Golf 

January 2010
Italy won world cup of Golf-2009 held in Scenzhen(china)

World no.1 Tiger woods won the Australian Masters 

April 2010 

Fred couple won Toshiba classic Golf championship 

May 2010

sweden's Richard Karlberg Emerged as champion in SAIL Open Golf championship 

Ernie Els wins Arnold Palmer Invitational 

Phil Mickelson won 2010 US masters 

June 2010

World no.1 Lorena Ochoa Announced her retirement 

August 2010

Anirban Lahiri clinched Aircel PGTI players championship

Asia Cup : 

The Asia Cup is an international One Day International cricket tournament. It was established in1983 when the Asian
Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries.

It was originally scheduled to be held every two years. 

The first tournament was held in 1984 in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates where the council's offices were
based (until 1995). 

The International Cricket Council has ruled that all games played for the Asia Cup have official One Day International
status. 

India lifted the Asia cup the most times (five) followed by Sri Lanka (four). 

India appeared in every Cup apart from the 1986 (India pulled out due to strained cricketing relations with Sri
Lanka), 1993 (when it was cancelled due to strained political relations between India and Pakistan) and 2000
cups.

Sri Lanka, however, have appeared in every final since the cup's inception. 

The ACC have announced that the tournament will be held biennially from 2008 onwards.
India - 5 Times - ( 1984 , 1988 , 1990-91 , 1995 , 2010 ) 

Pakistan - 1 time - 2000 ( Final between Bangladesh and Pakistan ) 

Srilanka - 4 times - 1986 , 1997 , 2004 , 2008 

Hard court Australian Open

First played in the year 1905, at Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, the
tournament is managed by Tennis Australia, formerly known as Lawn Tennis Association of Australia
(LTAA).

At the beginning, the event was known as ‘The Australasian Championships’, which was changed to
‘The Australian Championships’, in 1927. Yet, another change in name occurred in the year 1969,
when it was renamed ‘Australian Open’, as it is known today. 

Till date, Australian Open has been organized in five Australian and two New Zealand cities. While
most of the times the event was organized at Melbourne, the other cities that staged the tournament
were Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Christchurch and Hastings. It was only in 1972 that the National
Tennis Body decided to give the Australian Open, a permanent home. Melbourne was chosen as the
preferred destination

Here are the winners of the Australian Open 2010 held at the Melbourne Park from January 18 – 31,
2010:

Men’s Singles: Roger Federer

Women’s Singles: Serena Williams
Men’s Doubles: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
Women’s Doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Mixed Doubles: Leander Paes / Cara Black
Junior Boys’ Singles: Tiago Fernandes
Junior Boys’ Doubles: Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu
Junior Girls’ Singles: Karolina Pliskova
Junior Girls’ Doubles: Jana Cepelova / Chantal Skamlova
Exhibition Doubles: Dave Hughes / Mansour Bahrami
Men’s Wheelchair Singles: Shingo Kunieda
Women’s Wheelchair Singles: Korie Homan
Men’s Wheelchair Doubles: Stephane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda
Women’s Wheelchair Doubles: Florence Gravellier / Aniek Van Koot
Quad Wheelchair Singles: Peter Norfolk
Quad Wheelchair Doubles: Nicholas Taylor / David Wagner

The French Open is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris,
France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the second of the Grand Slamtournaments on the annual tennis
calendar and the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world.

A French national tournament began in 1891, that was open only to tennis players who were members of French
clubs.
In March 2007, it was announced that the event will provide equal prize money for both men and women in all
rounds for the first time ever. 

2010 French Open Men's Singles: Rafael Nadal 

2010 French Open Women's Singles: Francesca Schiavone
2010 French Open Men's Doubles: Daniel Nestor / Nenad Zimonjić
2010 French Open Women's Doubles: Serena Williams / Venus Williams
2010 French Open Mixed Doubles: Katarina Srebotnik / Nenad Zimonjić

Tour De France 

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race that covers approximately 3,600 kilometres (2,200

mi) throughout France and bordering countries . It started way back in 1903 

Maurice Garin was the first winner 

The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of the Tour de France

The Tour de France 2009 winner isn't a surprise, but the Tour de France 2009 winner is historic.That is because the
Tour de France 2009 winner is the first one in almost a decade to defeat Lance Armstrong.

Alberto Contador

Alberto Contador was also the Tour de France 2007 winner

Tour de France 2010 

Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue
and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,642 kilometres.

In one day 180-190 km are being cycled by the cyclists 

Asian men's badminton championship won by Lin Danon april 18 2010 in new delhi.Wang
Zhegming was the runner up.
-Asian women's badminton title: Xuerui li beat Xin Liu
-wineer of chinese grandpix: Jenson button of mclaren.Lewis Hamilton was the runner up 
-Malaysian grand pix:Sebastian vettel of REDBULL
-Table Tennis: A.Sharath Kamal is the national men's seniour table tennis champion.Poulomi
Ghatak is the women's champion. its Ghatak's 6th national title.
Sourabh Chakraborty and Anirban Nandi wom the men's doubles title.
Madhurika Palkar and K.Shamini hold the women's double title.
Mixed doubles title won by Subhajit Saha ND Nandita Saha.

World Hockey cup 

The Hockey World Cup, sometimes called the Hockey World Championships, is an internationalfield

hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. 

Pakistan is the most successful team, having won the tournament four times. 
The Netherlands have won three titles, 

and Germany and Australia have each won two titles.

India won the tournament once.

The 2010 Hockey World Cup was held inIndia from February 28 to March 13 at New Delhi's Dhyan Chand
National staduim.

Australia defeated Germany 2-1 in the final, to win their second World Cup title.

Sultan Azlan Shah hockey cup 

The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual field hockey tournament held in Malaysia. 

It began in 1983 as a biennial contest.

The tournament became an annual event after 1998, following its growth and popularity.

The tournament is named after the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King)of Malaysia, Sultan
Azlan Shah, an avid fan of field hockey.

India became the winner of 2009 cup by defeating Malaysia 3-1 in the finals.

Indian team regained the title as 2010 final against South Korea was abandoned due to bad
weather and both teams declared joint champions.

indian National Badminton championships 

The Indian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in
India since 1934.

Until into the 1960s years were open the championships and also foreign players could play the
championships. That is why the Dane Erland Kops is in the winner lists.

Winners -

2008,2007,2006- Chetan anand 

2005,2004- Anup shridhar 

Women - 2008,2007- Saina nehwal 

Else all years - Aparna Popat 

The person who won Indian national Badminton championship for 6 times-
Prakash Padukone ( Men )

and

Aparna Popat ( 2001 - 2006) 

Indian national Badminton Championship 2010 Held at Guwahati 

Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde lifted the men's and women's title in the 74th Senior National Badminton
Championship at Karmavir Nabin

In 80 years of FIFA WC history, only 7 teams have experienced the glory.. quite astonishing fact 

Years:
1930 to 2010 = 80years

Teams:
Italy
Brazil
France
Germany
England
Uruguay
ArgentinaChandra Bordoloi Indoor Complex, Guwahati

Cricket Records

Most runs in career

Player---- Span ------ Runs
SR Tendulkar (India) 1989-2010-- 13447
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1990-2006-- 11953
RT Ponting (Aus) 1995-2010 -- 11928
R Dravid (ICC/India) 1996-2010-- 11395
AR Border (Aus) 1978-1994 -- 11174
JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 1995-2010 -- 11126
SR Waugh (Aus) 1985-2004-- 10927
SM Gavaskar (India) 1971-1987-- 10122
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1997-2009 -- 9120
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-2010 -- 8969

Sports News Year 2010 till August 2010

Hockey : January 2010
The 2009 Men's Hockey Championship was held in from November 28
to December 6 , 2009 in Melbourne Australia 
Australia won the championship , ( Record 10 times ) Beating Germany 

Asia cup women's Hockey championship 

China won the trophy of Asia cup women's Hockey championship beating India 
The tournament was held in Bangkok 

February 2010 

The 2009 Men's Champions challenge Hockey Tournament was Held in Salta , Argentina and was won
by New Zealand beating Pakistan 

