Event June 2008

Palace Turns Musuem
2.Phoenix Mars Lander begins digging
*Acar bomb blast outside Danish embassy in Islamabad kills 6.
3.UN Secretary General urges the food crisis summit in Rome to help spread of starvation by lowering trade barriers and removing export bans,4. Barack Obama claims Democratic presidential nomination, after an epic battle with Hillary Clinton
*$3 b. of emergency aid an­nounced by the UN in Rome to meet the global food crisis.

.5. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd suggests a European Union style bloc comprising India, USA,China and Australia for Asia Pacific cooperation
*Hillary Clinton endorses herrival Barack Obama putting an end to her campaign for nomination
*Maoists stake claim for Nepal Prime Minister
*Astronauts open a new science lab in ISS
*Deposed Nepal King Gyanendra to move to a palace outside Kathmandu

6. 23 killed in two blasts in Sri Lanka
*Turkisu court overturns a law allowing women to wear the head scarf at university
*Hillary and Obama hold meeting

7. Oil prices shoot to over $139
*Musharraf says he is not quitting
*A row erupts over plans to instal Hitler in Madame Tussaud's new Berlin museum
*Serbia's Ana Ivanovic wins French Open
*Prachanda rejects G.P. Koirala's candi­dature for President of Nepal proposed by Nepali Congress
*An Israeli Minister's threat that a military attack on Iran could become inevitable spurs oil prices

8. Mine explosion in Ukraine trips 37, kills four
*ANC chief jacob Zuma in New Delhi
*Ratael Nadal equals Bjorn Borg's record for four consecutive French Open crowns, beating Federer
*Man goes on' stabbing spree in Tokyo, killing 7
*oSouth Asians in Durban threatened with violence if they don't pack their bags and leave.

9. Iran opposes move for US bases in Iraq
*Bangladesh Government imposes a gag order on Sheikh Hasina.

10. Saudi Arabia calls for a meeting of oil produces
*Venczuela and Cuba to install an under sea optical fibre cable connecting the two to counter US embargo
*Irish voters go to the polls for a referendum on the Lisbon treaty
*Cazprom expects oil to hit $250

11.29 die as a Sudanese airliner bursts into flames on landing at Khartoum
*Sheikh Hasina released on parole for eight weeks
*Nepal's former king Gyanendra vacates Narayanhiti palace

12.Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for US for medical treatment

13.Irish 'No' to Lisbon Treaty, leads to EU crisis
*China and Taiwan sign agree­ments to improve flight connectivity and tourism
*President George Bush has a special protocol audience with the Pope.

14.Earthquake of 7.2 magnitude jolts northern japan
*PCB reduces Shoaib Akhtar's 5-year ban for indiscipline to 18 months
*'Discovery' lands safely at Kennedy Space Centre after delivering part of a lab to ISS
*1100 inmates escape from Afghan jail when Taliban rebels blast it open
*lran not to halt uranium enrichment despite fresh Rafael Nadal EU incentives.

15.Narayanhiti palace in Kathmandu becomes a national museum
*GJM begins Darjeeling bandh
*Afghan president Karzai warn" Pakistan over 'terrorist nests'
*China has bumper qrain harvests for the fifth year
*I thiopia appeals tor $325 rn. in aid, as people needing emergency assistance are around 4.6 m
*Floods in Lowa.

16.Crude price touches 5140
*Nepal's Prachanda wins the country's top peace award alonq with jimmy Carter
*12 policemen killed by LTTE suicide bomber in Vavuniya
*Hundreds of families flee their homes in southern Afghanistan as Taliban insurgents take over several villages.

17.California begins issuing same-sex marriage licences.

19.Crude rises to $1 37 a barrel e Severe flooding in US Midwest
*Senator John McCain wants 45 new nuclear reactors built in the US by 2030
*Suu Kyi is 63, confined to her home for 12 years

20.Maoist ministers quit Nepal ministry after they fail to agree on power-sharing
*About 100 Japanese committed suicide everyday last year.

21.China accepts Sikkirn as a part of India
*UPA allies don't favour early election
*IAEA chief EI-Baradei warns against Iran attack.

22.in Zimbabwe, Tsvanqiri quits race, as he thinks a tree and felir poll is impossible .
*In Jeddah meeting of oil-producting and consuming countries Indian F.M. proposes a price band mechanism to regulate oil prices
*Philippines ferry capsizes: hundreds feared dead.

23.Navvaz Sharif barred from contesting parliamentary by-elections
*Zimbabwe Tsvanqirai takes refuge at Dutch embassy.

25.Seven Party Alliance of Nepal agree on constitution amendment
*'Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai wants political prisoners released before talks
*28 tribal leaders killed by Taliban
*Proliferation of jelly fish in seas resulting from climate change and overfishing

26.G.P. Koirala resigns as PM of Nepal
*North Korea hands over detailed nuclear list to China
*Afghanistan accuses Pakistan intelligence of organising the failed plot to kill Karzai
*Al-Qaeda bid to regroup in Saudi Arabia foiled by Riyadh.

27.Crude oil rises to $142 a barrel
*North Korea's nuclear tower demolished
*US Supreme Court upholds an individual's right to have a gun.

28.PPP for Kashmir autonomy
*Nelson Mandela is 90.

29.Spain beat Germany 1-0 in the final ofthe Euro 2008 in Vienna. Xavi Fernandez voted player of Euro '08
*Robert Mugabe sworn in Zimbabwe President, for the sixth time
*US Senate approves a Bill to remove Nelson Mandela from a terror watch list
*Nethertands bans smoking in cafes from July 1

30.OPEC says oil prices might touch $170 in a few months
*Prince Charles sets up a £ one b. investment fund for sustainable urban development
*Crude rises to $ 143 a barrel.

Event May 2008

Two Natural Disasters

1.Progress made in Pakistan on re­instating judges dismissed by President Musharraf
*Colombia's most wanted drug kingpin Victor Mejia Munera shot dead
*World's largest sea bridge inaugurated in the Yangtze River Delta in China.

2.Sacked judges of Pakistan to be reinstated
*Georgia-Russia tensions are hotting up
*No outright winner of Zimbabwe's March 29 election, with Tsvangirai getting 47.9% and Mugabe 43.2%.

3.Ken Livingstone is replaced by Boris Johnson as London mayor
*Maoists win one-third of the seats awarded under the proportionate Representation system
*Nelson Mandela still figures on the US terrorist watch list.

4.Microsoft out of Yahoo bid
*Cyclone Nargis wreaks havoc in Myanmar.

