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1. Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India:Hon'ble Mr. Justice Altamas Kabir
 
Current Woman Justices of Supreme Courtof India
Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Gyan Sudha Misra
Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
 
2. Chairman of Sangeet Natak Academy:Ms. Leela Samson
 
3. President of Sahitya Academy:Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
 
4. Chairperson of Prasar Bharti of India:Smt. Mrinal Pande
Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharti ofIndia: Shri Jawhar Sircar
 
5. Chairman of the Planning Commission of India :Dr. Manmohan Singh
 
6. Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India:Montek Singh Ahluwalia
 
7. President of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII):S Gopalakrishnan
 
8. Director General of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII): Chandrajeet Banerjee
 
9. President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FICCI): Naina Lal Kidwai
 
10. President of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM): Som Mittal
 
11. Chairman of National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM): Krishnakumar Natarajan
 
12. Chairman of National School of Drama: Amal Allana
 
13. Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG): Vinod Rai
 
14. Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC): Pradeep Kumar
 
15. Director General of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research: Samir K. Brahmachari
 
16. Director of Indian Agriculture Research Institute(IARI): Hari Shankar Gupta
 
17. Chairman of the Election Commission / Chief Election Commissioner: V. S. Sampath
 
18. Attorney General of India: Goolam E. Vahanwati
 
19. Solicitor General of India : Mohan Parasaran
 
20. Law minister to the Government of India : Ashwani Kumar
 
21. Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India: D. K. Mehrotra
The slogan of LIC is "Yogakshemam
Vahamyaham" which translates from
Sanskrit to "Your welfare is our
responsibility"
 
22. Chairman cum Managing Director of (CMD) of General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC): A K Roy
 
23. Chairman of Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA): T S Vijayan
 
24. Chairman of National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD): Dr.Prakash Bakshi
 
25. Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC): Prof. Ved Prakash
Motto of UGC Gyan-Vigyan Vimukte
(Knowledge Liberates)
 
26. Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI): Mr R Lakshmipathy Chairman (Dinamalar)
 
27. Governor of Reserve Bank of India: Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao
First Governor of Reserve Bank of India: Sir
Osborne Smith (1 April 1935 – 30 June
1937)
 
28. Chairman of the State Bank of India: Pratip Chaudhuri
 
29. Secretary General of Lok Sabha: T.K. Viswanathan
 
30. Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Meira Kumar
 
31. Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Kariya Munda
 
32. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha: Mohammad Hamid Ansari
 
33. Deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha: P.J. Kurien
 
34. Secretary –General of the Rajya Sabha: SHRI SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF
 
35. Chairperson of the Children Film Society of India: Amol Gupte
 
36. Chairman of National Film Development Corporation of India: Ramesh Sippy
 
37. Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC): Prof. D. P. Aggarwal
 
38. Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI): Rahul Khullar
 
39. Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India: Shri Ajit Kumar Seth
 
40. Chairman of Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI): U. K. Sinha
 
41. President of ASSOCHAM: Rajkumar Dhoot
 
42. Central Information Commissioner (CIC): Satyanand Mishra
 
43. Chief of the Army Staff: General Bikram Singh
 
44. Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne
 
45. Chief of the Naval Staff: Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi
 
46. Chief of the Integrated Defense staff: LIEUTENANT GENERAL NARESH CHANDRA MARWAH
 
47. Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): Ranjit Sinha
 
48. Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO): K. Radhakrishnan
 
49. Chairman of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB): Amrita Patel

WORLD'S SHORTEST MAN.

KHAGENDRA THAPA MAGAR - 67.08CM; (26.4 INCHES) tall - is the world's shortest living man.


JAIPUR - is also called PINK CITY.


The 16th Asian games is held at GUANGZHOU, CHINA. --- Opening ceremony involving a boat parade in the Zhujiang (PEARL) river, is the first occasion that an Asian Games inaugural gala is held outside a stadium. 45 countries participate in the games.

KAMALA HARRIS Wins California Polls.

Indian American Kamala Harris has won the election for Attorney-General of California. Ms. Harris will be the first woman to hold the office.

Ms. Meera Shankar = is the Indian Ambassador to U.S.

TAMIL NADU - TNPSC.

பள்ளிக் கல்விக் கட்டண நிர்ணயக்குழுவின் புதிய தலைவராக நீதிபதி ரவிராஜ பாண்டியன் நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

Wi -Fi Direct.

Sharing, printing and connecting for Wi-Fi devices is going to be more convenient than ever with soon-to
-be-launched technology Wi-Fi Direct, which enables devices to connect to each other without a conventional Wi-Fi hub.

