Friday, December 30, 2011

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 - III


April, 2011

 

·         Rabobank got RBI nod for India operations.
·         Team India won the Cricket World Cup after 28 years.
·         World Cup celebration continue bio-fuel flight leader Safar named all over nation.
·         Delhi cabinet gave its nod to ban on plastic bags.
·         India suspended food imports from Japan for 3 months.
·         Union Cabinet approved Consulate General of India in Perth.
·         The government decided that blanket ban on food Imports from Japan was not required as items tested so far were not found contaminated from radiation leak.
·         Indian Premier League (IPL-4) got off in Chennai.
·         Anirban Lahiri won the inaugural Panasonlc Open Golf title.
·         SFI founder C Bhaskaran died.

·         44-deemed univs facing derecognition got reprive from Supreme Court.
·         PM Singh reached China for BRICS summit.
·         India, China’ agreed to resume defence exchanges.
·         Kanishtha Dhankhar crowned Femina Miss India World 2011.
·         Alok Kumar won Asian Billiards Championship title.
·         India,Kazakhstan Inked nuke,oil pacts.
·         Jaipur’s last titular Maharaja Bhawanl Singh died.
·         Orissa became first state to launch rural livelihood mission.
·         Abhijit Gupta won the Dubai International Open Chess title.
·         India, Japan signed pact on digital library- PSLV-CI6 placed 3 satellites in orbit.
·         Congress won first civic polls in Gandhi nagar
·         RBI granted relief of banks on NPAS.
·         India-Pak panel okayed repatriation of prisoners.
·         Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba died.
·         Ex-chief of CWG Suresh Kalmadi arrested on charges of forgery.
·         A special CBI Court sent ‘ Kalmadi and two others to 8-day custody.
·         Indo-pak trade talks resumed after two years.
·         2G: PM Singh got clean chit from Public Accounts Committee.
·         The winner of Dubai Open Chess Championship is – Abhijeet Gupta
·         Recently PSLV-C16 put into space orbit – Three Setellites
·         The Indian who recently won prestigious Indu Sharma Katha Samman is – Vikas Kumar
·         As per Time Manazine list, the most influential Indian is – Mahendra singh Dhoni
·         Saraswati Samman has been conferred on – S.L. Bhyrappa
·         The person who has been appointed as Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) – Leela samson
·         As per the provisional data of 2011 Census, India’s population stands at – 1,210,193,422
·         The percentage growth of India’s population in 2001-11 was recorded at – 17.6%
·         The overall sex ratio nationwide has been recorded during 2001-11 Census at – 940 females per 1000 males – Kerela
·         The state which registered highest sex ratio during 2001-11 Census is- Kerala
·         The literacy rate during census 2001-11 has been registered at – 74-04%
·         The Indian state which has achieved first rank in harnessing solar energy is – Rajasthan
·         The Indian who has been chosen for South Korean Gwangju Award for human rights for 2011 is – Binayak Sen
·         As per recent data Planning Commission, Poverty rate in India has declined-32%
·         As per 2001-2011 census, the density of population in India is – 382 Persons per square km
·         The percentage of female literates in India as per 2011 Census provisional data is – 65.46% to total population of women
·         As per the 2011 census provisional data the four states with highest population (in descending order) are – U.P.Maharashtra, Bihar and. West Bengal
·         Wisden’s Leading Cricketer for is – Sachin Tendulkar

 

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