Current Affairs Questions-Answers for March 2012 One-liners

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Update your general knowledge & knowledge in the current affairs segment with th e crisp one-liner question-answer for March 2012 designed to further your prepar ation process for competitive examination. Aspirants for Bank Po, Civil Services and other other candidates preparing for UPSC exams can refer to the questionsanswers for thorough and detailed study. Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this city New Delhi Union government on 6 March 2012 decided to depute a high level committee to this state to assess its foodgrain storage requirements Odisha IPS Officer of 1977 batch was appointed as Director General, National Disaste r Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF&CD), Ministry of Home Affairs Prakash Mi shra Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 7 March 2012 issued directions to a Group of Ministers to review the decision of export ban on this item Cotton Union minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh announced to launch a nat ionwide sanitation campaign- Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Reserve Bank of India on 9 March 2012 cut the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by bas is points 75 basis points He took over as new Member Mechanical, Railway Board and ex-officio Secretary to Government of India on 10 March 2012- Keshav Chandra Report of the probe by the income-tax department into the allegations that re latives of this former chief justice had amassed huge wealth during his tenure w as submitted to the Supreme Court- KG Balakrishnan Union Railway Minister presented the Union Railway Budget 2012-13 in the Lok Sabha on 14 March 2012 Dinesh Trivedi Chief Election Commissioner of India, left for Amman at the head of a four-me mber delegation on 17 March 2012- Dr. S. Y. Quraishi Indian ace badminton player & World no five won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gol d trophy on 18 March 2012- Saina Nehwal According to data released by the government on 19 March 2012 retail inflatio n stood at this per cent in February 2012- 8.83%

Moody s downgraded this public sector Indian bank one notch on 19 March 2012 du e to its high level of troubled assets and low provisions for coverage Union Bank of India Union Minister was elevated to the cabinet rank when he was sworn in as the U nion Railway Minister by President Pratibha Patil in New Delhi on 20 March 2012Mukul Roy This legendary versatile Bengali actor was selected for India's highest film honour - the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012 Soumitra Chatterjee K K Birla Foundation announced its decision to honour Tamil writer with the S araswati Samman 2011 for his book Irama Kathaiyum Iramayakalum-AA Manavalan This nationwide literacy video campaign launched by the National Literacy Mis sion Authority, Ministry of Human Resource Development culminated in Delhi on 25 March 2012-Saakshar Bharat Yatra This Marathi poet and Sahitya Akademi awardwinner passed away in Pune on 26 M arch 2012-Manik Godghate Chandigarh girl crowned as the Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2012 in the grand finale of the 49th edition of the beauty pageant on 30 March 2012- Vanya Mishra India's first solar power plant of 40 MW capacity was inaugurated in Jaisalme r district's Dhudsar village in this state Rajasthan This former BCCI president and union minister passed away on 1 April 2012-NKP Salve John Templeton Foundation decided to honour Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader with one of the world's leading religion prizes, Templeton Prize for 2012- The Dalai Lama US Senate on 30 March 2012 confirmed career diplomat as ambassador to India-N ancy Powell India on 1 March 2012 decided to have maritime cooperation with the country-C hina Scientists identified at least two genes called NACP and MAPT linked to the d isease-Parkinson s The country to take over the chair of assembly and governing board of ASOSAI on 29 February 2012-India The commission to release guidelines to eliminate physical punishment in scho ols-National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) The person who won the Russian Presidential election with 63.75 percent of vo tes on 5 March 2012-Vladimir Putin The state government to introduce Mamoni Scheme-Assam Hindustan Petroleum corporation Ltd on 8 March 2012 resumed oil supplies to t he Airlines-Kingfisher Airlines The country to declare Termit Massif and Tin Toumma desert a National nature

and Cultural reserve-Niger Syrian President Bashar al-Assad set the date for elections-7 May 2012 The state to receive a special package of 130 crore rupees from the centre-Ar unachal Pradesh Current Affairs Questions-Answers for February 2012 One-liners

