Current Awareness Service

1. Updates for 23.11.2011
AVLIBRARY
ATUL VIDYALAYA SHAPING THE FUTURE

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e  With the Bharatiya Janata Party “boycotting” Union Home Minister P.
w Chidambaram over his alleged role in the 2G controversy and pressing
s for an adjournment motion on the black money issue, UPA government
managers on Tuesday turned to the Left to try and find a way to ward
off a looming standoff on prices that could lead to the ruling
dispensation being censured in Parliament.
 The government's hopes are based on notices given by Mr. Dasgupta
and Mr. Acharia for a simple short duration discussion on prices.
Delhi
 Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Bansal has jumped at this
suggestion, telling reporters: “We will have this discussion on prices
tomorrow (Wednesday).”
 Despite the government's optimism about the Left, the CPI(M) did not
sound at all relenting. “The government should answer why it is not
taking steps [to control prices] and since it is not doing so, we want a
discussion that entails voting in the Rajya Sabha and an adjournment
motion in the Lok Sabha … our focus is price rise in both the Houses,”
Mr. Yechury and Mr. Acharia said at a press conference.

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released documents at a press conference in
s Chennai on November 22, 2011 that throw light
on consultations between then Union Finance
Minister P. Chidambaram and Communications 2G
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Minister A. Raja on the pricing of 2G spectrum.
While one of them was a note titled 'Spectrum
Issues -- Update' from the Department of
Economic Affairs of the Finance Ministry, the
other was a letter from Mr. Chidambaram to Mr.
Raja suggesting that they meet and discuss the
issues and later present their conclusions to the
Prime Minister. Plz find attach latter of A
Raja to P C

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n  Seven people, including two children and an
e Australian woman, were burnt to death and over 50
w injured when the Howrah-Dehra Dun Doon Express
s caught fire as the train was running through
Jharkhand's Giridih district in the early hours of
Tuesday.
 Two AC coaches B1, B2, caught fire due to short
circuiting, railway officials said. The fire was noticed
at 2.30 a.m when the train was running between Rail way
Nimiyaghat and Parasnath. It was extinguished by a accident
rescue team which reached the spot at 4 a.m., said
Anil Saxena, chief PRO, Railways, Jharkhand. Four
bodies have been identified so far.
 The Railway Minister has announced a compensation
of Rs. 5 lakh for the family of each of the deceased
and Rs. 25,000 for the injured.

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n  A joint team of the Anti-Terrorist Squad of
e Lucknow and Western zones and the Tamil Nadu
w police on Tuesday arrested Taufeeq alias Abdulla
s alias Akbar, son of Suhail Hameed, from the
Morna bus stand in Noida (Gautam Buddha Nagar
district). The police claimed that Taufeeq was New
involved in anti-national activities. He is from Delhi
Adiramapattinam village in Thanjavur district of
Tamil Nadu and was wanted by the police of his
home State.
 The U.P. police officer said that after jumping
bail in 2008, Taufeeq went to Bangladesh after
illegally crossing the border. There, he married
Salma in the hope of getting citizenship of the
country.

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n  The last time blood flowed so freely in Cairo's
e Tahrir Square, the battle lines were simple to
w discern: Last January's showdown was a classic
s people vs. the regime battle to oust President
Hosni Mubarak, with the Army stepping in at the world
crucial moment to ease out the strongman. But
the ongoing battle for control of the Square that
has, since last Saturday, claimed 33 lives and
wounded at least 1,500 — and on Monday
appeared also to force the resignation of the
transitional cabinet appointed by the generals --
is part of an increasingly bloody battle for power
in post-Mubarak Egypt, with more complex lines
of division

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n  The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced a ceasefire on
Tuesday evening, claiming the move was part of peace talks with
e the government. The ceasefire announcement — made through
w telephone calls to international news agencies based here —
s came a few hours after the Army categorically denied Monday's
reports of it being in negotiations with the TTP and its affiliate
groups.
 Reacting to Monday's reports, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Pakistan
earlier in the day on Tuesday that dialogue had been offered to
the terrorists but no further movement was possible in this
direction unless they laid down their arms and give up terrorism
 “There is nothing formal regarding talks with Taliban. Taliban
usually send messages to us and I also sometimes convey to them
a message so that peace can prevail. But it is clear if the Taliban
wants to shake hands with us they will have to get rid of their
arms,” he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press of
Pakistan.
 Military denies holding talks with the Taliban
 Militants have used ceasefires to regroup

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n  Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani
e resigned on Tuesday after presenting his case in the
“memogate” scandal before the country's civil and military
w leadership. A detailed enquiry has also been ordered by
s Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani into the controversy
over allegations that Mr. Haqqani had sent a memo to the
former U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Mike Mullen, Pakistan
seeking Washington's intervention in preventing a coup in
Pakistan after the Abbottabad operation.
 His resignation gave credence to speculation that the
military — which has always remained in charge,
particularly in matters of foreign policy and security — has
had its way. Who will be Pakistan's next Ambassador in
Washington is the big question and the selection will
indicate if the military had its way again. In fact, Mr.
Haqqani himself had said last week — after being recalled
to Islamabad — that he was being vilified for opposing
military interference in political affairs.

