December Current Affairs 2010

·        The government approved additional capital infusion of Rs 6,000 crore in 10 public sector banks with an objective to raise its holding to a minimum 58 per cent in all state-run banks.  The government has already announced infusion of Rs 15,000 crore in the Budget to ensure that capital adequacy ratio of all the public sector banks increase to 7 per cent.

·        The World Bank has approved a USD 45 million technical assistance loan for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to help improve its operational efficiency.

·        Lt Gen A S Lamba, a senior Artillery officer, will take over as new Army Vice Chief. Lamba, replacing Lt Gen P C Bharadwaj who retired from service on November 30.

·        B Saroja Devi has been chosen for the prestigious N T Rama Rao National Film Award for 2009. Noted director K Raghavendra Rao has been chosen for the B N Reddy National Film Award while media baron and film producer Ch Ramoji Rao has been chosen for the Nagireddy- Chakrapani National Award instituted by the Andhra Pradesh.

·        India to provide Rs 7.83 cr in assistance to Nepal. India has stepped up efforts to boost health and educational infrastructure in Nepal, which is still reeling under the impact of the decade-long Maoists insurgency that ended in 2006, with an assistance of Rs 7.83 crore.

·        Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) was conferred with Mini Ratna status.

·        World number three Novak Djokovic and the unheralded Viktor Troicki swept Serbia to an historic first Davis Cup title overturning an overnight deficit to beat nine-time winners France 3-2.

·        Ace Indian marksman Gagan Narang ended the year 2010 as the number one Asian shooter, according to the latest rankings issued by Asian Shooting Confederation.

·        India and the Arab Nations will soon become major trading partners, exhibiting significant improvement in two-way trade and is expected to reach $120 billion by 2010–11 and $240 billion by 2014," industry body CII today said in its report.

·        India ranks fourth in Asia and tenth in the world in plant diversity.

·        Saina Nehwal wins Hong Kong Super Series by defeating Shixian Wang of China to clinch her third Super Series title of the year(2010) at the Hong Kong Open.

Current Affairs Updates - 2010

57th National Film Awards 2010:

The 57^th National film awards were announced on 16-09-2010.

Amitabh Bachchan bags his third National Award for his performance in “Paa”, previously he got for the films ‘Agneepath’(1991) and ‘Black’(2001).

List of 2010 Winners:

·        Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan for ‘Paa’.

·        Best Actress –  Ananya Chatterjee for Abohoman (Bengali).

·        Best Director - Rituparno Ghosh for Abohoman.

·        Best Film - 'Kutty Shrank'(Malayalam).

·        Best Popular Film – ‘3 Idiots’.

·        Best Film on Social Issues - Shyam Benegal's 'Well Done Abba'.

·        Best Film on National Integration - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Dilli-6'.

·        Best Music Director - Amit Trivedi for Dev D.

·        Best lyrics - Swananad Kirkirey for 3 Idiots.

·        Best Playback Singer (Male) - Rupam Islam.

·        Best Playback Singer (Female) - Niranjana Sarkar (Housefull).

·        Best Sound Engineer - Rasool Pookutty.

·        Best Supporting Actor - Farooq Sheikh for 'Lahore'.

·        Best Supporting Actress - Arundhati Nag for ‘Paa’.

·        Best Choreography - K Shivashankar for film Magadheera.

·        Best Special Effects - Kamalakannan for film Magadheera.

US OPEN 2010:      

The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships is one of the four grand slam tennis tournament held every year.

List of 2010 winners:

S.no		Winners	Runners
1.	Men’s Single	Rafael Nadal(ESP)	Novak Djokovic(SRB)
2.	Women’s Single	Kim Clijsters(BEL)	Vera Zvonareva(RUS)
3.	Mixed Doubles	Liezel Huber, Bob Bryan(US)	Kveta Peschke(CZE), Aisam-Ul-Haq Quereshi(PAK)
4.	Men’s Doubles	Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan(US)	Bopanna(IND), Qureshi(PAK)
5.	Women’s Doubles	N. Petrova(RUS), L Huber(US)	Yung-Jan Chan(TPE), Jie Zheng(CHN)

55th Film fare Awards 2009

The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film Awards. The Filmfare Awards have been often referred to as Hindi film industry's equivalent of the Oscar.

The 55th Filmfare awards 2009 function was held on Saturday night 27th Feb 2010 at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.

List of the Filmfare Awards 2009 winners:

·        Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male): Amitabh Bachchan – Paa

·        Best Actor In A Leading Role (Female): Vidya Balan – Paa

·        Best Film: 3 Idiots

·        Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots

·        Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Boman Irani – 3 Idiots

·        Best Music: A R Rahman – Delhi-6

·        Best Playback Singer (Male): Mohit Chauhan – Masakalli – Delhi-6

·        Best Playback Singer (Female): Rekha Bharadwaj – Genda Phool – Delhi-6 & Kavita Seth – Iktara – Wake Up Sid

·        Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) : Kalki Koechlin – Dev D

·        Best Debut Director (Male): Ayan Mukherjee – Wake Up Sid

·        Best Debut Director (Female): Zoya Akhtar – Luck By Chance

·        Best Actor (Male) Critics: Ranbir Kapoor

·        Best Actor (Female) Critics: Mahie Gill – Dev D

·        Best Film (Critics): Firaaq

·        Best Lyrics: Irshad Kamil – Aaj Din Chadiya – Love Aaj Kal

·        Best Story: Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots

·        Best Screenplay: Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat Joshi – 3 Idiots

·        Best Dialogue: Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 3 idiots

·        Best Editing: Sreekar Prasad – Firaaq

·        Best Choreography: Bosco – Caesar – Chor Bazaari – Love Aaj Kal

·        Best Visual Effect Award: Kaminey

·        Best Sound Design: Manas Chaudhury – Firaaq

·        Best Production Design: Helen & Sukant – Dev D

·        Best Cinematography: Rajeev Rai – Dev D

·        Best Action: Vijayan Master – Wanted

·        Best Costume: Vaishali Menon – Firaaq

·        Best Background Score: Amit Trivedi – Dev D

·        Special Award: Nandita Das – Firaaq

·        Lifetime Achievement Award: Shashi Kapoor – Khayyam

·        R D Burman Music Award: Amit Tivedi

Current Affairs (PTR) - 2010

56^th National Film awards:

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India presented by Directorate of Film Festivals under Govt. of India.The Awards was first presented in 1954.

List of National Film Award Winners:

Best Actor -  Upendra Limaye for Jogwa (Marathi)

Best Actress - Priyanka Chopra for Fashion (Hindi)
Best Director -  Bala for Naan Kadavul (Tamil)
Best Film – Antaheen (Bengali)

Best Music Direction – Ajay Atul for Jogwa (Marathi)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!

Best Children's Film – Gubbachigalu (Kannada)

Best Supporting Actor – Arjun Rampal for Rock On!! (Hindi)

Best Supporting Actress – Kangana Ranaut for Fashion (Hindi)

Best Child Artist – Shams Patel

Special Jury Award (Feature Film) – Bioscope (Malayalam)

Go for 55^th National Film Awards.

New Governors:

Recently Central government has made huge changes in governors of Sates. The New Governors are:

1.      Andhra Pradesh : E.S.L Narismhan

2.      Chhattisgarh : Shekar Duth

3.      Himachal Pradesh : Urmila Singh

4.      Maharashtra : K.Shankaranarayan

5.      Punjab : Shivraj Patel

6.      West Bengal : M.K Narayanan

7.      Rajasthan : Prabha Rao

8.      Jharkhand : Mohsina Kidwai.

For Complete list of Governors visit Governors of state.