17 June 2011

17 June 2011, Friday

• "Kanakakunnu Palace to have tallest flag-pole in the country of more than 65m" : KV Singh, Spokesman of Indian Flag Foundation - "The flag will be 72ft long & 48ft wide and weighs 27kg. The government has given special permission to allow the flag to remain hoisted round the clock"
• "The Brazilian Government signed a partnership agreement with IBM to digitalise information on Amazon bio-diversity" : Project 'Wikiflora'
• Ali Bagheri : Deputy Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council
• Shivshankar Menon : National Security Advisor of India
• Latha Reddy : Deputy National Security Adviser of India

Iran hopes India will revive Iran-Pakistan-India(IPI) pipeline project.

• TAPI : Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline
• Purushottam Khedekhar, whose book "Shivrayanchi Badnamichi Kendre" was charged of inciting communal harmony through the book, surrendered in court and was granted bail on a surety of Rs.15000
• "Russia & China to boost bi-lateral trade to $100bn by 2015 & $200bn by 2020" : 10th anniversary of a friendship treaty
• China is Russia's biggest trading partner with last year's trade of 50%, $59bn
• India's trade with Russia stood at $8.5bn in 2010 and is projected to $20bn by 2015
• High Commission of India in partnership with SriLankan Institute of Architects(SLTA) announced a national design competition for a cultural centre in Jaffna
• Reserve Bank hikes the short-term indicative policy rate(repo rate) by 25 basis points, from 7.25% to 7.5%, to rein in inflation
• Tata Steel to exit Riversdale Mining : Tata Steel going to sell 26.27% stake to RioTinto for $1.06bn
• Jeh Wadia : MD, GoAir
• Giorgio De Roni : CEO, GoAir

GoAir announced an additional order of 72 aircraft worth Rs.32000cr ($7.2bn) from Airbus, taking its total order to 92 aircraft worth Rs.43200cr ($9.6bn)