International November 2010
1. North Korea and South Korea on November 23, 2010 exchanged several rounds of artillery after. North Korea shelled South
Korea Island of the Yetmpyeong Island in the disputed waters of the Yellow Sea. The island is inhabited by 16000 people.
2. Wadi Hanifa Wetlands, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Revitalization of the Hypercentre of Tunis, the Madinat Al-zahra
Museum, Cordoba Spain, the lpekyol Textile Factory, Edirine, Turkey and the Bridge School, Xiashi Fujian, China are the five
projects spread across the globe which have emerged as the winners of the 2010 Aga Khan Award of Architecture.
3. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in President for his second term on November 19, 2010. He was re-
elected in January 2010 presidential election with a huge margin victory over the opposition candidate former Army Chief
Sarath Fonseka.
4. Myanmar’s celebrated pro-democracy and a political prisoner of global stature 65 year old Aung San Suu Kyi related from
house arrest in Yangon on November 13, 2010 by Myanmarese ruling military junta after a long period of time.
5. As per recent report of International Labour Organization the unemployment graph is still moving up and this year it has
touched an all time high of 210 million thus moving up by 30 million since 2007.
The Man Who has been Secretary been General of Interpol for the past 10 years, was on November 9, 2010 reelected to the
same post for a third five years term at the global police agency’s general assembly session in Dohar, Qatar.
7. Roger Federer won the Swiss Indoors title on November 7, 2010 in Basel after defeating Novak Djokovic 6-4 3-6, 6-1.
8. Dilma Rousseff was elected as the first-ever woman President of Brazil recently after getting 56% of the ballots while her
rival Jose Serra-the former Governor of Sao Paulo station just 44% vote.
9. Kenya’s runner David Rudisha and Croatian high jumper star Blanka Vlasic were named male and female athletes of the
year for 2010 respectively by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on November 21, 2010.
10. China grabbed in November 2010, 416 medals (199 golds 119 silver and 98 bronze) at 16th Asiad in Guangzhou, China
followed by Korea (232 medals) and Japan (216 medals).
India November, 2010
1. The construction work of 700 MWe Pressured Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar began in November 2010. The
700 MWe units are the country’s biggest indigenous reactors in which natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as both
moderate and coolant is used.
2. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya clinched the men’s title while the 2008 winner Aselefech Mergia won in the women’s elite
category at the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on November 21, 2010 in Delhi.
3. Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has launched a special scheme Sabla or the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Adolescent
Girls as a pilot project in 200 most backward districts. The scheme would address the nutritional and special training aspects of
girls between the age of 11-18 years.
4. Weekly magazine ‘Tehelka’ has been seceded for the IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism 2010 for outstanding
journalistic work.
5. As per a Pneumonia Report Card released by the International Vaccine Access Centre (IVAC) on behalf of the Global
Coalition against Child Pneumonia 3,70,000 or nearly one Quarter of deaths from Pneumonia occur in India alone.
6. The UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural organization) has recently inscribed three Indian
performing-art forms, the Mudiyetu (a ritual theatre of Kerala), the Chhau dance (a tradition from eastern India) and the
Kalbelia (folk songs and dances of Rajasthan) in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
7. The Strategic Forces Command of the Army on November 25, 2010 tested the surface-to-surface missile from the Integrated
Test Range (ITR) on Wheeler Island off Damra village on the Orissa Coast.
8. Chirag United defeated JCT on November 7, 2010 to bag the Durand Cup (football) in New Delhi. It was Chirag United’s
most precious title.
9. During US President Obama’s visit to India, India signed with USA deals worth – $ 10 billion 9 During US President
Barack Obama’s visit to India, deals worth $ 10 billion (nearly Rs. 44,000 core) were reached in first week of November 2010
which will create 50,000 jobs in the US.
10. Manu Joseph has bagged the Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010 for his debut novel ‘Serious men’.
11. Andhra Pradesh Assembly speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy was sworn in as the new Chief Minister on November 25, 2010
after K. Rosaiah resigned citing health reasons.