5.Death toll from cyclone in Myan­mar put at 10,000, with another 300 missing.

6.China says Dalai Lama must show sincerity in his actions.

7.Dmitry Medvedev is the new Russian President and Vladimir Putin the Prime Minister olMF approves sale of 403.3 tonnes for gold reserves
*Sri Lanka President prorogues Parliament
*Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahem resigns, Brian Cowen succeeds him
*Death toll in cyclone Nargis in Myanmar may reach 50,000, it is feared; One million homeless
*Obama takes a step towards Democratic Party nomination.

8.Pakistan testfires Haft-VIII
*Crude price $126 a barrel
*Lebanese militant group takes over most of Beirut.

10.Myanmar junta holds a referendum on a new constitution
*Afghanistan is hit by a plague of locusts.

11.President Bush's daughter Jenna weds Henry Hager
*Serbs vote in par­liamentary election
*UN puts number of persons missing in Myanmar cyclone Nargis at 2,20,000.
12.Relief materials for cyclone-hit Myanmar pour in from many countries
*Pakistan is readmitted to the Commonwealth
*Southwest China is hit by a major earthquake (7.8), killing thousands, and leaving 900 students buried
*Indonesians protest government's plan to raise fuel prices
*Nawaz Sharif's party (PML-N) to quit Pak cabinet.

13.China earthquake toll surpasses 12,000
*Maoists ask King Gyanendra to leave the Narayanhiti Palace before May 27.

14. Justine Henin retires-Maria Sharapova to be No.1 in women's ten­nis.

16.PCC withdraws defamation suit against Shoaib Akhtar, after a public apology by the bowler
*100 killed in pipeline fire in Nigeria
*Pillayan, leader of the breakaway LTTE faction, is CM of the newly constituted Eastern Provincial Council.

17. Quake toll in China rises to 28,881
*UN report says about 3 b. people are food insecure; 18,000 children die daily
*Taliban releases Pak ambassador to Kabul Tariq Azizuddin, three months and five days after he was abducted
*Kuwaitis vote for a new Parliament
*President Bush in Egypt for peace deal.

18.Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh indicted by a special court in a second graft case
*Double amputee runner Oscar Pistorius regains the right to participate in Olympics at Beijing.

19.Mahathir Mohammad quits ruling party in Malaysia to press for leadership change
*Osama bin Laden lashes out at Arab governments that side with the West
*Anti-foreigner riots in South Africa, 22 killed
*3-day mourning in Myanmar for victims of cyclone that has left 1,30,000 people dead or missing
*3 minutes' silence observed in China and overseas in memory of the earthquake victims.

20. Oil is $129 a barrel.

21.Brigadier Balraj, a key commander of the LTTE, is dead
*Georqia elects a new Parliament.

22. Appa Sherpa of Nepal climbs Everest for the '18th'" time
*Olympic torch relay resumes in China
*Violcnce erupts in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
*Pakistan signs a peace accord with Taliban militants in the Swat Valley.

23. King Gyanendra of Nepal leaves the Narayanhity royal palace
*Beatification of Pope john Paul II next year
*Ricky Ponting surpasses Gavaskar's record by winning his 35th test century against West Indies
*China and Russia vow joint efforts to maintain global energy security
*Myanrnar opens up to global aid
*850 Malawians affected by the violence against foreigners in South Africa, which has claimed 42 lives
*Somalian pirates free the hijacked ship MV Victoria
*Oil is $135 a barrel.

24. Death toll from earthquake in China is over 60,000
*ppp leader Zardari says judges sacked by President Musharrafwill be reinstated
*Prachanda invited to form government in Nepals
*Thousands march in jo'burg against xenophobia
*NASA gears to land the Phoenix space craft on Mars' frigid north pole
*Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe says Mugabe wants to decimate MDC structures.

25. Min Bahadur Sherchan, 75, of Nepal becomes the oldest person to climb the Everest
*Arrmy Chief Gen. Michel Sieiman is elected President of Lebanon.

26.Palme d'Or (Cannes) goes to 'Entre les Murs' ('The Class')
*Phoenix sends first pictures from Mars
*Sri Lanka train blast kills seven.

27.Detention of Aung San Suu Kyi extended by one year
*Gorbachev given lifetime achievement award at the Energy Cable Awards in Brussels
*Nepal's King Gyanendra's last day on the throne
*Xenophobes attack South Asians in Rome
*France to promote nuclear energy as an .j alternative to tackle climate change.

28.Nepal becomes a Federal Demo­cratic Republic;King Gyanendra to vacate the palace in 15 days
*Assets of four LeT leaders frozen by USA
*Experts say the leaning tower of Pisa has been stabilised and is out of danger for at least 300 years
*James Bond is back in Sebatian Faulks' novel 'Devil May Care', marking the centenary of lan Fleming's birth
*China's earthquake toll rises to 68,109
*A corruption scandal puts pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign
*Indonesia a net oil importer, to quit OPEC.

29. Agreement reached on destroying cluster bomb stock piles in eight years, at a meeting of diplomats from over 100 nations in Dublin.

30.Actor Sharon Stone banned by Shanghai Film Festival for suggesting that the earthquakes in Sichuan were Karmic retribution for the treatment of Tibet
*Earthquake hits Iceland
*China to evacuate 1.3 rn. people in Sichuan for fear of a major 'quake lake' burst
*A.O.Khan, father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, says he had not meant a word of his earlier admission of selling nuclear energy
*WHO calls member countries to ban tobacco advertisement.

31.France to help Jordan develop its nuclear energy
*Shane Warne says he is ready to be spin bowling guru in India.

