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y Womens Double Serena Williams & Venus Williams defeated Cara Black & LHuber.

y Mixed Double Laender Paes (India) & Cara Black (Zimbabwe) defeatedEkterina Makasova & Jaroslav Levinsky. It is Paess 11th Grand Slam title.

Science and Technology Current Affairs [January 2010]

y 97th Indian Science Congress held at Tiruvananthapuram in Jan 2010. Thetheme of this year congress was Science & Technology of 21st Century-National Perspective.

y The longest annular solar eclipse on the third millennium occur on 15 Jan 2010.The next annular solar eclipse will be visible in year 3043. Annular eclipse isoccurred when the sun is visible like a ring of fire, with the moon darkening itscentre. The last annular solar eclipse visible from India was occurred in 1976. InJuly 2010 also, a total solar eclipse will be occurred.

y There are three strains of wild Polio virus namely P1, P2 & P3. Type 2 wild Polio

virus (P2) was eliminated from the world in 1999.y First public hearing on the introduction of Bt Brinjal (First Genetically Modified

Food Crop in India) was held in Kolkatta. Seven such public hearing are beingorganized by Centre for Environment Education, for opinion of public in respectof introduction of Bt Brinjal. 2nd hearing was held at Hyderabad.

y 50th anniversary of creation of LASER is being celebrated in 2010. TheodoreMaiman constructed the first LASER in May 1960. LASER stands for LightAmplification for Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Charles H Townes was fatherof MASER.

Persons in News [January 2010]

y Billy Arjan Singh, wildlife conservationist and Padma Shri awardee died.y P D Dinakaran, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court faces impeachement

motion. The process was initiated in the Parliament. He is the first High CourtChief Justice against whom impeachment motion have been initiated. Justice VRamaswami is the only judge to have faced impeachment proceedings inparliament.

y Justice V S Sirpurkar appointed to head a three member panel to look intoallegation of land grab and misconduct against Chief Justice P D Dinakaran inthe wake of impeachment motion initiated against him in Parliament.

y Fahmida Mirza is the first woman Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly.y Ricky Ponting, Australian cricket team captain, has been named as ESPN

Cricinfo Player of the Decade for 2000.y Jyoti Basu, former West Bengal Chief Minister, died.y Mrinal Pande, appointed as Chairman, Prasar Bharti Board.y Lee Myung Bak, South Korea President was the Chief Guest at 2010 Republic

Day Parade.y Shiv Shankar Menon is appointed as National Security Advisor.


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y Vikram Srivastava appointed as Director General of CRPF(Central ReservePolice Force).

y Ranjit Kumar Bhatia appointed as Director General of ITBP (Indo Tibetan BorderPolice).

Books & their Authors [January 2010]

y All that you cant leave behind written by Soumya Bhattacharya.y We Must Have No Price written by Arun Sourie.y Train to India- Memories of another Bengal written by Maloy kumar Dhar.y Not by Reason alone : The Politics of Change written by N K Singh.y Five Point Someone written by Chetan Bhagat.y Nehru : The invention of India written by Shashi Tharoor.y The Museum of Innocence written by Orhan Panuk.y Thoughts on Linguistic States written by B R Ambedkar.

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urrent affairs, is the mainstay of the civil service examination, what with one portionof the exam dedicated to general studies. The current affairs of india and internationalcurrent event affairs, are an important part of the general studies paper, both in themains and the prelims. At the interview current affairs news rules and decides therank of the candidate and even whether s/he will get through or not. In such a

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Current Affairs For February 2011

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2G scam: Former Telecom Minister A.Raja sent to Tihar Jaily Former Telecom Minister A Raja was sent to Tihar Jail in Jail in Delhi on Feb 17th in

relation to the 2G scam. He will be in judicial custody for fourteen days until March 3rd.He was also earlier arrested by the CBI on 2nd Feb and was held in their custody in viewof the evidence they had collected against him regarding his involvement in the 2Gscam. A. Raja has been accused of issuing 2G licenses at throw away prices creatingmassive losses for the exchequer. According to the national auditor CAG, the 2Gspectrum phone licenses were sold in 2008 for a fraction of their value and this hasresulted in a notional loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crores. The 2 G scam has created majoruproar in Parliament and has sent shock waves across the country.

ULFA, government begin Assam peace talks

y Leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) met Home Minister P.Chidambaram on Feb 10 to signify the start of the much long-awaited peace talks aimedat ending 30 long years of insurgency in Assam. History was created when the eightmember ULFA team headed by Arabinda Rajkhowa met Chidambaram at his NorthBlock office for a first round of peace talks. This is a highly significant development


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considering ULFA has been trying since 1979 to carve out an independent homeland ofAssam. While ULFA has not put up any demands or finalised any agenda for talks, thebeginning of talks itself is being seen as a very positive step to restoring peace in thestate.

