Date: 30th June 2012 Important News of the Day ::

( 1 ) Shalabh Srivastava was banned for five years, Mohnish Mishra, Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali were banned for a year each by BCCI in IPL spot-fixing.
( 2 ) Samsung Galaxy Beam up for pre-order at Rs 29,900 .
( 3 ) IIP growth grew 3.8% in May.
( 4 ) Uttar Pradesh Government decided to increase the tax on Tobacco Products.
( 5 ) CII President Adi Godrej has said that it is the rite time to invest in india.
( 6 ) South Korea to open controversial new mini-capital Sejong City.
( 7 ) India's current account deficit (CAD) widened to the highest ever level to 4.5 per cent of GDP at USD 21.7 billion in January-March period of 2011-12
( 8 ) Sharad Pawar to head eGoM (empowered group of ministers) on spectrum auction.
( 9 ) Govt cuts import tariff value of gold to $507/10GM & silver’s $871/KG after fall in global prices.
( 10 ) EU leaders agree to bank bailout in European Summit that was held in Brussels.
( 11 ) Riding on the success of its blockbuster gas discovery in Mozambique, Videocon Industries chairman Venugopal Dhoot will invest $200 million to launch a private equity (PE) fund focused on oil and gas investments.
( 12 ) The finance ministry has revived plans to increase the foreign investment ceiling for insurance sector from 26% to 49%.

Date: 28th June 2012 Important News of the Day ::

( 1 ) New Petrol price are cut by Rs 2.46 per litre to Rs 3.22 per litre.
( 2 ) Indian spices exports have crossed $2 billion for 2011-12.
( 3 ) Neeraj Kumar to be next Delhi Police Commissioner
( 4 ) IRDA today imposed a fine of Rs 1.47 crore on HDFC Life Insurance for violation of various regulatory provisions.
( 5 ) The Planning Commission today approved Rs 28,000 crore for Bihar’s annual plan.
( 6 ) Coca-Cola will invest 28000 crore rupees by 2020 in India.
( 7 ) FaceBook Changed the Domain Address by @facebook.com
( 8 ) Scientists have claimed to developed New Technique for the Early Detection of Autism.
( 9 ) Now SCs, STs, OBCs, Safai karmachari's children, children with disabilities can avail education loan @ 4% (3.5% for girls).
( 10 ) Indian prisoner Surjeet Singh has been released from Pakistan jail.

Date: 27th June 2012 Important News of the Day ::

( 1 ) Ratan Tata gets Lifetime Achievement Award by the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation for innovation in philanthropy.
( 2 ) ACi today unveiled India's first ever fully functional high-resolution screen laptop at Rs 4,999 in the market.
( 3 ) All IITs agree to common entrance test and 20% weightage to class XII percentile.
( 4 ) Tata Sons hikes stake in IHCL by 4.78%
( 5 ) (CII) and the World Bank Group have agreed to establish the India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC) to save tiger.
( 6 ) Coca-Cola raises India spend by $3bn till 2020.
( 7 ) On his last day in office, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee approved foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth more than Rs 2,000 crore.

Date: 26th June 2012 Important News of the Day ::

( 1 ) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking-
26th June.
( 2 ) Tintu Luka won Greenko 52nd National Inter-State Senior Althletic Championship.
( 3 ) Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences is currently Vilashrao Deshmukh.
( 4 ) Delhi has been named the most competitive city in India by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research report.
( 5 ) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take charge of Finance Ministry.
( 6 ) Nomura cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 5.8%
( 7 ) Global agency Moody's on Monday retained outlook on India's rating at stable despite slowdown in GDP growth rate.
( 8 ) SP demands 90k cr from Centre.
( 9 ) External Commercial Borrowing ceiling for the current financial year has also been increased from $30 billion to $40 billion.
( 10 ) Som Mittal to be Nasscom president for another year.
( 11 ) Govt’s export growth target: 20% in 120 days.
( 12 ) Cyprus became the fifth euro zone country to seek financial assistance from the European Union’s rescue funds.
( 13 ) India allows use of Iran ships for oil imports.
( 14 ) BCCI on Monday opposed the ICC’s recommendation for mandatory use of the controversial Decision Review System in Tests and one-dayers.
( 15 ) FMPs- Fixed Maturity Plans.
( 16 ) DDT- Divident Distribution Tax.
( 17 ) LTCG- Long Term Capital Gains.

