12 January 2012

• Manik Sarkar : CM of Tripura
• Sheikh Hasina : PM of Bangladesh on Tripura visit
• First Bangladesh PM to visit Tripura
• Tripura University conferred Honorary Doctorate of Literature to Sheikh Hasina
• Vice-President Hamid Ansari conferred the Doctorate to her
• Election Commission halts minorities sub-quota for OBC in Central Govt joba & educational institutions in the 5 poll-bound states until the completion of polls
• Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, Manipur : Poll-bound states
• MOH Farooq : Kerala Governor on leave
• HR Bhardwaj : Karnataka Governor
• President Pratibha Patil asked him to discharge the functions of Kerala Governor as well
• Commerce Ministry slashed export price of Onion from $150 a tonne to $100
• E Sreedharan : Former MD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
• Paul Kagame : President of Rwanda
• Marc Trevidic : Judge investigating Rwandan Genocide & Karachi Submarine Sale Scandal
• R Gopalan : Economic Affairs Secretary
• Department of Telecom violated Cabinet decision on awarding 2G spectrum licenses, says Finance Ministry official
• Supreme Court set aside the death sentence of a Pakistani terrorist who found guilty in 1997 Delhi bomb blast case underlining importance of fair trial even to a foreign in Article 21
• One-third of children in Andhra Pradesh stunted : Report of survey "The Impact of Growth on Childhood Poverty in Andhra Pradesh" by Young Lives
• Yogic exercise of "Surya Namaskar" in Govt schools in Madhya Pradesh has become controversial
• School Education Department made arrangements to ensure maximum participation to get into Guinness Book of World Records
• Graphene use can boost electronic shelf life as it conducts heat 20 times faster than silicon
• The structure & function of a protein that plays a key role in life of a malaria parasite decoded
• Daniel Ortega : President of Nicaragua; Starting his 3rd term as President
• Ajit Singh : Union Civil Aviation Minister
• "No bailout for struggling private airlines"
• "Air India should become more competitive as the Govt could not keep pouring money to make it float"
• Ashok Gulati : Chairman of Commission of Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP)
• India to focus on importing LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) from US
• LNG from Gulf costlier than US
• Decision by Empowered Group on Import of Natural Gas, LNG & Polymers
• Anup K Pujari : Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT)
• Vijay Mallya : Chairman of Kingfisher Airlines
• Asked DGFT to allow private carriers to import Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) without consulting State Govt
• Vinci, French company, acquired 100% stakes in NAPC, Chennai based 60-year old construction company which was wholly owned by Manian family, for Rs.1850 Cr
• 60th Senior National Volleyball Championship
• Men's : Kerala  bt  Uttarakhand
• Women's : Railways  bt  Kerala