11 January 2012

• Thane : Cyclone that hit Tamil Nadu & Puducherry on 30 Dec 2011
• PM Manmohan Singh announce interim relief packages of Rs.500Cr to Tamil Nadu & Rs.125Cr to Puducherry
• Response10 : initiative under discussions by Mumbai Police to tackle terrorist activities
• Savina Caylyn : Italian oil tanker ship captured by Somalian pirates last February
• Freed all hostages including 17 Indians
• Odisha on high alert to tackle bird flu in Khurda villages
• Sheikh Hasina : PM of Bangladesh to visit Tripura
• First Bangladeshi PM to visit Tripura
• Ashok K Parija : Chairman of Bar Council of India (BCI)
• Centre cleared 20 FDI proposals worth Rs.1935 Cr
• Centre notified 100% FDI in single brand retail
• Bankers sought cut in Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) from RBI
• Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry proposed cancellation of allotment of gas supply from KG-D6 block to power plants misusing the gas and violating the power purchase agreements (PPAs)
• Moody's upgraded Indian banks from 'speculative' to 'investment' grade
• Indirect tax collections up 16.1% April-December this fiscal
• Changes in India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) likely
• India losing choice nation status for Information Technology enabled Services (ITeS) & Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
• Companies shifting their bases from Hyderabad & Bangalore to Philippines & other countries
• DS Rawat : Secretary General of ASSOCHAM (Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India)
• Auto Sales to go up 12% next fiscal : Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)
• S Sandilya : President of SIAM
• Pakistani Supreme Court says PM Yousuf Raza Gilani is "Not An Honorable Man"
• Bobby Jindal : Indian-American Governor in Louisiana, US
• Starts his second-term
• David Cameron : PM of UK
• Likely to be called before ongoing News of the World phone-hacking scam
• Shohaday-e-Vahdat : Military exercise by Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran
• 2011 FIFA Awards
• Ballon d'Or (Men) : Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• Ballon d'Or (Women) : Homare Sawa (Japan)
• UK to set up a fund to honour the memory of Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was killed there last month
• Zhang Jun : First Chinese to study Indian classical dance
• She took Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Indian dance to China in 1950s
• PASSED AWAY of Cancer
• First crocodile survey in Sundarbans
• Pradeep Vyas : Director of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve