Current Affairs

3^rd August: Bangladesh has initiated legal steps to deport ULFA(United Liberation Front of Asom) general secretary Anup Chetia to India . Chetia has been in Dhaka’s safe custody since 2005

In the biggest ever series of cyber attacks, hackers were found to have broken into networks of the Indian Govt. the united nations and USA defense companies. Experts point to china as the culprit

The Pakistan cricket board is all set to get richer by around 16 million from the 2011 world cup earnings with out even hosting a single match of the tournament.

4^th August: The Syrian military forces that rolled into the rebellious city of Hama and occupied its central square have killed more than 100 people over the past 24 hours, according to right activists in satellite telephone contact with a witness in the city

Prime minister of japan Naoto Kan, removed 3 top officials in charge of Japanese Nuclear Energy policy, taking aim at cozy ties between regulatiors and the power industry that were exposed after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant accident.

Driven by an increase in the prices of onions fruits and milk, food inflation for the week ended july 23 again soared past the 8% mark after a brief period of moderation even as Finance Minister of India Pranab Mukherjee said efforts were on to bring it down.

5^th August: American space agency NASA reported that pictures taken from its mars reconnaissance orbiter spacecraft showed finger like features which may be flows of salty water spilling over the rims of craters.

Nepal arrested the new envoy of the Dalai Lama ahead of the swearing in of the new prime minister of the Tibetan government in exile in Dharmashala.

Thailand’s Parliament elected Yingluck Shinawatra as the county’s first female prime minister, a month after her party won a landslide victory over a coalition backed by Thailand’s military and traditional political and business elites.

A Gorkah Janmukti Morcha delegation met Palniappan Chidambaram, Home minister of India in Delhi and took up the key issue of transfer of the reserve forests under the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill council areas to the Gorkahland Territorial administration.

Former England all rounder Allan Watkins had died at the age of 89, his former country Glam organ confirmed.

6^th August: Afghan president Hammed Kaizar said, that a NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan killing 31 american soldiers and 7 afghans.

Although Nepal police have released the evnoy of exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama after detaining him for 8 hours, the threat hanging over the Tivetan diaspora deepened with thiley Lama having to sign and undertaking.

Rahul Dravid earned a surprise recall to the One Day international squad after 2 years for the 5 match series against England. Dravid, however announced his retirement from limited over cricket after the current tour, but said he would continue playing Test matches.

7^th August: The planning commission expert panels wants to introduce a national health entitlement card for every citizen that will guarantee access to a health package of essential primary, secondary and tertiary healthy care fully funded by centre.

Over 31% of the post of judges in various High courts and the Supreme Court are lying vacant, law minister of India Salman Khurshid has said in the Lok Sabha.

8^th August: The British capital experienced escalating violence after wide spread riots in the northern suburb of Tottenham. The riots were triggered by the killing of local resident, Mark Duggan, by police.

In a setbask to Kerala’s chief Minister Oommen Chandy, a vigilance court ordered a probe to ascertain if he, as state finances minister, had a role in the 1992 palmolein oil import scam.

Ajantha Medis became the first bowler to bag 6 wickets in a twenty -20 international as Sri Lanka clinched the series 2-0 against Australia with an 8 run win in the 2^nd march.

Sania Mirza’s poor run in singles continued as she failed to qualify for the WTA Rogers cup man draw after losing marathon 3 setters to Kathrin Woerle. The 11^th seeded Indian squandered a 1 set to go down 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 3-6 in the 2^nd and final round of the qualifying event, in a match lasting 2 hours and 40 minutes.

9^th August: The sikkim High court sentenced former Chief Minister of Sikkim Nar Bahadur Bhandari to 1 month jail in a corruption case pertaining to rural water supply schemes in 1983-84.

The Central govt. gave a 2 year extension to Reserve Bank Governor Duvvaveri Subba Rao to ensure continuity of India’s monetary policy at a time when the fallout of the downgrade of the sovereign rating of America.

The India men’s doubles team of Rupesh Kuimar and sanave Thomas Went down fighting in the 2^nd round of the world Badminton championship at London.

10^th August: The Supreme Court upheld the death penalty awarded to Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohammad Arifaka Ashfag for killing 3 jawans during an attack in the Red Fort on December 22,2000

The riots in England claimed south Asian victims when 3 young men of Pakistan origin were killed in a ‘deliberate’ hit and run incident in the country’s 2^nd biggest city of Birmingham.

 Australia beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the first 1 year. For Australia Mitchell Johnson grabbed a career best 6 for 31 and Shane Watson smashed a brisk 69 to guide the win.