GK and Current Affairs 2011

1. World kidney day - is celebrated every year on the second Thursday of March in more than 100 countries on 6 continents.

2. First woman Secretary General of SAARC – Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed, former Maldivian Attorney General.

3. Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned on Feb. 11, 2011, after 18 days of massive public protests against his rule, Mubarak resigned and turned power over to the military before leaving Cairo for his seaside vacation home.

4. BGB- Border Guard of Bangladesh- the new name of Bangladesh Rifles

5. The year 2010 is the warmest year on record.(The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

6. Jhalanath Khanal - Nepal Communist Party president Jhalanath Khanal was elected the prime minister of Nepal.

7. The Election Commission has celebrate its Foundation Day - January 25 - as National Voters' Day.

8. Rail Bandhu – is an in-house magazine to be published by the Indian Railways, free of cost. The first Magazine to be launched on Rail Diwas on April 16 by Minister Mamata Banerjee.

9. MNP – Mobile Number Portability

10. Chairman of national commission for minorities - Wajahat Habibullah

11. Chief Information Commissioner of Kerala – Sri. Sibi Mathews

12. CVC – Central Vigilance Commission

13. Ashok Chakra 2011- Major Laishram Jyotin Singh who was posted at Kabul Embassy during the 26th January Suicide Attack at the Indian Embassy in Kabul.

14. Swathi Puraskaram’, (2010) the highest musical award of Kerala government, was presented to noted singer Dr. K J Yesudas.

15. INS Deepak, an Italian-built fleet tanker, was commissioned into the Navy by Defence Minister A K Antony.

16. The exoplanet, called HD 15082 b, or WASP-33b, was discovered back in 2010, by the SuperWASP planet-hunting project.

17. Pakistan successfully tested Hatf-VII nuclear-capable cruise missile which flew up to of a range of 600 km. The missile, also called Babur.