April 2010 

Australia won the Men's Field Hockey world cup after a Gap of 24 years beating Defending Champions
Germany 
The tournament Held on New Delhi's Dhyan chand National Stadium 

May 2010

Air India wins 64th All India Obaidullah Khan Gold cup Hockey Tournament beating BPCL played at
Bhopal 

June 2010

Madhya Pradesh won All India Women's Hockey Tournament

Dillip Tirkey Retired from the International Hockey 

July 2010

India and South Korea are Joint winners of Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament

Here is some abbreviation

1 -AAFI - Amateur Athletics Federation of India

2 - AAPSO - Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation
3 - AASU - All Assam Students Union
4 - ABM - Anti Ballistic Missile
5 - AC - Alternate Current OR Air Conditioner
6 -ACC - Ancillary Cadet Core
7 - AD - Ano Domini (After the birth of Jesus)
8 - ADB - Asian Development Bank.
9 - AERE - Atomic Energy Research Establishment
10 - AGOC- Asian Games Organisation Committee
11 - AICC - All India Congress Committee
12 - AICTE - All India Council of Technical Education
13 - AIDS - Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
14 - AIFE - All India Football Federation
15 - AIIMS - All India Institute of Medical Sciences
16 - AIL- Aeronautics India Limited
17 -AIMPLB- All India Muslim Personal Law Board
18 - AIR - All India Radio (Broadcasting)
19 - AITUE- All India Trade Union Congress
20 - AM - Anti Meridian (Before Noon)
21 - ANC - African National Congress
22 -APEC- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
23 - APSC - Army Postal Services Core
24 ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
25 - ASLV - Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle
26 - ASI - Archaeological Survey of India
27 - ASSOCHAM- Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (India)
28 -ASWAC - Airborne Surveillance Warning and Control
29 - ATS - Anti Tetanus Serum
30 - BAMS - Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
31 - BARC- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
32-GAIL -Gas Authority of India Limited
33 - DRDO- Defence Research and Development Organisation
34 - DTH - Direct to Home
35 - DVD - Digital Versatile Disk
36-DMK- Dravida Munetra Kazhagam
37-FEMA - Foreign Exchange Management Act
38-HAL - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
39-HMT - Hindustan Machine Tools
40 - ICICI - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India Limited

iNDIA

Ø The Indian economy is the world's eleventh largest economyGDP and the fourth largest by
purchasing power parity. by nominal

Ø India has a coastline of 7,517 kilometres (4,700 mi).

Ø By 2001 there were 35 million-plus cities in India, with the largest cities, with a population of over
10 million each, being Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. However, as of 2001, more than 70% of India's
population continues to reside in rural areas.

Ø India's literacy rate is 64.8% (53.7% for females and 75.3% for males).The state of Kerala has the
highest literacy rate at 91% while Bihar has the lowest at 47%. The national human sex ratio is 944
females per 1,000 males. India's median age is 24.9, and the population growth rate of 1.38% per
annum; there are 22.01 births per 1,000 people per year.Though India has one of the world's most
diverse and modern healthcare systems, the country continues to face several public health-related
challenges.According to the World Health Organization, 900,000 Indians die each year from drinking
contaminated water and breathing in polluted air. There are about 60 physicians per 100,000 people
in India

Ø The official Indian defence budget for 2010 stood at US$31.9 billion (or 2.12% of GDP)

Ø India became a nuclear power in 1974 after conducting an initial nuclear test, known as the
Operation Smiling Buddha,

Ø Total Indian FDI = Rs 19968.57 crores, 35% in Maha, 21% in NCR for apr-june fiscal
Ø In India, less than 2 per cent of the fruits and vegetables produced are processed as against 65 per
cent in the US and 70 per cent in Brazil, farm ministry estimates.