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n A diplomatic cable sent under the name of
e U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton states
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s that despite public disavowals, “some
officials of Pakistan's Inter-Services USA
Intelligence Directorate (ISI) continue to CABLES
maintain ties with a wide array of extremist
organizations,” in particular the Taliban and
the Lashkar-e-Taiba.
 It says these organisations exploit Pakistan's
network of charities, non-governmental
organisations and madrassas, which provide
them with “recruits, funding and
infrastructure to plan new attacks.”

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n  The home team bowlers rendered ineffective on a batting-
friendly wicket
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 The incremental benefits of a good second innings at Kolkata
w helped the West Indies batsmen thrive with confidence at the
s Wankhede Stadium here on Tuesday.
 The 463 at the Eden Gardens, albeit in a losing cause, has
uncluttered minds and freed feet and all these traits were visible CRICKET
once Darren Sammy won the toss and opted to bat on the
opening day of the third and final Test. At close, the West Indies
had scored 267 for two in the first innings.
 Scoreboard
 West Indies — 1st innings: A. Barath c Dhoni b Ashwin 62 (148b,
8x4), K. Brathwaite c Kohli b Ashwin 68 (184b, 8x4), K. Edwards
(batting) 65 (117b, 10x4), D. Bravo (batting) 57 (98b, 7x4); Extras
(b-4, lb-10, nb-1): 15; Total (for two wkts. in 91 overs): 267.
 Fall of wickets: 1-137 (Barath), 2-150 (Brathwaite).
 India bowling: Ishant 17-6-33-0, Aaron 16-3-47-0, Ojha 26-7-55-0,
Ashwin 27-2-86-2, Sehwag 3-0-23-0, Kohli 2-0-9-0.

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p Delightful day for Omkar and Gagan
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 Omkar Singh took the top spot among the eight qualifiers and
r defended his position with élan in the decider spread over 10 rounds
t in the 10m air pistol final of the 55th National shooting
championships which concluded here on Tuesday. The Indian Navy
marksman followed up his 578 qualifying score with a 98.6 (aggregate
n 676.6) in the final.
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Ajit Wadekar to get C.K. Nayudu Award
s  The former Indian cricket captain had his Test baptism against Garry
Sobers' West Indies in the 1966-67 season. In an unprecedented
achievement, Wadekar led India to consecutive series victories
against the formidable West Indies and England on their own
grounds.
Anand easily holds Ivanchuk
 World champion Viswanathan Anand drew with World Cup winner
Vassily Ivanchuk for his sixth draw in as many rounds of the Tal
Memorial chess tournament in Moscow on Tuesday.
 The results (sixth round):Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 3) drew with
Viswanathan Anand (3); Levon Aronian (Arm, 3.5) drew with Boris
Gelfand (Isr, 2); Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus, 3.5) drew with Sergey
Karjakin (Rus, 3.5); Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 3.5) drew with Peter
 Svidler (Rus, 3); Vladimir Kramnik (Rus, 2.5) drew with Hikaru
Nakamura (USA, 2.5).
SPORTAT GLANCE

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t  The original FIR filed by the Detection of Crime Branch,
Ahmedabad, after its men shot dead Ishrat Jahan and three
others on June 15, 2004, projects its officers as heroes who had
n trailed the four and waylaid their car, faced gunfire from one of
e them and shot back in “self-defence” to kill all four “terrorists”.
w  The FIR, which is against all four, names Zeeshan Johar alias
s Janbaaz alias Abdulgani of Pakistan; Amjadali Akbarali Rana alias
Salim alias Chandu alias Rajkumar, also of Pakistan; and Javed AHMEDABAD
(Sheikh) of Pune. Ishrat is described as a “woman terrorist whose
name and address were not known” (an identity card later
helped establish that she was Ishrat Jahan of Khalsa College,
Mumbai).
 The supposed encounter, which a three-member Special
Investigation Team appointed by the Gujarat High Court has
unanimously concluded as fake, and the events leading to it are
described from the first “tip-off” to the killing. The complainant
in the FIR (I-CR No 08/2004) was J G Parmar, then a DCB police
inspector and now possibly set to become an accused.

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t  98 school get success ration of 100%
n  14 schools were below 30%
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w  Total overall result of GSHSEB is 88.38%
GUJARAT
s  Rajkot district first with 98% while BOARD
Narmda(Rajpipla) district with 57.30 at last.
 Passing ration in subjects.
Maths Physics Biology Chemistry
95.56 94.44 94.06 94.32