Rajya Sabha adopts a resolution with more than two-thirds majority to impeach a High Court Judge Justice Soumitra Sen.
The IAAF World Championships: (Daegu, South Korea)
Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot won the 5000m and 10,000m.
Jamaica's Yohan Blake won the 100m final. Defending champion Usain Bolt sensationally false started.
Carmelita Jeter of the United States won gold in the women's 100m.
Badminton World Championship, 2011 (London)
China’s Lin Dan beat top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia to win the men’s singles title for the fourth time.
The women’s singles title was won by Wang Yihan of China, who beat Cheng Shao Chieh of Taipei in the finals.
Deven Sharma, President of Standard & Poor’s had to resign after the controversy following the rating agency’s downgrade of US government debt on August 5, 2011.
On August 25, 2011, Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple Inc.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
July 2011
Deepika Kumari, Laishram B. Devi and Checkrovolu Swuro got the silver medal in the World Archery Championship in the recurve event.
Armenia won the World Chess team championship, held at Ningbo, China. China won the silver medal and Ukraine got the bronze.
Harbhajan Singh has become the third Indian and 11th man in the history of Test cricket to reach 400 Test wickets mark. C.S. Baugh of the West Indies was his 400th victim.
Cadel Evans has become the first Australian to win the Tour-de-France. He is the oldest winner since 1923
In the Women’s Football World Cup Japan beat favourites USA.
Uruguay won the Copa America title. They defeated Paraguay in the finals.
South Sudan formally declared its independence on July 9, 2011. The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir and the President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir were at the ceremony to mark the birth of the new nation.
The agreement for Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha President Bimal Gurung. The new Hill Council will have more powers to run the three hill sub-divisions of Kurseong, Kalimpong and Darjeeling
The Supreme Court directed the government to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by former SC judges B.P. Jeevan Reddy and M.B. Shah, and disclose the names of such bank account holders against whom show-cause notices have been issued.
July 21, 2011 was when the space shuttle Atlantis touched down safely in its final landing at the Kennedy Space Centre. NASA had 5 space shuttles: Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery and Endeavour. They were the world’s first reusable space vehicles.
Oscar Pistorius has become the first ‘disabled’ athlete to qualify for an able-bodied event i.e. the 2012 Olympics in London.
Justice Rabinder Singh: A British-born Sikh lawyer, he has been appointed a judge of the High Court in London. He has become the first Sikh and the first male from an ethnic minority ever to be elevated to the exalted position.
Mani Kaul who was one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in India passed away. Among the films made by him were: “Uski Roti”, “Ashadh ka ek din”, “Duvidha” and “Naukar ki Kameez”. He had won the national award for the Best Documentary, “Siddheshwari”, based on the life of thumri singer of Banaras, Siddheshwari Devi.
Armenia won the World Chess team championship, held at Ningbo, China. China won the silver medal and Ukraine got the bronze.
Harbhajan Singh has become the third Indian and 11th man in the history of Test cricket to reach 400 Test wickets mark. C.S. Baugh of the West Indies was his 400th victim.
Cadel Evans has become the first Australian to win the Tour-de-France. He is the oldest winner since 1923
In the Women’s Football World Cup Japan beat favourites USA.
Uruguay won the Copa America title. They defeated Paraguay in the finals.
South Sudan formally declared its independence on July 9, 2011. The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir and the President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir were at the ceremony to mark the birth of the new nation.
The agreement for Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha President Bimal Gurung. The new Hill Council will have more powers to run the three hill sub-divisions of Kurseong, Kalimpong and Darjeeling
The Supreme Court directed the government to set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by former SC judges B.P. Jeevan Reddy and M.B. Shah, and disclose the names of such bank account holders against whom show-cause notices have been issued.
July 21, 2011 was when the space shuttle Atlantis touched down safely in its final landing at the Kennedy Space Centre. NASA had 5 space shuttles: Atlantis, Challenger, Columbia, Discovery and Endeavour. They were the world’s first reusable space vehicles.
Oscar Pistorius has become the first ‘disabled’ athlete to qualify for an able-bodied event i.e. the 2012 Olympics in London.
Justice Rabinder Singh: A British-born Sikh lawyer, he has been appointed a judge of the High Court in London. He has become the first Sikh and the first male from an ethnic minority ever to be elevated to the exalted position.
Mani Kaul who was one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in India passed away. Among the films made by him were: “Uski Roti”, “Ashadh ka ek din”, “Duvidha” and “Naukar ki Kameez”. He had won the national award for the Best Documentary, “Siddheshwari”, based on the life of thumri singer of Banaras, Siddheshwari Devi.
June 2011
WHO claims that the “New Delhi superbug” - The New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) - remains a global concern because it renders anti-microbials ineffective. The Union Health Ministry had rubbished claims in Lancet, a British Medical Journal, when it had published a report in 2010 that this gene originated in India. It described the Lancet’s conclusions as “unfair” maintaining that Indian hospitals are perfectly safe for treatment. Some people argue that this is an attack on India by vested interests that are unable to reconcile themselves to the fact that India is becoming a hot destination for Medical Tourism.
