Saturday, 26 November 2011

IBPS Clerical Cadre OMR Sheet

IBPS Clerical Cadre OMR sheet



Side 1 :-

* Full Name of the Candidate  (Box No. 1)  :  You have to write in capitals your full name in English.

* Test Booklet Serial Number, Test Battery Number and Test Form Number  (Information required in Boxes 7-9)  :  Test Booklet Serial Number, Test battery Number and Test Form Number (information required in Boxes 7-9) are printed on the test booklet. You have to copy these numbers using ball point pen from the test booklet on the answersheet which you will receive at the time of examination.

* Candidate’s Signature (Box No. 10)  :  Please put your signature using ball point pen.

USE HB PENCIL FROM BOX NO. 12 ONWARDS

* Candidate’s Name  (Box No. 12)  :  There is a row of 10 boxes for writing the name.  Just below each box you will find a column of 26 ovals each containing a English letter of the alphabet.  The top oval in each contains a letter ‘A’ whereas the last oval bears ‘Z’. If your name contains more letters write only the first letters which you can accommodate in the Boxes provided.

* Candidate’s Roll Number  (Box No. 13)  :  You will be assigned a  10 digit Roll Number. There is a row of 10 boxes provided to write the Roll Number. Just below each box there are 10 ovals numbered from 1 to 9 and 0. You have to write your Roll Number on the test booklet also in the space provided for it.

* Test Form No.  (Box No. 14)  :  You will have to write the test form number (3 digits). Write each of the digits in the boxes provided and blacken the appropriate ovals by HB pencil.

* Candidate’s Registration No  (Box No. 15)  :  At the time of online registration you were assigned a 10 digit Regisration Number which has also been mentianed on the call letter. There is a row of 10 boxes provided to write the Registration Number. Just below each box there are 10 ovals numbered from 1 to 9 and 0.

* Version of the Test Used (Box No.16) : Tests of Reasoning, Numerical Ability, General Awareness with Special Reference to the Banking Industry and Computer Knowledge are printed both in Hindi and English. You have a choice of referring the tests in either of the languages. Indicate in the box if the language to which you are
referring is Hindi.

* Date of Birth (Box No. 18) : Date of birth of this candidate is 24.12.1988. If the date or the month happens to be single digit you should indicate this by prefixing ‘zero’.

* Discipline  Faculty (Box No. 19)  :  Under ‘discipline’ the candidate has to mark his/her Faculty of Study.  viz.  Arts, Science, Commerce, Engineering and Technology or Management.  If the faculty studied by you is other than these,
then indicate as ‘others’. The candidate in our example has studied ‘Commerce’ at both the levels, viz. HSC and Degree.

* Medium of Instruction  (Box No. 20)  :  In this box, the information about medium of instruction at various levels of study, viz. SSC, (X Std.), HSC (XII Std.), Graduation (DEGREE) and Post Graduation (PG) is to be indicated.  The language codes are given below  :

11 - Assamese, 15 - Hindi, 19 - Marathi, 23 - Sindhi, 12 - Bengali, 16 - Kannada, 20 - Oriya, 24 - Tamil, 13 -  English, 17 - Kashmiri, 21 - Punjabi, 25 - Telugu, 14 - Gujarati, 18 - Malayalam, 22 - Sanskrit, 26 - Urdu

* Percentage of Marks  (Box No. 21)  :  In this box percentage of marks obtained at each level of examination (rounded off to two digits) is to be indicated. For each level of examination, two boxes for writing two digits have been provided. Under each boxed space, 10 ovals ranging from 1 to 9 & 0 have been provided for blackening the appropriate oval. In case grades are given by an examining agency, convert the same into equivalent percentages and indicate as above.

* Place of School/College  (Box No. 22)  :  In this box, the candidate has to indicate, by blackening the appropriate oval, her/his place of study (Village, Tehsil, District, State Capital, Metropolis) for each level of examination (SSC, HSC, Degree, PG).

* Annual Family Income  (Box No. 23)  :  Appropriately blacken your family income.

* Parental Education  (Box No. 24)  :  In this box the column 1 indicates level of education, column 2 and 3 are for indicating father’s and mother’s education  respectively.

* Religion  (Box No. 25)  :  Indicate your religion by darkening the appropriate oval.

* Sex  (Box No. 26)  : Mark your gender accordingly.

Side 2  :-

* Roll Number  (Box No. 27)  :  You should write your Roll Number by HB pencil in this box at the left hand bottom corner of Side 2 of the answer sheet

All the best for your exams............................

