Current Affairs Questions 2009

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1. The new federal agency approved by the Indian Government to combat terror in India which will be empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special permission from the state ?

National Investigation Agency.

2. Who is appointed as Director General of the newly established National Investigation Agency (NIA).?

Radha Vinod Raju, Special Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir

3. “Man of the series” of recently held One Day series between Australia & South Africa?

Albie Morkel

4. Who became the country’s youngest international referee, after passing the world body FIBA’s exam ?

Zanim Mohammed Hashim from Thalassery, Kerala

5. The first Indian to win the prestigious Golden Globe Award for Best Original Music Score ?

A.R.Rahman for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.
Rahman’s song ‘Jai Ho,’ penned by lyricist Gulzar, was nominated for Best Original Music Score.

6. Which Malayalam Writer won the “Odakkuzhal Award ” ?

K.G.Sankara Pillai

7. Who became the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in one-day internationals ?

Ajantha Mendis , completed his 50-wicket haul in his 19th one-day international. He surpassed the record of India’s Ajit Agarkar who took 23 matches to reach the milestone.

8. Who has been appointed as the General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Management and Budget in the upcoming administration of U.S.President Barack Obama?

Preeta Bansal, Leading Indian-American lawyer

9. Name the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile with speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8, which is world’s fastest cruise missile and is about three and a half times faster than the U.S.A’s subsonic Harpoon cruise missile?

Brahmos, The acronym ‘BrahMos’ is perceived as the confluence of the two nations represented by two great rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.

10. Who is the Man of the Series in the recently held Zimbabwe –Bangladesh One Day Series held in Bangladesh?

Shakib Al Hasan

11. The first Bangladesh player to top one of the International Cricket Council’s player rankings?

Shakib Al Hasan He tops the ICC ODI Rankings for all-rounders

12. Jharkhand Chief Minister who resigned from his post following his defeat in the Tamar assembly by-poll?

Shibu Soren

13. Music Sensation A.R.Rahman won how many Oscar nominations for the film “Slumdog Millionaire” ?

Three nominations (Music, Songs (Jai Ho, O Saya))

14. Indian sound engineer from Mumbai, born in Kerala, nominated for the Oscars for Best sound mixing in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’?
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AR Rahman set for music show in Los Angeles

Oscar winning composer A. R. Rahman is all set to stage a glittering musical show in Los Angeles, according to reports.

And those attending the event would include celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, David Beckham, Owen Wilson, etc.

Soul singer P. J. Morton is also expected to participate in this event.

In a statement issued in Nevada (USA), Indian American community leader Rajan Zed welcomed Rahman’s show, and said that it would provide another avenue to spread Indian music in the world.

He said that the event would also offer more opportunities for Americans to indulge in the richness of musical traditions of India.

Rahman, who has reportedly recorded sales of over 300 million, was called “Mozart of Madras”” by Time magazine.

Jennifer Garner lies to avoid hurting others

Actress Jennifer Garner says she lies whenever she feels her truth would hurt someone very close to her.

Contactmusic quoted her as saying: “I am a horrible liar. I can”t do it. Even if I have your birthday present and your birthday is not until November, and I get a present, I have to tell you. I can keep a secret if you need me to, but otherwise, it doesn”t work out.

She added: “But I would lie to save somebody’’s feelings.”

And Garner, 37, believes that it would be impossible for her to go on for a single day without lying.

She said: “I would not even attempt to go one day without lying. What if someone asks you how you are and you have to stop and tell them how you are really feeling? You would never get through the day. No, I have to lie. I think we all do.”

Meera Accused Indian Film Director Faisal Saif

NEW DELHI, She might not have a single new release to her credit, but Meera continues to make news. This time, she has accused an Indian filmmaker Faisal Saif of threatening her.
Interestingly, Meera’s accusation comes just days after an arrest warrant was issued against her in Lahore by Atiqur Rahman who claimed to be her husband and accused her of death threats.

This time Meera has accused Indian director Faisal of planting an agent in Pakistan to trouble her. Meera has done a film with Faisal apart from some other Bollywood movies like Kasak and Nazar.

“Faisal is the mastermind behind this. I did a film for him in India called Murder at Farmhouse. I have the tapes as proof. Now he has an agent in Pakistan to trouble me and it is this man who is claiming to be my husband,” says the actress.