CURRENT AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL Youngest boy to make a solo voyage across the Atlantic .......................................... Michael Perham New Prime Minister of South Korea.....Handuck Soo New President of Mexico ................ Felipe Calderon Vladmirputin Former Iraqi President who was executed on December Russian President. He was the chief guest 30, 2006 Baghdad for Dujail KillingsSaddam Hussein at the Indian Republic Day celebrations 2007 The Author of the book Matisse: The Master .......... (Hu bei Province) ....................................................... Hilary Spurling Africas First elected Woman head of state ............... International Rice Conference 2006 was held at........ Ms. Ellen Jhonson sir leaf (Liberia’s new President) ................................................................ New Delhi Indian Diplomat Vijay Nambiar has been appointed New king of Bhutan ............... Namgyel Wangchuck Under Secretary General of U.N. Secretary. First woman President of Harvard University ........... Britain’s first ever woman foreign Secretary ............. ....................................................Drew Gilpin Faust ....................................................... Margaret Beckt First Socialist Member in US Senate ........ Bernie World Economic Forum 2006 meeting was held at Sanders Davos Fifa World Player of the year 2006 ............ Fabio Astro - F The orbiting Cannavare (Italy) teliscope has been nick Nagorik Shakthi (citizen’s power) new political party named Akari which launched by .............................................................. means light make a 3- D ................................................... Muhammad Yunus Map of the Universe. New President of Turkmenistan ................................ Shilpashetty : Bollywoodstar ........................... Gurbanguly Berdy Mukha Medov Shilpashetty has been The Indian got Guzi Peace Prize 2006 . Ramjetmalani crowned the winner of British reality television Golden Pen Honour in 2007 ....................Shi Thavok show celebrity big Winner of Golf World Cup 2006 ................. Germany brother. World’s Highest Railway ..... Qinghai-Tibet Railway Amitabh Mattoo : Chineese President (Golmund city in northwest China’s Qinghani Province) Jammu University Vice Chancellor Amitabh Hujintao World Largest Dam ...........Three Gorges in China’s 2 Susilo Yudhoyano : President of Indonesia South Korea - Decision to build new Capital South Korea will build a new administrative capital in Chungcheongnamdo province in 2007. Longest Tunnel in Asia The Tata Hydroelectric project which involves the construction of one of the longest tunnel in Asia is under construction on river Wangdhu, in south Central Bhutan. The 1020 mw power project - more than half of which is being funded by India is expected to transform country’s economic health. ASEAN Regional forum Membership to Pakistan Pakistan has been admitted as the 24th member to the ASEAN’s (Association of South East Asian Nations) German Chancellor regional forum (ARF). India is already a member of ARF. Angela Merkel (Conservative party) was elected as Germany’s first women chancellor Freedom Tower Freedom Tower is the new building being constructed at the site of destructed WTC tower in New York, Mattoo has been elected to the International council America. This would become the largest and tallest of Pugwash which is the highest decision making body tower after its construction. The building is designed of the Nobel Peace Prize of the non-governmental by world famous architects Daniel Liberkind and David organization. Childes. ICSI President Preeti Malhotra was elected the first woman president of the Institute of company Dark Matter secretaries of India. The strange substance that is believed to comprise most Sidney Sheldon : Oscar winning Holy wood screen of the cosmos darkmatter which cannot be detected writer who went to becomes one of the world’s most directly, because it doesnot emit or reflect light or prolific novelist died. radiation. New version of microsoft personal computer operating system : Vista Zimbabwe quits Commonwealth Zimbabwe quits from Commonwealth in protest of The first Indian to go to both the north and South Commonwealth’s decision to extend its suspension. Poles : Ajeet Bajaj Zimbabwe was suspended due to the allegations of a First Scientific Cinema : A Trip to Moon large scale rigging in 2002 presidential elections and racial oppression of political opponents. First Cartoon Cinema : Popay the sailor Presently there are 53 members in the Commonwealth. World’s deepest submarine Russia has built the world’s deepest and most silent nuclear submarine,Losharik. Hilary rothan Seven countries join NATO clinton (USA) Seven new members joined NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) increasing the alliance’s Democratic membership from 19 to 26. The new members are senatar took the Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia first step toward a and Slovenia. 2008 white Vladimir Putin - President to Russia Housebid Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapakse 3 Queen Mary - 2 World’s largest journey ship Queen mary - 2 made its first voyage from Southampton (England) to Florida. Edinburgh : City of Literature George W. Bush Edinburgh the capital of Scotland and venue of United Kingdom’s biggest annual literary festival has been declared the world’s first “City of Literature” by UNESCO in recognition of its contribution to the books Term of and the arts. American ‘Scramjet’ makes historic flight President ‘Scramjet’ a jet aircraft developed by the NASA of the 4 Years US, made it to the record books by reaching speeds of almost 11,300 km/hr. The 3.6m long X-43A Scramjet (Supersonic Combustion ramjet) flew on its own power First political party in the Gulf region for 10 seconds. A political party named ‘Umma’ was formed for the World’s first artificial heart first time in Kuwait. The united states gave approval for the world’s first Superjumbo Airbus A 380 aritifical heart made by the private company name Syncardia systems Inc. The equipment called ‘Cardio World’s biggest passenger plane, Superjumbo Airbus west total heart’ will keep alive patients on the verge A 380, is displayed in a ceremony at the Blagnac of death while they wait for live organs to become Airbus production plant near Toulouse (France). available for transplants. Pretoria Renamed Fastest super computer South Africa’s capitals’ Pretoria renamed as Tshwane The NASA, the space agency of US, unveiled the on March 7, 2005. world’s fastest supercomputer named ‘Project World’s Safest city Columbia’. It is built in honour of the seven crew Luxembourg is the world’s safest city and Baghdad, members of the columbia spacecraft that crashed in the most dangerous, while Geneva and Zurich rank 2003, can perform about 43 trillion computations per top for overall quality of life, according to a survey second. conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Tsunami disaster New Pope - Benedict XVI On December 26, 2004 an earthquake measuring 8.9 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany is elected the was formed in the sea at Aceh province in Sumatra. It 265thy Pope of the world on April 19, 2005 assuming developed disastrous tsunami waves which hit on the the name, PoPe Benedict XVI. coast of India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, First black Chief Justice of South Africa Maldives etc. Pius Langa, a lawyer who defended victims of apartheid repression, is named as South Afirca’s first black Chief Justice. The first women 58th Cannes Film Festival to have been Palme d’Or Prize for Best Film: L’Enfant (meaning The elected president Child). of the Best Actor: Tommy Lee Jones International Best Actress: Hanna Laslo Court of Justice 2006 World Social Forum was held at - Karachi Judge Most outstanding athelete of common wealth games Rosalyin 2006 - Samaresh Jung 2006 Arab League Summit held at - Khartoum (Capital Higgins of Sudan) 4 Prime Minister of Israel - Ehud Olmert World Buddhist meeting was held at - China Fair - 3 is a missile developed by - Iran 2010 commonwealth games held at New Delhi 2006 stockholm water Prize was won by - Azit Biswas (Indian born Canadian) Nepal change in currency notes : The royal portraits in the currency notes are going to be replaced with images of Mt. Everest and Lord Budha. New members of European Union - Romania and Australian Prime Minister Bulgaria (Present membership of European Union - J.W.howard 27) CNN-IBN - Man of the year 2006 : Dr. Manmohan The book Davinci Code was written by - Dan Brown Singh G-8 summit 2006 was held at - St. Petersberg (Russia) First (lady) speaker of British Lord House - Helan Indian of the year of sports : Jeev Milkhasingh Heimann Indian of the year for Social Service : Aravind Kejriwal The famous Japanese Film director who passed away First Arab Minister in Israel : Raleb Majadele (First in 2006 - Shohei Imamura Arab Minister in Israels. 58 year long history) The new Capital of Myanmar - Pyinmana National Book critics circle Fication Award Winner - 12th ASEAN summit was held at : Cebu (Philippines) Kiran Desai (The inheristance of Loss) France 24 is : Frances International News Channel 16th International Conference on AIDS was took place The Hopman Cup 2006 won by : Russia in - Toronto in Canada Highest rail root in the world - Kuan hai - Tibet (The President of Italy - Giorgio Napolitano average height of Kuanhai Tibet is 5,072 meter.The The First man to