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INDIAN CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK ON 17 JANUARY 2010 SUNDAY
  • What were the things likely to be left out of the Unique ID number as per the guidelines in report submitted by committee for Demographic Data Standards and Verification Procedure to the UDI authority of India?
    Date&PlaceofBirth/NativeState&District(FormerCentralVigilance Commission Chairman N.Vittal is the head of committee for Demographic Data Standards and Verification Procedure.)
  • How many runners took part in the 7th edition of Mumbai marathon?
       38000
  • Who is the new Secretary General of National Human Rights Commission?
       K.S.Mani
  • Who is the head of the three member panel formed to deal with the impeachment of Justice P.D.Dinakaran?
       Supreme Court Justice V.S.Sirpurkar
  • Who will be the next West Bengal Governor?
       M.K.Narayanan(former National Security Advisor)
      Some of the other new governors(place of appointment is given  
      in brackets):
      K.Sankara Narayanan(Maharashtra)
      M.O.H.Farooq(Jharkhand)
      Shekhar Datta(Chattisgarh)
      Urmila Ben Patel(Himachal Pradesh)

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