1. Print Media: The first major newspaper in India—The Bengal Gazette—was

started in 1780 under the British Raj
2. started by James Augustus Hicky
3. Other newspapers such as The India Gazette,--Calcutta: B.Messink and Peter Reed
were pliant publishers of the India Gazette
4. The colonial establishment started the Calcutta Gazette. 
5. The Madras Courier (1785),--The Madras Courier was started in 1785 in the
southern stronghold of Madras, which is now called Chennai. Richard Johnson, its
founder, was a government printer. Madras got its second newspaper when, in 1791,
Hugh Boyd, who was the editor of the Courier quit and founded the Hurkaru.
6. The Bombay Herald (1789) etc.---It was only in 1795 that competitors to the
Courier emerged with the founding of the Madras Gazette followed by the India
Herald.
7. The Times of India was founded in 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of
Commerce by Bennett, Coleman and Company, a colonial enterprise now owned by
an Indian conglomerate
8. The main regional newspapers of India include the Malayalam languageMalayala
Manorama (published from: Kerala, daily circulation: 673,000)
9. The first media merger of sorts: The Bombay Gazette, which was started in 1791,
merged with the Bombay Herald the following year. 
10. In 1878, The Hindu was founded, and played a vital role in promoting the cause of
Indian independence from the colonial yoke.
11. The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper owned by
Ramnath Goenka started in 1931 by Chennai based P. Varadarajulu Naidu
12. Hindustan Times (HT) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded
in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ("Hindustan"
being a historical name for Northern India).

Radio Broadcasting

1. Radio broadcasting was initiated in 1927 but became state responsibility only in

1930.
2. In 1937 it was given the name All India Radio and since 1957 it has been called
Akashvani
3. On November 16, 2006, the Government of India released the community
radio policy which allowed agricultural centers, educational institutions and civil
society organizations to apply for community based FM broadcasting license.
Community Radio is allowed 100 Watt Effective Radiated Power (ERP) with a
maximum tower height of 30 meters. The license is valid for five years and one
organization can only get one license, which is non-transferable and to be used for
community development purposes.
4. for ex. 90.4 MHz,0.05 kW,Uttar Pradesh,Kanpur: IIT Kanpur Community Radio
5. The FM radio works in the 88/87.9 MHz- 108 MHz frequency band that also
mandates fixed spectrum to All India Radio, certain police frequencies among others.
Television Broadcasting

1. Doordarshan had a modest beginning with the experimental telecast starting in

Delhi on 15 September 1959 with a small transmitter and a makeshift studio.
2. The regular daily transmission started in 1965 as a part of All India Radio. The
television service was extended to Bombay (now Mumbai) and Amritsar in 1972.
3. Television services were separated from radio in 1976
4. National Telecast:
5. Presently, Doordarshan operates 21 channels – two All India channels-DD National
and DD News, 11 Regional languages Satellite Channels (RLSC), four State Networks
(SN), an International channel, a Sports Channel DD Sportsand two channels (DD-RS
& DD-LS) for live broadcast of parliamentary proceedings.

Indian cinema:

1. The history of film in India begins with the screening of Auguste and Louis
Lumière moving pictures in Bombay during the July of 1895.
2. Raja Harishchandra—a full length feature film—was initiated in 1912 and
completed later.
3. Alam Ara (released 14 March 1931) —directed by Ardeshir Irani—was the first
Indian movie with dialogs

Indian Railway - Part I

A rail system in India was first proposed in 1832 in Madras but it never materialised. Railways

were first introduced to India in 1853.

On 22nd Dec' 1851, the first train came on the track to carry the construction material at Roorkee
in India. With a passage of one and a half years, the first passenger train service was
introduced between Bori Bunder, Bombay and Thana on the providential date 16th Apr' 1853.

for more Indian Railway History - History of Indian Railways, Origin of Rail in India, India Rail History

Indian Railways abbreviated as IRIt is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government

of India.

Indian Railways has the largest rail network in Asia and the world's second largest(some
sources says 4th/5th ) under one management, transporting 20 million passengers and more than
2 million tonnes of freight daily

The US has the largest railway system in the world - about 240,000 km connecting 48
continental states. That is enough track to circle the Earth five times. 

Russia (154,000 km) and China (86,000 km) Canada (72,961 km) follow. India comes fifth

with 62,658 km of railroad after China & Canada. Indian Railways is owned by the government,
and is the largest under a single management.