Saturday, 12 November 2011

12 November 2011

  • Post Office Savings interest raised
      • Post Office Savings Account (POSA) : 4%, up from 3.5%
      • Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) : 8.2%
      • National Savings Certificate (NSC) : 8.4%
          • Maturity period of NSC & MIS reduced to 5years from 6years
      • Public Provident Fund (PPF) : 8.6%
          • Investment in PPF increased by Rs.30000 to Rs.1 lakh
  • Kisan Vikas Patra discontinued
  • Margaret Alva : Governor of Uttarakhand
  • Hamid Ansari : Vice-President of India
  • 75th Anniversary of Temple Entry Proclamation of 12 November 1936
  • Dinesh Trivedi : Union Railway Minister
      • Train fares to go up with fuel prices
  • SS Bajaj : Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)
  • Jst Markandey Katju : Chairman of Press Council
  • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf : First woman President of Liberia
      • Re-elected for the second term
  • William Hague : British Foreign Secretary
  • Palestine demands UN Security Council membership
  • Leon Panetta : US Defence Secretary
  • Kaushik Basu : Chief Economic Adviser
  • C Rangarajan : Chief of PM's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)
  • Industrial growth dips to 1.9% in September
  • Dilip Modi : President of ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry)
  • Dr Pradip Dutta : new fitness coach of Indian football team
  • Sanjay Aggarwal : CEO of Kingfisher Airlines
  • Majjhgavan Mines : in Panna, Madhya Pradesh
      • Biggest ever diamond unearthed by NMDC (National Mineral Development Corporation)
      • 37.68 Carat diamond
  • Harsh Mander : Convener of NAC's (National Advisory Council's) Working Group on Urban Poverty recommendations in the Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY)
      • Suggested that 25-40% land in city development plans be reserved for housing the urban poor

Friday, 11 November 2011

11 November 2011

  • State Bank of Travancore (SBT) launched Commercial Business Group (CBG) branches to boost wholesale banking businesses to the credit needs of middle & large corporate customers
  • Veerappa Moily : Union Minister for Corporate Affairs
  • Dhanendra Kumar : Chairman of Committee on National Competition Policy
      • National Competition Policy likely by next year
  • 17th SAARC Summit in Addu, Maldives
  • Some SAARC Country Heads
      • Jigme Y Thinley : PM of Bhutan
      • Skeikh Hasina : PM of Bangladesh
      • Hamid Karzai : President of Afghanistan
      • Mohamed Nasheed : President of Maldives
      • Mahinda Rajapaksa : President of Sri Lanka
  • Ranjan Mathai : Foreign Secretary of India
  • Lucas Papademos : new interim PM of Greece
  • Mario Monti : Former European Commissioner
      • Favorite candidate to replace Silvio Berlusconi as Italy PM
  • Moshe Katsav : Former President of Israel
      • Sentenced to 7-year jail against his conviction for rape and other sexual offences
  • Standard & Poor's upgrade Indian Banking sector from Group-6 to Group-5
      • This reflects that India has
          • high risk in economic resilience
          • low risk in economic imbalance
          • high risk in credit risk in the economy
  • World Economic Forum's (WEF's) India Economic Summit : to be held in Mumbai
      • for the 1st time in 26 years of summit's history
  • Prithviraj Chavan : CM of Maharashtra
  • B Muthuraman : President of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)
  • Chandrajit Banerjee : Director-General of CII
  • G Srinivasan : CMD of United India Insurance
      • H1 profit up 57% at Rs.341Cr
  • Mark Boucher : South African Cricketer
      • First wicket-keeper to take 500 catches in Test cricket
  • Agni II Prime : two stage surface-to-surface missile
      • Range : 3000km-3500km
      • Nuclear warhead capable
      • To be tested from Wheeler Island off coast of Orissa

10 November 2011

  • Moody's : downgraded India's banking system ratings from 'stable' to 'negative'
  • National Child Rights Index : Kerala tops; Arunachal Pradesh is worst performer
  • George Papandreou : Steps down as Greece PM
  • David Petraeus : Chief of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • US Joint Chiefs of Staff : Martin E Dempsey
  • Boko Haram : Nigerian Islamist Group
  • SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) currently have 8 members & 9 observers
  • SM Krishna : Indian Minister for External Affairs
  • Hina Rabbani Khar : Pakistan Minister for External Affairs
  • Raj Rajaratnam : Sri Lankan born hedge fund manager convicted on insider trading charges
      • Fined $92m
  • Yukiya Amano : Director General of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
  • P Jayarama Bhat : MD of Karnataka Bank
  • N Chandrasekaran : CEO & MD of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
  • Power Finance Corporation (PFC) : one of Navaratna PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings)
      • Decided to launch $1b private equity fund
      • Satnam Singh : CMD of PFC
  • A Sivathanu Pillai : CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace
  • MM Pallam Raju : Union Minister of State for Defence
      • 2nd BrahMos regiment handed over to Army
  • Phobos-Grunt : Russian Mission to a Mars moon
      • Stuck in Earth's orbit due to engine failure
  • RS Butola : Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
  • Harsh Mariwala : President of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
  • Christine Lagarde : MD of IMF (International Monetary Fund)
  • India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) came into force in 1 January 2010

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

09 November 2011

  • Nov 9th : National Legal Services Day
  • Switzerland started sharing banking & tax-related information with India
  • Jst Markandey Katju : Chairman of Press Council of India (PCI)
  • Mario Draghi : new President of European Central Bank (ECB)
  • SM Krishna : Minister of External Affairs
  • Shivshankar Menon : National Security Adviser
  • Ranjan Mathai : Foreign Secretary
  • SAFTA : South Asia Free Trade Agreement
  • 17th SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit : @ Maldives
      • Theme : "Building Bridges"
  • T Subbarami : Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology
  • Silvio Berlusconi : PM of Italy
      • Lost absolute majority votes in Parliament, making his resignation imminent
  • George Papandreou : PM of Greece
      • Agreed to resign following country's financial crisis
  • Robert O Blake : head of US delegation in Maldives as observers in 17th SAARC Summit
  • China opens its Embassy in Male, capital of Maldives
      • China holds observer status in SAARC
  • Addu Atoll : place in Maldives; Country leaders arrived here for SAARC Summit
  • J Hari Narayan : Chairman of IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Development Authority)
  • C Rangarajan : Chairman of PMEAC (PM's Economic Advisory Council)
  • Rahul Khullar : Commerce Secretary
      • India's exports slips 10.8% at $19.9b in Oct
      • Imports up 21.7% at $39.5b
      • Trade deficit widens to $19.6b
  • Ramu S Deora : President of FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organisations)
  • S Vijay Kumar : Mines Secretary
  • Joe Frazier : Boxing icon; Passed Away
  • Sachin Tendulkar : First player to reach 15000 test runs
  • Conrad Murray : Physician of 'King of Pop Music' Michael Jackson
      • Found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of Jackson
  • Asimo : Honda's human-shaped robot with latest features
      • Able to help out with clean-up operations at strucken Fukushima Nuclear plant
  • Cambridge University to study Sanskrit manuscripts

