GK UPDATES – JUNE 2010
NATIONAL
Anti Tank Missile ‘Nag’ test fired successfully from Army’s Firing Range at Shamirpet, Hyderabad.
A recent amendment to Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 adds “irretrievable breakdown of marriage” as a new ground for seeking divorce.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka visits India; signs seven pacts.
World Classical Tamil Conference held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) launched; Aim: to cut down green house gas emission by 98 MT per year.
Civil Nuclear Co-operation Agreement signed with Canada, at Toranto
Agreement signed with Botswana, for development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
Prithvi – II, nuclear capable ballistic missile, test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Balasore, Orissa. Range – 350 kms.
Two water-jet propelled fast attack crafts, INS Cankarso and INS Kondul, launched by Navy at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Manohar Malgaonkar, 97, a veteran English author, died at Jagalpet, Karnataka.
Basant Kumar Singha Roy, a PNB employee, scales Mount Everest.
Women to be allowed ‘permanent commission’ in Indian Air Force.
Country’s biggest solar power plant (3MW) set up at village Yelesandra near Bangarpet, Distt Kolar, Karnataka.
UIDAI -- The Unique Identification Authority of India, to start collecting biometrics data of entire adult population of India from Dec – 2010 for compiling National Population Register.
Delhi to have India’s first solid waste based power plant to process around 2000 MT per day of solid waste to generate 16 MW.
The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal Gas Tragedy recommends package of Rs. 1500 crore.
ECONOMY
Govt deregulates petrol and diesel price and makes them market driven as per recommendations of Kirit Parikh Committee
GDP growth rate for 2009-10 revised to 7.4%.
Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy common and grade A declared at Rs. 1000 and Rs.1030 per quintal.
25% public shareholding made mandatory for all listed companies
All commercial banks shift to the system of Base Rate wef July 1, 2010.
India enters in to Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Vietnam and Myanmar.
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) registers highest growth of last 20 years – 17.6 % in April, 2010.
JNNURM – Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Rural Mission, to be extended to cover 28 more cities; at present covers 63 cities.
INTERNATIONAL
Afghanistan reported to have mineral reserves of nearly one trillion dollars, estimated by US Geological Survey.
Iran and Pakistan sign deal for supply of natural gas by Iran, through pipeline.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
G-20 nations conference held at Toranto, Canada.
G – 8 nations meet held at Huntsville, Canada.
Hayabusa, A Japanese spacecraft, comes back after making world’s first round trip to an asteroid (Itokawa).
Anamika Veeramani, an Indo American girl won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest, USA.
AWARDS / HONOURS
Anuvrat Ahimsa International Peace Award : S. N. Subba Rao
Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar – 2008 : Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foudation
Hon. Group Captain of IAF, : Sachin Tendulkar, Brand Ambassador for IAF
APPOINTED / ELECTED
Naoto Kan : New Japanese Prime Minister P Bhatt : Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association
Julia Gillards: First women PM of Australia K G Balakrishnan (Justice) : Chairman, National Human Rights Commission
ABBREVIATIONS
CICA : Conference on Interaction and Confidence building measures in Asia
UNSC : United Nations Security Council SCO : Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
INTACH : Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage SCOPE : Standing Conference on Public Enterprises
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Fault Lives: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy – Raghuram Rajan, Princeton University Press.
SPORTS
Vuvuzela : The high sound plastic trumpet, very popular in FIFA.
Master Chandgi Ram: Bharat Kesari, A veteran wrestler, passes away.
Source: ctdi
NATIONAL
Anti Tank Missile ‘Nag’ test fired successfully from Army’s Firing Range at Shamirpet, Hyderabad.
A recent amendment to Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 adds “irretrievable breakdown of marriage” as a new ground for seeking divorce.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka visits India; signs seven pacts.
World Classical Tamil Conference held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) launched; Aim: to cut down green house gas emission by 98 MT per year.
Civil Nuclear Co-operation Agreement signed with Canada, at Toranto
Agreement signed with Botswana, for development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
Prithvi – II, nuclear capable ballistic missile, test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Balasore, Orissa. Range – 350 kms.
Two water-jet propelled fast attack crafts, INS Cankarso and INS Kondul, launched by Navy at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Manohar Malgaonkar, 97, a veteran English author, died at Jagalpet, Karnataka.
Basant Kumar Singha Roy, a PNB employee, scales Mount Everest.
Women to be allowed ‘permanent commission’ in Indian Air Force.
Country’s biggest solar power plant (3MW) set up at village Yelesandra near Bangarpet, Distt Kolar, Karnataka.
UIDAI -- The Unique Identification Authority of India, to start collecting biometrics data of entire adult population of India from Dec – 2010 for compiling National Population Register.
Delhi to have India’s first solid waste based power plant to process around 2000 MT per day of solid waste to generate 16 MW.
The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal Gas Tragedy recommends package of Rs. 1500 crore.
ECONOMY
Govt deregulates petrol and diesel price and makes them market driven as per recommendations of Kirit Parikh Committee
GDP growth rate for 2009-10 revised to 7.4%.
Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy common and grade A declared at Rs. 1000 and Rs.1030 per quintal.
25% public shareholding made mandatory for all listed companies
All commercial banks shift to the system of Base Rate wef July 1, 2010.
India enters in to Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with Vietnam and Myanmar.
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) registers highest growth of last 20 years – 17.6 % in April, 2010.
JNNURM – Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Rural Mission, to be extended to cover 28 more cities; at present covers 63 cities.
INTERNATIONAL
Afghanistan reported to have mineral reserves of nearly one trillion dollars, estimated by US Geological Survey.
Iran and Pakistan sign deal for supply of natural gas by Iran, through pipeline.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
G-20 nations conference held at Toranto, Canada.
G – 8 nations meet held at Huntsville, Canada.
Hayabusa, A Japanese spacecraft, comes back after making world’s first round trip to an asteroid (Itokawa).
Anamika Veeramani, an Indo American girl won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest, USA.
AWARDS / HONOURS
Anuvrat Ahimsa International Peace Award : S. N. Subba Rao
Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar – 2008 : Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foudation
Hon. Group Captain of IAF, : Sachin Tendulkar, Brand Ambassador for IAF
APPOINTED / ELECTED
Naoto Kan : New Japanese Prime Minister P Bhatt : Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association
Julia Gillards: First women PM of Australia K G Balakrishnan (Justice) : Chairman, National Human Rights Commission
ABBREVIATIONS
CICA : Conference on Interaction and Confidence building measures in Asia
UNSC : United Nations Security Council SCO : Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
INTACH : Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage SCOPE : Standing Conference on Public Enterprises
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Fault Lives: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy – Raghuram Rajan, Princeton University Press.
SPORTS
Vuvuzela : The high sound plastic trumpet, very popular in FIFA.
Master Chandgi Ram: Bharat Kesari, A veteran wrestler, passes away.
Source: ctdi
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