Date: 29th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day

1. INCB- International Narcotics Control Board.

2. Core sector growth slows to 0.5% in Jan.

3. Bank borrowing at record high of Rs. 1.8L cr.

4. Govt. okays 5% stake sale in ONGC may fetch Rs. 12K cr.

5. S&P cuts Greece's rating to two levels above default on distressed debt restructuring.

Date: 28th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day

1. Wiki: Stratfor was Dow’s Bhopal spy.

2. Centre blinks, puts NCTC on hold.

3. "The Artist" leads Oscars with Five awards.

4. List of 84th Oscar winners: 

• Best picture - The Artist
• Best actress in a leading role- Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Best actor in a leading role - Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Best director- Michel Hazavanicius, The Artist
• Best cinematography- Robert Richardson, Hugo
• Best art direction- Hugo
• Best costume design- The Artist
• Best make up- The Iron Lady
• Best foreign language film- A Separation
• Best actress in a supporting role- Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Best film editing- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Best sound editing- Hugo
• Best sound mixing- Hugo
• Best documentary feature- Undefeated
• Best animated film- Rango
• Best visual effects- Hugo
• Best actor in a supporting role- Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Best original score- Ludovic Bource, The Artist
• Best song- Man or Muppet, The Muppets
• Best adapted screenplay- Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, The Descendants
• Best original screenplay- Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Best live action short- The Shore
• Best documentary short- Saving Face
• 24) Best animated short- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmor.

5. OVL, GAIL eye Cove Energy of UK with $2 billion offer.

6. CLB- Company Law Board.

7. SBI cuts education loan rate to 13.25.

8. Reform or face crisis, World Bank to China.

9. BP wants KG gas price to rise 3 times.

10. Anirban Lahiri wins 'SAIL-SBI Open 2012 Golf Trophy'.

Date: 27th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day

1. New chief of Central Army Command- Anil Chait.

2. Govt nod for $1bn Navy plane deal.

3. MRMR- Medium Range Maritime Reconnaisance.

4. ISI chief Pasha likely to head Pak nuclear body.

5. Ind may double N-capacity by 2017.

6. OEDC- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

7. Sesa Sterlite will generate $10bn revenue every year.

8. HPCL eyes 11% in new int'l airport in Kerala.

9. India beat France in Hockey final by 8-1, reserve seat for London Olympics.

10. Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska lifts Dubai Tennis Title.

Date: 26th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day

1. NCW (National Commission of Women)- Chief- Mamta Sharma.
2. India to test 5,000-Km Agni-V missile from Wheeler Island between end-march and early-April.
3. Vedanta to merge Sterlite with Sesa Goa(India's largest iron ore company).
4. Vedanta Chairman- Anil Agarwal.
5. PCI (Press Council of India) Chairman- Markandey Katju.

Date: 25th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day

1.  Green revolution in east, surplus food production under special program BGREI.
2. BGREI- Bringing Green Revolution in East India.
3. Mirage-2000 crashes in MP.
4. KF gets offer from 2 desi investors of Rs. 800cr in return for 24% equity.
5. CBEC freezes KF a/cs.
6. Crude may scale $150 on Iran crisis.
7. Jan Hommen- LED ING to sell Asia Insurance JVs, Samsung Life possible buyer.
8. BSNL's tablet at Rs. 3,250 to rival Aakash.

Date: 24th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day

1. E-transfer payments over Rs. 1,000: Nilekani.

2. Citi exits HDFC, pockets $2bn by selling 10.92% stake thru a book building process to Institutional investors.

3. Etisalat sues DB realty for fraud in JV.

4. Sahara set to bag Rs. 80K cr new B'desh capital project.

5. Adani to buy group's realty biz of Adani Enterprises for $1bn.

Date: 23rd Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Ind threatens trade war over EU Carbon tax on airlines.
2. UAPA- Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
3. PMEAC Chairman- C Rangarajan.
4. GBS- Gross Budgetary Support.

Date: 22nd Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. RIL JV with Ionix Fashion of 20 global brands.
2. China, India plan over 10% Iran oil cuts.
3. CPI price Inflation at 7.65%.
4. MCX- Multi Commodity Exchange.
5. No I-T returns for salary up to 5L.

