Current Affairs 4 - 2009

1. Father of 'Green Revolution' and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug dies at 95.
2. Former BCCI President Raj Singh Dungarpur passed away.
3. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formally appointed Yukiya Amano of Japan as its new director general from 1st December, succeeding Mohamed ElBaradei.
4. India and Mongolia signed the Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation pact.
5. Nokia to offer telecom services.
6. India beat Srilanka to clinch the Triangular Compaq Seried held in Srilanka.Champions Trophy'09 Schedule.
7. Argentina's sixth seed Del potro beat Roger Federer to Win Mens Single US Open 2009.
8. Belgian Kim Clijsters beat Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark to win Womens Single US Open 2009.more..!! Wimbledon'09,French'09,Australian Open'09.
9. Air India has signed a bilateral agreement with the Singapore Airlines ( SIA), which will enable the frequent flyer programme ( FFP) members of both airlines to earn and redeem mileage points on flights operated by each other.
10. Smt. Shyamala Gopinath, Deputy Governor is reappointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India up to June 20, 2011. Smt. Gopinath was earlier appointed as Deputy Governor on September 21, 2004 for a period of five years.
11. Chief Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of the Gujarat Cricket Asssociation (GCA) from Congress after he was elected as its President in the Annual General Meeting of the body.
12. India is proposing to launch a South Asian regional train service between Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
13. Renowned author Dr Karanjit Singh and sufi singer Pushpa Hans have bagged the literary awards of the Punjabi Academy of Delhi government for 2007-08.
14. Three electricity companies of Rajasthan "Jaipur Vidhut Vitran Nigam, Ajmer Vidhut Vitran Nigam and Jodhpur Vidhut Vitran Nigam" would provide domestic electricity connection to over 2.5 lakh BPL customers in the state during current fiscal year.
15. The National Billiards & Snooker ChampionShip will be held in Agra.
16. Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh has been signed up as brand ambassador by Neo Sports network for one year starting this October.
17. Subroto Chattopadhyay, Chairman of The Peninsula Foundation, has been unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2009-10.
18. 'Tirupati laddoo' offered to devotees at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded geographical copyright.
19. Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze passes away.
20. According to a joint study done by industry body Ficci and consultancy firm Ernst & Young, India needs an investment of Rs 70,000 crore in the healthcare sector by 2025, to increase its bed density to at least two per thousand population.
21. Sachin records the Most No. of runs in Tests(12,773) & ODI's(16,875),most no of Centuries in Test(42) & ODI's(44),most no of Man of the Matches(59) and most no of Man of the Series(14) in One Day International.