INTERNATIONAL
India Joins 41 Nations In
Condemning Syria Killings
India on 1 June joined 41 other countries at united
nations human rights council (UNHRC) in Geneva to vote for a resolution
“strongly condemning” the recent El-houleh incident, which resulted in the
death over a hundred civilians including women and children.
Egypt’s Ex-President Hosni
Mubarak Sentenced To Life In Prison
Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on
2nd June for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that
forced him from power last year .And also given life term for the killings was
Mubarak’s former Interior Minister Habibal-Adly, while six former police
commanders were acquitted.
Malik Suspended From Senate Over
Dual
Nationality
The supreme court on 4 June suspended interior
minister Rehman Malik from the senate (the upper house of parliament) for
failing to produce the necessary documents to establish that he had given
up his British nationality.
Google’ Buying ‘Meebo’ To Help
Social Networking Push
Google is buying silicon valley start-up Meebo to
help expand its social networking service.The acquisition announced on 4 June
will bring more tools to google plus,an alternative to facebook.Google has
spent more than $16billion buying 140 companies since the end of 2009.The
biggest deal in Google’s history of 14 years is buying $12.5 billion cellphone
maker motorola.
1st Intercontinental Solar Flight
Takes Off
A Swiss adventure soared above sun -splashed
spanish valleys toward Maorocco on 5 June 2012 on the world’s first
Intercontinental flight in a solar powered plane .This aircraft has 12,000
solar cells in the wings turning four electrical motors. piccard gradually
piloted the place to an altitude of about 3,800 metres as he headed toward
spains southern coast some 50 kilometres per hour.
Nobel Slashes Cash Prize
The prize money given to Nobel laureates is to be
cut by a fifth, the foundation behind the prestigious awards said on 11
June.currently prize money is 10 million crowns and it would fall to 8 million
Swedish crowns ($1.12 million). The Nobel Foundation said the money for the
awards, given for excellence in the fields of science, literature and peace.
The capital that forms the base for the awards was donated in the will of
dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and is managed by the foundation, which was set
up in 1900.
Gandhi Kallenbach Letters Go
Under Sothe by Hammer
In one of the most significant auctions of Gandhi
memorabilia,sotheby’s London in going to put honourable of letters,papers,and
photograph which shed light on the life of mahatma, under the hammer on July
10.The archieve comprises five decades of correspondence.much of it previously
unpublished,between gandhiand hermon kallenbach, a german-Jewish body builder
and architect who became Gandhi’s closest friend after they met in Johomnesburg
in 1904.one batch of letters between Gandhi and kallenbach had come up for sale
in 1986 and the Indian government paid $140,000(rs.1.2 crore) for it.The papers
are now with the national Archieves, and were published in Gandhi’s collected
works in 1994.
Pak Taliban Not To Allow
Anti-Polio Campaign In N. Waziristan
Over 16,000 children below the age of five will
miss their polio vaccines in North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan due to
a ban on vaccination campaigns by a powerful Taliban commander.Hafiz Gul
Bahadur, the alleged host of the Haqqani network in North Waziristan
Agency,militants had decided to ban the vaccination drive as long as US drone
strikes continued in the region. This ban is because the vaccination campaign
was a cover for American spies. The ban will seriously impact polio eradication
efforts in Pakistan, which is among three countries where polio is still
prevalent.
Suu Kyi Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
21 years late
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally
accepted her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on 16 June after spending a total
of 15 years under house arrest and said full political freedom in her country
was still a long way off.
Prince Salman In The Saudi
Arabian Prince
Saudi Arabian ruling family named defense minister
prince Salman bin abdul Aziz in the new crown prince on 18 June 2012 .Prince
Nayef who died last week in Geneva and was the crown prince only since
November.The death of prince Nyef lead to appointment of new prince salman as
the new saudi Arabian prince.
Supreme Court Of Pakistan
Debarred Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raja Gilani From Office
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on 19 June 2012,
debarred Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raja Gilani from his office. The court’s
ruling also disqualified Gilani as the member of the National Assembly, the
lower house of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament). Gilani was convicted for
violating the article 63(1) of the constitution of Pakistan on 26 April 2012 by
the Supreme Court. The court’s verdict came following Gilani’s refusal to probe
cases of corruption against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.
Pak Ranks 13th In Failed States
Index
Pakistan, a country which is run by military
obsessed with Indian and by a civilian elite that steals all it can and pay
almost no taxes. so it has been raked 13th in the latest ranking of
failed states.The unique ranking compiled by the prestigious foreign policy
magazine is topped by Africa countries Somalia(114.9points) ,Congo(111.2),
Sudan(109.4),chad(107.6), Zimbabwe(106.3) .
Antonis Samara Sworn In As The
Prime Minister Of Greece
The New Democracy Party leader Antonis Samara sworn
in as the Prime Minister of Greece on 20 June 2012. Samaras’s centre-right New
Democracy party bagged 129 seats of 300 in the parliamentary elections held on
17 June 2012.
Oxford Honours Suu Kyi By
Presenting Honorary Doctorate To Her
Paying fulsome tributes, the University of Oxford
on Wednesday honoured Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi by presenting
her with an honorary doctorate in Civil Law in a traditional ceremony telecast
live.
Oracle CEO Buys Hawaii’s Sixth
Largest Island
Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison bought 98
percent of Hawaii’s sixth-largest island, Lanai, the state’s governor announced
on 20 June. Ellison, ranked in 2012 as America’s third-richest man, is
purchasing the property from fellow billionaire David Murdock.
PPP Loyalist Ashraf Elected
Pakistan Prime Minister
Pakistan on 21June evening got its new prime
minister in Pakistan peoples party(PPP) loyalist Raja Parez Ashraf,who enters
he office with a corruption case, already in the supreme court,that earned him
the nickname ‘Raja Rental’.
$163 Billion EU Growth Plan
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy & Spain
agreed to push for a growth package worth up to $163 billion at a key EU summit
next week aimed to kick starting the economy and safe guarding the currency
bloc.
Islamist Morsi Wins Egyptian
Presidency
Islamist Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood
was elected president of Egypt with 51.7 percent of last weekend’s run-off
vote, defeating former general Ahmed Shafik, the state election committee said
on 24 June 2012.
UNEP Released Its Global
Food Security Report “Avoiding Future Faminer”
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
released its food security report “Avoiding future Faminer : strengthening the
Ecological basis of food security through sustainable development in Riode
Janeirio ,Brazil on 20 Juen2012.The report noted that food security must be at
the top of the priority list of country’s policy if the world has to
provide food to its 7billion population.
Muse’s Survival In The London
2012 Olympics Song
The British rock trio Muse has the official song
for the 2012 London games.The song,”survival”is a Humdering rock anthem that
was broad casted for the first time on 28 June 2012 on BBC radio.The song will
be played during the July 27- August 12 games as athletes enter the venue and
before medal ceremonies.
Afghanistan And Norway Finalized
The Draft Of The Strategic Partnership Agreement
Afghanistan and Norway on 27 June 2012 finalized
the draft of the strategic partnership agreement between the two countries.The
two countries will the draft in September 2012. Norwegian Afghanistan.The
strategic partnership agreement provides the long term framework after the with
drawl of forces .Afghanistan and Norway after the withdrawal of forces.Afghanistan
has already signed strategic partnership agreement with the US,Britain,India
Germany,France and Italy.
Russia, France To Jointly Build
Armoured Vehicle
Russia and France will jointly build a new armoured
infantry vehicle, Russian arms export monopoly Rosoboron export said. The
vehicle should appear in the near future, around 18 months. We have a draft
design and a model has been made,” he said. France was also interested in
co-production with Russia of an armoured personnel carrier to be sold to third
countries.
India-South Korea For Second
Foreign policy And Security Dialogue In New Delhi
India and south korea decided t cooperate in the
areas of civil nuclear energy and space, including the lauch of Korean
satellites by India.Both of them met in New delhi on 28 June 2012 during their
second foreign policy and security dialogue. The Indian delegation was led by
sanjay singh,secretory(east)external affairs ministry, while the korean side
was led by hu Ho-Young, first vice minister of foreign affairs a trade.
US Supreme Court Held US Health
Care Law Constitutional
The US supreme court on 28 June 2012 , upheld the
US president BARACK obama’s most ambitious social legislations the Health care
Law(The patient protection and Affordable care act). The Court verdict came in
the favor of legislation,made it mandatory for all American citizen to have
health insurance or pay a penalty. The health care legislation mainly aims at
covering more than 30 millions who have not been insured. The 9-judge US Apex
court headed by chief justice John Robert held the ruling as constitutional in
5-4 ruling.
White House Encouraged By
Eurozone Summit
The White House on 30 June 2012 welcomed the
decisions taken by European leaders to boost flagging economies,saying these
are encouraging signs, even as it acknowledged that the challenges will not be
resolved overnight.
Syria Gets New Prime
Minister
Syria President , Bashra-al-Assad, appointed Riyad
Hijab as the prime Minister of Syria on June 6,2012 to form a new government.
He replaced Adel safar,who was appointed in April,2011.
Russia And China Sign 10
Agreements
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and President if
china Hu Jintao on June 5,2012 signed agreements to establish nuclear reactor
in china and for the development of aircrafts and helicopters.Russia will
establish two nuclear reactors in china and both the nations will cooperate
with each other in the fields of energy, tourism and electricity.
Global peace Index
The Global peace Index (GPI) for 158 countries
released on June 12,2012. The study was conducted by Australia and Us—based
Institute for Economic and Peace (IEP).Most peaceful countries in the
world are Ice Land, Denmark and New Zealand.Rajasthan Electronics and
Instruments Limited(REIL), Known for its electronic milk testing instruments
and solar lighting technology has been chosen for the best PSU Award 2012, in
the Mini category.
George Bush voted Most Unpopular
former US President
George W.Bush has been voted the most unpopular
living former president of the US. Bush was the 43rd President of the Us from 2001 to
2009.According to a CN poll, just 43 percent of people questioned said they
have a good opinion of Bush, while 54 percent said the opposite.
