1.asafa powell from jamaica world 100 mts record holder(9.77 secs)

2.IIFA awards held at amsterdam.

3.coca cola received The Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2005.

4.according to census 2001 india has a total of 44.5 million unepmloyed ppl.

5.unemployment rate among graduates in india is 17.2%

6. US open golf championship winner-Michael Campbell

7.worlds first hydrogen powered motor bike made by Intelligent Energy in california. has a top speed of 80 kms/hr and emits only water vapours

8.worlds 3 most expensive cities are 1. tokyo 2. osaka 3. london

9.nandita vij a girl from chandigarh,india won the daniel pearl prize in journalism.

10.Times of India has been certified by the audit bureau of circulation as the worlds largest selling english broadsheet newspaper

11.Bihar is the most corrupted state of india. Kerala is the least.police is the most corrupted organ of the govt. according to india corruption study 2005 by transparency international

12.wimbledon 2005 winners- venus williams, roger federer, mahesh bhupathi&mary pierce.

13.deep impact was the nasa space probe sent to collide with a comet named tempel 1

14.india is the worlds 4th largest economy according to the world economic outlook IMF 2005

15.worlds top 3 economies acc to the same report are 1. USA 2.China 3.Japan

16.G-8 summit of the worlds developed nations held in gleneagles,scotland

17. London to host summer olympics 2012.

18.london rocked by blasts at 4 places. around 50 dead and hundreds injured.3 of the 4 suspects are brits of pakistani origin. 4th suspect still unidentified.

19.indian national film awards announced- best actor-saif ali khan for hum tum. best film-page 3. best popular film shared by veer zaara(hindi) and autograph(tamil)

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the indian PM mr manmohan singh left for a three day visit to the US.it is believed that this visit will catalyse the process of improving relations between the two countries.india expects more cooperation between the two countries in the spheres of defence agriculture and business.
the US is also quite upbeat about this visit as the whitehouse prepares for a banquet in the honor of mr.singh.
india has also asserted that there can be no segmentation in tackling terrorism even as prez bush asked pakistan to put an end to all terrorist camps.
india will also hope that the US supports its membership to the UNSC,a matter that the US has been trying to evade