01 September 2011

• Konijeti Rosaiah : Tamil Nadu Governor
• The Union Ministry of Shipping has allowed Indian merchant vessels to deploy armed guards
• Irom Sharmila : leading a 10 year long fast for withdrawal of Armed Forces' Special Powers Act from Manipur
• EK Bharat Bhushan : Director-General of Civil Aviation
• Vice-Admiral RK Dhowan : assumed Vice-Chief of Naval Staff, succeeding Vice-Admiral DK Dewan
• K Ramakrishna Rao : chairman of Indian Council of Philosophical Research(ICPR)
• Committee to review functioning of ICPR headed by Mrinal Miri submitted its report to Central Government
• Benjamin Netanyahu : Israel PM
• Following a call by European billionaire Warren E Buffet, members of European wealthy elites urge their governments to raise their taxes or enact special levies to help reduce growing budget deficits
• Amit Khare : Chief Vigilance Officer of Human Resource Development Ministry
• Om Prakash, a resident of Jharkhand : sent a cheque of Rs.1 lakh to Union HRD Ministry seeking appointment as registrar or deputy registrar at Central University in the State
• Cassini : NASA's  spacecraft captured new views of Hyperion, Saturn's moon
• Laser-Assisted Water Condensation : Researchers used powerful laser to produce water droplets in air, a step that could produce a downpour from dry air
• Ajay Jakhar : Chairman of Barat Krishak Sangh
• 35 Indian Companies ranked among top 200 Asia-Pacific Corporations in Forbes Asia's Best Under a Billions' List
• Yashwant Sinha : head of Standing Committee on Finance, recommended that 
• investors of the New Pension System(NPS) should get assured returns
• FDI in pension sector may be capped at 26%
• Pension Advisory Committee should be delegated more power and independence
• Ranbaxy along with Daiichi Sankyo to spend nearly 200mn yen in next 5 years to sponsor mobile healthcare field clinics in India, Cameroon and Tanzania
• "Global goods trade slows down in second quarter" : Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD)
• Anil Gupta : Joint MD Havells India Ltd - To expand its operation in China, Africa
• 2011 Ramon Magsaysay Awards, @ Manila, Philippines
• Nileema Mishra - India
• Tri Mumpuni - Indonesia
• Koul Panha - Cambodia
• Hasanain Juaini - Indonesia
• Harish Hande - India
• Auke Idzenga - Netherland
• Olga Kaniskina : Clinched third consecutive World women's 20km walk title
• Vijay Kumar Malhotra : Indian Olympic Association (IOA) acting President
• Leandro Negre : International Hockey Federation (FIH)