Current affairs for February 2010
On February 1, 2010 Union Home Ministry appointed IPS officer Vikram Srivastava as Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force . . (CRPF) . Vikram Srivastava is the younger brother of Border Security Force (BSF) DG Raman Srivastava
On February 1, 2010 a female suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in northern Baghdad detonated an explosives belt, killing at least 41 persons and wounding more than 100
On February 1, 2010 PTI reported that "targeting the large number of Hindus in the US, an Atlanta-based company headed by an Indian-American has launched a series of custom-made postage stamps depicting Hindu gods and goddesses.
On February 1, 2010 imdb.com reported that 3-D blockbuster "Avatar" of James Cameron has surpassed the $2 billion mark after running successfully for seven weekends in the US.
On February 1, 2010 Samtel Display Systems (SDS), a leading Indian player in high-technology products for avionics and military applications, announced the opening of its office in San Jose, California
On February 1, 2010 US President Barack Obama announced a $3.8tn (£2.4tn) budget plan for 2011, which includes increased spending for job creation, but cuts in other areas.
On February 1, 2010 Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari inaugurated the internationally acclaimed annual 15-Day the 24th Surajkund Crafts Mela near New Delhi. . . with participating craftsmen even from countries like Tajikistan, Thailand and Egypt
On February 1, 2010 at Grammy Awards held at the Staples Centre, "King of Pop" Michael Jackson was honoured with the Lifetime Grammy award posthumously, which was received by his children
On February 1, 2010 Indians went "Jai Ho" once again when music maestro A.R. Rahman scored a double triumph at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, a year after bagging two Oscars for his foot tapping music for "Slumdog Millionaire".
On February 1, 2010 AR Rahman bagged the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture and another one for "Jai Ho" for the best motion picture song at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.
On February 1, 2010 Yvo de Boer, top UN climate official informed that 55 countries have submitted pledges for curbing greenhouse gas emissions to the UN climate convention. . Govts were asked to do so before Jan 31 by the "Copenhagen Accord"
On February 1, 2010 rejecting Shiv Sena contention of "Mumbai for Maharashtrians" as "pernicious thesis", Home Minister P Chidambaram asserted that financial capital belonged to all Indians who are free to live and work there.
On February 1, 2010 Faced with one million women and children into sex work and thousands entering the system every year, India signed MoU with UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) to partner with it in an attempt to nail the trend at source.
On February 1, 2010 AIESEC India, one of the largest student-run organizations, commenced the first cycle of its National Recruitment Drive and Empower to enable students to inculcate leadership skills
On February 1, 2010 GoI approved draft legislation for the establishment of National Council for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) . . paving way for a national registry of candidates fit to be VCs of the central or state universities
On February 1, 2010 Global Economic Prospects 2010 - a WB analysis put that "India is expected to grow at 7.5 and 8 pc in the calendar year 2010-11 respectively, above the 6.4 pc average posted from 1995 to 2005.
On February 1, 2010 the reign of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the top of ICC ODI batsmen chart for more than a year ended with Australian Michael Hussey toppling him in the news rankings
On February 1, 2010 on the fourth day in the 11th South Asian Games, India won their third gold in cycling when Mahita Mohan topped the women 50km road race . . India also won a bronze through Rameshwari Devi in the event.
On February 1, 2010 National champions Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde led from the front as Indian shuttlers dominated the courts in the 11th South Asian Games, winning both the men and women team gold medals at Dhaka
On February 1, 2010 newly-crowned Australian Open mixed doubles champion Leander Paes rose a rung to seventh in the ATP doubles ranking, displacing one- Mahesh Bhupathi in the latest list.
On February 1, 2010 GoI gave its assent to Bihar Special Courts Bill, 2009. . . clearing decks for the much awaited anti-corruption Act formulated by the Bihar government to take on the corrupt public servants.
On February 1, 2010 a recent Supreme Court ruling that upholds the second marriage of a Muslim employee of Rajasthan government as illegal drew flak from Muslim organisations in the state.
On February 1, 2010 Swedish Minister for Elderly Care and Public Health Maria Larsson and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad inaugurated Indo-Sweden health week . . India to offer its expertise in Yoga and generic drugs to Sweden
On February 1, 2010 Uma Jha, a 4-year-old girl of Indian-origin was crowned as brainiest student of Australia in 2010 Australian Brain Bee Challenge, a battle of neuroscience knowledge in Sydney.
On February 2, 2010 Amar Singh refused to quit his Rajya Sabha seat saying "I have earned it and not got it as alms,"
On February 2, 2010 Samajwadi party finally brought down curtain on the ongoing drama being enacted by two of its most popular faces, Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh and Lok Sabha MP Jaya Prada, by expelling them from the primary membership of the party
On February 2, 2010 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi India belongs to every Indian and anybody from any part of the country has a right to live in another other part on the nation. . . he said "India belongs to Indians. That is my view,"
On February 2, 2010 Thackeray lashed out at Rahul Gandhi and said the Congress leader has insulted the 26/11 martyrs from Mumbai police by giving sole credit of the operation to the NSG.
On February 2, 2010 Shiv Sena called for a ban on Shah Rukh Khan forthcoming release, "My Name is Khan", after the actor refused to apologise for his comment on Pakistani cricketers being kept out of IPL-3.
On February 2, 2010 after taking on Sachin Tendulkar, Shah Rukh Khan and Mukesh Ambani, Shiv Sena and its offshoot, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena launched an offensive against Rahul Gandhi for his comments favouring entry of north Indians to Mumbai
On February 2, 2010 Tahir Hussain, filmmaker and father of Bollywood star Aamir Khan, died . . he produced "Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke" (1993) that starred son Aamir, "Dulha Bikta Hai" (1982), "Zakhmee" (1975), "Anamika" (1973) and "Caravan" (1971).
On February 2, 2010 at New York, "King of Bollywood" Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol became the first Indian actors to ring the opening bell of Nasdaq, the biggest stock exchange of world . . an honour usually reserved for CEOs of major corporations
On February 2, 2010 responding to long pending demand, drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) said it has increased the prices of bulk drug Vitamin C, used for treating Scurvy disease, by over 12.5 pc
On February 2, 2010 HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh was conferred with the outstanding achievement award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
On February 2, 2010 chances of Master musician AR Rahman winning back-to-back Oscars ended as he failed to win a nomination in the "Best Original Song" category, . . his "Na na" lost the race to "Almost there" . . .
On February 2, 2010 PTI reported that a suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist, arrested in Azamgarh in connection with the 2008 serial blasts, will be charged with the murder of Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma
On February 2, 2010 IPCC chairman R K Pachauri has dismissed as "unfounded and baseless" allegations that findings of the Nobel prize-winning UN body on disappearing ice from the world mountain peaks were based on a doctoral essay.
On February 2, 2010 David Brown, the producer behind hit films including Jaws and The Sting, died at the age of 93.
On February 2, 2010 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran said it is ready to send its enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal to ease concerns about its nuclear programme.
On February 2, 2010 Europe committed to build the next Jason altimeter spacecraft to monitor the behaviour of the world oceans.
