Showing posts with label Current Affairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Current Affairs. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

World Environment Day 2014


The 2014 theme for World Environment Day will focus on 'Small Islands and Climate Change', the official slogan for the year 2014 is 'Raise Your Voice Not The Sea Level.

Sunday, 11 May 2014

Current Affairs - May First Week


India launched its own payment gateway 'RuPay', equivalent of Visa and Mastercar.
Waqar Younis appointed as head coach of Pakistan cricket team.
New dancing frog species found in Western Ghats.
Virat Kohli ranked no 1 in ICC One Day International rankings.
Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) elected Ahmed Maetig as the country’s new prime minister to succeed Abdullah Al-Thinni Mark Selby won World Snooker Championship 2014.
Dipika Pallikal ranked 10th in Women Squash Association rankings.
Sania Mirza and Cara Black won WTA Portugal Open 2014.
Archaeologists discovered a granary at Rakhigarhi in Haryana.
India ranked no 1 in Twenty20 International Team ranking.

Thursday, 25 July 2013

World’s Oldest living man


GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS, the global authority on record breaking achievements, announces 112-year-old Salustiano Sanchez Blazquez from Grand Island, New York, as the new world’s Oldest living man.

The record is announced on the heels of the recent passing of Japanese 116-year-old Jiroemon Kimura, who was recognized as the Oldest man ever and died on June 12th, 2013.
Currently,115-year-old female, Misao Okawa of Japan, is considered by Guinness World Records to be the world's Oldest living person overall.

Source: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2013/7/salustiano-sanchez-confirmed-as-oldest-living-man-50056/

INSAT-3D successfully launched


India's advanced meteorological satellite INSAT-3D was successfully launched by an European rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana early today, giving a boost to weather forecasting and disaster warning services.

European space consortium Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launched INSAT-3D and Alphasat satellites.

Alphasat is Europe's largest telecommunication satellite-ever manufactured and results from a large-scale public-private partnership between the European Space Agency and Inmarsat.

The workhorse vehicle lifted off exactly on schedule at 1.23 AM IST from the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone in French Guiana for a nearly 33-minute flight.

Thursday, 11 July 2013

World Youth Athletic Championship - Donetsk (Ukraine)


The eighth World Youth Athletic Championship started in Donetsk (Ukraine).
Around 1,700 competitors from 165 countries will participate in the biennial tournament, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). The tournament, which started Wednesday, is open to track and field events for under-17 competitors.
Total of 148 medals will be awarded for 40 events scheduled for the five-day tournament.
The previous World Youth Athletic Championship was held in Lille, France, in 2011.

Monday, 1 July 2013

Indian PSLV successfully launches IRNSS-1A navigation satellite


India have launched their Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Monday carrying IRNSS-1A, the first satellite of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System. Liftoff from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre occurred at 18:11 UTC (23:41 local time).


Source: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/07/indian-pslv-launch-irnss-r1a/

Thursday, 4 October 2012

GSAT 10 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit



GSAT 10 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit

The orbit raising manoeuvres of GSAT 10 satellite have been successfully completed from 
ISRO's Master Control Facility, Hassan. The third and final orbit raising manoeuvre was performed this
 morning (October 03, 2012) to place the GSAT 10 in an orbit with 35,734 km apogee (farthest point to earth), 35,585 km perigee (nearest point to earth) and an inclination of 0.172 degree with respect to the equator. Currently, the orbital period of GSAT 10 is 23 hours 50 minutes

GSAT-10 is an Indian communication satellite which was launched by Ariane-5ECA carrier rocket in 2012. It will field C and Ku band transponders, and includes a navigation payload to augment GAGANcapacity.

GSAT-10
· Communication satellite of India, built by ISRO
· It carries 30 communication transponders — 12 in Ku-band, 12 in C-band and 6 in extended C-band.
· It has design life of 15 years, built at a cost of Rs.750 crore.
· It will enhance telecommunication, Direct-To-Home and radio navigation services.
· It is the second satellite in INSAT/GSAT constellation with GAGAN payload after GSAT-8, launched in May 2011.

The satellite GSAT-10 was successfully launched early on 29 September 2012 at 2:48 am (IST) on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.

