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Saturday, October 10, 2009

US President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

  • Barack Obama won Nobel Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and for taking initiatives to create a nuclear-free world
  • He will receive the award on December 10, 2009
  • Obama had beaten 205 other nominees for the Prestigious Award
  • This Award includes a gold medal, a Nobel diploma and 1.4 million dollars

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Chemistry Nobel Prize Winners 2009

  • Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (indian origin) and Thomas Steitz and Israeli Ada Yonath won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry for mapping ribosomes

Friday, October 2, 2009

International Cricket Council 6th Awards

ICC AWARD WINNERS WAS ANNOUNCED AT JOHANNESBURG
Captain of the ICC ODI & Test team of the Year: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
ICC One Day Player of the Year Award: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
ICC Test Player of the Year Award: Gautam Gambhir
ICC Cricketer of the Year Award: Mitchell Johnson
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award: Tillakaratne Dilshan
Emerging Player of the Year Award: Peter Siddle
Spirit of Cricket Award: New Zealand
Associate Player of the Year Award : William Porterfield
Umpire of the Year Award: Aleem Dar
Women's Cricketer of the Year Award: Claire Taylor
Based on Performances: Between August 13, 2008 and August 24, 2009
Selection Panel: Clive Lloyd (West Indies), Anil Kumble (India), Bob Taylor (England), Mudassar Nazar (Pakistan) and Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
ICC World ODI Team of the Year (in batting order): Virender Sehwag (India), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Kevin Pietersen (England), Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Yuvraj Singh (India), Martin Guptill (New Zealand), MS Dhoni (India, captain, wk), Andrew Flintoff (England), Nuwan Kulasekara (Sri Lanka), Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka), Umar Gul (Pakistan) & 12th men: Thilan Thushara (Sri Lanka)
ICC World Test Team of the Year (in batting order): Gautam Gambhir (India), Andrew Strauss (England), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Thilan Samaraweera (Sri Lanka), Michael Clarke (Australia), MS Dhoni (India, captain, Wicket Keeper), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Mitchell Johnson (Australia), Stuart Broad (England) Dale Steyn (South Africa) & 12th man: Harbhajan Singh (India)

Monday, September 7, 2009

55th National Awards for 2007

  • Best Film: "Kanchivaram" (tamil)
  • Best Actor: Prakash Raj (kanchivaram)
  • Best Actress: Umashree (Gulabi Talkies)
  • Best Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Naalu Pennungal)
  • Best Child Actor: Sharad Goyekar (Tingya)
  • Best Supporting Actor: Darshan Zariwala (Gandhi My Father)
  • Best Screenplay: Feroz Abbas Khan
  • Best Family Welfare Category: "Taare Zameen Par"
  • Best Wholesome Entertainment Category: "Chak De India"
  • Best Lyricist: Prasoon Joshi ("Maa" from "Taare Zameen Par")
  • Best Playback Singer: Shankar Mahadevan

Thursday, September 3, 2009

No more People's man, Great Leader, Dr.Y.S.Raja Sekhara Reddy

Full Name: Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy
Born on: 8th July 1949 at Pulivendula
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Parents: Y S Raja Reddy and Jayamma
Children: Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Sharmila
Wife: Vijaya Lakshmi
Died: 2nd September, 2009, helicopter crash at Nallamala Forest, Govt. confirmed on 3rd September 2009 (today)
We lost best CM of Andhra Pradesh
YSR amar rahe hai
He lives always people's heart



Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Dr.Y.S.Raja Sekhar Reddy Missing

  • From Morning 9.35A.M, Helicopter Signal Cut
  • 5,000 CRPF personnel search for CM
  • Helicopters continue searching
  • Indian Air Force (IAF) deploys "Sukhoi" search for CM
  • Till no information

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Monday, August 31, 2009

India Wins ONGC Nehru Football Cup

  • India Vs Syria, Dr.Ambedkar Stadium at New Delhi
  • India won Nehru Cup in 2007 also
  • Goalkeeper Subrata Paul stopped three spot kicks in the tie-breaker
  • Man-of-the-match Award won by Subrata Paul

Monday, August 24, 2009

Miss Venezuela wins Miss Universe Crown

  • Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez has been named winner of the 2009 Miss Universe, Bahamas
  • Stefania Fernandez was selected out of five finalists chosen from the total 83 contestants
  • Top 5 contestants are Miss Dominican Republic, Ada Miss Australia, Rachael Finch Miss Puerto Rico, Mayra Matos Perez Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez Miss Kosovo, Gona Dragusha
  • Miss China, Wang Jingyao, won Miss Congeniality and Miss Thailand, Chutima Durongdej, won Miss Photogenic.

