Events of January 2011

Events of January 2011

1)Shinmoedake volcano which erupted this month is located in	Japan
2)On 30 Jan 11, INS Vindhyagiri collided with MV Nordlake causing fire in INS Vindhyagiri. MV Nordlake belonged to	Cyprus
3)The state in which thousands of lawyers went on strike protesting holding of evening courts	Bihar
4)The TATA Steel Chess Tournament 2011 at which Hikaru Nakamura of the United States won the first place and Vishwanathan Anand of India, the second was held at	Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands
5)The magazine of the Parliamentarians of India brought out by the Constitution Club of India is called	Central Hall
6)Ravenshaw University which was in news recently due to a dispute involving overseas students in situated in	Orissa
7)The marching contingent which has been awarded the Best Marching Contingent Award amongst the three services for the 26 Jan, Republic Day this year	Indian Air Force
8)The marching contingent which has been awarded the Best Marching Contingent Award amongst the Para-military for the 26 Jan, Republic Day this year.	Indo-Tibetan Border Police
9)The state which has launched 'hut-free state' scheme to replace all huts in the state with permanent houses over a 6 year period	Tamilnadu
10)The state which has decided to ban non-biodegradable disposable plastic products like cups, plates and glasses with effect from 15 Aug 2011.	Himachal Pradesh
11)The CPI leader who has been honoured with the "Vidarbha Bhushan" award by the newly-formed Vidarbha Foundation	AB Bardhan
12)The singer who has been conferred Kerala government's highest music award, "Swathi Puraskaram", in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian music.	KJ Yesudas
13)The new Rs. 5 coins will bear the potrait of this President of India, in commemoration of 125 years of his birth	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
14)Loreto College, which is celebrating its centenary this year and at which Mother Teresa was once a faculty is located in	Kolkata
15)The state which is to be provided a rail link to Akhaura in Bangladesh, MOU of which is to be signed shortly	Tripura (Agartala)
16)Tuticorin Port Trust has been named after this freedom fighter, who started the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company by procuring two ships and launching the first indigenous Indian Shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo in the year 1906.	V.O. Chidambaranar Pillai
17)Maulana Gulam Mohammad Vastanvi, the VC of Darul Uloom Deoband stirred a controversy with his comments on Gujarat riots recently. The Islamic school is in Deoband which is in	Uttar Pradesh
18)Girnar mountain, which was in news for a new ropeway project awaiting clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forest is located in	Gujarat
19)The newly-appointed Commonwealth Games Organising Committee CEO	Jarnail Singh
20)The Additional District Collector of Malegaon who was burnt alive by oil mafia for interfering in the pilferage of kerosene in Nashik	Yashwant Sonawane
21)The social networking site which banned an online group 'I hate Gandhi' for maligning Mahatma Gandhi	Facebook
22)The Indian discuss thrower who ranked 4th at the 2010 Asian Games but was awarded the bronze medal because the original bronze medallist from Qatar tested positive for drugs -	Vikas Gowda
23)President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the Chief Guest at the 2011 Republic Day celebrations is the President of	Indonesia
24)This tableau made a comeback at the 2011 Republic Day celebrations after a 3 year gap	Delhi Tableau
25)The Sail Training ship built by Goa Shipyard Ltd s the latest addition to the Indian Navy	INS Sudarshini
26)The National Communal Harmony Award 2010 was awarded to this writer and social worker	Acharya Lokesh Muni
27)The army officer from the Army Medical Corps who was awarded the Ashok Chakra for his act of bravery in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan	Major Laishram Jyotin Singh
28)The rank of India in 2010 Global Prosperity Index, listed by the London based institute, Legatum	88
29)Pt Bhimsen Joshi, and exponent of Khayal Gayki of the Kirana Gharana who died on Jan 24 was awarded the Bharat Ratna in	2008
30)Jal Hans, India's 1st Seaplane Service, launched recently by Pawan Hans and the Administration of Andaman and Nicobar islands connects Port Blair and	Havelock Islands.
31)India's 1st Geothermal Power Plant which is expected to come up in Maharashtra within the next three year is being set up by	Thermax
32)India's first private firm to manufacture small civil aircraft which is likely to roll out its first machines by March this year	Mahindra Aerospace
33)US court has issued summons against this minister for his alleged involvement in 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Indian Govt has sought diplomatic immunity for him.	Urban Dev. Minister Kamalnath
34)The music director who will be given the Crystal Award for his achievements in the world of art and music at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.	AR Rahman
35)The state which has decided to issue multi-purpose identity cards to its fishermen to prevent infiltration	Orissa
36)The committee which is looking into Commonwealth Games' irregularities	Shunglu Committee
37)The city in which Mata Gujri Herbal Park has come up in a total area of 2.6 acres.	New Delhi
38)The mass contact programme launched by AP government	Rachabanda
39)National Girl Child Day with the theme 'Adolescent Girls: Issues and Challenges' was celebrated on	24 Jan 2011
40)Italian built fleet tanker which was inducted into the Indian Navy	INS DEEPAK
41)India Art Summit 2011, held in New Delhi from 20 - 23 Jan 2011 was organised by	Fourth Dimension.
