Date ::
17th July 2012 Important News of the Day ::
( 1 ) Marissa Mayer is the New CEO Of Yahoo.
( 2 ) India finalised 81 Athletes Contingent to send in London Olympics 2012.
( 3 ) United State is close to develop hypersonic bombers able to reach any target on the globe in under an hour by travel at Mach 20 (roughly 20,900 kilometers per hour) and the project is being carried out by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
( 4 ) ROGER FEDERER set the World Record for Being World No. 1 for 287 weeks, which began yesterday, surpassing Pete Samprass who occupied No. 1 spot for 286 weeks.
( 5 ) International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered India's growth forecast by 0.7 % to 6.1 % for year 2012.
( 6 ) Punjab raises Dearness Allowance by 12% for state government employees and pensioners with effect from January 1, 2012.
( 7 ) Coin vending machines (CVMs) to be installed at railway stations the first choice could be given to the State Bank of India.
( 8 ) India's proposed National Food Security Bill (providing legal entitlement over subsidised foodgrains to the poor )has the potential to become a benchmark for the rest of the world to follow, the NGO Oxfam India and UK-based Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has said.
( 9 ) Incidents of Child Marriages fell significantly in India in a report by Annual Health Survey
( 10 ) ITC, Hungama Digital Media & Shankar Mahadevan launched Digital Talent Hunt MOBisur
( 11 ) Karnataka seeks over Rs 2,000 crore interim relief from Centre to deal with poor monsoon : Press Trust of India( PTI )
( 12 ) Axis Bank net profit up by 22% at Rs 1153 crore
(13 ) Inflation declines to 7.25% in June.
( 14 ) GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) clinches deal to buy US-based biotech co Human Genome for $3 billion.
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