Current Affairs September 2011

Oct 23, 2011 by AimCLAT

September 1 1. Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ajay Maken 2. LIC Life Corporation of India Headquarters Mumbai recently completed 55 years of its existence. 3. Acting President, Indian Olympic Association Vijay Kumar 4. Whereabouts Clause Disputed clause of WADA which vehemently opposed by BCCI and Indian Cricket Players WADA World Anti-Doping Agency H.Q. Montreal, Canada established in the year 1999 President, WADA John Fahey 5. Winner, World womens 20 km walk Olga Kanishkina at World Athletics Championships 2011 6. 1st FIFA International Friendly Football Match in India Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Friendly match between Argentina and Venezuela 7. Wikileaks International Non-Profit Organisation Founded in the year 2006 Director Julian Assange founders are not fully identified represented in Public in 2007 by Assange 8. World Banks Governance and Anti-Corruption Strategy 2007 9. OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Secretariat Paris, France Secretary General Angel Gurria 10. Chairman, Standing Committee on Finance Yashwant Sinha 11. PFRDA Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, 2011 12. GJM Gorkha Janmukti Morcha political party demanding for a separate state Gorkhaland September 2 1. Central Bureau of Investigation Headquarters New Delhi Director A.P. Singh Formed in the year 1963 2. NHAI National Highway Authority of India 3. Justice Soumitra Sen Calcutta High Court Judge resigned recently was facing Impeachment proceedings 4. A. Raja Former Union Telecom Minister facing trail in relation to 2-G Scam 5. JCO Junior Commissioned Officer group of Military ranks found in Indian Army receives commission from the President 6. IGNCA Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts, New Delhi was in news for letting out 24 of its rooms to Indravan Hotel 7. FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999

8. Shehla Masood RTI activist who was shot dead recently in the city of Bhopal 9. September 2011 10th Anniversary of Attack on World Trade Centre, New York September 9 also known as 9/11 attack 10. Director General, World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland 11. Telecom Commission established in the year 1989 Chairman R. Chandrashekar September 3 1. J.M. Lyngdoh Former Chief Election Commissioner of India was in news for the writ petition filed in the Supreme Court by him in relation to cash-for-vote scam 2. Kashgar Part of Chinas Xinjang Autonomous Region was in news because of its proximity with PoK region and plan of China to set up first SEZ in this region and its involvement in PoK region PoK stands for Pakistan Occupied Kashmir 3. Arvind Kejriwal Civil Society/Team Anna Member who was served with a notice by Income Tax Department for paying up dues since the time when he left his service 4. Julian Assange Director, WikiLeaks published 251000 secret US diplomatic cables without editing 5. SUV Sports Utility Vehicle 6. Chairman and MD, TVS Motors Venu Srinivasan 7. National Award for Excellence in MSMEs Indian Overseas Bank MSME Micro, Small and Medium Sector Enterprises 8. WAN INFRA 2011 An International Event on trends and practices in printing and publishing Chennai, Tamil Nadu September 4 1. Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth 2. Usian Bolt Winner, 200 m race at World Athletics Championships was disqualified from 100 m race 3. Ricky Ponting (Australia) recently became the first cricketer to play in 100 test wins against Sri Lanka 4. ADB Asian Development Bank Headquarters Manila, Philippines established in the year 1966 5. Line of Actual Control (LAC) International Border between Indian and China September 5 1. Credible India a project aimed at making India an attractive global investment destination for foreign and domestic firms launched by FICCI

