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Friday, October 28, 2011

Current Affairs Month Wise: September 2011

Current Affairs Month Wise: September 2011

Who was awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland?
Roman Polanski

Name the typhoon that left about 31 people dead and displacing over 60,000 families in Philippines.
Nesat

Which company has launched its enterprise business unit in India?
Huawei

Who will play host to the IBSF World Snooker Championship tournament?
Karnataka State Billiards Association

What is the Indian railway ministry planning to setup on the lines of Airport Authority of India?
Station Authority of India

What is the food inflation for the week ended September 17th 2011?
9.13%

Who won the Bilbao Final Masters against Vishwanathan Anand?
Vassily Ivanchuk

Who has been named as director general of the Border Security Force?
U.K.Bansal

Which manufacturing facility has nokia set to shut down?
Romania factory

Who has been appointed executive director (corporate affairs) at Indian Oil Corporation?
Vijay Gupta

When is the Karnataka Badminton League set to start?
November 5th 2011

Who is set to lead an 18-member Indian women's hockey team to Australia for a Test and International Super Series Tournament?
Saba Anjum

Who bought a Caribbean island worth $16 million recently?
Shakira

Who has been named captain of the Indian hockey team's 3-week tour of Australia?
Bharat Chetri

Which plant of Bosch has been shut due to strike?
Bangalore plant

Which Reliance company got RBI nod to sell stake in Reliance Life
Reliance Capital

Which Rajya Sabha member passed away recently?
Ramdayal Munda
Who broke the world record to win the Berlin Men's Marathon?
Patrick Makau, 27 kilometers in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 38 seconds

Which middle-east country has given women the right to vote and run in municipal elections?
Saudi Arabia

Which state's Chief Minister has announced laptop for students securing 50% marks?
Assam

Who won the Singapore GP 2011?
Sebastian Vettel

Who won silver medal in the Archery World Cup final held in Istanbul?
Deepika Kumari

Which Indian movie finds 14th place in the all-time 25 best sports movies list of Time?
Lagaan

Which Kenyan Nobel laureate died battling against cancer?
Wangari Maathai

Which European country's Prime Minister announced dissolution of parliament?
Spanish Prime Minister - Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Name the head of Swiss banking giant UBS who resigned recently.
Oswald J. Gruebel

Which US oil and gas group has approved A$29 billion Australian LNG project?
Chevron

Who has been appointed as Indian envoy to Saudi Arabia?
Hamid Ali Rao

Which company is set to launch Microsoft Mango phone in October 2011?
Samsung

Which technology major entered teens by celebrating 13th birthday?
Google

Which country unveiled its first military panel recently?
South Africa

Which festival is set to begin at Karnataka's cultural capital, Mysore?
401st Dasara festival (September 28th to October 6th 2011)

Which country inaugurated global innovation network, 'FinNode' in India offering green technology, education, information and communication technology?
Finland

Against which banks were maximum complaints received as per Banking Ombudsman?
State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank

Who performed a stunt picking up and throwing a 150-kg bike on the sets of his upcoming action film 'Force'?
John Abraham

Which wildlife sanctuary has been expanded to 1.41 lakh hectares recently?
Sathyamangalam

What trade target value has been agreed by India and Myanmar to be achieved by 2015?
$3 billion
Which Ex-Indian captain passed away recently?
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

Who has won Zambia's presidential elections?
Michael Sata

What is the value of Rupee against dollar as on 22nd September 2011?
49.57

Who has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer of Nokia?
Richard Green

Which Asian country is planning to set up National Cyder security centre?
Singapore

Where does food inflation stand as on September 10th 2011?
8.84%

Which Malayalam film has been chosen as India's entry for Oscars?
Adaminte Makan Abu

Who has been named CEO of HP?
Meg Whitman

Which festival is to be celebrated over the next 15 months as part of the 60th anniversary of the bilateral relations with Germany?
Germany in India

Which country has opened innovation network centre to foster collaboration with India in all aspects relating to R&D, innovation and business?
Finland

Name the cricketer who announced retirement from first class cricket recently.
Vinod Kambli

List the banks which were downgraded to CAA2 from B3
National Bank of Greece, EFG Eurobank Ergasias, Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank, Agricultural Bank of Greece and Attica Bank

