Published by Roma Rahul Gupta for Chhattisgarh Online
Below you can find International News :August 2011
1.Sania Mirza won her third WTA doubles title of 2011 and 12th overall after she along with her partner Yaroslava Shvedova defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarus and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia in the final of the Citi Open on 1 August 2011 in US.
2.India- Japan CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) enters into force on 1 August 2011. This is India’s 3rd Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (after Singapore and South Korea) and India’s first with a developed country.
3.Spain won the tenth edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship title in Romania beating the Czech Republic 3-2 on 1 August 2011. Spain become the first country to hold both u-19 and u-21 title in the same year.Paco Alcácer who came off the bench to score twice in the final 12 minutes played a significant role in helping Spain attain the title.
4.Astronomers using WISE telescope found the asteroid, named 2010TK7 which is the first known Trojan asteroid in Earth’s orbit.The asteroid is 300 meters in diameter and about 80 million kilometers from Earth.
5.26th Asian Men's Elite Boxing Championship starts in Inchio, South Korea.
The Indian squad consists qualified athletes such as Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Amandeep Singh, talented Santosh Harijan, Asian Championships silver medalist Jai Bhagwan Singh, Beijing Olympian Dinesh Kumar and Commonwealth Games winner Paramjeet Samota.
6.NASA discovers first evidence of water on MARS.
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Radek Stepanek of Czech republic on 7 August 2011 defeated Gael Monfils of France 6-4, 6-4 to win the ATP(Association of Tennis Professionals) Washington Classic. With this win, Stepanek became the ATP’s oldest champion since France’s Fabrice Santoro at 35, won at Newport in 2008.
8.Lobsang Sangay was sworn in as the new Prime Minister (Kalon Tripa) of the Tibetan government-in-exile at the central courtyard of Tsuglagkhang, the main temple in Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) on 8 August 2011
9. Russia defeated top-ranked Argentina to win the FIVB World junior volleyball title in Rio de Janeiro.
10. Nancy Wake:She as a spy and had gone on to become the Allies’ most decorated servicewomen for her role in the French resistance during World War II, died in London on 8 August 2011.
11.China launched its first aircraft carrier for a maiden run on 10 August 2011. China had bought the aircraft carrier from RUSSIA.
12. US credit rating was downgraded to AA+from AAA by Standard & Poor’s.
13. In Afghanistan, a probe was launched by the ISAF, to determine the exact cause of the chopper crash which killed 30 American soldiers.full form of ISAF:
International Security Assistance Force.
14. China launched its first aircraft carrier for a maiden run on 10 August 2011. The aircraft carrier is about 300 meters long. It will be used for training and as a model for future carriers.China bought its aircraft carrier from Russia. The aircraft was known as Varyag in Russia.
15.Russia defeated top-ranked Argentina to win the FIVB World junior volleyball title in Rio de Janeiro.
16.Google will buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility for 12.5 billion dollars. It is being considered one of the biggest deals in the mobile handset space. The deal will also boost Google’s competitive edge in the mobile computing arena and give it access to Motorola’s range of Android operating system based offerings.
17. Novak Djokovic defeated American Mardy Fish 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to win the
Montreal Masters on 14 August 2011 thereby winning his ninth ATP title
of 2011. Djokovic became the first man to win five Masters 1000 titles
in the same season having also claimed trophies at Indian Wells, Miami,
Madrid and Rome.
18. In Nepal, ban on smoking in public places comes into effect from 7
August 2011. According to the Tobacco Control and Regulatory Act-2010,
those smoking in public places will be fined and civil servants will be
liable to departmental action.
19.Maoists Vice-Chairman Baburam Bhattarai was on 28 August 2011
elected Nepal's 35th Prime Minister .
20. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull won the Belgian Grand Prix on
28 August 2011.
21.Japanese parliament voted in Yoshihiko Noda on 29 August 201 as
the nation's sixth prime minister in five years .
22)Adele was the biggest winner of the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards
held at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on 28 August 2011
23)COGNIZANT:This provider of information technology consulting, and
business process outsourcing services, was selected by the U.K.
Financial Services Authority (FSA) to be a key supplier of solutions as
part of its Strategic Outsourcing Framework Agreement (SOFA).
24) Japanese parliament voted in Yoshihiko Noda on 29 August 201 as the nation's sixth prime minister in five years
25)Olympic champion Olga Kaniskina won her third consecutive World women's 20km walk title at the 13th World Championship in Athletics
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