GAGAN: The GPS aided geo augmented navigation or GPS and geo-augmented navigation system (GAGAN) is a planned implementation of a regional satellite-based augmentation system(SBAS) by the Indian government


Thursday, 31 May 2012

May 31: World No Tobacco Day



May 31: World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is observed around the world every year on May 31, organized by the WHO.

Symbol of World No Tobacco Day:
Ash trays with fresh flowers

Viswanathan Anand defeats Boris Gelfand to win a fourth consecutive World Chess Championship.


World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand, who defeated Boris Gelfand in a tie-breaker to retain his title on Wednesday,and $1.53 million going to the winner. Anand, who won the four game series 2.5-1.5 (1 win and 3 draws), will keep the FIDE(World Chess Federation) world title he has held since 2007(4 times) for another two years. 
Anand was born on 11 December 1969 in Mayiladuthurai, a small town in Tamil Nadu. Anand has won the World Chess Championship five times (2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)

Sunday, 27 November 2011

Information about Mullaperiyar Dam


1. 2011-เดฒ്‍ เดชเดดเด•്เด•ം 115 เดตเดฐ്‍เดทം
2. เดจിเดฐ്‍เดฎിเดš്เดšเดค് เด•เดฐിเด™്เด•เดฒ്เดฒും เดšുเดฃ്เดฃാเดฎ്เดชും เดธുเดฐ്‍เด•്เด•ിเดฏും เด•ൊเดฃ്เดŸ്
3. เดธുเดฐ്‍เด•്เด•ിเดฏിเดฒ്‍ เดชเดฃിเดคเดคിเดฒ്‍ เดจിเดฒเดจിเดฒ്‍เด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจ เด‡เดจ്เดค്เดฏเดฏിเดฒെ เด’เดฐേเดฏൊเดฐു เดตเดฒിเดฏ เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸ്
4. เดก്เดฐെเดฏിเดจേเดœ് เด—ാเดฒเดฑിเด•เดณിเดฒ്เดฒ (เดตെเดณ്เดณเดค്เดคിเดจ്เดฑെ เดธเดฎ്เดฎเดฐ്‍เดฆം เด•ൂเดŸും)
5. เด•เดฃ്‍เดธ്เดŸ്เดฐเด•്เดทเดจ്‍ เดœോเดฏเดจ്เดฑുเด•เดณിเดฒ്เดฒാเดคെ เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸ് เด’เดฑ്เดฑ เดฌ്เดฒോเด•്เด•ാเดฃ് (เดตിเดณ്เดณเดฒും เดชൊเดŸ്เดŸเดฒും เดต്เดฏാเดชിเด•്เด•ാเดจ്‍ เดธാเดง്เดฏเดค)
6. เดตെเดณ്เดณเดค്เดคിเดจ്เดฑെ เดธเดฎ്เดฎเดฐ്‍เดฆം เด•เดฃเด•്เด•ിเดฒെเดŸുเด•്เด•ാเดคെ เดจിเดฐ്‍เดฎിเดš്เดšเดค്. เดธ്​เดชിเดฒ്‍เดตേเด•เดณ്‍ เด†เดตเดถ്เดฏเดค്เดคിเดจിเดฒ്เดฒ.
7. เดธുเดฐ്‍เด•്เด•ിเดฏും เดšുเดฃ്เดฃാเดฎ്เดชും เด…เดŸเดฐ്‍เดจ്เดจ് เด’เดฒിเดš്เดšുเดชോเดฏി เดชเดฒเดฏിเดŸเดค്เดคും เดชൊเดŸ്เดŸเดฒുเด•เดณ്‍
8. เดคുเดŸเด•്เด•ം เดฎുเดคเดฒ്‍เดคเดจ്เดจെ เดšോเดฐ്‍เดš്เดš. 1922, 1928-35, 1961-65 เด•ാเดฒเดค്เดค് เดธിเดฎเดจ്เดฑ് เดšാเดจ്เดคുเด•ൊเดฃ്เดŸ് เดšോเดฐ്‍เดš്เดš เด…เดŸเดš്เดšു
