Current Affairs 6 - 2009

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1. Samsung SDI, a rechargeable battery maker by partnering with Bosch, a supplier of automobile components, plans to start commercial production of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles by 2011. The joint venture between the two companies is called SB LiMotive.
2. The government approved establishment of nine National Institutes of Technology (NITs) which will start functioning from next year.These national level institutes will be set up at a cost of Rs 2,350 crore in Manipur, Mizoram, Goa, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Pudducherry, Uttarakhand and Delhi.At present, there are 20 NITs in the country.
3. Bishop Cotton School to celebrate 150th foundation year next month(October).
4. The Navy has launched a stealth destroyer capable of carrying nuclear warheads,the 6,500-tonne warship INS Kochi was indigenously built by Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Ltd and designed by the Directorate of Naval Design. It will add to the existing Delhi class fleet comprising INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai.
5. The International Congress of Mathematicians will be held in Hyderabad from August 19-27, 2010.
6. The Kerala Assembly passed the 'Pampa River Basin Authority Bill', with the aim of conservation of water resources and river basin of Pampa, the river where thousands of Sabarimala pilgrims take a dip before proceeding to the famous hill shrine.
7. Gambhir Gambhir wins Castrol best cricketer of 2008 award.
8. India and Belarus signed three agreements i)including a USD 50 million commercial contract for a power plant in the former Soviet republic(Belarus). ii) India will set up a Digital Learning Centre at the High Technology Park in Belarus. iii)Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) signed a contract worth USD 50 million for supply of equipment and provision of technical supervision for installation of 120 MW Grodno-II Combined Heat and Power Plant.
9. Inflation back in positive zone,rises to 0.12% after remaining in negative zone for 13 consecutive weeks for the week ended Sep 5th 2009 and RBI said it may rise to 6% by march 2010.
10. India stood at 44th position in IT competitiveness Index, while US continued to lead the Global IT Industry followed by Finland and Sweden respectively,a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit.
11. The 2010 Shooting World Cup that is going to be held in Delhi,as been Cancelled.
12. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said, Japan overtakes United States of America to be No.1 in the maximum number of patents in 2007.
13.  India's Tata Motors has been sanctioned a 10 million pounds loan for its new electric car project in the UK by the British government. 
14.  US President Barack Obama has appointed Indian American Arun Majumdar as in-charge of advanced research in the field of energy, one of the key posts in his administration.
15. The Centre's ambitious Rs 2,000-crore project to bring all 16,000 police stations in the country under a single network to counter terror challenges will become operational by 2011-12.
16. Gaganjeet Bhullar pipped Randhawa to win DLF Masters golf tournament in Gurgaon.
17.  A 105-year-old woman(Saraswati jhadav) of Suburban Andheri has become the oldest person to apply online for voter identity card.
18. India to become $8bn drugs market for MNCs by 2015,a study by FICCI-Ernst & Young.
19. RIM and Aircel join hands for BlackBerry services in India.
20. A Ficci-Ernst & Young report today said the Indian pharmaceutical market is expected to triple to 20 billion dollars by 2015 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.3%.