Date: 25th June 2012 Important News of the Day ::

( 1 ) India is on the 3rd spot in Reliance ICC ODI Championship table.
( 2 ) Himachal Pradesh health minister Rajeev Bindal resigns from Cabinet.
( 3 ) Britain’s ugliest dog Mugly now named world’s ugliest dog.
( 4 ) NASA `Self-steering` rover to land on Mars on August 5 .
( 5 ) RBI hiked Foreign Investment Limit in Government Bonds by 5 billion dollar.
( 6 ) Norway will give India Rs 250 crore grant for improving rural healthcare services to reduce child and maternal mortality for another five years.
( 7 ) India win two gold in Asian junior squash in Iran. Anaka Alankamony and Kush Kumar won the Asian crowns in the girls U-19 and boys’ U-17 respectively.
( 8 ) 33% of digital content will be on 'cloud' computing by 2016.
( 9 ) A moderate 5.7 magnitude earthquake on Sunday toppled houses in a mountainous part of southwestern China, killing two people and injuring at 100.
( 10 ) Kamath pushes Infy for a big buy, Urges Brass To Use Cash Pile To Acquire Company Worth At Least $1Bn.

Date: 24th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) Fernando Alonso won the (Valencia) European Formula One Grand Prix.
( 2 ) Muslim Brotherhood's Morsy wins Egypt Presidential poll.
( 3 ) Dhoni new position is fifth in ICC ODI rankings .
( 4 ) Bhutanese PM- Jigme Y Thinley.
( 5 ) Delhi and Mumbai, have been chosen for DRDO's Ballistic Missile Defence shield system .
( 6 ) Three graduates from IIT Kharagpur makes a website through with people can friends with graduates from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology called www.Dateiitians.Com
( 7 ) India has now allowed access to video and file-sharing sites, including The Pirate Bay, which were blocked earlier over the issue of Internet piracy.
( 8 ) The Economic growth has fallen to a nine-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2011-12.
( 9 ) China plans tourist hub in Nyingchi perfecture in Tibet.
( 10 ) World adopts Rio+20 draft, vows $513bn for green goals.

Date: 23rd June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) India finish 6th in Asian Beach Games with two gold.
( 2 ) Suzlon sells China arm to China Power (Tianjin) New Energy Development Company for Rs 340 cr.
( 3 ) Pranab Mukherjee to resign as finance minister on June 26
( 4 ) Magnitude 6.6 quake shakes Indonesia.
( 5 ) CBI arrested the chairman and MD of realty firm Eldeco, S K Garg, in connection with its probe into a graft case.
( 6 ) HC junks Didi’s law to take back Tata’s Singur land.
( 7 ) Free medicines for all from October, Centre To Bear 75% Of Cost Of Facility To Be Available At All Govt Hospitals.
( 8 ) Govt clears procurement worth Rs. 20,000cr for forces.
( 9 ) Swedish furniture and home accessories major IKEA set to enter India with 10.5k cr in a single-brand retail venture in the country.
( 10 ) Miami Heat clinched a 4-1 series win in the NBA Finals by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder.
( 11 ) Koneru Humpy won the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament at Kazan (Russia) on tiebreak against Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia.