Presently, China has the World fastest train in service between Beijing and Tianjin.
The train travel at 350 kmh and it is very comfortable and affordable.
(Till date )
The railways traverse the length and breadth of the country, covering 6,909 stationsover a total
route length of more than 63,327 kilometres

Indian Railway Part II 

Indian Railways runs around 11,000 trains everyday, of which 7,000 are passenger trains  The number of zones
in Indian Railways increased from six to eight in 1951, nine in 1952, and finally 17in 2003 ( Dont have latest info )

and There are a total of sixty-seven divisions

Each of the sixteen zones, as well as the Kolkata Metro, is headed by a General Manager (GM)who reports
directly to the Railway Board

The zones are further divided into divisions under the control of Divisional Railway Managers (DRM)

Then down the hierarchy There are Different Railway Engineers and Then at The Bottom ----( In top official's )

are the Station Masters who control individual stations and the train movement through the track territory under their
stations' administration.

Zones and Subdivisions ( Name of the zone- Abbreviation - Date of establishment - Divisions )

1. Central CR1951, (November 5) Mumbai, Bhusawal, Pune, Solapur, Nagpur

2.East Central ECR (2002, October 1 )HajipurDanapur, Dhanbad, Mughalsarai, Samastipur, Sonpur

3.East Coast ECoR2003,BhubaneswarKhurda Road, Sambalpur, Visakhapatnam

4.Eastern ER1952, Kolkata Howrah, Sealdah, Asansol, Malda

5.Konkan KR1998, November 26Navi MumbaiRatnagiri, Madgaon, Karwar, Mangalore

6.North Central NCR2003, April 1AllahabadAllahabad, Agra, Jhansi

7.North Eastern NER1952 Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Varanasi

8.North Western NWR2002, October 1 Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur

9.Northeast Frontier NFR1958Guwahati ,Alipurduar, Katihar, Lumding, Rangia, Tinsukia

10.Northern NR1952, April 14Delhi, Ambala, Firozpur, Lucknow, Moradabad

11.South CentralSCR1966, October 2Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Guntakal, Guntur, Nanded,

Vijayawada

12.South East Central SECR2003, April 1 Bilaspur, Raipur, Nagpur

13.South EasternSER1955 Kolkata Adra, Chakradharpur, Kharagpur, Ranchi

14.South Western SWR2003, April 1HubliHubli, Bangalore, Mysore

15.Southern SR1951, April 14Chennai Chennai, Madurai, Palakkad, Salem, Tiruchchirapalli,

Thiruvanathapuram

16.West Central WCR2003, April 1JabalpurJabalpur, Bhopal, Kota

17.Western WR1951, November 5Mumbai Central, Surat, Ratlam, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar

Class And Descriptions 

1A - THE FIRST CLASS

2A- AC TWO TIER 

FC- FIRST CLASS

3A- AC THREE TIER 

3E - AC THREE TIER (ECONOMY)

CC- AC CHAIR CAR

EC - EXECUTIVE CLASS CHAIR CAR

SL - SLEEPER CLASS 

2S - SEATER CLASS

UR- UNRESERVED

G- GARIBRATH 

Deccan Queen started on June 01, 1930. 

This was the high-speed train, which was introduced for the passengers.

Deccan Queen, which is one of the longest running trains of Indian Railways, covers a distance of 192
kilometers one way and has the distinction of never running onsteam power.

On January 01,2010 at Maharashtra's Pune railway station train(passengers) celebrated the 81st

anniversary of the train.

The Indian Railway - Part III - Rail Budgets 

As per the Separation Convention (on the recommendations of the Acworth Committee), 1924, the Railway Budget is
presented to the Parliament by the Union Railway Minister, two days prior to the General Budget, usually around
26 February

The budget needs to be passed by a simple majority in the Lok Sabha (Lower House). The comments of the Rajya
Sabha (Upper House) are non-binding.

This year Rail Budget was Introduced by Honorable Rail Minister Mamata Banerjee on 26Th February 2010

And it was referred as " Budget of Common Man "

Some Important Points from 2010-11 Rail Budget 

54 new trains, 10 'Duronto' trains. 

Tourist train 'Bharat Tirth' on 16 routes. 

Sanskriti Express on Tagore's 150th birth anniversary. 

