India Current Affiars April, 2011, General Awareness April, 2011

• Rabobank got RBI nod for India operations.
• Team India won the Cricket World Cup after 28 years.
• World Cup celebration continue bio-fuel flight leader Safar named all over nation.
• Delhi cabinet gave its nod to ban on plastic bags.
• India suspended food imports from Japan for 3 months.
• Union Cabinet approved Consulate General of India in Perth.
• The government decided that blanket ban on food Imports from Japan was not required as items tested so far were not found contaminated from radiation leak.
• Indian Premier League (IPL-4) got off in Chennai.
• Anirban Lahiri won the inaugural Panasonlc Open Golf title.
• SFI founder C Bhaskaran died.
• 44-deemed univs facing derecognition got reprive from Supreme Court.
• PM Singh reached China for BRICS summit.
• India, China’ agreed to resume defence exchanges.
• Kanishtha Dhankhar crowned Femina Miss India World 2011.
• Alok Kumar won Asian Billiards Championship title.
• India,Kazakhstan Inked nuke,oil pacts.
• Jaipur’s last titular Maharaja Bhawanl Singh died.
• Orissa became first state to launch rural livelihood mission.
• Abhijit Gupta won the Dubai International Open Chess title.
• India, Japan signed pact on digital library- PSLV-CI6 placed 3 satellites in orbit.
• Congress won first civic polls in Gandhi nagar
• RBI granted relief of banks on NPAS.
• India-Pak panel okayed repatriation of prisoners.
• Spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba died.
• Ex-chief of CWG Suresh Kalmadi arrested on charges of forgery.
• A special CBI Court sent ‘ Kalmadi and two others to 8-day custody.
• Indo-pak trade talks resumed after two years.
• 2G: PM Singh got clean chit from Public Accounts Committee.
• The winner of Dubai Open Chess Championship is – Abhijeet Gupta
• Recently PSLV-C16 put into space orbit – Three Setellites
• The Indian who recently won prestigious Indu Sharma Katha Samman is – Vikas Kumar
• As per Time Manazine list, the most influential Indian is – Mahendra singh Dhoni
• Saraswati Samman has been conferred on – S.L. Bhyrappa
• The person who has been appointed as Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) – Leela samson
• As per the provisional data of 2011 Census, India’s population stands at – 1,210,193,422
• The percentage growth of India’s population in 2001-11 was recorded at – 17.6%
• The overall sex ratio nationwide has been recorded during 2001-11 Census at – 940 females per 1000 males – Kerela
• The state which registered highest sex ratio during 2001-11 Census is- Kerala
• The literacy rate during census 2001-11 has been registered at – 74-04%
• The Indian state which has achieved first rank in harnessing solar energy is – Rajasthan
• The Indian who has been chosen for South Korean Gwangju Award for human rights for 2011 is – Binayak Sen
• As per recent data Planning Commission, Poverty rate in India has declined-32%
• As per 2001-2011 census, the density of population in India is – 382 Persons per square km
• The percentage of female literates in India as per 2011 Census provisional data is – 65.46% to total population of women
• As per the 2011 census provisional data the four states with highest population (in descending order) are – U.P.Maharashtra, Bihar and. West Bengal
• Wisden’s Leading Cricketer for is – Sachin Tendulkar