International Current Affairs-August,2010

• Bollywood film director and producer Yash Chopra was conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at a ceremony in London recently.
• Fernando Alonso is the winner of Singapore Grand Prix 2010.
• P.D. Dinakaran Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.
• Nanjing, China city will host the second edition of the summer Youth Olympic Games to be held in 2014.
• Diego Milito has been selected as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in the season 2009-10.
• Atletico Madrid club beat Inter Milan 2-0 to win the European Super Cup for the first time.
• Barcelona club lifted the Spanish Super Cup beating Sevilla (4-0).
• Inter Milan club won the 2010 Italian Supercup.
• Hariom Singh became the second Indian shooter to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics after finishing sixth in the 50m rifle prone event at the ISSF World Championships in Munich, Germany.
• Chief of Pakistan’s Frontier Constabulary Sifwat Ghayoor was killed recently in suicide bomb attack in Peshawar.
• The Netherlands country becomes the first NATO member to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan amid concerns over US-led alliance’s Afghan war strategy.
• Juan Manuel Santos is the new president Columbia.
• Virender Sehwag. (India) won the Player of the series award in the triangular ODI cricket series (India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand) held in Sri Lanka.
• U.S.A country blacklisted 21 state-owned Iranian companies as part of a growing and coordinated international effort to undercut Tehran’s ability to use units in Europe and Asia to facilitate financial transactions and weapons development.
• Yuka Sato. (Japan) won the first gold medal in the inaugural Youth Olympics held in Singapore.
• Andy Murray won the Toronto Masters tennis title after defeating Roger Federer in the final.
• Kim Clijsters won the WTA Cincinnati Open tennis title defeating Maria Sharapova in final.
• Professor George Christopher Williams (May 12, 1926 – September 8, 2010) Americanevolutionary biologist who died recently on 8 September 2010.
• 14 Islamist militants in Dagestan by Russian forces many militants are killed in an operation by Russian forces.
• Off-spinner Johan Botha has replaced Graeme Smith as South Africa’s Twenty20 captain.
• Chen Jin(China) won the men’s singles world badminton championship, beating Indonesia’s Taufik Hidayat 21-13 21-15 in the final.
• Manchester United club beat Chelsea 3-1 to win the Community Shield, 2010.
• Jimena Navarrete, Miss Mexico is the winner of Miss Universe 2010.
• P.D. Dinakaran Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court.
• Peoples of Kenya African country recently voted in a historic referendum for a new constitution.
• Columbia and Venezuela South American countries recently decided to restore diplomatic relations after a face-to-face meeting between the presidents of both countries.
• President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari country had shoes thrown at him as he attended a political rally in Birmingham, Britain on August 7, 2010.
• A shoe was hurled at Chief Minister of an Indian state by a suspended police officer, during the Independence Day function, 2010. Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir is that chief Minister.
• ABM Khairul Haque will formally take over as chief justice from Sep 30. He will serve just eight months until May 17, 2011 when he goes on mandatory retirement is the new chief justice of Bangladesh.
• China country topped the medal chart with a total of 51 medals — 30 gold, 16 silver and five bronze in the inaugural youth Olympics held in Singapore.