September 2011

30 Sept 2011

• Beti Bachao Abhiyan : launched by Madhya Pradesh Government to save girl children
• Indian postal department ties up with Moneygram Payment Systems Inc of USA
• FDI limits for educational institutions and old age homes removed
• Tiangong-1 : Space lab launched by China from Jiuquan
• Compass (Beidou) : Navigation system of China
• Martin Dempsey : New Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff US

29 Sept 2011

• Rana Kapoor : MD & CEO of YES Bank
• Madhu Kannan : MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
• BSE to list SME exchange
• Jose Barroso : President of European Commission
• Herman Van Rompuy : President of European Union

28 Sept 2011

• Law against cow slaughter in Gujarat
• India-Myanmar bilateral to be $3b by 2015

27 Sept 2011

• India's 1st atheist university & research centre to open in Vijayawada
• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology
• instituted by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR)
• won by Mahan Maharaj, senior researcher of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Howrah
• Wangari Maathai : 2004 Noble Peace Prize winner; Passed Away

26 Sept 2011

• Singapore GP : won by Sebastian Vettel
• APNIC (Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre) : IPv4 provider in Asia-Pacific area
• King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud : King of Saudi Arabia
• Announced right for women to vote & participate in elections by 2015
• World Bank aid $1.88b to Horn of Africa
• Kishenganga (J&K): Dam work stayed
• Ashish Bagga : CEO of India Today
• elected as President of Indian Newspaper Society

25 Sept 2011

• India gifted 1250 computers to eastern SriLankan schools
• Ashok K Kantha : Indian High Commissioner to SriLanka
• Ramu S Deora : President of FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organisations)
• Rahul Khullar : Commerce Secretary

23 Sept 2011

• Eric E Shemdit : Chairman of Google
• MAK Pataudi : Former Indian Test Cricket Captain; Passed Away
• Meg Whitman : New CEO of Hewlett Packard(HP); Former CEO of eBay
• Mike Mullen : Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff US
• Neutrinos faster than light : Found by CERN in experiment named OPERA
• Adaminte Makan Abu : Malayalam film bagged 4 oscars nominations

22 Sept 2011

• Sam Pitroda : Panel on rail modernisation
• "Pakistan : A Personal History" : book by Imran Khan
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad : Iran President

21 Sept 2011

• World Alzheimer's Day
• Burhanuddin Rabbani : Former Afghanistan President Killed
• Rajiv Shukla : New IPL Chairman
• Tejas weapon flights tested at Jaisalmer
• Sharad Pawar to head GoM on Manufacturing policy
• J Harinarayan : Chairman of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA)

20 Sept 2011

• Chandrasekhar Kambar : Kannada poet, novelist & playwright; Jnanapeedam 2010
• Medical graduates from US, Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand should not attend screen test in India
• N Srinivasan : New President of BCCI

16-19 Sept 2011

• Sanjay Jagdale : BCCI Secretary
• Japan to elite 16 group of tennis after 26 years
• Govinda Rao : Veteran Carnatic musician; Passed Away
• Nalanda University being re-established
• Buddhist stupa discovered at Munjuluru, Andhra Pradesh
• India to back Palestine for UN

15 Sept 2011

• 13th amendment in SriLanka dissolve powers to the provinces
• SEBI cancels registration of Benchmark Mutual Fund
• Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor : $90bn project
• Japan will assist
• Government has 49% stake
• Companies hold 10%
• National manufacturing policy aims to take manufacturing to 25% of GDP in 2020
• Now its 15-16%

14 Sept 2011

• Miss Universe Pageant 2011 : 60th anniversary held at Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Won by Leila Lopez of Angola
• Bill Gammell : Chairman of Cairn Energy
• Centre to raise Rs.1100Cr from disinvestment of stakes in Power Finance Corporation

13 Sept 2011

• US Open
• Men's Singles : Novac Djokovic(Serbia) bt Rafael Nadal(Spain)
• Women's Singles : Samantha Stosur(Australia) bt Serena Williams(USA)
• Men's Doubles : Jurgen Melzer(Austria) & Philipp Petzschner(Germany)
• Women's Doubles : Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond (USA)
• SME Innovations Award 2011 : Govind Ramamurthy, CEO & MD of eScan
• Change in norms about FII (Foreign Institutional Investments) in Long Term Infrastructure Bonds
• $5b ceiling
• 1 year residual maturity at the time of 1st purchase
• Lock in period of 1 year
• Shahida Badshah : First women to become 3-Star General of Pakistan

