Current Affair

*New York is the America's largest city
*Which country is higest consumer of heroine in South Asia ?
Ans : India
*France will host G8 summit in 2011
*Maple Leaf 2007 is the worlds largest gold coin sold in Vienna
*Russia is building the world's largest telescope in Antartica .
*Britain has launched a new Google Earth Map.
*Russia will establish a new space center .
*US retailer Wal-Mart Stores has topped the Fortune 500 list.
*India has topped in World Bank's Loan List.
*RIL discovered 7th Oil Well in Gujarat block
*Tata has proposed to set up the country's largest solar photo voltaic plant in Gujarat.
*India is the 2nd largest wireless market in the world after China.
*DTC bill tabled in LS; proposes exemption limit of Rs 2 Lakh The Government on Monday tabled the much-awaited Direct Taxes Code bill (DTC) in the Lok Sabha which proposed to raise the exemption limit on income tax from the current Rs 1.6 lakh to Rs two lakh.
*NAC to consult Agri ministry on food security bill
*US to release stamp on Mother Teresa on 5th Sept : TheUS has decided to release a postage stamp in the honour of India's Nobel prize winner Mother Teresa on 5th September, the US Postal Service has announced.
*NASA tests most powerful booster rocket ever : NASA and aerospace company ATK Aerospace Systems successfully have tested the most powerful solid-fuel rocket engine ever, even though its future in the space program remains in doubt
*Sonia elected Congress President for 4th term
*Sachin becomes IAF's honorary Group Captain
*India elected as Secretary of Interpol : Wildlife crime group India has been elected for the post of Secretary in the Wildlife Crime Working Group of the Interpol for thefirst time
*US Report listsIndia as third most powerful nation in world : A US official report on global governance has declared Indiaas the third most powerful country in the world after the US and China
*'Peepli Live' India's official entry for Oscars 2011
*'World Statesman Award' for PMA top US official described PM Manmohan Singh as "a man of uncommon decency and grace" who has led the way in building the Indo-US partnership, as he presented the Indian leader 'The World Statesman Award
*Mukesh tops Forbes list ofIndia'srichest : RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani hastopped Forbes magazine's list of the 100 richest Indians for the third year in-a-row, pipping billionaires like L N Mittal and Azim Premji with a net worth of USD 27 billion
*Chennai Super Kings beat Warriors to win CL T20 :
Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings thrashed South African home favourites Warriors by 8 wickets to win the Champions League Twenty20 final at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Sunday
* SBI employees rank bottom among PSBs in bringing business: RBI
* Country's first ever dedicated 'Sports Injury Centre' inaugurated : India on Sunday got its first ever dedicated 'Sports Injury Centre' as it braces to host the 19th Commonwealth Games at New Delhi
*Mahatma Gandhi, Shastri remembered on birth anniversaryIndia is observing the 141st anniversary of the father of the nation Mahatama Gandhi and 106th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on Saturday
*Aruna Roy honoured with Lal Bahadur Shastri AwardAruna Roy, social and political activist and member of the National Advisory Council, was on Friday honoured with the coveted Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for her "arduous journey" and dedication towards the issues of the common man.
*India Post brings out Special CWG Opening ceremony stampThe Indian postal department has brought out a special stamp to commemorate the opening ceremony of the19th edition of the Commonwealth Games that kick started in the capital on Sunday.
*Geim and Novoselov win Nobel Prize in Physics : Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize in physics
*Indian shooters open gold medal chest on day two : Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang shot down the country's first gold medal in the Commonwealth Games on the second day ofcompetitions on Tuesday before Rahi Sarnobat and Anisa Sayyed added the second one at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.
*Test-tube baby pioneer Edwards wins medicine Nobel : Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for developing in-vitro fertilisation, a breakthrough that has helped millions of infertile couples worldwide have children
* American Richard Heck & Japanese researchers Elichi Negishi & Akira Suzuki won the 2010 Nobel prize in Chemistry.
* Chinese dissident Liu wins Nobel Peace PrizeChinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights inChina.
* MARIO VARGAS LLOSA OF PERU HAS WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE.Andrei Geim & Konstantin Novoselov, RUSSIA have WON the Nobel prize 2010 for PHYSICS
*India elected to UNSC as non-permanent member? .
*British author Howard Jacobson wins Booker Prize
*Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI) is a new index being included in Human Development Index.
*Green Banking Channel has been launched by SBI
*Miss world 2010 will be held in Sanya,China.
*Miss Earth 2010 will be held in Nha Trang,Vietnam.
*Miss Universe 2010 is Ximena Navarrete of Mexico .
*World's longest tunnel breaks down Swiss Alpine barrier