President, FICCI Harish Mariwala Secretary General, FICCI Rajiv Kumar 2. Chief, Indian Army General V.K. Singh 3. Usian Bolt (belongs to Jamaica) along with team members winner, 400m relay race at World Athletics Championships created world record by finishing off the race within 37.04 sec. 4. DRS Decision Reviewing System was under dispute recently related to Cricket 5. Coach, Indian Hockey Team (Mens) Micheal Nobbs 6. Asian Championships Trophy 2011 Ordos, China 7. Talan typhoon which recently arrived in Japan 8. U.S.A. country which was recently asking Switzerland government forcibly to hand over the account details of its nationals having their account in Swizz Banks 9. Busher place where 1st nuclear plant of Iran is situated which was connected to electricity grid recently 10. BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa 11. Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely September 6 1. Teesta Water Treaty between Indian and Bangladesh disputed matter because of the protest made by the West Bengal Government 2. Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation & Resettlement Bill, 2011 approved by the Cabinet recently once passed will do overhaul of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 3. G Janardhan Reddy former Karnataka Minister was arrested recently for the charges against him in relation to illegal mining 4. Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai 5. Chief Information Commissioner Satyananda Mishra 6. TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 7. IFCI Industrial Financial Corporation of India 8. Chairman, SAIL C.S. Verma 9. SIS Secret Intelligence Services Intelligence agency of United Kingdom formed in the year 1909 September 7 1. Amar Singh political leader who was recently arrested in relation to Cash-for-vote Scam 2. Mayawati Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh was recently in news because of the disputed exchange of statements between her and Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange 3. India Worlds Cheapest Telecom market

4. CEO and MD, Bharti Group Sunil Mittal 5. FIH International Hockey Federation President Leandro Negre was in news recently following the decision made by him to pull out hosting of Champions Trophy (Hockey) from New Delhi 6. Ashish Kumar Only Indian gymnast to win Commonwealth Games and Asian Games Medals 7. NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation signed a pact with Ceylon Electric Board to set up a power plant in Sri Lanka 8. CRR Cash Reserve Ratio, SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio 9. Momcilo former Yugoslav Army Chief recently sentenced to Jail by UN War Crimes Court for helping Bosnian Serb Army Murder and persecute Bosnian Muslims 10. 19th Conference, WAN-INFRA India 2011, in Chennai President, WAN-INFRA India Jacob Mathew 11. Indarjit Singh to become 1st turbaned member of House of Lords 12. Chairman, Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2-G scam P.C. Chacko September 8 1. NIA National Investigating Agency Director General S.C. Sinha 2. HuJI Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami a terrorist group which had claimed the responsilbity for the recent blasts in the premises of Delhi High Court 3. Chairman, Bar Council of India Ashok K.Parija 4. Nuclear Safety Regulatory Authority Bill 2011 5. R.K. Narayan Author of Famous Malgudi Days 6. ASI Archaeological Survey of India 7. Piyush Bobby Jindal 1st Indian American ever to be elected as a Governor of U.S. State he was elected from the State of Louisiana 8. Eddie Murphy Comedy Start who will host Oscar Awards in the year 2012 September 9 1. SAI Sports Authority of India Director General Desh Deepak Verma 2. Sir William Gage Head, Enquiry Commission which probed the conduct of British Soldiers who allegedly killed Iraqi hotel receptionist during the time when these soldiers were present in Iraq. 3. Uruguay Country with whom India has recently signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 4. Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes M.C. Joshi 5. SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Agreement signed by SAARC Countries SAARC Stands for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Chairman,

SAARC Mahida Rajpaksha Secretary General, SAARC Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed. 6. Reliance industries Limited (RIL), Union Oil Ministry, Director General of Hydrocarbon Recently inducted by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report for the violations in KG Basin matter by shelling out undue benefit to Mukesh Ambanis RIL. 7. Mig29K Fighter Airplane recently finalisation of the deal to purchase there aircrafts was criticised by CAG because of financial reasons. 8. GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited Chairman and MD B.C. Tripathi September 10 1. Secretary, BCCI N. Srinivasan 2. 58th Edition of National Film Awards for the year 2010 held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi a. Best Feature Film (Swarna Kalam)-Adaminte Makan Abu b. Best Director Vetri Maran c. Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature film on National Integration Muner Manush (Bengali Film) d. Total no. Of film awarded under Non-Feature Film Category 19 e. Best Actor Award jointly shared by Dhanush (Tamil Actor) and Salim Kumar (Malyalam Actor) f. Best Actress Award jointly shared by Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar (Marathi Actress) and Saranya Ponvannan Thenmerkku Paruvakkartu 3. Goal Project for Regional Football Project Pailan World School for Kolkata Regional Football Academy by All India Football Federation 4. Group CEO and MD, Tata Motors Carl Peter Forster recently resigned from the post 5. Director and MD, ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar 6. 38th G-8 Summit 2011 Deauville, France 7. Muammar Qadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam Interpol issued top most-wanted alert agains them all of them are sought by International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity 8. K. Srinath Reddy Committe expert committee on universal health insurance 9. Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Montek Singh Alhuwalia September 11

