Date: 21th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) Maharashtra secretariat building on fire.
( 2 ) India’s Deepika Kumari becomes World No 1 archer.
( 3 ) India 5th most attractive retail market by US-based global management consulting firm A T Kearney.
( 4 ) IBM’s Sequoia declared the Fastest Computer in the World.
( 5 ) Shekhar Basu appointed as the Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
( 6 ) Ministry of Consumer Affairs made it Mandatory to label GM Foods.
( 7 ) Pakistan President Zardari appoints Makhdoom Shahabuddin as PM.
( 8 ) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday imposed penalties amounting to over Rs.6,000 crore ($1.06 billion) on 11 cement companies including Ambuja Cements, ACC, Ultratech and India Cements, terming them guilty of forming a cartel and fixing prices.
( 9 ) Today Rupee touches new record low of 56.57
( 10 ) Latest official census data in Australia has found a boom in Indian population booms in Australia especially with number of Punjabi speaking people rising by over 200 per cent.
( 11 ) London 2012 organizers LOCOG announced that authentic Olympic torches will be available from an official online auction , will take place at www.london2012.com
( 12 ) Pakistani cricketer Salman Butt released from prison after 7 months