Thursday, February 17, 2011
Kannada Sahitya Sammelana(Kannada Literature Conference)
Kannada Sahitya Sammelana(Kannada Literature Conference) is a gathering of writers and poets of and for Kannadigas. It will not be false to say, it is one of the state festival held once in a year at various places across Karnataka.
Kannada Sahitya Sammelana is held with the aim to preserve and develop Kannada language, literature, art, culture and music. It was started in 1915 which was held at Bangalore.
Held at Bangalore, the event entered 77th Year. The celebration was spread for 3-days to promote and preserve culture of the language 'Kannada'
HOST: Kannada Sahitya Parishat
DOWNLOAD: PRESIDENT and EVENT LIST
Kannada Sahitya Sammelana is held with the aim to preserve and develop Kannada language, literature, art, culture and music. It was started in 1915 which was held at Bangalore.
Held at Bangalore, the event entered 77th Year. The celebration was spread for 3-days to promote and preserve culture of the language 'Kannada'
HOST: Kannada Sahitya Parishat
DOWNLOAD: PRESIDENT and EVENT LIST
Current Affairs February 2011
Award
Who has been named as the best CFO in the financial sector for 2010 by ICAI?
V.S.Rangan
Which prize did Karnataka win at National Level for its tableau featuring Bidari Carvings, an intrinsic art of engraving pictures on metals at the 62nd Republic Day Parade at New Delhi?
2nd prize
Business
Which Kochi-based company signed a deal with Los Angeles Potmax LLC to facilitate joint production and marketing activities?
Vines Visual and Media Pvt. Ltd.
Which electronic major is to open product support centre at the KINFRA Hi-Tech Park at Kalamassery in Kochi, Kerala?
BEL - Bharat Electronics Limited
Which firm has Nestle acquired through its subsidiary Nestle Health Science?
CM&D Pharma
Which bank has decided to open subsidiary for financial services, to enter into investment banking, wealth and asset management?
IOB - Indian Overseas Bank
People
Who has been appointed as acting Chairman of ONGC and S.V.Narasimhan as interim head of IOC?
A.K.Hazarika
Who has been elected as Prime Minister of Nepal?
Jhalanath Khanal
Who has been appointed 8th chairman of SEBI?
U.K.Sinha
After whose name is Pune cricket stadium named?
Subrata Roy Sahara
Technology
Ericsson launches mobile money services to offer mobile financial services
Facebook and Twitter to be used to make people aware of the importance of Census 2011
'The Daily', a newspaper for iPad launched
Olive Telecom to launch India's first HSPA (High Speed Packet Access and technically 4G) phone powered by Android OS
Hearsay, San Francisco based company announces a cloud-hosted social media management application called 'Hearsay Social' to monitor company's presence on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
Reliance Communication launches 'job search on voice' service that would enable its customers to connect to the recruiters directly on phone line at a subscription of Rs.30 per month. To avail the service dail 58010
Sports
Monisha Kaltenborn becomes the 1st female CEO of a Formula One Team Sauber Motorsport
German driver Adrian Sutil to continue with Force India Team for 2011 season
Pakistan won the ODI series against New Zealand, 3-2
Australia won the ODI series against England, 6-1
SNIPPETS
Singapore's Olam to acquire Britannia Food
ADB to provide $7.4billion to develop India's infrastructure
HCL has bagged Rs.250 crore order from BSNL
IBM to offer $1000 stock to Indian staff
Maruti launches luxury model 'Kizashi'
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board has bagged the 2nd prize for 'best practices-initiatives under urban sector', has been recognized for computerization of its billing process
Who has been named as the best CFO in the financial sector for 2010 by ICAI?
V.S.Rangan
Which prize did Karnataka win at National Level for its tableau featuring Bidari Carvings, an intrinsic art of engraving pictures on metals at the 62nd Republic Day Parade at New Delhi?
2nd prize
Business
Which Kochi-based company signed a deal with Los Angeles Potmax LLC to facilitate joint production and marketing activities?
Vines Visual and Media Pvt. Ltd.
Which electronic major is to open product support centre at the KINFRA Hi-Tech Park at Kalamassery in Kochi, Kerala?
BEL - Bharat Electronics Limited
Which firm has Nestle acquired through its subsidiary Nestle Health Science?
CM&D Pharma
Which bank has decided to open subsidiary for financial services, to enter into investment banking, wealth and asset management?
IOB - Indian Overseas Bank
People
Who has been appointed as acting Chairman of ONGC and S.V.Narasimhan as interim head of IOC?
A.K.Hazarika
Who has been elected as Prime Minister of Nepal?
Jhalanath Khanal
Who has been appointed 8th chairman of SEBI?
U.K.Sinha
After whose name is Pune cricket stadium named?
Subrata Roy Sahara
Technology
Ericsson launches mobile money services to offer mobile financial services
Facebook and Twitter to be used to make people aware of the importance of Census 2011
'The Daily', a newspaper for iPad launched
Olive Telecom to launch India's first HSPA (High Speed Packet Access and technically 4G) phone powered by Android OS
Hearsay, San Francisco based company announces a cloud-hosted social media management application called 'Hearsay Social' to monitor company's presence on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
Reliance Communication launches 'job search on voice' service that would enable its customers to connect to the recruiters directly on phone line at a subscription of Rs.30 per month. To avail the service dail 58010
Sports
Monisha Kaltenborn becomes the 1st female CEO of a Formula One Team Sauber Motorsport
German driver Adrian Sutil to continue with Force India Team for 2011 season
Pakistan won the ODI series against New Zealand, 3-2
Australia won the ODI series against England, 6-1
SNIPPETS
Singapore's Olam to acquire Britannia Food
ADB to provide $7.4billion to develop India's infrastructure
HCL has bagged Rs.250 crore order from BSNL
IBM to offer $1000 stock to Indian staff
Maruti launches luxury model 'Kizashi'
Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board has bagged the 2nd prize for 'best practices-initiatives under urban sector', has been recognized for computerization of its billing process
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Entertainment Quiz - 3 (bollywood quiz,holly wood quiz)
For which movie has A.R.Rahman bagged 2 Oscar nominations?
127 Hours
Who is the favourite to land the top job as Censor Board chief as Sharmila Tagore's tenure is about to end?
Shabana Azmi
Which singer has been sued by adopted daughter's family?
Madonna
Which bollywood actress has adjudged herself as No.1 Actress?
Priyanka Chopra
Which Yester Year actress would be honoured to have postal stamps issued in her name?
Meena Kumari
What is the name of the movie which has 8 nominations for Academy Award and set to re-release in India?
'The Social Network'
Which popular Canadian singer is all set to perform at the opening ceremony of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh?
Bryan Adams
Which Bollywood singer recorded a track with Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias?
Sunidhi Chauhan
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