05 November 2011

• India open commercial bids for procurement of multi-billion dollar 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft : two Aircraft bidding are
• Eurofighter of European Consortium Cassidian
• Dassault Rafale of France
• Srikumar Banerjee : Chief of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of India
• Debendranath Sarangi : Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu
• Mars500 : experiment simulating manned flight to Mars
• held at Russian Institute of Biomedical Problems
• Experiment ended after 520 days
• 3 Russians, 1 Chinese, 1 French & 1 Italian attended the experiment
• George Papandreou : PM of Greece; Won a confidence vote
• Sudhir Vasudeva : CMD of ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation)
• ONGC Q2 net profit rises 60%
• Devinder Pal Singh : new Chairman & MD of Punjab & Sind Bank
• Direct tax collections up 20% during April-October period
• Foreign Exchange Management Regulations : amended by RBI
• Transfer of shares between Indians & Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) would not require RBI's permission in cases where Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has already given clearances & SEBI guidelines were met
• Arabtec Construction : UAE based builders
• Builders of Burj Khalifa, World's Tallest Tower
• Raheja Developers entered into joint-venture with Arabtec for infrastructure projects in Delhi & Gurgaon worth $240m; with 37% & 63% shares respectively
• Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters
• convention jointly developed by Council of Europe & OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development)
• India signed it
• Now all G20 members are signatories
• Irom Sharmila : leading a fast in Manipur against AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act)
• Fast enters its 12th year
• Mukta Srivastava : National Organiser of National Alliance of People's Movement
• lead a rally around Irom Sharmila conveying support for her fast
• Nelson Mandela : Former President of South Africa
• conferred People's Parliament Global Award; tribal Award of Meghalaya
• John F Kharshiing : Chairman of GCCM (Grand Council of Chiefs of Meghalaya)
• Kaushik Basu : Chief Economic Adviser to Government of India
• Massive reshuffle in Cabinet of Tamil Nadu
• 6 Ministers replaced
• Australia's Perth Mint : World's Largest Gold Bullion Coin
• Julia Gillard : PM of Australia
• Stephen Harper : PM of Canada
• Silvio Berlusconi : PM of Italy