CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 INDIA
India August 2011
•Month-long monsoon session of Parliament began.
•Centre agreed to a Rs.19000 Crore ballout package for West Bengal.
•The first-ever Kashmir Premier League (KPL) T-20 Chinar Cup-2011 ended.
•DV Sadananda Gowda sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
•SC partially lifted mining ban in Bellary.
•Indian archers won three silver medals in the Archery World Cup in Ogden.
•N-E body sought national drink status for tea.
•Indian wrestlers won 49 medals in the commonwealth wrestling championship in Melbourne.
•Aditya Mehta clinched the 78th National Snooker Championship title.
•Former TN Governor and political analyst PC Alexander died.
•Lok Sabha passed SBI Subsidiary Banks Bill.
•BrahMos Varian Block III supersonic cruise missile test-fired successfully.
•Indian cricket team lost the No. 1 Test rank to England.
•Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died.
•PM Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on 65th Independence Day.
•New Indian Chief suspended over credit over for Paramount Air.
•N A K Browne has been takes charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force.
•Coal India Ltd. Dethroned Reliance Industries Ltd. as most valued firm.
•National Sports awards announced.
•All-party meeting in West Bengal decided to rename the state as Paschimbanga.
•Stealth frigate Statpura commissioned into navy.
•Historian and Indologist Ram Sharan Sharma died.
•Leader Paes and Mahesh Bhupati won the doubles title at Cincinnati tennis match.
•Government and Team Anna held talks to reach truce.
•Haryana lifted ceiling on non-farm land.
•Baichung Bhutia brought down the curtain on his international career.
•Fast attack warship INS Karuva inducted into Navy.
•K. Rosaiah appointed new Tamil Nadu Governor.
•Birla Corp suspended mining in Rajasthan.
•Indian Finished 8th in the WSF men’s world team squash championship held in Germany.
•Juvenile Justice (amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
•Sucheta 33 year old women from Pune became first Indian woman to cross Gobi desert.
•Ronjan Sodhi has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings.
•HDFC bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs.
•Gagan Narang Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna.
•Prahaar missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa.
•Rahul Dravid became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Ponting’s record.
•Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde.
•Shammi Kapoor bollywood actor passed away recently.
India September 2011:
• Justice Sen quit ahead of Lok Sabha action.
• Painter Jehangir Sabaval died on 2nd September.
• Center, ULFA and Assam Government signed peace pact.
• Producer-Director Jagmohan Mundhra died on 4th September.
• Union Cabinet cleared land Acquisitions bill.
• Indian Bangladesh inked pact on demarcation of entire land boundary.
• Customs Bill passed by Rajya Sabha.
• Monsoon Session of parliament concluded.
• Indian lifters bagged four bronze at Asian meet.
• 58th National Film Awards presented.
• 51st National Open Athletic Championships began in Kolkata.
• BC Khanduri sworn in as CM of Uttarakhand.
• Indian Hockey team won the Asian Champions Trophy.
• Indian women squash player won California open title.
• Bollywood’s star lensmen Rajadhyaksha died on 13th September.
• Delhi United won maiden DSA title.
• Mahindra Aerospace made its maiden flight.
• RBI increased gift transfer limit to NRIs to $50,000.
• Government passed 12th Plan approach.
• RBI allows NRIs to hold Joint Accounts.
• Centre rolling out Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled services in North-East.
• Jnanpith 2008 Award presented to Urdu poet Shaheryar.
• 6.8 magnitude quake rocks north-east.
• Kochi Tuskers axed from Indian Premier League.
• Jananpith 2009 Award to Hindi Author Amar Kant, 2010 Award to Kannada litterateur Chandrasekhar Kambar announced.
• Interlocutors wrap up J&K mission, final report next month.
• 34th ISO General Assembly inaugurated in New Delhi.
• Year of Germany in India Begins.
• SC restored Tamil Nadu’s Meenakshi temple’s control to Math.
