Important General Awareness 8

• Nguyen Tan Dung : Vietnamese prime Minister Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung was elected for a second term.
• Hina Rabbani Khar : Mrs Hina Rabbani Khan became Pakistan's first woman foreign Minister on July 19, 2011. The 34 year old belongs to Pakistan's People's Party
• Nirupama Rao : India's Foreign Secretary Mrs. Nirupama Rao was appointed as India's ambassador to the United States on July 16, 2011.
• Sushil Kumar Modi : Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sushil Kumar Modi was elected as the new Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers of GST ( Goods and Service Tax )on July 18, 2011.
• Pradeep Kumar : Defence Secretary Mr. Pradeep kumar was sowrn in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India on July 14, 2011. He is 1972 IAS batch officer of Haryana cadre replacing Mr. P J Thomas.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni : Has been declared man of the series in the home one day international series against England in which Indian Team beat England 5 games to Nil.
• Bangladesh's Highest honour for Indira Gandhi : Bangladesh's highest award- the Bangladesh Swadhinata Sammanona ( Bangladesh Freedom Honour )- conferred on the late Indira Gandhi for her outstanding contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation war.
• Magaysay Awards for 2011 : The Ramon magsasay Awards for 2011 were announced in Manila, the Philippines on July 27, 2011. Two Indians- Dr. Harish Hande and Ms. Nileema Mishra - were among the winners.
• Prahaar missile successfully test-fired : A new surface to surface missile named : Prahaar " was successfully test fired on July 21, 2011 for the first time from the integrated test Range at Chandipur, Orissa.
• New Defence Secretary : Mr. Sashikant Sharma, a 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar Cadre  was appointed as new defence secretary.
• Sanskrit Day : September 5
• World Tourism Day : September 27