15 June 2011

15 June 2011, Wednesday

• Alok Raj : IG(operations) Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF)

CRPF's hub CoBRA(Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) planned

• Technopark to sign MoU with Hamariyah Free Zone Authority(HFZA), Sharjah
• Rashid Al Leem : Director of HFZA
• West Bengal Assembly passed Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill 2011
• Ajit Gulabchand : CMD Hindustan Construction Company(HCC), which owns Lavasa Corporation Ltd.(LCL) - Lavasa's Hill Project, Pune
• A long dormant volcano, The Dubbi Volcano, in Eritrea (Capital : Asmara) erupted
• Swami Nigamanand : fasted for 114 days to stop illegal mining along the river Ganga, Died in hospital in DehraDun
• India signed a deal for $1bn loan from the World Bank to clean up the Ganga
• "Passenger Ferry Service Between SriLanka and India Resumed After Nearly 30 Years"

'Scotia Prince' ship on lease promoted by Flemingo Duty Free Shops , Ashok K Kantha(Indian High Commissioner) & Rohitha Abegunawardena(SriLankan Deputy Minister for Ports & Highways) inaugurated the new passenger terminal

• Inflation breaches 9% in May
• Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development(OECD) - OECD sees double digit growth potential in Indian Economy
• "Non-Banking Finance Companies(NBFC) can't open subsidiaries or enter into joint-venture abroad without permission" : RBI
• Aditya Ghosh : President of IndiGo Airlines
• Sanjay Kumar : CCO of IndiGo

IndiGo to launch international operations from September

• John Gerspach : Chief Financial Officer, Citigroup
• Pramit Jhaveri : CEO, Citigroup India

Citigroup sells stake in Housing Development Finance Corporation(HDFC), resulting in 11.4% to 9.9% and a pre-tax profit of about $160mn

• Chevrolet bags 3 JD Awards : Spark(most dependable compact car & best compact car in initial quality), Aveo U-VA(most dependable car in premium compact car segment)
• Deepak Khosla : Appointed as new Global Head of Sales&Marketing, NIIT Technologies
• For the 1st time, The House of Lords could have an Indian Speaker : Meghnad Desai
• Air India Express(AIE) plans to operate flights to capitals of SAARC countries & to new destinations in Gulf 
• South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation(SAARC) : India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, SriLanka