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UPDATES OF AUGUST 2011 - GREAT NEWS
August 16
The theme song for the Commonwealth Games is released in New Delhi.
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Commander Dilip Dhonde of Maharastra is awarded Shaurya Chakra for becoming the first Indian to undertake a solo circumnavigation of the globe.
August 18
B. Ramalinga Raju, main accused in the accounting fraud in the ersrwhile Satyam Computers gets conditional bail.
August 19
Sensex gains nearly 200 points to close at 18454.94, a 30month high , on strong global cues.
August 21
Rajya Sabha passes the Nalanda university Bill.
August 24
The Union Government says ‘no’ to Vedanta Alumina’s $1.7 billion plan to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills or Orissa.
August 25
The Lok Sabha passes the Civil liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010.
August 26
Mother Teresa’s birth centenary celebrations begin in Kolkata.
August 28
Music Composer A.R,Rahman unveils the theme song for the Commonwealth Games at the Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon.
August 30
Parliament adopts the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, with the Rajya Sabha approving it.
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF AUGUST 2010 - UPDATED NEWS
AUGUST
August1
Eight persons, including a woman are killed in two separate incidents in the Kashmir valley.
August2
Seven civilians are killed in continuing violence in the Kashmir Valley.
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The CBI files a curative petition in the Supreme Court in the ‘Bhopal gas tragedy case.’
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Parliament resumes business Lok Sabha nod for the SBI (Amendment) Bill, 2010.
August 4
A civilian is killed in firing by CRPF personnel on protestors at the Bemina Cowk in Srinagar.
August 5
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee suspends three officials and the treasurer resigns.’
August 6
At least 165 persons are killed and over 500 injured as flash floods triggered by torrential rain hits Leh in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.
August 7
Two merchant vessels, MSC chitra (laden with 26,000 tonnes of oil) and MV Khalijia III collide in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast resulting in a massive oil spil.
August 9
A legislation to protect whistle blowers gets the Centre’s nod.
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Justice P.D.Dinakaran is sworn in Sikkim Chief Justice.
August 15
Dialougue is the only option, be it with Pakistan, Kahmiri separatists or naxalities, says the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his address to the nation on the 64th Independence Day.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
GENERAL STUDY / CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2010
July 24
Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Amit Shah, resigns from the Narendra Modi Cabinet.
July 25
The former Gujarat Minister of state for Home, Amit Shah, is arrested in Ahmedabad and sent to judicial custody.
July 27
Shahbuddin Yaqoob Quraishi is appointed the next chief Election Commissioner.
July 28
A pact for the supply of 57 Hawk Advanced jet Trainer aircraft to the IAF and the Navy is signed in the presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron at the HAL centre in Bangalore.
July 29
Parliament passes resolution granting approval for imposition of president;s rule in Jharkhand.
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Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla demits office.
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India and the U.K. decide to give impetus to their security and trade ties after Manmohan Singh David Cameron talks in New Delhi.
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The RJD is derecognized as national party, the Trinamool Congress and six other parties lose recognisation in some states.
July 30
The Supreme Court acquits educationist S.A. Raja cited as the key accused and sentenced to the Aladi Aruns murder case.
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S.Y.Quaraishi assumes charge as the 17th Chief Election Commisioner in New Delhi.
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The Karnataka Chief Justice P.D.Dinakaran is transferred as Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court.
July 31
Konkani litterateur Ravindra Kelekar is presented the 42nd Jnanpith Award for the year 2006 in the Goa capital Panaji.
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Two youth are killed and 40 injured in police firing in Kashmir as protesters defy curfew.
GENERAL STUDY / CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2010
July12
ISRO’s polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV-C 15) puts in orbit five satellites, including the tiny Studsat pico satellite built by engineering college students of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, after a successful liftoff from Sriharikota.
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Sensex touches 18000-mark for the first time in three months before closing at 17937.20.
July 14
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court commutes the death sentence of six accused in the September 29, 2006 Khairlanji Dalit killings to 25 year imprisonment.
July 15
Rupee joins an elite club as the Union Cabinet gives nod for the symbol with a blend of Devanagiri ‘Ra’ and Roman ‘R’ designed by a Bombay IIT postgraduage D,Udaya Kumar,
July 16
The Maharashtra police arrests a Telugu Desam Party delegation led by Chandrababu Naidu in disputed and foils its bid to visit the disputed Babli project across the Godavari.
July 19
At least 67 persons are killed and 121 injured as the Sealdah bound New Cooch Behar Sealdah Uttarbanga Express rams the Bhagalpur Ranchi Vananchal Express at Sainthia station in West Bengal;s Birbhum district.
July 22
Sensex surges by 136 points to close above the 18000 level for the first time in two and a half years.
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Siddharth Varadarajan, the Delhi bureau chief of the The Hindu is awarded the Ramnath Goenka Journalist of the year Award.
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JULY 2010
JULY
July2
Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azas, a top naxalite, is killed in an exchange of fire with police in a hilly terrain near Sarkepally village in Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh.
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All convicts in the Bhopal gas tragedy case are granted bail.
July 3
Former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco Pacheco wanted in connection with the May 30 death of a fried Nadia Torrado surrenders before a local court in Margao.
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Karnataka Lok Ayukta N. Santosh Hegde takes back resignation.
July 5
The nationwide bandh called by the Opposition against the fuel price hike hits life in many parts of the country.
July 6
Four killed, 70 injured as police open fire in different parts of Srinagar.
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India’s first indigenous Light Combat Aircraft designed specifically for the Navy, rools out from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Bangalore.
July 7
For the first time in 17 years, the Army is ordered out to assist civilian authority in Srinagar after three weeks of urban violence.
July 8
The former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco Mickky Pacheco is arrested at the Hospicio Hospital, Margao.
July 9
‘Soleckshaw’ (solar rickshaw) solar powered postal delivery rickshaws launched in New Delhi.
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