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

08 November 2011

  • Manjula Chellur : new Acting Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
  • N Ram : Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu daily
  • Konijeti Rosaiah : Governor of Tamil Nadu
  • George Papandreou : Greece PM; to step down
  • Vladimir Putin : PM of Russia
      • Russia to invest $500m in a Central Asian electricity project
  • Sushil Kumar : Rs5Cr Jackpot winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5
      • to be Ambassador of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)
  • Ivian Sarcos, of Venezuela : Miss Venezuela won Miss World 2011, held @ London
  • Statue of Liberty  : iconic statueof US
      • Its 125th anniversary commemorated on Oct 28
  • Lira : old currency of Italy; Replaced by Euro
  • Samsung super-seeded Apple to become largest smartphone makers of the world

Monday, 7 November 2011

07 November 2011

  • Kairali Queen : New exclusive freight train for Kerala
  • "Validity of cheques to be 3 months from current 6 months validity" : RBI
  • MP Veerendra Kumar : CMD of Mathrubhumi Group of Publications
  • Sarah Joseph : Malayalam Novelist; Presented 1st OV Vijayan 'Sahitya Puraskaram'
  • Farooq Abdullah : Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy
  • Kokrajhar : Town of Assam; Curfew imposed there
  • Yingluck Shinawatra : PM of Thailand
      • Floods claim more than 500 lives in Thailand
  • George Papandreou : PM of Greece; Won a confidence vote
  • GE Vahanvati : Attorney-General of India
  • VK Bali : Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
      • CAT is a substitute to High Court & its jurisdiction in service matters
      • CAT's disposal rate of cases are very good as compared to High Courts
      • Dalveer Bhandari, Supreme Court Judge, wants its cover expanded to more undertakings
  • PK Bansal : Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
  • V Narayanasamy : Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
  • Syed Kirmani's Indian record of 198 dismissals in tests surpassed by MS Dhoni with 200 dismissals (174 catches, 26 stumpings)
  • Kumari Selja : Union Minister for Culture
  • MD Mallya : CMD of Bank of Baroda (BoB)
      • BoB expects Rs775Cr capital infusion from Centre
  • MSV Shiv Sagar : Indian ship sank near Oman
Some Bank Heads
  • Shyam Srinivasan : MD & CEO of Federal Bank
  • Diwakar Gupta : MD & CFO of SBI
  • M Narendra : CMD of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)
  • MD Mallya : Chairman of Indian Banks Association (IBA)
  • Nupur Mitra : CMD of Dena Bank
  • RM Malla : CMD of IDBI (Industrial Development Bank of India)
  • Alok Misra : CMD of Bank of India
  • KR Kamath : CMD of Punjab National Bank (PNB)
  • JP Dua : CMD of Allahabad Bank

Sunday, 6 November 2011

06 November 2011

  • Nadeem Ahmed Sayed : one of the witnesses of Naroda-Patiya massacre of 2002
      • Was stabbed to death
  • Omar Abdullah : CM of Jammu & Kashmir
  • AFSPA : Armed Force Special Powers Act
  • V Chithambaresh, AM Shafeeq, K Vinod Chandran, K Harilal
      • Kerala High Court Lawyers appointed High Court Judges
  • Ranjan Mathai : Indian Foreign Secretary
  • Meeting of the Heads of Governments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in St Petersburg
      • Vladimir Putin : PM of Russia, will host the meeting
      • Sushil Kumar Shinde : Indian Union Minister of Power
          • Will represent India
      • SCO members : Russia, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan
      • SCO observers : India, Pakistan, Iran, Mongolia
      • Afghanistan : Special invitee
  • Mohamed Nasheed : President of Maldives
      • 17th SAARC summit in Maldives
      • "India has always helped us in times of need. We will always be India's friend and we believe that we cannot find a better friend than India"
  • Alfonso Cano : leader of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, FARC
      • Was killed
  • N Kamakodi : MD & CEO of City Union Bank
  • Pratip Chaudhuri : Chairman of SBI
  • C Rangarajan : Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)
  • Centre likely to impose customs duty on power equipment from China
      • in line with Arun Maira Committee recommendations

