Date :: 29th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) India's heaviest satellite GSAT-10 launched successfully Europe's spaceport in French Guiana in South America.
( 2 ) India rated fifth best in the world for growing businesses as per Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index.
( 3 ) INS Sudarshini begins 9-nation voyage to cement ties between India and Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
( 4 ) India's forex reserves down to $ 502 million.
( 5 ) Himachal pradesh signed a USD 100 million loan agreement with the government of India and the World Bank to support green initiatives in the state.
( 6 ) New cyber crime law in the Philippines could see people jailed for 12 yrs for posting defamatory comments on Facebook .
( 7 ) Ebrahim Alkazi, the grand old man of Indian theatre has been conferred France's highest cultural award for his contribution in nurturing and presenting modern theatre in India and preserving the treasures of photography and other art forms for posterity.
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Date :: 28th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) Facebook launches 'Gifts' service for users to send presents .
( 2 ) Indian Poachers kill 4 leopards every week in India according to the "Illuminating the Blind Spot: A study on illegal trade in leopard parts in India" by wildlife organisation TRAFFIC, along with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
( 3 ) PTC India appoints Deepak Amitabh as CMD.
( 4 ) Fitch Ratings has cut its 2012 growth forecasts for India to 6 percent from 6.5 per cent.
( 5 ) Corruption in Russia increased by 30% according to Investigative Committee (IC) .
( 6 ) Sahara to refund Rs. 24,000 crore to its investors in 3 months.
( 7 ) Government to waive off spectrum fee for community radio services.
( 8 ) Fiscal deficit rises to 65.7% of full year target.
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Date :: 27th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) Delhi's Vasant Valley school is the best day education institution for children in a country-wide survey .
( 2 ) J.K. Rowling launched her long-anticipated first book for adults "The Casual Vacancy"some grown-up Harry Potter fans.
( 3 ) Sandeep Patil appointed chairman of the national cricket selection committee .
( 4 ) Indian offshore engineering research and development (ER&D) services market is expected to reach USD 37-45 billion by 2020 and create over one million jobs according to software industry body Nasscom.
( 5 ) Trade between India and Dubai has reached over USD 20.5 billion (77 billion dirhams) in the first six months of 2012, accounting for 13 percent of Dubai's total foreign trade.
( 6 ) Public sector banks plan common interview for jobs as many as 20 banks are expected to give the mandate to Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, or IBPS.
( 7 ) AC fares of Railway to increase by more than 3% from Oct 1,2012 Finance minister levies service tax.
( 8 ) Fiscal deficit could touch 5.3% of GDP in FY'13 according to Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram.
( 9 ) Global sales of computers, smartphones and tablets are surging as per the Study of the IDC report.

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Date :: 26th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) In the "Global Food Security Index 2012" India has been ranked 66th in the list of 105 countries.
( 2 ) India climbs to 3rd position in the Reliance ICC T20 Championship table.
( 3 ) Australian Simon Taufel appointed as the International Cricket Council (ICC) umpire performance and training manager.
( 4 ) China commissions first aircraft carrier 300 metre-long Liaoning by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in the port city of Dalian — the capital of the north-eastern province after which the carrier is named.
( 5 ) New Delhi to host global seminar on October 10, 2012 through a day long conference on "100 years of Stainless Steel - Towards Building Corrosion Free India".
( 6 ) India sovereign ratings remain 'stable'according to Moody's.
( 7 ) Brazil has lost 80% of coral reefs in 50 years according to a report by the Federal University of Pernambuco and the environment ministry.
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Date :: 25th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) Aishwarya Rai appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS.
( 2 ) In annual ranking, titled 'Economic Freedom of the World : 2012' India ranks very low at 111th position in terms of economic freedom, behind countries like China, Nepal and Bangladesh, a global study has claimed in a worldwide index of 144 nations.
( 3 ) Ajit Pawar resigns as Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister.
( 4 ) Kingfisher lessors pay Rs 1 crore to Airports Authority of India (AAI) for flying back each plane out of India.
( 5 ) United State ambassador to India Nancy Powell visits India.
( 6 ) Ranjan Sodhi wins a silver at ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup finals in Slovania. American Joshua Richmond won the gold.
( 7 ) Ambassador of Poland to India is Piotr Klodkowski.
( 8 ) The Rest of India wins Irani Cup by an innings against Rajasthan.

