Page-2 of Current Affairs - November, 2011
Jnanpith Award 2008 presented to Urdu poet Shaheryar
Legendary Urdu poet and academician Prof Shaheryar was presented India’s highest literary honour — the Jnanpith Award — for the year 2008. Shahryar was born in 1936 in a Muslim Rajput family in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district. His poetry strongly ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
IMF: India’s growth Forecast: 7.8%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and trimmed its forecasts of economic growth for India, China and other Asian developing economies due partly to slower growth in the rest of the world. The IMF forecast India’s economy to grow 7.8% in ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Implications of Falling Rupee
The Rupee was on its lowest point in 2 years after September 2009. The sustained fall is not only bad news for importers but is also fuelling inflation, pushing up prices of fuel and other commodities. The Falling Rupee is ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Delhi Metro: First Train in world to earn ` 47cr carbon credit points
Delhi Metro has become the first such railway project in the world to get carbon credits from UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol, for helping in reduction of greenhouse emissions. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has helped ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
India recognizes post-Gaddafi regime & Palestine’s membership in UN
Recently, the Government of India has announced its support for Libyan rebels-led Transitional National Council (TNC) in the UN, led by its President Mustafa Abdel Jalil, to attend the forthcoming UNGA session in New York. India also recently participated as ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Implications of Rabbani’s Assassination
Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani was a leader of Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan and former President of Afghanistan. He served as President from 1992–1996, but later was forced to leave Kabul because of the Taliban takeover of the city. Afghanistan saw his comeback ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Update on amendment of Section 309 of Indian Penal Code
Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is related to the attempt to commit suicide. It reads- Whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act towards the commission of such offence, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS)
To address the shortage of doctors in rural areas, the health ministry had come up last year with a new course called Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS). The idea was to offer a three-and-half-year course without specialization. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Sikkim Earthquake of 2011
The September 18, 2011 India-Nepal border region earthquake of magnitude 6.9 occurred near the boundary between the India and Eurasia plates, in the mountainous region of northeast India near the Nepalese boarder. Initial analyses suggest the earthquake was complex, likely ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
European Debt Crisis
Background: The Euro’s introduction in 1999 came along with unified interest rates in the nations that share the currency. These unified interest rates allowed members to borrow heavily. The result was that the bonds that were issued by the nations ..