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India-Malaysia CECA to be Effective from 1 July 2011

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

The India-Malaysia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) will be effective from 1 July 2011. India-Malaysia CECA is Indias fourth bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement

Tags: India Malaysia CECA, Trade Agreement, Current Affairs June 2011

Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory under Threat from Wildfire

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory is facing threat from Wildfire

Tags: Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory, Wild Fire, Current Affairs June 2011

Sri Lanka Included Chinese Currency Renminbi in Banking Deals

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 International/World Current Affairs 2011. The Sri Lankan Central Bank Monetary Board on 27 June 2011 announced that Chinese Renminbi would be included in the list of designated currencies permitted for international transactions

Tags: Sri Lanka, China, Renminbi, Cross-border money transactions, Current Affairs June 2011

Supreme Court Stayed the Return of Singur Land to Farmers

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. The Supreme Court on 29 June 2011 restrained the West Bengal government from distributing to farmers in Singur the land it had taken back from Tata Motors

Tags: Supreme Court of India, Singur Land, Farmers, Current Affairs June 2011, Current Affairs India June 2011

Rajasthan Government Established Child Protection Units in Each District

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Rajasthan Government's Social Justice and Empowerment Department established child protection units in each district

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Rajasthan Government, Rajasthan Government's Social Justice and Empowerment Department established child protection units, Integrated Child Protection Scheme, District Collectors

Union government appointed M V Tanksale as Chairman & MD of Central Bank of India

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Union government on 28 June 2011 appointed M V Tanksale, as the new chairman and managing director of Central Bank of India

Tags: current affairs June 2011, M V Tanksale appointed chairman & MD of Central Bank of India, list of state-run banks in India

India and Mozambique signed Agreement on Maritime Security

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. India and Mozambique signed an agreement on maritime security to make the Indian Ocean a safe region for trade

Tags: current affairs June 2011, India and Mozambique signed an agreement on maritime security, Mozambique Minister of National Defence Filipe Jacinto Nyussis visit to India, Western Naval Command in Mumbai, India and Mozambique had signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation in 2006, India and Mozambique signed an agreement to fight piracy, patrolling off the Mozambican coast

Actor Michelle Yeoh, who stars as Pro-democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi deported from Burma

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. Hollywood actor Michelle Yeoh, who stars as the prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, The Lady deported from Burma

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Hollywood actor Michelle Yeoh deported from Burma, Hollywood actor Michelle Yeoh stars as the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in The Lady, The Lady is directed by Luc Besson, military junta in Burma

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appointed as the Chief of International Monetary Fund
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. French finance minister Christine Lagarde on 28 June 2011 was appointed as the chief of International Monetary Fund

Tags: current affairs June 2011, French finance minister Christine Lagarde, Christine Lagarde appointed IMF Chief, International Monetary Fund, Economic Affairs of a G8 economy, Christine Lagarde first female chair of the international law firm Baker & McKenzie, Lagarde succeeded Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF chief

Maharatna SAIL received Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2011
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) received the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2011

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Maharatna PSUs, programme for ecological restoration of degraded eco-systems, SAIL received Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2011, automatic solar meteorological station, National Environment Policy, steel plants in India

Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha appointed Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

India Current Affairs 2011. Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, an ace naval aviatorwas on 27 June 2011 appointed Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff (CISC)

Tags: current affairs 2011, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha, Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha appointed Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff, INS Viraat, synergy among Army Navy and IAF, K. Subramanyam committee that reviewed the conduct of the 1999 Kargil war, Western Naval Command chief

Art of Living founder Ravi Shankar- First Indian to receive the Crans Montana Forum Award
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar became the first Indian to receive the Crans Montana Forum Award

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Ravi Shankar is the first Indian to win Crans Montana Forum Award, Crans Montana Forum Award, Art of Living was founded in 1982, International Association for Human Values, The Science of Being and the Art of Living, published in 1963

ACC appointed 1974-batch IFS officer Ranjan Mathai as Indias Foreign Secretary
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. 1974-batch IFS officer Ranjan Mathai appointed Foreign Secretary of India on 27 June Tags: current affairs June 2011, 1974-batch IFS officer Ranjan Mathai appointed Indias Foreign Secretary, Deputy High Commissioner of India to the UK, Ranjan Mathai succeeded Nirupama Rao as Foreign Secretary, Political Science at the University of Poona

International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

International Current Affairs 2011. International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah

Tags: current affairs June 2011, International Criminal Court, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, arrest warrant issued for Gaddafi by ICC, Lbyan Justice Minister Mohammed al-Qamoodi