• Rajiv Gandhi International Prize for Tech in Education announced.
• Centre reconstitutes Reserve Bank of India Board.
• BJP leader L.K.Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni arrested in the cash-for-vote scam.
• Calcutta HC Judgement: Tatas lose, Mamta wins in Singur Land Row.
•1000 crore central aid for quake-hit Sikkim.
•Cabinet okayed Mines and Minerals ( Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011.
India October2011:
•Health Insurance portability came into force; INS Shakti commissioned.
•Rajasthan launch free medicine scheme.
•The draft national policy on Electronics, 2011 unveiled; India Switzerland inled deal to exchange related info.
•Afghan President on India visit: signed strategic pact; Moody’s cut SBI ratings.
•World cheapest tablet ‘Akash’ at Rs 2276 launched.
•RBI eases norms on Small money transfers.
•The draft national policy on information Technology 2011 unveiled.
•Govt. simplifies law for removing DD, AIR heads.
•UP Chief Minister launch projects worth Rs 6,035 crore; Mumbai Indians win CLT 20 title in Cricket.
•The draft National Telecom Policy 2011 unveiled; Eminent Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away.
•India ranked 67th in Global Hunger Index among 81 countries with worst figures.
•J and K Interlocutors submitted their final report; PSLV launched four satellites.
•Union Cabinet Cleared digitization of cable TV services; Centre announced Rs 900-crore package for exporters.
•India announced $500 million line of credit for Mayan mar.
•IIL tourists broke Kashmir Valley’s 25-yr record.
•Ritu Kumar to represent India at UN’s maiden run of the world fashion week.
•CBI said the release of the accused would hamper investigations into the transfer of Reliance Telecom shares in Swan Telecom to Mauritius-based Delphi.
•Anti-cancer Drug Letrozole banned.
•Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will travel across the Tin Bigha Corridor through India on Wednesday linking two Bangladeshi enclaves Dahagram and Angarpota in Indian territory.
•India first formula one circuit at Greater Noida (UP) unveiled.
•Taking a dig at Kiran Bedi over allegations that she charged her hosts full fare on air tickets while availing discount, law minister Salman Khurshid today said unlike Team Anna he cannot pass “ex-parte” judgements on people.
•CBI Court charged Raja, Kani, 15 others with criminal breach of trust.
•The Human Development Index in the country rose by 21%, says a report while cautioning that health, nutrition and sanitation remained the key challenges for the country.
•Simplified Russian Visa rules for Indians.
•A Delhi court today found prima facie evidence against all the 17 accused including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi and corporate honchos to frame charges against them in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case for varying roles.
•South Africa ditched India, favouring rich nations on climate issue.
•Pakistan’s military forced an Indian Army helicopter to land for violating Pakistani airspace on Sunday and detained four Indian Army officers, the army said.
•India made a clean sweep against England (5-0); : RBI raised repo rate from 8.25 to 8.5 percent.
•Days after 100-year-old Fauja Singh of Indian-origin became the oldest person to complete a marathon, a 102-year-old Dalit woman in Tamil Nadu has put on another display of centenarian vigour, winning a local body election.
•India defeat in three Nation’s Hockey Tournament.
•Mukesh Ambani becomes richest Indian billionaire in Forbes Richest list.
•Renowned Hindi novelist Pt.shree Lal Shukla passed away.
•BCCI stands firm, rejects revised sports bill.