12. Indira Gandhi-The world’s longest serving woman Prime Minister has been ranked by the Time Magazine as the 9th most
powerful woman of the past century while another Indian woman Mother Teresa has been ranked 22nd most powerful woman
of the past (20th) century of the world by the magazine.
13. Additional Solicitor General and Delhi High Court Bar Association President A. S. Chandhiok has been honoured with the
Sikh of the year 2010 award for his outstanding achievement in the legal field and working for betterment of society.
14. India won 14 gold medals, 17 silver medals and 33 bronze medals (total 64 medals) at 16th Asiad in Guangzhou, China in
November 2010.
International December 2010
• Egypt’s top two opposition parties pulled out of parliamentary elections.
• Prussia and Qatar awarded the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups respectively.
• Chinese passenger train hit record 486 kmph speed.
• Laurent Gbagbo sworn in for a new term as Ivory Coast Prez.
• 3 Russian navigation satellites crashed into Pacific.
• Prez Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party swept Eqypt’s parliamentary polls.
• Group of 14 nations urged Myanmar to include Suu Kyi in political process.
• Iteland set out record austerity budget.
• US House approved $200m Israel missile defense aid.
• Anti- Wikileaks Bill Introduced in US Congress.
• Students protest varsity fee hike in Britain.
• Cancun pact inked, Kyoto on way out.
• Sri Lanka scrapped Tamil version of national anthem.
• Lanka denied plan to ban anthem in Tamil.
• Cuba launched its own online encyclopedia.
• Irish Parliament approved EU/ IMF bailout package.
• US Sued BP for billions of $ for oil spill.
• US drone attacks killed 15 in Pak’s Khyber tribal region.
• China, Pak inked deals worth $30bn.
• Immigration Bill defeated in U S.
• Belarus’ Prez Alexander Lu kashenko won fourth term in office.
• Pak test-fired nuclear-capable Ghauri missile.
• Iraq House nod to new’ coalition government.
• US slapped fresh financial sanctions against Iran.
• Greece Passed austerity budget.
• Russian Parliament approved START.
• 46 Peoples dead in terrorist attack in Pakistan.
• Former Venezuelan Prez Carlos Andres Perez died
• S. Korea vowed retaliation if North repeated assault.
• UAE cancelled six-month visa ban for foreign workers.
• The Russian-American New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) won preliminary approval of the Russian
Parliament by a 350-56 majority in the first of three votes on December 24, 2010 in the State Duma-Lower House of
Parliament, though the parliament postponed its final approval till next year.
• Pakistan on December 21, 2010, successfully test-fired Hatf V (Ghauri)-a Medium Range Ballistic Missile-capable of
carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads over 1,300 km.
• Cameroon’s Samuel Eto of Inter Milan was named African Player of the year for a record fourth time on December 20,
2010. He also won this honour in 2003, 2004 and 2005.
• Mark Zuckerberg founder and Chief executive of the Facebook-social networking site that has more than half billion
users has been named Time Magazines 2010 Person of the Year in December 2010
• The New Crusading Guide-a daily newspaper from Ghana in West Africa has been named the winner of Rajasthan
Patrika Group’s K.C. Kulish International Award for Excellence in Print Media Journalism 2009 for its series of reports
on Ghana’s Madhouse and Chinese sex mania.
• Since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850 the year 2010 is almost certain to rank in the top three
warmest years. As per World Meteorological Organization data at present 201O’s nominal value is the highest on
record just ahead of 1998 and 2005.
• Russia and Qatar were awarded the 2018 and 2022 World Cups (Football) following a secret ballot of 22 FIFA
executive committee members in Zurich on December 2, 2010. The 2014 World Cup of Football will be held in Brazil.
• Serbia’s Vicktor Troicki beat France’s Michael Llodra to clinch Davis Cup (Tennis) 2010 in Belgrade. It was Serbia’s
first title in the 110 year old competition.
• England retained the Ashes Test Series after an innings and 157 run victory in the fourth Test against Australia in
Melbourne on December 29, 2010 with one match yet play. It was Englands biggest win over Australia since 1956.
India 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.
