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International Current Affairs [November 2010]

 Pakistan’s Initiative against Terrorism

Pakistan has been the victim of international terrorism in the past few months. As a result of this,
a top US official recently said that Islamabad should begin to crack down on terrorists and
terrorist groups operational within the country immediately. Barrack Obama, President of the
United States of America has also agreed to this statement and feels that Pakistan has been one
of the major victims of international terrorism lately. President Obama also said that Pakistan
needs to take strong and immediate steps against all terrorist groups operating on Pakistani soil.
Furthermore, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said that a
number of terrorist groups are operating in a syndicate and working together against American
interests, not just in the US but in other nations such as Afghanistan and India as well. Mr. Blake
also stated that the US has welcomed every step take by Pakistan so far and that it is in full
support of Pakistan as always.
 UN’s terrorism sanctions list
In a recent and sudden move, a US committee took down several names of al-Qaida and Taliban
terrorists off its terrorism sanction lists. The committee said that the reason for such an action
was that several of the names on the sanctions list were probably dead. The committee Chairman
Thomas Mayr Harting said that following this step, the committee had started investigations into
how many terrorists put on the list were actually dead. This committee was set up in 1999.
 New Government in Iraq
Prolonged warring and quarrels between rival political factions in Iraq had caused over an eight
month deadlock over the issue of forming the next government. Recently, the Iraqi Prime Minister
appealed to these political factions to work together and unite following his acceptance of the
President’s request to form the next government. Senior officials admitted that a Herculean task
now lay before them, that of forming a government comprising of members of all possible political
factions. The task has been made harder by the month long deadline to form the government
which will preside over the country’s affair as US troops move out and power is handed back to
the Iraqi people. The new government is expected to have members from all the political factions
such as the Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis. Prime Minister Designate al-Maliki called upon al Iraqi
citizens and politicians to help him in this difficult task.
 Friendly neighbor China
Rising concerns over China’s assertive and aggressive attitude in the Asian continent has
prompted China’s President Hu Jintao to assure all nations that China is committed to being a
friendly and helpful neighbor. China has been in the news recently over its spats with neighboring
nations over international borders and territories. The reason for this has been said to be China’s
interests in a group of potentially resource rich islands in the Asian Pacific. Speaking to leaders at
the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Japan, President Hu said that China was
committed to the regional policy of building good neighborliness and friendship.
 Rolls Royce sued by Qantas
Australian flight safety officials have recently warned that manufacturing defects have been found
in the Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines. Officials further urged airlines using these engines to carry
extensive checks before using them because defects present in them could lead to catastrophic
failures. In the meanwhile, Qantas began court proceedings against Rolls Royce and was granted
 an injunction by the federal court of Australia which ensured that the airline could pursue legal
action against the engine manufacturing giants.
 Myanmar polls called fake
The first democratic polls in Myanmar after several years of military rule were held among
complaints of threats, intimidation and accusations of the polls being a charade. In most
constituencies, the poll was a competition between the Union Solidarity and Development Party
(USDP) and the National Unity Party (NUS). Several accusations were made by opposition
parties against the USDP, claiming that they illegally collected advanced ballots. USA and UK
officials also voiced their concerns about the transparency and fairness of these polls.
 China’s slowest growth
China had its slowest rate of economic growth in a year during the September quarter. In addition
to this, a World Bank report hinted at a further decrease in its economic growth. One of the
reasons for this has been the long term inflation that China has faced for almost two years.
China’s industrial growth has also fallen considerably in recent times. This slow growth in China’s
economy has gotten many people to believe that India might be the next economic superpower to
rise because of its high levels of industrial and economic growth in recent times. Though not
immediately, but experts predicted India’s rate of growth to exceed that of China’s by a
considerable margin in the next five years.

