Current Affairs

June 2009226. Who has been appointed as the Chief of the Indian Air Force with effect from the afternoon of May 31, 2009?Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik227. Who is appointed as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha in 2009?Meira Kumar228. Who was elected as BJP’s Parliamentary party leader after the recent elections in 2009?L K Advani229. Noted Malayalam writer and poetess, who earned fame for her works in English, passed away recently, leaving behind a rich treasure of poems and stories of love?Kamala Das (also known...

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May 2009162. Who has become the first person in the World to have a full face transplant?Connie CulpConnie Culp after face transplantationConnie was shot by her husband, who also shot himself afterwards, but both of them survived. She lost her nose and needed tracheotomy to be able to breathe and the whole surgery took 22 hours.Connie Culp-Earlier Photo163. Name the Delhi-based automotive tyre maker, which announced the acquisition of Dutch-tyre firm Vredestein Banden BV, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest tyre manufacturer...

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APRIL 2009117. The 21st Arab League (AL) summit to discuss a package of major issues, including the Palestinian cause, the peace process in the Middle East, improvement of inter-Arab relations and the situation in Sudan was held at ?Doha, capital of Qatar118. G-20 Summit which is the world’s 20 largest developed and developing nations meeting was held at?London119. Lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal Authority, who had been appointed to represent Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Amir Kasab and withdrew from the...

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