Published by Roma Rahul Gupta for Chhattisgarh Online
National News : October 2011
National News : October 2011
- Former Bihar Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad died on 4 October 2011 at the age of 89.
- On 4 October 2011 the credit rating of the State Bank of India was downgraded by the Global ratings firm Moody’s.
- Delhi state government on 8 October 2011 launched a micro-finance project for women. The project aims at providing financial support to over one-lakh vulnerable women in the capital.
- The largest ever water supply scheme in Himachal Pradesh was inaugurated on 6 October 2011 in Kangehan area of Kangra district
- The Sports Authority of India and the All India Football Federation signed an agreement to develop the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium as the football hub in India
- The World's cheapest computer cum access device, Aakash was launched on 5 October 2011. Aakash is a part of the Indian Government's National Mission on Education's Sakshat Project.
- India took over as the Chairman of United Nations South Asian Regional Commission for tourism. This was announced at the ongoing United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) conference at Gyeongju in South Korea
- Veteran ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away on 10 October 2011 in Mumbai. He was awarded Padmabhushan, India’s third highest civilian honour, in 2003
- All India Football Federation appointed Dutchman Robert Baan as the Technical Director for a period of two years
- Environmentalist, lawyer & former Union Minister, Mohan Dharia was selected as the winner of the 26th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration
- . Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju was appointed as the new chairman of media regulator Press Council of India on 5 October
- . Indian swimmers won eight gold medals on 10 October 2011 at 7th Asian age group swimming championship
- he Union Cabinet of India on 13 October 2011 approved the introduction of the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2011 in the winter session of Parliament
- Vinod Kumar of RSPB (Railway Sports Promotion Board) on 14 October 2011 won the 55 kg freestyle gold medal in the 56th Senior National wrestling championships at Nandininagar, Uttar Pradesh
- In Jammu and Kashmir, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna, jointly sponsored by the Centre and State governments was formally launched by State Health and Family Welfare Ministry in Srinagar
- The Save Sarmila Campaign was flagged off by Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey on 16 October 2011. The campaign was launched in Srinagar demanding the revocation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast.
- Union Agriculture Commissioner Gurbachan Singh was appointed Chairman of the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board for a seven-year term
- Amol Gupte's son Partho Gupte won the best actor award for Stanley Ka Dabba at Schlingel International Film Festival
- India's Suresh Rana won the extreme four wheeler categories in the 13th Raid de Himalaya motor rally
- Bharti Airtel launched special Formula One Race Pack for F1 fans in Bangalore
- Ratan Tata was honoured with the Swiss Ambassador's award for exceptional leadership & his contribution to strengthening Indo-Swiss ties
- MC Mary Kom won gold in the 51kg category at 12th Senior Women's National Boxing Championships
- The Rajasthan Government launched a web based Social Security Pension System at Jaipur
- Veteran Congress leader and former Karnataka minister K H Ranganath died in Bangalore on 18 october 2011
- Eminent Malayalam novelist George Varghese Kakkanadan breathed his last on 19 October 2011 in Kollam
- Page from the Past-A journalist looks back, a book by veteran journalist K P Srivastava released by veteran journalist Inder Malhotra
- Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra won the air rifle silver in the fourth Asian airgun shooting championship in Kuwait
- Aman Sethi won International Committee of the Red Cross award for the best Indian print media article on humanitarian issues
- Indian Railways launched Real Time information system(RTIS) through which passengers can access the accurate train running information
- A report by IFC & World Bank titled- Doing Business 2012: Doing Business in a More Transparent World released on 20 October 2011. India ranked 132 in world bank report.
- Dr M K Mani, pioneer of nephrology in India was on 20 October 2011 declared the winner of the 40th Dhanvantari Award
- Renowned litterateur, writer of novel Rag Darbari, Shrilal Shukla died at a hospital in Lucknow on 28 October 2011. He wrote many satires like Angad Ka Paanv…
- India won 5 matches one-day series by 5-0 by defeating England. Ravindra Jadeja of team India was declared Man of the Match, while Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was awarded with Man of the Series
- Tehelka and The Week were jointly chosen for the International Press Institute (IPI) – India award for excellence in journalism
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