Current Affairs August 2011
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Current Affairs August 2011
Who has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings? Ronjan Sodhi Iscom along with Elmwood College, St.Andrew's UK has launched a Post-Graduate course for which sporting event? Post-graduate programme in golf management Which is Apple's latest Operating System? OS X Lion Who won the Citi Open WTA doubles title held in USA? Sania Mirza and Yaroslava Shvedova Which UK-listed miner gets formal approval from the Indian government for its acquisition of stake in Cairn India? Vedanta Resources or Vedanta Which Tata group firm is set to open online consumer durables and electronics store? Tata Croma Which company has launched its first Financial Technology Grid to offer services in banking domain? Polaris software Which computer manufacturer has introduced rupee symbol on desktop computer keyboard, compatible with Microsoft softwares? LenovoIndia Which country has approved plans to setup first Tibetian bank? China Who has been appointed as consulting head for India at Capgemini? Anish Sarkar Name the sedan unveiled by Nissan India. Sunny Who has been sworn in a Karnataka's Chief Minister? D.V.Sadananda Gowda Which molecule has been found in Orion constellation of stars? 1 molecule of Oxygen was found for every million hydrogen molecules Name the version of Media Reader launched by Kingston.
USB 3.0 Media Reader Which bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs? HDFC Bank
Current Affairs August 2011 - 4
What is the food inflation as on July 30th 2011? 9.90 per cent Name the Indo-Canadian who has been appointed the president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)? Karna Gupta Which car model has Maruti Suzuki set to unveil in the Indian market? Maruti 800cc Which three banks are planning a Joint Venture commercial bank in Malaysia? Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Indian Overseas Bank Who is to replace Arvind Jadhav as Air India chief? Rohit Nandan Which bollywood actor passed away recently? Shammi Kapoor Which Bank's net profit dip to about 45% as it disclosed its Q1 earnings? State Bank of India Who won the ATP Montreal Masters title? Novak Djokovic Who won the bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship after a gap of 28 years? Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa Name the former NASDAQ MD who has been sentenced to 42 months in prison and has been ordered to forfeit over $700,000 illegal profits made during his role in an insider trading scheme. Donald Johnson Which country's President has called for national government by August 21st 2011? Nepal, President Dr.Ram Baran Which telecom company increased call tariffs by 20% recently? Reliance Communications Which section of education is to be made Universal unlike elementary education in India?
Secondary Education What is the West Bengal government planning to setup for medical benefits to remote corner people? Health Bank
Current Affairs August 2011 - 3
Who won his first World Golf Championship title? Adam Scott Who became the first bowler to clinch 6 wickets in a Twenty20 International Cricket? Ajantha Mendis What is the maximum amount that can be withdrawn from a third-party ATM per transaction? Rs.10,000 Which Indian University recently signed pact with university of Sydney? Anna University For which programme an Indian student pursuing her Ph.D in chemical biology from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research chosen? SciFinder Academic Exchange Program Which company has launched 3G Tablet priced at Rs.12,999 with special data plans in India? RCom What is the extension period given to RBI Governor D.Subbarao? 2 years (untill Spetember 4th 2013) Which Insurance company is set to sue Bank of America to recover about $10 billion? AIG (American International Group Inc) Which company has collaborated with Singapore Management University for a R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions? TCS Which Bank has launced Debit Card with credit limit? Name the card. IDBI Bank. IDBI Magic Card Who has been appointed as CEO for Bharti Airtel's broadband and DTH services? Rajiv Rajagopal for Broadband and data services and Shashi Arora for DTH and media services Who has entered the 2nd round of the World Badminton Championships defeating Germany's Domke Dieter?
