BRITAIN AND FRANCE 50 YEARS NUCLEAR DEAL
BBC Appointed Tony Hall as its New Director General
Royal Opera House chief executiveTony Hall on 22 November 2012 was appointed as director general of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).
Tony Hall is due to take up his post in early March 2013 when acting Director General Tim Davie steps down. Tony Hall is replacing George Entwistle, who resigned on 10 November 2012 over the corporation's reporting of child sex abuse.
Tony Hall who is 61 years old, was director of BBC news, and was a candidate for the top job in 1999 when Greg Dyke secured the position. Hall is a former BBC employee, having worked there for 28 years. He was head of BBC News and Current Affairs between 1996 and 2001.
Tony Hall went off to run the Royal Opera House for 11 years, taking over an organisation that was itself in crisis. Under his tenure, the Opera House tried to shed off its elitist image, by hosting televised public performances outdoors in Trafalgar Square and elsewhere.
Tony Hall is due to take up his post in early March 2013 when acting Director General Tim Davie steps down. Tony Hall is replacing George Entwistle, who resigned on 10 November 2012 over the corporation's reporting of child sex abuse.
Tony Hall who is 61 years old, was director of BBC news, and was a candidate for the top job in 1999 when Greg Dyke secured the position. Hall is a former BBC employee, having worked there for 28 years. He was head of BBC News and Current Affairs between 1996 and 2001.
Tony Hall went off to run the Royal Opera House for 11 years, taking over an organisation that was itself in crisis. Under his tenure, the Opera House tried to shed off its elitist image, by hosting televised public performances outdoors in Trafalgar Square and elsewhere.
Omnishambles selected as the UK Word of the Year by Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has chosen Omnishambles as the UK Word of the Year 2012. The neologism was first time used in the BBC TVs political satire The Thick of It- to describe the badly mismanaged situation and gaffes.
The word exactly is defined as the situation that has been mismanaged comprehensively and is characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations. The word was compounded using the Latin prefix omni- that means the entire/all and a word shambles that mean a situation of complete disorder.
The word exactly is defined as the situation that has been mismanaged comprehensively and is characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations. The word was compounded using the Latin prefix omni- that means the entire/all and a word shambles that mean a situation of complete disorder.
The word is compounded from the Latin prefix omni-, meaning "all", and the word shambles, meaning a situation of total disorder. The word refers to a situation which is seen as shambolic from all possible perspectives. This word was coined by the writer Tony Roche, and was used for the first time at the end of the first episode of the The Thick of It, BBCs political satire’s third series that was broadcasted in 2009.
The Oxford Publication house has selected separate British and American winners for the year. The short of graphics- gif was chosen as the American Word of the year. Gif is the word that is used as the short form for graphics interchange format that is commonly used format for saving images on internet.
the World Travel Market-2012 was held------London
Britain brings tough visa rule for Non-EU students
Britain introduced tougher targeted interview system for student VISA applicants from India and other non-EU
countries to screen entry of students for education to the country. UK has taken this step to ensure genuine students
benefit from Britain’s education sector. The new system will be active for a year, and focus on high-risk students in
Current Affairs Published on www.gktoday.in from January 1, 2012 to
September 10, 2012
India and other non-EU countries. The move follows a study carried out in India, Pakistan and 11 other countries,
which disclosed that some applicants could not answer basic questions in English without an interpreter, but had
claimed in documents that they had the ability to study at UK universities.
The tallest building of Europe "The Shard" is located in which
among the following cities? [A]London
UK bans IM
The UK has banned IM (Indian Mujahideen) quoting the undiscerning mass casualty attacks carried out by the LeTlinked
terror group in India and the risk it posed to British nationals in the country. British MPs voted nem con to ban
IM, placing it on the list of 47 organizations that have been banned from operating in the UK. The decision was taken
after thoroughly reviewing all the available information and evidence about the India-based terror group. The IM is
also banned in other countries, including the United States and New Zealand.
