16 January 2012

• 64th Army Day Observed on Jan 15th
• Gen KM Cariappa : Took over as the first Indian Commander-in-Chief of the Independent Indian Army on 15 January 1948
• This day is commemorated as Army Day every year
• HR Bhardwaj : Karnataka Governor
• Would assume additional charge as Governor of Kerala
• MOH Farook : Kerala Governor on leave
• KJ Yesudas : Chosen for the first Harivarasanam Award of Travancore Devaswom Board
• ONV Kurup : Chosen for 2011 S Guptan Nair Foundation Award for teachers who have left an indelible imprint on literature & culture
• Zhang Yan : Chinese Ambassador to India
• Dai Bingguo : State Councillor of People's Republic of China
• Landed in India for the 15th meeting of Special Representatives on India-China boundary quest
• Villagers protest against expansion of 1320MW power plant set up by Lanco Amarkantak in Korba, Chhattisgarh
• Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan : Head of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)
• United Arab Emirates (UAE) to boost investments in India
• Homai Vyarawala : India's First Woman Photo-Journalist; PASSED AWAY
• Andaman & Nicobar Police seek National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) help in Jarawas case
• Nitish Kumar : Bihar Chief Minister
• "Civil Consequences of Crime" : Website launched by Bihar CM which will provide information about criminal case convicts
• Govt of India owes Rs.110Cr to Air India for its special flight services which ferry VVIPs such as PM, President, Vice-President etc.
• Supreme Court asks Trial Courts to be cautioned while recording conviction of an accused merely on the basis of circumstantial evidence
• RK Raghavan : Head of SIT (Special Investigation Team) probing 2002 Gujarat riots
• Sanjiv Bhatt : Suspended Gujarat-cadre IPS officer
• Bhatt claimed that at the 2002 meeting Gujarat CM Narendra Modi allegedly said Hindus must be allowed to vent their anger against Muslims in wake of Godhra carnage
• The SIT asked Bhatt to produce original of the 2002 fax message
• Bhatt says that the document was provided in 2009
• Bashar Al-Assad : Syrian President
• Offered an amnesty to citizens who have taken up arms against his rule in a 10-month revolt
• Ban Ki-moon : UN Secretary General
• Phobos-Grunt : Russia's doomed Mars probe crashed into the Pacific Ocean
• Kuomintang (KMT) : Party of Taiwan's re-elected President Ma Ying-jeou
• Also known as Nationalist Party of China
• China expressed its willingness to join hands with Taiwan
• Rickie Sehgal : Indian-origin Chairman of British Asian Conservative Link (BACL)
• Boasted to an undercover reporter that they could provide even mobile phone no of British PM David Cameron on a donation of 10000 Pound to BACL
• Later he was sacked & BACL was disbanded
• Its would be replaced by a new body called Conservative Friends of India
• Kazakhs casts votes in parliamentary elections
• Aung San Suu Kyi : Myanmar democracy icon
• Conferred Insignia of the Commander in the National Order of the Legion d'Honneur, in recognition of her long struggle for democracy
• Conferred by Alain Juppe, French Foreign Minister
• SS Bagaria : Chairman of Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA)
• Darjeeling Tea is the first Indian product to be recognised by European Union as a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI)
• The PGI tag will boost Darjeeling Tea exports
• Murali Natrajan : MD & Chief Executive of Development Credit Bank (DCB)
• BK Batra : appointed new Deputy MD of IDBI Bank (Industrial Development Bank of India Ltd)
• Winner of Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012
• Elite Men : Won by Laban Moiben (Kenya)
• Elite Women : Netsanet Abeyo (Ethiopia)
• Indians Men : Won by Ram Singh Yadav (Ind)
• He also qualified for 2012 London Olympics
• Indians Women : Won by Lalita Babbar (Ind)
• Sydney International Tennis : Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) bt Julien Benneteau (France)
• 12th Asian Shooting Championship : held @ Doha, Qatar
• Navdeep Singh Rathore won Gold in Junior 50m Rifle Prone