8 August 2012 Current Affairs
A New Oxidant in the Atmosphere
For the first time scientists found equivocal evidence of another
oxidant playing a vital role in the formation of gases like sulphuric
acid in the atmosphere. Till now scientist thought that the combination
of OH(Hydroxyl Radical)Oxidant with sulphur dioxide(SO2) was the
dominant way for gaseous Sulphuric acid in the atmosphere. The scientist
said the new oxidant has ” Significant capacity’ to Oxidize Sulphur
dioxide.R.L. Mauldin from the University of Helsinki and other co-authors are
yet to identify the oxidant with certainty, and have named it as ‘X.’
They found the new oxidant has “significant capacity” to oxidise sulphur
dioxide.
Salimikordasiabi Won Olympic Gold
Inran’s
Beh Salmi Kordasiabi won gold in the event of weightlifting competition
at London to claim the title of “Strongest man at the Olympics”. He
lifted 455 kg in total.silver for sajjad Anoushiravani.He is from Iran.
Bronze for Russia’s Rulsan ALbegor with 448kg.
Since no one even tried to challenge that score, the Iranian giant
used his second attempt in the clean and jerk to try for a world record.
He loaded the bar with 264 kilograms — the weight of a golf cart — but
gave up instantly, and skipped his final lift.
The competition had an ugly moment when defending Olympic
champion Matthias Steiner lost his balance trying to lift 196 kilograms —
about 432 pounds — in his second lift of the snatch portion of the
competition. He fell awkwardly to the platform as the barbell crashed
down on him.
India’s 4th Medal by Mary Kom
Indian’s
Female Boxer Mary Kom Settle for Bronze in the Women’s fly category at
the London Olympics 2012. This is 4th Medal for India, she is from
Manipuri. she has become the first women boxer to claim an Olympic Medal
by entering Semifinal of Women’s 51kg category by defeating Marowa
Rohali of Tunisia.
Sally Pearson Won 100m Hurdled Olympic Gold
Sally
pearson an Australian Won 100m hurdles Olympic Gold. She made an
Olympic record time of 12.35seconds at Olympic Stadium, London. The
Victory margin record time of 12.37 seconds made by Joanna Hayes of US
in Athens.
India Ranked Second in Search Queries for Education on Google
Indian
Ranked second in education queries on Google.After the US, Indian
people from IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmadabad were the most searched in their
respective categories. India was Ranked 8th in 2008, at present it is
behind only to the US,reveals a study titled”Student on the Web”
compiled by Google India. The study was compiled by combing Google
search Query patterns and an offline research conducted by TNS Australia
on behalf of Google India.
” The Best Story ” Award for Indo-American
Indian American Rajan Gangahar has won the ” Best Story” award for the movie”Kushiyaan”at the Punjabi International
film Academy Award(PIFAA) held in Toronto . New york based Rajan was
presented with the award at a function held in Toronto. His first film
as a story writer, Rajan wrote dialogue and scree play for ”
Khushiyaan”, made by another Indo-American Trilok Malik.
Typhoon Haikui Hit East Coast China
Typhoon
Haikui hit to the east coast china on 8 August 2912. By hitting hard
the area around the business metropolis of shanghai with heavy wind and
rain. The storm’s wind’s were at ‘Severe typhoon”. It made land fall in
the Province of Zhejiang, about 225 kilometers(140 miles) south of
Shanghai. The wind speed in between 150 and 184 kilometers per hour.
Chinese officials had relocated 374.000 people from shanghai and 250,000
from zhejiang.
India’s GSAT–10 will launch on September 22
The Supreme Court 10th September 2012 issued a notice to Tamil Nadu
government on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the
69 per cent reservation by the state government in employment and
educational institutions. The petition, filed by students, challenged
the government’s decision to exceed the 50 per cent limit in reservation
mandated by the Mandal Commission judgement.The ten student petitioners
from Tamil Nadu had approached the Court after failing to secure
admission to the Medical College despite having secured 198/200.
Andy Murray first Britisher to win Grand Slam men’s singles title in 76 years
New President of Somalia is Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Onno Ruhl appointed World Bank country director for India
