International Civil Affairs 2010
Ø Indians freed from Malay traffickersa
Not less than 24 Indian men who were discovered bound up in a residence in a Malaysian boondocks were successfully freed from the arrest and two Pakistani men supposedly engaged in a human trafficking guild were detained with immediate effect.
Ø Indian to lead FIDE
D.V. Sundar has been elected has the President of the world body for the sport of chess, FIDE at Russia. Apart from that, the president for the Asian Continent was Mr. Dongre and Commonwealth Chess Federation President was revealed in the name of Mr. B.S. Chahuhan, a press statement by the All India Chess Federation revealed.
Ø Make way for the new breed
The new world power calendar for 2010 has once again predicted that New Delhi’s dominance in the world will see acceleration by 2025. Among the able coalition, the country has been placed at the fourth position afterwards the US, China and the European Union. ‘The Global Governance 2025’ was together brought out by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) of the US and the European Union’s Institutes for Security Studies (EUISS).
Ø India – S Korea signed 2 Agreement
India and South Korea entered into a five-year defence cooperation accord by signing two memorandums of understandings on sharing of military expertise and technology. [Antony and Kim They (S.Korea’ Defence
minister )]
Ø Solar Probe Plus (SPP)- NASA’ first Vehicle to Sun. (Study temperature )
Ø India – Argentina Agreement for Agricultural co-operation
Ø Antony met Robert Gate (US defence minister) in USA
Ø Nepal failed to elect its PM even after 8 elections
Ø According to America and European Union, Strongest Countries are
o First – USA
o Third – India
Ø Divya Ajith was awarded the ‘Sword of Honour’ — for being the best all round cadet by Army Chief Gen V K Singh. She is the first women in the history of Indian Army to achieve this.
Ø PM and Sonia Gandhi inaugurate UID
The Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi shaped a record by accordingly ablution the world's indigenous ID activity on September 29th 2010 forth with Nilekani, the arch man of the ministry is acclimated to accommodate Unique Identification Numbers for India's citizens (cumulatively well in billions), by rendering them the indigenous collection of twelve digit figures to ten clannish. The PM as well as the UPA Chief were collectively congratulated in the presence of former Infosys headman. This ID Card is assumed to be nation’s biggest ever tech adeptness action alleged 'Aadhaar' (base), that is due to be issued to all Indians to accommodate them within a lucrative nationally accurate and absolute individual antecedent of character affidavit through an authenticity vault and that will help to accomplish supply processes transparent. Biometric following abstracts include fingerprints and an iris browse getting acclimated for the aboriginal time wherever in the planet.
Ø INS Delhi – Indian Navy's destroyer, thwarts Piracy Attempt In Gulf Of Aden
Ø Yamuna raises its bar, causes menace in New Delhi and Haryana
Ø Ayodha Verdict finally out pn 30-10-2010
Sixty years after the matter first went into litigation; a Special Full Bench [The Bench of Justice S.U. Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice D.V. Sharma ] of the High Court of Allahabad has ruled that the disputed land in Ayodhya where the Babri Masjid stood for 500 years until it was demolished in 1992 shall be divided into three parts. A two-thirds portion is to be shared by two Hindu plaintiffs and one-third will be given to the Sunni Muslim Waqf Board.
By a 2-1 majority verdict, plaintiffs representing Lord Ram, the Nirmohi Akhara and the Waqf Board were declared joint title-holders of the property. The Bench asserted that the portion under the central dome of the demolished three-dome structure where the idol of Ram Lalla had been kept in a makeshift temple was the birthplace of Lord Rama “as per faith and belief of the Hindus.”
