Cloning

Cloning is an experimental technique wherein, a group of genetically identical organisms are produced. The “Clone” is an organism derived from a single parent by asexual method. A clone may be defined as exact carbon copy or copies of a single parent. The word clone only has its meaning to living species. The knowledge of cloning gained in the field of developmental biology and genetic control over differentiation of cells and the development of multi cellular organisms.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Filmfare Awards: Ranbir Kapoor, Vidya Balan named best actors

The annual 57th Filmfare awards held in Mumbai.Vidya Balan taking away the Best Actress award for her performance in The Dirty Picture, while Ranbir Kapoor bagged the Best Actor award for Rockstar.
 

The trophy for the Best Film was given to Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. A.R. Rahman was named the Best Music Director for Rockstar.

Bollywood A-listers including Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza performed at the award function.

The red carpet rolled out for stars and celebrities as they walk down to celebrate the greatest and the best of Hindi cinema.

The award function saw Shah Rukh Khan and Ranbir Kapoor for the first time hosting the show together.

POPULAR AWARDS:

Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor for Rockstar

Best Actress: Vidya Balan for The Dirty Picture

Sridevi and Boney Kapoor give away the Award to Vidya Balan.

Best Film: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Director: Zoya Akhtar for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Best Dialogue: Farhan Akhtar for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara.

Best Screenplay: Akshat Verma for Delhi Belly

Best Story: Sanjay Chauhan for I Am Kalam

India November, 2010

India November, 2010

1. The construction work of 700 MWe Pressured Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar began in November 2010. The 700 MWe units are the country’s biggest indigenous reactors in which natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as both moderate and coolant is used.

2. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya clinched the men’s title while the 2008 winner Aselefech Mergia won in the women’s elite category at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on November 21, 2010 in Delhi.

3. Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has launched a special scheme Sabla or the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Adolescent Girls as a pilot project in 200 most backward districts. The scheme would address the nutritional and special training aspects of girls between the age of 11-18 years.

India October 2010

India October 2010

Indian Current Affairs and Events in the month of October, 2010:

1. Recently Mozambique President Armando Emilio Guebuza visited India. During his visit India signed three agreements besides agreeing upon a credit line of $ 500 million for infrastructure projects in Mozambique.

2. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration Academia and Management to Aruna Roy on October 1, 2010. Aruna Roy is a social and political activist.

3. Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy, an academic body of doctors and rehabilitation professionals from across the country decided to observe October 3, as the National Cerebral Palsy Day to highlight the growing cerebral palsy-a brain disorder which affects mostly children becoming the commonest cause of childhood disability in India.

4. K.Vijay Kumar who was Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy. Hyderabad has been appointed the new Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) headquartered in New Delhi.

India September 2010

India September 2010

·         The University of Alberta based in Edmonton, Canada will honor an Indian agriculture scientist with an honorary doctorate to recognize his contribution to food security in the world. M. S. Swaminathan of that Indian Scientist.

·         India country is listed as the third most powerful country in the world after USA and China according to “Global Governance 2025″ jointly issued by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) of USA and the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).

·         Sushil Kumar became the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal in the World Wrestling Championship in Moscow by beating Russia’s Gogaev Alan in the final match.

·         The ace Indian shooter Ronjan Sodhi won a Gold medal in the final of Double Trap event at World Cup in Izmir, Turkey.

India August 2010

India August 2010

·         Sachin Tendulkar Indian Cricketer was conferred with the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) honorary rank of group captain on 3rd September 2010.

·         Ranjana Sonawane of Tembhli village becomes first Indian to get UID number

·         Dr. J. S. Sharma is the present Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI.

·         Alan Isaac is nominated as the ICC (International Cricket Council) Vice-President for the period 2010-12.

·         Sachin Tendulkar became the most-capped Test cricketer in the world after taking field for his 169th match.

·         Chief information commissioner (CIC) of India Wajahat Habibullah has been appointed as a member of World Bank’s access to information appeals board as on July 1, 2010.

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.

India July 2010

India July 2010

·         P.T. Usha has been appointed the chairperson to head the committee that has been constituted to select the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyanchand awards apart from Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar for 2010.

·         The famous Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has been appointed as National Ambassador of UNICEF.

·         Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) recently suspended Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach after Sydney Olympic bronze medalist Karnam Malleswari alleged sexual harassment by him on junior lifters. Ramesh Malhotra of that coach.

·         Mr. Sanjay Jain has been appointed as CEO of Tulip Telecom Ltd.

·         Saina Nehwal won Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratan award.

April 2009 INDIA

April 2009

Parents protest fee hike in schools (April 2009)-Hundreds of parents opposing the fee hike in schools protested at various places in Delhi and demanded its immediate rollback. The parents association of Guru Nanak Public School staged a demonstration and criticized the school authorities over the fee hike. All India Parents Association (AIPA) also extended its support to the demonstration. The children also shouted slogans from the classrooms. The matter of fee hike has been challenged in the Delhi High Court. The court would hear the case on April 29.

