2011 April 16 to 18 Current Affairs
Jonathan wins Nigeria's presidential elections
President Goodluck Jonathan has won Nigeria's presidential election by securing 60.02 percent of the vote.
He will be sworn-in on 29th May to serve a four-year tenure after which he is free to go for a second term.
India, Kazakhstan sign pact on nuclear cooperation
Prime Minister Manmohan. Singh and Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev agree on a 3-year Joint Action Plan and signed pact on nuclear cooperation
India's Sunitha Krishnan receives Vital Voices award
Sunitha Krishnan, an anti-human trafficking pioneer and co-founder of the NGO Prajwala, was honoured with the Human Rights award of the prestigious Vital Voices Global Leadership Award.
Vice-Admiral Joshi to head Western Naval Command
Vice-Admiral D.K. Joshi will be the new Chief of the Western Naval Command. He will take charge from Vice-Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin, who attains superannuation on April 30.
Bhawani Singh, last Maharaja of Jaipur, dead
The last titular Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Bhawani Singh, died after prolonged illness.He was 80.
India to launch advanced remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2
The countdown for the launch of India’s latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2 by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV -C 16 began at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
The PSLV- C 16 carrying Resourcesat 2 and two smaller satellites is scheduled for lift off at 10. 12 am on April 20th.
Tendulkar named Wisden's leading cricketer for 2010
Wisden, regarded as the Bible of cricket, has named Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar as the leading cricketer in the world for the year 2010.
2011 April 19 to 20 Current Issues
Launch of PSLV C-16 successful
The seventeenth consecutive successful flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-16 has placed India’s latest remote sensing satellite Resourcesat-2, in a Polar Sun Synchronous orbit.
In its standard configuration, the PSLV stands 44.4 meters tall and weighs 295 tons.
The PSLV C-16 carries Advanced Mission Computers and Advanced Telemetry Systems.
PSLV-C16 will place three satellites with a total payload mass of 1404 kg - RESOURCESAT-2 weighing 1206 kg, the Indo-Russian YOUTHSAT weighing 92 kg and Singapore's X-SAT weighing 106 kg – into an 822 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). PSLV-C16 will be launched from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
ADB to provide 150 million US dollars to India
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide India, 150 million US dollars in credit guarantees to increase solar power generation in the country.
It will help to mobilise long term funding for solar energy development and support India's efforts to push its programme to diversify energy mix.
Wipro Technologies ranked 2nd globally by US Diversity Council
Wipro Technologies, the global IT, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited, announced it has been ranked second in the list of Top 25 US diversity councils, by The Association of Diversity Councils.
Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta defeats Parimarjan
World Junior Champion and Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta defeated BPCL team mate Parimarjan at Dubai. Abhijeet finished the tournament on 7.5 points out of a possible nine.
Indian American Siddharth Mukherjee won Pulitzer prize 2011 for his book on Cancer and Jennifer Egan won Pulitzer prize 2011 for fiction for her book .. "A visit from the goon squad"
Baruch Samuel Blumberg .. 1976 nobel prize winner for medicine died.
Shane Watson hits 15 sixes in his knock of 185 runs against Bangladesh creating a new world record.
Indian American Siddharth Mukherjee won Pulitzer prize 2011 for his book on Cancer and Jennifer Egan won Pulitzer prize 2011 for fiction for her book .. "A visit from the goon squad"
Baruch Samuel Blumberg .. 1976 nobel prize winner for medicine died.
Shane Watson hits 15 sixes in his knock of 185 runs against Bangladesh creating a new world record.
