1908'
World's Largest University : IGNOU
Punjab: Who Was Sham Singh Attarwala?
North India's first Doppler radar - Palam
India World:
SM Krishna's Visit to Nepal:
On Tipaimukh Dam Controversy:
What is Beidou Navigation System?
Pakistan China Military Agreement:
Car of the Year : Nano
Mumbai Marathon Winners:
National Rural Games for boys and girls under-18 take off

January 16, 2010

National Human Rights Commission New Secretary General : K S Money
President Aakhil Bhartiya Sahitya Sammelan - DB Kulkarni
Tamilnadu State Government Awards 2009
Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2010
Ladakh- Spituk Gustor festival
Karnataka: Niranthara Jyoti Scheme
Ministry approaches World Bank for Satellite Coastal Survey:
Business & Economy:
Indiagames & BG TV Agreement:
OVL Investment in Nigeria:
India Plans of Carlson Hotels Worldwide
What is reed warbler ? Read here
Islamabad Declaration
Second National Rural Games:
Why Abhinav is angry?

January 15, 2010

Member Administrative Tribunal of ADB : Laxmi Swaminathan
Chairperson of the IOC Co-ordination Commission - Nawal El Moutawakel
Who is Nawal El Moutawakel ?
New Chairman & MD of MTNL : Kuldip Singh
62nd Army Day
2500th anniversary of Marathon
Why Marathon is called so?
Arthik Sahayog Diwas turns Jan-kalyankari Diwas:
Rockets and Eclipse:
Himachal Pradesh : Appointment of Rakhas under MNREGA
Breaking of Ganga:
Nimbus BCCI Agreement:
Domotex Fair
Australia-India Council Young Media Fellowships
Earth's Ultra violet Fingerprint:
On Haiti Earthquake:
Inaugural Indian Post Cup

January 14, 2010

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Award - Vilas Rao Tope
500 Diksha Anniversary of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Century's first Mahakumbha:
Makarajyothi
National Noise Monitoring Network
Karnataka: Plan Bangalore 2020
Crocodile census in Bhitarkanika National Park
Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS)
India is Developing Anti Satellite Weapons
On Sethusamudram Channel:
On Solar Eclipse:
Word of the Decade: Google
10% Divestment in EIL
HP Microsoft Cloud computing Pact
On India-France Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement
Swiss Ban on Minarets
UN Report on world's indigenous people

January 13, 2010

Saraswati Puraskar 2010:
Loomba Trust Brand Ambassador: Priety Zinta
Jharkhand's First Muslim police chief - Neyaz Ahmad
Bharti : Top Management Changes:
Animal Welfare Fortnight
Vice President's Africa Visit
Maharashtra: Mumbai Monorail Project:
Rs. 200 Crore for Tiger Conservation:
How many tiger reserves are there in India at present?
UP Council Polls : BSP Sweeps
CBI Charge sheet against Sajjan Kumar
BJP's Vision 2025
Tigernet
MV Aquamarine operators throw hands up over costs.
Sugar Import Sops:
World's First Molecular transistor
Sports : Idea Tricup Series
Ranji Trophy: Mumbai Retains Title
46th National junior football championship. : Dr. B C Roy Trophy
Supremo Cup Kabaddi Tournament Results
Read Here

January 12, 2010

Roopdhar Lifetime Achievement award for 2010: Ram Sutar
New Directors in ISB Board:
MTNL's chairman RSP Sinha Resigns:
MTNL's chairman and managing director R S P Sinha who was on an ad-hoc extension has resigned from the post.
Milan-2010
International Buddhist Seminar: Vadodara
What is Diamond triangle of Buddhism?
Bihar : Nawada and Purnia Women to learn economic farming.
On Sustainable Mining Framework in National Mineral Policy
Thomas Cook - India Post MOU:
Integrated Sugar complex
UNESCO 's Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Peace
India's Bid to non-permanent seat in United Nations Security Council
On Food Mega parks:
On Euro-IV Grade Fuel
Cadbury rejects Kraft takeover offer
Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Process Integration Pack (PIP)
SBI : 27000 recruitments
2010 Quality of Life Index: India on 88
Airtel to Acquire Warid Telecom
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) annual study on TSR
Public sector banks throw hands up on Credit growth