1. Justice Ranjana Desai 4th Woman Judge to be appointed as Supreme Court Judge other three are Justice Fathima Beevi, Justice Ruma Paul and Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra 2. Head, Special Investigation Team (2002 Gulberg Society Case) R.K. Raghavan 3. CAT Central Administrative Tribunal Chairman Justice V.K. Bali 4. ETIM East Turkestan Islamic Movement in disputed Xinjiang Region of China 5. Secretary of State, USA Hilary Clinton 6. B.C. Khanduri to act as new CM of Uttrakhand will replace Ramesh Pohkriyal 7. Communal Violence Bill drafted by National Advisory Council September 12 1. Marcoule Nuclear Reprocessing Plant situated in Frace had to witness an explosion recently 2. AREVA French Industry known for nuclear power energy 3. Asian Champions Trophy 2011 (Hockey) held in Ordos, China won by India beating Pakistan 4. 51st National Open Athletics Championships, 2011 Salt Lake City Stadium, Kolkata 5. Flight 93 National Memorial memorial made in honour of passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 it was hijacked in 9/11 attacks 6. Ground Zero another name of World Trade Centre Site after 9/11 attacks New York 7. IAVI International AIDS vaccine Initiative 8. AIDS Vaccine Conference, 2011 Bangkok September 13 1. Zakia Jafri woman who filed complained against Narendra Modi in relation to Guldberg Society Masscare of 2002 2. U.S. Open 2011 Winner (Womens Title) Samatha Stosur( Australia) Winner (Mens Title) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 3. Alan Davidson, Belinda Clark, Curtly Ambrose, Frederick Spofforth Cricketers who have recently included in ICC Hall of Fame 4. Indian Players in ICC ODI Team of the year 2011 M.S. Dhoni (Captain), Virendra Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh 5. Chairman, ICC Cricket Committee Clive Lloyd 6. Dominique Strauss Kahn former head of International Monetary Fund accused in rape case. 7. President, Russia Dmitry Medvedev

8. Chairman, Suzuki Motor Corp. Osamu Suzuki 9. HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Central government to divest 10% in HAL 10. Janani Sishu Surakhsa Yojana launched in the year 2011 by Sonia Gandhi in the state of Haryana Rajasthan has also recently launched the scheme in the state September 14 1. Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes (Miss Angola) 60th Miss Universe Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete (Mexico) 2. Rajpal Singh Captain, Indian Mens Hockey Team which won Asian Champions Trophy recently 3. NSDF National Sports Development Fund 4. Arjun Marathi Movie 1st movie to be shot in Bombay Stock Exchanges Premises 5. James Murdoch Chairman, News Corporation was in news with regard to the Phone hacking scandal in Britain 6. Buddh International Circuit Venue for Formula One Indian Grand Prix in Greater Noida September 15 1. Arakkonam Point place where recently train accident occurred which led to the death of 10 persons (Tamil Nadu) 2. Aranmula Uthrittathi Water Festival famous for Snake Boat Race in the state of Kerala 3. Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai 4. Dayanidhi Maran Former Telecom Minister was in news in relation to 2-G Spectrum Scam 5. S.S.N. Social Security Number to be given Union Identification Authority of India 6. BrahMos stealth supersonic cruise missile developed jointly by Indian and Russia name BrahMos has been named after Indian River Brahmaputra and Russian River Moskva worlds fastest cruise missile in operation 7. National Rural Health Mission started in the year 2005 till 2012 (detailed framework was passed in the year 2006 by Union Cabinet) with special focus on 18 states September 16 1. NASA National Aeronautics Space Agency Cheif Charles Bolden 2. Mahmoud Abbas President, Palestine 3. National Development Council Highest Policy making body of India headed by Prime Minister of India 4. 12th 5 year plan 2012-2017