India seals historic win in NZ after 41yrs (7th April 2009): – Though rain stopped India from winning the third and final test against New Zealand at Basin Reserve in Wellington, it sealed the historic 1-0 series victory on Apr 7 after 41 years. The last time India won a series in New Zealand was under the captaincy of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi in 1967-68. India had won the first Test in Hamilton by 10 wickets and drew the second Test in Napier.

August 2009 INDIA

August 2009

Bhindra honored with Rajiv Gandhi Award (20th August 2009)-India’s first :- Olympics gold medalist Abhinav Bindra, Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor and Katrina Kaif and other young achievers were felicitated with prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Award.

Indian Navy jet crashes, pilot feared dead (21th August 2009):- An Indian Navy fighter jet crashed into the Arabian Sea and the pilot is presumed dead. The jet, a British-made Sea Harrier, plummeted into the sea 15 kilometers off Goa’s coast. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

October 2009 INDIA

October 2009

 

Major Floods in Andhra and Karnataka (4th October 2009): -Five days of torrential rain have left at least 205 people dead and 750,000 displaced in southern India, authorities said. Floods submerged villages, severed transport and communication links and raised fears of disease spreading in relief camps. Large parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states – which weeks ago were suffering a severe drought – have been inundated. Air force helicopters dropped food and drinking water packages to hundreds of cut-off villages. The flooding worsened after authorities released water from rain-swollen reservoirs to prevent them from bursting their banks.

Dolphin is national aquatic animal (5th October 2009): -Dolphin is now India’s national aquatic animal. The decision was taken following a suggestion by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the new status for the dolphin would help save the rare freshwater species from disappearing from the country’s aqua map.

India November 2009

India November 2009

1st	Mary Keitany and Deriba Merga won the women’s and men’s title in the Delhi half- marathon.
2nd	Supreme Court judges, including the chief justice, declared their asset on its official website.
3rd	Soumya Swaminathan won the world junior girls (U-20) chess title.
4th	Mary Kom, Kavita won Asian Boxing Golds.
5th	Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 17,000 runs in ODIs. Sudha Murty sold 20lakh Infosys shares worth RS. 430crore.
6th	10th India-EU summit held in New Delhi.
7th	Ashok Chavan sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister.
8th	Varsities told by UGC to disclose information in public domain. Dalai Lama visited Tawang monastery in Arunachal Pradesh
9th	SEBI allowed auction of shares in follow-on offer.
10th	India, Columbia signed bilateral agreement.

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.

 

India March 2010

India March 2010

 

·         Novak Djokovic won the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships beating Mikhail Youzhny (7-5, 5-7, 6-3) in the final.

·         Indian American Amy K. Singh is appointed by Obama Administration to serve on the US President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts for the prestigious John F. Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts.

·         Xynthia of the winter storm that badly ruined the western coast of Europe on 28th February, 2010, battering France and four other countries and killing more than 50 people.

·         Coach of Ivory Coast Vahid Halilhodzic was sacked from his job following their poor showing at this year’s African Nations Cup.

·         An Indian-American senior executive Sanjay Gupta has been chosen by the World Economic Forum for its 2010 class of Young Global Leaders.

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS 2010 - I

India May 2010

 

·         Atul Khare of the veteran Indian diplomat who has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General for UN’s Peacekeeping Operations.

·         The Indian Company Videocon Industries Ltd. has been barred from doing any business with World Bank for violating “procurement guidelines”, for a period of three years, beginning January 11, 2010.

·         Suresh Raina is named as Captain of the Indian Cricket Team on the tour to Zimbabwe from May 28 for the tri series involving Sri Lanka.

·         Justice Dipak Misra is the new Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.

·         Gita Gopinath is the third woman ever and the first Indian after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to become a tenured professor at Harvard University’s high-brow economics department.

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 - V

India January, 2011

India Current Affairs January, 2011 : Short Points

·         Curb on foreign tourists visiting North-East scrapped.

·         India joined the UN Security council as non-permanent member.

·         ADAG firm bought 26% stake in ICEX.

·         India extended ban on milk products from China for a year.

·         Gujjars signed pact with Rajasthan government.

·         UGC cleared ban on animal dissections.

·         India Lanka sign MOU to start ferry service.

·         PM Manmohan Singh announced merging of OCI, PIO cards.

·         India clinched T-20 against S. Africa in Durban.

·         1st edition of S. Asian winter games began in Dehradun.

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/)

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.

INDIA CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 - II

May, 2011

 

·         Jharkand’s Premlata Agarwal, 45, became the oldest Indian to scale Mount Everest on May 20, A2011. Ms. Agrawal, supported by that Steel is also the first person form Jharkhand to go on an expedition to Mt. Everest

·         Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne has been appointed the next chief of Air Staff of India. He will assume office on retirement of Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik on July 31, 2011.

·         Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on his visit to Madhya Pradesh dedicated the world class 6 Million tones per annum Bina Refining to the nation in Bina (Madhya Pradesh) on may 20.2011. He said that the country would increase its refining capacity to 23-80 million by 2012.

·         Professor Subhasis Chaudhuri of Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai has been selected for the prestigious G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research.