17 January 2012

• Asif Ali Zardari : President of Pakistan
• Yousuf Raza Gilani : PM of Pakistan
• Gen VK Singh : Indian Army Chief
• On age row
• Manjula Chellur : Acting Chief Justice of Kerala
• HR Bhardwaj : Governor of Karnataka assumed additional charge as Kerala Governor
• MOH Farook : Kerala Governor gone on leave
• US's infamous detention centre at Guantanamo Bay on the island of Cuba marked 10th anniversary
• Kerala High Court asked oil firms to file an affidavit on quality of LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) cylinders seeking explanations for frequent explosions
• The HC also asked Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to submit a report on the proposed LPG terminal at Puthuvyppu in Vypeen Island in Ernakulam
• Dai Bingguo : State Councillor of the People's Republic of China
• Shivshankar Menon : National Security Adviser (NSA) of India
• 15th meet of Special Representatives on India-China boundary quest going on
• Costa Concordia : Italian luxury cruise liner that wrecked off coast Italy on 14th January
• 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2011 : held @ Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, US
• Cecil B. DeMille Award : Morgan Freeman
• Honorary Golden Globe Award bestowed by Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment
• Best Film-Drama : The Descendants
• Best Film-Musical or Comedy : The Artist
• Best Director : Martin Scorsese (Film : Hugo)
• Best Foreign Language Film : A Separation (Iran)
• Best Animated Feature Film : The Adventures of Tintin
• Best Screenplay : Woody Allen (Film : Midnight in Paris)
• Best Original Song : "Masterpiece" (Film : W.E.) 
• Music & Lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry
• Best Original Score : Ludovic Bource (Film : The Artist)
• Best Actor : George Clooney (Film : The Descendants)
• Best Actress : Meryl Streep (Film : The Iron Lady)
• Radda : Town in Bayda province; South to Sanaa, Capital of Yemen
• Al-Qaeda militants captured the town
• Ali Abdullah Saleh : President of Yemen
• Nursultan Nazarbayev : President of Kazakhstan
• Nur Otan : Ruling party of Kazakhstan; Party of Nazarbayev
• Won Parliamentary Elections with a huge majority of 80.74%
• Wen Jiabao : Chinese PM
• Visits Saudi Arabia, UAE & Qatar for deeper engagement in oil & gas sector
• Timothy Geithner : Treasury Secretary of US
• SM Krishna : Indian Cabinet Minister of External Affairs
• Mahinda Rajapaksa : Sri Lankan President
• GL Peiris : Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of External Affairs
• SM Krishna on visit to Sri Lanka to hold talks with Sri Lanka Govt and Tamil National Alliance (TNA) to achieve an acceptable political solution for Tamils in Sri Lanka
• "New coal price norms by Coal India Ltd (CIL) will push up cement prices" : Crisil Research
• Suzlon Energy plans Rs.18000Cr 3000MW Wind power project in Andhra Pradesh over next 4 years
• Singapore Govt acquired 1.09% stake in Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) worth Rs.2500Cr
• India invited Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) to invest $90b in Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC)
• Anand Sharma : Union Minister for Commerce & Industry
• Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan : MD of ADIA
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) proposes entry level fee for different types of unified license
• Rs.20Cr for National-Level Unified License
• Rs.2Cr for each Metro & 'A' category
• Rs.1Cr for each 'B' category
• Rs.50lakh for each 'C' category
• Rs.15lakh for each District-Level Unified License
• Unified Access Service License (UASL) will authorise telecom service providers to provide telecom services
• Baroness Catherine Ashton : European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy
• "India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is likely to take some time"
• All-India Jiji Irani Trophy : Kolkata clinched the trophy beating Hyderabad
• Boxing great Muhammad Ali turns 70 years
• 12th Asian Shooting Championships
• Raj Kumari (Ind) clinched Gold in Women 50m Rifle Prone
• Annu Raj Singh clinched bronze in Women Air Pistol
• Google India along with other 20 websites facing criminal case in Delhi High Court for allegedly hosting objectionable material
• NK Kaul : Advocate appearing for Google India
• INS Krishna : one of Indian Navy's First Training Squadron Ships to be de-commissioned
• After 44 years of service for both Indian Navy & Royal Navy
• It was handed over to India by Royal Navy in 1995
• Its then name was HMS Andromeda
• INS Shardul to replace INS Krishna tentatively
• Sudhakar Sharma : Sacked Secretary of Lalit Kala Academy, Reinstated as Secretary
• Ashok Vaypeyi : Outgoing Chairman of Lalit Kala Academy
• All educational institutions affiliated to University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council of Technical Education & National Council for Teachers Education will now require to establish a grievance redressal mechanism