07 March 2012

• Kairali Queen : New Goods Train for Kerala
• It can take cargo from Kerala to Delhi in 5 days
• To mainly focus on transportation of spices, rubber, coir products etc
• Ministry of Defence debarred 6 companies from doing business for 10 years in connection with a CBI case of illegal gratification against a former Director General of the Ordnance Factories Board (OFB), Sudipto Ghosh
• Sobha Brahma : Artist-sculptor from Assam; PASSED AWAY
• Mayawati : First CM to complete full five-year term in Uttar Pradesh
• Samajwadi Party : Party that won polls in Uttar Pradesh
• President : Mulayam Singh
• Akhilesh Yadav : Son of Mulayam Singh to be UP CM
• Bahujan Samaj Party : Outgoing party in Uttar Pradesh Polls
• Shiromani Akali Dal :Party that won polls in Punjab
• President : Sukhbir Singh Badal, son of Prakash Singh Badal former CM of Punjab
• Okram Ibobi Singh : Congress contestant won Polls in Manipur for the third consecutive time
• Manohar Parrikar :Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contestant won CM position in Goa
• BC Khanduri :Outgoing CM of Indian National Congress
• Trade Unions oppose West Bengal State Government's move to curtail trade union rights of government employees
• Rajkumar Dhoot :President of Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India
• RV Kanoria : President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
• Pakistan judicial panel to visit India to collect evidence on 2008 Mumbai 26/11
• MS Yadav : General-Secretary of Confederation of Newspaper and News Agency Employees' Organisations (CNNAEO)
• T Subbarami Reddy : Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology
• Ajit Singh : Union Civil Aviation Minister
• Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi : President of Yemen
• Dipu Moni : Bangladesh Foreign Minister
• Benjamin Netanyahu : Israel PM
• Hugo Chavez : President of Venezuela
• Cancer he was treated last summer had returned
• Pushkin Square : in Moscow, Russia
• Huge protests against Vladimir Putin's victory
• International monitors say that vote was skewed in his favour and numerous falsifications have been reported by election watchdogs
• Lady Gaga had become first person to have more than 20 million (20.12m) followers on Twitter
• US President Barack Obama is in 8th place with 12.84m followers
• Sharad Pawar : Union Agriculture Minister
• Pulok Chatterjee : Principal Secretary to PM
• PM's Office to step up development and usage of inland water transport for movement of bulk cargo
• Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) seeks Petroleum & Natural Gas Ministry's allocation of entire KG-D6 crude oil production for Cauvery Basin Refinery (CBR), Nagapattinam, to sustain CBR operations
• National Anti Doping Appeal Panel (NADAP) headed by Retd Jst CK Mahajanreduced suspension of three athletes from two years to one year
• Dilbag Singh & Praveen Kumar (Boxers) and Vikram Duhan (Cyclist) get relief
• Jerome Valcke : Secretary-General of FIFA
• Nirbhay : Sub-sonic Cruise Missile Developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a DRDO (Defence Research & Development Organisation) facility in Bangalore
• Range of more than 750km
• Can engage many targets and be in air longer
• Equivalent to US's long-range sub-sonic missile, Tomahawk
• Anandwan : Ashram founded by late Gandhian & social activist Baba Amte in Chandrapur, Maharashtra
• Warora West Coal block near Anandwan having coal reserves of more than 70 million metric tonnes (MMT) has been allocated to Maharashtra State Mining Corporation (MSMC) for mining purposes
• Anandwan houses leprosy patients, orphans, differently-abled persons who might face serious problems as large commercial mining starts
• Fears of developing HIV/AIDS among disabled inmates due to mining activities, pollution etc
• Naga Mothers Association (NMA) : Apex body of women of different tribes of Nagaland
• Complains of anomalies, financial irregularities, discrimination & conflict of interest in implementation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
• Nikhil Kumar : Governor of Nagaland