08 January 2012

• Vice Adm Anurag Gopalan Thapliyal : appointed Chief of Personnel (COP) of Indian Navy
• SY Quraishi : Chief Election Commissioner
• Election Commission ordered to cover all statues of Mayawati, CM of UP and Elephant statues (her party symbol) in numerous parks & memorials in UP before the 7th phase Assembly Elections
• SM Krishna : Minister of External Affairs
• To visit Israel in his Pakistan-Jordan-UAE Tour
• Indian PM's first visit to Israel in a decade
• Catherine Ashton : Foreign Policy Chief of European Union (EU)
• to involve in Iran's nuclear talks
• Japan plans to shut down Nuclear-plants after 40 years
• Russian Orthodox Christmas Day : 7 January
• Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner : President of Argentina
• She does not have cancer says diagnosis
• "The Birds of America" : 19th century book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon
• World's most expensive book
• It's copy to be auctioned for about $10m
• Jst VR Krishna Iyer Commission : Rights and Welfare of Women and Child
• M Rafeeque Ahmed : Chairman of Farida Group
• Appointed President of Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)
• Hopman Cup : held @ Perth, Australia
• Czech Republic clinches Hopman Cup beating France
• Petra Kvitova (Czech) def Marion Bartoli (France)
• Tomas Berdych (Czech) def Richard Gasquet (France)
• Brisbane International : held @ Brisbane
• Men's : Andy Murray (UK) def Bernard Tomic (Australia)
• Women's : Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) def Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia)
• Exxon Mobil Open : held @ Qatar
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) def Gael Monfils (France)
• BM Birla Auditorium : @ Jaipur, Rajasthan
• 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conclave was kicked off
• Inauguration : PM Dr Manmohan Singh
• Chief Guest : Kamla Persad Bissessar, PM of Trinidad & Tobago
• Theme : "Global Indian : Inclusive Growth"