30 August 2011

• William S Pinckney : MD & CEO of Amway India
• New Zealand Press Association(NZPA) going to transmit its last story on August 31, marking an end to its 132 year news service
• Khaled El Bakly : Egyptian Ambassador to India
• Retd. Justice RA Mehta : Gujarat Lokayukta appointed by Gujarat Governor Kamala Beniwal
• Modi Government filed petition against the appointment including name of Governor
• Gujarat High Court directed State Government to remove name of the Governor from the list of respondents in the petition
• Sanjay Chandra : MD of Unitech Wireless
• Rani Avantika Bai : freedom fighter of Ramgarh of Madhya Pradesh
• Life of Avantika Bai to be included in school curriculum
• Ajay Maken : Sports & Youth Minister
• Ram Baran Yadav : President of Nepal
• Jayant Prasad : Indian Ambassador to Nepal
• Fereydoum Abbasi Davani : Chief of Iran Atomic Energy Organisation
• RBI comes up with new norms for registering private banks
• Minimum capital requirement will be Rs.500cr
• Aggregate foreign shareholding shall not exceed 49% for the first 5 years
• Entities/Groups owned and controlled by resident Indians will be eligible
• Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Indian Economic Service(IES) marked
• Rail travel, capitation fee/donations in educational institutions may come under Goods and Services Tax(GST)
• A RBI Panel suggested a minimum asset of more than Rs.50cr for registering any new NBFC
• Panel headed by Usha Thorat, Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL)
• India-South Africa bilateral to touch $15bn before 2014
• Kapil Sibal : Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology
• Sachin Pilot : Union Minister of State of Communications & Information Technology
• Crisil Research launches Crisil Gold Index to track performance of Gold in domestic market
• Gagan Narang conferred Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
• KK Talwar : Chairman of New Board of Governors for Medical Council of India(MCI)