CURRENT AFFAIRS

CURRENT AFFAIRS



*Anna University awarded honorary Doctorate to M.K.Stalin, Mylswamy Annadurai,
A.R.Rahman

*Kalaignar Insurance Scheme for life Saving Treatments
- launched on 23rd July, 2009
- Limit – Rs.72,000/annum
- Provided by Star Health Insurance

* Statue of Kannada poet Sarvagya – Ayanavaram, Chennai

* Thiruvalluvar Statue – Ulsoor lake, Bangalore

* Ford Car Factory located at Maraimalai Nagar, Chennai

* Nobel Prize (2009) Chemistry – Venkataraman Ramakrishnan

* Nobel Prize (2009) Peace – Barack Obama
(Others : Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore)

* Fire Cracker accident – Pallipatti (Thiruvallur) – Oct 17, 2009

* Compulsory Registration (Marriage) came into force on Nov 30, 2009 (to be registered
within 90 days)

* Two states where President’s Rule was imposed in 2009 – Meghalaya, Jharkhand

* Artificial heart – introduced by IIT Kharagpur

* G – 20 Summit – London

* PSLV – C12 rocket was launched from Sriharikota on 20th April 2009

* Chief Election Commissioner – Navin Chawla

* Anti – Tobacco Day – May 31 (2009) – Compulsory pictorial warnings of diseased lungs
and a scorpion came into force

* India’s first sea – bridge – Bandra – Worli Sea link, Mumbai

* Actor Mohanlal was honoured as Lieutenant colonel in Territorical Army

* India’s Largest flyover – Hyderabad

* Barack Obama – 44th President of U.S.A.

* Prime Minister of Israel – Natanyahu

* Military Coup in Honduras

* A 310 – Airbus (Yemen) crashed into sea killing 152

* First Women Prime Minister of Croatia – Jadranka Kosor

* 15th NAM Summit – Egypt – 118 Countries (members) NAM – 1st Conference – Belgrade
Panchsheel (birth 1954) – Bandung Conference (1955), Indonesia, Tito (Yugosslavia),
Jawaharlal Nehru, Nasser (Egypt), Sukarno (Indonesia)

* US Secretary of State – Hillary Clinton

* Shahab Missile – Iran

* Soyu & Space Craft – Russia

* Under Water Cabinet Meeting – Maldives (Oct 18, 2009)

* World’s tallest building – ‘Burj Dubai” – Dubai (Taipei 101, Taiwan) – Previous

* Director of CIA – Panetta (Central Intelligence Agency)

* Golden Globe Award – A.R.Rahman

* Slumdog Millionaire – Director – Danny Boyle

* Director General of National Investigation Agency (NIA) – Radha Vinod Raju

*Karnataka’s 2nd Capital – Belgaum

*India’s Ambassador to ASEAN – N. Ravi

* Bharathiyar University has declared Tamil as its administrative language

* Director, RAW – K.C. Verma

*Jaithapur Atomic Power Station in Maharashtra with French assistance

* Bharat Ratna Award 2008 – Pandit Bhimsen Joshi