Delhi Cabinet waived VAT on Increased Price of Diesel to provide 37 paise per litre Benefit
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Delhi Cabinet on 27 June 2011 decided to waive VAT on the increased price of diesel to provide 37 paise per litre benefit to consumers

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Delhi Cabinet, Delhi Cabinet to waive VAT on the increased price of diesel, 20 Point Programme, Delhi government offered Rs.40 per cylinder subsidy on cooking gas, Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme

Meghdoot Awards conferred on Postal Employees for 2009 and 2010 by Kapil Sibal
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Meghdoot Awards conferred on postal employees for 2009 and 2010 on 27 June 2011 by Minster of Communications & Information Technology & HRD, Kapil Sibal

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Minster of Communications & Information Technology, Meghdoot Awards given postal employees for 2009 and 2010 by Kapil Sibal, Chandragiri Head Post Office received Best Post Office Award, Unique Identification Number, Meghdoot Awards was instituted in the year 1984

N. Murali re-elected as President of the Music Academy of Chennai

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. N. Murali, Senior Managing Director of Kasturi and Sons Ltd reelected president of the Music Academy, Chennai

Tags: current affairs June 2011, N. Murali re-elected president of the Music Academy, Music Academy of Chennai

Union government decided to increase Diesel Price by Rs 3 a litre & Kerosene by Rs 2 a litre
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Union government on 24 June 2011 decided to increase the price of diesel by Rs. 3 a litre, kerosene by Rs. 2 a litre and domestic LPG by Rs.50 a cylinder

Tags: current affairs June 2011, price of diesel increased by Rs. 3 a litre, price of kerosene increased by Rs 2 a litre, oil marketing companies in India, prices of petroleum products, Trinamool Congress had opposed any increase in the prices of petroleum products

Indias Rating for Foreign & Local Currency Debt Outlook upgraded from Negative to Stable
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 Economy Current Affairs 2011. International credit rating agency DBRS in June 2011 upgraded Indias long term foreign and local currency debt outlook from negative to stable Tags: current affairs June 2011, International credit rating agency DBRS, Indias long term foreign and local currency debt outlook upgraded, Direct Tax Code, Indias infrastructure deficit

Former Rwandan Minister, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko became First Woman to be found guilty of Genocide
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. Former Rwandan Minister for women's empowerment, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko on 24 June 2011 became the first woman to be found guilty of genocide

Tags: current affairs June 2011, former Rwandan Minister found guilty of genocide, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko-first woman to be held guilty of genocide, atrocities committed in Rwanda's southern Butare region in 1994, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, minority Tutsis killed in Rwandas genocide

Hindi Litterateur Arvind Kumar presented with Hindi Academy Shalaka Samman
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Eminent Hindi litterateur Arvind Kumar was presented the Hindi Academy Shalaka Samman on 24 June

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Hindi Academy Shalaka Samman, Arvind Kumar was presented the Hindi Academy Shalaka Samman, Delhi Secretariat

IAEA called for Action on Nuclear Safety in International Ministerial Conference in Vienna
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. IAEA called for action on nuclear safety on the basis of lessons from the civil nuclear accident at tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, International Atomic Energy Agency, dosimeters to schoolchildren to continuously monitor their exposure to nuclear radiation, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, global nuclear liability regime

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi arrested in Guwahati

Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi was arrested in connection with the demonstration & police firing on 22 June

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi, Gogoi organised a demonstration to protest against eviction drive launched by the government, reserved forests (hills) and wetlands in Assam, Akhil Gogoi arrested, Assam government

Harish Manwani became the First Indian ever to be appointed COO of FMCG Giant Unilever
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011

Corporate/Business Current Affairs 2011. FMCG giant Unilever elevated Harish Manwani on 24 June 2011 to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Tags: current affairs June 2011, FMCG giant Unilever, Harish Manwani became the first Indian to be appointed COO of Unilever, Mumbai University, Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, consumer goods companies

Salman Khan starrer Dabangg swept the Awards at 12th IIFA Awards in Toronto
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Shah Rukh Khan won Best Actor award at the 12th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony organised in Toronto

Tags: current affairs June 2011, 12th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, Dabaang won 7 awards on 12 IIFA awards, Shah Rukh Khan won Best Actor award for My Name is Khan, Green IIFA Award by Panasonic went to actress Priyanka Chopra, Special honours were conferred on veteran actor Dharmendra and singer Asha Bhosle at IIFA

