APPOINTMENTS:
1.Who will take over as DGCA chief--Arun
Mishra
2.Who is the new CEO Of Yahoo--Marissa Mayer
3.Arun Mishra set to be new Director General
of Civil Aviation
4.Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, AERB
Chairman – S S Bajaj.
5.BJP names Jagadish Shettar as new Karnataka
CM
6.New Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC)
-- S.K. Shivakumar.
7.Who is appointed as secretary to President
of India--Omita Paul
8.Mahama sworn in as Ghana's new president:
Because Ghana President John Atta Mills died suddenly
9.NEW PRESIDENT OF INDIA-- Mr.Pranab Mukherjee
has won the presidential poll and became India’s 13th president. Mr.Pranab
Mukherjee won the poll with a huge margin. Pranab was earlier Finance Minister
in the UPA Government before he filed the nomination for the Presidential
elections. Pranab Mukherjee to be sworn in as President on 25th July 2012.
10. Rajkeshwur Purryag became the fifth
president of Mauritius
OBITUARIES:
1. Veteran actor Dara Singh passes away.
2. Legendary actor Rajesh Khanna passes away.
IMPORTANT DAYS:
1.JULY 11—World population day.
AWARDS:
1. Spanish striker Fernando Torres won the
Golden Boot award for top scorer in European Championship.
2. Which Indian state bagged best heritage
tourism award at the 3-day India Tourism Mart held at Bangalore recently?
ANS.
Bihar
3. Golden Peacock Awards--Former Chief Justice
of India P. N. Bhagwati gave away the national Golden Peacock Awards for
Eco-Innovation, Environment Management and Occupational Health and Safety at
the 14th World Congress on Environment
Management here recently.
SPORTS:
1.Roger Federer Wins 7th Wimbledon
Title beating Andy Murray.
2.Jonathan Marray became the first Briton to
win a Wimbledon men’s doubles title in 76 years.
3.Mike Bryan and Lisa Raymond beat Leander
Paes-Elena Vesnina, won Wimbledon mixed doubles title.
4.Serena and Venus defeated Andrea Hlavackova
and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic, won Wimbledon Ladies Doubles
5.Brett Lee retires from international cricket
6.Jeev Milkha Singh wins Scottish Open (GOLF)
7.Janco Tipsarevic of Serbia beat Juan Monaco
of Argentina, won Mercedes Cup final (TENNIS).
8.Name the German Grand Prix 2012 winner--Fernando
Alonso
9.Who became the 1st South African batsman to
score 300 runs in test cricket--Hashim Amla
10.Which country’s women team first time
participating in Olympics--Saudi Arabia
11.Serena Williams wins fifth Wimbledon title.
She beat Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
12.Euro 2012 final-- Spain secure historic
victory, thrash Italy 4-0 to retain title.
