Current Affairs 7 - 2009

1. The Renault Formula One team given two-year suspended ban from the sport by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for ordering Nelson Piquet junior to crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
2. The Meghalaya government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Microsoft Corporation for imparting digital literacy and capacity building across the educational community involving students, teachers and institutions.
3. Sahabaz Khan of Kolkata won the national junior billiards championship by defeating Mundir Shiraji of Karnataka, in Agra.
4. Roger Federer clinched Switzerland's return to the Davis Cup World Group with a comfortable 6-3 6-0 6-4 victory over Italy's Potito Starace in Genoa.
5. Dell Inc said it has agreed to buy the information technology services company Perot Systems Corp for about $3.9 billion.
6. BJP MLA Dushyant Patel has been elected as the president of Bharuch District Cricket Association (BDCA).
7.  According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in November 2006,India ranked 9th in World Tree Planting.
8. Noted journalist and columnist Yasin Dalal has entered Limca Book of Records for writing 65 books on subjects related to journalism.
9. Uttar Pradesh defeated hosts Hyderabad by 59 runs to win the Moin-ud-Dowla cricket tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
10. Veteran journalist G S Bhargava has passed away,who held the post of Resident Editor of Indian Express in Hyderabad.