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Update your general knowledge & knowledge in the current affairs segment with th e crisp one-liner question-answer for February 2012 designed to further your pre paration process for competitive examination. Aspirants for Bank Po, Civil Servi ces and other other candidates preparing for UPSC exams can refer to the questio ns-answers for thorough and detailed study. Noted Hindi writer on 13 February 2012 was selected for the 21st Vyas Samman for his poetry collection Aam Ke Patte published in 2004- Professor Ramdarash Mi shra This Indian state government on 13 February 2012 announced medical benefits, financial support & higher compensation packages for various other categories of workers covered by the Industrial Workers Act Delhi Government This Indian state government suspended the scheme of distribution of social b enefits under Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Haryana Government The railways safety review committee, headed by a former Atomic Energy Commis sion chairman submitted its report to the Union government on 17 February 2012Anil Kakodkar International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countr ies inaugurated by the Union Minister for Shipping- G K Vasan New York Times foreign correspondent and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner died in eastern Syria on 16 February 2012- Anthony Shadid As a part of this campaign Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit launched a maj or State-wide de-worming campaign- Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna (CNSY) RBI panel on priority sector lending proposed increment in the target (priori ty sector) for foreign banks to this per cent of net bank credit from the curren t level of 32 per cent- 40% Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on 23 February 2012 inaugurated the fourth and final regional hub of the National Security Guard (NSG) here Marol, Mumbai

Indian hockey team on 26 February 2012 defeated this country 8-1 to enter Lon don Olympics France This Indian soccer legend popularly known as Sailen Manna, died in Kolkata on 27 February 2012- Sailendra Nath Manna 1977 batch IAS officer and additional chief secretary (finance) on 28 Februar y 2012 was named the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan- CK Mathew Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure approved the upgradation of Railway Infra structure for introduction of multi-modal transport system (Phase - II) in the t win cities Hyderabad & Secunderabad The Bollywood actor received a Green Globe Award for his efforts toward a gre ener future at the fourth edition of the Panasonic Green Globe Foundation Awards Abhishek Bachhan This veteran environmental filmmaker was on 3 February 2012 honoured with the prestigious V. Shantaram Life Time Achievement Award at the Mumbai Internationa l Film Festival 2012- Mike Pandey India lost to this country2-1 in the final of the SDAT-WSF Under-21 Squash Wo rld Cup on 5 February 2012- Egypt The state to contribute more than 50 percent of India s total tea production i n 2011- Assam The observation satellite launched by Iran- navid satellite India signed 13th TIEA with the country-Guernsey Hungarian mission inked deal with the company to ease visas- VFS Global India, Japan and China entered into a pact which is known as- Shade India and USA signed a MoU with India on-Labour and Employment Issues The fifth edition of the world future energy summit was held in UAE capitalAbu Dhabi India s NTPC signed an agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board to set up a joint venture 1320 MW thermal power plant at- Rampal The country became the 157th Country to adopt the CTBT( Comprehensive Test Ba n Treaty)- Indonesia Al- Queda s Chief in Pakistan, was killed in US drone attack-Badar Mansoor The 12th India-EU summit was held in- New Delhi Yingluck Shinawatra who visited India on 24-26 January 2012 is the Prime Mini ster of- Thailand NDSAP which is approved by Union cabinet of India stands for- National Data S haring and Accessibility A two-day International Conference on cooperatives for social and economic c hange took place in the city-Bhopal The biggest coordinated mock drills were carried out in the city-New Delhi