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
imprisoned for life time
Tunisian court sentenced former President Zine El
Abidine Ben Ali to life imprisonment on June 13 ,2012 for presiding
over the bloody protest crackdown that ignited Arab spring. He faced countless
charges including drug trafficking and embezzlement. He had exiled to Saudi
Arabia in January2011.
INDIA & WORLD
Ties With China Is India’s Top
Priority
India on 6 June told china that is sees improving
bilateral ties as a priority of its foreign policy and expresses desire to
expand strategic cooperation.
India Allowed Foreign Direct
Investment From Pakistan
India on 8 June 2012 announced to allow foreign
direct investment from Pakistan. The move is aimed at strengthening the
bilateral economic relations between the two countries. The decision will also
facilitate the economic integration in the South Asian region.
Indian-American Picked For 2nd Highest
US Court
“US president Barrack Obama on 11 June nominated
Indian-born legal nominated luminary Srikanth Srinivasan to the Federal
Court of Appeals, the highest ever judicial appointment of an
Indian-American in the US. There are 13 Court of Appeals across the US with 179
judges, and the Washington DC Appeals Court to which Srinivasan has been
nominated is considered particularly influential, with Obama himself calling it
“”the nation’s second highest court”".
Dhoni Ranked 31st In The Forbe’s
List Of World’s 100 Richest Sports Persons
In the latest list of world’s 100 richest sports
persons list released by Forbe’s magazine, Indian Cricket Captain M.S.Dhoni
achieve 31st position.He moved ahead in the list, while Tendulkar ranked 78th.
Boxing champion Floyd May weather topped the list with a total earnings of
$85million while pugilist manny pacquiao and golf legend tiger woods on the 2nd
and 3rd .
BRICS Pledger $75billion to IMF’s
Bailout Fund
India and four other countries of the five nation
BRICS bloc has given a big boost to IMF’s 430 billion US dollars bailout fund
for the debt rocked 17 Nation Eurozone pledging to contribute 75billion us
dollars with New Delhi’s contribution being 10 billion US dollars.the
pledge was made at an informal meeting of Brics leaders presided by PM Manmoham
singh ahead of the opening of the 7th G-20 summit.
Indian Population Booms In
Australia: Census Data
Latest official census data in Australia has found
a boom in Indian population especially with number of Punjabi speaking people
rising by over 200 percent.This is the 16th census taken in Australia over the
past 100 years with about 9.8 million households surveyed on August 9 last
year.The data revealed Australia’s population rose to 21,507,719, up almost two
million – or more than 8 percent -in the past five years, and the median age of
the growing population rose from 37 in 2006 to 38 when the census was counted
last year. The United Kingdom stood as the leading country of birth for the
overseas-born population at 20.8 percent and was followed by New Zealand(9.1
percent), China (6.0 percent) and India (5.6 percent)people of Indian origin
have seen the largest growth increase at more than 14 percent since 2006, or up
almost 150,000.
IKEA To Invest Rs.10k-cr In India
Amidst a slew of rating downgrade by the
international agencies Swedish home furnishing major IKEA on June 22 approached
the government with a proposal to invest 1.5billion euros(Rs.10,500 crores) to
set up 25 stores in the country under single brand retail FDI.
Coca-Cola Bets On India , Plans
To Invest $3b More
In a Major Thumbs up to India , beverage major
coca-cola said on 26June . That it will increase its investment in the country
and now put in $5billion by 2020.
NATIONAL
Indi Stood At No.3 In
Reality Rate Hike
Even as first time buyers are exhaustion their
saving to by a home, reality rates in India are going to roof .Property prices
increased by 12% ,propelling India to their position among 53 countries. The
Global Index Survey by Knight Frank, property consultants , shows that Brazil
recorded the strongest annual growth (23.5%) in the past years ,followed by
estonia with a growth rate of (13.9%).
India May Become 1st Fallen Angel
In BRIC
S&P warns India may lose Investment grade
Rating . Global rating agency standard &poor’s on 11 June cautioned that
India seriously risks losing its investment grade rating.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd Decided
To Merge With Suzuki Power train India Ltd
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd decided to get into a
merger with Suzuki Power train India Ltd .This initiative will help them
prepare and meet the increasing demand for diesel vehicles.
Zakir Hussain Calls Off Israel
Visit
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has called off a series
of performances scheduled to be held in Israel later this month, in the wake of
an appeal made by 85 artistes, writers and activists. The Indian Campaign for
the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (INCACBI) had appealed to Mr.
Hussain ‘as an artiste of conscience’ to cancel the scheduled performance since
it would “lend a stamp of approval to Israeli policies of colonialism,
apartheid and occupation.”
Aptech Creates Country’s First 3D
Ad Film
Aptech’s education brand Arena multimedia has
created the first 3D commercial to became ‘future ready’, the leader in
animation training is targeting the forth coming 3D movie releases in
multiplexes with its latest ad.
Censorship cases In India Up To
49% says Google
As part of its “Transparency report” Google on 18
June said that it had received 101 content removal requests from Indian
authorities to between July & December last year, asking it to delete 255
items from its websites of these Just 5 requests were made by courts.
Calcutta High Court Scrapped The
Singur Land Rehabilitation And Development Act, 2011
The Calcutta High Court on 22 June 2012, held the
Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011 as unconstitutional and
void. The legislation enabled the government to recover the disputed Singur
land from Tata Motors, who was leased 997 acre of land at Singur in Hooghly
district by previous left front government in the state.
Free Madicines For All Scheme To
Be Rolled Out From October
Scheme’s outlay pegged at Rs.28.500 Cr. center to
bear 75% of the cost.facility to be available at all govt hospitals. India’s
Ambitious polices to provide free medicines to all patients attending a
government health facility across the country will be rolled out from October.
Sunita Williams To Embark On
Space Mission Again
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams is all
set to return to the International Space Station, where she spent a record six
months in 2006.
Delhi Most Competitive City In
India EIU Report
Delhi has been named the most competitive city in
India for its demonstrated ability to attract capital, business, talent and
tourists by a new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research report.Delhi has
been named the most competitive city in India for its demonstrated ability to
attract capital, business, talent and tourists by a new Economist Intelligence
Unit (EIU) research report.The national Capital has edged out financial hub of
Mumbai, which ranked70th in the index, followed by Bangalore, India’s Silicon
Valley, at 79th rank, Pune at 97, Chennai at 105 and Kolkata at 106.
Sam Mittal To Continue As NASSCOM
President
Sam Mittal will remain as the president of National
Association of Software and services companies(NASSCOM).Until early 2014.Mittal
took over as NASSCOM president in Jan 2008 and was set to step down by the end
if this year. NASSCOM is the 1200 member trae association that represented
Indian $100 billion IT industry.
Government Secures Kallenbach-
Gandhi letters Just Days Before Auction
The Indian Government and the family of Herman
Kallenbench have struck a deal for papers relating to the German’s
correspondence with Mahatma Gandhi some 13 days before the historical material
was due to go under the hammer in London .Archive comprises Thousands of
letters written over 3 decades.Gandhi and German -Jewish body builder A
Architect Hermann kallenbach were friends since 1904.
US Federal Court Absolved Carbide
Corporation In Bhopal Gas Tragedy Case
In What came as a major disappointment for the Bhopal
gas tragedy victims, a US federal court on 27 June 2012 absolved Union Carbide
corporation and its former chairman Warren Anderson of the Bhopal gas tragedy
case.I his ruling US district court Judge John F.Keenam concluded that UCC is
neither directly nor as an agent of union carbide India Limited (UCIL) liable
for mishap.
India & Brazil Set Trade
target of $ 15 Billion
India on June 14 ,2012 sought investments from
Brazil mainly in infrastructure sector for which it needs US$1 trillion over
the next five years. The two countries name set a bilateral trade target of US
$ 115 billion by the year 2012.
India Signed Agreement with
Bharain for exchange of Information with Respect to taxes
India signed an Agreement with the Government of
the kingdom of Bharain for the exchange of Information with respect to
taxes(TIEA) . The agreement was signed by Namo Narain meena, Minister of state
for Finance(Expenditure and Financial Affairs)on behalf of Government of India
and H.E. Kamal ahmad, Minister for transportation and Acting CEO of The
economic Development of Bhrain on behalf of Government of the Kingdom of
Bahrain.The agreement is based on international standards
of transparency and exchange of Information. It incorporates provision for
effective exchange of information including banking information between tax
authorities of the two countries, It has been provided that the Exchange of
Information shall be on request and without regard to the domestic interest.
The agreement will enhance mutual cooperation between the two countries by
having effective exchange of information in tax matters.
MoU signed between India &
Canada on Infrastructure development, Operation & Maintanance of Roads
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed
between India and Canada during the visit of Dr.C.P. Joshi, the Union Minister
for Road Transport & Highways to Canada on the invitation from dnis Label,
Minister of transport, Infrastructure & communication, Government of Canada
from 10-13 June,2012.The MoU will facilitate sharing and exchange of knowledge
and technical expertise in the areas of infrastructure development, operation
and maintenance of roads, Intelligent Transport system etc.
US Exempt India form Iran
Oil sanctions
The US has exempted India and six other nations
from its tough Iran oil sanctions. Besides India, Malaysia, South Korea, South
Africa, SriLanka. Turkey and Taiwan too have been added to the exemption list,
leaving china and Singapore, the top two buyers of Iranian crude.India and
South Korea, exempted, were the third and fourth- largest buyers of Iranian oil
in the first half of lat year, according to the US Department of energy.
India Worst Place for Women
Among top 19 Countries
India’s Women are discriminated against, abused and
even killed on a scale unparalleled in the top 19 economies of the world,
according to a new poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.The Survey, Polling
370 gender specialists, found
Canada to be the best place to be an woman among G-20 nations, excluding the European Union economic grouping. Saudi Arabia was the second worst, after India.The poll results-based on parameters such as quality of health services, threat of Physical and sexual violence, level of political voice, and access to property and land rights –jars with the modern-day image of India.