Saturday, 5 November 2011

05 November 2011

  • India open commercial bids for procurement of multi-billion dollar 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft : two Aircraft bidding are
      • Eurofighter of European Consortium Cassidian
      • Dassault Rafale of France
  • Srikumar Banerjee : Chief of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of India
  • Debendranath Sarangi : Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
  • Mars500 : experiment simulating manned flight to Mars
      • held at Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems
      • Experiment ended after 520 days
      • 3 Russians, 1 Chinese, 1 French & 1 Italian attended the experiment
  • George Papandreou : PM of Greece; Won a confidence vote
  • Sudhir Vasudeva : CMD of ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation)
      • ONGC Q2 net profit rises 60%
  • Devinder Pal Singh : new Chairman & MD of Punjab & Sind Bank
  • Direct tax collections up 20% during April-October period
  • Foreign Exchange Management Regulations : amended by RBI
      • Transfer of shares between Indians & Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) would not require RBI's permission in cases where Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has already given clearances & SEBI guidelines were met
  • Arabtec Construction : UAE based builders
      • Builders of Burj Khalifa, World's Tallest Tower
      • Raheja Developers entered into joint-venture with Arabtec for infrastructure projects in Delhi & Gurgaon worth $240m; with 37% & 63% shares respectively
  • Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters
      • convention jointly developed by Council of Europe & OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development)
      • India signed it
      • Now all G20 members are signatories
  • Irom Sharmila : leading a fast in Manipur against AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act)
      • Fast enters its 12th year
  • Mukta Srivastava : National Organiser of National Alliance of People's Movement
      • lead a rally around Irom Sharmila conveying support for her fast
  • Nelson Mandela : Former President of South Africa
      • conferred People's Parliament Global Award; tribal Award of Meghalaya
  • John F Kharshiing : Chairman of GCCM (Grand Council of Chiefs of Meghalaya)
  • Kaushik Basu : Chief Economic Adviser to Government of India
  • Massive reshuffle in Cabinet of Tamil Nadu
      • 6 Ministers replaced
  • Australia's Perth Mint : World's Largest Gold Bullion Coin
  • Julia Gillard : PM of Australia
  • Stephen Harper : PM of Canada
  • Silvio Berlusconi : PM of Italy

Friday, 4 November 2011

04 November 2011

  • Srikumar Banerjee : Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
  • Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) : work halted as the plant personnel were opposed from entering the plant by People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE)
  • Ban Ki Moon : Secretary-General of UN
  • Michelle Bachelet : Head of UN-Women
  • UN Security Council Resolution No.1325 of 2000 : Member states should ensure increased representation of women at all decision-making levels
  • Global unemployment stands at more than 200m
      • Youth unemployment just below 80m
  • GL Peiris : Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka
  • Russia to join World Trade Organisation (WTO)
      • Russia-Georgia to sign a bilateral trade deal
      • Russia will clear its last barrier by signing the agreement
      • Russia has a GDP of $1.9trillion
      • This will pave way to a India-Russia CECA (Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement)
  • Food inflation touch 12.21%
  • India-China bilateral trade target by 2015 : $100b
  • CS Verma : Chairman of SAIL (Steel Authority of India Ltd)
  • Vincent Rambaud : Peugeot, French car manufacturer
      • To set up its maiden plant in Sanand, Ahmedabad
  • V Mohini Giri Committee : submitted draft named National Policy on Senior Citizens 2011
  • New national policy on older persons to be unveiled under recommendations of Mohini Giri Committee
      • extension of Indira Gandhi Old Age Pension Scheme to all BPL Senior Citizens, monthly pension will be enhanced to Rs.1000
      • additional pension in case of disability & loss of adult children
      • Public Distribution System will reach out all BPL Senior Citizens

