Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Current Affairs 2011


  1. Which country celebrates the New Year first – Kiribati, New Zealand and Australia
  2. India’s first indigenously designed and developed military fighter aircraft – Tejas
  3. ‘Tejas’ was officially named by - Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
  4. Institution of National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding (NIRDESH) is coming up at: Chaliyam, near Kozhikode.
  5. The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, inaugurate the 98th Indian Science Congress in Chennai on 3rd January, 2011.
  6. Gorgon Stare - is a real weapon used to track and kill targets in warzones.
  7. Holly wood Action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger steps down as California "Governator" 3rd Monday, January 2011.
  8. International Year of Forests (UN) – 2011
  9. The 17th SAARC Summit will be held in Maldives' capital Male in 2011
  10. Members of SAARC - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Maldives. (formed in 1985)
  11. Punjab Governor, who assassinated by his security guard – Salman Nazeer (Security Guard - Muhammad Mumtaz Qadri)
  12. Telangana Committee headed by: Former Supreme Court judge B N Srikrishna. ( Justice Srikrishna had headed the commission on the Mumbai riots of 1992 and submitted that report in 1998.)
  13. First Titanium Sponge Factory in India - in Chavara (sponge factory will be inaugurated on February 15th)
  14. Sachin Tendulkar is the first sportsperson who was conferred a Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain. (he is also the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force.)
  15. New Chairman of CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) – Sudheer Chandra
  16. The Chief guest of the 62nd Republic Day celebrations of India - President of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
  17. Australian Open 2011 (Men) - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
  18. Australian Open 2011 (Women)- Kim Clijsters
  19. JC Daniel Award 2011 - M.C. Punnoose

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