Current Affairs

 Recent Facts

1. ....... is new CM of West Bengal :

Mamata Benerjee

2. ...... is the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi Co. :

Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is an Indian-born American executive  

3. West Bengal to be renamed as ....... ?

Paschim Banga 

4. New Chairperson of National Commission for Women :

Mamta Sharma

5. India's new Railway Minister is ........?

Dinesh Trivedi

6. ...... wins Wimbledon Men's Championship 2011

Novak Djokovic

7. The ........ is commissioned latest by Indian Navy 

INS Satpura

8. ........ Creates a New Record 15 sixes in Cricket 

Shane Watson

9. ....... wins Wimbledon Women�s Championship 2011 :

Petra Kvitova

10. The new Solicitor General of India :

R Nariman

11. World Rabies Day takes place each year on .....?

September 28

12. ........ has been appointed as new foreign secretary :

Mr. Rajan Mathai

13. ....... named for new Chairman of Infosys 

K.V. Kamath

14. wo Indians won Raman Magsaysay Awards :

Neelima Mishra and Harish Hande

15 ...... was appointed as the next Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)

Pradeep Kumar           

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF JANUARY 2012

Bollywood Actor Abhishek Bachchan received a Green Globe Award from Arnold Schwarzenegger

Committee headed by Justice Dharmadhikari submitted Report on Air India Merger

Union Government revised Economic Growth Rate for 2010-2011 Financial Year to 8.4 percent

Sheela Gowda of India shortlisted for UK’s Biggest Contemporary Art Prize, Artes Mundi

Committed Nehruvite & One of the Doyens of Indian Diplomacy, Ambassador A K Damodaran died

India and Mali signed Three Agreements and issued a Joint Statement

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar visited India

India signed Five Agreements with Trinidad and Tobago

The President of Mali Amadou Toumani Toure visited India

Review Committee on the Delhi School Education Act and Rules 1973 (DSEAR–73) submitted its Rport

India’s NTPC signed an Agreement with BPDP to set up Thermal Power Plant in Bangladesh

Amalraj won Maiden National Title at the 73rd Senior National and Inter-State TT Championships

Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal to win the 100th Edition of the Australian Open at Melbourne

Freedom and Justice Party of Muslim Brotherhood won the Egypt Parliamentary Elections

India and Pakistan agreed to Transit Fee Formula for Tapi Gas Pipeline Project

 President Pratibha Patil conferred the Ashoka Chakra on Lt. Navdeep Singh on 63rd Republic Day

Kerala Governor and Former Puducherry Chief Minister, M O H Farook passed away in Chennai