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June 2011

Germany's parliament approved shutting down all nuclear power plants by 2022. Saina Nehwal was ranked 6th after the recent Indonesian Open badminton tournament. RK Singh will take over as India's new Union home secretary after GK Pillai's retirement. Michael Jack Nobbs was selected as the new chief coach for the Indian men's hockey team. The Singapore Exchange will scrap its 90-minute lunch break for trading starting August 1st, 2011. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga knocked Roger Federer out of Wimbledon 2011. Malaysian Airlines banned babies from traveling in first-class cabins. Oman jailed 13 people for demanding better pay. Biz Stone recently quit as co-founder

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June 2011

Germany's parliament approved shutting down all nuclear power plants by 2022. Saina Nehwal was ranked 6th after the recent Indonesian Open badminton tournament. RK Singh will take over as India's new Union home secretary after GK Pillai's retirement. Michael Jack Nobbs was selected as the new chief coach for the Indian men's hockey team. The Singapore Exchange will scrap its 90-minute lunch break for trading starting August 1st, 2011. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga knocked Roger Federer out of Wimbledon 2011. Malaysian Airlines banned babies from traveling in first-class cabins. Oman jailed 13 people for demanding better pay. Biz Stone recently quit as co-founder

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Current Affairs June 2011 - 3

Which country's parliament has approved nuclear shutdown by 2022? Germany What rank does Saina Nehwal hold after the recently concluded Indonesian Open? 6th Who is to take charge of Union home secretary role after GK Pillai's retirement? RK Singh Who has been elected as chief coach for Indian men's hockey team? Michael Jack Nobbs Which country's stock exchange is to scrap 90-minute lunch break for trading from August 1st 2011? Singapore Exchange (SGX) Who knocked out Roger Federer from Wimbledon 2011? Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Which airlines has banned babies from first-class cabins? Malaysian Airlines Which country jailed 13 people for demanding for better pay? Oman Name the co-founder of twitter who quit recently? Biz Stone Which google feature is likely to over take Facebook? Google + Who has been named 1st woman IMF chief? France's Christine Lagarde Who has been appointed as Indian ambassador to Kuwait? Satish C Mehta Who along with Elena has entered Wimbledon 2011 quarterfinals? Sania Mirza Which mobile operator has launched 3G International video calling service in India? Airtel Which USB version of portable hard drive has been launched by Buffalo Technology? USB 3.0 Which French player won over Serena Williams at the Wimbledon tennis tournament? Marion Bartoli When is IPL5 scheduled to begin in 2012? April 4th 2012 Which is the latest mobile phone model launched by HTC in India? Flyer Who is all set to take over as foreign secretary from August 1st 2011? Ranjan Mathai Which Housing Finance Group recently launched its operation in Bangalore? Edelweiss Housing Finance Who won the European Grand Prix 2011? Sebastian Vettel

Who has been named as COO of Unilever? Harish Manwani Who won the Indonesian Open 2011? Wang Yihan Which west part of India is all set to be inscribed in World Heritage List next year? Western Ghats Who has joined as Advisor of Spime, a California based social location technology company? Vinod Dham

Technology News or Update June 2011


Huawei Technologies unveiled a tablet computer, MediaPad Nokia's smartphone to sport Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile OS is nicknamed the "Sea Ray" Sony Ericsson announced two new Android smartphones Xperia Ray and the Xperia Active. Both run Android 2.3, aka "Gingerbread," and use the Mobile Bravia Engine iPhone 5 to be launched in September 2011 Nokia N9 smartphone on MeeGo platform launched featuring 1GHz ARM Cortex A-8 processor, 8 megapixel auto focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and 28mm lens Mozilla launches Browser version 5 Sony Vaio Z 13inch launched in Europe Microsoft puts Office in the 'could Apple unveils iCloud, an online music storage service Microsoft's IE 9 is now available in 53 additional languages including 11 Indian regional languages (Assame, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu) Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for tablets Apple's iWork app which includes Keynote, Pages and Numbers applications, now available for iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3rd and 4th generation Tata Docomo launches a route finder which works on SMS location based technology. The service works in 3G circles and also WAP Yahoo launches AppSpot for iPhones and Android Phones Google Chrome notebook made by Samsung and Acer goes on sale at a price range of $350 to $500 in the US HTC has launched its Android phone, Sensation in India, priced at Rs.30,000 HTC Salsa is now available in India for Rs.22,000 Akai launches dual-SIM Active 2212 Google reinvents its search tools by adding Voice Search, Search by Image and Instant pages. All these features will be available to desktop users through the Chrome or Firefox browsers Mindtree launches an Automated Traffic Counting and Classification system to conduct an around-the-clock traffic pattern study for single/intermediate/2 lane roads Volvo has launched a mobile application to control cars from iPhone and Andriod handsets Asus launches worlds first 3D laptop named, Asus Republic of Gamers G53SX

Sony launches 24 flat screen 3D display TV, priced at Rs.22,500

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