On February 2, 2010 a study in UK by Microsoft showed that 37pc of secondary pupils used computers for study every day at home
On February 2, 2010 China warned US President Barack Obama against meeting the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, saying this would "seriously undermine" Sino-US ties as a row escalated between the two major powers.
On February 2, 2010 notwithstanding the chill in Indo-Pak ties students from both countries have come together in designing an innovative crew ship to travel from Earth to Mars and jointly compete with students from other countries at NASA.
On February 2, 2010 Olympic hero Vijender Singh broke the bronze jinx and fetched one of two silver medals for India at the two-day Champion of Champions invitational boxing tournament in Guangzhou, China
On February 2, 2010 India added four gold, two silver and two bronze to their swelling medal kitty to rule the roost at the end of day five in the 11th South Asian Games
On February 3, 2010 National Registry of Martyrs project courted its first controversy, with Rajya Sabha member Tarlochan Singh objecting to the fixing of 1857 as cut-off date for the inclusion of martyrs to the list.
On February 3, 2010 PM Dr Singh wrote a letter to all ministers and State CMs asking them to declare their assets and give up all business
On February 3, 2010 receiving the report from panel head Kirit Parikh, Petroluem Minister Murli Deora, said GoI will not take any decision in haste.
On February 3, 2010 PM-appointed expert group of Kirit Parikh suggested freeing petrol and diesel prices and called for raising LPG rates by Rs 100 per cylinder and kerosene by Rs 6 a litre.
On February 3, 2010 with tension between the US and China increasing over arms sales to Taiwan, President Barack Obama sais " he will be much tougher with China to make sure it opens its markets to trade with the US. .
On February 3, 2010 US space agency (Nasa) extended the international Cassini-Huygens mission once again. . . until 2017; . .unmanned Cassini-Huygens probe arrived at Saturn in 2004 on a mission that was meant to come to end in 2008.
On February 3, 2010 Nokia claimed that one million people downloaded Ovi Maps its free navigation software during the first week of its launch . . became most popular in China, Italy, the UK, Germany and Spain
On February 3, 2010 Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese said "Australia is taking stern action against the miscreants involved in attacks on Indian citizens. . . Australia has zero-tolerance for any kind of violence and racism,
On February 3, 2010 Kirit S. Parikh, Chairman of the Expert Committee on Pricing of Sensitive Petroleum Products submitted the report of the Committee to Murli Deora, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
On February 3, 2010 India handed over five million dollars to Haiti UN envoy Leo Merores, as aid for the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit the Caribbean nation in January
On February 2, 2010 Andi Susanto lost six teeth and received 51 stitches on his mouth after a cigarette he was smoking exploded
On February 3, 2010 Ambuja Cements confirmed having sold its entire 11.5 per cent share in ING Vysya Life Insurance for around $ 41 million (Rs 188 crore).
On February 3, 2010 Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications announced the launch of an SMS-based e-mail service across their networks in India to generate more revenues from value-added services.
On February 3, 2010 GK Vasan, the Union Minister of Shipping informed that the traffic handling capacity of Major Ports has gone up by about 48 pc in the last five years. It has increased from 389.5 MT in 2003-04 to 574.77 MT in 2008-09.
On February 3, 2010 Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) projected Gross State Domestic Produce (GSDP) of Chhattisgarh to go up by 110 pc in 2020 to Rs.102,19,292 crore from Rs.48,55,112 crore in 2008-09 fiscal
On February 3, 2010 Delhi High Court asked parents having problems with the ongoing nursery admissions in the capital to approach the grievance cell of the Directorate of Education.
On February 3, 2010 Anand Kumar, the man who has sent 182 poor students from Bihar to IITs in seven years, met PM Dr Singh, and sought that elitist character of IIT-JEE be changed to accommodate poor who cannot afford Pvt coaching
On February 3, 2010 Tamil Nadu CM and the DMK supremo M Karunanidhi said Shiv Sena views on Mumbai have no takers in Maharastra . . added "No one in the South is anti-Hindi. No one says there is no place for north Indians
On February 3, 2010 debate over Mumbai got shriller with an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece attributed to Bal Thackeray calling Congress leader Rahul Gandhi a "frustrated bachelor".
On February 3, 2010 almost two months after P Chidambaram made midnight announcement on Telangana state that virtually led to chaos in Andhra Pradesh, GoI constituted 5-member committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge BN Srikrishna on Telangana
On February 3, 2010 Delhi High Court advised the CBI to be sensitive to the sentiments of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and to consider the appointment of a special public prosecutor for expeditious disposal of their cases.
On February 3, 2010 after acting as the chairman of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for over a year now, Vineet Joshi, a 1992 batch IAS officer, was officially declared as the school body chief.
On February 4, 2010 Congress sought to distance itself from some of remarks of party GS Digvijay Singh during his Azamgarh visit . . on remarks on remarks on complaints about National Human Rights Commission on probe about Batla House shoot-out
On February 4, 2010 expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh accused the party leadership of using him as a "dustbin" and shifting the blame on him for decisions that later backfired.
On February 4, 2010 Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray termed as "Goebbels\' propaganda" the raking up of issue of Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad visit to his residence five years ago, saying an anti-Mumbai virus has spread
On February 4, 2010 BJP, nowadays at loggerheads with the Shiv Sena on the issue of migrants, came out in support of actor Shah Rukh Khan.
On February 4, 2010 HRD Minister Kapil Sibal quelled apprehensions of fee hike in the IITs, saying the matter would be discussed only after the Education Finance Corporation is established
On February 4, 2010 TT reported that "For the first time since decades of secrecy around the IIT system, large-scale discrepancy in admissions to institutes has surfaced, following efforts of Prof Rajeev Kumar
On February 4, 2010 union cabinet approved a proposal to amend the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993, to make its application vital for schools and school teachers.
On February 4, 2010 with people-doctor ratio six times lower in rural India in comparison to cities, Goi said it will produce 145,000 rural doctors through a truncated medical course designed after the Chinese "barefoot doctors".
On February 4, 2010 Central Information Commission pulled up the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee headed by Paramjit Singh Sarna for its failure to provide information to a Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) leader
On February 4, 2010 amid protests and walkout by the opposition parties, the UP Assembly passed a Bill allowing the Mayawati government to set up a separate police force to guard statues of Dalit icons.
On February 4, 2010 several Muslim organisations for the first time, come out in support of the movement for separate Telangana state.
On February 4, 2010 Nasscom said software and business process outsourcing exports of India are expected to rise 5.5 pc to touch $ 50 billion in the current fiscal (2009-10) . .
On February 4, 2010 Essar Oil chairman Shashi Ruia shared plans to nearly double its petrol pumps to 2,500 by March 2011
On February 4, 2010 GoI (Central Board of Excise and Customs, in a notification, imposed an anti-dumping duty of up to Rs 20 per kg of imported carbon black.
On February 4, 2010 Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh came out in clear and unequivocal support of the embattled Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman RK Pachauri.
On February 4, 2010 Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said . .India will soon come out with a climate change assessment report by its own panel -the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA).
On February 4, 2010 Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said . . After a gap of 16 years, India will release its emission inventory in May
On February 4, 2010 WHO said . . Special strategies being implemented for eradication of polio in Bihar have led to a steady decline in cases of the disease reported in the state in 2009
On February 4, 2010 M.Veerappa Moily, Minister for Law and Justice said . . as part of the National Mission for Delivery of Justice and Legal Reforms 1,256 under-trials have been released from the custody till now.
