General Awareness Month July 2011

General Awareness month of July 2011

• ICC chief -Mr haroom Lorgot
• All india chess federation (AICF) President-Mr Prabhakaran
• India Malaysia FTA will be feective from 2^nd of July,comprehensive economic coperation agreement(CECA)
• Trade between India and Malysia is currently $10 billion(2010-11),FTA will bring this trade to $15 billion by 2015.
• US Ambassdor Mr Tmothy Roemer visted to India
• PSLV C-17 will be launch in July from Shri harikota
• Railway board Chairman-Mr Vinay Mitttal
• The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge (China) -largest sea bridge 36.48 km
• Shymal Gopinath committe on Nation small saving ,recomended to end Kisan Vikas Patra and intrest rate on post office saving should be 3.5 -4 %
• Operation Geronimo-related to Osama Bin laden Killing
• 'Knight of national order of the Legion of Honour' awarde by French Govt to Mr Rahul Bajaj and Baba Kalyani (MD of Bharat Forge Ltd)
• Uzbekistan PM Mr Islam Karimov visted to India In may 2011
• PM visted to Tanzania (May 2011) offer credit to Tanzania $180 Million,DTAA sign,
• Tanzania PM -Mr Jakaya Kikwete
• Sudirman Cup 2011(Also K/A World Badminton Championship)-held in Quingado China, china defeted Denmark In final
• IPL 20-4:Chris Gayle -orange cup,Lasith Malinga-Purple cup,Winner-Chenni defeted to Banglore
• Sachin Tendulkar Player of the Year award (2009-2010) given by BCCI
• Indian Open Championship 2011 Badminton-LEE CHONG Wee(Male,Malaysia),THAi PORNTIP(FEMALE,)
• Monte Carlo open Tennis-winner Rafel Nadal
• All England Championship 2011Badminton -Winner Wang Shixian (Women,China) ,Lee chon Wei(Male,Malysiya)
• FIFA world Player 2010-Lion Messi (Argentina)
• Premlata oldest Indian Woment to scle Mont Everest
• Wimbledon 2011-Novac Djokovic (Serbia) defeted Rafel Nadal in final,and in female caroline Wojoniyaki (Denmark) defeted Maria Sarapoa (Russia) in final
• RBI Deputy Governer-Mr Subir Gokarna,K.C Chakraverty,Anand Sinha,and Mr Haroon Rasid( Newly appointed)
• Thiland first women PM -Yingluck Shinawatra
• Valdimir Klitschko-new WBA Heay WT Champion
• IMF new president -Kristie Gellard(france finance Minister)
• India Hockey Team New Coach-Mikal Nobj from australia for 2016 Olympic
• Book -Invisible Hands by Mr Kausik Basu
• Book-Interpreting Services in South Asia by Rupa Chandra
• Rajasthan tops in pulse production
• 1$ billion world bank credit for Rural livelihood mission (national rural livelihood mission NRLM)
• Prestigeous Award 'Nada Vidya Bharti' to Mr M.S.Swaminathan
• Boeing 787 to joins Air India
• RBI limits banks equityequity investment in company engaged in Non financial services -upto 10 % of Paid up capital and reserve of banks or investee or which is lower
• WADA-World Ani Doping Agency
• UNAIDS executiveDirectop-Mr Michel Sidibe
• Dayanidhi Maran belongs to DMK(Dravida Munetra Kazhaghan) party resign from Union Textile Minister
• IFC to invest $2.7 Million in Jain Irrigation arms in India.Its non banking financialcompany will provide loans to small scale farmers to help them install Micro irrigation system and improve productivity.
• RBI Board meeting in Chennai
• MDG-Millenium Devlopment Goal
• Bangladesh Forighn Minister-Dipu Moni
• Chao-Lhamu:India higest lakes,located over 18,000feet above sealand,in Sikkim.
• Krishi Karman Award-U.P and Panjab,for best performance in food grain product 2010-11,given by GOI
• Chandryan -2 may explore water and volatile substance near south pole of Moon,will launch in 2013
• CRRAR(Capital to risk assets ratio) also K/A CAR(Capital Adequecy Ratio)
• SARFESI ACT(Securtization and reconstruction of finance Assets and enforcement of securties intrest Act 2002)-to deal with bad debt of Bank
• National junior BasketBall Champion-,Tamilnadu(Male)and Kerla(female)
• CEO and MD of Infocys-Kris Gopalkrishnan 2^nd largest exporter of Software in India
