CURRENT AFFAIRS

*Recently oilfields were discovered at Mangala Nagar, Rajasthan

* Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Badminton – Aug 2009 – Mixed Doubles won by
Diji and Jwala

* Namibian President to visit India – Hifikepunye Pohamba

* 14th Nehru Cup (Football) – Delhi – Indian won
Man of the Match – Subrota Paul (India)
Man of the Series – Baichung Bhutia

* P.M. of Japan – Yukio Hatoyama (Democratic Party)

*Chief of Navy – Nirmal Kumar

* Chief of Army Staff – V.K. Singh

*India’s rank in FIFA football – 156th

* Recent landslide – (12 dead) – Nilgiri

* Pasupathinatha Temple – Nepal (in dispute)

* G-20 Nations Finance Ministers Conference – London

* 2007 National Award (Films)
Kanchivaram – best film
Prakash Raj – best actor
Periyar – best Tamil film

* Age of Chennai – 370
Aug 22, 1639 – Francis Day Obtained it from Damarb Venkatadri Nayak and Permission
to build fort st. George

* Indra Gandhi Prize for Peace – 2007 – Bill Gates

*ITF Challenger Trophy – at Lexington (USA) – Sania Mirza – won

LATEST GADGET

USB GADGET

Can you handle a USB gadget that looks like something you could eat? I’ll make it short. It’s a 4-port USB 2.0 compliant hub that looks like a potato...

Features:

• USB 2.0 4-Port hub
• Potato shape design
• Made of Polyresin
• Fully compliant with USB 2.0 specification
• Backwards compatible with USB 1.1
• Transfer rate up to 480Mbps
• Plug and play
• Support Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OSX and Linux
• Dimension: 90 x 55 x 45mm (approx.)
• Weight: 255g