P.Kashyap Which Indian women cricketer has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for illegal action? Snehal Pradhan Name the project under which all post offices in India are to be provided with Internet connectivity. India Post Technology Project 2012 Which two districts in Karnataka is set to get RAHI airports? Shimoga and Gulbarga
Current Affairs August 2011 - 6
Who is all set to introduce Jan Lokpall Bill as a private member's bill in LokSabha? BJP MP Varun Gandhi Who has been appointed as joint Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp (formerly Hero Honda)? Sunil Kant Munjal Which film director eyes for stake in Indian Premier League team Kochi Tuskers? Priyadarshan Expand Infosys. Who logged out as Chief Mentor and Chairman from the IT giant Infosys on Friday 19th August 2011? INFOrmation SYStem. N.R.Narayana Murthy Which company has launched Android tablet priced at Rs.6,250? LACS (Lakshmi Access Communications Systems) Which consumer major has launched online game and mobile app to promote corporate awareness? Reckitt Benckiser Who won the Cincinnati Masters title held at Ohio recently? Andy Murray Who won his first US PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship? Webb Simpson Which Bank has sought support of Rs.300 crore from the Government to fund business growth? Corporation Bank Who surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 hundreds in Test Cricket recently? Rahul Dravid
Where and at which event was Jon 'Eggman' Egging a British pilot killed recently? Near Bournemouth Airport in Dorset. At an Airshow in Britain Which Indian city turns 372 today (22nd August 2011)? Chennai Name the Marxist historian and Indologist who passed away recently. Ram Sharan Sharma Which feature has google launched as music blog for users of Google Music Beta? Google Magnifier Name the deposit scheme that Indian Bank has launched for people under the financial inclusion plan. Variable Recurring Deposit Scheme
Current Affairs July 2011 - 7
Which motorcycle has Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Private Ltd. recently launched? CBR 250R Who won the ladies National snooker championship? Vidya Pillai Who won the 2000th Test cricket held at Lords Cricket Ground? England Which frenchman after 25 years won the German Open Tennis tournament? Gilles Simon Who won the Indonesian International Challenge badminton championship 2011? Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Who has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde? Justice Shivraj V.Patil Who has been named vice president for Boeing Defence, Space and Security in India? Dennis D.Swanson Which Indian tennis player holds career best rank of 62 in the singles list? Somdev Devvarman What is Repo and Reverse Repo rate as on 26th July 2011? Repo: 8% and Reverse Repo: 7%
Which country has agreed for a meeting between its Nobel Laureate, pro-democracy activist Aung Suu Kyi and Minister of Social Welfare U Aung Kyi? Myanmar Who has been named as the global co-CEO of Standard Chatered Bank's private equity? Nainesh Jaisingh Who has been appointed as co-CEO to succeed Management Board chairman, Josef Ackermann? Anshu Jain Name the project of Mozilla's operating system that is set to work on mobile devices and tablets. Boot to Gecko (B2G) Which business and technology outsourcing services provider has been named in the GlobalServices 100 list for the 5th consecutive year? Syntel Which Noida-based hospital running under the brand Ojjus Medicare has got nod for the IPO aggregating to Rs,62 crore? Goodwill Hospital and Research Center Ltd. Which poets death anniversary would be remembered on 8th August in India? Rabindranath Tagore Draft of which anti-corruption bill was approved by Union Cabinet on 28th July 2011? Lokpal Bill Which of the two Indians were awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011? Nileema Mishra for helping the poor and Harish Hande for revolutionizing the use of solar lights Which Operating System celebrated its 30th birthday on July 27th? DOS (Disk Operating System), 27th July 1981 Who has been appointed as national team coach for Argentina's football team? Alejandro Sabella Which cricketer equalled Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 34 test hundreds? Rahul Dravid ' The Wall' Who resigned as Chief Minister of Karnataka? B.S.Yeddyurappa Who took over as chief of Indian Air Force? N.A.K.Browne
Who won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2011? Jenson Button Which Indian qualified for London Olympics 2012 for Short put event? Om Prakash Singh Which company recently unveiled smallest data center? Intel Who has been named as coach for Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of Australia's tour? Rumesh Ratnayake Who has lent his voice for pop star Britney Spear's new single "I Wanna Go"? Sonu Nigam Which latest communication satellite has been launched by ISRO? GSAT-12 Which Finance company is all set to offer loans against gold ETF units? Muthoot Finance Name the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China's biggest chip maker who quit recently. David Wang Who and at what age clinched the British Open Golf championship 2011? Darren Clarke Which IT company recently announced a 13-member executive council? Infosys Who has been elected as president of Mumbai Cricket Association? Vilasrao Deshmukh Who has been elected as chief of Empowered Committee of Goods and Services Tax? Sushil Kumar Modi Against whom did India win an International football friendly match? Qatar, 2-1 Which shuttle undocked for the final time from International Space station, NASA? Atlantis Where and for which project has BHEL commissioned 525MW thermal set? Maithon Right Bank thermal power project in Jharkhand Which country won the women's soccer World Cup 2011?