5. Health Insurance Portability Service will allow insuers to switch/change insurers (e.g. Insurance Company) to be implemented from 1st October 2011 6. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Worlds largest Bank by profit, balance sheet as well as Market Value recently launched its first branch in Mumbai September 17 1. Jammu and Kashmir State where 2156 graves were found of indentified people this created huge uproar in the state 2. Chairman, High-level safety review Committee (Railways) Anil Kakodkar set up by Union Railway Ministry in the light of recent Railway Accidents 3. Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre P.S. Veeraraghavan located in Trivandrum, Kerala VSSC started as Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in the year 1962 4. Real Madrid Spanish Football Club which recently highest earning than any other professional sports club in the world 5. Kepler 16b new discovered planet by NASA through its spacecraft Kepler which was launched in search of earth like planets in the year 2009 6. Thorning-Schmidt recently elected as Denmarks 1st Woman Prime Minister 7. Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs S.D. Majumdar 8. NPCIL Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited Chairman S.K. Jain 9. IM Indian Mujahineen declared as Foreign Terrorist Group and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by U.S.A. 10. OVL ONGC Videsh Limited will explore oil projects in disputed South China Sea along with Vietnam September 18 1. LIC, IIFCL(Indian Infrastructure Finance Company Limited) and IDFC(Infrastructure Development Finance Company) Three Institutions which have signed Memorandum of Understanding to provide Takeout Finance for Infrastructure Projects recently. 2. UNICEF United Nations Children Fund established in the year 1946 Headquarters NewYork Head Anthony Lake 3. NTC National Transitional Council rebel group of Libya recently United Nations General Assembly to provide the seat of Libya to NTC 4. Galloping Ghost name of P-51 Mustang Fighter plane A Vintage World War II Aircraft recently crashed at Reno Air Show, Nevada (U.S.A.) 5. Lokayukta, Karnatak Justice Shivraj V. Patil 6. Palestine geographical region which has been demanding U.N. Membership no membership can be attainted without sanction of UN Security Council

7. Foreign Secretary Rajan Mathai 8. August 2011 Month for which Indian acted as President of UN Security Council 9. Indias Permanent Representative to UN Hardeep Puri September 19 1. ITBP Indo-Tibetian Border Force 2. Sadbhavana Mission name of the fast undertaken by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ( Important because of its relation to Godhra Riots) 3. Mallika Sarabhai representative of Godhara riots victims before G.T. NanavatiAkshay Mehta Judicial Inquiry Commission which is looking into the matter pertaining to Godhara riots 4. Union Minister for Law and Justice Salman Kursheed 5. BATL Bhramos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Limited 6. Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony 7. Indonesia Worlds most populous Muslim Country Capital Jakarta 8. ITF International Tennis Federation Head Francesco Ricci September 20 Will be Updated Later September 21 1. Sultan Mehmood Chawdhary former Prime Minister of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (Pok) who was in news recently 2. Burhanuddin Rabani former President of Afghanistan who was killed recently 3. Chief Executive, International Cricket Council Haroon Logart 4. Secretary-General, United Nations Ban-ki-Moon 5. Head, UIDAI Union Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilkeni holds the rank of a Cabinet Minister 6. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Srikumar Banerjee 7. NAC National Advisory Council Chairman Sonia Gandhi this was the post which Sonia Gandhi had to leave because of its inclusion under the category of Officeof-Profit September 22 1. Kundakulam Nuclear Power Project located in the state of Tamil Nadu was in disputed recently as local people had been protesting against its installation. 2. Serena Williams Tennis player who has recently been appointed as UNICEFs newest International Goodwill Ambassador

