29 October 2011

• Hatf-7/Babur Cruise Missile : nuclear capable cruise missile of Pakistan
• range of 700km
• British Girls of Royal-birth to get equal rights of the British throne
• "Accidental Deaths & Suicides In India" : report by National Crime Records Bureau
• Farm suicides cross quarter million in last 16 years
• 15964 suicides in 2010
• 2/3rd of farm suicides occur in
• Maharashtra
• Karnataka
• Andhra Pradesh
• Madhya Pradesh
• Chattisgarh
• Rising infant deaths in BC Roy's Children's Hospital, Kolkata - toll rises to 17
• World Stroke Day : Oct 29
• Spirit of Adventure : Luxury cruise liner berthed at Vizhinjam
• GAC Shipping India Pvt Ltd handles the cruise liner
• "Crime in India 2010" : report by National Crime Records Bureau
• Mumbai tops the list with 33932 registered IPC crimes
• Charge-sheeting of crimes high in Kerala
• 4 police districts in state register more than 1000 IPC crimes annually
• Kochi has highest crime rate among 35 mega-cities
• Miloslav Stasek : Czech Ambassador to India
• visited Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University for Arts & Culture
• to sign a deal to conduct cultural exchange programmes
• Union Ministry of Environment & Forests nod for doubling capacity of Petronet LNG Ltd terminal of Kochi from 2.5 to 5 MMTPA(million metric tonne per annum)
• Eric Holder Jr : US Attorney General
• Maria Damanaki : European Commissioner of Fisheries
• Suggested to distribute unwanted edible fishes to charities than throwing them away back into sea
• Sri Kumar Banerjee : Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)
• SK Jain : Chairman of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)
• Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud : New Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
• NASA's $1.5b National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project
• First-of-its-kind weather satellite, will send data on weather & climate to help forecasters predict major storms & environmental changes
• took off on Delta-II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
• Rupee gains 74 paise : biggest jump in last 17 months
• Jaipal Reddy : Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas
• Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada : Minister of Industry & Energy, Qatar
• India seeks more crude oil & LNG from Qatar
• ABL Srivastava : CMD of NHPC Ltd
• net profit jumps 40% to Rs.966Cr in Q2
• K Subramanya : CEO of Tata-BP Solar
• Felipe Massa : Brazilian FormulaOne racer, of team Ferrari
• Bears the race no 58 for Airtel Indian GP, race no of late Marco Simoncelli who died in an accident in Malaysian GP
• World's biggest & heaviest gold coin displayed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth
• 1012kg, more than one tonne of 99.99% pure gold
• nearly 80cm in diameter & 12cm thick
• Value of the coin just under Australian $54m
• bouncing red kangaroo on one side & Queen Elizabeth-II's motif on another side
• Indian Cricketer Gautam Gambhir married Natasha Jain of Delhi
• Vivek B Gadgil : Chief Executive & MD of L&T Metro Rail
• Cristina Fernandez de' Kirchner : President of Argentina
• Muhtar A Kent : President & CEO of The Coca-Cola Company
• FOREX reserves rise by $858m to $318.35b
• Air China : successfully flied a Air China Boeing 747-400 passenger plane powered by bio-fuel & aviation kerosene
• Took off from Beijing Capital International Airport and landed after using 10 tonne of fuel