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Awards
ITC's Y.C.Deveshwar has been presented Global Leadership award by U.S.-India Business Council for his
efforts towards empowering India's rural agricultural community and conserving the environment
Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC) bags Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award 2010
for implementing ethanol blended diesel in over 1000 buses
Mr.M.R.Bhat General Manager of Corporation Bank has been awarded Dun and Bardstreet's CTO(Chief
Technology Officer) Award 2009
Acquisitions
Cafe Coffee Day has acquired a Czeh Republic-based cafe Emporio for Rs.15crore
Business
Tata Motors inaugurated the world's cheapest car the Nano's manufacturing facility at Sanand, Gujarat
Entertainment
Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20
years
People
Mr.Soiles Bhattacharya Director(Finance), will take charge as the Interim Chairman of SAIL as
Mr.S.K.Roongta completed his term on May 31st 2010
Mr. Michael Perschke to head India operations for Audi from July 1st 2010, replaces Mr.Benoit Tiers
Mr.Hiroshi Takashina has been appointed as Managing Director for Nikon India, takes over from
Mr.Hidehiko Tanaka
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Innovation
Equifone Solutions offering Bluetooth services on buses in Mumbai, now all set to offer Wi-Fi
Connectivity in days to come
Applications submitted to various departments of RBI could be now tracked on Application Tracking
System(ATS), online
Kerala State Electricity Board is set to launch a free and open source accounting software, Structured
and Real-time Accounting System(SARAS) designed and developed by the employees of the board
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Acquisitions
Business
IDBI opened its first overseas branch in Dubai, at the Dubai International Finance Centre
Karnataka to create Land Bank in all districts to facilitate investors to allocate land
Inter-connected Stock Exchange of India(ISE) has selected TCS to install and manage its integrated
trading, clearing and surveillance platform
Indian Depository Receipts(IDR) of UK based bank Standard Chartered lists in BSE and NSE
Sports
FIFA World Cup 2010 kicks off in South Africa on June 10th 2010
Technology
Apple unveils iPhone 4 at the Apple World wide Developers Conference in San Francisco
Direct to Home(DTH) operator Dish TV to launch Conditional Access Module(CAM) which will allow its
subscribers to switch over to a new operator using the same set-top box
Samsung adds Facebook and Google Maps to its HDTV-based Samsung Apps Library
Cactus plant(Cereus peruvianus), grown near SDM College of Dental Sciences near Sattur,Dharwad,India
enters Guinness Book of world Records as the tallest Plant measuring a height of 78.8 feet
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Business
DQ Entertainment, an animation and gaming content company has entered into broadcasting
agreement with Sun TV Network Ltd. for the provision of animation content
Saibaba Telefilms, Mumbai based television production company to enter Southern region via a music
reality show Sangeetha Mahayudhdham to be telecasted on Sun TV
Innovation
Country's first 3-MW solar photo volatic plant opens at Kolar in Bangarpet taluk, Karnataka
People
Technology
Nokia introduces push-mail service in S40 series phone priced at around Rs.2,700
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People
Sachin Tendulkar to become Indian Air Force's honorary rank of Group Captain
Business
MCX gets unconditional approval from Forward Market Commission regulator to launch an IPO
Discovery
Austrian archaeologists discover 3500 year old city Hyksos in the Nile delta region
Record
Sports
Saina Nehwal beat Taiwan's Tzu Ying Tai to win the Singapore Super Series Title and moves upto World
No.3
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Technology
SleepServer, a software developed by Indian American scientists to save energy in Computers at work
place
India's first 'unpaid' mobile service under the brand name T24 is launched by Future Group, service
provider being Tata Teleservices Ltd.
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People
P.Obul Reddy, founder and former Managing Director of Nippo Batteries company and Founder and
Chairman of Panasonic Carbon India and Panasonic Home appliances India passes away
Business
HM-Mitsubishi launches its dealership in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh and National Capital Regaion(NCR)
Innovation
Punjab National Bank opens its first bio-metric ATM at Thrikkakara in Ernakulam
(Bio-metric ATM: Recognises fingerprints of the card holder and eliminating the need of entering PIN
number. Denominations of Rs.50, Rs.100, Rs.500 and Rs.1,000 could be withdrawn from the same)
Sports
Technology
Transcend to introduce 64GB class 10 SDXC(Secure Digital Extended Capacity) memory card in India, to
be priced at Rs.15,000
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