Current Affairs : June 26, 2011

World Cup Football (Women) commences in Germany

• The women’s football world cup begins in Germany
  
• One the day one, games b/w Germany and Canada in Berlin and b/w France and Nigeria
  
• 16 teams qualified for the tournament which will be played over nine cities
  
• The Finals to be held at Frankfurt on July 17, 2011
  

“The INDIAN EXPRESS”: Paes, Bhupathi out from men’s doubles in Wimbledon

• ‘Indian Express’: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
• Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi made a shocking departure from the men’s doubles game of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London
  
• The duo lost to the French-Czech pair of Arnaud Clement and Lukas Dlouhy
  
• The defeat of Paes and Bhupathi leaves Somdev Devvarman the only Indian in the men’s doubles draw
  
• Somdev is playing along with Japanese Kei Nishikori
  

26^th June: International Day against drug abuse & illicit trafficking

26^th June is observed as The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
throughout the world

To reinforce action and support to attain the goal of an international society free of drug abuse 

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister: Mukul Wasnik

As per Mr. Wasnik, the Government to soon arrive with a National Policy on Prevention of Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

New Zealand PM in India

• Mr. John Key (The New Zealand Prime Minister) in India on a four-day visit
  
• A number of agreements likely to be signed to give additional impetus to the continuing economic cooperation b/w the two nations
  
• India and NZ have jointly established a business council and a trade committee to realize the full potential of economic partnership
  
• India and New Zealand currently negotiating a Free Trade Area Agreement
  

Nano Yatra Nepal

• Tata’s Nano made its debut in Nepal with the introduction of the car today though its Nepali Company distributor
  
• Tata hopes to gain customers in Nepal, where there is an lack of an effective public transport and vehicles are expensive
  
• Bookings in the first phase have begun
  
• Opening price of the Tata Nano is 7.98 lahks nepali rupees
  
• Nepal is the second country after Sri Lanka where the car will be available internationally
  
• To mark the debut of the car, two nano’s are on a nationwide rally “Nano Yatra Nepal”
  

IIFA awards

• IIFA (Indian International Film Academy) Awards in Toronto
  
• Best Film: Dabangg
  
• Special honours: Veteran actor Dharmendra and singer Asha Bhosle.
  
• Best Actor: Shah Rukh Khan (For ‘My Name Is Khan’)
  
• Best Director: Karan Johar won (For ‘My Name Is Khan’)
  
• Best Actress: Anushka Sharma (For ‘Band Baaja Baraat’)
  
• Best Debut Male: Ranveer Singh (For ‘Band Baaja Baraat’)
  
• Best Debut (Female): Sonakshi Sinha (For ‘Dabangg’)
  
• Best Actor (Negative Role): Sonu Sood (For ‘Dabangg’)
  
• Best Music Direction: Sajid-Wajid alongwith Lalit Pandit (For ‘Dabangg’)
  
• Best Screenplay: Abhinav Kashyap and Dilip Shukla
  
• Best Supporting Actor: Arjun Rampal (For ‘Raajneeti’)
  
• Best Supporting Actoress: Prachi Desai (For ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’)
  

2012 London Olympics: Gurmeet qualifies for in Race Walking

• Gurmeet Singh of India qualified for the 2012 London Olympics 20-Km Race Walking Competition after finishing 6^th in the 18th Dublin International Grand Prix in Ireland
  
• Gurmeet clocked One hour, 22 minutes, zero seven seconds to better the London Games qualifying ‘A’ standard of One hour, 22 minutes, three zero seconds at the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland
  
• He also qualified for the World Championships to be held in Daegu, South Korea, from August 27 to September 4, 2011 
  
• The Dublin International GP is a London Olympics and World Championships qualifying event as it is an IAAF Challenge Meet held under a European Athletics Permit
  
• The qualifying standards of London Olympics and World Championships are the same
  

Women’s Asian Junior Under-19 Championship Title won by Anaka Alankamony

• Anaka Alankamony, a 16-year old girl from Chennai clinched the gold in the Women’s Asian
  Junior Under-19 squash Championship in Jordan
  
• Anaka beat top seed Tong Tsz-Wing from Hong Kong in the Finals
  
• Anaka now becomes the third Indian to win the crown after Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal
  

Saina Nehwal finishes as Runner-Up in the final of the Indonesia Open

• Saina Nehwal finished as Runner-Up in the Indonesia Open Super Series Badminton Tournament
  
• In the Final Match in Jakarta , the defending champion lost to Yihan Wang (China) world number three
  
• In 2011, Saina has just one title, the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold in her pocket 
  
• In 2010, Saina had won 3 titles – Indian Open Grand Prix Gold, Singapore Super Series and Indonesian Super Series – before winning the Commonwealth Games gold medal and the Hong Kong Super Series

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Month: Current Affairs - June, 2011