Friday, 28 October 2011

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

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