| OBJECTIVE EXAM Current Affairs
GLOBAL Current Affairs FOR EXAM
Income Tax collection: The government has collected an all-time high income tax of Rs 4.50 lakh crore in 2010-11, at least Rs 4,000 crore more than the revised budget estimates of Rs 4.46 lakh crore.This is in addition to all-time high refund of Rs 72,000 crore that the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has made till March 31, 2011 by clearing backlogs.
India is 5th most powerful Nation: India is the fifth most powerful country in the world, says the latest national security index (NSI) designed by the country's foremost security and economic experts., the NSI is based on an assessment of defense capability, economic strength, effective population, technological capability and energy security of the top 50 countries. The US is at the top of the list on the basis of these criteria followed by China, Japan and Russia. While India ranked third in the case of population and fourth in terms of defense capabilities, it was at the 34th position in technology and 33rd in energy security.
Sanya: The place in China was in news as BRICS summit was organized here.
Walter Bruening: A retired rail-worker, who was the world's oldest man, has died in the US state of Montana at the age of 114.
IMF Review: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) would review policies of the world's seven largest economies, including India and China, with the objective of rectifying flaws before they imperil growth. The US, Japan, Germany, France and Britain are the other five countries that influence the global economy.
India – Kazakhstan Pact: Cementing their strategic partnership, India and Kazakhstan signed an inter-governmental framework agreement on civil nuclear cooperation and some other key pacts, including a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
Pakistan missile test: Pakistan successfully test-fired a newly developed short-range, surface-to-surface nuclear capable missile. Nasr, a ballistic missile of Hatf series, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead can hit targets up to 60 km.
Pulitzer Prize for fiction: Jennifer Egan's inventive novel about the passage of time, ``A Visit from the Goon Squad',' won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction on honored for its ``big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.''
Top UK University: Cambridge has overtaken Oxford to become the leading university in the UK, being ranked at the top of the table among 116 institutions. According to a league table published, Cambridge ranked top out of 116 universities.
WBA light-welterweight title: Amir Khan retained his WBA light-welterweight title on points after Paul McCloskey was stopped by the referee in the sixth round because of a nasty cut over his left eye.
India's gems and jewellery exports: India's gems and jewellery exports jumped 46.89 percent to $43.14 billion in the financial year ended in March 2011.
PSLV C 16: India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle- C16 placed on a 822-km sun synchronous orbit three satellites – ResourceSat – 2, an Indo-Russian YouthSat and Singapore's first satellite X Sat. The launch went off as per schedule and the satellites were placed in orbit 18 minutes after blast off from the launch pad at the Sriharikota spaceport.
Michel Martelly: A Haitian popular singer known by the stage name "Sweet Micky," was officially declared the earthquake-devastated country Haiti's next president.
NABARD refinance: Andhra Pradesh will receive Rs 4,000 crore assistance from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) under its agriculture refinance scheme for the fiscal year 2011-12.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer: Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee's acclaimed book on cancer, 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,' has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the general non-fiction category.
India's tea exports: India's tea exports in February this year fell by almost 11 per cent to 11.93 million kg, according to the latest Tea Board data. The country had exported 13.35 million kg of tea in the year-ago period, the data said.
Shane Watson: Australian cricketer is in news as he smashed a record 15 sixes in a career-best 185 not out as Australia clinched a three-match series against Bangladesh.
India is 5th most powerful Nation: India is the fifth most powerful country in the world, says the latest national security index (NSI) designed by the country's foremost security and economic experts., the NSI is based on an assessment of defense capability, economic strength, effective population, technological capability and energy security of the top 50 countries. The US is at the top of the list on the basis of these criteria followed by China, Japan and Russia. While India ranked third in the case of population and fourth in terms of defense capabilities, it was at the 34th position in technology and 33rd in energy security.
Sanya: The place in China was in news as BRICS summit was organized here.
Walter Bruening: A retired rail-worker, who was the world's oldest man, has died in the US state of Montana at the age of 114.
IMF Review: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) would review policies of the world's seven largest economies, including India and China, with the objective of rectifying flaws before they imperil growth. The US, Japan, Germany, France and Britain are the other five countries that influence the global economy.
India – Kazakhstan Pact: Cementing their strategic partnership, India and Kazakhstan signed an inter-governmental framework agreement on civil nuclear cooperation and some other key pacts, including a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty.
Pakistan missile test: Pakistan successfully test-fired a newly developed short-range, surface-to-surface nuclear capable missile. Nasr, a ballistic missile of Hatf series, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead can hit targets up to 60 km.
Pulitzer Prize for fiction: Jennifer Egan's inventive novel about the passage of time, ``A Visit from the Goon Squad',' won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction on honored for its ``big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.''
Top UK University: Cambridge has overtaken Oxford to become the leading university in the UK, being ranked at the top of the table among 116 institutions. According to a league table published, Cambridge ranked top out of 116 universities.
WBA light-welterweight title: Amir Khan retained his WBA light-welterweight title on points after Paul McCloskey was stopped by the referee in the sixth round because of a nasty cut over his left eye.
India's gems and jewellery exports: India's gems and jewellery exports jumped 46.89 percent to $43.14 billion in the financial year ended in March 2011.
PSLV C 16: India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle- C16 placed on a 822-km sun synchronous orbit three satellites – ResourceSat – 2, an Indo-Russian YouthSat and Singapore's first satellite X Sat. The launch went off as per schedule and the satellites were placed in orbit 18 minutes after blast off from the launch pad at the Sriharikota spaceport.
Michel Martelly: A Haitian popular singer known by the stage name "Sweet Micky," was officially declared the earthquake-devastated country Haiti's next president.
NABARD refinance: Andhra Pradesh will receive Rs 4,000 crore assistance from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) under its agriculture refinance scheme for the fiscal year 2011-12.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer: Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee's acclaimed book on cancer, 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,' has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the general non-fiction category.
India's tea exports: India's tea exports in February this year fell by almost 11 per cent to 11.93 million kg, according to the latest Tea Board data. The country had exported 13.35 million kg of tea in the year-ago period, the data said.
Shane Watson: Australian cricketer is in news as he smashed a record 15 sixes in a career-best 185 not out as Australia clinched a three-match series against Bangladesh.
