18 October 2011

• Nirbhaya : A scheme released by Kerala govt for protection & rehabilitation of minor girls who have been harassed
• Extended Producer Responsibility(EPR) mooted on producers by Kerala govt for disposal of non-biodegradable wastes produced by their products
• The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) of Stockholm Convention, Geneva, decided to invite Food & Agriculture Organisation(FAO) to study alternatives to endosulfan
• Reiner Arndt, Germany : Chair of POPRC
• Ryan Crocker : US Ambassador to Afghanistan
• India PM visits Pretoria, South Africa, for the 5th IBSA(India-Brazil-South Africa) Summit
• Baburam Bhattarai : Nepal PM
• to visit India & seek support & goodwill to complete the peace process & write a constitution
• to seek assistance in socio-economic arena
• Fauja Singh : Oldest person to complete a full length marathon in Guinness Book of World Records
• Indian of 100yrs age ran at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon and reached last
• Kenneth Mungara of Kenya won the marathon
• Citi Group posts 74% rise in Q3 net income
• Philippe Wetti : Swiss Ambassador to India
• Swiss Ambassador's Award for Exceptional Leadership : Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Group
• India-Philippines to sign a revised DTAA(Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement) soon
• Indian President Prathibha Patil released coins to commemorate 100 year of civil aviation in India
• India poised to be among top 5 aviation nations in next 10 years
• N Chandrasekharan : MD & CEO of TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)
• TCS net profit up 6% at Rs.2301Cr in Q2
• Dipika Pallikal : Squash player of India
• won her 2nd WISPA title at Dread Squash Series 2 tournament, Washington
• she bt Sarah Jane Perry (UK)
• PK Pradhan : new Health Secretary
• $10b cap in FII(Foreign Institutional Investments) may be rised
• FCCB : Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds
• Sriprakash Jaiswal : Coal Minister
• Haruhiko Kuroda : President of ABD(Asian Development Bank)
• RBI issued guidelines to commercial banks that they may resume lending to MFIs(Micro Finance Institutions) & treat them as priority sector
• Youngest Formula One driver to win Drivers' Championship twice : Sebastian Vettel
• Nobel Prize for Peace : Elden Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakel Karman
• MV Rena off coast of Tauranga : in New Zealand, a disastrous oil spill occured
• Shanti Tigga : India's First Woman Army Jawan