Date: 21st Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Consult states ahead of NCTC rollout: Naveen Patnaik.
2. NCTC- National Counter Terrorism Centre.
3. With eye on Iran, US pressing Pak for bases in Balochistan.
4. RSBY- Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, free treatment facility upto Rs. 30,000/annum on payment of Rs. 30/- per family (total 5 members).
5. US airlines sue Exim(Export Import) bank over AI loan.
6. GDP to grow by 7.7% in 2012-13: CMIE (Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy).
7. Iran threatens to snap EU oil supply.
8. Eurozone to okay Euro130bn 2nd Greece package.

Date: 20th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Iran cuts oil sales to Britain, France.
2. SA's Richard Levi rewrote the record, scoring the fastest ton in 45 balls in T20 match against NZ.
3. World no. 1 Victoria Azarenka won Qatar open by beating Samantha Stosur.
4. Roger Federer bt Juan Martin, won Rotterdam open title.

Date: 19th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Oriental Bank of Commerce celebrating its 70th Foundation day with inauguration of its new corporate office at Gurgaon.
2. India win gold in Asain Grand Prix Archery.
3. Yogeshwar Dutt clinches Asian wrestling gold. 

Date: 18th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. After TOI's Aman ki Aasha, it started "Maitree Bandhan"- an initiative to build strong bond between India-B'desh.
2. Civil Aviation completed its 100yrs today.
3. Essar oil to convert $280m FCCBs into equity.
4. BJP-Shiv Sena win Municipal polls in Mumbai.

Date: 17th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. China has overtaken India as the world's largest gold consumer.
2. Kellogg to buy Pringles for $2.2bn.
3. Sahara to continue its sponsership with Team India.

Date: 16th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Foreign Secy Ranjan Mathai in Male to push political deal.
2. Iran claims N-success, sets off panic chain reaction.
3. World Bank prez- Robert Zoellick.
4. Marico buys Paras brands from Reckitt Benckiser.
5. Next CIL chairman will be- Narsingh Rao.
6. Govt. to sell ONGC stake via auction.
7. EGoM- Empowered Group of Minister.
8. Times Internet launches India's 1st Tablet magazine- "Tweek".
9. Novak awarded top Serbian award "Gold Star of Karadjordje" by Serbian prez Boris Tadic.
10. Bank rate raises to 9.5% from 6%.

Date: 15th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Serial blasts in Bangkok, 2 Iranians held.
2. Google to buy Motorola for $ 12.5bn.
3. No AI monopoly on foreign routes, roadblocks for pvt indian carriers cleared.
4. Inflation hits 26-month low of 6.55%.
5. Moody cuts ratings of 6 Euro nations.

Date: 14th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Israeli diplomat's car was bombed in New Delhi, simaltaneously Israeli embassy in Georgia was also targetted, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu blames on Iran.
2. NDMA- National Disaster Management Authority.
3. Adele won Grammy award for her album "Someone like you".
4. Steve Jobs receives posthumous award.
5. BAFTA (British Film Academy Awards):
Best Movie- The Artist.
Best Actress- Meryl Streep.
Best Actor- Jean Dujardin.
Best Director- Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist).
Best Supporting Actress- Octavia Spencer.
Best Supporting Actor- Christopher Plummer.
6. Zambia won Africa cup of Nations Trophy beating Ivory Coast.

Date: 13th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. RIL, Dassault Aviation ink defence pact.
2. French company Auchan eyes Landmark JV.
3. NPS- New Pension Scheme.

Date: 12th Feb 2012

important News of the Day


1. Amartya Sen, first Indian to be honoured with US National Humanities medal.

Date: 11th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. IIP dips to 1.8% in dec.
2. Advanced interceptor missile test fired successfully from Wheeler Island in Orrisa.
3. AAD- Advanced Air Defence.
4. Sebi hikes minimum investment amount in portfolio management schemes to Rs. 25 Lakhs.
5. Baichung Bhutia gets Banga-Samman.

