July 2014 in Pictures

Inox to buy Satyam Cinemas

Multiplex operator Inox Leisure has said that it will acquire Gurgaon-based rival Satyam Cineplexes in a Rs.182-crore deal, which would strengthen its presence in North India. The Mumbai-based exhibitor will acquire 100% equity share capital of Satyam from its promoters. The company's board at its meeting “approved the acquisition of 100 % equity shares of Satyam Cineplexes for a total consideration of Rs.182 crore”. Post acquisition, Inox would be present in 50 cities with 91 multiplexes and 358 screens.

The company said that, the proposed acquisition of one of the industry's prime assets, is a part of Inox's strategy to expand its footprint across the country and gives INOX a significant foothold in the North Indian region.

This is the third acquisition of Inox in last seven years. In May 2013, Inox had merged Fame India, a multiplex cinema theater firm, with the company after acquiring controlling stake in 2011. Similarly, in 2007, Calcutta Cinema (CCPL) a West Bengal-based multiplex theater firm was merged with Inox.

Airtel has 300 million users

Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel said it has crossed 300-million subscriber mark across its mobile, fixed line, DSL and DTH services. The company, which began operations in 1995, had crossed the 100 million mark in 2009 and 200 million in 2012. The latest 100 million customers have been added within two years. Bharti Airtel has operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa.

Somewhere in Madhya Pradesh

Foodgrain Productions in India: Economic Survey 2013-14

Foodgrains
	I	II	III
Rice	West Bengal	Uttar Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh
Wheat	Uttar Pradesh	Punjab	Haryana
Maize	Karnataka	Andhra Pradesh	Maharashtra
Cereals	Rajasthan	Karnataka	Maharashtra
Gram	Madhya Pradesh	Rajasthan	Maharashtra
Tur	Maharashtra	Karnataka	Madhya Pradesh
Pulses	Madhya Pradesh	Uttar Pradesh	Rajasthan
Total Foodgrains	Uttar Pradesh	Punjab	Madhya Pradesh
Oilseeds
	I	II	III
Groundnut	Gujarat	Tamil Nadu	Andhra Pradesh
Rapeseed & Mustard	Rajasthan	Madhya Pradesh	Haryana
Soyabeen	Madhya Pradesh	Maharashtra	Rajasthan
Sunflower	Karnataka	Andhra Pradesh	Maharashtra
Total Oilseeds	Madhya Pradesh	Rajasthan	Gujarat
Cash Crops
	I	II	III
Sugarcane	Uttar Pradesh	Maharashtra	Tamil Nadu
Cotton	Gujarat	Maharashtra	Andhra Pradesh
Junte &Mesta	West Bengal	Bihar	Assam

Governors in India

State/UT	Governor	Took Office on
Andaman & Nicobar Islands **	A K Singh	08 Jul, 2013
Andhra Pradesh	ESL Narasimhan	28 Dec, 2009
Arunachal Pradesh	Nirbhay Sharma	29 May, 2013
Assam	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	11 Dec, 2009
Bihar	D Y Patil	22 Mar, 2013
Chahttisgarh	Balramji Das Tandon	14 Jul, 2014
Chandigarh *	Shivraj Patil	22 Jan, 2010
Dadra & Nagra Haveli *	B S Bhalla	28 Aug, 2012
Daman & Diu *	B S Bhalla	28 Aug, 2012
Delhi **	Najeeb Jung	09 Jul, 2013
Goa	Margaret Alva	12 Jul, 2014
Gujarat	Om Prakash Kohli	17 Jul, 2014
Haryna	Kaptan Singh Solanki	25 Jul, 2014
HimachalPradesh	Urmila Singh	25 Jan, 2010
Jammu & Kashmir	Narinder Nath Vohra	25 Jun, 2008
Jharkhand	Syed Ahmed	04 Sep, 2011
Karnataka	K. Rosaiah	29 Jun, 2014
Kerala	Sheila Dikshit	11 Mar, 2014
Lakshadweep *	H Rajesh Prasad	07 Nov, 2012
Madhya Pradesh	Ram Naresh Yadav	08 Sep, 2011
Maharashtra	K. Sankaranarayanan	22 Jan, 2010
Manipur	Vinod Kumar Duggal	31 Dec, 2013
Meghalaya	Krishan Kant Paul	08 Jul, 2013
Mizoram	Kamla Beniwal	06 Jul, 2014
Nagaland	Padmanabha Acharya	14 Jul, 2014
Odisha	S C Jamir	21 Mar, 2013
Puducherry *	A K Singh	10 Jul, 2013
Punjab	Shivraj Patil	22 Jan, 2010
Rajasthan	Margaret Alva	12 May, 2012
Sikkim	S D Patil	20 Jul, 2013
Tamil Nadu	K. Rosaiah	31 Aug, 2011
Telangana	ESL Narasimhan	02 Jun, 2014
Tripura	Vakkom Purushothaman	30 Jun, 2014
Uttar Pradesh	Ram Naik	14 Jul, 2014
Uttarakhand	Aziz Qureshi	15 May, 2012
West Bengal	KeshariNath Tripathi	14 Jul, 2014
* - called as Administrators; ** - called as Lieutenant Governors