Thursday, 3 November 2011

03 November 2011

  • Pakistan Cabinet decided to grant MFN (Most Favoured Nation) status to India
  • Julian Assange : WikiLeaks Chief & Founder
      • London High Court gave its verdict to extradite him to Sweden over allegations of sexual assault
  • Student representatives of Kerala State Child Welfare Council to lead on Children's Day rally on November 14
      • Prime Minister : Gouri Krishna Das
      • President : Nisi John
      • Speaker : Ardhra AR
  • Jst Manjula Chellur : to take charge as Kerala High Court Judge
      • Was 1st judge of Karnataka High Court
      • Will be senior most judge in Kerala High Court after taking charge
      • Will replace Acting Chief Justice CN Ramachandran
  • Michael D Higgins : Newly elected President of Ireland
  • Tin Bigha Corridor : Corridor between India-Bangladesh
      • Sheikh Hasina (PM of Bangladesh) declared the corridor formally open for 24 hours for unrestricted movement
  • Aung San Suu Kyi : Economist, Politician, Opposition Leader of Myanmar
      • Chief of National League for Democracy
  • Thein Sein : President of Myanmar
  • Isabella Thoburn College : 1st Christian Women's College of Asia
      • Marked it Quasquicentennial Celebrations (125 years)
      • Indian President Pratibha D Patel inaugurated the celebrations
  • India welcomes 7-point accord of Nepal to take integration & rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants to form Nepal Army
  • Nice Cote D'Azur International Airport : @ Cannes, France
      • Indian PM Manmohan Singh landed there for the G20 Summit in Cannes
  • Indian cabinet to introduce Citizens Right to Grievance Redress Bill to complement the Lokpal Bill
      • It will address grievances related to public services
      • will cover functioning of panchayats, government, police
  • Uttarakhand government passed legislation for appointment of Lokayukta whose jurisdiction would cover the Chief Minister's, Minsters', MLAs, all bureaucracy, lower judiciary and Citizens' Charter for time-bound implementation of government services
  • Abdullah Gul : President of Turkey
  • Istanbul Conference : held @ Ciragan Palace, Istanbul with Presidents of Afghanistan & Turkey as well as Foreign Ministers from India, Pakistan & Iran
  • 2011 Human Development Report : by United Nations Development Programme
      • In Human Development
          • India ranked 134 out of 187 countries 
          • 1 Norway
          • 2 Australia
          • 3 The Netherlands
          • 4 United States
      • In gender inequality India ranked 129 out of 146 countries
  • Rajan Anandan : MD & Vice-President of Google India
      • Google launched an initiative to provide free websites to Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs) help them get online
  • BC Tripathi : CMD of GAIL (India) Ltd
      • Earmarked $400m for its new Singapore trading office to secure LNG & petrochemical product cargoes fro delivery to India in 2012
  • Tandon Committee : 44 deemed universities facing de-recognition on the basis of the committee's report
  • "The Sly Company of People Who Care" : book by Rahul Bhattacharya
      • Winner of this year's The Hindu Literary Prize for best fiction
  • "The Sense of An Ending" : by Julian Barnes
      • Winner of Man Booker Prize 2011
  • "Jamarach's Menagerie" : by Carol Birch
      • Shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2011
  • "Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It" : by Howard Jacobson
      • Winner of Man Booker Prize 2010
  • "Steve Jobs : The Exclusive Biography" : by Walter Isaacson
      • Biography of Steve Jobs
  • "KR Narayanan : In The Name of The People" : by KR Narayanan, Amartya Sen
  • International Trade Statistics 2011 : World Trade Organisation
      • In Textile & Clothing
          • 1 China
          • 2 European Union
          • 3 India
          • 4 Turkey
          • 5 Bangladesh
  • Doxorubicin Hydrochloride injection : used in treatment of a wide range of cancers
      • Onco Therapies Ltd, a subsidiary of Strides Arcolab Ltd, got nod from US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) for selling the drug in US market
  • Beni Prasad Verma : Minister for Steel
  • PK Misra : Steel Secretary
      • SAIL (Steel Authorities of India) & POSCO, of South Korea, may each take equal stake in their proposed joint-venture at Bokaro
  • Nirmal Chandra Jha : Chairman of Coal India Ltd (CIL)
  • K Venkataraman : MD & CEO of Karur Vysya Bank
  • UNDP called for a currency transaction tax to help the world's poorest countries deal with the effects of climate changes
  • Madhu Kannan : MD & Chief Executive of BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)
      • BSE to launch Nasdaq ETF soon
  • Vinay Kumar : MD of National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories Ltd (NFCSF)
      • Demanded Government to allow exports of 1million tonne sugar immediately
      • Needed nod for export of 1m tonne a month till March 2012
  • Number 1 History Award : @ Swiss Indoors ATP Tennis Tournament in Basel, Switzerland
      • Switzerland's Roger Federer conferred the award
      • Named the most successful tennis player in the history of the tournament
  • SBI to open 100 overseas branches in 2 years

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

02 November 2011

  • MV Nair : new coordinator of 5-member on Supreme Court committee on Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
  • PM Sasi : Associate Director of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
      • bagged Public Service in Field of Telecommunications Award instituted by Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society (ComSoc)
  • Michael Chilufya Sata : new President of Zambia
      • Christine Kaseba : First Lady (spouse of country head) of Zambia
      • Kenneth David Kaunda : First President of Zambia
      • Rupiah Bwezani Banda : Outgoing President
  • Nabam Tuki : new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
  • Mustafa Abdel Jalil : Chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC)
  • Abdel Rahim al-Keib : interim Prime Minister of Libya
  • Nepal's parties inked a 9-point agreement on the peace process, constitution & power sharing
      • Some of the parties set Maoist combatants to be integrated into Nepal Army, rest will be provided with rehabilitation and cash packages
      • Parties :-
          • Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
          • Nepali Congress
          • Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist)
          • Madhesi parties
  • Export grew 36% in September
  • Union approved Public Procurement Policy for goods produced & services rendered by MSEs (Micro & Small Entrepreneurs) by the Central Ministries/Departments/PSUs to be notified under Sect-11 of Micro Small Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act 2006
      • Central ministries & PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings) should ensure that a minimum of 20% of total annual purchases of products or services are from MSEs
      • Within this limit 4% of orders should be placed to SC/ST Entrepreneurs
  • MV Tanksale : CMD of Central Bank of India
  • Gen VK Singh : Chief of Army Staff
      • MS Dhoni (Indian Cricketer) & Abhinav Bindra (Indian Shooter) : commissioned as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in Territorial Army
      • Deepak Rao (medical doctor & martial arts specialist) : commissioned as Honorary Major in Territorial Army
      • They join
          • Col. (Hon) Anil Habbu
          • Lt. Col. (Hon) Kapil Dev
          • Lt. Col. (Hon) Mohanlal
  • Ajay Bakshi : new CEO of Max Healthcare
  • SK Goel : new Chairman of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC)
  • S Venkatraman : Director (Business Development) GAIL
      • Took over as new Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd
  • KR Kamath : CMD of Punjab National Bank
  • M Bhagavantha Rao : MD of State Bank of Hyderabad
  • M Narendra : CMD of Indian Overseas Bank
  • TM Bhasin : CMD of Indian Bank