India had banned IM in June 2010 after it was suspected of involvement in the attack on a Pune bakery.
five NRIs have been honoured for
promoting Hindi in that country on the occasion of 'Hindi Diwas' organized by the
International Hindi Society------ IN UK
The list of five NRIs is :
1.Deepak Dogra, managing editor of Maya newspaper
2.C B Patel, Editor/Publisher of the bi-lingual English and Gujarati weekly Asian
Voice
3.Dhruv Gadvi of Zee TV
4.Rajendra Joshi, patron of the International Hindi Society
5.Jaskaran Singh, Editor/Publisher of Pardes Weekly
Note: Dr Jagdish Kaushal is the present Chairman of the International Hindi Society
british pm-------------political party
john major-----------conservative party (1990)
james callagham--------labour party(1976)
harold wilson --------conservative party(1974)
margret thatcher-------conservative party(1979)
edward health ---------conservative party(1970)
harold wilson --------conservative party(1964)
uk consits of england, northern ireland, scotland and wales. these 4 countries are non formal subdivisions ok uk....great britan and ireland are called as countries
Diamond Jubilee celebration in Britain: 60 years reign of Queen
Elizabeth II
Britain is celebrating 60 years reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Thousands of people gathered along the historic
river Thames and on streets across the country to mark this occasion.
The Diamond Jubilee pageant along Thames has played a critical role in Britain’s history evoked a wave of patriotism
among greater sections of the population, while some republicans protested against the monarchy, calling for
democracy.
ISLAMIST PREACHER ABU HAMZA AL MASRI EXTRADICTED TO US BY UK
U.K carbon measuring centre to improve climate change
Current Affairs Published on www.gktoday.in from January 1, 2012 to
September 10, 2012
The Centre for Carbon Measurement (CCM), a fresh facility is proposed to be opened in U.K in
order to improve measurement of carbon emissions and encouraging development of clean
technology. It will be based at the National Physical Laboratory in south west London.
The Centre for Carbon Measurement will raise precision of climate data, support better emissions
monitoring to ensure a fair carbon market and confirm claims made about low-carbon products. It
will be formally launched at the ‘Planet Under Pressure’ event in London which will be a 4-day
conference where thousands of delegates will discuss several facets of social and environmental sustainability in the
run-up to the Rio+20 summit in June.
One of their main concerns is climate change and the new Centre for Carbon Measurement is intended partly at
improving the computer models that are just about the only tools scientists have to project the future of our warming
planet.
In both measurement science and the centre of the global carbon market, UK is a world leader.
UK economy in double-dip recession
The UK economy has returned to recession, after shrinking by 0.2% in the first 3 months of 2012.
The Office of National Statistics held that a sharp fall in construction O/P was behind the surprise contraction.
The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2011. The UK economy was last in recession in 2009.
What is Recession?
A Recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction. A period of general economic decline; typically
defined as a decline in GDP for two or more consecutive quarters. Thus, in economics, a recession is a business cycle
contraction, a general slowdown in economic activity.
What is Double Dip Recession?
When gross domestic product (GDP) growth slides back to negative after a quarter or two of positive growth. A
double-dip recession refers to a recession followed by a short-lived recovery, followed by another recession.
Current Affairs Published on www.gktoday.in from January 1, 2012 to
September 10, 2012
The causes for a double-dip recession vary but often include a slowdown in the demand for goods and services
because of layoffs and spending cutbacks from the previous downturn.
A double-dip (or even triple-dip) is a worst-case scenario. Fear that the economy will move back into a deeper and
longer recession makes recovery even more difficult.
Thus, Double Dip recession is, the recession happening two times with the small gap in b/w.
Deepwater Horizon: BP agrees to pay $7.8-billion settlement
British Petroleum agreed to resolve private plaintiffs affected by the spill from one of its wells in
the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill disaster in April 2010.
The proposed settlement presents a substantial advancement towards settling issues from the
Deepwater Horizon accident and adding further to economic and environmental restoration efforts
along the Gulf Coast. The latest settlement comes in the wake of a string of filings and counter-filings b/w BP and the
other corporations associated with the operation of the Deepwater Horizon rig, whose explosion in 2010 killed 11
workers and spewed 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf.
'News of the World' Shut down
'News of the World': A British tabloid
The tabloid shuts after 168 years of print following bedlam over phone hacking
First edition: October 1, 1843
News International: Umbrella Company of the News Corporation's British Newspapers, including
The Times London and The Sun
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