Current Affairs January - 3 (for bank po exams, civil service exams)
AwardWhich Indian- American has been presented with the 'Excellence in Global Friendship Award', in recognition of his outstanding contribution in promoting Indian culture in the US and strengthening India-US relationship?
Ashok Mago
Business
Which company did VMware acquire to enhance the next generation of IT era of cloud computing?
NeoAccel
Which subsidiary of HCL Infosystems is to be sold to internet service provider Tikona Digital Networks?
HCL Infinet
Which technology product has Mediaone Global Entertainment and Avon Global Solutions have planned to invest at about Rs.110 crore?
'SecureDuct' which would help in reducing the cost of acquiring a film print and also curb piracy
People
Who will take over from Eric Schmidt as Google CEO on April 4th 2011?
Co-founder, 'Larry Page'
Who has been appointed as Managing Director and co-chairman for India's operations by Accenture?
Avinash Vashistha
Who has been appointed as CEO of Wipro for its global IT business?
T.K.Kurien
Who has been promoted as executive vice-chairman(starting April 1st 2011) of Commercial vehical maker Ashok Leyland?
R.Seshasayee
Sports
Which insurance company is to provide Rs.600 crore terror and weather insurance cover for the Cricket World Cup to international sports broadcaster ESPN?
General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re)
Technology
What is the name of a free Web development tool that allows to create, customize and publish websites to the Internet launched by Microsoft?
WebMatrix
What version of Mozilla Firefox is to arrive while Internet Explorer 9 is scheduled to launch later January 2011?
Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 9
Which company launched Opera Mini enabled handsets in India?
Sharp Corporation
Which company did Facebook tie-up to introduce low-tech mobile site?
Snaptu
What is the new feature launched by IMImobile on its Ring Tone(RBT) platform?
Make My Tunes
Make My Tunes: The service enable users to listen to a full sing and choose any part of the song as their RBT
Current Affairs January 2011 part 1
AwardsWhich bank has been presented with Skoch Financial Inclusion Award 2011 for "SHG Initiatives - Urban Financial Inclusion"?
Indian Bank
Business
In which Social Networking site did Goldman, Digital Sky Technologies invest USD 500 million?
How many more banks has RBI allowed to import gold and silver?
7 (State Bank of Mysore, Karur Vysya Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank,
South Indian Bank, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad
and State Bank of Travancore)
What system did BSE launch recently?
Index-based circuit breaker system
Which Public sector bank is planning to setup 600 financial inclusion centres, 300 by March-end 2011 and another 300 by March-end 2012?
SBI
Where the world's first Art Exchange was launched to offer opportunity for individuals and institutions to buy and sell shares of famous artworks?
In Paris, A&F Markets
People
At which class has Utkarsh Tripathi, student of the Brij Bihari Sahai (BBS) Inter College in Allahabad is Jagriti newspaper turns editor, reporter and publisher?
Class 8
Who has been appointed as CIO of Allianz Investment Management?
Nikhil Srinivasan
What has been setup in Haryana in the memory of astronaut Kalpana Chawla in her home town Karnal?
Medical College
Who has been appointed as part-time Chairman and Managing Director of HMT Machine Tools Ltd.?
G.K.Pillai
Event
Where a 4-day World Sanskrit Book Fair(sanskritbookfair.org) has been organised from January 7th 2011?
National College Basavanagudi, Bangalore, India
Which 5-day event was inaugurated by Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and held at the SRM University in Kattankulathur near Chennai?
98th Indian Science Congress (ISC)
Science
What has been commissioned to the country by Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh at Tarapur, around 100km north of Mumbai?
2nd Power Reactor Reprocessing Plant
Sports
Who won the 5-match series 3-1, to retain Ashes?
England
Who retired from all form of cricket including IPL, becomes Sports administrator of Karnataka State Cricket Association and an entrepreneur to launch sports edu outfit Tenvic?
Anil Kumble
Which England all-rounder retired from Test cricket in 2011?
Paul Collingwood
Which company sponsored Formula 1 rider Narain Karthikeyan on his re-entry?
Tata's Hispania Racing Team
Technology
What are the unique features of Intel's 2nd generation intel core processors?
Built-in visual capabilities to deliver superior audio-visual experience, faster downloading ability and improved battery life
What is the USB version of Transcend's JetFlash 700?
USB 3.0
Current Affairs January - 2 (for bank po exams, civil service exams)
BusinessWhat new feature has Tata DOCOMO rolled out?
T24 mobile services
Which company has signed a MoU with Indian School of Business to set up retail academy?
Coca-Cola
Which telecom major has launched ad campaign on mobile number portability?
Vodafone
Which automobile industry posted its highest ever annual sales in India in the year 2010, during which it sold 5819 vehicles?
Mercedes Benz
Which Indian carrier bought 180 A320s Airbus for $16.4Billion?
Indigo
On what occasion did Hexaware announced 1:1 bonus share issue and 50% special interim dividend?
On celebrating its 20th anniversary
Event
When and where India's largest Coir Expo would be held?
4th to 7th February 2011 in Alappuzha, Kerala
People
Who joined Google India as Vice President Sales and Operations?
Rajan Anandan, ex-microsoft MD
Who has been appointed as Country Executive for Singapore at Royal Bank of Scotland?
Madan Menon
Record
At what speed the Solar car designed by Australian students of the University of New South Wales runs?
88 kmph
Sports
Who won FIFA's (Ballon d'Or) world player award?
Lionel Messi
Technology
Which Middle East country has launched single e-ID(electronic identity) card that could be used for Government services?
Baharain
Which feature of Nokia service goes desi to offer tailor-made mobile applications through its Ovi Music, free of cost?
Nokia Ovi Music
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