Current Affairs Questions-Answers for December 2011 One-liners

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Update your general knowledge & knowledge in the current affairs segment with th e crisp one-liner question-answer for December 2011 designed to further your pre paration process for competitive examination. Aspirants for Bank Po, Civil Servi ces and other other candidates preparing for UPSC exams can refer to the questio ns-answers for thorough and detailed study. Karnataka State government decided to confer the prestigious Basava Sri Award for the year 2010 on noted environment activist: Medha Patkar SAIL chairman was conferred CEO of the Year award under public sector categor y by Minister of State for Road Transport Tushar Chaudhary: C.S. Verma This Columbian Film bags Golden Peacock Award in Goa International Film Festi val 2011: PORFIRIO This country won its fifth Davis Cup title after Rafael Nadal defeated Argent ina s Juan Martin del Potro on 4 December 2011: Spain Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) transferred indigenously-develop ed to seven telecom equipment manufacturers on 5 December 2011: Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology The Ministry turned down CIL s plea for scaling down current fiscal 2011-12 s o utput target to 448 million tonnes (MT) from 452 MT: Coal Ministry Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India was elected chairman of the Un ited Nations panel of external auditors: Vinod Rai ICSI Foundation Day was celebrated on 9 December 2011 with this theme: Game Changer for Corporate India 2020 This country won its 6th SAFF Championship title against the newcomer, Afghan istan on 11 December 2011: India World renowned cartoonist died in Goa on 11 December 2011: Mario Mi Current Affairs Questions-Answers for November 2011 One-liners

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Update your general knowledge & knowledge in the current affairs segment with th e crisp one-liner question-answer for November 2011 designed to further your pre paration process for competitive examination. Aspirants for Bank Po, Civil Servi ces and other other candidates preparing for UPSC exams can refer to the questio ns-answers for thorough and detailed study. The country, which signed a nuclear deal with Bangladesh to build a nuclear p ower plant: Russia The state, which launched one rupee a kilo rice scheme in the state: Andhra P radesh The country to win the membership of UNESCO on 31 October 2011: Palestine The person who was sworn in as the seventh Chief Minister of Arunachal Prades h: Nabam Tuki The person who was awarded S Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Mathematics: M ahan Maharaj The person who became the first Frenchman to win Austrian Open: Jo-Wilfried T songa The person who was elected Mayor of Bogota, the capital of Columbia: Gustavo Petro Scientists found a new species of trap-door spider, the albino spider in the country: Australia The nation, which passed legislation on 8 November 2011 to impose a carbon ta x on the nation s 500 largest polluters: Australia The giant asteroid, which came within 201700 miles of earth on 8 November 201 1: 2005 YU55 The conglomerate, which launched American Express Leadership Academy in Indi a: American Express The Delhi state cabinet on 8 November 2011 decided to waive VAT on: Fertilser s

IAEA report released in Vienna on 8 November 2011 accused the nation to carr y out Nuclear Weapons related activities: Iran The Arab league suspended the nation from the organization: Syria China donated 1 Billion US dollars to the university: Nalanda International U niversity Fujitsu to open its fourth delivery centre in the city: Bangalore

The institution, which gave investment clearance for Anti Erosion measures to protect villages in Assam: The Planning Commission of India US Army conducted the test flight of Advanced Hypersonic weapon from the plac e: Kauai The nation, which signed a contract with ISA to explore ore deposit in Indian Ocean: China The nation, which demanded a formal apology from Pakistan for the atrocities carried out by its troops during the 1971 Liberation War: Bangladesh UNAIDS HIV AIDS report 2011 released on 21 November 2011 revealed a dramatic per cent decrease of between 1996 and 2010 in the number of new HIV infections i n India: 56% This sports body on 22 November 2011 decided to set up an 11-member Athletes Commission to give more representation to sportspersons: Indian Olympic Associat ion (IOA) He was chosen on 23 November 2011 to succeed Tata group chairman Ratan Tata as the group s new chairman in 2012: Cyrus P. Mistry Tamil Nadu government banned the screening of Hollywood film directed by Soha n Roy with immediate effect: Dam 999 Indian government inked a path-breaking tripartite peace agreement with a pro minent insurgent group of Assam: United People s Democratic Solidarity (UPDS) Australian Cricket Board appointed him as the head coach of Australia s nationa l cricket team: Mickey Arthur Former Pakistani Information Minister was on 23 November 2011 designated to