PM announces JPC on 2G spectrum scam

y Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that his government would set up the JointPariamentry Committee (JPC) to investigate the 2G spectrum scam. The governmentfinally agreeing to introduce the JPC does not come about as unexpected. With theopposition being absolutely unrelenting in their demands for the introduction of theprobe, the Congress had to finally give in. The previous years winter session inparliament ended with only ten working hours on record. In order to ensure that thebudget session does not get similarly affected, several meetings with the differentpolitical parties were set up and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee tried to bring abouta compromise, which in the end proved to be futile. In the Lok Sabha, on the first day ofthe budget session the PM said On account of the controversy relating to allocation of2G spectrum, the winter session of Parliament was lost. Our country can ill-affordthis...in paralyzing Parliament, we all do disservice to those who have elected us. Lateron he also announced the introduction of the probe when he went on to add It is inthese special circumstances that our government agrees to a JPC...we are a functioningdemocracy and must try to resolve our difference is the spirit of collaboration notcompetition.

Govt to release Rs. 150 coin soon

y With the Income Tax Department celebrating 150 years of taxation in the country thegovernment will issue coins of Rs. 150 in denomination. The special coins which alsoincludes Rs 5 denomination would be released by the Finance Minister Pranab

Mukherjee ahead of his budget speech. The Rs 150 coin is prepared from an alloy ofcopper, nickel, silver and zinc. Sathyameva Jayathe and India would be engraved onthe front side of the coin while the back side will feature a portrait of portrait of 'Chanakyaand lotus with honeybee'. The Rs 5 coins will also be minted in a similar fashion. This isa special occasion with the IT department having completed 150 years of taxation from1860 to 2010.

HC upholds DeathPenalty for Kasab

y The Bombay High Court on Feb 21 confirmed the death penalty to 26/11 terrorist AjmalKasab and termed the case being the rarest of rare and held that there was "no scope ofreform" of the convict. This comes nine months after the lone 26/11 terrorist who was

captured alive was ordered to be sent to the gallows by the trial court on May 6, 2010.Kasab, an LeT operative was captured alive at Girgaum Chowpatty in Mumbai onNovember 26, 2008 while none other operatives who has come with him were gunneddown by the security forces at the terror sites. Justice Ranjana Desai told Kasab throughvideo conferencing "Aapko saza-e-maut yeh adalat barkarar karti hai. Aap SupremeCourt mein appeal zari kar sakte hain (Your death sentence is upheld. You can appealbefore the Supreme Court,"

Godhra verdict: Ahmedabad court convicts 31, acquits 63


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y A special court in Ahmedabad on February 22nd convicted 31 people and acquitted 63including main accused Maulvi Umarji, in the 2002 Godhra train burning incident that left59 people dead mostly Kar Sevaks who were returning from Ayodhya on the SabarmatiExpress. This triggered the 2002 Gujarat communal riots which left over 1200 peopledead mostly Muslims. The court was the first one to pronounce a judgment, among thenine trying the 2002 Gujarat riots cases. The court accepted the prosecutions contention

that there was a conspiracy behind the incident. Apart from the charges of murder,attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy, the accused were convicted under IPCsections 147, 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 323, 324, 325, 326 (causing hurt), 153A(promoting enmity between different groups on religious grounds), various sections ofthe Indian Railways Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and BombayPolice Act.

Kidnapped Malkangiri Collector, junior engineer released

y Malkangiri District Collector RV Krishna and Junior Engineer Pabitra Majhi were finallyreleased by the Maoists after being kept for a week in captivity. The two were abductedby the Maoists on Feb 16th and the Maoists in a letter to the government, listed 14demands for the safe release of the two hostages. These included halting anti-Maoistoperations by security forces, release of all political prisoners, scrapping of accords withMNCs for land transfer and projects, and compensation for the families of Maoistsympathizers killed in police custody. Dandapani Mohanty and academicians G.Haragopal and R. Someswar Rao were chosen as mediators and had discussions withthe Maoists. The negotiators had made the government agree to 14 key demandsincluding the release of Ganti Prsadam, Padma (wife of top Maoist Ram Krishna), andSriramulu Srinivas, another top Maoist. After intense round of negotiations thegovernment finally relented and made arrangements to secure bails for the jailedMaoists. A further twist in the tale occurred when the Maoists released only Majhi andheld back the Collector making a fresh list of demands. However after another round ofdiscussion, common sense prevailed and the Maoists released the collector a day later.

Sports News

Cricket World Cup 2011 Officially Opened

y The 10th edition of the ICC cricket World Cup, was officially launched on 17th Feb with agrand opening ceremony being held in Dhaka, Bangaldesh. The stadium was filled withspectators and evening proved to be visual spectacle with colourful fireworks, songs and

dance routines to mark the start of the eagerly awaited event. Bangladeshi PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina declared the event open amid thundering cheers while thefourteen participating Captains were revealed to the public being carried in tricycles.Shankar Ehsaan Loy and other popular artists performed at the venue with the showstopper being Bryan Adams.

