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Saturday 31 December 2011

International Current Affairs-October,2010

International Current Affairs and Major Events in the month of October, 2010:
1. Europe won Ryder Cup (Go1f) in Newport (Wales) on October 4, 2010 after defeating United States of America by 14-1/2 points to 13-1/2 points.
2. British scientist Robert Edwards for his pioneering research in in-vitro fertilization has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for 2010.
3. Russian-born Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of Manchester University have been named joint winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics for 2010 for their groundbreaking work on experiments with graphene-a new form of carbon.
4. Ei-ichi Negishi, Akira Suzuki and Richard F. Heck have been selected for the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis.
5. Mario Vargas-a Peruvian-Spanish author won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2010 for his cartography of structures of power and trenchant images of individual’s resistance, revolt and defeat in his compositions.
6. Jailed Chinese political activist Liu Xiaobe was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 for his long and non- violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.
7. Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen of United States and British Cypriot Christopher Pissarides won the 2010 Nobel Economics Prize recently for their work on why supply and demand do not always meet in the labour market and elsewhere.
8. British writer and journalist Howard Jacobson’s novel The Finkler Question won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction this year. The novel was judged the best of the six books on the shortlist.
9. The World’s longest railway the Gattahard Base Tunnel- the 57 km long high-speed and freight rail connection deep beneath the Swiss-Alps-was recently completed. The tunnel is designed to slash journey times between Zurich and Milan by over an hour,
10. Jamaica’s triple jumper Trecia Smith was adjudged the outstanding athlete of the Commonwealth Games on October 14, 2010 and thus was presented the David Dixon Award by the Commonwea1th Games Federation President Michael Fennell.
11. Australia grabbed number one position in medals tally by winning 177 medals (74 gold, 55 silver and 48 bronze medal) in recently held Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
12. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso won Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam in October 2010 which has brought him into the Formula One World Championship lead.
13. The 193 members of the UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was organised in Nagoya-central city of Japan in order to work out strategies to prevent mass extinction of species of plants and animals.

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