Feb 2011 General awareness

11:50 PM Thinker

1-Times magazine top 25 all time political icon,

• Mahatma gandhi,
• Emperor Akbur,
• Dalai lama,
• Mao Zidong,
• Adolf Hitler,
• Benito Mussolini
• Released  on 100 Birth Anniversary of US President Mr Ronald Regon.

2-17th Commonwealth  law conference held in Hyderabad,inaugurated by Mr  Manmohan Singh.

3-Nepal New Prime minister Mr Jhalanth Khanal.

4-ICRAR(Indian Council of agriculture Research)

5-Agriculture growth target for 12th five year plan -4%,

       "                 "      likely to achieve -3.5%(2007-12)

6-SEBI barres 39 company from stock exchange for circular trading.

7-India CAD(Current Account deficit) -3.5% of GDP.

8-Free trade agreement in between Japan and India

 Agreement is of $ 12 arab in which 90 % will come in FTA

9-TAPI-(Turkimistan afganistan,Pakistan,India)

• agreement is called "Frame work Agreement"
• 17000 km Long
• from Turkimistan Daultabad to Fazilka India

10-Tista and Feni River water distribution  Agreement is in between India and Bangladesh for 15 Yrs.

11-DGH(directer General Of Hydrocarbon)

12-Lasith Malinga announced retirement from Test Cricket.

13-India Got rank119 /169 in Human development Index.

14-United Nation declares this year as International Year of Forest 2011.

15-Tiger summit Russia 2010

• at Sant Pitsberg in South Africa.
• 13 countries participated in it,and agree to double the Tigers no. by 2012
• current population of Tiger in World is 3500.
• All 13 countries will initiate a project called as "Global Tiger Recovery Project"
• 1500cr will be given as financial help.

16-East Asia Summit-

• at Vietnam(Hanoi) on 30 oct 2011
• 16 members out of which 10 are ASIAN members and rest 6 are India,China,Japan Australia,Newziland,Korea

17-START(Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)

• in between Russia And US
• it will take place of MASCO or SORT(Strategic offensive Reduction Treaty)
• SORT will end in 2012

18-PAC-(public account committee)