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Current Affairs

( January, 2011 )

NATIONALPADMA VIBHUSHAN- Kapila Vatsyayan, Homi

Vyarwalla, A. Nageshwar Rao (all the three, Art), parsaranKesava Iyengar, L. C.Jain Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai, Vijay

Kelkar, Montek Singh Ahluwalia (al1 Public Affairs), O. N.

V. Kurup, Sitakant Mahapatra (both Literature and

Education), Brajesh Mishra (Civil Services), Azim Premji

(trade and industry and Palle Rama Rao (Science andEngineering) are the thirteen eminent personalities who

have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan (India’s

second highest civilian award) this year.

A R RAHMAN NOMINATED FOR OSCAR- A. R.

Rahman has been nominated for his music in Dannny

Boy’s film ‘127 Hours’ in the categories of Best Song and

Best Original Score trophy for Oscar Awards this year.

Homi Bhabha lifetime. Achievement Award IAEA

(International Atomic Energy Agency) Director-General

Yukiya Amano honoured Anil Kakodkar (the former





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Justice B. Srikrishna Committee- recently submitted

its report on Telangana issue suggesting six options to

resolve the Telangana statehood issue saying united

Andhra Pradesh is most workable solution.Chief guest on Republic Day- Indonesia’s President

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the chief guest on this

years Republic Day





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International lndiGo- Airbus Deal- In the single largest aircraft deal

in the global aviation history, no-frill carrier lndiGo will

acquire 180 A-32 aircraft worth an estimated $ 15.6

billion from the European manufacturer Airbus.

Chengdu J-20- China on January 11, 2011 conducted

its first test-flight of a stealth fighter jet the Chengdu J-20

which could most technically advanced warplane and

thus narrowed China’s rival the US F-22 Raptor-one of the

world’s military gap with United States.

Tunisia Revolt-The 23 year old dictatorship of the

former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali collapsed on

January 14, 2011 after Parliament of Tunisia wasdissolved and the government was dismissed. The

president Zine El Abidine was removed from his position.

Mr. Ben Ali has been in power for 23 years.

Golden Globe Awards 2011- The Social Network

which is a film about Harvard-graduate MarkZuckerbezg’s ultra popular Facebook website swept up

four awards at the Golden Globe Awards 2011 including

awards for Best Motion Picture Drama Best Director

(Motion Picture), Best Screenplay (Motion Picture) and

Best original score (Motion Picture) in January 2011.





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DSC Prize for South Asian Literature- The first DSC

Prize for South Asian Literature has gone to H. N. Naqvi’s

Home Boy-a novel which captures complex loyalties of

generation that belongs to everywhere and nowhere. Theaward carries 50,000 US dollars as prize money.





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SportsIndia’s Vishwanathan Anand loses No. 1 spot in the

latest world ranking list released by the World Chess

Federation (FIDE).Norway's Magnus Carlsen regained the

top position.

• India (Top-3): 1. Viswanathan Anand (2810), 2.

K. Sasikiran (2690), 3. P. Hari Krishna (2667)

• India (Women Top-3): 1. K. Humpy (2607),

2.D.Harika (2520), 3. S. Vijayalakshmi (2454

India- S. Africa Test Series ended in a draw.South

Africa's Jacques Kallis was adjudged the Man of the Matchas well as the Man of the Series.

Ashes- England beat Australia in final Sydney Test &

claimed its first Ashes series in Australia for 24 years. It

was England's first series victory in Australia since Mike

Gatting's team beat Australia 2-1 in1986-87.

Chennai Open -Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi

won their first title together in over six Years.They beat

Robin Haase (Ned) & David Martin (US) in the Chennai

Open final.





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Sebastian Vettel became the youngest Formula One

world champion

The Commonwealth Games in Delhi produced a

best-ever medal tally

Federer wins Qatar Open- World No. 2 Roger Federer

began his season in formidable fashion by defeating

holder Nikolay

RANJI TROPHY -Rajasthan created history for the firsttime in 77 years when they defeated Baroda in the final

of the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament on the basis of

first innings lead in Vadodara on January 15, 2011.

Mumbai Marathon -Ethiopia’s Girima Assefa beat

Botor Segaye Wolde (Ethiopia) in men’s section toemerge winner at the Standard Chartered Mumbai

Marathon while Koren Yal of Ethiopia clinched women

title by defeating Merima Mohammed of Ethiopia on

January 16, 2011 in Mumbai.





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Best Male Football Player for 2010-Argentina’s Lionel

Messi has been declared World Football Federation’s

Best Male Football Player for 2010 while Brazil’s Marta

has been declared World Football Federation. Bestfemale Football Player for 2010.

Asian Junior Golf team Championship -The Indian

team won the Asian Junior Golf team Championship of

Golf on January 27, 2011 in Kuala Lumper India won the

tournament and the gold medal on countback.

Australian Open 2011 Men’s single -Serbia’s Novak

Djokovic beat Britain’s Andy Murray to clinch Australian

Open 2011 Men’s single title on January 30, 2011 in

Melbourne.

Australian Open (Women’s single) -Belgium’s Kim

Clijisters beat Li Na of China to clinch the Australian Open

(Women’s single) Tennis Championship title on January

29, 2011 in Melbourne. It was her first Australian Open

title.

Asia Cup Football- Japan beat Australia 1-0 to clinch

the Asia Cup of Football in the final match held in Doha in

last week of January 2011. With this victory Japan

became the most successful team in the history of the

competition.

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