09 January 2012

• Viktor Orban : PM of Hungary
• Omar Abdullah : CM of Jammu & Kashmir
• Following severe power shortages in the valley, Omar Abdullah ordered to disconnect VIP grid from power supply so that hospitals and other essential installations can use the electricity instead
• All statues of Mayawati & Elephant (symbol of ruling Bahujan Samaj Party) covered under the order of Election Commission as UP is preparing for polls
• African National Congress celebrates 100 years
• Jacob Zuma : President of South Africa
• Bharat Berry : India's Push Mail Service
• Its a joint-venture of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) & Bharat Berry Technologies
• Bharat Berry Technologies also have tie-up with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) that run in Delhi & Mumbai
• Bharat Berry Technologies have inked deals with Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Ltd (MTML), a subsidiary of MTNL to go abroad in Mauritius
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) : Global body overseeing operation & administration of Internet domain name system
• To accept applications for new generic-Top Level Domains (gTLD)
• Eric Schmidt : Chairman of Google Inc
• Korea Open Badminton : held @ Seoul
• Men's Singles : Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia; World No.1) def Lin Dan (China)
• China sweeps the rest four titles
• Chennai Open
• Men's Singles : Milos Raonic (Canada) def Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia)
• Men's Doubles : Leander Paes/Janko Tipsarevic (Ind/Serbia) def Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (Israel)
• Karam Chand (106) & Kartari (99) : Named Britain's Longest Married Couple
• Celebrated their 86th wedding anniversary
• Both are Indian citizens migrated to Britain
• Shyamali Gupta : President of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA)
• Sudha Sundararaman : General-Secretary of AIDWA
• Sushil Modi : Deputy CM of Bihar
• Chairman of Empowered Committee of Finance Ministers of States on Goods & Services Tax (GST)
• Vinay Mittal : Chairman of Railway Board