Page-2 of Current Affairs - October, 2009
Current Affairs : Business & Economy
October 21, 2009: ONGC registers fifth clean development project with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has registered its fifth clean development mechanism (CDM) project with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. What ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Current Article: Visit of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to India
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrived recently in India for a five-day state visit with an agenda to increase economic cooperation. A total of 9 Pacts were signed. Background of India Argentina Relationships: This trip has marked 15 years ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
Industrial growth 10.4 % in August
India’s Industrial growth has soared to a 22-month high of 10.4 per cent in August.Manufacturing output grew by 10.2 per cent in August, mining by 12.9 per cent and electricity production by 10.6 per cent. Of 17 industry groups, 14 ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
Assocham Elections
Swati Piramal, director of Piramal Healthcare, has been elected president of Assocham. She has replaced Sajjan Jindal. She is in the boards of several companies, including Piramal Life Sciences, SBI Capital Markets and Prudential ICICI Management. She has served on ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
Current Affairs Current Affairs : International : September -October 2009
October 9, 2009: Nobel Peace Prize to Barak ObamaUS President Barack Obama was announced as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.The annual award’s committee bestowed the honor on Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
Current Affairs Current Affairs : Awards September October 2009
October 9, 2009: Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2009:The Jamnalal Bajaj awards which are given by Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation every year, were declared recently.Read Here October 2, 2009: Dhoni declared ICC ODI Cricketer of the YearMahendra Singh Dhoni has been named “One ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
Nobel prize – Physics
Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith, fathers of fibre optics and digital imaging, won the 2009 Nobel prize for physics . Charles K Kao: Born in Shanghai in Nov. 1933 Chinese pioneer in the use of fiber optics in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
UNDP report says Canada is best for immigration
A new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has praised Canada for its liberal and fair immigration policies. This report sounds Canada the 4th best place to Live. Canada has a population of 34 Million and it accepts ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2009
Nobel Prize – Chemistry
The winners of Nobel prize 2009 are Venkatraman Ramakrishnan , United States, Thomas A. Steitz United States, Ada E. Yonath Israel “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome” Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Born 1952 in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu He ..