9. เดช്เดฐเดคിเดตเดฐ്‍เดทം 30.4 เดŸเดฃ്‍ เดŽเดจ്เดจ เดคോเดคിเดฒ്‍ 50 เดตเดฐ്‍เดทเดค്เดคിเดจിเดŸเดฏിเดฒ്‍ 1500 เดŸเดฃ്เดฃിเดฒเดงിเด•ം เดธുเดฐ്‍เด•്เด•ി เด’เดฒിเดš്เดšുเดชോเดฏി
10. เดญൂเด•เดฎ്เดช เดธാเดง്เดฏเดคാ เดชเด เดจം เดจเดŸเดค്เดคിเดฏിเดŸ്เดŸിเดฒ്เดฒ
11. เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸ് เด‰เดŸുเดฎ്เดชเดž്เดšോเดฒ, เด•เดฎ്เดชം เดญ്เดฐംเดถเดฎേเด–เดฒเด•เดณ്‍ เดธംเด—เดฎിเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจ เดธ്เดฅเดฒเดค്เดคാเดฏเดคിเดจാเดฒ്‍ เดญൂเด•เดฎ്เดช เดธാเดง്เดฏเดค เด•ൂเดŸുเดคเดฒാเดฃ്
12. เดฌേเดฌി เดกാം เดธ്เดฅിเดคിเดšെเดฏ്เดฏുเดจ്เดจเดค് เดญ്เดฐംเดถ เดฎേเด–เดฒเดฏിเดฒ്‍ (เด…เดŸിเดฏിเดฒൂเดŸെ เดšോเดฐ്‍เดš്เดš เดฐൂเด•്เดทം.) เดกാം เด‡เดคേเดตเดฐെ เดฌเดฒเดช്เดชെเดŸുเดค്เดคിเดฏിเดŸ്เดŸിเดฒ്เดฒ.
13. เด…เดŸുเดค്เดคเด•ാเดฒเดค്เดค് เด‡เดŸുเด•്เด•ി. เด•ോเดŸ്เดŸเดฏം เดœിเดฒ്เดฒเด•เดณിเดฒുเดฃ്เดŸാเดฏ เดญൂเดšเดฒเดจเด™്เด™เดณ്‍ เดญീเดทเดฃി เด‰เดฏเดฐ്‍เดค്เดคുเดจ്เดจു
14. เดชെเดฐിเดฏാเดฐ്‍ เดจเดฆി เด’เดดുเด•ുเดจ്เดจเดคുเดคเดจ്เดจെ เดญ്เดฐംเดถ เดฎേเด–เดฒเดฏിเดฒൂเดŸെ
15. เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸിเดจെ เดจിเดฐീเด•്เดทเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจിเดฒ്เดฒ. เดธ്เดฅാเดชിเดš്เดš เด‰เดชเด•เดฐเดฃเด™്เด™เดณ്‍ เดจเดถിเดš്เดšു
16. เดธเดฎ്เดฎเดฐ്‍เดฆം เด•ുเดฑเด•്เด•ാเดจ്‍ เดœเดฒเดจിเดฐเดช്เดช് 136 เด…เดŸിเดฏാเด•്เด•ി เดจിเดœเดช്เดชെเดŸുเดค്เดคാเดจും เดธ്​เดชിเดฒ്‍เดตേเด•เดณ്‍ เด•ൂเดŸ്เดŸാเดจും 1979เดฒ്‍ เด•േเดจ്เดฆ്เดฐ เดœเดฒ เด•เดฎ്เดฎീเดทเดจ്‍ เดจിเดฐ്‍เดฆേเดถം
17. เดธเดฎ്เดฎเดฐ്‍เดฆം เด•ുเดฑเด•്เด•ാเดจ്‍ เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸിเดจു เดฎുเด•เดณിเดฒ്‍ เด•ോเดฃ്‍เด•്เดฐീเดฑ്เดฑ് เด•്เดฏാเดช്เดชിเด™് เด‰เดฃ്เดŸാเด•്เด•ി. เดชเด•്เดทെ เด‡เดค് เดซเดฒเดตเดค്เดคเดฒ്เดฒ.
18. เด’เดฐു เดญാเด—เดค്เดค് เด•ോเดฃ്‍เด•്เดฐീเดฑ്เดฑ് เด†เดตเดฐเดฃം เดชเดฃിเดค് เด‡เดจ്‍เดธ്‌เดชെเด•്เดทเดจ്‍ เด—ാเดฒเดฑി เดจിเดฐ്‍เดฎ്เดฎിเดš്เดšു. (เด†เดตเดฐเดฃം เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸിเดจോเดŸ് เดšേเดฐാเดค്เดคเดคിเดจാเดฒ്‍ เดญിเดค്เดคിเดฏുเดฎാเดฏി เดšേเดฐുเดจ്เดจ เดธ്เดฅเดฒเดค്เดค് เด‡เดช്เดชോเดณ്‍ เดšോเดฐ്‍เดš്เดš)
19. เด•േเดฌിเดณ്‍ เด•ൊเดฃ്เดŸ് เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸ് เด…เดŸിเดธ്เดฅാเดจเดค്เดคോเดŸ് เด‰เดฑเดช്เดชിเดš്เดšു(เด‡เดค് เดคാเดค്เด•ാเดฒിเด• เดฌเดฒเดช്เดชെเดŸുเดค്เดคเดฒ്‍ เดฎാเดค്เดฐം)