01 November 2011

  • Jarbom Gamlin : Arunachal Pradesh CM; Resigned due to political crisis
  • World population has crossed 7 billion
  • Mohan Dharia a fierce critic of Indira Gandhi
      • received 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration for promoting & preserving spirit of national integration
  • Irina Bokova : Director General of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation)
  • Palestine granted full membership in UNESCO
  • Almazbek Atambayev : new elected President of Kyrgyzstan
      • Former PM of Kyrgyzstan
  • Goraknath Temple : in Peshawar, in northwest Pakistan
      • reopened for worship after 60 years
  • KM Mammen : Chairman & MD of MRF (Madras Rubber Factory)
  • Delhi Championship with MRF : a support race of Indian GP at Buddh International Circuit
      • Jordan King, of Great Britain, clinched the title
  • Nargis Yadav : World's 7 billionth baby born near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Dan Wheldon : British racing driver
      • Died after a collision in 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 16 Oct 2011
  • Marco Simoncelli : Italian motorcycle racer, Team Honda Gresini
      • Died after a collision in 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang, on 23 Oct 2011

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

31 October 2011

  • TM Jacob : Kerala Minister for Food & Civil Supplies; Passed Away
  • Siddharth Varadarajan : The Hindu Editor
  • Leon Panetta : US Defence Secretary
  • David H Petraeus : Director of CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
  • Markandey Katju : Press Council Chairman
  • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference : @ Durban, Nov 28-Dec 9
  • Kyoto Protocol : favours legally binding agreements, which call for mandatory emission cuts by rich countries & voluntary cuts by developing countries
  • BASIC : Brazil, South Africa, India and China
  • Al-Shabaab : rebel group in Mogadishu, Capital of Somalia
  • Bashar al-Assad : President of Syria
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei : Iranian Supreme Leader
      • describes exit of US forces from Iraq as "Golden" Victory
  • Duvvuri Subbarao : RBI Governor
  • ATP Austrian Open : @ Vienna
      • Singles : Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) bt Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)
          • 1st French-man to win Austrian Open
      • Doubles : Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (US) bt Max Mirnyi/Daniel Nestor  (Belarus/Canada)
  • WTA Championships : @ Istanbul
      • Singles : Petra Kvitova (Czech) bt Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)
      • Doubles : Liezel Huber/Lisa Raymond (US) bt Kveta Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik (Czech/Slovenia)
  • ATP St. Petersburg Open : @ St. Petersburg
      • Singles : Marin Cilic (Croatia) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia)
      • Doubles : Colin Fleming/Ross Hutchins (Great Britain) bt Mikhail Elgin/Alexander Kudryavtsev (Russia)
  • 2011 Formula1 Airtel Indian Grand Prix : @ Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida, UP
      • Sebastian Vettel of Germany, Team Red Bull won the event
      • Jenson Button of Britain, Team McLaren finished second
      • Fernando Alonso of Spain, Team Ferrari finished third
  • Indian GP is Vettel's 11th title this season, need 2 more titles to equal record of Michael Schumacher (Germany, Team Mercedes) of 13 wins in a season
  • River to River Florence Indian Film Festival 2011 : in Florence, Italy
      • Bengali film 'Chaplin' directed by Anindo Banerjee selected as inaugural film
  • Kamalesh Sharma : reappointed as Secretary-General of Commonwealth
  • Jean-Claude Trichet : President of The European Central Bank
  • Uday Kotak : MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank
      • Kotak Mahindra Bank hikes savings rate to 5.50%
  • The proposed Chennai-Ernakulam High Speed Rail Corridor to be extended to Thiruvananthapuram
  • Ajay Maken : Union Sports Minister
      • Inaugurated work on Rs.5Cr synthetic track at PT Usha School of Athletics

Sunday, 30 October 2011

30 October 2011

  • Jarbom Gamlin : CM of Arunachal Pradesh
  • Abdullah Hussain Haroon : Pakistan Ambassador to UN
      • Pakistan acknowledges India's support for Pakistan's non-permanent membership in UN Security Council
  • Sanjay Jagdale : Secretary of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)
      • BCCI rejected revised draft of National Sports Development Bill
  • Koichiro Gemba : External Affairs Minister of Japan
  • SM Krishna : External Affairs Minister of India
      • Visited Tokyo, had meeting with his counter-part
      • Japan removed 7 Indian entities from its Foreign End User List, list of banned companies, expected to boost high-technology trade between the two countries
  • Gen Kamlesh Sharma : Secretary General of Commonwealth
      • Commonwealth Heads of Government Meet (CHOGM), @ Perth, defers decision on setting a Human Rights Commissioner
  • Michael D Higgins : newly elected President of Ireland
  • RC Bhargava : Chairman of Maruti Suzuki
  • Shinzo Nakanishi : MD & CEO of Maruti Suzuki
  • Chandra Shekhar Verma : Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL)
      • SAIL in talks with West Bengal govt to set up new Railway Projects
  • BCCI moved Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli and Ishant Sharma from B-Grade to A-Grade
      • Player graduation for 2011-12
          • Grade-A : Rs.1 Cr
          • Grade-B : Rs.50 lakh
          • Grade-C : Rs.25 lakh
  • World's biggest tea consumer : China
      • India attempts to boost export of Indian tea to China