Monday, May 18, 2009

LTTE Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran killed

Srilankan Government confirmed his death. Also found the bodies of Prabhakaran's son Charles Anthony, the head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Peace secretariat, Pulideevan and others.

To know at Prabhakaran History and Prabhakaran Biography

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Today's Ipl Cricket News

  • Kings XI Punjab beat Deccan Chargers by 1 run; Man of the Match winner is Yuvraj Singh
  • Delhi Dare Devils beat Rajasthan Royals by 14 runs; Man of the Match winner is AB de Villiers
  • Delhi Dare Devils is the top place in points table
  • Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight riders are out of Semi-finals

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Lok Sabha Election Results 2009

Leads / Results 543 / 543

CONGRESS+ 261
BJP+ 159
Left 24
SP+ 26
BSP 21
OTHERS 52

Congress will be form the stable government comfortably. Sri Man Mohan Singh is set to be Prime Minister again.

Source: All News Channels

Elections 2009 Results announced Today

  • Lok Sabha General Election 543 seats Results will be announced today
  • Three States Assembly Elections, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa & Sikkim Election Results will be announced today

Live Elections Results will be announced the following websites from 8.00A.M

Thursday, May 7, 2009

148th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7Th May 1861 in Calcutta. He was the youngest son of the Devendranath tagore and Sarada devi. He was an Indian poet and philosopher who introduced Indian culture to the West and vice versa. He founded Shantiniketan which later became Visva Bharati University. Gitanjali, Gora, and Ghare-Baire are among his best-known works.
He wrote national anthems of both India and Bangladesh. He got Nobel Prize in literature 1913, first Asian to get it. He died on August 7, 1941.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Azlan Shah Cup winner is India

  • India defeating hosts Malaysia 3-1 in the finals of the Azlan Shah Hockey Cup
  • India lifts Azlan Shah Cup after 13 years
  • Arjun Halappa (8th minute), Prabhjot Singh (20th min) and Shivender Singh (41st min) scored a goal each one for India

Sunday, March 29, 2009

latest news

  • Gautam Gambhir completed 2000 runs in the current test
  • April 1st onwards, we can draw money any ATM without surcharge fee
  • Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are winners of Korat Challenger Open Title
  • The Czech film "Guard No. 47" has won four prizes at an international film festival
  • Life Insurance Corporation - Corporation Bank credit card likely to be launched

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Latest news - Barbie Girl

  • Katrina Kaif is selected for the Barbie Girl
  • India in trouble for 2nd test with New Zealand, At end of third day stumps 47 for 1; India trail by 267 runs

Monday, March 23, 2009

Tata Nano Car

  • Nano car bookings will begin on April 9 and remain open till April 23
  • Applications for booking of the Nano car would be available in 30,000 locations in India
  • Application price is Rs.300/- & The car can be booked by just paying Rs 2,999/-
  • The car would initially be available in three variants
  • Nano car has the highest mileage of 26.6 kilometre per litre.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

latest news | Current Affairs | Current Topic

  • British TV reality star Jade Goody has died in her sleep
  • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay who arrived in New Delhi on a two-day trip
  • South Africa wins 3rd test but loses series 2-1 with Australia
  • Chief of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) Samy Vellu was elected as the party's president for the 11th time
  • England was winner of ICC Women's World Cup third time after beating New Zealand by four wickets

Telugu Veteran Actor Kantha Rao passes away

  • Kantha Rao full name is Tadepalli Lakshmi Kantha Rao
  • He was born on 1923 November 16th at Gudibanda village, Nalgonda Dist
  • He acted in 400 movies and also produced movies
  • His acted in first movie was "Nirdoshi" on 1951.
  • He was died of cancer

Icc Women's Cricket World Cup Final

  • England beat New Zealand by 4 wickets
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected bat
  • New Zealand score 166 for all out; Lucy Doolan made 48 runs and Haidee Tiffen 30 runs
  • England reached target 167 runs in 46.1 overs; Caroline Atkins made 40 runs and Sarah Taylor 39 runs
  • Woman of the match winner is Nicky Shaw
  • Woman of the Series winner is Claire Taylor
  • England won the ICC Womens World Cup 2009

Third Test of South Africa Vs Australia | South Africa won by an innings and 20 runs