Canada to be the best place to be an woman among G-20 nations, excluding the European Union economic grouping. Saudi Arabia was the second worst, after India.The poll results-based on parameters such as quality of health services, threat of Physical and sexual violence, level of political voice, and access to property and land rights –jars with the modern-day image of India.
Social security agreement between
India and Finland signed
India and the republic of Finland signed an
agreement on Social security. This agreement will enhance cooperation on social
security between the two countries. For short term contract up to 5 years, no
social security contribution would need to be paid under the finish law by the
detached workers provided they continue to make social security payment
in India, The self –employed Indians in Republic of Finland would also be
entitled to export of social security benefit on their relocation to India
There are about 5.000 Indians in the republic of Finland most of whom are
working as professionals and self-employed.
STATES
Andhra Pradesh Population Census
The official census 2011 of Andhra Pradesh has been
conducted by Directorate of Census Operations in Andhra Pradesh.As per details
from Census 2011, Andhra Pradesh has population of 8.46 Crore, an increase from
figure of 7.62 Crore in 2001 census. Total population of Andhra Pradesh as per
2011 census is 84,665,533 of which male and female are 42,509,881 and
42,155,652 respectively. In 2001, total population was 76,210,007 in which
males were 38,527,413 while females were 37,682,594.The total population growth
in this decade was 11.10 percent while in previous decade it was 13.86
percent. The population of Andhra Pradesh forms 7.00 percent of India in
2011. In 2001, the figure was 7.41 percent.
State AP Registers Drop in Sex
Ratio
The future demographic profile of the state looks
bleak as the child sex ratio has fallen to 943 from 961 in 2001, released on 7
June 2012.The figures for rural (942) and urban(946).
Dimple Yadav Declared Elected
Chief Minister Akilesh yadav’s wife ,Dimple yadav
on 9 June became the first women elected unopposed in a Lok Sabha by election
from uttar pradesh and second candidate in the entire state after Purshottam
Das Tundon’s election from Allahabad west in 1952.
Assam Government Released Vision
Document For Women And Children
Assam government on 12 June 2012 released the
vision document for the state’s women and children. The government in the
vision document announced to come out with various measures to address the
issues like high Maternal Mortality Rate and Infant Mortality Rate in the
state.The document talks of reducing Infant mortality rate from 58 to 38 per
1000 live births, reduction in maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 210 per 100000
live birth, reduction of total fertility rate to2.1 per cent, improving child
sex ratio, reduction in percentage of anemia in children and women and reducing
the percentage of underweight children (0-5 years) by 30 per cent.
Arunachal Gets Country’s Fourth
Buddhist Centre
Arunachal Pradesh, where around 13 percent of the
population follows Buddhism, has got its first full-fledged Buddhist centre
after Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. The Central Institute of
Himalayan Culture Studies at Dahung in West Kameng district, where a majority
of the people follow Tibetan Buddhism, is now a full-fledged central institute,
according to its founder Tsona Gontse Rinpoche.
Five Northeastern States and
Himachal Pradesh Appraised As Most Environmentally Sustainable States
The Environmental Sustainable Index (ESI) 2011
released on 14 June 2012, appraised five northeastern states (Tripura, Sikkim,
Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh) and Himachal Pradesh as the most
environmentally sustainable states in the country. The index was released by
Centre for Development Finance (CDF), affiliated to Institute for Financial
Management and Research.Among larger states, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and West
Bengal performed poorly on maximum of environmental indicators while Tamil
Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka received high ratings. States
with rich natural resources like Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya
Pradesh and Bihar were rated moderate in the chart.
YSR Congress Party Won In
By-Election
In the by-election in A.P for 18 Assembly seats and
! Lok sabha seat, YSR congress party won 15 assembly seat and 1 Lok sabha
seat.The ruling party congress won 2 seats .TRS won 1 seat .Drawing a blank ,
the Telugu Desam suffered the dubious distinction of not having won a single
seat in 41 successive by-elections since 2009.
India’s First River-lake link
project launched In Bundelkhand
“The Madhya Pradesh government claims to have
launched the country’s first ever river-lake linking project in the water-scarce
Bundelkhand region. The Harpura irrigation and river-lake link project,
launched in the Tikamgarh district, will be implemented under the Center’s
Rs.7266 crore Bundelkhand package. It will link the perennial Jamni river to
the nearby lakes and water bodies built during the Chandel era. Under the
project, an additional 1,980 hectares of land are expected to come under
irrigation.
Rajasthan Un Employment Dole for
Graduates
The Rajasthan government on 20 June announced an
unemployment allowances scheme, with effect from July 1 , for educated youth
registered with employment exchanges for more than a year.It provides for an
allowance of Rs.500 a month to the eligible candidate
CONFERNCES
Indian Science Congress
Associatio Meeting At
kolkata
Dr.Man Maoham singh on 2 June inaugurated the
Indian science congress annual session.Man moham addressed that this year is
“year of science”.
India To Host Alternative
International AIDS conference
World meet in U.S from 22 to 27 . When stake
holders from across the world. coverage at Washington next month to participate
in the International AIDS conference (IAC) to shre their experience
evaluations.
This type of event will be organized in Kolkata by “Durban Mahila Samanway
samiti” (DMSS) an umbrella organization of over 65,00 sex workers of west
Bengal i collaboration with the Global Network of sex work project (NSWP)
India To Host Alternative International
AIDS conference
The Union Finance Minister,Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, on
11 June inaugurated the 28th Annual conference of chief commissioners and
Directors General of Income Tax in the Capital Delhi.
G20 Los Cabos Summit 2012
The 2012 Mexico Summit was the seventh meeting of
G-20 heads.It was held in Los cabos,Baja California sur, from June 18-19
2012.The moto is to Committing to fight economic slowdown and combat
corruption, the G-20 leaders have expressed confidence that USD 450 billion firepower
of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would help in safeguarding financial
stability and preventing global crisis.
Rio+20 Earth Summit
The Rio+20 Conference, world leaders, along with
thousands of participants from governments.took place in Brazil on 20-22 June
2012 to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, and the 10th
anniversary of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in
Johannesburg.The Conference focused on two themes: (a) a green economy in
the context of sustainable development poverty eradication and (b) the
institutional framework for sustainable development.
Interntional Labour Conference
101 st session of International Labour
Conference organized by International Labour Organization(ILO), concluded
on June 14 ,2012 in Geneva. A New International labour standard was adopted at
the conference which requested countries ti establish national social
protection floors.The Recommendation called for providing people with
essential health care benefits as well as basic income security. The
countries which cannot affords social protection measures could seek
International cooperation and support to complement their own efforts.
International Conference In Kabul
A One day International conference in Kabul took
place on June 14,2012 to discuss ways to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan
and boost regional cooperation.Delegates from 30 countries gathered in Kabul
including Iran, Russia ,China ,Turkey as well as International Organizations
such as NATO, the European Union, the shanghai cooperation Organization and
United Nations. The Conference focused on the security transfer after US-led
troops’ withdrawal in 2014,regional strategies to tackle natural disasters and
strengthening of trade and economic relations.
SCO Summit 2012
The Shanghai cooperation organization(SCO) summit
was held in Beijing from June 6-7 ,2012. It was the 12th SCO summit.The Important
decisions and discussion held in meeting are as follows :The SCO decided to
grant Afghanistan as observer status and accept Turkey as dialogue
partner.Member states agreed to facilitate trade and investment in order to tap
economic potential within the bloc.Member states had agreed to enhance
cooperation in Finance, Transportation, Telecommunications, Energy &
Agricultural sectors.
SPORTS & GAMES
Karnataka Holds Off TN
ToTriumph
Karanataka secured a nail-biting draw against
Tamilnadu to win the south zone senior men’s hockey championship at the KSHA
stadium on 1st june.
Sri ram Balaji – Arun
prakash Triumph
N.Sriram Balaji and Arun Prakash Rajagopalan , the top seeds playing together for thr first time, clinched the men’s doubles title in the prem sugar sponsored IIF Mandya open $10000 futures four at the PET stadium on 1 June.
N.Sriram Balaji and Arun Prakash Rajagopalan , the top seeds playing together for thr first time, clinched the men’s doubles title in the prem sugar sponsored IIF Mandya open $10000 futures four at the PET stadium on 1 June.
Saket Myneni Bags ITF Men’s Future
Tennis Title
Myneni, the 24-year-old from Hyderabad , won the
title in the $10000 prem sugars ITF men’s future tennis tournament in
Karnataka, Mandya on 1 June 2012 by defeating top seed vijayant mallik in the
final.
New Zealand Beat Argentina 1-0 To
Win Sultan Azaln Shah Cup Hockey
Tournament at Ioh, Malaysia on 3 June 2012 Andy
Hayward scored the only goal for New Zealand in the summit clash, Which
prevented Argentina, the 2008 winner, to reclaim the trophy.
Awards
Fairplay trophy was given to “Great Britain”.
“sardar singh of India” was awarded with the trophy of the Best player of Tournament.
“Kyle Pontifex of new Zealand” was chosen the Best goal keeper for the tournament.
“Kyle Pontifex of new Zealand”was awarded with the Man of the final Trophy.
“Ashkey Jackson of great Britain” emerged the top scorer of the Tournament.
Awards
Fairplay trophy was given to “Great Britain”.
“sardar singh of India” was awarded with the trophy of the Best player of Tournament.
“Kyle Pontifex of new Zealand” was chosen the Best goal keeper for the tournament.
“Kyle Pontifex of new Zealand”was awarded with the Man of the final Trophy.
“Ashkey Jackson of great Britain” emerged the top scorer of the Tournament.
Krishna Poonia Wins Silver Medal
At Portland
Event
Indian discus thrower Krishna poonia bagged the
silver medal at the post pree elite women’s event in the united states Portland
on June 4 2012. Poonia finished second with a throw of 62.34 metre, while the
gold went to Russian Darya Pischalnikova recording 66.38 metres in her fifth
attempt.