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y The 34th National Games, was finally held in Jharkand and the event turned to be verysuccessful. The games were held from 12th February 2011 to 26th February 2011.Manyathletes all over the country took part in various disciplines and quite a few records werebroken in the process. The long-postponed 34th National Games was originallyscheduled for 2007. The Games have been deferred six times four times due to delayin developing infrastructure and then postponed again due to the coming of Assemble

Elections.

India start their Word cupcampaign on a bright note

y India played Bangladesh at Mirpur in the first WC match of the tournament on Feb 19.India started with a bang scoring 375 with both Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli hittingsensational hundreds to take the match away from the hosts. Sehwag particularly lookedmurderous. The Indian team was expected to be under pressure to perform well againstBangladesh as their previous campaign in 2007 resulted in an early exit and left manydisappointed fans back at home.

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y World Champion Viswanathan Anand played against Magnus Carlsen of Norway to endthe match in hard fought draw and finished second in the Bilbao Final Masters chesstournament. But the icing on the cake was when the Indian ace dethroned Carlsen fromthe number one ranking in Live rating list for the first time since January this year andended up as the top player in ratings too.

Brazilian striker Ronaldo announces retirement

y Former Brazil striker Ronaldo announced his retirement from soccer on Feb 14. The 34-year-old three-time world player had a year end contract with Corinthians. But a shock

loss led to an early elimination from the Libertadores Cup and violent protests from fans.Ronaldo further added that frequent injury problems were one of the main reasons inhim deciding to announce his retirement. Thus ends a brilliant career in which he scoredmore than 400 goals including a record 15 at World Cups.

InternationalNews

Mubarak resigns, Egypt celebratesy The people of Egypt went wild with celebrations after President Hosni Mubarak resigned

and handed power to the military on 11th February. For eighteen days thousands ofpeople had taken to the streets all over Egypt demanding the ouster of their autocraticPresident who had been in power for the past thirty years. One of the key reasons forsuch public outrage has been widespread poverty, inflation and rampant corruption inthe government for many years. Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the anti-governmentprotests burst with joy when the announcement was made. This has been a hard fought


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struggle for the people of Egypt after many episodes of violence having been reportedbetween the public and Mubaraks forces.

China overtakes Japan as world's second-biggest economy

y China has now overtaken Japan as the world's second-biggest economy. Japan'seconomy was worth $5.474 trillion (3.414 trillion) at the end of 2010, figures from Tokyohave shown while that of China's economy is closer to $5.8 trillion for the same period.China has been enjoying a manufacturing boom for quite a few years now and it isexpected that at its current rate of growth, analysts see China replacing the US as theworld's top economy in about a decade. The US economy is currently almost three timesthe size of the Chinese economy in dollar terms.

New Zealand earthquake strikes Christchurch, killing at least 148 people

y A massive earthquake on 22nd Feb has caused massive destruction in the city ofChristchurch, New Zealand. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake was the second in five

months for the city and the death toll continues to increase with the police havingconfirmed 148 deaths with 200 still missing. The damage caused has been said to bemuch worse than the 7.1-magnitude quake on 4 September, which left two peopleseriously injured but no fatalities. The city's historic cathedral was one of the manybuildings that got significantly damaged, while cars lay in a mangled heap under a pile ofrubble and roads cracked open with fissures as a result of the tremors. Dazed, bleedingresidents could be seen wandering through streets strewn with debris and piles ofconcrete.

Libyan people take to the streets in their demand for freedom

y Inspired by the outcomes of Tunisia and Egypt over the past few weeks the people of

Libya have also taken out to the streets in their cries for freedom against their autocraticleader Muammar Gaddafi. Thousands of people have joined the struggle and there havebeen continuous reports of frequent clashes with the Muammars loyalists and theprotesting public. Scores of people have been reported killed in continuing violence inthe Libyan capital, Tripoli, amid escalating protests against Muammar Gaddafi's 40-yearrule across the North African nation. With each passing day the leader seems to belosing support from people working in his own government and is also under increasingpressure from International powers to step down.

The Kings Speech Wins Best Picture at the 83rd Annual AcademyAwards

y The Kings Speech had a great outing at this years Oscars winning four awards. Thefilm won in the best picture category and its director Tom Hooper received Best Director.Colin Firth received the award for best actor for his central role in Kings Speech whilebest female actor went to Natalie Portman for Black Swan. The Best Supporting Actorand The Best Supporting Actress awards were bagged by Christian Bale and MelissaLeo for their performances in film, The Fighter. Indian musician AR Rahman missed outon his two nominations for his score in 127 hours.


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