India August 2011

  • Month-long monsoon session of Parliament began.
  • Centre agreed to a Rs.19000 Crore ballout package for West Bengal.
  • The first-ever Kashmir Premier League (KPL) T-20 Chinar Cup-2011 ended.
  • DV Sadananda Gowda sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
  • SC partially lifted mining ban in Bellary.
  • Indian archers won three silver medals in the Archery World Cup in Ogden.
  • N-E body sought national drink status for tea.
  • Indian wrestlers won 49 medals in the commonwealth wrestling championship in Melbourne.
  • Aditya Mehta clinched the 78th National Snooker Championship title.
  • Former TN Governor and political analyst PC Alexander died.
  • Lok Sabha passed SBI Subsidiary Banks Bill.
  • BrahMos Varian Block III supersonic cruise missile test-fired successfully.
  • Indian cricket team lost the No. 1 Test rank to England.
  • Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died.
  • PM Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on 65th Independence Day.
  • New Indian Chief suspended over credit over for Paramount Air.
  • N A K Browne has been takes charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force.
  • Coal India Ltd. Dethroned Reliance Industries Ltd. as most valued firm.
  • National Sports awards announced.
  • All-party meeting in West Bengal decided to rename the state as Paschimbanga.
  • Stealth frigate Statpura commissioned into navy.
  • Historian and Indologist Ram Sharan Sharma died.
  • Leader Paes and Mahesh Bhupati won the doubles title at Cincinnati tennis match.
  • Government and Team Anna held talks to reach truce.
  • Haryana lifted ceiling on non-farm land.
  • Baichung Bhutia brought down the curtain on his international career.
  • Fast attack warship INS Karuva inducted into Navy.
  • K. Rosaiah appointed new Tamil Nadu Governor.
  • Birla Corp suspended mining in Rajasthan.
  • Indian Finished 8th in the WSF men’s world team squash championship held in Germany.
  • Juvenile Justice (amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
  • Sucheta 33 year old women from Pune became first Indian woman to cross Gobi desert.
  • Ronjan Sodhi has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings.
  • HDFC bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs.
  • Gagan Narang Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna.
  • Prahaar missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa.
  • Rahul Dravid became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Ponting’s record.
  • Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde.
  • Shammi Kapoor bollywood actor passed away recently.
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Miss World Winners List

1951 Miss World Kiki Haakonson, Sweden

1952 Miss World May Louise Flodin, Sweden

1953 Miss World Denise Perrier, France

1954 Miss World Antigone Costanda, Egypt

1955 Miss World Carmen Zubillaga, Venezuela

1956 Miss World Petra Schurmann, Germany

1957 Miss World Marita Lindahl, Finland

1958 Miss World Penelope Coelen, South Africa

1959 Miss World Corine Rottschafer, Holland

1960 Miss World Norma Cappagli, Argentina

1961 Miss World Rosemarie Frankland, United Kingdom

1962 Miss World Catharine Lodders, Holland

1963 Miss World Carole Crawford, Jamaica

1964 Miss World Ann Sidney, United Kingdom

1965 Miss World Lesley Langley, United Kingdom

1966 Miss World Reita Faria, India

1967 Miss World Madeline Hartog Bel, Peru

1968 Miss World Penelope Plummer, Australia

1969 Miss World Eva Reuber Staier, Austria

1970 Miss World Jennifer Hosten, Grenada

1971 Miss World Lucia Petterle, Brazil

1972 Miss World Belinda Green, Australia

1973 Miss World Marjorie Wallace, USA

1974 Miss World Anneline Kriel, South Africa

1975 Miss World Wilnelia Merced, Puerto Rico

1976 Miss World Cindy Breakspeare, Jamaica

1977 Miss World Mary Stavin, Sweden

1978 Miss World Silvana Suarez, Argentina

1979 Miss World Gina Swainson, Bermuda

1980 Miss World Gabriella Brum, Germany

1981 Miss World Pilin Leon, Venezuela

1982 Miss World Mariasela Lebron, Dominican Republic

1983 Miss World Sarah Jane Hutt, United Kingdom

1984 Miss World Astrid Herrera, Venezuela

1985 Miss World Hofi Karlsdottir, Iceland

1986 Miss World Giselle Laronde, Trinidad

1987 Miss World Ulla Weigerstorfer, Austria

1988 Miss World Linda Petursdottir, Iceland

1989 Miss World Aneta Kreglicka, Poland

1990 Miss World Gina Marie Tolleson, USA

1991 Miss World Ninibeth Jimenez, Venezuela

1992 Miss World Julia Kourotchkina, Russia

1993 Miss World Lisa Hanna, Jamaica

1994 Miss World Aishwarya Rai, India

1995 Miss World Jacqueline Aguilera, Venezuela

1996 Miss World Irene Skliva, Greece

1997 Miss World Diana Hayden, India

1998 Miss World Linor Abargil, Israel

1999 Miss World Yukta Mookhey, India

2000 Miss World Priyanka Chopra, India

2001 Miss World Agbani Darego, Nigeria

2002 Miss World Azra Akin, Turkey

2003 Miss World Rosanna Davison, Ireland

2004 Miss World Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Peru

2005 Miss World Unnur Birna Vilhjalmsdottir, Iceland

2006 Miss World Tatána Kucharová, Czech Republic

2007 Miss World Zhang Zilin, China

2008 Miss World Ksenia Sukhinova, Russia

2009 Miss World Kaiane Aldorino, Gibraltar

2010 Miss World Alexandria Mills, United States

2011 Miss World
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Teacher Eligibility Test by HPSSSB solved paper,

Himachal Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Board (HPSSSB)
District Hamirpur - 177001

Applications in prescribed proforma, are invited for the following posts so as to the reach the Secretary Himachal Pradesh, Subordinate Services Selection Board, Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) - 177001 by 17/10/2011. The last date for the candidates residing in Lahaul Spiti, Kinnaur, Pangi and Bharmaur Sub-Divisions of Chamba district and Dodra kwar Sub-Divison of Shimla District of HP is 31/10/2011 by post only for the eligibility for the posts of Trained Graduate Teacher (Arts, Non-medical, Medical), Shastri and Language Teachers.

Please visit http://himachal.nic.in/hpsssb/welcome.html for details and application format.
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