On February 4, 2010 survey carried out by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) put that "During 2005, 1,46,800 tonnes of e-waste was generated in the country, which is expected to increase to 8,00,000 by 2012
On February 4, 2010 BBC reported that Boa Sr last speaker of an ancient language in Andaman Islands has died at the age of about 85
On February 4, 2010 Mongolian sumo champion Asashoryu announced his retirement following allegations he attacked a man outside a Tokyo nightclub last month.
On February 4, 2010 China hit back at the US a day after President Barack Obama promised to take a tougher line with Beijing over currency and trade.
On February 4, 2010 India and Britain agreed on the text of a civil nuclear cooperation deal that is likely to be signed soon.
On February 4, 2010 Delhi government announced a Rs.5-lakh award for Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole last year
In February 2010 Beam Global Spirits and Wine, the fourth largest spirits company in the world, won "Whisky Innovator of the Year" award, at the Whisky Luxe 2010
On February 5, 2010 two persons, including a policeman, were killed and two others injured when militants attacked a police party in the main market of Sopore in Baramulla district when people were coming out of the mosque after Friday prayers
On February 5, 2010 former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam stressed on sustainable development for India, exhorting the students and youths to work with integrity and in coordination to ensure the nation\'s progress.
On February 5, 2010 unfazed by the threat from Shiv Sena to disrupt his itinerary in Mumbai, Congress GS Rahul Gandhi addressed students at a suburban hall, mingled with residents of a slum and changed commuter trains
On February 5, 2010 Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe was seen carrying slippers of Rahul Gandhi while the Congress GS strode up a podium to garland the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Ramabai Nagar
On February 5, 2010 Punjab has imposed a surcharge of 10 pc on the exiting tax on petrol and diesel in the state taking the price per litre of petrol up from Rs 1.06 to Rs 1.10 in different districts and diesel by 0.26 paise.
On February 5, 2010 CM Tarun Gogoi expressed regrets over cutting a cake and eating Tricolor look-alike cake at Raj Bhawan on the Republic Day.
On February 5, 2010 Irfan Alam (28), director of SammaaN Foundation - a Patna-based NGO was invited by US President Barack Obama for the "Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship" to be held in Washington DC
On February 5, 2010 terrorists struck the Pakistani port city of Karachi targeting a bus carrying a group of people to a Shia religious procession and a hospital, killing at least 22 people and injuring over 50 in the latest in a wave of attacks
On February 5, 2010 Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court put a ban on the publication and sale of the booklet containing objectionable content against the Nehru-Gandhi family.
On February 5, 2010 Dr Sansar Chandra, 93, the most acclaimed litterateur died at Chandigarh.
On February 5, 2010 on live video conferencing at the inaugural of the three-day World Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) 2010 in New Delhi Action star-turned-California Governor Schwarzenegger promised to visit India soon
On February 5, 2010 IANS reported that judges of the Delhi High Court have invested more in their wives names, thus making their spouses richer.
Within days of the BSNL employees association writing to PMO seeking his intervention on BSNL, on February 5, 2010 the matter of the expansion of the PSU line capacity was referred to the Sam Pitroda committee.
on February 5, 2010 meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Interior / Home Ministers conference, scheduled to be held in Islamabad from February 26 to 28 was postponed.
On February 5, 2010 Yolande Knell reported that Egypt has completed the restoration of 1,600 years old reputedly the world oldest Christian monastery, called Saint Anthonys, popular site for Coptic Christian pilgrims.
On February 5, 2010 US National Institutes of Health study reported that DNA differences which appear to affect the risk of giving birth early have been found
On February 5, 2010 Church of England announced to withdraw investment from Vedanta, a firm involved in a controversial mining project in the Indian state of Orissa.
On February 5, 2010 Professor Phunchok Stobdan, an expert on Central Asia, among other areas, was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Kyrgyzstan.
On February 5, 2010 Ace Indian marksman Abhinav Bindra equalled his Beijing Olympics qualification score for the third time after the 2008 megaevent, the latest at a International Shooting Competition in Netherlands
On February 5, 2010 Indian swimmers began their campaign at the 11th South Asian Games with a splash, claiming four out of five gold medals on offer and in the process set three new meet records . . Olympian Rehan Poncha earned India the first gold
On February 6, 2010 in an apparent reference to Union Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, BJP MP Varun Gandhi equated him with mythological demon king Ravana and said UP CM Mayawati is his sister Surpnakha.
On February 6, 2010 TT reported that BL Agrawal, an IAS officer in Chhattisgarh, has been found to have at least 220 bank accounts and assets worth millions of rupees
On February 6, 2010 GoI decided to set up a committee of chief ministers and Central ministers to suggest ways to deal with price rise and improve the public distribution system (PDS).
On February 6, 2010 on the issue of price rise Gujarat CM Narendra Modi said "There is a lack of collective vision and a unified voice in tackling the issue. . .
On February 6, 2010 miscreants in Narayanganj district (Bangladesh) vandalised an ancient Hindu Sonargaon temple, with assailants destroying six idols
On February 6, 2010 a day after PM Dr Singh expressed solidarity with IPCC saying India maintains full confidence in IPCC, European Union also come forward with its support which is under fire for erroneous prediction on melting of glaciers by 2035
On February 6, 2010 Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a release in Nevada (USA), expressed warmest greetings to the Christian friends as they begin the season of Lent, wishing that their meditations lead meaningfully to the celebration of Easter.
On February 6, 2010 South African President Jacob Zuma apologised for fathering a child with a woman who was not his wife. (daughter of a World Cup chief gave birth to a baby girl last year believed to have been fathered by Zuma).
On February 6, 2010 G7, leading industrialised nations of world, pledged to write off the debts that Haiti owes them, following a devastating earthquake last month.
On February 6, 2010 Ministry of Industry and Information Technology re[ported that China has witnessed an increase of 8.4 pc in the number of short messages sent by the people in 2009, which amounted to 784.04 billion, or 2.1 billion/day on average
On February 6, 2010 Jean Charest, PM of Quebec, one of the largest provinces in Canada, took a ride in the Delhi Metro and appreciated its cleanliness.
On February 6, 2010 forward Rajpal Singh was retained skipper of the Indian hockey team for World Cup
On February 6, 2010 Veerdhawal Khade bettered two meet records as Indians ruled the roost by clinching four gold and five silver medals on the second day of aquatics events at 11th South Asian Games
On February 6, 2010 Indian shooters continued to reign supreme and clinched both the gold medals up for grabs in the 50m three position event of the 11th South Asian Games
On February 6, 2010 Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra continued to shoot gold, notching up a second top spot in the 10m air rifle event of the 33rd InterShoot tournament in Hague, The Netherlands
On February 6, 2010 in Test no. 1951, played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur, Jacques Kallis (159 his 34th Ton) and Hashim Amla struck unbeaten centuries as South Africa recovered from two early jolts to 291/2 against India
On February 6, 2010 Indian-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri was appointed as a member of US President Barack Obama Committee on the Arts and Humanities, along with five others.