Tiger woods Claimed Memorial
Tournament, Won His 73rd PGA Tour Title
Former world no.1 golfer Tiger woods defeated
Spencer Levin and Rory sabbatini to win his 73rd PGA tour tittle by two shorts
at the memorial tournament on 4 June 2012.The memorial tournament victory is
wood’s second PGA tour victory in the current season .
sanjita Chanu Claims Gold
K.Sanjita Chanu claimed the women’s 48 kg gold
medal in the common wealth weight lifting championships at Apia, Somoa sanjita
liftes a total of 154 kg to lift the title .
Bhupati -Sania Won French Open
Tittle
Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupati of India won their
second Grand slam tittle and First french open trophy together after crushing K
laudia Jons lahnacik and santiago Gonzakez 7-6(3),6-1 in the mixed doubles
final .
Double Delight For India
Srinath ,Ivana wins Asian Junior Titles .Narayana
Srikanth and Ivana Maria Furtado completed a grand double for India in Tashkent
on 7 June 2012 in the Asian Junior Chess Championship by winning the open boys
and girls titles respectively.
Sharapova Won The French Open
Women’s Single Title
Russia’s Maria Sharapova became the 10th woman in
tennis history to win all four Grand Slam titles on 9 June when she
defeated Italy’s Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final. Sharapova
won the French Open Women’s single title on 9 June at Roland Garros stadium in
Paris.
Vishu Vardham Emerges The
Champion
Second seed P.Vishu Vardhan defeated seventh seeded
sriram balaji in the final to take the title Zuari Garden city ITF $10,000
tennis tournament ,Mysore on 9 June 2012.
Saina Nehwal clinched Thailand
Open Grand Prix Gold Title
Ace Indian Badminton player Saina Nehwal clinched
her 16th career title as she defeated Thailand’s Ratchanok Inathon in the
Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold title in Bangkok on 10 June 2012. The Thailand
Open Grand Prix is Saina’s second title in the year 2012. Earlier, in April
2012 she had won the Swiss Open Title.
Ross Rides Handsome Falcon To
Victory
Mr.N.Anantaram’s Handsome ridden by Ross won the
Ambur plate, the feature event of the races held out udhagamandalam on 10 June
2012.
Tejaswni Settles For Bronze
Tejaswini Muley clinchin towards gold slipped
midway throufh the final and ended up with junior women’s 50m rifle 3- position
bronze as the 22nd meeting of shooting hopes championship concluded at plzen in
the czench Republic on 10 June 2012.
West Wood Claims Tittle
World no.3 Lee west wood completed his buid up to
nexr US open with a convincing five shut win at the scandinavian open in
stockholm on 9 June .
Rudisha Runs Blistering 800 Race
Yohan Blake and fellow Jamacian olympic champion
shelly Ann franser pryce won the 100 meter sprints, while Kenya’s David Rudisha
scored a sensational victory in the 800 meters at 9 June 2012. Diamond league
meet .He ran alone from half way point to win with a time of one minute 41.74
seconds for the fastest time ever registered in the united states and best time
in the world in this season.
Rafael Nadal Won His Seventh
French Open Singles Title
Spaniard Rafael Nadal on 11 June 2012 defeated
Serbian Novak Djokovic to clinch his seventh French Open Singles Title 2012.He
is the first man to win a record of 7th french open title.Legend Bjorn Borg’s 6
title feat surpassed by Rafael Nadal. Nadal received ‘La Coupedes
Mousquetairer(Musketeers cup).
Indu Chaudhary and Sakshi Malik
Won Gold Medals In Asian Junior Wrestling Championship 2012
Indu Chaudhary and Sakshi Malik won gold Medals in
Asian Junior Wrestling Championship 2012 at Almaty, Kazakhstan on 13 June 2012.
Indu Chaudhay and Sakshi Malik are from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana respectively.
The former won the gold medal in 44 Kg and latter in 63 kg.
Double For Anusha
K.Anusha bagges a double winning both the girls
under-14 and 16 singles respectively in the NCK Tennis Academy Talent series
Tournment on 15 June 2012.
Saina Wins Third Indonesian Open
Title
Saina Nehwal’s romance with the Indonesian Open
continued as the champion shuttler from India quelled a spirited challenge from
Chinese Li Xuerui to record a 13-21, 22-20,21-19 in the 64-minute final to
clinch her third title in four final appearances in Jakarta on 17 June
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Appointed As
A Brand Ambassador Of Nepal Cricket Association
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was appointed as a brand
ambassador of Nepal Cricket Association, Nepal on 17 June 2012.The announcement
was made by Posta Bahadur Bogati, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation of
Nepal.
Tejaswini Mule Won Silver medal
at International Junior Shooting Championship
Tejaswini Mule won Silver medal at International
Junior Shooting Championship in Suhl, Germany on 17 June 2012. She won the
silver medal in the 50 meter rifle prone women’s event.
Harmeet Desai won Under- 21 Men’s
Final Brazil Open Table Tennis
Harmeet Desai won Under- 21 Men’s Final Brazil Open
Table Tennis on 17 June 2012. He had defeated Belgian Cedric Nuytin by 4-2 and
won gold medal. He became first Indian to achieve such an accomplishment.
Seema Antil Triumps
Dusus Thrower seema Antil won the Title in the last
chance.trail meet at the mac wilkins academy at portland, oregon,USA, on 16
June with athrow of 61.10 metres.
Series Win For Srilanka
Srilanka helped itself to a series win over
pakistan in the final match ODI cricket series at the R.premadasa stadium,
colombo on 18 June.
Oudin Wins Maiden WTA Title
American Nelanie Oudin defeated serbian Jelana
Jankonic in straight sets to win her first Tennis WTA tour tittle,Bismingham on
18 June.
Simpson Wins U.S. Open
Webb Simpson of the united states came from four
shots back to win the U.S.Open Golf on 17 June overtaking a bunch a big names
to win his first major title.
Thingalaya Rewrites His National
Record
Sidhanth Tingalaya clocked a national record of
13.65 in finishing second in the Belgium national championships in Brussels on
17 June but found himself 0.5 short of meeting the olympic qualification
standard.
Indian Hockey Goalkeeper D’Souza
Suspended For 1 Year
Indian Hockey Goalkeeper Adrin D’Souza was
suspended on 18 June 2012 for his anti- doping rule violation during World
Series Hockey (WSH) tournament 2012.The sample was collected on 21 March 2012
after WSH match in between Mumbai Marines and Sher-E-Punjab at Jalandhar. He
was the captain of Mumbai Marines. In the test, D’Souza was tested positive for
tetra hydrocannabinol (THC)
Humpy Emerges Joint Winner
India’s koneru Hamoy and Anna Muzychuk of sloveria
shared the title in the FIDE women’s grand Pix chess at Kazan, Russia on 22june
.
Jwala -Diju Duo Crashes out
Olympic -bound shuttlers G.Jwala & V. Diju on
22 June , crashed out of the singapore open super series their last torunment
before London olympics.
India Wins Kabaddi Gold
Indian women won the gold in kabaddi by defeating
Thailand in the final of the Third Asian Beach Games being held in Haiyang(china).
Miami Heat Crowed Champion
The King is celebrating his first coronation and
the Miami Het is NBA champion again.Le Brong’King’ James collected a triple-
double by scorinf 26 points and Miami heat sominated the visiting oklahoma city
.Thunder on 21 June to win the championchip series 4-1.
Double Title For Krishna Priya
M.Krishna Priya of Lal Bahaddur stadium bagged a
double,winning both in singles and doubles titles in the girl’s under-15
category of the Hyderabad district badminton championship at the Madhuranagar
Indoor stadium,Hyderabad on 23 June 2012.
Anaka, Kush Claim Titles
Anaka Alankamony of India clinched the girl’s
under-19 title in Asian Junior squash Championship in Kish Island on 23 June.
Ankita Down Prerna For Maiden
Title
Ankita Raina played with Intensity and confidence
to beat prerna Bhambri in the final of the ONGC $10,000 ITF women’s
tennis tournment at the DLTA complex,New Delhi on 23 June.
Ferrer Is Champion
Top-seeded david ferrer beeat unseeded philipp
petzschner on 23 June to win the unicef open grass tournment for the second
time .
Alonso Wins Thrilled
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso won thrilling European
grand pix valencia on 24 June to become the first repeat winner of the season
that had seen seven different winners from the seven previous races.
Saudi Women To Participate In
2012 Olympics
Saudi Arabia will enter women athletes in the
Olympics for the first time in London this summer , the kingdom’s London
embassy said.The ultra conservative Muslim nation in one of three countries
which never included women in their Olympic teams along with Qatar &
Brunei.
Oscar Pistorius Attempts To
Became The First Amputee runner to compete at Olympics
Oscar Pistorius, born without fibulos and had his
lower kegs amputated. He is a south African Athlete who attempts to became the
first amputee runner to compete at the Olympic gaver.Pistorius, who has a
personal best of 45.07,won the 100 metres,200 metres ,300 metres and 400 metres
gold first amputee to compete at the athletics world championships where he ran
in Daegu, south Korea last year.
ECONOMY
Bihar Topped In
Gross State Domestic Product With 13.1
Percent Growth In 2012
Acoording to data released by Ministry of
statistics of India on 1 June 2012, Bihar emerged as the state with highest
economic growth rate in the country.
No-Penality On Pre-Closure of
Home Loan
The reserve bank of India (RBI) on 5 June said that
banks would not be permitted to charge force closure of charges/pre-payment
penalities on home loans on floating interest rate basis,with immediate effect.
CII Spells Out 10-Point Agenda
For Economic Revival
The confederation of Indian industry on 5 June
announced a 10-poit agenda foe economic revival and out linked key areas of
concern.
points are
-Cut repo rate by 100 basis points
-Cut CRR by 100 bps
-Alow accelerated depreciation for investmebts in plant & machinery.
-25% weightted tax deduction on expenditure on companies going green.