Saina Nehwal lost to Chinese World No. 3 Wang Yihan in Indonesian Open
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 Sports Current Affairs 2011. Chinese World No. 3 Wang Yihan defeated Saina Nehwal in the final Indonesian Open Super Serieson 26 June 2011

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Saina Nehwal runners-up at Indonesian Open, Chinese World No. 3 Wang Yihan won Indonesia Open, Saina Nehwal only won Swiss Open Grand Prix in 2011

Haryana Government decided to waive 5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on Kerosene
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Haryana state government decided to waive off the 5 per cent value added tax (VAT) on kerosene

Tags: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Haryana government removed 5% VAT on kerosene, value added tax, 4 per cent VAT on LPG cylinders was waived back in 2008 by Haryana Government, BJP-ruled states were charging maximum VAT on diesel

Machendranathan Committee suggested NMDC to fix Iron Ore Prices on a Quarterly Basis
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 Economy Current Affairs 2011. Machendranathan Committee suggested that the state-run mineral giant NMDC should fix its iron ore prices on a quarterly basis

Tags: current affairs June 2011, high-powered committee of the steel ministry headed by additional secretary S Machendranathan, NMDC should fix its iron ore prices on a quarterly basis, Minerals & Metals Trading Corporation, iron ore export prices

China's Prominent Activist, Hu Jia detained for Subversion Charges was released
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. China's most prominent human rights activists, Hu Jia, was released after serving three-and-a-half-years in jail on subversion charges

Tags: current affairs June 2011, China's most prominent human rights activists Hu Jia, Hu Jia released after three and a half years in jail, environmental protection campaigners, Hu Jia had it been detained for subversion charges, Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, European Parliament

Red Bull's Formula One World Champion Sebastian Vettel won European Grand Prix
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 Sports Current Affairs 2011. Formula One World champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany on 26 June 2011 won the European Grand Prix

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Red Bull's Formula One team, Formula One World champion Sebastian Vettel, Sebastian Vettel of Germany won the European Grand Prix, Vittals European Grand Prix victory put him level with British great Stirling Moss

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NCPCR directed MP Government to prepare Report on Genitoplasty on Children less than 5 years
Current Affairs Week: 27 Jun 2011 to 03 Jul 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Madhya Pradesh State government to undertake an investigation with a team of doctors and submit detailed report on doctors/hospitals practising genitoplasty on children

Tags: current affairs June 2011, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, genitoplasty on children less than 5 years old, problem of rampant genitoplasty on children in Madhya Pradesh, Genitoplasty is used to correct genital abnormality in fully-grown patients, measures taken by the Madhya Pradesh government against adverse effect of sex change

CCI directed NSE to pay a fine of Rs 55.5 crore for indulging in Unfair Market Practices
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Economy Current Affairs 2011. CCI held the National Stock Exchange guilty of indulging in unfair market practices & was ordered to cough up a penalty of Rs 55.5 crore

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Competition Commission of India, CCI held the National Stock Exchange guilty of indulging in unfair market practices, NSE to pay Rs 55.5 crore as fine, Delhi High Court, MCX Stock Exchange

Union Cabinet approved extension of the RSBY Scheme to all Registered Domestic Workers
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Union Cabinet on 23 June 2011 approved extension of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) to all the registered domestic workers

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, RSBY extended to domestic workers, National Social Security Fund for Unorganised Workers, Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, female employment in the urban areas, urban labour market

Central Employment Guarantee Council rejected NCSD Proposal of Skill Development

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 Economy Current Affairs 2011. Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) rejected the Prime Ministers National Council on Skill Developments suggestion for skill development

Tags: current affairs June 2011, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, National Council on Skill Development, NASSCOM president Mabel Rebello, NREG Act, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Union Ministry of Environment declared Three Coal Blocks in the Hasdeo-Arand Forests as go area
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 Environment & Ecology Current Affairs 2011. Union Ministry of Environment declared three coal blocks in the Hasdeo-Arand forests as go area and granted them Stage-I environment clearance

Tags: current affairs June 2011, three coal blocks in the Hasdeo-Arand forests declared as go area, Parsa East and Kante Basan coal blocks, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh, Forest Advisory Committee, Hasdeo-Arand forests

US decided to pull-out Troops from Afghanistan & hand Security over to Afghan Authorities in 2014
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. US President Barack Obama on 23 June 2011 set in motion a substantial withdrawal of American troops

Tags: US President Barack Obama, US troops to be completely pulled out of Afghanistan by 2014, Afghan president Hamid Karzai, Nato-trained police and army

