India signs nuclear pact with Russia during PM Singh’s visit
- India on December 7, 2009 signed a civil nuclear agreement with Russia that will guarantee uninterrupted uranium fuel supplies for its atomic reactors and transfer of technology. The agreements were signed after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow.
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Telangana Issue – Who was on Fast and why did he break it ?
K. Chandrasekhar Rao breaks fast on Union govt’s assurance
- Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao called off his 11-day hunger strike on December 10, 2009 following an announcement by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi that the process of formation of Telangana would be initiated by moving a resolution in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
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General Awareness Q and A – Answers given at the end of this post
1. Area wise, which one of the following is the largest Lok Sabha constituency?
a. Kutch
b. Kangra
c. Ladakh
d. Patna sahib
2. Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) imparts training to army officers of
a. Nepal
b. Bangladesh
c. Maldives
d. Bhutan
3. The tourism phrase Paradise Unexplored refers to
a. Jammu and Kashmir
b. North-east India
c. Chhattishgarh
d. Uttarakhand
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Awards this Month December 2009 India – “Polio Championship Award National Innovation Foundation (NIF), Maulana Abul Kalam award, President of the Press Association for 2009-10, Bharat Muni Samman, e UNICEF Award for HIV/AIDS Journalism, 2009
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The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has named Dr A P J Abdul Kalam as ‘Bharat Ka Paryavaran Ambassador’
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Other awards and prizes
Awards and Prizes 2008-2009 – Magsaysay awards 2009, Jnanpith award, Miss Universe 2009,Miss India worldwide,Femina Miss India 2009,Man Booker Int’l, 2009, Green energy prize, Jamnalal Bajaj awards, Indira Gandhi award for national integration, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri
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Nobel Prizes 2008 – Awards, Honours and Prizes Nobel Prizes 2008 Chemistry, Medicine, Economics, Literature, Peace
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World’s most attractive employer – Google
- Internet search engine Google has emerged as the most sought after company for business as well as engineering graduates, according to two surveys, which term the company as the world’s “most attractive employer”.
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Professor Yash Pal of India has won UNESCO’s annual Kalinga Prize
- Professor Yash Pal of India has won UNESCO’s annual Kalinga Prize for the popularisation of science along with a Vietnamese professor, a Tunisian expert in water management and the organisation responsible for Spain’s national park system.
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Veerappa Moily gets 21st Moortidevi Award
Union law minister and writer Veerappa Moily has been declared the winner of the prestigious Moortidevi Award, considered the most prestigious literary award in the country after the Bharatiya Jnanpith, for his work ‘Shri Ramayan Mahaniveshanam’. T N Chaturvedi was the chairman of the award selection board. Moily got the 21st Moortidevi Award.
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