Date: 10th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. French Rafale jet manufacturer- Dassault Aviation.
2. IB chief- Nehchal Sandhu.
3. Justice Abdullah Mohd's detention had sparked off the crisis of Maldives.
4. Ind, B'desh will hold meeting on Feb 12 and 13 in Dhaka on the Inland Waterways Transit Treaty that will allow passage for Indian vessels through B'deshi waters.
5. FTA held up as EU eyes PSU contracts.
6. Flipcart buys electronics retailer Letsbuy for $25m.
7. Adani exit realty, focus on core infra biz.
8. Greece strikes deal on reforms austerity to secure bailout and avoid default.
9. EU, ECB, IMF collectively known as "TROIKA".
10. Etisalat- UAE based telco.
11. ICC Hall of fame Cap presented to Sunil Gavaskar.

Date: 9th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Govt. looks to ban child labour below 18yrs.
2. Batelco, a Bahrain based telco 1st to pull out after 2G ruling, it was in JV with Indian partner S-Tel.
3. CRPF setup !st ever intelligence school at Kadarpur in Gurgaon.
4. Thomas Cook to exit India operations, will sell 77% stake, valued at Rs.880cr, to clear debt.
5. EU prez- Herman Van Rompuy.
6. EFSF- European Financial Stability Facility.
7. Ind and EU annual summit will be held in New Delhi on 10th Feb.

Date: 8th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. GDP growth dipped to 6.9% in 2011-12.

2. GoM clears Rs.21Kcr debt restructuring plan for Air India.
3. FRP- Financial Restructuring Plan.
4. Now, book Rly tkt 4 months in advance.
5. Maldives new Prez- Mohd. Waheed Hassan.
6. Former prez of Maldives- Mohd. Nasheed.
7. DTAA- Double taxation Avoidance Agreement.
8. Xstrata, Glencore to create 4th largest natural resources co after $90bn merger.
9. CCPA- Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs.
10. Djokovic and Barcelona capture Laureus Sports Awards.

Date: 7th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Yuvi suffers from cancer of germ, undergoing treatment in Boston.
2. Delhi 1st to issue e-stamp papersof all amounts.
3. ELSS- Equity Link Savings Scheme.
4. LIC to pick 5% in Dena Bank.
5. Argentina women win Champions Trophy Hockey title, beat Great Britain.

Date: 6th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Centre plans 6.5 yr MBBS, to make 1-yr rural stint mandatory.
2. PDSN- Public Distribution System Network.
3. Super regulator CAA likely to replace DGCA this year.
4. CAA- Civil Aviation Authority.
5. CAA will be headed by Nazim Zaidi.

Date: 5th Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Sahara snapped all ties with BCCI, IPL Pune is also without franchisee.
2. Piramal adds 5.5% stake in Voda by paying Rs. 3,000cr, now holds 11% stake in the company.
3.Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria.
4. Govt. sanctioned to setup the anti-terror body NCTC (national counter terrorism centre).

Date: 4th Feb 2012- World Cancer Day

Important News of the Day


1. Guj Lokyukta- R A Mehta.
2. Telenor, a Norwegian co JV with Unitech wireless may exit Ind, Russian co Sistema JV with Shyam Sistema that operates under the brand name of MTS will move to SC.
3. Norway Telenor CEO- Jon Fredrik Baksaas.
4. Zuckerberg tops Google founders (Sergey Brin and Larry Page) with FB haul.
5. N Karthikeyan joins De La Rosa for 2012 season.
6. New habitable planet GJ667Cc discovered by International astronomers.

Date: 3rd Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. SC cancels licence of telcos, TRAI to makefresh recommendations for auction of 2G licence.
2. MPLADS- MP Local Area Development Scheme.

Date: 2nd Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. After Rushdie shame, it's now Taslima Nasrin's book "Lajja" for India, she is a bangladeshi writer.
2. Mitt Romney leads in the race of prez election in U.S.
3. Binani buys Belgian fibreglass company, 3B, for Rs. 1,781cr.
4. FB to debut on stock mkt with $5bn IPO, this will ultimately value the company to $100bn from present $75bn.

Date: 1st Feb 2012

Important News of the Day


1. Per capita income of Indians to have risen 16.9% to Rs. 53,311/annum compared to Rs. 46,117.
2. French jet Rafale bags $20bn MMRCA IAF fighter order.
3. MMRCA- Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft.
4. Govt revises 2010-11 GDP to 8.4% from 8.5%.
5. CIL slashes prices by 12.5% by delinking pricing from International market.