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Date :: 24th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) According to venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) Internet Trends Report 2012 India’s 3G adoption rate worst among top 30 countries.
( 2 ) Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India increased by about 60% to USD 1.76 billion in July.
( 3 ) Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chairman C Rangarajan expected 6.7 % growth rate this fiscal.
( 4 ) Union Cabinet clears 7% hike in dearness allowance for central govt employees.
( 5 ) Standard & Poor's (S&P) cuts India's GDP growth forecast to 5.5 per cent .
( 6 ) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence detect more than Rs 1,800 cr duty evasion in last fiscal
( 7 ) Myanmar's iconic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to visit India in November, her first trip after freedom.
( 8 ) Master magician Kantilal Girdharilal Vora (known as K Lal) dies at the age of 88 years.
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Date :: 23th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) India’s top archer Deepika Kumari wins silver medal in archery world cup final.
( 2 ) Delhi university English department has ranked among the 100 best places in the world's to study English according to a reputed global survey of universities ,DU's English department features in the 51-100 group in the QS annual survey.
( 3 )India has been ranked in the seventh place in terms of corporate governance score in Asia Pacific region, according to a report by global brokerage firm CLSA.
( 4 ) Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) investment in the country's equity market have added in more than Rs 9,000 crore (about USD 1.67 billion) in the country's equity market so far this month.
( 5 ) A 25-feet-long and over 300-pound snake called Medusain the United State has entered the Guinness World Records as the world's largest snake living in captivity.
( 6 ) Anurag Basu's recent release "Barfi" is India's official entry in 'foreign film category' at the Oscars next year.
( 7 ) The City Montessori School (CMS) in Lucknow become the school with the most number of pupils in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
( 8 ) Union minister and Rajasthan's senior Congress leader C P Joshi is the new railway minister who is Union road and highways minister, has been given the additional charge.
( 9 ) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chief - Dr VK Saraswat.
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Date :: 22th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) Government launches Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme to encouraging first time retail investors to invest in stock markets through tax concessions, the cut in withholding tax to 5 percent.
( 2 ) India's atomic energy regulator on Friday said it has given its nod to Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCIL) to load enriched uranium fuel rods in the first reactor at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).
( 3 ) Microsoft Windows 8 Appfest made history by setting a new Guinness world record for most participants in a software development marathon at one location at Banglore the Appfest saw participation of 2,567 developers coding non-stop for 18 hours.
( 4 ) 6 Trinamool Congress's ministers submitted their resignations to Prime Minister.
( 5 ) Yoshihiko Noda beats 3 challengers in Party President poll, retains his post as Japan's Prime Minister.
( 6 ) Malayalam film 'Adaminte Makan Abu', India's official entry to the upcoming Academy Awards, has failed to make it to the top nine shortlist for the best foreign film Oscar for 2011.
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Date : : 21th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) Anand Kishore, an IRS Officer of 1982 batch, has been appointed as Chief Vigilance Officer in state-owned Engineers India Ltd ( EIL).
( 2 ) State Bank of India ( SBI) becomes as the country's most valued bank with a total market valuation of over Rs 1.48 lakh crore, surpassing private sector player HDFC Bank.
( 3 ) Brendon McCullum of New Zealand scores 123 runs of 58 balls on Friday against Bangladesh making him the first cricketer to score two centuries in Twenty20 Internationals and this hundred was also the highest score in any Twenty20 International.
( 4 ) Yash Raj Films’ Dhoom 3 marks first bollywood film to be released in IMAX format.
( 5 ) Two days after the successful trial of the long-range Agni-IV missile, India on Friday test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile with a strike range of 3000 km from an island off the Odisha coast.
( 6 ) Governmentt reduces customs duty on LPG cylinders to zero.
( 7 ) Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) to issue Rs 100 banknotes with inset letter 'G' soon in the Mahatma Gandhi series 2005.
( 8 ) Jairam Ramesh likely to replace Mukul Roy as Railway Minister.
( 9 ) Coca-Cola to set up India's biggest production facility for packaged water plant in Gujarat.
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Date :: 20th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day ::

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( 1 ) Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has cleared Rs 1,300 crore under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme for states to support their purchase of medicines in a move by India to provide free medicine to all.
( 2 ) Google emerges world's most attractive employer according to global employer branding firm Universum's global