  • Australia Ist innings: 209 all out; Simon Katich 55 and Brad Haddin 42
  • South Africa Ist innings: 651 all out; AB de Villiers 163, Prince 150 and Kallis 102
  • Australia IInd Innings: 422 all out; Mitchell Johnson 123 not out, Simon Katich 54
  • South Africa won by an Innings and 20 runs

Thursday, March 19, 2009

today's topics for current affairs

  • Microsoft releases new browser Internet Explorer 8
  • Ind Vs NZ first test: At 2nd day end of the stumps, India score is 278/4
  • Women's World Cup Cricket News: India beats West Indies by 8 wickets, New Zealand beats Pakistan by 223 runs and Australia beats England by 8 wickets, but India and Australia failed to enter into final berth; India will play with Australia for 3rd or 4th positon; Pakstan will play with West Indies for 5th or 6th position; England will play with New Zealand for world cup title
  • Australia Vs South Africa 3rd Test: At first day end of the stumps, Australia score is 208 all out and South Africa 57 for no loss
  • Forbes magzine announced that Denmark is top rank in world's the best Nations for business, US and Canada are top 2nd and 3rd; India has ranked 75th

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Important for News for Competitve Exams

  • Youssef Ziedan has won the second International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPDAF) for his novel "Beelzebub"
  • Bijoy Thangaraj, a software engineer, won the award for US State Department's global online video contest
  • Women's World Cup Cricket: India lose New Zealand by five wickets in a Super Six Stage Match
  • ICICI Prudential AMC has won "Morning Star" award for the best debt fund

Monday, March 16, 2009

Today's Sports News

  • International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that South Africa will host this year's Champions Trophy
  • Champions Trophy will be conducted between September and October
  • India golfer Jeev Milkha Singh finished fourth in the World Golf Championship
  • Virender Sehwag moved nine places and is currently sixth on the ICC ODI rankings

Saturday, March 14, 2009

latest sports cricket news

  • In New Zealand vs India, 5th One Day International, New Zealand won by 8 wickets
  • In Women's World Cup Cricket, India beat Australia by 16 runs

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Today Important news for competitive exams

  • Alok Sinha, an IAS officer, was appointed Joint Secretary in the Civil Aviation Ministry
  • G V M Sharma has been conferred with the AP Scientist Award 2009 for his contribution in the field of Chemical Sciences
  • Women's World Cup Cricket: India beats Srilanka by 35 runs
  • Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the G-20 Summit in London on April 2, 2009
  • Srilanka has appointed new skipper Kumar Sangakkara for the World Twenty20 tournament in England
  • Hungarian Scriptwriter and film director Peter Bacso has died
  • Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal have placed 7th and 8th top billionaires in the world on Forbes list

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

4th One Day International India vs New Zealand Highlights

  • New Zealand won the toss and elected the bat first
  • McCullum made 77 runs, Peter McGlashan made 56 runs
  • Rain disturbed, Reduced to 47 Overs
  • New Zealand finished their innings at 270 runs for 5 wickets
  • India's target given for 281 runs
  • Again second time rain came, Reduced to 43 Overs and revised target is 263 runs
  • Again Third time rain came, Reduced to 36 Overs and revised target is 220 runs
  • India made 201 runs in 23.3 Overs without loss of wicket
  • Again Fourth time rain came, match stopped
  • India won by 84 runs, (D/L method)
  • Virendra sehwag made 125 runs in 74 balls and Gautam Gambhir made 63 runs in 67 balls
  • Viru created a record first indian fastest century in 60 balls and also he made seventh fastest ODI century in the world
  • Man of the Match winner is Virendra sehwag
  • India win One Day Series also now India leads with 3-0

Friday, March 6, 2009

Gandhi Items Sold

  • Business Tycoon, Vijay Mallya buys Gandhi's belongings
  • Vijay Mallya buys Gandhi's memorbilia sold for $1.8 million
  • Reserve price of Gandhi items between $20,000 and $30,000
  • Mallya to get possession of Gandhi's items in two weeks from now
  • Mallya to donate Gandhi's belongings to the indian government

source: TV News Channels, E-News Papers

Monday, March 2, 2009

Lok Sabha Election polls announced

  • Chief Election Commissioner, N Gopalaswami announced today
  • Lok Sabha election polls will be held in five phases from April 16 to May 13
  • Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh will have five phased polls
  • Bihar will have four phased elections
  • Maharashtra and West Bengal will have three phased polls
  • Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Punjab will have elections in two phases
  • Remaining 15 states and 7 union territories will have one day polling
  • In First Phase will go on April 16th, Second Phase on April 23, Third Phase on April 30th, Fourth Phase on May 7th and Last phase on May 13th
  • Elections to assemblies in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Orissa will be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls

Source: e-newspapers

Sunday, March 1, 2009

54th Idea Film Fare Award Winners

  • Film Fare Awards ceremony on late saturday night at Yash Raj Studio, Mumbai
  • Best Actor - Hrithik Roshan
  • Best Actress - Priyanka Chopra
  • Best Picture - Jodhaa Akbar
  • Best Director - Ashutosh Gowariker
  • Best Music Director - A R Rahman
  • Best Male Singer - Sukvinder Singh
  • Best Female Singer - Sreya Goshal
  • Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Latest Business News

  • Toronto based telephone equipment making company, Nortel cuts 3,200 more jobs
  • Aegis won MVP Quality Award for 2008
  • Tata Motors to launch new Car 'Nano' on March 23
  • ING Life announces tie-up with South Indian Bank(SIB)
  • Swiss bank UBS appoints Oswald J Grubel as new Chief Executive Officer

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

India vs Newzealand Ist T20 match: New Zealand won by 7 wickets

  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
  • Suresh Raina 61 not out, Sehwag 26, Harbajan 21 & Yusuf Pathan 20
  • India score 162 for 8 in 20 Overs
  • B Mc Cullum 56 not out, Martin Guptill 41, Ross Taylor 31 & Jacob Oram 29 not out
  • New Zealand chased the target in 18.5 Overs
  • Man of the Match winner is B Mc Cullum

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Younis Khan made a Triple Century and still batting

  • Younis khan 306 not out and Akmal 27 not out at end of 4th day Stumps First test of Pak vs Sl
  • Pakistan Score 574/5
  • Pakistan will made 70 runs till reach the Srilanka First Innings Score
  • This test will go for "draw"

Monday, February 23, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire bags Eight (8) Oscar Awards

  1. Best Picture - Slumdog Millionaire
  2. Best Directing - Danny Boyle
  3. Best Music (Song) - A.R. Rahman
  4. Best Music (Score) - A.R. Rahman
  5. Best Film Editing - Chris Dickens
  6. Best Sound Mixing - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Rasul Pookutty
  7. Best Cinemautography - Anthony Dod Mantle
  8. Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Simon Beaufoy
  • Slumdog millionaire is at the top of the Oscar Awards
  • A R Rahman wins two Oscars

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Oscar Awards to be announced

81st Oscar Annual Academy Awards

  • SlumDog Millionaire nominated for 10 oscar catagories

More details at www.oscar.com

Latest India News from Google

  • Army kills two civilians in Kashmir
  • Madras HC pulls up police over clash with advocates
  • Pranab to attend Lanka SAARC conference
  • Case registered against Renuka

source:google news

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Sakshi TV New Telugu News Channel launched today

  • Broadcasting today from GMC Balayogi Stadium, Gachhi bowli, Hyderabad
  • In this Celebrations, All Important VIPs are attended
  • All Events are broadcasting from 24Th of this month

source: sakshi.com

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Todays Headlines

  • Court directs police to file FIR against Renuka Chowdhury
  • Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin may join Congress today
  • Geo TV reporter shot dead in Swat
  • 886 new engineering colleges, 1084 B-schools on cards

source: enewspapers

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Latest Sports News

  • Pattaya Open Winner Vera Zvonareva of Russia and runner-up Sania Mirza
  • FIR lodged against IPL chief Lalit Modi
  • Austalia won Twenty20 thriller by one run
  • India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy enter the rotterdam final of the World Tennis Tournament

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Current Cricket News...