On February 6, 2010 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a military doctrine . . Lowering the threshhold for the use of nuclear weapons, . .reserving the right to hit back with nukes in case of an aggression
On February 7, 2010 India Meteorological Department said "year 2009 was the warmest for the country in the past 110 years with abnormally warm conditions during winter and monsoon seasons
On February 7, 2010 noted Bollywood filmmaker Prakash Jha launched a 24-hour infotainment channel- Maurya TV, first regional TV channel of Bihar from Patna
On February 7, 2010 TT reported that Indian Army has issued a request for information seeking successors to the L-70 and ZU-23 guns.
On February 7, 2010 Microsoft revealed that "a 17-year-old bug in Windows will be patched by it in its latest security update. . .
On February 7, 2010 Resourcehouse, an Australian firm signed a $60bn (AUS$69bn; £38bn) deal to supply coal to Chinese power stations. . "biggest ever export contract" of Australia
On February 7, 2010 Researchers from the University of Leicester and Kings College London revealed having pinpointing Gene variants that might show how fast bodies are actually ageing . .
On February 7, 2010 exit polls from Ukraine indicated that the pro-Moscow opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has narrowly won the presidential election.
On February 7, 2010 at Nagpur, Indian bowlers toiled without much success as Hashim Amla hit his maiden double century (253 no) ands South Africa declared at 558 for 6
On February 7, 2010 TT reported that "all the 22 shot gun shooters attending the camp are paying for own their food and hotel accommodation while training for the Commonwealth shooting championship
On February 7, 2010 Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra missed his 2rd gold but Suma Shirur bagged her second yellow metal in the final of triple match competition in men and women 10m air rifle at 33rd InterShoot tournament in the Hague
On February 7, 2010 Surendra Singh Rathod shot his way to the record books, scoring 1172 in the 50m rifle three position which earned him his third gold as Indian shooters clinched both the gold medals up for grab in the 11th South Asian Games
On February 7, 2010 Senior duo of Dharamvir Singh and Varinderjeet Singh misfired in tie-breaker as India had to content with a silver after going down to arch-rivals Pakistan 4-5 in a keenly contested hockey summit clash in 11th South Asian Games
On February 7, 2010 at Bangkok, rising Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar began his new year with a bang, scripting a sensational come-from- behind victory at the season-opening Asian Tour International
On February 7, 2010 India successfully test-fired Agni-III missile, capable of carrying warheads weighing up to 1.5 tonnes, . . it was tested from the Inner Wheeler Island at Dhamra, a launch site in Bhadrak district
On February 7, 2010 India successfully tested its indigenous nuclear-capable Agni-III missile with a range of over 3,000-km, consolidating her position among a select group of nations that have intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)-capability
On February 7, 2010 PTI reported that .. a scientific survey of pet ownership conducted by University of Bristol scientists, people with cats are more likely to have university degrees than those with dogs
On February 7, 2010 University of York researchers, who scanned the brains of volunteers as they were given acupuncture, found that it deactivates pathways to brain that govern pain
On February 7, 2010 TT suggested that "Many of the admission procedures being followed by the IITs are directly or indirectly helping the already-booming coaching industry.
On February 7, 2010 Law Ministry released letter written by then Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami to President seeking removal of fellow EC Navin Chawla while Rashtrapati Bhawan had declined to make document public. . . an RTI achievement
On February 7, 2010 NCP supremo and Union Minister Sharad Pawar met Bal Thackeray and made an appeal to the Shiv Sena chief to withdraw the Sena threat to Australian players participation in IPL 3.
On February 7, 2010 amid threats by the Western nations to impose crippling sanctions against it, Iran asserted that its nuclear programme is completely peaceful and does not pose threat to any nation.
On February 7, 2010 in Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered atomic chief to begin higher uranium enrichment, raising the stakes in a dispute with the West days after seeming to accept a UN-drafted nuclear deal.
On February 7, 2010 a huge explosion rocked a power plant in the US state of Connecticut, killing at least five people and injuring 12 . . Middletown Mayor Sebastian Giuliano said it was caused by a gas explosion.
On February 7, 2010 responding to the call by PM Dr Singh for coordinated efforts, CMs expressed their unanimous resolve to resolutely fight the forces that posed a grave threat to the national security.
On February 7, 2010 Home Minister P Chidambaram said that "States have agreed to recruit an additional 1.5 lakh police personnel within a year and achieve "zero vacancy".
On February 7, 2010 at the 13th Punjab Science Congress, Prof PC Kesavan, fellow of the MS Swaminathan Foundation, Chennai, shared that "For each degree rise in the temperature in the region, Punjab will lose 750 kg per hectare of wheat.
On February 8, 2010 former Haryana DGP SPS Rathore escaped bid on life as a 29-year-old youth from Benaras, posing as a journalist, attacked him soon after he came out of the CBI court at Chandigarh
On February 8, 2010 in Sri Lanka, defeated opposition presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka was arrested by the military police, a fortnight after he suffered defeat at the hands of incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa.
On February 8, 2010 Dubai government pumped $6.2 billion into Dubai World and got set to put even more money into the conglomerate whose debt woes caused global market jitters late last year.
On February 8, 2010 Young researchers struggling to muster funds to establish their startups got reason to smile - as GoI set up a corpus of Rupees 55 cre to help scientists convert their prototypes to tangible commercial products.
On February 8, 2010 at Nagpur, Dale Steyn produced a sensational exhibition of seam bowling with seven for 51 to rip apart Indian fragile middle order as India finished at 233 from 5 for 221 . . Sehwag scored 109 . . India followed on with 66 for 2
On February 8, 2010 Indian boxing trio of Chhote Lal (57kg), Suranjoy Singh (51kg) and Amandeep Singh (48kg) further swelled medal tally for India on the penultimate day when each of them clinched gold at the 11th South Asian Games at Dhaka
On February 8, 2010 IANS reported that "In an overhaul of the immigration policy, Australia will cancel 20,000 visa applications from foreign nationals, including Indians, who have been staying there under existing skilled migration programme.
On February 8, 2010 NASA launched space shuttle Endeavour from Kennedy Space Center. . . shuttle began a 13-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS) and the final year of shuttle operations on STS-130 mission.
On February 8, 2010 PTI reported that "At unease due to recession, Italians are increasingly turning to astrology to get rid of their financial woes. . . report by the European Consumers Association
On February 8, 2010 the telecom regulator TRAI started consultation for the next level of telecom services . . the 4G telephony.
On February 8, 2010 GoI shared that its economy is set to grow by 7.2pc in the year to the end of March, . . raising the chance that state support could soon be withdrawn.
On February 8, 2010 CSO advance estimates put that "an Indian on an average is expected to earn Rs 43,749 in 2009-10, 9 pc more than what he would have received last fiscal, if the national income were evenly distributed among the citizens.
On February 8, 2010 in a major setback to Muslim reservation policy of Andhra Pradesh govt, high court struck down a legislation providing 4 pc quota for the minority community in jobs and educational institutions.
On February 8, 2010 West Bengal government accepted the Ranganath Mishra Commission report granting 10 pc reservation in government jobs for Muslims under the OBC category.
