Here are the important news that took place in last month.(29 june to 29 july)
July
National:
*Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi was appointed by president President Pratibha Patil as the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) under Clause 2 of the Article 324 of the Constitution on july 29.
*President Rule was imposed in Jharkhand.
*Amar singh launched Akil bharatiya lok Manch after having a split from samajvadhi
*The Centre has revised the financial allocation under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act over the next five years
* British Prime Minister David Cameron first time attended india after he was elected to infosys technology on 28 july.
U.K. will seek to sell 57 more Hawk Jet trainers to India in a deal worth a billion pounds during David Cameron’s first ever visit to New Delhi
*The government has introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha that provides for a joint mechanism headed by the Finance Minister to resolve differences among the financial regulators – SEBI, IRDA, RBI and PFRDA.
*India on Monday july 27 successfully test-fired an interceptor missile. It destroys an “enemy” ballistic missile an improved version of Prithvi
* A nationwide strike took place in India a protest at a recent rise in fuel prices.(5 july)
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World
*Julia Gillard became the first Austraila's Pm taking the position from kevin Rodd following a Sudden Revolt.
*Tuvalu was selected as 187th member of IMF(International monetory fund)
*G-20 summit held at Toronto canada.
*In the global Peace index India Ranked at 128.Norway occupied first while Somalia and Zimbambae ranking below the table.
*Google’s services in China were fully or partially blocked on 29th July, 2010, with the exception of its email service, Gmail on 29 july regarding the censorship
*Ms. Gopinath, 38, has been a member of the Harvard faculty since 2005 and was named associate professor in 2009. Her focus area is business cycles in emerging markets and price
*David Petraeus formally takes command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan
*18 th international aids conference took place this month at july 2o with over 200 countries particpatied.
*Russian Spy mission in the United States the largest mission ever since after civil war 10 people uncovered by the FBI as Russian spies plead guilty in court to conspiracy to act as foreign agents. The spies are sentenced to time served, and deported from the United States in exchange for 4 people imprisoned .
* IMF raises global economic growth forecast for this year from 4.2% to 4.6%.
Sports
*The Argentine Football Association (AFA) decided not to renew Maradona’s contract, ending his erratic 21-month stint in charge of the national team that had mirrored his own long personal history of unpredictable behaviour and defiance.
*action against teams who failed at fifa 2010 French football Federation suspends its entire team that played in the world cup.
*Spain became the World champian by defeating Netherlands in finals with 1-0 hosted by south africa.(july 11)
*it has became the firt european country to win a worldcup outside europe
*Diego Forlan(urguay) received golden ball as the best player,golden boot to Thomas Miller(germany) and Golden glove to iker casillas(spain)
*Nadal won his second Wimbledon title by defeating Tomas Berdych(who defeated Federer in qf), having previously won the 2008 title. andIn womens serena williams (4 july)
*Saina Nehwal is just a step away from realising her goal of becoming the world’s No.1 player as she jumped one place to a career-best second in the latest international rankings after wining consecutively Indain open and singapore open super series
*Muttaiah Murlidharan takes his 800th test wicket for the srilankan team in his final ball before his retirement and finishes his career as the world record holder for number of wickets.
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Science and technology
*A report says one in 10 computers are at a risk of cyber attack.
*Facebook has announced it has 500 million users at the end of july where 12 million users are from India.
*Scientists have warned that a Meterorite may hit earth in 2182.
*Fossils discovered at the Franceville site in Gabon are claimed to be evidence that multicellular life on Earth began at least 1.5 billion years earlier ..read more here
*Scientists discover antibodies that may eventually lead to the development of a vaccine against aids
*NOAA claims that 2010 would be warmest year since 1880
*russia esclates its research in space ,after a longtime investing $800 millions for building a space craft.
*scientists discovered large molecules in space ( third type of carbon) apart from diamond and graphite.
*A team of us geologists found water evidence,hydroxyl molecules on water
*india launched pslv successfully on july 12 into orbit carried 5 satellites.
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