07 July 2011

07 July 2011, Thursday

• Julian Clef : Royal Northern College of Music(RNCM) 2011 Gold Medal winner
• World Zoonoses Day : July 6
• Kerala State Government to reinstate IG Tomin J Thachankary who has been under suspension for over a year
• MILMA registers 20% growth in Malabar
• GT Nanavati-Akshay Mehta Judicial Enquiry Commission : Godhra communal riots
• Plan outlay for Tamil Nadu for 2011-12 fixed at Rs.23535cr - Rs.3467cr more than 2010-11
• Lafarge : French cement company allowed to mine limestone in the forests of East Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, by Supreme Court of India
• Indian Supreme Court sent notice to Union Home Ministry on a Public Interest Litigation(PIL) petition  seeking direction to take decisions on pending mercy petitions
• 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi' MS Gopalakrishnan : Violinist conferred prestigious Nada Vidya Bharati title by the Music & Dance Academy
• Jeremy Browne : British Foreign Office Minister for South Asia

Visited West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and said that Britain is keen on helping West Bengal in education and healthcare sectors

• Handicraft exports rise 18% in first quarter of current financial year

Arvind Vadhera : Chairman of Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts

• Orient Green Power Company Ltd(OGPL) synchronised its 10MW bio-mass power plant near Pollachi, Tamil Nadu
• RBI limits investment of banks in subsidiaries & other companies engaged in non-financial business
• Arun Seth : new Chairman of India operations of Alcatel-Lucent
• Virtusa Corporation acquires ALaS Consulting LLC of US
• Capgemini acquires AIVE Group of Italy
• Virdhawal Khade & Sandeep Sejwal : Indian swimmers bagged 2golds-3bronze and 2 golds-1 silver respectively in Singapore Open Championships
• Laishram Bombayla Devi, Deepika Kumari & Chekrovolu Swuro : Indian Archers

Earned three Olympic quota in the World Archery Championship at Turin, Italy