India Current Affiars September, 2011, General Awareness September, 2011

• Justice Sen quit ahead of Lok Sabha action.
• Painter Jehangir Sabaval died on 2^nd September.
• Center, ULFA and Assam Government signed peace pact.
• Producer-Director Jagmohan Mundhra died on 4^th September.
• Union Cabinet cleared land Acquisitions bill.
• Indian Bangladesh inked pact on demarcation of entire land boundary.
• Customs Bill passed by Rajya Sabha.
• Monsoon Session of parliament concluded.
• Indian lifters bagged four bronze at Asian meet.
• 58^th National Film Awards presented.
• 51^st National Open Athletic Championships began in Kolkata.
• BC Khanduri sworn in as CM of Uttarakhand.
• Indian Hockey team won the Asian Champions Trophy.
• Indian women squash player won California open title.
• Bollywood’s star lensmen Rajadhyaksha died on 13^th September.
• Delhi United won maiden DSA title.
• Mahindra Aerospace made its maiden flight.
• RBI increased gift transfer limit to NRIs to $50,000.
• Government passed 12^th Plan approach.
• RBI allows NRIs to hold Joint Accounts.
• Centre rolling out Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled services in North-East.
• Jnanpith 2008 Award presented to Urdu poet Shaheryar.
• 6.8 magnitude quake rocks north-east.
• Kochi Tuskers axed from Indian Premier League.
• Jananpith 2009 Award to Hindi Author Amar Kant, 2010 Award to Kannada litterateur Chandrasekhar Kambar announced.
• Interlocutors wrap up J&K mission, final report next month.
• 34^th ISO General Assembly inaugurated in New Delhi.
• Year of Germany in India Begins.
• SC restored Tamil Nadu’s Meenakshi temple’s control to Math.
• Rajiv Gandhi International Prize for Tech in Education announced.
• Centre reconstitutes Reserve Bank of India Board.
• BJP leader L.K.Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni arrested in the cash-for-vote scam.
• Calcutta HC Judgement: Tatas lose, Mamta wins in Singur Land Row.
• 1000 crore central aid for quake-hit Sikkim.
• Cabinet okayed Mines and Minerals ( Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011.

International Current Affairs September, 2011, General Awareness September, 2011

• Tony Tan became Singapore’s new President.
• Turkey expelled Israeli ambassador.
• Germany became the first team to qualify for the 2012 European Championship finals.
• Typhoon Talas killed 20 in Japan.
• Former Egyptian President Mubarak’s trial resumed.
• Russia launched the first ‘technical’ gas into undersea pipeline to Germany.
• Yahoo Inc. fired CEO Carol Bartz.
• French designer John Galliano fined after found guilty of anti-Semitic act.
• North Korea celebrated its 63^rd anniversary.
• South Korea won the women’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey tournament.
• IMF recognised TNC as Libyan government.
• Egyptian top Gen Tantawi failed to testify in ousted President Mubarak’s trial.
• Samantha Stosur won the women’s final of US Open Tennis.
• Angola’s Leila Lopes crowned Miss Universe 2011.
• Novak Djokovic won the men’s final in US Open Tennis.
• Nasa Unveiled design for giant rocket called Space Launch System.
• 24 Hours siege in Kabul diplomatic enclave ended.
• US declared Indian Mujahideen a terror entity.
• Thorning-Schmidt elected Denmark Premier.
• India recognises new Libyan regime.
• 4645 Taiwanese children set mass violin playing Record.
• 63^rd premtime Emmy Award presented in Los Angeles.
• Former Afghan President Rabbani killed in suicide bomb attack.
• At UN, Obama opposes Palestinian statehood.
• Australia announced that it will ease visa rules for students.
• Yemen’s president Salah returned to Sanna, called for truce.
• Palestine Staked state claim at UN.
• NTC forces attacked Gaddaff home turf.
• NASA’s dead satellite crashed over Pacific.
• China installs gold vending machine as demand soars.
• First ever strategic and Economic Dialogue between Indian and China held at Beijing.
• 16 dead as Typhone Nesat smashed into the Philippines.
• US confront Pak with evidence of ISI’s Terror Links.
• Last all-male polled in Saudi Arabia; China launch Space Lab Module.
• India, 25 other nations opposed EU plan on emission trading.