On February 8, 2010 at least 17 Army personnel, including an officer, were killed and 17 others injured in an avalanche at Khilanmarg in the upper reaches of Gulmarg, about 50 km from Srinagar
On February 9, 2010 at Jerez, Force India unveiled its VJM03 car for the 2010 Formula One season, claiming that the newly-designed vehicle will be fit for all types of circuits unlike last year VJM02 which was quicker on low downforce tracks.
On February 9, 2010 India asserted its regional sporting supremacy with a medal haul of 175, including 90 gold, as the 11th South Asian Games drew to a close after a colourful ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium
On February 9, 2010 at Nagpur, Sachin Tendulkar hit his 46th Test century, his fourth against the South Africans and first at home against the Proteas . . India lost the Test bu an innings and 6 runs
On February 9, 2010 India (233, 319) lost Nagpur Test to South Africa (558/6). . for India 137 Test defeat in 436 Tests . . first Test defeat for Dhoni as captain
On February 9, 2010 Iran began its own process of 20 pc uranium enrichment and dismissed any negative impact of UN sanctions against it for its nuclear programme
On February 9, 2010 pointing out that nearly 77 pc students in India do not reach Class 12, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) demanded a radical change in the policy to ensure education for all.
On February 9, 2010 Taliban based in Orakzai Agency confirmed that "Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud is dead.
On February 8, 2010 John Murtha,77, US Congressman, a fierce critic of the Iraq war, died of complications from gallbladder surgery
On February 9, 2010 in Nigeria, Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan became acting president, after weeks of political uncertainty over the absence of its ailing leader.
On February 9, 2010 in Sri Lanka, recently re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolved parliament, clearing the way for early elections
On February 9, 2010 in Chile, president-elect Sebastian Pinera named his cabinet, leaving out any figures linked with the former military ruler, Augusto Pinochet.
On February 9, 2010 US First Lady Michelle Obama launched a nationwide campaign to tackle child obesity.
On February 9, 2010 in Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir exprtessed his willingness for a full normalisation of relations with neighbouring Chad, raising hopes of an end to the conflict in Darfur.
On February 9, 2010 Honda announced to add more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall in the United States for airbag inflation problems
On February 9, 2010 Google took the wraps off its latest social network known as Buzz. . . service - integrated directly with its e-mail service Gmail - allows users to post status updates, share content and read and comment on friends posts.
On February 9, 2010 Pakistan attempt to isolate India on the Afghanistan issue met with strong resistance from Iran with the Islamic republic warning the Western world of the implications of drawing a distinction between a "good and bad Taliban".
On February 9, 2010 putting "misunderstanding" over a recent conclave on Afghanistan behind, Turkey turned a new chapter in its ties with India by agreeing to jointly combat terror and backed the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism
On February 9, 2010 six states, including Punjab, rejected a model bill aimed at conserving groundwater claiming that either it was too harsh on the people or that they required no such law.
On February 9, 2010 many state governments and scientists hailed Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh decision to reject for the time being the commercial release of Bt Brinjal, the genetically modified (GM) form of the common vegetable.
On February 9, 2010 GoI decided to freeze the introduction of Bt Brinjal in India till independent scientific studies established health and environment safety of the product to the satisfaction of both public and experts
On February 9, 2010 Supreme Court refused to rescind the ban on the construction of Dalit memorial parks and statues in Lucknow, delivering a major setback to the Mayawati Government.
On February 10, 2010 over 1,600 Shiv Sena activists were arrested ahead of the release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer "My Name ks Khan" as the Maharashtra government beefed up security enabling theatre owners to re-open advance bookings
On February 10, 2010 Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid Delhi, Syed Ahmed Bukhari charged the Congress of doing "politics" with the youths of Azamgarh and dared Congress GS Rahul Gandhi to visit the district.
On February 10, 2010 tension mounted in Patna, the Bihar capital, as students continued their protest for the second day against fleecing by coaching institutes and politicians jumped on to the bandwagon.
On February 10, 2010as environmentalist organisations bask in the glory after GoI put a moratorium on Bt Brinjal, noted agricultural scientists, including MS Swaminathan and Gurdev Singh Khush, backed the decision saying India was not prepared for it
On February 10, 2010 SC Sinha, a 1975 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was appointed the new chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) . . succeeding retired RV Raju
On February 10, 2010 Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza squandered a one-set lead before crashing out of the $220,000 Pattaya Open with a first-round loss to German Tatjana Malek at Pattaya Open
On February 10, 2010 French Ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont justified the proposed ban on the veil, which he believes impedes the secular credentials of the country and "is unacceptable to the majority Muslims living in France. .
On February 10, 2010 French Ambassador to India Jerome Bonnafont justified the proposed ban on the veil, and said " Why choose a country where you are not comfortable, why migrate to a country where you don\'\'t respect law.
On February 10, 2010 Justice Nirmal Yadav of the Punjab and Haryana High Court was finally been transferred to the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital. . . (nearly year-and-a-half after her name surfaced in the cash for judge scam)
On February 10, 2010 following the Rajasthan High Court order upholding the 50 pc ceiling on reservation, the state government reverted Gujjars to the OBC category in the state.
On February 10, 2010 Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines revealed having got the regulatory approval for operating on seven new international routes, taking the number of overseas destinations it operates to 14 from the current seven.
On February 10, 2010 Greek PM George Papandreou has said he will "take any necessary measures" to reduce Greece deficit. . . thousands of Greeks demonstrated against cost-cutting measures during a national public sector strike
On February 10, 2010 the Haiti govt put that around 230,000 people died in 12 January earthquake . . toll from quake approaching that of the 2004 Asian tsunami, which killed 250,000 people.
On February 10, 2010 hundreds of Somali insurgents loyal to Islamist group al-Shabab poured into Mogadishu with artillery and trucks . . Insurgents already control much of Mogadishu and southern Somalia.
On February 10, 2010 a study in University of Buffalo, suggested that more than 55pc of multiple sclerosis patients have been found to have constricted blood vessels in their brains
On February 10, 2010 former US congressman Charlie Wilson, 76, died . . he represented Texas in the House of Representatives from 1973 to 1996 and was nicknamed "Good Time Charlie"
On February 10, 2010 rescuers continued to dig through snow in Afghanistan to reach hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles by avalanches in the Salang Pass north of Kabul.
On February 10, 2010 NIIT Technologies said it had bagged a Rs 228 crore contract from the BSF for providing software solutions.
On February 10, 2010 Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh said, "India will become the world second largest steel producer by 2012, more than doubling its capacity of 57 million tones . .
On February 10, 2010 TRAI sought views from the industry and other stakeholders on the fourth generation technology that offers broadband services much faster than the existing technologies or even the expected third generation 3G services.
On February 10, 2010 DRDO shared that the Agni-V would be tested within one year from now. . . the Agni-III, a 3,500 km range nuclear- tipped missile, was now ready for induction and use by the Indian Armed Forces.
On February 11, 2010 at least 14 children were charred to death and several others seriously injured in a devastating fire that gutted a private hostel near Don Bosco school at remote Palin in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh
On February 11, 2010 with an to raise awareness about animal birth control, and dressed up as giant condoms in the heart of New Delhi activists of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) caught the attention of many.