Event April 2008

Moist Victory in Nepal
1.Fast Bowler Shoaib Akhtar banned for 5 years by Pakistan Cricket Board for repeated indiscipline.
2.In Zimbabwe elections, Mugabe's party loses control of parliament.
3.ShoaibAkhtar not to be allowed to play in India Pre­mier League until the suspension is lifted *China urges US to support its position on Tibet
*NATO summit being held at Bucharest.
4.UN warns that 82 countries face food 102 EVENTS emergencies as stockpiles of wheat drop to the lowest levels since 1980, sufficient to feed the world for just 12 weeks
*Putin says NATO's induction of Ukraine and Georgia is an immediate threat to Russia.
5. Actor Charlton Heston dies
*Clashes between anti-China protesters and police during Olympic torch march in London
*In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's party demands vote recount.
7. Negligent driving of her chauffeur and the pursuing.paparazzi killed Princess Diana, her inquest concludes.
8. IMF considers selling 403.3 tonnes of gold.
9. IOC to go ahead with Olympic torch relay.
10. Nepal goes to the polls, 60 p.c. voter turnout *Zimbabwe's opposition leader Tsvangirai not to take part in any presidential run-off against Mugabe *Jigni Y. Thinley is Bhutan's first elected Prime Minister.
11. China's new bullet train 'Hexie' that can reach a speed of 350 km an hour is ready.
12 The Newseum opened in Wash­ington.
13. Maoists bag 61 of 1 05 seats in Nepal
*92 killed in Sri Lankan clashes
*Italy goes to the polls
*In Kenya Raila Odinga is named Prime Minister.
14. Dalai Lama rules out any more 'concessions' to China on Tibet
*Kenyan President Kibaki announces national unity cabinet, ending a long deadlock.
15. Blasts in Iraq kill 62
*Plane crash in congo kills 60
*Putin to lead United Russia party
*Volcano empts in Colombia
*18 school girls killed in Uganda fire.
16. The Pope is in US
*NLD says Suu Kyi can vote in May 10 referendum.
17. Suicide bomber kills 45 Iraqi mourners.
18. Beijing main venue of the Olympics 'Bird's Nest' makes debut
*WFP to cut rations in Darfur because of insecurity along the main supply routes
*Dense smoke from grass fires envelopes Buenos Aires.
19. Taliban holds Pak ambassador to Afghanistan.
20. Clash between Ethiopian troops and Islamist fighters kill 81 in Mogadishu
*Israeli raids on Gaza strip.
22.Crude oil rises to $118 a barrel *Paris awards honorary citizenship to Dalai Lama.
23. 90 killed in fighting in Jaffna pen­insula
*Hillary Clinton scores a decisive win in Pennsylvania *Reports say Israel is prepared to return Golan Heights to Syria in exchange for a peace treaty.
24.China's Internet population rises to 221 m.
*143 killed in Sri Lanka fighting
*Pakistan's new government has drafted a peace agreement with Taliban militants
*WFP says half of Pakistan is 'food insecure'
*Pro-Tibet riots continue in Nepal.
25. Communist Party of Nepal (Mao­ists) win 100 seats in Nepal.
26. In Zimbabawe, Mugabe's ZANU-PF fails in recount too.
27.Afghan President Hamid Karzai escapes attempt on his life by Taliban in Kabul *Chinese Academy of Social Sciences predicts a 10.7 p.c. growth in GDP in 2008
*Nepali Maoist leader Prachanda stresses cooperation with India.
28.70 die as a passenger train jumps the track in China's Shandong province Iran is ready for talks with the West on nuclear proposals.
29.lraq'sformer Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz on trial in Baghdad.
30. Shoab Akhtar's five year ban upheld by Pak appellate tribunal.

Event March 2008

March 2008Violence in Tibet
1.Nicholas Burns, the American points man forthe nuclear deal, quits

*33 Gazans killed in pitched battles.
2.Kosovo Prime Minister Thaci rules out partition

*Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Iraq.
3.Israel ends Gaza incursion

*Dmitry Medvedev wins a landslide in Russian presidential election

*Iran asks US to leave Iraq

*22 LTTE cadres killed; Rajapakse says Tigers will be wiped out

*Accordinq to a poll 64% of Israelis favour a negotiated truce with Hamas.
6.Waren Buffet ($62 b.) is the world's richest man in Forbes list of billionaires, Carlos Slim ($60 b) is second, Bill Gates ($58 b) third, and lakshmi Mittal ($45 fourth.
7. Gold drifts higher in Europe, $984.70 an ounce

*68 killed in twin blasts in central Baghdad

*Eight students killed by a Palestinian gunman inside a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem

*38 Tigers killed in north Sri Lanka.
*Marian Jones goes to prison
*Cun­man kills 8 teens in Israeli school.
9. PPP-PML (N) to form government in Pakistan.
10. Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero's Socialist Party wins elections but not an outright majority *Malaysian PM Badawi sworn in for another term.
11. 26 killed in Lahore twin blasts.
13. Oil price is $110 a barrel and gold hits $1000 an ounce.
14. Violence in Lhasa

*lranian elections.

*Shops and vehicles set ablaze in Lhasa.
15. Over 100 Tibetan protesters killed by Chinese police during protests against Chinese rule in Lhasa, Tibetan Government in exile
16. Wen jiabo re-elected China's Prime Minister

*A plan for a 38 member Mediterranean Union agreed upon

*Conservatives win majority in Iran.
17. Pakistan parliament opens without President Musharraf

*Gold is above $1 030 an ounce in New York

*New York gets its first black governor as David Paterson replaces Eliot Spitzer

*China declares 'people's war' as Tibet riots spread.
18. Wen Jiabo says Tibet protests are incited by Dalai Lama; Dalai Lama offers to quit as political head of his movement in exile, if violence continues

*Four ethnic Indians inducted in Malaysian cabinet

*Casualties in Iraq since 2003: US killed 3987; Iraqi civilians - 89,300.
19.Pakistan has a woman Speaker of National Assembly in Fehmida Mirza (PPP)

*Mikhail Gorbachev admits he is a Christian

*Taslima Nasrin leaves India, reported to be in London

*Rabbit fever reported in Thailand.
20.Osama bin Ladan threatens EU with grave punishment for publication of cartoons mocking prophet Mohammed.
21.Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif says he wants ousted CJ Iftihkar Chaudhary reinstated. 22.China sends more troops to restive areas to crush Tibet uprising

*PPP nominates Yousuf Raza Gillani as its candidate for Pakistan's Prime Minister *Russia warns Georgia over NATO

*Opposition KMT wins Taiwan presidential election.
23. Loss of world's biggest bank Citigroup for 2008 put at $43 b.
24.Pakistan's Prime Minister elect Gillani orders release of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary

*ln elections, Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party wins

*US military death toll in Iraq climbs to 4000

*Sri Lanka claims 2500 Tigers killed since Jan. 1.
25. Yousuf Raza Gillani sworn in as Pakistan's 25th Prime Minister

*130 killed in Tibet violence.
26.Fighting in Basra and other towns intensifies.
27. Heathrow airports new Terminal 5 opens.
28.Virender Sehwag becomes the third batsman after Don Bradman and Brian Lara to run up 300 plus scores twice in Tests

*China's economy to grow at 10.7 p.c. in 2008, says a UN agency.
29. Voting in Zimbabwe. 31. Pakistan cabinet sworn in

*Chinese President Hu Jintao launches the Olympic torch relay

*160 nations take part in talks in Bangkok on global warming

*All con­spiracy theories in the death of Princess Diana rejected by coroner.

