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India and China established hotline.
• India and China signed a part on April 7, 2010 to set up a hotline to open
direct communications between their Prime Ministers.
• Chinese Premier is Wen Jiabao.
Port Blair port has been classified as the 13th major port of India.
For Kharif Crop MSP year 2010‐11, the government has increased the MSP of Paddy (common and grade A) by Rs 50/quintal.
The projected GDP growth rate for 2010‐11 by CSO stands at 8.5%.
• CSO: Central Statistical Organisation.
Vietnam and Myanmar are the new nations of ASEAN included in the group of nations having FTA with India with effect from June1, 2010.
• FTA: Free Trade Agreement.
The government has made it mandatory for all listed companies to have a minimum 25 percent share to the public.
Punjab and Sindh Bank is the only public sector bank, which is still not issued its shares to the general public.
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India’s biggest grid connected solar power plant with a capacity to generate 3MW has been set up at Yelesandra village in Bangarpet Taluk of Kolar district, Karnataka.
Anti‐tank missile Nag was successfully test fired on June 13, 2010.
Cut motion against UPA fails. • The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government on April 27,2010
survived a trial of strength in the Lok Sabha as the cut motion moved by opposition were defeated(201/289) owing mainly to the support provided by BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party).
Plantation Labour Bill Passed. The Plantation Labour (Amendment) Bill 2008 passed by Parliament in April 2010 empowered state governments to make rules for prohibiting restricting employment of women and adolescents in handling or using hazardous chemicals.
The government has approved the establishment of a National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency. This initiative will help save nearly 23 million tonnes of oil equivalent (MTOE) and reduce green house gases emissions of 98.55 million tonnes.
Eight missions are included in National Action Plan on climate change.
On June 28, 2010 India signed a civil nuclear co‐operation agreement with Canada.
India on June 18, 2010 successfully test‐fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable, ballistic missile Prithvi II from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Orissa coast.
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Iran and Pakistan signs gas deal for pipeline. The pipeline will connect Iran’s giant South Fars Gas field with Pakistan’s southern Baluchistan and Sindh provinces.
The annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on June 11, 2010.
Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Finland, Kyrgyzstan and Slovakia have women heads of state and government from 2010.
The fourth summit of Group of 20 (G‐20) met in Toronto, Canada, June 27, 2010.
The G‐8 summit was held in the last week of June 2010 at Canada.
The US, The UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia are members of the G‐8.
Kaveri Engine: Kaveri Engine is the indigenously designed and developed that will power fighter aircraft, especially Light Combat Aircraft Tejas in India.
US Federal unveil further stimulus.
• The US Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of USA decided to purchase US government bonds worth $600 billion by June 2011 to rejuvenate the sagging American economy. The decision was taken in the first week of November 2010.
• The apex bank has already bough government and mortgage securities worth about $1.7 trillion between January 2009 and March 2010.
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In the 2010 Failed State Index released by the prestigious Foreign Policy Magazine Somalia tops the list followed by Zimbabwe, Sudan and Chad.
A WHO report reveals that India is home to the maximum number of stunted or low‐height‐for‐age children in the world of 48%, followed by China with 22 percent.
International Maths Prize named after Bhaskaracharya’s Leelavati.
Sanctions against Pak based terrorist organizations:
• The US on November 4, 2010 slapped sanctions on the Pakistan based terror groups, Lashkar‐e‐Taiba (LeT) and Jaish‐e‐Mohammad (JeM).
Robsut Tax collection:
• The Centre’s direct tax collection is Rs.2.04 lakh crore in the first seven months April‐October in 2010‐11making a jump of about 18% growth over Rs 1.73 lakh crore in 2009‐10. Corporate Income Tax registered 22.05% growth during the period. The revenue proceeds under this head stood as Rs.1.34 lakh crore in 2010‐11 as against Rs 1.10 lakh crore in the same period in 2009‐10
Coal India Ltd’s IPO: Coal India Limited launched India’s largest Initial Public Offer (IPO) for Rs.15, 200 crore.