28 October 2011

• Gen VK Singh : Chief of Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army
• Hamid Ansari : Vice-President of India
• Tony Abbott : Opposition Leader of Australia
• Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) : @ Perth, Australia
• Crimes under various categories rise by 5% in 2010 : report by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
• Alexander Glukhov : head of Atomstroiexport. Russian company building nuclear reactors at Kudankulam
• Sushil Kumar : a govt clerk of Bihar
• 1st person to win Rs.5Cr, full prize money,  of Kaun Banega Crorepati 5
• Leaders of 17 Euro-Zone nations signed an agreement to resolve region's debt crisis & to protect vulnerable economies like Italy, Spain
• Wipe of 50% debts of Greece
• Recapitalise European banks
• Strengthen European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)
• Rajat Gupta : Former chief of Goldman Sachs
• Charged with conspiracy & security fraud offences
• making him highest ranking official to be embroiled in Wall Street insider dealing inquiry 
• Forbes India annual rich list : Richest Indians in the world list
• 1 Mukesh Ambani : with $22.6b net worth
• 2 Lakshmi Mittal : $19.2b
• 3 Azim Premji : $13b
• 4 Shashi Ruia & Ravi Ruia : $10.2b
• 5 Savitri Jindal : $9.5b
• 6 Sunil Mittal : $8.8b
• 7 Gautam Adani : $8.2b
• 8 Kumar Mangalam Birla : $7.7b
• 9 Pallonji Mistry : $7.6b
• 10 Adi Godrej : $6.8b
• World Bank ink a $975m loan agreement with Ministry of Finance of India & Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) to finance 1130km out of 1839km of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor, stretching from Ludhiana-Dankuni
• US Economy rises 2.5% in Q3
• "A Shot At History" : Book of Abhinav Bindra, Olympic champion of India
• written by sports journalist Rohit Brijnath
• published by Harper Collins
• Jihadis protest Pakistan's move on MFN (Most Favoured Nation) Status to India