November 1st- CA

• · Eastern Naval command
• · Geographic location of Yemen and neighbours
• · Saba news Agency.
• · Shangai fair-

o Biggest in world.

o 6 months long

o More expensive than Beijing Olympics

o Next expo at Milan

· A-330 200 = IL 78 Midas

o European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS)

o Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT)

· MNP

o 22 circles zones

o 2 geographic zone with 11 service areas in each

· 9th New Exploration Licensing Policy (auction)

o Reducing the dependency on imports

o 34 blocks

o Eight licensing rounds since 1999

o Shale gas

o Petrotech-2010; oil and gas conference, ‘Global Energy Equilibrium

o Indian Sedimentary Basin

o Underground crude oil storages were being built at Vizag in Andhra Pradesh and Mangalore in Karnataka that would hold sufficient reserves to cover the nation's requirement for 15 days.

• Radiations from Mobile Phone Towers: Electromagnetic frequency radiation.

o Testing agency: TERM - Telecom Engineering and Resource Monitoring

o Governed by the guidelines drawn from the recommendations of The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection

• · Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter: Mineral supports scientist’s claims of water – Hydrated Silica

o The deposit is located in the sprawling, flat, volcanic zone known as Syrtis Major

o Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM)

• · Aerospace Special Economic Zone- Nadargul and Adibhatla villages in Ranga Reddy district.

o The first consignment of cabins for US helicopters Sikorsky-92 by Tata Advance Systems Limited

• · Bal Bandhu Scheme for Protection of Children's Rights in Areas of Civil Unrest

o Scheme is drafted by Ministry of Women and Child Welfare.

o Will be implemented by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR).

o Volunteers - ‘Bal Bandhus’

o Funds for the scheme will come from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund.

• · Initiative to bring all Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) under the supervision of Gram Sabhas.
• · Dilma Rousseff- Brazilian presidential candidate for the ruling Workers Party; Opponent- Jose Serra, 68, of the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB)

o Voting is compulsory for Brazilian adults, people can try to justify their absence or pay a small fine.

• · ‘Google Instant’- Google's new search interface; Youtube- ‘List and Play’; Google code university
• · Women's rights after amendment to the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
• · ‘Snowball Earth’ hypothesis
• · ‘World's biggest' solar power plant planned at North Cape; 5 G Watt; South Africa's “solar resource” one of world's best.
• · Mobile Biometrics.
• · Travelling salesman problem- Solved by bees.