Date: 22nd June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) Raja Parvez Ashraf elected Pakistan's new PM
( 2 ) Indian women's kabaddi team on Friday defeated Thailand 54-25 in the final to clinch the gold medal in the third Asian Beach Games in China.
( 3 ) Facebook has alters its policy for like button to settle lawsuit.
( 4 ) India clinch "Aman Ki Asha’ cricket series in Pakistan.
( 5 ) S. R Bansal appointed as the new Executive Director of PNB.
( 6 ) As urbanization is growing in India, nearly 85 crore people are estimated to be living in cities across the country by 2050.
( 7 ) Sweden-based furniture retailer IKEA plans to invest Rs 10,500 cr in India
( 8 ) Moody’s Investors Service lowered the credit ratings of 15 world’s largest banks late including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs.
( 9 ) India China set $100bn trade target by 2015.
( 10 ) Sebi lens on non-performing MFs, U K Sinha Asks Fund Houses To Launch Pension Products.

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

Date: 20th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) RIM launches BlackBerry Porsche worth Rs1.39 lakh.
( 2 ) India is out of the list of top 12 countries with largest HNI wealth list.
( 3 ) Global agency Fitch today cut credit rating outlook to negative from stable of 11 financial entities including SBI, ICICI Bank, PNB and Axis Bank.
( 4 ) Pak to elect new Prime Minister on Friday
( 5 ) Indian Hockey Goalkeeper D'Souza suspended for 1 year
( 6 ) ONGC, CNPC (China National Petroleum Company ) to explore gas together in third countries.
( 7 ) India offers $10bn aid to ailing Eurozone, IMF’s $456 billion bailout corpus at the G20 summit at the Mexican resort of Los Cabos. India’s commitment is part of the BRICS funding estimated to be around $75 billion, out of which China’s contribution will be $43 billion. Like India, Brazil and Russia pledged $10 billion each, while South Africa offered $2 billion.
( 8 ) At G20, PM vows to revive growth, Says Tough Steps Will Be Taken To Attract Investors, Hints At Subsidy Cut.
( 9 ) FDI inflows dip 8% this year.
( 10 ) Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather of USA, becomes the world's richest sportsperson with a total earnings of $85 million.

Date: 19th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) ICICI Pru AMC launches US bluechip equity fund
( 2 ) Pakistan Supreme Court disqualifies Gilani as PM
( 3 ) Debt-hit eurozone gets $10 bn from India
( 4 ) ‘Censorship’ cases in India up 49%: Google.
( 5 ) UP govt revokes order to malls to shut at 7pm.
( 6 ) India Inc eyes share in US gas, Seeks FTA Waiver From US To Import Fuel, Acquire Assets.
( 7 ) Himangini Singh crowned Miss Asia Pacific World.
( 8 ) India to launch AWACS((airborne warning and control system) project to counter Pak.
( 9 ) Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi declared victory in Egypt’s first free presidential poll.
( 10 ) Govt plans to divest stake in 75 PSUs, Tells Investors 15 Cos Will Be Listed This Fiscal To Mop Up 30,000Cr.
( 11 ) Retail inflation inches up to 10.36% in May.
( 12 ) Govt eyes per litre subsidy on motor fuel.
( 13 ) Webb Simpson of USA won the US Open Golf Trophy.

Date: 18th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) UP govt orders all malls, shops to shut at 7pm to meet the power short fall.
( 2 ) Indian annual consumer price inflation remained unchanged in May at 10.36%.
( 3 ) Rating agency Fitch lowers India's credit outlook to negative from stable
( 4 ) Rolls-Royce reveals $1.57 billion submarine contract from Britain
( 5 )Air India recorded highest number of cancellations in May
( 6 ) PM heads for G20 meet at Mexico, his main concerns were the euro crisis and its impact on India's growth.
( 7 ) Japan hits with 6.4 magnitude earth quake.
( 8 ) MNCs declare 71K job cuts globally.
( 9 ) Aban Offshore, India's largest offshore drilling company may sell its thermal power projects to Nuziveedu power (Andhra power co).
( 10 ) Harmeet Desai bt Belgian Cedric Nuytin, won Brazil Open TT title in Santos.
( 11 ) M S Dhoni becomes brand ambassador of cricket in Nepal.
( 12 ) Beatles Classic- 1968 Animated Film Yellow Submarine re-launched on Blu-ray and iTunes
( 13 ) Tejaswini Mule won Silver medal at International Junior Shooting Championship
( 14 ) Harmeet Desai won Under- 21 Men’s Final Brazil Open Table Tennis
( 15 ) Retail Inflation increased to 10.36% in May 2012 due to Rise in Vegetable & Edible Oil Prices
( 16 ) Indian American Professor Anjani Jain appointed Associate Dean at Yale School of Management
( 17 ) Fatou Bensouda appointed Chief Prosecutor of International Criminal Court

