NATIONAL JANUARY 2011

NATIONAL JANUARY 2011

• (A.P.) - The Inter-University National Youth festival-2011 has been conducted at Sri venkateswara University Campus, Tirupathi.
• Jaipur (Rajasthan) - Asia's largest and most acclaimed 6th edition of the jaipur literature festival was completed here. Many literary figures were attended including Turkey's Nobel Prize for literature winner orhan Pamuk.
• The former Maharashtra C.M., Ashok Chawan has been named as one of the 13 accused in the FIR filed by the CBI in the Adarsh Housing Society Scam.
• Indian Railways has inaugurated Indian first Green Railway Station at Manwal on the Jammu-Udhampur Rail route. The entire power supply in this station will be provided by the Solar Energy.
• Clearing the way for the recommencement of High Technology defense and aerospace exports to India, United states has put an end to a restrictive control mechanism, that was in place since 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests to 9 Indian state-owned defense and aerospace organisations like DRDO and ISRO. 
• Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy, inaugurated 21st Horticulture Expo-2011 at the People's Plaza, in Hyderabad. 
• Famous Poet, Astavadani, National Literature Parishat Member Laxminarsimha Passed away at Prasant Nager in Sddipet.
• Union minister of science and technology and human resource development, Kapil Sibal, was inaugurated a "Geospatial World Fourm-2011" at Hyderabad International Convention Centre. 
• Geospatial World Forum 2011, a four day meet was inaugurated in Hyderabad. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi conferres Rachapudi Kamakshi Memorial Gold Medal for young Geospatial Scientist 2010 on Thiyam Tamphasana Devi, IIT Guwahati 
• A Satya Rao succeeds A Chandrasekhar Reddy as the new Press Secretary to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy. A Satya Rao is the Additional Director of Information and Public Relations Department. 
• The entire Andhra Pradesh government employees observed the first day of their three day pen down, tool down and chalk down stike for the implementation of the recommendations of 9th Pay Revision Commission (PRC). 
• Minister for Land Development and Water Resources of Uttar Pradesh Ashok Kumar Dohre was removed from the ministry and also expelled from party for his behaviour and conduct. 
• A bi-monthly magazine on Hyderabad police, 'Protector' was launched by New Media in association with Hyderabad police. The magazine aims at building up of positive image and to protect the functioning of police. 
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expanded his Council of Ministers by introducing three new faces and upgrading five Ministers. Beni Prasad Verma, Ashwani Kumar and K C Venugopal were entered newly into the Cabinet. 
• The Supreme Court described the black money matter as "pure and simple theft of national money". A list of 26 names who had accounts with Liechtenstein Bank was provided to Supreme Court by Solicitor-General Gopal Subramaniam. 
• The Brand Trust Report, India Study 2011 survey conducted by Trust Research Advisory (TRA) in Mumbai lists Nokia as the most trusted brand in India. Tata, Sony, L & G and Samsung occupied the rest of top five positions. 
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) for the whole country. The service charge of MNP was made as Rs.19. 
• "International English Language Teaching and Development Conference" Started at Hyderabad. It was three days conference, co ducted by the British Council and EFLU. 
• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's 115th birth anniversary held at the Parliament House in New Delhi. PM Manmohan Singh, senior BJP leader L.K.Advani Participated in that. 
• Additional Collector of Nashik district 'Yashwant Sonawane' was burnt alive by a kerosene mafia in Manmad, Nashik. 
• Indonesian President 'Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono', Who was the chief gust of the 62nd Republic day celebrations at Rajpath in New Delhi 
• Internationally renowned music composer A.R. Rahman received the 'Crystal Award', in the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum (WEF)' at Davos in Switzerland. 
• Quit India Movement Fighter Susheel Dara died at Mahishadal in West Bengal. He was 99 years old. He was born in 1911 March 2.
• A fire broke out on 'INS Vindhyagiri' after it collided with a foreign merchant vessel at the harbour. It was carrying family members of the naval personnel, who were celebrating 'Day at Sea'.
• The All India Women lawyers Conference-2011 was held at Hyderabad. Conference was organized by All India Federation of Women Lawyers. 
• Sabarimala pilgrimage, around 100 pilgrims died and scores of others were injured on Friday night in a stampade at Pulmedu,in Idukki district,Kerala. 
• The Wage Boards for Working Journalists and Non-journalists and other newspaper employees submitted its recommendation to Labour Secretary of Government of India. Justice GR Majithia, Chairman of the Wage Board recommended 2.5 times pay hike to employees. 
• Bangalore will host World Sanskrit Book Fair-2011 from January 7 to 10 being organised for the first time in 300 years. 
• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) launched a State -level workshop on system of rice intensification (SRI Paddy) at Hyderabad on 5/1/2011.
• The Srikrishna Committee has recommended a United Andhra Pradesh with Constitutional measures for socio, economic and political empowerment of Telangana as the "best way forward” to "continue the development of all three regions. Srikrishna Committee gave 6 options .The Committee found the fifth option the "Second best"