On February 11, 2010 amending the PwD Rules, 1996, the Ministry of Social Justice said a single doctor with specialisation in the relevant field of disability could henceforth issue a certificate.
On February 11, 2010 after two years of debating the need to simplify the disability certification procedures, GoI finally changed the rules that made procurement of disability certificates virtually impossible.
On February 11, 2010 Shahid Azmi the lawyer of 26/11 accused Fahim Ansariwas shot dead at his office in suburban Kurla
On February 11, 2010 Theatres across Maharashtra decided to postpone screening of "My Name is Khan" the film of Shah Rukh Khan
On February 11, 2010 Union Cabinet approved the Air Services Agreement (ASA) with Nepal.
On February 11, 2010 Supreme Court gave a new dimension to silence: "Silence in some situations may amount to cruelty." . . expounding theory in a verdict in a matrimonial case involving a couple from Mandi, HP
On February 11, 2010 Delhi High Court ruled that no jhuggi can be removed from encroached land without rehabilitating the slum dwellers.
On February 11, 2010 as many as 419 militants, including 22 women cadres, from the Karbi Longri North Cachar Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) laid down arms before Assam CM Tarun Gogoi at Diphu in Karbi Anglong hill district of Assam
On February 11, 2010 CCEA approved a proposal, relating to PGIMER, Chandigarh, increasing number of seats under various courses as well as strength of faculty for implementing 27 pc OBC reservation, without altering the number of unreserved seats
On February 11, 2010 US and Norway denied Sri Lankan Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa allegation that they helped former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka during the polls.
On February 11, 2010 India Business Law Journal, leading international magazine to focus on business and legal issues in India, announced winners of its 2009 Indian Law Firm Awards. . Luthra and Luthra bagged top award of law firm of the year
On February 11, 2010 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the Islamic republic has produced its first package of highly enriched uranium just two days after beginning the process.
On February 11, 2010 a judge in Italy ordered the Getty Museum in the US city of Los Angeles to return an ancient Greek bronze statue. . statue, of a young athlete crowned with an olive wreath, was smuggled out of Italy in the 1970s.
On February 11, 2010 US Department of Homeland Security revealed that as many as two lakh Indians are living illegally in the US
On February 11, 2010 US space agency NAS launched its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) from Cape Canaveral in Florida. . . Atlas V carrying SDO left Earth at 1023 local time
On February 11, 2010 Celebrations were held to mark 20 years since the release from prison of Nelson Mandela, a key step towards ending apartheid in South Africa.
On February 11, 2010 Union Cabinet doubled the limit for foreign direct investment proposals that will not require its prior approval to Rs 1,200 crore, leaving the Finance Minister with greater powers to decide on such matters.
On February 11, 2010 Davender Ghai, 71, an Indian-origin social and spiritual leader in the UK won the right to be cremated in an open air funeral pyre, according to Hindu rituals, ending a prolonged legal battle.
On February 11, 2010 Union Cabinet gave its approval to a MoU between India and Scotland in the areas of new and renewable energy.
On February 11, 2010 India signed a civil-nuclear cooperation declaration with Britain, making it the eighth country to sign such a pact with New Delhi after it secured approval of NSG to undertake nuclear commerce in September, 2008.
On February 12, 2010 Ministry of Home Affairs announced terms of reference for the five-member Justice BN Srikrishna Committee, which has been given almost eleven months (Dec 31 deadline) to consult all sections of the society and submit report
On February 12, 2010 Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid, discussed bilateral relations and issues of common concern with Krishna . . "Bahrain is India\'s important partner in energy security
On February 12, 2010Dr John Harrington, US researchers shared the "tipping point" that sets children on the way to a lifetime of obesity often occurs before the age of two
On February 12, 2010 K. Srinath Reddy of Public Health Foundation of India conveyed a demand to PMO to do away with the restriction on sale of tobacco products within 100 yards of educational institutes, citing impact on petty shopkeepers and traders
On February 12, 2010 Ministry of Environment and Forests set up a task force on Project Elephant to give detailed recommendations to upgrade it for a more effective conservation and management of wild as well as captive elephants.
On February 12, 2010 Ministry of Environment and Forests set up a task force headed by Dr Mahesh Rangarajan on Project Elephant to give recommendation to upgrade it for a more effective conservation and management of wild as well as captive elephants
On February 12, 2010 Nazir Ahmad Tramboo, Managing Director of Tramboo poultry shared that eggs from the Kashmir Valley are all set to hit the international market for the first time.
On February 12, 2010 China has ordered banks to increase their reserves for a second time this year, as lending is curbed in a bid to stop the overheating of its economy.
On February 12, 2010 Usain Bolt, Roger Federer and Serena Williams got among those nominated for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards
On February 12, 2010 death of Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili\' cast a shadow over the Winter Olympics in Canada ahead of the opening ceremony.
On February 12, 2010 FIH shared that hockey World Cup starting here later this month will allow players to ask for one referral per match to the video umpire, the games world governing body
On February 12, 2010 Host India announced to field the largest contingent of 43 shooters in the 8th Commonwealth Shooting Federation Championship, to be held at the Karni Singh Shooting Range (February 17 to 28)
On February 12, 2010 the chances of Cricket to become a part of the Olympic Games received a major boost with International Olympic Council granting recognition to ICC.
On February 12, 2010 thousands took a holy dip in Godavari river at Rajahmundry and also at Shiva shrines of Kotipalli, Draksharama, Chollangi and in sea at Adikumbheswera swamy temple in Kakinada marking celebration of Maha Sivarathri festival.
On February 12, 2010 employees questioned the need to create a National Commission for Higher Education and Research, saying \'\'it is highly insulting and demoralising.\'\'
On February 12, 2010 Hundreds of fans braved threats by the Shiv Sena to feast on "My Name is Khan" Shah Rukh Khan at theatres across Maharashtra as the state government went into an overdrive to prevent the disruption of its screening.
On February 12, 2010 BJP condemned the offer of Union Home Minister P. Chidambram to Kashmiri militants who have crossed over and are now in POK to return to India and linking with the Indian offer to Pakistan to resume secretary-level talks
On February 12, 2010 BJP leader Arun Jaitley ridiculed Indian MEA premise that since war is no option talking is an option and in the event of yet another 26/11-type attack, India could again break talks, said "Not talking itself is an option .. .
On February 12, 2010 leader of American higher education, Richard Lewin in a leter said "he would be interested in working with Ministry of HRD to develop an India-Yale University Leadership Program for the leaders of Indian educational institutions
On February 12, 2010 announcing a major shift in its existing policy for producing cutting equipment for the Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence (MoD) suugested to open its proverbial "iron-cast" doors for the private sector.
On February 12, 2010 Telangana region was once again thrown into political turmoil with the protagonists of separate state rejecting the terms of reference of the Justice Srikrishna committee and vowing to intensify their agitation.
On February 13, 2010 continuing his tirade against Ashok Chavan, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray asked whether the Congress leader was CM of Maharashtra or bodyguard of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan.
On February 13, 2010 India announced a grant of $10 million as budget support to the Palestinian National Authority.
On February 13, 2010 in Ukraine, defeated candidate in s recent presidential election run-off, PM Ms Yulia Tymoshenko, vowed to challenge the result in favour of Viktor Yanukovych in court.
