GAIL to sign a gas purchase agreement with Turkmenistan’s national oil firm in TAPI pipeline;Donna Summer dies
1. Cabinet allowed state-run gas-firm GAIL (India) Ltd to sign a gas purchase agreement with Turkmenistan’s national oil firm, for supplies from a planned multi-national pipeline, the proposed 1,700-km (1,056-mile) Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India line (TAPI) will have a capacity to carry 90 million cubic metres a day (mcmd) gas for a 30-year period and will be operational in 2018.
2. Country’s largest private mobile operator Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank made a partnership to provide banking services through Airtel Money platform.
AUSTRALIA will give more than $300 million in assistance to Afghanistan;Parimarjan Negi won Asian continental chess championship
1. AUSTRALIA will give more than $300 million in assistance to Afghanistan to help sustain and support the nation’s security forces after Australian troops withdraw from the country. Australia will contribute $100 million a year to the Afghan National Security Forces from 2015.
2. Aziz Qureshi was sworn in as the fifth Governor of Uttarakhand by Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice Barin Ghosh at a simple ceremony in Raj Bhavan here on Tuesday. The ceremony was conducted by Chief Secretary Alok Jain.
Facts, Motto and Logo of London Summer Olympics 2012 and Paralympics
Some facts about London Olympics (Motto:Inspire a Generation) are here, for our followers. Around 204 Nations participating in London Olympics 2012 with 10,500 athletes participating in London Olympics 2012. Around 302 events in 26 sports are scheduled for London Summer Olympics 2012.
