Places in News

1. Dusit Thain Hua Hin: - It is a famous city in Thailand. It came into news recently in connection with 14th ASEAN Summit

2. IPL-II: - Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Banglore to win the IPL-II at the Wanderers in South Africa.

3. RS-24: - It is a new Russian inter-continental ballistic missile that can defeat America’s missile defence system.

4. Iron Dome: - it is a newly developed anti-rocket system by Israel to protect its civilians from attacks by militant groups Hamas and Hizbullah.

5. i-MiEV: - It is the name of recently developed world first mass-produced zero emission minicar.

6. LCROSS:- Lunar Crater Observation and sensing Satellite of NASA came into news recently as it has found significant amounts of water ice on its surface two month after India’s maiden Chandrayan- I mission discovered traces of water on the moon.

7. AWACS:- AWACS stands for Airborne Warning and Control System. It came into news recently as the first of three AWACS platforms purchased from Israel was formally conducted into the Indian Air Force. AWACS can collect information about troop movements and missile launches.

8. RISAT-2: - Radar Imaging Satellite-2 is primarily a surveillance satellite. It was placed recently in the desired orbit by PSLV-12 along the ANUSAT.

9. ANUSAT:- The ANUSAT which traveled as a co-passanger in the launch of RISAT-2, is India’s first university built satellite by the Anna University, Chennai. It will facilitates the sue of technologies related to message store and forward operations.

10. Maitree Express: - A train service, resumed after a gap of 43 years between Kokkatta and Dhaka. Train service was suspended during the 1965 Indo – Pak war and when Bangladesh was East Pakistan.

11. Auriga Leader: - Auriga Leader is the world’s first green ship. It would use solar power partially. The Ship was unveiled recently at a shipyard in Kobe, Japan.

12. JADOO:- It is the name of 3G service launched by MTNL recently. MTNL has become first telecom operator in the country to launch 3G mobile service.

13. Project snow leapord: - It is an initiative launched recently for strengthening wildlife conservation in the Himalayan High altitude. It will cover J & K, H.P., Uttrakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

14. Omid: - It is the name of first domestically made satellite of Iran launched recently. The launch of Omid was hailed as a major step in its space technology.

15. Ibuki: - It is the name of world’s first satellite dedicated recently to monitor greenhouse gas emission by Japan.

16. Change- I: - Change-1 is the name of Chinese’s first lunar probe Satellite impacted on the moon recently.

17. Kepler Telesceope: - was recently launched by NASA to survey a corner of the galaxy in the hope of learning if other planets like earth exist.

18. Belgaum: - The place in Karnataka was in news recently as aerospace and engineering major QuEST Globar has launched here the country’s first aerospace Special Economic Zone.

19. Goyang: - It is a place in South Korea and came into news recently in connection with the world weightlifting Championship. It is for the first time in the history of sports that blood testing has been introduced here.

20. Sharm-el-Sheikh: - It is city in the Egyptian Red sea. It came into news recently in connection with 15th NAM summit.

21. Arihant: - It is the name of recently commissioned indigenous built nuclear powered submarine of India.

22. Gorav: - It is the tentative name given to India’s third permanent research station in Antarctica. It has been recently declared that station will become operational by 2012.

23. Kerry Lugar Bill: - Kerry Lugar bill is related to US aid to Pakistan. US senate recently passed bill aiming at trebling US aid to Pakistan from $50million to $1.5 billion per annum till
2014.

24. Port of Spain: - It is the capital city of Trinad and Tobago. It came into news recently in connection with the CHOGM meet.

25. Urmi: - It is the capital of Xinjiang region in China. It came into news recently in connection with the eruption of ethnic riots that left hundreds of peoples dead.

26. Ningxia: - It is a province in China. It came into news recently as India is funding a poverty alleviation project ther.

27. Yekaterinberg: - It is city in Russia, It came into news recently in connection with the first ever official summits of BRIC nations.

28. Pattanam: - It is place in Kerala. It came into news recently as archaeological excavations undertaken here have yielded rich historical dividends.

29. Faridabad: - It is city in Haryana. It came into news recently in connection with UNESCO regional centre for training and education in Biotechnology would be set up here.

30. Lima: - It is the capital city of Peru. It came into news recently in connection with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

31. Sasaram: - It is a town in Bihar. It came into news when the Patna High court directed the ASI to initiate measure to protect the 16th century tomb of emperor Sher Shah Suri.

32. Santiago de Cuba: - It was in news recently for the Caricom Summit. Caribian bloc called for end of economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the US against the Republic of Cuba.

33. Poznam: - It is a city in Poland. It was in news in connection with UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

34. Himadri: - It is the country first research station in Arctic. The station is equipped with the state of art facilities and will conduct round the year scientific research in contemporary fields of Arctic science with special emphasis on climatic change.

35. INS Parundu: - It is the name of recently commissioned air station of the Navy. It will take care of the security concerns arising out of Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project.

36. Bandra Worli Sea Link: - The longest sea bridge in the country was recently inaugurated by the UPA Chairperson Ms. Sonia Gandhi. 5.6km long bridge overtook Kolkatta’s VidyaSagar sethu to become the longest bridge in the nation.