talent attraction index "The World's Most Attractive Employers 2012",
( 3 ) Industry bodies like Assocham and CII said today's Bharat Bandh would have caused losses ranging between Rs 10,000-12,500 crore to the economy.
( 4 ) Five Indian-Americans figure in the Forbes magazine's annual list of the richest people in America with Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates retaining his top spot with $66 billion, up $7 billion from 2011.
( 5 ) The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has found arsenic content in about 30 samples of Indian basmati rice in its preliminary analysis.
( 6 ) BSNL, in partnership with SIS Infosystems, today launched telephones with video calling facility which will primarily be used to set up public Video Call Offices by replacing many of the PCOs.
( 7 ) Salman Rushdie's new book 'Joseph Anton' in UK prize long-list for 2012.
( 8 ) Future Group acquires Big Apple for Rs 61.35 crores.
( 9 ) Japan logs $9.62 billion trade deficit in August.
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Date : : 19th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) Congress-ruled states to increase cap on LPG cylinders from 6 to 9 per year.
( 2 ) India test-fired its nuclear-capable strategic missile Agni-IV with a strike range of about 4000 km from a test range off Odisha coast.
( 3 ) China launches the 14th and 15th satellites to enlarge its own GPS system named Beidou-2 system which will eventually consist of 35 satellites.
( 4 ) The National Institute of Design Gandhinagar will be declared a Centre of Excellence, bringing it at par with institutions like IIT and IIM.
( 5 ) The central government is likely to hike dearness allowance ( DA ) from 65 percent to 72 percent, benefiting about 50 lakh of its employees and 30 lakh pensioners.
( 6 ) India's millionaires' number shrunk 18% in 2011 according to a Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management report.
( 7 ) Saina Nehwal has been signed up by Rhiti Sports Management for 3-year endorsement deal for Rs 40-crore.
( 8 ) Yahoo completes $7.6 billion deal with China's Alibaba Group.
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Date : : 18th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) Indonesia could overtake Britain to become the world's 7th largest economy by 2030 according to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute .
( 2 ) India give a USD 40 million soft loan to Burundi, a mineral-rich country in eastern Africa, and signed deal in areas of rural development, education, and health and medicine.
( 3 ) Mohammad Ali Jauhar University inaugurated by Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in Rampur ( Uttar Uradesh).
( 4 ) Salman Khan pays Rs 8 crore in advance tax as compared to the Rs 5 crore in the same period a year ago.
( 5 ) BSNL would launch by this month-end 'Fibre to Home' (FTH) facility for customers seeking internet, telephone and TV channels' access with a speed of 100 mbps.
( 6 ) In London Scientists have announced that the world's most powerful 570-megapixel digital camera called the Dark Energy Camera has captured first images of starlight from eight billion years ago.
( 7 ) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team will visit Rajasthan in November to review the safety of two atomic power plants there, the first such exercise post-Fukushima nuclear disaster in India.
( 8 ) Retail inflation rises to 10.03% in August.
( 9 ) Indian Railways freight earnings rise by over 24%.
( 10 ) Nearly 68% digitisation of the Cable TV households done in 4 metros.
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Date : : 17th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) Reliance IndustriesBSE (RIL) today regained its status as the country's most valued firm with a market capitalisation of Rs 2.82 lakh crore .
( 2 ) Pakistan today successfully test fired the nuclear-capable Babur cruise missile with a range of 700 km that could hit targets deep inside India.
( 3 ) China's outstanding external debt rose by USD 34 billion the second quarter to reach USD 785.17 billion.
( 4 ) China builds its own military-industrial complex.
( 5 ) Switzerland's Roger Federer continues to top the men’s tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP.
( 6 ) Belarus Victoria Azarenka continues to top the women’s tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA.
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Date : : 16th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 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);

Date : : 15th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) Dhoni named captain of ICC ODI Team of the Year.
( 2 ) Deccan Chargers' contract with IPL terminated.
( 3 ) Retail market may attract up to $16bn FDI in 3 yrs.
( 4 ) Truckers body, The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) has increased freight charges by 15 % across the country.
( 5 ) The addressing system, Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4), which allows connectivity of computers on the internet, has hit its limit after 30 years with more than 4.2 billion addresses.
( 6 ) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, well known humanitarian and spiritual teacher and ambassador of peace, has been honoured with Paraguay's highest civilian award, National Order of Merito de Comuneros on September 13, during a two-day visit to the South American country.
( 7 ) India's foreign exchange reserves rose $1.58 billion to $292 billion during the week ended September 7, mainly due to revaluation of currencies.
( 8 ) In 2011-12,Indian railways exported 2,84,386 tons of goods to Pakistan as against 1,27,006 tons in 2010-11 while on the other hand pakistan carried back 4,33,193 tons of goods in 2011-12 as against 5,56,966 tons in 2010-11.

Date : : 14th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) Govt approves upto 74% FDI in broadcasting sector,51% FDI in multi-brand retail , 49% in the automatic sector and 49% FDI in Power Trading Exchanges .
( 2 ) IAF to buy 20 more Hawk AJTs for aerobatics.
( 3 ) August inflation shoots up to 7.5% versus 6.87% in July.
( 4 ) Foreign airlines can have 49 p.c. stake in Indian carriers.

( 5 ) A 109-year-old Ford motor car, the world's oldest surviving model is expected to fetch over $3,00,000 when it comes up for auction in the US next month.
( 6 ) Diesel price up by record 5/litre, Subsidy On Only 6 LPG Cylinders/Yr.
( 7 ) Government cracks down, scraps 4 coal block allocations, Bank Guarantee Of 3 Others To Be Forfeited.
( 8 ) Only retiredd judges may head RTI commissions, says SC.
( 9 ) Sistema in talks to acquire Aircel.
( 10 ) Exports shrink 10% to $22bn in August.

