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Saturday, 15 October 2011

CURRENT AFFAIRS AUGUST 2, 2011


Ace Shooter Ronjan Sodhi ranked No.1 by ISSF
Ronjan Sodhi : Champion double-trap shooter and Asian Games gold medalist
Sodhi ranked No.1 in the world by the International Shooting Sport Federation
(ISSF)
Sodhi won gold in the World Cup Finals in Turkey in 2010
He recently won the silver medal in the Beijing World Cup to reserve a seat in the
Olympics
India-Japan CEPA comes into Force
India- Japan CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) entered into
force
India’s 3rd CEPA (after Singapore and South Korea)
India’s 1st CEPA with a developed country
India Japan CEPA was signed on 16th Feb, 2011 in Tokyo
2010TK7 : The 1st Trojan Asteriod of Earth Discovered
Astronomers discover 2010TK7 using WISE Telescope
2010TK7 – First known Trojan Asteroid in Earth’s Orbit
Trojan asteroids were anticipated but never discovered yet
New Director (Finance) of Power Grid Corporation of India: R.T.Agarwal
New Director (Finance) PGCIL (Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd): R.T. Agarwal
FM asked Industrialists to recommend ways to revitalize Indian Economy
The Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee asked the Indian industry to give
explicit recommendations to the government for revitalizing the Indian economy
As per Mr. Mukherjee the journey on the road of reforms will continue and the
weakening of business sentiment is somewhat due to an uncertain global
environment and partly due to rising cost of domestic credit, but the
fundamentals of the economy remain strong. The pessimism regarding deficiency
of movement on policies and institutional process is based more on perception
than facts
Rajiv Awas Yojana anticipated to envelop about 250 cities across country
by the end of 2017
The Rajiv Awas Yojana is anticipated to cover about 250 cities nationwide by
the end of 2017
The scheme was launched in pursuance of the Government’s vision of creating a
slum-free India in June 2011
The States to select the cities in consultation with the Centre
States to include all cities with over 3 Lakh population as per the 2001 Census
Scheme meant to benefit slum-dwellers and the urban poor

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