Date: 17th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) Saina Nehwal wins Indonesian Open
( 2 ) MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo wins British Grand Prix
( 3 ) India Today Best Engineering Colleges 2012: IIT-Kanpur retains the premier position
( 4 ) Govt says no to raising 49% FDI cap in aviation sector
( 5 ) India ranks 55th on foreign money in Swiss banks
( 6 ) From Monday, buy petrol at Rs. 70.26/litre in Delhi
( 7 ) Hong Kong stock exchange makes $2.2 billion offer to London Metal Exchange
( 8 ) Govt starts 10% stake sale process in NALCO

Date: 14th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) World Blood donors Day- 14th June.
( 2 ) Israeli Scientist Daniel Hillel won World Food Prize 2012
( 3 ) Indu Chaudhary and Sakshi Malik won Gold Medals in Asian junior wrestling championship 2012
( 4 ) Sikkim decides to scrap four hydel projects on Tributaries of Teesta, North Sikkim
( 5 ) World Bank projected Indian Economy to grow by 6.9 Per Cent in the Financial Year 2012-13
( 6 ) Former President A P J Abdul Kalam comes out with sequel to 'Wings of Fire'
( 7 ) NSSO- National Sample Survey Organization.
( 8 ) Sebi nod to Nippon Life’s 26% stake buy in Rel MF.
( 9 ) Govt set to raise MSP for kharif crops.
( 10 ) $600 BILLION MARKET: Hillary asks India to allow FDI in multi-brand retail.

Date: 13th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) Electronic fund transfers set to be free via National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS).
( 2 ) Gold price logs new record at Rs 30,420
( 3 ) India’s oil import bill leaped 40 per cent to a record $140 billion in Financial Year 2011-12
( 4 ) India drops in Global Peace Index to 142 from 137 last year among 158 countries.
( 5 ) G-20 summit to be held shortly in Los Cabos, Mexico.
( 6 ) Two human rights activists- Binayak Sen & Bulu Imam will be honoured with the Intl Peace Award given by the Gandhi Foundation at the House of Lords.
( 7 ) US prez nominated Indian-born Srikanth Srinivasan to the Federal court of Appeals, highest ever judicial appointment to an Indian-American in the US.
( 8 ) Iran starts building N-submarine.
( 9 ) IIP growth at 0.1% in Apr.
( 10 ) Maruti to merge diesel engine venture with itself.
( 11 ) Fitch cuts 18 spanish banks ratings.

Date: 12th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) Indian Coast Guard Hovercraft H-187 Commissioned at Okha in Gujarat Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan, the Director General Indian Coast Guard.
( 2 ) State bank of India to hire 9,500 employees this fiscal.
( 3 ) Chief Election Commissioner V. S. Sampath today said that Presidential election will take place on July 19.
( 4 ) As per “Global Financial literacy barometer', India ranked 23rd among the 28 countries surveyed, with 35 per cent of its population termed financially literate, Brazil topped the ranking with 50.4 per cent of its population as financially literate.
( 5 ) Suprem Court refuses to unlock 4.5% Muslim sub-quota.
( 6 ) Earth quake & landslide hits Afghanistan.
( 7 ) Apax, Bain eye $1.4bn Genpact stake, Private equity majors to bid for 41% holding.
( 8 ) SFIO- Serious Frauds Investigation Office.
( 9 ) Sahara set to buy New York's Plaza Hotel for $570m.
( 10 ) Lewis Hamilton won Canadian GP.
( 11 ) Italy's Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won Women's Doubles in French open 2012 by defeating Russia's Maria Kirileko and Nadia Petrova.

