Indian Current Affairs -June, 2010

• Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal won the second Super Series title of her career by winning the Singapore Open with a straight-game triumph over qualifier Tzu Ying Tai (China) in the finals.
• Syed Haider Raza Indian origin painter’s painting named “Saurashtra” on 10th June, 2010 obtained a record amount of USD 3,486,965 at the famous auction house Christie’s in London, United Kingdom.
• Saina Nehwal (India) won the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament held in India beating Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in the final.
• Ans. Dr. E. Sreedharan is the Managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or DMRC.
• Name the first Indian women Gita Gopinath have been named as full professor at Harward University.
• Indian origin doctor held guilty of manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm on patients at an Australian hospital Jayant Patel was sentenced to seven years in prison
• Khushboo is popular South Indian actress who is willing to join DMK Party.
• Mandira Bedi Indian celebrity has created controversy recently by sporting a Ek Onkar (God is one) tattoo on her nape. The tatto has been opposed by Sikh community leaders in India
• The government declared an organization which is believed to be a shadow outfit of banned “Students Islamic Movement of India” and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba as a terrorist organization on June 4, 2010. Indian Mujahideen is that organization.
• Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar Indian cricketer honored with rank of Honorary Group by Indian Air Force (IAF).
• Ashwani Kumar (since August 2, 2008) is Current director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
• Ashok Kumar Balyan is appointed as new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Petronet LNG, the nation’s largest liquefied natural gas importer
• Michael Perschke has been appointed as Head of Audi India (car) effective July 1st, 2010.
• France’s most prestigious newspaper Le Monde is likely to put on sale its group operations, which include the newspaper, its website and its television listings.
• K.G. Balakrishnan, former chief justice of India has been appointed as chairman of National Human Rights Commission
• Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) won the Man of the series award in the triangular series held in Zimbabwe (India-Zimbabwe-Sri Lanka
• Chairman of Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai S. N. Sharma was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation in Hyderabad in connection with a multi-crore Railway Recruitment Board scam.
• Despite voices of protest in India, a set of 12 paintings by an Indian Nobel laureate, sold off for a whopping 1.6 million pounds at an auction house in London recently. Rabindranath Tagore of that Nobel laureate.
• India country decided to introduce a Mother Teresa commemorative coin to mark the nun’s birth centenary in August, 2010.