Event February 2008

Fidel Castro Steps Down

1. 64 persons killed by twin bomb blasts in Baghdad
*Microsoft offers to acquire Yahoo! for $ 44.6 b. oAI Qaeda leader Abu Laith al-Libi killed in Paki­stan.

3.Serbs vote in presidential election that will decide the fate of breakaway Kosovo province
*Earthquake hits Rwan­da and DR Congo, killing 28
*Rebels in Chad surround President Idrissa Defy's palace
*French President Sarkozy marries his girlfriend former model Carla Bruni at Elysee Palace.

4.12 killed in bus explosion in north­central Sri Lanka
*Boris Tadic re-elected Serbian President.

5.Prototype of 'AVG', a successor to France's TGV fast trains, with 360 kmph speed, unveiled in France
*lran regrets India's launch of Israeli spy satellite.

6.In Super Tuesday showdown in USA, John McCain rides closer to the top of Republican ticket
*Maharishi Mahesh Yogi dies in the Netherlands
*Chinese end the Year of the Pig and ring in the Year of the Rat.

7.A billion dollar defence deal signed by US and India for the purchase of 6 Super Hercules military transport planes from Lockheed Martin
*55 killed in tornadoes in southern US states.

8.Scotland Yard thinks that Benazir Bhutto died of an injury she sustained when her head hit the roof-opening of her car as a result of the bomb blast
*Shuttle Atlantis soars into orbit after a 2-month delay.

9.Myanmar authorities announce referendum in May on a new constitution
*Sri Lanka dissident leader Sripathi Sooriayaarachchi dies
*Ban on Islamic headscarves in universities lifted in Turkey.

11. Yahoo rejects Microsoft's buyout offer
*Grammy awards won by Amy Wine house
*Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama wins Grammy for best spoken word album
*Pak Ambassador to Kabul goes missing
*East Timor President Horta shot and wounded by rebel soldiers.
13.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologises to the country's 4.7 lakh-strong Aborigines for past injustices against them
*Obama gets three more states in US election nominations.

14.Hizbollah declares open war on Israel
*President Musharraf pledges to hold free, fair and timely elections.

15. Ex-student in Northern Illinois University kills 6 in a lecture hall
*A South Korean firm receives an order for cloning a pet dog
*US to shoot down a broken spy satellite hurtling towards Earth with a large supply of toxic fuel aboard
*Global loss put at $ 8 trillion resulting from US subprime crisis, Bank of America estimates
*Alan Greenspan says US economy is clearly on the edge of a recession.

l6. Millionaire adventurer Steve Fos­sett, declared dead 5 months after he vanished while flying in a small plane
*Hindraf urges ethnic Indians in Malaysia to vote against Badawi's political grouping
*Sharp drop reported in Baghdad deaths from violence.

17.Suicide attacks kill 40 on poll eve in Pakistan
*40 die in Pak bus mishap
*Kosovo declares independence from Serbia
*80 killed in Afghan blast.

18.Pak elections pass off without major untoward incidents
*The Serb-run half of Bosnia seeks independence.

19. In Pakistan, PPP and PML (Nawaz) sweep polls, with big set­back for Mush­arraf's PML(Q)
*Cuba's Fidel Castro steps down.

20. Oil touches $100 a barrel again
*Earthquake (7.3) strikes Indonesia's Aceh province
*Barack Obama bags 10th consecutive victory against Hillary Clinton *Britain makes it mandatory for immigrants to pass more tests to 'prove their worth'
*Serbia withdraws ambas­sador from Washington; UK, Germany, France and Italy recognise Kosovo.

21.UK to introduce 'migrant tax'
*Thousands of Serbs held a rally to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence, while the number of nations recognising Kosovo rises to a dozen
*Riots target Western embassies in Belgrade, over Kosovo issue.

22.Venezuelan plane crashes in Andesregion killing 46.

24.VirginAtlan­tic operates its first flight using bio­fuel
*Three bankers jailed in' USA for Enron-linked fraud
*Presidential elections in Cuba; National Assembly elects Raul Castro as Fidel Castro's successor.

25.'No Country for Old Men' wins best picture at Oscars
*Raul Castro is the newly elected President of Cuba,

26. Cyprus has a communist head of state, Demetris Christifias.

27. Mathew Hayden of Australia let off with reprimand for calling India's Harbhajan Singh an 'obnoxious little weed' in a radio interview
*UN projections say half the world's people will live in urban areas by the end of 2008
*Earthquake (5.2 Richter) jolts Britain.

28. Nepal Government and United Democratic Madhesi Frontsign an 8-point agreement
*Thailand's deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is back.

29. Chemical Ali's execution approved by Iraq's presidency council
*Israel warns of 'holocaust' in Gaza after attacks
*British Army to recall Prince Harry from Afghanistan.

Event January 2008

Hillary & Fischer are No More

1.Malta and Cyprus join the Euro Currency zone, bringing euro countries to 15
*UNP leader T. Maheswaran shot dead in Colombo -Germany and France ban smoking in public places.

2.Oil is $100 a barrel
*Post-poll violence in Kenya.

3.World gold at $868 an ounce
*Scotland Yard to help in Butto assassination probe
*Sri Lanka scraps its ceasefire agreement with LTTE, signed in 2002.

4.300 dead and 73,500 flee tribal violence in Kenya following the disputed re-election of President Kibati; Opposition leader Odinga wants fresh election.

6.LTTE intelligence chief 'Col. Charles' killed
*French President Sarkozy to marry girl friend Carla Bruni.

8. Sri Lanka Minister D.M. Dasanayaka dies in blast
*Maldives President Gayoom escapes bid on his life.

9.President Bush embarks on an 8 day visit to West Asia
*27 LTTE cadres killed.

10.Lahore sui­cide bombing kills 22 people, mostly policemen
*Iraq death toll put at 1 .5 lakh
*Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary, 88, passes away.

11.FBI describes LTTE as one of the most deadly extremists in the world
*China to limit the use of plastic bags from [une
*China's forex reserves top $1.5 trillion.
12.American Olympian Marion jones fined for six months for lying about steroid use and involvement in a drug fraud case
*Benazir Bhutto's niece Fatima says PPP need not be led by a member of the Bhutto family
*Gold tops $900 on fears over US interest rate cut.