3. ICC T20 World Cup 2012 Sri Lanka 4. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw CMD, Biocon Biocon became the first company world in 2003 to develop insulin on a Pichia Expression System 5. U.N. Resolution 194 deals with the situation of Arab-Israeli region when Israel expelled Palestinian population from the regions which Israel controlled Similarly deals with Arab Legion and Jewish population 6. Prime Minister, Israel Benjamin Netanyahu 7. Chairman, National Wage Board for Working Journalist and other Newspaper Employee (in short National Wage Board) Justice G.R. Majithia 8. Gangtok Capital, Sikkim place which turned out to be the epicentre of the recent earthquake September 23 1. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi famous Indian Cricketer was also known as Tiger he was youngest Captain of Indian test Cricket Team at the age of 21 He also led India to win her first overseas test Victory in the year 1968 against New Zealand 2. Text-to-Speech Software launched by Union Minister for State of Communication and IT, Sachin Pilot will convert text into human voice will cover 6 languages 3. President, BCCI N. Srinivasan 4. Chairman, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) C.S. Verma 5. France Country which had banned Burqa at public places recently it has also recently fined a woman for wearing Burqa 6. My Stamp stamp launched in the state of Jammu & Kashmir to connect with the people It became the 1st Indian State in doing so. 7. Pakistan: A Personal History Book Authored by famous cricketer Imran Khan 8. Maharashtra 1st state to in introduce Lokayukta Act in the year 1971 September 24 1. N.D. Tiwari Disputed Congress Leader who was in news following Delhi High Court ordering him to undergo DNA Test in case relating to paternity issue 2. SLINEX II Joint Naval Exercise between India and Sri Lanka held in 2011 1st such Exercise between India and Sri Lanka was held in the year 2005 3. Adaminte Makan Abu Makayalam Movie Indias official Entry for Oscar Awards 2012 4. NBFC Non-Banking Financial Companies 5. CERN European Centre for Nuclear Research situated in Switzerland 6. UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite launched by NASA in the year 1991

7. Minimum individual Spending to get Below Poverty Line Status according to Suresh Tendulkar Committee Report Rs. 31 (Urban Area) and Rs. 26 (Rural Area) upheld by Planning Commission was in news because of the minimum amount fixed 8. Chairman, Joint Parlimanetary Committee on 2G Scam P.C. Chacko 9. Speaker, Lok Sabha Meira Kumar 10. Section 309, Indian Penal Code provision related to Attempt to Suicide recently Union Government has decided to delete this provision September 25 1. Indians listed under the list of 50 Most Influential People published by Britains magazine New Statesmen a. Ratan Tata described as Metal Head for Indias emergence as an international powerhouse b. Sonia Gandhi described as Madam India because of the political power which she possess 2. UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite NASAs biggest spacecraft to crash back on earth crashed recently over Pacific Ocean 3. Dal Lake Sri Nagar Jammu & Kashmir 4. Jammu & Kashmir State with the highest number of smokers according to Global Adult Tobacco Survey conducted by International Institute of Population Science 5. ITR Intermediate Test Range 6. Shourya Missile Hypersonic Missile surface-to- surface Range 750 1900km.developed by DRDO 7. Headquarters, United Nations New York 8. Bhowanipore Constituency from where Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee stood for election recently September 26 1. P. Chidambaram Union Home Minister was in dispute recently following controversies relating to 2 G scam 2. Sonia Gandhi: An Extraordinary Life, an Indian Destiny biography of Sonia Gandhi authored by Rani Singh 3. Patrick Makau recently set a new world record in Berlin Marathon by finishing the race in 2hr 3min and 38sec Official Length 42. 195 km ( 26 Miles 385 Yards ) 4. Saudi Arabia Country which has recently ranted voting rights and to run as candidates in elections to women King of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah 5. Prime Minister, Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani 6. Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

7. Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony 8. Delhi Metro recently it has been certified by United Nations as first Metro Rail and rail-based system in the world to get Carbon Credits for reducing green house gas emissions 9. Kishenganga Project dam work which has been a matter of dispute between India and Pakistan recently it has been decided by Court of Arbitration that no permanent work shall be carried out by India until the dispute is resolved. 10. Indus Water Treaty 1960 between India and Pakistan 11. International Day of Deaf September 26 September 27 1. Wangari Maathai first African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize she died recently 2. 100 sms per day According to new TRAI Regulations, no mobile operators will be able to allow its customers to send more than 100 sms per day TRAI stands for Telecom Regulatory Authority of India 3. Integrated Test Range, Chandipur located in the state of Orissa recently Prithvi-II Ballistic Missile was tested from here. 4. Regular Members of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) only these members are eligilble to vote in SCBAs elections. 5. Kamla Beniwal Gujarat Governor who was in controversy recently this appointment has been opposed by Gujarat Government vehemently 6. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao 7. Julian Assange Founder, Wikileaks has been charged with sexual misconduct recently in UK September 28 1. TRAI Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Chairperson J.S. Sharma 2. Gujarat state which has recently passed a bill related to punishment for cow slaughter or even transportation of animals for this purpose 3. Union Health Minister Gulham Nabi Azad 4. Chairman, Commission on Right and Welfare of Women and Children to restrict entitlement of grants who adopt the two-child norm V.R. Krishna Iyer 5. Sudheendra Kulakarni former aide of BJP Leader L.K. Adwani sent to jail recently in relation to cash-for-vote scam 6. Secretary of State, USA Hilary Clinton 7. Abu Salem convicted under 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai Portugal Court recently ordered termination of extradition of Abu Salem to India extradition was demanded by India

8. N.D. Tiwari disputed Congress Leader against a petition was filed by Rohit Shekar claiming N.D. Tiwari to be his father Delhi High Court order N.D. Tiwari to undergo DNA Test for the determination of paternity N.D. Tiwari didnt follow court orders Following this, Delhi High Court has issued contempt notice against him 9. GST Goods and Service Tax 10. H.R. 3013 also known as Pakistan Accountability Act U.S. bill, if passed, will freeze all USA aid to Pakistan 11. Thoraya Obaid first Saudi National to head a UN Agency (as Executive Director, Un Population Fund) recently he has been appointed by United Nations to conduct review in relation to the implementation of humanitarian and protection mandates during the Eelam War IV in Sri Lanka 12. Dabur Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. overseas branch to be set up by Dabur India in Sri Lanka September 29 1. Prina Iron Ore Mines owned by Sesa Goa ( A subsidiary of Vedanta Group) recently Union Environment Ministry revoked environment clearance given to these mines. 2. Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 Matter of Dispute between Tata Motors and West Bengal Government Calcutta High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the act. 3. Project Tiger Indias first Wildlife Protection Programme launched in the year 1973 The then Prime Minister of India was Indira Gandhi 4. Dayanidhi Maran Former Union Telecom Minister who was recently in news in the controversy related to 2 G Scam 5. Irom Chanu Sharmila also known as Iron Lady she has been fasting for the annulment of Armed Forces Special Powers Act 6. Samwad Yatra a yearlong nationwide rally of NGOs in protest against the failure of government in bringing land reforms in the country 7. Haqqani Network Pakistan based Terrorist Network USA has been pressurising Pakistan for taking action against this terrorist network September 30 1. According to new ICC rules, no runners for batsmen will be allowed. 2. Nesat typhoon which recently came in Hong Kong and Philippines 3. Fukushima Nuclear Plant was in news recently leading the damage caused to it after an Earthquake located in Japan 4. Tiangong-1 also known as Heavenly Palace 1 or Sky Palace 1 1st Space Station of China it is a part of Tiangong Program

5. Shenzhou 8 1st Unmanned flight of Chinas Shenzhou program 6. Boeing P 18 Maritime Reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft recently Indian navy has acquired it from USA 7. Director General, UIDAI Ram Sewak UIDAI Unique Identification Authority of India 8. President, Bharatiya Janta Party Nitin Gadkari