INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 - IV

India March, 2011

 

India Current Affairs March, 2011 : Short Points

·         11 got death penalty, 20 life term for Godhra carnage.

·         India, ASEAN set $70 bn trade target.

·         Banking Laws Amendment Bill got cabinet nod.

·         Lanco acquired Aussie coal mines, Griffin, for $760 million.

·         India agreed to finance Ethiopian sugar sector revamp.

·         Interceptor missile test fired successfully. – Monaco became the first public sector firm to Introduce ESOPs.

·         SC approved single MBBS entrance test across nation.

·         India, Brazil inked air services agreement.

·         Star Indian Post office announced launch of online portal ‘epost office’ (https://www.epostoffice.gov.in/)

·         Essar, Inked $750m agreement to revive Zimbabwe Iran & Steel C0.

·         N-capable missiles Dhanush and Prithvi-II successfully tested.

·         India, Bangladesh decided to hold Wagah-style retreat at border.

·         Foundation for Judicial Academy laid in Jodhpur.

·         Prez Patiy cancelled appointment of PJ Thomas as CVC.

·         Union cabinet approved GST Bill.

·         India’s tallest (80 feet) statue of Lo rd Buddha unveiled in Sarnath.

·         Government approved 9.5% interest on PF deposits.

·         India abstained from UNSC vote on Libya no fly zone.

·         Bollywood actor Navin Nischol passed away.

·         Security forces seized armed from Maoist hide out in Midnapur.

·         Saina Nehwal won Swiss Open Single’s final tennis trophy.

·         Delhi Anti-sealing Bill passed In Rajya Sabha.

·         SBI announced new code of conduct. – Shimla declared environmentally sustainable city.

·         Orissa (the alteration of named Bill and Constitution (113th) Amendment Bill passed in Rajya Martha.

·         Lok Sabha passed the Coinage Amendments Bill.

·         Cash-strapped Air India got a breather.

·         Navy nabbed 16 pirates off Lakshadweep.

·         India invited to make huge investments in Africa.

·         India breaks into the top 10 nations in Scientific Research Output.

·         Gujarat banned the sale distribution and reprinting of Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and his struggle with India.

·         Results of Census 2011 released: Puts India’s population at 1.21 billion.

India Current Affairs January, 2011 : Descriptive Points

·         Noted Hindi writer Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari has been chosen for the prestigious Vyas Samman for his collection of poems ‘Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega’. The Award is instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation.

·         The Government of India has proposed to nominate the name of Assam’s river island Majuli for inclusion in the cultural landscape category of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list.

·         A Tamil Brahmi script on a pot rim reading ‘a mana’ meaning a Jaina has been found at Pattanam in Earnakulam district Kerala establishing that Jainism was prevalent on the West Coast at least from second century CE (Common Era).

·         Kiradech Aphibarnrat pipped Mohammad Siddikur Rahman to bag SAIL open title on March 25, 2011 in New Delhi.

·         A. S. Suresh Krishna of Andhra Pradesh defeated Ashutosh Singh of Delhi to take the title in National Jute Board-National grass-court Tennis tournament on March 5, 2011 in Kolkata while in women’s section Kyra Shroff beat Aishwazya Agrawal to take the crown.

·         India on March 6, 2011 fired an interceptor missile which intercepted an incoming enemy ballistic missile at an attitude of 16 km and pulverized it in a direct kill. While the hostile missile was launched at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Orissa, the Interceptor blasted off from Wheeler Island off the Orissa Coast.

·         North Zone beat West Zone to clinch Deodhar Trophy of Cricket on March 9, 2011 in Jaipur by five wickets.

·         Shahina K. K. the Thiruvananthapuram correspondent of Open magazine has been chosen for the Chameli Devi Jain Award 2010 for being outstanding woman media person.

·         India will test-fire the submarine launched version of of BrahMos Underwater test-firing the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile by year end as on March 12, 2011. Underwater weapon-delivery countries defence strength.

·         The Human Resource Development Ministry has appointed Mahashweta Devi as National Research Professor for a second term of five years from February 2011. She has been appointed to this post in recognition of her contribution as a writer and a social activist.

·         V. Kalidas-The Hindu’s consultant has been honoured with the Hall of Fame Award for 2011 for his contribution to the media industry. He was honoured by Punjab Education Minister Sewa Singh Sekhwan in Chandigarh on March 17, 2011.

·         India’s exports breached the $ 200 billion mark in the first 11 months of the 2010-11. Exports jumped by 49.8% year-on-year during February to $ 23.6 billion taking the April-January 2010-11 figure to $ 208.2 billion-an increase of 31.4% over the year-ago period and past the yearly target of $ 200 billion.

·         Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was honoured with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and lndusirys’ top honour. The Decade of Global Achievement Honour for her accomplishments in Hindi cinema on March 25, 2011 in Mumbai.

·         According to the 2010 tiger census whose results were declared on March 28, 2011 there are approximately 1,706 of the big cats in the country which includes about 70 in the marches of the Sundarbans.

·         The Central Government on March 24, 2011 constituted the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) under the chairmanship of former justice B. N. Krishna to rewrite and harmonize financial sector legislations, rules and regulations so that the requirements of the country’s fast growing financial sector may be fulfilled.

·         The Government recently in March 2011 approved 14 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) including that of Mauritius based Ghir Investments totalling Rs. 1,289.85 crone.