เด•เดฐിเด™്เด•เดฒ്เดฒും เดธเดฐ്‍เด•്เด•ിเดฏും เดšുเดฃ്เดฃാเดฎ്เดชും เด‰เดชเดฏോเด—ിเดš്เดš് เดชเดฃിเดคเดคിเดฒ്‍ เด‡เดจ്เดจ് เดฒോเด•เดค്เดค് เดคเดจ്เดจെ เดฌാเด•്เด•ി เดจിเดฐ്‍เด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจ เดชเดดเด•്เด•เดฎേเดฑിเดฏ เดเด• เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸാเดฃ് เดฎുเดฒ്เดฒเดช്เดชെเดฐിเดฏാเดฐ്‍ เดŽเดจ്เดจ เด•ാเดฐ്เดฏം เดช്เดฐเดค്เดฏേเด•ം เดถ്เดฐเดฆ്เดงിเด•്เด•േเดฃ്เดŸเดคുเดฃ്เดŸ്. เด‡เดค്เดคเดฐเดค്เดคിเดฒ്‍ เด•ാเดฒเดชเดดเด•്เด•เดฎുเดณ്เดณ เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸുเด•เดณെเดฒ്เดฒാം เดŽเดฒ്เดฒാ เดฐാเดœ്เดฏเด™്เด™เดณും เดกീเด•เดฎ്เดฎിเดทเดจ്‍ เดšെเดฏ്เดคുเด•เดดിเดž്เดžു. เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸ് เดคเด•เดฐ്‍เดจ്เดจാเดฒുเดณ്เดณ เดฆുเดฐเดจ്เดคം เดฎുเดจ്‍เด•ൂเดŸ്เดŸി เด•เดฃ്เดŸുเด•ൊเดฃ്เดŸാเดฃിเดค്.

เดญൂเด•เดฎ്เดช เดฎേเด–เดฒเดฏിเดฒ്‍ เดชเดฃിเดค เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸാเดฏเดคിเดจാเดฒ്‍ เดญൂเดšเดฒเดจเดฎുเดฃ്เดŸാเดฏാเดฒ്‍ เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸിเดฒ്‍ เดชൊเดŸ്เดŸเดฒുเด•เดณും เดตിเดณ്เดณเดฒുเด•เดณും เด‰เดฃ്เดŸാเด•ും. เดตിเดณ്เดณเดฒുเด•เดณ്‍ เดšിเดฒเดช്เดชോเดณ്‍ เด…เด•เดค്เดคാเด•ാം. เด‡เดค് เดชുเดฑเดค്เดค് เด•ാเดฃเดฃเดฎെเดจ്เดจിเดฒ്เดฒ. เด•ാเดฒเดตเดฐ്‍เดทเดค്เดคിเดฒ്‍ เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸ് เดจിเดฑเดž്เดž เดธเดฎเดฏเดค്เดค് เด‡เดค്เดคเดฐം เดตിเดณ്เดณเดฒുเด•เดณ്‍ เดตเดฒുเดคാเดฏി เด…เดฃเด•്เด•െเดŸ്เดŸ് เดคเด•เดฐാเดจുเดณ്เดณ เดธാเดง്เดฏเดค เดตเดณเดฐെ เด•ൂเดŸുเดคเดฒാเดฃെเดจ്เดจ് เดตിเดฆเด—്เดงเดฐ്‍ เดšൂเดฃ്เดŸിเด•്เด•ാเดŸ്เดŸിเดฏിเดŸ്เดŸുเดฃ്เดŸ്.

