Current Affairs Week: 05 Sep 2011 To 11 Sep 2011
The climax to World Athletics championship that concluded on 4 September 2011 was bought by sprint superstar Usain Bolt as his Jamaican team smashed the 4x100m relay World record. It was Bolt's second gold of the World championships after winning the 200m crown. On the second day of the competition Bolt was disqualified following a false start thereby shattering his dream of 100m gold.
Jamaica's team of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and Bolt got off to a flyer and never looked like being caught, Bolt stretching every sinew to cross the line in 37.04. France won silver and St. Kitts and Nevis bronze.
Mo Farah on the other hand ensured Britain ended the championships on a high when he won the 5,000m gold.He had earlier in the competition lost the 10,000m title. He crossed the line in 13min 23.36sec, just 0.28sec ahead of his American rival.
In yet another show of distance running power by Kenya, Kirui crossed the line in 2hr 7min 38sec, nearly two-and-a-half minutes ahead of teammate Vincent Kipruto — the biggest winning margin in World championships history. Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa took bronze.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt won the Men's 4x100 Relay final and set a world record at the World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea on 4 September 2011.
The climax to World Athletics championship that concluded on 4 September 2011 was bought by sprint superstar Usain Bolt as his Jamaican team smashed the 4x100m relay World record. It was Bolt's second gold of the World championships after winning the 200m crown. On the second day of the competition Bolt was disqualified following a false start thereby shattering his dream of 100m gold.
Jamaica's team of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and Bolt got off to a flyer and never looked like being caught, Bolt stretching every sinew to cross the line in 37.04. France won silver and St. Kitts and Nevis bronze.
Mo Farah on the other hand ensured Britain ended the championships on a high when he won the 5,000m gold.He had earlier in the competition lost the 10,000m title. He crossed the line in 13min 23.36sec, just 0.28sec ahead of his American rival.
In yet another show of distance running power by Kenya, Kirui crossed the line in 2hr 7min 38sec, nearly two-and-a-half minutes ahead of teammate Vincent Kipruto — the biggest winning margin in World championships history. Ethiopia's Feyisa Lilesa took bronze.
Current Affairs Week: 05 Sep 2011 To 11 Sep 2011
According to a survey conducted by recruitment tendering platform MyHiringClub.com, recruitment by Indian IT companies witnessed a slowdown in the month of August 2011 due to the crisis in the US and Europe region. However the survey mentioned the overall hiring mood in the country looked positive. The US accounts for almost 60% of the revenues of the $60-billion Indian IT industry. The data from the survey showed the strong impact of the US and Euro crisis in Indian IT sector hiring.
The survey conducted among 353 employers, including 127 employers from the IT and ITEs sectors mentioned that it would take 2-3 months for recruitment activities in the IT sector to gain momentum.
Hiring activity saw a 49% drop in the IT and ITeS sectors in August vis-a-vis July. In contrast, other industries such as FMCG, banking, telecom and automobiles saw 14% more recruitment in August, compared to July.
A city-wise analysis showed that most cities experienced a lull in hiring activity in the IT and ITes sectors in August 2011. The IT hub of Bangalore saw a 29 per cent decline in August 2011.
Among the metros, the Delhi/NCR region saw a 19 per cent drop in hiring in August compared to July 2011, while Chennai witnessed a fall of 15 per cent. Mumbai and Hyderabad saw a drop of 13 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively, in August 2011
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Current Affairs Week: 05 Sep 2011 To 11 Sep 2011
Former Davis Cupper and secretary of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association Sumant Misra died on 3 September 2011. Mishra who was India’s first national tennis champion was called Grandfather of Indian tennis.
He represented the country at the Davis Cup between 1947- 1956 and also played in the Wimbledon and US Nationals in the pre-Open era in world tennis.Misra was one of the only three Indians to win the national title.
Misra was the member of India's Davis Cup squad for a decade, captaining it in 1952-53. He went on to become the secretary of the All-India Lawn tennis Association (AILTA) in 1963-66 when former president of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) MA Chidambaram was its president.
Misra became the first men's singles champion when the national was split into grass and hard court championships in 1946-47 at Calcutta's South Club. He won the singles title again in 1952-53.
He entered the men's doubles quarterfinals twice at Wimbledon in 1947-48 and the US championships in 1947, partnering Jimmy Mehta. He had won both the Ceylon and Malay national championships in 1958-59 and 1959 respectively.
He headed the AILTA tennis development scheme.
Former Davis Cupper and secretary of the All-India Lawn Tennis Association Sumant Misra died on 3 September 2011. Mishra who was India’s first national tennis champion was called Grandfather of Indian tennis.
He represented the country at the Davis Cup between 1947- 1956 and also played in the Wimbledon and US Nationals in the pre-Open era in world tennis.Misra was one of the only three Indians to win the national title.
Misra was the member of India's Davis Cup squad for a decade, captaining it in 1952-53. He went on to become the secretary of the All-India Lawn tennis Association (AILTA) in 1963-66 when former president of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) MA Chidambaram was its president.
Misra became the first men's singles champion when the national was split into grass and hard court championships in 1946-47 at Calcutta's South Club. He won the singles title again in 1952-53.
He entered the men's doubles quarterfinals twice at Wimbledon in 1947-48 and the US championships in 1947, partnering Jimmy Mehta. He had won both the Ceylon and Malay national championships in 1958-59 and 1959 respectively.
He headed the AILTA tennis development scheme.
Current Affairs Week: 05 Sep 2011 To 11 Sep 2011
The agreement would pave the way for putting an end to violence in the North-Eastern State of Assam and clear the decks for initiating the process of holding peace talks with the banned insurgent group. The agreement is the harbinger of future talks and the pact will continue during the political talks and till a final agreement is signed. Members of the rebel group - numbering around 600 - will be put in special camps which will be called nabanirman kendras.
A tripartite agreement for Suspension of Operations (against ULFA) was signed between the Centre, the Assam state government and the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in New Delhi on 3 September 2011 with the objective of bringing permanent peace in Assam. The Union Government was represented by the Joint Secretary (North-East) of the Home Ministry, Shambhu Singh and the Assam Government by the Home Commissioner Jishnu Barua. Shashdhar Chaudhuri, Chtraban Hazarika and Raju Barua, three key ULFA functionaries, represented the banned outfit. ULFA had earlier agreed to abjure violence and to find a solution to the problems as perceived by the outfit through peaceful negotiations with the Union Government and the Assam Government.
The agreement would pave the way for putting an end to violence in the North-Eastern State of Assam and clear the decks for initiating the process of holding peace talks with the banned insurgent group. The agreement is the harbinger of future talks and the pact will continue during the political talks and till a final agreement is signed. Members of the rebel group - numbering around 600 - will be put in special camps which will be called nabanirman kendras.
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