Date : : 16th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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16th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::
( 1 ) World Ozone Day- 16th Sept.
( 2 ) The government has drawn a blueprint for developing the next generation of supercomputers that could be 61 times faster than existing machines by 2017.
( 3 ) Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) investment in the country's equity market has reached Rs 65,954 crore.
( 4 ) Coffee consumption in India grew by 3 per cent to 1.76 million bags (1.06 lakh tonnes) in the last calender year as compared to 2010,according to the International Coffee Organisation (ICO) .
( 5 ) BCCI scouts for new IPL team, shortlists 10 cities.
( 6 ) Cricketer of the year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka);
Test cricketer of the year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka);
One-day cricketer of the year: Virat Kohli (India);
Women's one-day cricketer of the year: Stafanie Taylor (West Indies);
Emerging cricketer of the year: Sunil Narine (West Indies);
Associate and Affiliate cricketer of the year: George Dockrell (Ire Land);
Twenty20 international performance of the year: Richard Levi (South Africa) for his 117 not out off 51 balls v New Zealand;
Women's Twenty20 cricketer of the year: Sarah Taylor (England);
Umpire of the year: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka);
Spirit of cricket award: Daniel Vettori (New Zeland);
People's choice award: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka);