2011 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS

The Nobel Peace Prize
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkul Karman

The Nobel Prize in Physics
Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, Adam G. Riess

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Dan Shechtman

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann, Ralph M. Steinman

The Nobel Prize in Literature
Tomas Transtromer

The Prize in Economic Sciences
Thomas J. Sargent, Christopher A. Sims

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS BITS

1.     NEPAL will host the 18^th SAARC Summit in 2012.

2.    USAIN BOLT (JAMICA) & SALLY PEARSON (Australia) are named as athlete of the year-2011.

3.  Miss Venezuela, IVIAN SARCOS was crowned the 61^st MISS WORLD (2011).

4.     GOA state has the highest per Capita Income (Rs.132719).

5.    SHENZHOU-8 is CHINA’s unmanned Spacecraft launched on 31^st October-2011.

6.    Rank of India in 2011 HDI is 134.

7.    SEBI is planning to implement KYC regulation norms for Stock market.

8.    NABAN TUKI is the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.

9.    KAMALESH SHARMA is selected as secretary General for Common Wealth Organization for next 4 years.

10. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS is set by UNO.

11.  UNO designated the year 2011 as YEAR OF CHEMISTRY.

.12. British Novelist “JULIAN BARNES” won the MAN BOOKER PRIZE-2011 for his novel “THE SENSE OF AN ENDING”.

13. SAVITRI JINDAL is the richest women in India according to latest Forbes List.

LATEST TOP 5 FORBES INDIAN RICHEST PERSON LIST

1)    MUKESH AMBANI

2)   LAKSHMI MITTAL

3)   AZIM PREMJI

4)   SHASHI & RAVI RUIA

5)   SAVITRI JINDAL

FORBES TOP 10 POWERFUL MAN LIST-2011

1).U.S. President Barack Obama
2).Russian PM Vladimir Putin
3).Chinese President Hu Jintao
4).Germany's Angela Merkel
5).Bill Gates
6).King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
7).Pope Benedict XVI
8).Ben Bernanke, Fed Chairman
9).Mark Zuckerberg
10).British PM David Cameron