08 July 2011

08 July 2011, Friday

• Dayanidhi Maran : resigned as Union Textile Minister
• Indian Government amended a law to replace the word 'workmen' by 'workers' in it.

The Inter-State Migrant Workmen(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1979 will be known as The Inter-State Migrant Workers(Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1979

• 2011 Kesavadev Award : Novelist C Radhakrishnan for literature and Colorado-based writer on diabetes David Mendosa for health and education
• Akitaka Saiki : Japan's Ambassador to India

Two warships of Japan Maritime Self Defence Force(JMSDF), JDS Samidare and JDS Umigiri berthed at Kochion way to anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden

• VS Mathew : First Indian to reach semifinals of World Canoeing and Kayaking Championship (1987) - Killed in an accident
• Yoweri Museveni : President of Uganda

Uganda has helped Sudan, Rwanda and Congo bring their governments to power in the last two decades

• Department of Telecommunications(DoT) told the JPC that a loss of Rs.43,523cr was incurred during the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) government due to migration package offered to cellular operators in 1999
• Dipu Moni : Foreign Minister of Bangladesh

Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna visited Dhaka

Agreements to be signed on Sharing waters of rivers Teesta and Feni, Transit, Import of power from India, Joint-venture in power generation, Cooperation in security, education, culture and trade liberalisation

• C Chandramouli : Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner

"Impressive drop in maternal, infant mortality rates" : latest statistics of Sample Registration System(SRS)

No. of women dying due to maternal causes came down to 212(per 1lakh livebirths) in 2007-09 from 254 in 2004-06 - UN Millennium Development Goals(MDG) target is 109 by 2015

No. of infant deaths came down from 53 to 50(per 1000 livebirths) in 2008

• B Sudershan Reddy : retires as Supreme Court Judge
• The Union Cabinet approved to raise Member of Parliament  Local Area Development Scheme(MPLADS) annual funding from Rs.2cr to Rs.5cr per MP from current fiscal year
• Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to hold review meeting with chief executives of public sector banks(PSB) and financial institutions

To do annual review of PSBs' performance in different sectors including flow of agriculture credit, MSMEs credit, disbursement of housing loans and educational loans etc

• SBI hikes lending, deposit rates by 25 basis points : from 9.25% to 9.50%
• The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry refused work programme and budget of Cairn India of its Bhagyam oilfield in Rajasthan, likely to affect its crude oil production plans
• Group of Ministers(GoM) approves 26% profit-sharing mechanism for coal sector
• Sunil Mittal : CMD of Bharti Airtel
• Yahoo to provide content in Tamil
• IFC, a member of World Bank Group, to invest $2.7mn in Jain Irrigation Systems of India to set up Sustainable Agro-Commercial Finance Ltd, a NBFC that provide loans to small-scale farmers
• DCM Shriram Consolidated(DSCL) gets approval from Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for the Kaprion-Ki-Dhani lignite mining project in Nagaur, Rajasthan
• Maruti Suzuki India attained 1million production of its new generation K-series engines
• Lakshmi Vilas Bank(VLB) introduced 3 new services : Point of Sales(POS), Depository Participant(DP) Services and Application Supported by Blocked Amount(ASBA)
• Marg Ltd headquartered at Chennai listed among India's Top 500 Companies 2010 by Dun & Bradstreet, a leading provider of global business information, knowledge & insight
• "North Korea bribed Pakistani military more than $3mn to obtain access to sensitive nuclear technology in late 1990s; Jehangir Karamat, former Pakistani military chief named as the recipient of the $3mn" : Dr AQ Khan
• James Murdoch : Chairman of News International which publishes NoW

The 168-year-old newspaper News of the World(NoW) to close after hacking row

• Th Gagan Narang Sprts Foundation to organise Gun for Glory shooting championship with prizes of 35 lakh in Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune from August 3 to 9
• Mayookha Johny : Indian Athlete won Gold in Long Jump at Asian Athletics Championship
• Justice Mukul Mudgal : Former Chief Justice of Punjab-Haryana High Court

Union Sports Ministry appointed Justice Mudgal as a one-member committee to enquire into all aspects of issues relating to doping

• Oscar Pistorius : "Blade Runner" of South Africa's athlete with both legs amputated

Seeking qualification in World Athletics Championships with his artificial legs 'Cheetahs'

• Zinedine Zidane : new sporting director of Real Madrid football team
• Walt MacDonald : Executive Vice-President  & COO of Educational Testing Services(ETS)

TOEFL(Test of English as a Foreign Language)-2011 awards for 9 Indian students

• Dr K Srinath Reddy : Indian cardiologist conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Scotland's Aberdeen University

Currently President of Public Health Foundation of India, former head of Cardiology Department at All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, Dr. Reddy is regarded as a global leader in public health

Prof Cairns Smith : head of Aberdeen University's Public Health Department

• Jaya Noushad : this year's Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award for Best actress winner for the character 'Mara' in drama "Nellu"