India August 2011

• 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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