37. Solar Guru: - It is the world’s first solar powered mobile phone launched by Samsung India. It allows users to charge battery by using solar energy, once the phone battery runs out of normal electric charge.

38. Bhuvan: - It is the name of new web-based 3D mapping tool launched recently by ISRO. N.T. Exam - 2011 H.P.P.S.C.

39. Orangi Township: - It is a part of Karachi city in Pakistan. It came into news recently as it has surpassed Dharavi to become Asia’s largest slum.

40. Liberhan Commission: - The commission was set up to probe the sequence of events that lead to the Babri Masjid demolition on Dec. 6, 1992. It came into news recently as commission has submitted its report to PM.

41. Raiganj: - It is place in West Bengal. It came into news recently as Government of India has decided to establish AIIMS like institution here.

42. Davos: - It is a city in Switzerland. It came into news in connection with the World Economic Forum.

43. BelemDo Para: - It is a city in Brazil. It was in news in connection with World Social Forum.

44. Ahmedabad: - It is a city in Gujrat. It came into news recently as Chief justice of India has inaugurated the first model e-court in the country here.

45. Colombo: - It is capital city of Srilanka. It came into news recently in connection with SAARC summit here.

46. London: - It is the capital city of England. It came into news recently in connection with G-20 summit. The issue of global economic down turn dominated the proceeding of the summit.

47. Istanbul: - It is a city in Turky. It was in news in connection with the fifth edition of the World Water Forum.

48. Doha: - The capital of Quatar. The city was in news recently in connection with Arab League Summit.

49. Salboni: - It is place in west Bengal. It came into news recently as Rs. 35,000crores J SW Steel plant project was inaugurated here.

50. Unique Identification Authority: - It is a new agency recently set up to provide unique identification numbers to all citizens for accessing various government services. Mr. Nandan Nilekani is appointed as the chairman of UID authority of India.

51. W2M: - It is the first satellite build by Indian Space Research Organisation recently for a foreign customer. With its successful launching India’s space commerce gets a big boost.

52. Ezhimulla: - It is place in Kerala. It came into news recently as PM Dr. Manmohan Sing inaugurates the Indian Naval Academy – Asia’s largest facility in Kannur Disticts here.

53. Wheeler Island: - The island off the Orissa coast came into news recently as India has successfully tested an interceptor missile here for third time. The interceptor shot down a Dhanush missile heading towards the island.

54. Santiago de Cuba:- The place came into news in connection with the 15 nations Caribbean Bloc summit.

55. Lalgarh:- The place in West Bengal came into news when Maoist captured huge swathes and declare it a liberated zones.

56. Waziristan:- Pakistani army recently launched attacks in Waziristan considered as sanctuary of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda and killed a number of militants there.

57. Strasbourg:- French city came into news in connection with NATO summit marred by violent protests.

58. Desert National Parks: - The desert national park in Jodhpur,Rajasthan came into news recently as UNESCO’s world heritage committee place it in the latest tentative list of national heritage properties.

59. Shirdi: - Shirdi came into news recently when Union Minister for new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah inaugurated the World’s largest Solar Steam which has been installed at Sri Sai Baba Sasthan to cook food for the devotees.

60. Urumqi: - The capital city of china’s Muslim majority Xinjiang region witness the biggest ethnic unrest in China’s recent ethnic history.

61. Rio de Janerio: - The city in Brazil came into news recently as it has been selected to host the 2016 Olympic games after beating Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid.

62. Padang: - The place is situated in Indonesia’s Sumatra island came into news recently as it experienced a powerful earthquake which killed a large number of people.

63. Copenhagen: - Capital of Denmark came into news recently in connection with the UN Climate Change convention held here.

64. Panji: - Capital of Goa came into news recently in connection with the International Film Festival of India held here.

65. Hallargi: - The place in Karnataka came into news recently as India’s first special economic zone dedicated to Aerospace industry was inaugurated here.

66. Kalapattar Plateau: - At an altitudes of 5262m Kalapattar plateau came into news recently as Nepalese Govt. held a cabinet meeting here to highlight the impact of global warming on the Himalayas.

67. Awan Village: - The village in Punjab came into news recently as country’s first commercial 2 MW solar power plant was inaugurated here.

68. INS Arihant: - India’s first indigenously built nuclear powered submarine was recently launched at the ship building center in Visakhapatnam by the PM.

69. Banihal: - The place in J & K came into news as India’s longest rail tunnel, 11km long Pir Panjal tunnel between Bahihal and Quazigund is coming up here. It will connect Kashmir valley with rest of the country.

70. Atlantis Paradise Island: - in Bahamas came into news in connection with Miss Universe contest in which Stefania Fernadez of Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2009.

71. National Mission for female Literacy :- It is a renewed effort to make 70 million people – 60 million of them women- functionally literate by 2012 and plug the gender gap that has persisted despite the two decades old literacy drive in mission mode. It was launched recently on September 8, 2009 to mark the international literacy day.

72. PSLV C14: - The ISRO-PSLVC-14 put the country’s 16th remote sensing satellite into the intended orbit. It is the heaviest satellite launched by India so far.