94 stations have been further declared as Adarsh Stations

Identified 10 more stations to be converted to World Class

Stations. They are Ambala Cantt, Bolpur, Ernakulam, Gorakhpur, Jammu,
Jhansi, Kharagpur, Kota, Surat and Thane.

proposed to take up construction of another 93 Multi-functional

Complexes

 1947 (Nov.) John Mathai (not formally designated the Minister for Railways) presentthe first
Railway budget for independent India
 1948-1952 N Gopalaswamy Ayyangar; worked on consolidating the various railways into the
zonal railways
 1952-1956 Lal Bahadur Shastri; resigned in 1956 taking responsibility for three fatal railway
accidents
 1956-1962 Jagjivan Ram
 1962 Sardar Swaran Singh
 1967?? Kengal Hanumanthaiah (Note: Some sources suggest he was Railway Minister later, in
1971). Ram Sew Singh is also mentioned in some sources as a railway minister in 1966-1968, he
may not have been a Cabinet minister for railways.
 1968 Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha
 1969 Panampilly Govinda Menon
 1970-1971 Gulzari Lal Nanda Note: Kengal Hanumanthaiah may have been the Railway
Minister briefly in 1971.
 1972-1973 Tonse Ananth Pai
 1973-1975 Lalit Narayan Mishra;
 1975-1977 Kamalpati Tripathi (again briefly in 1980?)
 1977-1979 Madhu Dandavate
 1980-1981 Kedar Pandey (Kamlapathi Tripathi briefly in 1980)
 (1981?)
o 1982-1984 A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
 1984 Bansi Lal; his was a brief stint during a reorganization of some ministries and government
departments
 (1985?)
 o 1984-1989 Madhav Rao Scindia
 1989-1990 George Fernandes
 1990-1991 Jnaneshwar Mishra; very short tenure
 1991-1995 C. K. Jaffer Sheriff
 1995-1996 Suresh Kalmadi (briefly), followed by Atal Behari Vajpayee also briefly, who held the
Railways portfolio along with being PM.
 1996-1998 Ram Vilas Paswan
 1998-1999 Nitish Kumar
 2000-2001 Mamata Banerjee
 2001-2004 Nitish Kumar
 2004-2009 Laloo Prasad Yadav
 2009- Mamata Banerjee

World’s Tallest rail bridge over Chenab river clears safety test
Work has resumed on the construction of the world’s tallest railway bridge overChenab river in
Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district after its alignment was found safe by a team of IIT-Delhi. The
Chenab rail bridge, slated to be 35 meter taller than the 324 meter tall Eiffel Tower in Paris, is
a crucial link in the 125 km Katra-Banihal rail link.

The construction of the bridge was halted in July 2008 after concerns were raised over its safety and
alignment.

Sixteen Biosphere Reserves have been designated in India . They are 

1. Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka)

2. Nanda Devi (Uttrakhand),
3. Nokrek (Meghalaya)
4. Manas (Assma)
5. Dibru-Saikhowa (Assam),
6. Sundarban (West Bengal),
7. Gulf of Mannar (Tamil Nadu),
8. Great Nicobar (Andaman & Nicobar Islands),
9. Similipal (Orissa),
10. Dehang-Debang (Arunachal Pradesh),
11. Khangchendzonga (Sikkim),
12. Pachmarhi (Madhya Pradesh),
13. Achanakmar-Amarkantak (Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh),
14. Agasthyamalai (Tamil Nadu and Kerala),
15. Katchchh (Gujarat) and
16. Cold Desert (Himachal Pradesh).

Mobile Operator Company---Current Brand Ambassador (Till 2010 ) 

1.Airtel--- Ram Charan--(June 5 2010)

2.Reliance communications---Hrithik Roshan---Since June 2009
 3.Vodafone--No Ambassador
4.Tata Indicom--Kajol (2008 )
5.Idea Cellular--Abhishek Bacchan 
6.BSNL/MTNL--Deepika Padukone 
7.Aircel--MS Dhoni
8.Virgin Mobile--Genelia d'souza ( 21st Jan 2010)

3G Mobile licence spectrum auction

1. Net sale 67,710 crore

2. Bidder No. of circle
a. Reliance 13
b. AirTel 12
c. Idea 11 
d. Tata 9
e. Vodafone 9