India Nov2011:
“The Income Tax Department on Thursday conducted searches at the premises of prominent industrialist Gautam Singhania in Mumbai and in Delhi over alleged tax evasion.” — Nov 03, Hindustan Times
“The Kerala high court today said central and state governments cannot “wash their hands” off and directed the Indian Oil Corporation and Reliance Petroleum to produce their balance sheets and quarterly reports before it in three weeks. Petrol price up by Rs 1.82” — Nov 04, Hindustan Times
“Former president APJ Abdul Kalam today visited the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu and said the plant was totally safe and a “boon to the people”.” — Nov 06, Hindustan Times
“In a major setback for the Centre’s ambitious nuclear plant project, villagers protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear plant have refused to accept former president Kalam’s endorsement of the project.” — Nov 07, Hindustan Times
“Logjam over the Kudankulam nuclear plant continued today as talks between representatives of protesters and the central and state expert panels over the plant’s safety concerns failed to reach any conclusions despite APJ Kalam’s intervention, reports said.” — Nov 08, Hindustan Times
“A special trial court today acquitted 42 of 73 accused in Sardarpura massacre case in which 33 people were burnt to death on March 1, 2002 post Godhara communal riots in Gujarat.” — Nov 09, Hindustan Times
“Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US president Barrack Obama are to meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit at Bali on November 18, the White House announced on Wednesday.” — Nov 10, Hindustan Times
“Raking up the issue of RSS-Team Anna “nexus”, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday alleged that Mohan Bhagwat, Anna Hazare and Govindacharya are “contradicting” one another over the issue.” — Nov 11, Hindustan Times
“Rajat Gupta, former McKinsey head and founder of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, pleaded not-guilty to the charges of insider trading that could put him in jail for life, if proven true. HT reports.” — Nov 14, Hindustan Times
“Only a division can solve the problems and remove the inherent imbalances in the state, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati said.” — Nov 15, Hindustan Times
“Issuing notice to CBI, Justice Shali also asked the probe agency to file a status report by December 1, the date on which the bail pleas of other five accused including Kanimozhi are also slated for hearing.” — Nov 16, Hindustan Times
“Team Anna today demanded that Citizen’s Charter, specifying a time limit on government departments for providing services, should be included in the Lokpal Bill as it will help the common people to get their work done.” — Nov 17, Hindustan Times
“Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was so scared of a military coup after Osama bin Laden’s death that he was ready to create a “new security team” favourable to Americans and promised the US to hand over Pak-based 26/11 perpetrators including those from its intelligence agency to India.” — Nov 18, Hindustan Times
“Former telecom minister Sukhram was today awarded five years imprisonment by a Delhi court after being convicted of taking Rs three lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996.” — Nov 19, Hindustan Times
“Pictures of Aishwarya Rai and her newborn baby girl have been doing the rounds on the internet. However, Ash’s father-in-law, megastar Amitabh Bachchan and her husband, Abhishek Bachchan have claimed the pictures to be fake.” — Nov 20, Hindustan Times
“The 30-share benchmark BSE index and the 50-share Nifty both closed down 2.60% each at 15,946.10 points and 4,778.35 points respectively, their lowest close in more than six weeks, weighed by a plunging rupee, faltering domestic growth, sluggish policy and shaky global outlook.” — Nov 21, Hindustan Times
“t least seven people including two children were charred to death when two AC coaches of the Howrah-Dehradun express train caught fire early on Tuesday in Giridih district of Jharkhand, police said. “Seven people, including two children, died after two coaches of the Howrah-Dehradun
express caught fire” — Nov 22, Hindustan Times
“India’s giant family-owned Tata conglomerate named Cyrus P Mistry as the successor on Wednesday to the group’s boss, 73-year-old local business icon Ratan Tata, who will retire in 2012.” — Nov 23, Hindustan Times
“A youth identified as Harvinder Singh on Thursday attacked agriculture minister Sharad Pawar at the NDMC centre in New Delhi. Singh slapped Pawar as he was walking after talking to reporters.” — Nov 24, Hindustan Times
“PM Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the government’s decision to allow foreign equity in retail was not taken in haste but after a careful thought” — Nov 29, timesofindia
“PM Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the government’s decision to allow foreign equity in retail was not taken in haste but after a careful thought” — Nov 29, timesofindia
