India June 2010

India June 2010

·         Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal won the second Super Series title of her career by winning the Singapore Open with a straight-game triumph over qualifier Tzu Ying Tai (China) in the finals.

·         Syed Haider Raza Indian origin painter’s painting named “Saurashtra” on 10th June, 2010 obtained a record amount of USD 3,486,965 at the famous auction house Christie’s in London, United Kingdom.

·         Saina Nehwal (India) won the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament held in India beating Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in the final.

·         Ans. Dr. E. Sreedharan is the Managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or DMRC.

·         Name the first Indian women Gita Gopinath have been named as full professor at Harward University.

·         Indian origin doctor held guilty of manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm on patients at an Australian hospital Jayant Patel was sentenced to seven years in prison

·         Khushboo is popular South Indian actress who is willing to join DMK Party.

·         Mandira Bedi Indian celebrity has created controversy recently by sporting a Ek Onkar (God is one) tattoo on her nape. The tatto has been opposed by Sikh community leaders in India

·         The government declared an organization which is believed to be a shadow outfit of banned “Students Islamic Movement of India” and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba as a terrorist organization on June 4, 2010. Indian Mujahideen is that organization.

·         Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar Indian cricketer honored with rank of Honorary Group by Indian Air Force (IAF).

·         Ashwani Kumar (since August 2, 2008) is Current director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

·         Ashok Kumar Balyan is appointed as new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Petronet LNG, the nation’s largest liquefied natural gas importer

·         Michael Perschke has been appointed as Head of Audi India (car) effective July 1st, 2010.

·         France’s most prestigious newspaper Le Monde is likely to put on sale its group operations, which include the newspaper, its website and its television listings.

·         K.G. Balakrishnan, former chief justice of India has been appointed as chairman of National Human Rights Commission

·         Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) won the Man of the series award in the triangular series held in Zimbabwe (India-Zimbabwe-Sri Lanka

·         Chairman of Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai S. N. Sharma was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation in Hyderabad in connection with a multi-crore Railway Recruitment Board scam.

·         Despite voices of protest in India, a set of 12 paintings by an Indian Nobel laureate, sold off for a whopping 1.6 million pounds at an auction house in London recently. Rabindranath Tagore of that Nobel laureate.

·         India country decided to introduce a Mother Teresa commemorative coin to mark the nun’s birth centenary in August, 2010.