become Pakistan s next Ambassador in the U.S: Sherry Rehman Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) upo n the deputy chief of general staff of Chinese Peoples Liberation Army:General H ou Shusen Eminent Kannada author was on 16 November 2011 presented the 20th Saraswati S amman in literature for 2010 for his epic novel Mandra: S. L. Bhyrappa Union Cabinet gave its nod for this percent foreign direct investment (FDI) i n Pension Sector: 26% The Union cabinet on 24 November 2011 approved this per cent foreign direct i nvestment (FDI) in multi-brand retail: 51% The Union Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Sel ja inaugurated the India Heritage Week and launched two new schemes: Cultural H eritage Young Leadership This Indian state emerged the overall champion of the five-day 65th National aquatics meet which concluded in Ranchi on 20 November 2011: Karnataka World Diabetes Day observed on 14 November 2011 with this theme: Act on Diabe tes. Now This Wimbledon champion was voted WTA's Player of the Year 2011: Petra Kvitov a The former heavyweight boxing champion died on 7 November 2011: Joe Frazier Senior banker was appointed prime minister of an interim Greek unity governme nt on 10 November 2011: Lucas Papademos This economist was selected to head an emergency Italian government following the departure of Silvio Berlusconi who resigned as Prime Minister: Mario Monti The Karnataka State government on 1 December 2011 announced its decision to c onfer the prestigious Basava Sri Award for the year 2010 on noted environment ac tivist: Medha Patkar Union Minister of Power represented India at the meeting of the Heads of Gove rnments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in St. Petersburg on 7 No vember 2011: Sushilkumar Shinde India won two prestigious awards as the World's Leading Destination at the Wo rld Travel Awards 2011: Best Destination and Best Marketing Campaign

Pioneering Indian American biochemist, who won the 1968 Nobel Prize for medic ine, died in Massachusetts on 9 ovember 2011: Har Gobind Khorana This movie was judged the Best Picture at the 2011 New York Film Critics Cir cle Awards which announced its winners on 29 November on its official Twitter fe ed: The Artist A parliamentary committee rejected proposal to allow this per cent foreign di rect investment in the insurance sector: 49% The book by journalist-author Mark Tully was launched in Chennai by Editor-in -Chief of The Hindu on 13 December 2011: Non-Stop India This personality was presented with the Sangita Kalanidhi M.S. Subbulakshmi A ward at the inauguration of the 85th annual conference of the Music Academy in C hennai: Trichy Sankaran India paid tribute to its martyred soldiers on the 40th Anniversary of Vijay Diwas observed on this date: 16 December Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader was inducted into the Union Cabinet as civil a viation minister: Ajit Singh Popularly known as Adam Gondvi, this poet breathed his last in Lucknow on 18 December 2011: Ram Nath Singh The American-born owner of Shakespeare & Company, a fabled English-language b ookstore on the Left Bank in Paris died in Paris on 14 December 2011: George Whi tman Saina Nehwal of India was defeated by the World No. 1 player in the women s sin gles final of the $500000 BWF World Super Series badminton championship in China : Wang Yihan The tenth and last president of Czechoslovakia (1989 92) and the first Presiden t of the Czech Republic (1993 2003) died on 18 December 2011: Vaclav Havel The enigmatic leader of North Korea who led his country for 17 years passed a way on 17 December 2011: Kim Jong-il India's leading commodity bourse became the world's fifth-largest commodity f utures exchange: Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) India's top nuclear scientist who designed India s first atomic bomb passed awa y at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) hospital in Trombay on 21 December 2011: PK Iyengar He was declared the winner of the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his book The Wandering Falcon at the British Council in New Delhi: Jamil Ahmad The Theatre director, screenplay writer and actor credited with introducing e xistential and absurd theatre, passed away on 25 December 2011: Satyadev Dubey Current Affairs Questions-Answers for August 2011 One-liners