“As he prepares to launch yet another anti-corruption agitation, Anna Hazare today opened a new front against government, attacking it for allowing FDI in retail sector which he said was not in the country’s interest.” — Nov 30, Hindustan Times
India Dec2011:
•Winter session has not done any significant business after Parliament was convened on November 22. Congress party firmly backs the government as the NDA supports 5 crore traders holding protests today. – Dec-01
•Former Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad said today that India could be China in terms of its economic development if it was less democratic. Mahathir said though democracy is the best form of government, it is not the easiest to govern because people do not understand the limitations of democracy. – Dec-02
•The central government has decided to keep on hold its decision to allow foreign equity in retail till a consensus emerged on the issue, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday after talking to union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. – Dec-03
•Expressing concern over China’s involvement in the Kashmir region, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has said India should show “some spine” while dealing with that country. China sucking out CBI’s secrets – Dec-04
•Police in Hyderabad have sounded a high alert ahead of Dec 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid which is coinciding this year with ‘Yaum-e-Ashoora’, the 10th day of Muharram. – Dec-05
•“Standing committee has betrayed the whole country. The poor are suffering and will not get justice till lower level officers are brought under the Lokpal,” said Hazare. – Dec-10
•It was on this day, 100 years ago, that an event changed the course of Delhi’s history forever. The Delhi Durbar on December 12, 1911 was marked as a celebration of the coronation of King Emperor George V. – Dec-12
•Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold consultations with allies on Tuesday on the Lokpal issue at a meeting of UPA leaders, the first such exercise after the fiasco over FDI in retail. – Dec-13
•Ahead of WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, trade ministers of G-20 countries are expected to meet today to review the progress of talks on liberalising global trade through the Doha pact, an official said. – Dec-14
•Around 250 staff members of Kolkata’s Advanced Medicare Research Institute (AMRI), where 93 people were killed in a blaze last week, have resigned en masse citing “security reasons”. – Dec-15
•With pressure mounting on the Centre for enacting a strong anti-graft legislation, home minister P Chidambaram today said the Lokpal Bill will “certainly” be introduced in the Winter Session of Parliament. – Dec-17
•Railways plans to launch bullet trains in six high-speed corridors; top speed: 350kmph; journey time to be reduced by half. – Dec-18
•VP Singh to Narasimha Rao to AB Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh — Chaudhary Ajit Singh, 72, has been sought by one and all. The 3.7% Jat vote he controls in western Uttar Pradesh is a catalyst for both state assembly and Lok Sabha elections. – Dec-19
•Team Anna rejects govt draft, cautions BJP on ‘double speak’ – Dec-20
•Union home ministry Dec.21,2011 sanctioned National Investigation Agency to file chargesheet against American terrorist David Coleman Headley, his accomplice Tahawwur Hussain and others including Pakistani Army serving and retired officers. – Dec-21
•Claiming that the Centre was not paying heed to her suggestions on the lokpal bill, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today said her Bahujan Samaj Party would not support the legislation if CBI is not brought under its ambit. – Dec-22
•As Bombay high court rejected a petition seeking concessional rate for hiring MMRDA ground to hold his fast, Anna Hazare on Friday said he will seek donations from public to book the protest venue. – Dec-23
•Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has provided much-needed support to the government and said he plans to invest Rs 70,000 crore in India. – Dec-24
•Observing that Anna Hazare had already “cleared the air” on links between himself and Sangh Parivar, former RSS chief K Sudarshan today accused Congress of purposefully using the name of the saffron organisation to target the anti-corruption movement. – Dec-26
•A Russian court on Wednesday rejected a petition, described by India as “patently absurd”, which had sought a ban on a translated version of Bhagvad Gita, bringing cheers to followers here as well as those across the world. – Dec-28
•Attacking the opposition for Rajya Sabha’s failure to pass the Lokpal Bill, parliamentary affairs minister Pawan Bansal today said the Bill will be taken up for consideration in the Budget session of Parliament. – Dec-30
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