On February 13, 2010 R Jaganaath, founder of "Valentine Krishna" temple . . said "I wish to bring the element of devotion into celebrating the day. The day is also about Krishnas love for his devotees and their love for the lord,"
On February 13, 2010 in Germany, Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) put that German economy, the largest in Europe, registered zero growth in the December quarter, indicating a weak recovery in the region
On February 13, 2010 in France, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies said its GDP grew 0.6 pc in December quarter.
On February 13, 2010 national consultation on Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill 2005, introduced in Rajya Sabha on Dec 5, 2005 said it "betrays the promises made by the govt to human and civil rights groups"
On February 13, 2010 at the 48th Convocation of the Delhi-based Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), President Pratibha Patil called for an agricultural renaissance in India
On February 13, 2010 inaugurating the Asian Development Dialogue (ADD) on "Asian Trade: The Way Forward", Shashi Tharoor said Asia should . . leverage its comparative advantage to create new avenues of growth and development
On February 13, 2010 in Britain, Minister for Business Innovation and Skills Pat McFadden announced that from March 1 the Tier-4 visa application suspension in North India will be lifted for all students wanting to undertake higher education courses
On February 12/13, 2010 Gopi Podilla, an Indian-American was among the three people who died after being allegedly shot by a female teacher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville
On February 13, 2010 American terror suspect David Headley had visited the Osho Ashram located near the German Bakery in Koregaon Park twice in 2008-09. The area also houses a Jewish prayer house.
On February 13, 2010 a bomb ripped apart a bakery popular with foreign tourists in Pune, killing at least nine persons, including three foreigners, and injuring more than 45 in the first major attack since the Mumbai massacre of 2008.
On February 13, 2010 Afghanistan earned the right to take on the leading cricket nations at the ICC World Twenty20 as they won the qualifying competition in Dubai.
On February 14, 2010 TT reported that Sanjay Sharma a media consultant from Shillong drove nearly 4,000 km from the Meghalaya capital to Chennai to get proper treatment for his ailing 16-month-old puppy American Boxer, Bonxie.
On February 14, 2010 Union Minister for Tourism and Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja said . . There is an urgent need for change in mindset of "khap panchayats.\'\'
On February 14, 2010 political turmoil over Telangana deepened with 14 legislators from the region submitting their resignations in protest against the "unfavourable" terms of reference (ToR) of the Justice Srikrishna Committee
On February 14, 2010 Union Home Minister P Chidambaram termed Jharkhand as an "epicenter" of Maoists. Eighteen out of 24 districts are seriously affected by the Naxal problem.
On February 14, 2010 health ministers of India and Bangladesh, Ghulam Nabi and AFM. Ruhal Haque agreed on the need for "better cooperation" to contain cross-border transmission of communicable diseases.
On February 13, 2010 Pakiatsn PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said - European Union (EU) should treat Pakistan at par with India and accord it the same access in civil nuclear technology as given to New Delhi
On February 14, 2010 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki revoked suspension of two ministers linked to corruption allegations. . . ministers of agriculture and education were suspended by PM Raila Odinga during fraud investigations into missing funds.
On February 12, 2010 Viva Leroy Nash oldest death row inmate in the US has died of natural causes aged 94.
On February 14, 2010 writer Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, died aged 89 . . Francis, who wrote more than 40 best-selling novels during his career, was also champion jockey in the 1950s
On February 14, 2010 Canadian city of Vancouver was named as the most livable city in world, while Delhi and Mumbai placed at 113th and 117th position
On February 14, 2010 Sanjiv Mehta, a Mumbai-born entrepreneur has completed the process of buying the East India Company (EIC) in 2005 from the "30 or 40" persons who owned it, said says "a huge feeling of redemption" overwhelms him.
On February 14, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, debutant Alviro Petersen (100) and Hashim Amla (114) took South Africa to 2 for 218 from 1 for 19
On February 14, 2010 in Test No. 1952, played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh ripped through South African middle order as India staged a dramatic late comeback to reduce the visitors to 266/9 from 4 for 251
On February 13, 2010 setting a new world record, a 51-year-old Ohio man Jeff Ondash gave7,777 hugs in a day. Jeff also holds the one-hour world record for hugging 1,205 persons within the 60 minute period in May 2008
On February 14, 2010 in a rare honour, a life-sized portrait of celebrated Indian-origin Nobel Prize-winning writer VS Naipaul was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in the UK.
On February 14, 2010 firecrackers echoed through the streets in Shanghai as Chinese braved the rain and cold to line up outside temples to usher in the Year of the Tiger by praying for good fortune.
On Feb 15, 2010 addressing annual meeting of National Consortium for Open Schooling, HRDM Sibal said "A national policy will be evolved under which regular schools will embrace distance education. This will make distance schooling more acceptable"
On February 15, 2010 experts from the Quality Council of India (QCI) suggested that over 51.3 pc children below 12 years in Indian metros have their blood-lead levels above the permissible limit of 10 microgram per decilitre (ug/dl)
On February 15, 2010 US, the UK and Australia issued travel advisories to its citizens in view of the bomb blast at a famous eatery frequented by foreigners in Pune, asking them to maintain a "heightened situational awareness and a low profile"."
On February 15, 2010 Maoists launched a daring attack at a police camp at Simplipal, Belpaharaia in the Jangalmahal area in West Midnapore and killed at least 20 jawans, some of them gunned down while some others were burnt alive.
On February 15, 2010 GoI said inflation surged to 8.56 pc in January, the highest in over 13 months, ahead of the Union Budget for 2010-11 that would spell out the stance on stimulus packages.
On February 15, 2010 Supreme Court ruled that directors of a company cannot be prosecuted in cheque bounce cases unless it is proved that the person was directly responsible or was "in charge" of the operation at the time of issuing the cheque.
On February 15, 2010 Japanese economy was reported to grew at a faster-than-expected pace of 1.1 pc in the past three months of 2009. . . as Japan remained second largest economy . .
On February 15, 2010 to bolster the recession-hit economy, Japan unveiled stimulus measures worth over $130 billion.
On February 14, 2010 Charl Van den Berg, 28, a South African man won the 2010 Mr Gay World pageant, beating rivals from Australia, Hong Kong, China and Spain
On February 15, 2010 Guinean authorities appointed a transitional government, 34-member line-up by interim PM Jean Marie Dore, to steer the country from military to civilian rule
On February 14, 2010 the lead singer of The Knack, Doug Fieger, who co-wrote the hit My Sharona, died at the age of 57.
On February 15, 2010 two commuter trains collided head-on at rush hour in a Brussels suburb, killing as many as 25 persons
On February 15, 2010 a new MeeGo platform, was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, to power phones, netbooks, TVs and in-car entertainment systems.
On February 15, 2010 Intel (Moblin) worlds largest chip maker and Nokia (Maemo) the worlds largest mobile phone maker merged operating systems to create a single platform for mobiles.
On February 15, 2010 Indian mobile phone company Bharti Airtel offered to buy Kuwaiti telecommunications firm Zain s African assets for $10.7bn (£6.8bn).