Ø 57th National Film Awards (for the year 2009)
The 57th Edition of the National Film Award ceremony was concluded for the year 2009 in the month of September 15, 2010
| Swarna Kamal | Best Director | Rituparno Ghosh [Abohoman] |
| Best Film | Kutty Shank [Shiaji N Karun] | |
| Indira Ganhi Award for Best Debut Fim of a Director | Sanjay Puram Singh Chauhan | |
| Best Children's Film | Keshu [Sivan] | |
| Mittayi Party [Kannada] | ||
| Best Popular Film | 3 Idiots [Raj Kumar Hirani] | |
| Rajat Kamal | Best Actor | Amitabh Bachchan [Paa] |
| Best Actress | Ananya Chatterjee [Abohoman] | |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Well Done Abba [Shyam Benegal] | |
| Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration | Delhi-6 [Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra] | |
| Best Music Director | Amit Trivedi [Dev D] | |
| Best lyrics | Swananad Kirkirey [3 Idiots] | |
| Best Playback Singer [Male] | Rupam Islam [Mahanager @ Kolkata] | |
| Best Playback Singer [Female] | Niranjana Sarkar [Housefull] | |
| Best Sound Engineer | Rasool Pookutty [Pazhassiraja] | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Farooq Sheikh [Lahore] | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Arundhati Nag [Paa] | |
| Best Choreography | K Shivashankar [Magadheera] | |
| Best Special Effects | Kamalakannan [Magadheera] | |
| Special Jury Award | Sreekar Prasad | |
| Padmya Priya | ||
| Best Cinematography | Anjali Shukla [Kutti Srank] | |
| Best screenplay | P S Mathew [Kutti Srank] | |
| Harikrishna [Kutti Srank] | ||
| Best costume design | Jayakumar [Kutti Srank] | |
| * | Best Malayalam film | Pazhassiraja |
| * | Best Film Critic Award | C.S. Venkiteswaran (Malayalam) |
Ø BrahMos Launched Successfully (5/10/2010)
BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia's NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited. The name BrahMos is a portmanteau formed from the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva ofRussia. It travels at speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8
Ø Prithvi II – India’ Indegenously made ballister missile , experiment failed.
Ø Supreme Court ordered not to give food subsidy for APL having income more than 3 lakhs Rs.
Ø Air India Cancelled 203 flights to Gulf (Sept / Oct)
Ø Cartosat B- India’ 17th remote sensing Satellite
Ø Arjun Munde (BJP) sworn in as 8th Jharkhand (*President rule was going on)
Ø Firing and blasting in New Delhi (infront of Jumamasjid ). 2 Taiwn reporters injured . The target is supposed to be Common Wealth Games.
Ø Bridge Collapses; Casualties cross double figures
Reportedly not less than 27 people were afflicted afterwards an under-construction foot over bridge burst within the close proximity of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the capital area of the Commonwealth Games, bidding the Organizing Committee (OC) to awning up by giving a statement or in other words a false sense of complacency and assurance that everything is being taken care of. The arch was to hotlink the amphitheater to parking for delegates and athletes. The Urban Development Minister, Jaipal Reddy has dismissed the pressures by quoting it is a negligible incident. The Public Works Department (PWD) has urged for an acoount of the structure from the builders. Later the aforementioned day, Organizing Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot addressed reporters: "We will put up a great show. He said the venues will be all set in the days to come and there would be added sprucing to accommodate top notch standards. However, the mishap is a concern to the CWG organizers, who are already nabbed amidst accuse of laziness and fraud for the XIX Edition. Previously, Mike Hooper, the main controller of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), remarked on the condition of hygiene at the Games Village as “dirty.”
Ø Chennai are the Super Kings of Twenty20 Cricket
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings are the champions of the 2nd edition of the AirTel Champions League Twenty20 hosted by South Africa from September 10th to September 26th. Chennai Super Kings defeated Warriors in some fashion by 8 wickets in the final of the Champions League T20 2010.
Ø 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 12th tournament of the Women's Hockey World Cup. It was being held from August 29 to September 11, 2010 in Rosario, Argentina. Argentina won the tournament after beating Netherlands (3–1) in the final. It was their second World Cup victory. India holds the 9th Position. India had a record lost to Holand (1-7)
Ø Sushil Kumar bags gold on 2010 World Wrestling Championships
Sushil Kumar created history when he became the first Indian to win a gold medal at FILA 2010 World Wrestling Championships held in Moscow on 12 September 2010.