-Increase FDI limits in civil aviatioin and defence: allow FDI in multi brand retail.
-provide interest subvention of 2% to export credit for six months .
- Clear 50 large projects in next 30 days .
-Announce clean plan for fiscal consolidation.
Allow direct access to inporters to stockly items for their forex requirement.
points are
-Cut repo rate by 100 basis points
-Cut CRR by 100 bps
-Alow accelerated depreciation for investmebts in plant & machinery.
-25% weightted tax deduction on expenditure on companies going green.
-Increase FDI limits in civil aviatioin and defence: allow FDI in multi brand retail.
-provide interest subvention of 2% to export credit for six months .
- Clear 50 large projects in next 30 days .
-Announce clean plan for fiscal consolidation.
Allow direct access to inporters to stockly items for their forex requirement.
World Bank projected Indian
Economy to grow by 6.9 Per Cent in the Financial Year 2012-13
The World Bank in its report named Global Economic
Prospects released on 12 June 2012, projected Indian economy to grow by 6.9% in
the financial year 2012-13. The World Bank report predicted India’s growth
increasing to 6.9 per cent, 7.2 per cent and 7.4 per cent in fiscal years
2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15, respectively.
SBH Cuts Interest On Retail Loans
By Upto 175 bps
SBH has reduced interest rates on retail loans by
upto 175 bps with effect from 17 June 2012 for housing loans, the interest rate
was reduced by 25 points to 11-11.50 percent .which on car loans it would be
11.50 percent against exisiting 12.25 percent.
SBI Cuts Lending Rates by 50-350
bps For Small Units, Farm Sector
Country’s largest public sector lender SBI has cut
lending rates any 50 to 350 bps for SMEs (Small & medium enterprises) and
agricultural segments.
Multi Level TDS on Software To Go
From July 1
The Finance Ministry has done away the Tax
deduction at source obligation at each of the software distribution chain a TDs
level of 10 percent was applicable at each level of the software distribution
chain.The TDs exemption would be available only when the software is acquired
in subsequent transfer, without any modification.This could mean that the
benefit of TDS exemption will not be available for un branded software (or)
customized software.
India Ranks 55th On Foreign Money
In Swiss Banks
Indians’ money in Swiss banks may have risen for
the first time in five years, but they account for a meagre 0.14 per cent of
total foreign wealth deposited there — putting India at 55th place globally for
such funds.The total overseas funds in Switzerland’s banking system stood at
1.53 trillion Swiss francs (about Rs. 90 trillion) at the end of 2011, which
included 2.18 billion Swiss francs (Rs. 12,700 crore) belonging to Indian
individuals and entities.While India accounted for only 0.14 per cent of total
foreign money in Swiss banks, the U.K. accounted for the largest share of
little over 20 per cent, followed closely by the U.S. with about 18 per cent.
SBI TO Risk Up To $2 b via
Overseas Bond Sale
The country;s largest lender state bank of indi
will raise up to $2 billion through an overseason bond sale ion the nect three
months.
Credit Rating Agency Fitch
Downgraded India’s Credit Outlook Rating
“International credit rating agency Fitch revised
the credit outlook of India to negative on 18 June 2012.The rating agency,
however, maintained the India’s sovereign rating at ‘BBB-’.Fitch also
downgraded the credit outlook of seven PSUs namely NTPC, SAIL, IOC, PFC, GAIL,
REC and NHPC. The agency downgraded the credit outlook after considering a
broad range of factors, such as, macro economic policy, economy, public
finances. Negative credit rating means
that over the next 12-24 months there is a possibility that India’s rating could be downgraded.”
that over the next 12-24 months there is a possibility that India’s rating could be downgraded.”
14 More services Come Under Tax-
Exempt Negative List
The Government on 20 June,Included 14 more
services in the ‘Negative list’ to exempt that from the payment of service tax
under the new dispensation that will come into effect on July 1.Among the new services
that would now be exempted from the negative list-bared system of tax on
services are advocate providing services to entities with a turnover of up to
Rs.10 lakh,companies engaged in construction of metro projects, law firms &
entities provideing public conveniences.
Moody’s Cut Rating Of 15 Top
Global Banks
Rating agency Moody’s downgrades 15 of the world’s
biggest banks on 21 June lowering credit rating by one to three notches ti
reflect the risk they faced from volatile capital market activists. Margan
staley, Bank of America corp & citi group, Goldman sochs group,
swizerland’s central bank e.t.c are in this list.
RBI Hiked Foreign Investment
Limit In Government Bonds By 5Million Dollars
In a moved aimed at arresting the unrelenting fall
of Indian rupee,India’s central bank ‘the Reserve Bank of India’ on 25 June
2012 hiked the limit of foreign investment in government bonds by 5 million
dollar to 20 billion dollar.The bank also raised the limit of external
commercial borrowing (ECB)to 10 billion dollar.
E-Voting Made Mandatory By SEBI
For Top 500 Listed Companies Of BSE ANSE
The capital market regulator Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI)on 26June 2012 made it mandatory for top 500
listed companies to hold e-voting with an objective ti widen share holder
participation in key decisions.
India’s Fiscal Deficit For April
-May Period Stood At 1.41 Lakh Core Rupees.
As Per the latest data released ny the controller
General of Accounts (CGA), india’s fiscal deficit during the April- May, the
first of the fiscal year 2012-13 stood at 1.41 lakh croer rupees,27%of the
budget estimates.
IRDA Fined 1.47 Crore Rupees On
HDFC Life Insurance
The Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority(IRDA) on 28 June 2012 fined 1.47crore rupees on HDFC Life insurance
against disobedience of number of regulatory provisions.It was the highest five
on any insurer.IRDA tested HDFC Life Insurance from 26 July 2010 to 30 July
2010. Before HDFC Life, IRDA had dined on ICICI prudential Life Insurance
of Rs.1.18 crore for violations that include paying agents and broker’s
commissions exceeding the permissible limits on May 2012.ICICI prudential
penalty is the second highest impared penalty by the regulator after HDFC Life.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Scientists Successfully Sequenced
The Genome of Tomoto
Sciencetists at the tomoto genome consortium(TGM) successfully sequenced the genome of tomato.It took 7years for the scientists to creck the genome.It will increase the vegetable’s production world wide and decrease its price .Indian scientists were also the part of research.
Sciencetists at the tomoto genome consortium(TGM) successfully sequenced the genome of tomato.It took 7years for the scientists to creck the genome.It will increase the vegetable’s production world wide and decrease its price .Indian scientists were also the part of research.
Pakistan Tests % 5th N-Capable
Missle
Pakistan on 5 June tested its fifth nuclear
-capable Cruise missile with a 700 km range that can deliver a one -ton nuclear
war head.
Pakistan Test Fired
Hatf-vII(Babur)
Pakistan Test fired successfully the indigenously
developed Hatf-vII(Babur) cruire missile on 15 June 2012.Earlier on
29May 2012 pakistan had successfully carried out the test of indegenously
developed slort range surface to surface multi tube Missile Hatf IX(NASR)followed
by the test of nuclear capable cruire missile Hatf-VIII(Raad)whose test was
conducted on 31 May 2012.
World IPv6 Launch Day Organized
By Internet Society
World IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) Launch Day
held globally on 6 June 2012. All the major Internet Service Providers,
networking equipment manufacturers and web companies around the world came
together on the occasion, to permanently enable IPv6 for their products and
services. The day, organized by Internet Society, represents a major milestone
in the global deployment of IPv6.World IPv6 Day 2012 was an event sponsored and
organized by the Internet.
The Solar Transit Of Venus
Presented A Spectacular Show In The Space
In a rare space event, Venus, the second closest
planet from the sun, passed in front of the sun on 6 June 2012.The view at the
time the Venus was crossing though the Sun was incredible, as a tiny black dot
appeared on the solar surface.Venus is 100th of the diameter of the sun so
while moving across from one side to the other, just a black spot placed over
on the disc of the sun. The celestial phenomenon which repeats itself in more
than 100 year, will now be rewitnessed only in 2117.
Largest Database Of Martian
Impact Craters
A University of Colorado Boulder team recently
finished counting, outlining and cataloguing 635,000 impact craters on Mars —
the single largest database ever compiled of impacts on a planet in our solar
system.
March 7 Solar Flare Is Strongest
Eruption Yet
The powerful March 7 flare, which earned a
classification of X5.4 based on the peak intensity of its X-rays, is the
strongest eruption so far observed by Fermi’s Large Area Telescope (LAT).
China launched Its Fourth Human
Spaceflight Shenzhou-9 Into Space
China on 16 June 2012 launched its fourth human
spaceflight Shenzhou-9 from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in
north-western Gansu state. The 30.3 feet long and 9.1 feet diameter, Shenzhou
-9 spacecraft will conduct the first manned docking mission and set the
foundation for Chinese plans to build a space station by 2020.
China Sent Its First Woman
Astronaut Liu Yang Into Space
Shenzhou-9 space mission also holds significance as
its crew members comprise three astronauts including China’s first woman astronaut
Liu Yang.Liu Yang, a cargo pilot in the People’s Liberation Army air force, is
the first Chinese female astronaut, who has been sent on the space mission.
Aerial Microwave Radar Gauge
Installed At Channel Mouth At Machilipatnnam
To predict cyclones and Tsunamis Aerial Microwave
Radar Gauge was installed at channel mouth at Machilipatanm.Though a
collabarative project jointly implemented by DMS-SVH college os engineering, is
association with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) abd National Institute
of Ocean Graphy(NIO),Goa,Downward looking Aerial Microwave Radar Gauge was
installed to measure accurate sea level.The sea level gets influenced by
atmospheric pressure,wind etc. Following the depression there us a rise in the
sea level.Under the Indo-Franch collaborative project of the ISRO, the NIO ,Goa
has established a network of sea leve;; gauge across the Indian coast and
islands.