• RIDF(Rural Infrastrure Devlopment Fund)
• BRICS-health minister will meet in china Bejing.
• PSLV(polar satelite Launch Vechicle) to put GSA-12 in orbit from Hriharikota
• Gopal Subramanium -Soliciter general Resign
• CREDI-confederation of Real Estate devlopers Assoication
• Karvan-Eman:the bus service in B/W Kashmir and Muzafarabad(POK)
• Rotary Internation President -Mr Kalyal Beneerje
• New CVC (Central Vigelience Commisioner) -Mr Prdeep Kr
• 600 cr Rs Package for Gorkhaland by GOI
• Middle Asia Basketball championship-winner India defeted Srilanka in Final
• Flight Test of PRAHAR missile(range 150 km ) likely on 21 july
• T.P.sundara Rajan -temple tresure petitoner died
• Palestine President -Mohd Abas
• Women FOOTBALL WORLCUP WINNER(in Germany)-JAPAN Defeted USA in final
• Indian Football Team Coach-Amido Kolaso
• GST committe Head-Mr Sushil Modi
• NRLM-world Bank will give 4600 cr Rs
• Tymalapalli (Andhra Pradesh) Largest mines of Uranium in World,4900 tonnes of Uranium approx
• 25 th and 26 th Nucear Power reacter at Rajasthan (Rawtbhata)-capacity 700MW each
• Hina Rubbani -1^st Women Foreign Minister of Pak
• IBA chairman -Mr M D Mollay(BOB Chairman)
• R.S.Gujaral-New Finance Secretery
• Govt Trim Growth outlook to 8.6%
• IFC ranked India 134^th in 183 Countries in ease of doingg bussines,below Pak and Mongolia.
• Yao Ming -annoced reiterment from Basketball,belongs to China
• S.Africa Oscar Pistorius 1^st to qualify for an disable bodied in 2012 Olympics
• Nattional rural liveli Hood Mission will replace Swarnajyati Gram Swarojgar Yogna.
• Orissa is first state where NRLM launched
• TRIPTI(Targeted rural Initiate for Poverty Termination and Infrastrucure )-funded by world Bank
• Bomb attack in Norway,OSLO
• Secretery Panel for FDI in Retail headed by Mr A.K.Seth,have approve 51% FDI in retail
• SAARC minister meeting in THIMPU bhutan
• South Sydan First president Mr Salva Kiir Mayardit
• Rohinton.F.Nariman -New soliciter Genral
• FIFA ban Asian footbal Chief Mohd Bin Haniman for life
• Dornavalli Harika-2^nd Women Grand master in Chess after Andhraite Koneru Humpy in Indi
• Vastanvi is removed as Darul Ulema Chioef
• Indians may have $2.5 bin in swiss bank A/C-Swiss Central Bank
• Amy Winchouse British singer died
• Ruskin Bond Nw Book-The Room of Many color in Dehradun
• Sandeep Sajwal Swimmer qulify for Olympic
• President Prtibha Patil visit to S.Korea and Moangolia
• S.korea President -Lee Myung Bak
• Bangladesh will Honour PM Indira Gandhi with its Higest State Award 'Bangladeshi Sanmanona' recevied by Mrs Sonia Gandhi
• Rajeev Gandhe Khel Ratan Award-Gagan Narang
• World Bank Acting Directer -Mr M.n.Prasad will replace Pulak Chatarji
• POK(pak occupied Kashmir) pm-Chaodhary Abdul Majid
• Remen Magesy Awad 2011-Harish Pandy and Nilima Mishra
• 11^th July -world population Day
• 155$ arab bellout package for Yunan from Euro and IMF
• 1000Cr package for J &k
• India and S.Korea will sign agreement on Civil Nuclear Agreememnt and cultural and sports and media exchange
• Nasa pllaned to send mission juno -to Jupiter
• British Grnad pix winner 2011-Fernado Alonso
• German Grand Pix winner 2011-Lewis Hamilton
• British Golf open championship 2011- Darren Clark
• New chief of Antrix coperation-V.S.Hedge
• First Mercy Ravi Award women-Shila Dixit
• CSMS-Core subsidy managment system
• T.K.A Nair appointed advisor of PM
• India and Mangolia will sign agreement on fence,plannin,education,and media exchange.Mangolia is called as lands of Blue skies
• Mangolian PM-S.Batbold
• Mangolian President-Ts.Elbegdorg
• PNB select metlife for making entry into insurance segment
• SEBI chairman-U K Sinha
• India and Japan FTA will bring trade to 25 $ billion in 2015
• Hero honda is Now hero Mot Corp
• NationalCommunal Harmony Award to Mohd Haneef Khan Sashtri
• Rakesh Sood New Ambasdoor to France