The Big Blue i.e. IBM turned a 100 (in terms of operations) on June 16, 2011. IBM has over 6000 patents, easily the highest for any company.
The National Rural Health Mission has adopted the Rashtriya Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram, a scheme to provide all required health-care facilities to pregnant women and infants free of cost, for the entire country.
‘TigerText’, a software that enables control over messaging, makes its rounds around cyberspace.
The Supreme Court appointed a special committee to examine the secret chambers of the Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple in Kerala. The chambers are said to store the treasures of the erstwhile rulers of Travancore.
The Punjab Mail, which runs from Ferozepur to Mumbai, has entered its 100th year of service. She was earlier known as the Pride of Punjab and was introduced by the British in 1912 between Peshawar and Mumbai.
Ban Ki-moon has been re-elected as the UN Secretary-General for a second five-year term.
Christine Lagarde has been elected as the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF). In her earlier avatar she was the Finance Minister of France.
Tahawwur Rana, a Chicago-based Pakistani native, was acquitted by a US jury of conspiracy to provide material support to the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November 2008. He was, however, found guilty of helping to plan an attack on the Copenhagen offices of Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
Gina Rinehart is an Australian businesswoman who owns a mining firm Hancock Prospecting. Citigroup estimated that she could become the world’s richest person by overtaking Carlos Slim, the Mexican magnate who is worth $73 billion.
JCT Football Club, Phagwara has decided not to field any team in any tournaments from now on. This brings to an end 40 years of association with the Beautiful Game.
Haryana defeated Karnataka 2-1 to annex the Senior National Hockey championship title.
The Big Blue i.e. IBM turned a 100 (in terms of operations) on June 16, 2011. IBM has over 6000 patents, easily the highest for any company.
The National Rural Health Mission has adopted the Rashtriya Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram, a scheme to provide all required health-care facilities to pregnant women and infants free of cost, for the entire country.
‘TigerText’, a software that enables control over messaging, makes its rounds around cyberspace.
The Supreme Court appointed a special committee to examine the secret chambers of the Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple in Kerala. The chambers are said to store the treasures of the erstwhile rulers of Travancore.
The Punjab Mail, which runs from Ferozepur to Mumbai, has entered its 100th year of service. She was earlier known as the Pride of Punjab and was introduced by the British in 1912 between Peshawar and Mumbai.
Ban Ki-moon has been re-elected as the UN Secretary-General for a second five-year term.
Christine Lagarde has been elected as the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF). In her earlier avatar she was the Finance Minister of France.
Tahawwur Rana, a Chicago-based Pakistani native, was acquitted by a US jury of conspiracy to provide material support to the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November 2008. He was, however, found guilty of helping to plan an attack on the Copenhagen offices of Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
Gina Rinehart is an Australian businesswoman who owns a mining firm Hancock Prospecting. Citigroup estimated that she could become the world’s richest person by overtaking Carlos Slim, the Mexican magnate who is worth $73 billion.
JCT Football Club, Phagwara has decided not to field any team in any tournaments from now on. This brings to an end 40 years of association with the Beautiful Game.
Haryana defeated Karnataka 2-1 to annex the Senior National Hockey championship title.
Friday, December 16, 2011
May 2011
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding has been awarded to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She has been chosen for her “enormous efforts for sustainable and equitable development.”
58th National Film Awards
Best Feature Film:
Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam). Directed by Salim Ahamed.
Indira Gandhi Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director:
Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi), Directed by Rajesh Pinjani.
Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment:
Dabangg (Hindi). Directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap.
India successfully conducted the ballistic flight test of indigenously developed Astra, Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile, from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur.
Sushma and Vikas Kaushik from Haryana became the world’s youngest couple, and India’s first, to climb Mount Everest.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has built India’s fastest supercomputer with a peak performance of 220 teraflops (220 trillion floating-point operations per second). The supercomputer named “SAGA-220” (Supercomputer for Aerospace with GPU Architecture-220 teraflops) is for use by space scientists for solving complex aerospace problems.
India launched its advanced GSAT-8 satellite on board Arianespace rocket from Kourou in French Guiana.
The Raghav Bahl promoted Network18 group through the 50:50 Viacom-IBN18 joint venture company, Viacom18 announced that it is getting into film production and distribution.
Vivek Lall joins Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) home land security and aerospace venture.
McCann Erickson won the advertising business for all General Motors brands in India. This is the first time that General Motors India has moved all its brands-Beat, Cruz, Optra, Spark and Captiva-to a single agency.
The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons targeted Reliance Industries for the fall in production at KG-D6 gas fields by not allowing the Mukesh Ambani-firm to recoup all the investment it has made.
Nivea cream turns 100 this year. In 1911, Oscar Troplowitz, head of pharmaceutical firm Beiersdorf, pioneered the use of the oil-in-water emulsifier "Eucerit" that was an instant hit because it did not go rancid. He then added extract of orange, bergamot, lavender , rose, lilac and a touch of lily and christened his new invention "Nivea" , a name taken from the Latin word "niveus" , meaning snowwhite .