  • India won 20-20 Match by 3 wickets against Srilanka
  • Pathan brothers well played in twenty-twenty match
  • Australia beat Newzealand by 6 wickets
  • Australia leveled series with 2-2 against Newzealand

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Latest Cricket News

  • Australia won by 32 runs against New Zealand
  • Srilanka beats India by 68 runs in 5th Odi
  • India won Odi Series title with 4-1 against Srilanka
  • Yuvaraj Singh won the man of the series title
  • West Indies won first test match against England by an innings and 23 runs

Friday, February 6, 2009

Current News

  • Kiran Karnik has been appointed Satyam chairman
  • India rise to 2nd spot in ICC ODI rankings
  • Pietersen, Flintoff become most expensive IPL players $1.55 million each
  • Sensex ends 200 points up

Thursday, February 5, 2009

4th Odi also India won by 67 runs against Srilanka

  • Gambir (150) set a platform to win india comportably, Dhoni (94) supported him
  • India set a New Record for 9 continuous wins in One Day Cricket International Matches
  • Muralitharan breaks Wasim Akram's World record
  • India scored 332 runs for 5 wickets in 50 Overs
  • Srilanka was 265 for all out in 48 Overs
  • India leads series with 4-0
  • Already India won this One Day Series till now

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Dilshan selected for Twenty-20 Captain against India

  • Muttiah Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis and Nuwan Kulasekara have been rested
  • Dhoni's priority is to test for reserve players, not aiming at records
  • Tommorrow's match between Ind vs Sl - 4th One Day International (ODI) at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (Day & Night)

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

India won by 147 runs in the 3rd One Day International

India leads series with 3-0 against Srilanka.

Virender Sehwag and Yuvaraj Singh made centuries.

India scored 363/5 in 50 Overs.

This is the India's highest total in Srilanka.

Srilanka strucked at 216 for all out in 41.4 Overs.

Muttaiah Muralitharan equals Wasim Akram's ODI 502 wickets World Record.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Australia Open 2009 Winners

Men's Singles Title Winner - Rafael Nadal(Spain)
Men's Singles Title loser - Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Women's Singles Title Winner - Serena Williams (USA)
Women's Singles Title Loser - Dinara Safina (RUS)

Men's Doubles Title Winners - Bob Bryan (USA)& Mike Bryan (USA)
Men's Doubles Title Losers - Mahesh Bhupathi (India)& Mark Knowles (Bahrain)

Women's Doubles Title Winners - Serena Williams (USA)& Venus Williams (USA)
Women's Doubles Title Losers - Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)& Ai Sugiyama (JPN)

Mixed Doubles Title Winners - Sania Mirza (India)& Mahesh Bhupathi (India)
Mixed Doubles Title Losers - Nathalie Dechy (FRA)& Andy Ram (ISR)

Junior Boys Singles Winner - Yuki Bhambri (IND)
Junior Boys Singles Loser - Alexandros Ferdinandos Georgoudas (GER)

Junior Girls Singles Winner - Ksenia Pervak (RUS)
Junior Girls Singles Loser - Laura Robson (GBR)

For Know More Information .... at www.australianopen.com

Thursday, January 29, 2009

India best Srilanka by 6 wickets

India lead 1-0 with Srilanka One Day Internation Series.
India won toss and choose field.
Srilanka made 246 runs in 50 Overs.
Jayasuriya made 107 runs and completed 13000 runs.
Gautam Gambir (62), Suresh Raina (54) and MS Dhoni (61)not out made half centuries.
India chased target 247 runs in 48.1 Overs.
Sanath Jayasuriya is winner of man of the match award.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Matthew Hayden announced his retirement

  • Australia batsman Matthew Hayden announced his retirement from international cricket
  • The Indian cricket team will play five One-Day Internationals and a Twenty20 match in Sri Lanka next month
  • Mahender Singh Dhoni retained top no.1 batsman in ICC ODI Rankings

Tennnis World Rankings...

  • In ATP Rankings, Somdev Dewarman Rank is 154
  • Top three Rank holders are Nadal, Federer and Djokovic
  • In WTA Rankings, Sania Mirza is at 107 Rank

     For More Details......ATP Rankings

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Chennai Open Tennis Championship 2009

  • Title winner is Marin Cilic
  • Marin Cilic defeated Somdev Dewarman with 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the final to win ATP Chennai Open 2009
  • Marin Cilic took home the winning prize of 250 ATP points and $73,000
  • Somdev Dewarman is likely to push him into the range of 160 in the world rankings

Friday, January 9, 2009

Satyam Ex-MD Ramalinga Raju and Rama Raju Arrested

  • Raju Brothers have been arrested under IPC Section 120B, 409, 420, 468, 471.
  • Police also say that Satyam CFO Srinivas Vadlamani is likely to be arrested on Saturday.
  • Rs.7800 Crore Fraud admitted by Ramalinga Raju

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Shibu Soren loses by-election poll

Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren has lost by-election to Tamar assembly seat to Jharkhand Party candidate Gopal Krishna Patar by a margin of 9000 votes.

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