08 March 2012

• Manohar Parrikar : To sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa
• BJP Candidate
• Bombay Ravi : Music Composer; PASSED AWAY
• Joint Working Groups on electricity, petroleum and banking from India and Pakistan to meet to discuss about opening borders for trade and commerce
• To hold talks on liberalisation and review of 1974 Visa Agreement
• Talks on laying pipelines for petroleum trade & on electricity trade
• Opening of bank branches to facilitate trade between the two countries
• India yet to decide on UN Human Rights Council resolution against Sri Lanka
• Resolution backed by US & other western countries
• Pakistan, along with Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), Russia and China stands in favor of Sri Lanka
• Gen VK Singh : Chief of Army Staff
• VK Agnihotri : Rajya Sabha Secretary-General
• Appointed Returning Officer for Presidential Election of July
• TK Viswanathan : Lok Sabha Secretary-General
• Appointed Returning Officer for Vice-Presidential Election
• Tim Cook : CEO of Apple Inc.
• "India may never be a superpower" : Conclusion of a study by London School of Economics titled 'India : The Next Superpower?'
• India's formidable growth achievements are nullified by poor leadership, wide-spread corruption, extreme social divisions, religious extremism & internal security threats
• Nur Bekri : Chairman of Xinjiang regional Government
• Mitt Romney : Strengthened his leadership position among Republican candidates for US Presidential elections
• The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times : Publications of Rupert Murdoch's News International
• Two senior journalists of The Sun attempted suicide following police investigation over allegations of phone hacking and bribing public officials for stories
• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) stopped jet fuel supply to Kingfisher Airlines owing to non payment of dues
• International Air Transport Association (IATA) suspends Kingfisher Airlines from it clearance system for non payment of dues
• IATA asked its agents to stop booking tickets on the airline
• Moody's downgrades Bank of India's (BOI) various debt programmes
• BOI's revised Bank Financial Strength Rating (BFSR) downgraded from D+ to D
• Jacques Rogge : President of International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• LOCOG : London Organising Committee of the Olympic & Paralympic Games
• Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sangathan (BGPMUS) & Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti (BGPSSS) sent memo to IOC & LOCOG to revoke Dow Chemical's sponsorship of London Olympics 2012
• LOCOG reacted in favor of Dow Chemicals stating that it holds no responsibility for Bhopal Gas Tragedy 1984