Current Affairs March 2011

>1. which team has won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ? - India Twenty-eight years on from the match that transformed the history of world cricket, India recaptured the crown that Kapil Dev and his men first lifted at Lord’s in 1983, and this time they did it in their very own back yard. An iron-willed 97 from Gautam Gambhir was matched for intensity by the finest captain’s innings since Ricky Ponting at Johannesburg eight years ago, as Mahendra Singh Dhoni trumped a poetic century from Mahela Jayawardene to pull off the highest run-chase ever achieved in a World Cup final.2. Who has been appointed new chief of Film Certification Tribunal ? - Lalit Bhasin Noted lawyer Lalit Bhasin has been appointed Chairperson of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal. “The appointment...

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Sports Current Affairs 2011

>Current Affairs [March 2011] ICC WC 2011 off to spectacular start The ICC cricket world cup is on in full swing. The fourteen teams have all played their group stages and 8 teams qualified to the knockout stages. The teams that played in quarterfinals were West Indies, India, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Among these only four teams made it to the Semis where Pakistan and India played each other at Mohali and Srilanka and New Zealand played against each other in Colombo. The semi final match between India and Pakistan created unprecedented hype as the two teams have not faced off against each other since Mumbai 26/11 attacks. There was a never before seen rush to get the tickets for the match and people were selling their tickets in black...

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International Current Affairs 2011

>Current Affairs [March 2011] Earthquake and Tsunami strike Japan A powerful earthquake of 8.9 magnitude struck Japan on its north eastern coast on 11/3/2011. The earthquake resulted in a massive tsunami that caused wide scale destruction and loss of thousands of lives. Cars, ships and buildings were all swept away by the rampaging waters of the Tsunami which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo. The port city of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture was one of the worst affected. Ten metre waves struck the city deluging everything that was part of it-farmlands, cars, buildings, houses etc. Fires broke out in the city following the deluge. A cluster of two to three hundred bodies were found in one part of this city alone. This is the most powerful natural disaster to have...

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Current Affairs Quiz February 2011

>1. Who appointed as PM’s Advisor on skill development ? - S Ramadorai, former chief of IT giant firm TCS, has been appointed as an Advisor to Prime Minister on Skill Development Read More 2. Who has been elected as President of Karnataka State Cricket Association(KSCA)? - Anil Kumble 3. who won Australian Open woman’s Single 2011 ? - Kim Clijsters won her second straight Grand Slam title and the fourth of her career, struggling early before beating Li Na 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the Australian Open final. The result ended the outstanding run of Li, who became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam singles final. 4. who won Australian Open mens Single 2011 ? -Novak Djokovic claimed his second title at the Australian Open in dominating...

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International Current Affairs 2011

>Current Affairs [February 2011] Mubarak resigns, Egypt celebrates The people of Egypt went wild with celebrations after President Hosni Mubarak resigned and handed power to the military on 11th February. For eighteen days thousands of people had taken to the streets all over Egypt demanding the ouster of their autocratic President who had been in power for the past thirty years. One of the key reasons for such public outrage has been widespread poverty, inflation and rampant corruption in the government for many years. Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the anti-government protests burst with joy when the announcement was made. This has been a hard fought struggle for the people of Egypt after many episodes of violence having been reported between the public and Mubaraks forces. ...

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Current Affairs January 2011

>1. Bharat Ratna Classical Singer who died recently at the age of 88 ? - Pandit Bhinsen Joshi  2. Italian Film director ,screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all’Italiana (Comedy Italian style) who died on November 29, 2010 at the age of 95, after comitting suicide by jumping from a window of the San Giovanni hospital in Rome, where he was admitted a few days earlier for prostate cancer? - Mario Monicelli. 3. who has been selected for the National Communal Harmony Award ? - Acharya Lokesh Muni 4. The 26th sub-junior and junior National athletics championships held in? Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore. 5. which Indian honoured with the Crystal Award of the World Economic Forum (WEF) A.R. Rahman Internationally renowned music composer A.R. Rahman was on 26-01-2011...

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International Current Affairs 2011

>Current Affairs [January 2011] Salman Taseer Killed in Islamabad Punjab Governor Salman Tasser was shot dead by one of his own body guards at the Khosar market in Islamabad. Taseer was a member of Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party(PPP) and was vocal on a various issues including Pakistans Blasphemy Law. The assassin was Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, a member of Punjab Elite Force who shot the Governor with his weapon and surrendered to the security forces moments after shooting the governor dead. Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters that the killer admitted to killing the Governor over his statement when he called the Blasphemy Law as a “black law”. Iranian plane crash kills 77 The IranAir Boeing 727 was flying from Tehran with 106 passengers when it came down and crashed...

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List of Padma Award Winners

> List of Padma Award Winners 2011The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2011. This year the President has approved 128 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 12 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise 13 Padma Vibhushan, 31 Padma Bhushan and 84 Padma Shri Awards. There are 31 ladies among the awardees.Padma Vibhushan Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile 1. Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan Art – Art Administration and Promotion. Delhi 2. Mrs. Homai Vyarawalla Art – Photography Gujarat 3. Shri A Nageshwara Rao Art- Cinema Andhra Pradesh 4. Shri Parasaran Kesava Iyengar Public Affairs Delhi 5. Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai...

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