The Daily GK: 03 January 2012

To ink agreements with 22 companies to develop 350 MW pf grid-connected solar photovoltaic energy
It's part of 1st Phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission that constitutes of 28 projects : 24 in Rajasthan, 2 in Maharashtra, 1 each in Tamil Nadu & Andhra Pradesh

SK Goel : MD of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL)
Classpad : Tablet PC released by Rohit Pande, an alumnus of IIT Delhi
BSNL in talks with London-based satellite services firm Inmarsat to offer satellite based broadband services in remote areas of the country & meet needs of defence forces
All Bank Finance Ltd : 100% subsidiary of Allahabad Bank that has been barely functional since 2005, to be revamped
QFI : Qualified Foreign Investors
European Union imposes carbon taxes on airlines under EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
Dr. P Vijayan : Re-appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Indian Maritime University (IMU)
Essar Ports get Odisha Govt's green nod for it's coal terminal development project at Paradip port
Mr. Vinay Kumar : MD of National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Ltd
Prof KV Thomas : Union Minister of State for Food & Public Distribution

NASA's Twin Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) probes began orbiting the Moon

The Chinese envoy was summoned by Indian External Affairs Ministry and lodged its protest for ill-treating its Diplomat, S Balachandran, from Shanghai Consulate

Tehreek-e-Insaf : Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan's party
"No Farmer Suicides Reported During 2009-11 From Kerala" : Sadhana Khanna, Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Prof Madhav Gadgil : Chairman of Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP)

The panel suggested the Western Ghats Ecology Authority (WEGA) that they should promote the Kerala way of biodiversity conservation in all the Western Ghats Districts
The panel had categorized 142 taluks in the Ghats region into three Ecologically Sensitive Zones(ESZ)

Expressed support to the demand of 50% women reservation in Parliament, State legislatures and all Govt bodies

President Pratibha Patil inaugurated new Mission Control Centre at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) at Sriharikota
State Bank of Travancore (SBT) offers special facility gold loan aiming disbursal of gold loan in 10 mins

Opened a branch to focus on gold loan at Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram
Currently 2 NBFCs (Muthoot Finance & Manappuram) are offering gold loans within 5 mins

Husain Haqqani : former Pakistani envoy to US
Qader : 200km Range Anti-Ship Cruise Missile of Iran successfully tested in midst of its 10 day naval exercise Vilayat-90
Ismail Haniya : PM of Hamas Government in Gaza
"A Shot At History - My Obsessive Journey To Olympic Gold" : Autobiography of of Indian Ace Shooter Abhinav Bindra

TCS-Mumbai University sign MoU for restoring the iconic Rajabai Clock Tower & Library in co-ordination with Indian Heritage Society, Mumbai
The 85m high 33year old stands in Mumbai University Fort Campus
It was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott

SAIL plans Rs.70,000 Cr Expansion & Modernisation Programme
Apart from expansion & capacity addition it will focus to increase the share of value-added products from 39% to around 55%

He is the only player to win the FA Cup (Football Association Challenge Cup) with both Liverpool & Everton

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