CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 INDIA

India August 2011

·         Month-long monsoon session of Parliament began.

·         Centre agreed to a Rs.19000 Crore ballout package for West Bengal.

·         The first-ever Kashmir Premier League (KPL) T-20 Chinar Cup-2011 ended.

·         DV Sadananda Gowda sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.

·         SC partially lifted mining ban in Bellary.

·         Indian archers won three silver medals in the Archery World Cup in Ogden.

·         N-E body sought national drink status for tea.

·         Indian wrestlers won 49 medals in the commonwealth wrestling championship in Melbourne.

·         Aditya Mehta clinched the 78th National Snooker Championship title.

·         Former TN Governor and political analyst PC Alexander died.

·         Lok Sabha passed SBI Subsidiary Banks Bill.

·         BrahMos Varian Block III supersonic cruise missile test-fired successfully.

·         Indian cricket team lost the No. 1 Test rank to England.

·         Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died.

·         PM Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on 65th Independence Day.

·         New Indian Chief suspended over credit over for Paramount Air.

·         N A K Browne has been takes charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force.

·         Coal India Ltd. Dethroned Reliance Industries Ltd. as most valued firm.

·         National Sports awards announced.

·         All-party meeting in West Bengal decided to rename the state as Paschimbanga.

·         Stealth frigate Statpura commissioned into navy.

·         Historian and Indologist Ram Sharan Sharma died.

·         Leader Paes and Mahesh Bhupati won the doubles title at Cincinnati tennis match.

·         Government and Team Anna held talks to reach truce.

·         Haryana lifted ceiling on non-farm land.

·         Baichung Bhutia brought down the curtain on his international career.

·         Fast attack warship INS Karuva inducted into Navy.

·         K. Rosaiah appointed new Tamil Nadu Governor.

·         Birla Corp suspended mining in Rajasthan.

·         Indian Finished 8th in the WSF men’s world team squash championship held in Germany.

·         Juvenile Justice (amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.

·         Sucheta 33 year old women from Pune became first Indian woman to cross Gobi desert.

·         Ronjan Sodhi has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings.

·         HDFC bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs.

·         Gagan Narang Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna.

·         Prahaar missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa.

·         Rahul Dravid became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Ponting’s record.

·         Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde.

·         Shammi Kapoor bollywood actor passed away recently.