India February 2010

India February 2010

 

·         Eminent economist, Dr.K.N.Raj was part of the team that chalked out the first five-year plan of India, died at the age of 85.

·         Indian businessman Sanjiv Mehta bought the formerly British-owned East India Company recently.

·         Indian Artist M F Husain has recently decided to accept the citizenship of Qatar.

·         V.V.S.Laxman became the 35th batsmen in the history of Test Matches to accumulate 7000 career runs in Test Matches.

·         India’s premier international airline, Jet Airways recently announced that it will commence daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to Johannesburg from April 14,2010.

·         Sachin Tendulkar became the first man ever to score a double century in the 39 years of one-day international cricket.

·         A prominent Indian hotelier Joginder Sangar has been presented the Community Award in recognition of his outstanding philanthropic work in the UK.

·         Rajpal Singh has been named the captain of the Indian hockey team for its campaign in the World Cup Hockey event starting on Feb 28.

·         “My Name is Khan” bollywood film is set to become the first Indian film to hit the Egyptian theaters after a gap of 15 years.

·         Delhi city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012.

·         Bolivia Northeastern state of India now has four ‘Chief Ministers’, apparently to douse a simmering discontent within the main party in the coalition.

·         AR Rahman became the first Indian to win solo Grammy awards.

·         Lakhvir Kaur Singh of Indian-origin woman who faced life sentence after being found guilty of poisoning her former lover to death, using an ancient Indian herb in the first such case in Britain in 128 years.

·         Delhi Indian city will host the next South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012.

·         INDIA has recently signed a civilian nuclear agreement with a country in New Delhi, similar to one it had signed earlier with seven other countries such as the US, France and Russia. Britain is that country.

·         India country emerged triumphant at the 11th South Asian Games Women’s football tournament, beating Nepal 3-1 to win the gold medal at the event.

·         Indian-origin woman Kamla Persad-Bissessar has became the first woman Leader of the Opposition in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, ousting former premier Basdeo Panday from the post.

·         India’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki has recently decided to recall about one lakh units of its flagship export model to replace a faulty fuel pump part. The name of model Maruti A-Star.