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March 2011 General awerness

1-Posco steel plant-In odissa
                             -54000cr plant
                             -protested by two village ie Dhinkia &Gobindpur.
2-GSLV-F06 -Failed on 25 dec2010
                     -made by ISRO
                    -Geo-stationery satellite.
3-Praja Rajyum Party-Founder Film actor Chirenjeevi
                                 -merged with state congress
                                 have 18 out of 294 MLA.
4-world economic forum annual meeting held in Davos(Switzerland)
5-Laureus Sportsman of the year2011-Man - Rafel Nadal
                                                         Female- Lindsey Vonn(Alpine Skiing)
                                                           Team - Spain world cup Football team
                              life time achivment award -Zinden zidance(france Football)
Laureus sportsman of the year2010-Usain Bolt.

6-Sachin Tendulker and Priyanka Chopra to be Census ambassador
7-ISRO s band scam-2lack cr Rupees
                               between Antrix and Devas multimedia
                              Antrix is marketing unit of ISRO
                              ISRO head-K.Radhakrishnan.
8-Newsest country of world-southern Sudan(capital Juba)
9-world Bank President-Mr Robert Zoellick
10-ESOP-Employee stock option
11-PNB acquire 63.64% stake of JSC DANA Bank Kazakhistan,Value $23.675million
12-BOB take over Memon copertaion Bank (Mumbai Based)
13-Bank of Rajasthan and ICICI bank merger.
14-Ranji Trophy winner2010-Rajasthan
15-TIEA-tax information exchange agreement with 10 countries.
16-SWABHIMAAN-Movement to bring basic banking service to all 73000 unbanked villages with over   2000/population by March2012,
                      -5 cr new rural account with help of IBA and GOI.
17-CSR-(Corporate Social Responsibilities)  Companies whose turnover is 1000cr or net profit is 5cr or more have to give 2% of net profit for preceding 3 yrs as csr.

18-ADAG(Anil DhiruBhai Ambani Gp)
19-UNO Theme2011-"Promoting peace Reducing poverty and protecting the environmental".

20-PLR(Prime landing Rate)Bank can manipulate PLR to offer cheapest loan to selected customer.Now Base Rate system-no preferred customer excluding Agricultural loan,loan given to own employee,loan against deposit,export credit,

                              -set minimum level interest rate charges while giving out loan.

                             -Greater transperance.

21-Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) -Chairman Mr C.Rangarajan.

22-EXIM Bank of india will give-$1 billion to Bangladesh

                                                      -$416.39 million to srilanka for 3 infrastructure project

                                                      -$61.6 million to KEnya for power project

                                                      -$213 Million to Ethopia for sugar Industry.

23-Coinage Bill 2009 Amendment -July 2009,cabinet approved the introduction of Coinage bill 2009 to parliament to merge the four existing Acts relating to coinage,

• Indian Coinage act 1906
• The Small coin(offences)Act 1971
• The metal Token Act 1889
• The Bronze Coin(Legal Tenders)1918

Small coins-25 paisa,50 paisa,

Rupee coin-1 and above

Coin can be issue to the denomination of rupees 1000 as per Indian Coinage act(1906)

24-1 bn pound aid to India for four yrs(2015) by UK

25- $3.1bn to Pakistan for 2012 by USA.

26-GRAMMY 53rd Annual 2011 Award-

• Record of the year-Need you Now( by Lady Antebellum)
• Best country Album-Need you Now.
• Album of the year-The Suburbs (by arcade fire)
• Best New Artist- Esperanza Spalding
• Best pop Vocal Album-The fame Monster (by Lady Gaga)

27-HDFC bank likely to enter in education foray from k to x11

28-HDFC bank acquire CREDILLA(education loan finance company)

29-PIPE-(Private investment in public equity)

30-UIDAI

• Unique Identification Authority of India.
• chairperson-Mr Nandan Nilkani
• Launched under scheme AADHAR 29 sept 2010 in Mahahrastra Dist Nandrbar,vill Tembhalii
• BPL family get 100 Rs for enrollment in AADHAR scheme.
• 12 digit no will issue in this scheme
• contain scan of photograph,IRIS,ten finger print

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