Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Current Affairs April 2011
Automobile
Ford Motor India launches cheaper sedan version, 'Fiesta Classic'
Volskwagen to launch Jetta variant in India sometime in mid-2011
Business
VMware takes over Mozy which has been serving as the could-based storage and back up service of EMC for the last 4 years
MindTree co-founder Ashok Soota to set up a new business venture - Happiest Minds Technologies Limited to provide IT services to global firms
HCL bags broadband connectivity project for Indian Railways
IBM to provide finance and administration shared services to PepsiCo India
FedEx acquires Boeing 777F aircraft to provide better international connectivity to Indian cargo business
Canara Bank launches Debit Card-Platinum and Canara Campus Card
BSE signed an MoU with Osaka Securities Exchange to develop opportunities including cross-licencing of indices
Education
Symbiosis International University plans to start a school of liberal arts at its model colony campus from June 2011
'Pengala', a learning software for students to create interactive multimedia courses
Event
Dr.Gangubai Hanagal Music Foundation and Hubli Art circle to jointly organize a 2-day Indian classical music, dance and folk festival to mark 98th birth anniversary of Hindustani stalwart Gangubai Hanagal
4-day Auto Expo 2011 to be held in Surat, Gujarat
2-day North Zone conference of International College of Surgeons to be held at KN Udupa auditorium, Banaras Hindu University
People
Ex-IAS officer Sanjay Gupta has been appointed as Metro Express between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) chief
Chris Capossela has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft
Partip Chaudhuri has been appointed as SBI's chief
Atifete Jahjaga, Kosovo's highest ranking policewoman becomes country's President
Shiv Nadar, founder of HCL has been appointed as the chairman of the board of governors of the IIT Kharagpur
Science
Scientists have created the world's 1st artificial leaf that can turn sunlight and water into energy which could pave the way for a cheaper source of power in developing countries
Technology
Mozilla releases Firefox 4 for Android
Yahoo to launch new search engine in India by 2011 H2
Dr.Abdul Kalam launches launches language translation software developed by 17 institutions including the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at the 20th International World Wide Web conference
IT firm LinguaNext launched solutions Indify SAP and Indify Oracle to translate SAP ERP and Oracle E-Business Suite into 22 official Indian languages.
HTC launches demo of HTC Flyer tablet
Ford Motor India launches cheaper sedan version, 'Fiesta Classic'
Volskwagen to launch Jetta variant in India sometime in mid-2011
Business
VMware takes over Mozy which has been serving as the could-based storage and back up service of EMC for the last 4 years
MindTree co-founder Ashok Soota to set up a new business venture - Happiest Minds Technologies Limited to provide IT services to global firms
HCL bags broadband connectivity project for Indian Railways
IBM to provide finance and administration shared services to PepsiCo India
FedEx acquires Boeing 777F aircraft to provide better international connectivity to Indian cargo business
Canara Bank launches Debit Card-Platinum and Canara Campus Card
BSE signed an MoU with Osaka Securities Exchange to develop opportunities including cross-licencing of indices
Education
Symbiosis International University plans to start a school of liberal arts at its model colony campus from June 2011
'Pengala', a learning software for students to create interactive multimedia courses
Event
Dr.Gangubai Hanagal Music Foundation and Hubli Art circle to jointly organize a 2-day Indian classical music, dance and folk festival to mark 98th birth anniversary of Hindustani stalwart Gangubai Hanagal
4-day Auto Expo 2011 to be held in Surat, Gujarat
2-day North Zone conference of International College of Surgeons to be held at KN Udupa auditorium, Banaras Hindu University
People
Ex-IAS officer Sanjay Gupta has been appointed as Metro Express between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad (MEGA) chief
Chris Capossela has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft
Partip Chaudhuri has been appointed as SBI's chief
Atifete Jahjaga, Kosovo's highest ranking policewoman becomes country's President
Shiv Nadar, founder of HCL has been appointed as the chairman of the board of governors of the IIT Kharagpur
Science
Scientists have created the world's 1st artificial leaf that can turn sunlight and water into energy which could pave the way for a cheaper source of power in developing countries
Technology
Mozilla releases Firefox 4 for Android
Yahoo to launch new search engine in India by 2011 H2
Dr.Abdul Kalam launches launches language translation software developed by 17 institutions including the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at the 20th International World Wide Web conference
IT firm LinguaNext launched solutions Indify SAP and Indify Oracle to translate SAP ERP and Oracle E-Business Suite into 22 official Indian languages.
HTC launches demo of HTC Flyer tablet
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
ICC World Cup 2011 FINALS Facts - ICC World Cup 2011 videos
World Cup 2011 was the 1st all-Asian final World Cup and 6th consecutive final (since 1992) to feature at least one Asian team
India joined Australia and West Indies as the only teams to have won the World Cup more than once
India's successful run chase of Sri Lanka's 274 runs is the highest run-chase ever achieved in a World Cup final
This was the 2nd time in World Cup history that host nation has won the World Cup final. Sri Lanka were co-hosts with India and Pakistan in 1996 and were the first nation to win the World Cup in the same year
It was Sri Lanka's 2nd successive final having appeared in 2007
It is the 3rd time the team batting 2nd has won the World Cup final after Sri Lanka in 1996 and Australia in the 1999 World Cup
World Cup Final 2011 was also the 3rd World Cup Final appearance for both India and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene became the 6th player to score a century in a World Cup Final, and the 1st to score a century from a losing World Cup side
Muttiah Muralitharan's last international match, who bowled 0/39 in 8 Overs. His 1st and last ODI matches were against India
India joined Australia and West Indies as the only teams to have won the World Cup more than once
India's successful run chase of Sri Lanka's 274 runs is the highest run-chase ever achieved in a World Cup final
This was the 2nd time in World Cup history that host nation has won the World Cup final. Sri Lanka were co-hosts with India and Pakistan in 1996 and were the first nation to win the World Cup in the same year
It was Sri Lanka's 2nd successive final having appeared in 2007
It is the 3rd time the team batting 2nd has won the World Cup final after Sri Lanka in 1996 and Australia in the 1999 World Cup
World Cup Final 2011 was also the 3rd World Cup Final appearance for both India and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene became the 6th player to score a century in a World Cup Final, and the 1st to score a century from a losing World Cup side
Muttiah Muralitharan's last international match, who bowled 0/39 in 8 Overs. His 1st and last ODI matches were against India
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