42)The Russian built aircraft carrier which will replace Indian Navy's aircraft carrier, INS VIRAT by 2018	INS Vikramaditya
43)The Geospatial World Forum 2011 was held in Jan 2011 in the following city	Hyderabad
44)The Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, the first case of which was detected in Ahmedabad is transmitted through	Animal ticks
45)The private airline company hitherto engaged in domestic operations has been accorded clearance by the government to launch international operations to Singapore, Bangkok etc. Earlier the company was in news for placing an order for 100 Airbus A320 aircraft.	IndiGo Airlines
46)Asia's largest literary festival, a book show held over 5 days from 21 Jan 2011 and organised by William Dalrymple and Namita Gokhale was held in	Jaipur
47)The parental house of this former Prime Minister in Ramnagar is to be converted into a museum to attract tourists to the place. The house has been renovated by the UP Govt and will house things relating to his life and work	Lal Bahadur Shastriy
48)Jungle Mahal, a maoist affected area where train services were temporarily suspended for about 7 months is in	West Bengal
49)The film which won the best motion picture (drama) award at the Golden Globe Awards 2011	The Social Network
50)The actor who won the best actor award at the Golden Globe Awards 2011	Colin Firth
51)The actress who won the best actress award at the Golden Globe Awards 2011	Natalie Portman
52)This fair was held at Dilli Haat, New Delhi from 19 to 31 Jan 11. The fair is jointly organised by Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) and Min of Rural Development to facilitate the Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) beneficiaries, rural artisans, craftsmen, Self Help Group and NGOs to exhibit and sell their products and provide them with opportunities for additional income	Shishir SARAS Mela
53)The organisation which is adopting 5 districts of Uttar Pradesh to promote Organic Farming	Assocham
54)It is a Windows-specific computer worm. It came into news as it is said to have damaged Iran's nuclear facilities in Natanz thus delaying the start up of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant.	Stuxnet
55)Parashuram Kund, which received a record number of devotees who took a holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. According to a Hindu legend, Parashuram had once bathed in this kund to seek atonement from his sin of matricide. The Hindus today believe that if a person takes a dip in the kund once, his sins would be wiped out forever. Parshuram Kund is located in	Arunachal Pradesh (Lohit district)
56)The state in which 34th National Games 2011 are being held	Jharkhand
57)This organisation which was established on 15 Jan 1875 keeps a watch on monsoon, cyclones, earthquakes etc. in India is celebrating 135 years of establishment	The India Meteorological Department
58)The team which won the Ranji Trophy for the first time in 2010. It defeated Baroda in the final match at Vadodara	Rajasthan
59)As per Dr. Veerappa Moily , the Minister for Law and Justice, the pendency of cases in Indian Courts is to be brought down from 15 years to	3 years
60)As per ASER 2010, Annual Status of Education Report 2010, released by the Vice-President of India Mr Hamid Ansari on Jan 14, the percentage of children not enrolled in schools for the year 2010 is (Read more in Current Topics)	3.5% (4% for 2009)
61)The state which has decided to undertake GPS Mapping of all primary, middle, high and senior secondary schools in the state to identify locations for opening new institutes	Haryana
62)The Internet Protocol version which is set to succeed version 4 of Internet Protocol currently in use. IPv4 uses 32 bits and is nearing exhaustion . Government has decided to implement this version for all government departments by Mar 2010	IPv6 using 128 bits
63)SALVEX (Salvage Exercises), conducted in Jan 201 1 off Port Blair in the Andaman Sea, involving INS Nireekshak, the diving tender of the Indian Navy and USS Safeguard a specialised salvage ship was jointly conducted by India and	the USA
64)The Indian industrialist selected for Jawarharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award by Indian Science Congress	Ratan Tata
65)R&D Centre for Defence Shipbuilding named National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding (NIRDESH) is to come up at	Chaliyam, near Kozhikode (Calicut).
66)The new Ambedkar Sanctuary, where migratory birds from Siberia, China and Europe have started flocking is located in	Pratapgarh in UP
67)First Indian Comic Convention to facilitate direct interaction between readers and writers for creating new projects in country's comic industry will be held in Feb in	New Delhi
68)Bilateral Naval Exercise VARUNA 10 was conducted between the Indian Navy and this country's navy in the Arabian Sea in Jan 2011	France
69)The new index of 50 companies out of BSE 500 companies launched by Bombay Stock Exchange in Dec 2010	Shariah 50
70)This 17-year-old social activist from Chennai has been selected to attend the five-day World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland starting January 26. She and her colleagues will address on the theme 'Shared Norms for the New Reality. Besides, spiritual gurus Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Amritananda Mayi and Nikhilananda Saraswati (Chinmaya Mission) have also been invited to the forum	Anjali Chandrashekhar
71)New post cards introduced by the postal dept which will be priced at 25 ps and carry advertisements	Meghdoot Postcards
72)The 3rd Research Base at Larsemann Hills, Antartica, the foundation stone for which was laid recently at New Delhi is named	Bharati