Japan Which company is eyeing to open its IT centre in Gujarat? Infosys Which South American country has surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil reserves? Venezuela Which company bought .CO domain ahead of its 1st year anniversary of public launch? Google and will be used as G.Co to launch shortcut URL Which luxury hotels have been accorded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating? ITC's luxury hotels Name the person who ignited China's interest in the NBA and became one of Asia's best-known athletes and is retired now. Yao Ming Which 2 countries are set to participate in the 2000th test in the history of Test Cricket? India and England Maruti Suzuki launches SX4's diesel variant, VDI and ZDI version Luxury car maker Rolls Royce to launch its first electric car at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1st 2011
Business
Reliance Communications becomes first private 3G provider in Kashmir Tata Industries to invest Rs.100 crore in integrated learning soultions(Tata Interactive Services), named CLASSEDGE, for Indian school education sector Mukesh Ambani, chairman of RIL joins Intel Capital's investment programme TCS has been appointed as the official technology partner to pro-cycling team 'Team GarminCervelo' for the racing season 2011 India's forex reserves 4th largest in world, it touches $297.3 billion in December Togetherville, a Facebook-like social networking site about 6 to 10 years old developed by Indian-origin entrepreneur Mandeep Singh Dhillon has been acquired by Walt Disney Google to launch as unlimited subscription service for movies in the UK via, YouTube
Tally Solutions has unveiled upgraded version of Tally ERP9 series 'A' Release 3.0. Tally ERP9 series 'A' Release 3.0: Designed for flawless business execution which has new features and enhanced functionalities, including the incorporation of the new Rupee symbol Telecom provider Bharti Airtel along with 16 other global telcos has launched the Europe India Gateway (EIG) cable system that will enhance diversity and capacity between Europe and India EIG: With USD 700 million and a capacity of 3.84 terabits per second 15,000km cable has been laid
Education
Texas Instruments announces the launch of a Analog System Lab Starter Kit. The lab course to provide students an exposure to analog and mixed-signal processing Abu Dhabi University to provide all course materials and topic updates on BlackBerry smartphones
Music
Composer and Singer Shankar Mahadevan launches online music academy for the Indian Americans
People
Michael Benz has been appointed as Head Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, a subsidiary of Bank of America
Technology
iPad 2, to be thinner than iPad 1 with front-facing camera and Facetime video chat support to be launched in March 2011 Nokia launches Ovi Store with RComm in India Kochi-based mobile products development company Dexetra launched what it claims to be the world's first life database application named, 'Friday' SAP unveils Business Objects 4.0 of United Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Solutions, a portfolio which makes the real-time enterprise a reality
Who has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings? Ronjan Sodhi Iscom along with Elmwood College, St.Andrew's UK has launched a Post-Graduate course for which sporting event? Post-graduate programme in golf management Which is Apple's latest Operating System? OS X Lion Who won the Citi Open WTA doubles title held in USA? Sania Mirza and Yaroslava Shvedova Which UK-listed miner gets formal approval from the Indian government for its acquisition of stake in Cairn India? Vedanta Resources or Vedanta Which Tata group firm is set to open online consumer durables and electronics store? Tata Croma Which company has launched its first Financial Technology Grid to offer services in banking domain? Polaris software Which computer manufacturer has introduced rupee symbol on desktop computer keyboard, compatible with Microsoft softwares? LenovoIndia Which country has approved plans to setup first Tibetian bank? China Who has been appointed as consulting head for India at Capgemini? Anish Sarkar Name the sedan unveiled by Nissan India. Sunny Who has been sworn in a Karnataka's Chief Minister? D.V.Sadananda Gowda Which molecule has been found in Orion constellation of stars? 1 molecule of Oxygen was found for every million hydrogen molecules Name the version of Media Reader launched by Kingston.
USB 3.0 Media Reader Which bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs? HDFC Bank
Current Affairs August 2011 - 4
What is the food inflation as on July 30th 2011? 9.90 per cent Name the Indo-Canadian who has been appointed the president and CEO of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)? Karna Gupta Which car model has Maruti Suzuki set to unveil in the Indian market? Maruti 800cc Which three banks are planning a Joint Venture commercial bank in Malaysia? Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Indian Overseas Bank Who is to replace Arvind Jadhav as Air India chief? Rohit Nandan Which bollywood actor passed away recently? Shammi Kapoor Which Bank's net profit dip to about 45% as it disclosed its Q1 earnings? State Bank of India Who won the ATP Montreal Masters title? Novak Djokovic Who won the bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship after a gap of 28 years? Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa Name the former NASDAQ MD who has been sentenced to 42 months in prison and has been ordered to forfeit over $700,000 illegal profits made during his role in an insider trading scheme. Donald Johnson Which country's President has called for national government by August 21st 2011? Nepal, President Dr.Ram Baran Which telecom company increased call tariffs by 20% recently? Reliance Communications Which section of education is to be made Universal unlike elementary education in India?