Previously known as Peer-to-Peer Wi-Fi, this new technology will allow the Wi-Fi Direct enabled devices to connect directly to each other anytime, anywhere.

It's much like Bluetooth except that it promises typical Wi-Fi range (up to 200 metres) and bandwidth (up to 250 mbps) much higher than what Bluetooth technology offers.

Moreover, the devices have a quick set-up mechanism, follow the latest security protocols and can easily connect to existing Wi-Fi networks.

Seamless usage

It means that the huge variety of existing Wi-Fi applications can be used with the new technology seamlessly.

The Wi-Fi Alliance — a coalition of technology industry giants that does the research and standardisation in Wi-Fi — announced on October 25 that it had begun certifying devices as being compatible with the new technology protocol.

According to the Wi-Fi Alliance Website, the technology can be implemented in any device such as cameras, mobiles, laptops and human interface devices.

Single-tech solution

“The Wi-Fi users worldwide will benefit from a single-technology solution to transfer content and share applications quickly and easily among devices, even when a Wi-Fi access point isn't available,” said Wi-Fi Alliance Executive Director Edgar Figueroa in a press release.

The technology is aimed at both consumer and enterprise applications and has a vast range of applications which aim at making gaming, sharing, printing and remote operations simpler and convenient.

While the Wi-Fi Direct's entry into the market may present new opportunities for application developers, it may be argued that such kind of range and speed can be easily misused.

Security consciousness

Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Madras, agrees: “This technology poses a security risk because if just one device in a group is compromised, almost all the devices in the group are at risk too. And this is especially true of organisations, because unlike in the past, wireless data transfers can now take place without the organisation being able to monitor them and particularly over a larger area.

“People will now have to be more security conscious than ever. Especially, the ones with a previous case of security breach.”

End of Bluetooth?

Wi-Fi Direct not only has all the features of Bluetooth, but boasts superior transfer speeds and range. Does this mean the demise of Bluetooth?

Experts speculate that Bluetooth will not be affected much.

“In an existing market where there are millions of Bluetooth-enabled devices, it is unlikely that any manufacturer will retire the technology just because of a new one.

“Bluetooth will not be affected much; at least in the next couple of years,” said Sunil Abraham, Executive Director of Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.

Keywords: Wi-Fi device, wireless technology, Bluetooth, broadband.

P.L. Punia = Chairman of National Commission for the Scheduled Castes.

Ms. Urmila Singh = Chairperson of National Commission for Scheduled Castes.

FIRST WOMEN PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL.

Dilma Rouseff of Brazil's Labour Party has become the first women president of Brazil. She defeated Jose Serrah of Brazilian social democratic party.

First BASE jump by Army Skydiver.

Lt. Col. Satyendra Verma , captain of the Army Skydiving team, carried out the first BASE jump in the country. Col. Verma jumped from the Pitampura televison tower, from a height of 158 metres. BASE jump is one of the activities being promoted by the Army.This year's (2010) best sports person Sahara award was given to Wrestler SUSHIL Kumar and Boxer Mary GOMEZ. In Cricket it was Sachin Tenbdulkar and Mithali raj of women cricket who recieved this awards.

Central Scheme for youth in Naxal-hit districts. The " BaL Bandhu Scheme for protection of Children's Rights in Areas of Civil Unrest" is aimed at bringing stability in the lives of children and, in the process, ensure their entitlements to protection, health, nutrition, sanitation, education and safety are fulfilled. In the first phase, the scheme will be implemented in Kokrajhar, Chirang, North Cachar Hills (ASSAM), Khammam (Andhra Pradesh), Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), Jamui, Rohtast, East Champaran and Sheohar (Bihar) and Dantewada (Chhatttisgarh). While the scheme has been drafted by the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, it will be implemented by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).
The U.S President Barack Obama, who makes a visit to India, is slated to meet the students of St. Xavier's College on November 7, 2010.

SOUTH ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE.

Writer and academic Amit Chaudhuri's novel The Immortals is among the six books shortlisted for a new major $50,000 literary prize - the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Other authors and their books that shortlisted are:Pakistani novelists Musharraf Ali Farooqui - The Story of a Widow; H.M. Naqvi - Home Boy; Manju Kapur - The immigrant; Neel Mukherjee - A Life Apart and U.S based Tania James - Atlas of Unknowns.China unveils world's fastest train. Fastest bullet train - the Home built CRH380, with an average speed of 350km per hour, linking between Shanghai and Hangzhou has been launched by China Government.

