Page-17 of Current Affairs - November, 2011
Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2)
HTV-2 is an unmanned, rocket-launched, manoeuvrable aircraft that can glide through the Earth’s atmosphere at a top speed of 21,580 kmph. The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched it atop a rocket recently from Vandenberg Air Force Base, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
India’s Response to new NSG Guidelines
We have discussed that in June, the NSG had decided to restrict export of enrichment and reprocessing technologies to countries that had signed the NPT. Consequently, it would deny India access to ENR technologies which it says is crucial for ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Indians beat English at their own language
According to an analysis by Educational Testing Service TOEFL, students whose mother tongue is an Indian language fare better in the Test of English as a Foreign Language than those whose native language is English. TOEFL’s internet-based test was launched ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Obituary: Shammi Kapoor
Beloved hero Shammi Kapoor passed away at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital recently at age of 79. Here are a few notes: Shammi changed the template of the Indian Cinema 50 year ago in 1961, by screaming Yahoo and making the ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Obituary : P C Alexander
P C Alexander, former Maharashtra governor recently died at 90. An IAS officer of the 1948 batch, Alexander was in the running for president in 2002 after K R Narayan’s term got over. He was initially approached by the NDA, ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Suspended: New India Assurance chairman M Ramadoss
New India Assurance chairman M Ramadoss has been suspended by the Government for for alleged violations in issuing insurance cover to an airline during his stint as head of another state-run insurer. This is the second instance of action being ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Mohammed Rizwan, gets rare Chinese ‘green card’
Recently, Mohammed Rizwan of India, a graduate in Chinese language from Jawaharlal Nehru University, has been given a visa for five years instead of the one-year visa given to almost all foreigners. This the rare exception made by China. Mohammed ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Deven Sharma: Resigned
Jharkhand born Deven Sharma was an executive, and the president of Standard & Poor’s, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. He had joined Standard & Poor’s in 2006 as executive vice president, Investment Service and Global Sales. On August 23, ..