Current Affairs : 17-AUG-2009

1. Why is 'Bhuvan' in news ?

Well, this is not Lagaan's Bhuvan(Amir Khan). This is the latest mapping tool from ISRO that can produce aerial view zoomed upto 10 times, using data from our satellite. It is like an indigenous google earth.

ISRO : Indian Space Research Organization , formed in 1969

2. Silly news but a touchy one. Any idea what is the mascot (not official though, just emotional) of INS Virbahu?

Its a brown Himalayan Bear. Wanna know the reason? Click here:

INS Virbahu : India's 1st submarine base, located at Vizag.

3. Jinnah-India, Partition, Independence

Yes that's the book to be released tomorrow. All those interested in political history and in knowing 'the other' view that is usually not taught in schools and colleges and prescribed texts might have a read.
Author : Ofcourse the opposition's(BJP) senior leader Jaswant Singh

4. Some sports persons in today's news:

Rani Devi : Plays Jr Women's Hockey for India
Upamanyu Dutta : Sailing
K. ratnakaran, Deepan Chakkravarty, Sriram Jha : Chess
Valentino Rossi : Motor Sports
Juan Martin Del Potro : Tennis
Padraig Harrington(Ireland), Yang Yong-Eun(S. korea) : Golf
Lind Dan, Lan Lu : Badminton
Linet Masai(Kenya) : Athletics

By the way, the world Badminton championship being held in Hyderabad recently, has concluded yesterday(Sunday).

That's all for the day. I have not gone through the editorials yet but the topics are pretty tempting and surely worth a read. So going for a ride,oops read....Till then take care and suggest corrections and other related information.