14.University of Minnesota researchers create a beating rat heart in a laboratory
*President Musharraf rules out national government.

15.Australia's new government not to sell uranium to India
*India and Chi­na raise trade target by 50% to $60 b. by 2010.

16.Bus blast in Sri Lanka kills 26, as six-year-old ceasefire comes to an end
*Pope Benedict XVI cancels visit to Rome's La Sapi­enza 'varsity after protests
*Apple comes out with the world's tiniest laptop
*Two protesters shot dead in Kenya
*Paddy Ashdown is appointed UN envoy in Afghanistan.

17.Bhutan to hold first ever general election on March 24
*US researchers create the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9% of light
*Chess legend Bobby Fischer dies, at 64.

18.Bomb threat to World Bank offices
*Britain wants to take relationship with China to a higher level
*Pakistan denies report on its stand on jinnah Home.

19.Terror network busted in Spain
*Teenager arrested for Benazir killing.
20.Hindu festival of Thai pusan declared a national holiday in Malaysia
*Serial blasts rock Bhutan
*30 cadres of LTTE killed in clashes in Sri Lanka
*Kenya's john Kelai wins Mumbai Mara­thon.

22.Federal Reserve cuts interest rate by 75 basis points
*UNICEF report says India accounts for 2.1 m of the global total of 9.7 m. children dying before they reach the age of 5
*Stock markets tumble across the world; Bush's package fails to reassure US economy
*State fu­neral held in Auckland for Everest hero Hillary.

23.US Fed rate cut stabilises Asian markets
*Iraq's parliament adopts a new flag
*Sri Lanka claims to have bombed an LTTE hub frequented by V. Prabha­karan
*NASA pictures of Mars have one of a mystery female figure walking down a hill.

24. Israel to halt fuel shipment to Gaza.

26.Maria Sharapova wins Australian Open final.

27.Novak Djokovic, 20, be­comes the first Serb to win a Grand Slam, at Australian Open
*Barrack Obama sweeps South Carolina
*Former Indonesian President Suharto is dead
*Bird flu situation in Bangladesh reported alarming
*The five-day World Economic Forum at Davos ends.

28. Samak Sundaravej (PPP) elected Prime Minister in Thailand
*China hav- ing one of its coldest and snowiest winters
*Prince Charles to boycott Beijing Olympics over rights abuse in Tibet.

31.Climate summit opens in Honolulu
*Argentinian footballer apologies for infamous 'hand of God' goal against England in 1986 World Cup.

Event December 2007

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

1.Zhang Zilin, 23, of China is Miss World 2007
*Parliamentary elections in Russia
*Referendum on consti­tution reforms in Venezuela.

2.Iran to attend Gee summit for the first time.
*Muttiah Muralidharan equals Shane Warne's record In test wickets.

3.Nawaz Sharif's nomination for jan. 8 Pakistan election rejected
*Muttiah Mu­ralidharan breaks Shane Warne's record of 708 wickets at Kandy and becomes Test cricket's leading wicket-taker (710)
*A man dies of bird flu in China's jiangsu province
*In Venezuela, the Chavez referendum for constitution reform is defeated.

4. Benazir and Nawaz join forces to demand a free and fair general election in Pakistan.

5. Nawaz Sharif says he doesn't aspire to become Prime Minister again
*Prayer room for Sikhs at jFK airport.
Zhang Zilin

6.Yulia Tymoshenko named Ukraine Prime Minister
*Nicole Kidman's wax statue unveiled in Madame Tussaud's.

8.Ebola epidemic in Uganda, 100 infected, 22 die.

9.African leaders at EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon reject Economic Partnership. Agreement demanded by EU
*China's largest Hydropower plant Three Gorges to produce 63.7 b. kwt in 2007
*Iran ac­cuses US of nuclear espionage.

10.Nobel Prizes awarded
*Dmitry Medvedev named Putin's favoured suc­cessor.

11.Medvedev asks Putin to be his Prime Minister
*Blasts in Algiers kill 60
*Pakistan testfires a cruise missile called Hatf 7.

12.Top Lebanese military officer Big Gen.francois ai-Hajj assassinated
*Muslim party quits Rajapaksa regime
*40 killed in Iraq blasts.

13.Russia and Iran reach agreement on nuclear plant
*Garry Kasparov not to run for Russian President.

14.'EU summit in Brussels
*Bornbs explode outside. Indian consulate in Afghanistan
*Pakistan arrests AI Qaida members for allegedly plotting to kill President Musharraf.

15.Emergency rule in Pakistan lifted
*Political leaders in Belgium fail to form a government after the general elections of june, as it sparks speculation that the state could split into Dutch-and French­speaking regions.
16. UK to tighten immigration laws.

17.In Malaysia, 31 ethnic Indians acquitted of charges of attempting to murder a police officer during an agitation by Hindu Rights Action Force (Hin-draf)
*Russia delivers nuclear fuel to Iran
*Putin agrees to become Prime Minister if Medvedev is President.

18.Arcelor Mittal signs pact for first steel plant in Russia
*Brazil's Kaka is FIFA World Player of the Year.

19.jacob Zumais elected ANC Presi­dent, defeating Thabo Mbeki
*Pak train crashes in Mehrabpur, killing 58
*US Senate adds $70b. for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

20.Bangladeshi writerTaslima Nasreen is told by Government of India she can't go to Kolkata
*Earthquaake (6.8) strikes New Zealand's North Island
*President Bush signs Climate Bill.

21.Gold is above $800 an ounce in Europe
*Suictde bomber kills 50 in a mosque near Peshawar in Pakistan
*China's first homegrown regional jet Xiang Feng(meaning 'Flying Phoenix') rolls off the production line in Shanghai.

22. Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest, at 81, to be a British monarch
*Tony Blair becomes a Catholic
*China unveils 300-kmph train
*Thailand goes to the polls .

23.UN's two­year budget of $4.17b. approved
*Pro-Thaksin party PPP leads in Thailand elections
*Government moves bill to declare Nepal a republic.

24. Queen Elizabeth launches her own special Royal Channel on YouTube.

26.Landslips and flash floods kill over 100 in java.

27.Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan assassinated in Rawalpindi, violence spreads to all parts of the country
*Russia to set up a missile shield for Iran.

28. Benazir Bhutto's body laid to rest
*AI Qaida claims responsibility for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
*25 LTTE rebels killed
*For the 6th time, George Bush and Hillary Clinton are Americans' most admired man and woman.