National Current Affairs [November 2010]

 Sensex drops 458 points

The Bombay Stock Exchange recently fell by a total of 458 points. The reasons for the
underperformance of the Indian Equity market have been said to be the series of scams that were
unearthed from mid November. Just last month, CBI officials discovered a bribe for loan scandal
that involved several officials from financial firms and a few state run banks. The 10.8% rise in
industrial growth since last month could not help and several indices ended with huge losses.
Major loses were mainly suffered by PSUs, realty, consumer durables and healthcare.
 Satyam Trial Case
The examination of the first witness in the infamous multi crore Satyam Computer accounting
scam would begin from the first of November Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court. CBI
officials submitted a list of six witnesses to the courts who were officials of a number of different
banks. All ten accused including company founder B Ramalinga Raju were present in court
during the hearing of the case. The DIG of police who operates under the department of CBI said
that the agency requested permission to set up LCD projectors and screens in the court so that
both parties could observe and take notes on all the documents that would be brought up in court.
Since cases in the Supreme Court need to be resolved at the earliest, CBI officials submitted
close to a thousand documents to the court to speed up the prosecution. The bail of the owner of
company and the other 5 individuals associated has been rejected.
 Baba Ramdev Temple under threat
An anonymous letter was received at the Ramdev Baba temple in Jaisalmer that contained
threats to blow up the temple on November 9th. District Collector G S Kushwaha received this
letter by normal post. Following this letter security around the temple and the surrounding
complex was tightened by posting additional number of policeman around the temple complex.
Around 5 million devotees are said to visit the temple every year.
 Ashok Chavan’s fate
Disgraced Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ashok Chauhan’s would be decided after the Diwali
holiday season, i.e. after November 8th said the Congress party. Recently Chief Minister Ashok
Chauhan’s name had come in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Following this allegation, Mr.
Ashok Chauhan immediately offered to resign from his post. No mention of either the Adarsh
Housing Society scam or the commonwealth Games fiasco was made by the Congress in its
AICC session. Also present at the meeting were Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit, Common
Wealth Games Organizing Committee Chaiperson Suresh Kalmadi, Heavy Industries Minister
and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Maharashtra PCC President
Manikrao Thakre.
  Adjournment of Ajmer Dargah blast case
The hearing of the Ajmer Gargah blast case was recently adjourned to November 8 by a sessions
court due to leave taken by the presiding judge. Over an 800 page charge sheet was produced
before the court of the Additional Chief Judge Magistrate on the 22nd of October by the
Rajasthan ATS. The five accused in the case have alleged links with the radical Hindu group
Abhinav Bharat. Only one accused was brought to the court while the other two are being
questioned about the Hyderabad Mecca blast case. The accused have been booked under
various sections of the Indian Penal Code like conspiracy to murder, attempt to murder and
murder. Over one hundred and thirty witnesses have been cited by the prosecution of the case.
 Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s concern
The finance minister of the country Pranab Mukherjee recently raised his fears over the rising of
inflation in the country. Minister Mukherjee said that the Reserve Bank of India would take steps
at its next monetary policy review to check rising prices because of increased inflation. He further
added that rising food prices were solely the reason for this sudden inflation. Inflation for the
month of September was estimated to be close to 8.6% much above the acceptable rate of 5%.
As said by Finance Minister Mukherjee, food prices had the highest amount of inflation which in
Mid October was estimated to be over 13%. Recently, Minister Pranab Mukherjee was in talks
with the Reserve Bank of India Governor over the the possible rate hike action by the Central
Bank. The global financial crisis, which was worsened by the total collapse of financial firm
Lehman Brothers, is being said to be the reason behind the RBI’s recent reversal of its soft
monetary policy that it started back in September 2008. Adding to these has been the sudden
drop in industrial growth from 15.2% to 5.6%. To combat the aforementioned rise in inflation, the
Reserve Bank of India has hiked its key short term lending and borrowing times several times this
year.
 Protest during Obama visit by Bhopal Gas tragedy victims
Victims of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy are said to be planning to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar on
the 8th of November, during the time of US President Barrack Obama’s visit to the capital.
Several tonnes of the poisonous gas methyl iso-cyanide, leaked from the Union Carbide Plant in
Bhopal in 1984, killing over 3000 people the same night and causing the deaths of over 25000
people over the subsequent years. Five different voluntary organizations working for the gas
tragedy victims recently held a press conference where they stated that they would be requesting
to President Obama to use his Presidential powers to bring the Union Carbide Corporation to
Indian Courts and be answerable to them. The verdict of this case many years back had found
seven top officials of this corporation to be guilty but as these guilty persons were bailed out
within minutes of the verdict, many people till date question the justice imparted in the case. The
voluntary organizations further added that hundreds of people regularly fall sick and die every
month due to the long term poisonous effects of the leaked gas on the soil and water. They
further plan to ask President Obama for his help as the US government has been largely
unhelpful these last few years. The sit in protest organized by the voluntary organizations is said
to be comprised of over 5000 gas tragedy victims.

