CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 INDIA - I

September 2011

·         Justice Sen quit ahead of Lok Sabha action.

·         Painter Jehangir Sabaval died on 2^nd September.

·         Center, ULFA and Assam Government signed peace pact.

·         Producer-Director Jagmohan Mundhra died on 4^th September.

·         Union Cabinet cleared land Acquisitions bill.

·         Indian Bangladesh inked pact on demarcation of entire land boundary.

·         Customs Bill passed by Rajya Sabha.

·         Monsoon Session of parliament concluded.

·         Indian lifters bagged four bronze at Asian meet.

·         58^th National Film Awards presented.

·         51^st National Open Athletic Championships began in Kolkata.

·         BC Khanduri sworn in as CM of Uttarakhand.

·         Indian Hockey team won the Asian Champions Trophy.

·         Indian women squash player won California open title.

·         Bollywood’s star lensmen Rajadhyaksha died on 13^th September.

·         Delhi United won maiden DSA title.

·         Mahindra Aerospace made its maiden flight.

·         RBI increased gift transfer limit to NRIs to $50,000.

·         Government passed 12^th Plan approach.

·         RBI allows NRIs to hold Joint Accounts.

·         Centre rolling out Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled services in North-East.

·         Jnanpith 2008 Award presented to Urdu poet Shaheryar.

·         6.8 magnitude quake rocks north-east.

·         Kochi Tuskers axed from Indian Premier League.

·         Jananpith 2009 Award to Hindi Author Amar Kant, 2010 Award to Kannada litterateur Chandrasekhar Kambar announced.

·         Interlocutors wrap up J&K mission, final report next month.

·         34^th ISO General Assembly inaugurated in New Delhi.

·         Year of Germany in India Begins.

·         SC restored Tamil Nadu’s Meenakshi temple’s control to Math.

·         Rajiv Gandhi International Prize for Tech in Education announced.

·         Centre reconstitutes Reserve Bank of India Board.

·         BJP leader L.K.Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni arrested in the cash-for-vote scam.

·         Calcutta HC Judgement: Tatas lose, Mamta wins in Singur Land Row.

·         1000 crore central aid for quake-hit Sikkim.

·         Cabinet okayed Mines and Minerals ( Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011.