30.Benazir Bhutto's son, 19-year-old Bilawal is named PPP chairman
*Footbailer Phil O'Donnell dies on field during a match
*Election in Pakistan postponed
*Rioting in Pakistan, as suspicion about the circumstances of the murder of Benazir Bhutto grows.

31.Riots in Kenya, about 100 killed.

Current Gk Events

Pakistan 1947 to 2008

Era of Change In Us

Indian Economy

Livni Wins Party Leadership Election In Israel

Events November 2007

Musharraf sheds Uniform
1.International crude oil prices near $1 00 per barrel.
2.LTTE's Political Division Chief Thamilchelvan killed in an air attack
>>Floods affect 1 m. people in Mexico.
3.Pakistan President Musharrafclamps a state of emergency
>>Spacewalk by two astronauts from shuttle Discovery.
4.President Musharraf says judicial activism and extremism had demoralised Pakistan govemment, Benazir Bhutto says emergency rule will help extremists.
5.US asks Pakistan President Musharraf to return to the constitutional path
>>29 die in old age home fire in Russia
>>US and China agree to open a hotline between their Defence Ministries.
7.Seven killed in shooting in a school in southern Finland
>>63 killed in Sri Lanka fighting
>>Musherraf says elections in Pakistan will be held in February
>>France pledges support to US in stopping Iran from going nuclear.
9.Benazir Bhutto detained by Pakistan police.
11.UN official in Myanmar -Fierce storm in Black Sea Strait..
12.Danilo Turk is the new Siovenian President
>>Bangladesh joins Trans-Asian Railway network.
13.Benazir demands Musharraf step down
>>The Commonwealth sets a 10-day deadline for President Musharraf to lift the Emergency .
15.• Musharraf finalises caretaker gov­ernment
>>Public sector strike paralyses France
>>Cyclone pounds Bangladesh's southwestern coast.
16.Muhammedmian Soomro sworn in caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan
>>Spice Girls perform together once again,in Hollywood
>>Over 1000 die in Bangla­desh super cyclone Sidr
>>IPCC meet at Valencia, Spain ends.
17.Bangladesh cyclone toll crosses 1 000, may reach 2300
>>Shia-Sunni clashes in Pakistan's tribal area bordering Afghanistan kill 45.
18.Fire in Saudi gas pipeline kills 28
>>Mine blast in Ukraine kills 33
>>Hashim Thad of Kosovo Democratic party wins a parliamentary election and threatens to declare independence
>>Roger Ferererwins his fourth Masters Cup in 5 years.
19.Khieu Samphan, former Khmer Rouge head of state, arrested
>>Imran Khan on hunger strike in prison.
20. Mike Tyson sentenced to 3 years probation and one day in jail for drug possession and driving under the influence of alcohol
>>ln an exhibition match in Seoul Roger Federer defeats Pete Sampras 6-4, 6- 3
>>France comes to a standstill as railway agitation enters the seventh day
>>ASEAN adopts a broad Charter .
21. Afghanistan to become 8th member of SAFT A from February 08
>>Crude oil price rises above $99 a barrel
>>Police lock the main gate of deposed Cj I.M. Chaudhry's house in Islamabad
>>Imran khan, released from prison .
23.Pakistan is suspended from Commonwealth
>>Queen opens CHOGM in Kampala .
24. Australia goes to the polls
>>Labour Jarty under Kevin Rudd comes to power in Australia
>>Twin suicide bombings kill 30 in Rawalpindi
>>Marlan Jones asked to return prize money.
25.Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia after seven years of exile
>>Garry Kasparov sentenced to five days in jail for violating laws regulating public assembly
>>Nepal's Prachanda threatens to take up arms if monarchy is not abolished
>>The Hindu Rights Action Force stages rally in Kuala Lumpur, against alleged marginalisation of the ethnic Indian community in Malaysia.
26. President Musharr af to step down.
27.civilians killed in bombing 'Voice of tigers' building in Sri Lanka.
28. Pervez Musharraf presents the command baton to General Ashtaq Kayani, to
take oath as President on 29th•
29.Pervez Musharraf sworn in Presi­dent of Pakistan for a new five-year term, emergency to go on Dee. 16
Sieqe of a hotel by renegade soldiers demanding the ouster of Philippine President Arroyo is followed by a curfew in Manila
*China's forex reserves, the world's largest, reach $1.455 trillion.

Current GK-List of Parliaments World Wide

Parliament of Different Countries
Afghanistan : Shora
· Andorra : General Council
· Albania : People's Assembly
· Azerbaijan : Melli Majlis
· Algeria : National People's Assembly
· Angola : National People's Assembly
· Argentina : National Congress
· Australia : Federal Parliament
· Austria : National Assembly
· Bahamas : General Assembly
· Bahrain : Consultative Council
· Bangladesh : Jatiya Sansad
· Belize : National Assembly
· Bhutan : Tsogdu
· Bolivia : National Congress
· Brazil : National Congress
· Brunei : National Assembly
· Botswana : National Assembly
· Britain : Parliament (House of Common's & House of Lords)
· Bulgaria : Narodno Subranie.
· Cambodia : National Assembly
· Congo Democratic : Rep. of National Legislative Council
· Colombia : Congress
· Canada : Parliament.
· China : National People's Congress
· Chile : Chamber of Deputies and Senate
· Comoros : Legislative Council and Senate
· Costa Rica : Legislative Council and Senate
· Crotia : Sabor
· Cuba : National Assembly of People's Power
· Czech Republic : Chamber of Deputies and Senate
· Denmark : Folketing
· Dominica : House of Assembly
· Ecuador : National Congress
· El Salvador : Legislative Assembly
· East Timor : Constituent Assembly
· Ethiopia : Federal Council and House of Representative
· Egypt : People's Assembly
· Fiji Islands : Senate & House of Representative
· France : National Assembly
· Finland : Eduskusta (Parliament)
· Germany : Bundestag (Lower House) and Bundesrat (Upper House)
· Guyana : National Assembly
· Greece : Chamber of Deputies
· Hungry : National Assembly
· Iceland : Althing
· India : Sansad
· Indonesia : People's Consultative Assembly
· Iran : Majlis
· Iraq : National Assembly
· Israel : Knesset
· Italy : Chamber of Deputies and Senate
· Japan : Diet
· Jordan : National Assembly
· Korea (North) : Supreme People's Assembly
· Korea (South) : National Assembly
· Kuwait : National Assembly
· Laos : People's Supreme Assembly
· Labanon : National Assembly
· Lesotho : National Assembly and Senate
· Lithuania : Seimas
· Luxembourg : Chamber of Deputies
· Libya : General People's Congress
· Malaysia : Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara
· Maldives : Majlis
· Madagascar : National People's Assembly
· Mongolia : Great People's Khural
· Mozambique : People's Assembly
· Myanmar : Pyithu Hluttaw
· Nepal : Rashtriya Panchayat
· Netherlands : The Staten General
· New Zealand : Parliament (House of Representatives)
· Oman : Monarchy
· Pakistan : National Assembly & Senate
· Paraguay : Senate & Chamber of Deputies
· Philippines : The Congress
· Papua New Guinea : National Parliament
· Poland : Sejm
· Romania : Great National Assembly
· Russia : Duma & Federal Council
· Senegal : National Assembly
· Seychelles : People's Assembly
· South Africa Rep. : House of Assembly
· Spain : Cortes
· Sweden : Riksdag
· Saudi Arabia : Majlis Al-Shura
· Sudan : Majlis Watani
· Switzerland : Federal Assembly
· Syria : People's Council
· Turkey : Grand National Assembly
· USA : Congress
· Vietnam : National Assembly
· Venezuela : National Congress
· Serbia : Federal Assembly
· Montenegro : Federal Assembly
· Zambia : National Assembly

