23 January 2012

• Ashok Gehlot : Rajasthan CM
• Okram Ibobi Singh : Manipur CM
• Sam Pitroda : Adviser to PM on Public Information Infrastructure & Innovation
• MV Nair : Head of expert committee on Padmanabhaswamy Temple treasures
• 57th National School Athletic Meet : @ Ludhiana
• Kerala assures 15th straight overall title
• 52nd Kerala State School Arts Fete : Kozhikode emerged winners for 6th time in a row
• Hamid Karzai : Afghanistan President
• Zabadani : a City in Syria
• First city to fall under the control of Free Syrian Army, rebel of Syria's army group
• Free Syrian Army wrested most of the city from the Govt's control
• Bashar al-Assad : President of Syria (Political party : Ba'ath)
• Jst Markandey Katju : Chairman of Press Council of India
• Chandrasekharaiah : Former Karnataka High Court Judge
• Sworn in as Karnataka Upalokayukta amid controversy that he was illegally benefited from the allotment of a housing society site
• HR Bhardwaj : Karnataka Governor
• DV Sadananda Gowda : Karnataka CM
• SR Bannurmath : Former Kerala High Court Judge was among nominees for the post who was rejected due to similar allegations
• Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) Memorial : @ Colombo, Sri Lanka
• APJ Abdul Kalam, former & 11th Indian President, visited the memorial
• For the First time a former Commander-in-Chief of Indian armed forces is visiting the memorial since it was established
• China Investment Corporation (CIC) acquired 8.68% stake in Thames Water, Britain's largest water & sewerage company, for about 1b Pound
• Martin Dempsey : US Joint Chief of Staffs
• Leon Panetta : US Defence Secretary
• Ehud Barak : Israel Defence Minister
• Ayatollah Khamenei : Supreme Leader of Iran
• Laura Dekker : Dutch teen Sailor of age 16 years & 4 months became Youngest Sailor to Circumnavigate the World without any assistance
• She broke the record of Australian Jessica Watson by eight months, who achieved it 3 days short an year
• Guppy : the yacht in which she completed the voyage
• He sailed into the harbour of Dutch Caribbean Island Sint Maarten, from where she left
• The record will not be entered in The Guinness Book of World Records as they are not recognising records of minors
• India won Hockey Test series against South Africa 3-1
• Francesco Totti : Italian Football Player
• Club captain of AS Roma
• Set record in Italian League as most goal scorer for a club with 211 goals for the club
• Previous record holder was Swedish Gunnar Nordahl of AC Milan with 210 goals