23 June 2012 Current Affairs
PM Manmohan Singh visits Pretoria
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived on 22 June midnight a visit to Mexico and Brazil for attending two international summits.He was on overnight stay in this South African city before leaving for New Delhi on 24 June.
Kolkata Solar Physicist Wins Prestigious US Prize
Dibyendu Nandi of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata has been awarded the prestigious Karen Harvey Prize for 2012 by the American Astronomical Society (AAS).The first scientist from the Asia Pacific to get the prize, Nandy was awarded for his "advances in the use of kinematic dynamo models to elucidate the typical and atypical solar cycle, and for his outstanding leadership within the solar physics and space climate communities."
Sunita Williams To Embark On Space Mission Again
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams is all set to return to the International Space Station, where she spent a record six months in 2006.
Double Title For Krishna Priya
M.Krishna Priya of Lal Bahaddur stadium bagged a double,winning both in singles and doubles titles in the girl's under-15 category of the Hyderabad district badminton championship at the Madhuranagar Indoor stadium,Hyderabad on 23 June 2012.
Anaka, Kush Claim Titles
Anaka Alankamony of India clinched the girl's under-19 title in Asian Junior squash Championship in Kish Island on 23 June.
Ankita Down Prerna For Maiden Title
Ankita Raina played with Intensity and confidence to beat prerna Bhambri in the final of the ONGC $10,000 ITF women's tennis tournment at the DLTA complex,New Delhi on 23 June.
Ferrer Is Champion
Top-seeded david ferrer beeat unseeded philipp petzschner on 23 June to win the unicef open grass tournment for the second time .
$163 Billion EU Growth Plan
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy & Spain agreed to push for a growth package worth up to $163 billion at a key EU summit next week aimed to kick starting the economy and safe guarding the currency bloc.