Date : : 13th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) Agartala set to become 1st solar city in North-East.
( 2 ) India ranks 2nd among top 20 countries with the strongest momentum in retail real estate index and it lags behind China.
( 3 ) Maharashtra's Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) records 65 tigers.
( 4 ) The first-ever common entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) under The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) on 5 May 2013 next year.
( 5 ) The 12th Five Year Plan seeks to raise the average annual economic growth to 8.2 per cent from 7.9 per cent by the period ending March 2017.
( 6 ) Coal India may spend Rs 14,500 cr more on 12th plan capital expenditure (capex).
( 7 ) Indian Exports declined by 9.7 percent year-on-year to USD 22.3 billion in August due to the global economic slowdown.
( 8 ) Govt plans new taxes to clear roads, Urban Transport & Congestion Tax May Force Shift To Public Transport.
( 9 ) Ranbaxy to set up new plant in Malaysia with $40 mn investment.
( 10 ) Russian search engine Yandex plans to develop its own internet browser.
( 11 ) FIFA confirms Germany captain Lahm’s suspension because he had been booked in his side’s midweek 2-1 win in Austria in a group C World Cup qualifier match.
( 12 ) IIP crawls up to 0.1% in July.
( 13 ) Narmada bachao andolan leader- Chittarupa Palit.

Date : : 12th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) Delhi-Gurgaon expressway to be toll free.
( 2 ) Haryana has received investments of about Rs 61,000 crore, including FDI of Rs 9,629 crore, since 2005 and investments worth Rs 97,000 crore are in the pipeline sector.
( 3 ) The International Cricket Council on Wednesday launched the official event website ( www.icc-cricket.com ) for the World Twenty20 Championships to be staged in Colombo between 18 September and 7 October 2012.
( 4 ) The Union Cabinet had decide to increase minimum monthly pension to Rs 1,000 for organised sector employees.
( 5 ) Air India's new Boeing 787 Dreamliner to fly on domestic routes from 19 September 2012 between Delhi-Chennai route.
( 6 ) NRI deposit inflows fell to $822 million in July, from $1.7 billion in June and $2.8 billion in May according to data from the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ).
( 7 ) Government had plans to set up 2,500 model schools on public-private partnership basis.
( 8 ) More than 42 million people in India have fallen prey to cybercrime in the past 12 months, suffering about $ 8 billion in direct financial losses according to a report by security solutions firm Norton
( 9 ) Delhi slaps blanket ban on plastic bags, New Rules To Be Implemented Within A Year.
( 10 ) Govt may unveil mega reform steps, FDI In Multi-Brand Retail, Aviation Set To Be Announced This Week.
( 11 ) RBI eases ECB guidelines, It raised the maximum limit of ECB to 75% of the average foreign exchange earnings in the past three fiscal years, or 50% of the highest export earnings in any of the three years, or whichever is higher.

Date : : 11th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 )UK universities have taken four out of the six top slots in a global university "league table" for 2011-12,with US's Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading the list.
( 2 )In US Open 2012 Final Andy Murray beats Serbia's Novak Djokovic and become the first Britisher to win a Grand Slam men's singles title in 76 years.
( 3 )Serena Williams beat Victoria Azarenka, won Womens US Open 2012.
( 4 )The Government of India today has cleared 21 foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth Rs 2,410 crore, including eight from the pharmaceutical sector.
( 5 )The Government of India is considering a proposal to give unique numbers to all provident fund account holders with life-time validity.
( 6 )Delhi government puts ban on all gutka products.
( 7 )Infosys buys consulting co for $350m, Acquisition Of Swiss Firm Is IT Major’s Biggest Buyout In Three Decades.
( 8 )India's External debt up by $40bn to $345.8 billion.
( 9 )Indian writer Jeet Thayil’s first novel ‘Narcopolis’,has made it to the six-author short list for the Man Booker Prize 2012 announced today.

Date : : 10th September 2012 Very Important News of the Day : :

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( 1 ) World Suicide Prevention Day- 10th Sept.
( 2 )Infosys to acquire Lodestone for $350 million.
( 3 ) Agriculture & Allied sectors share in GDP has declined to 14% in 2011-12 from 19% in 2004-05.
( 4 ) Heavy engineering major BHEL planned to recruit 5,000 employees for posts ranging from artisans to plant engineers and management executives over the next five years.
( 5 ) 400,000 respond within hours as Tendulkar joins Facebook.
( 6 ) OVL buys US energy firm Hess Corp's stake in Azeri oil fields for $1bn.
( 7 ) A Balasubramanian may be next Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) chief.
( 8 ) Lewis Hamilton won Italian GP.
( 9 ) Ukraine's Vitaly Klitschko retains WBC world heavyweight title (boxing).