MV Suez Crew returned Home after being held Captive for 1o months by Somali Pirates
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Indian sailors, who were among the 22-member crew of MV Suez held captive by Somali pirates for nearly 10 months, reached Karachi

Tags: current affairs June 2011, crew of MV Suez returned home, MV Suez held captive by Somali pirates for nearly 10 months, Ansar Burney Trust, Oman port, cargo vessel crew

NAC directed the Tribal Affairs Ministry to consult Jarawas on their Future
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. National Advisory Council (NAC) directed the Tribal Affairs Ministry on 22 June 2011 to consult the Jarawas before drafting policy on their future

Tags: current affairs June 2011, National Advisory Council, Tribal Affairs Ministry, Jarawas of Andaman & Nicobar islands, Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Tribal Affairs Ministry to consult Jarawa on their future, report on the Jarawas

Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 was finalised at Rs.22214 crore
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 was finalised at Rs.22214 crore

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, WB Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Annual Plan for West Bengal for 2011-12 was finalised at Rs.22214 crore, focus area of the West Bengal government would be to develop tourism infrastructure, employment generation in West Bengal

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Indian Firms jumped to $43.9 billion in FY 2010-11
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 Economy Current Affairs 2011. Foreign direct investment (FDI) by Indian firms jumped more than two-folds in financial year 2010-11 to $43.9 billion

Tags: current affairs June 2011, foreign direct investment (FDI) by Indian firms, FDI by Indian firms jumped to $43.9 billion in 2010-11, FDI comprises investments in equity, loans and guarantees, Indian overseas investment policies, wholly owned subsidiaries

American and Filipino biologists discovered 7 New Species of Mice in Luzon

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. Discovery of 7 new species of mice raised the number of native mammals known from Luzon Island (excluding bats) from 42 to 49

Tags: current affairs June 2011, seven new species of mice discovered in Phillipines, genus Apomys, Mingan mountains, Mount Tapulao in the Zambales Mountains, peer-reviewed journal of The Field Museum, mouse's morphology, American and Filipino biologists

India's Ace Magician Gopinath Muthukad received the International Merlin Award

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. India's ace magician Gopinath Muthukad received the International Merlin Award on 23 June 2011

Tags: current affairs June 2011, India's ace magician Gopinath Muthukad, Gopinath Muthukad received the International Merlin Award, Muthukads motto is Magic with a mission, well known magicians, presentation of magic, Gopinath Muthukad is the second Indian to receive Merlin Award after PC Sorkar Jr

UP Government decided to notify Dalit Memorials as UP Heritage Zones

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Uttar Pradesh government decided to notify various memorials and parks developed on the name of Dalit icons as heritage zones

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Uttar Pradesh government, Dalit memorials to be notified as heritage zones, Lucknow Development Authority, Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal

UNESCO removed the in-danger Tag from the Manas National Park
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. UNESCO removed the in-danger tag from the Manas National Park, a World Heritage Site in Assam

Tags: current affairs June 2011, UNESCO removed the in-danger tag from the Manas National Park, Manas National Park, 35th session of Unescos World Heritage Committee, biodiversity hotspos in Northeast India, World Heritage Site

Haryana offered 2 Sites to NPCIL for Nuclear Power Plant

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) offered two sites to NPCIL for setting up a second nuclear power plant

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited, Haryana offered 2 sites to NPCIL for nuclear power plant, nuclear power plants in India

Finmin directed Income Tax department to launch Prosecution Action in Tax Evasion Cases
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 Economy Current Affairs 2011. Union Ministry of Finance on 22 June 2011 directed the Income Tax department to launch immediate prosecution action in tax evasion cases

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Union Ministry of Finance, Income Tax department, I-T dept directed to launch prosecution action in tax evasion cases, Germanys Leichestein bank, investment data of Indians, Central Board of Direct Taxes

INSEAD honoured Sunil Bharti Mittal with its Business Leader for the World Award
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Leading international business school INSEAD on 22 June 2011 honoured Sunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Enterprises, with its Business Leader for the World

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Leading international business schools, Sunil Bharti Mittal received INSEAD award, Bharti Enterprises, economic and social prosperity

Union Law Ministry decided to keep Navodaya Vidyalayas outside the ambit of RTE Act
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Union Law Ministry decided to keep 600 hundred Navodaya Vidyalayas in the country outside the ambit of the Right to Education (RTE) Act