Smallest,Largest,Longest,Biggest,Highest World Wide

•World Water Park:Edmonton, Albert, Canada(Size : 5 Acres)
• Largest Airport : King Abdul Khalid International Airport (Saudi Arabia)
• Highest Airport : Lhasa Airport, Tibet
• Tallest Animal : Giraffe
• Largest Animal : Blue Bottom whale
• Largest Bay : Hudson Bay, Canada.
• Fastest Bird : Swift
• Largest Bird : Ostrich
• Smallest Bird : Humming bird
• Fastest Animal : Cheetah
• Biggest Flower : Rafflesia (Java)
• Longest Bridge : Huey P. Long Bridge (USA)
• Longest Canal : Baltic sea White Canal
• Largest Cathedral : Cathedral Church of New York
• Largest Cemetry : Ohlsdorf Cemetry (Hamburg, Germany)
• Largest Church : Balisca of St. Peter in the Vatican City, Rome.
• Largest Continent : Asia
• Smallest Continent : Australia
• Largest Country (Area) : Russia
• Smallest Country (Area) : Vatican City
• Biggest Cinema House : Roxy, New York
• Highest City : Wenchuan, China
• Most Populous City : Tokyo
• Longest Day : June 21
• Shortest Day : December 22
• Largest Delta : Sunderban (India)
• Largest Desert : Sahara, North Africa
• Biggest Dome : Gol Gumbaz (Bijapur), India
• Largest Dams : Grand Coulee Dam, USA
• Tallest Fountain : Fountain Hills, Arizona
• Largest Gulf : Gulf of Mexico
• Largest Hotel : Excalibur Hotel (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
• Largest Island : Greenland
• Largest Lake : Caspian Sea.
• Deepest Lake : Baikal (Siberia)
• Highest Lake : Titicaca (Bolivia)
• Largest Library : United States Library of Congress, Washington
• Largest Mosque : Jama Masjid, Delhi (India)
• Highest Mountain Peak : Mount Everest (Nepal)
• Highest Mountain Range : Himalayas, Asia.
• Largest Mountain Range : Andes (South America)
• Biggest Museum : American Museum of Natural History (New York)
• Largest Minaret : Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
• Tallest Minaret : Qutub Minar, Delhi (India)
• Biggest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
• Deepest Oceans : Pacific Ocean
• Biggest Palace : Vatican (Rome)
• Largest Palace : Imperial Palace (China)
• Largest Park : National Park of North-Eastern (Greenland)
• Largest Peninsula : Arabia
• Highest Plateau : Pamir (Tibet)
• Longest Platform : Kharagpur, W. Bengal (India)
• Largest Platform : Grand Central Terminal, (Rly. Station), New York (USA)
• Longest River : Nile, Africa
• Longest River Dam : Hirakud Dam, India
• Largest Sea : South China Sea
• Largest Stadium : Starhove Stadium, Prague (Czech Republic)
• Tallest Statue : Motherland (Russia)
• Largest Sea-bird : Albatross
• Biggest Telescope : Mt. Palomar (USA)
• Longest Train : Flying Scotsman
• Largest Temple : Angkorwat in Combodia.
• Oldest Theatre : Teatro Olimpico (Itlay)
• Tallest Tower : C. N. Tower, Toronto (Canada)
• Longest Wall : Great Wall of China
• Highest Waterfall : Angel (Venezuela)
• Widest Waterfall : Khone Falls (Laos)
• Lowest Water Level : Dead Sea
• Longest Epic : Mahabharata
• Hottest Place : Azizia (Libya)
• Rainiest Place : Mosinram, near Cherrapunji (India)
• Highest Road : Leh-Nobra, Ladakh division India.
• Highest Village : Andean (Chile)
• Highest Volcano : Ojos del Salado, (Argentina) Chile
• Largest Volcano : Manuna Lea (Hawai)
• Lightest Gas : Hydrogen
• Longest Corridor : Rameshwaram Temple (India)
• Largest Democracy : India
• Highest Cable Car Project : Gulmarg (Jammu-Kashmir)
• Biggest Airbus : Double Decker A-380
• Highest Rail Track : Kwinghai- Tibbet Railway (China)

Current GK- Heads of Important Offices

United Nations
● Ban Ki-Moon—General-Secretary, UNO
● Koichiro Matsuura—Director-General, UNESCO
● Margaret Chan—Director-General, WHO
● Juan Somavia—Director-General, ILO
● Jacques Diouf—Director-General, FAO
● Anders Liden—President, UNICEF
● Hamadoun Toure—General-Secretary, ITU
● Edouard Dayan—General-Secretary, UPU
● Rosalyn Higgins—President, International Court of Justice
● Mohammed El Baradei—General-Secretary, IAEA