Scientists Create Bone From Fat
Cell
For the first time , scientists have developed new
bone from fresh an purified fat stem cell. The new procedure carried out on an
animal model, is also hoped to be applied to produce other tissuess,
including heart,skin and castilage, a break through which they may say one day
eliminate the need for painful bone grabts that use material taken from the
patient.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened
Species
The red list of threatened species, prepares by the
International union for conservation of nature (IUNC) has listed 132 species of
plants and animals as critically Endangered, he most threatened category, from
India.
Indian Scientist gets U.S Patent
For Cancer Treatment
A Scientist hailing from Hyderabad and his
colleagues have invented a system in which nano particles carrier the payload
of anti cancer drug releases it only in the cancerous cells around.The cutting
edge research done in the united states has been patented recently.The nano
technologist Rao papineni their to correspondent on phone from U.S.
German Research House For
Research And Innovation To Be Launched in New Delhi
The German research foundation (DFG) newdelhi will,
on October 26 and 27, launch the German research house for research and
innovation(DWIH) that will serve as a one stop for the Indian science community
to know about research and science organizations in Germany and funding
opportunities available to carry out research there.with their, India will
become the 5th country to have the science house,U.S, Russia, Japan and BRazil
already have such facilities.THe first German house was started in2009 in the
U.S.
Japan to Restart Of 2 N –
Reactors
Japan on June 16,2012 approved the resumption of
nuclear power operations at two reactors despite mass public opposition, he
first to come back on line after they were all shut down following the
fukushima crisis .Prime minister Yoshihiko Noda announced the government’s
decision at a meeting with keep ministers, giving the go-ahead to two reactors
operated by kansai Electrical Power co in western Japan.
Scientists Grow New Vein from
Girl’s Stem Cell
For the first rime, Scientist led by an Indian –
origin researcher have successfully replaced a major blood vessel in a 10 year
old girl with a vein grown in a lab using her own stem cells. The pioneering
transplant, published in The lancet, marks a further advance in growing body parts
in laboratory and offers hopes for patients who lack suitable veins for
dialysis or bypass surgery.In the landmark research, a team from the University
of Gothenburg in Sweden took a vein from a dead man, stripped of its own cells
and then bathed in stem cells from girl, who was suffering from portal vein
obstruction.There was a ‘ striking’ improvement in her transplantation. This is
the future for tissue engineering where we can make tailor-made organs in the
lab.
India Installed Nuclear
Submarine
India has successfully installed nuclear reactor in
the indigenous nuclear submarine “INS Arihant’ on 17 June 2012 followed
by trails. With the launched of INS arihant, India has already joined the
league of those six nations who operate nuclear submarines – US, Russia
,china ,France and Britain. India has , for the firsts time, built a miniature
nuclear reactor.
AWARDS & HONOURS
19 NRIs honourned With Light Of
India Awards
“Columbia University professor and economist Jagdish Bhagwati and noted author anitav ghosh are among 19 persons winning the Light of India awards recognizing excellence and exemplary achievement of Indians living abroad.
“Columbia University professor and economist Jagdish Bhagwati and noted author anitav ghosh are among 19 persons winning the Light of India awards recognizing excellence and exemplary achievement of Indians living abroad.
PetroFed Awards for 2011
The annual PetroFed Oil & Gas Industry Awards
for 2011 for excellence in performance in various categories were presented by
the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, S Jaipal Reddy here on 8June
2012. The awards for performance during fiscal 2010-11 were in 11
categories. The leading PetroFed award winners were Indian
Oil and ONGC. Indian Oil bagged the “Leading Oil & Gas Corporate of the
Year award”,the Oil & Gas Marketing – “Company of the Year award and the
one forProject Management ” . ONGC won the awards for Human
Resources Management, Environmental Sustainability and the Innovator of the
Year award by their team.
IIFA Awards 2012
13th IIFA Awards 2012 schedule from 7th Jun
to 9th Jun, 2012 as held in the beautiful city of Singapore . The list of
winners has just been announced and as expected, Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan
have once again won the Best Actor and Best Actress award respectively. The
Best movie and director too have been predictable this year, as Zindagi Na
Milegi Dobara, which swept the IIFA 2012 technical awards, has won in both
categories.
Winners of IIFA Awards 2012
Best Actor – Ranbir Kapoor (Rockstar)
Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
Best Movie – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Director – Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
Best Story – Zoya Akhtar and Reema Katgi (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
Best Music – A R Rahman ( Rockstar)
Winners of IIFA Awards 2012
Best Actor – Ranbir Kapoor (Rockstar)
Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
Best Movie – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Director – Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
Best Story – Zoya Akhtar and Reema Katgi (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
Best Music – A R Rahman ( Rockstar)
Sachin Tendulkar Honoured By
“Wisden India”
Sachin Tendulkar won “Wisden India” maiden
Outstanding Achievement award for completing a century of 100 international
hundreds, in Dubai on 11 June 2012. he is the first recipent of the Wisden
India Outstanding Achievement award.The legendary batsman was presented a
trophy at an event organised by FidelisWorld. The trophy was made from crystal,
it resembles a cricket ball resting on the open pages of a book.
Israeli Micro-Irrigation
Innovation Wins World Food Prize
This year’s winner of world Food Prize(WFP)in
israeli scientist Daniel Hillel has pioneered a method of bringing water to
crops in arid and dry-land regions.Dr.Hillel was gven the prestigeous award,
established in 1987 by NObel Peace Prize winner Noruran Borlaug.
Ogilvy Mumbai Wins Effie Award
Ogilvy Mumbai has been declares the “most effective
Agency office Globally, in the 2012″ Effie effectiveness Index at the Cannes
advertising festival currently being held in France.At the same time Vodafone
& Ogilvy has also won bronze in the Direct Lions category for I FOLD
Vodafone India saving paper. The Index was launched in June last year and is
led by Effie world wide.This gives Ranks the marketing communication Industry’s
most effective agencies. advertisers, and brands by analysis finalist and
winner data from Effie world wide competitions.
R.K.Pachauri Gets Mexican Honour
The Director General of the energy and Resources
Institute(TERI) Dr.R.K.Pachauri, has been conferred the Mexican order of the
Aztec Eagle by the Mexican president, during the G-20 summit in Los Cabos.He
was honoured along with MS.Margaret chan, Director General of the world health
organization.
Yarlagadda Presented Award For
Promoting Hindi
Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Hindi Academy Yarlagadda
Lakshmi Prasad was honoures with Ganga sharan Singh Award by President Pratibha
singh patil in New Delhi on 20 June 2012.The President also gave away the
award,instituted by center’s kendriya Hindi Santhan,at a gli-hering ceremony at
the Rashtrapathi Bhavan to Girish karnad,Shyam Benagal and Madhur
Bahndarkar,among others their contribution to the promotion of the national
language
ITC Bags Award For BIZ
Development
Diversified Business firm ITC ltd on 21 June said
it has received the ’2012 World Business & Development Award’ at the on
going Rio+20 united nations summit in Brazil.The award has been given for the
transformational rural initiatives in social & farm forestry programmes in
India , undertaken by the company.
Kolkata Solar Physicist Wins
Prestigious US Prize
Dibyendu Nandi of the Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research, Kolkata has been awarded the prestigious Karen Harvey
Prize for 2012 by the American Astronomical Society (AAS).The first scientist
from the Asia Pacific to get the prize, Nandy was awarded for his “advances in
the use of kinematic dynamo models to elucidate the typical and atypical solar
cycle, and for his outstanding leadership within the solar physics and space
climate communities.”
G20 Challenge Award for Medicare
Initiative
The Apollo Hospitals Group initiative to provide
quality tertiary health care in semi urban and rural areas has won the G20
challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation
Ratan Tata Gets LifeTime
Achievement Award b the Prestigious Rockefeller Foundation
Tata sons chairman,Ratan Tata, has been awarded a
lifetime Achievement Award by the Rockfeller Foundationa in New York for his
innovation in philonthropy.The foundation, celebrating 100 years of global
innovation, honoured individuals and institutiona with in second annual
innovation wasrds on 26 June 2012 .Last year’s receipient of the Roche feller
foundation’s Life time Achievement Award was former US president Bill Clinton.
Tata Power Jojobera Unit
Wins Award
Tata powers Jojobera thermal power station at
Jamshedpur in Jharkhand won the golden peacock environment Management award for
2012 . The award will be presented in New Delhi during the 14th world congress
on environment Management on 7-8 July.
City Firm Bags Global Packaging
Awards
Ecoblis, a Hyderabad based firm engaged in making
innovative packaging products, bagged three awards at the international
packaging excellence awards competition held in Croatia. The jury consisted of
33 country representatives and a representative from the international
packaging press organization
Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
2012
K.Ravi, Managing director,NCL industries , has won
the Hyderabad Management Associations”Entrepreneur of the year award 2012″.
Civil supplier minister D.sridhar babu presented the award to him at a function
organized by the HMA here.A Hyderabad based company,NCL induction in engaged in
the manufacture of cement, ready concrete, cement particle board etc.
Life Time Achievement Award
Eminent Write Ruskin Bond, renowned Sarod exponent
Ustad Amjad Ali khan and noted classical singer Girija Devi were conferred
‘Life Time Achievement Awards’ for the year 2011 -2012 by Delhi government at a
function in New Delhi on June 22,2012.
Eklavya Award
The Government of Gujarat of June 5,2012 presented
Eklavya Award of the year 2010-11 to Indian Cricketer Yusuf Pathan in Vododara.
Munaf patel also received the award. Eklavya Award is highest award resented by
Gujarat Government in the area id sports. Both recipients received cheque of
Rs.1 lakh and a trophy.
Benjamin Franklin Award
US based India chief Vikas Khanna’s cookbook
is among the winners of America’s prestigious Benjamin Franklin Awards on
June 7,2012 , Pakistani civil servant Irfan Hussain also received the award for
his book ‘ Fatal Faultlines’ in Politics and current affairs category while vikas khanna’s
book was ‘Flavours First: An Indian Chef’s Culinary Journey’.
