13 June 2011

13 June 2011, Monday

• KC Chandrasekharan Nair : Chief Finance Officer of Technopark
• Aladiyan Manickam : Indian Ambassador to Finland
• 4th Global Forum on Innovation & Technology Entrepreneurship : by Finland Govt. & InfoDev(managed by World Bank) at Helsinki, Finland
• Coins of denominations less than 25paise will cease to have value for monetary transactions from July 1
• International Air Transport Association(IATA) : has slashed its forecast for 2011 to $4bn, a 78% drop from $18bn recorded in 2010
• Sheryl Sandberg : COO of Facebook
• 2011 Red List of Birds : by, International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN)

Critically Endangered - Great Indian Bustard(estimated to be just 250), Nilgiri Pippit, 4 Vulture species(White-rumped, Slender-billed, Indian, Red-headed)

• "Child Labour Generates Rs.1.2lakh cr Black Money a Year" : report by Bachpan Bachao Andolan(BBA) titled 'Capital Corruption : Child Labour in India'
• KK Katyal : President of South Asia Media Commission India(SAMCI)
• "India Will Have Energy Shortage of 10.3% and Peak Demand Shortage of 12.9% This Year" : report by Central Electricity Authority(CEA)
• Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) will be eligible for funds from SIDBI under a programme launched by SIDBI and Technology, Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council(TIFAC)
• Esmond Kentish : West Indies' oldest living cricketer Passed Away
• Asian Junior Wrestling Championships, Jakarta : India bagged 3golds, 2silver, 2bronze and crowned champions for the first time

Gold - Amit Kumar, Arun Kumar, Sumit Sehrawat

Silver - Deepak, Krishan

Bronze - Pawan Kumar, Hitender

• Indian Government to set up 5 PIO(Person of India Origin) universities in different cities to deepen its connectivity with the Diaspora
• 12 Indian-Candians honoured with Indo-Canada Chamber's Annual Awards for 2011 in recognition of their contributions to Canadian economy