เดญൂเดตിเดณ്เดณเดฒിเดจ് เดฎുเด•เดณിเดฒ്‍ เดธ്เดฅിเดคിเดšെเดฏ്เดฏുเดจ്เดจ เดฌേเดฌി เดกാเดฎിเดจെ เดญเดฏเด•്เด•േเดฃ്เดŸเดคുเดฃ്เดŸ്. เด‡เดช്เดชോเดณ്‍ เด‡เดคിเดจ്เดจเดŸിเดฏിเดฒൂเดŸെ เดตെเดณ്เดณം เดšോเดฐുเดจ്เดจുเดฃ്เดŸ്. เด‡เดคിเดจ് เดตെเดฑും เดฎเดฃ്‍เด•เดฏ്เดฏാเดฒเดฏുเดŸെ เดฌเดฒเดฎേเดฏുเดณ്เดณുเดตെเดจ്เดจ് เด…เดจ്เดจเดค്เดคെ เดฎเดจ്เดค്เดฐി เดŽเดจ്‍.เด•െ. เดช്เดฐേเดฎเดšเดจ്เดฆ്เดฐเดจ്เดฑെ เดจിเดฐ്‍เดฆ്เดฆേเดถാเดจുเดธเดฐเดฃം 2006 เดจเดตംเดฌเดฐ്‍ 13 เดจ് เดฌേเดฌി เดกാം เดชเดฐിเดถോเดงിเดš്เดš เด…เดจ്เดคเดฐ്‍เดธംเดธ്เดฅാเดจ เดœเดฒเดตിเดญเดต เดตเด•ുเดช്เดช് เดšീเดซ് เดŽเดž്เดšിเดจീเดฏเดฐ്‍ เด•െ. เดฆിเดตാเด•เดฐเดจ്‍ เดšൂเดฃ്เดŸിเด•്เด•ാเดŸ്เดŸിเดฏിเดŸ്เดŸുเดฃ്เดŸ്. เดฎുเดฒ്เดฒเดช്เดชെเดฐിเดฏാเดฑിเดฒെ เดœเดฒเดจിเดฐเดช്เดช് เดคാเดด്เดค്เดคി เดธเดฎ്เดฎเดฐ്‍เดฆ്เดฆം เด•ുเดฑเดš്เดšിเดฒ്เดฒെเด™്เด•ിเดฒ്‍ เดฆുเดฐเดจ്เดคเดฎുเดฃ്เดŸാเด•ുเดฎെเดจ്เดจും เด…เดฆ്เดฆേเดนം เดฎുเดจ്เดจเดฑിเดฏിเดช്เดช് เดจเดฒ്‍เด•ിเดฏിเดฐുเดจ്เดจു

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History

On 29 October 1886, a lease indenture for 999 years was made between Maharaja of Travancore, Vishakham Thirunal and Secretary of State for India for Periyar irrigation works. The lease agreement was signed by Dewan of Travancore V Ram Iyengar and State Secretary of Madras State (under British rule) J C Hannington. This lease was made after constant pressure on Travancore King by the British for 24 years. The lease indenture inter alia granted full right, power and liberty to construct, make and carry out on the leased land and to use exclusively when constructed, made and carried out all such irrigation works and other works ancillary thereto to Secretary of State for India (now Tamil Nadu). The agreement was to give 8000 acres of land for the reservoir and another 100 acres to construct the dam. And the tax for each acre was 5 RS per year. When India became independent, the lease got expired. After several failed attempts to renew the agreement in 1958, 1960, and 1969, the agreement was renewed in 1970 when C Achutha Menon was Kerala Chief Minister. According to the renewed agreement, the tax per acre was 30 RS, and for the electricity generated in Lower Camp using Mullaperiyar water, the charge was 12 RS per kiloWatt per hour. This was without the consent of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala[citation needed]. This agreement expired in 2000. However, Tamil Nadu still uses the water and the land, and the Tamil Nadu government has been paying to the Kerala government for the past 50 years 2.5 lakhs Rs as tax per year for the whole land and 7.5 lakhs RS per year as surcharge for the total amount of electricity generated.

The first dam was built by the British Corps of Royal Engineers. After the first dam was washed away by floods, a second dam was built in 1895. it is built with stone and Surki ( A mixture of sugar and Calcium oxide).