International Peace Award
Two India human rights activists –Binayak sen and
Bulu Imam will be honoured with the International peace Award given by Gandhi
Foundation at the House of Lords. The award was instituted in 1998 by
Suruv Hoda and Diana Schumacher with support of the foundation’s President Lord
Attenborough.
Common Wealth Literary Prize
Writers from Srilanka and New Aealand on June
8,2012 won the common wealth Foundation’s literary Prizes for 2012.shehan
karunatilaka from srilanka picked up the common wealth short story prize was
won by Newzealnd’a Emma Martin for ‘Two Girls in a Boat’.
USIBC Leader ship Award
The chairman and Managing Director of
Mahindra & Mahindra , Anand Mahindra received the UDIBC leadership award
along with Fors Moto’r President and CEO, Alan Mulally on June 12, 2012 at the
37th Annual gala of the US India Business council. USIBs
is the largest bilateral trade organization based in Washington and Premier
business advocacy organization advancing the US- India commercial and trade
ties.
PERSONS IN NEWS
A) Appointments
Arup Raha Takes Over As IAF’s
Western Command Chief
Air Marchal Arup Raha, an ace combat pilot, on 1st
june took over as the chief of Delhi based western Air command.
Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra Appointed
as LIC chairman
Dinesh kumar mehrotra has taken over as the
chairman of the country’s logest insurer.Life Insurance corporation of India on
1 june 2012.
Sachin Tendulkar Takes Oath As
Rajyasabha MP
Master blaster sachin Tendulkar started his new
innings on 4 June taking oath as Rjya sabha member in the chambers of RS
chairperson and vice-president Hamid Ansari. Sachin is the first active sports
person and cricketer to have been nominated to the Rajya sabha under the
prominent Quota.
D.K.Joshi-Next Navy Chief
Vice admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi,flag officer
commanding-in-chief(Foc-in-C)of the Western naval command will be the next
cheif of the navy.Vice admiral Nirmal retire on 31 August.D.K Joshi will hold
the post for 3years.
R.N.choubey Is The New Head Of
DGH
The centre has appointed Rajiv Naraya Choubey, a
senior bureaucrat,Mr.Chobey ,a 1981 batch DAS officer of Tamilnadu cadre will
be the first bureaucrat to head the highly Technical arm of the oil Ministry
.Which has been marred by control versies in the past few years.
Sampath Appointed As New
CEC(cheif election commissions)
Senior most Election commissioner veeravalli
sundaram sampath was appointed as the chief election commissioner.He replaces
S.Y.Qureshi,who retire on June 10,2012.He will carryout his term till June
16,2015-either for six years in the commission or till age of 65 which ever comer
earlier.
Dr K.C. Chakrabarty Has
Re-Appointed As Governor Of RBI
The central government, on 13 June appointed Dr
K.C. Chakrabarty as deputy governor of RBI, “for a further period of 3 months
beyond June 14,2012,or until further orders,which ever is earlier .”the RBI
said in a
release.
Mr.Chakrabarty was appointed as Deputy governor in 2009 for 3 years and took
charge as deputy governor of RBI on June 15,2009,it added.
Fatou Bensouda Appointed As The
Chief Prosecutor Of The International Criminal Court
Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda was sworn in on 15
June 2012 as the International Criminal Court’s new chief prosecutor. Bensouda
was elected at the latest session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome
Statute (ASP) in December 2011 for a nine-year term.
Indian-American Appointed To Top
Yale Position
The prestigious Yale University on Sunday announced
the appointment of Indian-American academician Anjani Jain to a top university
position.Beginning July 1, 2012 Mr. Jain will join the Yale School of
Management (SOM) as senior associate dean for the full-time MBA programme.Mr.
Jain has served in multiple leadership roles at the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania, including 10 years as vice dean of its full-time
MBA programme.His appointment comes at a time of important expansion and
opportunity for Yale SOM.
Alok Misra Is IBA Chairman
The Indian Bank Association(IBA), on 18 June said
Bank of India chairman and Managing director Alok Misra has been elected of the
banker’s body for the current fiscal.
Sekhar Basu Taken Charge On BARC
Director
Sekhar Basu,who played a key role in the
development of atomic reactor for india’s indigenous nuclear submarine INS
Arihant, on 19 June took charge as director of Bhabha Atomic Reasearch
Centre(BARC).Mr.Basu succeeds R.K.Simha, who has been elevated as chairman of
the Atomic energy commission and secretorydepartment of Atomic energy in May.
New MD For Sony India
Japanese electronics major Sony , on 20 June,
announced the appointment of Kenishiro Hibi as Managing Director with effect
from July 1 for India operations.
Harish Bhat Is New CEO Of Tata
Global
Harish Bhat has been appointed as chief executive
officer and managing Director of the company. He will take over from percy
poria, who returns on June 30,2012
FAI – South’s New Chairman
K.Rahul Rahu, managing director of Nagarjuna
fertilizers and chemicals Ltd, has been unanimously elected chairman of
fertilizer Association of India(FAI) southern Regional committee for the year
2012-13.
Pakistan gets Chaudhry Pervaiz
Elahi as its Deputy Prime Minister
haudhry Pervaiz Elahi, a top leader of the ruling
PPP’s key ally PML-Q, has been appointed as Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister.
Isaac Takes Over as ICC Chief
Sharad Power’s reign as the president of the
International cricket council(ICC) ended on 28 June as Newzealander Alan Isaac
took charge from him for a two-year-term at the ICC annual conference .
The 60 Year old Isaac, a former New zealand cricket chief, became the eight
president of the ICC, while former South Africa wicketkeeper David Richardson
was confirmed as the new chief executive of the world body,taking over from
country man Haroon Lorgat.
Neeraj Kumar Was Appointed As The
New Commission Of Delhi Police
Neeraj Kumar, the 1976 batch Indian police
service(IPS) officer, was appointed as the new commissioner of Delhi police on
28 June 2012 . Neeraj Kumar will succeed B.K.Gupta who is getting his tenure as
the Delhi police commissioner completed on 30 June 2012. Neeraj Kumar, who is
servicing as the Director General of Tihar jail, will assume the new charge on
1July 2012.
US Appoints Envoy To Myanmar
For the first time in 22 years, the US has
appointed its ambassador to Myanmar as part of efforts to upgrade ties with the
country which has launched a slew of democratic reforms after five decades of
authoritarian rule. The appointment of veteran diplomat” Derek Mitchell”, who
was till now the Special US Representative and Policy Coordinator for Myanmar,
was confirmed by the Senate on 29 June 2012 and he is expected to leave
for that country soon.
V. K . Duggal appointed as member
of NDMA
Former Union home secretary V.K Duggal has been
appointed as one of the members of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
on June 21 2012 .
Shreyans Kumar Jain headed the
WANO
Shreyans Kumar Jain, Former chief of (NPCIL) has
been elected as head of Tokyo centre of world Associations Nuclear operators
(WANO).
Jean Marc Ayrault PM of
France
France’s President Francois Hollande
reappointed ,Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault on June 18,2012 . Who resigned
earlier. Hollande’s socialist party won the absolute majority in French ,
Parliamentary elections.
R.K .Singh appointed
as the chairman of NHAI
R.K. Singh has been appointed as regular chairman
of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on June 11, 2012 . The position
for the full –time chairman at NHAI fell vacant in August 2012 after the
retirement of Brijeshwar singh.
Rupak Kumar Dutta appointed as
aditional director of CBI
Rupak Kumar Dutta has been appointed as the
additional Director in the central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) on June
11,2012, He had previously held several posts in CBI from 1988 to 96 and 2000
to 2006.
Gokul Chandra Pati
Gokul Chandra pati has been appointed as officer of
Animal Husbandary,Darirying and Fisheries. He will replace Rudhra Gangadharan
as new secretary, who reties , on June 30 2012.
Shiv RamKrishna Rajan
Indian Scientist, Shiv Ram kirshna Rajan, has been
appointed as member of the United Nations’ Commission on limits of the
Continental Shelf(CLCS). He was the representative of India for CLCS elections.
His tenure ends in 2017.
Madan Bhimrao Lokur
Justice Madan Bhimrao Lokur sworn in as a Judge of
the Supreme Court on June 4,2012, Prior to this, Lokur was chief Justice of the
Andhra Pradesh High Court.
Indian – American appointed to
Key Texas board
A prominent Indian – American community leader has
been appointed to a key body of engineering professionals in Texas. Texas
Governor Rick Perry appointed sockalingam “sam” Kannappan and Edward to the
Texas board of Professional engineers for terms to expire in September 26,2017.
B) Resigns
Commerce Secretary Resigns
John E. Bryson announced his resignation as
President Obama’s commerce secretary on 21 June 2012, citing medical reasons
after an episode in which he had a seizure and was involved in a sequence of
car crashes.
Virbhadra Singh Resigns
Union Minister for micro,small and medium
enterprises resigned in 26 June 2012 after a Himachal Pradesh court framed
corruption charges against him.The president, as advised by the PM, has
accepted the resignation of Virbhadra singh from the union council of
Ministers,with immediate effect.
Pranab Quits As Finance Minister
Finance Minister Pranab Mukharjee resigned on 26
June as he has been elected as the presidential candidate by congress
government. Manmohan singh took charge of the finance ministry until a cabinet
reshuffle is effected after the presidential election.
C)Deaths
A.V.S Reddy Passes
Away
A.V.s reddy retired IAS officer and former state
election commissioner, who earned kudos for his rescue and relief work during
the 1977 diviseema cyclone, passed away after a brief illness Hyderabad on June
4 2012.
Ex-Director Of Institute Of
Astrophysics Passes Away
The former Director of the Indian Institute of
Astrophysics(IIA) J.C.Bhattacharya, passed away in the New Delhi on 4 June
after prolonged illness.
