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Current Events (2009) for More reading Click Here
| January 2009 | |
| 1 Jan | In a move to redress the grievances of armed forces personnel over anomalies in pay structures, the Union Government decides to place officers in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and their equivalents in the other two services on a higher pay band and constitute a separate pay commission New York (USA)-based Financial giant Merrill Lynch goes into history, as it is bought up by Bank of America Corp |
| 2 Jan | Ms. Sheikh Hasina is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| 5 Jan | National Conference President Mr. Omar Abdullah is sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir |
| 7 Jan |
In an unparalleled instance of fraud in India's corporate history, B. Ramalinga Raju resigns as chairman of Satyam Computer Services India's fourth largest IT company, after admitting that the accounts of the company were fudged to the tune of Rs. 7,106 crore over several years |
| 12 Jan |
Slumdog Millionaire, a British movie with overwhelmingly Indian content and backdrop, emerges as a big winner at the 66th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, USA, scooping up four awards including the Best Original Score for famous Indian music director A.R. Rahman |
| 15 Jan |
Mr. Radha Vinod Raju, a senior IPS officer of J&K cadre, is appointed the first Director-General of the National Investigation Agency |
| 19 Jan |
President's rule is imposed on Jharkhand, ending political uncertainty in the State following Chief Minister Mr. Shibu Soren's resignation |
| 20 Jan |
Mr. Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th President of the US, while Mr. Joe Biden is sworn in as the 47th Vice-President of the nation |
| 25 Jan |
As many as 133 personalities—10 for Padma Vibhushan, 30 for Padma Bhushan and 93 for Padma Shri—are chosen for the prestigious Padma Awards |
| 26 Jan | Eminent Hindi author Ms. Mannu Bhandari's autobiography Ek Kahni Yah Bhi is chosen for the prestigious Was Samman for 2008. |
| 27 Jan |
At an international conference on food security in Madrid, Spain, Mr. Jacques Diouf, the head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, appeals to double global food production by 2050 to ward off mass hunger |
| 29 Jan |
The World Economic Forum summit of world leaders commences in Davos, Switzerland to discuss the present economic crisis and to find solutions thereof |
| 31 Jan | State Bank of India slashes interest rates on new home loans to 8 percent To control the problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia, countries of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea pledge to cooperate in arresting pirates |
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XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Venues |
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| Badminton and Squash (Siri Fort Sports Complex); Netball (Thyagaraj Sports Complex); Rugby 7s (Delhi University); Table Tennis (Yamuna Sports Complex); Weightlifting and Wrestling (Indira Gandhi Sports Complex); Shooting (Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range);Archery Preliminaries (Yamuna Sports Complex); and Lawn Bowls (Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex). Athletics (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium); Boxing (Talkatora Indoor Stadium); Gymnastics (Indira Gandhi Stadium); Hockey (Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium); Swimming (Dr S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Complex); and Tennis (R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium). |
Head of Important Offices (International)
| Ban Ki-moon | Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation |
| Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro | Deputy Secretary-General, UN. |
| Robert Zoellick | President, World Bank. |
| Dominic Strauss-Kahn | Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
| Irina Bokova | Director-General, UNESCO. |
| Dr. Margaret Chan | Director-General, WHO. |
| Jacques Diouf | Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation |
| Juan Somavia | Director-General, International Labour Organisation |
| Ann M. Veneman | Executive Director, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) |
| Antonio Guterres | UN High Commissioner for Refugees |
| Helen Clark | Administrator, United Nations Development Programme |
| Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi | Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) |
| Angel Gurria | Secretary-General, Oranisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) |
| Ms. Rosalyn Higgins | President, International Gourt of Justice |
| Haruhiko Kuroda | President, Asian Development Bank |
| Donald Kaberuka | President, African Development Bank |
| Jacques Rogge | President, International Olympic Committee |
| Kamalesh Sharma | Secretary-General, Commonwealth |
| Muammar Qaddafi | Chairman, African Union |
| Pascal Lamy | Director-General, WTO |
| Ms. Navanethan Pillay | High commissioner, UN High Commission for Human Rights |
| Jerzy Buzek | President, European Union |
| David Morgan | President, International Cricket Council |
| Raul castro | Secretary-General, Non-Aligned Movement |