Ø World Boxing – Mary Com ( 5th continous time @Bridgetown, Barbados)
Ø Indian Footballer of the Year – Mohammed Rafi (Kerala)
Ø India in World Group beating Brazil (3-2), in Davis Cup
Ø Kasom Voshi beat Bootia’s record. He scored a goal in Federation cup to become the youngest player.
| US OPEN 2010 | ||
| Event | Champion | Runner-up |
| Rafael Nadal | Novak Djokovic (SER) | |
| Kim Clijsters (BEL) | Vera Zvonareva | |
| Bob Bryan / | Rohan Bopanna / | |
| Mike Bryan | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | |
| Vania King (US) / | Liezel Huber (US) / | |
| Yaroslava Shvedova (KZK) | Nadia Petrova (RSA) | |
| Liezel Huber (US) / | Květa Peschke (CZK) / | |
| Bob Bryan | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | |
Business And Economy 2010
Ø A 10 % dip in exports, targets seems unlikely
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) predicted arrears of abutting to 10 per cent in exports ambition for accepted budgetary due to arrest in exports advance rate. This is for the reason that developing countries, like India, are those that are already going in for budgetary alliance as their economies initiated fractional cycle aback of relief packages, affect of which will be significantly seen on India’s consign gain in the ongoing fiscal, said Secretary General, ASSOCHAM, Mr. D.S. Rawat.
Ø World’ most economic country – Quather
Ø Five Indian States
Top Investment Magnets: Gujarat has come into view as a club of the part of 5 apex parts of India i.e. West (Maharashtra), South-East (Orissa), South (AP and Karnataka), in molding to be the top preferred investment pit stops and in alluring 52.42 % of cumulative investment of tons of Indian rupees for 20 States, according to a generalization undertaken by ASSOCHAM. While making the study public, Chamber Secretary General, Mr. D S Rawat reported that Mahatma Gandhi’s home state has alone drawn investment proposals of USD 268375 million, Maharashtra’s also close to a staggering USD 231378 million, Orissa a gigantic USD 220171 million, AP a mountaineering USD 180794 million, Karnataka a whopping USD 163791 million and the rest 15 states short listed equal to USD 1377299 million amounting for only proposals. The heaviest bulk of investment has gone into ( in terms of percentages) electricity sector (40.3), the service sector (22.6 ), manufacturing industry (22.1 ), realty and property division (9.9), mining (2.4) and irrigation (2.3).
Ø United India Insurance - Best GnlInsurance Company 2010 award by NDTV
Ø Anakutchery – First SBT head quarters (Inagruated by Sree Chithra Thirunal Balarama Varma)
Persons in News
Ø Kerala Administrative Tribunal @ Tvm –Chairman -Just K Balakrishnan Nair
Ø Munar Tribunal – Just K Bala Subramanian
Ø National Security Gaurd Chief – R K Madhekhar
Ø Sonia Gandhi - 4th time consequently AICC Chairperson
Ø P J Thomas – Central Vigilance Commissioner
Ø Venu Nagavally passed away
Ø Tamil acter Murali passed away (46)
Ø Vijay Vardha- ABC Chairman ( Audit Beuro of India)
Ø Tamil Actor “Karthik” –Brand Ambassador of Airtel (South India)
Ø Federick Rainfelt – Sweden PM
Ø V T Puraskaram – P Govindha Pilla (Kerala Navodhanam : Yugasandhathikal Yugashilpikal)
Ø Nepali Congress President – Susheel Koirala
Ø Indian Newspaper Society (INS)
President – Kundan R Vyas (Jhanmabhumi Group chief editor)
Ø Deepa Mani – Bangladesh minister of External affairs
Ø Kalamandalam Hemalatha –beat Guinness record of Dr. Vattikotta Yadhagiri (108 hrs ) by 120 hours continous Mohiniyattam
Ø L Radhakrishnan – Mumbai Port Trust Chairman
Awards
Ø Dada Saheb Falke Award 2009– D Rama Nayidu (Film producer – 10 lakhs)
Ø Tagore Peace prize – Irom Sharmila (Rs 51 lakhs )
Irom Sharmila Chanu (born March 14, 1972), also known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, is a civil rights activist, political activist, journalist and poet from the Indian state of Manipur. Since November 4, 2000, she's been on a political fast demanding the Government of India to withdraw the Armed Forces (Special Forces) Act 1958, also otherwise known as AFSPA, from Manipur and other areas of India's north east.