UID numbers soon for schoolchildren. Human Resource Development Ministry and UIDAI sign MoU. All school children will soon have unique identification numbers (UID), which will help in tracking their movement in educational institutions and academic records. The Minister for Human resources Development is Mr.Kapil Sibal and Chairman of Unique identification Authority of India is Mr. Nandan Nilekani.

Think Tank Initiative - is an ambitious SouthAsia-wide effort to increase policy development capacity in the subcontinent. It was launched in NewDelhi . With the belief in the concept of " Outstanding research can shape better policy" - the donors for this project, contributing a total pool of $110 million globally, include the Hewlett and Gates Foundations and the British and Dutch governments. In India, TTI support has been extended to: the Centre for study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), Bangalore; the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), Delhi: the Centre for Policy Research (CPR), Delhi; the Centre for the study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi; the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), Delhi; the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi; the Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Anand; the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Delhi; and the Public Affairs Centre (PAC), Bangalore.

INDIA - MALAYSIA sign six pacts.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Malaysian counterpart, Md. Najib have agedd on behalf oof their nations to liberalise their investment regimes. And also they have signed MoU on cooperation in traditional system of medicine.They have decided to implement the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) from July 1,2011. Earlier Indian-Asean Trade in Goods (TiG) agreement was implemented from january 1,2010.

October -20 is the WORLD Statistics Day.

Former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of IRAQ, and the close aide of Former Iraqi President Mr.Saddam Hussein, MrTariq Aziz is sentenced to death by the Iraqi high tribunal.

Little India comes into being in Malaysia.

Nearly every country has a Chinatown that accommodates the traditions and cultures of the Chinese who migrated several centuries ago. As in the same lines the Malaysian government has decided to dedicate the are of Brickfields, one of the oldest Indian settlements in the country, as 'Little India', where the Indians lives and ambitions are showcased.
Indians dominate "Little India", but the two major communities - the Malays and the Chinese - also share space with them. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared open this "Little India" at Malaysia.

World Day against Death Penalty.

October-10 = World day against the Death penalty.Britain is working towards a global moratorium on execution by 2015. As for India, a declaration of a moratorium would be a realistic next step after the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in 1980 that a death sentence can be given only if the alternative of a life sentence is unquestionably foreclosed. Vigorous steps need to be taken to lay out a global consensus on the elimination of the death penalty from the statute books of nations.

MICROSOFT SETS LIMCA RECORD

First ever dominoes display of its kind in India - i.e the falling chips makes a dazzling display of the logo of Windows 7 - the operating system. The Microsoft Dominoes effect required 7,000 wooden dominoes, each weighing 12gm and placed barely 0.2 inches lengthwise to create the logo. This aspect has placed Microsoft in the Limca book of records. DOMINOES = a situation or an event causing a cascading effect or one falling after another.APA SHERPA - holds the record of summitting Mount Everest 20 times. Another Nepalese mountainer Chhewang Nima Sherpa (43), who has climbed Mount Everest 19 times is missing and feared dead in the Himalayas.

INDIAN RAILWAYS & CWG-2010

Indian Railways hit the jackpot at C' Wealth Games.
The 'lead partner' of the Games clinched 25 of the 101 medals that was bagged by the country(INDIA). This figure exceeds the medals won by all the Armed forces put together.


SUBRA SURESH - America based Indian Scientist is the present Director of America's NSF - National Science Foundation.


CWG -2O1O inaugration ceremony was performed and executed under the creative head of Mr. Bharat Bala, who hails from T.N.

தமிழகத்தில் புதியதாக உருவாக இருக்கும் சட்ட மேலவையில் மொத்த உறுப்பினர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை 78. உள்ளாட்சிப் பிரதிநிதிகளுக்கு 26, சட்டப்பேரவை உறுப்பினர்களுக்கு 26, ஆசிரியர்களுக்கு 7, பட்டதாரிகளுக்கு 7, இது தவிர 12 உறுப்பினர்களை மாநில ஆளுநர் நேரடியாக நியமனம் செய்வார்.

TNEB - will cease to exist from November-1, 2010.
The 53-year old TNEB will formally cease to exist from November-1, 2010. Thereafter Tamilnadu Transmission Corporation (TANTRANSCO) & Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) will come into effect.

HMS- ASTUTE = The British Royal Navy is the first of a new class of Nuclear-Powered Submarine. This was in news recently because it agrounded.