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Update your general knowledge & knowledge in the current affairs segment with th e crisp one-liner question-answer for August 2011 designed to further your prepa ration process for competitive examination. Aspirants for Bank Po, Civil Service s and other other candidates preparing for UPSC exams can refer to the questions -answers for thorough and detailed study. Champion double-trap shooter and Asian Games gold medalist ranked No.1 in the world, as per the latest rankings released by the International Shooting Sport Federation on 1 August 2011. - Ronjan Sodhi This Veteran fighter pilot took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS ).- Air Marshal Kishan Kumar Nohwar Union government accorded a two-year extension to Reserve Bank of India Gover nor beyond his term ending September 2011.- D. Subbarao Veteran actor and leading star of Bollywood of the 1960s died on 14 August 20 11.- Shammi Kapoor Chairman & MD of Mathrubhoomi group of newspapers elected chairman of the Boa rd of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI).- M.P. Veerendrakumar Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister was appointed as the new Governor of Tam il Nadu on 26 August 2011.- K Rosaiah

Exponent of Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana (school of music), passed away on 23 Augus t 2011. - Ustad Azizuddin Khan. This Indian state government declared the constitution of State Innovation Co uncil headed by State Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati for promotion of innovation s.- Haryana Government This Union Territory in India celebrated its 58th liberation day on 2 August 2011.- Dadar & Nagar Haveli Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) scaled down its projection for the growth rate of the economy in 2011-12 to this percent.- 8.2%

Sexual-assault case against this former IMF chief was dismissed by Justice Mi chael J. Obus of State Supreme Court in Manhattan. - Dominique Strauss-Kahn He was reelected unopposed as president of the International Association of A thletics Federation (IAAF) on 24 August 2011. - Lamine Diack from Senegal Prime Minister of Japan announced his resignation after almost 15 months in o ffice.- Naoto Kan Red Bull member returned to the highest step of the podium for the first time in four races after he won the Belgian Grand Prix on 28 August 2011. Sebastian Vettel He defeated American Mardy Fish to win the Montreal Masters. - Novak Djokovic The European country won the tenth edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Cham pionship title in Romania.- Spain U.N. declared three regions in this African nation to be famine hit. Somalia Former Egyptian President s trial was televised on 3 August 2011.- Hosni Mubara k He headed the parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance that presented its recommendations on the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA ) Bill, 2011.- Yashwant Sinha This former director general of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), was selec ted to head the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)- Ranjit Sinha The first gold index in India with a base date of 2 January 2007 was launched on 29 August 2011 by this body.- CRISIL The foreign minister of Libya visited India on 22 July 2011 to brief about la test developments- Abdel Aati Al Obeidi India Japan comprehensive economic partnership agreement entered into force on the date- 1 August 2011 The First woman foreign minister of Pakistan to visit India from 26 to 28 Jul y 2011- Hina Rabbani Khar The food safety and standards Act of 2006 became effective from the date- 5 A ugust 2011

The oldest known fossil of an African Ape discovered in the African countryUganda The fossil of an African Ape was discovered in Uganda, which is considered to be- 20 million years old Foreign direct investment into India grew to the amount in June 2011- 5.65 bi llion US dollar The person who took oath as the Kalon Tripa( Prime Minister) of Tibetans in e xile- Lobsang Sangay US credit rating downgraded to AA+ from AAA by a United States-based financia l services company- Standard and Poor s In Nepal, ban on smoking in public places comes into effect from the date- 7 August 2011 The Indian Government Set up NATGRID to Access all Intelligence Data. NATGRID stands for- National Intelligence Grid In Afghanistan, a probe was launched to determine the exact cause of the chop per crash by the security agency called- International Security Assistance Force , ISAF To cure influenza US scientists found an antibody called- CH65 To cure diabetes British scientists developed a new device called- EndoBarrie r The Indian state, which launched Dal Bhat scheme on Independence day- Jharkha nd Google to buy Motorola Cell unit for the amount- 12.5 Billion Dollars Fossils of largest cheetah was found in the country- Georgia The Ace Indian discus thrower who won the gold medal in the Annual Athletic M eet at Portland in USA- Krishna Poonia Scientists recently estimated that the age of the moon is- 4.36 billion years Scientists discovered a natural preservative called- Basin

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Current Affairs Questions-Answers for September 2011 One-liners

