CURRENT AFFAIRS 2009-10

National October 2009

The Union Cabinet renames the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act after Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 140th birth anniversary.

Dolphin is declared the national aquatic animal at the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority in New Delhi.

Two nuclear-capable, medium range Prithvi-II missiles are successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Orissa coast.

India and Argentina sign an Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Cristina Fernando de Kirchner, in New Delhi.

The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee gives nod for commercial cultivation of genetically modified Bt brinjal.

Kerala begins a survey in the Periyar Tiger Reserve for a dam it proposes to build across the Mullaperiyar river.

Jaya Arunachalam, President, Working Women’s Forum among four selected for the Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2009.

The Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee launches the National Skill Development Corporation, a unique public-private partnership, in New Delhi.

India and China sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to establish a partnership for strengthening dialogue and practical cooperation in the area of climate change, in New Delhi.

The President Pratibha Patil presents the Dadhasaheb Phalke award to singer Manna Dey at the 55th National Film Awards 2007 ceremony in New Delhi.

The Centre gives nod to a proposal to enhance quota for women in urban local bodies from one-third to 50 per cent.

Nod for constitution of 19th Law Commission.

K. Radhakrishnan is appointed the ISRO Chairman.

The Foreign Ministers of Russia, India and China adopt common stand on climate change, North Korea and reforms of multinational financial institutions, after a meeting in Bangalore.

The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flags off the first train on the Anantnag-Qazigund section at Wanpoh in the Kashmir Valley

At least four persons are killed and 150 injured in a massive fire at the Indian Oil Corporation’s fuel depot in the Sitapura industrial area on the outskirts of the Rajasthan capital Jaipur.

P.S: Veeraraghavan takes over as Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.