Secondary Education What is the West Bengal government planning to setup for medical benefits to remote corner people? Health Bank
Current Affairs August 2011 - 3
Who won his first World Golf Championship title? Adam Scott Who became the first bowler to clinch 6 wickets in a Twenty20 International Cricket? Ajantha Mendis What is the maximum amount that can be withdrawn from a third-party ATM per transaction? Rs.10,000 Which Indian University recently signed pact with university of Sydney? Anna University For which programme an Indian student pursuing her Ph.D in chemical biology from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research chosen? SciFinder Academic Exchange Program Which company has launched 3G Tablet priced at Rs.12,999 with special data plans in India? RCom What is the extension period given to RBI Governor D.Subbarao? 2 years (untill Spetember 4th 2013) Which Insurance company is set to sue Bank of America to recover about $10 billion? AIG (American International Group Inc) Which company has collaborated with Singapore Management University for a R&D facility for cloud-based IT solutions? TCS Which Bank has launced Debit Card with credit limit? Name the card. IDBI Bank. IDBI Magic Card Who has been appointed as CEO for Bharti Airtel's broadband and DTH services? Rajiv Rajagopal for Broadband and data services and Shashi Arora for DTH and media services Who has entered the 2nd round of the World Badminton Championships defeating Germany's Domke Dieter?
P.Kashyap Which Indian women cricketer has been suspended from bowling in international cricket for illegal action? Snehal Pradhan Name the project under which all post offices in India are to be provided with Internet connectivity. India Post Technology Project 2012 Which two districts in Karnataka is set to get RAHI airports? Shimoga and Gulbarga
Current Affairs August 2011 - 6
Who is all set to introduce Jan Lokpall Bill as a private member's bill in LokSabha? BJP MP Varun Gandhi Who has been appointed as joint Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp (formerly Hero Honda)? Sunil Kant Munjal Which film director eyes for stake in Indian Premier League team Kochi Tuskers? Priyadarshan Expand Infosys. Who logged out as Chief Mentor and Chairman from the IT giant Infosys on Friday 19th August 2011? INFOrmation SYStem. N.R.Narayana Murthy Which company has launched Android tablet priced at Rs.6,250? LACS (Lakshmi Access Communications Systems) Which consumer major has launched online game and mobile app to promote corporate awareness? Reckitt Benckiser Who won the Cincinnati Masters title held at Ohio recently? Andy Murray Who won his first US PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship? Webb Simpson Which Bank has sought support of Rs.300 crore from the Government to fund business growth? Corporation Bank Who surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 hundreds in Test Cricket recently? Rahul Dravid
Where and at which event was Jon 'Eggman' Egging a British pilot killed recently? Near Bournemouth Airport in Dorset. At an Airshow in Britain Which Indian city turns 372 today (22nd August 2011)? Chennai Name the Marxist historian and Indologist who passed away recently. Ram Sharan Sharma Which feature has google launched as music blog for users of Google Music Beta? Google Magnifier Name the deposit scheme that Indian Bank has launched for people under the financial inclusion plan. Variable Recurring Deposit Scheme
Current Affairs July 2011 - 7
Which motorcycle has Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Private Ltd. recently launched? CBR 250R Who won the ladies National snooker championship? Vidya Pillai Who won the 2000th Test cricket held at Lords Cricket Ground? England Which frenchman after 25 years won the German Open Tennis tournament? Gilles Simon Who won the Indonesian International Challenge badminton championship 2011? Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Who has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde? Justice Shivraj V.Patil Who has been named vice president for Boeing Defence, Space and Security in India? Dennis D.Swanson Which Indian tennis player holds career best rank of 62 in the singles list? Somdev Devvarman What is Repo and Reverse Repo rate as on 26th July 2011? Repo: 8% and Reverse Repo: 7%
Which country has agreed for a meeting between its Nobel Laureate, pro-democracy activist Aung Suu Kyi and Minister of Social Welfare U Aung Kyi? Myanmar Who has been named as the global co-CEO of Standard Chatered Bank's private equity? Nainesh Jaisingh Who has been appointed as co-CEO to succeed Management Board chairman, Josef Ackermann? Anshu Jain Name the project of Mozilla's operating system that is set to work on mobile devices and tablets. Boot to Gecko (B2G) Which business and technology outsourcing services provider has been named in the GlobalServices 100 list for the 5th consecutive year? Syntel Which Noida-based hospital running under the brand Ojjus Medicare has got nod for the IPO aggregating to Rs,62 crore? Goodwill Hospital and Research Center Ltd. Which poets death anniversary would be remembered on 8th August in India? Rabindranath Tagore Draft of which anti-corruption bill was approved by Union Cabinet on 28th July 2011? Lokpal Bill Which of the two Indians were awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011? Nileema Mishra for helping the poor and Harish Hande for revolutionizing the use of solar lights Which Operating System celebrated its 30th birthday on July 27th? DOS (Disk Operating System), 27th July 1981 Who has been appointed as national team coach for Argentina's football team? Alejandro Sabella Which cricketer equalled Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 34 test hundreds? Rahul Dravid ' The Wall' Who resigned as Chief Minister of Karnataka? B.S.Yeddyurappa Who took over as chief of Indian Air Force? N.A.K.Browne
