- Chairman of Planning Commission = Dr. Manmohan Singh
- Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission = Montek Singh Ahluwalia
- Chairman of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister = Dr. C. Rangarajan
- Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) = A.N. Tiwari
- Mascot for 2011 Cricket World Cup = Stumpy
- Miss World 2010 = Alexandria Mills of the United States
- Miss World 2010 pageant held in Sanya, China
- Chinese Premier = Wen Jiabao
- Chinese President = Hu Jintao
- 2010 Asian Games or XVI Asiad to be held in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010.
- Slogan of 2010 Asian Games = "Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asia"
- Motto of 2010 CWG = "Come out and play"
- United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan = Richard Holbrooke.
- National Security Advisor (NSA) to the PM of India = Shiv Shankar Menon.
- Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) created in 1964.
- South Korea President = Lee Myung-bak.
- POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is based in South Korea.
- Union home secretary = G K Pillai.
- Wikipedia founder = Jimmy Wales.
- India signs nuclear liability treaty.
- Malaysian Prime Minister - Najib Razak
- Mobile number portability to begin from November 1 in Haryana.
- Elephant gets national heritage tag in India.
- Sachin Tendulkar gets Lebara People's Choice Award.
- CSC = Convention on Supplementary Compensation
- UDF = United Democratic Front
- Philanthropist of the Year = Sunil Mittal
- Social Entrepreneur of the Year = Ratan Tata
- Entrepreneur of the Year = Vijay Mallya
- India's Transparency Index Rank = 87
