Date : : 18th August 2012 Important News of the Day :

Date ::
18th August 2012 Important News of the Day ::

( 1 ) Ace batsman Laxman retires from international cricket .
( 2 ) IndiGo pips Jet, now no. 1 airline.
( 3 ) K C Chakraborty's tenure as RBI Dy. Governor extended till June 2014.
( 4 ) India has reduced the number of items in the sensitive list for SAARC's non-least developed countries (NLDCs) like Pakistan, a move which will further expand trade in goods in the region.

( 5 ) US rejects diplomatic asylum to Julian Assange.
( 6 ) Civil Aviation Ministry today refuted the loss figures given out by government auditor CAG in its report on Delhi airport, saying the calculation of presumptive gain was "totally erroneous and misleading"
( 7 ) CAG’s trident bleeds govt. Coalgate losses officially pegged at 1.86 lakh cr, R-Power will get Rs 29K cr windfall from coal diversion, govt helped DIAL(Delhi Intl Airport Pvt Ltd) benefit by thousands of crores.
( 8 ) PM panel pegs Financial Year 2013 GDP growth at 6.7%.
( 9 ) Leo Puri, an adviser with consulting major McKinsey’s India arm, has been chosen to head UTI Mutual Fund.