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Union Law Ministry, Navodaya Vidyalayas, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, Right to Education Act, Navodaya Vidyalayas to be kept outside the ambit of the RTE Act, entrance test for admission to Navodaya Vidyalayas

Research Team led by Queen's University developed the First Ever Drug to treat Celtic Gene
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. research team led by Queen's University developed the first ever drug, VX-770 to treat Celtic gene

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Queen's University, first ever drug to treat Celtic gene discovered, cystic fibrosis, lung clearance of bacteria

Bombay HC struck down DGFT Formula for calculating Teleco Incentives

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 Economy Current Affairs 2011. The Bombay High Court in June 2011 struck down a government body's formula for calculating incentives offered to service providers under the foreign trade policy

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Served From India Scheme, Bombay High Court struck down DGFT formula for calculating teleco sops, Indias telecommunication companies, Served From India Scheme, Indias foreign trade policy

Eminent Economist & Former Chairman of PMEAC, Prof. Suresh Tendulkar expired
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Eminent economist Prof. Suresh Tendulkar expired

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Eminent economist Prof. Suresh Tendulkar died, Eastern Region Local Board, first Disinvestment Commission, Planning Commission, food security bill, credit and privatisation policies, Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council, Delhi School of Economics

UN launched drive, Sustainable Sanitation: The Five-YearDrive to 2015

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. United Nations on 21 June 2011 launched a drive to make sanitation accessible to all by 2015

Tags: current affairs June 2011, UN launched drive to improve global sanitation, UN launched Sustainable sanitation: The Five-Year-Drive to 2015, Millennium Development Goals, problem of open defecation, UN Secretary-Generals Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, UN resolution of December 2010 had called for an end to open defecation

UN General Assembly appointed Ban Ki-moon to Second Consecutive Term as Secretary-General

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. United Nations General Assembly appointed former South Korean foreign minister Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General

Tags: current affairs June 2011, United Nations General Assembly, Ban Ki-moon appointed Secretary General for second consecutive term, UN Charter, action by the Security Council in Libya and Ivory Coast

Union Government set up a High-powered Task Force for the revamp of Defence Management
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Union government decided to set up a high-powered task force headed by Naresh Chandra to revamp defence management in India

Tags: current affairs June 2011, a high-powered task force to revamp defence management, Defence Acquisition Council, Defence Procurement Board, Kargil Review Committee report

Findings revealed Dyslexia-linked Genes, DCDC2 Control Cilia of Cells

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011

Science & Technology Current Affairs 2011. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden discovered that a gene linked to dyslexia, DCDC2 has a surprising biological function namely it controls cilia

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Scientists at Karolinska Institutet, dyslexia linked genes control cilia, Cilia are hair-like structures that project from the surface of cells, Helsinki University, Kartagener's syndrome, neurobiological mechanism for dyslexia, scientific journal PLoS ONE

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas appointed 3 Independent Directors on ONGC Board
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Union Government on 21 June 2011 announced the appointment of three independent directors, including former RBI Deputy Governor Usha Thorat, on ONGC board

Tags: current affairs June 2011, 3 independent directors appointed on ONGC board, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas appointed, SEBI's listing norm, ONGCs share sale

Guiding force of TRS & former VC of Kakatiya University, Kothapalli Jayashankar died
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. Kothapalli Jayashankar, former Vice-Chancellor of Kakatiya University and proponent of Telengana Rashtriya Samiti died

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Kakatiya University, Kothapalli Jayashankar died, Telangana Rashtra Samithi, movement for separate Telengana state, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, National Commission for Enterprises in the Unorganised Sector

Tunisian Court sentenced Former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Absentia to 35 years in Jail
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 International Current Affairs 2011. Tunisian court on 20 June 2011 sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to 35 years in jail

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Arab Uprising, Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak

Annu Raj Singh 5th Indian Shooter to book her Berth for 2012 London Olympic
Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 Sports Current Affairs 2011. Annu Raj Singh became the 5th Indian shooter to book her berth for the 2012 Londons Olympic

Tags: current affairs June 2011, 2012 London Olympic, Annu Raj Singh became the 5th Indian shooter to book her berth for the Londons Olympic, Indian shooters

Guidelines for Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme revised

Current Affairs Week: 20 Jun 2011 to 26 Jun 2011 India Current Affairs 2011. The Union Government decided to raise the amount to be released in the first instalment in an effort to ensure timely and effective implementation of works proposed under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

Tags: current affairs June 2011, Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme, Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme, Projects implemented by government agencies would now be provided 75 per cent of the project cost, State & Union Territory in India, State or Union Territory