7 September 2012 Current Affairs
Five Indian firms in Forbes list of world’s most innovative companies
Five
Indian companies including Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever and
Infosys are ranked on Forbes magazine’s list of “The World’s Most
Innovative Companies” topped by four US companies.Larsen & Toubro
got the ninth rank,Hindustan Unilever got the 12th rank, Infosys got
19th rank,Tata Consultancy Services got 29th rank and Sun Pharmaceutical
Industries got 38th rank.Four US companies- Cloud computing king
Salesforce.com, drug major Alexion Pharmaceuticals, internet retail
giant Amazon.com and open source software leader Red Hat took the top
four places.
Two Same magnitude earthquake in China at Yunnan and Guizhou
80
people were died , more than 730 people were injured,twenty thousand
homes were destroyed and nearly one hundred thousand persons have been
evacuated after the two earthquakes at a magnitude of 5.6 hit Yunnan
and Guizhou provinces in China on 07th September 2012.
U.S. designates Haqqani network a terrorist group
The
United States said on 7th September 2012 it is designating the
Pakistan-based Haqqani network a terrorist organization, triggering
sanctions against a group American officials blame for high-profile
attacks in Afghanistan, and which they say has ties to the Pakistani
state.
Bill for special status for six districts in Hyderabad-Karnataka region introduced
In
the Lok Sabha on 7th September 2012 ,Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde
introduced a Bill to amend the Constitution and thus provide a special
status to the Hyderabad-Karnataka region , under a new Article
371(J).Once it is approved by Parliament the Hyderabad-Karnataka region
covering six backwards districts – Bidar, Gulbarga, Koppal, Yadgir,
Raichur and Bellary – will get more central funds for development and
will be on par with the Telananga region of Andhra Pradesh. Besides,
there will be reservation in jobs and education for the locals.
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