Heads of International Organizations
● Kamlesh Sharma—General-Secretary, Commonwealth of Nations
● Dr. Sheel Kant Sharma—General-Secretary, SAARC
● Pascal Lamy—Director-General, WTO
● Jaap de Hoop Scheffer—General-Secretary, NATO
● Bolat Kabdylkhamitovich Nurgaliev—General-Secretary, Shanghai Cooperation Organization
● Dr. Surin Pitsuwan—General-Secretary, ASEAN
● Abdalla Salem El-Badri—General-Secretary, OPEC
● Amr Moussa—General-Secretary, Arab League Heads of International Financial Organizations
● Dominque Strauss-Kahn—Managing Director, IMF
● Robert Zoellick—President, World Bank
● Haruhiko Kuroda—President, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
● Angel Gurria—Secretary-General Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Heads of Important Indian Government Offices
● Smt. Pratibha Patil—President
● Dr. Manmohan Singh—Prime Minister
● Mohammad Hamid Ansari—Vice-President (Chairman Rajya Sabha)
● A. K. Antony—Defence Minister
● Pranab Mukherjee—External Affairs Minister
● Shivraj V. Patil—Home Affairs Minister
● Lalu Prasad Yadav—Railways Minister
● Arjun Singh—Human Resource Development Minister
● P. Chidambaram—Finance Minister

Heads of Important Industry and Trade Organization
● Rajeev Chandrashekhar—Chairman, FICCI
● Sunil Bharati Mittal—Chairman, CII
● Venugopal N. Dhoot—President, ASSOCHAM
● L. K. Malhotra—President, PHDCCI
● Genesh Natarajan—Chairman, NASSCOM
● Prasanna Kumar Misra—Chairman, CBDT
● P. J. Jha—Chairman, CBEC
● C. Rangarajan—Chairman, Economic Advisory Council
● S. Sridhar—Chairman and MD, National Housing Bank

Chairman/Chairpersons of Important Commissions
● Dr. Manmohan Singh—Chairman, Planning Commission
● Girija Vyas—Chairperson, National Commission for Women
● Sompal Singh Shastri—Chairman, National Commission on Farmers
● Dr. Buta Singh—Chairman, National Schedule Caste Commission
● M. B. Shah—President, NCDRC
● Ratan Tata—Chairman, Investment Commission
● Mohammad Shafi Qureshi—Chairman, Minority Commission
● Subir Dutta—Chairman, UPSC
● Prof. Suresh Tendulkar—Chairman, National Statistical Commission.
● Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat—Chairman, University Grants Commission
● S. Rajendra Babu—Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission
● Bhupendra Kumar Rathi—Chairman, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practice Commission (MRTPC)

Heads of Important Companies
● Sarthak Behuria—Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation
● Radhe Shyam Sharma—Chairman and MD, ONGC
● S. K. Roongta—Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd.
● Keshab Mahindra—Chairman, Mahindra and Mahindra
● Sunil Bharati Mittal—Chairman and MD, Bharati Airtel
● C. Y. Pal—Chairman, Cadbury India Ltd.
● Harish Manwani—Chairman, Hindustan Lever Limited
● K. K. Patel—Chairman, Nirma Group
● Azim Premji—Chairman and CEO, WIPRO
● Anil Ambani—Chairman, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group

Heads of Indian Financial Organizations
● O. P. Bhatt—Chairman, State Bank of India (SBI)
● P. J. Nayak—Chairman and CEO, AXIS Bank (UTI Bank)
● Dr. K. C. Banerjee—Chairman and MD, Punjab National Bank (PNB)
● C. B. Bhave—Chairman, SEBI
● T. S. Vijayan—Chairman, LIC
● Y. V. Reddy—Governor, RBI
● V. Ramaswamy—Chairman and MD, National Insurance Company Ltd.
● G. Srinivasan—Chairman and MD, United India Insurance Company Ltd.
● Yogesh Lohia—Chairman and MD, General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC)

Indian Ambassador/High Commissioner in Different Countries
● Ronen Sen—Ambassdor, USA
● Sujata Singh—High Commissioner, Australia
● Talmiz Ahmad—Ambassador, UAE
● Meera Shankar—Ambassador, Germany (Berlin)
● Nirupma Rao—Ambassador, China
● Alok Prasad Singh—High Commissioner, Sri Lanka
● K. P. Ernest—High Commissioner, New Zealand (Wellington)
● Navrekha Sharma—Ambassador, Indonesia
● Ranjan Mathai—Ambassador, France

Heads of Indian Judiciary
● Justice K. G. Balakrishnan—Chief Justice of India
● Milan Kumar Banerjee—Attorney General of India
● Justice Ashok Agrawal—Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
● Goolam E. Vahanvati—Solicitor General of India
● Vikas Singh—Additional Solicitor General of India

Heads of Indian Armed Forces
● Smt. Pratibha Patil—Supreme Commander (President)
● Gen. Deepak Kapoor—Chief of the Army Staff
● Admiral Sureesh Mehta—Chief of the Naval Staff
● Fali H. Major—Chief of the Air Staff
● Vijay Shankar—Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command
● Raman Puri—Chief of Integrated Defence Staff

Current GK History of India

B.C 2500- 1500==Indus Valley Civilisation.
B.C 540========Birth of Mahavir-- Founder of Jainism.
B.C 563========Birth of Gautam Buddha--Founder of Buddhism.
B.C 483========Buddha attains Nirvana.
B.C 468========Mahavir attains Nirvana.
B.C 327-325=====Alexander's invasion of india.
B.C 321========Chandragupta Maurya's accession to the throne of Magadha.
B.C 305========Defeat of seleucus at the hands of chandragupta Maurya.
B.C 273-232=====Ashoka's regime
B.C 261=========Conquest of Kalinga.
B.C 58==========Beginning of Vikram Era.
A.D 78=========Beginning of Saka Era.
A.D 120=========Accession of Kanishka.
A.D 320=========Beginning of Gupta Dynasty.

Who's Who (INDIA)

S.No. Present Position Name
1. Chief of the Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor
2. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta
3. Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major
4. Chief Justice of India K. G. Balakrishnan
5. Attorney General of India Milon Kumar Banerjee
6. President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil
7. Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari
8. Speaker, Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee
9. Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha Charanjit Singh Atwal
10. Chairman, Rajya Sabha Mohammad Hamid Ansari
11. Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha K. Rahman Khan
12. Chairman, Planning Commission Dr. Manmohan Singh
13. Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia
14. Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha L. K. Advani
15. Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh
16. Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswamy
17. Home Minister Shivraj Patil
18. Defence Minister A.K. Antony
19. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee
20. Human Resource Development (HRD) Minster Arjun Singh
21. Finance Minister P. Chidambaram
22. Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav
23. Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar
24. Chemicals & Fertilizers Ram Vilas Paswan
25. Commerce & Industry Kamal Nath
26. Law & Justice H. R. Bhardwaj
27. Information & Broadcasting Priyaranjan Dasmunsi
28. Science & Technology Kapil Sibal
29. Communications & Information Technology A. Raja
30. Tourism & Culture Ambika Soni