29 October 2011

  • Hatf-7/Babur Cruise Missile : nuclear capable cruise missile of Pakistan
      • range of 700km
  • British Girls of Royal-birth to get equal rights of the British throne
  • "Accidental Deaths & Suicides In India" : report by National Crime Records Bureau
      • Farm suicides cross quarter million in last 16 years
      • 15964 suicides in 2010
      • 2/3rd of farm suicides occur in
          • Maharashtra
          • Karnataka
          • Andhra Pradesh
          • Madhya Pradesh
          • Chattisgarh
  • Rising infant deaths in BC Roy's Children's Hospital, Kolkata - toll rises to 17
  • World Stroke Day : Oct 29
  • Spirit of Adventure : Luxury cruise liner berthed at Vizhinjam
      • GAC Shipping India Pvt Ltd handles the cruise liner
  • "Crime in India 2010" : report by National Crime Records Bureau
      • Mumbai tops the list with 33932 registered IPC crimes
      • Charge-sheeting of crimes high in Kerala
      • 4 police districts in state register more than 1000 IPC crimes annually
      • Kochi has highest crime rate among 35 mega-cities
  • Miloslav Stasek : Czech Ambassador to India
      • visited Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University for Arts & Culture
      • to sign a deal to conduct cultural exchange programmes
  • Union Ministry of Environment & Forests nod for doubling capacity of Petronet LNG Ltd terminal of Kochi from 2.5 to 5 MMTPA(million metric tonne per annum)
  • Eric Holder Jr : US Attorney General
  • Maria Damanaki : European Commissioner of Fisheries
      • Suggested to distribute unwanted edible fishes to charities than throwing them away back into sea
  • Sri Kumar Banerjee : Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
      • Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
  • SK Jain : Chairman of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)
  • Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud : New Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
  • NASA's $1.5b National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project
      • First-of-its-kind weather satellite, will send data on weather & climate to help forecasters predict major storms & environmental changes
      • took off on Delta-II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
  • Rupee gains 74 paise : biggest jump in last 17 months
  • Jaipal Reddy : Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas
  • Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada : Minister of Industry & Energy, Qatar
      • India seeks more crude oil & LNG from Qatar
  • ABL Srivastava : CMD of NHPC Ltd
      • net profit jumps 40% to Rs.966Cr in Q2
  • K Subramanya : CEO of Tata-BP Solar
  • Felipe Massa : Brazilian FormulaOne racer, of team Ferrari
      • Bears the race no 58 for Airtel Indian GP, race no of late Marco Simoncelli who died in an accident in Malaysian GP
  • World's biggest & heaviest gold coin displayed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth
      • 1012kg, more than one tonne of 99.99% pure gold
      • nearly 80cm in diameter & 12cm thick
      • Value of the coin just under Australian $54m
      • bouncing red kangaroo on one side & Queen Elizabeth-II's motif on another side
  • Indian Cricketer Gautam Gambhir married Natasha Jain of Delhi
  • Vivek B Gadgil : Chief Executive & MD of L&T Metro Rail
  • Cristina Fernandez de' Kirchner : President of Argentina
  • Muhtar A Kent : President & CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
  • FOREX reserves rise by $858m to $318.35b
  • Air China : successfully flied a Air China Boeing 747-400 passenger plane powered by bio-fuel & aviation kerosene
      • Took off from Beijing Capital International Airport and landed after using 10 tonne of fuel

Friday, 28 October 2011

28 October 2011

  • Gen VK Singh : Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army
  • Hamid Ansari : Vice-President of India
  • Tony Abbott : Opposition Leader of Australia
  • Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) : @ Perth, Australia
  • Crimes under various categories rise by 5% in 2010 : report by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
  • Alexander Glukhov : head of Atomstroiexport. Russian company building nuclear reactors at Kudankulam
  • Sushil Kumar : a govt clerk of Bihar
      • 1st person to win Rs.5Cr, full prize money,  of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5
  • Leaders of 17 Euro-Zone nations signed an agreement to resolve region's debt crisis & to protect vulnerable economies like Italy, Spain
      • Wipe of 50% debts of Greece
      • Recapitalise European banks
      • Strengthen European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
  • Rajat Gupta : Former chief of Goldman Sachs
      • Charged with conspiracy & security fraud offences
      • making him highest ranking official to be embroiled in Wall Street insider dealing inquiry 
  • Forbes India annual rich list : Richest Indians in the world list
      • 1 Mukesh Ambani : with $22.6b net worth
      • 2 Lakshmi Mittal : $19.2b
      • 3 Azim Premji : $13b
      • 4 Shashi Ruia & Ravi Ruia : $10.2b
      • 5 Savitri Jindal : $9.5b
      • 6 Sunil Mittal : $8.8b
      • 7 Gautam Adani : $8.2b
      • 8 Kumar Mangalam Birla : $7.7b
      • 9 Pallonji Mistry : $7.6b
      • 10 Adi Godrej : $6.8b
  • World Bank ink a $975m loan agreement with Ministry of Finance of India & Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) to finance 1130km out of 1839km of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, stretching from Ludhiana-Dankuni
  • US Economy rises 2.5% in Q3
  • "A Shot At History" : Book of Abhinav Bindra, Olympic champion of India
      • written by sports journalist Rohit Brijnath
      • published by Harper Collins
  • Jihadis protest Pakistan's move on MFN (Most Favoured Nation) Status to India