12 Sept 2011

• RC Khanduri : new Uttarkhand CM
• Asian Championship Trophy Hockey : held at ORDOS, China
• India bt Pakistan
• Italian GP : Sebastian Vettel
• JB Koshy : new Chairman of Kerala State Human Rights Commission
• Diclofenac : a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug;  causes harm to vultures

09 Sept 2011

• India-Uruguay signs DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement)
• MC Joshy : Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
• Vayalar Ravi : Civil Aviation Minister
• SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Area) agreement signed by SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries will be carried out soon
• India to cut tariff lines by 20%
• CRPC 188 : deals with offences committed by an Indian outside India

08 Sept 2011

• Timothy R Morse : new interim CEO of Yahoo! Inc
• Roy Bostock : Chairman of Yahoo! Inc
• Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project to add 2000MW to the national grid
• Eddie Murphy : American actor, comedian, writer, director, singer & musician
• to host 2012 Oscars
• Alok Kumar Misra : CMD of Bank of India
• SH Kapadia : Chief Justice of India

07 Sept 2011

• Indian PM's visit to bangladesh
• Duty free textile import from Bangladesh
• BP PLC(Public Limited Company), a UK based global oil and gas company
• To assist RIL (Reliance Industries Ltd) in Krishna-Godavari basis gas exploration
• UNCTAD : United Nations Conference on Trade & Development
• Projects India's growth at 8.1%
• IMF projects India's growth at 8.2%
• RBI projects India's growth at 8%
• China projects India's growth at 9.4%
• PC Chacko : Chair of Joint Parliamentary Committee on 2G Scam
• Consists 20 members from Loksabha & 10 from Rajyasabha
• JPC gets extension

06 Sept 2011

• Soumitra Sen : resigned Justice of Calcutta High Court
• Pawan Kumar Bansal : Parliamentary Affairs Minister
• Mandarin, Sino-Tibetan language, to be mandatory in Sindh schools of Pakistan from 2013
• Moody's, credit rating agency, projects India's GDP growth at 7.5% - 8%
• RK Sharma : Secretary General of Federation of Indian Mineral Industries
• Sanjay Chandra : MD of Unitech

05 Sept 2011

• S Harikrishnan : new Chief Vigilance Officer of SBT
• Indian PM to visit Bangladesh along with CMs of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura & Mizoram
• Shivshankar Menon : National Security Adviser

04 Sept 2011

• Six major aquisitions of Indian pharmas by MNCs between 2006-10
• Matrix Labs by Mylan Laboratories Inc, US 
• Dabur Pharma by Fresenius Kabi, Singapore
• Ranbaxy by Daiichi Sankyo, Japan
• Shantha Biotech by Sanofi Aventis, France
• Piramal Healthcare by Abott, US
• Orchid Chemicals by Hospira, US
• Abdelhakim Belhaj : Libyan Rebel Commander
• Vijaya bank to open 12-15 next generation branches
• Tripartite Agreement with ULFA(United Liberation Front of Asom) for suspension of operations

03 Sept 2011

• Julian Assange : Wikileaks Chief
• Nirmal Chandra Jha : Chairman of CIL(Coal India Ltd) got 3 months extension
• TM Bhasin : CMD of Indian Bank
• Indian Bank introduce e-Treasury service
• GRK Reddy : CMD of MARG Ltd
• conferred Infrastructure Person of the Year Award
• Excellence in MSME Lending Award : M Narendra, CMD of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB)
• MSMEs(Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) contribute 40% of India's manufacturing sector and 45% of exports
• Reliance Power gets 400Cr loan from US EXIM Bank (Export-Import Bank) for a 40MW solar plant beign set up in Rajasthan

01 Sept 2011

• Konijeti Rosaiah : Governor of Tamil Nadu
• Ajay Jakhar : Chairman of Bharat Krishak Sangh
• 35 Indian firms in Forbes Asia list
• Magsaysay Award : by Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, Philippines
• Harish Hande
• Neelima Mishra
• 26% cap on FDI in pension programmes
• Yashwant Sinha : Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee of Finance