Who won the Hungarian Grand Prix 2011? Jenson Button Which Indian qualified for London Olympics 2012 for Short put event? Om Prakash Singh Which company recently unveiled smallest data center? Intel Who has been named as coach for Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of Australia's tour? Rumesh Ratnayake Who has lent his voice for pop star Britney Spear's new single "I Wanna Go"? Sonu Nigam Which latest communication satellite has been launched by ISRO? GSAT-12 Which Finance company is all set to offer loans against gold ETF units? Muthoot Finance Name the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China's biggest chip maker who quit recently. David Wang Who and at what age clinched the British Open Golf championship 2011? Darren Clarke Which IT company recently announced a 13-member executive council? Infosys Who has been elected as president of Mumbai Cricket Association? Vilasrao Deshmukh Who has been elected as chief of Empowered Committee of Goods and Services Tax? Sushil Kumar Modi Against whom did India win an International football friendly match? Qatar, 2-1 Which shuttle undocked for the final time from International Space station, NASA? Atlantis Where and for which project has BHEL commissioned 525MW thermal set? Maithon Right Bank thermal power project in Jharkhand Which country won the women's soccer World Cup 2011?
Japan Which company is eyeing to open its IT centre in Gujarat? Infosys Which South American country has surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil reserves? Venezuela Which company bought .CO domain ahead of its 1st year anniversary of public launch? Google and will be used as G.Co to launch shortcut URL Which luxury hotels have been accorded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating? ITC's luxury hotels Name the person who ignited China's interest in the NBA and became one of Asia's best-known athletes and is retired now. Yao Ming Which 2 countries are set to participate in the 2000th test in the history of Test Cricket? India and England Maruti Suzuki launches SX4's diesel variant, VDI and ZDI version Luxury car maker Rolls Royce to launch its first electric car at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1st 2011
Business
Reliance Communications becomes first private 3G provider in Kashmir Tata Industries to invest Rs.100 crore in integrated learning soultions(Tata Interactive Services), named CLASSEDGE, for Indian school education sector Mukesh Ambani, chairman of RIL joins Intel Capital's investment programme TCS has been appointed as the official technology partner to pro-cycling team 'Team GarminCervelo' for the racing season 2011 India's forex reserves 4th largest in world, it touches $297.3 billion in December Togetherville, a Facebook-like social networking site about 6 to 10 years old developed by Indian-origin entrepreneur Mandeep Singh Dhillon has been acquired by Walt Disney Google to launch as unlimited subscription service for movies in the UK via, YouTube
Tally Solutions has unveiled upgraded version of Tally ERP9 series 'A' Release 3.0. Tally ERP9 series 'A' Release 3.0: Designed for flawless business execution which has new features and enhanced functionalities, including the incorporation of the new Rupee symbol Telecom provider Bharti Airtel along with 16 other global telcos has launched the Europe India Gateway (EIG) cable system that will enhance diversity and capacity between Europe and India EIG: With USD 700 million and a capacity of 3.84 terabits per second 15,000km cable has been laid
Education
Texas Instruments announces the launch of a Analog System Lab Starter Kit. The lab course to provide students an exposure to analog and mixed-signal processing Abu Dhabi University to provide all course materials and topic updates on BlackBerry smartphones
Music
Composer and Singer Shankar Mahadevan launches online music academy for the Indian Americans
People
Michael Benz has been appointed as Head Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, a subsidiary of Bank of America
Technology
iPad 2, to be thinner than iPad 1 with front-facing camera and Facetime video chat support to be launched in March 2011 Nokia launches Ovi Store with RComm in India Kochi-based mobile products development company Dexetra launched what it claims to be the world's first life database application named, 'Friday' SAP unveils Business Objects 4.0 of United Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Solutions, a portfolio which makes the real-time enterprise a reality