 

Date: 11th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic to claim his 7th French Open Singles Title
( 2 ) Sachin Tendulkar was presented the Wisden India Outstanding Achievement Award
( 3 ) Saina Nehwal beat Ratchanok Inathon of Thailand, won Thailand Open Grand Prix in Bangkok.
( 4 ) Rating agency S&P today warned India could become the first BRIC nation to lose investment-grade rating.
( 5 ) India set to launch cyber warfare agencies.
( 6 ) Spain gets $125bn bailout from EU.
( 7 ) P-Notes investors pull out Rs 1L crores in 3 months to avoid government taxation.
( 8 ) Spain's PM- Mariano Rajoy.
( 9 ) Myanmar President Thein Sein declared Emergency in West Myanmar
( 10 ) Sebastian Vettel won Canadian GP.
( 11 ) Max Mirnyi of Belarus and Danial Nestor of Canada bt American twins Bob and Mike Bryan, won men's French Open doubles

 

Date: 10th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) India to buy 8 MCMV (mine counter measures vessels) warships from S Korea for Rs 6K cr.
( 2 ) 6.1 magnitude Earthquake shakes western Turkey
( 3 ) Maria Sharapova (russia) beat Sara Errani (italy), won French Open Women title.
( 4 ) 5 dead, 13 injured in small plane crash carrying parachute jumpers while landing in Ukraine
( 5 ) Fire in Puducherry village, 20 huts gutted
( 6 ) China to launch Shenzhou-9, 1st manned space mission.
( 7 ) Govt imposes anti-dumping duty on gypsum boards import from China, Indonesia, Thailand, and UAE to protect domestic players from cheaper shipments.

Date: 9th June 2012 Important News of the Day

1. Govt mulls bailout for Bengal, Punjab, Kerala.
2. Abhishek Verma, his wife Anca Neacsu in CBI net for leaking defence secrects (navy war room leak case).
3. US, EU oppose G77 call, ahead of Rio Summit which is to be held on June 20 in Brazilian capital, move to dilute existing principles.
4. Indo-Japan naval combat exercise "Jimex-12" to strt 2dy in Tokyo.
5. NCLR-National Council on Land Reforms.
6. RBI allows 30 NRI remittances against 12 earlier.
7. Rs 1.5L cr loan recast for discoms (distribution companies), Govt tells States, Utilities to raise power tariffs, cut theft.
8. Sania-Mahesh bt Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland & Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico, won French Open Mixed doubles.
9. ICC picks Malinga to promote World T20.

Date: 8th June 2012 Important News of the Day

( 1 ) Bhopal 350 metric tonnes of Union Carbide toxic wate to be disposed of in Germany
( 2 ) India allowed Foreign Direct Investment from Pakistan
( 3 ) Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath appointed New Chief Election Commissioner of India
( 4 ) Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won Mixed Doubles Title of the French Open
( 5 ) Walt Disney banned Junk Food Advertisements on Kid’s Programmes
( 6 ) Rs 36K cr boost for sanitation in rural area.
( 7 ) CCEA- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
( 8 ) Pak Chief Justice - Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
( 9 ) Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah has joined hands with Baring Pvt Equity Asia to offer $800m for Ruia's BPO firm Aegis.
( 10 ) RIL plans Rs 1L cr investments.
( 11 ) Austerity steps likely to help govt save Rs 1K cr.
( 12 ) Fitch cuts Spain rating to BBB.
( 13 ) China cuts rate by 25 bps, 1st time in 4 yrs to boost up the economy.
( 12 ) Govt makes GM (genetically modified) tag must from January.
( 13 ) Narayanan Srinath and Ivana Maria Furtado completed a grand double for India in the Asian Junior Championship by winning Open and Girls title respectively.
( 14 ) Maria Sharapova reclaimed the no. 1 ranking from Victoria Azarenka.
( 15 ) Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel got Eklavya award.