China developing new class of guided missile destroyer-"01/09/2012"

1 September 2012 Current Affairs

China developing new class of guided missile destroyer’

The Chinese Navy is developing a brand new class of guided-missile destroyer, a “new type” of naval warship with upgraded air-defence missiles, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles.The new destroyers are equipped with two 32-unit vertical launch systems capable of launching HQ-9B air-defence missiles, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles.The new destroyer is comparable to the “Aegis” equipped destroyers of the US Navy which use powerful computers and radars to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets.

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America Court Summons to Parkash Singh Badal

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who was served summons by a US court last month in a case of alleged custodial torture and extra judicial killings of Sikhs, has sought dismissal of the motion against him or additional time of 90 days to defend the charges.The US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin had issued Summons against Badal on August 8 when he was in Wisconsin on a private visit to attend a marriage ceremony.

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St Andrews shines new light on vital medical procedures

Dr Tomas Cizmar, Research Fellow in the School of Medicine and Professor Kishan Dholakia of the School of Physics  at the University of St Andrews have made a breakthrough in fibre optic research which could allow doctors to see inside some of the hardest to reach parts of the human body with imaging devices no thicker than a human hair.

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Obama appoints IIT graduate to admin post

U.S. President Barack Obama has announced to appoint eminent Indian-American, Romesh Wadhwani, to a key administration post by making him board of trustees of the prestigious John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Prithvi-II Missile Successfully Test Fired at Odisha-25/08/2012

25 August 2012 Current Affairs

Prithvi-II Missile Successfully Test Fired at Odisha
a Surface- to surface Prithvi- II missile successfully test fired by Indian on 25 Aug 2012. The strategic forces command. which is in charge of nuclear weapons , successfully fires the Prithvi-II missile from chandipur in Odisa’s Balssore district proved that the armed forces are capable of launching nuclear missiles independently. The range of this nuclear missile is 350km and smashed the targeted area with a dummy payload in the Bay of Bengal, with an accurate of less than 10 meters. DRDO has developed three prithvi variants are:Prithvi-I for army, Prithvi -II for for the Indian Air Force, and the Dhanush for the Navy.

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Neil Armstrong, the First Man on the Moon has Passed away
We lost our first man go to moon.Neil Armstrong, has died at the age of 82. on 25 Aug 2012. Armstrong under went a heart by pass surgery earlier on august Month. As a commander of the Apollo-II mission, Armstrong became the first human to set on the moon on July  20,1969.Though Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Aldrin together spent nearly three hours walking on the moon.

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New Jammu Varsity Chancellor is Vohra

Jammu & Kashmir governor N.N.Vohra has been appointed the first chancellor of the Central University of Jammu. Pranab Mukharjee on his visit to that University appointed Mr. Vohra the chancellor if the University for a period of five years.

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Pilot less Aircraft “Lakhshya-I” test flown successfully-"23-08-2012"

23 August 2012 Current Affairs

Pilot less Aircraft “Lakhshya-I” test flown successfully

India’s developed Micro light pilot less target aircraft ” Lakshya-I’ was successfully test flown from the launch complex-2 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Orissa on 23 August 2012. Lakshya-1, a sub-sonic, re-usable aerial target system, is remote controlled from the ground and designed to impart training to both air borne and air defence pilots. It is launched by a solid propellant rocket motor, and sustained by a turbojet engine in flight.

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Himachal Hotel Gets Heritage Status

The Castel Magar, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation’s prime hotel in the picturesque, Kullu Valley was notified under the heritage status by the Union tourism ministry on 23 August 2012.  Maggar was the capital of the erst while kullu state for about 1460 years.  The Castle was built by Raja Sidhi Singh in the 16^th century.

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Sonia Gandhi Ranked Most Powerful Woman in the World

Sonia Gandhi, the congress party president and chair woman of the coalition government running the country, is India’s most powerful woman and the sixth most powerful woman in the world, according to the Forbes Magazine.  The 9^th year edition of Forbes magazine listed the 100 women.  “Who impact the world”, Mrs.Gandhi, 65, made it to the list for the fourth time.  She was also named the 11^th powerful person in the world.  Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany once again ranked first followed by Hillary Clinton.  The US secretary of State President Dilma Rouseff of Brazil next in the list is Melinda Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation was fourth.  Indra Nooyi, the chairman and Chief  Executive of Pepsico.

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