OLYMPIC COMMITTEE............

Jacques Rogge = is the present International Olympic Committee Chief.

India's former Test Captain; ace leg spinner is the India's highest Wicket taker. (619 wickets in 132 tests). He became the highest wicket-taker for India, suroassing the previous record (434 wickets in 131 tests) set by the former Indian Skipper Kapil Dev.

Anili kumble is also the first Indian and ninth bowler in the world to take 10 wickets in a match six or more times.

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the 8th Secretary General of United Nations belong to South Korea. He succeeded Mr. Kofi Annan of Ghana.

Indira Harsha (b.1987): is India's first scientifically documented test-tube baby born at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai on August 6,1987.

Devli Kumari : The 11-year old girl from Jodhpur (Rajasthan), who worked as stone-cutter, addressed the UN General Assembly on Child Labour.

Bollywood actor Ms. Priyanka Chopra was appointed UNICEF national ambassador for promoting child rights and adolescence. She follows the footsteps of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and Ms. Sharmila Tagore in supporting the UNICEF's work in India and abroad.

Mr. Ratan Tata was conferred 'Businessman of the Decade' Award.

Nomination to OSCAR Award

PEEPLI LIVE , the Hindi film produced by the actor Aamir Khan, will be India's official entry to this year's (2010) Academy Awards (OSCAR) in the Best Foreign Language Film Category. Tamil Film Angadi Theru competed closely with PEEPLI LIVE for this Oscar Nomination.

A grand dance spectacle involving 1,000 Bharatnatyam dancers was performed at the premises of the Brihadisvara Temple in Thanjavur. An interesting story of the discovery of the Karana Sculptures - where the 108 Karanas form the basic movements in Bharatanatyam has come tolight. By which it is learned that Siva, the Lord of Dance, is portrayed as performing these Karanas. Eminent dancer Padma Subramanyam choreographed this mega dance event.

Indian Maritime University - இந்திய கடல்சார் பல்கலைக்கழகம் - is located at UTHANDI, Chennai.
World Heart Day - September 26.

October 1 to 7 --- World Wild life week.
Gliese 581 g - an assumed new planet - spotted by a team led by the University of California, appears to have an atmosphere, a gravity like Earth and could well be capable of life and may contain water as well. The new planet - a rocky world, three times the size of the Earth lies in the stars "GOLDILOCKS ZONE" -the region in Space where conditions are neither too hot not too cold for liquid water to form oceans, lakes and river.

Mother Teresa Memorial Award conferred on M.S. Swaminathan. Poverty of Compassion, not dearth of schemes the problem - said the scientist.

TNPSC

பெருமழைப் புலவர் என்று அழைக்கப்பட்ட பொ.வே. சோமசுந்தரனார் அவர்களது மறைவிற்குப் பின்னர் அவரது குடும்பத்திற்கு தமிழக அரசு ரூபாய் 10 லட்சம் நிதி உதவி செய்திருக்கிறது.

GROOM & BROOM = Kiran Bedi's New Book. Co-authored by Pavan Choudury.

The f0rmer Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, gets the Foreign Affairs portfolio in Julia Gillard's new minority Government.

UNMIN = United Nations Mission in Nepal - The mandate of UNMIN ended on September 15. The Nepal Government and Maoists are engaged in discussions on the future continuance of UNMIN in Nepal(kathmandu).

TNPSC

இலக்கிய சிந்தனை ஆண்டு விருதைப்பெற்ற "நான்காவது ஆசிரமம்" சிறுகதையை எழுதியவர், சமீபத்தில் மரணம் அடைந்த பிரபல தமிழ் எழுத்தாளர் ஆர்.சூடாமணி.

International Book Reading Awareness day = September 6.

Ozone Day = September 16.

TURANOR = World's biggest Solar-powered boat. A giant Catamaran launched by the Swiss company PlanetSolar, is planning to circumnavigate the globe simply by harnessing the power of the SUN. The 50,000km journey, expected to take over 160 days, is intended to prove the under-exploited potential of solar energy. Length:31m Width:15m Max.Speed:26km/h
Weight:85tonnes. Crew: 4 capacity:40 people.

