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Current Affairs2010
Current Affairs2010
general studies. The current affairs of india and international current event affairs, are an important part of the
general studies paper, both in the mains and the prelims. At the interview current affairs news rules and decides
the rank of the candidate and even whether s/he will get through or not. In such a scenario the coverage of current
affairs in india as well as current world affairs, becomes an important part of your preprations.
For the very purpose of getting you ready for the challenge that is Current Affairs In India, we are covering the
2010 current affairs including politics current affair, current affair news, science current affairs, general
knowledge current affair, current government affair and international current affairs. Only studying India's current
affairs or political current affairs is not sufficient as you have to cover international events and current affairs
along with the Indian current affairs, as well as those in the field of science and sports.
Misc Issues
* ‘Decision Points’ memoir of former US President George W Bush.
* A variety of mango has been named after Sachin Tendulkar.
* Scientist create element 117 from calcium & Berkelium.
* International congress of Mathematicians will be hosted by India for the first time in August 2010 at
Hyderabad. The congress has been held once every four years since 1897except the breaks during two world wars.
* Government will opened four new campuses for the IIMC(Indian Institute of Mass Communication) at
Nagpur, Kochi, Jammu and Aizawl.
* Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, Derjeeling become first zoo in the country to install infrared
night vision cameras in the enclosures housing endangered snow leopard.
* ‘Hindutva, Sex & Adventure’ written by Mark Tully.
* Gorumara National Park, Jalpaigudi has been declared the best among the 235 national parks & sanctuaries in
the country by the MOEF.
* ‘Gandhi-Naked Ambition’ written by Jad Adams.
* India ranks 5th in the World’s cybercrime ranking for 2009 after US, China, Brazil & Germany.
* India lauched GSLV from Sriharikota on 15 April 2010. However the launch was failed in the third stage. The
launch was important as GSLV-D3 was the third developmental mission of India’s GSLV during which ISRO’s
indigenously developed cryogenic upper stage (CUS) was to be flight tested. This is the 6th flight of GSLV, but
the first one to test Indian made cryogenic upper stage. GSLV-D3 was to launch the GSAT-4 satellite into an
elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The total flight of the vehicle was planned to be 1022 seconds.
* India likely to complete building its first strategic crude oil storage by Oct 2011. India is building
underground storage at Visakhapatnam in AP and Padur in Karnataka to store about 5.33 million tones of crude oil
which is enough to meet nation’s oil requirement for 13-14 days. India will join nations like the US, Japan &
China that have strategic reserves.
* Shashi Tharoor (born 9 March 1956) is a member of the Indian Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram
constituency in Kerala. A prolific author, columnist, journalist and human rights advocate, he has previously
served as the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information and the Indian
Minister of State for External Affairs.
* Lalit Modi (born 29 November, 1963 Delhi, India) is an Indian cricket administrator and businessman. He is
best known for his stint as the Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League and the Chairman of the
Champions League from 2008 to 2010. He is also the Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) since 2005 and Vice President of the Punjab Cricket Association.