CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2, 2011

Vodafone to pay $ 400 million more to Essar to buy 33% stake in the joint venture Vodafone-Essar

Vodafone: UK-based

Essar: Indian Partner for Vodafone

Vodafone to pay $ 400 million more to Essar in order to buy 33% stake

in the joint venture Vodafone-Essar

Vodafone’s holding in the venture would increase to 75.35%

Vodafone would transfer 1.35% stake to an Indian investor to remain

compliant with the existing FDI norms in the telecom sector as the the

existing FDI limit is 74%

World Bank to fund $648 Million for the Construction of the Hydro-Power

Plant in Uttrakhand

WB to fund a loan assistance of $648 million for the construction of the

Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Plant on the Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand

Hydro Power Plant expected to generate 1,665 million units of electricity yearly

444-MW Vishnugad Pipalkoti Project would also help reduce India’s greenhouse

gas emissions by 1.6 million tones annually, compared to a thermal plant of the

same capacity

Mr. Pradeep Kumar appointed new CVC

Defense Secretary Pradeep Kumar chosen as next CVC (Chief Vigilance

Commissioner)

Mr. Pradeep Kumar, retires as Defence Secretary on July 31

He was chosen by consensus by a panel comprising Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh, Home

Minister P Chidambaram and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

Sushma Swaraj

But his selection has been not been officially confirmed yet

Mr. Kumar, a Haryana cadre IAS officer of the 1972 batch, was Secretary, Defence

Production, prior to becoming the Defence Secretary

Temple safety measures tighten up following Treasure Discovery

Padmanabha Swami temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Kerala Government further tightened up the security at the historical Sree

Padmanabha Swami temple in Thiruvananthapuram

Reason:

Huge quantity of precious metals and diomonds worth around Rs 50,000 Crore

have been unearthed from the underground cellars of the temple

With this Sree Padmanabha Swami Temple emerged as the richest shrine in the

country

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Maximum share of this treasure belonged to the Kings of the Royal Family of

Travancore

The final list of inventories will be submitted to the Supreme Court

Rajya Sabha TeleVision to be launched during Monsoon Session

24-hour Rajya Sabha Channel will be launched during the monsoon

session of Parliament

Channel to begin around 15th August

When Parliament is not in session, the channel to telecast programmes

concerning to democratic values and institutions targeted at the younger

generation

Chaturanan Mishra (Communist leader) passes away

Chaturanan Mishra: Former Union minister and veteran Communist leader

Mishra held many positions in the CPI (Communist Party of India)

and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)

As a Freedom Fighter, he participated in the Quit India movement

3 time member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1969 to 1980

Elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1984 and 1990

Elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996 from Madhubani constituency

Cabinet minister for Agriculture in the United Front Government led

by H D Devegowda and I K Gujaral in 1996

Petra Kvitova: Wimbledon Womens’ Singles Champion 2011

Petra Kvitova Czechoslavia won the Wimbldon Woemen’s Singles

crown

Petra astonished favorite Maria Sharapova

Petrova beat Sharapova at the Finals in London

This is Petra’s First Grand Slam Title

21 year old eighth seed became only the third Czech woman to

won the the Wimbledon Women’s Single Title

MV Wisdom is re-floated securely

MV Wisdom: Ship which ran aground on Juhu beach on June11, 2011

Ship re-floated safely

Ship re-floated by SMIT International; a Singapore based

Salvage Company with the help of two powerful tugs

Ship successfully pulled out by the ship SMIT LUMBA, which is equipped with

adequate salvage equipment and manned by qualified and experienced salvage

personnel

Ship taken to Mumbai outer anchorage and thereafter the vessel to be ultimately

towed to Alang-Bhavnagar Gujarat for scrapping