Ø Bank Standards of Excellence 2010 Awards – Federal bank Website
Ø World Statesman Award 2010 - Dr Manmohan Singh
Ø Dr. B Sandhya IPS – IAWP 2010 Awards (International Assosiation of Women Police –America)
Ø ASCI Chairman (Advertising Standards Council of India)- Rajiv Dhurga
Ø Njhanpeedam Awards
§ 43rd- 2007- ONV Kurup
§ 44th – 2008- Aklagh Khan
Misc News
Ø Merican Postal Department released stamp in name of “Mother Theressa” – 44 cents
Ø “One Journey” –Autobiography of Tony Blair
Ø “Captain : Mahendra Singh Dhoni”-by K Vishwanath
Ø “Of Thee I Sing : A letter to my daughters” by Barrack Obama
Ø Poisonous Toddy – 29 dead in Malapurram
Ø Postal adalath @ Ernakulam
Ø 6th Kerala Travel Mart 201 0 (KTM)
o @ Cochin, 23-26 September
o Started in 2000 and continued in alternate years
o CEO – Mathew Philip
Ø Mig 27 plane crashed in West Bengal
Ø Rs 1100 project for strengthening coastal protection in India
Ø Bom Saboda – Virus in orkut (means Good Saturday)
September 2 – Cocunut day
September 5 – Teachers day
September 8 – World literacy day [UNESCO]
September 16 – World ozone day
September 21– World Alzhimer’s day
September 21 –Day of peace and non-violence
September 22 – Rose day (Cancer patients )
September 27 – World Tourism day
Special Focus – Commonwealth Games
The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event was renamed as the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth Games in 1970, and gained its current title in 1978. Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for ten games, England for seven and Canada for one.
There are currently 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participate in the Games.
2010 Common Wealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games is the 19th Commonwealth Games, and the 9th to be held under that name. The Games are being held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010, the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in Delhi and India, which hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony took place on 3 October at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event. This marks the first time the Commonwealth Games have been held in India and the second time the event has been held in Asia (after the 1998 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
The preparations for the games received criticism in news media due to issues including heavy rains and floods, infrastructural compromise, excrement and broken or missing installations in the athletes' village, preparation delays (in particular, that of the Games Village, the withdrawal of prominent athletes, and allegations of widespread corruption. However no nations withdrew and the games started on schedule. A widely-praised opening ceremony helped improve the image of the games. India received praise from nations that had earlier criticized its preparations and a remark from International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge that India had set a good foundation for a future Olympics bid.
The two principal bids for the 2010 Commonwealth Games were from Delhi, India and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (4 times hosted ). Delhi bid won by a margin of 46 votes to 22, confirming India's first successful bid for the Games. India's bid motto was New Frontiers and Friendships.
Ø Shera - Mascot of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi
Ø Motto : Come out and play
Ø Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games being recognised as the first ever "Green Commonwealth Games”
Ø The official song of the 2010 Commonwealth Games Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto
The Queen's Baton Relay began when the baton, which contains Queen Elizabeth II's message to the athletes, left Buckingham Palace on 29 October 2009. The baton arrived at the 2010 Games opening ceremony on 3 October 2010, after visiting the other 53 nations of the Commonwealth and travelling throughout India, reaching millions of people to join in the celebrations for the Games. The baton arrived in India on 25 June 2010 through the Wagah Border crossing from Pakistan. The baton was designed by Michael Foley, a graduate of the National Institute of Design.
The opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, (3 October 2010) . Prince Charles, (Prince of Wales-representing Queen Elizabeth II as Head of the Commonwealth) and President of India Pratibha Patil officially declared the Games open. Sushil Kumar is the final Queen Baton runner and he handed over baton to Prince Charles.
A total of three heads of state from outside India attended the opening ceremony; two from Commonwealth nations and one from a non-Commonwealth nation. The three head of states are Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives, Marcus Stephen, President of Nauru, and Prince Albert II of Monaco, whose country Monaco is not a member of the Commonwealth. As well, Sir Anand Satyanand, the Governor General of New Zealand (the first of Indian descent), and a multiple Commonwealth gold medallist, attended the ceremony.
There are 71 nations (6081) participating at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. As Fiji is suspended from the Commonwealth, it has been banned from participating in the Games. Rwanda is fielding a team for the games for the first time after becoming a Commonwealth member in 2009. There are 260 events planned in 17 sports disciplines for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Tennis is added fo the first time in 2010.
| Organising Committee | Chairman | Suresh Kalmadi |
| Commonwealth Games Federation | President | Micheal Fennel (Jamiaca) |
| CEO | Mike Hooper (New Zeland) |
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