Sports Current Affairs [November 2010]

 Chelsea lose third match out of fourth

Birmingham City defeated Chelsea by a score of 1-0 at Birmingham City making this the third
defeat to be suffered by Chelsea in the four matches that it has played so far. This win helped
Manchester United to move up in the English Premier League rankings. Birmingham gained three
points in the rankings thanks to the one and only winning goal scored by its player Lee Bowyer.
Newcastle lost 5-1 to Bolton while West Ham lost 3-0 to Liverpool alongside Blackpool and Stoke
who claimed their respective victories. In their game against Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea let slip
past their initial lead of 2-0, to finally lose the game at a score of 3-2. The game was at a score of
2-0 till half time with Chelsea winning but a combination of lack of concentration in players and
simple bad luck cost Chelsea the match.
 Cricket in 2014 Asian Games
Rumors recently originated that cricket had been removed from the list of proposed sports and
 events of the 2014 Asian games. The reason for these rumors has been said to be the decision of
the Olympic Committee of Asia to limit the number of sporting events in the Asian games to a
maximum of 35. However, these fears proved out to be false as the OCA recently confirmed the
inclusion of cricket in the list of sporting events for the Asian games 2014. For the time being
cricket and karate have been confirmed as two out of the seven non Olympic events in these
games while the other five are still to be decided. However, South Korean organizers are said to
not be in support of this decision.
 Nadal and Clijsters
Rafael Nadal continues to hold the top spot in the ATP rankings with his score being close to
11900 points while Roger Federer holds the spot of number two. On the other hand Kim Clijsters
fell to the third position in the WTA rankings released recently followed by Serena Williams on the
fourth position.
 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Following his win in the Korean Grand Prix, third position in Brazil and third position in the
qualifiers of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso of Ferrari looked like the possible
winner. However the title slipped out of his hands, much to his surprise and landed into the hands
of Vettel making him the youngest Formula One champion in the history of F1 racing aged just 23
years.

Persons in News November 2010

 Leslie Nielson passes away
Beloved actor Leslie Nielson best remember as bumbling police detective Lt. Frank Drebin of the
Naked Gun series of movies, passed away recently aged 84 from complications arising as a
result of Pneumonia. He was surrounded on his death bed y his loving wife, friends and long time
agent. Leslie Nielson had over a 60 year long career in motion pictures which started back in the
1950s. He was initially cast as a leading man in serious movies such as The Forbidden Planet
and Poseidon Adventure. The former flopped while the latter was a big success in its time.
However, Nielson soon found his forte in comedy movies when he first acted in the 1980 comedy
motion picture, Airplane. The movie was a huge hit and Nielson’s popularity as a comedy actor
soared. He then appeared in a number of comedy movies, the most famous of them being the
Naked Gun series, all of which were big hits. Some of these were repossessed, Dracula- dead
and loving it and Spy hard. Leslie was married thrice in his lifetime and has two daughters with
his second wife.
 I-phone versus Google Android
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc. recently praised the operating system on Google’s smart
phones. The operating system called Android was further praised by Mr. Wozniak who said that
these phones had more features to offer as compared to the I-phone. He however, further added
that while Google’s smart phones offer people more number of choices, Apple I-phones on the
other hand were much better in terms of quality.