02 November 2011

• MV Nair : new coordinator of 5-member on Supreme Court committee on Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
• PM Sasi : Associate Director of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
• bagged Public Service in Field of Telecommunications Award instituted by Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society (ComSoc)
• Michael Chilufya Sata : new President of Zambia
• Christine Kaseba : First Lady (spouse of country head) of Zambia
• Kenneth David Kaunda : First President of Zambia
• Rupiah Bwezani Banda : Outgoing President
• Nabam Tuki : new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
• Mustafa Abdel Jalil : Chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC)
• Abdel Rahim al-Keib : interim Prime Minister of Libya
• Nepal's parties inked a 9-point agreement on the peace process, constitution & power sharing
• Some of the parties set Maoist combatants to be integrated into Nepal Army, rest will be provided with rehabilitation and cash packages
• Parties :-
• Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
• Nepali Congress
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist)
• Madhesi parties
• Export grew 36% in September
• Union approved Public Procurement Policy for goods produced & services rendered by MSEs (Micro & Small Entrepreneurs) by the Central Ministries/Departments/PSUs to be notified under Sect-11 of Micro Small Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act 2006
• Central ministries & PSUs (Public Sector Undertakings) should ensure that a minimum of 20% of total annual purchases of products or services are from MSEs
• Within this limit 4% of orders should be placed to SC/ST Entrepreneurs
• MV Tanksale : CMD of Central Bank of India
• Gen VK Singh : Chief of Army Staff
• MS Dhoni (Indian Cricketer) & Abhinav Bindra (Indian Shooter) : commissioned as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in Territorial Army
• Deepak Rao (medical doctor & martial arts specialist) : commissioned as Honorary Major in Territorial Army
• They join
• Col. (Hon) Anil Habbu
• Lt. Col. (Hon) Kapil Dev
• Lt. Col. (Hon) Mohanlal
• Ajay Bakshi : new CEO of Max Healthcare
• SK Goel : new Chairman of Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC)
• S Venkatraman : Director (Business Development) GAIL
• Took over as new Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd
• KR Kamath : CMD of Punjab National Bank
• M Bhagavantha Rao : MD of State Bank of Hyderabad
• M Narendra : CMD of Indian Overseas Bank
• TM Bhasin : CMD of Indian Bank