India August 2011

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  • Month-long monsoon session of Parliament began.
  • Centre agreed to a Rs.19000 Crore ballout package for West Bengal.
  • The first-ever Kashmir Premier League (KPL) T-20 Chinar Cup-2011 ended.
  • DV Sadananda Gowda sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.
  • SC partially lifted mining ban in Bellary.
  • Indian archers won three silver medals in the Archery World Cup in Ogden.
  • N-E body sought national drink status for tea.
  • Indian wrestlers won 49 medals in the commonwealth wrestling championship in Melbourne.
  • Aditya Mehta clinched the 78th National Snooker Championship title.
  • Former TN Governor and political analyst PC Alexander died.
  • Lok Sabha passed SBI Subsidiary Banks Bill.
  • BrahMos Varian Block III supersonic cruise missile test-fired successfully.
  • Indian cricket team lost the No. 1 Test rank to England.
  • Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor died.
  • PM Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on 65th Independence Day.
  • New Indian Chief suspended over credit over for Paramount Air.
  • N A K Browne has been takes charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force.
  • Coal India Ltd. Dethroned Reliance Industries Ltd. as most valued firm.
  • National Sports awards announced.
  • All-party meeting in West Bengal decided to rename the state as Paschimbanga.
  • Stealth frigate Statpura commissioned into navy.
  • Historian and Indologist Ram Sharan Sharma died.
  • Leader Paes and Mahesh Bhupati won the doubles title at Cincinnati tennis match.
  • Government and Team Anna held talks to reach truce.
  • Haryana lifted ceiling on non-farm land.
  • Baichung Bhutia brought down the curtain on his international career.
  • Fast attack warship INS Karuva inducted into Navy.
  • K. Rosaiah appointed new Tamil Nadu Governor.
  • Birla Corp suspended mining in Rajasthan.
  • Indian Finished 8th in the WSF men’s world team squash championship held in Germany.
  • Juvenile Justice (amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha.
  • Sucheta 33 year old women from Pune became first Indian woman to cross Gobi desert.
  • Ronjan Sodhi has been ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings.
  • HDFC bank has launched a service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs.
  • Gagan Narang Ace Indian shooter is set to get Khel Ratna.
  • Prahaar missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, Orrisa.
  • Rahul Dravid became 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Ponting’s record.
  • Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil has been appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde.
  • Shammi Kapoor bollywood actor passed away recently.
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