| Jose Manuel Durao Barroso | President, European Commission |
| Kandeh K. Yumkella | Director-General, UNIDO |
| Abdul-Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah | Secretary-General, Gulf Co-operation council |
| Ekmeleddin Ihanoglu | Secretary-General, Organisation of Islamic Conference |
| Abdallah Salem el-Badri | Secretary-General, Organisation of American States |
| Hifikepunye Pohamba | President, South-West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) |
| Mr. Yukiya Amano | director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
| Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) |
| Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan | Director, Commonwelath of Learning |
| Hashim Abdul Halim | Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association |
| Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid | Executive Director, UNFPA |
| Dr. Surin Pitsuwan | Secretary-General, ASEAN |
| Q.A.M.A. Rahim | Secretary-General, SAARC |
| Lamine Diack | President, International Amateur Athletic Federaton (IAAF) |
| Michael Griffin | Chief of NASA (USA) |
| Ms. Irene Zubaida Khan | Secretary-General, Amnesty International |
| States | Capital | Governors | Chief Ministers |
| Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad | Mr. E.S.L. Narasimhan | Mr. K. Rosaiah |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Gen.(Retd.) J.J. Singh | Mr. Dorjee Khandu |
| Assam | Dispur | Shri Janaki Ballav Pattanaik | Mr. Tarun Gogoi |
| Bihar | Patna | Mr. Devanand Konwar | Mr. Nitish Kumar |
| Chhatisgarh | Raipur | Shri Shekhar Dutt | Dr. Raman Singh |
| Goa | Panaji | Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu | Mr. Digambar v. Kamat |
| Gujarat | Gandhi Nangar | Dr. Kamla Beniwal | Mr. Narendra Modi |
| Haryana | Chandigarh | Mr. Jagannath Pahadia | Mr. Bhupinder S.Hooda |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Smt. Urimilaben Patel | Mr. Prem Kumar Dhumal |
| Jammu and Kashmir |
Srinagar(Summer) Jammu(Winter) ) |
Mr. N.N. Vohra | Mr. Omar Abdullah |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | Smt. Mohsina Kidwai | Shri Shibu Soren |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru | Mr. Hans Raj Bhardwaj | Mr. B.S. Yeddyurappa |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Mr. Ram Krishna S. Gavai | Mr. V.S. Achuthanandan |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Mr. Rameshwar Thakur | Mr. Shivraj Singh chauhan |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai | Shri K. Shankarnarayan | Mr. Ashok Chavan |
| Manipur | Imphal | Mr. Gurbachan Jagat | Mr. Okram Ibibo Singh |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | Mr. R.S. Mooshahary | Mr. D.D. Lapang |
| Mizoram | Aizawl | Lt.Gen.(Retd)M.M.Lakhera | Mr. Lalthanhawla |
| Nagaland | Kohima | Shri. Nikhil Kumar | Mr. Neiphiu Rio |
| Orrissa | Bhubaneshwar | Mr. M.C. Bhandare | Mr. Naveen Patnaik |
| Punjab | Chandigarh | Shri Shivraj Patil | Mr. Parkash Singh badal |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | Smt. Prabha Rau | Mr. Ashok Gehlot |
| Sikkim | Gangtok | Mr. Balmiki Prasad Singh | Mr. Pawan Chamling |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Mr. S.S. Barnala | Mr. M. Karunanidhi |
| Tripura | Agartala | Shri Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil | Mr. Manik Sarkar |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Ms. Margaret Alva | Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Mr. B.L. Joshi | Ms. Mayawati |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | Shri M.K. Narayanan | Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
Film Fare Award 2010
| Best Film | 3 Idiots |
| Best Director | Raj Kumar Hirani (3 Idiots) |
| Best Actor (Male) | Amitabh Bachchan (Paa) |
| Best Actor (Female) | Vidya Balan (Paa) |
| Best Supporting Actor (Male) | Boman Irani (3 Idiots) |
| Best Supporting Actor (Female) | Kalki Koechlin (Dev D) |
| Best Music | A R Rahman (Delhi 6) |
| Best Lyrics | Irshad Kamil (Aaj din chadya, Love aaj Kal) |
| Best Playback (Male) | Mohit Chauhan (Masakali, Delhi 6) |
| Best Playback (Female) |
Kavita Seth - Iktara, Wake up Sid Rekha Bhardwaj, Genda phool, Delhi 6 |
| Critics' Award for Best Director | Nandita Das, Firaaq |
| Critics' Award for Best Actor (Male) | Ranbir Kapoor, Wake up Sid. Ajab Prem.., Roket Singh |
| Critics' Award for Best Actor (Female) | Mahie Gill (Dev D) |
| Best Story | Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 3 Idiots |
| Best Screenplay | Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 3 Idiots |
| Best Dialogue | Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, 3 Idiots |
| Best Production Design & Art Direction | Helen Jones, Sukanta Panigrahi for Dev D |
| Best Editing | Sreekar Prasad, Firaaq |
| Best Cinematography | Rajeev Ravi, Dev D |
| Best Visual Effects | Govardhan Vigharan, Vinay Singh Chuphal, Kaminey |
| Best Action | Vijayan Master, Wanted |
| Best Choreographer | Bosco-Caeser, Chorbazari, Love Aaj Kal |
| Best Background Score | Amit Trived, Dev D |
| Best Sound Design | Manas Chaudhary, Firaaq |
| Best Costumes | Vaishali Menon, Firaaq |
| R D Barman Award for New Musical Talent | Amit Trivedi, Wake Up Sid, Dev D |
| Best Debut | Ayaan Mukherji - Wake Up Sid; Zoya Akhatar- Luck By Chance |
| Lifetime Achivment Awards | Shashi Kapoor & Khayyam |
