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 3^rd 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" 3^rd 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 15^th)
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