January 11, 2010

Nani Palkhivala Award -Maja Daruwala
Ajit Rangnekar: Dean Indian School of Business
Rajasthan: First State in India to launch Web enabled online answering system
Karnataka: Caravan Tourism after Golden Chariots
On Proposed Nuclear Parks
Successful testing of Astra
What is Raman Chair?
Sachin Endorses BMC's 'Save Water' campaign
In which part of India, maximum people use Tobacco?
Jairam Ramesh : BtBrinjal Yatra
What is 'ePost Corporate' scheme of Department of Posts?
Can Skyline be a trademark?
UNESCO : International Year of Rapprochement of Cultures : Tagore in Interdisciplinary programme.
Who is Olafur Ragnar Grimsson ?
Director General of UNESCO Irina G Bokova in India
Who is Valentino Rossi ?
Ever Heard of Coca Colla?
74th Senior National Badminton Championship : Results

January 10, 2010

Chennai Samagam - 2010
Best Jodi Big A & Big B
Why Chamarajanagara should be a tourist Hub?
Easy Kit Scheme of NAFED
What is Padma Sambhav Mahavihara?
UP is the first state in India to launch a power transmission sub stations and transmission lines project on PPP
China Devoured our Substantial Land
Who was Taharqa?
Highest Taxpaying Sportsperson : Sachin
Who is the highest individual taxpayer ?
Pepsi to bring $ 200 million more
World's Largest Exporter is China
What is Multiprotocol Label Switching & which University is Testing for the first time?
New Aerobics Merathon Record : Dinaz Vertvawala
2010: Chennai Open Tournament: Results
Africa Cup of Nations: Togo Withdraws
2011 Cricket World Cup : Countdown begin

January 9, 2010

2nd Global Marathi Literary Meet:
Sixth International Children's Film Festival, Bangalore
International Bhojpuri Conference
Gujarat Kite Festival
Economic Times "Business Reformer of the Year " award - Nitish Kumar
5th Apsara Awards: Life Time achievement Award: Amitabh Bachchan
Tamil Nadu's first woman police chief - Letika Saran
Sanjay Dutt resigns as Samajwadi Party General Secretary
National Immunisation Day
What is SMAC?
State Farmers’ Commission (SFC) -Orissa
Ban on River Mining - Himachal Pradesh.
India's first investment and manufacturing zone-Rajasthan
China Biggest Consumer of Gold?
World's strongest Magnet:
What is Tesla?
17th Sahara Senior Indian round National archery championship
How many Grandmasters in India ?
2010 Hopman Cup :
ASB Classic (Auckland title)

January 8, 2010

Indinox--Stainless Steel Fair
India's Position in Stainless Steel production:
Vimal Kaushik : MD Maytas
Apparel Export Promotion Council Chairman: Premal Udani
What is APEC?
Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards 2009:
NYC Next Idea 2009-2010:
Paa is tax free :
Return of Charlie Chaplin:
World's First quadriplegic to sail across Atlantic
World's Largest Auto market is China

January 7, 2010

First Sports Inventor of India
What is this Batting Simulator?
Pune Film festival
Metlotsavam
New IAF base in Chhattisgarh
Nivesh Mitra Scheme of Uttar Pradesh:
26 out of 45 and Guruji is Pass.
Second Training Centre of CoBRA:
Govt reconstitutes PIB's Central Press Accreditation panel
Challenges in Space:
Google Nexus:
E-spark
Return of INS Savitri:
New online US VISA form from January 19:

January 6, 2010

New Speaker of Jharkhand Assembly.
Amar Singh resigns from SP
20th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) concludes:
Geluk Monlam Puja
Buddha Historic Park
200th Birth Anniversary of Luis Braille
First Pravasi Film Festival Awards:
Books: Anokha Safar
Maharastra: Controversy Over liquor-from-foodgrains policy
Web based Rubber Clinic:
Tele-Audiology Screening Programme of Sri Ramachandra University (SRU)
What are Vyomnauts?
Tamil Nadu Environment Protection Fund:
"It Can Be done"
Next ISC in Chennai
E-Dog of IIT Mumbai
Professional Education Development Project

January 5, 2010

President of International Federation of Company Secretaries (IFCS) : Keyoor Bakshi
About International Federation of Company Secretaries (IFCS)
Angelina Jolie : Beauty of the decade
First Infosys prize:
344th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh
Think Thyroid Month
What is Thyroid?
Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu
E-Dharini Project of Orissa Government
What is Delivery Monitoring Unit ?
Primary Producer Companies:
Jan Kranti Party of Kalyan Singh:
States Authorized more power for Panchayats
Second Yog Peeth of Baba Ram Dev:
Dog Breeding Center of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
Patanjali Food and Herbal Park
Problems of the Migrant Workers:
2 Million Mobile Internet Users and Growing:
Rio +20 CBD Conference
Total Number of Telephones:
Stamp on Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth
First Disable Friendly Website of a Ministry in India:
No. of ASI protected Monuments
Russia Belarus Energy Dispute