Phanindra Sama, Charan Padmaraju and Sudhakar Pasupunuri are the founders of redbus.in
Dabur has roped in Zlata Creative Design, a brand consultancy from Australia.
58th National Film Awards
Best Feature Film:
Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam). Directed by Salim Ahamed.
Indira Gandhi Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director:
Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi), Directed by Rajesh Pinjani.
Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment:
Dabangg (Hindi). Directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap.
India successfully conducted the ballistic flight test of indigenously developed Astra, Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile, from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur.
Sushma and Vikas Kaushik from Haryana became the world’s youngest couple, and India’s first, to climb Mount Everest.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has built India’s fastest supercomputer with a peak performance of 220 teraflops (220 trillion floating-point operations per second). The supercomputer named “SAGA-220” (Supercomputer for Aerospace with GPU Architecture-220 teraflops) is for use by space scientists for solving complex aerospace problems.
India launched its advanced GSAT-8 satellite on board Arianespace rocket from Kourou in French Guiana.
The Raghav Bahl promoted Network18 group through the 50:50 Viacom-IBN18 joint venture company, Viacom18 announced that it is getting into film production and distribution.
Vivek Lall joins Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) home land security and aerospace venture.
McCann Erickson won the advertising business for all General Motors brands in India. This is the first time that General Motors India has moved all its brands-Beat, Cruz, Optra, Spark and Captiva-to a single agency.
The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons targeted Reliance Industries for the fall in production at KG-D6 gas fields by not allowing the Mukesh Ambani-firm to recoup all the investment it has made.
Nivea cream turns 100 this year. In 1911, Oscar Troplowitz, head of pharmaceutical firm Beiersdorf, pioneered the use of the oil-in-water emulsifier "Eucerit" that was an instant hit because it did not go rancid. He then added extract of orange, bergamot, lavender , rose, lilac and a touch of lily and christened his new invention "Nivea" , a name taken from the Latin word "niveus" , meaning snowwhite .
Phanindra Sama, Charan Padmaraju and Sudhakar Pasupunuri are the founders of redbus.in
Dabur has roped in Zlata Creative Design, a brand consultancy from Australia.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Reserve Bank of India - Some Facts
The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially established in Calcutta but was permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937.
The RBI was originally privately owned and was nationalised in 1949. Now the Reserve Bank is fully owned by the Government of India.
A few of the 'Directors of the Central Board' of the RBI
Shri Azim Premji
Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla
Ms. Ela Bhatt
Dr. Anil Kakodkar
The RBI has six training establishments
College of Agricultural Banking, Bankers Training College and Reserve Bank of India Staff College are part of the Reserve Bank
National Institute for Bank Management, Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research (IGIDR), Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) are autonomous.
Subsidiaries:
Fully owned: National Housing Bank(NHB), Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India(DICGC), Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited(BRBNMPL)
Majority stake: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
The Reserve Bank of India has recently divested its stake in State Bank of India to the Government of India.
XXX Olympic Summer Games in 2012 - London
London Olympics: The Games open on 27 July 2012 and close on 12 August 2012
London will become the first city to host the Olympic Games for a third time. It hosted the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948 earlier.
Women’s boxing will feature for the first time in Olympic Games in London.
Paris, New York, Moscow and Madrid were the other cities that were shortlisted to host the XXX Olympiad. London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005.
Wenlock is the mascot for the London Olympics Games.
Business Houses: TATA - II
Important Milestones Contd....
1932: Tata Airlines, a division of Tata Sons, is established, opening up the aviation sector in India. Air India was nationalised in 1953
1952: Jawaharlal Nehru requests the group to manufacture cosmetics in India, leading to the setting up of Lakme. The company was sold to Hindustan Lever (now Unilever) in 1997
1968: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's first software services company, is established as a division of Tata Sons
January 10, 2008: Tata Motors unveils Tata Nano, the People’s Car, at the 9th Auto Expo in Delhi.
2011: The Tata Nano begins international journey in Sri Lanka and Nepal
Business Houses - TATA
Important Milestones:
1868: Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata starts a private trading firm, laying the foundation of the Tata group.
1874: The Central India Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Company is set up, marking the group's entry into textiles and its first large-scale industrial venture.
1911: The Indian Institute of Science is established in Bangalore to serve as a centre for advanced learning
1868: Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata starts a private trading firm, laying the foundation of the Tata group.
1874: The Central India Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Company is set up, marking the group's entry into textiles and its first large-scale industrial venture.
1902: The Indian Hotels Company is incorporated to set up the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, India's first luxury hotel, which opened in 1903
1907: The Tata Iron and Steel Company (now Tata Steel) is established to set up India's first iron and steel plant in Jamshedpur. The plant started production in 1912.
1911: The Indian Institute of Science is established in Bangalore to serve as a centre for advanced learning
India - Some (Interesting) Facts - III
1. India supposedly has the largest number of Post Offices in the world.
2. The world's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century.
3. The Indian Army constructed The Baily Bridge between the Dras and Suru rivers in Ladakh. This is the highest bridge in the world.
4. The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination.
5. The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.
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