Indian Current Affairs -December, 2010

• Union Cabinet approved 2-year tenure for foreign secretary.
• New version of BrahMos test- fired successfully.
• SC cleared Mayawati memorial in Noida.
• French Prez Sarkozy arrived on a four-day visit to India.
• Kochi team cleared for 2011 IPL.
• India, France signed $20 bn deals.
• Govt approved setting up of 20 new IIIts.
• India France inked two pacts on nuclear safety.
• PM Singh left for 4-day tour of Belgium and Germany.
• Upgraded Agni-2 missile failed test.
• India signed four-nation gas pipeline deal.
• Soumyajit Ghosh became the first Indian to clinch a medal in the World Junior TT Championship.
• Saina Nehwal won Hong Kong Open Badminton Super Series.
• SC cleared single exam for all MBBS courses.
• Nation’s first-ever water and waste-water gallery’ Inaugurated in Delhi.
• Chinese premier Wen Jiabao arrived on a three-day visit.
• India, China signed six pacts.
• Maoists gunned down 7 Forward Bloc workers in Purlia in West Bengal
• Rs. 900 Cr package announced for Orissa’s rain-hit farmers.
• Sachin Tendulkar became the first-batsman to notch up 50 Test hundreds.
• Technical glitch halted G SAT- 5P launch
• Railways migrated to 5-diglt number system.
• India, Russia signed 29 pacts.
• Two Prithvi – II missiles successfully flight-tested.
• RBI capped home loan at 80 %
• Indian women cIinched SAFF football title.
• Rs 600 cr relief package for Maharashtra announced farmers.
• GSLV launch failed: exploded mid-air within seconds of take-off.
• PSB won all India Liberals Cup Hockey tournament.
• Nation’s first seaplane Jalhans, made its debut; took off to Andamans.
• Andhra Pradesh requested PM to enhance relief for calamity-hit farmers.
• Sarjeev (SK) Tripathi-who was hitherto the head of the Aviation Research Centre (ARC), has been appointed the Chief of research and Analysis Wing-India’s external intelligence agency.
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been chosen as the CNN-IBN Indian of the year for changing the vocabulary of politics, putting development on centre stage and triggering hope amongst millions.
• Parimarjan begs beat G.N. Gopal to clinch the 48th National Premier Chess Championship on December 22, 2010 in New Delhi.
• Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev had a very significant visit to India in December 2010 during which 30 agreements were between India and Russia.
• The troops of India and Mongolia held joint military exercise with two-week drill in counter insurgency ending in Belgaum on December 19, 2010. The exercise was named ‘Nomadic Elephant’.
• The American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI)-a premier medical association in America representing 60,000 doctors is holding its 4th Indo-us Healthcare Summit in January 2011.
• Tamil Nadu beat Kerala to clinch the 59th Senior national Volleyball Championship (men’s section) while Railway also defeated Kerala to bag women’s title of the 59th Senior National Volleyball Championship held in Chennai in December 2010.
• Top seeded Rumbaka Hayom Dionysius of Indonesia beat Avihingsanon Suppanayu of Thailand to clinch men’s singles title while in women’s singles final Hui Zhou of China beat fifth seeded Fransiska Ratnasari to bag the title in the Indian Open Grand Prix badminton championship held in Hyderabad in December 2010.
• Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal registered a scintillating three game victory over Shixian Wang of China to clinch the title at the Hong Kong Open in Wanchai on December 12, 2010.
• India signed five agreements with France in the nuclear field as announced on December 6, 2010 by External Affairs Ministry while two pacts on nuclear safety with the same were also signed on the same date.
• In its Mid Year Analysis 2010-2011 tabled in Parliament on December 7, 2010 by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee it is estimated that growth in 2010-11 will be 8.75 plus or minus 0.35 per cent that is nearly about 9%
• Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg registered a splendid victory to clinch the $ 1.25 million Hero Honda Indian Open golf title on December 5, 2010 in New Delhi while South Korea’s Baek Seuk-Hyun finished second in the tournament.
• As per the latest data released by National Aids Control Organization Manipur continues to top the list with an adult prevalence of 1.40 per cent followed by Andhra Pradesh (0.90%) Mizoram at (0.81 per cent) and Nagaland at (0.78 per cent).
• As per recently released data released by NACO it is estimated that India had approximately 1.2 lakh new HIV infections in 2009 as against 2.7 lakh in 2000.
• India’s supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully flight-tested on December integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Orissa.
• Indian Army began its biggest operation in November-December 2010 to dispose of scrap admonitions (mortar bombs projectiles grenades rockets etc.) in Shekowal and Khelwal village near Ludhiana. The operation was named Operation Saiyam (patience) which aims at destroying scraps imported between 1999 and 2004.
• Saikat Datta of the Outlook has been given the Best RTI Journalist Award for using the Right to Information Act to expose a Rs. 2,500 chore scam in the export of rice.