57th National Film Awards for 2009. Best Feature Film Award for KUTTY SRANK - a malayala drama starring Mammooty. This film also won award in four other categories.
Amitabh Bachchan - won the best actor award for his role as an ailing 13-year old boy in the film 'PAA'. The malayala film 'Pazhassi Raja' fetched the best audiography award for Resul Pookutty and the best background score award for Ilayaraja.

தமிழ் திரைப்படம் பசங்க 3 தேசிய விருதுகளை பெற்றுள்ளது. சிறந்த தமிழ் படம், சிறந்த குழந்தை நட்சத்திரங்கள் = ஜீவா, அன்புக்கரசு; சிறந்த வசனகர்த்தா= பண்டிராஜா.

இளையராஜவிற்கு இது 4 வது தேசிய விருது. சாகர சங்கமம் (தெலுங்கு), சிந்து பைரவி(தமிழ்), ருத்ர வீணை(தெலுங்கு) - ஆகிய திரைப்படங்களுக்கு அவர் ஏற்க்கனவே தேசிய விருதுகளை பெற்றுள்ளார்.

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER

Julia Gillard, the first ever Green Member in the House of Representatives, heads the Labour
government , succeeding Mr. Kevin Rudd. Australia's present opposition leader is Tony Abbott.

Former Telecom Secretary, P.J. THOMAS is the 14th Central vigilance Commissioner (CVC).
The present vice-president of India and Chairman of RajyaSabha is Mr. Hamid Ansari.

Film Maker D. Ramanaidu , has been selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2009.
He has produced more than 130 films. His Bengali Film " Asukh" won National Award in 1999.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

BHIMARAO AMBEDKAR - he was born at MHOW on April 14th, 1891. His birth place MHOW is now at Madhya Pradesh state.

After the reorganisation of States on the basis of Languages in 1956, the leading daily DINAMALAR was launched on April 15, 1957 , from Tirunelveli.

"OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM" had given way to "OPERATION NEW DAWN" - a phase of tranisition that would wind upat the end of 2011. All American troops would then head home form Iraq, which would be free to run its affairs n accordance with the wishes of its people.

Mr. Edward Nino Hernandez (24), a colombian man, has just been officially certified as the World's

Shortest living man by the Guiness world records, measuring 70cm.

Dr. Bhimarao Ambedkar- was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly form Bengal.

Hindu Code Bill was submitted to the Constituent Assembly in 1948.

On October 14, 1956, Ambedkar embraced Buddhism along with

many of his followers at the place now termed as DIKSHABOOMI.

B.R. Ambedkar's last book " The Buddha and his Dhamma".

TENDULKAR COMMITTEE.

Tendulkar Committee's "Poverty Projections for 2011" - initiated by Planning Commission, has suggessted to expand the PDS ( public distribution system) cover. The present PDS coverage population is 6.52 Crore. This is to be increased to 8.07 crores.

Karadikoottam - is a village in between Palani and Kozhumam of Tamil Nadu. Here traces of arts and drawings of Indus Valley civilization that dates 3000 years back, have been found.

Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete was crowned MISS UNIVERSE (2010) at a beauty pageant conducted in Las Vegas. Miss India Ushoshi Sengupta from Kolkata didn't make it to the top 15.

RITA TOTO - a woman from the Toto tribe has become the first graduate of the tribe.

TNPSC - T.N- K.S. Sripathi , former Chief Secretary, was sworn in State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). He succeeds Mr. Ramakrishnan , who demitted office recently.

UPSC & others - 'The Grand Design' - by Stephen Hawking, is Co-authored with U.S Physicist Leonard Mlodinow. Mr. Hawkins - won global recognition with his 1988 book " A Brief History of Time", which is an account of the origins of the universe. He is renowned for his work on the blackholes, cosmology and quantum gravity. His another book is " A Brief History".

Where is CAPE TOWN? - It is in Mumbai.

India, as in the lines of its Development Cooperation Committee, that is sent to SriLanka to streamline, monitor and to help Srilanka, has already sent a committee to KATMAANDU - Nepal Capital.

POLITY - Zero Hour - It is a Questionless Question hour in Indian Parliament. That is, at midday the 12'O Clock, without any prior notice, any member can raise any question that is of urgent importance on day to basis or any other type of this kind.