Current Affairs

Capital	New Delhi (28°36.8′N 77°12.5′E)
Largest city	Mumbai
Official language(s)	Hindi, English
Recognised regional languages	8th Schedule
National languages	None defined by the Constitution[6]
Demonym	Indian
Government	Federal parliamentary (constitutional republic)
President	Pratibha Patil
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh (INC)
Speaker of the House	Meira Kumar (INC)
Chief Justice	S. H. Kapadia
Legislature	Sansad
Upper House	Rajya Sabha
Lower House	Lok Sabha
Independence	from the United Kingdom
Declared	15 August 1947
Republic	26 January 1950
Area	3,287,263 Sq km (1,269,219 sq mi )
Water (%)	9.56
Population 2011 census	1,210,193,422[8] (2nd)
Population Density	365/km2 (945.3/sq mi)
Currency	Indian rupee () (INR)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+5:30)
Date formats	dd/mm/yyyy (AD)
Drives on the	left
ISO 3166 code	IN
Internet TLD	.in
Calling code	91