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The name of the tropical storm, which hit New York in the last week of August 2011- Irene The state, which announced a reward of 10000 rupees for providing information on sex determination test- Madhya Pradesh The state, which decided to impose professional tax on all salaried personsBihar The nation, which introduced sex tax metres- Germany Union government signed MoU with this university to address the problem of me ntal health- University of Melbourne The city, which topped the list in Madhya Pradesh under the national cleanlin ess policy 2008 survey- Indore The person who won the Presidential election in Singapore to become the count ry s seventh president- Tory Tan The Central Zoo authority approved the breeding centre at the place- Govindga rh (Madhya Pradesh) Syrian vice foreign minister who visited India from 31 July 2011 to 2 August 2011- Faisal Mekdad The bank, which approved 500 million dollar loan to help India Improve rail s ervices- Asian Development Bank The Indian navy undertook a Passage Exercise on 10 July 2011 with the navy of the nation- Turkey India on 6 September 2011 signed a historic protocol on land boundary agreeme nt with the nation- Bangladesh The Union government of India decided to lift a ban on wheat exports and put a ban on the export of- Onions Internet search titan Google acquired restaurant review firm Zagat which was founded in the year- 1979 The state, which introduced a policy to provide security to whistle blowers o n 6 September 2011-Haryana The head of Libya s National Transitional Council who delivered his first publi c speech in the capital Tripoli- Mustafa Abdul-Jalil The country, which declared Indian Mujahideen foreign terrorist organization on 15 September 2011-USA India agreed with this nation for future cooperation in coal related areas- T urkey 22nd World Mining Congress was held at the city- Istanbul Scientists discovered fossilized remains of a large predatory fish in the pla ce: Ellesmere Island in Arctic Canada This body on 5 September 2011 observed that SEBI has wider powers under the S ebi Act to issue directions to even unlisted firms- Securities Appellate Tribuna

l (SAT) UNCTAD's Trade and Development Report 2011 released on 6 September 2011 proje cted an economic growth of this percentage for India- 8.1 per cent He was appointed the sixth Chief Minister of Uttarakhand replacing Ramesh Pok hriyal Nishank who resigned- Major General (retd) BC Khanduri American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician cho sen to host the 84th Academy Awards/ Oscars in February 2012-Eddie Murphy International Literacy Day observed 8 September Sebastial Vettel

Red Bull s Formula One driver won the Italian Grand Prix

Australia s twoman tennis player on 11 September 2011 defeated Serena Williams to win the US Open crown and her first grand slam singles title Samantha Stosur The finance ministry relaxed the norms for foreign institutional investments (FII) in this space Infrastructure space Bollywood's legendary photographer passed away in Mumbai on 13 September 2011 - Gautam Rajadhyaksha Union Cabinet approved increase in the dearness allowance (DA)and relief for the Union government employees and pensioners 7 % 44th Jnanpith Award for 2008 was presented to renowned Urdu poet on 18 Septem ber 2011- Professor Akhlaq Mohammad Khan Shahryar Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 16 September 2011 hiked the short-term policy rate (repo rate) by 25 basis points to this percentage 8.25% Explosion occurred at the Marcoule nuclear reprocessing plant in this Europea n country on 12 September 2011 resulting in the death of one person and injury o f three others France Miss Angola crowned Miss Universe in Sau Paulo, Brazil on 12 September 2011Leila Lopes She was elected Denmark s first female Prime Minister on 15 September 2011- Hel le Thorning-Schmidt South African cricketer topped the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsme n on 18 September 2011- H M Amla This TV show won the Best Drama Award at 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ce remony organised on 18 September 2011 Mad Men Karnataka Lokayukta Justice on 19 September 2011 resigned from his post over charges of violating co-operative housing society laws- Shivaraj Virupanna Patil This IPL franchisee s contract was terminated Board of Control for Cricket in I ndia for non-payment of annual paymentm of Rs Rs 156 crore Kochi Tuskers Nuclear-capable surface-to-surface medium range missile, Shaurya, successfull y test-fired from Chandipur-on-sea off the Orissa coast on 24 September 2011 Shau rya Kenyan environmentalist & first African woman to win Nobel prize died on 25 S

eptember 2011- Wangari Maathai