List the banks which were downgraded to B3 from B1
Emporiki Bank of Greece and General Bank of Greece

Where is the International music festival being held?
Rio De Janerio

Who is set to return as Russian President?
Valdimir Putin

Which country's football league is set to start in India?
America - American Football League

Name the Chief Executive of UBS who resigned recently.
Oswald Gruebel

Who won the woman's 3-match international football series held in New Delhi?
India

Where is the 66th session of United Nations General Assembly being held?
UN Headquarters, New York

Who has been elected as president of BCCI?
N.Srinivasan

Who has been appointed as IPL Chief?
Rajiv Shukla

Which UAE college has Birla Institure of Technology is set to operate?
Royal College of Applied Science and Technology

Which sandalwood female actor is set to contest for Youth Congress chief post?
Ramya

Which kannada poet has been selected for Knanpith Award, India's highest literary honour?
Chandrashekhara Kambar

Which two Hindi authors have been chosen for India's highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for 2009?
Shrilal Shukla and Amar Kant

What and which European nation credit rating has been downgraded by S&P?
From A+/A-1+ to A/A-1, Italy

Which service has Google opened to all taking fight to Facebook?
Google Plus

In order to help farmers and push retail prices ban on which product export has been lifted recently?
Onion

Who has bee re-elected as chief of Karnataka Milk Federation?
G.Somashekara Reddy

In which country the Indian Council for Cultural Relations is set to inaugurate the Gandhi Centre on October 2nd?
Netherlands

Which part of India has been hit by bird flu recently?
West Bengal and Assam

Who won his maiden World Championship cycle tournament?
6-time Russian champion Peter Svidler

Which group has bagged the Network of the Year trophy at the Spikes Asia Advertising Festival in Singapore?
DDB Group

Which Dubai-based company has picked up 12% stake in Everonn Education?
Varkey Group's education firm Gems education

Name the company which divided its business into operating and network division recently.
Maxis-owned Aircel

Which 2 teams have been qualified for Champions League Twenty 20 cricket main draw?
Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset

Which 2 players were handed lifeline after Hockey India lifted two-year ban imposed on them for indiscipline?
Sandeep Singh and Sardara Singh

Name the board which is to be setup for all policy and certification related issues of the automobile industry.
National Automotive board

When is the World Twenty 20 cricket scheduled to begin?
September 18th 2012

Whose proposal of ODI format change was rejected by ICC recently?
Sachin Tendulkar

Which country's UN membership bid was rejected by US President Barack Obama recently?
Palestine

How long is the Emergency law valid in Egypt as the military council?
Until June 2012

Which city is the first to introduce all-electric cabs?
Mexico city(Mexico)

Which is the Latest tablet launched by Amazon.com?
Kindle Fire

Which company has produced the first glasses-free 3-D TV?
Toshiba

Which is the new hollywood sports movie in which Brad pitt is in lead role?
Money ball

Which middle-east country is set to invest in Indian markets?
Iran

Which country's court has banned Samsung tablet computer?
Germany

Which hockey tournament has been moved out of India as FIH is unhappy with the sport being run by 2 bodies - Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation?
Champions Trophy Hockey tournament

Which country-men and who won the men's 5000 metre world title at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu?
Britian's Mo Farah

Name the architect who designed 133-foot Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari passed away recently.
V.Ganapati Sthapati

Which Indian-American elected as the governor of a US state filed his re-election papers?
Bobby Jindal

Which ERP platform has IBM decided to implement at Automotive Axles?
SAP

Which country has qualified for Euro 2012 finals after winning over Liechtenstein?
Spain

How many items has been announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as duty free from Bangladesh?
61 items

Which 2 Hockey teams matches were drawn in Asian Championship Trophy?
India and Malaysia

Name the CDMA based Android 2.1 handset launched by Reliance Communications.
Coolpad CDMA

Four year-old ban on which export product was lifted at the same time prohibition on another product laid by Government?
Wheat and Onion

Which legendary singer turned 78 and debuts dubbing for her Bollywood film, 'Maaee'?
Asha Bhonsle

Who took charge as Chief General Manager of State Bank of India for Bangalore Circle, covering Karnataka?
Ashwini Mehra

Which TV show of Actor Madhavan is set to turn as a film?
Ghar Jamai

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