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Monday, February 28, 2011

FAMOUS ISSUES OF JANUARY 2010

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2010

Jan 21:
Former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon is appointed National Security Adivsor.

Jan 22:
Lieutenant General V.K. Singh is named the next chief of Army Chief.
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Sensex loses 353 points to end below the 17000-mark at 16859.68.
Jan 23:
Mrinal Pande, veteran journalist and writer is appointed Prasar Bharati chairperson.
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Bengali film Antaheen is chosen best feature film at the 56th National Film Awards for 2008 in New Delhi.
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The former Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon takes over as the National Security Advisor at South Block in New Delhi.
Jan 24:
The former National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan is sworn in West Bengal Governor.
Jan 25:
Padma Vibhushan for former RBI Governor, Y.V. Reddy, Prathap C. Reddy, Nobel laureate Venkataraman Ramakrishanan, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Ebrahim Alkazi and Zohra Segal. Padma Bhushan for Ilaiyaraja, A.R. Rahman, Aamir Khan, Bipan Chandra and 39 others. Resul Pookutty, Virendra Sehwag, Venu Srinivasan, Saina Nehwal among 81 Padma Shri awardees.
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Eight litterateurs are presented the first Tagore Literature Awards 2009 instituted by Sahitya Akademi and Samsung Electronices, in New Delhi.
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Fight Lacunae in electoral Process to make democracy stronger, says the President Pratibha Patil inaugurating the diamond jubilee fete of the Election Commission of India.
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The Supreme Court orders status quo on deemed universities.
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India, South Korea sign four pacts, including one on peaceful uses of outer space after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Lee Myung-bak, in New Delhi.
Jan 26:
The Trial run of the first Monorail in Mumbai is carried out.
Jan 27:
Sensex crashes by 491 points to end day at 16289.82. Nifty closes at 4853.10.
Jan 29:
Court martial proceedings are ordered against Military Secretary Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash for his alleged role in a land scam in Darjeeling, West Bengal.

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