First Women To Win Nobel In
Economics Died
Indiana University professor Elinor Ostrom, the
first and only woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences,died on
13 June due to cancer.she was 78 years old .
Legendary Cuban Boxer Teofilo
Stevensan Died At The Age Of 60
Legendary Cuban Boxer Teofilo Stevensan Died of
heart attack on 13 June 2012 at the age of 60. stebenson,won his first gold at
the 1972 Munich games,and went on to win two more golds at the 1976 Montreal
and 1980 Moscow games,ruled the game for nearly 14 years.He was the first
fighter to win the olympic gold medal in the same division three times.
Ghazal King Mehdi Hassam Passes
Away
Indian born Ghazal legend Mehdi hassan, the
melodian voice behind evergreen hits like ,patta patta,boota boota and kabke
bichare,died on 13 June following multiple organ failure at the age of 84.
Saudi Crown Prince Nayef Dies
Crown Prince Nayef, the hardline interior minister
who spearheaded Saudi Arabia’s fierce crackdown crushing Al Qaeda’s branch in
the country after the 9/11 attacks in the United States and then rose to become
next in line to the throne, has died. He was in his late 70s.
Former RS Member Dipankar
Mukherjee Passes Away
Dipankar Mukherjee, an engineer- turned-trade
unionist and former Rajya Sabha member, died at a hospital on 18 June
morning after battling pancreatic cancer. Mukherjee, 69, a former CPI(M) Rajya
Sabha member from West Bengal and a senior leader of the CITU.
NIA Chief Radha Vinod Raju Passes
Away
Radha Vinod Raju, founding Director-General of the
National Investigation Agency (NIA) and key member of the special investigation
team which probed Rajiv Gandhi assassination, died in Kochi on 21 June 2012.
Abid Hussain Dead
Abid Hussain who was among those who helped break
mental barrier after the end of the cold war,passed away in London on 21 June
morning after a massive heart attack, He was 85 years old.The normal career
progression of an Indian Administrative service(IAS) cadre office.which wound
up in the commerce Ministry, Dr.Hussain was one of the key persons who set ball
rolling for India’s economic liberalization.
Roy Burman Passes Away
Renowned anthropologist and social scientist
B.K.Raoy Burman 90 passed away.New delhi on 26 June morining .A former visiting
professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University and professor of visva Bharathi
University and Ex-officio Director of the council of social Developement,
prof.Burman also served as a visiting senior fellow at the centre for the study
developing societies.
Radha Vinod Raju
Radha Vinod Rahu, founder director general of the
national Investigation Agency(NIA) and a police official renowned as one of the
best in India, passed away on June 21,2012. He had undertaken several
challenging assignments including the investigation into the 1999 hijack of an
Indian Airlines plane to kandahar.
Balu Sankaran
Renowned orthopedic surgeon , Balu sankaran , who
was formerly Director General of Health Services and Director of the WHO
(191-87) in Geneva passed away on June 20,2012. He was also honoured with Padam
sri in 1972 and Padma Vibhushan in 2007.
Author Ray Bradury
Science fiction author Ray Bradhury, famous for
books such as ‘Fahrenheit 451’, passed away at the age of 91 on June 5, 2012.
Bradhury broke through in 1950 with ‘ The Martian Chronicles destroying an
idyllic martian civilization prophesied the banning of books, especially works
of fantasy, a theme Bradbury would take on fully in the 1953 release, “
fahrenheit451”.
G K Kumaravel
G K Kuamaravel, a senior scientist involved in the
development of arjun main battle tank,died in an accident in Rajastahan on June
11, 2012. Kumaravel was head of the Arjun Main battle Tank(MBT) Mark 1
and 2 programmes at the cambat vehicles Research Development Establishment
(CVRDE), avadi. He was on his way to Pokhran to participate in user trials of
Arjun MBT Mark-2 when the accident occurred .
D) Visitors
U.S Defence Secretary Leon Pnetta
Visited India
U.S defense secretary Leon Pnetta arrived
india on a two-day visit on 5 june 2012.The visit was aimed at strengthening
bilateral strategic and defence cooperation between the two nations,discuss
china’s growing assertiveness,especially in the contentions south china sea,and
the volatile Af-Pak region.
PM Manmohan Singh departed For
G-20, Rio+20 summits
Singh attended the seventh summit of the
Group of 20 developed and developing countries (G-20) started in the Mexican
resort town of Los Cabos on June 18 and the Rio+20 Summit in Rio De Janeiro.
Australian high commissioner
Visits Uttar Pradesh
Australian High Commissioner Peter Varghese on 22
June paid a courtesy visit to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and
expressed interest in cooperation and technology transfer between his country
and the state for river cleaning, energy sector and agriculture.
PM Manmohan Singh Visits Pretoria
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on 22 June
midnight a visit to Mexico and Brazil for attending two international
summits.He was on overnight stay in this South African city before
leaving for New Delhi on 24 June.
E)Miscellaneous
Britain Marks Diamond Jubliee Of
Queen Elizabeth-II
Britain on 2 June kicks off four days of
celebrations to mark Queen ElizabethII’s Diamond Jubilee, including a 1000-bad
river pageant and a star-studded concert.These celebrations were held at Thames
in London.The most spectacular nautical parade in 350 years, the pagenant
wasthe centre piece of 4 day diamond jubilee.
World’s Oldest Pearl Discovered
In UAE
The Oldest Pearl in history which dates back to the
Neolithic age. some 7,500 years old -has been found in the UAE.The French
National Center for Scientific Reasearch has announced that gems believed that
the oldest pearl known goes back to 3000 BC. and was found at an antiquity site
in Japan.
Climbs World’s 14 Tallest Peaks
A Japanese Mountaineer who was nearly killed by an
avalanche in 2007 finished a climb in Nepal last month that made him countrey’s
first person to scale the world’s 14 tallest mountains. “Hisotoka Takeuchi”
said on 11 June in kathmandu tops 14 peaks including everest,k2 and
kanchanjanga are in the Himalaya or kara koram ranges
od Asia . He is the 30th person to climb all 14 and first climber from Japan.
Class IX Bengaluru Girl Wins Indian
Spell Bee
“Belligerent” was one of the words that samvida
venkatesh spelt right at the Indian Spell Bee’s grand finale.THe class IX
student from Bengaluru won the HDFC life Spell Bee- India spells 2012, poweres
by the Times of India, in association with Horlicks.
Across The Niagara Falls On A
Tightrope
Daredevil Nik Wallenda completes historic high-wire
walk, braving blustering winds, heavy spray A daredevil American, Nik Wallenda,
became first person in the world to walk on a tightrope across the roaring
Niagara Falls, separating U.S. and Canada.
Chenab Rail Bridge Promises To Be
An Engineering Wonder
The world’s highest rail bridge being constructed
over chenab river in Jammu & Kashmir’s Reasi district will be ready by
December 2015 coming up at kauri, it will be 359metres above the river bed 5
times the height of QutubMinar and 35 metres taller than Eiffel Tower.
Erotic Books Beats Potter Record
An erotic book dubbed as “mummy porn” has beaten
the J.K Rowling authores Harry potter’s record in the U.K book sales chart,
becoming fastest selling paper back of al time in just one week.The nook ‘Fifty
Shades of Grey’ has became the fatest selling paper back since records began.
Erika Mitchell, who writes with the pen name “EL James” beat Rowling and ‘Davinci
code’ author Dan Brown.
Global Second Warmest May On
Record
The Globally averaged temperature for May 2012
marked the second warmest May since 1880.The temperatures were measured
over global land and ocean surfaces.
PLACES IN NEWS
A 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Stuck
Off Indonesia’s Sumatra Island On June 4
5.6 Magnitude earth quake strikes Indonesia’s most
populated western Java at a depth of 67 kilometers.
Costa Rica’ Is The Happiest Place
On Earth
In the Economics Foundation’s Happy planet Index ,
cost Rica, The central American country was listed as world’s number one
happiest place on earth. Costa Rica.means “Rich coast”,is a popular ecotourism
destination known for its beautiful beaches ,rain forests and diverse plants
and wildlife.The next happiest places are vietnam and colombia.
CM’s Office Gutted In Mantralaya
fire
A devastating fire in the Maharashtra government
secretariat, including offices of the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief
Minister, on 21 June . left two persons dead and 16 injured and destroyed large
number of files, raising questions on whether any sabotage was the cause.
COMMITTEES
Committee Recommends Just
Five Mouzas – GJM Threatens To Re-launch Agitation
Darjeeling is likely to be violent again as the
high-power committee set up by Mamata Banerjee has recommended inclusion of
just five mouzas under the proposed Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA)
sabha against Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM)’s demand for inclusion of 398
mouzas.high-power committee headed by retired justice Shyamal Sen and said that
the committee has recommended inclusion of three mouzas from Darjeeling
district and two from Jalpaiguri district into the proposed GTA Sabha.
BOOKS IN NEWS
A Book Released on
L.K.Advani
BJP National president Nitin Gadkari and Leader of
opposition in Lok sabha Sushma swaraj released the book “Those were the Day and
then-The Life & Times of Lal Krishna Advani” written by Mira Govind
Advani(R) in New Delhi on June 12, 2012.
APJ Abdul Kalam’s New Book
“Turning Points”
kalam’s sequel to his bestseller “Wings of fire”
gives a picture of his uneasy relationship with UPA government from May 2004,
till his term as president expired in July 2007. The book,published by
Hapercollins is yet to be released .Turning points takes up the incredible
kalam story from where wings of fire left off. It brings together details from
his career and presidency that are generally kn own as he speaks for the first
time on certain points of controversy. turning point:A Journey through
challenges.
Abbrevations
IAC –
International AIDS conference
DMSS – Durban
mahila Samnway Samiti
CII
– Confederation of Indian Industry
PNGRB – The petroleum and
Natural Gas Regulatory Board
IIA
– Indian Institute of Astrophysics
UNEP –
United nations for conservation of Nature
CITU –
Centre of Indian Trade Union
INCACBI – Indian Campaign for the Academic
& Cultural Boycott of Israel
ESI
– Environmental sustainability Index
WEP
– World Food Prize
UEFA
– Union of European Foot ball Association
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