On February 15, 2010 Sania Mirza yet again failed to move beyond first round of a WTA tournament, the $two million Dubai Tennis Championships following her 3-6, 4-6 defeat against Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues
On February 15, 2010 at Kolkata, Sachin Tendulkar notched up his fourth consecutive Test ton (47th otherwise) and Virender Sehwag cracked 165 (19th ton) as India scored 342/5 against 296 by South Africa
On February 15, 2010 at Kolkata, Paul Harris (South Africa) created world record for bowling maximum (12) wides in a Test innings . . Laxman became fifth Indian to cross 7,000 Test runs mark
On February 16, 2010 GoI extended visa for controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen by one year. . . she left Bangladesh in 1994 in the face of death threats from fundamentalist groups against her alleged blasphemous writings
On February 16, 2010 UN Special Representative for the Muslim Community Farah Pandith said that focus of the Obama administration was to engage young Muslim generations in dialogue based on the concept of mutual respect and interest.
On February 16, 2010 HRD Minister Kapil Sibal unveiled scheme whereby from the 2011 academic session, students of Classes XI and XII across the country will study a uniform science and math curriculum
On February 16, 2010 Airports Council International adjudged Hyderabad international airport as the best airport among the 5 to 15 million passenger capacity airports in the world.
On February 16, 2010 Lady Gaga scooped a Brit Awards hat-trick, winning all three prizes she was up for including best international female and breakthrough act.
On February 16, 2010 experts suggested that Egyptian "boy king" Tutankhamun may well have died of malaria after the disease ravaged a body crippled by a rare bone disorder
On February 16, 2010 the Committee to Protect Journalists revealed that 70journalists were killed in 2009, making it the worst year since records began 30 years ago
On February 16, 2010 My Name is Khan was reported as most successful box office opener of Bollywood in the UK.
On February 16, 2010 Facebook, the biggest social network of World, revealed details of a stripped-down, text-only version of its mobile site called Facebook Zero.
On February 16, 2010 Microsoft launched the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, called Windows Phone 7 series
On February 16, 2010 Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a new smart card scheme for farmers designed to increase productivity and reduce fraud. . . to benefit almost 20 million small or medium-sized farms in Bangladesh
On February 16, 2010 President Barack Obama announced more than $8bn (£5bn) of federal loan guarantees to begin building the first US nuclear power stations for 30 years.
On February 16, 2010 India and Morocco agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas,
On February 16, 2010 India offered to supply 50,000 tonne of wheat, 20,000 tonne of rice and 10,000 tonne of yellow peas to Nepal.
On February 16, 2010 India and Nepal signed four agreements on transport and education after discussions between Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and Indian PM Dr Singh
On February 16, 2010 India went out of the way to make visit of Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav to New Delhi a truly successful event by offering a 250-million dollar soft loan through EXIM Bank and signing four major accords
On February 16, 2010
maintaining that only a thorough probe would bring forth the "lapses" that led to a police camp with adequate strength being overrun by Maoists in West Bengal, Chidambaram said there were "indications of failure in some aspects"
On February 16, 2010 West Bengal government ruled out any possibility of talks with the ultras, expressing its resolve to continue the joint operation to flush them out.
On February 16, 2010 drawing flak for its policy on Maoists, GoI told Supreme Court that despite its sincere efforts to solve the problems confronting tribals, the rebels are not shunning violence and carrying on attacks as they did in West Bengal
On February 16, 2010 Home Ministry officials said "Unprofessionalism" in the West Bengal Police was responsible for the slaying of 24 of its men
On February 16, 2010 Ambala-born Ravi Jain, an institution in himself, A combination of an IIT from Delhi and IIM from Ahmedabad, said "Wine industry has been witnessing 30 pc annual growth
On February 16, 2010 Engineering major Larsen and Toubro shared having lined up an investment of more than $400 million (nearly Rs 1,840 crore) for expanding its ship building capacity, especially for defence, by mid-2011.
On February 16, 2010 TT reported that a carbon reduction supply-chain project has enabled Hindustan Unilever Ltd to become the first Unilever business worldwide to be awarded carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanism scheme by UNFCCC
On February 16, 2010 Telecom giant Bharti Airtel said it would pay about $9 billion (nearly Rs 44,000 cr) to buy African assets of Kuwait-based Zain
On February 16, 2010 nine UP Police personnel were suspended from duty at Ghurpur police station for allegedly causing the death of two persons in custody while one was struggling for life.
On February 16, 2010 in a U-turn, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray withdrew his opposition to Australian players participation in the third edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket competition
On February 16, 2010 meeting of expert committee, constituted by the Health Ministry to consider the proposal, resolved that the permission could not be granted to IITs to offer medical courses on their campuses
On February 16, 2010 strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesian eastern islands . . at a depth of 128 km and 295 km west of the Tanimbar Islands and 383 km east of Dili, East Timor
On February 16, 2010 embroiled in a uniform controversy, Shiva Keshavan faired poorly on the field as he finished a disappointing 29th in the disaster-hit men luge event of the Winter Olympics at Vancouver
On February 16, 2010 at Kolkata, VVS Laxman (143; 15th ton) and MS Dhoni (132; 4th ton) slammed sparkling unbeaten centuries to enable India (643/6) take a mammoth 347-run first innings over South Africa
On February 17, 2010 Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said as per re-assessment of hydro electric potential carried out by Central Electricity Authority (CEA), hydro potential of India identified in terms of installed capacity is 148701 MW
On February 17, 2010 Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit released the Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 Ecological Code that outlines ways to cut down on carbon emissions during the mega sporting event
On February 17, 2010 Home Minister Chidambaram said " new surrender policy" for militants being drafted by state and Central govts is limited to Kashmiri youths only and not for Sikh youths of the state or of Punjab, who had crossed over to Pakistan
On February 17, 2010 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, visiting New Zealand on a fellowship, assured safety of international players, following terror threats against sports events back home.
On February 17, 2010 Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik met Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao for preparatory discussions ahead of the talks between India and Pakistan
On February 17, 2010 India and Denmark signed bilateral Social Security Agreement (SSA) . . There are about 13,000 Indians in Denmark most of whom are working as professionals and self-employed persons
On February 17, 2010 as preference for studying in Australia declines among Indian students due to targeted violence against Indians, the Australian High Commissioner launched a networking Internet portal (www.myoznetwork.com) for Indian students
On February 17, 2010 a Delhi court issued non-bailable warrants against the former MP, Senior Congress leader and key 1984 anti-Sikh riot accused Sajjan Kumar
On February 17, 2010 Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal came out in support of actor Aamir Khan, who resigned from the membership of the central panel constituted to look at the proposed amendments to the 53-year-old Copyright Act.
On February 17, 2010 ONGC and partners Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) shared plans to invest around $2.25 billion initially, in development of a giant oil project, Carabobo-1, they bagged in Venezuela
On February 17, 2010 online TV service of Seesaw launched in full for British internet users after less than a month of beta testing on 20,000 users.
On February 17, 2010 GoM (group of ministers) headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar cleared HRD Ministry draft of Prohibition of Unfair Practices in Technical, Medical Educational Institutions and Universities Bill.
On February 17, 2010 Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of courts powers to order CBI probe without the consent of state governments but with a rider: the powers should be used cautiously and sparingly.
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