Thursday, 27 October 2011

26 October 2011

  • RBI increases Repo (re-purchasing options)/Reverse Repo rates by 25 basis points
      • Repo rate : 8.25 to 8.5
      • Reverse Repo : 7.25 to 7.5
  • Ghulam Mustafa Mughal : Chief Justice of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK)
      • He was shot, injured
  • Rtd Jst MR Hariharan Nair Committee : Pulmedu disaster
  • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner : re-Elected as President of Argentina
  • UN General Assembly passed a resolution titled "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial & financial embargo imposed by the USA against Cuba" 
      • tells US to lift its embargo on Cuba
  • MM Pallam Raju : Minister of State for Defence
  • INS Kadmatt : 2nd indigenous Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette launched @ Kolkata
      • Built by Garden Reach Ship Builders Engineers Ltd
      • 2nd in the series of 4 Corvettes
      • INS Karmota : 1st in series
  • Ashish Bagga : President of Indian Newspaper Society
  • Diwali Bonanza to farmers : Minimum Support Price (MSP) up for Rabi crops
  • JS Sharma : Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
  • Arabinda Rajkhowa : Chairman of ULFA(United Liberation Front of Asom)
  • RK Singh : Union Home Secretary
  • Ranjan Mathai : Foreign Secretary
  • Australia cancels 15,066 student visas for breaching visa conditions
  • Under Tier-4 of points-based immigration system of UK, applicants of student visas are required to submit a financial statement that they have enough funds to pay for their course & live in UK
      • UK banned nearly 1900 Indian banks for the purpose of verifying applicants' financial statement
  • Yes Bank raised its savings rate by 200 basis points to 6% & bank rate by/minimum lending rate by 25 basis points to 10.5%
  • "RBI rate hike will help curb inflation" : Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister
  • Manufacturing sector to contribute 25% of GDP within a decade

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Important Times of International Observance



Important Weeks

March 21-27
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Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
May 25-31
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Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self- Governing Territories
4th week of September
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International Peace Week
October 4-10
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World Space Week
October 24-30
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Disarmament Week

Important Months

January
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Alzheimer's Awareness Month



February
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African American History Month
Heart Month



March
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Women's History Month
Help Fight Liver Disease Month
National Colo-rectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Kidney Month
National Nutrition Month
Red Cross Month



April
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Earth Month
Poetry Month
Daffodil Month: Cancer Awareness
Dental Health Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
National Cancer Month
Parkinson Awareness Month
National Physiotherapy Month



May
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Mental Health Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Month
Foot Health Awareness Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
National Physiotherapy Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
Medic Alert Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Huntington's Disease Awareness Month



June
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ALS Awareness Month (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
National Athletic Therapy Month
National Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
Relay for Life
Seniors Month
Stroke Awareness Month
Black Music Month
LGBT Pride Month



July
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Caucasian History Month
Hot Dog Month



September
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National Arthritis Month
Ovarian Cancer Month



October
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
International Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month, by International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC)


Important Years

1959-60
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World Refugee Year
1961
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International Health and Medical Research Year
1965
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International Cooperation Year
1967
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International Tourist Year
1968
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International Year for Human Rights
1969
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International Year of Love
1970
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International Education Year
1971
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International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination
1974
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World Population Year
1975
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International Women's Year
1979
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International Year of the Child
1981
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International Year of Disabled Persons
1982
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International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions against South Africa
1983
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World Communications Year
1984
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Year of Women in South Africa
1985
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Year of the United Nations
1985
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International Youth Year
1986
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International Year of Peace
1987
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International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
1990
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International Literacy Year
1992
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International Space Year
1993
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International Year of the World's Indigenous People
1994
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International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
1994
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International Year of the Family
1995
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World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of Victims of the Second World War
1995
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United Nations Year for Tolerance
1996
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International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
1998
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International Year of the Ocean
1999
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International Year of Older Persons
2000
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International Year of Thanksgiving
2000
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International Year for the Culture of Peace
2000
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World Mathematical Year
2001
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International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2001
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International Year of Volunteers
2001
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United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
2002
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International Year of Eco-tourism
2002
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International Year of Mountains
2002
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United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
2003
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International Year of Freshwater
2003
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European Disability Year
2004
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International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
2004
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International Year of Rice
2005
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International Year for Sport and Physical Education
2005
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International Year of Micro-credit
2005
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World Year of Physics
2006
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International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2007-08
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Year of the Dolphin
2007
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International Year of the Scout
2007-08
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International Heliophysical Year
2008
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International Year of Languages
2008
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International Year of the Potato
2008
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International Year of Sanitation
2008
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International Year of the Frog
2009
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International Year of Astronomy
2009
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International Year of Natural Fibres
2009
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International Year of Reconciliation
2009
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Year of the Gorilla
2009
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International Year of the Shark
2010
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International Year of Communications
2010
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International Year of Biodiversity
2010
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International Year of Youth
2011
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International Year of Forests
2011
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International Year of Chemistry
2011
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International Year for People of African descent
2011
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World Veterinary Year 2011

Important Decades

1976–1985

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United Nations Decade for Women
1990s
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International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduc tion
1994–2004
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First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
1997–2006
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First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty
2000–2010
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Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
2000-2010
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Bone and Joint Decade
2001–2010
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International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World
2001-2010
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Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa
2003–2012
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United Nations Literacy Decade
2005–2014
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United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development
2005–2014
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Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People
2005–2015
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Water for Life Decade