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AWARDS<\/strong>
\nNational Technology Award, 2010
\nA pioneer in processing rice bran oil, A.R. Sharma, who comes from dusty town of Dhuri in Sangrur district, has been honoured with the national award by the Technology Development Board of the Ministry of Science and Technology.<\/p>\n

Dan David Prize<\/strong>
\nNoted Indian author Amitav Ghosh has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for his remarkable reworking of the great tradition of the western novel in transnational terms.<\/p>\n

PM\u2019s Award for Excellence in Public Administration<\/strong>
\nGulshan Bamra has been given the award for his initiative to involve community in the Naxal-affected areas of Madhya Pradesh.<\/p>\n

First Indian to sail solo around the world<\/strong>
\nOn May 22, 2010, Commander Dilip Donde of the Indian Navy became the first Indian ever to circumnavigate the globe solo on a sail-boat when he steered into the Mumbai harbour after his arduous effort spanning a little over nine months.<\/p>\n

PERSONS
\nKapadia, Justice Sarosh Homi<\/strong>
\nHe has been appointed as the 38th Chief Justice of India. Hailing from a poor family, Justice Kapadia replaced Justice Balakrishnan.<\/p>\n

Singh, Gen V.K.
\nGen V.K. Singh is the Chief of Indian army<\/strong>. A third generation officer from the Rajput regiment, Gen Singh is a graduate of the Wellington-based Defence Services Staff College as well as the Rangers Course at Fort Benning, USA and the US Army War College, Carlisle.<\/p>\n

Commonwealth Prize, 2010<\/strong>
\nBritish-Indian author Rana Dasgupta (38) has won the Commonwealth Writers\u2019 Prize for \u2018Best Book\u2019 on for his second book Solo. Rana won a prize of\u00a0 \u00a310,000 (Rs 8.5 lakh).<\/p>\n

INS Shivalik\u2014India\u2019s first indigenous stealth warship<\/strong>
\nOn April 29, 2010, India affected a generational shift in its warship-building capability by commissioning INS Shivalik\u2014the first indigenously built stealth frigate that is the biggest in its class in the world. The ship, which is 143 metres long, can tactically fire weapons even before the enemy detects it.<\/p>\n

SPACE RESARCH<\/strong>
\nIKAROS\u2014First solar powered spacecraft<\/strong>
\nJapanese scientists have developed a kite-shaped \u2018space yacht\u2019 that uses only solar power for propulsion. The spacecraft\u2014IKAROS\u2014would be launched into the space for a six-month mission to Venus. It is the first spacecraft to use such technology.<\/p>\n

Census 2010<\/strong>
\nThe 15th national census exercise, the biggest census ever to be attempted in human history to cover India’s 1.2 billion population, began on April 1, 2010 with President Pratibha Patil being the first to be enumerated in the decennial exercise.<\/p>\n

National Population Register<\/strong>
\nThe NPR would be a register of usual residents of the country. The NPR will be a comprehensive identity database that would help in better targeting of the benefits and services under the government schemes\/programmes, improve planning and help strengthen security of the country. This is being done for the first time in the country.<\/p>\n

Unique Identification (UID) number christened Aadhaar<\/strong>
\nAadhaar, or the 12-digit unique identification (UID) number that will identify the 1.2 billion residents of India on the basis of their biometrics, will have an additional four digits that will be hidden from the common man.<\/p>\n

World\u2019s smallest 3-D map<\/strong>
\nScientists claim to have created the world\u2019s smallest three dimensional map\u2014a map of the Earth so small that 1,000 of them could fit on one grain of salt.<\/p>\n

A team at computer giant IBM accomplished this through a new, breakthrough technique which uses a tiny, silicon tip with a sharp apex\u20141,00,000 times smaller than a sharpened pencil\u2014to create patterns and structures as small as 15 nanometre at greatly reduced cost and complexity.<\/p>\n

Official Song Selected for World Cup Football 2010<\/strong> ( South Africa )?<\/p>\n

World renowned Latin American pop singer, Shakira will perform the official
\nsong of 2010 Football World Cup accompanied with the South African band
\nFreshlyground. Waka Waka is the official song, selected by FIFA and Sony.<\/p>\n

Vivek Sahai takes over as chairman of Railway Board<\/strong><\/p>\n