The construction work on a small dam began in 1850 but was abandoned. This was because of fever among workers and demand for higher wages. In May 1882, the work on the dam resumed and was entrusted to Major John Pennycuick. It's total estimated cost was Rs. 84.71 lakhs. The reservoir was to have a height of 152 feet and a capacity of 10.56 thousand million cubic feet.

The dam's purpose was to divert the waters of the west-flowing Periyar River eastward, taking the water from the reservoir through a tunnel cut across the watershed and Western Ghats to the arid rain shadow regions of Theni, Madurai District, Sivaganga District and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu.[9] Although Kerala claims that the agreement was forced on the then princely State of Travancore, presently part of Kerala, the pact was re-validated in 1970 by Kerala and Tamil Nadu.[10] The lease provided the British the rights over "all the waters" of the Mullaperiyar and its catchment basin, for an annual rent of Rs. 40,000.
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Thursday, 17 November 2011

PSC Questions on 17-11-11


1) who was appointed as Chief Mentor for Kerala's Development?

Ans: Sam Pitroda (He is also widely considered to have been responsible for India’s communications revolution)

2) The first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four times?

Ans: Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)

3) Which is called the Mother of Parliaments ?

Ans: The British Parliament

4) World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on ----?

Ans: 2nd December

5) Nickname of New York City?

Ans: Big Apple

6) What is the common name for ascorbic acid?

Ans: Vitamin C

7) Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services

Ans: Satyendranath Tagore

8) Who is the CEO of Yahoo?

Ans: Timothy R. Morse (Carol Bartz lost her position as CEO on Sept 6, 2011)

9) Speed of computer mouse is measured in which unit?

Ans: Mickey

10) A person who speaks several languages is?

Ans: Polygot

Thursday, 23 September 2010

Current Affairs 2010


* Bollywood movie which has been banned recently in Pakistan by government over fears of a terrorist attack and for references Osama Bin Laden?
“Tere Bin Laden”.

* The inventor of the black box flight data recorder who died at the age of 85 at a nursing home in Melbourne?
David Warren.

* President of an African country has banned the country's football team from international competition for two years following their poor showing at the World Cup-2010. Which is that country?
Nigeria.

* Nepal's prime minister resigned recently, bowing to pressure from opposition Maoists who demanded his ouster in parliament and in street protests?
Madhav Kumar Nepal.

* Who has been sworn in as the 15th president of Philippines?
Benigno Aquino III

* Who was named as the new Coach and manager of the English Premier League club ‘Liverpool’?
Roy Hodgson

* American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running show with the same host in the same time slot which will end its run in the fall of 2010?
Larry King Live.

* Who was sworn in as Germany's 10th President on July 1, 2010?
Christian Wulff

* US President Barack Obama has recently declared a state of emergency in Texas. What is the reason?
A federal emergency declared in Texas as Tropical Storm Alex builds to hurricane strength and approaches south Texas and northern Mexico

* Who won the Man of the Match award in the fifth ODI Cricket played between Australia and England at London on July 03, 2010?
Man of the match: Shaun Tait (Australia)

* Who won the Man of the Series award in the ODI Cricket Series played between Australia and England at England?
Eoin Morgan

* Indian batsman who scored his fifth double century in the Test match against Sri Lanka?
Sachin Tendulkar.

* A top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang who has been killed while resisting arrest in a military raid?
Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

* The Uruguay striker who won the golden ball in the 2010 World Cup, visited Kolkata recently?
Diego Forlan.

* The Bangladeshi government has recently ordered mosques and libraries across the country to remove all books written by a controversial Islamic scholar. Name of that Islamic author?
Syed Abul Ala Maududi.

* Who is selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award (2010), the country’s highest sporting honour?
Saina Nehwal

* In a historic vote on 28th July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution regarding water. What is that?
“Clean water and sanitation are fundamental human rights”

* Who became the ninth Indian cricketer to score a century in his first Test innings (on debut) in the second Test match between India and Sri Lanka at the SSC in Colombo?
Suresh Raina

* Name of the website which released over 75,000 secret US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan?
WikiLeaks.

* Name of the passenger jet which has crashed on July 28, 2010 in a heavily wooded area outside Islamabad in Pakistan killing all 152 people on board?
Airbus 321



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